[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ray, Charlotte"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1437"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 exd4 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ne5+ Kg8 10. Nxg4 Nbd7 11. e5 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qe8 13. Re1 b6 14. Bg5 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 16. Qe6+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. e6+ Kg6 19. Bxe7 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21. cxd4 Rhe8 22. Nc3 Rxe6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nxd5+ Kf7 25. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Barnett Harris, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be6 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 0-0 11. 0-0 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Nd6 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. b4 b5 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Rac8 18. Na2 Nc4 19. Qc3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc1 Bd5 22. Nb3 g5 23. Ne2 f5 24. Nc5 Ra8 25. g3 Ra7 26. Rfe1 Qd6 27. Nc1 f4 28. N1b3 Qg6 29. Kh1 Qf5 30. gxf4 Qh3 31. Rg1 Qf3+ 32. Rg2 Rxf4 33. Nd2 Nxd2 34. Qxd2 Rg4 35. Rbg1 Bc4 36. Qe1 h5 37. h3 Qxh3+ 38. Rh2 Qf3+ 39. Rgg2 h4 40. Kg1 h3 41. Rg3 Rxg3+ 42. fxg3 g4 43. Rf2 Qxg3+ 44. Kh1 Rf7 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Baker, Ilias Angelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b4 9. Bd2 e5 10. a3 Qb6 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxb4 Na6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. c5 bxc5 16. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Holdo, Karl"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Ngf3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. h3 Be6 8. 0-0 h6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. b3 0-0 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rfe1 d4 13. c3 c5 14. Rec1 Qd8 15. Nh4 Nh7 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rb8 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qg5 25. Ba3 Qxf5 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 Nhf6 28. f3 Nb6 29. Rc7 a5 30. Bc5 Nfd5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Ra7 Nb4 33. Bxb4 axb4 34. Rc7 Ra8 35. Rc2 g5 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 exf4 39. Kf3 Re8 40. Kxf4 Re3 41. Rc4 Rxd3 42. Rxb4 Rd1 43. a4 d3 44. Ke3 Kg6 45. a5 f5 46. gxf5+ Kxf5 47. a6 h5 48. a7 Ra1 49. Ra4 Re1+ 50. Kxd3 Re8 51. a8Q 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Jackson, L Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Ne6 11. 0-0 Ng5 12. f3 Ne6 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd2 0-0 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Ng3 Nxd4 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxd4 Be6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Qe6 25. Rdf1 b6 26. Qd3 Kg8 27. Qg3 Rae8 28. R1f4 Qg6 29. Qf3 Qc6 30. Qg3 Qc1+ 31. Rf1 Qxb2 32. Qb3 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Rxe5 34. Qf3 Rxf5 35. Qxf5 Qc4 36. a3 d4 37. Qg4 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kerr, Atlas"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Be2 cxd4 9. exd4 h6 10. Bd2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. 0-0 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Ne5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Qd3 Qb7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. f4 Ne7 19. Qh3 Qe4 20. Rae1 Qh7 21. g4 f6 22. Nf3 Nc7 23. f5 Rae8 24. Qg3 Rc8 25. c4 Rfe8 26. fxe6 Qd3 27. d5 Red8 28. Rc1 Ne8 29. Rc3 Qh7 30. Qh3 b5 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Bxg5 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 bxc4 35. Be3 Rxd5 36. Bxa7 Nc7 37. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Paul, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 exd4 8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nge2 a6 11. Nf4 Be6 12. Nfd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nb8 14. Be2 Qe7 15. 0-0 Nbd7 16. Rac1 b5 17. b4 Nb6 18. a3 Rac8 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. a4 Rc7 21. axb5 a5 22. bxa5 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qxe4 25. Rc2 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Shuxin Sandra"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "891"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nfd2 Qxd4 5. Nc3 e3 6. fxe3 Qxe3+ 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Nc4 Qe4 9. Ne3 Bg4 10. Nxg4 Nxg4 11. h3 Nf6 12. Bd2 e6 13. c3 Bd6 14. Rc1 Bg3# 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qh5+ Kf8 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Qf3 d6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. h4 e5 10. 0-0-0 f4 11. exf4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Bxd1 13. Qxd1 gxf4 14. Bh2 Nxd4 15. g3 fxg3 16. Bxg3 Qe7 17. Bg2 c6 18. f4 Rd8 19. Nf3 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 Ke8 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Rxe5 Qd7 24. Ne4 Rhf8 25. Qf1 Kg8 26. Bh3 Qd4 27. c3 Qe3+ 28. Kc2 Nxe4 29. Qc4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rossiter, Philip E"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rc1 a4 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nc5 c6 15. Re1 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Be6 17. e4 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Bb3 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. Rcc1 Qd7 21. Bc5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Re4 Nf6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. h4 h6 26. Be3 Nd5 27. Bf3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Qe5 29. Kg2 g5 30. d4 Qe6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. e4 Qg6 33. Qe2 Qd6 34. Qe3 Qg6 35. Bg4 Be6 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Kf3 Qh5+ 38. Kg2 Qg6 39. Kf2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Hall, Nathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. Qd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. g4 Ne5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nxe6 Rxe6 13. 0-0-0 Nfd7 14. g5 Nb6 15. b3 f6 16. f4 Nf7 17. f5 Re8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. h4 fxg5 20. h5 Qf6 21. Bd4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Ne5 24. Rdd1 gxh5 25. Bxh5 Re7 26. Rhg1 Rg7 27. Rd2 Nbd7 28. Rdg2 Nf6 29. Be2 Nf7 30. Bf3 c6 31. Bg4 Nxg4 32. Rxg4 Kh7 33. Ne2 Re8 34. Nd4 Rg6 35. Nf5 Rge6 36. Re1 d5 37. Rh1+ Kg6 38. Nh4+ Kh5 39. Rhg1 gxh4 40. Rg7 R8e7 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Howe, Alexander"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. c3 Re8 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Qc2 g6 14. b3 Bf8 15. c4 a6 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. c5 Nd5 18. a4 Nc7 19. b4 Bd5 20. Rxe8 Nxe8 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc8 23. d5 f5 24. Qd3 Bg7 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. axb5 axb5 27. dxc6 Qxc6 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. cxd6 Nd7 30. h3 Ra7 31. Kf1 Nb8 32. Bc7 Nd7 33. Rd5 Rb7 34. Ke2 Bc3 35. Nd4 Bxb4 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Nxb5 Bc5 38. f3 f6 39. Kd3 Kf7 40. Kc4 Ke6 41. f4 Be3 42. Nd4+ Bxd4 43. Kxd4 g5 44. g3 g4 45. h4 h5 46. Kc4 Nf8 47. Kc5 Kd7 48. Ba5 Ne6+ 49. Kd5 Ng7 50. Bc3 Ne8 51. Bxf6 Nxf6+ 52. Ke5 Ne4 53. Kxf5 Nxg3+ 54. Kg5 Kxd6 55. f5 Nxf5 56. Kf4 Nxh4 57. Kg3 Nf5+ 58. Kg2 Ke5 59. Kf2 Kf4 60. Kg2 h4 61. Kh2 Kf3 62. Kg1 g3 63. Kh1 g2+ 64. Kg1 h3 65. Kh2 Kf2 66. Kxh3 Ne3 67. Kh4 g1Q 68. Kh5 Qg7 69. Kh4 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Wang, Carol Huixin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 0-0 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Rf7 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Bc3 b5 17. Rad1 c4 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf6 21. a3 Rd8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Rd4 h6 26. Qd2 Rf8 27. Rd7 Qf6 28. f3 Qg5 29. Rd5 Qf6 30. Rxb5 a6 31. Rd5 Kh7 32. Rd6 Qg5 33. Qd5 Qxe3+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. 0-0 h4 11. h3 Qc7 12. Be3 b6 13. c4 Nd7 14. Nc3 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. d5 Ne5 18. b3 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Qg5 20. Be4 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rac8 22. Qe4 Qh6 23. f4 Ng6 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Nf8 26. Re7 Qxf4 27. Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Rd1 Ng6 29. Bxg6+ Kxg6 30. Rdd7 Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Ke3 Qc3+ 33. Ke4 Qc2+ 34. Ke3 Qc3+ 35. Ke2 Qb2+ 36. Kd3 Qb1+ 37. Kc3 Qa1+ 38. Kb4 Qxa2 39. Rxg7+ Kf5 40. Rxa7 Qd2+ 41. Kb5 Qc3 42. b4 Qd4 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 Qd3+ 45. Kb6 Qb3+ 46. Kc6 Qe6+ 47. Kb7 Qb3+ 48. Kc7 Qe3 49. Ra5 Qc3 50. Kb6 Qb3+ 51. Rb5 Qe3 52. Rg4 Ke6 53. Rbb4 Kf7 54. Rxh4 Qe6+ 55. c6 Qd6 56. Kb7 Qd5 57. Rhd4 Qxg2 58. Re4 Qxh3 59. c7 Qd7 60. Rec4 Qd5+ 61. Kb8 Qd6 62. Ka7 Qd7 63. Rb7 Qc8 64. Rd4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 c5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Bb1 b6 12. Kh1 a5 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Nf4 g6 16. Ba2 cxd4 17. Ncxd5 Nb4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qb3 Bc4 20. Qd1 Nxa2 21. Bd2 dxe3 22. Rxe3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rxe3 24. Bxe3 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Liu, William Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[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 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. b3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. b4 Rc7 15. 0-0 Qc8 16. Qd2 0-0 17. Rc1 Rd8 18. Na2 Nb6 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qc1 Qxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Knightbridge, Wayne"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Rd1 0-0 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 h6 12. Bc1 Ne8 13. Rfe1 Nd6 14. Bf4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxc4 Rfe8 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. c4 Qa5 24. a3 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Qc7+ 26. g3 Qe7 27. Rxe1 Qxe1 28. Kg2 Qe8 29. d5 Qd7 30. d6 c5 31. Qd5 b6 32. b4 cxb4 33. axb4 Kf8 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Kf1 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[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 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 a6 11. a3 Bb7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Bb2 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 e4 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Nb3 Bc7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rfe1 f5 22. g3 Qg5 23. Bf1 Rf8 24. Bg2 Qh6 25. Qe2 g5 26. f3 f4 27. exf4 gxf4 28. g4 e3 29. Kh1 Bd8 30. Rg1 Bh4 31. Ne4 Ra7 32. Bf1 Qg6 33. Qg2 Rg7 34. Qh3 Bg5 35. Bd3 Qe6 36. Nxg5 h6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Suggate, Romero"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Nbd2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bb7 13. Nfe5 Nd5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. a3 f6 17. Nd3 g5 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. b4 Bd6 20. a4 Ba6 21. Rdb1 Qe7 22. Qb3 Bxd3 23. exd3 Kh8 24. b5 Qf7 25. Re1 cxb5 26. axb5 Rc7 27. Re2 Rfc8 28. Rae1 Re7 29. Bh3 Rce8 30. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Cooke, Xandi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[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. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bf5 Qc6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Nf4 d4 21. exd4 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Rbc1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. f3 Bf5 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Nh5 Kh7 28. Nxf6+ Kg6 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Kg5 31. g3 f6 32. Kg2 f5 33. exf5 Kxf5 34. Kf3 Ke5 35. Ke2 Ke4 36. Rf1 d3+ 37. Kd2 Ke5 38. Rf4 Rd4 39. Rxd4 Kxd4 40. g4 Ke4 41. h4 Kf4 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. Kxd3 Kf5 45. Kc4 Ke6 46. Kb5 Kd7 47. Ka6 Kc6 48. Kxa7 Kb5 49. a3 Ka5 50. b4+ Kb5 51. Kb7 Ka4 52. Kc6 Kxa3 53. b5 Ka4 54. b6 Ka5 55. b7 Ka4 56. b8Q Ka3 57. Kc5 Ka2 58. Kc4 Ka1 59. Kc3 Ka2 60. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Holdo, Karl"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a3 Be7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qc2 0-0 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bg5 14. Nf3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Qe8 16. e3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Nd8 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 c6 20. Rce1 f5 21. Bd5+ Be6 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Rc8 25. Qb1 Qa4 26. dxe6 Qg4 27. e7 Rfe8 28. Qd3 f4 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Ne5 Qh5 31. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Tao, Junqing Jerome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "1138"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[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. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Nge2 h5 11. h4 Ng8 12. 0-0-0 Bf6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 f6 15. gxf6 Qxf6 16. Rh3 g5 17. Rdh1 h4 18. g3 Qxf3 19. gxh4 Qg4 20. Qxg5 Ngf6 21. Rg3 Qh5 22. Qg6+ Qxg6 23. Rxg6 0-0-0 24. Ng3 Rhg8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Nf5 Rh8 27. Nxd6+ Kc7 28. Nf5 Ng4 29. Be2 Nf2 30. Rh2 Rg8 31. Rxf2 Rg1+ 32. Kd2 Nf8 33. Rh2 Ng6 34. h5 Nf4 35. h6 Rg8 36. Nb5+ Kd7 37. h7 Rh8 38. Nbd6 Nxe2 39. Kxe2 Ba6 40. b3 b5 41. cxb5 Bxb5+ 42. Nxb5 Ke8 43. Nbd6+ Kf8 44. Kd3 a5 45. Kc4 a4 46. bxa4 Rxh7 47. Rxh7 Kg8 48. Rh6 Kf8 49. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hookings, Jonathon"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1285"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 c4 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. 0-0 Ng6 11. b3 b5 12. Ne1 Nf4 13. Bf3 Nd3 14. a4 Be7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxe1 19. Rxe1 Qc8 20. Ne3 Bg6 21. Bd2 0-0 22. Be2 Nb6 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. c4 Rb8 25. Ba5 Qa7 26. Ra1 Nxc4 27. Qc3 Nxa5 28. Qxa5 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1 Qxa5 30. Rb8+ Bf8 31. g3 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qxd4 33. Rd8 Qxe5 34. Rc8 d4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Suazo, Benedict"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[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 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qd2 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Nc6 10. e5 cxd4 11. exd4 dxe5 12. d5 Nd4 13. 0-0-0 Bf5 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 Bg4 16. Rde1 b5 17. b3 Rc8 18. Kb1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bf5+ 20. Kc1 Qxd5 21. Nf4 Rxc4+ 22. bxc4 Qxc4+ 23. Kd1 Rb8 24. Ne2 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Joel, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Nge2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 15. Rad1 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nf6 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Nf4 Qxd4 19. Bc4 Qe5 20. Rde1 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bd3 Ng4 23. g3 Nf6 24. Qg2 Rd8 25. Bb1 Red7 26. b3 Rd2 27. Qh3 Qg5 28. e5 Ng4 29. e6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Li, Allen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 0-0 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 fxe4 12. fxe4 Nf6 13. h3 Nbd7 14. g4 Ne5 15. Bg2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nd7 17. b3 Nce5 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eade, Don"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. Be2 Bb4 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Qa4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 a6 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qa4 Qa5 15. Qb3 b5 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rb8 20. Qd1 Nd5 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Qe2 a5 23. a4 Ra8 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Bb5 Ndb4 26. Kg2 Qb7 27. Be3 Nc2 28. Rac1 N2xd4 29. Qc4 Be4 30. Bxc6 Bxf3+ 31. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kh2 e5 33. Qc7 h6 34. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 35. Bxf2 Nf3+ 36. Kg3 Nxe5 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Bb6 Rd3+ 39. Kf4 f6 40. Rc5 Rd4+ 41. Kf5 Rxa4 42. Bxa5 Ra3 43. Bb4 Rxh3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Bc3 Rf3+ 46. Ke4 Rg3 47. Bxe5 fxe5 48. Kf5 e4 49. Kf4 Rf3+ 50. Kxe4 Rf6 51. Ke5 Kg6 52. Rc7 Rf7 53. Rc4 h5 54. Rc6+ Kg5 55. gxh5 Kxh5 56. Rc5 g5 57. Ke4 Kh4 58. Rc8 g4 59. Ke3 Kh3 60. Rh8+ Kg2 61. Ke2 g3 62. Ke1 Kg1 63. Rg8 g2 64. Ke2 Re7+ 65. Kd2 Re5 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hurndell, Robert"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. exd5 cxd5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. a3 Nf6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. d4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Rab1 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Rb8 19. Ree1 0-0 20. f3 Nd7 21. b4 c5 22. Na2 cxb4 23. axb4 Rfc8 24. c3 Nb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Kf2 Bf6 27. Rec1 Rbc6 28. Rb2 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Ra2 Rb3 32. Rxa6 Rxb4 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Ra7 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Chen, Matthew1111"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. g4 f5 9. g5 fxe4 10. fxe4 Bg4 11. Be3 c5 12. Qd2 a6 13. a4 Nc7 14. a5 Nd7 15. h4 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. b3 Rb8 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Nd7 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. 0-0-0 Rb7 22. Kb2 Rfb8 23. Nc1 Nb6 24. Ka3 a5 25. h5 Qd7 26. Rdh1 a4 27. Kb2 Nxc4+ 28. Kb1 Na3+ 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ng, Lauren"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "1358"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. h3 Bxe3 11. Bxe3 Qxc4 12. a3 Qc7 13. 0-0 a6 14. Rac1 Nbd7 15. Ne4 Qxc2 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rxc2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Bg5 Nd5 23. Bd8 f6 24. Nd3 b6 25. b4 Kf8 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxb6 Bb7 28. f3 Ke8 29. Kf2 Kd7 30. g4 Nxh3+ 31. Ke3 Ng5 32. f4 Nf7 33. Bc5 Nd6 34. Kd4 Nb5+ 35. Ke3 Nxa3 36. Bf8 g6 37. Bg7 f5 38. g5 Nc2+ 39. Kd2 Nxb4 40. Bf8 Nd5 41. Bc5 Nxf4 42. Bd4 Kd6 43. Ke3 e5 44. Bb2 Nh3 45. Ba3+ Ke6 46. Bc1 Nxg5 47. Ke2 Nf7 48. Ke3 Nd6 49. Kd3 f4 50. Ke2 a5 51. Bb2 g5 52. Bc3 a4 53. Bb2 g4 54. Kf2 g3+ 55. Kg1 Nc4 56. Ba1 a3 57. Kf1 Nb2 58. Kg1 h5 59. Kf1 h4 60. Kg1 h3 61. Kf1 h2 62. Ke2 h1Q 63. Kd2 Qd1+ 64. Kc3 Qd3+ 65. Kb4 Bd5 66. Ka5 Qb3 67. Ka6 Qb7+ 68. Ka5 Bc6 69. Bxb2 Qb5# 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. c4 0-0 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Re8 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Bb5 Qd6 13. 0-0 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2 Nb4 16. e4 Qb6 17. Bb1 Bc4 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. a3 Nbd5 20. Re1 Ne7 21. Bb2 Nc6 22. d5 h6 23. Qc2 Qf2 24. Qd1 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Weiyang"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1150"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 dxc4 7. e3 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Bb2 a6 14. a4 Qc6 15. Na2 Bd6 16. Nc1 Ne5 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxe5 Rfd8 19. Ncd3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Ne1 Rad8 22. Nf3 Qc6 23. h3 Rd2 24. Qf1 Rxb2 25. Bxa6 Bxa6 26. Qxa6 Qc2 27. Rf1 Qxb3 28. Nd4 Qd5 29. Rc1 g6 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Ra8 32. Nb5 Ra2 33. Nc3 Rc2 34. g3 Rd8 35. Rc7 Rdd2 36. Nb5 Rxf2 37. Rb7 Rfd2 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[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. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. f3 Bc8 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nge2 h6 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Kh1 c5 16. b3 a6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Nd4 Ba3 20. Qa1 Qc7 21. Nce2 Rfe8 22. Nc2 Bd6 23. Bg3 Nbd7 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Ned4 Nc5 26. Be2 Bd7 27. Qc1 Ne6 28. Qd2 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qe5 30. Nc2 Qb2 31. Nb4 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxe3 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxe2 35. Rxd7 Rxa2 36. Rxb7 Rcc2 37. Re1 Rxg2 38. Rbe7 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rag2+ 40. Kf1 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Rhg2+ 42. Kh1 Rg3 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lin, Stanley"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qb3 0-0 12. 0-0 a6 13. Nd2 b5 14. Qc2 b4 15. Nb3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rfc8 17. Qd3 a5 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Qd2 a4 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qc2 Ne5 23. Be2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Rd1 g6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rd4 Qc5 29. Kf1 Qb5+ 30. Kg1 Ra8 31. Rb4 Qc6 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Qb2 Rc8 34. Rb8 Qc4+ 35. Kg1 Ke8 36. Rxc8+ Qxc8 37. Qb5+ Qd7 38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Qb4+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[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. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Qd2 c6 10. g4 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nd7 12. Bh6 Nb6 13. b3 Nf5 14. Bg5 f6 15. gxf5 fxg5 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qe3 Qf6 18. Bg2 g4 19. Ng1 Qh4+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 gxf3 22. Nxf3 Bg4 23. Ke2 Rac8 24. Rac1 Bh6 25. Rc2 Nxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. Rf1 exf3+ 28. Bxf3 Rce8+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shen, Yuchen"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. b4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb3 Ra8 14. Nh2 Qc7 15. Be3 c5 16. Bc1 b5 17. Bb2 d4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Rf1 Ra4 20. Rc1 Qa7 21. Nd2 Rxa2 22. Ba1 Nc5 23. Ndf3 Nb3 24. Rb1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Nxa1 26. Qxa1 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 b4 28. Nd2 Rc8 29. Nhf3 Rc2 30. Kh2 b3 31. Nxb3 Bxb3 32. Kg1 Ra2 33. Rc1 Ba4 34. Bf1 Bd7 35. Rb1 Ra7 36. Kg2 Ne8 37. Nd2 f6 38. Nc4 Be7 39. Kf3 Nd6 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Nb6 Be6 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Athula Russell, MK."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. f3 Be6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Na4 Qc7 8. Nc5 Bc8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Ne2 e6 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. g3 0-0 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Nc5 e5 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. 0-0 e4 19. f4 a6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2 Rec8 22. b4 Qh3 23. Rf2 Ng4 24. Rg2 Bxb4 25. Kh1 Bf8 26. Qd1 Nf6 27. Ng1 Qe6 28. g4 c5 29. g5 Nd7 30. Ne2 c4 31. Nc3 Rab8 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Qxb1 Rb8 34. Qc2 Bb4 35. Na4 Bxd2 36. Qxd2 Rb1+ 37. Rg1 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qh3 40. Kg1 f6 41. gxf6 Nxf6 42. Nc5 Ng4 43. Qe2 c3 44. Nb3 Nxe3 45. Kf2 Qxh2+ 46. Kxe3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tao, Junqing Jerome"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Bg4 6. Be3 e5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. h3 Bxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ke2 h6 12. Rhe1 Bc5 13. Kf1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 0-0 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. c4 a6 18. Rc1 b4 19. b3 Nc5 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Ke2 Ne6 22. Nxe5 Nd4+ 23. Ke1 Rxe5 24. Bb1 c5 25. Re2 Rde8 26. f4 R5e7 27. Re3 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 30. Kf2 Rxf4+ 31. Ke3 Rf6 32. Rxd4 cxd4+ 33. Kxd4 Rf5 34. c5 Kf8 35. Kc4 a5 36. Kb5 Ke7 37. Kb6 Kd8 38. Kxa5 Rxc5+ 39. Kxb4 Rc2 40. a4 Rxg2 41. a5 Kc7 42. Kc5 Rg5+ 43. Kb4 Kb7 44. Ka4 Ka6 45. b4 Re5 46. h4 f5 47. h5 f4 48. Ka3 f3 49. b5+ Rxb5 50. Ka2 f2 51. Ka3 f1Q 52. Ka4 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Bd4 12. Nb5 Bb6 13. Bg5 a6 14. Nc3 Bd4 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. 0-0-0 Nbd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Kc2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 0-0-0 20. b4 Ncd7 21. c5 Qf8 22. c6 Nb6 23. cxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Nbd7 26. c6+ Ka7 27. cxd7 Rxd7 28. Rb1 Rd6 29. Rb3 Nd7 30. Na4 Rb8 31. Rhb1 Rxb3 32. Rxb3 Rh6 33. Rc3 Kb7 34. Nc5+ Nxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxh2 36. Kd2 Rg2 37. Rc6 h5 38. Ke3 h4 39. Bxa6+ Kb8 40. Bf1 Ra2 41. Rc3 Rh2 42. Rd3 Ra2 43. f4 Ra1 44. Bg2 Ra2 45. Rb3+ Ka7 46. Bf3 exf4+ 47. Kxf4 h3 48. Bg4 h2 49. Rh3 Kb6 50. Kg3 Rxa3+ 51. Kxh2 Rxh3+ 52. Kxh3 Kc5 53. Kg3 c6 54. dxc6 Kxc6 55. Kf4 Kd6 56. Kf5 Ke7 57. Ke5 g6 58. Kf4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ackroyd, William"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. Ne3 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Be7 14. Nd2 f5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nec4 Nbc8 17. Rc1 b5 18. Na3 Nb6 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. Nd6+ Kd7 21. Nb3 Rf8 22. Nc5+ Kd8 23. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "McDougall, Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1472"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Be6 8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na4 Bg4 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. Rc1 a6 16. a4 Ba7 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bg3 c6 19. h3 Bh5 20. Nc3 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bc2 Bb8 24. Bd1 Bg6 25. Bg4 Qd8 26. Qxb7 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Re7 28. Qxc6 h5 29. Bf5 Kg7 30. Bxg6 Re6 31. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1290"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Ne2 e6 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nb3 0-0 11. 0-0 Rfe8 12. Qc2 a6 13. Ng3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Ngf5 Qd7 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rac1 Bg6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Ne3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Ng4 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Re4 25. Kg1 Rae8 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. Rce1 Qe6 28. Rd1 Qg6 29. Qf3 Qe6 30. Qf5 Kg8 31. Qxd5 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 R8e6 33. Qd8+ Qxd8 34. Rxd8+ Re8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. Rd7 h5 38. Nf2 Re2 39. Nd3 Re3 40. Nc5 Re1+ 41. Kh2 b5 42. Nxa6 Re2 43. Nb4 Rxb2 44. Rd5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[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 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nge2 e5 6. Be3 h5 7. h4 Nh6 8. f3 c6 9. Qd2 f5 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. Qxd6 Nb6 14. Qxe6+ Bxe6 15. b3 fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Rd1 0-0 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bg2 Bg4 20. 0-0 Rfe8 21. Rd2 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jackson, L Ross"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Na6 7. Bd3 Nc7 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. Qc2 h5 10. Ng3 Qe7+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 g6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. 0-0 Bf5 15. f3 0-0-0 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Be2 Bf5 18. b4 g5 19. Bd3 Bg6 20. Re1 Rhe8 21. Bc4 b6 22. Bb2 f5 23. Nf2 f4 24. Nd3 b5 25. Bb3 Bxd3 26. Bxf7 Nd5 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Re6 Kd7 29. Rh6 h4 30. a4 a6 31. axb5 Bxb5 32. Re1 Bf6 33. Rh7+ Re7 34. Rhxe7+ Nxe7 35. Kf2 Nd5 36. g3 fxg3+ 37. hxg3 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Nf4 39. Bc1 Ne2+ 40. Kg4 Nxc3 41. Bxg5 Bxd4 42. Be3 Bxe3 43. Rxe3 Nd5 44. Rb3 Ke6 45. Kg5 Kd6 46. f4 c5 47. bxc5+ Kxc5 48. f5 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "McDougall, Sylvia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1166"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 c5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ne2 Qd6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qg6 21. Rf5 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qg4 23. Rf4 Qh5 24. Qf3 Qg6 25. Rf1 f6 26. Qg4 Qf7 27. Rxf6 Rxe4 28. Rxf7 Rxg4 29. Rxb7 Rxd5 30. Rxa7 Rd3 31. Be1 Kh7 32. Rb7 Rd6 33. Rff7 Kg8 34. g3 Rd1 35. Kf1 Ra1 36. Ra7 Rxa3 37. Rxa3 Kxf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Rb7 Rg6 40. Kg2 Rf6 41. Bd2 Kh7 42. Bf4 Kg6 43. Bc7 Re6 44. Rxb6 Rxb6 45. Bxb6 c4 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. g4+ Kg5 48. Bd8+ Kg6 49. h4 Kf7 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Bb6 g6 52. Be3 h5 53. g5 Kd6 54. Kd4 Kc6 55. Kxc4 Kc7 56. Kc5 Kb7 57. Kd6 Kc8 58. Kc6 Kd8 59. Kb7 Kd7 60. c4 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Lim, Benjamin U"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1495"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Na6 11. 0-0 Nc7 12. a4 Na6 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. b3 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qb2 19. Bd1 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Bd3 21. Bg4 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Nd3 23. Rb1 h6 24. Bh4 Bc3 25. Nf3 f5 26. Rd1 Nf4 27. Bg3 fxg4 28. Bxf4 gxf3 29. Bxd6 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 b6 31. Bf4 g5 32. Be3 Rad8 33. h4 Re5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rg1 Kg7 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. Kd3 Bxe3 39. fxe3 Rde8 40. Rg3 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1160"]
[BlackElo "1495"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. h3 Nd7 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Rfd8 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qc3 f6 22. Bxd5+ cxd5 23. Rxd5 Be5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qe3 Bd6 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27. Rc7 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Bd8 29. Rxb7 Bb6 30. g4 Rd2 31. Bc3 Rxf2+ 32. Kg3 Ra2 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. h4 Rxa3 36. Kf4 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Park Tamati, Philli"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "1495"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qb3 Nh5 9. Ne2 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 Qf6 11. 0-0 g6 12. Nd2 axb4 13. cxb4 Bg7 14. Rac1 Qb2 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rc2 Bg7 18. Nb3 Ba4 19. Rb1 0-0 20. Rcc1 Rfb8 21. g4 g5 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Ned4 Bc4 24. Na5 Bd3 25. Rb3 Bg6 26. Rb2 h6 27. Nab3 Rc8 28. b5 Ra4 29. b6 e5 30. c6 exd4 31. Nc5 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1495"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. d5 Qxd5 9. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 gxf6 11. Nxe4 Ke7 12. Rc1 Be6 13. a3 Bb3+ 14. Ke2 Bd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Ke3 d5 17. Bb5 Kd6 18. Ne2 Rhe8+ 19. Kf2 Rec8 20. Rc3 Na5 21. Rhc1 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Bc4 23. Nd4 a6 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bc2 Ba2 26. Nf5+ Kd7 27. Rd3 Rc8 28. Rd2 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Bb1 30. Nd4 Bxc2 31. Nxc2 Kd6 32. b4 Nc4 33. f4 d4 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. g3 Ke4 36. Ne1 Nb2 37. Kd2 f5 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Kd1 d3 40. Ng2 Nxa3 41. Kd2 Nc4+ 42. Kd1 Ne3+ 43. Nxe3 Kxe3 44. Ke1 Kd4 45. Kd2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Weng, Xintong"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1495"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. a3 c5 13. Qc2 Nc7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. b4 Bd6 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne4 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Be1 Rac8 22. Qb3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 h6 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Bc3 Ne4 26. Bb2 Rd8 27. Nd2 Qf5 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. g3 Bc7 30. Bd4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Gold, Hamish R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1495"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Qc2 g5 10. Bg3 Nd7 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 a5 13. 0-0 Qe8 14. e4 f4 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bf2 h5 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. e5 Qg7 19. c5 g4 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Kh1 Qh6 22. g3 f3 23. Be1 Kg7 24. Rf2 Bg5 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Be8 28. a4 Bg6 29. Rf1 Bf5 30. Rff2 Kg6 31. Kg1 Rab8 32. h3 Kg5 33. h4+ Kg6 34. Rf1 Be4 35. Kf2 b6 36. Ke3 Bxd3 37. Kxd3 bxc5 38. Ke3 cxd4+ 39. Rxd4 Rb3+ 40. Kd2 Rxb2+ 41. Kc3 Rb4 42. Rxb4 axb4+ 43. Kxb4 Kf5 44. Kc5 Kxe5 45. Re1+ Kf5 46. Kd4 Ra8 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2020.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christie, Richie"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1495"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. dxc5 e5 8. Bg3 Bxc5 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. c4 d4 14. exd4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 0-0 16. Qd3 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nf3 g6 20. Nxd4 Rad8 21. Qe4 Bc8 22. Qh4 h5 23. Qf6 Qc7 24. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Dolejs, Dan E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "1495"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 0-0 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ne4+ 13. Kd3 Nxg5 14. h4 cxd5 15. hxg5 f6 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. f3 b6 18. Kd2 a5 19. a4 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Ne2 g6 22. Rhb1 Rab8 23. Nc3 Kg7 24. Rb2 Rfe8 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 Red8 27. Rab1 Ne8 28. Rxb6 Ra8 29. R6b5 Nf6 30. Rc5 g5 31. Rbb5 g4 32. Nxd5 gxf3 33. gxf3 Ne8 34. Nc7 Nxc7 35. Rxc7+ Kg8 36. Rbb7 Ra6 37. Rxh7 Rg6 38. Rh4 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Ra2 40. Rh5 Rxa4 41. Rhb5 Ra3+ 42. Rb3 Ra1 43. Rb8 Rxb8 44. Rxb8+ Kf7 45. Ra8 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 a4 47. Kf4 Ra1 48. e4 a3 49. d5 Ke7 50. Kf5 a2 51. f4 Kd6 52. Ra5 Ke7 53. e5 Kd7 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55. Ke6 Kd8 56. f5 Kc8 57. f6 Kb8 58. Ra3 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2020.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Diep, Denan"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1495"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Qb6 9. Kh1 Nge7 10. dxc5 Nxe5 11. Qg3 Qc7 12. Nd4 N7g6 13. b4 Qd8 14. f4 Nc6 15. f5 Nge7 16. fxe6 f6 17. Nb5 Nf5 18. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Suazo, Benedict"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1495"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 f5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qf6 8. e5 Qg6 9. Rg1 Nh6 10. h3 Qh5 11. Be2 Qf7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. 0-0-0 0-0-0 15. a3 d6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. d5 Ne7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nf7 23. Kc2 Ne5 24. c5 bxc5 25. Qf1 N7c6 26. Kb1 Nd4 27. Qd1 Qc6 28. f4 Ng6 29. Qd2 Nxe2 30. Nxe2 Qh1+ 31. Ka2 Qe4 32. Nc3 Qc4+ 33. Ka1 Nxf4 34. Qe1 Qe6 35. Qd2 Nxh3 36. Nb5 Qb6 37. Nc3 Qd6 38. Qe2 a6 39. Qe8+ Kb7 40. Qf7 g6 41. Qxh7 Nxf2 42. Qh4 Ng4 43. Qh1+ Ka7 44. Qf1 Ne3 45. Qg1 Nc2+ 46. Kb1 Nd4 47. Qf1 g5 48. Qg1 g4 49. Qg2 Nb5 50. Nxb5+ axb5 51. Qe2 Kb6 52. Qf2 c6 53. Qxf5 Qd1+ 54. Ka2 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jackson, L Ross"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "1495"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Ne2 a6 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 b5 13. Ba2 Bb6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qb3 Ne7 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Qd3 Be4 18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Ne1 Bd5 20. Qd3 Bc4 21. Qf3 Qd5 22. Nc3 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Bxa2 24. Nxa2 Nfd5 25. Ne5 Rfd8 26. Nd3 Rc2 27. Rac1 Rdc8 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Ra1 Nf5 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Naxc1 Nxd4 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Nc6 34. Nd3 f6 35. Kf1 a5 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. f4 Ke7 38. g4 b4 39. axb4 Ncxb4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Perrin, Brent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1643"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Qd2 d5 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Nf4 Rae8 14. b4 cxd4 15. exd4 dxc4 16. Bc2 Nd5 17. Ne2 b5 18. Bb2 N7f6 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. Rfe1 a6 21. Re5 Qd6 22. Ree1 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Nd5 24. Re5 Rd8 25. Rae1 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxe6 Bc8 29. Re7 Rd7 30. R7e5 g6 31. a4 Rd2 32. R1e2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Kf7 34. axb5 axb5 35. f4 Rd8 36. g3 Rd4 37. Re5 Rd2 38. Bxf5 Bxf5 39. Rxb5 Rb2 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. b5 c3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deng, Abraham"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qf2 Qc7 15. a3 Rb8 16. Bd3 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Na2 Rb6 20. Qd4 Rfb8 21. b4 a5 22. c3 axb4 23. cxb4 Na6 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Rc2 Bb5 27. Re3 Bc4 28. Qd2 Bxa2+ 29. Rxa2 Rxb4+ 30. Qxb4 Rxb4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Taylor, Stephan James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1643"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. a3 e5 9. d5 e4 10. fxe4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Ne5 12. Qc2 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf5 15. Qd4 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bh4+ 17. g3 Be4 18. Rg1 Bf6 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qg5 21. Qd2 Qf5 22. b3 Bd3 23. Qg2 Qe5 24. Qb2 Qe4 25. Qd2 Qf3 26. Qg2 Qxg2 27. Rxg2 Rf1+ 28. Kd2 Be4 29. Re2 Bf3 30. Re1 Rf2+ 31. Kd3 Re8 32. Kc3 Be4 33. Rd1 Rxh2 34. Bd2 Rf8 35. Rf1 Rff2 36. Rxf2 Rxf2 37. Rg1 Kf7 38. g4 Kg6 39. Bc1 Kg5 40. Kd4 Bg2 41. e4+ Kxg4 42. e5 dxe5+ 43. Kxe5 Re2+ 44. Kd4 h5 45. c5 h4 46. d6 cxd6 47. cxd6 Kh3 48. d7 Re4+ 49. Kd3 Re5 50. Rxg2 Rd5+ 51. Ke4 Rxd7 52. Rg6 Re7+ 53. Kf5 Rf7+ 54. Ke6 Rc7 55. Bb2 Rc6+ 56. Kf7 Rxg6 57. Kxg6 Kg4 58. Be5 h3 59. Kxg7 Kf5 60. Bh2 Ke4 61. Kf6 Kd4 62. Be5+ Kd3 63. Ke6 Kc2 64. b4 Kb3 65. Kd5 b5 66. Kd4 Kxa3 67. Kc3 Ka4 68. Bh2 a5 69. bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Boyuan"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 0-0 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Bf5 13. Ne1 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 b6 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Nf4 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Knightbridge, Wayne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1643"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. e4 Nb6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Qh5 19. Rbe1 Be6 20. Nc5 Nf4 21. Nxe6 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qe4 Qd5 25. Qe2 Rf8 26. Re1 Rf6 27. Qc2 Qc4 28. g3 Rf8 29. Rb1 Rf3 30. Rc1 Qd3 31. Qb3 Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. Kf1 Rd3 34. Ke2 Kh7 35. f4 Kg6 36. Rc2 Kf5 37. Kf2 Rd1 38. Re2 Kf6 39. Rc2 Rd3 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. a4 Kd6 42. a5 Kc7 43. Rb2 Rxc3 44. Kd1 Ra3 45. Rc2 Rxa5 46. Rxc4 Ra2 47. Rc3 g6 48. h4 a5 49. Kc1 Kd6 50. Kb1 Ra4 51. h5 gxh5 52. Rc5 Rb4+ 53. Ka2 Rb5 54. Rc2 Rb4 55. Rc5 Rb5 56. Rc2 h4 57. gxh4 Rb4 58. Rc5 Rb5 59. Rc2 Rf5 60. Rf2 Kd5 61. Kb3 Kxd4 62. Rd2+ Kc5 63. Rc2+ Kd6 64. Rd2+ Ke7 65. Rd4 Kf6 66. Rc4 c5 67. Ka4 Kg6 68. Re4 Kh5 69. Rxe6 Rxf4+ 70. Kxa5 c4 71. Kb4 Rxh4 72. Kc3 Kg4 73. Kxc4 Kf5+ 74. Kd5 h5 75. Re5+ Kf4 76. Re4+ Kg3 77. Re8 Rf4 78. Ke5 h4 79. Rg8+ Rg4 80. Ra8 h3 81. Ra3+ Kh4 82. Ra2 Rg2 83. Ra4+ Kg3 84. Ra3+ Kh2 85. Ra1 Rf2 86. Ra8 Kg1 87. Ke4 h2 88. Rg8+ Rg2 89. Rh8 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 0-0 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. h3 b6 12. 0-0 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Ne5 Nb8 15. c4 Nbd7 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Bd6 Kh8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 N5f6 21. Rfe1 Qc8 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. d5 Re8 24. d6 Qa8 25. e5 Nd5 26. Qa4 Nc5 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. d7 Rf8 29. Qa5 Nb6 30. d8Q Rxd8 31. Nxd8 Qxd8 32. Qxc5 h6 33. Rc1 Kg8 34. Qd6 Qg5 35. Rb1 Nc4 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ g6 38. Qxc4 Qxe5 39. Rb1 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "1643"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bg5 0-0 7. h3 Qa5 8. Bd2 a6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Ne8 12. Qc2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Ng5 e5 16. dxe6 Qe7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nf7 Rxf7 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. 0-0 Nc6 21. Bc3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rfe1 Nf6 24. Re7+ Kf8 25. Rxb7 Qc8 26. Rc7 Qb8 27. Qe2 Nxd5 28. Rxh7 Kg8 29. Rd7 Nf6 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rxd6 Qe8 32. Rb1 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Kg7 34. Kf1 a5 35. Rb6 Ne4 36. Rd1 Nxf2 37. Rxd4 cxd4 38. Kxf2 Rd8 39. Ke2 Kh6 40. Rb5 d3+ 41. Kd2 Rd4 42. b3 Rf4 43. Kxd3 Rf2 44. c5 Rxg2 45. c6 Rg3+ 46. Kc4 Rg1 47. Kc5 Rf1 48. Kb6 g5 49. c7 g4 50. hxg4 Rf8 51. Kb7 Kg7 52. c8Q Rf7+ 53. Qc7 Kh8 54. Rxa5 Rf8 55. Ra8 Kg8 56. Rxf8+ Kxf8 57. g5 Kg8 58. g6 Kf8 59. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "He, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1643"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 b6 10. Nf3 0-0 11. Be2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 h6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Kd3 Rfd8 18. f3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc5+ 20. Ke2 Ne6 21. d5 Nc7 22. Nb3 Nb5 23. Bd2 Bb2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Kd3 a5 26. Bxh6 Rc3+ 27. Kd2 a4 28. Rb1 Rxb3 29. axb3 Bc3+ 30. Kd3 a3 31. Kc4 a2 32. Rd1 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Delarosa, Mark"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nc3 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Nc3 Rf8 20. Ne4 Qe6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Rd2 Qb4 24. Qc1 Nf6 25. a3 Qb6 26. Qc4 Rd5 27. Re3 Rfd8 28. Rg3 Ne4 29. Rb3 Nxd2 30. Rxb6 Nxc4 31. Rxb7 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Hanmer Springs"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smith, Tamati"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8. axb3 cxd4 9. cxd4 a6 10. Na3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nge7 13. Nb5 0-0 14. Nd6 Rab8 15. Rhe1 Nc8 16. Nxc8 Rbxc8 17. Rec1 Nb4 18. Rc3 Rc6 19. Ne1 f6 20. Nf3 Be8 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Ne1 Bg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 Rfc8 26. Rac1 Kf7 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. b4 Ke7 30. f4 Kd6 31. g4 e5 32. Ke3 e4 33. h4 Ke6 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Hanmer Springs"]
[Date "2019.10.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Dolejs, Dan E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. Nge2 Ne4 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. 0-0 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 0-0 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd8 15. b4 Be6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Qb2 Qd7 18. b5 Nh5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rb8 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qxc6 Qe7 24. Qc7 Qf6 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qc5 Rfc8 27. Qb4 Rcb8 28. Qd2 Qe7 29. a4 Rb4 30. Bb5 Bc8 31. Rcb1 Rxb1+ 32. Rxb1 Bf5 33. Rc1 h5 34. Rc5 Be6 35. a5 h4 36. gxh4 Qxh4 37. Bf1 Kg7 38. g3 Qh6 39. Rc7 Rh8 40. Bg2 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Rb8 42. Rc1 Bd7 43. Bxd5 Bb5+ 44. Rc4 Bxc4+ 45. Bxc4 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Rb1 47. Qa2 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Hanmer Springs"]
[Date "2019.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Nbxd4 0-0 10. c3 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. Qc2 Bc5 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Bd3 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 h6 16. Bh4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Qb3 g5 20. Bg3 b5 21. f3 Be6 22. Bf2 Nd7 23. a4 bxa4 24. Qxa4 Ra8 25. b3 a5 26. Bb5 Nb8 27. b4 Bd7 28. Ra1 Bxb5 29. Qxb5 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. bxa5 Nb6 32. Be1 Ra6 33. Bc3 Nc4 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. Kd3 f6 37. g3 h5 38. Kc2 Kf5 39. Kb3 h4 40. Kb4 Nd6 41. Kc5 hxg3 42. hxg3 g4 43. fxg4+ Kxg4 44. Kxd5 Kxg3 45. Bb4 Nb7 46. Ke4 Kf2 47. d5 Ke2 48. Ra2+ Kd1 49. d6 Nxd6+ 50. Bxd6 Rxd6 51. a6 Rd8 52. a7 Ra8 53. Kf5 Kc1 54. Kxf6 Kb1 55. Ra6 Kb2 56. Ke5 Kb3 57. Kd5 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Hanmer Springs"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Lane, Richard1111"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[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. Qc2 g6 5. e4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 d6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. a3 Nd7 12. g4 Qb6 13. Nbd2 Rfb8 14. Nc4 Qb3 15. Qxb3 Rxb3 16. Kg2 Rbb8 17. Rb1 Kf8 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Na5 Na4 20. Bf4 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Nc4 f6 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Nxd6 Bxa3 25. Rxb8+ Nxb8 26. Nc4 Nd7 27. Nxa3 Nc3 28. Nd2 Kf7 29. f3 Ne2 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Bxc5 Nf4+ 32. Kg3 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nd3+ 34. Kxe2 Nxc5 35. Ke3 Nb7 36. Kd4 Ke8 37. Nb3 Kd7 38. Nc4 Kc7 39. Nba5 Nd8 40. Kc5 h6 41. Nc6 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Hanmer Springs"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Christie, Richie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. h3 Qe7 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Re1 Bxf4 13. exf4 Qh4 14. Qf3 Rf6 15. c5 Raf8 16. Bf1 Rg6 17. Rad1 Be8 18. Rd3 Qf6 19. g3 h5 20. Kh2 h4 21. Qg2 Rh6 22. Ne2 Qg6 23. f3 hxg3+ 24. Nxg3 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Qf6 26. Re5 Bd7 27. Ra3 a6 28. Rb3 Bc8 29. Rbe3 Kf7 30. Qg5 Rfh8 31. Re2 Rh4 32. Kg3 Qxg5+ 33. fxg5 Rxd4 34. f4 Rc4 35. a3 Rxc5 36. b4 Rc3+ 37. R2e3 Rxe3+ 38. Rxe3 g6 39. a4 d4 40. Re5 Rd8 41. Bd3 b6 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 c5 44. Re2 Rd7 45. Ra2 Bb7 46. h4 Be4 47. Rd2 Bxd3 48. Rxd3 c4 49. Ra3 d3 50. Kf3 d2 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Hanmer Springs"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clarkson, Robert"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Bb2 c5 8. c3 Qc7 9. Rc1 d6 10. 0-0 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Rd7 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. Ng5 Bf8 17. Rc2 Na5 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. c4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Nb7 21. Ngf3 Re8 22. g3 Rde7 23. Nc4 Nd7 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. Nc4 Nd7 26. Rcd2 f6 27. h4 Rf7 28. h5 Rd8 29. Nh4 Nb8 30. Nf5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rd7 32. Bc1 Nd6 33. Ncxd6 Bxd6 34. Qg4 Bf8 35. Qe2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Nd7 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Qf7 Qd8 39. h6 g6 40. Nd6 Qe7 41. Qxe7 Bxe7 42. Nc8 Bf8 43. Nxa7 Kg8 44. a4 Bd6 45. a5 bxa5 46. Bxa5 Kf7 47. b6 Ke8 48. Nc8 Bb8 49. b7 c4 50. bxc4 Nc5 51. Bb6 Nxb7 52. c5 Kd7 53. Na7 Bxa7 54. c6+ Kxc6 55. Bxa7 Nc5 56. f3 Nd7 57. Be3 g5 58. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Hanmer Springs"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Goddard, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. e4 Bg4 7. d5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bd3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Na4 c5 16. Nxc5 Rc8 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Nb3 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Nxe4 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Nb3 Qd5 22. Re1 g6 23. Bc4 Qd6 24. a3 a5 25. Nd2 Qd4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rd8 30. Rxe5 Rd2+ 31. Re2 Rd4 32. b3 a4 33. Ke3 Rh4 34. g3 Rg4 35. Rf2 axb3 36. Bxf7+ Kg7 37. Bxb3 h5 38. Rf7+ Kh6 39. Kd3 h4 40. Rf3 Kh5 41. Bd1 Rg5 42. Rf5+ Kh6 43. Rxg5 Kxg5 44. g4 Kf6 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. h3 Kd6 47. g5 Kc6 48. Bc2 Kb5 49. Bxg6 Ka4 50. Be8+ Kxa3 51. g6 Kb2 52. g7 Kc2 53. g8Q Kd2 54. Qg2+ Ke1 55. Kd3 Kd1 56. Qd2# 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Hanmer Springs"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hothersall, Rik"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. b3 Na6 8. Bb2 c5 9. d3 Nc7 10. e4 d6 11. Ne1 Nd7 12. f4 f5 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Qc2 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. Re1 Raf8 22. Rfe3 Bc8 23. Re7 R6f7 24. Bh3 g6 25. Kf2 Bd7 26. Kf3 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Rf7 28. Re2 Kf8 29. d4 g5 30. Kf2 cxd4 31. Rd2 f4 32. Bxd7 fxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Rxd7 34. Rxd4 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Hanmer Springs"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nf6 10. Nbxd4 0-0 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Qf4 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. c3 Rd7 20. Bc2 Red8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. h3 h6 23. g4 Qd8 24. g5 Nd5 25. Qe4 hxg5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 Kd6 29. Nxg5 Kc7 30. Nxf7 Kb8 31. Qg3+ Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. Ng5 Rg7 34. h4 Kd6 35. Rxe6+ Kc7 36. Kh2 Nf4 37. Re4 Ne6 38. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "List, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[BlackElo "1562"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bd2 g4 7. Nd4 dxe5 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. e3 Qd7 11. Be2 0-0-0 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxg4 f5 14. Bh3 Qf7 15. Qc1 Bd3 16. f3 Qh5 17. Kf2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Rg8 19. Qe1 Qxh3 20. g3 Bxc4 21. Qf2 h5 22. Bc3 h4 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bd6 25. Nd2 Ba6 26. Rhd1 Rg6 27. Nf1 Bxf1+ 28. Rxf1 hxg3 29. h4 Bb4 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Rad1 Rdd6 32. a3 Nc2 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Kxg3 Nxe3 35. Rf2 Rg6+ 36. Kh3 f4 37. b4 Rh6 38. Rd2 b5 39. Ra2 c6 40. Rd2 Kc7 41. Re2 Kb6 42. Ra2 Rh8 43. Rd2 Kc7 44. Rd3 a6 45. Rd2 Nf5 46. Kg4 Ne3+ 47. Kg5 Nc4 48. Rh2 Nxa3 49. h5 Nc4 50. h6 Kb6 51. h7 c5 52. Rh6+ Kb7 53. bxc5 b4 54. Kg6 b3 55. Kg7 Rxh7+ 56. Rxh7 b2 57. Kf6+ Kc6 58. Rh1 Nd2 59. Kxe5 Kxc5 60. Kxf4 b1Q 61. Rxb1 Nxb1 62. Ke3 Kb4 63. f4 Nc3 64. Kd2 Kb3 65. f5 Nd5 66. Kc1 a5 67. Kb1 a4 68. Ka1 Ka3 69. Kb1 Kb3 70. Ka1 a3 71. Kb1 a2+ 72. Ka1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Jeffrey"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1303"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 0-0 8. Qc2 h6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nh4 Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 g5 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. Bxf5 Ne7 15. Bd3 Bg6 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd5 20. Ne4 Re6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bd2 Rae8 23. Qb5 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Rb8 25. Qa5 a6 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Qc5 Re6 28. Qc2 Qe7 29. Bd2 Re2 30. Qb3 c6 31. Bc3 b5 32. a4 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. g3 Re2 36. Rf1 Qf6 37. Kg1 Qf3 38. axb5 axb5 39. Qa3 Rc2 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qxc6 Qxc6 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bf4 f5 13. Ne5 Bg5 14. Bh2 Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Qe7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Bd7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Na4 Bh4 23. Nc5 Bf5 24. Qb2 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rf8 26. Rf1 g5 27. Qb7 Qf6 28. Be5 Qg6 29. g4 Bc8 30. Qc7 Kh7 31. Nd7 Bxd7 32. Qxd7 Rf3 33. Bg3 Bxg3 34. fxg3 Rxg3+ 35. Kh2 Rxe3 36. Rc1 Qf6 37. Qf5+ Qxf5 38. gxf5 Rf3 39. Rxc6 Rxf5 40. Re6 Rf2+ 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. Kg4 Rxd4 43. Kxg5 Rd1 44. Kf5 g6+ 45. Rxg6 Rf1+ 46. Kg5 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "He, Paul"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1303"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d4 Bb4 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nge2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. c4 Be6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. e6 Qd6 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Qb3 Kf8 19. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Jackson, L Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h3 Ng5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bg4 f5 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. g4 Qh7 19. Kg2 fxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Rh1 Qf7 23. Rh2 Kg7 24. Kg3 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scott, David1111"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1303"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bxg3 8. hxg3 Qb6 9. Qc2 h6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. e4 d4 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Nbxd4 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Qb3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Bc6 18. f3 e5 19. Na5 Nd7 20. Nc4 0-0 21. Rh5 f6 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. Nf5 Rd8 25. Ke3 Rcd7 26. Bf1 Kf8 27. Rh1 Rd2 28. b3 Rc2 29. Bd3 Rxc3 30. Rhd1 Bb5 31. g4 Rcxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Nd7 35. Ne3 Bc6 36. Nc4 Rc2 37. Ne3 Rc5 38. Rd1 g6 39. Nc4 Ke7 40. Rd2 Nb6 41. Nxb6 axb6 42. b4 Rc4 43. a3 Ba4 44. Rd3 Rc2 45. Kh3 Bb5 46. Rd1 Bc4 47. Ra1 Ra2 48. Rxa2 Bxa2 49. Kh4 Bf7 50. Kh3 Kd6 51. Kg3 g5 52. Kf2 Kc6 53. Ke3 Kb5 54. Kd3 Ka4 55. Kc3 Kxa3 56. g3 Ka4 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Benitez, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. h4 h5 10. Nge2 f5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. g3 Nf6 14. 0-0 Ne4 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rfc1 0-0 17. Nxh5 Bxh5 18. Qxh5 Nxg3 19. Qg5+ Qxg5 20. hxg5 Ne4 21. f4 Kg7 22. Kg2 Rh8 23. Rh1 f6 24. gxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nxe4+ fxe4 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Be2 c5 28. Rd1 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Ke6 31. Rxe4+ dxe4 32. Bc4+ Kf6 33. Bxg8 a5 34. Bh7 b6 35. Bxe4 Bb4 36. Ke2 Bc5 37. Bd3 Bb4 38. e4 Bc5 39. e5+ Ke7 40. b3 Bd4 41. Kf3 Ke6 42. Ke4 Bc3 43. f5+ Ke7 44. f6+ Kf8 45. Kf5 Bd4 46. e6 Bc5 47. e7+ Bxe7 48. fxe7+ Kxe7 49. Ke5 Kd7 50. Bb5+ Kc7 51. Kd5 Kb7 52. Kd6 Kb8 53. Kc6 Ka7 54. Kc7 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1303"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. c5 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Be2 Bf8 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. Na4 a6 13. Rc1 g6 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bg7 17. f4 b5 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Qf2 Rb8 21. Rc6 Re6 22. Rfc1 Nc5 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rc8 26. Qc2 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Qd7 28. Qb6 Qc8 29. Bc5 Bf8 30. b4 Kf7 31. Qa7+ Ke8 32. g3 Bxc5+ 33. bxc5 Kd8 34. Kg2 h5 35. Kh3 d4 36. Kg2 d3 37. Kf2 Qc6 38. Qb8+ Qc8 39. Qd6+ Qd7 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Vincent, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1341"]
[BlackElo "1410"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 d6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. 0-0 Bc6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Ne2 g5 12. Bh2 Nd7 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f3 Nef6 15. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 bxc6 17. c4 c5 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. b3 Qd6+ 21. Kg1 Nh5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxf5 Nhf6 24. dxc5 Qe7 25. Qc3 Rbe8 26. Kf2 Ne4+ 27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Kg1 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Rf1 Qe4 31. Rf3 Ne5 32. Rg3 h6 33. a3 c6 34. b4 Qb1+ 35. Qc1 Qe4 36. Nc3 Qd3 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. e4 Qc4 39. exd5 cxd5 40. Qd2 d4 41. Ne4 Qd5 42. Nd6 Rf8 43. Nb5 Rf7 44. Qxd4 Qe6 45. Re3 Rf5 46. Nxa7 Qf6 47. Nb5 Kg6 48. Qc3 g4 49. Rg3 Rf2 50. Qd4 h5 51. Qd6 h4 52. Qxf6+ Kxf6 53. Rc3 g3+ 54. Kg1 Re2 55. Kf1 Rf2+ 56. Kg1 Re2 57. Rc1 Nd3 58. Nd4 Ra2 59. Rf1+ Ke5 60. Nf3+ Kd5 61. Nxh4 Nf2 62. Rc1 Rxa3 63. c6 Nd3 64. c7 Nxc1 65. c8Q Ra1 66. Qg8+ Kc6 67. Qg6+ Kb5 68. Kf1 Nd3+ 69. Ke2 Nf4+ 70. Kf3 Nxg6 71. Nxg6 Ra3+ 72. Kg4 Kxb4 73. Nh4 Kc5 74. Nf5 Kd5 75. Nxg3 Ke6 76. Nh5 Ra4+ 77. Nf4+ Kf6 78. g3 Ra8 79. h4 Rg8+ 80. Kh3 Kf5 81. Nh5 Rg4 82. Ng7+ Rxg7 83. h5 Kg5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Li, Leo Xiang Yu"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1231"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. Bxc7 Qxc7 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxg4 Nxg4 15. g3 b5 16. Rfe1 Ngf6 17. Re2 Rxe2 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Kg2 Kf8 24. h3 Qb6 25. Qe5 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liu, Ethan Yichen"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1081"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 0-0 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Ndf3 Nd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qb1 h6 13. dxc5 Bxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. Bc2 Nxc5 16. e4 Ba6 17. b4 Nb7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rad8 20. 0-0-0 Nd6 21. exd5 e4 22. Qa6 exf3 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. dxc6 fxg2 25. Rhg1 Ne4 26. Rxg2 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Nxc3+ 28. Kc2 Nd5 29. Kb3 Rb8 30. b5 Nc7 31. Kc4 Rxb5 32. f4 Rb6 33. Kc5 Ne6+ 34. Kd6 Nd4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Xu, Hannah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1341"]
[BlackElo "1077"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8. Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. h3 h6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Be2 e6 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. 0-0 Re8 19. a4 exd5 20. Qxd5 Bc6 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Bb5 Rxe4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxa4 25. Rc7 Rd2 26. Re1 Raa2 27. Ree7 Rxf2 28. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rh2+ 30. Kg1 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Rxh3 32. Kg2 Rb3 33. Ra8 f5 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Ra6+ Kg5 36. Ra5 Rb4 37. Kg3 Kh5 38. Kf3 Kh4 39. Ra6 Rg4 40. Rb6 Rg3+ 41. Kf4 Rg4+ 42. Kf3 Kg5 43. Rb5 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 Ra4 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Kg4 47. Rb4+ f4 48. Rb6 g5 49. Rb4 Ra2+ 50. Kg1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Qin, James"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Na3 a6 7. Be3 Qxb2 8. Nc2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Qa7 10. g3 f6 11. Bg2 c4 12. 0-0 Qb8 13. a3 fxe5 14. Re1 e4 15. Nh4 Nf6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Be3 0-0 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Ne3 Bxa3 21. Nc2 Be7 22. Rb2 h6 23. Be3 Ng4 24. Bh3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bxh4 26. gxh4 b5 27. Rf1 Qg6+ 28. Bg2 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 e5 30. h3 Bd7 31. Qe2 Rf8+ 32. Ke1 Qg3+ 33. Kd1 Rf2 34. Qh5 Qxg2 35. dxe5 Qg1+ 36. Ne1 Rxb2 37. e6 Qxe3 38. Qf7+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "He, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "1341"]
[BlackElo "1473"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nge2 Re8 8. Bd2 b6 9. a3 Bd6 10. 0-0 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Rac1 Qb7 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Nf4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Nc3 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 c6 19. Rdc2 Bd6 20. Nce2 b5 21. Qb3 Nb8 22. Qa2 a5 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. b4 axb4 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. axb4 Nb6 27. Nf4 Nc4 28. Nd3 Ra8 29. Qb1 Na3 30. Qb2 Nxc2 31. Rxc2 Rec8 32. h3 Qa7 33. Ne5 Qa1+ 34. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 35. Kh2 Kf8 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37. Nb6 Rb8 38. Rxc6 Ra6 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hall, Nathan"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. f4 Qb6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 c4 14. Kh1 Qd8 15. Qe1 f5 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. g4 fxg4 18. Bxg4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Rg1 Qe8 21. Rg6 Qf7 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Qf3 Be6 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. Nf3 Kh8 27. Ng5 Rae8 28. Rxh6+ gxh6 29. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ashe, Michael"]
[Black "Knightbridge, Wayne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "1341"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxg2 8. Rg1 Bb7 9. e4 Bf8 10. e5 Ng8 11. Nh5 g6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ng3 f5 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nge2 0-0-0 17. a3 d6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. 0-0-0 Nf6 20. Rge1 Qf7 21. Kb1 e5 22. d5 Nb8 23. f4 Rhe8 24. Ng1 e4 25. Bc2 Ng4 26. Nh3 h6 27. Nb5 Ba6 28. Rc1 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Kb7 30. Ng1 Nf6 31. Ne2 Qxd5 32. Qxd5+ Nxd5 33. Red1 Ne3 34. Re1 Nxc2 35. Rxc2 Nd7 36. b4 d5 37. Rd1 Nf6 38. Rcd2 d4 39. Rxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Kc7 41. Nc3 Nd7 42. Nd5+ Kc8 43. Ne3 Nf8 44. h4 Rd8 45. Rc4+ Kb8 46. Rc3 Ne6 47. Ng2 Rc8 48. Rc6 Rxc6 49. bxc6 a6 50. a4 b5 51. axb5 axb5 52. Kb2 Kc7 53. Kc3 Kxc6 54. Kb3 Nc7 55. h5 gxh5 56. Ne3 Nd5 57. Nxf5 Nxf4 58. Kc3 Nd5+ 59. Kd4 e3 60. Kd3 Kd7 61. Ke2 Ke8 62. Nd6+ Kd7 63. Nxb5 h4 64. Nd4 h3 65. Nf3 Kc6 66. Nh2 Kb5 67. Kf3 Kxb4 68. Kg3 Kc3 69. Kxh3 Ne7 70. Kg2 Kd3 71. Nf3 Nf5 72. Ne1+ Ke2 73. Nc2 Kd2 74. Nxe3 Kxe3 75. Kh3 Kf4 76. Kh2 Kg4 77. Kg2 h5 78. Kh2 h4 79. Kg2 Ne3+ 80. Kh2 h3 81. Kg1 Kg3 82. Kh1 Ng4 83. Kg1 h2+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dai, Oliver"]
[Black "Ashe, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bc4 h6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 a6 12. d5 Rd8 13. Qe2 exd5 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Qc4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Be3 Be5 19. Rab1 Bxb2 20. Bc5 Bd4 21. Qc2 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rd5 23. Qb6 Rb5 24. Qc7 Rab8 25. Qxb8+ Rxb8 26. Rxb8+ Kh7 27. g3 c5 28. Rc1 Qc6 29. Rb3 Qd5 30. Ra3 Qc6 31. Rac3 Qd5 32. R1c2 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. f3 g5 35. Rxc5 Qb7 36. g4 Kg6 37. a4 h5 38. h3 h4 39. a5 f6 40. Rf5 Qb8 41. f4 Qb3 42. Rf2 Qg3+ 43. Kf1 Qxh3+ 44. Ke1 Qxg4 45. fxg5 Qxf5 46. Rxf5 Kxf5 47. gxf6 Kxf6 48. Kf2 Ke5 49. Kf3 Kd5 50. Kg4 Kc5 51. Kxh4 Kb5 52. Kg3 Kxa5 53. Kf3 Kb4 54. Ke3 Kc3 55. Ke2 a5 56. Kd1 Kb2 0-1

