[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ne5 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. h3 c5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 d4 13. Ne2 Bc6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qg4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Nh5 Bf8 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qh4 h5 24. Nxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qf4 Qxb2 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxa2 29. Rxd4 b5 30. Rd7 Qa5 31. Red1 Be7 32. Qb7 Kf8 33. Rc7 Qa3 34. Rdd7 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qa3 36. Qe4 Qb4 37. Qxb4 Bxb4 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Black "Malik, Numair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Qd1 h6 10. Be3 0-0 11. 0-0 c6 12. a3 d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 g5 16. c3 Ne6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Bxe6 Bxe3 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. fxe3 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rd2 22. Rb1 Rd3 23. Ke2 Rd6 24. Rf1 b5 25. Rf5 Re6 26. Kd3 Rd6+ 27. Kc2 Re6 28. c4 Kg7 29. Kc3 Kg6 30. g4 a6 31. Kb4 h5 32. Kc5 bxc4 33. Kxc4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rd6 35. Rxe5 Rd2 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Rxc6 Rg2 38. Rxa6 Rxg4 39. Kd5 Rg3 40. Ke5 Rxe3 41. Kf5 Rg3 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. e5 g4 44. b4 Rg1 45. Rg7 g3 46. Kf4 Ra1 47. Rxg3 1-0

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moshakova, Elena"]
[Black "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Qc7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. b3 Bd7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Kh1 Rfc8 16. Qe1 Qa5 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bd4 e5 19. f5 exd4 20. fxg6 dxc3 21. gxh7+ Nxh7 22. Qf2 Nf6 23. Nb1 Qc5 24. Qh4 Re8 25. Nxc3 Be6 26. Qf4 Qe5 27. Qe3 d5 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Bc4 Bd6 31. Qh3 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Qe6 33. Qh4 Rac8 34. Qf2 Rxc4 35. bxc4 Qxc4 36. Rd1 Qxe4 37. h3 Qf4 38. Qg1 Re2 39. Rc1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Black "Lu, Xiahan Luna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "1499"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Qg3 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Nce2 Nd5 18. Bd2 b4 19. c4 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Nec7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. f5 dxe5 23. Bh6 Bf6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Qb6+ 26. Rf2 Qxe6 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxf6 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[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 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 0-0 10. Nf3 Re8 11. 0-0 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Nhf6 14. b4 Ne4 15. b5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfc1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Be6 20. Rc3 Rec8 21. Rbc1 Qd8 22. h3 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Qd4 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Qc8 26. Qa3 a6 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Qb2 Bd7 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qb2 Be6 32. Qb1+ Kg8 33. a3 Qa4 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qd6 Qc4 36. Kh2 Qc8 37. a4 Qc4 38. a5 Qc8 39. Kg3 Qc4 40. Qc6 Qxc6 41. Nxc6 Kg6 42. Nb4 d4 43. exd4 Bc4 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. d5 g6 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. Kd4 Bf1 48. Kc5 Kd7 49. g3 Kc7 50. h4 g5 51. d6+ Kd7 52. Nd5 Bb5 53. Nf6+ Ke6 54. Nd5 Kd7 55. Nc7 gxh4 56. gxh4 Be2 57. f4 Bf1 58. Kd5 h5 59. Ke5 Bc4 60. Nd5 Be2 61. Nb6+ Kc6 62. d7 Kc7 63. Kf6 Kd8 64. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Black "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Kh1 Ne5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Rad1 d6 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Rxd5 Bf5 20. exd6 Rxe3 21. Rxf5 Rd8 22. Rc5 Kf8 23. Re5 Rxe5 24. fxe5 f6 25. g4 Kg8 26. exf6 Rxd6 27. f7+ Kf8 28. Kg2 b5 29. Kg3 Rd5 30. Rf5 Rd2 31. Rf2 Rd5 32. Kf4 Kxf7 33. Ke4+ Ke6 34. b3 Rd1 35. c4 Ra1 36. cxb5 Rxa3 37. bxa6 Rxa6 38. b4 Rb6 39. Rb2 g6 40. b5 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. h4 Kd6 43. Kf5 Kc7 44. Kg5 Rd6 45. b6+ Kb7 46. Rb5 Rd8 47. Kxh5 Kc6 48. Rg5 Kxb6 49. Kg6 Kc6 50. h5 Rd6+ 51. Kh7 Kd7 52. Rg7+ Ke8 53. Rg6 Rd5 54. h6 Kf7 55. Ra6 Rd1 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. Rg7 Rh1 58. Rg4 Kf7 59. Rf4+ Ke7 60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kh5 Rh1+ 62. Kg6 Rg1+ 63. Kh7 Rh1 64. Rf5 Kd6 65. Rf8 Ke7 66. Ra8 Kf7 67. Ra7+ Kf8 68. Kg6 Rg1+ 69. Kf6 Kg8 70. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Black "Sharma, Vihaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nd5 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bxd5 10. exd5 0-0 11. 0-0 Qe7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. d4 Bb6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qc5+ 17. Kf1 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxd5 19. Nd3 Ne3+ 20. Bxe3 Qxe3 21. Qe2 Qh6 22. Re1 g6 23. Qe5 c6 24. Qc7 Rf8 25. h3 f5 26. Re7 g5 27. Qe5 g4 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 g3 30. Re3 f4 31. Rf3 Rf7 32. Rxf4 Rg7 33. Rg4 Kh8 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kf3 Kg5 37. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Black "Rossiter, Philip E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 a5 12. Rc1 a4 13. Ne4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Qe7 20. Bc5 Qe8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Rcd1 Ne5 23. Be2 c6 24. R5d4 Re8 25. Re4 Rd8 26. Qxa4 Nd7 27. Qb4 Nc5 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Rd4 Bc7 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Bf3 Qe5 32. g3 b6 33. Qe1 Qg5 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Be4+ f5 36. Bxc6 Bxg3 37. fxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Bg2 Ne4 39. Qd8 Nf2 40. Kf1 Nxd1 41. Qxd1 Qf4+ 42. Qf3 Qxc4+ 43. Qe2 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Bf1 Qc5+ 47. Kh1 Qd5+ 48. Bg2 Qd4 49. Qc2 Qe5 50. Qf2 b5 51. Qf1 g6 52. Qd1 h5 53. b4 f4 54. Qf1 Qe3 55. Qf3 Qc1+ 56. Kh2 Kh6 57. Qc6 Qxa3 58. Qxb5 Qg3+ 59. Kg1 Qe1+ 60. Bf1 Qg3+ 61. Kh1 Qe1 62. Qc4 Qg3 63. Qd3 Qe1 64. b5 Qb4 65. Qc4 Qd6 66. Qe4 Kg7 67. Bd3 g5 68. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Black "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. f3 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. Bc4 Nbd7 14. 0-0 Nb6 15. Bb3 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. Qb4 Nd7 18. Qxb7 Nc5 19. Qb4 f5 20. Nc4 Bf6 21. Na5 f4 22. Bf2 Bh4 23. Nc6 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Rf6 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27. Nxc8 Ng3 28. hxg3 Qxg3 29. Nxd6+ Rxd6 30. Qxc5 Rg6 31. d6+ Kf6 32. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Black "Hunt, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 9. c3 g6 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. h4 Qb6 12. Qc2 0-0-0 13. 0-0-0 Ng4 14. Rdf1 Rhf8 15. h5 f5 16. Ng5 Qa5 17. Ne6 Qxa2 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. f3 Ngf6 21. Re1 Re8 22. Ne2 Nb6 23. b3 Qa3+ 24. Qb2 Qd6 25. Nf4 Nfd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Bg5 c5 28. Qa3 Nxc3 29. Qxc5+ Qxc5 30. dxc5 Kd7 31. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bf4 c6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Bh2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qb6 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. 0-0 Rac8 17. Ne5 c5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. d5 Nf6 20. e4 Rfd8 21. Rad1 exd5 22. e5 Nh7 23. Nxd5 Qe6 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qe6 27. Qa4 a6 28. Qa5 Nf6 29. Re1 Qd5 30. Bg3 c4 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. d7 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Black "Chakkapalli, Sanishka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 Bf5 5. Ng3 e6 6. Nxf5 Be7 7. Nxe7 Qxe7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qb4 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. c3 Qd6 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Qxd6 Rfd8 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qb8 Kh7 22. Qxd8 Ng4 23. Ng5+ Kg6 24. Qd3+ f5 25. Nxe6 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 f4 27. Qxf4 Kh7 28. Qg5 g6 29. Nf4 Kg8 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh7 Ke8 32. Ng6 Kd8 33. Ne5 Kc8 34. Qd7+ Kb8 35. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Ashton, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qb4 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. 0-0 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bd7 15. a3 Rc8 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Kd7 21. b3 h6 22. f4 g6 23. R5c2 Rhg8 24. Nc3 a6 25. Kf2 Nf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Nd1 h5 28. Ne3 h4 29. Rc3 Bb5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. h3 Bd3 33. g3 hxg3+ 34. Kxg3 Kd8 35. Kh4 Ke7 36. Kg5 Kf8 37. Kf6 Be2 38. h4 Ke8 39. Kg7 Kd7 40. b4 b5 1-0

