[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Nb3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. 0-0-0 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rhe1 0-0-0 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Qf2 Qa5 18. g3 c4 19. Be4 b4 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Qf3+ Kb8 22. Nb1 bxa3 23. bxa3 c3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. Nxc3 Bxa3+ 26. Kb1 Bb4 27. Kb2 Kc7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Re2 Bxc3+ 30. Kxc3 h5 31. h3 g6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kc6 34. Kc4 Rd5 35. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d5 7. 0-0 c6 8. b3 0-0 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Ba3 Re8 14. f3 Ng5 15. h4 Nf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. Rf3 Kg8 20. e5 Rc8 21. Rd1 Qa5 22. Bd6 Bh6 23. Nf4 c5 24. dxc5 Bc6 25. Rc3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Bg7 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Nd3 Qd8 29. b4 h5 30. Nf2 Nh6 31. Nh3 Ng4 32. Rd3 Qd7 33. b5 Red8 34. Ng5+ Kg8 35. Red1 Qe8 36. Qe2 a6 37. a4 axb5 38. cxb5 Ra8 39. Qa2 Rd7 40. Qxe6+ Qxe6 41. Nxe6 Bxe5 42. Bxe5 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Nxe5 44. Rd8+ Rxd8 45. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Perry, Roger L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a3 d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nb5 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qc2 b6 14. Rd1 Nde7 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bb2 Qd7 17. Rd2 Rbd8 18. Rbd1 Rc8 19. Nbc3 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Be6 21. Ng5 Bf5 22. Qc4 Rf8 23. e4 Bg4 24. f3 h6 25. h3 hxg5 26. hxg4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qa4 b5 29. Qxa5 Ra8 30. Qb4 Nc6 31. Qc5 Rfc8 32. Qc1 Bf8 33. Rc2 Bxa3 34. Qxg5 Be7 35. Qc1 Nb4 36. Rxc8+ Rxc8 37. Qb1 Rc2 38. Bf1 Qa7 39. Rc1 Ra2 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Nc1 Ra1 42. Qb2 Qd7 43. Qxa1 Qxc8 44. Na2 Qa6 45. Be2 Qxa2 46. Qxa2 Nxa2 47. Bd1 Bg5 48. Kf2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Re1 Rab8 13. Nb5 Nc7 14. a4 a6 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. a5 Rfe8 17. e3 Bd7 18. Qc2 Bb5 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. f4 f5 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. h3 Re7 23. Nb1 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Kh2 Qb7 26. Nc3 Bc4 27. Qa4 Bb5 28. Qa3 Qb6 29. Bd2 Reb7 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. e4 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. Bf3 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 c4 35. Be3 Qc7 36. Bd4 b4 37. Qe3 Qf7 38. g4 Rb8 39. Qd2 Ne8 40. Re6 Bxd4 41. Qxd4 Rc8 42. Bd1 Qg7 43. Qf2 b3 44. f5 gxf5 45. Qxf5 Qxb2+ 46. Re2 Qxe2+ 47. Bxe2 Rc5 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. g5 c3 50. Bh5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 13. e4 f4 14. Nd5 g5 15. Nxg5 Nd4 16. Qh5 h6 17. Nf7 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Qg6 Ng4 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. h3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1306"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 d5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. c3 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Ndf6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Ne5 Kh7 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e6 14. Qe1 g5 15. Bh2 Bd7 16. f4 Ne4 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. Qe2 Be8 20. Qf2 Bb5 21. Qe2 Qe8 22. Rf2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne4 24. Rf3 Rf6 25. g4 Bh6 26. gxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Kg2 c6 30. Qe2 Rg8 31. Qh5 Rg7 32. Kh1 Kg8 33. Qe2 g4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Rg1 g3 36. Qf3 gxh2 37. Rxg7+ Bxg7 38. Qg2 Qh6 39. Ng4 Qh4 40. Nxh2 Qe1+ 41. Nf1 Nd2 42. Qxd2 Qxf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf3 44. Kg1 Bh6 45. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Bxe3 47. Kf1 Bc1 48. b3 Bb2 49. c4 dxc4 50. bxc4 Bxd4 51. Ke2 c5 52. Kd3 Kf7 53. Kc2 Ke7 54. Kb3 Kd7 55. Ka4 Kc6 56. Ka5 Bc3+ 57. Ka4 a6 58. Kb3 Be1 59. a4 b5 60. Kc2 bxa4 61. Kb2 Kb6 62. Kc2 Ka5 63. Kb1 Kb4 64. Ka2 a3 65. Kb1 Kb3 66. Kc1 a2 67. Kd1 a1Q+ 68. Ke2 Kxc4 69. Kf1 Qb2 70. Kxe1 a5 71. Kd1 a4 72. Ke1 a3 73. Kd1 a2 74. Ke1 a1R# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Ba3 d6 10. e5 Ne4 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nbd2 Bc2 16. Rxe7 Bxb3 17. Rxb7 Bd5 18. Rb5 dxc3 19. Rxd5 cxd2 20. Nxd2 Bc7 21. Nc4 Ne7 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Nc8 24. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, William Xiang Wei"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. f3 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bb5 0-0 8. Nge2 h6 9. Bxf6 Rxf6 10. Nf4 e6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxf4 15. Qxf4 Qxd4 16. Rd1 Qxb2 17. 0-0 Ba6 18. Qf7+ Kh8 19. Rf2 Qe5 20. Rfd2 g5 21. Qg6 Rf8 22. Rf2 Bc4 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Nf6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Noble, Mark Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 d5 7. Bb3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Qf3 c6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. c3 Bf6 12. Bc2 Nd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. f4 Nc5 15. Qf3 Ne6 16. Ne2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Qxb2 18. Rac1 Ng7 19. g4 Bd7 20. Ng3 h6 21. h3 Rae8 22. Qd3 Qxa2 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. gxh5 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Qd7 6. Be2 0-0-0 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nbd2 f6 9. c4 fxe5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qa4 Nb8 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. dxe5 h6 14. Nd4 Bh7 15. Bg4 Kb8 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Bd3 18. Rfc1 Nc5 19. b4 h5 20. Bxh5 Rxh5 21. bxc5 Rh7 22. Ne6 Re8 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Rc3 Bb5 25. Nf3 Rg7 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. c6 bxc6 28. Nxc6+ Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Kb7 30. Rac1 Rc8 31. h4 Ne7 32. Rf6 gxh4 33. Bxh4 Rh7 34. Bg5 Rch8 35. Kf1 Rh1+ 36. Ke2 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Rh1 38. Bf4 Ra1 39. g4 Rxa2+ 40. Bd2 Ra4 41. f4 Ra1 42. g5 Rg1 43. Be3 Rg3 44. Kf2 Rh3 45. g6 Rh8 46. Bc5 Nc6 47. g7 Rg8 48. Bf8 Ne7 49. f5 a5 50. Bxe7 Rxg7 51. Bc5 a4 52. e6 a3 53. Bxa3 d4 54. e7 Rxe7 55. Bxe7 d3 56. Ke3 d2 57. Kxd2 c6 58. Rd6 c5 59. f6 c4 60. f7 c3+ 61. Kxc3 Kc7 62. f8Q Kb7 63. Bh4 Kc7 64. Qe7+ Kc8 65. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brockman, Roland"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 f5 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 d6 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nd7 10. d5 Nc5 11. 0-0-0 e5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Bh2 a5 15. Ne1 e4 16. f3 Qb5 17. c3 Ra6 18. g4 Rb6 19. Qc2 a4 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Rg1 Qc4 23. a3 Qa2 24. Qb1 Qxb1+ 25. Kxb1 Bxc3 26. Rg2 Rf8 27. Bf4 Rb3 28. Rc1 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Nd3 30. Rf1 Nxf4 31. exf4 Rf3 32. Rxf3 exf3 33. Rf2 Rxf4 34. h5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brown, Kevin M"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. f3 Bf5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 e6 12. g5 Nd7 13. 0-0-0 Qc7 14. Nge2 0-0-0 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. g6 Ne5 18. Bb3 Nxg6 19. Nxg6 Bxg6 20. Qe3 Kb8 21. f4 Bf5 22. Rde1 Bd6 23. Rhf1 Rhg8 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 f5 26. Qf3 Rg4 27. Rg1 Rdg8 28. Qf2 Bxf4 29. Rxg4 Rxg4 30. Bxe6 Bg3 31. Bxf5 Rg8 32. Qg2 Qf4 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. Rxe4 Bxh4 35. c4 Bg5 36. Bd7 h4 37. Bh3 Rd8 38. Kc2 Kc7 39. b3 Rd6 40. Kd3 c5 41. d5 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Clarkson, Robert"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Bf4 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 h5 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 a5 15. 0-0 a4 16. Nd2 a3 17. b4 Nb6 18. e4 e6 19. Be5 g5 20. Qg3 Rh6 21. Qxg5 Rg6 22. Qe3 Nbd7 23. Bh2 h4 24. Nf3 Nh5 25. Ne2 Qe7 26. Qc3 Ra6 27. Rac1 Ndf6 28. Qd3 Qxb4 29. Ne5 Rh6 30. Nxc6 Qb2 31. Rc2 Rxc6 32. Rxb2 axb2 33. Qxb5 Kd7 34. Qxb2 Ne8 35. Qb7+ Nc7 36. Bxc7 Rxc7 37. Qb5+ Ke7 38. e5 Rh8 39. a4 Ra8 40. Qb4+ Kd7 41. Qb5+ Ke7 42. a5 Rca7 43. Qb4+ Kd7 44. Qd6+ Ke8 45. Qc6+ Kf8 46. Qf3 Ng3 47. fxg3 hxg3 48. Nxg3 Bh6 49. Ne4 f5 50. Nf2 Rxa5 51. Qb7 Be3 52. Qb4+ Kf7 53. Kh1 Ra1 54. Nd1 Bg5 55. Qc4 f4 56. h4 Bh6 57. Qd3 Kg7 58. h5 Rh8 59. Qg6+ Kf8 60. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Mitchell, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. e4 e6 5. c3 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. Ndf3 Rc8 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c4 N5f6 16. Bg5 Rce8 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Qxh5 f6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ng4 Qg7 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Re3 Re7 27. Qh6 Qd8 28. Rde1 e5 29. f4 Ref7 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Qd2 32. h3 Rf2 33. R1e2 Rf1+ 34. Kh2 Qb4 35. b3 Qc5 36. Qd6 Qb6 37. e6 Qd8 38. Qe5+ Qf6 39. Qxf6+ R1xf6 40. e7 Re8 41. Rd3 Kg7 42. Rd7 Kf7 43. Rxb7 a5 44. Ra7 Rf5 45. Ra6 Rxe7 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 47. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, William Xiang Wei"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 Bb7 8. 0-0 Bc5 9. c3 Qe7 10. Nf3 0-0-0 11. Nbd2 Bb6 12. a4 g5 13. Qb3 g4 14. Ne1 g3 15. hxg3 Rhg8 16. Nc4 Ba7 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Qc4 Bb7 19. Nxb7 Kxb7 20. Ra3 Ng4 21. Nf3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qg7 24. Rb3+ Ka8 25. Qxa6 Rb8 26. Be3 c5 27. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Renzies, Elliott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Nc4 d6 9. c3 Re8 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15. f4 Qe6 16. Bf3 d5 17. Bg4 Qd6 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qf2 f6 20. d4 Qxe4 21. Rae1 Ba6 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nc8 24. Rfe1 Qh7 25. Nxd5 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 c6 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cekulis, Maris"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Rd1 Ng6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. f4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 e5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qh5 Qe7 17. Bxf7+ Kd8 18. Rd5 Kc8 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rxe5 Qf6 21. Be6+ Kc7 22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. Rdxd5 Bd6 24. Rf5 Qxb2 25. Rf7+ Kc6 26. Bd7+ Kb6 27. Rxd6+ Ka7 28. Qc5+ b6 29. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Ly, Moulthun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Qc7 7. f4 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. Qf3 0-0 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 e5 12. Nf5 exf4 13. Qxf4 Ne5 14. Bc2 Bxf5 15. Bd4 Bg6 16. Rac1 Bxd4+ 17. cxd4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mulligan, Allan W"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 c4 6. Bxc4 dxc4 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. Qxc4 b6 10. Qe4 Rb8 11. d4 Bb7 12. Qf4 Qg6 13. Nbd2 Ba6 14. Nh4 Qd3 15. Qe3 Qb5 16. a4 Qh5 17. Ndf3 Be7 18. g3 Bb7 19. Rg1 h6 20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Ne5 Qb3 22. f4 Qxb2 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Kf2 g5 25. Nf3 f6 26. Qd3 Qb3 27. Qb5+ Qxb5 28. axb5 Ra8 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. h4 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 gxh4 32. gxh4 Rxh4 33. Rg7 Rhh8 34. Ke2 Rhe8 35. Bf4 Rec8 36. Kd3 Ke8 37. Rg8+ Bf8 38. Rh8 Kf7 39. Be3 Bd6 40. Rxc8 Rxc8 41. Rxa7+ Rc7 42. Ra6 Rb7 43. c4 Bc7 44. d5 exd5 45. cxd5 f5 46. d6 Bxd6 47. Bxb6 Bb8 48. Kc4 Kg6 49. Bc5+ Kh5 50. b6 f4 51. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Marko, Helmut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Nh4 Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. f4 e6 11. c3 Bd7 12. Nhf3 f5 13. Nc4 Nf7 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. Qc2 b5 16. b3 Qb6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Kh2 Ne7 19. Bb2 c4 20. Rae1 cxd3 21. Qxd3 d5 22. Ba3 Nd6 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Nc2 a5 25. Rf3 Rf6 26. Rfe3 Bf8 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Nxc4 Qa6 30. Qc3 Kf7 31. Qxa5 Qxa5 32. Nxa5 Nc6 33. Nxc6 Bxc6 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. Nf3 Rb6 36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Nxd7 Kxd7 38. a4 Bb4 39. Rd1 Rf8 40. Bf1 Rc8 41. Bb5+ Kd6 42. Re2 Rc3 43. Rb1 Rb7 44. Ra2 Ra7 45. a5 Kc5 46. Be8 d4 47. a6 d3 48. Bh5 Kb6 49. Bd1 Rxa6 50. Rxa6+ Kxa6 51. g4 d2 52. Be2+ Kb6 53. Rd1 Rxb3 54. g5 Kc5 55. h4 Kd4 56. h5 Ke3 57. Bc4 Rc3 58. Bxe6 Rc1 59. Bb3 Kxf4 60. g6 Rxd1 61. Bxd1 hxg6 62. h6 Bc3 63. Kg2 Kg5 64. h7 Kh6 65. Kf3 Kxh7 66. Kf2 Kg7 67. Be2 Kf6 68. Bd1 g5 69. Kg3 Ke5 70. Kf3 g4+ 71. Ke3 Ba5 72. Bc2 f4+ 73. Kf2 f3 74. Bd1 Kf4 75. Kg1 Ke3 76. Kf1 g3 77. Kg1 g2 0-1

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Siripornpitak, Boyd"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0-0 Qa5 11. Bd3 e5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qf2 d4 14. Bg5 dxc3 15. Bxf6 cxb2+ 16. Kb1 Be6 17. c4 e4 18. Qg3 g6 19. fxe4 Rfc8 20. Qf4 Rxc4 21. Qh6 Bf8 22. Qd2 Rc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxa2+ 24. Kc2 Bb3+ 25. Kc3 0-1

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bd2 Na5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qe1 Nc6 13. Qg3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 dxe5 16. fxe5 Rd8 17. Bf4 Qb5 18. Rab1 Nc7 19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Rxb7 Nd5 23. Bg3 e6 24. Rxa7 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Rxc3 26. a3 Rfc8 27. Rfxf7 Bf8 28. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Davis, Justin"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. fxe4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 e5 9. 0-0 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bg5 0-0 12. b4 Ne6 13. Bh4 Qe8 14. Ncb5 Bd7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Nxc7 Qxe4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 19. Nxa8 Bc6 20. Bf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qe3+ 22. Kg2 Qg5+ 23. Kf1 Qe5 24. b5 Bd7 25. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Nokes, Roger I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. c4 Nd7 14. f4 Bf6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Qc1 Re8 19. Bd3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd2 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bg3 24. Nf3 h6 25. b3 Bc8 26. Re2 Rce7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qc3 Bg4 29. Qd4 f5 30. Qg1 Qf7 31. a3 Qh5+ 32. Nh2 f4 0-1

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hamilton, Andrew"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. c3 0-0 5. a4 a6 6. b4 Ba7 7. Bg5 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Ba2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bh4 h6 12. g5 Nh7 13. Qh5 hxg5 14. Bg3 Ndf6 15. Qe2 c5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. axb5 axb5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qb2 Nxe4 21. Rh2 Nxg3 22. d4 exd4 23. fxg3 dxc3 24. Nxc3 Bxg1 25. Rd2 Bc5 26. Rh2 b4 27. Ne2 Qa3 28. Qb1 b3 29. Rh1 Qb4+ 30. Kd1 b2 31. Re1 Qb3+ 32. Kd2 Be3# 0-1

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Smith, Lucy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd4 8. Nf3 Bb6 9. Bg5 d5 10. e5 Re8 11. exf6 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Re6 13. h3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Bc5 15. fxg7 Rg6 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Rg1 Rh6 19. Qf1 Re8 20. Re1 Re7 21. Rxe7 Bxe7 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Nxc6 a6 24. Rg3 Rh5 25. Qe2 h6 26. Qxh5 Bxb2 27. Qxh6 f5 28. Nd8 Bxg7 29. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Toronto Spring 03"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Semyonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Bf5 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Rd1 0-0 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nd5 18. Be5 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Qe7 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. Qe4 Rd7 22. h3 Rad8 23. Qg4 g6 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. Kh1 Qg5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qe3 Qf6 28. f3 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxd4+ Rxd4 31. Rc7 Rd7 32. Rc2 Kf6 33. Kg1 a5 34. a3 a4 35. Ba2 h5 36. h4 Rd4 37. g3 Nd5 38. Kf2 b5 39. Ke2 b4 40. Bxd5 exd5 41. Rc6+ Ke7 42. Ra6 bxa3 43. bxa3 Rc4 44. Kd3 f6 45. f4 Re4 46. Ra5 Ke6 47. Ra6+ Kf5 48. Ra5 Ke6 49. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Spring 03"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2008.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. 0-0 Be4 8. Qd1 cxd4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nb3 Qc8 11. Qxd4 Be7 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd1 0-0 14. Bd6 Rd8 15. Rc1 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qb8 17. Qxb8 Raxb8 18. c5 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Nb4 20. a3 Nbd5 21. e4 Ne7 22. cxb6 axb6 23. e5 Nfd5 24. Nbd2 d6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Ne4 Rdd8 27. Ne5 Bb5 28. Nc4 h6 29. Bf1 Nf5 30. f4 Nd4 31. Kf2 Ba4 32. Ne3 Ne7 33. Rc7 Kf8 34. Rec1 Nb5 35. R7c4 Bb3 36. Rb4 Nd4 37. Rc3 Ba2 38. Bc4 Bb1 39. Nd2 Bg6 40. Bd3 Bxd3 41. Rxd3 Ndc6 42. Rbb3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Rd8 44. Rxd8+ Nxd8 45. Ndc4 Nc8 46. Ke2 Ke8 47. Kd3 Nc6 48. Nc2 Kd7 49. Nd4 Nd8 50. a4 h5 51. b4 g6 52. a5 bxa5 53. bxa5 Kc7 54. Kc3 Kb7 55. Kb4 Ka6 56. Nb3 Ne7 57. Nc5+ Ka7 58. Nd6 Nd5+ 59. Kc4 h4 60. Nc8+ Ka8 61. Nb6+ Nxb6+ 62. axb6 hxg3 63. hxg3 Nc6 64. Kb5 Nd4+ 65. Ka6 Nc6 66. b7+ Kb8 67. Kb6 Ne5 68. Na6# 1-0

[Event "Toronto Spring 03"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Haziprodromu, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 h6 8. a4 Bc5 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 d6 11. a5 0-0 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. Bc4 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Ne7 16. Ba2 Ba7 17. Re1 Ng6 18. d4 Qf6 19. Be3 c5 20. Bb1 Rbd8 21. d5 Bc8 22. Nd2 Qe7 23. Nf1 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Ng3 Rf7 27. Qd3 Nf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxa6 Rdf8 30. Ne4 c4 31. Ra2 Qf7 32. Ree2 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bc5 35. h4 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Bg1+ 37. Kh3 Qf5+ 38. Rg4 h5 39. Qxc4 hxg4+ 40. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Rf4+ 42. Kh5 Rc4 43. a6 Rxc3 44. a7 Bxa7 45. Rxa7 Rg3 46. Rd7 Kh7 47. Rf7 e4 48. Re7 e3 49. Rf7 e2 50. Rf6 g6+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto Spring 03"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fiedler, Brian"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2008.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Spring 03"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2008.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. h4 b5 12. h5 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. g4 a4 15. Kb1 f6 16. h6 g6 17. f5 fxe5 18. Nh4 exf5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. dxc5 Nf6 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Bh3 Be6 23. Nxf5 Qxc5 24. Qg5 Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Maroroa, Sue Yuchan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. c3 Qf6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Nd2 0-0 12. Qf3 Rae8 13. g4 Ng6 14. g5 Qd8 15. Qg3 f5 16. exf5 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rxf5 18. Rf2 Qe7 19. c4 c5 20. Bc3 Qf7 21. Raf1 Rf8 22. Ne4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 Qxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Nijman, Arie J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. h3 e5 7. Bc4 exd4 8. Bxd4 a5 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Re1 c5 11. Bc3 b5 12. Bd5 Bc6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. b3 Re8 15. a4 b4 16. Bb2 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nc4 Qh5 20. Qd6 Re6 21. Qd3 g5 22. Qf5 h6 23. Kh2 g4 24. Qxh5 Nxh5 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. hxg4 h5 27. gxh5 Nxh5 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Nf6 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. Kg3 Nd4 32. Nxa5 Nxc2 33. Nb7 c4 34. bxc4 Nb6 35. Nb2 Na3 36. c5 Nbc4 37. c6 Nb6 38. Nd6 Na8 39. Ne8 Nb6 40. Nd6 Nd5 41. Kf3 Nc2 42. Ke4 Nc7 43. Nb5 Na8 44. c7 Nb6 45. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hamilton, Paul"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a3 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Ba2 Nc6 13. Be3 b4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Ne2 h5 16. g5 Nde5 17. Nf4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Qg3 h4 20. Qg2 Qc8 21. f3 Bh7 22. 0-0 g6 23. Kh1 Qc6 24. Bb3 Qc7 25. Rg1 a5 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Bf2 Nc6 28. Ba4 0-0 29. Bxh4 d5 30. Qd2 Nd4 31. Rgf1 Bd6 32. Ne2 Nxe2 33. Qxe2 Bg3 34. Bxg3 Qxg3 35. Qg2 Qe5 36. Rab1 f6 37. f4 Qd6 38. Bb3 dxe4 39. Qxe4 Kg7 40. h4 Bg8 41. Bc4 f5 42. Qe3 Rfe8 43. Qe5+ Qxe5 44. fxe5 Rc5 45. Rbe1 Rd8 46. Rf4 Kf8 47. b3 Bf7 48. Kh2 Ke7 49. Kg2 Be8 50. Kf2 Ra8 51. d4 Rcc8 52. Ke3 a4 53. Kd2 a3 54. d5 exd5 55. Bxd5 Rd8 56. Rxb4 Rxd5+ 57. Kc3 Rc8+ 58. Rc4 Rxc4+ 59. bxc4 Ra5 60. Kb4 Ra4+ 61. Kb3 Ke6 62. Ra1 a2 63. Kc3 Ra8 64. Kd4 Bc6 65. Ke3 Kxe5 66. c3 Be4 67. c5 Bb1 68. Kf3 Rc8 69. Kg3 Rxc5 70. h5 gxh5 71. Kh4 Rxc3 72. Kxh5 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Gao, Wen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b3 e6 6. Ba3 d6 7. Rc1 0-0 8. e3 Re8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. e4 Qg5+ 17. Kf1 exd4 18. Ke2 Ne5 19. Qd2 Qh5 20. Qf4 Bh6 21. Qg3 Nxd3 22. Kxd3 fxe4+ 23. fxe4 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rf8 25. f4 Qa5 26. Bb2 Qxa2 27. Bxd4 Qxb3+ 28. Bc3 c6 29. f5 d5 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Qe5 d4 32. Kxd4 Rfe8 33. Qf6 Qa4+ 34. Ke3 Qxe4+ 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Capper, David"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. h3 Be6 7. 0-0 Qd7 8. Kh2 0-0-0 9. e4 Nge7 10. Ng5 f6 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. c3 Nb6 15. Nxb6+ Bxb6 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Qc2 Ne7 18. Rfd1 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nf5 20. Qf2 Kb8 21. Qf3 Nd6 22. c4 c6 23. b4 e4 24. Qf1 Rhd8 25. c5 Nf5 26. Qf4+ Qe5 27. Bxe4 Qxf4 28. exf4 Ne3 29. Re1 Nc2 30. Bxh7 Nxa1 31. Rxa1 g5 32. Be4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rf7 34. f5 Rh7 35. Rg1 Rdh8 36. Rg3 Kc7 37. a4 b6 38. cxb6+ Kxb6 39. Bg2 Rh4 40. Be4 Rf4 41. Rg2 Rf1 42. Rc2 Rc8 43. b5 c5 44. Rg2 Ka5 45. Rg7 Kxa4 46. Rxa7+ Kxb5 47. Rf7 Rf4 48. Rxf6 Rxe4 49. dxe4 c4 50. Rd6 c3 51. Rd1 Kc4 52. e5 c2 53. Rc1 Kd5 54. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Fuatai, Fuatai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. 0-0 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3 Na5 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. c3 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Nh2 Nxg3 16. Re1 Qf6 17. d4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qg6 19. Re1 e4 20. a4 Bd7 21. a5 Ba7 22. Nd2 d5 23. b4 f5 24. Kh1 c6 25. Rg1 Bb8 26. Ndf1 Bd6 27. Ng3 f4 28. Qh5 Qf6 29. Ngf1 Kh7 30. Ng4 Qg7 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qxe5 33. h4 Qg7 34. hxg5 Qxg5 35. Qxg5 hxg5 36. Kh2 Kg6 37. Rh1 Rh8+ 38. Kg1 Rxh1+ 39. Kxh1 Bg4 40. Re1 Kf6 41. Nd2 Re8 42. f3 Bf5 43. Nb3 Rh8+ 44. Kg1 exf3 45. gxf3 Rh3 46. Nd4 Bd7 47. Kg2 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 g4 49. Rh1 Rh3 50. Rxh3 gxh3 51. Kg1 Kg5 52. Kh2 Kf6 53. Nb3 Ke5 54. Kg1 d4 55. cxd4+ Kd5 56. Nc5 Bc8 57. Kh2 Kxd4 58. Nxa6 Bxa6 59. Kxh3 Ke3 60. Kg2 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lynn, Oscar"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 0-0 11. h3 Be6 12. a3 Qd7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Nd4 Bc4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Ncxe2 Nc4 18. Qb4 Rac8 19. b3 a5 20. Qc3 Nxa3 21. Qxa5 Nxc2 22. Nxc2 Rxc2 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. g4 Nf6 26. f3 Rb2 27. b4 h5 28. gxh5 Nxh5 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Ng3 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 Qxh3# 0-1

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Burns, Christopher John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Bxf3 16. Bxf8 Be4 17. Qe2 Nxf8 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc7 20. g3 Qxc3 21. Rfc1 Qa3 22. Rc2 Ne6 23. h4 Qa4 24. Rd2 b6 25. Qd3 h5 26. Qb3 Qa5 27. Rbd1 Rc8 28. Rd3 Qf5 29. Kg2 Qg4 30. R3d2 Nf4+ 31. Kg1 Re8 32. Qc3 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pfahlert, Dennis"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. dxc5 Nxc5 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc1 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nc5 13. b4 Nb3 14. Qb1 Nxa1 15. Qxa1 Bb7 16. Qc1 Qd7 17. Bh6 Rae8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd1 Qg4 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Nf3 Ra8 23. Nd4 a5 24. b5 a4 25. Nc2 Be4 26. Na3 Rfd8 27. f3 Bf5 28. Kf2 Be6 29. Ke3 Bb3 30. Rd2 d5 31. Bd1 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 e5 33. c4 d4+ 34. Kd3 f5 35. Nc2 Rd6 36. Nb4 a3 37. Ra1 axb2 38. Rb1 Ra3+ 39. Kd2 Rc3 40. Rxb2 Rxc4 41. Nd3 Kf6 42. g3 g5 43. Nf2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Spiller, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. Nb3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. 0-0-0 Bd7 12. Be2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Rc8 14. f4 Nb4 15. Kb1 g4 16. a3 Nc6 17. f5 Ne5 18. Rh4 Qb6 19. Nd5 Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jackson, L Ross"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Nxd5 Qf7 14. Nc3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nd7 16. Be2 0-0 17. 0-0 f5 18. Na4 Kg7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Be5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc2 Kf6 24. f4 Bc7 25. b4 Re8 26. Kf2 Re4 27. b5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 Re6 29. Bc4 Re8 30. Bd5 b6 31. c6 a5 32. Kf3 h6 33. e4 fxe4+ 34. Bxe4 g5 35. g3 Rd8 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Re2 gxf4+ 38. gxf4 Rf1 39. f5 Bf4+ 40. Kd4 Rc1 41. Bc2 Be5+ 42. Kc4 Bc7 43. Kb5 Rh1 44. Ka6 Bxh2 45. Be4 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 Qc7 4. d3 e6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 Nd4 10. e5 Nec6 11. Ne4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qf2 0-0 14. Be3 Rb8 15. c3 Nf5 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. g4 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Nijman, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Qd7 8. Bg5 Ng6 9. h4 h6 10. Be3 Qa4 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. 0-0 Bc4 14. Rfb1 Nbc6 15. Nd2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rd8 17. f4 0-0 18. Nf3 f6 19. h5 Nf5 20. Bf2 fxe5 21. fxe5 Na5 22. g4 Ne7 23. Bh4 Qe8 24. Rf1 Rd7 25. Rf2 Kh8 26. Raf1 Rf4 27. Nh2 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Nec6 29. Qf1 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. f3 d5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. f4 Qb6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qd3 0-0 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. 0-0 Bc5 15. Rf3 Ba6 16. Qxa6 Qxc3 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 Rab8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. d4 Rb1+ 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Ne4 24. Ba6 c5 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Bb5 f6 27. Kf2 fxe5 28. fxe5 d4 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. h4 Ke7 31. g4 g6 32. g5 Kd8 33. Kf3 a6 34. Bc4 Kc7 35. Ke2 Kb6 36. Kd2 Ka5 37. Be2 Kb4 38. h5 Ka3 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Bh5 Ne4+ 41. Kd3 Nf2+ 42. Kxd4 gxh5 43. g6 Ng4 44. g7 Nh6 45. Kc5 h4 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dawson, Patrick"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. 0-0 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. f3 g6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Qc5 12. Nce2 Qxg5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Rb8 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qc3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qa5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Kh1 Bg7 20. Ra2 0-0 21. Qd3 e5 22. Nb3 Rfd8 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Nc4 Qb5 25. Rd2 Rbc8 26. Nxd6 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Rd7 28. Nxc8 Rxd3 29. Ra1 Nd7 30. a4 Bf8 31. a5 Bxb4 32. Nb6 Nxb6 33. axb6 Bb7 34. Rb1 a5 35. h4 Rd6 36. Kh2 Rxb6 37. Nc1 f6 38. Nd3 Ba6 39. Nxb4 axb4 40. Kg3 b3 41. Rb2 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Scarf, Rex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Nf1 a6 7. Ba4 Be6 8. c3 b5 9. Bc2 Na5 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Ng3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Nxg3+ 15. hxg3 Qd7 16. Bg5 Be7 17. a4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Kg1 Ke7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qg4 Rag8 22. Bg6 bxa4 23. Qh4+ Kf8 24. Qf4+ Ke7 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Rxa4 Nc6 28. Rxa6 Nxd4 29. Rh4 Nc6 30. Bf7 Rc8 31. Rha4 Rhf8 32. Bxe6+ Kxe6 33. Rxc6+ Kxe5 34. f4+ Kf5 35. Rd4 Rfd8 36. g4+ Kxg4 37. Rg6+ Kf5 38. Rxg7 c5 39. Ra4 Rd6 40. g4+ Kf6 41. Raa7 Rf8 42. Kf2 d4 43. Kf3 d3 44. Rh7 Ke6 45. Rxh6+ Rf6 46. Rxf6+ Kxf6 47. Ra1 d2 48. Rd1 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 c4 50. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mckerras, Ross"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Re1 Be7 12. d3 0-0 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bd1 Re8 16. Ne2 Ne6 17. c3 d4 18. Bc2 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bb1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bc2 Nh5 23. Ra1 Bg5 24. Qd1 Bf6 25. Qd2 Bg5 26. Qd1 Qd5 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Qb7 29. Bc1 Nhf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Saib, Nabeelah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. e5 Bc7 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. d3 0-0 10. Ne4 Qg6 11. Nh4 Qxe4 12. dxe4 b6 13. Qg4 Be5 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 g6 16. c3 Bf6 17. f5 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. 0-0 Qc8 8. Re1 Bh3 9. Bh1 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. c3 Re8 12. Rc1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Nf3 Re7 16. Nd2 Bh6 17. e4 Qe6 18. Rc2 Rae8 19. e5 c4 20. Ba3 Ng4 21. Bxe7 Nxf2 22. Qe2 Nd3 23. Bd6 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Qxd6 25. Nf3 Qb6+ 26. Nd4 Bg7 27. Re2 Bg4 28. Re3 Bh6 29. Bxd5 Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 cxb3 31. axb3 Be6 32. c4 Rd8 33. Qe4 Qc5 34. b4 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Qxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Gloistein, Bruce H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 f5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. c4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Bc5 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Nc6 18. Bd6 h6 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 Rxd6 22. exd6 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qd7 24. Qb4 Bf6 25. Re2 a5 26. Qc5 Ba6 27. Rec2 Bb5 28. b3 a4 29. g3 axb3 30. axb3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kh3 Be2 33. Rxe2 Qxe2 34. d7 g5 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Bg5 Qf8 15. Qf4 Nh5 16. Qh4 h6 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qf2 g5 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. g4 Ng7 21. h4 c6 22. Nc3 c5 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. gxf5 Bc6 25. Kh2 f6 26. Rg1 Kf7 27. f4 gxf4 28. Qxf4 Ke7 29. Rcd1 Bc7 30. Bh5 Rec8 31. b3 d5 32. Bxc5+ Bd6 33. Nxd5+ Bxd5 34. Bxd6+ Kxd6 35. Rxd5+ Kc6 36. Rxe5 fxe5 37. Rg6+ Kd7 38. Qxe5 Rc6 39. Rg7+ Kd8 40. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Bleis, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bb3 0-0 8. f3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. 0-0 Rac8 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Rfe1 Rcc8 18. Nd4 Be8 19. Nde2 Rd7 20. Nf4 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nfd5 Bg7 23. Qf4 b5 24. a3 Qb7 25. Rb1 a5 26. Rec1 Rc5 27. h3 Qb8 28. Qh4 Qd8 29. Kh2 e6 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Ne3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. Rb3 Rdc8 34. Rd1 Rxb3 35. cxb3 Rc3 36. Ng4 Kg7 37. Rxd6 h5 38. Rd8 hxg4 39. Rxe8 gxf3 40. gxf3 Rxb3 41. Rb8 Rxf3 42. Rxb5 Rxa3 43. e5 a4 44. Ra5 Re3 45. h4 Re4 46. Kg3 Rd4 47. Kh3 Rd5 48. Rxa4 Rxe5 49. Kg4 Re4+ 50. Rxe4 f5+ 51. Kf4 fxe4 52. Kxe4 Kh6 53. Ke5 Kh5 54. Kxe6 Kxh4 55. Ke5 Kg4 56. Ke4 Kg3 57. Ke3 g5 0-1

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smerdon, David"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Nd5 h6 10. Nxf6+ Kh8 11. f4 hxg5 12. fxe5 gxf6 13. exf6 Re8 14. h4 g4 15. Bd3 Re5 16. Rf1 Qg8 17. 0-0-0 Bd7 18. Rf4 b6 19. Qc3 Rc5 20. Qd2 Rh5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rff1 Re8 23. Be4 Be6 24. g3 c5 25. Qd6 Qf8 26. Qc7 Qh6+ 27. Kb1 Qf8 28. Rf2 c4 29. Rfd2 Bf5 30. Bc6 Rc8 31. Qe7 Kh7 32. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goffin, Peter B"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. b4 Bb6 6. a4 a5 7. b5 Nce7 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Qb3 h6 12. e4 Nf6 13. Nh4 g5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxb7 Ke7 17. Ne4 Rf8 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Bc6 Be6 20. Qd1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 g4 22. h4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qf8+ 26. Kg1 Qf5 27. Nf2 Bf3 28. e4 Bxd1 29. exf5 Bf3 30. Nd1 c6 31. Rb1 cxb5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. axb5 Bxd1 34. b6 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Oliver, Gareth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qe2 c5 8. c3 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. a4 c4 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. b3 Nd5 14. bxc4 Nxc3 15. Qd3 b4 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ra1 f5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bxe7 Qa1+ 20. Bb1 Ra8 21. Bxd6 Qb2 22. h3 Ra1 23. c5 Nxb1 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Kh2 Qa2 27. Qxb4 Rb1 28. Qc3 Nf6 29. c6 Ne4 30. c7 Nxd6 31. c8Q+ Nxc8 32. Qxc8+ Qg8 33. Qd7 Qb8+ 34. g3 h6 35. Nh4 Kh7 36. Qf7 Qd6 37. d5 Rd1 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Qxf5+ Qg6 40. Qf3 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perry, Roger L"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Nd4 c6 12. Qe2 0-0 13. 0-0-0 Re8 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. f4 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qg2 d5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Rhe1 Qa5 20. Kb1 Re6 21. Ng3 Rae8 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Bf2 Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2005.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Chan, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 Qe8 8. 0-0 e5 9. e4 Nh5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. d5 Nb8 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Nf4 14. Rc1 f5 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 Nd3 17. Rb1 g5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Nc5 20. Bc2 f4 21. g3 Qg6 22. h4 Bh6 23. Ndf3 Bg4 24. b4 Bxg5 25. bxc5 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxh4 27. g4 Nd7 28. Qh3 Bg5 29. c6 Nc5 30. f3 Rab8 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Rh1 Rh8 33. Qg2 Bh4+ 34. Ke2 Bg3 35. a4 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 Rh8 37. axb5 Rxh1 38. Qxh1 Qh6 39. Qxh6+ Kxh6 40. Bd1 Kg5 41. Bc2 Kh4 42. Bd1 Kg5 43. Bc2 Kf6 44. Bd1 Ke7 45. Bc2 Bh4 46. Kf1 Bg5 47. Ke2 Kd8 48. Kd1 Kc8 49. Kc1 Kb8 50. Kb2 a6 51. bxa6 Ka7 52. Ka3 Kxa6 53. Kb4 Kb6 54. Bb1 Bh4 55. Bc2 Ka7 56. Bb1 Kb8 57. Bc2 Kc8 58. Ka3 Kd8 59. Kb2 Be1 60. c4 Bb4 61. Kc1 Ke7 62. Kd1 Kf6 63. Ke2 Kg5 64. Bd1 Kh4 65. Bc2 Bc3 66. Bd1 Bd4 67. Bc2 Na6 68. Bd1 Nb4 69. Bb3 Be3 70. Bd1 Kg5 71. Bb3 Kf6 72. Bd1 Kf7 73. Bb3 Ke7 74. Bd1 Bd4 75. Bb3 Ke8 76. Bd1 Kf7 77. Bb3 Ke7 78. Bd1 Na2 79. Bc2 Be3 80. Kd1 Nc3+ 81. Ke1 Kf6 82. Bb3 Kg5 83. Bc2 Kh4 84. Kf1 Na2 85. Ke2 Nb4 86. Bb3 Na6 87. Bd1 Nc5 88. Bc2 Bg1 89. Kf1 Bh2 90. Ke2 Bg3 91. Kf1 Kg5 92. Ke2 Kf6 93. Kf1 Bh4 94. Ke2 Bg5 95. Kf1 Ke7 96. Ke2 Kd8 97. Kd2 Kc8 98. Kc3 Kb8 99. Kb4 Ka7 100. Ka5 Bh4 101. Kb4 Kb6 102. Ka3 Ka5 103. Bb1 Na4 104. Kb3 Nb6 105. Bd3 Nc8 106. Be2 Ne7 107. Bd3 Kb6 108. Be2 Kc5 109. Kc2 Kd4 110. Kd2 Ng8 111. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Booth, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. h4 h5 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bh7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Bxh7 Rxh7 12. 0-0 Qe7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Nxd6 b5 17. Qd3 a6 18. c4 g6 19. Rac1 Ne8 20. Ne4 Qb4 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 c5 23. Nxc5+ Kd8 24. Qe3 Rh8 25. Qe7+ Kc8 26. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f3 Nef6 14. Nd3 e5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 N5f6 18. Nc4 exd4 19. e5 0-0 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qf4 Bg4 22. Rae1 Qd8 23. Qg5 Bh5 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxh5 b5 26. Nce5 Rac8 27. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2005.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby Sky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. f3 Qa5 8. Nde2 d5 9. Bb5 Qxb5 10. 0-0 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 dxe4 12. fxe4 Ng4 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nd4 17. Rc1 b6 18. h3 Ba6 19. Nd5 Qc6 20. hxg4 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qe6 22. Nc7+ Ke7 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. Qc4+ Ke7 25. Bb4+ Kd7 26. Qd5+ Kc8 27. Qxa8+ 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2005.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Lee"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nh3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 h5 11. Nc2 h4 12. Qd3 hxg3 13. hxg3 Ne4 14. Qe3 Ndf6 15. Qf4 Rg8 16. cxd5 g5 17. Qc1 cxd5 18. Ne1 Qh7 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Qc7 Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ne5+ Ke7 23. Rfc1 Kd6 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Kg2 Bd7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Nxg5 Rac8 28. f4 Ne4 29. Nxe4+ dxe4 30. Kf2 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Feldman, Vladimir"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qb3 c6 9. Qxb7 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Kd2 0-0 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Kxd3 Rd8 14. Nge2 Nd7 15. a4 Nf8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rhb1 Kf8 18. Ra2 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. a5 c4+ 21. Kd2 Rd6 22. Rb7 Bd8 23. a6 Rdxa6 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rd7 Ra5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Nxd5 Ba5+ 28. Ndc3 Nc7 29. Kc2 Ke7 30. Ng3 Ne6 31. Nge4 f5 32. Nd2 f4 33. Nxc4 fxe3 34. fxe3 Bd8 35. Kd3 g6 36. Ne2 h5 37. d5 Nc5+ 38. Kd4 Nd7 39. e4 g5 40. e5 h4 41. h3 Nf8 42. Ke4 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Watts, Duncan W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 0-0 13. g4 Be7 14. Rg1 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nh7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf3 b4 18. h4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa3 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. h5 Ba4 23. Qb2 Qe7 24. Qb4 Qe8 25. Rg2 g5 26. Rgb2 f5 27. Qd6 Bb5 28. Bc2 Rd8 29. Qb6 fxg4 30. Bg6 Qe7 31. Nh2 g3 32. Ng4 Rf1+ 33. Kd2 g2 34. Nxh6+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ exf5 36. h6+ Kh8 37. Rxb5 axb5 38. Qxb5 Rxb1 39. Qxb1 Qf8 40. e6 Qxh6 41. e7 g4+ 42. Kc2 Rg8 43. Bf7 Qh2 44. Kd3 g1Q 45. Qxg1 Qxg1 46. Bxg8 Nf6 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wright, Chris"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "1384"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. h4 h6 10. Bf4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb4 13. 0-0-0 a5 14. g4 Nxg4 15. Rdg1 e5 16. Rxg4 exf4 17. Rhg1 Bf8 18. Rxf4 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qxc6 Be6 21. Qxb5 Nxf4 22. exf4 Qc7+ 23. Kd1 Qxf4 24. Ke2 Bf5 25. Nfd2 Rab8 26. Qa4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxb2+ 28. Bc2 Rxe4+ 29. Kd3 Qf3+ 30. Kc4 Rb4+ 31. Qxb4 Bxb4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Rg3 Qe2+ 34. Kd5 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Mulinder, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1290"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bf4 c6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. g4 Nxg4 13. fxg4 Bxh4 14. d5 Bxe1 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 0-0-0 17. Qd6 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riley, Tim W"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Nb3 Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 g6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Bh6 0-0 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. h3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rad8 17. f4 d5 18. e5 Nh5 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 Ng3+ 21. Kh2 Nf5 22. d4 Bc6 23. Re2 e6 24. g4 Ne7 25. Nc5 Ra8 26. b4 a5 27. Raa2 a4 28. Rg2 Rh8 29. Ra1 h5 30. Kg3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rh7 32. Rh2 Rxh2 33. Kxh2 Rh8+ 34. Kg3 g5 35. fxg5 Kg6 36. Rf1 Be8 37. Nb7 Kxg5 38. Nd6 Rh4 39. Nxe8 Rxg4+ 40. Kf3 Rf4+ 41. Ke2 Rxd4 42. Nd6 Nf5 43. Ncxb5 Ng3+ 44. Ke3 Rxb4 45. axb4 Nxf1+ 46. Kd4 f5 47. exf6 Kxf6 48. Nc3 a3 49. b5 Ke7 50. Nb7 Nd2 51. Na5 Kd6 52. b6 Nf3+ 53. Kd3 Ne5+ 54. Kc2 Nd7 55. Nb5+ Kc5 56. Nxa3 Nxb6 57. Nb3+ Kb4 58. Nd4 e5 59. Nc6+ Kxa3 60. Nxe5 Kb4 61. Nd3+ Kc4 62. Nf4 d4 63. Ne2 d3+ 64. Kd2 dxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Duffield, Terence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Bxd5 Bxe5 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Qh5 Bf6 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Be4 g6 18. Qf3 Re8 19. Nd2 Bg5 20. Rd1 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Rf6 22. Qg3 Rfe6 23. f3 Qb6 24. Nb3 R6e7 25. Nc5 Be6 26. h4 b4 27. h5 bxc3 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. bxc3 Bxa2 30. Qf2 Bc4 31. g4 Qd6 32. Nd3 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 Qh6 35. Ne5 Rg7+ 36. Bg4 Bd5 37. Kf1 Rxg4 38. Nxg4 Qh1+ 39. Qg1 Qxf3+ 40. Nf2+ Kf7 41. Qg4 Bc4+ 42. Kg1 Rg8 43. Qxg8+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Sutton, Richard John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. c3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c4 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. 0-0 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Qc2 e6 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. b3 f6 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Rab1 Qd7 18. Nd2 cxb3 19. Qxb3 b6 20. Rbc1 Rc6 21. Rc2 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Bf8 23. f3 Ng6 24. Bg3 Bh6 25. Bf2 Kh8 26. c4 Qc7 27. Qb4 Bf8 28. Qb2 Bd6 29. g3 Kg7 30. e4 Ne7 31. f4 dxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Qd7 34. e5 Rxc4 35. Nxc4 fxe5 36. Nxd6 Qxd6 37. dxe5 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39. Kg1 Nc6 40. a3 b5 41. Qc3 a5 42. Bc5 Kg6 43. Bd6 Kh5 44. Kf2 Kg4 45. h3+ Kh5 46. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 47. Kxf3 a4 48. Ke3 b4 49. Kd3 b3 50. Bc5 Kg6 51. Be3 h5 52. Bc1 h4 53. gxh4 Kh5 54. Kc4 Nxe5+ 55. fxe5 Kxh4 56. Kd3 Kxh3 57. Ke2 Kg2 58. Ke3 Kf1 59. Bb2 Ke1 60. Kd3 Kd1 61. Bd4 Kc1 62. Kc3 Kb1 63. Kb4 Kc2 64. Kxa4 f4 65. Kb4 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Watts, Duncan W"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 0-0 6. Ng3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. f4 Neg4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Kh8 13. 0-0-0 Nd7 14. e5 Ng8 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Nge4 Qc7 17. g4 f5 18. Ng5 Ndf6 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. d6 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. h4 exd6 23. h5 Rf6 24. hxg6 Rxg6 25. f5 Rf6 26. Bg5 Bd7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. g5 Be5 29. Nxd6 Bd4 30. g6 Nf6 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. b3 Bxf5 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. g7+ Kxg7 35. Nxf5+ Kf7 36. Nxd4 Rd8 37. Qf4 cxd4 38. Rxh7+ Ke6 39. Bg4+ Nxg4 40. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Dunedin Foord Memorial"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Sutton, Richard John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qe2 e5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Kh1 Be6 13. Rad1 Rb8 14. b3 Qa5 15. Na4 d5 16. f3 Rfe8 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rfe1 Nd5 20. Qxe5 Bd7 21. Qg3 Ne3 22. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Canterbury op"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Haase, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. c3 0-0-0 14. b4 Bb5 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 g4 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. c4 Ba4 21. Qc3 b5 22. Rc1 Rh7 23. 0-0 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bb5 25. Qc5 Qd5 26. Qxa7 e5 27. Rc5 Qb7 28. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Canterbury op"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Johnson, Quentin JF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 0-0 11. Ndf3 Re8 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. h3 Qc8 14. Bc2 Ba6 15. Re1 Nf8 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxh6 Nf8 20. Bf4 Bb7 21. Be5 Qd8 22. f4 Bf6 23. Rf1 Ba6 24. Rf2 Re7 25. Re1 Rc8 26. g4 Qe8 27. Qxe8 Rcxe8 28. g5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 g6 30. Kg2 Bb7 31. Kg3 Kg7 32. h4 Rd8 33. Rd1 Bc6 34. c4 d4 35. exd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Bd3 Be8 38. b4 Nd7 39. Kf3 Nb8 40. b5 Nd7 41. Rd2 Nc5 42. Be4 Kf7 43. Rxd4 Rd7 44. Rxd7+ Bxd7 45. Bc2 Bc8 46. Kg4 Bb7 47. h5 gxh5+ 48. Kxh5 Kg7 49. Kg4 Be4 50. Bxe4 Nxe4 51. f5 exf5+ 52. Kxf5 Nd2 53. Ke6 Nxc4 54. Kd5 Na3 55. Kc6 Kf7 56. Kd7 Nc4 57. e6+ Kg7 58. e7 Ne5+ 59. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Canterbury op"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Nokes, Roger I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. c3 0-0 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 f5 13. Nf3 c5 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Bb5 h6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qf2 Rd7 20. Rd2 Rb8 21. Rad1 b5 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. Nxh4 g5 24. Nf3 g4 25. Ne1 c4 26. Nc2 a5 27. a3 Kf7 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. exd4 Rdb7 30. Kg1 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Rc2 Ra8 33. Rdc1 Ra2 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Kg3 Kd7 36. h4 Kc6 37. Kf2 bxc3 38. bxc3 Rbb2 39. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 40. Kg1 g3 0-1

[Event "Canterbury op"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Compton, Alistair"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 5. Kxf2 Nxe5 6. d4 Ng6 7. Bc4 Qf6+ 8. Kg1 Nh6 9. Nd5 Qc6 10. b3 0-0 11. h4 b5 12. h5 bxc4 13. hxg6 Qd6 14. Bf4 Qe6 15. gxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5 Bb7 17. bxc4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ Kxg6 20. Bxc7 Ng4 21. Rh3 Rac8 22. d6 Nf6 23. e5 Nd5 24. c4 Nxc7 25. dxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 f6 27. Rg3+ Kf7 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 f5 32. d5 Kf6 33. Kd4 f4 34. Ke4 Kg5 35. Ke5 Kg4 36. Kd6 Rb7 37. c5 Kg3 38. Rc2 a5 39. c6 dxc6 40. dxc6 Rb6 41. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Canterbury op"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Reedy, Brendan"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Ne2 e4 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Qa2 a5 13. b3 Nbd5 14. Qb1 Re8 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Nc3 c6 17. Na4 Ng4 18. Ke2 Qg5 19. Qg1 Re6 20. h3 Nh6 21. Bd1 Bg6 22. h4 Qe7 23. g4 f5 24. g5 Bh5+ 25. Kd2 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Ng4 27. Rc1 b6 28. Kc2 c5 29. dxc5 b5 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Qxc5 32. Kb2 Ne5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 34. Ka2 Rd6 35. Rc2 Rad8 36. Qa1 Qe6 37. Qc3 Rd3 38. Qb2 a4 39. Rc3 Rd2 40. Rc2 axb3+ 0-1

[Event "Canterbury op"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Mark"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 c5 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. exd4 0-0 11. Bg5 Nbd5 12. Ne5 g6 13. Qf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nh5 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Rfe1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Rab1 Qe7 19. Ng4 Ne8 20. Bb5 Nd6 21. Bd3 Rb8 22. Qf4 f5 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. h4 Bd7 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. hxg5 Rfe8 27. f4 Bc6 28. c4 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Rbc1 Red8 31. d5 exd5 32. cxd5 Rd7 33. Ng4 fxg4 34. Rxe4 Rbd8 35. Kh2 h5 36. gxh6+ Kxh6 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. Kxg4 Rxd5 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Rxb7 a5 41. g3 Rd2 42. Rc6+ R8d6 43. Rxd6+ Rxd6 44. Rb5 Ra6 45. a4 Kf7 46. Kg5 Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. g4 Kg8 49. Kh6 Rf6 50. Kg5 Ra6 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 Kf8 53. f6 Ra8 54. Kg6 Kg8 55. Rg7+ Kh8 56. Rh7+ Kg8 57. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Anderson Memorial"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Takov, Chris"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Bg5 b6 6. f3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Nb5 cxd4 13. Nxa7 Ra8 14. Nb5 d5 15. exd4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Be7 17. Qc7 Qxc7 18. Nxc7 Ra5 19. Be1 Ra4 20. b3 Ra7 21. Nb5 Raa8 22. a4 Nd5 23. Be4 N7f6 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Bg3 Rc2 28. Nf4 Bf6 29. Nxd5 Bxd4+ 30. Bf2 Bxa1 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Rxa1 Re8 33. Bxb6 Rxe7 34. a5 Rb2 35. a6 Rxb3 36. a7 Re8 37. Bd4 Ra8 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. g4 f6 40. h4 e5 41. Be3 h5 42. g5 fxg5 43. Bxg5 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Kf5 45. Ra5 Ke6 46. Ra6+ Kd7 47. Be3 Rb3 48. Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Ke1 Rb4 50. Bf2 Rf4 51. Ke2 e4 52. fxe4 Rxe4+ 53. Kf3 Re5 54. Kf4 Rb5 55. Ra4 g6 56. Bd4 Rf5+ 57. Ke4 Re8+ 58. Kd3 Ra8 59. Rb4 Rd5 60. Rb7+ Ke6 61. Ke4 Ra5 62. Rg7 Ra4 63. Rxg6+ Kf7 64. Rg7+ Ke6 65. Rh7 Ra5 66. Rh6+ Kf7 67. Rh7+ Ke6 68. Rg7 Rd8 69. Rg6+ Kf7 70. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Anderson Memorial"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lucki, Arnie"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. f4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. 0-0-0 a5 12. Nf3 a4 13. a3 Rd8 14. Rh3 h6 15. Rg3 Kf8 16. Qd3 Kg8 17. Re1 Qf2 18. Rg4 Nc5 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Nxd2 Nd4 21. Nb5 Nf5 22. h5 Bd7 23. c3 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 d4 25. Ne4 dxc3 26. bxc3 Nd3+ 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Kc2 Rdd8 29. c4 Rac8 30. Kc3 Rc7 31. Kb4 Rd4 32. Kxa4 Rcxc4+ 33. Kb5 Rxe4 34. Rd1 Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd7 Ng3 38. Rxb7 Rf5 39. a4 Rxe5+ 40. Kb6 f5 41. a5 Ne4 42. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Anderson Memorial"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Veltmann, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Be6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 0-0 12. Be3 h6 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bd3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Qd6 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Nbd4 Bg4 18. Bc2 Bh5 19. Ne5 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc6 21. Qd3 f5 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Re7 Rf6 24. Qd4 Bf7 25. Qe5 d4 26. Bb3 Bxb3 27. axb3 dxc3 28. bxc3 Rg6 29. g3 f4 30. Qxf4 Rf8 31. Qc4+ Qxc4 32. bxc4 Rf7 33. Kf1 Rc6 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Re4 a5 36. Ke2 a4 37. Kd3 a3 38. Re2 Ra6 39. Ra2 Ke6 40. Kc2 Kd6 41. Kb3 Rb6+ 42. Kxa3 Kc5 43. Rb2 Ra6+ 44. Kb3 b6 45. f4 Ra7 46. Re2 Rf7 47. Re5+ Kc6 48. Kb4 Rd7 49. Re6+ Kc7 50. Kb5 Rd3 51. Re7+ Kd6 52. Rxg7 Rxc3 53. Rg6+ Kc7 54. Rxh6 Rb3+ 55. Ka4 Rb2 56. g4 1-0

[Event "Toronto Remembrance Day op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leung, Victor"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Kxd2 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 0-0 12. h4 Qf6 13. Rag1 Rae8 14. Rh3 e5 15. d5 e4 16. Qxf6 Rxf6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Be2 exf3 19. Bxf3 d5 20. cxd5 Rd6 21. Rc1 Bxd5 22. Ke2 c5 23. b4 Rc8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Rf3 c4 27. Rc3 Rb8 28. Rf4 Rb2+ 29. Kf3 Ra2 30. Rcxc4 Rxa3 31. Rc7 a5 32. Rb7 g6 33. Rc4 Rd6 34. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Remembrance Day op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stevens, Christian"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. g3 0-0 8. Bg2 d6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. d3 c5 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bb2 Rc7 13. e4 Qa8 14. b5 d5 15. Nd2 d4 16. Qc2 Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 18. a4 f5 19. a5 Qb8 20. axb6 axb6 21. f4 e5 22. Rae1 exf4 23. Rxf4 Rcc8 24. Ref1 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Rf8 27. Bc1 Nf7 28. Qe2 Qa8 29. Rf1 Nde5 30. Bf4 Re8 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Qh5 Re7 33. Qg5 Ng6 34. h4 Re5 35. Qg4 Bc8 36. Qf3 Be6 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Qxa8+ Bg8 39. Qxg8# 1-0

[Event "Toronto Remembrance Day op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Okolotowicz, Zbigniew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Qc7 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. Ne2 Ngf6 7. f3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Rfe8 11. Kh1 Rac8 12. Na3 Qa5 13. Rfd1 c4 14. Nc2 Nb6 15. a3 Qb5 16. Rab1 Nbd7 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Be3 Qa4 19. Nb4 Qb5 20. Nc2 Nb8 21. Nb4 Nc6 22. Nc1 Bg7 23. Bh6 Qh5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. b3 Rb8 27. b4 Rb5 28. Ne2 Rg5 29. Nf4 Qh4 30. Nh3 Rb5 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Nxf4 e6 33. Kg1 Reb8 34. Kf1 d5 35. Re1 R5b6 36. Ra1 R8b7 37. exd5 cxd5 38. a4 a6 39. Ra2 h5 40. h4 Kf8 41. Rae2 Kg7 42. Re3 Rb8 43. R1e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Anderson Memorial"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sherman, Robert"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Nb5 cxd4 8. Nd6+ Kf8 9. Qh5 Nxe5 10. Bxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nxc8+ Qxc8 12. Qxe5 Qxc2 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qxg7 Qe4+ 15. Ne2 Nb4 16. Qg5+ Kd7 17. f3 Qd3 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Nc3 Nc2+ 20. Kf2 Qd4+ 21. Ke2 Rhg8 22. Qh5 Qe3+ 23. Kd1 Nd4 24. Qxf7+ Kd6 25. Qxh7 a6 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qxa6+ Ke5 28. Qd3 Qf4 29. Ne2 Nxe2 30. Qxe2+ Kf6 31. Qd2 Qd6 32. Bd3 Qg3 33. Qh6+ Ke5 34. Re1+ Kd4 35. Qe3# 1-0

[Event "Toronto Anderson Memorial"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Manalo, Pepin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. 0-0 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. h3 h6 9. Bc4 c6 10. a4 Qe7 11. Be3 0-0 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rad8 17. Qc4 b6 18. a5 c5 19. axb6 axb6 20. Ra1 Bc6 21. Ra6 Qc7 22. b4 Bb7 23. Ra7 Qb8 24. Rea1 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Nd7 26. Qb5 f5 27. R1a4 Rf6 28. Nd5 Rd6 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Qa6 Bxa4 31. Nxa4 f4 32. Rb7 Qc8 33. Bxb6 Qxc2 34. Qa7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qc1 36. Ne1 Rxe1 37. g4 fxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Qg5+ 39. Kf3 Rf8# 0-1

[Event "Toronto Anderson Memorial"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shah, Omaray M"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. h4 a6 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. 0-0-0 c5 10. f4 cxd4 11. Rxd4 Nc6 12. Rd2 b5 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h5 h6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. b4 Nb7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rh3 a5 20. Rg3 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. f5 Nd6 23. Qf4 e5 24. Qf2 d4 25. Rg6 Qe7 26. f6 gxf6 27. Rxf6+ Ke8 28. Bd3 axb4 29. Bg6+ Kd7 30. Bf5+ Kc7 31. Re6 Qf7 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. Rxd4+ Kc7 34. Rxb4 Rhf8 35. Qa7+ Rb7 36. Qa5+ Kb8 37. g4 Qc7 38. Qxc7+ Kxc7 39. Ne4 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Kd6 41. Kb2 Kd5 42. Rb4 Kc5 43. a4 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "Toronto Thanksgiving op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Findlay, Ian T"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Qd4 Nf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qb6 14. Ne5 Be6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Rd6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. g3 h6 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Qf4 Nf6 25. Qf3 Rd5 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Qc3 Re5 28. Qxc6 Qxc6+ 29. Rxc6 Re2 30. Kf3 Rxb2 31. Ra6 Nd5 32. Rxa7 Nc3 33. Nc1 Rc2 34. Nd3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Thanksgiving op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Urquhart, Eddie"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. c3 Nbc6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. b4 0-0 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Nb3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qf5 13. Qxf5 Nxf5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 a6 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Re4 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rae8 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 b6 22. Nc2 Kf8 23. a5 b5 24. Ne1 Nb8 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. Ra2 c6 27. Rd2 h5 28. Rc2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Anderson Memorial"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Blakely, Matt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Na3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. Bf4 0-0 16. Rad1 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg3 Rfd8 19. c4 Nf6 20. Nb5 Ne4 21. Bf4 a6 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Be3 Rac8 24. f3 Rxc4 25. Nb3 Ng5 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Rd1 Bf6 28. Rd7 h6 29. Rxb7 Ra4 30. Nc5 Rxa2 31. h4 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Bxb2 34. Nxa6 Kh7 35. Kg2 Kg6 36. Nc5 Kh5 37. Kh3 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ne4 f6 40. Nc5 f5 41. Kg2 f4 42. Bd2 g4 43. Nxe6 gxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kg6 45. Nxf4+ Kf5 46. Nd3 Ba3 47. Bc3 Bd6 48. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Anderson Memorial"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Siddeley, Hugh"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. f4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. c3 Nb8 11. a3 Nc6 12. b4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Qd3 Be7 15. Bd2 0-0 16. g3 a6 17. Bh3 Rfc8 18. Kf2 Rc4 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rhc1 Bb5 21. Qd2 Ba4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rc1 Qc6 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 a5 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27. bxa5 Bxa3 28. Bd3 Qc6 29. Kg2 Bb5 30. Bb1 Qc4 31. Qf2 Bb4 32. Ba2 Qc6 33. Bd2 Be7 34. Qe3 Bc4 35. Bb1 Qb5 36. Qe1 Bd3 37. Bxd3 Qxd3 38. Bc3 Qc2+ 39. Qd2 Qe4+ 40. Kh3 h6 41. Qf4 Qd3 42. Qd2 Qf5+ 43. Kg2 Bg5 44. Qe2 Qb1 45. h4 Bd8 46. Qf3 Qc2+ 47. Kh3 Qg6 48. Bb4 Qe6+ 49. Kh2 f6 50. exf6 Bxf6 51. Bc5 Be7 52. Bxe7 Qxe7 53. Qxd5+ Kh8 54. Qe5 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Anderson Memorial"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Chuprys, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. Qb3 0-0 11. 0-0 Ne8 12. Bg5 Nd6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Nb5 f4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. f3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Rf2 g5 19. h3 h5 20. Be2 Kg7 21. Rc1 g4 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Qd7 25. Qc3 Qxg4 26. Qxe5 Rh8 27. Qxe7+ Rf7 28. Qe5+ Rf6 29. Rf3 Rh5 30. Rc7+ Kg6 31. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto-B"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Bergeron, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 13. f4 Nc6 14. Kh1 Bf6 15. Rg1 N8e7 16. Bg4 g6 17. Ne2 Bg7 18. Ng3 b6 19. Rc1 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rb8 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. Rb1 Qb8 23. Bd1 Qb7 24. a3 Rb8 25. b4 Qa8 26. b5 a6 27. a4 Bf8 28. Qd3 Na5 29. Nf1 Nc4 30. Nd2 Nf5 31. Nxc4 dxc4+ 32. d5 cxd3 33. Rc6 Nxe3 34. fxe3 axb5 35. Bf3 exd5 36. Bxd5 Rxc6 37. axb5 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto-B"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Bryskine, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. c3 Rc8 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Bg5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 b4 20. Nh4 Kh7 21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 Rc7 23. a5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Ne7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Nc4 Rfb8 27. Qc2 Nc8 28. Reb1 Kg7 29. h3 Rb5 30. Nd2 Qc7 31. Rxb5 axb5 32. Qa2 Ra8 33. c4 b4 34. Qa4 Na7 35. Nb3 Nc6 36. a6 Ra7 37. Qb5 Nb8 38. f4 f6 39. f5 Qc8 40. Qb6 Nc6 41. fxg6 Kxg6 42. Ra2 Ra8 43. Ra1 Rb8 44. a7 Rxb6 45. a8Q Qxa8 46. Rxa8 Nd4 47. Nxd4 cxd4 48. Kf2 b3 49. Ra1 Kg5 50. g3 h5 51. Ke2 h4 52. g4 Kf4 53. Rg1 b2 54. g5 b1Q 55. Rg4# 1-0

[Event "Toronto-B"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Haziprodromu, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5+ Ne6 11. d4 Bd6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Nd2 Qh4 14. Nf1 Rae8 15. Be3 f5 16. d5 Nd8 17. Qd4 Re4 18. Qd3 Rg4 19. f3 Rg6 20. Re2 Nf7 21. Bd4 Ng5 22. Rae1 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf4 24. Qe3 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Rh6 26. g3 Qh5 27. a3 Qf7 28. Ne3 Rg6 29. Bc2 Rg5 30. f4 Bxf4 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. gxf4 Qxd5+ 34. Kg1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto-B"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Mitrovic, Bojana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qd8 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxb7 e6 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxc4 Ne4 19. Qe3 Rc8 20. Nd6 Nxd6 21. Bxd6 Rc2 22. a5 Rc4 23. Bc5 e5 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qb8 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxa7 Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. b4 1-0

[Event "Toronto-B"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Stoltefuss, Rolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. 0-0-0 a6 10. Ne3 0-0 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Ned5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rxf4 14. Rhe1 Rf8 15. Rxe4 Bg5 16. f4 Qxe4 17. g3 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qxf4 19. Re1 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 c6 21. Bg2 Nd7 22. Re7 Nf6 23. Na4 b5 24. Nc3 d5 25. a4 Rb8 26. axb5 axb5 27. b3 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Toronto-B"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dutton, Warren Richard"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. c5 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Qc2 f6 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Ne1 Ng5 13. Nd2 Nf7 14. f4 e5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bg6 Ng5 20. Nd3 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bf6 23. Qc3 Qd8 24. Re1 Nf8 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Re8 Kg7 28. Bh5 Ng6 29. Nc4 a5 30. Nb6 Ra6 31. Rxc8 axb4 32. Rc7+ Kh8 33. Nxb4 Rxa3 34. Bxg6 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Nd7 h5 37. h4 Ne6 38. Rxb7 Rb1 39. Bxb1 1-0

[Event "Toronto-B"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gebhardt, David"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[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 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Nd6 g5 15. g3 Rg8 16. 0-0-0 f6 17. Bd3 gxf4 18. gxf4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rg5 20. Rde1 Nd7 21. Rhf1 Nxe5 22. Nf5+ exf5 23. Rxe5+ Kf6 24. Re8 b6 25. Bxf5 Bb7 26. Bxh7+ Kg7 27. Re7+ Kh6 28. Rxb7 Rh8 29. Bd3 Rg2 1-0

[Event "Toronto-B"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richardson, Ross"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 12. Qd1 Rf6 13. Qe1 Qh5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc6 17. Qg3 d6 18. Bg5 Rff8 19. Rae1 h6 20. Bc1 Rf6 21. f4 Na5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Qe4 Na5 25. Qd3 Qf5 26. Qe2 Rg6 27. Rf3 Rf6 28. h3 h5 29. Rg3 Rg6 30. Rf3 Rf6 31. Rg3 Rg6 32. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Aldridge, Alan L"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. d3 e5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 Nf8 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Qc1 Be6 11. e4 d4 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. c3 c5 14. a3 Rc8 15. c4 Bg4 16. Rf1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 h5 18. h4 Ng4 19. Qd1 Qd8 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Kg2 Qd7 24. Rh1 Rc6 25. Qa4 b6 26. Rab1 Ne7 27. b4 0-0 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rb2 Nc8 30. Rhb1 Nb6 31. Qd1 f5 32. exf5 Qxf5 33. Nc1 e4 34. Qe2 Qf3+ 35. Qxf3 gxf3+ 36. Kg1 e3 37. Nb3 Na4 38. Rc2 Rb8 39. Rcc1 Rcb6 40. Nxc5 Rxb1 0-1

