[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Wang, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nd5 4. Bg3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc3+ 8. Kf1 g6 9. Be5 f6 10. Ne2 Qa5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. h4 d5 13. dxc5 e5 14. e4 d4 15. h5 g5 16. Bh2 Be6 17. Ng3 h6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Bxc5 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Qe2 0-0 22. g4 a6 23. Be4 Na5 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Qf3 b5 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Be6 Rd6 28. Qe2 Qc6+ 29. Kh3 Rxe6 30. fxe6 Qxe6 31. Qe4 Rg8 32. f3 Nc4 33. Qd3 Ne3 34. a4 b4 35. Bg1 Nd5 36. Bh2 Qc6 37. Rhe1 Ne3 38. Bg1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nd5 12. Re1 e6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Qb6 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. Rac1 a5 19. Rc5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qb4 21. Rec1 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Rxa5 Bxd3 24. Rxa8+ Ke7 25. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Charmova, Evgenia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. c3 b6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Ndf3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h4 f6 12. Qb1 f5 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Nf6 15. h5 h6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. f3 a5 18. Qc2 c4 19. Be2 Bc6 20. g4 fxg4 21. 0-0-0 gxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fuatai, Fuatai"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bg7 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nb5 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Be3 Qc6 10. Nfd4 1-0

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

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

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bf3 e6 13. c4 Ba6 14. Bc5 Re8 15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. d6 Bb5 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Qb3 a6 19. a4 Bc6 20. Rd1 Bxg2 21. d7 Rd8 22. Be7 Bd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Qxd5 Bxb2 26. Qb7 Bf6 27. Qxa6 Kg7 28. Qb5 Bc3 29. Qc6 Ba5 30. Qd5 Qc7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Qd5 h6 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qd5 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qg5+ 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. Kf3 f5 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. Kc4 Kxd7 41. Kb5 Be1 42. f3 Kd6 43. Kc4 Ke5 44. Kd3 Kf4 45. Ke2 Ba5 46. Kf2 g4 47. fxg4 Kxg4 48. Kg2 Kf4 49. h4 Ke3 50. h5 gxh5 51. Kh1 Ke2 52. Kh2 f4 53. Kh3 f3 54. Kh4 f2 55. Kg3 f1Q 56. Kh4 Be1+ 57. Kxh5 Qf5+ 58. Kh6 Bd2+ 59. Kg7 Bc3+ 60. Kh6 Bf6 61. a5 Qg5+ 62. Kh7 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Sun, Wanyao Sarah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1458"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. Qc2 e5 9. Bg5 d5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. 0-0-0 c6 14. Nf3 Qa5 15. Kb1 c5 16. Be5 c4 17. Be2 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tang, Tracy"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1379"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 a6 13. f4 Ned7 14. 0-0 Nc5 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Qc2 e6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qf2 b6 19. a4 Nfd7 20. Bd4 Nb3 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Be2 Qc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Rd3 Nb8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Nd4 27. Kf2 Nbc6 28. Bf3 Kf8 29. e5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bob Wade mem Challengers 2"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chang, Yolanda"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 Nb6 8. Bb3 d6 9. Qe2 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Nc3 0-0 14. Rd1 Qc5 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Qg4 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carpinter, Anthony Lawrence"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nd2 Nc5 5. b4 Ne6 6. a3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 d6 8. Bb2 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qf6 10. Nd3 Qg6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 Bf6 13. Nf3 0-0 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. 0-0 Rb8 16. Ra2 b6 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. b5 Na5 19. Nfe5 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxe5 21. Nd7 Qf5 22. Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 0-1

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Isaac, Ceferino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nb4 9. Bc4 d5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. f4 Qb6 15. Qf3 f6 16. h3 Ne3 17. Nf1 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 fxe5 19. 0-0-0 e4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qf3 Rac8 23. g4 Be6 24. Kb1 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Ba3 Rfc8 27. c4 h5 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Bf7 30. Rd7 R8c7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. f6 Bg6+ 33. Kc1 Rf7 34. Bb2 Bh6+ 35. Kd1 Rd7+ 36. Ke1 Be8 0-1

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hooton, Barry R"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1320"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Nxd2 6. Nbxd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qe7 9. e3 Nxe5 10. Be2 d6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rac1 b6 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Qd7 Qg5 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rd7 Qc5 18. b4 Qc6 19. Rdd1 f5 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rad8 23. h3 Kf7 24. Kh2 Ke7 25. Rg1 g6 26. Rgd1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Kg2 a5 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lee, Wing Kin"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g5 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bxg5 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 e6 11. 0-0 Qd7 12. Rad1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qa4 a6 15. Bg3 Bf6 16. Qa3 Be7 17. Qc3 Bb4 18. Qc1 h5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rg8 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Bf4 Rc2 24. Rb1 Kd7 25. a3 Ba5 26. Rfc1 Rgc8 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. b4 Bc7 29. Bxc7 Kxc7 30. g3 Ra2 31. Rc1+ Kd7 32. Rc3 b6 33. Kf1 f5 34. h4 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Ra2 36. Rb3 Kc6 37. g4 fxg4 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. f3 gxf3 40. Kxf3 Rc1 41. Rb2 Rh1 42. Kg3 Rg1+ 43. Rg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Kb5 45. Kf3 Kc4 46. Kf4 Kd3 47. a4 Kc4 48. e4 dxe4 49. Kxe4 Kxb4 50. d5 Kc5 51. Ke5 b5 52. axb5 axb5 53. d6 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. h3 Bh5 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Re1 0-0 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qc7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Re5 f6 21. Re6 Kg7 22. Rc1 Bf7 23. Re3 Bxa2 24. d5 Qb6 25. Qe2 Bxd5 26. Kh1 Rf7 27. Rd1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rd8 29. Red3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxb2 31. Qf5 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. e4 c6 8. a3 Qc7 9. Bc4 0-0 10. Qe2 b5 11. Ba2 a5 12. 0-0 Nb6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Qe7 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. bxc5 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Nxc5 20. Rd6 Bb7 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. h4 Bc8 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Be6 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2 b4 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29. Na2 c5 30. Nc1 c4 31. Na2 Rd2+ 32. Re2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nd4+ 34. Kd1 Nc6 35. g3 Ke7 36. f4 Kd6 37. Kd2 Kc5 38. f5 Nd4 39. c3 Nf3+ 40. Ke3 b3 0-1

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Weller, Tony"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1632"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Bb5 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 d5 14. 0-0 Bg4 15. Qe1 Bh5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Bb3 h6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxd5 f5 21. f4 Qd7 22. Bb3 a5 23. Bd1 Bg6 24. Nb3 a4 25. Nc5 Qd5 26. Qb4 Rb8 27. Bxa4 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Qd3 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. Bxb3 b4 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. c6 Kg7 33. c7 Kf8 34. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Oceania & NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Winfield, Alan W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. b3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qf6 11. f4 Qxd4 12. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 0-1

[Event "Oceania & NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
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1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Nh3 d6 8. Bg5 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. e3 Kh8 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. 0-0 Qh5 16. f4 e4 17. Rd2 b6 18. Qd1 Qe8 19. b4 Ne7 20. Qb3 c6 21. Nxe7 Bxe7 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Kh1 Be6 0-1

[Event "Oceania & NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gibbons, Robert"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Qe7 5. Bd2 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania & NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Yee, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. c3 Nbd7 7. h3 c5 8. 0-0 Qb6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 f6 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Rxd5 h6 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nh4 Be6 21. Rd6 Rf6 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bc4 Kf7 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Nxg6 a6 26. Nf4+ Kd6 27. Ra4 Re8 28. Kf1 Re5 29. b4 c4 30. Ne2 Rd5 31. Nd4 Rg5 32. Ra5 Rxa5 33. bxa5 Ke5 34. f4+ exf3 35. gxf3 Bf6 36. Ke2 Bd8 37. b4 cxb3 38. Nxb3 Kd5 39. Kd3 b6 40. axb6 Bxb6 41. c4+ Kc6 42. c5 Bd8 1-0

[Event "Oceania & NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 b6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb7 9. Nc4 d6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. a4 Nb4 13. cxb4 d5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 dxc4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Rb1 e5 22. Bd2 Rfd8 23. Ke2 f5 24. Rhd1 Kg8 25. Bc3 Kf7 26. f4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 exf4 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Ke6 30. Kd2 Kd5 31. Kc3 Re8 32. Rf1 g5 33. Rf3 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Seniors 65 8th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lynn, William"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bd2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 11. Kh1 Nf2+ 12. Rxf2 Bxf2 13. g4 e6 14. Qf1 Bd4 15. Qh3 Qb6 16. Nd1 Bd7 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. c3 Bxf3+ 20. Qxf3 e4 21. dxe4 Bg7 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Rad8 24. Be3 Qc6 25. Nf2 Rfe8 26. Rg1 b6 27. h4 h5 28. Bg5 Rd7 29. f6 Bh8 30. Re1 Re6 31. Qf4 Bxf6 32. Bxf6 Rxf6 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Nh3 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Seniors 65 8th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Booth, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
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1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 h5 7. h4 g4 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 Bd7 10. Qc2 e6 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. 0-0 0-0-0 13. Nd2 Bh6 14. Nf4 Qf7 15. b4 Ne7 16. c4 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Nfxd5 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. e4 Qxd3 22. Bxe5 Rhg8 23. Qc5 Ng6 24. Qxa7 Kd7 25. Rfd1 Bxd2 26. Bc3 Qxe4 27. Rxd2+ Bd5 28. f3 gxf3 29. Qxb7 Ne7 30. Qb5+ Kc8 31. Qa6+ Bb7 32. Qa5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Seniors 65 8th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Ansell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
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1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 c6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Qf2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. 0-0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Qxa7 Qxc2# 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Seniors 65 8th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goffin, Peter B"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. 0-0 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 Rb8 9. e5 Be6 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. exd6 exd6 12. Qe2+ Qe7 13. Re1 Qxe2 14. Rxe2+ Kf8 15. Nge4 Bg4 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Be3 Ne7 18. h3 Bc8 19. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch Seniors 65 8th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Lovejoy, David W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. a4 a6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Ndxe4 dxe4 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. Bc4 cxd4 21. exd4 Rac8 22. b3 Kh8 23. Re3 f5 24. Rg3 Qf6 25. d5 Ne5 26. Qe2 Red8 27. Bxa6 Bxa6 28. Qxa6 Nd3 29. Nb5 f4 30. Rgxd3 exd3 31. d6 d2 32. Qxb6 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Seniors 65 8th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kerr, Grant"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 h6 8. 0-0 Na5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. e6+ Kg8 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. Nf7 dxe6 13. Nxh8 e5 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qe4 Kxh8 17. Nc3 Qf7 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Qf3 e6 20. Rfd1 Nc4 21. b3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 a6 23. Na4 Nb4 24. Nb6 Nd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Nxa8 Qf6 27. Rd1 Bc2 28. Rf1 d4 29. Qd2 d3 30. Rc1 Qd8 31. Rxc2 dxc2 32. Qxc2 Qxa8 33. h3 b6 34. Qd2 a5 35. Qc2 Bc5 36. Qe2 Qf8 37. Qc2 Qf6 38. Qe2 Qe7 39. Qd2 Bb4 40. Qd1 Qe1+ 41. Qxe1 Bxe1 42. Kf1 Bb4 43. Ke2 Bc5 44. f4 g6 45. Kd3 Kg7 46. Ke4 Bd6 47. f5 gxf5+ 48. Kxf5 Ba3 49. g4 Be7 50. Ke6 Bg5 51. Kf5 Kf7 52. a3 b5 53. a4 b4 54. Ke5 Kg6 55. Ke6 Bh4 56. Ke5 Bg3+ 57. Ke4 Kg5 58. Kf3 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch Seniors 65 8th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Srivatanakul, Pricha"]
[Black "Benson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1445"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 b5 5. b3 g6 6. Nd2 Bg7 7. Rb1 b4 8. h3 Qa5 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. e4 Bd7 11. Ngf3 0-0 12. Bd3 Qd8 13. 0-0 a5 14. Rbe1 a4 15. e5 Nh5 16. Bh2 dxe5 17. Nxe5 axb3 18. axb3 Bc8 19. Ne4 Qa5 20. Re2 Bf5 21. Nd2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bf6 23. Rfe1 Ng7 24. Ng4 Nf5 25. Nxf6+ exf6 26. g4 Nd4 27. Re7 Qd8 28. Bc7 Qc8 29. Ne4 f5 30. Nxc5 Nxb3 31. Nxb3 fxg4 32. h4 Ra3 33. Bxb8 Rxb3 34. Qxb3 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch Seniors 65 8th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Legaspi, Edmundo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 f5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c4 0-0 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 g5 11. Bg3 f4 12. exf4 gxf4 13. Ne5 d6 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Rg3+ Kh8 16. Ng6+ hxg6 17. Rxg6 Be4 18. Rg3 Nd7 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Rh3+ Kg7 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. f3 Rf4 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. Re1 Qd7 25. g3 Rf5 26. f4 Rg8 27. Kh1 Ng4 28. Qe2 Rg7 29. d5 e5 0-1

