[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 g6 9. Nge2 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. 0-0 Ne6 12. Bh4 Ng7 13. f3 Re8 14. Rae1 Bf5 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxe4 Qd6 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Ng3 Bg4 21. Qf2 Ne6 22. h3 Qd8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. c4 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 a5 9. Bd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Qc2 a4 13. Ndb5 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Bg4 16. Ra7 Qb8 17. Ra1 Re8 18. h3 Bf3 19. Re1 Nfd7 20. Re3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 c6 22. Na3 Nf8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Nb1 Qa7 25. Nf4 Nd4 26. Qd1 Qb6 27. Ne2 Nd7 28. Bc3 Nxe2 29. Rxe2 Nc5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nd2 Qb4 32. Qc2 f5 33. Kf1 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Qxb3 35. Nxd6 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Kf6 37. Ne8+ Kf7 38. Nd6+ Kf6 39. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 a6 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. Bg5 b5 14. h4 b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rh3 Kf8 18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Rf3 Bb7 20. Qxf6+ Kd7 21. Qxf7+ Ne7 22. Rf6 e5 23. Qe6+ Ke8 24. Rf7 Rd7 25. Rxh7 Kd8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Hookings, Jonathon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1584"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 d4 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. Nh4 b5 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Na6 13. g4 Nd5 14. g5 Rac8 15. Qg4 f6 16. h4 Nab4 17. Bd2 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Ncb4 19. Be4 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "List, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 d5 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qb3 c4 11. Ne5 Qxd4 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Nxb5 Qxe5 14. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hwang, Ryan"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Qd2 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 d4 16. Nd1 Ne4 17. Qd3 f5 18. Qc4+ Qxc4 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 20. Bxe5 Bc5 21. Kh1 f4 22. b4 Rae8 23. f3 Nd2 24. Nb2 Bb6 25. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nxf3 27. gxf3 Bxf3+ 28. Kg1 d3+ 29. Be3 d2 30. Rb1 Bxe3+ 31. Kf1 Be4+ 32. Ke2 Bxc2 33. Rh1 Re8 34. Kf3 Bd4 35. Nd1 Re1 36. Kg2 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Zhou, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1061"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Qe1 0-0 9. Qh4 f6 10. g4 a6 11. f5 d5 12. Bb3 Qb6 13. Kh1 Qd8 14. a4 Nb4 15. Bh6 Bd7 16. g5 gxf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kh8 19. gxf6 Ng8 20. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cooke, Xandi"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Nf6 5. e4 b5 6. a3 a6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nfd7 14. Be3 f6 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Qe7 18. Bg4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. d6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Zhang, Yaoyuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Nf3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Be6 11. Nbd2 a6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. a4 0-0 14. a5 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Ra4 Rfd8 19. Rb4 Rb8 20. Qe3 Rd6 21. Qa7 Bd7 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. Nxb7 Qc7 24. Qxb8+ Qxb8 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Rb6 Qc7 27. Rxa6 h6 28. Rd4 Bb5 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Rb4 Qb7 31. Nd4 Qxa8 32. Rxb5 Ne4 33. f3 Nd6 34. Rc5 Nc4 35. b4 Na3 36. Rc6 Nb5 37. Rc5 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Kg8 39. Rb5 Qc8 40. a6 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holdo, Karl"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Re1 d5 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Ne5 0-0 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd2 e5 13. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Qc1 Re8 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Qf4 Nxb2 20. Nb5 Re7 21. Nd6 Qc7 22. Nf5 Qxf4 23. Nxe7+ Kf8 24. gxf4 Kxe7 25. Rab1 Nc4 26. e4 Kf6 27. exd5 Nd6 28. Re5 Rc8 29. Re3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ray, Charlotte"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1437"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bb5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qd3 12. exd6 exd6 13. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Ba6+ 15. Ke3 g6 16. Ng5 f6 17. Nh3 Bh6+ 18. f4 Kd7 19. Rhe1 Rab8 20. Bc3 Rhe8+ 21. Kd2 Bc4 22. Re3 Be6 23. Rf3 Bg4 24. Rf2 Re4 25. Kd3 Rbe8 26. Bd2 Bf5 27. Kc3 Bxh3 28. gxh3 f5 29. Rb1 Kc7 30. Kd3 Bg7 31. Rb4 a5 32. Ra4 c5 33. Bxa5+ Kc6 34. Bc3 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Kd5 36. Ra7 Bf6 37. Ra4 Rxh3 38. Ra3 Bxd4 39. Rg2 Ree3 40. Bxd4 Rxa3 41. Ke1 cxd4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1564"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qe1 d5 9. Qh4 a6 10. Kh1 b5 11. g4 Nd4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 Nec6 14. g5 Nxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxd5 Nxf3 18. Rxf3 h5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Be6 22. c4 Qd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Bb2 Bg4 26. Rf4 bxc4 27. Rxd4 cxd3 28. Rxd3 Re6 29. Rc1 Re2 30. Be5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Dharmasena, Gavith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qg4 f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 0-0 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Qe4 Qh6 13. h4 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Bg4 17. 0-0 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Winfield, Alan W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. dxe4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na4 0-0 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. f3 h6 15. Nh3 Nd4 16. Bc4 b5 17. Ba2 Kh7 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Bb2 e5 20. Nf2 Nh5 21. Nd3 g5 22. g3 Nf6 23. Nf2 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qd3 Nh5 26. Ng4 Qc4 27. Ne3 Qxd3 28. cxd3 Ne7 29. d4 exd4 30. Bxd4 Nf6 31. Rac1 Nc6 32. Bb2 Rf7 33. Kg2 Re8 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. Nd5 Rf7 36. Rc3 Kg6 37. h3 Re6 38. Rd1 Re8 39. Re1 Ra8 40. Rf1 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "He, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 c5 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. c3 e6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa4 c4 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Ke7 15. 0-0 g5 16. h5 Rhg8 17. Nd2 Bh7 18. c4 g4 19. Qb5 Rab8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qc5 f5 22. f3 Qxc5 23. dxc5 a6 24. Ra4 Ne5 25. Rb4 Nc6 26. Rf4 Ne5 27. fxg4 Nxg4 28. Bxg4 Rxg4 29. Rxg4 fxg4 30. Rf4 Rg8 31. Rb4 Bd3 32. Rxb7+ Kf6 33. Rb6+ Kg5 34. Rd6 Kxh5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McDougall, Wayne"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1472"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. 0-0-0 Ng4 9. Bh4 a6 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nd5 Bd7 12. Qb3 b5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 g5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Qe3 Bc6 20. Rhe1 Qc8 21. Nb6 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rxb2+ 23. Ka1 Rxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Bd5+ 25. Nxd5 Qc2+ 26. Ka3 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Liu, Zikun Kenneth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. e3 f5 7. c4 c5 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. Nbc3 Nc6 10. d5 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 Qd2 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Qb3 Bg7 15. Bf3 a5 16. Kg2 Qd7 17. h4 Rb8 18. Qb6 Qd8 19. Bxc6 Qxb6 20. Rxb6 Be6 21. Bb5 Rfd8 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Rd1 Bc6+ 24. Bxc6 Rxd1 25. Nd5 h6 26. a4 Kh7 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Bxb7 Rc1 29. Ba6 Bc3 30. Bb5 Bb4 31. f3 Kg7 32. g4 fxg4 33. fxg4 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Ne7 Kf6 36. Ng8+ Ke5 37. Nxh6 Ke4 38. Bc6+ Kxe3 39. Bd5 Kf4 40. Be6 Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Ke5 42. Bf7 Bd2 43. Ng8 Bf4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. c3 Be6 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Qc2 b5 15. Rc1 Bxa2 16. Kf2 Bc4 17. Rhd1 a6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Qd5 21. Qa1 Qe6 22. Qa5 h6 23. Qd8+ Kh7 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Bd4 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. g3 Kg7 28. Qd5 Qb6+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke3 Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Qxg3 33. Qd4+ e5 34. Qxc4 Qg2+ 35. Ke3 Qxb2 36. Qc7 Qb5 37. c4 Qb2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. 0-0 Bc5 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Ne6 15. Qxc6+ Qxc6 16. Nxc6 0-0 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nd4 20. Rd6 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Rc1 Ke7 24. Bg5+ f6 25. exf6+ gxf6 26. Rc7+ Ke6 27. Be3 Nf5 28. Bxa7 h6 29. g4 Nd6 30. Ke2 Ke5 31. h3 Re8 32. Kd3 Nb5 33. Rb7 Nxa7 34. Rxa7 h5 35. gxh5 Rh8 36. b4 Rxh5 37. Re7+ Kd6 38. Re3 Rh4 39. a3 d4 40. Rf3 Ke5 41. Kc4 Rh8 42. Rb3 Rc8+ 43. Kd3 Rh8 44. b5 Rxh3+ 45. Kc4 Rh8 46. b6 Rc8+ 47. Kd3 Rb8 48. a4 Kd5 49. a5 Kc5 50. b7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 Bf5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. c4 Nc5 9. d4 Nce4 10. Nc3 c6 11. Ne5 h5 12. Bf3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Qa5 15. Qe1 Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 f6 17. Nd3 Nd6 18. Nc5 dxc4 19. e4 Bc8 20. e5 fxe5 21. fxe5 Nf5 22. bxc4 e6 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxd5+ Kh7 28. Re2 Ne7 29. Bf3 Rb8 30. e6 b6 31. Nd7 Bxd7 32. exd7 Bf8 33. Bf6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "He, Caleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1463"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 a5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Ne4 Be6 14. Nec3 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxa5 b5 20. Qc2 bxc4 21. dxc4 g5 22. Rac1 f5 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. Bc3 Qf7 25. Ba5 h5 26. Qd2 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Qg6 28. f4 gxf4 29. exf4 e4 30. Bc3 Re6 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Re1 Qe8 33. Re3 Rd8 34. Qd5 Rb8 35. Rc2 Kf6 36. Bf1 Qa4 37. Bc4 Rbe8 38. Rd2 Qa7 39. Rb3 Qa5 40. Rb7 Qd8 41. Qc6 e3 42. Re2 d5 43. Qxd5 Qxd5 44. Bxd5 Rd6 45. Bc4 Rd1+ 46. Kg2 Rd4 47. Rb6+ Kg7 48. Re6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1343"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 Nd7 4. Bd3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Bc2 a5 9. Be3 b6 10. a3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Li, Leo Xiang Yu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1277"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng8 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qd2 f6 11. Qf4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 fxe5 13. Bh5+ Ke7 14. Qf7+ Kd6 15. Nb5# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Yee, Stanley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. c4 0-0 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. a3 Ne5 12. Rac1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. Rfd1 Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bb7 17. f4 h6 18. g4 Rad8 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Qc5 21. h4 f5 22. Nd5 exd5 23. cxd5 Qa5 24. Nxf5 Rd7 25. h5 b5 26. h6 Qd8 27. hxg7 Rxf5 28. exf5 Bxg5 29. Qe6+ Kxg7 30. Kh1 Bxc1 31. Rg1+ Kh8 32. Qg6 Qh4+ 33. Kg2 Rg7 34. Rh1 Bxd5+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bd6 10. g3 b6 11. Qg4 Be5 12. c3 0-0 13. Qe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. Ne4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. Qh4 f5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Calitz, Hananke"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bd3 Nd7 5. c3 f5 6. c4 Ndf6 7. Nbd2 c6 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Ngf6 10. Ne5 0-0 11. 0-0 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Ne4 13. Qe2 Qh4 14. f3 Ng5 15. Qf2 Qh6 16. Qe2 Nf7 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. g3 Be8 19. Bc2 Ng5 20. Qg2 Bg6 21. Nd7 Rf7 22. Ne5 Re7 23. f4 Ne4 24. Nxg6 Qxg6 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. c5 Bc7 27. b4 b5 28. a3 Rf8 29. Rf2 Rf6 30. Rdf1 Qf7 31. Re1 Qf8 32. Kf1 Ref7 33. Ke2 g5 34. Ref1 gxf4 35. gxf4+ Rg6 36. Qh1 Qh6 37. Rg2 Rfg7 38. Rfg1 Kf7 39. Bc3 Qh5+ 40. Kd2 Rg4 41. Kc2 Qh3 42. Rxg4 Rxg4 43. Rxg4 Qxg4 44. Qf1 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "He, Caleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1463"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Re1 0-0 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qc2 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. d3 e5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Rac1 a5 14. a4 Rab8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Bf4 Ne8 20. e5 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bxc2 22. Nxc6 Rxb2 23. exd6 Nxd6 24. Bxd6 Ra8 25. Nc4 Ra2 26. Re2 Bb3 27. Rxa2 Bxa2 28. N6xa5 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Ra1 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Ke7 32. a5 Ke6 33. a6 Ra7 34. Kf1 Kd5 35. Nb6+ Kc6 36. Nc8 Ra8 37. a7 Kc7 38. Ne7 Kd6 39. Ng8 Kc6 40. Nf6 h5 41. Ke2 Kb7 42. Kd3 Rxa7 43. Rxa7+ Kxa7 44. Kc4 Kb6 45. Nd7+ Kc6 46. Nxc5 Kd6 47. Kd4 f5 48. f4 h4 49. Nd3 Ke6 50. Ne1 Kf6 51. Nf3 g5 52. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e5 Nfd7 7. a4 c5 8. exd6 exd6 9. d5 Na6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Qd3 Re8+ 12. Kf2 Nf6 13. Re1 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Rxe1+ 15. Nxe1 Bd4+ 16. Kf1 Nxh2+ 17. Ke2 Bg4+ 18. Nf3 Qh4 19. Kd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qf2+ 21. Ne2 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Clouston, Bevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qc2+ Kg8 13. Qxc6 Rb8 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Qb5 Ba6 16. Qb4 Ne4 17. Qb3 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yuan, Kimberley"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1240"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. 0-0 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2 d6 9. Rc1 Qd7 10. Qc2 Nd4 11. Qd1 Nxf3+ 12. exf3 0-0 13. b3 Rac8 14. Ne4 Ne8 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Bf4 Ne6 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Qd2 a5 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nc3 Rfe8 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Nc3 e6 23. h4 Bc6 24. Qd1 d5 25. Re2 Rcd8 26. Rd2 Qc7 27. f4 dxc4 28. dxc4 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Rd8 30. Qe2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Qd7 33. Rc2 Qd4 34. Kf3 h5 35. Qe3 Qd1+ 36. Qe2 Qh1+ 37. Ke3 f5 38. Rd2 Qe4# 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. d4 e5 4. dxe5 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nc6 6. Be3 Nxe5 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nf3 Neg4 9. Bd4 Ne4 10. Rf1 Be6 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. c3 0-0-0+ 14. Kc2 Rg8 15. g4 Bc5 16. Nbd2 Nxf2 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Ne4 Be3 19. Nxf6 Rg6 20. Nh5 f5 21. Bd3 fxg4 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Burns, Christopher John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Ba6 9. Qd4 Qe7 10. c5 Bxf1 11. cxb6 Bxg2 12. Rg1 c5 13. Qe3 Bc6 14. bxc7 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rg3 d5 17. Qxe7+ Bxe7 18. Bf4 d4 19. Ne2 a5 20. 0-0-0 Kf7 21. Rdg1 Bf8 22. Rb3 Rc8 23. Rb8 Be7 24. Re1 Rhe8 25. Ng3 Bd7 26. Nh5 a4 27. a3 Kg6 28. Ng3 f5 29. Bd6 Bg5+ 30. Kd1 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 c4 32. Ne2 d3 33. Nc3 Kf7 34. f4 Bh4+ 35. Kd2 Ke6 36. Be5 Bf2 37. Nxa4 Ba7 38. Nc3 Bg1 39. a4 Bxh2 40. a5 Bg1 41. a6 h5 42. Nb5 h4 43. Bd4 Bxd4 44. Nxd4+ Kd5 45. a7 Rxc7 46. a8Q+ Kxd4 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Noble, Mark Frederick"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 a5 7. d3 h6 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Bd2 0-0 12. Bxh6 Ned5 13. cxd5 gxh6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rc4 Rg8 18. Rh4 Qf8 19. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. d3 Ngf6 5. Nd2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. g3 0-0 8. Bg2 e5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. 0-0 b6 11. c4 Nc5 12. Nc1 e4 13. d4 Nb7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ne2 g5 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Qe2 Nd6 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Ndb1 Be6 21. Kh2 Bg4 22. h4 Qd7 23. Qd2 Nf5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Ne2 Nh5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Ne7 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Nbxc3 Bd7 31. Bf1 f5 32. Nc1 Kf7 33. Bb5 Ke6 34. Kg1 Bc8 35. a3 a6 36. Be2 Kd6 37. N1a2 a5 38. Nb5+ Kc6 39. Nac3 Bd7 40. Na7+ Kb7 41. Nab5 Bxb5 42. Bxb5 Nf6 43. Kf1 Nc8 44. Ke1 Nd6 45. Bf1 Kc6 46. a4 Nde8 47. Bb5+ Kd6 48. Bf1 Nc7 49. Nb5+ Nxb5 50. Bxb5 Nh5 51. Be8 Ng7 52. Bb5 Ne6 53. Kd2 h6 54. Ke1 Ng7 55. Kd2 Ne6 56. Ke1 f4 57. gxf4 Ng7 58. Kf1 Ke6 59. Ba6 Kd7 60. Bb5+ Ke7 61. Bc6 Kd6 62. Bb5 h5 63. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Clouston, Bevan"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bc4 c6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. Qh4 Nbd7 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Nxf7 Bxh2+ 13. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 0-0 16. Rxf5 Nxe3 17. Bxe6 Nxf5 18. Nd6+ Kh8 19. Bxf5 Nb6 20. Be6 Rf6 21. Re1 Raf8 22. a4 Na8 23. Nxb7 Re8 24. Nc5 Nc7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Rd1 Nxe6 27. Nxe6 Rfxe6 28. Rxd5 a6 29. b4 Rc6 30. Rd3 Rec8 31. Ne4 Rxc2 32. Nd6 Rb8 33. Rd4 Kg8 34. Kh2 Rc7 35. Kg3 Rd7 36. Kf4 Re7 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 g6 39. Kg5 Re6 40. Rd5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Cooper, David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 h5 7. h3 Nh6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Qa4 g6 10. g4 Bg7 11. gxh5 0-0 12. Rg1 Nf5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Rxg6 e6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bd3 Na6 17. d6 Qf7 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qh5 Re8 20. Bh6 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. c4 Qa5 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd2 c6 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. Nxf6+ exf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Be2 0-0 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. Kf1 Bg6 13. h4 Nd7 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qb3 c5 16. d5 Qc7 17. g3 Ne5 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Kg2 Qe7 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Bg5 Qd7 22. Qf3 Qf5 23. Qe2 Ba5 24. Be3 Rac8 25. h5 g5 26. h6 g6 27. g4 Qd7 28. Bxg5 Kh7 29. f3 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Rab1 Rg8 32. Rh5 Bd8 33. Qxe5 Bxg5 34. Kf2 Rce8 35. Qh2 Qe7 36. Kf1 Qe3 37. Qf2 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "James, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qxd4 10. Qe2 a6 11. 0-0 Qxe5 12. Qd1 Nge7 13. Re1 Qd6 14. g3 0-0-0 15. Be2 d4 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Nde7 22. Rec1 Ka7 23. a4 Rc8 24. Qc4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davies, Geoff"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Bg2 b5 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. c4 b4 12. f4 d6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. b3 0-0 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. f5 Nc5 19. Qg4 e5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nf1 Rfd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Ne3 Qd7 26. Nd5 f6 27. Qf3 a5 28. h4 Qe8 29. Kf2 Qd7 30. g4 Qf7 31. Qe3 Qf8 32. g5 Be8 33. Bf3 Bf7 34. Ke2 Qd6 35. Kd3 Be7 36. Qg1 Qd8 37. g6 Bxd5 38. gxh7+ Kh8 39. cxd5 Qc8 40. Qg6 a4 41. Bh5 axb3 42. axb3 Qa8 43. Qe8+ Qxe8 44. Bxe8 Kxh7 45. Kc4 Kg8 46. Kb5 Kf8 47. Bd7 Bd6 48. Bc8 Ke8 49. Kc6 c4 50. Ba6 c3 51. Bd3 Bf8 52. Kc7 Be7 53. d6 Bd8+ 54. Kc8 Ba5 55. Bb5+ Kf8 56. Bd3 Ke8 57. Bc2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. d5 Bxc3 9. dxc6 Bxc6 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Malton, Isabella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ndf3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Ne2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Qd2 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Rad8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Rfe8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bc6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Re1 Qd6 22. Re3 Re8 23. Bd1 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Qg6 25. f3 Bd7 26. Qe2 Bxh3 27. Bc2 f5 28. Kh2 Qh5 29. gxh3 g6 30. Qxc4+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[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 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Ne6+ fxe6 11. Qxd8+ Kf7 12. 0-0+ Nf6 13. Qd1 a6 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bb3 Nc6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Qe1 h6 19. Be3 f5 20. Bb6 Bd4+ 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Nc5 Nc6 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Nxe6+ Kf6 27. Nc5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[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. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e5 4. Nf3 d6 5. f5 Nf6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Qe1 a6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 Qb6 12. Kh1 b4 13. Ne2 bxa3 14. bxa3 Qc7 15. Qg3 g6 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Tony"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Qe2 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Ng3 f5 13. Ne1 Nf6 14. f4 Ng4 15. Nd3 Bf6 16. Bc3 Rc8 17. b4 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxh2 21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qxg3 23. Ba5 Rc6 24. Rab1 Ba8 25. Rfd1 Ra6 26. Rb5 Bc6 27. Rxc5 Rb8 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxd8 Ra3 30. Rxc6 Rxe3 31. Bh4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Creighton, Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. Be3 Nxe4 6. d5 Ne7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Qxe4 Be7 10. Bc4 0-0 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. Na3 Qc8 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Qc4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nd8 16. 0-0-0 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Nxd6 Rb8 20. Ndxf7 Qe7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "James, Jack"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[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 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qe1 a6 9. Qh4 e5 10. f5 b5 11. Bg5 bxc4 12. Nd5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "George, Sandeep"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 0-0 9. a3 Na5 10. b3 Bf5 11. Ra2 Qb6 12. Rb2 e5 13. d5 Ng4 14. 0-0 e4 15. h3 Ne5 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Nd4 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. g4 Bxg4 20. Nxe4 Nxd4 21. hxg4 Nf3 22. Qxf3 f5 23. Ng5 Bxb2 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. Qe2 Bxa3 26. gxf5 Rxf5 27. Bh3 Rh5 28. Kh2 Re8 29. Qxh5 gxh5 30. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Lyall, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be6 7. 0-0 f5 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. f3 Nxe5 10. fxe4 dxe4 11. dxe5 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 exd3 13. cxd3 0-0-0 14. Nc3 Qxd3 15. Bg5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Bc5 18. Ne2 h6 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Nd3 Bb6 21. Bh4 g5 22. Be1 Bxa2 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. Rd2 Bc4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Michael, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. f4 Bg7 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Ne6+ fxe6 11. Qxd8+ Kf7 12. 0-0+ Nf6 13. Qd3 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Nc6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Bg5 Nd4 19. Qd3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[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 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. b4 Bh3 12. Bh1 e6 13. Bb2 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 15. Na3 Nd7 16. Nb5 Re7 17. Qxc7 Kf8 18. d6 Re6 19. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Booth, Anthony"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. b4 Rc8 13. Rac1 0-0 14. a3 Qb8 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nf8 17. Bf2 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Qd2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Blackmore, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 b5 5. Bb3 Be7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Re1 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. b3 Rac8 17. Re2 Bd8 18. Ba3 Nc6 19. d5 Ne7 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Bd3 Bb6 22. Rec2 Ng6 23. Bf1 Red8 24. Qd2 a5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bxb5 Nd7 28. Bxd7 Bxd7 29. Qc2 Nf4 30. Nd2 Bb5 31. Nc4 Bc7 32. Nf5 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qd8 34. Kf1 Kh7 35. Qc6 Qg5 36. Ng3 Nd3 37. Qc3 Nc5 38. Bxc5 dxc5 39. Qe3 Qg6 40. Qxc5 Qa6+ 41. Qc4 Qa7 42. Qc2 Qd4 43. Nf5 Qb6 44. Qc4 g6 45. Ne7 Kg7 46. Nc6 Bd6 47. Qc3 Qc7 48. Qxa5 Qb7 49. g3 Qd7 50. Kg2 h5 51. Qd8 Qxd8 52. Nxd8 Kf8 53. Nc6 Ke8 54. b4 Kd7 55. a4 f6 56. a5 Bc7 57. b5 Kc8 58. b6 Bd6 59. a6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bryan, Jason"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. 0-0-0 Ne8 10. Bh6 f5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. g3 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Bc4 Nf5 15. Ngxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qe7 17. c3 a6 18. Rdf1 Bd7 19. h4 h5 20. Bd3 Qf7 21. Bc2 Ne7 22. c4 Qe8 23. f3 Nf5 24. g4 hxg4 25. h5 gxh5 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nxd6 cxd6 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rf1 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vincent, David A"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. d3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. 0-0 a6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. a4 Nb4 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. f4 e6 14. b3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 bxc4 18. Ra7 Qc8 19. bxc4 Nc6 20. Ra3 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Rains, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nd1 Re8 11. Nf2 Rc8 12. g4 c4 13. Nd4 cxd3 14. cxd3 e5 15. Nf5 Nc5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. h4 Ne6 18. Nh3 Ndf8 19. Be3 Ba6 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. f5 Nc5 22. Rad1 Rec7 23. Nf2 Qe8 24. Bh3 Nfd7 25. f6 g6 26. h5 Ne6 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Ng4 Rc2 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Qg4 Ndc5 31. Qh4 Rc7 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Nf5 Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Nxf7 Qxf7 36. Qh8+ Qg8 37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Bxe6+ Kf8 39. Rf2 Rxf2 40. Kxf2 Rh7 41. Kg2 Rh5 42. Kf2 Rxg5 43. Rg1 Rxg1 44. Kxg1 Bxd3 45. Bd5 Bb5 46. a3 a5 47. f7 Be2 48. Kf2 Bh5 49. Kg3 g5 50. Kh3 Bxf7 51. Bc6 Be6+ 52. Kg3 Ke7 53. Bb5 Kf6 54. Bc6 Bb3 55. Bb7 Bd1 56. Bd5 Ke7 57. Bc4 a4 58. Bd5 Kd7 59. Bc4 Kc6 60. Kg2 Bb3 61. Be2 c4 62. Kg3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Devonport"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barry, Jacob"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nd4 Qe5+ 7. Nce2 Bg6 8. Nf3 Qd6 9. d4 e6 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qe2 0-0 14. 0-0-0 Nbd7 15. Ne5 b5 16. g4 Qc7 17. h4 b4 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Na4 c5 20. Rg1 cxd4 21. Bg2 Nd5 22. h5 Nxf4 23. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 24. Kb1 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Nxe5 26. Bxa8 Nxg1 27. Rxg1 Rxa8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rg1 d3+ 30. Kd1 d2 31. b3 Rc8 32. Nb2 Rc1+ 0-1

