[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 a6 7. Be3 h5 8. a4 Rc8 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. f4 Ne7 15. c3 Nf5 16. Bf2 h4 17. Bd3 Bh5 18. Qc2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. f5 Qg5 21. Rae1 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 0-0 23. Be3 Qd8 24. f6 Bg6 25. Qd2 h3 26. Bh6 Qb6+ 27. Rf2 gxf6 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Qxh3 fxe5 31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qxe5 Rc4 33. h3 Rxa4 34. Re3 Ra2 35. b4 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Qc6 37. h4 Qc4 38. Rf4 Qc7 39. Qxc7+ Kxc7 40. g4 Ra2+ 41. Kh3 e5 42. Rxe5 Kd6 43. Re3 Be4 44. Rxf7 Ke5 45. h5 Ra1 46. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1397"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. 0-0 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Qd8 15. f3 h4 16. Bf2 g4 17. e4 gxf3 18. gxf3 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. e5 Bg5 21. Ne4 Be3 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Bxe3 Nxe3 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Xing, Zeqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1220"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Rc1 Ne5 9. b3 Ne8 10. g4 Nc7 11. h4 a6 12. Qd2 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. h5 Qe8 15. h6 Bf6 16. Kd1 b5 17. Rh2 Ng6 18. Bd3 f4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qg6 21. Qe3 Bd4 22. Qe2 Qxg1+ 23. Kc2 Qe3 24. Rg1+ Qxg1 25. Rg2+ Qxg2 26. Qxg2+ Kf7 27. e5 Rg8 28. e6+ Bxe6 29. dxe6+ Nxe6 30. Qh3 Ng5 31. Qf5+ Bf6 32. f4 Ne6 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Bg6 Nd8 35. Nd5 Rh8 36. Nxf6 Rxh7 37. Nxh7+ Kg8 38. Ng5 Nc6 39. Nf7 Nd4+ 40. Kd3 Ne6 41. Ke4 Rf8 42. f5 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Broad, Cory"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nd2 Be7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. 0-0 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nf6 14. Rf3 c5 15. Re1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 cxd4 17. exd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kf1 Bd7 19. Rd1 Qc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bb5 22. b3 Bf6 23. Bxb7 Rad8 24. Rfd3 Qf5+ 25. Kg1 Rd4 26. Qe2 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Bxc4 28. Be4 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Qa5 31. Qd7 Rd8 32. Qxd8+ Bxd8 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U18 op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campbell, Cazna"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. Nge2 d6 5. g3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 e5 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qd1 h6 13. Be3 c5 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. f4 Nxd5 17. cxd5 0-0 18. Qh5 f6 19. f5 Qb6 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Qa6 22. a3 b6 23. Qd2 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Bf3 Be8 27. g4 Ba4 28. Bd1 Be8 29. h4 Qc7 30. Kg2 Qc8 31. g5 Kh7 32. Bb3 Qc7 33. g6+ Kg8 34. Qd1 Bb5 35. Ba4 Qd7 36. Bxb5 Qxb5 37. Qc2 Qc5 38. Qxc5 bxc5 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Ke2 a5 41. Kd2 a4 42. Kc2 Ke7 43. b3 axb3+ 44. Kxb3 Kd7 45. Kc4 Kc7 46. Kb5 Kb7 47. h5 Kc7 48. a4 Kb7 49. a5 Ka7 50. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch U18 op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Loke, Kayden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Be3 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bd7 9. e5 Ba4 10. Qg4 g6 11. Nf3 Qd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Ne4 0-0-0 15. Nc5 Qe8 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 c6 19. Rb1 Rd5 20. a4 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Nbd5 22. Qc2 h6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qb2 Rd8 25. 0-0 Rd7 26. c4 Nf4 27. Rfd1 Nd3 28. Qa3 Nxe5 29. Qb2 Nd3 30. Qc3 Nxc5 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Qb4 b6 33. a5 Na6 34. Qc3 Kb7 35. Qe3 c5 36. Qe4+ Qc6 37. Qf4 Qc7 38. Qf3+ Kb8 39. axb6 axb6 40. Qa3 Nb4 41. Ra1 Qb7 42. Qg3+ Qc7 43. Ra8+ Kb7 44. Ra7+ Kxa7 45. Qxc7+ Ka6 46. Qxf7 Nd3 47. Qe8 Ne5 48. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "McIntosh, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. f4 g6 14. Kf2 Bb4 15. Bf3 Kg7 16. Rh1 Rh8 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Qb4 Rhc8 22. Rhc1 a5 23. Qb6 h5 24. Qxc7+ Rxc7 25. Rb6 Rh8 26. Rh1 Ne8 27. Nd3 Nd6 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Bxd5 Rd7 30. Be6 Re7 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Rc1 Rcc7 33. Rb3 a4 34. Rb4 b5 35. Rb2 Nc4 36. Ra2 Rxe3 37. Re1 Rce7 38. Rae2 Rxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Nxa3 41. Kd2 Nc4+ 42. Kc1 Ne3 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nd8 g5 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Nxc6 Kg4 47. Kd2 a3 48. Nb4 Nxg2 49. d5 Kxg3 50. d6 Nf4 51. Nd5 Ne6 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Gong, Jie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1632"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 d5 9. dxc5 Ne4 10. Qc2 bxc5 11. Bd3 f5 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. f4 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 e5 17. g3 Bg4 18. b3 Qd7 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. bxc4 exf4 22. exf4 h6 23. Nh3 Be6 24. Nf2 Bxc4 25. Kg2 Bd5 26. Be3 c4 27. Nd1 a6 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Rab1 Rab8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Rb1 Rb3 32. Rxb3 cxb3 33. Bd4 Ne1+ 34. Kf2 Nc2 35. Bc5 a5 36. g4 Kf7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Nd1 g5 39. fxg5+ hxg5 40. h5 Bd7 41. Kd2 Bxg4 42. h6 Bxd1 43. Kxd1 a4 44. Bf8 Kg6 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U18 op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, Richard Jingjie"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1392"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Na4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Qa5 13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Bd7 15. a3 0-0 16. 0-0 Nce7 17. b4 Qb6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Rc1 g6 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Rfd1 Rc4 23. Ne2 Rfc8 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Nc3 Qc7 26. Rc1 a5 27. h3 axb4 28. axb4 h6 29. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch U18 op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Yue, Annie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Bb1 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd3 0-0 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. h3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. f4 Qb6 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. g4 Qd6 21. Qg2 Qe6 22. Rac1 Nd7 23. Na4 Rac8 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. Rc3 b5 27. Nd3 Qd6 28. Rfc1 Ng8 29. Rc6 Qe7 30. Ne5 Nf6 31. g5 Ne4 32. Rxg6 c5 33. Qg4 Rc7 34. Re6 Qd8 35. g6 Nf6 36. Qh4 Qc8 37. Rxf6 gxf6 38. Nf7+ Rcxf7 39. gxf7 Rxf7 40. Rxc5 Qf5 41. Kf2 Rg7 42. Rc6 Rg6 43. Rc1 Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. 0-0 a5 10. a3 a4 11. b4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxe5 14. Bb2 Qh5 15. Qc7 Be7 16. Bb5 Qh6 17. Nf3 Bd8 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. Qxb7 Rc8 20. Rfe1 Rc7 21. Qxd5 0-0 22. Qd3 Qg6 23. Qf1 Bf6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rb7 26. Re3 f6 27. Rg3 Qf7 28. Bd6 Rd8 29. Bc5 Bb5 30. Qe1 e5 31. Be3 Rbd7 32. Bb6 Rb8 33. Rc1 Rdb7 34. Bc5 Rd8 35. Rgc3 Qd7 36. Be3 h6 37. h3 Kf8 38. Bc5+ Kg8 39. Qe4 Qd5 40. Qg6 Qf7 41. Qg3 Kh7 42. Qe3 Rdd7 43. Bb6 Qe6 44. Bc5 Qf7 45. f4 exf4 46. Qxf4 Qd5 47. Be3 Re7 48. Rc5 Qe4 49. Qxe4+ Rxe4 50. Bf2 Kg6 51. Rc7 Re7 52. Bg3 Rbxc7 53. Bxc7 Re3 54. Rc5 Bd7 55. Ra5 Rb3 56. Rd5 Bc6 57. Rc5 Bd7 58. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Burns, Christopher John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1397"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[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. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 b5 6. a3 a6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Nd2 Re8 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. b3 b4 16. Na4 c3 17. Nc4 Ra8 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bd3 Rb8 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. h3 Ng6 22. Bg3 Nh5 23. Rae1 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Qg5 25. Qf2 Re7 26. Re3 Bd7 27. h4 Qh5 28. Rf3 Nh8 29. Be2 Qg6 30. Qa7 Rbe8 31. Re3 Bb5 32. Qb6 Bxe2 33. Rxe2 Qxg3 34. Qxb4 Qd3 35. Nxc3 Rc7 36. Rf3 Qa6 37. Ra2 Qc8 38. Ne2 Rd8 39. Kh2 Ng6 40. Qe1 Rc2 41. Rxc2 Qxc2 42. Nc1 Nf4 43. Rf2 Qb1 44. Rf1 Rc8 45. Ne2 Qxb3 46. Nxf4 exf4 47. Rxf4 Qb2 48. Qg3 Qe5 49. Rg4 Re8 50. Qxe5 Rxe5 51. Kg3 g5 52. hxg5 Rxg5 53. Rxg5+ hxg5 54. Kg4 f6 55. Kf5 Kf7 56. g4 Ke7 57. Kg6 f5 58. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Hwang, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 c6 8. g4 h6 9. Ng3 Qc7 10. Qd2 b5 11. h4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. h5 Qf8 19. Rc6 Kd8 20. Qa5 Ke7 21. Nd5+ Ke6 22. Qc3 Bb7 23. Rc7 Bxd5 24. exd5+ Ke7 25. Qc6 Qd8 26. Ne4 Rc8 27. Qxd6+ Ke8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. hxg6 Qb8 30. gxf7+ Kd8 31. Qxb8+ Nxb8 32. Bc5 Nd7 33. Ba3 Nb6 34. Nc5 Bf6 35. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cummings, Nick"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1397"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. 0-0 d6 7. d3 0-0 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a3 Re8 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. b4 Rb8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Nd2 Be7 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Rxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 Qa5 18. Ndb1 Rb8 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. Bg2 Bg4 21. Kf1 Bg5 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Qd2 Qa6 24. h3 Bxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Rxb1+ 26. Re1 Qb6 27. Nc3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch U18 op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mao, Daqi"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e4 h6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. 0-0 Nc7 11. Rfe1 0-0 12. Qc1 Nh7 13. e5 Be7 14. Ne4 Bb4 15. Nc3 Be7 16. Ne4 Bb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Nc5 b6 20. Nd3 Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxb4 Bb7 24. Nd3 Rc8 25. a5 Ba6 26. Nb4 Bb5 27. axb6 Qxb6 28. Ra3 Qd8 29. Rg3 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. h4 Rf7 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Rxg5+ Rg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qf4 Qf6 36. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U18 op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Sethuramalingam, Karthik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Nc6 10. 0-0 a6 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Qg6 15. Kh1 b5 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Ng3 Rac8 20. Bf3 Nd8 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Qc6 Nd6 23. Qxa6 Ra8 24. Qc6 Rec8 25. Ra1 Nc4 26. Qxb5 Nxa3 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. bxc5 Nc2 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Ne2 Ra2 31. Nf4 c6 32. Rb1 h6 33. Nd3 Kf8 34. Ne5 Nb4 35. Kg1 f6 36. Ng6+ Kf7 37. Nf4 g5 38. Nh3 Ke7 39. g4 Ra4 40. Kg2 Ke6 41. Ng1 Kd5 42. Ne2 Kc4 43. Rc1+ Kd3 44. Ng3 Ra8 45. Nf5 Rh8 46. Rb1 Kc3 47. Ra1 h5 48. Ng3 hxg4 49. Ne4+ Kb2 50. Ra7 Rf8 51. Rb7 Kb3 52. Kg3 Ka3 53. Nd6 f5 54. Rf7 Rxf7 55. Nxf7 Kb3 56. Nxg5 Nd3 57. Ne6 Kc4 58. Nf4 Ne1 59. h3 gxh3 60. Kxh3 Nf3 61. Kg3 Nxd4 62. exd4 Kxd4 63. Ne6+ Kd5 64. Ng7 Ke5 65. Kf3 Kf6 66. Kf4 Kxg7 67. Kxf5 Kf7 68. Ke5 Ke7 69. f4 Kd7 70. Kf6 Ke8 71. Ke6 Kd8 72. Kd6 Kc8 73. Kxc6 Kb8 74. f5 Kc8 75. f6 Kd8 76. Kd6 Ke8 77. Ke6 Kf8 78. f7 Kg7 79. Ke7 Kh7 80. f8R Kg7 81. Rf1 Kg6 82. c6 Kg7 83. Rg1+ Kh7 84. Kf6 Kh6 85. Rh1# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Parfene, Horatiu"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1397"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Ne7 5. g3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ng6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Ne2 Qe7 10. Qc3 Qb4 11. Nf6+ Kf8 12. Bxc6 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 bxc6 14. Nfe4 Ne7 15. Nc5 Nd5 16. d4 Rb8 17. 0-0-0 Ke7 18. N3e4 Rd8 19. c3 Rb6 20. Rhe1 Bd7 21. f4 Kf8 22. a3 Be8 23. Ng5 Kg8 24. Nf3 Rbb8 25. Re2 Ne7 26. Ne5 Kf8 27. Rde1 Ng6 28. Nc4 Ne7 29. b4 Nd5 30. Kc2 Ne7 31. g4 g6 32. h4 Bd7 33. Ne5 Be8 34. h5 Kg7 35. Rh2 h6 36. hxg6 Nxg6 37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38. Reh1 Kf6 39. Rxh6+ Ke7 40. Rh7 Bd7 41. g5 Rg8 42. R1h6 Bc8 43. g6 a5 44. Rxf7+ Kd6 45. g7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Oliver"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Na4 Qd8 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nc5 Rb8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. Rc1 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Nxd4 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Bd3 Be7 21. 0-0 Rbc8 22. f3 a6 23. Kg2 Rhf8 24. Rfd1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Kxc8 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Bf2 Nc6 29. Bg3 Na5 30. Kf2 Bc5+ 31. Ke2 Nc4 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33. Kd2 Bd4 34. Kc2 b5 35. b3 Kb7 36. f4 gxf4 37. Bxf4 g5 38. Bg3 Kc6 39. h4 Kd5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Be1 Bxe5 42. b4 Ke4 43. Bd2 Bf4 44. Bxf4 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U18 op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chen, Bruce"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bf4 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Re3 Rfe8 13. Rxe8+ Rxe8 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bd3 Rf4 18. Qe2 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Qf6 20. Kg2 Nf8 21. Kg3 Qd6 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Rb4 24. b3 Ne6 25. Nd2 Rd4 26. Nf3 Rxd3 27. Rb1 Nd4 28. Kg2 Nxf3 29. a4 g5 30. b4 Nxe5 31. Re1 f6 32. Rc1 b6 33. a5 b5 34. Rb1 Rc3 35. Rb2 d4 36. Rd2 d3 37. Rb2 Rc2 38. Rb1 d2 39. Rd1 Nc4 40. Kf1 Nb2 41. Ke2 Nxd1 42. Kxd1 Ra2 43. f3 Kf7 44. h4 gxh4 45. g5 h3 46. g6+ hxg6 47. Ke2 h2 48. Kd3 d1R+ 49. Ke4 h1Q 50. Kf4 g5+ 51. Ke4 Qe1+ 52. Kf5 Rd5+ 53. Kg4 Rg2+ 54. Kh3 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Sun, Taoran Ethan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1219"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 0-0 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 Ne8 9. g4 Nb6 10. Ng3 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Rxf5 14. Bd3 Rf8 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. b3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh4+ 18. Bf2 Qf4 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. Qd3 Kh8 21. 0-0-0 h6 22. Rdg1 Nd7 23. Rg3 Nf6 24. Rhg1 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rg8 26. Rg6 Qf8 27. Qh4 Kh7 28. R1g3 a6 29. Be3 Rd8 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qxd8 e4 33. fxe4 Qa1+ 34. Kc2 Qxa2+ 35. Kc3 Qa1+ 36. Kd3 Qd1+ 37. Kc3 Qa1+ 38. Kd2 Qb2+ 39. Ke1 Qc3+ 40. Kf2 Qc2+ 41. Kg3 Qxe4 42. Qxc7+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qc7+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qe6 Qh1 47. Qxh6+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-B 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[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 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 a6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. 0-0 Nfd7 11. f5 Rf8 12. Rae1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. e5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nc6 17. Bb6 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Bhatt, Daksh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1340"]
[BlackElo "1389"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nf3 b6 8. e4 Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 e5 12. d5 Nh7 13. Bg3 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Be2 Bc8 16. a4 a5 17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. f3 Na6 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Na2 Na6 22. Bf2 f5 23. Nc3 f4 24. b3 Nb4 25. Na2 Nxa2 26. Rxa2 Bh4 27. Bxh4 Qxh4 28. Qf2 Qg5 29. Kf1 Rf6 30. Ke2 Rg6 31. Kd1 Qd8 32. Ree2 Rg5 33. Rad2 Rh5 34. h3 Rg5 35. Qg1 Rg3 36. Qh2 h5 37. Re1 Qd7 38. Qg1 h4 39. Kc2 Rf8 40. Rf1 Rf6 41. Qh1 Rfg6 42. Rff2 c6 43. dxc6 Qxc6 44. Rd5 Rf6 45. Rfd2 Kf8 46. Qd1 Kg8 47. Qh1 Rgg6 48. Qd1 Kf7 49. Qg1 Qd7 50. Qxb6 Kg8 51. Qxa5 Rf8 52. Rxe5 Rxg2 53. Rxg2 dxe5 54. Qd5+ Rf7 55. Qxd7 Rxd7 56. a5 Kf7 57. Rg4 Ke6 58. a6 Kd6 59. b4 Rc7 60. Rg6+ Ke7 61. Rxg7+ Kd6 62. Rxc7 Kxc7 63. c5 Kc6 64. b5+ Kc7 65. Kc3 Kb8 66. Kc4 Ka7 67. Kd5 Kb8 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fan, Eric"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1326"]
[BlackElo "1340"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be6 7. Bf5 Qe7 8. Bxe6 Qxe6 9. Qxe6+ fxe6 10. 0-0 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 0-0 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Ng5 e5 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 h6 19. Nh3 Ng4 20. Nf2 Nf6 21. Rad1 c6 22. Nd3 Ne4 23. Re3 Nd6 24. Rde1 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. g3 Nd6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke3 Nf5+ 30. Kd2 Nd6 31. Ne5+ Ke6 32. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Bhatt, Mantra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "1340"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 0-0 8. e3 b6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Nf3 Qd6 12. Bg3 Qe6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. b4 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Qc2 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. h4 Rfe8 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Qc4 Qg4 23. Bg3 Re6 24. Qe2 Qf5 25. h5 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Qd2 cxd4 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qxd4 Qa5+ 30. Qb4 Qd8 31. 0-0 Qd3 32. Rc1 Re8 33. Qb8 Qa6 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. Bxd6 Bg4 36. Rc7 a6 37. Ra7 Be2 38. Re7 Rxe7 39. Bxe7 f5 40. Kh2 Kf7 41. Bb4 Kf6 42. Bf8 Bxh5 43. Kg3 Bd1 44. Kh2 h5 45. g3 g6 46. Kh3 Be2 47. Bb4 Bf1+ 48. Kh4 Be2 49. Bc3+ Kf7 50. Kg5 Bb5 51. Bd4 Be8 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. Kg5 Bf7 54. Bb6 Be8 55. Bd4 a5 56. Bb6 a4 57. Bd4 Kf7 58. Bc3 Bb5 59. Bd4 Be2 60. Bc5 Ke6 61. Kxg6 Bg4 62. Kg5 Kd5 63. Bf8 Kc4 64. Kf4 Kd3 65. Bc5 Ke2 66. Bb4 Kxf2 67. Be7 Kg2 68. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Po`E Tofaeono, Grayson"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1459"]
[BlackElo "1340"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. Kh1 h6 11. Qd3 c4 12. Qe2 c5 13. Nd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. c3 Nc5 16. Rb1 Ne4 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Nf2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qxb1 20. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 21. Nd1 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Bd7 23. Qc2 Rb7 24. Bc5 Bb5 25. f5 Kd7 26. a4 Bc6 27. a5 Rb3 28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. Ne3 Rhb8 30. Qf5# 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1340"]
[BlackElo "1535"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. g4 Re8 11. Ng3 Qa5 12. Qd2 b5 13. h4 Nfd7 14. h5 Ne5 15. Be2 b4 16. Nd1 Bd7 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bf4 Bb5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd4 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Ne3 Nd7 23. g5 Re7 24. Rh2 Rae8 25. Qe2 Nb6 26. 0-0-0 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Qc4+ 28. Kb1 Nxd5 29. Qf3 Nc7 30. Rxd6 Nb5 31. Rc2 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Nxd6 33. e5 Nb5 34. Qd5+ Kg7 35. Ne4 Nd4+ 36. Kb1 Ne6 37. Nxc5 Nxf4 38. Qd4 Ne6 39. Nxe6+ Rxe6 40. Qxb4 Rxe5 41. Qd4 Kg8 42. a3 Rxg5 43. Qc4+ Kg7 44. Qxa6 h5 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. b4 h4 47. Qf7 Re1+ 48. Kc2 h3 49. Qf8+ Kh5 50. Qf3+ Rg4 51. Qxh3+ Kg5 52. Qf3 Reg1 53. Qd5+ Kh4 54. b5 R1g2+ 55. Kb3 R2g3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pan, Alexander Hanrui"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1340"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. Re3 h6 14. Rxe8+ Rxe8 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Ne4 17. Re1 Ndf6 18. Nd2 Re6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. c4 Kf8 21. c5 Be7 22. Bc1 Nxc5 23. Rxe6 Nxe6 24. Be3 Bf6 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Bf5 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Qd2 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Bc8 c5 31. Bxb7 d4 32. Ba6 Ke7 33. Kf1 Kd6 34. Ke2 Ke5 35. g3 Ke4 36. f3+ Kd5 37. Kd3 f6 38. Bb5 Bc3 39. g4 Ke5 40. h4 Kd5 41. h5 Ke5 42. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thurner, Anya"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
[BlackElo "1340"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[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. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bd7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. f3 0-0 12. Nh3 Rfd8 13. Ke2 e5 14. Nf2 Be6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Na4 f6 17. Ba3 f5 18. Ndxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bg5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Kxe3 f4+ 22. Ke2 Rab8 23. Rhd1 g5 24. Nc5 Kf7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Bc8 28. Kc2 h5 29. h3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. a4 gxf3 32. gxf3 Bh3 33. Kd2 Bc8 34. b4 Ke7 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. Nd3 a6 37. b5 axb5 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. axb5 Bh3 40. b6 Bc8 41. Kb4 Kc6 42. Ka5 Kd6 43. Kb5 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Yu, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1340"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 c6 7. e3 0-0 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. a3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne5 Nxg3 13. Nxg4 Nxh1 14. Bxf5 h6 15. 0-0-0 Nxf2 16. Qxf2 Nd7 17. e4 Nf6 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. e5 Nh5 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Qc2 Kg7 22. Kb1 Re7 23. g4 Nf4 24. h4 Rae8 25. Ka2 Ne2 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nxc3+ 28. Qxc3 Qf4 29. Bb1 Qxg5 30. Qc2 Rh8 31. Rd2 Qe3 32. Rg2+ Kf8 33. Qf5+ Rf7 34. Qc8+ Qe8 35. Qxe8+ Kxe8 36. Bg6 Kf8 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. Rf2+ Ke6 39. Kb3 Rh3+ 40. Kc2 Re3 41. Kd2 Re4 42. Kd3 a5 43. Rf8 a4 44. Rf1 b6 45. Rc1 Kd6 46. Rh1 c5 47. Rh6+ Re6 48. Rh8 Kc6 49. Rc8+ Kb5 50. Rd8 Kc6 51. Ra8 Rh6 52. dxc5 Kxc5 53. Rxa4 Rh3+ 54. Kd2 Rh2+ 55. Kc3 Rh3+ 56. Kc2 b5 57. Ra8 Rg3 58. Rc8+ Kd4 59. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hurndell, Robert"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
[BlackElo "1294"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ndf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. Ng3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qb6 12. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 13. fxe3 0-0-0 14. Bd2 Rg8 15. 0-0-0 Nd7 16. Bc3 g6 17. Rhg1 Bh6 18. Rge1 f5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21. Ne2 Re7 22. Nd4 Kb7 23. Rd3 c5 24. Rb3+ Nb6 25. Nf3 Kc7 26. Ra3 Kc6 27. Ne5+ Kd6 28. Ra6 Ra8 29. c4 dxc4 30. Nxc4+ Kc7 31. Nxb6 Kb7 32. Nd5 Rd7 33. Nf6 Rf7 34. Re6 Raf8 35. Nd5 Rd7 36. Re7 Rfd8 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. Nc3 Kc6 39. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1294"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Be2 Bf5 11. 0-0 a6 12. Nd5 Be4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Rfd1 Re5 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Bf3 Rg5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qd4 Qg6 22. g3 Qe6 23. Kg2 Rh5 24. h4 Re5 25. Qd3 a5 26. a3 c5 27. Rb1 Qc8 28. a4 Qb7+ 29. f3 Rae8 30. e4 g6 31. Kf2 Qc8 32. Rh1 h5 33. Rbe1 Qb7 34. Re2 Rb8 35. Rb1 Rbe8 36. Rbe1 Rb8 37. Re3 Qc8 38. Rh1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Liu, Zikun Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1294"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. Be3 f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. h4 f4 12. Bf2 Nb6 13. Nc1 Bf5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Nf6 17. h5 h6 18. Qf2 Qd7 19. 0-0-0 Qf5 20. Qh4 c6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Nb4 Qe6 23. Nxc6 Qxc4 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Nf5 Qc5 26. Nxd6+ Kg8 27. Kb1 Rfb8 28. Nde4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Qa5 30. a3 Qb5 31. Qg4 Ra7 32. Rd6 Rc7 33. Rhd1 Rcc8 34. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-B 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Redwood, Harry"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1294"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Rb1 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Ne5 a6 11. h4 h5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rc8 14. Qg3 Bb5 15. Bc2 Rg8 16. a4 Bd7 17. 0-0 Ng4 18. Rfe1 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qxh5 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Rxc2 22. Qh7 Qxd4 23. Qxc2 Qxh4 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Re5 Qh6 26. Qd2 Qh7 27. Rc1 Rh8 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2 30. Rg5 Qh3 31. Rxg7 b5 32. Qf4 Rf8 33. Rc7 bxa4 34. Qd6 e5 35. Qxd5 Bb5+ 36. Ke1 Qf1+ 37. Kd2 Qxf2+ 38. Kc1 Qf1+ 39. Qd1 Qh3 40. Rg1 a3 41. bxa3 e4 42. Re1 Qh6+ 43. Qd2 Qxd2+ 44. Nxd2 Kd8 45. Ra7 Bc6 46. Nc4 f5 47. Ne5 Rf6 48. Rh1 Be8 49. Rh8 Re6 50. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div3 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Coates, Alex"]
[Black "Prasad, Rudr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "1288"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Fiji"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIJ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. e4 e5 6. d5 0-0 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. g4 Nc5 9. Ng3 Bd7 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 a5 12. h4 c6 13. h5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Rb8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. Nc3 b5 21. 0-0-0 b4 22. Nce2 a4 23. Qg5 Nd3+ 24. Rxd3 Ne8 25. Kd2 Rf7 26. Nf5 Kh8 27. Qxg6 b3 28. a3 Qc7 29. Rc3 Qd7 30. Qh6 Nc7 31. Qxd6 Nb5 32. Qxb8+ Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Rf8 34. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div3 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Laohawirapap, Prin"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "1288"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Thailand"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "THA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 a6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b5 11. h4 c4 12. h5 h6 13. d4 Re8 14. Bf4 Kh7 15. g4 b4 16. Ng3 Bg5 17. Nxg5+ hxg5 18. Be3 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 Rf8 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Kh6 23. Rf1 e5 24. dxe5 Ncxe5 25. f4 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div3 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kusatha, Niken"]
[Black "Coates, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1288"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nepal"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NEP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ne2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 d4 9. c4 e5 10. h3 Bd6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Bc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Qh4 15. Bd2 a5 16. Be1 Qh6 17. N2g3 Ne7 18. Qf3 Ra6 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Rab1 h6 21. Nh5 Qg6 22. Kh1 Nf5 23. Rg1 Nh4 24. Qe2 Qh7 25. Bf3 Rg6 26. Bg4 Bd8 27. f5 Rb6 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Ne5 30. Nxc5 Rc6 31. Qxe5 Ng6 32. Qd5 Be7 33. Nd7 Rd6 34. Qe4 b5 35. Rbf1 Rb6 36. Nxb6 bxc4 37. Bf5 Bb7 38. Qxb7 1-0

