[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Hart, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 Na4 9. Qc2 b5 10. cxb5 Nb6 11. e3 Bb7 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qd1 0-0 14. Bb2 d6 15. Be2 e5 16. 0-0 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qd7 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Qe2 Qg4 22. h3 Qe4 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 h6 25. Qd2 Qb1 26. Ne1 Ne4 27. Qb2 Qxb2 28. Bxb2 f6 29. f3 Nd2 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke2 Nc4 32. Bc1 Ke6 33. Kd3 Nb6 34. e4 d5 35. Be3 d4 36. Bc1 Bc8 37. Kc2 Bd7 38. Nd3 Bxb5 39. Nc5+ Ke7 40. g3 g5 41. h4 Be2 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f4 exf4 44. gxf4 g4 45. Bb2 Nc4 46. Bxd4 Nxa3+ 47. Kd2 Bf3 48. Ke3 Nc4+ 49. Kf2 Nd6 50. Kg3 Nxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6 9. Nc4 Bg7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. a4 Nd7 13. c3 a5 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Ne3 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Nd5 Qa7 20. h4 h5 21. g4 hxg4 22. Qxg4 e6 23. Ne3 Qe7 24. f4 Bg7 25. e5 Rfd8 26. Re2 Kf8 27. h5 Ke8 28. Rg2 Kd7 29. Nd5 f5 30. exf6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Qd3 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Rd1 a4 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Rxa4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. h4 h6 17. Bf4 Qa8 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qc2 Nb8 20. Bf1 Ra7 21. Qb2 Be7 22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Bb1 Na5 24. Qc2 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Bxh6 Ne4 27. Bf4 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Qf8 29. Nd2 Qxf4 30. Nxe4 Bxh4 31. Ng3 Bxg3 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ Ke7 35. fxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Kd8 37. Rg1 Qc3 38. Qh8+ Kc7 39. Rxg7+ Kc6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bc3 Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 dxc4 13. 0-0 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15. Nxc4 Bd7 16. Nfe5 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bb4 19. Rac1 b5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. axb5 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Qc4 Bc5 25. Rd2 e5 26. Bf1 g6 27. Qd5 Bd4 28. Qc6 Qa7 29. Qa6 Qc7 30. Qc6 Qe7 31. Ra2 Qd8 32. Bc4 Bb6 33. Qd5 Qc7 34. Qc6 Qa7 35. Bd5 Kg7 36. h4 h5 37. Qb7 Qxb7 38. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Qe7 13. c4 Qe6 14. Qd2 Nh7 15. b4 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. b5 Na7 18. bxa6 b6 19. Rfe1 Qc8 20. d4 Nc6 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qd5+ Rf7 24. Rxe5 g5 25. Bg3 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Qxa6 27. Re8+ Nf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Be5+ Kg6 31. Qg8+ Kf5 32. Qxf7+ Kxe5 33. Qxc7+ Kd4 34. Qd6+ Kc3 35. Qd3+ Kb4 36. Qb3+ Kc5 37. Qe3+ Kb4 38. g3 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qa8+ 40. Qf3 Qe8 41. Qb3+ Kc5 42. Qb5+ Qxb5 43. cxb5 Kxb5 44. f4 g4 45. Kf2 Kc4 46. Ke2 Kd4 47. Kd2 b5 48. c3+ Kc4 49. Kc2 h5 50. Kd2 Kc5 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Ke3 Kc4 53. f5 Kd5 54. Kf4 Kd6 55. Kg5 Ke5 56. f6 Ke6 57. Kg6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Gan, Emily Cathay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. Be2 Rb8 11. a3 Bd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Na6 14. Qb3 h6 15. Be3 Ne8 16. c5 Ra8 17. c6 Bc8 18. b5 Nc5 19. Rxa8 Nxb3 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Rxd8 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Qe8 9. Nf3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. 0-0 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qxc5 Bg4 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. Rac1 g6 18. b4 h5 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Rfe8 21. h3 Be6 22. Rfc1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. a4 Kg7 25. b5 Kf6 26. a5 Reb8 27. R1c5 g5 28. a6 Rh8 29. Nc6 Rag8 30. Nxa7 h4 31. b6 g4 32. Kh2 gxh3 33. gxh3 Rg6 34. Rc8 Rh7 35. b7 Rhg7 36. Rc1 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rxf2 38. b8Q Rf3 39. Qb2+ Kg6 40. Rg1+ Kh5 41. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Langford, Josh"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. 0-0 Bb6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qc1 exd4 17. cxd4 Bc8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Qe7 20. e5 Nh7 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Nh5 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qe5 25. Nf3 Qh8 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Yu, Weiyang"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. Bd3 d6 12. h3 Ra5 13. Qf3 Rg5 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. a4 Ree5 16. Kh1 Rg6 17. Ne2 Qh4 18. Qe3 Reg5 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. Raf1 Rh6 21. f4 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Steele, Hayden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 Bg7 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 c5 11. Qxc5 Rc8 12. Qd6 Ng4 13. Bb5 Rc7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qe6+ Kf8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. h3 Nh6 19. Be3 a6 20. Nd2 b5 21. a4 Nc4 22. Bc5+ Kf7 23. axb5 Nxb2 24. Ke2 Rc7 25. Bb4 Bf8 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Bxd6 Rxc3 28. bxa6 Ra8 29. Bb4 Rcc8 30. Rhb1 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Rxc4 32. Bd2 Ng8 33. Rb7+ Ke6 34. a7 Ne7 35. Rb8 Rc8 36. Ra6+ Kf7 37. Rb7 Rc4 38. Bb4 Rxe4+ 39. Kf1 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 c6 4. e3 a5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. c5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bd2 f5 15. Nc4 a4 16. b4 b5 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rdc8 20. Qb2 Qd6 21. Rc5 Nd5 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. a3 Rb5 24. R5c2 Nb6 25. Nb7 Qe7 26. Nc5 Be8 27. Be1 Nd5 28. Bf2 Ra8 29. h3 Kf7 30. Kh2 g5 31. fxg5 Qxg5 32. Re1 Ke7 33. Qc1 Qh6 34. Bg3 Bf7 35. Qd2 Bg6 36. Qf2 Be8 37. Bh4+ Nf6 38. Qg3 Ra7 39. Rf1 Qg6 40. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 0-0 9. 0-0 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Ne2 c5 15. b3 Rb8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 g6 21. Qf3 Kg7 22. g3 Re5 23. Qf4 Rbe8 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd1 Nh5 26. Qf3 Nf6 27. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. a4 b4 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qe3 d4 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. Qxg7 Be5 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 dxc3 17. bxc3 bxc3 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. f3 Rc8 21. Na3 0-0 22. Rab1 a5 23. f4 Bd6 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. Ra1 Rd8 28. e5 Nxc2 29. Rxc2 Rb8 30. Nb5 Be4 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Bc6 33. Nb5 Rd8 34. Rc1 Bxb5 35. axb5 Rb8 36. Rb1 a4 37. Kf2 a3 38. Ra1 Rxb5 39. Rxa3 Rb2+ 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Kf3 h5 42. h3 Rb1 43. Kg3 Rb2 44. Rf3 Kg6 45. Rf2 Rb4 46. Kh4 Rb8 47. Rf3 Rb4 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Ra4 50. f5+ exf5 51. Rxf5 Re4 52. Rg5+ Kh6 53. Rf5 Kg6 54. Rg5+ Kh6 55. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 0-0 10. Be2 Be6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. Rb1 b6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. c5 b5 17. 0-0 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ng6 20. Qc3 a5 21. Qxa5 Ra8 22. Qc3 Ra6 23. Rfe1 Rfa8 24. Rb3 Qe6 25. Qd3 f5 26. h3 Ra4 27. Nd2 Nf4 28. Qb1 Nh5 29. Qd3 Nf6 30. Nf3 Ne4 31. Ne5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Qxe5 33. Rc1 Rc4 34. Qb1 Raa4 35. g3 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Rc4 37. Qb2 Qxb2 38. Rxb2 Rxc5 39. Kf1 Rc4 40. Ke2 Kf7 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. h4 h5 43. Rb3 Kd6 44. Rb2 Kc5 45. Rb3 Kb6 46. Kd2 Ka5 47. Kd1 c5 48. Kd2 Ka4 49. Rd3 d4 50. f3 Rc3 51. e4 fxe4 52. fxe4 Rxd3+ 53. Kxd3 Ka5 54. a4 bxa4 55. Kc4 Kb6 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. 0-0-0 Rd8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Nf4 Kf8 18. Kb1 Ne5 19. b3 Rab8 20. Ka2 Rb6 21. Bc2 Rdb8 22. Rb1 Nc6 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. Rhd1 Ke7 25. Rd2 a5 26. Nc3 Ba6 27. Bd3 Nd4 28. Rdb2 Kd7 29. Ne2 Nc6 30. Nc3 Nd4 31. Ne2 Nc6 32. Nc3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 0-0 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. f4 Nb6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. a4 a5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nd2 Qe8 14. Nxc4 Bxa4 15. Qa2 N8d7 16. Ne3 Bc6 17. c4 Be4 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Be2 Nb8 20. d5 Na6 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. c5 Nd5 23. Bc4 c6 24. 0-0 Kh8 25. Rfd1 Rd7 26. Rd2 Nac7 27. Qb3 Qg6 28. g3 Rad8 29. Rad1 h5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Rg1 Nxf4 33. Rxd7 Nh3+ 34. Ke3 Qg5+ 35. Ke2 Nxg1+ 36. Kf1 Rxd7 37. Kxg1 hxg3 38. Qxg3 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Be2 Qe1+ 41. Ke3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Be2 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 d6 11. h3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bf5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Nh4 Na6 15. a3 Re5 16. Bf4 Re4 17. Nxf5 Rxf4 18. Nxg7 Rd4 19. Qe3 Kh8 20. Qg5 Ne4 21. Qf5 Qe7 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Rxe4 Qxg7 24. Rae1 Rg8 25. Rg4 Rxg4 26. hxg4 Nc7 27. Re7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Bb1 Qf4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bg3 Qf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qg5 21. g3 Rac8 22. c4 Rfd8 23. Qe2 Rxd4 24. f4 Nxg3 25. fxg5 Nxe2+ 26. Kf2 Nxc1 27. Bxd4 Rxc4 28. Rd1 Bd5 29. gxh6 Rb4 30. Be3 Rb2+ 31. Bd2 Nb3 32. axb3 Bxb3 33. Rc1 Rxd2+ 34. Ke3 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Bxd1 36. Kf4 a5 37. Kg5 a4 38. h4 b5 39. Kf6 b4 40. h7+ Kxh7 41. Kxf7 b3 42. Bxg6+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2023.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Prasad, Lalit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[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. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Na3 0-0 8. Nc4 d6 9. d3 Re8 10. Ne3 Bf8 11. Kh1 Rb8 12. Ng1 b5 13. f4 a5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. c3 Be6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nd5 f6 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Nf5 c4 21. dxc4 Bxc4 22. Qg4 Qc7 23. Re1 Kh8 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Qh5 b4 26. Nd5 Qf7 27. Qxf7 Bxf7 28. Bd2 Rec8 29. Rac1 bxc3 30. Bxc3 Nb4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Bf1 Bh5 33. Kg2 Bf7 34. Be2 Be6 35. h3 Kg8 36. Bc4 Kf7 37. Bb3 Bc5 38. Rc2 Bd4 39. Ree2 Bxd5 40. Bxd5+ Ke7 41. a4 bxa3 42. bxa3 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 Rb2 44. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2023.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Soo, Kai Jie"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[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. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. a5 Qc8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. axb6 axb6 15. e4 Nb4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Qb2 Bb7 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nbd2 Qa3 20. Qb1 Nf6 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Ndc4 Qa6 23. d5 b5 24. Ne3 Bc5 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. Nxf7 Re8 27. e5 Bxe3 28. exf6 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qa7+ 30. Qd4 Qa2+ 31. Rd2 Qxb3 32. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2023.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Lee, Lachlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[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. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 g6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc6 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rec8 21. Qd6 Rd8 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bb3 25. Re1 Rb8 26. Nc3 Ne6 27. f3 Kg7 28. Rb1 Nd4 29. Bd3 Rxb4 30. Ne2 Nc6 31. Be4 Be6 32. Rxb4 Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2023.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jothibabu, Anandaram"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2023.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. d3 c5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe3 8. fxe3 Be7 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bf4 0-0 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Ne5 Nxf4 13. exf4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxe5 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Qf2 f5 18. Rfe1 Qd4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Nd5 Kf7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Re5 Rb8 23. Rae1 Kf6 24. b4 Bd7 25. Kg1 Re8 26. b5 b6 27. a4 Rbc8 28. Kf2 g5 29. h3 h5 30. h4 Rc7 31. Bf3 gxh4 32. gxh4 Bc8 33. R5e2 Rg7 34. Rg1 Reg8 35. Rxg7 Rxg7 36. Rc2 Bb7 37. c5 Bxf3 38. Kxf3 bxc5 39. Rxc5 Rb7 40. Kf4 Rg7 41. Kf3 Re7 42. Rc6 Ke5 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Rc6+ Kd5 45. Kf4 Rg7 46. Ra6 Rf7 47. a5 e5+ 48. Kf3 e4+ 49. Ke2 Rb7 50. b6 axb6 51. axb6 Ke5 52. Ra5+ Kf4 53. Rb5 Kg4 54. Rb4 Kxh4 55. dxe4 fxe4 56. Rxd4 Rxb6 57. Rxe4+ Kg3 58. Re3+ Kg2 59. Re5 Rb2+ 60. Ke1 h4 61. Rg5+ Kf3 62. Rf5+ Kg4 63. Rf8 h3 64. Kf1 Kg3 65. Rg8+ Kf3 66. Rf8+ Kg3 67. Rg8+ Kh2 68. Rg7 Rg2 69. Rh7 Rg8 70. Rf7 Rg4 71. Kf2 Rb4 72. Rf8 Rb2+ 73. Kf1 Kg3 74. Rg8+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2023.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ritter, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1631"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[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 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Na6 8. a3 Bxc5 9. e3 Be7 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Be2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. 0-0 Bd7 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Ng6 17. Qb2 Qd8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bd3 f5 20. e4 f4 21. e5 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Qxh4 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Rxd7 f3 25. Nd1 Rf5 26. Ne3 Rh5 27. gxf3 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Rf8 29. Rcc7 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qxf3+ 31. Kd3 Rf4 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rgd7 Qe4+ 34. Kc3 Qxe5+ 35. Kb3 Qxb2+ 36. Kxb2 Rxf2+ 37. Kc3 Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rh7 Kg8 40. Rcg7+ Kf8 41. Rxa7 Kg8 42. Rhe7 e5 43. Rxa6 Rf3 44. Kd3 Kf8 45. Rc7 Kg8 46. b5 Rhh3 47. Ra8+ Rf8 48. Rxf8+ Kxf8 49. b6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 c6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c4 Ngf6 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 a5 11. a3 b5 12. Qc2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Qb6 14. Rab1 Qa6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Rfd8 17. e3 Ne8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. f4 Nd6 20. c5 Ne8 21. d4 Rdb8 22. a4 Bd8 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Rc8 25. g5 Rab8 26. Bc3 Kf8 27. Rfe1 Qa7 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Bd2 Bd8 30. h4 Nc7 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Nxa5 Rb2 33. Nxc6 Qxa4 34. Bc1 f5 35. gxf6 Nxf6 36. Qxg6 Ra2 37. Be3 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 39. Kh2 Qe1 40. Nxd8 Kg8 41. Bg1 Qxh4+ 42. Bh3 Qxf4+ 43. Qg3 Qd2+ 44. Kh1 Qh6 45. Qe3 Qh4 46. Nxe6 Ncd5 47. Bf2 Qh5 48. Qg3 g6 49. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. e4 Nc6 6. e5 Ne8 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qe4 f5 9. Qf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ne7 11. Qh4 c6 12. Bg5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Qd4 c5 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Rd1 Rf7 17. h4 Rd7 18. Bd3 b6 19. 0-0 h6 20. Bf4 Ba6 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. Be2 b5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rd1 Rb7 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Qb3 Nc7 27. Rd6 Ba6 28. Qc2 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Qa4 30. Qd2 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Nd5 32. Bxh6 Nxe5 33. Bg5 Ng4+ 34. Kg3 Ngf6 35. Bxf6 Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Nf4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kxh8 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Ng5+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kxf6 42. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[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. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. c4 0-0 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qb5 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bd5 Bf6 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ne4 Rc2 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. b3 Rb7 24. Rd6 Kf7 25. Ra6 Rd7 26. a3 Rdd2 27. Rxa7+ Kg6 28. Rf1 e5 29. b4 e4 30. b5 Rb2 31. a4 h5 32. Re7 Rd4 33. Ra1 Rdd2 34. Rxe4 Rxf2 35. Rh4 Rg2+ 36. Kh1 Rgc2 37. a5 Rxb5 38. a6 Rc8 39. a7 Ra8 40. Ra6 Rb7 41. Rha4 Re7 42. Kg2 Rd7 43. Kf3 Re7 44. Kf4 Rd7 45. R4a5 Rd4+ 46. Ke3 Rd7 47. Ra4 Re8+ 48. Kf4 Ra8 49. Kf3 Rd3+ 50. Kg2 Rd7 51. Kh3 Re7 52. Kh4 Re2 53. g4 hxg4 54. Rf4 Rxh2+ 55. Kxg4 Rg2+ 56. Kf3 Rb2 57. Raxf6+ Kg7 58. Rf7+ Kg6 59. R4f6+ Kg5 60. Ra6 Rd2 61. Rg7+ Kf5 62. Rb7 Rd3+ 63. Ke2 Rdd8 64. Rb5+ Kf4 65. Ra4+ Kg3 66. Rb3+ Kg2 67. Rg4+ Kh2 68. Rg7 Re8+ 69. Kf2 Rf8+ 70. Rf3 Rh8 71. Rff7 Kh3 72. Rh7+ Kg4 73. Rxh8 Rxh8 74. Ke3 Rd8 75. Rb7 Ra8 76. Kd4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[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. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. Ne2 h6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nf4 Bg6 9. c4 Bd6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. cxd5 Qe7 12. Qb3 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Rc1 0-0 15. Qxd5+ Kh7 16. Qe4 Qc7 17. Bxc6 Bxh2 18. f4 Rae8 19. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. a3 Bd7 14. Bg5 Be8 15. Rfe1 g6 16. Bc4 b5 17. Ba2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. d5 Nbxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxe7 Rd7 25. Bf6 h6 26. Bc3 a5 27. Ne5 Rdd8 28. Qe3 g5 29. Qh3 f6 30. Ng4 Qd3 31. Qxh6 e5 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Ng4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Park Tamati, Philli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qd6 17. Qb3 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Nf5 Kf8 20. Rc1 Bc5 21. b4 Bb6 22. Bf4 Ngf6 23. Nd6 Ne4 24. 0-0 Ndf6 25. Nxb7 Nxh5 26. Bc7 Nhg3 27. Bxg3 Nxg3 28. Rfe1 Ne4 29. Nc5 Nf6 30. Ne5 Rd8 31. a4 Kg8 32. a5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 Re8 34. Rc7 Ng4 35. Nd3 Rxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Kh7 37. Rxa7 Kg6 38. b5 Rb8 39. b6 Ne5 40. Rc7 Kf5 41. Nf3 Nc4 42. Nd4+ Ke4 43. Nc6 Rf8 44. b7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Shoker, Samy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 e6 9. Be3 h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Bd3 b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 Nexd5 16. c3 Qe8 17. Qc2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nd5 19. Rde1 Kg8 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. e4 Ne7 22. Ng4 f6 23. Bc4 Bc8 24. Ne2 Kh7 25. Nf4 e5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Ne6 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bxe6 29. Bxe6 Qc6 30. Bb3 h5 31. Nh2 Qc5+ 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rf8 34. Nf3 Kh6 35. Rd2 Nc8 36. Rd7 Nd6 37. Bd5 Rf4 38. Rxc7 Nxe4 39. Rc6 Nf6 40. Bf7 e4 41. Nd4 e3 42. Bc4 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Bxb5 Rf2 45. b4 Nd5 46. Bd3 Nf4 47. Bb5 Kh7 48. Rc7 Kh6 49. Rc6 Kh7 50. Rc7 h4 51. Bc4 Rxg2+ 52. Kf1 Rf2+ 53. Ke1 Kh6 54. Rc6 Nxh3 55. b5 Bxd4 56. cxd4 Nf4 57. b6 h3 58. b7 h2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 0-0 11. Kg2 Qb6 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Bg5 Rfb8 14. b3 Nb4 15. Qe2 Qa6 16. Qxa6 Rxa6 17. a4 Nd7 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rab1 f5 21. Nb5 Nd3 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Rhd1 c4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Ne5 26. bxc4 Rc8 27. Rd4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Nxc4 29. Rb4 Ne5 30. Rf4 Ra5 31. Rxf5 Rc5 32. Nb5 Rxd5 33. Nc7 Rd2 34. a5 Ra2 35. a6 Nd7 36. Rb5 Nc5 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Ra8 Nd7 39. Nb5 Ra5 40. a7 Rxb5 41. Rf8+ Nxf8 42. a8Q Re5 43. f4 Re2+ 44. Kg1 Rd2 45. f5 Rd4 46. Qa2+ Kf6 47. Qg8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. 0-0 c5 6. b4 cxb4 7. a3 a5 8. d3 Ra6 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 dxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. d4 0-0 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. Qe2 Bg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bc1 e5 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Nc5 Rd6 20. Ne4 Ra6 21. Nc5 Rd6 22. Ne4 Rdd8 23. Rxa5 f5 24. Nc3 exd4 25. exd4 Qb6 26. Rd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5+ Kh8 28. Qd3 Be6 29. Kg2 Qa6 30. h3 Nh6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. d5 Qa6 33. Bg5 Rd7 34. Nb5 Ng8 35. Rf2 Qg6 36. Bc1 h5 37. h4 Rf6 38. Bg5 Rf8 39. Nd4 Nh6 40. Bxh6 Qxh6 41. Rxf5 Rdf7 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 43. Ne6 Rf6 44. Qe2 Qg6 45. Ng5 Kg8 46. c5 Rf5 47. d6 Rd5 48. Qa2 Qf5 49. Qa8+ Qf8 50. Qa2 Qf5 51. Qa8+ Qf8 52. Qxf8+ Kxf8 53. Ne6+ Kf7 54. Nd8+ Ke8 55. Nxb7 Kd7 56. Kf3 Kc6 57. Ke4 Rd1 58. Nd8+ Kxc5 59. Ne6+ Kxd6 60. Nxg7 Rd5 61. Kf4 Ke7 62. g4 Rd4+ 63. Kg5 Rxg4+ 64. Kh6 Rxh4 65. Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. a5 d5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Be3 Nf6 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. Rad1 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rad8 23. Rde1 Rxe3 24. Nxe3 g6 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Bg7 27. c3 Be5 28. Ne3 bxc3 29. bxc3 Bxc3 30. Nc4 Bd5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. g3 Ke7 33. Ke2 Bd4 34. f3 g5 35. Nd2 Bxb3 36. Nxb3 Kd6 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Nd2 f5 39. Nc4 Bf2 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Be1 42. Nb6+ Kc6 43. Kc4 Bxa5 44. Na4 Bb4 45. Nb2 Kd6 46. Nd3 a5 47. Nf2 Ke5 48. Nd3+ Ke4 49. Nf2+ Kf3 50. Nd3 Kg3 51. Ne5 Kxh3 52. Kb3 Kg3 53. Kc4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 b5 13. c5 b4 14. Bxb4 Ne4 15. Ne1 f5 16. f3 Nef6 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. Bd2 h6 19. Nc3 g5 20. b4 Rb8 21. Rab1 Bb5 22. Re1 Qg6 23. Nf2 Qg7 24. Nxb5 Rxb5 25. Bf1 Rb7 26. e3 g4 27. f4 h5 28. b5 cxb5 29. a6 Rc7 30. Ba5 Rcc8 31. Bxb5 h4 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Rb7 Nb8 34. Bc7 Nc6 35. Qa4 Nd8 36. Be5 Qf7 37. Rc1 Qe8 38. Qxe8 Rxe8 39. Rxa7 Nc6 40. Rb7 Nxe5 41. fxe5 Bg5 42. Rc3 Rc6 43. Rb6 Rc7 44. Kf1 Kf7 45. Rb7 Rec8 46. Ke2 Ke7 47. Rcb3 Kd7 48. R3b6 Bd8 49. Rd6+ Ke7 50. Rbb6 Ra7 51. Rxe6+ Kf7 52. Rb7+ Rxb7 53. axb7 Rb8 54. Rh6 Kg7 55. Rd6 Rxb7 56. Rxd8 Rb2+ 57. Kf1 Rb1+ 58. Kg2 Rb2 59. gxh4 Re2 60. c6 Rxe3 61. c7 f4 62. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "List, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[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 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 h5 6. 0-0 Ng4 7. h3 Nc6 8. c3 Bd6 9. e5 Bf8 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Ng5 f6 12. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[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 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. g3 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qc2 0-0 12. c5 Qc7 13. Be2 b6 14. b4 bxc5 15. bxc5 e5 16. 0-0 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Qa4 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20. Rb3 Rxb3 21. axb3 a5 22. Na2 Bd8 23. Kg2 Ne4 24. Be1 Nf8 25. f3 Ng5 26. b4 axb4 27. Nxb4 exd4 28. exd4 Qe7 29. Qd1 Qe6 30. h4 Ngh7 31. Bd3 Ba5 32. Nc2 Bxe1 33. Qxe1 Qxe1 34. Nxe1 Ne6 35. Nc2 Nf6 36. Ba6 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Bc8 Nd7 39. Ke3 Kd8 40. Ba6 Nf6 41. g4 g5 42. hxg5 Nxg5 43. Bd3 Kc7 44. Nb4 g6 45. Bc2 Nd7 46. Ba4 Nb8 47. Nd3 Nd7 48. Nf4 Nf8 49. Bc2 Nge6 50. Nd3 f6 51. f4 Nd7 52. Ne1 g5 53. fxg5 fxg5 54. Nf3 Ndf8 55. Bf5 Kb7 56. Kd2 Ka6 57. Kc3 Kb7 58. Kb4 Ka6 59. Ka4 Kb7 60. Ka5 Ka7 61. Bc2 Kb7 62. Bd3 Nd7 63. Bc2 Ka7 64. Kb4 Kb7 65. Bg6 Ndf8 66. Bf7 Ka7 67. Kc3 Kb7 68. Ne5 Kc7 69. Be8 Nd8 70. Kb4 Nfe6 71. Nf3 Kb7 72. Kc3 Kc7 73. Ne5 Nf8 74. Kd2 Nfe6 75. Ke3 Nf8 76. Nf3 Nfe6 77. Bg6 Kb7 78. Be8 Kc7 79. Nd2 Ng7 80. Bg6 Nge6 81. Nf1 Nf4 82. Bf5 Nf7 83. Nh2 Nd8 84. Nf3 Nfe6 85. Nd2 Nf4 86. Nb3 Nfe6 87. Kd2 Nf4 88. Kc3 Nfe6 89. Kb4 Kb7 90. Ka5 Ka7 91. Bg6 Nb7+ 92. Kb4 Kb8 93. Bf7 Nbd8 94. Bg6 Kc7 95. Ka5 Kb7 96. Be8 Ka7 97. Kb4 Kb7 98. Bd7 Kc7 99. Be8 Kb7 100. Kc3 Kc7 101. Nc1 Nf4 102. Kd2 Nde6 103. Nb3 Ng7 104. Bf7 Nge6 105. Ke3 Nd8 106. Be8 Nde6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 b6 6. Nb5 e5 7. Bxe5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. 0-0 Be4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. Rf6 Bf5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rf1 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. h3 c5 23. R1f3 cxd4 24. exd4 Qd7 25. Kh2 Qc6 26. h4 Qe4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 0-0 10. Be2 a6 11. 0-0 Be6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. a3 Rad8 14. b4 Na7 15. Qb3 c6 16. a4 Nc8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne7 19. Na4 g5 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Ra7 g4 22. Ne1 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qxf2 24. Ra2 Nf5 25. e4 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 dxe4 27. Nxe4 g3 28. Nxg3 Qxd4+ 29. Kf1 Qf4+ 30. Qf3 Nxg3+ 31. Kg1 Nxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Qxc1 33. Re5 Rde8 34. Qg3+ Kh8 35. Qh4 Rxe5 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxe5 Qg5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Zachary"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 f5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bb2 Qe8 16. Qd2 Nhf6 17. Rac1 Bb4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. a3 Bc5 22. e3 Qh5 23. b4 Be7 24. b5 Bb7 25. Qe2 Qg6 26. Nb1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qc2 Qe8 30. a4 Bd7 31. Nd2 Qc8 32. Qxc8+ Bxc8 33. Nb3 Kf7 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. Kg2 Ke8 36. g4 Kd8 37. Kg3 Kc7 38. h4 Kb7 39. g5 a6 40. f4 exf3 41. Kxf3 axb5 42. Nxb5 Ka6 43. Nc7+ Ka5 44. e4 dxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Bd8 46. Bc3+ Kxa4 47. Na6 Be7 48. Bd2 Kb5 49. Nc7+ Kc4 50. h5 g6 51. Na6 b5 52. hxg6 hxg6 53. Nb8 Be8 54. Kf3 b4 55. Ke2 Bb5 56. Kd1 b3 57. Kc1 Ba3+ 58. Kb1 Kd4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thomas, Benjamin"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. h4 h5 9. Ng5 d5 10. b3 c5 11. 0-0 cxd4 12. cxd4 e4 13. Be2 Nb6 14. f3 exf3 15. Ndxf3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Qb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qe7 19. a4 Ne4 20. Ba3 Nd6 21. Rae1 f5 22. Qd2 Rfd8 23. Qb4 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Ne4+ 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. a5 Bf8 28. Qb5 Bxa3 29. axb6 a6 30. Qa4 Bd6 31. b4 Rc8 32. Re2 Qe7 33. Rc2 Re8 34. Qb3 Qe4 35. g3 Rd8 36. Ng5 Bxg3+ 37. Kg1 Qe7 38. Nf3 f4 39. Ne5 fxe3 40. Qxe3 Bxe5 41. dxe5 Qxb4 42. Rg2 Kh7 43. e6 Re8 44. Qf2 Qe7 45. Qf7+ Qxf7 46. exf7 Rf8 47. Rd2 Rxf7 48. Rc2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Mao, Daqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 0-0 8. Nf3 a6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb4+ 13. Kf2 f5 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Rhg1 Bd7 16. g4 Rc8 17. Qb1 Nc4 18. gxf5 Qxb2 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qg1+ Kf7 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Zambrana, Oswaldo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Bolivia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BOL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Qe2 Ne7 7. e5 Ng6 8. h4 f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. h5 Nf4 11. Qe4 Bh6 12. Kf1 d5 13. Qa4 e5 14. Nc3 Kf7 15. g3 Rb8 16. a3 Bg4 17. gxf4 Bxf3 18. Rh3 Bg4 19. Rg3 Bd7 20. fxe5 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Rhg8 22. Re1 Rxg3 23. fxg3 fxe5 24. Qh4 Qd6 25. Re2 h6 26. Rf2+ Kg7 27. Nd1 Rf8 28. Kg2 Rxf2+ 29. Nxf2 Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. g4 Be6 32. Kg3 Bg8 33. Nd1 Kg5 34. Nf2 Bh7 35. Nh3+ Kf6 36. Nf2 c4 37. b3 cxb3 38. cxb3 a5 39. b4 a4 40. Kf3 Bxd3 41. Nxd3 e4+ 42. Ke3 exd3 43. Kxd3 Kg5 44. Kd4 Kxg4 45. Kc5 Kxh5 46. Kxc6 d4 47. b5 d3 48. b6 d2 49. b7 d1Q 50. b8Q Qf3+ 51. Kd7 Qd3+ 52. Kc6 Qc3+ 53. Kd7 Qxa3 54. Qe5+ Kg4 55. Qe6+ Kg3 56. Qxh6 Qd3+ 57. Kc7 a3 58. Qg5+ Kf3 59. Qh5+ Ke3 60. Qg5+ Ke2 61. Kb7 Qe4+ 62. Kb8 a2 63. Qb5+ Kd1 64. Qb3+ Qc2 65. Qf3+ Kc1 66. Qf1+ Kb2 67. Qf6+ Qc3 68. Qf2+ Kb3 69. Qf7+ Qc4 70. Qf3+ Ka4 71. Qf6 Kb3 72. Qf3+ Kb4 73. Qf8+ Qc5 74. Qf6 Ka5 75. Kb7 Qd5+ 76. Ka7 Qd7+ 77. Ka8 Qa4 78. Kb7 Qe4+ 79. Ka7 Qe3+ 80. Kb7 Qb3+ 81. Ka7 Qa3 82. Qb6+ Ka4 83. Ka6 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. a4 Qe7 11. Re1 Be6 12. Ra3 Nb8 13. d4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rfe8 17. Ba2 Nf8 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. Nh4 Nxh4 20. Bxh4 g5 21. Bg3 Kg7 22. Re3 h5 23. h4 g4 24. Bb1 Rg8 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. f4 f6 27. Kh1 Rgd8 28. Re1 c5 29. Rb3 cxd4 30. Rxb7 Rdb8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Ba2 Nc5 33. cxd4 Nb3 34. Qd3 Nxd4 35. Qc4 Kh6 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rf1 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Qxf8 39. Qc1+ Kh7 40. Qc7+ Qg7 41. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Alegre, Fabio Costa"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sao Tome and Principe"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SAO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 a5 8. d4 Ne4 9. Nfd2 f5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Qb6+ 15. Bd4 Bc5 16. Bf2 Be6 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. f4 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rad8 20. Rb1 Qd4 21. Ne4 Qa7 22. Qe2 Bf5 23. Rd1 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe3 Qb6 27. Kg2 Qb4 28. Rc2 Rd1 29. Bf3 Rd3 30. Qe2 Rd8 31. Bg4 Nd3 32. Kh3 Qa3 33. Qe3 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Nxc5 35. Be2 a4 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Rd4 38. Ke3 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Rd4 40. Ke3 Re4+ 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAN"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 Nh5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Na3 Qe7 12. Nh2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nc2 Ne5 15. Nf3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. Na3 b6 18. e5 Bb7 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Qe2 Qe6 21. b3 Bd5 22. Re1 b5 23. Ncd2 a6 24. c4 Bc6 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Nc4 g5 27. Rac1 Rfe8 28. Qc2 Rd5 29. a4 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Rb8 31. Rc3 Bf8 32. Qe2 Rbd8 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Rc4 Rb8 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Be7 37. Rc3 h5 38. Rd3 Rg8 39. Nd2 g4 40. Nc4 Kf8 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Rd7 g3 43. Rb7 Kg7 44. fxg3 Rd8 45. Qf3 Qg6 46. Rxe7 Qb1+ 47. Kf2 Qc2+ 48. Ke1 Qc1+ 49. Kf2 Qc2+ 50. Ke1 Qb1+ 51. Kf2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Mieles Palau, Daniel Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Ecuador"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ECU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 a6 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 g6 7. d3 h6 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. Ne1 g5 10. g3 Nc6 11. f4 gxf4 12. gxf4 Rg8+ 13. Kh1 exf4 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. Bxf4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bb3 Ne6 18. Qf3 Nd4 19. Qf2 Rg7 20. Bd1 Bb7 21. Bxh6 Rh7 22. Bh5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne5 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Bf3 Qg5 26. Be4 Ng4 27. Qg3 Rxh2+ 28. Qxh2 Nxh2 29. Kxh2 Ke7 30. Ng2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Deng, Yu Dong Michael"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hong Kong"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HKG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Na5 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. e5 Ng8 14. c5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qd8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxb6 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Qxb6 20. Qxd5 Nc6 21. f4 Nge7 22. Qd3 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Qc6 24. Qd6 Qxc1+ 25. Kf2 Nc6 26. h3 h5 27. Rh2 h4 28. Nf3 Rh6 29. Qd5 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rg6+ 31. Kf2 Qxa3 32. Rh1 Qb2+ 33. Ke3 Qb6+ 34. Kf4 Qb4+ 35. Ke3 Qc3+ 36. Kf4 a5 37. Rd1 Qb4+ 38. Ke3 Qb6+ 39. Kf4 Qd8 40. Rb1 Nb4 41. Qb5 Rb6 42. Qf1 Nd5+ 43. Kg3 Rg6+ 44. Kf2 Qc7 45. Nd4 Qc3 46. Rb8+ Ke7 47. Nf5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Blackman, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Barbados"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Qe8 7. g3 a5 8. Bg2 d6 9. b3 Ra7 10. Bb2 a4 11. b4 b5 12. c5 Bb7 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. 0-0 Bd5 16. Ne1 Nd7 17. f3 Ng5 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. Rae1 Bb3 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. Bc1 h6 22. Nf4 Qh7 23. Bb2 Raa8 24. Rf2 Rae8 25. Nd3 Bd5 26. Rc1 Nf7 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Rc7 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rf1 h5 31. Rc1 Bc4 32. Nf2 h4 33. e4 hxg3 34. hxg3 Qg6 35. exf5 exf5 36. Nh1 d5 37. Re1 Qh5 38. Qf4 Bb3 39. Rc1 Re8 40. Kf2 Ng5 41. Qxf5 Nge4+ 42. fxe4 Ng4+ 43. Kf3 dxe4+ 44. Kf4 Rf8 45. Qxf8+ Kxf8 46. Rc8+ Ke7 47. d5 g5+ 48. Kxe4 Qg6+ 49. Kd4 Qf6+ 50. Kc5 Qxb2 51. d6+ Kd7 52. Rc7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.07.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Taher, Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 bxc4 7. Bxc4 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. Kf2 0-0 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Kg1 Ne5 14. Nf4 Rb8 15. a3 Ba5 16. Qd6 Rb6 17. Qxc5 Rxb2 18. Ncd5 Qg5 19. Kh1 Bb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Qc3 Rf2 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Qd4 Nxf3 24. Qd6 Rfc2 25. gxf3 Be2 26. Nxe2 Qxe3 27. Nd4 Rd2 28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Nf5 Qc3 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nxc8 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Qf3+ 34. Ke1 Qe3+ 35. Kd1 Qb3+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Kf3 Qc3+ 38. Kf4 h6 39. Ne7 g5+ 40. Kg4 h5+ 41. Kxg5 Qe3+ 42. Qf4 f6+ 43. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Bd3 f5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qd8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 Qf6 17. Qc7 Rf7 18. Qd6 Qe7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Kd2 Nf8 21. Ne5 Kh7 22. g4 Ng6 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxf5 Rc6 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Rc1 Rc7 28. g4 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qa4 Qb7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Nhf6 18. Bf4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Ne1 a6 22. Qb3 b5 23. Nd3 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc4 Be7 11. d4 Ncxe4 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Qd4 Ngf6 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe4+ Kf8 19. 0-0 Qe7 20. Qf3 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Qc5 22. b3 Bf5 23. Rac1 Re8 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 h5 26. h3 Rh6 27. Qf4 Kg8 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Bxf7 Rg6 30. Re8 Kh6 31. Rh8+ Kg5 32. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. e4 Na5 9. f4 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qe2 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nf3 Qe4 14. Nd2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 0-0-0 17. Rhc1 Ne4 18. Be1 c5 19. Ke3 f5 20. a4 Kb7 21. a5 Rd5 22. Ra4 b5 23. a6+ Kb6 24. Rb1 cxd4+ 25. cxd4 Rc8 26. Ra3 Rc2 27. Ba5+ Kc6 28. Raa1 Nd6 29. Rc1 Nc4+ 30. Kd3 Rxg2 31. Bb4 Rxh2 32. Rxc4+ bxc4+ 33. Kxc4 Rb2 34. Bc5 Rc2+ 35. Kb4 Rcxc5 36. dxc5 Rd4+ 37. Kb3 Rxf4 38. Rd1 Re4 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Bc6 7. Ne5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 0-0 9. e3 Nfd7 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. 0-0 e6 14. Rd1 Ne7 15. Bf3 Ned5 16. Ne4 Rab8 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. e4 Nf6 19. Bf4 Nfd7 20. Rac1 e5 21. Bg3 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Nd7 23. Qa4 c6 24. h3 Rd8 25. Bg4 Qc7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. Qxa7 Re8 30. Qa3 Bf8 31. Qc3 Qe7 32. b4 Qe6 33. a4 Qa2 34. a5 Qe6 35. Rd3 Qa2 36. Kh2 Qe2 37. Rd7 Qxe4 38. Rxb7 Qe2 39. Qb3 Re6 40. Qf3 Qxf3 41. gxf3 Re8 42. a6 Ra8 43. a7 f6 44. f4 exf4 45. Bxf4 g5 46. Bd6 g4 47. Bxf8 g3+ 48. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yu, Zachary"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1559"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 e5 17. Rxd5 exf4 18. Rad1 Rc7 19. Bh3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Bc8 21. Nb5 Rb7 22. Qd2 a6 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Qe7 25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Qxd7 Qxe2 28. Rd2 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 h5 30. Rd6 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 h4 32. gxh4 Qxh4 33. Rxb6 Rd8 34. Qf5 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Qa8 37. c5 Rg1+ 38. Kf4 Qd8 39. Rd6 Qh4+ 40. Ke5 g6 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Rxa6 Rg5+ 43. Kd6 Qd4+ 44. Kc7 Rxc5+ 45. Rc6 Ra5 46. Qh3 Qa7+ 47. Kd6 Qb8+ 48. Rc7 Qb6+ 49. Kd7 Rd5+ 50. Kc8 Qa6+ 51. Rb7 Qa8+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. 0-0 f5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne5 Be8 12. f3 Bh5 13. Be2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Qe7 17. f4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 a6 19. Rf3 Nf6 20. Rh3 Rae8 21. Bc3 Qe6 22. Be1 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Ne4 24. Qh5 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Rf3 g5 27. Ra2 g4 28. Rf1 g5 29. h4 Re7 30. hxg5 Rh7 31. g6 Rh6 32. e6 Kg7 33. Rf4 Rfh8 34. Kf1 Kxg6 35. Ke2 Rh2 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. e7 Re8 38. Ra1 Rxe7 39. Bc3 Ke6 40. Raf1 Rf7 41. a4 Rxg2 42. b5 Ra2 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Bb4 Rb7 45. Be1 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 d5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Ba3 Nxe4 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. 0-0 g6 16. Qc6 Nd6 17. Qxd5 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Ng3 c6 20. Qe5 Rb8 21. Ne4 Nc4 22. Qxb8+ Kg7 23. Rad1 Nb2 24. Qe5+ Kh6 25. Nf6 Qf5 26. Ng8+ Kg5 27. Qe3+ Qf4 28. h4+ Kf5 29. Qh3+ Qg4 30. Re5+ Kf4 31. Qe3# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hooton, Barry R"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "1372"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 0-0 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. e3 Ba6 10. Qc2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Bc3 Qb6 15. g3 Qb7 16. Ke2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Qb5+ 18. Qd3 c4 19. Qc2 Nc5 20. Nd4 Qa6 21. h4 Nd3 22. f3 Rab8 23. Rb1 Qd6 24. g4 Nd5 25. h5 Qg3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lukey, Stephen G"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Ne7 11. 0-0 c6 12. a3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qf4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bg4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qa4 Nf5 20. Rfe1 Rxd4 21. Qxa7 Qb3 22. Nf3 Rd5 23. h3 Rfd8 24. Kh2 Rb5 25. Re2 Kh7 26. Rce1 Rd3 27. Ne5 Rd1 28. Qb8 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qe6 30. Qf8 Rxe5 31. Qe8 Rb5 32. Qb8 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barnett Harris, Lucas"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Qc2 f5 11. Rg1 Nd7 12. 0-0-0 Ndf6 13. Rdf1 c5 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. exd4 d5 17. Bb4 Rf7 18. Nf3 a5 19. Bd2 dxc4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Ne5 Rfc7 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Bc3 Nxc3+ 24. bxc3 b5 25. Kc2 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Rb1 b3+ 28. Kb2 Ra7 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qg5 31. Rd1 Qxg2 32. Rd2 Ra8 33. Nxc4 Qd5 34. Na3 Qa5 35. Nb1 Qa1+ 36. Kc1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 Na6 7. g4 c5 8. d5 e6 9. Nge2 exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Bg2 Nc7 12. 0-0 a6 13. a4 Nd7 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. b3 Qf6 16. f4 Nd7 17. f5 Qe7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 gxf5 20. gxf5 Ne5 21. Be4 Kh8 22. Kh2 Qf7 23. Ng3 h5 24. Qd1 h4 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nh5 Rg8 28. Rg1 Bd7 29. Raf1 Ne8 30. Bd2 Rh8 31. Nxg7 Nxg7 32. Be1 Rab8 33. Rf4 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. cxb5 Bxb5 36. Bc2 Bd7 37. Ne4 Rb6 38. Ba5 Ra6 39. Bc7 Ra2 40. Nxd6+ Ke7 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rg2 Rg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Rf2 Kf8 45. Kg2 Ke7 46. Nc4 Nxc4 47. bxc4 Ra3 48. Re2+ Kf7 49. Bd6 Rc3 50. Re7+ Kg8 51. Rxd7 Rxc2+ 52. Kf3 Rxc4 53. Rc7 Rc3+ 54. Kg4 c4 55. Bf4 Rd3 56. d6 c3 57. d7 c2 58. Rc8+ Kf7 59. d8Q Rxd8 60. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. d4 dxe4 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Bc2 Qf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 Bh4 17. Rxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qc8 19. g3 Bg5 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. f4 Be7 22. Qf3 Qc8 23. Re1 c5 24. d5 c4 25. Kg2 b4 26. Re4 bxc3 27. bxc3 Bf6 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Nxc4 g6 30. d6 Qe6 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Ne5 Qb7+ 33. Qf3 Qb2+ 34. Kh3 Qxa2 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qe8 Qd5 37. d7 h5 38. c4 Qd6 39. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Cummings, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Bd2 0-0 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Re8 13. 0-0 Ne4 14. Rfc1 Re6 15. Be1 Qg5 16. Qg4 Qxg4 17. hxg4 Ndf6 18. f3 Nd6 19. Kf2 Rae8 20. Bd2 h6 21. a4 Nd7 22. Rc2 a6 23. b3 Nb6 24. Rh1 Nbc8 25. Rh5 g5 26. Rc1 Kg7 27. Rch1 Ne7 28. g3 Ng8 29. Bf5 R6e7 30. Bd3 Re6 31. Re1 Nf6 32. Rhh1 Ng8 33. Re2 Nf6 34. Bb4 Ng8 35. Rhe1 Rf6 36. Kg2 Rfe6 37. e4 Rd8 38. e5 Nc8 39. f4 Ree8 40. Rh1 f6 41. fxg5 fxg5 42. Rf2 Nce7 43. Rhf1 Rf8 44. Bf5 Ra8 45. Be6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. 0-0 c5 6. b4 cxb4 7. a3 Nc6 8. d3 bxa3 9. e3 Bc5 10. Bxa3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 0-0 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Qf3 e5 16. Rfb1 a6 17. Nc3 Qd4 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. h3 Rd8 20. g4 h6 21. Qg3 Rb8 22. d4 Qxc4 23. dxe5 Ne4 24. Qe3 axb5 25. Bxe4 Be6 26. Bg2 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bf1 Qc2 29. Bd3 Qc7 30. Bxb5 Rd8 31. Bf1 Rd5 32. Bg2 Rxe5 33. Rxb7 Qd6 34. Qc1 Rc5 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Qb1+ g6 37. Qb2 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 0-0 8. Bd3 c5 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 a5 15. 0-0 axb4 16. cxb4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Qe6 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Be2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ng6 21. Bg3 Rc8 22. Ra5 h5 23. h4 Ne7 24. Bd3 Nd7 25. Bb1 Nb6 26. Qd3 g6 27. Ra7 Nf5 28. Rxb7 Rc4 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. e4 Nxg3 31. fxg3 Qe5 32. Rxb6 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. cxd5 g5 13. Bf2 Nxd5 14. Qd2 Nxc5 15. Bc4 b5 16. Ba2 Nb6 17. Rd1 Qf6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Nca4 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Ne2 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. 0-0 Rc6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Rc8 26. Nb3 Ndb6 27. Nc5 Nc4 28. Rd1 Naxb2 29. Rb1 a6 30. h4 gxh4 31. Nxa6 Ra8 32. Nc7 Rxa3 33. Nxb5 Rb3 34. Na7 h3 35. Nc6 hxg2 36. Kxg2 Nd2 37. Rh1 Rxf3 38. Be1 Nd3 39. Bxd2 Rf2+ 40. Kg3 Rxd2 41. Rxh6 Ne1 42. Rh1 Nc2 43. Rh4 Ne3 44. Re4 Nd5 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46. Kf2 Rc3 47. Ne5 Kf8 48. Rh4 Kg7 49. Ke2 f6 50. Nd3 Kg6 51. Kd2 Ra3 52. Nc5 Kf5 53. Rh5+ Kg4 54. Rh8 Ra2+ 55. Kd3 Nf4+ 56. Kc3 Kf5 57. Rf8 Ra1 58. Re8 Re1 59. Kd2 Re2+ 60. Kc3 Kg4 61. Kc4 Kf5 62. Kc3 Kg6 63. Rg8+ Kf7 64. Rh8 f5 65. Ra8 Nd5+ 66. Kd3 Re3+ 67. Kd2 f4 68. Ra7+ Kg6 69. Ra8 Nf6 70. Ra6 Kf5 71. Ra8 Ne4+ 72. Kd1 Nxc5 73. dxc5 Ke5 74. c6 Kd6 75. Rf8 Re4 76. Rc8 Rc4 77. Ke2 Rxc6 78. Rf8 Ke5 79. Ra8 Rc4 80. Kf3 Rc3+ 81. Ke2 Kd4 82. Ra4+ Rc4 83. Ra6 e5 84. Kf3 Rc3+ 85. Kg4 Ke3 86. Rh6 e4 87. Rh1 Rc2 88. Re1+ Re2 89. Ra1 f3 90. Kg3 Rg2+ 91. Kh3 Rg8 92. Kh2 f2 93. Ra3+ Kf4 94. Ra7 Kf3 95. Rf7+ Ke2 96. Rf4 e3 97. Re4 Kf3 98. Rh4 e2 99. Rh3+ Kf4 100. Rh4+ Rg4 101. Rh8 e1Q 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukey, Stephen G"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Rd8 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. cxd5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Rxd5 17. Rxd5 Qxd5 18. 0-0 c6 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. h3 a5 22. Qd4 Qb3 23. Rd3 Qc2 24. e4 c5 25. Qd5 Qxb2 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Qxc5 b5 28. e5 Re8 29. Re3 b4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Qd5 a4 32. Rf3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxe5+ 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Ra3 Ra5 36. Kg3 f5 37. h4 Kf7 38. Kf4 Kg6 39. g3 Kh5 40. f3 g6 41. g4+ Kxh4 42. Ra1 g5+ 43. Ke3 fxg4 44. Kf2 gxf3 45. Kxf3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Sole, Michael D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. Nf3 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bf4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Qxc5 fxg5 14. h3 Bd7 15. e3 Rc8 16. Qd4 Qf6 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Qe4 h6 19. Qe5 Rfd8 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Rd1 Nb6 22. h4 Ba4 23. Ke2 Bxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Kf7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Nd4 Nc4 27. Rh1 Nxb2 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Bg6 Rd6 30. Rxb7 Nc4 31. Nxe6 Nxa3 32. Bf5 Re8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ Kf8 11. Qxb4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. 0-0 Kd8 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Nc3 d6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. f3 h6 19. Ne6+ Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Kd7 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. Re4 Nf6 24. Rb4 Kc8 25. Ra4 a6 26. Kf2 Re8 27. h3 Kd7 28. Rb4 b5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxa4 Rb8 31. b4 Ng8 32. f4 Ne7 33. g4 c6 34. dxc6+ Nxc6 35. Rxa6 Rxb4 36. Ke3 Rb3 37. Kd3 Rb2 38. Ne2 d5 39. Nd4 Nb4+ 40. Kc3 Nxa6 41. Kxb2 Nc5 42. Nf5 Ne6 43. Kc3 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. h4 gxh4 46. Nxh4 Kd6 47. Nf3 Kc5 48. g5 d4+ 49. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bb7 9. f3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Ne2 c5 14. 0-0 Qe7 15. Bf2 Rac8 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. exd4 a6 18. Ng3 b5 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. g4 Nb6 21. Bh4 Nh7 22. Rae1 g5 23. Bg3 Re6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Bd6 Qf6 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. c3 Rb8 10. d4 d6 11. h3 h6 12. Nbd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Nf1 d5 16. Ng3 dxe4 17. Ne5 c5 18. Ng6 Re8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bf4 Rb7 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Rxb3 27. Rc1 Be6 28. Qa7 Bd7 29. Qxa6 Bxc6 30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Ra3 32. Ra6 h5 33. h4 g6 34. Ra7 Kg7 35. a5 Ra4 36. g3 Ra2 37. a6 Kf6 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. Ra8 Kf5 40. Ra7 Kf6 41. Kf1 Ra2 42. Ke1 Ke6 43. Ra8 Kf5 44. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Robinson, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b5 7. b3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. d3 Nf6 11. a4 Be7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. d4 Rd8 15. Nxb5 cxd4 16. Bd3 0-0 17. Nbxd4 Bc5 18. Ra4 Rd5 19. Re2 e5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rh4 e4 22. Bxf6 exd3 23. Rg4 dxe2 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rg5# 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Ng5 c4 15. Bc2 g6 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qd2 exd4 19. cxd4 Bb7 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxe5 c3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. e6 Nxf4 25. exd7 Red8 26. dxc8Q Bxc8 27. Nd4 b4 28. Nge2 Nxg2 29. Kxg2 Bb7+ 30. f3 bxc3 31. Qe3 Bf6 32. Rad1 Rd5 33. Ne6 Qa5 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Qc5 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Kh8 20. Qf5 Qe7 21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. Bxg5 Rg8 23. Bf4 Bxh3 24. g3 Be5 25. Bxe5+ dxe5 26. Kh2 Bd7 27. a5 h4 28. Rg1 Rg4 29. f3 hxg3+ 30. Rxg3 Rxg3 31. Kxg3 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rg1+ Kf8 34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Rg1+ Kf8 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[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 Qb6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 d5 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Qd2 Bf5 8. b4 Qc8 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc3+ 14. Ke2 Qxc2+ 15. Qd2 Qc4+ 16. Qd3 Qxd3+ 17. Kxd3 Rd8 18. Bc7 Ra8 19. e4 e6 20. Rhd1 Be7 21. Ke3 Nf6 22. h3 0-0 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Bb6 Kf8 25. g4 Ke8 26. Ne5 Nh7 27. f4 Nf8 28. Ba5 g5 29. f5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bd6 31. Nd3 Nd7 32. Bc7 Be7 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rc3 Rc8 35. Be5 Rxc3 36. Bxc3 Bf6 37. e5 Bd8 38. Ke4 Be7 39. Bd4 a5 40. bxa5 Bxa3 41. Be3 Be7 42. Kd4 Bd8 43. Bd2 Kf7 44. Nc5 Nxc5 45. Kxc5 Bc7 46. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Chen, Wei Kai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "1727"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nh3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nd2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. f3 exf3 11. exf3 Bf6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. b3 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Nf2 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Qb2 Rf6 21. Bd4 Rfe6 22. Rxe6 Bxe6 23. c5 Nc8 24. Re1 b6 25. b4 a5 26. a3 b5 27. Bf1 Qf7 28. Bd3 Bd7 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qb1 h6 31. Qe1 Qe7 32. Qd1 Bd7 33. Bc2 Qf7 34. Qd3 g5 35. Bc3 axb4 36. axb4 gxf4 37. Qd4 Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxh6 fxg3 40. hxg3 Be6 41. Qg5+ Kd7 42. Ng4 Ne7 43. Nf6+ Kc8 44. Be5 Bd8 45. Bf4 Ng8 46. Qxg8 Qxg8 47. Nxg8 Bxg8 48. Bf5+ Kb7 49. g4 Bf6 50. Bd2 Kc7 51. g5 Bg7 52. Kf2 Kd8 53. Kf3 Ke7 54. Kg4 Be6 55. Be1 Be5 56. g6 Bf6 57. Bd2 Bg8 58. Kh5 d4 59. Kh6 Kf8 60. Bf4 Bg7+ 61. Kg5 Bc4 62. Bd6+ Kg8 63. Be4 Be2 64. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[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. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. a3 b4 11. axb4 Qxb4 12. Ra4 Qb7 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Ra3 Bg4 15. Bh6 Nbd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rb3 Qc7 18. Ra1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 e5 20. f4 Rfb8 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. f4 Ned7 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. b3 Rb4 25. Bc4 Nb6 26. Qe2 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Nh5 28. Rf1 Rb8 29. e5 Re8 30. e6 Qa5 31. Ne4 fxe6 32. Nxd6 Re7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Nc8 Re8 35. d6 Qd2 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nc6 Nf6 38. Qxc5 Kg8 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Nc6 Kg8 41. Qd4 Qxd4+ 42. Nxd4 Ne4 43. d7 Rd8 44. Re1 Nc5 45. Nxe6 Nxe6 46. Rxe6 Rxd7 47. Rxa6 Rd1+ 48. Kf2 Rd2+ 49. Ke3 Rxc2 50. Kd4 Rxh2 51. c5 Kf7 52. c6 Ke6 53. c7+ Kd7 54. Rc6 Kc8 55. Ke5 Rd2 56. Kf6 Rd7 57. Kg5 Rf7 58. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Laking, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 0-0 8. Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Re8 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Ng5 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. b4 Ng4 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Nf1 b6 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 c5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Nb5 Ne6 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Be2 Ne5 25. Nc7 Bf5 26. Ra1 Ned3 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Red1 Rab8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Ng3 Bg6 31. Ne2 Rb8 32. Rd2 Rb5 33. h3 Nb2 34. Nc3 Rb3 35. Nxd5 a6 36. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kerr, Grant"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Ng4 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. 0-0 f5 11. b4 Bxb4 12. c3 Bc5 13. Bc2 e4 14. d4 Bd6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qg7 20. Nd2 Qxh6 21. Bxh6 Be6 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Bxb3 Kf7 24. Rac1 Rhd8 25. Rfd1 Rab8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Kf1 Rd3 28. Be3 Bxb3 29. axb3 Rxc3 30. Ra1 Rxb3 31. Rxa7+ Ke6 32. Rxh7 f4 33. Bd2 Rb2 34. Be1 Bd4 35. Rh3 c5 36. Ra3 Rb1 37. Ke2 g5 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. Rxc3 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Kd5 41. Ra3 Kd4 42. Ra4+ c4 43. Ra5 c3 44. Ra7 Rb1+ 45. Ke2 c2 46. Rd7+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Oceania Hybrid 3.6 zt"]
[Site "AuNix INT"]
[Date "2021.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Resture, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. b4 Rac8 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Nf6 18. Nf4 Nce4 19. Bxe6 Rxc3 20. Qb2 Qc5 21. Bf5 Rc2 22. Qd4 Rc4 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. a4 Nd6 25. Bd3 Rfc8 26. g3 g6 27. Rfd1 Nde4 28. Bf1 Kg7 29. h4 R8c7 30. Bg2 Nc3 31. Rd2 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Ne2 Nxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rc1+ 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rc4 37. Rd1 Rxa4 38. Bxd5 Rb4 39. Bxb7 Rxb5 40. Bf3 a5 41. Rd6 Rc5 42. Ra6 Re5 43. Ra7 Ne8 44. Bh5 Nd6 45. Rd7 Re6 46. Bf3 Ne4 47. Rd5 a4 48. Bxe4 Rxe4 49. Rxg5+ Kf6 50. Ra5 Ke6 51. Kg2 f5 52. Kf3 Rb4 53. Ke2 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Rb1+ 55. Ke2 Rb2+ 56. Kf1 Rb1+ 57. Kg2 Ra1 58. Kf3 a3 59. e4 fxe4+ 60. Kxe4 a2 61. Kf4 Kd6 62. g4 Kc6 63. g5 Kb6 64. Ra8 Kb7 65. Ra3 Kc6 66. Kf5 Kd6 67. Kf6 Kc5 68. g6 Kb4 69. Ra8 Kb3 70. g7 Rg1 71. f4 Kb2 72. f5 a1Q 73. Rxa1 Kxa1 74. Kf7 Kb2 75. g8Q Rxg8 76. Kxg8 Kc3 77. f6 Kd4 78. f7 Ke5 79. f8Q Ke6 80. Qc5 Kf6 1-0

[Event "Oceania Hybrid 3.6 zt"]
[Site "AuNix INT"]
[Date "2021.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Prudente, Elmer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Qe2 c5 10. a4 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Na5 14. Bc2 b4 15. e4 Be7 16. Bg5 0-0 17. Nbd2 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. e5 Qb6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bh6 b3 22. Bxb3 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 Qxb3 24. Nd2 Qd5 25. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Oceania Hybrid 3.6 zt"]
[Site "AuNix INT"]
[Date "2021.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salvadora, Angelo"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 a6 6. a3 Ba7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. Ne1 h5 11. h4 Bg4 12. Qd2 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Nxe4 14. Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rxd8 16. Ne4 Ke7 17. Nc3 Rdg8 18. Nd5+ Kd8 19. Nf6 Rg6 20. Nxg4 hxg4 21. g3 Rgh6 22. Bd5 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Oceania Hybrid 3.6 zt"]
[Site "AuNix INT"]
[Date "2021.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dabuae, Thubalkain"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Qg2 Qh5 18. Qf1 Bh3 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Be3 Bg4 21. Qf1 f5 22. f4 g5 23. Nd2 Re4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. a4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. gxf4 Bf3 28. axb5 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Rxf4 31. h3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Oceania Hybrid 3.6 zt"]
[Site "AuNix INT"]
[Date "2021.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sikivou, Taione"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. d4 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Qg4 Qc8 14. Qxc8 Raxc8 15. Rf2 f6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Be3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Rf8+ 20. Ke1 Rf5 21. Kd2 Rxe5 22. Ng3 d4 23. Bf4 Re6 24. Bb8 Bd8 25. c3 Ba5 26. Rc1 dxc3+ 27. Kc2 Rb6 28. Bxa7 Rb2+ 29. Kd1 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rxg2 31. Bxc5 c2+ 32. Bb4 Bxb4# 0-1

[Event "Oceania Hybrid 3.6 zt"]
[Site "AuNix INT"]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 0-0 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Ba5 13. Be2 f5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. 0-0 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rae8 17. c4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. cxd5 Nd2 21. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Re5 23. Rad1 Rg5+ 24. Kf1 Qh4 25. Re3 Qxh3+ 26. Ke2 Qh6 27. Qc4 Qd6 28. Rd4 Rgf5 29. Re6 Qa3 30. Re3 Qd6 31. Re6 Qh2 32. d6 b5 33. Qb3 Rxf3 34. Re3+ R3f7 35. d7 Qxf2+ 36. Kd1 Qf6 37. Rd2 c5 38. Qd5 Qg6 39. Rf3 Rd8 40. Kc1 h5 41. Rxf7 Qxf7 42. Qxc5 Qc4+ 43. Qxc4+ bxc4 44. Kb2 Kf7 45. Kc3 Ke6 46. Rh2 Rxd7 47. Rxh5 Rc7 48. Rg5 Kf6 49. Rg1 g5 50. Rf1+ Ke5 51. Rg1 Kf4 52. Rf1+ Ke3 53. Rg1 Rg7 54. Kxc4 g4 55. Kb5 g3 56. Ka6 g2 57. a4 Kf2 58. Rxg2+ Kxg2 0-1

[Event "Oceania Hybrid 3.6 zt"]
[Site "AuNix INT"]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8. Nf3 Qxe4 9. Nc3 Qf5 10. Qh4 Bg7 11. Re1 Be6 12. d3 Qg4 13. Qg5 h6 14. Qc5 b6 15. Qa3 a5 16. Re4 Qf5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rae1 g5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 c5 21. d4 cxd4 22. Nb5 Qf6 23. Nxd4 0-0 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Ng4 Qg7 26. Nxh6+ Qxh6 27. Qxe7 Rce8 28. Qxc7 Rc8 29. Qxb6 Rxc2 30. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[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 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 a5 9. 0-0 d6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ e5 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Nc5 22. Bd5 Rad8 23. c4 b6 24. Rae1 f6 25. f4 Rxd5 26. cxd5 e4 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Rxe4 Kf7 30. Rc4 Rxd5 31. b6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd6 33. Rxc5 Rxb6 34. Rxa5 Rxb2 35. Ra7+ Kg8 36. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[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 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. c4 Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rfd1 h5 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Rc8 18. Qa4 Rc5 19. Nf4 Nf6 20. Nxh5 Nxh5 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxe8+ Qf8 23. Qa4 Qc8 24. Rd1 Rc1 25. Ng5 b5 26. Qd4 Bxa2 27. Bf3 Nf6 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kg2 Qc8 30. Qxa7 Bc4 31. Qe7 Qe8 32. Qxe8+ Nxe8 33. Bc6 Nd6 34. Nf3 Kf8 35. Nd4 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. h4 Ke5 38. Bd7 Bd5+ 39. Ke2 Bc4+ 40. Ke1 g6 41. f3 Kd5 42. Kd2 Kc5 43. h5 gxh5 44. Nxf5 Nxf5 45. Bxf5 Bd5 46. f4 Kb4 47. Bc2 Bf3 48. e4 f6 49. Ke3 Bg4 50. Kd4 Be6 51. Bd1 Bf7 52. e5 f5 53. Bf3 Bc4 54. Bd5 Kb3 55. Bxc4+ bxc4 56. e6 Kxb2 57. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Loke, Kayden"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2021.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. Bc4 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Re1 Ra5 12. Re3 d6 13. Qf3 Rae5 14. Rae1 Qe7 15. Qe2 b5 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nd1 Ng4 18. Rg3 h5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Re3 h4 21. f3 Nh5 22. Qd2 Qg5 23. Kh1 Nf4 24. Rg1 R8e6 25. Nf2 Qg3 26. Ng4 Rg6 27. Qe1 Qxe1 28. Rexe1 Bxg4 29. fxg4 Rge6 30. Rgf1 g5 31. Re3 Ra5 32. Bc4 d5 33. Bb3 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Re1 Re5 36. Kh2 e3 37. g3 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Kg7 39. h4 f6 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Kf3 e2 42. Bc4 Rc5 43. b3 Kf6 44. Rc1 Re5 45. Re1 Nd5 46. Rxe2 Rxe2 47. Kxe2 Ke5 48. Kd3 Nf6 49. Ba6 Kd5 50. Bc8 c5 51. Bf5 Kd6 52. Kc4 Nd5 53. Kd3 Nb6 54. Ke4 c4 55. Bg6 Ke6 56. Kd4 cxb3 57. axb3 Kd6 58. Bd3 Nd5 59. Bf5 c5+ 60. Ke4 Nc3+ 61. Kd3 Kd5 62. Ke3 Nb5 63. Bd3 Nd4 64. Bc4+ Ke5 65. Bd3 Nc6 66. Bg6 Nd8 67. Kd3 Ne6 68. Kc4 Kd6 69. Bf5 Nd4 70. Be4 Ne2 71. Bf3 Nf4 72. c3 bxc3 73. Kxc3 Ne6 74. Kc4 Nd4 75. Bd1 Nc6 76. Be2 Na5+ 77. Kc3 Nc6 78. Kc4 Ne5+ 79. Kc3 Kd5 80. b4 c4 81. b5 Kc5 82. b6 Kxb6 83. Kd4 c3 84. Kxc3 Kc5 85. Kd2 Kd4 86. Bd1 Ke4 87. Ke1 Ke3 88. Kf1 Kf4 89. Kf2 Nc4 90. Be2 Ne3 91. Kg1 Kg3 92. Bb5 Nxg4 93. Be2 Ne3 94. Bd3 Kf3 95. Ba6 g4 96. Bb7+ Kf4 97. Bc8 Nf5 98. Bxf5 Kxf5 99. Kg2 Kf4 100. Kf2 g3+ 101. Kg2 Kg4 102. Kg1 Kf3 103. Kf1 Ke3 104. Kg2 Kf4 105. Kg1 Kg4 106. Kg2 Kh4 107. Kg1 Kh3 108. Kh1 g2+ 109. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1481"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. a4 d6 8. b4 0-0 9. Re1 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bb3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 Nf4 14. d4 Qc8 15. Nf1 Nxh3+ 16. Kg2 Qg4+ 17. Ng3 Nf4+ 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nh2 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 fxg3 21. fxg3 Rad8 22. Kf3 Rfe8 23. c4 Kf8 24. Kf4 Bb8 25. Nf3 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 d5+ 27. Re5 dxc4 28. Bxc4 f6 29. Rd3 fxe5+ 30. Nxe5 Rxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Bxe5+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Lyall, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[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. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Bg6 9. e4 h6 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Ne5 Bh7 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb5+ Kf8 18. Rxd5 Qc8 19. Bf4 a6 20. Qb3 Qe6 21. Qxb7 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Qxa6 Kg8 26. Ne5 Qd5 27. Qc4 Qb7 28. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2021.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[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 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 0-0 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. 0-0 Nxe4 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Rxe8+ Nxe8 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. Bxf6 Nexf6 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. b3 Ne8 20. Re1 Nc7 21. h4 h5 22. Re4 Qf8 23. Ng5 Re8 24. Rf4 f5 25. Rf3 Re5 26. Rg3 Qf6 27. Nh3 Re7 28. Qh6 Rg7 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Ne6 Nxe6 31. dxe6+ Ke7 32. Qf4 Qe5 33. Qg5+ Qf6 34. Qd2 Rg8 35. Bd5 Nxd5 36. Nxd5+ Bxd5 37. Qxd5 f4 38. Qb7+ Kxe6 39. Rg5 Qd4 40. Qh7 Qg7 41. Qxg7 Rxg7 42. Kf1 Kf6 43. Rd5 Ke6 44. Rg5 Kd7 45. Ke2 Kc6 46. Kf3 Kb5 47. Kxf4 Rf7+ 48. Ke3 Rf6 49. f3 Kb4 50. g4 hxg4 51. fxg4 Ka3 52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5 Rh6 54. Rg6 Rxh5 55. Rxd6 Kxa2 56. Ra6+ Kxb3 57. Rxa7 Kc3 58. Ke2 Rd5 59. Ra3+ Kb2 60. Rd3 Rxd3 61. Kxd3 Kb3 62. Kd2 c4 63. Kc1 Kc3 64. Kd1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mao, Daqi"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[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. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf4 c5 14. e3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bb2 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rad8 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. exd4 Re7 23. d5 f5 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Bh3 g6 26. Bf1 Kf7 27. Bc4 Kf6 28. Kf1 Ke5 29. Ke2 Bxd5 30. Bb5 Rc7 31. Rd2 a5 32. h4 h6 33. Be8 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Bg6 f4 36. gxf4+ gxf4 37. Rb2 Rg7 38. Be8 Rg2 39. Kf1 e3 40. Re2 Rxf2+ 41. Rxf2 exf2 42. Kxf2 Kd4 43. Ke2 Kc3 44. Ba4 Kb4 45. Kd3 Bb7 46. Bd7 Ka3 47. Be6 b5 48. Kc3 b4+ 49. Kd2 Kxa2 50. Kc2 Ba6 51. Bd5 Be2 52. Kd2 Bg4 53. Ke1 Ka3 54. Kd2 Kb2 55. Ke1 Kc3 56. Bf7 Bf5 57. Kf2 Bc2 58. Kf3 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 Ne4 7. Bf4 g5 8. Be5 0-0 9. Nc3 c6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Bd7 13. Ndxe4 fxe4 14. e3 Rxf1+ 15. Bxf1 Qe8 16. Be2 Qg6 17. Bh5 Qf5 18. Bg4 Qf7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd7 Rf8 22. Qe2 h5 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Kf7 26. Bc8 b6 27. Bb7 Ke6 28. Bc6 h4 29. g4 a5 30. h3 Bb4 31. Ke2 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. g3 a5 9. c4 Ba6 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. b3 g6 12. Ne4 Bg7 13. Bg5 Qb4+ 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Nf6+ Kf8 16. Bg2 d5 17. Qe3 dxc4 18. Bxa5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bc3 Rd8 21. f4 c5 22. Ba5 d4 23. Qe2 Rd7 24. bxc4 Qe6 25. Rc1 Ke7 26. 0-0 Rb8 27. Qd3 Rb2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bb7 30. Qa3 f6 31. Qxc5+ Kf7 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Qxd4 fxe5 34. Qd5 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rxa2 36. Qxe6+ Kxe6 37. Bc3 Rxh2 38. fxe5 Ra2 39. Rd1 Ra3 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rd3 Ke6 42. Re3 Ra4 43. Re4 Ra3 44. Re3 Ra4 45. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 e6 7. Qh5 Bxc5 8. 0-0-0 Bb4 9. Nge2 Qe7 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nbd4 Bd7 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Nf4 0-0-0 14. c3 Bc5 15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f3 Rhd8 21. Rd2 Qc5 22. Rhd1 Qb6 23. Ka1 Be8 24. g4 fxg4 25. fxg4 h6 26. Qf3 Qc7 27. h3 Rd6 28. e4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Rcd8 30. Qe3 Ba4 31. b3 Be8 32. Kb2 Rc8 33. Rc2 Bg7 34. Qg3 e5 35. Nf5 Rxd1 36. Nxg7 Rcd8 37. Qe3 Bc6 38. Bxc6 Qxc6 39. Qxe5+ Ka8 40. Qe3 R1d3 41. Qf4 Rc8 42. c4 Rf3 43. Qd4 Rxh3 44. Nf5 Qc5 45. Qg7 h5 46. Nh6 hxg4 47. Nxf7 Rf3 48. Nh6 g3 49. Qg4 Rcf8 50. Qh3 Qe5+ 51. Ka3 Rf2 52. Ng4 Qa5+ 53. Kb2 Rxc2+ 54. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 55. Kc3 g2 56. Qh6 Rf3+ 57. Kb4 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 0-0 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Be2 Nh5 13. g3 a5 14. 0-0-0 Nf6 15. Nd2 Nbd7 16. g4 Nc5 17. Rdg1 g5 18. h4 Bd7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. f4 Nh7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bd1 Na4 23. Nf1 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 f6 25. Rh6 Rf7 26. Rgh1 Rg7 27. Kb1 Be8 28. Ng3 Bg6 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 b6 31. Bh5 Nf8 32. Bg6 Nxg6 33. fxg6 Kf8 34. Rh8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qh3 Qg7 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Rh8+ Qxh8 39. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Bg5 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 c6 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. b4 Rfe8 14. 0-0 Rac8 15. Rfc1 Qd6 16. Qb2 Nf6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Qe2 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qc2 Qxb5 23. Qxc8+ Kh7 24. h3 Qd7 25. Qc2+ Kg8 26. Ne5 Qd8 27. Qc5 a6 28. f3 Nh5 29. g4 Nf6 30. Kg2 Nh7 31. Nd3 Qe8 32. Qxd5 Qxe3 33. Qe4 Qd2+ 34. Nf2 Ng5 35. Qxb7 Ne6 36. d5 Nf4+ 37. Kg3 Ne2+ 38. Kg2 Qc1 39. Nd1 Nd4 40. Nf2 Ne2 41. Nd1 Nf4+ 42. Kg3 g5 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qb3 Qd2 45. Nf2 Qe1 46. Qd1 Qe5 47. Qc2+ Ng6+ 48. Kg2 Qxd5 49. Ne4 Qd4 50. Ng3 Qe3 51. a4 Kg8 52. Qc8+ Kh7 53. Qc2 Kg8 54. Qc8+ Kh7 55. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 d6 8. e6 f5 9. d4 0-0 10. d5 c6 11. Qd2 b5 12. h3 Ne5 13. Bh6 b4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne2 Nxc4 16. Qd4+ Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qxe5+ Kg8 19. Nf4 cxd5 20. 0-0-0 Nc6 21. Qxd5 Qc7 22. Qc4 Ba6 23. Nd5 Bxc4 24. Nxc7 Bxf1 25. Rhxf1 Rac8 26. Nd5 Rfd8 27. Kb1 Kf8 28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Rd6 30. f4 Rcd8 31. Rc1 Rxd5 32. Rxc6 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kc2 Rd4 35. g5 Rxf4 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7 Kf8 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rc7 Kf8 40. Rc8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 h6 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 Be4 10. Rc1 d6 11. Bh3 Nc6 12. Bc3 Bxf3 13. exf3 d5 14. b3 Qd7 15. c5 b5 16. Re1 a5 17. Bb2 a4 18. b4 Rab8 19. Rc2 Ne7 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Bc1 Ng6 22. Rce2 Nf8 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Bc1 Nf8 25. Bg2 Ng6 26. h4 c6 27. Bh3 Nf8 28. g4 Qc7 29. h5 N6d7 30. f4 Qd8 31. g5 Nh7 32. Qg3 Kh8 33. Kh2 Qc7 34. g6 fxg6 35. hxg6 Nhf8 36. f5 Qxg3+ 37. fxg3 Nf6 38. Bf4 Ra8 39. Bd6 Ne4 40. fxe6 Nxe6 41. Be5 Rad8 42. Bf5 N6g5 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Bg4 Rfe8 45. Bc7 Rc8 46. Bxc8 Rxc8 47. Bf4 Ne6 48. Rxe4 dxe4 49. Rxe4 Nf8 50. Bd6 Nxg6 51. Re6 Kh7 52. Kf3 Nh8 53. Re7 Kg6 54. Ke4 Nf7 55. d5 Ng5+ 56. Ke5 cxd5 57. Kxd5 Kf6 58. Rb7 Nf7 59. Rxb5 h5 60. Rb7 g5 61. Be7+ Kf5 62. Rb6 Kg4 63. Rf6 Nd8 64. Rg6 Kxg3 65. Rxg5+ Kf3 66. b5 Rc7 67. Bxd8 Rd7+ 68. Kc6 Rxd8 69. Rxh5 1-0

