[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 Nf6 6. 0-0 e6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. c4 Be7 10. cxd5 Nbxd5 11. Nc4 0-0 12. g4 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 c5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 f6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. e5 Nd5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Rfe1 Rc6 25. Qb3 Kg7 26. g5 Bd8 27. Qxb7+ Rf7 28. gxf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. Qb3 Rb6 31. Qd3 Qf4 32. Re4 Qc7 33. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Qxd4 7. Nf3 Qg4 8. Bxf5 Qxf5 9. c4 Qe4+ 10. Be3 e6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc2 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Qc4 14. 0-0-0 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne7 16. Rd4 Qb5 17. Rhd1 Na6 18. Bg5 Qc5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng5 Nc5 21. Rf4 Rf8 22. Rfd4 g6 23. Qd2 f6 24. Nf3 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Rf5 26. Qh6 Rxf2 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Rd7 Nd3+ 29. R1xd3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 9. g3 d6 10. c4 Nb6 11. Bg2 dxe5 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Bc3 14. Rb1 0-0 15. 0-0 Qg6 16. Qf3 Bd4 17. h5 Qg4 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Rbd1 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Bh3 21. Rfe1 Bc3 22. Bxc6 Rab8 23. Re2 Bg4 24. f3 Bxh5 25. Kg2 Bg6 26. Bc1 Bd3 27. Re3 Bc2 28. Rxc3 Bxd1 29. Kf2 Rd6 30. Be4 Nd7 31. Ke1 Bxf3 32. Bxf3 Rg6 33. Kf2 Nc5 34. Ba3 Ne6 35. Re3 Rd8 36. Nf1 Rh6 37. Rxe5 Nd4 38. Bc5 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 Rf6+ 40. Ke2 Rc6 41. b4 Ra6 42. Re7 Rxa2+ 43. Kf3 a5 44. bxa5 Rxa5 45. Rxc7 g5 46. Ne3 Kg7 47. Bb6 Ra6 48. Nf5+ Kg8 49. Nh6+ Kg7 50. Rxf7+ Kxh6 51. Bxd8 1-0

[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 "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[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. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. 0-0 a6 7. Nd5 g5 8. Ne3 h5 9. c3 g4 10. Ne1 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. N1c2 Nh6 13. Re1 Be7 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. cxb4 Be6 17. Bb2 0-0 18. Nc2 Bf6 19. Be5 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. d4 Re8 22. Qd3 Ng7 23. Re2 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qd7 25. Rae1 Rac8 26. Nd4 Rc4 27. a3 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. g3 Rec8 30. Qd2 R8c6 31. Qg5+ Qg6 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qxd5 Rc1 34. Qd4 Kh7 35. Qe3 R1c3 36. Qa7 Rxa3 37. Qxb7 Qe6 38. Qa7 Rb6 39. Re4 Rd3 40. Rf4 Rd7 41. Qa8 Qg6 42. Qc8 Re7 43. Qc5 Rbe6 44. Kg2 Qg5 45. Qc2+ Qg6 46. Rf5 Kg8 47. Re3 Rc7 48. Qe4 Rc4 49. Qd3 Rd4 50. Qxd4 Qxf5 51. Qf4 Qxf4 52. gxf4 Rb6 53. Re4 Kg7 54. f5 Kh6 55. e6 Rb8 56. exf7 Rf8 57. Re6+ Kg5 58. Rxa6 Rxf7 59. f6 Rb7 60. Ra5+ Kxf6 61. b5 Kg5 62. b6+ Kf4 63. Rb5 h4 64. Rb4+ Kf5 65. h3 gxh3+ 66. Kxh3 Kg5 67. f3 Kh5 68. Rb5+ Kg6 69. Kxh4 Kf6 70. Kg4 Kg6 71. Kf4 Kf6 72. Ke4 Ke6 73. f4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[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 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Ne5 c5 11. Nc6 Qd6 12. Qxa4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Rxa3 Rab8 17. Ra2 Rb4 18. Rd1 Rfb8 19. Rd2 Kf8 20. Nc3 R8b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. 0-0 Nf5 9. b4 Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Bd3 g4 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Ng5 b5 16. Nd6+ Nxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Qxg4 Ne5 19. Qg3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc6 21. f3 Qd5 22. Ne4 Qc4 23. Qb1 f5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 0-0-0 26. Bf4 d3 27. Bd6 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 e5 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. axb4 e4 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Rxa7 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. Bf4 Ke6 36. Kg1 Kd5 37. Kf2 Kc4 38. Bd2 Kd4 39. Be3+ Kc3 40. Bd2+ Kc2 41. Ke1 e3 42. Bxe3 Re8 43. Rd2+ Kc3 44. Kf2 Bxg2 45. Rd1 Bd5 46. Rc1+ Kxb4 47. c6 Bc4 48. c7 Kb3 49. Bg5 Rc8 50. Bf4 Kb2 51. Rg1 b4 52. Ke3 Ba6 53. Be5+ Kc2 54. Rg2+ Kb3 55. Kd4 Re8 56. Rd2 Rxe5 57. Kxe5 Kc3 58. Ra2 Bc8 59. Ra8 d2 60. Rxc8 d1Q 61. Rd8 Qe2+ 62. Kd5 Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carpinter, Anthony Lawrence"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Bc4 Bg4 11. 0-0 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nbd7 13. Kh1 Qa5 14. Rg1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kh8 16. Qd2 Nd5 17. Rac1 Rae8 18. Bd3 f6 19. Bh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Re7 21. Rg3 Qd8 22. Rcg1 Rff7 23. c4 N5b6 24. Bf5 Qf8 25. Qh3 c5 26. Rg8+ Qxg8 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Be6 cxd4 29. Qf5 Ne5 30. Qxf6 Rxe6 31. Qxe6 Nc6 32. c5 Nd7 33. Qd5 Nf6 34. Qf5 Kf8 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qf5 Rd7 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qd2 d3 39. a3 Ne5 40. Kg2 Nc4 41. Qa2 d2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. 0-0 c5 11. c4 Ne7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. d5 exd5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rfe1+ Ne5 20. f4 0-0 21. fxe5 Qe6 22. Rad1 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Qg3 Rc3 25. Qf2 d3 26. Qxa7 Qc6 27. Qe3 Ra8 28. Rd2 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc4 31. Qxd3 Qe6 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxa2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Kg6 36. Rxb7 Ra5 37. Re7 f6 38. Bf4 Ra4 39. g3 Kf5 40. Rxg7 fxe5 41. Rg5+ Ke4 42. Rxe5+ Kf3 43. Re1 Kg4 44. Re2 Kf3 45. Rb2 Kg4 46. Kg2 Ra3 47. Bd6 Rd3 48. Rb4+ Kf5 49. Rb5+ Kg6 50. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Djordjevic, Dejan N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Be2 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. Kh1 0-0 13. g4 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Qg2 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bb7 20. Ra4 Bc6 21. Ra1 Ba8 22. Nd4 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qb6 24. f5 Ne5 25. f6 Bd8 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh3 Nxc2 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Ne2 Nxf3 30. Ng3 Qxb3 31. Nh5 Bxe4 32. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Dragomirescu, Robin Alexandru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 d5 4. Bb5 Bxf5 5. Ne5 Qd6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nf6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 0-0-0 15. Qd4 Qf7 16. b4 Kd7 17. a4 Rb8 18. b5 Qg6 19. c4 Rhf8 20. bxc6+ Kxc6 21. cxd5+ exd5 22. a5 Be4 23. Bg3 Qf6 24. Qa4+ Rb5 25. f3 Bd3 26. Rfe1 Bc4 27. Be5 Qg6 28. Rac1 Rxf3 29. Rxc4 dxc4 30. Qxc4 Rf7 31. Bg3 Rb1 32. Qa4+ Rb5 33. Qc4 Rf6 34. a6 Qf5 35. Qd4 Qxc5 36. Qxc5+ Rxc5 37. h3 Ra5 38. Re7 Rg6 39. Rxc7+ Kb6 40. Rc3 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Rxa6 42. Bf2+ Kb5 43. Rb3+ Kc4 44. Rb7 Ra2 45. Rf7 a5 46. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Bg5 0-0 8. h3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Nd2 Kh8 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bf6 13. Qh5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 Nd4 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Rf8 22. Qg3 Nd7 23. Bf4 e5 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. c4 h6 26. Be3 Nb8 27. Rb1 b6 28. a4 Nc6 29. Qg4 Kh7 30. Re1 Nd4 31. Rc1 Qe8 32. c3 Ne6 33. Ra1 Nf4 34. Bxf4 Rxf4 35. Qe2 Qf7 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Qb7 38. Qa2 Rf7 39. Ra6 Qe7 40. Qd2 Qb7 41. Qa2 Qe7 42. Qe2 Qb7 43. Ra1 Qb3 44. Rc1 a5 45. h4 a4 46. h5 a3 47. Qg4 Rf6 48. Qc8 Qb2 49. Rd1 a2 50. Qa8 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kourkoulos Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c4 Nd7 11. Rac1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Qc2 Re7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Rd3 Rae8 20. Rc3 h5 21. h3 Kg7 22. Rc7 Qf6 23. Qa4 a6 24. Rxb7 b5 25. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mizzi, Jack"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. a4 Nd7 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Bd5 10. Qc2 Ngf6 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. axb5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Ne5 0-0 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Nb6 18. Bxb5 Nbd5 19. Qb3 Qb8 20. Ba3 Rc8 21. Rb1 h6 22. Bc6 Qa7 23. Bc5 Qa5 24. e3 Ne4 25. Qc2 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Rd8 27. Rd1 Rb8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Qa1+ 30. Rd1 Qa5 31. c6 g6 32. Kg2 Rb6 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rd7 Qe5 35. Qc4 Qf5 36. Qd4+ Kh7 37. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Mao, Daqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Na4 Qc7 11. a3 b5 12. Nc3 a6 13. g4 Nh6 14. h3 Na5 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Qc1 Qc6 17. b3 Nxa3 18. Rxa3 b4 19. Nb5 bxa3 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Bg5+ Ke8 23. Qc7 Ng8 24. Qa5 f6 25. Bc1 Qb7 26. Bxa3 Qxb3 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Qd8+ Be8 29. Qd6+ Kf7 30. Rc1 Ne7 31. Rc7 Bd7 32. Qxd7 Re8 33. Rc6 Qa4 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 35. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wright, Caleb"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bf5 4. a3 e6 5. Bg2 h6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c4 0-0 9. b4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Be4 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Na7 13. a4 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nfe5 Nb4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. f3 Nd6 18. e3 Rc8 19. Qe2 f6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Rfc1 Rc6 23. Kf1 Rfc8 24. Na3 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Nd3 27. Nb5 Nxc1 28. Qc2 Qc6 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. Na7 Bd8 31. Nxc6 Bb6 32. Ke1 Nd3+ 33. Kd2 Nb4 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nc8 Bc7 36. Na7 Ke7 37. Nb5 Kd7 38. e4 Bb6 39. Kc3 Nc6 40. Kc4 Na7 41. Nc3 Nc8 42. g4 Nd6+ 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. f4 Nc8 45. h3 Bc7 46. Ne2 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 8. Qxb7 Nc6 9. Bf4 Rc8 10. e3 Bb4 11. Bb5 Nd5 12. Nge2 Nxf4 13. exf4 Rb8 14. Qa6 Rb6 15. Qa4 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd1 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Be4 20. Kf1 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bh3+ 22. Ke2 0-0 23. Nd5 Rbb8 24. Rg3 Rfe8+ 25. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Rb8 9. c4 Ba6 10. Rh3 Nb6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Bxd6 14. Re3+ Kd8 15. b3 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Kxe8 17. Bb2 Kf8 18. 0-0-0 Bc8 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. h5 h6 22. Bd4 Be8 23. Bc5 a5 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Nc5 a4 26. Na6 Rb7 27. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dare, Richard"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. exd6 e6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxd6 10. Bd3 h6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qg4 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qe4 Qf5 19. Qxb7 Qxd3 20. Rad1 Bxe3 21. Rxd3 Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Bb6+ 23. Rf3 Bb5+ 24. Re2 Rxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxc3 26. Ke1 Bxe2 27. Kxe2 Rc2+ 28. Kd3 Rxa2 29. Qe7 Kh7 30. Qxe6 Ra3+ 31. Kc4 Ra4+ 32. Kd3 Rf4 33. Ke2 Rf8 34. h4 Bd8 35. Qa6 Re8+ 36. Kf1 Bb6 37. Qd3+ Kh8 38. Qg6 Rd8 39. h5 Bd4 40. Qa6 Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. Kg2 Bf6 43. Kh3 Rd4 44. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Yu, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[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 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 e5 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. c3 dxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. exd5 b5 13. Bb3 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Re1+ Ne7 17. Qh5 Bd6 18. Bxf7+ Kd7 19. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Wade Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[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. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. d4 Nce4 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Rfc1 a4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Ne5 a3 15. Bc3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd5 17. Qb5 Bd6 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Be1 f5 20. Rc2 g5 21. Rac1 Rf6 22. Bb4 Rh6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Qf1 Qh5 25. h3 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 Ne4 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Rxc7 Re8 29. Nc8 Qe2 30. Nxb6 Qxa2 31. f3 Qxb3 32. Nd7+ Kg8 33. fxe4 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 g4 35. h4 f4 36. e5 f3 37. Qc2 Rf8 38. Nf6+ Rfxf6 39. exf6 f2 40. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Wade Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Lukey, Stephen G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. b4 Rc8 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. Qg3 Kf8 15. Bd4 a5 16. Nc3 axb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rec1 Bc6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Na7 Rb8 21. Rab1 Ba3 22. Rxc6 Ra8 23. Rc3 Qa4 24. Nb5 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Auckland Wade Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Stark, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. 0-0 a5 12. b5 Nd8 13. Nc3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Rc8 15. Ne2 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nf4 Nf7 18. Nh4 Kd8 19. Qh5 Ng5 20. Qh6 Kc7 21. Nf5 Bd6 22. Qxf6 Rhg8 23. Nxd5+ exd5 24. Rac1+ Kb8 25. Qxd6+ Qxd6 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nxd6 Rc3 28. b6 Ne6 29. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Wade Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lane, Gary William"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. Bd3 a6 8. N5c3 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Nd5 Nf6 11. Nbc3 Ne7 12. f4 Nexd5 13. cxd5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bg4 15. Qe1 exf4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5+ Kf8 18. Qxf4 Re8 19. Bd2 Re7 20. Na4 Qd8 21. Bb4 Nxd5 22. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Auckland Wade Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vanheirzeele, Daniel"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. g3 Bf5 7. Bg2 h6 8. 0-0 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. Rc1 Ra7 12. h3 Ne4 13. Qb3 f6 14. Nf3 Kh8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nd2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bh7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. c4 e5 20. Be3 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bc5 22. Qb2 Qe7 23. e3 Ba3 24. Qa2 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc7 26. Bxd5 Rfc8 27. Qb2 Qd6 28. Rc3 Nc5 29. Qa3 Qd7 30. a5 bxa5 31. Qxa5 Qxh3 32. Ra3 Qg4 33. Nf3 Be4 0-1

[Event "Auckland Wade Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Shoker, Samy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[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. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bg4 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rb8 12. Rab1 e5 13. d5 c5 14. Qe2 f5 15. f3 Nf6 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. b3 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. Be1 h5 20. Kf2 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Rh1 Kf7 23. Ke2 Rh8 24. Bf2 Rhg8 25. a3 a5 26. Qc4 Rh8 27. Qa4 Qc8 28. Rxh8 Qxh8 29. Qxa5 Rc8 30. Qa6 Rd8 31. Kd2 Qh2 32. Qf1 Qh5 33. Qh1 Qg6 34. a4 Rh8 35. Qg1 g3 36. Be1 Rh2 37. Kd3 Qh7 38. Bd2 Qh8 39. Nb5 Nxd5 40. c4 Nf6 41. a5 Qb8 42. a6 Ne8 43. a7 Qa8 44. Ra1 c6 45. Nxd6+ Nxd6 46. Qxc5 Nc8 47. Ra6 Kg8 48. Rxc6 Nxa7 49. Qd5+ Kh7 50. Rh6+ Kxh6 51. Qxa8 Rxg2 52. Qxa7 Rh2 53. Qg1 Kg6 54. b4 Rf2 55. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "Auckland Wade Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[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 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rc6 16. h4 h5 17. Nc3 Rc7 18. a4 Nd7 19. Rhe1 Nc5 20. Bd1 Kf8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 a5 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 Bf6 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Rh1 e6 27. dxe6 Nxe6 28. Bc2 Nd4 29. Rcf1 Bg7 30. Bf4 Re8 31. Bd1 Be5 32. h5 Ne6 33. Be3 Nc5 34. Bc2 Bc3+ 35. Kxc3 Rxe3+ 36. Kb2 Kg7 37. Rd1 Rc6 38. Rdf1 Rc7 39. Rh4 Rce7 40. hxg6 fxg6 41. Rfh1 Kf6 42. Rd1 Kg5 43. Rh8 R7e6 44. Rd4 Rg3 45. Rd8 Rxg4 46. R4xd6 Rxd6 47. Rxd6 Kh6 48. Rd5 Rg5 49. Rd4 Rg2 50. Rd5 Rg5 51. Rd4 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Wade Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[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 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. a4 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. a5 Nxc4 16. dxc4 f5 17. Qd3 Rf7 18. Rf2 Raf8 19. Raf1 Qh4 20. Qd2 Qd8 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne4 h6 23. Qe3 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxa5 25. f4 Ne6 26. f5 Nf4 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Qd5 Kh8 29. Rxf4 Qc7 30. Rd1 Rf6 31. g4 g6 32. Qd2 gxf5 33. gxf5 Qg7+ 34. Qg2 Rxf5 35. Qxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Wade Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[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 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bg4 6. Bxc4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 e5 8. d5 Nb8 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Rg1 0-0 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. Ng3 Qc8 14. h4 a5 15. Rg2 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 c6 17. a3 cxd5 18. exd5 Bc5 19. Rag1 a4 20. Qd3 e4 21. Nxe4 Nh5 22. Qc3 f6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Ne5 25. Bd3 Qh3 26. Ng3 Rfe8 27. Be4 Rac8 28. Qd2 f5 29. Nxf5 Nxf3 30. Bxf3 Nf4+ 31. Kf2 Nxg2 32. e4 Nxh4 33. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 34. Rg3 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Qxe4 36. Re3 Qg6 37. d6 Qf5+ 38. Rf3 Qc5+ 39. Kg2 h6 40. Rc3 Qf5 41. Rxc8+ Qxc8 42. d7 Qc6+ 43. Kf2 Qf6+ 44. Ke2 Qe6+ 45. Kd1 Qb3+ 46. Kc1 Qc4+ 47. Kb1 Qf1+ 48. Kc2 Qc4+ 49. Qc3 Qe2+ 50. Kc1 Qf1+ 51. Kc2 Qe2+ 52. Qd2 Qc4+ 53. Kb1 Qf1+ 54. Ka2 Qc4+ 55. Ka1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[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 d5 3. e3 c6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. d4 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 Bb4 12. h5 Be4 13. h6 g6 14. Rh3 e5 15. Kf1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nd2 exd4 19. Nxe4 Qe5 20. Qf3 dxc3 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Nd7 Qe7 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. e4 f6 25. Qxc3 Qxe4 26. Re1 Qxg4 27. Qxf6+ Rxf6 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 c5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. e3 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Rad8 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Nfd4 Be6 13. Qc2 Bb8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. g3 Ne5 16. Nd2 a6 17. N2f3 Rfe8 18. Bf1 g6 19. Bg2 Kg7 20. Re1 Ba7 21. Rad1 Bg4 22. h3 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 d4 25. exd4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxd4 27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Re2 a5 29. b4 Bd6 30. bxa5 Ra8 31. Qb3 Rxa5 32. c4 b6 33. Rd2 Re5 34. a4 Bc5 35. Qd3 Re7 36. Qd5 Qe5 37. Re2 Qxd5 38. cxd5 Rxe2 39. Bxe2 Kf8 40. Bb5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e5 7. d5 Nb8 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 0-0 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. 0-0 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Rb1 g6 15. Nd2 f5 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. c4 b6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Na5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qh4 21. f3 Ba6 22. Re1 c4 23. Qa4 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Bf2 25. d6 Bxe1 26. Bxa8 Bg3 27. h3 Bf4 28. Qc6 Qg3 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Bg3+ 31. Ke3 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Mao, Daqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 c6 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. a3 a5 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Rfc1 Nd7 14. Na4 b5 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. b3 Qe7 17. a4 Ba3 18. Rd1 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxa4 20. bxa4 Qb4 21. Bd3 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxd3 23. Rxa3 Bc4 24. Ne5 Rfb8 25. Ra1 Ra6 26. Nd7 Rb4 27. h4 f6 28. Kh2 Kf7 29. Kg3 h5 30. Kf4 Ke7 31. Nc5 Rab6 32. Rc2 Rb2 33. Rac1 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Rb4 35. g4 hxg4 36. Kxg4 Rb1 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. f3 Rb4 39. Kf4 Ke7 40. h5 Rb8 41. Rh2 Rh8 42. Rb2 Rxh5 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Ne6+ Kg8 45. Rxg7+ Kh8 46. Ra7 Bd3 47. Rxa5 Rh4+ 48. Kg3 Rh1 49. Nf4 Bc2 50. Ra6 Rg1+ 51. Kf2 Ra1 52. Rxc6 Bxa4 53. Rxf6 Bb3 54. Rd6 Ra5 55. Kg3 Kg7 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Kf5 Bc4 58. Rf6+ Ke8 59. Ke5 Ke7 60. Rb6 Ra3 61. Rb7+ Kd8 62. Nxd5 Bxd5 63. Kxd5 Rxe3 64. f4 Rf3 65. Ke5 Re3+ 66. Kd6 Kc8 67. Rf7 Ra3 68. Rf8+ Kb7 69. d5 Rd3 70. f5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Parfene, Horatiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d5 7. Ne2 c6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Nd2 Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. c4 Re8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nb1 Bf8 19. Nc3 Red8 20. Rc2 Rc4 21. Nxd5 Rc6 22. Nf4 Rdc8 23. Rec1 g5 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 gxf4 26. Rxf6 Bg7 27. Rxf4 Bh6 28. Rf3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Winsley, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Rfc1 b5 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ra6 14. Ba5 Qxa5 15. Rc8+ Ke7 16. Rxh8 Rb6 17. a4 Nf8 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Nxd6 Kxd6 20. Qa3+ Qb4 21. Qxb4+ Rxb4 22. Rxf8 f6 23. Nd3 Rb7 24. a5 Ra7 25. a6 Nd2 26. Nc5 Nc4 27. Rb8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Be6 8. d5 Bc8 9. Nf3 c6 10. Be2 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bg4 12. Qd4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd5 14. cxd5 N8d7 15. f4 0-0 16. 0-0-0 Rc8 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qc5 19. Qe4 Qa5 20. h4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. h5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qf3 Rfd8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qh3 exd5 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Qxg6 Rc6 30. Qh7 Rdd6 31. Qf5+ Rf6 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Nxd5 Rf5 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Nb4 Rxf4 36. Nd3 Rf3 37. Kc2 Rg3 38. Rh2 Ke8 39. b4 Rg1 40. a4 Bd4 41. Kb3 e5 42. Re2 Rg5 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Rh2 Rg4 45. Rh7+ Kd6 46. Rh6+ Ke7 47. Rh7+ Kf6 48. Rh6+ Kf5 49. Rxc6 Bb6+ 50. Kb5 e4 51. Nc1 e3 52. a5 Bd4 53. Ne2 Be5 54. Rc5 Rg2 55. Nd4+ Ke4 56. Nc6 Bf6 57. Nxa7 e2 58. Rc1 Bc3 59. Nc6 e1Q 60. Rxe1+ Bxe1 61. a6 Rg5+ 62. Kb6 Bf2+ 63. Kb7 Rb5+ 64. Kc8 Kd5 65. a7 Bxa7 66. Nxa7 Rxb4 67. Kc7 Kc5 68. Nc8 Rh4 69. Kd7 Rh7+ 70. Ne7 Rh6 71. Nf5 Rf6 72. Ne7 Ra6 73. Nc8 Kd5 74. Ne7+ Ke5 75. Nc6+ Kd5 76. Ne7+ Kc5 77. Nc8 Rh6 78. Ne7 Rh7 79. Ke6 Rxe7+ 80. Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a4 e6 6. e5 d6 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. Ne4 dxe5 9. fxe5 0-0 10. Nf6+ Kh8 11. d4 Nd5 12. Bg5 h6 13. h4 Nxf6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. dxc5 Qf6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nf3 e4 22. Ne5 Bb7 23. 0-0-0 Rfe8 24. Nc4 Ba6 25. Nd6 Re5 26. b4 Rb8 27. Rd4 f5 28. h5 Rh8 29. h6+ Kf6 30. b5 cxb5 31. axb5 Bxb5 32. Nxb5 Rxc5 33. Nd6 Rh7 34. Ra4 Ke5 35. Nf7+ Kf6 36. Nd8 Rd5 37. Ra6+ Ke5 38. Ne6 Rb5 39. Ng5 Rhb7 40. Ra1 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d3 e5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 8. Rxf2 Nxe5 9. d4 Neg4 10. Rf1 Re8 11. Qd3 c6 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bg5 Re6 14. e4 Qb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. c4 f5 19. c5 Qd8 20. Nf4 Re8 21. Rae1 Be6 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Bd7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. b3 Qc6 27. Qf3 Qf6 28. Qe3 Kf8 29. Qe5 Qd8 30. c6 Rc8 31. Rc1 Ng8 32. d5 Qb6+ 33. Kg2 Re8 34. Qd6+ Kg7 35. Qc5 Qa6 36. Qd4+ Kf8 37. Rc2 Re1 38. Qf2 Rd1 39. d6 Qb5 40. c7 Qb7+ 41. Qf3 Rg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qxf3 43. c8Q+ Kg7 44. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. f4 e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. a3 Qa4 19. Bg1 a5 20. h3 Qc2 21. Rf2 Qe4 22. Qc3 a4 23. Rff1 h5 24. Rde1 Qf5 25. b3 h4 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Nxd3 axb3 28. Rb1 Ne4 29. Rfe1 Nd2 30. Rb2 Nxc4 31. Rxb3 b5 32. f5 Bxa3 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 Bd6 35. Rb1 Rde8 36. Rg6 Nd2 37. Rc1 Ne4 38. Bh2 Bxh2 39. Kxh2 Rd8 40. Rg4 Nf6 41. Rf4 Rd6 42. Ne5 Rc8 43. Rxh4 b4 44. Rf4 Nd5 45. Rf2 Nc3 46. Rb2 Rxd4 47. Nf3 Rf4 48. Re1 c5 49. Rd2 Rf7 50. Ne5 Re7 51. Rd7 Rce8 52. Rxe7 Rxe7 53. Nd3 Rxe1 54. Nxe1 c4 55. Nc2 b3 56. Na3 b2 57. Kg3 b1Q 58. Nxb1 Nxb1 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Burns, Christopher John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Be2 h6 8. 0-0 Bf5 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Bh5+ Kd7 12. Re1 g5 13. Qg4 c6 14. Qxe6+ Kc7 15. Qe5+ Kb6 16. Nxd5+ cxd5 17. Qxh8 Be4 18. Ng6 Nc6 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Qxf8 Rxf8 21. Be3 Nb4 22. Re2 Bd3 23. Rd2 a5 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bf3 e5 26. dxe5+ d4 27. Bxc6 dxe3 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Be4 exf2+ 30. Kf1 g4 31. Bxd3 h5 32. g3 Rf3 33. Rd1 Kc5 34. Rd2 b4 35. axb4+ Kxb4 36. Bg6 h4 37. e6 hxg3 38. hxg3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. g4 fxg4 5. h3 g3 6. Bxg3 Bb4 7. Qd3 b6 8. Bg2 Ba6 9. Qe3 c6 10. a3 Be7 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Rg1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 Bg5 15. f4 Bf6 16. 0-0-0 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc6 18. Qd2 Na5 19. e4 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nc4 21. Qd4 Qc7 22. Rc1 dxe4 23. Bxe4 d5 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Nxd6 26. Bf3 Nf5 27. Bf2 Rc4 28. Bg4 Rxf4 29. Be1 Re4 30. Bc3 g6 31. Rcd1 Bb5 32. Rd2 Ne3 33. Re1 Rff4 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rh8 h5 36. Rh7+ Ke8 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7+ Ke8 39. Rh8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qf3 Nxc3 7. Bd2 Qd5 8. Qxc3 Bg4 9. Qe3 dxe5 10. fxe5 h5 11. c4 Qd7 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nf3 g6 14. Qc3 Na6 15. b4 Nc7 16. Be2 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. 0-0 Ne6 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Qe3 g5 21. Nxg5 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 e6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 0-0-0 25. Rf4 Qe7 26. a3 Rg6 27. Rdf1 Rf8 28. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McDonald, Duncan"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Rc1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Be2 d5 13. b3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxd4 15. c5 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. 0-0 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Qb5 Qh3 21. Qxb7 Re8 22. Rd7 Be5 23. f4 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Rc2 Rab8 27. c6 Rxb7 28. cxb7 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 g6 9. Nc2 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. b3 Rc8 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bf1 b5 15. Qxd6 Nd4 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Ncd5 Bf8 18. Qxa6 Rc6 19. Qb7 Nc5 20. Qa7 Ra6 21. Qc7 Ncxb3 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. cxb5 Ra5 24. Rb1 Nc5 25. f3 Rxa2 26. Bc4 Ra4 27. b6 Rb8 28. Bd2 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Nd3 30. Red1 Bc5 31. Kf1 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Bxb6 33. Nc4 Bc7 34. Bh6 Nb4 35. Ne3 Nbc2 36. Nxc2 Nxc2 37. Bb3 Ra1 38. Bxc2 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Young, Cohen"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd5 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. a4 Kh8 9. h3 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 f5 11. Bd2 Bf6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. a5 Qc7 14. Qa3 Ne7 15. Bc4 Qc6 16. Ng5 fxe4 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7 exd3 19. 0-0 Bd7 20. c4 Rf8 21. Bh5 e4 22. Rae1 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Bd1 Bd4 25. Bb3 Qe5 26. Be3 Nc6 27. Ba4 h6 28. Kh1 Rf6 29. Bd1 c4 30. Bxd4 Nxd4 31. Qb4 Qd5 32. Qe7 Bc6 33. f3 exf3 34. Kh2 f2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. b3 b6 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. c4 0-0 9. Nc3 c5 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bb5 Rac8 17. Rac1 Nb8 18. f3 a6 19. Bd3 b5 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 f6 24. Qd4 Rfd8 25. Qb6 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Bxb7 27. Bf1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bc6 29. e4 Kf7 30. b4 Ke7 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa6 Rb8 33. b5 Bxb5 34. Rb1 a3 35. Bxb5 a2 36. Ra1 Rxb5 37. Rxa2 Rb7 38. Ra8 e5 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Kg3 Rd7 41. h4 f5 42. Ra6+ Rd6 43. Ra7 Rd7 44. exf5+ gxf5 45. Ra6+ Rd6 46. Ra8 Rd7 47. h5 Rg7+ 48. Kh3 f4 49. Rh8 Kf6 50. h6 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Rg6 52. Rxh7 Kg5 53. g4 Rxh6+ 54. Rxh6 Kxh6 55. Kg2 Kg6 56. Kf2 Kg5 57. Ke2 e4 58. fxe4 Kxg4 59. Kf2 f3 60. e5 Kf5 61. Kxf3 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geilik, Ron"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[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 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. d3 0-0 8. Nbd2 d6 9. h3 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Nf1 Kh7 13. Ng3 Qe8 14. a4 b4 15. a5 Rb8 16. Ne2 Qd8 17. d4 Nxa5 18. Ba2 Qc7 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Be3 Nac6 21. Rc1 Qa5 22. Bb3 Bb7 23. d5 Nd8 24. Ng3 Rc8 25. Qd2 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nh5 Nf7 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Bxh6+ Nxh6 31. Qg5+ Ng6 32. Nh4 Rf6 33. Re3 Qc7 34. Rg3 Qf7 35. Bc2 Kh7 36. Qh5 Nxh4 37. Qxh4 e4 38. Bd1 Bd7 39. Bh5 Qf8 40. Be2 a5 41. Rg5 a4 42. Qg3 f4 43. Qh4 a3 44. bxa3 bxa3 45. Bc4 Rg6 46. Rh5 Qf6 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Abando, Santino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[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. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. c4 Nb6 7. Qg4 0-0 8. Nf3 Nxc4 9. Bxc4 Qb4+ 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bd3 c5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Ng5 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "McNabb, Matthew David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bf5 9. b3 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 0-0 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. Qd2 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qg5 Bg6 17. Na4 Qb4 18. Bf3 h6 19. Qg3 Bb8 20. Qh3 Qf4 21. Rc4 Qg5 22. Rc5 Qf4 23. Bxb7 Ra7 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rc4 f5 27. Nc5 Qd2 28. Bc3 Qxa2 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Qe6+ Raf7 31. Rxe4 Qc2 32. Bd4 Qd3 33. Rg4 Kh7 34. Qe4+ Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Rf4 36. Rfe1 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rd8 38. g3 Rd7 39. Kg2 Ba7 40. Bxa7 Rxa7 41. Rb4 a5 42. Ra4 Rb7 43. Ra3 Rb4 44. Kf3 h5 45. h4 Kh6 46. Ke3 g6 47. Kd3 Rb5 48. Kc4 Rf5 49. Ra2 g5 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. Rd2 Kg4 52. Kd4 Rb5 53. Rd3 h4 54. gxh4 Kxh4 55. Rg3 Rf5 56. Ke3 Rb5 57. Ke2 Rf5 58. Kf1 Rf4 59. Kg2 Rb4 60. Rc3 Kg5 61. Kg3 a4 62. bxa4 Rxa4 63. Rc5+ Kf6 64. f3 Ra6 65. Kg4 Kg6 66. f4 Kf6 67. Rh5 Kg6 68. f5+ Kg7 69. Kg5 Rb6 70. Rh1 Ra6 71. Rb1 Kf7 72. Rb7+ Kf8 73. Rc7 Rb6 74. Rh7 Ra6 75. Rb7 Rc6 76. f6 Rc1 77. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 Qxd4 9. Bg3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. 0-0 e6 13. c3 Be7 14. b4 Bf6 15. Rc1 0-0 16. Qc2 g6 17. b5 Bxf3 18. bxc6 Be4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. cxb7 Qxb7 21. Rfe1 Rac8 22. c4 Bd4 23. Rxe4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxe4 25. h3 Rd8 26. Kh2 Qd5 27. Qa4 Qd7 28. Qa6 e5 29. Bh4 Qd6 30. Rc6 Qb8 31. Bxd8 e4+ 32. Bc7 Qe8 33. Bg3 Kg7 34. Qc4 Bb6 35. Qd5 Kg8 36. Qc4 Qe7 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Qc4 e3 40. Rg8+ Kh6 41. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kerr, Atlas"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e5 5. dxe5 dxc4 6. Qxd8+ Rxd8 7. Bxc4 Nxe5 8. Be2 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nf6 11. a3 g6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. e4 0-0 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. 0-0 Rd3 16. Kg2 Nd7 17. Nd5 c6 18. Ne3 Nb6 19. Rad1 Rb3 20. Rd2 Rxb2 21. Rfd1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 f6 23. Bf4 Bf8 24. Rd3 Kf7 25. Kg3 h5 26. h4 Be7 27. Bc7 Na8 28. Ba5 b6 29. Bb4 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. f4 Nc7 32. f5 Nb5 33. a4 Bc7+ 34. f4 Nd4 35. Nc4 gxf5 36. e5 fxe5 37. fxe5 c5 38. Bd2 Ke6 39. Kf4 a6 40. Be1 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Ne3 Bxe5+ 43. Kg5 Nf3+ 44. Kxh5 Nxe1 45. Kg6 f4 46. Ng4 f3 47. h5 Bd4 48. h6 f2 49. Nh2 b4 50. h7 b3 51. Nf3 f1Q 52. Nxd4+ cxd4 53. h8Q Qf5+ 54. Kh6 Qh3+ 55. Kg7 Qxh8+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lee, Edward S"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. e5 0-0 9. 0-0 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bd7 14. Be3 b6 15. Rae1 Nf5 16. Qh3 b5 17. Bb3 c4 18. Bc2 cxd3 19. Bxd3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Rad8 21. Kh1 Bc6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxg6 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Qb7 27. Rh3 Be4 28. f5 Qd5 29. Rxh6+ Bxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "1839"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d5 7. Ne2 c6 8. 0-0 f5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nb1 Rc6 17. Rxc6 Qxc6 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rc1 Ne4 20. Ne2 Qd7 21. Qc2 Qb5 22. Nf4 Bh6 23. Bf1 Qa5 24. Nd3 Nd6 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Rc8 27. Rd7 Bf8 28. Bg2 Rc2 29. Bxd5 Rd2 30. Ne5 Rxb2 31. Nxf7 Nxf7 32. Rxf7 Rb5 33. Rxf5+ Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Bxb7 Ba3 36. h4 Rb2 37. g4 Rxa2 38. Bf3 g5 39. h5 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lee, Edward S"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 Be7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. a3 a5 12. Kg1 Re8 13. c5 Ne4 14. Bb5 Bf6 15. h3 Re6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. b4 Re6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Kh2 c6 20. Re1 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Bxf3 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. gxf3 Qb8+ 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. Qe1 Qf4 27. Qe3 Qf5 28. f4 Qg6+ 29. Kh2 Bd8 30. Bc3 Bc7 31. Bd2 Bb8 32. Kh1 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 h6 34. Qxe4 dxe4 35. f3 e3 36. Bxe3 Kf6 37. Kf2 Kf5 38. Ke2 Bxf4 39. Bf2 Bc1 40. Bg3 Ba3 41. Be1 Kf4 42. Kf2 Bc1 43. Bc3 g5 44. Be1 Be3+ 45. Ke2 Bxd4 46. h4 gxh4 47. Bxh4 Bc3 48. Bf2 Bxb4 49. Be3+ Kf5 50. Bxh6 Bxc5 51. Kd3 b5 52. Kc3 Ke5 53. Bc1 Kd5 54. Bh6 Bd6 55. Kd3 c5 56. Bc1 c4+ 57. Kc3 b4+ 58. Kc2 Be5 59. Be3 b3+ 60. Kc1 c3 61. f4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Qxd4 7. Nf3 Qg4 8. Bxf5 Qxf5 9. c4 Qe4+ 10. Be3 e6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qa4 b5 13. Qc2 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Nd7 15. a3 Ba5 16. Rd1 Qc4+ 17. Qxc4 bxc4 18. Rc1 Bc7 19. Bd4 Bb6 20. Rxc4 Ne7 21. Nbd2 c5 22. Bc3 Nd5 23. Rc1 Ke7 24. Re4 f6 25. exf6+ gxf6 26. Kf1 e5 27. Nc4 Rhg8 28. Bd2 Rg4 29. Rce1 Rag8 30. g3 Bc7 31. Bc1 Nf8 32. Nfd2 Ne6 33. Nb3 Bd6 34. Ne3 Nxe3+ 35. R1xe3 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Nd4 37. Nd2 Ke6 38. Re3 Rb8 39. Ne4 Be7 40. f4 Nb3 41. fxe5 f5 42. Nd2 Nxc1 43. Rc3 Rxb2 44. Nc4 Rb1 45. Kf2 Nb3 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. cxd4 Qd7 12. Nc3 e6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Be3 0-0 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Qh5 Nxd4 18. Rac1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Rc4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rd5 24. Qf3 Rad8 25. g3 c5 26. Ra3 Qd7 27. Rac3 Qb5 28. a4 Qxb2 29. Nxc5 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Qb1 31. Qe4 Rg1+ 32. Kf3 Qd1+ 33. Qe2 Qd5+ 34. Qe4 Qh5+ 35. Qg4 Qxh2 36. Nd3 Qg2+ 37. Ke2 Qf1+ 38. Ke3 f5 39. Qe2 Bg5+ 40. Nf4 Bxf4+ 41. Rxf4 Qa1 42. Qc4 Rd5 43. Rc2 Qd1 44. Re2 Re1 45. Rxe1 Re5+ 46. Qe4 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Cummings, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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. Nc3 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Rb1 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. cxd3 e6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Be7 10. h3 0-0 11. b4 Qd8 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfc1 Re8 14. Qb3 Nf8 15. e4 Ng6 16. Bh2 Bf8 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. g4 Ra8 19. Qa5 Qd8 20. Rb3 b6 21. Qa6 Nd7 22. Ne2 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rbc3 cxd4 25. Nexd4 dxe4 26. dxe4 Qb6 27. Qe2 Nc5 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Rc7 Nf6 30. Rb1 Qa6 31. Rc6 Qa3 32. Rc3 Qa5 33. Rb5 Qa6 34. Rc6 Qa3 35. Rb7 e5 36. Nb3 Qa4 37. Rc4 Qa6 38. Rbc7 Rab8 39. Bg3 Rb4 40. Rxb4 Bxb4 41. Nc5 Qb6 42. Nd7 Nxd7 43. Rxd7 Bf8 44. Qc4 Qe6 45. Qxe6 Rxe6 46. Rxa7 f6 47. Nh4 Nxh4 48. Bxh4 h6 49. Kg2 Rc6 50. a4 Rc4 51. f3 Rc2+ 52. Kf1 Bc5 53. Rc7 g5 54. Be1 Rc1 55. a5 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kerr, Atlas"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. a3 Bf5 6. Nf3 dxe3 7. Qxd8+ Rxd8 8. Bxe3 Nge7 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. Be2 Ngxe5 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. c5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Be5 14. Rfe1 0-0 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Bd5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be6 19. Red1 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 f6 21. Bf4 Rf7 22. h3 g5 23. Be3 c6 24. Rf5 Kg7 25. Bd4 Kg6 26. g4 Nc4 27. a4 Re6 28. Kg2 Nb2 29. Rc2 Nd3 30. Rd2 Nf4+ 31. Kg3 h5 32. Be3 Nxh3 33. Kxh3 hxg4+ 34. Kxg4 Re4+ 35. f4 Rxe3 36. fxg5 Re4+ 37. Rf4 Rxf4+ 38. Kxf4 fxg5+ 39. Ke5 g4 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christie, Richie"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. a4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qf6 12. c3 e5 13. e4 Bc6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Qe2 0-0-0 16. Be4 Nc7 17. b4 Bb6 18. c4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxb5 20. axb5 Bd4 21. Rc1 g6 22. c5 Qf5 23. Qxf5+ gxf5 24. Rh6 e4 25. Nh4 e3 26. Nxf5 exf2+ 27. Kf1 Kb8 28. Rd6 Rxd6 29. Nxd6 Rg8 30. c6 bxc6 31. bxc6 Bb6 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Nd6 Rc7 34. b5 Re7 35. Nc4 Bd4 36. Nd6 Bb6 37. Nc4 Bc5 38. Na5 Bb4 39. Nc4 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Ong, Rommel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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. Bg5 c6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 d5 6. Bd3 a5 7. a3 Na6 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. 0-0 Be7 10. c4 0-0 11. Nbc3 Qd8 12. Qc2 g6 13. Nf4 Nc7 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Bxg6 f5 16. f3 hxg6 17. fxg4 Bg5 18. gxf5 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Bxd4 20. fxg6 Qg5 21. Rf7 Rxf7 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qh7+ Bg7 24. Rf1+ Ke7 25. Re1+ Kd7 26. Qh3+ Kd8 27. Na4 Bd4 28. c5 Ra6 29. Nb6 Rxb6 30. cxb6 Bxb6 31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. h4 Qd8 33. Qg7+ Kc8 34. Qg4+ Kb8 35. h5 d4 36. h6 d3 37. h7 d2 38. Rd1 Ka7 39. Qh5 Qh8 40. Qg6 Nd5 41. Qg8 Bd4 42. Rxd2 Ne7 43. Qxh8 Bxh8 44. Rd8 Bb2 45. h8Q Bxh8 46. Rxh8 c5 47. g4 Kb6 48. Rh7 Nd5 49. g5 a4 50. bxa4 c4 51. g6 c3 52. Rh2 Kc5 53. g7 Nf6 54. Rf2 Ng8 55. Rf8 Ne7 56. Kg2 Kd4 57. Rd8+ Kc4 58. Rd7 Ng8 59. Rxb7 c2 60. Rc7+ Kb3 61. a5 Kb2 62. a6 Ne7 63. a7 1-0

[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 "8"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 Ne4 3. h4 h6 4. Bf4 d5 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 c6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. 0-0-0 Nf6 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Rhf1 Be7 14. f3 Nd6 15. h5 Qa5 16. Kb1 Qb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. Rfe1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. g4 0-0-0 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 f6 23. Nf3 Nf7 24. c3 Nh6 25. Rg1 Rhe8 26. e5 a6 27. Rdf1 Kd7 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Nd2 Ke7 30. Ne4 Ng8 31. Nc5 Rb8 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Rgf1 Re7 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Re2 b6 36. Ref2 Rf8 37. Nxg5 Nh6 38. Rf4 e5 39. dxe5 Rxe5 40. Nf3 Re3 41. Nd4 Rf7 42. g5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. f3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f6 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. h3 Rc7 20. f4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Bf3 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 b6 24. Rcd1 Rcd7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rg1 Kf7 27. g5 Bd4 28. h4 Bxe3 29. Kxe3 Rd6 30. h5 Kf8 31. h6 Bf7 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 a5 34. Bf3 e6 35. Bb7 Ke7 36. Bc8 Kd6 37. Kd3 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 e5 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. d3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxg5 16. Nd5 Kh8 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rad1 g6 19. Ne3 Be7 20. Bd5 Qb6 21. Qb3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qa7 23. Qd3 Rfd8 24. h3 Bg5 25. Qg3 Bh6 26. Kh1 f5 27. f3 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rf8 29. Qh4 Qg7 30. Qg4 Rce8 31. b3 Rf7 32. Qh4 Rff8 33. Qg4 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Kg1 Bd2 37. Qe6 Be1 38. Nf6 Kg7 39. Ne8+ Kh6 40. Nxd6 Bg3 41. Nf5+ Kg5 42. Nxg3 Kf4 43. Qg4+ Ke3 44. Qe2+ Kd4 45. Qd2+ Kc5 46. Qd5+ Kb4 47. Qxe5 Ka3 48. Qd4 Kxa2 49. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Kxb3 51. e5 a5 52. e6 a4 53. e7 a3 54. e8Q 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 Bf5 4. e3 Nd7 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. Nge2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. c5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. b4 Bf6 15. a4 exd4 16. exd4 b6 17. b5 bxc5 18. bxc6 cxd4 19. Nxd5 Ne5 20. Qb5 d3 21. Nef4 Rc8 22. c7 Qd6 23. Rad1 a6 24. Qb3 Rxc7 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Nxd3 Ng4 27. Nf4 Qa7 28. Qf3 Ne5 29. Qe4 Re8 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. Kh1 Re6 32. Nf4 Re8 33. Nd3 f5 34. Qe2 Qf7 35. Nxe5 Qh5+ 36. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[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. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nh6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Qg3 Rac8 15. h3 Nf6 16. f5 Bc6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qh4 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Nd4 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Piwari, Dylan Tama"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 Ng4 8. Nd5 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Bxe7 c6 11. Bxd6 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Rxd5 Nc6 14. 0-0 0-0-0 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Bf4 Nf6 17. R5d3 Ne4 18. Ng5 Nc5 19. Rd6 Ne6 20. Nf7 Nxf4 21. Nxh8 Rxh8 22. Rxd7 a6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. g3 Nd5 25. Ra7 Kb8 26. Rxa6 Kb7 27. Ra3 Nb6 28. Rb3 Kc7 29. Rd4 Nd5 30. Ra4 Re8 31. Kf1 Nf6 32. f3 Nd5 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Ra7 h5 35. a4 f4 36. a5 fxg3+ 37. hxg3 h4 38. gxh4 Rh8 39. Kg3 Re8 40. a6 Re2 41. Rg7 Ne3 42. Rxg6+ Kc7 43. a7 Rg2+ 44. Kh3 Rxg6 45. a8Q Nf1 46. Rb7+ Kd6 47. Qf8+ Ke6 48. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Weng, Xintong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. Qxb7 0-0 11. Nf3 Qb8 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Be2 Rab8 14. Qxb6 Rxb6 15. 0-0 Rb2 16. Bd1 Ne4 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nc4 19. Rfd1 c6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ne5 Rxa2 22. Nxc6 Kh8 23. f3 Ng5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. e4 Bd7 26. Ne5 Ba4 27. Ra1 Bxd1 28. Rxa2 Bb3 29. Rxa7 Kg8 30. Rc7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Na3 0-0 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Nc4 Qb7 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Be3 f5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Nb6 exf4 19. Bd4 Ra7 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxa7 Qxa7 22. Rxa6 Qc5 23. Rc6 Rxc6 24. dxc6 Ne4 25. Qd3 Bh4+ 26. g3 fxg3 27. Qb3+ Kf8 28. hxg3 Bxg3+ 29. Kd1 Qxc6 30. Rxh7 d5 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Qb5 Qd6 33. Qe8+ Kf6 34. Qf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8+ Ke5 36. Rg8 g5 37. b4 Kd4 38. Bd3 Nc3+ 39. Kd2 Bd6 40. b5 Bb4 41. b6 Na4+ 42. Ke2 Nxb6 43. Rxg5 f4 44. Rf5 Bd6 45. Rf6 Ke5 46. Rg6 Na4 47. Kf3 Nc5 48. Rg5+ Kd4 49. Rg6 Bb8 50. Rg8 Be5 51. Bg6 Ne4 52. Rd8 Nd2+ 53. Ke2 Ne4 54. Bf7 Nc3+ 55. Kf3 Bc7 56. Rd7 Be5 57. Rd8 Bc7 58. Rd7 Be5 59. Rd8 Bc7 60. Rd7 Be5 61. Rd8 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. c4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nc3 a6 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. g3 f5 13. 0-0-0+ Kc7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rd2 Be7 16. Nxf5 Bf6 17. Nd4 b5 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Na5 20. Rc2 Kb6 21. b4 Nc6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nc5 Nxd4 24. Nxd7+ Rxd7 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. exd4 a5 27. bxa5+ Kxa5 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Rd3 b4 30. axb4+ Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. f3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rc6 16. Nc3 Rac8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1 20. Kxc1 Kf8 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Kc2 Ke8 23. b4 Kd8 24. g4 Kc7 25. h4 h6 26. f4 Nf6 27. Kd3 Nd7 28. Bd1 Bf6 29. Bf2 Bb2 30. Be3 Bf6 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Bb2 33. Bc2 Kd8 34. a4 Kc7 35. a5 Kd8 36. Ba4 Kc7 37. Bd2 Kd8 38. Kc2 Bd4 39. Kd3 Bb2 40. Be1 Bc1 41. Bg3 Bb2 42. Be1 Bc1 43. Bd2 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 c6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 g6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Ne2 0-0 8. 0-0 f5 9. c4 Nd7 10. Nbc3 Re8 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. b4 Qe7 13. b5 Bd7 14. a4 Rab8 15. a5 Rec8 16. Rab1 Be8 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. Rc2 Bf8 19. Ra2 a6 20. Nf4 Qc7 21. b6 Qe7 22. Re1 Bd7 23. f3 g5 24. Nh3 d5 25. c5 g4 26. Nf4 Bh6 27. Rae2 Re8 28. h3 gxf3 29. Bxf3 Ne4 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Rg2 Nxg3 32. Nce2 Ne4 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34. Qd1 Rg8 35. Reg1 Qh4 36. Qf1 Rbf8 37. Rg3 Rxg3 38. Rxg3 Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Qg1+ Kf8 41. Qg3 Bg5 42. Ng2 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Ke7 44. Nef4 Be8 45. Kg4 f6 46. Kg3 Bd7 47. Kh2 Be8 48. Kg3 Bd7 49. Kh2 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Na3 b6 12. Nc4 a5 13. Be2 0-0 14. 0-0 f5 15. f4 e4 16. Be3 Nd7 17. c3 Qc7 18. Na3 Bb7 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. Qb3 Ba6 21. Rfd1 Qd8 22. Qa2 Nf6 23. h3 Bxb5 24. axb5 Nd7 25. Kh2 Kh8 26. Qb1 Bf6 27. Ra4 g5 28. g3 gxf4 29. gxf4 Rg8 30. Rc4 Nc5 31. b4 axb4 32. cxb4 Nd7 33. Rc6 Ne5 34. Qc2 Ra3 35. Qd2 Nxc6 36. bxc6 Qe7 37. Rg1 Rxg1 38. Kxg1 Qg7+ 39. Kh2 Kg8 40. Bf1 Bd8 41. Qf2 Qa7 42. Qg1+ Kf8 43. h4 Qe7 44. Qf2 Qa7 45. Qg1 Ra2+ 46. Kh1 Qe7 47. Qg3 Qf7 48. Bd4 Rd2 49. Bc3 Rxd5 50. Bc4 Rd1+ 51. Kg2 Qg6 52. Be2 0-1

[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 "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Lee, Edward1111"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. g4 fxg4 3. h3 g3 4. fxg3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg2 e6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 c5 9. Bg5 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bxf6 Rg8 13. Ne2 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Nc6 15. g4 Bd7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 0-0-0 18. Kc1 h5 19. c3 Bd6 20. Bf3 Bf4+ 21. Kc2 e5 22. Bxa7 Ba4+ 23. b3 Rd2+ 24. Kb1 Bd7 25. a4 Rd3 26. Be4 Rxc3 27. Kb2 Rg3 28. Bf2 hxg4 29. Bxg3 Bxg3 30. hxg4 Rxg4 31. Rac1+ Kb8 32. Rh7 Rxe4 33. Rxd7 Rb4 34. Ka3 Rb6 35. Rd8+ Ka7 36. Rcc8 Re6 37. b4 e4 38. Re8 Rf6 39. Rxe4 Rf3+ 40. Ka2 Bd6 41. Rd8 Rd3 42. Rc8 Rh3 43. Kb2 Rf3 44. a5 Rf5 45. Ree8 Ka6 46. Re6 Rf6 47. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2 a5 15. 0-0 b4 16. f4 Bh6 17. Nce3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. Rb1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Rxb8 Qxb8 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Qa4 Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Rb8 25. Qc6 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27. Kg1 Kf8 28. Rd1 Bg4 29. Ra1 Rb2 30. a4 Be2 31. h4 Bd2 32. Bf1 Bf3 33. Bd3 Bh6 34. Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Bxb1 Bd1 36. Kf2 Bxa4 37. Nb6 Bb5 38. c4 Bc6 39. Ke2 Bc1 40. Bc2 h5 41. Kd3 Bb2 42. Na4 Bd4 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Kf1 Kd6 45. Ke2 f6 46. Kf1 g6 47. Ke2 f5 48. Kf3 fxe4+ 49. Ke2 Ke6 50. Kf1 Kf6 51. Ke2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nge2 a5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Bg3 Nf8 13. 0-0 Ne6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. Rae1 Nf8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ncxe4 Qxd4 19. Ng5 Rxe1 20. Bh7+ Nxh7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Rxe1+ Be6 24. Nf5+ Kd7 25. Nxd4 Rxh8 26. Ngxe6 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Rg8 28. Nc5+ Kc7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 b6 31. Re7+ Kd8 32. Rb7 Re8 33. Nd3 Re7 34. Rxb6 Rd7 35. Ne1 Kc7 36. Ra6 Rd1 37. Kf1 Kb7 38. b5 Ne5 39. Ke2 Rb1 40. f4 Rxb5 41. Ra2 Nd7 42. Nc2 Nf6 43. Nd4 Rb4 44. Kd3 Rb1 45. Rc2 Nd5 46. Nxc6 Nxf4+ 47. Ke4 Ne6 48. Kf5 Re1 49. Kg6 Rf1 50. Ne5 Rf6+ 51. Kh7 h5 52. Nd7 Rh6+ 53. Kg8 Nd4 54. Rc4 Rd6 55. Nc5+ Kb6 56. Ne4 Rd7 57. Kh7 Ne6 58. Rc2 Rd4 59. Ng3 h4 60. Nf5 Rd5 61. Ne7 Re5 62. Nc8+ Kb7 63. Nd6+ Kb8 64. Nf7 Rf5 65. Nd6 Rg5 66. Nf7 Rg4 67. Ne5 Rg5 68. Ng6 Rg4 69. Re2 Nd4 70. Rb2+ Kc7 71. Kxg7 Nf5+ 72. Kf6 Ne3 73. Nxh4 Rxh4 74. g3 Rxh2 75. Rxh2 Ng4+ 76. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McDonald, John A"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. 0-0 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Kh7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nf5 15. b5 Ncd4 16. Ne1 Ra7 17. e3 Ne6 18. b6 cxb6 19. Nd5 Bd7 20. Nxb6 Bc6 21. Qb3 Nd6 22. Bc3 Nb5 23. Nc4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Qc7 26. Qb3 Qc6+ 27. Kg1 Rd8 28. Nb2 Rd5 29. h4 Rb5 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. dxc4 Rb3 32. Ng2 e4 0-1

[Event "Asia Nations online Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Gameel, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Yemen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YEM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 a6 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bb3 b5 7. c3 Bb7 8. d3 Be7 9. a4 0-0 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Na3 Qb6 13. Bc2 Nbd7 14. h3 h6 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Qd2 Ra8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. d4 c4 19. Bb1 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Qc1 b4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Re3 c3 24. Nc2 Ba5 25. b4 Bxb4 26. Nxb4 Qxb4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rxc3 exf3 29. Rxc6 Qxd4 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. gxf3 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Qd7 Qg5+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg2 Qf5 37. Qb7 Kg6 38. Qb2 e5 39. Qb6+ Kh5 40. Qb4 Qg5+ 41. Kf1 Qf4 42. Qf8 Qxf3 43. Qxg7 Qxh3+ 44. Ke1 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qe4+ 46. Kf1 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Qf5 48. Qf8 e4 49. Qb8 Qf3+ 50. Ke1 Kg4 51. Qg8+ Kh3 52. Qc8+ f5 53. Qe6 h5 54. Qg6 Qg4 55. Qd6 Kg2 56. Qa3 Qf3 57. Qc5 h4 58. Qa7 Kg1 59. Qg7+ Qg2 60. Qd4 Qf1+ 61. Kd2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Asia Nations online Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Pema, Rinchen"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bhutan"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BTN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. b4 Rac8 15. c4 Nf6 16. Nh4 g6 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ndf3 Nf4 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rac1 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Kh1 Qg7 24. g3 Ne6 25. Kg1 e4 26. Nd2 Nd4 27. Qd1 Rce8 28. Nf1 f4 29. Rc3 Ne2+ 30. Qxe2 Qxc3 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. Qg4 Rg8 33. Qh3 e3 34. fxe3 fxe3 35. Re1 e2 36. a3 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Asia Nations online Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Kumar, Manoj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Fiji"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIJ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 Re8 14. g4 Nb6 15. d5 Bf8 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Rhe1 Na4 18. Nxa4 Qxa4 19. c4 a6 20. b3 Qd7 21. Bd4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Qd1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Bxe7 26. Kc2 Nd7 27. Kd3 Bf6 28. b4 Bxd4 29. Kxd4 Kf8 30. Nd2 Ke7 31. f4 Nf6 32. Nb3 Kd7 33. Na5 Kc8 34. c5 Ne8 35. Nc4 Kd7 36. a4 Nf6 37. Nd2 c6 38. dxc6+ Kxc6 39. cxd6 Kxd6 40. Nc4+ Kd7 41. Ne5+ Ke6 42. Nd3 Kd6 43. Nc5 Kc6 44. Nd3 Kd6 45. b5 Nd5 46. f5 gxf5 47. gxf5 axb5 48. axb5 b6 49. Ne5 Nc7 50. Nc4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Nations online Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lebanon"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LBN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. 0-0 Rd8 13. Qb3 Qc6 14. e4 Bc5 15. Rac1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Na4 Qxe4 18. Qb5+ Ke7 19. Qxc5+ Kf6 20. g3 Qxa4 21. Rc3 Qe4 22. Re3 Qd5 23. Qc2 Kg7 24. Qe2 f6 25. Re4 Kh8 26. Rh4 Qd2 27. Qh5 Rg7 28. Qf3 Qg5 29. Rb4 b6 30. Ra4 f5 31. Rd1 e4 32. Qe2 Rgd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc4 Qe7 35. Qc2 Qd6 36. Qc3+ e5 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Qc4 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qf3+ 40. Kh3 Rf7 41. Qe6 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 f4 43. Qe8 Qf3+ 44. Kh3 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Qf3+ 46. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Nations online Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Miswadah, Baha"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Palestine"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PLE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bd3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxd5 12. 0-0 Qe6 13. Nc4 0-0 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. f4 e4 16. Bc4 Qf5 17. Be3 Kh8 18. h3 Qg6 19. g4 f5 20. g5 Be6 21. Bd5 Qf7 22. h4 Bd8 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Nd5 Ne7 25. c4 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qd7 27. h5 b5 28. Kg2 Bb6 29. Bd4 Rfc8 30. h6 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Rc4 32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. hxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rac1 Rbc8 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Rf2 Kg6 37. Kg3 h6 38. gxh6 Kxh6 39. Rd2 Kg6 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Ke3 Rf1 42. Rf2 Rxf2 43. Kxf2 b4 44. b3 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kd4 Kd7 47. Kc4 a5 48. Kd4 Kc7 49. Ke3 Kb6 50. Kd4 Kb5 51. Ke3 Kc5 52. Kd2 Kxd5 53. Ke3 Kc5 54. Kd2 d5 55. Ke3 d4+ 56. Kd2 d3 57. Ke3 Kd5 58. Kd2 Kd4 59. Kc1 e3 60. Kb2 e2 61. a4 bxa3+ 62. Kxa3 e1Q 0-1

[Event "Asia Nations online Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd4 Qg5 14. h4 Qf6 15. Bb5 Re8 16. 0-0 Re4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3 Qg6 19. g3 Bd7 20. Qg2 Rb8 21. b4 Qf6 22. Rfc1 a6 23. Qf3 Qg6 24. Kh2 Qh6 25. Kg1 Qg6 26. Qg2 h6 27. f3 Re5 28. g4 Qf6 29. Qg3 Rbe8 30. Re1 R5e7 31. Kh2 h5 32. g5 Qxd4 33. exd4 Rxe1 34. Rc2 Bf5 35. Rd2 Ra1 36. Qd6 Ree1 37. Qxc6 g6 38. Qxd5 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rh3+ 40. Kf4 Rxh4+ 41. Ke5 Re1+ 42. Kd6 Re6+ 43. Kc7 Re7+ 44. Kb6 Re6+ 45. c6 Rh1 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. d5 1-0

[Event "Asia Nations online Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Kulpruethanon, Thanadon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Thailand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "THA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. c4 bxc3 7. Nxc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Rc1 Nf6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Rb1 a6 16. Nd6 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qe2 Bf6 20. Rec1 b5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bc4 Qd6 23. Rb6 Rdb8 24. Bb4 Nxd4 25. Rxd6 Nxe2+ 26. Bxe2 Rxb4 27. Rxd7 a3 28. Rd2 Bb2 29. Rxb2 axb2 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Bd3 Rc1+ 32. Ne1 a5 33. Kf1 a4 34. Ke2 a3 35. Kd2 a2 0-1

[Event "Asia Nations online Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Nezad, Husein Aziz"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Qatar"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "QAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 Nc6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 f5 9. Bd2 Bf6 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. b4 Ne7 13. b5 Be6 14. Bb4 Rf7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 d4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Bc3 Qh4 19. a4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Qxa4 21. Ra1 Qb3 22. Rfc1 Nd5 23. Bd2 Qb2 24. Bg5 Qxe2 25. Bxe2 Ra8 26. h4 h6 27. Bd2 Rd7 28. Bf3 a6 29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 bxa6 31. Rc6 Bg8 32. Rxa6 Re7 33. Ra5 c6 34. Rc5 Rxe5 35. Rxc6 Re8 36. Rd6 Re5 37. Rd8 Kh7 38. h5 Nf6 39. Bc3 Re6 40. Rf8 Re8 41. Rxe8 Nxe8 42. Bd1 Bf7 43. Kh2 g6 44. Bc2 Nd6 45. Be5 Ne4 46. f3 Nc5 47. Kg3 Ne6 48. Bb1 Kg8 49. Kf2 Kh7 50. Bc2 Nf8 51. Ke3 Nd7 52. Bd4 Be6 53. hxg6+ Kxg6 54. Kf4 h5 55. g4 hxg4 56. fxg4 Kf7 57. gxf5 Bd5 58. Kg5 Nf8 59. Kf4 Nd7 60. Bd1 Kf8 61. Kg5 Be4 62. f6 Nxf6 63. Kxf6 Ke8 64. Bg4 Kd8 65. Bb6+ Ke8 66. Be6 Bb1 67. Bc7 Bc2 68. Bd6 Bb1 69. Ke5 Bc2 70. Bd5 Kd7 71. Bc5 Bb1 72. Bf3 Bc2 73. Bd5 Bb1 74. Kd4 Bc2 75. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.25"]
[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. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nd2 d6 8. Ngf3 Nd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. h4 e5 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. 0-0-0 Nf8 13. Ne3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. h5 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 c6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. f4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. e5 Bg4 24. Bxg6+ Kf8 25. Qc4 d5 26. Qb4+ Kg8 27. Qxb7 Rf8 28. Qxc6 Bxd1 29. Qxd5+ Kg7 30. Qd7+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wastney, Scott C"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.01.25"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 Nxe4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qf6 16. Nf4 Be7 17. Bg2 0-0 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 g5 20. Nc3 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Kh8 22. Nd5 Qf7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qd4 Rac8 25. Rae1 Rc2 26. Bg3 Kg8 27. Qd5+ Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Nxf7 29. R4e2 Rfc8 30. f4 d5 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Bf2 Nd6 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Bd4 Ne4 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 Nd2 38. Kg2 Nb3+ 39. Bf2 Nc1 40. Kf3 Rxb2 41. g5 Rxa2 42. g6 Ra4 43. f5 Nd3 44. Bg3 Ra3 45. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.25"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. 0-0 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Re1 0-0 8. Bb3 b5 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. Ne2 a3 19. bxa3 Nxa3 20. Bd3 Nxd4 21. Nexd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qf6 24. Bd2 Ba6 25. Bxb4 Qb2 26. Bxa3 Qxa3 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. e5 Rfa8 29. exd6 Rxd6 30. Qc2 Rda6 31. Re3 Qa4 32. Qb2 e6 33. Rb3 Qf4 34. Rb4 Qd6 35. a4 h5 36. Rc1 e5 37. Qb3 R6a7 38. Rb6 Qe7 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40. Rgc6 Kg7 41. Qg3+ Kh7 42. Rc8 Rxc8 43. Rxc8 f6 44. Qg8+ Kh6 45. Qh8+ Kg5 46. Rg8+ Kf4 47. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Kh8 14. Nc2 Rad8 15. Ne3 Be6 16. b3 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc2 Nd4 20. Qb2 Rc8 21. Bd1 Qf6 22. Be3 Qg6 23. f3 Nc2 24. Qxe5 Rfe8 25. Qxd5 Nxe3 26. Qd2 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Rcd8 28. Qc3 Rd3 29. Qb2 Qh6 30. Bc2 Qd2 31. Rc1 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Be2 Nd7 7. e5 Nh6 8. Bf3 Rb8 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. 0-0 Qc8 14. a4 Qb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nc4 17. Na3 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rxb2 20. Rc3 c5 21. dxc5 dxe5 22. Nc4 exf4 23. Ra8+ Kd7 24. Rd3+ Kc6 25. Ra6+ Kb5 26. Nxb2 Kxa6 27. Ra3+ Kb5 28. Ne2 Bxb2 29. Rb3+ Kxc5 30. Rxb2 e5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Na3 d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. d3 0-0 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 Kh7 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Qe2 Nde5 16. Ne3 e6 17. Bg3 Na5 18. Ba2 Nec6 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Qd1 a6 21. f4 Ne7 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. e5 b5 25. Bh4 Nec6 26. Ng4 Qa7 27. Bf2 Rac8 28. Bb1 Nb4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. h4 Nc4 31. h5 Qe7 32. axb5 axb5 33. Qe2 Rc6 34. Nh2 Qe8 35. Nf3 Kg8 36. Rf1 gxh5 37. Be1 Na6 38. b3 Na3 39. Bd3 Nc7 40. f5 exf5 41. Nh4 f4 42. Qxh5 Nc2 43. Bf2 Ne3 44. Bxe3 fxe3 45. Qf5 e2 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Bxe2 Qd7 48. Bh5 Ne6 49. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 Ngf6 6. f4 e6 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 a5 10. a4 c6 11. Nd2 b5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nb6 14. Ra2 a4 15. Rfa1 axb3 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. Nxb3 Nb6 18. Ra6 Nbd7 19. Be5 Qc7 20. d4 Rb8 21. h3 Ne8 22. Bf3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 c5 24. f5 Nxe5 25. fxe6 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 fxe6 27. Rxe6 Nf6 28. Qf5 Rd8 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Ra8 31. f3 Ra4 32. g4 Rc4 33. g5 Nh5 34. Rxd5 Rxc2 35. Rxc5 Rb2 36. Nd4 Nf4 37. Rf5 Ne2+ 38. Nxe2 Rxe2 39. h4 Ra2 40. Re5 g6 41. Kf1 Rh2 42. Re4 Kf7 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. Be3 Qd8 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4 e5 9. Nb3 Bb4 10. Bc4 d6 11. 0-0 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c4 0-0 15. Bc1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d3 0-0 8. Be2 Be6 9. 0-0 f5 10. Bd2 a5 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Qd7 14. Qc2 Bf6 15. Rac1 Kh8 16. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g4 fxg4 3. h3 d5 4. hxg4 Bxg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 Qd6 7. Nh3 Qg3+ 8. Nf2 Nf6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 e5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. Nb5 0-0-0 14. Nxc7 Qd7 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bd6 18. 0-0-0 Qc7 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Bh3+ Nd7 21. Rxd3 Bxf4+ 22. e3 Be5 23. Qxd5 Rhe8 24. Qf7 Rf8 25. Rxd7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7+ Kb8 27. Rxc7 Kxc7 28. Bf5 Rf8 29. Be4 h6 30. c3 b6 31. Kd2 a5 32. Ke2 b5 33. f4 Bf6 34. Rh5 Kb6 35. Bd3 b4 36. cxb4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polishchuk, Kirill"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Rb1 0-0 8. Nge2 e5 9. 0-0 Nd4 10. d3 h6 11. f4 cxb4 12. Rxb4 Qc7 13. Rc4 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qa5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Bb4 Rfc8 20. Qf2 f5 21. d6 Rxc4 22. Bd5+ Kh7 23. Bxc4 Qc6 24. Qc5 Qxc5+ 25. Bxc5 b6 26. Bb4 Rc8 27. a4 a5 28. Bd2 Bf8 29. Be3 Bxd6 30. Bxb6 Bxa4 31. Ra1 Bxc2 32. Rxa5 h5 33. Rd5 Bb8 34. Rd7+ Kh6 35. h4 Ba4 36. Rf7 Be8 37. Re7 Bd6 38. Re6 Rc6 39. Be3+ f4 40. gxf4 exf4 41. Bxf4+ Bxf4 42. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Vickers, Josia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. h3 h6 11. Nc3 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. d5 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 a6 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Nf5 b5 20. Bd3 Bf8 21. Qf3 Nd7 22. Ne2 Kh7 23. Qg4 g6 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Nxh6 Bxh6 26. Qxd7 Qc7 27. Qg4 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Qa5 29. Qd7 Qb6 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Qf6 Rf8 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. Rc1 Bb7 35. Rc3 Rh8 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Qc7 9. h3 b5 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bh2 Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d4 Nd7 14. Nbd2 Bf6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Qe2 c4 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Ng4 Nc6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bg3 Ne6 23. Nh2 Ng7 24. Ng4 Re6 25. Bh4 Ne8 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Nf5 Ng7 28. Qe3 Nxf5 29. exf5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. fxe6 Qc6 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kf7 37. Qg6+ 1-0

