[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. 0-0 c4+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nd6 Rf8 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. d6 Qb8 21. Be7 b5 22. Bxf8 bxc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4 Qb6 25. Qc3 Kg8 26. Bxc4 Nf8 27. Ng5 Ne6 28. Qf3 Qb7 29. Qxb7 Bxb7 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. d7 Rd8 33. Rc8 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. e4 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Nd5 9. g3 Bb7 10. c3 e6 11. h4 Nf6 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. h5 e5 15. d5 exf4 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. 0-0 Rae8 18. Qg2 Qc5+ 19. Kh2 Qxh5+ 20. Qh3 fxg3+ 21. Kxg3 Qxh3+ 22. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Bxf3 24. Bf4 d6 25. Kg3 Bb7 26. Bc4+ d5 27. Bb5 c6 28. Bd3 Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Kf2 Bc8 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Lim, Benjamin U"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. d4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. a3 e5 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qb3 a5 17. Nc3 Rac8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 axb4 20. axb4 Bg6 21. Rfc1 Bc2 22. Qa2 Qb6 23. Kf2 Qxb4 24. Bxe5 Qd2+ 25. Kg3 Qxe3 26. Bf4 Bh4+ 27. Kxh4 Qxf4+ 28. Kh3 Bf5+ 29. g4 Bxg4+ 30. fxg4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1 32. Bxb7 Qe3+ 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Bd5 Qf4 35. h3 h6 36. Qa5 Qd6 37. Be4 Qd2+ 38. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 39. Kg3 g5 40. h4 Kg7 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Ke3 Rd6 44. Bf5 Ke5 45. Bc8 Rc6 46. Bd7 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 Kf4 48. Bf5 Rf3+ 49. Ke2 Rg3 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gibbons, Robert"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. c4 e6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. a3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. d4 Re8 14. Nd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. Ne5 Ba6 18. Qf3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Ne4 20. Ne3 Re7 21. Rac1 Rec7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qc8 25. Bb2 Nf6 26. g3 a6 27. Kf1 Qb7 28. Qc2 Nbd7 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Nxc6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e4 Nxe4 7. Qf3 Nc5 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Be3 g6 10. Ndb5 d6 11. Nd5 Ne6 12. f4 f5 13. h4 Bg7 14. 0-0-0 0-0 15. h5 Qe8 16. hxg6 Qxg6 17. Qf3 Rab8 18. Nxa7 Bxb2+ 19. Kb1 Nxa7 20. Nxe7+ Kf7 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. Nxg6 Kxg6 23. Rxd6 Bf6 24. Rxe6 Rd8 25. Be2 Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Bc5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Bf3 Kf6 31. Kb2 Ke7 32. Kc3 Kd6 33. Kd3 Kc7 34. Bd5 Nc8 35. Be6 Nd6 36. g4 fxg4 37. Bxg4 Kb6 38. Be6 Ka5 39. f5 Ne8 40. Ke4 Nf6+ 41. Ke5 Ng4+ 42. Kf4 Nf6 43. Kg5 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Ha, Huy Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. c3 Bh3 8. b4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 e4 10. Ne1 Be7 11. Qc2 Qf5 12. f3 exd3 13. Nxd3 0-0 14. Nb3 Rfe8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 c6 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. e3 Qg6 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. a4 Nb6 21. Nb2 a5 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. bxa5 Nd7 24. Nd3 Bc7 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Bd6 27. Rc2 Bc7 28. Rb1 Bxa5 29. Bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxb7 Rxa4 31. Rb3 Ra6 32. Rbc3 Re6 33. Kf2 f5 34. h4 Kf7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd3 Rb6 37. Ra2 Re7 38. Rac2 Re6 39. Ra2 Re7 40. Ra8 Re6 41. Rc8 Ra6 42. Rb3 Re7 43. Rc3 Re6 44. Rc7 Rb6 45. Ra3 Re7 46. Rxe7 Kxe7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Kc2 Ke6 49. Rxg7 Kf6 50. Rc7 Ke6 51. g4 fxg4 52. fxg4 Kf6 53. Kc3 Ke6 54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Kd6 56. Rg7 Rb8 57. Rg6+ Kd7 58. h6 Rh8 59. Kd3 Ra8 60. Ke2 Ra2+ 61. Kf3 Rh2 62. Kg4 Rh1 63. Kg5 Rh3 64. Rg7+ Ke6 65. Rg6+ Kf7 66. Rxc6 Rxe3 67. Rd6 Re1 68. Rxd5 Rg1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Ke5 Re1+ 71. Kf5 Rf1+ 72. Ke4 Rh1 73. Rd6 Ke7 74. Ra6 Rh4+ 75. Kd5 Rh5+ 76. Kc4 Kd8 77. h7 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Rb1 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. e4 Ne8 14. Qe2 Nd6 15. a3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 a6 18. Qe2 b5 19. c4 Rfb8 20. Rfc1 Bh6 21. Rc2 b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. b3 Rab8 24. Ra2 R8b6 25. Ra3 e6 26. Qa2 exd5 27. exd5 Qb7 28. Be2 e4 29. Qc2 f5 30. g4 Bg7 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Kh1 Rh6 33. Bf1 Qb8 34. Qd2 f4 35. Rd1 Bd4 36. Qc2 Qe5 37. Re1 e3 38. fxe3 f3 39. Qf2 Bc3 40. Rd1 Rbb6 41. Qxf3 Rbf6 42. Qg4+ Rhg6 43. Qe2 Qg3 44. Qg2 Qxe3 45. Rd3 Qe1 46. Rf3 Rxg2 47. Rxf6 Rf2 48. Rxf2 Qxf2 49. Bg2 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 f6 4. d4 Nh6 5. e3 Nf7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd3 Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 g5 11. 0-0-0 Bd6 12. e4 Bf4+ 13. Kb1 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Qe7 15. g3 Bc7 16. Rhe1 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd4 Nd6 19. Qg4 Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Nf5 Kc7 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Nxd6 Nd7 24. Nce4 g4 25. Ba3 Raf8 26. Nxb7 Rf3 27. Nbc5 Nf6 28. Ne6+ Kb6 29. Bc5+ Ka6 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Rd7 Ra8 32. Nc7+ Kb7 33. Nxa8+ Kxa8 34. Rxa7+ Kb8 35. Re7 Rf5 36. Rg7 e4 37. Be3 Ra5 38. Rxg4 f5 39. Rg5 Kb7 40. g4 Re5 41. Rxf5 Re7 42. h4 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meng, Richard"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Na4 Ne6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Ned4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Ne4 Ba3 16. Rc2 b6 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Qd5 20. Rxf6 b5 21. e4 Qd8 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qf5 Be7 24. Rh6 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chibnall, Alana"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 0-0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Qe4 9. 0-0 Bxd2 10. Nxd2 Bxe2 11. Nxe4 Bxd1 12. d5 Bc2 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Nxf7 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Rhe8 16. Nxd8 Kxd8 17. f4 Nf5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Bg5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nd4 21. Kf2 Kd7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ke3 c5 24. Rf1 f5 25. Rf4 Kd6 26. b4 b6 27. bxc5+ bxc5 28. Rh4 Ke5 29. Kd2 f4 30. Rh5+ Kf6 31. Rh3 Be4 32. Ra3 Bxg2 33. Rxa7 Be4 34. Rc7 Nf3+ 35. Ke2 Nxh2 36. Rc6+ Ke7 37. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gold, Hamish R"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nf3 Qxb2 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bd3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nc4 b5 13. Rxb5 Ba6 14. Rb1 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 cxd4 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. cxd4 Nh5 18. Be3 h6 19. Nh4 Nf8 20. Nxg6 Nf6 21. Nh4 e6 22. Qf3 Nd5 23. Qg4 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Qc2 25. Rf1 Rxf2 26. Rf3 Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qc7 29. e5 Qc4 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Aman, Chahal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 f5 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Re1 0-0 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. g3 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Rxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd2 a5 19. Kg2 a4 20. Re1 axb3 21. axb3 Re8 22. Qc4+ Kf8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nf3 h6 25. Nd4 Qe4+ 26. f3 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. c4 Nb4 29. Ne6+ Kf7 30. Nxc7 Ke7 31. Kf2 Kd7 32. Na8 c5 33. Nb6+ Kc6 34. Nc8 Kd7 35. Na7 Nc2 36. Nb5 Na1 37. Ke3 Nxb3 38. f4 Kc6 39. Nc3 g6 40. g4 Na5 41. Kd3 Kd7 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 Ke7 44. Nd5+ Kf7 45. Ne3 Kf6 46. Ke4 Nxc4 47. Nxc4 d5+ 48. Kxd5 Kxf5 49. Ne5 Kf4 50. Nd3+ Kg4 51. Nf2+ Kf3 52. Ne4 Kg2 53. h4 Kh3 54. h5 Kh4 55. Nxc5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Seabrook, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nb5 dxe5 12. Nd6 Rf8 13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. 0-0 Nbd7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. a4 a6 20. Ra3 Ng4 21. Kh1 Bd4 22. Raf3 f6 23. Bf4 Qxa4 24. h3 Ne5 25. Rg3 Qd7 26. h4 Qxd5 27. h5 Nc4 28. Qc2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 g5 30. h6 Be5 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Rxf6 Ng6 33. Rd3 Qa2 34. Qe4 Qxb2 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qf7 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Rf1 Qe5 40. Rd7 Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akshay, Sharma"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1489"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nge2 c6 7. d4 e4 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Ng3 d5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Nh5 Nbd7 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. h4 Re8 14. 0-0-0 Bd6 15. g3 Qe7 16. Kb1 Ba3 17. Rdg1 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Qf7 21. Qb3 Ng4 22. Rf1 Red8 23. c5 Ndf6 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Kc2 b6 26. Na4 Nd7 27. Nh3 bxc5 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. dxc5 Rd5 30. Kc3 Rxc5+ 31. Kd4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 d5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qc7 12. Qb3 e5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Rfd8 16. Nc3 a6 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Kg2 b5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. e4 Rc4 21. f3 Rdc8 22. Ne2 Ne8 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Rc1 Nd6 25. Ba3 Rxc1 26. Nxc1 Nc4 27. Bc5 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qb4+ Qd6 30. Qxd6+ Nxd6 31. Nd3 f6 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke2 Nc4 34. Nc5 a5 35. h4 Kd6 36. Ne6 Ke7 37. Kd3 Nd6 38. g4 h6 39. h5 g5 40. Ng7 Kf7 41. Ne6 Ke7 42. Kc3 Kd7 43. Kb3 Kc8 44. Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Re1 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bh4 0-0 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Nxd3 17. Nxd3 Qc6 18. f3 Qc4 19. Nd1 Nd5 20. N1f2 Rc8 21. c3 Rfd8 22. Ne5 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 f6 24. Ned3 Kf7 25. Rae1 e5 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Re8 28. Bg3 Bf8 29. Ne4 Red8 30. Nef2 Nb6 31. Nf4 Re8 32. Ne6 Bd5 33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Nd3 Na4 37. Nb4 Bb7 38. Nd3 Be4 39. b3 Nxc3 40. Nc5 a5 41. Be1 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Nxe4 Nxe4 44. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Reserves"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. a4 e6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Na3 0-0 10. Bf1 a6 11. h3 Rfe8 12. d3 e5 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. g3 Bf8 18. Bg2 Nd4 19. Kh2 g6 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Nh5 22. Nd5 Rac8 23. Qg4 f5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Be4 Qf7 26. f5 Bg7 27. fxg6 Qf2+ 28. Qg2 Be5+ 29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Nxe4+ 31. Kh1 Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Nf3# 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 0-0 9. 0-0 Na6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nc7 12. Qb3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Ne6 14. e3 Qc7 15. Nh4 Ng4 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Ba3 Kh8 18. b5 Be7 19. h3 Nh6 20. Nxe5 Be8 21. Nf3 g5 22. Bb2 Kg8 23. Qd1 Bh5 24. Qd2 g4 25. Nh2 Ng5 26. h4 Nf3+ 27. Nxf3 gxf3 28. Bh1 Bxh4 29. Qe1 Bf6 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Qd1 Qg7 32. Qd2 Rab8 33. Ba1 Ra8 34. Rfc1 f4 35. exf4 Nf5 36. Kf1 Rfe8 37. Bb2 Reb8 38. Nd1 Bxb2 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. Qxb2 Qxb2 41. Nxb2 Ra2 42. Rb1 Nd4 43. Nd1 Bg6 44. Kg1 Bxd3 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Ne3 Ra4 47. Kh2 Bxc4 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. g4 Be2 50. Kg3 h6 51. f5+ Kf6 52. Rh7 Ra5 53. Rxh6+ Ke7 54. Kf4 Ra8 55. g5 Ra4 56. Kg3 Ra5 57. Rh7+ Kf8 58. Kg4 Re5 59. Rd7 Rxe3 60. fxe3 f2+ 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. a4 Be6 12. Ba3 Qd7 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. 0-0 Bf8 15. Nd5 0-0-0 16. Bxf8 Rhxf8 17. c4 Nxe4 18. Qe2 f5 19. Qe3 c6 20. Qxa7 cxd5 21. cxd5 Qa6 22. Rac1+ Kd7 23. Qe3 Rc8 24. f3 Nf6 25. Qxe5 Rfe8 26. Qd4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Re7 28. Qc5 Ke8 29. d6 Rd7 30. Qe5+ Kf7 31. Rc7 Qb6+ 32. Kf1 Rxc7 33. dxc7 Qc6 34. b4 Ne8 35. b5 Qxc7 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. Qd4 Qg7 38. Qb4+ Qe7 39. Qd4 Nf6 40. a5 Kf7 41. a6 bxa6 42. bxa6 Qd7 43. Qc4+ Ke7 44. Qc5+ Kd8 45. Qb6+ Ke7 46. Qc5+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. d3 Qc7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qd3 Qf4 15. Bf3 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Qxd7 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Rad1 h6 20. Rfe1 Qh4 21. g3 Bxf2+ 22. Kg2 Qh5 23. Re5 Qg6 24. b4 Rad8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Re2 Be3 28. Rxe3 Qc2+ 29. Kh3 Qxb2 30. a3 Qf2 31. Rdd3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 0-0 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nf3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. a4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qb8 13. Rc1 Nbc8 14. Bb5 c6 15. dxc6 Be6 16. Qa3 Nxc6 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qa2 Kh8 20. Bc4 Qd6 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. axb5 Nb6 23. 0-0 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Rfd8 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. Qb3 Qb6 27. Be3 Qd6 28. Rfd1 Qe7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Qa3 Qf7 32. Qd6 a6 33. b6 Re8 34. Qc7 Kg8 35. Rd7 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. 0-0 b5 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. Nd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qb6 14. Bb2 0-0 15. Nd2 Qb7+ 16. f3 Nb6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. e4 e5 20. Qe3 exd4 21. Bxd4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Rc3 h6 24. Rfc1 Qc6 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qd3 Rc6 29. Ba5 Rec8 30. e5 Nh7 31. f4 Bf8 32. a4 Rc4 33. Qd7 Rc2+ 34. Kh3 R8c4 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qxa6 Nf6 38. b5 h5 39. Kh4 Rxh2+ 40. Kg5 Kh7 41. b6 Rc5+ 42. f5 Bd6 43. Qd3 Rxa5 44. b7 Rxa4 45. Qf3 Ne4+ 46. Qxe4 Rxe4 47. f6 g6 48. f7 Be7# 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qf3 Qxe5+ 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. h5 Nd7 15. Kf1 Qd5 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Qg3 0-0-0 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Qf3 Qxa2 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Rh4 f5 24. Bg5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Kg1 Qxc2 29. Qe3 Qe4 30. Qxa7 Qh4 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. Qa5+ Kc8 33. Qa8+ Kc7 34. Qa5+ Kd6 35. Ng3 Ne4 36. Rd1+ Ke6 37. Qa2+ Ke7 38. Qb1 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Nxg3+ 40. fxg3 Qxg3 41. Qxb7+ Kf6 42. Rd6+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ Kf4 44. Qa7 Rh1+ 45. Ke2 Qe1+ 46. Kd3 Qe4+ 47. Kd2 Qxg2+ 48. Kd3 Qe4+ 49. Kd2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. c4 Be7 5. h3 Bg5 6. Nd2 Ne7 7. Ngf3 Bh6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nf1 Bxc1 10. Qxc1 h6 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. g3 Nf6 13. Ne3 Nh7 14. h4 h5 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. 0-0-0 Nf6 19. f3 Bd7 20. Rdg1 0-0-0 21. Nf1 Rdg8 22. Ne3 g5 23. hxg5 Rxg5 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1 Ng4 27. Nxg4 hxg4 28. Qf2 Rh3 29. Bc2 Rf3 30. Qd2 Qh4 31. Bd1 Rf2 32. Qe3 Qh2 33. Rg3 Rxb2 34. Bb3 Rf2 35. e5 Rf1+ 36. Bd1 Qxa2 37. Qc3 Qe2 38. Rd3 Ba4 39. exd6 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 41. Kb2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 0-0 8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nd6 cxd4 12. Nxd4 f6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc8 Rfxc8 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Rb1 Ne4 18. Qe3 Rcb8 19. 0-0 Rxb2 20. Bd3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qc3 22. Re1 Rb8 23. Bxe4 Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Rb2 26. Rc4 Rxa2 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Rxc6 Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kd6 30. Rxg7 Rxc2+ 31. Ke3 Rc7 32. Rg5 Rc5 33. Rg8 a5 34. g4 Kd5 35. Rd8+ Kc4 36. Rd6 a4 37. Kd2 Rd5+ 38. Rxd5 Kxd5 39. f5 0-1

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Rahulan, Thivyaa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1839"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 f5 2. e4 d6 3. exf5 Bxf5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Qd7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0-0 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6 Qxc6 10. c4 h6 11. d5 Qd7 12. Nd4 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Re1 Qf7 16. Nc3 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qg4+ Kb8 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Red1 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sheppard, Derek Alan"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bc4 Qc6 13. Rfe1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf1 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Ne4 17. Red1 Rad8 18. Nd2 d5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc4 Rd3 21. Bxd3 exd3 22. f3 c4 23. Qb4 Rd8 24. Rd2 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kilshaw, Joe"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. h4 h6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Qd2 d5 8. f3 c5 9. 0-0-0 Qa5 10. Kb1 Nc6 11. g4 e6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. g5 Bg7 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. h5 Ne7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bd3 Kf7 18. Qg2 Rh8 19. Nh3 Bd7 20. Ng5+ Kg7 21. Rdg1 c4 22. Bxg6 Nxg6 23. Nh7 Be8 24. Nxf6 Bf7 25. Qg5 Qd8 26. Rxh8 Qxh8 27. Ne2 Qh6 28. Qe5 Kf8 29. Qd6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 Qh3 31. Ne5 Re8 32. Nxg6 Bxg6 33. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Towers, Brian"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Qe3 0-0 8. 0-0-0 b5 9. e5 Nh5 10. Bh6 Nd7 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Qf4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. exd6 exd6 15. Ne4 d5 16. Ng3 Ne6 17. h4 Qf4+ 18. Qxf4 Nxf4 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. g3 Nf6 21. f3 Nh5 22. a3 Rae8 23. c3 f5 24. Kd2 Neg7 25. Rg1 Re7 26. Nc1 f4 27. g4 Ng3 28. Nd3 Ne8 29. Ne5 Nxf1+ 30. Rgxf1 c5 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. dxc5 Rf6 33. b4 Ra6 34. Ra1 Re6 35. Rfe1 Rce7 36. Nd3 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Rxe1 38. Kxe1 Nc7 39. Nxf4 Kf7 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Nd3+ Ke6 43. Kd4 Kd7 44. Nf4 Kc6 45. g5 a6 46. Ke5 a5 47. Ne6 Na6 48. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Doncaster 4NCL op-A 18th"]
[Site "Doncaster"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Brown, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Na6 14. Be2 b6 15. 0-0 Nb4 16. a3 Na2 17. Rc2 Nc3 18. Bd3 Ba6 19. Rfc1 exd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Be4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rab8 23. Bd5 Bb7 24. e4 Bxd5 25. exd5 Re8 26. Nf3 Re3 27. Rd1 Rxa3 28. Re2 Bf6 29. d6 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Nf6 6. Nh3 Be7 7. Bg5 c6 8. e3 0-0 9. Nf4 Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. h4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. cxb5+ d5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Qc2 Ba3 18. b3 Qd7 19. Ka1 Rfc8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. g4 Nb5 22. Nb1 Bb4 23. gxf5 Kh8 24. Ne6 Na3 25. Qb2 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Nc5 Qa5 29. Na4 Qxa4 30. bxa4 Ba3 31. Qb3 Rxb3 32. axb3 Rc3 33. Ka2 Bb4 34. Rbc1 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 a5 36. Rg1 Bc3 37. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Chen, Wei Kai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. 0-0-0 Nd7 15. h4 Bf6 16. g5 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 e5 18. h5 Qd6 19. Qg4 f5 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21. Rdg1 Kf7 22. hxg6+ Ke7 23. Qh4 Rg8 24. f4 Kf8 25. f5 Qb8 26. e4 Qb4 27. c3 Qb5 28. Rg3 a5 29. Rgh3 Ke7 30. Re1 a4 31. exd5 cxd5 32. d4 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Rxf5 34. c4 Qc5 35. Qh4+ Nf6 36. cxd5 a3+ 37. Kb1 Rc8 38. Nc4 Qxd5 39. Rhe3 Qg2 40. R3e2 Qxg6 41. Ka1 Rc5 42. Nxe5 Qh5 43. Qxh5 Rxh5 44. Nd3+ Kf7 45. Nxc5 Rxc5 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Ra7 g5 48. Rf1 Kg8 49. Rxa3 Ne4 50. Kb2 Kg7 51. b4 Rb5 52. Rb3 Nd2 53. Rg1 Nxb3 54. Kxb3 Kf6 55. a4 Rb8 56. a5 Rg8 57. a6 Ke6 58. Ka4 Kd6 59. Kb5 g4 60. a7 Kc7 61. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 0-0 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 Nfd7 11. e6 Nf8 12. 0-0 fxe6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. dxe6 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 d5 16. f5 gxf5 17. e7 Rxe7 18. Bg5 Nc6 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Nxf5 Re6 21. Nxg7 Qxg7 22. Qxd5 Qe5 23. Rad1 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Re5 25. Nc7 Rc8 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. Nd5 Nc6 28. Bh6 Ne6 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Nxh7+ Kg6 31. Rf6+ Kxh7 32. Rxe6 Nd4 33. Rf6 Re8 34. Bd2 b5 35. a3 Nb3 36. Bc3 a5 37. Rc6 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Bf6 Re2 40. h4 Kg6 41. Kh2 Kf5 42. Kh3 Nd4 43. Bxd4 cxd4 44. Rc4 Ke5 45. Rxb4 d3 46. Rb8 d2 47. Rd8 Ke4 48. h5 Re3+ 49. Kg4 Rd3 50. Re8+ Kd4 51. Rd8+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Bb4 6. a3 Ne4 7. Qe3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. g3 d6 10. Bg2 Nc5 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qd4 Bd7 16. e4 Bc6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Re1 Nh5 19. Kh2 Rfe8 20. Bb2 Nf6 21. e5 Nfd7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. a4 dxe5 24. fxe5 Ne6 25. Qe3 Qg5 26. Nf3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Ndc5 28. Nd4 Rab8 29. Re2 Nb3 30. Nxc6 Rb6 31. Ra3 Rxc6 32. Rxb3 Rxc4 33. Rb4 Rc5 34. Kg2 a5 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. axb5 Rd8 37. c4 Rd3 38. Kf2 Rb3 39. Ba1 a4 40. Re3 Rb1 41. Ra3 Rb4 42. Rc3 Rb1 43. Ra3 Rb4 44. Rc3 Kf8 45. Rc2 Rb3 46. Rb2 Nc5 47. Rxb3 axb3 48. Ke3 Na4 49. c5 Ke8 50. b6 cxb6 51. cxb6 Kd7 52. e6+ fxe6 53. Bxg7 b2 54. Bxb2 Nxb2 55. Kd4 Nd1 56. b7 Kc7 57. Ke5 Kxb7 58. Kxe6 Nf2 59. Kf7 Nxh3 60. Kg7 Ng5 61. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Rossiter, Philip E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 f6 4. e4 d4 5. e5 fxe5 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf3 0-0 11. Bxe6+ Bxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. Na3 Re8 14. Qh3 a6 15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Ng5 Kg8 17. Rae1 b5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Re6 Rxe6 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Nxe6 Nd7 22. c3 d3 23. Ba3 c4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rb1 Re8 26. Nc5 Nf6 27. f3 Re2 28. Rd1 Nd5 29. Ne4 Ne5 30. Bd6 Nd7 31. Ng3 Re6 32. Ba3 N7b6 33. Kf2 Nf4 34. Ne4 Nbd5 35. g3 Ne2 36. Rb1 Nf6 37. Rb8+ Ne8 38. Nd6 Nxc3 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Nxe8 Nd5 41. Ke1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wevers, Alexis"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 c5 8. 0-0 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Re1 d5 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfd8 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qb3 e6 21. Rac1 Nf6 22. Bb5 Bd5 23. Qa4 Qe7 24. Bc6 Rd6 25. Bxd5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxd5 27. Nc6 Qd7 28. Qc4 Qb7 29. b4 b5 30. Qc5 Rd7 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Nc6 Nxb4 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qf6 Rxc6 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Rxc6 Nxc6 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "James, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. c4 0-0 11. d3 h6 12. Nd2 g5 13. a3 f5 14. b4 b6 15. Bc3 g4 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1 Qe8 18. Nb3 h5 19. Na5 f4 20. f3 Nf5 21. Qd2 Qg6 22. Kh1 Bh6 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Qe1 Ne3 25. Rg1 g3 26. h3 Bf5 27. Rb7 Bg5 28. Qd2 Bh4 29. Bf1 Kh8 30. Qe2 Rg8 31. Bxe5+ dxe5 32. Nxe5 Qf6 33. Nf7+ Kg7 34. Ng5+ Kh6 35. Ne4 Qd4 36. Rc7 Rgc8 37. Rf7 Rf8 38. Rc7 Rab8 39. Nd6 Bg6 40. Nb5 Qa1 41. Rxa7 Nd1 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. 0-0 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Ba3 13. Bc1 a5 14. Nb1 Bd6 15. a4 Ne4 16. Ba3 f5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nbd2 g5 19. Nf1 g4 20. N3d2 e5 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Ne3 exd4 24. Nxd5 Qf5 25. Nc7 Rad8 26. cxd4 Nxd4 27. Rac1 Kh8 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. axb5 Rd3 30. Re3 h5 31. Rxd3 exd3 32. Qe3 Kh7 33. Rd1 Rf7 34. Qxd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Kg6 36. Rd5 Rc7 37. g3 Rc3 38. Rd6+ Kf5 39. Rb6 Rxb3 40. Rxb7 a4 41. b6 a3 42. Ra7 Rxb6 43. Rxa3 Rb2 44. Ra4 Kg5 45. Kg2 Rc2 46. Ra5+ Kg6 47. Ra6+ Kg5 48. Ra8 Rb2 49. Rg8+ Kf5 50. h3 Ra2 51. h4 Ra4 52. Rg5+ Kf6 53. Rxh5 Kg6 54. Rg5+ Kf6 55. Rb5 Kg6 56. Rb6+ Kh5 57. Rf6 Ra2 58. Rf5+ Kh6 59. Rb5 Rc2 60. Rb4 Kh5 61. Kf1 Ra2 62. Rf4 Rb2 63. Rf5+ Kh6 64. f3 gxf3 65. Rxf3 Kh5 66. Rf2 Rb4 67. Ra2 Kg4 68. Kg2 Rc4 69. h5 Kxh5 70. Kh3 Rc5 71. Ra8 Rb5 72. g4+ Kg6 73. Kh4 Rb6 74. Rg8+ Kh7 75. Rg5 Rh6+ 76. Kg3 Ra6 77. Rb5 Kg6 78. Kh4 Rc6 79. Ra5 Rb6 80. Ra8 Rc6 81. Rg8+ Kh7 82. Rg5 Rh6+ 83. Rh5 Kg6 84. Rxh6+ Kxh6 85. g5+ Kg6 86. Kg4 Kg7 87. Kf5 Kf7 88. g6+ Kg7 89. Kg5 Kg8 90. Kf6 Kf8 91. g7+ Kg8 92. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Nbd2 Nh6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc4 Qa6 9. Ne3 e6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qd3 Qxd3 12. exd3 Nc6 13. Nc2 Nf5 14. Ne3 Rd8 15. Rd1 e5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Be3 b6 18. Ng5 Rac8 19. Ne4 h6 20. h3 Be6 21. Bf1 f5 22. Nd2 Rd7 23. Re1 g5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Nf3 gxf4 26. gxf4 e4 27. dxe4 fxe4 28. Nd2 Rg7+ 29. Kh1 Bf5 30. Re2 Kf8 31. Rg2 Re7 32. Rg1 Nd8 33. Nc4 Nf7 34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Bg2 b5 36. Nd2 b4 37. cxb4 cxb4 38. Nb3 Rec7 39. Nd4 Bxd4 40. Rxd4 Rc4 41. Rgd1 Rc2 42. R1d2 a5 43. Rd5 Rxd2 44. Rxd2 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Re1 46. Bf2 Ra1 47. b3 Ke7 48. Bb6 e3 49. Re2 Kd6 50. Bd4 Rd1 51. Bxe3 Kc7 52. Bg1 Bb1 53. Re7+ Rd7 54. Bb6+ Kd6 55. Rxd7+ Kxd7 56. Bxa5 Bxa2 57. Bd5 Nd8 58. Bxb4 Nc6 59. Bf8 h5 60. Bf3 Bxb3 61. Bxh5 Ke6 62. Bg4+ Kf7 63. Bc5 Nd8 64. Bb4 Ne6 65. Kg3 Nd4 66. Bc3 Ne6 67. h4 Bd5 68. h5 Nc5 69. Ba1 Ne4+ 70. Kh4 Nf2 71. Bf5 Ne4 72. Bg6+ Kg8 73. h6 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. Qe2 Bd6 7. Qxe4 0-0 8. Nc3 Re8 9. 0-0-0 c6 10. g3 Bc7 11. Qg2 d5 12. d4 Nd7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Rde1 Nb6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. h4 Bd6 17. h5 a5 18. Qf3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf8 20. h6 g6 21. Qf6 Re8 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Bc1 Be7 24. Qf4 Bd7 25. Qc7 Qd8 26. Bf4 g5 27. Bd6 Nc8 28. Qxd8+ Bxd8 29. Be5 f6 30. Bb8 Ne7 31. f3 Bf5 32. g4 Bxd3 33. cxd3 Kf7 34. f4 Ng8 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Nd1 Nxh6 37. Ne3 Kg6 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Bb6 40. Be5 Nf7 41. Nf5 Nxe5 42. dxe5 h5 43. Ne7+ Kf7 44. Nf5 h4 45. d4 h3 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 a5 8. a3 c6 9. Rb1 Na6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nc7 12. Qb3 Ne6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Ra1 Bd7 15. b5 Nc5 16. Qb2 e4 17. b6 Qc8 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Ra1 Qc8 20. Ne1 exd3 21. exd3 Be6 22. Be3 Ng4 23. d4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxc4 27. Qc2 d5 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Ng2 c5 30. Nf4 Rxf4 31. exf4 Ba6 32. Re1 Bf8 33. Bf5 Qd8 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. d3 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. e3 h6 9. Qe2 Bh7 10. e4 Bb4 11. 0-0 dxe4 12. dxe4 c6 13. a3 Bc5 14. e5 Nd5 15. c4 Ne7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Ng6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. h4 Rfd8 20. h5 Ngf8 21. b4 Bb6 22. Qe2 a5 23. c5 Bc7 24. Nd2 axb4 25. axb4 f6 26. f4 Ra2 27. Nc4 fxe5 28. Nd6 b6 29. fxe5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rf7 Bxd6 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Bxc6 Na4 35. Bxa4 Rxa4 36. Qd1 Bb6+ 37. Kg2 Ra7 38. Qd6 Bc7 39. Qb4 Ra2 40. Qb3 Rxb2+ 41. Qxb2 Bd8 42. Qb7 Bg5 43. Kf3 Bd8 44. Qc8 Be7 45. Qe8 Bg5 46. Ke4 Bd2 47. Kd3 Be1 48. g4 Bh4 49. Kc4 Bg5 50. Kc5 Bh4 51. Kd6 Bg5 52. Qb8 Bh4 53. Qb6 Bg5 54. Qf2 Bd8 55. Kc6 Bg5 56. Kc7 Be7 57. Qf3 Bg5 58. Kd6 Bd8 59. Qc6 Bg5 60. Qc7 Bh4 61. Kc5 Bg5 62. Kd4 Bh4 63. Ke4 Bg5 64. Kf3 Bh4 65. Kf4 Bg5+ 66. Kg3 Bd2 67. Qc2 Bg5 68. Qc5 Bd2 69. Qd6 Bg5 70. Kh3 Bf4 71. g5 Bxg5 72. Kg4 Bc1 73. Kf3 Bg5 74. Ke4 Bh4 75. Kd4 Bg5 76. Kc5 Bh4 77. Kc6 Bg5 78. Kc7 Bh4 79. Qb4 Bg5 80. Kc8 Kf7 81. Qb7+ Kg8 82. Qb4 Kf7 83. Kc7 Kg8 84. Qe1 Be7 85. Qf2 Bg5 86. Kd6 Bd8 87. Qg3 Bg5 88. Qg4 Bd8 89. Qb4 Bg5 90. Kc7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polishchuk, Kirill"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Na6 7. 0-0 c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. a4 Na6 13. Nb5 Nc7 14. Nxc7 Qxc7 15. c3 Rad8 16. Bd2 Rde8 17. Bb5 e6 18. Qg3 exd5 19. exd5 f5 20. a5 a6 21. Ba4 Re2 22. Qd3 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Nf6 26. Qe3 Ne4 27. Bc2 Qe7 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Bf2 Bh6 30. h4 Qf7 31. Qxe4 Bxf4 32. g4 Kg7 33. Kg2 Qf6 34. Bg3 Bxg3 35. Kxg3 Kf7 36. Qf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Kf6 38. g5+ Ke7 39. Ke4 Kd7 40. Kd3 b5 41. axb6 Kc8 42. Kc4 Kb7 43. Kb3 Kxb6 44. Ka4 a5 45. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bb5 0-0 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Nc6 Qd7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. 0-0 Ba6 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qh4 17. c4 Bc8 18. Qa5 Qg5 19. Qxc7 Bh3 20. g3 Qd2 21. Re7 Qxb2 22. Rae1 Bd7 23. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Rd2 Re8 17. Kh1 Qb6 18. h4 a4 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. g3 e5 21. Qe3 Ne6 22. Kg2 Nd4 23. Qg5 Bxd5 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. cxd5 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bd1 b5 28. f4 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Bg4 Rc7 31. Bd1 Kg7 32. Kf2 Rf7+ 33. Kg2 h6 34. Rf2 Rc7 35. Rd2 Kf6 36. Rf2+ Ke7 37. Rd2 Rc1 38. Kf2 Kd8 39. Ke3 Kc7 40. Kd3 Kb6 41. a3 Kc5 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. Rd3 Nc2+ 44. Ke2 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Nb3 46. Be2 Kc5 47. Bd1 Na5 48. Kd2 Rc4 49. Ke3 Rd4 50. Rxd4 exd4+ 51. Kf4 Nc4 52. b3 Nb2 53. b4+ Kc4 54. e5 Nd3+ 55. Ke4 Nxe5 56. g4 Kc3 57. h5 gxh5 58. gxh5 Kd2 59. Bxa4 bxa4 60. Kxd4 Kc2 61. b5 Kb3 62. b6 Kxa3 63. Kc3 Ka2 64. Kc2 Ka3 65. Kc3 Nd7 66. b7 Nb8 67. Kc2 Kb4 68. Kb2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Prague Prucha Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riha, Vojtech"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. h3 0-0 8. Be3 Re8 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Rae1 h6 13. Nh4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. cxd4 Qxh4 18. Bxf7+ Kg7 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. Qxc7 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2 Re7 23. Qd8 Kf7 24. f5 Qe5+ 25. Kg1 gxf5 26. Rxf5+ Qxf5 27. Rf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 d5 29. Qh8 Re6 30. g4 Ne5 31. Qd8 Nf3 32. h4 d4 33. g5 hxg5 34. h5 d3 35. h6 d2 36. h7 Bxh7 37. Qd7+ Kf6 38. Kf2 Bc2 39. Qd8+ Kg6 40. Qg8+ Kf6 41. Qf8+ Kg6 42. Qg8+ Kh5 43. Qf7+ Kh4 44. Qxf3 Rf6 45. Qxf6 d1Q 46. Qh8+ Kg4 47. Qc8+ Bf5 48. Qc4+ Kh3 49. Qc3+ Qd3 50. Qh8+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Prague Prucha Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Pribyl, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Be2 h6 9. 0-0 Nf8 10. Re1 g5 11. Bf1 Ng6 12. g3 Bg4 13. Bg2 Qc8 14. Qd3 Rg8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ne2 Qe6 17. Qc3 Nxe4 18. Qa5 b6 19. Qa6 Qf6 20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qe3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nd7 23. Qe4 Rc8 24. Red1 Nc5 25. Qe3 Qe6 26. a5 Kf8 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra7 Qf5 29. b4 Ne6 30. Be4 Qf6 31. Qxb6 c5 32. b5 c4 33. Ba3 Bxa3 34. Rxa3 Kg7 35. Rd7 g4 36. Raa7 Rgf8 37. Nc3 Qg5 38. Qxe6 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Kh8 40. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Prague Prucha Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Jaeger, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. d4 e6 7. g3 Bd6 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 Rc8 10. Nd2 Bb8 11. f3 Bh5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nf2 Nf6 16. Nd3 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Bf7 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Rfe1 h5 21. Ne5 h4 22. Bd2 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qd8 24. Be3 Nh5 25. Qf2 g5 26. f4 g4 27. Bf1 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rh8 29. Bd3 Rh6 30. Rh1 Qe7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Bd4 Bxe5 33. Bxe5+ Kg6 34. Qe2 Rg8 35. Rh4 Be8 36. Rah1 dxc4 37. Qxg4+ Kf7 38. Qh3 Rxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Bc6+ 40. Qf3 Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3 cxd3 42. Rxh5 Rxh5 43. Rxh5 Qb4 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. Rh7+ Ke8 47. Rh8+ Kd7 48. Rh7+ Ke8 49. Rh8+ Kf7 50. Rh7+ Kg6 51. Rh2 Qe4+ 52. Kg3 Qe1+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Prague Prucha Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chudinovskikh, Alexander M"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe2 10. Nxf7 Bxd1 11. Nxd8 Bxc2 12. Ne6 Rfc8 13. Rac1 Bd3 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. b4 c6 16. a4 Bc4 17. f3 cxd5 18. exd5 Bb3 19. Re1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Bf6 23. a5 Bc6 24. a6 Bxf3 25. gxf3 bxa6 26. Rec1 1-0

[Event "Prague Prucha Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Kratky, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e4 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfe1 d5 13. Rad1 dxe4 14. Qg5 Bd6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Re5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rd6 20. Re1 h6 21. Nxe4 Bxb2 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Re7 a5 24. Ra7 Bc3 25. Ra8+ Kh7 26. Ra6 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Prucha Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kiss, Pal"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 c5 6. d5 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Na6 9. e4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Rb8 12. Be2 a6 13. a4 e5 14. a5 Nfe8 15. Bd2 f5 16. Qb1 f4 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Rf7 19. Na4 Bf8 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. f3 Nd7 22. Be1 Ne8 23. Bf2 Rc8 24. Qxb7 Nc5 25. Qb6 Rb7 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Bd1 Rdb8 28. Bc2 Nf6 29. Nb6 Nfd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Rcb1 Rdb7 32. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Prucha Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Ptak, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nd2 a5 9. a3 Nh5 10. g3 Nc6 11. c3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. f4 Nf6 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Rae1 f5 18. c4 d4 19. Bd3 Rae8 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. fxg5 Ne5 23. Bc1 Rfe8 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. Re1 Nxd3 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Qxd3 c5 28. Bd2 b6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Rd7 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. Bf4 Re7 33. Qf3 Re4 34. g4 d3 35. Qxd3 Rxf4 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Prague Prucha Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salac, Jiri"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Qd2 Nf6 5. Rd1 0-0 6. Bh6 Nbd7 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. f4 c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Nf3 e5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. f5 a6 14. a3 Nb6 15. Be2 d5 16. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nbxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Nd4 e3 20. Rd1 Nxd5 21. Rf1 Nf6 22. Rd3 b5 23. Bf3 Ra7 24. Ke2 Rae7 25. g4 Ne4 26. Ne6+ fxe6 27. Bxe4 exf5 28. Bc6 Rf8 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Rxe3 Rc7 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxc2+ 33. Kd3 Rxf1 34. Kxc2 Rf2+ 35. Kc3 Rxh2 36. a4 Kf6 37. Rb4 Rh5 38. a5 Ke5 39. Rg4 Rf5 40. Rg1 Rf4 41. Rg5+ Kf6 42. Rd5 Re4 43. Rd6+ Re6 44. Rd8 h5 45. Kb4 h4 46. Kc5 h3 47. Rh8 Re5+ 48. Kb6 Rh5 49. Rd8 h2 50. Rd1 h1Q 51. Rxh1 Rxh1 52. Kxa6 g5 53. Kxb5 g4 0-1

[Event "Prague Prucha Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Novacek, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. g3 Bf5 7. Bg2 Qc8 8. 0-0 Bh3 9. c4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 0-0 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nb6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. a3 c6 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Ndc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. bxc4 fxe4 21. Re1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc5 23. Rc2 Rad8 24. Bc3 Rf5 25. Bb4 Rxe5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxe4 e5 28. Rce2 Rd4 29. f4 Rdxc4 30. fxe5 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Kf7 32. Rh4 h5 33. Rf4+ Ke7 34. Rf6 Rxe5 35. Rxg6 Kd7 36. Rg7+ Re7 37. Rg5 Rh7 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Kf4 h4 40. g4 Rf7+ 41. Ke3 Rf1 42. Rh5 Ra1 43. Rxh4 Rxa3+ 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. Rh6+ Kg7 46. Rd6 Ra4+ 47. Kf5 Ra5+ 48. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Runcan, Daniel Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. d3 e6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. g3 Ne5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. f4 e5 14. 0-0 Ne7 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 f6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. d4 Qd6 21. c4 Rd8 22. cxd5 cxd4 23. e4 Qe5 24. Bf3 f5 25. Rae1 Rd6 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Qxd4 Qh3 28. Rf2 Kd8 29. Bg4 Nf5 30. Qe4 Qh6 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Qe7+ Kc8 33. Rc2+ Kb8 34. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. a3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. g3 Ng6 7. Bg2 Ngxe5 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. 0-0 Be7 13. b4 0-0 14. Qc2 Bh3 15. Rd1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 a5 17. b5 c5 18. Nf1 Qe6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. e3 Rfd8 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Qd3 Bc5 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Nd2 Qg6 26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Nb3 Bb6 28. a4 Rbc8 29. Rac1 d3 30. Red1 Bc5 31. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Mukkattu, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 Qa5+ 13. Kf2 0-0 14. g4 Bh7 15. h4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. g5 d4 18. e4 Qd8 19. Bh5 hxg5 20. hxg5 e5 21. Qg4 exf4 22. Rag1 f5 23. Qh4 g6 24. Bf3 Bd6 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Bg4 Re5 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qg4 Qf7 29. c3 Re3 30. Rh3 Rg3 31. Qc8+ Qf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rxh7 Rxd3 34. Ke2 Re3+ 35. Kd2 f3 36. Re1 Bf4 37. Rh4 Bxg5 38. Rg4 Bh6 39. Rxe3 dxe3+ 40. Ke1 Kf7 41. Rg3 f2+ 42. Ke2 Bf4 43. Rf3 g5 44. Bc1 Kg6 45. Bxe3 Be5 46. Bxf2 Bxc3 47. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 f5 14. c3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. Re2 d5 18. Bd3 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Re8 20. Qd2 Nd8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Ne6 23. Bg3 f5 24. Be5 Bh6 25. c4 c6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qa5 a6 28. Bc2 Bg7 29. Bb3 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nc7 31. e6 Qc6 32. e7 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bf4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. Nge2 e6 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. f3 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Rg8 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Nh5 Bh8 15. Rhe1 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3+ Kd7 20. dxc6+ bxc6 21. c3 Rae8 22. Rde1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 f5 24. Re2 f4 25. Kd2 Rg6 26. Kd3 d5 27. g3 fxg3 28. hxg3 Bg7 29. g4 Bf8 30. Ng3 Rf6 31. Ke3 c5 32. Kf2 cxd4 33. cxd4 c5 34. Kg2 cxd4 35. Rd2 Bc5 36. b4 Ba7 37. Nf5 Kc6 38. a4 Re6 39. Kf1 Rf6 40. Ke2 h5 41. Nxd4+ Bxd4 42. Rxd4 hxg4 43. Rxg4 Rf5 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Rg1 Ke5 46. Rg4 d4+ 47. Rxd4 Rxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Kxd4 49. b5 axb5 50. axb5 g4+ 51. Kxg4 Kc5 52. b6 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qa5 13. Be3 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 Rac8 16. Nd2 c4 17. Bd4 Nb6 18. Qe1 Rfe8 19. Qh4 Nbd7 20. Rfd1 c3 21. Nb3 Qa6 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Rdc1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qf2 Nf6 27. a5 Qb7 28. Rab1 Qxd5 29. Qxa7 Re2 0-1

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lyall, Simon"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1741"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. a3 Qc7 8. Nge2 a6 9. Nf4 Bb7 10. g3 e5 11. Nd3 c5 12. d5 Nb6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bh3 Nfd7 15. Rc1 Bg7 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Nf2 h5 18. g4 Qd8 19. gxh5 gxh5 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rg1 Bf6 22. Bxc5 Bg7 23. Rxg7 Qf6 24. Rcg1 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Bxb6 Nxb6 28. Qe3 Nc8 29. Ne2 Ne7 30. Ng3 Qg6 31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. Bxf5 Qf6 33. Nh3 Bxd5 34. exd5 Qxf5 35. Qg5+ Qxg5 36. Nxg5 f5 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Ne6+ Kf6 39. Nc7 e4 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. Nxa6 Ke5 42. Nc7 Kd4 43. Nxb5+ Kxd5 44. Kf2 Kc5 45. a4 d5 46. Ke3 h4 47. h3 Kb6 48. Kd4 Kc6 49. Nc3 e3 50. Kxe3 Kc5 51. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. e4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Nf3 Qd7 9. Be2 0-0-0 10. 0-0 h6 11. b3 g5 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Rad1 Kb8 14. Nd5 Ne4 15. Qc1 h5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qg7 19. Rfd1 g4 20. Ne3 Bh7 21. c5 Qf6 22. f3 gxf3 23. Bxf3 Ng5 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Rb4+ Kc8 26. c6 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nxd1 29. Qc4 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qe1+ 31. Nf1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 a6 9. 0-0 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ne4 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxd5 18. Qc1 Rf5 19. Kh1 Qe6 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Qh6 Nd4 22. Rfe1 Qc6 23. Rac1 g5 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Bd3 Rf6 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Re5 Rd6 28. Rxg5+ Kf8 29. Bxh7 f6 30. Rxc5 Ne2 31. Re1 Ra7 32. Bb4 Kg7 33. Bb1 Re7 34. Rcc1 Rde6 35. Bxe7 Nxc1 36. Rxe6 Bxe6 37. b3 Kf7 38. Ba3 Ne2 39. Bb2 Nf4 40. Kg1 Bd5 41. g3 Ne6 42. Kf2 Nc5 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Bd4 Nd7 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Bf5 Nf8 47. Bb6 Ng6+ 48. Ke3 Ne7 49. Bd3 Nc8 50. Ba5 Na7 51. Bxa6 Nb5 52. Bb4 Kg6 53. Kf4 f5 54. Bc8 Be4 55. Bc5 Nc3 56. a4 Nd1 57. a5 Bd3 58. a6 Bxa6 59. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Qin, Nicole Shu Yu"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1493"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 Nd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Bb2 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. e4 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Ne2 Rf7 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. g3 fxg3 20. Nxg3 Bh3 21. Rf2 b6 22. Rg1 Qh4 23. Qe2 Raf8 24. Nc3 Bh6 25. Bc1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 g5 27. Rg1 Bc8 28. Nd1 Rf4 29. Rgg2 Bh3 30. Rg1 h5 31. Qe3 Kh7 32. Ne2 Nxe4 33. Nxf4 Nxf2+ 34. Nxf2 gxf4 35. Qd3+ Bf5 36. Ne4 Rg8 37. Rxg8 Kxg8 38. Qe2 Kf7 39. a3 Qd8 40. Nc3 Qe7 41. Qd2 h4 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 h3 44. Qe2 Qf6 45. Nb5 Qg6 46. Nxc7 e4 47. Ne6 Qf6 48. Kg1 e3 49. Kf1 Qa1+ 50. Qe1 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kulashko, Aleksei"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. a5 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. 0-0 Rd8 12. Qb1 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Ra4 Rd7 15. Qa2 Qxa2 16. Nxa2 Rad8 17. Nc1 Rd1 18. Nb3 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Nd7 20. Ne1 Bf8 21. Nd3 Re8 22. c3 Nd8 23. Ra1 Ne6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Ke2 Be7 26. f3 Kg7 27. Ra1 f5 28. Ra4 Bd6 29. Rc4 Rf8 30. Nb4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Nd8 32. Bg5 b6 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Rc4 Rc8 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. axb6 Nxb6 37. Nc5 a5 38. Nb7 Ke7 39. Nxa5 f4 40. Rc5 Nd7 41. Rb5 c6 42. Rb7 Ke6 43. Nc4 Rb8 44. Rxb8 Nxb8 45. Kd3 g5 46. Na5 Kd6 47. Nb7+ Kc7 48. Nc5 Kd6 49. Kc4 Ke7 50. b3 Kd6 51. b4 h6 52. Kb3 Kc7 53. Ka4 Kb6 54. c4 h5 55. Kb3 Kc7 56. Ka3 Kb6 57. Ka4 Kc7 1-0

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Lourenco, Eva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1327"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Bg5+ Ke8 10. Nd5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf6 Rf8 14. Bxe5 Kd7 15. Be2 Kc6 16. b4 Kd7 17. 0-0 c6 18. Nf6+ Ke6 19. Bg3 Nxb4 20. Rad1 h5 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Bxb4 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 a5 24. Ba3 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Bb3+ Ke5 27. Bc5 Be6 28. Bxe6 Kxe6 29. Nd5 Rc8 30. Bd4 f5 31. Nf4+ Kf7 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Nxh5 Kg6 34. Nf4+ Kg5 35. Nd5 Rc2 36. Rxf5+ Kg6 37. Ne7+ Kh6 38. g4 Rxa2 39. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 Be6 6. b3 Nd7 7. g3 c6 8. Nf3 f6 9. Bg2 Kc7 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Ba3 Nc8 12. Bxf8 Rxf8 13. Rac1 Ncb6 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nd5+ Kb8 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. a4 Nd7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 Bg8 20. Rfd1 Kc7 21. Bh3 Rad8 22. Rc3 e4 23. Bf1 Nc5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. f3 Rd1 26. fxe4 h6 27. Nf3 fxe4 28. Nh4 Bh7 29. Kf2 Rb1 30. g4 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Nxb3 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Kd6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Bh3 Nd4 36. f6 gxf6 37. Bc8 b6 0-1

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c4 0-0 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. d3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf6 11. d4 d6 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Nd2 c5 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ba5 Nb6 19. e4 Bd4 20. Nf3 e5 21. exf5 Qf7 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rfe1 Qxf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Re7 Rd7 26. Rde1 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Rf7 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.03.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. a3 a5 7. Rb1 0-0 8. b4 axb4 9. axb4 c6 10. Nf3 Na6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Be3 Nc7 13. Nb6 Nxb6 14. Bxb6 Be6 15. Qc1 Bf6 16. h4 Kh8 17. Ng5 Bg8 18. b5 Qd7 19. e4 cxb5 20. exf5 bxc4 21. 0-0 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Nd5 23. dxc4 Nxb6 24. Rxb6 Qxf5 25. Rxd6 Ra2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Bxc4 28. Re1 b5 29. Be4 Qe6 30. Kg2 Qb6 31. Rh1 g6 32. Qc2 Kg8 33. Rh6 Bf7 34. Rh4 Rd8 35. Qc3 Rd4 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. Rh1 Bd5 38. Bxd5+ Qxd5+ 39. Kh2 b4 40. Rc1 Qd6 41. Qf3 Qd7 42. Ra1 Qe7 43. Rc1 Qf7 44. Qe3 Qe7 45. Ra1 Kg7 46. Ra5 Qb7 47. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. 0-0 h6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 0-0 10. e3 Bh7 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nb6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Kh1 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Qf3 Rxd4 23. Bxb7 Bc5 24. Be4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rf1 Qc7 27. Bb1 Qd7 28. Bc2 Bd4 29. Rd1 Qd5 30. Qe4 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Tony"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 a5 7. Bg5 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Ng4+ 9. Qxg4 f6 10. Qg3 fxg5+ 11. Ke2 g4 12. Kd2 Na6 13. Nge2 Bd7 14. Rhf1 Qe7 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rxf8+ Rxf8 18. Rf1 Rb8 19. Qf2 Kg7 20. Qe3 a4 21. Nge2 c6 22. h3 gxh3 23. gxh3 Qh4 24. Ng1 Ra8 25. Kc2 Rc8 26. b3 axb3+ 27. axb3 Ra8 28. Kb2 Qd8 29. Rb1 Qa5 30. h4 Qb4 31. Kc2 Ra3 32. Qg5 Be8 33. Qe7+ Bf7 34. Qxd6 Rxb3 35. Rxb3 Qxb3+ 36. Kd2 Qb2+ 37. Bc2 Nb3+ 38. Kd3 Nc1+ 39. Kd2 Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Be7 6. Nc4 d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Na5 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 c5 12. Qf4 Rb8 13. Ne2 Rb4 14. Nc4 Qa8 15. a3 Rbb8 16. g4 Qe4 17. g5 Qxf4 18. exf4 Nh5 19. Ne3 Rbe8 20. Rhg1 Bc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Bd8 23. Kd1 Rxe2 24. g6 fxg6 25. Rxh5 Rxf2 26. Rd5 R8xf4 0-1

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Nc3 0-0 5. a3 a5 6. Bg5 Bxf2+ 7. Kd2 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 Qb6 10. Bd3 Bxe3+ 11. Kc2 d6 12. Na4 Qa7 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Nc3 f5 15. Rf1 Na6 16. Nh3 Rae8 17. Qg3 Bd4 18. Be2 f4 19. Qf3 Nc5 20. Nf2 Qb6 21. Kc1 Bf5 22. Nb5 Be3+ 23. Kd1 c6 24. Nxd6 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boyd, Tristan"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 a5 4. Nc3 Na6 5. e4 Nc5 6. h3 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Be3 b6 9. Bxc5 bxc5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nh6 12. Nge2 Be7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. f4 Bf6 15. Ne4 Rb8 16. b3 Nf5 17. Rae1 Nd4 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ng3 Rxf1+ 21. Nxf1 Qg5 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. Nxg3 a4 24. bxa4 Ra8 25. Rxe5 Kf7 26. Ne4 Rxa4 27. d6 cxd6 28. Nxd6+ Kf6 29. Rxc5 Rxa2 30. Rd5 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Ke6 32. Nf5 g6 33. Nd4+ Nxd4 34. Rxd4 Rc2 35. Kg3 Ke5 36. Rd5+ Ke6 37. Rd4 Ke5 38. Rg4 Kf5 39. Rf4+ Ke5 40. Rf7 Rxc4 41. Rxh7 Kf5 42. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Australian op"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2017.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Fereday, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2017.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland CC-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Eade, Don"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Bf2 Qa5 15. Re1 b5 16. Bg3 b4 17. Na4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Bg4 Rcd8 21. Bh4 dxe5 22. Bxd8 Qxd8 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Qb3 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. a3 a5 28. axb4 axb4 29. Re2 Qf5 30. d6 Rxd6 31. Qf3 Qd7 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Ree8 Rf6 34. Qg3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Auckland CC-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ha, Huy Minh"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 c6 8. Bg2 0-0 9. e3 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. e4 fxe4 12. dxe4 Ng4 13. f3 Qb6 14. Nd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 exd4 16. fxg4 Bxg4 17. Rf1 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Re8 19. Bg2 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. h3 Bh5 22. g4 Bh4+ 23. Kd1 Bg6 24. exd5 Re1+ 25. Kd2 Rg1 26. Bf3 Bg5+ 27. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Auckland CC-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Lyall, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 d4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 dxe3 5. fxe3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Qd6 8. Na3 0-0-0 9. Nc4 Qc5 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. d4 Qb6 13. c4 c6 14. Bf3 Nd7 15. Nd3 f6 16. Qe2 Bf7 17. Kh1 e6 18. c5 Qc7 19. b4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Bg4+ Kb8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bd5 25. e4 h5 26. Bh3 g5 27. Bf5 Bg7 28. exd5 Rd8 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Bxe5+ Bxe5 32. Qxe5+ Kb7 33. Qd6 Qh8 34. h3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qxa2 36. Qd7+ Kb8 37. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Auckland CC-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Qd2 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Rd1 d5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. Bh6 Bf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. c4 d4 18. g4 Bc8 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qh4 Rb8 21. b3 Bb7 22. Qg3 Nc6 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Qc6 25. Bf3 Qxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxf3 27. Rd7+ Rf7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. c5 Ke6 30. Rc1 Bc6 31. Rd1 Bd5 32. Rd3 Rb5 33. Rc3 Bc6 34. a3 a5 0-1

[Event "Auckland CC-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Re8 11. c5 f6 12. Bc4+ Be6 13. Bxe6+ Rxe6 14. 0-0 fxe5 15. f5 gxf5 16. Rxf5 Nc6 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Rf2 b6 19. Rc1 Rc6 20. cxb6 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 axb6 22. a3 Ra4 23. Nc3 Rc4 24. Be3 Bf8 25. Nd5 Bc5 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Kf1 Ne6 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Ke2 Nf4+ 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. Ng4 Ng6 32. Ke4 Rc4+ 33. Kf5 Rc6 34. Rd2 Kf7 35. Nxe5+ Nxe5 36. Kxe5 Ke7 37. g4 Rc5+ 38. Kf4 Kf6 39. h4 Rc4+ 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Re2+ Kf7 42. Re3 Rd4 43. Rc3 c5 44. Rb3 Rd6 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. g5+ Ke6 47. Re3+ Kf7 48. h5 Rd4+ 49. Kf5 Rd5+ 50. Kf4 Rd4+ 51. Kf5 Rd5+ 52. Kf4 Rd4+ 53. Re4 Rd3 54. Ra4 Rb3 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Ra8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland CC-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rider, Brett"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. b3 Ne7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. 0-0 c5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rac1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5 14. Bb1 Ba3 15. Qd3 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. fxe5 Nfd7 9. Bg5+ Ke8 10. Nd5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. c5 Nxc5 13. e5 Be6 14. Nf6+ Kf8 15. exd6 cxd6 16. 0-0-0 h6 17. Bf4 Kg7 18. b4 Na4 19. Nd5 Rc8+ 20. Kd2 Bxd5 21. Ke3 Re8+ 22. Kf2 Nc3 23. Rd4 Nc6 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd6 Rad8 26. Bg3 Nc3 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bc1 Ne4+ 29. Kg1 Rd1 30. Bb2+ f6 31. g4 Rb1 32. Ba3 Nc3 33. Kf2 Ra1 34. Bc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf4 c6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Ng5 Bg6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 d5 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ne6 18. Bh2 Bd6 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. f3 Nf6 21. c3 Qc7 22. Qf5 Qd8 23. Rad1 g6 24. Qc2 Nh5 25. Qd2 Qh4 26. Kh1 Rad8 27. Rf1 f6 28. Nd3 Bxh2 29. Kxh2 Ng5 30. Qe1 Qxe1 31. Rfxe1 Re7 32. Ng3 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Kf7 35. h4 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. 0-0 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc4 Qxb2 16. d6 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Qxd7 Bxc3 22. Rad1 Qe2 23. Be7 Bd4 24. Qc7 Rec8 25. Qxb7 Rab8 26. d7 Rd8 27. Qc6 Rg8 28. Rfe1 Qf2 29. Qxe6 Rb2 30. Qxg8+ Kxg8 31. d8Q+ Kg7 32. Bf8+ Qxf8 33. Re7+ Kg8 34. Re8 Rf2 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. h3 Rf5 38. Qe6 Rf6 39. Qe4 Rf7 40. Rb1 Kh6 41. Kh2 Rf5 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ Rf7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qxh7+ Kf6 46. Qxa7 Kg5 47. Qf7 Be5+ 48. g3 c4 49. h4+ Kg4 50. Qe6+ Kf3 51. Qxe5 c3 52. Qxc3+ Kf2 53. g4 Kf1 54. Qb2 Ke1 55. Kg3 Kd1 56. Kf3 g5 57. hxg5 Ke1 58. Qc1# 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Nce2 Nh5 6. d3 Bg4 7. c4 Nc6 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. Nf3 g6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ng7 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. 0-0-0 Be7 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nb3 Kc6 21. d4 Rhd8 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Kxc5 24. b3 Rd3 25. Kc2 Rad8 26. Bb4+ Kxb4 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Kxd3 c5 29. Ke4 Ka3 30. Rh2 a5 31. Rd2 h5 32. Ke3 Kb4 33. Rd7 Ng2+ 34. Ke4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ne1 36. Rxf7 Nc2 37. f5 gxf5+ 38. gxf5 Nd4 39. f6 Ka3 40. Ra7 Kxa2 41. Rxa5+ Kxb3 42. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Gibbons, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Be7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bxe5 Qd5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bxc7 0-0 9. Nc3 Qf5 10. 0-0 Bb4 11. Nb1 Ne4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxd2 16. Rad1 Bb4 17. Rd7 a5 18. a4 b5 19. Rfd1 Rae8 20. c3 Bxc3 21. Bd6 bxa4 22. bxa4 Re6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rc7 Rg6+ 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. Rxc6 Rh6 27. Rd7 Ke8 28. Ra7 Kd8 29. Rxa5 Rxh3 30. Rd5+ Ke7 31. Kg2 Rh4 32. f4 Rg4+ 33. Kf1 Rh4 34. Kg2 Rg4+ 35. Kf3 Rg1 36. a5 Ra1 37. a6 h5 38. Rxh5 Kd7 39. Rhc5 Bd8 40. e4 Ra2 41. e5 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Ra4+ 43. Kd5 g6 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Rc4 Ra2 46. Rb4 Ra5+ 47. Kc4 f6 48. Rb7+ Ke8 49. Rb8 Ke7 50. Rbxd8 fxe5 51. fxe5 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. a3 a5 8. Rb1 Na6 9. 0-0 c6 10. d3 Bd7 11. Kh1 Nc7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ne6 14. b5 Qc7 15. Kg1 Kh8 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Nc3 g6 21. Bg2 Bf5 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Qe2 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rfc1 Qa5 27. Nc3 Rad8 28. h4 Bf6 29. Nd1 Qa6 30. Bf1 e4 31. dxe4 Qxe2 32. Bxe2 Bxe4 33. Rb3 d4 34. Bd3 Bd5 35. Rb5 Rfe8 36. Nb2 Bg7 37. Na4 Bh6 38. Rf1 Bf3 39. Nc5 Re5 40. Rfb1 Rde8 41. Rf1 Rc8 42. Nb3 Rxb5 43. Bxb5 d3 44. Nd4 Be4 45. Rd1 Rd8 46. Ne6 Rd6 47. Nc5 Bf3 48. Rxd3 Rxd3 49. Bxd3 Bf8 50. Ne6 Bd6 51. Ng5 Bd5 52. Be4 Bc4 53. Kg2 Kg7 54. Nf3 Be6 55. Nd4 Bc4 56. g4 Bc5 57. Nc6 Bd6 58. Kf3 Be6 59. Nd4 Bc4 60. Ke3 Bc5 61. Bd3 Bd5 62. Be4 Bc4 63. Bc6 Be6 64. f3 Ba2 65. Ke4 Bd6 66. f4 Be7 67. g5 Bb1+ 68. Ke5 Bb4 69. Be4 Ba2 70. f5 gxf5 71. Nxf5+ Kh8 72. h5 Bc3+ 73. Kf4 Bd2+ 74. Kg4 Bb3 75. Bf3 Be6 76. Be4 h6 77. g6 Bxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Ne2 0-0 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nh4 c5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 Qa5 15. e4 a6 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Nb6 20. Rxd7 Ncxd7 21. Bf4 Be7 22. Nf1 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxe5 24. Qe4 Nc6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. g3 Qd1 28. Kg2 Bf6 29. Ne3 Qb3 30. Nc4 Qxa4 31. Qd3 Qb5 32. b3 Nd4 33. b4 g5 34. Bd2 Qd5+ 35. f3 g4 36. Nb6 Qxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Nxf3 38. Be3 Be7 39. Bc5 Bxc5 40. bxc5 Kf8 41. Nc8 Ne1+ 42. Kf2 Nd3+ 43. Ke3 Nxc5 44. Kf4 a5 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Bxg7 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Nf3 0-0 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rhf1 Rab8 14. c3 Rfd8 15. h3 Bf5 16. Rfe1 Rd5 17. g4 Bd3 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. fxe5 Rd8 21. Be3 a6 22. b3 Rd5 23. c4 Rd7 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Kb2 Ke8 26. Kc3 Bf1 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. h4 Be2 29. g5 Ke6 30. Bc5 f5 31. exf6 exf6 32. gxf6 Kxf6 33. Kb4 Bg4 34. Be3 Ke5 35. Bg1 Bc8 36. Bh2+ Ke4 37. Kc5 Bd7 38. Bxc7 Kd3 39. a4 Kc3 40. b4 Be6 41. b5 cxb5 42. cxb5 axb5 43. axb5 Bg4 44. Be5+ Kd3 45. Kc6 Ke4 46. Bd6 Kf5 47. b6 Ke6 48. Kc7 Bf3 49. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Auckland CC-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Ward, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ne5 Qf6 5. d4 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e3 d5 8. c4 Nh6 9. Be2 Qg5 10. Kf1 Bd6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 0-0 13. h4 Qe7 14. Nc2 f5 15. g3 Nf7 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rc1 Be6 18. c5 g6 19. Kg2 h6 20. a3 Kg7 21. Rb1 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh5 Rh8 24. Rbh1 Nh6 25. b4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Bf7 27. R5h2 Ng4 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. a4 Qf6 31. Qe1 Kg7 32. a5 Bh5 33. a6 f4 34. a7 f3+ 35. Kg1 Bf7 36. Bxf3 exf3 37. Qd1 Qd8 38. Qxf3 Be6 39. Qe2 Qa8 40. f3 Qxa7 41. fxg4 Qa2 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Ne1 Qe4 44. Qf3 Qxg4 45. Qxg4 Bxg4 46. Nd3 Bd7 47. Ne5 Be8 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Kf3 Bh5+ 50. g4 Be8 51. e4 dxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Ke6 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Ke4 Kf6 56. d5 cxd5+ 57. Kxd5 Bb5 58. Nf3 Be2 59. Ne5 Bb5 60. Ke4 Ba4 61. Kd5 Bb5 62. Nf3 Be2 63. Ne5 Bb5 64. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Henderson Trusts op 39th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 f5 6. d3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nge7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. e3 h6 11. Ne2 e4 12. Bxg7 exf3 13. Bxf8 fxg2 14. Kxg2 Qxf8 15. d4 b6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qd6 Bb7 18. f3 Qg7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Qc7 Bc6 21. Rd6 Qf7 22. Nf4 Rc8 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Qc7 Ng4 26. Re1 g5 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. e4 fxe4 31. fxg4 b5 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Ke3 Ke5 34. Rf1 Be6 35. h3 c4 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. a3 a5 38. Rb1 Bd7 39. Rb7 Bc6 40. Re7+ Kd6 41. Rh7 Kc5 42. Rxh6 Bd5 43. Rh8 Kb5 44. Rd8 Be6 45. Kxe4 Ka4 46. Rb8 Kxa3 47. Kd4 a4 48. Kc3 Ka2 49. Rb6 Bf7 50. h4 a3 51. h5 Ka1 52. h6 Bg8 53. Rb7 Bh7 54. Rxh7 a2 55. Rf7 Kb1 56. Rf1# 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op 39th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 a5 4. e4 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Bxg5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qxg5 fxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxe4 Bf5 13. Bf3 Na6 14. g4 Bd3 15. Rc1 Rf8 16. Bg2 Rf4 17. f3 Rxc4 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Nh3 Rc2 20. Rd2 Rc1+ 21. Kf2 Rxh1 22. Bxh1 Ke7 23. Ke3 Bf1 24. Nf2 a4 25. Ne4 Ra5 26. Nc3 Bc4 27. f4 exf4+ 28. Kxf4 Nd3+ 29. Kg5 Ne5 30. Kh6 Nxg4+ 31. Kxh7 Kf6 32. Rd4 Ne5 33. Rf4+ Kg5 34. Rf8 Bd3 35. Rc8 Rc5 36. Nxa4 Rc2 37. h4+ Kxh4 38. Kg8 g5 39. Kf8 g4 40. Ke8 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op 39th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2016.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. f4 c5 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. c4 d4 12. Bf3 Nb4 13. Na3 e5 14. Nb5 e4 15. Be2 Nc2 16. Qc1 Nxa1 17. Qxa1 d3 18. Bd1 Be7 19. Nc3 Re8 20. g4 Bf8 21. g5 Nd7 22. Kh1 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. Bg4 Qd6 26. Qe1 Nxg4 27. Rxg4 Qf6 28. Ba1 Re6 29. Nd5 Qd8 30. Qg3 Qd7 31. Rh4+ Kg8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Qh3 Rg6 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rh5 Bd6 36. Rxf5+ Kg8 37. Nf4 Bxf4 38. Rf8+ Rxf8 39. Qxd7 Be5 40. Qh3 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op 39th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2016.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marko, Helmut"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. b3 e5 3. d3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nbd2 c6 8. e4 Na6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. a4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nfxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. Qe3 Qe8 14. Ne1 Qh5 15. f3 Bd7 16. Nd3 Ne6 17. c3 Bf6 18. Bd2 d5 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Rfe8 22. Qd3 Rad8 23. Re1 Bh3 24. Bxh3 Qxh3 25. exd5 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Rxd5 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Rf3 Re5 29. Re3 Qd5 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. c4 Qd4+ 32. Bf2 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Henderson Trusts op 39th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gilmour, Mark"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. e4 Be6 6. b3 Nd7 7. Be3 c6 8. Bd3 Kc7 9. Ne2 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. Nbc3 Rhd8 13. f3 a5 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 a4 16. Nc1 axb3 17. axb3 Ra3 18. Nf2 Nfd7 19. Kd2 f6 20. Rd1 b5 21. b4 Na6 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Nfd3 Nb6 24. Ke1 Nc4 25. Bb3 Kc6 26. Ke2 Bf7 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Bxf7 Nxf7 29. Rd2 Rc3 30. Ra2 Kb6 31. Rb2 Nd8 32. Ke2 Nc6 33. Kd2 Rc4 34. Na2 Rd4 35. Kc3 g6 36. g3 Nc7 37. Nac1 Ne6 38. Nb3 Rc4+ 39. Kd2 Nxb4 40. Nbc1 Nc6 41. Ne2 Ncd4 42. Nxd4 Nxd4 43. f4 Nc6 44. Ke3 b4 45. Rb3 Kb5 46. Nb2 Rc3+ 47. Rxc3 bxc3 48. Nd3 Kc4 49. Nc1 Nb4 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. h4 h5 52. Kf3 Nd3 53. Ne2 c2 54. g4 c1Q 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op 39th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qd2 Nxe5 14. 0-0-0 Nbd7 15. d6 Qa5 16. Nd5 Qxa2 17. Nc7 Nxf3 18. Bxf3 Qa1+ 19. Kc2 Qxb2+ 20. Kd3 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Zhu, Leo Lei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Nb6 6. c5 Nd5 7. Bc4 Nb4 8. d4 d5 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Na3 0-0 11. g4 Be6 12. Qd2 N4c6 13. b4 b6 14. Bc3 bxc5 15. bxc5 f6 16. f4 Qd7 17. h3 fxe5 18. fxe5 a5 19. Nf3 Qe8 20. 0-0 h5 21. Nh2 Rf7 22. Qg5 Nd7 23. Nb5 Rc8 24. Rxf7 Bxf7 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Kh1 Bg6 27. Nf3 Qf7 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qg3 Bh6 31. Ng5+ Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Nf6 33. Bd2 Ne4 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Rg1 Kf7 36. Rxg6 Qf5 37. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. e4 fxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Qf2 Qc5 17. Bf4 Rf8 18. Rc1 g5 19. Bxg5 Be4 20. Qd2 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 d3+ 22. Kh1 Bxb2 23. Re1 dxc2 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Qe3 26. Qg1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Ne2 Qd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bf4 Qb4 16. Nxc6 Qxb2 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Qd3 Qb5 19. Qa3+ Kd7 20. Ng3 Rhb8 21. Rab1 Qc6 22. Rb3 Rb5 23. Rc3 Qb6 24. Rxc7+ Qxc7 25. Bxc7 Kxc7 26. Qe7+ Kc6 27. f4 Ng8 28. Qa3 f5 29. Re1 Kd7 30. Qe3 Rb6 31. Qe5 Ne7 32. c4 dxc4 33. d5 Nxd5 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. Nxf5 Bxf5 36. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacDonald, Paul"]
[Black "Qin, Joy Shu Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. f4 Nd7 12. Qg4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bf6 14. Rf3 g6 15. Raf1 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qa5 17. R1f2 Qxa2 18. Nf1 Qa5 19. Qg5 Qd8 20. Rf6 Kg7 21. Ng3 Qe7 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qxe7 b6 24. Rf4 Rcd8 25. Qf6+ 1-0

