[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. e6 fxe6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. f4 c5 11. Nf3 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Ng5 Rb6 16. Bd2 0-0 17. b3 h6 18. Nf3 d4 19. Ne4 Bb5 20. Qf2 Qc6 21. a4 Ba6 22. a5 Rbb8 23. Ne5 Qd5 24. Nxg6 Nxe4 25. Nxe7+ Kf7 26. Nxd5 Nxf2 27. Nc7 Bc8 28. Kxf2 Rb7 29. Na6 Rb5 30. Nc7 Rb7 31. Na6 Rb5 32. Nc7 Rb8 33. f5 e5 34. g4 Rb7 35. Nd5 Rd7 36. f6 Kg6 37. Rxe5 Bxf6 38. Nxf6 Rxf6+ 39. Kg1 Rdf7 40. Rxc5 Bxg4 41. h4 Rf2 42. Rc6+ Kh7 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. h5 Bxh5 45. Rxh5 Rxd2 46. Rg5+ Kh6 47. Rg2 Rg7 48. Rxg7 Kxg7 49. Ra4 Kf6 50. Kf1 Ke5 51. Rc4 Ke4 52. Ke1 Rh2 53. Rc7 Rh1+ 54. Kd2 Rh2+ 55. Kc1 Rh1+ 56. Kb2 Rh2 57. Re7+ Kf5 58. Kc1 a6 59. Ra7 Rh6 60. Kd2 Ke4 61. Re7+ Kd5 62. Ra7 Rh2+ 63. Kc1 Rh6 64. Rc7 Rh1+ 65. Kb2 Rh2 66. Ka3 Rh6 67. b4 Rh3+ 68. Kb2 Rh6 69. Rc5+ Kd6 70. Kb3 Rh3+ 71. Kc4 d3 72. cxd3 Rh4+ 73. d4 Rh1 74. Rg5 Rc1+ 75. Kb3 Rd1 76. Rg6+ Kc7 77. Rxa6 Rxd4 78. Rh6 Kb7 79. Ka4 Rg4 80. a6+ Kc7 81. Ka5 Rg1 1-0

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

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

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Jiang, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. Be3 d5 8. 0-0-0 c5 9. Qa4 d4 10. Bc4 Be7 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Ke8 14. Qc4 Rf8 15. Ne6 Qa5 16. Nb5 Nc5 17. Nec7+ Kd8 18. Rxd4+ Bd7 19. Nxa8 a6 20. Nc3 b5 21. Qe2 b4 22. Nb1 Kc8 23. e5 Ne8 24. Rhd1 Bc6 25. Qg4+ Kb8 26. c3 bxc3 27. Nxc3 Bxa8 28. f5 Nc7 29. Rb4+ Bb7 30. Rbd4 Ne8 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Nc7 33. R5d4 Qxa2 34. Rb4+ Ka7 35. Qxg7 Nb3+ 36. Rxb3 Qxb3 37. Qxe7 Qc4+ 38. Kb1 Qe4+ 39. Ka1 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Po`E Tofaeono, Grayson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 a6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. Rg1 Nh7 10. Be3 Ng5 11. Bd3 Bf6 12. Rg3 Nf8 13. Bc2 Ng6 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15. Ng1 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. a4 Qd8 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. a5 Kg8 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Nh4 22. Rg3 Ng6 23. Ne2 b6 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. Qc2 Qb8 26. Bc1 Bg5 27. Rga3 Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Qb7 29. R1a2 Kh7 30. g5 Rb8 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Rh3 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. Qe3 Qa1+ 38. Nc1 Rb1 39. Kd1 Nf4 40. Qc3 Nxh3 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. c4 Rg8 13. Kf1 Be4 14. Bd3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 f5 16. d5 c5 17. Re1 0-0-0 18. Bd2 Rg6 19. h4 h5 20. Bg5 Rdg8 21. Qa4 Ne5 22. Bb1 Nxf3 23. Bxf5 Rxg5 24. hxg5 exf5 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Qd8 27. Qxf7 Nh2+ 28. Rxh2 Bxh2 29. g6 Qg5 30. g7 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qg1+ 32. Kh3 Qg4+ 33. Kxh2 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qh4+ 40. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Meng, Harrison Xiang Zhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1123"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. c4 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qf6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. f3 Ng5 17. h4 Nh3+ 18. gxh3 Bxh3 19. Qf2 c5 20. dxc5 Qe7 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Qg3 Bf5 23. Nc6 Qf8 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxf5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 g6 27. Qe5 f6 28. Bxe6+ Kg7 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ g5 31. hxg5+ Kg6 32. Bf5+ Kh5 33. Rxh7+ Qh6 34. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1463"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. h3 Qe7+ 8. Be3 Bh5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Re5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Re7 Rac8 20. Rb1 b6 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Re5 c6 23. Rb3 Re8 24. f4 f6 25. Re3 Rc7 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. f3 g6 28. Ke2 Re7+ 29. Kd2 Kd7 30. Ra3 Ke6 31. c4 dxc4 32. Kc3 Kd5 33. Ra4 a5 34. Rxc4 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Rxf3 36. Ra4 Rxh3 37. Ke2 Ke4 38. c4 Rh2+ 39. Kf1 Kxd4 40. Ra3 Kxc4 41. f5 gxf5 42. Rf3 Rxa2 43. Rxf5 a4 44. Ke1 a3 45. Kd1 b5 46. Rf4+ Kc3 47. Rf3+ Kb2 48. Rf2+ Kb1 49. Rf3 b4 50. Ke1 Rc2 51. Kf1 a2 52. Kg1 a1Q 53. Rf1+ Rc1 54. Kh2 Rxf1 55. Kh3 Rf2 56. Kh4 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Malcolm, Aidan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rb1 Qa5 9. Qd2 b6 10. Rb5 Qa4 11. dxc5 0-0 12. Rb4 Qa5 13. Bd4 Rd8 14. Qb2 Rxd4 15. Rb5 Rxe4+ 16. Kd1 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxc3 18. Kc2 Bg7 19. Bd3 Rf4 20. Ne2 Rxf2 21. Rd1 Ba6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rxb6 Bxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Nd7 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch Staurt Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mukkattu, Philip"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1510"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c5 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Na4 bxc5 11. bxc5 Ne4 12. Nb6 Ra7 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. f3 Nxc5 15. Nxc8 Qxc8 16. Ba3 Ncd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Rc1 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rc2 Qd6 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Qe3 d4 24. Qa3 d3 25. exd3 Nxd3+ 26. Kh1 Rd7 27. f4 h5 28. h4 Qe3 29. Rf3 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Nb4 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Re3 Qf2 33. Rf3 Qd2 34. Qb3 Nd5 35. Rd3 Qf2 36. Rc2 Qa7 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Rb7 39. Qd3 Rb1 40. Qxf5+ Kh6 41. Rg2 Qf7 42. Rxa5 Ra1 43. Ra6 Rb1 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Fan, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1227"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxg4 Nxg4 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nxd5 e6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. e4 Ngf6 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Be3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qa3 e5 17. 0-0 Qb6 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Rfe1 Rb8 20. dxe5 Nh5 21. Bb5 Qe6 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Nhxf6 24. e5 Nd5 25. f5 Qxf5 26. e6 Kd8 27. exd7 Rf8 28. Re8+ Kc7 29. Qc5# 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Hettiarachchi, Buthsara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Qd6 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bb5 c4 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Bxc4 Bg4 17. Be2 h6 18. Qc5 Qe6 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Qc7 Qg5 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. h3 Qh4 23. Nf5 Qg5 24. Nd6 Qg6 25. Qe7 Rad8 26. Rc7 a6 27. Ra7 a5 28. Rc1 d4 29. Qe5 dxe3 30. fxe3 Nd7 31. Qe7 Nb6 32. Rc6 Nd5 33. Qe5 Nxe3 34. Qxe3 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Rxa5 Qb4 37. Qa3 Qd4+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Qg3 Qb4 40. Qc3 Qf4+ 41. Qg3 Qb4 42. Ra7 Qxb2 43. a4 Qb6 44. Re7 Qb4 45. Ra7 Qb6 46. Qc7 Qxc7+ 47. Rxc7 Ra8 48. Rc4 Ra5 49. Kg3 g5 50. Kf3 f5 51. Ke3 Kf7 52. Kd4 Kg6 53. Kc3 Kh5 54. Kb4 Ra8 55. a5 f4 56. Kb5 Kh4 57. Ra4 h5 58. Kc4 Kg3 59. Ra2 g4 60. hxg4 hxg4 61. Kd3 f3 62. gxf3 gxf3 63. a6 f2 64. Ra1 Rxa6 65. Rb1 Kg2 66. Rb2 Kg1 0-1

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. a3 h6 10. c3 d4 11. e5 dxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Ne4 b5 14. Rb1 a6 15. c4 Nc7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Ne5 Nd8 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Qf3 Nd6 22. Qc6+ Kd8 23. Qxd6+ Qxd6 24. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1483"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Qd2 a5 8. c4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 0-0 12. 0-0 Na6 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Bd3 Nb8 16. Bf4 Nbc6 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Bg3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh4 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qd7 23. Rfc1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qf6 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 d4 27. Rc1 d3 28. Bf4 d2 29. Rd1 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lino Serron, Nahuel"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1249"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. 0-0 Qd7 10. Nbd2 0-0-0 11. a4 f6 12. Be3 g5 13. Be2 Rdg8 14. Nh2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 h5 16. f3 Nf5 17. Bf2 Ng3 18. Bxg3 Bxg3 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. Qd3 Re7 21. Ndf1 Bf4 22. Re1 Rhe8 23. Kf2 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 Qd6 26. Qf5+ Kb8 27. Kf2 Ne7 28. Qh7 h4 29. Ng4 f5 30. Qh8+ Nc8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxe5 33. dxe5 Ne7 34. Ne3 Kc8 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. c4 Ke6 37. Kd3 Kxe5 38. b4 dxc4+ 39. Kxc4 Kf4 40. Kd3 Kg3 41. Nf1+ Kxg2 0-1

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

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

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xing, Zerui Ryan"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 c6 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. Bb2 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Bb4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. Nb1 0-0 12. a3 Bd6 13. c4 b5 14. b4 Qd8 15. c5 Bc7 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nd4 Qf6 21. e3 Bd7 22. Rc1 a5 23. f4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. exd4 axb4 26. axb4 Ra4 27. Rb1 Rfa8 28. h3 Ra2 29. Rfd1 R8a3 30. g4 Rg3 31. Ra1 Rgxg2+ 32. Kh1 h5 33. gxh5 Bxh3 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Rg1 Kf7 36. Rg6 e3 37. Rxc6 e2 38. Kg1 e1Q# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1585"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bb1 h6 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Rd1 Nd7 17. Ra2 Qe7 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Qe6 Bc7 20. Rae2 Ne5 21. Qxf7 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxf7 23. Re7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ba6 26. Bxf5 Bb5 27. Bb2 a5 28. d5 cxd5 29. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Hoorn, Thomas"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. h4 Rg8 9. Bxg6 Rxg6 10. Qf3 e6 11. h5 Rg8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne2 f5 14. 0-0-0 Bxf4+ 15. Nxf4 Qg5 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. g3 0-0-0 18. Nd3 Qg4 19. Qe3 Kb8 20. c4 Qe4 21. Qxe4 fxe4 22. Nf4 Nf6 23. Rhe1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rgd8 25. Ne2 Nxh5 26. g4 Nf6 27. g5 Ng4 28. Nc3 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Nxe4 h5 32. gxh6 Nxh6 33. Kd3 Kc7 34. Kd4 b6 35. Ke5 Ng4+ 36. Kf4 f5 37. f3 Nh6 38. Nc3 Nf7 39. b3 Kd6 40. a3 Kc5 41. Ne2 a5 42. Nc3 Kd4 43. Na4 b5 44. Nb6 Nd6 45. cxb5 cxb5 46. Nd7 Nf7 47. Kg3 e5 48. Kf2 Kc3 49. Nc5 Kd2 50. Kg2 Nd6 51. Kg3 e4 52. fxe4 Nxe4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Davis, Johnathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Nf3 Na6 11. 0-0 Nc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. h3 c4 15. Bf1 f5 16. a4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Nc3 a5 19. Be3 Na6 20. g4 Bd7 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc5 26. Re7 Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tanoi, Edward T"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d5 Nf6 4. dxe6 d6 5. Nc3 Bxe6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. Nxe6 Qxe6 9. Be2 c6 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Bf4 d5 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. h3 0-0 15. Bh6 d4 16. Qxd4 Nb6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. 0-0-0 Rad8 19. Qe3 Qf5 20. g4 Qa5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g5 Nfd5 23. Qxe4 Rf8 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Bg4 Nxc3 26. Be6+ Rf7 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Park Tamati, Philli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. 0-0 e5 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 0-0 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bd3 e4 15. Rfe1 Qg6 16. Be7 exf3 17. Bf1 fxg2 18. Bxg2 Re8 19. Qa4 f4 20. Kh1 b6 21. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxd6 23. Qe8+ Qf8 24. d6 Bb7 25. d7 f3 26. Bh3 Bc6 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bf7 Rxe8 29. dxe8Q Bxe8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Bxe8 Nxc4 32. h3 g5 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Kg3 Ne5 35. Ba4 Kf6 36. Bc2 h6 37. Be4 b5 38. h4 a5 39. h5 b4 40. c4 Ke6 41. Bd5+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 Ne5 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qe5 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Ng3 Ng4 19. Bc3 Qg5 20. Rfd1 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Bf5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qa4 Qh5 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Qxa7 Be6 26. Bd4 Qd5 27. a3 h6 28. Rc5 Qb3 29. Rc1 Bd5 30. Qb6 Rd7 31. Qxb3 Bxb3 32. Rc3 Bd5 33. f3 Bc6 34. Kf2 f6 35. b3 Kf7 36. a4 Ke6 37. g4 Rd5 38. Kg3 Kd6 39. Rc1 Bd7 40. Rc4 Bc6 41. e4 Ra5 42. Bc3 Ra8 43. Kf4 Bd7 44. e5+ fxe5+ 45. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
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1. Nf3 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. e4 c5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. c3 b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 f6 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nf1 Bd6 14. Bg5 Bd7 15. Bh4 c4 16. Ba4 Ne7 17. Bg3 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Ne4 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 a6 22. Qc2 Rf6 23. Re2 Raf8 24. Rae1 h6 25. Qa4 b5 26. Qa3 Rd8 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Ne5 g5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Ra1 Rf8 31. Rxa4 Rb8 32. Ra2 Kg7 33. Kf1 Nf5 34. Ke1 Kf6 35. Kd1 Ke7 36. g4 Ng7 37. Re1 Kf6 38. Re3 Ne8 39. Rf3+ Kg7 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Ra7 Nf6 42. f3 h5 43. gxh5 Nxh5 44. Kc1 Nf4 45. R2xa6 Rxa6 46. Rxa6 Rb7 47. g3 Ne2+ 48. Kc2 Rh7 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Rxh7 Kxh7 52. g4 Kg7 53. b3 cxb3+ 54. Kxb3 Kf6 55. Kc2 Ke7 56. Kd2 Nf4 57. Nd3 Ng6 58. Ke3 Kf6 59. f4 Nh4 60. Kf2 Ng6 61. Kg3 Ne7 62. Ne5 Nc8 63. Nf3 gxf4+ 64. Kxf4 Nd6 65. g5+ Ke7 66. Ng1 Kf7 67. Ne2 Nc4 68. Kg4 Ne3+ 69. Kh5 Nf5 70. Nf4 Ng7+ 71. Kh6 Nf5+ 72. Kh7 Ng7 73. Ng6 Nf5 74. Ne5+ Kf8 75. g6 Ne7 76. g7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. f4 Re8 12. Qf3 exd4 13. cxd4 Qe7 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Bb2 a5 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. h3 Re7 18. g4 Qa4 19. g5 N6d7 20. a3 f6 21. h4 Rae8 22. Qf2 fxg5 23. hxg5 Ne6 24. Qg3 Nef8 25. Rc1 Nb8 26. c5 dxc5 27. dxc5 Ba6 28. Bc2 Qb5 29. Bb3+ Kh8 30. a4 Qd7 31. Nf3 Ng6 32. f5 Nf8 33. f6 gxf6 34. gxf6 Rf7 35. Ng5 Ne6 36. Nxf7+ Qxf7 37. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Be6 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. e3 Nb4 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. a3 Na2 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Ra1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bc2 16. 0-0 Ne4 17. a4 a6 18. Bc4 Bd3 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Rb1 Nxc3 21. Rxb7+ Rd7 22. Rb6 Nxa4 23. Rxa6 Nc3 24. Ba3+ Ke8 25. Ne5 Rd8 26. Bb2 Bb4 27. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benson, James"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 0-1

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Bagamasbad, Efren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 c5 7. e4 h6 8. f4 Qa5 9. Bd2 e5 10. Nf3 exf4 11. 0-0 g5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nbd7 14. Re1 Kf8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Kg7 17. Nxf7 Re8 18. Ne5 Nf8 19. Qf3 Rb8 20. g3 fxg3 21. Qxg3 Ne6 22. h4 Nh5 23. Qf3 Nef4 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qe4 Rh8 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Rb2 Bh3 28. Bf1 b6 29. Rf2 Qd6 30. Re3 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rh4 32. Qf5 Qh6 33. Qd7+ Kg8 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Rxf4 Rh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf3 Qxf4+ 38. Qxf4 gxf4 39. Kxf4 cxd4 40. cxd4 Rh4+ 41. Ng4 Rg8 42. Rg3 Rg6 43. d5 Kg7 44. Kf5 Rh5+ 45. Kf4 Rhg5 46. d6 Rc5 47. Ne5 Rxg3 48. d7 Rxc4+ 49. Nxc4 Rd3 50. Ne5 Rd6 51. Kf5 Kf8 52. Ng6+ Kf7 53. Ne5+ Ke7 54. d8Q+ Kxd8 55. Nf7+ Kd7 56. Nxd6 Kxd6 57. Ke4 Kc5 58. Kd3 Kb4 59. Kc2 Ka3 60. Kb1 Kb4 61. Kb2 Kc4 62. Kc2 Kd4 63. Kb3 Kd3 64. Kb2 b5 65. Kb3 a5 66. Kb2 Kd2 67. Kb1 Kc3 68. Kc1 Kb4 69. Kb2 Ka4 70. Kb1 Ka3 71. Ka1 a4 72. Kb1 b4 73. Ka1 b3 74. axb3 axb3 75. Kb1 b2 0-1

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 f5 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Bf8 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. g4 Qc7 11. gxf5 exf5 12. Ng5 Nh6 13. Nh3 Be6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Nf4 Qf7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qh5+ Qg6 18. Qxf5 Qg2 19. Qe6+ Be7 20. Rf1 Qxh2 21. Bb5 Qf4 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23. Qxc6+ Kf7 24. Qxd5+ Kg6 25. Qe6+ Kh5 26. Qxe7 Qe4+ 27. Kd1 Qf3+ 28. Kc1 Rhc8 29. Ra3 Rab8 30. Qxh7 Rb7 31. Qc2 Rcb8 32. Nd2 Qf4 33. Ra1 Rb2 34. Qd3 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beach, Paul K"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. 0-0 g5 9. h3 h5 10. Re1 g4 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 g3 13. Nhf3 Qb6 14. Qa4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb4 16. Re3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 gxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qxd4 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Kg3 Rh1 21. Re2 Bc5 22. Qg4 Nf8 23. a3 Qc7 24. Rc2 f5 25. Qg8 Rh7 26. Bg5 Rg7 27. Qh8 Rh7 28. Qf6 Nd7 29. Qxe6+ Re7 30. Bxe7 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxe7 32. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Carpinter, Anthony Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. a4 b4 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qc5 Na5 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qb5+ Rc6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bd2 Qa8 16. Nxd5 e6 17. Bxa5 exd5 18. 0-0 Ra6 19. b4 Bd6 20. Rfc1 Ke7 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. Bxd6+ Kxd6 23. a5 Rb8 24. Qd3 Rxb4 25. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Lovejoy, David W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nge2 c6 8. 0-0 Nh5 9. g4 Nhf6 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. Be2 Ne8 12. Be3 Na6 13. Qd2 g6 14. Kg2 Ng7 15. Bh6 Nc7 16. Rad1 c5 17. h4 a6 18. a4 b6 19. Rh1 Rb8 20. Ra1 Nce8 21. f3 Bd7 22. Be3 Nc7 23. g5 Rb7 24. h5 Qb8 25. b3 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rh2 bxc4 28. Bxc4 f5 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rah1 Kf7 32. Rh7 Nb5 33. Nce2 Nd4 34. Bg5 Qd8 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. f4 exf4 37. Qxf4 Bc8 38. Bxf6 Qxf6 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6 40. Rf1+ Nf5 41. Rxb7 Bxb7 42. exf5 g5 43. Re1 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Green, Ewen M"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d3 Qb6 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 h5 11. a3 Bg4 12. f3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Bf5 14. Qb4 Qc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 h4 17. g4 h3 18. Bf1 Na6 19. Qc3 Be6 20. d4 0-0-0 21. 0-0-0 Bd5 22. Be2 Rhe8 23. Rhe1 exd4 24. Qxd4 Bxf3 25. Qxf6 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qe5 28. Rd8+ Kc7 29. Qxe5+ Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 65"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Weller, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1632"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Ngxe5 7. Bc3 Bb4 8. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nxe5 10. f4 Ng6 11. Qd4 0-0 12. 0-0-0 d6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Rde1 Ne7 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. e4 Nc6 17. Qe3 Re8 18. g4 Bxg4 19. Rhg1 Qh4 20. Nd5 Rac8 21. Rxg4 Qxg4 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Rg1 Qxg1+ 24. Qxg1+ Kh8 25. Qg4 Nd4 26. Bd3 Rg8 27. Qd7 Rg1+ 28. Kd2 Rcg8 29. Qxf7 Nf3+ 30. Ke3 Nxh2 31. e5 Ng4+ 32. Kd2 f5 33. Bxf5 Rg2+ 34. Kc3 Rg3+ 35. Kb4 Rh3 36. Be6 Nh6 37. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. g4 c5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Rg1 Qc7 13. Qe2 g6 14. a4 a5 15. Be3 0-0-0 16. Nd2 Nf8 17. d5 Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Spiller, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. 0-0 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 f5 10. Ba3 d6 11. c5 Ba5 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Bb5+ Kf7 14. h4 h6 15. Rc1 g5 16. Ne5+ dxe5 17. Qh5+ Kg7 18. dxe5 a6 19. Rfd1 Bd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. e6 Ra7 22. Bb2+ Kh7 23. Bd7 Rf8 24. Rc8 Qe7 25. hxg5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rxf8 Rxd7 28. exd7 Nxd7 29. Rf7+ Kg6 30. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Re1 b6 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bb7 11. c3 0-0 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Ba6 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Qd8 20. Qa4 Nb8 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Bh3 Nf8 25. Nh4 Ne6 26. Nf5 Ng5 27. Bg2 Be2 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nc8 Ke8 30. Nxa7 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Kd7 32. Nb5 Nxh2 33. Kxh2 Bxb5 34. Bh3+ Ke7 35. Bf5 h6 36. Kg2 Bc4 37. a3 Bd3 38. Kf3 Bc2 39. b4 c4 40. Ke3 b5 41. Bg4 Bd3 42. Bc8 Bc2 43. Ba6 Ba4 44. Kf3 Bd1+ 45. Kg2 Ba4 46. Kh3 Kf8 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Kf5 h5 49. f4 exf4 50. Kxf4 Kg6 51. Bc8 Kg7 52. Ke3 Kg6 53. Kd4 Kg5 54. Kc5 Kg6 55. Bd7 Kg5 56. Bxb5 Bxb5 57. Kxb5 Kg4 58. a4 Kxg3 59. a5 h4 60. a6 h3 61. a7 h2 62. a8Q h1Q 63. Qg8+ Kf4 64. Qxf7 Qxe4 65. Qxf6+ Ke3 66. Qc6 Qxc6+ 67. Kxc6 Kd3 68. b5 Kxc3 69. b6 Kd2 70. b7 c3 71. b8Q c2 72. Qh2+ Kd1 73. Qg1+ Kd2 74. Qd4+ Ke2 75. Qc3 Kd1 76. Qd3+ Kc1 77. Kb5 Kb2 78. Qd4+ Kb1 79. Qb4+ Ka1 80. Qf4 Kb1 81. Qe4 Kb2 82. Qd4+ Kb1 83. Qd3 Kb2 84. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ha, Huy Minh"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Qf7 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3 Bf6 15. Qc3 c6 16. Nb3 Bg4 17. Rf2 Nd7 18. Be3 Rae8 19. Raf1 Qe6 20. Bc1 Bh3 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 b6 24. Qxc6 Qe6 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. Kg2 Rfe8 27. Rf5 Re2+ 28. Kh3 Rc2 29. Rxd5 Ree2 30. Kg4 Rxh2 31. Bg5 h5+ 32. Kf5 Bxg5 33. Kxg5 Rcg2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rf3 h4 36. g4 Rf2 37. Re3 Rf6 38. Ree8 Rg6+ 39. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Hart, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 a5 9. Ne5 0-0 10. Qc1 Ne4 11. f3 Nf6 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. e3 c5 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. exd4 f4 16. c5 Bc7 17. g4 Nb8 18. Rfe1 Nfd7 19. Rac1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nc6 21. a3 Bd7 22. Qc3 b6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 bxc5 25. bxc5 Ba5 26. Qc2 Nb4 27. Qb1 Be8 28. Red1 Bg6 29. Qa1 Nc2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors Spiller Memorial"]
[Site "Howick"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anderson, John Eric"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. 0-0 d4 7. Ne4 Nxe5 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. d3 Ngf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. a3 0-0 12. h3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Nfg5 h6 16. Nf3 f5 17. Ng3 Qd6 18. Qd2 e5 19. Re2 Nf4 20. Ree1 Qd5 21. Rac1 g5 22. Ne2 Nxh3+ 23. Kh2 Nxf2 24. c4 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 Qd6 26. Ng3 e4 27. Nxg5 Qxg3 28. dxe4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Lee, Edward S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A94"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 c6 7. b3 0-0 8. Ba3 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nd3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Rf6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Qd2 Rh6 14. Nf4 Nf7 15. Rad1 Qf8 16. Nc2 g5 17. Nd3 b6 18. e4 Bb7 19. Ne3 fxe4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bg2 Rd8 23. Qc3 Qg7 24. Ne5 Nd6 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Rd2 c5 27. N3g4 Nxg4 28. Nxg4 Rg6 29. dxc5 Bxg2 30. Rxg2 Qd4+ 31. Qf2 Qxc5 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Rd2 Nf5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rfd1 Rc7 36. R1d7+ Rxd7 37. Rxd7+ Kg8 38. Rxa7 h5 39. Ne5 Rf6 40. Nd7 Rf7 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ne5 Rf6 43. Kf2 h4 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. gxh4 Nxh4+ 46. Ke3 Rf1 47. Nd7 Nf5+ 48. Ke4 Rf2 49. Ke5 Rxh2 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Kxe6 Ng7+ 52. Ke5 Re2+ 53. Ne4 g4 54. Kf6 Nh5+ 55. Kg5 g3 56. Ra8+ Kg7 57. Ra7+ Kf8 58. Ra8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Be2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 f6 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Ng4 a5 18. a4 h5 19. Nf2 g5 20. fxg5 fxg5 21. Bg3 Qf6 22. h4 Bd6 23. hxg5 Qf5 24. Bh4 Be7 25. Kg1 Bxg5 26. Nd1 Ba6 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Qb5 Ra7 30. Qe2 Raf7 31. Rxh5 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Qg6 33. Rh4 R8f3 34. gxf3 Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Qh1+ 36. Qh2 Qxf3+ 37. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Nxe3 39. Rxe4 Nxd1 40. Rxe6 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 Rf1 42. d5 Rf2+ 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. Rxb6 Nxb2 45. Rb5 Nc4 46. Rc1 Rd4 47. Rc5 Nb6 48. Rxa5 Rxa4 49. Rxa4 Nxa4 50. Rc6 Kf7 51. Kf4 Nb2 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Kd4 Kd7 54. Ra6 Nd1 55. Ra2 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Fisher, Vaclav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. e4 Bd7 8. Nd5 Qxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 g6 12. d5 Nd8 13. Bc3 f6 14. 0-0 Nf7 15. Re1 0-0-0 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Nd4 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Qe6+ Kb8 21. Qxf7 b6 22. Rad1 e5 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. Qe8 Bg7 25. Rb8+ Ka6 26. Qa4# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cummings, Nick"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 e5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Qe8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Ra1 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa8 Qd7 19. Nd2 c6 20. Rb1 f4 21. b5 fxg3 22. hxg3 Qf5 23. Qa7 b6 24. Bf3 cxb5 25. Rxb5 h5 26. Ne4 Qg6 27. Rd5 h4 28. Rxd6 Qh7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qe7 Rf8 31. Ng5 Qf5 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ Rxf7 34. Qxh4+ Qh7 35. Qxh7+ Kxh7 36. Bxf7 Kh6 37. Bd5 Kg5 38. Kg2 Kg4 39. f3+ Kg5 40. Kf2 Bd7 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Be4+ Ke6 43. f4 Kf6 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45. d4+ Kd6 46. Kf4 Be6 47. Bd3 Bd7 48. Kg5 Be8 49. e4 Ke6 50. e5 Bf7 51. Bg6 Bg8 52. Bf5+ Ke7 53. d5 Bf7 54. d6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. dxe5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Nxe5 12. Qe4 Qe7 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 c6 15. 0-0 Be6 16. Rfd1 0-0 17. Be1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 h6 20. h3 Rd7 21. Qe2 Qd8 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxa2 25. Nxa2 Bxd2 26. Kf1 Ba5 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. Nc1 Bc7 30. Kc4 Kd7 31. Nd3 b5+ 32. Kd4 f6 33. h4 a5 34. h5 a4 35. Nc5+ Ke7 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. f3 Ke6 38. e4 Be5+ 39. Nxe5 fxe5+ 40. Kc5 Kf6 41. g3 Ke6 42. f4 Ke7 43. Kb4 Kd6 44. Kc3 Kc5 45. fxe5 Kb6 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qxb5 16. Rxb5 Rd8 17. Be3 Ke8 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Rb7 h5 20. a4 Rh6 21. a5 e5 22. Ke2 Rc6 23. Ra1 Rxc3 24. a6 Bd6 25. Be3 Rc7 26. Rb6 Kd7 27. a7 Rc6 28. Rb7+ Ke6 29. Kd3 g6 30. h4 f6 31. Ra4 f5 32. Ra1 Bc7 33. Rab1 f4 34. Rb8 Bxb8 35. axb8Q Rxb8 36. Rxb8 fxe3 37. fxe3 Ra6 38. Rb4 Kf5 39. f4 e4+ 40. Kc3 Ra3+ 41. Kd2 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 Re2 43. Rb5+ Kg4 44. Rg5+ Kf3 45. Rxg6 Rxe3+ 46. Kd4 Rd3+ 47. Kc4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6 8. a3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. e3 0-0-0 12. Qc2 Kb8 13. Be2 g5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Na4 Bc7 16. Nc5 g4 17. Nxd7+ Rxd7 18. Nd2 Rhd8 19. Nb3 h5 20. Nc5 Rd6 21. Rb1 Ne5 22. e4 Nc6 23. Bf4 Nd4 24. Qb2 Rc6 25. Bxc7+ Rxc7 26. Rd1 Qe5 27. Qb1 Re7 28. f3 gxf3 29. gxf3 b6 30. Nd3 Qg5 31. Qc1 Qh4+ 32. Nf2 Rc7 33. Qh6 Rc2 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qf8+ Rc8 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Ha, Huy Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bd6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. g4 e5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 dxc4 12. 0-0-0 Qa5 13. Rg1 e4 14. Bh6 g6 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qh5 17. Bxc4 Kh8 18. Bxf8 Nf6 19. Qh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxf8 21. Bxf7 Bg7 22. Rxg6 Bd7 23. Rdg1 Nh5 24. R1g5 Bxd4 25. Rxh5# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 129th"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lukey, Stephen G"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nd3 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Nc5 18. Qa3 Rf7 19. Rfd1 Ne6 20. Qd6 g6 21. Rab1 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Be6 23. Rb3 Qc5 24. Rd6 g5 25. Qd2 Re8 26. Rd8 Qe7 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Bh5 Rd7 29. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Kerr, Grant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nh3 Kh8 9. Qd2 Ng8 10. 0-0-0 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. Nf2 Bd7 15. Nd3 b6 16. Rdf1 Qe7 17. Rhg1 a4 18. g4 e4 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. fxe4 fxg4 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Qd3 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Bh6 24. Qxh6 Nxh6 25. Re1 Rf7 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. cxb5 a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Kb2 Raf3 31. a4 R3f4 32. a5 Rb4+ 33. Kc3 Rxb5 34. Ra1 Rf3+ 35. Bd3 c4 36. Kxc4 Rc5+ 37. Kd4 Nf5+ 38. Bxf5 Rxf5 39. a6 Rfxd5+ 40. Ke4 Ra5 41. Rc1 Rdb5 42. Rxc7+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. a7 Rb4+ 45. Kd3 Ra3+ 46. Kc2 Rba4 47. Rgg7 h5 48. Rcf7+ Ke6 49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Ref7+ Ke6 51. Re7+ Kf6 52. Ref7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Joel, Chris"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c5 Bc7 9. b4 Qe7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. e3 h6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Ne2 g5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nd4 Bf7 19. b5 Bh5 20. Rd2 f4 21. exf4 gxf4 22. bxc6 f3 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. Bh3 Rxb7 25. c6 Rb4 26. Qd1 Bb6 27. Re1 Qg5 28. Ne6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McIntosh, Andrew"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Be7 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. c3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Re1 0-0-0 11. b3 h5 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. e5 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6 15. a3 g5 16. c4 g4 17. Nh2 gxh3 18. Bxh3 h4 19. Nhf1 hxg3 20. Nxg3 d4 21. Ndf1 Rdg8 22. Bc1 Bb7 23. Bg2 Nf5 24. Bf4 Rh4 25. Bd2 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Rhg4 27. Bf4 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Qc6 30. Ra2 Bd8 31. Nh2 Bc7 32. Ng4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1558"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. b3 a6 7. c5 Qc7 8. Bb2 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. h4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Na4 Qe7 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Qc2 0-0 16. h5 Nxh5 17. 0-0-0 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Qe5+ 19. Kb1 Ng7 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Rh3 f5 22. Rdh1 h5 23. f3 Qxe3 24. g4 Qe6 25. gxh5 Nxh5 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Rxh5 Rc7 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. b4 Qg6 33. Kc2 Qxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Kf6 35. Kd4 Kf5 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. a4 Kf5 38. Kd4 Kf4 39. b5 a5 40. b6 Kxf3 41. Ke5 Ke3 42. Kd6 d4 43. Kc7 d3 44. Kxb7 d2 45. Kxc6 d1Q 46. Kc7 Qxa4 47. b7 Qf4+ 48. Kc8 Qf8+ 49. Kd7 Qb8 50. c6 a4 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. g4 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be2 c5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Bh6 Bd7 17. h4 f6 18. h5 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nf7 20. Qf4 Qe5 21. Qxe5 fxe5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Kd2 Kg7 24. Ke3 Ng5 25. Nb1 b5 26. Nd2 b4 27. a3 a5 28. Nb3 a4 29. Nd2 b3 30. Raf1 Rf4 31. Nb1 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 33. Nc3 Kg7 34. Rh1 Rf6 35. Nd1 Rf4 36. Nf2 Rf8 37. Nd3 Nf7 38. f4 exf4+ 39. Nxf4 Ne5 40. g5 Nf7 41. Rg1 Ne5 42. Ng2 Bc8 43. Nh4 Ba6 44. Rc1 Rh8 45. Nf3 Rh3 46. Kf2 Nxf3 47. Bxf3 Rh2+ 48. Bg2 Rh5 49. e5 dxe5 50. d6 Bc8 51. Bc6 Rh2+ 52. Ke3 Rxb2 53. Bxa4 Rh2 54. d7 Bxd7 55. Bxd7 Ra2 56. a4 b2 57. Rb1 Ra3+ 58. Ke4 Rb3 59. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Bd2 Na5 15. g3 Nc4 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Nd4 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bd3 d4 21. Rg1 Qd7 22. Rd1 Qd5 23. Qb4 Rd8 24. Rd2 Rh8 25. Re2 Qa2 26. h4 Bf3 27. Bc4 Qa1+ 28. Kf2 Qc3 29. Qxc3 dxc3 30. Kxf3 Rd4 31. Bb3 Ke7 32. Re4 Rd2 33. Rc4 Rhd8 34. Rxc3 Rh2 35. Rg2 Rh1 36. Rd3 Rxd3+ 37. cxd3 Rb1 38. Bc4 b5 39. Ba2 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Huang, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 0-0 12. Rc7 Nc6 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. d5 e6 15. Bc4 Na5 16. Rc1 Nxc4+ 17. R1xc4 exd5 18. exd5 Be6 19. Ke2 Bxd5 20. Rc2 a6 21. h4 b5 22. h5 gxh5 23. Bg5 Re8+ 24. Kf1 b4 25. Rd7 Be6 26. Rb7 Reb8 27. Rxb8+ Rxb8 28. Bf4 Ra8 29. Be5 a5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nd4 Bd5 32. Nf5+ Kf6 33. Ne3 Be6 34. Ke2 Rc8 35. Rd2 Rc3 36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rc2+ 38. Kd3 Rxa2 39. Rxh5 Kg6 40. Rb5 Rxf2 41. Rxa5 Rxg2 42. Ra6+ f6 43. Rb6 b3 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1776"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 b6 6. Nge2 Bb7 7. Nf4 0-0 8. Be2 Qe8 9. f3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. 0-0 Na5 12. Bd3 e5 13. Nh3 e4 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Qe1 Qg6 16. Be7 Rf7 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. c5 g5 20. Bxa5 bxa5 21. Bc4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Re6 23. Rb1 d5 24. cxd6 Nxd6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rb2 Rg7 27. Rff2 h5 28. Rfe2 Rg4 29. Qb1 Be4 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Qb3 Bd5 32. Qc2 h4 33. Qa4 h3 34. g3 Qe4 35. Qd7+ Rg7 36. Qd8 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Ne4# 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mao, Daqi"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. e4 Be7 9. a4 c5 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. dxc5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Nb5 a6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Na3 Qc7 17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Qxc5 20. Bf1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. e5 Bxe5 23. b4 cxb3 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Rb8 Re2 30. Rb5 Ra2 31. Kg2 Kg6 32. Kf3 Nc4 33. Kg2 Na3 34. R1xb3 Nxb5 35. Rxb5 f6 36. g4 e5 37. Kg3 Ra3+ 38. Kg2 Kg5 39. f3 Kf4 40. Rb4+ Ke3 41. Rb7 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Ke2 43. Rxg7 Ra3 44. Rg6 e4 45. Rxh6 Rxf3+ 46. Kg2 e3 47. Rh8 Rf2+ 48. Kg3 Kf1 49. h4 e2 50. Re8 e1Q 51. Rxe1+ Kxe1 52. h5 Ke2 53. h6 Rf1 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Kg3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Bd3 Nc7 11. Nge2 Rb8 12. a4 a6 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. 0-0 Re8 16. Bg5 Bd7 17. Qf4 Re5 18. Ra5 h6 19. Bxh6 Ncxd5 20. Qd2 Nxc3 21. bxc3 c4 22. Rxe5 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 cxd3 24. Rg5 dxe2 25. Re1 Rb1 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bg5 0-0 14. Bh4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bg3 Bg4 18. Qd2 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 Rad8 20. Bf3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qb6 22. Rad1 d4 23. Rfe1 Rf7 24. g4 h6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Qxg5 Rc7 27. Be2 Kf8 28. Bc4 Rc5 29. Qg6 Qc7 30. Re6 Rc6 31. Rde1 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qf7 33. Qd3 Qh5 34. Qd2 Qf5 35. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Sole, Michael D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 d6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Qd3 g5 16. Bg3 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qf5 e4 19. Ne5 Qe7 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxd7 Bg7 24. f3 Qd4+ 25. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Bf2 Bxb2 27. Rc2 Bxa3 28. Ra1 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxa7 Rec8 31. Rd2 Rxc4 32. Rdd7 Rf8 33. Rdb7 Rc6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Ra6 Rd8 37. Rbxb6 Rxb6 38. Rxb6+ f6 39. h4 Rd4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Ra6 Rb4 42. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Weng, Xintong"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 d5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. h3 a5 10. 0-0-0 Na6 11. a3 Bd7 12. Ne5 b5 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. c5 Be8 15. Ne2 a4 16. Kb1 Bf6 17. Ng4 Rf7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f3 Rb7 20. Ka1 Bg6 21. Qc1 exf3 22. gxf3 b4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Rd2 a3 25. b3 Nd3 26. Qc3 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 Rab8 28. Rdd1 Rxb3 29. Qd2 Bf5 30. Rhg1 Qf7 31. Qg2 Rb2 32. Qg3 a2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. h4 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. f3 h5 12. Nh3 Bd7 13. Nf2 Qa5 14. g4 Nb3 15. axb3 Qxa1+ 16. Ncd1 a5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. gxh5 Rfc8 19. Nd3 Bb5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. 0-0 Qa2 22. Nc3 Qxb3 23. Nc1 Qb4 24. Bxb5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qxb5 26. Qh6 Qe8 27. h5 Bg7 28. Qxg6 Qxg6+ 29. hxg6 Bh6 30. Nd3 Kg7 31. Rb1 Be3+ 32. Kf1 Kxg6 33. Ke2 Bh6 34. Rxb7 a4 35. c4 a3 36. Rb1 Ra5 37. Ra1 Ra4 38. Kd1 Be3 39. Ra2 Bd4 40. Kd2 Kf7 41. f4 exf4 42. Nxf4 Bb2 43. Nd3 Rxc4 44. Nxb2 axb2 45. Rxb2 Rxe4 46. Kd3 Rh4 47. Re2 Rh5 48. Kd4 Rh4+ 49. Kc3 Rh5 50. Kc4 Re5 51. Ra2 Ke7 52. Ra7+ Kd8 53. Rh7 Rg5 54. Ra7 Ke8 55. Rb7 Kd8 56. Rb5 Rg4+ 57. Kb3 Kc7 58. Kc3 Kc8 59. Rb6 Kc7 60. Rc6+ Kd7 61. Ra6 Kc7 62. Ra8 Kb6 63. Rc8 Rh4 64. Rc6+ Kb5 65. Rxd6 Kc5 66. Rd8 Ra4 67. d6 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1727"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. a3 Nf6 4. b4 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 c5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Rd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 e5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qa4 e4 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Ng5 a6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qb3 Bc6 25. Ne6 Qd6 26. Nf4 g5 27. Nh3 Ng4 28. Bxg4 fxg4 29. Nxg5 h6 30. h3 hxg5 31. hxg4 Bd7 32. Qb7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxg4 34. Qxa6 Qe6 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. a4 Qd6+ 37. g3 Qe6 38. Qb7 Qc6 39. Qb2+ Qf6 40. Qa2 Qh6+ 41. Kg1 Qd6 42. Qa1+ Kg6 43. a5 Bc8 44. Qa4 Bd7 45. Qa1 Bc8 46. Qa4 Ba6 47. Qe8+ Kf5 48. Qf7+ Qf6 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qxe4 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qb3 Na6 11. dxe6 Nc5 12. Qc2 Bxe6 13. b3 h6 14. Be3 c6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Bf7 17. h3 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. g4 c5 20. Nb5 a6 21. Bxe4 axb5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 bxc4 24. bxc4 b5 25. cxb5 Rxa2 26. Qe4 Qf6 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 d5 29. Qf3 c4 30. Rb1 c3 31. Bc1 d4 32. Be4 Qxf3 33. Bxf3 Ba2 34. Ra1 Bc4 35. b6 d3 36. exd3 Bxd3 37. Bd5+ Kh7 38. b7 Be5 39. Ra8 Bb8 40. f3 Rd8 41. Kf2 c2 42. Ke3 Bg6 43. Be4 h5 44. Bb2 Bxe4 45. Kxe4 Kg6 46. f4 Kf7 47. f5 Kf8 48. Ra6 Rd7 49. Rh6 Re7+ 50. Kd3 c1N+ 51. Bxc1 Rxb7 52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rxh5 Kf6 54. Be3 Be5 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Kd5 Rb3 57. Bc5 Rf3 58. Be7+ Kxe7 59. Kxe5 Re3+ 60. Kf4 Re1 61. Rh7+ Kf6 62. Rh6+ Kf7 63. Ra6 Rf1+ 64. Kg5 Rg1+ 65. Kh6 Rf1 66. Kg5 Rg1+ 67. Kf4 Rf1+ 68. Ke4 Re1+ 69. Kf3 Rf1+ 70. Kg4 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 e5 7. e4 Qa5 8. Qc2 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. f4 Qa4 12. Qb3 Nfd7 13. Ng3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. 0-0 0-0 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rf3 Rab8 19. Nh5 f6 20. Raf1 Be8 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qxb3 24. axb3 Nc8 25. b4 b6 26. Rb1 Nd6 27. Rf2 Rb7 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rxb7 Nxb7 30. Rb2 Rf7 31. Kf2 g6 32. Ke3 f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Rxb7 Rf7 36. Rb5 Rf1 37. Rxc5 Re1+ 38. Kd2 Ra1 39. d6 Kf7 40. Rxe5 Ra2+ 41. Kd3 Rxg2 42. d7 Rg8 43. c5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1601"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 0-0 12. Nf3 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7 Rd7 16. Rbc1 a6 17. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Rc8+ Bf8 19. Bh6 Nd7 20. Rxa8 b5 21. Ne5 Nb8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Nd7+ Kg7 25. Nxb8 a5 26. Bxb5 Kf6 27. Nc6 Kg5 28. Nxe7 Kf4 29. Kd3 f6 30. Nd5+ Kg4 31. Nxf6+ Kg5 32. e5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 128th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Qc2 Qe8 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Qh5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Nbd7 13. b5 Ne4 14. bxc6 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 bxc6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Qc6 Ra6 19. Rb6 Rxb6 20. Qxb6 Ne4 21. Rc1 Qf7 22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Qxb7 Bxb7 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. Rc7 h6 27. Rd7 hxg5 28. Rxd6 Bc8 29. h3 Rf8 30. Bf3 Kf7 31. Rb6 Ke7 32. e3 Rd8 33. g4 Rd6 34. Rb8 Bd7 35. Ra8 Bc6 36. Ra7+ Rd7 37. Ra6 Kd6 38. Kg2 g6 39. Kg3 Rh7 40. Be2 Rb7 41. Bd1 Kc7 42. h4 Rb1 43. Bf3 gxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Rb2 45. Kg3 Kb7 46. Ra1 Kc7 47. Ra7+ Bb7 48. g5 Kd6 49. Ra1 Bc6 50. Bd1 Rb8 51. Kf4 Rh8 52. Ra6 Kc7 53. Ke5 Kb7 54. Ra3 Rh1 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "List, Robert"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. 0-0 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. a3 Ne7 12. Qf3 Ng6 13. Rd1 Qxe5 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. Rac1 Be7 18. h3 Rd8 19. Qb6 g5 20. Bg3 g4 21. Rd4 gxh3 22. Re1 hxg2 23. Kxg2 Bf6 24. Rf4 d4+ 25. Ne4 Qh3+ 26. Kf3 d3 27. Ke3 Bd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Kxd4 e5+ 30. Kxe5 0-0 31. Rh4 Qe6+ 32. Kd4 Rd8+ 33. Kc3 d2 34. Reh1 d1N+ 35. Kb4 Rd4+ 36. Kc5 Rc4+ 37. Kb6 Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qxd4 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. Bf4 Na6 8. Qe2 Qa5+ 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Bd7 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. 0-0-0 Qxd6 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxd7+ Ke7 18. Qg4 Rhg8 19. Qh4+ g5 20. Qxh7 c4 21. Bxe6 Kxe6 22. Rhe1+ Kf6 23. Re3 g4 24. Rd4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. a3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Bc2 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Bf6 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Rae1 Qg7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Qh7+ Qxh7 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Rxf8 Bd4+ 24. Rf2 Kxh7 25. Nb5 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bd7 27. Nc7 Rc8 28. Nxe6 Rc2+ 29. Kf3 g4+ 30. Kf4 Rc4+ 31. Ke5 Bxe6 32. Rd1 Re4+ 33. Kf6 Bg8 34. h3 gxh3 35. gxh3 Re3 36. Rg1 Re2 37. g4 Rf2+ 38. Ke5 Rxb2 39. h4 Re2+ 40. Kf6 d4 41. g5 Re6+ 42. Kf5 Rg6 43. Rd1 Rd6 44. g6+ Kg7 45. h5 Rd5+ 46. Kg4 d3 47. Rd2 Be6+ 48. Kf4 Rf5+ 49. Ke3 Rxh5 50. Rb2 b6 51. Kxd3 Rh3+ 52. Kd4 Rxa3 53. Rg2 Ra4+ 54. Ke5 Rg4 55. Rc2 Rxg6 56. Rc7+ Kf8 57. Rxa7 b5 58. Ra6 Ke7 59. Ra7+ Bd7 60. Kd5 Rg5+ 61. Kd4 Kd6 62. Ra8 Rg4+ 63. Kc3 h5 64. Rh8 h4 65. Rh5 b4+ 66. Kb2 h3 67. Rh7 Rg3 68. Rh6+ Ke5 69. Rh5+ Kf4 70. Rh4+ Bg4 71. Rh8 Kf3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Hair, Philip I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bf4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. c5 a6 7. b4 Ne4 8. Rc1 g5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bg3 h5 11. h3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Bf5 13. e3 Bh6 14. Bd3 Nxb4 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Rb1 Nc6 17. Rxb7 0-0 18. Qd3 Na5 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. g4 Nc4 21. Kf2 Rae8 22. Rbe1 h4 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24. gxf5 g4 25. hxg4 Bxe3+ 26. Kf1 Nd2+ 27. Nxd2 Bxd2 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Ne2 Bg5 30. Rh3 Re3 31. Nc3 c6 32. Kf2 Re7 33. Ne2 Re4 34. Ra3 Kg7 35. Rxa6 Be3+ 36. Kf3 Bxd4 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxc6 Rd3+ 39. Kf4 Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Rxg4 41. Rc7+ Kh6 42. Kf3 Rc4 43. c6 Kg5 44. Rc8 Kxf5 45. c7 d4 46. a4 Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Kf4 48. a5 Rc2+ 49. Kd3 Rxg2 50. Rh8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taylor, Richard"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. exd5 exd5 7. Ng3 h5 8. Bd3 g6 9. Bf4 h4 10. Nge2 h3 11. gxh3 Bxh3 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Rg1 Bh4 14. Bg3 Nc6 15. 0-0-0 Nxf2 16. Qe3+ Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qe7 19. Be5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bd7 21. Kb1 Qxe5 22. Rxd7 Bf6 23. Rd4 c5 24. Bc6+ bxc6 25. Re4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Mukkattu, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Qg4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Bg5 h5 12. Qf4 Qc7 13. Rac1 f6 14. Nb5 cxb5 15. Rxc7 Nd5 16. Bg6+ Kd8 17. exf6 Nxf4 18. fxg7+ Kxc7 19. Bxf4+ e5 20. Rc1+ Kb6 21. gxh8Q exf4 22. Bf5 a5 23. h4 Ka7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxd7 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Bd6 27. Qxh5 b4 28. Qxa5+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Jiang, Bevis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1229"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 Nc6 7. e3 0-0 8. a3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne5 Rf6 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. g4 f4 17. e4 Ne7 18. g5 hxg5 19. Rxg5 Nc6 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. e5 Rh6 22. Be4 Rh3 23. Rg4 Rf8 24. Kd2 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxh2 27. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Runcan, Daniel Ioan"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 d5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Ne5 0-0 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Na6 16. Rab1 Rd6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Qa4 Qc6 20. Qg4 Bc8 21. Qh5 Nc7 22. Nc4 Re6 23. Ne3 Red6 24. c4 Be6 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qh5 Bf7 27. Qg4 Be6 28. Qf4 Qd7 29. Rb7 d4 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Qa4 32. Rdb1 Qxa2 33. Be4 Qa5 34. Qf5 Kf8 35. Qh7 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rg8 Rg5 39. h4 Rg6 40. Qh8 Ke6 41. Rgb8 Qc3 42. Qc8+ Kd6 43. Qf8+ Kc6 44. R8b3 Qc2 45. Qe7 Qf5 46. Rb7 Qe5 47. Rxc7+ Qxc7 48. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. h3 Nf6 4. g4 d5 5. gxf5 exf5 6. Rg1 Be6 7. Bf4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e3 Qb6 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 0-0-0 12. b4 Bd6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bxf4 15. Nxe6 Qc6 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. exf4 Qxf4 18. Qd2 Qh2 19. Qc3+ Kb8 20. Qg3+ Qxg3 21. Rxg3 f4 22. Rxg7 Rhe8+ 23. Kd1 Ne4 24. f3 Ng3 25. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Holdo, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. 0-0 c5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be4 Rb8 13. d5 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Bd6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxh7 Nf8 17. Bg6+ Ke7 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. Qd3 Bb7 21. Be4 Qc7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Ne4 Rb6 24. Qc3 Nd7 25. h4 Rh6 26. g3 Rc6 27. Kg2 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. Kf3 Rh8 31. Kg4 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. h5 c4 34. h6 Rc7 35. Kg5 b4 36. Kg6 c3 37. bxc3 bxc3 38. Nxc3 Re7 39. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Braganza, Nadia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Nd2 h5 14. h3 Nh7 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. g4 Ndf6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Rab8 20. Ra3 Bd4 21. Rb3 Ba8 22. Qf2 Bg7 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Qe2 Bd4 25. Nd2 Bb7 26. Bc4 Qc8 27. Nf3 Bg7 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Nd2 Nhf8 30. Qf2 Qd8 31. f5 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Ne5 33. Be2 Nfd7 34. Nc4 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Ne5 36. Be2 Rf8 37. Qh4 Qe7 38. f6 Qd7 39. Bxh5 Rfd8 40. Bg4 Qe8 41. Qg3 Qxa4 42. Rf4 Kf8 43. Qh4 Kg8 44. Qh6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. h4 Qf6 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rh2 e5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. g3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. 0-0-0 Qf3 20. Qxf3 Nxf3 21. Rg2 a5 22. Kc2 a4 23. b3 axb3+ 24. Kxb3 Ra5 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. Rxd6 Rfa8 27. Rxb6 Rxa3+ 28. Kb4 Ne1 29. Rg1 Ra1 30. Kb5 R1a5+ 31. Kb4 Nd3+ 32. Kc3 Rc5 33. Kd4 Rac8 34. Kxe4 Nxf2+ 35. Kf3 Rf8+ 36. Kg2 Rxc4 37. Rb2 Ng4 38. Re1 Re4 39. Rb3 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Rc2 41. Ra3 Kh7 42. Rb3 Ne5 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Re2 Rec4 45. Rb5 Kf5 46. e4+ Ke6 47. Rb6+ Nc6 48. e5 Rxe2 49. Kxe2 Kxe5 50. Kf3 Nd4+ 51. Kg4 Nf5+ 52. Kh5 Nxg3+ 53. Kg6 Rg4+ 54. Kh7 Nf5 55. Rb5+ Kf6 56. Rb6+ Kf7 57. h5 Rg5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Yee, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Rfd1 Ra8 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. c4 Rfe8 20. f4 Qd6 21. Bb1 Rc7 22. Rc3 b5 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 bxc4 28. f5 Qd5 29. Qf4 e5 30. Qh4 Ke7 31. Re1 Kd7 32. dxe5 Rxe5 33. Rcc1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qe5 35. Rd1+ Kc8 36. Qd2 Qxf5 37. Qc3 Qe5 38. Qd2 Qf5 39. Qc3 Rc6 40. h3 Qe5 41. Rd4 Qb5 42. Kh2 Qa4 43. Qe3 Rc7 44. h4 Qb5 45. Qh3+ f5 46. Qc3 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 Rc5 48. h5 f4 49. h6 Kc7 50. Rxc4 Qxc3 51. Rxc3 Rxc3 52. h7 Rc1+ 53. Kh2 f3 54. gxf3 Rc2+ 55. Kg3 Rxa2 56. h8Q Kd7 57. Qe5 Ra6 58. Qb5+ Rc6 59. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "He, Caleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. d5 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Bd2 b6 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rab8 16. Bb4 Bf6 17. Nf3 Rfc8 18. 0-0 e6 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Rb5 Ba8 21. Rxa5 Rc3 22. Bb1 exd5 23. e5 Bg7 24. Rxa7 d4 25. Nxd4 Bxe5 26. Nb3 Rd8 27. f4 Bg7 28. Re7 Bf6 29. Re2 Bc6 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Bxc2 Ba4 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Bxb3 34. Bxb3 Bd4+ 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Ke2 Ba7 37. Kd3 f6 38. g4 Bb8 39. Ke4 g5 40. fxg5 Bxh2 41. Kf5 fxg5 42. Kxg5 Bc7 43. Ba4 h6+ 44. Kf5 Ba5 45. Be8 Kf8 46. Bg6 Ke7 47. Ke5 Kd7 48. Kd5 Kc7 49. Kc5 Kb7 50. Kb5 Bd2 51. a4 Ka7 52. Be8 Bg5 53. a5 Bf4 54. Bg6 Bg5 55. Be4 Bf4 56. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Re1 b6 9. e5 Ng4 10. c4 0-0 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bf4 h6 14. Qe2 g5 15. Bd2 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Qxf2 g4 19. hxg4 Nd4 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Bxd6 Qf7 23. Bf4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Sole, Michael D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Be7 12. Bd3 c5 13. 0-0-0 cxd4 14. Nxd4 g6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ng5 h5 19. Kb1 f6 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Bxf5 Rxf6 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Rhe1 Bc6 25. Re3 Raf8 26. Rg3 Qe5 27. Rg5 Rf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Qd4 Be4+ 30. Kc1 Re8 31. Qxe5+ Rxe5 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. f4 Rc5 34. b3 b5 35. Rxa7 bxc4 36. bxc4 Rxc4+ 37. Kb2 Bd5 38. Rg3 Rxf4 39. Ra6+ Ke5 40. Rd3 Bc4 41. Ra5+ Ke4 42. Rd2 Ke3 43. Kc3 Bf1 44. Re5+ Re4 45. Rxe4+ fxe4 46. a4 Be2 47. a5 Ba6 48. Rb2 g5 49. Rb6 Bd3 50. a6 Bxa6 51. Rxa6 Kf2 52. Ra2+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Park Tamati, Philli"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 d6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qe7 9. d5 e5 10. Bg5 Nd8 11. Be2 Nf7 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. 0-0 g5 14. Qc3 c5 15. b4 g4 16. Nd2 Rg8 17. Rfb1 Ng5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Rb5 b6 20. a4 Bd7 21. Rb2 a5 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Qe1 f4 25. Bd3 Ng5 26. exf4 Qxf4 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 e4 29. Be2 Ra8 30. Nd2 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 gxf3 32. g3 Bxa4 33. Nxe4 Rg6 34. Rxb6 Bc2 35. Rxg6 hxg6 36. Nd6+ Kd7 37. Rb2 f2+ 38. Kxf2 Rf8+ 39. Ke2 Kxd6 40. Rxc2 a4 41. Ra2 Ra8 42. Ra3 Ke5 43. Kd3 g5 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Kf5 46. e4+ Kf4 47. h5 Rg8 48. Rxa4 Rg3+ 49. Kc2 Rg2+ 50. Kd3 Rg3+ 51. Ke2 Re3+ 52. Kf2 Rxe4 53. Ra2 Rxc4 54. Rd2 Kg5 55. d6 Rf4+ 56. Ke3 Rf8 57. d7 Rd8 58. Rd5+ Kh6 59. Kd3 Kg7 60. Kc4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. g3 Qd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. d3 e6 10. g4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 Qe5 15. Be3 Bb4+ 16. c3 Bxc3+ 17. Kf1 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bd4 19. Rxb7 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nc5 21. Rb4 0-0 22. Kf2 Rab8 23. Rhb1 Rxb4 24. Rxb4 Rd8 25. Qc2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 127th"]
[Site "Tauranga"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 d6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. h4 Bg7 20. Rad1 h6 21. Ne4 Nd7 22. h5 g5 23. Qe3 d5 24. Nd2 Qd6 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Nec3 Qxa3 28. Nxb6 Qxc3 29. Rc1 Qxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxb6 31. Rc5 a4 32. Bb1 Ra8 33. Qd3 a3 34. Rc7 a2 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Nge2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 g6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Ne6 14. Bh4 Ng7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Ra6 21. Rfc1 Nd6 22. Nc5 Ra7 23. Ra1 Qa8 24. Nd7 Rxa1 25. Nxf6+ Kf8 26. Nxe8 Kxe8 27. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 28. Qc1 Qa4 29. Nf4 Nc4 30. Nd3 f6 31. h4 Qb3 32. Nc5 Qa2 33. Qd1 Ke7 34. Qg4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qb8+ 36. g3 f5 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qh6 Qg8 39. Nd3 Qg7 40. Qf4 Kf6 41. Qg5+ Ke6 42. Nc5+ Kf7 43. Qd8 Qf6 44. Qd7+ Qe7 45. Qxc6 Qd6 46. Qxd6 Nxd6 47. Kg2 Ke7 48. Kf3 Nf7 49. Kf4 h6 50. Nd3 Kf6 51. Nb4 Ke6 52. g4 g5+ 53. hxg5 hxg5+ 54. Kg3 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. c3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. b4 0-0 14. Bb2 Ng4 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. b5 Nce5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 a5 20. a4 Rd7 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Qe2 c4 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Kf1 Qd8 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Bc1 f5 28. Ke1 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Bxb6 Bxc3+ 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Qe3 Bf6 35. g4 Bh4+ 36. Ke2 Qg2+ 37. Kd1 Qxg4+ 38. Kc2 Bf6 39. Bxa5 Qf5+ 40. Kc1 Qd5 41. Qd2 Qh1+ 42. Kc2 Qe4+ 43. Kd1 Qh1+ 44. Kc2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6 9. Bd1 Qa5 10. a3 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxc6 bxc4 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bg5+ 15. Kc3 Be6 16. Nf3 Bd8 17. Nd2 Ba5+ 18. Nb4 Rfc8 19. Ba4 Nc5 20. Bb5 Rab8 21. Bxc4 Rxc6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nc4 Nxe4+ 24. Kb3 Bc7 25. Rhe1 d5 26. Ne3 a5 27. Rac1 Nc5+ 28. Ka2 axb4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Nc2 Ra6+ 31. Na3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d5 Bb4+ 4. c3 Bd6 5. dxe6 dxe6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Nd4 Ne4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh6 Qf6 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Be2 Nf7 14. Qh3 e5 15. Bg4 Ng5 16. Qh4 exd4 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Qxd5 9. 0-0 Qh5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. a3 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Ba5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. Nec3 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Bb3 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Re1 Nd4 21. Kf1 Ne6 22. Ne2 Nc5 23. Nc1 Nxd3 24. Nxd3 Bc4 25. Red1 Rfe8 26. Re2 f6 27. Ke1 Kf7 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Nc5 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 b6 31. Ne4 Bd5 32. Nd6+ Kd7 33. Nf5 Bxg2 34. Nxg7 Be4 35. Kd2 Bg6 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Kf4 Kd5 38. h4 Kc4 39. h5 Bc2 40. Ne8 Kb3 41. Nxf6 Kxb2 42. Nxh7 Bxh7 43. Ke5 Kxa3 44. f4 b5 45. f5 Bxf5 46. Kxf5 b4 47. h6 b3 48. h7 b2 49. h8Q b1Q+ 50. Kg4 Qd1+ 51. Kg3 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 a5 53. Qd4 Qe2+ 54. Kh1 a4 55. Qd6+ Ka2 56. Qd5+ Kb1 57. Qf5+ Qc2 58. Qb5+ Ka1 59. Qe5+ Qb2 60. Qe3 a3 61. Kg1 a2 62. Kh1 Qc1+ 63. Kg2 Qc2+ 64. Kg3 Kb2 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 e5 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Bxa2 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bxc5 Bb1 19. Ne1 Ba5 20. c3 Bd8 21. Be3 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. Ke2 Kd6 24. Kd2 Ba2 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Nd3 Bb6 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. b4 f6 29. Nb2 g5 30. Nc4+ Bxc4 31. Bxc4 Ne7 32. Ke3 Ng6 33. Kf3 h5 34. Bf7 g4+ 35. hxg4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Ne7 37. Bc4 Kc6 38. Kh5 f5 39. f3 Kd6 40. Kg5 fxe4 41. fxe4 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bb4 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2 0-0 9. Ng3 Qe8 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. Bd2 g6 13. Rae1 e5 14. f4 e4 15. Be2 Qf7 16. Nh1 b6 17. Nf2 Na5 18. d5 Bc8 19. Nd1 Ba6 20. Nb2 Qd7 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Qd1 Rg8 23. Qc2 Rg7 24. a4 Kg8 25. Qd1 Kf7 26. Rg1 h5 27. Ref1 Rh8 28. Be1 Ng4 29. Bf2 Qe7 30. Qe1 h4 31. h3 Nxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Na6 9. g4 Nc5 10. f3 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. Qd2 fxe4 13. Bxh6 exf3 14. Nxf3 Bxg4 15. Bxg7 Bxf3 16. Bxf8 Bxh1 17. 0-0-0 Qxh4 18. Bh6 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rg1 Ng7 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Bg5 Qh2 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 Nf5 14. Rg1 d4 15. g4 Nfe7 16. Rg3 0-0-0 17. Bg2 Be8 18. a4 Nd5 19. Qc4 Rh8 20. h3 a5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Ba3 Qd8 23. g5 Rh4 24. Rd3 Qd7 25. Bd6 Kd8 26. Rb5 Ne7 27. Nxd4 Rxf4 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Qxf4 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Nf5 31. Rc5 Qxa4 32. Bc7+ Ke7 33. Qxa4 Bxa4 34. Rxc3 Bc6 35. Bxa5 Nd4 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Rc4 Nf5 38. Bd2 Kg6 39. Rc1 Nd4 40. Be3 Nf5 41. Rg1 Bb5 42. Ke2 Ne7 43. Kd2 Kf5 44. h4 Kg6 45. Bf2 Nf5 46. Kc3 Ne7 47. Rg4 Kf5 48. Rg1 Kg6 49. Kd4 Nc6+ 50. Ke4 Ne7 51. Rb1 Ba6 52. Rb6 Nc6 53. Kf4 Bxd3 54. Rxb7 Bf5 55. Rc7 Nb4 56. Rc8 Nd3+ 57. Ke3 Nxe5 58. Be1 Ng4+ 59. Ke2 e5 60. Rf8 Be6 61. Bg3 Bd5 62. Rd8 Bg2 63. Rg8+ Kf7 64. Rh8 Kg7 65. Rb8 e4 66. Rb6 Bf3+ 67. Ke1 Ne3 68. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Lim, Benjamin U"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 f5 7. f3 Nxc3 8. Nxc3 0-0 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 d6 12. Bd3 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Nc6 15. b4 Ne7 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Rad1 g5 18. Rhe1 Ng6 19. Bc2 Nh4 20. e4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 d5 22. Bd3 g4 23. Kg3 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxf3 25. c5 Rdf8 26. Rf1 e5 27. Be2 e4 28. Bxf3 exf3+ 29. Kg3 h5 30. Rde1 Ba6 31. Rf2 Kf7 32. Re5 Kg6 33. Bc1 Bc8 34. Rg5+ Kf6 35. Rxd5 Re8 36. Rxh5 Re1 37. Bd2 Rg1+ 38. Kf4 Rh1 39. d5 bxc5 40. bxc5 Ra1 41. Bc3+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thornton, Giovanni Antonio"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Qxb3 6. axb3 Nc6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bc7 d6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. h3 Kd7 11. Bh2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Kxd6 13. Nbd2 Nf6 14. g4 b6 15. Nc4+ Kc7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. 0-0 h5 18. Nfe5 hxg4 19. hxg4 b5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxc6 bxc4 22. Ne5 cxb3 23. Ra6 Rh4 24. Kg2 Ne4 25. Rd1 Kb7 26. Ra5 f6 27. Rb5+ Kc8 28. Nf7 Kc7 29. f3 Rf8 30. fxe4 Rxf7 31. Kg3 Kc6 32. Rxb3 g5 33. Ra3 Rfh7 34. Rg1 Rh3+ 35. Kf2 Rh2+ 36. Rg2 Rh1 37. Ra6+ Kb5 38. Rxe6 Rb1 39. Kg3 Kc4 40. Rxf6 Re1 41. Kf2 Rhh1 42. Rf5 Rhf1+ 43. Kg3 Rxe3+ 44. Kh2 Rfe1 45. Rxg5 Rxe4 46. Rf5 Re7 47. g5 Rg7 48. Kg3 Ree7 49. Kf4 a5 50. Rf6 a4 51. Ra6 Kb3 52. g6 Re1 53. Kg5 Ree7 54. Rb6+ Kc4 55. Rg4+ Kd5 56. Rxa4 Rc7 57. Rf4 Ke5 58. Rbf6 c4 59. Rf7 Ke6 60. R4f6+ Ke5 61. Rxc7 Rxc7 62. Rf7 Rc5 63. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. g3 f5 10. Bg2 Qc8 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rd1 d6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. b4 Ndf6 15. h3 Qe8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. c5 Qg6 20. Kh2 e5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Qc7 axb4 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 f4 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Rg1 Qf7 28. Bxb6 f3 29. exf3 Qxc7+ 30. Bxc7 Rxf3 31. b5 Rxf2+ 32. Rg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Kf7 34. Kf3 Nc5 35. Bd6 Nb7 36. Bb4 g5 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. Kd4 h5 39. Bd2 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Bf4 Nd6 42. b6 Kd7 43. Kd5 Nb7 44. Bg3 Na5 45. Bf2 Nb7 46. Be1 Nd8 47. Kc5 Nb7+ 48. Kb5 Nd6+ 49. Ka6 Kc6 50. Bg3 Nb7 51. Ka7 Nc5 52. Bf2 Nb7 53. Be1 Nd6 54. Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. Bg5 Ng6 6. e4 Bc5 7. Qf3 Be7 8. h4 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. h5 Nf8 11. c5 Nh7 12. Bc4 d6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Nge2 a6 16. Bd3 Bg5 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qd1 b5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. a4 Qd4 21. Rd1 bxa4 22. Qa3 Rb8 23. Nge2 Qb4 24. Qxa4 Qb6 25. g3 gxh5 26. f4 Bf6 27. Rxh5 Qe3 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5+ dxe5 30. d6+ Kf8 31. d7 Bb7 32. Bxa6 Kg7 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. d8Q Rxd8 35. Rxd8 Rxb2 36. Qe8 Nf6 37. Qxe5 Qf3 38. Rd6 Rc2 39. Kd1 Rb2 40. Kc1 Rb7 41. Qf4 Qh1+ 42. Kc2 Nh7 43. Qe5+ f6 44. Qd5 Rf7 45. Rd7 Ng5 46. Nd4 Qg2+ 47. Kb3 Qf2 48. Nf5+ Kg6 49. Qd6 Rxd7 50. Qxd7 Qb6+ 51. Kc4 Nf7 52. Ne7+ Kg7 53. Nf5+ Kg6 54. Qe8 Qc7+ 55. Kd3 Kh7 56. Nd5 Ne5+ 57. Ke3 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania & NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patterson, Miles"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 f5 5. e4 fxe4 6. Ng5 Nf6 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nbc3 0-0 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. d4 Ba6 13. Re1 d5 14. Nc3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qe5 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 Qf6 19. Bf4 c6 20. Kg1 Rae8 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Bxe5 Rf5 23. Re1 Bc8 24. Nd1 Ref8 25. Bh3 Rf3 26. Bg2 R3f5 27. Bh3 1/2-1/2

