[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cummings, Nick"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[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. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. Qb3 h6 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 g5 11. b4 c6 12. b5 Nc7 13. bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 Na5 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Nh7 12. h4 f5 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nh3 Qg7 15. Nf4 0-0-0 16. c5 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Qg5 18. g3 Nf8 19. Rb1 Ng6 20. Nxg6 Qxg6 21. Qd3 Kb7 22. Qb5 Ka8 23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Ke2 Rb7 25. c4 Rhb8 26. cxb6 Rxb6 27. Rb4 Nc6 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. Rh1 Rb2+ 30. Kf1 h5 31. Rh4 Qe8 32. f4 Qb8 33. Qf3 Rb3 34. Qxh5 Rxa3 35. Qh8 Qxh8 36. Rxh8+ Kb7 37. d5 Nb4 38. dxe6 dxe6 39. Re8 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Kf1 Ra6 42. Ke2 Rc6 43. Be1 a5 44. Bxb4 axb4 45. Kd3 Rb6 46. Kc2 b3+ 47. Kb2 c5 48. Rd8 Kc7 49. Rd3 Rb4 50. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Ebenezer, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[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. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 0-0 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 b5 13. Bb3 b4 14. Ne2 Be4 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ng3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rd8 19. Qc1 Bd5 20. Qe3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Nd7 22. Ra5 g6 23. Re1 Nb6 24. Qh6 Rd5 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Qg5 Qxg5 28. Nxg5 Re8 29. f4 f6 30. e6 Nf8 31. e7 Nd7 32. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Press, Shaun"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. e4 Be6 11. Nd2 b5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Nb6 16. Qd1 Ng4 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Qb6 20. e5 Nxe5 21. Qe2 Bc4 22. Qd2 Nd3 23. Rab1 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 h6 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[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. Nc3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. Qd2 c6 5. a4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e4 0-0 8. Be2 Re8 9. 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[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. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Bh5 12. 0-0 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qa3 Ng4 15. Rfe1 f6 16. Bg3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxe2 6. Qxe2 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. g4 c5 12. f5 Nc6 13. f6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. g5 Bh8 17. Rae1 cxd4 18. Nd1 Rc8 19. Nf2 Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qh5 Qc7 22. Nd3 Ng6 23. Re2 Re7 24. Qg4 Qd7 25. h4 e5 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. h5 e4 28. hxg6 exd3 29. gxh7+ Kxh7 30. cxd3 Kg6 31. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[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 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nd2 e5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qc7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. f4 f5 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe5 Bf5 17. Bf4 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gilmour, Mark"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 0-0 8. Nh4 d6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. Nf3 Ne5 12. Qc2 N7c6 13. Nbd2 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Kh2 Rc8 16. Be3 b6 17. a3 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Ng4+ 21. hxg4 Bxd4 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Qb3 Be5 24. Bf3 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qxg3+ 26. Bg2 Bxg4 27. c4 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Qb6 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e6 9. 0-0 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Rfe1+ Ne6 13. Nxd5 0-0-0 14. c4 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Nf6 16. Rad1 Bb4 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rb1 Rd4 19. Ne2 Rxc4 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Nd5 22. b3 Ba3 23. Ne2 b5 24. Nd4 Nc3 25. Nc2 b4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Re1 0-0 8. Bc2 Bd7 9. d3 b5 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nf1 b4 12. Bd2 a5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Nd7 17. Ba4 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qd3 Nf6 22. Qf3 Nd7 23. Re2 Qc7 24. Rf1 Nb6 25. Bb5 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Re6 d5 28. Rc6 Qa7 29. cxd5 Kh8 30. c4 Nd7 31. Be3 Bxb2 32. Qf2 Rg8 33. Qxb2+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Boyuan"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1588"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Nc5 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. a4 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Rb8 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. f4 b5 16. Kh1 b4 17. Ne2 Bb7 18. Ng3 Rbc8 19. Rd2 Bc6 20. a5 Bb5 21. Qf3 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Qb7 23. Qe2 Kf8 24. Nd4 Rc5 25. f5 e5 26. Nb3 Rb5 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nh5 d5 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Qh5 Qc7 31. Qxh7 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Ha, Huy Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. h3 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. 0-0 g6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bg7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Qf6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ra8 Bd7 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Nd2 Bf8 23. Nb3 Be7 24. Bf1 Bb4 25. Nc1 Bd6 26. Nd3 Nf8 27. Ndc5 Ne6 28. Bd3 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qe6 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Ke2 Bd7 33. Bc2 Bc8 34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Kd2 Qf6 36. Ke1 Qe6 37. Bc2 Bc8 38. Ba4 Bd7 39. Qc2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 Ne7 9. h3 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Be6 12. f4 Ne8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rxf5 Nxf5 17. Be4 Rh8 18. Bxf5+ Kg8 19. d4 Qa5 20. Rf1 a6 21. Kg2 Rd8 22. d5 c5 23. g4 Qc7 24. Ne4 f6 25. Be6+ Kf8 26. N2g3 b5 27. Nf5 bxc4 28. Nh4 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[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 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Qb6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Bc5 9. Bg3 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxc3 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. Rb5 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[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. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. 0-0 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. b3 Ne5 16. Qd2 Bxh3 17. Bxh6 Qh4 18. Qf4 Qxh6 19. Qxh6 Bxh6 20. f4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. Bb2 e5 5. c5 Be6 6. Qc2 a5 7. a3 axb4 8. axb4 Na6 9. Qa4+ c6 10. e3 Ne7 11. e4 Ng6 12. Qa5 Nc7 13. Qb6 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 Qb8 15. Na3 Ne7 16. Bd3 Nc8 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qc2 Be7 20. 0-0 0-0 21. Rb1 Na6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Bd7 24. Naxb5 cxb5 25. Qa2+ Kh8 26. Qxa6 Qe5 27. Nf3 Qf4 28. c6 Bg4 29. Qxb5 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Bd6 31. Qf5 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1 Ne7 33. Qd7 Ng6 34. Ke2 Nf4+ 35. Ke3 Be5 36. Bf1 Qh6 37. d4 Ne6+ 38. Kd3 Nxd4 39. c7 Nxf3 40. Rd1 Bxc7 41. Qxc7 Ne5+ 42. Kc3 g6 43. b5 Qf4 44. b6 Qxe4 45. b7 Nc6 46. Rd7 Qb4+ 47. Kc2 Qc5+ 48. Kd1 Qh5+ 49. Be2 Qh1+ 50. Kd2 Re8 51. Bf3 Qe1+ 52. Kc2 Qxf2+ 53. Kb1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Ng3 a6 11. a4 Ne5 12. Be2 Re8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Kh1 h5 15. f4 Ned7 16. e5 dxe5 17. f5 e4 18. d6 Qc6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Bf7 Ne5 22. Bxe8 Nxe8 23. Ncxe4 Bf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Qxf5 Nxd6 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Qxe5 Bxf6 29. Qh5+ Ke6 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Bg5 Rg8 32. Rf1 Rg6 33. Qh4 Ne8 34. Ne4 b5 35. Nxf6 Nxf6 36. Qh7+ Rg7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Rxf6 Qe4 39. h4 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kh3 b4 42. Qf3 Qe8 43. Qd5+ Rf7 44. Qxf7+ Qxf7 45. Rxf7 Kxf7 46. b3 c4 47. bxc4 b3 48. Bc1 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. h3 Ne8 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. d5 Bd7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 Qc8 16. Qxc4 Nd6 17. Qa4 Nf5 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Rad1 g5 20. Bc1 Nd6 21. Bxg5 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 "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 0-0 13. Nd2 c5 14. N4f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 c6 16. a3 a5 17. h3 a4 18. g4 g6 19. Nh2 Qc8 20. Qf2 d4 21. Bd2 f6 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Nf3 Rb8 24. Bc1 Be6 25. Re1 Bd5 26. Qf2 fxe5 27. Nxe5 Bf6 28. Rb1 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 e5 5. Bxc4 exd4 6. exd4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Re1 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nbd7 15. Qf3 Bg6 16. g4 c6 17. h4 Kg7 18. h5 Bh7 19. Re2 Rc8 20. Rae1 b5 21. Bb3 b4 22. Na4 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Bh4 Qb6 26. Re7 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. g5 Nxh5 29. Rxd7 Bg6 30. f3 Nf4 31. Rd4 Nd3 32. Re3 Nxb2 33. Bg3 Rfc8 34. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Reilly, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. h3 Bd7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Bb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 c6 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Qf1 Bg7 20. g3 Nh5 21. Nh4 Qe6 22. Kh2 Bf6 23. Nf3 Be7 24. Qc4 Qf6 25. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huang, Alex"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 b6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. h3 Be5 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 0-0 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. Qc2 c5 17. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Dowden, R Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 h5 8. g3 h4 9. g4 Nf8 10. Be3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bb5 e4 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. c4 Ne8 17. d5 Nd6 18. f3 f6 19. Nc6 Bf5 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Qc3 Rae8 22. a4 a5 23. Rf4 Qa6 24. Rc1 Nxc4 25. Nb8 Qb7 26. Qxc4 Bxd5 27. Qd3 Rxb8 28. Rh4 h6 29. e4 Be6 30. e5 f5 31. Qd6 Qd7 32. Rd1 Rfd8 33. Rh3 Qe8 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Jule, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Bf1 b6 9. d4 e6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Nc3 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 Ba6 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Qc1 Nd7 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Ne4 Bxb5 22. axb5 Nd7 23. Bf4 Nf8 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bd2 g5 27. Ng3 g4 28. Nf5 gxh3 29. Ra3 hxg2 30. Kxg2 Ng6 31. Rh3 Re5 32. Bd3 Qd7 33. f4 Re8 34. Qd1 Nxc4 35. Qh5 Nxd2 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Qxg6 c4 38. Bf1 Nxf1 39. Kxf1 c3 40. Qxg7+ Qxg7 41. Nxg7 cxb2 42. Rb3 Kxg7 43. Rxb2 Kg6 44. Rc2 Kf5 45. Rc6 Rd8 46. Rc4 Re8 47. Rc6 Re4 48. Rxd6 Rxf4+ 49. Ke2 Rb4 50. Kd3 Ke5 51. Re6+ Kxd5 52. Rxf6 Rxb5 53. Rf5+ Kc6 54. Rf6+ Kc5 55. Kc3 a5 56. Rf5+ Kc6 57. Rf6+ Kb7 58. Rf4 Rc5+ 59. Kb3 Ka6 60. Rf6 Kb5 61. Rg6 a4+ 62. Ka3 Rc3+ 63. Ka2 Rc4 64. Ka3 Kc5 65. Rg8 Rc3+ 66. Kb2 Kb4 67. Rg4+ Rc4 68. Rg6 b5 69. Rg5 a3+ 70. Ka2 Rc2+ 71. Ka1 Ka4 72. Rg3 b4 73. Rf3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goh, Zi Han"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Kg7 14. a3 Nb6 15. Ne5 Nfd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Na4 Nf6 19. Ra1 Rfe8 20. Qc1 h5 21. b3 Nd6 22. Ra2 Nb5 23. Ndc5 Qc7 24. h3 Ne4 25. Rc2 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Nd6 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. a4 Qg5 29. Re1 Re7 30. Rce2 Rae8 31. Qc3 Nf5 32. e4 dxe4 33. Nxe4 Qh4 34. d5+ f6 35. g3 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. dxc6 bxc6 39. Qxa5 Nd4 40. Qc7+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qh5 Qb6 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Nd5 Qb7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Rd3 Be6 13. Rc3 Bxd5 14. Rxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd3 Rg8 16. Rg1 Rg6 17. Qe2 e5 18. Kb1 Be7 19. c4 Rb8 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rc1 Bd7 22. Qe3 Rb7 23. g3 Bd8 24. Qe2 Ke7 25. f4 Rg7 26. f5 Rg5 27. Rc3 b4 28. Rc1 Bb6 29. Bb5 Bc5 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Qb5 Rc7 32. Qb8 Rd7 33. Qa8 h5 34. Qd5 Rc7 35. Qd3 Rg4 36. Rd1 Bd4 37. Qf3 Rg5 38. Qb3 Bc5 39. Qf3 Bd4 40. Rc1 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ba6 Ndf6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Ne4 20. h3 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2019.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bb3 0-0 10. h3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Rg1 Nd7 13. 0-0-0 Ne5 14. Rg3 c6 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qd2 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nd5 Nc5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nbc3 Bg5 12. Kh1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 f5 14. exf5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxf5 16. Ne4 Qh4 17. f3 Nd4 18. Rce1 Kh8 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. Kg1 Be6 21. Nec3 Rf5 22. Re4 Qh6 23. Qc1 Rg5 24. f4 Rg4 25. g3 Bf5 26. Ree1 Bd3 27. Ne3 Rg6 28. Rf2 exf4 0-1

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wright, Caleb"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. a3 c4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. 0-0 Be6 12. b3 b5 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. f3 f4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf5 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. dxe5 cxb3 22. Bxb5 b2 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Rae1 Rac8 25. Ba6 Rb8 26. Rb1 Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Rfe8 28. Kf2 Rxe5 29. a4 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krstev, Antonio"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 Nc6 9. a3 Re8 10. 0-0 a6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. b5 Ne5 16. Nf3 Red8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Na4 Bd6 20. Qd4 Bd7 21. Rfc1 Rab8 22. Rc2 Bb5 23. Qh4 Be5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rac1 g5 26. Qh6 Bxa4 27. Rc7 Ne8 28. Bd3 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. R7c5 Bb5 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. Rc5 Nf6 34. Rxb5 Ra8 35. Rb3 h5 36. f3 Ra4 37. Kf2 Rc4 38. Rb2 Kf8 39. Ke2 Ra4 40. Rb3 Ke7 41. Kd2 Nd7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Ne5 44. Ke2 Nc4 45. f4 Rxa3 46. Rxa3 Nxa3 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Nb5+ 49. Kd3 f6 50. Ke2 Kc5 51. Kd3 Nd6 52. Ke2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Morris, Byron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 c6 8. Re1 h6 9. c3 Be6 10. Ne5 g5 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Ng6 Rg8 13. c4 Bf5 14. cxd5 Bxg6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Rad1 Kf8 19. d5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 c5 21. c4 Rc8 22. Bd2 Nd7 23. Bc3 Nf6 24. Be5 Qd8 25. d6 e6 26. d7 Ra8 27. Qe3 Kg7 28. Qxc5 Bf5 29. Qd4 a5 30. Ba4 Kg6 31. c5 h5 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. c6 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Post, Martin J"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 a6 4. a4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 d6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. d3 0-0 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 e6 13. Qf2 Nh5 14. a5 Qf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. c3 Nf5 19. Bxc5 Qc7 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rfe1 Rc8 22. Bb3 Qd8 23. d4 Bc7 24. Nc5 Qg5 25. Qg2 Qh6 26. Ne4 Qf4 27. Qf2 Qh6 28. Kg1 Bf4 29. d5 exd5 30. Bxd5 Be3 31. Rxe3 Nxe3 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Bxa6 f5 34. Re1 fxe4 35. Rxe3 Nf4 36. Qg3 Rxb2 37. Bc4+ Kg7 38. Rxe4 Nh3+ 39. Kf1 Rf2+ 40. Qxf2 Nxf2 41. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 42. Ke3 Qg1+ 43. Kd3 Qd1+ 44. Ke3 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. h4 h5 4. b4 Bg7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Bb2 Qb6 9. Ne2 a5 10. Nbc3 axb4 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 e6 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. Bc3 Nge7 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. b5 d5 18. Na3 Nd8 19. e5 f6 20. f4 Nf5 21. Qd3 Nf7 22. Ng3 N7h6 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. g3 Kf7 25. Rh2 Bd7 26. Rc2 Bf8 27. Nb1 fxe5 28. fxe5 Be7 29. Kd1 Rc8 30. Nd2 Bb4 31. Nb1 Qa5 32. Be2 Bxc3 33. Nxc3 Rc4 34. Qf3 Rxd4+ 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 d4 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. d4 0-0 7. Be2 c5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 d5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Rc8 15. Qb2 d4 16. Bxd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bd6 18. f4 Qh4 19. Qe2 f6 20. Rad1 Bb8 21. f3 e5 22. Bb2 exf4 23. e4 f5 24. Rd7 Rc7 25. Rfd1 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Rd8 29. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Qe3 bxc4 17. Bc3 Nd5 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Re2 Rb8 21. Ba5 Qc6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 c3 24. Qe1 Qc5 25. Bb4 Nxb4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Rea2 Rfb8 28. Rc2 Rb3 29. h3 R8b5 30. Qe4 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxa7 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Rc5 34. Kg3 Rb2 35. Rxb2 cxb2 36. Rb7 Rc2 37. Kf3 g5 38. Ke3 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Rb5 Ke7 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. g3 Kc6 43. Rb8 Kd5 44. Rb5+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. exf5 Bxf5 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 c6 8. Ng5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 e5 10. 0-0 0-0-0 11. Nf7 Be7 12. Nxh8 Rxh8 13. Bd2 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qh5 15. Rae1 Bd8 16. Bf4 Bb6 17. Qxd6 Ne8 18. Qe6 Rf8 19. Rd1 Rxf4 20. Qxd7+ Kb8 21. Rde1 Rf8 22. Re7 Bc7 23. h3 g5 24. Rfe1 1-0

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

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

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. 0-0 h6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Be2 0-0 11. d3 Be6 12. Bc1 Qe7 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Re1 c6 15. Bf1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bb4 17. Bd2 c5 18. Nb1 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 b5 20. Kh2 Nd7 21. Qe3 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Be2 Nb6 25. Kg3 f6 26. c4 b4 27. Kf3 Rfb8 28. Ke3 Nc8 29. Bg4 Kf7 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31. Ra4 Nb6 32. Raa1 Rh8 33. Nf3 Nd7 34. Kd2 Nb6 35. Ke3 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Nxa8 38. g4 Nb6 39. h4 gxh4 40. Nxh4 Nd7 41. Ng2 Nb8 42. Ne1 Nc6 43. Nf3 Kf7 44. Nh4 g6 45. Nf3 Kg7 46. Ke2 Kh6 47. Kf1 Na5 48. g5+ fxg5 49. d4 g4 50. dxc5 gxf3 51. cxd6 Kg7 52. c5 Kf7 53. Kg1 Ke6 54. Kh2 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bb2 Bf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 0-0 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Nf3 Bh6 16. Bc1 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Rad8 18. Qc2 Ng6 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. h3 f5 21. Nd2 Kh8 22. f3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rc8 24. Qd3 Nf4 25. Qf1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxd5 28. Qf2 a6 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. h3 0-0 9. e4 axb5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. 0-0 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. a4 Bxc3 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qe2 Bxb5 17. axb5 Bf6 18. g4 Re8 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Reb8 23. Bd2 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 a6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qe2 0-0 12. a3 Rfe8 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Qf3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bh4 21. Qb4 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 Qxc2 23. Bb6 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "James, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qc2 b6 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Rac1 g5 15. Bd2 g4 16. Ne1 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 f5 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. e3 Rc4 20. Rdd1 Kh8 21. Nb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qe7 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Qc3 Qd8 1/2-1/2

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

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

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e5 d4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. exf6 dxc3 8. dxc3 exf6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 Qe7 12. Nf3 0-0 13. Rhe1 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qxf5 Be4 17. Qa5 b5 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. g3 Qc6 22. Nb3 Qf3 23. Qb6 Qf5 24. Nd4 Qb1+ 25. Kd2 Qxb2+ 26. Ke3 Qxc3+ 27. Kf4 Rfd8 28. Nc6 Qf6+ 29. Ke3 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Be7 6. Nc4 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 0-0 9. Ne2 Be6 10. e4 Nh5 11. Nd4 exd4 12. Qxh5 c5 13. 0-0 Qd7 14. Qe2 Rae8 15. f4 f5 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Rae1 g6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. Re2 Rg7 21. Nb1 Bd5 22. Qe1 Rg4 23. h3 Bh4 24. Qa5 Rg3 25. Bxd4 Qc6 26. Nc3 Bxg2 27. Bf2 Bxf1+ 28. Bxg3 Bxg3 29. Rd2 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d5 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. e4 d4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. a3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Kh1 Nd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Rg1 a5 15. Nf1 Nc5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nf5 Re8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe2 Nb3 20. Rb1 Nd8 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bh4 Rc8 23. Bg3 Ne6 24. Nh4 Bf7 25. Nf5 Qf8 26. Bf3 Kh8 27. Nh4 Ng5 28. Bg2 Ne6 29. Bf1 Rc6 30. f3 Rec8 31. Qh2 Rc2 32. Rg2 Rxg2 33. Qxg2 Qc5 34. Re1 Qc2 35. Nf5 Qc5 36. Be2 g6 37. Bh4 Ng5 38. Ng3 Qc2 39. Bd1 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Kg7 41. Bxg5 fxg5 42. Ne2 Nc5 43. Bc2 b5 44. Bb1 Ne6 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Rh1 h5 47. Ke1 Nf4 48. Kd2 Ng2 49. Rc1 Rxc1 50. Kxc1 Nf4 51. Ng1 Ke7 52. Kd2 Kd6 53. Kc2 Kc5 54. Kd2 Bb3 55. Bc2 Bxc2 56. Kxc2 b4 57. Kd2 h4 58. Kc2 b3+ 59. Kd2 Kd6 60. Ne2 Nxh3 61. Ke1 Ke6 62. Kf1 Kf6 63. Kg2 Nf4+ 64. Nxf4 gxf4 65. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Be3 d5 6. f3 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qd2 Nbc6 9. 0-0-0 dxe4 10. fxe4 Bg4 11. Nf3 f5 12. h3 fxe4 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. hxg4 Bf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. Rxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polishchuk, Kirill"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. 0-0 a6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 0-0 12. Qe1 Qc7 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Qh4 Bb5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Ng3 Qc4 17. f5 Rxa2 18. Rxa2 Qxa2 19. Re1 Ra8 20. Ne2 Qc4 21. Nd4 b4 22. Nf3 Ra1 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nd2 Qd3 25. Nb3 Rb1 26. e5 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxb3 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Qa4 Qb5 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qa2 Qc4 32. Qd2 Qh4 33. Rf1 Be5 34. g4 f6 35. Rf2 Rb1 36. Rf1 Qg5 37. Qc2 Qh4 38. Bh6+ Kxh6 39. Rxb1 Qxg4 40. Rxb7 Qf3+ 41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Bxc3 43. Rxe7 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 Re8 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Nc3 a6 11. d4 Qe7 12. Rad1 dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. e3 Rb8 15. Ng5 cxd4 16. exd4 h6 17. Nge4 Ba3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. c5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qa5 21. f4 Qc7 22. f5 exf5 23. Nd6 Rf8 24. Nxf5 Qd8 25. Qf2 Kh7 26. Qf4 Qf6 27. Qc7 Qd8 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Be4 Kh8 30. Qc7 Qe6 31. Nd6 Ra8 32. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Runcan, Daniel Ioan"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 b4 12. Nce2 a5 13. g5 Ne8 14. f5 a4 15. Rb1 Nc7 16. Be3 Nb5 17. Nf4 Ne5 18. Nd5 f6 19. Qd2 a3 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. bxa3 Nxa3 24. Rbe1 Nb5 25. Ne2 Ra8 26. d4 cxd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. d3 f5 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nbc3 0-0 8. 0-0 Qe8 9. Nd5 Bd8 10. f3 Qh5 11. Be3 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Qd2 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. b4 Bf6 16. b5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qb4 fxe4 19. dxe4 d3 20. Nf4 Qc5+ 21. Qxc5 dxc5 22. Nxd3 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Mukkattu, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Qb3 e6 7. Qxb7 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Qd1 Nb6 12. Be2 h6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Na4 15. Qc1 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 c5 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Rc4 Qd8 19. Rfc1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 Qd6 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Qc2 Ng4 24. Nf3 g6 25. Qd1 Qa3 26. h3 Nf6 27. Ne5 Rf8 28. Nxg6 Rd8 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qf3 Qe5 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. exf4 Kg7 34. Rd6 Rc7 35. g3 Ne4 36. Rd5 Kg6 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Rd6+ f6 39. a3 Re7 40. g4 fxg4 41. hxg4 Kg7 42. f5 Ne4 43. Re6 Rxe6 44. fxe6 Kf8 45. f4 Nd6 46. f5 h5 47. Kh3 hxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Ke7 49. Bd3 Kf8 50. Kf4 Ke7 51. Ke3 Nb7 52. Kd4 Kd6 53. b4 a5 54. Be4 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wright, Caleb"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. b3 Rfc8 15. Qd1 Bh3 16. f3 d5 17. Bf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 19. g4 Nxg4 20. fxg4 Qxg4+ 21. Bg3 dxc4 22. Qd5 cxb3 23. Rxf7 Qc4 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ Kh6 26. Qd2+ Kh5 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. axb3 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Rxb3 30. Rg1 Qf5 31. Qe1 h6 32. Rg3 g5 33. e4 Qa5 34. Qd1+ 1-0

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nf3 f5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. 0-0 Bf6 11. d3 0-0 12. a3 Re8 13. e3 Qd7 14. e4 Be6 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Ne1 f4 17. b4 g5 18. Rd1 Qf7 19. Qe2 g4 20. f3 h5 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. e5 Bg5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Bc1 Qf5 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Ng2 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qh5+ 29. Kg1 Bd5 30. Rde1 Bf3 31. Qe3 Re6 32. Qf4 Rh6 33. Kf2 Rf8 34. Qg3 Bd1+ 35. Ke3 Qg5+ 36. Kd4 Rd8+ 37. Ke4 Qg6+ 38. Rf5 Bf3+ 39. Kf4 Rxd3 40. Qf2 Rh2 41. Rg5 Qxg5+ 42. Kxg5 Rh5+ 43. Kg6 Rh2 44. Qxa7 Rxg2 45. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. h3 Re8 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxg5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. 0-0 Nf8 15. Rae1 g6 16. b4 a6 17. Na4 Kg7 18. Nc5 Ne6 19. Nb3 Rh8 20. a3 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Bxg5 22. Qe2 Qf6 23. Nd2 Bh4 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. Qf4 Qh5 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Nh2 Rh7 28. Be2 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 30. Rc1 Be7 31. Rc3 Bd7 32. Rb1 Rhh8 33. Nf3 f6 34. Nd2 Rhc8 35. Nb3 b6 36. Bd3 Kf7 37. f3 f5 38. Kf1 Bf6 39. e4 dxe4 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. Bxe4 Rab8 42. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. c5 Be7 10. h3 0-0 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. 0-0 Rfc8 13. a3 g5 14. b4 g4 15. hxg4 Qf4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nh2 Kh8 18. Ne2 Qh6 19. f4 f5 20. g5 Qg7 21. Qe1 Rg8 22. Nf3 f6 23. Ng3 fxg5 24. Nh5 Qf7 25. Qe5+ Rg7 26. Qxg7+ Qxg7 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rae1 Kf7 29. Ne5+ Kf6 30. fxg5+ Kxg5 31. Nxc6 Kf6 32. Rxe6+ Kxe6 33. Re1+ Kd7 34. Nxe7 Re8 35. c6+ 1-0

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Runcan, Daniel Ioan"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. 0-0 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd5 Rb8 9. a4 e6 10. Ba2 Ne7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Ne2 0-0 13. Nexd4 cxd4 14. d3 d5 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Kh1 Ra8 17. Bd2 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd6 19. Bb4 Qxb4 20. Qxc6 Ra6 21. Qc7 Qxb2 22. Rfb1 Qc3 23. Qxc3 dxc3 24. Bb3 Bb7 25. Rxa6 Bxa6 26. Kg1 Bb7 27. Kf2 Ra8 28. Re1 Ra3 29. Rb1 Kf8 30. g3 Ke7 31. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Wright, Caleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. Nf3 g6 10. h3 Ne6 11. Bh4 a6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rab1 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Be6 16. Rbd1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Nfd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bb1 Nb6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. e4 Qf7 22. a3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarmiento, Noel"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. d3 Qc8 8. Nd5 Nd8 9. Rb1 c6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bd2 Nh6 12. b4 0-0 13. b5 Ne6 14. Qc1 Nf7 15. Nh4 Bf6 16. Nf3 g5 17. Qd1 Kg7 18. Ne1 Rh8 19. e3 h5 20. Qf3 h4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Qd1 hxg3 23. fxg3 Nc5 24. Qe2 g4 25. Nc2 Ng5 26. e4 Nh3+ 27. Bxh3 Rxh3 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Ne4 Be7 30. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Bd3 Na6 11. g4 Ne8 12. 0-0-0 Bd7 13. Nge2 a4 14. Rdg1 Nc5 15. Bc2 Qb8 16. h4 c6 17. h5 g5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 b5 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Nfd5 Bc4 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. g5 f6 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kf7 28. Qxh6 Qd6 29. Qg6+ Ke6 30. Qf5+ Kf7 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Qd7+ Qe7 33. Rg7+ Kxg7 34. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Tony"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. e4 Bc5 7. Be2 c6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Na4 Qe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rad1 Be7 14. a3 Nf8 15. Rd2 Ng6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Nf4 18. Ne1 Ne6 19. Nf3 h5 20. Qc3 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Qf3 g6 23. b4 b6 24. Nc3 a5 25. b5 Bxa3 26. bxc6 Bb4 27. Rd7 Bxd7 28. Rxd7 Re7 29. Nd5 Rxd7 30. cxd7 Kg7 31. Nxb6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.03.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d4 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Qe7 12. Qb2 Qf7 13. Rac1 Qh5 14. Nc2 f4 15. Nce1 g5 16. Nd3 Rf6 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. Nde5 Ng6 19. g4 Qh6 20. Nxg6 Qxg6 21. Ne5 Qg7 22. c5 Rf8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Bd7 25. Rc3 Rad8 26. Rf3 Be8 27. Rd1 h5 28. h3 Rf6 29. e3 fxe3 30. fxe3 hxg4 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Rf1 Qh6 33. hxg4 Kg7 34. Qf3 Bd7 35. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 e4 6. d3 Ne5 7. d4 Ng6 8. Ng3 Nh4 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Be2 c6 12. c4 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. c5 Bc7 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. a4 Rec8 17. Ba3 Qe6 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rd8 21. Rfd1 d5 22. cxd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Ndxe4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Nc3 c6 8. f4 Bd6 9. Be2 Bxe5 10. fxe5 Ne4 11. Bf3 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. 0-0 Nb6 16. Rf4 Qc6 17. Bd2 0-0 18. Rc1 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rff1 Rfc8 21. Kf2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke8 24. Rf1 Rc8 25. Kd1 f5 26. exf6 gxf6 27. g4 Kf7 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Rg3 h5 30. gxh5 Rxg3 31. hxg3 Kg7 32. Ke2 Kh6 33. Kf2 Kxh5 34. Be1 Kg4 35. Bd2 Ne7 0-1

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

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

[Event "Auckland Summer Cup-B"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 c5 8. d5 Nc7 9. Ne1 e6 10. f3 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Nc2 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. Na3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Naxb5 Nxb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Qb8 21. Qa4 Qb6 22. Bg5 Nd7 23. Nc3 Qb7 24. Rb1 Bg7 25. Qb5 Rb8 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Bd2 Rb3 28. Kf1 Nb6 29. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Watharow, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c6 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. dxe4 0-0 9. h3 e5 10. 0-0 Be6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Be3 Na6 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Kh2 b6 15. Qd2 Rf7 16. Bg5 Rdd7 17. f4 Ne8 18. g4 h6 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Bxc4 21. Bxh6 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Rf6 24. Qe3 Rh7 25. Ng1 Nc5 26. b4 Nd7 27. Nf3 Nf8 28. Ng5 Rhh6 29. Qg3 Kh8 30. Rg1 Ng7 31. Bf3 d5 32. Bg4 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
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1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 f5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 Be7 13. 0-0 Qd7 14. Be3 0-0 15. f3 Bf5 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Rad1 Be7 19. Nb1 Bxb1 20. Rxb1 Bf6 21. Rbd1 Nd4 22. b3 Rac8 23. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perry, Roger L"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Bf1 Qc7 10. h3 e5 11. Nc4 h6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Bd2 b6 14. b4 Be6 15. b5 Ne7 16. c4 Kh7 17. g3 a5 18. Bg2 Rf8 19. Rf1 Rae8 20. Kh2 Nfg8 21. Ng1 f5 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Nd5 Nexd5 24. cxd5 Bd7 25. a4 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Green, Ewen M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 dxc4 7. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "James, Jack"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. c3 a5 6. b3 Nge7 7. Bb2 d6 8. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Peng, Shunkai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Be2 Na6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 Nc7 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Bg3 Bc8 14. Bh4 exd5 15. exd5 a6 16. a4 Qe7 17. Re1 Qf8 18. Ra3 Nd7 19. Rb3 f5 20. f4 Rb8 21. a5 Nf6 22. Bf3 Bd7 23. Rxe8 Nfxe8 24. Qf1 Nf6 25. Rb6 Na8 26. Rb3 Qd8 27. Qa1 Qe8 28. Qe1 Qd8 29. Qa1 Qe8 30. Qe1 Qf8 31. Qf1 Nh7 32. Nd1 Qf7 33. Nc3 Qf8 34. Bf2 Qd8 35. Qa1 Qc8 36. Ne2 Qf8 37. Nc3 Qe8 38. Qe1 Qd8 39. Qa1 Bf6 40. Ne2 Kf7 41. Nb1 Kg7 42. Nbc3 Kh8 43. Kh1 Qc7 44. g4 Re8 45. Ra3 Qc8 46. Qg1 Rg8 47. gxf5 Bxf5 48. Ne4 Be7 49. Be1 Nf6 50. Bc3 Bxe4 51. Bxf6+ Bxf6 52. Bxe4 Qe8 53. Qg2 Qf7 54. Rg3 g5 55. b3 Bd8 56. fxg5 Rxg5 57. Rxg5 Bxg5 58. Ng3 Qf4 59. Nh5 Qc1+ 60. Kh2 Bf4+ 61. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 62. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fuatai, Fuatai"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 e5 7. c4 Bc5 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 h6 10. Qf3 Qe7 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Rb1 d6 13. h3 Be6 14. a3 a5 15. Ne2 Rb3 16. Bd2 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qxc6 Rxd3 19. Bxa5 Qa7 20. Nc1 Bxf2+ 21. Kh2 Bg3+ 22. Kh1 Bxe1 23. Bb6 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Nxd3 Bg3 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. c5 dxc5 28. Bxc5 Rb3 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 e4 31. Nf2 Bb3 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Bd4 g5 34. Nh1 Bd6 35. Nf2 Bxa3 36. g4 Kg6 37. gxf5+ Kxf5 38. Ng4 h5 39. Ne3+ Kf4 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Ng2+ Kf5 42. Ne3+ Kg6 43. Kg2 g4 44. hxg4 Bxg4 45. c4 Be6 46. c5 h4 47. Nc2 Bc1 48. Be5 Kf5 49. Bd6 Kg4 50. Kf2 Bf4 51. Ne3+ Kg5 52. Ng2 Bxd6 53. cxd6 h3 54. Ne3 Kf4 55. Nf1 Bd7 56. Nh2 e3+ 57. Ke2 Bb5+ 58. Ke1 Bc6 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. Ng4 Bb5+ 61. Ke1 Kf3 62. Nh2+ Kg2 63. Nf1 e2 64. Ne3+ Kf3 65. Ng4 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Christie, Richie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 f5 5. g4 Nf6 6. gxf5 exf5 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 0-0 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Rg1 a5 12. a3 Qe7 13. 0-0-0 a4 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. Rg2 Be6 16. Rdg1 g6 17. Ne5 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stracy, Don M"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 h6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 d6 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. 0-0 Be7 14. Be3 0-0 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Kh1 Bb4 20. Nb1 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Be7 22. c3 Qb6 23. Rc2 Rf8 24. Qe1 Bg5 25. Nd2 Qf2 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Kg1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxd2 29. c4 Kf7 30. Kf2 Bb4 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 a5 33. Kc2 Kd6 34. a3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. c3 f6 9. Bh4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Ne7 13. Re1 c6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Re2 Rae8 17. Rae1 Nf5 18. Nf1 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barry, Jacob"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1185"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nh4 g5 11. Bf3 Bh3 12. Bg2 Be6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Re1 0-0-0 15. a3 Bf5 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rdg8 19. Bf3 f6 20. Bc1 Nh4 21. Bh5 Bh3 22. Bf7 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rxg3+ 24. hxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Bg2+ 0-1

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Fairley, Natasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 Ne4 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. b3 f5 15. Bd2 h6 16. Rac1 g5 17. Qe2 gxf4 18. exf4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 c5 20. d5 Kf7 21. Rce1 Rhe8 22. dxe6+ Rxe6 23. Qd5 Rae8 24. Qxf5+ Kg8 25. Bc3 Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. g3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 h5 30. Kg2 h4 31. Kf3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Ke6 33. Ke4 Bc7 34. Bc3 a5 35. a4 Kd6 36. g4 Ke6 37. g5 Kf7 38. Kf5 Bd6 39. Be5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Runcan, Daniel Ioan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. a3 Nb6 14. Bd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qa6 16. Be2 Qa5 17. Bb5 Nc8 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Be2 Qb6 20. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Punsalan, Vyanla M"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Re8 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 e4 11. Nd4 h5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. h3 Qe5 15. Ndb5 cxb5 16. Bd6 Qf5 17. Nxb5 Ne5 18. Nc7 Qg5 19. Nxe8 Bxh3 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Mcougall, Euan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bg3 Re8 11. Nf3 Nce7 12. Bd3 g6 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd5 16. Qb2 Bb6 17. Bh4 f6 18. Qc2 Re7 19. 0-0 c6 20. e4 g5 21. Nxg5 Nf4 22. Nf3 Rg7 23. Bg3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Be8 25. Qc4 Bf7 26. Rfd1 e5 27. Qc3 exd4 28. Nxd4 Qe7 29. Nf3 Qxe4 30. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Auckland CC-chA"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 d6 7. h3 Nfd7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. d5 Nce5 10. Nd2 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. exf4 Ng6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Bd3 Ndf8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qh5 Kg8 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 Rf8 20. f5 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Bd2 Rf8 23. g4 Rf7 24. Rab1 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 a5 26. a4 b6 27. b3 Bd7 28. Rbe1 h5 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Re4 Rg8 31. Kf3 Bxf5 32. gxf5 Rxf5+ 33. Ke2 Rg2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rg3 36. Rxe7+ Kg8 37. Bd2 Rxb3 38. Re3 Rb2 39. Ke2 Ra2 40. Re6 Rxa4 41. Kd3 Ra3+ 42. Bc3 Ra2 43. Rxd6 Rh2 44. Rxb6 Rxh3+ 45. Kc2 Rh2+ 46. Kb3 Kf7 47. Bxa5 Rh3+ 48. Ka4 Rd3 49. Kb5 h4 50. Kxc5 h3 51. Rb7+ Ke8 52. Rh7 Ra3 53. Bc7 Ra7 54. Kc6 Ra6+ 55. Bb6 Ra4 56. d6 Rxc4+ 57. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 43rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Qa5 9. a3 c5 10. Bd3 Na6 11. Nge2 Nc7 12. 0-0 Re8 13. b4 Qb6 14. b5 Qa5 15. Nc1 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxd2 Be6 19. Ne2 a6 20. Nc3 Bg7 21. bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rfb1 Rb8 23. a4 Kf8 24. Nd5 Bc8 25. a5 f5 26. Bg5 Kf7 27. f3 h6 28. Bd8 Bf8 29. Bb6 f4 30. Nc7 Raa8 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. a6 bxa6 33. Ba5 Be7 34. Ra2 Ke8 35. Rab2 Kd7 36. Bc2 Ra7 37. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 43rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polishchuk, Kirill"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nb5 d6 7. a4 Nge7 8. d3 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Qe1 d5 11. Ba2 a6 12. Nc3 b5 13. Qf2 Nd4 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. e5 b4 16. Nxd4 bxc3 17. Nf3 cxb2 18. Bxb2 Bc6 19. Ba3 Bxa4 20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. d4 Re8 22. Bb3 Bb5 23. Rfc1 Nc6 24. c4 Na5 25. Rxa5 dxc4 26. Rxb5 axb5 27. Bd1 Qd5 28. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 43rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 Re8 6. Nge2 c6 7. 0-0 Na6 8. a3 Bf8 9. b4 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. bxc5 Nxc5 13. f3 a6 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Nd5 g6 16. Qc2 Bg7 17. Bf2 Ne5 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. a4 b6 20. Ra3 Rc8 21. Rb1 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Rxc4 23. Qd1 Ng4 24. Ne2 b5 25. Bb6 Qg5 26. h3 Ne5 27. Be3 Qd8 28. Nb6 Rc6 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rab3 Nc4 32. Bd4 Bh6 33. Nf4 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Ra6 35. Ra1 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 43rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. f4 Ned7 11. g4 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. 0-0-0 Ng8 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Nge2 Nb8 16. h4 e5 17. f5 Bd7 18. Rdf1 Nbc6 19. g5 gxf5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. gxh6 Bh8 22. Ng3 Qd7 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Ne4 Nce7 25. Rhg1 Bf6 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Kh8 28. g6 Nxg6 29. Rxg6 Qh7 30. Rf6 Rxf6 31. Nxf6 Qe7 32. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 43rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Ne4 12. e3 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. f3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 exf3 17. Rxf3 d4 18. Qg6 Qd7 19. Rd1 c5 20. Rh3 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 Kh8 22. Qe4 Qa4 23. b3 Qxa2 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qe2 26. Rf1 Rad8 27. Qf2 Qe4 28. Qf3 Qd4+ 29. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland CC-chA"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 6. Be3 Nc5 7. f3 a5 8. Qd2 h6 9. 0-0-0 Nh7 10. Bd3 Bg5 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. g3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 f5 15. f4 Nf6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Rdd1 0-0 18. h3 Re8 19. g4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Bd7 21. Nd4 Qe7 22. Rhe1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kd2 Re5 25. Nf3 Re7 26. g5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 Rae8 28. a3 Re5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Rf5 31. Qh4 Rfe5 32. Kc2 Bf5+ 33. Kb2 Re3 34. c5 R3e5 35. cxd6 cxd6 36. Qf4 Bd7 37. h4 1-0

[Event "Auckland CC-chA"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Qc1 Kh7 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Rb8 12. Rb1 d6 13. h4 Nd4 14. h5 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 g5 16. Ne4 f5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5+ Kh8 19. h6 Bf6 20. Bh5 Ng6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxg6 Rg8 23. Bh5 Bg5 24. Qb2+ Bf6 25. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland CC-chA"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. 0-0 d5 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Ne5 Qe8 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Ne1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. N1d3 b6 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. c4 g5 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. b3 Be6 22. Ba3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Nd7 24. Rfd1 Qg7 25. Qd2 a5 26. Qe3 Rfe8 27. Bxc5 f4 28. Qf2 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Qb2 31. Qxa5 Qxe2 32. Re1 Qd3 33. Qa4 Kf7 34. gxf4 Qd2 35. Qa7+ Re7 36. Qe3 Qxe3+ 37. Rxe3 gxf4 38. Re2 Rc7 39. Rd2 Rc3 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Bf1 Kd6 42. Bd3 Kc5 43. Ke2 d4 44. Rc2 Kb4 45. Kd2 Bd5 46. Be2 Be6 47. Rxc3 dxc3+ 48. Kc2 Bd5 49. Bd1 Be6 50. a3+ Kxa3 51. Kxc3 Bd5 52. b4 h5 53. h4 Bb3 54. Be2 Bd5 55. Kd4 Bxf3 56. Bxf3 Kxb4 57. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Auckland CC-chA"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Watson, Bruce R"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nbd5 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rcd1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ba2 Nd5 23. Bd2 Bf6 24. Qf3 Bc6 25. Qg3 Bh4 26. Qd3 Qd6 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Rb2 Bf6 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 30. Reb1 Rfc8 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Bd3 Qe8 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Nh5 10. 0-0-0 f5 11. Nge2 f4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bc2 b5 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qb5 Qc8 18. b4 Rb8 19. Qc4 Qb7 20. a3 a5 21. b5 a4 22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Qb6 24. Rd2 Qc5+ 25. Rc2 Qe3+ 26. Kb2 Qf2 27. Nc3 Qg3 28. h4 h6 29. Be7 Rfe8 30. Re2 Rxe7 31. Rh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Ng3 33. Rc2 Bf6 34. Qc4 Bxh4 35. a4 h5 36. a5 g5 37. a6 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Qc6 Ree8 40. Qd7 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. a3 c6 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. Qc2 Ne6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rad1 c5 15. Ng5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rf4 h6 19. Nh3 Ne4 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. b4 Be7 23. Qb3 Bg5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Rf5 Qe7 26. Nb5 g6 27. Rfd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qa4 e3 31. Qxa7 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 exf2 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Kxf2 Qf6+ 35. Ke3 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. Ne5 0-0 10. d3 Rac8 11. c4 a6 12. Ba4 Na7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Nc3 Bb8 16. Qf3 Rfd8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e4 d4 19. Nd5 Rc6 20. Rac1 Nc8 21. b4 Ba7 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rc2 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Black "Morrell, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 Bf6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bf6 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14. Nc3 d6 15. Bd2 c6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qd3 Qb6+ 18. Kg2 Qc5 19. Ne4 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Nxd6 Rxe2+ 22. Rf2 Bd5+ 23. Kf1 Rxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bxa3 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27. Bc3 c5 28. Ra1 Bb4 29. Bxb4 cxb4 30. Nc5 Rb5 31. Nd3 a5 32. Ke3 Bb3 33. Kd4 a4 34. Nc5 Bc2 35. Rc1 b3 36. Nxa4 Rb4+ 37. Kc3 Rxa4 38. Re1 Ra7 39. Re5 Kf7 40. h4 Rd7 41. g4 Rd3+ 42. Kb2 Rg3 43. g5 Rh3 44. f5 Rxh4 45. Ra5 Re4 46. Ra7+ Re7 47. Ra5 Rb7 48. Rc5 h6 49. gxh6 gxh6 50. Rc6 Kg7 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. Rf6 h5 53. Rf8 Kg7 54. Re8 Bxf5 55. Re3 Bc2 56. Re5 Kg6 57. Ra5 h4 58. Ra3 h3 59. Ka1 b2+ 60. Ka2 b1Q# 0-1

