[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 b6 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. c3 0-0 8. Na3 c5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe4 Qc8 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Nf2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. Kg1 Nf6 18. Rad1 Nbd7 19. Qb3+ Kh7 20. d4 Nd5 21. Nc4 e6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 c4 24. Qc2 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Bf8 26. Ree1 Bc5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Kf1 g5 30. g4 Kg6 31. gxf5+ exf5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qe2 Qd5 35. h3 b5 36. Ke1 Qg2 37. b3 Bxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 cxb3 40. axb3 a5 41. Ke3 Kf7 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. c4 bxc4 44. bxc4 a4 45. c5 a3 46. Kc3 f4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. c3 0-0 8. Qe1 d4 9. Na3 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Qd6 13. e4 dxe3 14. Bxe3 e6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Rd3 Ng4 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Kh2 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Rd8 22. Ng5 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Nxd8 25. Kg1 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Ne4 f5 29. Ng5 h6 30. Nf3 Bd6 31. Nd2 Nf7 32. Bd5 Ne5 33. Ke2 Nd7 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. Bf3 Be5 36. Nf1 g5 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Bf4 39. Ne3 Bxe3+ 40. Kxe3 Kf7 41. Be2 Ke6 42. Bd1 Ke5 43. Bf3 Ne8 44. Bc6 Ng7 45. Bf3 h5 46. gxh5 Nf5+ 47. Kf2 Kf4 48. Bd5 g4 49. Be6 Nh6 50. Bd7 g3+ 51. Kg2 Nf7 52. Bc6 Kg4 53. Be8 Nh6 54. Bd7+ Kh4 55. Be8 Nf5 56. Kf3 Kg5 57. Bg6 g2 58. Kxg2 Ne3+ 59. Kf3 Nd1 60. b4 Nxc3 61. bxc5 bxc5 62. a3 Na4 63. Ke4 Nb6 64. Bf7 Kf6 65. Bd5 Kg5 66. Bf7 Kf6 67. Bd5 Kg5 68. Bf7 Kf6 69. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Bf1 Bg4 13. Qd2 g5 14. Bg3 a5 15. Kh1 a4 16. Nd4 Nh5 17. Nd5 Bc5 18. c3 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Kg7 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. f4 gxf4 22. Nef5+ Bxf5 23. Nxf5+ Kh7 24. gxf4 Ng4 25. Nd4 Re7 26. Bd3 Kh8 27. f5 Rg8 28. Be2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borsos, Bogdan"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Nc4 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Ne3 g5 12. Bg3 Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 f6 15. 0-0 c5 16. Nh2 Kg7 17. Rf2 Qe7 18. Qh5 Rh8 19. Raf1 Be6 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Kxf6 22. Ng4+ Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Ke7 24. h4 Rag8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Qf5 Rh6 27. Bxe5 c4 28. d4 Bxe5 29. Qxe5+ Re6 30. Qxc7+ Kf6 31. e5+ Kg6 32. d5 Ree8 33. g4 Rgf8 34. Qd6+ Kh7 35. e6 Ra8 36. Qe5 Kh6 37. d6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 0-0 7. 0-0 Na6 8. d3 dxc4 9. bxc4 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. Nd4 Qd6 16. Nb3 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rc1 Nac5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Qe3 Rfc8 23. Rbc2 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Knowles, Jeremy"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 d5 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. g3 Be6 14. Nbd2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 cxb5 18. axb5 b6 19. Nbd2 Qc7 20. 0-0 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. Qe2 Rfd8 23. Nc4 f6 24. Kh2 Nf8 25. Nh4 Rac8 26. Nf5 Nb7 27. Nfe3 Ne6 28. Rac1 Nd6 29. Nd2 Qd7 30. c4 Nd4 31. Qf1 f5 32. Nd5 Qb7 33. Qd3 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Nxc4 35. Ndf6+ gxf6 36. Nxf6+ Kh8 37. f3 Nxf3+ 38. Kh1 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Nd4+ 40. Kh2 Qf7 41. Rf1 Rf8 42. Rdd1 Ne3 43. Kg1 Nxd1 44. Rxd1 Qxf6 45. h4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 Bf5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. c4 Nc5 9. d4 Nce4 10. Nc3 c6 11. Ne5 h5 12. Bf3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Qa5 15. Qe1 Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 f6 17. Nd3 Nd6 18. Nc5 dxc4 19. e4 Bc8 20. e5 fxe5 21. fxe5 Nf5 22. bxc4 e6 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxd5+ Kh7 28. Re2 Ne7 29. Bf3 Rb8 30. e6 b6 31. Nd7 Bxd7 32. exd7 Bf8 33. Bf6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 125th"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ba6 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 12. Re1 e5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. e6 fxe6 15. Bf4 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 a6 22. Kg2 b5 23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Nc2 Bc1 25. Na3 Kg7 26. Nb1 b4 27. Rc2 Rd1 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. Kf3 Bh6 0-1

[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 "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. 0-0 a6 8. b3 b5 9. f4 Qb6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nf3 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Kh1 c4 15. Bc2 0-0-0 16. Qb1 f5 17. a4 Rdg8 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Kc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. d5 exd5 23. Ned4 b4 24. Ra1 bxc3 25. Nb5+ Kd8 26. Nxc3 Nb4 27. Bxf5 d4 28. Ne4 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Ra4 Rxg2 31. Rxb4 Rg1+ 32. Kxg1 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 d3 34. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 d5 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. Qxa7 Ba8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qxb6 cxd4 13. Nxd4 0-0 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Qc2 e5 18. Nb3 Nd7 19. 0-0 e4 20. Nd4 Rcb6 21. b3 Qh6 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Nf4 g5 24. Nxd5 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Re8 26. Nxb6 g4 27. Nd5 Re5 28. Nf4 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Polishchuk, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 h5 4. Nxg4 hxg4 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Rxh2 12. e3 Qh6 13. Rxh2 Qxh2 14. Qxg4 Qg1+ 15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Qh5 e6 17. Qh1 Qxg3 18. Bxb7 Rc7 19. b3 Bb4 20. a3 Bd6 21. Bb2 Bxf4 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qh2+ 24. Kd1 Qh5+ 25. Kc2 Qf5+ 26. Kd1 Qh5+ 27. Kc2 Qb5 28. Qh1 Be5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 Qd3+ 32. Kc1 Qf1+ 33. Kc2 Qd3+ 34. Kc1 Qf1+ 35. Kc2 Qa1 36. Qg5+ Kd7 37. Qf4 Qa2+ 38. Kc3 Qa1+ 39. Kc2 Qa2+ 40. Kc3 Qa1+ 41. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bb6 Qb8 11. Nc7+ Kd7 12. Nxa8 Nxe4 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. 0-0 Qxa8 15. c3 Nd5 16. Be3 f5 17. Nc2 f4 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Qe2 d5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rfe1 g5 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxe5 Bd6 24. Qg7+ Kc6 25. cxd4 Rg8 26. Rac1+ Nc4 27. Qf6 Bd7 28. Rxc4+ 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. 0-0 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne3 d5 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Ba4 Qd6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Ne4 20. Be3 Be5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Rf3 c5 23. Rd1 d4 24. Bc1 Qd5 25. Qa4 Nd6 26. Qxa5 Qxf5 27. Re1 Ne4 28. Qa4 Re7 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Rb3 Qd5 31. Rd1 Nc3 32. Rxc3 Re2 33. Rf3 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "James, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 d5 7. Bd3 Nc5 8. Be2 Be7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Nc3 0-0 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Ndc5 16. Kf1 Kf8 17. Ke2 a5 18. a4 Ra6 19. Nd4 Nxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb3 22. Rd1 Bc5 23. Be3 Rb6 24. Ne4 Bxe3 25. Kxe3 Rb4 26. Rd8+ Ke7 27. Rb8 b5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30. f4 a4 31. Nc3 Na5 32. Kd4 f6 33. Nxb5 fxe5+ 34. fxe5 Nc6+ 35. Ke4 Na5 36. Nc3 a3 37. bxa3 Nc4 38. a4 Ke6 39. Kd4 Nxe5 40. Kc5 Kd7 41. a5 Kc7 42. a6 Nd3+ 43. Kb5 Ne5 44. Na4 g5 45. Nc5 Kb8 46. Ne6 g4 47. Nd4 Ka8 48. Nc6 Nd7 49. Kc4 h5 50. Kd5 h4 51. Ke6 Nf6 52. Kf5 g3 53. h3 Ng4 54. hxg4 h3 55. gxh3 g2 56. g5 g1Q 57. Ne5 Qg3 58. g6 Qxh3+ 59. Kf6 Qh4+ 60. Kf7 Qf4+ 61. Ke6 Qg5 62. Kf7 Qxe5 63. g7 Qf5+ 64. Ke8 Qg6+ 65. Kf8 Qf6+ 66. Kg8 Ka7 67. Kh7 Qf7 68. Kh8 Qh5+ 69. Kg8 Ka8 0-1

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

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

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[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. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. d4 c6 7. Nbd2 h5 8. h3 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rc8 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bb8 15. Be3 Qd5 16. f5 Qxf3 17. Rxf3 c5 18. Rf2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 exf5 20. Bb5+ Kf8 21. Rxf5 Rxc2 22. Re1 Bc8 23. Rf3 Be6 24. Ng6+ fxg6 25. Rxe6 Rc1+ 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Rfe3 Rc2+ 28. Ke1 Nd5 29. R3e4 Bxg3+ 30. Kd1 Rhc8 31. Be8+ Kf8 32. Bxg6 Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Nf4+ 34. Kf3 Nxe6 35. Kxg3 Nc5 36. Rf4+ Ke7 37. Rf7+ Ke6 38. Bxh5 Ne4+ 39. Kh4 R8c4 40. Be3 Nf6+ 41. Kg5 Re1 42. b3 Re4 43. Bf2 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Masters, Andrew D"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bc1 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 e6 6. c4 b5 7. e4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. Nc3 exd5 10. exd5 d6 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Re1 0-0 14. Nf4 Nb6 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 Nfd7 17. Qc2 g6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Ne6 Qe8 20. Bh6 Rf5 21. Ng7 Qf7 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Re6 Nxd5 25. Rde1 Ne5 26. R6xe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Bd6 28. Rxf5 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Qe6 30. Rg5+ Kh8 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Qc3+ Be5 33. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Robinson, John1111"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qe1 Qb6 8. e4 c4+ 9. Kh1 cxd3 10. cxd3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bd7 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Qd2 Na4 17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. Rfe1 Nf2+ 19. Kg1 Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lyall, Simon"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1741"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 d6 8. 0-0 a6 9. Nd2 Bxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Qh5 0-0 12. f4 Nc2 13. e5 Qg6 14. Qe2 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 Be6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bc4 dxe5 18. fxe5 Rfd8 19. Qf2 Nd5 20. Rf1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. Nf3 Re8 25. Qe4 Qd5 26. Qf5 h6 27. b3 Red8 28. Qf4 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Rd1 30. Ne1 R8d7 31. h3 Re7 32. Qg4 Qd5 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ g6 35. Qg4 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Sole, Michael D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. cxd4 e6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 0-0 12. 0-0 Na5 13. Rb1 b6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Rb5 Qc6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Rb4 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Nb3 20. Re1 Rxc3 21. Rxa6 Nd5 22. Bd1 Na5 23. Ne5 Rxa3 24. Nd7 Rc8 25. Nxb6 Nxb6 26. Rxb6 Nc4 27. Rb3 Rxb3 28. Bxb3 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "He, Caleb"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re3 0-0 11. Bb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rd3 Nce7 14. Qe2 Nf4 15. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 16. Kf1 Raxd8 17. Kxe2 e4 18. g4 exf3+ 19. Kxf3 Bg6 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. d4 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Bxc3 23. Rc1 Ba5 24. Rc5 Bb6 25. Rc2 Rxd4 26. Re2 Rd3+ 27. Kg2 Rd7 28. f4 Ba5 29. g5 Rd2 30. Rxd2 Bxd2 31. Kf3 Nf5 32. g6 Nd4+ 33. Kg4 Nxb3 34. axb3 fxg6 35. b4 Re3 36. Bb2 Bxb4 37. h4 h5+ 38. Kg5 Rg3# 0-1

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Heppenstall, Lara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be2 Bg4 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Be3 c5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Rc8 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rac1 e6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. c5 Nb8 19. Nb1 Nc6 20. Na3 Nd4 21. Qe3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Be2 Qc6 25. Ra1 f5 26. Bf3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 fxe4 28. Qe2 e3 29. Qxe3 Rbd8 30. Qe2 Rd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Re1 e5 33. Qxb5 Qf6 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Re2 e4 36. c6 e3 37. f3 Rc8 38. b5 Qd6 39. Qd3 Qb4 40. Nc2 Qc5 41. Re1 Rb8 42. Na3 Bf8 43. Ra1 e2 44. Qxe2 d3+ 45. Qf2 Qc3 46. Qe1 d2 47. Qd1 Re8 48. Nc2 Bc5+ 49. Kh1 Bd6 50. Rb1 Qxc2 51. Qf1 Qxb1 52. Qxb1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang, Leo"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 0-0 12. a4 Qb6 13. Bd2 Rfb8 14. Qe2 Qb3 15. Rhb1 Rb4 16. Ra3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Re1 Rb4 19. b3 Rab8 20. e5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Rd4 23. Bg5 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Re3 Kg7 26. a5 Rd2 27. Ne4 Rxd5 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Re4 Rd3 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Ke5 32. Kf3 Kd5 33. a6 Ra8 34. a7 Kc6 35. Ke4 f6 36. Ra4 e6 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eade, Don"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nb3 Rfc8 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Nbd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Bb1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qh5 Nf6 21. Bxh7+ Nxh7 22. Qxe5 Bf6 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. N2f3 Nf8 25. Bf4 Rc4 26. Be5 Bd8 27. b3 Rc5 28. Rac1 Rac8 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bd6 Rd5 31. Bf4 Bb6 32. Re5 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 34. Rd5 Bc3 35. Bd2 Be6 36. Rd8 Bxd2 37. Rxd2 a5 38. Rd4 Nd7 39. Rd6 a4 40. bxa4 bxa4 41. a3 Kf8 42. Rd4 Nc5 43. Kf1 Bb3 44. Ke2 Ke7 45. h4 Kf6 46. Ke3 Nb7 47. g4 Na5 48. Kd3 Nb7 49. Rf4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Zhao, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Bd4 Nh6 14. a3 0-0 15. c4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Qb6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bf8 21. Nc4 Qa7 22. Rd1 Ng4 23. Rd4 b5 24. Rxg4 bxc4 25. Rd4 g6 26. Rdd8 Kg7 27. Rxf8 Qd7 28. Rg8+ Kh6 29. Rgd8 Qb5 30. Rc5 Qa4 31. Rxc4 Qb3 32. Rcd4 Qxa3 33. h3 Kg7 34. Kh2 Qc1 35. Rd2 Qc4 36. R2d4 Qc1 37. Kg3 Qc3 38. R8d7 Qc1 39. Rf4 g5 40. Rfxf7+ Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Nxg5 Qc3+ 43. Nf3 Qxb4 44. Rge7 Qb8 45. Rxh7+ Kg8 46. Rdg7+ Kf8 47. Rh8+ Kxg7 48. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lu, Lillian"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. h3 Bf5 9. Nf3 Bf6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Rfd1 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bc4 Qe4 18. Bg5 Bxh3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qc3 Bg4 21. Re1 Qf4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bd5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nxd4 25. Qxc7 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxc7 28. Re2 Kg7 29. Kg2 b5 30. Re4 f5 31. Rb4 a6 32. a3 Qe5 33. Rb3 f4 34. Rb4 Kf6 35. Kh3 a5 36. Re4 Qxb2 37. Rxf4+ Kg7 38. Kg3 Qxa3 39. Rf5 b4 40. Rf4 b3 41. Re4 b2 42. Re3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Korenevski, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[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. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Rc1 dxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Nxb5 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Rxb5 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rb2 21. Qe1 Bf6 22. Rc6 Qb5 23. Rd2 Qb4 24. a3 Qxa3 25. Kf2 Bb7 26. Qc1 Rb3 27. Qxa3 Rxa3 28. Rxf6 Bxg2 29. Rf4 Bd5 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. exd3 a5 32. Ke2 a4 33. Rf1 a3 34. Bd2 a2 35. Bc3 Rb8 36. Ra1 Rb1 37. Kd2 Kg7 38. Ke3 g5 39. h3 Kg6 40. Kf2 Kf5 41. Ke3 h5 42. Ke2 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Kf2 Kf4 45. Bd2+ Kf5 46. Bc3 Rxa1 47. Bxa1 Kg5 48. Bc3 f5 49. Bb2 f4 50. Bc3 Kf5 51. Bb2 Ke6 52. Bc3 Kd7 53. Bb2 Kc6 54. Bc3 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chan, Luis"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[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 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nf8 8. Ng3 Ng6 9. Nf5 0-0 10. g3 h6 11. h4 a6 12. g4 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. g5 Nd7 16. gxh6 Re8 17. hxg7 Bf6+ 18. Kd2 Bxg7 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Rhg1 Kf8 21. Kc2 Qd4 22. f6 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh4 Nb7 16. Qf3 c4 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. Qxf6 Bg7 20. Qh4 Qd8 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Be3 Be6 23. Ng3 Kf8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rac8 26. Rad1 Ke7 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. f4 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. f6+ Kxf6 31. Bxh7 Ne6 32. Be4 Rd8 33. h4 Ke7 34. g3 Nc7 35. Bb6 Rc8 36. Bb7 Rb8 37. Bc5+ Kf7 38. Bf3 Rd8 39. Bb6 Rd7 40. Bh5+ Ke7 41. Bc5+ Kd8 42. Kf2 Ne6 43. Bb6+ Ke7 44. Ke2 Rd3 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Re2 Rxe2+ 47. Bxe2 Kd6 48. Ke3 Kc6 49. Ba5 Nc5 50. Bf3+ Kd7 51. Bg4+ Kc6 52. Bc8 e4 53. Bf5 Be5 54. g4 Bf6 55. Bxe4+ Nxe4 56. Kxe4 Bxh4 57. b3 Be1 58. bxc4 bxc4 59. a4 Bf2 60. Bb4 Bc5 61. Bxc5 Kxc5 62. Kf5 Kb6 63. Kg6 Ka5 64. Kxh6 Kxa4 65. g5 Kb3 66. g6 Kxc3 67. g7 Kb2 68. g8Q c3 69. Qg7 a5 70. Qd4 a4 71. Qb4+ Kc2 72. Qxa4+ Kc1 73. Qf4+ Kb1 74. Qb4+ Kc2 75. Kg5 Kd3 76. Kf4 c2 77. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Mukkattu, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1705"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 fxg6 7. Bd3 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 0-0-0 9. e6 Nb8 10. 0-0 Na6 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Ne5 Rg8 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Nf7 Re8 15. c3 Qb6 16. Re1 Kb8 17. a4 a6 18. b4 Rc8 19. Ba3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Nd5 22. c4 Nxb4 23. Qe5+ Ka8 24. a5 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Bxb4 h6 27. Ne5 g5 28. Ng6 Kb8 29. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Nylund, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. h3 b5 8. Bxb5 Qb6 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. 0-0 a5 13. Ra3 e5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Rfa1 Rfd8 16. Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Rxa5 h6 18. Bc2 Bf8 19. Ne1 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. f3 Nh5 22. Nd3 Kg7 23. Nc4 f5 24. Ndxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 f4 26. Bf2 Kf6 27. Nd7+ Kf7 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Bxc5+ Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. b4 Kd7 32. Ba4+ Kc7 33. Bf8 Bc6 34. Bxc6 Kxc6 35. Bxh6 Kb5 36. b3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Green, Ewen M"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 0-0 8. N5c3 Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 e4 11. a3 Rc8 12. g4 Bxe3 13. gxf5 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 e3+ 15. Kg2 Rxc3 16. Nf1 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qg5+ 18. Ng3 Rc2 19. Qd3 Rfc8 20. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxd1 8. Bb5+ Qd7 9. Bxd7+ Kd8 10. Nxf7+ Kxd7 11. Kxd1 Nf6 12. Nxh8 Ke8 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Be3 e5 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Nf3 e4 17. Ne5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nf8 8. 0-0 Ng6 9. Ng3 0-0 10. a3 h6 11. Nf5 Nh7 12. b4 b6 13. Ne2 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Nxg5 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Nh5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qd7 19. Nxg7 Nxd3 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Qxd3 Rae8 22. h4 Ne4 23. Rf4 Qe5 24. Raf1 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "List, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Be2 Nd7 6. 0-0 e5 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Be3 Ngf6 9. a4 a5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Be7 12. f4 g6 13. Nc4 Nh5 14. Qf2 0-0 15. Rad1 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Na3 b4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nc4 Bh4 20. Qf3 Ra6 21. dxe5 Qc8 22. Nxd6 Qxc2 23. Bd4 Rxd6 24. exd6 Nhf6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. g3 Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Qxe4 28. Qg5 Kg7 29. Nd5 h6 30. Bxf6+ Nxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kh7 32. Qe5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. a3 Nc6 6. Rb1 a5 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. d3 Bd7 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nc2 f5 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 Bc6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Rfb1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. f3 d5 21. Rb6 Qc5 22. Rxb7 dxc4 23. Nd1 Rfd8 24. Bb4 Qe5 25. Qxc4+ Ne6 26. Rxe7 Qxe2+ 27. Nf2 Rd4 28. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Fuatai, Fuatai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bxd7+ N6xd7 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Re1 d5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a3 b5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Re2 0-0 18. Rec2 Na7 19. Ne1 Rc4 20. b3 Rcc8 21. Nd3 Qh4 22. f4 Rb8 23. Nxd5 Nc8 24. g3 Qd8 25. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Murdoch, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1438"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bf5 7. Bf4 Qd8 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 e6 10. a4 Nb6 11. a5 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. a6 b6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. c4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Bd6 17. Bxc6+ Ke7 18. d5 f6 19. Nf3 Bxf4 20. Nd4 Bh3 21. Nxe6 Qd6 22. Nxf4 Qxf4 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Ra3 Bg4 25. Re6+ Bxe6 26. dxe6+ Kc7 27. Qd7+ Kb8 28. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pomeroy, Arthur"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. d3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qb7 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Nh4 Kh8 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Bd5 Rac8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Re3 Rg8 22. Rf3 c4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Rg6 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. d4 Rg5 27. Rf3 Rc7 28. c3 Rd7 29. d5 Rb7 30. Rf1 h6 31. Rh3 Rb8 32. f4 Rg6 33. Rhf3 Re8 34. Qf2 Rf8 35. Qh4 Rg8 36. fxe5 Qxe5 37. Rf5 Qe7 38. R5f4 Qe5 39. Qf2 Kh8 40. g3 Kg7 41. Qb6 Ra8 42. Qc6 Ra7 43. Qb6 Qe7 44. Qd4 Ra8 45. Kg2 Re8 46. h4 h5 47. Kh2 Qe5 48. Qd1 Rg8 49. Qf3 Kh7 50. Rf5 Qxg3+ 51. Qxg3 Rxg3 52. Rxh5+ Kg6 53. Kxg3 Kxh5+ 54. Kh3 Re8 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Rf4 Re5 57. Kg4 a5 58. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Lukey, Bryce"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1275"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 0-0 6. c3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 Qe7 9. f5 Nb6 10. Nh4 d5 11. Qf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc4 13. b3 Nd6 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qe3 b6 16. h3 Bb7 17. Nd2 a5 18. Rf2 gxf5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Rxf5 Qe6 21. Bf1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxf5 23. Bd3 Qxh3 24. Rf1 f5 0-1

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jellyman, Riley"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.10.26"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nf5 d6 8. Bxc5 Nxf5 9. exf5 dxc5 10. Qe2+ Qe5 11. g4 h5 12. Rg1 hxg4 13. Rxg4 Bxf5 14. Rxg7 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Bg6 16. Na3 Kf8 17. Rxg6 fxg6 18. Nb5 Rh7 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Ba6 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2016.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Sarfas, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Na3 d5 8. c3 Ng4 9. e4 d4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 h5 14. Nc2 Bg7 15. Qe2 Bd4 16. Bd2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bd4 18. Rb3 Rb8 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. hxg4 hxg4+ 21. Kg1 f6 22. Qf2 Kf7 23. Rb4 Qa5 24. Qxd4 Qxa2 25. Qc4+ Qxc4 26. Rxc4 b5 27. Rc7 b4 28. d4 a5 29. Ra1 b3 30. Bxa5 b2 31. Rb1 Rb3 32. Bc3 Ra3 33. Rxb2 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Ba6 35. Bb4 Rh2 36. Rxe7+ Kg8 37. Be1 Kf8 38. Rc7 Bb5 39. Rxb5 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Ra8 41. Rb2 Re8 42. e5 fxe5 43. Bb4+ Kg8 44. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2016.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Johnson, Quentin JF"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.10.26"]
[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 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. e4 bxc4 7. Bxc4 d6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Re1 0-0 10. h3 Bb7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bf1 Nfd7 13. Bf4 f5 14. Ng5 Qc8 15. Ne6 Rf7 16. Rad1 fxe4 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe6 Nbxd5 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Qxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bc4 e6 23. Rxe6 Nb6 24. Rexd6 Nxc4 25. Rd8+ Ne8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Rd8 Ncd6 28. Ne4 Re7 29. Nxd6 Bd7 30. Be3 Kg7 31. Nxe8+ Bxe8 32. Bxc5 Re2 33. Bxa7 Kf7 34. Rb8 Bc6 35. Be3 Bd5 36. a4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Rb5 Bc6 39. Rc5 Bxa4 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Ra7 Ra2 42. Bd4 Bb3 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rxh7 Ra4 45. Rb7 Bd5 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. b4 Be4 48. Be3 Ke6 49. b5 Kd5 50. b6 Rb4 51. Rc8 Rb5 52. Rc7 Kd6 53. Rg7 Kd5 54. Kg3 Rb4 55. f3 Bc2 56. Rc7 Ba4 57. Rg7 Bc2 58. Rd7+ Kc6 59. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Armstrong, John F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. d3 Nd7 5. g3 Nxe5 6. fxe5 e6 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. d4 Bb6 9. 0-0 c5 10. e3 Ne7 11. b3 0-0 12. Bb2 h6 13. c4 Bg6 14. Na3 a6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Nb1 Nf5 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Nc3 Ba5 20. Ba3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 b6 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Re8 25. e4 Qc7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. exd5 Rxe5 28. d6 Qd7 29. Rc1 Re6 30. Rc6 Be4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rc7 Qd8 33. d7 Re1+ 34. Qxe1 Qxc7 35. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2016.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Tamimi, Naser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. d4 h6 8. Qd3 Re8 9. 0-0 Qc8 10. Re1 Bh3 11. e4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bf8 13. c4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qd1 Qg4 16. e5 Nh7 17. Re4 Qg6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nh4 Qe6 20. d5 Qd7 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qd5 Qb6 23. Qb5 Qe6 24. Be3 c6 25. Qb3 Rad8 26. Rd1 Ng5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Nf3 g4 29. Nd4 Qg6 30. Qc2 Bc5 31. Qe2 f5 32. Rf4 Bd6 33. Nxf5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Bxe5 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2016.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clarkson, Robert"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.10.26"]
[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 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 d6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Nd4 Bf5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. 0-0 Nxd4 16. exd4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxa2 18. Bf3 Qa6 19. Ra1 Qb6 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Re3 Qc7 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 f5 24. Qg5 e5 25. d5 a5 26. Rh3 a4 27. Qh4 axb3 28. Qxh7+ Kf7 29. Rg3 Rxa1+ 30. Bxa1 Re7 31. Qxg6+ Kg8 32. Rh3 Qxc4 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qxf5+ Rf7 35. Qg5 Bf6 36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Bb2 Qxd5 38. g4 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc2 d6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. b3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rd1 Rd7 13. Rb1 Rad8 14. Ne3 Ng4 15. Ned5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 e6 18. Nf4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bh3 f5 21. Ne6 Re8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bc3+ Kf7 24. e3 Nf6 25. Rbc1 Ne4 26. Bb2 Red8 27. Bf1 Ke6 28. Bb5 Rc7 29. Rc2 Rdc8 30. Rdc1 a6 31. Be2 Kd7 32. f3 Nd6 33. Rd2 Nb4 34. Rxc7+ Rxc7 35. a3 Rc2 36. Rxc2 Nxc2 37. Kf2 Nb5 38. a4 Nba3 39. Bd1 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sellen, Ian"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[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 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. d4 d6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. b3 Ne8 10. d5 Ne5 11. f4 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Qd2 f5 14. Bb2 a6 15. e4 Qc8 16. e5 Nc7 17. e6 Be8 18. Kh2 b5 19. Nd1 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 bxc4 21. bxc4 Rb8 22. Nd3 Qb7 23. Qc2 Kg7 24. Rab1 Qc8 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Bf3 Ba4 27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Ne8 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Rg1 Ng7 31. Be4 Kh8 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Rf6 34. Rg5 Qb1 35. Nf2 Qxa2 36. Qg3 Ngxf5 37. Bxf5 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Nxf5 39. Qf3 Qc2 40. Ng3 Nh6 41. Qf4 Qg6 42. Qf8+ Ng8 43. Nfe4 Qh6+ 44. Qxh6 Nxh6 45. Nh5 Ng4+ 46. Kg3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Thornton, Giovanni Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 d6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. b3 Qe8 13. Bb2 f5 14. Qc2 Qg6 15. Rae1 Nf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nh4 Qf7 18. Nxf5 dxc4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxc4+ Kh8 21. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "249"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[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. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bf4 b6 7. Na3 a6 8. Nc2 Bb7 9. Rb1 Ne4 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. c4 0-0 13. 0-0 dxc4 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Nd2 c4 17. b3 c3 18. Nf3 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. Nxb4 Nd6 21. Qd3 Ra3 22. Rfc1 Qc7 23. Ne1 Rc8 24. Nec2 Ra7 25. Rb3 Nb6 26. Ne3 Na4 27. Qc2 Nc4 28. Nxc4 Qxc4 29. e3 Rac7 30. Nd3 Nb6 31. Rb4 Qc6 32. Rcb1 Nc4 33. Qxc3 Nd6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Nc5 g6 36. g4 h6 37. e4 f6 38. f3 Kf7 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 e5 41. dxe5 fxe5 42. Ra7+ R8c7 43. Rxc7+ Rxc7 44. Nd3 Kf6 45. Nb4 Ra7 46. Kg2 Nc4 47. h4 Ra3 48. Nd5+ Ke6 49. Rb7 Nd2 50. Re7+ Kd6 51. Rf7 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Rf5 Ra2 54. Nc3 Rc2 55. Nb5+ Ke6 56. Kg1 Rc5 57. Nd4+ exd4 58. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 59. Kg2 Ne5 60. Kg3 d3 61. Rd5 Kf6 62. Rb5 Ke6 63. Rb6+ Ke7 64. Rb5 Ke6 65. Rd5 Kf6 66. Kg2 Nxg4 67. Rxd3 Ke5 68. Kf3 Nf6 69. Re3 g4+ 70. Kg3 Nxe4+ 71. Kxg4 Kd4 72. Kf4 Nc5 73. Re8 Nd3+ 74. Kf5 Nb4 75. Re4+ Kc5 76. Ke6 Nc6 77. Rh4 Nd4+ 78. Kd7 Kd5 79. Rg4 Ke5 80. Rg5+ Kf4 81. Rd5 Ke4 82. Kd6 Nf5+ 83. Kc5 Kf4 84. Rd3 Ke4 85. Rd1 Kf4 86. Re1 Ne3 87. Re2 Ke4 88. Rd2 Ke5 89. Rd4 Nf5 90. Ra4 Nd6 91. Rh4 Nf5 92. Rh5 Ke4 93. Kc6 Ke5 94. Kd7 Ke4 95. Rg5 Kf4 96. Rg8 Ke5 97. Rg4 Kd5 98. Rg6 Ke5 99. Ra6 Kd5 100. Ra5+ Ke4 101. Ke6 Nd4+ 102. Kf6 Nf3 103. Rf5 Nd4 104. Re5+ Kd3 105. Kg6 Nf3 106. Re8 Kd4 107. Kf5 Kd5 108. Kf4 Nd4 109. Rd8+ Kc5 110. Ke4 Nc6 111. Rd7 Nb4 112. Rd2 Nc6 113. Rd3 Kc4 114. Rd6 Kc5 115. Rd7 Kc4 116. Ke3 Kc5 117. Kd2 Ne5 118. Rh7 Kd5 119. Ke3 Nc4+ 120. Kf4 Nd6 121. Rh5+ Kd4 122. Re5 Nc4 123. Re8 Kd5 124. Re4 Nd6 125. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c3 0-0 8. Na3 Re8 9. Qe1 Qb6 10. Kh1 e5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. e3 a6 16. Rae1 Qe6 17. Nc2 h6 18. d4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. dxc5 Red8 21. Nd4 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qc4 23. b4 Rd7 24. Bd6 Re8 25. Rfb1 Be5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qc2 Qd3 28. Qc1 Rh5 29. Rb2 Bf3+ 30. Kg1 Rdd5 31. Qd2 Qc4 32. Qe1 Rdg5 33. Ne2 Rh3 34. Raa2 Bxe2 35. Rxe2 h5 36. Rg2 h4 37. gxh4 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Kh7 39. Rf2 Qe6 40. Qf1 Kg7 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rxb7 Rf3 43. Qd1 Rf8 44. Qd7 Qxd7 45. Rxd7 Rf3 46. c6 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luo, Vincent"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.03.25"]
[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. Nc3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Ba3 cxd4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. exd4 0-0 12. Bb5 Rac8 13. a4 Nb4 14. Qd2 a6 15. Be2 Rc7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rxc3 19. Rfe1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Qc7 21. Rcd1 Rxb3 22. Rc1 Rc3 23. Rf1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kg2 Ra1 27. f4 Rxa4 28. Kg3 a5 29. Kh4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. 0-0-0 d6 8. h4 Be6 9. Nh3 Qd7 10. Nf4 h5 11. f3 0-0 12. g4 hxg4 13. h5 Ne5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Nf3 16. hxg6 d5 17. Qd3 d4 18. Ne2 c5 19. Bg2 c4 20. Qxc4 Nxe4 21. Qd3 Nf2 22. Qb3 Nxd1 23. Kxd1 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 Rf5 25. Qg3 Rd8 26. Be4 Rb5 27. b3 Qe7 28. Qh2 Bf6 29. Ng3 Rd7 30. Bd3 Rc5 31. Ne4 Rcc7 32. Qh5 Kf8 33. Qxg4 e5 34. Kd1 a6 35. Rh7 Bg7 36. f5 Rd6 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 38. Qh5 Re7 39. Rh8+ 1-0

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

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

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhu, Karl Kai"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 d6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nb5 Ne5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Nxc7 Nxc4 12. Nxa8 Qc6 13. Qe2 Be6 14. f4 f6 15. b3 Nd6 16. e5 fxe5 17. Qxe5 Nf7 18. Qc7 Qe8 19. Re1 Nd5 20. Qxb7 Nd6 21. Qxa7 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Bxf7 23. c4 Nb4 24. Re2 Rxa8 25. Nc3 Bg6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 c4 28. bxc4 Nxc4 29. a4 Bf5 30. h3 h5 31. Kf2 Nb6 32. a5 Kf7 33. Re5 g6 34. Rc1 Rxa5 35. Rc3 Bd7 36. d6 Rxe5 37. fxe5 Ke6 38. Rc5 Nd5 39. Rc1 Kxe5 40. Re1+ Kxd6 41. Kg3 g5 42. h4 g4 43. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. d3 Nd7 5. g3 Nxe5 6. fxe5 e6 7. Bg2 h5 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Ne4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxe5 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. 0-0-0 Nf6 15. Bg2 0-0-0 16. Rdf1 Bd6 17. Bg5 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qe5 19. Qd1 Rd7 20. Kb1 h4 21. Bf4 Qc5 22. gxh4 Rxh4 23. Bg3 Rh8 24. Bf3 Rdd8 25. Qe1 Rh7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. hxg3 Rdh8 29. Rhg1 Nd7 30. Kc2 Ne5 31. Kd2 Rh2 32. Ke1 R8h6 33. g4 Rf6 34. Rf2 Rfh6 35. Rg3 g5 36. Rg1 Kd7 37. a3 Ke7 38. Rg3 Kf8 39. Rg1 Kg7 40. Rg3 Nxf3+ 41. exf3 Rxf2 42. Kxf2 Rh2+ 43. Rg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Kf6 45. b4 Ke5 46. Kg3 b6 47. a4 a6 48. f4+ gxf4+ 49. Kf3 f6 50. b5 cxb5 51. cxb5 a5 52. Ke2 Kd5 53. Kf3 e5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Perry, Roger L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bh5 4. g3 f6 5. Nd3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. 0-0 e4 8. Nf2 f5 9. d3 Nf6 10. c4 Bc5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Ng4 15. e3 Nxf2 16. Rd5 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Ng4 18. Bc5 Bf7 19. Re1 Bxd5 20. exd5+ Kf7 21. dxc6 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. cxb7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Nbd2 Rfc8 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bd2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rab8 19. Bc3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qxd5 Bf6 24. Rad1 Rb6 25. Nf5 Be6 26. Qa5 Rb5 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Nd6 Rb8 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rd2 c3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Ne4 Ra3 33. Nxf6+ Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kh6 35. Ng3 Bxa2 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Nxe3 Be6 39. f4 Rb4 40. Rf2 f5 41. g4 Rd4 42. h4 a5 43. h5+ Kh6 44. g5+ Kxh5 45. Rh2+ Kg6 46. Rh6+ Kf7 47. Rf6+ Ke7 48. Nxf5+ Bxf5 49. Rxf5 a4 50. Kf2 a3 51. Kf3 Ra4 52. Re5+ Kf7 53. Re1 a2 54. Ra1 Kg6 55. Kg4 Ra5 56. Kh4 Ra4 57. Kg4 Ra5 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. Kh4 Ra4 60. Kh5 Ra6 61. g6 Rxg6 62. Rxa2 Rg1 63. Ra5+ Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei, Louie"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Qc2 g6 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Qd1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. Bd2 h5 15. Be1 Qf6 16. Qb3 Rc7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd1 Kd7 19. Rc1 c4 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. Bh4 f6 22. Qe1 Rg8 23. Rc2 Kc8 24. Qf2 Rcg7 25. Bg3 Qg4 26. Kh1 Qf5 27. Qe1 Rf8 28. Kg1 Qh7 29. Rcf2 h4 30. Bxh4 Qxh4 31. g3 Qh5 32. Qe2 Rh8 33. Qxh5 Rxh5 34. Rg2 Kd7 35. Rgf2 Ke7 36. Kg2 Rhh7 37. Re2 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. dxe5 Bxe5 40. Ref2 Rf7 41. Rxf7+ Rxf7 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kf2 a5 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. Kf2 a4 46. a3 c5 47. Ke2 Kf5 48. Kf2 d4 49. exd4 cxd4 50. cxd4 Bxd4+ 51. Ke2 Bxb2 52. Ke3 c3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Li, Shenyue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c3 0-0 8. Qe1 d4 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Rc1 Be6 13. b3 a5 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. Ne4 a4 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. b4 b5 18. Na3 Na7 19. Nc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf6 21. Rc2 Qd5+ 22. Kg1 Rfc8 23. Qf2 Rc6 24. Qg2 Rac8 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Rfc1 e6 27. Ne4 f5 28. Nc5 Bf8 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 31. Rxc8 Rxe2 32. Rc2 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Bxb4 34. Rb2 Bxa3 35. Rxb5 Nc3 36. Ra5 Bb2 37. Ra7 a3 38. Kf1 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 123rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thornton, Giovanni Antonio"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 c5 12. Bg5 b6 13. Qd3 g6 14. dxc5 Be7 15. Ne5 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Kg7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Be4 Ra7 21. Rd6 f6 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. Rxc6 Rd8 24. h3 Rd4 25. Bf3 Bd7 26. Rxb6 Rxc4 27. b3 Rc2 28. a4 Rb2 29. a5 Bc8 30. b4 Kf7 31. Rb8 Bd7 32. Rb7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Rxb4 34. a6 1-0

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2015.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aimers, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.10.28"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. h3 0-0 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rfb8 14. Nf1 b4 15. Ne3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bb5 17. a4 Bd7 18. c4 Rb7 19. Bd2 Rab8 20. Ra3 g6 21. Bc3 Nh5 22. Nd2 Nf4 23. f3 Rf8 24. Ng4 Rbb8 25. Kh2 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nf2 Nb7 28. g3 Ng6 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 Rbe8 31. Qh5 Qd8 32. Rg1 Bf6 33. Rxg6+ hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2015.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Southgate, Brent"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2015.10.28"]
[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. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Bg3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nd2 Re8 15. 0-0 e5 16. Qf3 e4 17. Bxd6+ Qxd6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2015.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Sutherland, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 Qd7 6. d3 Bh3 7. Qe1 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 e6 9. c3 Bc5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qd3 12. Nbd2 Ng4 13. Nb3 Qc2+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Kg2 Nxe4+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Kg2 Ng4+ 18. Kh1 Bb6 19. h3 Nf2+ 20. Kg2 Ne4+ 21. Nfd2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qe4+ 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 0-0 26. Rf3 Rd1 27. Be3 Rxa1 28. Nxa1 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Rd8 30. Nb3 a5 31. a4 b6 32. Kf3 Kf8 33. Re2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Nb8 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Na6 37. Kd4 f6 38. Ne4 Kd7 39. Kc4 f5 40. Nd2 Nc5 41. b3 Kd6 42. Kd4 Nd7 43. Nc4+ Ke7 44. b4 Nb8 45. Ne5 Kd6 46. Nc4+ Ke7 47. Ne5 Kd6 48. Nc4+ Ke7 49. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2015.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Duffield, Terence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Nh5 9. 0-0 Bxg3 10. Nxf5 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Bxf5 12. Rxf5 Qh4+ 13. Kg1 Nc6 14. b3 0-0-0 15. Ba3 Ng3 16. Rf4 h5 17. Nc3 Ne5 18. Ne4 Rhe8 19. Qe1 Ng6 20. Qxg3 Qxg3 21. Nxg3 Nxf4 22. exf4 h4 23. Ne4 g3 24. d3 Rd7 25. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2015.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reid, David M"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.28"]
[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 c5 3. d5 b5 4. b3 g6 5. Nd2 bxc4 6. bxc4 Bg7 7. Rb1 d6 8. a4 Bf5 9. Rb3 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Ngf3 0-0 15. 0-0 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Bb2 Rb4 18. Rxb4 cxb4 19. Qb3 a5 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Ne6 Qf7 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc1 Kh6 24. f4 Ned7 25. Bd4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qd3 d5 28. Qd4 Nd7 29. Kf2 Qe7 30. Nb3 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Qxc4 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Qf1 Qxe3+ 35. Qf2 Qxb3 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Qf7 38. Qe2 Qf6 39. Qb5 Qb6+ 40. Kf1 Qxb5+ 41. axb5 b3 0-1

[Event "Dunedin Sutton Trophy"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Tamimi, Naser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. e3 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. d4 Be7 11. h3 Bxb1 12. Rxb1 Nh6 13. e4 Bg5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Qh5 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 c6 17. 0-0 0-0 18. Rf4 Qa5 19. a3 Qb5 20. Rc2 Qd3 21. Rcf2 Qxg3 22. R2f3 Qg6 23. Qh4 Qb1+ 24. Kh2 Qxb2 25. Rf6 Qd2 26. R3f4 gxf6 27. Qxh6 Qxf4+ 28. Qxf4 fxe5 29. dxe5 Rfe8 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capper, David"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Re1 a6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 b5 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. d3 Qb6 15. Bd2 a5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 a4 18. d4 Rac8 19. Qe2 Rc4 20. Be4 Rc7 21. Bd3 Bxd5 22. Bxb5 a3 23. Rec1 a2 24. Ra1 Rfc8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Qd3 f5 27. f3 e5 28. Bc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxb5 30. Qc8+ Bf8 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Qd8 Bf7 33. Qa5 Qxb4 34. Qc7 Qb1+ 35. Qc1 Qxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chen, Wei Kai"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. 0-0 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 e6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Bb5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. a4 Ned3 23. Rd1 Rc1 24. Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Bd2 Re8 8. 0-0 Bf8 9. Qc2 d6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nbd7 12. b4 Nh5 13. a4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Rfb1 Ra8 16. a5 Nc5 17. Na4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f5 19. Ng5 Bc8 20. exf5 e4 21. Qh3 Nf6 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. fxe6 Qc7 25. Qb3 Reb8 26. Be3 Ra6 27. Nxb6 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qb7 29. h3 Be7 30. Qa2 Bd8 31. Qa7 Qxa7 32. Rxa7 h6 33. Nd7 Nxd7 34. Rxd7 Kf8 35. Bd4 Be7 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxe7+ Kf6 38. Rh7 Rc8 39. Rxh6+ Ke7 40. Kf1 Rxc4 41. Ke2 Rc5 42. Rh5 Rc3 43. h4 Ra3 44. g4 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kxe4 Ra4+ 47. Kf5 Rd4 48. Rh7+ Ke8 49. Kf6 Rf4+ 50. Kg5 Rxf2 51. Rf7 Rd2 52. Rf5 Ra2 53. h5 Ra7 54. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. c3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a4 c5 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. f3 Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Na3 c4 19. Bd1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nc2 Re8 22. Nd4 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Rxe2 24. Bxe2 h6 25. Bd2 Bd7 26. Ra1 Qb6 27. Kf1 Qb8 28. Kg1 Nf4 29. Bd1 Nd3 30. b3 Qb6 31. Kf1 Qd6 32. Kg1 Qg6 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Be2 Qb6 35. Bd1 Qb2 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Bc2 Be6 38. Kf1 h5 39. Ke2 Bf5 40. Kf1 Bg6 41. Ra5 h4 42. Rb5 Qa1+ 43. Rb1 Qa7 44. g3 Ne5 45. Bxg6+ Nxg6 46. Ke2 Qe7+ 47. Kf1 Qd7 48. Kg2 h3+ 49. Kf1 Qa4 50. Re1 Qa2 51. Rd1 Ne5 52. Ke2 Nd3 53. Kf1 Nc5 54. Ke1 Nb3 55. Ne2 Qc2 56. Be3 Qf5 57. Kf2 g5 58. Rd6 g4 59. Ng1 f6 60. Rd8 Nc5 61. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 62. Rd4 f5 63. fxg4 fxg4 64. Ne2 Qc6 65. Ke3 Qf3+ 66. Kd2 Qg2 67. Rxg4 Qxh2 68. Rxc4 Qg2 69. Rh4+ Kg7 70. Ke3 h2 71. c4 h1Q 72. Rxh1 Qxh1 73. Nf4 Qd1 74. Nd3 Qg1+ 75. Ke4 Qxg3 76. c5 Qc7 77. Kd5 Kf6 78. c6 Ke7 79. Nc5 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2 a6 9. d3 Rb8 10. a3 Bd7 11. b4 b5 12. Rb1 Ne8 13. Bd2 bxc4 14. dxc4 Nc7 15. Qc1 f5 16. Re1 Ne5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Ne3 Bc6 23. Rd1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qc2 Nc6 27. Qa4 Qa8 28. Bd6 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. f3 Qb7 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ng2 g5 33. h4 h6 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Ne1 Ne5 36. Qa5 Nxc4 37. Qxc5 Qb6 38. Qxb6 Nxb6 39. Nc2 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. e3 e5 42. exf4 exf4 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. Nb4 Nd5 46. Nxa6 Ne7 47. Nb4 Nf5 48. Kc3 Nh4 49. Nd3+ Kd6 50. Ne1 Kc6 51. Kd4 Kb5 52. Ke4 Ka4 53. Nc2 Ng2 54. Kf5 Ne3+ 55. Kxf4 Nxc2 56. Ke4 Nxa3 57. f4 Nc4 58. Kd4 Kb5 59. f5 Nd6 60. f6 Kc6 61. Ke5 Kd7 62. Kd5 Ne8 63. f7 Ke7 64. fxe8Q+ Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wellington Easter op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Aumeier, Beate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.04.03"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Bg5 a6 8. dxe5 axb5 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxb5 Kd8 12. Nbd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd3 g6 15. f4 Qc5 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. e5 c5 18. Nf3 Ra6 19. Rfd1 Kc7 20. exd6+ Qxd6 21. Qc3 Qf8 22. Ne5 Rd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 122nd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2015.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. 0-0-0 b4 11. Nb1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bc4 Be7 15. Qf2 0-0 16. Nd2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qc7 18. Ne4 Rfc8 19. b3 Bd5 20. Rd4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf6 22. Kb1 a5 23. g3 a4 24. Rd1 Bc3 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Re3 axb3 27. Bxb3 g6 28. Red3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Bf6 30. f4 Kg7 31. Qc4 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Kc1 Qb6 34. Kd2 Qf2+ 35. Kd3 Qf3+ 36. Kd2 Bc3+ 37. Kc1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 122nd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2015.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Watharow, Sean"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. c4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Bxc5 dxc5 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. Be2 Qd6 9. 0-0 0-0-0 10. Qa4 Ng6 11. g3 Bh3 12. Rfd1 Nf4 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Nxf1 Nxd3 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qc3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxb2 18. Rxd6 Nxc4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. a4 f6 21. h4 c6 22. g4 a5 23. Rc1 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. Rxc5+ Kb7 27. fxe3 Kb6 28. Rd5 Rc8 29. Nd2 a4 30. Kf2 b4 31. Ke2 Rc2 32. Kd3 Rc3+ 33. Ke2 Rc2 34. Kd3 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 a3 36. Rd6+ Kb5 37. Rd5+ Ka4 38. Rd7 b3 39. Ra7+ Kb4 40. Rb7+ Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 122nd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2015.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Meng, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1106"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 b4 8. 0-0 Ng4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Qxg4 d6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 14. Qg4 h5 15. Qf5 h4 16. Be3 Ba7 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. Qg4 Qf7 19. Bxa7 Nxa7 20. f4 bxc3 21. bxc3 exf4 22. Rxf4 Qd7 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. Rf7 Qe8 25. Qxg7 Rc8 26. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 122nd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2015.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmitz, Manuela"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Rc5 f6 19. Nd3 a5 20. Rdc1 Rfc8 21. h4 Rc7 22. Nf4 Bc8 23. Qf3 Raa7 24. Qg3 Bd7 25. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 122nd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2015.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Turner, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bf4 Bb4 9. Qd3 Bf5 10. Qe3 Bxc2 11. Bxe6 0-0 12. Bc4 Nbd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Be4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. f3 Bg6 20. Rfe1 Nd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 h6 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qe5 Qb3 26. Qc5 Qd1+ 27. Kf2 Bd3 28. Kg3 Qe1+ 29. Kh3 g5 30. Qe5 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 122nd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2015.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stojic, Dusan"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. c4 e6 7. 0-0 b6 8. d3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qe7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Bh3 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf3 f5 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Ne4 23. Nd4 Kf7 24. f3 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. Bf1 Ke7 27. Kf2 Ne6 28. Nc2 Kd6 29. Be2 Ke5 30. h3 h5 31. b4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Bc6 34. f4+ Kd6 35. Bd3 Ba4 36. Ne1 Bd1 37. Ng2 Ke7 38. Ke1 Bb3 39. Nh4 Kf6 40. Nf3 Ba4 41. Kd2 Be8 42. Kc3 Ke7 43. Ba6 Kd6 44. Ne5 Nd8 45. Be2 Ne6 46. Nf3 Ke7 47. Ne1 Kd6 48. Nc2 Bd7 49. Na3 Nc7 50. Bf1 Be8 51. Bd3 Bd7 52. Bf1 Be8 53. Nc2 Ne6 54. Ba6 Bd7 55. Kd2 Nc7 56. Be2 Ne6 57. Bd3 Ke7 58. Ne1 Be8 59. Nf3 Kf6 60. Ba6 Ke7 61. Bc8 Nd8 62. Ne5 Nc6 63. Kc3 Kd6 64. Nf3 Ne7 65. Ba6 Ng8 66. Kd4 Nf6 67. Ng5 Ne4 68. Nxe4+ fxe4 69. Bc8 Bf7 70. g4 hxg4 71. hxg4 Be8 72. g5 Ba4 73. f5 Be8 74. Be6 gxf5 75. Bxf5 Bf7 76. Bh7 Ke7 77. g6 Be6 78. g7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 122nd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2015.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Fairley, Natasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Qc8 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ne3 Nh4 13. Nxg4 Qxg4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Qf3 Be7 16. a4 0-0 17. Bd2 c6 18. axb5 axb5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 c5 21. b4 cxb4 22. Bxb4 Qg5 23. Reb1 Rfc8 24. h3 Qg6 25. Bc3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nxe4 27. Bb4 Ng5 28. Qg4 Rb8 29. Bc3 Qf6 30. d4 e4 31. h4 Ne6 32. Qxe4 Qxh4 33. Qf5 g6 34. Qf3 Rf8 35. Re1 Ng5 36. Qd3 Bf6 37. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 122nd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2015.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1409"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. e4 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Rad1 Qd4+ 16. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Bc6 20. e5 Ba4 21. Rc1 Rd2 22. Ra1 Rfd8 23. Rec1 Rb2 24. Re1 Rdd2 25. Bf3 Rxh2+ 26. Kg1 Rh3 27. Ba8 Rxg3+ 28. Kh1 Rxc3 29. Rac1 Bc2 30. Bc6 Rxc4 31. Bd5 Rxf4 32. e6 f5 33. Kg1 Rg4+ 34. Kh1 Be4+ 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Red1 Rxe6 37. Ra1 Rd6 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Re5 Rbd2 40. Ree1 Kf6 41. Kg1 e5 42. Kh1 e4 43. Kg1 Ke5 44. Rf1 f4 45. Rfe1 f3 46. Rf1 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rdd2 48. Rfe1 Rh2+ 49. Kg1 Rdg2+ 50. Kf1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 122nd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2015.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Zelesco, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4 11. b4 a5 12. c3 Be6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Kc2 0-0 15. a3 Rfd8 16. h3 Bf5+ 17. Kc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. Nf3 Bxe3+ 20. Kb2 Bd3 21. Ng3 Bf2 22. Nf1 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Kxa1 e4 25. Ne5 e3 26. Nh2 Be4 27. Nhf3 e2 28. Kb2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Lyall, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. 0-0 h6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bb3 0-0 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Ne2 c6 11. c3 Ba5 12. Ng3 Bc7 13. Nh4 d5 14. Qf3 Ng6 15. Nhf5 Kh7 16. h4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ne2 g6 19. Nfd4 Bg4 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Leo"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[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 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. e3 e6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne4 15. Qd3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Qd6 20. Rd4 Rd8 21. Qd2 f5 22. h3 Kf7 23. Kh2 Ke6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd7 26. Bf3 Kf7 27. Bg4 Re7 28. Rf4+ Kg8 29. Qc3 Qe5 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Qd3 Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "James, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 c6 7. a3 h6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nf8 10. d5 g5 11. b4 Ng6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Rg8 15. b5 Kf8 16. a4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Nd2 Ng4 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Bh4 23. Rf1 Qc5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Bb3 Rc7 26. Nf3 Bg5 27. h4 Nh5 28. Nxg5 Ng3 29. Qg4 hxg5 30. Rfd1 Nxe4 31. Qf3 Nc3 32. Rd2 gxh4 33. Ra6 Rg6 34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. bxc6 h3 36. Qxh3 Qxc6 37. f3 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Bxf7 Kxf7 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Zhang, William Jie Wen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. b4 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. f4 0-0-0 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2 Nh6 13. Be3 Kb8 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Qd2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rdf8 18. 0-0-0 g6 19. Nd4 Rhg8 20. h4 h6 21. g4 Qd8 22. Qg3 Kc8 23. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mukkattu, Philip"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. Nf3 b6 8. e3 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 c5 12. 0-0 h6 13. Rfc1 c4 14. Bf1 Ne4 15. a4 f5 16. g3 g5 17. Bg2 h5 18. Nd2 Ndf6 19. Ba3 Rf7 20. f3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rg7 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Rae1 Bc6 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rf2 h4 28. gxh4 gxh4 29. Kh1 f4 30. e4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Nd5 32. e5 Ne3 33. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Bf4 0-0 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Kh1 Qd7 11. Rg1 Rad8 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bc2 a6 14. h3 g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. g4 Ne5 17. Nh2 Kh8 18. f4 Ng8 19. g5 Nc4 20. Qd4+ f6 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qf2 Nxh6 24. Ne4 Bd5 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rad1 Qe6 27. Rgf1 fxe4 28. Qxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Qd2 0-0 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Na4 Nd5 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. b5 Nce7 23. a4 f6 24. Kg2 Kf7 25. Ne1 g5 26. Nd3 Ng6 27. Rh1 Nh4+ 28. Kf1 Nxe3+ 29. fxe3 Qd5 30. Nf2 Qg2+ 31. Ke2 Qf3+ 32. Kd3 Rxd4+ 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nylund, Timothy"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bb5 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. g3 Bg4 15. a4 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd7 17. Re1 Qf5 18. Re3 Ng5 19. Nbd2 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxf3 23. Rc1 Re8 24. b4 Bxb4 25. h4 Bd2 26. Rb1 Bxe3+ 27. Kh2 Rb8 28. Kh3 Bxd4 29. Re1 Bxb2 30. g4 Be4 31. h5 c5 32. Rb1 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Aumeier, Beate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. Ba4 a6 7. 0-0 b5 8. Bc2 h6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bc6 15. Ng3 g5 16. Nf5 Nf4 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Nxc6 Qd6 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Rae1 Rg8 22. d4 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Rg5 25. Rxg5 Qxg5 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rossiter, Philip E"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[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. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. a3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. b4 Nb6 15. Bc5 Re8 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 Re7 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Rc2 Nc4 20. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[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 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. 0-0 Rc8 14. Bf5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Rc4 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Nd4 a6 19. f3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Ng7 21. Bd3 Rcc8 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qe7 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Bc2 Nce6 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. Bxf5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Ng7 29. Bb1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Qxd5 Qc7 32. Qd2 Ne6 33. Qc2 Qxc2 34. Bxc2 Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. b4 b5 37. Ke2 Nc7 38. Bb3 Be6 39. Bxe6 Nxe6 40. Bg3 f5 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. Bd6 h5 43. h3 Kg6 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Kf6 46. gxf5 Kxf5 47. e4+ Kg6 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. Bg3 Kg6 50. Be5 Kh5 51. Kf2 Kh4 52. Kg2 Nd8 53. f4 Nf7 54. Bf6 Kg4 55. Bxg5 Nd6 56. e5 Ne4 57. e6 Kf5 58. e7 Nd6 59. Kf3 Ke6 60. Bh4 Kf7 61. Bf2 Nc4 62. Bc5 Nxa3 63. Ke4 Nc4 64. Kd5 Nb2 65. Kc6 Ke8 66. f5 Nd3 67. f6 Ne5+ 68. Kc7 Ng4 69. Bd4 Nh6 70. Kb6 Nf7 71. Kxa6 Nd6 72. Be5 Nc4 73. Bf4 Na3 74. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Li, Henry1111"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. c3 Nf5 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Qxa5 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Rfb1 Qc6 14. c4 Nb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Ne4 Bxf2+ 19. Nxf2 Qxb2 20. Rcb1 Qc3 21. Qxc3 Nxc3 22. Rxb7 0-0 23. a3 Ne3 24. Nd3 Nc2 25. Rf1 Rxa3 26. Nf4 Ne4 27. Rd1 Rfa8 28. h3 h6 29. Rc7 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31. Kh2 Ne3 32. Nd4 Nf1+ 33. Kh1 Nfg3+ 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Konakanchi, Sathya Karthi"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Ne2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Nf4 13. Qf1 Qh4 14. Rh2 Qh5 15. Be2 0-0-0 16. 0-0-0 Rdf8 17. Kb1 f5 18. d3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 Nxe2 21. Rf1 Rf3 22. Rg2 g6 23. h4 Rhf8 24. Bc1 Nxc1 25. Kxc1 Rxf2 26. Rgxf2 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Bxf2 28. h5 gxh5 29. Kd2 Kd7 30. Ke2 Bg3 31. Kf3 h4 32. Kg4 h5+ 33. Kh3 Ke6 34. Kg2 d5 35. exd5+ Kxd5 36. Kf3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Aldridge, Alan L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qa6 8. Qxa6 Nxa6 9. 0-0 c5 10. a3 Ne7 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nc8 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Bb2 Be7 16. Rac1 0-0 17. Nb5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc8 19. Nb3 Nb8 20. Rc7 Nc6 21. Rxb7 Bd8 22. Nc5 Bb6 23. Bc3 Re8 24. a4 Re7 25. Rxe7 N8xe7 26. g4 Bxc5 27. bxc5 h5 28. h3 hxg4 29. hxg4 f6 30. Kg2 fxe5 31. dxe5 Ng6 32. Nd4 Ngxe5 33. Nxe6 g6 34. Bxe5 Nxe5 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. Nc7 d4 37. f4 Nd3 38. Na6 Ke7 39. c6 Nb2 40. c7 Kd7 41. Kf3 Nxa4 42. Ke4 Nb6 43. Kxd4 Nc8 44. Ke5 Ne7 45. Kf6 Nd5+ 46. Kxg6 Nxf4+ 47. Kh6 Nd5 48. g5 Ne7 49. g6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch 121st"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch 121st"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Black "Meyer, Marany"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Qc7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nge2 b5 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 e5 11. d5 b4 12. Nb1 cxd5 13. Qxb4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Nf6 16. g5 a5 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Nexc3 Ne8 19. Nb5 Bg4 20. Rhe1 Ra6 21. Rd3 f5 22. N1c3 Rf7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nd5 Bf3 25. c4 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch 121st"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2014.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, William Jie Wen"]
[Black "Nicholls, Leighton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 b6 8. a3 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf4 Bb7 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. h3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qb8 15. Ne2 c5 16. Rac1 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Ne4 18. Bc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 c4 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Bf3 b5 22. Ra1 1/2-1/2

