[Event "Online Olym Div3 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Bai, Adelard"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taiwan"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TPE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. c4 Qe8 9. d5 exd5 10. Nd4 Ne4 11. cxd5 Nd6 12. Nd2 a5 13. Re1 Qf7 14. N2f3 Bf6 15. Rc1 Na6 16. Ba3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd5 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Nf3 h6 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxa8 Re7 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. Bd5 Nc5 26. e3 Qb2 27. Bg8+ Kg6 28. Qxd6+ Re6 29. Bxe6 dxe6 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Qxe6+ Kh5 32. Qxf5+ g5 33. Qf7+ Kg4 34. h3+ Kxh3 35. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div3 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Noh, Jinwoo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1489"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "South Korea"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. h5 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. hxg6 hxg6 7. Rxh8+ Bxh8 8. Nc3 d6 9. d3 Ne5 10. Ba2 Nc6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Qf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Qa5 14. Qd2 e6 15. Nge2 Nh7 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Qh6 dxc3 19. b4 Qh5 20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. Nf4 Nf6 22. Ke2 a5 23. b5 Bxb5 24. Rh1 Ke7 25. Nxh5 Nxh5 26. Rxh5 Bf6 27. Rxb5 Ra7 28. a4 Bd4 29. f4 b6 30. Rh5 Ra8 31. g4 Rb8 32. Bc4 Rd8 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. g5+ Kg6 35. Kg4 d5 36. f5+ Kg7 37. f6+ Kg8 38. exd5 exd5 39. Bb5 Rd6 40. Rh6 Re6 41. Bd7 Re2 42. Bc6 Rg2+ 43. Kf4 Rxc2 44. Bxd5 Rf2+ 45. Kg3 c2 46. g6 Rxf6 47. Bxf7+ Rxf7 48. gxf7+ Kxf7 49. Rh1 Be3 50. Rf1+ Ke6 51. Kf3 c1Q 52. Rxc1 Bxc1 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kd4 Kc6 55. Kc4 Be3 56. d4 Kd6 57. Kd3 Bg1 58. Kc4 Bf2 59. Kb5 Bxd4 60. Ka6 Kc6 61. Ka7 b5+ 62. Ka6 bxa4 63. Kxa5 a3 64. Ka6 a2 65. Ka5 a1Q+ 66. Kb4 Qc3+ 67. Ka4 Qb2 68. Ka5 Qb5# 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div3 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MAS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. e4 Rb8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. a3 b5 18. c5 dxc5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. b4 Qb6 25. bxc5 Qb7 26. c6 Qc8 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Bf4 e5 30. Bxe5 Bd6 31. Qa2+ Kh8 32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33. c7 Rc8 34. Qc2 h6 35. Qc3 Qb6 36. Qd3 Qf6 37. Qd7 Rf8 38. Rc2 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qxa3 40. c8Q Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Kh7 42. Qc3 Qh5 43. Qdxg7# 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div3 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Petrov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "IPCA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Re1 0-0 8. d4 d6 9. h3 Kh8 10. Nbd2 Ne8 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Ng3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh5 Qe7 16. Nxg7 Qxg7 17. Bxh6 Qxh6 18. Qxd7 Nd6 19. Qe6 Rf6 20. Qd5 e4 21. Nd4 Ne7 22. Qc5 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rg8 24. Qxc7 Qxh3 25. Qh2 Rxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Rg6 27. Qxg6 Nxg6 28. Re3 Qh5 29. Rae1 Ne5 30. Kg2 Kg8 31. Rg3+ Ng4 32. Rh1 Qg5 33. Rg1 Qh4 34. Rh1 Qg5 35. Rg1 Qh4 36. Rh1 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div3 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "De Silva, LMST"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Re1 e5 8. d3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nf1 0-0 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nhf5 d5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Bh7 18. Nh5 g5 19. Bg3 Bg6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Ne3 Rad8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Ng4 Qe6 24. Bxe5 Bg7 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. d4 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Re6 29. Ng4 Kh7 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Nxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div3 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Otawa, Yuto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Japan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "JPN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 a6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Ng5 d5 9. exd5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxd5 11. 0-0 Be6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Qh5 Nf6 14. Nxe6 Nxh5 15. Nxd8 Raxd8 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Kf1 b5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bd5 Nd8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Nf4 22. Be4 g6 23. g3 Nfe6 24. Be7 f5 25. Bd5 c6 26. Bb3 Kg7 27. d5 cxd5 28. Bxd5 Nc7 29. Bf3 Nde6 30. Bb7 Kf7 31. Bd6 Ke8 32. Bc6+ Kf7 33. Kd2 Ne8 34. Be5 Nf6 35. f3 Nc5 36. Bd4 Ne6 37. Bb6 Ng5 38. h4 Ne6 39. Kc2 Ke7 40. Kb3 Kd6 41. Ba8 Nd7 42. Bg1 Nc7 43. Bb7 Ne6 44. Kb4 Nc7 45. Ka5 Nb8 46. g4 f4 47. Bh2 Ke5 48. Kb6 Nd5+ 49. Bxd5 Kxd5 50. Bxf4 Nd7+ 51. Kxa6 Kc4 52. Bd6 Nf6 53. Bb4 Nd5 54. Ka5 Nf4 55. a4 bxa4 56. Kxa4 Ng2 57. h5 gxh5 58. gxh5 h6 59. Bf8 Nf4 60. Bxh6 Nxh5 61. Bd2 Kd3 62. Kb5 Kxd2 63. c4 Nf6 64. c5 Ke3 65. Kc6 Kxf3 66. Kc7 Ke4 67. c6 Kd5 68. Kb7 Ne8 69. c7 Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Punsalan, Vyanla M"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd5 5. Be2 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Na3 a6 14. Rd2 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qe5 19. Qf3 Qg5 20. Nc4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rd8 Qc5 23. Qd3 b5 24. Bf3 Rb8 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. R1xd6 Bb7 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rb6 Rd8 29. Rxb7 Rd2 30. g3 Rxb2 31. a4 Rb3 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bc6 Rxc3 34. Be8 Rf3 35. Kg2 Rf5 36. Rxb5 Rf6 37. Bc6 Kf8 38. Be4 Ke7 39. f4 Kd6 40. h4 g6 41. Ra5 h5 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Ke3 e5 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Rxf6 Kxf6 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. Bb1 Kf6 49. Kf4 Kg7 50. Ke5 f6+ 51. Ke6 g5 52. hxg5 fxg5 53. Kf5 Kh6 54. Kf6 g4 55. Bg6 h4 56. gxh4 g3 57. Be4 Kh5 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 "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. d3 Ngf6 7. e4 e5 8. h3 Nf8 9. Be3 Ne6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Kh2 Nd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 f5 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rb1 a5 17. a4 Ra7 18. Bg2 f4 19. g4 f3 20. Bxf3 Raf7 21. Bg2 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Be3 Rf8 24. Qe2 Bf6 25. Rf1 Bg5 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qd2 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Bd7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. b3 Qf6 31. Kg3 Be8 32. h4 Bf7 33. Qe3 Be8 34. Qh6 Bf7 35. Qc1 Be8 36. g5 Qf7 37. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Nyberg, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Bd2 d6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. d5 0-0 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ba6 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. b4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Re3 Bc4 18. Nh4 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxh4 20. Rh3 g6 21. Ne4 Bxd5 22. Nxd6 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxd6 24. Qe1 Be6 25. Rh4 Rc2 26. Rd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. h3 a6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3 Ne7 12. Na2 Nf5 13. c3 c5 14. Bd3 b6 15. Nc1 Bb7 16. b4 a5 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Rfb1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 axb4 20. axb4 0-0 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Qd2 Bc6 23. Ra1 Qd8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qb2 Qc7 26. Nf4 Rb8 27. Qc2 Nf8 28. Rb1 Rb6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Qb1 Nd7 31. Qxb6 Nxb6 32. Kf1 g5 33. Ne2 Nd7 34. Ke1 f6 35. exf6 Bxf6 36. Kd2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Bd8 38. dxc5 Be7 39. Ned4 Bxc5 40. Ke2 Ba4 41. Bb5 Bxb5+ 42. Nxb5 Kf6 43. g4 Nf8 44. Ne1 Bb6 45. Nd3 Ng6 46. Nd6 Bd8 47. c4 Ke7 48. c5 Bc7 49. Nb5 Kd7 50. Nxc7 Kxc7 51. Ke3 e5 52. Nb4 Nf4 53. Kf3 Kd7 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Kf3 Nxh3 56. c6 Nf4 57. c7 Kd7 58. Na6 Ne6 59. c8Q+ Kxc8 60. Nb4 Nf4 61. Nc6 Ng6 62. Nb4 Ne7 63. Ke3 Kd7 64. Nd3 Kd6 65. Nc1 Nc6 66. Ne2 e4 67. Ng3 Ke5 0-1

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

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

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rc8 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. h4 b4 15. Nce2 e5 16. Nb3 d5 17. Bh3 d4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Bxc8 Bxc8 20. Ng3 Nh5 21. Nxh5 Rxh5 22. Nc1 a5 23. Ne2 Ba6 24. Ng3 Rh6 25. Qg5 a4 26. f4 exf4 27. Rxd4 Bg7 28. Nf5 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Rh5 30. Qf6 Bb7 31. Ne6 fxe6 32. Rd1 Rh7 33. Qxe6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Rf7 35. Rd8+ Qxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. e5 f3 39. Qf2 Re7 40. Qb6 Rf7 41. Qf2 Re7 42. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Qualifiers"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Rb1 Nf6 8. Bb2 0-0 9. d3 cxb4 10. axb4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Ne3 14. Qd2 Nxg2+ 15. Qxg2 Kxg7 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Rg1 Ne5 18. Kd2 Rac8 19. Bb3 Rc7 20. c3 e6 21. d4 Nc4+ 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nf4 Be8 24. Qg5 Rh8 25. Qe7 Kh6 26. Qf6 Rg8 27. Nxh5 Kh7 28. Nf4 Qc7 29. Rbc1 e5 30. Rg5 exf4 31. h5 Qd7 32. hxg6+ Rxg6 33. Rh5+ Kg8 34. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bb5 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Be5 Ne4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. d3 Nd6 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. c4 e6 14. e4 d4 15. Nbd2 h5 16. e5 Nf5 17. Ne4 Qa5 18. Nfg5 Rh8 19. g3 Rab8 20. Rae1 Qa3 21. h3 Bc8 22. Kf2 Ne3 23. Rh1 a5 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. g4 h4 26. Kf3 a4 27. Rb1 f6 28. exf6+ Rxf6 29. bxa4 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rf8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Rb3 Qc1 33. Ke4 Rf8 34. Nxe6+ Kg8 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Rb7 Qh1+ 37. Qf3 Qe1 38. Ke5 Nf5+ 39. Kf6 Nd6 40. Qxc6 Nxb7 41. Qxb7 Ke8 42. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lukey, Stephen G"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb3 c6 14. Nc3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 b6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Bc3 Bxe4 18. Bxg7 Bxf3 19. Bxh8 Bxh1 20. 0-0-0 Bf3 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Qc3 g4 23. Bf6 Qe6 24. b3 c5 25. Bh4 Qe5 26. Qxe5+ dxe5 27. Bf6 e4 28. Kb2 h5 29. Rd5 Rc8 30. Rxh5 Kd7 31. Rd5+ Ke6 32. Bh4 f5 33. Bg3 Rh8 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Ka3 Rd8 36. Rh6 Ra8 37. Ka4 Kf7 38. Kb5 Kg7 39. Rd6 Kf7 40. Ka6 Ke7 41. Rh6 Rd8 42. Bh4+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. f4 e6 6. Nh3 Ne7 7. 0-0 d5 8. f5 d4 9. fxe6 f6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Ra7 15. Rxf6 Bg7 16. Rf7 Rxf7 17. exf7+ Ke7 18. d3 Kd6 19. Bg2 Rf8 20. Bf4+ Ke7 21. Re1+ Kxf7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Re7 Bf6 25. Rxh7# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Calitz, Hananke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 a6 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. d4 Bb6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Be3 Bc7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 b5 14. Ngf3 Nf5 15. g4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rg1 Ne7 19. Qh4 Ba5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Nb3 0-0-0 22. Qxe7 g5 23. Qa3 Be6 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Nxa5 Rd7 26. Nb3 Rc7 27. Nc5 Rc6 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1316"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Qe2 Bf5 8. 0-0-0 e6 9. f3 Bd6 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3 Nbd7 13. Bb3 0-0-0 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Nc5 16. Be3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Qa5 18. Kb1 f5 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. exf5 exf5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Bh7 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Re8 27. Rd6 Kc7 28. Re6 Rxe6 29. Nxe6+ Kd7 30. Nf8+ Ke7 31. Nxh7 Kf7 32. f4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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. d4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bxd6 Qxd6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Qd2 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Nf3 0-0 10. h4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Kf1 Bd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Be2 Rad8 16. a5 Bc6 17. Bf3 h6 18. Qc1 Re6 19. Ne2 Qc7 20. Nf4 Re7 21. g4 d4 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rg1 dxe3 24. Rg2 Qf3 25. Nd3 c4 26. Rg3 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 cxd3+ 28. cxd3 exf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Qxh4 31. Qe2 Re8 32. Qf3 Qh2+ 33. Rg2 Qe5 34. Kg1 Qxa5 35. g5 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Qxg5+ 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39. Kg3 Qe3 40. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 41. Kf4 Rxd3 42. Rc2 Kh7 43. Ke5 Rd5+ 44. Kf4 g5+ 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Rc7 Rb5 47. Rc2 Ne4+ 48. Kf3 f5 49. Ke3 Rc5 50. Re2 h5 51. b4 Rb5 52. Kf3 Rxb4 53. Kg2 Rd4 54. Re1 b5 55. Ra1 Rd6 56. Kh3 f4 57. Re1 Kf5 58. Rc1 a5 59. Rb1 b4 60. Ra1 Rd5 61. Rc1 b3 62. Rb1 a4 63. Rc1 b2 64. Rb1 a3 65. Rg1 Rd3+ 66. Kh2 Rd2+ 67. Kh3 g4+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Yee, Stanley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Qe2 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Bb5 e5 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. 0-0-0 Be6 12. a3 Rfd8 13. Nb1 Rac8 14. b4 Qc7 15. h4 a5 16. c3 b6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qa6 Rb8 19. cxb6 axb4 20. axb4 Rxb6 21. Qa5 Rb5 22. Qa4 Ra8 23. Qc2 Bf5 24. Qb3 Be6 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Na3 Rxb4 27. cxb4 Qa8 28. Qxc8+ Qxc8+ 29. Nc2 Bf5 30. Rd2 d4 31. exd4 exd4 32. Kd1 Qc4 33. Ke1 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. e4 Re8 10. Re1 Nf8 11. h3 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. Bh2 b5 16. Bd3 a6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Be4 Qd8 20. Bg3 Qb6 21. h4 c5 22. h5 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nf8 24. Bh4 Bxh4 25. Qxh4 h6 26. g4 cxd4 27. g5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qd8 29. Qg4 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Nh7 31. Nxh7 Kxh7 32. Rd1 d3 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Qf4 Qd5 35. h6 gxh6 36. Kh2 f5 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Qxh6 Qxe5+ 39. f4 Rh8 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 d6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1 Bd7 9. a3 Rb8 10. b4 b6 11. h3 Qc8 12. Kh2 a5 13. b5 Nd8 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Nd2 Bc8 16. a4 Bb7 17. e4 e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bc8 20. Nc4 Qe7 21. Bc3 f5 22. Rb2 f4 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. Nxa5 Qa7 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. g4 Nf7 27. f3 Bf6 28. Qd2 Bd8 29. Rfb1 Re8 30. Qc3 Re7 31. Rb3 Qe8 32. a5 Reb7 33. Qb2 Ra8 34. a6 Rb6 35. Nxb6 Bxb6 36. Qc2 Ra7 37. Qc4 Qd8 38. Qc3 Qe8 39. Qe1 Qd8 40. R3b2 h6 41. Bf1 Kf8 42. Be2 Qe7 43. Bd1 Qf6 44. Bb3 Qe7 45. Bc4 Ng5 46. Kg2 Nf7 47. Qf2 Kg7 48. Rh1 Bd7 49. Kf1 Bc8 50. Ke2 Bd7 51. Kd1 Bc8 52. h4 Bd7 53. h5 g5 54. Qc2 Kf8 55. Re1 Qf6 56. Qb1 Bc8 57. Rbe2 Bd7 58. Kd2 Kg7 59. Kd1 Kf8 60. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Winter, Ryan"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Nd7 7. d3 e6 8. f4 Qc7 9. Be3 Be7 10. f5 exf5 11. Rxf5 Ngf6 12. Qd2 h6 13. h3 Rd8 14. Raf1 Ne5 15. Nf4 b4 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh6 Rg8 21. g4 Qe7 22. c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 c4 24. d4 Nd3 25. Kh2 Rb8 26. Qd1 Kd8 27. Qa4 Qe2 28. Qxa6 Rb2 29. Qxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. e4 g4 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bc4 gxf3 8. Qxf3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. 0-0 Qe8 12. Rf7+ Ne7 13. d4 h6 14. Qf3 Na6 15. e5 Bc7 16. Qf6 Rf8 17. Rxf8 Qxf8 18. Qxf8 Rxf8 19. Bxh6 Rh8 20. Bd2 c5 21. c3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nf5 23. Bc3 Bb6 24. Na3 Ke7 25. Nc2 Nc7 26. g4 Nh6 27. h3 Nf7 28. Kg2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Kf8 30. Kg3 Kg7 31. h4 Bd8 32. Rh1 Ng5 33. Bc1 Be7 34. Rh2 Ne4+ 35. Kf3 Bg5 36. Bxg5 Nxg5+ 37. Kg3 Nf7 38. g5 Kg6 39. Kg4 Nxg5 40. h5+ Kh6 41. Rf2 Rg8 42. Kh4 Ne4 43. Rf7 Ng3 44. Rxb7 Nf5+ 45. Kh3 Nf4+ 46. Kh2 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Ng3# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nce2 f6 7. f3 fxe5 8. fxe4 exf4 9. e5 0-0 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bd3 c5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. Ne2 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Nc6 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Bxe5 19. Rh3 Rf7 20. Rah1 a6 21. Ng1 Ne7 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. g5 Bg7 24. Rxh7 e5 25. Be2 Nf5 26. R7h3 Ng3 27. Re1 Rc8 28. Nh4 Rfc7 29. Bd1 e4 30. Nxg6 e3+ 31. Kd3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Clouston, Bevan"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 d6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Rac1 Qb8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qa7 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Bd3 b5 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Rc7 Rc8 19. Rdc1 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Nd5 21. Rd7 Qa8 22. Bd6 Qc8 23. Bxe7+ Nxe7 24. Rd6 Nf5 25. Rb6 Qc7 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Bxf5 Qxb6 28. Qe3 Qd6 29. Bc2 f6 30. Ne4 Qc7 31. Bd1 Kf7 32. h3 Rd8 33. Bf3 Bb7 34. Nc5 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Qc6 36. b4 Rd6 37. a3 Qd5 38. Ne4 Rd7 39. Qb6 Kg6 40. Qxa6 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Rd3 42. Qxe6 Qxf3+ 43. Kh2 Rd1 44. Qe8+ Kh6 45. Ng3 Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "James, Jack"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. g3 Nd4 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. g4 Bb7 12. g5 Nd7 13. Qg3 e5 14. f5 f6 15. Bf3 Nf8 16. h4 Kd7 17. a5 Bc6 18. axb6 axb6 19. b4 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. b5 Bb7 22. Qg2 Kc7 23. Bb2 Nd7 24. Ra1 Qe8 25. Ne2 Qf7 26. g6 Qg8 27. h5 h6 28. Ra4 Qb8 29. Ng3 Rc8 30. Nf1 Re8 31. Ne3 Rf8 32. Qf1 Rc8 33. Qa1 Rf8 34. Qa2 Bd8 35. Bc1 Qc8 36. Bd2 Nb8 37. Ra7 Qd7 38. Kf2 Qxb5 39. c4 Qd7 40. Nd1 Nc6 41. Ra3 Be7 42. Nc3 Nb4 43. Qb1 Ra8 44. Nb5+ Kb8 45. Rxa8+ Bxa8 46. Be2 Nc6 47. Nc3 Nb4 48. Nb5 Nc6 49. Bd1 Bf8 50. Ba4 Qb7 51. Nc3 Nb4 52. Bb5 Qa7 53. Na4 Bc6 54. Bxc6 Nxc6 55. Nxb6 Kc7 56. Nd5+ Kd7 57. Qb5 Qb8 58. Bxh6 gxh6 59. Nxf6+ Ke7 60. Nd5+ Kd7 61. Qxb8 Nxb8 62. f6 Ke6 63. g7 Kf7 64. gxf8Q+ Kxf8 65. Kg3 Kf7 66. Kg4 Nd7 67. Kf5 Nf8 68. Ne3 Ne6 69. Nd5 Nf8 70. Ne3 Ne6 71. Nd5 Nf8 72. Nc7 Nd7 73. Nb5 Nxf6 74. Nxd6+ Ke7 75. Kxe5 Nd7+ 76. Kd5 Nf6+ 77. Kxc5 Nxh5 78. Nf5+ Kd7 79. Nxh6 Nf4 80. Kd4 Ne6+ 81. Ke3 Nd8 82. d4 Kd6 83. Nf5+ Ke6 84. Kd3 Nf7 85. Ne3 Nd8 86. c5 Nf7 87. d5+ Kd7 88. Kd4 Ng5 89. c6+ Kc7 90. Nf5 Nf3+ 91. Kc5 Ne5 92. d6+ Kd8 93. Kd5 Nd3 94. Nd4 Nf4+ 95. Ke5 Nd3+ 96. Kf6 Nf2 97. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Post, Martin J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 b4 12. Ne2 cxd5 13. Qxb4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. c3 Nc4 17. b3 Bxf3 18. Bxc4 Bc6 19. a4 Ke7 20. Rac1 Rab8 21. b4 Rhc8 22. Ba6 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. g3 Rbc7 25. Rc2 d5 26. Rcc1 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Rb1 Kd7 30. a5 Kc7 31. b5 d4 32. Kf1 Kb7 33. Ke2 Ra3 34. b6 Rxa5 35. bxa7+ Kxa7 36. Kd3 e5 37. f4 f6 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Rf1 Kb6 40. Ke4 Rc5 41. Rf7 Rc7 42. Rf3 Rc3 43. Rf2 Re3+ 44. Kd5 d3 45. Rd2 e4 46. Rb2+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. 0-0-0 0-0-0 12. Rhe1 Qf7 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Nfd2 Rc8 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Nd8 17. Be4 d5 18. Bg2 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nb3 Qc7 21. Qd2 Rg8 22. Bh3 Qb6 23. Qh6 a5 24. Qxf6 Rg6 25. Qe5+ Ka7 26. f4 Rh6 27. Bg4 a4 28. Nc1 Rxh2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Rb8 31. a3 Bc8 32. Nd3 Nc6 33. Qh2 Rb7 34. Rd2 Na5 35. Kc1 Nc4 36. Re2 d4 37. cxd4 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "He, Caleb"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1463"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bh4 0-0 12. Rfe1 a6 13. a4 Qc7 14. b4 Bd7 15. b5 Rac8 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Ne2 Be8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Ng3 g5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Re3 d5 22. h3 dxc4 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Nxc4 axb5 25. axb5 Rdc7 26. Rec3 Bxb5 27. Rb3 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. Rc3 b5 30. e5 Nd5 31. Rc2 b4 32. Ne4 b3 33. Rb2 Ba3 34. Rb1 b2 35. Nd2 Bd3 36. Re1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Lyall, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Ne5 f6 7. Nf3 Bxf4 8. exf4 Ne7 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Re1 Bf7 12. f5 exf5 13. Bxf5 0-0 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. Nf1 Rfe8 17. Qd3 c5 18. Ng3 c4 19. Qd2 Qf4 20. Bxg6 Qxd2 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxd2 g6 23. Nf3 Nf8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Ne6 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Ne2 Rd6 28. g3 Rb6 29. Rb1 g5 30. Kg2 Kg6 31. h4 h6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nd2 Kf5 34. Nf1 Ke4 35. Nc1 Nc7 36. g4 Kf4 37. f3 Re6 38. Kf2 f5 39. Ne2+ Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 fxg4 41. fxg4 Kxg4 42. Ne3+ Kf4 43. Rg1 Ne6 44. Rg4# 1-0

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Sharp, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1328"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Bxe5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. Bg3 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nb6 17. b3 Qe7 18. Kb2 Qb4 19. Ka1 a5 20. Rc1 c6 21. Qc3 Qxc3+ 22. Rxc3 Kd7 23. h4 Rhf8 24. h5 Nc8 25. Rh4 Nd6 26. Bxd6 Kxd6 27. f4 Rf6 28. Rg4 Rg8 29. Rc2 g5 30. Rc1 Rf7 31. fxg5 Rxg5 32. Rxg5 hxg5 33. g4 Ke7 34. Rh1 Kf8 35. Rh3 Kg7 36. Kb2 b6 37. Kc3 c5 38. a4 Kh6 39. Kd3 Rf2 40. dxc5 bxc5 41. e4 d4 42. Kc4 Rc2+ 43. Kb5 Rc3 44. Rh1 Re3 45. Kxc5 d3 46. Kd4 Rf3 47. Rd1 d2 48. Rxd2 Rxb3 49. Ke5 Rg3 50. Kxe6 Rxg4 51. Ke5 Kxh5 52. Rd5 Kh4 53. Rxa5 Rg2 54. Ra8 g4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Winfield, Alan W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. Qd2 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. 0-0-0 d6 10. h3 Nh5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rde1 Qd7 14. Bc4 d5 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Nf6 18. f3 a6 19. g4 g6 20. Qg5 Kh8 21. h4 fxg4 22. h5 gxh5 23. fxg4 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. g5 Ng4 26. Rxe6 Nf2 27. Re7+ Rf7 28. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kempen, Leon JP"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h4 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. hxg5 Nxc4 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Qxc4 d5 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Rxh7 Rxh7 15. Qxh7 Kf8 16. e3 c5 17. Be2 d4 18. Ne4 d3 19. Bd6+ Ke8 20. Bxd3 c4 21. Qxg7 Qa5+ 22. b4 cxb3+ 23. Kf1 Kd7 24. axb3 Qd5 25. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Shek, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1220"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Qd2 0-0 6. f3 Nbd7 7. 0-0-0 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Bh6 Be6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. h4 Qa5 12. a3 Bb3 13. Kb1 Be6 14. g4 Ncd7 15. Nge2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. h5 a6 18. hxg6 Rh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. g7 Nf7 22. gxh8Q+ Kxh8 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Rd2 Nfe5 25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rh2+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kf6 29. g5+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Kg6 33. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Rodney Xiang Rei"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 a5 13. Bb5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bg7 15. Bd4 0-0 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxa5 Ba6 19. Nc6 b3 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Qxb3 e6 22. Na5 exd5 23. 0-0-0 Rc5 24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qc3 Qf4+ 27. Kb1 Qxa4 28. Qa3 Qb5 29. Nb3 c4 30. Nd4 Qb6 31. c3 Rb8 32. Re1 Bb7 33. Re5 Kg7 34. Rb5 Qc7 35. Qb4 Qxh2 36. Qxc4 Ba6 37. Nf5+ gxf5 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Rxf5 Qxg2 40. Rf4 Qxb2# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Sashikumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Bg3 Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 h6 12. b4 Bf6 13. b5 Ne7 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 0-0 16. g4 Ng6 17. Qg3 Qg5 18. Nf3 Qf4 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21. Ne5 a6 22. g3 Rf6 23. f4 axb5 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Rf5 26. g4 Rxg5 27. Kf2 Ra3 28. Rhc1 Bb7 29. Kg3 Rxe5 30. dxe5 b4 31. Kf4 bxc3 32. Rab1 d4 33. Rxb6 Bd5 34. Rb4 d3 35. Rd4 d2 36. Rf1 Rxa2 37. Kg5 Ra8 38. Kxg6 Rf8 39. Ra1 Rc8 40. Ra7 Be4+ 41. Rxe4 Rd8 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. Rf4+ Ke8 44. Rff7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Malton, Isabella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1270"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Kh7 12. Bxf7 gxh5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxe8 Qxe8 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. Rh2 c6 17. Nc3 Be7 18. Rdh1 Qg6 19. Rxh5 Bf8 20. Nh4 Qf6 21. Nf5 Kg8 22. Qg4+ Kf7 23. Rxh6 Bxh6+ 24. Rxh6 Qd8 25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. Nd6# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steadman, Mathew"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. a3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 e5 8. Be2 0-0 9. Nc3 e4 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. h3 Re8 12. c5 Bb8 13. a4 Qc7 14. a5 a6 15. Na4 Ned7 16. 0-0-0 Ba7 17. Rdg1 Nf8 18. g4 Ne6 19. Nf5 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Nd5 22. Qb2 f6 23. g5 f5 24. h4 Qd7 25. h5 Bb8 26. Bc4 Bc7 27. h6 g6 28. Bh8 Qf7 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Nb6 Bxb6 31. cxb6 Bd7 32. Kb1 Bb5 33. Qg7+ Qxg7 34. Bxg7 Rac8 35. Rc1 Bd3+ 36. Kb2 Rc4 37. Rxc4 Bxc4 38. Rc1 Rc8 39. Bd4 Rc6 40. Bc5 Kf7 41. Rh1 Ke6 42. Rh4 Bb5 43. Rf4 Be2 44. Rh4 Bf3 45. Rf4 Bg4 46. Kc3 Ke5 47. Kb3 d4 48. Bxd4+ Kd5 49. Bc5 Rc8 50. Kc3 Rd8 51. d4 Kc6 52. Kc4 Rd7 53. b5+ axb5+ 54. Kb4 Rd8 55. Be7 Rc8 56. Bc5 Re8 57. Kc3 Rd8 58. Kb4 Rd5 59. Kc3 Rxc5+ 60. dxc5 Kxc5 61. a6 Kxb6 62. axb7 Kxb7 63. Kb4 Kb6 64. Kc3 Kc5 65. Kb3 b4 66. Kc2 Kc4 67. f3 Bxf3 68. Rh4 b3+ 69. Kb2 Kd3 70. Kxb3 Kxe3 71. Rh2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Mukkattu, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb3 dxe4 4. Qh5 g6 5. Qh4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3 Nbd7 9. d4 Qa5 10. Bh6 0-0 11. Ng5 e6 12. 0-0 c5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nce4 h6 15. Nxf6 Nxf6 16. Rxf6 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Qd8 18. Raf1 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 c4 20. c3 Qd5 21. Rxg6+ fxg6 22. Qe7+ Kh6 23. Qxf8+ Kg5 24. Qf4+ Kh5 25. Bd1+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wright, Caleb"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. h3 Be7 10. Be2 Nh5 11. 0-0 Ng3 12. Re1 Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. Bd4 0-0 17. Qb3 b6 18. Qc3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Re7 Na6 22. Rae1 Rfd8 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. b4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. a3 Kg6 30. Kf3 Kh5 31. Nxa7 Nb8 32. Nb5 Na6 33. Nd4 Nb8 34. g3 Nd7 35. Nb5 f5 36. Nxc7 Nf6 37. Na8 h6 38. Nxb6 Ng8 39. a4 f6 40. a5 Ne7 41. a6 Ng6 42. a7 Nf8 43. a8Q Ng6 44. g4+ Kh4 45. gxf5 Ne7 46. Qa1 Nc8 47. Qxf6+ Kh5 48. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 f5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 0-0 9. a4 Qe8 10. a5 Qh5 11. axb6 axb6 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. e3 g5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxa8 c6 16. Qb3 f4 17. exf4 Qa5 18. Qa3 Na6 19. Bb7 Nc7 20. Qxa5 bxa5 21. Ba3 Rb8 22. Rb1 Kf7 23. Bd6 Nfe8 24. Bc5 Kf6 25. Ba7 Rd8 26. Ra1 Kf7 27. c5 Kf6 28. Rxa5 Kf5 29. f3 e5 30. Ra4 exf4 31. Rxf4+ Ke5 32. Re4+ Kf5 33. Kf2 Ne6 34. g4+ Kg5 35. Bb6 Rb8 36. Bxc6 Nf6 37. Re5+ Kh4 38. Bxd7 Ng5 39. Bf5 Ra8 40. c6 Ra2 41. Be3 Nh3+ 42. Ke2 Ra1 43. c7 Rh1 44. c8Q Rxh2+ 45. Kd3 h5 46. Qd8 hxg4 47. Qxf6+ Kg3 48. Re4 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 e6 6. e5 Bb7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 c4 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Qd2 h5 13. h4 Bh6 14. Ng3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 0-0-0 16. Rf1 Nge7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Qf4 Nce7 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. a4 Rd5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Ra5 Rd8 27. Rf2 Rd1+ 28. Kxd1 Qxf2 29. Kc1 Ne3 30. Kb1 Qc2+ 31. Ka1 Qd1+ 32. Ka2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 44th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Qin, Nicole Shu Yu"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qb3 Bc5 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Nh3 Nd4 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qa5 Nc2+ 14. Kf1 Bb4 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qa5 Qc8 17. Nd5 Ne4 18. Bf4 b6 19. Bxd6 Re8 20. Ne7+ Rxe7 21. Qd5+ Be6 22. Qd3 cxd6 23. Qxc2 Bxc4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rd2 Qb7 26. f3 Rc8 27. Qb1 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qxe2 30. Nf4 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Rd1 g5 34. Nh3 Bd3 35. Rd2 g4 36. Nf4 Rc2 37. Rxc2 Bxc2 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Kd4 Bd3 41. Nd5+ Ke6 42. Nf4+ Kd7 43. Kd5 b5 44. a3 Bc2 45. b4 a6 46. Ng2 Bd1 47. Ne3 Bf3 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. Nd5 Kd7 50. Nf6+ Ke6 51. Nd5 h6 52. Nc7+ Kd7 53. Nd5 Kc6 54. Ne7+ Kd7 55. Nd5 Kd8 56. Ne3 Kc8 57. Nf5 Kd7 58. Ne3 Ke6 59. Nd5 e3 60. Nxe3 d5 61. Nc2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamilton Waikato op"]
[Site "Hamilton"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Polishchuk, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 Ng4 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Be3 c6 12. 0-0-0 Ne6 13. a4 0-0 14. Bc4 Nd4 15. Ne2 b5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. axb5 c5 18. h3 Rb8 19. Rd3 Bd7 20. Ra3 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxa7 Rfb8 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Ng3 h5 25. h4 Reb8 26. Nf1 c4 27. f4 c3 28. bxc3 Rb1+ 29. Kd2 dxc3+ 30. Kd3 Rd8+ 31. Ke3 Rdd1 32. e5 Bf8 33. Ra8 Rdc1 34. Rc8 Rxc2 35. Kd3 Rcc1 36. f5 Rxf1 37. Rxf1 Rxf1 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Rxc3 Re1 40. Kd4 Rxe5 41. Kxe5 Bg7+ 42. Kf4 Bxc3 43. g4 Bd2+ 44. Kf3 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Rhe1 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Nd5 Qb5 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Re3 d5 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. e5 f5 20. Qh6 Qe2 21. Rc1 Qxf2 22. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 b5 7. Bd3 e5 8. Be3 Ne7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. Ng1 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Qg3 b4 15. Nce2 Ng4 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Nc1 c5 18. b3 0-0 19. f3 Nf6 20. Nh3 c4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Nc6 23. Nb3 Qa6 24. c5 Qb5 25. Qf2 a5 26. Qf1 Qb7 27. Qc4 a4 28. Nc1 Rfb8 29. Nd3 Na5 30. c6 Qc7 31. Qc5 Bf8 32. Qxe5 Qxc6 33. Rc1 Nc4 34. Qd4 Nxd2+ 0-1

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 b5 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. dxc6 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Re2 Qxc6 18. Qf6 Rc7 19. Qxh8 Qc4 20. Rae1 e6 21. Bh6 Rc5 22. Qxf8+ Kd7 23. Qxf7+ Kc6 24. Qe8+ Kb6 25. Be3 Ka5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. h4 Na5 11. h5 f6 12. g4 Ne7 13. h6 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nac6 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Kf1 gxh6 17. b4 Bg7 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Rxh6 Ng8 20. Rh3 Nf6 21. Qd3 Rhg8 22. Re1 Ne7 23. Ne3 Nc6 24. Nc2 Ne7 25. Ne3 Nc6 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. a3 Ng6 28. Ng2 Ne7 29. Rg3 Rg5 30. Rh3 Rgg8 31. Ne3 Ng6 32. Ng2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. f3 0-0 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 a6 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. g4 Be6 12. h4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxg7 Bxf3 16. Qh6 Bxh1 17. g5 Be4 18. Bf6 Bxf6 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 Rfe8 21. Bh3 Re5 22. Rg1+ Bg6 23. h5 Rxh5 24. Qf3 Rxh3 25. Qxa8+ Kg7 26. Qxa6 Rh2 27. Qc4 c5 28. a4 bxa3 29. bxa3 Kf8 30. a4 Ke7 31. a5 Rxc2+ 32. Qxc2 Bxc2 33. Kxc2 Kd7 34. Rg7 Kc6 35. Rxf7 Kb5 36. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Waitakere Trusts op 40th"]
[Site "Waitakere"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 a6 9. Bd3 Rb8 10. h4 h5 11. Ng5 g6 12. Qf3 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Nce7 14. Rh3 Qc7 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bc6 18. Qg3 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Qa3 Ne7 22. Rg3 Rh7 23. Bf6 Rd8 24. Rc1 Rd7 25. f4 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nfd2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Nc3 Qf5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Ndxe4 Bb4 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Bd7 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. 0-0 Bc6 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. Rfe1+ Ne6 19. Rxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Bd6+ Rxd6 22. Qxd6+ Kf7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. d6 Qg5 26. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Chen, Wei Kai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bd6 6. dxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 c6 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. f4 Bd4+ 10. Kh1 Ne7 11. e5 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. Rb1 Be6 15. Bd2 Bxa2 16. Ra1 Bd5 17. Nc3 0-0 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Rf3 Ng8 24. Rh3 Rae8 25. Qf3 Bf6 26. Rf1 b5 27. Ba2 c5 28. Qd3 Qd8 29. Qxf5 Nh6 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bc1 c4 34. c3 Re8 35. Kg1 Bd8 36. Kf2 Ng4+ 37. Kg3 Nf6 38. Bb1 Bc7 39. Kf3 g6 40. g3 Kg7 41. Bd2 Rd8 42. Rd1 Kf7 43. Bc2 a5 44. Be3 Nd5 45. Bc5 Ke6 46. Re1+ Kd7 47. Be4 Nf6 48. Rd1+ Ke6 49. Rxd8 Bxd8 50. Bc6 b4 51. cxb4 axb4 52. Bxb4 Bb6 53. Bc3 Ng8 54. g4 Ne7 55. Bb5 Kd5 56. Be8 Ke6 57. Ke4 Bg1 58. h3 Bh2 59. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Qin, Nicole Shu Yu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1327"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be2 a6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Re1 0-0 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 Qf4 16. g3 Qxf3 17. Qxf3 Rxf3 18. Rxd6 d4 19. Ne2 Rf7 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. c3 Re8 23. Kf1 Re6 24. Re1 Rb6 25. Re2 Rb5 26. Kg2 Ra5 27. a3 Kh7 28. Rd6 Rc5 29. Ree6 Kg8 30. f4 Rb5 31. Rb6 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Rd7 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ke4 Ke7 35. Ke5 Kd8 36. Rd6 Ke7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. b4 b5 39. g4 Ke7 40. h4 g6 41. f5 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f6+ Kf7 44. Kf5 Kf8 45. Kg6 Kg8 46. f7+ Kf8 47. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. h3 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. Bh2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. e4 Bd7 12. Bc4 Bc6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. 0-0-0 Bh6 15. f3 Rad8 16. g4 Qc5 17. Bg1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rd8+ 20. Kc1 Qd6 21. Be3 a6 22. Rd1 Qxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Kf8 25. h4 h5 26. g5 Nd7 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Kd3 b5 29. Bb3 Bb7 30. c4 c5 31. a3 Bc6 32. Kc3 bxc4 33. Kxc4 Kd6 34. Kc3 Ke7 35. Bc2 Bb5 36. f4 f6 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. f5 Be2 39. Bg5+ Kf7 40. Bb3+ Kg7 41. Be7 Nf6 42. Bxf6+ Kxf6 43. fxg6 Kxg6 44. Bc4 Bf3 45. Bd3 Kf6 46. Kc4 Ke6 47. Kxc5 a5 48. Bc4+ Kd7 49. Bd5 a4 50. Bc6+ Ke6 51. Bd5+ Kd7 52. Kb4 Bd1 53. b3 axb3 54. Bxb3 Bf3 55. Bd5 Kc7 56. Kc5 Bd1 57. Bc6 Bc2 58. a4 Bb1 59. a5 Bd3 60. Bd5 Ba6 61. Bf7 Bb7 62. Bd5 Ba6 63. Bc6 Bd3 64. Kd5 Ba6 65. Be8 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mcougall, Euan"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "1343"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. b3 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe5 Nf4 15. Qe3 dxe5 16. g3 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Ng5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Nf7 20. f5 Bc8 21. Rg1 Bxf5 22. Rdf1 Bg6 23. Qg3 Nd6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. e5 Ne4 26. Qxg6 Nf2+ 27. Kg2 hxg6 28. Ne2 Qxe5 29. Ng3 Qd5+ 30. Kf1 Ng4+ 31. Ke1 Re8+ 32. Kf1 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. h4 h5 4. b4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Rb1 Nf6 8. Nge2 0-0 9. d3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. c3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Bxc4 17. dxc4 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Ying"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. b4 a5 8. b5 e5 9. 0-0 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. Bg5 Nxc4 12. a4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e3 Qe7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Nxc7 Rb8 18. Nb3 Nxa4 19. b6 Nxb6 20. Nxa5 Na8 21. Nxa8 Qxa5 22. Nc7 Rd8 23. Qc2 Bf5 24. e4 Bd7 25. Nd5 Kh7 26. Rfd1 Rbc8 27. Qb3 Ba4 28. Qa3 Bxd1 29. Qxa5 Rxc1 30. h4 Rdc8 31. Ne3 Be2+ 32. Kh2 b5 33. Qb4 Bf8 34. Nd5 R1c2 35. Qd4 Bg7 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Qxd6 b4 38. e5 b3 39. Be4 Rc1 40. Qb4 Bd1 41. Bd5 h5 42. Bxb3 Bf3 43. g4 hxg4 44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kf4 Bh6# 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kumar, Viney"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. d5 a6 9. a4 b6 10. e4 Rb8 11. Qe2 Ne8 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Nh4 Nc7 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bh3 Re8 16. Rb1 Nf8 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. e5 Qd7 19. Qg2 dxe5 20. fxe5 b5 21. Qe2 Rec8 22. Be3 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxe5 24. Bxc5 Bxc3 25. Rxe7 Qxd5 26. Qxc3 Nce6 27. b4 Rxc5 28. Qe1 Rc4 29. Rd1 Qg5 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Qf1+ Rf4 32. Qxa6 Rfxb4 33. Rf1+ Kg8 34. Qa7 Qc5+ 35. Qxc5 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Parsonage, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nf3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Bxd5 cxd5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. b3 Nb4 16. c3 Nxa2 17. Bd2 Qxb3 18. Ra1 Qc2 19. Qe3 Rc4 20. Nc1 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Ne2 Rc4 24. Rxa7 b5 25. Rb7 b4 26. Rb1 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. R1xb4 Rxb4 29. Rxb4 Rc8 30. Kf1 Rc2 31. g4 g5 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Kg3 e5 34. Rb5 Rd2 35. Kf3 e4+ 36. Ke3 Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. Rb5 f6 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Rd7 Rxh3 42. Rxd5 Rf3 43. Rd4 Rf4 44. Ke3 Rxg4 45. f3 Rg3 46. Rxe4 f5 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Rh6 Kg7 49. Rh2 g4 50. Kf4 Rxf3+ 51. Kg5 g3 52. Ra2 h6+ 53. Kh5 Rf2 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Kxh6 Rh2+ 57. Kg5 g2 58. Ra5+ Kd6 59. Ra6+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kumar, Manoj"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[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 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. e3 d6 5. Nc3 a5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. e4 Ng4 8. Be3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Bxe3 10. Qd3 Bc5 11. Be2 f5 12. 0-0-0 Na6 13. a3 f4 14. Kb1 Be3 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Bd7 18. Qc2 Rf6 19. Nh4 g6 20. Nf3 Bc5 21. h3 Ra6 22. Ka2 a4 23. Bd3 Rf8 24. Qe2 Qe7 25. Rd2 Rb8 26. Rc2 h6 27. Qf1 Qe8 28. Qe2 b5 29. cxb5 Bxb5 30. Rd1 Rab6 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rd3 Rb3 33. Rdc3 Qb5 34. Qxb5 R8xb5 35. Rc4 Ra5 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Rxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Rb7 39. Rc4 Ra7 40. Rc6 Kf7 41. b3 axb3+ 42. Kxb3 Rb7+ 43. Kc3 Ra7 44. Kb3 Rb7+ 45. Ka2 Ra7 46. Kb2 Rb7+ 47. Kc3 Ra7 48. Kb4 Rb7+ 49. Kc4 Ra7 50. Kc5 Ra5+ 51. Kb4 Ra7 52. a4 h5 53. h4 Rb7+ 54. Kc5 Ra7 55. Kb5 Rb7+ 56. Ka6 Rb2 57. Rxc7+ Ke8 58. d6 Rxg2 59. Kb7 Rd2 60. a5 f3 61. Rc3 f2 62. Rf3 Kd7 63. Rf6 Rb2+ 64. Ka7 Ra2 65. Kb6 Rb2+ 66. Kc5 Ra2 67. Kb4 Kc6 68. a6 Rxa6 69. Rxf2 Rb6+ 70. Kc4 Rb7 71. Rf6 Rg7 72. d7+ Kxd7 73. Kd5 g5 74. hxg5 Rxg5 75. Rh6 h4 76. Rxh4 Rg6 77. Rh7+ Ke8 78. Kxe5 Rc6 79. Rb7 Rh6 80. Ra7 Rb6 81. Kf5 Rc6 82. Ke5 Rb6 83. Kd5 Rh6 84. e5 Rg6 85. Rh7 Ra6 86. Rh8+ Ke7 87. Rc8 Kd7 88. Rc5 Ke7 89. Rc7+ Ke8 90. Rb7 Rh6 91. Rb8+ Ke7 92. Rb7+ Ke8 93. e6 Rh1 94. Rb8+ Ke7 95. Rb7+ Ke8 96. Rb6 Rd1+ 97. Ke5 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, John"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1440"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Ne7 12. c5 Ng6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Rd3 Qb6 15. Na4 Qa6 16. b3 Nxe4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. c4 Nf4 21. Rxd6 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Gold, Hamish R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. d4 Bd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 a6 9. Ng5 g6 10. Qg4 Nh6 11. Qf4 Nf5 12. g4 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Nxa3 Qa5 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qd8 18. Rg1 Be7 19. Ke2 b5 20. Nc2 g5 21. Qf3 Qc8 22. Qxd5+ Be6 23. Qf3 g4 24. Rxg4 Bc4 25. Bxc4+ bxc4 26. Qd5+ Ke8 27. Rg8+ Rxg8 28. Qxg8+ Kd7 29. Qd5+ Kc7 30. Qxc4 Kb7 31. Ba3+ Ka7 32. Qc5+ Bxc5 33. Bxc5# 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Yung, Cameron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bd6 6. dxe5 Bxe5 7. f4 Bd6 8. Be3 Nh6 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Nd5 d6 12. f5 Bg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Nxc7 Rb8 15. Nd5 Kh8 16. Qd4 b6 17. Rf3 Qd8 18. f6 g6 19. Raf1 Bg4 20. Qe3 Ng8 21. Rf4 Be6 22. Nc3 Qc7 23. Rh4 Qc5 24. Qf2 Rfc8 25. Rf4 a5 26. Kh1 Qxf2 27. R4xf2 Rc5 28. a4 Re8 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. h3 Rh5 31. Kg1 Rg5 32. Kh2 Rh5 33. Rf3 Nh6 34. Kg3 Re5 35. Rd3 Ng8 36. Kf4 g5+ 37. Ke3 h6 38. g4 Kh7 39. Rd2 d5 40. Rdd1 Kg6 41. Kd4 Rxe4+ 42. Nxe4 dxe4+ 43. Kxe4 Rc8 44. Ba6 Rc5 45. Rd6 Nxf6+ 46. Kf3 Nd5 47. c4 Nf4 48. Rxb6 Nxh3 49. b4 axb4 50. Rxb4 Nf4 51. Rd1 f5 52. gxf5+ Rxf5 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Rb5 h5 55. Rd6 Rxb5 56. cxb5 Ke7 57. Rd2 Bb3 58. a5 Bc4 59. Kf5 Ne6 60. Bc8 Nc5 61. b6 Na6 62. Kxg5 Nb8 63. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dai, Oliver"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd5 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Qc2 Nce7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. b4 Bd6 13. a3 Nf4 14. c4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bb8 16. Bb2 f6 17. Nc3 a6 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Nc5 b6 20. Nb3 e5 21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5 Qb7 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Rac1 Bf5 25. Nbd2 Rc8 26. Qf7 Ba7 27. Nh4 Bh7 28. Nc4 Rf8 29. Qe6 Nc8 30. f3 g5 31. Rd7 Qxd7 32. Qxd7 gxh4 33. a4 Kg8 34. Ba3 Rf7 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Nd6 Nxd6 37. Qxa8 Nf5 38. Qc8 Nd4 39. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Hooton, Barry R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Nxd4 0-0 7. Nf5 d6 8. Nfxe7+ Nxe7 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. 0-0-0 Be6 13. h4 Kh8 14. Qc3 Ne5 15. Be2 Rg8 16. h5 Qe7 17. f4 Rxg2 18. fxe5 Rxe2 19. exf6 Qd7 20. Bg7+ Kg8 21. Rhg1 Rxe4 22. Rd4 Rg4 23. Rdxg4 Bxg4 24. Qg3 Bxh5 25. Qg5 Bg6 26. Qh6 Qf5 27. Kb1 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Qf2 29. Rh1 Re8 30. Qc1 Re2 31. Qc3 Re3 32. Qc1 Re2 33. a3 c6 34. Qc3 Qb6 35. Bh6 d5 36. Bc1 Qd8 37. Qf3 Re6 38. Bg5 Qe8 39. Qf2 Re4 40. Bh6 b6 41. Bg7 Qe5 42. Qd2 c5 43. Rg1 Re2 44. Qc1 d4 45. Rg5 Qe4 46. Ka2 Qe6+ 47. Ka1 Re1 48. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 49. Ka2 Bb1+ 50. Kb3 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Oceania zt 3.6"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zelesco, Karl"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[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 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 d6 10. c5 dxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. 0-0-0+ Bd7 13. Be2 Kc8 14. Ne4 h6 15. Nxc5 Bc6 16. f4 Nd7 17. Bg4 Rd8 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Nxd7 h5 20. Bf5 h4 21. Rd1 Rh8 22. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jellyman, Riley"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 0-0 12. c3 Be6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. a4 Kh8 15. Qc4 Ne7 16. Qd3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf7 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Qc4 Bg5 20. Nf3 Rf4 21. Qb3 Rf8 22. a5 Be4 23. Ra4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rf4 25. Rxf4 Bxf4 26. g3 Bg5 27. Qc4 Ra8 28. Ra1 Qb8 29. Be2 g6 30. b4 b5 31. axb6 Qxb6 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. dxc6 Bd2 34. Ra3 Bc1 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Bxa6 Ba3 37. Bc4 Kg7 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. Bd5 Ke7 40. Ke2 Bc1 41. h4 h6 42. Kd1 Ba3 43. Kc2 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. g4 Kd8 46. Kb3 Bc1 47. c4 Bd2 48. Ka4 Be1 49. f3 Bf2 50. Be6 Be3 51. Kb5 Bd4 52. Ka6 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "List, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. d4 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bd2 Nge7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Ra2 Ng6 13. Rb2 Rb8 14. Ng5 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qxg5 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. Bxa5 Rhc8 18. Bxa6 Nf4 19. Bd2 Qxg2 20. Bxf4 Qxh1+ 21. Kd2 Rc7 22. Bg5+ f6 23. exf6+ gxf6 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Qe5+ Ke7 26. Qxc7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Watharow, Sean"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg4 6. d5 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Ne5 8. f4 Nd7 9. Nc3 g6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Bd4 f6 12. h4 a6 13. h5 Nf8 14. Bh3 Kf7 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. e5 Qc4 17. 0-0-0 b5 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. exd6 exd6 20. Ne4 Ke7 21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. Nxf6+ Kf7 23. Be6+ Nxe6 24. dxe6+ Kf8 25. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Austin, Tama"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[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 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 e6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Ke2 Nbd7 12. a3 Nxc5 13. Ba2 Be7 14. Rad1 0-0 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 a5 21. Bd4 Nd5 22. g3 Rb8 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. f3 Bc2 26. Nc4 Ba4 27. Nxa5 Kf8 28. b3 Be8 29. b4 Nxb4 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Ra2 Bxa5 32. Rxa5 Rc2+ 33. Kd3 Rxh2 34. Bc5+ Kg8 35. Bb7 f6 36. Ra8 Kf7 37. Ra7 Bb5+ 38. Kc3 Kg6 39. Ra5 Bd7 40. Bd6 Rh5 41. Ra7 Be8 42. Bf8 Bf7 43. Bc6 Rh1 44. Kd2 h5 45. f4 Rg1 46. Ke2 Rxg3 47. Be8 Kf5 48. Rxf7 Kxf4 49. Rxg7 Rxg7 50. Bxg7 f5 51. Bxh5 e5 52. Bh6+ Kg3 53. Bg6 Kg4 54. Kf2 f4 55. Be4 f3 56. Bxf3+ Kf5 57. Ke3 e4 58. Bxe4+ Ke5 59. Bf4+ Ke6 60. Kd4 Kf6 61. Kd5 Ke7 62. Be5 Kd7 63. Bd6 Ke8 64. Ke6 Kd8 65. Bb7 Ke8 66. Bc7 Kf8 67. Kf6 Ke8 68. Bc6+ Kf8 69. Bd6+ Kg8 70. Kg6 Kh8 71. Ba8 Kg8 72. Bd5+ Kh8 73. Be5# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milligan, Helen"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxd4 8. Nfxd4 Kd8 9. c4 g6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 b6 12. e5 a6 13. Nc3 Bxe5 14. Nc6+ Kc7 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5+ Kc6 17. Nxb6 Rb8 18. Rd8 Kc7 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Nxc8 Kxc8 21. Bc5 e6 22. Bf8 h5 23. Bg7 Rh7 24. Bxe5 f6 25. Bc3 Rc7 26. b3 f5 27. Ke2 Ne7 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Rd6 Kb7 30. Rxe6 g5 31. Rg6 g4 32. Rg7 Rxg7 33. Bxg7 Nb4 34. a3 Nc6 35. Bc3 f4 36. g3 f3+ 37. Ke3 Kc7 38. Kf4 Kd6 39. Kf5 Ne7+ 40. Kf6 Nc6 41. b4 Ne7 42. b5 axb5 43. Bb4+ Kc6 44. cxb5+ Kxb5 45. Bxe7 Kc4 46. Kg5 Kd3 47. Kxh5 Ke2 48. Bc5 Kf1 49. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Wight, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be3 Nxe4 8. Nb5 0-0 9. Nbxc7 Rb8 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. 0-0 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Re1 Qd8 17. Bf3 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. h3 d5 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Qe5 Ne8 22. Bb6 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Nxd6 24. Bc7 Re8 25. Bxd6 d4 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Kf1 Rd8 28. Re1 h6 29. Be7 Rd7 30. Bc5 d3 31. cxd3 Rxd3 32. Ke2 Rd5 33. b4 g6 34. Rd1 f5 35. Rxd5 cxd5 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Kd4 Ke6 38. f4 g5 39. g3 g4 40. h4 h5 41. a4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "He, Paul"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qxc6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qd5 Nxc3 11. Qxc6 dxc6 12. bxc3 Be6 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. Kb2 Ke7 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Be4 Bd5 17. Rd4 Ke6 18. Bxd5+ Rxd5 19. Kb3 a5 20. c4 Rxe5 21. Re1 a4+ 22. Kc3 b4+ 23. Kxb4 c5+ 24. Kxa4 cxd4 25. Kb3 Rxe3+ 26. Rxe3+ dxe3 27. Kc3 Rd8 28. Kb3 e2 29. a4 e1Q 30. c3 Qb1+ 31. Ka3 Rd2 32. a5 Ra2# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Oka, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. a3 e6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 d6 5. d4 Nf6 6. f3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c3 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Rxa5 Qxa5 13. Ne2 0-0 14. 0-0 Rb8 15. Kh1 d5 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 c5 18. g4 g6 19. Ng3 Ng7 20. Qc2 Bb5 21. Rg1 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bh4 23. f5 Bxg3 24. Rxg3 Ba4 25. Qd3 Bb5 26. Qf3 Be2 27. Qxe2 Rxb1+ 28. Kg2 exf5 29. e6 Nxe6 30. Qe5 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qb5 32. Re3 Qf1+ 33. Kg3 Qg1+ 34. Kh3 fxg4+ 35. Kh4 Qxh2+ 36. Kg5 h6+ 37. Kxg4 f5+ 38. Kf3 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 124th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2017.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[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. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d5 exd5 8. Nd4 g6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxf5 Nc3 11. Nxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 gxf5 13. Qd5 Nc6 14. Qxf5 Qc8 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Kg1 Bd6 18. Rd1 a6 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Qf7 Rg6 21. Nf6 Kc8 22. Rac1 Rxh6 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Qe8+ Kc7 25. Nd5# 1-0

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Runcan, Daniel Ioan"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. c3 Qb6 6. Na3 e5 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Nc2 Bg4 9. Ba4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qa6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Re1 Be7 13. d3 0-0 14. Ne3 Rfe8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Nh6+ gxh6 17. Qxf6 Re6 18. Qf5 Rg6 19. h4 Bg7 20. c4 Kh8 21. h5 Rf6 22. Qh3 Rg8 23. Be3 Qb6 24. Reb1 Qd8 25. b4 b6 26. a4 Re6 27. a5 Rge8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra6 Kg8 30. Rba1 R6e7 31. Qh4 Kf8 32. b5 Qb8 33. Kf1 Qd8 34. R1a2 Qc7 35. Qg4 Re6 36. f3 Qd8 37. g3 Qc7 38. Kg2 Qd8 39. Bd2 Qc7 40. Ra7 Qd8 41. Qf5 Rf6 42. Qxh7 Qc8 43. g4 Rd8 44. g5 Rxf3 45. Kxf3 Qh3+ 46. Ke2 Qg4+ 47. Kf1 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Qh2+ 50. Kf3 Qh1+ 51. Ke3 Qg1+ 52. Ke2 Qg4+ 53. Kf1 Qf3+ 54. Ke1 Qh1+ 55. Ke2 Qxh5+ 56. Kf2 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fairley, Natasha"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. Nge2 Be6 9. Nd5 h6 10. Qc1 a5 11. Nec3 Nd4 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. h3 Rc8 15. f4 Bxd5 16. cxd5 exf4 17. Bxf4 0-0 18. Rf1 Kh7 19. Rf2 b5 20. Qd2 a4 21. Rb1 b4 22. Kf1 Qd7 23. Be3 Nb5 24. Qc1 Rc7 25. Kg1 Rfc8 26. Qf1 Kg8 27. Kh2 Qe8 28. Bf3 h5 29. h4 Be5 30. Qg2 Qd8 31. Kh3 Qf8 32. Bd1 a3 33. bxa3 Nxa3 34. Rb3 Ra8 35. Rd2 Bc3 36. Rf2 Ra6 37. Kh2 Be5 38. Rd2 Qe7 39. Kh3 Bc3 40. Rf2 Qe8 41. Re2 Qd7+ 42. Kh2 Qb5 43. Bd2 Qxd3 44. Bxc3 bxc3 45. Qf1 Ra8 46. Kh3 c4 47. Rb6 c2 48. Bxc2 Nxc2 49. Rxd6 Nd4 50. Rf2 Qxf1+ 51. Rxf1 c3 0-1

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. f3 Be7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 0-0 8. 0-0-0 c5 9. dxc5 Na6 10. c6 Nb4 11. Qe2 Nxc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Qf2 b5 14. Kb1 Rfc8 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Nge2 Rc6 17. Qe1 Ra6 18. Nd4 Nxa2 19. Na4 Nc3+ 20. Qxc3 Qxa4 21. Rcd1 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liu, John"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 b5 9. Re1 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 0-0 14. Qe1 Bd6 15. Re2 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 Bd6 17. Rd2 h6 18. Bh4 Qe7 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Be5 21. c3 Qc7 22. Ng3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc4+ 24. Ne2 Qxh4 25. Ng3 Qc4+ 26. Re2 Nd5 27. Ne4 Nf4 28. Nd2 Qxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Nxe2 30. Kxe2 Rac8 31. Kd3 Rfd8+ 32. Kc2 Kf8 33. Re1 Ke7 34. Re3 Rc7 35. Rg3 Rcd7 36. Nf3 g5 37. Rh3 g4 38. Rxh6 gxf3 39. gxf3 Rd2+ 40. Kb3 a5 41. a4 bxa4+ 42. Kxa4 Rxf2 43. Kxa5 Rxf3 44. c4 Rb8 45. Rh5 Ra3# 0-1

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. Nge2 a6 9. 0-0 Ne8 10. Rb1 f5 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 Nba6 14. Na2 b6 15. b3 Bd7 16. Nec1 Qe7 17. Nd3 Nb4 18. Nac1 Nca6 19. Bc3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Rf8 22. Rb2 Bh6 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qg5 25. Rf2 Nxd3 26. Nxd3 Nb4 27. Nxb4 axb4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qf3+ Kg7 30. h3 h5 31. Kh2 Qd2+ 32. Qe2 Qc3 33. Qd3 Qb2+ 34. Be2 Qc1 35. Bd1 h4 36. g4 Qf4+ 37. Kg2 Kh6 38. Qf3 Kg5 39. Be2 Qd2 40. Kf2 Qf4 41. Kg2 Bc8 42. Bf1 Bb7 43. Bd3 Ba6 44. Be2 Kf6 45. Qf2 Bc8 46. Qxh4+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Qh4+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Morrison Memorial"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Gao, Hugh Zihuai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Qd3 0-0 9. a3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bc5 11. Na4 Be7 12. 0-0-0 b5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Ne2 Bc5 15. Qc3 Bxf2 16. Qxc7 Qxf3 17. Qxe5 Qxh1 18. Qf4 Bg1 19. Qg4 Be3+ 20. Kb1 Qxh2 21. Rd3 Bb6 22. Rg3 Qf2 23. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Davies, Geoff"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. 0-0 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Re1 0-0 12. g3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Nb3 Ne5 16. Bg2 Nfd7 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Red8 21. Rc1 Bf6 22. Nd1 Nc6 23. c3 Qd7 24. Ne3 g6 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Ne3 Ne5 28. Qe2 Qd7 29. Nb3 Qc7 30. Rcd1 Qb6 31. Nd2 Bh6 32. Kh1 Bg7 33. f4 Nd7 34. Nb3 a5 35. Qd2 Nc5 36. Nxc5 dxc5 37. Qe2 c4 38. Nc2 h5 39. e5 Bxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Bf8 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Rd1 Qc6+ 43. Kh3 Rxd1 44. Qxd1 Qb7 45. Nd4 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47. Qa4 Qh1 48. Qe8 Kg7 49. Nxe6+ fxe6 50. Qxe6 Qf1+ 51. Kh4 Qd3 52. cxb4 Bxb4 53. Kg5 Qd8+ 54. Qf6+ Qxf6+ 55. exf6+ Kf7 56. h3 Bd2 57. g4 hxg4 58. Kxg4 Kxf6 59. h4 Bc1 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[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 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Qh4 6. Nf3 Qg4 7. h3 Qh5 8. e4 fxe4 9. Nxe4 exd5 10. Ng3 Qf7 11. Be2 Bc5 12. 0-0 Nf6 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. b4 Be7 16. Bb2 Na6 17. cxd5 0-0-0 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ cxd6 20. Qa4 h6 21. Nf3 Nc7 22. Qxa7 Nfd5 23. Rac1 Bc6 24. Nd4 Qe8 25. Nxc6 dxc6 26. Bg4+ Rd7 27. Rfe1 Ne7 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxb6 Ne5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Qc5 Ree7 33. b5 Kd8 34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. b6 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Stewart, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Bh6 Rac8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. f4 Rxc3 17. Qxc3+ Qxc3 18. bxc3 Nxf4 19. Kb2 f6 20. Bd3 g5 21. Rdf1 Ng6 22. c4 b6 23. Kc3 Rc8 24. Rb1 Ne5 25. Rb4 Rh8 26. Be2 Rh3+ 27. Kb2 Kf7 28. Rb3 Rh4 29. Bd3 Ke8 30. Kc3 Kd7 31. Ra3 Nc6 32. Rb3 Na5 33. Rb5 Kc6 34. a3 Rh3 35. Rb4 g4 36. Kd2 g3 37. Bf1 Rxh2+ 38. Rxh2 gxh2 39. Bg2 Nxc4+ 40. Kd3 Nxa3 41. Ra4 Nc4 42. Rxa7 Ne5+ 43. Ke3 Bg4 44. Rxe7 Bd7 45. Rh7 Kc5 46. Bf3 f5 47. Rxh2 Bc6 48. Rh5 Nxf3 49. exf5 Ne5 50. f6 Bd5 51. Kf4 b5 52. Rh2 Kc4 53. Rd2 b4 54. Kf5 Kc5 55. Kf4 Nf7 56. Kf5 b3 57. cxb3 Bxb3 58. Rb2 Bc4 59. Rc2 d5 60. Ke6 Nd6 61. Ke5 d4 62. Rd2 Nb5 63. Rd1 Bf7 64. Rd2 Kc4 65. Rd1 d3 66. Kf4 Kd4 67. Rd2 Nd6 68. Rd1 Bc4 69. Kf3 Ne4 70. Rxd3+ Kxd3 71. Kf4 Nxf6 72. Kf5 Nd7 73. Kf4 Be6 74. Kf3 Nc5 75. Kf4 Kd4 76. Kf3 Bd5+ 77. Kf4 Be4 78. Kg5 Ke5 79. Kg4 Nd3 80. Kg5 Bf5 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cooper, Nigel"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[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 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. a3 Be7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. b4 Qb8 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 h6 19. Re1 0-0 20. g4 Ne7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. g5 h5 23. Nh4 g6 24. Qf3 Rc3 25. Re3 d4 26. Qf6 Nd5 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bf5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Sinclair, Zephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Rhe1 Bh3 15. Rd3 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6 Rf8 18. Rde3 Rf7 19. Rg1 Rf8 20. Rg7 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Calitz, Hananke"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[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 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Nd6 Qd5 13. Nxc8 Raxc8 14. c3 Ba5 15. dxc5 Qh5 16. b4 Bc7 17. h3 Kh8 18. Qd4 Rcd8 19. Qh4 Qd5 20. Qd4 Qf5 21. Qc4 Rd3 22. Rfe1 Rfd8 23. Nd4 Qg6 24. Nxc6 R8d7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxh3 27. c6 Rd8 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rd1 h6 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qe4 f5 32. Qc6 Qg5 33. Qxe6 Rxc7 34. Qe8 Rcxc3 35. Qg8+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Rd6+ Kh5 39. Qf7+ g6 40. Qe6 Rh4 41. Re3 Rxe3 42. Qxe3 Qxe3 43. fxe3 Rxb4 44. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[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. Bc4 d5 3. Bb3 dxe4 4. Qh5 g6 5. Qh4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Na6 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bg7 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Qf4 0-0 11. d4 c5 12. Qh4 e6 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. 0-0 cxd4 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. g4 Bxg4 18. Bxg7 Bxf3 19. Bf6 Qd6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Qg3 Qc6 22. Ba4 Qxa4 23. Qxf3 Rd5 24. Qf6 d3 25. cxd3 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Rf5 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Rg1 Qf4 29. Rg2 Nc5 30. Rag1 Rd5 31. Qa5 Nxd3 32. Qxa7 Rd4 33. f3 Rb4 34. Qa3 Qxf3 35. Qc3+ e5 36. Qd2 Rxb2 37. Qxd3 Qxd3 38. Rxb2 b5 39. Rgb1 e4 40. Rxb5 e3 41. Kg1 f5 42. R5b3 Qd2 43. R3b2 Qd5 44. Rb5 Qxa2 45. R5b2 Qd5 46. h3 f4 47. Rb5 Qf3 48. R5b2 e2 49. Rc2 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 f3 51. Rg1 Qxh3# 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Noble, Mark Frederick"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[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. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Be2 b6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Nf1 Rc8 11. Ng3 a6 12. a4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bf1 d4 15. Bd2 e5 16. Nf5 Re8 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Ba5 Qc5 21. Rec1 Nxa5 22. Rxa5 Qxc1 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Qxg5 25. Nd6 Qh4 26. g3 Qh5 27. Nxb7 Ng4 28. h3 Nxf2 29. Qb4 Rc8 30. Qe1 Nxh3+ 31. Bxh3 Qxh3 32. Nd6 Rf8 33. Rxb5 Kg8 34. Rxe5 Qd7 35. Nc4 h6 36. Qf2 g6 37. Kg2 f5 38. exf5 gxf5 39. Qf3 Kh8 40. Qd5 Qc7 41. Rxf5 Re8 42. Rf2 Qh7 43. Nd6 h5 44. Nxe8 h4 45. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. g4 b5 11. h4 Bb7 12. h5 b4 13. Na4 d5 14. g5 Nd7 15. g6 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qd2 d4 18. Bh6 Qc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h6+ Kg8 21. g7 Rfc8 22. b3 Qg6 23. Kb1 Bc6 24. Nb2 Bb5 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Bf5 Qg5 27. Qf2 Rac8 28. Rdg1 Qf4 29. Qg2 Nf6 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Qh3 Rc3 32. Nc4 Bd7 33. Qg2 Be6 34. Nd2 Bc5 35. Rd1 a5 36. Qe2 d3 37. cxd3 a4 38. Rc1 axb3 39. axb3 Nd7 40. Rxc3 bxc3 41. Nc4 Bxc4 42. dxc4 Qd2 43. Qxd2 cxd2 44. Kc2 Be3 45. b4 f6 46. Ra1 Bxh6 47. Ra8+ Kxg7 48. Ra7 Kg6 49. Rxd7 Be3 50. Kd1 h5 51. Ke2 h4 52. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. 0-0 a6 14. a3 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Ba2 Rf6 19. Ne2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qe8 21. Ne5 Qh5 22. Bb1 Ng6 23. Qd2 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rf8 25. Ba2 Qg4 26. f3 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Bxd5+ Kf8 32. Kf2 f4 33. Ke2 Bf5 34. Kd2 Ke7 35. Kc3 Bc8 36. Kd4 Bf5 37. Kc5 Bc8 38. Kb6 g6 39. Bb7 Bd7 40. Bxa6 b4 41. Kc5 bxa3 42. bxa3 Ke6 43. Kd4 Bc6 44. Bc4+ Ke7 45. Bd5 Ba4 46. Bc4 Bc6 47. Bd5 Ba4 48. h4 gxh4 49. Ke4 g5 50. Kf5 Bd7+ 51. Kxg5 h3 52. gxh3 Bxh3 53. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. 0-0 Qe8 9. d4 Qh5 10. d5 g5 11. Nd4 c5 12. Ndb5 Rc8 13. e4 a6 14. Na3 g4 15. e5 Ne8 16. Na4 Bd8 17. Nc3 Ng7 18. f4 Qg6 19. Re1 Ra7 20. Qd3 Bc7 21. Kf2 h5 22. h4 Kh7 23. Bc1 Qe8 24. Be3 Bd8 25. Nab5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Ra8 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Nxb7 Ra3 29. Nd6 Be7 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. Bc1 Ra7 32. Bd2 Ra3 33. Qc2 Ne8 34. Qb2 Qa6 35. Bc1 Ra5 36. a4 Qa7 37. Bd2 Ra6 38. Ra2 Bf8 39. Rea1 Ra5 40. Bxa5 bxa5 41. dxe6 dxe6 42. Qd2 Nc7 43. Qd8 Bg7 44. Rd2 Nca6 45. Rad1 Nb4 46. Rd7 Nxd7 47. Rxd7 Qa6 48. Qe7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Wang, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bd3 Be6 9. Be3 c6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 d5 14. 0-0-0 dxe4 15. Be5 Rd8 16. Bxf6 Rxd4 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Be2 Rhd8 19. a3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Kd6 22. Kd2 Ke5 23. Kc3 Bd5 24. g3 f5 25. b4 f4 26. Kd2 b6 27. a4 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Bg4 Kd4 30. c3+ Kc5 31. Be2 Bb3 32. Bg4 Bxa4 33. Bf5 Kd5 34. c4+ Kd4 35. c5 e3+ 36. fxe3+ fxe3+ 37. Ke2 Bb5+ 38. Ke1 e2 39. h4 Kxc5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. g4 a4 42. Bb1 a3 43. Ba2 Bc4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Calitz, Hananke"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Qe2 Qe8 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Qh5 11. Ng3 Qe8 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. f4 g6 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Kh8 16. Ne4 Qf7 17. Ng5 Qg7 18. Rf3 h5 19. Rh3 Kg8 20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Ne4 Ne7 22. Bd2 Nf5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Re1 d6 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. fxg5 Bd5 28. b3 b5 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rg3 Rf5 31. Rxg4 Raf8 32. Be3 a5 33. Rg3 R8f7 34. Rc1 Be4 35. h4 Kg7 36. Kh2 Rf8 37. Kg1 Rh8 38. Rh3 Bf3 39. Rf1 Bg4 40. Rh2 Kf7 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Rxf5 exf5 43. Kg3 Ke6 44. Rh1 Kd5 45. Re1 Re8 46. Bf2 Rxe1 47. Bxe1 a4 48. Kf4 Bd1 49. bxa4 bxa4 50. Ke3 Kc4 51. Kd2 Bg4 52. Bg3 Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "James, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Bc4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be3 h6 7. h3 c6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. Qd2 b6 10. a3 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Rd1 Ng6 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Qf3 Nc5 18. Ba2 Ne6 19. Nf1 Nef4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. Nfg3 g6 23. Qc3 a5 24. Qf3 Kh7 25. Qd3 Bc5 26. Rf1 Be7 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Rd1 Be7 31. Bb3 f6 32. h4 Nf4 33. h5 g5 34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. exf5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qe2 Qd6 39. c4 Qe5 40. Qc2 Bd6 41. Qd1 f3 42. g3 Qxf5 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. Qxf3 a4 45. Bc2 bxc4 46. Qxc6 Qe6 47. Qb7+ Be7 48. Qe4 Qxe4 49. Bxe4 c3 50. bxc3 Bxa3 51. Bc6 Bc5 52. Bxa4 Bxf2 53. Kg2 Bc5 54. g4 Kf7 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Ke4 Ba3 57. Bb3+ Ke7 58. Kf5 Bb2 59. Kg6 Bxc3 60. Bc2 Kf8 61. Bb3 Ke7 62. Kxh6 f5 63. gxf5 Kf6 64. Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Picken, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b5 2. e3 a6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. c4 c6 5. cxb5 cxb5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. e4 Bc7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Rac1 Ne7 13. e5 Ned5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qa3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd5 17. Bd2 d6 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Qb3 Qh4 20. Rfd1 Qh3 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Be4 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bg3+ 25. Kg1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Darr, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c3 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Na3 Be7 5. Nc2 0-0 6. d4 d6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Ne2 Qd7 9. 0-0 h6 10. Ne1 Rfe8 11. Qb3 b6 12. Qb5 Nb8 13. Qxd7 Nbxd7 14. Bxa8 Rxa8 15. f3 Bd3 16. Nxd3 c5 17. e4 Ne8 18. f4 f6 19. Be3 Nc7 20. b4 Nb5 21. a4 Nc7 22. a5 g5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxa8+ Nxa8 25. Ra1 Nc7 26. Ra7 Bd8 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. dxc5 dxc5 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Nb5 31. Ra8 Kf7 32. Rxd8 Ke6 33. f5+ Kf7 34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Re7+ Kd8 36. c4 Nd4 37. Nxd4 exd4 38. e5 d3 39. Kf2 d2 40. Ke2 d1Q+ 41. Kxd1 fxe5 42. f6 Kc8 43. f7 1-0

[Event "Auckland North Shore op 43rd"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Picken, Oliver"]
[Black "Polishchuk, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. d3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nd2 a5 6. Ngf3 Bc5 7. e3 0-0 8. b3 f4 9. Nf1 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. gxf4 Ne4 12. exd4 Nc3 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qb2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rc1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ne4 19. Nd2 Qh4+ 20. Kd1 Nf2+ 21. Ke2 Nd3 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Qd4 Nxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qxh2+ 25. Kd1 Qg1+ 26. Ke2 Qxc1 27. e4 Bg4+ 28. Kd3 Rxf4 29. Bxb7 Raf8 30. Bd5 Rf3+ 31. Nxf3 Rxf3+ 32. Ke2 Rf1+ 0-1

