[Event "NZL-ch op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1316"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. 0-0 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. Rc1 h6 11. Rc2 Qa5 12. Qa1 Rc7 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. a3 b5 15. b4 Qb6 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Nb3 Ng4 19. Bd4 Qb7 20. h3 Ngf6 21. Na5 Qc8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Bxc3 a6 25. Ne5 Bd6 26. Nec6 Nb8 27. Na7 Ne8 28. Nc8 Bf8 29. Nb6 Bd6 30. Nb7 Bc7 31. Na8 f6 32. Nc5 h5 33. e4 d4 34. Bxd4 e5 35. exf5 exd4 36. Bd5+ Kh7 37. Ne6 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 U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Punsalan, Vyanla M"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "1343"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d4 c6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. a3 h6 13. Bh2 Qd8 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. g4 Bh7 16. Nxf7 Qxd4 17. Bxe6 Kf8 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Nd6 Red8 20. Bf5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Charles, Dion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1343"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[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 f6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 Nd7 4. Bd3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Bc2 a5 9. Be3 b6 10. a3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Calitz, Hananke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1343"]
[BlackElo "1699"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 Nge7 8. Ne5 f6 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Bd3 Bc7 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rc1 Be8 15. 0-0 h5 16. Na4 Bf7 17. Nc5 Rb8 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Nxa6 Qa5 21. Nxb8 Rxb8 22. Rc2 Qxa2 23. Qa1 Qb3 24. Rfc1 Qb7 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Qa3 Ra8 27. Qd6 Rd8 28. Qf4 Kg7 29. h4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Murdoch, Stephen"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1316"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Ndf6 11. Bh2 c6 12. a4 Rd8 13. a5 a6 14. Rfd1 Bd6 15. Ne5 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Ne4 17. Rdd1 Qc7 18. f3 Nf6 19. c4 Nd7 20. c5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nxc5 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. h4 b6 24. g4 1-0

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Calitz, Hananke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1316"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 Qe7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Ne5 c5 9. c3 Re8 10. f4 Nf8 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bd3 Qc6 17. Bg3 c4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. 0-0 Nf6 21. h3 Qc7 22. Qd1 h6 23. Bh4 Qf7 24. Nxc4 Bc7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Nd5 27. Qe2 Kh7 28. Bg3 Rg8 29. Bf4 g5 30. Bh2 Raf8 31. g4 Qg6 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Rae1 f4 34. exf4 gxf4+ 35. Kh1 f3 36. Qxe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Rg7 38. e6 Rf5 39. c4 Nf6 40. e7 Rg8 41. Re5 Rf4 42. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "He, Caleb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1316"]
[BlackElo "1463"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d6 6. Qe2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 Nd5 10. Bg3 Re8 11. 0-0-0 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qb6 16. Bd5 Rf8 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. h4 e6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Bf4 h5 22. Re1 d5 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Bf4 a5 25. a3 a4 26. f3 Bf6 27. Bg5 Bxg5 28. hxg5 Kg7 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Rh8 31. Ree2 Rh4 32. Rg2 f6 33. gxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rde2 Re7 35. g5+ Kg7 36. Ref2 Rf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Kc2 Ke7 39. b3 axb3+ 40. Kxb3 Kd7 41. Kb4 Kd6 42. Kb3 c5 43. dxc5+ Kxc5 44. Re2 Kd6 45. Rg2 e5 46. a4 Kc5 47. Rg1 e4 48. Rg3 Rf4 49. Rh3 Rg4 50. Rh8 Rxg5 51. a5 Kb5 52. Ra8 0-1

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hancock, Eli"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1316"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. 0-0 Bf5 7. d4 e6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Re1 Nd5 10. Qd2 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 Bxc2 12. Rac1 Qf5 13. Qd2 b5 14. Re5 Qg6 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bxb5+ Nd7 17. Rxc2 Rd8 18. d5 0-0 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Qd1 Bf6 21. Ree2 Rxd5 22. Red2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 h6 24. Rd7 Bxb2 25. Rxa7 Rc8 26. Qe2 Rc1+ 27. Ne1 Bc3 28. Kf1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qd3+ 30. Qe2 Qb1+ 31. Qe1 Qxe1# 0-1

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Clouston, Bevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1316"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 b6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Bb5 Rc8 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Na7 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Ba6 14. Nc7+ Rxc7 15. Bxc7 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. a3 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Ne4+ 19. Ke1 Kd7 20. f3 Kxc7 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Rc1+ Kd6 23. Kd2 g5 24. Rc3 f5 25. Rhc1 Bb5 26. g3 Bd7 27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Rb7 b5 29. Rb6+ Ke7 30. Rc7 h6 31. Rxb5 Kd6 32. Rbb7 Bc6 33. Rxc6+ Kxc6 34. Rh7 Kd5 35. Rxh6 e5 36. Rh5 exd4 37. exd4 Kxd4 38. Rxg5 e3+ 39. Ke1 Ke4 40. Rg7 Kf3 41. b4 Rc8 42. Rd7 Rc2 43. Rd3 Rxh2 44. Kd1 Rh1+ 45. Kc2 Kf2 46. Rd5 Kxg3 47. Rxf5 e2 48. Re5 e1Q 49. Rxe1 Rxe1 50. Kb3 Kf4 51. a4 Ke5 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Kb5 Kc7 54. a5 Kb7 55. Kc5 Rc1+ 56. Kb5 Rc2 57. Ka4 Rc4 58. Kb5 Rf4 59. a6+ Ka7 60. Ka5 Rf6 61. b5 Rd6 62. Kb4 Kb6 63. Kc4 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Manawatu op rapid"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Mathew"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1482"]
[BlackElo "1316"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. d3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Bf5 4. Nbd2 c6 5. Qc2 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bg6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Ne5 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 Ncxe4 12. Ng4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qc7 15. Ng4 0-0-0 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. 0-0-0 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxg4 22. g3 Rd8 23. Qc2 Qf3 24. Re1 h6 25. a3 Qd3 26. Re4 Qf1+ 27. Ka2 Rd1 28. Rf4 Ra1+ 29. Kb3 Qb5+ 30. Rb4 Qd5+ 31. c4 Qf3+ 32. Ka4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Mathew"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1343"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Qb3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bg6 10. Bd3 Bc7 11. h4 a5 12. h5 Nxh5 13. 0-0-0 axb4 14. axb4 Nb6 15. Rh3 Na4 16. Rdh1 h6 17. g4 Nf6 18. g5 Ng4 19. Rf1 hxg5 20. Qc2 f5 21. Rfh1 Nh6 22. Kd1 g4 23. Rg3 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "He, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1343"]
[BlackElo "1142"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Be7 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 h6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qe2 f5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qf3 Be8 20. c4 Bc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qd1 Bd6 24. Rc6 Qe7 25. Raa6 Rad8 26. Be2 g6 27. Qd4 Rd7 28. f3 Rfd8 29. g4 Qh4 30. f4 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 fxg4 32. Qd3 Qh4 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Qxe6 Re7 35. Qxd5 g3 36. Bd3 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Rxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Qc1+ 40. Rxc1 Bxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Rxd5 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Rxa7+ Kf6 44. Rc6+ Rd6 45. Rxd6# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U20 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1343"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 b6 7. Bf4 e6 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Qa4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Hooton, Barry R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. e3 e6 8. Qc2 Bg6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Ne5 0-0 12. Ndf3 Rc8 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nexf7 Rxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. Qf3+ Kg7 20. h4 Qe7 21. Qh3 Nef6 22. f3 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. f4 Qh5 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Qxh5 Nxh5 27. Kf2 Ndf6 28. Rae1 Ne4+ 29. Kf3 Nhg3 30. Rh3 Nh5 31. g4 Nd2+ 32. Kf2 Ne4+ 33. Kf3 Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dolejs, Dan E"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 c6 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Rxf5 b5 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. Ne4 Ke7 13. Nxd6 Kxd6 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4+ Ke7 17. Re1 Qb6 18. Rxd5 Rhe8 19. Rd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd6+ Kxd6 21. Qxb5 Rab8 22. Qa6+ Rb6 23. Qxa7 Reb8 24. Qa3+ Kd5 25. c4+ Kxc4 26. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 Re8 8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 a5 13. h4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qa4 c6 16. c4 Nd7 17. dxc6 Nc5 18. Qa3 bxc6 19. Bc2 Reb8 20. b3 Qf4 21. Qc1 Nxe4 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. Rd1 Re8 24. 0-0 Rad8 25. Rfe1 Nf6 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Be4 c5 31. Rd1 Ng7 32. Rd5 f6 33. Bg6 Ne6 34. Bd3 Nd4 35. f3 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Kg1 Ra8 38. Be4 Ra7 39. Kf2 Ra6 40. Bb1 Rb6 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stewart, James"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[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. c4 c6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. a3 Qc7 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h5 15. h4 Nf6 16. b4 Ng4 17. Qe1 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Ne3+ 19. Kh2 Nxf1+ 20. Qxf1 0-0 21. Nf3 f6 22. Bc1 Rfe8 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Ra2 Reb8 25. Qc1 Re8 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. bxc5 Re6 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Rb2 g6 31. Ke1 Re7 32. Kd2 Rff7 33. Kc3 g5 34. Bd6 gxh4 35. Nxh4 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Noble, Mark Frederick"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[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. d3 f6 2. Nf3 g5 3. e4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nxg5 fxg5 6. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Sinclair, Zephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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. e3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Re8 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Qe2 a5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2 Bg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rfe1 f5 20. f3 Nd7 21. b3 Nb6 22. Kf2 Re7 23. Rh1 Rh7 24. h3 Kf7 25. Rh2 c6 26. Rdh1 cxd5 27. exd5 Rh4 28. Re1 Nd7 29. Nb5 Nc5 30. Rd1 e4 31. g3 Rhh8 32. fxe4 Nxe4+ 33. Kg2 Kf6 34. Rhh1 Rh7 35. Rhe1 Ke7 36. Nc3 Rdh8 37. Nxe4 fxe4 38. Rxe4+ Kd7 39. Rh1 Re7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Re1+ Kd7 42. Re6 Re8 43. Rxe8 Kxe8 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. g4 Kf6 46. Ke4 b6 47. a3 Ke7 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Kd7 50. Kd4 Kc7 51. c5 bxc5+ 52. bxc5 Kd7 53. cxd6 Kxd6 54. Ke4 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Calitz, Hananke"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. c3 e6 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. Ne1 Qh4 10. f3 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bd6 12. g3 Qh3 13. e4 h5 14. Qg2 Qxg2+ 15. Kxg2 h4 16. e5 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Be7 18. Rh1 0-0-0 19. Nf2 g5 20. g4 f6 21. f4 gxf4 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf4 e5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. h3 Rhf8 27. Rhf1 Nc4 28. Nd1 Rxf1 29. Kxf1 Rf8+ 30. Kg2 Re8 31. b3 Ne3+ 32. Kf3 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Rf8+ 34. Ke2 Re8+ 35. Kd2 Rf8 36. Re1 Rf6 37. Re3 Rf2+ 38. Re2 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Davies, Geoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. e3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd1 Bd6 8. Bg3 0-0 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qh4 Qxh4 17. Nxh4 d4 18. e4 dxc3 19. bxc3 g6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Nf3 f6 22. 0-0 Be6 23. Nfd2 Rab8 24. Rab1 Kf7 25. a3 Ke7 26. Rfd1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Bxb8 29. Kf1 Kd7 30. Ke2 f5 31. f3 c5 32. a4 Bc7 33. Kd3 Kc6 34. Kc2 fxe4 35. fxe4 Kd7 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. Nb2 Ba5 39. Kd3 Kf6 40. Nf3 Be6 41. c4 Bd7 42. Kc2 h5 43. Kb3 Bc6 44. Nd3 Bb6 45. Ndxe5 Be8 46. Nd3 g5 47. Nf2 Bc7 48. g4 Bg3 49. Nd3 hxg4 50. hxg4 Bd6 51. e5+ Bxe5 52. Nfxe5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Bd2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne1 Qc7 11. g3 Bh3 12. Qc2 Bxf1 13. Bxf1 Nf6 14. Be2 Qb8 15. c5 Bc7 16. Ng2 g5 17. Rd1 h5 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 h4 20. gxh4 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1 gxh4 22. Qd3 h3 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. exf4 Ke7 25. Re1 h2 26. Bh1 Qg8 27. Be3 Nd5 28. Bf2 Nxf4 29. Qe3 Nd5 30. Qd3 Qg5 31. Qe2 Rag8 32. Qc2 Qg1+ 33. Bxg1 hxg1Q+ 34. Ke2 Qh2+ 35. Kd3 Nb4+ 36. Kc4 Nxc2 37. Rc1 Qe2+ 38. Kb3 Rh3+ 39. Ka4 Qb5# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Punsalan, Vyanla M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Ncxe5 14. Bb5 f5 15. h3 Nf7 16. Qf4 a6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Bxc7 b5 20. Bb6 Rac8 21. Nf3 e5 22. Rad1 e4 23. Ne1 Ne5 24. b3 g5 25. f3 f4 26. fxe4 fxe3 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxc5 e2 29. Ra1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. 0-0 e6 7. d4 Qc7 8. Bd3 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. h3 0-0 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Ne4 Rfe8 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Bh2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. c3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Bc2 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. c4 Nb6 25. b3 Rd7 26. c5 Nd5 27. Be4 Nc3 28. Rc1 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Red8 30. Rd1 Rd5 31. Rd3 b6 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Rc3 R8d6 34. h4 Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Rc4 b5 37. Rc5 Kd7 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Ke2 Kc7 40. b4 Kd7 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Re5 Rd8 43. Rc5 Kd7 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rxh5 g6 46. Rc5 Ra8 47. Rc2 Ra4 48. Rb2 Kd6 49. Ke4 f6 50. f4 f5+ 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Kd2 Rg3 53. Ke1 Rg4 54. Kf2 Rxf4+ 55. Ke3 Re4+ 56. Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. c3 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Bg3 c5 11. d5 Nh5 12. Re1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. c4 f4 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nh2 h5 17. gxh5 gxh5 18. Ndf3 Ng4 19. Be2 Bc8 20. b3 a5 21. a4 Ra7 22. Bf1 Bh6 23. Qc2 Rg7 24. Ra2 h4 25. Kh1 Kf7 26. Qd3 Rfg8 27. Nxg4 Bxg4 28. Nh2 Bd7 29. f3 h3 30. Ree2 Qh4 31. Qd2 Rg3 32. Rb2 Bf8 33. Rf2 Be7 34. Qc2 Qh5 35. Qe2 Bh4 36. Qc2 Qg6 37. Re2 Rh8 38. Qd2 Rh5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ross, Sol"]
[Black "He, Caleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c3 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 c5 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bf5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Rc8 12. Rad1 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ba6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bxc8 Bd3 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Bc7 Qd7 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qe7 23. Nf3 f6 24. Qa3 Qd7 25. h3 e5 26. Qb3+ Kg7 27. dxe5 h5 28. exf6+ Rxf6 29. Qc3 Qe7 30. Qc7 Rf7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Kf1 Kh6 33. h4 a5 34. Rc6 b5 35. Rc5 Rb7 36. Ne5 a4 37. a3 b4 38. Ra5 bxa3 39. bxa3 Re7 40. f4 Rc7 41. Rxa4 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rc3+ 44. Nf3 Kg7 45. Ra6 Kf7 46. a4 Ke7 47. Rxg6 Ra3 48. Ra6 Kd7 49. Ra5 Kc7 50. Rxh5 Rxa4 51. Re5 Ra3 52. h5 Kd7 53. h6 Kd6 54. Rh5 Ke6 55. h7 Kd6 56. h8Q Rc3 57. Qd4+ Ke6 58. Qxc3 Kd6 59. Qe5+ Kc6 60. Rh6+ Kd7 61. Qg7+ Ke8 62. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch U08/18 op"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Black "Ross, Sol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h3 Re8 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. a3 b5 15. Ne2 a6 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Nxe4 Bd6 21. Nxf7 1-0

