[Event "Doeberl Cup 61st"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Mitrabha, Guha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. Bb3 Nb6 10. Nf4 Bg4 11. Qd3 Bf5 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. 0-0 Ne8 14. Rd1 Nd6 15. h3 Nbc4 16. g4 Bd7 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nfe2 b5 19. b3 Rc8 20. Ba3 a5 21. Bxd6 exd6 22. a4 b4 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nxd6 fxg4 25. Qe4 Qf6 26. Nxc8 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Rf3 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Rd3 g3 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Nxg3 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Bxh3 33. Rg1 Qf7 34. Qe4 Bf6 35. Qf3 Bc8 36. Ne4 Bf5 37. Nd6 Qh7+ 38. Kg2 Kg8 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. Qg3+ Kf8 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Be7 43. Qe5 Qh5 44. Qf4 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qd3+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47. Kh3 Qh5+ 48. Kg3 Bd6 49. Qxd6 Qg5+ 50. Kh2 Qh5+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kh1 Qh5+ 53. Qh2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Charles, Dion"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. c4 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 a5 9. Bd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Qc2 a4 13. Ndb5 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Bg4 16. Ra7 Qb8 17. Ra1 Re8 18. h3 Bf3 19. Re1 Nfd7 20. Re3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 c6 22. Na3 Nf8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Nb1 Qa7 25. Nf4 Nd4 26. Qd1 Qb6 27. Ne2 Nd7 28. Bc3 Nxe2 29. Rxe2 Nc5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nd2 Qb4 32. Qc2 f5 33. Kf1 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Qxb3 35. Nxd6 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Kf6 37. Ne8+ Kf7 38. Nd6+ Kf6 39. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. h3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Be3 f5 8. exf5 Nxf5 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Nf6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Be2 a6 13. 0-0 Nh5 14. Ng5 Nf4 15. Nge4 Bh6 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Bg4 Kh8 18. Kh1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. f3 b4 21. Nd1 Nxd5 22. Qe1 Qb8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Ng5 Qe8 26. Qc4 c6 27. h4 Ra5 28. Re1 Rc5 29. Qa6 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Qxg5 32. Nf2 Nf4 33. Qf1 Rc2 34. Rac1 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Ne2+ 36. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 37. Kh2 Rf6 38. Nh3 Qc5 39. Qe1 Rg6 40. Qh4 d5 41. Qd8 Qd6 42. Qh4 e4+ 43. f4 d4 44. Qf2 c5 45. Qc2 d3 46. Qa4 d2 47. Qa7+ Kh6 48. Ng5 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Lee, Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. bxa5 Qxa5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Nbd2 h6 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qa7 12. a4 Re8 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Bb2 Bd8 17. c5 e4 18. dxe4 Nxe4 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. Rfd1 Bf5 21. Qc1 Ne4 22. Nd4 Bb6 23. e3 Bg6 24. f3 Ng5 25. Bc3 Qa7 26. Kh1 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Qb2 Bxe3 29. Bxg7 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Bxb6 31. Bxh6 Bc2 32. Rd2 Rxa4 33. Rc1 Bb3 34. Bg5 f6 35. Bf4 Be3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Bxe3 Rxe3 38. h4 Ra2 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Kg1 Bd5 41. Rf1 Ree2 42. Bh1 b5 43. Rb1 b4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "McConnell, Jack1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. a4 Nf8 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. c3 0-0 13. h3 Rd8 14. Rad1 c4 15. Qc2 cxd3 16. Rxd3 b6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. a5 c5 19. Ra1 Bb7 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Qa4 Bc6 23. Qc4 h6 24. Nd2 Nb7 25. f3 Nd6 26. Qb3 Qa7 27. Kf2 Qb7 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Qd7 30. Qa6 Bb5 31. Qxb6 Qd3 32. Ng3 h5 33. h4 Qc2+ 34. Kg1 Qxb2 35. Qxc5 Bd3 36. Qb4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Bf6 38. Qd6 Bxh4 39. Qxd3 Qe1 40. Nh1 Bf6 41. Bf2 Qc1 42. c4 Bg5 43. Qd5 Bf4+ 44. g3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Be3 h5 7. f4 g6 8. dxc5 Nh6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bf2 Bh6 11. g3 f6 12. Bb5 0-0 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. 0-0 g5 15. fxg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qd2 Qg6 18. c4 Nh4 19. Qe2 e5 20. cxd5 Bh3 21. dxc6 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 bxc6 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Qg2 Rad8 26. Nc3 Rd2 27. Rf1 Ne1 28. Bxe1 Rxg2 29. Rxf8+ Kh7 30. Kxg2 Qc2+ 31. Rf2 Qg6 32. Bb3 Qg4 33. Bc2+ Kg7 34. Ne4 h4 35. Bc3 h3+ 36. Kf1 Qe6 37. b3 Qd5 38. Rf5 Kg6 39. Rxe5 Qf7+ 40. Nf2+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "McDougall, Euan"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nf6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. a3 Bc5 10. e3 0-0 11. Bb5 Ne5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. e4 Bxe4 16. Qe2 Qf5 17. Nh3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qf3 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Pei, Yanshuo"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. Nf3 Ng6 6. h4 h5 7. Bg5 Bc5 8. a3 a5 9. e3 Be7 10. Bd3 d6 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. 0-0 Ng4 13. b4 f6 14. Bg6+ Nxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kf8 16. Ne4 Qe8 17. Qxe8+ Kxe8 18. c5 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Kf7 21. Ra8 Rf8 22. Ra7 fxg5 23. Nfxg5+ Bxg5 24. Nxg5+ Kg6 25. Ne4 dxc5 26. bxc5 Nf6 27. Nc3 Nd7 28. c6 Nc5 29. Nb5 Rf6 30. Nxc7 Rf7 31. cxb7 Bxb7 32. d6 Rd7 33. Ra5 Nd3 34. Ra7 Bc6 35. Ra6 Rxd6 36. Ne8 Re6 37. Nc7 Rf6 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Ba6 7. c3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Ne5 0-0 11. 0-0 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd6 13. g3 Nbc6 14. a3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Rc3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd7 19. Nb3 a5 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. Rc1 a4 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nd2 Qc1+ 24. Nf1 Qxb2 25. Qa6 g6 26. Qxa4 Nf5 27. Ne3 Qc1+ 28. Nf1 Qc3 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qd8 Qxa3 31. Qxb6 h5 32. Kg2 Qd3 33. Ne3 Qe4+ 34. Kh3 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Membrere, Briene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Ngf3 f6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Nxe5 Nxc4 9. Nexc4 Be6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nf3 0-0-0 12. Be3 b5 13. Ncd2 Bb4 14. a4 Ba5 15. axb5 Bb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. bxc6 Ne7 18. c7 Rd7 19. Ra6 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. b4 a6 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Bb2 d5 9. a3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. 0-0 Qd7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Rad8 15. a4 a5 16. b5 Na7 17. Nc4 Nh5 18. Ba3 Qc8 19. Qb3 h6 20. Ncd2 Nf4 21. h3 Bf8 22. Bc4 Qd7 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Kh2 f6 26. Qc2 Bc8 27. Bf1 Ne6 28. Nc4 Nc5 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Nc8 32. Ne3 Nd6 33. Nd5 Qf7 34. c4 Ndb7 35. Re3 g5 36. Nd2 Ne6 37. Nb3 Nec5 38. Nd2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 a5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. c5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bd2 f5 15. Nc4 a4 16. b4 b5 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rdc8 20. Qb2 Qd6 21. Rc5 Nd5 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. a3 Rb5 24. R5c2 Nb6 25. Nb7 Qe7 26. Nc5 Be8 27. Be1 Nd5 28. Bf2 Ra8 29. h3 Kf7 30. Kh2 g5 31. fxg5 Qxg5 32. Re1 Ke7 33. Qc1 Qh6 34. Bg3 Bf7 35. Qd2 Bg6 36. Qf2 Be8 37. Bh4+ Nf6 38. Qg3 Ra7 39. Rf1 Qg6 40. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. h5 cxd4 10. Nf3 f6 11. h6 g6 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bd3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qd4 15. 0-0 Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rab1 Kf7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Rxb7+ Bxb7 20. Qxb7+ Ne7 21. Bb4 Rhb8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxd6 cxd3 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Kf1 g5 27. Bd2 Nd5 28. a4 Kg6 29. a5 Kxh6 30. g3 Kg6 31. Rb3 Ne7 32. a6 Nc6 33. Rb7 Rd6 34. Ke1 h5 35. f4 Kf5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Rg7 g4 38. Kf2 Ke4 39. Rh7 e5 40. Rxh5 Rf6+ 41. Kg2 Nd4 42. Rg5 Rxa6 43. Rxg4+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 c4 10. e3 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Qd2 Nxe7 15. Rxc3 b5 16. Rcc1 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Rab8 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Nb1 Rb2 20. Nc3 Rfb8 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. e3 Bb4 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 d5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Nf3 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 cxd3 12. Qxd3 Bg4 13. Nd4 Rd8 14. Qc4 c5 15. Ne2 0-0 16. 0-0 Bf5 17. Qa2 Bd3 18. b3 Rd6 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. f3 Qe5 21. Qb2 Qh5 22. e4 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Rd3 24. e5 Ne8 25. e6 Rxb3 26. e7 Rdd3 27. Bf4 Qd5 28. a4 Qd4+ 29. Qf2 Qxf4 30. Qxc5 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rac1 f6 33. Rc8 Kf7 34. Rec1 Rd7 35. Ra8 a6 36. Kf2 Rxe7 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Archer, Ollie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. 0-0 c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qa4 Ng6 10. Rd1 d3 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Bf1 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Bxc5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Ke7 19. Nc3 Rhd8 20. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. 0-0 Nf5 9. b4 Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Bd3 g4 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Ng5 b5 16. Nd6+ Nxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Qxg4 Ne5 19. Qg3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc6 21. f3 Qd5 22. Ne4 Qc4 23. Qb1 f5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 0-0-0 26. Bf4 d3 27. Bd6 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 e5 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. axb4 e4 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Rxa7 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. Bf4 Ke6 36. Kg1 Kd5 37. Kf2 Kc4 38. Bd2 Kd4 39. Be3+ Kc3 40. Bd2+ Kc2 41. Ke1 e3 42. Bxe3 Re8 43. Rd2+ Kc3 44. Kf2 Bxg2 45. Rd1 Bd5 46. Rc1+ Kxb4 47. c6 Bc4 48. c7 Kb3 49. Bg5 Rc8 50. Bf4 Kb2 51. Rg1 b4 52. Ke3 Ba6 53. Be5+ Kc2 54. Rg2+ Kb3 55. Kd4 Re8 56. Rd2 Rxe5 57. Kxe5 Kc3 58. Ra2 Bc8 59. Ra8 d2 60. Rxc8 d1Q 61. Rd8 Qe2+ 62. Kd5 Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. a4 0-0 8. Nf3 Na6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. c3 a6 17. Bc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxb5 Nc6 21. Nxc5 Nxe5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bh6 Qd6 25. Qf3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. Qe4 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 exd5 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Kg1 Kd6 36. b4 Kc6 37. Kf2 Kb5 38. Ke3 Kc4 39. Kd2 d4 40. cxd4 Kxd4 41. g4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 Nf5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b5 Na5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Na3 Rd8 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bf4 g6 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Qe3 Rd5 20. h3 Bc5 21. Rab1 axb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. b6 Qd8 25. Qc1 Ra2 26. Rb2 Ba3 27. Rxa2 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 g5 0-1

[Event "Rome City op 5th"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Jirasek, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Bf4 d4 14. e5 dxc3 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Nxg7 cxb2 17. Rb1 Qxg7 18. Bxc7 Na6 19. Bf4 Rfd8 20. Qh5 Nc5 21. Be5 Qg6 22. Qh4 Ba6 23. Rfe1 Nd3 24. Red1 Rd7 25. Bf6 Re8 26. Bxc6 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2023.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nothnagel, Marian Can"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. a4 Ba6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nh4 Rd8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Ne8 18. Bh3 Kh8 19. Kg2 Qb7 20. Rd7 f6 21. Bc1 Nb8 22. Rf7 Kg8 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Be6 Kh8 26. Qd1 Nc6 27. Qh5 Ne7 28. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2023.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Klundt, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. 0-0-0 Nhf6 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Nf3 0-0-0 15. Na4 Nfd7 16. Nxb6+ Nxb6 17. Ne5 Kb8 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qb5 Qg5 20. g3 Rhe8 21. a4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qg6+ 25. Ka1 a6 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qb3 Rc2 28. f3 Qc6 29. d5 Qc5 30. e4 Rc4 31. Kb1 Rb4 32. Qa3 Qa5 33. Rc1 Rxa4 34. Qf8+ Ka7 35. Qc5+ Qxc5 36. Rxc5 Kb6 37. Rc3 Rd4 38. Kc2 f5 39. Rb3+ Kc7 40. Rd3 Ra4 41. e5 Kd7 42. d6 Rc4+ 43. Rc3 Rd4 44. Rc7+ Ke6 45. Re7+ Kd5 46. d7 Kc6 47. e6 1-0

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2023.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Leonid"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Ng3 0-0 13. Bc2 Rd8 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Qh4 16. f4 Bd7 17. Be3 Rac8 18. a3 Na5 19. b3 Rc7 20. Bd3 Rdc8 21. f5 Nc6 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Re8 25. g3 Qf6 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Re1 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Bf2 Qxf5 30. Rxe8 b6 31. Bd4 h5 32. Ra2 h4 33. Rf2 Qg6 34. Re3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Ne6 36. b4 Rc4 37. Bb2 d4 38. Qd3 Qxd3 39. Rxd3 Ng5 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2023.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Maehrlein, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 a6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. 0-0-0 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Be7 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Qe6 17. Kb1 Rd8 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. b3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 c5 21. h3 b5 22. Qc3 0-0 23. Rh2 Rc8 24. Rhd2 g5 25. Bg3 c4 26. d4 b4 27. Qe3 cxb3 28. Qxb3 Qg6 29. Qe3 Rc3 30. Rd3 Rfc8 31. d5 Bc5 32. Qf3 Qb6 33. d6 Qb5 34. Qf1 Qc4 35. Rxc3 Qxc3 36. Qd3 Bb6 37. d7 Qxd3+ 38. Rxd3 Rd8 39. Rd6 Be3 40. Be1 a5 41. a3 Kf8 42. axb4 Ke7 43. bxa5 Rxd7 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 45. Kc2 Bd4 46. Bc3 Bc5 47. Kd3 Kc6 48. Kc4 Be7 49. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2023.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Buchholz, Maja Patricia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Bd7 6. Nbd2 Qb6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Ne5 Bc8 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qf3 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qg5 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Rd1 h6 23. Red4 Rad8 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Qd4 Qc7 26. c4 Qc5 27. f4 Qxd4+ 28. R1xd4 Rc7 29. Kf2 Kh7 30. Ke3 Rfc8 31. g4 Rc5 32. Ke4 R5c7 33. f5 exf5+ 34. gxf5 Re7 35. Rd7 Rce8 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Rd6 g6 38. fxg6+ fxg6 39. e6 Kg7 40. Ke5 Kf8 41. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2023.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Werner, Rosalie"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. a4 h6 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Ba2 Nf8 10. 0-0 g5 11. d4 Ng6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1 Rg8 14. Qc4 Be6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Qc4 Rg7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nf4 19. Qe4 f6 20. Kh1 c5 21. c3 Bd6 22. Re1 f5 23. Qc4 e4 24. Bb1 0-0-0 25. Ng1 Ng6 26. Bd2 Ne5 27. Qe2 c4 28. Bc2 Nd3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Qf1 Qc4 31. b4 Qxd5 32. c4 Qe5 33. Nf3 Qf6 34. Ng1 Kb8 35. f3 Qe5 36. f4 gxf4 37. c5 Bc7 38. Rac1 f3 39. Nxf3 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2023.11.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Meyer Jany, Marcel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 a5 2. b5 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bg6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be2 h6 9. Ne5 Bh7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. c4 c6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. f4 cxb5 14. axb5 Qe7 15. Rf3 Bb4 16. Rg3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf3 Bg6 20. Qb3 Qc5 21. d4 Qc2 22. Qxc2 Bxc2 23. Ne1 Rac8 24. Bg4 Rfd8 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Bxd5 b6 28. Bc6 Bh7 29. e4 Nf6 30. Re3 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Re8 32. Nd3 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. Nxb4 axb4 35. Re1 Nd6 36. Re6 Rd8 37. Re3 Nc4 38. Rb3 Nxb2 39. Rxb2 Rxd4 40. Kf2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno op 12th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Setina, Vaclav"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Bg2 Qa5+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qb3 a6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 0-0 16. Rfd1 Ra7 17. a3 Be7 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Rxd7 Bxe3 20. Rd3 Bg5 21. Nb6 f5 22. Bg2 e5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Brno op 12th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wu, Yixing"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 0-0 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bh2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rfd1 Nf4 17. Bf1 Qd6 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Na4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rfb8 23. Ra2 Bf8 24. Bc4 Qf6 25. b3 Qg5 26. Bg3 Nh5 27. Kh2 Bd6 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Rdxd2 Nxg3 30. Kxg3 Ra8 31. Ra5 Kg7 32. Kf3 h5 33. Ke3 Bc7 34. Rda2 Rf6 35. Rxa6 Rfxa6 36. Bxa6 Kf6 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kc4 Bd6 39. Ra4 f5 40. Bb5 Rb8 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rd7 Bf8 43. f3 fxe4 44. fxe4 h4 45. Rh7 g5 46. Rd7 Rb6 47. Rd8 Be7 48. Rc8 Bd6 49. Rh8 Kf7 50. Rh6 Kg7 51. Re6 Kf7 52. Be8+ Kf8 53. Bc6 Rb4+ 54. Kc3 Bc7 55. d6 Ba5 56. Kc2 Rd4 57. Bd5 Rd2+ 58. Kc1 Rxg2 59. Rxe5 Rg3 60. Be6 Rd3 61. d7 Rc3+ 62. Kb2 Ke7 63. Bg4+ Kf6 64. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Brno op 12th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2023.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Cziko, Eduard Carol"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Qe7 9. a4 c5 10. Ba3 Rg6 11. Qe3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. c4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 16. Bb2 Bc6 17. h3 Nbd7 18. a5 0-0-0 19. Ke3 Rdg8 20. g3 Nh5 21. Ne2 Ng7 22. g4 h5 23. Nf4 Rg5 24. Be2 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nf6 26. d5 e5 27. Nh3 Nxg4+ 28. Bxg4+ Rxg4 29. dxc6 Nf5+ 30. Ke2 Nd4+ 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. cxb7+ Kxb7 33. a6+ Kc6 34. Rab1 Rh8 35. Rhg1 Rxg1 36. Nxg1 Rh1 37. Kf1 d3 38. Rb5 Rh6 39. Re5 Re6 40. Rf5 Rd6 41. Ke1 Rd4 42. Rf6+ Kc5 43. Rxf7 Kb6 44. Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno op 12th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2023.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chubar, Vladimir"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nd2 d6 5. e4 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. Ne4 0-0-0 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 15. Qc2 e4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Ke2 Qb5+ 18. c4 Rxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Qxc4+ 20. Kd1 Rd8 21. Qxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bf1 Qd4+ 23. Kc2 Qxf2+ 24. Kc3 Qf3+ 25. Kd4 Nc6+ 0-1

[Event "Brno op 12th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Komarek, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2023.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Rc8 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. 0-0 e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. g3 Bd6 16. c3 Nc5 17. a4 Qa5 18. Ra1 e4 19. Nd4 Be5 20. f3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 exd3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Qb4 25. Re2 b6 26. Kf2 Rc4 27. Ra2 Qa5 28. Qd1 b5 29. Bc1 Qc7 30. Bd2 b4 31. a5 Rb8 32. Qb3 Rb5 33. Ra4 Qb7 34. Be1 Ne8 35. Rb2 Nc7 36. Qd3 Na6 37. Qb1 Qb8 38. Bd2 Qc7 39. Rba2 b3 40. R2a3 b2 41. Rxc4 dxc4 42. Kg2 Qb7 43. Bc3 Nc7 44. e4 Ne6 45. Ra2 Nc7 46. d5 Rb3 47. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 48. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 49. Bxb2 Nb5 50. Kf2 c3 51. Bc1 Nd4 52. Ke1 Kf8 53. Kd1 Ke7 54. a6 Nxf3 55. Be3 Kd7 56. Bxa7 Kc7 57. Kc2 Ng5 58. e5 Nf3 59. e6 fxe6 60. dxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 50 31st"]
[Site "Terassini"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maier, Christian"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. Ng3 0-0-0 11. h3 f6 12. a4 Ng6 13. 0-0 Nh4 14. Qh5 g5 15. f4 h6 16. Bd2 Rde8 17. Rae1 Kb8 18. f5 Bf7 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Nh5 Bxh5 22. Qxh5 Ne7 23. Qf7 Nhxf5 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Qe5 Nc6 26. Qxd5 Nd6 27. Rxf8 Qxf8 28. Qe6 a6 29. d5 Na5 30. Qg4 Qe8 31. Qb4 b6 32. Bxa6 Qe5 33. Qd4 Qxd4+ 34. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 50 31st"]
[Site "Terassini"]
[Date "2023.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 c5 11. Qc3 b6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. 0-0-0 Qc7 14. f3 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. Rhg1 Rg8 17. e4 Na6 18. exf5 0-0-0 19. fxe6 Rde8 20. f4 g6 21. Rge1 Re7 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rd7 Nb4 24. Rxc7+ Rxc7 25. Qb3 Bf5 26. a3 Nc2 27. Qf3 Kb8 28. Nc6+ Kc8 29. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 50 31st"]
[Site "Terassini"]
[Date "2023.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. f4 0-0 7. Nf3 d5 8. e5 Nb4 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Bb2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Qd2 Re6+ 15. Be2 Bc5 16. Nd4 Re7 17. 0-0 Bf5 18. Kh1 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. c4 Na5 22. Qxa5 Rxe2 23. Qc3 h6 24. c5 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Arco op 45th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2023.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moreno Ruiz, Javier"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. f3 0-0 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bd2 Na6 11. a3 Qe7 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. c5 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Na4 Nc7 16. Nd4 f4 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. exf4 Qxf4 19. Re7 Rf7 20. Ne2 Qh6 21. Rxf7 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Kxf7 23. Nb6 Re8 24. Bxf6 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Bxf6 26. Bd3 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Qxd3 28. Ng3 Nb5 29. Nd7 d4 30. a4 Qa3 31. Qxa3 Nxa3 32. Ne4 Ke6 33. Nb6 Ke5 34. Rd1 Re7 35. Kg1 Nc2 36. Kf2 Nb4 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. Nxa5 Na6 39. Nb3 Kc4 40. Nxd4 Nxc5 41. Rc1+ Kxd4 42. Nxc5 b6 43. Nb3+ Kd5 44. a5 b5 45. Nc5 Re8 46. Ne4 Rc8 47. a6 b4 48. Ke3 b3 49. Rc5+ Ke6 50. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Arco op 45th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2023.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Luciani, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Be7 Re8 13. Bxd6 Nxe5 14. 0-0 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qxa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bf8 21. Bc7 Bb7 22. Rc1 Re8 23. h4 f5 24. g4 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nxc5 fxg4 27. Bxg4 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Kf8 29. Be6 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Re2 31. Rb5 Ba6 32. Ra5 Bc4 33. Kg3 a6 34. Rc5 Bb5 35. b3 Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Rxh7 Rb2 38. Rg7 Rxb3+ 39. Kf4 Rb2 40. f3 Bd3 41. Rd7+ Kc5 42. Ke5 Re2+ 43. Kf6 Rf2 44. Rc7+ Kb6 45. Rc6+ Kb5 46. Bg4 a5 47. Rc3 Rd2 48. d6 Kb4 49. Rc7 a4 50. d7 Bb5 51. Ke7 Re2+ 52. Be6 Bxd7 53. Rxd7 a3 54. Rb7+ Ka4 55. Ra7+ Kb4 56. Kf6 Rh2 57. Kxg6 Rxh4 58. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Arco op 45th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2023.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lagrotteria, Salvatore"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. c3 Qd7 8. Qb3 Be6 9. Re1 e4 10. Nh4 g5 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Qc2 gxh4 13. Nxe4 hxg3 14. hxg3 0-0-0 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Qa4 Ke8 19. Rd1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bf3 h5 22. Qb5 Qc8 23. Rd3 a6 24. Qb6 Nd7 25. Qb3 Nd8 26. Re3 c4 27. Qc2 Ne6 28. Bd5 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Nf6 30. Bf3 Rg8+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke1 Rg1+ 33. Kd2 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Arco op 45th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Salerno, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. h4 Nc5 10. Bf3 Nfd7 11. h5 Nb6 12. b3 a4 13. b4 Nxc4 14. bxc5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 c6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Rh2 Qc5 19. Rc1 Bh6 20. Nd1 Qf8 21. Qc3 cxd5 22. Qxe5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd6 24. Rg2 Be6 25. Qxb7 Rab8 26. Qc6 Qe5 27. Qc3 Qd6 28. Rcc2 Bg7 29. Qa5 Qa3 30. Rgd2 Re8 31. Qc5 Bf8 32. Qxa3 Bxa3 33. Kf2 Be7 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Ne2 a3 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Nc6 Bxc6 38. Bxc6 Bh4+ 39. Kf3 Re6 40. Bd5 Rf6+ 41. Ke2 Rb4 42. Rc4 Rb1 43. Ra4 Rb2 44. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Arco op 45th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Davini, Andrea"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Nd2 Bg7 7. Bd3 Nh6 8. Ngf3 0-0 9. 0-0 f6 10. Re1 Nf7 11. Bf1 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Be3 d4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. Bh4 Qa5 18. Nc4 Qh5 19. Be7 Nxe7 20. Rxe7 gxf3 21. Qb3 Bf6 22. Rc7 b5 23. Nd6 Be5 0-1

[Event "Arco op 45th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2023.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Schwickert, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 f6 7. Qh5+ Kf8 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qf3 Kf7 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. 0-0-0 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Qc7 15. Nh3 h6 16. Bf4 Qxc5 17. g4 d4 18. Nb1 Nd5 19. Be5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. a3 Bd7 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nf4 24. Qf3 Nxd3+ 25. Qxd3 Bc6 26. Rg1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. g6+ Kg7 29. Nf4 Rae8 30. Nd2 Rh4 31. Nd3 Rg4 32. Rxg4 fxg4 33. Nb3 Kxg6 34. Nxd4 Kg5 35. Kd2 f5 36. c4 f4 37. Ne2 g3 38. Ndxf4 gxf2 0-1

[Event "Arco op 45th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fasiello, Andrea"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qd3 a6 12. Bd2 b5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Ne2 0-0 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nh3 f6 18. Nhf4 Ne7 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nh5 Rf7 21. Nef4 g5 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Re1 Qg6 24. Ng3 f4 25. Qxg6+ Nxg6 26. Nf1 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arco op 45th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Diotallevi, Maurizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 e5 6. Nge2 Be7 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. h4 Nb6 9. b3 Bd7 10. a4 a5 11. h5 Be6 12. Be3 Bc8 13. g4 Nfd7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Ng3 h6 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. 0-0-0 Nh7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 f6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxb6 Bxb6 23. Rxd6 Be3+ 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Bc4 Ng5 26. Rhd1 Bd4 27. Ne2 Ke7 28. Re6+ Nxe6 29. Bxe6 Rcd8 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Rg1 Kf8 32. Kc1 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arco op 45th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hilbenz, Guntram"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bc5 9. Re1 0-0 10. Na3 h6 11. Nc2 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nd7 14. Re1 a5 15. Bd2 e5 16. b4 axb4 17. Nxb4 Nf6 18. Nd5 Ra3 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Be4 Qa6 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Reb1 Bc6 23. f3 f5 24. Bd5+ Bxd5 25. cxd5 Rxd3 26. Rb3 Rc3 27. Qd1 d3+ 28. Kg2 Rc2 29. Kh3 Bd4 30. Rc1 Rxa2 31. Rc7 e4 32. Rbxb7 Qg6 33. Qb3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Isola del Sole op"]
[Site "Grado"]
[Date "2023.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ceres, Dragos"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Be3 Nge7 9. 0-0 Qd7 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Re1 f6 13. h3 Bh5 14. c3 0-0-0 15. b4 g5 16. a4 Bg6 17. a5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 bxa5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Rxa5 g4 21. hxg4 Qxg4 22. Nh2 Qg6 23. Qxg6 Nxg6 24. Ra8 h5 25. Nf3 Rhe8 26. Rea1 Rd6 27. Ne1 Rb6 28. R1a5 Ne7 29. Nd3 Nf5 30. Bf4 Nd6 31. Nb4 Nc4 32. Nxd5 Nxa5 33. Nxb6+ cxb6 34. Rxb8+ Kd7 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Kf1 Nc4 37. Ke2 Na3 38. Kd3 Nxb5 39. Kc4 Na7 40. Bc7 Nc8 41. Kb5 Kd7 42. Bxb6 Nd6+ 43. Kb4 Ne4 44. d5 Ng5 45. Kc4 h4 46. Kd3 Nf3 47. Ke2 Ng5 48. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Isola del Sole op"]
[Site "Grado"]
[Date "2023.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Patil, Harshal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nc3 Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 h6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. 0-0 Ne7 12. h4 Nf5 13. h5 Be7 14. Qg4 Qb6 15. Rfc1 0-0 16. Rc2 Qa6 17. Ne1 f6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Re2 Rf7 20. Rc1 Rcf8 21. a3 Nd4 22. Re3 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Nc6 24. Nf3 Bc8 25. Rc2 Bc5 26. d4 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Bd6 28. Nxd5 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 exd5 30. Rxc8 Rxf2 31. Ng6 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. g3 Rd8 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qxd6 Rxc8 36. Ne7 Rcf8 37. Qxd5 R1f2+ 38. Kh3 Rxb2 39. Qe4+ Kh8 40. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Isola del Sole op"]
[Site "Grado"]
[Date "2023.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Loiacono, Leonardo"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nbd2 a5 12. a3 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Qxb3 0-0 15. Ne1 f5 16. Nc2 h5 17. f4 h4 18. Qb2 hxg3 19. hxg3 Qf6 20. Nb4 Bd7 21. Nf3 Qg7 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Ne5 Qxg3 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Rf3 Qh4 26. Rh3 Qxf4 27. Rf1 Qg4 28. Qd2 f6 29. Rff3 Bd6 30. c5 Be5 31. Qh6 Kf7 32. Rh4 Qg6 33. Qh7+ Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rfh3 Rg8 36. Bxc6 Kf7+ 37. Kf2 Rxa3 38. Rh7+ Kg6 39. R7h6+ Kg5 40. R3h4 Rxd3 41. Ke2 Re3+ 42. Kd1 Rg3 43. Bd7 Rg4 44. R6h5+ Kf4 45. Bxe6 R8g5 46. c6 Ke3 47. Rh3+ Rg3 48. Rxg5 Rxh3 49. Rg1 Ke4 50. Re1+ Re3 51. Rxe3+ dxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isola del Sole op"]
[Site "Grado"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Valkova, Angelika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 3. dxe5 dxe4 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5+ f6 7. 0-0-0+ Ke8 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Re1 Bxc3 11. Rxe4+ Be5 12. Rxg4 Ne7 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bc4 Nd7 15. Re1 Kd8 16. Rg7 Ng6 17. Be6 Ndf8 18. Bc3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Be5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Re4 Ke8 22. Bf7+ Ke7 23. Bxg6+ Kf6 24. Rf7+ Kxg6 25. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Isola del Sole op"]
[Site "Grado"]
[Date "2023.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Palma, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nh3 Bg7 8. e4 Qa5 9. Bd2 d6 10. f4 0-0 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Rb1 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Rae8 15. Qh3 Qb6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nxe6 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 d5 19. N4g5 h6 20. Kd1 hxg5 21. Nxg7 Qxa2 22. Rc1 Re7 23. Ne6 Rfe8 24. Nxg5 Qxb2 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. Qxd5+ Kg7 27. Re1 Nf6 28. Rxe7+ Rxe7 29. Qc4 Qc6 30. Nf3 Ne4 31. Ne5 Nf2+ 32. Ke1 Qd6 33. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 34. Kg3 g5 35. Nf3 Re3 36. fxg5 Qb2 37. Qxc5 Re2 38. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Isola del Sole op"]
[Site "Grado"]
[Date "2023.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Margadgua, Erdenebayar"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. f3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Qe6+ 11. Qe2 0-0-0 12. 0-0-0 h6 13. Qxe6+ Bxe6 14. Be3 g6 15. Rhe1 Bg7 16. Bf2 g5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isola del Sole op"]
[Site "Grado"]
[Date "2023.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Hercegovac, Neven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 Be7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. e3 b6 6. d3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 a6 10. c4 c5 11. Qb3 Bd6 12. d4 Rb8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Bc3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qb2 Nfg4 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Bxg2 21. Nf5 exf5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rbe8 24. Qxf5 Bxh3 25. Qf2 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Rxe3 27. Nf1 Bxf1 28. Bxf1 b5 29. Re1 Rg3 30. Bg2 g6 31. Ra2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Isola del Sole op"]
[Site "Grado"]
[Date "2023.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Migot, Tangi"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 c4 9. Qg4 g6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Qf4 h6 12. h4 Rh7 13. Nh2 0-0-0 14. Be2 Rf8 15. Ng4 Nce7 16. Nf6 Rh8 17. 0-0 Nf5 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Qh2 Nxf6 20. exf6 Nxh4 21. f4 Rfg8 22. Bh5 Be8 23. Rf1 Nf5 24. g4 Nh4 25. Qg3 Qc7 26. Kf2 Ng6 27. fxg5 Qxg3+ 28. Kxg3 hxg5 29. Bxg5 e5 30. dxe5 Bd7 31. Bf4 Nxe5 32. Kf2 Nxg4+ 33. Bxg4 Rxg4 34. Ke3 Rg2 35. Rf2 Rh3+ 36. Rf3 Rxc2 37. Be5 Rh5 38. Bd4 Bg4 39. Rff1 Re2+ 40. Kf4 Re4+ 41. Kg3 Be2 42. Rf4 Re8 43. Bxa7 Rg8+ 44. Kf2 Rh2+ 45. Ke3 Rg3+ 46. Kd4 Rd3+ 47. Kc5 Rxc3 48. Rg1 Kd7 49. Rg7 Bh5 50. Rg8 Rf3 51. Rd4 Rf5 52. Bb6 Ke6 1-0

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Johnson, Quentin JF"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Nc4 Qd7 14. Qg4 f6 15. a4 Nd8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rfd1 Qd5 18. d4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. d5 Rf7 21. d6 Bf8 22. Rd5 Nb7 23. Rad1 Rd7 24. Rxf5 Rad8 25. Rfd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paulsen, Jens"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2023.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd2 c5 8. e4 0-0 9. a3 Nc6 10. Nd5 fxe4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. dxe4 Nd4 13. Bc1 0-1

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Lee, Edward S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 g6 7. b4 h5 8. Qf4 g5 9. Qxg5 Bxb4+ 10. c3 Qxg5 11. Bxg5 Ba5 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. f4 h4 14. Nd2 h3 15. 0-0 Bb6+ 16. Kh1 hxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Nge7 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Ng3 0-0-0 20. h4 Rdg8 21. h5 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rh1 Be6 24. Rad1 Bc5 25. h6 Rh7 26. Rh5 Be3 27. Rd3 Bc5 28. Kh2 Be7 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Ng5 Rxg5 31. Rxg5 Rxh6+ 32. Rh5 Rg6 33. Ne2 d4 34. Rxd4 Bd5 35. Ng3 Ra6 36. Nxf5 Rxa2+ 37. Kg1 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39. Ke3 Nxf5+ 40. Rxf5 Be6 41. Rf6 a5 42. f5 Bb3 43. e6 fxe6 44. fxe6 Ra1 45. Rf8+ Kc7 46. Rd7+ Kc6 47. Rc8+ Kb6 48. e7 Re1+ 49. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geilik, Ben"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1535"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2023.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nc3 b5 7. cxb5 a6 8. Rb1 axb5 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 10. Bc4 0-0 11. 0-0 Qb6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bf4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd2 Bxb1 16. Qxb1 Nd7 17. Re1 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nf2+ 21. Kg1 Ne4+ 22. Be3 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Coleman, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 6. c3 d5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. d3 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qa4 Qa6 11. Qxa6 bxa6 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Nxc6 e5 14. g3 Bd6 15. Bh3 0-0 16. 0-0 Rc8 17. Na5 Rc7 18. Rb1 Nh5 19. c4 e4 20. cxd5 exd3 21. e4 Rc2 22. Bxd7 Rxd2 23. Nc4 Rc2 24. Nxd6 d2 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Ba4 Ra2 27. Bb3 Ra3 28. Bxf6 Rxb3 29. Bg5 Bh5 30. Rxd2 Bf3 31. Rc2 Rxb4 32. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Runcan, Daniel Ioan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qg4 Qe8 15. Qh3 Qe7 16. Bc3 Rf6 17. g4 Rh6 18. Qg3 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rg6 20. h4 Rf8 21. c5 h5 22. g5 Rf5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Rf1 Re6 25. Rxf5 Nf8 26. Qf2 Ng6 27. Be1 Qd7 28. Qe2 Re8 29. Rf1 Qh3 30. Qxh5 Re6 31. Kf2 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Rb8 9. c4 Ba6 10. Rh3 Nb6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Bxd6 14. Re3+ Kd8 15. b3 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Kxe8 17. Bb2 Kf8 18. 0-0-0 Bc8 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. h5 h6 22. Bd4 Be8 23. Bc5 a5 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Nc5 a4 26. Na6 Rb7 27. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Dare, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ne1 a6 10. Nc2 Nd4 11. Ne3 Rb8 12. b4 e4 13. dxe4 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bxc3 15. Rb1 cxb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Qd3 Bg7 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Bb2 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Nc6 22. Qc3 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Ne5 24. Qxa6 Rb6 25. Qe2 Qb8 26. f4 Nc6 27. b5 Na7 28. Rd5 Rc8 29. Bf1 Rc1 30. h4 Qc7 31. Kg2 Qc3 32. Qd2 Kg7 33. h5 Nc8 34. Qxc3+ Rxc3 35. Rbd2 Rb7 36. Kf2 Nb6 37. Rxd6 Nc4 38. Bxc4 Rxc4 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. e5 Rxb5 41. Kf3 Rb3+ 42. R2d3 Rb7 43. Rd7 Rb6 44. Kg4 Re6 45. Kg5 Rc8 46. R3d6 Rce8 47. g4 R8e7 48. Rxe7 Rxe7 49. Rd5 Re6 50. Kh4 Rc6 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 Rc1 53. Ra5 Rf1 54. Kg5 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 Rf1+ 56. Ke4 Re1+ 57. Kd5 Rf1 58. f6+ Kg6 59. Kd6 Rb1 60. Ra7 Rb6+ 61. Kc5 Rb1 62. Kd6 Rb6+ 63. Kc5 Rb1 64. Kd6 Rb6+ 65. Kc5 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Wright, Caleb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 c5 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. d3 Nd5 15. b5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd5 17. Qb2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 e5 19. Nxe5 Bxg2 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Kxg2 Qxb5 22. h4 h5 23. Qc4 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Rfd8 25. e3 Rd6 26. Rdc1 Qf3 27. d4 Rcd8 28. dxc5 Rc6 29. Qb4 Rdc8 30. Qa4 Rf6 31. Ra2 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. Qxa7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Lachlan"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Be3 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. h3 c5 9. 0-0 b4 10. axb4 cxb4 11. Na2 Bxe4 12. Nxb4 a5 13. Nd3 Ngf6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Bf3 d5 16. Nb3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ndc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bd5 20. Qd2 0-0 21. Rfe1 f5 22. Rad1 Qd6 23. Bf4 Qc6 24. Be3 a4 25. g3 Rab8 26. c3 Rfd8 27. Qe2 Bb3 28. Rd2 Qd5 29. Nxb3 Rxb3 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. Ra1 Ra7 32. Be3 a3 33. Rxa3 Raxa3 34. bxa3 Rxc3 35. Qa6 Kf7 36. Qa7 h6 37. h4 Bf6 38. Rb2 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Qb7 Qxb7 41. Rxb7 Rxa3 42. Rb4 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Rc4 Kh5 45. Kh3 Rh1+ 46. Kg2 Rd1 47. Kh3 Rd3 48. g4+ fxg4+ 49. Kg3 Rd1 50. Ra4 Rh1 51. Ra5 Rh3+ 52. Kg2 Rf3 53. Ra1 g3 54. Re1 Kg4 55. Re2 gxf2 56. Bxf2 Kf4 57. Bg1 e3 58. Bh2+ Ke4 59. d5 g4 60. Bg3 Kxd5 61. Ra2 Bc3 62. Rc2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Turp, Michael"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 Nfd7 7. Bh2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. c3 Qe7 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nbd2 a6 13. a4 Kh8 14. Rfe1 g5 15. Nf1 h6 16. Bc4 e4 17. Nd4 Nce5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 c5 20. Nb3 Be6 21. c4 Nd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Qxd3 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Be5 25. Qe2 Rac8 26. f4 Bc3 27. Rec1 Bf6 28. Re1 Bd7 29. Na5 Bc3 30. Nxb7 Bxe1 31. Qxe1 Rb8 32. Rb6 Kh7 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Qd1 Be8 35. Qd5 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lukey, Stephen G"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nbd2 a6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. e5 Nc6 8. h4 Nh6 9. Nf1 Ng4 10. h5 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. h6 Qd7 13. Ng5 fxg5 14. Qxg4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb4+ 16. Nd2 0-0-0 17. 0-0 Rdf8 18. Nf3 Rhg8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Be3 Rf6 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Rfc1 Kb8 23. Bxa6 Na5 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Qe2 Rf5 26. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Patel, Akash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. e3 f5 5. a3 Ngf6 6. c4 c6 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. e4 f4 11. c5 Be5 12. d4 dxe4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Qxe4 Qf7 16. Nc4 0-0 17. Nd6 Qe7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qg6+ Qg7 22. Qe8+ Qf8 23. Bh7+ Kg7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 0-0 6. Nd2 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. Ngf3 e5 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 Qc7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. e4 c5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Nc5 18. Qc3 Ra2 19. Rb1 Rfa8 20. Nb3 Na4 21. Qd2 b5 22. cxb5 Qb6 23. Nc1 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Nxb2 25. Qxb2 Ba6 26. Qa3 Bb7 27. Qb3 Ra5 28. Rd1 Rxb5 29. Qc3 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Nb3 Rc3 32. Nc1 Rc5 33. Nb3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Winter, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. N2f3 Nge7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Bg5 a6 12. h3 Bc7 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. Rad1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bc1 Nh4 18. g3 Bf5 19. Qc3 Rxe2 20. Nxh4 Bxh3 21. Bf4 Qe6 22. Bxc7 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Re4 24. Qd3 Rc8 25. Ba5 Rcc4 26. Ng2 Qc6 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxc2 29. Bc3 Rc1+ 30. Ne1 b5 31. a3 Re6 32. f3 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. 0-0-0 b5 7. f3 Bb7 8. g4 h5 9. g5 e6 10. Bg2 Ne7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. b3 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. f4 d5 15. Qd3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nbd5 18. Nd2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Nf5 20. Qe4 0-0 21. Nf3 a4 22. Ng3 axb3 23. axb3 c5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Qd3 cxd4 26. Kb2 Qc7 27. Ra1 Qxf4 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Nd2 Rc3 31. Qe2 Re3 32. Qd1 d3+ 33. Kb1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. h3 c5 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Qc8 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Ng4 16. Qd2 Qxc4 17. Bb2 Ne5 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qb3 20. Bxe5 Qxa4 21. Bxd6 Rfc8 22. e5 Rc4 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. Qg5 h6 25. Qe3 Rc3 26. Qb6 Rc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 Qd1 29. h4 g5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Metge, J Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 Ne5 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qe5 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Ng3 Ng4 19. Bc3 Qg5 20. Rfd1 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Bf5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qa4 Qh5 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Qxa7 Be6 26. Bd4 Qd5 27. a3 h6 28. Rc5 Qb3 29. Rc1 Bd5 30. Qb6 Rd7 31. Qxb3 Bxb3 32. Rc3 Bd5 33. f3 Bc6 34. Kf2 f6 35. b3 Kf7 36. a4 Ke6 37. g4 Rd5 38. Kg3 Kd6 39. Rc1 Bd7 40. Rc4 Bc6 41. e4 Ra5 42. Bc3 Ra8 43. Kf4 Bd7 44. e5+ fxe5+ 45. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cilia Vincenti, David"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. e4 c6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. h3 a6 9. Be3 0-0 10. d5 Nc5 11. Nd2 a5 12. b3 Re8 13. a3 Na6 14. b4 h6 15. Nb3 axb4 16. axb4 Bd7 17. b5 Nb4 18. b6 Qc8 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. c5 cxd5 21. exd5 Rc8 22. f4 e4 23. g4 Na2 24. Nxa2 Qxa2 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Nh7 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 Rf8 29. g6 Nf6 30. gxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qc8+ Bf8 32. Nd4 Qxd5 33. c6 Qe5 34. Nf5 Qd5 35. c7 Nd7 36. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Vanheirzeele, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. Rc1 d6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. d5 e5 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Kg7 16. Ne2 Ng4 17. h5 Ndf6 18. Ng3 Ng8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Qe2 f5 22. Ng3 N4h6 23. Nh2 Bf6 24. e4 f4 25. Ngf1 Rc7 26. a3 Bc8 27. b4 Bd7 28. Bc3 Ba4 29. Bc2 Qd7 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Rb1 Rf7 32. Rb6 Ra7 33. Bxa4 Qxa4 34. Rxd6 Qxa3 35. Qd3 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alejandro, Hazel"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a3 b5 6. Ba2 Bb7 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. f4 e6 9. Nf3 Ngf6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bd2 c5 12. dxc5 dxe5 13. 0-0 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anikonov, Artem"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1495"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. a3 Nd7 9. Bf4 Ne7 10. Re1 h6 11. e5 d5 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Ba6 16. Nb5 0-0 17. Qd2 c6 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. Ra3 Kh7 20. Bc2 Rxb2 21. Bxg6+ fxg6 22. Qxb2 Rxf4 23. Rc1 c5 24. dxc5 Nc6 25. Re1 Nxc5 26. Qc3 Bc4 27. Qe3 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Nd3 29. Rxd3 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. Nf7 Qf6 33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34. Qb5 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Qb2+ Kf7 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Qh7 h5 39. Qh6 Qb4 40. f4 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qc2+ 42. Kg3 Qc8 43. h4 Qe8 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Qh6 Ke7 46. Qg7+ Kd8 47. Qf6+ Kd7 48. Qc3 Qd8 49. Qg7+ Kc6 50. Qxg6 Qd7 51. Qxh5 Kc5 52. Qe5 Kb4 53. Qd4+ Kb3 54. Qd1+ Ka3 55. Qa1+ Kb4 56. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Membrere, Briene"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bc4 a6 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 c5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Rb1 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. c4 d4 14. Ng3 h5 15. Re1 h4 16. Ne4 h3 17. g3 0-0 18. Qe2 Nf5 19. Qf2 Nh6 20. Bd1 Nd7 21. Qf1 Rae8 22. Bd2 Qc6 23. Qxh3 f5 24. Neg5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Re8 26. Qf1 Ng4 27. Bd2 Ne3 28. Qf2 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Bf6 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nf8 32. Qe2 Bxg5 33. Nxg5 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qxh2+ 35. Ke1 Qxg3+ 36. Qf2 Qxd3 37. Qe2 Qxe2+ 38. Kxe2 a5 39. Kd3 Kg7 40. Be1 Bc6 41. b3 Kh6 42. Nf7+ Kh5 43. Ne5 Be4+ 44. Kd2 Ne6 45. Bg3 g5 46. fxg5 f4 47. Bh2 Kxg5 48. Nf7+ Kg4 49. Nd6 Bc6 50. Nf7 Kh3 51. Bg1 Kg2 52. Ne5 Be4 53. Bxd4 Nxd4 54. Nd7 Nxb3+ 55. Ke2 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Gilmore, Blake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 e5 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c6 9. Ngf3 Re8 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 h5 13. h3 Nb6 14. 0-0 e4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxe4 Qd8 17. Rfe1 d5 18. Nc5 dxc4 19. dxc4 Nd7 20. Nd3 Nf8 21. Rcd1 Ne6 22. e3 Qc7 23. c5 Rd8 24. Nb2 Bd7 25. Nc4 Nf8 26. Ng5 Ne6 27. Ne4 Nf8 28. Ned6 Be6 29. Qc2 Nd7 30. Na5 Rab8 31. f4 Nf6 32. e4 b6 33. Nac4 bxc5 34. bxc5 Qa7 35. Ne5 Bb3 36. Qf2 Bxd1 37. Rxd1 Qa4 38. Re1 Rf8 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rbd8 41. Bf1 Nd7 42. Nf3 Qb4 43. Rc1 Nf6 44. e5 Nxg4 45. Qg3 Nh6 46. Ng5 Nf5 47. Nxf5 gxf5 48. Qh4 Rfe8 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Qxf5 Qd4+ 51. Kh1 Qd5+ 52. Bg2 Qd7 53. Qxd7 Rxd7 54. Bxc6 Rc7 55. Bxe8 Kxe8 56. Kg2 Ke7 57. Kf3 f6 58. exf6+ Bxf6 59. Ne4 Bh8 60. Rh1 Bg7 61. Rh5 Kf7 62. Kg4 Ke6 63. Kf3 Bf8 64. Ke3 Rc6 65. Kd4 Bg7+ 66. Kc4 Bf8 67. Kb5 Rc8 68. Re5+ Kd7 69. Nf6+ Kc7 70. Nd5+ Kb7 71. Nb4 Rb8 72. Kc4 Kc7 73. Na6+ Kb7 74. Nxb8 Kxb8 75. Re8+ Kc7 76. Rxf8 Kd7 77. f5 Ke7 78. Ra8 Kf6 79. c6 Kxf5 80. c7 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Lee, Edward S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 c5 5. bxc5 dxc5 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. e3 Be6 8. d4 Bxb3 9. axb3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. Be2 Bb4+ 12. c3 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. cxb4 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxa1 16. Bxa1 Nd5 17. Rc1 0-0 18. Rc4 Rfe8 19. Rd4 Rad8 20. Bb5 Rf8 21. Ke1 a6 22. Be2 Rfe8 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxc3 b5 26. g4 g6 27. g5 Rd5 28. h4 Rf5 29. Bg4 Rf4 30. Bc8 Rf3 31. Bd2 f5 32. Bxa6 Rxb3 33. Bxb5 Rh3 34. Bc4+ Kf8 35. b5 Ke7 36. b6 Kd7 37. Bd5 Rh1+ 38. Ke2 Rb1 39. b7 Rb2 40. Kd1 Kd6 41. Bf4+ Kxd5 42. b8Q Rxb8 43. Bxb8 Kd4 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Ba7 Kd5 47. Bb8 Kc4 48. Be5 Kd5 49. Bf6 Kc4 50. Bg7 Kd5 51. Kf4 Kc4 52. Ke5 Kd3 53. Ke6 f4 54. Ke5 e3 55. fxe3 f3 56. Kf6 f2 57. Kf7 f1Q+ 58. Kg8 Qh3 59. Kxh7 Qxh4+ 60. Kxg6 Kxe3 61. Bf6 Qe4+ 62. Kg7 Qb7+ 63. Kh6 Kf4 64. g6 Kf5 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Rains, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 c6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. d4 a5 7. b5 c5 8. c4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 Ne4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rc1 f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qb3 h5 18. 0-0 h4 19. h3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Qf7 21. Bc4 Qe7 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Bc7 24. Qc6+ Qd7 25. Qxe4+ Qe7 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. dxc5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 bxc5 29. a4 Rh5 30. Kf2 Bb6 31. Kf3 Ke6 32. e4 f5 33. Bxg7 fxe4+ 34. Kxe4 c4 35. Be5 Bc5 36. Rc1 Rh7 37. Rxc4 Bb4 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 c6 6. g4 Bg6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d4 cxd5 10. c5 N6d7 11. Qb3 Bh5 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Be2 e6 14. Qc4 Be7 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxg5 17. Ne4 Bxe3 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. fxe3 Nce5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qe4 Qa5+ 22. b4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxb4+ 24. Kf2 Qb2+ 25. Kg3 f6 26. Qxb7 Qe5+ 27. Kf2 Qh5 28. Qxa8+ Ke7 29. Qxa7+ 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. e4 d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. a5 Re8 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Bc4 Bf8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. Rae1 Re5 22. Re2 Rf8 23. b3 h5 24. Nd1 Rg5 25. Re3 Re8 26. Nc3 Re7 27. Qf2 Be8 28. Bd3 Qe5 29. Bc4 Rf5 30. Rf3 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. d6 Qe5 35. d7 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huang, Alex"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. c3 h6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. f4 Rd8 16. f5 gxf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Ng8 19. Be3 Nce7 20. Rf2 Nc8 21. Raf1 Rh7 22. Bh3 Nb6 23. Bg4 Ke7 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. Kg2 Nd7 26. Bg4 b6 27. Bf5 Rh8 28. a4 Ndf6 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. c4 Ne8 31. Rfd2 Ngf6 32. c5 d5 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Qb5 Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Ng7 36. Bh3 Qb7+ 37. c6 Qc7 38. a5 Rb8 39. axb6 axb6 40. Bxh6 Ne6 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Qc4+ Kf5 43. Bg7 Ne4 44. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. b4 a5 9. Bb2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1+ 11. Bxa1 Nbd7 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Qe7 14. Rd1 Ra8 15. Qc2 Be4 16. Qb3 Qe8 17. Bb2 Ra7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Bd3 Qa8 21. f3 e5 22. Bb1 Qe8 23. Qd3 Ra8 24. h3 Qe7 25. Qc2 Re8 26. Nf1 Nf8 27. Qc3 N6d7 28. Ba3 Qg5 29. Kh1 exd4 30. Qxd4 Ne5 31. Nh2 Ne6 32. Qc3 Qh4 33. e4 Nf4 34. Bc1 Ne2 35. Qc2 Qf2 36. Bf4 Ng3+ 37. Bxg3 Qxg3 38. Nf1 Qf4 39. Qe2 Ra8 40. Ne3 Ra3 41. Ng4 h5 42. Nxe5 Qxe5 43. Qd2 g6 44. Qc2 h4 45. Rd3 Ra1 46. Kg1 Bc8 47. Kf1 Be6 48. Rd1 Qc5 49. Rc1 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1776"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Re1 0-0 13. a3 b4 14. Ne2 h6 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ng3 Rfd8 18. Bc2 a5 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Nh5 Kf8 21. Nf4 Qd6 22. Ne5 Nxd4 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Qc4 Nxc2 26. Nxe6+ Kg8 27. Qxc2 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Ne4 29. f3 Qxe6 30. fxe4 bxa3 31. bxa3 Bxe4 32. Qd4 Re8 33. Qc5 Qg4 34. g3 Qf3 35. Qc4+ Kh7 36. Qf1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 43rd"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2021.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Mistry, Prashant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 0-0 6. Nge2 Re8 7. 0-0 d6 8. a3 a5 9. h3 h5 10. d4 Ba7 11. Nd5 Bf5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d5 Ne7 14. e4 Bd7 15. Kh2 b5 16. b3 a4 17. Ra2 axb3 18. Qxb3 Reb8 19. h4 Qg6 20. f4 f6 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Bg5 Qe8 23. cxb5 Rxb5 24. Qf3 Bg4 25. Qd3 Bc5 26. Bxe7 Bxe2 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Wastney, Scott C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 0-0 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. f3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 c5 13. Kf2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Qa4 Qb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 a6 21. Rcd1 Na5 22. Rd7 Qc6 23. Qd4 Nc4 24. e4 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rc1 Rcc8 27. Rd4 b5 28. a4 Nb2 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rb1 Rc2+ 31. Rd2 Nd3+ 32. Kg3 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Rb8 34. Bf4 Nxf4 35. Kxf4 f6 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Rb2 Ke6 38. Kd4 Rd8+ 39. Ke3 Rb8 40. g4 g5 41. Kd4 Rd8+ 42. Ke3 Rb8 43. Kd4 b4 44. Rb3 Rb7 45. Kc5 Ke5 46. Kc6 Rb8 47. Kc7 Rb5 48. Kc6 Rb8 49. Kc7 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine Haomo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. a3 Nd5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rc1 a5 19. Nfd2 Kg7 20. Nb3 Ra8 21. Nbc5 Bc8 22. Ba2 f5 23. exf6+ Bxf6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Rc2 Nf4 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. Qxc6 Qxd4 28. Re1 Ra7 29. Qxb5 e5 30. Qb6 Re7 31. Qxa5 Nxg2 32. Re4 Qd1+ 33. Kxg2 Qxc2 34. Qxd8 Qxc5 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Loke, Kayden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. 0-0 Qc8 11. Bb2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. c4 Rfe8 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Red8 19. e4 f5 20. f3 Re8 21. Re1 Rcd8 22. exf5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kf7 24. Re5 Nb8 25. Bc1 h6 26. h4 gxh4 27. Bxh6 Nd7 28. Bg5 Nxe5 29. Bxd8 Nc4 30. Bxc7 Nxa3 31. d6 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tanoi, Toleafoa E"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. 0-0 c6 6. c4 Ne4 7. Nc3 f5 8. Ne5 0-0 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. b4 Qe7 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Rb1 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Rxb7 Rxa2 17. Rb2 Ra4 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. e3 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rfb1 Na6 22. Bf1 d4 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. exd4 Bxd4 25. Rb8 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Ackroyd, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. Be2 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Qc2 f5 8. h4 Ngf6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nb3 h6 12. Nh3 a5 13. d4 e4 14. a4 Nf8 15. Nf4 h5 16. Bd2 Qf7 17. Qd1 Ne6 18. Rc1 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Be6 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Bf8 23. a5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Ke7 25. Rh3 Bd7 26. Rg3 Rag8 27. Rg5 Be8 28. Rxf5 Rxg2 29. Bg5 1-0

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wells, Clinton A"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. d4 Qc7 7. b3 a6 8. Bb2 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rac1 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Ba3 Rad8 16. b4 Bf8 17. Qa4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qc2 Qa7 20. Nb1 Bd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxc6 Bxb4 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb5 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Langford, Josh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Bd6 5. e3 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qc2 f5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Nd5 16. Qe2 f4 17. e4 Ne3 18. Bd3 e5 19. g3 Bg4 20. gxf4 exd4 21. Rg1 Bxf4 22. Bxd4 Bxf3 23. Qa2+ Nd5 0-1

[Event "North Island-ch"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2021.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2021.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Nf3 0-0 8. c5 Bxg3 9. hxg3 b6 10. Nbd2 bxc5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 dxe3 16. fxe3 Qf6 17. Rb1 Bb7 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Rf1 Qe5 20. Qf3 Qa5 21. Rd1 Ba8 22. Rh1 Nd4 23. Qf2 Nc2+ 24. Kf1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Kg1 Qxe3 27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qxe3 Nxe3 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Rd1 c6 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Kg1 Rxb2 34. Ra1 Kf7 35. a4 d4 36. Rd1 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ne3+ 38. Kf2 Nxd1+ 39. Ke2 Nc3+ 40. Kd3 c5 41. a5 Ke6 42. a6 Kd5 43. Kc2 c4 44. Kd2 Ne4+ 45. Kc2 d3+ 46. Kd1 Nxg3 47. Kc1 c3 48. Kd1 Kd4 49. Kc1 Ne2+ 50. Kd1 c2+ 51. Ke1 c1Q+ 52. Kf2 Qe3+ 53. Ke1 Nc3+ 54. Kf1 Qe2+ 55. Kg1 d2 56. Kh1 d1R# 0-1

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2021.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lim, Benjamin U"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2021.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. f4 Qc7 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Nxe6 Qa5 10. Nxg7+ Kf7 11. Ne6 Kxe6 12. f5+ Kf7 13. 0-0 Ndf6 14. Bg5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Bh6+ Nxh6 19. Qxh6+ Ke8 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. f6 Rf7 22. Qg8+ Rf8 23. Qg7 Rf7 24. Qg8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2021.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Fan, Allen Chi Zhou"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Be3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. axb5 axb5 10. f4 b4 11. Nd1 Nd4 12. Ne2 b3 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. cxb3 e5 15. 0-0 Nf6 16. f5 Ng4 17. Qc2 Bh6 18. h3 Ne3 19. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. Ra3 0-0 22. Nc1 Bd7 23. Na2 Rfc8 24. Qe2 Rc5 25. Nc3 dxc3 26. Qxe3 cxb2 27. Qh6 Qd8 28. Qd2 Rbc8 29. Qxb2 Rc2 30. Qa1 gxf5 31. exf5 Bxf5 32. Qd1 Bg6 33. Bd5 R2c3 34. Qg4 Rc1 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Kh8 37. h4 h5 38. Qf3 Qe7 39. b4 Rc3 40. Be4 Qe6 41. Bxg6 Qxg6 42. Rd1 Rb3 43. Rd2 Rxb4 44. Kh2 Kg7 45. Qe3 Rd4 46. Rd1 Qf5 47. Kg2 Qg6 48. Kf2 f5 49. Rg1 Qg4 50. Rg2 Ra4 51. Kg1 Qd4 52. Re2 Qxe3+ 53. Rxe3 Ra2 54. d4 exd4 55. Rd3 Ra4 56. Kf2 Kf6 57. Rb3 Ke5 58. Rb8 Ke4 59. Re8+ Kd3 60. Rd8 Ra6 61. Rf8 Ra5 62. Rd8 Rd5 63. Ke1 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Auckland Waitangi op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2021.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Shen, Terry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. bxc5 Bxc5 9. d4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. 0-0 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Bb5 Ke7 16. a4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rc3 Ke8 21. Ba3 Qb6 22. Qb2 Rac8 23. Qb4 Rc5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 Nd7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. 0-0-0 c6 12. g4 Qa5 13. h4 Rh8 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. c5 b5 16. g5 h5 17. Qd6 Qd8 18. Bf1 a6 19. Bh3 Ra7 20. Rd2 Qe8 21. Rhd1 Nf8 22. Qb8 Rb7 23. Qa8 Nd7 24. Qxa6 Rc7 25. Qa5 Rb7 26. Qa8 Rb8 27. Qa7 Rb7 28. Qa6 Rc7 29. Qa8 Rf8 30. Bxd7 Bxd7 31. Qxe8 Bxe8 32. Rd8 Ng8 33. b4 Re7 34. R1d6 Kh8 35. Kc2 Ra7 36. Rc8 Re7 37. a3 f6 38. gxf6 Bxf6 39. Nd1 Kg7 40. Ng5 Bxg5 41. Bxg5 Ra7 42. Kb2 Raf7 43. Rdd8 Bd7 44. Rxf8 Rxf8 45. Rxf8 Kxf8 46. Kc3 Kf7 47. Kd3 Nf6 48. Bxf6 Kxf6 49. Ke3 g5 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. f3 h4 52. Kf2 Be6 53. Ne3 h3 54. Nf1 Kf4 55. Ng3 Bc4 56. Nh5+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nd2 d6 8. Ngf3 Nd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. h4 e5 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. 0-0-0 Nf8 13. Ne3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. h5 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 c6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. f4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. e5 Bg4 24. Bxg6+ Kf8 25. Qc4 d5 26. Qb4+ Kg8 27. Qxb7 Rf8 28. Qxc6 Bxd1 29. Qxd5+ Kg7 30. Qd7+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Anniversary op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Wastney, Scott C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bc5 5. h3 d5 6. Be2 a5 7. c3 0-0 8. Qc2 b6 9. Nf1 Bb7 10. Ng3 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. 0-0 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ba6 15. Bc1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qe6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Nh4 Bf8 19. Nhf5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sandler, Leonid"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. e3 Ngf6 10. Be2 Be7 11. 0-0 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Qe4 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bf6 20. b4 0-0 21. Bc2 Rd8 22. h4 Rd7 23. g4 Rd5 24. Bb3 Qe7 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Bb2 27. Rb1 Bc3 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Qd3 d4 30. exd4 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 32. Qg2 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Masters"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 b5 13. a3 a6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. 0-0 Nc5 18. Rfe1 Re7 19. Bd4 Rae8 20. f3 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Ne3 22. Qc1 Kxg7 23. Kf2 Qb6 24. Na2 Nc2 0-1

