[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Fraemohs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nge2 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d3 Bd7 7. Bd2 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. 0-0 e6 10. Qc1 b5 11. Ng3 c4 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Bh6 0-0 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qg5 Ng8 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. e5 d5 19. d4 Nc6 20. Nxb5 Nb4 21. Na3 Rfc8 22. Qc3 Bc6 23. Bb1 Qb7 24. f4 Nh6 25. h4 Rcb8 26. b3 Qe7 27. Kf2 Qxh4 28. Qf3 Qg4 29. c3 Nd3+ 30. Bxd3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rxb3 32. Nxc4 dxc4+ 33. Be4 Rxc3+ 34. Ke2 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Bxe4 36. Nxe4 Rd3 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Nf5 39. Kd2 Nxd4 40. Nd6 c3+ 0-1

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e5 9. Qd3 Be7 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 Rd8 13. Nf5 a6 14. Ne3 b5 15. Ncd5 Qb7 16. Nf5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. Rd2 h5 19. h4 Bf8 20. Kb1 Qc5 21. Rhd1 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Kd7 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6+ Kc7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. c4 bxc4 28. Kc2 Kd7 29. Kc3 Ke6 30. Kxc4 f5 31. exf5+ Kxf5 32. Kc5 Kg4 33. Kd5 Kf4 34. b4 e4 35. a4 e3 36. fxe3+ Kg3 37. b5 1-0

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Richardson, Nigel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Na4 Nbd7 6. Nxc5 Nxc5 7. Be2 Bg4 8. Be3 Ne6 9. 0-0 h6 10. c3 g5 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Nxg5 Bxe2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe2 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. f3 Nf4 17. gxf4 0-0-0 18. Kh1 Rh7 19. Rg1 exf4 20. Bxf4 Rf8 21. Rg3 Qh5 22. Be3 Qf7 23. Rag1 b6 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 e5 26. Bg5 Qxa2 27. Rf1 d5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qe4 Rd7 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Rd1 Re8 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Ke3 Rb5 34. Rd2 a5 35. c4 Rb3 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. Be3 b5 38. Rg7+ Kc8 39. cxb5 Rxb5 40. Rc2 Rb7 41. Kf5 Rd6 42. Kg5 Rxd3 43. Rd2 e4 44. fxe4 Rb5+ 45. Kf4 Rxd2 46. Bxd2 Rxb2 47. Bxa5 c5 48. Rc7+ Kb8 49. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benson, Christopher"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bd2 Na5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qe1 Nc6 13. Qg3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 dxe5 16. fxe5 Rd8 17. Bf4 Qb5 18. Rab1 Nc7 19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Rxb7 Nd5 23. Bg3 e6 24. Rxa7 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Rxc3 26. a3 Rfc8 27. Rfxf7 Bf8 28. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Gold, Hamish R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. a3 e6 4. Bc4 Bxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Qe2 dxe4 7. Qxe4 c6 8. d4 Nf6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. c3 c5 15. Ba2 Rac8 16. Bd2 c4 17. Qc2 e5 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bb1 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Qf5 Qd7 22. Qf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nh7 24. Bf5 Qd8 25. Bxh6 Rc7 26. Bc1 Re7 27. Rd1 Qe8 28. Kf1 Bc7 29. Nc6 g6 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 31. Bc2 Ng5 32. Qd5 Nge6 33. Qxc4 Qf6 34. Be3 Nb7 35. Rd7 Nd6 36. Qc6 Nf5 37. Bxf5 Qxf5 38. Rxc7 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Qxb2+ 40. Kf3 Nxc7 41. Qxc7 Qxa3 42. Qd8+ Qf8 43. Qxf8+ Kxf8 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Kd5 Kd7 46. h4 1-0

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton Petrie"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. a4 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe1 Nb4 10. Bb3 d5 11. e5 Ng4 12. h3 c4 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nxc2 16. Qe2 Nxa1 17. hxg4 Nb3 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Nd5 Qxa4 20. Nb6 Qb4 21. Nxa8 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxa8 23. Bxb3 Qxb3 24. Rc1 b5 25. Nd4 Qd5 26. Qf3 Qd8 27. Nc6 Qe8 28. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Van Dijk, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. b3 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 d5 8. Nc3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rb1 Nh5 14. Qc1 g5 15. Ne2 Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Re1 h5 18. h4 f6 19. e5 Bd5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. g3 Nd4 24. Bxf4 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Qg4 26. Re7 Rf7 27. Qe3 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Qg4 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Kd1 h4 32. Kc1 h3 33. Be5+ Kh6 34. Qh8+ Kg5 35. Bf4+ Rxf4 36. gxf4+ Qxf4+ 37. Kb2 Qe5+ 38. Qxe5+ Nxe5 39. Be2 h2 40. f3 Bxf3 41. Bxf3 Nxf3 42. Rh1 Kg4 43. Kc3 Kg3 44. Kc4 Kg2 45. Rxh2+ Kxh2 46. Kd5 Ng5 47. c4 Kg3 48. c5 Kf4 49. a4 Kf5 50. a5 Nh7 51. b4 Nf6+ 52. Kc4 Ke6 53. b5 Kd7 54. Kd4 c6 55. a6 bxa6 56. b6 axb6 57. cxb6 Kc8 0-1

[Event "Kaikoura op"]
[Site "Kaikoura"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolejs, Dan E"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 d3 5. Bxd3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Nd2 g6 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. Rhe1 Bg7 12. Bb3 0-0 13. g4 Nd4 14. Qg3 Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 a5 16. h4 a4 17. Nd2 a3 18. b3 Nxg4 19. c4 Nf6 20. e5 Nh5 21. exd6 Qa5 22. Qf3 Nxf4 23. dxe7 Rfe8 24. Ne4 Bb2+ 25. Kb1 Qf5 26. Rd7 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jackson, L Ross"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. c3 d6 6. Nd2 c6 7. e4 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne2 Nd5 13. 0-0-0 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bf6 18. h4 Bg4 19. Rd2 Bf3 20. Re1 Bd5 21. Qc2 Bf7 22. Bh6 a5 23. g4 Rg8 24. Bf4 b4 25. g5 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bg7 27. Rde2 e6 28. Qa4 Qd7 29. Bc4 d5 30. Bd3 Bf8 31. Rb2 Bd6 32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33. Re5 Rf8 34. Rb6 Kd7 35. Bb5 Rfc8 36. Ba6 Rc7 37. Be2 Be8 38. Bg4 Bf7 39. Kd2 Rca7 40. Qb3 Kc7 41. Kd3 a4 42. Qb1 a3 43. f4 Qe7 44. Rb3 Kd6 45. Rb6 Qc7 46. Qb4+ Kd7 47. Qb3 Re8 48. Qb4 Kc8 49. Qc5 Kd7 50. Qb4 Rc8 51. Bd1 Rca8 52. Qb3 Kc8 53. Qb4 Kd7 54. Ke3 Re8 55. Kf3 Re7 56. Kg3 Be8 57. Be2 Rf7 58. Ba6 c5 59. Qb5+ Kd8 60. Rb8+ Ke7 61. Rxe8+ Kd6 62. R5xe6# 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Duffield, Terence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. a4 Bd6 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qg3 f4 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qe2 c4 23. f3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qd6 25. Bh4 Bd4 26. Rab1 Qb4 27. Be1 Qc5 28. b4 Qb6 29. a5 Qd6 30. Bf2 Nh5 31. Rfc1 Ng3+ 32. Bxg3 fxg3 33. Nf1 Bf2 34. Ne3 Bc8 35. Nd1 Ba7 36. Ne3 Rf6 37. Kg1 Rh6 38. Kf1 Qg6 39. Nf5 Bxf5 40. exf5 Qg5 41. Be4 Be3 42. Rd1 Rd8 43. Qb2 Qf4 44. Re1 Bd2 45. Re2 c3 46. Qc2 Rdd6 47. Rd1 g5 48. fxg6 hxg6 49. Qd3 g5 50. Qc2 Qf8 51. Qd3 g4 52. Rexd2 cxd2 53. Qxd2 gxh3 54. gxh3 Rxh3 55. Qg5+ Qg7 56. Qxg7+ Kxg7 57. Kg2 Rdh6 58. d6 Rh2+ 59. Kxg3 R6h3+ 60. Kg4 Rh4+ 61. Kf5 Rh5+ 62. Ke6 Rh6+ 63. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Dunedin Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Johnson, Quentin JF"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 d6 5. f3 e3 6. Bd3 Be6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Nf4 Bf7 9. Qe2 e5 10. Qxe3 Ng4 11. fxg4 Qxg5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nfd5 Qxe3+ 14. Nxe3 Bb4 15. Kd2 0-0 16. a3 Ba5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Rhf1 Rad8 19. Ncd5 c6 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Ke2 Nd5 22. g3 Nc3+ 23. Kd2 Ne4+ 24. Ke2 Nc3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Kc1 Ng5 27. Rf5 e4 28. Be2 h6 29. h4 g6 30. Rf4 Nh3 31. Rxe4 Bd5 32. Nxd5 cxd5 33. Re7 Rde8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Kd2 Nf2 36. Bf3 Ne4+ 37. Kd3 Kg7 38. Kd4 Nxg3 39. Bxd5 Ne2+ 40. Kc5 b6+ 41. Kd6 Rd8+ 42. Ke5 Nc3 43. Bb3 Rd2 44. Rf1 Nb5 45. Rf7+ Kh8 46. a4 Nd4 47. Kf6 Nxb3 48. cxb3 Rd6+ 49. Ke5 Rd3 50. Rxa7 Rxb3 51. a5 Rxb4 52. a6 Ra4 53. g5 h5 54. Kf6 Rf4+ 55. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Dunedin Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Gold, Hamish R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2008.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f4 d5 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bg1 Nh6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. g4 Be4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bb5 0-0 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bxa7 f6 18. Bc5 Rd7 19. e6 Rd5 20. Bxe7 Re8 21. Ba3 Rxe6 22. Ke2 f5 23. g5 Re8 24. Rhd1 Ra8 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. Rc1 d4 28. Kd2 Kf7 29. Bb4 Ke6 30. a3 Kd5 31. h4 Re8 32. c4+ Kc6 33. b3 d3 34. Rf1 Bd4 35. Bc3 Bf2 36. Be5 e3+ 37. Kxd3 Rd8+ 38. Ke2 Rd2+ 39. Kf3 e2 40. Kxf2 exf1Q+ 41. Kxf1 Rd3 42. b4 Rxa3 43. Kg2 Rb3 44. c5 Rxb4 45. Bd6 Rd4 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. Ke3 Rd1 48. Kf3 Rh1 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Kh3 Rc1 51. Kg3 Ke4 52. Kf2 Rh1 53. Kg3 Kd5 54. Be7 Rg1+ 55. Kh3 Ke4 56. Bd6 Kf3 57. Kh2 Rc1 58. Be7 Kxf4 59. Bd6+ Kg4 60. Kg2 Kxh4 61. Kf3 Rc3+ 62. Kf4 Rc4+ 63. Ke3 Kxg5 64. Kd3 Re4 65. c6 Re8 66. c7 Kg4 67. Be7 Rc8 68. Bd8 h5 69. Ke3 g5 70. Kf2 f4 71. Kg2 Kf5 72. Kh3 g4+ 73. Kh4 Ke4 74. Kxh5 Kf3 75. Kh4 g3 76. Kh3 Kf2 77. Bf6 Rxc7 78. Be5 Rh7+ 79. Kg4 g2 80. Bd4+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "Dunedin Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gloistein, Bruce H"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 e5 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Be4 d6 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Be3 0-0 13. 0-0-0 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qb3+ Be6 16. Qa3 d5 17. Bf3 a5 18. h4 Nf5 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. g4 Nh6 21. Qa4 e4 22. Be2 Nxg4 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. f4 exf3 25. Nxf3 Nxf3 26. Bxf3 Qb7 27. h5 Bf5 28. hxg6 Bxg6 29. Bd2 Rab8 30. b3 Qa6 31. c4 Qxc4+ 32. Qxc4 dxc4 33. Bxc6 cxb3 34. Bd5+ Kh8 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. axb3 Rc8+ 37. Kd1 Bc2+ 38. Ke2 Bb4 39. Bg5 Kg7 40. Rg1 Re8+ 41. Kf3 Bg6 42. Be3 Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Bc5+ 44. Kf3 Bxg1 45. Kg4 h5+ 46. Kg5 Be3+ 47. Kh4 Kf6 48. Bc6 Bg5+ 49. Kg3 h4+ 50. Kf3 Bf7 51. Ba4 Be6 0-1

[Event "Dunedin Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Sutherland, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. 0-0 e5 6. Nd5 Nge7 7. c3 0-0 8. d3 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Bc4 d6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 f5 13. Ng3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. Bb3 Kh7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 e4 19. Kh1 a5 20. Rb1 Ba6 21. Qc2 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bd3 23. Qxc5 a4 24. d6 axb3 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Shierlaw, Hamish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. Kb1 Ne5 11. Bh6 Rc8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 Bc6 14. h4 a5 15. h5 Rh8 16. h6+ Kg8 17. g5 Ne8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bh3 Nc7 20. Rhf1 d5 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 e6 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Rf8 27. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wu, David"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. d3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Bd6 13. Qg5 0-0 14. Be3 b5 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. b4 Qxc3 18. Rfe1 Nd5 19. f5 Be7 20. Qg3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Forster, William"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 Be7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. g4 Be6 12. f4 Qc8 13. f5 Bd7 14. g5 Ne5 15. Nd5 Re8 16. f6 Bf8 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Rdf1 Bh3 19. Rf4 Kh8 20. Nf6 Ng6 21. Nxe8 Nxf4 22. Qd4+ f6 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Bxf4 Qxe8 25. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nge2 c5 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Ng3 Qd5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qa4 Qxe5 9. Qxe4 e6 10. Bb5 Qxe4+ 11. Nxe4 Bd7 12. d3 a6 13. Ba4 0-0-0 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Bc2 Bc6 16. Ke2 f5 17. Nxc5 Bxg2 18. Rhc1 Bf3+ 19. Kf1 Bxc5 20. d4 Ng4 21. dxc5 Nxe3+ 22. fxe3 Rd2 23. b4 Rhd8 24. Bb3 Rxh2 25. Bxe6+ Kc7 26. Bc4 Rdd2 27. Ke1 Rb2 28. a4 Rh1+ 29. Bf1 Re2+ 30. Kd1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Du Plessis, Megan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Bh6 Nc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. 0-0-0 Rc8 12. g4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Ne5 14. Be2 a6 15. h4 Bb5 16. h5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rc7 18. h6+ Kg8 19. g5 Nfd7 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. Nxc7 b5 22. Nd5 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Nd5 Rc8 26. Rd2 a5 27. f4 Nc4 28. Rd3 b4 29. Rhd1 a4 30. e5 dxe5 31. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wastney, Scott C"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b6 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. g4 Ba6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Nd5 f5 17. e5 Ne6 18. Nxe7+ Kg7 19. exd6 Rbd8 20. Rxe6 Qxe6 21. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taylor, Stephen"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 g6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Rab1 Be6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. c4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dellaca, Bruce"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. b3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Bb2 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Bxb4 14. Rc1 0-0 15. a3 Be7 16. b4 a5 17. Bc3 axb4 18. Qb3 Ba4 19. Qxa4 bxc3 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Rfc1 Ra8 22. Qc2 Rxa3 23. g4 Nh6 24. h3 Rfa8 25. Qd1 Ra2 26. Bd3 Ba3 27. Rc2 Bb2 28. Kg2 Qa5 29. Re2 b5 30. Bc2 b4 31. Qd3 g6 32. h4 Qa6 33. Ne1 Qxd3 34. Bxd3 Ra1 35. g5 Nf5 36. Rxa1 Bxa1 37. Nc2 b3 0-1

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Davies, Geoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d4 Ne3 9. Bxe3 fxe3 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Clements, Shannon L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. h3 c6 9. Bb3 h6 10. Be3 c5 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nh4 Kh7 15. Qc1 b5 16. Kh2 Bb7 17. g3 Rac8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 c4 20. Bc2 d5 21. e5 Nd7 22. d4 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bxe5+ 24. Kg2 Bxd4 25. Ne4 dxe4 26. cxd4 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Qxh4 29. Rf2 Ng3 30. Rh2 Qg4 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Kh2 Nf5 33. Rg1 Qe2+ 34. Bf2 Qxf2+ 35. Rg2 Qe3 36. Qxe3 Nxe3 37. Rh3 Nxg2 38. Kxg2 e3+ 39. Kf1 Rfe8 40. Ke2 Rcd8 41. Rh4 f5 42. Rf4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Pfahlert, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. 0-0 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. h3 0-0 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Be6 14. a3 Rfd8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qd7 19. b4 Rac8 20. Qf3 Rc7 21. Bb6 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qb7 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Rc7 Qxb6 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Rxe7 Kf8 29. Rc7 d5 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. f3 h6 32. h4 g6 33. Kf2 h5 34. Ke3 Be6 35. Kd4 Nd5 36. Rc2 Nf4 37. Ne4 Bf5 38. Kc5 Nd3+ 39. Kb6 Ne5 40. Kxa6 Nc4 41. Rc3 Bd7 42. Nc5 Be8 43. a4 1-0

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Capper, David"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 f5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 Nc6 8. e4 Qe8 9. c3 Rb8 10. b4 Kh8 11. a4 a5 12. b5 Nd8 13. Bb2 Nf7 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Bc1 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Qf7 21. Rf1 Be6 22. c4 b6 23. f4 Qf6 24. f5 Bf7 25. Qe3 Rbc8 26. g4 h6 27. Qg3 g5 28. Kf2 Qg7 29. Rh1 Qg8 30. Bf1 c6 31. h4 gxh4 32. Qxh4 h5 33. Be2 Be8 34. Rcg1 Rc7 35. g5 Qh7 36. Ke1 cxb5 37. g6 Qh6 38. Qxh5 Qxh5 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 40. Rgh1 bxa4 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. R1h7+ Kf6 43. Rxf8+ Kg5 44. Rh3 Bc6 45. Re3 Kf4 46. Kd2 Bxe4 47. Rh8 d5 48. Rh4+ Kxf5 49. Rh7 Rc8 50. g7 Rg8 51. cxd5 Kf6 52. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gloistein, Bruce H"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Be6 10. e5 Nd5 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bd2 a6 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. Bf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Rae8 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bf3 f5 19. Qd1 b5 20. a3 a5 21. h4 a4 22. h5 Bf7 23. hxg6+ Kxg6 24. Bh5+ Kh7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Qf3 Na5 27. c4 Nb3 28. Ra2 bxc4 29. dxc4 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Ne3 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. cxd5 Re2 34. Nf3 Rg8 35. Re1 Rgxg2 36. Rd1 Rgf2 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Kg1 Rxf4 39. Kh1 Rff2 40. Kg1 f4 0-1

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burns, Christopher John"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe3 d6 8. Be2 g6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. 0-0-0 Be6 11. f4 Bd4 12. Qd3 Qf6 13. g4 0-0-0 14. g5 Qg7 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Bd7 17. h4 f6 18. Rhf1 Be5 19. Kb1 Rde8 20. Bf3 Kb8 21. Nd5 Ne7 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxc7 Kxc7 24. Ba5+ Kb8 25. Qxd6+ Ka8 26. Qxd7 Nc6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Nelson op"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Forster, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 f5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Qe2 Kh8 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nfd2 Be6 13. Ne3 fxe4 14. dxe4 Rab8 15. g4 a5 16. a4 d5 17. f3 c4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Bd6 20. 0-0-0 cxb3 21. Nxb3 Rb4 22. g5 Nh5 23. f6 Ng3 24. fxg7+ Qxg7 25. Qd2 Nxh1 26. Rxh1 Rf5 27. h4 Rxa4 28. Nxa5 Qc7 29. Nb3 Rxf3 30. g6 Raf4 31. Kb1 Rf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Nc1 Qg7 34. h5 hxg6 35. Qg2 Qf6 36. hxg6 Kg7 37. Qg4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gloistein, Bruce H"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ng5 Nf8 8. Bg3 e6 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Ngf3 N8d7 11. 0-0 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 Nh5 14. Nh4 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. a4 a5 18. Qe2 0-0-0 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rhe8 21. Nf3 Qc5 22. Kh1 Bh6 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Qxe3 25. Qc2 e4 26. Rfe1 Qb6 27. a5 Qxb4 28. a6 exf3 29. Reb1 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bc6+ 31. Kh3 Qd2 32. axb7+ Bxb7 33. Ra8+ Bxa8 34. Ba6+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Stuart, Peter W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. c4 Ne7 8. b3 Ng6 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. d3 Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 Bf6 16. Rxe6+ Be7 17. Re2 0-0 18. Nd2 b6 19. Rae1 Bd6 20. Nf3 a5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Qc6 23. Re4 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jackson, L Ross"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. d5 exf3 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 0-0 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. exf3 e5 14. h4 Qf6 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. 0-0-0 Rab8 17. Rhe1 c5 18. Re3 Bc6 19. Rc3 a5 20. Re1 a4 21. Ree3 Rb4 22. a3 Rb6 23. Bf1 Rfb8 24. Be2 Qe6 25. g4 Qf6 26. h5 Qh4 27. Rc2 Qxf2 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bd1 Qxd2+ 30. Rxd2 g5 31. Rh2 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 33. Re2 Kg7 34. Rh2 e4 35. fxe4 Bxe4 36. Bxa4 Bf3 37. Bd7 Rb8 38. Bf5 Rh8 39. Rxh8 Kxh8 40. a4 Bb7 41. Kc2 Kg7 42. Kc3 Kf6 43. b4 cxb4+ 44. Kxb4 Ke5 45. Kb5 Kd4 46. a5 Ke5 47. a6 Bf3 48. Bc8 c5 49. Bb7 Be2 50. Bd5 Bxg4 51. a7 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Dawson, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. a3 Be7 9. Bd3 f6 10. Qe2 fxe5 11. dxe5 a6 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Bf4 b5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 0-0-0 16. Bg3 g5 17. Nxd5 Qb8 18. Nxe7+ Kc7 19. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donaldson, Bruce"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 a6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f4 b6 12. g4 Bb7 13. h4 0-0-0 14. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Dowden, R Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. c4 e5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Rb8 9. Qc2 Bb4 10. Bd3 d6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 16. Rxb1 Kd7 17. f3 Kc7 18. Kf2 Ba6 19. g3 Nd7 20. Rb3 Ra8 21. Bc1 Nb6 22. Ke3 f6 23. Be2 Bc8 24. Rb1 Be6 25. Bd3 a5 26. Rb2 Rb8 27. Rb3 Rb7 28. Kd2 a4 29. Rb2 Nc8 30. Kc2 Rxb2+ 31. Kxb2 Kb6 32. f4 Ka5 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Be3 Kb6 35. Ka3 Nd6 36. Kxa4 Bxc4 37. Bb1 Be2 38. Kb3 Bf3 39. a3 Kc6 40. a4 Bd1+ 41. Bc2 c4+ 42. Kb2 Bxc2 43. Kxc2 Nxe4 44. Ba7 Kb7 45. Be3 Ka6 46. Kb2 f5 47. Bc1 Ka5 48. Ka3 g5 49. Be3 f4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aldridge, Alan L"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. Qd2 Nb6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Be2 Kh8 12. Bh6 Rg8 13. 0-0-0 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. Rdf1 Be8 16. h4 Nh5 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. Bxg7+ Rxg7 19. g4 f6 20. Rhg1 Qe7 21. Bd1 b5 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Rf2 c5 24. Rfg2 Be8 25. g5 Bg6 26. gxf6 Qxf6 27. Qg5 Rf8 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. f4 Rxf4 30. Bxh5 Rf6 31. Be2 Rg8 32. Kd2 Bf7 33. Rxg8+ Bxg8 34. Ke3 Bf7 35. h5 Rf4 36. Bf3 Rh4 37. Rg5 h6 38. Rf5 Kg7 39. Kd2 Be8 40. Bg2 Rh2 41. Rf2 Bxh5 42. Ke3 Bg4 43. a4 h5 44. a5 h4 45. a6 h3 46. Bf1 Rxf2 47. Kxf2 h2 48. Bg2 Bc8 49. Kg3 Bxa6 50. Kxh2 Bc4 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kf2 Kg5 53. Ke3 Kg4 54. Bf3+ Kg3 55. Bh1 Bb3 56. Bf3 a5 57. Be2 a4 58. Bh5 c4 59. Kd2 Kf2 60. Kc3 Ke3 61. Bg6 Ba2 62. Kb4 Bb1 63. Kxc4 Bxe4 64. Be8 Bc2 65. Kc3 Bb3 66. Bb5 e4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuatai, Fuatai"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng8 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. e6 Bxb5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Qf3+ Nf6 13. Ncxb5 Qd7 14. Qb3+ Nd5 15. 0-0+ Ke8 16. c3 Na6 17. Kh1 b6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxe7 Bxd4 20. Nd6+ Kxe7 21. Rf7+ Kxd6 22. Rxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qxd5+ Kc7 24. Qf7+ Kc6 25. Qxg6+ Bf6 26. Rf1 Rad8 27. Rxf6+ Kb7 28. Rf7+ Nc7 29. h3 Rd2 30. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holdaway, Stewart"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 a6 2. c4 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Qc7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nf6 13. f4 h6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf5 Nc8 16. Qf3 Nd6 17. b3 Nd7 18. Rf1 f6 19. Be3 Nf7 20. Rf2 Nb6 21. Raf1 Nc8 22. Rb2 Ncd6 23. Qf2 b6 24. b4 Ng5 25. Kg2 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 cxb4 28. Bb5+ axb5 29. Nxb5 Qc4 30. Bxg5 Qxb5 31. Be3 Bc5 32. Rc1 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 0-0 34. Rc6 Rfb8 35. Rbc2 Ra3 36. Qd2 b3 37. axb3 Rxb3 38. d6 Qd3 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 40. R2c3 Rd4 41. R3c4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Kf8 43. Rc7 Rd8 44. Rc6 b5 45. Kf3 h5 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Rb6 Ra8 48. Rxb5 Ra3+ 49. Kf2 Rxh3 50. Rb7 Rh4 51. Ke3 Rg4 52. Kf3 g6 53. Re7+ Kd8 54. fxg6 Rxg6 55. Rh7 Rg5 56. Rf7 Rg1 57. Rh7 Rd1 58. Rxh5 Rxd6 59. Kg4 Rd1 60. Kf5 Rf1+ 61. Ke6 Rf4 62. Kf7 Kd7 63. Rh2 Rxe4 64. Kxf6 Kd6 65. Rd2+ Rd4 66. Re2 Rf4+ 67. Kg5 Rf8 68. Kg4 Ke6 69. Kg3 Rf4 70. Rf2 Rd4 71. Re2 Kd5 72. Kf3 Rf4+ 73. Ke3 Re4+ 74. Kf3 Rxe2 75. Kxe2 Ke4 76. Ke1 Ke3 77. Kd1 Kf2 78. Kd2 e4 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Post, Martin J"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. a3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Nb3 Bg7 14. Ng5 Rf6 15. Re1 Nf8 16. Bb5 Qb6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Nc5 h6 20. Nh3 g5 21. f4 g4 22. Nf2 h5 23. Nfd3 Ng6 24. g3 Rb8 25. Nb4 Rb6 26. Na4 Rb7 27. Bd2 Ne7 28. Rac1 Rc7 29. Nc5 Kf7 30. Nbd3 Ke8 31. Ba5 Rd7 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Bxd4+ 34. Kg2 Rb7 35. Re2 Bf5 36. Nc5 Bxb2 37. Nxb7 Be4+ 38. Rxe4 dxe4 39. Re1 Bxa3 40. Rxe4 Kd7 41. Bb4 Bxb4 42. Rxb4 Nd5 43. Nc5+ Kd6 44. Ne4+ Kc7 45. Rb1 a5 46. Kf2 Nb4 47. f5 Kb6 48. f6 Kc7 49. f7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Chataline, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h4 h6 7. hxg5 hxg5 8. Rxh8 Bxh8 9. Nd5 Qxe4+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Kd8 12. Nxg5 Nh6 13. d4 c6 14. Nc7 Kxc7 15. Bxf4+ Kb6 16. Bd6 Bxd4 17. a4 a5 18. Ra3 Na6 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Bxf7 Nxd6 21. Nxd6 Bc5 22. Nc4+ Kc7 23. Ra1 d5 24. Nxa5 Bg4+ 25. Kd3 Rf8 26. Bg6 b6 27. Nb3 Nb4+ 28. Kc3 d4+ 29. Nxd4 Nd5+ 30. Kc4 Rf4 31. c3 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Be2+ 33. Bd3 Bxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Rf2 35. b3 Rxg2 36. Rb1 Rg3+ 37. Kd2 Kd6 38. Kc2 Nb4+ 39. Kb2 Rd3 40. a5 b5 41. Ra1 Na6 42. Rh1 Rxd4 43. Rh6+ Kc7 44. Rh7+ Rd7 45. Rh5 b4 46. Kc2 Kb7 47. Rg5 Nc7 48. Rg1 Ka6 49. Ra1 Rd5 50. Ra4 Rc5+ 51. Kd3 Rc3+ 52. Kd4 Rxb3 53. Kc5 Kb7 54. Kc4 Rb1 55. Rxb4+ Rxb4+ 56. Kxb4 Ne6 57. Ka4 Ka6 58. Kb4 c5+ 59. Ka4 Nd4 60. Ka3 Kxa5 61. Kb2 Kb4 62. Kc1 c4 63. Kb2 c3+ 64. Kc1 Kb3 65. Kb1 c2+ 66. Kc1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Davis, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxd5 4. d3 Nc6 5. a3 e5 6. Ne2 Be6 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. Nbc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Rae8 12. Rd1 f5 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bxe6+ Rxe6 15. Qd2 Qf7 16. d4 e4 17. Nf4 Rh6 18. h3 Rh4 19. Ne6 Qxe6 20. d5 Qg6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qd4 f4 23. Rfe1 f3 24. g3 Rxh3 25. Qxg7+ Qxg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxe4 Rf6 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Rh4 Rxh4 30. gxh4 Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Rf6 32. h5 Kg7 33. c4 Rf7 34. Rd3 Kh6 35. b5 Rf4 36. Rc3 cxb5 37. cxb5 Kxh5 38. Rb3 Kg4 39. a4 Rxa4 40. Rb1 Be5 41. b6 cxb6 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Reed, Ken G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Qe7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 e4 12. Nh4 f5 13. g3 e3 14. Ndf3 exf2+ 15. Kxf2 f4 16. Qd3 fxg3+ 17. hxg3 Rg8 18. Rag1 f6 19. Bd1 Qg7 20. Nh2 Ne7 21. Bh5+ Kd8 22. Nf1 Qg5 23. Bd1 Kc7 24. Nf3 Qg7 25. Qxh7 Qg4 26. Qd3 Bf5 27. Qd2 Be4 28. Rh4 Qg6 29. Qh6 Qf5 30. Rh5 Qd7 31. N3d2 Nf5 32. Qh7 Rg7 33. Rgh1 Rxh7 34. Rxh7 Ne7 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. g4 Kb6 37. Ne3 Qb5 38. Bc2 Qxb2 39. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Smith, Devon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 b6 10. b4 0-0 11. Bd3 f5 12. 0-0 a5 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Nb3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ra6 18. a4 Rfa8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Ba3 Rxa4 21. Bxd6 c5 22. Bxc5 Qc7 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qb5 Ra8 25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Qa5 Qb7 27. Ra3 e5 28. Qc3 exd4 29. exd4 Qc6 30. Qe3 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Re8 32. Qc3 Re7 33. Nd4 Qe8 34. Ra1 Re3 35. Qd2 f4 36. c6 g5 37. h3 h5 38. Rc1 g4 39. c7 Qc8 40. Nf5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Yip, Edwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. b3 Qc7 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 f6 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Bd2 d5 11. 0-0 d4 12. Qe1 g6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Ne1 0-0 15. f4 Qd7 16. Rf2 a5 17. a4 Kh8 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Raf1 Bg8 21. Qe1 Nc8 22. Qc1 Nd6 23. Bh6 Nf7 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Kh1 Rf7 26. Ne2 Raf8 27. Qe1 Nb7 28. Neg1 Rf6 29. Nh3 h6 30. Re2 Bh7 31. Qg3 Kg8 32. Nf2 R6f7 33. Ng4 g5 34. Qh3 Qd6 35. Be1 Qg6 36. Bf2 Re7 37. Qg3 Rf4 38. h3 h5 39. Ngh2 Bf6 40. Bg1 g4 41. Nd2 h4 42. Qe1 Rxf1 43. Qxf1 g3 44. Nhf3 Qg7 45. Nc4 Re8 46. Qe1 Ra8 47. Qd2 Kh8 48. Re1 Bg8 49. Rf1 Ra6 50. Nfxe5 Nd8 51. Ng4 Bg5 52. Qe1 Bxc4 53. bxc4 Ne6 54. Rf5 Ra8 55. Ne5 Bf6 56. Nxc6 Rf8 57. Nxa5 Bg5 58. Rxf8+ Qxf8 59. Nb3 Qf4 60. a5 Qd6 61. Qa1 Bf6 62. Qd1 Kg7 63. Qc1 Nf4 64. Qa1 Nxh3 65. a6 Nf4 66. a7 h3 67. Be3 Nxg2 68. Bh6+ Kxh6 69. a8Q Ne3 70. e5 Qxe5 71. Qf3 g2+ 72. Kg1 h2+ 73. Kf2 g1Q+ 74. Qxg1 hxg1Q+ 75. Kxg1 Qg5+ 76. Kf2 Be7 77. Qh3+ Kg7 78. Qg3 Qxg3+ 79. Kxg3 Nxc2 80. Kf4 Nb4 81. Ke4 Kf6 82. Nc1 Ke6 83. Nb3 Nc2 84. Nd2 Kd6 85. Nb3 Kc6 86. Na5+ Kb6 87. Nb3 Bh4 88. Kd5 Nb4+ 89. Ke4 Be1 90. Nc1 Kc6 91. Nb3 Nc2 92. Nc1 Na1 93. Ne2 Nb3 94. Nf4 Kb6 95. Ne6 Bb4 96. Nf4 Ka5 97. Ne6 Ka4 98. Nf4 Ka3 99. Ne6 Kb2 100. Kd5 Kc3 101. Nf4 Kd2 102. Ne6 Kxd3 103. Nxc5+ Bxc5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wu, Michael"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h4 Qa5 15. Nb3 Qa6 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bh6 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ e6 21. Qxd6 Bxh6+ 22. Rxh6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bc8 24. e5 Kg7 25. Rh1 g5 26. Nd2 Rc5 27. Re1 Kg6 28. Nb3 Rd5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Nd4 h5 31. gxh5+ Kxh5 32. Rh1+ Kg6 33. Kd2 Re8 34. Re1 Bd7 35. e6 Bc8 36. Re5 Bb7 37. Ke3 Bc8 38. Rxd5 Bxe6 39. Rd6 Kf7 40. Rxe6 Rxe6+ 41. Nxe6 Kxe6 42. Ke4 a6 43. c4 bxc3 44. bxc3 a5 45. c4 a4 46. c5 Kd7 47. Kd5 a3 48. Ke5 Kc6 49. Kf5 Kxc5 50. Kxg5 Kc4 51. f4 Kc3 52. f5 Kb2 53. f6 Kxa2 54. f7 Kb1 55. f8Q a2 56. Qf1+ Kb2 57. Qe2+ Kb1 58. Qd1+ Kb2 59. Qd2+ Kb1 60. Qb4+ Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Major op"]
[Site "Wanganui"]
[Date "2007.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhang, Michael"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 a6 5. d3 b5 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. Ne1 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 d5 11. g4 dxe4 12. dxe4 0-0-0 13. Qc2 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. h4 Bd6 16. a4 g6 17. f6 c4 18. b4 Nf8 19. Ng2 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Bb8 21. Nf3 Rd7 22. Be3 Qd8 23. a5 Ne6 24. Bb6 Bc7 25. Be3 Re8 26. Rad1 Kb8 27. Rd2 Qc8 28. Rfd1 Red8 29. Bf2 Ka8 30. Ne3 Nf4 31. Bf1 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Nd8 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Bd6 36. Qe3 Qc7 37. Bg2 Nxg2 38. Kxg2 Qb8 39. Qe4 Nb7 40. Bg3 Qd8 41. Nxe5 Qe8 42. Qe1 Bxe5 43. Qxe5 Qxe5 44. Bxe5 Ka7 45. Kf3 Ka8 46. Ke4 Ka7 47. Bg3 Ka8 48. Bc7 Ka7 49. Ke5 Ka8 50. d6 Nxa5 51. Bxa5 Kb7 52. d7 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riley, John D"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Bg3 Ndf6 9. 0-0 Nxg3 10. fxg3 e6 11. Qc2 b6 12. e4 Ng4 13. Rae1 0-0 14. exf5 exf5 15. h3 Nf6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Re2 Re8 18. Rfe1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Be8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Nf3 a6 22. b4 a5 23. b5 Nh5 24. Kh2 Qf6 25. Nd1 Re8 26. Nf2 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 f4 28. Ne4 Qa1 29. gxf4 Nxf4 30. Qd2 Nh5 31. Neg5 Bc3 32. Qc2 Be5+ 33. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Scarf, Rex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Rc1 0-0 7. e3 Bb7 8. a3 a5 9. Be2 c5 10. Nb5 cxd4 11. Nbxd4 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Nb5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nc5 15. Nfd4 Nfe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Qg5 19. f3 Nf6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na6 22. Na7 Rc7 23. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kf8 26. Qd2 Re7 27. f4 Qxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Bxg2 29. Rd8+ Ne8 30. Bd7 Be4 31. Nc8 Nxb4 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. Nxe4 Nc2 36. Kf2 b5 37. Ke2 b4 38. Nc5 Kd6 39. Nb3 Kd5 40. Kd2 Na3 41. Kd3 Kd6 42. e4 g6 43. Nd4 h5 44. e5+ Kd5 45. e6 Kd6 46. Ke4 b3 47. Nxb3 Kxe6 48. Nd4+ Kf6 49. h4 Nc4 50. Kd5 Ne3+ 51. Ke4 Ng2 52. Nf3 Ke6 53. Ng5+ Kf6 54. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gold, Hamish R"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. bxc4 Nb6 8. c5 Nbd5 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Re1 0-0 11. e4 Nc7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bf4 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Nbd2 Nf8 17. Re5 Bf6 18. Re4 Rd5 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Rf4 Be8 21. Bh3 Bf7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Nce5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Bg6 25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Rf7 Qa5 28. Re2 Rxd4 29. Qf5 Qb5 30. Qc2 Qb4 31. Bf5 Rc4 32. Rd7 Rf8 33. Qd3 Qxc5 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Qxg6 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Qc3 37. Rf7 Qf6 38. Qxf6 gxf6 39. Ree7 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Benson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. 0-0 Qc8 8. Re1 Bh3 9. Bh1 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. c3 Re8 12. Rc1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Nf3 Re7 16. Nd2 Bh6 17. e4 Qe6 18. Rc2 Rae8 19. e5 c4 20. Ba3 Ng4 21. Bxe7 Nxf2 22. Qe2 Nd3 23. Bd6 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Qxd6 25. Nf3 Qb6+ 26. Nd4 Bg7 27. Re2 Bg4 28. Re3 Bh6 29. Bxd5 Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 cxb3 31. axb3 Be6 32. c4 Rd8 33. Qe4 Qc5 34. b4 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Qxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cater Millano, Amy"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qa4 Bd7 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Nd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Qd3 0-0 11. Bg5 a6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. Nd5 f6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. f4 Nc4 18. f5 Re8 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 e6 21. fxe6 Rxe6 22. Rhf1 f5 23. Nc3 Rc8 24. a3 Qf8 25. g4 Rxc3 26. bxc3 d5 27. Rxd5 Rxe4 28. Qc5 Rxg4 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. Re1 Bxa3+ 31. Kd2 Kg7 32. Re6 Rg2+ 33. Re2 Rg1 34. Re1 Rg4 35. Rd4 Rxd4+ 36. cxd4 Bb2 37. c3 b4 38. cxb4 Bxd4 39. Re6 h5 40. Rxa6 h4 41. h3 Kh6 42. Ke2 Kh5 43. b5 Be5 44. b6 Bg3 45. b7 g5 46. Ra4 g4 47. hxg4+ fxg4 48. Ra5+ Kg6 49. Ke3 h3 50. Ke2 h2 51. Ra1 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday op"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Jackson, L Ross"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. h3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Nb3 Qe7 10. c4 0-0 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. c5 e5 13. Be2 Bf5 14. 0-0 Ne4 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bb1 Rc6 18. Qb5 Na6 19. Na5 Rc7 20. c6 Nd6 21. Qe2 Bxb1 22. cxb7 Nc5 23. Rxb1 Ndxb7 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. b3 f6 26. Rfc1 Rc7 27. Rb2 Rdc8 28. Rbc2 Ne6 29. Ne1 Kf7 30. Qd3 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Nxc2 Qc5 33. Qxh7 Qb5 34. Qh5+ Ke7 35. Qd1 Kd6 36. Qd2 a5 37. f3 a4 38. Qb4+ Qxb4 39. Nxb4 axb3 40. axb3 Nc5 41. Kf2 Nxb3 42. h4 d4 43. exd4 Nxd4 44. g4 Ke6 45. Ke3 Nb5 46. f4 exf4+ 47. Kxf4 Nd6 48. Nc6 Kf7 49. Nd4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. 0-0 g6 6. Re1 Bg7 7. c3 Nf6 8. d4 0-0 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d5 Bd7 12. Nf1 b5 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. N1d2 h6 16. Bh4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Bg3 Qb7 21. h4 Rfd8 22. h5 Rab8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nh4 Kh7 25. f4 Bc4 26. Reb1 Qb5 27. f5 g5 28. Ng6 Rb7 29. Qe3 Bd3 30. Rc1 Qc4 31. Rd1 Bxe4 32. Re1 Bxf5 33. Nxe7 Bc2 34. Qe6 Rxb2 35. Bxd6 Qxc3 36. Re4 Qf6 37. Rf1 Rb1 38. Rxb1 Bxb1 39. Qxf6 Bxf6 40. Re6 Bd4+ 41. Kf1 Bd3+ 42. Ke1 a5 43. Nc6 Ra8 44. Nxd4 cxd4 45. Be5 Be4 46. Re7+ Kg6 47. g4 Bxd5 48. Rg7# 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aimers, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nd5 e6 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nc3 f5 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Qd2 Nd4 16. Bc4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Ng5 Rf5 19. f4 dxc4 20. fxe5 Qb6 21. Kh1 Bd7 22. Rxf5 Nxf5 23. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Jackson, L Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. Bc4 Na5 8. Bd3 e5 9. Nb3 a6 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 f5 15. Re1 Be7 16. c3 0-0 17. Qh5 Be8 18. Qh3 Bg6 19. Kh1 Qc5 20. c4 Qxf2 21. Re2 Qh4 22. Qe3 f4 23. Qf3 Bh5 24. Qf2 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Bd8 26. Be4 Bb6 27. b3 Rf6 28. Be1 Qh6 29. Qf3 g6 30. Rd1 Qf8 31. Rb1 Rf7 32. Rd1 Bd8 33. Rb1 Bf6 34. Bf2 Qd8 35. Rc1 Bh4 36. Bg1 b6 37. Rc2 Kg7 38. Rc1 Bf6 39. Bf2 h5 40. Bg1 Rb8 41. Bf2 Qc8 42. h3 Qh8 43. Rg1 g5 44. g4 fxg3 45. Rxg3 Be7 46. Qg2 Rg8 47. Bxb6 Qh6 48. Be3 Kf8 49. h4 Rfg7 50. Bf5 Qf6 51. Be6 gxh4 52. Bxg8 Rxg3 53. Qf2 Qxf2 54. Bxf2 Rxg8 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keeling, Roy A"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1280"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. h3 a6 7. Bc4+ Kh8 8. Ng5 e6 9. g4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rh2 h6 12. Nf3 g5 13. Be5 d6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd2 fxg4 16. Qxg4 d5 17. 0-0-0 Nc6 18. Nf3 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Ne2 Raf8 21. Rf1 Na5 22. c3 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Rxe3 24. Kd2 Re4 25. f3 Rh4 26. Rff2 e5 27. Kd3 e4+ 28. Ke3 exf3 29. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Bc8 31. Kg3 Bf8 32. Kg2 Bf5 33. Rh1 Be4+ 34. Kg1 Bxh1 35. Kxh1 Rxh3+ 36. Kg2 Rh4 37. Ng3 Bd6 38. Nf5 Rh2+ 39. Kf3 Bf4 40. Ne7 Rxb2 41. Nxd5 h5 42. b4 Rc2 43. Nf6 Rxc3+ 44. Ke4 h4 45. Nd5 Rc1 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Gold, Hamish R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 f5 10. Qh5 b5 11. Naxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Bd7 13. Bc4 d5 14. Bxd5 Qf6 15. 0-0-0 Qh6+ 16. Qxh6 Bxh6+ 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxd7+ Ke6 20. Rdd1 Nd4 21. exf5+ Kxf5 22. f3 Rhc8 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. Rhd1 Bb4 25. Nd5 Bf8 26. c3 Ne6 27. b3 Nc5 28. R3d2 Na4 29. Kc2 Nc5 30. c4 Ne6 31. Rb1 Nd4+ 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Nc3 Bb4 34. Rf2 Bc5 35. Ne4 Be7 36. g4 Rf8 37. c5 Nxf3 38. Kc4 Rf4 39. Kd3 Rd8+ 40. Ke3 Rd4 41. Rxf3 Rdxe4+ 42. Kf2 Bxc5+ 43. Kg3 Rxg4+ 44. Kh3 Rh4+ 45. Kg2 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rxa2 47. h3 Rh2 48. Rc1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Nijman, Arie J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qe7 4. d3 g6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. h3 Nh5 10. Ne2 exf4 11. g4 Ng3 12. Nxg3 fxg3 13. c3 h5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Bxg3 Rxh1+ 18. Bxh1 0-0-0 19. Kd2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qf1 Ne5 22. Nd4 Bh6+ 23. Kc2 Qg5 24. Qg2 c6 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nxc6 e4 27. Nxd8 Kxd8 28. dxe4 fxe4 29. Rf1 Qb5 30. b4 Qd3+ 31. Kb2 Bd2 32. Rf8+ Ke7 33. Qf1 Bxc3+ 34. Ka3 Be6 35. Qxd3 exd3 36. Rf1 Bg4 37. Bf3 Be6 38. Rc1 Be5 39. Rd1 b5 40. Rxd3 Bd6 41. Bc6 Bc4 42. Re3+ Kf6 43. Re8 a5 44. Rd8 Bxb4+ 45. Kb2 Bc5 46. a4 b4 47. Ra8 Bd4+ 48. Kc1 b3 49. Bb5 Bd5 50. Rxa5 b2+ 51. Kc2 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Duffield, Terence"]
[Black "Ward, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. e5 Nh6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Kh8 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bf4 f6 12. e6 d6 13. a3 Ng4 14. Nd5 Nge5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Qg4 b5 18. Ba2 Bb7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Nxc3 Rf4 22. Qh3 Qf8 23. Rd2 Rd4 24. Rd3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Bb1 Rxd3 27. Bxd3 e4 28. Bc2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Bd5 30. a4 Kg7 31. f3 Kf6 32. Kf2 exf3 33. gxf3 bxa4 34. Bxa4 f4 35. Ke2 Bc4+ 36. Kd2 Kxe6 37. Bc6 Bd5 38. Bxd5+ Kxd5 39. Kd3 a5 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ward, Simon"]
[Black "Reedy, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Be6 5. Qe2 g5 6. d4 Bg7 7. d5 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Qf2 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Nf3 Ng3 16. Rh2 Nxe4 17. Qg1 Ng3 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. c3 Qe7 20. Kd2 Bxc3+ 0-1

