[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Marn, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. a3 0-0 10. b4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. b5 c5 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Bxb6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Red8 22. Rad1 f6 23. Qc4 Kh8 24. h3 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe8 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Qb3 Qg8 28. Qxg8+ Kxg8 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Kd2 Kd5 34. Kc3 Ba5+ 35. Kb3 Be1 36. f3 Bd2 37. Bd4 a6 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. Kc2 Ba5 40. Kb3 Bd8 41. Kb4 g6 42. Kb3 f5 43. Kc3 Ba5+ 44. Kb3 f4 45. Ba7 fxe3 46. Bxe3 exf3 47. gxf3 Be1 48. Bg1 Bd2 49. Kc2 Bf4 50. Kd3 Bd6 51. a4 Bc5 52. Bh2 Bf2 53. Bf4 Kc5 54. Kc3 Be1+ 55. Kb3 Kd4 56. Bc1 Kd3 57. f4 Ke4 58. Kc4 Bf2 59. Kb4 Bb6 60. Bd2 Kd3 61. Bc3 h5 62. Be5 Bd8 63. Kc5 Ke4 64. Kd6 g5 65. fxg5 Bxg5 66. Ke6 Kd3 67. Kf5 Bd8 68. Bf6 Bc7 69. Kg5 Kc4 70. Kxh5 Kb4 71. Kg6 Kxa4 72. h4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reinecke, Katharina"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. e3 c6 9. Nh4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Nd7 11. f4 f5 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bd2 N7f6 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rbc1 Qb6 20. a4 Bf8 21. a5 Qc7 22. b5 c5 23. b6 axb6 24. axb6 Qd7 25. Be1 Qc6 26. Bf2 Rd7 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Rad8 29. Rd3 Qc8 30. Rdd1 Qa8 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rd1 Qd8 34. Rxd5 Qxd5 35. Qb5 Kf7 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 38. Be3 Qc2+ 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Qd5 41. Ke2 Be7 42. Bf2 Bd8 43. Be3 Be7 44. Bf2 h5 45. Be3 c4 46. Bf2 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Winkels, Marcel"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nbc6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 d5 10. c5 dxe4 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxe4 Bxb2 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd6 Qe7 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Qc3 f6 20. Bxb7 Rxd6 21. Bxa8 Rd3 22. Qb4 Ba6 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd3 25. Qa3 Qc8 26. Bf3 Ne5 27. Be4 Nc4 28. Qb4 Qc7 29. Bd3 Qf4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Bb5 34. Rb2 Bc6 35. Rb8 Kg5 36. Rc8 Bd5 37. c6 Kf5 38. c7 Ke5 39. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Ng3 e6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qe2 Nge7 15. 0-0-0 0-0-0 16. Qe3 Rh7 17. f4 Rdh8 18. Ne2 Ng8 19. Qg3 g5 20. Nf3 gxf4 21. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 22. Nxf4 Nd8 23. Ne5 Nf6 24. Rdf1 Ne4 25. Rhg1 Kc7 26. Nh5 Nd6 27. Rf3 g6 28. Nf4 Ne4 29. Rgf1 Ng5 30. Re3 Kd6 31. Kc2 Rh4 32. c4 R8h7 33. c5+ Ke7 34. Ra3 a6 35. Rh1 Ne4 36. Rb3 g5 37. Nh5 Nf2 38. Rh2 Ne4 39. Nf3 R4xh5 40. gxh5 Rxh5 41. Ne5 f6 42. Ng4 Kf7 43. Rf3 Kg6 44. Nf2 Nc6 45. Kd3 Rh4 46. Re3 Nxf2+ 47. Rxf2 Rxd4+ 48. Kc3 Rc4+ 49. Kd2 Ne5 50. Rc3 Rd4+ 51. Ke3 Re4+ 52. Kd2 f5 53. Re3 Nc4+ 54. Kd3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 d6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Rfd1 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 a5 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Qg5 g6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. a3 Nfd7 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. b4 Na6 19. Rab1 Nab8 20. Ba4 Nf6 21. Nd2 Nbd7 22. Bc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Nf8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 f5 26. c5 axb4 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. axb4 Rea7 29. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gonzalez Vega, Alejandro"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bf4 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Ne5 e6 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Re3 Ne4 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Qb6 22. b3 f6 23. c4 e5 24. d5 f5 25. Qf3 e4 26. Qf4 Qd4 27. Rae1 b5 28. Qc7+ Kg8 29. d6 bxc4 30. Qxc4+ Qxc4 31. bxc4 Red8 32. c5 Rac8 33. Ra3 Rxc5 34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Rxa7 Rdxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. a4 h6 38. h4 Kf8 39. a5 Ke8 40. g3 Kd8 41. a6 Kc8 42. Ra8+ Kc7 43. a7 Kb7 44. Rh8 Kxa7 45. Rxh6 Rb6 46. Kg2 Kb7 47. h5 gxh5 48. Rxh5 Rf6 49. Rg5 Kc6 50. g4 fxg4 51. Rxg4 Kd5 52. Rg3 Kd4 53. Re3 Rg6+ 54. Kf1 Ra6 55. Kg2 Ra2 56. Kg3 Ra6 57. Kg2 Rf6 58. Rg3 Rf5 59. Re3 Rg5+ 60. Rg3 Rh5 61. Re3 Rh6 62. Rg3 Ke5 63. Re3 Kf4 64. Rg3 Rf6 65. Rg8 Rf5 66. Re8 Rg5+ 67. Kf1 Rf5 68. Re7 Kf3 69. Rg7 Rh5 70. Rg3+ Kf4 71. Ke2 Rh2 72. Re3 Rg2 73. Rc3 Rg1 74. Re3 Ra1 75. Rc3 Ra2+ 76. Kf1 Ra5 77. Re3 Rd5 78. Kg2 Rd3 79. Rg3 Rd2 80. Re3 Rd3 81. Re1 Rf3 82. Re2 Ra3 83. Re1 Ra2 84. Re3 Ra8 85. Re2 Rg8+ 86. Kf1 Rg6 87. Re3 Rh6 88. Ke2 Rh2 89. Rg3 Rh1 90. Re3 Ra1 91. Rg3 Ra2+ 92. Kf1 Rd2 93. Ke1 Rd4 94. Re3 Rc4 95. Rg3 Rc1+ 96. Ke2 Rc2+ 97. Ke1 Rc1+ 98. Ke2 Rh1 99. Re3 Rh2 100. Rg3 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gutierrez Olivares, Daniel"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. Nc3 d4 7. Nb5 c5 8. e3 a6 9. Na3 Nc6 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. d3 Rd8 13. Be3 Qd6 14. Qb3 Ng4 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rb8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. Nb1 f5 22. Nc3 b5 23. Bd5 b4 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nd5 Bh6 26. Qe2 Kg7 27. b3 e4 28. d4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Kh8 30. Rfd1 Bg7 31. Nf4 Qe7 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Qd6 34. Rc1 g5 35. Ne6 Qxd5 36. Nxg5 h6 37. Nh3 Bc3 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. Nf4 Qf6 40. Qh5 Rc8 41. Rd7 Be5 42. Ng6+ Kg8 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadovsky, Artem"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d5 6. 0-0 c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. bxc4 b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb7 11. d5 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Bf1 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Ng5 Nc5 20. Ne6+ Nxe6 21. Rxe6 Rc5 22. Rae1 Rf7 23. d6 exd6 24. Rxd6 Qc7 25. Re8 Bc6 26. Ree6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Antunes, Luciano Justi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Nbc3 a6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. f4 Ng4 13. h3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Bd2 0-0 17. Be1 Qb6 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Rc1 b5 20. Nac3 Nf5 21. b3 Ne3 22. Qd3 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd7 24. g4 f5 25. g5 Re8 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Bb7 28. Bf2 Rac8 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Be1 Qg7 31. Qd3 b4 32. Na4 a5 33. Bf2 Qe7 34. Nb6 Rc3 35. Qd4 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Bg3 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Petesch, Gabriel N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c5 Nd7 15. Qd2 a5 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. f3 Nd7 21. Bc1 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Bb2 a4 25. bxa4 Reb8 26. Bc3 Rxa4 27. a3 Qb3 28. Ree1 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Qxa3 30. Ra1 Qb3 31. Rc1 Bb5 32. Bb4 Bc4 33. Bc3 Ra8 34. Qe1 h5 35. Rb1 Qc2 36. Rb2 Qd3 37. Rb1 Ra2 38. Rd1 Qc2 39. Bd2 Bb3 40. Rb1 Ba4 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Qh4 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Qxd2+ 44. Kg3 Qh6 45. Rb7 Ra2 46. Kh3 Bc6 47. Rxf7 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Willy, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Bd3 Nf5 8. Bxf5 Bxf5 9. c3 a5 10. Nbd2 h5 11. 0-0 h4 12. Bf2 Be7 13. Qe1 Bd3 14. h3 a4 15. Qe3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Qd7 17. Qe1 Qd8 18. Qe2 g6 19. Qb5 Qd7 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qa6 Rxb2 22. Qxa4 0-0 23. Nb3 Nxe5 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxh4 Bxh4 26. Nxh4 Rxa2 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Rb8 29. Nd2 c5 30. Ke3 Rb2 31. Nhf3 cxd4+ 32. cxd4 Nb6 33. Kd3 Nc4 34. Nxc4 dxc4+ 35. Kxc4 Rxg2 36. Ne5 Rf2 37. Nd3 Rf3 38. h4 Rh3 39. Ne5 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Yurovskich, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. c3 Bc6 8. Ng3 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Bd5 12. Nd2 c5 13. c4 Bc6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 b6 17. b3 a5 18. Nde4 Nfxe4 19. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dive, Russell John"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. Qb4 Nd5 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qb3 0-0 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. e4 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. a4 Ba6 24. h3 Rc7 25. Qa2 Nd7 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nf5 Qc5 28. d6 Rb7 29. Qd5 Qc3 30. Re7 Qf6 31. Rxd7 Rab8 32. Rxb7 Bxb7 33. Qd3 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 g6 35. Ne7 Rd8 36. Nc6 Rd7 37. Qd5 a6 38. Ne5 Rd8 39. d7 b5 40. Nc6 Rxd7 41. Qxd7 bxa4 42. Qd8+ Qxd8 43. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. f3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf4 Qb6+ 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bd3 Bc4 22. Qc3 Rac8 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. c3 Rc5 26. Rfd1 Rcd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. h3 Kf8 29. a4 Rd2 30. b4 Ke7 31. Kh2 f6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Kg3 h5 34. Ra5 Rd5 35. Ra8 Rg5+ 36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rg8 h4 39. Rh8 Rd5 40. Rxh4 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. Rh7 Rxc3 43. Rxg7+ Kd6 44. h4 Rb3 45. h5 Rxb4 46. h6 Rb1 47. Rg4 Rc1 48. h7 Rc8 49. Rg8 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Dare, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[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. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. Nf3 a5 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c5 10. Qg3 c4 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. c3 Nge7 13. f4 Nf5 14. Qf2 h5 15. g3 0-0-0 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Bg2 h4 18. g4 Ng3 19. Rg1 f6 20. exf6 Ne4 21. fxe7 Nxf2 22. exd8Q+ Qxd8 23. Kxf2 Qb6 24. Re1 Nd8 25. Re2 Nf7 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rf8 28. Bf3 Kd7 29. g5 Rf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Bxd5 Qb3 32. Bf3 Qc2+ 33. Be2 Kd6 34. Ke1 Kd5 35. Bf3+ Kd6 36. Bd2 Qxb2 37. Rc1 b5 38. axb5 Qxb5 39. Bd1 Qd5 40. Be2 Qh1+ 41. Bf1 Kc6 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Bg2+ Kb6 44. Rb1+ Ka6 45. Rb2 Qg3+ 46. Kg1 a4 47. d5 Qd3 48. Kf2 Qg3+ 49. Kg1 Ka5 50. d6 Qd3 51. d7 Qxd7 52. Be3 a3 53. Ra2 Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qb3 55. Ra1 Qxc3 56. Bd2 Qxd2 57. Rxa3+ Kb4 58. Ra8 Qxf4+ 59. Kg1 Qxg5 60. Rb8+ Kc3 61. Rc8 Qe3+ 62. Kh1 f4 63. Bf1 Qf3+ 64. Kg1 Qg3+ 65. Kh1 Qf3+ 66. Kg1 Qd5 67. Kh2 f3 68. Kg1 Qd4+ 69. Kh1 Qe4 70. Ra8 Qxa8 71. Kh2 Qa2+ 72. Kh1 Qf2 73. Bxc4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. f4 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. g3 0-0 16. Qxe6 Bxe6 17. 0-0-0 Rac8 18. Kb1 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Rfe8 21. Nd4 Re4 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Nc3 Rd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd5 Bxb2 26. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 a5 17. 0-0 Ba6 18. f5 b4 19. Rf2 b3 20. Bb1 0-0-0 21. Qg5 g6 22. f6 h6 23. Qe3 Kb7 24. Rd2 a4 25. Nf3 Qb5 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Rd4 Qb5 28. Rb4 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Baker, Ilias Angelo"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. a4 d6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. a5 Nd7 15. Na4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. b4 b5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Reb1 Ra7 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. b5 Bd7 26. bxa6 Rxb1+ 27. Qxb1 Bc8 28. Qb5 Kf8 29. Ra5 Ke7 30. e5 Qd7 31. Bc6 Qd8 32. exd6+ Qxd6 33. c5 Qc7 34. Qb6 Kd8 35. Bb7 Rxb7 36. axb7 Bxb7 37. Ra7 Kc8 38. Qd6 Kb8 39. f4 f6 40. Ra3 Kc8 41. Qf8+ Qd8 42. Qxd8+ Kxd8 43. Rc3 Kc7 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. Ke3 e5 46. fxe5 fxe5 47. Kd2 Kc6 48. Kc2 Be6 49. Kb2 Bxh3 50. Kb3 Bg2 51. Kb4 h5 52. Re3 e4 53. Kc4 g5 54. Ra3 Bf1+ 55. Kd4 h4 56. gxh4 gxh4 57. Ra8 h3 58. Rh8 Bg2 59. Rh6+ Kc7 60. Rh7+ Kc6 61. Rh6+ Kc7 62. Rh7+ Kc6 63. Rh6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "McConnell, Jack1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. 0-0-0 Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 0-0 14. g4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc1 Ba3 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Nb6 Qb4 19. c3 Qb5 20. Ka1 Be7 21. g5 Ne8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne2 e5 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rd5 Qb8 26. Rxd7 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. h4 Ne6 29. Qh2 Rd8 30. h5 Nf8 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Qf2 Rd3 33. f4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Qd8 35. Ne2 Bxg5 36. Nd4 Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Ne6 38. Qh2 Qd7 39. Qb8+ Qd8 40. Qb7 Qc7 41. Qa8+ Qd8 42. Qxa6 Nxd4 43. Qxc4+ Ne6 44. Qxe6+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47. a3 Rd6 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Rf1 Rd1+ 50. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 51. Ka2 Qf1 52. Qd5+ Kg7 53. a4 h5 54. Qe5+ Kh6 55. a5 Qc4+ 56. Ka3 Qf1 57. b4 Qa1+ 58. Kb3 Qb1+ 59. Kc4 Qf1+ 60. Kc5 Qg1+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.10"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Young, Cohen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. c4 Be6 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Kc7 17. Be2 Rd8 18. b3 Nd4 19. Bd1 b6 20. Ba3 Bf5 21. Re1 f6 22. Bb2 Rd7 23. g4 Bg6 24. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Lee, Miles"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. a4 Ne8 12. Qg3 a6 13. Na3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Be2 d5 16. 0-0-0 Rg5 17. Qh4 Rxg2 18. Qh3 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 e5 20. Qf3 Be6 21. Nxd5 Nd4 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Ne7+ Qxe7 24. Qxg2 Nf6 25. Rg1 Rb8 26. Qg5 Rd8 27. Kc1 Nd5 28. Qe5 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Nc4 Ne4 31. f4 Nc5 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Ne5 g6 34. a5 Kg7 35. Bf3 Re8 36. Nc4 Re7 37. Nd6 Kf6 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Rg8 Ke5 40. Rd8 Kf4 41. Bg2 Rg7 42. Rxd4+ Ke3 43. Rd2 Ne4 44. Rd3+ Ke2 45. Bf3+ Kf2 46. Bd1 Kg2 47. Rf3 Rf7 48. h4 f4 49. b4 Nf2 50. Be2 Nh3 51. Kd1 Ng1 52. Bc4 Rf6 53. Bd5 Nxf3 54. Ke2 Kg3 55. Bxb7 Nd4+ 56. Kd3 f3 57. Bxf3 Nxf3 58. c4 Rd6+ 59. Kc3 Ne5 60. c5 Rd3+ 61. Kc2 Rd8 62. Kc3 Rb8 63. Kd4 Nc6+ 64. Kd5 Nxb4+ 65. Kd6 Rb5 66. c6 Nxc6 67. Kxc6 Rxa5 68. Kb6 Rb5+ 69. Kxa6 Rb1 70. h5 Kf4 71. h6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 0-0-0 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. 0-0-0 fxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. c5 Bxf1 17. cxb6 Ba6 18. bxa7 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Bb4 21. a3 Bd6 22. Ne4 Bf4+ 23. Kc2 Ba8 24. g3 Bh6 25. g4 Bf4 26. h3 Rg8 27. Rf1 Be3 28. Rf7 d5 29. Kd3 Bxa7 30. Ng5 Re8 31. Rxg7 Bb7 32. Bd4 c5 33. Bc3 h6 34. Nf7 d4 35. Ba5 Ba6+ 36. Kc2 Re2+ 37. Kd1 Re3 38. Nxh6 Bb6 39. Bxb6 cxb6 40. b4 Rxh3 41. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 a5 8. a4 Ne7 9. 0-0 Nc8 10. Ne1 h5 11. f4 g6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Rf2 Ne7 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Kg2 Nf5 16. h3 Bxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Be7 18. c3 Kf8 19. Nd2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nb3 Bb6 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Be3 Rg8 26. Kh2 Ne4 27. Qe1 Bc5 28. Nb3 b6 29. Rd1 Rg6 30. Bxc5+ bxc5 31. Nd2 Nxd2 32. Qxd2 Rb8 33. Rf2 Qd7 34. c4 d4 35. Qxa5 Qc6 36. b4 cxb4 37. Rxd4 Kg7 38. c5 b3 39. Qc3 h4 40. gxh4 b2 41. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 42. Qxb2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Montesilvano"]
[Date "2023.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kazantzoglou, Stefanos"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 0-0 8. e5 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qe3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qc7 12. Qc3 Rd8 13. Bd3 d6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. 0-0-0 Nb4 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 f6 19. Nf3 Kf7 20. Rhe1 b6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Re3 Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. b4 a6 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. f4 g6 30. Ne2 Bb5 31. Nc3 Bc4 32. Kd4 Kc6 33. a4 Kd6 34. Nd1 Ba2 35. Ne3 b5 36. a5 h5 37. g3 Kc6 38. g4 hxg4 39. Nxg4 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5 41. Ne5+ Kc7 42. Nf7 Bb1 43. Nxg5 Bxc2 44. Ne6+ Kd7 45. Nc5+ Kc6 46. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Montesilvano"]
[Date "2023.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Tenuunbold, Battulga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc4 Rb8 11. Ne3 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ncd5 Bg5 14. c3 0-0 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Bc2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 g6 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. 0-0 f5 20. f3 Bh6 21. Qd3 Rf7 22. Nb4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rbf8 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Ra3 Qc5 27. Rd1 Bf4 28. g3 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Qf2 30. g4 Rxf3 31. Rd2 Qh4+ 32. Rh2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Montesilvano"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asikainen, Eeli"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. 0-0-0 Bb7 10. f3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Bb4 12. Bd4 f6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Ne2 Ne7 15. g5 Nc6 16. Bc3 Be5 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh6 Ne5 20. c3 Kf7 21. Rg1 Ng6 22. h4 Rcg8 23. Bh3 Bc6 24. h5 Nf8 25. Qe3 Qe5 26. Nd4 Qxh5 27. Nxc6 Qxh3 28. Qc5 Qh6+ 29. Kb1 Rxg1 30. Qe7+ Kg8 31. Rxg1+ Ng6 32. Qxd7 Qg7 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxe6 Qf7 36. Qxa6 Rh5 37. f4 Qc4 38. Qxf6+ Qf7 39. Rxg6 Rh1+ 40. Kc2 Rh2+ 41. Kd3 Qxf6 42. Rxf6+ Ke7 43. Rb6 Rxb2 44. a4 Rf2 45. axb5 Rxf4 46. Kd4 Kd7 47. Kd5 Rh4 48. Rb7+ Kc8 49. Rf7 Kd8 50. b6 Rh6 51. b7 Rb6 52. b8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Montesilvano"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lin, Leo"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 e4 9. h3 exf3 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Re1+ Be7 13. gxf3 Nxf2+ 14. Kc2 f6 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Nxf3 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Rf1 Ng4 19. Rxf3 Nxe3+ 20. Rxe3 h5 21. Nd2 g5 22. Rae1 Bd8 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Be8 h4 26. Bd7 Bc7 27. Re7 Bf4 28. Ne4 Rf8 29. Bf5 Kg8 30. Rxb7 g4 31. Rh7 Bg5 32. Rh5 g3 33. Nxg5 fxg5 34. Rxg5+ Kf7 35. Bh3 Ke7 36. Rg7+ Ke8 37. c6 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Montesilvano"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tregubenko, Nikolay"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2023.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bd2 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. 0-0-0 Nc5 13. Kb1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. g4 Bd7 16. f5 0-0-0 17. Be3 b5 18. Qd4 b4 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Ne2 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. h3 Bf7 23. Nf4 Bg6 24. Rh2 Be4 25. Nd3 a5 26. Qa7 Qc7 27. Qa6+ Kb8 28. Rf2 Rd6 29. Qb5+ Kc8 30. Bf4 Qb6 31. Qc5+ Qxc5 32. Nxc5 Rdd8 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Kc1 Bc5 35. Re2 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Re8 37. Ke1 Bd4 38. b3 Kb7 39. Be3 Bc3+ 40. Kf2 f5 41. gxf5 Kc6 42. Kf1 Rf8 43. Rf2 Kd5 44. Ke2 Bf6 45. Rf1 Rc8 46. Rd1+ Kc6 47. Bf4 Rd8 48. Rxd8 Bxd8 49. Be5 Kd5 50. Bb2 Bb6 51. Kf1 Bc5 52. Kg2 Bd6 53. f6 Ke6 54. Bd4 Bc7 55. Kf2 Bd8 56. Ke3 Bxf6 57. Bb6 Kf5 58. Bxa5 Bg5+ 59. Ke2 Be7 60. c3 bxc3 61. Bxc3 Kf4 62. Be1 e3 63. a4 Ke4 64. a5 Kd4 65. b4 Bd8 66. b5 Kc5 67. b6 Bg5 68. Kf3 Kc6 69. h4 Bh6 70. Bc3 Bf8 71. Kxe3 Be7 72. h5 Bd8 73. Ke4 Be7 74. Kf5 Bf8 75. Ke6 Bc5 76. Kf7 Be3 77. Kg7 h6 78. Kg6 Bf4 79. Bd4 Kb7 80. Bg7 Bd2 81. Bxh6 Bxa5 82. Be3 Bc3 83. h6 Bb2 84. h7 Bh8 85. Bh6 Kxb6 86. Bg7 Kc6 87. Bxh8 Kd7 88. Ba1 Ke7 89. h8Q Ke6 90. Qe5+ Kd7 91. Kf6 Kd8 92. Qe7+ Kc8 93. Ke6 Kb8 94. Kd6 Ka8 95. Kc6 Kb8 96. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Kerr, Atlas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 a6 8. f3 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. 0-0-0 Rc8 12. Bh6 0-0 13. h4 Nc5 14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Na4 e5 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h5 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe3 Qxc2+ 22. Ka2 Nc5 23. hxg6 Qxg6 24. Rh3 Qe6 25. Ng3 Rg8 26. Rxd6 Qxb3+ 27. Qxb3 Nxb3 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. Kxb3 1-0

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Johnson, Quentin JF"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qa3 0-0 9. Rb1 b6 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Nf3 h6 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Qc1 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ba4 16. Qd2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 e5 18. d5 f5 19. 0-0 f4 20. Bc1 g5 21. h3 b5 22. c4 a6 23. c5 b4 24. Rxb4 Bb5 25. Rxb5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Rxa2 27. d6 Ra8 28. d7 Re6 29. c6 Rb8 30. Qd5 Qf6 31. Bb2 Kh7 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Bf8 34. Qf7+ Bg7 35. Rd1 Qxe5 36. d8Q Rxd8 37. Rxd8 Qxe4 38. Rd7 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5 40. Rxc7 f3+ 41. g3 Qd4 42. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ong, Rommel"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. f4 0-0 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe1 c5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qg3 d4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. f5 dxe3 19. f6 g6 20. Qxe3 Rfe8 21. fxe7 Qxe7 22. Rae1 b4 23. Rf3 a5 24. Rh3 Ra6 25. Qh6 f5 26. Rhe3 Re6 27. Qf4 Qc7 28. Qc4 Kg7 29. axb4 axb4 30. Qd5 Qe7 31. c3 Rd8 32. Qc4 Rd2 33. cxb4 cxb4 34. b3 Qb7 35. R1e2 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Qb6+ 37. Kf1 Rc6 38. Qf4 Qb5 39. Kf2 Qc5+ 40. Re3 Qc2+ 41. Kf3 Qd1+ 42. Kg3 Qd2 43. e6 Rc2 44. Qf3 Qxe3 45. Qxe3 Rc3 46. Kf2 Rxe3 47. Kxe3 Kf6 48. e7 Kxe7 49. Kd4 f4 50. Kc4 g5 51. Kxb4 h5 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Kd4 h4 54. Ke4 Kc5 55. h3 Kb4 56. Kf5 g4 57. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Gold, Hamish R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Rd8 11. c3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc6 13. 0-0 h5 14. Qe2 h4 15. Bxf6 h3 16. gxh3 gxf6 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. f3 Rxh3 19. Kg2 Rh8 20. Rd4 Bc7 21. Rfd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 b5 23. Rb4 a6 24. a3 Qc5 25. a4 Bb6 26. Qe1 bxa4 27. Rxa4 a5 28. Re4 Ke7 29. Rd4 Qb5 30. Rd2 f5 31. Qd1 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Qd2 Bb6 34. Qe2 Qc5 35. h4 Qg1+ 36. Kh3 Kf6 37. f4 Bf2 38. Qf3 Bxg3 39. Qxg3 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qe2+ 41. Qg2 Qh5 42. Qg5+ Qxg5 43. fxg5+ Kg6 44. c4 1-0

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McLean, Gary"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. d3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nbd2 Nc6 4. e4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Be2 d4 7. Qc2 dxc3 8. bxc3 Nb4 9. cxb4 Bxa1 10. Bb2 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Nf6 12. e5 Nd5 13. bxc5 Nf4 14. Rg1 Qxd3 15. Nc4 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Be6 18. Nfd2 Rc8 19. Rb1 Rxc5 20. Rxb7 Rxc4 21. Rxa7 Rc5 22. Ra8+ Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 0-1

[Event "Southern Chess Classic"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Van der Krogt, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Be4 h5 11. 0-0 g5 12. f4 g4 13. c3 Ne7 14. b4 c6 15. g3 h4 16. Nc1 hxg3 17. hxg3 Qh6 18. Bg2 Nf5 19. Qd3 0-0-0 20. Kf2 Qf6 21. Nb3 Rh2 22. Rh1 Rdh8 23. Nc5 Ne7 24. Rxh2 Rxh2 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Bxh1 Qg6 27. Be4 Qh5 28. b5 Nd5 29. c4 Nf6 30. Bg2 Be8 31. Qb3 b6 32. bxc6 Qh2 33. Qb5 Kc7 34. Nxe6+ fxe6 35. Qe5+ Kc8 36. Qxf6 Qh7 37. Qxe6+ Kc7 38. f5 Qg7 39. Qxe8 Qxd4+ 40. Qe3 Qf6 41. Qf4+ Kc8 42. Qxg4 a5 43. Qg8+ Kc7 44. Qh7+ Kd6 45. Qd7+ Kc5 46. Qd5+ Kb4 47. Qb5+ Ka3 48. Qb3# 1-0

[Event "Sydney NSW op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nc2 Bg7 7. e4 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. b3 Ne5 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Rae1 f6 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Nd4 Rf7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Ne6 Qe8 20. Bg4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nf6 22. Bh3 Rb8 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Be6+ Kg7 25. Bc1 h6 26. Ne4 Nd8 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Qd7 29. Bb2 Rc8 30. Qd2 Nb7 31. f5 gxf5 32. Ng3 Rce8 33. Nxf5+ Kf7 34. Qxh6 Rg8 35. Re6 Rg6 36. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Tew, Yao Zen Markis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. f4 c5 11. a3 Bxe4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Qd4 Bc6 14. Rxa7 Be7 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Kf2 0-0 17. Rg1 Qa5 18. Be3 f6 19. Kg3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Rf5 21. Bd3 Rxe5 22. b3 Rh5 23. h3 Qc7+ 24. Kf2 Bc5 25. Qg4 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Qe5+ 27. Kf2 Rg5 28. Qh4 Qb2+ 29. Ke3 Re5+ 30. Kf4 Qd4+ 31. Kg3 Re3+ 32. Kh2 Qxh4 33. Bxh7+ Kxh7 0-1

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Liu, Zikun Kenneth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Be3 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qxc4 Bb5 16. Qc3 Be7 17. b4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 cxb4 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bd4 g6 22. Qe4 Qb5 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. Bb2 Bc5+ 25. Bd4 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rxd4 29. Ne2 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Rc7+ Rd7 32. Rc4 a5 33. Nd4 Ra8 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Nf3 Rb7 36. Nd4 a4 37. Rc2 b3 38. Rb2 bxa2 39. Rxa2 a3 40. Ne2 Rb2 41. Ra1 a2 42. Nc3 Ra3 43. Kd4 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Rc2 45. Kd4 Rcxc3 46. Rxa2 Rxa2 47. Kxc3 Rxg2 48. Kd4 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. a3 Na6 11. Nbc3 e6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. Rc1 Nxb2 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Nb5 Nd6 17. Ned4 g5 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nc5 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Be4 Re8 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. d6 Rb8 25. Rd1 Re6 26. Bd5 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Qe4 b6 29. Qa4 Qe7 30. Bc4 Bd4 31. Qc6 Kg7 32. Kf1 Qe5 33. Qf3 Qf6 34. Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. a4 Rh8 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Rd3 Ke7 38. Rf3 f6 39. Rf5 Kd6 40. Rd5+ Kc7 41. Bb5 Re7 42. Kf3 Kb7 43. Rd7+ Rxd7 44. Bxd7 c4 45. Ke2 a6 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kc7 48. Be6 b5 49. axb5 axb5 50. h5 Bc5 51. h6 Bf8 52. h7 Bg7 53. Ke3 Kd6 54. Bf7 Kc5 55. Bg6 b4 56. Bf5 b3 57. f3 c3 58. f4 Kb4 59. Kd3 c2 60. Kd2 Ka3 61. Kc1 Bh8 62. Bxc2 bxc2 63. Kxc2 Kb4 64. Kd3 f5 0-1

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Nbd2 c6 7. a4 Bf5 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. 0-0 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. Ba3 Nb6 13. Be2 Re8 14. a5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc4 16. a6 Qb6 17. axb7 Qxb7 18. Qc1 Nxa3 19. Bxc6 Qxb4 20. Qxa3 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 e5 22. d5 Bf8 23. Ra5 Bb4 24. Ra6 Kf8 25. Rfa1 Bc5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rc6 Bb4 28. Raa6 Rd8 29. e4 Rd7 30. g3 Rb7 31. d6 Rd7 32. g4 h6 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. Rc7 Rxd6 36. Raxa7 Kg5 37. Rab7 Bd2 38. Rxf7 Bf4 39. h3 Kh4 40. Rb3 Rd4 41. Kf3 Kxh3 42. Rxf4 exf4 43. Kxf4+ Kg2 44. Rb6 g5+ 45. Kf5 Kxf2 46. Rxh6 Ke3 47. Rh3+ Kf2 48. Kxg5 Rxe4 49. Kf5 Re1 50. g5 Kg2 51. Ra3 Rf1+ 52. Kg6 Kf2 53. Kg7 Ke2 54. g6 Rg1 55. Kf7 Rf1+ 56. Kg8 Rg1 57. g7 Rf1 58. Rh3 Kf2 59. Kh8 Kg2 60. Rh7 Rf8+ 61. gxf8Q Kg1 62. Rg7+ Kh1 63. Qf6 Kh2 64. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Auckland Trusts op 45th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Yu, Weiyang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. 0-0-0 Bb4 9. f3 b5 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Bxa5 12. Kb1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. Bd4 e5 15. Qg5 exd4 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qxf6 dxc3 18. exd5 Qc5 19. Rd4 Qa3 20. Re4+ Kf8 21. Qd8+ Kg7 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Rg7 24. Qc1 Qxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Bb7 26. Rd4 Re8 27. Kd1 Rd8 28. d6 Rg6 29. d7 Bc6 30. Ke1 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. g4 Bc6 33. Bd3 Re6+ 34. Kf2 Rf6 35. Bf5 Bd5 36. a3 a5 37. Rb1 Bc6 38. Rb3 Rh6 39. Kg3 Bd5 40. Rxb5 Be6 41. Be4 Bc4 42. Rxa5 Rd6 43. Rc5 Bf1 44. Rxc3 Rd2 45. h4 h5 46. gxh5 Rg2+ 47. Kf4 Rh2 48. Kg5 Rg2+ 49. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. f3 0-0 10. Qd2 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Qh4 f5 19. g4 g6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. c4 Nb6 22. Rae1 Be6 23. Bd4 c5 24. Qf6 cxd4 25. Rxe6 Nd7 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxd4 Ne5 28. Qc3 Ng4 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Rf3 Ne5 31. Re3 f4 32. Rh3 f3 33. Qf4 Rxd3 34. Qe4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carpinter, Anthony Lawrence"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 b6 3. d4 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. b3 d5 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Ne5 0-0 10. f4 g6 11. Qf3 Ne8 12. Qh3 f5 13. Ndf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bf6 15. Rad1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. c4 Qe7 18. Qg3 Nc7 19. Qf2 Rad8 20. Qc2 Rd7 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Bc1 d4 23. e4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rf8 26. Rd3 Qf7 27. g4 Qe7 28. Bd2 Qh4 29. Qg2 Rdf7 30. Rdf3 Qe7 31. Qe2 Na6 32. Qe4 Qd7 33. h3 Nb8 34. Be1 Qc6 35. Qd3 Nd7 36. Qe2 Qc7 37. Bg3 Qc6 38. R3f2 Re8 39. Kh2 a6 40. f5 exf5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Rxf5 Rxf5 43. Rxf5 Qg6 44. Qe4 Rf8 45. Rxf8+ Nxf8 46. Qd5+ Qe6 47. Kg2 a5 48. Kf3 Kf7 49. Bh4 Nd7 50. Qxe6+ Kxe6 51. Ke4 Nxe5 52. Bd8 Nd7 53. Kf4 h6 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. Kf4 Kc6 56. Ke4 b5 57. Bxa5 bxc4 58. bxc4 Nb6 59. Kd3 Nd7 60. Ke4 Nb6 61. Kd3 Nd7 62. Ke4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gilmore, Blake"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1585"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 d5 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e4 d4 8. a4 Nc6 9. Nc4 0-0 10. Bd2 Ba6 11. Nfe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Ne8 13. Nf3 e5 14. b3 Nd6 15. Qc1 Bb7 16. Re1 a6 17. Bh6 f6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h3 Qc7 20. Qd2 b5 21. Rec1 Bc6 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rfb8 24. a5 Rb4 25. Rcb1 Rab8 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Ne1 Nb7 28. Nc2 Ra4 29. f4 Rxa1+ 30. Nxa1 Qxa5 31. Nb3 Qb6 32. fxe5 Qxb3 33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. e5+ Kxe5 35. Bxc6 Nd6 36. Qf4+ Ke6 37. Bd5+ Kd7 38. Qh6 Nf5 39. Qxh7+ Ne7 40. Be4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kh1 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Bg2 Qe2 45. h4 Qxd3 46. Qf7 Qe2 47. Kh1 Qe6 48. Qf3 Qxc4 49. Qb7+ Ke6 50. Bh3+ Kf7 51. Qf3+ Kg7 52. Qe4 Qd5 53. Qxd5 Nxd5 54. Bf1 a5 55. Bc4 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Arie Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2023.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Moshakova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1381"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 0-0 8. Bg5 Re8 9. Nd5 d6 10. 0-0-0 Bf5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qf3 Bg6 13. Nxf6+ Kf8 14. Nxe8 Qxe8 15. Qf6 Qxe4 16. Bd3 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. c3 a6 21. Kc2 c5 22. Nb3 Bc7 23. Rhe1 Rd8 24. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. Bb2 c6 8. a4 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. 0-0 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be2 Qd5 15. Qc3 Be6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. a5 Nd7 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Qd1 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Bf3 Qd6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. e4 Be6 24. d5 cxd5 25. exd5 Bf5 26. d6 Qd8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Qd4+ Nf6 30. Qxa7 exd6 31. a6 Qd7 32. Qd4 d5 33. Ne5 Qd6 34. Nc6 Rbe8 35. a7 Re4 36. Qc5 Qxc5 37. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mccollum, Liam"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[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. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nb5 0-0-0 9. Qa4 a6 10. Na3 cxd4 11. 0-0 dxc3 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. bxc3 Qe4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Kc7 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Nfd2 Qg6 19. Qa3 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rxb1 21. Qd6+ Kb7 22. Ne5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qe4 24. Nd3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Ne4 26. Ne5 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Auckland ANZAC op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2023.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Xu, Luna Yuexiu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1574"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2023.04.21"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. h4 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 Qa5 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Nb6 20. b3 Qb5 21. h5 Ra5 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Rg3 Rc8 24. g6 fxg6 25. hxg6 h6 26. Qd3 Qf2 27. Rh3 Rac5 28. Rd2 Qe1 29. Rdh2 Bg5 30. Rh1 Qc3 31. R3h2 Bxc1 32. Qxc3 bxc3 33. Rxc1 axb3 34. cxb3 Rxd5 35. a4 Rdc5 36. Kc2 d5 37. Re2 d4 38. Kd3 Rb8 39. Rce1 Rxb3 40. Rxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Kf8 42. Kxd4 c2 43. Rc5 Ra3 44. Rxc2 Rxa4+ 45. Ke5 Ra5+ 46. Ke4 Ra6 47. Rg2 Ke7 48. f4 Kf6 49. Rb2 Kxg6 50. Kf3 h5 51. Rb5 Rf6 52. Kg3 Rf5 53. Rb6+ Kh7 54. Kh4 g6 55. Rb7+ Kh6 56. Kg3 Rd5 57. Rb6 Rd3+ 58. Kg2 Kg7 59. Ra6 Rd4 60. Kg3 h4+ 61. Kg4 h3 62. Ra7+ Kh6 63. Ra8 Rd3 64. Rh8+ Kg7 65. Rxh3 Rd5 66. Ra3 Rf5 67. Ra6 Kh7 68. Ra7+ Kh6 69. Ra8 Kh7 70. Re8 Kg7 71. Re6 Rf6 72. Rxf6 Kxf6 73. Kh4 Kf5 74. Kg3 g5 75. fxg5 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Thomas, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[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 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. g4 Be4 9. 0-0 Bd5 10. Bxd5 cxd5 11. f4 Bb4 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Qd3 f6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 0-0-0 17. c3 Bd6 18. a4 h5 19. b4 Qc7 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Kg2 Kb8 22. Bd2 g5 23. g4 Rhh8 24. b5 Na5 25. fxg5 Nb3 26. Rab1 Bh2 27. Be1 Na5 28. gxf6 Qf4 29. Ne5 Qh6 30. Nf7 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sole, Michael D"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 bxc6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. g5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Be2 d6 14. Rd1 Ke7 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. f4 Ng6 17. 0-0 Bb7 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Ne5 20. f6+ Kf8 21. Qf4 Qb6+ 22. Rf2 c5 23. fxg7+ Kg8 24. g6 fxg6 25. Bg4 Re8 26. Be6+ Kxg7 27. Qf6+ Kh6 28. Bf4+ Kh5 29. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Ha, Timothy Huy Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. Be3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. c3 Nf5 8. Bd4 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 f6 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd5+ Be6 15. Qd2 h6 16. Na3 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bd5 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. f3 Qe3+ 20. Rf2 Qxc5 21. Nb3 Qe3 22. Nb5 Bxb3 23. axb3 a6 24. Na3 Rd7 25. Kh1 Rfd8 26. Re2 Qg5 27. Nc4 Rd3 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Re1 b5 31. Ne3 g6 32. Nf1 Rd7 33. Qe2 Re7 34. Qd2 Rd7 35. Qf4 Ne7 36. Qe5 Ng8 37. Qc5 Nf6 38. Ne3 Re7 39. Rd1 Qe8 40. Nc2 h5 41. h3 Kh6 42. Qb6 Re6 43. Qd4 Qe7 44. Qf4+ Kh7 45. Nd4 Re1+ 46. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe7 48. Nc6 Qd7 49. Nb8 Qe6 50. Qc7+ Kh6 51. c4 h4 52. c5 Nh5 53. Qd6 Qe1 54. Nd7 f4 55. Qe5 Qc1 56. Nf6 Ng3 57. Ng4+ Kh7 58. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. a3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qb5 Qf6 16. Rb1 Qe7 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. 0-0 Rac8 19. Rfc1 b6 20. b4 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Bb2 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Qa4 Qc3 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25. Bxc2 Bf6 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Bb3 a6 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd2 Kd6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rc1 Rf8 33. Rc2 Be5 34. Kd3 b5 35. f4 Bf6 36. e4 Bd8 37. Rc8 Be7 38. Rxf8 dxe4+ 39. Kxe4 Bxf8 40. a4 Kd7 41. axb5 axb5 42. g4 Bxb4 43. f5 exf5+ 44. gxf5 Ke7 45. fxg6 hxg6 46. g4 Kd6 47. Bd1 Kc5 48. Kd3 Be1 49. Kc2 Kc4 50. Be2+ Kb4 51. Bd3 g5 52. Kb2 Bc3+ 53. Kb1 Ka4 54. Bc2+ Ka3 55. Bf5 b4 56. Bg6 Bd4 57. Bf5 b3 58. Be6 Be3 59. Bf5 b2 60. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 Bg7 6. f4 0-0 7. Nf3 b5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. h4 c5 10. h5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bb7 12. hxg6 dxe5 13. gxh7+ Kh8 14. fxe5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nc6 16. Qd2 Ndxe5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Kf2 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Be2 Nc4 21. a4 Nxb2 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rd2 24. Ra7 Rxc2 25. Rxe7 Rc6 26. Re4 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Nc7 Rf6 29. Ne8 Rh6 30. Rxh6 Bxh6 31. Bb5 Nd1+ 32. Ke1 Ne3 33. Bd3 Nf5 34. Nc7 Nd4 35. Kf2 e5 36. Ne8 Ne6 37. Kg3 Nf8 38. Nf6 Bg5 39. Nh5 Nxh7 40. Kg4 Bd8 41. Bxh7 Kxh7 42. Kf5 Bc7 43. Nf6+ Kh6 44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Nxe5 Ba5 46. Nc4 Bc7 47. Ne5 Ba5 48. Ke6 Bd2 49. Nc4 Bc1 50. Nd6 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hwang, Ryan"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1428"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 b5 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 d6 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Nc4 15. Qc1 Nxa3 16. bxa3 Qxc3 17. Rd3 Qc7 18. Ree3 Ne8 19. Rc3 Qd7 20. Red3 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 h6 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Re3 Nf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Qd7 26. Rd3 Qc7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Rf3 Ne4 29. Qf4 Ng5 30. Rg3 f6 31. Rxe6 Nxe6 32. Nxe6 Rae8 33. Qe3 Qd7 34. Qxh6 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ning, Isabelle Yixuan"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. Rc1 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. 0-0 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rc8 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Re1 e6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Bb3 Nh5 19. Qd3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nxb2 21. Qe2 Bxf3 22. Qxb2 Qxd4 23. gxf3 Rxc3 24. Rcd1 Rd3 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Rd1 e5 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Bd5 b6 30. Rc1 Bc5 31. Re1 f6 32. Re2 Rd8 33. Be4 Kf7 34. Kh3 Rd4 35. Kg4 Ke6 36. Kh5 f5 37. Bc2 Rd8 38. Kg6 Rg8+ 39. Kh5 Kf6 40. Bb3 Rd8 41. Bc4 Rc8 42. Bb3 Bd4 43. Rd2 a6 44. f4 Rc1 45. fxe5+ Bxe5 46. Bd5 Rc7 47. Bb3 Rc1 48. Bd5 Ra1 49. Rc2 Rd1 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Bg2 Rd2 52. Rg6+ Kf8 53. Rxh6 Rxf2 54. Bd5 Rh2+ 55. Kxg5 Rxh6 56. Kxh6 Bxg3 57. Kg5 f4 58. Kf6 Ke8 59. Ke6 b5 60. Bb7 a5 61. Bf3 b4 62. Kd5 a4 63. Kc4 Be1 64. Bc6+ Ke7 65. Bxa4 Ke6 66. Bc6 Ke5 67. Bf3 Kf5 68. Kb3 Kg5 69. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vanheirzeele, Daniel"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. 0-0-0 Nd5 13. h4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bh6 15. Kb1 Qd6 16. h5 g5 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Qc2 Rf7 19. Bxh7+ Rxh7 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qe8+ Kg7 22. Ne5 Nd8 23. Rhf1 Bb7 24. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Winsley, Daniel"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Be2 Bxb4 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Nd4 Be4 11. d3 Bg6 12. Bf3 Nfd5 13. a3 0-0 14. Rc1 c6 15. Bg4 Bf6 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Ng6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. f4 e5 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. g3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nc4 26. Bc1 exf4 27. exf4 Ne7 28. e5 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Be7 30. Kg2 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Carpinter, Anthony Lawrence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Be2 a6 10. 0-0 b5 11. a3 Rb8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Qc1 f6 17. Ned4 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Qb6 22. c3 Rbe8 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qe3 Bd5 25. Rae1 Qb7 26. g3 Re7 27. Qe5 Rfe8 28. Rf2 Qd7 29. Rfe2 Ba8 30. Kf2 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. Nf5 Rd7 33. Nd4 Kf7 34. Re5 Rde7 35. f5 Kf6 36. fxe6 Bxe6 37. Nc6 Rd7 38. Nd4 Rde7 39. Rc5 Bd7 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Rd5 Rf7 42. Ke2 Bg4+ 43. Kd2 Ke7 44. Nc6+ Ke6 45. Rd4 Rf2+ 46. Ke1 Re2+ 47. Kf1 Bf3 48. Nd8+ Ke7 49. Rf4 Bh5 50. Nc6+ Kd6 51. Nb8 Rxh2 52. Nxa6 Bg6 53. Nc5 Bd3+ 54. Nxd3 cxd3 55. Rd4+ Ke5 56. Rxd3 Ra2 57. Rd7 Rxa3 58. Rxg7 Rxc3 59. Rxh7 Rxg3 60. Rh5+ Kd4 61. Rxb5 Kc4 62. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Dive, Russell John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. b3 0-0 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. Qd2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. 0-0 Qd6 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Rc5 Qe6 19. b4 b6 20. Rc2 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 h5 23. Rfc1 Ne7 24. Bh6 Rc8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Re1 Qf6 28. Qe3 Nf5 29. Qe5 Rc4 30. Bxd5 Rxb4 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Re8 Rxd4 33. Bf3 Rd6 34. Rb8 Nd4 35. Be4 Ke5 36. Bd3 Ne6 37. Bc4 Kd4 38. Bb5 Kc5 39. Ba4 Nd4 40. Be8 f5 41. Kf1 b5 42. Ke1 b4 43. Bf7 Nc6 44. Rb7 Ne5 45. Bg8 Rb6 46. Rc7+ Kd4 47. Rc2 b3 48. Bxb3 Rxb3 49. Rc8 Rb1+ 50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51. Ke1 Nd3+ 52. Kf1 Rxf2+ 53. Kg1 Rb2 54. Re8 Nf4 55. h4 Nxg2 56. Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Croad, Nicholas"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 b6 6. Nb5 e5 7. Bxe5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. 0-0 Be4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. Rf6 Bf5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rf1 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. h3 c5 23. R1f3 cxd4 24. exd4 Qd7 25. Kh2 Qc6 26. h4 Qe4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch rapid op 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Barnett Harris, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1597"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bd4 0-0 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qd2 Rab8 15. b4 Bb6 16. 0-0 Rfc8 17. Bxb6 Rxb6 18. Ne2 Rbc6 19. Nd4 Rc4 20. Rfc1 Qd6 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Nc5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Ra2 Rc3 25. Qd4 R8c4 26. Qe5 Qa4 27. f4 h6 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxf5 d4 30. Rf1 Rc7 31. Qd5 Rd7 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Rxf7 Rcc7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 g6 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Timergazi, Layla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 a6 8. Nbd4 Bg4 9. Bf4 Bxc5 10. Qd2 Ne7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nc6 13. 0-0-0 Qb6 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. Kb1 0-0 16. c3 Be7 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Ka1 Na5 19. Nd4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc4 21. Qe2 a5 22. f4 a4 23. f5 a3 24. b3 Nb2 25. Rc1 Bg5 26. Rc2 Rxc3 27. Bf2 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Qa5 29. Nxa3 Qxa3 30. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 31. Kxb2 exf5 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Bd4 Kf8 34. Rd3 Ke7 35. Rc3 Rd7 36. Rc8 Ke6 37. a4 f4 38. Rc2 Kf5 39. b4 Ke4 40. Rd2 f3 41. gxf3+ Kxf3 42. Rd1 Be3 43. Bc3 d4 44. Kb3 d3 45. b5 d2 46. b6 Ke2 47. Kc2 Rd8 48. a5 Rc8 49. a6 Rxc3+ 50. Kxc3 Kxd1 51. axb7 Ke2 52. b8Q d1Q 53. b7 Qd3+ 54. Kb4 Qd4+ 55. Kb3 Qd5+ 56. Ka4 Qc4+ 57. Ka3 Bc1# 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liu, William Rui"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. 0-0-0 Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Qe1 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bd2 d6 14. Kb1 Bc5 15. Nb3 0-0 16. g4 b5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 b4 20. Ne2 f5 21. Qd2 fxe4 22. fxe4 Qc4 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bb7 25. Na5 Qxe4 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Qxd6 Rae8 28. Rh4 a5 29. Qd3 g6 30. Rdh1 Re7 31. Re1 Qd5 32. Qe3 e5 33. Re4 Rd8 34. b3 Rde8 35. Rf1 Rc7 36. Re1 Rc3 37. Qe2 Rc5 38. Rd1 Qc6 39. Qd3 Rc8 40. Rd2 Rc3 41. Qe2 Rxg3 42. Rxe5 Rg1+ 43. Rd1 Rg2 44. Qc4+ Qxc4 45. bxc4 a4 46. Kb2 Rg4 47. c5 Rc4 48. Rdd5 Rc3 49. Kb1 a3 50. Re7 R3xc5 51. Rdd7 Rf5 52. Kc1 b3 53. axb3 Rf1+ 54. Kd2 a2 55. Rg7+ Kf8 56. Ra7 a1Q 57. Rxa1 Rxa1 58. Rxh7 Rc5 59. b4 Rxg5 60. c4 Ra3 61. Kc2 Rg2+ 62. Kb1 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op-A 130th"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2023.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 a5 9. 0-0 d6 10. Ndb5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Na7 12. Nxa7 Rxa7 13. h3 Ne5 14. Be3 b6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bd4 Ba6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re1 Nc5 19. Bc4 Kg8 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Qd4 Nb4 22. Re2 Rd7 23. a3 Nc6 24. Qc4 Na7 25. Rd1 b5 26. Qd3 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Rb7 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 e6 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rc8 32. Ra6 b4 33. Ne4 bxa3 34. bxa3 Rxc2 35. Rexa5 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rbb2 37. Rg5 Nc6 38. Ra4 Ne7 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Nd6 Nd5 41. Ne8+ Kh6 42. Rg4 g5 43. h4 gxf4 44. Nd6 Ne3 45. Rxf4 Nxg2 46. Rxf7 Rb3 47. Kg1 Ne3 48. Rb7 Rd3 49. Nf7+ Kh5 50. Rb5+ Nf5 51. Rd8 Rxa3 52. Rb1 Rg3+ 53. Kh1 Rgg2 54. Rb5 Kxh4 55. Rb4+ Kh3 56. Rd3+ Ng3+ 57. Rxg3+ Rxg3 58. Ng5+ Rxg5 59. Rh4+ Kg3 60. Rh3+ Kf4 61. Rf3+ Ke4 62. Rf4+ Kd5 63. Rd4+ Kc5 64. Rd5+ Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 9th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Hryzlova, Sofiia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 e6 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qe3 b4 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Kb1 a5 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Nb3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 a4 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Bxa4 d5 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Bb3 Bxg2 29. Rg3 Be4 30. Re3 f5 31. Nc4 Rg8 32. Kc1 Bc5 33. Ree1 Rg3 34. Nd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxh3 36. Rf1 h4 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. Ba4 Rg3 39. Rh2 h3 40. Kd1 Bg2 41. Rf2 Rc4 42. Bb5 Rd4+ 43. Bd3 Be4 44. Rd2 Rg1+ 45. Ke2 Bg2 46. Ke3 Rd8 47. c3 bxc3 48. bxc3 Rc1 49. c4 Rc3 50. Ke2 Rd4 51. a4 Rxf4 52. a5 Ra3 53. Rd1 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 9th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2022.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Rajarishi, Karthi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. h4 Rxg2 14. Bg3 e5 15. Qh5 e4 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Kf1 Rxg3 19. Nxg3 0-0-0 20. Qg5 Qe6 21. Qe3 Nc6 22. Ne2 Nde5 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Qxc3 e3 25. Nd4 Qf6 26. Rh2 Nd2+ 27. Rxd2 exd2 28. Qh3+ Rd7 29. Qd3 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 9th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2022.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mathieu, Phileas"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. h4 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Qd2 Nh5 9. Ne5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Be6 11. h5 Nd7 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. 0-0-0 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. f4 Qf8 17. Ne2 e6 18. g4 Rf7 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Rdh1 Bh8 21. Qd3 Rg7 22. Kb1 Rcc7 23. a3 b6 24. Rf1 Rgf7 25. Rhf3 Bg7 26. Ng3 Qe8 27. c3 c5 28. f5 Rf8 29. f6 Bh8 30. Ne2 c4 31. Qc2 b5 32. Rh1 a5 33. g5 b4 34. cxb4 axb4 35. axb4 Ra7 36. Nc3 Qa8 37. Kc1 Ra1+ 38. Nb1 Qa4 39. Rfh3 Qxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Rf7 41. Ra3 Ra7 42. Rhh3 h5 43. Rxa1 Rxa1 44. Ra3 Rxa3 45. bxa3 Kf7 46. Nd2 Ke8 47. Nf3 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bell, Daniel"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bf5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. h3 c5 9. c3 c4 10. Re1 b5 11. b3 Qa5 12. Qc1 a6 13. b4 Qb6 14. a4 Qc6 15. a5 Rfe8 16. Bg3 h6 17. Bd1 Ne4 18. Bh2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Be4 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. Nh2 f6 22. f3 Bf5 23. Bc2 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Kf7 25. Rf1 e5 26. Rae1 exd4 27. exd4 f5 28. Qd2 Nb8 29. f4 Re4 30. Nf3 Qe6 31. Ne5+ Kg8 32. Bh2 Nc6 33. Re2 Bf8 34. Rfe1 Bg7 35. Re3 Nxe5 36. fxe5 g5 37. Qd1 Qg6 38. Qf3 Rf8 39. Rf1 h5 40. Kh1 f4 41. Ree1 g4 42. Qd1 Rxe1 43. Rxe1 gxh3 44. gxh3 f3 45. Rg1 Qe4 46. Re1 Qf5 47. Rf1 Qxh3 48. Rf2 Qg4 49. Qg1 Qe4 50. Qd1 Bh6 51. Qg1+ Kh7 52. Qd1 Be3 53. Rf1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rains, Edward"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[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 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Qe1 0-0 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qh4 d4 10. Nd1 Ng6 11. Qg3 f5 12. e5 Be7 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. Nf2 b6 15. Qh3 Bb7 16. Qh5 Qe8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe7 19. Nh3 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Nd8 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 h6 23. Rh3 Kg8 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. Nh4 Nxh4 26. Rxh4 Ne7 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. h3 Ke7 30. Rf1 Rf7 31. c4 dxc3 32. bxc3 Kd7 33. c4 Ne7 34. g4 Raf8 35. Rh5 fxg4 36. hxg4 Ng6 37. f5 exf5 38. Rfxf5 Rxf5 39. gxf5 Nxe5 40. Bc3 Kd6 41. f6 gxf6 42. Bxe5+ fxe5 43. Rxh6+ Kc7 44. Rh7+ Kc6 45. Rh6+ Kb7 46. Rh7+ Kb8 47. Re7 Rh8 48. a4 Rh2+ 49. Ke3 Ra2 50. Re6 Kc7 51. Rxe5 Rxa4 52. Re7+ Kd6 53. Rh7 a5 54. Rh6+ Kc7 55. Ke4 Ra1 56. Kd5 Kb7 57. Rh7+ Ka6 58. Rh8 Rg1 59. Ra8+ Kb7 60. Rh8 Rg7 61. Rh3 Rd7+ 62. Ke6 Rd4 63. Ke5 a4 64. Rg3 a3 65. Rg7+ Ka6 66. Rg3 a2 67. Rg8 Rd8 68. Rxd8 a1Q+ 69. Ke4 Qh1+ 70. Ke5 Kb7 71. Rd5 Qh5+ 72. Ke6 Qg6+ 73. Ke5 Kc6 74. Kf4 Qf6+ 75. Ke3 Qe6+ 76. Kd2 Qxd5 77. cxd5+ Kxd5 78. Kc3 b5 79. Kd2 Kd4 80. Kc2 b4 81. Kd2 b3 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie, Felix"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bxe5 16. Rab1 Qd7 17. f4 Bg7 18. Qd3 b6 19. e5 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Rb4 Rc7 22. a4 Rdc8 23. h3 Rc3 24. Qe4 Qb7 25. Bf2 Qc7 26. d6 exd6 27. exd6 Qd7 28. Qe7 R3c7 29. Re4 Bf8 30. Qe5 Rc1 31. Ree1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Bg7 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. axb5 Rd8 35. Be1 Bf8 36. Bb4 Rd7 37. Kf2 f5 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. g4 fxg4+ 40. hxg4 Ke6 41. Re1+ Kf7 42. Rh1 Ke6 43. Ke4 Bxd6 44. f5+ Kf6 45. Bc3+ Kg5 46. f6 Kxg4 47. Rd1 Rd8 48. Be5 Bxe5 49. Rxd8 Bxf6 50. Rd7 h5 51. Rxa7 Bh4 52. Ke3 Bd8 53. Rd7 Bg5+ 54. Kf2 Bf6 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Gilmore, Blake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Qd2 Re8 8. 0-0 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bd4 Re8 13. Bb5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bc6 Bf5 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd4+ Qf6 19. Qxe4 Rd8 20. c3 Kg8 21. Rfe1 Qg5 22. Qe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Rc8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Rd7 a5 26. Ree7 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Membrere, Briene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qc7 5. g4 Bd7 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Bh3 c5 10. Be3 Nbc6 11. f4 Qb6 12. dxc5 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christie, Richie"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nb5 Na6 7. Be2 c6 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. Ne5 Nce8 10. h4 h6 11. g4 Nd7 12. Nd3 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nd3 Qa5 15. Qd2 Nd6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Bxd6 exd6 18. f4 Nb6 19. Nf2 Re8 20. 0-0-0 a5 21. b5 Qe7 22. Rh3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. e4 cxb5 25. Nxb5 Bd7 26. Nc7 Bxg4 27. Nxe8 Bxh3 28. Nxg7 Bd7 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31. Nh3 fxe4 32. Qg2 Qf6 33. Qxe4+ Bf5 34. Qxb7 Re8 35. Qc6 Re2 36. Qa8 Rxc2+ 37. Kd1 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "McNabb, Matthew David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5 Qc7 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Nc5 12. Bh5+ g6 13. Bf3 Bg7 14. Be3 0-0 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 b5 17. a3 Qc6 18. Bg5 Ncd7 19. Na2 Qc7 20. Rd3 Nc5 21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Qe3 Qb7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. b4 Na4 26. Qb3 Kf7 27. Bg4 Re7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxe4 30. Rxe6 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Bd5 Bg5 36. Qxe5+ Kh6 37. Qa1 Bf4+ 38. Kh1 Qg3 39. Kg1 Be3+ 40. Kh1 Bf4 41. Kg1 Be3+ 42. Kh1 Bf4 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Wang, Justin Zhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1429"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 b6 9. f3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. 0-0-0 d6 12. g4 a6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nce2 Na5 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Nxh5 gxh5 17. Nf5 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 e6 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd4+ Kg8 21. Bf6 d5 22. e5 a5 23. Rhg1 d4 24. Rg3 a4 25. bxa4 Qc4 26. Qd3 Qxa4 27. g6 fxg6 28. Rxg6+ Kf7 29. Rg7+ Ke8 30. Re7+ Kd8 31. Qxd4+ Qxd4 32. Rxd4+ Bd5 33. Rxe6+ Kc7 34. Rxd5 Rfe8 35. Rdd6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhu, David Junyang"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 0-0 8. 0-0 e5 9. d5 c6 10. Nbc3 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Be3 b6 15. Rac1 Bh3 16. Rfd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7 18. Kg1 Nd7 19. Rc6 Rac8 20. Rdc1 Nf6 21. Qc4 Rcd8 22. Nc3 Rd7 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. Qb3 Nd6 25. Qb4 Nf5 26. Be3 Ne7 27. Rd6 Rfd8 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Bf8 30. Qe4 Bg7 31. Qb4 Nf5 32. Qb5 Nd6 33. Qc6 Qe7 34. Nb5 Bf8 35. Nxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. b3 Kg7 38. f4 e4 39. Bd4+ Kg8 40. Be5 Rd7 41. Kf2 Bc5+ 42. Ke2 f5 43. h3 Kf7 44. g4 Rd8 45. a4 a5 46. g5 Rc8 47. h4 Bf8 48. Ke3 Bc5+ 49. Ke2 Bf8 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Bd4 Rb8 52. Rc1 Kd7 53. Be5 Bd6 54. Rc6 Bxe5 55. fxe5 b5 56. e6+ Ke7 57. Kd4 bxa4 58. Rc7+ Kd8 59. d6 a3 60. e7+ Ke8 61. Ke5 Kf7 62. Ra7 a2 63. Rxa5 Rb5+ 64. Rxb5 a1Q+ 65. Kd5 Qa8+ 66. Kd4 Qa7+ 67. Ke5 e3 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Coleman, Phil"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. 0-0-0 Rb8 16. Na2 Bb7 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. Rhe1 Nc4 19. Qb4 Qf2 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Qb4 Qf2 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Rfd8 25. Nc3 Kf8 26. e5 Ke7 27. Rd4 Rbc8 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Rexe4 c3 30. b3 d5 31. exd6+ Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. Rd4+ Kc6 34. Rc4+ Kd7 35. Rxc8 Kxc8 36. Kd1 Kd7 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. b4 f6 40. h4 fxg5 41. fxg5 Ke5 42. a4 Kf4 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Kf3 45. b6 e5 46. Kxc3 e4 47. b7 e3 48. b8Q Kf2 49. Qe8 Ke2 50. Kd4 Kd2 51. Qxe3+ Kd1 52. Kd3 1-0

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. c5 Qc7 10. b4 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 Bh6 14. Qd1 Bg4 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Bxg4 Rxg4 18. Nge2 e4 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Kf1 Nf5 21. Nd1 Ne6 22. Qc3 Kf7 23. Rh3 Rag8 24. a4 e3 25. Qd3 Nexd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Qe2 Rdg4 28. Nxe3 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hamilton, Andrew"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. h3 c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Qa5 9. Qd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8 12. 0-0-0 a6 13. a3 b5 14. b4 Qb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. Rhe1 axb4 17. axb4 Bb7 18. Ng5 e6 19. Qf4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Nce4 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxf6 Bf5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. g4 h6 26. gxf5 hxg5 27. f6+ Kg8 28. Qxg5 Qxf2 29. Bc2 Qe1+ 30. Bd1 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "South Island-ch"]
[Site "Invercargill"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Tunnicliffe, Connor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1467"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[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. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nbd4 Ne7 10. Be2 Bg6 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Bg3 Nc5 16. c3 Ne4 17. Qe3 Bc5 18. Nd4 a5 19. f3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bb6 21. g4 0-0 22. f4 Be4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 c5 25. Ne2 d4 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Qd3 Rac8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Rh3 g6 30. Rd1 Qb4 31. Rd2 Rc7 32. Kh2 a4 33. g5 Rd8 34. Ng3 Ba5 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Rh6 Qc4 37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. Rd3 Rc2 39. Nf6 Rd2 40. Rxh7+ Kf8 41. Rxd2 Bxd2 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Rxd8 Kxd8 44. Kg3 Kc7 45. Kf3 Kc6 46. Ke4 Be3 47. Ne8 Kc5 48. Nd6 Kb4 49. Nxf7 Bc1 50. b3 a3 51. Kxd4 Bxf4 52. Nd8 Bxe5+ 53. Kxe5 Kc3 54. b4 Kb2 55. b5 Kxa2 56. b6 Ka1 57. b7 a2 58. Kd6 e5 59. Nc6 e4 60. b8Q e3 61. Nd4 e2 62. Nc2# 1-0

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Punsalan, Vyanla M"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[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. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Rc1 0-0 13. a3 Bg6 14. Qa4 a6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Bf6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rdxd3 Ne7 21. Nd2 Nd5 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Rc5 b5 24. Qc2 g6 25. Bc1 Bg7 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bc1 Qd7 28. Qe2 f5 29. Ng5 Re8 30. Nf3 Bf8 31. Ne5 Qb7 32. Rg3 Nf6 33. Rc2 Ne4 34. Rd3 Rac8 35. Bf4 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Rc8 37. Qb3 Qd5 38. Qd1 Qa2 39. Qf3 Rc2 40. Be3 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qa2 42. Kg1 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Qb2 44. Kg1 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 Rc3 46. Rxc3 Qxc3 47. Qd1 Qxa3 48. Qc2 Qxb4 49. Qc8 Qd6 50. Bh6 Nf6 51. Bxf8 Qxf8 52. Qxe6+ Kg7 53. Qxa6 b4 54. Qb7+ Kg8 55. f4 Qd6 56. Qf7+ Kh8 57. Qc4 Qe7 58. g4 fxg4 59. hxg4 Nxg4+ 60. Kg3 Nf6 61. d5 Kg7 62. Qc6 b3 63. d6 Qxd6 64. Qb7+ Kg8 65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. Qxb3 Ne4+ 67. Kh3 Qe7 68. Qb2 Nf6 69. Qb3 Kg7 70. Qb2 Qe6+ 71. Kg2 Qd5+ 72. Kh2 Qe4 73. Qf2 Kh8 74. Nf7+ Kg7 75. Ng5 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 f6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. b4 Qb6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ned4 0-0 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. g3 Bb7 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Bh3 Rfe8 20. Bg2 Rac8 21. 0-0-0 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rhe1 Red8 24. Qf2 Qc3 25. Kb1 Qxa3 26. Qc5 Re8 27. Qd6 Qc3 28. Re2 h6 29. Qd4 Qc7 30. Qd7 Bd5 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. Kb2 Rec8 33. Rdd2 Kf8 34. Re3 Ke7 35. Ra3 Bb7 36. Re3 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Re2 Ke7 39. c3 Kf6 40. Rd2 Bd5 41. Ng4+ Ke7 42. Ne3 Kd6 43. Ng4 Rf7 44. Re2 h5 45. Nf2 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burns, Christopher John"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nb6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bd3 f5 13. Nc3 a6 14. 0-0 Nc6 15. a3 Ke7 16. b4 Rd8 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Nxd5+ Rxd5 19. Bc4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 b5 21. Bf1 Bb7 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Rc8 24. Kh2 Nd8 25. Nh4 Nf7 26. Ng6+ Ke8 27. a4 bxa4 28. Ra1 Rc6 29. Rxa4 Rb6 30. Ra5 Nd8 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb5+ Kf7 33. Bd7 Rb2 34. Kg3 Rb3+ 35. f3 Rb6 36. Rc5 Bc6 37. Bc8 Rb5 38. Rc3 Rb8 39. Ba6 Rb6 40. Ra3 Ke8 41. Bc4 Bb7 42. Rd3 Nf7 43. Ba2 Nd8 44. Bb3 Nf7 45. Ba4+ Bc6 46. Bxc6+ Rxc6 47. Ra3 Rc7 48. Ra8+ Nd8 49. Nf4 Re7 50. Rb8 Kd7 51. Ng6 Rf7 52. Kf4 Nc6 53. Rb7+ Ke8 54. Rb6 Rc7 55. g4 fxg4 56. fxg4 Kd7 57. g5 hxg5+ 58. Kxg5 Nd8 59. Rd6+ Ke8 60. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Stark, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Rb8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Ne2 f6 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 0-0 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 18. g3 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Rf5 21. Bg2 Rxe5+ 22. Kd2 Bb7 23. Rae1 Rbe8 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rf1 h6 26. Kd3 Bc6 27. Bf3 Kh7 28. Kd4 Re8 29. Rf2 Ba8 30. Re2 Rc8 31. c3 Rc4+ 32. Kd3 Bc6 33. Re6 Bd7 34. Rxa6 Bf5+ 35. Kd2 d4 36. cxd4 Rxd4+ 37. Ke3 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 g5+ 39. Kxf5 Rxf3+ 40. Kg4 Rf2 41. Ra5 Kg6 42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. Rb6 Ra2 44. Rxb5 Rxa3 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Rb6+ Kg7 47. Kh5 Ra2 48. Rg6+ Kf7 49. Rxh6 Rxh2+ 50. Kxg5 Rd2 51. Rb6 Ke7 52. g4 Rd5+ 53. Kh6 Rd4 54. g5 1-0

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McLaren, Leonard"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[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. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Rad1 Na5 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5+ Nc6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 f6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxa7 Rxh3 23. Re1 Rh4 24. f3 Rh8 25. Bc5 Rc7 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Bc4 Kf8 28. Bxe7+ Rxe7 29. Red1 Rc7 30. Rd7 Rc8 31. Rf7+ Ke8 32. Rxb7 Ne5 33. Bb3 Kf8 34. a4 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rd5 Nc6 37. Rxf5+ Ke8 38. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Auckland Stuart Memorial op"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2022.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Yu, Weiyang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "1423"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 Be7 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Ng8 12. Bf4 d6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne7 17. Bg2 Rc8 18. Ne2 Ng6 19. h4 Ne5 20. Re1 Nc4 21. Rd3 Ke7 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. f4 Rhe8 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Nd6 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Rc7 27. Red1 Rec8 28. R1d2 Rc4 29. b3 R4c7 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rd3 f6 33. Kd2 fxg5 34. fxg5 Rf8 35. Ke3 Rc8 36. c3 e5 37. Bh3 Rc7 38. Bg4 Bc8 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 40. a3 Rc7 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Rf3 Rc8 43. Kd2 Ke7 44. Kc2 a5 45. Rd3 Ke6 46. Rd5 b4 47. axb4 axb4 48. c4 Ra8 49. Rb5 Rd8 50. Rxb4 Rd4 51. Rb6+ Ke7 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. c5 Rxe4 54. c6 Ke8 55. Rb8+ Ke7 56. c7 1-0

[Event "Sydney NSW op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2022.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lane, Gary William"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bd2 d5 11. e5 d4 12. Nb5 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nd5 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. h4 f5 18. h5 Ne7 19. Rag1 Bd7 20. g4 Be8 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Bc4+ Nd5 23. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Archer, Ollie"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 Qd7 15. h3 Qe6 16. Ng3 Nc4 17. Bf2 Rd8 18. Kg1 Kh8 19. d5 Qe5 20. Qd3 Nd6 21. Bxc5 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Rc1 Be5 24. Bxd6 exd6 25. Ne2 Rd7 26. Rc4 h6 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. Nf4 Bxf4+ 30. Kxf4 g5+ 31. Ke3 Re7 32. Rc8 Rd7 33. Kd4 a6 34. Re8 b5 35. Re6+ Kg7 36. Kc3 a5 37. Kb3 Kh7 38. Re8 Rb7 39. Rd8 Rb6 40. Ra8 a4+ 41. Kb4 Kg6 42. Re8 Kg7 43. Re7+ Kg6 44. Re6+ Kg7 45. Ka5 Rb7 46. Rxd6 a3 47. Kb4 Re7 48. Re6 Rb7 49. d6 Rb8 50. d7 Rd8 51. Rd6 Kf7 52. Kxb5 Ke7 53. Kc6 Ra8 54. d8Q+ Rxd8 55. Rxd8 Kxd8 56. Kd6 Ke8 57. e5 Kd8 58. e6 Ke8 59. e7 h5 60. gxh5 g4 61. hxg4 Kf7 62. Kd7 Kg7 63. e8Q Kh7 64. Qg6+ Kh8 65. Qg5 Kh7 66. h6 1-0

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Bb2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Be2 Nfd5 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be6 13. Qc2 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. d5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Rfd1 c6 19. Qd4 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Qb6 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. h3 Rc8 24. Nd4 Qc3 25. Qa4 a6 26. Nb3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Park Tamati, Philli"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Be2 Be6 7. h5 h6 8. hxg6 fxg6 9. Bd3 Bf7 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. 0-0-0 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 0-0-0 14. Nf3 g5 15. Bg3 Rhe8 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bg6 Rf8 19. Qxe7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bxd4 21. c3 Bc5 22. Qg7 Rg8 23. Qxh6 Bxf2 24. Bh2 g4 25. Bf4 g3 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bf5 Rgd8 28. Qd6 Be3+ 29. Kb1 Bxf4 30. Bxd7+ Rxd7 31. Qf8+ Qd8 32. Rh8 Qxf8 33. Rxf8+ Rd8 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Burns, Christopher John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[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 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Qc2 d5 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Be4 Rad8 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Qh5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qc5 22. h3 h6 23. Qd3 a5 24. b3 Nf4 25. Qd2 Ne6 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. c4 Qf5 28. Qd1 Ke7 29. Qc1 Qd3+ 30. Ke1 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hart, Ralph"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[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. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 a6 6. Nc3 b5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 e6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Bf4 Na5 15. Rfe1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bc6 17. Nd5 0-0 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. b3 Nb6 20. Be3 Rab8 21. Nd4 Rfd8 22. Bf4 Rbc8 23. Qg3 Re8 24. Bd6 Qf7 25. Qe3 Qg6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Bc5 Rb8 28. Bxb6 Rcxb6 29. Rxd7 R6b7 30. Rd6 Rc7 31. Qd3 Qe8 32. Rxa6 Rbc8 33. e5 f5 34. Re2 Rc3 35. Qd6 Rd8 36. Rd2 Rxd6 37. exd6 Qd7 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Rc8 40. a5 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Henderson Trusts op-A 44th"]
[Site "Henderson"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Smith, Robert Wayne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.06.04"]
[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 Bf5 4. Nd2 h5 5. Nb3 e6 6. Be2 g6 7. Nf3 h4 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nh6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. 0-0 Nf5 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. a3 0-0 17. Bg4 Kh7 18. Qf4 c5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nd2 cxd4 21. Qxd4 b6 22. c4 Rg8 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Qe3 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Ne4 26. Rec1 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Rd8 28. Kh2 Rd1 29. Rc2 Qd8 30. Qf4 Rf1 31. Qxh4+ Qxh4 32. Nxh4 Rxf2 33. Rc7 Kg7 34. b4 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Ra7 Ra2 37. Rxa5 Nd2 38. Ra4 Nb1 39. Kg3 Rxa3+ 40. Rxa3 Nxa3 41. Kf4 Nc4 42. Nf3 Nb6 43. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Christchurch Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yu, Zachary"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.05.13"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd3 Be6 18. d5 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Rc2 Qa5 21. Rdc1 b5 22. d6 exd6 23. Nd5 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Be6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qd3 Bc4 27. Qxd6 Qxa2 28. Bd4 Qa5 29. Nxg6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Kg8 33. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Christchurch Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Tunnicliffe, Connor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.05.13"]
[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 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 0-0-0 9. 0-0 Nh6 10. Qd2 Rdg8 11. c3 Ng4 12. Bf4 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Rfd1 Qd8 15. h4 Ng4 16. g3 f6 17. exf6 Ndxf6 18. Ng5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Kf1 g5 21. hxg5 h4 22. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Christchurch Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gilmore, Blake"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.05.13"]
[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 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 e6 9. h3 d4 10. Nc4 b5 11. Na3 Qb6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 a6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ne7 18. Nc2 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Nb4 Rc4 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Be3 Qb7 23. a3 Nb6 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Bc1 Bf8 27. Qd3 Qe7 28. Qc2 Bxf3 29. Bxf3 Nxe5 30. Qxc8 Nxf3+ 31. Kf1 Nxe1 32. Kxe1 Qd6 33. Bh6 Qxa3 34. Bxf8 Qxf8 35. Qxa6 Qb4+ 36. Kf1 Qxd4 37. Qxb5 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39. Qxd5 exd5 40. Kf3 Kg7 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. f3 Kd6 44. g4 f6 45. h4 h6 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 f5 48. Kc3 Kc5 49. Kd3 d4 50. Kc2 Kc4 51. Kd2 d3 52. Kc1 Kc3 53. Kd1 d2 0-1

[Event "Christchurch Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Nelson, Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.05.13"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nf6 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. g4 Bh6+ 15. Be3 Bf4 16. Qd2 e5 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qd4 Nd7 19. Ne2 g5 20. h4 Qe5 21. hxg5 Qe3+ 22. Qxe3 fxe3 23. Ng3 Re8 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Ne5 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Be2 Bb7 28. Rd6 c5 29. Rh3 Bc8 30. Rxe3 Bxg4 31. Rd5 f6 32. gxf6+ Kxf6 33. Bxg4 Nxg4 34. Rf3+ Ke6 35. Rxc5 Rh8 36. Rh3 Ne5 37. Rh6+ Ng6 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. Rcxg6 hxg6 1-0

[Event "Christchurch Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Black "Xie, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2022.05.13"]
[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 Bf5 4. Nd2 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be2 Ne7 9. Qd2 g5 10. 0-0 a5 11. a4 Bg6 12. Ne1 Nf5 13. Nd3 Be7 14. g4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rh7 17. f4 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Bg5 19. Qf2 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qb6 21. Qe3 0-0-0 22. h3 Rg7 23. Kh2 Rdg8 24. Qc3 Qb4 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. c3 bxc3 27. Rxc3 Kc7 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Be4 30. Kg3 h5 31. Rc3 Rh7 32. Bf3 hxg4 33. Bxg4 Rhg7 34. Rf4 b6 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. b3 Kd7 37. Rcf1 Bg6 38. R4f3 Rc8 39. Rc1 Be4 40. Rfc3 Rgg8 41. Rf1 Bg6 42. Rfc1 Rc7 43. Kf4 Rgc8 44. Kf3 c5 45. Ke3 Be4 46. Be2 Bf5 47. Bg4 Be4 48. Be2 f6 49. Bb5+ Ke7 50. exf6+ Kd6 51. dxc5+ bxc5 52. Rg1 Ke5 53. Rcc1 Bf5 54. Rg3 Kxf6 55. Rf1 Ke5 56. Re1 Rh8 57. Kd2+ Kf6 58. Rf1 Rch7 59. Rff3 Ke5 60. Re3+ Kd6 61. Bf1 e5 62. Rg5 Rh5 63. Rgg3 e4 64. Be2 d4 65. Bxh5 dxe3+ 66. Kxe3 Rxh5 67. a5 Rxh3 68. Rxh3 Bxh3 69. Kxe4 Be6 70. a6 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Christchurch Nijman Memorial"]
[Site "Christchurch"]
[Date "2022.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Repia King, Ian"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1295"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.05.13"]
[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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. e3 d5 6. c5 Nc6 7. a3 Nh5 8. Ng5 Nxf4 9. exf4 Bxd4 10. Qc1 e5 11. g3 Qe7 12. Bb5 exf4+ 13. Kd1 Qxg5 14. Rf1 Bh3 15. gxf4 Qf5 16. Kd2 Qxf4+ 17. Kc2 Bf5+ 18. Bd3 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Ne5+ 20. Kc2 Qe4+ 21. Kb3 Nd3 22. Qd1 Bxb2 23. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 24. Kxb2 Rfe8 25. Nc3 Qd2+ 26. Kb3 d4 27. Rfd1 Qxc3+ 28. Ka4 Qc4+ 29. Ka5 b6+ 30. cxb6 axb6# 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gunawan, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 h6 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. Qg4 Bxf1 18. Bxh6 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qxc3 20. Bh6 Qxa1 21. Bd1 Bd3 22. Be3 Bc2 23. Bd4 Qxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bxd1 25. Bxc5 Rfc8 26. Be3 Rab8 27. g3 Bf3 28. h4 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Wellington op"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tang, Hao"]
[Black "Zhang, Kendrick Botong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.04.15"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Nb6 10. Be2 Nbd5 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be6 13. Qa3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Nd6 15. Rc1 b5 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. 0-0 c6 18. Qa6 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rfd1 Bh6 21. Rc3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. a3 Rfc8 24. Re1 Rd8 25. Bf3 Bd5 26. Re2 Bf8 27. e4 Bc4 28. Ree3 Bg7 29. e5 Rac8 30. a4 c5 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. axb5 cxb4 33. b6 Ba6 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. h3 Rb8 36. Bd4 Bh6 37. Rb3 Bd2 38. Be4 Bc3 39. Bxc3 bxc3 40. f3 Bb7 41. Bc2 Bc6 42. Rb4 Kf8 43. Kf2 Ke8 44. Ke3 Kd7 45. Kd4 Rd8 46. Rc4 Rb8 47. Kc5 Rc8 48. Kb4 Rb8 49. Rd4+ Ke6 50. Kc5 Rc8 51. Bb3+ Bd5+ 52. Kb4 Bxb3 53. Kxb3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

