[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hare,Tim"]
[Black "Garang,Kuol Awan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[BlackFideId "3233782"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[WhiteFideId "4300629"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bc5 7. e3 Bb6 8. c4
O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 e4 11. Nfe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. dxe4 fxe4 14. Nc4
Bf5 15. a3 c6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. h3 Qf6 18. Rb1 Bg6 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Rd1 Rf8 21.
Rf1 Kh8 22. b4 b5 23. Bb2 Qg5 24. Bd4 Re6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Qxa4 b6 27. Rbc1 Be8
28. Qb3 Qe7 29. Rc4 Rf5 30. h4 Rg6 31. Qc2 Rf3 32. Bxb6 Nf6 33. Bxf3 exf3 34.
Qf5 Qf7 35. Rd4 Nh5 36. Qxf7 Bxf7 37. Rd8+ Bg8 38. Ra1 h6 39. Raa8  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stewart,Clint"]
[Black "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[BlackFideId "3278824"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[WhiteFideId "3209083"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Be6 9. c4 b4 10. Nc2 a5 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Bg4 Rg8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5+ Kd7 20. Rad1 Qh7 21.
Ng4 Ke7 22. f4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxf4 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rxf4+ exf4 26. Qh4+ Kg7 27.
Rxd6 Kh8 28. Rxe6 Rg6 29. Re7 Qg8  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Black "Prince,John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[BlackFideId "3266060"]
[ECO "D13"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[WhiteFideId "3226778"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 e6 7. e3 a6 8. Ne5
Be7 9. g4 Be4 10. f3 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Bd3 Nxg4 15.
fxg4 Bxh4+ 16. Kd2 g5 17. Bxb8 Rf2+ 18. Be2 Qb6 19. Be5 Qxb2+ 20. Qc2 Qa3 21.
Rhf1 Rg2 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rc8 24. Rac1 b5 25. Nxd5 Rxc1 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27.
Rxc1  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Moseley,Paul"]
[Black "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[BlackFideId "311105223"]
[ECO "C30"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
[WhiteFideId "3250911"]

1. f4 e5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a3 O-O
9. Kh1 Kh8 10. Nh4 Ng4 11. Nf3 exf4 12. Bxf4 fxe4 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. dxe4 Be6 15.
Qd2 Qd7 16. h3 Nge5 17. Bh6 Nxf3 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rxf3 Rxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxh3 21.
Ne2 Rf8 22. Nf4 Ne5 23. Rf1 Be6 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6 25. Qc3 Rf7 26. b3 Qe7 27. Be2
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qh4+ 29. Qh3 Qf2 30. Bd3 h5 31. Kh2 Ng4+  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Elkington,Derek"]
[Black "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1439"]
[BlackFideId "35816694"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[WhiteFideId "3212564"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Ne8 12. exd6 exd6 13. Ne4 Be6 14. Bh6 d5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ Kg8 17. g4 Qb6 18. Nc5 Nc7 19. a4 a5 20. Rd4 Rfd8 21.
Bd3 Bd7 22. h4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rf4 Qe3+ 25. Qd2 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 h6 27. g5
h5 28. Re1 Re8 29. b4 Bd7 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Kc3 Bd7 32. Kb3 Be6 33. b5 c5 34.
Be2 d4+ 35. c4 dxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Rd8 37. Bc4 Bf5 38. Be2 Rd5 39. b6 Rd6 40. b7 Rb6
41. Ba6 Bd7 42. Kc4 Rb2 43. Kxc5 Kf8 44. Bb5 Rc2+ 45. Rc4 Rxc4+ 46. Kxc4  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Pass,Tony"]
[Black "Molenaar,Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1360"]
[WhiteFideId "3276988"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Qe2
a5 9. h3 Bf5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 a4 12. a3 axb3 13. cxb3 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15.
exd4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qe7 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Rae1 Rc7 19. Ndf3 Ne4 20. Ng5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Nxg5 22. fxg5 Qxg5 23. Bd4 Rac8 24. Qf3 Qg6 25. h4 h5 26. Re2 Rc4 27. Ba1
Nb6 28. Qf2 Na4 29. Re3 Nc3 30. Rg3 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Nxg3 33. Kxg3
Rc2 34. a4 R8c4 35. Rb1 Ra2  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Stortz,Robert"]
[Black "Cotterill,Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1336"]
[BlackFideId "3274942"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[WhiteFideId "3246442"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nb5 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. e3 c6 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Qb3
b5 9. Nxc8+ Qxc8 10. Qa3+ Ke8 11. Qxa5 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Nh5 13. Bd6 Nb6 14. b3 Qd8
15. Bc5 Nf6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Rc1 Nfd7 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Nxc6 a6 20. Ne5 f6 21.
Nd3 Qd6 22. Nc5 Ke7 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rhc8 27.
O-O Rc6 28. Ne4 Qd7 29. Qb4+ Ke8 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Nc5 a5 32. Qb3 Ke7 33. Rb1
Rd8 34. Qb7+ Qxb7 35. Rxb7+ Kd6 36. Rxg7  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Mazza,Stephen"]
[Black "Mukhedkar,Sanjay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[BlackFideId "3251217"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne4 Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 a5 15.
a3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rcd8 20. Rcd1 e5 21. Be4
g6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Bg7 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. h3 f5 26. Qb3+ Kh7 27. Bc2 e4
28. Nh2 Qf6 29. Nf1 Bc8 30. Qb1 Be6 31. Nd2 Qc3 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Bxe4 Qf6 34.
Bxc6 Bc4 35. Bf3 Qa1 36. Qxa1 Bxa1 37. Bb7 Kg7 38. f4 Bf6 39. e4 Bd8 40. Kf2
Kf6 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kd4 Bf6+ 43. Ke3 Bc3 44. c6 Kd6 45. g4 Bxb4 46. f5 Bc5+ 47.
Kf4 g5+ 48. Kf3 Bb6 49. Ba6 Kxc6 50. e5 Bd5+ 51. Ke2 b4 52. Kd2 Bd4 53. Bd3
Bxe5 54. Kc2 b3+ 55. Kb1 Kc5 56. Kc1 Kb4 57. Kb1 Kc3  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Black "Dawoud,Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1120"]
[BlackFideId "3256669"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[WhiteFideId "3218570"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 Nc6 7. e3 a6 8. Be2
Nge7 9. Bg3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Nbd2 e4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4
Qd6 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Nb3 g5 17. Qc2 Qc6 18. Rc1 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Nc6 20. Bxa6 bxa6
21. Rxc6 Rd6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Kd2 h5 24. Na5 h4 25. gxh4 Rxh4 26. Rxh4 gxh4
27. Nc6 Bd7 28. Ne7+ Kb7 29. Nxd5 h3 30. gxh3 Bxh3 31. Kc3 Kc6 32. Nf4 Bf5 33.
Kb4 Bh7 34. Ka5  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Mezger,Kado"]
[Black "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[BlackFideId "12808202"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1017"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 c5 10. Rfe1 Qc7 11. Rad1 c4 12. Bf1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nf6 16. Qb4 Nd5 17. Qd2 c3 18. bxc3 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxc3 20. d5 e5 21.
Qf5 Qxa3 22. f4 g6 23. Qd7 Bf6 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Qxa7 exf4 27. c4
Be5 28. Rb1 Qd4 29. Qxb6 Qe4 30. Qb3 f3 31. Bh3 g5 32. Rd1 g4 33. Bf1 Qf4  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Kerr,Carter"]
[Black "Bhosale,Sid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[WhiteFideId "3261859"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. d4 e6 7. O-O h6 8. Bf4
Bb4 9. Ne2 g5 10. Be5 Nbd7 11. c3 Be7 12. Ng3 g4 13. b4 Qa3 14. Nd2 Qxc3 15.
Nge4 Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qf5 19. Re1 h5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Bd3
Qg5 22. Be5 Rg8 23. g3 Nbd5 24. Nc4 Kd7 25. Nd6 Nc3 26. Qb2 Nxb1 27. Nxb7 Nd2
28. Qb4 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Nxd4 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Qd8#  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Miller,Allan"]
[Black "Oswald,Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[BlackFideId "3206807"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 Qc7 7. O-O d5 8. Re1
d4 9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 Be7 11. c4 Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. b3 Nh5 14. Kh2 f5 15. Bg5
fxe4 16. Bxe7 exf3 ( 16... Qxe7 17. Nd2 ( 17. dxe4 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qh4 )17...
exd3 18. Ng3 )17. Bxf8 fxe2 18. Qxe2 Nf4 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Ng6 21. Re8
Nxf8 22. Rae1 Bb7 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Re8 Kf7 25. Rxa8 Nd7 26. Rxa6 Ne5 27. a4
Ke6 28. Ra7 Nxd3 29. Rxg7 Nb4 30. Rg8 d3 31. Re8+ Kf5 32. Re1 Nc2 33. Rd1 Ke4
34. a5 Nb4 35. g4 Kd4 36. f4 Ke3 37. f5 Ke2 38. Rb1 d2 39. f6 Nd3 40. f7 Nc1
41. Rb2 Ke1  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Kerr,Lennon"]
[Black "O'Donnell,Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[WhiteFideId "3261735"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bf5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. e6 Bxe6 10. Nxc6 Qc7 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Na3 a6 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Qe5+
15. Be3 e6 16. O-O Be7 17. Bf4 Qe4 18. Nac2 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 O-O 20. Bg5 Rab8 21.
Rab1 h6 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 Rb6 24. Be5 Kg7 25. Bd4 Rb5 26. Ne5 Rb7 27. f4 Kg8
28. Ne3 Bb5 29. Rf3 Ne4 30. Rh3 gxf4 31. N3g4 f6 32. Ng6 Ng5 33. Rxh6 Bd3 34.
Re1 Bxg6 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 ( 35... Kh7 { was better}  36. Rxg5 fxg5 37. Rxe6 )36.
Rh6 f3 37. h4 Ne4 38. gxf3 Nd2 39. Kf2 Rxb2 40. Re2 Rg8 41. Bxf6 Bc5+ 42. Bd4
Bxd4+ 43. cxd4 Ne4+ 44. Ke3 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Ng3+ 46. Kf2 Ne4+ 47. Ke3 Ng3 48.
Ne5+ Kg7 49. Rxe6  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stortz,Robert"]
[Black "Hare,Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[BlackFideId "4300629"]
[ECO "A42"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[WhiteFideId "3246442"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Qd2 h6 7. f4 Nf6 8. h3 a6 9.
Nf3 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. bxc3 exf6 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfc1
Nd7 16. Rab1 Nf6 17. Rb3 Re8 18. Rcb1 a5 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Nd5 21. Re1 a4
22. Ra3 Bd7 23. Bc4 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Re8 26. Qd2 Bf8 27. Rxa4 Bxc5+
28. Kh1 Be3 29. Qd1 Bxf4 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxf4 Qxf4 32. Qxd7+ Re7 33. Qxc6 g5
34. Qxh6 Qc1+ 35. Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Black "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[BlackFideId "3218570"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[WhiteFideId "3278824"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
b6 9. Ne4 g6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. h5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bg7
15. O-O-O f5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rdg1 Rf6 18. e4 Qf8 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Rf7 21.
Rxg6 Rd8 22. Qd2 f4 23. Rxe6 Rf5 24. Qc2 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxe5 26. Rg6+ Bg7 27.
Rhg1  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mukhedkar,Sanjay"]
[Black "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[BlackFideId "3226778"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[WhiteFideId "3251217"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bc4 Ngf6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nbd2
Nxd2 9. Bxd2 e6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. fxe5
Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxc4 16. Rc3 Qd5 17. Bf4 Qd4 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. h4 h5 20. Re1 c6 21.
b3 Rd5 22. Rce3 Qb2 23. c4 Rd2 24. a4 Rfd8 25. Qf3 Rf2 26. Qg3 Rdd2 27. Rg1 Qd4
28. Bg5 Rde2 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rf5 31. Be3 Qxe5 32. Kh2 Qc3 33. Bxa7 Be5
34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Bb8 Qd4 36. Bc7 e5 37. Ba5 Rf4 38. Be1 Qd1 39. Qe3 Rf1 40.
Bf2 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg4#  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Black "Kerr,Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[BlackFideId "3261859"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[WhiteFideId "311105223"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nf5 O-O 9. Bg5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Re8 11. Nd5 Re5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14.
Bh6 Kh8 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 a5 17. Ra3 Qe8 18. Rg3 Re2 19. Bg7+ Kg8 20. Bh6+ Kh8
21. Qa1  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Black "Elkington,Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[BlackFideId "3212564"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[WhiteFideId "12808202"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 10. Qd3 h6 11. Be3 Be7 12. h3 Be6 13. Rad1 b5 14. b3 Rc8 15. a4
Qc7 16. Bd2 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Ng3 g6 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Be3 d5 22.
Nh2 d4 23. Bd2 h5 24. f4 Bh4 25. Nhf1 Nc5 26. Qf3 f6 27. Re2 d3 28. cxd3 Nxb3
29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. f5 Nd4 31. Qf2 Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2 Bf7 33. Be3 b3 34. d4 Bc4 35.
Qd2 Qc7 36. fxg6 exd4 37. Bf4 Qc5 38. Kh2 Be6 39. Qe2 Bc4 40. Qf2 Bxf1 41. Qxf1
d3 42. Qxd3 Bxg3+ 43. Bxg3 h4 44. Bf4 Qc2 45. Qb5+ Ke7 46. Qb7+ Ke6 47. Qd5+
Ke7 48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qe6+ Kd8 50. Qxf6+ Kd7 51. Qxh8 b2 52. Qg7+ Kd8 53. Qf6+
Kc8 54. Qa6+ Kd7 55. Qb7+ Kd8 56. Bg5+  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Molenaar,Michael"]
[Black "Kerr,Lennon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[BlackFideId "3261735"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Bb5 Nc6 8. Nf3
e6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. Qxa7 Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc7 Rxc7 14. Be2 Rb7
15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Rb3 17. Bd1 Rb7 18. b4 Ra7 19. Bb2 Nd7 20. Na4 Rfa8 21. Nc5
Nb6 22. Bb3 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Nd7 24. Rac1 Bd3 25. Rfd1 Bb5 26. Bc2 f6 27. e4 Ne5
28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Re1 e4 31. f3 exf3 32. gxf3 Rxa3 33. Kf2 Ra2
34. Kg3 Rb2 35. Re7 Rxb4 36. Rce1 h5 37. Rg1 Rf8 38. Kf2 Rg4 39. Rge1 Rgf4 40.
Bd1 R8f7 41. Re8+ Rf8 42. R8e7 R4f7 43. R7e5 g6 44. Rg1 Kg7 45. Rxh5 Bd3 46.
Rhg5 Ra8 47. h4 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Bf5 49. h5 Rf6 50. hxg6 Rxg6 51. Rxg6+ Bxg6 52. f4
Kf6 53. Rg5 d4+ 54. Kxd4 Rd2+ 55. Kc3 Rxd1 56. Kb4 Rd4+ 57. Ka5 Rxf4 58. Rxg6+
Kxg6  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "McAteer,Ian"]
[Black "Miller,Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[WhiteFideId "3230015"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O b6 8. e4 c5
9. e5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. h4 c4 14. Bf1 h6 15. g3
g5 16. Bh3 Re8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qd2 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qxg5+ Qxg5 21. Nxg5
Nc5 22. Nxd5 Ra7 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nxe8 Kxe8 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Nxe6 Re7 27. Ng5
Ne5 28. f4 Nc6 29. Rxe7+ Nxe7 30. c3 Kf8 31. Rd1 a5 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rd4 Ba6 34.
Rd7 Kf8 35. Ra7 Bc8 36. Rxa5  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "O'Donnell,Simon"]
[Black "Pass,Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1360"]
[BlackFideId "3276988"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5
Bd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. Re1 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Nf4 15.
Nxd7 Nxd3 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. Qxd3 Kxf6 18. Nd2 Ke7 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Qf4 21. Nf3
Rhg8 22. b5 Na5 23. Ne5 h5 24. Qh7 Rh8 25. Ng6+  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Garang,Kuol Awan"]
[Black "Cotterill,Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1336"]
[BlackFideId "3274942"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[WhiteFideId "3233782"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3
Qb6 9. Ncb5 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bd3 e5 14. fxe5
dxe5 15. Nf3 f6 16. O-O Ne7 17. c5 Be6 18. Bb5+ Nc6 19. Rad1 Ke7 20. a3 Rad8
21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. b4 Bb3 23. Ra1 Bc2 24. Rfe1 Rd7 25. a4 a6 26. Kf2 Rhd8 27.
Re2 Bb3 28. Ra3 Bd1 29. Rb2 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rd2+ 31. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 32. Kg3 Rb2 33.
b5 cxb5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rxa6 Rxc5 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rxh7 Rc8 38. h4 Rg8 39.
Kf2 Kd6 40. Rh6 Ke6 { Score sheet could not be followed from this point. Play
was recorded through to move 50 when Black resigned.}   1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Dawoud,Ahmad"]
[Black "Stewart,Clint"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[BlackFideId "3209083"]
[ECO "A84"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1120"]
[WhiteFideId "3256669"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bf4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 Qe8 8. Rb1 c6
9. O-O Na6 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 { A poor move, but can White capitalize?} 
12. Qxd6 Be6 13. b5 Rd8 14. Qa3 Nc7 15. Qxa7 Rf7 16. Qa4 ( 16. h3 { the knight
needs to be pushed back}  16... Nh6 )16... Bd7 17. e6 { ... and the advantage
slips away.}  17... Nxe6 18. Bg5 Bxc3 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Qc2 Bf6 21. e4 Nc5 22.
h3 fxe4 23. hxg4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Qc8 25. Qd2 Bxg4 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. bxc6 bxc6 28.
Qe3 Bd4 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qxc6 { Black's advantage is now overwhelming.}  30...
Ne4 ( 30... Qe2 31. Kh1 Bxf2 32. Qd5 )31. Rb7 Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qd1+ 33. Rf1 Qxf1+
34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Rxb7 36. Qxb7+ Kh6 37. Qb3 Nf6 38. Qh3+ Kg7 39. Qc3 Kf7
40. c5 Ng4 41. Qf3 Qxf3 42. gxf3 Ne5 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Ke3 Kd7 45. f4 Nc4+ 46.
Ke4 Ke6 47. Kf3 Kd5 48. Kg4 Kxc5 49. f5 Ne5+ 50. Kf4 Nf7 51. fxg6 hxg6 52. Kg4
Kb4 53. Kf4 Ka3 54. Kf3 Kxa2 55. Kf4 Kb3 56. Kf3 Kc3 57. Kg3 Kd3 58. Kf3 Kd4
59. Kf4 Kd5 60. Kg4 Ke5  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Prince,John"]
[Black "Mazza,Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1303"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[WhiteFideId "3266060"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Qe2 Nxb3 12. axb3 Be7 13. Rad1 c5 14. d4 Qc7
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Nd5 $4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4
Bb7 21. Rd7 Qb4 22. Rxf7 g6 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Re7+ $4 { Catastrophic.}  ( 24. Qf3
{ and the engine's best move is}  24... Qe1+ )24... Qxe7 25. Nc6 Qf6 26. Rd8+
Kf7 27. Rxh8 Qxh8 28. Qf3+ Ke8 29. Qd1 Bd7 30. Qd6 Qf8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qb6 Rxc6
 0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Bhosale,Sid"]
[Black "Moseley,Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1516"]
[BlackFideId "3250911"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 fxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Ne5 g6 6. Qg4 d6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Qxg6+ Kd7 9. d4 c6 10. Qg7 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. Bd3 Kd8 13. Ng5 Kc7 14. Nf7 Bf6
15. Qf8 Be7 16. Qg7 Bf6 17. Qg6 Qxg6 18. Bxg6 Bxd4 19. c3 Bg7 20. Nxh8 Bxh8 21.
O-O Bd7 22. Rad1 Ne7 23. Bd3 Na6 24. Rfe1 Nc5 25. Bc2 e5 26. f4 Bf5 27. Bxf5
Nxf5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bg5 Rh8 30. g3 Ne6 31. Bd2 Kd7 32. Bc1 Rg8 33. Rxe5 Nh4
34. Rd3 Ng5  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Black "Mezger,Kado"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1017"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[WhiteFideId "35816694"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. d3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nd5 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 Be6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. b3 Rad8 13. Rac1 d5 14. Ng5 d4
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Rfe1 e4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Qb2 Ne5 19. Bxe4 b6 20. Bd5 Rxd5
21. cxd5 Qd6 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. f4 Ng6 24. e4 c5 25. Qc4 Re8 26. e5 Qd7 27. d6+
Kh8 28. Rcd1 Nh4 29. gxh4 Qg4+ { Once}  30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ { Twice}  32.
Kf1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ { Thrice, but not claimed.}  34. Kf2 Qxh4+ 35. Ke3 Qh3+
36. Kd2 Qxh2+ 37. Re2 Qh3 38. d7 Qxd7+ 39. Qd3 Qf7 40. Rf2 Qe7 41. Qg3 c4 42.
bxc4 Qb4+ 43. Qc3 Rd8+ 44. Kc2 { Seems natural, but this loses the rook. Still
winning, of course, was}  ( 44. Ke2 { when the threat of the back-rank mate
wins.} )44... Qxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Rxd1 { From +10.0 to 0.0.}  46. e6 Rd8 47. f5 Kg8
48. f6 gxf6 49. Rxf6 Rf8 50. Rh6 Kg7 51. Rh2 Re8 52. Rd2 Rxe6 53. Rd7+ Kg6 54.
Rxa7 h5 55. Ra6 h4 56. c5 h3 57. Rxb6 Rxb6 58. cxb6 h2 59. b7 h1=Q 60. b8=Q
Qc1+ 61. Kd4 Qd2+ 62. Kc5 Qc3+ 63. Kd5 Qd2+ 64. Kc6 Qxa2 65. Qg3+ Kf5 66. Qh3+
Ke5 67. Qh8+ Ke4 68. Qh4+ Kd3 69. Qg3+ Kc2 70. Qf2+ Kb3 71. Qxa2+ Kxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kerr,Lennon"]
[Black "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[BlackFideId "3278824"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[WhiteFideId "3261735"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nh6 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. Qd2 Ng8 11. Rfe1 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bg7 14. Rac1
Qa5 15. Kh1 h6 16. Bh4 Qh5 17. Qf2 d6 18. Nd5 g5 19. Bg3 Be6 20. Be2 g4 21. Nc7
$2 ( 21. f5 Bxd5 22. Bxg4 Qg5 23. Bh4 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 )21... Nf6 22. Nxa8 Nxe4
23. Qe3 Nxg3+ 24. Qxg3 Rxa8 25. Rc7 $2 ( 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4
)25... Qa5 26. Rxb7 gxh3 27. b4 hxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Qxa2 29. Rxe7 Rg8 30. Bf3 Qc4
31. Qh2 Bd5 32. Qh5 Be6 33. f5 Bxf5 34. Rg1 Bg6 35. Qh3 Qxb4 36. Bh5 Be4+ 37.
Bf3 Bxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Qh4+  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Black "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[BlackFideId "311105223"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[WhiteFideId "3226778"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Bg5 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd6
15. Nd2 ( 15. Na3 c5 16. c4 b4 17. Nc2 )15... Ng6 16. Ndf3 Qf6 17. Qd4 ( 17.
Ng4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qf4 )17... Nf4 18. Qc5 Nxg2 19. Qxc7 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxd6 Nf4  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Black "Stortz,Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[BlackFideId "3246442"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[WhiteFideId "12808202"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. c4 Bxb1 7. Rxb1 Qa5+ 8. Bd2
Bb4 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Ne7 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Qf2 O-O 13. c5 b6 14. cxb6 Nxb6
15. Bd3 Qa4 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. O-O Nc4 18. b3 Qxa3 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Qd3
21. Nd6 a5 22. Ra1 g6 23. Rfd1 Qb3 24. Qh4 a4 25. Qg5 a3 26. Nxf5 a2 27. Nh6+
Kg7 28. Ng4 Rg8 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Qxc6 Rb8 31. Nf6 Kg7 32. Nxg8 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Rb2
34. Nf6 Qb3 35. Qe8 Qb8 36. Qxb8  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Hare,Tim"]
[Black "McAteer,Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[BlackFideId "3230015"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[WhiteFideId "4300629"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. b4 Kh8 10. Qb3 c6 11. a4 Qe7 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nd2 f4 14. Nde4 fxg3 15.
hxg3 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Nf6 17. Be3 b6 18. axb6 axb6 19. b5 c5 20. Bg5 Be6 21. Ra1
Qf7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Ra8 25. Ra6 Qc7 26. e4 Qb7 27. Rfa1 Bg5
28. Qb2 Bf6 29. R1a2 Rxa6 30. bxa6 Qc7 31. Qb5 Ra8 32. Bh3 Kg7 33. Qc6 Qxc6 34.
dxc6 Bd8 35. a7  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Elkington,Derek"]
[Black "Garang,Kuol Awan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[BlackFideId "3233782"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[WhiteFideId "3212564"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 f6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bd5 Bd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Nh4
Nge7 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh6 Bg4 11. Qg7 Kd7 12. Bh6 Nd4 13. Kd2 g5 14. f3 Be6 15.
c3 Bxd5 16. cxd4 Rg8 17. Qxf6 gxh4 18. exd5 Rxg2+ 19. Kc1 Nxd5 20. Qf7+ Kc6 21.
Rd1 Rxh2 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc3 Qg8 24. Qxg8 Rxg8 25. Nxd5 Bxb2+ 26. Kb1 Rgg2
27. Ne7+ Kb6 28. Be3+ Ka6 29. Nd5 Bc3 30. Nxc7+ Ka5 31. Rd5+ Ka4 32. Rd1 Rb2+ 
0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Stewart,Clint"]
[Black "Molenaar,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[WhiteFideId "3209083"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nf3 a6 11. h3 Nf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Nxd8 14. Nxe5 Nd7 15.
Nd5 Ra7 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. Nxd7+ Bxd7 18. O-O-O  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Miller,Allan"]
[Black "Mukhedkar,Sanjay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[BlackFideId "3251217"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bd3 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. e5 Bc5 7. Be2 Nd7 8. d4 Bb6
9. Bf4 Ne7 10. c3 c5 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. b4
Bg6 16. b5 a5 17. Na4 Ba7 18. Bd3 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Nf5 20. g3 Qe7 21. Qb3 Nxd4 22.
Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Ba3 Bc5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rb1 b6 27. Qe3 Rd8 28.
Rd1 Qc7 29. f4 Rc8 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke2 Qd7 33. Rb1 Na4 34. Rb3 Rc2+
35. Kd3 Rxa2 36. Qd4 Qc7 37. Qxa4 Qc2+ 38. Kd4 Qf2+ 39. Kd3 Qd2#  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Black "Bhosale,Sid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[WhiteFideId "3218570"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Be2 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nf6 13. O-O Bf7 14. Nhf3 h6 15.
Qa4 O-O 16. b4 b5 17. Qd1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Nh2 e5 20. a3 exd4 21. cxd4 Bg6
22. Rc1 Ne7 23. Ng4 c6 24. Ne5 Rf6 25. Qc2 Raf8 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Be8 28.
Bg4 Rd6 29. Re1 h5 30. Be2 Rdf6 31. Rf1 Nc8 32. a4 Na7 33. a5 g5 34. Rc2 Kg7
35. Bd1 Rh8 36. f3 Rhf8 37. Rcf2 exf3 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Rxf3 { White has a
decisive advantage, but ... draw agreed.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Kerr,Carter"]
[Black "O'Donnell,Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[WhiteFideId "3261859"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 e6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. Ng5 g6 10. Qh4 h5 11. g4 Kg7 12. gxh5 Rh8 13. Rg1 Qf6 14. Bd2 e5 15.
h6+ Rxh6 16. Ne6+ fxe6 17. Qxh6+ Kf7 18. Bd3 Bf8 19. Bxg6+ Ke7 20. Bb4+ Kd8 21.
Bxf8 Nd7 22. Bd6 exd4 23. O-O-O e5 24. Bb4 Qf4+ 25. Qxf4 exf4 26. h4 c5 27. h5
Ne5 28. h6 Nxg6 29. Rxg6 Kc7 30. Rg8 Rb8 31. h7 Bf5 32. h8=Q Rxg8 33. Qxg8  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Mazza,Stephen"]
[Black "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1439"]
[BlackFideId "35816694"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 b5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. a3 a5 13. Bg3 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15.
Na4 Bb7 16. Ne5 Qa5 17. b3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qc2 Ba7 21. Nc6
Bxc6 22. Qxc6 d4 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Qc4 Bc3 25. Bc7 Qd5 26. Bf4 Rfc8 27. Qxd5
Nxd5 28. Bg3 Ra3 29. Bc4 Nb6 30. Rfd1 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Be5 Re4 33. Bd6
Ra2 34. Rb1 Ree2 35. Bc5 Rab2 36. Rdc1 Rec2 37. Kf1 b3 38. Ba3 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1
Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Rxh2+ 41. Kg1 Bd4+ 42. Kf1 Rh1#  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Mezger,Kado"]
[Black "Prince,John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[BlackFideId "3266060"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1017"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 Nc6 ( 5... c5 { gives Black a
slight edge.} )6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bc4 Bg4 9. c3 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Be7
12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. c4 b5 16. Qc2 h6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3
Rc8 19. Qd2 Bb4 20. Qf2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc3 22. Qd2 b4 23. a3 Nb3 24. Qd1 Nxa1
25. Bb2 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Bg6 27. Qxa6 Nc2 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Qd6 Nd3 30. Ba3 Qa8
31. Qxf8+ Qxf8 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Ra1 Kg8 34. Nd2 Nf4 35. Kf2 Nd3+ 36. Ke3 Nb4
37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra4 Nc2+ 39. Kf2 h5 40. h4 Bf5 41. Nf3 Kg6 { White has a solid
position and a clear advantage. Patience is needed, but he starts to drift.} 
42. Ng5 f6 43. Nf3 Bg4 44. Ra6 { The advantage disappears.}  44... Bxf3 45.
gxf3 Nxd4 46. exf6 gxf6 47. Ke3 Nf5+ 48. Kf4 { A sad end.}  48... e5#  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Cotterill,Graeme"]
[Black "Moseley,Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1516"]
[BlackFideId "3250911"]
[ECO "B72"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1336"]
[WhiteFideId "3274942"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. a3 Bg7
9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Nde2 Ne5 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. Nfd5 Nfd7 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Be3 Rc8 16. Nf4 Kf7 17. Nfd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Na4 Rc6 20. Qb4 Ba8 21. Rd4
Qb8 22. Rxc4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4 Rhc8 24. Nac3 f5 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne5 27. exf5
gxf5 28. Nb4 Rb6  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.14"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Pass,Tony"]
[Black "Dawoud,Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1120"]
[BlackFideId "3256669"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1360"]
[WhiteFideId "3276988"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nh4 Bg6 5. Nxg6 hxg6 6. Nd2 Qd6 7. a3 Rxh2 8.
Rxh2 Qxh2 9. Nf3 Qd6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6 13. b3 Be7 14. g3 f6
15. Bd3 f5 16. g4 O-O-O 17. g5 c5 18. Qe2 d4 19. Bc4 a6 20. Bb2 Qc6 21. Kf2 b5
22. Bd3 Rd7 23. a4 c4 24. axb5 axb5 25. bxc4 dxe3+ 26. Kg3 Bc5 27. cxb5 Qb6 28.
Ra8+  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Black "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[BlackFideId "12808202"]
[ECO "A91"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[WhiteFideId "3278824"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 d6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Nb6 9. b3 Rb8 10. e4 Bd7 11. Nge2 Qe8 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16. Nf4 Rxf4 17. Bxf4 Bc6 18. O-O Qh5 19. Kh2 Qf3 20. Rg1 Rf8 21. Rae1
Rxf4 22. gxf4 Qxf4+ 23. Rg3 Bh4 24. Be4 d5 25. Bg2 Bxg3+ 26. fxg3 Qxd4 27. Rf1
Qc5 28. Qf2 Qxf2 29. Rxf2 Kg8 30. cxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. g4 c5 33. Kg3 g6
34. Kf4 Kg7 ( 34... g5+)35. h4 b5 36. Rc2 c4 37. bxc4 Bxc4 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Kd4
Ke7 40. Kc5 a5 41. a3 Kd7 42. Rf2 Ke7 43. Rb2 a4 44. Rxb5 Bxb5 45. Kxb5 Kd7 46.
Kxa4 Kc6 47. Kb4 Kd5 48. a4 Kxe5 49. Kc5 Kf4 50. a5 e5 51. a6 e4 52. a7 e3 53.
a8=Q e2 54. Qa1 Kxg4 55. Qe1 h5 56. Kd4 g5 57. hxg5 Kxg5 58. Qxe2 h4 59. Qh2
Kg4 60. Ke4 h3 61. Qf4+  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Black "Hare,Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[BlackFideId "4300629"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[WhiteFideId "311105223"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Bd3 e6 9.
g3 Be7 10. h3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Ne2
Bb4 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc4 18. Qd3 Rb8 19. g4 Rb6 20. f5 Ra6 21. Nc1 gxf5
22. gxf5 Rh6 23. fxe6 Rxe6 { White has a decisive advantage.}  24. Ng5 ( 24.
Rhg1 { was needed before the knight move.}  24... Ke7 25. Qf5 Ne3 ( 25... Qc7
26. Ng5 Kd8 27. Nxe6+ { etc.}  )26. Qg5+ )24... Bd2 25. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 26. Ka1 Rg6
27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Qf5+ $4 { White's advantage is gone.}  ( 28. e6+ Kf6 29. e7
Rg8 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Qe5+ )28... Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kh6 30. e6 c5 31. e7 Qxa2+  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kerr,Lennon"]
[Black "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[BlackFideId "3226778"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[WhiteFideId "3261735"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 e6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. O-O Nd7
9. a3 c5 10. Ne2 c4 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b3 cxb3 15. Bxb3
O-O 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Qc7 19. Bb3 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Rdc1 a4
22. Ba2 d5 23. e5 Ba6 24. Qe3 Bc4 25. Rd1 Bxa2 26. Rxa2 Nc4 27. Qc1 a3 28. h3
Bf8 29. Nh2 Nb2 30. Ng4 Qxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Rb1 Rd2 33. Ne3 Rxd4 34. Ne2 Rd2
35. Nc1 d4 36. Ng4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nd3 38. Raa1 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Nxc1 40. Rxc1 a2 41.
Ra1 Bb4 42. Nf6+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mukhedkar,Sanjay"]
[Black "Stewart,Clint"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[BlackFideId "3209083"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[WhiteFideId "3251217"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Ne8 12. f4 Qa5 13. Qf2 f6 14. Bc5 fxe5 15.
Bxe7 Rxf4 16. Qc5 Qc7 17. Bg5 Bf8 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5+ Rf7 20. Qxa8 Bf5 21.
Bd3 Nd6 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qd5 Kg7 24. Rhe1 Bd6 25. Bd2 Nd4 26. Bc3 Rf4 27. Qa5
Qe7 28. Bxd4  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Garang,Kuol Awan"]
[Black "Kerr,Carter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[BlackFideId "3261859"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[WhiteFideId "3233782"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 Be6 8. Nd5
Bxd5 9. exd5 Na5 10. Bb5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. c3 Nf6 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a5 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bg5 Qe7 17. Nd2 Qe6 18. Re1 Nd5 19. Qb3 Qf5 20. Ne4 Bxf2+ 21.
Nxf2 Qxg5 22. bxa5 Nf4 23. g4 Qh4 24. Re3 Rxa5 25. Qb7 Nd5 26. Rf3 Qe7 27. c4
Nf6 28. Qxc6 Rb8 29. Re3 d5 30. cxd5 Rc5 31. Qa6 Nxd5 32. Ree1 Nf4 33. Qa7 Rd8
34. Ra3 Qh4 35. d4 Rc2 36. dxe5 c5 37. Rf1 g6 38. Rf3 Rdd2 39. Qa8+ Kg7 40.
Rxf4 Qg3+ 41. Qg2 Qxf4 42. e6 fxe6 43. Qb7+ Qf7 44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. Ne4+ Ke7 46.
Nxd2 Rxd2 47. Ra1 c4 48. Ra3 Rd3 49. Ra2 c3 50. a5 Rd2 51. Ra1 c2  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "McAteer,Ian"]
[Black "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[BlackFideId "3218570"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[WhiteFideId "3230015"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. c3 Be7 6. h3 c6 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Bf3 Nf6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 b5 20. Ree1 Rfc8
21. a3 Ra4 22. Bg3 Rca8 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. Kf1 Re8 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Rf3 Kg8 27.
Bc7 Rd7 28. Be5 Bd6 29. Rfe3 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 g6 31. R1e3 Kg7 32. g4 Ra8 33. f4
Rad8 34. Ke2 Rd6 35. h4 R8d7 36. Kd3 b6 37. Kc2 Rd5 38. Kb3 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Rd5
40. g5 Rd8 41. a4 bxa4+ 42. Kxa4 hxg5 43. fxg5 Ra8+ 44. Kb4 Kf8 45. c4 Ke7 46.
b3 Kd7 47. Re3 Re8 48. Re4 Rf8 49. Rf4 Ke7 50. c5 b5 { The game had got to move
50 without the evaluation going outside the +/-0.5 band, and suddenly White has
a decisive advantage. Unfortunately, he didn't know it.}  51. Ka5 Kd7 52. Rf6
Ra8+ 53. Kb4 ( 53. Kb6 { was the move that continued the advantage}  53... Rb8+
54. Ka7 Rf8 55. Kb7 b4 56. Rf4 Kd8 57. Kxc6 { etc. Instead, the game returns to
+/-0.5.}  )53... Ke7 54. h5 gxh5 55. Rh6 Rg8 56. Rxh5 Ra8 57. Rh7 Rg8 58. Rh5
Ra8 59. Rh4 Rg8 60. Rg4 Ra8 61. Re4 Rg8 62. Re5 f6 63. gxf6+ Kxf6 64. Re3 Rd8
65. Rf3+ Ke7 66. Kc3 Rg8 67. Rh3 Rg7 68. Kb4 Kd7 69. Rh4 Kc7 70. Ka5 Kb7 71.
Rh6 Re7 72. Rh8 { White's annoying little moves have somehow eked out a small
advantage.}  72... Ka7 73. Rd8 Kb7 74. Rd6 Kc7 75. Kb4 Re8 76. Kc3 e5 77. b4
exd4+ 78. Rxd4 Re3+ 79. Rd3 Re7 80. Rh3 Rd7 { At this point both players were
below five mintues and no further moves were recorded. It is 0.00 of course but
White, with a little more time, nagged away until Black blundered an exchange
of rooks that left White with the opposition and a simple conversion. The game
most likely went past 100 moves.}   1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Black "Stortz,Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[BlackFideId "3246442"]
[ECO "A50"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[WhiteFideId "35816694"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 b6 12. Be3 c5 13. b5 Bb7 14. a4 cxd4 15. Bxd4
Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 h6 18. Bb1 Qxd1 19. Rcxd1 Bb4 20. Na2 Bc5 21. Rfe1
Rac8 22. Ne5 Rfd8 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Bd6 25. Nf3 Bc5 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Bc2 Kf8
28. Ne5 Rd2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 { White was down to 3 minutes on move 26.
Black stopped recording at move 30 and wrote "time trouble" on their score
sheet. Perhaps to record why, with a fair advantage, a draw was agreed.}  
1/2-1/2

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Bhosale,Sid"]
[Black "Elkington,Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[BlackFideId "3212564"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qc3 $4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nf6
8. e5 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Qa5 11. Bb5 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Qc7
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfd1 c5 17. b5 Bb7 18. Rd6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb7
21. c4 Ra4 22. Rd3 Qa8 23. Rc1 f4 24. Rcc3 Qb7 25. Nd6 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Rfa8 27.
Nb5 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Qxd3 29. Rxc5 g5 30. h3 h5 { White flagged, although the
position was lost from move 5.}   0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Molenaar,Michael"]
[Black "Mazza,Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1303"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nb6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ng3 a6 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 {
Material is equal but White's space advantage and central control is pushing
the evaluation out beyond +2.}  14... Bb5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. Nf5+ Kg8 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qg7#  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Prince,John"]
[Black "Pass,Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1360"]
[BlackFideId "3276988"]
[ECO "B15"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[WhiteFideId "3266060"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qe2+ Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qc4
Nd7 15. d5 c5 16. Nh4 Bd6 17. Ng2 Ne5 18. Qc3 Qc7 19. f4 Nd7 20. h4 b5 21. a3
Nb6 22. b3 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nc4 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rhe1
Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Ra3 29. Nd3 Qe3+  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Moseley,Paul"]
[Black "Miller,Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
[WhiteFideId "3250911"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne5
c6 9. Rf3 Rc8 10. Rg3 Ne4 11. Rf3 Bg4 12. Nxg4 f5 13. Ne5 Rc7 14. d3 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bh4 16. dxe4 Rcf7 17. exd5 g5 18. g3 gxf4 19. exf4 Bf6 20. Nd2 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Rg7 22. Rf4 exd5 23. Nf3 Rg4 24. Nd4 Rxf4 25. gxf4 Qh4 26. Qf1 Rf7 27. Kh1
Rg7 28. Nxf5  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "O'Donnell,Simon"]
[Black "Cotterill,Graeme"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1336"]
[BlackFideId "3274942"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Be7 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 Qc7 11. Qe1 Bf6 12. Nd5 Qxe5 13. Qxe5 Bxe5 14. Nb6
Rd8 15. d3 Bc7 16. Nc4 b5 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. b4 Bd6 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bb2 O-O 21.
d4 Bb6 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. c3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. a3 Rc8 26. h4 Bc4 27. h5 Bxf1
28. Kxf1 Ba5 29. Rd3 Rfd8 30. h6 g6 31. Rf3 Rd5 32. Bc1 Bxc3 33. Ke2 Bxd4 34.
Rb3 Rxc1 35. a4 Rc8 36. f4 f5 37. g4 Kf7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rg3 b4 40. Kf1 Rb8 
0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hare,Tim"]
[Black "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[BlackFideId "3278824"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[WhiteFideId "4300629"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O h5 7. h4 f6 8. Nbd2 g5
9. Re1 Bg4 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Qd7 14. Re1 Nh6 15. b4
Nf5 16. b5 Nd8 17. hxg5 h4 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rf8
22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. exf6 h3 24. Qxg4 h2+ 25. Kxh2 Qh7+ 26. Kg1 Kf7 27. Bg5 Qg6
28. Be4 Kf8 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Qb4+ Kg8 31. Re7 Nf7 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Qb3 Re8
34. Rd1 c5 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rd7 Qxb3 37. axb3  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Black "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[BlackFideId "311105223"]
[ECO "C29"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[WhiteFideId "12808202"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. Nxe4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14.
Rae1 O-O-O 15. Kc1 Rhe8 16. Rhf1 Re7 17. Bc4 Rdd7 18. Rf4 Ne6 19. Rf3 Nd4 20.
Rh3 h6 21. Rg3 f6 22. e6 Rd6 23. Rxg7 Rxg7 24. e7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Rd7 26. Re4 b5
27. Bd3 Rd5 28. Re7 Nc6 29. Re6 Nb4 30. Rxf6 Nxd3+ 31. cxd3 Rh5 32. h3 Rg5 33.
Rf2 Rg3 34. Kd2 Kd7 35. Kc3 c5 36. Rf5 Kd6 37. Rf6+ Kd5 38. Rf5+ Kd6 39. Rh5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kerr,Carter"]
[Black "Mukhedkar,Sanjay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[BlackFideId "3251217"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[WhiteFideId "3261859"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf5 Qc7 12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rfe8 14. Ne2 Ne4
15. Bh4 Ndf6 16. Nc3 g5 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 f6 20. Bg3 e3 21.
Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. fxe3 Rd8 24. Rf1 Kg7 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. c4 Re8 27. Qf3
Qd6 28. Kh1 Rf8 29. b3 Kg6 30. e4 h5 31. d5 Qe5 32. Qf5+ Qxf5 33. exf5+ Kf7 34.
d6 b6 35. b4 Re8 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. c5 b5 38. Re1 Rd7 39. g4 h4 40. Re6 a6 41. a3
Kg7 42. Kg2 Kf7 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. Re8  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Black "McAteer,Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[BlackFideId "3230015"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[WhiteFideId "3226778"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. O-O e5 { Nine moves in and it's all zeros.}  10. h3 h6 11. Qc2 exd4 12.
Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. f4 Ng6 16. e4 Bc5 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Bf3
Nh4 19. e5 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Nh7 21. Na4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Be6 { Up to this point the
evaluation hadn't moved outside the range of +1.00 to -1.00, but the engine
really doesn't like this. Better was:}  ( 22... b6 23. Rg3 Qe6 { Altough
White's advantage is still pleasant.}  )23. Bc5 Qh4 24. Nc3 Qh5 25. Qf2 f5 26.
Bxa7 Qf7 27. a3 Nf8 { There must be some way out of the corner!}  28. Bc5 Bb3
29. Rd2 Ne6 30. Rfd3 Rad8 31. Bb6 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Bc4 33. Rd6 Ba6 { White is
better in this position but Black was feeling a lot less stressed with the
bishop and the knight now both on good squares. The long range focus of the
bishop on f1 was already in Blacks mind and this proved to be a key theme.} 
34. Qd2 Qe7 35. b3 { A bit of a loss of time?}  35... Qh4 36. Be3 g5 { A huge
blunder if the exchange sac is spotted.}  37. fxg5 { It wasn't. Crushing was
the line:}  ( 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Re7 { and mate in nine is
announced.}  )37... hxg5 38. Rd7 { Rxe6 was still better, but not decisive.} 
38... g4 39. Bf2 Qh5 40. hxg4 fxg4 { The idea of opening the f-file to get to
f1 was now very much in Black's mind.}  41. Bg3 Rf8 42. Ne2 Qf5 43. Kh2 ( 43.
Qh6 { retains White's edge.}  43... Bxe2 44. Re7 Bd3 45. Rxe6 )43... Qh5+ 44.
Kg1 Qf5 45. Nd4 { And now Black has has a strong edge.}  45... Qb1+ 46. Kh2 Qg6
47. Ne2 { And Black is winning, except}  47... Qh5+ { the win is missed.}  (
47... Rf1 48. Rd8+ Kh7 49. Rd7+ Ng7 50. Bf4 ( 50. Ng1 Qh5+ 51. Nh3 gxh3 52.
gxh3 )50... Bxe2 51. Kg3 ( 51. Qxe2 g3+ 52. Bxg3 Qh6+ 53. Bh4 Qxh4# )51... Bf3
52. gxf3 gxf3+ 53. Bg5 Rg1+ 54. Kxf3 Rxg5 )48. Kg1 Qf5 { White was very low on
time at this point, but Black couldn't see a clear way to make progress  (  the
engine gives White the edge  )  so the threefold repetition was claimed as this
position was a repeat of the position after Black's move 42 and 44.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Elkington,Derek"]
[Black "Moseley,Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1516"]
[BlackFideId "3250911"]
[ECO "B75"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[WhiteFideId "3212564"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2
h5 9. h4 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Bb7 12. b4 Nbd7 13. b5 a5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15.
bxc6 Nb6 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Ra2 Qc7 18. Kf2 Rfd8 19. Nd5 Nbxd5 20. exd5 e6 21. c4
e5 22. Rha1 e4 23. Ra4 exf3 24. gxf3 Ne4+ 25. fxe4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Re8 27. Qd4
Qe7 28. Bg5 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. c7 Kg7 31. Bd8  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Stortz,Robert"]
[Black "Molenaar,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[WhiteFideId "3246442"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qd7 6. dxc5 e5 7. Bg3 Bxc5 8. Nf3
f6 9. Nbd2 e4 10. Nd4 Bxd4 11. cxd4 a6 12. Be2 Nge7 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Bh5+ g6 15.
Be2 Nf5 16. Bg4 Nfxd4 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Rd1 f5 19. Nc4 { A huge blunder by
White, perhaps overlooking that the queen is en prise after the pawn capture.} 
19... dxc4 20. Qxc4 Qf7 21. Rd6 Ng7 { A return blunder, throwing away the
advantage.}  ( 21... Ned8 { and White is lost.} )22. Rxc6 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Ne6 24.
Ke2 O-O 25. Rhc1 Rfe8 26. R4c3 b6 27. b4 a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Ra2+ 30. R3c2
Rxc2+ 31. Rxc2 Ra8 32. Rc6 Kf7 { At this point both players fell below five
minutes and no further moves were recorded. White has a clear edge, wth Rxb6
coming, and he went on to convert the win.}   1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Stewart,Clint"]
[Black "Kerr,Lennon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[BlackFideId "3261735"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[WhiteFideId "3209083"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. O-O Bc5+ 7. d4 Bb6 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Be4 13. Kh1 Bg6 14. Nh4 c5
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qxg4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxe4 Qc5 20. Bg5 Qb5
21. Qxb7 Qxe5 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rf4 Qxg5 24. Rh4+ Qxh4 25. gxh4 Rad8 26. Be4 
1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Pass,Tony"]
[Black "Garang,Kuol Awan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[BlackFideId "3233782"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1360"]
[WhiteFideId "3276988"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Nge7 { Oh no, my knight.}  6.
dxe7 ( 6. Bf4 { maintains White's advantage.} )6... Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Qxd1 8. Nbd2
Qxc2 9. e3 Nxe7 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Bd1 Qd3 13. Be2 Qg6 14. Ne5 Qf5+
15. Ndf3 f6 16. Nd3 Rad8 17. Nf4 Bd5 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Bd2 c5 20. Nd3 Qe4 21. Nf3
b6 22. h3 Ba8 23. Nf4 Nf5 24. Rab1 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Qxe3+ 26. Ke1 Qg3+ 27. Kd1
Ne3+  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Black "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1439"]
[BlackFideId "35816694"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[WhiteFideId "3218570"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 h6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 a6
9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a3 a5 15.
Nf3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 Rb6 18. Rab1 Rfb8 19. Re2 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rc2 Qd6 22. Nd2 e5 23. f3 Nd7 24. Qc3 Rb5 25. Rbc1 g6 26. h3 Nb6 27. Qd3 Na4
28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Ne4 { At this point White fell below 5 minutes
and played the next 30 recorded moves with five minutes and the ten second
increment.}  30... Qb6 31. Nf2 Qxb2 32. Rc2 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb5 34. f4 Qxd3 35.
Nxd3 exf4 36. Nxf4 Rb3 37. Nxd5 Rxa3 38. e4 Rd3 39. Nc7 Nc3 40. e5 a4 41. Rc1
a3 42. e6 fxe6 43. Nxe6+ Kf7 44. Nc5 Re3 45. Ra1 Nb5 46. Kg1 Re2 47. Nd3 Rd2
48. Nb4 Rd4 49. Nc2 Ra4 50. Kf1 a2 51. Ke2 Ra8 52. Kd3 Ke6 53. Re1+ Kd6 54. Na1
Ra3+ 55. Kc4 Nc7 56. Nc2 Rg3 57. Re2 Na8 58. Kd4 Ra3 59. Kc4 { At this point
Black stopped recording moves. It is unclear whether he was recording below the
5 minute threshold. Black's position is winning but the game is recorded as a
flag fall and a win for Black.}   0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Mazza,Stephen"]
[Black "Bhosale,Sid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 h6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Rc1
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. h3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng1 Qg5 13. Bg4 Nf6 14. f3 Bxg4
15. fxg4 Bg3+ 16. Ke2 Qb5+ 17. Rc4 Qxc4# { A wonderful minature.}   0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Cotterill,Graeme"]
[Black "Prince,John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[BlackFideId "3266060"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1336"]
[WhiteFideId "3274942"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Be3 Na5 12. b3 Bf6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. d5 c5 15. Bf4
Qe7 16. Re1 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qf6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Bg5 Qxc3 ( 19... Qg6 20. Nh4 )20.
Qxc3 b6 21. Bf4 Nb7 22. g4 Be4 23. Ng5 Bg6 24. Qg3 h6 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Nh4 Ne4
27. Qf3 Bh7 28. Ng2 g5 29. Bc1 Re7 30. Bd3 Rae8 31. Rxe4  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Dawoud,Ahmad"]
[Black "O'Donnell,Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1120"]
[WhiteFideId "3256669"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O e5 8. d5 h6
9. Be3 Nbd7 10. h3 Nc5 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Nd2 Nf4 14. Bg4 Bxg4 15.
hxg4 Qh4 16. Qf3 f6 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Kf7 19. Qh3 Qxh3 20. gxh3 Rh8 21. h4
h5 22. g5 fxg5 23. hxg5 h4 24. Kh2 Ke7 25. Re3 Rh5 26. Rg1 Rf8 27. Rf3 Rf4 28.
Rxf4 exf4 29. b3 Kd6 30. Rg4 Bd4 31. f3 Ke5 32. Kh3 Bf2 33. Rg2 Be3 34. Nf1 Kd4
35. Nd2 Bxd2 36. Rxd2+ Ke3 37. Rd1 Kxf3 38. e5 Rxg5 39. e6 Re5 40. Rf1+ Ke2 41.
Rxf4 c6 42. Rxh4 ( 42. Rf8 { wins for White.} )42... cxd5 43. cxd5 Rxd5 44.
Re4+ Kf3 45. Rh4 Re5 46. Kh2 Rxe6 47. Rh3+ Kf2 48. Rh7 Re5 49. Rf7+ Rf5 50. Rh7
b5 51. Kh3 Rh5+  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kerr,Carter"]
[Black "Hare,Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[BlackFideId "4300629"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[WhiteFideId "3261859"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 b5 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Nc5 13. Ng3 Bg4 14. Qe3 Ne6
15. h4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd4 17. Qd1 h5 18. Be3 Rad8 19. c3 Ne6 20. Qc2 Ng4 21. Bg5
Nxg5 22. hxg5 Qe7 23. Be2 Qxg5 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Rad1 Bf6 26. c4 h4 27. Ne2 h3
28. Ng3 hxg2 29. Kxg2 Kg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rh1 Bg5 32. Qc3 Bf4 33. cxb5 Bxg3
34. Qxg3 Qxe4+ 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 cxb5 37. Ke3 Rc8 38. Kd2 f5 39. Re1 Kf6
40. Re3 e4 41. Ra3 Rc7 42. Ra6+ Kg5 43. Ra5 Rb7 44. Ke3 Kg4 45. Ra6 g5 46. Ra5
f4+ 47. Kxe4 Re7+ 48. Kd3 Kf3 49. Rxb5 g4 50. Rf5 Rd7+ 51. Kc3 g3 52. fxg3 Kxg3
53. Rg5+ Kf2 54. Rf5 f3 55. Rf4 Ke2 56. Re4+ Kf1 57. Rf4 f2 58. Rf5 Rg7 59. b4
Kg2 60. a4 f1=Q 61. Rxf1 Kxf1 62. b5 Ke2 63. a5 Ke3 64. Kc4 Ke4 65. Kc5 Rg5+
66. Kc6 Rg6+ 67. Kb7 Rg7+ 68. Ka8 Kd5 69. b6 Kc6 70. b7 Rxb7 71. a6 Rh7 72. Kb8
Kb6  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Rahmani,Noor"]
[Black "Lucas,Bradley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[BlackFideId "311105223"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[WhiteFideId "3278824"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bc1 O-O 12. O-O Rf6 13. a4 Kh8 14. Rfe1 Rh6 15.
g3 g5 16. Bf1 g4 17. Nh4 Rxh4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. Bg2 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1
g3 22. fxg3 Nc5 23. dxc5 Bh3 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Rd2 Rf8+ 26. Ke2 Bg4#  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Black "Fokaite,Gabriele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[BlackFideId "12808202"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[WhiteFideId "3226778"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2 h6
9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Nfd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 d4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd5 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
Qf4 Qc7 22. Qe4 Rd7 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. g3 a5 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. a3 Bc5 27. Nb5 Qc8
28. Rc1 Qd8 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Nd6 Qb6 31. Qc2 Rc7 32. Qc3 a4 33. Rd1 Rd7 34.
Rd2 Qc6 35. Qe3 f6 36. Nc4 Rxd2 37. Nxd2 f5 38. Qd3 Qb6 39. Nc4 Qb5 40. h4 Kg8
41. Qc3 Qc6 42. Ne3 Kf7 43. Qc4 Ke7 44. Qd3 Kf7 45. Qd6 Qb5 46. h5 Qxb2 47.
Qd7+ Kf8 48. Qxe6 Qb1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kh2 Qf3 51. Qxf5+ Qxf5 52. Nxf5 c4 53.
Ne3 c3 54. Kg2 Ke8 55. Kf3 Kd7 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. f4  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mukhedkar,Sanjay"]
[Black "Elkington,Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[BlackFideId "3212564"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[WhiteFideId "3251217"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc5 Qc7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Qe3 d6 12. Nd3 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 a6 15.
Bb2 Be6 16. a4 b5 17. a5 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Qf3 f5 20. Nc5 e4 21. Qg3 Nf4 22.
Bd1 Bc4 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Bc1 Nfg6 25. Bc2 Qa7 { At this point Black fell below 5
minutes and stopped recording moves.}  26. h4 Rae8 27. h5 Nh8 28. Be3 Qf7 29.
Bd4 Ng4 30. Bxe4 Nxf2 31. Bxf2 fxe4 32. Rxe4 Qxh5 33. Bd4 Ng6 { At this point
White also fell below 5 minutes and stopped recording moves. However, with a
better postion, and presumably more time on his clock, he went on to convert
the win.}   1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "McAteer,Ian"]
[Black "Stortz,Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[BlackFideId "3246442"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[WhiteFideId "3230015"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 { Looking for some fun in the last round,
with no chance of any prizes, White goes for the dubious but fun Apocalypse
variation.}  4... Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. c3 h6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. f4 Ne4 9. O-O ( 9. Bxe4 {
immediately was the correct approach.}  9... dxe4 10. Nd2 e3 ( 10... f5 {
cannot be played due to}  11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxg6+ { followed by Qf7 mate against
any Black move.}  )11. Ne4 O-O 12. Bxe3 { with a pleasant advantage.}  )9...
Nd7 10. Nd2 Ndf6 11. Qe2 ( 11. Qa4+ { is better.} )11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bd7 13.
g4 { This last-round move is over-ambitious. The more solid approach is}  ( 13.
Nxd7 Nxd7 14. f5 { with a vicious attack straight through the middle.}  )13...
Qe7 14. Rae1 O-O-O 15. c4 dxc4 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Nxd7+ Qxd7 18. Rxc4 Rc8 19. Rfc1
Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Rc8 21. b3 Nd5 22. f5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qe4 Bg5
{ Black misses his chance.}  ( 25... Rf8 { gives him an edge for the first time
in the game.} )26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Bc4 Bf6 28. h3 Qc6 { Black had burnt a lot of
time in an opening he wasn't familiar with and made small but continuous
mistakes. Unfortunately White wasn't that familiar with the opening either and
missed several chances to take a clear advantage. With the evening drawing on
and those opposite colour bishops looking past each other a draw was agreed.}  
1/2-1/2

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Rithauddin,Florentyna"]
[Black "Stewart,Clint"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[BlackFideId "3209083"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[WhiteFideId "35816694"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. gxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Na6 14. Rad1 Nc5
15. Qc2 Qf7 16. b3 Nh5 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
Nd5 Qh4 22. e5 Bf5 23. Qc3 c6 24. Nb4 Rae8 25. Rd4 Bg4 26. f3 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Rxe5 28. Rxg4 Qe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Rd1 31. Bf1 Rfd8 32. Re4 R1d2+ 33.
Re2 a5 34. Nc2 Rd1 35. Bh3 Kg7 36. Ne3 R1d3 37. Nc2 Kh6 38. Ne1 Rc3 39. Nc2 Rd2
40. Ne3 Rd4 41. Ng2 Rdd3 { White has a clear advantage but, playing on the
increment, coulldn't figure out how to untangle herself. Black also dropped
into time trouble and play continued for several more moves, all along the same
theme, until a draw was agreed.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Garang,Kuol Awan"]
[Black "Bhosale,Sid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
[WhiteFideId "3233782"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. a3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 c6 7. Bf4 Nd5 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. g3 e5 14. c5 Be7 15.
Bd3 Bg4 16. O-O f5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. h3 Bxh3 20. Re1 Rg8 21. e6 Nf6
22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Ng5+ Rxg5 24. Bxg5 Kg6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Re6 Qd5 27. Rxf6+
Kxf6 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Qxf1 Rd8 30. Qh3 Qd4 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Qxh7+ Qg7 33. Qxf5+
Kg8 34. Re1 Rf8 35. Qe6+ Qf7 36. f4 Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rf7 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kf3 Rd7
40. a4 Kf7 41. Re4 Rd3+ 42. Kg4 Ra3 43. b5 cxb5 44. axb5 Rb3 45. Ra4 Rxb5 46.
Rxa7 Rxc5 47. Rxb7+ Kf6 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. f5 Ra5 50. Kg5 Ra7 51. g4 Kg7 52. Rg6+
Kh8 53. Kf4 Ra4+ 54. Kg3 Ra3+ 55. Kh4 Kh7 56. g5 Ra4+ 57. Kh5 Ra3 58. Rh6+ Kg8
59. Kg6 Ra6+ 60. f6 Ra7 61. Kh5 { Black flagged.}   1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Cotterill,Graeme"]
[Black "Kerr,Lennon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[BlackFideId "3261735"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1336"]
[WhiteFideId "3274942"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. b4 cxb3
9. Nxb3 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Qd2 g6 12. c4 Qc7 13. cxd5 Bh6 14. Qd1 Qc3+ 15.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Qxd4 17. dxe6 Qxe5+ 18. Be2 Bxe6 19. O-O Nf6 20. Re1 O-O 21.
Bf3 Qb2 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rad8 24. Qb1 Qxb1 25. Raxb1 b6 26. f3 Rd2 27.
Rbc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Rc1 Be6 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Bxc2 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33.
Ke3 Kd6 34. Kd4 a6 35. a4 h6 36. Bd3 a5 37. f4 Bd5 38. g3 Bc6 39. Bb5 Bxb5 40.
axb5 f5 41. h3 a4 42. Kc4 a3 43. Kb3 a2 44. Kxa2 Kc5 45. Kb2 Kxb5 46. Kb3 g5
47. Kc3 Ka4 48. Kc2 gxf4 49. gxf4 Ka3 50. h4 h5 51. Kc1 Ka2 52. Kc2 b5 53. Kc3
Ka3 54. Kc2 b4 55. Kc1 Ka2  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Moseley,Paul"]
[Black "Pass,Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1360"]
[BlackFideId "3276988"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
[WhiteFideId "3250911"]

1. f4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Bxf3 6. Rxf3 Nf6 7. b3 Bc5 8. Bb2
d4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 dxe3 11. d4 Bb6 12. Rxe3 Nd5 13. Rf3 Nd7 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. c4 Ne7 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rh3 Ng6 20. Qh5 Re8 21.
Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6 Ke7 24. Rh7+ Kd6 25. b4 Rg8 26. Qd3 Qc8 27.
Rd1 Rxa2 28. g3 Qc6 29. cxd5 exd5 30. Rd7+ Kxd7 31. Qf5+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "O'Donnell,Simon"]
[Black "Miller,Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Ng4 6. h3 Nge5 7. Nc3 e6 8. d3
g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 a5 14. a4 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Red1 c5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxd7 Bxc3 21.
Rbd1 Bf6 22. Rc7 Qxc7 23. Qxa6 Qb6 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxc5 Bxb2 27.
e5 f6 28. f4 Bd4+ 29. Qxd4 Qxd4+  0-1

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Molenaar,Michael"]
[Black "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[BlackFideId "3218570"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. a3 Re8 13. Rc1 Nf8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
b4 Ng6 16. g4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Qc7 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bd3 Rxe3 21.
Bxg6 hxg6 22. fxe3 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Rc2 Qxg4 25. Rg2 Qe4 26. Qe2 Re8 27.
Kg1 Rh8 28. Kf2 Rh3 29. Rh2  1-0

[Event "South West Open"]
[Site "Margaret River AUS"]
[Date "2024.09.15"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Prince,John"]
[Black "Dawoud,Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1120"]
[BlackFideId "3256669"]
[ECO "C62"]
[EventDate "2024.09.14"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[WhiteFideId "3266060"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. dxe5 Bg4 8.
exd6 cxd6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxc6+ Nd7 13. Re1 Ra7 14. Nc3
O-O 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Nd5 Rxc2 18. Nxe7+  1-0

