[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Clarke, Matthew"] [Black "Smirnov, Anton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Mason Variation"] 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Nd2 Bg7 5.c3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.h3 b6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Ngf3 Nh5 10.Bh2 f5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.g4 fxg4 14.hxg4 Nf6 15.Ne5 Qe8 16.g5 Nh5 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Qg4 Rf5 19.f4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Qc2 21.Rb1 e6 22.Qd1 Rc8 23.Qxc2 Rxc2 24.Kd1 Rc6 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Kxc1 Rf8 27.Kb1 Rc8 28.Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.Kxc1 Kf7 30.Kc2 Ke8 31.b4 a6 32.a4 Bf8 33.b5 axb5 34.axb5 Ng7 35.Bg1 Bb4 36.Nf3 Nf5 37.Bf2 Ba5 38.Ne5 Nd6 39.Nc6 Nxb5 40.Nxa5 bxa5 41.Kb3 Nd6 42.Ka4 Nc4 43.Kb5 Kf7 44.Be1 Nxe3 45.Bxa5 Nf5 46.Kc5 Kg7 47.Bc7 h5 48.gxh6+ Nxh6 49.Bd8 Nf5 50.Bg5 Ng3 51.Kc6 Kf7 52.Kd6 Ne4+ 53.Kd7 Nf2 54.Kd6 Nh3 55.Kd7 Ng1 56.Kd6 Nf3 57.Kc5 Nd2 58.Kd6 Nf3 59.Kc5 Ne1 60.Kd6 Nc2 61.Ke5 Ne3 62.Kd6 Nf5+ 63.Ke5 Ne3 64.Kd6 Ng4 65.Kd7 Nh2 66.Kd6 Nf3 67.Kc5 e5 68.dxe5 Ke6 69.Bh6 Nh4 70.Bg5 Nf5 71.Bf6 Ng3 72.Kd4 Ne2+ 73.Ke3 Nc1 74.Kd4 Nb3+ 75.Kc3 Na5 76.Kd4 Nc6+ 77.Kc5 Na5 78.Kd4 Nb3+ 79.Kc3 Nc1 80.Kd4 Ne2+ 81.Ke3 Ng3 82.Kd4 Nh5 83.Bg5 Ng7 84.Bf6 Nf5+ 85.Kc5 Ng3 86.Kd4 Ne2+ 87.Ke3 Nc1 88.Kd4 Nb3+ 89.Kc3 Na5 90.Bg5 Nc6 91.Kd3 Kd7 92.Bh4 Na7 93.Bf2 Nb5 94.Bh4 Ke6 95.Bg5 Kd7 96.Bh4 Kc6 97.Bd8 Kd7 98.Bb6 Ke7 99.Ke3 Ke6 100.Bd8 Na7 101.Bg5 Nc6 102.Kd3 Kd7 103.Bh4 Na7 104.Bf2 Nc6 105.Bh4 Nb4+ 106.Kc3 Nc6 107.Kd3 Kc7 108.Bf2 Nd8 109.Be3 Ne6 110.Bd2 Kc6 111.Be3 Kb5 112.Bc1 Ka4 113.Bd2 Kb3 114.Bc1 Kb4 115.Be3 Kb5 116.Bc1 Nc5+ 117.Kd4 Kc6 118.Be3 Ne6+ 119.Kd3 Kb5 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ly, Moulthun"] [Black "Goh, Sean Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Opening "Semi-Slav: 4.e3"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. b3 Nf6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O N7f6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rc2 Bh5 15. f3 Qe7 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Rfc1 g5 18. Qe1 Rg8 19. e4 f4 20. h3 Raf8 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Be4 Rd8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Re2 Qg7 25. Bc3 Rge8 26. Bb4 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Re6 28. Bd6 h6 29. Rd1 Be8 30. Rxd5 Bc6 31. Rd4 Rde8 32. Red2 h5 33. Qb1 Qh7 34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 35. h4 Kg6 36. hxg5 Kxg5 37. Rc4 Bb5 38. Rb4 Bc6 39. Rdd4 a5 40. Rbc4 Bb5 41. Rc5 Bc6 42. Rcc4 Bb5 43. Rc7 Bc6 44. Rf7 Rg6 45. Rdxf4 Reg8 46. Be7+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Tsagarakis, Angelo"] [Black "Morris, James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...Nf6 3.e5 Nd5"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. Re1 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Re4 Rad8 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Rxf4 g5 18. Re4 Bf5 19. Rc1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxd4 21. Qc2 h6 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Nc5 Rd2 24. Qc4 Qe5 25. Bf3 Qd4 26. Qf1 Rxa2 27. Ne4 Ra1 28. Kg2 g4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Ikeda, Junta"] [Black "Daneshvar, Reza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [Opening "Sicilian: Hungarian, 3.d4 cxd4"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Qd8 9. Be2 b6 10. g4 d6 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. h4 Nc5 14. f3 Qc7 15. h5 Rg8 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Bf1 Ba6 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Rc1 Rdf8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Ne6 25. Qe3 Rg7 26. f4 Rfg8 27. Be2 f6 28. gxf6 exf6 29. Nxf6 Rf8 30. e5 Rgf7 31. Bf3 Qc7 32. Bd5 Nxf4 33. Bxf7 dxe5 34. Rxe5 Qxf7 35. Qxf4 Ka8 36. Rce1 Qxf6 37. Re8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Goh, Ethan"] [Black "Johansen, Darryl K"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [Opening "Bogo-Indian: 4.Bd2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. e3 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O b6 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. f4 Rfd8 15. b4 Nh5 16. g3 g6 17. Qd1 a6 18. Nc2 Ndf6 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Ng4 b5 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qe2 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 d5 26. Bd3 Qa7+ 27. Kf1 Qd4 28. e5 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qb2 32. Qf3 Qxh2 33. Qg2 Qh5 34. a4 Qg4 35. Kg1 Rd3 36. Kh2 h5 37. Rg1 h4 38. Qh3 Qe2+ 39. Rg2 hxg3+ 40. Qxg3 Qh5+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Solomon, Stephen J"] [Black "Ilic, Goran"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B54"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...d6, 4...Nf6"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. b3 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Ne8 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bb7 19. f4 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Ba6 21. a4 Rb8 22. Re1 Bc8 23. h3 Qd8 24. Rcd1 a6 25. Kh2 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. a5 b4 28. Bb6 Bc3 29. Bxd8 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd8 31. Rxe7 Kf8 32. Rc7 Ra8 33. Rd4 Rb8 34. Rdc4 Ba6 35. R4c6 Bb5 36. Rb6 Kg7 37. Rbb7 Be8 38. a6 h5 39. a7 Ra8 40. h4 Kf8 41. g3 f6 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Kf2 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. fxg5 Kf8 46. Be4 h4 47. Bf5 hxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Kg8 49. Be6+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Zou, Brendan"] [Black "Puccini, Jack"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g4 Rc8 13. h4 Nb6 14. h5 Re8 15. Be3 Nfd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bd3 Nba4 18. Nxa4 bxa4 19. Qg2 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Rc4 21. g5 Qa8 22. Rg1 Bxe4 23. Qd2 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd5 25. g6 fxg6 26. hxg6 h6 27. Qe2 Bf6 28. Nf3 Rb8 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Koelle, Arthur"] [Black "Timms, Jack"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Open Game"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nd4 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Nxf7 Ke7 8. Nxd8 Rxd8 9. e5 Bxe5 10. Re1 d6 11. f4 Bg4 12. Qd2 d5 13. fxe5 Nh5 14. Qg5+ Kf8 15. Qxg4 dxc4 16. Na3 cxd3 17. Qxh5 Nxc2 18. Nxc2 dxc2 19. Bg5 Rd5 20. Rf1+ Kg8 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. Qf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxf8# 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Chmiel, Rad"] [Black "Nemeth, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2.d3"] 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Be2 e5 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Qxe5 8. Nd2 d5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Be7 12. c3 Be6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. d4 Rhg8 16. h3 g5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Bxg4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Kb8 20. Bxe6 Qxb2 21. Bg4 Qxa1+ 22. Kh2 Rg7 23. Qa5 b6 24. Qa3 Qe1 25. Qb2 h5 26. Qe2 Qxc3 27. e6 f6 28. e7 Re8 29. Qe6 hxg4 30. Qd6+ Kb7 31. Qd7+ Ka6 32. Qa4+ Qa5 33. Qxe8 g3+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Rf1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rxe7 37. Qc8+ Ka5 38. dxc5 Qf2 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Cannon, David"] [Black "Ilic, Nicholas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...d5 3.exd5 Qxd5"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Qe6+ 8. Be3 O-O-O 9. d5 Qf6 10. Be2 e6 11. Bg5 Qf5 12. Bxd8 Nxd8 13. O-O Nf6 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qf4 16. Qc4+ Kb8 17. Nc6+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Harrison, Harrison"] [Black "Crocker, Philip"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet: 1...Nf6"] 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 O-O 9. N1e2 Rb8 10. O-O e4 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Qxc6 Rb6 14. Qa4 Ba6 15. Qd1 Ng4 16. h3 Bxg3 17. hxg4 Bb8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Re1 Bxe2 20. b3 Bxg4 21. Ba3 Be5 22. Bxc5 Bxc3 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. f3 exf3 25. gxf3 Bxf3 26. Kf2 Bxe1+ 27. Kxf3 Bb4 28. a3 Ra8 29. a4 Rc8 30. Rd1 g6 31. Rd4 Bc5 32. Rc4 Re8 33. e4 Rd8 34. Kf4 Rd4 35. Rc2 Rb4 36. a5 Bd6+ 37. Kg4 bxa5 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Rxe4+ 40. Kf3 Re5 41. Rd8 Bb4 42. Rd1 Rc5 43. Rb1 Rc3+ 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Rf1+ Ke6 46. Kd4 Rxb3 47. Kc4 Rc3+ 48. Kd4 Rh3 49. Kc4 h5 50. Rf4 f5 51. Kd4 g5 52. Rf2 Rh4+ 53. Kd3 Re4 54. Rc2 h4 55. Rh2 Bd6 56. Ra2 a4 57. Rc2 a3 58. Rc8 h3 59. Rc1 a2 60. Ra1 Ra4 61. Re1+ Be5 62. Rf1 h2 63. Rf2 h1=Q 64. Kc2 Qb1+ 65. Kd2 Qb2+ 66. Kd3 Qd4+ 67. Kc2 Qxf2+ 68. Kb3 Qb6+ 69. Kc2 a1=N+ 70. Kd2 Qb2+ 71. Kd1 Nb3 72. Ke1 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Specht, Josh"] [Black "Marsh, Luke"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Mason Variation"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Qa4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Rac1 c5 16. Qa6 cxd4 17. Nb5 Qxe5 18. Rxc8 dxe3 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qc8+ Ne8 21. Nc3 Bd3 22. Re1 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxh2 24. Re3 Qf4+ 25. Rf3 Qd4+ 26. Kg3 Qe5+ 27. Kf2 Be4 28. Nxe4 Qxe4 29. Qc3 Qh4+ {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Lea, Tom"] [Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D08"] [Opening "QGD: Albin, 4.Nf3 Nc6"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. O-O Ngxe5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. e3 Bf6 14. exd4 Bxd4 15. Bg2 Bf5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Rad1 Qxb2 18. Rd2 Qc3 19. Rfd1 Bb6 20. Bg5 Bg4 21. Rf1 Qe5 22. Bf4 Qh5 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. Bd6 Rad8 25. h3 Bxh3 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. c5 Ba5 28. Rd4 Qe6 29. Rh4 h6 30. Ra4 b6 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Bf4 Rd5 33. Rc4 c5 34. a4 Qe2 35. Qb3 Rh5 36. Rfc1 Qg4 37. Qb5 Rd8 38. Kg2 Qh3+ 39. Kf3 Qf5 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. f3 Qe6 42. g4 Qe2+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Booth, Stewart"] [Black "Watson, James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A57"] [Opening "Benko Gambit: 4.a4"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 bxc4 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a5 Ng4 11. Re1 Rb8 12. h3 Nge5 13. Bf1 Rb4 14. Nd2 c4 15. Na2 Qxa5 16. Nxb4 Qxa1 17. Bxc4 Qa5 18. Nd3 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Qa2 20. Na3 a5 21. Qa4 Nb6 22. Qxa5 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. Nb4 Bd7 25. Na2 Bd4 26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Nd1 Qxc1 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Antoniazzi, Francesco"] [Black "Lekkas, Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [Opening "King's Indian: 3.g3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Rb8 13. a4 Nb4 14. Qd2 a5 15. Rad1 Na6 16. Nb3 b6 17. Bg5 Be6 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. Nc6 Qc8 20. Nxb8 Qxb8 21. Qd4 Be6 22. Bxf6 c5 23. Qd3 Bxf6 24. Qxa6 Bb3 25. Rd2 Bd4 26. Nb5 Be5 27. f4 Qd8 28. fxe5 Qg5 29. Rd3 Bc4 30. Rde3 Rxe5 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qg4 Qe7 33. Qf4 h5 34. h4 f6 35. Nc3 g5 36. Qf2 Re6 37. Nd5 Qe8 38. Nc7 Qg6 39. Nxe6+ Bxe6 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Rf1 h4 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Rf6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.16"] [White "Winkelman, Albert"] [Black "Lu, Lillian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [Opening "QGD: 6.Nf3"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rac1 c5 14. Ba6 Ndf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rc2 f5 19. Qb5 Rb8 20. Rd1 Ba8 21. Qa5 f4 22. Rdc1 fxe3 23. fxe3 Rb6 24. Bd3 Ng5 25. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Rxf3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.17"] [White "Ogden, Marcus"] [Black "Ly, Thai"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E47"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. Nde2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Rd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rd4 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be3 Kf8 21. Rc1 Ke7 22. f3 Bd5 23. a3 Bd6 24. Nc3 Bb7 25. Nb5 Bb8 26. h3 Rd3 27. Kf2 Rb3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.18"] [White "Raine, Marcus"] [Black "Voon, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [Opening "English: Four Knights"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Qd6 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Qd2 Qb5 15. a4 Qa6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Nd3 Bc4 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Qc3 Ba6 20. Rc1 Rb8 21. f3 Rb6 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Rc2 Bb7 24. a5 Rb5 25. g4 Rd6 26. Ra1 Qd8 27. Kg2 h5 28. h3 Rh6 29. Rcc1 Qh4 30. Rh1 Rg6 31. e4 Bc8 32. Ra2 Qg5 33. h4 Qf4 34. Nd3 Qd6 35. Ne5 Rh6 36. g5 Re6 37. Rd2 Bd7 38. Nd3 Be8 39. e5 Qd8 40. Nf4 Re7 41. Nxh5 Qb8 42. Kf2 Rd7 43. Rg1 Rb3 44. Nf6+ gxf6 45. gxf6+ Kh8 46. Qc5 Qb4 47. Qxb4 Rxb4 48. Ke3 Rd8 49. Rdg2 Rbxd4 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51. R1g7+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.19"] [White "Ahmer, Axel"] [Black "Lojanica, Milenko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Trompowsky Opening"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Ng3 f5 10. Qf3 g6 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 Qh4 13. Bb3 Nb6 14. Rfe1 f4 15. e5 Be7 16. Nge4 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rfd8 21. Bb3 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. g3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 f3 26. h4 g5 27. Rc7 Kf8 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rxb7 g4 30. Rxa7 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd4 32. Nd6 Bxd6 33. exd6 Rxd6 34. Ra4 Rd2 35. Rxg4 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rxb2 37. Rf4+ Ke7 38. a4 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rxg3 40. Kf2 Rg2+ 41. Kxf3 Ra2 42. Ke3 Ra3+ 43. Kd2 e5 44. Rb4 Ke6 45. Kc2 Kf5 46. Kb2 Rh3 47. a5 e4 48. a6 Rh2+ 49. Kb3 Rh8 50. Kc3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1.20"] [White "Mallari, Donato"] [Black "Buciu, Aurel John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Classical"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 f5 7. Qe2 d5 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 Bc8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. f4 Bd7 19. Bd2 a6 20. a4 Rae8 21. Qd3 Bc6 22. d5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Qf3 Bd7 25. Bb3 Rfe8 26. a5 Bd6 27. g3 Qc5 28. c4 Re4 29. Rae1 Rde8 30. Kg2 Bc7 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Re1 Bxa5 33. Bxa5 Qxa5 34. Rxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qb2+ 38. Bc2 g6 39. Qe5+ {#r} 1-0

[Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Zhao, Zong-Yuan"] [Black "Raine, Marcus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A53"] [Opening "Old Indian: 3.Nf3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d5 Nd8 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 c5 11. Nd2 b6 12. f4 h5 13. Bf2 Ne8 14. Qd1 Rb8 15. e4 Bd7 16. Qe2 a6 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Bf3 f5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qc7 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. d6 Qd7 24. dxe7 Qxe7 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Bxb8 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Nc6 28. Nd5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Mallari, Donato"] [Black "Ly, Moulthun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B44"] [Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. b4 Nf5 13. Qd2 Be7 14. c4 O-O 15. Be2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bg5 17. Qb3 bxc4 18. Nxc4 f5 19. a4 e4 20. O-O f4 21. f3 e3 22. Ra2 Bh4 23. g4 fxg3 24. Qxe3 Bh3 25. Rd1 Bg5 26. Qb3 gxh2+ 27. Kh1 Bf4 28. Bf1 Qh4 29. Re2 Rae8 30. Qd3 Bf5 31. Re4 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Rf6 33. Bg2 Rg6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Rc8 36. Nb2 Qf2 37. Qh3 Rc2 38. Nd3 Qxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Rcxg2 40. Nxf4 Rg1+ 41. Kxh2 Rxd1 42. Nxg6 hxg6 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Morris, James"] [Black "Loveband, Rob"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Chigorin, 2...c5 3.Nf3"] 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. c3 e5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 h6 10. h3 Nh7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nfxd4 Ng5 14. h4 Ne6 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Rxd6 Qc7 18. Rd5 Kh7 19. Be3 Ne7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. e5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Wang, Kayson"] [Black "Ikeda, Junta"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E00"] [Opening "Catalan: 4.Nf3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. c5 Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 a5 11. b3 a4 12. b4 Na7 13. a3 Bd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bc6 16. Qe3 Qd7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Qf3 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Nb5 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke1 Kd7 26. Rd3 Kc6 27. Ke2 e5 28. Ke1 Nxd4 29. Kf1 Nb5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Kxd5 32. Bc1 Kc4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Johansen, Darryl K"] [Black "Murray, Russell"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A19"] [Opening "English: Mikenas, 5.Nf3"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 d6 9. c5 a6 10. Nxd6+ Bxd6 11. cxd6 Nf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. O-O Bc6 16. Bc5 Nd7 17. Be3 Nh4 18. g3 Nf5 19. Qd2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qa5 21. Rfd1 Qf5 22. Bd3 Qh3 23. Be4 Ne5 24. Bxc6 Ng4 25. Qe2 bxc6 26. f3 Nf6 27. Rac1 Qf5 28. b3 Rfd8 29. Na4 Qb5 30. Qxb5 cxb5 31. Nb6 Rab8 32. Rc6 Rb7 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 a5 35. Rdc1 Kf8 36. R1c5 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Nd7 38. Rcc6 Nxb6 39. Rxb6 g6 40. Ra6 Kg7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Ke3 e5 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. d7+ Kxd7 45. Kxe5 Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kf8 47. Rxa5 Rd3 48. f4 Re3+ 49. Kd6 Ra3 50. Kc5 Ra2 51. Kb4 Rxh2 52. Re5 Rb2+ 53. Ka3 Rd2 54. Re3 Kg7 55. a5 Kf6 56. Kb4 h5 57. a6 Kf5 58. a7 Rd8 59. Re7 f6 60. Rh7 Kg4 61. Rh6 Kxg3 62. Rxg6+ Kxf4 63. Rxf6+ Kg3 64. Rg6+ Kf3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija"] [Black "Solomon, Stephen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: 2.Nc3 d5"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 a6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Rfe1 b5 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. a3 g6 15. Qf4 h6 16. Bd3 g5 17. Qg3 h5 18. h3 Rg8 19. Ne2 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Ned4 Nc5 22. Nh2 Bh4 23. Qe3 g3 24. fxg3 Bxg3 25. Nhf3 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 Qe7 27. Qe3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Rg4 29. Kf2 Kd7 30. c3 Rcg8 31. Rg1 Qf8 32. g3 Qg7 33. Ne2 Re4 34. Ned4 Rh8 35. b4 f6 36. exf6 Qxf6 37. Kg2 Kc8 38. Nd2 e5 39. N4f3 Rg4 40. Qe3 d4 41. cxd4 exd4 42. Qd3 Kb8 43. Re1 Rhg8 44. Nf1 Qf4 45. Kh2 Bxf3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Puccini, Jack"] [Black "Davis, Tony"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: Czech, 4.f4 Qa5"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 a6 12. Nd1 Re8 13. Nf2 Bf8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. f5 Nc5 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. g4 b5 18. Ba2 Rad8 19. Bg5 Nxa4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. g5 Bg7 22. Ng4 Qe7 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Rg1 Qb4 26. Ng8 Bh8 27. Ng5 Kxg8 28. Ne6+ Bg7 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rxh7+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Anderson, Alistair"] [Black "Koelle, Arthur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B44"] [Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov, 5.c4"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Rab1 Be6 18. a3 Kf8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rb1 Rxb1+ 21. Bxb1 Ke7 22. Kf1 Bc4+ 23. Ke1 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.9"] [White "Nemeth, John"] [Black "Gibson, Kyle"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C05"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 O-O 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxf4 17. Qxf4 Rxf4 18. Bd3 Nxd4 19. Ne5 Nc6 20. Rac1 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rb4 22. Rc7 Rb6 23. Rg5 g6 24. h4 Rd6 25. h5 Rd7 26. hxg6 h6 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Re5 Rf8 29. g3 Rf3 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. Kg2 Rf6 32. f4 Bc6 33. a3 a6 34. Kf3 d4+ 35. Be4 Bxe4+ 36. Rxe4 Kxg6 37. Kg4 d3 38. Rd4 Rf5 39. Rxd3 Rb5 40. b3 a5 41. Kf3 h5 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. Rc3 b6 44. Rd3 Rc5 45. a4 b5 46. axb5 Rxb5 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Re3 Rc5 49. Rd3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.10"] [White "Ben Harim, Amit"] [Black "Cannon, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...e6, 4.Nxd4"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 Qd4 9. c3 Qb6 10. Bb2 e5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. f3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 b5 18. Ne3 Nh5 19. g3 a5 20. c4 b4 21. Ng4 Bd4 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Rd2 c5 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nf2 Re8 26. Nd3 g6 27. Re1 a4 28. Rb1 Qg5 29. f4 Qe7 30. e5 Ng7 31. Nf2 Nf5 32. Ne4 Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Rd3 axb3 35. axb3 Qb7 36. Rxe3 dxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Red8 38. Qb2 Qd7 39. Nd6 Qe6 40. Kf3 Ra3 41. g4 Kg8 42. f5 Qe7 43. f6 Qe6 44. Rd1 h5 45. h3 Rda8 46. Rd5 Rxb3+ 47. Qxb3 Ra3 48. Qxa3 bxa3 49. Rxc5 a2 50. Ra5 hxg4+ 51. hxg4 Qxe5 52. Rxe5 a1=Q 53. Re8+ Kh7 54. Ne4 Qf1+ 55. Kg3 Qg1+ 56. Kf3 Qd1+ 57. Kg3 Qe1+ 58. Kf3 Qc1 59. g5 Qxc4 60. Re7 Qd5 61. Kf4 Kg8 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.11"] [White "Crocker, Philip"] [Black "Marsh, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A11"] [Opening "English: Caro-Kann Defence"] 1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. h3 Be6 13. f4 Bd4+ 14. Kh2 f5 15. Re1 Rf6 16. e5 Rh6 17. Ne2 Bb6 18. d4 Qe8 19. Be3 Kh8 20. b4 Bd8 21. a4 Ng8 22. Rab1 Bd7 23. Ng1 Qf7 24. Nf3 Rg6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 f4 27. Bxf4 Bf5 28. Qb2 Bxb1 29. Qxb1 h6 30. Rf1 hxg5 31. Bxg5 Qe6 32. h4 Nh6 33. Bh3 Qe8 34. Bd7 Qxd7 35. Qxg6 Qg4 36. Qd3 Re8 37. Bxh6 gxh6 38. Rf7 Qe4 39. Qxe4 dxe4 40. Kg2 Rd8 41. e6 Kg8 42. e7 Re8 43. Rf8+ Rxf8 44. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Ke3 h5 47. Kxe4 Ke6 48. Kf4 Kd5 49. Kg5 Kxd4 50. Kxh5 Kc4 51. g4 Kxb4 52. g5 Kxa4 53. g6 c5 54. g7 c4 55. g8=Q b5 56. Qg1 a5 57. Kg4 b4 58. h5 c3 59. h6 b3 60. h7 b2 61. h8=Q Kb3 62. Qb1 a4 63. Qg8+ Kb4 64. Qc2 Kb5 65. Qd5+ Kb6 66. Qd4+ Kb5 67. Qdxa4+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.12"] [White "Sheldrick, Kevin"] [Black "Mann, Anthony"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...Bg4"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 d4 7. Ne2 e5 8. g4 h6 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qg3 Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. a3 Kb8 14. f4 Bd6 15. b4 exf4 16. Bxf4 cxb4 17. axb4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 Rhe8 20. h4 Ne5 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nfg4 23. Ra2 b6 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Nf4 Ne3 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. Rbb2 Rh8 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Rh5 30. b5 Rxg5 31. Kf2 Ng4+ 32. Kf3 Ne3 33. Bh3 Nxd5 34. Ra4 Re7 35. Rxd4 Re3+ 36. Kf2 Rxh3 37. c4 Rh2+ 38. Kf3 Rxb2 39. cxd5 Rxb5 40. d6 Rbd5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Watson, James"] [Black "Winkelman, Albert"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E10"] [Opening "Neo-Indian: 3.Nf3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. e3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Kf8 12. Bd6+ Kg7 13. Bd3 Ndxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc3+ 15. Kf1 Nxc5 16. Qxc3+ Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 dxc4 19. Rc3 b5 20. h4 b4 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Ke1 g4 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Nxg4 c3 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. e4 Rhd8 27. Rh3 Rd2 28. Rcxc3 Rcd8 29. Ne3 Re2+ 30. Kf1 Rxe3+ 31. Kg1 Rxh3 32. Rxh3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd3 34. e5 Kg6 35. h5+ Kf5 36. Rh4 Ra3 37. f3 Rxa2 38. Kg3 Kxe5 39. Rg4 Bf1 40. Kh4 Bxg2 41. Rxg2 Rxg2 42. f4+ Ke4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.14"] [White "Ly, Thai"] [Black "Gooch, Heath"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti: 1...d5"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Na4 Bg6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be3 b6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Be4 18. Bxc5 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 bxc5 20. Rf3 c4 21. Qd4 Qb6 22. e3 Rb8 23. Rf2 Qxd4 24. exd4 g6 25. Kf3 Rb6 26. g4 Rfb8 27. Rcc2 Ra6 28. a3 Rb3+ 29. Ke2 Rab6 30. Kd1 Rd3+ 31. Rcd2 Rxb2 32. Kc1 Rbxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxa3 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Rg2+ Kf8 37. Rg5 Rf3 38. Kc2 h6 39. Rg1 Rd3 40. Rf1 Rxd4 41. Rxf5 Ke7 42. Rh5 Re4 43. Kc3 Re3+ 44. Kd2 d4 45. Rh4 c3+ 46. Kd1 d3 47. Rc4 d2 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.15"] [White "Smirnov, Anton"] [Black "Poberezovsky, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B70"] [Opening "Sicilian: Dragon"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Bc4 Rc8 10. Bb3 h5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O-O a5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Bxf7 e4 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bb6+ Kc8 19. h3 Bxc3 20. hxg4 Bb4 21. Bxg6 Bd6 22. Be3 h4 23. Bf5+ Kc7 24. Be6 Rf8 25. f5 Bg3 26. Rd1 b6 27. g5 Be5 28. g6 Bg7 29. Rh1 Bf6 30. Bh6 Rh8 31. g7 Bxg7 32. Bxg7 Rh7 33. Be5+ Kb7 34. c4 e3 35. Bd5 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Rh5 37. g4 Rh7 38. Rh3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.16"] [White "Wallis, Christopher"] [Black "Ahmer, Axel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A53"] [Opening "Old Indian: Ukrainian, 4.d5 Be7"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 Nfd7 7. Nf3 f5 8. exf5 Rxf5 9. Bd3 Rf7 10. Be3 Na6 11. Qb1 Nf8 12. b4 c6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Be4 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Qe4 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qd7 19. O-O Qe6 20. Qxb7 Rc8 21. Nd2 Bg5 22. Qd5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Kf7 25. Qxe6+ Kxe6 26. Rc1 Nd7 27. Nb3 Nf6 28. Ke2 Ne4 29. Nd2 Ng3+ 30. Kf3 Nh5 31. g4 Rf8+ 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. g5 Nd7 34. Ne4 h6 35. gxh6 gxh6 36. Rd1 Rg8+ 37. Kf3 Rf8+ 38. Ke2 Nb6 39. Rxd6+ Ke7 40. c5 Nc4 41. Ra6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.17"] [White "Lojanica, Milenko"] [Black "Clarke, Matthew"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Ng3 O-O 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Nc6 11. c3 Kh8 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Bb3 Ng8 15. f4 Be6 16. f5 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qd7 18. O-O-O Rfd8 19. Bb6 Rdc8 20. Qd5 Qc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Be3 Bh4 23. Nf1 Bd8 24. Nd2 Nf6 25. Bg5 Ng4 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Rhg1 b5 28. Kb1 f6 29. h3 Nf2 30. Rdf1 Nd3 31. Rf3 Nf4 32. h4 g6 33. g3 Nh5 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Rd3 Kg7 36. Nf1 Kf7 37. Ne3 Rg8 38. Nd5 g5 39. hxg5 Rxg5 40. Rf3 Rg4 41. Rf5 Rg5 42. g4 Rxf5 43. gxf5 Rc8 44. Rh1 Rh8 45. Kc2 a5 46. b4 axb4 47. Nxb4 Kg7 48. Nd5 Rh7 49. Nc7 Kh6 50. Nxb5 Rd7 51. Rd1 Kg5 52. Nxd6 Ng3 53. b4 Kf4 54. b5 Rd8 55. c4 Rb8 56. Kb3 Nxe4 57. Rf1+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.18"] [White "Marsh, Luke"] [Black "Kempen, Leon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Nf3"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nf1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd7 14. Bg3 Rfe8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.19"] [White "Li, Oliver"] [Black "Booth, Stewart"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 Bb4 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 Ndf6 13. c5 Bc7 14. a4 Qe8 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. Ba3 Qh5 17. h3 g5 18. Be2 g4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd2 22. Qd1 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 Qh4 24. b5 gxh3 25. gxh3 axb5 26. axb5 Kh8 27. Kh2 f4 28. exf4 Qxf4+ 29. Kg2 cxb5 30. Bg4 Rg8 31. Kh1 d4 32. Bb2 Bc6+ 33. f3 Rxa1 34. Bxa1 Rxg4 35. hxg4 Bxf3+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "2.20"] [White "Lekkas, Frank"] [Black "Bradley, Chris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c3 Qb6 10. a3 a5 11. a4 Nd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Nf6 14. Nf4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Qc4 Be6 21. Be3 b6 22. Ng5 Rd6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. f4 Rd8 25. Rf1 Red6 26. Rae1 R8d7 27. Qb3 Nd8 28. fxe5 Re6 29. Bf4 c4 30. Qc2 Bxe5 31. Bxh6 Bg7 32. Bc1 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Rde7 34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Qe4 Rd7 36. Be3 Qc7 37. Bh3 Qb7 38. Qxb7 Rxb7 39. Rd1 f5 40. Bg2 Rb8 41. Rd6 Nc5 42. Bd5+ Kh7 43. Bf7 Nxa4 44. Bxg6+ Kh8 45. h4 Be5 46. Re6 Bxg3 47. Bd4+ Kg8 48. Re7 Nxb2 49. Rh7 Kf8 50. Bf6 {#r} 1-0

[Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.11"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Mann, Anthony"] [Black "Zhao, Zong-Yuan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A80"] [Opening "Dutch"] 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. O-O-O e6 9. Kb1 Qe7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nb4 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bg5 Qxg5 14. Nxg5 Nxc2 15. Kxc2 Rxf2+ 16. Kc1 Bh6 17. h4 Bd7 18. Kb1 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Rf5 20. Be2 Rxg5 21. Bf3 c6 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 c5 24. Rde1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Re1 Re5 27. Rc1 Bf7 28. Rd1 h5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.11"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Ly, Moulthun"] [Black "Wyss, Felix"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian: Keres Variation (2.Ne2)"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. Nbc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nf6 13. Bb5+ Nfd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nbc6 17. Nb3 Nb4 18. f4 Nec6 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Kh1 Rab8 22. Bg1 Rfc8 23. Nd5 Na7 24. Bc4 Bxb2 25. Nxb4 axb4 26. Ba6 Qxa6 27. Qxa6 Nc6 28. Rb1 Bc3 29. Rfc1 Ra8 30. Qb7 Kf8 31. Rxb4 Rab8 32. Qxc6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.11"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Gooch, Heath"] [Black "Morris, James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch: 4.Nxd4 Nf6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Ne7 12. b3 Bg7 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Kc2 O-O 15. Be3 c5 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Bd2 d6 18. e6 Rae8 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qd3 Kg8 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. h4 Bb7 23. Qd3 Nb4+ 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 25. Ng5 Qa3 26. Rb1 Rxf2+ 27. Kd1 Qxa2 28. h5 Rd2+ 29. Qxd2 Qxb1+ 30. Qc1 Re1+ 31. Kxe1 Qxc1+ 32. Kf2 Bd4+ 33. Ke2 Qc2+ 34. Ke1 Bc3# 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.11"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Ikeda, Junta"] [Black "Chen, Paula"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [Opening "Reti: 2.c4"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. g4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bd3 c5 8. g5 Ne4 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bb5+ Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Qe2+ Kf8 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. O-O-O Re8 20. Rhe1 Nb7 21. Qb5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qc6 Qe7 25. d6 h6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.11"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Solomon, Stephen J"] [Black "Naughton, Ben"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [Opening "Spanish: Classical, 4.O-O d6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Nf1 g5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. e5 Nf5 17. e6 Qc8 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. d5 c5 20. Qa4+ Ke7 21. Nxg5 Rg8 22. Nf3 Bxh3 23. Nh4 Bg4 24. f3 Qe8 25. Qxe8+ Raxe8 26. fxg4 Rxg4 27. Nf5+ Kd8 28. Kf2 c4 29. Kf3 Reg8 30. Bxb6 cxb6 31. e7+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Soetanto, Brandon"] [Black "Puccini, Jack"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian: 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qf6 14. c3 a5 15. Qg4 Be7 16. Rfe1 a4 17. Bf4 Ra5 18. Qg3 Qh4 19. Qe3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 Rxg5 22. f4 Ra5 23. g4 g6 24. b4 axb3 25. Bxb3 Rd8 26. c4 Nf6 27. a4 Kf8 28. Kf2 c5 29. Re5 Nd7 30. Re2 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Ke7 32. Red2 Rc5 33. Ke3 Rc7 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. Ra1 Ra5 36. Kd3 h5 37. g5 e5 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. h4 Nc5+ 40. Kc2 Re2+ 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 43. Kc3 Nxa1 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Chiverton, Fergus"] [Black "Crocker, Philip"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav: Exchange, 4.Nc3 Nf6"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Rc1 e6 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Nb3 h6 13. Na4 Nb4 14. a3 Bc2 15. Rxc2 Nxc2 16. Nc3 Nxa3 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. bxa3 Rc3 19. a4 Qb6 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. Qa1 Nf6 22. Rb1 Qc6 23. Nb3 a6 24. Nc5 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Qb2 Qxa4 27. Qxb7 Re8 28. Qxa6 Qxa6 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Winkelman, Albert"] [Black "Holding, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Kh8 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nh7 14. Ng3 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Bc2 Ne7 19. Qd3 Ng6 20. e5 d5 21. e6 Bxe6 22. h4 Qf4 23. h5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "3.9"] [White "Maunders, Myiesha"] [Black "Johansen, Darryl K"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...e6 3.d3"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 h6 9. e5 g5 10. h3 b6 11. c3 Ba6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qc7 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 N5g6 19. N2f3 Qd7 20. Re1 e5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2018 Ballarat Begonia Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "3.10"] [White "Ben Harim, Amit"] [Black "Smirnov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. a4 Nb6 11. f3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Nc1 Rc8 15. N1e2 Qc7 16. O-O b5 17. Rf2 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qxc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Ng3 Rfc8 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Rdd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 g6 25. Ng3 Nd7 26. Ne4 f5 27. Ng5 f4 {#R} 0-1