[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Ilic, Goran"] [Black "Zhao, Zong-Yuan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1671"] [BlackElo "2592"] [ECO "B15"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: 4.Nxe4 Nf6"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Be3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.g3 f5 14.Kb1 Nf6 15.Bg5 Be7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.c3 Rh5 18.h4 f4 19.Rhg1 c5 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Qe2 Qb6 22.c4 Kb8 23.Rh1 Rc6 24.Qc2 Qc5 $17 25.g4 Rb6 26.b3 Qe5 27.Kc1 Rbd6 28.Be4? f3 29.g5?? Bg7 30.Rxd6 $19 Rxd6 31.Rd1 Qf4+ 32.Rd2 Rd4 33.Bd3 Qxh4 34.c5 Qxg5 35.c6 Bh6 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Smirnov, Anton"] [Black "Cook, Geoff"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1596"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...e6, 4.Nxd4"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. f4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. g4 Nb6 13. Bf2 Nc4 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Be1 O-O 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Rfe8 18. h5 e5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6 24. Rh2 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. f5 Rec8 27. Re2 Be7 28. Kb1 Kf8 29. Bh4 Rd8 30. Red2 Rc6 31. Rd3 Ng8 32. Bg3 Ke8 33. Nd5 Bg5 34. Nb4 Rc4 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Bxe4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Nc6 h5 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Nxe5 Nh6 41. Re6+ Kd8 42. Nf7+ Kd7 43. Nxg5 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site "Clarendon College "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Harrison Harrison"] [Black "GM Max Illingworth"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "2500"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet: 1...Nf6"] 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.Nce2 e5 4.Ng3 h5 5.c3 h4 6.N3e2 d5 7.d3 Nc6 8.h3 Bf5 9.b3 Bd6 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.g4 hxg3 12.Nxg3 Be6 13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.c4 Bc7 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.a3 f5 17.Bxd5 Rxd5 18.N3e2 Rhd8 19.Nc1 e4 20.Nge2 exd3 21.Nc3 d2+ 22.Kf1 dxc1=Q 23.Qxc1 Rd2 24.Ke1 Ne5 25.Qb1 Nf3+ 26.Kf1 Rxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Qh4+ 28.Kxf3 Qg3+ 29.Ke2 Qg2+ 30.Ke1 Bg3# 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Ly, Moulthun"] [Black "Cannon, Jim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: Classical Deferred"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Ba7 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxa4 13. Qe2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Be8 15. Nd3 f5 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Qf4 Rc8 22. h4 Qf6 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Re1 Bf7 25. Qb4 b6 26. Re3 c5 27. dxc6 Rxc6 28. Qe7 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Re6 30. Rd7 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Ra7 Bc4 33. b3 Bd3 34. Rd7 Bf1 35. Rd6 Rc1 36. Na4 b5 37. Nb6 Rc2 38. Kg1 Be2 39. Rxg6 Rxa2 40. Nd7+ Kg8 41. f3 a5 42. h5 Rd2 43. Nc5 Rd5 44. Ne6 Rd7 45. Ng5 Ra7 46. Re6 g6 47. h6 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Lim, Christopher"] [Black "Morris, James"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1443"] [BlackElo "2328"] [ECO "A57"] [Opening "Benko Gambit"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 d6 6. Bxc4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 a5 10. O-O Nfd7 11. Na4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Rb1 a4 14. a3 Bd7 15. Bd2 Na6 16. Bc3 f6 17. Qd3 Nc7 18. Rfe1 Rfb8 19. Qc2 Bb5 20. Bd3 Qa6 21. Be2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nb5 24. Rc1 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 f5 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxe5 29. Rbc2 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Ra5 31. Rc4 Kf7 32. f4 Ke8 33. Kf2 Kd7 34. Rc3 Kd6 35. Rd3 c4 36. Rd4 c3 37. Rd1 c2 38. Rc1 Rc5 39. Ke2 Kxd5 40. Kd2 Ke4 41. Re1+ Kxf4 42. Kc1 e5 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Dale, Ari"] [Black "Loucas, Carl"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2208"] [BlackElo "1426"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav: Exchange, 4.Bf4"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Bb4 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qb6 12. Rfc1 Rac8 13. Nd2 Nb4 14. Bc7 Rxc7 15. Qxc7 Nec6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rc3 Ra8 18. a3 Na6 19. Rac1 Nc7 20. Rb3 Ne8 21. Rxb6 Nd6 22. Bb5 Nc8 23. Rxb7 N6e7 24. Rd7 Ng6 25. Rd8+ {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Ilic, Nicholas"] [Black "Johansen, Darryl"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1713"] [BlackElo "2500"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian: Snyder, 2...e6"] 1.e4 c5 2.b3 e6 3.Bb2 d6 4.Bb5+ Nd7 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bxd7 Bxd7 9.Ng3 Bc6 10.Nd2 b5 11.Qe2 a5 12.f4 a4 13.Rab1 axb3 14.axb3 Ra2 15.Nf3 Qd7 16.c3 Qb7 17.Ra1 Rfa8 18.Rxa2 Rxa2 19.Ra1 Rxa1+ 20.Bxa1 c4 21.Nd2 Qa7+ {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Zhao, Zong-Yuan"] [Black "Kordahi, Nicholas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Two Knights: 4.d3"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc8 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Bc4 Qd7 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Rd1 d5 17. Bb3 Rad8 18. Bg5 Nfg8 19. d4 exd4 20. exd5 f6 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Nxc6 23. Bf4 dxc3 24. bxc3 Ne5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Bxg8 Kxg8 28. Rdb1 Rd7 29. Rb5 Bd8 30. Rxe5 Bc7 31. Rb5 Rfd8 32. Kf1 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Ke2 Ra1 35. Nc5 b6 36. Ne6 Bh2 37. Kf3 Bg1 38. Rxb6 Rxa4 39. Ng5 Kf8 40. Rb1 h6 41. Ne4 Bh2 42. g3 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Goh, Sean Christian"] [Black "Smirnov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2500"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Trompowsky: 2...d5 3.e3"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Ne4 5.Bf4 Qb6 6.Qc1 Nc6 7.c3 Bf5 8.Nbd2 e6 9.Nh4 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Bg2 Qd8 15.O-O-O cxd4 16.exd4 Qa5 17.Kb1 O-O-O 18.Rhe1 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Rxd6 20.Qf4 Qc7 21.Rh1 Rdd8 22.Qxc7+ Kxc7 23.Rde1 Kd6 24.f4 Rh4 25.Re3 f5 26.Rhe1 Re8 27.Rg3 fxg4 28.hxg4 Rf8 29.Rge3 Nd8 30.f5 gxf5 31.gxf5 Rxf5 32.Rg3 g5 33.Bh3 Rf6 34.Kc2 Rff4 35.Reg1 Nf7 36.Kb3 Nh6 37.Bf1 g4 38.Be2 Ke7 39.Kb4 Rh2 40.Bxg4 Rxb2+ 41.Ka3 Rff2 42.Ra1 Nxg4 43.Rxg4 Rb6 44.Rg7+ Kd6 45.Rg6 Re2 46.Rh6 Kc6 47.Ka4 Rb5 48.Rg6 Kb6 49.Rh6 Ka6 50.Rg6 Rb6 51.Ka3 Rc2 52.Re1 Rxc3+ 53.Ka4 Rc4+ 54.Ka3 Ka5 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Illingworth, Max"] [Black "Ly, Thai"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1873"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Two Knights: 4.d3 Be7"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Re8 10. c3 h6 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. b5 Nb8 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Rad1 Qb8 16. d4 axb5 17. axb5 c6 18. Ncd2 Qc7 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. c4 cxb5 21. cxb5 Rad8 22. Qb3 exd4 23. Bxd4 Nc5 24. Qb1 Qc7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nf1 Qc8 27. Ng3 Qg4 28. Rd5 Nd7 29. h3 Qg7 30. Nf5 Qh7 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Nc5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Nh4 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija"] [Black "Ly, Moulthun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern: 3.Nc3"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 b5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bd5 Rb8 11. O-O-O b4 12. Nce2 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nf6 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. h4 Qa4 16. Kb1 Rb5 17. Nge2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. h5 g5 20. g4 Qb5 21. Qe3 h6 22. Ng3 Be6 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Rhg1 Ra5 25. b3 Bc8 26. Nd2 Qc6 27. Nc4 Rb5 28. Rge1 e6 29. f4 Bb7 30. Rd3 a5 31. Nd2 Qa6 32. c4 bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rc8 34. Rec1 Qb6 35. Nc4 Qc6 36. Nd2 Qd7 37. a4 gxf4 38. Qxf4 Rg5 39. Rf1 Qe7 40. Nc4 Ba6 41. Rfc1 Bxc4 42. Rxc4 c5 43. Rf1 e5 44. dxe5 Rxe5 45. Qd2 Re4 46. Qd5 Re1+ 47. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 48. Ka2 Re8 49. Rc2 Re2 50. Qd3 Rxc2+ 51. Qxc2 Qe3 52. Qf5 -- 53. -- -- 54. Kb2 -- 55. Kb1 -- 56. -- -- {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Morris, James"] [Black "Crowley, Regan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2328"] [BlackElo "1740"] [ECO "C12"] [Opening "French: MacCutcheon"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 exd5 6. Qf3 Be6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Qe7 9. h3 a6 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. a3 Bd6 13. Qg3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 g5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rfe1 Qf7 17. Rac1 Rde8 18. Nd1 Nh5 19. Qe3 Nf4 20. Bf1 Rhf8 21. g3 Rg8 22. Qb3 Nb6 23. Ne3 Ref8 24. Ng4 Qg7 25. Qe3 h5 26. Ne5 Rf6 27. b3 g4 28. hxg4 Ng6 29. g5 Rff8 30. f4 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 h4 33. Bh3 Rg7 34. Bxe6+ Nd7 35. Rxd5 hxg3 36. f5 Rd8 37. Rxd7 Rdxd7 38. Kg2 Kd8 39. Bxd7 Kxd7 40. Rf1 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Kempen, Leon"] [Black "Dale, Ari"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2208"] [ECO "E70"] [Opening "King's Indian: 4.e4 d6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nf3 Nh5 9. Nd2 Qe8 10. g3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Kf1 Nd7 14. Bg5 e4 15. Bh5 Qe5 16. h4 Nac5 17. Nb3 Nd3 18. f4 exf3 19. Qxd3 Qxg3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Nd2 f4 23. h5 h6 24. Bh4 Bf5 25. Be4 Rae8 26. Re1 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxe4 29. Rg1+ Kh7 30. Kf2 Bxd5 31. Nd2 Re5 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. c4 Bc6 34. Re1 Rf5 35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Kg7 37. Bd8 c6 38. Bc7 Kf6 39. c5 Rxh5 40. a4 Ke6 41. Rb4 Rh2+ 42. Kg1 Rc2 43. Bd6 Kd5 44. Rxb7 a6 45. Re7 Re2 46. Rh7 f3 47. Rxh6 e4 48. Kf1 Ra2 49. Rh5+ Kd4 50. Be7 e3 51. Bf6+ Kd3 52. Rh7 Rd2 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Johansen, Darryl"] [Black "Davis, Tony"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English: Bellon Gambit"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 b5 5. d3 exd3 6. cxb5 dxe2 7. Bxe2 Bc5 8. Bf3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 c6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Kxe3 O-O 13. Rad1 Re8+ 14. Kd2 h6 15. Nge4 Re6 16. Rhe1 Kf8 17. Kc1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Nc3 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 d4 21. bxc6 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Rosmait, Emily"] [Black "Solomon, Stephen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [Opening "Russian Game: Modern (Steinitz) Attack"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. d5 Nc5 6. dxc6 e4 7. cxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bc4 exf3 9. Qxf3 Qe7+ 10. Be3 Bc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qh3 Ne4 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qf3 Bg4 15. Qxf7+ Qxf7 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. f3 Nf6 18. fxg4 hxg4 19. Nc3 Re8 20. Nd5 Rxe3 21. Nxe3 Bc5 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Kf2 Kg6 24. Re2 Nd5 25. Rfe1 Kg5 26. c4 g3+ 27. hxg3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Kg4 29. R1e2 a5 30. b3 b6 31. Re1 Bd4 32. R1e2 c5 33. a4 g5 34. Re1 Bxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Kxg3 37. Ke4 Kxg2 38. Kd5 Kf3 39. Kc6 g4 40. Kxb6 g3 41. Kxc5 g2 42. Kb5 g1=Q {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Wallis, Chris"] [Black "Babic, Zoran"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E40"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ng3 g6 12. Qa4 a5 13. Ba3 O-O 14. Rae1 c5 15. Qd1 Ne8 16. f4 f6 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. h4 Rg8 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. Qh2 Nf8 21. h5 g5 22. fxg5 Rxg5 23. Bc1 Rg8 24. Bh6 Ra7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Nd7 27. Be4 Nc7 28. Qh4 Qf7 29. Bc6 Rd8 30. Re3 d5 31. dxe5 Qf8 32. Bxf8 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Rujevic, Mirko"] [Black "Ben Harin, Amit"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1315"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. g4 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. h4 Bf4 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. Be4 Rhe8 21. Ne2 Be3 22. Rh3 Bd4 23. Qb3 Qb5 24. Rhd3 Bc5 25. Nc1 a5 26. c3 a4 27. Qc2 Kb8 28. Rf3 Rc8 29. c4 Qa5 30. f6 g6 31. h5 Ba6 32. b3 Bd4 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rh3 axb3 35. Nxb3 Qa3 36. Nxd4 Qxh3 37. Nc6+ Kc7 38. Qf2 Ra8 39. c5 Qxg4 40. cxd6+ Kxd6 41. Bf3 Qf5+ 42. Kb2 Bc4 43. Nxb4 Reb8 44. a3 Rxb4+ {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Cannon, David"] [Black "Zhao, Zong-Yuan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1916"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...Nf6 3.e5 Nd5"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe4 g6 15. Rad1 b4 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Bh6 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Qg4 Bd5 23. Qh3 Bxa2 24. Bf4 Kg8 25. Qg3 Bf8 26. h4 Bd5 27. Be3 Qf7 28. h5 g5 29. f4 Bd6 30. Qg4 f5 31. Qxg5+ Kh8 32. Qh4 Rg8 33. Rd2 Rg4 34. Qh2 Rag8 35. Ree2 Qf6 36. Kf1 Rh4 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Smirnov, Anton"] [Black "Dragicevic, Domagoj"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2010"] [ECO "A60"] [Opening "Benoni: 4.Nf3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nf3 b5 5. Bg5 bxc4 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Nxc4 O-O 10. Be2 Ba6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Qa4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Rb8 14. b3 Qa5 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Rc7 17. f3 Rcb7 18. Qd3 h5 19. Nd1 Nf8 20. Nb2 Ng6 21. Nc4 Qd8 22. Qd2 Rb5 23. Qe1 Ne8 24. Rc2 Bg5 25. Bf2 h4 26. g3 Nf6 27. Qf1 Rb4 28. Be1 Bh6 29. Bxb4 Rxb4 30. Qh3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Nh7 32. Bd3 Ngf8 33. Rf1 Ng5 34. Qh4 Qd7 35. Qg4 Qd8 36. f4 exf4 37. gxf4 Ngh7 38. Rh2 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Mallari, Donato"] [Black "Illingworth, Max"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 h5 6. h3 g6 7. b3 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rc1 d6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. f3 Nd7 19. Kf2 Nb6 20. a4 Nd7 21. Rb1 Ne5 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. Be3 Qc8 25. g4 Ne5 26. Rg1 Qc7 27. Kf2 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rf8 29. Nc3 Qb7 30. Bh6 f5 31. g5 Bxh6 32. gxh6 Kh7 33. Nd5 e6 34. Nf4 Qe7 35. Rh1 Rab8 36. Qxa5 Rb4 37. Nd3 Nxd3+ 38. exd3 Qb7 39. Rhe1 e5 40. d4 Ra8 41. Qxb4 Qxb4 42. dxe5 Qd2+ 43. Kg3 f4+ 44. Kh3 Qf2 45. Rg1 Qxf3+ 46. Kh2 Qh5+ 47. Kg2 dxe5 48. Ra1 Qe2+ 49. Kh3 Rb8 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Ly, Moulthun"] [Black "Specht, Josh"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2094"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian: Rossolimo"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bf1 e5 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 Qa5 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Qxb4 14. Nc2 Qc5 15. d4 exd4 16. Ncxd4 Be7 17. Bf4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nh6 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22. Rb1 O-O 23. Rxb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Rxb5 25. Qg4+ Rg5 26. Qd7 Re5 27. f4 Re6 28. Qb7 Bf6 29. g3 Rfe8 30. Kg2 Bd4 31. Re2 Bg7 32. Qd5 Bf8 33. Kf3 Rc8 34. Ra2 Rc3+ 35. Kf2 Rc5 36. Qb7 Rc4 37. Ra8 Rcxe4 38. Qc8 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Re8 40. Qxe8 Rxe8 41. Rxe8 f5 42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Re3 Bg7 44. Kd3 d5 45. Re2 Bf6 46. Ra2 Bh8 47. Ra5 Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Rxh6 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Ng, Clive"] [Black "Morris, James"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2328"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: 3.Nc3 e5"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. f4 c6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. g3 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nb2 Bg4 16. Bg2 exf4 17. gxf4 Bc3 18. Qe3 Bxb2 19. Kxb2 Qa3+ 20. Ka1 Na4 21. Qc1 Bxe2 22. Qxa3 bxa3 23. bxa4 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rfd8 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Rb8 27. e5 Rb2 28. Be4 c5 29. h3 Kf8 30. a5 Ke7 31. f5 Re2 32. Kb1 c4 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Dale, Ari"] [Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2208"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Polish Defence"] 1. d4 b5 2. e4 a6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 e6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. a3 c4 11. Bc2 a5 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. f4 Be7 14. Kh1 g6 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Ng2 b4 17. Nf3 h5 18. Ng5 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Qxd4 22. Bf4 hxg4 23. Rad1 Qc3 24. Kg1 Rh3 25. Bg3 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Nxe5 27. Qe3 Qxe3+ 28. Nxe3 d4 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Rc1 Kb8 31. Rxf7 Ne5 32. Rg7 d3 33. Rb1 dxc2 34. Rbxb7+ Ka8 35. Rbc7 Rd7 36. Rg8+ {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Bhat, Vishal"] [Black "Johansen, Darryl"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1740"] [ECO "B42"] [Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Be3 Ngf6 14. Rac1 O-O 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Rac8 17. Bd4 Bd8 18. f5 Ne5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qe3 Nd7 22. Rfd1 Be7 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Be2 Rcd8 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Rcd1 Nxb3 27. axb3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Bc5 29. Qg3 Bc6 30. Bf3 Be3 31. Rd3 Bc5 32. Qe1 b5 33. Qd1 Rb8 34. Qd2 bxc4 35. bxc4 Rb4 36. h4 Qe7 37. Be2 Rxb2 38. Qe1 Bd4 39. h5 Rc2 40. Bd1 Rc1 41. h6+ Kh7 42. Ne2 Rxc4 43. Bb3 Rb4 44. Nxd4 Rxd4 45. Rxd4 exd4 46. Qf2 Kxh6 47. Qxd4 Qh4+ 48. Kg1 Qxe4 49. Qh8+ Kg5 50. Qd8+ Kf5 51. Qa5+ Kf6 52. Qc3+ e5 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Solomon, Stephen"] [Black "Winkelman, Albert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C68"] [Opening "Spanish: Exchange, 4...dxc6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Ng6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. Nh2 b5 13. Qxg4 Qxg4 14. Nxg4 bxc4 15. dxc4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. g3 Ke6 18. Kg2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd6 20. Rxd6+ cxd6 21. Rd1 Ne7 22. Ne3 g6 23. g4 f6 24. Rd3 Rb8 25. b3 Ng8 26. c5 Rd8 27. c4 a5 28. a3 Nh6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nf7 31. cxd6 Rxd6 32. Ra3 Ng5 33. f3 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Rb2 35. b5 cxb5 36. cxb5 Rxb5 37. Nd5 Rxd5 38. exd5+ Kxd5 39. Ra7 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Ben Harin, Amit"] [Black "Wallis, Chris"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1315"] [ECO "C12"] [Opening "French: MacCutcheon"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Bc3 Bd7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Bd3 Bb5 14.O-O Rc8 15.Rc1 Nc6 16.Re1 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rc7 18.b3 Rac8 19.Qe3 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxc3 21.Nd7 Qxd4 22.Qxd4 Ne2+ 23.Kf1 Nxd4 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Rd1 Nxb3 26.axb3 Rxd7 27.Ke2 Rc7 28.Kd3 Kf8 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Zhao, Zong-Yuan"] [Black "Solomon, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8. f4 Bg4 9. Bd3 O-O-O 10. O-O g6 11. Qe3 Bf5 12. Bxf5+ gxf5 13. Nc3 Qh4 14. Ne2 Rg8 15. Ng3 Nd4 16. Qf2 Qg4 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Rae1 h5 19. c3 h4 20. cxd4 hxg3 21. hxg3 Bb6 22. Rd1 Qxg3 23. Qxg3 Rxg3 24. Bf2 Rg4 25. g3 Rdg8 26. Kh2 Kd7 27. Rd3 R4g6 28. Kg2 Rh8 29. Rc1 Rgh6 30. Bg1 Rh1 31. Rdd1 c6 32. d5 cxd5 33. Bxb6 R8h2+ 34. Kf3 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 axb6 36. Rxd5+ Ke7 37. Rb5 Rh6 38. a4 Rc6 39. Ke3 f6 40. Kd4 Ke6 41. b3 fxe5+ 42. Rxe5+ Kf6 43. Kd5 Rc5+ 44. Kd6 Rc3 45. Rb5 Rc6+ 46. Kd7 Kg6 47. b4 Kf6 48. Rd5 Rc3 49. Rd6+ Kf7 50. Rxb6 Rxg3 51. Rxb7 Rf3 52. a5 Rxf4 53. a6 Rf1 54. a7 Ra1 55. Kc8+ Ke6 56. Kb8 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Johansen, Darryl"] [Black "Smirnov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A25"] [Opening "English: Closed"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 f5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 Ne7 10. b5 h6 11. Nd2 g5 12. Ba3 Kh8 13. c5 d5 14. c6 bxc6 15. bxc6 Re8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Qc2 Be6 18. e3 Qe8 19. Rfc1 Rd8 20. Qa4 e4 21. Nb5 Ng4 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. d4 Nd3 25. Rc2 f4 26. Qxa7 Qf7 27. Nf1 f3 28. Bh3 Ree8 29. g4 Ra8 30. Qb7 Bxd4 31. Ng3 Ba7 32. Rb3 Reb8 33. Qxa7 Rxa7 34. Rxb8+ Kh7 35. Rb7 Ra4 36. Bf1 Rc4 37. Rxc4 dxc4 38. Nxe4 Kg6 39. Ng3 Ne5 40. Rb5 Qe6 41. h3 Kf6 42. Ne4+ Ke7 43. Ng3 Kf6 44. Ne4+ Kf7 45. Ng3 Nd3 46. Nf5 Qxc6 47. Nd4 Qa6 48. Rf5+ Ke8 49. Rxf3 c5 50. Nf5 Ne5 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Illingworth, Max"] [Black "Puccini, Jack"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2169"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian: Keres Variation (2.Ne2)"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e5 3. Nbc3 Nc6 4. Nd5 d6 5. Nec3 Be6 6. Bc4 g6 7. h4 h5 8. d3 Qd7 9. a3 Bg7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. b4 b6 13. Qd2 Nge7 14. O-O O-O 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh7 19. a4 f5 20. f3 f4 21. Bf2 Bf6 22. Rfb1 Bxh4 23. Bxh4 Qxh4 24. c3 g5 25. cxd4 g4 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Be6 Rce8 28. Bf5+ Rxf5 29. exf5 g3 30. Re1 e4 31. Rxe4 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Rxe4+ 34. fxe4 Qxg2+ 35. Kd1 Qf1+ 36. Qe1 Qxd3+ 37. Kc1 g2 38. e5 f3 39. Qg3 Qc3+ 40. Kb1 Qb4+ 41. Kc2 Qc4+ 42. Kd2 Qd4+ 43. Kc2 Qc4+ {Agreed a Draw} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Wallis, Chris"] [Black "Ly, Moulthun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Opening "QGD: Alatortsev, 4.Nf3"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h3 Re8 13. a3 g6 14. Qc2 Bg7 15. b4 b5 16. Nb1 Re6 17. Nbd2 a5 18. Nb3 axb4 19. axb4 Nb6 20. Nc5 Re7 21. Ra1 Rb8 22. Ra2 Nc4 23. Rfa1 Nd6 24. Ra8 Qb6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 Ne4 27. Ne5 Rxe5 28. dxe5 Nxc5 29. bxc5 Qc7 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Qxc6 Bb7 32. Qxb5 Qc8 33. Rb1 Bc6 34. Qb8 Qf8 35. e6 Be8 36. Qd8 Kh7 37. Rb8 Qxc5 38. Qxe8 Qc3 39. Qg8+ Kg6 40. Qf7+ {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Luis, Chan,"] [Black "Dale, Ari"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2208"] [ECO "E73"] [Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 c6 8. Nf3 Nc7 9. d5 Na6 10. Qc2 Ng4 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. h3 Bd7 15. O-O-O Qa6 16. e5 f6 17. exf6 exf6 18. Bh4 Qxc4 19. Nc2 Bf5 20. Ne3 Qxf4 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Rhf1 Qc8 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Qd4 Ne6 26. Qa4 d5 27. Qxa7 f5 28. Ne2 Rf7 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Qa3 Rb7 31. Rd2 Ng5 32. Rc2 Ne4 33. Bf4 Rb5 34. Rd1 Qb7 35. Nd4 Rb4 36. Nxc6 Bxb2+ 37. Rxb2 Qxc6+ 38. Rc2 Qb5 39. Rc7 Rb1+ 40. Kc2 Rxd1 41. Kxd1 Qf1+ {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Sandler, Leonid"] [Black "Gorka, Carl"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2141"] [ECO "E33"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...Nc6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. b4 Qe7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Qc2 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4 Nbd7 13. g3 a5 14. Bg2 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Bxa1 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. O-O Ba6 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Bf1 Ra8 22. Bc3 Bc8 23. Nb3 Bg4 24. h3 Be6 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. Rd1 Nbd7 28. Ra1 d5 {Agreed a Draw} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Smirnov, Anton"] [Black "Zhao, Zong-Yuan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Nfd7 16. d5 Bf6 17. Rb1 Re8 18. h3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nf1 c4 {Agreed a Draw} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Dale, Ari"] [Black "Illingworth, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2208"] [ECO "E40"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. f4 c5 10. Nb5 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. c5 bxc5 13. Nd6 Qe7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rf3 Nf6 17. Qh4 Rc8 18. Rh3 Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ng8 20. Ndxf7 Qf6 21. Qxg8+ Ke7 22. Qh7 Nd7 23. Rg3 Rg8 24. f5 Qxf5 25. Bg5+ Nf6 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6 27. Rf1 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Morris, James"] [Black "Puccini, Jack"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2328"] [BlackElo "2169"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...Nf6"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Ng4 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qc2 Bg4 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bf2 e6 11. Nbd2 h5 12. O-O Qc7 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 b6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bh4 17. Nb3 cxb4 18. cxb4 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Nce7 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nh4 23. Bh1 Rc8 24. Nd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nhg6 26. Re1 Nc6 27. Ne2 Qe7 28. d4 Qh4 29. Qxh4 {Agreed a Draw} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Ly, Moulthun"] [Black "Winkelman, Albert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E10"] [Opening "Neo-Indian: 3.Nf3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd5 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Rac1 Nb6 14. Ba5 Rd4 15. e3 Rxc4 16. Rxc4 Qxe5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Qxb6 Rxa2 19. Rd1 g6 20. Rc2 Ra6 21. Qb5 Qc7 22. b4 Rd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf3 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Solomon, Stephen"] [Black "Milojevic, Miodrag"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1849"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: 3.Nd2 dxe4"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 e6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qh6 Bxf3 14. Qxf6 Qf8 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. Qh4 Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. O-O-O Nb6 19. Rhe1 Rad8 20. Kc2 Rhg8 21. Re5 Nc4 22. Rh5 Rg7 23. a4 Nd6 24. a5 a6 25. Re1 Ne8 26. Rhe5 Nf6 27. g3 Nd7 28. R5e2 Nf6 29. b4 Rd7 30. Kb3 Rg8 31. Re5 Rgd8 32. Kc4 Rd6 33. Bd1 Nd5 34. Bc2 Nf6 35. R1e3 h6 36. f4 Rg8 37. g4 Rd5 38. f5 Nd7 39. R5e4 Rd6 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Rf4 b5+ 42. Kb3 Rf8 43. Rxf8 Kxf8 44. h4 Nf6 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Nd5 47. Rh3 Kg8 48. Rh7 Ne3 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Zhao, Zong-Yuan"] [Black "Dale, Ari"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2208"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nf3 e6"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O a6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Qg4 Nxd4 15. Qxe4 Nc6 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Qe3 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qxe5 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. Be4 Rc8 24. Red1 Ke7 25. Qe3 Qe5 26. Qa3+ Kf6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. f4 Qb8 30. Qc3+ Ke7 31. Qc5+ Kf6 32. Qc3+ Ke7 33. Qc5+ Kf6 34. Qc3+ Ke7 {Forced Draw} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Wallis, Chris"] [Black "Smirnov, Anton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "QGD: Exchange"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 f5 12. Rae1 Rf6 13. Nd2 Rh6 14. f3 Qh4 15. h3 Ng3 16. Rf2 Nf6 17. Nf1 Nfh5 18. Nxg3 Nxg3 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rfxe2 Qg5 21. f4 Qg6 22. Kh2 a5 23. a3 Bd7 24. Rf1 Qe6 25. Qc5 b5 26. a4 b4 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Rc5 Kf7 30. Kg3 Rg6+ 31. Kf3 h5 32. h4 {Agreed a Draw} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Dragicevic, Domagoj"] [Black "Ly, Moulthun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2010"] [ECO "B05"] [Opening "Alekhine: Modern, 4...Bg4"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. Be2 e6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc8 14. b4 a6 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Rab1 N8e7 17. Bg4 g6 18. Na4 Bg7 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Bh3 Nc8 21. Na4 b5 22. cxb6 Nxb6 23. Nc5 Nc4 24. Qd3 Re8 25. a4 a5 26. b5 Nb4 27. Qb3 Qh4 28. Rfc1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 g5 30. b6 Rae7 31. Qd1 h5 32. Nd3 g4 33. Nxb4 axb4 34. g3 Qg5 35. Bg2 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Bxd4 37. a5 Bc3 38. a6 f5 39. a7 Qc5 40. Qf1 Ra8 41. Qf4 Qd4 42. Qd6 Kf7 43. Rd1 Qe3 44. Qc6 Raxa7 45. bxa7 Rxa7 46. Rf1 d4 47. Qc4 Kf6 48. Qc5 Rh7 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Bc6 d3 51. Qe8+ Kg5 52. Qd8+ Bf6 53. Qd6 Bc3 54. Qd8+ {Agreed a Draw} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Morris, James"] [Black "Chan, Kris"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2328"] [BlackElo "1857"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. c3 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Ndf3 f5 9. Qf4 Ba5 10. Bd3 c5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. a3 Bc7 13. Ne2 Na5 14. Rb1 Nb3 15. Be3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Nxd2+ 17. Bxd2 c4 18. Bc2 Ne4 19. Bc1 h6 20. h4 Nf6 21. Qf3 Qe8 22. Qh3 Nh5 23. g4 fxg4 24. Qxg4 Nf6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Qg2 e5 27. Be3 e4 28. h5 Qf7 29. Ke1 Be6 30. Kd2 Bf4 31. Nxf4 Rxf4 32. Rbg1 Rg4 33. Qh2 Rf8 34. Bd1 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Zhao, Isaac"] [Black "Solomon, Stephen"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1645"] [ECO "A20"] [Opening "English: King's, 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. d4 f4 11. d5 fxe3 12. dxc6 exf2+ 13. Kh1 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nc4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bb3 c5 20. Nd5 c4 21. Ba4 Bb4 22. Ne3 Be1 23. b3 f1=Q+ 24. Nxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kg2 Rf2+ 26. Kh1 Bc3 27. Rac1 Bb2 28. Rc2 Nf3 29. exf3 Rxc2 30. Rd7 Bf6 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Sheldrick, Kevin"] [Black "Luis, Chan,"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [Opening "French: Winawer, 4.Bd3 dxe4"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Ne2 Ne5 12. Qd6 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bd7 14. Rg1 Bb5 15. Bd4 Rd8 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qe5 Bxe2 18. Qxg7 Ke7 19. Qg5+ Kd7 20. Bxh8 Bxf3 21. Bf6 Qb5 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Rg3 Bh5 24. Bd4 Kc6 25. Qd3 Qa4 26. c4 Ne7 27. Qe4+ Kc7 28. Qe5+ {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Illingworth, Max"] [Black "Ng, Clive"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.Nc3 e5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3 Be6 9. O-O Nd4 10. a4 Nd7 11. Ncd5 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. c3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Bg5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. g3 Bh6 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bxh6 d4 21. Bd2 Rf6 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Ne5 24. Qe2 Rbf8 25. Raf1 Ng6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. cxd4 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 cxd4 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. Ke2 Nc6 31. Qf5 h6 32. Qd5+ Qf7 33. Bf4 Qxd5 34. exd5 Ne7 35. Bxd6 Nxd5 36. Be5 g6 37. Bxd4 a6 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. g4 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. a5 Nb4 43. Bc3 Nd5 44. Bd2 Nf6+ 45. Kf4 Ng4 46. h4 Nf2 47. Kg5 Nxd3 48. Bc3 Kf7 49. Kxh5 Kg8 50. Kg6 Nf4+ 51. Kf5 Nh5 52. Be5 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Dale, Ari"] [Black "Morris, James"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2208"] [BlackElo "2328"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Be6 9. b3 b5 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Ne2 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qd3 Ba7 19. Nf4 Rfd8 20. h3 Be6 21. Rfd1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 h6 23. Rd1 Bb8 24. Qd4 f6 25. Rc1 Bf7 26. g3 Qd7 27. Kh2 Be5 28. Qd2 Qf5 29. Bd4 g5 30. Nd3 Bg6 31. Nc5 Qf3 32. Kg1 Bf5 33. Qd1 Qxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Bxh3 35. Nxa6 Bg4 36. Rc1 Bf3 37. Nb4 Bd6 38. Nc6 Ra8 39. Bxf6 Rxa2 40. Be5 Bxe5 41. Nxe5 Be4 42. g4 Rb2 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. Nd7+ Ke6 46. Nc5+ Kd6 47. Rc8 Bf3 48. Nb7+ Ke7 49. Na5 Bxg4 50. Rc5 Bf3 51. Rxb5 g4 52. Nc6+ Kd6 53. Nd4 Be4 54. Rb6+ Kc7 55. Rc6+ Kd7 56. Kf1 h5 57. Rh6 Rb1+ 58. Ke2 Rh1 59. Nc6 Ke8 60. Ne5 Kf8 61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Rf7+ Kg8 63. Kd2 Rf1 64. Rf4 Kg7 65. b4 Kh6 66. Nf7+ Kg6 67. b5 Rb1 68. Nd6 Bf3 69. Kc2 Rf1 70. b6 Rxf2+ 71. Kb3 d4 72. b7 Bd5+ 73. Nc4 Bxc4+ 74. Kxc4 Rb2 75. exd4 Rxb7 76. d5 g3 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Zhao, Zong-Yuan"] [Black "Wallis, Chris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E21"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Three Knights"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Qa6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Rfc1 Be4 13. Qe3 Qb7 14. a4 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qb7 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Bd6 Rc8 19. a5 Na6 20. Bh3 Rd8 21. Ba3 bxa5 22. Qg5 a4 23. Qa5 Qb6 24. Qxa4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qa5 Rdc8 27. Ne1 h6 28. Bf1 Rc7 29. Nd3 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Rac8 31. f3 Ba8 32. e4 Nd7 33. c5 g5 34. Kf2 g4 35. Bg2 gxf3 36. Bxf3 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kf4 Ke7 39. h4 Rb8 40. Rca1 Rb3 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Rxa7 Rxa7 43. Rxa7 Rc3 44. Ne5 Rxc5 45. Nxc6+ Rxc6 46. Bb5 Rd6 47. Rxd7+ Rxd7 48. Bxd7 Kxd7 49. Kg4 f5+ 50. exf5 e5 51. Kf3 h5 52. Ke4 Kd6 53. f6 Ke6 54. f7 Kxf7 55. Kxe5 Kg6 56. Ke6 Kg7 57. Kf5 Kh6 58. Kf6 Kh7 59. Kg5 Kg7 60. Kxh5 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Smirnov, Anton"] [Black "Puccini, Jack"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2169"] [ECO "E90"] [Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. g4 Kh8 12. Nd3 Ng8 13. Kh1 f4 14. Rg1 Bf6 15. b4 Rf7 16. Bb2 h5 17. gxh5 gxh5 18. c5 Nf8 19. Nb5 Kh7 20. Rc1 a6 21. Na3 Ng6 22. Nc4 Nh6 23. a4 Bh4 24. Rxg6 Kxg6 25. Ncxe5+ dxe5 26. Nxe5+ Kh7 27. Nxf7 Nxf7 28. Qd4 Qf8 29. e5 Ng5 30. e6 Nh3 31. Bd3+ Kh6 32. Rg1 Nf2+ 33. Qxf2 Bxf2 34. Rg6+ Kh7 35. Rg2+ Kh6 36. e7 Qf7 37. e8=Q {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Solomon, Stephen"] [Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "St. George Defence"] 1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 e6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5+ Ne7 12. Nc3 Nfxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Be3 Qb7 15. Bc5 Rc8 16. Rac1 Rc6 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Rfe1 Re6 19. Nxe6 dxe6 20. Qe5 Ng6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rc7 Qa8 24. Qc5+ Kg8 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Qc7 Bd5 28. Qxf7 Rc8 29. f4 Rc2 30. Re3 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxh2 32. f5 gxf5 33. Rg3 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 Rh2+ 37. Kc3 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Specht, Josh"] [Black "Illingworth, Max"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2094"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Trompowsky: 2...d5 3.Bxf6 exf6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 f5 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Neg5 h6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qc5 Be6 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Re7 Rab8 21. Rae1 Rfd8 22. h3 Kf8 23. Rc7 Be6 24. a3 Rdc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. b4 Rd8 27. Rc1 f6 28. Kf1 Bd5 29. Ne1 g5 30. Rc3 Be4 31. Nd3 b6 32. f3 Bd5 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Nb2 h5 36. Kd2 Rg8 37. Re3 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Kc3 gxf3 40. gxf3 Rg1 41. Nc4+ Bxc4 42. Kxc4 Ra1 43. Kb3 Rf1 44. Kc4 f5 45. Kd3 f4 46. Ke2 fxe3 47. Kxf1 Kd5 48. Ke2 Kxd4 49. f4 Ke4 50. f5 Kxf5 51. Kxe3 Ke5 52. Kd3 Kd5 53. Kc3 c5 54. bxc5 bxc5 55. Kd3 c4+ 56. Kc3 Kc5 57. Kc2 Kd4 58. Kd2 c3+ 59. Kc2 Kc4 60. a4 a5 61. Kc1 Kb3 {White Resigned} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Open 2017"] [Site ", "] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Ly, Moulthun"] [Black "Gorka, Carl"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2141"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor: 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bf4 Re8 8. Qd2 Bf8 9. f3 c6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Ndxb5 Ba6 13. Bxd6 Bxb5 14. Bxf8 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Bc6 16. Bd6 Nbd7 17. b3 h5 18. h4 Rac8 19. Kb2 Ne5 20. Rhd1 Ng6 21. Bg3 Nh7 22. Nd5 Nhf8 23. Ne3 Ne6 24. Nf5 Rcd8 25. Bf2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 a6 27. Rd6 Rc8 28. Be3 Kf8 29. Bd2 Nef4 30. Bb4 Ke8 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Bd6 Rd8 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34. Nxg7+ Ke7 35. Nf5+ Ke8 36. Rf2 Rd1 37. g3 Nh3 38. Rh2 Ng1 39. Rf2 Nh3 40. Re2 Ng1 41. Re3 Rd2 42. Kc3 Rf2 43. Nd4 Kd7 44. a4 Bb7 45. Kb4 f5 46. e5 Nxf3 47. e6+ Ke8 48. Nxf5 Bc6 49. e7 Ne1 {Black Resigned} {#r} 1-0