WORLDBASE Player / Joueur CM Zhang, Kendrick Botong
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129 games / 129 parties
2025.01.21 Titled Tue 21st Jan Late
208061 Cumpe, Lucas (2294) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1994) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qf3 e6 8. Qxb7 Bxc2 9. Bb5 Rb8 10. Qxa7 Rxb5 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxc7+ Kd7 13. dxe5 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Kc6 15. Be3 1-0
2025.01.03 Hastings Masters 2024-25
229461 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Chapman, Luke (1706) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 h4 12. Ncd5 h3 13. Bf3 O-O 14. c3 Be6 15. O-O Rb8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bg4 Qd7 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Bxg4 20. Nxg4 Bd8 21. Qf3 Bb6+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 b4 24. Nf5 Ne7 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. c4 Rfe8 27. Rae1 Qf6 28. b3 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 a5 30. Re3 f5 31. Rd1 fxe4 32. Qe2 Qf6 33. Rxe4 Qg6 34. Re1 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 36. Rxe4 d5 37. cxd5 Rc8 38. Kg1 Rc2 39. d6 Rd2 40. Re5 Rxd6 41. Rxa5 Rd2 42. Rh5 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Rxa2 44. Rxh3 Rc2 45. Kg1 Rc3 46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Rf3 Ke6 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rc3 50. Kg4 Kd5 51. h4 Kd4 52. h5 Rc1 53. f5 Rg1+ 54. Rg3 Rf1 55. Kg5 Rc1 56. Kg6 Rc3 57. Rg4+ Ke5 58. Kxg7 Kxf5 59. Rxb4 Rc7+ 60. Kf8 Rh7 61. Rb6 Rh8+ 62. Kg7 Ra8 63. h6 Ra7+ 64. Kf8 Kg5 65. b4 Ra8+ 66. Ke7 Ra7+ 67. Kd8 1-0
2025.01.02 Hastings Masters 2024-25
229412 Rastogi, Nayan Keats (1892) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxa6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qa4 Bxd2 12. Nbxd2 Nac7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nd6 Ne8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17. Qa3 Qb8 18. Qd6 Qb7 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. g3 Kf7 24. h4 h6 25. h5 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Nxc7 27. Kf1 1/2-1/2
2025.01.01 Hastings Masters 2024-25
229349 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Schimnatkowski, Lukas (2221) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 h5 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. h4 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Qf2 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Qxc3 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Qc3 Qb8 19. Rhe1 e5 20. Bf2 d5 21. Bg3 Rc8 22. Qa5 Qa8 23. Re2 Kh7 24. Be1 Nf8 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Be4 Ne6 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Bc3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qxf3 30. Qxa6 Qxe2 31. Re1 Qc4 32. Re3 Nf4 33. Nd2 Qc5 34. Rg3 Ne2 35. Ne4 Nxc3+ 36. Rxc3 Qg1+ 37. Kb2 Rxc3 38. Ng5+ Kg8 39. Kxc3 Qd4+ 40. Kb3 Qc4+ 41. Kb2 e4+ 42. Kc1 Qf1+ 43. Kd2 Qf4+ 44. Ke2 Qg4+ 45. Ke3 Qxh4 46. Qxb5 Qe1+ 47. Kf4 Qf2+ 48. Kxe4 f5+ 49. Kd5 Qg2+ 50. Ke6 Qxg5 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Kf7 Qf6# 0-1
2024.12.31 Hastings Masters 2024-25
229231 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Briem, Benedikt (2132) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3 d6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. O-O Nh7 12. d4 Bf6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rd3 Nb8 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. R3d2 Bg4 22. Be2 Be6 23. c4 Bd7 24. b3 Bc6 25. Bd3 Rad8 26. Re1 Rd7 27. Bf1 Rfd8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Nd2 Ne6 30. Qc3 Qc5 31. Nf3 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Qc2 b6 34. Kh1 Qd6 35. f3 Bg5 36. Re2 Rd1 37. Kg1 Qd4+ 38. Bf2 Qa1 0-1
2024.12.31 Hastings Masters 2024-25
229290 Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa (2183) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bxe5 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. f4 Bg7 17. Rbd1 Rfc8 18. e5 b5 19. Kh1 Rc4 20. Bg1 Rac8 21. h3 Qf5 22. d6 exd6 23. exd6 Qd7 24. Bxa7 Bf8 25. Qe5 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxa7 27. f5 R4c5 28. Qd4 gxf5 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Rd7 Qe5 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ 1-0
2024.12.30 Hastings Masters 2024-25
237830 Badacsonyi, Frankie (2218) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Rf6 15. Qh3 Nf8 16. Be3 Bd5 17. Qh4 h6 18. Ne4 Rf7 19. Nc5 g5 20. Qg4 Ng6 21. Nxe6 Qd6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rfc1 Nf4 24. Bf1 Be6 25. Qd1 Nd5 26. Qc2 Raf8 27. Qc6 Nxe3 28. Qxd6 cxd6 29. fxe3 Bd5 30. Re1 Rf2 31. Re2 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Bc4 34. Ke1 Bxe2 35. Kxe2 d5 36. a4 bxa4 37. g4 Kf6 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kc3 a5 40. b4 Kd6 41. bxa5 Kc6 42. Kb4 a3 43. Kxa3 Kb5 44. a6 Kxa6 45. Ka4 Kb6 46. Kb4 e6 47. h3 Kc6 48. Ka5 Kc7 1/2-1/2
2024.12.29 Hastings Masters 2024-25
237728 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Golding, James (2203) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 9. a4 Be6 10. b4 Qe7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Re1 Rae8 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Nc4 Bg4 16. Ne3 Bh5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Kg7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5+ Kg6 21. Qc2 dxe5 22. Bxb7 Qd6 23. Bd5 Kg7 24. b5 Bg4 25. Bb7 axb5 26. axb5 Bb6 27. Ra4 Rd8 28. Bd5 Be6 29. c4 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Ra8 31. Rea1 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 f5 33. Rc4 fxe4 34. dxe4 Rxf2 35. Rxc7+ Kg6 36. Qc6 Rf6+ 0-1
2024.12.29 Hastings Masters 2024-25
237795 Stokes, Stephen (1866) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Re1 e6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Ne4 14. Qf4 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 b5 16. a3 Re8 17. Re2 f6 18. Rae1 e5 19. Qh4 e4 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 f5 22. h4 Qf6 23. h5 Qg7 24. Qf4 Qf6 25. Qh6 f4 26. f3 Qf5 27. fxe4 Rxe4 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qh3 Qxh3 30. gxh3 Rae8 31. Kf2 Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 g5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. b3 a5 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Kf6 38. Kg4 Kg6 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Kf2 Ke4 41. Ke2 f3+ 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. c4 dxc4 44. d5 Ke5 45. d6 Kxd6 46. Kxf3 Kd5 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. Kc2 c3 50. Kc1 Kd3 51. Kd1 c2+ 52. Kc1 Kc3 53. h4 g4 54. h5 g3 0-1
2024.12.28 Hastings Masters 2024-25
237693 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Flynn, D (1834) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 e6 12. Bd4 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Re1 Bc6 16. c3 a5 17. Nf4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 a4 19. Bc2 a3 20. b3 Qa5 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Rd1 Ne8 23. b4 Qc7 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. Nd3 Bb5 26. Be5 Qe7 27. Re1 Bc4 28. Bd4 Qd6 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Nc5 b5 31. Qc1 Ra8 32. Nb7 Qd7 33. Na5 Nd5 34. Rd1 Qe6 35. Qd2 Bxd4+ 36. Qxd4 Qe3+ 37. Qxe3 Nxe3 38. Rd7 Re8 39. Kf2 Nf5 40. Rd5 Re6 41. Rxb5 Rd6 42. Nxc4 Rd3 43. Nxa3 Rxc3 44. Ra5 Rc1 45. Rc5 Rd1 46. Rc2 Nd4 47. Rb2 Rd3 48. Nc4 Rc3 49. Nd6 Rc6 50. Ne4 f5 51. b5 Rb6 52. Nc3 Kf7 53. a4 Nc6 54. Nd5 Rb8 55. Re2 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243189 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Janaszak, Daw (2306) 0-1
1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bb2 b6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qh5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. dxc5 Nb4 14. Qc1 bxc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qc3+ f6 18. Rac1 Bg4 19. Be2 Rac8 20. h3 Be6 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rb8 23. Rb1 Qf5 24. Bd3 Qd5 25. Bc4 Qe4 26. Nd2 Qf5 27. e4 Qf4 28. Bxe6 Nd4 29. Bc4 Rd8 30. Nf1 Qxe4 31. Re1 Qb7 32. Qe3 e5 33. Qc3 Rb8 34. Ne3 h5 35. Nd5 Rd8 36. b4 Qc6 37. bxc5 Qxc5 38. Ne3 Rc8 39. Qb4 Qc7 40. Rb1 Kh6 41. Qb7 Qc5 42. a4 f5 43. Qf7 f4 44. Be6 Rc7 45. Qf6 fxe3 46. h4 Ne2+ 47. Kh1 Qe7 48. Qh8+ Qh7 49. Qf8+ Qg7 50. Qd6 exf2 51. Rf1 Ng3+ 52. Kh2 Nxf1+ 53. Kh3 Rc3+ 54. g3 Rxg3# 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243350 Meskenas, Paulius (2203) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. c4 Qe4+ 5. Ne2 Bf5 6. Nc3 Qe6 7. d5 Qd7 8. Nd4 Bg6 9. Bf4 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Ndb5 O-O-O 12. Qxd7+ Rxd7 13. Be2 e5 14. Be3 a6 15. Na7+ Nxa7 16. Bxa7 Bb4 17. O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Bf3 Nd2 20. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 f6 22. f4 exf4 23. Re6 Bf7 24. Re4 g5 25. Bd4 Rf8 26. Rae1 f5 27. Re5 Bg6 28. c5 f3 29. Re6 Rdd8 30. c6 Rde8 31. cxb7+ Kxb7 32. Rb1+ Kc7 33. Rxa6 f4 34. Ra7+ Kc6 35. Rd1 Re2 36. Ra6+ Kc7 37. Kf1 Rfe8 38. c4 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Bd3+ 40. Re2 Bxe2+ 41. Kg1 Bxc4 42. Ra7+ Kb8 43. h3 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Bf1 45. Bc3 Rd1 46. Re7 Bg2 47. Be1 Rxe1 48. Rxe1 Kc7 49. Re7+ Kd6 50. Rxh7 Kc5 51. Rg7 Kc4 52. Rxg5 Kb4 53. Rxg2 fxg2 54. Kxg2 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243607 Gyenes, Mate (2218) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. c3 g6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. h4 c5 7. h5 gxh5 8. Bxh5 Nxh5 9. Qxh5 cxd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. Qg5 Rg8 12. Nd2 Bh8 13. Qh4 Rg4 14. Qh2 Bf5 15. Ngf3 Qb6 16. O-O-O Rg8 17. Ne5 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Rxg4 19. f3 Rg8 20. g4 Bg6 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 O-O-O 23. Qxe7 Rge8 24. Qc5+ Qxc5 25. dxc5 Kc7 26. Rde1 Kc6 27. Nb3 Bd3 28. Kd2 Bg6 29. f4 Be4 30. Rh2 Rg8 31. g5 Rd7 32. Rh6+ Kc7 33. Nd4 Re8 34. Nb5+ Kb8 35. Nd6 Ree7 36. b4 b6 37. cxb6 axb6 38. Nb5 Kb7 39. Rd6 Rxd6 40. Nxd6+ Kc6 41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. c4 Rd7+ 43. Kc2 Re7 44. Kc3 Re6 45. Re3 Re7 46. Kd4 Ra7 47. Re2 Re7 48. Rxe4 Ra7 49. Re2 Rc7 50. Rh2 Rd7+ 51. Ke5 Rd3 52. Kf6 Re3 53. Rxh7 Re4 54. f5 Rxc4 55. Rxf7 Rxb4 56. g6 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243878 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Heron, Andrew (2125) 1-0
1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. c4 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Bf3 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Be8 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. f3 Ke7 24. e4 Nh5 25. g3 f5 26. Bd3 Nf6 27. Bc1 Bb4 28. Ne2 fxe4 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. a3 Bd2 32. Bb2 Be3 33. Bxe5 g6 34. Bc3 Bd2 35. Bd4 Ba5 36. Kg2 Bc7 37. b4 Nd2 38. c5 Nc4 39. a4 e5 40. Bc3 Ke6 41. Kf3 b6 42. Ke4 bxc5 43. bxc5 Ba5 44. g4 Bxc3 45. Nxc3 Na5 46. Kd3 Nb3 47. Kc4 Nd2+ 48. Kb4 e4 49. Ka5 e3 50. Kxa6 Nb3 51. c6 Kd6 52. Kb6 Nd4 53. c7 e2 54. Nxe2 Nxe2 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243991 Meunier-Pion, Jean (2214) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. Bd2 Nce4 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. Nfd4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Ng4 15. g3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Be2 Rfc8 18. Nb5 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 a6 20. Nc7 Rab8 21. Nd5 Kf8 22. f4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc6 24. Nb6 Be6 25. b3 Rd8 26. Ne4 Bb2 27. Rc2 Ba3 28. Ng5 Bf5 29. e4 Nd4 30. Rd2 Bb4 31. Rxd4 Bc5 32. exf5 Bxd4+ 33. Kg2 Bxb6 34. Nxh7+ Kg7 35. Ng5 Rd2 36. Kf3 gxf5 37. h4 Rxa2 38. Bd3 e6 39. h5 Rf2# 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244245 Schulz, Kar (2165) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Rb1 Rfd8 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bc3 Rab8 14. Kh2 Nh5 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qa4 e5 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Qa3 b6 19. Ng5 Ne6 20. Nge4 Kg7 21. Nc3 Ne7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4 24. e3 Nf5 25. Nc4 Be8 26. Qb2 f6 27. Nd2 Bf7 28. e4 Nd4 29. Nb3 Qd6 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. f4 Re8 32. Rf1 Re7 33. Rbe1 Rbe8 34. a4 Bxd5 35. a5 f5 36. e5 Qe6 37. axb6 Bxg2 38. Qxg2 axb6 39. Ra1 Rd8 40. Ra6 c4 41. dxc4 Qxc4 42. Rxb6 d3 43. Rd1 Qd4 44. Ra6 d2 45. Ra2 Red7 46. h4 Kf7 47. Qc6 Qd5 48. Qxd5+ Rxd5 49. Kg2 Rd3 50. Kf2 h5 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Ra6+ Kd5 53. Rxg6 Ke4 54. Rb6 Rf3+ 55. Kg2 Re3 56. Rb4+ Kd3 57. Rb2 Ke2 58. Rf1 Rxg3+ 59. Kxg3 Kxf1 60. e6 d1=Q 61. Rf2+ Ke1 62. e7 Rg8+ 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244361 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Matlak, Oleksandr (2235) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 b5 16. b4 Qb6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ne2 h5 19. h3 Rc4 20. Nf4 e6 21. Rxc4 bxc4 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxh5 Bb2 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Rc8 26. Rc1 d5 27. h4 Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. f4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. Kd2 Kc6 33. Kc3 Kb5 34. Kd4 Ka4 35. Rc3 Kb5 36. Ke5 Rh8 37. Kf6 Rxh4 38. Kxf7 d4 39. exd4 Rxf4+ 40. Kxg6 Rxd4 41. Kf6 Rd3 42. Rc2 Rxa3 43. g4 Rg3 44. g5 Kxb4 45. g6 e5 46. Re2 c3 47. g7 Kb3 48. Rxe5 Rxg7 49. Kxg7 c2 50. Re1 Kb2 51. Re2 Kb1 52. Rxc2 Kxc2 1/2-1/2
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244580 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Slade, Theodore (2138) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nb6 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Qg6 16. Ne5 Qxd3 17. Nxd3 Nf5 18. Nc5 Nd6 19. Kf1 f5 20. g3 g5 21. a4 Re7 22. a5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Na4 Rf8 25. Nc5 Re7 26. Re1 h5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. h4 gxh4 29. gxh4 Kf6 30. Kf3 Rg8 31. Rg1 Rg4 32. Nd3 Rxh4 33. Nf4 Ne4 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rcg1 Nd2+ 36. Ke2 Nxb3 37. Rg7+ Ke8 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Ng6+ Kf6 40. Nxh4 Nxa5 41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Rh6 b5 43. Rxh5 b4 44. Rxf5+ Ke6 45. Re5+ Kd7 46. Kd3 Nc4 47. Rg5 a5 48. Nf3 a4 49. Ne5+ Nxe5+ 50. dxe5 c5 51. f4 a3 52. Kc2 c4 53. Rg6 b3+ 54. Kc3 b2 55. Rb6 Kc7 56. Rb4 Kc6 57. f5 Kc5 58. Rb8 a2 59. Kxb2 c3+ 60. Kxa2 c2 61. Kb2 Kc4 62. Kxc2 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244713 Vlassov, N (2291) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e6 8. b4 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O-O+ 10. Kc2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Be7 13. Na3 Nd5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxc3 16. Bb2 Nd5 17. Kb3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rhg1 Nh5 20. Rad1 g6 21. a4 Kc7 22. b5 Nf4 23. Kb4 Nh3 24. Rgf1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxf2 26. Rd2 Nh3 27. a5 Ng5 28. b6+ axb6 29. axb6+ Kc8 30. f4 Ne4 31. Re2 Nf6 32. Ra2 Kb8 33. Rd2 Kc8 34. Ra2 Kb8 35. Ra7 Rc8 36. Ra1 Ne4 37. Ra5 h6 38. h4 Rd8 39. Ra7 Rd4 40. Kb5 Nc3+ 41. Kb4 Nd5+ 42. Kb5 Ne7 43. Ra1 Nc6 44. Rf1 Rd2 45. h5 gxh5 46. Bb3 Rd4 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244838 Molina, Rob (2392) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Bh6 Rfc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Nc6 22. d5 Nb4 23. Bc4 Kf8 24. Kf2 a6 25. a3 Nc2 26. a4 Ke8 27. Ke2 Nb4 28. e5 Kd7 29. f4 f6 30. g3 Kc7 31. h4 Bc8 32. Ne4 Bg4+ 33. Kd2 fxe5 34. fxe5 Bf3 35. d6+ exd6 36. exd6+ Kd7 37. Nf6+ Kxd6 38. Nxh7 Bc6 39. Bb3 Ke5 40. Ng5 Nd5 41. Nf7+ Ke6 42. Nd8+ Kd7 43. Nxc6 Kxc6 44. g4 Kd6 45. Bc2 Ne7 46. Ke3 b5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Kf4 Ke6 49. Kg5 Kf7 50. Bb3+ Kg7 51. Bc2 b4 52. Bb3 Nc6 53. h5 gxh5 54. gxh5 Kh8 55. Kf4 Nd4 56. Bd1 b3 57. Bxb3 Nxb3 58. h6 Nc5 59. h7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244970 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Wael Sabry, Mina (2098) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. Ne1 Nc5 10. Bc2 Nh5 11. Nd3 Nxd3 12. Bxd3 Nf4 13. g3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f5 15. f4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rae1 Bxb2 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kh6 23. Rf4 Rxe4 24. Rexe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 c6 26. Rh4+ Kg5 27. Qf3 Qb6+ 28. Kg2 Qb2+ 29. Kh3 Qd2 30. Qg4+ Kf6 31. Qe6+ Kg5 32. Qe7+ Kf5 33. Rf4+ Qxf4 34. Qf7+ Ke4 35. Qxf4+ Kd3 36. dxc6 bxc6 37. Qxd6+ Kc3 38. Qxc6 Rb8 39. Qd5 Kb4 40. c5 Kb5 41. c6+ Kb6 42. Qd6 Rc8 43. Qd7 Rxc6 44. Qxh7 Kb5 45. Qd7 Kb6 46. Qxc6+ Kxc6 47. g4 Kc5 48. Kg3 Kb4 49. h4 Ka3 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Kxa2 52. h6 a4 53. h7 a3 54. h8=Q Kb1 55. Qb8+ Ka1 56. Qe5+ Kb1 57. Qb5+ Ka1 58. Qf1+ Kb2 59. Qe2+ Kb1 60. Qd3+ Kb2 61. Qb5+ Ka1 62. Qe5+ Kb1 63. Qe1+ Kb2 64. Qd2+ Ka1 65. Qc2 a2 66. Qc1# 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Late
252983 Fedotov, Nikita2 (2311) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Ne5 c6 8. g4 Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Nd6 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nb5 14. Rd1 Qa5+ 15. c3 Be7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Qd3 O-O 20. Qd7 Bc5 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd7 Nc7 23. Bc2 Bb6 24. c4 Kf8 25. Bxh7 Ke8 26. Rd3 g6 27. h4 Kf8 28. Bh6+ Ke7 29. h5 Rh8 30. Bg5+ Kf8 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Bxg6 Na6 33. Rd7 Nc5 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Re7 Bd8 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Bxd8 Rxe8 38. Bxe8 Nd3 39. Bf6+ Kf8 40. Bg6 Nxb2 41. g5 Nxc4 42. Bh7 Nd2 43. g6 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 Nh4+ 45. Bxh4 Kg7 46. Bf6+ Kh6 47. Bg8 b5 48. Bxe6 c5 49. g7 c4 50. g8=Q c3 51. Qg7+ Kh5 52. Qg5# 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Late
253056 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Sztokbant, B (2213) 1-0
1. Nf3 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. b3 O-O 5. Bb2 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Bc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. O-O Nc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bb3 Ng4 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 c6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Qh4 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxd6 Rxe3 23. Qd4+ 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Late
253531 Grot, Blazej (2190) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d4 Bf5 7. Nge2 e6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Nbd5 13. Be5 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Nd5 15. a6 b6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. c3 Rc8 18. h4 h6 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Qf4 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Bh7 22. h5 Qf6 23. Qe3 Bc2 24. f4 Bf5 25. Qe2 Bh7 26. Qf2 Bd3 27. g4 g6 28. Qg3 Bc4 29. g5 hxg5 30. Rxg5 Kg7 31. Re1 Rh8 32. Bh3 Rh6 33. f5 exf5 34. Rxf5 Qd8 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Bxc8 Rxh5 38. Bg4 Rg5 39. Re5 Rxe5 40. Qxe5+ Qf6 41. Qc7+ Qf7 42. Qe5+ Qf6 43. Qc7+ Qf7 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45. Be6 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Bf1+ 50. Kg4 Qg2+ 51. Kf4 Qh2+ 52. Kg5 Qg2+ 53. Kf6 Qf3+ 54. Ke7 Qe2 55. Qxe2 Bxe2 56. Bxd5 Bxa6 57. Be4 Bc4 58. d5 Kg7 59. d6 Bb5 60. d7 Bxd7 61. Kxd7 a5 62. Kc6 Kf6 63. Kxb6 g5 64. Kxa5 Ke5 65. Bb7 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Late
253611 Razanadrakotoarisoa, Toavina (2146) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Bg2 Nxg4 12. e5 Qc8 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Bf4 h5 15. Rhg1 Nh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 g6 20. Rg3 Re8 21. Rc3+ Kd8 22. Rc6 Qa7 23. Rxa6 Qb7 24. Rb6 Qc7 25. Rb8+ Qxb8 26. Qxb8+ Ke7 27. Qd6+ 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Late
253979 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Pakleza, Z (2485) 0-1
1. Nf3 d6 2. e3 g6 3. d4 e6 4. b3 f6 5. Bb2 c6 6. c4 b6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 h6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 e5 12. O-O Bg7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. b4 f5 16. Ne1 Nf6 17. f3 Kh7 18. a3 h5 19. Nc2 Bh6 20. Ne3 fxe4 21. fxe4 Ng4 22. Rxf8 Qxf8 23. Ncd1 Ra7 24. Qe2 Qf4 25. g3 Qg5 26. Nf1 h4 27. Rc2 Bd7 28. Bc1 Qh5 29. Bxh6 Qxh6 30. Nde3 Nf6 31. Qf2 Kg7 32. Nd2 hxg3 33. hxg3 Nh7 34. Nf3 Ng5 35. Nxg5 Qxg5 36. Nf1 Nc8 37. Qf3 a5 38. Rf2 Qe7 39. b5 Rc7 40. a4 Rc3 41. Rc2 Rxc2 42. Bxc2 Qf7 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. Kf2 Ne7 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Nd2 Bg4 47. Nc4 Nc8 48. Bd3 Kg5 49. Be2 Bh3 50. Kf2 Bd7 51. Bf3 Kf6 52. Bg2 Kg5 53. Ne3 Kf6 54. Bf1 Kg5 55. Nd1 Ne7 56. Nb2 Nc8 57. Nd3 Kf6 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. Be2 Kf7 60. Kf2 Kf6 61. g4 Kg5 62. Kg3 Ne7 63. Nb2 Nc8 64. Nc4 Kf6 65. Kh4 g5+ 66. Kh5 Be8+ 67. Kh6 Bg6 68. Bf3 Bf7 69. Kh7 Bg6+ 70. Kh6 Ne7 71. Nxd6 Ng8# 0-1
2024.12.15 Keith Escott Mem Open
256673 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Bowcott-Terry, Finlay (2185) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. Nxb4 Bb7 16. Qxa4 a5 17. Qxa5 Bxe4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. f3 Bh4+ 20. Kd1 Ba8 21. Kc2 d5 22. Be2 d4 23. Rhd1 Be7 24. Nd3 Bd5 25. Nc1 Rbc8 26. Ba6 Ra8 27. Nd3 dxc3 28. bxc3 Be6 29. Bb5 Rab8 30. c4 Bf5 31. g4 Bg6 32. Ra7 Bf6 33. Rd7 Rdc8 34. Kb3 e4 35. fxe4 Bxe4 36. Nb4 Bf3 37. Rg1 Be2 38. h3 Re8 39. Nd5 Bg5 40. Ra1 Re4 41. Kc3 h5 42. Raa7 hxg4 43. Rxf7 Bh6 44. hxg4 Bxg4 45. Rfb7 Rf8 46. Re7 Rxe7 47. Rxe7 Rf1 48. Kb4 g6 49. Ka5 Bf8 50. Rc7 Be6 51. Kb6 g5 52. c5 Rf2 53. Bc4 Kh8 54. c6 g4 55. Ne3 Rb2+ 56. Ka6 Bd6 57. Rb7 Bc8 58. Nxg4 Bc5 59. Nf6 Rb6+ 60. Ka5 Bxb7 61. cxb7 Rxb7 62. Ne4 Be7 63. Bd5 Rb2 64. Bc4 Kg7 65. Bb5 Kf7 66. Kb6 Ke6 67. Nc5+ Kd5 68. Nb7 Bf6 69. Na5 Bd8+ 70. Ka6 Bxa5 71. Kxa5 Kc5 72. Ba4 Ra2 0-1
2024.12.15 Keith Escott Mem Open
256696 He, Tom Junde (2040) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 d5 4. cxd5 c5 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. e3 e5 7. dxe5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Ne4 9. a3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nxe5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Ne2 Rhd8 16. Kc3 Rac8+ 17. Kb3 Nd3 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Rhf1 Nc5+ 20. Ka2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Ne4 22. f3 Rc2 23. Nd4 Nc3+ 24. Kb3 Nxd1 25. Nxc2 Kd6 26. Ka2 h5 27. Kb1 Nf2 28. b3 Nd3 29. Nd4 f6 30. g3 Kd5 31. Kc2 Nc5 32. Kc3 a6 33. a4 b6 34. Nc2 Ke5 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. Nd4 Nd7 37. b4 Ne5+ 38. Kc3 Nf7 39. e4 Ne5 40. f4 Ng4 41. Ne2 Ne3 42. Kd3 Nd1 43. Kd4 Nb2 44. Nc3 Ke6 45. e5 f5 46. a5 b5 47. Nd5 Kd7 48. Ne3 Na4 49. Nd1 Kc6 50. Kd3 1-0
2024.12.14 Keith Escott Mem Open
256614 Rees, I (2262) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. h3 Rc8 12. Rac1 Na5 13. Qa3 a6 14. b3 b5 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nd3 Qb6 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Qb3 e6 19. Nc5 Red8 20. a4 bxa4 21. N3xa4 Qa7 22. Ra1 Ne8 23. Nc3 Nb8 24. b5 e5 25. bxa6 Bc6 26. Bg5 exd4 27. Bxd8 Qxc5 28. Na4 Qd6 29. Bh4 dxe3 30. Nb6 exf2+ 31. Bxf2 Rd8 32. Ra2 Nd7 33. a7 Nxb6 34. Qxb6 d4 35. Bc4 d3 36. Bxf7+ Kh8 37. Bxe8 d2 38. Rxd2 Qxd2 39. Bxc6 1-0
2024.12.14 Keith Escott Mem Open
256644 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Majeed, Haroon (2059) 1-0
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. O-O Nd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. c4 b6 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Qf2 Nc5 18. Bc2 b5 19. e5 Ne8 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. b4 Nd7 22. c5 Be7 23. Nde4 Ndf6 24. Bd4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. Bc2 Nd5 28. a3 Bf6 29. Bb3 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne7 31. Rfd1 Rfd8 32. g4 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 Qa8 34. Kf2 Nc6 35. Qe4 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qxc6 Qd4+ 38. Kg3 Qg1+ 39. Qg2 Qe3+ 40. Qf3 Qg1+ 41. Kh4 h6 42. Qe2 Kg7 43. Qb2+ f6 44. Qd2 Qh1 45. Qd7+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qxf6+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qxg6 1-0
2024.12.14 Keith Escott Mem Open
256659 Cheng, Louis (2087) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Be3 d6 10. Nxc6 Bxe3 11. fxe3 bxc6 12. Qf3 e5 13. h3 Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. g4 Rfd8 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 Qe7 18. Ne2 d5 19. Ng3 Nd6 20. Nf5 Qf8 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Qe2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qc5+ 28. Kh2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qd5+ 30. Qxd5 cxd5 31. h5 f5 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. b4 d4 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. h6 f5+ 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. c4+ dxc3 39. Kxc3 f4 40. a4 f3 41. Kd3 e4+ 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. b5 axb5 44. a5 Kc5 0-1
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
260368 Shubenkova, Veronika (2024) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Bg6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Nh2 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bg5 18. Bg4 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qe7 20. Nf3 Nb6 21. b3 Rae8 22. Ne2 Nd7 23. Rf2 c5 24. Raf1 cxd4 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 26. Nexd4 Qe7 27. e6 Nc5 28. Ne5 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Nxe6 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Nf3 Nc7 33. Rc1 b6 34. Ng5 Rf8 35. Qh4 Rf5 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7+ Kd8 39. Qxg6 Ne8 40. Ne6+ Ke7 41. Qxf5 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
260580 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Peycheva, Gergana (2212) 1-0
1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 Qc7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. exd4 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rac8 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bc3 Qg5 20. d5 b5 21. cxb5 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 axb5 24. Qc6 Kf8 25. Qxb5 Qd2 26. Qe2 Qxd5 27. Rd1 Qa5 28. Qd2 Qf5 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. a4 Qe6 31. Qc3 Kg8 32. g3 h5 33. Re1 Qd7 34. Qe3 Rb8 35. Rb1 e5 36. Qd3 Qc6 37. Rd1 e4 38. Qe3 d5 39. Rc1 Qf6 40. Rd1 Qb2 41. Rxd5 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Rxb3 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Qd4 Kh6 45. Rh8+ Kg5 46. Qe5+ f5 47. h4+ Kg4 48. Qf4# 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
260827 Tissir, M (2342) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Ng3 Bg6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Qf3 Qc8 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Ngf5 Bf6 17. Bg3 N7b6 18. Nd6 Qd7 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Nxe6 Rfc8 23. c4 Nxc4 24. Rxd5 Qc6 25. Nxc5 Nb6 26. Rxf5 Qxf3 27. gxf3 g6 28. Rfe5 Nc4 29. Rd5 Nb6 30. Rde5 Nc4 31. Re6 Rxc5 32. Rxg6+ Kh7 33. Ree6 Rd8 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Rh4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Nxb2 37. Re7+ Kf6 38. Rxb7 Nd3 39. f4 Ne1+ 40. Kh3 Ra5 41. Rh6+ Kf5 42. Rh5+ Ke4 43. Rxa5 Nf3 44. Rb4+ Kd3 45. Rd5+ 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
260999 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Kujawski, A (2115) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 a6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 a5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bf3 Ba6 14. Be2 Qd7 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qd3 Raa8 17. Ne2 a4 18. Rfc1 Rfb8 19. Be5 Rb7 20. bxa4 Qxa4 21. Nc3 Qa3 22. Rcb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Ne4 24. Qc2 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 h6 26. Rb3 Qa6 27. g3 g6 28. Rb2 Kh7 29. Bd4 Ba3 30. Rb1 Bf8 31. Qc7 Kg8 32. Rb7 Be7 33. Qxe7 Rf8 34. Qf6 e5 35. Qxa6 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
261207 Hua, Eugene (2251) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Na3 O-O 8. Nxc4 Nd5 9. d3 Bf6 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Rb1 Nxc4 12. dxc4 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. a5 a6 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. c5 bxc5 23. bxc5 Qc6 24. Bd6 Rfe8 25. Qd3 Be5 26. Rb6 Qd5 27. Rxa6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Qxc5 29. Rxd4 Rxe2 30. Rd8+ Re8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Kg2 Qd6 34. Qf3 g6 35. Qe4 Qd7 36. h4 Re8 37. Qf3 h5 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. Rd3 Kg7 40. Re3 Qd7 41. Rd3 Qc7 42. Rc3 Qd7 43. Rc4 Qe6 44. Qc3+ Qf6 45. Qb3 Re7 46. Rf4 Qe6 47. Kh2 Qxb3 0-1
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
261455 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Reprintsev, A (2230) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 e4 5. Nd4 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 Bf5 7. d3 c5 8. Bb2 exd3 9. Bxd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 O-O 14. Nc3 a6 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 f6 21. f3 Kf7 22. Kf2 b5 23. Ke2 Ke6 24. g4 h6 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rc1 Ba5 28. Bd4 Kd6 29. a3 Rc6 30. Bc3 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. e4 Kc5 34. Ke3 Rb6 35. g3 Rb3 36. Rxb3 cxb3 37. Kd3 a5 38. Kc3 a4 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Kc3 Ke5 41. Kd3 g6 42. Kc3 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Kxf5 45. Kd3 Kg5 46. Kc3 h5 47. f4+ Kg4 48. Kb2 h4 49. gxh4 Kxf4 50. h5 Kg5 51. h6 Kxh6 52. Kc3 Kg5 53. Kd3 Kf4 54. Kc3 Ke3 55. Kb2 Kd2 56. Kb1 Kd3 57. Kb2 Kd4 58. Kb1 Kc4 59. Kb2 Kd3 60. Kb1 Kc3 61. Kc1 b2+ 62. Kb1 Kb3 1/2-1/2
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
261660 Eminov, O (2239) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 c6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. h3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Ba4+ Kf8 14. Ne5 Bg6 15. Bf4 Ne4 16. c3 Bg5 17. Qf3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Kg8 19. Bc2 Qf6 20. Qe3 Nd6 21. Rac1 Bxc2 22. Rxc2 Nf5 23. Qf4 Nd6 24. Qg3 Nf5 25. Qd3 g6 26. c4 Kg7 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Rc7 Nd6 29. Ng4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Ne5 Rhf8 32. Rxb7 Rab8 33. Rxa7 Rxb2 34. Rc1 Nxd4 35. Rcc7 Kg8 36. Nxf7 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39. h4 Kh5 40. Rxh7+ Kg4 41. f3+ Kf5 42. Rhf7+ Rxf7 43. Rxf7+ Ke5 44. Re7+ Kf6 45. Re6+ Kg7 46. a4 Nd4 47. Rd6 Rb4 48. a5 Ra4 49. Rxd5 Nb3 50. Rd7+ Kf6 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. a6 Nc5 53. Rc6 Nxa6 54. Rb6 Nc5 55. Rb5 Nd3 56. Rb7+ Kf6 57. Rf7+ Ke5 58. g4 Nf4 59. Re7+ Kd6 60. Re4 Ra2+ 61. Kg3 Ne2+ 62. Kh3 Nc3 63. Re3 Nd5 64. Rd3 Kc6 65. Rd4 Kc5 66. Re4 Kc6 67. Ne6 Kd6 68. Nf4 Nf6 69. Re6+ Kd7 70. Rxf6 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
261834 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Liu, Zachary Hankun (2153) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qd2 a6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. d5 Qd7 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Re1 e6 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Qd2 Rce8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Re1 Qe7 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. f3 Qe5 28. g3 h5 29. Kf2 Qc5+ 30. Qe3 Qa3 31. Qd2 Qc5+ 32. Qe3 Qa3 33. Qd2 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
261990 Zavortink, Matt (2135) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nb6 9. h3 Be6 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. O-O g6 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qe7 18. f4 Bd7 19. Rae1 Ne6 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. f5 Nxd4 22. fxg6+ fxg6 23. Bxg6+ Kg8 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. Bf7+ Kh7 26. Kh1 Rg8 27. Rf6 Nf5 28. Nxf5 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Late
262201 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1979) Hoffmann, As (2178) 0-1
1. Nf3 d6 2. e3 e5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2 c6 9. Be2 d5 10. Qc2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 exf3 13. gxf3 Re8 14. e4 c5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rc8 18. Qb2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rac1 Bxd5 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Qd4 Be6 24. Qe3 Nh5 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Bc4 Qf4 27. Qxf4 Nxf4 28. Bxe6 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Nxc1 30. Bd5 Nxa2 31. Ke3 Nb4 32. Bc4 a6 33. Nf1 b5 34. Be2 Nc2+ 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Bd1 Rc8 37. Ke3 a5 38. Kxd4 Rd8+ 39. Kc5 Rxd1 40. Ng3 a4 41. bxa4 bxa4 42. Kb4 a3 43. Kxa3 Rd3+ 44. Kb4 Rxf3 45. Kc4 g6 46. Kd4 h5 47. e5 h4 48. Ne4 Rh3 49. Nf6+ Kg7 50. Ng4 Ra3 51. Ke4 Kf8 52. Kf4 Ke7 53. Kg5 h3 54. Kh4 Ke6 55. Kg5 Ra4 56. Nf2 Kxe5 57. Nxh3 Ra1 58. Nf2 Rg1+ 59. Kh4 f5 60. h3 Rg2 61. Nd3+ Ke4 62. Nf4 Rg1 63. Ne6 f4 64. Nc5+ Ke3 65. Nd3 f3 66. Nf2 g5+ 67. Kh5 Kxf2 68. Kg6 Rh1 69. Kxg5 Rxh3 70. Kg4 Rh8 71. Kf4 Rf8+ 72. Ke4 Ke2 73. Kd4 f2 74. Kc3 f1=Q 75. Kb3 Qf4 76. Kc3 Rc8+ 77. Kb3 Qc4+ 78. Kb2 Rb8+ 79. Ka3 Qa6# 0-1
2024.12.07 London Classic Masters
262613 Jermy, Jaden (2011) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2011) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O Nh5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Bb5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bf5 14. Qa4 Rfc8 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 b5 20. Qb3 e6 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Ree1 Qc7 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Rd3 Bf6 27. Nh2 h5 28. Qd1 g4 29. Rd7 Qe5 30. Nf1 Bg5 31. f4 gxf3 32. gxf3 Rd5 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. f4 Bf6 36. Ne3 d4 37. Nd5 Bg7 38. Kg2 dxc3 39. bxc3 f5 40. Kh3 Kf7 41. Kh4 Kg6 42. Ne7+ Kf6 43. Nd5+ Kg6 44. Nc7 Bxc3 45. Nxa6 Bf6+ 46. Kh3 Be7 47. Nc7 b4 48. Nd5 Bd6 49. Ne3 Bc5 50. Nc4 Bd4 51. Na5 Bc5 52. Nc6 Bd6 53. Kh4 Kh6 54. Kh3 Kg6 55. Kh4 1/2-1/2
2024.12.06 London Classic Masters
262577 Smith, An (2136) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2011) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Bg3 Nf6 8. Nd2 a6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc4 Nd4 13. Ne3 O-O 14. Ncd5 Bg5 15. c3 Nc6 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bb3 Na5 18. O-O Nxb3 19. axb3 g6 20. b4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 Bh6 23. Kh1 Bg7 24. Qe2 Ra7 25. Rad1 Qe8 26. Rf3 exf4 27. Nxf4 Be5 28. Qf2 Raf7 29. Rf1 Bd7 30. Ned5 Bc6 31. Qd2 Rg7 32. h3 Qf7 33. Rd3 Kh8 34. Rf2 Rfg8 35. Qe2 Rg3 36. Rxg3 Rxg3 37. Qd2 Bb7 38. Re2 Qg8 39. Ne7 Qf7 40. Rxe5 dxe5 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Nh5+ Qxh5 43. Qg8+ Kf6 44. Qxg3 Kxe7 45. Qxe5+ Kd8 46. Qd6+ Kc8 47. Qe6+ Kc7 48. Qe7+ Kb8 49. Qd6+ Kc8 50. Qe6+ Kb8 51. Qd6+ Ka8 52. Qf8+ Ka7 53. Qc5+ Kb8 54. Qd6+ Kc8 55. Qe6+ Kc7 56. Qe7+ Kc6 57. Qe6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2
2024.12.05 London Classic Masters
262541 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2011) Freeland, Alex (2031) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd4 Qb6 15. h5 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. f5 exf5 18. Nf4 Be6 19. h6 g6 20. Kb1 Rab8 21. Be2 Na4 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Bf3 Rfd8 24. Rd4 Rd7 25. Rhd1 Rbd8 26. b3 Kf8 27. Kb2 Ke7 28. Re1 g5 29. Nh5 g4 30. Be2 Rc7 31. Nf6 Nd7 32. Nxd5+ Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc5 34. Rxc5 Nxc5 35. Kc1 f6 36. Rf1 Ke6 37. exf6 Ne4 38. f7 Rf8 39. Bd3 Nd6 40. Re1+ Kf6 41. c4 bxc3 42. Kc2 Nxf7 43. Kxc3 Nxh6 44. b4 axb4+ 45. Kxb4 Nf7 46. a4 Ne5 47. Bb5 Rb8 48. Kc5 f4 49. a5 h5 50. a6 h4 51. a7 Ra8 52. Kb6 Kf5 53. Kb7 Rxa7+ 54. Kxa7 f3 55. gxf3 Nxf3 56. Rf1 Kf4 57. Bd7 h3 58. Bxg4 1/2-1/2
2024.12.03 London Classic Masters
262505 Sivanandan, Bodhana (2082) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2011) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg4 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. h3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Nd3 Na5 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qg4 Bg6 21. Nxd5 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Ne3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Rfe1 f6 26. Re2 Bxc2 27. Rae1 Kf7 28. f4 a6 29. Kf2 Ba4 30. Re3 Rc8 31. g4 Rdc7 32. h4 Re8 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34. g5 Bc6 35. Kg3 Bd5 36. a3 Re7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. h5 fxg5 39. fxg5 g6 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. a4 Kd6 42. Kf4 Kc6 43. Ke5 a5 44. Bb6 Bb3 45. Bxa5 Bxa4 46. Bb4 Bc2 1/2-1/2
2024.12.02 London Classic Masters
262464 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2011) Dignam, M (2123) 0-1
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Qd2 O-O-O 10. h3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qh6 12. Rad1 e6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nb4 15. Qe2 f6 16. e4 g5 17. Nh2 Qg7 18. Ng4 Be7 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qc4 h5 21. Nxf6 g4 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Nd7+ Ka7 24. Ne2 Rh6 25. Qf5 gxh3 26. Qxh3 Rd6 27. Nc5 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Nd3 Rxe4 30. Rde1 Qd4+ 31. Nf2 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Bc5 33. Rf1 Rf8 34. c3 Qf6 35. Qg3 h4 36. Qxc7 Bxf2+ 37. Kh1 h3 0-1
2024.12.01 London Classic Masters
272548 Rocco, Federico (2154) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2011) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Bb7 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Rd5 Qc8 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Ke8 18. Be5 Rg8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Bc7 Bf6 21. Be4 g6 22. Rd3 Ba8 23. Ba5 Bg7 24. Nc5 Nf6 25. Nxa6 Nd5 26. c4 f5 27. Bg2 Ne7 28. Bb4 Bxb2 29. Nc7+ Kf7 30. Rd7 Bf6 31. a3 Rc8 32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33. Bxc6 Rc8 34. Bb5 e5 35. c5 Rb8 36. c6 Rc8 37. c7 Ke6 38. Rd6+ Kf7 39. Bc4+ Kg7 40. Rd7 1-0
2024.11.30 London Classic Masters
272477 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2011) Birkisson, Bjorn Holm (2165) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. O-O Bh7 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. Ne1 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nd3 b6 13. c3 c5 14. Nbc1 Rc8 15. Bg4 Rc6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nb8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxg6 Bxg6 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Ne5 Be4 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Ne2 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bc5 26. Be3 e5 27. Bf2 exd4 28. Bxd4 Qg5 29. g3 Qe5 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Qe2 Kh7 32. Re1 Qd4+ 33. Qf2 Qb4 34. Rc1 d4 35. Qe1 Qxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Bd5 37. b3 c4 38. bxc4 Bxc4 39. a3 d3 40. Kf2 Bb3 41. Ke3 Bc2 42. Kd2 a5 43. Re6 a4 44. h4 g6 45. Re7+ Kg8 46. Rd7 h5 47. Rxd3 Bxd3 48. Kxd3 Kf7 49. Kc4 g5 50. Kb4 gxh4 51. gxh4 Kf6 52. Kxa4 Kf5 53. Kb5 Kg4 54. a4 Kxh4 55. a5 Kg3 56. a6 h4 57. a7 h3 58. a8=Q Kh2 59. Kc4 Kg1 60. Qg8+ Kh1 61. Qd5+ Kg1 62. Qd4+ Kh1 63. Qe4+ Kg1 64. Qg4+ 1-0
2024.11.30 London Classic Masters
272505 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2011) Carlin, J (2235) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Qe3 b5 14. a3 Rac8 15. Nh4 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Rd2 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfd1 Red8 20. Qg3 g6 21. Bf3 Qb6 22. Qh4 d5 23. Nxh6+ Bxh6 24. Qxh6 dxe4 25. Be2 Rd4 26. Bf1 Rcd8 27. Ne2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Nd5 30. Nc1 e3 31. Qe1 Qd4 32. Nd3 e4 33. c3 exf2+ 34. Nxf2 Qe3 35. Qxe3 Nxe3 36. Be2 f5 37. Nd1 Nxd1 38. Bxd1 f4 39. a4 Kg7 40. axb5 axb5 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Bg4 Bd5 44. Bd7 e3+ 45. Kf1 Bc4+ 46. Ke1 Kg5 47. b3 Bxb3 48. Bxb5 Bd5 49. Kf1 Be4 50. Kg1 Kh4 51. Kh2 Kg5 52. Ba6 Kh4 53. Be2 g5 54. c4 Bb7 55. Bg4 Bc8 56. Bf3 g4 57. hxg4 Bxg4 58. Bxg4 Kxg4 59. Kg1 Kg3 60. Kf1 e2+ 61. Kxe2 Kxg2 62. c5 f3+ 0-1
2024.11.29 London Classic Masters
272437 Dong Bao Nghia (2247) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2011) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nd7 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf6 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. a4 Qe7 16. a5 Bd7 17. Rf2 Bc6 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. Bc4 Rfe8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rfd2 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Bb3 Rad8 24. Ne2 Nf7 25. Ng3 d5 26. Nh5 Ng5 27. Qg4 Nxe4 28. c4 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Rf1 Qe7 31. Bc2 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qh5 h6 34. Qg6 Qf6 35. Qh7+ Kf7 36. Rg4 Ke8 37. h3 Qxb2 38. Rxg7 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qxc4 40. Rg4 Qc5 41. Qc7 Qf2 42. Bg6+ Rf7 43. Rf4 1-0
2024.10.22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
320521 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2032) Pesotskiy, Mikhail (2155) 0-1
1. e3 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 O-O 7. Ngf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. b4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rab1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 axb4 17. axb4 Ra4 18. Qc6 Ra7 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. c5 Rb8 21. cxb6 Rxb6 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 g6 25. Nxe5 Ra5 26. Nd3 Ne4 27. Rc1 Ra3 28. Nb4 Nxc5 29. h3 Ne6 30. Nd5 Ra7 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nc6 Ra2 33. Ne5 Ke7 34. Nd3 Rd2 35. Rc3 h5 36. Kh2 h4 37. g3 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Kd6 39. h4 c5 40. Nc1 Kd5 41. Nb3 Rd1 42. Kf3 c4 43. Na5 Rd3 44. Rxc4 Ra3 45. Rb4 Rxa5 46. Rb7 f6 47. Rf7 Ke5 48. Kg4 f5+ 49. Kg3 Ra4 50. Rg7 Kf6 51. Rg8 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Kf7 53. Ra8 Nc5 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Rc7 Nd3 56. Rc6+ Kg7 57. Rc2 Ne5 58. Rc7+ Kh6 59. Rc1 Nf3 60. Ra1 Nxh4 61. Rh1 Nf3 62. Ra1 Ng5+ 63. Kh2 Nf3+ 64. Kh3 Ne5 65. Ra7 Rb4 66. Ra2 Nd3 67. Kg3 Rb2 68. Rxb2 Nxb2 69. Kf3 Kg7 70. e4 fxe4+ 71. Kf4 Kf6 72. Kxe4 Nc4 73. Kf4 Nd6 74. Kg4 Nf5 75. f3 Ng7 76. Kf4 Ne6+ 77. Kg4 Ke5 78. Kg3 Kf5 0-1
2024.09.10 Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
374424 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (2032) Kim, Noah (2008) 0-1
1. e3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Be2 Ne7 9. O-O c6 10. a3 Bd6 11. b4 Ng6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. e4 d4 15. Na4 Nh4 16. Bg5 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bh5 18. Be2 h6 19. Bh4 Bf4 20. Bg3 Qd6 21. Nb2 Nd7 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qxd4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Qe3 Rg5+ 27. Kh1 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Rd8 29. f4 Bxe2 30. fxg5 Bf3+ 31. Kg1 hxg5 32. Kf2 g4 33. Rac1 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 g5 35. Rg1 Re2 36. h3 Rxe3 37. hxg4 Bxe4+ 38. Kf2 Rf3+ 0-1
2024.07.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
447419 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Zhizmer, Y (2298) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Nd2 Bxc5 5. Nb3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c3 d5 8. g3 Nc6 9. Bg2 h6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nbd4 e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rfd1 Bf5 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Nh4 Be6 18. e4 Rab8 19. exd5 cxd5 20. f4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Ng4 22. Rf1 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Rfe1 Nd3 26. Re3 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Ng4 28. Rd3 Nf6 29. Nf3 Rfb8 30. Nd4 Rb1+ 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Kf1 Rxa2 34. Nxe6+ fxe6 35. Re3 Kf7 36. Bh3 Ne4 37. Kg1 Rc2 0-1
2024.07.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
447811 Golubovskis, Maksims (2176) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. f4 Bd6 15. e4 c4 16. Qc2 e6 17. Kh1 exd5 18. e5 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qe4 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Rd6 Rab8 25. Rad1 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qd7 27. Qe5 Rf8 28. Qc5 Rf5 29. Qc7 Rf7 30. Qc5 Rf5 31. Qe3 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Qd7 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. g4 Qc6+ 35. Kg3 Rd5 36. Qxa7+ Kg8 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qc7+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. d7 Qd3+ 45. Kh4 g5+ 46. fxg5 1-0
2024.07.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
447934 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Le Quang Long (2380) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nxd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. d4 Be7 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. b3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Rc4 Nb4 17. a4 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Rb8 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Qd1 Bf6 21. Qc2 h6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 b5 24. Rc6 Qb7 25. a5 b4 26. Qc5 Qb5 27. Be1 Qd3 28. Qc2 Nf4 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. g3 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxc1 0-1
2024.07.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
448219 Oliveira, T1 (1982) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. h3 b6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. O-O Nf6 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nc6 Qa3 21. Rc3 Qa4 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Rc4 Qa3 24. Qc2 Ba6 25. Rc3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxe7 27. e5 Nd7 28. d6 Qe6 29. Rc7 a5 30. Qb5 Rd8 31. Bxb6 Nxb6 32. Qxb6 Qe8 33. Qa7 Kg8 34. Qxa5 f6 35. Qc3 fxe5 36. fxe5 Qxe5 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Qf7 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. g3 Qxg3+ 41. Kh1 Qh2# 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
458584 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Smirnov, Alexandr (2136) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Re1 c5 11. dxc5 Qc6 12. Bd4 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nfxd7 20. Nd2 Kf8 21. f3 Ke7 22. Kf2 f5 23. a4 b4 24. Na2 a5 25. Nc4 Bc6 26. Nxa5 Bxa4 27. Bxa4 Nxa4 28. b3 Nc3 29. Nc6+ Kd6 30. Ncxb4 Nxa2 31. Nxa2 Kc5 32. Ke3 e5 33. c3 Nf6 34. Nc1 Nd5+ 35. Kd2 Nf4 36. Nd3+ Nxd3 37. Kxd3 g5 38. g4 e4+ 39. fxe4 fxg4 40. Ke3 h5 41. b4+ Kc4 42. e5 Kd5 43. b5 Kxe5 44. c4 h4 45. b6 Kd6 46. c5+ Kc6 47. Kf2 Kb7 48. Kg2 Kc6 49. Kf2 Kb7 50. Kg2 Kc6 51. Kf2 1/2-1/2
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
458808 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Perske, Thore (2450) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Bd6 6. c3 Qf6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nd2 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Nf3 h6 11. Ng3 O-O-O 12. Nxf5 Qxf5 13. Be3 g5 14. Nd2 h5 15. Qf3 Qg6 16. g3 Ne7 17. c4 c6 18. c5 Bc7 19. b4 f5 20. Kh1 h4 21. Rg1 Rh7 22. Nf1 Rdh8 23. Qg2 g4 24. f3 hxg3 25. Nxg3 f4 26. Nf1 fxe3 27. fxg4 e2 28. Qxe2 Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 Rxh2+ 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
459012 Bambino Filho, A (2168) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 a6 7. g5 b5 8. Be3 Bb7 9. Qf3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Ne7 11. O-O-O d5 12. Bg2 e5 13. exd5 exd4 14. Rxd4 O-O-O 15. Rhd1 Ng6 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. d6 Bxd6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf4 20. Bg4 Nxd5 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
459275 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Tokman, A (2380) 0-1
1. e3 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. d4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 e4 17. Qe2 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bc3 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qf4 Qd6 24. Qg5 Kg7 25. a3 Bf6 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. cxd5 Bb2 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Na6 30. b5 Nc5 31. Kf1 b6 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. f4 exf3+ 34. gxf3 Ke5 35. e4 Bc1 36. Bb1 Bf4 37. Ba2 Kd4 38. d6 Bxd6 39. Bxf7 h4 40. Bxg6 Bf4 41. Bf7 Nd7 42. Bd5 Ne5 43. Be6 Nd3 44. Bd5 Nb2 45. Be6 Na4 46. Bd7 Nc3+ 47. Kf2 Kc5 48. e5 Bxe5 49. Ke3 Nxb5 50. f4 Bf6 51. Ke4 Nd4 52. f5 b5 53. Kf4 b4 54. Kg4 b3 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
459526 Momunaliev, Ruslan (2023) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) 1-0
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe1 Nd7 8. Nc3 d4 9. Ne4 e5 10. fxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 c6 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. c3 Bf5 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. e3 Bh6 18. Qe2 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Rae1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rf8 23. Kg2 Rxf1 24. Qxf1 Qg5 25. c4 Bc1 26. Qf2 Qd2 27. Qxd2 Bxd2 28. Kf3 Be3 29. h4 Kf6 30. g4 h6 31. Kg3 Bd2 32. h5 gxh5 33. gxh5 Kg5 34. Bg6 Be1+ 35. Kf3 Bd2 36. Ke4 Bf4 37. b4 b6 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kf6 40. Be8 Bc1 41. Bxc6 1-0
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
459791 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Burke, Paul 1-0
1. e3 a6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 Ne7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 f5 12. Bc2 e4 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. c5 Qe8 15. b4 g5 16. Bb3+ Kh7 17. f4 Nd3 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Rad1 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Qg6 21. Qe2 c6 22. Rf2 Bd7 23. Na4 Rad8 24. Nb6 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Qh5+ Qh6 28. Qxh6+ Kxh6 29. Rfd2 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Nc8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Rd7 Rb8 33. Rd6+ Kg7 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke2 Re8 36. Rd7+ Re7 37. Rd8 Re8 38. Rd6 Re6 39. Rd4 Re5 40. a4 Rd5 41. Rxd5 cxd5 42. g3 Ke6 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Kf6 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 1-0
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
459962 Jegorovas, A (2270) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. Bd4 c6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qd4+ Nf6 17. O-O-O Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Kf8 21. Bf3 c5 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. e5 Ne8 24. Nb5 a6 25. Na7 Rc7 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Kc2 Nc7 29. Bg4 e6 30. Bf3 Nb6 31. Kc3 Ke8 32. Na5 Nb5+ 33. Kd3 Kd7 34. Nc4 Na4 35. b3 Nac3 36. Nd6 Nxd6 37. Kxc3 Nb5+ 38. Kc4 Nd4 39. Be4 Ne2 40. Kxc5 Nxf4 41. b4 Nh3 42. f3 Kc7 43. a4 Ng5 44. Bc6 h6 45. b5 1-0
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
460106 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Jagirapu, Harshin Reddy (2040) 1-0
1. e3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. b3 h5 7. Bb2 h4 8. Be2 h3 9. g3 a6 10. Na4 Ne7 11. c4 c6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Nf5 14. Nc5 b6 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bd6 17. g4 Nh4 18. g5 Ng8 19. Nxd5 Qxg5 20. Nc4 Bxh2 21. Ndxb6 Rd8 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Kd2 Bb8 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bxh3 Nf3+ 26. Kc2 Rh6 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Kb1 Nd5 29. Nd2 Nxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Rb7 31. Rcg1 Qf6 32. Bf1 f4 33. Rxh6 gxh6 34. Bc4 fxe3 35. fxe3 Ne7 36. Qg2 Qf3 37. Qxf3 exf3 38. Rf1 Rb6 39. Rxf3 Rg6 40. Bf7+ Kd8 41. Bxg6 Nxg6 42. Rh3 1-0
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
460304 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Shamsi, Mohammadho (2217) 0-1
1. e3 c6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nf4 N7b6 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe2 Bxc5 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Bg5 Ba6 20. Qe1 Bb7 21. Rac1 Rc7 22. Nd2 Rfc8 23. Nc4 Qc6 24. Na5 Qb6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 d4 30. Qd2 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 h6 32. f4 Qe4 33. Kf2 d3 34. Qd2 Qd4+ 35. Kf3 Kh7 36. Qe3 Qd5+ 37. Kf2 d2 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
460385 Da Silva, Lucas Pereira Mendes (2070) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 b5 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. Bxb5 Nxd4 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Rxd4 Qc7 12. Rhd1 Nf6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qh3 O-O 15. f4 h6 16. e5 hxg5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. fxg5 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe5 20. Rh4 g6 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
460539 Storey, Ch (2159) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 Qc7 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 b6 17. c3 Rac8 18. Qc2 Bg6 19. h4 Na5 20. b3 Nc6 21. Qe2 Rf8 22. h5 Bf7 23. h6 g6 24. Qg4 Nd8 25. Bg5 Be6 26. Qh4 Re8 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Nf6+ Kf7 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. Rxe5 Nc6 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Bh3 Qe8 33. Qf4+ Kg8 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Bxc8 Qxc8 36. Qf7 Qg8 37. Qf6+ 1-0
2024.07.10 Sydney Chess Championship
466495 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Litchfield, Frederick (2191) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bb5 O-O 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Qe8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rae8 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Qd6 17. Re1 e5 18. b3 e4 19. Na4 Qf4 20. f3 Re5 21. Qd4 Rh5 22. h3 Rxh3 23. gxh3 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Qg5+ 32. Kf2 Ng4+ 33. Ke2 Rf2+ 34. Kd1 Rg2 35. Re2 Rg3 36. Qd2 Qe5 37. Rb1 d4 38. Kc1 h5 39. c3 dxc3 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qh4 Qf4+ 42. Kc2 Ne3+ 0-1
2024.07.09 Sydney Chess Championship
466474 Gong, Daniel Hanwen (2259) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 d6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. g4 Bc6 15. g5 Nd7 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Qd4 e5 18. Qc4 exf4 19. b4 Qd8 20. Nxf4 Nxa4 21. Qb3 b5 22. g6 Bg5 23. gxf7+ Rxf7 24. Kh1 Bf6 25. Nh5 Qe7 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rf4 Qe5 28. Raf1 Kf8 29. Rf5 Qe7 30. Bd4 Bxe4 31. Bxf6 Bxg2+ 32. Kg1 Qa7+ 33. Kxg2 Qb7+ 34. R1f3 Ra7 35. Qe3 Qb6 36. Bd4 1-0
2024.07.08 Sydney Chess Championship
466452 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Asaka, Samuel (2147) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 h5 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. h4 Qc7 13. Bd4 Rc8 14. g4 hxg4 15. fxg4 e5 16. Bg1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rh2 Nf6 19. g5 Ng4 20. Bh3 Rxh4 21. Bxg4 Rxg4 22. Be3 Bf8 23. Rf1 Qc4 24. Rhf2 Rg2 25. Rc1 Rxf2 26. Qxf2 d5 27. Na5 Qc7 28. Bb6 Qd7 29. Nb3 Be7 30. Bc5 Qf5 31. Qg1 Qxg5 0-1
2024.07.07 Sydney Chess Championship
466438 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Xing, Zerui (1888) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Rc8 13. b4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Qe3 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. O-O Ne4 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. g3 Re8 22. Qe2 Bc8 23. Rfe1 Bb7 24. a4 Qd6 25. axb5 Qxb4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. bxa6 Ba8 28. c3 Qe7 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Rb1 g5 31. Rb5 h6 32. Re5 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rg7+ 34. Kh1 Qf7 35. Rb5 Rg4 36. h3 Rg6 37. Rbb1 Qxf4 38. Rg1 Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 exf3 40. Rxg6+ Kf7 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Be5 Rd8 43. a7 Re8 44. Kg1 Be4 45. Rb8 Rxb8 46. axb8=R# 1-0
2024.07.07 Sydney Chess Championship
466446 Bayasgalan, Khishigbaatar (2174) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Rd1 Bc4 12. Qc2 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. c4 Qc7 18. c5 Rfd8 19. e4 Rd7 20. Bh3 e6 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 b6 23. Bg2 bxc5 24. Qxc5 e5 25. Bh3 Rd6 26. d5 Qb8 27. Qa5 cxd5 28. exd5 Bc4 29. Ba3 Rxd5 30. Bf1 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qd4 36. Qc2 h6 37. Bc5 Qd7 38. Be3 Bf8 39. Qe4 Qc7 40. Qa8 g5 41. Qxa7 Qxa7 42. Bxa7 Ba3 43. g4 f5 44. Bb8 Kf7 45. Bxe5 fxg4 46. Bb8 Ke6 47. Kg2 h5 48. Bc7 Kf5 49. f3 gxf3+ 50. Kxf3 g4+ 51. Kg3 Bc5 52. a4 Ke6 53. Kh4 Kd7 54. Bg3 Bg1 55. Kxh5 Kc6 56. Kxg4 Bxh2 1/2-1/2
2024.07.06 Sydney Chess Championship
466413 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1978) Xie, G (2340) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bxc5 Nxc5 8. Qd4 Qb6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. f4 h5 14. Bd3 a6 15. O-O Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. c3 h4 18. b4 Ke7 19. Ra5 f6 20. Rfa1 Raf8 21. b5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Kd7 23. Bxc6+ Kxc6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. R5a4 Rf5 26. Re1 Rh6 27. Rd4 Rhf6 28. Re5 b5 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Kf2 Re6 31. g3 h3 32. Rd2 Re4 33. Rd4 Kc5 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. b3 b4 36. c4 Kd4 37. Ke2 e3 38. c5 Kxc5 39. Kxe3 Kd5 40. Kd3 Kc5 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kd3 Kc5 1/2-1/2
2024.02.27 Titled Tue 27th Feb Late
624894 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1844) Marn, Jan (2341) 1-0
1. e3 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. b5 c5 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Bxb6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Red8 22. Rad1 f6 23. Qc4 Kh8 24. h3 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe8 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Qb3 Qg8 28. Qxg8+ Kxg8 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Kd2 Kd5 34. Kc3 Ba5+ 35. Kb3 Be1 36. f3 Bd2 37. Bd4 a6 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. Kc2 Ba5 40. Kb3 Bd8 41. Kb4 g6 42. Kb3 f5 43. Kc3 Ba5+ 44. Kb3 f4 45. Ba7 fxe3 46. Bxe3 exf3 47. gxf3 Be1 48. Bg1 Bd2 49. Kc2 Bf4 50. Kd3 Bd6 51. a4 Bc5 52. Bh2 Bf2 53. Bf4 Kc5 54. Kc3 Be1+ 55. Kb3 Kd4 56. Bc1 Kd3 57. f4 Ke4 58. Kc4 Bf2 59. Kb4 Bb6 60. Bd2 Kd3 61. Bc3 h5 62. Be5 Bd8 63. Kc5 Ke4 64. Kd6 g5 65. fxg5 Bxg5 66. Ke6 Kd3 67. Kf5 Bd8 68. Bf6 Bc7 69. Kg5 Kc4 70. Kxh5 Kb4 71. Kg6 Kxa4 72. h4 1-0
2024.01.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
668567 Reinecke, Katharina (1884) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bf5 8. e3 c6 9. Nh4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Nd7 11. f4 f5 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bd2 N7f6 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rbc1 Qb6 20. a4 Bf8 21. a5 Qc7 22. b5 c5 23. b6 axb6 24. axb6 Qd7 25. Be1 Qc6 26. Bf2 Rd7 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Rad8 29. Rd3 Qc8 30. Rdd1 Qa8 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rd1 Qd8 34. Rxd5 Qxd5 35. Qb5 Kf7 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 38. Be3 Qc2+ 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Qd5 41. Ke2 Be7 42. Bf2 Bd8 43. Be3 Be7 44. Bf2 h5 45. Be3 c4 46. Bf2 Qxb5 0-1
2024.01.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
668767 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Pham Le Thao Nguyen (2395) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Ng3 e6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qe2 Nge7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Qe3 Rh7 17. f4 Rdh8 18. Ne2 Ng8 19. Qg3 g5 20. Nf3 gxf4 21. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 22. Nxf4 Nd8 23. Ne5 Nf6 24. Rdf1 Ne4 25. Rhg1 Kc7 26. Nh5 Nd6 27. Rf3 g6 28. Nf4 Ne4 29. Rgf1 Ng5 30. Re3 Kd6 31. Kc2 Rh4 32. c4 R8h7 33. c5+ Ke7 34. Ra3 a6 35. Rh1 Ne4 36. Rb3 g5 37. Nh5 Nf2 38. Rh2 Ne4 39. Nf3 R4xh5 40. gxh5 Rxh5 41. Ne5 f6 42. Ng4 Kf7 43. Rf3 Kg6 44. Nf2 Nc6 45. Kd3 Rh4 46. Re3 Nxf2+ 47. Rxf2 Rxd4+ 48. Kc3 Rc4+ 49. Kd2 Ne5 50. Rc3 Rd4+ 51. Ke3 Re4+ 52. Kd2 f5 53. Re3 Nc4+ 54. Kd3 Nxe3 0-1
2024.01.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
668866 Winkels, M (1901) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nbc6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. c5 dxe4 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxe4 Bxb2 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd6 Qe7 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Qc3 f6 20. Bxb7 Rxd6 21. Bxa8 Rd3 22. Qb4 Ba6 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd3 25. Qa3 Qc8 26. Bf3 Ne5 27. Be4 Nc4 28. Qb4 Qc7 29. Bd3 Qf4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Bb5 34. Rb2 Bc6 35. Rb8 Kg5 36. Rc8 Bd5 37. c6 Kf5 38. c7 Ke5 39. Rd8 1-0
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Late
674192 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Yurovskykh, Oleksandr (2328) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. c3 Bc6 8. Ng3 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd5 12. Nd2 c5 13. c4 Bc6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 b6 17. b3 a5 18. Nde4 Nfxe4 19. Nxe4 1-0
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Late
674457 Ernst, S (2535) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rfd1 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 a5 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Qg5 g6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. a3 Nfd7 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. b4 Na6 19. Rab1 Nab8 20. Ba4 Nf6 21. Nd2 Nbd7 22. Bc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Nf8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 f5 26. c5 axb4 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. axb4 Rea7 29. Nc4 1-0
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Late
674674 Sadovsky, Artem (2276) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. bxc4 b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb7 11. d5 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Bf1 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Ng5 Nc5 20. Ne6+ Nxe6 21. Rxe6 Rc5 22. Rae1 Rf7 23. d6 exd6 24. Rxd6 Qc7 25. Re8 Bc6 26. Ree6 1-0
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Late
674889 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Willy, Stephen (1946) 0-1
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Bd3 Nf5 8. Bxf5 Bxf5 9. c3 a5 10. Nbd2 h5 11. O-O h4 12. Bf2 Be7 13. Qe1 Bd3 14. h3 a4 15. Qe3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Qd7 17. Qe1 Qd8 18. Qe2 g6 19. Qb5 Qd7 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qa6 Rxb2 22. Qxa4 O-O 23. Nb3 Nxe5 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxh4 Bxh4 26. Nxh4 Rxa2 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Rb8 29. Nd2 c5 30. Ke3 Rb2 31. Nhf3 cxd4+ 32. cxd4 Nb6 33. Kd3 Nc4 34. Nxc4 dxc4+ 35. Kxc4 Rxg2 36. Ne5 Rf2 37. Nd3 Rf3 38. h4 Rh3 39. Ne5 Rxh4 0-1
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Late
675147 Gutierrez Olivares, D (2354) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Nc3 d4 7. Nb5 c5 8. e3 a6 9. Na3 Nc6 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. d3 Rd8 13. Be3 Qd6 14. Qb3 Ng4 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rb8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. Nb1 f5 22. Nc3 b5 23. Bd5 b4 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nd5 Bh6 26. Qe2 Kg7 27. b3 e4 28. d4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Kh8 30. Rfd1 Bg7 31. Nf4 Qe7 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Qd6 34. Rc1 g5 35. Ne6 Qxd5 36. Nxg5 h6 37. Nh3 Bc3 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. Nf4 Qf6 40. Qh5 Rc8 41. Rd7 Be5 42. Ng6+ Kg8 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Nxc8 1-0
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Late
675371 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Petesch, Gabriel (2320) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c5 Nd7 15. Qd2 a5 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. f3 Nd7 21. Bc1 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Bb2 a4 25. bxa4 Reb8 26. Bc3 Rxa4 27. a3 Qb3 28. Ree1 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Qxa3 30. Ra1 Qb3 31. Rc1 Bb5 32. Bb4 Bc4 33. Bc3 Ra8 34. Qe1 h5 35. Rb1 Qc2 36. Rb2 Qd3 37. Rb1 Ra2 38. Rd1 Qc2 39. Bd2 Bb3 40. Rb1 Ba4 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Qh4 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Qxd2+ 44. Kg3 Qh6 45. Rb7 Ra2 46. Kh3 Bc6 47. Rxf7 Qg6 0-1
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Late
675584 Gonzalez Vega, A (2092) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Ne5 e6 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Re3 Ne4 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Qb6 22. b3 f6 23. c4 e5 24. d5 f5 25. Qf3 e4 26. Qf4 Qd4 27. Rae1 b5 28. Qc7+ Kg8 29. d6 bxc4 30. Qxc4+ Qxc4 31. bxc4 Red8 32. c5 Rac8 33. Ra3 Rxc5 34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Rxa7 Rdxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. a4 h6 38. h4 Kf8 39. a5 Ke8 40. g3 Kd8 41. a6 Kc8 42. Ra8+ Kc7 43. a7 Kb7 44. Rh8 Kxa7 45. Rxh6 Rb6 46. Kg2 Kb7 47. h5 gxh5 48. Rxh5 Rf6 49. Rg5 Kc6 50. g4 fxg4 51. Rxg4 Kd5 52. Rg3 Kd4 53. Re3 Rg6+ 54. Kf1 Ra6 55. Kg2 Ra2 56. Kg3 Ra6 57. Kg2 Rf6 58. Rg3 Rf5 59. Re3 Rg5+ 60. Rg3 Rh5 61. Re3 Rh6 62. Rg3 Ke5 63. Re3 Kf4 64. Rg3 Rf6 65. Rg8 Rf5 66. Re8 Rg5+ 67. Kf1 Rf5 68. Re7 Kf3 69. Rg7 Rh5 70. Rg3+ Kf4 71. Ke2 Rh2 72. Re3 Rg2 73. Rc3 Rg1 74. Re3 Ra1 75. Rc3 Ra2+ 76. Kf1 Ra5 77. Re3 Rd5 78. Kg2 Rd3 79. Rg3 Rd2 80. Re3 Rd3 81. Re1 Rf3 82. Re2 Ra3 83. Re1 Ra2 84. Re3 Ra8 85. Re2 Rg8+ 86. Kf1 Rg6 87. Re3 Rh6 88. Ke2 Rh2 89. Rg3 Rh1 90. Re3 Ra1 91. Rg3 Ra2+ 92. Kf1 Rd2 93. Ke1 Rd4 94. Re3 Rc4 95. Rg3 Rc1+ 96. Ke2 Rc2+ 97. Ke1 Rc1+ 98. Ke2 Rh1 99. Re3 Rh2 100. Rg3 Rh1 1/2-1/2
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Late
675600 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Antunes, Luciano Justi (2045) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbc3 a6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. f4 Ng4 13. h3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Be1 Qb6 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Rc1 b5 20. Nac3 Nf5 21. b3 Ne3 22. Qd3 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd7 24. g4 f5 25. g5 Re8 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Bb7 28. Bf2 Rac8 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Be1 Qg7 31. Qd3 b4 32. Na4 a5 33. Bf2 Qe7 34. Nb6 Rc3 35. Qd4 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Bg3 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Rxa2 0-1
2024.01.12 131st ch-NZL Rapid 2024
677218 Dive, RJ (2194) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. Qb4 Nd5 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. e4 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. a4 Ba6 24. h3 Rc7 25. Qa2 Nd7 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nf5 Qc5 28. d6 Rb7 29. Qd5 Qc3 30. Re7 Qf6 31. Rxd7 Rab8 32. Rxb7 Bxb7 33. Qd3 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 g6 35. Ne7 Rd8 36. Nc6 Rd7 37. Qd5 a6 38. Ne5 Rd8 39. d7 b5 40. Nc6 Rxd7 41. Qxd7 bxa4 42. Qd8+ Qxd8 43. Rxd8+ 1-0
2024.01.12 131st ch-NZL Rapid 2024
677236 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Wang, Justin Zhide (1667) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 a5 17. O-O Ba6 18. f5 b4 19. Rf2 b3 20. Bb1 O-O-O 21. Qg5 g6 22. f6 h6 23. Qe3 Kb7 24. Rd2 a4 25. Nf3 Qb5 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Rd4 Qb5 28. Rb4 1-0
2024.01.12 131st ch-NZL Rapid 2024
677240 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Fruebing, S (2341) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. f4 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. g3 O-O 16. Qxe6 Bxe6 17. O-O-O Rac8 18. Kb1 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Rfe8 21. Nd4 Re4 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Nc3 Rd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd5 Bxb2 26. Ne7+ 1-0
2024.01.12 131st ch-NZL Rapid 2024
677249 Liu, William Rui (1853) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. f3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf4 Qb6+ 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bd3 Bc4 22. Qc3 Rac8 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. c3 Rc5 26. Rfd1 Rcd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. h3 Kf8 29. a4 Rd2 30. b4 Ke7 31. Kh2 f6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Kg3 h5 34. Ra5 Rd5 35. Ra8 Rg5+ 36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rg8 h4 39. Rh8 Rd5 40. Rxh4 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. Rh7 Rxc3 43. Rxg7+ Kd6 44. h4 Rb3 45. h5 Rxb4 46. h6 Rb1 47. Rg4 Rc1 48. h7 Rc8 49. Rg8 1-0
2024.01.12 131st ch-NZL Rapid 2024
677265 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Dare, Richard (1924) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. Nf3 a5 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c5 10. Qg3 c4 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. c3 Nge7 13. f4 Nf5 14. Qf2 h5 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Bg2 h4 18. g4 Ng3 19. Rg1 f6 20. exf6 Ne4 21. fxe7 Nxf2 22. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 23. Kxf2 Qb6 24. Re1 Nd8 25. Re2 Nf7 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rf8 28. Bf3 Kd7 29. g5 Rf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Bxd5 Qb3 32. Bf3 Qc2+ 33. Be2 Kd6 34. Ke1 Kd5 35. Bf3+ Kd6 36. Bd2 Qxb2 37. Rc1 b5 38. axb5 Qxb5 39. Bd1 Qd5 40. Be2 Qh1+ 41. Bf1 Kc6 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Bg2+ Kb6 44. Rb1+ Ka6 45. Rb2 Qg3+ 46. Kg1 a4 47. d5 Qd3 48. Kf2 Qg3+ 49. Kg1 Ka5 50. d6 Qd3 51. d7 Qxd7 52. Be3 a3 53. Ra2 Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qb3 55. Ra1 Qxc3 56. Bd2 Qxd2 57. Rxa3+ Kb4 58. Ra8 Qxf4+ 59. Kg1 Qxg5 60. Rb8+ Kc3 61. Rc8 Qe3+ 62. Kh1 f4 63. Bf1 Qf3+ 64. Kg1 Qg3+ 65. Kh1 Qf3+ 66. Kg1 Qd5 67. Kh2 f3 68. Kg1 Qd4+ 69. Kh1 Qe4 70. Ra8 Qxa8 71. Kh2 Qa2+ 72. Kh1 Qf2 73. Bxc4 Qg2# 0-1
2024.01.11 131st ch-NZL Rapid 2024
677206 Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo) (1649) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 d6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. a5 Nd7 15. Na4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. b4 b5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Reb1 Ra7 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. b5 Bd7 26. bxa6 Rxb1+ 27. Qxb1 Bc8 28. Qb5 Kf8 29. Ra5 Ke7 30. e5 Qd7 31. Bc6 Qd8 32. exd6+ Qxd6 33. c5 Qc7 34. Qb6 Kd8 35. Bb7 Rxb7 36. axb7 Bxb7 37. Ra7 Kc8 38. Qd6 Kb8 39. f4 f6 40. Ra3 Kc8 41. Qf8+ Qd8 42. Qxd8+ Kxd8 43. Rc3 Kc7 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. Ke3 e5 46. fxe5 fxe5 47. Kd2 Kc6 48. Kc2 Be6 49. Kb2 Bxh3 50. Kb3 Bg2 51. Kb4 h5 52. Re3 e4 53. Kc4 g5 54. Ra3 Bf1+ 55. Kd4 h4 56. gxh4 gxh4 57. Ra8 h3 58. Rh8 Bg2 59. Rh6+ Kc7 60. Rh7+ Kc6 61. Rh6+ Kc7 62. Rh7+ Kc6 63. Rh6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2
2024.01.11 131st ch-NZL Rapid 2024
677212 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) McConnell, Jack (1643) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc1 Ba3 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Nb6 Qb4 19. c3 Qb5 20. Ka1 Be7 21. g5 Ne8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne2 e5 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rd5 Qb8 26. Rxd7 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. h4 Ne6 29. Qh2 Rd8 30. h5 Nf8 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Qf2 Rd3 33. f4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Qd8 35. Ne2 Bxg5 36. Nd4 Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Ne6 38. Qh2 Qd7 39. Qb8+ Qd8 40. Qb7 Qc7 41. Qa8+ Qd8 42. Qxa6 Nxd4 43. Qxc4+ Ne6 44. Qxe6+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47. a3 Rd6 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Rf1 Rd1+ 50. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 51. Ka2 Qf1 52. Qd5+ Kg7 53. a4 h5 54. Qe5+ Kh6 55. a5 Qc4+ 56. Ka3 Qf1 57. b4 Qa1+ 58. Kb3 Qb1+ 59. Kc4 Qf1+ 60. Kc5 Qg1+ 1-0
2024.01.10 131st ch-NZL Open 2024
677175 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Young, Cohen (1829) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. c4 Be6 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Kc7 17. Be2 Rd8 18. b3 Nd4 19. Bd1 b6 20. Ba3 Bf5 21. Re1 f6 22. Bb2 Rd7 23. g4 Bg6 24. Bxd4 1/2-1/2
2024.01.09 131st ch-NZL Open 2024
677168 Lee, Miles (1968) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. a4 Ne8 12. Qg3 a6 13. Na3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Be2 d5 16. O-O-O Rg5 17. Qh4 Rxg2 18. Qh3 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 e5 20. Qf3 Be6 21. Nxd5 Nd4 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Ne7+ Qxe7 24. Qxg2 Nf6 25. Rg1 Rb8 26. Qg5 Rd8 27. Kc1 Nd5 28. Qe5 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Nc4 Ne4 31. f4 Nc5 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Ne5 g6 34. a5 Kg7 35. Bf3 Re8 36. Nc4 Re7 37. Nd6 Kf6 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Rg8 Ke5 40. Rd8 Kf4 41. Bg2 Rg7 42. Rxd4+ Ke3 43. Rd2 Ne4 44. Rd3+ Ke2 45. Bf3+ Kf2 46. Bd1 Kg2 47. Rf3 Rf7 48. h4 f4 49. b4 Nf2 50. Be2 Nh3 51. Kd1 Ng1 52. Bc4 Rf6 53. Bd5 Nxf3 54. Ke2 Kg3 55. Bxb7 Nd4+ 56. Kd3 f3 57. Bxf3 Nxf3 58. c4 Rd6+ 59. Kc3 Ne5 60. c5 Rd3+ 61. Kc2 Rd8 62. Kc3 Rb8 63. Kd4 Nc6+ 64. Kd5 Nxb4+ 65. Kd6 Rb5 66. c6 Nxc6 67. Kxc6 Rxa5 68. Kb6 Rb5+ 69. Kxa6 Rb1 70. h5 Kf4 71. h6 Ke5 0-1
2024.01.08 131st ch-NZL Open 2024
684692 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Milligan, H (1941) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. c5 Bxf1 17. cxb6 Ba6 18. bxa7 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Bb4 21. a3 Bd6 22. Ne4 Bf4+ 23. Kc2 Ba8 24. g3 Bh6 25. g4 Bf4 26. h3 Rg8 27. Rf1 Be3 28. Rf7 d5 29. Kd3 Bxa7 30. Ng5 Re8 31. Rxg7 Bb7 32. Bd4 c5 33. Bc3 h6 34. Nf7 d4 35. Ba5 Ba6+ 36. Kc2 Re2+ 37. Kd1 Re3 38. Nxh6 Bb6 39. Bxb6 cxb6 40. b4 Rxh3 41. Nf5 1/2-1/2
2024.01.04 131st ch-NZL Open 2024
684652 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Dive, RJ (2194) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 a5 8. a4 Ne7 9. O-O Nc8 10. Ne1 h5 11. f4 g6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Rf2 Ne7 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Kg2 Nf5 16. h3 Bxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Be7 18. c3 Kf8 19. Nd2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nb3 Bb6 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Be3 Rg8 26. Kh2 Ne4 27. Qe1 Bc5 28. Nb3 b6 29. Rd1 Rg6 30. Bxc5+ bxc5 31. Nd2 Nxd2 32. Qxd2 Rb8 33. Rf2 Qd7 34. c4 d4 35. Qxa5 Qc6 36. b4 cxb4 37. Rxd4 Kg7 38. c5 b3 39. Qc3 h4 40. gxh4 b2 41. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 42. Qxb2 Qf3 0-1
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
701126 Toman, Ondrej (2279) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Nxg5 5. hxg5 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. f4 Bd6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ngf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. d4 Nd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rc1 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng5 Rde8 21. Nf7 Rhf8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. g5 Nh5 24. Nf3 Re7 25. Ne5 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Qb5 a6 29. Qd7 Qb4 30. a3 Qb3 31. Qd6+ 1-0
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
701316 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Ventura Bolet, M (2233) 0-1
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. b4 Nc6 15. b5 Na5 16. O-O Ne7 17. a4 Nf5 18. Qd3 Nb3 19. Rad1 Nbxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Bxe2 Qa5 23. Qb3 Rfc8 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. c6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. bxc6 Rc8 28. Qb5 Qc3 29. Rd1 Bb6 30. Rb1 Qxc6 31. a5 Qxb5 32. Rxb5 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 Bd4 34. Rb4 Bc3 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. a6 Bd4 37. Rb4 Bb6 38. g3 Rc2 39. h4 Bxf2+ 0-1
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
701488 Dobrijevic, M (2208) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 e5 8. c3 b5 9. Bd5 Rb8 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. O-O Nxd5 13. exd5 Be7 14. Nf5 O-O 15. d6 Bf6 16. d4 Bb7 17. Re1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bf4 Qe4 20. Qg4 h5 21. f3 Qxd4+ 22. Be3 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 hxg4 24. Nxg4 Bxb2 25. Re1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. h4 Bc5 28. Re7 Bxd6 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Rd1 Be7 31. h5 Kf8 32. h6 gxh6 33. Nxh6 Bg5 34. Nf5 Re8 35. Nd6 Re2 36. Nf5 Rxa2 37. Re1 Bf6 38. Kh2 Bd5 39. Kh3 Be6 40. g4 Bxf5 41. gxf5 b4 42. Kg4 b3 43. f4 b2 44. Rh1 Ra1 0-1
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
701657 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Mazi, L (2321) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 Ne5 11. Qd2 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h4 Qa5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Nd1 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rb8 18. c3 Be6 19. b3 a5 20. Ne3 Kd7 21. Rb1 Bf6 22. c4 Ng6 23. Bg4 Bd4 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Kd3 Bc5 26. Rh1 a4 27. Kc2 axb3+ 28. axb3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 c5 30. Ra1 Rb7 31. Kc3 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Kxe5 33. Rf1 f6 34. Rf3 Kxe4 35. Rg3 Ra7 36. Rh3 g4 37. Rg3 f5 38. Kb2 e6 39. Kb1 Rh7 40. Kb2 Rh1 41. Kc2 Re1 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Kc3 Ra2 44. b4 Ra3+ 45. Kb2 cxb4 0-1
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
701817 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Kiselev, P (2139) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. c4 Nc7 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 Ne6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Ne6 16. Rhe1 f6 17. exf6 exf6 18. Bd6 Rf7 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Kc2 Nxb3 21. axb3 b6 22. Nd4 Nxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Bb7 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. f3 f5 26. Rd3 a6 27. Nd5 b5 28. Ne7+ Rxe7 29. Rxe7 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rxc4+ 31. Kb3 Rc6 32. Rxd7 Bc8 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Ba3 Be6+ 35. Ka4 Rd6 36. R8xd6 Bc4 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. R3d7+ Kf6 40. Be7+ Ke6 41. Ka3 Bb5 42. Ra7 Be5 43. Rd1 Bxh2 44. Rh1 Bb8 45. Rb7 Be5 46. Rxb5 axb5 47. Rxh7 Bd4 48. Bb4 Kd5 49. Bc3 Bc5+ 50. Kb3 Be3 51. Rd7+ Ke6 52. Rb7 g5 53. Rxb5 Bf4 54. Kc2 g4 55. Kd3 gxf3 56. gxf3 Bd6 57. b4 Kd7 58. Rxf5 Be7 59. Rd5+ Ke6 60. Re5+ Kd6 61. Re4 Bg5 62. f4 Bh4 63. f5 Bg5 64. f6 Bh6 65. f7 Kd7 66. b5 Kc7 67. Re6 Kd7 68. Rxh6 Ke7 69. Rf6 Kf8 70. Bb4+ Kg7 71. f8=Q+ Kh7 72. Rh6# 1-0
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
701946 Balla, Ta (2277) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. a3 O-O 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rad1 Na5 15. Qa2 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Rfe1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. Ne5 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rac8 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 Nxb2 26. Nxd5 Nxd1 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Ra2 Rc7 30. Ra3 Nc3 31. Kf2 Nb5 32. Ra2 Rc4 33. Rb2 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Kd3 Rc3+ 36. Ke4 Na3 37. Kf4 Rxe3 38. Ra2 Rc3 39. Ke4 Nb5 40. Rf2 f6 41. Rf4 Rc4 42. Kd3 Rxb4 43. Rg4 g6 44. Rg3 Rxd4+ 45. Kc2 a5 46. Rf3 f5 47. Re3 Re4 48. Rd3+ Nd4+ 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Rd1 Nb5+ 51. Kb3 Rb4+ 52. Ka2 Nc3+ 53. Ka1 Nxd1 0-1
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
702079 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Makaraci, Tunahan (2238) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 a5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Nxa4 Rc4 17. b3 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rxd4 19. Qe3 Rb4 20. h5 Qc7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Kd2 Rc8 23. Rc1 Qc6 24. c4 Rcb8 25. Rb1 Qd7 26. Kc2 Qe6 27. Nc3 a4 28. Nxa4 Rxb3 29. Rbc1 Qxc4+ 0-1
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
702276 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Rego, P (2323) 1-0
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. b3 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Qe4 Nb6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bb2 d6 14. O-O-O dxe5 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxc6 Rad8 17. Bd3 Bc8 18. Rhe1 Qxh2 19. Ne2 Bxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Qe5+ 21. Nc3 Qg5 22. Ne4 Qe5+ 23. Nc3 Qd6 24. Qf3 Qb4 25. Ne4 Na4+ 26. Ka1 Bb7 27. bxa4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Rb8 29. Rb1 Qxc4 30. Qd3 Qxa4 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kxb1 Qa5 34. Kb2 Qb4+ 35. Kc2 Qc5+ 36. Kd2 Qf2+ 37. Qe2 Qf4+ 38. Kd3 Qd6+ 39. Kc3 Qa3+ 40. Kc4 Qa4+ 41. Kd5 Qa5+ 42. Kd4 Qa4+ 43. Ke3 Qa3+ 44. Bd3 Qc5+ 45. Kd2 Qb4+ 46. Ke3 Qe7+ 47. Kf3 Qf6+ 48. Kg3 Qg5+ 49. Qg4 Qe3+ 50. Qf3 Qe5+ 51. Kf2 Qb2+ 52. Qe2 Qb6+ 53. Kf3 Qf6+ 54. Ke4 Qe6+ 55. Kd4 Qd6+ 56. Kc3 Qc5+ 57. Bc4 Qa5+ 58. Kb2 c5 59. Qe8+ Kg7 60. Qxf7+ Kh6 61. Qf4+ Kg7 62. Qe5+ Kh6 63. Qe3+ Kg7 64. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 65. Kxc3 Kf6 66. Bd5 Ke5 67. Bf3 g5 68. Kc4 Kf4 69. Kxc5 g4 70. Bd5 h5 71. a4 h4 72. a5 Ke5 73. a6 Kf6 74. Kc6 Ke5 75. Kc5 Kf6 76. Be4 Ke5 77. Ba8 g3 78. Kc4 Kd6 79. Kd3 Kc7 80. Bb7 Kb6 81. Ke3 h3 82. gxh3 g2 83. Kf2 g1=Q+ 84. Kxg1 Kc7 85. Kg2 Kd6 86. Kg3 Ke5 87. Kg4 Kf6 88. Kf4 Kg7 89. Bc8 Kf6 90. Bf5 Kg7 91. Ke5 Kf8 92. Kd6 Kg7 93. Kc7 1-0
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
702355 Bold, Andre (2190) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. dxc3 c5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. a5 Bb7 12. axb6 axb6 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. h4 Na5 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bc1 Nd6 19. Rd1 Be4 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Qe3 f5 22. b3 Nb5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc2 26. b4 cxb4 27. cxb4 Nd6 28. Ne1 Be4 29. Nd3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Kf7 31. Nb2 e4 32. Na4 Nc4 33. Be1 Ke6 34. f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Bf8 36. e4 fxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Nd6+ 38. Kf3 Nc4 39. Bf2 b5 40. Nc5+ Kd5 41. Kg4 Be7 42. h5 Ne5+ 43. Kh3 Bxc5 44. Bxc5 gxh5 45. Kh4 Nd3 46. Bf8 Kc4 47. Kxh5 Nxb4 48. Kh6 Nd5 49. Kxh7 b4 50. Bxb4 Kxb4 51. g4 Kc4 52. g5 Nf4 53. Kg7 Ne6+ 54. Kf6 Nxg5 1/2-1/2
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
702404 Novikova, Galina (2073) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b4 cxb4 4. a3 bxa3 5. Nxa3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bc2 O-O 11. d4 f5 12. O-O b6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 16. Ba4 Nb8 17. Ba3 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Nbxd7 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxf5 g6 21. Qd3 b5 22. Ne5 Kg7 23. Rae1 Rc8 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Re7+ Rf7 26. Rfe1 Nf6 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Qh3 Kh8 30. Qe6 Qf8 31. Rf7 1-0
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Late
702537 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1815) Fiol, F (2271) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 d6 15. Ne2 O-O 16. c3 Ng6 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Be2 g6 20. f4 Nc6 21. Qe3 Na5 22. f5 Qc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bg4 e5 26. Be6+ Kg7 27. b3 Nc6 28. Bd5 Rd6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd7+ Rf7 31. Rad1 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Kf2 h5 34. Ke3 Rf7 35. Ne2 Rc7 36. g3 Kf7 37. Rd6 b4 38. c4 a5 39. Nc1 a4 40. Nd3 axb3 41. axb3 g5 42. Nxe5+ Ke7 43. Rg6 g4 44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Rxc7 Kxc7 46. Kf4 Kd6 47. Nd3 Bc8 48. Kg5 Bb7 49. e5+ Ke6 50. Nxc5+ Kxe5 51. Nxb7 Kd4 52. Na5 Kc3 53. c5 1-0
2023.11.23 World Youth Open U14 2023
734872 Kazantzoglou, Stefanos (2031) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1876) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e5 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qe3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qc7 12. Qc3 Rd8 13. Bd3 d6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. O-O-O Nb4 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 f6 19. Nf3 Kf7 20. Rhe1 b6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Re3 Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. b4 a6 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. f4 g6 30. Ne2 Bb5 31. Nc3 Bc4 32. Kd4 Kc6 33. a4 Kd6 34. Nd1 Ba2 35. Ne3 b5 36. a5 h5 37. g3 Kc6 38. g4 hxg4 39. Nxg4 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5 41. Ne5+ Kc7 42. Nf7 Bb1 43. Nxg5 Bxc2 44. Ne6+ Kd7 45. Nc5+ Kc6 46. Nxa6 1-0
2023.11.20 World Youth Open U14 2023
742780 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1876) Tenuunbold, Battulga (2290) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc4 Rb8 11. Ne3 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ncd5 Bg5 14. c3 O-O 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Bc2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 g6 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. O-O f5 20. f3 Bh6 21. Qd3 Rf7 22. Nb4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rbf8 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Ra3 Qc5 27. Rd1 Bf4 28. g3 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Qf2 30. g4 Rxf3 31. Rd2 Qh4+ 32. Rh2 Rf1+ 0-1
2023.11.18 World Youth Open U14 2023
742737 Asikainen, Eeli (2081) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1876) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. f3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Bb4 12. Bd4 f6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Ne2 Ne7 15. g5 Nc6 16. Bc3 Be5 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh6 Ne5 20. c3 Kf7 21. Rg1 Ng6 22. h4 Rcg8 23. Bh3 Bc6 24. h5 Nf8 25. Qe3 Qe5 26. Nd4 Qxh5 27. Nxc6 Qxh3 28. Qc5 Qh6+ 29. Kb1 Rxg1 30. Qe7+ Kg8 31. Rxg1+ Ng6 32. Qxd7 Qg7 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxe6 Qf7 36. Qxa6 Rh5 37. f4 Qc4 38. Qxf6+ Qf7 39. Rxg6 Rh1+ 40. Kc2 Rh2+ 41. Kd3 Qxf6 42. Rxf6+ Ke7 43. Rb6 Rxb2 44. a4 Rf2 45. axb5 Rxf4 46. Kd4 Kd7 47. Kd5 Rh4 48. Rb7+ Kc8 49. Rf7 Kd8 50. b6 Rh6 51. b7 Rb6 52. b8=Q+ 1-0
2023.11.16 World Youth Open U14 2023
742662 Lin, Leo (2097) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1876) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 e4 9. h3 exf3 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Re1+ Be7 13. gxf3 Nxf2+ 14. Kc2 f6 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Nxf3 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Rf1 Ng4 19. Rxf3 Nxe3+ 20. Rxe3 h5 21. Nd2 g5 22. Rae1 Bd8 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Be8 h4 26. Bd7 Bc7 27. Re7 Bf4 28. Ne4 Rf8 29. Bf5 Kg8 30. Rxb7 g4 31. Rh7 Bg5 32. Rh5 g3 33. Nxg5 fxg5 34. Rxg5+ Kf7 35. Bh3 Ke7 36. Rg7+ Ke8 37. c6 1-0
2023.11.14 World Youth Open U14 2023
742592 Tregubenko, Nikolay (2138) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1876) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bd2 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Kb1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. g4 Bd7 16. f5 O-O-O 17. Be3 b5 18. Qd4 b4 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Ne2 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. h3 Bf7 23. Nf4 Bg6 24. Rh2 Be4 25. Nd3 a5 26. Qa7 Qc7 27. Qa6+ Kb8 28. Rf2 Rd6 29. Qb5+ Kc8 30. Bf4 Qb6 31. Qc5+ Qxc5 32. Nxc5 Rdd8 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Kc1 Bc5 35. Re2 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Re8 37. Ke1 Bd4 38. b3 Kb7 39. Be3 Bc3+ 40. Kf2 f5 41. gxf5 Kc6 42. Kf1 Rf8 43. Rf2 Kd5 44. Ke2 Bf6 45. Rf1 Rc8 46. Rd1+ Kc6 47. Bf4 Rd8 48. Rxd8 Bxd8 49. Be5 Kd5 50. Bb2 Bb6 51. Kf1 Bc5 52. Kg2 Bd6 53. f6 Ke6 54. Bd4 Bc7 55. Kf2 Bd8 56. Ke3 Bxf6 57. Bb6 Kf5 58. Bxa5 Bg5+ 59. Ke2 Be7 60. c3 bxc3 61. Bxc3 Kf4 62. Be1 e3 63. a4 Ke4 64. a5 Kd4 65. b4 Bd8 66. b5 Kc5 67. b6 Bg5 68. Kf3 Kc6 69. h4 Bh6 70. Bc3 Bf8 71. Kxe3 Be7 72. h5 Bd8 73. Ke4 Be7 74. Kf5 Bf8 75. Ke6 Bc5 76. Kf7 Be3 77. Kg7 h6 78. Kg6 Bf4 79. Bd4 Kb7 80. Bg7 Bd2 81. Bxh6 Bxa5 82. Be3 Bc3 83. h6 Bb2 84. h7 Bh8 85. Bh6 Kxb6 86. Bg7 Kc6 87. Bxh8 Kd7 88. Ba1 Ke7 89. h8=Q Ke6 90. Qe5+ Kd7 91. Kf6 Kd8 92. Qe7+ Kc8 93. Ke6 Kb8 94. Kd6 Ka8 95. Kc6 Kb8 96. Qb7# 1-0
2023.06.10 NSW Open 2023
922746 Radovanovic, Mihajlo (2459) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1899) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nc2 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. b3 Ne5 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Rae1 f6 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Nd4 Rf7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Ne6 Qe8 20. Bg4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nf6 22. Bh3 Rb8 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Be6+ Kg7 25. Bc1 h6 26. Ne4 Nd8 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Qd7 29. Bb2 Rc8 30. Qd2 Nb7 31. f5 gxf5 32. Ng3 Rce8 33. Nxf5+ Kf7 34. Qxh6 Rg8 35. Re6 Rg6 36. Rxf6+ 1-0
2023.06.05 45th Trusts Open 2023
938007 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1791) Tew, Yao Zen Markis (1686) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. f4 c5 11. a3 Bxe4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Qd4 Bc6 14. Rxa7 Be7 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Kf2 O-O 17. Rg1 Qa5 18. Be3 f6 19. Kg3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Rf5 21. Bd3 Rxe5 22. b3 Rh5 23. h3 Qc7+ 24. Kf2 Bc5 25. Qg4 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Qe5+ 27. Kf2 Rg5 28. Qh4 Qb2+ 29. Ke3 Re5+ 30. Kf4 Qd4+ 31. Kg3 Re3+ 32. Kh2 Qxh4 33. Bxh7+ Kxh7 0-1
2023.06.04 45th Trusts Open 2023
937978 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1791) Liu, Zikun Kenneth (1542) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qxc4 Bb5 16. Qc3 Be7 17. b4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 cxb4 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bd4 g6 22. Qe4 Qb5 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. Bb2 Bc5+ 25. Bd4 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rxd4 29. Ne2 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Rc7+ Rd7 32. Rc4 a5 33. Nd4 Ra8 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Nf3 Rb7 36. Nd4 a4 37. Rc2 b3 38. Rb2 bxa2 39. Rxa2 a3 40. Ne2 Rb2 41. Ra1 a2 42. Nc3 Ra3 43. Kd4 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Rc2 45. Kd4 Rcxc3 46. Rxa2 Rxa2 47. Kxc3 Rxg2 48. Kd4 Rg3 0-1
2023.06.04 45th Trusts Open 2023
937994 Zhu, David Junyang (1657) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1791) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. a3 Na6 11. Nbc3 e6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. Rc1 Nxb2 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Nb5 Nd6 17. Ned4 g5 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nc5 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Be4 Re8 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. d6 Rb8 25. Rd1 Re6 26. Bd5 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Qe4 b6 29. Qa4 Qe7 30. Bc4 Bd4 31. Qc6 Kg7 32. Kf1 Qe5 33. Qf3 Qf6 34. Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. a4 Rh8 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Rd3 Ke7 38. Rf3 f6 39. Rf5 Kd6 40. Rd5+ Kc7 41. Bb5 Re7 42. Kf3 Kb7 43. Rd7+ Rxd7 44. Bxd7 c4 45. Ke2 a6 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kc7 48. Be6 b5 49. axb5 axb5 50. h5 Bc5 51. h6 Bf8 52. h7 Bg7 53. Ke3 Kd6 54. Bf7 Kc5 55. Bg6 b4 56. Bf5 b3 57. f3 c3 58. f4 Kb4 59. Kd3 c2 60. Kd2 Ka3 61. Kc1 Bh8 62. Bxc2 bxc2 63. Kxc2 Kb4 64. Kd3 f5 0-1
2023.06.03 45th Trusts Open 2023
937956 Tang, Hao (1991) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1791) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. a4 Bf5 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. Ba3 Nb6 13. Be2 Re8 14. a5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc4 16. a6 Qb6 17. axb7 Qxb7 18. Qc1 Nxa3 19. Bxc6 Qxb4 20. Qxa3 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 e5 22. d5 Bf8 23. Ra5 Bb4 24. Ra6 Kf8 25. Rfa1 Bc5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rc6 Bb4 28. Raa6 Rd8 29. e4 Rd7 30. g3 Rb7 31. d6 Rd7 32. g4 h6 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. Rc7 Rxd6 36. Raxa7 Kg5 37. Rab7 Bd2 38. Rxf7 Bf4 39. h3 Kh4 40. Rb3 Rd4 41. Kf3 Kxh3 42. Rxf4 exf4 43. Kxf4+ Kg2 44. Rb6 g5+ 45. Kf5 Kxf2 46. Rxh6 Ke3 47. Rh3+ Kf2 48. Kxg5 Rxe4 49. Kf5 Re1 50. g5 Kg2 51. Ra3 Rf1+ 52. Kg6 Kf2 53. Kg7 Ke2 54. g6 Rg1 55. Kf7 Rf1+ 56. Kg8 Rg1 57. g7 Rf1 58. Rh3 Kf2 59. Kh8 Kg2 60. Rh7 Rf8+ 61. gxf8=Q Kg1 62. Rg7+ Kh1 63. Qf6 Kh2 64. Qh6# 1-0
2023.01.09 130th ch-NZL Open 2023
1071688 Sole, Michael D (1890) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1889) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 bxc6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. g5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Be2 d6 14. Rd1 Ke7 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. f4 Ng6 17. O-O Bb7 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Ne5 20. f6+ Kf8 21. Qf4 Qb6+ 22. Rf2 c5 23. fxg7+ Kg8 24. g6 fxg6 25. Bg4 Re8 26. Be6+ Kxg7 27. Qf6+ Kh6 28. Bf4+ Kh5 29. Qg5# 1-0
2023.01.05 130th ch-NZL Rapid 2023
1066448 Winsley, Daniel (1520) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1889) 0-1
1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Nb6 8. Be2 Bxb4 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Nd4 Be4 11. d3 Bg6 12. Bf3 Nfd5 13. a3 O-O 14. Rc1 c6 15. Bg4 Bf6 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Ng6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. f4 e5 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. g3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nc4 26. Bc1 exf4 27. exf4 Ne7 28. e5 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Be7 30. Kg2 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Ne3+ 0-1
2023.01.05 130th ch-NZL Rapid 2023
1066458 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1889) Carpinter, A (2144) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Rb8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Qc1 f6 17. Ned4 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Qb6 22. c3 Rbe8 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qe3 Bd5 25. Rae1 Qb7 26. g3 Re7 27. Qe5 Rfe8 28. Rf2 Qd7 29. Rfe2 Ba8 30. Kf2 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. Nf5 Rd7 33. Nd4 Kf7 34. Re5 Rde7 35. f5 Kf6 36. fxe6 Bxe6 37. Nc6 Rd7 38. Nd4 Rde7 39. Rc5 Bd7 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Rd5 Rf7 42. Ke2 Bg4+ 43. Kd2 Ke7 44. Nc6+ Ke6 45. Rd4 Rf2+ 46. Ke1 Re2+ 47. Kf1 Bf3 48. Nd8+ Ke7 49. Rf4 Bh5 50. Nc6+ Kd6 51. Nb8 Rxh2 52. Nxa6 Bg6 53. Nc5 Bd3+ 54. Nxd3 cxd3 55. Rd4+ Ke5 56. Rxd3 Ra2 57. Rd7 Rxa3 58. Rxg7 Rxc3 59. Rxh7 Rxg3 60. Rh5+ Kd4 61. Rxb5 Kc4 62. Ke1 1/2-1/2
2023.01.05 130th ch-NZL Rapid 2023
1066472 Ning, Isabelle Yixuan (1949) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1889) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rc8 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Re1 e6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Bb3 Nh5 19. Qd3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nxb2 21. Qe2 Bxf3 22. Qxb2 Qxd4 23. gxf3 Rxc3 24. Rcd1 Rd3 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Rd1 e5 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Bd5 b6 30. Rc1 Bc5 31. Re1 f6 32. Re2 Rd8 33. Be4 Kf7 34. Kh3 Rd4 35. Kg4 Ke6 36. Kh5 f5 37. Bc2 Rd8 38. Kg6 Rg8+ 39. Kh5 Kf6 40. Bb3 Rd8 41. Bc4 Rc8 42. Bb3 Bd4 43. Rd2 a6 44. f4 Rc1 45. fxe5+ Bxe5 46. Bd5 Rc7 47. Bb3 Rc1 48. Bd5 Ra1 49. Rc2 Rd1 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Bg2 Rd2 52. Rg6+ Kf8 53. Rxh6 Rxf2 54. Bd5 Rh2+ 55. Kxg5 Rxh6 56. Kxh6 Bxg3 57. Kg5 f4 58. Kf6 Ke8 59. Ke6 b5 60. Bb7 a5 61. Bf3 b4 62. Kd5 a4 63. Kc4 Be1 64. Bc6+ Ke7 65. Bxa4 Ke6 66. Bc6 Ke5 67. Bf3 Kf5 68. Kb3 Kg5 69. a3 1/2-1/2
2023.01.05 130th ch-NZL Rapid 2023
1066485 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1889) Dive, RJ (2232) 0-1
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. b3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. Qd2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Rc5 Qe6 19. b4 b6 20. Rc2 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 h5 23. Rfc1 Ne7 24. Bh6 Rc8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Re1 Qf6 28. Qe3 Nf5 29. Qe5 Rc4 30. Bxd5 Rxb4 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Re8 Rxd4 33. Bf3 Rd6 34. Rb8 Nd4 35. Be4 Ke5 36. Bd3 Ne6 37. Bc4 Kd4 38. Bb5 Kc5 39. Ba4 Nd4 40. Be8 f5 41. Kf1 b5 42. Ke1 b4 43. Bf7 Nc6 44. Rb7 Ne5 45. Bg8 Rb6 46. Rc7+ Kd4 47. Rc2 b3 48. Bxb3 Rxb3 49. Rc8 Rb1+ 50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51. Ke1 Nd3+ 52. Kf1 Rxf2+ 53. Kg1 Rb2 54. Re8 Nf4 55. h4 Nxg2 56. Rd8+ 0-1
2023.01.05 130th ch-NZL Rapid 2023
1066506 Hwang, Ryan (1428) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1889) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b5 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 d6 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Nc4 15. Qc1 Nxa3 16. bxa3 Qxc3 17. Rd3 Qc7 18. Ree3 Ne8 19. Rc3 Qd7 20. Red3 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 h6 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Re3 Nf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Qd7 26. Rd3 Qc7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Rf3 Ne4 29. Qf4 Ng5 30. Rg3 f6 31. Rxe6 Nxe6 32. Nxe6 Rae8 33. Qe3 Qd7 34. Qxh6 Qd1# 0-1
2023.01.04 130th ch-NZL Rapid 2023
1066414 Croad, N (2218) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1889) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 b6 6. Nb5 e5 7. Bxe5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. Rf6 Bf5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rf1 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. h3 c5 23. R1f3 cxd4 24. exd4 Qd7 25. Kh2 Qc6 26. h4 Qe4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ 1-0
2023.01.04 130th ch-NZL Rapid 2023
1066437 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1889) Barnett-Harris, Lucas (1597) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bd4 O-O 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qd2 Rab8 15. b4 Bb6 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Bxb6 Rxb6 18. Ne2 Rbc6 19. Nd4 Rc4 20. Rfc1 Qd6 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Nc5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Ra2 Rc3 25. Qd4 R8c4 26. Qe5 Qa4 27. f4 h6 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxf5 d4 30. Rf1 Rc7 31. Qd5 Rd7 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Rxf7 Rcc7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 g6 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Qf8# 1-0
2023.01.04 130th ch-NZL Open 2023
1071617 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1889) Timergazi, Layla (2005) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 a6 8. Nbd4 Bg4 9. Bf4 Bxc5 10. Qd2 Ne7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nc6 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. Kb1 O-O 16. c3 Be7 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Ka1 Na5 19. Nd4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc4 21. Qe2 a5 22. f4 a4 23. f5 a3 24. b3 Nb2 25. Rc1 Bg5 26. Rc2 Rxc3 27. Bf2 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Qa5 29. Nxa3 Qxa3 30. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 31. Kxb2 exf5 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Bd4 Kf8 34. Rd3 Ke7 35. Rc3 Rd7 36. Rc8 Ke6 37. a4 f4 38. Rc2 Kf5 39. b4 Ke4 40. Rd2 f3 41. gxf3+ Kxf3 42. Rd1 Be3 43. Bc3 d4 44. Kb3 d3 45. b5 d2 46. b6 Ke2 47. Kc2 Rd8 48. a5 Rc8 49. a6 Rxc3+ 50. Kxc3 Kxd1 51. axb7 Ke2 52. b8=Q d1=Q 53. b7 Qd3+ 54. Kb4 Qd4+ 55. Kb3 Qd5+ 56. Ka4 Qc4+ 57. Ka3 Bc1# 0-1
2022.12.19 9th Sunway Sitges 2022
1089824 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1963) Hryzlova, Sofiia (2157) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qe3 b4 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Kb1 a5 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Nb3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 a4 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Bxa4 d5 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Bb3 Bxg2 29. Rg3 Be4 30. Re3 f5 31. Nc4 Rg8 32. Kc1 Bc5 33. Ree1 Rg3 34. Nd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxh3 36. Rf1 h4 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. Ba4 Rg3 39. Rh2 h3 40. Kd1 Bg2 41. Rf2 Rc4 42. Bb5 Rd4+ 43. Bd3 Be4 44. Rd2 Rg1+ 45. Ke2 Bg2 46. Ke3 Rd8 47. c3 bxc3 48. bxc3 Rc1 49. c4 Rc3 50. Ke2 Rd4 51. a4 Rxf4 52. a5 Ra3 53. Rd1 Bf3+ 0-1
2022.12.14 9th Sunway Sitges 2022
1095883 Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1963) Rajarishi, Karthi (2239) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. h4 Rxg2 14. Bg3 e5 15. Qh5 e4 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Kf1 Rxg3 19. Nxg3 O-O-O 20. Qg5 Qe6 21. Qe3 Nc6 22. Ne2 Nde5 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Qxc3 e3 25. Nd4 Qf6 26. Rh2 Nd2+ 27. Rxd2 exd2 28. Qh3+ Rd7 29. Qd3 Qxd4 0-1
2022.12.12 9th Sunway Sitges 2022
1095643 Mathieu, Phileas (2367) Zhang, Kendrick Botong (1963) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h4 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Qd2 Nh5 9. Ne5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Be6 11. h5 Nd7 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. O-O-O Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. f4 Qf8 17. Ne2 e6 18. g4 Rf7 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Rdh1 Bh8 21. Qd3 Rg7 22. Kb1 Rcc7 23. a3 b6 24. Rf1 Rgf7 25. Rhf3 Bg7 26. Ng3 Qe8 27. c3 c5 28. f5 Rf8 29. f6 Bh8 30. Ne2 c4 31. Qc2 b5 32. Rh1 a5 33. g5 b4 34. cxb4 axb4 35. axb4 Ra7 36. Nc3 Qa8 37. Kc1 Ra1+ 38. Nb1 Qa4 39. Rfh3 Qxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Rf7 41. Ra3 Ra7 42. Rhh3 h5 43. Rxa1 Rxa1 44. Ra3 Rxa3 45. bxa3 Kf7 46. Nd2 Ke8 47. Nf3 1-0