CM Isabelle Yixuan Ning wins the Merv Morrison Chess Memorial 2024
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CM Isabelle Yixuan Ning is the winner of the Merv Morrison Chess Memorial 2024. With only a single draw in six rounds Isabelle Yixuan Ning wins it all with 5.5 points. Second place goes to Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang with 5 points, while third place is for Kendrick Botong Zhang with 4.5 points. Hassan Roger Sadeghi, Daqi Mao, Alex Huang and Matthew Ashton also scored 4.5 points, but had inferior tiebreakers. The final standings in the Merv Morrison Chess Memorial 2024 are available below.
Final standings Merv Morrison Chess Memorial
| Pos | Title | NAME | Rtg | Fed | Pts |
| 1 | CM | Ning, Isabelle Yixuan | 1923 | NZL | 5.5 |
| 2 | FM | Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern | 2345 | NZL | 5 |
| 3 | CM | Zhang, Kendrick Botong | 2032 | NZL | 4.5 |
| 4 | Sadeghi, Hassan Roger | 2048 | SUI | 4.5 | |
| 5 | Mao, Daqi | 1959 | NZL | 4.5 | |
| 6 | CM | Huang, Alex | 1948 | NZL | 4.5 |
| 7 | Ashton, Matthew | 1858 | NZL | 4.5 | |
| 8 | Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo) | 1846 | NZL | 4 | |
| 9 | Huang, Ziyi | 1904 | CHN | 4 | |
| 10 | Jin, Yanbo | 1977 | NZL | 4 | |
| 11 | Liu, William Rui | 1846 | NZL | 4 | |
| 12 | FM | McLaren, Leonard J | 2054 | NZL | 4 |
| 13 | McConnell, Jack | 1810 | NZL | 3.5 | |
| 14 | Winsley, Daniel | 1748 | NZL | 3.5 | |
| 15 | WCM | Xu, Luna Yuexiu | 1817 | NZL | 3.5 |
| 16 | Tanoi, Toleafoa Edward | 1852 | NZL | 3.5 | |
| 17 | WFM | Braganza, Nadia | 1928 | NZL | 3.5 |
| 18 | Zhou, Martin | 1777 | NZL | 3.5 | |
| 19 | Powlesland, Brogan | 1698 | NZL | 3.5 | |
| 20 | Ha, Timothy Huy Minh | 1779 | NZL | 3.5 | |
| 21 | Hwang, Ryan | 1788 | NZL | 3.5 | |
| 22 | Huang, Ziyu | 1787 | CHN | 3 | |
| 23 | Fabay, Jenre Angelo | 1750 | NZL | 3 | |
| 24 | WCM | Lu, Xiahan (Luna) | 1736 | NZL | 3 |
| 25 | Barnes, Joshua | 1547 | NZL | 3 | |
| 26 | Song, Quinn | 1249 | NZL | 3 | |
| 27 | Weng, Stephen | 1563 | NZL | 3 | |
| 28 | Munim, Ahmed | 1558 | NZL | 3 | |
| 29 | Preeyansh Roul | 1729 | IND | 2.5 | |
| 30 | Holdo, Karl | 1723 | NZL | 2.5 | |
| 31 | Paz, Rolando | 1541 | NZL | 2.5 | |
| 32 | Moshakova, Elena | 1581 | RUS | 2.5 | |
| 33 | Aaron Prince | 1452 | IND | 2.5 | |
| 34 | Jiang, Patrick Di | 1686 | NZL | 2 | |
| 35 | Guo, Anne Xuduo | 1649 | NZL | 2 | |
| 36 | Ng, Lok Jim (Lauren) | 1524 | NZL | 2 | |
| 37 | Aidan Prince | 1614 | IND | 2 | |
| 38 | Barry, Jacob | 1573 | NZL | 2 | |
| 39 | Warman, Brett | 1539 | NZL | 2 | |
| 40 | Sussex, Taylor | 1636 | NZL | 2 | |
| 41 | Wang, Yinuo (Noah) | 1513 | NZL | 2 | |
| 42 | Nguyen, Kane | 1527 | NZL | 1.5 | |
| 43 | Matich, Troy | 1545 | NZL | 1.5 | |
| 44 | Beier, Thomas | 1624 | NZL | 1 | |
| 45 | Xu, Vera Jintian | 947 | NZL | 1 | |
| 46 | Joel, Chris | 1632 | NZL | 1 | |
| 47 | Liang, Ting | 1624 | USA | 1 | |
| 48 | Tan, Khim Tee | 1486 | NZL | 1 | |
| 49 | Mayer, Uri | 1600 | ISR | 0 | |
| 49 | Mayer, Uri | 1600 | ISR | 0 |