After 2 rounds, only 5 players have a perfect score, and 4 of them they played each other this week. The results are below. Nathan’s position against Dean looked like swiss cheese after only a few moves, and it went downhill after that. My game against Tony did see-saw a bit, but I was a piece ahead but then carelessly lost my pawns under time pressure, and it was then R+B vs R and 2Ps and so a draw was a fitting result.

No Name                    Rtg  Loc  Total  Result   Name                Rtg  Loc  Total

 1 Hogg, Dean              2001 2018 [2]      1:0    Hibberd, Nathan     1806 1769 [2]  
 2 Humphreys, Scott        1728 1801 [2]     .5:.5   Davis, Tony J       1949 1873 [2]  
 3 Salanowski, Mark        1491 1624 [1.5]    1:0    McIntyre, Charlie   1306 1437 [2]  
 4 Russo, Guy              1524      [1.5]    0:1    Cheema, Mohammad    1733 1780 [1.5]
 5 Wang, Kayson            1702 1730 [1]      1:0    Kostakakis, Angelo  1249 1233 [1]  
 6 Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1484 1150 [1]      +:-    Szuveges, Narelle S 1761 1675 [1]  
 7 Hogan, Steven           1623 1641 [1]      -:+    Hibberd, Aaron           666  [1]  
 8 Ilic, Milan             1647 1622 [1]     .5:.5   Papac, Luka         1794      [1]  
 9 Bejjanki, Pranav Sai              [1]      0:1    Richards, Derek     1420 1523 [1]  
10 Mullen, Chris           1613 1382 [1]     .5:.5   Saric, Sergey            551  [1]  
11 Downs, Andrew                     [1]      -:+    Wootten, Rory       1448 1236 [.5] 
12 Doust, Aiden                      [.5]     0:1    Nowak, Ruben        1556 1320 [0]  
13 Liu, Jim                          [0]      0:1    Doust, Jordan                 [0]  
14 Liu, William                      [0]      0:1    Gusain, Daniel                [0]  
15 O'Leary, Mike                     [0]     .5:0    BYE                                
16 Ramos, Antonio          1531 1459 [1.5]   .5:0    BYE

Another interesting night of games. Results are below. A few byes were taken, so the number of games were less.

No Name                Rtg  Loc  Total  Result   Name                    Rtg  Loc  Total

 1 Szuveges, Narelle S 1761 1675 [1]      0:1    Hogg, Dean              2001 2018 [1]  
 2 Davis, Tony J       1949 1873 [1]      1:0    Hogan, Steven           1623 1641 [1]  
 3 Richards, Derek     1420 1523 [1]      0:1    Humphreys, Scott        1728 1801 [1]  
 4 Hibberd, Nathan     1806 1769 [1]      1:0    Ilic, Milan             1647 1622 [1]  
 5 McIntyre, Charlie   1306 1437 [1]      1:0    Wang, Kayson            1702 1730 [1]  
 6 Cheema, Mohammad    1733 1780 [.5]     1:0    Mullen, Chris           1613 1382 [1]  
 7 Doust, Jordan                 [0]      0:1    Russo, Guy              1524      [.5] 
 8 Kostakakis, Angelo  1249 1233 [0]      1:0    Liu, Jim                          [0]  
 9 Gusain, Daniel                [0]      0:1    Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1484 1150 [0]  
10 Saric, Sergey            551  [0]      1:0    O'Leary, Mike                     [0]  
11 Liu, William                  [0]      0:1    Bejjanki, Pranav Sai              [0]  
12 Papac, Luka         1794      [0]      1:0    Sheen, Daniel                     [0]  
13 Nowak, Ruben        1556 1320 [0]      0:1    Downs, Andrew                     [0]  
14 Salanowski, Mark    1491 1624 [1]     .5:0    BYE                                    
15 Ramos, Antonio      1531 1459 [1]     .5:0    BYE                                    
16 Wootten, Rory       1448 1236 [0]     .5:0    BYE                                    
17 Hibberd, Aaron           666  [.5]    .5:0    BYE                                    
18 Doust, Aiden                  [0]     .5:0    BYE

Our 7-round (7 night) event started last Tuesday and most games went according to rating. The last game to finish was Rory vs Tony and this did not disappoint. When I caught up with it, each player had R+3P that were locked in the middle of the board. It did look drawish at that stage. Tony went on to win! Perhaps someone can comment on how? The round 1 results are below.

Round 1 results

No Name                    Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Hogg, Dean              2018 [0]      1:0    Nowak, Ruben        1320 [0]  
 2 Wootten, Rory           1236 [0]      0:1    Davis, Tony J       1873 [0]  
 3 Humphreys, Scott        1801 [0]      1:0    Kostakakis, Angelo  1233 [0]  
 4 Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1150 [0]      0:1    Hibberd, Nathan     1769 [0]  
 5 Wang, Kayson            1730 [0]      1:0    Saric, Sergey       551  [0]  
 6 Bejjanki, Pranav Sai         [0]      0:1    Szuveges, Narelle S 1675 [0]  
 7 Hogan, Steven           1641 [0]      1:0    Doust, Jordan            [0]  
 8 Downs, Andrew                [0]      0:1    Salanowski, Mark    1624 [0]  
 9 Ilic, Milan             1622 [0]      1:0    Gusain, Daniel           [0]  
10 Liu, Jim                     [0]      0:1    Richards, Derek     1523 [0]  
11 Ramos, Antonio          1459 [0]      1:0    Liu, William             [0]  
12 O'Leary, Mike                [0]      0:1    McIntyre, Charlie   1437 [0]  
13 Mullen, Chris           1382 [0]      1:0    Papac, Luka              [0]  
14 Russo, Guy                   [0]     .5:0    BYE                           
15 Cheema, Mohammad        1780 [0]     .5:0    BYE                           
16 Harris, Anthony         1591 [0]     .5:0    BYE                           
17 Hibberd, Aaron          666  [0]     .5:0    BYE