Round 1 saw IM Trevor Tao and FM Bobby Cheng taking byes. Most of the other games went according to rating, with the exception of WGM Irine Sukandar drawing to Benjamin Encel. Also FMs Gregory Canfell and Christopher Wallis lost in the first round.
Round 2 saw veteran GM Darryl Johansen drawing to David Webster, FM Tristan Boyd losing to George Lester. Otherwise another round going to ratings. So only two round gone and six out of the top ten seeds were on the perfect 2/2.
Round 3 was the battle of the Georges. That’s right: George Lester held IM George Xie to a draw. Lester was having a great start to the tournament, beating FM Boyd the previous round and now drawing with the IM. George Xie already has his three GM norms, but just needs the rating, the hardest thing to do. Out of the big guns, only five players were on 3/3.
Round 4 was breaking the deadlock round. Draws galore except one IM had different ideas. This was none other than IM Max Illingworth. While the top four boards had draws, he decided it was time to keep his winning streak up and take the sole lead with 4/4 with a win over Michael Morris. Former World under 12 champion, FM Bobby Cheng, won against the recent edition to the IM club, Trevor Tao. FM Canfell fell to the hands of George Lester.
Olympiad members playing with three from Australia, one from Mongolia and one from Germany. The three Australians were Moulthun Ly, Stephen Solomon and Max Illingworth, all IM’s and seeded 5th, 6th and 7th respectively.
The 24th seed of the tournament was a member of the Mongolian Women’s Olympiad, Otgoljargal Sengeravdan. With 19 titled players in the event consisting of three GMs, six IMs, seven FMs, one WGM and two WFMs.
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