Junta Ikeda wins Australian Lightning title

Junta Ikeda has won the 2010 Australian Lightning Championship, after defeating Moulthan Ly 2-0 in a playoff match. The playoff was actually between the 2 players who tied for 2nd in the tournament, as the tournament winner, GM Gawain Jones, is ineligible for the title. This is the 2nd national lightning title for Ikeda, who previously won the lightning event at the 2006-07 Australian Open (as well as winning 2 Australian Junior Lightning titles).
Round 3 of the Championship saw Canberra junior Yi Yuan defeat IM Aleks Wohl, making it successive losses for Wohl against players from the ACT. The win pushed Yuan up to 2.5/3, half a point behind the 3 leaders (Zhao, Johansen and Xie)

Yuan,Yi (2129) - Wohl,Aleksandar (2458) [C56]
Australian Championship NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW (3.4), 04.01.2010

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