2010 ACT Lightning Championship

Roger Farrell made another brief visit to the local chess scene, and walked away with the title of ACT Lightning Champion. In a field of 26 players Farrell cleaned up the field with a perfect 9 wins from 9 games. Interestingly the tournament may well have been decided by the end of round 1, as top seed Farrell defeated 14th seed Mario Palma, who then went on to tie for equal second on 7/9. Also second was Elwyn Teki, one of the many Queensland chess players who are unable to resist the lure of the nations capital.