The Premier was once again tough on the overseas players, with the upsets continuing. Having beaten Loek Van Wely in rd 2, IM Stephen Solomon then beat GM Jiri Stocek in round 3. Solomon passed up the opportunity to play a 'safe' ending, instead going for the tactical endgame where he excels. Also doing well in the third round were FM Bobby Cheng who drew with top seed GM Li Chao, Luke Li who drew with GM Zong Yuan Zhao, and FM Domagoj Dragicevic who beat GM Zoltan Varga to reach 3/3.
In the 4th round the top overseas players did get some of their own back, with GM Vajda Levente stopping Solomon's charge, GM Sethuraman beating Dragicevic in a tough game, and Li Chao taking the point from Luke Li. However the effort of playing 4 rounds in 2 days is beginning to show, with a number of other games being drawn, including the game between GM Loek Van Wely and FM Junta Ikeda.
Round 5 is currently underway, with a number of crucial matchups on the top boards. You can follow the live action at the tournament website, and join in the discussion at the tournament live blog.
Smirnov,Anton (2194) - Lei,Tingjie (2232)
O2C Doeberl Cup Premier 2013 Canberra AUS (3.9), 29.03.2013
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Rdg1 Ng4 19. Qe2 c5 20. Nh4 Ndf6 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. g4 Rxd4 23. g5 Ne4 24. Be3 Bxg5 25. Bxd4 Nd2+ 26. Qxd2 Bxd2 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Ke8 29. Bf6 Bf4 30. Rg8+ Kd7 31. Rd1+ Kc6 32. Rxa8 Bg5 33. Rc8 1-0
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