2016 ACT Championship - Day 2

Unlike the first day, there were plenty of surprises in rounds 2&3 of the 2016 ACT Championship. Top seed IM Junta Ikeda ran into a very solid Victor Braguine, and could not manage more than half a point. Third seed Andrey Bliznyuk faced Dillin Hathiramani for second time in 4 days, and Hathiramni reversed their result from the ANU Masters. Alana Chibnall chose the wrong moment to miss the right move, and a plus turned into a loss against Matt Radisich.
Hathiramani then continued his excellent form, beating Fred Litchfield in the 3rd round to finish day 2 on 3/3. The only other player to join him was IM Andrew Brown, who dispatched his opponents with some crisp attacking play. Ikeda scored a 3rd round win the get to 2.5/3, along with Wenlin Yin, Matt Radisich and Willis Lo.
Full score from this tournament can be found here, and all the games from the first three rounds are available for download.


Hathiramani,Dillon (1828) - Litchfield,Frederick (2061)
2016 ACT Championship Canberra (3.2), 13.02.2016

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bc5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Qa4 Qb4 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. Bb1 Bd7 20. Ng5 Rc8 21. Qh5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 O-O 23. Qh4 h6 24. b4 Qa3 25. bxc5 f6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Qg3 Rf7 28. Qg6 Qb2 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Bg6 d4 31. Rc2 Qb4 32. Bd2 Qa3 33. Bxf7 Kxf7 34. Qe4 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxb7 Ke8 37. Qxa6 Qd5 38. Qd3 Kf7 39. Qf3+ 1-0