Joint leaders after 4 rounds are top seed IM Anton Smirnov, and Fred Litchfield. The two drew there third round game, and have won all the rest. Smirnov had a couple of quick wins in rounds 2 and 4, beating me in 12 moves after I blundered a piece in the opening, and IM Junta Ikeda in 20 moves in a very sharp Sicilian. Litchfield started off with wins over Kevin and Fiona Shen, before beating Jason Hu in a game where Litchfield sacrificed his queen for piece activity and an eventual mating attack.
Tied for third on 3.0 are Ikeda, IM Andrew Brown (who arrived late and was paired with 'house man' IM Vlad Smirnov in Round 1!), and tournament surprise Saffron Archer. Archer picked off a couple of higher rated scalps in today's games, and will face Smirnov in round 5.
The Minor had its share of upsets as well, with a number of higher rated players coming unstuck. Mark Patterson and Thomas McMenamin lead the event on 4/4 and they play in tomorrow mornings first round.
Scores from the tournament can be found at http://tournaments.streetchess.net/vikings2016/ along with a link to live coverage of the top 4 boards from the Open.
Hu,Jason - Litchfield,Fred [A40]
2016 Vikings Weekender Tuggeranong (4.2), 19.11.2016
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 c5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Rd1 a5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rxd8 Rfxd8 15. Qc4 Ba6 16. Nb5 Rd1+ 17. Bf1 Ncd3 18. Qb3 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Bxb5 20. Kg2 Rc8 21. Be3 a4 22. Qd1 Nxb2 23. Qd4 Nc4 24. Rc1 Nxa2 25. Rb1 Nb4 26. Qa1 Nc2 27. Qa2 N4xe3+ 28. fxe3 Nxe3+ 29. Kh3 Rc2 30. Qa1 Be2 31. Qd4 Bxf3 32. Qxe3 Bg2+ 33. Kg4 g6 34. Qh6 Bd6 35. e5 Rc4+ 36. Qf4 Rxf4+ 37. gxf4 Bc5 38. h4 Be4 39. Rd1 Kg7 40. h5 Bf5+ 41. Kh4 Bf2+ 0-1
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