The 2019 Dubbo Open started with a couple of surprises. The first one was the appearance of GM Darryl Johansen as the tournament top seed. Johansen was enjoying a driving holiday in country NSW and decided to drop in and play.
The second surprise was the number of first round upsets, with 6 of the 20 games going the 'wrong way'.
This in part was due to a number of unrated player who turned out to be better than normal beginners. In fact two of the players, Blake Lynch and Vladimir Chugunov finished the first day with 3 from 3, and share the lead with Johansen and Leon Kempen.
Half a point behind the leaders are Andriy Bukreyev, Alana Chibnall and Trevor Bemrose. Chibnall was held to a draw by unrated Bukreyev and plays Bemrose in tomorrow mornings round.
The tournament organisers are pleased with the turnout of 42 players, which is a 33% increase over previous years. While Johansen is heavily favoured to win, there is still a battle for the minor places. Full tournament results and standings can be found at http://tournaments.streetchess.net/dubbo2019/www2019DubboOpen/
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