Outsourcing from Canberra

It is a popular election promise to 'take jobs from Canberra' by getting staff to move from the nations capital, to rural areas (ignoring the fact that more federal public servants live in Sydney than anywhere else). But while there are a number of good reasons why a centralised public sector works better than a distributed one (concentration of talent, the ability to exchange staff and ideas, better recruitment pool, dispatching people from Canberra has other effects.
Fred Litchfield journeyed from the cold cold winter of Canberra, to the warmth of Queensland, and played in the 2019 Bundaberg Open. Seeded 6th behind 4 IM's and a WIM, he won the event with a very impressive 5.5/6. After starting with 2 wins, he played the 4 IM's over the final 4 rounds, scoring 3.5/4. He drew with IM Stephen Solomon (in round 5), and beat IM Alex Wohl, IM Brodie McClymont and IM Peter Froelich. Solomon and McClymont  tied for 2nd on 5/6, in a field of 42 players.
Litchfield's win over Wohl started his charge to the finish. Wohl offered a pawn in the opening, and then dropped one in the middlegame. This looked to unsettle him as a bigger blunder occurred soon after, and faced with ruinous material loss, he resigned.


Litchfield,Fred - Wohl,Alex [D32]
Bundaberg Open, 10.08.2019

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qb3 a6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Qd1 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bxa2 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Be2 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Na4 Nfd5 18. Bd2 b5 19. Nc3 Bc5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxb5 O-O 22. Nd4 a5 23. Bc4 Nb4 24. O-O Rfc8 25. Rfc1 a4 26. Kh1 h5 27. h3 Rab8 28. g4 Nc6 29. Ba6 Nxd4 30. Bxc8 Nb3 31. Bxd7 Rd8 32. Bxa4 Nxa1 33. Ba5 Bxe3 34. Rxa1 1-0