The 2025 Vikings Weekender (hosted by the Tuggeranong Chess Club, Canberra) has proved very popular, selling out a few days before the start. I missed the start of the event (still in transit from Goa) but turned up for Day 2. Top seed GM Jacek Stopa also did the same, taking a half point bye for the Friday round, but then went 3/3 in today's round. He was joined on 3.5/4 by FM Fred Litchfield, Masaki Horikawa and Thomas Eleutherios. Horikawa and Litchfield drew their round 4 game (an interesting pawn ending), while Eleutherios and Stopa won their last 2 games of the day. With 2 rounds to play tomorrow, the top 4 players look to be playing a semi-final, and final, with the player who wins both of their games tomorrow taking home the $1000 1st prize.
The Under 1600 tournament attracted a larger field of 41 players, with the 1st place battle taking place between a mix of improving juniors and a few experienced adults. As with the Open, there is a 4 way tie for 1st, between Nicholas Lee, Trent Parker, Padma Gyalpo and Vaibhav Sharma. Again, tomorrows rounds 5 & 6 will determine the destination of the $500 1st prize round
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