My thanks to Goran of ChessDom for prompting me about this year's Essent Chess Tournament. In the Open section are two Australians, IM David Smerdon and FM Jonathan Humphrey. Two rounds have been played so far and Smerdon is on 2/2 while Humphrey has one point.
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Alex Jule is competing in the First Amateur group and is on 1.5/2. Round 3 paired against:
ReplyDelete14 Jule, Alex 1.5 1896 ---
De Vreeze, Frans 1.5 1698