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12:15

Alrighty...had a reasonable early finish....draw this time only though against Ben Encel.

12:16

First up, some results so far.

Kunte - Rej, 1-0
Roy - Dragecevic, 1-0
Rathnakaran - Amrutha, 1-0
Bjelobrk - Bird, 1-0
Solomon - Grigg, 1-0
Oliver - Ruan, 1-0
Tan - Siddiqui, 0-1
Voon - Yu, 1-0

12:17

Also winning is FM Vlad Smirnov's son, Anton, who this morning defeated Melbourne's Angelo Tsagarakis...

12:18

If you've not seen 'em, I've published some pics of the SIO on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/closetgrandmaster/sets/72157616771471219/ - but there'll be none today as I left my camera at home.

12:27

[Comment From Guest]
any updates on sally yu and emma guo's game?

12:28

Yu lost out to Voonie. Meanwhile, Philippine bet Kimberley Cunanan just just now won against Indian visitor WFM Pon...

12:28

[Comment From ivan]
please how's sarah anton doing today?

12:30

For our Malaysian fans, their country's GM-hopeful IM Mas Hafizul is facing another Indian, WGM Swathi, on the black side of the once fashionable 6. Be3 Ng4 Najdorf. We're seeing a typical opposite side castling here and the position for the time being is on a knife edge.

12:32

Andy Brown is white this morning against Sydneysider Max Illingworth. From the Semi-Slav opening, Illingworth has emerged a pawn to the good but Brown holds the B pair versus Illingworth's N pair. Illingworth must also keep a watchful eye on a pesky little white pawn on a6...

12:39

Just checked on Anton's game. She's is in yet another N endgame, but is struggling against Dizdarevic. The latter has a 2:1 pawn advantage and both those little guys are quite advanced.

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