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11:19

Coming to you live from the Twin Towns Resort. Welcome to day 2 of the 2009 Oceania Zonal.

11:20

The first order of business was that they moved the women's section away from the main entry door in order to save them from all that noise. The girls are now playing just behind the Open's top boards section.

11:21

As usual we grabbed some photos of the first few minutes of play and I'll be posting them shortly.

11:31

A Frenchie now for Smerdon against Kiwi Garbett.

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[Comment From Clive]
I'm curious does Zonal have any fun events ? like blitz or 960?

11:33

It's another Tarrasch for David. He faced this opening against GM Jones in the '09 Queenstown. He lost that one.

11:34

No Clive...

11:38

GM Rogers, by the way, is commentating on the Garbett - Smerdon game here http://rogers.iqchess.com.au/dgt_chesstheatre.htm

11:40

Meanwhile, Arianne is still pondering over what to do against Maroroa's 5. d4

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