Open section:
Standings after 4 rounds
| 1 | IM | Smerdon David | AUS | 2489 | 4,0 | |||
| 2 | GM | Zhao Zong-Yuan | AUS | 2583 | 3,5 | |||
| 3 | IM | Xie George Wendi | AUS | 2402 | 3,5 | |||
| 4 | FM | Bjelobrk Igor | AUS | 2332 | 3,5 | |||
| 5 | FM | Morris James | AUS | 2114 | 3,5 | |||
| 6 | IM | Solomon Stephen J | AUS | 2455 | 3,0 | |||
| 7 | Scott Ronald | AUS | 2261 | 3,0 | ||||
| 8 | IM | Lane Gary W | AUS | 2371 | 3,0 | |||
| IM | West Guy | AUS | 2343 | 3,0 | ||||
| 10 | CM | Illingworth Max | AUS | 2243 | 3,0 | |||
| 11 | FM | Rej Tomek | AUS | 2308 | 3,0 | |||
| 12 | IM | Rujevic Mirko | AUS | 2282 | 3,0 | |||
| 13 | FM | Canfell Gregory | AUS | 2327 | 3,0 |
73 players
Women’s section
| 1 | WIM | Caoili Arianne | AUS | 2172 | 4,0 | |||
| 2 | IM | Berezina Irina | AUS | 2252 | 3,5 | |||
| 3 | Anton Sarah | AUS | 1718 | 3,0 | ||||
| 4 | Guo Emma | AUS | 1845 | 3,0 | ||||
| 5 | Reid Vaness | AUS | 1837 | 2,5 | ||||
| 6 | Yu Sally | AUS | 1819 | 2,5 | ||||
| 7 | Oliver Tamzin L | AUS | 1512 | 2,5 |
18 players
Official website: http://www.gardinerchess.com/oceaniazonal/oceaniazonal2009.htm
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
How come Aronian is not playing when he’s there?
It’s a zonal and only those registered as players for that zone are eligible.
Ps: I think he is someone’s second though 🙂
Because he is not from the Oceania Zone.
I always thought Armenia is somewhere in the Pacific.
LOL.