After 6 rounds of our 10 round tournament Michael is in the lead with an unbeaten 6. Competition is tight in the minor placings with a fourway tie for second, and then two players tied in third place. The crosstable follows. Four rounds to go …
| 1 | Michael Freeman | 6.0 | +B13 | +W14 | +B2 | +B8 | +W6 | +W3 |
| 2 | William Lynn | 4.0 | +B10 | +W13 | -W1 | +B7 | +W8 | -B5 |
| 3 | Murray Tuatini | 4.0 | +B19 | +W9 | -W8 | +B5 | +W15 | -B1 |
| 4 | Stefan Wagner | 4.0 | +W11 | -B12 | +W18 | -B6 | +W9 | +B8 |
| 5 | Sivoram Manoharan | 4.0 | -B9 | +W10 | +B14 | -W3 | +B13 | +W2 |
| 6 | Matt Crombie | 3.5 | +W20 | -B8 | +B9 | +W4 | -B1 | =W7 |
| 7 | Richard Jackson | 3.5 | -W12 | +B11 | +W15 | -W2 | +B10 | =B6 |
| 8 | Daniel Davis | 3.0 | +B16 | +W6 | +B3 | -W1 | -B2 | -W4 |
| 9 | Gary Judkins | 3.0 | +W5 | -B3 | -W6 | +W14 | -B4 | +B19 |
| 10 | Ian Kennedy | 3.0 | -W2 | -B5 | +W11 | +B21 | -W7 | +B15 |
| 11 | Graham Nolan | 3.0 | -B4 | -W7 | -B10 | +B18 | +W19 | +W17 |
| 12 | Eddie Tan | 2.0 | +B7 | +W4 | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Darius Hasan-Stein | 2.0 | -W1 | -B2 | +W21 | -B15 | -W5 | +B18 |
| 14 | Adam Hasan-Stein | 2.0 | +W15 | -B1 | -W5 | -B9 | -B17 | +W21 |
| 15 | Joel Crombie | 2.0 | -B14 | +W19 | -B7 | +W13 | -B3 | -W10 |
| 16 | Mike Absolam | 2.0 | -W8 | -B20 | +BYE | +W19 | — | — |
| 17 | Sam Kim | 2.0 | — | — | -B19 | +BYE | +W14 | -B11 |
| 18 | Finlay Buckel | 1.0 | — | — | -B4 | -W11 | +B21 | -W13 |
| 19 | Elijah Dewit | 1.0 | -W3 | -B15 | +W17 | -B16 | -B11 | -W9 |
| 20 | Brandon Cuellar | 1.0 | -B6 | +W16 | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Josh Posa | 0.0 | — | — | -B13 | -W10 | -W18 | -B14 |
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