Twenty four players for round 3 of the Blitz tournament last night. Richard high scored on 5.5 with Daniel and Sivaram on 4.5 each tied second equal. Last nights cross table is below, and the cumulative points table with three of the four rounds completed is here. Richard has a clear lead, but there is a close race for minor placings between Hilton Bennett, Saied, Sivaram and Ian. The fourth and final round is next week, so don’t miss out.
| 1 | Richard Dare | 5.5 | +W17 | +B7 | +W6 | =B2 | +B5 | +W4 |
| 2 | Sivaram Manoharan | 4.5 | +W18 | =B10 | +W16 | =W1 | =B3 | +W5 |
| 3 | Daniel Davis | 4.5 | +W19 | +B14 | -W4 | +B12 | =W2 | +W10 |
| 4 | Graham Nolan | 4.0 | +B9 | +W13 | +B3 | -W5 | +B6 | -B1 |
| 5 | Christopher Symon | 4.0 | +W24 | +B11 | +W10 | +B4 | -W1 | -B2 |
| 6 | Ian Kennedy | 4.0 | +B23 | +W8 | -B1 | +W13 | -W4 | +B12 |
| 7 | Matt Crombie | 4.0 | +B15 | -W1 | +B8 | +W11 | -B10 | +W14 |
| 8 | Saied Shahosseirn | 4.0 | +W16 | -B6 | -W7 | +B17 | +B13 | +W11 |
| 9 | Jeff Xiang | 4.0 | -W4 | +B20 | -W11 | +B19 | +W16 | +B18 |
| 10 | Richard Jackson | 3.5 | +B21 | =W2 | -B5 | +W15 | +W7 | -B3 |
| 11 | Suriya Srinivasan | 3.0 | +W12 | -W5 | +B9 | -B7 | +W17 | -B8 |
| 12 | Sean Clark | 3.0 | -B11 | +W24 | +B21 | -W3 | +B15 | -W6 |
| 13 | Murray Tuatini | 3.0 | +W20 | -B4 | +W19 | -B6 | -W8 | +B16 |
| 14 | Joel Crombie | 3.0 | +W22 | -W3 | -B15 | +B18 | +W20 | -B7 |
| 15 | Reuben Sharko | 3.0 | -W7 | +B17 | +W14 | -B10 | -W12 | +B20 |
| 16 | James Revell | 2.0 | -B8 | +W23 | -B2 | +W21 | -B9 | -W13 |
| 17 | Adam Hasan-Stein | 2.0 | -B1 | -W15 | +B24 | -W8 | -B11 | +W22 |
| 18 | Jarvis Xiang | 2.0 | -B2 | -W21 | +B22 | -W14 | +B19 | -W9 |
| 19 | Jenny Xiang | 2.0 | -B3 | +W22 | -B13 | -W9 | -W18 | +B23 |
| 20 | Diny Zhou | 2.0 | -B13 | -W9 | +B23 | +W24 | -B14 | -W15 |
| 21 | Dhushar Chatergee | 2.0 | -W10 | +B18 | -W12 | -B16 | -W22 | +B24 |
| 22 | Nithin Perumal | 2.0 | -B14 | -B19 | -W18 | +W23 | +B21 | -B17 |
| 23 | Francis Seong | 1.0 | -W6 | -B16 | -W20 | -B22 | +B24 | -W19 |
| 24 | Thys Joubert | 0.0 | -B5 | -B12 | -W17 | -B20 | -W23 | -W21 |
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