Round 2 - Hague and Smith Lead

Only 2 players are left on 100% after 2 rounds of the NZ Championships, Ben Hague and Bob Smith, and they will play each other tomorrow. Ben Hague won a brilliant victory against defending NZ Champion Mike Steadman, and I have included this below. Another result worthy of note was Bill's disrespectful treatment of his former coach Mark van der Hoorn, and I have managed to get the score of that one too!

In the Major Open there are 8 players tied on 2/2, including Wellington's own 11 year old star Layla Timergazi, and all round nice bloke Jonathon Whittle.

If you are playing at the tournament and you have a game you would like to annotate and share, please send it to me and I will publish it on this page. Email to iansellennz@gmail.com

Many thanks once again to Matt Veldhuizen for providing the photography.

Bill Forster doing his thing

The CQ Hotel Cuba Street Wellington

Another view of the venue