This event was the 5th round of the Allegro events we hold each year, each with a different opening start position. Results are below. Congrats to Bruce (again!). The images are from Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 – 1969) was a famous American photographer of German origin (nothing to do with chess, as far as I know).

No Name              Loc Total  Result   Name            Loc  Total

  1   Williams, Bruce      QLD       2128 5         9.5  16.5   15.0
  2   Salanowski, Mark     VIC       1663 4         7.0  14.0   12.0
  3   Hogg, Dean           VIC       2038 3.5       7.0  13.5   10.5
 4-8  Hogan, Steven        VIC       1591 3         9.0  14.5   10.0
      Edwards, Regina      QLD       1364 3         7.0  11.5    8.0
      Jing, Lang           VIC            3         6.5  10.0    8.0
      Davis, Tony J        VIC       1869 3         6.0  12.5   10.0
      Deraniyagala, Kevin  VIC       903  3         5.5  12.0    6.0
9-12  Whitford, Matthew    VIC       775  2         9.5  15.0    7.0
      Richards, Derek      VIC       1446 2         9.5  14.5    9.0
      Mullen, Chris        VIC       1370 2         7.5  13.0    7.0
      Kostakakis, Angelo   VIC       1044 2         7.0  10.5    5.0
13-14 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng VIC       870  1.5       9.0  14.5    6.5
      Castles, Tommy                      1.5       5.0   8.5    2.0
 15   Liu, William         VIC       311  1         5.5   9.0    3.0
 16   Liu, Jim             VIC       461  0.5       6.5  10.5    1.0

A self-portrait and …