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Three lead in club championship

Thursday 21 May, 2009

Adam Raoof, defending champion Jonathan Landau and Chris Rogal share the lead in the club championship after the first 2 rounds.

Games

White Black
1 Raoof, Adam N 175 1 - 0 Jones, David 129
2 Landau, Jonathan 153 1 - 0 -
3 Cohen, Vivian 123 ½ - ½ Iwi, David 141
4 Rogal, Chris 138 1 - 0 Ainscow, Faye 89
5 Limonov, Petr - 0 - 1 Jones, Chris S 130
6 Murphy, Nick 80 0 - 1 Eden, Tomer 181
7 Pattni, Kishan 102 1 - 0 Bhalla, Raj -
8 Chai, Kwong - 0 - 1 Gesthuysen, M 133
9 Samet, S 73 0 - 1 Brown, Anthony D
10 Sabin, Frank 106 1 - 0 Pliskin, Raymond 80
11 Gaukrodger, Steve - 0 - 1 Lennard, Graeme 104
12 Sabin, Andrew - 1 - 0 Lande, Edwin -

Byes

  • Half-point: Michael Bennett (1), Ivan Kiskin (0)

Standings

  • 1-3: Raoof, Landau, Rogal (2/2)
  • 4-8: Eden, Bennett, Iwi, Jones C, Cohen (1½/2)
  • 9-18: Gesthuysen, Limonov, Jones D, Valigurskyy, Brown, Lennard, Pattni, Sabin F, Sabin A, Ainscow (1/2)
  • 19-21: Bhalla, Kiskin, Murphy (½/2)
  • 22-26: Chai, Lande, Samet, Pliskin, Gaukrodger (0/2)

Mini report based on notes from Malcolm:

  • David Jones held Adam for some time but then after 25.f6 and …g6 he got mated .
  • Landau won comfortably.
  • Cohen and Iwi agreed a quick draw.
  • Faye lost narrowly on time, but she was slightly better.
  • Chris Jones won in a time scramble after Limonov rejected a draw.
  • Eden stood worse out of the opening, but won after Murphy missed the follow-up to 21. Nh6+ .
  • Bhalla was better the whole game but lost.
  • Gesthuysen was very lucky – sacrificed pawns for nothing, but Chai played too quickly and got mated.
  • Brown won in a game with some controversy over a touch-move claim.
  • Frank won slowly but surely.
  • Lennard won easily.
  • Andrew Sabin beat Edwin Lande.