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

WhiteBlack
1Raoof, Adam N1751 - 0Jones, David129
2Landau, Jonathan1531 - 0-
3Cohen, Vivian123½ - ½Iwi, David141
4Rogal, Chris1381 - 0Ainscow, Faye89
5Limonov, Petr-0 - 1Jones, Chris S130
6Murphy, Nick800 - 1Eden, Tomer181
7Pattni, Kishan1021 - 0Bhalla, Raj-
8Chai, Kwong-0 - 1Gesthuysen, M133
9Samet, S730 - 1Brown, Anthony D
10Sabin, Frank1061 - 0Pliskin, Raymond80
11Gaukrodger, Steve-0 - 1Lennard, Graeme104
12Sabin, Andrew-1 - 0Lande, 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.