Adam Raoof takes the lead

Thursday 18 June, 2009

Adam Raoof outplayed David Iwi in fine positional style, to take the sole lead going into the 6th round of the club championship. Michael Bennett moved into 2nd place by beating Vivian Cohen, and is followed closely by defending champion Jonathan Landau, Chris Jones, and David Iwi.

Games

White Black
1 Raoof, Adam N 175 1 - 0 Iwi, David 141
2 Bennett, Michael K - 1 - 0 Cohen, Vivian 123
3 Landau, Jonathan 153 1 - 0 Pattni, Kishan 102
4 Rogal, Chris 138 ½ - ½ -
5 Jones, Chris S 130 1 - 0 Ainscow, Faye 89
6 Gesthuysen, M 133 1 - 0 Limonov, Petr -
7 Lennard, Graeme 104 0 - 1 Chai, Kwong -
8 Sabin, Frank 106 0 - 1 Brown, Anthony D
9 Sabin, Andrew - 0 - 1 Jones, David 129
10 Bhalla, Raj - 1 - 0 Murphy, Nick 80
11 Pliskin, Raymond 80 1 - 0 Kiskin, Ivan 96
12 Samet, S 73 1 - 0 Lande, Edwin -

Byes

  • Zero-point: Eden (3), Gaukrodger (0)

Standings

  • 1: Raoof (4½/5)
  • 2: Bennett (4/5)
  • 3-5: Landau, Iwi, C Jones (3½/5)
  • 6-12: Eden, Rogal, Gesthuysen, Cohen, Valigurskyy, Brown, Chai (3/5)
  • 13-16: D Jones, Bhalla, Pattni, Ainscow (2½/5)
  • 17-19: Limonov, Lennard, Pliskin (2/5)
  • 20-22: F Sabin, A Sabin, Murphy (1½/5)
  • 23-24: Kiskin, Samet (1/5)
  • 25-26: Lande, Gaukrodger (0/5)