Round 3 results for the July, 2020 tournament.

July 18, 2020 by Max Kershaw

Round 3 was played on Wednesday 15th July, 2020 with the following results:

1.   Tom Maguire                   1        vs      Mark Stokes           0.
2.   Filip Simic                        1        vs     Jeeva Praveen          0.   In the battle of improving juniors, Filip’s superior experience was the deciding factor. He will now face Tom next week.
3.   Tony Weller                     0        vs     Lachlan Wang          1.
4.    Kingston Wang              0.5     vs     Victor Davidovici     0.5.  An excellent result for Kingston against the dangerous Victor.
5.    Nikola Malijkovich        0         vs     Jai Turner                 1.
6.    Rex Scarf                          0         vs    Tony McRoberts      1.
7.    Allan Fossey                     1          vs    Colin Dougherty      0.
8.    Nathan Hopkins              0          vs   Michael Van Pelt     1.

There were 4 byes requested for tonight’s event. The Wang brothers continue to impress. Lachlan’s win over Tony on board 3 again reinforces the growing playing strength of the club’s juniors.

Club President Mark Stokes indicated that he was given a chess lesson from Tom, in fact this is how Tom “smashed” Mark’s French defence.

White: Tom Maguire        Black: Mark Stokes  Game played on Wednesday 15/7/2020

1.  d4         e6
2. e4           d5
3. Nc3        Bb4
4. e5           c5
5. a3           Bxc3+
6. bxc3       Qc7
7. Qg4         f5
8. Qg3         Nc6
9. Ne2         cxd4
10. cxd4       Na5
11. Nf4         g6
12. Bb5+      Nc6
13. c4            a6
14. cxd5        axb5
15. dxc6        bxc6
16. 0-0          Ra4
17. Bb2         Ne7
18. Rac1        Kf7?
19. d5!           Qb7
20. dxe6+     Bxe6
21. Qg5         Ng8
22. Nxe6       Kxe6
23. Rfd1        Rg4
24. Rd6+      Kf7
25. e6+         Kf8
26. Qd8++