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Last update: Wednesday October 31, 2007 16:57
| 4.19 | 32 |
Hilsmark Kingfisher | 3½ - 2½ |
37 | Turk Hava Yollari | ||
| 1 | GM |
Arkell Keith C | 2479 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2468 |
| 2 | IM |
Greet Andrew | 2441 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2440 |
| 3 | IM |
Houska Jovanka | 2404 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Can Emre | 2436 |
| 4 | Tavoularis Nicholas | 2246 | ½ - ½ |
FM | Ari Zeki | 2177 | |
| 5 | Briscoe Chris | 2273 | ½ - ½ |
Erbis Baris | 2023 | ||
| 6 | WIM |
Andersson Christin | 2209 | 0 - 1 |
Kursuz Gokhan | 1942 |
Round 4 proved to be one of the most dramatic matches I’ve been involved in. Although we outrated them heavily on the bottom three boards it was actually at the top where we secured the points to win us the match.
Keith registered his first win with a smooth game to secure Hilsmark’s first win on board one in the two years we have played. A quiet opening led to a position where Keith had a queenside majority in a Q&N ending and he won the ending with ease.
Andrew won with black in a Ruy Lopez. Initially the position was blocked but
white sacrificed his d-pawn to open up the position. Andrew remained calm and
was able to repel the white counterplay and emerged a piece up with a clever
tactic.
Jovanka played a nice game without securing the full point. Her pressure in
a 3 Bb5 Sicilian forced the win of the exchange but, somewhat fortunately, her
opponent seemed to emerge with compensation. Despite Jovanka returning the exchange
in favour of an extra pawn she was unable to make progress and had to agree
to a draw.
Nick finally had some luck and saved an ending an exchange for a pawn down.
The early game saw Nick temporarily sacrifice a pawn in a Benoni/Benko type
position which he eventually regained before sacrificing an exchange to emerge
with R, N + 5 versus 2 Rooks + 3. Swapping one pair of rooks was possibly a
mistake, which led to a R+3 v N+4 ending where white quickly made progress and
the win seemed only a matter of time. However, Nick managed a miraculous escape
in what was the final game of the match and therefore the winning half. Finally
his luck appears to have turned.
After his impressive start Chris had a quick draw with white. The Turks are
unpredictable players and despite his opponent being 250 points below Chris
he had drawn with a GM the day before. Possibly this played on Chris’s
mind and the game ended in a repetition of moves as early as move 16 in a 4
Qxd4 Sicilian.
Christin had a disappointing day. An unclear Slav opening where black tried to hold onto an extra pawn turned in white’s favour as he gained the material. Black had a difficult task with a weak pawn structure and a blunder from Christin lost a rook as her pawns were about to start dropping off. One thing was clear, her opponent looked far stronger than his 1942 rating.
