Phase 1 of the tournament has been successfully completed.
Deon Solomons drew with Nathan Geffen and Charles de Villiers beat Warrick Erlank to top their respective groups in this event.
Laura Irving continued her good form of late with an upset win over Tinto. The two key games of the evening (with A section qualification at stake) were between Stephen Gallied and Nick Barnett and between Anant Dole and Anzel Solomons. Stephen and Anant both won with the white pieces to earn their spots in the Championship Section of the competition.
Anant had been credited with a default 1st round win over Tinto. Before the 5th round started however, Anand very graciously offered Tinto the opportunity to play a blitz game for the point. Tinto accepted and went on to win the game.
The other outstanding game from Phase 1 was the 4th round clash between Anant and Laura (who was unfortunately not able to play on the scheduled evening.) Sadly, the players were unable to find a time to make up the game before Sunday's deadline, and so Anant is credited with the point.
Laura finishes Phase 1 with a very creditable 2 points out of 4 games played and a performance rating of approximately 2000. Considering that she also finished 3rd in the recent Cape of Good Hope Open, this confirms that her official Chessa rating needs to do some serious catching-up with her form.
The full set of results from round 5 are:
Deon Solomons ½ - ½ Nathan Geffen
Stephen Gallied 1 - 0 Nick Barnett
Anant Dole 1 - 0 Anzel Solomons
Tinto Seotladi 0 - 1 Laura Irving
Warrick Erlank 0 - 1 Charles de Villiers
Denise Frick 1 - 0 Howard Goldberg (default)
Final group standings after Phase 1 are:
Alekhine Group
1. Deon Solomons 4
2. Nathan Geffen 3½
3. Stephen Gallied 3
4. Nick Barnett 2½
5. Denise Frick 2
Bronstein Group
1. Charles de Villiers 4
2. Tinto Seotladi, Anant Dole 2½
4. Laura Irving, Warrick Erlank, Anzel Solomons 2
The Championship Section in phase 2 will thus consist of:
Deon, Nathan, Stephen, Charles, Tinto and Anant.
The B Section will consist of:
Nick, Denise, Laura, Warrick and Anzel.
Phase 2 of the competition will take place on Thursdays 8,15 and 22 March in round-robin format with each player taking 2 results through from phase 1.
The draw for rounds 6, 7 and 8 is as follows:
Round 6, Thursday 8 March
A Section: Tinto vs Deon, Nathan vs Anant, Charles vs Stephen
B Section: Warrick vs Nick, Denise vs Laura. Anzel has a bye.
Round 7, Thursday 15 March
A Section: Stephen vs Tinto, Deon vs Anant, Nathan vs Charles
B Section: Anzel vs Nick, Warrick vs Denise. Laura has a bye.
Round 8, Thursday 22 March
A Section: Tinto vs Nathan, Anant vs Stephen, Charles vs Deon
B Section: Nick vs Laura, Denise vs Anzel. Warrick has a bye.
Standings in the 2 Sections (incorporating the 2 results carried from Phase 1) are as follows:
A Section
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | Total | Rank | ||
| 1 | Charles de Villiers | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Deon Solomons | X | 1 | ½ | 1½ | 2 | |||
| 3 | Tinto Seotloadi | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Stephen Gallied | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Nathan Geffen | ½ | 0 | X | ½ | 5 | |||
| 6 | Anant Dole | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 6 |
B Section
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | Total | Rank | ||
| 1 | Warrick Erlank | X | 1 | ½ | 1½ | 1 | ||
| 2 | Nick Barnett | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Laura Irving | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Anzel Solomons | ½ | 0 | X | ½ | 4 | ||
| 5 | Denise Frick | 0 | X | 0 | 5 | |||
Nick has once again obliged us by providing his 5th round game against Stephen. The analysis is by Nick.
Galleid,Stephen - Barnett,Nick
Claremont Invitational, Round 5 01.03.2007
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 too refined.
[4...Nc6 is more usual]
5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Na6 8.Rb1 Qa5 9.Qc2 0-0 10.d3 e4 11.Nd4 exd3 12.exd3 Nc5 13.Bf4 Qd8 14.Rfe1 Ne6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.d4 Nh5 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Be4 Nf6 19.Bd3 e5 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.c5 Kh8 22.Rb4 e4 23.Bc4 Nd5 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Rd1 Be6 After this Black is struggling.
The bishop should go [25...Bd7 26.Rxd5 Not (26.Rxb7 Ba4) 26...Bc6 27.Rd6 Qc7 28.Qe2 Rac8 29.a4 Rf3 30.Qc4 Qf7 And Black's grip on the White squares almost equalizes]
26.Rxb7 Qa6 27.Qb2 h6
[27...Rf7 28.Rb8+ Rf8 29.Qb5 Qxb5 30.Rxb5 Rac8 31.Rb7 a5]
28.Bxh6 [28.c4 Rf7 29.Rxf7 Bxf7 30.cxd5 Rd8 31.Qb3 Qe2]
28...Rf7 [28...Bf7 29.Bxg7+ Kxg7 30.c4+ Kg8 31.cxd5 Qg6 32.h3 Rad8 33.d6 Qf5]
29.Rxf7
The spectacular [29.Bxg7+ Rxg7 30.Rxg7 Kxg7 31.c4+ Kh7 32.cxd5 Bg4 33.Rb1 Qd3 34.Qb7+ Kh6 35.Qc6+ Kh5 also wins]
29...Bxf7
30.Be3
And again [30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.c4+ Qf6 Or (31...d4 when 32.Qxd4+ Kg8 33.Qxe4 Re8 34.Qg4+ Kf8 35.Qh4 Kg7 36.Rd6 Re1+ 37.Kg2 Qxa2 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Rd8+ Be8 40.Rd5 is deadly) 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.cxd5 Rc8 34.d6 Bxa2 35.d7 Rd8 36.h3 wins, but White strangles with simple moves.]
30...Qa4 31.Rb1 Be8 32.Qb7 Bc6 33.Qf7 Qxa2
[33...Qc2 34.Rc1 Qb2 35.Qe6 Qb7 36.c4 dxc4 37.Qxc4 Rf8 offered some hope.]
34.Rb7 Brilliant
34...Bxb7 Black's flag was hovering, but [34...Qa1+ 35.Kg2 Qxc3 36.Rc7 Be8 37.Qxd5 Qf6 38.Bh6 gxh6 39.Qxe4 Bc6 40.Qxc6 Qxc6+ 41.Rxc6 is kaput]
35.Bd4 1-0
Quite ironic that, in the previous round, Nick finished off Denise with the threat of Rb7 and, in the very next round, Nick is on the receiving end of a decisive Rb7!
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