Sam Lipnowski - Khedkar 1-0
Black had to play 21...g6 to stop the f5 push. After that came e6 and Black's pieces were too far from his king to provide support.
Group B
Van Wyk- Pottinger 1-0
Black castled queenside into impending trouble. White had an interesting shot 17. Ba7+! which concludes things a bit quicker, but it didn't matter in the end.
Group C
Lui- Weibe 0-1
Several of us analyzed the position below and other earlier alternatives and concluded that Weixi had blundered with 9. Nxb5.
However, the real blunder may have come later...after 10...axb5
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11. Rxa8 holds, but in our analysis we thought it was very uncomfortable for White.
Gannon - Booth 1-0
It looked like Black was making progress in the knights and pawns ending, but found his king cut off from White's passer and ended up one tempo short.
Group D
Gibson - Gibbons 1-0
Lorne snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. But if truth be told, 2...f6 and 4...Bc5 deserved to be punished earlier.
Aaron Green - Magnusson
The ending was played well by Saul to gain the full point.
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