2005 Spielvogel Memorial - Round 2
| The big surprise of
the round Joel Beggs forces John Lavery to fight to hold the draw
after achieving a dominating position from an exchange French,
John defending a pawn down for a lot of the game, Joel demonstrating
he isn’t to be taken lightly despite his recent appearance
on the chess scene.
The rest of the round produced no surprises on the score board but hard times were had by Charlie Andrews employing his trusty Danish against James Eldridge some have suggested he was lucky!! to win after exchanging two rooks for Jimmies queen. Darren Young had Mitchel Bailey under the pump But Mitchel ever cool under pressure with his trusty Cara Kan accepted mate when Darren walked into it. Scott Stewart employed a Kings Indian Attack against Jamie Brotherdige, aiming for and achieving a solid position ceded a small advantage into the middlegame. JB losing patience lost a pawn in an unfavourable tactical exchange enough to secure the point for Scott. The other three games were very routine for the higher rated players, their opposite numbers struggling to hold onto material to offer serious resistance.
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