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Tournament leader Peter Miitel played his usual London System/Colle hybrid against Geoff Davis and offered an early draw. Black turned him down and soon regretted it. Rod Jacobs versus Rob Loveband was a sharp Sicilian. Rod sacrificed a Bishop in the middle game to get at the Black King and eventually prevailed. Joel Beggs versus Chris Segrave was another Sicilian. Aggressive play by Joel soon gave him a splendid victory. Tristan McGrath had to face Kevin Perrin’s Scandinavian and quickly found himself a piece down. This proved sufficient for Kevin to win. Patrick Cook versus Michael Schreenan was an English Opening after Black gambitted a pawn for open lines. Black was outfoxed in the ensuing tactics and was then overwhelmed in the endgame. Jamie Brotheridge was typically brutal against John Abson’s Slav and gave checkmate in 16 moves! Tom Oppenheim versus Peter McGrath was another Slav. White played exceptionally well to score a fine win. Ryan Logan picked up a free point when Yu Liu failed to show. Jackson Tardrew played a weird gambit against No One (1.e4 e5 2. b4??!) and the game reached an endgame in a flash. Black had a big advantage but fell into a very clever mate.
