Again we didn’t have many members turn up so we only had 5 boards playing. On board 1 it was John Worn vs Yash Narayan. They played Giuoco Piano opening and once John started winning pieces he didn’t stop, eventually promoting a pawn and quickly followed with mate.

Board 2 was Barry Hooton vs Paul Norris. White played a quiet queens gambit and it wasn’t until well into the game that white obtained an advantage with a rook on an open file that co-ordinated with the queen and an advanced knight to firstly go a pawn up and then an exchange up. The win should have been simple from here but only for Barry forgeting to protect a pawn which Paul duely took with counterplay. Luckily for Barry, black ran out of time handing him the win.

Other results were –

Dave Misileki v Paul Postma  0-1 default

Pauline Thomas v Greame Coleman  0-1

Temu Maroroa v Steve Singer  1-0

This leaves John Worn and Barry Hooton leading on 3 points. They will be paired for the critical game in the next round.

Please remember that round 4 will be played on Anzac day at 7.30pm and you should be contacting me or the club if you are not going to attend.