Last wednesday evening we played round two of the Summer Cup. The top three boards involved all the leading players from round one. On board 1 Katrine McCarthy, playing black, won against Paul Norris in nine moves (see below). Board 2 Andrew Michael won against John Worn and board 3 was a victory for Paul Postma against John McRae.

Leading scores are Katrine McCarthy, Andrew Michael and Paul Postma all on 2 points.

Followed by Yash Narayan, Krishi Narayan, John Worn, Paul Norris and Meliton Gesmundo on 1 point.

Paul Norris vs Katrine McCarthy (Albin Counter Gambit)

1. d4     d5

2. c4     e5

3. de     d4

4. a3 (normal is Nf3)  Nc6

5. Nf3    Bg4

6. Nbd2  Qe7

7. b4      o-o-o

8. Bb2   Nxe5

9. Nxd4 (oops- should be Nxe5)  Nd3++