Round three was played on the 6/3 and wins by the top seeds saw the leader board narrow to Katrine McCarthy and Andrew Michael out in front. These two players will clash in the next round so the outcome will be interesting. Results of the top boards were –

Katrine McCarthy vs Paul Postma    1-0

Andrew Michael   vs Paul Norris       1-0

Meliton Gesmundo vs John Worn     0-1

Krishi Narayan     vs Yash Narayan   0-1

Leaders-

Katrine McCarthy     3

Andrew Michael         3

Paul Postma                2

Yash Narayan              2

John Worn                   2

John McRae               1.5

 

On the top board black made some basic opening errors which Katrine took advantage of and never let go. Here is the game –

Katrine McCarthy vs Paul Postma (Ruy Lopez) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.o-o Nxe5 5.d4 Bd6 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 Bxe5 8.Qd5 Bxh2+ 9.Kxh2 Qh4+ 10.Kg1 c6 11.Qe5+ Kf8 12.Bd3 d6 13.Qxe4 Qxe4 14.Bxe4 d5 15.Rd1 Be6 16.Bf3 h6 17.Be3 g6 18.Bd4 Rh7 19.a4 b6 20.Bf6 Re8 21.c4 h5 22.cxd5 Bg4 23.dxc6 Bxf3 24.gxf3 h4 25.c7 Rh4 26.Rd8 Rf5 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.c8=Q#