The first day of the 2021 NSW Open saw a capacity field of 140, and plenty of tough chess. There is still a bit of a logjam at the top of the tournament, although a number of top seeds have decided to have a bit of a sleep in, taking a half point bye for tomorrow mornings round. Nonetheless, GM Daniel Fernandez, IM Junta Ikeda and IM Gary Lane are all hoping to get ahead of the field with wins in the morning round.
With 8 DGT boards in operation there was plenty of chess to follow online. One quick game from round 2 was this win by Fred Litchfield over Ashley Rambukwella
2021 NSW Open, 2021.06.12
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Re1 b6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nf6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rad1 Qd6 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ng8 23. Bh7 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 1-0
No comments:
Post a Comment