Final round 1

It is a new tounament now.

Nothing very shocking was happening in Thijssen-Baljakin, but the other Dutch player, Gérard Jansen, had to face serious danger against Samb.

The Grandmaster from Senegal seems to be in great shape , but it was not enough to break te defence of his opponent.

Huseynov was rather overplayed by Chizhov. Yesterday it was a friendly affair between them, but today Chizhov had clearly other plans:

Huseynov-Chizhov

Black to play found a clear way to realize his advantage:

35. ...19-24 36.37-32 14-20!

Simply played, but killing. White cannot play 33-28 (36-41!) 28x30 (41-46) and therefore he is left without defence.

36.44-39 24-30! 37.35x24 20x38 38.32x43 12-17

Black breaches the white left wing.

39.43-38 17-22 40.27-21 23-28 41.40-34 18-23

After a couple of moves it was 0-2.

Buzinski made a big mistake against Valneris.

Valneris-Buzinski

White to play.

I disagree with a general thought that this position is completely equal. White played:

41.33-28! ...

The menace is 27-22 and 28-23. Buzinski makes a big mistake now. He has to play (18-23), but sees that his situation becomes a little crampy after 28-22.

... 14-20?? 42. 27-22! 18x27 43. 30-25!

B+

The game Getmanski-Schwarzman was interesting and Schwarzman succeeded to gain clear advantage.

It was not sufficient for full point victory, but it left him with a +draw. These +`s can become very important....

Paul Oudshoorn.