Schwarzman got a present from Buzinski. Gérard Jansen took what he deserved from Huseynov. With lots of patience the Dutch player build toward advantage and made an impressive victory. If he holds this 3d place, it will be his best result ever and a good example of the advantage that comes with climbing years.
Getmansky is a pretty anoying
participant for Valneris. In the fore round he lost from the Russian player,
now it was a -draw. This was not so
logical, however. It was Valneris who seemed to have the best of the game. In
the interesting battle Getmansky recognised all the dangers and played with a
steady hand.
Chizhov played a strong positional
game against Samb. In the late midgame Samb had to walk on eggs to avoid
defeat. The –draw was the result of a
well played defence.
Nasevich-Baljakin was a clear draw.
Thijssen had a hard time against
Georgiev and did not realize that the game had to be finished after 3 hours of
thinking. Georgiev realized this mistake of his opponent, and proposed the
draw, just before Thijssen would have
exceeded the time limit. A gesture of truly great sportmanship!
Well, I have search my bed now, that
damn cold......
Paul Oudshoorn.