WCH round 2\3

 

 

 

The first day with 2 rounds immediately drew some serious lines on the score-board.

It must have been a hard day of work for the players. With the +/- addition things get evern harder, because a draw is not simply a draw, but can be conclusive for the end ranking.

Good starters made nice progression. In group A Baljakin has a good shape.

In round 2 he won his second game in the tournament, from Ndonzi.  He now shares the first place with Schwarzman, who did good business against Misans.

Baljakin made a nice counter attack:

 

Tekstvak: Ndonzi-Baljakin

 

One move back black made a change to square 22. It is his only plan to take over the center, with changing the piece from white at 24.

It is white to move. When I saw this moment, my first question was: Why doesn`t white play 32.33-28 22x33  33.39x28 ?

Probably white feared an attack against his right flank with the scheme 6-11-17, followed by 18-22 and later 14-19 and 13-19 etc. Th next move from white doesn`t clear  the bad situation:

 

32.37-32 14-19

 

Now white can play the change 33.42-38 19x30 34.29-23 18x29 35.33x35, but it doesn`t bring a completely equal position to black. The play in the game brings no relief to black:

 

33. 40-35 19x30 34.35x24 13-19!

 

The plan is simple, but effective.

 

35. 24x13 8x19 36. 32-28 …

 

Still, white can take several decissions. None of them appear to be very agreeable to white. Here we have one of the strong points of Baljakin: He plays fast with healthy plans and therefore leaves his opponents with lots to think about, which brings often time problems for them.

 

36. …12-17 37. 39-34 22-27!

 

Baljakin is in business.  Little advantage was fed well and grew mature.

 

38. 42-38 20-24! 39.29x20 15x24 40. 34-29 19-23 41. 28x30. 35x23

 

 

 

Tekstvak: The only piece that can play to the right side for white, is 44, but it is guarded by the black piece 2.

 

42. 47-41 17-22 43. 44-39 2-8 44. 39-34 8-13

45. 33-29 13-19

 

There is no way to make a brick in the black position for white. He gave a piece with:

 

46. 26-21 etc, but lost within a few moves.

 

 

 

 

Also, from group B we got a clear picture. Tsjizjov and Thijssen  won both games they played and they did it in an impressive way. It was also impressive to see that Guseynov fought his way back, after his lost in the first round.

 

In group C Gérard Jansen is in a very good shape, so far is clear.

Who shall be the heroes after the weekend?

 

Paul Oudshoorn.