Solomon – Tsang (R1 open, Hong Kong – RSA, board 2)
Black has two bishops as compensation for the weak pawn on d4. Now 26…Bd3! would give equality. Black’s choice is less fortunate.
26…d4? 27. Nce4! attacking everything. Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bg7 29. Nd6 Be6 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qd5 1-0
Cawdery – Jorczik (R2 open, RSA – Germany 3, board 3)
White is a pawn down, but his passed pawn is dangerous.
44. Rd1 Nge2 45. Nc4 h5 46. N6xe5 h4 Black starts to run too. However, white’s pawn will be better supported by the knight. 47. c6 h3 48. Nd7+ Kg5 49. Nd6 Now black can’t prevent losing material Ra7 50. Nb5 Ra8 51. c7 h2 52. Nb8 Nh3+ 53. Kg2 Nhf4+ 54. Kxh2
Ni – Sischy (R3 women, Latvia – RSA, board 4)
Both king’s are vulnerable, but white’s king the most. The black bishop is also better than the white knight. 45.Kd2 Qf3 46.Ne3 would be best now.
45. Kb1?! Qe2?! 45… Qf3! wins. 46. Rc1 Qd3+ 47. Ka2 Qe2+ 48. Kb1 Ra6 49. Qxb7? Here white misses a draw with 49.Nf4! Qxf2 50.Qe8+ Kh7 51.Qxe4+ and perpetual. Qd3+ 50. Rc2 Qxa3 51. Qc8+ Bf8 52. Rb2 Qd3+ 53. Rc2 Qd1+ 54. Kb2 Qa1+ and mate the next move.
