We had 21 players today. FA Lance Leslie-Smith ran a very tight ship on a very hot day!
Here is the full crosstable of results - https://chess-results.com/tnr654452.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=5&turdet=YES&flag=30
IM Ido Porat scored 5.5/6 and won £100.00 for 1st place and the best game prize (below). IM Peter Large won £50.00 for 2nd place and Georgios Mantazis won the rating prize of £50.00 with 4/6.
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Porat, Ido"]
[Black "Ignatovic, Ernest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1856"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Ne5 Nfd7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. b3 b5 8. a4
bxc4 9. bxc4 a5 10. Ba3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qb3 Bxb5
15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Ne5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Na6 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Bxe7 Rfc8 20. Ke2 Ne4
21. f3 Bxe5 22. fxe4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxh2 24. e5 h5 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bxg5 Bg3 27.
Rc6 Nb4 28. Rh6 Rc8 29. Bf6 Rc2+ 30. Kd1 1-0
Next event is next week, Tuesday 19th July!
Grandmaster Alexander Cherniaev vs Georgios Rafail Mantazis, Round 6
