Here are the results and cross table for the E Group, also hit by weather-related absences.
And below that, I have stolen a very instructive ending from Andrew Brockway's Facebook page!
In the initial position shown, he was black against Don Stracy, and agreed a draw. When he got home, he put the game through the computer and realized that there was a win to be had. I'm not sure I would have found it, would you?
Group E - Round 2
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Aumeier, Beate 1227 [1] 0:1 Wight, Josh 1310 [1] 2 Bennett, Sarah 1265 [1] 1:0 Griffiths, Tudor [1] 3 Collings, Alex 1069 [.5] 0:1 Forlong-Ford, Colyn [.5] 4 Zhao, Aiden [.5] 0:1 Asher, Bruce [0] 5 Skynsky, Lyle [0] -:+ Sknar, Andriy 991 [0] 6 Waldron, Alexander [0] 1:0 BYE 7 Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 [1] .5:.5 BYE 8 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 [0] .5:.5 BYE 9 Sole, Chris 1179 [1] .5:.5 BYE 10 Phillips, Cameron [0] .5:.5 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 1 Wight, Josh 1310 2 15:W 6:W 2 Bennett, Sarah 1265 2 11:W 7:W 3 Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 1.5 9:W 0:D 4 Sole, Chris 1179 1.5 8:W 0:D 5 Forlong-Ford, Colyn 1.5 0:D 12:W 6 Aumeier, Beate 1227 1 10:W 1:L 7 Griffiths, Tudor 1 13:W 2:L 8 Sknar, Andriy 991 1 4:L 15:+ 9 Asher, Bruce 1 3:L 14:W 10 Waldron, Alexander 1 6:L 0:W 11 Phillips, Cameron .5 2:L 0:D 12 Collings, Alex 1069 .5 14:D 5:L 13 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 .5 7:L 0:D 14 Zhao, Aiden .5 12:D 9:L 15 Skynsky, Lyle 0 1:L 8:-
Should probably have the variation, 2...Kd6!! 3.Ke2 Ke6! 4.Kd2 Kf5 and Black wins.
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