The top three players were all playing lower rated opposition this round, and none of them found it particularly easy. Far and away the nearest to victory was Brian Nijman. Characteristically for a Nijman game, both players used up all their time on the start of the game, leaving the endgame to be played on increment. Brian was totally winning after 35 moves, with a healthy pawn surplus (including two connected passed pawns on the queen side) - from here I will leave it to Nic to take up the story.
So for the top three boards, the top players squeaked through. On board four I blundered away a vital d pawn against Andrew Stone, and my position collapsed immediately. Ryan Winter gained a queen for a rook against Michael Nyberg, but couldn't make progress! (Draw agreed)
Nic leads with 5/5, with Anthony, Russell and Andrew Stone a whole point behind.
Among the players on 3½/5 is 10-year-old Paul He, having a very impressive tournament so far - this week he bested Lawrence Farrington without too many problems.
Round 5
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Nijman, Brian 2155 [3.5] 0:1 Croad, Nic 2422 [4] 2 Lyall, Gordon 1900 [3] 0:1 Ker, Anthony 2472 [3] 3 Dive, Russell 2453 [3] 1:0 Stoeveken, Peter 1815 [3] 4 Sellen, Ian 2085 [3] 0:1 Stone, Andrew 2087 [3] 5 Winter, Ryan 1999 [3] ½:½ Nyberg, Michael 2109 [2.5] 6 Darr, Samuel 1522 [2.5] 0:1 Benitez, Edgar 1908 [2.5] 7 Farrington, Lawrence 1769 [2.5] 0:1 He, Paul 1223 [2.5] 8 Winfield, Alan 1960 [2] 1:0 Benitez, Ric 1551 [2] 9 Aldridge, Alan 1934 [2] 1:0 Annamalai, Karthikeyan 1200 [2] 10 Brockway, Andrew 1888 [2] 1:0 Hall, Nathan 1529 [2] 11 Heyworth, Nicholas 1300 [1.5] 0:1 Rossiter, Philip 2010 [1.5] 12 Zhao, Aiden 1246 [1.5] 0:1 Sole, Michael 1782 [1.5] 13 Osborne, Geoff 800 [1.5] 0:1 He, Caleb 1717 [1.5] 14 Ashe, Michael 1650 [1.5] 1:0 Johnson, Sean 1000 [1.5] 15 Frater, Dylan 1509 [1.5] 0:1 Stannard, Bobby 1306 [1.5] 16 Stannard, Lars 1402 [1] 0:1 Rabina, Romeo [1] 17 Stracy, Don 1631 [1] ½:½ Kibblewhite, Daniel 1486 [1] 18 Hurndell, Robert 1600 [1] 1:0 Carroll, Lewis 880 [1.5] 19 Asher, Bruce 1263 [0] 1:0 Srivastava, Krishh [0] 20 Timergazi, Layla 2119 [2.5] ½:½ BYE 21 Forster, Bill 2051 [2.5] ½:½ BYE 22 Jackson, Ross 1986 [2.5] ½:½ BYE 23 Laking, Robert 1900 [2.5] ½:½ BYE 24 Wevers, Alexis 1821 [2] ½:½ BYE 25 Day, Fabian 1778 [1.5] 0:0 BYE 26 Alcorn, Simeon 1447 [.5] 0:0 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Croad, Nic 2422 5 22:1 19:1 6:1 2:1 5:1 2 Dive, Russell 2453 4 21:1 14:1 13:1 1:0 12:1 3 Ker, Anthony 2472 4 33:½ 23:1 7:1 5:½ 9:1 4 Stone, Andrew 2087 4 20:1 9:½ 33:1 11:½ 10:1 5 Nijman, Brian 2155 3.5 41:1 15:1 18:1 3:½ 1:0 6 Winter, Ryan 1999 3.5 25:1 28:1 1:0 27:1 16:½ 7 Benitez, Edgar 1908 3.5 8:½ 46:1 3:0 28:1 20:1 8 He, Paul 1223 3.5 7:½ 17:½ 24:½ 30:1 21:1 9 Lyall, Gordon 1900 3 42:1 4:½ 26:1 12:½ 3:0 10 Sellen, Ian 2085 3 0:½ 31:1 11:½ 14:1 4:0 11 Timergazi, Layla 2119 3 32:1 0:½ 10:½ 4:½ 0:½ 12 Stoeveken, Peter 1815 3 40:1 26:1 0:½ 9:½ 2:0 13 Forster, Bill 2051 3 34:1 24:1 2:0 21:½ 0:½ 14 Aldridge, Alan 1934 3 39:1 2:0 22:1 10:0 29:1 15 Laking, Robert 1900 3 29:1 5:0 0:½ 23:1 0:½ 16 Nyberg, Michael 2109 3 28:0 25:1 30:1 18:½ 6:½ 17 Brockway, Andrew 1888 3 0:½ 8:½ 20:½ 29:½ 28:1 18 Jackson, Ross 1986 3 37:1 36:1 5:0 16:½ 0:½ 19 Winfield, Alan 1960 3 45:1 1:0 28:0 34:1 31:1 20 Darr, Samuel 1522 2.5 4:0 32:1 17:½ 24:1 7:0 21 Farrington, Lawrence 1769 2.5 2:0 37:1 38:1 13:½ 8:0 22 Ashe, Michael 1650 2.5 1:0 45:1 14:0 25:½ 36:1 23 He, Caleb 1717 2.5 0:½ 3:0 39:1 15:0 38:1 24 Sole, Michael 1782 2.5 38:1 13:0 8:½ 20:0 39:1 25 Stannard, Bobby 1306 2.5 6:0 16:0 40:1 22:½ 35:1 26 Rossiter, Philip 2010 2.5 44:1 12:0 9:0 35:½ 37:1 27 Wevers, Alexis 1821 2.5 36:0 44:1 35:1 6:0 0:½ 28 Hall, Nathan 1529 2 16:1 6:0 19:1 7:0 17:0 29 Annamalai, Karthikeyan 1200 2 15:0 41:1 0:½ 17:½ 14:0 30 Rabina, Romeo 2 0: 0: 16:0 8:0 44:1 31 Benitez, Ric 1551 2 0:½ 10:0 0:½ 44:1 19:0 32 Hurndell, Robert 1600 2 11:0 20:0 0:½ 0:½ 40:1 33 Day, Fabian 1778 1.5 3:½ 43:1 4:0 36: 0:0 34 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1486 1.5 13:0 0:½ 0:½ 19:0 41:½ 35 Frater, Dylan 1509 1.5 0:½ 0:½ 27:0 26:½ 25:0 36 Johnson, Sean 1000 1.5 27:1 18:0 0:½ 37:0 22:0 37 Heyworth, Nicholas 1300 1.5 18:0 21:0 0:½ 36:1 26:0 38 Osborne, Geoff 800 1.5 24:0 0:½ 21:0 41:1 23:0 39 Zhao, Aiden 1246 1.5 14:0 0:½ 23:0 47:1 24:0 40 Carroll, Lewis 880 1.5 12:0 0:½ 25:0 45:1 32:0 41 Stracy, Don 1631 1.5 5:0 29:0 46:1 38:0 34:½ 42 Tung, Melvin 1200 1 9:0 0:½ 0:½ 39:- 0: 43 Sole, Christopher 1143 1 0:½ 33:0 0:½ 0:0 41: 44 Stannard, Lars 1402 1 26:0 27:0 45:1 31:0 30:0 45 Asher, Bruce 1263 1 19:0 22:0 44:0 40:0 47:1 46 Alcorn, Simeon 1447 .5 0:½ 7:0 41:0 39: 0:0 47 Srivastava, Krishh 0 0: 0: 0: 39:0 45:0 48 Bennett, Sarah 1429 0 0:0 0: 0: 0: 0:
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