Round 3 position:
Round 4 position:
I am not qualified to do this, since I am coming last, but I will just make some remarks about Fischer Random as experienced by the club:
1. Some opening positions accentuate the white advantage, notably when an opening white pawn move opens a diagonal which threatens an undefended black pawn.
2. Bishops are powerful pieces in the opening, especially if they are positioned on long diagonals.
3. Games tend to be rather tactical. We have seen some very wild positions, and there has only been one draw in the first four rounds. Michael Nyberg for example, noted for his tactical virtuosity, can be expected to do rather well in this environment!
4. It is quite normal for a queen to go rampaging round the board at an early stage.
5. It is easy to get a piece hopelessly trapped. In my round 4 game against Alan Aldridge, Alan played an early c3, which kept his bishop on a1 trapped for the duration of the game (this did not, however, prevent him giving me a damn good thrashing).
In at least 2 games in round 4, Black was a rook down by move 3!
Full results:
Round 3
Hill 0 Croad 1
Wastney 1 Van der Hoorn 0
Ker 1 Aldridge 0
Forster 0 Nyberg 1
Jackson 0 Dive 1
Nijman 1 Farrington 0
Sellen 1 Salem 0
Brockway 1 Drinkwater 0
Round 4
Croad 1 Wastney 0
Van der Hoorn 0 Ker 1
Nyberg 1 Hill 0
Proctor 0 Nijman 1
Dive 1 Forster 0
Aldridge 1 Sellen 0
Farrington 0 Jackson 1
Salem 0 Brockway 1
Standings after round 4:
4 points
Nic Croad
3.5 points
Anthony Ker, Michael Nyberg
3 points
Russell Dice, Brian Nijman, Scott Wastney
2 points
Alan Aldridge, Andrew Brockway, Martin Hill, Ross Jackson, Roy Seabrook, Mark Van der Hoorn
1.5 points
Matthew Proctor
1 point
Paul Bowden, Drinkwater, Lawrence Farrington, William Forster, Romeo Rabina, Edmund Salem, Ian Sellen
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