Autumn Cup round 5 - Dive wins again

Russell Dive is assured of at least shared first place in the A grade by grinding out a win against Gavin Marner. He and Anthony Ker have outclassed the rest of the field in this tournament.

B grade champion is Michael Nyberg. Congratulations Michael (grrr!). I was White against him in the last round and we reached the following position:

Michael had just played the dubious and highly provocative 11....Nh5?, after which I spent 40 minutes looking at the position after 12. Bxf7 ch Kxf7 13. Nxe5 dbl ch Kg8 14. Qxh5 dxe5, and wasn't really sure if I had enough for the sacrificed piece. Actually, the computer comes up with the much better 14. Ng6 with numerous tactical possibilities and a winning position for White. In the end I played 12. Qf2, got myself into time trouble, and lost.

One game left in the B group, which is Aldridge against Jackson.

Don Stracy won the C group with 4/5, as Romeo Rabina could only draw against Andrew Brockway. There are still 2 games to play in that group.

In group D Michael Hewson had his winning run broken by Alistair Nicholls who thus gets to share first place with 4/5. Congratulations to both of you!

Full results:

A group
Ker 1 Croad 0
Van der Hoorn 1 Baider 0
Dive 1 Marner 0

B group
Forster 0 Aldridge 1
Jackson 0 Pomeroy 1
Sellen 0 Nyberg 1

C group
Brockway 1/2 Rabina 1/2
Kay 1 Farrington 0
Stracy 1 Capper 0

D group
Hewson 0 Nicholls 1
Salem 1 Pattekar 0
Bowden 1 Drinkwater 0
Bye: Proctor

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