Monday, March 15
9:00 am – 1:30 pm Round 3
Antal – Finegold (Wild endgame with Antal having rook and 3 pawns vs. rook and bishop. Now it is 3 pawns vs. bishop. Should be a draw. They drew after 107 moves.)
Kuljasevic 1-0 Krush (With a small advantage from the opening, Kuljasevic was able to continue the pressure and eventually score a win in the endgame.)
Hansen 0-1 Yang (Yang with a few pawns down and a lost position but Hansen got mated in time pressure.)
Papp 1-0 Kraai (A well played game by Papp the entire way to secure his 1st win.)
Becerra 1/2 Ippolito (A well played game by Ippolito to hold from a wild opening.)
Photos from round 1, 2 and 3: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpringSelect
Standings after 3 rounds:
1. Yang 2.5
2-3. Ippolito, Becerra 2.0
4-5. Kuljasevic, Papp 1.5
6-7. Krush, Finegold 1.0 (with 1 game to play)
8-9. Kraai, Antal 1.0
10. Hansen 0.5
GM norm: 6
IM norm: 4
How can Wang “lead the tounament with 2.5 out of 3 if he got mated?
The description of the Hansen-Yang game is confusing.