Vaibhav however fought on bravely and reached a drawn endgame with rook and knight versus rook and three pawns.Ĭroatian GM Davorin Kuljasevic (2553) and his pair of bishops on the fifth board had a winning advantage before 20 moves as white against American FM Varun Krishnan (2341). White´s pawn armada reportedly for some moves in the fifth hour again gave him a winning position.
As white missed the best continuations afterwards, black escaped into a messy endgame with rook, knight and five pawns against rook, bishop, knigt and one pawn. White following a tactical 22.Nxe6! had a winning attack. Meanwhile on the second board, 46 year old and still unpredictable IM John Paul Wallace (2370) came much better from the opening as white against the young lion GM Suri Vaibhav (2595). Black in the final position was a pawn up, but with no winning chances as he had two isolated d-pawns. Then a draw was agreed after 23 moves as the players were about to reach a very drawish rooks and minor pieces position. The American senior GM however defended well and black for some moves was a pawn up. In the first GM duel of this tournament, top rated GM Konstantin Tarlev (2598) as white in a Benkö Gambit against GM Alexander Fishbein (2366) returned the extra pawn for a queenside initiative. The two top rated GMs got a harder day start on the second day. Despite an inferior pawn structure, Teflaf succeeded to win the endgame with bishop and six pawns against knight and five pawns. Fourth rated IM Pawel Teclaf (2575) as black against IM Andrew Kayonde (2361) greedily/bravely snatched a pawn in the middle game. White´s passed pawn at d6 well before 40 moves gave him a decisive advantage. Third rated GM Szymon Gumularz (2587) established a queenside space advantage and instructively increased the pressure with a powerful c5-break as white against Norwegian IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen (2357). The young Polish team had another very good round on the top boards in the GM group. Second round was a morning round and first half of a double round, but still no complaints about the fighting spirit: In the early afternoon we counted in eight players at 2.0/2 in the GM group – and ten players at 2.0/2 in the Open!
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