Sunday morning, top board.
John Blackburn's sacrificial attack proved unsound. Abdulbari Kabiri went on to come joint second.
The entrants grades suggested this would be a close competition, and we weren't disappointed. John Blackburn and Nic Wright took the early lead, but come the start of the last round Abdulbari Kabiri and Pete Shaw had moved past them. As these two had met in round 2 Roger Walker and Karol Grzybowski were thrown into the limelight as their final round opponents. In an unprecedented show of care by the winner, the Shaw-Grzybowski game still had all the pieces on the board the best part of an hour into the round. Meanwhile Roger defended well against a dangerous looking attack to emerge with the full point from his game and a share of second prize.
above right: Section winner Pete Shaw (left) and joint second Roger Walker (right) concentrate hard.
1 John Blackburn Holmes Chapel 117 6+ 4+ b= 7- 2= 3 2 Nic Wright Newcastle 108 8+ 3+ 7- 5- 1= 2.5 3 Chris Ford Kidsgrove 104 9+ 2- 4= 6- 8+ 2.5 4 Karol Grzybowski Cheddleton 104 10+ 1- 3= 6- 9+ 2.5 5 Pete Shaw Newcastle 104 b+ 7- 9+ 2+ 4+ 4 6 Roger Walker Belper 104 1- 10+ b= 3+ 7+ 3.5 7 Abdulbari Kabiri Fenton 102 b= 5+ 2+ 1+ 6- 3.5 8 Sandra Blackburn Holmes Chapel 97 2- 9- b= 10= 3- 1 9 Paul Clapham Newcastle 90 3- 8+ 5- 4- 10= 1.5 10 Stuart Hull Fenton 79 4- 6- b= 8= 9= 1.5
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