There were two notable results in round 2 – GM Thorhalsson won against 3rd top seed GM Gustafsson and FM Sveshnikov drew GM Adly.
One game was particularly interesting to those who wonder when to sacrifice, how to continue the attack and how to defend.
And another game where white tried to sacrifice material and get active play while Black was just gathering pawns.
So the question is – how to sacrifice and win?! 🙂 The answer – when you have a good positional foundation for it!
Top 10 results
1 IM Tiller Bjorn 0 – 1 GM McShane Luke J
2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 1 – 0 FM Ariel Donny
3 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 1 – 0 GM Gustafsson Jan
4 GM Sokolov Ivan 1 – 0 IM Devereaux Maxim L
5 FM Sveshnikov Vladimir ½ – ½ GM Adly Ahmed
6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 1 – 0 IM Milliet Sophie
7 IM Arngrimsson Dagur 0 – 1 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig
8 GM Hansen Sune Berg 1 – 0 FM Johannesson Ingvar Thor
9 IM Sareen Vishal 0 – 1 GM Chatalbashev Boris
10 GM Baklan Vladimir 1 – 0 FM Getz Nicolai
Top 10 boards of round 3
1 GM McShane Luke J – GM Williams Simon K
2 IM D’amore Carlo – GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij
3 IM Grover Sahaj – GM Sokolov Ivan
4 IM Henrichs Thomas – GM Kuzubov Yuriy
5 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig – IM Berbatov Kiprian
6 IM Sammalvuo Tapani – GM Hansen Sune Berg
7 GM Chatalbashev Boris – IM Ziska Helgi Dam
8 IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor – GM Baklan Vladimir
9 GM Miton Kamil – Dearing Eddie
10 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi – GM Gupta Abhijeet
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