Monday, January 3, 2011

Hastings Congress 2010-11 Update

Ryan Rhys Griffiths had a good day today winning a lovely game against Australian International Master Alexsandar Wohl. It was a great game to watch as Wohl realized his position was lost from very early on. He tried to complicate the game but Ryan had it all under control and the win was never in doubt.  So Ryan has 5 points after seven rounds and should have a difficult pairing in the next round.


In my opinion Black is winning from as early as move nine - what do you think?

1 comment:

David McAlister said...

Interesting opening, but surely Wohl only went wrong with 21.a5 - instead Rc1 seizing the open file and preparing to go to c5 should keep the game fairly even.

Anyway, although Ryan did get a tough pairing in Rd.8 (and lost) he still has a chance of an IM norm - he needs to win in the final round today.