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Commonwealth and South African Open Tournament

Nigel Short9.5/11(+8 -0 =3)[games]
Gawain Jones9.5/11(+8 -0 =3)[games]
Abhijit Kunte9/11(+7 -0 =4)[games]
Niclas Huschenbeth9/11(+8 -1 =2)[games]
David Smerdon9/11(+9 -2 =0)[games]
Tanguy Ringoir8.5/11(+7 -1 =3)[games]
Pablo Lafuente8.5/11(+7 -1 =3)[games]
Daniel Jere8.5/11(+7 -1 =3)[games]
Eesha Karavade8.5/11(+8 -2 =1)[games]
Sahaj Grover8.5/11(+7 -1 =3)[games]
Rajaram R Laxman8.5/11(+7 -1 =3)[games]
Nicholas van der Nat8/11(+8 -3 =0)[games]
Abhijeet Gupta8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
Ghate Swathi8/11(+7 -2 =2)[games]
Harika Dronavalli8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
Watu Kobese8/11(+8 -3 =0)[games]
Daniel J Cawdery8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
David Gluckman7.5/11(+5 -1 =5)[games]
Kudzanai Mamombe7.5/11(+7 -3 =1)[games]
Tania Sachdev7.5/11(+5 -1 =5)[games]
Mark Rubery7.5/11(+6 -2 =3)[games]
Lyndon J Bouah7/10(+6 -2 =2)[games]
Anant Dole7/10(+6 -2 =2)[games]
Sunil Mokal Prathamesh7/11(+6 -3 =2)[games]
Dennis Ovcina7/10(+7 -3 =0)[games]
Calvin Jong Klaasen7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Meenakshi Subbaraman7/10(+6 -2 =2)[games]
Erick Takawira6.5/10(+5 -2 =3)[games]
Johannes Manyedi Mabusela6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Providence Oatlhotse6.5/10(+6 -3 =1)[games]
Richmond Phiri6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Barileng Gaealafshwe6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
(260 players total; 228 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

 page 2 of 23; games 26-50 of 557  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. M Notha vs S Chandna  1-0432011Commonwealth and South African OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
27. G Aparajita vs S Bhawoodien  0-1372011Commonwealth and South African OpenC53 Giuoco Piano
28. K Mamombe vs C Bornheim  0-1442011Commonwealth and South African OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
29. B Hercules vs J Hanekom  1-0632011Commonwealth and South African OpenD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
30. C Willenberg vs B Koekemoer  1-0332011Commonwealth and South African OpenB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
31. M Roberts vs M Rubery  0-1322011Commonwealth and South African OpenB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
32. D Swanson vs I Njobvu  0-1352011Commonwealth and South African OpenA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
33. C Eichab vs P Khuphwathea  0-1192011Commonwealth and South African OpenC45 Scotch Game
34. D Paiva vs R Mbedza  1-0132011Commonwealth and South African OpenD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
35. Mothupi Lekgau vs G Ringoir  ½-½322011Commonwealth and South African OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
36. G Jones vs R R Laxman  ½-½582011Commonwealth and South African OpenC42 Petrov Defense
37. H Dronavalli vs D Jere  ½-½172011Commonwealth and South African OpenE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
38. N van der Nat vs S Grover  1-0492011Commonwealth and South African OpenC18 French, Winawer
39. D Smerdon vs R Makoto  1-0462011Commonwealth and South African OpenC54 Giuoco Piano
40. T Sachdev vs R van Rensburg  ½-½442011Commonwealth and South African OpenA50 Queen's Pawn Game
41. B Hercules vs E Karavade  0-1362011Commonwealth and South African OpenD97 Grunfeld, Russian
42. G Swathi vs C Willenberg  1-0262011Commonwealth and South African OpenC50 Giuoco Piano
43. J Meintjes vs S Meenakshi 1-0572011Commonwealth and South African OpenC77 Ruy Lopez
44. J S Davies vs J M Mabusela  0-1322011Commonwealth and South African OpenE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
45. C Hoek vs D Ovcina  0-1272011Commonwealth and South African OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
46. E Takawira vs R Phiri  ½-½422011Commonwealth and South African OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
47. L J Bouah vs F Odendaal  1-0502011Commonwealth and South African OpenA57 Benko Gambit
48. C Bornheim vs M Notha 0-1142011Commonwealth and South African OpenA90 Dutch
49. D Cawdery vs C Klaasen  ½-½352011Commonwealth and South African OpenB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
50. D Gluckman vs F Pitso  1-0242011Commonwealth and South African OpenA05 Reti Opening
 page 2 of 23; games 26-50 of 557  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-27-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: This tournament is already on round three but we are having difficultly locating good PGN for the time being.

In the meantime, here are round #2 games and here is a link to the official site: http://www.chessa.co.za/tournament_...

Jun-27-11  Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday! Commonwealth and South African Open Tournament!
Jun-28-11  PhilFeeley: <chessgames.com> How'd you even get these games? They're on round 7 now and nary a PGN file in sight. Very bad.
Jun-30-11  PhilFeeley: They finally have more games available today. Round 8 has Short playing Jones.
Jun-30-11  PhilFeeley: Of course Short-Jones today has to be an English opening! The position after 19...Nd7 is messy:

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 Rb8 9. h3 Ne8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. b4 b6 13. a4 a5 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 e5 16. bxa5 bxa5 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. f4 Nf6 19. f5 Nd7....


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Jun-30-11  PhilFeeley: A few more moves:

20. Ra1 Nc5 21. Ra3 Bf6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. h4 Rb7 24. Nc1 g5 25. Nb3...

Short has only 12 minutes left, Jones has 23. Something has to crack soon..

Jun-30-11  PhilFeeley: Good game. Ramping up the pressure:

25...Nxb3 26. Rxb3 gxh4 27. gxh4 Rbf7 28. Qh6 Bxh4 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30 Nxd6...


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Jun-30-11  PhilFeeley: The game must be over by now. The live feed is stuck on move 30. Does anyone see a win for white?
Jun-30-11  PhilFeeley: Jones held the draw!

30...Rf6 31. Qxh4 Qxd6 32. c5 Qf8 33. Rb8 Qxb8 34. Qxf6 Qc7 35. Kh2 Bxa4 36. Bh3 Be8 37. c6 Bf7 38. Be6 Bxe6 39. Qxe6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qe6+ Kd8 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

Final position:


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Jul-01-11  watwinc: We're looking at a tournament where people leave their queen en prise. What's the background, please?
Jul-01-11  bartonlaos: <watwinc> We're looking at an Open played at the rate of 2 games per day. So wide-spreads of ratings between opponents, lack of adequate preparation between equally-matched opponents, and player fatigue may be affecting results.
Jul-01-11  PhilFeeley: <watwinc> Which game were you talking about?
Jul-02-11  watwinc: <PhilFeeley> Phiri v. Jones is one, Pesa v. Jones another oddity
Jul-03-11  Chessinfinite: Murray could not beat Nadal in Wimbledon !. I was anyway rooting for Nadal, he was far too good for Murray.

Sad day for british tennis, Murray missed out on a possible official honor or something.. :)

It would have been different if they arrange an Anglo American double team, Nadal's team will then have a real fight i suppose ? .. :o )

Jul-04-11  PhilFeeley: According to this:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr521...

the headline is wrong. Short and Jones tied for first in the end. Jere tied for third.

Jul-06-11  Crazy Diamond: It was a 11 round torunament, but here the resullts are only given up to round 10 (or 9 i some instances)
Jul-18-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: Jones actually took the title on tie-break after sharing 1st place with Short.

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