Round 3

 

1 Rudd (2) 0 - 1 Baker (2)
2 Wall (2) 1 - 0 Dilleigh (2)
3 Phillips (1 1/2) 1 - 0 Beaumont (1 1/2)
4 Borkowski (1 1/2) 0 - 1 Sharp (1 1/2)
5 Thompson (1) 1 - 0 Sage (1 1/2)
6 Boyce (1) 0 - 1 Cole (1)
Baker and Wall now pulled ahead by beating Rudd and Dilleigh respectively and Thompson kept in touch by beating Sage. Chris Beaumont, however, fell back to a blunder that lost a piece in the following short game.

 

White: R. Phillips.
Black: C. Beaumont

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. dxc5 a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bd4 Nxc5 11. Na3 Rd8 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. a4 Bf5 14. Kh2 h5 15. Be5 Qc8 16. Nc7 Ncd7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. Rad1 e6

  Leaving Black's white-square Bishop with little room to move.

21. Nd4 Nd6 22. Nb5 Nc4? 23. e4 Resigns

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|q+-r-+k+|
|+p+-+pb-|
|-+-+p+p+|
|pN+p+b+p|
|P+n+P+-+|
|+QP-+-PP|
|-P-+-PBK|
|+-+R+R+-|
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  winning a piece

 

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