HCC Classical Thursday - March 2022
Round 4 ReportFive good and interesting games were played in round 4. The results in each round have not been totally predictable which is great to see - except of course in the case of my predictions for my personal performance :)
With a victory in a well-played Sicilian Kalashnikov @BigData1969 assured himself of at least a share of first place going into our final round next week. It turns out that he will not have to share that trophy however as @E3Engineer drew his game with @perryand1971. Farther down the table, @datasmith had a victory over @denisbouchard, @hodjon won against @sausjulian and @chavezo went down to defeat against @rsava.
SonicFalcon vs BigData1969 lichess.org/MFWBGojH 0-1
E3Engineer vs perryand1971 lichess.org/HPEwAg1H 1⁄2-1⁄2
denisbouchard vs datasmith lichess.org/GfrYTZSd 0-1
sausjulian vs hodjon lichess.org/Rtl4aFDN 0-1
rsava vs chavezo lichess.org/8IeZuwqv 1-0
Instead of summarizing all the games in a line or two I have annotated the game @SonicFalcon-@BigData1969. Obviously I don't pretend to have done a proper analysis but I hope my comments give you some idea of what is going on in this game. Black's attack is instructive and worth looking at.
https://lichess.org/study/z87gLKi0
Here are the standings after four rounds:
| rating | player | score |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | @BigData1969 | 4 |
| 2057 | @E3Engineer | 2 1⁄2 |
| 1844 | @datasmith | 2 |
| 1841 | @SonicFalcon | 2 |
| 1839 | @danieljames-dj | 2 |
| 1790 | @perryand1971 | 2 |
| 1384 | @hodjon | 2 |
| 1572 | @rsava | 1 1⁄2 |
| 1836 | @denisbouchard | 1 |
| 1421 | @sausjulian | 1 |
| 1304 | @chavezo | 1⁄2 |
