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Round 3.
#1. Rd.3, G1. A. Bishop vs R. Tovagliaro.
White to move.
24--20 is OK, but ... 15-11??, 10-14, 24x15, 16-19 etc RW
#2. Rd3, G1. A. Berdiyeva vs F. Kareta
White to move and draw.
After losing 11. ... 32-27? earlier in the game, Amangul had an easy win but missed it couple times and Filip Kareta had the following draws (see full text of game) 20. 16-12 & 22. 21-25. In position on diagram Filip last time had a chance to drew the game by simple 2-7 trade but demonstrated exceptional stability
and missed it again by 20-16? After then Amangul finished it accurately and scored a win without any missings.#3. Rd3, G1. L. Kondlo vs J. Morrison
1. 11-15 23-18 2. 8-11 27-23 3. 10-14 23-19 4. 14x23 19x10 5. 7x14 26x19 6. 3-7 19-15 7. 11x18 22x15 8. 4-8 25-22 9. 9-13 24-19 10. 13-17 22x13 11. 7-11 30-26 12. 11x18 32-27 13. 8-11 19-15 14. 18-23 27x9 15. 11x18 29-25 16. 5x14 26-22 17. 18-23 22-18 18. 23-26 18x9 19. 26-30 9-5 20. 6-10 25-22 21. 30-25 22-17 22. 25-22 28-24 23. 2-6 17-14 24. 10x17 21x14 25. 6-9 13x6 26. 1x17 24-19 27. 22-18 5-1 28. 17-22 1-6 29. 22-25 6-2 30. 25-30 2-7 31. 30-25 7-11 32. 25-22 19-15 33. 12-16 11x20 34. 18x11 20-24 35. 11-16 24-28 36. 16-20 Draw
Nothing were missing in this wonderful game and both players played it right, but during the game Lubabalo three times (!) find an opportunity to sacrifice piece ! I am giving you here just full text of game and you can play it on your own and enjoy ... as I did.
#4. Rd3, G2. R. Tovagliaro vs A. Bishop
White to move and draw.
Nice one: 21-17* here drew the game, but 11-17 as played - loses.
#5. Rd3, G2. C. Ciampi vs I. Martinov
Red to move and draw.
Red already have problems here but draw is still available after 20-24*, 29-25, 6-9, 17-13, 2-7*, 13x6, 14-18 etc Draw. Instead, Mr. Ciampi played 11-16? and lost after 26-22, 20-24, 129-25, 16-20, 31-26 etc WW
#6. Rd3, G2. S. Scarpetta vs B. Durdyev
Red to move and win.
Sergio missed here a wonderful win by 3-7* and eventually white runs out of moves. In game Sergio played 2-7 and game continued: 24-20, 1-6, 32-27, 6-9, 19-15, 10x19, 23x16, 27-24, 19-23, 26x19, 7-10, 19-16, 10-14, 16x7, 3x10, 18-15, 10x19, 24x15, 14-18, 20-16, 18x25, 16-12 Draw !
#7. Rd3, G2. G. Owens vs I. Zachos.
I give up !!! Very complicated game lasted 84 moves with alot of missing opportunities from both sides. I can't select position for diagram. Hence, Ingo is welcome to annotate the game