Daily round report by IM Joose Norri, Round 4

In the girl’s tournament, an interesting endgame occurred. White had lost her earlier excellent winning chances, and seeing that black is about to play f5-f4, she must make sure of the draw. You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. Ellen...

Daily round report by IM Joose Norri, Round 3

On to the third round. I can’t help showing another of Toivo’s wins, so clearly it stood out. It seems he has worked on some sharp opening preparation. Hilmir Freyr Heimisson – Toivo Keinänen 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6...

Daily round report by IM Joose Norri, Day 1

The live transmission of the games had some problems during the first two rounds. Hopefully that is now a thing of the past and everybody not watching at the playing site can also fully enjoy the show. In the senior group nobody won both games, so perhaps we can...