Rd 4 The first round where the heavyweights meet head to head. Raja Panjwani vs Shawn R L.
Great battle ends in a draw.
Great battle ends in a draw.
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Rd 4 Lovely domination by Maili-Jade Ouellet.Comment
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Many really interesting endgames this round.Comment
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Rd 4 Keleberda - Noritsyn tough draw.Comment
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Rd 5 Shawn RL vs Bator Sambuev The knights are all exchanged so likely to get some good strategical moves.
Black blundered on move 33 and again on move 34. Shawn RL wins.Last edited by Hans Jung; Saturday, 4 April, 2026, 12:44 PM.Comment
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Rd 5 The two leaders Yunshan Li and Maili-Jade Ouellet are playing each other.
Well fought draw.Last edited by Hans Jung; Saturday, 4 April, 2026, 12:46 PM.Comment
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Rd 5 Nice patient play on Raja Panjwani's part gathered up a positional harvest of pawns and a trapped piece.Comment
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Rd 5 The knight sacrifice 26...Nxf4 by Tymur Keleberda reaped huge dividends as White's floor got mopped up.Comment
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Rd 5 In the Wu - Atanasov game you can see vividly how players calculate and miscalculate. 11.c4 initiates a kamikaze combination where after six moves the material is equal but the difference in position is such that White resigns.Comment
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Rd 5 In Qian - Vettese a demonstration of badly placed pieces vs well placed pieces. Nice finish by Nicholas Vettese.Comment
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Rd 5 Beautiful closed position breakthrough by Nikolay Noritsyn.Comment
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Rd 5 Nice two bishop and endgame play by Svitlana Demchenko.Comment
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After 5 rounds and at the half way mark a 4 way tie for first at 4.5 points between GM Shawn Rodrigue Lemieux, IM Nikolay Noritsyn, IM Raja Panjwani and FM Tymur Keleberda.Comment
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Rd 6 Draws on the top two boards Keleberda vs Shawn RL and Panjwani vs Noritsyn both draws.Comment
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Rd 6 IM Krishna walked a tightrope to get to Doknjas king.Comment
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