With a big field and lots of draws and upsets the top of the Spring Cup is still tightly bunched after 5 rounds.
- Vega page for the Spring Cup
- Spring 2017, Round 6 PGN by Ewan Green
Games
Daniel Gong vs Alexei Kulashko – White lost an exchange and was in a bad position but managed an attack to put Black under some pressure Black gave back the exchange. But a few moves later White lost a piece and the game. 0-1
Bruce Watson vs Alphaeus Ang – An even looking game but White made a couple of mistakes and it was all suddenly over. 0-1
Leo Zhang vs Don Eade (friendly) – Black’s complicated web of defended pieces fell apart when White found the right sacrifice. 1-0
Allen Fan vs Stephen Peak – Straight-forward win for White. 1-0
Tom Fu vs Paul Macdonald (see the PGN for Paul’s full analysis) – Black dominated most of the game but gave up a pawn on move 28. White was unable to hold his advantage and ended up doubling his extra pawn in a drawn King and pawn endgame. – Draw
Clinton Wells vs Alex Nagorski -White gave up a pawn for pressure on the g-file but this didn’t appear enough. However when he dropped a piece that settled things. 0-1
Toby Zhang vs Mike Steadman – Easy win for Black. 0-1
Tim Ha vs Mark Brimble – Players swapped to a drawn endgame.
Louie Wei vs Keith Ward – Strange start ( 1. d5 d6 2. f4 c5 ) led to a big pawn centre. Black looked better throughout and invaded along an open file and eventually had a win. 0-1
Nathan Goodhue vs Uday Jain – White dominated throughout. 1-0
Virginia Milne vs Ying Wang – Black lost a piece and White went well after that. 1-0
Upsets
Samuel Sajch beat Eric Liang
Philip Te Whata beat Andrew Michael
Tom Fu drew with Paul Macdonald
Jacob Chai beat Mathew Steadman
Winston Weng drew with Joy Qin
Standings
Leader: Alexei Kulashko 5.5
2nd= Don Eade, Alphaeus Ang, Alex Nagorski 5.0
Draft Seven Draw
