I just had a quick win against Peter Cafolla (rated 1976). It went down the a6 line of the Grand Prix, he lost a pawn and then another plus I had the dominating bishop pair!###pgn###[Event “Ennis Open”] [Site “?”] [Date “2011.05.??”] [Round “5”] [White “Maroroa, S.”] [Black “Cafolla, P.”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “B23”] [WhiteElo “1999”] [BlackElo “1986”] [PlyCount “43”] [SourceDate “2011.05.22”] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nf3 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Qd3 b4 10. Nxd4 bxc3 11. Nb3 exd5 12. Qe2+ Qe7 13. dxc3 O-O-O 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. Be3 c4 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Bxa8 Nf6 19. Bd4 Rhe8 20. O-O-O Kc7 21. Bf3 g6 22. Be2 1-0%%%pgn%%%
Gawain is just in his game at this currently moment and it is a dragon where he has just sacked a rook – He’s got great feel for these kind of positions but he did say he’s normally playing on the black side of the Dragon!
The next round starts at 2.30pm and I’m sure I’ll get a tough pairing, maybe GM Aaron Summerscale if results go one way!