Pornariyasombat, Atippat - Anquandah, Francis Eric, 1 – 0,
Anquandah isn´t having a particularly good tournament, losing for the third time in a row. However playing on board one is tough and Team Ghana most hope that he picks up some winning luck. In this round a lot of credit must be given to his opponent who sac´d a Queen for a Rook and Bishop. With an impending material loss Anquandah resigned.
Teerapabpaisit, Wisuwat – Thompson, 1-0
Thompson also lost in his favourite opening, the Pirc Defense. After a couple of blunders right from move 12, he was down 2 pawns. His opponent was able to set his pawn majority on the Queenside rolling and Thompson resigned.
Nii Koney - Kongsee, Uaychai, 0-1
It was a Closed Sicilian where Nii´s opponent easily equalized and obtained a better position with good as early as move 10. Black had better piece placement and a firm control of the centre with pawns. In the middle game Nii´s position looked very bad with all his pieces pushed to the bank rank. After a few blunders he was down the exchange and resigned on move 38.
Kees - Tuamsang, Sawapop, 0.5-0-5
This was a Sicilian Dragon and although Kees had a slight advantage in space there wasn´t much to fight for after Queens were traded. In a bishop-of-opposite-colour ending with equal number of pawns the game was drawn after 43 moves.
Ghana plays Nigeria in Round 4 on Friday, 24 September. Good luck, guys!
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Ready for battle...Round 3
Francis Anquandah
Nii Koney
Eddie Thompson
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