Creswell, Reece - Anquandah, Francis Eric, 0-1
Creswell didn´t trouble Anquandah much in the opening phase. Anquandah had smooth development of his pieces and easily equalized. After a series of exchanges with the queens coming off, Anquandah won a pawn and in the ensuing endgame outplayed his opponent.
Koney, Nii - Mongiello, Anthony, 1-0
Playing against Mongiello´s French Defense, Nii had a spatial advantage on the queenside and better harmony between his pieces. There is quite a bit to be said about Mogiello´s suspicious third move, 3... Nc6. This move blocks the c7 pawn that is used for the typical pawn break in the French Defense. With lots of weakened squares around his opponents king, Nii launched a kingside attack and won a queen for a rook.
Smith, Michael - Thompson, Edward Nii Lamp, 0-1
In this tournament, Thompson has shown his versatility with various openings. He has played the Steinitz variation of the Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, Pirc , Two Knights Defense and in this game the Colle System. Smith sacrificed a bishop on g6 and had an attack going on the kingside. Thompson stopped it with nice tactics to win a queen for a rook and bishop.
Hoogendijk, Cornelis Will - Hensley, Alexander Charles, 1-0
Kees sacrificed two pawns for the initiative in the opening. The better piece activity resulted in Kees doubling rooks on his opponent´s seventh rank. Hensley blundered and was mated on move 29.
Ghana plays Bermuda in round 7.
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