TUESDAY 29th VENUE - Highgate Private Hospital, 17-19 View Road, Highgate N6 (Highgate Underground on the Northern Line)

ROUND TIMES - 9.30am and 4.30pm

FINAL STANDINGS

• Jacob Aagaard (IM, DEN) and Karl Mah 6.5
• Richard Webb 6
• Angus Dunnington (IM) and Miroslav Houska 5.5
• Sebastian Siebrecht (IM, GER) and John Richardson 4.5
• Zaki Harari (USA) 3
• Chris Duncan 2.5
• Eoin Campbell (SCO) 0.5

The crucial game of the final round was the encounter between Richard Webb and Karl Mah. Richard only needed a draw for his first IM norm in his first ever APA competition, but 16-year old Karl Mah's first norm was achieved with his fourth victory in a row after Webb chose a highly aggressive variation against Mah's Dragon Sicilian. Karl now goes on to compete in the British Championships in Hove and then to the European Junior Championships.

As some consolation Richard picked up loads of rating points!

RATING EVENT:

• Mehmet Ali (2150) 7/9,
• Adam Raoof (2070),
• Lee Jacobs (2070) and Mike Tasker 5.5,
• Nicholas Maloney (2100) and Majid Mashayekh (2070) 5,
• Martin Crichton 4.5,
• Kevin Bailey 4,
• Simon Warman 3,
• Anderson Christie 0.

The games are being entered and the whole file should be uploaded within 2-3 weeks, basically once I return from the British Championships.

Best wishes

Adam Raoof

PAIRINGS - To follow

• 1 IM Dunnington 2420
• 2 IM Siebrecht 2370 GER
• 3 IM Aagaard 2435 DEN
• 4 Bandyopadhyay 2275 IND
• 5 Karl Mah 2365
• 6 Webb 2290
• 7 Richardson 2260
• 8 Eoin Campbell 2050 SCO
• 9 Duncan 2325
• 10 Harari 2250 USA RESERVE: Miroslav Houska, 2360

There will also be a rating tournament for ten players held alongside.

IM Norm 6.5/9

Round One

• Dunnington-Richardson draw
• Mah-Aagaard 0-1
• Siebrecht-Webb draw
• Houska-Harari draw
• Duncan-Campbell draw

Round Two

• Richardson-Campbell 1-0
• Harari-Duncan draw
• Webb-Houska 1-0
• Aagaard-Siebrecht 1-0
• Dunnington-Mah draw

WEDNESDAY 30th Round Three

• Mah-Richardson draw
• Siebrecht-Dunnington 0-1
• Houska-Aagaard 0-1
• Duncan-Webb draw
• Campbell-Harari 0-1

Round Four

• Richardson-Harari 1-0
• Webb-Campbell 1-0
• Aagaard-Duncan 1-0
• Dunnington-Houska 0-1
• Mah-Siebrecht 1-0

Round Five

• Siebrecht-Richardson draw
• Houska-Mah draw
• Duncan-Dunnington draw
• Campbell-Aagaard 0-1
• Harari-Webb 0-1

Round Six

• Richardson-Webb 0-1
• Aagaard-Harari 0-1
• Dunnington-Campbell 1-0
• Mah-Duncan draw
• Siebrecht-Houska draw

Round 7

• Houska-Richardson 1-0
• Duncan-Siebrecht 0-1
• Campbell-Mah 0-1
• Harari-Dunnington 0-1
• Webb-Aagaard draw

Round 8

• Richardson-Aagaard draw
• Dunnington-Webb draw
• Mah-Harari 1-0
• Siebrecht-Campbell 1-0
• Houska-Duncan 1-0

Round 9

• Duncan-Richardson draw
• Campbell-Houska 0-1
• Harari-Siebrecht 0-1
• Webb-Mah 0-1
• Aagaard-Dunnington draw

Mah - Siebrecht Round 4, Highgate Masters, 1997

1 d4 f5 2 Bg5 h6 3 Bh4 g5 4 e4 Bg7 5 Bg3 f4 6 Bxf4 gxf4 7 Qh5+ Kf8 8 Qf5+ Ke8 9 Be2 Nf6 10 e5 d6 11 Qxf4 dxe5 12 dxe5 Nd5 13 Bh5+ Kd7 14 Qg4+ Kc6 15 Qxg7 Bf5 16 Bf3 Kb6 17 Bxd5 Qxd5 18 Nc3 Qg8 19 Qxg8 Rxg8 20 Nd5+ Kc5 21 Nxc7 Rxg2 22 Nxa8 Na6 23 c3 Rg8 24 Ne2 Rxa8 25 0-0-0 Rf8 26 Nd4 Kc4 27 Nxf5 Rxf5 28 Rd4+ Kb5 29 f4 Nc5 30 Kd2 Ne6 31 Rb4+ Kc6 32 Ke3 a5 33 Rc4+ Kb5 34 b3 Rh5 35 h4 Rf5 36 Rg1 Nc5 37 a4+ 1-0

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