Ashland XLIV Round 3

In the Open section, Ian Bell, who controlled most of the round allowed Adam Shaw a cheap tactic and to escape with the full point.  Gil Holmes and Rade Musulin played long through an interesting position to finally agree to a draw.  In the U1505 Martin and Marty squared off and while club rookie, Martin Calaug had an early chances in an aggressive position, Marty was able to stave off the attack and push the game to a draw.  Richard Watts, Mark Woodman, Tal Kasher and Ed Stewart were able to claim points in their games over Michael Miller, Birney Blind, Elizabeth Yankovsky and Luke Copeland respectively. As always, the current crosstable can be found here.

Reminder:

• July 2nd - No Meeting
• July 9th - Casual Night
• July 16th - Quick Tournament (3rd G15+10s inc)
• August 22-23 - Columbia Open!

Here's an interesting position from Dan Smith, see if you can spot the winning move: