Sunday 14 October 2007

Johansen wins Nelson Open

Congratulations to GM Darryl Johansen winning the 2007 Nelson Open in Nelson, New Zealand. Johansen scored 7.5/9 finishing ahead of a 46 player field which included fellow GM's Murray Chandler and Stuart Conquest, as well as IM's Stephen Solomon and Russell Dive. Full results can be found by clicking on the 2007 Nelson Open link at http://www.chess.org.nz/
GM Ian Rogers has a good write up of the tournament in today's Canberra Times, in which he partly attributes Johansen's return to form to an improved fitness regime.
Here is a game between the equal second place finishers, GM's Chandler and Conquest.

Chandler,M - Conquest,S [B80]
Nelson Open NZ, 2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.f3 0-0 9.g4 Nd7 10.0-0-0 a6 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.f4 b4 14.Ne2 Qa5 15.Kb1 e5 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Ng3 Nxg4 18.f5 d5 19.exd5 Bb7 20.Bc4 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Qe2 Ne3 23.Ne4 Qb6 (D)
24.f6 Nxd1 25.Rxd1 gxf6 26.Qh5 Kh8 27.Qh6 Rg8 28.Nxf6 Rg7 29.Bd3 Qg1 30.Kc1 Qd4 31.Nh5 Rag8 32.Bxh7 1-0

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