Friday, February 8, 2013

Round 4 tense

One hour and fifteen minutes in to Round 4, and it is tense.  I knew Naperville North is tough.  Actually, I thought they were under-seeded.  I can't forget that last year we met Stevenson in the fifth round, and I thought they were the strongest team in the tournament-- mis-seeded so that we met them too early.  This year, I think we are fully up to our seeding, and we are capable of defeating Naperville North, but we are definitely going to have to fight hard.
 Slav has won the first game, so we currently have the only points on the board.  However, both Christian and Liang have about half the time on their clocks as their opponents, and the same for Ahmed.  All games are even on material -- as is to be expected between two very strong teams.  Aamir appears to be ahead a knight, but has a bishop that looks to me like the second half of a trade. His opponent is thinking on the clock, and I can't tell quite what hangs on his next move.  I hope that Aamir has a dangerous threat that the guy is worrying about, but I didn't see it.

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