More than an hour into the match, Northside scores a win with Mindren on third board.
Shortly after, Richard takes board 6.
Meanwhile, Ihsa, Matthew, and Mohammed all have more than double the time on their clocks than their opponents. Matthew, in fact, is closing out his endgame -- just choosing whether to try to mate the king with queen and bishop, or simply to move in his king for a a queen-king combo.
Jonathan used more of his time than his opponent, but he has used it well. He is in a rooks and pawn endgame, but he is up a bishop. His opponent is strong enough not to let him finish easily or soon, but, barring a blunder on Jonathan's part, he is certainly in the driver's seat.
Go Northside! A decisive sweep would be nice
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