Cave, Ramos neck and neck in Knights chess

CHRISTO CAVE and Cesar Ramos share the lead with three points apiece after the third round  of matches in the 30th Open Knights Chess tournament. Fourth round action would be contested from 7 pm today at the Dretchi Building, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain. In his third round encounter last Thursday, Cave needed 39 moves to defeat Frank Yee, with Yee resigning after he failed to avoid Cave’s pawn promotion on the “e-file”.

Ramos forced his opponent Andrew Bowles to exchange his (Ramos’) minor pieces for Bowles’ pawn on the d6 square, with Bowles unable to regain momentum before his time ran out. Thirty-eight players are competing, including two women — Arlene Blackman and Aditi Soondarsingh, and two children — Zane Campbell and Satyan Maharaj. Among the sponsors for the event are Algico, Endeco Trinidad Limited, KMPG Chartered Accountants, the estate of the late Sonny Bhaggan of Himalaya Club and the main organisers Trinidad and Tobago Chess Foundation.

Round 3 Results -
Christo Cave bt Frank Yee; Cesar Ramos bt Andrew Bowles; John Raphel bt Darryl Davis; Leonard Duncan bt John Everon; Guelmo Rosales bt David Maynard; Errol Dulgar bt Nicholas Chin; Daniel Primus bt Mark Guy; Sylvan Seaforth bt Prakash Persad; Jesse Sudan bt Carl Jacobs; Brian Valentine bt Arlene Blackman; David Jones bt Ian Ramrattan; Ian Solomon bt Trevor Flower; Aditi Soondarsingh bt Everol Francois; Dev Soondarsingh bt Zane Campbell; Satyam Maharaj bt Garth Stoute (by default); Kenneth Fitzpatrick bt Patrick Anthony (by default); Louis Wiltshire bt Michael Cedeno (by default); Cecil Lee drew with Ryan Harper; Yogendranath Ramsingh drew with Mario Merritt.
Today’s Matches - C Ramos vs C Cave; R Harper vs Y Ramsingh; M Merritt vs C Lee; S Seaforth vs J Raphael; F Yee vs J Sudan; L Wiltshire vs L Duncan; A Bowles vs S Maharaj; E Dulgar vs G Rosales; D Primus vs K Fitzpatrick; D Davis vs B Valentine; D Jones vs J Everon; D Maynard vs I Solomon; D Soondarsingh vs N Chin; C Jacobs vs M Guy; A Blackman vs A Soondarsingh; M Cedeno vs P Persad; E Francois vs I Ramrattan; T Flower vs Z Campbell.
Points Tally - C Cave, C Ramos 3 pts; R Harper, Y Ramsingh, M Merritt, C Lee 2.5 pts; S Seaforth, J Raphael, F Yee, J Sudan, L Wiltshire, L Duncan, A Bowles, S Maharaj, E Dulgar, G Rosales, D Primus, K Fitzpatrick, B Valentine 2 pts; D Davis, D Jones, J Everon, I Solomon 1.5 pts; D Maynard, D Soondarsingh, N Chin, C Jacobs, M Guy, A Blackman, A Soondarsingh, M Cedeno, Prakash Persad 1 pt; E Francois, I Ramrattan, T Flower, Z Campbell 0 pt.