October 1 2022, Glen Rock Quads Report

Today we had another very good turnout at the Glen Rock Quads! 46 participants were split into 10 sections, with the top section being played in a Swiss format.

One of the best performers today is Nivaan Patel, who won all three games in Section 11! In his second game, Nivaan utilized two forks in one sequence of play to defeat his opponent. The first fork came with the bishop, which forked the opponent`s king and rook. After Nivaan won the rook, he found yet another fork! This time, his knight simultaneously attacked the opponent’s king and queen! At that point, the win had been sealed.

Another top performer today is Armaan Idaturi, who won Section 5! In the first game, Armaan attacked the opponent’s king with his rook bishop and queen. As a result of the immense pressure, Armaan was able to checkmate the king (as shown in the diagram):

But the two players of the tournament are Angelo Valentino and Alec Choi, who were both very competitive and both had a chance of winning Section 1. Each player came into the final round undefeated, with Angelo impressively getting a draw with a player 500 rating points higher in the first round. They then played out a very close and competitive endgame with Angelo who, despite clearly winning on the board, was in serious time trouble with only 4 seconds left on the clock! Eventually, Alec was able to win the queen after perpetually checking Angelo and forcing him into a mistake due to the lack of time. This meant that Alec finished the day with 3/3 points!

Congratulations to all winners! You can see rating reports by clicking on Quads.

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