I played rounds 5 and 6 today.
In round 5 I played an unrated child and scored my first victory of the tournament.
Round 5 notation -
[Event "HD Bank International Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Saigon"]
[Date "March 10, 2019"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dinh Tran Nhat Anh "]
[Black "JWW"]
[Result 0-1*"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Old Main line, 7.Nc3"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.
Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bd2 c5 11.e3 Rc8 12.Qd1 Re8 13.Rc1 Bd6 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.Nh4 Ne4 16.
Rc2 g6 17.Nc3 Ndf6 18.f3 Nxd2 19.Qxd2 Qd7 20.Rfc1 Kh8 21.Ne2 g5 22.dxc5 gxh4
23.gxh4 bxc5 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Qd6 26.Qd4 Qxh2+ 27.Kf1 Qe5 28.Qxe5 Bxe5 29.
f4 Bd6 30.Rb5 Ba6 31.Rb3 Bxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Bxf4 33.Kf3 Be5 34.Rb7 Kg7 35.a4 a5 36.
b3 Bc3 37.Ra7 Bd2 38.Ke2 Bxe3 39.Kd3 Bxa7 40.Kd2 Rc8 41.Kd3 Rc1 42.Kd2 Rg1 43.
Bh3 Rh1 44.Bc8 Rxh4 45 resigns
After a short nap and lunch I returned to The Rex Hotel for round 6. I was paired with a teenaged girl from the Philippines.
Round 6 notation -
[Event "HD Bank International Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Saigon"]
[Date "March 10, 2019"]
[Round "6"]
[White "JWW "]
[Black "Umayan Samantha Baboplhi"]
[Result 0-1*"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Classical, 6.h4"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 Nf6 10.Be3 e6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.Nh2 Qa5 14.Qb3 O-O 15.Bd2 Qc7
16.Qf3 b5 17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.Qxg4 Nf6 19.Qf3 a5 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qd5
23.Qxd5 cxd5 24.a3 Rfc8 25.Kb1 Rc4 26.Rh3 Rac8 27.Rd2 Kh7 28.Rb3 b4 29.a4 Bf6
30.Be3 Rd8 31.f4 Bh4 32.Bg1 Rdc8 33.g3 Bf6 34.Kc1 g6 35.hxg6+ fxg6 36.Kd1 Kg7
37.Be3 g5 38.fxg5 hxg5 39.g4 Rh8 40.c3 Rh1+ 41.resigns
