Dennis and Angelo Share 1st Place

Dennis Dawley and Angelo Depalma share 1st place in the April Swiss. They both prevailed in sharp encounters against Eric Marc and Steve Ferrero respectively. Dennis also achieved an Expert rating for the umpteenth time for his performance.

Tom Otrosky took second place by defeating Jeff Chiesa.

I hope to post some games soon but in the meantime here's a tactical position from the game Al Walters vs Steve Ferrero. White controls the open d file and the Bishop pair x-rays Black's position from opposite side of the board

Steve Ferrero

Al Walters

Black just played Rc8-c6. White went on to lose the game after replying Rd8.


Can you spot the winning combination?