Gomez Win Long Struggle

John-Paul Gomez struggled through a 94-mover yesterday to bring home the full point against Chinese Wang Li. The Filipino now moves to 2.5 points and faces FM Roman Nechepurenko in the next round.

WJGCC 2006
Gomez
Wang, Li
B42

After 60. Qc3

60...Nb3? The engines prefer 60...f5. 61. Bxf6 Nd4 62. Qg3 Ne6 63. Ba1 Rf7 64. Rh4 Qd7 65. Qg6 d5 66. Qh7+ Kf8 67. cxd5 Nd4 68. Qh8+ Ke7 69. Re4+ Kd6 70. Qa8 Re7 71. Rg4 Qb7 72. Qxa4 Qa7 73. Qd1 Kxd5 74. Bxd4 cxd4 75. Qb3+ Kc6 76. Qc4+ Kb7 77. Qb4+ Ka8 78. Rxd4 Qc7+ 79. Qd6 Kb7 80. Qxc7+ Kxc7 81. Kg3 Kc6 82. Kf4 Re6 83. Kg5 Kc7 84. g4 Rf6 85. h4 Kc8 86. h5 Kc7 87. Rf4 Rxf4 88. Kxf4 Kd7 89. Kf5 Ke7 90. Kg6 Kf8 91. h6 Kg8 92. g5 Kh8 93. hxg7+ Kg8 94. Kh6 1-0

Australia's Tomek Rej had a good outing with the white pieces yesterday by drawing against international master Baris Esen of Turkey. He moves up to 1.5 points. Nick Chernih, on the other hand, settled for his third straight loss in a row. Hopefully he can get back on track against Alan Borda in the fifth round. Shannon Oliver, the only Aussie in the Girls section, also lost to WIM Kruttika Nadig of India.

WJGCC 2006
Rej, Tomek
Esen, Baris
D35

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bg6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rb1 a5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. a3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Ne8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd6 18. Rbc1 g5 19. Qd1 g6 20. f4 Kg7 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 f6 24. Ng4 Nd6 25. Rf3 Qe4 26. Nf2 Qxd3 27. Nxd3 Rae8 28. Nc5 Rf7 29. b3 Rfe7 30. Rcf1 f5 31. g4 fxg4 32. Rf6 Nf7 33. Nd3 Nh6 34. Ne5 Re6 35. R6f2 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Rxe5 37. Rf6 Rxe3 38. Rd6 Re7 39. Rff6 Nf7 40. Rg6+ Kf8 41. Rdf6 d4 42. Rxg5 d3 43. Rxg4 Rd7 44. Rf1 d2 45. Rd1 Ne5 46. Rg3 a4 47. Kf1 axb3 48. Rxb3 Nc4 49. Ke2 Re7+ 50. Kf2 b5 51. Rd3 Rh7 52. Kg2 1/2-1/2