The highest finishing local was GM Wesley So, scoring 6 points, who also appears to have shaken off the poor form that dogged him in the 3rd PGMA Cup. His round six win over compatriot GM Paragua had some instructive tactical sections and ended very nicely.
4th Pichay Cup
So, Wesley
Paragua, Mark
C17
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Nf3 Qxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qg5 Nd7 14. O-O Nc6 15. c4 d4 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Qg3 Ba6 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Be4 Rc8 20. Bd5 Nd8
Position after 20...Nd821. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Bg5 Ndc5 23. Qa3 Qf7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxa6
Position after 25. Qxa625...Nxa6 26. Rxe6 Qd8 27. Rd6+ Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Rxd4 Nxa2 31. f4 Nc3 32. Kf2 b5 33. Ke3 bxc4 34. Bf3 Re8+ 35. Kf2 a5 36. Rxc4 Nb5 37. Bc6 Rb8 38. Ra4 Rb6 39. Bf3 Ra6 40. Be2 Nc3 41. Bxa6 Nxa4 42. Ke3 Nb2 43. Kd4 a4 44. Bc4 h5 45. g3 Kf6 46. Kc3 a3 47. Bd3 g5 48. fxg5+ Kxg5 49. Kb3 Nxd3 50. cxd3
Position after 50...Kg450...Kg4 51. Kxa3 Kh3 52. d4 Kxh2 53. d5 Kxg3 54. d6 h4 55. d7 h3 56. d8=Q Kg2 57. Qg5+ Kh1 58. Qf4 1-0
Australia's international master Alex Wohl managed only 3.5 points from his nine games. Back to Europe for him or will he stick around the region for a while?
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