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At the end of fifth-round action of the 2016 Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF) Digicel Jamaica (Absolute) Chess Championships played at Christar Villas Hotel last Wednesday, CM Ras Malaku Lorne is the sole leader on 4.5/5 after notching a convincing win against NM Paul Brooks.
In fact, similar to the second round, all six games were decisive, the key difference being that all the players with the white pieces won in round five. WIM Deborah Richards-Porter cooled NM Andrew Mellace; FM Damion Davy turned back NM Peter Myers’ modern defence; CM Brandon Wilson outclassed one of his former coaches and the defending champion FM Warren Elliott; NM Shreyas Smith dismantled NM Daren Wisdom’s slav defence; and Ian Wilkinson accepted the ‘kitchen sink’ from Kevin Merritt and weathered the onslaught a la the 9th world champion Tigran Petrosian before pocketing the full point.
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In fact, similar to the second round, all six games were decisive, the key difference being that all the players with the white pieces won in round five. WIM Deborah Richards-Porter cooled NM Andrew Mellace; FM Damion Davy turned back NM Peter Myers’ modern defence; CM Brandon Wilson outclassed one of his former coaches and the defending champion FM Warren Elliott; NM Shreyas Smith dismantled NM Daren Wisdom’s slav defence; and Ian Wilkinson accepted the ‘kitchen sink’ from Kevin Merritt and weathered the onslaught a la the 9th world champion Tigran Petrosian before pocketing the full point.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...ionships_49694