Friday, March 21, 2008

Cherniack - Ippolito

The Foxwoods Open is underway in Connecticut. You can follow the live action at monroi.com.

In round two, Alex Cherniack of Massachusetts was outplayed in a rook-and-bishop ending by Dean Ippolito of New Jersey. The fact that the bishops occupied opposite colored squares made the endgame all the more difficult.

Ippolito played the Nimzo-Indian Defense. He won by weaving a mating net around Cherniack's wandering king.