Categories: Chess Tournaments

Sierra Madre Open Round 1: Black is still OK

Last Friday the Sierra Madre Open started with 7 exciting games and the black players scored an astonishing 5.5 points.

You can play through the games and enjoy Larry Stevens’ insightful annotations here:

For standings and pairings go here:

https://caissachess.net/live/910

I will post the pairings for round two Wednesday night.

Axel Müller

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