14-07-2012, 11:47 PM
Round 8 saw some very insipid play on the top boards; Is this the lull before the final round storm or the shape of things of come? Jacob Aagard won an important game with Black, but he seem to be under the cosh early on before his opponent played some aimless checks in the Rook and pawn ending. Mark Hebden won a nice game in Hebdenesque style, squeezing his opponent thrgoughout. Similar could be said of Jasmin Bejtovic's victory over Colin McNab.