03-01-2019 Auke Scholma translation Pascal Stil

LEEUWARDEN The fourth and final game that Alexander Schwarzman and Roel Boomstra played in Leeuwarden, ended in a draw after an interesting classical game. The standing is now 4-4.

After the third game, in which Schwarzman had to defend heavily in the late middle game, the calm opening gave the impression that the Russian want to catch his breath. After a couple of exchanges, the homework variants could be put away, and the game got into a classical position. After 20 moves of calm manoeuvring, the position was even completely symmetrical, with Schwarzman, playing white, having to move first.