TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Congratulations to Cavan, who brought home the third place trophy.

NAME    1 2 3 4 Bef Aft Chg Merit

Cavan   W W L W 881 917 +36 32.5

Simon   L L L W 640 620 -20 20.5

Rating changes did not change the rank of any players.

PUZZLE OF THE DAY

I ran across this nice example of "overload" today.

Find White's best move.

Solution: Bd7 threatens Qf8+ if the Queen moves and unguards f8.

It also threatens BxRe8and QXNc7. Black cannot stop all the threats.