After strolling around for about ten minutes, Sheva went back to table one with a lighter heart. He was quite satisfied with how his friends were faring in this round. As long as nothing big happened or they didn't make any stupid blunder, three wins would be in their bags already, courtesy of the ladies.
Hell, it should be four, since Sheva also didn't forget to take a look at Claudia and Duta's games. After failing to win in the last three rounds, Duta seemed to change his approach, playing more steadily. This worked perfectly for him, because his patience bore a huge result in his matchup, as the boy completely outmatched his opponent in the endgame phase. Even though it was only against a 2000-rated player, for Duta, whose rating was only around 1900, this was definitely a huge achievement.
