2013 ACT Championship - Day 1

A field of 28 players assembled for the 2013 ACT Championship. While the turnout was similar to previous years, the tournament is probably a little weaker at the top. The top two seeds are FM Junta Ikeda and IM Andrew Brown, but it falls away after that. Ian Rout, Allen Setiabudi and Adrian de Noskowski are the next 3 seeds, while WFM Megan Setiabudi is the only other titles player in the field. While there is potential for an upset from amongst anyone in the top 10, it already looks like the game between the two top seeds will decide the title.
Although most of the first round results went according to ratings there were a couple of upsets. Allen Setiabudi drew with the fast improving Alfric Gardiner-Garden, while Adrian de Noskowski drew with David McDonald. Down on board 13 unrated Joe Lee defeated Eric McPherson in one of the last games t finish.
Results from the first round are available at chess-results.com (Click here)


Gardiner-Garden,Aelfric - Setiabudi,Allen (1946) [A00]
2013 ACT Championship Canberra, Australia (1.4), 15.02.2013

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Ne2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbc3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Kg6 13. Nf4+ Kh6 14. Ne6 Qe8 15. Nxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 bxc5 17. Nd5 Nd7 18. f3 Ne5 19. e4 Qh5 20. Qe3+ Qg5+ 21. Qxg5+ fxg5 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. b3 c4 24. Rc3 cxb3 25. axb3 Rbc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Ra1 Rc2+ 28. Kg3 Rb2 29. Ra6+ g6 30. Ra3 a5 31. Ne3 Nd3 32. b4 Nf4 33. Rxa5 Re2 34. Ra3 Kg7 35. h4 h6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kg4 Kh6 38. b5 Rh2 39. Kg3 Rb2 40. b6 Nh5+ 41. Kh3 Nf4+ 42. Kg4 Rxb6 43. Ra5 Rb1 44. Kg3 Rb2 45. Ra1 Re2 46. Ng4+ Kg7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2