The morning round saw the Brown - Ikeda clash. Brown entered the middle game with an isolated d pawn, but some extra space and well developed pieces provided adequate compensation. He was able to target some weaknesses on the king side, and by move 40 had started to gain an advantage. Unfortunately this came at the expense of his thinking time, and just as he reached a winning position, he lost on time. A tragic loss after a well played game.
In the 5th round Ikeda then played WFM Megan Setiabudi, taking an early advantage and winning in a fairly straightforward manner. Brown recovered from his 4th round loss with a win over Erick McPherson, who has proved to be a real surprise packet in this years event. On board three Harry Press caught Ian Rout in a mating net to to join Brown on 4.
The tournament continues next weekend with Ikeda v Press on the top board. Full results can be found here, while games can be download from here.
Brown,Andrew (2295) - Ikeda,Junta (2362)
2013 ACT Championship Canberra, Australia (4.1), 17.02.2013
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 c5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe7 Ndxe7 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. Rcd1 a6 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. a3 g6 20. h4 b5 21. Qc2 Qf4 22. Re4 Qf6 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qe2 b4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Rh4 Nbd5 28. Na4 Nf6 29. Nc5 Bd5 30. Rh3 Ng6 31. Rg3 Ng4 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qxa6 Rc6 34. Qa5 Qf8 35. Qd2 Qf6 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. dxe5 Qg7 38. Ne4 Kh8 39. Nf6 h4 40. Ra3 g5 41. Rda1 Rc7 42. Ra8 Qf8 43. Rxd8 Qxd8 44. Qd3 Rg7 45. b4 Qb8 46. Rc1 Rc7 0-1
2 comments:
Hi Shaun,
The last two moves were actually Rc1 and Rc7.
Andrew
OK. Thanks Andrew. I'll correct that here, and in the game file later
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