2013 ACT Championship - Day 4

FM Junta Ikeda continues to lead the 2013 ACT Championship after 7 rounds. Despite a couple of tough games against Harry Press and Steven Sengstock, he won both games to maintain a perfect 7/7. IM Andrew Brown is in second place with 6/7, and while there are 2 rounds to play, his chances of catching Ikeda are quite slim. Former ACT Champion Ian Rout is in outright third with 5/7, but faces Brown in tomorrow mornings round. Ikeda is up against Aelfric Gardiner-Garden, who started the tournament seed 17th (out of 28 players), but is currently tied for 4th place on 4.5.
Results of the tournament can be found here, while games can be downloaded here.


Sidiqi,Wais - Brown,Andrew (2295)
2013 ACT Championship Canberra, Australia (7.2), 23.02.2013

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. h4 Nd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. h5 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qf6 17. g4 Rab8 18. g5 Qd8 19. Bd3 c4 20. Qh2 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Qb6 22. b3 Rbd8 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxd3 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26. cxd3 Qe3+ 27. Kc2 Bf5 28. Qd2 Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Bxf6 30. gxf6 h5 31. Rc1 h4 32. Rxc6 h3 33. Ke3 Rh8 34. Rc1 h2 35. Rh1 Bd7 0-1