The game between IM Andrew Brown and Andrey Bliznyuk was a sharp affair, with Bliznyuk advancing on the kingside while Brown took space on the opposite wing. Bliznyuk then sacrificed a piece to keep his attack going, but missed the correct followup and quickly found himself in a losing position.
Jeremy Reading almost pulled off the first big tournament upset against FM Junta Ikeda, in a game that eventually went for 141 moves. Ikeda won the exchange after some nice queenside tactics, but Reading obtained compensation in the form of a strong passed pawn in the centre. In a tricky ending both sides looked like queening, and the shortness of time contributed to some inexact play. In fact both sides missed winning continuations, but when the smoke finally cleared, Reading was defending BvR after all the pawns left the board. He quickly ran his king to the correct corner of the board (ie the opposite coloured square to his bishop) and was able to hold the draw.
In the following game Michael Wei whipped up a strong attack against Yijun Zhang, and finished it off with a nice rook sacrifice.
Wei,Michael (2104) - Zhang,Yijun (1860)
2013 ANU Masters Canberra, Australia AUS (2), 20.02.2013
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qe2 g6 11. f4 d6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Nd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nd7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qb7 19. f5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. f6 h5 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rf5 Be4 25. Rxh5+ gxh5 26. Qg5 Bg6 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Qh6 1-0
After 2 rounds IM Andrew Brown is the sole leader on 2/2, with FM Junta Ikeda is on 1.5/2. Michael Wei is in the group of players on 1 point, but still has to play his round 1 game against Justin Chow.
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