2013 ANU Masters - Week 4

Another win for IM Andrew Brown has kept him in front in the 2013 ANU Masters. Yijun Zhang misplayed the opening as early as move 6 and Brown was able to establish a decisive advantage soon after. FM Junta Ikeda kept pace with Brown after a tough win over Michael Wei. For a long time the position looked balanced, but Ikeda was able to break opne Wei's kingside after Wei missed defending an important square.
Andrey Bliznyuk took advantage of some loose piece placement by Justin Chow and was able to win material in the middlegame. Stephen Sengstock beat Kishore Sreetharan which was heavy on Nimzo theory, but towards the end was about converting a material advantage.
Adrian de Noskowski's run of bad luck continued after losing against Jeremy Reading. He had an overwhelming advantage during the middlegame, and was even able to give up his queen without endangering  his winning chances. However he began to lose the thread of the position and Reading was able to generate enough counterplay to eventually turn the tables.
After 4 rounds Brown leads the tournament with 4/4. Ikeda is close behind on 3.5, with Steven Sengstock on 2.5. Both Andrey Bliznyuk and Michael Wei are on 2, but each has an extra game to play.


Reading,Jeremy (1888) - De Noskowski, Adrian (1907)
2013 ANU Masters Canberra, Australia AUS (4), 06.03.2013

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. h4 h6 12. c3 O-O-O 13. a3 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. g4 Rdg8 16. b4 Kb8 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. d4 Nd7 19. Nb3 Nd8 20. Bb2 Nf8 21. Rec1 Ng6 22. a4 Nf4 23. Qe3 Ba6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qc4+ 26. Kg1 Qxb3 27. Rcb1 Rh3 28. Ba3 Qxb1+ 29. Rxb1 Rgh8 30. Kf1 Bxa3 31. a5 Kb7 32. axb6 axb6 33. c4 dxc4 34. Qxa3 Rh1+ 35. Ng1 R8h3 36. Qe7+ Kc8 37. Rxb6 Rd3 38. Qc5+ Kd7 39. Rd6+ Ke8 40. Qb5+ Ke7 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qxd8+ Kg7 43. Qxg5+ Ng6 44. Kg2 Rh7 45. Ne2 Rdh3 46. Nf4 Rh2+ 47. Kf1 Rh1+ 48. Ke2 Rg1 49. Nxg6 fxg6 50. Rd7+ 1-0