2013 ANU Masters - Final week

While the top 3 places in the 2013 ANU had already been decided, the final week of tournament threw up one big surprise. IM Andrew Brown, looking to finish with 9/9, suffered a shock loss to tournament back marker Adrian De Noskowski. Brown played his usual Kings Indian Defence, and played for a king side attack while De Noskowski took space on the queenside. Although it looked as though Brown was one move away from winning, tenacious defence from De Noskowski kept him at bay. As the attack ran out of steam, De Noskowski was able to push his passed queenside pawn, and suddenly Brown was facing two queens. De Noskowski then returned material to simplify into a winning ending.
Michael Wei beat Steven Sengstock in a long rook and pawn ending. Wei won a pawn in the late middlegame, but then needed a a number of moves to convert this advantage into a win. Kishore Sreetharan finished the tournament on 50% after a win over Justin Chow. Sreetharan picked up a pawn due to a back rank mate threat, and won shortly after.
There is still one final game to be played in this tournament, although the result will not effect the top placings.  IM Andrew Brown finished first with 8/9, with FM Junta Ikeda on 7/9 and Andrey Bliznyuk on 6/9.
Full results, standings, and a pgn file of all the games played can be found at the ANU Chess Club website (look under Current Tournaments)


De Noskowski,Adrian (1907) - Brown,Andrew (2295)
2013 ANU Masters Canberra, Australia AUS (7), 24.04.2013

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O h5 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. a3 a4 14. b4 axb3 15. Nxb3 b6 16. f3 Nh7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. a4 f5 20. Qc2 f4 21. Bf2 g5 22. Rfb1 Qe7 23. Nb5 Rfc8 24. Be1 g4 25. a5 Ra6 26. Qb3 Bf6 27. Qd1 Qg7 28. Na3 Ng5 29. Rb7 Kh8 30. Nb5 g3 31. Rxc7 gxh2+ 32. Kh1 Rg8 33. Bf1 Nh7 34. Rb7 Bd8 35. Ra2 h4 36. Bc3 Nf6 37. Qe1 Nh5 38. Kxh2 Ng3 39. Kg1 h3 40. Kh2 Bh4 41. Rb6 hxg2 42. Bxg2 Rxb6 43. axb6 Qh6 44. Kg1 Bd8 45. b7 Bxb5 46. b8Q Bxc4 47. Rb2 Bf1 48. Qxf1 Nxf1 49. Kxf1 Be7 50. Qc7 Qg5 51. Qd7 Bf8 52. Qh3+ Kg7 53. Rb7+ Be7 54. Be1 Rh8 55. Qe6 Kf8 56. Rb8+ Kg7 57. Rxh8 Kxh8 58. Ba5 Kg7 59. Bc7 Qf6 60. Qxf6+ Kxf6 61. Ke2 Kg5 62. Bh3 Kh4 63. Bg4 Kg3 64. Ba5 Kg2 65. Kd3 Kf2 66. Kc4 Ke3 67. Bc3 Ke2 68. Ba5 Ke3 69. Bh5 Ke2 70. Kb5 Kd3 71. Kc6 c4 72. Kd7 Bf8 73. Ke8 Bh6 74. Ke7 c3 75. Bxc3 Kxc3 76. Kxd6 Kd4 77. Kc7 Bg5 78. d6 Bh4 79. d7 1-0