2013 ANU Masters - Week 8

The 2013 ANU Masters resumed tonight, after a two week break. FM Junta Ikeda was the 'club house' leader, having completed his tournament already. but IM Andrew Brown only needed a point to tie his score. In the top rated clash of the round, Brown gained the point after beating Michael Wei. Having built up a strong attack, Brown was quickly rewarded after a miscalculation cost Wei a piece.
Andrey Bliznyuk stayed in third place after beating Adrian De Noskowski. Bliznyuk gained a number of positional advantages in the middlegame, and despite attempts by De Noskowski to mix it up, he won without too much difficulty. Kishore Sreetharan and Yijun Zhang drw their game, while in the final game of the night Jeremy Reading beat Steven Sengstock. At first sight the double rook ending looked drawn, but a pawn sacrifice by Reading enabled a decisive opening of the position, and he soon collected the point.


Bliznyuk,Andrey (2179) - De Noskowski ,Adrian (1907)
2013 ANU Masters Canberra, Australia AUS (8), 10.04.2013

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Bh3 Ra7 15. Bh6 Na5 16. Qg5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qe3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b3 Na5 22. Ne5 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Qe3 Bc8 25. Rac1 Rc7 26. Ne2 Nc6 27. Qc3 Bb7 28. Nf4 Rxf4 29. gxf4 Rc8 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Qe3 Rd6 32. Rc5 Rd7 33. Rdc1 Qd6 34. Qe5+ Qxe5 35. fxe5 Kf7 36. Rc7 Ke7 37. b4 Kd8 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Kg2 Kd8 40. Kg3 Bc8 41. Kg4 h6 42. Rc6 Kd7 43. Rc3 Kd8 44. Rh3 1-0