The ups and downs of Andrew Brown

IM Andrew Brown was Australia's official representative in the 2013 Commonwealth Open in South Africa. After 6 rounds he was on 5 points, and in the 7th round round he was paired against Vladislav Tkachiev (2649). At first the game was looking pretty one sided, with Tkachiev building up a commanding position. But then he missed a tactic on move 25 and Andrew pounced. Playing a temporary rook sacrifice, he was able to completely turn the tables, and for a time was pushing for a win. However in a Q+P ending, there were too many checks for both sides and a draw was eventually reached.
Sadly this game was a kind of mirror image of Andrew's tournament, as after this high point he lost his next 3 games, finally picking up another point in the last round.


Tkachiev,V (2649) - Brown,An (2281) [E62]
Commonwealth & RSA Open Port Elizabeth RSA (7.4), 10.07.2013

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 g5 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 c6 18. Kh1 Qa5 19. exf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rb1 Nxf5 22. Rxb7 Qxc4 23. Qa1 Nd4 24. Rc1 Qa6 25. Bxc6 Rf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qxc6+ 27. Kg1 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Qxb7 29. Kxe2 Qe4+ 30. Kf2 Rf8+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Qxe6 38. Qa6 Qd5+ 39. Kg1 Qc5+ 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Kg2 Kf7 43. Qb7+ Kf6 44. Qh7 Qd5+ 45. Kg1 Qc5+ 46. Kg2 Qd5+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 g4 51. Qh8+ Kf5 52. Qh7+ Ke6 53. Qg6+ Kd5 54. Qg7 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2