2016 ANU Masters Week 5

Once again the leaderboard is bunched at the top after 5 rounds of the 2016 ANU Masters. Victor Braguine defeated Fred Litchfield to leave both players tied on 3/5. They were joined by Adrian De Noskowski, who had a quick draw with Harry Press, and Andrey Bliznyuk, who has a deferred game against Alana Chibnall.
In this weeks 'Game of the Round', Dillon Hathiramani scored his second win of the tournament after Miles Patterson neglected development for material. After grabbing pawn sacrifice number 2, Patterson walked into a tactic that left him a piece down and little chance of survival.
With 2 rounds to play most of the field still has a chance of taking first place, athough a couple of wins may be needed.


Hathiramani,Dillon (1828) - Patterson,Miles (1953)
2016 ANU Masters Canberra, Australia AUS (5.2), 02.03.2016

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Rac1 Be7 16. Qa4 Qxb2 17. Bb5 Qa3 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Bxd7+ Kd8 20. Qxa3 Bxa3 21. Bxc8 Kxc8 22. Bc1 Bc5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Kd7 25. Nd4 1-0