2013 Australasian Masters

The Australian/Australasian Masters has been held fairly regularly since 1987. Some years has seen it held as a local event, while other years has seen it run as an international event, with title norms on offer.
This years event has taken a step up, running two events, and offering GM norms in the top section. The 2013 Australasian Masters GM event has 4 GM's and 4 IM's in the 10 player field. Top seed is Latvian GM Normunds Miezis, with Russian GM Valery Papin second seed. Vietnamese GM Tu Hoang Thong returns, having won the event in 1995, while inaugural GM Daryl Johansen is the 4th GM in the tournament.
The IM tournament is headed by Russian IM Vladimir Smirnov, while Andrew Brown and Mirko Rujevic are the other two IM's in the field.
The first round of both tournaments was held today, and the event runs until the 22nd of December. Each round starts at 4pm and live coverage of all games, plus tournament results, can be found at the Box Hill Chess Club website.

Miezis,Normunds - Li,Luke [C01]
2013 Australasian Masters Melbourne, 14.12.2013

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 h6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bh7 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 d5 17. Nf4 Qd6 18. Qd2 a5 19. a3 Bf5 20. Kh1 Ne7 21. Rg1 Ng6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Rg5 Be6 25. Rag1 Rfd8 26. Qe3 Re8 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qh6 Kf7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Rxg6 Qd7 32. Rxf6+ 1-0