2015 ANU Open Day 1

At the end of a gruelling 4 round day, IM Junta Ikeda is the outright leader of the 2015 ANU Open. He was the only player to go 4 from 4, beating IM Richard Jones in round 3, and CM jason Hu in round 4. He is closely followed by IM's Anton Smirnov and Andrew Brown, who drew their round 3 game, and won all the rest.
The tournament has attracted 83 players across the 2 sections (27 in Open, 56 in Minor), which is up 20 players from last year. The Open is headed by 4 IM's (Smirnov, Jones, Ikeda and Brown), with 5 other players rated above 2000. Tomorrow mornings round sees an all local clash on board 1, with Ikeda and Brown playing for the lead, going into the final two rounds.
In the Minor (Under 1600) section David Zanon, Jared Plane and Nhorval Valle share the lead with 4/4. Apart from the surprise performance of the unrated Valle, Jaykob Brooks-Johnson (3/4) and Nellie Clayden (2/4 in her first ever tournament) are among some of the lower rated players who have impressed on the first day.

Full results from the tournament, as well as a link to live coverage of the top two boards can be found at http://tournaments.streetchess.net/anu2015/ And if you missed some of today's action, here is the exciting round 3 game between IM Andrew Brown and IM Anton Smirnov, where Brown failed to find the win when down to his last seconds, and Smirnov held on the draw the game.


Brown,Andrew - Smirnov,Anton [D15]
2015 ANU Open Canberra, Australia (3.1), 25.07.2015

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nd7 9. a4 N7b6 10. axb5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxb5 12. Ng5 Bb7 13. Bh5 g6 14. Bf3 Qd7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qf4 Nd5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Ra6 b4 20. Ne4 Rc8 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. Ba3 Kf8 23. Bxb4+ Nxb4 24. Qa3 Rb8 25. Rxa7 Qxd4 26. Ng5 Kg8 27. Rxf7 Qxe5 28. Qa7 Nc6 29. Qd7 Nd4 30. f4 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxf4 32. Rh7 Rf8 33. Rxh8+ Qxh8 34. Nxe6 Qb2 35. Nxf4 Qe5 36. g3 g5 37. Qc6 gxf4 38. Qxc4+ Kh8 39. gxf4 Qf5 40. Qd4+ Kh7 41. Rg1 Rg8 42. Rxg8 Kxg8 43. Qc4+ Kh7 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Qd6+ Kh7 46. Qe7+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Qe7+ Kg6 49. Qe3 Qd5+ 50. Kg1 Kf5 51. Kf2 Qa2+ 52. Kf3 Qd5+ 53. Kg3 Qg8+ 54. Kf2 Qa2+ 55. Kg1 Qb1+ 56. Kg2 Qa2+ 57. Kh3 Qd5 58. Kh4 Qd8+ 59. Kh3 Qd5 60. Qf2 Qd3+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kg3 Qd3+ 63. Kh4 Qd8+ 64. Kh3 Qd3+ 65. Qg3 Qd8 66. Qf3 Qe8 67. Kg3 Qg8+ 68. Kh4 Qd8+ 69. Kh3 Qe8 70. Qg3 Qd8 71. Qe3 Qd5 72. Kg3 Qg8+ 73. Kf2 Qa2+ 74. Kg1 Qb1+ 75. Kg2 Qa2+ 76. Kh3 Qd5 77. Qf2 Qd3+ 78. Qg3 Qf1+ 79. Kh4 Qxf4+ 80. Kxh5 Qf1 81. Qg6+ Ke5 82. Qe8+ Kd6 83. Qd8+ Ke6 84. Qg8+ Ke7 85. Qg7+ Ke8 86. h4 Qf7+ 87. Qg6 Kf8 88. Kh6 Qxg6+ 89. Kxg6 Kg8 90. h5 Kh8 91. h6 Kg8 92. h7+ Kh8 93. Kh6 1/2-1/2