Wednesday 23 February 2011

2011 ANU Masters - Round 3

The shape of the 2011 ANU Masters is becoming a little clearer, with Andrew Brown continuing to lead with 3 wins from 3 games. With the draw seeing the top 3 players meeting in the first 4 rounds, Brown's win over second seed Andrey Bliznyuk improves his chances of winning the event. Next week he plays top seed Junta Ikeda, who was held to a draw by Jeremy Reading in this round. Peter Pullicino scored his first points of the tournament, after Adrian De Noskowski pushed the wrong pawn in the ending and had to surrender a piece. Miles Patterson moved to +1 after he won a couple of pawns against Ian Rout.

Bliznyuk,Andrey (2196) - Brown,Andrew (2175) [B33]
2011 ANU Masters (3), 23.02.2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 f5 12.f4 Bf6 13.Be3 a6 14.fxe5 Bxe5 15.Nd4 Qe7 16.Bf2 a5 17.Re1 Na6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.c4 Qf6 20.Rc1 Qh6 21.Nf3 Bxb2 22.Rc2 Ba3 23.Re7 f4 24.Rce2 Bc5 25.Qe1 Qg6 26.Nh4 Qf6 27.Kh1 Rb6 28.Bxc5 dxc5 29.Rc7 f3 30.gxf3 Bf5 31.Qf2 Bd3 32.Re1 Bxc4 (D)
33.Ree7 Rb1+ 34.Kg2 Bf1+ 35.Qxf1 Rxf1 36.Rxg7+ Qxg7+ 37.Rxg7+ Kxg7 38.Kxf1 Rf4 39.Ng2 Rxa4 0-1

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