2014Australasian

Masters

Bulletin 6 – Thursday December 18, 2014Editor – Kerry Stead

Thirteen year old International Master Anton Smirnov has once again taken the lead in the Australasian Masters GM event after defeating IM Bobby Cheng to move to 4/5. Anton is now the only undefeated player in the event after previous leader GM Vasily Papin was defeated by GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev. Papin now drops to second place, half a point behind Smirnov, while the Kazakh Grandmasters Kazhgaleyev & Khusnutdinov are tied forthird a further half point behind.

The IM event has become extremely tight, with three players tied for first on 3.5/5 – IM Kanan Izzat, IM Igor Bjelobrk & Yi Liu. FMs Bob Smith & Bill Jordan are half a point behindthem, so the tournament is still very much up for grabs!

On the way to chess this morning I sawthe film The Dark Horse, based on the lifeof New Zealand chess player GenesisPoutini. It is an interesting film, wherechess plays a fairly sizable role (althoughthe film is ultimately about Genesis' life,much of it focuses on his work with theEastern Chess Club). Well worthwatching if you can find it (its onlyscreening at two cinemas in Melbourne &there's very few screenings left beforeChristmas).

Top right: Anton Smirnov plays thecruching Qb7 against Bobby Cheng

Lower right: Poster for The Dark Horse

Lower left: A chess scene from The Dark Horse

Round 5 ResultsGM Event 1 Vasily Papin 2502 2517 0:1 Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2576 2 Zuhao (Luke) Li 2342 2382 .5:.5 Junta Ikeda 2418 2416 3 Moulthun Ly 2463 2508 0:1 Max Illingworth 2493 2523 4 Rustam Khusnutdinov 2472 1:0 Karl Zelesco 2256 2281 5 Anton Smirnov 2420 2393 1:0 Bobby Cheng 2435 2489 IM Event 1 Igor Bjelobrk 2355 2432 .5:.5 Kanan Izzat 2402 2397 2 Carl Gorka 2089 2113 .5:.5 Eugene Schon 2287 2305 3 Mirko Rujevic 2211 2227 0:1 Gregory J Canfell 2349 2379 4 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic1923 1908 0:1 Yi Liu 2233 2331 5 Robert W Smith 2245 2304 0:1 William Jordan 2233 2235

Round 6 PairingsGM Event 1 Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2576 : Bobby Cheng 2435 2489 2 Karl Zelesco 2256 2281 : Anton Smirnov 2420 2393 3 Max Illingworth 2493 2523 : Rustam Khusnutdinov 2472 4 Junta Ikeda 2418 2416 : Moulthun Ly 2463 2508 5 Vasily Papin 2502 2517 : Zuhao (Luke) Li 2342 2382 IM Event 1 Kanan Izzat 2402 2397 : William Jordan 2233 2235 2 Yi Liu 2233 2331 : Robert W Smith 2245 2304 3 Gregory J Canfell 2349 2379 : Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1923 1908 4 Eugene Schon 2287 2305 : Mirko Rujevic 2211 2227 5 Igor Bjelobrk 2355 2432 : Carl Gorka 2089 2113

Round 7 PairingsGM Event 1 Zuhao (Luke) Li 2342 2382 : Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2576 2 Moulthun Ly 2463 2508 : Vasily Papin 2502 2517 3 Rustam Khusnutdinov 2472 : Junta Ikeda 2418 2416 4 Anton Smirnov 2420 2393 : Max Illingworth 2493 2523 5 Bobby Cheng 2435 2489 : Karl Zelesco 2256 2281 IM Event 1 Carl Gorka 2089 2113 : Kanan Izzat 2402 2397 2 Mirko Rujevic 2211 2227 : Igor Bjelobrk 2355 2432 3 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic1923 1908 : Eugene Schon 2287 2305 4 Robert W Smith 2245 2304 : Gregory J Canfell 2349 2379 5 William Jordan 2233 2235 : Yi Liu 2233 2331

Websites: http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/live/tfd_full.htmhttp://www.chesschat.org/showthread.php?15710-Australasian-Masters-GM-Norm-tournament-2014http://www.chesschat.org/showthread.php?15718-Australasian-Masters-IM-Norm-event-2014

GamesGM Event

Vasily Papin once again played his favourite English Opening against Murtas Kazhgaleyev& found himself in a reversed Hedgehog position out of the opening. Kazhgaleyev opened the centre & took control of the d-file before Papin overlooked a tactic that gave Kazhgaleyev two minor pieces for a rook. The Kazakh Grandmaster then displayed excellent technique to convert the position to a win, sacrificing one of his minor pieces to ensure he promoted a pawn, before Papin resigned when faced with a grim rook against queen endgame, with a few pawns still on the board.

Papin,Vasily (2502) - Kazhgaleyev,Murtas (2576) [A17]Australasian Masters GM Melbourne (5.1), 17.12.20141.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.e3 0–06.Be2 Nc6 7.0–0 Qe7 8.b3 Bxc3 9.Qxc3 e5 10.d3d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Qc2 Ndb4 13.Qc3 Nd514.Qc2 Bf5 15.a3 e4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Qb2 a518.Rd1 Rfd8 19.Bd2 Rd6 20.Be1 Rad8 21.Bc3Nxc3 22.Qxc3 b6 23.h3 Bd5 24.Rac1 h6 25.Rd2(diagram) Bxf3 26.Rxd6 Bxe2 27.Rxd8+ Qxd828.Re1 Ba6 29.f3 Qd5 30.Qc2 Qd3 31.Qxd3Bxd3 32.Rd1 Bc2 33.Rd6 a4 34.Rxc6 axb335.Rxb6 c4 36.a4 c3 37.a5 b2 38.a6 Be4 39.fxe4c2 40.Rb8+ Kh7 41.a7 c1Q+ 42.Kf2 Qa1 43.Kf3Qxa7 44.Rxb2 Qa1 45.Rf2 h5 46.h4 Qe5 47.g3 Qe60–1

Junta Ikeda played the Semi-Slav Defence against Luke Li & early in the game the position was very unusual, with a somewhat unusual pawn structure. However a number of exchanges simplified the position & it seemed that Li had the better of the resulting rook & minor piece ending due to his advanced queenside pawns. Li seemed to have opportunities to take further control of the game, however chose the safer option & this allowed Ikeda time to consolidate his position. Eventually all the pieces were exchanged & the players were left with nothing but bare kings on the board, so the game was drawn.

Li,Luke (2342) - Ikeda,Junta (2418) [D31]Australasian Masters GM Melbourne (5.2),17.12.20141.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb46.g3 c5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Be3 Nf6 9.0–0 0–0 10.dxc5Qe7 11.Nd4 Na5 12.c6 Rd8 13.Qc2 Ng4 14.Rad1Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bc5 16.Ne4 Bb6 17.Nd2 Bxd418.exd4 Nxc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nxc4 Bd7 21.Ne5Be8 22.Qc3 Rdc8 23.Qc5 Qxc5 24.dxc5 f625.Nc4 Bg6 26.Rd2 Rd8 27.Rfd1 Rd5 28.Rxd5cxd5 29.Nd6 Kf8 30.Rc1 Ke7 31.b4 e5 32.Nb7Kd7 33.b5 Kc7 34.Na5 d4 35.Nc4 Bf7 36.a5 a6

37.b6+ Kc6 38.Nd6 Be6 39.Kf2 Rb8 40.Ke1 Bd7 41.Kd2 Kd5 42.e3 Kc643.exd4 exd4 44.Kd3 Kd5 45.Rc4 Bh3 (diagram) 46.Rxd4+ Kxc5 47.Ne4+Kb5 48.Rd5+ Kb4 49.Nc5 Bf1+ 50.Kd4 Bb5 51.Nd7 Bxd7 52.Rxd7 Kxa553.Rxg7 Rxb6 54.Rxh7 Kb4 55.Ra7 a5 56.h4 a4 57.h5 f5 58.Ke5 Rh659.Rb7+ Kc3 60.Ra7 Kb3 61.Kxf5 Rxh5+ 62.Kf6 Rh6+ 63.Kf5 a3 64.g4 a265.g5 Rc6 66.g6 Rc5+ 67.Kf6 Rc6+ 68.Kf5 Rc7 69.Rxa2 Kxa2 70.Kf6 Rc6+71.Kf7 Rxg6 72.Kxg6½–½

Max Illingworth played a Najdorf Sicilian against Moulthun Ly & seemed to equalise the position out of the opening after Ly played a solid continuation. Illingworth developed somepressure on the queenside, which he eventually converted into a pawn advantage. The players then found themselves in a long queen & knight endgame, which saw Illingworth slowly improve his position, before setting up a mating net. Ly tried sacrificing his knight fora perpetual check, however Illingworth was able to run his king to safety, forcing Ly to resign.

Ly,Moulthun (2463) - Illingworth,Max (2493) [B84]Australasian Masters GM Melbourne (5.3), 17.12.20141.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.0–0b5 9.a4 b4 10.Na2 Nxe4 11.Nxb4 d5 12.Qe1 Bd6 13.Nf3 Bb7 14.c4 Qe715.Nc2 Nc6 16.cxd5 Nb4 17.Nxb4 Bxb4 18.Qd1 Bxd5 19.Rc1 0–0 20.Qc2Qb7 21.Bc4 Bxc4 22.Qxc4 Rfc8 23.Qe2 Be724.Bd4 Nf6 25.Ne5 Nd5 26.g3 Bf6 27.Nf3 Be728.h4 h6 29.Kh2 a5 30.Be5 Qb3 31.Qe4 Bf632.Nd2 Qb6 33.Kg1 Bxe5 34.Qxe5 (diagram)Qb4 35.Ne4 Qxa4 36.Nd6 Rxc1 37.Rxc1 Rd838.Nb7 Rf8 39.Qe1 Qb5 40.Nxa5 Nb4 41.Nb3Nd5 42.Qd1 Rb8 43.Nd2 Qxb2 44.Rb1 Qe545.Rxb8+ Qxb8 46.Nf3 Qb6 47.Qc2 g6 48.Ne5Kg7 49.Qc1 Qd4 50.Nf3 Qf6 51.Kg2 Kh7 52.Qd2Qf5 53.Qd4 Qf6 54.Ne5 Kg7 55.Qb2 Ne7 56.Qb8Nf5 57.Qb2 Kh7 58.Qc3 h5 59.Qc7 Kg7 60.Nf3Qe7 61.Qc3+ f6 62.Ng5 e5 63.Ne4 Nd4 64.f3 Qf7 65.Kh3 Qd7+ 66.Kg2 Nf567.Kh2 Ne7 68.Qa3 Nd5 69.Qa6 Qe7 70.Qc6 Ne3 71.Nd6 Kh7 72.Ne4 Kg773.Nd6 f5 74.Ne8+ Kh6 75.Nf6 Qa3 76.Ng8+ Kg7 77.Kh3 Qd3 78.Qf6+ Kxg879.Qxg6+ Kf8 80.Qf6+ Ke8 81.Qxe5+ Kd7 82.Qg7+ Kc6 83.Qf6+ Kc584.Qf8+ Kc4 85.Qc8+ Kb3 86.Qb7+ Kc20–1

Rustam Khusnutdinov played the Advance variation agaionst Karl Zelesco's French Defence & gained a slight edge out of the opening due to his space advantage. After the major pieces were exchanged, Khusnutdinov made excellent use of his knight & bishop against Zelesco's bishop pair in the blocked position before finally trapping Zelesco's bishop. When Khusnutdinov managed to create a passed pawn, Zelesco resigned.

Khusnutdinov,Rustam (2472) - Zelesco,Karl (2256) [C02]Australasian Masters GM Melbourne (5.4), 17.12.20141.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4Nf5 9.Nc2 Qb6 10.0–0 Rc8 11.Bd3 Nb4 12.Nxb4Bxb4 13.a3 Be7 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Bg5 Bf8 16.h4h6 17.Bf4 Be7 18.Qd2 0–0 19.Rac1 a5 20.Rxc8Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Qd8 23.g3 Qb624.Be3 Qc6 25.Qd2 b6 26.Ne1 Qc4 27.Ng2 Bb528.Qd1 Ba4 29.Qd2 Bb5 30.Qc1 Kh7 31.Qb1 Qd332.Qxd3 Bxd3 33.f3 f6 34.Nf4 Bc4 35.h5 Kg836.Kf2 Kf7 37.e6+ Ke8 38.Ng6 Ba6 39.Nh4 Bd340.Bf4 b5 41.Ke3 Bb1 42.Bc7 b4 43.a4 Bd844.Bxd8 Kxd8 45.Kd2 Ke7 46.Ng6+ Kxe6 47.Nf4+Kd6 (diagram) 48.b3 Kc6 49.Kc1 Ba2 50.Kb2Bxb3 51.Kxb3 Kd6 52.Kc2 Kc6 53.Ne6 g6 54.hxg61–0

Bobby Cheng played a Pirc Defence against Anton Smirnov & sacrificed a pawn for some piece play early in the game. Smirnov took the material & then grabbed an exchange before finding a number of defensive moves to keep his king safe. Cheng had the opportunity to exchange pieces & potentially defend a difficult endgame, but he chose to leave the major pieces on the board & Smirnov used these to maintain control of the position & slowly march his extra pawns forward. The end came after Cheng allowed a rook check on the seventh rank, which left his king without a defence & once Smirnov's king was safe, Cheng was forced to resign.

Smirnov,Anton (2420) - Cheng,Bobby (2435) [B06]Australasian Masters GM Melbourne (5.5), 17.12.20141.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Bb3 Nd76.Nf3 h6 7.Qe2 e5 8.Be3 Ngf6 9.dxe5 dxe510.Nd2 Qe7 11.a4 Nc5 12.f3 Ne6 13.Qf2 Nd414.Bxd4 exd4 15.Qxd4 0–0 16.Qe3 Rd8 17.0–0–0 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Rhe1 Qe5 (diagram)20.Nc4 dxc4 21.Rxd8+ Kh7 22.Bxc4 Qxb2+23.Kd1 Bc3 24.Bxf7 Qb1+ 25.Qc1 Qb6 26.Rg8Qd4+ 27.Ke2 b6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Rd1 Qxa430.Bb3 Qb5+ 31.Kf2 a5 32.Rd5 Qc6 33.Qa3 Qf634.g3 Bb4 35.Qc1 Rf8 36.Rd7+ Be7 37.Qd1 Kh838.Kg2 b5 39.Qe2 Bd6 40.f4 a4 41.Ba2 Bc542.Qxb5 Qc3 43.Qb7 Qxc2+ 44.Kh3 Be7 45.Rxe71–0

IM Event

Bjelobrk,Igor (2355) - Izzat,Kanan (2402) [D90]Australasian Masters IM Melbourne (5.1), 17.12.2014

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.e4 Bg48.Bb5+ c6 9.Ng5 0–0 10.Be2 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Na6 12.Qh3 h5 13.g4 Qd714.Rg1 e5 15.Qh4 f6 16.gxh5 fxg5 17.Bxg5 Rf3 18.Rg3 Rxg3 19.Nxg3 Qe620.hxg6 Qxg6 21.Nf5 Re8 22.dxe5 Nb4 23.Rd1 Bxe5 24.Rd8 N4d5 25.exd5Nxd5 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Kf1 Qg6 28.Qg4 Bxb2 29.h4 Kh7 30.Ng3 Bf631.Ne4 Be5 32.h5 Qf7 33.Bd2 Bf4 34.Bxf4 Qxf4 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Qe8+ Kg737.Qg6+½–½

Gorka,Carl (2089) - Schon,Eugene (2287) [C44]Australasian Masters IM Melbourne (5.2), 17.12.20141.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 f6 5.Bb5 Nge7 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.0–0 e4 8.Nd4Bd7 9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.Re1 0–0–0 11.Qc4 Qxc4 12.Bxc4 Bf5 13.g4 Bg6 14.f4exf3 15.d4 Bd6 16.Rf1 Rde8 17.Rxf3 Re1+ 18.Rf1 Rhe8 19.Bd2 R1e7 20.b4a5 21.a3 h5 22.g5 Re4 23.h3 fxg5 24.Bxg5 Be7 25.Bxe7 R8xe7 26.Bd3 R4e627.Rf8+ Kd7 28.Bxg6 Rxg6+ 29.Kf2 Rge6 30.Ra2 Re1 31.Rb2 Rh1 32.Kg2Ree1 33.Nd2 Reg1+ 34.Kf2 Rc1 35.Rf7+ Ke6 36.Rxc7 Nxd4 37.Rxg7 Rxc338.bxa5 Rhxh3 39.Ne4 Rh2+ 40.Rg2 Rxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Rxa3 42.Rxb7 Rxa543.Rh7 Nf5 44.Nf2 Nh4+ 45.Kh3 Ng6 46.Kg3 Ra3+ 47.Kh2 h4 48.Rh5 Ra249.Kg1 Ne5 50.Kg2 Ng4 51.Rxh4 Nxf2 52.Kf3 Nd3 53.Rh6+ Kd5 54.Rh5+Ne5+ 55.Kf4 Rf2+ 56.Ke3 Rf3+ 57.Ke2 Ra3 58.Kd2 Rg3 59.Ke2 Ke460.Rh4+ Ng4 61.Kd2 Kd5 62.Ke2 Re3+ 63.Kd2 Re4 64.Rh5+ Kc4 65.Rh8Nf6 66.Rc8+ Kd4 67.Ra8 Ke5 68.Ra5+ Nd5 69.Ra8 Rb4 70.Rh8 Rb2+71.Kd3 Rb3+ 72.Kc2 Rf3 73.Re8+ Kd4 74.Rd8 Rf6 75.Kb3 Rf2 76.Rh8 Rf3+77.Kb2 Nb6 78.Rh4+ Kd3 79.Kb3 Nd5 80.Ka4 Rf6 81.Kb5 Nc3+ 82.Kc5 Ne283.Rh3+ Ke4 84.Rh4+ Nf4 85.Kc4 Rg6 86.Kc5 Ke5 87.Rh8 Rg5 88.Kc6 Rg289.Rh1 Rc2+ 90.Kb5 Nd3 91.Rh5+ Kd6 92.Rh6+ Kd5 93.Rh5+ Ne5 94.Kb4Rb2+ 95.Kc3 Rg2 96.Kb3 Kd4 97.Rh4+ Kc5 98.Rh5 Re2 99.Rh8 Re3+100.Kc2 Re2+ 101.Kb3½–½

Rujevic,Mirko (2211) - Canfell,Greg (2349) [B83]Australasian Masters IM Melbourne (5.3), 17.12.20141.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Be3 0–0 8.0–0Nc6 9.f4 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bc4 Ng4 14.Rxf7Nxe3 15.Bb3 Bc5 16.Rd7+ Nc4+ 17.Kh1 Bxd70–1

Dizdarevic,Mehmedalija (1923) - Liu,Yi (2233) [C11]Australasian Masters IM Melbourne (5.4), 17.12.20141.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b59.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nd4 Qb6 11.Nxc6 Bxe3 12.Qe2 Bc5 13.Qg4 g6 14.Bd3 Qxc615.0–0–0 b4 16.Ne2 Bb7 17.Qh4 Be7 18.Qg3 0–0–0 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Nb3Nc5 21.Kb1 Nxb3 22.axb3 Kb8 23.Qf3 Rc8 24.Qe2 h5 25.g3 Ka7 26.h3 Bc6

27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Bb5 29.f5 Bxd3 30.Qxd3 gxf5 31.gxf5 Rxh1 32.Rxh1 Rg833.Qf1 Bc5 34.fxe6 Qxe6 35.Qf4 Rg4 36.Qf3 Rg1+ 37.Rxg1 Bxg1 38.c3 Bc539.Qf4 bxc3 40.bxc3 Bb6 41.Kc2 Bc7 42.Qd4+ Ka8 43.Qc5 Bxe5 44.b4 Qd645.Qc8+ Ka7 46.Qf5 Qg60–1

Smith,Robert (2245) - Jordan,William (2233) [B70]Australasian Masters IM Melbourne (5.5), 17.12.20141.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Nde2 Bg7 8.Bg20–0 9.0–0 Rb8 10.a4 a6 11.h3 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Be3 b4 14.Nd5 Nd715.Nd4 Bb7 16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Rfe1 b3 18.c3 Ne5 19.Qe2 Ned3 20.Red1 e621.Nb4 Nxb4 22.cxb4 Nxe4 23.Nxb3 Bd5 24.Nd2 Nf6 25.b5 Bxg2 26.Kxg2Nd5 27.Ba7 Bxb2 28.Bxb8 Qxb8 29.Ne4 Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Qb7 31.Kh2 Rd832.Ra6 Nb6 33.Qd3 Qc7 34.Qd4 Nd5 35.Ra7 Qb8 36.Nf6+ Nxf6 37.Qxf6 Rf838.Qe7 Qxb5 39.Qxd6 Qf5 40.Qd4 Qf3 41.Qc5 Rd8 42.Ra3 Qd5 43.Qe7 Kg744.Qb4 h5 45.h4 e5 46.Qe1 Re8 47.Qe3 Qd4 48.Rd3 Qxe3 49.Rxe3 Kf650.Ra3 Rb8 51.Ra2 Kf5 52.Kg2 Rb4 53.Rc2 g5 54.hxg5 Kxg5 55.Rc8 h456.Rg8+ Kf5 57.Rf8 f6 58.Rh8 hxg3 59.Kxg3 Rb3+ 60.Kg2 Kf4 61.Rh1 Kg562.Rh8 Ra3 63.Rf8 f5 64.Rg8+ Kf4 65.Rh8 e4 66.Rh4+ Ke5 67.Rh5 Rf368.Rh8 Kd4 69.Rd8+ Ke5 70.Rh8 Rb3 71.Rh5 Rb2 72.Kg3 Rb8 73.Kg2 Kf474.Rh4+ Kg5 75.Rh7 Rg8 76.Kf1 Kg4 77.Ke2 Ra8 78.Rg7+ Kf4 79.Rg3 Ra2+80.Kf1 Ke5 81.Rg8 f4 82.Rg5+ Kd4 83.Rg8 Ra1+ 84.Kg2 f3+ 85.Kh2 Kd386.Re8 Ke2 87.Rxe4+ Kxf2 88.Rb4 Kf1 89.Rb7 f2 90.Re7 Re1 91.Rf7 Ke20–1

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