2014 Australasian Masters Bulletin 4 – Tuesday December 16, 2014 Editor – Kerry Stead Junta Ikeda celebrated his birthday in exactly the fashion he would have liked – with a victory against visiting Grandmaster Murtas Kazhgaleyev. The tournament itself is still wide open, with GM Vasily Papin & IM Anton Smirnov now sharing the lead with 2.5/3. In the IM event, Bob Smith kept his perfect score intact and continues to lead the event with 3/3. However the three IMs are hot on his heels, with Igor Bjelobrk on 2.5/3, while Kanan Izzat & Mirko Rujevic are on 2/3. Moulthun Ly is hoping to change his fortunes … perhaps a morning bike ride will help get him off the mark! A rather unusual sight in the IM event … all five games have started, but only one move has been made across the five boards! Five players were running late, but all games eventually got underway.
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2014Australasian
Masters
Bulletin 4 – Tuesday December 16, 2014Editor – Kerry Stead
Junta Ikeda celebrated hisbirthday in exactly the fashionhe would have liked – with avictory against visitingGrandmaster MurtasKazhgaleyev. The tournament itself is stillwide open, with GM VasilyPapin & IM Anton Smirnov nowsharing the lead with 2.5/3.
In the IM event, Bob Smith kepthis perfect score intact andcontinues to lead the event with3/3. However the three IMs arehot on his heels, with IgorBjelobrk on 2.5/3, while KananIzzat & Mirko Rujevic are on 2/3.
Moulthun Ly is hoping to change his fortunes … perhaps a morning bike ride will help get him off the mark!
A rather unusual sight in the IM event … all five games have started, but only one move has been made across the five boards! Five players were running late, butall games eventually got underway.
Round 3 ResultsGM Event 1 Junta Ikeda 2418 2416 1:0 Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2576 2 Vasily Papin 2502 2517 1:0 Max Illingworth 2493 2523 3 Zuhao (Luke) Li 2342 2382 .5:.5 Karl Zelesco 2256 2281 4 Moulthun Ly 2463 2508 0:1 Bobby Cheng 2435 2489 5 Rustam Khusnutdinov 2472 .5:.5 Anton Smirnov 2420 2393 IM Event 1 Eugene Schon 2287 2305 .5:.5 Kanan Izzat 2402 2397 2 Igor Bjelobrk 2355 2432 1:0 Gregory J Canfell 2349 2379 3 Carl Gorka 2089 2113 0:1 Yi Liu 2233 2331 4 Mirko Rujevic 2211 2227 1:0 William Jordan 2233 2235 5 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic1923 1908 0:1 Robert W Smith 2245 2304
Round 4 PairingsGM Event 1 Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2576 : Anton Smirnov 2420 2393 2 Bobby Cheng 2435 2489 : Rustam Khusnutdinov 2472 3 Karl Zelesco 2256 2281 : Moulthun Ly 2463 2508 4 Max Illingworth 2493 2523 : Zuhao (Luke) Li 2342 2382 5 Junta Ikeda 2418 2416 : Vasily Papin 2502 2517 IM Event 1 Kanan Izzat 2402 2397 : Robert W Smith 2245 2304 2 William Jordan 2233 2235 : Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1923 1908 3 Yi Liu 2233 2331 : Mirko Rujevic 2211 2227 4 Gregory J Canfell 2349 2379 : Carl Gorka 2089 2113 5 Eugene Schon 2287 2305 : Igor Bjelobrk 2355 2432
Round 5 Pairings GM Event 1 Vasily Papin 2502 2517 : Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2576 2 Zuhao (Luke) Li 2342 2382 : Junta Ikeda 2418 2416 3 Moulthun Ly 2463 2508 : Max Illingworth 2493 2523 4 Rustam Khusnutdinov 2472 : Karl Zelesco 2256 2281 5 Anton Smirnov 2420 2393 : Bobby Cheng 2435 2489 IM Event 1 Igor Bjelobrk 2355 2432 : Kanan Izzat 2402 2397 2 Carl Gorka 2089 2113 : Eugene Schon 2287 2305 3 Mirko Rujevic 2211 2227 : Gregory J Canfell 2349 2379 4 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic1923 1908 : Yi Liu 2233 2331 5 Robert W Smith 2245 2304 : William Jordan 2233 2235
Junta Ikeda once again played his favourite 1.b3 against Murtas Kazhgaleyev & the game soon transposed to an English Opening. With many of the central pawns blocked, the game appeared level until Kazhgaleyev allowed a tactic which Ikeda spotted. Ikeda calculated the tactics well before sacrificing some pawns to get his queen into Kazhgaleyev's position, forcing his resignation. A nice birthday present for Junta!
Vasily Papin played his regulation English Opening against Max Illingworth, although the players soon found themselves in a Taimanov Sicilian with colours reversed. The position appeared reasonably level until Illingworth made a pawn break in the centre, and after a series of exchanges, Papin emerged a pawn ahead. He nursed this advantage into the late middlegame before Papin found a tactic that won a piece, forcing Illingworth to resign.
Luke Li played the Russian variation against Karl Zelesco's Grunfeld Defense. Luke won apawn, however Karl had plenty of compensation for the pawn, with the players following theory for around 20 moves. Ultimately Luke decided to return the pawn & shortly after the players agreed a draw in a level rook & bishop endgame.
Bobby Cheng played the Gurgenidze Caro Kann against Moulthun Ly & snatched a pawn in the opening. Cheng managed to keep control of the position with tactics before developing an initiative on the kingside. After a few inaccurate moves from Ly, Cheng took control of the position before finishing with a nice combination to force Ly's resignation.
Rustam Khusnutdinov played a topical line against Anton Smirnov's Najdorf Sicilian which features an early queen sacrifice. Rather than try to hang onto the queen, Smirnov returned it & found himself in a position where he had an extra exchange, but Khusnutdinov had two pawns in return. After some more exchanges, the players repeated the position, so the game was drawn.