Saturday 28 July 2007

ANU Open 2007 - Round 3

Boards 1&2 saw the first big clashes with IM Zong Yuan Zhao and IM Andras Toth playing on Board 1, and IM Gary Lane playing GM Dejan Antic on Board 2. 3rd Seed Igor Bjelobrk was playing Junta Ikeda on Board 3 after drawing with FM Brian Jones in Round 2.
Once all the clocks had stopped, Zhao had taken the outright lead on 3 after defeating Toth. Lane and Antic drew allowing Bjelobrk and Gareth Oliver (win over Brian Jones) to join them on 2.5 points.
In the Under 1600 event 3 ACT players lead the field with perfect scores. They are Sunny Yoon, Jey Hoole, and Erik Jochimsen.
There is one round to play this evening (Antic v Zhao, Toth v Lane, Bjelobrk v Oliver) followed by 3 rounds tomorrow.

Zhao,Z - Toth,A [A65]
ANU Open Canberra (3), 28.07.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 h6 10.Be3 h5 11.a4 Re8 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Nh3 a6 14.Bxd7 Nbxd7 15.0-0 Rb8 16.Rfb1 Qc7 17.a5 b5 18.axb6 Rxb6 19.Nf2 Ne5 20.Qe2 Qb7 21.h3 Rb4 22.Qxa6 Qxa6 23.Rxa6 Nc4 24.Bc1 Nd7 25.Ncd1 Reb8 26.Rba1 Bd4 27.Kf1 Rb3 28.R1a4 R8b4 29.Ke2 Bxf2 30.Rxb4 cxb4 31.Nxf2 Nc5 32.Rc6 Nxb2 33.e5 Nba4 34.exd6 Rc3 35.Ne4 Nxe4 36.d7 1-0

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