[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gosciniak, Maria"]
[Black "Novosadova, Kristyna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Poland's Maria Gosciniak & Kristyna Novosadova from the Czech Republic saw a
Four Knight's Opening, which saw many pieces exchanged off early, with a
knight v bishop endgame reached on move 26. Although Novosadova had an extra
pawn, Gosciniak blockaded it with her knight & when almost all attempts to
make progress were exhausted, the players agreed to a draw on move 50.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5
O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. h3 Bd6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Na4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Qxf6 gxf6 16. c4 Rb4 17. b3 Ba6 18. Rac1 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21.
bxc4 Rb8 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Nc5 Rb4 24. Nd3 Rxc4 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Kf8 27.
Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Nb3 Kd5 30. Kd3 f5 31. Na5 Bc7 32. Nc4 Bb6 33. f3 f4
34. Nd2 Ba5 35. Nc4 Bb4 36. Nb2 f5 37. Nc4 Bd6 38. Na5 Be5 39. Nc4 Bf6 40. Na5
Bd8 41. Nb3 c5 42. Nd2 Bc7 43. Nc4 Kc6 44. Na3 Kd5 45. Nc4 Bd8 46. Na3 Bh4 47.
Nc4 Be1 48. Na3 a6 49. Nc4 a5 50. a4 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gu, Xiaobing"]
[Black "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{A critical early clash between two of the tournament WGMs, Xiaobing Gu from
China & Julia Ryjanova from Russia, saw the Gu play the Panov-Botvinnik attack
in response to Ryjanova's Caro-Kann defence. Momentum in the game seemed to
shift a number of times, with Gu's early space advantage looking promising,
before Ryjanova developed threats on the kingside & looked to be on track to
victory when her knight became active. However Gu managed to create a
protected passed d-pawn in the process & found shelter for her king to again
shift the momentum of the game before exchanging into a queen & rook endgame.
Ultimately it would be Gu's d-pawn that proved critical, with Ryjanova giving
up other pawns to prevent the d-pawn promoting, before Gu finally found a way
through with her king & rook to take the win.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5
4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O O-O
11. a3 Bd6 12. Qe2 Nce7 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17.
Rb1 Bc6 18. Rb4 Rad8 19. Re1 Ng6 20. Bc2 Rd5 21. f4 a5 22. Rb1 Qe7 23. Be4 Rd7
24. Bxc6 Qc5+ 25. Be3 Qxc6 26. c4 Qe4 27. g3 Rc8 28. c5 Ne7 29. Bf2 Qf5 30.
Red1 Rcd8 31. Rbc1 Nd5 32. Be1 a4 33. Ba5 Ra8 34. Qb5 Re7 35. Bd2 h5 36. Qb1
Qg4 37. Qe4 h4 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. Qf3 Qg6 40. Kf2 Ne7 41. Be3 Rad8 42. Rd6 Nf5 43.
Bd2 Nd4 44. Qe3 Nb3 45. Rc3 Qb1 46. Rcd3 Rxd6 47. cxd6 Qh1 48. gxh4 Qxh2+ 49.
Kf3 Qxh4 50. Qg1 Qh5+ 51. Kf2 Qh4+ 52. Ke2 Qh5+ 53. Ke1 g6 54. Be3 Qf3 55. Qf1
Qe4 56. Kf2 Kg7 57. d7 Qc6 58. Qd1 Rh8 59. Kg3 Rd8 60. f5 Nc5 61. f6+ Kg8 62.
Bxc5 Qxc5 63. Qe1 Qb5 64. Qc3 Kh7 65. Qd4 Kg8 66. Kf3 Qb1 67. Kf2 Qc2+ 68. Kg3
Qb1 69. Qe3 Qb5 70. Rc3 Kh7 71. Kg4 Qf1 72. Qh3+ Qxh3+ 73. Rxh3+ Kg8 74. Rd3 b5
75. Kg5 Kh7 76. Kf4 b4 77. axb4 a3 78. Rh3+ Kg8 79. Rxa3 Rxd7 80. Ke4 Rb7 81.
Rb3 Kf8 82. Kd4 Ke8 83. Kc5 Kd7 84. b5 Kc8 85. b6 Rd7 86. Ra3 Kb8 87. Kc6 Rd1
88. Ra7 Rc1+ 89. Kd6 Rd1+ 90. Ke7 Rb1 91. Kxf7 Rxb6 92. Re7 g5 93. Rxe6 Rb7+
94. Kg6 1-0

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Berezina, Irina"]
[Black "Stangl, Anita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Australia's Irina Berezina managed to grind out a win against Germany's Anita
Stangl on the white side of a Dutch Stonewall, slowly improving her position &
winning material along the way. Although Stangl put up a good fight, and
finding ways to avoid disaster along the way, Berezina's extra pawns proved
too much in the ensuing rook endgame. Jilin Zhang & Deimante Daulyte played a
line of the Rossolimo Sicilian which saw a number of minor pieces exchanged
early in the game. With both sides having a solid position, the players agreed
to split the point of move 17.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6
6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Ba3 b6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 c5
13. Rd1 Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qb2 dxc4 16. Be2 Qe7 17. Bxc4 Bb7 18. Nbd2 Nb4
19. Qe5 Rae8 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rd6 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. Rc6 Ne4
25. Rc7 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxa7 Rd8 28. g3 g5 29. Rc2 f4 30. exf4 gxf4 31.
g4 Rg6 32. h3 h5 33. Ne5 Rf6 34. Kg2 Rd5 35. Nf3 Rg6 36. Nh2 f3+ 37. Kxf3 Ng5+
38. Kg2 Rd3 39. gxh5 Rf6 40. Ng4 Rf8 41. Rxc5 Nxh3 42. Kf1 Nf4 43. Re5 Rh3 44.
Rg5+ Kh8 45. Ne5 Rh1+ 46. Rg1 Rxh5 47. Ng6+ Nxg6 48. Rxg6 Rc5 49. Rxe6 Rc1+ 50.
Kg2 Rc2 51. Re3 Rfxf2+ 52. Kg3 Rg2+ 53. Kf4 Rcf2+ 54. Ke4 Kg8 55. a4 Rg4+ 56.
Kd3 Kf8 57. Kc3 Rf1 58. a5 Rc1+ 59. Kb2 Rh1 60. Rc7 Rg2+ 61. Rc2 Rgg1 62. Kc3
Ra1 63. Re5 Rab1 64. Rf2+ Kg7 65. Rf3 Rh4 66. Rg5+ Kh6 67. Rgf5 Rc1+ 68. Kb2
Re1 69. Rf2 Re3 70. Rf6+ Kg5 71. R2f5+ Kg4 72. Rf4+ Kg5 73. Rxh4 Kxf6 74. a6
1-0

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Zhang, Jilin"]
[Black "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a4 b6 13. Nd1 O-O 14. Ne3 Bg7
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gara, Ticia"]
[Black "Leks, Hanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Ticia Gara played the sharp Richter-Rauzer attack against Hanna Leks'
Sicilian Defence & seemed to gain a small advantage out of the opening. Leks
tried to make her defensive task easier by exchanging queens, however this
simply allowed Gara to further target the weaknesses in Leks' pawn structure.
When Leks played the central break d5, Gara took the opportunity to leave Leks
with tripled f-pawns before a tactical opportunity presented itself & Gara was
able to win a piece & with it the game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. f4
O-O-O 12. Be2 Be7 13. Rhf1 Kb8 14. Rf3 Rdg8 15. Bf1 h5 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Na4 Qb4
18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. Nxd7+ Rxd7 21. f5 d5 22. c3 Nc6 23. exd5 Ne5 24.
Rh3 exf5 25. c4 Ng4 26. Rf3 Nxh2 27. Rxf5 Ng4 28. Rd3 Ne5 29. Rd4 b6 30. a4 h4
31. a5 Ka7 32. axb6+ Kxb6 33. d6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6+ Rxd6 35. c5+ Kc6 36. cxd6 1-0

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Novosadova, Kristyna"]
[Black "Leks, Hanna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Hana Leks played the Boleslavsky line of the Classical Sicilian against
Krystina Novosadova & quickly created strong threats with her queen, bishop &
knight. These threats allowed Leks to win material early & Novosadova tried
drastic action to turn the game around, however Leks defended well,
consolidated her position & with a passed pawn about to promote, Novosadova
was forced to resign.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Nd5 Nfxd5 12. exd5 Bg5
13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Qg5 16. Rd4 Bf5 17. Qc1 Qe7 18. Rd2 Qe3+ 19.
Kf1 Nxc2 20. Rxc2 Qxb3 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Qe1 Rfe8 23. Qf2 Re5 24. Rad1 Qxa4 25.
Bf3 Rc5 26. Rd4 Qb5+ 27. Kg1 Rc2 28. Qh4 Qb6 29. b4 axb4 30. Kh1 Rb2 31. Ra1 h6
32. h3 Kh7 33. Ra8 g5 34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qxg5+ Bg6 37. Qh4 Rb1+
38. Kh2 b3 39. Bd1 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Black "Gara, Ticia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Deimante Daulyte & Ticia Gara played an unusual line of the Sicilian, with
many early minor piece manoeuvres. Gara developed some threats against
Daulyte's king, however these were neutralised by Daulyte. After a long
struggle, Daulyte eventually prevailed. Jilin Zhang played a Najdorf Sicilian
against Anita Stangl & found an exchanging tactic to achieve equality early in
the game. Just when Zhang seemed to be getting the better of the clash, with
threatening bishops & pressure down the d-file, the players repeated the
position & agreed to a draw.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bc4
b5 6. Bd5 Rb8 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Bb3 Nxe4 10. Nxd4 e6 11. O-O Nc5 12.
Qe2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qb6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. d3 Bd6 16. Ng5 Qc6 17. Ne4 O-O 18. f3 Be5
19. c3 f5 20. Ng5 Qc7 21. f4 Bd6 22. Nf3 b4 23. Bd2 Rf6 24. Ne5 bxc3 25. bxc3
Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rg6 27. Rf2 Qc6 28. b4 Rf8 29. Ra2 f4 30. Bxf4 Qxc3 31. Rc2 Qa1+
32. Rc1 Qd4 33. Bg3 Qxb4 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qb2 Bc6 36. Qb6 h5 37. Rc2 Kh7 38.
Rf2 Qe7 39. Qxa6 h4 40. Bf4 h3 41. g3 Rg4 42. Qa1 Qc5 43. Qf1 Qd5 44. Qxh3+ Kg8
45. Rf1 Bb7 46. Kf2 Qd4+ 47. Ke1 Rg6 48. g4 Qc3+ 49. Kf2 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 Qe2 51.
Rf2 Qxd3+ 52. Kh4 Qd1 53. Qg3 Kh7 54. h3 Be4 55. Qe3 Qh1 56. Rh2 Qb1 57. Rd2
Bd5 58. Qe2 1-0

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Stangl, Anita"]
[Black "Zhang, Jilin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. c3 Nf6 14. Bc2 g6 15.
Qe2 Qc7 16. h3 b6 17. g4 Bb7 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Qf2 Rad8 21. Rac1 Ne7
22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bd2 Ne7 24. Be3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Black "Berezina, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Julia Ryjanova played a nice attacking game against Irina Berezina on the
white side of a King's Indian Defence. Berezina blocked the central pawns
early in the game, however this allowed Ryjanova to open lines on the kingside
in front of Berezina's king. Although Berezina tried to hold off the attack,
the strength of Ryjanova's attack proved too much & Berezina was forced to
resign.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c6
8. Nge2 b5 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. b3 b4 12. Nd1 e5 13. d5 c5 14. Bd3 a5
15. h4 h5 16. Ne2 Qe8 17. g4 hxg4 18. Ng3 gxf3 19. h5 Ng4 20. Nf2 Ndf6 21. h6
Bh8 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. h7+ Nxh7 24. Qh2 Bh5 25. Bh6 Qe7 26. Nxh5 Rfd8 27. Ng3
Bf6 28. Be3 Nf8 29. Kf2 Bg7 30. Rcg1 f6 31. Nf5 Qd7 32. Bh6 1-0

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gosciniak, Maria"]
[Black "Gu, Xiaobing"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Maria Gosciniak played aggresively against Xiaobing Gu's Najdorf Sicilian &
had a significant advantage in the middlegame, with a strong centralised
knight & dominating rook. However Gosciniak did not continue this aggression
into the late middlegame & this allowed Gu to get back into the game.
Unfortunately for Gosciniak, she overstepped the time limit with only two
moves to the time control & this handed the game to Gu.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10.
g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. g5 Nh7 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Bg4 Rc8
17. Nd5 exd5 18. Bxd7 Rc7 19. Bg4 dxe4 20. Nf5 d5 21. Qxd5 Bb4 22. Qb3 h5 23.
Bh3 Qa5 24. Ne3 Rc5 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Rd7 Qc6 27. Ne5 Qb5 28. a3 Ba5 29. Qxb5
Rxb5 30. Bf1 Rb6 31. Nc4 Rb5 32. Nxa5 Rxa5 33. Be2 Rf5 34. Rf1 Nf8 35. Re7 Ng6
36. Rxe4 Nxh4 37. Rh1 Ng6 38. Rxh5 Rd8 39. Bc4 0-1

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gu, Xiaobing"]
[Black "Novosadova, Krystina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Xiaobing Gu played the Vienna Game against Krystina Novosadova & allowed an
early bishop for knight trade. Novosadova found a pawn break in the centre &
seemed to be generating play against Gu's king, but was unable to break
through. Novosadova sacrificed an exchange to put further pressure on Gu's
king, however when Gu was able to create some counterplay, Novosadova was
forced to exchange pieces to survive. The ending that resulted was winning for
Gu & she used good technique to convert the win.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6
4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. Qd3 Be6 9. Na4 Nd7 10. b3 Qh4
11. a3 a6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nec3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 d5 17.
cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nac3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Raf8 20. Nd5 Rh5 21. h3 Rf7 22. Rfe1 Nf6 23.
Ndxf6+ gxf6 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Qg3+ Kh6 26. Qd3 Rg7 27. Ng3 Rhg5 28. Nf5+ Rxf5
29. Qxf5 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rh2 31. Re3 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Bg2 33. Rd7 Qh5+ 34. Qxh5+ Kxh5
35. Rxh7+ Kg6 36. Rxc7 Kf5 37. Rg3 Bxh3 38. Rxb7 e4 39. Ke3 Bg4 40. Rb6 Re1+
41. Kd4 Bf3 42. Rg8 Re2 43. Rf8 Rd2+ 44. Kc3 Rxf2 45. Rbxf6+ Ke5 46. Rf5+ Ke6
47. R8f6+ Ke7 48. Rxa6 Rg2 49. a4 Bd1 50. Re5+ Kf7 51. Rxe4 Rxc2+ 52. Kb4 Rc7
53. Rb6 1-0

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Berezina, Irina"]
[Black "Gosciniak, Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Irina Berezina played a quiet line against Maria Gosciniak's Semi-Slav
Defence, which saw all the knights exchanged off before move 20. After some
manoeuvring, Gosciniak developed some pressure down the d-file, which Berezina
neutralised, before turning her attention to the h-file. Although Gosciniak
sacrificed a pawn, the lack of pawn breaks available made it difficult for
either player to make progress & the game was drawn.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4
c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 h6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4
11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 Bg6 18. Qe3 Be7 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. f4 Bf6 21. Bf3 a5 22. Kg2 a4 23. b4 Rad8
24. h4 Qa6 25. Be2 b5 26. h5 Bh7 27. c5 Qb7 28. Bf3 Qe7 29. Rf2 Rd7 30. Be1
Rfd8 31. Rfd2 g5 32. hxg6 Bxg6 33. Bf2 Kg7 34. Qe2 Rh8 35. Be3 Rdd8 36. Rh1
Rdg8 37. Kf1 h5 38. Bxh5 Be4 39. Rh2 Kf8 40. g4 Rh7 41. Ke1 Rgh8 42. Qf2 Qd7
43. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Zhang, Jilin"]
[Black "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Jilin Zhang & Julia Ryjanova played an unusual line of the Sicilian Defence,
which meant that they were out of theory by move 10. Zhang sacrificed a pawn
in the early middlegame for some pressure, but Ryjanova held her nerve,
trading into a rook endgame. Although Ryjanova had an extra pawn, Zhang's
active rooks created many threats & Ryjanova decided to return the pawn & soon
after the players agreed to a draw.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5.
d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc7 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Qh4 h6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12.
Nbd2 Ne6 13. Qg3 Qc7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Nf1 Na5 16. Ne3 Nc4 17. h5 Nxe5 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. Nxe5 Bxb3 20. axb3 g5 21. Qe3 a5 22. Nf3 O-O 23. Bd2 Rfe8 24. Qe2 Rb8
25. Be3 d5 26. Red1 Red8 27. Bd4 Nf4 28. Qe3 Nxh5 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5
31. Nxe5 Rd6 32. Rxa5 Nf6 33. Ra7 Re6 34. Nd7 Nxd7 35. Rxd7 Re2 36. R1xd5 Rxb2
37. Rxe7 Rxb3 38. Rdd7 Rf8 39. Rc7 Kg7 40. Red7 Kg6 41. Kh2 h5 42. Rd5 f6 43.
Rc6 h4 44. f3 Rb2 45. Rb6 Rc2 46. Rc5 Kh5 47. Rcc6 Rb2 48. Rxf6 Rxf6 49. Rxf6
Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gara, Ticia"]
[Black "Stangl, Anita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Ticia Gara played the Tarrasch variation against Anita Stangl's French
Defence & held a slight advantage out of the opening due to her better placed
pieces. Stangl decided to open up the kingside with the pawn break g5, however
this backfired when Gara found a nice discovered attack at the end of a series
of exchanges, to win a pawn. Gara maintained the initiative & pressured
Stangl's king, forcing Stangl to resign when faced with the prospect of losing
more material to avoid checkmate.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5.
Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12.
Ng3 O-O 13. Bc2 Rf7 14. Qd3 Nf8 15. a3 Rc7 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Bc3 Be8 18. Qe2 Rac8
19. Bb3 h5 20. h4 Qf4 21. Rfe1 Be7 22. Nf1 Bf6 23. g3 Qd6 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Qd2
Qd8 26. Ne3 g5 27. hxg5 Bxg5 28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. Nxd5 Qxd2 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Rxd2
Kxf6 32. d5+ Kf7 33. dxc6 Bxc6 34. Re5 h4 35. gxh4 Re7 36. Bb4 Rd7 37. Rf5+ Kg7
38. Bc3+ Kg6 39. Rg5+ Kf7 40. Rg7+ Ke8 41. Rdxd7 Bxd7 42. Bf6 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 a6
44. Bg5 Rf1 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kf4 Rg2 47. Bd1 1-0

[Event "2016 Australian Womens Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Leks, Hanna"]
[Black "Daulyte, Deimante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.14"]

{Hanna Leks played the Snyder variation against Deimante Daulyte's Sicilian
Defence & soon found herself in a difficult position, behind in development &
facing strong threats in a queenless middlegame. Unfortunately for Leks, she
was not able to avoid the minefield & Daulyte found a nice mating combination,
which forced Leks to resign.} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. e6 f6
6. c4 Nf4 7. exd7+ Bxd7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 10. Qd2 Bh6 11. Qd6 Kf7 12. Ne2
Bg4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nec3 Nc6 15. f3 Be6 16. Na3 Nb4 17. Rb1 Bf8 18. Nab5 Nc2+
19. Kf2 Bc5+ 20. Kg3 Nh5+ 21. Kh4 Bf2+ 22. g3 Nf4 23. Ne4 h6 0-1

