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World Youth Championship 2005 Rxg2 28.Ke2 is in White's favourl 20...h5 21.93 - but to think it was going to be all downhill for by Ewen Green Qg5 Black is by no means worse - and Andy Black from here was asking for trouble. 11.Bxf6 prepares his defensive w all. 22.Rael Kd7 gxf6 12.Nd5 0-(F0! "Would you like a pawn?" Black. Belfort, France structure looked absolutely dire for 23.Kh2 f5 24.Ng2 h4 Contact! White mustbe 13.Nxb6+ "No thanks - I will have the whole The eight New Zealandplzyers plus two parents 14.Be5 Rg8 15.Rel Be6 l6.R (F0-017.Ne2 very careful. 25.Nxh4 [Another way was 25.g4 King" 13...axb614.a4 Rhg8 Still under the delu- and I as manager/coach had a long flight to Zt- Bg7 18.Bxg7 RxgT 19.f4 2O.Rhfl Bt5 94 fxg4 (25...Ne7 26.Ne3 fxg4 27.Nxg4 NJ5 28.Rgl) sion that she only has to furn up on the queen- rich via Singapore, but enjoyed a brief stopover 21.Ncl f6 22.Re2 Rb7! Bobby closes down the 26.Qxf7+ Qe7 27.Qxe7+ NxeT 28.Nf4 Rh6 side to win, White ignores the waming bells that across the border into access to pawns. 23.b3 there before travelling knight's his weak [ If 29.Nd3 and White is not worsel 25...Rxh4 should have been ringing loud and clear... France. 23.}$b3 c4! 24.dxc4 d3 and White is suddenly in 26.gxh4 Nxh4 27.Qg3 Qd8 28.Qf4 [28.Qd3 15.a5?? Qh3 16.93 Ng4 No more smiling now. trouble The Swiss train from Zurich to Basel was fabu- I 23...Kd7l24.Rfel Kd6 25.Re8 RxeS offers the draw 28...Qg5 29.Q93128...Ng2 White resigned (Fl lous. We arrived on the dot. Could one expect 26.Rxe8 Amazingly, the white rook can roam at 29.Qe5 Nxel 30.Rxel Qh4 31.Qe3 Rg4 32.Rgl anlthing else? Then a scrape up and down stair- will behind Black's defensive line, but cannot Re4 33.Qg3 Qxg3+ 34.fxg3 Black's rook is more Shirley Wu - Girls Under-14 ways to get to the border control and catch the achieve anything whereas the white knight is active - but the passed h-pawn keeps White's Score 5.5 pts locked in behind its own pawns. 26...896 French train from Basel to Belfort. Somehow position intact. 34...Ke7 35.h4 Rg4?! Now White Yet another excellent effort - Shirley was never this train managed to be delayed, despite con- 27.Rh8 Rh7 28.Rxh7 BxhT 29.Ne2 a5 30.a4 can both improve his King and nulliff Black's worse than -1 and played solidly throughout, stant forward motion. A foretaste of things to Kd5 31.Ncl Ke6 32.Ne2 h5 33.Ncl Draw active rook - Black has to be very careful from losing only 3 games. I have been an admirer of come... agreedYr-/, here. 36.Rfl Re431.Kg2 Kf6 38.Rf4 Kg6 her play for some years, and I was not disap- venue saw complete pandemo- Arrival at the 39.Rxe4 fxe4 4O.KD,f5 41.Ke3 a5 42.Kf4b5 pointed. One episode in particular impressed me nium in the registration area - the team waited Andy Chen - Boys Under-12 43.g4 Kt6 44.95+ Kg6 Dr awn /,-Y, - under immense pressure on the board and on the outside I spent hours in a permanent Score 4.5 pts while clock for many moves, she held her nerve splen- scrum. was one the fortunate dele- Andy had perhaps the most reason to be disap- And I of Sue Maroroa - Girls Under-I4 didly until her opponent ran out of ideas and of- gates... pointed his result at this toumament. On with Score: 5.5 pts fered the draw. Eastem European countries showed 50Vo with four rounds to go, he looked odds-on Certain Another excellent effort - Sue was +2 and unde- superb rugby skills in this room - forming tight- to achieve 50Vo or better overall, but of all our feated after 7 rounds, and consistently meeting Shirley WU (l\ZL) - and obliterating any at- players, Andy was the worsGaffected by the five scrum formations opponents notjust highly-rated but very well Gwanaelle Francis (WLS) tempt at queuing. Having finally convinced the playng conditions. Andy's strength is certainly prepared. Despite this, there was only one open- l.e4 e5 2.NR Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 organisers of our genuine right to be there ( and in the middle game. It was no accident that he ing calamity. Her second loss was a middle game This opening went out of fashion in the 90's - the our ability to pay we were allowed our first won outright a strong B-grade competition at the ), tactic missed when under pressure. Sue regularly 1890's! meal. Constemation as we finally went to our Auckland Chess Centre immediately before showed extreme resilience in difficult positions, 4.d4Bd7 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Bxd7+ hotel by bus afterwards - we really were staying leaving for Belfort. plus a willingness to offer material (which almost QxdT in another city, Mulhouse - some 45 kilometres none dared to accept). 8.Qxd4 Ne7 9.Bf4 Nc6 l0.Qe3 Be7 11.Rdl away from Belfort. Chen/,ndy Vujer,I - [Bl6] I think Sue's play was the strongest of anyone in Qc8(:) Our players: Boys U-12, Rnd 6) @elfort, our team. Her strong result has gained her a 12.0-0 0-0 13.Nd5 f5 14.e5 dxe5 l5.Bxe5 Bd8 Bobby Cheng Boys Underl0 l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 - FIDE ELO of 1934, and I believe she has been 16.Bf4 Rf7 lT.Rfel Ne7 18.Qb3 Nxd5 19.Re8+ Score: 5.5 pts 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bf4 BE 7.Bcl 7.Nt3 [6...Qb6!? ] awarded the Women's Fide Master Title - con- Black resigns An excellent effort! Bobby will never lack fight- e6 8.h3 This innocent-looking move is actually gratulations! ing and whenever faced with opponents a significant commitnentby White. 8...Bd6 spirit David Xu - Boys Under-14 with ELO ratings (!) extending up to 225011us 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Bd3 B96 Now both sides play Manyoki,A (HUN ) ELO 1850 - Score 4.5 pts put up a huge fight. Bruce Wheelels coaching "you castle first, please" for some time. 11.c3 Maroroa,Sue [C48] David was the only player in our team with an paid dividends. Nd712.Nh4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Ne514.Qe2 Ng6 @elfort, Girls U-14, Rrd 6) established ELO rating (1920). But he played 15.Nf5 r7.QR Ke718.Qg3 Qds16.Ne3 Qa5 1.e4 e5 2.NB Nc6 3Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 Sue with almost no recent practice except for intemet Fernandez,J (COL) Cheng,Bobby Rac8 19.0-0 Rcg8!? Finally both sides have - [B24] does not usually hang out with theory for long... chess, and without a particularly well-exercised (Belfort, Boys U-I0, Rnd l0) their King committed, and the heavy pieces 5.0-0 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nb3 Bb6 opening repertoire, plus a tendency to get into 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.892 e6 5.d3 d5 know where they stand. 20.QR fMore aggres- 9.895 Ne5 10.Bxd7+ QxdT!? Completely unex- time trouble rather early. Despite these handicaps, 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bg5 d4 8.Ne4 9.Qd2 sive wouldbe 20.b4 2l.Qf3 f5 22.Rfel, but Qa5+ Qd8 pected by Sue's opponent, who looked over to her his tough "keep-going" approach kept him in the 10.Kxd2 Nxe4+ 11.Bxe4 h6l2.Bf4 g5 then White's knight must go out on a limb after Qxd2+ compakiot playing on the adjacent board and game. This result could easily have been better - 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 What follows is a brilliant de- 22...f4 23.Ng4 24.Nh6, though it turns out Qd5 raised her eyebrows. Her compatriot looked at the David dropped at least two half-points through fensive effort by Bobby. We spectators could that an athactive-looking exchange sacrifice position, and smiled. Objectively, White is better lack of experience in rook-endings. only see the board from a distance, and the pawn 24...Nh4 25.Nxg8+ Rxg8 26.Qxd5 cxd5 27.Kfl

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Xu,David - De Paz,J [C58] Huddleston,H (AUS)- Liu,Cecily [E61] Black can swallow the pawn and worm his way completely passive and having to face Black's @elfort, Boys U-14, Rnd 9) @elfort, Girls U-16, Rrd 1) out. Some consolidation here with (e.g. Qc2 or advantages on both sides of the board!? 27...Rc7 1.e4 e5 2.NB Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 96 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.N13 d6 5.814 0-0 Qd2 ), while Black tries to get almost all his 28.Racl bS 29.93 Rd8 30.Kg2 Rdc8 31.Rf3 b4 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 Bc5?! Black 6.h3 Na6!? 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Bd7 9.0-0 Nh5 pieces sorted out, would keep White's advantage. 32.c4 dxc4 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.bxc4 Rxc4 35.d5 deviates from well-known lines. This move is l0.Bh2 f5!? 11.Qd2 Qc7 l2.Radl Nf6 13.dxc5 18...Qxb2 19.Rb1 Qxa3 20.Rxb7!? [Still going Rc2+ 36.Rf2? Exchanging offher last hope of obvious, but hardly ever played before. Usual is 8 Nxc5 14.b4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 l6.Qd5+ Kh8 for the throat - a draw is there for the taking with salvation... 36...RxI2+ 37.Kxf2 exd5 38.Ke3 Kg6 ... h6 to kick the Ng5 around with ... e4 if it re- 17.c5!? Rf6!? [17...Nc3 18.Qd2 Nxdl 19.cxd6 20. Ral Qb2 21. Rbll20...Nb4 21.Ne7+ Kh8 39.Kd4 Kl7 40.Kxd5 Ke7 4l.Kc4 g5 42.Kxb4 treats to R, or leave it looking rather misplaced if Qb6 20.dxe7 gives White plenf of compensation 22.Qd2 Bb6 23.Bc4 [Right idea, wrong piece: Ke6 43.a4 Kxe5 44.a5 f4 45.Kb5 R 46.Ka6 f2 it retums to h3. The latter approach was intro- for the exchange.] 18.Be5? White continues to try 23.Ng5 keeps the advantagel 23...BxR?! 24.gxB 47.Kxa7 tlQ 48.a6 Qbl! Very efficient:-) duced by Steinitz in the 1800's - and totally mis- her luck with unexpected tactical shots. But this Qa4 25.Qe2 Nc2 26.Rc1Nd4 27.Qe4 Qa3 49.Ka8 Qb6 50.a7 Qc7 51.h4 Qc8# 0-1 trusted by everyone else until Bobby Fischer re- will simply cost a pawn after Black defends accu- 28.Rfl l5?? [Black loses patience - or gets over- introduced it in a famous game in the 1960's. 9.d3 rately. 18...Bc6 19.cxd6 exd6 20.Qc4 dxe5 21.b5 arnbitious. The fact that the Queen is threatened Organisation: Qd4 10.0-0 Bd6 Now Blackmust lose time due Qa5 22.bxc6 Rxc6 23.Qb3 Qb6 Draw offered by makes it easy for him to overlook White's killing Regrettably, the toumament organisers were in to the threat of c3 andb4, winning material. Black - which White should grab! 24.Rd3 Nc5 shot. 28 ... Ne6 was require4 when tlre Rb7 can be over their heads. - I 100-odd players and 800-odd 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Rbl Nd5 l3.Bd2 Qb6 14.b4 Nb7 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.Rd2 Ne4 27.Rd7 Rxa2 opposed with Rab8.l 29Ng6+ hxg6 30.Qh4# l-{ managers/coaches/parents/others were simply l5.Nce4 Be7 16.c4 Nf6 17.b5 Nc5 18.Be3 Nlxe4 28.Rxb7 Rxe2 29.Rb8+ BI8 30.RxI8+ Kg7 Here beyond the capacity or planning of the organisers 19.Nxe4 f5 20.bxc6 Qxc6 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 Cecily, under some time pressure and perhaps Natasha Fairley - Girls Under-I8 and the organisation. 22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.BR e424.dxe4 Be6 25.exl5 thinking White was about to restore material Score 4.0 pts The toumament hall was part of a sports complex RadS 26.Bd5 l26.fxe6l? hardly qualifies as a equality, oflered another draw - which was NaLasha doubled her score lrom previous years. (tenniVswimming/ice hockey) sihrated on the queen sacrifice - White is decisively better.l gratefully accepted by her opponent. It seems that To outplay 2000-rated opponents (twice) in dou- outskirts of Belfort, in the middle of a number of 26...Bxd5 21.cxdl Rxf5 28.Qb3 White is faced with her king being in big houble ble-rook endings was excellent stuff. I had seen working-class tenements. The players were seated Two very soundpawns up, David grinds his op- or severe material loss after Black plays ...Rcc2/... Natasha playing in Auckland Chess Centre tour- in an ice hockey stadium. This was congested for ponent down, taking no unnecessary chances. Nxf2l...e4letc.%-% naments since my retum in April - and I had only the spectators, but adequate for the players. What 28...Kh8 29.Rbd1 h6 30.d6 Qc6 31.Rd3 Rg5 seen her giving maximum effort there. So I was was not adequate was the ventilation - tempera- 32.93 Rb5 33.Qa4 Qb7 34.Qh4 Rd7 3s.Qf4 Rl7 Michael Thang- Boys Under-16 not surprised by her improved performance in tures outside reached well over 30 degrees on 36.Qe3 Qd7 37.Re1 Rb8 38.Qe6 Qb7 39.d7 Score: 3.5 pts Belfort. most days - some days as high as 40. Nor were RffS Despite the appearance of his score (-4), Michael toilets adequate - especially for the players. For played (so It is rather more straightforward to swap a pair of the toumament of his life far). Cer- Pearson,N (RSA, ELO 1998 ) - them, about 10 portaloos were provided - with rooks with Rb3 - but David was enjoying this too tainly he had never experienced such intensity Fairley,Natasha [D00] zero hand-washi ng facilities. much to let his opponent off the hook so during play, and he responded very well. He did (Belfort, Girls U-18, Rnd 5) Observations as Coach: painlessly. not play an un-rated opponent until round 9. He 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.8il1e6 4.Nd2 c5 5.c3 Nc6 I did not call regular team meetings - only im- Black's King is to come under attack too... 40.Qe7 played far above himselfthroughout, and only 6.f4 The Stonewall Attack - a favourite with promphr ones in the hotel foyer on subjects of Qb6 41.Qe3 Qb7 42.Red1 Rbd8 43.Qc5 Kh7 lack of experience at this level was his downfall. coaches who don't trust their player to think for immediate relevance or interest to the players. 44.Qc2 Kh8 45.Rb3 Qa6 46.Rbd3 Qb7 47.Qa4 It is a pleasure to note tlat Michael now has an themselves. Natasha comes up with a series of The only important meeting was held when I had Qb6 48.Qd4 Qb7 49.Re1 Qc7 50.Re7 Rg8 international ELO of 1861 - he certainly eamed fantastic strategic retreats to stump her opponent. a captive audience on our way to the first round. 51.Re6 Kh7 52.Qe4+ Kh8 53.Qe5 Qcl+ 54.K92 ir! In the background to what follows is the strategic This meeting was short but very significant. Two Kh7 55.Re3 RxdT 56.Q15+ 96 57.Rxg6 Rxg6 plan of ...b5/...b4 for Black - but first the centre major topics were covered - the first being dear to 58.Qxd7+ Rg7 59.Qf5+ Black resigned l-0 Zhang,Michael - Keresztes,B (IIUN) [B22] and king-side contest must be dealt with. 6...cxd4 my heart, and the second being extremely useful ( Belfort, Boys U-16, Rnd 2) 7.exd4 Bd6 8.Nh3 Qc7 9.NA h6!? 10.0-0 F0 to our players throughout the toumament. Cecily Liu - Cirls Under-16 l.e4 c5 2.NB e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 11.Ne5 Ne8!! A most interesting way of stopping The first "topic" was my informing the team that Score 4.0 pts 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Qd8 9.Be3 Ng4 10.d5 what is usually an extrernely dangerous attack. EVERY decision tlrey made in the playing hall Cecily played solidly, and was well-prepared exd5 ll.cxd5 Nxe3 12.fte3 The White pawns in l2.Bd2 f5! 13.Be2 Nf6 14.Khl Bd7 15.Ng1 Be8! would be correct. Whether it was offering a draw, (BruceWatson coaching). A tendency to under- the centre don't look very pretty - but they have 16.NgR Bh5 17.Nh4 Bxe2 l8.Qxe2 Bxe5 accepting or declining a draw, or resigning, or estimate her position, and initially concentrating plenty ofpositive aspects too. For example, they 19.fxe5 Ne4 What a knight! White is looking at getting into time trouble or moving quickly, they on not losing, saw her fall to -3, but she did not keep Black's minor pieces out of the centre. sfrategic doom unless something "happens" on the could be assured that whatever they decided to do lose heart and only fought harder as the touma- 12...Nb4 13.Nc3 0-0 14.e4 Bg4 15.a3 Na6 16.e5 king-side. 20.Be3 Ne7 21.Qh5 Kh7 22.N8 Qd7 was correct, and that I would back theml007o. ment progressed. I think she leamed a great deal Qb6 17.d6 Bd8 18.Nd5?! A tempting sacrifice to 23.Ng5+ Nxg5 24.Bxg5 Qe8 25.Qxe8 RfxeS It seemed that this was a huge load off everybody's from this experience. get two pieces onto the seventh rank but it seems 26.Bxe7 RxeT 27.b3? Desperate to avoid going (Continued on page 25)

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North Shore Open Ead8 14.4b2'a6 15.94 A96 l6.de2 6e4 G.A.Spain - B.R.Watson by NM Peter Stuart 17.4f4 EfeS 18.8c1 wd6 19.wc2 6b4 Sicilian [B22] 20.9b1 Aa7 21.6xg6 fxg6 22.Afl EfB l.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 6f6 4.e5 Ad5 5.6R (on A bumper crop oflate entries the Saturday J.A.Browne - A.Krstev 23.hg2 ExR! 24.Axf3 bAz 25.Axd5+ 6c6 6.4c4 e6 7.cxd4 d6 8.0-0 Ae7 9.exd6 morning) boosted the total to a record 100 French [C10] Wxd5 26.Eedl Axe3! 27.Wal [27.fxe3 WR Wxd6 10.hc3 6xc3 ll.bxc3 0-0 12.8e1 b6 players in the 32nd North Shore Open, held l.e4 e6 2.d4 dxe4 4.$xe4 6d7 d5 3.6c3 28.Wa1 Wxe3+ is hopeless for Whitel 13.695 9b7? [Missing a trick; better was over the weekend of 8/9 October. This was a 5.64 6gf6 6.hxf6+ 6xf6 7.995 h6 8.9e3 27...&xf2+l 28.&xf2 Wn+ Ze.Ogl Wg3+ 13...h6 and, only after the knight retires, significant increase compared to last year and Ad5 9.9d3 c5 10.0-0 bxe3 11.fxe3 cxd4?? 30.&h1 Wxh3+ 31.&gr Wxg4+ 32.Ohr Ed3 14...9b71 14.6xe6 6a5 15.6xfl1 hxc4 16.Wd3 it is clear that the organisers will need to look suspects that Antonio hadn't really [One 33.Exd2 Eh3+ 34.8h2 Wf3+ 35.691 Eg3+ [The threat of mate in 2 allows White to swap at the tournament format again - 72 playerc in started to think yet ... which way will White 0-1. the knight on f8 instead of simply losing it.l just the B-grade was too many for a five-round recapture?l 12.6e5! [Oops ... and 12.4b5+ 16...AxfB l7.Hxc4 Ec8 18.Wd3 Ed5 19.f3 gd6 Swiss. Ad7 13.Axd7+ WxdT 14.Oe5 and l5.6xf7 As usual, the Saturday night round had a 20.Ad2 Wh5 21.f4 Wds ZZ.BeZ 15 23.Eae1 96 Of last year's joint Open victors, Paul Garbett was also pretty goodl 12...4d6 13.bxf7 number of half-point bye takers though 24.act &ft 2s.Eh3 h5 26.wg3 EgS 27.wg5 was back but Stephen Lukey was busy trying had it's points, too.] 13...4xh2+ [13.9b5+ Steadman was the only one from the leading Eg7 28.8e8 Elxa2 29.Ele7+ l-0. his luck in the concurrent Asian Champion- 14.&xh2 16.8t4 Wg3 Wln+ tS.Ogl 0-0 bunch to do so. Puchen Wang and Spain both ship. There were another dozen players rated get's even worse.] l7.6xh6+! [Gee ... it won their third game to share the lead while P.Godfrey-P.R.Green over 2000 to keep Paul honest, headed by Pe- 17...gxh6 18.894+ Wxg4 l9.Wxg4+ &f7 Green joined Steadman in a share of second Bishop's Opening [C24] ter Green, Mike Steadman, Puchen Wang and 20.Efl+ t-0. place on 21/z points. No fewer than nine 1.e4 e5 2.9c4 6f6 3.d3 Se7 4.hc3 0-0 5.f4 Leonard Mclaren. players were on 2 points. exf4 6.e5 he8 7.Axf4 d6 S.AR 6c6 9.Wd2 The biggest upset in the first round came on Round two saw an incredible blunder from dxe5 10.6xe5 hxe5 11.Axe5 Ad6 12.Axd6 board 2 where Hilton Bennett essayed an un- Garbett, walking into a simple mate in one R.Hart P.Wang Axd6 13.0-0-0 gfs r4.Edf1 Wd7 15.Wg5 Ae6 sound (well, it must be, mustn't it?) gambit from a slightly better position against Graeme - Queen's Pawn [D02] 16.6e4 Ae7 17.Wh5 Axc4 l8.dxc4 Ed4 against Peter Green: Spain. The only draw in this round (there was l.d4 Af6 2.6R ds 3.hf4 4.e3 Egl 5.4d3 19.Wg4 &trs zo.Wez EaeS 21.Wd3 Wxe4 only one in the first round, too) was between 96 0-0 6.0-0 c5 7.c3 b6 8.abd2 ab7 9.b4 c4 22.Wxe4 Ag5+ 23.W14 Axf4+ 24.Hxf4 He7 H.P.Bennett P.R.Green, Rong Wang and Leonard Mclaren, and that - l0.Ac2 AbdT 11.h3 b5 12.a4 a6 l3.gh2 25.Edl Sg8 26.Efd4 f5 27.93 96 28.b4 Efe8 King's Pawn finished prematurely in an interesting position [C47] Wb6 14.a5 Wc6 15.Wb1 6e4 16.Wb2 f5 29.c5 c6 30.Ob2 On :r.&cs He2 32.Hld2 1..e4 e5 2.6R 6c6 3.6c3 6f6 4.6xe5 deserving further effort. Those with a possible [This l7.Ha2 Eae8 18.4b1 h6 position is E8e3+ 33.84d3? 133.H2d3 is fine for White, enterprising move has been played mainly in two points were Steadman, Puchen Wang, [The approximately equal. Black is better placed e.g. 33...8xd3+ 34.cxd3!? Exh2 35.8d7+ with correspondence games where Black seems to Bruce Watson, Ralph Hart and Spain. to make pawn breaks but they tend to results sufficient counterplay to drawl 33...8xd3+ have a field day. White has done better over in other pawn weaknesses for him ... except 34.cxd3 Exd2 35.&xd2 [Maybe Black is al- the board according to the games in my col- B.R.Watson H.P.Bennett - that White's proves embarrassingly vul- ready winning; his pawn majority is obviously lection, although the opening had no bearing King's Indian 92 nerable.l 19.6e5? hxe5 20.dxe5? more mobile than White's. Even without a com- on the result of the present game.] 4.,.6xe5 l.6R 6f6 2.93 d6 3.d4 4.Sg2 Ag7 5.0-0 [20.4xe4 s6 dxe4 21.Axe5 Axe5 22.dxe5 Wc7 and Black prehensive analysis, I think White should have 5.d4 A96 6.e5 €b4 7.exf6 Wxf6 8.4c4 0-0 0-0 6.c4 6bd7 7.4c3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 6h5 wins a pawn and will surely get control of avoided the pawn ending which was always 9.0-0 c6 10.6e4 We7 11.9d3 ds 12.693 Wt6 10.4e3 We8 11.Wd2 f5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.exf5 the d-file; perhaps better was 20.Axe5 Axe5 going to be dubious at best. After all, it has 13.c3 €d6 14.f4 Wh4 1s.f5 af4 16.4c2 Ee8 gxt5 14.8t'e1 wg6 15.4h4 pf6 u5...wf7 27.dxe5 6xc3 22.Wxc3 d4 23.4e4 which is been said that all rook endings are drawn! This 17.8e1 Ad7 18.9d2 Exel+ l9.Axel Ee8 would've saved an important tempo] 16.495 similar to the game but without the dark may be stretching things a bit, but certainly 20.wt3 we7 2t.Ed2 de2+ 22.br2 wh4 gf7 u.abs! f4 18.6d6 we6 [17...wxc4 square bishops, a factor which surely fa- there are usually more PRACTICAL drawing 23.Bel df4 24.Hxe8+ 0xe8 25.691 f6 19.4fl is also very unpleasant for Black] vours Whitel 20...4xc3! 21.Wxc3 d4 chances in a lost rook ending than in the lost 26.9d1 hf7 27.8c2 Ahs 28.afl 95 29.fxg6 18.4d6 We6 19.94 h6 20.gxh5 hxg5 21.hg6 22.4e4 lxe4 23.Axc6 Axc6 pawn ending. And in the rook ending you may hxg6 30.93 Wh3 31.6e3 Af4 32.6fi Axd2 Hf6 22.Hadl R 23.Axc8 Af8 24.Ace7+ &h7 122...dxc3 24.6b1 EdS 25.6xc3 Ed3 is also very goodl still be able to switch to a pawn ending later but 33.6xd2 &g7 3a.6fi Ae6 35.6d 6t7 25.Exe5 W17 26.8d3 &tr6 zz.hrs+ &trz 23.Wxd4 course, not 23.exd4 e3 24.6R it ain't easy to switch from a pawn ending to a 36.4d3 [Just a little waiting move, hmm ...] 28.AxA 6xg6 29.hxg6+ Exg6 30.hxg7 1-0. [of ExR 25.gxB WxR-+123...8d8 24.Wal Ed3 rook ending.l 35...6e6 36.&d g5 37.Od4 36...&91?? 37.AfI 1-0. 27.wd4 gc6 137.h4 f4+ 38.&R fxg3 39.hxg5 &fS +O.6xg: M.Cowen R.Hart 25.4bl we6 26.8d2 Eb3 - 28.Efd1 Ed3 29.Exd3 exd3 30.f3 Exf3! 6xg5 and the outside passed pawn should win] I think Antonio Krstev must've left his think- Queen's Gambit [D32] 31.e4 Ef8 32.6c3 e6 33.493 Uc7 34.8d2 37...a6 38.a3 Ot6 lg.aa &e6 40.h3 h6 41.h4 ing cap in the car, with disastrous results for l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.o.c3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Wxd4 Ed8 35.Wb6 Wxb6+ 36.axb6 gf8 37.4h4 g5 &rc qz.bel 6e5 43.d4+ 60s g.&0r r+ him, too, as Jeremy Browne took advantage 6c6 6.Wdl exd5 7.e3 Af6 8.AR AcS 9.AOS 0-1. 45.gxf4 gxh4 46.&d m 47.&f3 6xd4 0-1. nicely: 0-0 10.0-0 Ag4 11.h3 Eh5 12.b3 We7 13.He1

NZ Chess NZ Chess 11 10 Puchen Wang punished Spain's experimental 37.bs+ &16 38.8a6+ &c5 39.8a7 [39.8a8] D.tlan - B.R.Watson opening in the top round four game while 39...ob6 40.8a8 Axc3 41.8g8 Ed4 King's tndian [E65] Green got the better of Steadman in the end- l4l...Bd2 was more likely to nudge White 1.c4 Af6 2.6R 96 3.6c3 c5 4.d4 cxd4 game. This left Wang a point clear on 4 points out of his comfort zone, e.g. 42.&93 5.hxd4 hg7 6.93 O-O 7.492 hc6 8.0-0 d6 with Daniel Han, Mclaren and Watson sharing (42.Hxg7 9d4 a3.*g6 Hxf2+ 44.&$ fs) 9.hxc6 bxc6 10.9xc6 Eb8 lr.Ebl Al5 12.e4 second place on 3. Next were Garbett, Matthew 42...9d4 43.R gf2+ 44.&94 Ae3 with some Atrl t3.est It3.Eel 6ga ru.6d5 Ae5 is beuer McNabb, Prashant Mistry, Steadman and Rong counterplay in both variationsl 42.Hxg7 Ht4 for Black but may still have been the best op- Wang on 21/zpoints. 142...8xa4 43.h6+-l 43.496 Ad4 44.f3 &c5 tion for Whitel l3...Axfl 14.exl6 Ax16 15.6e4 45.817 Exa4 46.Exf6+ Ad6 47.9e4 1-0. Axc4 16.6xf6+ exf6 17.4h6 Axa2 18.8a1 P.Wang - G.A.Spain Exb2 19.Wd4 Ebl+ 20.Exb1 Axbl 21.Wxa7 Scandinavian [B01] In the final round Puchen Wang acquired an gfs 22.h4 Wc8 23.tse7 Wd8 24.AxfB Wxf8 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Wxd5 3.6c3 We5+ 4.he2 c6 extra pawn against Green but, with two iso- 25.Wxf6 [White has recovered to some extent 19...96 6f5 butperhaps 19...g5+ 5.6fJ Wc7 6.d4 gf5 Z.heS 6aZ 8.Sf4 6xe5 lated doubletons, he had no more than equal- [Preventing but Black retains long term torture rights.] was better, although after 20.&e3 6d7 9.Axe5 Wb6 10.6a4 Wa5+ 11.c3 f6 12.993 e5 ity. Green, however, rightly (bearing in mind 25...4e6 26.h5 d5 27.We5 Wg7 2S.Wb8+ Wf8 gd6 2l .6f5+ &e6 22.697+ &e7 23.6f5+ it seems 13.b4 Wc7 14.0-0 0-0-0 15.8b3 16.b5 the tournament standings, as well as the posi- 29.Ue5 Wd8 30.h6 WfB 31.Axd5 [A tough that Black must acquiesce in a draw; certainly cxb5 17.Wxb5 Ae7 18.Efd1 A96 [Black's tion) refused a draw offer but then soon went decision for White - a queen ending or a bishop the position soon turns against Black after the pieces work together more harmoniously after astray when first place was well and truly ending. Keeping the dangerous pawn on h6 text and it's hard to isolate the reason why 18...9d7!?, e.g. l9.Wb3 6f5 20.Eab1 (20.dxe5 decided. looks attractive but 31.Me3 Wd6! 32.Wd4 6f8! unless it is Black's 19th.l 20.Ead1 6e6+ 21.S 6xg3 2t.exd6? $)xe2+ 22.hfl Wc6-+) Spain-Mclaren favoured White a little bit for looks good for Black as 33.Mg7+ &e7 e3 Exdl 22.Bxdl Ed8 23.EfI dfl24.h4 dd7 20...6xg3 2l.hxg3 and I'm not sure who I'd much of the game but it was the blunder of a 34.Wxh7 Wxc6 35.tsg7 Wcl+ 36.&92 d4 37.h7 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.h5! Eg8 27.hxg6 Exg6 rather bel l9.At3 EheS [Black turns out to be piece by Leonard on move 40 that decided Ad5+ 38.flJ We3 is winning and, otherwise, the 28.4f5+ he629.dd4+ &xe5 30.8f7 c5? in a very bad way after this but it is hard to the game while Watson won a pawn against Ah6 looks silly but perhaps; 3l.Wf4!? may be a t30...od6 3r.6f5+ &c7 32.Hh7rl31.aB+ 1-0. suggest viable alternativesl 20.dxe5 6xe5? Han and tortured his opponent to death in a better try, e.g. 31...f6 32.94 d4 33.Wxd4 Wxh6 [20...4xe5 was the least bad option but White queen ending which should probably have 34.Wd8+ Wf8 35.WxI8+ &xf8 36.fl and I think G.A.Spain L.J.McLaren has a huge advantage after 27.6c51 21.Exd6! been drawn. So Spain and Watson shared - White should hold; certainly the defence is Sicilian +- AAZ 22.Wb4 6x8+ 23.gxB Axa4 second place. [B21] likely to be less nerve-wracking than with the l.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.6xc3 6c6 24.Exd8+ WxdS 25.Wxa4 a6 26.Wc4+ l-0. Any doubts that Garbett was in poor form at queens on.l 31...9xd5 32.Wxd5 Wxh6 5.AR d6 6.Ac4 a6 7.Ags An 8.Axf6 gxf6 this tournament were removed when he blun- 33.8d8+ Uf8 34.8f6 h5 35.692 We8 36.&9l 9.4d4 Ua5 10.9b3 Eg8 11.Axc6 bxc6 P.R.Green- M.Steadman dered a rook in an easily winning position Wel+ 37.&92 We4+ 38.&gl We6 39.Wd4 Wg4 12.Wd3 Exg2 l3.Wc4 Wcs 14.Wxt7+ 6d7 Queen's Pawn [,4.46] against Steadman who thereby moved to 3/z 40.wd6 we4 41.8f6 &rS 42.&fl we6 15.0-0-0 Ah6+ r6.Obl Eg7 t7.da4Wb4 l.d4 af6 2.6R e6 3.g3 d5 4.492 6c6 5.0-0 points. The winner of the game between 43.8d8+ &g7 44.8d4+ Wf6 45.We3 Wfs 46.0 [17...Wxf2!?] r8.Whs Eg6? [18...4d2! 19.Exd2 Eb8 6.Ags h6 7.Axf6 Wxf6 8.c3 Wg6 9.6e5 McNabb and Rong Wang could join Stead- 92 95 47.Wd4+ Oh7 4s.6fl WR a9.6gl 696 Wxd2 20.6b6+ &aA Zt.gat (Black possibly 6xe5 10.dxe5 A0z 11.e4 dxe4 12.8e2 €c6 man in a share of fourth prize; this turned out 50.wh8 wf6 51.8s8+ &tr0 SZ.Mfl+ wgZ rejected 18...9d2 because White is coming out 13.4d2 Wg5 14.6c4! Ab5 l5.Wxe4 Axc4 to be Wang who trapped his opponent's rook s3.gd6+ wg6 54.8d2 6rrZ SS.&hZ wr6 a piece ahead after 2l.6xa8? but, in fact, 16.Wxc4 Wxe5 17.Axb7 Ad6 18.4c6+ Of8 in an otherwise equal position. 56.we2 oh6 57.pd2 we5 58.692 we4+ 59.R White is doomed after the further 21...4g4 19.b4 h5 20.Eae1 Wf6 21.E,e4 h4 22.Hxh4 We5 60.8f2 f6 61.8d2 S96 62.Wd3+ Wf5 22.Wh4 (22.Hdl 23.Wxd1W*12-+) Exh4 23.Wxh4 Wxh4 24.gxh4 &e7 25.h5 Ed8 P.Wang P.R.Green fudt 63.Wc4 Wd7 64.898+ Wg7 65.We8+ Wf7 - 22...9R-+ with the threat of Eg4 among oth- 26.Eel 9f4 27.E.e4 e5 l27...Bdl+ 28.&92 Ed6 Queen's Pawn [A45] 66.we4+ f5 67.wc6+ &trZ 0g.wct f4 69.wc2+ ers) 21...Wb4 22.Wh6 (22.bxa8 23.Wh6 looks better to me; the move played may be Ld4 Af6 2.495 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Axf6 Wxf6 Ag4 &tr6 zo.Wc0+ 697 7l.Wc3+ Wf6 72.Wil Oh6 24.Wxg7 Wxe4+ 25.&al 26.axb3 still drawing but it does make Black's future 5.6c3 €b4 6.Wd2 d6 7.f4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 Exdl &xb3 73.Wb3 fxg3 74.Oxg3 Wd6+ 75.&92 h4 wel+ 27.&a2 wa5+ 28.&b1--) 22...wxb6 choices a bit more difficultl 28.8c4 Ed2 29.a4 9.fxe5 Wh4+ 10.93 Axc3 11.gxh4 Axd2+ 76.Wfl Wg6 77.Wf8+ Wg7 78.Wxg7+?? [A sad 23.Wxg7:) 19.a3 Wb5 20.Wxb5 axb5 Ec2 30.Se4 Ecl+ 31.692 6oz :z.gcs t0 l2.hxd2 Oe7 13.4b5 Ae4 14.&e3 c6 end - presumably Daniel miscalculated the 2l.db6+ bc7 22.dxa8+ 6tZ Zl.Uagt &xaS 33.h3 Edl [33...oc8 34.4f5+ &b7 35.4d7 a6 15.4e2 9,xe2 16.6xe2 adz 17.Of4 af8 pawn ending.l 78...&xg1 79.Oh3 &f0 to.&gl 24.Afl Hg4 25.Exg4 !l 25...9xg4 26.b c2 36.&c6+ &a7 37.9e4 &b8 38.8a5 Exc3 18.h5 Ed8 19.693 [White offered a draw t25.R [80.f4 gxf4 81.Sxh4 &fS SZ.6tr: &e4 $.&92 27.Eel e5 28.Sg8 29.Axh7 39.Exa6 Oc8 40.8a8+ &d7 and White still has here, with exquisite timing.l Al3 Sf4 Axh2 &e3-+l 80...6e5 81.6xg5 h3 82.f4+ Od6 30.8e3 ag2 31.gfs ob7 32.ag4 ar4 33.8e1 some work to dol 34.8a5 Bd6 134...Hd21?l 83.696 h2 0-1 d5 34.f3 dxe4 35.fxe4 c5 36.4f5 6nO lZ.Ul 35.Exa7 gd2 36.8f5+ [36.b5! axc3 37.a5 hd4 Aa 38.Egl &gs 39.893 9e2 40.892 Efl?? 38.b6 Sxb6 39.axb6 Exb6 40.8a8+-l 36...Sc6 Without doubt, an impressive performance by [40...ghsr] 41.8{2 1-0.

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Puchen Wang who was never in danger and this move is a bit wimpish and, of course, always looked to be in control while exploiting entirely out of character for Paul. It wins a others' mistakes ruthlessly. Picket fences are pawn or two but gives White a vital breathing Wang, P. AC 2224 vr18 w23 W9 w2 w6 5 l3Y2 not often seen in such toumaments but there space. Instead, after 31...Wh3+! it's all over, Spain, G.A. HA 2144 w28 W14 W3 LI W1O 4 15 have been three in previous North Shore e.g. 32.> Wg3+ 33.Wg2 G3.&hl Hfl) Opens: 1974 (Paul Garbett), 1975 Kai Jensen, 33...9d4+! 34.6h1 Wxg2+ 35.&xg2 ED+ Watson, B.R. NS 2187 w24 W8 L2 wl9 w7 4 l3Y2 and 1995 (Paul Garbett again). There was not 36.&93 Exd2-+l 32.&92 Wxa2 33.4t3 WxdS Wang, R. 2071 W15 3r/z l3Y2 NS wl3 DlO Ll4 w11 much between the pair finishing second. 34.Axe5 dxe5 [I guess that when you see a Steadman, M.V.R. AC 2225 w17 W7 D0 L6 W14 3r/z 1l * Graeme Spain is having a very good year but line that gives you a two-pawn advantage in enjoyed some good fortune in this event, the ending, plus the initiative, you tend not to Green, P.R. 2230 L8 W24 W18 w5 Ll 3 15 - though he did beat his fellow second prize waste much time looking for something even Han, D. AC 2tO5 w26 L5 W8 w9 L3 3 l4Y2 winner, Bruce Watson who generally played better! But White calmly swaps queens and Bennett, H.P. HA 1966 w6 L3 L] w22 W20 3 14 steady and determined chess throughout. suddenly Black has great difficulty finding There was a three-way tie for the under-2000 clear-cut winning ideas. Maybe that "all rook Hart, R. NS 2179 w20 w27 Ll L7 V/16 3 t3 prizes between Hilton Bennett, Jeremy endings are drawn" quote was the inspiration 0 Mclaren, L.J. NS 2204 w2t D4 D0 wt2 L2 3 l2r/z Browne and Don Eade who scored 3 points. for Matt.l 35.Wc4l Wxc4 36.Exc4 Et7 37.8c5 Browne achieved a FIDE rating block of four I Browne, J.A. - 1747 wt2 Lt5 w23 L4 W27 3 l2Y2 games, as did Rong Wang (who was already assured of a rating via the North Shore Club 2 Krstev, A. NS 2072 Lll W20 W27 L10 W19 3 70Y2 Championship), Craig Blaxall, and Daniel Han. 3 Eade, D. AC 1672 L4 LzI WO wl8 w23 3 9 A further selection of games follows: 4 Garbett, P.A. NS 2330 w16 L2 W4 D15 L5 2r/z 16 II.P.Bennett - D.Han 5 McNabb, M. AC 2126 D19 Wl1 D0 DI4 L4 2r/z l1 Sicilian [B21] Le4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.6c3 d4 4.6ce2 6c6 5.d3 f6 1 6 Mistry, P. NS 1978 L14 W28 D0 WI7 L9 )t/- 8V2 6.0lfi e5 7.g3 Ae6 8.492 Ad6 9.0-0 hgeT 10.fxe5 6xe5 11.h14 gfl 12.9m Axfl+ ,7 37...8f4 try was 37...He71? 38.8a5 c6 1 Thornton, G.A. NS 1956 L5 W26 D0 Lt6 W25 'rr/. 8Y2 13.Wx13 Axf4 14.&xf4 0-0 15.94 696 16.993 [another pd7 (38...&f/ 39.&A &e6 40.Hxa7 (bultnot 40.h ,, 17.wf5 ae6 18.wxc5 Efc8 19.wd6? [The P. 1951 e4? c6 &d6 42.Hxe7 bxeT I 8 Godfrey, wT L1 W22 L6 Lt3 W26 l3V2 cunning 19.Wb4 Exc2 20.g5! was White's best 4l.Hxei+ 43.&e5 a6 44.&d4 &a0 lS.&cq c5! 46.bxc5+ &c6- chancel 19...8xc2 20.Wxd7 AxdT 21.8fl1 1 9 Blaxall, C.S. wr 1841 Dl5 W25 D0 L3 LI2 ) ll +) 40...&ds EacS 22.Eafl h5 23.e5 Exl2 24.Exf2 fxe5 @0...c6!?; 40...&d6 41.&e4 &c6 ,, 42.Ha5--) 41.&e3 &c4 42.Hbi and I doubt R.L. 1861 25.He2h4 26.Axe5 Ee8 27.8e4 6xe5 28.492 Perry, AC L9 Lt2 W25 w27 L8 ll Black can achieve anything special here) h3 29.Axh3 Ac6 0-1. 39.8c5 Eb7 40.Hxc6 Exb4 41.&g3 Hbl+ 42.& 1 Gunn, N.J. 7894 D0 , 10 NS LlO w13 D23 Ltt (42.&ga? M.McNabb - P.A.Garbett g2l a5 43.8c5 a4 44.Hxe5 &f7 45.Ha5 a3 46.h5 (46.Ha7+ he6 47.Hxh7 2 Evans, D.J. - 1784 L23 L18 W26 L8 W27 2 8 Dutch [A80] flb4+ 48.&gj Ha4-+ this variation shows us l.d4 f5 2.495 96 3.e3 9g7 4.c4 6h6 5.Axh6 ; the reason for playing the king to on move -1 McCrone, J. NS 2094 w22 Ll L11 D2l L13 lYz l4Y2 Axh6 6.6c3 d6 7.h4 6c6 8.b4 e5 9.d5 he7 92 42) 46...&e6 47.Ha7 (47.h6 Od6 48.8a7 &c6 10.e4 &d7 11.4R fxe4 l2.dxe4 Afs 13.g4 Gibbons, R.E. GA 1891 L3 L6 DO L25 W28 lr/z 9 49.&f4 (49.Hxh7 Hb4+ s0.&J3 Ha4-+) Ad4 14.Axd4 exd4 15.95 Ag7 16.9d3 We7 49...&b6 50.8a8 Eb4+ (51.&fi 17.0-0 0-0 18.f4 Eae8 19.Wf3 WI7 20.Wg3 bs 51.&e5 Hbs- 5 Marko, H.P. MM 1654 D0 L79 L20 w24 Lt1 lr/z 8 +) 2l.Eael bxc4 22.9xc4 gf5 23.4d2 Exel 51...8b5+ 52.&f6 Ea5 53.Exa5 &xa5 54.O 91 a2 55.&xh7 alW 56.698 We5 57.h7 Wxg5 6 Power, P.W. t825 L22 L18 1 l0 24.Hxel d3 25.Axd3 Axd3 26.Wxd3 Wxf4 - L7 Lll w28 58.h8W WdS+-+; 47...gxhl+ 48.&xh5 &f5 27.Erc4 Wf2+ 2S.Ohl Ae5 29.We2 Wg3 49.8a5+ &e4 50.&h6 Eh3+ 51.&97 &d4 7 Cowen, M. AC 1551 w0 L9 Lt2 L20 L22 I 10 30.Wg2 Wc3 31.We2 Wal+? [Up until now 52.Ha4+ 53.&g8 &US s+.ga8 (yes, the Black has played with considerable energy but &c5 8 Wells. C.A. NS t842 L2 L1 black king is close enough to the g-pawn after NZ Chess NZ Chess 15 14 54.Hxa3 Hxa3 55.&xh7 ,e.g.55...Hh3+ J6.& 24.Wd1 Wxdl 25.6xdt f6 26.R &n Zl.dtel but as it turned out there was but one win- J.Wu - V.J.Smith g7 &c6 s7.&17 &az st.go Hf3+ 59.hss &e7 a,d6 28.4fl Sxfl 29.&xfl 6e6 30.&e2 f5 ner, although another player scored 4Yz Pirc [B07] 60.97 Hg3-+) 54...&b4 55.&g7 &U: S6.EUa+ 3l.exfs+ gxf5 32.6f2 a4 33.6d3 6xd3 34.& points. Ideally these two should've met and, l.e4 d6 2.d4 at6 3.6c3 96 4.495 Ag7 5.e5 &c2 57.8c8+ &UZ SS.EUS+ Hb3-+) 42...a5 xd3 axb3 35.cxb3 Ag5 36.a4 Af6 37.Ha3 e4+ of course, there was the usual Swiss down- dxe5 6.dxe5 Wxdl+ 7.Exd1 hg4?? [Bad 43.Hc5 a4 44.Exe5 &fl +S.EaS a3 46.Y.a7+ & SS.&eZ c5 39.il\c4 6xc4 40.bxc4 Ad4 41.fxe4 side of results that are unreliable but perhaps mistake, but an instructive one; the knight gd4 qS.ltq e6 47.Hxh7 a2 48.Ha7 Hb2+ 49.b$ and White fxe4 42.9c1 he5 43.94 44.9f4 &Al applied closer to the top. Changes are likely move to 94 was okay the previous move - holds the drawl 38.Exc7 Exh4 39.Exa7 Exb4 &c6 46.85 &b7 47.h5 hc3 48.6e3 &a6 49.fi next year! The great majority of the players indeed it was likely better than swapping [So Black retains his two pawn advantage but xe4 &a5 50.h6 Oxa4 51.4e5 AdZ SZ.ge lO. I were juniors, many of them unrated, so pre- queens which develops White's Eal. Better his king remains a spectator.l 40.0f3 Et4+ dictions were a no-no, though it must be said here, though, was 7...6fd7- I 8.h3 6xe5 41.&93 El7 42.Ha8+ &g7 43.8e8 Hf5 44.E,e7+ R.L.Perry - M.Cowen t that ratings turned out to be a fairly good 9.4d5+- 0-0 10.6xc7 6bc6 tt.hxaS At5 &tt taa...&g8 45.&g4 and Black is in , French [C02] guide. l2.dc7 €xc2 13.8d2 9f5 14.4e2 h6 15.4e3 ztgzwanglf 45.Exh7 Exg5+ 46.Ofl Ehs l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 6c6 5.6R 6ge7 Fourth seed Jason Wu (13) won all his five b6 16.A13 Ab4 U.0-0 6xf3+ 18.Axf3 Ec8 47.Ha7 [This is a great example of an active 6.6a3 6f5 7.6c2 Wb6 8.4e2 Ad7 9.94 6fe7 games, four of them quite convincingly. The r9.Ad5 Axd5 20.Axd5 95 21.Etd1 e6 22.Ab3 rook compensating for a material deficit. Black 10.6e3 696 11.6c2 cxd4 72.cxd4 Ae7 13.h4 exception was his penultimate round game &trz zl.caz Ef8 24.Exa7 1-0. cannot liberate his king without losing a pawn 0-0-0 14.h5 AA 1s.0-0 h6 16.b4 96 t7.Ad2f5 against Chris Riding who eschewed a virtu- with a drawn K+P v K ending.l 47...E,h4 45.& 18.a4 fxg4 19.a5 Wc7 20.6fel gxh5 21.6d3 ally forced draw by repbtition in favour of R.Taylor - N.B.Cruden e3 Ehl 49.&B Efl+ 50.&e4 Eel+ 51.&a 6 696 22.b5 Axa5 23.Axa5 b6 24.4b4 Axb5 blundering a knight. Sicilian [B88] e8 52.&94 EfI 53.Og5 Hf7 54.8a8+ &e7 55.& 25.Axe7 WxeT 26.6cb4 a5 27.WcL+ &b7 Going into the last round Wu was just one of 1.e4 c5 2.aB Ac6 3.d4 cxd4 4.hxd4 d6 xg6 Hfl 56.8a6! 6aZ SZ.69S e4 58.8a4 e3 three players with a possible 4 points, the 5.6c3 6f6 6.9c4 e6 7.0-0 a6 8.4b3 Ae7 9.a4 59.8e4%-%. others being experienced campaigners Viv 0-0 10.f4 Ec7 ll.Ae3 Axd4 12.Axd4 e5 Smith and Richard Taylor. 13.Se3 9e6 14.4d5 EacS 15.a5 Axd5 L,J.McLaren - A.Krstev In the top pairing Wu had the white pieces 16.exd5 Wd7 17.f5 Ec4 18.Wf3 Efc8 19.Ead1 French [Cl0] against Smith while Taylor got a down-float, Ad8 20.Eal Eb4 2l.Elbl Ecc4 22.h3 6e8 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Oc3 dxe4 4.6x.e4 6d7 5.93 against second seed Neil Cruden who had 23.94? h6 123...4xa5 wins a pawn as 24.Hxa5 Agf6 6.6xf6+ 0-xf6 7.492 c5 8.6f3 cxd4 dropped half a point and was the only player is met by 24...8xc31 24.6a2 [24.4d2 saves 9.Wxd4 Wxd4 l0.6xd4 a6 11.0-0 he7 12.0,c6 on 3Yz. Wtr won very quickly after his oppo- the a-pawn but Black still has the better 6d7 l3.bxe7 &xe7 14.b3 f6 15.9a3+ 6fl nent blundered on move 7 so he had quite a chancesl 24...Hb5 25.c3 Exa5 26.4b4 Exal 16.Ead1 Ha7 l7.Hd6 a5 18.Efd1 b5 19.4c6 b4 long wait to see whether he'd have to share 27.Bxal Wb5 28.Wg2 Ab6 29.Axb6 Wxb6+ 20.9b2 AbS 2l.Ab5 Hc7 22.Htd2&e7 23.Hd4 the first prize. He didn't because Cruden 30.oh2 we3 3l.Efr wg5 32.6d3 af6 33.4f2 netted the full point after a well played h5 34.891 hxg4 35.6xg4 dxg4+ 36.hxg4 EgS 28.&f2 e5 29.fxe5 fxe5 30.4e3 EE+ 31.& 28.Exa5! Ec8 [28...bxa5 29.4c5+ &b6 game. Wh4+ 37.Wh3 Wg5 38.892 Ee4 39.Wg3 Ee3 30.Wb2! We8 (j\...axb4 31.Wxb4 We8 92 &e6 32.&gl 96 33.AdS+ &e7 34.4e4 Eg8 On the day I think both Jason and Neil thor- 40.W12 gh6+ a1.&g1 Bh3 42.Hh2 Hxh2 35.495+ bf6 36.Ht2 Af5 37.Axf5 gxf5 38.Exf5 32.Hb1+-) 3l.Eb1,l 29.Wa3 bxa5 30.Wxa5 oughly deserved their success but an enor- 43.Wxh2 Wcl+ 44.&92 Wxb2+ 45.&91 Eg6 39.Exe5+ &d7 40.Exa5 6e4 4l.Eb5 6c3 9xd3 31.Axd3 Ea8 32.Wb5+ &c7 33.8c1+ 6 mous number of "what ifs" might have af- Wxh2+ 46.6xh2 0-1. 42.Hb7+ 6e8 43.Exb4 6xa2 44.He4+ &d7 d8 34.4c6+ 6d7 35.Axe7+ 6xe7 36.&xg6 l-0. fected the rest of the field; I guess that's 45.&r2Hc6 46.c4 Bb6 47.He3 6b4 48.g4hxg4 both the drawback and the delight ofthe 49.h5 0,c2 50.8c3 6e6 5l.Exc2 &fs s2.cs H.P.Bennett - R.Perry Swiss pairing system. Exb3 53.c6 Eh3 54.&g2 Hxh5 55.c7 Eh8 Sicilian [B23] 56.9d8 l-0. 1.e4 c5 2.4c3 hc6 3.f4 96 4.68 Ag7 5.9b5 ad4 The leading scores were: I J.Wu 5; 2 6.4d3 d6 7.6xd4 cxd4 8.4e2 Af6 9.0-0 0-0 N.B.Cruden 4/z; 3-ll A.G.Chen, C.Riding, 10.we1 d5 12.e5 B.R.Watson - C.S.Blaxall wb6 11.oh1 6e4 13.893 f5 0 E.Chen, J.Loo, O.Martin, R.Taylor, 14.exf6 6xg3+ 15.Wxg3 Wxf6 16.Wt3 Wd617.b3 Kings Indian Attack [A07] S.Seabrook, V.J.Smith & V.Jefferson 4; 12-15 e5 18.fte5 Wxes 19.Wd1 Exfl+ 2o.Wxfl 9g4 1.AR Af6 2.93 96 3.Hg2 Eg7 4.0-0 0-0 5.d3 ? N.Fairley, S.Y.Maroroa, R.S.Mitcbell & d5 6.a3 abdT 7.6bd2 e5 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 We7 21.4a3 Ee8 22.Wf2, a6 23.Ht1 Ae624.AcS &tr8 M.C.Zhang 3/z; 16-33 B.Cheng, D.Fairley, 10.We2 a5 11.b3 b6l2.gb2 Ab7 l3.Efel Bfd8 25.a4 hg$ 26.Wh4 He627.a5 At6 28.Exf6 J.Gao, V.Garcia Castro, M.Garland, Y.Han, 14.h3 6e8 15.Afl 6c5 16.63d2 Ah6 17.Eadl [28.8xf6 Wxf6 29.Ard4 Eel+ 30.Wxel Wxd4 C.Jiang, D.P.Johns, M.Krstev, J.Lei, C.Liu, Aa6 l8.Wg4 Ed6 lg.Abl Had8 20.4c3 c6 3 l.c3 Wf6 and White is probably winning but J.H.McRae, F.Petreski, B.Shingade, D.M.Smith, is not 21.Exd6 Bxd6 22.fld1 Wd8 23.Exd6 Wxd6 Black without resources] 1-0. SharonWu, ShirleyWu & L.Yang 3. With72 players, massive ties looked likely

NZ Chess NZ Chess t6 1.7 North Shore Club Championship 5.d4 6f6 6.4e3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Se7 8.6c3 McLaren,L - Thornton,G by NM Peter Stuart Wd6 9.9d3 0-0 l0.We2 6c6ll.a3 a6 lBe0l Despite the absence oflast year's champion, clear-cut but with just one week to go, no 12.0-0 96 l3.Eadl Ed8 l4.Efel 6d5 l.e4 c5 2.6R d63.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 6f6 IM Paul Garbett, the held for the club's 50m fewer than seven players still had at least a l5.Oxd5 exd5 16.6e5 hd7 17.f4Hac8 5.6c3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.hb3 Se6 8.995 6bd7 championship was rather stronger than in 2004 mathematical chance of the title, or a share of l8.Wf2 f5 l9.Wg3 Wf6 20.Abl Ae6 9.9e2 He7 10.0-0 0-0 I l.Wd2 EcS 12.a5 Exc3 and a very interesting tournament resulted with ir. 2l.gn He8 22.9a2 gf8 23.8e2 aa5 l3.bxc3 6xe4 l4.Axe7 WxeT l5.We3 f5 the lead changing hands several times. The Leonard Mclaren started with SVzl6bltthen a 24.Hdel b5 25.Wf3 bc4 26.h3 &g7 16.o,d20,ef617.c4 fj+ 18.Wa3 6c5 19.Efe1 postponements and rescheduling of games, wheel came off as he lost three in a row. Mark 27 .g4 h6 28.Ohl fxg4 29.hxg4 Ag8 e4 20.Sfl Wfl 21.6,b3 R 22.6xc5 fxg). which is typical of these a club events, led to lr Brocq then took the lead but he lost his last 30.f5 gxf5 3l.gxf5 Ah7 32.Abl Ad6 23.6xe6 gxflW+ 24.Hxf1Wxe6 25.Eadl EdS busy last week with eventual winner Rong three games, one of them to Wang who first 33.wg4+ sh8 34.9h4 wg7 35.wxg7+ 26.Wb3 6s427.c5 d5 28.&hl? [25.J3! exJ3 Wang playing five games in eight days. gained the lead a few days before the last &xg7 36.891+ 1-0. (28..ej Z9.Hd3*) 29.L{3 We5 (29...We2 The score-table makes his victory look very round. 30.8.xd5!Mxh2+ 31.&fl de3+ 32.Bxe3 Le BrocqrM - Wang,R whl+ 33.&fl Hxd5 34.Hd3+-) 30.Hh3 ,: 7 lB40l MeTil28...e3! 29.fxe3 We4+ 30.&gl 6xe3 1 Wang R. %0llY2 I 11111 l.e4 c5 2.6f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 6f6 3 t.Hd2 w g4+ 32.&f2 Ef8+ 0- I . ''1010 5.6d2 6c6 6.6xc6 bxc6 7.e5 6d5 8.c4 Thornton G.A. v, 1 2 01111 7Y2 2-3 hf4 9.g3 696 10.f4 6xf4 I1.6e4 GunnrN - Mclaren,L l.gxfa! Wh4+ 12.&e2 Wxf4 13.6f3 3 Mclaren L.J. 1 0'10Y2 1 10111 7Y2 2-3 tl lEeTl We4+ 14.&72 HcS+ 15.&93 and l.d4 Af6 2.c4 96 3.6c3 Ag7 4.e4 d6 4 McCrone J. 0 10"1l 0 11101 7 4-5 White's a piece up with the threat of 5.4e2 0-0 6.6R e5 7.0-0 6c6 8.d5 6e7 9d3. Not so eqsy to assess over the 9.b4a510.4a3 6d7 tt.6d2f5 12.9fl3 Watson B.R. 0 010"V2 I t% 111 7 4-5 5 board though.J ll...Wa5+ 12.Wd2 gb4 fxe4 l3.6cxe4 axb4l4.Axb4 b615.a4 6 Stuart P.W. Yz lY20% 0 Y2%111 6Y2 6-7 13.6c3 Wxe5+ l4.Odl hg6 l5.Ad3 0-0 Af5 l6.Ea3 6d417.a5 Sa6 18.4e2 We7 l6.Ee1 Wh5+ 17.8e2 d5 18.a3 Axc3 19.axb6 6xb6 20.Exa6 Hxa6 21.c5 Hal Le Brocq M.J. 0 00101 1lV, 11 6% 6-7 , l9.Wxc3 e5 20.Axg6 fxg6 21.&d2 gg4 22.Mxal 6xe2+ 23.&hl Ea8? ''1011 *1 g Krstev A. 0 1000Y2 0 4Y2 8 22.Wxe5 Axe2 23.Mxe2 Wf5 24.&c3 [2 3... 6xdS 24.cxb6! Exal 25.Exal+- Eae8 25.Wg2 dxc4 26.&xc4 He4+ cxb626.Ea8+ gA 27.gxd6 Wb7 28.Exf8+ 9 Gunn N.J. 0 0 1 0 Yr% 0 0011 49 27.&$ Wc5+ 28.6b3 Wc4# o-1. &g7 29.8d8 Wa6 30.Axe5+ &trO :t.g+ Wa: 32.Hd7 Wcl+ 33.&g2 Ugl+ 34.&f3 l-0. 6 Elliott D.B. 0 00000 Y2 11"01 3Y2 10 WatsonrB - Mclaren,L 1 Mistry P. 0 00100 0 001"1 3tt lEe8l McLaren,L - Elliott,D l.Afl 6f6 2.c4 3.6c3 Sg7 4.e4 d6 2 Fuatai F. 00-00 0 0--0 ot2 96 lcl0l 5.d4 0-0 6.4e2 e5 7 .0-0 6c6 8.d5 6e7 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.6c3 dxe4 4.6xe4 6d7 WangrR - Krstev,A 26.Axh5 gxh5 [This is not one of An- 9.6e1 6d7 10.4d3 f5 ll.Ebl a5l2.a3 5.g3 6gf6 6.6xf6+ 6xf6 7.492 9e1 lA67I tonio's better pawn structureslJ 27.Ha3 fxe4 l3.6xe4 Af6 l4.R a415.g4c6 S.AR 0-0 9.0-0 c6 10.We2 Wc7 1l.Af4 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 6f6 4.6c3 e6 Bb4 28.h3 h4 29.9g5 Edb8 30.EaR rc.6dn cxd5 l7.cxd5 6hs ta.hxfo Axto Ad6 tZ.Sxa6 Wxd6 l3.Efdl b6 14.6e5 5.e4 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.f4 Ag7 8.4b5+ Hxb2 31.Exf7 Hbl32.e6 Ae8 33.9h6 19.4e3 Ha5 20.hc4b5 2r.9a2 9b7 gb7 15.c4 EacS 16.Eac1 We7 17.c5 b5 ofd7 9.a4 0-0 10.4fi EeS ll.0-0 6a6 Exfl+ 34.Exfl hg6 35.e7 Af7 36.d6 22.W d2 WaS 23.Ebdl b4 24.axb4 Exd5 18.a4 a6l9.axb5 axb5 20.Eal 0,d5 2l.Ha7 12.6d2 6c7 13.9e2 a6 l4.Af3 Eb8 6c8 37.e8W+ l-0. 25.Axd5 Sxd5 26.6e4 hxe4 27.fxe4 Hc7? [o21...Wc7 22.Eda| BaB|J 15.6c4 gd4+ 16.&ht 6f6 t7 .6e2 b5 Wxe4 28.4h6 Wxg4+ 29.Mg2 Wxg2+ 22.Bdal f6? 23.6xc6! Wd7 24.6a5 AaS l8.6xd4 cxd4 19.6a5 AaZ ZO.Wxd+ McLarenrl - WangrR 30.&xg2 Ef7 3l.Exd6! hf5 32.Exf5 gxf5 25.Ha6 e5 26.c6 Axc6 27.6xc6 Exc6 bxa4 21.e5 6b5 22.Wb4 dxe5 23.fxe5 lB22l 33.8a6+- Bg7 + 34.9xg7 + &xg7 35.b5 28.We4 EdS 29.Exc6 Wxc6 30.dxe5 fxe5 6a7 24.Mh4 Ah5 25.Wxd8 Eexd8 l.e4 c5 2.6R e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Wxd5 AdS 36.8d6 Ha5 37.b6 gb4 38.8d7+ l-0. 3l.Edl l-0.

NZ Chess NZ Chess 19 18 Auckland's second team, Macleans College, Edith Otene and Scott Wastney for acting as New Zealand News came second and Palmerston North Boys' helpers; answering questions and solving nu- High School were third so the pattem was the merous chaotic situations. North Island Schools Finals points same as last year (ie Auckland 1, Auckland 2 Felicity Timings for her advice and assistance by Martin Sims, organiser 1" St Heliers 29.5 and PNBHS). before the event. This event was hosted at Palmerston North Results table scores are out of a possible 28 My students at Palmerston North Boys' High Boys' High School in the first weekend of the - 2no Raroa 22.5 points for fund raising and their help over the week- September holidays. There were teams mak- end and the following for lending gear: ing their debut ie there were more regions 3r0-4tn Auckland Normal 21 1 Auckland Grammar 23.5 Rathkeale College, Wellington and Wanganui represented than last year. It is good to see the Southwell 2' Macleans 21.5 Chess Clubs. event growing. 5', St Brendans l8 PRIMARY 3'd Palmerston North Boys 20 Coming Events This division was a 9 round all play all. The 6" Peterhead 16.5 MIT Open only regions not represented were Northland 4^ St Pauls 16.5 7"8 St Georges 14 Sunday, December 4. and Manawatu. Otumoetai At least Class 2, probably Class 1. 3 separate 5 Epsom dominated this division. They won 5-7^ Scots t2 9 Carterton 13 round swiss rapid events (30 minutes each). seven of their nine matches 4-0 and did not New Plymouth Boys' Organised by Papatoetoe CC. Minimum prize- lose a match. Their closest match was a2.5-1.5 Wanganui Collegiate 1orh Palmerston North l0 .5 g-gth tund $1050. win against second placed Campbells Bay Mt Maunganui 10 Enquiries John McRae (also from Auckland). Rathkeale - (09) 27 84520 [email protected] Results table scores are out of a possible 36 l0'n Whangarei Boys' 85 - 2006 Queenstown Chess Classic- points SECONDARY 11 Hato Paora I 15 to 24 January, 2006. This event had ll teams and was run as a 7 1" Epsom -) -') 5 A one-off Super Class Event, incorporating the round Swiss. a Sadly, there was bye each NZ Championship. round as a team did not tum up and gave no 2" Campbells Bay 27.5 On a personal note, I would like to thank: The NZ Rapid Championship (Class One) is notice (Scots 2 the second Wellington repre- - Mark van der Hoom for coming up from Wel- at the same venue, January 25-26.9 rotnd ') Peterhead 19.-5 sentative). lington and running the draw and dealing with swiss. 30 minutes each. 4" Khandallah 19 disputes Enquiries for both events: Paul Spiller Of course, Auckland Grammar cruised to New Zealand Chess Supplies for sponsoring paul @ queenstownchess.com victory although not as convincingly as last 5 Te Puna 18 the team prizes. year. They had four 4-0 victories, drew 2-2 with the second placed 1.5 6 Southwell 17 team and dropped R.I.P. Mazur points against third. Julian Jan 7'n Lepperton 13 The Wellington chess world was stunned by the news of the sudden, sad passing of longtime over-the-board and correspondence chess player Julian Mazur on the I 1th g'n Churton Park 12 5 September, 2005. Julian had been a competition player since at least the 1970,s 9' St Georges ll .5 early and had belonged to the Polonia, Civic and Wellington Chess Clubs.

1otn St Patricks 5 -5 He played in many toumaments both within and outside of the Wellington area, and attended many North Island Championships and Congresses. An above average player, his rating was usually in the 1600 to 1700,s. INTERMEDIATE Julian studied and employed the Polish Opening (1b4 )and he scomed draws preferring to play This division was also a 9 round all play all on regardless of the outcome. and St Heliers won comfortably. They won Just a few weeks before he departed to the giant chessboard in the sky, Julian represented Wel- eight of their nine matches, drawitg2-2 lington on board 4 against Wanganui in a Bumham Cup match at Levin and halved his against the other Auckland school, Auckland match with John Wilson 1-1. Normal. An obituary in the Dominion Post said it all. Mazur, Julian Jan.- the King of Poland, the Mayor of Miramar. A man always ready with a big smile and a bad joke. You left us all too soon, but Results table - scores are out of a possible 36 left us all with so much. Julian is survived by wife Patricia and six children.

NZ Chess NZ Chess 2t 20 Correspondence Chess tant developmental indignities is well 22.Wd6 Ec8 23.8d4 &g7 24.Badl Ecl2s.OtI by Gordon Hoslcyn known. Wxd6 26.Exd6 Exdl+ 27.Exdl Ec7 White's advantage is minimal and I was happy Profile Bob Gibbons of) serious competition of my hands. I was 1.e4 e5 2.af3tr.c6 3.Yc4 uf6 4.ug5 d5 to accept the draw in this position. %-% Bob writes: f,rrst equal in TT3 that year with (Gordon 5.exd5 Aa5 6.9b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Se2 h6 I was taught to play chess by my father and Hoskyn and Don Gannon) and from there 9.68 e4 l0.Ae5 Wd4 11.t4 Ac5 12.EfI Ab6 Gibbons,R Ebenezar,J grandfather and dominated the local school worked up to playing in the reserve. 13.c3 Wd6 14.b4 ab7 - Asian Cities Chp, Genting Highlands clubs from an early age since the opposition The sharp rise in postal charges and a pro- This position has a pedigree stretching back And now a typically scrappy game was relatively weak. I went to primary school longed overseas trip lead to a decline in my to Anderssen and Zukertort in the 1860's - they 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.8d3 Bd6 in London before moving to Tawa at the age of postal play although I was still playing a lot of played it better than I do. 5.Nc3 I knew thatJoseph had drawn the black twelve and have spent most of my adult life in OTB chess including playing in the New Zea- 15.6c4 We7 16.Axb6 side of a French against the GM Zagrebelny in Auckland, mostly lecturing at the various terti- land team to the "Asian Teams " of 1974 and Developing a piece eg Qa4 is probably better round 2. I elected to go for an obscure line ary institutions in Auckland but with a brief captaining the Auckland team to the Asian 16...axb6 l7.bn af5 18.d4 e3+ recommended by Sokolsky which has the idea interlude in the commercial world. Currently I Cities events of 1984 and 1985. l8...exd3 is better but Black wanted his of playing Nge2 and Bf4. 5Ac6 6.Nge2 am lecturing in Maths and Engineering Com- At the end of 1985 I 'retired' from chess. pawn back. Qh4! Sokolsky didnt mention this! 7.Be3 Nf6 puting at the Engineering School at Manukau Twenty years of shrdent life, while supporting f 9.&g1 Axbl 20.Exbl Exa2 2l.ER 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.g3 10.Bf4 Nxl2 11.Kxl2 Institute of Technology. myself and family handsomely on a contract Springing the hap. The white pieces uncoil Qf6 Betteris l1.Qe3 11Ag5 l2.Kg2 gxf4 13.Nxf4 I didn't really "discover" chess until the third lecturing basis, was entirely enough. Time to with deadly speed and black is caught with his 14.Rae1+?! If 14.Nb5!?Bxf4 l5.Qe1+ year at Victoria University where it proved to get serious and work for a bank. So I had eight pieces unco-ordinated and his King in the Qxd4 l6.Nc7+Kd8 17.Nxa8 Butwillthe be a devastating distracter to acadernic studies. years as a commercial programmer before centre. Qe3 knight ever get out? 14AKd8 ls.Rhfl Nd7 Learning that there were books, moves other going to work for the tertiary sector again at 21...4d5 22.9c4 hxc3 23.Wel 0-0 24.Exe3 Having dug myself into a hole I have to find an than 1.e4 and more importantly quite a few Manukau Institute of Technology. Wd6 25.Wxca Exg2+ 26.&xg2Wg6+ 27.Hg3 escape plan. I spent a lot of time on sacrificing players stronger than I, proved a strong incen- -Since my 'retirement' from chess I have Wxbl 28.d5 96 29.dxc6 We4+ 30.691 bd6 on d5 but cotidnZt see a clear enough line. tive to leam and there were lots of opportuni- played in two closed International Master 3r.ab3 wbl+ 32.&92 we4+ 33.813 1-0 l6.Re6 Be5 l7.Nfe2 18.Bt5 ties to put that into practice. As well as the Tournaments and several open ones, become Qg4 Qg7 l9.Rh6 Nf6 20.Rxf6!? Objectively not best inter-University events there was the Phillips an International Arbiter and led the teams to Gibbons,R - Vicoli,G but I still wanted to get the sac on d5 to work. toumament, Wellington Dunhill, Interclub and the Asian Cities event in Malaysia in 1998 and Royal Open 2126,1999 20ABxt6 Not 20AQxf6 as 2l .Bxc8 when I stumbled across a new novelty, the Bledisloe the Asian Teams and the World Cities events This game was played in first qualiffing white is back on top. 2l.Nxd5 cxd5 Cup played by morse code. in China in 1999. After that I played in the round of the Swedish Royal Open email tour- 22.Qxd5+ Ke8 23.Nf4 Be7? I had expected I played in the Nelson congress in 1970 before Swedish 'Royal Open' International e-mail nament. Giordano Vicoli was the top seed for 23ABxf5 intending 24.Nh5 25.Nxf6+ transferring up to Auckland and joining the Toumament, qualified into the Semi-finals and this group and rated at 2400. Qg6 26.Rxf5, but we had both missed the Auckland Chess Centre. I was still studying at then had the unique experience of seeing the 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.trf3 trf6 4.trc3 dxc4 5.a4 Qxf6 killer reply 26AQc6! 24.Nh5? Counterblun- University and Teachers Training College but toumament organizers vanish ! That lead into gt5 6.4h4 e6 7.hxf5 exfs 8.e3 Eb4 9.gxc4 0- der. 24.Qb5+ and black is in dire trouble. playing a lot ofOTB chess. Alan Hignett and playing in the Australian Interstate Teams 0 10.0-0 We7 24AQg5?! Black should snatch the pawn! Alan Fletcher were both members of my club competition where the North Island team hn- This is a surprise. Usual is ...Nbd7 24A,Qxb2 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Qxfl/+ Kd8 and it was from them I learned about Corre- ished second behind the South Island team. As ll.wc2 9612.b3 abdT 13.4b2 a5 14.d5 27.Rdl+ Kc7 28.Qxe7+ KbS 25.h4 spondence Chess. chance would have it Peter Goffin also worked Black is threatening to get a good position if Qxh5 Surely, he thought, two bishops and a rook had First year teaching at a secondary school and in the same department at MIT so I was lured white develops quietly. Here ..Bxc3 does not to be more than a match for the queen, espe- getting married do not go well with endless back to NZCCA. It's just as hard as I remem- win the pawn because of the weakness on the cially as whites minor pieces have now all hours ofchess so I wasn't able to incorporate bered, takes as many hours but is stilljust as black diagonal when White recaptures with the gone! 26.Bd7+ BxdT 27.Qxh5 Be6 28.Qb5+ postal chess into my repertoire for another year much fun and it has been great catching up queen. Kf8 29.Qe5 Whoops. The king is now safe or so when I left secondary school teaching for with old friends and meeting a lot of new ones. l4...Eac8 1s.Efdl 6b6 16.dxc6 Exc6 but the bishop and rook are loose. 29AKg8 the tertiary sector. I made a cautious start with [16...4xc4 17.cxb7 6xb2 18.bxc8W Exc8 30.Qc7 Bd8 31.Qxb7 Rc8 32.Rxf7 Objec- eight handicap games at grade six only to find Gibbons,R - Levi,E 19.Wxb2 Axc3 20.Wc2 Wc7 is not good for tively 32.c3 is better but I couldnt resist the that I could not be promoted to grade five Challenge, 28.0 1. 1999 white. Fortunately bxc4 is Okl 17.€b5 Ec5 Qantas urge to sacrifice again and expose the King. since I had won1l7 and one needed 6/8! This Game was from the Sydney 18.Wd3 Wc7 Quan- 32.c3 Rc7 33.Qb8 Rd7 32ARxc2+ 33.Rf,1 Stung, I asked for sixty handicap games and 18...Og4 l9.Wd4 Wh420.6e4 Wxh2+ 21.&f1 tas Challenge event. My penchant for RxI2+ 34.Kxf2 Bb6+ 35.KR Bxa2 36.Qb8+ joined the TT-events only to discover I had Be5 22.6f6+ is good for White. grabbing pawns and suffering the resul- Kg7 37.Qe5+ Draw. The king has to protect been promoted two grades and now had (a lot 19.Wd4 &xc3 20.Axc3 Exc3 21.Wxf6 Ec5

NZ Chess NZ Chess z) 22 the trapped rook. If 37AKg8 38.Qe8+ etc. 23.We5 Chess Book Reviews Gibbons,R - Ebenezar,J Whoops.. the king is now safe but the bishop by Michael Stevenson Asian Cities Chp, Genting Highlands and rook are loose KgS Qc7 Bd8 QxbT And now a typically scrappy game 23...8c8 24.Hxf7 Reviewing chess products brings at times the himself with is what is the best way to attack l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.&d3 &d6 5.6c3 Objectively c3 is better but I couldn't difficulty ofhaving to look not only at really this defence. I knew that Joseph had drawn the black resist the urge to sacrifice again and to first-rate products and books but also at those, Knut Neven's new training CD Classical side of a french against GM Zagrebelny in expose the King sadly, that don't quite come up to the mark. Nimzo-Indian - 4.Qc2 may be just what I d4 round I elected to go for an obscure line 24.Rxc2+ Rf2 Rxf2+ KxD Bb6+ KB Bxa2 Also at times it's hard to decide just what to players are looking for as Knut covers the recommended by Sokolsky which has the Qb8+ Kg7 Qe5+ draw The King has to include and what to leave out. In this column theory and themes in a straightforward and idea of playing Nge2 and protect the trapped rook lt-Yz I'11 be placing the products under the pub- easy to read format. However it's when the 5...4f4 c6 Objectively c3 is better but I couldn't re- lisher's name. Also I have to hold off the re- reader gets to the annotated games that things 6.6ge2 Wh4 sist the urge to sacrifice again and to ex- views on chess computers that I alluded to in get exciting and interesting, as there are a high Sokolsky didn't mention this! pose the King the last column until there is more room to do number ofgames that have been annotated by 7.4e3 hf6 8.Wd2 694 9.g3 Wf6 10.Axf4 6xf2 24.Rxc2+ Rl2 Rxl2+ Kxt2 Bb6+ KI3 themjustice. Ifanyone is thinking ofbuying two, three or more players. It's great to see 11.6xO Bxa2 Qb8+ Kg7 Qe5+ draw chess computers, programs etc feel free to many different ideas in the same game on If 11.4b5 Bxf4 Qel+. The King has to protect the happed rook. email me at [email protected] for show. Ifyou're looking for a sound and reli- ll...gs l2.&92 gxf4 13.6xt4 Wxd4 %-Y2 more information and/or help. able way to play against the NID then Knut's 14.Eae1+?! ChessBase CD on 4 Qc2 is a good investment. If l4.nb5 Bxf4 Qel+ f.e3 15.rxc7+ pd8 2005-2{JiJ,6 Trophy Tourney progress Regular readers of this column will undoubt- Gambit Books l6.nxa8 but will the knight ever get out? as dt 20 October,2005. edly have noticed that in the last few columns A little information before moving onto the 14...odS 1s.Ehfl ad7 72nd NZCCA Championship: M.F.Noble 9/10, I've concentrated on ChessBase DVDs. This books: Gambit's website, Having dug myself into a hole I have to R.E.Gibbons 6i7, G.A.Hoskyn 4/12, M.G.Whaley is mainly because they're an exciting learning www.gambitbooks.com, has just been updated. find an escape plan. I spent a lot of time 3/3, H.P.Bennett 2.5/3, M.L.Dunwoody and tool that's really changing the way many peo- There you'll find listed all their previously J.A.McDonald 2.5/6, E.G.A.Frost 2.5/7, P.B.Goffi n on sacrificing on d5 but couldn't see a ple shrdy chess. Definitely one of the main published books as well as upcoming books to and M.Wigbout 2/5, P.A.R.Vetharaniam 1.514, clear enough line reasons that CB's DVDs are making waves is be published in the near future. Some of the B.W.Millar 1.5/8, R.S.Mitchell 1/3. I-atest results: the excellent great 16.8e6 Be5 Nfe2 Qg4 Bf5 NOBLE beat Hoskyn,Dunwoody, McDonald, Frost, choice of IM Andrew Martin to titles to be released are 'Chess for Ze- 16...wg717.8h6 af6 l8.Exf6 !? Wigbout,Vetharaniam, Millar,Mitchell. Drew Gib- present many of them. bras' by Jonathan Rowson, Garry Kasparov's Objectively not best but I still wanted to bons, Bennett. GIBBONS beat Hoskyn, Dunwoody, 'The Trompowsky - the easy way' and 'The 'Greatest Chess Games' (Volume 2) by Igor get the sac on d5 to work Bxf6 Nf4 Be7 McDonald, Wigbout,Millar. Drew Goffrn. HOSKYN Scandinavian - the easy way' are Andrew's Stohl, and 'Chess Explained: The Queen's ? I had expected [] Not Qxf6 Bxc8 when beat Dunwoody, Goffin. Drew McDonald, Frost, newest offerings which will soon be out, but Indian Defence' by Peter Wells. Make sure to white is back on top Wigbout,Mitchell.WHAlEY beat Hoskyn, Goffin, until they're released, here's what Andrew had check out the website for yourself. Millar.BENNETT beat Hoskyn, Frost. DUNWOODY 18...gfs to say in an email about one of his upcoming 'How to beat I d4' by James Rizzitano: this beat Frost, Millar. Drew Wigbout. McDONALD beat Intending 19.4h5 Wg6 DVDs on the Scandinavian: "An all-new book is split into two main sections. In the Frost.Drew Vetharaniam, Millar.FROST beat Vetha- product focusing on 3 ...Qd6 and the various half James game Nxf6+ Qxf6 Rxf5 but we had both raniam,Millar.GoFFlN beat Millar.Drew first deals with the when missed the killer reply Qc6! Nh5 ? Coun- Mitchell.WIGBOUT beat MiIIaT.VETHARANIAM options for White in place of 2 exd5 and 3 white starts off with the Queen's gambit (1.d4 terblunder Qb5+! and black is in dire trou- beat Hoskyn.MILLAR beat Hoskyn. Nc3. I try to show how versatile the Centre d5 2.c4). He recommends answering with the ble Resewe Championship: P.J.Voss 6/6, C.Welsh Counter is." QG accepted 2...dxc4. I found James' recom- 20.Wg5 ?! 3/4,B.J.Edwards 1.5/2, G.D.Putt 1.5/4, D.E.Dolejs As well as these DVDs there's also coming out mended variations in this first section to be 1/2, S.A.Holdaway 1i3, D.I.Bell and G.H.Mills .5/3, Black should snatch the pawn! Qxb2 shortly an upgrade of Fritz which is one of safe and very helpful to the busy club player W.Anderson 0/3. Latest Results: VOSS beat Welsh, 20...4c8 Rxc8 KdS most important chess programs around, i.e. with limited time to study. The second half of Qxfl+ Putt, Dolejs, Holdaway, Bell, Anderson. WELSH 21.8d1 'FRITZ 9 - The Ultimate Chess Game'. I his book features what to do when white beat Putt, Holdaway, Anderson. EDWARDS beat know a lot of players have been waiting for moves away from the and uses one of the Kc7 QxeT+ Kb8 h4 Mills. Drew Putt. PUTI beat Anderson. DOLEJS QG 21...Wxh5 beat Mills. HOLDAWAY beat Bell. BELL drew this upgrade as it's used by world champions, many 'side' openings, e.g. Blackmar Diemer Surely, he thought, two bishops and a Mills. club players and everyone in between. The gambit, Torre Attack and Colle System. James rook had to be more than a match for the TT 2: Double Round. J.Stewart 3.514,T .Coady 2.514, Nimzo-Indian defence has a fine reputation, shows systems that work and ht really well queen especially as whites minor pieces J.W.H. Atkinson 1/1, S.R. Chowdhury 0/2, C.Bastion and there's good reason for this as it's one of together. In fact players who use some of have now all gone! Bd7+ BxdT 0/3. Latest Results: STEWART beat Coady, Chowd- the soundest defences against I d4. The chal- these openings with white could discover some (2). 22.Wxh5 Ae6 Kf8 hury, Bastion.Drew Coady.COADY beat Bastion lenge the player who opens with 1 d4 finds gold nuggets to be found in this book. Qb5+ ATKINSON beat Chowdhury.

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'Win with the London System' by Sverre John- they want to, eg. Evans Gambit and Vienna and Sergey Voronkov: you may well be think- (Continuedfrompage 7) sen & Vlatko Kovacevic: First up I'd like to Gambit. Over all, Gary's book is best suited for ing 'not yet anotherbook on Bobby!' but as his mind - there were real groans ofrelief. I drink it is comment on move orders. I've always been led lesser to middle-rated players who are looking shadow hangs large over the entire chess world important to understand there is an almost-always to believe that the London system opens with for an easily read book, and it's one ofthe best he'll invariably hit the headlines from time to unspoken concem among players - especially the moves l.d4 2.Nf3 and then 3.Bf4, but in this books to come out on the Bishop's opening in time. This updated hardcover book on the bat- juniors - that they do the "right thing' , whether to book the authors have made a strong case for the last few years. tles that Bobby had with the Russians is a fasci- do the right thing, or to avoid criticism for doing white opening the game Ld4 2.Bf4. Conse- 'French Defence Steinitz, Classical and Other nating andinformative read. The authors have the wrong thing. quently, white has a ready-to-use system Systems' by Lev Psakhis: this is the fourth done their research well on all the documents, The second "topic" was more mundane - how and against whatever defence players of the black book in a series and three have, so far, been letters and papers that until now have not largely when to offer a draw, especially to someone who pieces use. The first part of their book contains reviewed, i.e. French Defence 3 Nd2, Advance been published in the 'west' and some that are doesn't understand your language Several of ttre over 30 well annotated games where one gets and other Anti-French variations and French not even known in Russia. This book is an ex- players were completely in the dark as to the ap- the feel of playing this system against moves Defence 3 Nc3 Bb4. In his fourth book, lrv cellent read as it demonstrates what the Soviet propriate technique - whether or not the opponent like 1...d5, King's Indian defence, Dutch and has done a hrst-class job ofupdating two varia- chess machine did to try to bring Fischer down, understood English - and I happily and deliberately others. The second component is the analytical tions which have proven extremely popular, showing too just how well chess was inter- bounced the details off our experienced intema- section which is well set out and has enough even at the highest level. The variations are the twined in the life of the old USSR. tional players - Sue, Shirley, and Natasha. A num- detail fqr anyone just starting out to build an Rubinstein (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Convekta ber ofpeople and organisations contributed signih- opening, right up to experienced players look- Nd7) and Burns (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 Chess Combinations Encyclopaedia: This is cantly to this trip. ing for a system to use at tournaments. This is 4.Bg5 dxe4). Any one ofLev's books will be a arguably the best computer program for teach- Firstly, I would like to thank Lion Foundation for a hrst-class book, extremely well written, about great help to players of the French defence or to ing and training chess tactics that I have ever their contribution to the kavel costs ofthe players a system that for too long has had its light hid- players looking for a system in which to fight seen. With more than 4000 exercises this pro- and myself, and also the Borovskis Trust whose den under a bushel. this popular and sound defence. gram understandably starts off with the basics contribution to my travel made ftre whole trip pos- Batsford Everyman and, as you move on through them, they get sible for me. Players and readers ofBatsford's chess books Everyman books haven't featured much in much harder to solve, so it's impossible not to Also, a very special thanks to parents Frank Cheng may have noticed their books weren't quite 'up these columns in the past, but all things being improve every part of a game. Most masters and Jimmy Chen for their total and unstinting to par' over the past few years, but lately equal, they should from now on. As mentioned agree that practising Chess tactics is by far the support. The team was truly fortunate to have them they've made great strides largely by employ- previously, along with Gambit and Batsford, I best way to improve at playing chess, so don't along. My only regret is their disappointment widr ing some well known authors, eg. McDonald rate Everyman as one the world's leading chess go past this CD. French "culture". - I had at least had some wam- and Ward. In addition they've found some new book publishers. Endgame Training: As the name implies, this ing/experience from the Nice 1974 Olympiad. blood, eg. Palliser. This means that they're 'Breaking Through, How the Polgar Sisters program gives sound training in all different All of NZCF council deserves my thanks for tak- once more up with the big boys again. Changed the Game ofChess' by Susan Polgar types ofendings that are likely to be encoun- ing a risk and sending me. I rust the players're- 'Chess for Tigers' by Simon Webb: while with Paul Truong. No doubt a lot of readers tered when playing chess. It includes more than sults have been reward enough. Paul Spiller de- players disagree which books are 'classics', this and players will have been anticipating a book 2450 exercises taken from actual GMs and IMs serves a special tharks and mention - it was he one is invariably at the top ofmost people's list. published by one of the Polgar sisters person- games as well as training examples taken from who initially suggested I might be in the tearn I This edition, the third, was updated by Webb ally, as up until now anything that's been writ- many different sources. would like to thank Bob Mitchell and his firm shortly before his tragic death earlier this year ten about them has only been by onlookers. Mate Studies will be of more interest to players eForenzix Ltd for contribution of a laptop and and as with all his other editions they contain Susan has gone into great detail about the three and/or solvers of chess problems and follows some walking around money, and most of all for good advice, funny one-liners, plus witty illus- sisters' chess games, their history and their the same format as the above CDs. his terrific support before and during the touma- trations. This book should be on all chess play- outlook on life. It's delightfully presented with As a postscript: a reminder to readers, here's ment. lastbutnotleast, Chris Graham of Im- ers' bookshelves as it's a grand read. appealing photos, combined with well anno- what I wrote in the last column: "One helpful agetext Ltd. (a parent of one of ttre Auckland 'The Bishop's Opening Explained' by Gary tated games and combinations. In her final feature that Convekta has over similar Chess- Chess Centre's juniors), who lent me a laptop at Lane: in 1993 Gary wrote a book called chapter Susan expands on family life as a whole base programs is that the questions are marked very short notice. In the event, Bob Mitchell's 'Winning with the Bishop's Opening'. Sadly it and addresses the subject of successful women off as they are answered. This way you'Il al- laptop accompanied the team, but I think this 'flew under a lot ofpeople's radar screens'! in chess in the form of questions, comments and ways be sure ofjust where you are, even when shows fte depth ofsupport chess has "out there". I This new book by Gary is notjust an expanded answers. This hardcover book will certainly be coming back to the program". think all our players enjoyed their chess experi- edition ofhis 1993 book. As well as updating of interest to chess players in general and could In conclusion chess magazines New in Chess, ence, and I think it has probably made several of all the Bishop's Opening theory, Gary shows well appeal to anyone interested in women at Chess (Monthly) and Australian Chess are ex- them life-members of the chess-playing commu- players of the white pieces ways to transpose the top of their field. cellent magazines, and will be covered as usual nity. their openings into some other e4 e5 openings if 'Russians versus Fischer' by Dmitry Plisetsky in the next column. They all performed with great credit.

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