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TOP PRICES PAID. Please contact us with details for an offer. Itusscll Dive EVERYTHING FOR CFIESS AT N.Z.C.S. NZ Chess ., New Zealand Chess STOP PRF]SS Official journal of the New Zealand Chess New Zealand Chess Federation (Inc.), published in February, April, Volume 33 Number 2 April2006 June, August, October, December. CONTENTS 4. Wellington Open CORRESPONDENCE Alan Aldridge gives a full report on this toumament with a bal"anced field and Subscriptions, equalling the previous years tum out. IM Russell Dive took the title with an impressive Editorial correspondence, copy and advertising performance. inquiries should be sent to 8. First25+5Rapid New Zealand Chess Caleb Wright gives an account of this inaugural tournament compising 32 players held P O Box 1627 at Mount Maunganui. Tatpo,2730 10. Otago Club Championship triangle @ world-net.co.nz Richard Sutton retained his title with a convincing performance despite a solid challenge Tony Dowden. Report by Johnson. 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Rest of world, $US20.00 airmail, $US15.00 economy. Some back issues available - send for details. ADVERTISING RATES Full page, $N245.00 Half-page or full column, $N222.50 Half column, $N212.00 COPY DEADLINE I June issue, Monday July 17 Front Cover: Russell Dive, winner of the Wellinton Easter Toumament 2006 (holding his trophy). HOMEPAGE http ://www.nzchess.co.nz NZ Chess j NZ Chess 5 Wellington Open Open Champion, the unpredictable Michael the bishop and f pawn are unmasked to gain by Alan Aldridge Nyberg and Fuatai Fuatai from Auckland were control of e4. likely contenders. Fuatai was an unknown 13...Bd7 l4.Nd3 Bc6 15.f3 16.e4! Bd8 Dive Takes Wellington Open Again was available to toumament organisers in New Qf7 quantity to the Wellington players who as- Black's plan to gain control of e4 has not IM Russell Dive and fellow NZ team member Zealar,d compared to France, where as an or- sumed with the typical Wellington Chess Club worked since 16...fxe4? fails due to the pin Roger Nokes have been familiar faces at tJre ganiser he is able to access thousands ofeuros attitude, i.e. who is the best in the land, we are! along the f file. His position is cramped so he Wellington Open since it was upgraded to through local government funding. that one of their number would naturally win adopts a waiting policy, planning to meet fur- Grand Prix class one event three years ago; While Russell Dive and Roger Nokes were the the grade. (And the other grades too) But Fuatai ther White expansion with a timely counter their regular retum no doubt encouraged by favourites, strong challenges were expected surprised the locals by taking points against thrust that may show white to have over ex- sharing the title for the previous two years. from the determined and tough campaigner Forster and Nyberg and with a draw against tended. However this year Roger Nokes'challenge Bob Smith and Wellington's Nic Croad. Nic Daniel Baider did enough to secure the B grade l7.Radl NeS 18.b4 Ba4 19.Rde1 b5? laded while Russell Dive put in an impressive has often come close in big tournaments and is title. Fuatai not only confounded the Wellington Blacks previous two moves have merely served performance scoring 5.5/6 to take the title on always challenging for a top placing. The other players with his strong showing over the board, to push White's rook to a better square and take he also sowed seeds ofchaos by cunningly the bishop out of play. Now White opens up the having interchangeable first and last names. centre to punish its absence from the long di- Confused toumament director Mark van der agonal. Hoorn wanted to 'assign' Fuatai a new first 20.exf5 Qxf5 21.f4 RbS 22.bxa5 bxc4 23.a6 name, which, had it happened, Fuatai could Qxd3 have taken back to Auckland along with his Black sees that White's combination to promote trophy. his a6 pawn will cost him a rook but that grab- The C Grade was a competition between young bing this piece and the threat of his d pawn players like Bobby Cheng and Tudor Chifu, and promotion will get it back. However the result- experienced old hands including Bruce Kay and ing ending is a relatively simple win for an IM Genisis Portini. As often happens, and to the of Dive's strength. Instead 26...c6 blocking the annoyance of older players who see their rating long diagonal and preserving queens was a points and grade prizes disappear down the better try. gullets ofyoungsters sweeping past, an up and 24.Qxd3 cxd3 25.a7 Rc8 26.8b7 d2 27.Rdl coming player won. Bobby Cheng finished Also possible was regaining the queen for impressively with 4 points and 12'h placing knight and rook with the tricky 27.Re2!? d1=Q overall. On the way he defeated solid players 28.Rxdl Bxdl 29.Bxc8 Bxe2 30.Bxe6+ KbS David Capper and Bruce Kay and shows con- 31.aS=Q followed by pushing the a pawn. siderable promise. 27...8xd1 28.Rxd1 c6 29.Bxc8 Nc7 30.Bxe6+! That this pawn could not be preserved seals Games Section Black's fate. The extra pawn plus two bishops Russell Dive - Roger Nokes win easily. Notes by Quentin Johnson 30...Kh8 3l.Bd7 NaS 32.Bxc6 Bb6 33.Rxd2 1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.B92 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O BxaT 34.K92 Nb6 35.Rc2 Rc8 36.KR d5 6.O-O d6 7.b3 37.Ke2 h6 38.Kd3 Rc7 39.a4 Re7 40.Ba3 Rel his own. main contender was former NZ Champion A less forceful alternative to Nc3 in the Classi- 4l.Bc5 Nc4 The toumament attracted a well balanced field Scott Wastney. Scott's form was unknown as cal Dutch defence. White temporarily relin- Last try. Threatening 42...Re3 mate of 35 players, equaling the 2005 entry and is he hadn't recently been playing competitively. quishes control ofe4 aiming to restrain Black's 42.Bxd5 Bxc5 43.Kxc4 Bd6 44.a5 Ra1 45.Kb5 consolidating its position as the hrst important Russell Dive's outright victory was well de- thematic e5 break before expanding in the cen- Resigns tournament after Congress.

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