for the best-dressed player at If 23. . QXe8 24.BXf6 ch dates of· ali of the great 2.Qd5! Nc6 · (Again· 2 ... the Lord John tournament in and mates. masters, in addition to London! QXd5 3.NXe7 ch) :lQXc6!' 24. NXf6 Resigns sections on problems; and after 3 ... QXc6 the· One of Quinteros's victor• * terms and societies, openings, 'black queen would be forked ies was at the Lloyds Bank * * BOOK REVIEW countries and tournaments. on a third square. Invitation tournament, also in "The Encyclopedia of Chess" The encyclopedia is gener• London, where Torre· was ously sprinkled with 500 illus• The foreword to the book edited by ; playing. He scored 8/10 to trations such as chess stamps, ends " ... whether as an B. T. Batsford Lrd. claim first place ahead of 68 pieces, piayers and chess dia• unrivalled book of reference players, including IMs Nunn, WITH THIS book Golombek grams. or as a book to be dipped Webb, Hartston and .has plugged a bad gap in the As an exam'ple,. under the into foe pleasure, this is a Pritchett. Orte of his most literature of chess - that of a heading "fork" the book work which will be cherished convincing displays was comprehensive, informative gives the example · by all lovers of chess ... ", an against England's young yet easy to read encyclopedia. Soultanbeiff v. Dudya, Liege · assessment with which I fully, Jonathan Kinlay. ' Hardcover and 360 pages, the 1953 as an illustration of suc• Soultanbeiff produced agree. book gives the histories, tour• cessive knight forks. l.Ng6! Qb7 (if 1. QXf5 London 1977 nament records and birth- White to play. 2.NXe7 ch winning a piece) MURRAY CHANDLER KINGS INDIAN DEFENCE M. 0!Jinteros J. Kinley (Argentina) (England) 1. Nf3 Nf6 ·.,....2. g·3 96 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. b3!?- Grandmasters in NZ More usual is 9.h3. NEW ZEALAND has - been the aggressive Sicilian Quinteros comments in allocated three international Defence. Balinas, the only "Chess", the move played has grandmasters for its first ever other GM in Asia besides a special quality - surprise! GM tournament, planned for Torre, gained his title with a 9. . . . eXd4 April 6-22. The first two stunning tournament victory 10. Nxd4 Re8 places were filled as expected, in Odessa, USSR, to become 11. h3 Nc5 by Filipino woodpushers the first foreign master since 12 .. Re1 d5? Eugene Torre and Rosandio Capablanca in 1936 to win on 12. . . a5 /3.Bf4 gives Salinas. Torre is. the first Soviet soil. Black a cramped hut playable Asian and in The . third grandmaster game. Kinlay must have Manila at the Marlboro is , Argentina's Miguel thought that if he could get the Kings Challenge series he Quinteros. Boasting an ~Elo freeing break .d5 in without became only the second per• rating of 2555 Quinteros has losing material he could secure son to beat the current world had numerous. tournament equality at least. Quinteros champ , 'dis• successes and is a popular ~'"':,as other ideas. playing a masterly grasp of player. He even won ~he prize 13. cXd5 cXd5 14. ex df Rxe1 ch 15. QXe1 NXd5 16. NXd5 8Xd4 17. Be3!

QUINTEROS Now . with the inevitable exchange of Black's kingside bishop Kinlays position is crit• ical. Now 17. . Nd3 is met by 18.Qfl! -when Black's development is lagging and his knight is misplaced. 17. . . . 8Xa1 18. 0Xa1 Nd? This knight move covers to some degree the hole on f6 but White's positional com• pensation for 'the exchange is enormous. Quinteros begins his· total black square domination around Kinlay' s king. 19. 6d4! a5 20. Qc3 f6 If 20. Ra6; trying for counterplay White wins piece with 21. QX c8! 22.Nel ch. 21.· Ne? Rb8 22. Bd5 ch · Kh8 23. Ne8! Ne5