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NZ Chess NZ Chess l North Shore Open noeuvre in 51...f51 52.&R &azt sf.at:+ & l,t \\ I l',,r, t .\lrrarl. e1! and a new black queen is about to be its born while-the white king gnashes his teeth In 29ft edition this toumament returned to its 6cxeS'l [15...16!?; I-5 ,,!,rtlr, lr, i rtlr, 1416 in frustration.l 41 ...c4 48.94 c3 49.95 c2 50. generic name with a new sponsor. Afterthree l7.Wd2 with compc:nsirliorrl l(,-lirrr.8 f{'b4 clW 51.97 Wf4+ sz.^rs Wg4 52...& years as the Birkenhead Licensing Trust Open I /.qlxci l /.r.xp6 ( rg(' lS rl,\ rl,S I(). 96 [Or l e4 53.g4 (53.gSW Wxf5+ 54.&e7 We5+ the North Shore club was somewhat dismaved LWd0 I 17...Sxe5 lE.9-xc5 4\ rt' 5 t9.4ld6 I 55.&d7 Wd5+ 56.Wxd5+ &xd5-+) 53... to find emlier this year, that the Licensing Wxh4 20.Se2 6c6 21.93'El'b4 ir (cw lAlit.r Mxg4 54.he7 d3 55.g8W Wxg8 56.6xg8 d2- Trust was making no grants tlfs year while they less Ihan bcst movcs Whitc's;rrlvirrrlrlir. has +l 53.he7 Wxg2? capture is com implemented rnajor changes to the trust's finan- considerably dirrinisherl. 22.a3'!t'$!rb2 23. [This | pletely unnecessary and actually throws cial structure The panic was shortJived, how- Ebl Wxa3 24.Hxb7 EabS 25.Exbtt Exblt 26. away the win; perhaps Black was now too ever, as the club was able to quickly arrarge a Wd2 [And flow Black, with 4 pawns lirr thc short of time to complete the win and de 56.6e6! Exg3 57.6f6 [The threat of mate in 2 new sponsorship deal with the Mad Dogs and piece. stands better as White's initial.ivc has cided to scramble for the draw? Instead forces Black to cede the exchange.l 57...Eg6+ Englishmen Gaming Foundation This year the disappearotl,l 26...6e5 27.Hd1 6R+ 28. 53...&c3 54.g8W WxgS 55.6xg8 d3 56.6e7 5s.&f7 Exe6 59.&xe6 &no oo.6es 6h5 61.& Open was also a class 1 2002 Global Chess Sxf3 Wxt3 29.Wc2 6m'tt is tinel 1zo...Wb3 d2 57.hd5+ 6A+ is winningl 54.g8W WxgS f4 &96 62.8d6+ &hS eS.Cb6 &c2 64.8b8 ad3 Enterprises Crrand Prix event. 30.8e1 Wds?? *l 3l.Wc7 Sc7 [30...Mc6 55.hxg8 &e4 56.&e6 d3 s7.Af6+ &0+ 65.693 Ae2 66.8h8+ &s6 67.&f4 &g4 68.&e5 As last year well over half the entries came Fl...Eati 32.Mxd7 W13 33.)(cl q(r l4 ).t: I 1:4. 6s4l d2 59.6f2 Y,-%. &g7 6e.Eb8 &s6 70.&f4 &hs?! 71.8b6! &h3 in on the Saturday morning, many players tak- w16 35.ilc7 I 32.Wxtrtt Wxtt6 31.1y'rrt6+ -l | defended his [An awful square; better was 71...9e2 ] 72.bg3 ing advantage ofthe lack ofany late entry sur- Sxd6 34.Eal l-(1. In round 2 Zakariatenaciously &ea? v2...M1 73.8f6 Hd314.&f4 gcZ ZS.Uf8 charge to enter on the day even though collection of weak pawns but excellent end- most &96 and it seems doubtful to me whether White had obviously decided to play much earlier Whcclt'r game technique by Garbett brought home the - llrirnblt' can make further progressl 73.8t6! [Winning Not surprising that the f,rst round started ten (jirror:o full point. The only other hrst round winner to I'irrrro l(':,1 | double his score was Smith who was untrou- the biack pawn by zngzwangl 73...&dl 74. minutes late l.e4 t'5 2.61-1 6c6 l..ric4 .r:i,c5 {.r. I Irt6 S. point against Hilton Ben- Exfs+ 6h6 [An interesting, because difficult, The Open was not as strong as it might have b4 ith6 6.wb3 '9c7 7.rl I rl(r 8.:r.l :r(r ().0-(l bled to take the full gained ending has arisen. Of course, E FA normally vrin been with notable absentees including Alexei h6 1(1.4a3 \, nett. Mclaren a strong initiative Egtl ll.6tr,l 95 12.4\ts \t\ t-1. easily against & but here it is a rook pawn. Ifthe Kulashko, Bruce Watson against Kaushik Saksena but failed to make and Peter Green On r'xlS g,l 14.t!hl g.l t5.trgl 1irtr,. t(.1'6 bishop moved on the black squares the win the other hand Fail;nZakaria formerly(?) ,r.r,Y't.1 the most of it and came close to losing in the Ma- 6xg3+ t 7.hxg3 Eg5 I ll.'ftrl I tiYrtT I would still be easy as White can sacriflce his laysia, u,ho has played twice endgame Wang and Graeme Spain had a half- in the New Zea- 0-0-0 20"b5 axbS 2l.rrrlr5 lir:ri.r.).,rr.l pawn at the right moment and the black king land Championship was in the list day at the office while Wheeler trapped Wil- together with Edgtt 23.$-xg5 hxg5 2.1.l'( l'2 g.l t\,,t r:r5 will be in the dangerous corner. But in this Christoph Thumer and Jeflrey McCrowe liam Lynn's queen who Eh8+ 26.&g1 .0-xa5 27.'f,l l.s ji l16 2}i.1,\r r rtTl game the bishop moves on the white squaresll were new to New Zealand tournament play. &xd7 29.6r.12 Eh(i 3(l.t'[rl'l ri.rt2 lt ,i'rt2 75.895 Ah5 76.6f4 Ad1 77.&e5 Ah5 7S.EgS Paul Gmbett was the top seed with the strongest Exf6+ Garbett - Zakaria 32.6c2 El-5 33.4il t1 .1.1.4,t. I riL15 afl 79.Egs ghs 80.&f6 adl 81.898 6nz tz. challenges likely to come from Leonard 35.9d5 c6 36.bxc(r+ brc6 tti. Sicilian [B33] 37.i!c.l rt5 Ed8! ghs? [The bishop's best station is on the Mclaren and Bob Srnith. 1.e4 c5 2.df3 6c63.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 6f6 5. Afs+ 6d6 39.Axg4 tl4 4t).crtl4 rxtt{ .lt. b1-h7 diagonal: 82...bc2183.&95 Se4 84.8d7+ The first round went according to plan 6c3 e5 6.Adb5 d6 7.bg5 a6 8.6a3 b5 9.6d5 for most 6c4+ &c5 42.bR &Ul as.&ru Sc3 44.ri,r5 (The 85.h5? draws: €e7 10.Axf6 Sxf6 11.c3 0-01.2.6c2,4g5 13. 6trs ss.&n6 hasty only of the top half but Bruce Wheeler conceded a Exf5+ ['his should be losing br-rl l]lack hrrrl a5 15.€c4 Eb8 16.b3 &hB 85... 85...€c2 86.&h6 &g8! (86...4b3? 87. draw to Mark Brimble in a very interesting just ahout run oLrt of optionsl 45.Sxl-S & a4 bxa4 l4.Bxa4 17.0-0 18.&h1 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.f4 Af6 HdB+ flg6 8B.&g5 &g7 89.Hd7+ bha so.& game which bore some resemblance to losing xd3 46.6d6? from hcrc lhc 96 g|.n6 [Unlortunate; 96 gb3 9t.Hh7+ &g8 92.Hc7 &nt HaZ chess the way both players jettisoned material. knight cortrols 'l 2l.HR exf4 22.Hh3 6e5 23.Mh5 Hb7 24. c4 but that is all, hc rilht 94.h7 &bl+ 95.&h6+-) 87.897+ and now not The only other upset rvas Antonio Krstev's loss movc ,l ,i,, Axf4 We8 25.9d5 Ee7 26.Wxe8 Efxe8 27.& was 46.41a3 , e.g. 46... 46 t') / 87... 8?...&h8? 8B.Ec7 af5 89.8f7 ae6 90.8e7 to Wang but Puchen winrring is not much of an xf6 c4 ,1,,('3 r1; /r', r 91 Ag5 28.8e3 fud7 29.Hd4 Axf4 30.Exf4 48.94 c3 49.fre5 :rrrrl Ac4 91.8e8+ Ag8 92.&g5 &g7 93.Ee7+ win upset these days. r ! 696 31.Exe7 Hxel 32.812 Ee5 33.8d2 6f4 -51.6xd4 I 46...c5 47.hxt'6 lt I ,tt t:4 ning as in the previous subvariation but 87...& 48.ilc5+ fle3 is hopclcss; llrt. lrr st rlr lr.rr gb3 38.4b4 Axa4 39.93 6e2+ 40.&f2 6c3 18! when White cannot win as he is unable to Spain - McNabb sive try is 47.&14l (:4 4li I lr/r 1/,\' ,'t t,.t) Hel 42.6c5 9c2 43.6e6h6 44.4d4 get his king back to 94 without letting the black Sicilian [B21] 48...c3 49.6a5 c2 --\04l ,lr1 i,. lrl ,lrrntl 4l.Ad3 47.F.d6 king back to the g-hle since the square h5 is no l.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.6xc3 e6 5. White 1,.r, 6e4+ 45.€xe4 Sxe4 46.Exh6+ &g7 lotlks 1o hirvrr sirvt'tl lris r,rr :iloe longer available to him.) 85...698 86.8g7+ &fB Sc4 Ac5 6.6R 6c6 7.0-0 a6 8.4f4 6ge7 9. aI'tcr (1,) \ i;It2 Ea7 48.6e3 Ha2 49.h4 Bg2 50.&f4 812+ 51... 51 .(l I .t2 li',,t, I I r ' 87.895! (Preparing to extricate the king so the e5 596 10.493 0-0 ll.Ect WeZ 1i.6eq 54.Sxd2 l 51.sg5 Hg2 52.Hd7+ &h8 53.8d8+ &h7 hc is actuully u,irrnrrrl llorv pawr can advance) 87...&f/ 88.Eg3l (On B8. Q &a7 13.h4 14.4d6 Ed8 t5.gd3 ever, 54.&f4 Ef2+ 55.se5 Eg2 &tt Black has lL lrarvc:llous \\, rrurl rra fi5 Black has 88... 8B...ffi+ but after the text NZ Chess NZ Chess 6 7 the white king can com9,b3lk ,ry C: ..f the passed pawn being neutralised by Wang,s pawn Zakaria - Saksena Bxej Wf5+ 32.&e2 Eal8 favours Black if bishop is vulnerable on e4) 88...4c2 89.6h5 6 sacrifice to gir. rrl- u p-rot"ctcd passer as well. King's Indian [E94] anyone,) 30...Ed2 31.Hb3 (31.8xe5 Hxb2 32.a4 f! (t! 90,&95 91.&f4+ wins, or,. ,pe{ _&g7 Scoresafterrorurdl:Carbett 3;Spain2/z; 1.d4 Af6 2.i4 96 3.6c3 &g7 4.e4 d6 s.6R 0-0 Bb4 33.a5 Hxai 34.Hexa5 bxa| 35.Bxa5 89...9d1+ 90.&gs &g7 9t.Hc-3! and, white smith,Mclaren, zakaii,Bemettandwang2. 6.4e2 6bd7 7.0-0 e5 8.d5 h6 9.6e1 6c5 10.f3 Bb6 ) 3l...Hc8l? 32.Exb6 Bcc2 33.896 ExM a6ll.b4 6cd7 12.4e3 6h5 13.c5 f5 14.6d3 f4 34.f6 (34.b4 Hxa2 35.F.xa2 Hxa2 36.f6 Bb2 37. Smith - Garbett 15.4f2 95 16.6b2 we7 17.6ca4 &trZ tt.6cl HxgT+ &J8 38.Hb7 e4 39.b5 e3 40.&f1 H2+ 6hf6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.6ab6 EbB 21.Ecl 41.&el Wf6-) 34...8xb2 35.Bxg7+ &it :0. r.e4 c5 r.* l?'.:1, ag7 5.sg2 e5 hxb6 22.6xb6 &d7 23.8c1 EfdS 24.Wc2 6e8 Ecl Ehc2 37.Hxc2 Exc2 38.8a7 Ec6 39.f7 Ef6 j.b4 6.a3 6ge7 ^.?'il[td6 8.c3 a6 S.&e: t 6 10.0_-0 0_0 25.8c3 h5 26.8c1 &h6 27.a4 Af8 28.b5 axb5 40.a4 e4 41.a5 e3:l 30.Exe3 Exf5 31.8b3 Ef6 11.8a2 h6 12.d4 exd4 t3.cxd4 cxd4 14.bxd4 29.6xd7 ExdT 30.Axb5 Ea8 [30...Hdd8 31.9b6 32.a3 Ed8 33.8fl Exfl+?! [Maybe Black he5 15.f4 6c4 t6.Af2 bb7 17.6d2 Ec8 18. and the rook is still a gonerl 3l.gb6 Ha6 32.a5 should keep all the rooks on since the exchange 6xc4 Exc4 l9.Ec2 Wc7 20.Exc4 Wxc4 21.68 94 33.Wa4 Exb6 34.axb6 Ed8 35.Axe8 gxR leaves White with the more active pieces; 33... Wc7 22.Wd3 b5 23.Edt 6cS 24.Ad4 EeB 25. 36.ExB ExeS 3?.8c7 Wd8 38.Wd7 WxdT 39. Ec6 looks okay for Black.l 34.&xfl Ed6 35. ExdT Eb8 40.8c3 1-0. Eb5 Ee6 36.&e2 &n :2.&* Eh6 38.&e4 =.;1 square.l Eh4+ 39.6d5 Exh2 [39...e4 40.&d4 ExM 41. 86...9b3 xc4 On Sunday morning the Garbett endgame Exb6 Ee2 42.a4 Hel 43.a5 e3 44.a6 is effec s9.hh6 39. juggernaut rolled over Spain from what looked tively the same position as after 44.de4 in the d trans- suspiciously lil

NZ Chess NZ Chess 8 9 axb3 Exb3 30.Exb3 Hxb3 31.4f6+ 6xf6 32. Bennett Wheeler - 27.Ecd4 fxg2 28.6xg2 Ee2+ 29. Wxf6 Eb7 33.95 [33.h4!?l 33...Ha7? Sicilian [28...8xd5 [B30] Exd5 Ed8 30.6f2 gxd5 31.€e3 ,Ed7Tl 29.&h3 So Paul Gmbett took home $500 while the [Presumably overlooking the main threat. There 1.6f3 c5 2.e4 6c6 3.6c3 al6 4.C3 5.h3 &g7 e6 Ed6 30.f5 Ef2 3r.fig6 hxg6 32.4f4 Exa6 33.d6 three runners-up shared another $630 This was is still some life in the black position after 33... 6.492 e5 7.{l'.0 6ge7 8.d3 0-0 9.6h4 Ae6 10.f4 &c6 34.&ga Hhs+ 3s.&g4 a dominating performance by Paul whose unfor- Wc8 34.6931? Wf8 35.Ee4l 34.Ee4Ea2+ wd7 11.6h2 f5 12.4e3 b6 l3.Wd2 d5 14.exd5 [33...8a5 64.d7?? j6.&gj F.g2#) 34...Hh5 35.h4 9c6 36.d7 tunate blunder came only when his sole remah- 35.&93 1-0. 6xd5 15.6xd5 Axd5 16.6R exf4 17.Axf4 f5+ f5+ 37.&h3 axd7 38.493 f4+ 39.Exd7 fxg3 -l ing rival was in touble on the next board. Of the Axb2 l8.Eael Ag7 19.c4 AxR 20.&xR EaeS 34.8c4?? AxdT+ 35.&93 Exf4 36.&xf4 three rururers-up Spain met the stongest held, Wheeler - Wang 21.ads+ &tt zz.trl 6b4 23.aR wxd3 24.wg2 [34.d7 fiff+ and a draw is the likely result] 34...Ea3+ Mclaren was very solid and Wheeler played French [C13] Wxc4 25.h5 Wxa2 26.Ef2Wfl 27.Edl EdS 28. 35.493 &d7+ 36.&h4 Efs o-1. some interesting games and was perhaps fa- 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.6c3 6f6 4.495 Ae7 5.e5 Efd2 Hd4 29.Exd4 Axd4 30.Exd4 cxd4 31. voured by the draw. Bruce seems to be some- 6fd7 6.h4 h6 7.Sxe7 WxeT 8.f4 a6 9.Wd2 c5 Ae5+ &g8 32.9d6 Wa2 33.Wxa2+ 6xa2 34. Saksena Johnson, thmg of a nemesis for Wang if what I hear about 10.6R 6c6 11.0-0-0 b5 12.dxc5 Wxc5 13.6d4 gd5+ EI7 35.Axa2 gxh5 36.692 d3 37.&R 6 - Sicilian [886] Auckland Cente toumaments is correct; perhaps 6xd4 14.Wxd4 Wxd4 15.Exd4 6b8 t6.Eh3 g? 38.Axf7 SxfT 39.AbS a6 40.&c7 b5 41.4a5 1.e4 c5 2.6R e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 6f6 5.6c3 a "how-to" article for those of us who seem not 6c6 17.8d1 h5 18.&e2 &e7 19.a3 bd7 20.6a2 &e6 42.6d &e5 43.&xil f4 44.hc7+ &rs lS. d6 6.4c4 a6 7.WR Wc7 8.4b3 Ae? 9.0-0 6c6 to have "the knack" would be a nice idea! 96 21.b4 6a1 22.Hc3 EhcS 23.Edd3 flc4 24. gxt4 h4 46.sd b4 47.he5 a5 48.&d6 b3 49. 10.6xc6 bxc6 11.Wg3 0-O 12.t4 d5 13.exd5 Puchen was not really very cdnspicuous in this ER Exc3 25.Exc3 Ec8 26.6d2 &Oa zZ.6ct &a3 h3 50.OR h2 51.692 6xf.l 52.&xh2 &e3 cxd5 14.4e3 Ac5 15.Axc5 Wxc5+ 16.&hl Ad7 tournament, only once playing among the top Exc3 28.&xd bc7 29.6b3 &UO SO.ga mgl 53.692 &az o-r. 19.wh4 Ef8 20.8R three boards, yet he played three ofthe four 31.Sxg4 6c6 32.h5 gxh5 33.Axh5 Ae8 34.4c5 17.Ead1 EfdS 18.fs oh8 Ac6 21.893 e5? 22.Hxg7l 122...& main prize winners on his way to winning the 6ds 35.6b3 6c6 36.6d4 6xd4 37.&xd4 &c6 Smith,R Beach 121...h6 -l - xg7 23.Wg5+ &ha z+.WxfO+ &g8 25.8d3 Efd8 first rurder-2000 prize of$150. Kaushik Saksena 38.c3! [The immediate 38.f5 exf5 39.AR! 69. Benoni [4'69] 26.Hg3+ 6rS ZZ.AgZ We7 (27.,Hd7 28.Hxh7) hnished the toumament with a lastround flour- e6 fxe6 40.Lxe8+ 6dd is not so cleay' 39...6b7 1.d4 6f6 2.hB c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 28.Eg8t &xg8 29.Wxe7 + 1-0. ishandtookthe second rlnder-2000 prize of $100 40.Sxd5+ Ac6 41.hxfl f4 gives Black some 6.6c3 96 7.e4 ilg7 8.Se2 0-0 9.0-0 EeB t0. I counterplay though likely not enough to draw $d2 a611.a4 6bd7 12.f4 c413.Axc4 6c5 14. but the excellent waiting move is quickly deci- 15 6cxe4 15.6dxe4 6xe4 l6.hxe4 Exe4 li. sive.l 38...6b6 t38...&d7 39.&c5 &c7 is a bir gd3 Eh4 18.93 Eh5 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.&e2 Wb6-r I Garbett P.A NS 2373 W13 | ,-, 4 better for Black than the game but 40.f51 exf5 2r.6ht Ef5 22.a5 Wcs ]s.Afl Exd5? [23... 2 Spain G A. GA 2t56 W14 D5 W4 L7 w6 3% t5% 41.e6 fxe6 42.9xe8 f4 43.4h5 is still winning bxb2 24.F.a2 Ae5Tl 24.Wb3 ShS? 124.,Ae6 3 Mclaren L.J NS 2243 W10 D1l D5 D9 wt 31/z 14 for Whitel 39.f5! exf5 40.e6 fxe6 4l.Axe8 &c7 25.Wxb7 Wa7 26.Wxa1 Hxal 27 .fuc4 Ee5 *l 2-q. 4 Wheelsr B AC 2047 Dl5 w16 L2 W5 w9 3% t2 42.&e5 6dS 43.Afl t-0. &e3? [25.8fc1! Wd4 26.Ha4l (26.Bdl We4+ 5 Wang P AC 1992 W8 D2 D3 IA w13 3 t5% 6 Zakaria F 2125 Wr2 Lr wl1 W7 L2 3 t4% The last 2z.W Hbs*) 26...wxb22i.Wxd5 Wxe2 28.8e4 round saw a marked change in for- 7 Smith R.W WT 2308 WlS w9 Ll l-6 w10 313 +l 25...Wc6 26.48 Eb5 [26.,9e6t?l 27Mt7?t tunes as both leaders lost their games. Garbett 8 Krstev A NS 2089 L5 Dls D16 Wl2 w14 310 [27.Wd3!?l 27...ds?? 28.Wc4 d5 29. was about equal against Mclaren but a miscal- [2]...Wd7 9 Bennett H P HA 20s2 wl7 L7 W15 D3 IA 2% 13 wh4 (2e.wd3 .wfs +) 2e.,wd6 30.ad4 31. culation cost him a pawn and Leonard duly con- se6 10 Beach P.K AC 2008 L3 Dt7 W12 Wll L7 2% 12 HxgT+ fuyg7 32.Wd4+ &g8+l 28.Ada LlO w18 10 verted the pawn into a point. Theoretically this t-0. 11 Saksena K AC 1865 W99 D3 L6 2% McCrowe J PT L6 wl8 L10 L8 w15 2ll gave Zakaia a chance to finish first equal but a 12 2000 McNabb Thumer C. 2020 Ll Dt4 D50 W17 L5 2 to% blunder allowed Spain a quick - Krstey 13 forced win This W16 L8 210 Benoni [.467] 14 McNabb M. AC 2005 L2 Dl3 D50 left Mclaren and Spain sharing second place on D4 DT8 Lt2 lr,1 12 1.d4 Af6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.6c3 exd5 5.cxd5 15 Brimble M.T. WT 1894 D8 L9 3Tz, a score which could still be matched by a 16 Lynn K W. HA 1756 D50 L4 D8 LI4 Dt7 1Y, 10 d6 6.e4 96 7.f4 Ag7 8.4b5+ 6fd7 9.a4 0-0 10. winner in the game Bermett-Wheeler. The latter l7 Hair P I NS t92l L9 Dro D50 L13 D16 r% 8% bB 6a6 11.Sxa6 bxa6 12.0-0 Eb8 13.Wc2 picked up no fewer than four pawns and the sub- 18 Johnson Q J. CA 2015 L7 L12 W99 D15 Ll1 t% 8% Wb6 14.a5 Wb3 15.We2 16.8a3 17. sequent loss of a piece after some interesting Axc3 Wbs Wxb5 axb5 l8.bxc3 Ee8 19.e5 tactics hardly mattered so Wheeler joined the Ab7 20.8d1 EbdS 21.a6 Aa8 22.8a5 6b6 23.c4? event naturally featured rune players had a clear interest in the top plac- group on 3Tz.PauJ Beach could also have fin- [23.8xb5 The larger B-grade was the nafural move but Black seed Smith, regular ings Smith-Pocock was a closely fought draw ished on 3Tzhadhemamged to win against enjoys an ini- closer scoring. Top Vivian tiative after 23...6xd5.1 23...dxe5?! Jeremy which ended in repetition ald Browne versus Smith in a game which could have gone either [23...bxc4 competitor Gmham Pocock and 24.exd6 Exd6 25.Exc5 Exd5 drew in Daniel Johns followed a similar course so the way. Beach, however, made the last mistake, is clearly better for Browne all started with two wins, Black but the position is not at all clear in round 4 to share the three leaders all reached 4 points. Several other tuming a signifrcant advantage into an instant after the round 3 and won again joined them. On board 3 loss text.l 24.Exb5 6xc4 25.Exc5 e4 26.Exc4 exR lead going into the last round A half-point be- players could have hind, on 3 points, was a group of six players so Evgenia Sharomova drew with Chris Riding in NZ Chess NZ Chess 10 the longest game of the round (91 moves) while gxh5 27.Wxh5 c5 28.8f6 d4+ 29.Sg1 Wxf6 30. on board 4 Eric Book missed a forced win gxf6+ Axf6 31.4h6+ &g8 32.exf6 l-0. against David Xu in another junior clash On board 5, however, Gino Thornton beat Hilton Xu - Gothorp CHESS ENTERPRISES invites entdes for the inaugural Auckland Jacobs to reach 4 points GLOBAL and share in a $600 pay- Philidor [C41] out for the place International Open which will be held at the PAKURANGA COUNTRY CLUB, Botany flrst tie. 1.e4 e5 2.6R d6 3.4c4 We7 4.h3 h6 5.6c3 c6 Thornton was Road, HOWICK from January 26 -3I,2003. This will be an international open event top in the under-l500 grade 6.d3 Ae6 7.4b3 Axb3 8.axb3 Wf6 9.&e3 a6 an for with Terry Tangi second while Michael Zhang 10.0-0 6d7 11.b4 6e7 12.b5 cxb5 l3.6xb5 with the number of entries limited to no more than 30. This will be opportunity took the first under-1200 pize. The second un- Ec8 14.6c3 We6 15.d4 696 16.d5 Wf6 17.6e2 unxated New Zealand chess players to achiwe a FIDE rating and to play in an event der-1200 prize was shared six ways between 6h4 18.6xh4 Wxh4 19.f4 Wh5 20.c3 Ae7 21. against internationally rated competition. All New Zealand FIDE rated players are pan, Gwen Jones, Sue Maroroa, Alex Blair 693 Wxdl 22.Efxdl Ec4 23.fxe5 6xe5 24.8d4 encouraged to participate in this exciting new event. A number of places are being Robertson, Linton Rudkins andMichael Wu. 0-0 2s.Afs Hc7 26.&t4 &f6 2z.Eddl Ed8 28. reserved for overseas players but limited to 6 - 8 players. A maximum of approximately Finally, Thornton rvon the special junior prize Axe5 &xe5 29.&n Ec4 30.&R h5 31.6e3 Ec7 10 unrated players will be able to enter. As there is a limit on the size of the field, awarded to the top jrurior scorer in the B-grade 32.8a4 33.8c4 Edc8 96 34.Exc7 ExcT 35.Eal priority will be given to early entries. tournament. 6tt so.Eaa &e7 3i.Ec4 Sd7 38.Exc7+ 6xc7 B-grade scores: 1-4 J.A Browne, gf6 G W 39.6c4 40.&f4 95+ 41.&f5 &d8 42.e5 Ae7 The Oak Room, Pakuranga Country Club, Botany Road, Howick, Auckland Pocock, V J Smith & G.Thornton 4; 5-10 J.E. 43.e6 f6 a4.bg6 h4 45.&fT [Black lost on time Book, D.P Johns, C Riding, E.Shmomova, T J J but 45.&fl 6aS +O.ha: is hopeless forhiml 1-0. 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Obituary: Dave Lynch Ilawke's Bay Chess Nxd4 Bd7 14 b3 0-0-0 l5.Bb2 Nc6 16.Rac1 by Justin Davis After his days on the national scene Dave Lynch Kb8 17 M5 Ne8 18.Nd6 Nxd6 19.Rxd6 Rhg8 continued to be active in Hawke's Bay doing 20.Rcd1 Kc7 21.e4 a622f4Na5 23.8e5 Kc8 Sadly on 26 September 2002 one ofNew Zea- match Sarapu and he mowed them down one much to promote and raise the standard of chess 24.Rxa6 bxa6 25.Bxa6+ M7 26.Rc1+ Bc6 27 land great players , Dave Lynch aged92, after another to reach l0 out of 10 In the last in the Bay. The early 1 980's also saw two grand- Rxc6+ Kd7 28 Rc7+ KeS 29.Rxb7 1-0 passed away peacefully at the Hawkes Bay Re- round only the defending champion Dave masters give simuls here, GM Chandler and GM Here is Dave Lynch vs New Zealand best ever gional Hospital. Lynch ( also unbeaten ) stood in his way to a Gufeld both were held to a draw by Dave It chess prodigy Rodney Phillps, who won the "Most NZ Champions I have met were genfle- perfect 1 1 out of 1 1 Super solid Lynch held wasn't until the 1980's when Dave was into his New Zealand title the year before n7957 age men but it will not be to their discredit that Sarapu back and when Sarapu could make no seventies that other players were able to com- 14 ! he was to win this event too but not before none of them have come up to Dave's level in progress a draw was soon agreed A great result plete with his great skill. Throughout this decade gelting a chess lesson from Mr Lynch. This was this respect. "- Zyg Frankel in NZ Chess Dec 86 looking back at Sarapu's results from this time. he continued to be the stongest Hawke's Bay his only loss in this event The above comment will be understood by uny- Sarapu himself went on to write:- player wiming the regional championship and one who had the pleasure of meeting Mr Dave "Dave Lynch was at that time the next best club championship many times. Even at this Lynch,D - Phillips, Lynch. He was active in a great many organiza- player in New Zealand He twice finished sec- great age he was still the best rapid and lighting J tions and chmities, including bowls and Red ond to me in the championships. Only years lE62) player winning the club toumaments numerous 65th NZ Chp, Christchurch (2), 1 958 Cross as well as being a local bridge champion. later did his play decline, after his playing part- times in these events during this decade 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 96 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.NR 0-0 5 e4 d6 In his younger years , Dave was a keen sports- ner T G Paterson died in Hastings and Dave Hawke's Bay for the last 23 years has run a very 6.93 Bg4 7 Bg2 Nc6 8.8e3 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.h3 mal trying his hand at hockey, tennis, golf and had few chess opportunities " - Sarapu in "Mr Iarge junior toumament for school kids with Bxf3 l l.BxfJ Nd7 l2.Bg2 f5 13.0-0 Nf6 14.f4 tramping He also cycled around Europe in the Chess" The Ortvin Sarapu Story "Dave was over 400 kids playing Dave would always been Nxe4 15.Bxe4 fxe4 16.Bxd4 exd4 77 Nxe4 c6 30's and was just abtre to get out when the war clearly my hardest opponent at the time" - there helping out with an event which would 18 Qb3 RbS 19 Ng5 Qd7 20 Ne6 Rf6 21 .Rael closed offthe ports He like so many of his Sarapu in "25 years ofNew Zealand Chess great Re8 22 Re2 Rlxe6 23.dxe6 Rxe6 24 .Rfel ! Rxe2 generation was a Retumed Serviceman Championships" have him on his feet all day, truly a achievement in itself. 25 Rxe2 Qxh3 26 Qd3 Qd7 2l Qe4 a6 28 b3 b5 Dave Lynch played in 17 NZ Championships Dave Lynch then irr his eighties 29 30 Rxe6 Bf8 3l.Re8 Kf/ 32 Ra8 New Zealand Championships between 1937 and 1963, wiruring in 1950/5I The 1990s saw Qe6+ Qxe6 able to win a strong Hawke's Bay Champi- bxc4 33.bxc4 34 fxg5 c5 35 Rxa6 Kg6 36 Dave Lynch's national chess career started way and finishing 2rrd or 2nd= four times (1948149, still 95 intmestingll, enough, something a top Ra3 Kxg5 37.Rf3 Bg7 38.a4 Be5 39.a5 t5 10.a5 back in the 1930's with his hrst NZ Champion- 1949150,1951152 and 1953/54) and 3rdin onship- nerv Zealand championship player (2100+) Bb8 41 cxd5 Kg4 42KP. c4 43.d6 c3 44 d7 Bc7 ship in 1937 1949 sawhim win the North Is- 1957158 Dave scored+12=64 -56 inthose 17 failed to do around this time. 45 R14+ 1-0 land Championship and only missing out on Championships He was also a National Chess able to win the u,inning the New Zealand tifle by a last round Master with 281 master points kr his mid-eighties he was still loss to his friend Alan Fletcher, costing Dave local club championship He was still very ac- Lynch the tifle by half a point tive in the local chess ctub right up until the end Correspondence Chess (Continued from page ) 0) 1951 saw Dave at of last year when he was in his nineties. Mr his best, winning the New His many chess achievements don't stop there, &e4 56.aW and Blackresigned on move 65, 1-0. great example of how chess Zealand Championship. he was also a very keen correspondence player, Dave Lytrch is a sharp even at a great age, he was Xu - Book "His strong defensive powers were in er,idence hrst joining the rarks of the New Zealand Cor- keeps the mind great Sicilian [B84] when required while, once he got a a true gentleman and his passing is a loss winning ad- respondence Chess Association in 1939. David 1.e4 c5 2.6f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 6f6 5.6c3 a6 vantage, positional for New Zealand and Haurke's Bay Chess. He by his strong play he sel- distinguished himself at correspondence chess 6.&+2 e6 7.G0 Se7 8Se3 6c6 9.8 6xd4 10. dom failed will he sadly missed to capitalise on it. " - Alan Fletcher winning the tifle of New Zealand Champion on Axd4 e5 11.4e3 b5 12.a3 Ae6 13.Wd2 0{ 14. in Zealand player, "New Chess Feb 1951 " tlree occasions in the 1940s and 1950s He also Efdl WcT 15.4d3 Eac8 16.Wf2 Ad7 17.Ws3 &h8 1952 saw a new player on the Dave Lynch's games: New Zealand achieved the tifle of National Correspondence 18.Wf2 6c5 19.6h1 Eb8 20.Axc5 dxcs 21.b3 c4 Chess scene Orlvin Sarapu. Fresh from over- Chess Master and served as the President from 22.bxc4 bxc4 23.4fl Ac5 24.We1 Ad4 25.Eab1 seas wtrere A sparkling effort from Dave who punished his , in 1949 he beat twice world chess I979 to 1998 Tt is indeed a unique occurrence Wa5 26.Exb8 Exb8 27.6d5 c3 28.4b4 Wxa3 29. opponent's early mistake very forcefully challenger Bogoljubow. Such was Sarapu's that David honoured the Association and its hxa6 Ecf 30gd3 h6 31.8b1 We? 32.6b4 Wg5 strength above all other New Zealand players members continuously over a period encom- 33.h3 gf4 34.6d5 Axd5 35.exd5 t5 36.8b5 [36. he was to win the New Zealand tifle Lynch,D - Belton, the next passing eight consecutive decades! Wcll?fu3 37.We1 ,Ad2 38.We2 +l 36..e4 37.fxe4 six times he played for it - going on to win the Dave played in 8 NZCCA championships: c [D20] New Zealand dtle a record twenty times and 13th, 3-4; 14tlr, 1st; l5th 1st; 16th,2nd,24+h, 47thNZ Chp, Dturedir; 1938 d5 2 cA dxcA 3.e3 c5 4 Bxc4 cxd4 5 e6 dominate New Ze,latd chess for decades to 1 sf 25th, 4tJn 4lsr.", 10-11 and 42nd, 7th. He l.d4 Qb3 10. come Back to the 1952 New Zealand Champi- scored+51 =22 -13 inthose events. 6.NR Nc6 7 0-08e7 8 Rdl Bf6 9.Nc3 Qa5 onship no other player Ne4 11.Nxf6+Nxf6 12.QxMNxb413 , New Zealand could QM 44.&h5we5+%-t/2. NZ Chess NZ Chess 14 15 Obituary: GM Eduard Gufeld by Paul Spiller

Eduard Gufeld was bom in 1936, with his earlier 7 Nge2 Rb8 (more usual here is a6) 8 Qd2 a6 9 chess years being spent in the highly competitive Bh6 (Although thematic, Gufeld considerrcd the environment of the Soviet Union, without much exchange of Black's king bishop costs too much chance to play abroad. He achieved the IM title in time and allows Black time for counterplay. 1964 and the GM title in 1967. A lot ofhis best Better was 9 Ncl, eg 9...e5 l0 Nb3 exd4 11 chass was played during those earlier years when Nxd4 Ne5 12Be2l c6 13 Rdl b5 14 cxb5 axb5 he achieved intemational toumament wins at Gori 15b4Bd7 16 0-0 and white has the better and Tbilisi in 1971 and acted as Geller's second in game) 9...b5 l0 h4 e5 (threatening Bxh6 and the candidates matches. In later years Gufeld be- Nxd4, however this would still require ener- came much more of an intemational globetrotter getic play to counter white's kingside attack) I I and spent his last few years in the USA. He was a BxhT KxhT l2 h5 Kh8! (If l2...Nxh5 13 94 Ntit prolific writer and author of many chess books. 14Nxf4 ex?l 15 cxb5 axb5 16 Bxb5 Ne7 17 GM Gufeld will be remernbered by many New Qxtil White is winning) 13 Nd5 Zealand chess players forhis visits to New Zea- (Better than l3 Qh6 because of 13...Ng8! and land during the 1980's, firstly his exhibition tour 95, blunting White's attack) l3...bxc4 l4hxg6 of NZ in the mid 80's when he played many si- ftg6 l5 Qh6!? (Analysis after the game showed multaneous games (accompanied by Orwin the continuation 15 Nxf6 Qxf6 16 d5 to be Sarapu), and then his retum visit in 1988 when he stronger) 15...Nh5! (15...Rf7? allows l6 Qxg6 competed in the Plaza [ntemational in Wellington, Qg8 17 Qxf6+!) 16 94 Rxb2! 17 gxh5 95 18 tying for first place with fellow GM's Spassky and Rgl 94! (threatens Qh4+) 19 0-0-0 Rxa2 (The Chandler, ahead of GM's Rogers, Christiansen critical moment - later analysis showed that and Susan Polgar. White's best chance lies in 20 Bh3! with the I was not involved with his first New Zealand possible variation 20,..Rxe2 2l Bxg4RJ7 22 visit, but did watch him play in Wellington. Bxc8 Qxc8 23 Nf6! Qb8! 24 RgS+ Qxg8 25 Gufeld was one of those colourful characters that Nxg8 NM!! 26Rd2 Rel+ 27 Rdl Re2 with a graced the world chess stagg called by some the draw) 20 Nef4 exf4 2l Nxfll Rxf422 Qxfll c3! " Friar Tuck" of the chess world, never-theless a (Gufeld comments that the pawn at c3 remains devoted and masterly practitioner ofthe noble a bayonet at the throat of the White king)23 game. Bd (rf 23 Qf7 Nb4 24 Bd3 Ral+ 25 Bbl The following game GM Gufeld regarded as his Be6! 26 Qxe6 Qg5+ mates) 23...Ra3!! (After personal "immortal game", just as every artist 23...Ra4 24 Bb3! stifles Black's attack. The key q dreams of painting his Mona Lis4 this game re- to the position seems to be the pawn on R eg mained Gufeld's realisation of that deep personal 24Rlg2Nb4 25 Kbl c2+ 26Rxc2 Rxf3 spells quest, the end of White's resistance, so White removes this pawn) 24 txg4Nb4 25 Kbl (!) (White re- Y.Bagirov - E.Gufeld lied on this tactical stroke when playing24 [* serni-finals USSR Championship, I 973 ftg4. If now 25...c2+ 26Kb2 cxdl:Q 27 Rxdl L- (No tes from Gufel d's anno t atio ns) Black is momentarily a piece ahead but he must I d4 962 c4Bg7 3 Nc3 d6 (His favourite retum it immediately because of the threat 28 King's Indian Defence, his consistent response Rfl !) 25...Be6!! 26 Bxe6 Nd3 (diagram) 27 to d4 based on the conviction that the defences' Qf7 (lf 27 Rxd3 Qb8+ leads to mate) 27...Qb8+ merits outweigh its defects.) 4 e4 Nf6 5 f3 0-0 28 Bb3 Rxb3+ 29 Kc2 Nb4+ 30 Kxb3 (30 Kcl 6 Be3 Nc6 (At the time the contemporary then 30...Rb1+ 3l Kxbl Nd5+ mates) 30... method of fighting for the centre. Black aims Nd5+ 3l Kc2 Qb2+ 32Kd3 Qb5+, 0 - I directly at d4 and indirectly at the queenside (b5!) where the white king intends to hide) An extraordinary game by Gufeld. NZ Chess NZ Chess t6 t.t

All Canterbury Chess Championship Had to think here, 95 or Rxf6 still dont know It worked and Ali eventually won by Chris Wnght which is best 22.Rxf6!? e5?! 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.Nge2 Ng6 9.f4 Nc5 10.Bc2 a5 I l. Computers dont like this, but they were not Be3 Be7 12.0-0 d6 l3.Bxc5 The All Canterbury Chess Championship is 5. REEDY I KAY O playing the game! In practice it looks a good White makes up his mind, he loses one of his over, and congratulations to Nick Cummings 6. HEREMAIA I Bye try, I was starting to worry, if white dosent best pieces but prevents black from castling and (1925) on winning the toumament with a Pe r- 7. TAU 0.5 Bye Round break through very soon the position will fall sets up an attack. The other option was a slower formance Rating of 2101. Next year the toum a- 3 I.CI.JMMINGS lNIJMANO apart 23.95 Qe7 24.Bxg6! ! build up. ment should be FIDE, GCE, and NZCF rated. 2. BENSON I GILES O if the rook had moved away Qxg5 would of 13...bxc5 l4.Ba4+ Kf8 l5,Ng3 Bf6 Arie Nijman won his last two games, as did 3. DAVIES O FRAEMOHS I ended the attack24...fxg6 25.Rxg6 Rf4?? in order to carry out his attack white needs to GeoffDavies, to take 2nd and 3rd place respe c- 4. WRIGHT I HEREMAIAO Qfl was the only hope but white was still better. liquidate in the centre, black is hoping that he tively. Arie had a Performance Rating of 1905 5. TAUO REEDY I This game although far from perfect is a good can survive and end up with a great knight on and Geoff 1835. Brendan Reedy played well to 6. KAY I Bye example of the Colle Ztkerlort, black is sub- e5 or rampaging bishops win the Under 1700 Grade Prize, sharing 4th: 7. HALL0.5 Bye jected to a strong attack and any slip can be fa- l6.dxe6 fxe6 17.f5 black is on the ropes now with Ben Gles. Round 4 ) tal, perfect for an evening game when both l7...exf5 18.Rxf5 Ne5 l9.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Craig Hall also won his last two games to make I. WRIGIMO CI.JMMINGS I f, players 2. NIJMAN I BENSON O are tired 26.Rxh6 1-0 Rb8 2l.Nh5 Ke7 22.Raf1Rf8 up for his two (and rme) losses the previous ,l 3. REEDY I FR,AEMOHS O White now misses the knockout punch, day. Peter Fraernohs played solid chess to come B.Giles - N.Cummings 4. KAYO GILES I who wouldn't? NxgT BxgT Rxf8 BxfS 6th: with Craig Hall and Chris Wright on an 5.HEREMAIAODAVIES I Round 5 Qg8 WNS Took a 2600 rated computer even score 2.5/5. Chris Wright came 2nd in the 6. TAUO HALL I Notes by Nick Cummings to find Under 1700 Grade with a Performance Rating Round 5 This is the last round game, I needed a draw to lhis 23.94 White now sees the NxgT idea , of I 7l 8. Apparenly the Club has a rule that no I. GILES 0.5 CIJMMINGS 0.5 win the tourney, decided not to play my normal wrongly thinking it works better when the 2,NIJMAN player can win two prizes, otherwise Geoff D a- I REEDYO 1..a6 and chose the English defence, i was soon knight is on 94 3. DAVtsS I BENSON O vies would have been first in the Under 1700 wishing i had played a6! 23...Nxg4 24.Nxg7!? QcS 25.Rxf6 4. FRAEMOHS 0.5 WRIGHT 0.5 and Brendan Reedy 2nd. l.d4 e62.c4b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e4Nc6 5.d5 Nb4 White misses his last chance to retain the ad- 5. HALL 1 HEREMA]A O Chris Benson, who has had an excellent chess 6.a3 vantage with 25.e5! Nxe5 26.Nh5 6. KAY l TAUO Na6 year, had two rare losses in the last two rounds. Often in boxing matches they describe the fight 25...Nxf6 26.Qg5? Qg4+ Chris came 9th: with Peter Kay, on a solid 2/5 N.Cummings - A. Nijman as a game of chess. This was more like boxing. Its all over for white now, once the queens score. And finally, Ngawati Heremaia and the come off black will have afairly straightfor Round 3 This game reminded me of the famous rumble promising Robert Tau scored their points ward technical win. However i only needed a from Notes by Nick Cummings in the jungle between Ali and Foreman. For bye results to take out I lth and l2th place r e- draw to win the tourney so offered one, my op- This was the Saturday n ight game, the third of non-boxing fans Alis tactics were to stay on the spectively. ponent had little choice but to accept 112-ll2 the day, the brain was a little numb so I wanted ropes and allow Foreman to punch himself out. Overall it was a good tournament, relaxed and to play something with a straightforward plan enjoyable quiet on a labourweekend. There l.d4 Nf6 2.NB d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.0-0 0- i;iili{r I +ii,;l#+}":,t\.9,";'r;; good games were some in what was a strong 0 6.Nbd2 c5 7.b3 playng field. And next year, hopefully a hophy The Colle-Zukertort system, white has a sim- I CI-]MMINGS 1925 4.5 will be up for grabs!! ple but effective plan. Develop quickly, castle , I NIJMAN I 801 4 place a knight on e5 support with f4, place J DAVIES I 685 3.5 something big and heavy on h3 and deliver ) Round 1 4th: GILES 1996 mate on h7 7...b6 8.8b2 Bb7 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.f4 J 1. DAVIES 0.5 GILES 0.5 cxd4 11.exd4 12.Qf3 REEDY 1581 J 2. CUMMINGS l REEDYO Ne7 3. WRIGTIT 1 HALLO so far fairly standard, here Qe2 followed by 6th: FRAEMOHS 1702 2.5 Rf3 was another way of playing 4. NIJMAN I KAYO ,Rh3 WRIGHT 1532 2.5 5. I{EREMAIA O BENSON I 12...Qc7 13.Qh3 Bb4? waste of time HALL I 806 2.5 6. FRAEMOHS I TAU O 14.c3 Bd6 15.Rael Ng6 16.Re3 a5 l7.Rf2 Round 2 to avoid having to swap bishops if Ba6 9th: BENSON 1765 2 I. BENSONO CUMMINGS I 17...a4 18.Nxg6 white is going all out formate KAY I 3s0 2 2. FRABMOHS ONIJMAN I now hxg6 l9.Qh4 axb3 20.94 Bxf4? 3, GILES I WRIGHTO I lth HEREMAIA 1 159 1 @e7 is better) 2l.Rh3 Bh6 4, HALLO DAVIES I lzth TAU unr 0.5

NZ Chess NZ Chess l8 Chess Book ReYiews Junior Chess by Felicily Timings

The Inter-schools Chess Team Competitions The North Island final was then held between Summer's almost here and if it gets too hot you The ch ess Machine, :;r^:::" : updates are: St Helier's Primary (Auckland regional win- mightn't like to get your chess books and board Pickard & Son Publishers"r":'*::" ners), Eastern Huft (who had previously won out - so this month, let's cover some chess cds ln an lnternet poll last year Capablanca come Secondary: Carterton play-off) out in the top five of all-time chess players. against in their and St and a video. Westlake Playing though his games you can see that he Boys High School, Auckland won George's Primary. This was won by St He- against St See was a natural talent at the chess board and at Paul's Collegiate, Hamilton lier's. the report below. The Scheming Scaodinaviao with 2..Qxd5 writing about the game. ln this cd, by Tim In Wanganui the match between Wanganui Bad Bishop Chess Videos are a new company Sawyer, you not only get over 1,200 games (80 High School and Wellington's Tawa College St Heliers will now play South Island hnalists that havejust started to make chess videos. ln did not take place, unforhmately, as the players games annotated by Capablanca himself) but Ilam Primary for the national title this their first video, Andrew Martin, who is a were involv-ed in exams also 3 e-books as well. One ofthebooks is you South kland Wimers of the South Island ti- North Island Primary and Intermediate well known writer and teacher, will take "Chess Fundamentals" which all chess players - tle are School through all you need to know to start plalng should be encouraged to read. Tim's cd has Aranui High Schools'Final this defence. (Tape 2 hours and 18 minutes.) photos, theme keys and music from Capab- (Report by Allan Short, Wanganui Chess Intermediate: Club) The 2... Qxd5 is the system Andrew shows lanca's good friend Andreas Segovia. A great Another North Island regional hnal was held you how to play - but don't worry if white goes buy that will give hours of fun and leaming and between Southwell Intermediate (Central On Sunday 13m October St George's hep in a is as Nin e- you'll want to come back to it ti me and again, off sideline, that covered well. North Is) and Kokohuia Intermediate School, Wanganui hosted the North Island Pri- teen complete games are also covered so you (Wanganui) The results Kingrs lndian with h3 - were: mary and Intermediate Schools' Chess Finals. can see how this defence works right from the Three Schools were represented in each sec- Chessbase Training cd opening through to the end game. Andrew's Round 1 Southwell 1 - 3 Kokohuia tion. St. Heliers (P) and Remuera (I) as winners Are you looking for an attack against the KID? is professional and give you Round2 Southwell 1 - 3 Kokohuia of the Auckland regional competition St video very will or does playing againt the KID fill you with George's (P) and Kokohuia (I) as winners of enough knowledge to start playing this defence fear? Then this cd may be for you. This system Kokohuiawon6-2 the Central Nortti Islard play offs and Eastem as black! with h3 is not well known by most club play- Hutt (P) and Discovery (I) as winners of the ers - however, it's not as bad as it looks. ln his Then the wimers of the regional matches Lower North Island play offs. Scandinavian - cd Martin Breutigam, one of Germany's stron g- - Kokohuia, Remuera (who had won the Auck- Chessbase Training cd est players, shows how to play the opening land regional competition) and Discol-ery In- The schools competed in a double round robin Curt Hansen is one of the top grandmasters through some 150 games in which the basic termediate (v'ho had won against Masterton) event with a time control of 30/30. To many of who uses the Scandinavian as one of his main ideas are shown, that previously theory over- all got together in Wanganui for a North Island our older chess players this may seem a shange On his cd he shares some looked. The page 'Basic Knowledge', Stru c- defences against e4. Lrtermediate Final, rrr,hich was won by Re- 'rapid play' time control to use for a National tures and Motives in positions with e7 - e5, is a ofhis secrets about this easy-to-leam and play muera Intermediate. See the report below Final however despite much encouragement, 'must read' for people who wish to play h3. defence. 2...Qxd5 is covered as well as l. e4 the students all failed to take heed ofthe advice d5 2.exd5 Nf6. There axe some 29,000 games Remuera will now play Heaton Intermediate to "slow down", and the clock was never in In the last column I wrote about downloading on his cd around 500 are annotated, so (South Island Winner) in the National Final danger of deciding the result of any game ! and it games etc from the lnternet. In the next co l- features something to cater for all chess tas tes. umn, starting from the basics I intend to write Primary: The Primary competition result was never in lfyou don't know about Chessbase cds, Curt about Chessbase 8 which is one ofthe best pr o- In the regional f,ulal between Southwell aay doubt after St. Heliers (Jason Wu, James well covers the defence in plain English, with grams for storing games and more on your (Central North Island) and St. George's Lo, Christian Tan, Emma Thomson-Hensman, annotated, and unannotated game s that are computer, together with Fritz 7 (the talking (Wanganui) Primary schools, the rezults were: Joseph Wu) whitewashed both of their oppo- chess program) which is similar to having a threaded through the "chapters" ofhis cd. He nents 4-0 in the opening two rounds. They grandmaster as your coach. Kosten's book on shows you the strategies ofthis defence, This Round I Southwell 3 - I St. George's played some excellent chess and fi.rlly deserved the English promised last time will be featured cd, I believg is best for advanced players or Rorurd2 Southwell 1 - 3 St George's their victory. Credit must go to St. George's as well. those who wish to leam about the 2...Ntb line, who remained rurdefeated after this early set- and is a good buy. The video is more suitable Tie Break Southwell 0 - 4 St Geoige's back and actually held St. Heliers to a2-2 draw Zealand Supplies for chess New Chess all soft- in their reverse fixhre, the only points St. He- ifyou are learning the defence from scratch. wares and videos.

NZ Chess M Chess 20 liers dropped in the day. Eastern Hutt School Chess Ptzzle: found the competition extremely tough but bat- Sadler-Onischulg Cuxhaverq I 994. tled well to secure a draw with St. George's in White played 1 Is it safe for Black to take on their final match. 93 e3?

Kokohuia School were in the finals for the sec- ond year in zuccession and hopeful of taking the title outright this year. Their hrst game against Remuera ( Darius Ashrafr, Prathik Balakrishna, 7 Swaminath Sadam, Timothy Lim) set the pattern for the day, too many players moving too 6 quickly and promising positions wasted. The 5 5 Auckland players capitalized on the errors and comfortably won 3-1. In the nexl game Discov- 4 ery School was brushed aside 4-0 and Remuera 3 were on their way to anAuckland double. 2 ]L ' Complacency is often an unwelcome partner to success and this wa^s highlighted in spectacular lashion as the Dscovery Board 1 gave mate on St Heliers School ( Joseph Wq Emma Thomson-HensmalL Jason Wu, Christian Tan and move four against an embarrassed yowrg Auck- James Lo) - Wirners of the North Island Primary Schools Competition 2002 lander in their reverse match. However those of Solution next issue. you following the Kramnik vs Deep Fritz match in Bahrain will be heartened by the fact that Solution to August's puzzle:

even the greatest of us are human after all . . . Here white can win lrrith a kind of cascading Kramnik's ex'traordinary blunder of a whole knight fort, but to set it up he must f,rrst mcrifice piece in game 5 reminding us that 'Pride reaily his queen: I Qa8+ Kxa8 2. Nxb6+ Kb8 3 does come before a fall'- particularly if we move NxdT+ and then 4 NxfS The white knight sin- too quickly!l gle-handedly annihilates the entire enemy army!

All enjoyed the chess, the lunch and the Wan- Solution to April's puzzle: ganui sturshine. Thank you to all of the teams for (Supplied by David Shead, Masterton Chess traveling to the event; to Kokohuia for billeting Club - Unfortunately this was not printed in the some players at their school; to Wanganui Chess last issue) Club for their support and to St. George's School for their organization and hospitality. The solution to the Ljubojevic-Browne posi- tion is:- Results: 1 .Kd5! Primary*t, and after the pawns promote the bad position of I St. Heliers (Auckland.l the white king is fatal ! 2no St. George's rWanganui) 2b4fs3.b5?+ 3'o Eastem Hutt lWellington) 4. b6 Kc6 ! 5. Ka6 f3 6 b7D Intermediate 7. b8(Q) fI(Q)+ 1". Remuera Int. (Auckland) 8. Ka5 2nd Kokohuia lWanganui) (if 8. Ka7 Qa1#) 3'd Discovery iw"ttirrgtory 8. ... Qal+ Remuera Lrtermediate School (Darius Ashrafi, Swaminath Sadam, Timothy Lim and Prathik 9. KM and the queen is lost. Qbl+ Balakrishna) - Winners of the North Island Intermediate Schools Chess Competition 2002

NZ Chess NZ Chess 22 23 Correspondence Chess 38.Ke4 Kc3? 39.c5! Taking pressure of the c1awn. Better is 31... by Gordon Hoslqn 36...&c3 37.be4 g4?? h4l Losing! Better is 37...8e51? 32.8e1 sd7? Thefollowing profilc is by long+ime c.c. thenD.O.P KenAirstin who I will always re- 38.Hxd4 f5+ Again, 32...h4 is possibly better eg,32...h4 playe4 Ken Reeil, of Christchurch: gard as a very kind man. (These are the only This doesn't make any difference because 33.€c6+ &AO :+.axtSr sR should win. two people I have met face-to-face in over a White does not have to play 39.Kxf5. 33.8b1 Aa5 34.Exb5 Sxc3 35.&e3! quarter century of correspondence chess play! ) 39.&d5 cxd4 40.c5 6xd3 41.c6 &8 42.c1 d3 With these moves the players are agreeing to a Perhaps because ofhis "seduction", I took over 43.c8W d2 44.Mc2l &e2 45.&e5 &e1 46.Sxf5 draw. from him as D O.P. for the Trophy Tourneys in d1W 47.Wxd1+ &xd1 48.&95 &e2 49.&xh5 & 35...9d1 36.8c5 Ab3 37.Exg5 gb2 3B.Exh5 chessboard and taking great delight at the fact! 1 993. Soon R 50.&h4 &g2 51.&xg4 &xhz s2.&h4 bsT Axa3 39.8a5 Ac1+ 40.&e2 c3 after, I was playing quite well and was As Director, I always tried to be fair and con- $.g4 &R 54.85 bf4 55.96 6f5 56.97 &96 A thoroughly absorbing game. Andersson: You rarely seen without at least a pocket chessboard cise with my decisions, and to reply to disputes Veldhuizen: We'll meet again. 1-0 defended yourself very well.'/r-/, in my hands Appearing at school with it, I took qurckly Most importantly, 1 made decisions on whomever during the breaks This. at a time based on the rules ofthe Association and usu- when chess popular This is perhaps my favourite game, played on was due to the publicity ally found that that was correct. I enjoyed my Trophy tourney progress evoked board 8 for N Z against Sweden in an intema- in the Fischer -Spassky match 1972 In time as D. O.P, but both poor health and gen- the 4th form, I played a simultaneous against tional teams match My opponent was Interna- eral commitments forced a rethink and I gave 2002. tional Lars Andersson: As at 25 October 20 others in a classroom organized by my way to Peter Voss Master teacher, and won them all, much to my Curiously, during my time as D.O p when my 69ft Championship: G A Hoskyn and A J Short Andersson,L ReedK teacher's delight! administrative commitments might be expected - 6110,T J Doyle 4/5, E GA Frost 3.5/7, M L satished Not with beating all my friends at to adversely affect my chess, the opposite was lAo0l Dunwoody 3 l4;P J Voss 2 5/4, J CRapp2 515, International teams school, on the weekends I appeared at their true, and I began to put more effort than ever E, N Roberts 2 517, B G Walsh 2i6, H P Bennett by Ken Reed] homes and more often than not, beat up on their into my games. Results were good, 1= in TT2 [Notes 1 5/3, P B Goflin 1 514,8 W Millar l/6 1.b4!? e5 2.Ab2 &xb4 3.f4 exf4 4.Axg7 Wh4+ fathers as welM was several times school in 1998/99 and 4= in the Handicap Toumey champion. 5.g3 fxg3 6.892 gxh2+ 7.6f1 hxglW+ 8.6xg1 Latest rezults: HOSKYN beat Voss, drew 1 996 1t was a very successful, "creative" period 10.d4 Walsh SHORT beat Bennett, drew Voss, For ftrtho experience, I played regularly at the for me Wg4 9.Axh8 Sc5+ Ab6 11.6c3 0,c612. e3 Wg5 13.Wd3 d6 14.8f1! 6ce7 Walsh. DOYLE beat Walsh, drew Frost. Nelson Chess Club dunng my early teens A Here's a pleasing win in TT2, 1998-99: FROST beat Walsh, Mllar, drew Roberts. highlight was playing a former N Z Champion In order to play ...Bf5. 15.6e4 Wg6 16.hf6+ 6xf6 17.Wxg6 fxg6 18. DUNWOODY beat Rapp, drewMillm. Voss (Tom van Dr.lk) The game dragged on and at- Reed,K - Veldhuizen,J tracted quite Axf6 h5! 19.Axe7 &xel 2Q.He4 9e6l27.a3 beat Millar RAPP beat Walsh, Goffin, drew an audience. Well into the end- lD08l Not 21 .Bxg6 RgSl; or if 21.Bxb7 Rb8 22. Be4 Roberts ROBERTS drew Walsh, Gofhn game he beat me, then declared to all assem- NZCCA TT2 ,1998 bled: "He's pretty Bxa2. WALSH drewMillar BENNETT beat Frost good!" [Notes by Ken ReedJ joined 21...d5 22.9d3 c5 23.c3 I the N.Z C.C.A n 1973,and apart from 1.d4 d,5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.6f3 hc6 5.4bCI Reserve Championship: R J Weston 616, GD Not 23.dxc5 Bxc5 and White has weak pawns a short period, have been a member ever since Ae6 6.93 hseT 7.Ag2 Wd7 8.0-0 Dg6 9.Wa4 Putt 1.5/5, BMWilliams l.5l6,K GReed 1il, joined, on black squares. Having I soon forurd that I was perhaps €e7 10.6b3 d3 11.8d1 6gxe5 12.ilxe5 6xe5 B J Edwards I l2,DE Dolejs 1/3. G E Love- not so good" 23...c41 "pretty after all! Lethargic and in- e3? Ag4 lock 0/1. Latest results: WESTON beat Put! play Fixing White's pa\ /n on c3 where Black's different led to disappointing results. I he5 19. Edwards, Lovelock. PUTT beat Williams, drew Bishop can attack it and White's rook has to would have to wait for another twenty or so 1 6xd4 Williams. WILLIAMS beat Dolejs. ED- defend it. years before any real success! 23.6xd4 bxa3 24.0,e61? fub2 25.6xd8 6xd8 WARDS beat Putt. DOLEJS beat Williams. 24.9b1 Aa5 25.8c1 Bf& 26.& Hs4 27 .Hhfl However, I have made some very good and 26.Ebl gd4 27.Hxb7 d,02 ZS.EUS c629.Hb7+ 92 TT2: W R Smillie 5/5, P E Rossiter 215,P C long-term friendships, including Sandy Max- &d6 30.Eee7 Ea8 Exfl 28.6xfl 95! It seems sensible to mobilise Black's king-side King I 12, W Anderson 7 I4,D lBell012. Lat- well, Gordon Hosk),n, and Julian Larsen, (none Veldhuizen: I thought I had the advantage up advantale. est results: SMILLIE beat Rossiter, King, of whom I have ever met!) 'til move 30 when I played Ra8. I think pawh play 29.e4! Anderson. ROSSITER Beat Anderson, Bell My began to improve somewhat vrten I a5 would have given you a few headaches! But encountered Almr Fletcher And White creates a passed pawn in the centre. in a TT3 round in if 30...a5 31.Ebd7+ &c5 32.Hat 6U+ l:.gae TT3: S JMannix 5/5, J W HAtkinson 1 /2, A 29 ...dxe4 30.€xe4 b5 31 .6f2 c5 34.Hea7. W Hendry 1/3, G HMills 0/1, Purvis 0/3 Not 31.9c6? a6 32.hb1d,d6 33.Axa6 &c6 and 31.Ebd7+ Sc5 32.Exa7 ExaT 33.Exa7 SU+:+. White has a trapped bishop. Ea6 c5 35.6R h5 36.8d6! Latestresult: IIENDRY beat Mlls 31...4c7? ing errors. I received firrther support from the Threatening to win simply with 37.Rxd4 cxd4

NZ Chess NZ Chess 25 24 Overseas News won the lnst two rounds 6-4 and 5Tz-41/z to Short but managed to draw while Kramnik lost in round The world champi- by Peter Stuart take a three point lead into the second day It against Smirin 7. would have been a 10-10 tie for the day ifthe ons' woes were not over for the day as ELISTA while Lautier beat Bricard The play-off com- two former world champions Gary Kasparov Akopian, like Polgar before him on 012, de- The Botvinnik Memorial comprised two 10- prised two games at 15 minutes per player plus and Anatoly Karpov had managed just 50% but feated Kaspmov in round 8, a game played player round-robins. The A-tournament was 5 seconds per move; Bacrot won the first of unfortunately they could score only half a point rather badly by the former champion who now won by GMs Janis Klovans (67,LAT) and Sve- these and drewthe second. between them! Kaspmov's loss was to Vassily stood at -2. The world team won round 8 by 64 tozar Gligoric (79, Yt c) who scored 6 points Scores: 1-2 GM Bacrot & GMLafiier 7/2, 3 Ivanchuk while Karpov lost to Ilya Smirin and so enjoyed a 3-point lead going into the last There followed: 3-5 IM Nikitin (RUS), GM Ra- GM Dorfman 6Yz; 4-5 GM Bauer & GM A. Teimour Radjabov day. zuvaev (RUS) & GMTaimanov (RUS) 5%;6 Sokolov 6; 6 GM Vaisser 5/z;7-8 IM Marcehn Russia made inroads on the second day, win- In round 9 the World team won 5/z-4/zto tn- GM Vasiukov (RUS) 5; 7 M Karasev (RUS) & WGM Skripchenko 5; 9-11 GM Degraeve, nng 5%4% in rounds 3 and 4 before tying the crease their leadto 4 points but it could easily 3Y2, 8-9IMBykhovsky (RUS) & IM IM Fontaine & GM Fressinet 4%. 12 Bricard hfth round 5-5 to leave the world team leading have been Russia winning b), the same score as Zhukovitsky (RUS) 3; 10 GM Gaprindashvili 3% 25y2-24% at the halfway stage Kasparov h- Shirov won from a lost position against Alex- (GEo)2. nafu won a garrre, in round 4 against Alexei ander Grischuk. Shirov won both games on the RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP Shirov, but in round 5 he lost (for the flrst time) hnal day to hnish with 7 points, the best score Vasiukoy - Bykhovsky In the absence of most of the corurtry's top to Judit Polgar who thereby got on the score- of the whole event, while Karpov also won his Bird's Opening [A03] grandmasters 25-year old GM Alexander Lastin board after two losses (she was substituted ir two games to reach +1, an unlikely scenario 24 1.f4 d5 2.6R 96 3.g3 Sg7 4.492 6c6 5.c4 d4 took his first tifle :vi:rfh6%points in the 9-round rounds 3 and 4). Vladimir Kramnik, who drew hours earlier. Kasparov and Kramnik both met 6.d3 6h6 7.6a3 0-0 8.6c2 a5 9.0-0 e5 trO. Swiss. The event was a 50-player Swiss in both games on the first day, lost to Shirov in Vishy Anand and Ruslan Ponornariov with all fxe5 11.4g5 694 We8 l2.Wd2 h6 t3.gf6 which exactly half of flre players were GM's. round 3 and regained 50% with his round 5 \Min four games ending in draws That last round 6xt6 14.exf6 Sxf6 15.Wxh6 Wxe2 Equal second on 6 points were GM Koiotilev, over reserve Madimir Akopian. was tied 5-5 to make the final score 52:48 GMRustemov, IM Smimov and GM Yemelin. On day t}ree the world team held firm with 5- The following tables give the final scores, re- 5 draws in rounds 6 ardT In round 6 Kasparov serves indicated by asterisks: RUSSIA vs RIST OF THE WORLD bhurdered a pawn in the opening against Nigel There were a couple of signihcant differences between this "Match of the New Century" and the two previous such encounlers. In the earlier 0%-l-7-3 events it was, of course, the U. S S R. versus the rest of the world whereas this dme was it Gelfand,Boris 2710 0 % % % % | % % t - 1 - 6-4 "only" Russia and the opponent included the rest of the old Soviet Union Also this event Ivanchuk,Vassily 27lI % % % % % % % 1 - I % - 6-4 was played with a rapid time-control of 25 min- utes plus ten seconds per move and the format Ponomariov,Ruslan 2743 % % % - % - % % I % % I 64 was a Scheveningen match where each player was, treoretically, to play each member of the 2722 I y2 0 y2 % % % % - 1 - 5%-4y2 16.Eae1! Wxc2 17.695 Axg5 18.Wxg5 6b4? Irko,Peter % opposing team. I say "theoretically'' since each [18...9d7 19.8f2 Wxd3 20.9f1 Wf5 2l.Exf5 team had two reseryes who would take the Anand.Vrswanalhan 2755 % % - % 0 - % % % &xf5 and Black is not without hope of a draw. boards of the players they replaced. The match After the text, however, White has a forced was played over four days in the hrst half of Radjabov,Teimour261010010%-%%% win.l 19.Exf7! Wxd3 19...Exfl 20.Wxg6+ [Or September with two rounds on the hrst and last 6m zr.wno+ Bs7 22.wf6+ &g8 (22'.HJ7-23. days, t}ree on each ofthe other two days. Smirin, Ilya 2676 0 0 % I Y2 0 Wh8#) 23.He8+ &h] 24.Ae4+ and mate in 2l W}ile the Russians were at firll strength the 20.Exf8+ 1-0. world team lacked two of its top stars in M- Shorl,Nigel268200%O%%%%2Y2-5Y2 chael Adams and Veselin Topalov. Most ex- FRENCII CIIAMPIONSHIP - % perts gave the world team little chance of win- Azmaiparashvili,268l % Etienne Bacrot won his fourth consecutive ti- ning although the rating diflerence was small: tle in a very close race with Joel Polgar; 2676 0 0 Lautier Go- Russia 2708, Rest of Wodd 2695. Judit rng in to the last ropund Bacrot led by half a The first day probably changed a few minds point but drew with third placed Josif Dorfrnan AkopiarlVladimirx 2678 - 0 0 1 about the evenfual outcome as the world team NZ Chess NZ Chess 27 xd8 9.6c3 h6 10.8d1+ &e8 11.h3 Ae7 12. 6e2 6h4 13.6xh4 Axh4 l4.Ae3 Af5 15.6d4 Bareev, Evgeny 2726 %t%%%% 011% 6-4 Ah7 16.ga! Ae7 11.&g2 hs 18.6fs Af8 19.& Morozevich, Alexan- 2716 0/.%%o% t11- -16_1 R A96 20.8d2 hxg4+ 21.hxg4 Eh3+?! [21... Hdsl22.&gz Eh7 23.693 t6 24.&t4t Axf5 25. Grischuk,Alexander 2702 oy2%%% r%%% 1 - 5%4% gxf5 fxe5 26.Eelt Sd6 27.Axe5 bal Zt.cl [Winning a pawn by force] 28...c5 29.&xd6 Karpov, Anatoly 2687%%% 1Y2 00t 1-5-4 cxd6 30.8e6 EahS 31.Eexd6+ &c8 32.82d5 Eh3+ 33.692 Eh2+ 34.&R E2h3+ 35.&e4 b6 Svidler, Peter 2690 0y2%% %l r%% 36.Ec6+ &tt rZ.CaZ Eh2 38.6e3 EI8 39. EccT Exf5 40.8b7+ &c8 41.Edc7+ 60e nZ. 25.6xe6+! fxe6 26.697+ hf& 2]. Dreev, Alexei 2676 %o% %1- %l [25...6e8 ExgT 6c8 1-0. Sxc5ll 26.f5 &e8 27.fxe6 t27...818 28.We2 1/ 4' Kramnik, Vladimir 280'7 o%%% /2 /2 and Black has to start shedding material to Shirov Motylev - prevent mate] 1-0" Kaspirrov,(ilry 2838 I % O % %%% Petroff Defence lC42l 1.e4 e5 2.aR 6f6 3.6xe5 d6 4.4fi hxe4 5. Khalifman,Alexander SANFRANCISCO 2690 % 0 - 0 % %%% 6c3 0lxc3 6.dxc3 Ae7 7.4f4 0-0 8.Urd2 Ad7 American IM Varuzhan Akobian gained a 9.0-0-0 hc5 10.€e3 ge6 11.&b1 a6 12.il\d4 Ru[rlcvsly. Sctgeit 2658 1/ 1/ GM norm in winning this category 12 touma- gd7 13.f3 Ee8 14.h4 6a4 15.495 b5 16.9d3 ment at the Mechanics Institute in September. 17.Wti+ 18.6f5 19.Sxf5 d5 20. \'[otyler,. ,\texandcr 2634 Db6 c5 Sxf5 Scoring was very close with seven of the ten Ehel 21.9h3 &xg5 22.hxg5 He7 23.H94 96 players finishing within a point ofeach other. 1\ lf,gtnscv- Vitdtnl. 26 /-\ We8 24.8h1 Wt8 25.Wf6 6dl 26.Hxd1 ExdT 0-00---% Scores: 1 IM Akobian (USA) 5%;2 5 GM 27.Hxh7 7-0. Atalik (BIH), GM Baburin flRL), GM De Fir Iyanchuk - I(asparov gxf5 38.exf5 39.dc4 e3 40. mian (USA) & IMNakamura (USA) Akopian Kasparov Sicilian Defence [B90] dxb6 e2 .e4 j9.g6'! exd3 - ) Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.6R d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 6f6 5. 40.BxJ7+& 342.&c2Hc6 [B30] 5; 6-1 GM Wojtkiewicz (POL) GM '1.e4 c5 2.6R 6c6 3.4b5 e6 4.0-0 6ge7 5.b3 & 6c3 a6 6.Eg196 7.g4 &g7 8.4e3 6c6 9.f3 e5 $.&dl Hb6 44.f6 He6 45.b4 grb4 46.Hb7 (USA) a6 6.Axc6 6xc6 7.4b2 b5 8.c4 bxc4 9.bxc4 Yermolinsky 4%; 8-9 GM Fe- 10.6xc6 bxc6 11.Wd2 Ae6 [11...d5 was an al Hxf6 47.'dbB+ Ss7 48.97 +-) 39.6xe5 Ef6 Eb8 10.Sc3 d6 11.6a3 e5 12.6c2 13. dorowicz (USA) & GM Shulman (BLR) 4: ternative: 12.exd5 cxd5 13.g5 d4 14.gxf6 Axf6 and Black has drawing chancesl 36.fxg6! Ae7 15.0-0-0 j?. 6e3 0-0 14.d3 We8 15.8b1 Exbl 16.Wxbl 10 GM Browne (USA) 2%. Hb7 (15...dxc3? 1d.Wxc3 AdZ Axd2 37.Exf7+ [But not 37.g7?? EaS 38.818 gd8 17.6d2 18.6d5 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.f4 &ns +-1 16.we2we7 -l 12.0-0-0 Af8 [12...d5 be6! and Black is better. After the text, 96 Ef7 21.Wel Bg7 22.6R Wg6 23.93 Hf7 24. EUROPEANRAPID CIT'P 13.95 d4 14.gxf6 Axf6 15,4h6 dxc3 16.Wxc3 though, one of the white passed pawns will get fxe5 f4 25.exd6 fxg3 Kasparov resigned Wcl 17.Hc4 is better for Whitel 13.6a4 h5 14. through to the eighth.l 37...&e6 38.8f6+ &e7 [and This event, together with the European h3 6d? t5.Wc3 hxg4 l6.hxg4 d5!? without waiting for 26.We8+ Hf8 27.Wxf8+! 6 Blitz Championship, was played at Panor- [This now 39.bxa4 Axe4 40.8f5 1-0. gxf5 involves the sacrifice of a pawn but xtB 28.6e5+ Wf5 29.Exf5+ 30.Axc6 + l mos, on the island of Crete. GMs Hristos 1-0. othewrwise White would have played &c4 with Ponomariov - Zvjaginsev Banikas (GRE) and Sergei Movsesian a bind.l 17.Wxc6 d4 1S.Ad2 Ec8 19.Wb7 Eb8 Sicilian Defence (SVK) 8% points [B54] Shirov Svidler scored in the ll-round 20.Wxa6 Ea8 21.8b5 hxa? 22.hc4 &xc4 23. l.e4 c5 2.6R e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 6c6 5.hc3 - Sicilian Defence Swiss with the Greek player taking the ti- Wxc4 Wf6 24.95 Wd6 [24...WxR 25.8dfl a6 6.he2 d6 [B80] 1.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 5. fle on tie-break points. Third equal were Wxe4 26.Hx171 W7 21.We6+ &AS1 zS.6Ut bd7 11.g5 c5 2.68 4.6xd4 Af6 e6 GM Milov (SUI) and IM Karjakin (tlKR) Eh3 26.EgfI &e7 27.b3 t27.Eh1l ExR 28. M.bta fxg6 6c3 a6 6.4e3 ?.R b5 8.g4 h6 9.Wd2 6bd7 Eh8+ afB 29.Wb5+ bas Qs...Wa7 30.wxd7+ Ad7 18.6c1 10.0-0-0 &b7 11.h4 b4l2.0,a4Wa5 13.b3 Ec8 on7Y2. *xd7 3o.Aa5r 14.&bl 6c5 15.6xc5 dxc5 16.6e2 Ac6?! Movsesian confirmed his expertise in the it.ab6+) +-l 27...Wa3 2s. A-0-0 22.Hgfl Ae8 23.Wa7 94 24.bxa6 t-0. Scl [28.Ehl was still best] 28...Wb4 29.Wxb4 [16...8d8 is probably better] 17.693 6d7 18. faster forms of chess by convincingly win- 14 19.9d3 6b6 20.Wf2 6a8 21.95 hc7 Axb4 30.f4 Eh4 31.Ehl Exhl 32.Exh1 &e7 J.Polgar - Kasparov he7 ning the Blitz which was played as a 20- 22.^h5 6b5 23.Axb5 axb5 24.6xg7+ 618 33.t5 Ea6 34.8h7 hc5 35.&d2 [Or 35.hxc5 Ruy Lopez round Svriss with two games played in +l [C67] Axc5 36.f6+ &e6 37.€CI 35...8xa4? [35... 1.e4 e5 2.hR 6c6 3.4b5 6f6 4.0-0 6xe4 5. each round. Movsesian scored 28W40 Axd2 36.6xc5 Hb6 (36...Hc6 32.0,d3) 37.4d3 d4 5d6 6.Axc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 6f5 8.Wxd8+ & while GM Jaan Ehlvest @ST) was second

NZ Chess NZ Olnss 28 29 ot26 and GM P.H.Nielsen (DEN) third on was well on the way to equalising the match d5 Ea6 53.Hc5+ &AZ Sl.r: Ed6+ 55.6c4 24Y2. scores, which it did when Kramnik resigned on Ed4+ 56.6d Edl 57.8d5+ 1-0. move 34 In an interesting parallel with the Kramnik - DEEP FRITZ (6) ISLE OX'MAN 1997 Deep Blue match it soon became clear DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik (3) Queen's Indian Defence [E15] Scotch 1.d4 6f6 2.c4 e6 3.6R b6 4.g3 5.b3 The 11ft Monarch Assurance Open in Port that Kramnik should not have resigned as his [C45] Aa6 7.e4 e5 2.6R 6c6 3.d4 exd4 4.6xd4 &c5 5. 6.4d2 he7 7.hg2 c6 8.4c3 d5 9.6e5 Erin was a 9-round Swiss with over 60 players practical drawing chances were quite good (see Ab4+ 6xc6 Wf6 6.Wd2 dxc6 1.6c3 ttel 8.Wf4 Ae6 6td7 10.6xd7 6xd7 0-012.0-0 Ec8 including 18 grandmasters. The event was won game). The last two games were anti-climactic, ll.6d? 9.Wxf6 gxf6 10.6a4 Ab4+ 11.c3 Bd6 l2.Ae3 13.a4 Af6 14.e4 c515.exd5 cxd4 16.4b4 Be8 by Russian GM Vladimir Epishin with 7 points, both being drawn fairly quickly. b6 1,3.f4 0-0-0 14.&2 c5 15.c4 6c6 16.6c3 f5 17 .0,e4 exdS 18.6d6 dxc4 is prepared a half-point ahead ofthree former Soviet play- So the match ended in a 4-4 tie, a better result [Fritz 17.e5 18.b3 Ab4 19.a3 6c2 20.8c1 6xe3 to sacrifice the exchange.l 19.6xf7? ers, GMs Rustem Dautov (GER), Daniel Frid- for humankind than in 1997 but a disappointing &f8 [The 21.&xe3 ilg722.bd5 c6 23.6f6 Axf6 24.exf6 product of40 minutes thought but unfortu man (LAT) and Sanuras Sulskis (LIT). Five one given Kramnik's substantial lead at the EheS 25.&R Hd2 26.h3 fud7 27.g3 Ee6 28.8b1 nately Kramnik has overlooked something. more GMs shared hfth place: Goloshchapov half-way stage Hxf6 29.be2 Ee6 30.Ehe1 6c7 31.9f1 b5 32: The obvious l9.Ad5 was fine.l 19...6xf7 20. (IIKR), Hebden (ENG), Kogan (ISR), Neverov Eecl 6b6 33.b4 cxb4 34.axb4 Ee4 35.8d1 Sd5+ &96 21.Wg4+ 22.he4+ Exe4! 23. (IIKR) and Shulman (BLR). DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik(1) Ag5 Exdl 36.Exd1 Ae6 37.4d3 Ed4 38.4e2 Exdl wxe4+ &tre zt.nq gf6 25.4d2+ 26.hxg5+ Ruy Lopez [C67] 95 39.c5+ 6b7 40.Axd1 a5 41.bxa5 &a6 42.he3 27.Wh4+ originally intended KRAMMI(vs DEEPFRITZ 1.e4 e5 2.6f3 6c6 3.9b5 6f6 4.0-0 Axe4 5. Axg5 [Kramnik dxa5 43.&d4 b4 44.94 lxg4 45.hxg4 b3 46.& to play 27.We6+ assuming that he would be The "Brains in Balrain" match in Manama d4 6d6 6.&xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 6f5 8.Wxd8+ & 8 &a4 41.bb2 f6 48.9R 6US +O.gS f5 50.& clearly winning. After 27...6f6 28.f4, how was of eight games over 16 days in October. xd8 9.6c3 h6 10.b3 &eS 11.4b2 he7 12. c3 &xc5 51.4e2 0 1. ever, Fritz was ready with the surprising 28... This was a chance for humanity to gain revenge Eadl a5 13.a4 h5 14.%e2 &e6 15.c4 EdS 16. fuh4ll29.gxh4 Wg8+ 30.Mxg8 ExgS+ 31.&lA for Deep Blue's 1997 victory over Kasparov Lr h3 b6 17.Afd4 6xd4 18.6xd4 c5 19.6xe6 Kramnik - DEEP FRITZ (4) 694+ 32.&* 6e3+ 13.&R 6xf1 34.Exf1 c3 that earlier match the dice were loaded against fxe6 20.Exd8+ &xd8 21.4c1 &c8 22.Edl Ed8 QueenZs Gambit, Tanasch [D34] 35.Hf2 cxd2 winning. And no better for White the human whereas this time the match condi- 23.Exd8+ hxdS 24.94 96 25.h4 hxg4 [Of 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.6fJ c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 is 28.Wh3+ &s6 (2s...6hs 29.f4) 29.f4 &h6 tions were much fairer. For one thing Kramnik course, Vlad wasn't going to fall fbr 25... 6c6 6.492 6f6 7.0-0 Ae7 8.6c3 0-0 9.Sg5 30.f5+ &fl 31.gxh6 c3 and the passed pawns had ample time to investigate the Fritz program €xh4?? 26.95 and the bishop is lostl 26.495 cxd4 10.6xd4 h6 11.4f4 Sg4 12.h3 Ae6 13. are too strong.l 27...696 28.We4+ bg7 29. and plan his strategy accordingly Sxg5 27.hxg5 beS 28.&92 %-%. Ecl Ee8 14.6xe6 fxe6 15.e4 d4 16.e5 dxc3 Axg5 Wxg5 30.Efe1 cxb3 31.Wxd4+ 6f6 32. The first half of the match went very well for 17.exf6 Axf6 18.bxc3 Wxdl 19.Efxd1 EadS a5 Wd5 33.Wxd5 6xd5 34.axb6 axb6 0-1. the human player and the team Kramnik - DEEP FRITZ (2) Fritz were 20.4e3 Exdl+ 21.Exdl Sxc3 22.8d7 Eb8 23. rightly very worried about the hnal result Queen' s Gambit Accepted, lD27l In Sxc6 bxc6 24.Hxa1 Eb2 25.8a6 Ad2 26.Exc6 the hrst game Kramlik had little trouble 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.AR 6f6 4.e3 e6 5.Axc4 de- Sxe3 27.fxe3 &n zt.alHaZ29.Ec4 &r0 ro.& fendhg the black side of a Ruy Lopez, Berlin c5 6.0-0 a6 7.dxc5 Wxdl 8.Exdl Axc5 9.&fl gb7 fl 95 31.h4 h5 32.hxg5+ &xg5 33.&el e5 Defence and in the second game he grorurd b5 10.4e2 1r.Abd2 6bd7 12.6b3 Af8?! out gd5 34.&f1 &rs rs.gtrl &96 36.8e4 &rs tr.gu a win on the 13.a4 b4l4.atd2 15.R Sd6 16.93 e5 17. white side of a Queen's Gambit &g5 3S.691 bg6 39.94 hxg4 40.Exg4+ &f5 Accepted e4 Ae6 18.6c4 Ac7 19.&e3 a5 20.6c5 6xc5 The third game again saw the 4l.Hc4%-%. queen's disappem from the board quite early in 21.Axc5 22.dd6+ &m Z:.gn Axd6 24. a Exd6 6e7^d7 25.Ead1 EhcS 26.4b5 6c5 27.4c6 Scotch and Kramnik was soon two up. Fritz DEEP FRITZ - Kramnik (5) had little houble holding the draw in a Ta:rasch Ac4+ 28.6e1 6d3+ 29.Elxd3 Axd3 30.4c5 gc4 QueenZs Gambit Declined [D57] Defence in game 4. [30...9c2 31.&d2 &xa4 32.8d5+ is mur 1.d4 Af6 2.c4 e6 3.AR d5 4.hc3 Be7 5.495 The second half of the match was quite dif- derousl 31.8d4+ &f6 32.Exc4 Exc6 33.&e7+ gs.Ecs h6 6.4h4 0-0 7.e3 6e4 8.Axe7 WxeT 9.cxd5 Kramnik resigned as after 35.Exa6 b2 the ferent. Kramnik's seemingly almost 6xe7 34.Exc6 6az f6 36.&d2 6d6 unassail- 6xc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.Wb3 Ed8 12.c4 dxc4 passed pawn will cost too much material. able tw'o game disappeared 37.8d5+ Oc6 3S.&fi 96 39.6c4 95 40.h3 h6 lead alarmiagly 13.€xc4 6'c614.4e2 b6 15.0-0 €b7 16.Efc1 White, however, has some surprising ro quickly C,ame was probably 41.h4 gxh4 42.gxh4 Ea7 l42...HgB 43.Exa5 5 headed for a EacB l7.Wa4 6a5 1B.Ec3 c5 19.Eac1 cxd420. sources. After 36.8a7+ Deep Fritz intended draw r,rihen Kramnik and White has a head start in the race to queen] blundered a piece on 6xd4 Exc3 21.Exc3 Ec8 22.Exc8+ AxcS 23.h3 36...&96 (Ihe alternative was 36...&/8 37.Hd7 move 34. The sixth game 43.h5 Ea8 44.8c5+ &te lS.gUS+ 6c6 46. was the most interest- 24.SR Adl 25.Wc2 Wc5 26.We4 Wcl+ dc3 38.8d2 blW 39.Hxb1 bxbl 40.8b2 6c3 ing of Ed5! &c? [Or 46...8a7 47.8d8 Ec7 48.8f8 6 96 the match, made so by Kramnik's daring 21.&h2 Ps/+28.93 6c429.be2 6e5 30.4b5 41.Bxb6 and although it seems that White knight sacrifice for a kingside d6+ 49.6b5 &e7 50.8h8 and the black pawns attack -just the Axb5 31.6xb5 Wc5 32.6xa1Wa5 33.&92 should be able to hold it rnay have been a bet sort of thing you avoid playing start droppingl 47.&b5 b3 [47...Eja1 48.8c5+ when a com- Wxa2 34.6c8 Wc4?? or even 34... ter winning W) 3l.Hd1 Ec1 38.8d6+! Af6 &UZ +q.UcO also wins for Whitel 48.8d3 Ea7 [34...4c4 puto. It soon turned out that Kramnik had drawl 35.6e7+ (The only way to escape the rook checks) 49.Exb3 Eb7+ 50.&c4 Ea7 51.8b5 We6 should l-0. overlooked a "hidden" defence and Deep Fritz Ea8 52.& 39.Edd1 b1W 40.Exc1 W4 (or 40*.Wf5 41.

NZ Chess NZ Chess 30 31 Bc6 b5 42.Hee6! b4 43.8b6 &12 ll.U40+ Kasimdzhanov 1%-y2 n the frral. There were Affiliated clubs Wd6 45.Hxb4 with afortress draw; in this line groups players four preliminary of six with two Clubs me requested to advise NZ Chess of any changes in details given below. 42...&J7 is met by 43.HxfO+ Wxf6 44.Bxf6+ players from each qualifying for the quarter- &xflO lS.&ft with an elementary draw) 47.Hbl finals. play-offs, There were no ties being bro- Ashburton PO Box204, Ashburton. Meets Duncan Watts (Secretary) (03Y77 -5226. Wc5 42.Eec1 Wd6 43.Edl Wc6 44.Edcl Wb7 ken by individual results or tie-break points. Monday 7. 15pm (Feb-Oct), the Admin Build- Papatoetoe Wednesday 7.30pm Papatoetoe 45.8b5! problem now is to &fl lBlack's how The event lacked most of the top stars and ing, Ashburton Hospital, Elizabeth St. Contacl RSA Bowling Club, Carnbridge Tce, Papatoe- the advance of his b-pawn. On 45...hd7 two of the three players qualify force who might for KenPow (03) 308-3655 toe. Postal address: c/- Katrine Metge,27 Cam- White plays 46.Bdl threatening 47.Hxd7 that description were eliminated at the first hru- Auckland Chess Centre Meets Monday 7.30 bridge Tce, Papatoetoe Contact John McRae WxdT 4&Hxb6+ and then setting up the In for dle Group I Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) was & Thursday (social) 7.30pm, 27 8 4520, Katrine Metge 27 8-7 17 3. tress with 49.Hb4 so Black tries to bring his first with whtle there was a three-way 3W5 tie 17 Cromwell St, Mt Eden, Auckland 1003. UpperHutt Monday 7 30pnL Hapai Club, 879 king over to help) 46.Ecb1 6d1 41.Hd1 hel second involving Jiangchuan (Cfil.D, for Ye (0 9)630 -2042 clubroom. Fergusson Drive. 48.Eel+ &a0 +g.gat+ 6c6 5o.Bdbl Ma6 51. Bartolomiej Mavieja (POL) and Giovanrii Contact, Bruce Wheeler (09)623-0 109. Sec, Clarry Webber (04)234-7458 H5b4We2 52.H1b2 Md3 53.&92 Wd5+ 54.&gl Vescovi (BRA) points qualified. on 3 Ye Canterbury, PO Bor 19-997, Christchurch Waitemata Thursday 7.45pm, Kelston Comm b5 and now 55.Exb5!? Wxb5 56.Exb5 &xb5 Vassily Ivanchuk was top seed in the group but Meets Wednes day, 7 .30pm., 227 Bealey Ave- Cente, cnr Great North Rd and Awaroa Rd, 57.&92 seems to draw as Black is unable to hnished back on 2 points nue; Tel (03)366-3935 clubroom. Kelston; jrm 6.15-7 15, Mondays, schooldays win the white pawns without his own pawn In group 2 Alexei Dreev won with 3% while Pres, Craig Hall (021) 1289-543, Postal address: PO Box 2 1478, Henderson, being lost or exchanged, e.g. 57...6c4 58.6R Sergei Rublevsky (RUS) and Teimour Rad- Sec Mark Sadler (03) 942 5560 Auckland 1008. Contact Bob or Viv Smith &d5 59.&s4 &e6 60.695 Srz ot.&no 6gs jabov (AZE) tied with 3 pohts, the former go- Eastern Iftrights, Gisborne, meet Tuesday eve- (09)817 2664; bobviv@actrix. gen.nz ing ttuough Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) nings. Contact GenesisPotini (06) 868- 1280 Wanganui Mondays 7pm, f6 66.6h4 &e6 67.&h5 6d5 and although the won group 3 with 3% points despite losing to Gambit Sec, Ted Frost, 103 Koromiko Rd, 1st floor, Commercial Club, St Hill St white king cannot approach the black pawn Vishy Anand (IND) who hnished clear second Gonvil1e, Wanganui. (06) 348-4266 Pres, Gordon Hoslq.n, 7 Pehi St (06)343-6101; White draws easily with 68.95 and 69.96. Ob- on 3 points (loss to third placed counttrrnan Hamilton Wed, 7 30pm, St Pauls Collegiate sec, K Yorston, 5 Mitchell St (06)343-7166. viously this analysis is not complete but it does Krishnan Sasikiran) School Inquiries Gary Judkias (07)855-5392 Wellington (now merged with Civic) Tuesday illushates the ideas. Group D saw the closest finish with three Hastings-Havelock North P.O. Box I 84, 7 30pm, Museum Room, Turnbull House, players scoring 3y2 points. Alexander Hastings Wed,1 30 pm, LibrarY, Bowen Steet, Wellington 1 Pres, John Cook, DEEP FRITZ Kramnik (7) Belyavsky (SLO) andNigel Short (ENG) quali- - Havelock N High School, Te Mata Rd 29 Ascot St, Thorndon, Wellington, Indian Defence fied while Jaan Ehlvest (EST) was the unluclq, QueenZs [E19] Sec, Chris Smith (06)8774583 (04) 472-8151 Sec, Ross Jackson, t.d4 6f6 2.c4 e6 3.6R b6 4.g3 Ab7 5.Sg2 one In this group top seed Alerander Moro- Howick-Pakuranga Tuesday 7 .45pm (uniors 86B The Esplanade, Raumati South, Se7 6.0-0 0-0 7.6c3 6e4 8.Wc2 6xc3 9.Wxc3 zevich (RUS) finished last on 1 point 6.30-7 30), St John Ambulance Hall, Howick- (04) 902-1707, rosslin@paradise net.rz c5 l0.Ed1 d6 11.b3 Af6 12.9b2 We7 13.Wc2 The quarter-final winners were Bdavsky Pakuranga Highway, Highland Park. Sec, Kees 6c6 14.e4 e5 15.d5 6d4 16.Axd4 cxd4 17. (7/z-/z over Rublevsky), I)renv (2Tz-7Tz over van den Bosch (09)577-5285,021 2627079 Associdememlten Ah3 96 18.a4 a5 19.Eab1 Aa6 20.Eel &h8 Short), Kasimdzhanov (7/z-/z over Ye) and Invercargill Wednesday, Spm, staff room, Gisborne, 4l26Hads St, Gisborne. 2l.hg2 Ag7 22.Wd3 EaeS 23.bd2 hh6 24.t4t Anand (1/.-/. over Malakhov). In the semi- South School, Ness St. M P. Grieve (06)863-0 I 01. Wc7 25.8fl &g8 26.Ebe1 Wds 27.&gl Ab7 lrnals Kasimdzhanov saw off Belyavsky 1/z-Tz Contact, John Preston (03)2164920 NZ Correspondence Chess Assn, 28.8e2 &a6%-%. but the other match required two palrs of tie- Kapiti Wednesday, 7 30prq Salvation Army P O. Box 3278, Wellington. break games before a wirmer emerged, Anand Hall, Bluegum Road, Paraparaumu Beach Sec, J W (Sandy) Maxwell, (04)231-4753 Kramnik - DEEP FRITZ (8) evantually winning 3y2-2% over Dreev The c/- 51 Ames Street Paekakmiki MountMaunganui RSA, QueenZs Gambit Declined [D68] first game of the final was drawn with Anand Contact, Guy Burns Tel (04)904-2002 10 Maranui St Mt Maunganui, (07)5756835, 1.d4 6f6 2.c4 e6 3.6R d5 4.6c3 c6 5.4g5 taking the second to beat Kasimdzhanov lTz-Yz. New Plymouth 11 Gilbert St, New Plymouth. [email protected] Ae7 6.e3 {L0 7.4d3 6bd7 S.0-0 dxc4 9.Axc4 The similar Women's World Cup tournament Tuesdays, 7.30pm. Pres, D MEwen. North Harbour Junior Thursday 6pm-7 30pm 6d5 10.Axe7 WxeT 11.8c1 6xc3 12.Exc3 e5 runrLing alongside was won by Antoaneta Ste- Contact, Alan Jury, sec, 06757-9090 Northcote Community Centre, 13.Sb3 exd4 14.exd4 6f6 15.EeI Wd6 16.h3 fanova (BUL) who beat Xu Yuhua (CHN) l%- North Shore P.O. Box 33-587, Takapma, College Rd/Ernie Mays St, c/- Felicity Timings Af5 17.Ece3 Eae8 18.Ee5 A96 19.a3 Wd8 20. Tz n the hnal. Among those to fall by the way- Auckland 9. Wednesday 7.30pm, Northcote 13 Maclcy Ave Devonport, (09)4453729 ExeS 6xe8 2l.Wd2y,-%. side were Maia Chiburdanidze, Pra Cramling, Community Centre, College Rd/Ernie Mays St. [email protected] Alexandra Kosteniuk and Nana Ioseliani. Club captairq Peter Stuart (09Y45-6377 District Associfiions IIYDERABAI) OtagoT Maitland St, Dunedin. Auckland Chess Assn, Sec, Kees van den Vishy Anand won t}is FIDE World Cup Wednesday 7.30pm. (03) 477 -6919 Bosch, 61,4 St Johns Road, Auckland 1005, event in October, beating Rustam Tony Dowden (President) (03) 4730664, (09)521-5828

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