· suddenly ruined a better posi• regularly in weekend · tour• tion by waltzing off on a neys, came second equal :. -gathering spree with his along . with George Botterill , and was duly mated in (Wales), Craig · Pritchett a blitz finish. A short in (Scotland') Alan Perkins, SwindJes · and sacrifices round six ensured Klaric of .: and Andrew NO ONE had ever heard of . discovered, already two Inter• first place ahead of 180 play• Martin (all England), on five Yugoslav Zlato Klaric when national Master title norms ers in the National Bank of points. · ht appeared at the London to his credit although he had Dubai Open, including two Nunn also won the best · Evening Standard Congress, never won an event of this G Ms and nine I Ms. game prize, and was hoping but he scored 5 ½ points out magnitude. · His ambition is This year. organisers pur• there might be a · •• best of the possible six and sailed "to become a· " posely raised the entry · fees, " prize as well for his off home again clutching his (sounds familiar) and he did · but -still had to turn players Houdini-like escape against £ 1200 - the richest purse beat · one in the crucial pen• away from Britain's strongest Mark Hebden! · on the English circuit. ultimate round against· Eng• .and most popular congress. Klaric, who is 22 and lives lish GM John Nunn. John Nunn, the only Brit• NUNN near Belgrade, had in fact, we Uncharacteristically Nunn ish Grandmaster to compete

3. Nc3 Bb4 23. . . . BXd5 38. e8 Qa4 4. es cs 24. ·gxt5 Nb3 thought I was in with a 5. ·a3 BX-c3 ch 25. Qd3 a&· Half-heartedly seeking sal• chance . 8. bXc3 ~Ne7 28. Rb1 . Nc5 vation in ·a queen . D. SHALLCROSS 7. Nf3 27. Qd1 Nd7 37. QXa4 NXa4 Along with· 7.a4 this is the 28; Rc1 Qa7 38. e7 Kh7 positional· treatment of . the 29. Qd4I Rh5 39.· Rc7 b5 Winawer variation. The lace Of course 29 ... b5 30. QXa7 Allowing a killer, although· tical line runs 7. Qg4 Qc7 RXa7 3 l .Rc8 is . 39 ... Rhe8 40.Rd7! Nc5 41.Rd~ 8. QXg7 with highly unclear 30. Be3 Nc5 was scarcely better. , '-, complications. 31. Qg4 Fih8 40. f8I · Kg& 7.... Bd7 32. Bc4 Qe7 41. f7 Resigns 33. I3g5 a; Be2 Ba4I? This position arose from a White frequently prevents Oh, when will he stop hitting * * 's and Hebden this move with an earlier a4, as me! Food for thought on opening missed several ways _ to win after Black. gets ... Qc7 in he 33. . . . Qd7 easily. Even now there is. a threatens 'to exchange on d4 34. Qf4 Kg8 theory, and animpressive fol• 35. 8Xd5 eXd5 low-up by Kurajica. Still, I path to victory with 1. Q.Xe6! opening the c-file, with . com- ···· -······---·· I RXc7 2.QXd7 RXd7 3.RXd7 bined pressure on White's c2 - NXd7 4.Rd5 Rf6 5.Ne5! How- pawn.~ . . _ ,, ever play proceeded ... However Kurajica follows an 1. BXh8 idea that Spassky played in · gXh8. 1. Qa8 · Ne4l a 2. Qg3 ch · Kf8 2. QXb8 RXf3I very similar position j against 3. Qf4I Nxes ·3. Rc1? Korchnoi in the· 10th g~ their Candidates match, Bel• ' A curious conclusion to the The final mistake. Also los- grade 1977-78. kingside attack comes after· ing are 3.NXe6 NXc5!. 3 ... Kg7 4.Nc6! winning the 4.RXd7 NXd7 and 3.Rb5 Rfl 9. Rb1I Qc7 queen, as 4 ... Nh5 loses to ch! 4.KXfl QJ7 ch 5.Ke2 Q/2 10. dXc5 Nd7 5.Qg4 ch. 11. Rb4I ch-o.K?JJ""'QaTdi and now .(a) 4.~h&ch Kg8 7.KXe4 Qe2 ch 8.Kf4 Rj8 ch The swings into action, 5. o-....e5 Nh7 9.Kg3 Qe3 ch 10.Kg4 Rf4 ch ready to transfer to the king• 8. Nf8 chi Resigns l l .Kh5 g6 ch, mating on the side. Checkmate is forced after h-file, or (b) 7.Kc4 Qc2 ch 11. . . . Be& 8.AtJ4 QXb2 ch 9.Ka4 Nd ch 12. 0-0 NXc5?I 6 ... NX/6 7.eXf6 BXf6 8.Bh7 ch Kh8 9.Bg6 eh Kg8 10.QhJ· mating on the a-file! Taking the centre pawn wun ch Kj8 11.QXj?. The only defence is· 3.Nb5! 12 ... NXe5 is dangerous, but in ~ NXc5 4.gXf3 Qd5 5.dXc5 . -· --- this case preferable. J·V·JU··J-