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from me. It happened quite suddenly and EDIT0R: Peter Stuart, 24 Seac1.iffe Avenue, Takapuna, Auckland 9, LETTERS she seemed very happy to succumb, The ASS0CIATE EDIT0RS: Michael Freemn (Otago), orrvin Sarapu IM, Vernon Small CHESSATHON AIDS TELETHON culprit (co-respondent?) is the local (Canterbury) (Wellington). and Tin Sp1l1er Dear Sir, bridge club and u5z purpose in lrriting thls letter ls to acquaint N.Z.CHESS A11 contributions should be sent to the Editorts address. If you are planning a match against readers rsith the excellent award sysEem the Tawa , I would suggest you brldge has; a system that I feel has could improve your chances by holding it possible beneflts for chess players. after they stage the next The min point I wLsh to make is DEADLINES: The "chessathontt. deadline for both copy and advertising is the 6th of the month I calldd into lGxted Motors showroon in that although she has only been playing preceding the month of 1ssue. Taara to see whst thls chessathon was all since the beginning of this year (1978) about - there was lots of enthuslasm, she has aTreadg started along the road but Eowards the 24th hour there was a to a title, thanks to their hierarchic distlnct lack of logie in sore of the structure. Can this ever be true for the ADVERTISING RATES: g30 per fu1l page, g15 per cdlumn or half page, g7.50 per half moves I average chess player? column. Through this yearrs Telethon appeal, Make no mlstake, I doubt if she will however, the Rheumatoid Arthritis Foun- ever reach this target, for (quIte rlght- datlon beneflted by a ltttle over $500 1y) it ts no giveaqray and ls placed as a result of the chessathon, nuch of beyond the reach of the average player SUBSCRIPTI0N RATES: these are annual and are in New Zealand dollars. lt raised by the junlor sectlon of the BUT at least she has something longlast- New Zealand $4.00. Overseas (surface ,ri1,, $5.00. club. In fact, fiso of the younger mem- lng to show for her efforts 1n club and bers raised about $60 aplece and assist- tournament play. Airuail: Australia & South Pacifie $6.00; Asl-a & North America $7.50; ed secretary Max Wigbout 1n naklng Ehe Ttrcir system operates roughly as South America, Europe & Africa $8.50. fornal presentation to Telethon on TV follows: dependent on its strength a t'Ct' Note: A11 enquiries regarding advertising or subscriptions should be sent Eo at Avalon Studlos. tournament is allocated so many The Aduinistration Officer, New Zealand Chess Association, P.O.Box 8802, Tawars deputy myor played I P-K4 to points, e.g. in her first club tourna- Symonds Street, Auckland. offlclally open the event and throughout rent (arhich she and another first year Ehe long houra at least 12 players were player won) she picked up 24 C points. present, ten of these going the fu1l 0nce she has accrmulated 100 of these C distance. Polnts she will be awarded one mster As a by-product, the Tawa Chess Club, point. She must then get x nuober of ACKNoWLEDGMENT: Thanks are due to IBM for their donarion of rhe IBM Selectrlc and chess generally, galned good pubIl- naster points before being awarded a Typewriter used to produce this magazine. ciEy, and publieity for the club, in lts IDaster tltle. flrst year, is the key to success. Obvlously, onJ.y talented and consis- Ihe club has a vlgorous coondttee tent players wi-11 ever get to this LATE NEWS 1ed by ?resident lfrs Jan Bird, I{ax Wtg- elevated position but at least the bout and club Captain Phtl clark, A 1ot average club player can see reward. for S0UTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP: Bruce Anderson won wirh 6\ ort of 8, losing his of effort is belng dLrected towards his effort through the accumulation of final game to Jon Jackson who tied for second, together with Chris Baker and bulldlng up a club too and wlth points rrtrenever he has some suceess. All Roger Nokes, on 6 points - an all Canterbury finish. attendances of sonethlng lllce 35 junl-ors I ever get is a nomentary thrl11, a few and 22 seniors on a regular basis, the rating points (uhtch disappear quickly NEl,rl ZEALAND SCHOOLPUPILS CHAMPIONSHIP: Patrick Cordue won his second title by future is looking good. enough) and a little cash (whlch disap- scoring 5! out of 7. Equal second were Giles Bates and Michael lreeman on 4. peara even more quickly). How nice (as Bernie McAuliffe, Tawa Then followed Waruick Norton 3!, Jonathan Sarfati and Tony love 3, Graham reII) and more long lastlng Eo have a Walden and Roy llathias 212. *** sma1l book for my successes; credit that cantt be taken away. tr'urther, OLYMPIAD TEAM CHANGE: craig Laird withdre!.r for oersonal reasons and Peter Welr INCENTIVE OR ADDITIONAL BUREAUCRACY? bridge players seeo to have an on-going, comes in on board slx, Stuart and Anderson moving up to boards four and f1ve, Dear Sir, long tern Lncentive to succeed. By way of conclusion all I can say is I have recently hacl ny wife tstolenr Contd on page 720 97 achieve a . just a few nlnutes with Korchnoi varying from hi.s L4...d,4 of the second game. Korchnoi - Karpov, Nimzoindian Defence: World Ghampionship 1378, Baguio Gity Karpov could again mke no headway and 1c4Nf6 2d4e6 3Nc3Bb4 4e3c5 the draw was soon agreed. 5 Ne2 cxd4 6 exd4 d5 7 c5 Ne4 I Bd2 The events at and xhe the argume[t over flags and antlrcll; tame Regkjavik at Nxd2 9 a5 10 a3 Bxc3 1I Nxc3 Karpov - Korchnoi, : 1 e4 e5 Z vatious CandidaXe Matches to an lronical end when a PhilippinSwitzerland as Rxdl+ 26 Rxdl Rc8 27 P.dz h5 28 Be3 his new flavour could not be changed wlthout dxc4 9 Bxc4 Nc6 10 Be3 0-0 11 0-0 b6 home, wished to dlsplay the Kf7 29 f4, z 4. Swiss flag. Soviet chess offipia1s 1 official permisslon. This culinary saga 12 qd3 Bb7 13 RadI h6 14 f3 Ne7 15 opposed was dubbed by grandmasters and press Bf2 Nfd5 16 Ba2 Nf4 17 Qd2 Nfg6 18 this, maintaining that Korchnoi GAME THREE 23 July was rrstateless" and should have no f1ag. 'I(orchnoi's complaint. " Bbl Qd7 19 h4 RfdS 20 h5 Nf8 2L B}j.4 In the tradition of Solomon, FIDE Korchnoi mounEed a srrong atta< k orr f6 22 Ne4 Nd5 23 94 Rac8 24 Bg3 Ba6 solved this problem by ruling that the klngside but lost his way orr Llr'' GME FOUR 25 JuIy 25 Rfel B.c6 26 Rcl Ne7 27 Rxc6 Qxc6 neither player 24th move, Eitt'er 24 Re5 or 21r Rg3 wlrr. 28 Ba2 Qd7 29 Nd6 Bb7 30 NxbT 31 could use a flag, At the The first 13 moves were played in QxbT official opening ceremony on 17 July better and possibly vinning. Aftt-r tlrll Qe3 KttS 32 Rcl Nd5 33 Qe4 Qd7 34 Bbl mistake Karpov defended accurately I () 99 98

l I 5A Khl 5l Kh2 52 Qb5 35 b4 Qd7 36 Qd3 Qe7 37 Kfz f5 Kh2 Re7 2I Bd4 f6 22 Racl 0cti 23 Qxf2+ Qf7+ Qxd3 ee7+ b4 b6 28 Qg4 RfdB 29 h4 h5 30 Qg3 Qd6 with perpetuaT chsk. 31 38 gxf5 exf5 39 Rel Qf6 40 Be5 Qh4+ Qe3, \ : '<. f4 Re7 32 RxeT NxeT 33 Re5 a5 34 41 Bg3 Qf6 42 Rh1 Nh7 43 Be5 Qg5 44 Rxh5 axb4 35 axb4 Qxb4 36 Bb5 Qd2 37 qxf5 Qd2+ 45 Kg3 Nhf6 46 Rgl Re8 47 GAME SEVEN I August GAME EIGHT 3 August Kh2 Qe3 38 Rxb6 Ra8 39 Qxe3 dxe3 40 Rb2 Ra3 4l Be4 Re3, Lz. Be4 Ne7 48 Qh3 Re8 49 Kh4 Rcl 50 Qg3 Karpov rejected the nomal haodshake 4 z P,xgI The seventh game Bot under way after 5r Qxgl Kg8 52 Qg3 Kf7 53 896+ further complaint3 from the Korchnoi at Ehe start of the gane, thus giving up Ilereabouts Karpov submitted a formal Ke6 54 Kd5 Qh3+ camp over Dr Zukharrs seating arrange- even the pretence of courtesy between protest charging that Chief Arbiter ments. Korchnoi opened 1 d4 for the the rivals. Korchnoi produced a dubious Lothar Schnid, the West German grand- first tine in the mtch, meC by Karpov novelty on his tenth nove after Karpov master r'rho also refereed the Eischer- ,''ffi, with the third Nimz.indian, The challen- had varied lrith 9 Nbd2 (lnstead of 9 c3 Spassky match, favoured the challenger. gerts 6 d5 appears to be new and Kar- as in games 2 and 4). Aftenoards, Korch- This arose from Schmid heeding a protest ,,z ..4- : povrs reply, the pam 6..,b5, noi adnitted i! was a gamble. Karpov by Korchnol aides to have Dr Zukhar fiffv was generally agreed to be best. The saerlfieed a parrn to open up lines to shifted back further in the audiencel he posiiion reached was very sharp and the black which was marooned in the was shunEed by degrees from the first, t,M% Karpov later gave rtp lhe (move centre. The champion concluded br1111- to the second, fifth and finally seventh F*M,,,,. 15), his compensaLion comprising his antly. row. Korehnol aides wanted him thrown mssive paen out altogether or seated with Soviet /LY //2 centre. In contrast to the Karpov Korchnoi, Ruy Lopez: 1 e4 e5 previous - officials in the upper gallery. A: games uhere Korchnoi sat 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 ///// L): hunched Later Korchnoi ai-des said their man over the board throughout, the Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Be6 9 ',r%^, challenger retired to his backstage room tiTas no longer speaking to the champion. Nbd2 Nc5 10 c3 11 Qe2 Bg7 12 Nd4 d./ imediately 96 Thls followed a row between the two af ter his every move. By Nxe5 13 f4 Nc4 14 f5 gxf5 15 Nxf5 Rg8 move camps over a Soviet demand fot securlty 30 the position was sti1l unclear 16 Nxc4 dxc4 17 Bc2 Nd3 18 Bh6 BfB 19 irut, wiEh pressure checks on British, Israeli, Dutch and time coming on, Radl Qd5 20 Bxd3 cxd3 21 Rxd3 Qc6 22 Korchnoi erred on his 32nd (better was Swi-ss ci-tizens present (Korchnolts 55 Be4+ Nxe4 55 fxe4a Kd3 BxfS Qb6+ 23 I

T 36 fxe5 37 txe5 day soon after the Nc5 10 c3 d4 1I Ng5 dxc3 12 Nxe6 fxe6 Kg2 Qf7 35 Qe2 a5 94 GAME THIRTEEN 17 August resumed the follo\dng 13 bxc3 Qd3 14 Nf3 qxdl 15 Bxrll Be7 a4 38 Ra8 Na7 39 Ra6 Qe7 40 Bxa4 Rc7 challenger had resigned the also adjourn- 17 Bb3 Kf7 18 Radl Ndxe5 41 Nc6 42 Ral Nb4 43 RcI Rc4 44 In the second Queenrs Gambit, Tarta- ed thLrteenth game. Thus KarPov won two 15 Be3 Nd3 Qb3 Korchnoi 19 Nxe5 Nxe5 20 Bf4 Nc4 21 Bxc4 bxc4 Rb8 P.x.l 45 Bxcl Qc7 46 Bxb4 Qxcl 47 kower Varlation of the match gmes within the sPace of one hour to knorrm 7 Rcl and, with 22 ed4 Bd6 23 Be3 RhbS 24 Rxc4 Rb2 25 Qd3 h5 48 Rb6 Bh6 49 exll5 Qe5+ 50 adopted the less take a commnding 3-1 lead in the race initiated a new strategy! a4 RaZ 26 93 Rb8 27 Rd1 Rbb2 28 R1d4 Qg3 Qd2+ 51 Qf2, 1 : 0. hls I0 93" to score six wins. It will be remenbered 30 Rh4 h6 3l Bc5 e5 reminiscent of the Tarrasch, agalnst that in the 1974 match between these two Rbl+ 29 Kg2 Rbal -34 gained Reg4 Be7 Rh5 Bf6 35 GME TWELVE 15 AUgUSt the black set-up. The challenger Karpov took a 3-ni1 lead (but draws did 32 Bai Ke6 33 rejecte

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I The argument over chairs contlnued had lost 13 mi.nutes on hls clock. on the rest day Later utren Karpov said Korch- mateh organiser Florencio Cmpomanes noirs chair was too high, thus giving stated that in future he would not move Auckland University Open the challenger the advantage of looking the audlence back at the ehallengerrs down. Retorted Petra Leerrweriek, Korch- Report, Nigel Metge trl-etrs request. noirs delegation chI-efn just cut In the fourth Nlmzolndian off Viktorrs of the head, then they will be rnatch, Korchnoi repeated his novelty Club R. I R.2 R.3 R.4 R.5 T'!1 the saoe helght of and neither will have the seventh game raTith Karpov varylng on an advantage." 1 Green E.M. Howick-Pakuranga I,I1 6 w9 w26 w7 D3 4\ 16 It is not known whether his elghth nove. Even so the gaue the t;ok , Jensen K. fiamiTton w2t W4 tl25 D3 W8 4t4 16 Sovlet canp endorsed thi6 suggesElon. on the unclear nature of the earlier game wlth Karpov having a great 3 Sareapu O. North Shore wl2 w5 w10 D2 Dl 4 t9.5 MME central SIXTEEN 24 August parrm advantage for his sacrificed paum. 4 Marslck B.H.P. Auck)-and w14 L2 W33 w31 wll 4 13 .5 '5 Desplte a powerful storm r^i1th heavy Korchnol, however, galned the advantage Metge J.N, Auck-tlniversitg w31 L3 W28 r{25 I,I17 4 12 rain, when he was able to consolidate high winds, landslides and a poerer hls 6 Steadman M. AuckLand D8 WlI D7 w18 D9 16 failure (the extra pawn although the challenger 3\ playing ha11 has its om Iater 7 Storchenegger O. Auckland N27 !It7 D6 Lr I^Ir3 3, 15.5 generator), gave 1t back but regalned it a few movea the slxteenth game was play- 8 Brimble M.T. Waitemta D6 Wtz W34 w19 L2 34 15 ed Iater. The position agaln became on schedule. Korchnoi adopted the unclear 9 Sptller ?.S. Auckland w20 Ll w37 wls D6 34 L4.5 when Korchnoi gave up for the flrst tfue in the two mlnor pieces 10 Scott II. w18 w27 I,3 D17 W19 3'4 13.5 match, although he had used it seven for rook and two parnms. Flnally Korchnoi tiroes (for seven draws) in 1974 blundered just before move 40 in what 1I l{atson B,R. Auck.tlniversitg w22 L6 W29 W26 L4 3 r4 the ti23 match and seven tlmes against Spassky had become a worse but stlIl drawable 12 Taylor R. Eowick-PakDranga L3 L8 W35 W30 J 13.5 (for 4 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws) in the position, thus giving Karpov hls fourth 13 Putt T, Auckland I{35 D20 L19 W32 D7 3 t2 Candidates Fina1. 0f course Spassky was w1n. 14 ZW T. North shore L4 W9 L18 W38 W25 3 11 .5 15 Ilolster A. Auck-Univetsitg Ll7 W32 W38 L9 W26 3 10 .5 Prone to alIow the Wlnawer whlch gives Korchnoi - Karpov, Nimzoind.ian Defence: good chances 16 Walden G. Papatoetoe Ll L25 W40 W28 W27 3 10 .5 for both sides, whereas 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 d4 Bb4 4 e3 0-0 Karpov is a staunch Tarrasch .1, man. Ihe 5 Bd3 c5 6 d5 b5 7 dxe6 fxe6 8 cxb5 L7 IrleLr P.B. North shore w15 L7 W23 D10 L5 Z2 16.5 current game followed Euwe - Botvinnik a6 9 Ne2 d5 10 0-0 e5 11 a3 axb5 t2 18 Mccarthy}[issK. Howick-Pakutanga L10 I,{39 w14 L6 D21 2\6 13 .5 (World Chanpionship, 1948) up to Bxb5 l9 Tan Auck.Universixg w39 L10 LA 13 Bxc3 13 bxc3 Ba6 14 RbI Qd6 15 C.C. D22 W13 L8 ^l- .5 Blackrs 12th when Euke contlflued 13 Bc3 d4 Ng3 20 Veraeer W.J. Auck.Universitg L9 D13 L31 W29 W34 2k 11 .5 :! t5 Nc6 17 a4 Na5 18 qd3 Qe6 Nc6 14 0-0-0 Bxf2 15 BxgT ad drew ln L9 exd,4 cxd4 20 c5 RfcS ZI Trundle G.E. AuckJ-and, L2 L26 r,r39 W37 D18 2t, t1 Zl f4 Rxc5 22 .1- 29 moves. Karpov, however, retained a Bxa6 23 Rxa6 24 22 Bennell D. ParrETT L11 DI9 D30 D33 W32 aa 10 .5 Qxa6 Qxa6 Ba3 Rd5 25 .l- snal1 edge until sho.rtly before the ad- 21 Ball T. BirkdaLe North I,I4O D31 Lt7 W24 Lt2 LA 9.5 jourment when he 1et it slip, perhaps 24 Corbett P.D. Auck-Universixg D30 D34 D32 L23 W31 2, 9 trying to take advantage of Korchnoirs . 25 Pomeroy D.M. Auck.tlniversitg I^I33 W16 L2 L5 LL4 2 L6 26 Shead D.B. North shore w37 w2r Ll Lll 115 2 r4 Karpov - Korchnoi, French Defence: 27 Morrison M,K. AuckJ-and L7 L I0 .W36 W34 L16 2 13 L e4 e5 2 d,4 d,5 3 Nd2 c5 4 exd5 exd5 28 Ednonds L. Hoetick-Pakatanga L32 r./36 L5 Ll6 W33 2 1r .5 5 Bb5+ Bd7 6 Qe2+ Qe7 7 BxdT* NxdT 8 29 Falk G. AuckTand I4I36 Lt4 Lll L20 W37 2 11 dxc5 Nxc5 9 Nb3 Qxe2+ 10 Nxe2 Nxb3 11 30 Povel F. Waitemata D24 L37 D22 LL2 W38 2 10 ub3 Bc5 12 Bd2 Ne7 t3 Nf4 0-0 t4 0-O 31 Kasmara A.II. lti 36 Fernando T. 11 RfdB 15 Nd3 Bb6 16 c3 f6 17 Rfdt Kf7 32 Spencer-SmJ-th P.A. 14 37 Garland M. 1 18 Kfl Nf5 19 BeI Ne7 20 Nb4 Rd7 ZI 33 Wllllarns R.G . fl-t 38 Ausrin P.M. t Rd3 RadS 22 Radl Ke6 23 Bd2 Nc6 24 34 Taylor II. L\ 39 llenrys S, 1 Nxc6 bxc6 25 b4 Kf7 26 Be3 Bxe3 27 35 Newran N. ll4 40 Blackwood A.R. 0 Rxe3 Rb8 28 Re2 Rb5 29 Ral RdbT .30 Rd2 Ke6 31 Ra6 R5b6 32 RaZ Kd,6 33 Ke2 WeL1, A.U. Open has come and Lfichael Steadmbn only drew against Mark Re7+ 34 Kd3 35 Rdl another a6 Kc7 36 RaaI Kd8 gone 100 games played and eight dozen Brl-nble. Kal Jensen had a difficult win 37 f3 Re5 38 Kd4 39 Ret - Kc7 Kd6 40 f4 ples consumed. As usual, the Open, held against experienced reguLar George Trun- Rxel 41 Rxel 42 bxa5, Lr. a5 \ : on the weekend of 15-16 July, was a flve dle in a repeat of last yearrs flrst round Swi-ss wlth lt hours per player for round. GAME SEVENTEEN 27 August each game, The Dlrector of Play, Mike The second round, belng accelerated, Korchnoi refused to make his first Llvingston, conservatlvely accelerated brought the top ten plalers into con- move after noticing Dr Zukhar sitting in only the fl-rst t.Ilo rounds. flict with each other but Sarapu, Green the fourth row of the ha11; he gave the After an openlng speech by Aucklmd and Jensen, in a class of theLr onm, organisers ten mlnutes to remove hiE, University Chess Club patron Dr W.A. won against lGtge, Spiller and Marsick threatening to do it himself with his Fairhurst, the somewtEt sml1er and respecti-vely. The first slgn of Peter fist if they didnrt. Afttsr consultation, weaker field than last year started I,Ieirrs poor form was h1s loss to Stor- the organisers moved the whole audience theLr clocks. Ihe flrst round produced chenegger, rated 300 points be1ow. back several rows. Meanwhile Korchnoi no surprises except that highly rated Round three brought the two halves

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T of the field together agaln with pre- RxeS Kxe8 31 Kez Kd7 32 h5 95 33 Nd5 ilictable results. The top 14 players all Ke6 34 t3 h6 35 a4 f5, >2 : 17. CAN YOU SEE THE COMBINATIONS? won except for Steadman and Storcheneg- B:H:P.Marsick B.R.Watson, Modern ger who dreu with each other. Thls left - Def: Solutions on page 120 Sarapu, Green and Jensen a clear point Le496 2d,4Bg7 3Nc3c6 4t4d5 5 ahead of the field and one or two of e5 h5 6 Nf3 Bg4 7 Be3 Nh6 8 Be2 Nf5 these players surely had to core first. 9 BfZ e6 10 Qd2 Nd7 1I 0-0 BfS 12 NdI 13 Thus Kai and Ortvln took a quick draw b5 c3 a5 14 Ne3 }ixe3 15 Qxe3 Be7 16 rsh11e Green beat Storchenegger. It was b3 Nb5 17 h3 Bxf3 18 Qxf3 h4 19 c4 easy Eo calculate that ln the last bxc4 20 bxc4 0-0? 21 c5 Nd7 22 Qg4 round Sarapu would meet Green but Jen- Nb8 23 Bd3 Kh7 24 Be3 Rh8 25 f5 exf5 26 seD someone weaker. Weir could only Bxf5 Rg8 27 Qh5+, I : 0, draw against M.Scott who, to be falro was of unexpected strength, Meanwhlle players 5 to 9 all won, thus bringing %%% then within a nose of sharing prize w%a., money . LOCAL NEWS In the event, Sarapu and Green had a ffi,r%z,;_'%: dlfflcult draw wh11e Jensen beat Brim- In the August issue we gave Xhe brief t//z b1e allowlng Green and Jensen to share scores ot the CANTERBURY CLUBTS 40-40 tz/, fftst pxize ($75 each) just as in 1976. T0URNAMENT, plased 27/28 Mas. vernon Sarapu was relegated to third equal with SmaL7's foTTowing reprt was, unfortu- Marsick (who had beaten Watson) and nateTg, not received in time . IGtge who had won agalnst l{eir (a cllsmal No.l l,lhLte to uove No,2 llhite to move game it was tool). tr'ollowing the success of the Upper Grade prizes ($30 each) were won by Ilutt Chess Clubrs 40-40 tournament, M.Brinble, T.Putt and Il.Scott. Canterbury decided to spend its modest A1l-in-al1 a good, well-run tourna- account 1abel1ed "tournaments" on a ment but the fast tire lin1t and patchy si-milar venture, It r"7as resolved to hold "rub\% IE play by most players precluded nuch an eight round tournament with 5 rounds 'wtt chess being played. on the Saturday and 3 on the Sunday. , "lntel1lgent" Being almost a last minute decision, it 0.Sarapu - M.Scott,'Petroff Defence: was necessary to hold the tournament in I e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d3 Nc6 4 BeZ d6 the club rooms so no great amount of %t% 5 c3 Be7 6 Nbd2 0-0 7 h6 I NfI effort was /l/t, 1 Qc2 made to draw ln the rank and '//./.4,/, t 3z Be6 9 Ng3 d5 I0 Be3 Ng4 ll Bd2 d.4 file members of non-club as Upper Hutt "ru, "t'/Z 12 h3 Nf6 13 cxd4 exd4 14 0-0 a5 15 do so successfully. 71, a3 a4 16 RaeI Qd7 17 Nh2 Na5 18 f4 In recent years, Canterburyrs problems ,"' ,t ist ,1'/.//,t t: Bb3 19 Qcl c5 ZO t5 Bd6 2I Rf3 Nc6 in chess have stemed not from a lack of Y.i \ Afr tuH e' 22 Bxh6 gxh6 23 Qxh6 Ne5 24 Qe5+ WJ strong players, but from the fact that 25 Rf4 Ng6 26 fxg6+ fxg6 27 Rh4+ Kg7 for various reasons many of the best 28 Nf5+ Kf7 29 Nxd6+ Qxd6 30 e5, I:0. players are not active. It was hoped thaf the No.3 h,hite to move move D.Shead - E.M.Green, : weekend format would make the tourna- No.4 White to 4g3Bg7 ment avallable to those who find diffi- 1e4c5 2d3Nc6 3Nf396 culty getting 5 Bg2 d,6 6 0-0 e5 7 Nbd2 NgeT 8 Re1 time off work and that the fast tlme 1lnit would the blow of I] 0-0 9 Nfl h6 10 Ne3 Be6 11 h4 f5 12 lessen a shortening the pain. exf5 gxf5 13 Nh2 f4 14 Nefl 15 "come-backttvhlle Tru Qd7 In this regard the venture achieved its Al 94 Ng6 16 Nxh4 17 gxh6 Nxg2 18 , 7/r,L''ffi. 95 o Kxg2 Bd5+ 19 Kgl Nd4 20 Nd2 f3 2! obj eetives . '''%.t: (, Ne4Qh3,0:1. Out of the woodrrork came Bruce Ander- ru /\ h,%, , son (who looked like disappearing again "'%. .ru, Defence: t ././/,rr/r. ,t///./:/ 1h, 0.Sarapu - E.M.Green, Sicilian after Congress), ex-South Island champi- '.,,4,,/:, ",%1,,//.7/2/ % I e4 c5 2 Ne2 e6 3 Nbc3 Nc6 4 93 Nf6 ons Hall and Wllklnson, ex-Canterbury ..:::r.t/l , '::///lZ ., ,L"/ru 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 d3 d5 8 exd5 ehmpion J.Knegt and rare visltors to ;./:./lrr/.//l 'a/./////, % , exd5 9 Nf4 d4 10 Ncd5 Nxrl5 1I Nxd5 tournaments Peter f'raemohs and Bruce :t%rLT '), Be6 12 Nf4 Bd7 13 3d2 Bd6 14 c4 Ne7 Gloisteln. A strong'contingent from Dun- . L:VZt% 1.5 b4 Bc6 16 bxc5 Bxc5 17 Qg4 Bxg2 edin comprising Phllip Paris, Tony Love Kl ,, "'t%rt,, '''''''' t I ' 18 Kxg2 Qc8 19 QxcS RaxcS 20 Rabl b6 and Davj.d Weegenaar, Ilokitikars Dennis %w''ei'-t q. ///////l % 21 Rfel RfeS 22 Re2 Nc6 23 Rbel Rxe2 Pfahlert and nystery Wellingtonian Roy E% 24 RzeZ f6 25 h4 Kf7 26 BcL 96 27 Hillj-ard made up the out-of-town group. Bb2 Ne5 28 Be4 Re8 29 KfI Nc6 30 Contd on page 772 No,5 I,Ihite to move No.6 Black to move 106 2l Carpinter B.A. WeTTingxon L27 W38 W35 L7 D18 2\ Record Entry 1n DB 4o--4o/ 22 Bell C. WeLTington L6 I^I34 w20 L14 LI3 Z. t4 23 0 rCallatun R.M. WeTTingxon I^I35 LL7 N27 L4 L8 2 Report: PauI Spiller 24 McLaren L, Wel-Tingxon I,I31 Ll L5 W39 L16 2 13 .5 25 Cowan C. WeTTington L10 W33 L15 W32 L20 2 13 2 t2,5 A new attendance only four players (Sna11, Deben' f'enetl- 26 Spiller T. WelLington r,r19 Lll L9 W34 L30 2 72.5 record was set in July when 155 chess dis and Jensen) remalned on fu11 polnts 27 Sarfati J. WeTTington w21 L3 L23 L16 I{34 2 IZ eEthusiasts packed into the Upper ltrutt hence round four saw Sna11 playing Fene- 28 Adans D. WefTington Ll1 W36 W16 Ll2 Ll7 2 t2 Clvlc IIal1 to compete in the 1978 rldis and Deben playing Jensen. Feneri- 29 Clark D. WelTinqton Lt7 LI6 W36 W31 L19 Donini-on Breweries 40-40 Tournanent, dis inerplleabLy gave away a pawn after 30 llenkel II. WeTTington L8 L7 W39 L19 W37 2 11 As a newcomer to the event I was most wtrich he never recovered whl1e Jeosen 31 Kay J.B. WeTTington L24 W39 L4 L29 w35 2 10 impressed with the effieiency of the fe1l lnLo a well-known but nevertheless 32 Johnston A. WelTington L 15 L5 I,I37 L25 Bye Z 10 tournameflt staff in handling such a devious trap in the Ruy Lopez and re- 33 Shuker R. WeTTingtan LfZ L25 Bye L18 W36 2 9 1 1n"5 large nr:mber of chess players and by the signed after 13 moves. Snal1 and Deben I 34 Baran P. WeTTingtan L9 L22 W38 L26 L27 1 10 .5 courtesy aod hospltality extended by the halved the polnt in round flve to 35 Ramsay W. WeTLingxon L23 I[37 Lzl L20 L31 1 l0 Upper Hutt club to the competitors - for beeome joi-nt wlnners. 36 Ferguson R. WeTTington Lr4 L28 L29 W38 L33 1 9.5 those players who have not yet coEpeted I 37 Grainer J. WeTTington L2 L35 L32 Bye L30 Two gmes: 38 Ilaapu S. Snr Wanganui Ll3 Lzr L34 L36 W39 1 1.5 in this tournaoent, the UpPer llutt club Ruy e5 B.Deben - K.Jensen, Lopez: r e4 39 Lindsay C. Levin L18 L19 L33 L37 L32 0 put on an excellent norning tea, lunch 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 charge. 40 Knegt K. WeTTington f--0 and afternoon tea free of Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 0-0 8 d4 Nxd4 9 The large number of entrles meant BxfT+ RxfT 10 Nxe5 Ne6 11 NxfT KxfT had to be divided G. that the tournament 12 e5 Ne8 13 Qf3+, I : 0. The B Grade was dominated by the two C Grade, sectlon 2 scores: 1-2 lnto different grades: A, B and lwo C WeLlington Juniors Mark Noble and Peter Aldridge & R.Fraser th; 3-6 R.Baker, grades. This had the effect of splitting V.A.SmaII - A.Feneridis, Gr[.infeld: Collins who tled for first after drawing 0.tr'orster, A.Ker & T.Worthlngton 4; the prize mney more evenly throughout & 9-18 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 93 d5 3 Bs2 96 4 0-0 Bg7 thelr individual game in the last round. 7-8 A.Aldridge D.Scott 3kt the competitors and also of avoiding 5 d4 0-0 6 c4 c6 7 b3 Bg4 8 Ne5 Bf5 Scores: 1-2 M.Noble & P.Co1lins 4L; 3- T.Ba11, H,Becker, J.Burt, T.But1er, B. mu1t1p1e ties as occurred in last yearrs 9 Nc3 Be6 10 Bbz NbdT 11 RcI Nb6 Lz 6 M.Brdjanovic, 0.Jones, S.Jones & K.Me Craigle, M.Edwards, .A.Grkow, D.Ilaak, J. for Ilolden & T.Boswell, Wlnstone Tournament exmple, cxd5 Nfxd5 13 Nxd5 cxd5 14 Qd2 Nd7 crath 4; 7-8 F.tr'oster & S.Eaapu Jnr 3%; P.Turner 3; 19-29 The A Grade was larger and stronger 15 Nd3 Bf5? 16 Bxd5 Rb8 17 Bg2 Nf6 9-17 M.T.Brlmble, P.Cunninghan, A.Drake, M.Cooper, S.Ede, J.tr'argher, G.Grant, A. than in previous years owing to the Flower, R.IIenry, M.Lewis, II. 18 Ne5 Ne4 19 Qe3 Nd6 20 Rc5 Be6 2I G.C.Flower, C.l'raser, W.K.IloJ-lis, D. R.Hill-iard, presence of players from Nelson & P.Doms lk; "lmported" Qd2 Rc8 22 Rfcl f6 23 Nd3 Rxc5 24 Keith, C.Van Oeveren & W'Winter 3; 18- J.Ridge 2; 30 Auckland and Christchureh. The first two Nxc5 Bc8 25 Bd5+ KI18 26 Ne6 Bxe5 27 23 L.Carline, G.Erost, D.Katrak, R.[in- 31-35 M.Mclaren, C,Mil1er, D.orConnor, much nearly A. rounds went as expected with Bxe6 Qb6 28 d5 Rd8 29 Bd,4 Qa6 3O a4 nJ-s, S,severlnsen & G.Ter Hoxst 2!4; C.Robinson & N.Sandiford 1; 36 all the top rated players winning. The Hewer 37-38 M.Dunningham & P.Rlch h5 31 Qe3 b6 32 Rc7 Bf8 33 RxeT Bg7 24-31 A.Allsobrook, J.Baker' L.Castegren, 'Z; exceptlon was Aucklander Robert Smith 34 Bxf6 Nf7 35 BxgT+ Kh7 36 Rxf7, J.IIar!1ey, J.IIof steede, S.Mailen, A. 0. who suffered at the hands of talented C. 1 : 0. Prlce & I.P.Stinson 2; 32-33 D.Be11 & Loh of Weltington. After three rounds 112; 34-37 W.Anderson, S. G,sowerbutts UEqUE UEEIEI! qlEI IqIBIAIEU Earle, L.Jones & J.Rickit I; 38-39 A. ru Player City R. I R.2 R.3 R.4 R.5 Tr1 S0S Gemell & A.Grant 0. 21-23 0ctober 1978, Tawa 1 Sm11 V.A. Christehurch W16 tt24 w13 I^r3 D2 4t-i 16.5 jointlY The C Grade, section 1 was Sponsored by FLETCEER TIMBER, TAWA 2 Deben B. WeTTington W37 w4 w10 I^Ill Dl 4\ 15 .5 won by local players J.Middleton and D. jol-ntly by 0rganised by Tawa Chess Club 3 tr'eneridls A. WelTington 1i7 w27 I{12 Ll W14 4 16 Paul uhil-e section 2 was won 4 Loh C. WelTington W5 L2 r^I31 W23 W10 4 15.5 Aucklander R.I'raser and lJellingtonian * 5 Smith R.W. AuckJand L4 w32 W24 W8 W12 4 t4.5 G.AJ-dridge . Guaranteed flrst prizes for A Grade & 6 Evans M. WeTTington W22 DI8 DL4 WI3 WIl 4 t4 Section 1 scores: 1-2 J.Ititldl-eton & B Grade of & $50 respectively. .l- D.Pall 4lz; 3-7 B.CLay, T,tr'ernando, II. $100 7 Roberts M.Il. wefTington L3 r^r30 I1r19 w21 D9 15 Gregson, P.King & W.Munto 4; 8-9 K. 3!a t4 o Cordue P.L. WeTTinqton W30 D14 W18 L5 W23 ) Chandler & A.Kutt 3L; 10-19 I'.Cook' A. Special tournament for juniors up to 31.a 12.5 9 Jackson J.R. Christchurch W34 L13 W26 W15 D7 N.Eignett, R.McLean, L.lGek, R.Mltehell' 14 years old. 10 Green P.R. WeTTington l{25 I^I15 L2 W17 L4 3 16.5 B.Nerun, J.Phil1ips, P.Reid, M.Sims & EORMAT: 6 round Swiss, 36 noves/It hrs. I1 Jensen K. EafriTxon W28 w26 w17 L2 L6 3 15 .5 ] Sinclair 3; 20-23 P.D.Corbett' C' t2 Beaeh D.O. WeTTington W33 w20 L3 W28 15 3 15 Fenerid.is, S.I{ancewicz & B.Southgate 2l; ENTRY FEES: A Grade, $8.00; B Grade, 13 Poole W. Wel-Tington W38 lr9 Ll L6 W22 3 15 24-33 J.Blaikl-e, E.Boekholt, P.Chin, R. $o.oo; Junlors, g2,oo. I4 Metge J.N. AuckTand W36 D8 D6 W22 L3 3 A.s Clover, M.Jenkins, P.I{i1lmn, A.Plater, Closing date is 14 October - late 3 12.5 15 Bennett Il.P. Eamilxon W3Z L10 \t25 L9 WZ6 R.Routledge, & M.Staples 2; entries accepted for $2.00 extra. L2.5 B.Scott t6 Nysse J. Weflington Ll wzg L28 W27 W24 3 34-35 J.Kirkpatrick & K.Sims 1!; 36- Some accom. available wlth TCC menbers. t7 Spll1er P.S. AuckTand w29 w23 Lll L10 W28 3 L2 41 M.Brabmder, R.Eortune, T,Ilughes, - DzL 3 L2 Eor more info & entry: PhiliP C1ark, 18 Goodhall D.N.A. weTTington lI40* D5 L8 W33 E.Symans, T,Te Awa Arre & C.Webber 1; 3 9.5 54 The Drive, Tawa. ?hone: TAWA 6107. 19 Frankel Z, WeTTinqton L26 Bye L7 w30 W29 42 D.Fusse1l 0, 20 Lynn K.W. Rotorua W39 Ltz LZZ W35 1t25 3 8

108 sth WINSTONE TOURNAMENT STAUNTON PATTERN CHESS SETS BY PETER STUART W00DEN, as used at Nice OJ-ympiad - polished, This tournment was played over the round flve - until the latter over- welghted, felted, in weekend of 2-3 Septenber. Follorf,ing the stepped the tlme linit with four noves hinBed presentation box" King 1977 event which featured the usual to go, height 9 cm (3%"). Price: $30. crop of anomalous results ioherent in Robett Smith conceded a draw to Tom large Swisses of few rounds, the North Stonehouse in round two and then lron PLASTIC - weighted and felted, King Shore club declded to try a trtro-tourna- agalnst Spiller. ilis round four win height 9l cn" ldo fancy packing ment fornat as i.s customarily used in agalnst Garbett rras one of the best ' '. " but price only 1q6,00. Wellingtonrs main tournaments. Wlth no garnes of the tournarent. The draw with Ideal for scho'r-I,/ciub use - recent experience ln Auckland of such Sarapu courpleted Robertrs 4 points. special price for lil or more, event6, the organlsers had to play Peter I,Ieir had a slightly easier $ 5 .0,1 each . thlngs by ear to some extent - the route, starting with wlns over Trundle players, too, aTere sometimes unsure and lJhltehouse before losiog Green, Please add 50c per s.ri:r !,ir postaBe & to j?ostage ufiich grade to enter, but only a llttle IIe than beat Marsick but ha

1 CHESS & POLITICS R.l R.2 R.3 R.4 R.5 T'1 ORTVIN SARAPU could rWhat 1 SEith R.W. Waitemata W17 D7 D3 4 16 .One ask, has chess to do noi is the r{14 w6 with po11ttcs, first slnce 1927 where draws 2 Jensen K. flatuilton L9 I^I5 4 I5.5 or politics with chess?'l do not w22 I,I7 W8 lhey count; the first tc win 6 games 3 Sarapu 0. North Shore w18 wll Dl 4 15 .5 are two completely different is the w9 D5 things match winner. To give the cham- 4 Weir I.B. North Shore I.I10 w9 4 13 .5 and should have no connection. pion a w23 L5 I^I19 It similar advantage over the chal- is, unfortunately, not so. lenge-r, Fischer proposed 5 Green E.M. Howick-Pakuranga W28 wlz w4 D3 L2 3\ I6 In that the cham- the last ten or Eore years, pion should have, if he 6 Garbett P.A. NorXh Shore WI3 w19 D8 Ll Wlo 34 r5 .5 pollties have popped loses, a retqrn up into chess with uutch inside a year. Karpav and Korch- 1 Stonehouse T.II. Auckland W26 Dl L2 W12 . 1^115 3\ I5 alarming regulari.ty and with bad conse_ noi also have to be tharkfll to Fischer 8 Polrer P .W. North shore W27 I,J15 D6 L2 WI4 31 13.5 quences for chess. Many chess events have for upgrading the prizr: !.rj,rrrv ior the 9 I,I€tge J .N. Auck.Universitg W29 L4 3 14,5 been dlsrupted or cancelled on w2 13 w20 polltical lalorld Chanpionship. Nevo:: .tlrain need a t0 Whitehouse L.E. Hamilton W20 L4 L5 3 13.5 grounds. FIDE (World Chess r+orld jn W28 Wll Federation), champicn die ;rcr+ri. like ll Taylor R. I{okick-Pakuranga W21 L3 w18 L10 W20 3 13 formed in 1924, was to Steinit:,, fogter international r2 ldataga P.A. AuckJ-and W30 L5 W27 L7 WI8 3 10 .5 chess and now runs There ar<-, many exaurirles nf poLi.tics al1 Worltl Champlonshlps (for 13 Roundill R.L. Norxh ShoEe L6 D25 D24 W27 !,r19 J 10 men, interleriug ir elress .,.,j pli.vc;.t inf, r{omen, Eems and juniors) as well as i hess L4 Spiller P.S. Auckland D24 WI5, LI W25 L8 nL I3.5 players I rotr f, LJri )ts (,ltess, Just other events. EIDETs motto of cens \lna to name 15 Johnstone R.B. Nort-h Shore D16 L7 2\ 13 t'We some; at the_ L)lInpiad at Lr4 r.{17 W22 .Suros means are one peoplert. It is 1968, 16 Ilensnan P.J. North shore D15 Wzl ztt 1t GM Pactrman ref,used to play against L8 L25 W26 the 17 Ilenderson A.J. North Shore Ll D26 L15 W29 til25 2\ 10 Soviet Union ream because of the miliLary intervention and occuoation of 18 Bennett II.P. HamiTton L3 wzt Lll W24 LIz 2 r4 (lzechoslovakia at the time; at the 19 Marslck B.II.P. Auckiand lf25 L6 W22 L4 L13 2 t4 Olynpiad in Siegr:n 1970, Albania d.id. not 20 Reld A. Upper Eutt L10 w23 w26 L9 Lll 2 12.5 turn up to play South r\frlca, i_hus (ie_ 2t Price A. Upper Hutt Lll L18 W23 W28 L16 2 10 .5 faulting 4:0 this result pre_ troy all, if it - in the 22 Evans D.J. Nort)t Shore L2 w29 L19 L15 fi27 2 10 continues to interfere. I ininaries put Sorir-h Airica one gr.d. ,p 23 Trundle G.E. AuckJ.and L4 L20 L2l r,r30 I^I28 2 9.5 FIDE did trEke a correct declsion and New Zealand one when it declared 6;rade donrn for the 24 Lannie R.M. North Shore D14 L27 D13 L18 W29 2 9 that it would go on finalsl Also scme teams have refused to organising chess events without taking play against , 25 Shead D.B. North Shoxe LI9 D13 W16 Lr4 Lr7 lL4 t2.5 any notlce distorting score of polltical . If tables. One European Zonal 26 Carter G. Upper Hutt L7 DL7 L20 L16 W30 ll4 11 some players tournament are not allowed to particl_ held in was affected bv the with- 27 L22 1 13 .5 pate i.n some countries Veldhuizen J. Tokoroa L8 w24 Llz L13 or against some drawal oI sevcrdI players, Ehe reason 1 I1 players on political 28 Lanb P. Uppex flutt L5 w30 L10 L2I L23 grounds, then they being that eight Basque terrorisEsr or have to take it up wlth their own Fede- 29 Steel R.G. North Shore L9 L17 L24 "freedom fi.ghters", had been executed L22 D30 \to rations or Goverments to reetify 30 Spencer-Snith P.A. Nortb shore LLZ L28 D29 L23 L26 r-z 8 the shortly before. The FIDE Congress at trEtter - or ulss out through non parti_ Nice 1974 suspended cipation. Rhodesia and South Africa on political grounds - |ne 1976 In the B Grade event, Alan Grace ran M.Austin 3L points; 12-17 R.A,McDon- Now that Prof.Dr I"Iax Euwe is planning Congress in Haifa to presidency re-admitted them but up four stralght wlns to lead by a half ald, M.K.Morrj-son, T.Costello, Miss K. retire from the FIDE at this decision was reversed the FIDE at a further polnt froE Terry OrConnor and StepheD McCarthy, S,C.Martin & A.R.Blackwood 3; Congress in Buenos Aires later meeting in ).977 which ended in a walkout OrconD.or 18-23 E.G.Brightwe11, R.McCor- this year, it is MoratEl, In the last round and M.Rogers, very important for his by some western nations. The l97B Con- Grace drew after only 22 moves but, in mick, R.G.Watt, W.H.Dick & M.Garland 2L; successor to separate chess from poli_ gress in Buenos Aires may well have Ehe losing to John Vermeer, Morattl was not 24-32 ?.Van der Mey, B.Newuan, G.Moffat, tics, or 1et chess be split into East sme proble-m on the agenda again. One able to capitalLse on thl-s. OrCornor and M.Klng, C.G.Robbie' M.J.Verhoeff, Itlrs D. and West. only hopes that the Congress will have Vercer, Pomeroy, J.Brlghtwel1, M.Veldhuizen & P.Chin 2; Itte L974 FIDE together with Davld Congress at Nice chess players as representatives of the the 33-36 R.G,Wi11iams, L.S1m- received Alan Drake and Brlan Wlnsor, shared D.Thornton, a telegram from then Lrorld chess federations and not government prizes. Un- mans & G.M.Jones 111; 37-41 A.J . Champlon ninor lllnsor also won the Miss Robert Fischer who, anong other appointed politicians who put politics Taged. prLze. Meader, N.NerilDan, E.Lock, T.Glynn & J. things, sald that chess should be above before chess to win some political There J. K.Boyd 1 point. politics. IIow followed: 7-11 S.C.Moratti, ** right he was, is now very points for their careers. Bojtor, Ms W.R.Stretch, L.P.Grevers & ?. c1ear. Fischerts ideas have been gradu_ It is only natural players a1ly accepted that some by I'IDE. Just to name soEe will ignore the politiclans, In 1962 an of his contributions: Fischer protested international LOCAL NEWS contd from p.106 As it turned out, eight rounds was about tournament was organised candidate tournaments, claiming in and Fischer was invited play. perhaps longer than necessary, slnce team to work from players of the same coun- At the tifle relations between Conbined with the entries of Vernon most of the important pairings had been try the format Cuba and junlors - was changed to candid.ate the United States uere strained. Snall and Jon Jackson, 'kicious" mde hy round six. The two New Zealand matches. Fischer also protested Wamick Norton, Giles Bates md Andrew repreaentatlves Snall and Anderson that a Fischer sent a telegram to Castro asking World Chmpionship mtch could be won by him to give his personal Lloyd, and the o1d lrar-horse hinself, fLnally emerged as vi.ctors with 7/8. a single Fin guarantee that ("screamin?") with the. rest of the gms his participation in the tournament Arie Nijnan, whoever won Contd on page 774 drawn - the preseEt uatch the prize money was golng to earn it. Karpov v-Korch_ would noE be used as political propa-

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I was Lovers first win, avail- Just recaPPiog the leadlng scorers: gand.a the USA. Castro obliged Ehe relatively meagre funds rnde against V,A.Sua11 & B,R.Anderson 7; J.Jackson A.J.Love - J.Adams, Sicilian: I e4 c5 the US State DePartment stepPed able to the New Zealand Chess Assocla- but then that 5!; P.O.Paris, A.L'Wilklnson & J'Kaegt 2 d,4 cxd,4 3 c3 dxc3 4 Nxc3 Nc6 5 Nf3 in and refused to give tr'tscher a Permlt tion or chess in general. No wonder W.Norton 5; G.Ea1l, A.J.love, A.Nijmn' d6 6 Bc4 e6 7 0-0 Nf6 (7...wse7 B go to Cuba. Elscher then played all NZ 0lympiad team members this year will * to their & A.Lloyd 4t. Bg5 h6 9 Bh4 a6 70 Bg3 Ng6 is tlte tris games from New York by telephone have to find the greater part of ' hand, *** min aTternative) 8 Be7 9 Rdl Bd7 Then there 1s the case of GM Ludek fares to Argentina. 0n the other Qe2 exPenses (rcre usua-l is 9. . .e5) lO Bf 4 (ECo Pachnan who rilas allowed to leaver or who 1s better off? A11 Your weekend an Otago but do At Queen's Blrthday gives 70 Bg5 C-O 77 BxfS gxf,6 72 Nb5 ;expelled from, Czechoslovakla to live in paitl by the Department of Sport, match way tea[ travelled up to Ttnaru for a 73 Rd3 viXh advanxage) 10",,c5 1l Gernnny followlng his polLtical lohat you are told - or Pay your oun Qbs tr{est over tso rounds on slx boards: Be3 a6 13 h3 Bli5 14 Rd2 ln the Dubcek era. An inter- with nobody dictating what you do or Bg5 Bg4 72 activitles b5 15 Bb3 Na5? ! (,a-tac;< sltl;tl,7 ccmplete tournament in Solingen was say? national far TluaBq 0TAG0 his deveTopment: before saati:ilig queen- nearly rulned wtren Spassky, ?olugaevsky The present NZCA of 1978 trs so and I hope lt S Ir., D,Ireegenaar o\ side pTag) lrr g4 B96 ii N:3-5 !ixb3 18 anro e-g. f) 2f Oxb5 Rxat5 2) Qxa6 Q{:7: 23 withdresr to save the event. tand l_1_ 24 ltd3 Bd5; 2) 2i ltxa9 QxaB Bent Larsenr who wrote an article on tourmment here with good prlze money' 5 I 'Morris ''+1 R.Strickett '{2 Qc4 Qb7 prlorities should be (L.Jankowski 1 22 Nd7 Rd9 23 Nb6 ?c6; 3) 27 tsb6 QcB chess and politics it 1974, points out To put it bluntly, - " M. Forresr 01 chess 6 22 RxaS =, or here 22 Ra1? trlxa] 23 a few 11logical facts. The Sol-ingen put in the right order: chess and i;:;;;;;;" o QxaS bxa3 dxe5 24 Qxe4 Qcl+ with advantage was tron by Polugaevsky and pl-"y"t" flrst, organisers and federatlon 6 tournament 6 to Black) 21 Ba7 22 23 Kavalek the latter was also ex-Czech- s..ontl, and polltics, if at all' lastl Qc8 Qxe4 Qxa6 - Nc6 Rb7 24 ReZz. (.Qtticker was 24 Rxd6! oslovakian aod elefecte

I 19 M.K,Morrison l:0 A.R.Blackwood Evans Beached ! In these early days of the b11tz, i4 0-0-0 Qxe3 when White has Ehe betrer 20 P.Spencer-Snith I : 0 A.Gibson David found conaolation in ny pigheaded of a drawish position, Maxch fever seers to have caught on persistence with the tr'our Parsns Attack 146 14 Nxd4 in WeTlington. Mark Evans describes the against Alekhinets Defence. Consistent- Qh5 *** Not 14.". 15 0-0-.0:, -Zatest. Iy out-prepared, I trotted along dutl- Qxg2 nor llr.,. r fully for the odd-nunbered gares to get Qxc4 1-5 Bd3. Erom We1l1ngton, nem of a new c1ub, In Wellington matches betrreen lndl- TAWA. ny head lopped off, e.g. rhe 5rh: Bc2 Bc5 Meanwhlle the Welli.ngton North viduals are becoming a popular supple- i5 Nf6 16 Kfl Chess has gone out of existence The king move, which Club ment to lhe usual tournaments and te,,D M.Evans - D.0.Beach (5), Alekhine Def: was more or less after a few years of llfe the Tawa forced, invited preaty, - mtches. Tin Spiller and Ross Bloore I e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nb6 4'd4 d6 the though naive, Chess most of 16...Ng4 17 Nxh2+? Club apparently inherited recently battled themselves to a stand- 5 f4 dxe5 6 fxe5 Bf5 7 Nc3 e6 8 Nf3 Qh3 dbetter 1V ... the guaran- J.e g1(h3 old clubrs equlpment, thus stiI1 with 3 draws and L wln apiece, Nc6 9 Be3 10 Nh4? (a stupid idea Qxh3 Nes) iB RxLS Itxh3 19 teelng a good start. Qd7 Rxh3 regaining the cu+ru Lrith a material David Beach and the writer likewise badLg executed) 0-0-0 11 c5 Nd5 12 The new club held a Chessalhon on I/2 plrrs. Blackrs reply prnv,rnts i7 and decided to slog it out and agreed the Nxf5 exf5 13 Bf2 Nf4l 14 Ne6! 15 Qg5 July and raised just over for the 93 prepares f or i:ry.cilin;! eilher $500 wlnner would be the first to win 5 games d5 Nxc5 16 Bb5 Qe7 17 0-0 Nxe5 18 b4 -l-ines ,.. SPTV Telethon. Ng4 cr ar, exchange ,:r- c.ir lolloued by a from a maxlnun of 12: Ne4 19 Nxe4 fxe4 20 Bc5? Qg5 2L BxaT Ihe Clubrs flrst (eight round) tour- queen on e2. ',{:i rjh his net(t, tr{hite Rxd5 22 Qa4 Rxb5 23 Bc5 Rxc5 24 Radl nament was won by schoolboy Russell Beach 0010LI04LL 51 obyiares both possibii-jti€rs! prepares Bd6 25 bxc5 Bxe5* 26 l(hl Kb8 27 Rd5 to points. The Evans 1101001L00 4'4 Dive with a possible 8 Bb6 28 f6 1 53. connecE rooks and" sn the dibit side, puEs Qxe4 .... 0 : in Tawa club, incidently out what is Lots of fun where draws gave way to expose-s his rump alang gL-al, probably the best club bulletin in Ners Why did I lose? Durlng the g.rme, my bloody viol-ence spieed with mutual in- t7 Bh3: Zea].and.. adversary would frequently sneak away f3 *** conpetence. Play consequeotly deterio- Black completes his development. rated/elevated lnto a free-for-a1l of from the board in order, I suspect, to consume quantlties of blueberry yoghurt. 18 Bc3 RadS rhe 1e78 HUTT VALLEY & WAINUI0MATA rollieking attacks, swindles, blunders Meanwhile a pait of beady eyes would The first INTERI,IEDIATE SCHO0LS Tournament was won and whimsies. As always in real l1fe, of selen successive rook affix my cranium w-ith a black and m1e- moves (of overall by Ratoa $it}j, 22 pts, followed the good guy lost - a result whLch sur- varying nerit), each with a volent gaze. Ihese baleful orbs, I threat, in by Naenae 20, Eutt 18L, Tawa 16lr, St. prised no-one except the rdriter who con- this case 19".. Bxd4 20 discovered, belonged to the skul1 of Dr Bxd4 Rxd4l 2l (22 11, Ilutt 9'-i., siders it the big$est upset since Qxd4 Qxf3+ 22 Ket Bernards 13!, ?arkway "8" Voprak, bottlewasher from Taita 9, llainui 8. Buenos Alres 1927. a sloe-toed Qf2 Bxs2+!) Re8+ 2-l Kd2 Re2+ 24 Kct the child psychology unit at Eketahuna Rxcz+l 25 Kxc2 tsf5* (26 The H,V,I.S. Trophy was won by Nae- It came to pass that David, 3-1 down 26 Kcl Kd2 devious tactlcs whlch account for my 27 Kc3 c5!) 27 28 nae as Raroa (& Tawa) r{ras invlted to from four ganes, looked to be knackered. - Qxq2+ Qxg? Qdl Qe4 further loss in the 6th game, otherwise b3 Z9 Kd,Z compete only after non-entry of the 4th gme was typical: Qe5 Qd4+ 30 Kel Qe3+ 3I Qe2 Ehe the most eojoyable of the rnatch. 32 regulars I'Iaidstone and I'ergusson. The Qc3* tf2 Ne4+ 33 Kg2 Bh3+ 34 Kgl 35 event was organised by R.S.Teece. Qxal+ Qf 1 Qxf 1 mtel A computer D.O.BEACH M.EVAN5 nright work this out with subvariatious *** Richter-Veresov Attack in less than a minute, but there are ,:tr sone f'or the flrst tine in nany years the lines a human can dismiss instant- I Nc3 d5 1y without sweat. Clvic Chess Club failed to win a single fn contrast to his black fiption with event in tire WELLINGTON INTERCLUB com- Alekhiners Defence, Davld as hrhite L9 Rdl RfeB 20 Qf4 Re5? petition, despite the fact that they played varlously 1 Nf3, L e4 or I f4, It was time to recant and either unsac- had eight teaEs participating. The not to mention the obecenity above. rifice himself uith 20,..Bc8 or continue Wellj-ngton Chess Club's 'Ar team of tactically 20 ,,. Bxd4 2I Bxd4l Rxd4l 2 d4 Nf6 3 Bg5 NbdT c6 Deben, Poole, Carplnter and Loh won the 4 Qd3 (not 27 -.- Bxg2+ 22 Kxg2 Re2+ 23 Bf2) Alburt TaI (40tb USSR Chrp) went A-grade tournment on countback from - 22 Rxd4 BxgZ+ 23 Kxg? Re2+ (rith good lnterestlngly 6 Civic I. 4 f3 c6 5 e4 dxe4 accident compo in either event. Scores, Wellington & Clvic fxe4 e5 I 7

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