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30th Waitakere Licensing Trust Chess Open Kl6 48.8h5 txe4+ 49.Kxe4 Bf5+ 50.Ke3 Kg5 32.Be5 Ng7 33.g4 Nxd5 34.cxd5 Qxh4 by FM Bob Smith 51.B13 h3 0-1 35.Kg2 f5 36.893 Qe7 37.gxf5 gxt5 38.Bd6 Round Two Qg5+ 39.Kh2 Rf6 40.Rg1 Qh5 4l.Ra8+ 1-0 The 30th edition of New Zealand'sprernier lar, and a good field of I 15 players turned out Smith's sacrifice against Gino Thomton was weekender continued the tradition ofoffering on June 2. only good enough for an unclear position, but Taylor,R - Chen,B highly attractive conditions and prize-money. True, some regular healyweights chose Dune- Thomton almost immediately blundered and 1.e4 c5 2.N13 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Ntb 5.Bd3 The Waitakere Licensing Trust Open has din instead to pay their respects to Richard, but had to resign. Nc6 6.Be3 d5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd7 9.14 Ba6 eamed such a good reputation that entries the field for the 'A' toumament was still fairly Mclaren-Antonio Krstev was an interesting 10.0-0 Bxd3 ll.Qxd3 c5 12.Nd2 c4 13.Qe2 regularly 100 and players top come from all strong. clash, with Mclaren "winning" Krstev's queen Nc5 14.QI2 Qc7 15.Bd4 Be7 16.Rae1 0-0-0 round the country to take part. Top seed was FM Bob Smith, who had the but being unable to win the resulting unbal- 17.Kh1 h5 18.b3 cxb3 19.axb3 16 20.b4 Nd7 One ofthe key features is carpeted sound- usual drawback of being the toumament or- anced position. 2l.exf6 gxf6 22.Rxe6 Bxb4 23.Ra6 Nc5 proof plalng rooms, with an analysis room ganiser, but had recently had a stand-out result The upset of the round was Forster's good win 24.Raal Bxd2 25.Qxd2 Rhg8 26.Qe3 Qg7 down the hall where players can let offsteam at the Oceania Zonal. over John Zhang,while Richard Taylor cele- 27.g3 Nb7 28.Rxa7 Rge8 29.Qb3 Rd6 after their games and not be heard at all. 2006 Olympiad rep. Mike Steadman was brated his first attempt at the 'A' Tournament 30.Ra8+ Kc7 31.Rxe8 Qd7 32.Rfel Qh3 This, combined with splitting the event into ranked second, followed by Leonard Mclaren. with a comprehensive win over Cheng. 33.Qc3+ Rc6 34.Rle7+ Kd6 35.Re6+ 1-0 four separate toumaments, gives all players the Round One Smith,R - Thornton,G Round Three chance to enjoy some hard-fought chess and All went smoothly for the favourites. Probably l.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.N13 Steadman and Smith contested a sharp Nimzo- play to their maximum potential the best game of the round was Smith's nicc Ngl6 6.Nxf6+ Nxl6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 Indian. Smith won an exchange and duly Other features of the WLTO include around win over Bobby Cheng. 9.Ne5 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bg5 swapped off, but then butchered an easy end- $7000 in prize-money, Super Class points in Cheng,B - Smith,R Nd7 13.Qh5 96 14.Nxg6!? fxg6 l5.Bxg6 Nf6 [ game win, eventually bailing out to a draw. the Hotels Chess Grand Prix, Millennium NZ 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nt3 b6 5.8g5 15...hxg6 l6.Qxg6+ Kh8 l7.Rael-l 16.Bxl6 Mclaren also failed to win an exchange for a upset prizes every round, very reasonably h6 6.8h4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bb7 9.8d3 8.e3 d6 Rxl6 17.Bxh7+ QxhT 18.Qxc5- Bd7 19.Rad1 pawn up against Caleb Wright. Cheng scored priced accommodation on site and generous NbdT 10.0-0 12.Bg3 13.e4 Qe7 1l.Rel 95 e5 Bc6 20.Rd3 Qe4 21.Rg3+ Rg6?? 22.f3 1-0 his first win, over Lou Rawnsley. free refreshments after the prize-giving. c5 14.Qa4 Kd8 15.Rad1 Kc7 16.d5 RagS Steadman,M - Smith,R In keeping with a progressive approach and its 17.Nd2 h5 18.h4 gxh4 19.Bxh4 20.93 Rg4 Mclaren,L - Krstev,A 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 wish to encourage quality chess, Waitemata RhgS 21.KfI Kb&22.Ke2 1.e4 d6 2.d4 96 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.t4 Nf6 5.Nt3 Bg4 6.e4 bxc4 7.Bxc4 Nxd5 8.Bxd5 exd5 9.Qxd5 Chess Club decided this year to hold the tour- 6.h3 Bxl3 7.QxB e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.g4 Nc6 Nc6 10.Nge2 Ba6 11.Kf2 0-0 12.Rdl Qb6 nament over three days instead of two, at 10.Bb5 Qd6 11.fxe5 Qxe5 12.Bf4 Qc5 13.Be3 13.Be3 Rfe8 l4.Rabl Ne5 15.a3 Bxc3 Binhday Weekend. Queen's Qb4 14.0-0 0-0 l5.Bxc6 bxc6 16.a3 Qc4 16.Nxc3 Bc4 17.Qd6 Qb3 18.Kgl Re6 This offered the benef,rt ofjust two rounds a E A' ,r 17.Rad1 a6 18.e5 Nd5 f9.Rd4 Nxe3 20.Rxc4 19.Qxc5 Bd3 20.Rbc1 Qxb2 2l.Bf2 Bc2 day, instead of three on Saturday, with players Nxc4 21.Qxc6 Nxb2 22.e6 fxe6 23.Qxe6+ 22.Nd5 Bxdl 23.Rxd1 Nd3! 24.Qd4 Qxf2+ having evenings off to relax or prepare. L,T: A Kh8 24.Rxflt+ RxfB 25.Ne4 Ndl 26.95 Bd4+ 25.Qxf2 Nxf2 26.Kxf2 Rc8 27.Rbl Kf8?! [ Bearing in mind that Otago Chess Club also ':L: A , I 27.Kh2 c5 28.N16 Kg7 29.Qxa6 h5 30.a4 27...h6 28.Rb7 Rc2+ wins easily.l 28.Rb3 96 runs a toumament over Queen's Birthday Be5+ 3l.Kh1 Bd4 32.a5 Ne3 33.Qb7+ Rl7 29.94 h6 30.h4 Rc2+ Rla2 $I,ff: rlfl tl& .=,-i::!.H 6 31.Kg3 32.95 Kg1 Weekend, Waitemata consulted it many 34.Qe4 Nls 35.Kh2 Re7 36.Qd3 Be5+ 37.Kg2 33.Kf4 a5 34.Nb6 Rxb6' 35.Rxb6 Rxa3 months beforehand before making a booking, "/&:a1%, % Ve. Nh4+ 38.K11 Bf4 39.a6 Bxg5 40.Qd7 Bxf6 36.gxh6+ Kxh6 37.Rd6 Rb3 38.Rxd7 Kg7 it a problem. and was advised wasn't 41.Qxe7+ BxeT 42.a1 Nl5 43.a8Q Kt6 39.Ra7 Rb5 40.e5 Kff t/rYz Imagine the organisers' surprise then, when A e7& ?t "'%.ru2ru- '% 44.Qh8+ Kg5 45.Qe5 Kh6 %-% Otago announced a few months before the Wright,C - Mclaren,L toumament that it was now running a Super Forster,B - Zhang,P 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0{) 5.Bd3 d5 Class event at the same time! 1.e4 c5 2.N13 e6 3.b3 Nc6 4.8b2 d6 5.Bb5 6.Nge2 c5 7.0--0 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 This was to honour FM Richard Sutton's long Rxh4! 23.gxh4 NtB 24.Nt3 Rg4 25.Kd2 Ng6 26.Qc2 27.Ke2 Bc8 Bd7 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.Btl e5 9.c3 Bg4 NbdT 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.Bh4 Qh5 12.Bg3 Nb6 involvement in chess certainly a well- Rf4 Ng4 28.Rhl - Bxh3 10.d3 0-0 11.Nbd2 Nd7 l2.Qc2 Rc8 13.Rac1 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.Nf4 Qxdl 15.Rfxd1 Bxc3 deserved celebration. 29.Rdf1 Qt6 30.Rh3 Nxt2 3l.Rxl2 32.Ke3 Nxh,l 33.Nxh4 34.Rxl,l 8l'6 14.Qb1 b5 15.d4 a6 16.d5 Ne7 17.a4 Rb8 16.bxc3 Rac8 17.Rac1 Bbs 18.f3 a5 19.a3 Bc4 But with a rival event and a change to three Qxh4 Qxt.l+ h,l l8.axb5 axb5 19.Qc2 Ng6 20.Ra1 b4 21.c4 20.Rbl Nbd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Be1 b6 days instead of two, Waitemata was left rather 35.Ke2 Bg4+ 36.Kel Qe3+ 37.llc2 38.Qd2 40.Q12 Bg5 22.h3 Bxl3 23.NxR Bh6 24.93 Ne7 25.h4 23.Kf2 Bxb3 24.Rxb3 Rc4 25.Rdb1 Rfc8 nervously awaiting the impact of two unknown Qgl+ 39.B1'l Qg3+ Qrc3+ ,l.l.llc2 IldT 96 26.8h3 Nf6 27.Ra6 Nh5 28.Rea1 Ng7 26.Rxb6 Nxb6 27.Rxb6 h6 28.Rb5 Ra4 factors on the number of entries. 4l.Qd2 Qxd2+ 42.Kxd2 Kc7 46.Kltl t-s {7.t}g6 29.Nxe5 dxeS 30.Bxe5 Rb7 31.Bf6 Ne8 29.Rb3.Kf8 30.Ke3 Ke8 31.Kd3 Kd7 32.Bg3 In the event, the new format proved very popu- 44.Ke3 Kd8 45.8h5 Ke7

NZ Ches.s NZ Chess 1 6 Rac4 33.Bel 95 34.Rb7+ R8c7 35.Rxc7+ 31.Qxh3 Kb8 32.Ba3 Qb6 33.Rb2 Qc6 Bxd6 28.Rxe8 RxeS 29.cxb5 Re2 30.Rdl Rcl 30.Rxc1 Bxcl 31.Nf5+ KI7 32.QI3 Ke6 RxcT 36.c4 Rb7 37.Kc2 a4 38.Bb4 Kc6 34.Qh7 Bxa3 35.Qxg8+ Ka7 36.Rt2 Bcl Be7 31.Rd2 Re4 32.Kg1 Kf6 33.a3 c4 33.Qdl Bd2 34.93 Qel+ 35.Qxe1+ Bxel 39.Kd3 draw offered. 39...f5 40.Kc3 h5 37.Nt1 Qxa4 38.15 exl5 39.e6 Bc6 40.Rxl5 34.Kfl c3 35.bxc3 Bxa3 36.Rd4 Re3 37.Rc4 36.Nxh6 a4 37.Ng4 a3 38.Bbl Kd6 39.Ne3 41.Kd3 h4?! Black should play 41...f4 with Qc2 41.Qg4 Qxc3 42.d5 Be3+ 43.Kh2 Bb5 Bc5 38.Rf4+ Ke7 39.c4 Rc3 40.Rh4 h5 Bd2 40.Nc2 Bcl 41.Kg2 KcS 42.8a2 d4 the idea of ...g4, opening up lines for the 44.Qh3 Bd4 45.Qxc3 Bxc3 46.d6 Bb4 47.d7 4l.Ne5 Kf6 42.Nd7+ Kg5 43.Re4 Rcl+ $.Kf2 d3 44.Nxa3 Bxa3 45.Ke3 Kxb5 rook. If 42.Ke4?? Rxb4! 42.Kd2 Rg7 43.Kd3 Be7 48.Rfl1 c3 49.Ne3 Bc4 50.d8Q?? After 44.Ke2 Rc2+ 45.Kd3 Rxg2 46.Nxc5 bxc5 46.Kxd3 Bd6 47.Ke4 Kc5 48.h4 Bxg3 49.h5 g4 44.f4 Rg8 45.Ke3 draw offered. 45...Rg7 50.Nxc4 black could resign. 50...Bxd8 47.h4+ Kfs (=) 48.Re2 Rg3+ 49.Re3 Rg4 Kd6 50.K15 Be5 51.h6 b5 52.Bg8 b4 53.8b3 46.Kd3 Rb7 47.Kc3 Rg1 %-% 51.RxdB Bxe6 52.Rd3 b5 53.Rxc3 Kb6 50.R8+ Ke5 51.Kc3 Rxh4 52.b6 Rd4 Nd7 54.Kg6 Ke7 55.K15 Bc3 56.Ke4?? Round Four 54.Nc2 a5 55.Nd4 Bd5 56.94 b4 57.Rc8 a4 53.Rg3 Rd6 54.b7 Rb6 55.Rxg6 %-% Nc5+ 57.Kd5 Nxb3 58.Kc4 0-1 Steadman won comfortably against Forster, 58.Nc2 b3 59.Na3 Be6 60.Ra8 Bxg4 61.Rxa4 Round Six while Smith sacrificed a pawrl and simply Be6 62.R14 Kc5 63.R13 b2 64.Rf2, %-% Perry,R - Smith,R Smith needed a draw against Mclaren to be smashed Mark Brimble out of the opening. Round Five 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.NI3 sure ofat least first equal. He played aggres- Mclaren had an easy win over Thomton, while Steadman gained a pawn against Mclaren, but Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.B,c4 Nb6 8.8b3 dxe5 9.d5 sively, but missed a promising continuation. In other important results were Zhang' s victory the latter always had enough activity to hold the Na5 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Ba4+ Nxa4 12.Qxa4+ tum, Mclaren missed a chance to gain the over Wright and Perry's win over Minghua balance. In the end Steadman had tojettison his Bd7 13.Qe4 t'6 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Be3 Nc4 upperhand. The game was finelybalanced (formerly Michael) Wu. The Houdini award for passed pawn to force the draw. 16.Rabl 96 L1.B'xa7? Bf5 18.Qe2 Bxbl when Smith offered the draw on move 20. the round went to Antonio Krstev for his mi- Smith's preparation paid off handsomely l9.Rxbl Qa5 20.Be3 Bg7 21.Nd2 Nxe3 After assessing the position and some quick raculous escape against Jeremy Browne. against Perry, u;ho went down in under 30 22.Qxe3 0-0 23.Nb3 Qb4 24.Ne4 Bh6! financial calculations Mclaren agreed. Mean- Smith,R - Brimble,M moves. Zhang moved into contention with a 25.Qd3 f5 26.Nc3 Bg7 27.Qb5 Qxb5 while Steadman looked like he might be losing 1.e4 e5 2.NR Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 win over Krstev senior, as did Browne with his 28.Nxb5 RfdS 29.Nc3 e4 0-1 (at one point Fitz gave Zhatgmorethat2 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Ndb5 Bxc3* 7.bxc3 Qxe4+ victory over Forster. Cheng continued his re- pawns advantage), but his two bishops eventu- 8.Be2 Kd8 9.0-0 a6 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 l'6 vival by beating Mario Krstev. Krstev,A - Zhang,P ally helped to hold the half-point. 12.Re1 Qd5 r3.c4 Qt7 14.c5 Ne7 15.Bf3 Re8 Steadman,M - McLaren,L 1.d4 96 2.c4 Bg1 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Be3 Nc6 Browne drew against Christoph Thurner to 16.d5 Ng6 17.d6 Rxel+ 18.Qxe1 c6 l9.Qa5+ 1.c4 c5 2.N13 96 3.d4 Bg7 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Nge2 NgeT 7.Qd2 0-0 8.d5 Nb8 9.13 f5 join Mclaren andZhang in third place on 416. Ke8 20.Bh5 b5 2l.Bd2 KfB 22.Re1 Bb7 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 b6 8.h3 Bb7 9.d5 Na6 10.e4 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Kb1 Nd7 12.h4 Nf6 13.Bg5 Further down, Cheng notched up his third win 23.Qc7 Qd5 24.Qxb7 Re8 25.Rxe8* KxeS Nc7 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Bg3 Re8 l3.Nd2 e5 Nh5 14.Rgl Rl7 15.Ncl t4 16.N1e2 h6 in a row, after Thomton greedily fell for a 26.Bxg6+ hxg6 27.Qc8+ Kf7 28.Qxd7+ l-0 14.dxe6 Nxe6 15.Nb5 Ne5 16.14 a6 l7.fxe5 17.Bxe7 QxeT 18.Qel Kh7 19.Qf2 Bd7 tactical shot. axb5 18.exd6 Qgs 19.Bg4 Rad8 20.Qe1 Bh6 20.Rhl Bf6 21.Rc1 b6 22.a3 Qd8 23.b4 Ng3 Smith,R - McLaren,L McLaren,L - Thornton,G 21.N8 Qe3+ 22.Qxe3 Bxe3+ 23.Khl Bxe4 24.Nxg3 Bxh4 25.8d3 fxg3 26.Qe1 Kg7 1 e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 l.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 Ne7 5.a3 24.Rt'el 27.Rc2 a5 28.Ra2 axb4 29.axb4 Rxa2 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Q13?! Nc6 8.h3 Qc7 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 30.Kxa2 95 31.Be2 94 32.Qdl Qg5 33.Kb3 9.g4h610.Qe2 95 11.0-0-0 Ne5 12.f4 [ 9.c3 Nd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Qh5 Nf8 12.0-0 Nfg6 h5 34.c5 bxc5 35.bxc5 dxc5 36.Qgl gxl3 12.h4! Nlxg4 13.hxg5 h5 14.f4 Nxe3 13.8e3 Qd5 14.Qe2 Qd8 15.Ng3 0-0 l6.Radl =EoVo 37.Bxf3 Bg4 38.Bxg4 Qxg4 39.Qxc5 Bg5 l5.Qxe3-l l2...gxf413.Bxf4 NfdT 14.NR b5 Nh4 17.R Nhfs 18.Bf2 Re8 19.8c2 Ng6 (=) 40.Kc4 h4 4r.Qc6 Bd2 42.Qe6 Qt4 43.Nb5 15.a3 Bb7 16.Qe3 Rc8 17.Rh2 Qa5 18.Kb1 20.Qd2 Nth4 21.Be3 f5 22.c4 Rf8 23.Nh5 Z ll Qxe4+ 44.Kb3 Qd3+ 45.Ka2 Qc4+ 46.Ka1 b4 [ 18...Rxc3!?l 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Nxe5 Qe8 24.d5 Ne5 25.dxc6 Qxh5 26.cxb7 RabS Qa4+ 47.Kbl Qxb5+ 48.Kc2 Qc4+ 49.Kdl Nxe5 [ 20...dxe5! 21.Qd2 Bc6 22.8e3 Rb8-+l 27.Qe2 RxbT 28.Bc5 14 29.BxtB KxtS 30.b4 al Qcl+ 50.Ke2 Rf2+ 5l.Kd3 Qc3+ 52.Ke4 zl.Rhdz y,-y, Rb8 31.Rde1 Qg5 32.Rt2 Nc6 33.Qe4 Nd8 Qd4# 0-1 34.Qe5 1-0 2t Zhang,P - Steadman,M Browne,J - Krstev,A A EA Forster,W - BrownerJ 1.e4 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Ne2 d6 5.0-0 1.d4 c5 2.NR e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.c3 Bd7 "t a l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 s.NA Qb6 Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.e5 6.Be2 Qc7 7.0-0 NgeT 8.Na3 a6 9.Nc2 h6 h 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 Lcxd4 Rc8 9.8e3 NgeT dxe5 10.Bxc6+ Bd7 11.Bxa8 Qxa8 l2.Bg5 10.Nh4 95 rr.Nfl Ng6 r2.Bd3 c4 13.Bxg6 AA 10.Nbd2 Nts 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nc5 Nxe3 Bc6 13.Nd2 0-0 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qe2 Rb8 Ixg6 l4.Ne3 Bg7 15.Qc2 Ne7 16.h4 gxh4 13.lxe3 a5 14.b5 Nb8 t5.Nxd7 NxdT 16.Bd3 16.Rab1 Rd8 17.t3 Be7 18.b4 Qb8 19.a3 h5 17.Nxh4 0-0-0 18.Nxg6 Nxg6 19.Qxg6 RdgS trtrg Rc3 17.0-0 f6 18.Rc1 Rxcl 19.Qxc1 0-0 20.Rtd1 h4 21.Ne4 RfB 22.c4 15 23.Nc5 hxg3 20.Qc2 h5 21.f4 Bh6 22.b3 Rg3 23.bxc4 dxc4 20.Qc2 txe5 2l.dxe5 Qxe3+ 22.Khl h6 24.Nd7 gxh2+ 25.Qxh2 BxdT 26.Rxd7 Bc5+ 24.Qe2 h4 25.a4 h3 26.Ra2 RhgS 27.Qh5 23.Rel Qc5 24.Qdr Rc8 25.Nd4 NfB 26.Qg4 27.KfI Qc8 28.Rxg7+ KxgT 29.Qxe5+ Kf7 R8g6 28.RR Bf8 29.Rxg3 Rxg3 30.Qh4 Rg8 Qc3 27.Rd1 Bxa3 28.Nxe6 Qxe5 29.Nxg7 30.bxc5 Qc6 31.Kf2 Rc8 32.Rb5 a6 33.Ra5 B14 25.Bxe6 Bxg3 26.Bxl7+ KxtT 27.Rxe4

NZ Chess NZ Chess 9 8 Rd8 34.Ke2 Qd7 35.Qd6 Qxd6 36.cxd6 Rxd6 94 4l.Kd4 Kg6 42.8c4 h5 43.Bxe6 b5 44.Ke3 but were not expected to challenge for the top $500 richer. 37.Ke3 Kfb 38.f4 Ke7 39.a4 Kd7 40.c5 Rd5 Kg5 45.Bd7 f4+ 46.Ke4 f3 47.Bxb5 h4 48.a4 places. Sharing second place were Book, Fairley and 41.Rxa6 Rxc5 42.a5 Rcl 43.Rb6 Rzl %-% l-0 Top seed Don Eade stumbled in the very first Filip Petreski, who won $285 each. So Smith scored his sixth WLTO victory, eight round, conceding a draw to Viv's son Devon, Leading B Tournament scores: Y. Smith (5/6) Browne,J - ThurnerrC years after his last one. and was not in contention thereafter. 1, J. Book, N. Fairley, F. Petreski (4.5)2-4,W. 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nt3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 To the winner went the spoils - $ I 000 prize- Viv Smith, William Lynn and John Book took Lynn, E. Chen, J. O'Connor, E. Tanoi (4) 5-8 6.0-0 e6 7.d3 NgeT 8.Ne2 d5 9.Bb5 Qb6 money and 25 valuable grand prix points. up the early running. ...24 players. l0.Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.e5 Bd7 12.c3 a5 13.c4 Ne7 In clear second place Steadman also had a good Smith scored a key win over Llmn in round 3, Historic Double 14.Nc3 Bc6 15.a4 h5 16.Ra3 dxc4 17.dxc4 weekend, with $750 and 20 GP points. And who also suffered against Fairley in round 5.

Rd8 18.Qe2 0-0 l9.Nb5 Bxb5 20.axb5 Qc7 third place-getters Mcl.aren, Zhang and 21.94 hxg4 22.Ng5 Nt5 23.Qxg4 Rd4 24.Qe2 Browne also went home somewhat wealthier, RldS (=) 2s.Rh3 b6 26.b3 Kl8 27.Nh7+ Ke7 with $370 each and l2 GP points. 28.Ng5%-% Leading scores: R. Smith (516) l, M. Stead- man (4.5) 2,L.McLaren,P.Zhang, J. Browne Cheng,B - Thornton,G (4)3-5, W. Forster, A. Krstev, C. Thumer, R. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.NR b6 5.Bg5 Perry, B. Cheng (3.5) 6-10...22 players. Bb7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 h6 9.Bh4 NbdT B Tournament 10.Ne5 Be7 ll.f4 Ne4 12.Bxe7 QxeT 13.Qc2 At the same time 24 players were competing for By the time Smith and Book had drawn and the The double Smith success created history, as Ndl'6 14.Qe2 c5 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bc2 Rfd8 $1600 in prizes in the B Toumament. latter dropped another halfpoint to Daniel it is the first time a husband and wife have l7.Rfdl Rac8 l8.Racl Nd7 19.Bbl Nxe5 An interesting feahrre was the participation of Shen, a somewhat surprised Smith found her- won the A and B toulxaments at the Waitak- 20.fxe5 Qgs 2l.Qf2 cxd4 22.exd4 e3 23.Qe2 many of New Zealar,d's top women players, self half a point ahead with a round to go. ere Licensing Trust Open. Qf4 24.93 BR 25.gxf4 Bxe2 26.Re1 Rxc4? including Olyrnpiad reps Viv Smith, Eachen She then reached a winning position against In fact, I would be happy to be corrected, but 27.8c2 Rdxd4 28.Rxe2 Rd2 29.KI1 Rxl4+ Chen, Natasha Fairley and the rusty Evguenia Chen, but failed to convert. I believe it is the first time a couple have won 30.Ke1 Rf2 31.Rxf2 Rxf2 32.Bd3 95 33.Rc2 Charomova, plus NZ Women's Champion Fortunately Fairley and Book fought each other separate tournaments at any event in New Rt4 34.Ke2 Rh4 35.Kxe3 Rh3+ 36.Kd4 Kg7 Shirley Wu. Helen Courtney and Edith Otene to standstill, leaving New Zealand's longest- 31.Kc4 15 38.8t1 Re3 39.Re2 Rxe2 40.Bxe2 have also previously represented New Zealand, serwing international as the sole winner, and (Continued on page 19)

NZ Chess NZ Che,ss l0 1l New Zealand News 53.b3 ab6 54.4d6 wc8 55.wd4 hOS 56.wa7+ J. Book 29.2,5. Ward 28.5, W. Lynn 26.3,D. gd7 58.15 Wanganui CC grade competition as at 09.08.2007. 698 57.Wc5 gxl5 59.gxt5 Wg7+ Dolejs 25.5, D. Eade 25.3, R. Darc22.8, A. Twenty teams from ten schools took part in the Justin Davis 5.5/9, Chris Burns and John 60.&R wnz or.wgr+ &h8 62.wh2+ &g8 Nijman, Q. Chao 22.5,8. Chen2l.2, Shirley 63.Wg3+ Davis Wanganui Schools Teams Chess Tournament McDonald 5/9, Charles Ker 4.5/7, Prince &trt 0l.Wtrl+ &g8 6s.Wg5+ &hS Wu, J. 20, Andy Chen 18, R. Taylor 66.wh6+ held at the St. Georges School for the seventh Vetharaniam 4 5/9, Mathew King 4/8, Martin l-0. 17.4, N. Fairley 15.7, S. Plyler 14.4, M. King, time. Sponsored,by Numberworlrs and Words Post 1.5/9.) D. Smith 13.5, A. Ansell 12, Jason Wu 10.7, Le Brocq,M (2018) (1822) the event is part of a national competition run Jenkins Trophy - Blaxall,C R. Mitchell, A. Lin, D. Taylor 10.5, S. Maro- by NZ Chess. In the first challenge since North Shore won 1.e4 c5 2.AR Ac6 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 df6 roa 10.3. The secondary section was won by the Wan- the trophy in 2005, the holder defeated 5.6c3 e6 6.a3 d5 7.9b5 Ad7 8.exd5 exd5 Under 1400 - G. Judkins 47.7,H. Ruan 37.4, 9.0-0 Ae7 10.Ade2 11.hf4 0-0 12.6xe6 J. Ruan 35, S. Plyler ganui High School A team coached by Paul Howick-Pakuranga 141/z-51/z in the 2O-board Ae6 32, V. Collingwood26.4, fxe6 13.Axc6 bxc6 14.We2 troZ tS.get OtZ R. Collingwood25.4,M. Steiner 25, A. Ansell Sherris. The team in playing order were Mi- match played on 18th July. There was a fair bit 16.9f4 gd6 17.Axd6 Wxd6 18.Ead1 EaeS 22.5,T. Gothorp 20.2, 20, E. chael O'Callahan, Arran Jian, Ryan Slight, ofrust apparent on several ofthe top boards, A. Michael 19.6e4 Wb8 20.695+ 21.Wd3 e5 HtangI7.7, M. Wigbout, A. Brockway 17.5, Gus Montgomery and Naaman Winduss. This perhaps most notably on board one where OgS 22.wc3 h6 23.4h3 wc7 24.R 25.wb3+ C. Zhai, Sharon Wu 16.1, Atanas 15.9, team dethroned Collegiate School winners for Mafiin Dreyer was playing his first serious d4 Alipiev &n7 26.ca c5 27.Wc2+ 28.cxd4 exd4 B. 14.4, 13.2, the past three years. game for quite some years. Oh8 Wu X.Li M. Du Plessis 12, G. 29.Exe8 Exe8 30.Exd4 We7 10.5, Peter Morten 10.4. The Intermediate section was won by St Geor- Results (North Shore names first): I P.Garbett Eel+ 31.Of2 Liu 32.8d8+ ae8 33.wd2 Hhl 34.4f4 wh4+ Junior B. Cheng 81 .5, M. Krstev 72.5, P. ges Knight's - Caleb Peny, Matthew Hardcas- 1 -0 M.P.Dreyer, 2 R.Hart % %E.M.Geen, 3 - 35.g3 Exh2+? best chance was Wang 60, F. Petreski 57.75,D. Smith 50, E. tle, Chikoo Chouhan and Matthew Standley. P.W.Stuart Y, Y,B.U.Lim, 4J.McCroneY, Y, [The 35...Wxh2+ 36.&e3 Wgl+ Wft+ Chen 38.5, G. Thornton 33.75, R. Dare 33, They successfully defended their crown. P.S.Spiller, 5 M.J.Le Brocq I 0 C.S.Blaxall, 3'7.&il 38.&c2 Wc4+ and black has some counter- Andy Chen 32.'15,5. Maroroa 32.5, J. Ruan The winning primary team was DanielZhang, 6 N.J.Gunn 0- I S.Yee, 7 A.Krstev I -0 playl 36.dg2 We7 the rook just looks 31.2,D.Shen26.25, Wu, Ansell 25.5, James Ellwood, Sheldon Pearce and Christian J.Benson, 8 P.I.Hair I 0H.Zheng,9 P.Mistry [Now M. A. silly on h2l 37.Wd7 WxdT 38.Exd7 Sharon Wu 25, Shirley Guo 23.2, Conder, also from St Georges and also last 0- 1 K.Burgess, 10 D.J.Evans 1-0 Peter af6 Wt24, C. 39.Exa7 Eh5 40.8c7 Eds 41.&e2 Ad7 H. Ruan 23, N. Fairley 22.5,D. Baider 20, O. years wlnner. Morten, l1 H.Milligan I 0 R.Aylett, 12 42.4t4 Bd6 43.a4 db6 44.a5 45.4d3 Lynn 18, C. Zhai 15, 13.5, N. Tsoi The main prize, a book, Chess for Children, R.S.Mitchell l-0 S.Plyler, 13 D.P.Johns 1-0 ac4 A. Lin Axa5 Du Plessis, kindly donated by Ted Frost was won by 7 K.Van den Bosch, 14 K.Munday 1-0 A.Pan, 46.Axc5 Eb6 47.4d3 Eb7 48.Exb7 12.2,M. Alan Chen, Atanas year old Michael Zhang. Round by round spot 15 G.W.Mears 1-0 Alan Chen, 16 hxbT 49.6e3 &h7 50.&e4 &96 51.6f4+ Alipiev, Bill Wu, G. Liu, X. Li 12, Jason Wu, sz.Atrs+ &96 53.94 go D. 11.5, Huang, 11.2. prizes, William Lynn's books were warmly G.C.Wagstaff 0- 1 W.X.Chen, 17 L.R.Rudkins &n OI7 sa.6as Xu A. D. Zhao gxh5 Senior V. Smith 74.5, Cruden, R. received. I heartily recommend William's I 0 J.Chen, 18 B.M.Winsor0 I P.Maddison, 55.414 &r0 s6.b4 h5 57.gxh5 - N. books as spot prizes to all tourrrament organis- 19 At.Alipiev I -0 J.Taljaard, 20 B.Feng I -0 58.6xh5+ &g5 59.697 Of4 60.4e6+ Oxt3 Collingwood 71, W. Lynn 68.5, D. Taylor 56, default. 61.&c6 r-0. C. Wilson 41, R. Mitchell37.5,D.Taylor36, Results: Garbett,P (2309) - Dreyer,M (2238) New Zealand Chess Federation W. Power 27, M. Steiner, R. Sutton 25, Peter Millennium Hotels NZ Chess Grand Prix Morten 22.5, A. Nijman 20, B. Gloistein, L. Secondary: Wanganui High (18.5) I ; Colle- 1.c4 c5 2.dR 96 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 Ag7 5.e4 Standiugs 4.rgust 27, 2007 Dare 19.5, giate (14.5) 2; United (9.5) 3; Rangitikei (8) 4; Ac6 6.4e3 df6 7.dc3 0-0 8.4e2 b6 9.Wd2 D. Stracy, M. Wigbout 17.5, M. Open R. Smith P. High School B (5) 5; Turakina Maori Girls Ab7 10.f3 Ec8 11.0-0 Wc7 l2.Eacl Wb8 - 69, Garbett 6'7.9,L. Macdonald, G. Haase 15, G. Hoskyn, M. Gar- 57.9,M. Steadman P. (4.s) 6. 13.Etd1 EfdS 14.411 e6 l5.adb5 d6 16.9h6 Mclaren 54.75, Wang land72, E. Otene 10.33. 40, N. Croad 3'l .5,8. Cheng 21.9, M. Krstev Female V. Smith 61.5,8. Chen 59.33, N. Intermediate: St Georges Knights (18.5) l; Ah8 17.Wf2 Ae5 18.495 h6 [18...6xc4? - Intermediate B (13) 2; St Georges Dragons l9.Sxc4 Exc4 20.Wh4 +-l 19.Axh6 6xc4 18.9, S. Lukey, D. Eade 17.5, P. Stuart 15.5, Tsoi 58.67, Sharon Wu 52.33, Shirley Wu 48, D. Han 15, Browne, (l l) 3; Kaitoke (10); 4 Intermediate C (a.5) 5; 20.495 Ed7 21.Axc4 Exc4 22.Wh4 6h7 J. P. Zhang, Q. Johnson, l. Gzo 46.33, H. Miltigan 41.33,M. Yang 35, D. Weegenaar, M. Voracek 12, D. Xu, D. J.Li33, S. Maroroa 28.5, N. Fairley, M. Bi 20, Intermediate A (3) 6. [Perhaps 22...6e8 was better] 23.Af4 a6 Baider, R. Hart 10.5, Primary: St Georges Blue ( 16.5 ) l;Kaitoke [23...8c6] 24.Bxd6 Hc8 25.Bxd7 WxdT A. Krstev 10.45. L. Dare 18.67, W. Chen 18.5, H. Courtney Under 2000 Krstev 60.56, (14) 2; Durie Hill A (12) 3; Aranui, St Georges 26.Edl Ed4+ 27.6xd4 Exd4 28.Exd4 Wxd4+ - A. B. Cheng 15.67,1. Wong 12.5. 58.16, F. Fuatai 54.06, J. Browne 41.5, Red and St Georges Black ( 10.5) 4 equal ; St 29.wt2 wb4 30.h4 aff 3l.ags ad7 32.wd2 M. Under 14 & Under 1400 - H. Ruan 85.9, J. Krstev Georges White (9.5) 7; St Georges Green Ac6 33.&trz Oh7 34.4e3 We7 35.Om Acs 31.16, M. Voracek, D. Weegenaar Ruan 49.52, N. Tsoi 49.1,8.Wu48.72, 22.5,F. Petreski 20.83, D. (8.5) 8; Durie Hill B (8) 9. 36.e5 b5 37.Wd4 ad7 38.4e4 Axe4 39.Wxe4 Xu, D. Eade 20, P. Sharon Wu 48.56, Atanas Alipiev 37.06, C. The winners will represent Wanganui at the We8 40.h5 Wb8 4l.hxg6+ fxg6 42.8h4+ &g8 W. Power 17, D. Shen 15.66, R. Jackson, J. Glao32.36, A. Ansell 32, A. Huang 31.32,C. North Island finals at Palmerston North on 43.wgs &n u.wru+ 6gs 4s.ad4 wes Davis, B. Nijman, W. Forster, C. Thurner 14, Zhai29.56, E. Huang 26,D. Zhao22.6, A. J. Sutherland, B. Donaldson September 22nd. 46.We4 Wl1 47.94 6trz lt.6g: 6bs 49.f4 13.5, G. Thomton, Maroroa 22.06,T. Chen, H. Zhang17.5,X.Li (Progress in the Wanganui Chess Club A Wd7 50.4t2 6c6 51.9c5 6a5 52.4b4 6c4 Andy Chen, J. Duneas 12.4, R. Gibbons I 1.75. 16.5, M. Jiang12.16, Alan Chen, G. Liu 12, N. Under 1700 - V. Smith 50.3, F. Petreski 49.2, Guo 10.5. NZ Chess NZ Chess l3 t2

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NZ Chess NZ Chess t4 l5 national system there was one unpopular but 10.g4 for amendment or procedure for winding up the John was reserwed, and it transpired that what essential aspect - it was necessary for players to Looking back at this game, I probably couldn't trust. happened to Rodney Phillips was a cause. register. see the point of this and thought I had an easy With support from the Wellington Council, and We knew that Rodney had been under a lot of Clubs had been required to pay registration fees, game. invaluable legal assistance from Richard Sutton, family pressure to succeed during his chess de- but it had been on an honour system. There was a 10...fxg4 11.495 6xe5 12.Axh7+ &h8 13.dxe5 we set out to formulate the framework of a trust velopment period. Rodney had embarked on strong feeling that some clubs were not be paying Wb6 14.4d4 c5 15.Wxg4 Afs l6.ghs Ah6 which would be permanent, with a growing capi- what promised to be a bright career in the diplo- for all their members, but the rating system re- 17.4d3 Ef5 1S.wg6 &g8 19.We8+ 1-0 tal base, but would include mechanism for matic service and was working in Wellington quired that all competitors in rated events had to I change if required. The object was to make when he phoned me and asked if he could come be registered. We introduced a card system, but it WMcIver,W-EFrost grants for junior development, with emphasis on and visit. He came out to dinner and it was a also became necessary for federation to print off lc3ll { coaching. pleasant occasion, although Rodney was rather a list of current registrations and circulate to Reserves, 1958 The trustees make independent decisions on reserved. When we discussed the visit later my clubs holding open toumaments. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.fie5 Wh4+ 4.Se2 Wxe4+ grants but are appointed by and are responsible to wife Adrienne and I felt Rodney had something To my mind, with current technology the card 5.&I2 gcs+ 6.&93 h5 7.h3 Wxe5+ 8.&R We4+ federation. Supporters and donors sought assur- on his mind and wanted to discuss it, but that did system is not really necessary. 9.693 h4+ 10.&h2 ad6+ 11.93 hxg3# 0-1 ance that the trust funds would be protected and not happen. Players can register through their club or at their could not be absorbed in federation general We were shattered shortly afterwards when Rod- first rated toumament of the year. A check list Part Four funds. ney's body was recovered from Wellington Har- can be circulated before an open toumament and Finding a formula for long-term support for The last piece fell into place when Peter Stuar1 bour. When I talked with John Eriksen about players not included should pay registration be- chess development. came to council in 1997 with the proposition that Chess Friends years later I found that the Erik- fore playing. Clubs submitting intemal results for In 1993 when Bill Ramsay retired council asked headquarters move back to Auckland. When the sens had received a similar visit from Rodney, rating are responsible for the registration fees for me to edit New Zealand Chess, which I did until trust developments were mentioned Peter in- and were distressed about his fate. Like us, John those players. 2001. This was a labour-intensive, gathering the formed us that the residue of the Foundation's felt that if we had an inkling of what was on material, checking games and arranging annota- funds existed and were held in trust by Michael Rodney's mind we might have been able to do AFeneridis-EFrost tions, typesetting and making up in magazine Whaley. something about it. The experience affected lDl8l format. This enabled us to consider merging the trusts, John's attitude to support for juniors. All-Wellington Championship, I 968 Another contribution I was able to make was to which has been done. Because of the handicaps I have also been told since that Colin Oldridge 1.d4 d5 2.AB af6 3.c4 c6 4.hc3 dxc4 5.a4 At5 upgrade the federation's rule book in the Foundation trust deed, the Foundation had a similar experience. gb4 6.e3 e6 7.Arc4 8.0-0 0-0 9.4e2 AbdT The constitution and rules had been in a bound continues a nominal existence within Chess However, it has not undermined my belief in the 10.9b3 a51l.Edl Ec8t2.da2 ad5 13.9d2 printed format, which had been amended and Friends. value of chess in developing the whole person, Ad6 14.hc3 db4l5.e4 A9616.A95 We8 added to over the years, so the master copy was The AGM which agreed to the headquarters provided there is balance. We know that among gb8 l7.Ed2 18.8e1 e5 19.dxe5 hxe5 20.Eedl full of amendments written or pasted in. For move approved setting up the Chess Friends the hundreds, probably thousands ofyoung peo- 6xR+ 21.gx8 h622.Hd8? competitions it was incomplete. With the FIDE Trust. With emphasis on the educational aspect ple who are taught chess today, many will not Expecting equality after exchanges, but Black handbook as a model I drew together the various of the trust we were able to secure tax-free stafurs, continue as toumament players. But, as parents gains a pawn with positional advantage. components into a loose-leaf booklet which has and this is why the trust places emphasis on and players have told me, they have gained from 22...8xd8 23.Exd8 WeS 24.f4 Wc7 25.Ext8+ since been further amended and added to. coaching. The capital fund is growing steadily, the experience. SxtS 26.4h4 WxI4 27.493 Wcl+ 28.&92 Axg3 Some time in the late 80s or early 90s I received thanks to a combination of donations and rein- My over-the-board play has been limited in re- 29.hxg3 Wc2 30.Wxc2 6xc2 31.494 6d4 a surprise piece of mail from ANZ Bank - a state- vested interest, and should reach $18,000 this cent years. I played in the l00th congress in Wel- 32.4c8 b5 33.R &e7 34.Ol2 Od6 35.&e3 6c5 ment ofthe Chess Friends account I had opened yeat. lington and after moving to Wanganui played for 36.axb5 cxb5 37.4d7 f6 38.f4 An:e.gl Ae6 more than 30 years earlier. They had lost track of Recently, grants of$500 have been made to sup- some yezrs in Wanganui club. My interest was 40.Bxe6 me when we moved to Hawera in the 1970s, but port coaching clinics associated with major rekindled at the recent congress and I played in There's nothing better. 40...hxe6 41.hd5 &c4 evenhrally caught up. There were a few dollars in events, and when the capital fund reaches an the Major Open - 60 years after my first con- 42.dc3 b4 43.6e2 a4 44.6c1b3 45.4il Axf4! the account. I had made a few inquiries about the I initial target of $20,000 the annual grants can be gress. I have also played in the 2007 NZ Seniors, Decisive. New Zealand Chess Foundation which Sam Hol- expected to grow. but after a promising start faded in the final 46.dxf4 a3 47.bxa3 b2 0-1 Black won on time lander had launched while headquarters were in t When setting up the trust I had discussions with rounds. I also play correspondence chess (most MChandler-EFrost Christchurch, but had been unable to trace it. many interested parties and on one occasion by email) and just manage to hold a place in the lB15l Graham Haase and Don Sfacy had been trustees talked with John Eriksen and David Steele. NZ Correspondence Chess Association Champi- Match, Pencanow v Wellington, 1962 but had no knowledge of what had happened. We David was supportive and as federation has onship. gb4 1.d4 d5 2.e4 c6 3.6c3 e6 4.AB 5.e5 Ad7 obtained a copy of the trust deed, which had found since his death last year has given lasting Thanks to the stimulation of Congress, I am 6.8d2 6,e7 7.a3 Axc3 8.Axc3 0-0 9.9d3 f5 serious deficiencies, in particular no mechanism support to junior development through a bequest. looking for-ward to more over-the-board play.

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EFrost-HMcNabb the bails and yards down with buckets of water The war with Germany ended in May 1945, and Rb8 35.Be5 Rb7 36.Bc7 Ke7 37.Kf2 f6 38.Ke3 lA04l and yard broom (no high pressure hoses then). after the surprise dropping oftwo atom bombs on Kd7 39.Ral h5 40.Kd4 1-0 Match, Wellington v Hungaria, 1974 In June 1939, the family moved to a new share- Japan, the Pacific War ended in August 1945. 1.6R f5 2.b3 e6 3.4b2 6f6 4.e3 Ae7 5.d4b6 milking job at Papamoa, between Tauranga and Bill's tum came in the 1950's. The Korean War 2007-2008 NZCCA Trophy Tourney gb7 6.6bd2 0-0 7.c4 8.4d3 d5 9.Ecl 6bd7 Te Puke. AJI the family mucked in except the started. He joined K Force after being passed A1 progress as at 09.08.2007. 10.695 6e4 1l.6xe6 MeS l2.6xf8 6x2 two youngest. At this time the present town of and saw service in Korea in 1952-53. Had two 74th Championship gh4+ l3.6xP 14.g3 f4 l5.exf4 1-0 Papamoa did not yet exist. spots ofleave inTokyo, Japan, 5 and 10 day ICM Mark Noble has opened a handy buffer of Bill attended the Papamoa School on the main passes. On the latter he traveled with a mate by 3.5 points over next best Murray Dunwoody. EFrost-JDSartati road to Tauranga. It was a two teacher school hain to Hakone at the foot of Mount Fuji. It was Back in the pack, Hilton Bennett, Justin Davis lA57l with standards five and six being the highest mid-summer and an enjoyable climb to the top and Bob Gibbons are all threats with good minus Wellington C C Champ, 1990 classes. Bill was then in standard five and ex- followed. scores to date. We start chess games playing to win, but for pected to complete standard six before then cy- Scores to date: MF Noble 8.5/l 1, ML Dunwoody players at my level, draws against top opponents cling to Te Puke High (no buses in those days). Anderson,W-Hoskyn,G 5/8, KW Lynn 4.5i8, GA Hosbtn 4.519, M Wig- can be regarded almost as wins. This draw is one A secondary education did not eventuate; World NZCCA CTO2 10 2OO3 bout 417 , GK Shields 3l6,HP Bennett 2.514, J of them. War Two began on September 3'd' 1939. 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 NgeT 5.0-0 Davis and RE Gibbons Z|3,EGA Frost l/7, PJ 1.d4 af6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.wc2 bxc4 5.e4 aa6 His father's new job had a clause, which stated Ng6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9.N3e2 Voss .5/4, BW Millar.5/6. 6.6c3 Wa5 7.hd2 d6 S.f4 aldT 9.64 96 that he had to employ a full time assistant in the Qb6 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Bd3 a6 Latest results: NOBLE beat Frost. Drew Davis, 10.6e2 Wc7 11.4c3 df6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Axe5 milking shed. To start with, a young fellow 13.b4 b5 14.Rcl Ne5 15.f4 Nc4 l6.Bxc4 Qxc4 Gibbons. DLNTWOODY beat Shields, Voss. Wa5+ 14.4c3 Wb6 15.93 Ag7 16.A92 0-0 called Bruce was hired. When Bruce was 17.Qd3 Bb7 18.Qxc4 bxc4 19.e5 a5 20.c3 axb4 LYNN drew Wigbout, Bennett. HOSKYN beat gb7 17.6e5 18.Axc4 Wb5 19.6e3 da6 20.a3 snapped up by the Army, Bill left school never to 2l.axb4 d6 22.exd6 Bxd6 23.Ra1 Rxal Voss. WIGBOUT beat Dunwoody. Drew Ben- 6c7 21.8d1 EfdS 22.0-0 6cxd5 23.Axd5 6xd5 return. This was to keep his mother out of the 24.Rxa1 Ra8 25.Rdl Bd5 (=) 26.9p R:a2 27.8f2, nett, Gibbons. SHIELDS beat Frost. BENNETT 24.dxd5 Axd5 25.Axg7 &xg7 26.8d2 Wb3 milking shed. KtB 28.N15 Be7 29.Nd4 Bf6 30.b5 Bxd4 beat Hoskyn. GIBBONS beat Millar. FROST 27.Wxc5 Wc4 28.Hcl Wxc5+ 29.Exc5 Ae4 At school, Bill had done well at geography and 31.Bxd4 Rg2+ 32.Kfl Ra2 33.b6 Ra8 34.Rb1 drew Voss, Millar. 30.Exd8 ExdS 31.8e5 Al3 32.Exe7 Ed2 33.Of2 thus was able to follow the progress of the war gh5 34.b4 &t0 :s.E* Ea2 36.b5 Axe2 37.Exe2 via radio and newspapers. It was nearly all gloom U€ffiflil$ t$ y--,,;l3. 00i %-v, and doom. Hitler became ruler of most of Europe, and the war in the Middle East was go- 1 fM Martin Dreyer 0 1 TM P Garbett Player Profile : William (BiIl) Anderson ing badly for the Allies. Then Japan attacked 2 trM Ewen Green 7/2 Ralph Part one. Pearl Harbour, Malaya and the Dutch East In- t/2 Hart Bill's parents were English arriving in this coun- dies. Before long the Japanese were landing in 3 Benj r Lim r/2 t/2 NM Peter Stuart try about I 920. He was the second oldest child, New Guinea and the Solomons. New Zealand 4 Paul Spillor t/2 L/2 Jeff McCrone being bom 14m September 1925. His father, Ar- was almost ready for the taking. 5 Craig Blaxall 0 1 Mark le Brocq a thur William Anderson was a sharemilker on a A large number of the U.S. Marines who had u Jt-L dtt Iee 1 0 Neil Gunn farm between Matamata and Te Aroha in the been training in New Zealand died while fighting 7 Jim Benson 0 1 Antonlo Krstev Waikato. on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomons. B Haowen Zheng 0 1 Philrp Hair Bill was taught to play chess by his dad at the age This battle tumed the tide of the Pacific Wm. In 9 Ken Burgess 1 0 Prashant Mistry of ten. After two years he gained his first win June 1943 his father signed up for anew share- 10 Peter Morton 0 1 David Evans over him. Arthur was a good mentor and did not milking job near Te Aroha in the Waikato. He 11 Richard Aylett 0 1 WFM Helen Milligan mind losing. Arthur belonged to the Te Aroha provided the herd of cows so it was a 50-50 share 12 Scott Plyer 0 1 Bob Mrtchell Chess Club and sometimes took his son along. of income. 13 Kees Van Den Bosch 1 1 Danlel Johns His mates soon leamed that this young kid in Bill tumed 18 in September 1943 and had to short pants was no pushover. register for possible military service. He passed 14 Alex Pan 0 1 K Munday The 1937-38 NZCCA Trophy Toumey contained the medical grade Al. Was told that he was 15 Alan Chen 0 1 1 G Mears a unique family double. Arthur won the touma- unlikely to be required for the European Theatre 16 Wan Xin Chen 1 0 G Wagstaff ment with twelve year old son Bill also compet- as by the time was trained the war would be over. 11 Jim Chen 0 1 L Rudklns ing. In refum for the entry fee, stamps and enve- Was also told that the Pacific War would go on 1B Peter Maddison 1 0 Brian Winsor lopes Bill would get the cows in for aftemoon for another two years, and he would be wanted 79 Jozt:.a Tal j aard 0 1 l{ lt'_L_Lp_LeV milking (push quads bikes, no then), and wash for that. 20 Default 0 1

NZ Chess NZ Chess 19 l8 New Zealand Seniors Chess Championship (Continuedfrom page 9) Open over Queen's Birthday Weekend next by William Lynn Zealand. year. And if Otago Chess Club manages to C Tournament organise another Super Class event at the The freld forthe Seniors Championship con- tion is about level. The C Tournament went to Michael Steiner, same time, all power to them! It seems we tained 3 previous wimers and ended up as a tie 22.b3 Na5 who headed off36 other players to take first now have enough keen players to support between 3 new winners. Knight moves to the side the of board can turn prize of $350 with 5.5/6. Andrew Michael two major tournaments at the same time - With the tournament being held in Hamilton out bad. was clear second and won $250, while especially il they are at opposite ends of the for the first time a larger field than previously 23.a41 Qc6 24.Nxd7 RxdT 25.Nd4 Bxd4 Sharon Wu shared third with Ron and country. entered, including 5 women players. 26.Bxd4 Nf5 27.Bg1 Qd6 28.Rel Vaughan Collingwood, who took $100 each Finally, mention must be made of the Grand A previous winner William Lynn won his first Pressure on the backward pawn. home to Mount Maunganui for their efforts. Prix sponsors, Millennium Hotels. games four but a decisive fifth round game 28Ld4 29.b4 Nc6 30.b5 axb5 3l.axb5 Nd8 Leading C Tournament scores: M. Steiner As mentioned the 30th WLTO was a Super swung the way of Gordon Hoskyn with a fine 32.cxd4 Nxd4 33.Bxd4 Qxd4 34.Qxd4 Rxd4 (5.516) l, A. Michael (5) 2, Sharon Wu, R. Class event; I am sure this helped to attract mating attack. Joint winners at the end were 35.Rc8 Kg8 36.Rb8 Rd7 37.h3 Kf7 38.h4 Collingwood, V. Collingwood (4.5) 3-5, J. players, with more and more people compet- Gordon Hoskyn, Wayne Power and Vivian Ke7 39.Kh2 Rd2 40.Kh3 Rb2 41.8f1 Francis, A. Huang, D. Zhao, J. Gesmundo, ing in and following the Millennium Hotels Smith. Kd7 42.Rd1+ Kc7 43.Ra8 h5 44.Rc1+ Kd7 C. Guo, N. Tsoi (4) 6-12...37 players. NZ Chess Grand Prix. The player who played very well for his age 45.Rac8 e5 46.R8c7+ Kd6 47.fxei+ Junior Tournament (Continued page I 8) was Ted Frost and one of his games is featured Kxe5 48.Re7+ KI6 49.Re4 Ne6 And finally the Junior Tournament for play- from KxgT in the report along with one each from the Black is in time trouble. ers under 14 rated and under 1400 went to White has got rid of the dragon bishop and Black three winners. 50.Bc4! Nc5 5l.Rf4+ Ke7 52.Re1+ 1-0 Bill Wu with 5.5/6, followed by Thomas has weakened the side pawns. Power,Wayne Capper,David Queen - Chen and Harrison Zhang on 5. Thirty-two 13.h4 Qa5 14.Kbl RttS 15.h5 gxh5 R I Modern Defence [806] Mitchell,Robert - Frost,Ted juniors played. A toss up between this move and 95 which may 1.d4 96 2.e4 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.R Bg7 5.Ne2 0- R 2 Queens Pawn opening. [D00] Leading lunior Tournament scares.'B. Wu have been better. 0 6.Be3 NbdT 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 Be7 5.8f4 (5.5/6) 1, T. Chen, H. Zhang (5) 2-3, M. 16.94 Rc5 17.gxh5 d5 7.8d3 c5 may be better. c6 6.Qd2 b6 7.0-0-0 Bb7 8.e3 NbdT 9.Bd3 Jiang, N. Guo (4.5) 4-5, A. Maroroa, C. I 7Ag5 ! Rxg5 I 8.b5 ! wins material. 17ARxh5 l8.Rg1+ Kffi r9.Qg2 e6 20.Rxd6 Ke7 7.c3 e5 8.0-0 c6 9.Bb3 Qe7 10.Nd2 Kh8 h6 10.h4 a5 Chen, O. Dong (4) 6-8 ...32 players. 21.Qd2 11.Khl Ne8 12.g4 Nb6 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Qe2 Activity on both wings. Qc5 Conclusion This looked good but White finds the saving d5 l1.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bd6 13.t4 b5 Once again chessplayers are indebted to the move. exd4 better. 14.Nxb5? cxb5 15.Bxb5+ Ke7 gxf6 16.Bxf6+ Waitakere Licensing Trust, for making such 22.Rd4l Bc6 23.e5 Qxe5 24.Ne4 Rc8? 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.f4 17.g4 a quality event possible. Vice-Chairman Better Nxe4 25.fxe4 a5! The pawns start marching. White has not enough for the piece. Assid Corban attended the opening of the 25.Qb4+ Ke8 26.Nx16+ 16 ABgT 17.t5 Bd7 18.g5 f6 19.fxg6 hxg6 17AQb6 18.a4 Rhc8 19.Kb1 Rab8 20.Rh2 tourrament and the prize-giving and was A nice mate!! l-0 20.gxf6 Nxt6 2l.Bg5 Rae8 22.Rael dxe4 Ba6! favourably impressed. He indicated the Ted Frost Bill Anderson. Bh3 best. Fine play by the veteran senior! ! trust's support would be on-going. - NZCCA Shirov's CT. 2001 23.Ndxe4 Qe5? 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Nxf6 Qxe2 21.c4 dxc4 22.d5 Bxb5 23.axb5 Rc5 24.dxe6 Perennial [806] Director of Play Bruce Pollard 1.d4 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nt3 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 26.Nxe2 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Bf5 28.Re8 Nd7 fxe6 25.Qd4 Rxb5 26.Qxb6 R8xb6 27.95 96 happily had no disputes to deal with, and he 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ 29.Rxl8+ NxfB 30.Ne8 Kh7 31.Nd6 1-0 lxg5 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Rh7+ Kf6 30.fxg5+ and assistant D.O.P. Ewen Green ran the QxdT 10.QR.0-0 11.h3 a6 12.0-0 e6 l3.Rfdl A nice ending. Rxg5 31.RtI+ Ke5 32.Rf2 c3 33.Ka2 Rxb2+ four events smoothly. Qd6 14.a3 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 Qe6 34.Rxb2 cxb2 35.Kxb2 Bb436.Kc2Ke4 Often the effectiveness of an arbiter can be 17.Radl Rfd8 18.Bg5 f 6 l9.Bh4 Rac8 20.Rd7 Rf Smith,Vivian - Power,Wayne 37.Rh6 Rc5+ 38.Kb3 e5 39.Rh4+ Kxe3 judged, like a rugby referee, by how little 8 21.Qg4 Qxg4 22.hxg4 Rf 7 23.Rxf 7 Kxfl R 2 Closed Sicilian [802] 40.Rh3+ Kd4 41.Rh4+ e4 42.Rh8 e3 you hear from them during the game. The 24.Rd'7+ Kg8 25.f 1 95 26. Bel b6 27.Kf2 Bf 8 28.c4 Bd6 29.b4 a5 30.c5 bxc5 3l.bxa5 Rb8 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 43.Rd8+ Ke4 44.Re8+ Re5 less the better and Bruce again showed his 32.a6 RaS 33.a4 Rxa6 34.a5 c4 35.Ke2 b6 Pet variation. Bridge building. 0-1 experience by doing the basics well and 36.Kdl Kf 8 37.Bc3 Ke8 38.Rh7 c5 39.Kc2 Kd8 3A a6 4.N13 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.93 Be7 7.8g2 0- quietly letting the players play. 40.Rxh6 Bc7 41.f 4 Bxa5 42.Fxg5 Bxc3 43.Kxc3 0 8.0-0 d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.Ne2 f6 Hoskyn,Gordon - Lynn,William The organisers were happy with the switch Ra3+ 44.Kxc4 fxg5 45 Rg6 Ra4+ 46.Kd5 c4 12.ext6 Nxf6 13.c3 Kh8 r4.Khl Bd7 Sicilian Defbnce [876J to a three-day event, and had numerous fa- 47.Kxe5 Kd7 48.Kd4 c3+ 49.Kxc3 Rxe4 50 Rxg5 15.d4 Ne4 16.Be3 cxd4 l7.Nexd4 Bf6 l.e4 c5 2.N13 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 NI6 vourable comments about the move. I am Re2 51.g3 Re3+ 52.Kd4 Rxg3 53.Ke5 Ke7 18.Rcl Qa5 19.a3 Nd6 20.Nb3 Qb5 5.Nc3 96 6.13 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0- confident players can look forward to an- 54.Rg7+ Kf 8 55.Kf 6 Rf 3+ 56.Kg6 Rg3 57.Rf 2l.Nc5 RadS 0-0 Bd7 10.Bh6 Nxd4 11.Bxg7 Nb3+ l2.axb3 other successful Waitakere Licensing Trust 7+ Kg8 58.Rf 4 Re3 59.95 Re7 60.Rb4 Rg7+ 61.Khs Rh7+ 62.Ks4 (-) 112 112. Both players have played well and the posi- (Continued on page I 9) -

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Chess Book Reviews While I was researching this part of the book I give a brief outline as to the variations I recom- by Michael Stevenson came to the conclusion that many of the sup- mend: posedly'inferior' options (such as 3...Nd4, against the main line (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Hello again all chess fans. In the next column has been championed at the highest levels by 3...d6, 3...Nge7 and others) are in fact quite dxe4 4.Nxe4I recommend the solid but interest- I'11 be covering Gambit's most recent releases Sergei Tiviakov, although many other strong seriously underrated by theory and need to be ing Bf5 which should prove very interesting. GMs have dabbled with it from time to time, taken seriously. the Panov is sharply met by 5...Nc6. The Ad- In this issue, Eveq,rnan Chess authors, An- including Nigel Short who used it to defeat I have devoted a massive 1 50 (approx) pages to vance is met with 3...c5!?. drew Greet, Jovanka Houska and James Vigus, Karpov in two key games of his 1992 World Black's third-move altematives to 3...a6. There have written below about their newly pub- Championship Candidates match with Karpov are a further 90+ pages giving detailed recom- The Pirc in Black and White lished books. (note that Nigel used a slightly different move mendations against Black's fourth move alterna- by James Vigus (Everyman Chess, 2007) Play The Ruy Lopez order of 5.0-0 Be1 and only now 6.Qe2, but it tives after 3...a6 4.Ba4.I believe that this level The Pirc (l e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 has been by Andrew Greet ends up transposing to one of the main parts of 96) of coverage is unprecedented for a 'White reper- my main defence to 1.e4 for about fifteen years, (Foreword by Nigel Shon) the book; the issue of move order is explained toire'book ofthis type. So I hope that all Lopez and I find it no surprise that it remains so popu- First of all I would like to say a big hello to in detail within the book). It is my privilege to players - even those who do not intend to fol- lar both with experienced combatants in Open chess fans in New Zealand! My name is An- inform you that Nigel has contributed a won- low every one of my recommendations - will toumaments such as Mikhail Gurevich, and drew Greet, and I am a27-year old Interna- derful foreword to the book, in which he find something of value in the book. I am told with creative members of a younger generation tional Master (present rating2439, with aspira- shares some of his insights on the Karpov that the total page count will be in the region of of stars (Merab Gagunashvili, Tomi Nyback, tions to become a GM in the future). games, and his thoughts on chess openings in 375 pages - by far the largest opening book that etc.). With the Pirc, Black unbalances the game In this book - my debut as an author, published general. Everyman has ever published. I did not set out from the outset, but in a theoretically sound by Everyrman Chess - I present a repertoire The points in favour of 5.Qe2 are: to write such a long book; I just set out to do as way and without excessive risk. Further, since guide for the white side of the Ruy Lopez, one 1) It reduces Black's options considerably; for good ajob as I possibly could, and it ended up the opening is an infrequent guest in super- ofthe great classical chess openings. My goal example he can no longer play the Open being rather longer than I imagined. Anyway, I toumaments, the likelihood of being hit by last was to provide a one-volume solution to fit the Variation which occurs after 5.0-0 Nxe4 hope that readers who decide to purchase the week's devastating Topalov novelty is not too needs of Lopez players ranging from club 2) The queen immediately comes to an active book will feel they are getting their money's great. players up to, dare I say, Grandmasters. The square from which she can influence the cen- worth! But Pirc players have been poorly served by material is divided into 27 chapters (please do tral area ofthe board as well as both flanks To summarise, I believe that the combination of chess literafure in recent years: the last full notbe too fi:ightened!), each ofwhich contains (for example, there are certain lines where the comprehensive analysis and detailed explana- treatment of Pirc theory was nearly ten years the following three elements: thematic a2-a4break will carry greater force) tions will make this book suitable for most ago (Nunn and McNab's Ultimate Pirc). Mean- 1) Some introductory text outlining the main 3) It facilitates certain piece manoeuwes chess players who intend to play the Ruy Lopez while, deluges of repertoire books for White ideas and strategies for both sides. which may not be available in the main lines. with White. Thank you for your interest, and I have appeared, all promising an easy edge 2) A comprehensive analysis of the main For example it is sometimes possible to play hope you will enjoy reading the book. against the Pirc. Since many of these works are variations, with many of my own original sug- Nbd2-fl -g3 (or -e3) before castling, while if too one-sided, I felt that a thorough review of gestions. Throughout this section, the chess White does castle then the rook can take up a Play the Caro-Kann: the whole opening was needed, with recom- analysis is accompanied by explanatory text at purposeful position on d 1 . A complete chess opening repertoire against I mendations not just for Black but also (as my key moments. Nafurally there are also some drawbacks, but e4 by Jovanka Houska title suggests) for White. My book gives special 3) A final body of text, in which I summarise overall I think it can be a very potent weapon Play the Caro-Kann is a repertoire book aimed attention to recently fashionable lines, but also the material and draw conclusions. in practical play. at players ofthe black pieces in the Caro-Kann. re-evaluates many that were last studied in the It is my hope that the book will provide Of course there may be players who are abso- I have written this book exactly how I like pre-Fritz era. It is not a repertoire book, but I do enough explanations to enable less experi- lutely committed to playing the main lines books to be written -with a combination of supply a set ofcoherent and practical repertoire enced players, or those who are new to the with 5.0-0 (or some other altemative to 5.Qe2) original ideas with model games, but most im- suggestions to help those learning the opening Ruy Lopez, to the key ideas and con- who may be thinking $asp that this book will have portantly with plenty of explanations! Those for Black. cepts, while at the same time offering deep and nothing to offer them. However we should explanations are very much based on strategic This book is the first ever work on the Pirc to high-quality analysis to fit the needs ofvery also remember that there are many ways in and tactical considerations ranging from the contain a whole chapter (45 pages) on the strong and experienced toumament players. which Black can deviate from the main line by battle of the centre to the important squares and trendy'150 Attack': 4 Be3, intending either As for the content ofthe book, the backbone of employing one of a variety of altematives on blockade techniques in the middlegame. These Qd2 andNR, orh3 and f4lg4.The flexibility of the recommended repertoire involves, after the the third and fourth moves. I have subjected are primarily designed to arm the reader with this system makes it a dangerous enemy of the opening moves l.e4 e5 2.NR Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 each ofthese various deviations to the same plans and ideas should the White player veer Pirc, and I offer the frrst published analysis (as 4.Ba4 Nf6, the unusual but dangerous Worrall (or in some cases, an even greater) level of off course. As this is a repertoire book I will (Continued on page 26) System beginning with the move 5.Qe2!? This scrutiny as the more common 'main' lines.

NZ Chess NZ Chess Letter from the Kingside 115'n NZ Chess Congress by Roger Nokes Bright Ideas times, this creative originality has developed In the early years of the last century there was more rapidly than ever before. The conceptual a perception amongst a number of the leading constraints experienced by Capablanca and his chess players ofthe time that chess had been fellows have been broken down to the extent played out. Essentially the top players had that almost any new chess idea needs to be exhausted the creative ideas latent in the game judged in an impartial and concrete way, and ruew liAlana Chess Championships IF" and that with best play a draw was probably not be dismissed simply because it breaks the correct result. Looking back with the bene- some static chess rules. fit of hindsight is seems incredible to think that Much of the creativity in modem chess arises mr New Zealand major Open ,M such players as Capablanca could be so naive in the area of opening theory. It is in the open- ,hs" as to hold such a view. Of course, if you look ing of course where players attempt to set the Zealand Rapid championshipS closely at the games of that period it is hard to game on a path that suits their goals and leaves ,.Id* " ,, , escape a certain sense ofdry repetition - end- them with tangible advantages, or plans, for fl* less games' beginning with the Queen's Gam- the middlegame. Creative home preparation of -l bit Declined is how I picture the chess of this opening ideas is crucial at the top level of ' era. chess competition, but it's also something In the following decades the ideas ofthe hy- from which any chess player can derive satis- Jan 15th - 2}'n,2oog * ,,ffi per-moderns, led by Nimzovich and Reti, and faction and benefit. All it takes is a little time the Soviet Chess School including such influ- and courage to trust your creative talents. l;--= i$$,,,,, '' :r;!rNN ential chess thinkers as Botvinnik, Smyslov The modem categorization ofchess openings, Copthorne Hotel and Bronstein, challenged, and overtook, the . $': using Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings 't', prevailing chess ideas of the time. These theo- (ECO) codes such as A67 and Dl2, hides the , , 196 - 200 Quay St :,, iNNPl-ir1:::::::::':=.rl reticians introduced, and practised a range of human aspect of opening theory development. ti1ls :::::::::::- ;lij] ii+t ' Auckland * new, and oftentimes criticized, openings and To me there is something much more romantic opening ideas. The King's Indian Defence and exciting about referring to the Panov www.milleniumhotels.co.nz exemplified many of these ideas. In this open- variation of the King's Indian Defence, or the # ing Black avoided contesting a dominant Marshall Gambit in the Ruy Lopez. Grandmas- -".'e+ --ftK White pawn centre early in the game, fianchet- ters of the past have dedicated thernselves to DOP: Bruce Potlard ''* toed his black squared bishop, the famous the development ofthese openings. They have fu;. Indian bishop, and in some variations accepted suffered heartbreak when their new idea is a weak pawn on an open file with apparent given rough treatment at the board, and experi- NT" .,,,* immunity. The King's Indian Defence was not enced deep satisfaction when their home devised on a whim at the chessboard. The analysis proves too much for an unsuspecting ,"N underlying concepts were explored and devel- opponent and brings a full point at a critical oped during thorough home analysis by mem- time in a tournament or match. Legend has it - lt Contact - bers ofthe Soviet School. Is it possible that that Frank Marshall, the American Grandmas- Sp . ".n;,,i ..*j,ril Bob sfr:rith - cx;a@xt:Tbo'n'. 'r Capablanca and others at that time did not ter, waited ten years before springing his fa- 'dF. have the dedication to work on new ideas mous gambit on Capablanca. Alas for Marshall ...-.**# away from the chessboard? Probably not, but the Cuban genius was able to successfully perhaps they were limited in the range of ideas negotiate the American's ww;te*4atana-cffie" ' : novelty. However, ffi' that they considered. imagine the pleasure Marshall would derive F- ;; A)#ifienlmrn Holets ) ,,';" The last century of chess theory and practice from knowing that his idea is still being em- has shown beyond doubt that chess retains its ployed by members of the world's elite such as richness and possibilities for creative inven- Adams, Leko and Anand. [email protected]\'; tion. In fact, I would suggest that in recent When Gary Kasparov retired ftom top level

NZ Chess NZ Chess 25 24 chess to immerse himself in domestic Russian do, I now spend rather more time trying to find 20.Nxe4 Kh8 21.Nxc5 1-0. After this game I sulting position is ultra-sharp and I wouldn't politics one ofthe reasons he gave for abandon- my own, bright, ideas in the openings I play. spent considerable time searching for some- pretend to understand its complexities. Objec- ing chess was the enoffnous creative energy This process is actually a better way to leam an thingnewinthisline. Of course,improvements tively it is probably winning for White, but in required to continually devise new ideas in the opening as it forces one to come to grips with to the Kasparov-Nunn game could be sought at practice I suspect most Benoni players would opening in the era ofthe chess analysis engine. the ideas that underpin it. various stages of the game, but I was keen to try relish the black position. 12.93 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Kasparov's contribution to chess opening the- I recommend to players of all levels to take up to find a way to deviate early and force the Qxhl l4.exd7+ It didn't take long for a more ory during his reign as the world's leading the hunt for new opening ideas. whether you game into uncharted waters. 8...Nbd7 was the demanding response for White to be found. The player was immense. He resumected openings are a 1400 or 2400level player you can still result. While this move had been played before move Be3 worried me considerably in my had that been long dormant, such as the Scotch find new ideas in unexpected places in every it was condemned as a blunder in the literature work. This move performs a number of roles. It Opening, and reengineered other openings to opening you play. These ideas might be subtle- of the time. As is so often the case, moves that obviously defends the vulnerable knight on gl, make them formidable weapons, such as the ties at move 35 of the Ruy Lopez, or constitute look obviously bad sometimes hide secrets that advances White's queenside development, Najdorf Sicilian and King's Indian. The history a new variation of the Taimanov Sicilian. A require further exploration. Interestingly, before blocks the e fi1e which can be problematic for of chess opening theory shows that many open- computer analysis engine might be useful in I started playing this move in the mid 1980s it White with the white king stuck in the centre, ings wax and wane in popularity due to the your search, but don't discount a new ideajust was unknown at the intemational level. Much and slows Black's plan of rapid kingside casting ability oftop players to find and prove the vi- because a computer classifies it as the third best to my disgruntlement, soon after I started using and attack along the open e-file. Castling will ability of new ideas. The degree of this waxing option in a particular position. Trust yourself the idea, others adopted it as well and it ap- cost Black two further pieces instead of just and waning seems to correlate with the sharp- and remember that when it comes to facing peared in the chess literature. Strictly speaking I one. In the 1988 Winstone Toumament I was ness ofthe opening involved. A good example someone else's idea at the board for the first suspectthismoveisdubious,butevenin2007, confronted \Mith this move by Russell Dive. is the Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defence. time, even if the concept is not the best, it can more than 20 years after this line first entered Here's the game 14.8e3 0-0 15.exd7 BxdT This opening experienced some success during be tremendously difficult to compete with toumament practice, there are still serious ques- l6.Bxd7 Rad8 17.8b5 a6 l8.Be2 Rfe8 l9.Bf2 the 1970s when the British pair of Miles someone and who has spent hours at home looking tions that must be answered about its viability. I Bxc3+ 20.bxc3 Rxd5 21.Qa4 Re4 22.Qa3 Qg2 Mestel established new fighting ideas for Black. at its intricacies. might add that there is some irony in the victory 23.Rd1?? Rxdl+ 24.Kxd1 Qxf2 0-1. I must Karpov and others finally found strong con- The annotated game below is an example ofthe by Kasparov and the effect it had on Benoni apologise to Russell for presenting this game tinuations for White in the ultra-sharp Yugoslav product of this creative process when I was aficionados. During the same event Kasparov, here. In compensation I might say that the fol- Attack variation and the Dragon all but disap- searching for new ideas in a sharp variation of playing the black side of the Benoni, scored a lowing year, in the same event, he crushed me peared from top level competition until only the Modern Benoni Defence more than 20 years stunning victory over Victor Korchnoi, who at mercilessly. 14...Bxd7 15,Qe2+?! An alterna- recently. But the Dragon is back. Some of the ago. that time was a world championship contender. tive is to capture on d7 and keep the black king new ideas are barely recognizable from past J Haynes - R Nokes [A67] The only downside to that victory was that it stuck in the centre. Either way, Hiarcs believes Dragon theory but they are proving effective Belconnen club champs (4), t 2.03.1982 wasn't in the Taimanov variation! 9.e5 dxe5 Black is slightly better. You have to admit the and setting white difficult problems to solve. During 1986 and, 1987 I was living in Canberra, 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Of course, back in the mid position is highly obscure. 15...Kfl1 16.Be3 Re8 When I first started playing chess seriously I Aushalia, while working at The Australian 1980s there were no chess engines universally 17.Bxd7Rxe3! purchased a copy of MCo (Modem chess Natural University. My opponent in this game available to test new ideas such as 8...Nbd7. openings) which at the time was the definitive was Jos Haynes, the reigning ACT champion, Instead we had the wisdom of the Encyclopae- reference work on chess opening theory. You and this was my first opporhrnity to introduce dia ofChess Openings and other opening books 8 8 willprobablylaughtohearthatlsetmyself the my new idea in the Modern Benoni. 1.d4 Nf6 written by human beings. In the first edition of goal to memorise 7 every opening variation in 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 96 ECO Volume A the evaluation of the position lAl 7 that book - I was young and optimistic! I re- 7.t4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Here we are in the critical after this move is t-. Our silicon fi:iends of 6 6 member getting frustrated that I struggled to position of the Taimanov, or Bayonet, attack. today are rather less damning although they still memorise the first two pages or three of varia- 8...Nbd7!? In 1982 the "only" move in this indicate a significant advantage for white. 5 5 tions in the King's Gambit - the first opening in position was 8..Nfd7, but a crushing victory by 11...Qh4+ Give Hiarcs a couple of minutes the book. while having every move in MCo the young Kasparov against John Nunn, one of analysing this position, and it will decide that 4 4 neatly buried inside my brain would have been the leading Benoni experts, at the Luzem the greedy 12 Kd2 is the best response by 3 3 pretty useful, my motivation for doing so was olympiad gave many Benoni players, myself White. Much of my time spent analysing the based on an incorect premise, that chess open- included, good reasons to seek altematives. The positions that arise from black's Sth move hap- 2 2 ing theory was created by other people not by Kasparov-Nunn game went 8...Nfd7 9.a4 Na6 pened during the mid 1980s while I was again players like me. l0.NR Nb4 11.0-0 a6 t2.Bxd7+ BxdT 13.f5 0- living in Christchurch. I spent endless hours 1 1 I've grown up since then, and while leaming 0 l4.Bg5 f6 15.Bf4 gxf5 l6.Bxd6 Bxa4 playrng blitz against Chris Baker in this varia- ab c chess opening theory is still something I tend to 17.Rxa4 Qxd6 l8.Nh4 fte4 19.Nf5 ed7 tion, and he invariably chose 12 Kd2. The re-

NZ Chess NZ Chess 27 26 Affiliated clubs 18.Qxe3 Bd4 19.Qe8+ Kg7 I must say that I (Continuedfrom page 2 l) Clubs are requested to advise NZ Chess of any changes in details given below. was quite pleased with myself at this point. far as I know) of one highly potent branch, the Believe it or not this position had arisen in my 'Archbishop Attack': 4Be3 c6 5 h3 Nbd7 6 Ashburton PO Box 204, Ashburton. Meets Wednesday 7.30pm. [email protected] preparation! Such are thejoys ofhome analysis. 94!? White repertoire books surprisingly never Monday 7.l5pm (Feb-Oct), Admin Building, Alistair Newbould (Presiden| (03) 472-8819 The time control for game this was 40 moves in mention this, yet games played since I com- Ashburton Hospital, Elizabeth St. Duncan Watts (Secretary) (03) 477-5226. 90 minutes, and in making his 20th move my pleted my manuscript confirm the importance Contact, Ken Pow (03) 308-3655. Papatoetoe Wednesday 7.3 0pm Papatoetoe opponent had absorbed 74 minutes while I had of this (check idea out Williams-Gagunashvili, Auckland Chess Centre Meets Monday 7.30 RSA Bowling Club, Cambridge Tce, Papatoe- used less than 10. 20.0-{-0 RxeS 21.Bxe8 Hastings 2006171). & Thursday (Social) 7.30pm, l7 Cromwell St, toe. Contacts: John McRae (09) 278-4520, Bxgl 22.d6 This position is still tricky. White However, I argue that Black is doing better Mt Eden, Auckland 1003. (09) 630-2042 Chtb- Manhal Yaikoob (09) 27 7 -9605 has a very powerful passed pawn, and with with 4 Be3 Bg7, and, after 5 can even Qd2 room. Contact, Bruce Wheeler (09)623-0109. Upper Hutt Monday 7.3}pm, Hapai Club, correct play can either win the black bishop in 'castle into it': 5...0-01? After 6 0-0-0 b5 7 B Canterbury, PO Box 19-997, Christchurch. 879 Fergusson Drive. Sec Gerard Denton exchange for the pawn or force the black queen Qa5 we get something like a Sicilian Dragon Meets Wednesday, 7.30pm., 227 Bealey (0 4) infl uen ce@xtr a. co.nz to blockade the pawn. In either case the position without all theory: a dream for some, though 5289297 Avenue; Tel (03) 366-3935 Clubroom. remains double-edged. The evaluation of a others will prefer my recommendations in the Club Captain Roger Smith (04) 971-6528 Pres, Chris Benson Ph (027 4) 3 1 8-95 I position where White has rook and two minor line 5. . .c6 6 NR !, playing White at his Waitemata Thursday 7.45pm, Kelston Comm Qa5 Sec, Craig Hall (021) 128-9543 pieces against a queen and 3 connected passed own flexible game. Centre, cnr Great North Rd and Awaroa Rd, Gambit Sec, Ted Frost, 103 Koromiko Rd, kingside pawns is critical, but my intuition was The other main threat to the Pirc is the Austrian Kelston; jun 6.15-7.15, Mondays, schooldays. Gonville, Wanganui. (06) 348-4266 that Black had the superior winning chances. A Attack (4 fll), to which I devote 142 pages. Postal address: PO Box 21478, Henderson, Hamilton Thur, 7.00pm, St Pauls Collegiate serious alternative for White is 22 Kbl which After 4...8g7 5 NB, I give equal attention to Auckland 1008. Contact Bob or Viv Smith School. Inquiries Gary Judkins (07) 855-5392. forces Black to take extra time to unravel his Black's two main moves, 5...c5 and 5...0-0, (09) 817 -2664; [email protected] co.nz pieces on the kingside. 22..-Be3+ 23.Kbl QA concluding that Black is theoretically flrne in Judkins4@actrix. Wanganui Mondays 7pm, 24.8b5?! White needs to take the plunge and both cases. After5...0-0 6Be3t? has donewell Hastings-Havelock North, P.O. Box 184, Blind Centre, 102 Peat Street. enter the aforementioned ending with 24.d7 lately, but I indicate that Black should retum to Hastings, Wed, 7.30 pm, Library, Pres, Gordon Hoskyr, 7 Pehi St (06) 343-6101; Bg5 25.d8Q Bxd8 26.Rxd8 Qxg3. It seems the old move 6...Nbd7 here. And in the main Havelock N High Schoot, Te Mata Rd. Sec Kevin Yorston, 5 Mitchell St (06) 343-7166. clear that Black is winning here because the line 5...0-0 6 Bd3 Na6 (6...Nc6 is also reas- Sec, Chris Smith (06) 877-4583. Wellington Tuesday 7.3Opm, Turnbull House, rook and minor pieces have no outposts and sessed in detail) 7 0-0 c5 8 d5, I show that Howick-Pakuranga Tuesday 7 .45pm (uniors Bowen Street, Wellington 1. Pres Ross Jack- hence find it difficult to coordinate against the 8...Rb8 9 f5 is not as good for White as is 6.30-7 .30), Haseler Hall, underneath All Saints son, 86B The Esplanade, Raumati South, (04) black kingside pawns and queen acting in con- usually thought, but nevertheless recommend Church, Selwyn Road, Howick. Sec, Kees van 902-17 07, rossl [email protected]. cert. 24...B95 25.Rfl Qxg3? This must be a 8...8g4 as a secure yet dl,namic option for den Bosch (09) 577-5285,021 2627079 Sec Alan Aldridge, (04) 971-4874, mistake. Black allows white to exchange his Black. Ifyou're concerned about something Invercargill Wednesday, 8pm, staff room, alan_aldr id ge @p arad i s e. net. nz passive knight for the bishop, which has the more obscure, such as the sneaky 5 a3 in the South Schoo[, Ness St. must more important role of sacrificing itself Austrian Attack (geared against Black's ...c5 Contact, Garry Putt (03) 216-7368. for the advanced d pawn. With the bishop gone plan), you Associule members will also find two annotated games Kapiti Wednesday, 7.30pm, Salvation Army the black queen must take responsibility for in this line. Hall, Bluegum Road, Paraparaumu Beach. Gisborne, 4126Harris St, Gisbome. preventing the advance of the d pawn and the I consider all lines of the Classical (4 NA Bg7 c/- 5l Ames Street, Paekakariki M.P. Grieve (06) 863-0101. white rook and bishop are quite effective in 5 Be2) in detail (54 pages); likewise the Accel- Contact, Rosemary Kingston (04) 292-8157 NZ Correspondence Chess Assn, tying down the black queen. Instead Black erated Classical (4 NA Bg7 5 h3); R Systems Mount Maunganui RSA Mondays, 6pm- P.O. Box 3278, Wellington. should just continue 25...Qg4 when White (e.g. 4 Be3 Bg7 5 Qd2 c6 6 R); the Fianchetto l0pm. 18 Rangataua St, Tauranga. Sec, J W (Sandy) Ma-xwell, (04)237-4753. really does not have any constructive plans, Variation (4 g3); ttre aggressive 4 Bg5; and I Contact Vaughan Coll ingwood North Harbour Junior Thursday 6pm-7.3Opm while Black can retreat the bishop to f6 or d8 don't neglect odds and ends like 4Bc4,4Be2 (07 ) 5 44-1329, grandmaster@kol.co.nz Northcote Communlty Centre, College Rd/ and then capture the 93 pawn. 26.Ne4 Qe3 intending a spiky g2-g4, and 4 Bf:l. In all of New Plymouth I I Gilbeft St, New Plymouth. Ernie Mays St, c/- FelicityTimings, 13 MackyAve 27.Nc3? [This is a mistake brought on by time these variations you will find new ideas for Tuesdays, 7.30pm. Pres C Bell (06) 769-9419 Devonpor! (09) 4453729 [email protected] pressure no doubt. Better is 27.Nxg5 Qxg5 both sides, accompanied by verbal explanations North Shore P.O. Box 33-587 Takapuna, Districl Associalions 28.Rdl a6 29.d7 30.8f1 f5 31.Bg2 b5 which I hope be to players , Qd8 will of value of any Auckland Chess Assn, Sec, Kees van den 32.8c6 f4 33.Kc2 when it's not clear that Black level. Auckland 9. Wednesday 7.30pm, Northcote Community Centre, College Rd/Ernie Mays Bosch, 37 Centre Court, Pakurang4 is still winning.l 27...Qe6 Now everything is The Pirc is great fun to play and I hope this St. Club Captain, Peter Stuart (09) 449-1812 Manukau City, (09) 577 -5285, 021 2627079. under control and the pawns and queen com- book will inspire you to take it up-even if fortably win the day. 28.Rd1 a6 29.Rd5 Bf6 your initial interest is from the White side! Otago 7 Maitland St, Dunedin. Nl ('hess NZ Chess