World Pty. Ltd. (Incorporating Chess Kids) ACN 087 995 364 Volume 2 Issue 2 Editor: David Cordover March 2000

Editorial While there were a lot of juniors playing at the Ballarat Open none of them really performed at the top level. The highest rated junior was seeded 25th. In the good old days (now I feel old) juniors would be vying for the top spots. Many is a time that I have played in Ballarat when a junior would win the tourna- ment, or at least finish in the real prize money (not a ratings prize). So what is the problem? I blame coaching. The proliferation of chess coaching has destroyed the strength of junior players. While coach- ing is fantastic for encouraging more juniors to play as yet it has been ineffec- tive at producing any good players. The good players are those with either natu- ral talent, superb dedication and often a bit of both. Sam Chow, David Cordover, Garry Kasparov & Channel 9 News. The children of today are expecting that because they are receiving weekly coaching that this will be enough to make them good chessplayers. Little do won’t stop you being hungry for the en- been started in the Northern Suburbs. they realise that coaching is only a tire week, but it sure can have an effect They meet with Nick Speck on Tuesday guide. In order to become a good player on the taste of your own cooking! from 7pm - 8pm at Spensley St Primary. the effort has to come from the self. Good news is that Cathy Chua has Keep your eyes open for information So to all the potential chess champions joined Chess World. She was the first about the Australian Open Rapid Play out there: Please, continue to get coach- female to win a State U18 Junior title Championships, to be run by Chess ing, but treat your time with a coach as when she won the SA U18 Juniors in World in early August. Total prize-pool you might an hour with a chef each 1977, equal first with her brother, Chris of nearly $9000! week. The time with a gourmet cook Depasquale. Cathy represented Austra- Also due to start soon is the 2000 Inter- lia in the 1976 and 1978 Olympiads. See school Competition. Entry forms are her at the shop Tuesday, Thursday and available for both Primary and Secon- Chess World’s Friday each week. dary divisions. There was a fair bit of publicity for Finally, anyone wishing to have news/ HUGE Easter chess thanks to long time Chess World advertisements included in the next student, Sam Chow. He challenged Kas- Chess Kids should contact me soon. parov via the net, and almost won! SALE -David Cordover About time too! A junior chess club has

Inside This Issue Ballarat Begonia Open Pp 2-3 RJ Shield Pp 4-5 Sam Chow vs. Kasparov Pp 6-8 Laugh Radio Page 9 Club News Pp 10-11 Junior Ratings Pp 12 Easter SALE Page 13 Calendar for MM Page 14 Chess Clubs Pp 15 Free Exhibitions Page 16 Page 2 Chess Kids Ballarat Begonia Open

-Bas Van Riel

th The 34 Ballarat Begonia Open add flavour and moral support to the 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Be3 Ne5 13. Weekender event. h3 Rac8 14.Rac1 Be7 15.Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Ne1 Qc6 18.Nf3 Bxc3 The traditional and unique Ballarat The tournament went flawlessly, apart 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 d6 21.Qg3 Rfd8 Tournament was this year’s first Grand from a brief failure of a group of lights 22.Rfe1 Qc5 23.Ng5 h6 Prix (Class 3) event in . during one of the evening rounds: a mi- XABCDEFGHY Having missed out on sponsorship this nor hiccup compared to last years com- year, the committee didn’t know what to motion when the arbiter was stuck in the 8-+rtr-+k+( expect. However, it turned out that they elevator for more than an hour! 7+l+-+pzp-' didn’t have to worry, as 90 players The event was won by Mirko Rujevic turned up, exactly the same number as with 6.5 / 7 points. Equal second 6pzp-zppsn-zp& last year. were GM Darryl Johansen, who lost to 5+-wq-+-sN-% The number of top players, headed by Rujevic in round 5, and Mark Chapman GM Darryl Johansen, was fairly small, who drew with IM Leonid Sandler and 4-+P+-+-+$ but the record entry of juniors (18) was agreed a quick draw with Rujevic in the 3zP-+L+-wQP# very pleasing. Worth mentioning is the final round. Chapman did not have to group of players, who seem to return to play against Johansen, while Sandler 2-zP-+-zPP+" Ballarat year in year out, many of them finished outside of the prize list after a 1+-tR-tR-mK-! pensioners. This creates a unique atmos- draw with Chapman, losing to Rujevic phere with a group which takes chess and then to Johansen in the final round. xabcdefghy 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Qg6+ Kf8 26.Rxe6 seriously and tries to win (prizes), a In the top group George Pratsch (1752) Qg5 27.Rce1 Qxg6 28.Bxg6 Rxc4 29. large group of ‘social’ players and had a good tournament, helped by a Re7 Bd5 30.Ra7 Ra8 Black resigns thirdly the group of juniors with all their friendly draw. He finished with 5.5 distractions and variable interests (not points in equal 4 th spot. After 6 consecutive years of winning the only in chess!). Begonia Open Johansen was due for a The B-group was jointly won by John loss. His loss against eventual winner, To make all this happen each year Nemeth who scored very well against Mirko Rujevic, in Round 5 put him out again, is mainly due to the untiring ef- four much higher rated players, and of the race. forts of Kevin Perrin (DOP). Mind you, good old Olgerts Bergmanis with 5 he has been involved as the main organ- points each. I would not be surprised to After a long, fairly boring game the fol- iser since the inception of the tourna- find that Olgerts and his friend Gunnar lowing position arose on board 1. ment. Lamberts have played in virtually all Johansen, with almost no time left The great support in different ways by (34) Ballarat Begonia tournaments. played a sacrifice, but followed up poorly and lost just as the time control players, clubs, VCA and Chess World is The C-group was won equally by two was reached. invaluable for the success of our tourna- juniors with 5 points each: Amir Nissen ment, and it is greatly appreciated by the (Vic) and Aaron Guthrie (SA). Amir XABCDEFGHY committee. Visits by chess personalities drew with Stewart Boot and won against such as Robert Jamieson, Guy West, Ken Holt. Group D was jointly won 8rtr-+-+-wq( Gary Wastell, David Flude etc certainly (3.5 points) by Eric Lindberg who squeezed three wins out of his last three 7+-+l+pmk-' opponents, and Colin Finlay 6-+-zp-sn-vl& from NSW, who played a solid tournament. 5zp-+PzpPsNp% The first clash between titled 4-zPp+-+-zP$ players came in Round 4. 3zP-tR-vLQzPL#

FM Grant Szuveges 2-+-+-+-+" GM Darryl Johansen 1+-+-+RmK-! 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.e4 Qc7 xabcdefghy 7.a3 b6 8.Bd3 Bc5 9.Nc2 Nc6 Johansen - Rujevic Chess Kids Page 3 55.Ne6+?! fxe6 56.fxe6 Bxe3+ 57.Rxe3 Qa7 30.Nxb5 Bxe3 31.Nxa7 Bxg1+ 32. CDEFGHY Rf8 58.Qf5 Qh6 59.Qg5+? Qxg5 Rxg1 R6xa7 White resigns. 60.hxg5 Nxd5 0-1 8-+-tr-+-+( Mark Chapman had a chance to grasp

outright first if he had defeated Rujevic ACT junior Marija Jovanovic had a 7+l+-+-zpp' in the final round. He wasn’t interested great tournament, defeating Adrian Flit- in taking the risk however and a draw 6p+-+k+-+& ney in Round 6. was agreed after 8 moves. His earlier 5+p+r+-+-% game against Stuart Booth was a more Marija Jovanovic 1294 exciting one. 4-+-zPp+-+$ Adrian Flitney 1840 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5. Stuart Booth 3+-+-mK-+-# g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.d3 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Mark Chapman 2PzPNtR-+PzP" Qe7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.0-0 0-0-0 11.Re1 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5. h5 12.e4 d4 cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 1+-+R+-+-! XABCDEFGHY 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Nf3 Na6 11.0-0 Rb8 12.a4 xabcdefghy Nb4 13.Bb1 a6 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6 IM Leonid Sandler 2271 8-+ktr-+-tr( 16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Qf3 Bb5 18.Rd1 Qd7 Michael Baron 2127 7zpp+lwqpzp-' 19.Kh1 Rfe8 20.Nf1 Na4 21.e5 dxe5 22. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 f5 Nxc3 23.bxc3 e4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.g5 Nd5 9. 6-+nvl-sn-+& Qxe4 Re8 26.Qh4 Nc2 27.f6 Nxa1 28. Bxc4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qe7 11.Bb2 e5 5+-zp-+-+p% fxg7 Be2 29.Re1 Nc2 30.Ne3 Nxe1 31. 12.0-0-0 a5 13.h4 b5 14.Bd3 c5 15.Be4 Qxe1 Bd3 32.Qf2 c4 33.h3 f5 34.Qf4 Ra7 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 4-+-zpP+-+$ Qxg7 35.Bd2 Qe5 36.Qh4 a5 37.Nxc4 Bb8 19.c4 3+P+P+NzP-# Qxd5 38.Nb2 Be4 0-1 XABCDEFGHY Chess World took a group of 9 kids with 2PvL-sN-zPLzP" coaches David Cordover, Wayne Guy 8-vll+k+-tr( 1tR-+QtR-mK-! and Troy Edwards. Lance Truong per- 7tr-+-wqpzpp' formed well. This win, against John xabcdefghy Beckman, being his highest rated scalp 6-+-+-+-+& 13.e5! Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Nc4 to date. Nfg4 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.f4 f6 18.fxe5 5zppzp-+-zP-% fxe5 19.Rc1 h4 20.Bxd4! Black resigns. John Beckman 1465 4-+P+LzP-zP$ Lance Truong 1119 Scott Sharman defeated Sam Low in the 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 3+-+-zP-+-# early rounds, proving that he is yet to Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8. 2PvLQ+-+-+" reach his peak rating. Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.f3 Scott Sharman d5 12.exd5 Nfxd5 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Bd3 1+-mKR+-+R! Mark Chapman f6 15.Bh4 Nf4 16.Rd1 Nxd3+ 17.cxd3 Nf5 18.Bf2 Nd4 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.Qf2 xabcdefghy 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 Rd8 21.0-0 Kf7 22.Qxd4 Rxd4 23.Rd2 19...0-0 20.h5 Re8 21.Bxh7+ Kf8 22.h6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a3 d6 9. Rhd8 24.Rfd1 f5 25.Nc2 R4d7 26.Kf2 gxh6 23.gxh6 Qxe3+ 24.Kb1 Qxf4 25. h3 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.d4 exd4 12. e4 27.fxe4 fxe4 28.d4 Ke6 29.Ke3 Rd5 cxb5 Be5 26.Qxc5+ Rae7 27.Rdf1 Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Nd7 14.Nc3 Bf6 Black resigns 1-0 15.Qe3 c5 16.Ne2 Ne5 17.c3 c4 18.Nd4 See Diagram Qe7 19.f4 Nd3 20.Rf1 Qd7 21.Nf3 d5 Leading Scores from Ballarat 22.e5 Be7 23.Nd4 Bc5 24.b4 Bb6 25. 30.a3 Rh5 31.Rh1 Seed Player Rating Final Position Bd2 g6 26.Kh2 a5 32.Na1 Bd5 33. XABCDEFGHY Nc2 Rc8 34.g3 Rf5 4 RUJEVIC Mirko 2154 6.5 1st 8r+-+-trk+( 35.Rg1 Rf3+ 36. 1 JOHANSEN Darryl GM 2372 6 =2nd Ke2 Bc4+ 37.Ke1 3 CHAPMAN Mark 2213 6 =2nd Bd3 38.Rh1 Rxc2 7+-+q+-+p' 6 BOOTH Stewart 2078 5.5 =4th 39.Rxc2 Bxc2 40. 6pvl-+p+p+& Kd2 Bd3 41.Kc3 7 LOW Samuel 1943 5.5 =4th 5+p+pzP-+-% Kd5 42.b4 a4 43. 18 PRATSCH George 1752 5.5 =4th Kb2 Rf1 44.Rxf1 5 BARON Michael 2127 5 4-zPpsN-zP-+$ Bxf1 45.Kc3 e3 46. 8 SZUVEGES Grant FM 1917 5 3zP-zPnwQ-+P# g4 e2 White re- 11 LOJANICA Milenko 1832 5 signs. 2-+-vL-+PmK" 14 GILL Geoffrey 1770 5 19 PARTSI Dimitry 1746 5 1tR-+-+R+-! 25 NEMETH Janos J 1656 5 =1st Group B xabcdefghy XA B- 28 BERGMANIS Olgerts 1631 5 =1st Group B 26...a5 27.g3 Ra6 28.Qg1 Rfa8 29.Be3 51 NISSEN Amir J 1492 5 =1st Group C 67 GUTHRIE Aaron J 1320 5 =1st Group C Page 4 Chess Kids

SUNDAY 27TH FEBRUARY - UNI - HAWTHORN RJ Shield - February

With the success of last year’s RJ Shield OPEN, U/14 and ADULT series it was decided that there were only Name Rating Score Perf New Change Prize minor refinements needed in order to Gordon Lindberg 1535 7 1643 1569 33.51 1st place make the 2000 series just as successful. Michael Dann 1257 5.5 1604 1336 79.44 2nd place Some changes this year for the RJ Shield Douglas Lindberg 1384 5.5 1461 1398 13.935 1st U/14 will include the addition of a permanent Andrew Le Roy 1343 5 1328 1342 -0.705 3rd place adult division, with separate prizes and a Gary Bekker 1476 5 1246 1464 -12.57 number of venue changes. A list of spe- Daichi Nagao 1120 5 1285 1155 34.62 2nd U/14 cial events happening during the RJ Matan Prilelltensky 1376 4.5 1353 1373 -2.85 3rd U/14 Shield calendar is included across the Samuel Chow 1828 4.5 1365 1804 -23.85 Encouragement page. Make sure you don’t miss the party! Vikram Palit 1194 4.5 1444 1240 46.29 Encouragement Kenny Fong 1257 4 1226 1253 -3.84 With increased prizes, better publicity Shaun Ferris 1062 4 1191 1086 23.52 and better quality playing venues we are Troy Edwards 1054 4 1319 1105 50.4 aiming to get to the elusive 200 player Huw Dann 1016 4 1287 1071 55.23 mark in at least one tournament before Samuel Fell 974 4 1255 1029 54.6 the end of the year! Michael Magat 1361 4 1129 1337 -24.315 Rebecca Haward 987 4 1113 1009 22.68 Top Girl I must thank in advance the many parents Tony Mihalopoulos 1373 4 1091 1344 -28.515 who help during these tournaments. Mark Hughes 1115 3.5 1163 1121 5.25 Without this voluntary assistance it would Matthew Cai 1092 3.5 1166 1096 3.57 not be possible to run RJ Shield’s. Will Heyward 1119 3.5 1147 1115 -3.78 The canteen at the RJ Shield has long Richard Ingleby 1072 3.5 1007 1063 -9.135 been a lax affair, but if anyone is inter- Michael Hain 1360 3 1124 1331 -29.13 ested in commercialising it I would be Will Mithen 1040 3 1025 1038 -2.25 Top unrated prepared to discuss the matter. This is one John Stanning 1048 3 1023 1044 -3.72 Encouragement area that could certainly be improved and Tiko Gawin 1275 3 1115 1247 -27.66 is something I don’t have time to do my- Jose Ramirez 1011 3 971 1005 -6.45 self. Outsourcing would be perfect. Ryan Edwards 1000 3 950 993 -7.5 Jan Taylor 1131 2.5 973 1107 -23.715 There will again be a school prize to the Paul Tran 1040 2.5 1010 1035 -4.605 value of $500 for the winner of the most Thor Taylor 891 2 1055 902 11.31 Hilda O’Callaghan trophies during the Umar Sheikh 969 2 907 957 -12.105 year. Priyanka Akula 954 2 846 938 -16.2 Top Girl U/14 Finally it is hoped that the ACF will be Gerson Hernandez 944 2 876 932 -12.105 introducing a new ratings system so that Simon Truong 852 1 809 836 -15.555 all games played will be rated nationally! David Fang 815 1 772 800 -14.82 William Huynh 707 1 707 701 -6.21

UNDER 10’s Have you renewed Name Rating Score Perf New Change Prize Michael Shafar 1137 7 1061 1152 14.49 1st place your Chess Kids Melford Leong 788 6 1047 850 61.89 2nd place membership for Joseph Ingleby 853 4 853 856 2.565 3rd place Kai Nagao 805 4 814 807 1.515 Encouragement 2000? Kingsley Feng 826 4 811 825 -0.27 Encouragement Stephen Hughes 845 4 826 845 -0.48 Top unrated One month FREE Florence Lim 462 4 781 515 52.5 Top Girl internet access in- Stephanie Ling 669 3 675 670 0.9 EN Van den Bosch 398 2.5 703 420 22.2 Robert Ceglia 611 2 574 604 -6.96 Jordan Schroeder 499 1.5 479 491 -7.74 Chess Kids Page 5

UNDER 12’s & UNDER 11’s Special Event RJ Shield’s Name Rating Score Perf New Change Prize Alex Dickens 864 7.0 1274 972 108.27 1st U/12 26th March Matthew Mack 952 6.0 1134 991 39.63 1st U/11 Jocelyn Eer 946 5.0 935 946 -0.39 2nd U/12 FM Grant Szuveges Simultaneous Christopher Haward 1014 5.0 989 1013 -0.495 3rd U/12 Jesse Jager 743 5.0 957 792 49.11 Encouragement 28th May James Diment 958 4.5 958 958 0.3 Top Unrated Bring A Friend Free Vanja Rozenblat 957 4.5 859 945 -12.09 2nd U/11 Raymond Truong 909 4.5 900 912 2.505 Richard Martin 624 4.5 892 685 61.83 25th June Jason Mihalopoulos 844 4.5 889 851 6.81 3rd U/11 David’s Birthday Party!! Nathan Fell 670 4.0 879 715 44.94 Matthew Shearer 873 4.0 829 867 -6.36 30th July Jeremy Vun 850 4.0 848 852 2.04 Top unrated Toddler Age Division Peter Papas 787 4.0 842 796 8.235 Martin Turley 871 4.0 871 871 0.045 David Vuong 690 4.0 684 689 -0.9 27th August Jonathan Yap 972 3.5 820 950 -21.315 Bring A Friend Free William Swedosh 874 3.5 873 874 -0.105 Joshua Lamb 815 3.5 751 807 -7.665 29th October Matthew Bebe 732 3.5 702 728 -4.41 Andrew Teh 400 3.5 739 456 56.61 Bring A Friend Free Elena Galiabovitch 786 3.0 774 784 -1.62 Top Girl Artem Nikolayevsky 996 3.0 738 962 -33.75 26th November Paul Rosedale 798 3.0 650 777 -20.625 Last of the Millennium! (again) Jonathan Tran 620 3.0 605 618 -2.25 Damien Vosk 713 3.0 732 716 2.79 Celso Mai 651 3.0 641 649 -1.515 Gavin McLeod 643 2.5 600 636 Amy Teh 582 2.5 566 578 -4.08 Megan Howe 660 2.0 626 654 -5.595 UNDER 9’s Name Rating Score Perf New Change Prize Makoto Suwama 1161 7 1161 1178 16.71 1st place Andrea Chang 901 6 1065 935 34.59 2nd place Natasha Lauder 748 5 1012 808 60.24 Top Girl Derek Eer 809 4 842 814 4.665 3rd place Taylor McEvoy 791 4 806 793 1.62 Encouragement Daniel Lim 675 4 912 726 51.66 Top unrated FM Grant Szuveges Christopher O'Yang 730 4 808 742 11.7 Encouragement will play a Stephen Papas 742 4 819 754 11.595 Encouragement Anthony Hain 603 4 809 639 36.33 Encouragement Simultaneous Exhibition. Zane Yang 866 3.5 729 847 -19.74 Adrian Chee 825 3 768 816 -8.55 Win a Chess Computer, UNDER 8’s & UNDER 7’s book prizes or cash! Name Rating Score Perf New Change Prize Patrick Tan 588 7 915 671 83.28 1st U/8 Saturday 1st April Philip Shao 704 5 748 711 6.96 2nd U/8 Kevin Rassool 630 4.5 689 639 8.805 3rd U/8 3:30pm - 6:30pm Brendan Canty 707 4.5 708 707 0.405 Encouragement Nivae Anandaganeshan 378 4 637 435 56.49 1st U/7 Kelvin Chang 646 4 672 649 3.615 1st U/7 $5 entry Richard Hughes 661 4 630 656 -4.575 Serena Swedosh 487 4 619 511 24.36 Top Girl Chess World, 451 North Natalie Ling 518 4 637 533 14.745 Encouragement Sailavan Ramesh 538 3 510 534 -4.35 Rd, Ormond. Michael Mack 628 3 601 623 -4.77 2nd U/7 Michael Tan 611 3 602 609 -2.355 3rd U/7 More details: 9576-8177 Reuben Lim 639 3 510 620 -19.365 Encouragement Page 6 Chess Kids

WEDNESDAY 15TH MARCH - NEW YORK/CHESS WORLD Garry Kasparov vs. Sam Chow

As part of the launch of Kasparov Chess 2.g3 11.Bf4 Bc5 Online (www.KasparovChess.com) the B: Looks like Kasparov has a pawn strat- J: A plan is a plan, even if it doesn’t look world number one player took on 30 egy going here. I’ve heard he likes the like much of one! And a series of one players under age 15 (and rated under pawn scene. move cheapies sure looks like a plan to 2000) in a simultaneous exhibition with a J: I heard he was a queen man myself. me! slight difference. 20 of those games were 2...f5 12.Qd2 Qb6 being played via his website. J: Ahh, an opening involving dykes…. J: Again with the one move threat... B: Jeez, Jim, not in front of the children! [Sam Chow: I was thinking of 12...e5 Kasparov had 2 hours to play the 30 J: I meant windmills and dykes, not then 13.Bd5+ Kh8 14.Bxe5 Bxf2+ 15. games (4 min per game) while each com- queens and dykes you fool! Kxf2 but I didn’t see 15...Ng4+ 16.Kg2 petitor had 1 hour. 3.Bg2 c5 Nxe5] Sam Chow was ’s only represen- B: Very unorthodox play by the young XABCDEFGHY tative and played very well, nearly out- Chow. Who did he learn to play chess cheapying the great Kasparov. from?? 8r+l+-trk+( J: Some New Zealand IM I think, but As it was televised live in New York City maybe a wise plan, take Kasparov out of 7zpp+p+-zpp' I would like to print the game for you theory as early as possible. Make him 6-wq-+psn-+& with imagined comments by the over- really USE those two seconds on each zealous American commentators. move. 5+-vl-+p+-% Imagine 2 American commentators fol- 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.0-0 4-+P+-vL-+$ lowing Sam’s game, Bill and Jim. B: We all know about that move! (whispers in background, “What the hell 3+-sN-+-zP-# B: Well, Jim, here we are about to start in was that?!”) 2PzP-wQPzPLzP" this sy-mul-taneous display. The great J: We sure do. (whispered “Castling, Garry Kasparov will be taking on a 12 now just shut up and watch the game.”) 1tR-+R+-mK-! year old boy from Down Under. From 5...Nc6 6.c4 cxd4 xabcdefghy Australia. Do you think Kasparov will J: If Sam hadn’t taken now then Kas- play the Orangutan opening? 13.e3 parov could gain a good deal of time and J: Another safe, no-thinking move. But, J: He hasn’t played one before…. space with d5. according to the guy on the other side of B: We’ll be following the moves closely B: Yeah, time and space. The two final the room 13.Na4 Bxf2+ 14.Kf1 Qa6 15. and hopefully get a chance to talk to the frontiers. Qb4 Bb6 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Rd6! would young fellow as soon as the game is over. 7.Nxd4 Nxd4? leave a White a comfortable position. And, oh...the first move has been made. J: Capturing here loses a bit of time, I 13...Bb4 14.a3 Ne4 15.Bxe4 Bxc3 Jim. don’t know if I would have recommend J: Obviously not 15...fxe4? because of it. 16.axb3 winning a piece. J: That’s right Bill, that was the first B: You’re always complaining about lost move. 16.Qxc3 fxe4 time. Just live for the moment, man…. J: The exchange of pieces seems to have 1.d4 8.Qxd4 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Rd1 been a good thing for Black. Previously B: A Queen pawn opening, I wonder J: With 30 games to worry about (at 4 he had far less space and quincequantly what Sam will have prepared against that. minutes per game) Kasparov is playing his pieces had less maneuvering room. We know young Sam was informed only very simple chess. No complicated plans, Now with a few minor pieces gone the a matter of days ago, however this poten- just pieces to their best squares. And we space situation doesn’t mean so much. tial champ must have given some thought all know where Rooks belong, don’t we Also, Kasparov has weakened the white to his opening moves. Bill. squares around his own king. Leaving J: That’s right Bill, he must have. B: In jail? only opposite color bishops on the board 1...e6 J: Rooks, not crooks you dunderhead. can also give Sam a chance to threaten to B: Ooh, an interesting choice of opening. 10...Qa5 get a drawn position sometime in the fu- He only moved his pawn one square. I B: Going for him with his queen. Go ture. The only drawback is that Sam’s wonder what he is thinking. Sam, move in for the kill! pawn on e4 is stranded, alone, and de- J: Croissants in Paris? J: Actually not much choice. Black really fenseless, silent in a world of noise, chaos B: Sounds great to me Jim. can’t get his Q-side pieces into play. and bustle…. (Bill goes for a walk, in a bit of a huff.) Chess Kids Page 7

rather than have 30 people attacking with go to more Chess Kids coaching ses- Clock repairs their queens, play 30 simple (even) end- sions? Any club or individual who has games and hope to beat the juniors with B: My alter-ego thinks that 24.bxa5 Rxa5 analogue clocks that need repair- superior technique. 25.Bf6 e5 was an alternative. ing can bring them in to Chess 18...Qf5! 24...Rc5! World and have them repaired. J: Good move little Aussie boy….good B: Sam Chow, cheapie master, has man- move. Now his queen is active! aged to out cheapie the World #1!! Who Only $20 each 19.Qe5 would have thought that this 12 year old (Garry leaves the room) star from Jebrovia … B: Can I just say that he’ll never be on J: Where? XABCDEFGHY television again? B: Oh, I mean, from Australia. He is a J: Sure. Go ahead. pawn up for nothing against Kasparov! 8r+l+-trk+( B: Kasparov sure is keep to swap queens! 25.Bd8 Rxb5 26.h4! 7zpp+p+-zpp' J: But I think that was a mistake, Bill, I J: Watching Kasparov make these moves think that Sam has a chance at something you can tell he is a champion. It takes him 6-wq-+p+-+& here, maybe even win a piece! only a second to realise that he isn’t going 5+-+-+-+-% XABCDEFGHY to get any play on the Q-side, so he has to cause some trouble on the K-side. This 4-+P+pvL-+$ 8r+l+ -trk+( move doesn’t do anything specific, but 3zP-wQ-zP-zP-# that is half the challenge. To have the 7zpp+p+-zpp' self-control to do nothing until your op- 2-zP-+-zP-zP" 6-+-tRp+ -+& ponent makes a mistake. 1tR-+R+-mK-! 5+ -+-wQq+-% XABCDEFGHY xabcdefghy 4-+P+pvL -+$ 8r+lvL -+k+( 17.Rd6? J: Playing 17.Qc2 would give Black the 3zP-+-zP-zP-# 7+p+p+ -+p' chance to sacrifice with 17...d5 and acti- 2-zP-+-zP-zP" 6-+-tRp+ -+& vate his bishop. (Bill walks back in with his friend Gary) 1tR-+-+-mK-! 5zpr+ -+-+-% J: Garry, would you like to say some- xabcdefghy 4-+-+p+PzP$ thing? 19...g5! 3zP-+-zP-+-# G: Can I just say this is the first time I’ve J: Ooh, although it looks as if Sam can been on television? grab a piece here, there is actually a way 2-+-+-zP-+" J: No, I’m sorry, we haven’t the time, out. 1tR-+-+-mK-! Sam has moved again. B: The crowd is going wild! 17...Qc5 20.Qxf5 Rxf5 21.g4! xabcdefghy J: It seems now that Sam is getting his J: Counterattack! Never say die. 26...a4?! Queen active. Perhaps Kasparov has B: Where there’s a will there’s a way. B: I heard a saying once that every pawn played a little inaccurately. Where there’s a feather there’s a duck, or move weakens something. B: Yeah, something like 17.Be5! would a pillow. Where there’s smoke there’s a J: True, and it can’t be taken back either. have been better. With a variation some- fire, or cancer-man, or just smoke. This move weakens the b4 square. Also it thing like 17.Be5 Rf7 18.Rd6! Qd8 19. 21...Rc5 22.b4 Rxc4 23.Bxg5 means that White’s one a-pawn can now Qd4 Qf8 20.Rf1 and Black loses his e- XABCDEFGHY hold both Black’s Q-side pawns in a later pawn. endgame. J: Wow! That’s great analysis, Bill. 8r+l+-+k+( 27.Bf6! B: Thanks, my German friend Fritz told J: Going for the b4 square straight away. me! What do you think Garry? 7zpp+p+-+p' A strong player will always exploit any G: Can I just say this is the second time I 6-+-tRp+-+& weakness in the position. And here Kas- have been on television? parov wastes no time. J: No, there isn’t time. Kasparov has 5+-+-+-vL-% 27...Kf7 28.Bc3 moved... 4-zPr+p+P+$ B: I wonder where that’s going? 18.Qd4?! 28...Ra6! J: 18.Rad1 would have been my choice. 3zP-+-zP-+-# J: Finally, more than half-way through Really the only move then for Sam would 2-+-+-zP-zP" the game and Sam can activate some of have been ...b5. 18.g5 loses to 19.Be5 his pieces. B: Why not just move the Bishop thing to 1tR-+-+-mK-! 29.Rd2!! e5 straight away then? J: Such a subtle way of playing for a win! J: Because then Black could win with xabcdefghy 23...a5! 24.b5?! Had Kasparov exchanged it would have 19...Rf5! Anyway, it seems that this is a been a certain draw. Keeping the pieces pre-match strategy. Swap queens and play J: Can it be possible?? The world cham- for the endgame. Seems much simpler, pion, at 2 seconds per move, can’t see simple one move forks? Maybe he should (Continued on page 8) Page 8 Chess Kids

(Continued from page 7) way to try for a win (and good luck to B: He’s escaped from checkmate! on gives Sam more chances to go wrong. Sam too, anyone who is brave enough to J: But not for long. So in effect Kasparov is still playing for a play for a win against Kasparov deserves 43.Kxg2 Kxh4 44.Rh6+ Bh5 45.g6+ win here! to win!). There are other alternatives here Kg4 46.Rxh5! 1-0 29...Rc6 30.Bb4 d5! for Black. 38...Rb2 probably doesn’t lose, J: Eliminates all possibilities for counter- J: If Sam is ever going to play for the win White’s best would be to try for the h- play, so understandably Sam resigns. then he will need his bishop from c8. pawn with 39.Rf7. The commentators move in on Sam…. 31.f4! Or from my point of view the best would J: As I was saying before, Kasparov have been 38...Be2! swinging the bishop J: Sam, what were your thoughts when knows he can’t win on the Q-side. This to c4 and allowing the Black King to you sat down to play Kasparov, the great- temporary pawn sac opens up some lines come in via g4 to create mating threats. est player in the world, and some may say on the K-side. 39.exd4 exd4 40.Kf2 Rb2+ 41.Kg3 the greatest player ever? 31...exf3 32.Rf1 e5 33.Rxf3+ Rf6 34. J: Well, Sam can force a draw here. There Sam: Well, I was a little …. Rxf6+! is a perpy with Rb3+, Rb2+, Rb1+ etc. B: Were you nervous? J: Probably unnoticeable to many, but the Because White can never come across to Sam: Yes, a little. But …. logical looking 34.Rdf2 actually is worse the e-file or his bishop drops. Eg. 41... J: How did you feel when you got a pawn because after Black exchanges rooks, Rb3+ 42.Kf4 Rf2+ 43.Ke4 Re2+ or 42. up against Kasparov? White is left with a rook on f3, rather than Kf2 Rb2+ 43.Ke1 Re2+ Sam: I was confident of …. f2. The reason this is bad is because the XABCDEFGHY B: Did you think you’d win. rook then has less mobility (and is on a Sam: Yes, I was …. white square). 8-+-+-tR-+( J: Did you have a pre-game strategy? 34...Kxf6 35.Rf2+ Kg6 36.g5 Kh5 37. 7+p+-vL-+p' Sam: Well, I expected 1.d4, but I pre- Rf8! Bg4 38.Be7! pared for a Nimzo-Ind …. XABCDEFGHY 6-+-+-+-+& B: Which piece did you plan on moving? Sam: What? 8-+-+-tR-+( 5+ -+-+-zPk% B: Which pieces did you want to use at 7+p+-vL-+p' 4p+ -zp-+lzP$ the start? Sam: I was hoping, all of them! 6-+-+-+-+& 3zP -+-+-mK-# J: Were you worried that your Bishop 2-tr-+-+-+" was trapped? 5+r+pzp-zPk% Sam: My light-squared bishop? Yes, but 4p+-+-+lzP$ 1+ -+-+-+-! then …. 3zP-+-zP-+-# xabcdefghy B: How would you like a rematch, one- What would you play against Kasparov on-one? 2-+-+-+-+" in this position? Sam: I don’t think that I’d go to well. J: Are you disappointed? 1+-+-+-mK-! 41...d3?? Sam: Not that much, he is the #1 in the xabcdefghy J: Ooh, the only move that loses! Sam world after all. has overlooked White’s new threat. With 38...d4?! B: So, you are pretty upset then. Well, the King now covering some white B: Not 38...Kxh4? 39.g6+ Kg3 40.gxh7! don’t worry. Bad luck, hey. Better luck squares there are mate threats in the air. (40.g7? Rb1+ 41.Rf1 Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1 next time. B: (sings) Mate is in the air... Be6) and game over. Bill and Jim go off to put their story to- 42.Rf6! J: You sound like a computer! But really, gether for various TV stations. J: Ouch! Sam had obviously been wor- this is the critical position. White domi- B: Hmph, Sam isn’t that talkative is he? ried about Rf7 and threats on the h-pawn nates the black squares, but that isn’t go- J: No, not really...doesn’t matter. We can but forgot now that with the King on g3 ing to be enough to win. Will it be just make stuff up. there is this move as well. enough to draw? 38...d4 is a reasonable B: True, journalistic license and all that. 42...Rg2+ FINAL RESULT

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GGGambitGambit Chess Class Saturday 10:30am - 12:30pm @Kerrie Neighbourhood House Term 1 Holidays Kerrie Rd, Glen Waverley. 10th - 14th April Chess Kids Holiday Program Chess World Saturday 1:30 - 3:30 pm 15th - 16th April Victorian U/12 Championships Elwood @ Chess World 451 North Rd, Ormond. 15th - 19th April Victorian Junior Championships Elwood Do you wish to score more points in 21st - 24th April Doeberl Cup - Canberra (adult) Canberra your next ? If so read on. 22nd - 25th April Anzac Day Weekend (adult) Melb Chess Club Wayne Guy ( 1999 VVictorianictorian Open Term 2 Champion ) will run coaching sessions with Chess Kids ... and he has an inter- 6th - 7th May Hobson’s Bay Weekender (adult) Altona North esting system to ensure that you become a much stronger player! Sunday, 28th May RJ Shield Tournament #3* H’glen TAFE Wayne is so confident that he can in- crease your playing strength, he will re- 10th - 12th June Vic Open (adult) Melb Chess Club turn your entry fee if you fail to score more than your previous R.J Shield re-

Term 2 Holidays sult! This rule applies until you are scor- Sunday, 25th June RJ Shield Tournament #4* Hawthorn ing 7/7 ! • Regular prizes for lucky ‘ticket win- 7th - 9th July Junior Masters Chess World ners’ • Video & computer aided learning

Term 3 • Become an expert in almost any Sunday, 30th July RJ Shield Tournament #5* Hawthorn opening you choose • Learn all about chess traps & pit- Sunday, 27th August RJ Shield Tournament #6* H’glen TAFE falls…a great way to improve tactics • Learn the ‘stepping stone method’ Sunday, 10th September Secondary Interschool FINALS TBA for greatly improving your calcula- tion skills Term 3 Holidays • Explore the history of chess, and discover some amazing players. 18th - 24th September Chess Kids Olympics TBA To contact Wayne: 30th Sept - 1st Oct Lidum’s Cup - Adelaide (adult) Adelaide 9808-8370 0417-381-510 Term 4 Tuesday, 17th October Primary Interschool FINALS TBA

Sunday, 29th October RJ Shield Tournament #7* Hawthorn

Sunday, 26th November RJ Shield Tournament #8* Hawthorn

Term 4 Holidays Late January Australian Junior Championships Canberra

* The RJ Shield runs over 8 tournaments and each player’s best 4 results go towards a final prize. Make sure you watch this calendar as many of the venues are undetermined at present or may change in the upcoming months. Chess Kids Page 15

Chess Clubs Junior Clubs

CLUB CONTACT PHONE MEETS CLUB COACH PHONE MEETS

Albury Rob Simmons 02 6021-5851 Fri Glen Waverley Wayne Guy 0417-381-510 Monday

Ballarat Patrick Cook 03 5331-6658 Thurs Bayswater Lesley James 9729-8912 Monday

Bendigo David Schepisi 03 5439-6459 Wed Box Hill Gerrit Hartland 9878-3163 Tuesday

Bosnia Amir Mahic 9562-4630 Tue Northern Club Nick Speck 9576-8177 Tuesday

Box Hill Rolf Exner 9878-0550 Fri Glen Eira David Cordover 9578-6203 Tues*

Dandenong Don Maciulaitis 9791-3541 Wed Dandenong Mos Ali 9791-6184 Wed

Doncaster Angus Dykes 9654-8011 ? Training Squad Nick Speck 9576-8177 Thurs*

Elwood Stephan Taylor 9877-2581 Sat Waverley David Cordover 0411-877-833 Friday

Essendon David Stimpson 9338-3321 Wed Youth Club David Cordover 9578-6203 Friday*

Frankston Jim Duncan 9783-6648 Thurs Elwood David Cordover 9578-6203 Sat*

Glenroy Peter Hindson 9305-3851 2 days Chess World Wayne Guy 0417-381-510 Saturday

Glen Eira David Cordover 9576-8177 Wed Glen Waverley Wayne Guy 0417-381-510 Saturday

Geelong Ian Boasman 03 5224-1293 Mon Hobson’s Bay Peter Caissa 0411-710-900 Saturday

Hobson’s Bay Peter Caissa 0411-710-900 Wed Internet Chess www.chessclub.com Always! Kew Geoff Hilliard 9819-3651 Fri * These clubs have different times for advanced and beginner students. Melbourne Richard McCart 9416-3149 Daily

Mentone Harry Proctor 9584-9072 Thurs

Monash Sam Low 9560-6049 Mon-Fri

Waverley David Cordover 0411-877-833 Fri Page 16 Chess Kids

SCHOOL COACHING • Chess Kids runs lunch-time clubs, after-school coaching, enrichment activities or chess as part of the curriculum. • Experienced coaches work from a structured syllabus • Full time coaches David Cordover , Nick Speck (former Australian Junior Champi- ons) Wayne Guy (Victorian Open Champion) and Don Machell (6x DCC Champion) • Proven results with student achievement and more importantly, high levels of involve- ment • Special prices for schools wishing to upgrade their existing chess program FREE Chess Exhibitions Until the end of April David Cordover will be providing FREE exhibitions at schools, clubs and events around Melbourne. These are great for publicity, to drum up interest in chess or just to kick start a club. Choose from the following possibilities or make up your own. N Giant chess set N Simultaneous display (play up to 50 people at once, with prizes for winners) N Blindfold games N Informative talk at assembly N Introductory lesson for a year level, class or group

Contact: David Cordover Snail mail: 451 North Rd, Ormond 3204 Ph/fax: 9576-8177 Mobile: 0411-877-833 E-mail: [email protected] Web Page: www.chessworld.com.au