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The next issue may well see the nane dearth of experienced tourrlalnent DEADLINES The sane Kaslnrov's chess teil, (f,vl l.r'rl lt)l l\41\N of another Cor:ncif rrprnber at the di-rectors on the locaL scene. regulars have been around for InEIny years The deadline for bot-h copy and Master Alexei NIKITIN ancl Mrrl, r rnasthead. few boys' advertising is the l5ttr of ttre nnnth nlexander SIIAKAROV, arc,in r1 irrr,, rt .,r A new Editor is desperately needed. but tJtere are all too 'nevr on and even the nore experienced prior to publication. in depth analysis of Karlxrv'r; l', l, , rr [4y professional life,added to my ccrning tnnds have thlngs to learn. preparation for tlre renEtcll. li, r rr , v secretarial responsiJ:ilities will not old I ^ Since Ted STALLNECTil left for Australia, SUBSCRIPTION RATES has a fulf list of activit il: L,,r,ILr rl) perlr]it t]re present situation to qualified to the nEtch. 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Readers can look forward ti-nre when NZCA is deeply rnvolved in other areas of chess promotion. tournanent is to fi-nd a DOP! $20, half coLr:rnn $'l 0 . to lots of excrting chess in the months proposed 1987, a (one Argurnents about fluctuating quality and It is that during CIub Directory fisting year) to colte. series of weekend serLinars should be $6. A-Iteration to listing, $2. .irreg'ular aplEarance in recent times l4aya C'HIBURDANII)ZI: wi I I rl, '1,'rrl lr, r t,illc appealing, but the hefd in say, Auckfand, WellinqrEon, are superficially A snrall group against Elcna AKIiMYII )Vll.lin Yn wl tLr wrii t]lc only Christchurch and Dunedin. MUBLE ISSUE PUBLICATION fact is that the magazlne receaved directors contendcr':; c()nl (':rl ilr I'{tlttxr, Sweden marginal support in the days when Peter of experienced tournament Delays in publication of the Febmary wrLh 9\/14 - At(llMYIr )Vl;KnYn will be the STUART turned out an irnraculate will provide basic "how to" information, issue have carried over into April and forrrth llur;:;i,ril r lr,rl l,,trrJ|r to play product time. and nany of the finer points as well. on time nearly aII the part the June. In an effort to catch up the new CllIIlllltl /tllll)ZIl lor llrC title, errphasising In the past u/eeks I have learned to An application for of be nrade the Irtinistry of Editors have decided to publish a double (il i1 rrrrlr, rLrl,lr,rsising) the stre:nrltlr fully appreciate the effort and flmding wilt to (April-June) issue. This issue of liovict r; of both sexes. job Recreation and Sport, but as is usual IrI,ryt'r dedication that Peter put into his the contains local and international news A rri.w r lr, ':;:; school acconnodatirr(l ',00 in such matters, the bufk of as Editor. be net by the that wilf bring readers up to date as pLLlri l:; lr, l; [.cn opened rn SaatJy, Of course the magazine is the barmer cost vrill have to (']r , participants. far as the end of l,1ay 1986. IyPd Azlrhr i l;rn, the honre of [r(cr1d rrrrl r, , r of New Zealand chess, and the nain for the ntost part on tlte Association's G;rrr j KASLTAROV. Chess is beirrt r, r ! ro- vehicle for keeping the chess players I-€t's have sonre feedback on this topic. new Sharp Electronlc Tfpewriter, the rlLrrlrl [,o secondary schools as] l;()'/r, I of this country informed. Of course it How nany Clubs viould be interested in jolnt L ,r rnagazine is the work of the rjrLrvcys show tha-. chessplayirrrJ 1,r I ilo deserves to be maintained,and of course putting a nember forward; and hor,{ many N.Z.C.A. Councll. h.l,lrrr at nnths and science! the Council should keep up its product- chess enthusiasts would be interested ion. If you thirk that, then in taking pa.rt in a serninar of this sort? be prepared to Lend more than vocal support. hstead of writing letters of 0_0_0 3l Can You See the Combinations ? These diagrams from the.fibrary of r.ev AgtH(AR share a ccnnnn thene. The answers SPOT THE MOVE are rxlr provided in this issue. Try your hand using the diagrams a horsing You shouldn't need the board for these sirnilar but your oniy to develop Just bit of about. chess insight. subtly different Itleredith problems provided frorn I-ev APIil(AR's library. No solutions in this issue. Natr-:ra1ly, f,Jtrite to nove and rnate in two. 1. 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32 33 LOCAL NEWS MSIII\GS JT]NIG IUIMBUENI 1985 Eryq4N4_cEqg_s{B ATKTAI\D CIiRISIITAS IUIRIiGUETiII ASTAID HJSINESSIU]SE IUMIEY 1985 by Bob GIBBONS. lote--Ey-Fete7-vmrn. The 6th Hastings Junior Tournament drew The 1985 A Grade Chanpionship was won The Auckland Chess Centre for the tenth tine by Hcr,vard I]HITIOCK hosted a P.I4EIR (I,AW) W.LEONHARDI (AirChCSS ) 313 entries to the Hastings Indoor srnall tournanent over the CLrristrnas Stadiun frcrn 30 prirary and internediate u*ro played his usual steady brand of holidays which saw 14 players corpete 1e4b6 2d4rr-7 3Nc3e6 4Bf4IiIf6 schools. For the 6ttr year in a row chess. Prince VE'IHBANIAI,I was denied s Bal3 for the 'Ortvin Sarapu Trophy'. d6 6 Nf3 Be7 7 ee2 NbalT I 0-0 Peterhead School of F1a:z/5 ahead of Nick Preparations for the 1986 - 1987 IGSII]\GS CTIESS '1985 BRIDGES who hefd him to a draw in their CLI]B REST]LIS Congress are well under way. Wanganui last round game. The most notabfe is looking forward to the support of feature was that the half point was the Dave LYNCH who was recently awarded the chess players from far and wide. NZ Master by first that Bob had dropped at the Club Titfe, showed his class winning the three senior events g,T'B all year. ceorge WILLfAMS vr'ho turns 24 fe! fg 25 e6 --- Threatcning 2(r (k.5. - I]PPER, HI}II CIIESS out a the P.D.Lm Swiss Open, the Lightening first rate Cfub Bulletin fotlnd 25--- Rfl+ 26 Rfl 0c6 27 e7 Rcsigns_ Ross CORRY is the 1985 Upper Hutt Chess tjrne to take the Reserve Championship Tournament and the A Grade Trophy. Api ROBIN was second in the A Grade and also Club Champion. An unlceaten 7\/10 placed wilLh 4>z/5 ahead of Charfie I,IOULE. I\Otr{TIT SIIORE S:IIII{ER CI]P received the "most improved player" him ahead of A-Ifan JOHNSON (7) and Simon Junior CIub Champion was Chris BAKm.l Tha Norrh Shorc cfufls teS6 pipr--oi, ,r n award. Mike EARLE was third. BROI,{N (6!). Though by no means highest whife Andrew MAICOURONNE arld Barry I\4ARTIN was the usual 8 rornd Swiss rlrlost player' Sumner Cup. PauI TURNR won the B Grade ahead of rated, he was tournament favourite having -BUSS shared the Improved lr'orty two players entered but the eve.nt Iost only one Club game all year. award. Roy GORDON with Mike ,UJNNIIGUAM third. lacked several of the Club,s top playcrs. The B Grade winners were Joe HOFSTEEDE Paul GARBE'IT ,o., th" tournamont i-a:;i ly and Brian BROI^IN with Chrls BEr,r, third. OI{PUIER PAPAXOEIOE CIIESS Ot]B WII\E! ! rvith a possible B grints wlri ll tialph IIART Ken HARRIS won the C Grade and GIen ::ook clear second a January 1986 marked a first for New lrrint lxthlnd, aflcr The 1985 A grade championship resufted SULLIVAN scored a picket fence in the D a large s.lice of go

34 35 21 Rc7 Kc7 22 Qc4+ Xb8 23 gf[ ry5 his better nonents. AKTAIID GIESS CEIIBE Barry WILLIAI4S took out cl-ear first 24 Og3 RcB 25 f4 BalS 26 tl6 RgB P.!iIIITE - N.MEIGE pface 27 Kh1 RdA The 1985 Centre Chanpionshi.p was run in the B Grade with 6/7 ahead of Rc4 28 Rfl Bb6 29 0b3 M.HARE and S.l4cRAE 30 RcB Rf2 32 Kg2 Rddl as a 9 round Swiss. Michael HOPEWil-L on 4L. Qf3 3l Rcl+ nade short \"rork of the opposition in The C Grade r,ras a thirty player Srriss 33 Re2 Rgl+ 34 xh3 lib5 35 Rd2 Rcfl blazing through Lo 8rJ9. He dropped and C.BYF\IRD scored an effortless 6,/7 36 Qe3... The adjourned position, and head R.Jackson an interesting nany the haff point to N.Bridges in Ror:nd 7. to off on 5L. one. There are possibilities, eg; 36...a6 (to sol-ve Lindsay CORNFORD was always close behind Ganes from the A Grade annotated by back rank problems) 37 Nd7 38 but a loss to S.VarDam in the last HOPHilil-L:- d7l Qb3 Nigef Rel Rd7 round put hjm out of second p1ace. 39 Re3+ 40 @3 Be3 41 Rf7. Ho\dever, FITZPATRICK P.ViIIITE afso had chances of second M.HOPEWEI-L - S.FITZPATR,IO(. finds an effective place and was the only player to Alekhine's Defence forcing variation. trouble the winner, buL went astray in 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 rin5 3 d4 tl5 4 Nf3 Bg4 36-..ttl7! 37 Oe4 hs! 38 gh fs the adjournnent and lost. 5Be2c6 6N95Be2 7@2& 8dee6 39 ef Nf6 40 Qe2 Rel 0-1. Black hasrplayed very strongfy; his last 9 0-0 ritl7 10 c4 11 I{c3 nr:ve 23---Re2!, has Results: 1 M.HOPEI^IU,L 8%; 2 S.VAI.iDAIvI 7;' IibT Nf5 P.GREM{ M.HOPEI.]il.L the inurediate threat A standard Alekhine position where l,iLrite - of Rxb2, whilst also 3-4 P.WIIIIE,L.CORNFORD 6L,i 5-6 N.MHIGE Neo-Grlinfefd serving as an has his usual spatial edge. interference in trrlhite's defence (note N.HOPEI^]il,L 6 ; 7 -13 N.BRIDGES,R.GfBBONS, 1d4Nf6 2Nf396 f3 12 Rill 13 M3-.. 3g'397 4ry2O-O is no longer under attack. J.BOII'OR,M. HARE,M.I,ORRISON,L.RAIINSLEY, Qc7 5 0-0 aL5 6 c4 dc 7 W I Na3 tt6! ) After lritrite The different nove order 13 Bf4 and then Qc2 pJ-ayed the naturaf 24 d4-.. Black bfew C.ROSE 5!, 1 4- 17 C.BYEORD,F.FISCHffi., 9 e3 Nb4 10 t{al3? 14 Nf3 gives Bl-ack the opportr,rnity Oe2 llhiters foundations G.HAAG, I.t\.lcNALLy 5.. ..40 p1ayers... to The idea was to weaken d4 by forcing apart with 24..-Ml3!! err vrith 13..h6? 14 Ne6! 15 KdB Nour if 25 Kh3 h5! por,verful fe 0h5+ Nfd2, however 10...c5f was much with a M.HOPEWtr-L N.MEIGE 16 eyeing e6. better. initiative. A probable - Qf7 11 Md2 c5 12 rilac4 t\bl 13 Racl oil variation runs Dutch 13...8e7 14 8f,4 15 FEbl 16 26 Rg1 Rf4 27 Ne2 Rg4 y$2 0-0-0 h5 94! 14 ed rit15 15 Rfdl Rc8 16 I\b4.-. 28 Rq4 @4 29 Notes by Nigel HOPEltEtiL. Obligatory. fe2 with Qh4 to follow. Unfortr.rnately, I d4 e6 2 c4 f5 3 Nd lIE6 4 lilf3 '16...Nh4 Reaching an isolated QP position which b4!? 17 Mr4 95! ! in view V{hite, perhaps a fittle baffled, pfayEd s Bc3+ 6 bc3 b5 7 Eb7 0-Q+ '17..Bh4 of his excellently centralised 25 t{F-2 93 W2 I A superb nove! is obviousJ_y Iftights, favours ldriter Qg4 26 Nf3 Rf3 27 lgl r{g1 O_l d6? A wedmess that Black's positi5n better for White after 18 Ne4; nou 16-..Bh6? 0_0_0 carnot tolerate. 9 d5!+ The A strong rrDve were it hciurever, it transpires, Bfack tras tlie not for Write's brilliant refutation. standard response. .-.e5 10 lq5 Bc8 advantage. 18 Ii96 is the cruciaL test CERIsTIBT]RCH GIESS CENIRE 40_40 Bfackrs position is already unlcearabfe. as after 18...f96 19 Bg3 Vitrite has a %H,T Report by Mrian LLOYD He could also ,'rrzt% "lrus, try10...Na6 follcnued by clear adva-ntage. lulichael would have ,,r% Tony mWDB{ conducted a 40-40 tournament ...Nc5, swapping off the Ne6, hcxarever played this fine had he not been otherwise %A%t, for Christchurch Chess Centre on 8-9 this line is likely to neet a sjmilar terrpted. Nonethel-ess Black has an % I.{arch 1986, and though ttte good advertising fate the Ne6 '18... to text. ll Be6 12 M excef.Ient exchange sacrifice with t%h%% faifed to attract some top Cantabrians it c5 13 Ba3 Ke7 14 By NhB , e4! sacrific- gf4t 19 Rh8 20 Re1 R98 with the idea % :ru,a% did brlng a trio of Nelsonians in Tcrn ing a pawn, IrJhite opens up lines against Rg5, and of h5. The reader will see |%%"&. van DYK John van cINKil, and Dennis BOYCE. Blackrs . '15 ef3 14...fe4 f4! that these possibllities, which favour After three rounds only Adrian LLOYD 16 qf3 Radl EA Oc7 17 Rd8 18 Qfs Na6 Bfack arise because [r7]rite's QB is had 100%, Tony ml/iDm{ having lost to 19 Resigns- The tJrreat of 20 play tr: 94 95 relatively out of and a1so, due to 17 l\krs! Rc5 promising youngster Dean DI/ARDS in the carnot be fiet. opposite castling acts as a catalyst to lf 17...Bcl Vihite first ror.md. Tom and Peter van DYK Blackrs K side initiative. Therefor has nore than enough SUTW\.IM CUP compensation spfit the point after a spirited tussfe. deplolrrent of the Bishop on the b2-h8 after 18 Ne6 etc. l8 alc Bc1 19 Rcl+ 20 t\b5 Rc8 Three rounds Iater LLOYD still had his The Auckland Chess Centre Surmer Cup diagonal wlth 11 b3 intending Bb2, Nbd2, Oc7 21 h4.-- The next phase gane picket fence and Stephen LLTGY joined was convj-ncingly won by Siron FIZPAIRICK etc., was Irr3re accurate. 18 ]I15?! of the while Peter playing can best be explained by Black's DCI]DEN and Tom van DYK on 4/6 Green, strong and (3 Round seven destroyed hopes of a prfect resourceful rLiddle gafles came an easy severe time trouble rninutes for score when LL,OYD heat second. Of renaining players, 15 roves) and hlhlte's risky play in the of a time the scramble queened to find tLrat van GINKEI's Lindsay CORNFORD and ltichae] HOPEWU-L to expfoit it. 21 .. -GS 22 h5 Rc5 23 Rdl lib3 King was stalemated- Tony DO!'iDEN played the nlost energetic chess. ran a first rate tournarnent but could 123456 24 bc3 Re5 25 Qf3 Rh5 26 eb7 @5 27 QbB+ Kg7 28 Qe8 Re5 29 Rd8 Re't+ not match the high standard at the boa-rd 1 S.FITZPAIRIA< X 1 1 1 \15\ '2 '2 30 Bf'l Bh3 and Black lost on tirne. AS WCII. 2P.GREtrNOX1111 105 Results: A.LLOYD 3L.CORNFORDk0X011 0-0 1 l\i 2-3 P.vanDYK,D. 1\4 ED{,{ARDS S\; 4-6 A.DotrtrDtrN,T.van DYK, S. 4 N.HOPEII^]U.L \01Xr0 \13\ TLre above garrles were selected by the winners as their most interesting LUKEY 5i 7-8 E.WTLKINSON, T.JORDAN 4%; 5M.HOPEI^7ELL 000!X1 \13 9-. l'1 D.BOYCE,B.McMLLtAN,J.van GINKEJ- 4; 6 N.MEIGE OOO1 OX 113 A wifd conceptionl The reader can encourters. Nigel had recourse to 7 M.DREYm x12\ position his brotherrs post morten notes. 12-13 M.I'iILSON, R.var NOBH.B{ 3.5; 400\\O analyse the for himself! 14-15 G.WAITE,J.CALDER 3; 16 S.TOI\4LINSON 8 P.WTIITE O'I LOOO 0x1\ 18-.-oal5 19 ot15 20 Rdcl Ett4 Nigel MEiGE had a lean tournament 9f4 but the fol1cn^ring position from 2\t 17-18 J.HOSEASON.B.LEVHIII 1 - his game against P.WHfTE was one of

36 31 Steve ABLIRN wtro after wfuning his first B.GRADE S.ABURN (t^tel) CT\rIC EASTER IU]mEUEIiII Peter COLLINS. ALDRIDGE could onfv draw RESULTS! 1 4!; three ganes, hacl the luxrrlz of three 2-4 M.SGMSS (l,lel), P.TOYE (!$eI) by Rovan IttrOOD. with Nathan COODHLIE and he was joiiecl P.KING on draws to finish half a point of (Civ) ( four points i-n eqLral third place by clear 4; 5 S.I\0ORE l,lnu) 3L; 6 P. The 1986 Civic Easter was a six round. his rivals, Three players filished CUNNIIGHAM (Wnu) 3; 7-8 J.SIMiIONS (Civ), Swiss grades, cRKCliI. Ihus a fairly predictable result in two 12 players contes- second equal: Peter KII{G, I.[ichael K CHIN (Twa\ 2\; 9 H.JOHNSION (Civ) 1L; A grade Grade. with none of the other players being able ting the and 10 in the B SCHVGSS and Phillip I0YE v*ro was 10 I.STONES (Civ) L. A discussion point was the implorertation to nEke an impa.ct beyond the odd draw, on tIe top three. unbeaten in his first tournanent; a of a FfDE reccnnEndation that a playing fine perfornance for an urrated player. session be of six hours duration with ALDRIDGE - DIVE I tlro ti.rne controls: 40 nroves in two hours Petroff Defence 1234 TUI SOS then 20 moves in an hour. The Civic 1 R.DTVE CIV W6 W5 W4 w3 L2 w9 5 21 .5 tournanent ccnnritt6e befieved that this 1 e4 e5 2 liE3 riE6 3 Ne5 at6 4 r{f3 r{e4 2 L.McLAREN CTV WlO W9 D3 w7w1D5519 would efirrrinate a1f but a few adjourn- 5 Nc3 }{f6 6 aI4 al5 7 Ws b7 I Od2 Bf,s 3 G.ALDRIDGE CTV W7 W4 D2 Ll W9 D6 4 21 .5 P.r1 nents, and ensure that garrEs were a one 9 Fd? 10 Oil3 c6 l l 0_0_0 ItaIT 12 4 A.GRKCX{ UH Wl1 L3 Ll w12 w8 w'10 4. 16 to one test of ability rather than a Rhel 0-0 13 tib5 Re8 14 Re2 riE8 15 Mel 5 F.FOSTM, WNU W,I2 L1 D8 D9 W7 D2 3\ battle of seconds. In fact only one E7 16 Of5?? r{e6 17 Be3 B4 18 Qal3 rE4 6 N.GOODHT]E HV L1 W12 L7 D8L5D33 adjournnent eventuatedi whrile nost other 19 bd2 Bc3 20 bc3 b5 2l Re4 de4 22 ee4 7 G.MARNM WNU L3 Wl 1 W6 L2 L5 D12 2\ 18 ganes that would have been adjourned 23 d5 l{f8 24 Qfs f6 25 Ii6 Rel+ 26 Bel 8 A.BORREN HV D9 D1O D5 D6 L4 Dll 2\ 16 under a -[our hor.rr playing session were od7 27 Q17 tfl7 28 Bd2 rb6 29 d6 KE7 9 P.COLLINS WNU D8 L2 W'IO D5L3Ll222 Be3 ccrnpleted inside five hours. The A 30 re6 3l Bc5 kL5 32 ft5 Kc6 33 1O J.MAZUR Wil, L2 D8 L9 Dl1 W12 L4 2 16 Bc7 grade field was disappointing with a ReB 34 Kd2 Re4 35 R.5 Ra4 36 Bb4 11 A.WINFIU,D CIV L4 L7 D12 D10 L6 D8 1\ Ra2 37 Kcl Ral+ 38 Xb2 rL3 Rh2 12 R.WMD 1 nunber of top players not ccrnlEting,eg: Rh1 39 CIV L5 1,6 Dl L4 L10 D7 1 40 Bc5 Jonattlan SARFATIT Davj-d BITACH (the D.O.P) a6 0-1. (NZ Anthony Km. JLrnior) and the DIVE - I{CI,AREN 0-0-0 defending chanpion, Tcm VAN DYK. Queen's Gambit NEiI ZBTIIIiD JUNIG CIilUPIO{SHIP David BEACH was both an and 1d4d5 2c4e6 3Nc3IiIf6 4Bg5Be7 efficient by Ro\dan VIf,OD capabfe Director, but his presence at 5 e3 0-0 6 Nf3 h5 7 Bh4 Ne4 I Be7 eez playing 9 Oc2 trlc3 10 bc3 NbalT 11 pr3 694 12 1 3456rf[ SOS the board was missed. Ihe 1 A.Km. HV W2 W6 D3 Bc4 b5 13 0-0 Bb7 14 Qe2 c5 15 Rfdl W4 W5 W9 5\ ccnpetition for the titfe was therefor 2 M.\AAIER IIEN W9 w4 RacB 16 Racl IiE6 17 Ne5 Rc7 18 Rc2 RfeS HV Ll w10 W3 D5 4\ expected to be fought out between the 3 P.COOPER WAN W5 D4 19 prr 1l.I5 20 F,rl IA6 21 c4 d4 22 d4 WD1 L2 D8 3\ 23 tl:ree NZ Ctrampionship players, Rusself 4 M.WILSON CAN W8 D3 Q95 23 93 M5 24 ffi5 qE5 2s Rc3 M8 L1 L2 w9 w6 3\ 22 DIVE| Greg ALDRIDGE, and I-eonard 5 C.KM FIV L3 BYE wl vtl 26 Oe3 Qe4 27 Qe4 b4 2A f3 Eb7 29 c5 1 Ll D2 3, 18.5 I,lcl,ARm{. DIVE started favor.rrite on 6 M.CAPIE HV WlO L1 L9 BYE w1l L4 3 15.5 the strength of his better Congress f6 30 c6 Bc8 3l lLtT BalT 32 oalT Rc3 33 7 D.il)I^IARDS CAN D9 w1 1 L3 L5 D8 BYE 3 14.5 performance and Rc3 RalT 34 Rc4 Kf7 35 Y'f,2 Ke7 36 Ke3 a splendid win in the 8 P.DLINN HV L4 L10 BYE Wll D7 D3 3 14 HcM/ick-Pakuranga Tournanent. Kd6 37 Rc8 Rc7 38 Rd8+ Ke7 39 RgS Kf7 9 C.T'AN WB, D7 L2 W1O 40 Rb8 Rc3+ 41 re4 Ra3 42 Ib7+ Iq6 43 W6 L4 L] 2\ 10 S.LUKEY CAN L6 W8 L9 The first tr,ro ror.mds uent much as Re7 Ra2 44 Re6 Rh2 45 Rc6 Re2+ 46 Kd3 L2 BYE L1l 2 15.5 11 T.STEVtrNSON WEL BlT L7 L8 e>,/6; AIKTEM) EASIER TU]MGMEIiIT Ogs lrfs 32 g4 @4 0-1 . 21 V.HAY 1/6i 22 O.NIELII^IB{HLrySE )0,/6. Unfortunately we have no garres to print Hopefully sorle scores wilf ccxne to light Report by Ben MARTfN. with this tournanent table. in tirre for the August nragazj-ne. C.TAN_M.VAN DM, HOORN. 0-0-0 Dutch PI,AYER CLUB 1 2 3456 l T'tI SOS 1d4e6 2c48il+ 3pa2Ed.2+ 4ed2f5 PTIIIJPS IOURMMEIiII 1 P.A.GARBEM NS W21 W15 w2 w3 D6 W5 v{7 6\ A W13 W4 Ll w5 w8 w3 W9 6 5 rilc3 b6 6 0-0-0 Bb7 7 f3 Nf6 8 Mr3 The long weekend that included Anzac 2 P.R.GRM{ '11 NS W16 W"I4 w7 L1 W4 L2 !!8 5 0-0 9 Nf2 d6 10 e4 fe4 fe4 N8d7 Day enabled Hutt Va]Iey Chess CIub 3 O.SARAPU to NS W19 L2 w20 w15 L3 W14 D6 4\ 12 Rd1 Oe7 13 94 c5 14 a15 lib5 15 95 hol-d their annuaf ror.rnd robin tournarent 4 R.HART '18 B.MARTfN-BUSS VAI Wl 1 D6 W'I4 L2 WlO L'l Dl2 4 32 N6d7 16 Rlql IiIf3 17 Qe2 ugl Rgt r€5 on three consecutive days. Four 5 19 6 P.W.STUART NS W2O D5 D1O W17 Dl L8 D4 4 28-5 h4 Rf2 20 lib2 RafS 2l Oill 0-1 _ groups of six players each played M.G.HOPEWEIL A W18 W9 L3 L8 W17 Wl6 Ll 4 28.5 a round robin, wtrifst the rernaining 7 HP D24 D22 W13 W7 L2 Vi6 L3 4 27 A.KM-P.COOPM eight played a Swiss, 8 K.M.MSIGE Griinfeld 9 R.BAUI,GARIINm HP W23 L] w16 D10 D14 W15 L2 4 ZO In Section A Anthony KR rnade short '1 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 q6 lilc3 10 B.l,\lI{EELm A D22 v{25 D6 D9 L5 D1 wl8 4 23 3 d5 4 Nf3 Bg7 work of the opposition and dropping .1 ,I SARC.ON II] L5 L2O w21 D12 W25 D10 wl 5* 4 22 5 oals l{al5 6 6: Nb6 7 Ws 0-0 only a half point to creg ALDRIDGE, - D24 D] W13 W23 D5 4 20.5 8 e3 Be6 9 Qc2 l,lc6 10 Rall Nb4 won with 4!/5. 12 L.D.RAWNSLEY A D25 L17 1 'll 13 J.CTIANDLM, NS L2 W19 L8 D18 L12 tN21 I,^120 3\ 25 obl f6 12 Bf4 Nrlds 13 Bg3 OcB Tony BOSWELL down from Palnerston North '14 SCI-SYS TURBOSTAR trl26 L3 L5 W24 D9 L4 wt6 3\ 24 14 Rcl e6 15 Bal3 Bf7 16 h4 NM 17 Be2 shared 3L,/5 with Andrew GRKOId, but won - 15 G.J.SPET\lCm-StlITt{ NS W] 7 Ll w22 L4 Wl8 L9 Ll 1* 3 21 .5 Qe8 18 a3 Nrld5 19 r{e4 h6 20 rc5 e5 on Gelbfuhs. ,16 L3 W26 L9 W22 W20 L] L14 3 23 21 Nb7 Qe7 22 t{e.5 e4 23 k6 Q"0 24 In Section B, Mark CAPIE was obliged G.W.MFARS NS PPK L15 W21 w12 L6 L7 L18 w26 3 22 Iikl2 Rfc8 25 Na5 f5 26 Nc4 95 27 trg/s to default a gane through work comnrit- 17 N.BI,AXAI,T 18 J.C.SIEVEY A L7 D23 w24 D13 L15 Wl7 L10 3 22 896 2A res f4 29 W7 Y\97 30 Rh6 fe3 ments but still came back to head honre I,^IAI L13 L23 W25 w22 3 18.5 31 fe3 Qc6 32 Nb3 Nc4 33 Rc4 @6 the field on tie break w:ith 3U5, 19 M.ASIfl L4 D26 D21 20 M.K.IVIORRISON A L6 Wl 1 L4 W23 L16 D22 L13 2\ 24 34 Kd2 lib3 35 Rc8 Rc8 36 Rq6+ Qg6 ahead of Brett MULLAN and Ab BORREN. 21 A Ll L17 Ll 1 D19 W26 L13 w23 2' 24 37 Ke3 Qs5+ 38 Kf2 Qf4+ 39 l(el Q93+ In Section D,C.TAN won with 4/5, a M.HARE D8 W24 D20 Ll9 2\ 21 .5 40 Kd2 0b3 4l Oe4 Qb2+ 42 Kel @3+ half point clear of Peter KIM. He 22 I.McNALLY NS D10 L15 L16 WAI D18 L20 W19 L12 L21 2\ 20.5 43 kf2 1rf8+ 44 8f,3 Qar2+ _45 Kg3 Qgs+ dropped a game to Hutt Valleyrs R.MCLEAN 23 A.MArcOURONNE L9 w25 D12 L18 L14 L22 L26 tNZ5 2 46 ryA Of6 47 O"S Oe5 48 fe5 Rd8 but was otherwise untroubled. 24 B.EMtrI NS D8 L1 L19 L24 1\ 21 49 re2 Rd.5 50 a4 Re5 5l Bb5 Re4 The 8 player Swiss was won jointly by 25 S.BAKM A D12 L1O L23 W26 l W24 1, 't8.5 52 Kf3 Rb4 53 Ke3 KE6 54 Kf3 Kg5 Todd STEVE\SON and V.ARNULL (PaIm Nth) 26 A.J.HENDMSON A L14 L16 D19 L25 L21 L1l 55 Ke3 Kg4 56 KaI3 a5 57 Kc3 K93 with 4,25. F\-rfI results on page 41 58 Bc6 Kf2 59 I{il3 Kg3 60 Kc3 Ra4 t-!. 41 40 NORTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSH!P 1986 NORTII ISLAND CIIAMPIONSHIP NE!iI PLYUOUTH i986. By PETER STUART R. R. I 2 R. R.4 R.5 R.6 __1,7___9. 8__ll!___sqg. The Nerv Pllmouth O1ess Club hosted the better. I 25- - .Nf4 [But not 25. . .Nc3? 1 GREEN P.R. ' 1986 North Island Chanpionship du-ring 26 Rh7+! and nrate in two. I 26 8f,4 Bc3+ 2 SARFATI J.D, the second week of the Iuhy school 27 N2 Pd2+ 28 932 ril9l6 29 0-0-0 , SP\RAPU O. holidays at a venue r,trich was quite [Iate castling, especially with 4 METGE .J. N. farniliar to rnany of the players - the tr,lhite pieces, see-ms to be a conrncn STUART 5 P.W. the New Pllmcuth Girls High School. feature of KER| s play. I 29 - - -gJl l,? 6 ALDRIDGE G.J. TournarTerlt Director Bob GIBBONS left [A.Iso interesting was 29...Rae8 gaining hcnre 7 HOPEWELL M.G. in Auckland at about 3am on the a terpo by hitting the Bishop and 8 DIVE R..J. l'londay rorning and duly arrived five pre[Ering Re7 to defend h7 if necessary. ] 9 DREYER M,P. nrinutes early! He perforned his 30 Rdhl ! [White woufd win nicely by 10 DOWDEN R.A, tasks with his usual cqq)etence and the 30 Kbl Nf4 31 Rh7+ Qh7 32 Qca+ QEI 1I FDPEWELL N.H. event rar very snoothly. 33 Rh1+ etc were it not for the 72 SPAIN G.A. the field of 47 was both smaller and fact that Bfack captures on h7 with checkl l 11 MARTIN-BUSS B. weaker than in sorne years although ten 30...0a1+ 31 Kc2 @2+ 32 Kcl Gl+ r+ SP] LLER P. S. of the last NZ Championship field were 33 Kc2 Oa2+ 34 I(d3!? [l4trite decides to 15 COOPER P.R. pfaying. It was perhaps a pity play for the win even at the cost that two late entries were accepted of sacrificing his Queen.l 34-..fibs+! 16 KER A.F. 2L97 IN o3t Ll1 Vt34 L17 W19 w+2 vl27 L6 4* 34 since this meant t-here was a bye in [The only move as 34...Nf4+ is refuted 17 WHITEI-IOUSE L.E. HA 1902 Wr+l L5 w4, Wt6 L4 L9 Dlo wll t++ 34 each round. by 35 Qf4! while 34...Rf3+ Ioses to 35 18 OIBOYLE D. UH 1760 Pauf SPII.r,F.R |{44 L7 Wlo D14 L22 L23 W34 W28 41 37 uas the only victim of a Ke4l Rf4+ 36 Qf4l and t,lhite can escape 19 COLLINS P.W. WN 1865 ror.rnd w45 D4 L9 L23 116 w44 l!!42 lw29 4* 30 first upset wtren he blundered a from the Queen checks on the Kingside.] 20 BENNETT H. P. HA 19]1 W14 L2 L31 WI+4 Wr+, L24 D23 W32 4+ 2e+ Rook against B&llOR - but Jufius was to 35 Ke4! [35 Ke3 Rf3+ transposes to the 2L VAI.I DER FOORN M. HV 1865 D42 D27 L29 Wr+5 Wrl D15 Lr6 wlo 4L zBL have a very good tou-rnarnent wlrich game but other noves ]ose.] 35---Rf4+! 22 GRKOI,,I grossly belied his 37th rarking. [With his Queen and King both in mortal A. UH 1909 wl8 Ll w37 D15 w18 D5 LIo L1t+ 2' BOJTOR 4 38* There were several half victims, among danger, Bfack fj-nds a beautiful saving !,|. HP 1659 wI4 Dt2 L10 W19 L28 W18 D20 L71 24 GOODHUE +37 the-m third seed Anthony Km in the resource. 36 I(e3 Rook cannot N. HV 1810 l^,+6 D10 DL2 D28 D14 W20 L8 L1l I [The 25 STRACY 435 follctoing interesting game versus be taken: 36 37 D.M. TA 1701 Ll l^,14 L32 W40 Dl1 W15 Dl1 L72 Qf4 Qe2+! Qe3 QgZ+ 26 BELL 433 Andrew REfD. 38 Kf5 Rf8+ 39 Bf7 40 kf6 Rf7 tlate. C.M. UH I52r L6 L42 w45 Llo vt27 Ll9 w4r w37 27* Qg4+ l 27 MCMLLY 4 36--.Rf3+ 37 Ke4 Ke2? Rf2+] I. NS 1571 D15 DzL L28 L35 L26 BYE w40 vl19 A.KR-A.REID [Nor 4 26* 37--.Rr4+ 38 I(e3 Rf3+ 39 rtic note in Zyg's En LASKffi. against MAROCZY New,York 353 Sornog1rvary L. 1328* 401 Jackson A. 1218* 461 Weyers R. 9'10* hand indicates that it is a good game and benefits thereby. 9 Od4 lib7 l0 354 Van Der Mey P.F 1325 408 Drr:ningham M. 1208* 462 Ralzrrond G. 909* I and in fine with my Editorial I like Bf4 lb6 11 BaB BalT 12 0-0 a6 13 Bg5 355 Wagstaff c. 1325* 409 Jones G.M- 1205 463 Houlahan M. 890 receive annotated ganes. Iih4 14 b5 Be7 356 Winter W. 1325 410 Pacitto D. 1199* 464 Berry M 858* to So, here ab5 15 t{e-| 16 0b4+ I(e8 17 r;ll4 18 Oat6 Ra6 357 lezard c. 1324* 411 Anderson D.T. 1196* 465 Urquhart T it is. The players are Cantabrians Qa5 855* I believe. Notes by the winner. 358 Stelco C. 1322* 412 Styche S. 1 186* 466 T\,vrss J. ',t80* 836* 359 Thornby B. 1321 413 McBride E. 1 467 I\4orrison N. 829x A. HURLEY-E.M.MLKINSON 360 Schultz A.E. 1320* 414 Arnull V. 11'7 5* 468 Bolton C. 821* Spike 361 Hilfier R. 1314* 415 Bake J. 1175* 469 Candy W. -123* 194d5 2h3hs 3 95 h4 4 d4e6 362 Ashe M. 1312* 416 Peddie W.S. 1 161* 470 Day R.K. 691* 5 Nf3 c5 6 c3 rilc6 7 Bg2 [A hard 353 Singh M. 13i1* 417 l'ialker C. 1 1 58* 471 Nieuwenhuyse D. 671* decisionl 7..-@6 8 0-0 Bcl6 '10 364 Bartocci K.D. i310 418 i'{acKay M. 1152* 472 Savage D. 648* 9 dc Bc5 b4 Be7 11 Be3 OilS 12 365 Guerin G. 1309* 419 Sapsford E. 1 150* 473 Vlrcetich D.G.518* @2 f6 13 Qc2 [tryeing 96 and vacating 366 Shields P. 1306* 420 Mo\^/at R.J. 1144* 474 Lake T. 615* d2 for the Nl 13.-.f5 14 Nbd2 Bal6 367 Reilly N. I 304* 421 Jones W.D. 1139* 475 Meyer D. 541* 15 Rad'l e5 16 tlc4 W7? [Bfack 368 I\ueddel E. 1304* 422 Stones I.F.E. 1125* 476 Otene E. 522* is now lost. He should have captured] 19 Ra4 ba4 20 Ba6 ba6 2l f'Ic6 Bc{ S. 369 Jones S. 13OZ* 423 Dooley 1124 Atl Laagland M. 405* 17 Iilfe5 r'Ie5 18 rib5 Be5 19 Rd5 OtlT 22 Qc6+ Ke7 23 0d6+ resigns. [There is 20 f4 rcl 21 Bc5 Qf7 22 rrfdl W no arswer to 24 Rbl. l lrf22...Ne7 23 ea4+ Nc6 24 R5d3!l The second gafite at Wellington was d-rari'JTl. 23 Qa4+ Resigrs- 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 50 51 OVERSEAS NEWS AND GAMES CORRESPONDENCE CHESS By?eter Stuart The tiew Zeafand C-orrespondence Ctress ancl takes the Rook: 26...8f1 27 Rf1 Rb3 TLre field for the inaugural tr^ilorld Team well as help in prelxration and adjourn- Association is once rrDre an affifiatecl 28 f5 and Bfack is under pressure eg; Chanpionship, played at LuceLne in liov- nent analysis. The team l^ron one rember of NZCA follcr,ring a rule change 28...Nf6 29 fg6 hq6 30 Bd4 or 28...@Z ember saw one change when the United silver nedal (MTRALLES) and tI'lo bronze at the 1986 NZCA AGvI. The fol]0wing 29 Nb6 and d7 - Suttonl States withdrew and its place !,ras taken ncdals (HAIK and SREI). gaIIE \.r'on the 1985 A Grade Best carre 26 Nb3 Rc4 2'l Rc2?! by France. lrlith nratches being played on Viktor KORCHMI returned to form after Award. Judge: Richard StIfI0N. six boards(instead of four as at the his nediocre perforrnance at Mont1Eflier prize on board one wittr a 501T1 NZCCA CTIAMPTONSHIP ollrrpiads) ttre dcrninance of the Soviet to take first Union could be expected to continue - score of JLr/9- I{ILES and KASRPCTV (both R.S.NrcHIiL - J.R.JACKSON and it did despite a narrow foss to old 5/'7lL@k 2-3rd prizes. RIBLI f^7as top Benorri - rival Hungary in round 5. At that stage scorer on boa-rd tvro wiil] 6\./9, \/AGAI\IIAN from with 6,/8, PrNrm on board 1 d4 l[f6 2 c4 6 3 Nf3 c5 4 d5 errs the U.S.S.R. 1ed by only one point on board three 5 ds al6 6It3 7 Hrmgary and EIgIand and the MagYars for:r with 6/9, Lffifi on board 5 with 5,/8, 96 ff4 ... 6 on This old 1ine is receiving nore actually gained hatf a point .in round GANDr'm' on board with 5!'/8'cffiNrN and POLUGAEVSKY on attention no\.radays as Bfacl< finds six. Then, hourever, the U.S.S.R. beat board seven with 5/7 resources in the nnil variations" I believe ...Bf1 Africa 6-0 to open up a three point gap board eight with 5,J1. was better. I had planned 28 Rc2 - -.a6 8 a4 g7 I . -.Wl on rl)Ve 7 Qf1 which the others could not close. 29 Nb7 30 Rbl Nf6 31 brings 8 Qa4+ Bd7 9 @3 Qc7 wtren Qc8 @:. After the W-dte has a freer posi-tion Sutton] text irihite must tie himself 1n a bovs to 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 - save ,l 4\3\6 31\ 9 e4 o-o 10 rill2 Mr5 1l Bd rtIT 12 b2 his Queen so the idea of a Queen U. S. S.R. xx 2L,4 4\3\4 5 offer presents Then r\bs 13 0-0 14 f4 itsel,f. the star 3,2 34\ Qh4 ry4 E W4 W4 npve isn't hard 2 Hungary 3\ n< 3\ 44 4\ 3\ 2\ 4 5 16 Qel Qe7 Swapping Queens here gives to find. [after...Bf1 I,ihite a centraf edge. Black's action 28 Qfl Rc2 rvhy not 29 d7 Nf6 30 Qb5 3 krgland 2 2\*4 2\2 4 3\4 6 30L threatening Bd4? - Suttonl now mcves to the Queenside. 4 France 1\ 1\2 rc<3 4\3\4 3\5 28\ (5\l 28 d7! P.t2 29 Bf2! Nf6 30 Bh4 Of8! 17 Qf2 F.fe8 18 Rael b5 19 ab5 ab5 (5) Since the ttrreats on e8 kept Rf1 safe 5 Rurnania 2\ 1t2 3>2 3 xx 2\ 3\ 3 4 5 28\ 20 Nb5 RebS 21 Na3--- justified White has his sacrifice. 4 1\ 3\ >q 2\ 3\ 5 21\ 3l ltB llt7 32 Re7 Bd4+ 33 Khl Nf6 6 Switzerland 2 2\ , ,,/Z 'ffi,tru 34 Rfe'l Kg7 35 d6 I,IA5 36 aI7! Bb6 7 China 1 3rz 2 2\ 2\ 3\ p<. 3\ 5\ 27 t Forced. %"&, "%t I Argentina 1, 2\ 2\ 2 3 2\ 2\ Ys 5 25\ 'xr.fr 37 Re8 Oa3 38 I\b5 Nf4 39 uq4! 95! , %% 2 23\ ,frv"rua I-osing elegantly in preference to ...Nd5 9 West Gerrnany 2L, 2 2 2\ 3 3 2 *<.4\ 7///t...... /,//, 40 Bf2l 10 Afr.ica 0 1 0 1 'l 1 \ 1 1\1u 1 'ltu **K 40 895 l,ld3 4l Bt6+ Resigrns. I'ihite had provided these conditionaf moves: Missing frcrn the winner's line-up was KORCHNOI-PAN}iO ^ 41...R96 42 Rg8+ Kf5 43 R95+ Kf4 new ir,]or1d champion Garlu KASPAROV, but Slmnetrical Erglish Qt_ gf+ Kf] 45 d8{ Nf2+ 46 Nf2 Kf2 headed a pcxoerful team: 1Nf3rtf6 2c4b6 393c5 4W2b1 Up to here the garne follovzed WKICH- 47 @2+ Kf3 48 Qf4I4. The reader rright KARPOV, \'IJSL]POV, VAGANIAN, SOKOI.OV, BELY- 5 0-O 96 6 I.lc3 bg? 7 at4 lib4 I tib4 Be4 ILICH, Yirgosfavia Championship 1980 enjoy finding guicker nates if Black $"IYSIOV CHRNIN and POLUGAEVSKY. 9 aI5 0-0 l0 h3 8f,3 11 ef3 e6 12 Rel AVSKY, '14 which continued with 21...Nf6. Other strays from thern. The Hr:ngarian team was: PORTISGI,RIBLI, BaI4 13 Bh6 ReB G4 a6 15 f4 Ra7 19 ganes have continued 21...PJb2 22 Nac4 SAX, PINIER,AMRIAN, CSOPI, FARAC.O ANd 16 Raall b5 17 cb5 @5 18 de6 de6 with central pressure. Blacks efects cRoSZPftm.. And the EIgIish, lv[LES, ba6 BaIS 20 f5 Ra6 21 QcA e5 22 W5 something 25 rez to try new. 2'l---Ra4?l NUNN I SPEFI,N4AN SHORT , MESTFJ, , CIIANDLM, Rfg 23 Be7 Reg 24 f6 QD2 W %% ' 22 e5 Bf5 23 ttlac4 Bd3 24 d6 QaB- PI,ASKHIII ANd FLEAR. 26 Qc1 Kh8 27 G.t6 1-0. The best square. !,ihite gains two dernonstrated that its high t Erance NUNN - KORCHIiOI tempi with his exchange offer, If placlng at Thessaloniki was not a fluke French 23 ed6 and 22 ...Pb2? Black will fose - here they achieved fourth place by 1 e4 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Nc3 Nf6 4 e5 NfalT c pawn as welf. v&z % e6 his virtue of a better natch point total 5 f4 c5 6 Nf3 l{ctr 7 Be3 oal4 8 Nd4 Bc5 25 b3 Rb3?! The idea of 25 b3 was to Of course, the format thal Runrania. 9 Qal2 lrt4 10 Bd4 Bd4 11 0d4 0b6 12 Q6 inhibit Black from using Nc4 as an (in % of the competition meant that addit- Nb6 13 0-0-0 BaIT 14 Bd3 h5 15 rib2 I(e7 appetizer before capturing on f1. as ion to the U.S.) countries such 16 Ncl4 '17 Bc6 '18 Rdel titl7 19 c3 Possibly better would be 25...Rc4 26 Nc4 96 93 %%,,%A YugosLavia and Bulgaria were missing. RagS 20 RhfI 95 2'l f5 94 22 Re2 h4 Bf1 27 Kf1 Rb3 when tlhite stilf has , the French top board, positional 23 b4 hq3 24 t: q'3 BaA 25 Kb2 Rh3 26 a edge. I Itrs a pity Idhrte's does nrore than garner points for the Rgl RghS 27 Ka3 Rc8! 28 I

0-0-0 CHAMI,M,-VAGANIAN RT]SSEI.S REYK^IA\IIK French Winawer Ten GUs and two loca1s nade up a Ihe Reykjavik Open February,/lGrch in second place by Petar POPOVIC. te4e5 2d4ri5 3l{c3Bb4 4e5c5 Category 13 field in ttre Belgian capital attracted 22 @4s and 36 ]},fs in a field Scores: 1 ]M BARL,OV 12i 2-3 G\4 MARJANOVIC 5 a3 Ba5 6 b4 oal4 7 lib5 Bc7 I f4 BalT in l4arch. The tournaflent vras a great gf 75. Predrag NIKOLIC r^ron an undisputed & e.4 POPOVIC 11; 4-5 C+,t HULAK & G{ 9 riE3 Bb5 10 bb5+ Lb 11 0-0 l.Ige7 '12 personal triunph for former !{orld first place with his B/11 and picked Vfl,II,IfROVIC 10\; 6 @t GLTCORIC 10; 7 Irrr Bd3 a6 13 Xhl h6 14 Qe2 W 15 &2 Chanpions Anatoly KARPOV wtro shor,ed he up $usl2,000 in prize noney. RUKAVII.IA 9\; 8-10 rM C\[TAN,C+,I rVI\NOVTC & '15 Rael q6 18 Nh4 h5 has recovered from the two rnatches Ieading scores: 'l G{ P.NIKOLIC (yUG) g; Bb5 Rc8 1'l 94 fully Gvl RA"IKOWC 9; 11-12 G[4 CEBALO &]M Z. 19 f5 hg4 20 fg6 Rh4 21 gf7+ KtA with KASPAROV. KARPOV amihilated 2_8 O{ GHEORGH]U (RUM) B,I (DM{) , HANSM{ , NfKOLIC 8\i 13 IM DMSKO 7L; 14-15 An 22 Bcl Nf5 23 8f,5 d3 24 Rr" the field in scoring seven wins and four C+4 TLIARTARSON (ICE) GtI LARSEX.] (DEN) '16 93 , , KO\ACEVIC & cM SAITOVIC 7; 6{ DIURIC 6; draws, finishing tr,rc full points ahead G'{ MTLES. (m{c), D,t sAr.f,,v (usR & G,l TAL '17 C+.1 MARTINOVIC 5; 1 8 KOSANOVfC 2 . of forlTer title contender Viktor KORGINOI (USR) 7%; 9-'17 GI\.I (USA) ALBURT , rM who took second place. ARMSON (ICE)I GI\4 CHRISTIANSEN (USA), I/CNDGI One cannot but con[Ere this event with Q.{ DE FIRMIAN (USA) IM EEDORCI^IICZ (USA) ,rru , j the concurrent london tournarent. While G[,I KUDRIN (USA), A4 H.OI,AFSSON (fCE), One of he fast acts of the creater the frglish torrnafient certainfy tlad a ]M VAN DM STERREN (NLD) London Corporation (crc), which was "'%, & ]M YRJOI,A t number Brussel-s (FrN) 7. recently disbanded by the TTIATCHffi. of fighting players, the Governnent, \,.ras to sponsor a Category 13 event had rnore. Unfortr:nately for the IIreAIO event in March at the Great Eastern Hote1. organisers KARPOV rnade sure that the race The 1 ltJr rnternaEioiEl Open in for first place was a non-event. this IWeIve Swiss city saw 250 conpeting over 9 oflhe fourteen competing were rounds; Grandrnasters and m)st of these had to be 25 Qg2l [I.,'ihj-te finds an elegant way We give two ozi 2-4 IM GUTIUAN rated player in the event, French Tarrasch 27 year 35 Rf7 Oe8 36 Bg7 Ne5 37 Bf6+ 1-0- .l (]SR) ,O4 PI,ASKtrIT (M{G) & GI,,I SHORT (MiG) old IM Gfenn FLEAR. canE: out on e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 lkl2 Nf6 4 e5 NfdT top. 7\; 5_A AN P.NIKOLIC (!{JG), G{ NUNN 5 c3 c5 6 f4 r.Ic6 7 rtlf3 0b6 8 93 a5 Murray CHANDLER was NUNN_DLUGY (M{G), GI\4 SEIRAWAN (USA) & G\-1 T\JI.,IAKOV close to or in the 9 a4 ocl4 10 oil4 Bb4+ 11 Kf2 95 12 h3 fead for most of the tournament Caro-Karrr '13 '15 (USR) 7; 9-20 C+.1 BELIoN (SPA) , S.I artd was f6 Be3 0{) 14 Rc1 Rf7 Rh2 8f,8 co-feader 1e4c€ 2d4d5 3e58f,5 4Nc3h5 '19 DOLIIATOV (USR), A,I GEORGIEV (BUL)I with FLEAR, on 8 points going 16 Oal2 0b4 17 Ob4 ab4 18 b3 Na5 into the 5 bd3 Bal3 5 @3 e6 7 l{f3 Nh6 I o-o G4 GHEORGHIU (RUM) , GM SAX (HUN) .....6\. last round. Then however, he Rbl 9tr4 20 grf4 Bh6 21 Bat3 b6 22 W2+ lost on (ln lIE5 9 Ne2 lklT 10 lq3 Nh4 1l Nh4 Qh4 tjrre, a tost position) to '13 Kh8 23 f.Ie2 Ba6 24 Ba6 Ra6 25 f5 Be3+ PLASKETT 12 Be3 QalS Rfdl RcB 14 b3 c5 15 YTffiIAV CTIAMPIO{SHIP Jirn (tlle lowest rated playert ) .16 25 Ke3 b5 27 ab5 Rb6 28 Rlcgl tL5 29 while FLEAR drew with John NUNN. c4 od4 oa15! I{es[Or 16 ...de3 17 de6 rhe 4 1 sE--hffiionship-T-?@oslavi }If4 fe5 30 N96+ xh7 3l rilg5+ Kg7 32 a ef2+ 18 Kfl and Blackhasnothing better was hefd at Budva, on the Mriatic As r\b5 lib5 33 Nf7+ Kf7 34 ab5 1-0. the cioss-table on the next page than 18...fe6 when 19 Qg6+ Ke7 20 Rd6 coast, in Irhrch. T\Vo thirds of thc shows, the tournafient was a rernarkeabLe is decisivel 18 players were Q',Is, but it lvas an IM triumph for the British ptayers who took 17 Oal4 Oat5 18 0a4+ t_0- WIM}.TIS_KARPOV Dragan BARTOV who took the titfe for fotr of the places. '19 top five [ 18. . .Qc6 ]oses to Rc1 I . Queen's Indian the first time. Defending champion The contial=a- fetween the resufts of I d4 Nf6 2 M3 e6 3 e3 c5 4 Bat3 oal4 Sfavoljub IITARIANOVIC was joined in SPASSKY and RIBLI on the one hand, (no 56 51 libal2 5 eal4 b6 6 0-0 Bb7 7 c4 b7 I 32 RaIT+ xh6 33 Be5, l-0 DCF!tr'IIND 0-0 9 b3 cl5 10 Bl)2 IiIc{ 11 Qe2 Oal6 '12 Radl RacS 13 Rfel Of4 14 g3 Qh6 7f ig,i% I'MBARDY-FDRMANfl( Zoltan RIBLI scored an r:ndefeated 8/1 1 7"ft.t'rru t 15 Qfl RfaIS 16 h3 Bb4 17 Re3 Bd2 | Blurenfefd Gambi-t to win this Category 10 event in AI>riI. 18 Rd2 rib4 19 rib5 rtl3 20 Rall3 riE4 Pia GAMLIIiG scored a fighting 50t %%"ffii 1d4Nf6 2c4e6 3M3c5 4al5b5 (on1y 2'l Ratl f6 22 ryA QDs 23 l&t2 dc4 tt7.ru.ft,%t: 5 cle6 fe6 6 65 tL5 7 g3 G5+ t}ree dra\.rs) to edge forner !,ilor1d 24br4Rc4 2s d5 Ra15 26 tg4 lg5 0-1 . qru.A% Champion Vassily SMYSIOV by half a 7ru 8 I,Ic3 d4 9 Qa4 Qb6 10 Nbl BalT 11 Na3 point. Scores: qq (HUN) a6 12 0-0 M6 13 Qd2 f5 14 Bh6 lib5 RIBLI 8, 2-4 ]},I FEDORO^ITCZ (USA),g!,I HORT (BRD) & T]I'{MAN-MII,ES 15 ba6+ KE7 15 fitc4 [[!hite has anple G\4 Iv[T.Flq (mre) 5-6 G\,1 (ARG) Indian colrpensation for tl:re e>onsored a 'Ihey were joined by 31 Ilvls and 32 ET4-s, Nimzoindian Defence Rb2+ 33 Kf3 1-0- short exhibition natch between the making a total field of 95 no - 1 al4 l[f6 2 c4 e6 3 rilc3 Bb4 4 @2 c5 0-0-0 World CLnmpion and Ergland's Lr-ighest as Hungary's Andras ADORJAN '[Etzers dc5 Be3 Na6 7 a3 Bc5 rated player,Tony MILES, in May. The perhaps unkindly cormented. Altogether 5 0-0 6 Bc5 8 Briton Iib5 9 b4 Na6 10 e4 d5 ll e5 d5 12 U.S.S.R.CMUPIOEHIP was treated even rTDre harshly nearly one thoussand players competed Nf3 13 14 Oc3 f5 15 ef6 Nf6 than Robert HbNm, UIf AI{DmSSON, in seven se[Erate events for $USl30,000 Oc7 0b8 The 53rd U.S.S.R Chanpionship was AND 16 b2 N7 17 0-0 rilcT 18 Nbd4 dc4 Jan Tll4l{AN in previous sinr.ilar prize the tournaments held in Kiev in Apri1. The tournanent rnatches. in money. 19 Bc4 Nod5 20 a6 Swisses on rounds. Qh3 @6 2l Rfel lacked rnost the were all nine 22 Radl 23 RaeS 24 I\b5 of leading players and KASPAROVUSR-I11\115' b5 Bfl Ob6 reached only a moderate -10 prize rirl7 Category on The fion's share of the Open 25 IrlT the FIDE scal-e an average r{rr.Es mic 0 0 0 \ 0 0 \ fund the shores of Arnerica. - FIDE rating left of just under 2500. The first garrE Joint winners wrL]n 1/9, were GWIa SAx ,%A was an interesting struggle with making and Jan SMLIKAL. These two shared t The new chanrpion is Vitaty TSESIIKOVSKY both sides nristakes il a Czech Benoni- $US25r000 and then played a short match tl (42) who finished a fu11 point ahead of Finally, I,IILES bfundered away a draw on move 40, for another $US1,000 and the title. %%%,, a bunch of six players. just Ihe first two (30 nrinute) games were Scores: 'l GltI TSESIIKOVSKY 11/17;2- resigning two noves fater. the second gamera sfav Defence, vJas drawn but SMEJKAL won a lightning 7 GvI BAT,A^SHOV, BAREEV, I}1 EIIIGORN, E4 afso afso interesting; decider. '.%,%% './&fr GAVRIKOV, ]M LMNM, & ]M MAT,ANIUK 10; in a long struggle IvIILES played for the win with Leading scores: 1-2 An SMtrlKAL (CZE) 8 G"I RASI{KOVSKY 9; 9-1O IM GUREVICH, & Queen against two Rooks but overplayed & C{4 SAx (uUN) 7!; 3-6 IM BARTOV (\'IlG) IM YUDASIN 8\i 11-12 G\4 DOLMATOV, & his hand and eventually lost. Apart GM D]URIC (YUG) , ]M FDORObJICZ (USA) , IM HALIFMAN 8; 13-14 Gu BU,YAVSKY & from one quiet draw KASPAROV was rarnpant & cM H.OLAFSSON (ICE) 6\; 1-16 c,l 26 Re6! Re6 27 @5 Rf6 28 93 Nf8 29 C+.1 LPLI'IYAI{ 7\; 15 l"l AZMAIPARASTMILI 7; in t}re remainlng garnes, winning ADORJAN (HLTN), IM BMJJAMIN (USA) , GM Bfi3 95 [...Kh8 leaves the back rark 16_18 ]M DVOIRIS,]M SMAGIN & YAKOVICH 6. (USA) (USA) game four in 31 moves and the fast t\do BM{KO , C{'{ DE FIRMIAN too rmlnerablel 30 G2 Kg7 31 I\b6 tib6 0_0_0 58 in 28 arld 29 rnoves. 59 qr2 r{f6+ 2A 38 Rb2 ba5 39 ba5 Ra4 40 Ba2 Ra5 41 Oe5+ 52 Ib2 qe4+ 53 Kc3 Qb4+ 54 Kd3 25 fg6 lg6 26 Eb7 27 Bf6 (tfue) Bb7 29 30 RalS 31 Rfl WORLD CH'P CYCLE Be6 Bb7 42 h5 Bf,3 43 Kf3 r€7 44 ryA Od2+ 55 Ke4 Kc6 56 Rab7, 1-0 &7 QfG @7 Qe7 Rc5? 32 Rf7 Qe7 33 E7 b5 Rb5 45 Rd2 Ra7 46 RalS+ Kg7 47 Bb3 SOKOI.OV _ VAGANIAN (8) [31...c3!] CAIDIIRffiS SITIEIIBIS 34 Ra7 35 Pb7 36 M6 37 R6b7 48 ReO b4 49 xh3 Rc7 50 f5 xhz Alekhine Defence. Rcf m6 M6 Rb5 Kf2 a4 bc3 Rc3 At Minsk the rnatch between Rafaef 51 Rf8 Rc3 52 Rf7+ Xh8 53 Rf8+ Kg7 e4 38 Rd3 39 c3 40 1 e4 IiIf6 2 e5 rtl5 3 d4 tt6 4 ltE3 llc6 4l Be5 Rc4 42 a5 Ra4 43 Ke3 Kg7 44 VAGAN.IAN (2645) and Andrei SOKOIOV 54 Rf7+ xh8 55 Rdl RaB 56 Re7 Rb3 57 5 c4 lib6 6 re2 7 eal6 cl5 95 44 oal6 8 rt7 45 h4 K97 46 Kf4 Kt7 47 b5 e3+ (2595) raas expected to go to ttre older M7 Bbl 58 Ph7+ K98 58 rdgT+ Kfg G0 Bf3 9 Bf,3 rib5 l0 Be2 q6 11 Be3 Bg7 Rb7 48 re3 Ke6 49 Rb6+ Kf5 50 a6 Kg4 51 (and higher rated) AnerLian, SOKOLOV KgE 61 Rh6 Rf8 62 RhhT rd8 63 RbgT+ 12 Bal4 13 lib3 14 but 0-0 RcB b3 e6 15 f4 Rq6 xh4 52 Kd3 Xh5 53 Rc6 Iq6 54 xb3 won the best-of-terr gares well_ 64 Ra7 I(gA 65 h6 t-0- als 16 fe5 17 Bb5 contest dc4 0-0 ab5 l8 Ra-l 56 Kc4 Ke5 57 Kc5 Ra2 58 Kb6 1-0 inside the di-stance. \/AGANIAN - SOKOI.OV (3) Qb5+ 19 Kh1 RfdS 20 II15 Oc5 21 b4 Nrmzoindi b5 22 Rcl Bh6 23 bl 24Bc8 Bg5 TIT4\4AN _ YUST]POV (6) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I 9 10 .l an W4 d4 2 2s Qf3 Rf8 26 Bb7 b.4 27 QE3 f6 2a Queen's Gambit SOKOIOV \ 111 6 t{f6 c4 6 3 rilc3 Bb4 4 e3 0-0 5 Pd1 d5 a3 h4 Bd2 29 Rf6 Rf6 30 IiIf6+ Kg7 31 rib4 1al4 at5 2 c4 e6 3 l,lc3 I{f6 4 ritE3 Be7 VAGANIAN % 000 2 6 dc4 7 Bc4 Bal6 8 ec2 rtdT 9 t{f3 c5 l0 dc5 Bc5 11 0-0 b6 12 e4 Oe3 32 Qe3 Be3 33 nas c3 34 b3 Bal2 5 Bg5 h6 bf6 bf6 7 0b3 c6 80-0{ dc4 After a draw in garrE one VAGAIiIAN b7 13 Bq5 35 Kg1 1-0. 9 Oc4 b5 10 Qb3 a5 11 e4 a4 12 @2 Oc7 14 Oe2 I{b5 !5 Bf,6 }rc4 '15 played a sonev+trat unusual- line in the 16 Bh4 r€5 17 Rfdl riE3+ 18 19 IiklT 13 al5 od5 14 e.as a3 de6 ab2+ Qf3 f5 I'IJSUPOV - TII,IIIAN (1 ) Winawer but SOKOLOV gained a sizeable M Bal6 20 Oh3 Be5 21 Faic1 22 ef5 16 Xbl fe6 17 Oe4 edge eft Queenrs Indian which he converted to a poi_nt wtren ef5 23 t\b2 RacS 24 RcB Rc8 25 ry3 b2 1al4tlf6 2c4e6 3rilf3b6 4liac3S4 his Rooks infiftrated. SOKOLOV again 26 Bf4 Oe6 2'l Ql3 Bf6 28 f3 RalS 29 5 e3 lib4 6 7 R'11 8 0-0 won a better ending in galne three and Qc2 bb7 f5 Qc2 ldl+ 30 Oall Ba6 31 Kf2 95 32 rc1 bc3 1O 12 put the outccrre of ttre rnatch virtually Bc3 9 0-0 tib'l c5 11 f3 ItI6 b4 33 Qal2 Kf7 34 lvq3 b5 35 rib2 f4 Ba3 Na6 13 e4 Qe7 f4 e5 l.lf7 15 f4 beyond doubt in game 4 iI which VAGANIAN 36 h4 h6 37 95 hg5 hg5 38 ec2 aG 39 Oh7+ 16 at5 9f4 17 Nf3 Nh8 18 Rael til96 19 inproved on his play in game 2 and Kf8 40 0h6+ Ke7 4.t Kd6 42 reached Oh7+ ec2 Bc.l xt!8 20 QE2 QE1 2l h4 Qh6 22 ry5 a better ending, only to lose Oe5 43 Qal2+ Ke6 44 Kf7 45 a5 eventually on Oel Oat2 Qh4 23 0h4 lh4 24 Rf4 1196 2s Rf3 RaeS time in a drawn position. 46 Qc2 ab{ 47 aM re1 48 Bb2 49 R.rl ee3+ 26 Rh3 Re7 27 Rh6 Rg8 28 Kf2 ritE8 29 The other rnatch betraeen Jan TIVIMAN Kfl 50 Qatl Bb4 51 Qb3+ Io"8 52 Oall d6 RegT 30 Rf6 lb8 31 Rhl t{cf 32 Bf4 126451 and Artur YUSUPOV (2645) was Bc5 53 Kel Bc4 0-1. played at Tilburg but the advantage of '17---Bc3 18 oag 0-0 19 6 b4 20rcA playing at hore did not help the SOKOI-OV _ VAGANIAN (4) Xh8 21 Qe4 Oc7 22 li&t4 rib5 23 BaB Ntrl Dutcffran. French Winatver a:rut 24 196+ Kg8 25 Rd3 Rf2 26 Rf3 Rf3 27 12345678910 le4e6 2d4ii5 3filc3b4 4e5c5 5 i% 9f3 Od6 28 &2 e5 29 Mr4 be6 30 Rall IUSUPoV a3 Ba5 6 Bb2 oal4 7 rib5 I\116 I Nf3 f6 fr% Bd4 3l Oa4 QtlS 32 Oc6 BaL5 33 Rat4 eal4 0\'4\111\1-6 34 3s tu2 36 Kcl T]MMAN 1\\\ OOOLO-3 9 Nbrt4 rllt4 10 lLl4 Bb2+ 11 @2 fe5 12 A Qb5 Odg Qa2+ Qal+ b5+ Kf8 13 tilf3 14 't5 37 Kd2 Qc3+ 38 Itll Bb3+ 0-1 - TD4MAN had a good start when YUSUPOV Oal6 eg5 e4 r\b5 % failed to find the best defence after Qe7 16 Oe3 Nh6 17 0-0-0 ItE5 18 e": YUSUPOV - TII,I.4AN (7) Black's exchange sacrifice. The favour a6 19 b2 d7 20 Bg4 RcB 21 eb4 W Griinfeld 22 g:l 32..-Rg5 33 Bg5 Rg5 34 Rf8+ Kg7 35 was returned in game 5 when TIMI,IAN b3 23 bb bc6 24 Bf5 ef5 25 1 aI4 Nf6 2 c4 3 It3 cl5 4 .oal5 Re8 rib5 36 Bf1 lq4+ 37 Kel ltE6 38 E6 nrissed his lest chance in a major piece c4 Ke'l 26 od5 od5+ 27 Kbt RhdB 28 Rd5 ItL5 5e4Nc3 6bc3B97 7B(:Affi I Re7+ KE6 39 Rh3 892 40 Re3 Bc6 0-1 - ending. YUSTPOV sacrificed the Rb8 29 @Z Qf3 0-0 9 e5 Ba5 10 Bat5 c6 11 b3 Qc7 exchange in game 6 and his Bishop pair 1tISUPOV - TII\S,IAN (5 ) 12 M c5 13 h5 oal4 14 oil4 gh5 15 Rh5 16Qd3 lib2 Rd4 soon controlled the board. Gane 7 was .l Queen's Indian Bc7 RitB 17 0h7+ Kf8 18 a rout after TIM,1AN's sharp opening play al4 t{f6 2 c4 6 3 IiIf3 b5 4 a3 c5 19 Bh6 ',t-o- turned out to be simply bad; thus 1 5 d5 Ba6 6 Qc2 als 7 ocl5 I r,Ic3 96 IUSUPOV - TIMMAN (9) YUSUPOV emulated SOKOI-OV with a hat %t^% W7 9 93 0-0 10 Bg2 d6 11 0-0 Re8 Griinfeld TIMMAN'S 12 Rel NbdT 13 h3 14 Ne5 '15 trick arld resistance was % t%, lib5 Re5 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 3 lilc3 al5 4 ocl5 Nt5 e4 ReB 16 Be3 1'l c4 96 effectively ended. t'% ILIT f4 5 e4 ltb3 6 bc3 Bq7 7 rc4 ffi I Qf3 0-0 "1ru SOKOI.OV - VAGANIAN (2 ) % A 9 lile2 tilcf 10 h4 lib5 ll bd3 e5 12 Ba3 French Winawer Re8 13 h5 @7 14 RaIl Qa4 15 Bc1 c5 le4e6 2d4d5 3lib3Ec4 4e5c5 %D,"/.fr. t 16 d5 Qa2 17 Bh6 HI8 18 Bb5 RatS 19 5 a3 Ba5 6 Rr2 llc6 7 lib5 Il14 I IIt4 29.--P&),2+t 30 0b2 Rb8 3',1 Rd2 Bb2+ 32 "&,,%t Bg5 Ob3 20 hg6 fg6 2l Rh7 Kh7 22 Qf7+ N2+ 9 @2 od4 10 Qd4 Ne7 11 Nf3 0-0 m2 QaO 33 Rcl KE6 34 h4 ea3 35 Rc6+ % ry1 23 8f,6 Rg8 24 Be8 1-0- 12 Bat3 llc6 13 qe3 14 ab6 Ke5 36 Rc7 Oa13+ 37 y:,a2 ed5+ 38 Kbl Qb5 0b5 ,rut 0-0-0 15 0-0 RalS 16 Rfel Kf8 17 h4 h6 @l+ 39 Ka2 QaA+ 40 Kcl Oatl+ 4l Ka2 h ?) CIIESS QTD]E 18 l\tl2 Ra4 19 a3 Rd7 20 f4 til14 2'l c3 @5+ [ B1ack apparentfy decides to go for the win since he eschews the three- % The beauty of a game of chess is usually Bb5 22 Bbl Nc6 23 Bc2 RaaS 24 a4 h6 good reason, fold repetition after 41 ...ea4+ 42 I$1 assessed, arld not without 25 M b5 26 Bebl RacS 27 Bd:l Na7 according to the sacrifices it contains. 28 Ra3 Rc7 29 a5 d4 30 oal4 Ral4 Nf3 U)l+1 42 Kbl f4 43 Rbc2 Kd6 44 r(ct Ob5 .19 3l 18 e5 al6 Rc8 20 rilc5 2'l v:5 _ SPIELIGN Rd8 32 Kf2 Isc8 33 Be4 f5 34 ef6 45 Rg7 e3 46 fe3 fe3 47 RocT ea4 4g de5 f5 9f6 Rc5 22 Iib4 Ra5 23 g4 @7 24 Badl Rc8 (Source - MaxinLS of Chess - JoLrn W COLLINS) 35 Rel Rc4 36 Rb3 b6 37 S1 BaI6 Rh7 a5 49 RoqT Qc4+ 50 tu2 e"e 5t Ra7 61 60 Shoutd You Study Pawn Endings? Monte Carlo 1903 By Vaf ZEIV1ITIS (An you r:northodox book review) rf can assess these three positions correctfy you need not concern youserf by with pa.wn endings for the purpose of improvi-ng yo,.:r pawn endgane techniqu6. Val ZEMITIS The third Monte Carlo tournanent vras hefd between Febmary 10 and l4arch 1'1, 1903 and was one of the strongest tournaments up to that ti:re. Practically all participants were what r,le now term "super-gran&nasters" with nc,\^/ calculated FJ.O ratings welf over 2500. It was a 14 man two ryc1e affair. The tou-rnanent !'las sponsored by kince Dadien de MllicRil,fmi, a vain and volatile individuaf. He decfined Mikhail CHIC,ORIN (EIO 2600) pa.rticipa.tion, evelr though he was invited and duly arrived severaf days before the tournanent. The Prince arranged for CIIf@RIN to receive a sum of '1500 francs (nrore than 3rd prize noney) and sent Lrim on his rrErry \^ray. CHICORINTS I'crilretr was that he tnd shown in writing that a brilliancy played by the kince had gross errors and with 1 Bfack to move 2 l*rite to move 3 i{trite nove to correct play should have been won by the Prince's opponent. On t-.he other ha_nd, if you had diffi_ The following three studies illustrate Then, Irrhter an object created another ccnnotion. I,lade by culty seeing the intricate rranoeu\7res the beauty and conplexity of pawn "The Carrier" drart and tlre welf knoun artist Lff'EBRE, object had uon prize j_n Rcne possibilities hidden in these endganes. AII 6 diagrams on page ttris a special il this 189']-. Accordini to the wishes the Prince, and second place seemingly sirrple exanples, don,t are taken from A.CVSIKOV's Book. of the first finishers Doctor TARRASCH MAROCZY, played despa.ir. A CVEIKOV has written a Solutions are given on pa.ge 65 and shouLd have a short rnatch to deternrine who book in which he uses 121 positions to should possess such a valuable "object d'art". Both players were of a different o

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