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[email protected] Email to editor: [email protected] nz NZ Chess NZ Chess $ 5 North Island Championship 2001 _ Ilamitlorr 25. f g*tr 26. $xb3 flxf3 27. Ee3 E xf2+ 27. h6 25. Wd7 29. e4 e5 30. gf5 llt l ItIt,,tt llrtnnetl. flc2 [ecS This ZS. €S3 fxb229. flcl a5 30. a4 b5 31. axb5 fle8 31. [d7 gc8 32. flcd2 tre5 33. ad8 s 9. d6 10. , a4 3?- 33. 3a. 33. g,h5 34. g'h6 35. bxc6 held 95 Sg3 eJ lbrtT I t. tt.r 1fi 12. al $a5 Sxd4 Ed3 Af2+ Sg4 96 flxc6 Sxc6 Paul [xb5 0.1 looks very good for White. The move played 9th wins Q for R + B but leaves Black with all the chances. Dunn,A -Vital,H 33. 6 g,xaS 34. flxd8+ flxd8 35. flxdS+ (C45 Scotch Game) SxdS 36. g'f3 trd6 37. gc3 Ed4 38. fl3 Ag5 1. e4 e5 2. fiI3 fic6 3. d4 exd4 4. 2*xd4 Qc5 39. a4 3\d2 40. gc2 1[a5 41. €h3 c4 42.f4 c3 5.4e3 gf6 6.c3 frge7 7. $c4 0-0 8.0-0 43.fxe5 Hd244.gb3c245.gc4 flt2$.e6 $xd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. fic3 S96 11. f4 €h8 fxe647.gxe6+9h748.9c6 12. fs gtf6 13. g/d2 h614. ER fla5 15. Ad3 48. gc4 Ab4 49. e5 ga3 50. gd3+ gh8 Spain,G_Dunn,A frac6 16. $c2 .lba 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 51. g,a3 fifl -+ $xe5 19. f6 Afs 20. [xf5 Sxf5 21. fxgT+ 4t.f gt,t49.e5ga350.ge4+ghS 0-1 $xg7 22. Sxf5 flad8 23. gcl flgE 24. 1[e4 More games page 24 fs 25. Af3 Hd3 26. $xh6 Sd4+ n. &hl fl xf3 28. gxf3 ffd3 29. 1[e3 g/h4 30. gfl North Island Rapid Championship finished on 5.5 for 3rd . !61 Giles, efforts = to fle5 31. gh7 32. 33. ge2 f4 The Nofih Island Rapid Championship followed keep contact with the leaders were derailedin Edl Ad4 frg6 34. 1fc3 fle8 35. fld7+ Sh6 36. immediatelyafterthemaintournamenton Rounds 3 and 4 by losses to Henrv Vital and trf7 fle3 Maciej Wojnar 37. Qg7+ €)hs 33. Af6 1-0 Saturday 14ft July. The field of 40 players jointly won by G.es, B - v*ar, '#:Tff3:irffi;"rr$fruff;:ffiJ"r*, and Maciej rr (D52 Cambridge Springs D) field. The honours were finally shared between 5 points. Another QGD, 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. 4. top seed Leonard Mcl-aren and second seed noteworthy performance in this Crrade was that frc3 Af6 Qgs ffbd7 5. c6 6. e3 7. 8. RalphHartwhobothfidshedon5"5 l6after of 72yeu oldEvgeniaCharamov4 who flffi $a5 1\xf5 ffxf6 Ad2 9. 0-0 10. 0-0 h6 11. gc2 drawing against each other in the last round. que beyond her Spain, C -Wafson. ll lLe7 Ad3 JLd7 12. g/d8 13. c5 e5 14. dxes The SwissPerfect pairing software used by the ints. (822 Sicilian, Alapin's V; Ab3 fig4 15. Af5 AustralianChessFederationandcurrentlybeing (notes b-y Brucc ffxe5 16. 18. as dominated by an Watsorr ) dAg617. SxdT fixd7 f,acl 19. grb3 tested by NZCF, was trialled during the first time l. c4 c5 2. c3 lf6 3. c5 ,.)rl-s .1. rl4 cxrl4 af6 flbda Qg7 20. M fle8 21. Ae5 5-. 22. grh4 23. tournament by DOP Witrlie Prinsloo, who has torunarnent player Regan Jackson of a]f3 lc6 6. gc4 lbrr 7. t,l g(r 8. cxrt4 Htdl Ag3 h5 24. bS Wf6 25. 1r3 Hamilton ,il |r,4'26. ggeZ usedthesoftwaretocontoltournamentsin Ag7 9. A{4 d6 10. cxrl6 0-t) il. h-l eyd6 95 2i. @hl Dca A. Af3 e4 South Africa and the US. The initial trials look 12.0-0 ita5 13. ilc2 29. hxg4 gel so. gr Sfs 31. Ag gais verypromisingandshowthepotentialof the I3. 1.1c3! rurrl White stands lrctter. 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. g,Uig"ru 34. e"f] p3 software to make life nruch easier for E ads ta. tr6 15. 35. gxh3 $xh3+ 36. Ah2 fie2 37. gb3 leJ I. Sg3 lbtt2 f,o6 toru:nament organisers, DoP,s, andRating 1 38. 6. fi el c8? 17. xg6! tr.] r ii. trfr $g2++ 0-1 I .f, 1\x 1-1_.tii.t Officers. wms a pawr but opens thc l'-l'ilc lirr. lllack. lietler is 18 Be4 Be6 l9 Rcl lnd White stalds Rossiter,P-Watson, B * betler. (A30 English, syrnmetricat vthotes bv The final posidons in the Rapid were: " lst= IronardMcl-aren, RalphHart 5'5, 3rd= 19. gxh.l ,&d7 20. BruceWatson) 19. I n"r Sg2 flcfS n Giles 5 21. a3? l. c4 c5 2. Af3 flf6 3. 93 b t\f|+ 22. 5. 0-0 e6 r. gez z. al 1750) 1st= BarryWilliams, ?.!. ftr+ Axl.r li("r:l 23. fi"f4 6cs < 4 il xf4 loerks roughly equal. Sxg2 9. g*g2 aoTo. us o-o 1450) lst CalebWright 4.5, Vital,H -Watson,B 22. ii. CraS d6 13. gacl !.!: ar+ _$xf4 flxt:t 23. lgc2 ,lb3 6uaZ ison 3'5 24. *.Yc4+ ,$f7 25. 15. g't3 16. 1l @12 eueen's Indian D) Sxb3 flac8 ffe4 fle5 1200)1st= ChristopherPhillips, 2. c4 e6 3. "rt8{7 p,aclt lE. ge4 D. ga3 1. 9J Ff..6 Afs b6 4. ec3 Sb7 ?,5 20. lxd2 21.lxt2 Adl ftc5 3rd MaziarHojafrZs 5. 6. a3 gxc3+ ^F^tI*28. 21. g/ 4C5 Ab4 7. bxc3 rr? S. [n4 ["f2+ €?ht ct5 is goocl lirr l]tlck trut liruks b4t adl 2?^ ac6 Lo he White's best chance A. cxbS AcS 25.1f,xc5 dxc5 26. gd3 fla8 NZ Chess NZ Chess -l 7 YOUTH CHAMPIONSIIIP - PUCHEN & EVGINIAAPPEAL ig{mIi:i WORLD by NZCF President Bob Smith !'.,..,...., Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IJ I ol:tl Place NZCF Council has opened an appeal to PUCHEN & EVGINIA APPEAI4 c/- NZ Chess Federation, P.O. Box 216 Shortland St 1 B Watson z2o4 w14 iv6 w5 )l help send Puchen Wang and Evginia w2 t/9 w4 D3 wll 75 Auckland 1. Cheques should be made out to Charomova to the World Youth X'ederation Inc. z 3 Spain zt)73 w18 w7 9 t.1 w11 W5 (r) \, NZ Chess '/f l/8 ) 2 Championship in Oropesa del Mar, Spai4 J Giles from October 20 to November 3. I 1954 N21 Ai8 4 ,7 w10 N12 D1 w-5 ; ) )l(l) Puchen is the current NZ Jurior Recent examples of Puchen's and 4 EI Vital 1714 w22 w20 W3 ,5 w12 ,1 w7 )2 5-5 )- Champion atthe age of 11, while l2-year- Evginia's play: 5 4, Dunn 1912 old Evginia was mnner-up. w15 w12 ,1 W4 w7 ,2 9 L3 5 '/f These were extraordinary results by both Brian Latimer (1898) - Puchen Wang (1803) ) 6 Rossiter 1669 iV 10 27 L1 w20 412 )18 w t-l D14 w t5 5 1"' = Gl children against players under 20. Auckland Chess Centre A Grade, August, Puchen f,fth in the world in the 2001 7 M Wojnar finished 1636 wtl ,2 w15 L5 w16 ,4 (i1 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Nt2 -5 1sr = Under 10 category last year and was the 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.NA Nf6 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.e3 U.f3l7..-Be7 8.Bxc4 NbdT 8 ) Stracy 1620 w23 ,a N16 L9 w15 w11 .2 W i:l NZ Junior of the Year. ) ",=Gl 9.Nxd7 QxdT 10.0{ 0{ 11'13 RfdS 12.Ne2 He was a creditable fifth in the most cxd4 , iV Llnn 181 I 16 ,/f 13 a2 W8 896 13.e4 c5 14.8e3 Qc? 15.Qb3 ,1 )14 L5 wllt + -5 ',V recent NZ Major Open, playing against a1l l6.Nxd4 Bc5 17.Nc2 17...Bxe4! 18.fxe4 Ng4 0 I Jackson 1320 e ,6 w25 ages. 20.Nxe3 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 w1l )14 -) w18 ,11 N2t 1-5 "t G2 19.93 Nxe3 Qxc4 Evginia was fourth in the Australian 22.Racl Qxa4 23.Rc7 Rd7 24.h3 Qb5 25.Rc5 1l B (iloistein 1658 )19 )14 /f 18 w17 1,2 ,8 10 4 (boys 26.Kg2 RadS 27.Rf2 h6 28.Rfc2 Rd3 'V ,t Under 12 Championship last year Qb6 29.Qf4 30.Rc7 R3d7 3r.Rf2 Qb6 12 I Chmamova 1,590 c N26 5 w22 W6 t-7 and girls) and first in the Sydney Under 12 Qxb3 ,4 ,) w16 1 It Jun 32.Rcc2 33.e5 34.Kh3 35.Qcl Championship (boys and girls). Qd6 Qd5+ Qd4 13 13ojtor I 585 36.Rc8 Qhs+ 37.Kg2 Qds+ 38.Kh3 w25 .9 -10 ,16 wr9 6 w26 w23 4 Since moving to New Zealand she has Qxd RxcS 39.Qxc8+ Rd8 40.Qc7 Qd? 1.Qe5 Qd 14 beaten all but one oflast year's New 3 Wright 1510 t,1 ) ti N2t D10 wt7 )9 )6 t.8 t 42.Qe2 Qds 0-l Zealand Women's Olynpiad team. She is l-; Whittle i.10() e ,5 N 2,4 ,7 w23 -8 N22 w17 ,6 + 2,''" = G2 cleady our most exciting female chess Evginia Charomova (uruated) - Eleanora years. 6 iOtcne 1371 9 prospect for some Mikhailik (1s08) w23 -8 t/ t3 w20 ,7 .12 .^t )) 4 IND - G2 At the World Youth ChampionshiP Auckland B Grade Inter-club, 31 August 17 3 Judkins 146 ,7 N2t w19 ,11 ,14 N20 - 15 w24 l 2'" = G2 Puchen will play in the Under 12 Boys 2001 Evginia compete in d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.NR 18 - Farrington 1455 ,'9 I category, while will l.e4 e6 2.d4 ,2 r/ 19 L 1l w24 )6 -10 w20 ) 5 the llnder 12 Girls section. Qb6 6.8e2 cxd4 7.cxd4 NgeT 8.b3 Nf5 l9 M Tuatini 12s4 11 Rc8 ) LlB ,11 w21 .13 w23 ,22 N26 l 5 The tournament would be an invaluable 9.8b2 Bb4+ 10.Kfl Bd7 11.93 ) experience for both of them. 12.1 N1. Chess NZ Chess 8 9 Queensland Chess lloliday young and the not so young alike. Viv finished just half a point behind on 5/7 - by a h.y t'V ltoh Smith At the end of a f,ur week during which we another good result and the best score became conhrmed theme park thrill-seekers, we female. Unforhrnaiely the Sunshjne Coast Open After a busy first half of year, the Viv and I long dclbnsive strugglc - ullrrrr;rtt.lr hired a car and drove to Noosa for the Sunshine did not offer a prize for that decided it was dehnitely trme for a vacation. tmsuccesstul Hou,cvet, iu llre rrt.il luo rounds Coast Open Seventy-one people tumed out for So another enjoyable tournament ended; I took Irooking around at upcoming tournaments, the fought second, plus some I back r.r,ith good."r,ius lo lrc 11111e11o ills this tournament; the top seeds bdng M's away AUS $200 for thought struck me that we might -Viv. be able to leaders on 5/6 goutg into 1hc llrrrrl nurrd Solomon ard David Smerdon The time control satisfying memories - among them watching the meanlvhile. had ntadc good use ol lrcr was different: one hour each and only then 10 Lions tlrash the Wallabies in the first test during r;rl grrrrrr:s thirly seconds a move. a players' dinner out at Noosa's Reef Hotel of our holiday was spent l I irrrkccl player I again started with three reasonably The remaining week and Iirrrc. Shc vuas convincing wins, but then struck rurexpected swmmmg, playing tennis, shopping dining ott 4 5/6 going urlo the last rourrcl trouble in round lour. AIter a difficult opening, I out But Viv and I did manage to fit in a visit to lJnfbrlunate\, for nte nty linul roLntd opponc.nl recovered well against the previous week's joht the Noosa Chess Club; some of the locals uas IM Solonron. A Leu'poor dccisiurrs iir the wimer Ian Rout to reach an easily wiming maintain that was the cause of a major power ntiddlegaure ruiled a c1earl1, ch.arr u position endgame Unfortunately I became somewhat blackout they had that night! The trip couldn't have got offto a worse start and I u,as evcntually grouucl dorrrr in tirne confused about my time situation, playing Bleary eyed from the 3.30 a.m. wake-up, AIkirLJ - Smith,R [A57] we trouble But I wasn't the oll,y'ouc to sLLll-cr the quickly before my 60 minutes ran out (the trick handed over our passports Gold Coast Open (3), 2001 and prepared to head is to let your time run down before switching for the boarding l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.e3 b4 5.NR d6 6.8d3 gates. But - horroi ofhorrors _ into blitz mode) afld lost on time , 7.04 Bg7 8.Re1 0-{ 9.e4 Nbd7 10.Qc2 a5 I bounced back from this disappointment with 96 11.Bf4 Ng4 12.h3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Re3 two rounds, only to find myself wins in the next e6 15.Nd2 exd5 16.cxd5 Nxd3 17.Rxd3 Ba6 facing Solomon in the last round again At this 18.Re3 Qf6 19.Bg3 Qxb2 20.Qxb2 Bxb2 21.Rbl a point ahead of stage he had6l6 and was flrll Bd4 22.Ree1 RfdB 23.Nb3 Bc3 24.Re3 Bc4 l)or her eflirrts (itrtlc Ronald Scott, uiho now Viv shared Lhc Onc prize, me and Kiwi ex-patriate 25.Ncl a4 26.1 NZ Chess NZ Chess Wanganui Schools Chess Tournament 2001 Council Corner By Allan Short By NZCF President Bob Smith On Srurday August 26h the first Wanganui Whilst the Intermediate section was the World Youth Championship :NZCF Council NZ Champion,4 times Olympic rep Currenfly Schools Chess Tournament was held at St. most closely contested, the top two has selected NZ Junior Champion Puchen rated no 3. NZ's highest rated player George's School in Wanganui. Wanganui Primary sides could not be separated, Wang (aged 11) and nrnner-up 12-year-old intemationally Chess Club had been asked by the New having both finished on 12 points and Evginia Charomova to represent New Znalarrd 4. International lMasterAnthony Ker - 5 times Zealand Chess Federation to organise the having drawn their individual encounter 2- at the World Youth Championship in Spain NZ Champion,4 times Olynpic rep Ranked event as the regional qualifier for the 2. The only solution was a play-off and from October 20 to November 3. An appeal has no4 National Schools Event. been launched to help raise at least $6000 5. FIDE Master Pau,l Garbett 5 times NZ there was a grcat deal of tension as the two - needed to send the children and a coachl Champion, 4 times Ol1.rnpic rep. Ranked no 5 The competition sets ofyoung players fought for the right was fierce, with 24 teams chaperone (see story on page 7) 5. FIDE MasterMartinl)reyer timesNZ to be Champions. Fordell primary -2 from 14 Schools playing together in a 6 School Champion, 3 times Olympic rep. Ranked no 8 Round Swiss primary, eventual ran out winners over St. Anne,s tournament. Ancient Games Lightning Tournament : 7. FIDE Master Scott Wastney - Current NZ School by Intermediate and Secondary Schools the narrowest of margins 2.5- NZCF is organising a lightning spectacular Champion, 3 times Olympic rep, ranked no 9 1.5. played against each other wiflr many of the involving 12 ofour top players as part ofan 8 FIDE Master Bruce Watson - Crment North younger players Ancient Games Day in Onehunga in October. Island Champion, ranked no 1 1 springing surprises on Another pleasing aspect of the event was The Onehmga Business Association is 9. FIDE Master Ewen Green - NZ Champion their more senior opponents. the breadth ofplaying talent. The youngest sponsoring the event, which will ofl-er $1000 in 1979,3 tirnes Olympic rep, ranked no 12 player was only 5 years The convincing winners were the team old and there was prue-money 10. NZ Master Peter Sh,rart - 3 times Olyrnpic a good proportion from Wanganui High School, who boasted of girls in flre teams too. rep,rankedno 13 three promising Lightning Chess Spectacular 1 1. NZ Master Peter Green - 2 times Olynpic Juniors from the Many thanks must go to the committee 12 of the best chessplayers in New Zealand will rep, rankedno 15 Wanganui Chess Club amongst their four and members of the Wanganui Chess Club play agailst each other il a lightning 12 Antonio Krstev - 1998 Olympic rep, rarked person team. They won the event with an who helped organise this event and to St. tournament in Onehrmga on October 27, no 40, but 1 3ft in rapid chess impressive score of 22 ortt of 24. The rest George's Preparatory School for providing organised by NZCF and sponsored by the of the field was closely bunched, with only us with a superb venue and facilities Onehunga Business Association. NZCF is hopeful that such a strong blitz 5 points covering the next 17 teams! The field is the strongest ever assembled in this tournament will attract television and country for a blitz tournament. newspaper coverage, as it will be very visual Among those competing are the currentNew and is something a little different Zealand Champion FIDE IMaster Scott Wastney (Nelson), New Zealand's highest rated player Inter-schools Championship : internationally, trternational Master Russell Several clubs have now completed tournaments Dive (Wellington) and the top-ranked player as part ofthe new national inter-schools domestically, FIDE Alexei Kulashko. championship. Eight of the 1 2 players have won the national The WestAuckland event, held by Waitemata, title, and eleven have represented New Zealand attracled 268 children . The primary winner at the World Chess Olympics. was Konini,while the irtermediate title was shared by Glen Eden and Henderson, with Glen The held is: Eden qualifying for the Auckland play-offs Wanganui's inaugural inter-schools tournament 1. FIDE Master Alexei Kulashko - 3 times NZ involved 96 children. Wanganui High won the Champion and the highest rated player Secondary section, Kokohuia took the domestically Intermediate title, and Fordell won a play-off 2. FIDE Master Bob Smith - NZ Champion against St Annes for the primary tifle kt 1996 and 8 times NZ Olympic representative. Christchurch Canterbury had 152 children in its Rated number 2 on the latest NZ list competition. The primmy winner was Ilam, 3. International lfaster Russell Dve - 3 times Kirkwood took the Intqmediate competition, NZ Chess NZ Chess 13 12 and Shirley Boys High won the secondary Labour Weekend, Saturday October 20 to OVERSEAS NEWS Canterbury also ran a separate girls event (80 Mondal, October 22 In view of the strong By Peter Stuart girls), won by Burnside High. hr Wellington 108 interest shown in girls' chess this year thtud children played in an inter-secondary schools (including 128 players at the Auckland Grls ASTANA Gelfand had a stranglehold on competition, won by St Patricks College.By the Championship) Council is hopeful of a much A double round-robin super-GM place for most of the tirne as both Shirov time this issue appears Howick-Pakuranga and bigger entry than last year Two separate toumament in l\4ay celebrated the tenttr and Alexander Morosevich lacked North Shore will have also nur inter-schools tournaments are being held: the NZ Women's aruriversary of Kazakhstan independence. consistency in their play. Backmarker toumaments Remember: clubs running inter- Championship afld a Reserve Championship. With five of the eleven players rated over Sadvakasov at least had the satisfaction of schools tournaments should send a levy of$3 a Enqubies: 2?00, the event was category 20Madimir drawing both games against the winner. team to NZCF This levy will be usefirl for Kees Van den Bosch kvdbstj@clear net rz half-point junior chess development, including meeting the Kramnik scored 4/5 to hold a Kasparov at the mid-point Shirov Kasparov, Sicilian [B84] anticipated costs ofregional play-offs next term. Girls' Coaching Day: As a follow-up to lead over Gary - 1.e4 c5 z.aB d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.axd4 N6 NZCF's Girls Chess Week 49 of the top girls of the tournament, their mutual encounter 6.Qe3 e6 7.Qe2 Hc7 8.0-0 b5 109th NZ Chess Congress : The prestige of this from the Auckland Grls Championship were being drawn. S.AcS ae a 12.Uxb3 event has been enhanced firrther with Deputy invited to a free coaching day in August. 32 girls Kasparov caught up in round 5 with his 9.a4 b4 l0.Aa2 Axe4 11.c3 b3 HxbT Prime Minister Jim Anderton (who lists chess attended morning and afternoon sessions by me second win over Alexei Shirov who Qe7 13.Qf3 Qtz t+.Ucz ff6 1s.Oxb7 among his hobbies) agreeing to open Congress. and National Coach E'"ven Green Canterbury walked into a mate in two in a probably 16.b4 o{ r7.b5 ag4t 1S.Qf4? [18.4M!? In view ofthis and the qualtty venue (the Chess Club is holding a 20.axb5 Qg5 21.8d3 similar day in October, drawn position. Kmrfffh who had drawn Axe3 19.fxe3 axb5 MillenrLium Hotel) perhaps players might like to organised by NZCF Female Chess Committee unclear according with the solid Boris Gelfand immediately Hxal 22.Hxa1 Ad7 was consider a reasonably high standard of dress on mernber Jaciata tsuist. to Kasparovl 18...e5 19.He2 exd4 20.Hxg4 the first day? To keep up with developments regained the sole lead with a quick re axb5 21.axb5 Hxbs 22.cxd4 Hc4 23.Hae1 Congress, visit the special webpage set up by Tournament Update: demolition of local GM Darmen Tournament Committee fuS Z+.ActZ l24.Hcl Hxd4 25.Hxc6 Yxa2 organiser Chris Wright htQ:// Convenor Hilton Berurett Sadvakasov while Kasparov took his turn has sent out the first of 26.Hg3 still leaves Black with a tough nzchesscongresslO9.tripod com/ You can even regular e-mail "tournament updates", available to draw with Gelfand. technical task to winl 24"..Uxd4 25.6e2 download the Congress programme Printed to anyone Hilton would like details of any With all games drawn in rounds 8 and 9 prograflrmes Haa 26.Wg3 Hfds 27.4d Ub3 28.Ee3 ds shouldbe avalable soon. Thetop upcoming events and results. He can be the Braingames world champion took his two New Zealand players in the 109ft NZ 2g.Qh6 Ql8 30.4e4 Ubz sr.acsz [31.Qgs contacted at hiltonb@wave co.rz haH-point lead into the crucial last round Championship will automatically win places dxe4 32.S NZ Chess NZ Chess { 14 15 Kramnik - Sadvakasov, Queenrs Gambit 31.Hf5 hg7 32.fo4 Exg2 33.Exf4 Hxc2 fourway tie for third on 5 points between who drew with each other, on 8%. LLrking Accepted [D27] 34.W2 Hc3 35.fo2 b5 36.h4 c4 37.h5 cxb3 GMs P.Cramling (SWE), Radjabov (AZE), on 8 points (and probably also qualified for 1.d4d5 2.c4 dxc43.Affaf64.a3 e65.Qxc4 38.axb3 Ec5 39.h6+ ofA +O.AIO EgS+ I.Sokolov (BIH) andWedberg (SWE). the World Championship) were GMs c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 9te S.Ue2 Uc7 9.Hd1 QA6 +r.6nr f-+. Anastasian (ARM), Azmaiparashvili 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.b3 0-0 12.Qb2 e5 13.4c3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GEO), Graf (GER), Milov, Timoshenko e4 14.fo5 Qd6 ls.aats Axas te.Hxus SARAJEVO More than 200 players, including 147 (UKR), Tiviakov (NED) and Vaganian Qxtrz+ r7.&h1 Qes ta.Sns Qrs The Bosna 2001 tournament in May was grandmasters, gathered in Ohrid (ARM). an all-GM category 16. Bulgarian Kiril (Macedonia) in June to compete over 13 Georgiev upstaged his higher rated fellow rounds for more than half a million dollars Sutovsky and Ponomariov drew their last countryirnan Veselin Topalov to take first and a6(!) places in the FIDE World round encounter and, as Polgar drew with \rue I place with 6Y219. Topalov was also Championship. This despite a shaky Graf while van Wely went down to tN r rll undefeated on 6 points and then followed: J political situation wrth an armed Albaniar Azmaiparashvili, this was enough to share aI 3-4 Dreev (RUS) & Smirin (ISR) 5%; 5-7 force in the vicinity. first place. This left Aznaiparashvili tied A:ffiWI Dizdarevic (BIII), Kozul (CRO) & 1 wrth Polgar for third place on 9 poinis. H I.Sokolov (BIQ a; 8 Movsesian (CZE) The event used the much criticised new ar ll 3%; 9-10 Atalik (TUR) & Kurajica (BIII) FIDE time control of 40 moves in 75 Seven players (all GMs) tied for fifth on 8 ir ll J. minutes with a 15 minute guillotine finish points: Anastasian, Graf (formerly rI plus added time of 30 seconds per move Nenashev), Milov, Timoshenko, Tiviakov, MERIDA from move one. To put this in perspective, Vaganian and van Wely. Among the 34 Vishy Anand, the FIDE world champion, it is much the same time control as we uso players on 8 points were GMs Belyavsky won a category 18 quadranguTar with4%16, in weekenders - players have, for example, (SLO), Conquest (ENG), Ehlvest (EST), a point clear of England's Nigel Short. just 5 minutes more for the first 40 moves M.Gurevich (BEL), P.Nikolic (BIII), l9.Axf7t Exf/ 20.Hxf5! 96 [20...Hxf5 Alexander Khalifman was third on 3 and than they have in the Birkenhead Licensing Rublevsky (RUS), Sakaev (RUS), Tkachiev 21.8d8 matel 21.fue5 1-{. the much lower rated Mexican GM Trust Open! Whether the fime control or (FRA) andZvjaginsev (RUS). Gilberto Hemandezwas fourth on 1 point. some other factor - the political situation or Kasparov Krarnnik, Ruv Lopez the typical cut-throat Swiss type Rapid (15 minute) play-offs were held to - "ArO lC67l 1.e4 e5 2.AR dcS S.qUS +.Oj a**a POIKOVSKY competition in such a field was decide the medals and that for the gold saw 5.d4 Ad6 6.exc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 af5 g.Exdg+ A category 17 tournament in this Siberian responsible for the numerous cheapoes we Sutovsky hold on to draw the first game 6xdg 9.Ad h6 10.h3 ed7 11.b3 6€g town was organised to celebrate Anatoly don't know, but it certainly made for a very from a difficult position and win the t2.Qb2 HdB t3.Hattt Ae7 t4.Hfet 5n6 Karpov's 50th birthday (23rd, May). interesting tournament with the lead second. The Wonze medal play-off 15.Ae4 N+ + 16.e6! Axe6 t1.ad4 .lr Moldovan GM Viktor Bologan won changing hands many times. followed a similar course; Zurab narrowly 619 Smbat 117 ...Qe7 18.6xe6 Qxe6 l9.Qxe7 Hgg with with GMs l. Azmaiparashvili held a draw a pawn down ZO.Afff exf6 21.exf6 Hd6 keeos"W61!* Lputyan (ARM) and Sergei Rublevsky With three rounds to go Israel's GM Emil in the first game and took the second advantage to a minimum but wen 6"11." (RUS) sharing second place on 5% points. Sutovsky joined Dutch GM Loek van against Polgar. was Fritz's recommendation 17...Hr7 Then followed: 4-5 GM Krril Georgrev Wely, who had enjoyed the sole lead for the ".n. 18.f4 0s.A5 Qcs 19.Qf6 Hxdt 20.bd1 ; (-BUL) & GM svjaginsev (RUS) s; 6-7 previous two rounds, on 7Yz points. The Miroshnichenko - Gunnarsson, French and Black is holding) iS...cS tS.Axe6 Qxe6 GM Leitao (BRA) & GM Onischuk (UKR) two leaders drew their mutual encounter in [C07] 2o.ef6 Hxdl 2l.Exdl eaO 22.eh4 rc 4%; 8 IM Obodchuk (RUS) 3%; 9 GM round 11 and were caught by Vadim Milov 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4d2 c5 4.exd5 Uxd5 23.fud6+ cxd6 24.Exd6 Se7 and White has Morovic (CRO) 3; l0 GM Mitkov (MKD) (SUI), Judit Polgar (HLIN) and Ruslan 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.6gf3 Afe Z.QAS 0-0 8.Ue2 regained his pawn but that is alll 18.Aru 272. Ponomariov (UKR). The 77-year old Ac6 9.fu4 Qe7 10.0-0 Ad4 tl.Axa+ Hxal Ukrainian then beat Milov and Sutovsky f2.Qd2 Axe4 13.Qxe4 Sxb2 14.Eab1 Ed4 Hh7 19.Qf6! Hc8 20.Qxe7 QxsJ"Xaa 2l.fus].+ HxgT 22.Af6+ 6e7 zs.*Axtl z+.5us MALMO beat Konstantin Sakaev while the other two 15.Efd1 Ha4 16.Qc3 e5 17.Qxe5 Qe6 HxAt ZS.HxOlN426.bhlHs527.6e4Ed5 Bons Gulko (USA) and Jan Timman leaders drew their game. Thus, going into lS.Hxb7 QcS19.Hd3 EfeS the final round, Ponomariov and Sutovsky 28. He 1 + 6n zs.axuo Hdt 3 0.He i *" :)"E#f TT".:f '##f i7#-;1:r"#_, 1 led with 9172 from Polgar and van We1y, NZ Chess NZ Chess 16 17 Hm zs.&n Hg2+ 30.&e3 Hxg3+ 31.&d2 dubious means and his result here tends to Sparkassen tournament in July. No surprise confirm this. His only draw was against that Kramnik once again finished on top but Hxh4 32.He5 Hd8+ 33.6c2 Hfz+ s+.Hez Mikhalchishin who drew every game. a retum to top form by the Bulganan Ua+ ss.Huns Sas+ ao.Sus ffs o-r. grandmaster. The real surprise was the DORTMT]ND dismal result for world number 3 Vishy J.Polgar - Asrian, Caro-Kann [812] Madimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov Anand who lost four games and won none. t.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.fo3 Qb4 5.Qf4 tied fbr first place in the category 21 af6 6.Ud3 b6 7.Age2 0{ 8.0-0-0 cS 9.a3 c4 10.Ue3 Qe7 l1..g4 QnZ tZ.tgs axe+ .,.,6 gb5 13.95 Ad5 14.axd5 Hxd5 15.fxe4 ,/, ,/, t/z ,/, 1 Kramnik V RUS 2BO2 O t 1 % '/z 1 6'l 1- t6.ds ad7 17.Hc3 trfc8 18.4h5 Qf8 19.Qd6 ,/, ,/, ,/, e5 20.Qxf8 HxfS 21.Qh3 EteS 22.Ehg1 Af8 2 Topalov V. BUL 2711 o '/, a I 1 1 1 6,1 l- 20.Qxh7+! &f8 21.Hh5+ 0g8 23.Hdf1 24.ffs Hc5 25.UR Er8 26.c3 [20...Sxh7 fu6 ,h 1/ 1 ,/, ,/, ,/, ,/, Leko P IlUN 2730 /2 a 1 51/z 3 22.Hh3 +l 21.fug7+t hxgT 22.He5+ 1-0. Hads 27.Hg3 Qc8 28.Hh3 frtrs zl.Xg+ Qxrs '/, 30.Axg7t &xg7 31.Hh6+ 698 t/. ,/, 129...We7 4 Moroscvich A. RUS 2749 0 0 t 1 1 v I 5 4 Short A.Sokolov, Sicilian 32.Hh4 f6 33.9xg6 +-l 30.Exf5 &g8 - [B24] ,/, ,/, ,/, 1.e4 c5 2.fu3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d3 Af6 5.Qg2 31.6b1! EfeS 32.893 Wd6 33.Ng7t Af4 5 Atlarr.rs M liNG 2741 0 0 o a V '/ 3'l 5 Qe7 6.f4 7.Qd2 Hb8 8.af;} b5 9.4e5 34.8h6+ &g8 3s.Hh3 An ze.get t/. ,/, ,/, ,/, *6 133...bxg1 () Anand V. IND 2794 0 0 0 t a J 6 QnZ fO.AxnS dxe4 11.0-0 0-0 12.a4 a6 Wxg6 37.Hg3 r-l 34.6xe8 ExeS 35.Hh6 13.4c3 Oa8 14.Axc6 Qxc6 15.Hcl Eb4 Huz so.Egl Oxds 37.96 Oxc3+ 38.bxc3 16.He1 Hd417.Qe3 gd3+ 39.&b2 r-{. Kramnik - Morozevich, Slav Defence [D12] f7.Wh4 h5! [The only, and sruprising, defence. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.4fl af6 4.e3 Qf5 5.0ca a6 Instead 17...h6 18.Qxh6! gxh6 19.Uxh6 Hc7 6.Qd3 Qxd3 7.Uxd3 e6 8.0{ Qe7 9.e4 G{ 2\.ad4 Hxc2 2l.Hd3 Ag4 22.Hg3 f5 23"Wg6+ ,,,,ru Sakaev Delchev, Benoni [A43] w - 10.Edl b5 11.c5 clxe4 l2.Axe4 Axe4 13.Uxe4 bh9 24.Ae6l and maie soon follows or 17...96 ll "rz z4l |l l.d4 bf6 2.4f3 c5 3.d5 bs 4.Qg5 Ua5+ 5.c3 7X, Edst [Winning a pawn by 13...Qxc5 allows 18.Hfel h6 19.Qxh6 Ee8 20.Qg5 Ahl zt.Qxel %'.1 r.7f,, t l 6.Qru Qm l.es e6? 8.dxe6 dxe6 fu+ White kingside attacking chances: 14.495 96 EaxeT 22.Exe7 WxeT 23.Wxei Hxei 24.Hxd5 p...Qce llt %t 1fr %l 9.gxb5+ fo,et would at least allow 15.8h4 h5 16.g41 14.Uxd5 cxds [14...exd5 Be2 25.Hd2 and White has won a pawnl .rrf,. r/%t lrf,. ' Black to play on a pawll down] 10.4e5 15.He1 Qf6 16.Qg5! N7 17.Qxf6 fuf6 18.fus l8.Efel ts.glt 9or zo.gxtrs Sb4 21.h6 % ll *s ',rHt %l [10...Qc7 11.Qa4 Rc8 l2.Qxe4 wins a HacB is also better for Whitel 15.Qf4 ac6 Wxh4 22.Axh4 fu,1 1ZZ...gyJ16 23.Qxh6 EcB llt ,,\ piecel 1{1. r6.fos abs 1?.Ed3 Hc8 18.Ee1 Qf6 19.494 24.Afs Qcs 2s.6h1! Ae4 (2s...4s4 26.HgI fue5 ',,$fr""..& qru[ fue zo.Axts+ gd6 21.Qg3 bg7 22.9h4 fu1 27.flxg4+ Axg4 2S.Hgl +-) 26.Qxe4 dxe4 23.94 Ag6 24.Qgp a5 2s.Qd6 h5 26.gxh5 6h4 27.Hxe4 6h7 2S.Hg1 Hg8 29.Qe7 Qxf2 30.Hg2 rlltfi% I PORTOROZ \ 27.Hg3+ 6tr0 ZS.QeZ Of5 29.Qrd6! Axg3 +-l 23.hxg7 HcS 24.Qxe? foe7 25.Qxe4 dxe4 The category 14 Milan Vidmar Memorial II'YI N, iru, 30.fxg3 EgS 31.692 6xh5 32.h3 696 33.Efl 26.Yxe4 bxg7 27.Hd6 Ec5 28.Eg4+ hh7 29.4R ffilr tournament was won by local (but formerly bm is quite helpless against the 696 30.695+ &g7 3f.Axfl ExIT 32.Edxg6+ Soviet) GM Alexander Belyavsky who scored U4l [Black advance of the g- and h-pawns combined with 6nZ eS.Hrgs Exg5 34.Exg5 Ec7 35.a3 b4 an undefeated 6%19. L half-point behind was White's dark square controll 34...b4 35.693 b3 36.axb4 37.692 38.Ea5 Exb2 Israeli GM Boris Gelfand (fomerly Belarus) Ecl+ Ebl 17...exd3! 18.Qxd4 [1 8.Qxc6 d2 19.fudz 36.a3 EacS 37.h4 Hg6 38.h5 39.95 39.Ha41{. while Ukrainers latest wunderkind, l5-year [3B...EggB Ec7 40.6h4 Ha7 47.Qe5 EgaB 42.Ef6 698 Hxd}20.He2 Hd4+ 21.6h1 Hd822.Wxd2 old IM Andrei Volokitin, gained a GM-norm 43.Eh6 6f8 44.Qf6 +-l 1-{. BIEL Hxd2 23.Exd2Exd224.Hcl Ag4 gives in finishing third on 5%. Then came: 4 GM Viktor Korchnoi (70) won this year's Biel Kozul (CRO) 5; 5-7 GM Andrei Black a big plusl 18...Qxg2 19.Qe3 Qa8 Kramnik Anand, Gambit GM event with 619, a half-point ahead of Mikhalchishin (SLO, another former Soviet - Queen's Accepted Russia's Peter Svidler with the top ranked Boris 20.cxd3 Uxd3 21.8d1 Ws zz.Hez fo+ player), GM Mohr (SLO) & GM Pavasovic [D27] l.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.OR e6 4.e3 af6 5.Qxc4 c5 Gelfand another half-point further ba,ck. Local 23.Ead1 Qf624.tr2 Axf2 25.l$xf2 h5 4%; 8-9 GM Macieta (POL) & GM Sernek 6.0{) a6 7.Qb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Oc6 S.fu3 Qe7 GM Yannick Pelletier scored a strong result 26.h4? ...h4 trre p"._"_i*., oliJ.llfl%T#il: r0.Qg5 l1.Ed2 Aas l2.Qc2 b5 13.Sf4 Ha7 give that he was rated well over a hundred rstops thought 0-{ |u1 s:J?"f; poinis any players. He exorbitantl 26...Qd4 27.Hxd4 cxd4 28.Hxd4 14.Eadl Qb7 15.d5 Qxd5 16.axd5 exds below of the other to hurr" acquired his rating Jf orr",. ZeOOby defeated Korchnoi in round 3 and Svidler in NZ Chess NZ Chess 18 19 round 5 but succurnbed in the last rormd to round results went according to seeding except Christchurch Schools Results Alexander Grischuk (RUS). Pelletier and for Mclaren drawing with Jacek Wojnar and By Craig Hall Grischuk thus shared fourth place with Joel Bennett drawing with Vital. Lautier (FRA) in the six-player double The Pfess Chess competitions are all but how I could get more kids along to the round-robin. Notable results in round 3 saw Spain drawrng finished, tonight being the final night of club? We have about 6 new junior with Gibbons, van der Hoorn 1-0 Goffin, Dunn the Secondary division. However, since members this year, compared to a total of ESBJERG l-0 Vital, andMaciej Wojnar 1-0 Lynn. Rorurd the winner is confirmed, these are the about 300 kids turning out. My European champion Emil Sutovsky (ISR) and 4 was depleted by four players in the top ofthe results: individual toumeys get about 20 kids Danish GM Peter-Heine Nielsen shared first heldtaking byes. Two notable results emer€ed each, and I'm going to try rurming place in the 16th North Sea Cup event with from this round with van der Hoorn 1-0 Spain, junior 6'/z/9. English teenage GM Luke Mcshane tied Primary competition - Ilam School a tournarnent at the club similar to and Dunn 1 12-1 12 1 Wojnar. with Eduard Rosentalis (LIT) on 5 and then Intermediate competition - Kirkwood our noflnal club tourneys, (ie one round came: 5--6 GM C.Hansen (DEN) Intermediate Secondarf, competition - each week), but at present my coaching & GM Gohg into round 5 on Sunday van der Hoorn Schandorff (DEN) 4%; 7 GM Speelman (ENG) held the outright lead with 4l4,McLaren, Shirley Boys'High School Girls night gets around 5-10 kids. IVe been 4; 8 GM Rustemov (RUS) 3%; 9 GM Nataf Bennett, DuruU Gibbons, J Wojnar, Nyberg, and competition - Burnside High School promoting the club at the various (FRA) 3; 10 GM van den Doel 2%. OIED) Rossiter followed on 3, ahead of Spain, Gofhn, competitions, but beyond that, I'm short Vital, M Wojnar, and Judkins 5 SHANGHAI on 2 Other interschool results saw St. Andrew's on ideas... Round 5 sawMclaren 1-0 van der Hoorn, Spain There was a three-way tie for first place in the College beating Timaru BHS, and SBHS 1-0 Goffin, J Wo.1nm 1-0 Bennet! Gibbons 1-0 7th nmning of the Tan Chin Nam Cup beating Timaru BHS, Marlborough BHS Rossiter, and Durm 1-0 Nyberg, which left five tournmnent with GMs Viktor Bologan (MDA), and King's High School @unedin)" The players shming the lead on 4 points going into Krasenkov (POL) and Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) all last was particularly resounding, as Shirley the last round scoring 5W9.Next, on 4%, wsre GMs sent a very weak team (by their standards) Dreev (RUS), I.Sokolov (BIH), Xu Jun (CtN) The key of third-formers, who still cleaned out & Zlnng Zhong (CHN). The field was rounded results in the hnal round were van der out by GM Peng Xiaomin (CHN) 4, cM Hoorn l-0 Dunn, Gibbons 1-0 J Wojnar, King's. I'm not sure about regional (although Tkachiev (FRA) 31/, and FM Ni Hua (CIIN) 3. Mclaren 1-0 Vital, and Spain 1-0 MWojnar. strength of the other divisions I'd think that the winners are clearly the The Director of Play for the tournament was strongest teams at their level in Willie Prinsloo and pairings were made using Waikato Open Canterbury), but SBHS is looking very the Swiss Perfect paring program. Hamilton l7thto 19th August likely to be the strongest SI secondary school team. continuedfrom page 9 Final Results: The tenth Waikato Open athacted a field of 32 27.Bxd4 Qxdl+ 28.Rxdl cxd4 29.Rbl+- Open: 1st = (5 points) M van der Hoorn, 30.Rxb7 31.R.ab4 e5 players for the 6 round swiss format weekender Rxd6 KfB Ke8 32.Ra7 L Mclaren, R Gibbons There were 24 teams in the Primary and 33.Rbb71-{ The tournament formathas a roundon Friday Intermediate divisions, and 14 teams in evening and the option of an halfpoint bye in Grade 1 (u1700): 1st = (4 points) the Secondary division. The Girls Solomor4S Smith,R any of the f,rst frve rounds. Ilalf of the field was - [B17] M Nyberg, P Rossiter competition also drew 20 teams (I think). Sunshine Coast Open (7) from outside the Hamilton region including a 5 l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.8c4 player Wellington contingent. Next year will see zonal competitions to Grade2 (u1400): (3 5 points) T Gothorp lst allow more participation, as the Primary Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5R c5 Znd= (3 points) A Mayne, V Prinsloo 10.dxc5 Bxc5 ll.Ne5 Nbd? 12.NgR The pre-tournament favourite were Leonard and Intermediate Divisions were limited to Qc7 13.{H) (H) 14.Rel b6 15.8f4 Bd6 16.Nxd7 Mclaren, a regular at Waikato tournaments, and one team per school (I'm guessing that we Top Juniors: V Prinsloo (3), C JPhilips (2.5) BxdT 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Ne5 RfdS 19.Rad1 local player Graeme Spain. have had more teams would like 40 in Qc7 20.c4 k6 21.f4 Bb7 22.9.12! Qe7 23.95 Len Whitehouse Memorial Trophy each, otherwise), with last year's finalists hxg5 24.fxg5 Nd7 25.h4 Qc5+ 26.Kf1tr Nxe5 The hrst round contained two surprises with (top Waikato player) c Spain (a 5) getting an extra team each. 27.Qxe5 Qc6 28.Qg3 96 29.8e2 e5 30.b3 Rd4 William Lynn losing to Gary Judkins (a 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Kf2 Qc5 33.Bd3 Rf8 34.Qe5 difference of nemly 700 rating points, which Upset Prize: G Judkins All bodes well here for school chess, but QcS and the game was eventually drawn1,l2-112 won Gary the upset prize) t/ 1/ and Philip Rossiter /2-/2 being beaten by James Pocock. The second are there any suggestions for NZ Chess NZ Chess )n Correspondence Chess l::tl: i,,g,i],;ig,:,,|,l,1,,g:i|,iii By Gordon Hoslryn 1 A J Short Uan 1950 a 5 I 5 5 .5 0 I 1 I I 1 2000-200 1 N.Z. Championship toumament in The Hague. In that game the 5 2 , B Goffin Auk 2105 o .5 5 l 1 1 I 5 5 I 5 2-5 Allan Short writes: computer chose 13 . . . c6 and Bronstein ,| Gordon Hoskyn has asked me to write a soon sacrificed a piece and won a great 3 3 A Hoskyn Wan 900 0 5 o ,5 5 1 5 1 I 5 i5 t-5 few words on my success in the 2000- game in 51 moves. Gordon's choice of 4 : N Roberts 785 .5 5 .5 o .5 5 5 .5 I I 1 i5 2OOl67i' NZCCA Championship. Firsfly I move Nf4 may even be stronger than the must say you 5 thank to all of my fellow computer's c6, it certainly gave me some t W Smith Auk 2350 ,5 I .5 5 o 0 l 1 I 1 1 r5 competitors. I can say without exception I sleepless nights, but I think that 15...8b6 6 wgn 2225 5 l 0 5 1 I .5 5 .5 .5 ) )-7 enjoyed the games that I played with thenr, was just too slow and gave me just the I J Doyle o and the ensuing correspondence! Most time I needed for a swift central attack 7 VI L Dunwoody 135 I l 5 5 1 0 a .5 c .5 1 ) )-7 people offered enjoyable insights into the I'm sorry that I have not had time to ao games as they progressed and I have made annotate the game and I'd be interested to B P A R Vetharaniam riVan 2025 l 0 0 5 0 5 .5 o 1 1 0 several new chess friends. hear what others think of it. I P J Voss 3le 830 l .5 0 0 0 5 1 0 a 1 5 l5 I feel honoured to have won the '10 -lam competition, particularly as an Englishman H P Bennett 19 /0 l .5 5 0 0 5 .5 u l C 1 3 10 Short,A HoslcynrG and in only my second year playing in the - ,2 11 Evans Gambit I W Millar \uk 19i5 l 0 l 0 0 5 0 1 .5 0 a 11 NZCCA. I must confess that when I [C52] NZCCA Handicap, 2000 finished my games way oni ll0, back in l.e4 e5 2.4f3 fu6 3.Qc4 Qc5 4.b4 Qxb4 5.c3 about August, first place was far from my Qa5 6.d4 exd4 7.0{) 6ge7 8.495 d5 9.exd5 2000-2001 Trophy Tourney results: 1865, JeffRapp 1890, Peter Goffin 2115, thoughts, I was just hoping to scrape into 0e5 r0.Qb3 dxc3 11.He2 f6 I2.6e4 6xd5 Reserve Championship: I J C Rapp 1890 William Lynn unr, Gordon HoskJrn 1910, the top three. It is testarnent to the t3.Qz3 N414.Ed afffi 15.Obxc3 Qb6 t6.Ug3 9.5; 2 Y J Smith 2025 B; 3 E G A Frost Murray Dunwoody 2 I 15, Prince competitiveness of everyone that at flre Qg4 17.h3 f5 18.Hae1 Ed4 19.4b5 Ed7 1795 7.5; 4-5 B J Edwards 1625 and D R Vetharaniam 1995, Tim Doyle 2165, finish there was only half a point 20.Aed6+ cxd6 21.6xd6+ 6fB 22.Exe5 6xe5 23.Uxe5 1-0 Whitlock 1710* 5.5;6 K GReed 1595 4.5; Hilton Bennett 1945. separating half the field! 7-8 B N Gloistein 1560* and B M One requires a certain amount of luck in Millar,B - Short,A Williams 1595 3.5; 9 G E Lovelock 1540 Reserve Championship: Phil Coghini such a tight race and I had more than my [A40] Unusr.nl replies to 1.d4 3; 10. D E Dolejs 1500 2.5; 11. C A Mold 1670, Dan Dolejs 1500, Bevan Edwards fair share. Prince, Peter and Hilton all NZCCA CT Shirov,200l t625 2. 1625, Ted Frost 1795, Graham Lovelock made errors against me which resulted in l.d4 af6 2.4f3 d5 3.e3 Qg4 4.abd2 e6 5.c3 T.T.2: I P G Coghini 1670 10; 2 P C King 1640, Dennis Whiflock i710*, Barry wins in under 20 moves. Judgingby my Alrd? 6.Qd3 e5 7.dxe5 6xe5 8.Qe2 AxI3+ 1520 8.5; 3-5 W Anderson 1515, H Williams 1595. games with these three players so far this 9.4xft c6 10.0{ Qd6 11.h3 h5 t2.Ad4 fue2 Goeckel l5l5* andZ H ICngston 1575 7; year I'll be glad to get out of them with a 13.Uxe2 @c7 l4:c4 UAO tS.Off g5 16.93 94 t7.ah4 6 A N Hignett 1340 2;7 AClark 1185* 0. T.T.2: Bill Anderson 1515, Peter King 50o% score! My loss against Murray T.T.3: 1 R J Weston 1440 8; 2 PE 1520, Garry Putt unr, Philip Rossiter 1650, Dunwoody again was as a result of an 17...gxh3 lS.cxd5 Uxd5 19.Edl Ue6 20.Qd2 Rossiter 1650 6.5; 3 S M Cameron 1600 6; Rod Weston 1440. early error (move 12) and despite my best Eg8 21.Qe1 Wg4 22.A8 23.Hd4 h2+ h4 4-5 A W Hendry 1400 and S A Holdaway efforts Murray seemed to play faulfless 24.bxh2 hxg3+ lJ.1ag3 Qxg3+ 2f.Qyg3 9xg3+ L320* 4;6-8 J A Clarke 1360*, G H Mills T.T.3: John Atkinson 1305, Tony Hendry chess as he ground me down in my longest 27.bhtast 1350 and L I Purvis 1040 2.5'.9 S R C 1400, Glenys 1350, G Potter game (61 moves). Brian Millar wrote to Allan: I underestimated Mills unr, the strength Chowdhury 1020* 0. Len Purvis 1040, Ray Taylor 1600*, My game below is an Evans Gambit vs. of 17...gxh3, I thought I could keep the pawn isolated and harmless...a loss is still a Robert Trevis 1210. Gordon Hoskyn, which was a handicap loss I suppose, but it makes a change to play a Trophy Tourney fields, 2001-2002: game from 2000. I was following the game wild and woolly game occasionally. 0-1 68ft Championship: Michael Whaley David Bronstein vs. Heuristic Alpha from 2010*, Allan Short 2050+, Peter Voss Ihe 1992 AEGON Human vs. Computer NZ Chess NZ Chess 22 23 Maruia Open 2001 Cup - 16ft June 2001) looks promising but Ben and Pearl Giles are to be higttly By Chris Wright has a lot of work yet to do, and as for Chris complimented for their generous hospitality Wastney (Scott's nephew) and Michael and organisation of the Maruia event. The Lewis Pass on the way to Maruia Dolejs made up the tournament midfield Price - Sarah Brown proved that she is Everyone enjoyed their time in Maruia, and Springs, Springs Junctiorl Maruia, (rating distribution 1786 to 1658). clearly the stronger player! everyone desires to be back next year. See Murchisoq and Nelson is a very scenic In the first round I was paired to play Ben After 3 rounds ofchess on the first day of you at the lvlaruia Open in 2002! place to drive through. We drove past Giles. After I thrashed out 31. ...Qf3 I play, Saturday night entailed the playing of Maruia Springs (the initial venue) which is heard a smirk from Scott Wastney who trMal pursuit - as relaxation. This was (2) Ben Giles (1954) - (9) Chris Wright (1343) 41 lcn south of Springs Jr.rnction, and was watching. After the game he showed enjoyed after a pasta dish and a cold beer. lD63l Maruia Village is 20 km east of Springs that I had missed a force win in two! Bruce Gloistein (nicknamed Groinstrain) Maruia Open @ound 1), 18 August 2001 Junction. It took about two and a half Instead, the result was a draw, but I was Be7 won the Grade I prize on countback. Sarah 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.895 hours drive (230 km) to get to Maruia happy withthat! 6.e3 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Brown clearly won the Grade 2 prize 5.Nf3 0-0 NbdT from Christchurch. In rounds two and four I played white 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.b4 NcdT (despite her not being present for the first c5 9.0-0 b6 Maruia is the midpoint between Nelson against Bruce Gloistein (North Otago) and 12.a3 13.Qb3 Bxf3 14.gxB Ne5 two rounds due to a Saturday netball Bb7 and Christchurch. A very picturesque Erin Roughton (Wakefield) - I lost both 15.Rfd1 16.8e2 17.e4 h6 18.Bf4 game), and Scott Wastney won the Maruia Qc8 Qb7 place - a secluded area arnongst forest and games due to my desire to over-press, I Ng6 19.Bg3 Nh5 20.Nb5 RacS 21.Bd6 Open trophy. mountains with snow on them. The air was also found out that a free pawn is not Rxcl 22.Rxc1Bxd6 23.Nxd6 Qe7 24.Rd1 Sadly, Ben Giles had a poor toumament, fresh and crisp. Maruia is a peacefirl always a free pawn! 25.Kh1 Nhf4 26.8f-l Rd8 27.Nb5 drawing with Chris Wright (I missed a Qg5+ location. In rormd three I got to play Sarah Brown Rxdl 28.Qxd1 29.Qd2 Nh3 30"Bxh3 force win in trvo), and lost to Arie Nijman Qh4 It was good to catch up with old friends (aged l1). Sarah came 3'd in the Qxh3 31.Kg1 (:) 31...Qxf3 32.Qe3 Qdl+ and Shane Hudson. I do hope that Ben can again, and Friday night consisted an Christchurch Schoolgirls Championship 33.Kg2 Qg4+ 34.Kfl Qdl+ 35.Kg2 Qg4+ still make the 2000 qualification mark for evening of 5 minute chess and a on May 30 earlier this year. During 36.Kfl Qdl+ 37.Kg2 (-) %-% the upcoming 109th NZ Chess Congress. Hungarian goulash meal that Pearl Giles analysis with Bruce Gloistein, Bruce said had superbly prepared. The venison was that Sarah had a strong game. Sarah did delicious! The venue was Reid's Store, a put me under a lot of pressure in the very famous Backpackers that you would opening and early middlegame. find listed in any Lonely Planet travel Embarrassingly, I could have lost my guide. A fabulous venue to play chess! Queen! I must admit I had more to fear in The Maruia Open drew players from this game than I did against my easy win Labour Weekend Nelson, Wakefi eld, Maruia, Christchurch, against Edith Otene in the Waitemata 20 - 22 October 2001 and Nortl Otago. Sadly, Gavin Marner Major Open! Venue and FM, ICM MarkNoble could not join Sarah is distinct from the other Junior Auckland Chess Centre us, but Maruia still had a sfong chess players in that she has the 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden tournament line-up nonetheless ! concentration and maturity at the chess AUCKLAND The top six seeds in the tournament were board to be a good tournament player. In X'ormat: Two 7 round swiss tournaments with a time control of 40 moves in 75 minutes, plus 1 5 past or present chess champions. Scott my opinion, and in Ben Giles oprnion, she minutes each.each, plus 30 seconds per move from the start Wastney (NZ Chess Champion), Ben Giles has great potential to be a very strong Prizes: The highest placed New Zealander in the Championship will receive the Mabel Abbot (South Island Chess Champion), John van player. During friendly games, she Trophy and the tifle of NZ Women's Chess Champion. There will be cash prizes in both Ginkel (Nelson Champion), Shane Hudson defeated another promi sing junior, tournaments; the extent of the prize-firnd will depend on entries (1992 NZ Schoolpupil Champion), Brian Shannon Clements (aged 16), from Nelson Olympiad Selection: The Championship will have a significant bearing on the selection of the Donaldson and Arie Nijman (1999 South College. I played two games with Shannon 2002N2Z Women's OlynpiadOlvrnpiad Tearn. Island Champions). There were 16 players in friendly play, both games were drawn. Eligibility: Both tournaments are open to all femal,female players The organisers reserve the right to ry entered an inappropriate one. at the Maruia Open. Bruce Donaldsorl As for other juniors, Patrick Downey move a playerolaver to a different tournament if theytht feel she has The toumament will be nationally rated. Arie Nijmarq Bruce Gloisteir; and Dan (winner ofjunior prize at Nelson Cole Rating: NZ Chess NZ C)hes,s 25 24 28. 29.Qga 13. b5 14. h4 h5 15. Bh6 16. Ncl5 Nxd5 More North Island Games Qh3 Nec4 27. Rfl R}tfs Qf3 Rf5 94 Qb6 Nd5 30. b3 Nce3 31. Rel Rxf4 32. Qm Qf2 33. 17. exdS Kh7 18. BxgT KxgT 19. gxh5 Rh8 20. Wojnar,M - VitalH Kc7 ffi. Ke7 Kc8 67. Kd6 Kb8 68. Kc6 Ka7 Bxe3 Rxe3 34. Qd7 Rxel+ 0-l hxg6 fxg6 21. h5 gxh5 22. Qgs+Kfl 23. Nfs 24. RceS 1-0 1. e4 c6 2. d4 dS 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4Bd7 5. 69. Kc7 Ka8 70. Kb6 Kb8 71. Bd5 1-0 Ng6 Rdel SpairyG -Wojnar,M Bg2 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 Ne7 1. e4 e5 2. Nl3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. VitalrH - Charamova,E 9. Nf3 b5 10. a3 BaS 11. 0-0 Bxd2 12. StracgD - Lynn,W 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ NbdT 4. c4 a6 5. Nc3 Qt7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Ne5 Qe6 9. 1 d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 NbdT 5. e3 Bxd2 h5 13. h3 Na6 14. NgS hxg4 15. (F0 Ba4 b5 6. cxb5 Nxd5 7. bxa6 Bxa6 8. Bc6 Bc4 d5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5+ Ke7 12. Ng6+ Be7 6. Nf3 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. Rcl hxg4 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nd6+ KtB 18. Bb7 10. Be2 11.0-0 Nd5 12.Bxe7 NxeT 13. Qh417. Nb4 9. Be4 Nc5 10. Ql3 Nxe4 11. Kdl Qd3 hxg6 13. QxhS Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 dxc4 15. h4 b6 d Rfel NacT 19. Qe4 Kg8 20. QfJ RfB 21. 0-1 16. h5 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Bb7 18. d5 Qc8 19. e4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qe3 Nde5 16. Rfdl g5 Ne8 22. NxeS BxeS 23. Re4 Qh7 24. Qg7+ Kd6 20. Qxf6+ Kc5 21. Qe7+ 1-0 Qe7 17. Ntr5 Nxf3+ 18. BxR e5 19. Nd6 Nd4 Bb4 Nxb4 25. axb4 c5 26. bxc5 8c627. WatsonrB - Dunn A 20. NxbT QxtrT 21. Bg4 RfdS 22. t4 f6 23. fxe5 DunnrA CharamovarE fxe5 24. Rc3 Rd6 25. Rdcl Nc6 26. ReS Qg4 Bxe4 28.Bxe/- Qh2+ 29. Kfl Rh4 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 96 3. 93 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5.0-0 - Qh3 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 5. Nc3 27.BfS Re7 29. Qh6 a6 30. Bdl 30. Qg2 0-l 0-0 6. Nc3 c67.4 NbdT 8. Rel e5 9. dxe5 96 9628.894 Qf4 Rf6 31. Bb3+ Kh8 32. Rxc6 1-0 dxe5 10. a4 a5 ll. Qd6 Re8 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Bg7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 0{) 9. Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 RcS 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kbl a6 Lynn,W -Wright,C Qd2 Nc5 14. h3 Qb4 15. Qcl NfdT 16. Bfl Ne6 17. Bd2 18. Bg2 19. h4 Ndc5 20. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Qe7 h5 Nbl Nd4 21. tsg5 Bf622.Nxd4 exd4 23. Bx16 Waikato Open Games Be2 Qc7 6. 0-0 a6 7. c3 Nf6 8,f3 Bc5 9. Be3 24. Nd2 Bg4 25. Nc4 RadS 26. 0-0 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. BI2 e5 13. Qd6 Qg5 SpairqG - WoJnar,M 33. Rfgl RddT 34. Qh5 RdeT 35. Qe2 f4 36. Qxg5 27. hxg5 d3 28. cxd3 Nxd3 29. Re3 Nb4 Nxc6 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxc6 15. Na3 Be6 16. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Qa6 R 37. Rg3 Qd5 38. Rg5 Be5 39. Rh5 30. Rc3 Bc8 31. Nxa5 Re5 32. Nc4 Rxgs 33. Qgs f6 11.Qh4 Nf4 18. Bdl Bf/ 19. Bc2 896 Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 0-0 7. (F(FO Re8 8. Qg3 Qd6 40. Qc4 Bf6 41. Qe4 95 42. Rh6 KfB 43. f4 Rc5 34. e5 Nd5 35. Rccl b5 36. Nd6 Rxcl+ 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Qc4+ Qxc4 22. Nxc4 RfdS Rxe4 9. a3 Ba5 10. h3 Re8 11. Nl3 d6 12. Bd3 Qg6 Qe5 44. Rdl Rb7 4s. Qhs Rb2 46. Qxf3 37. Rxcl Be6 38. a5 RaS 39. Bxd5 Bxd5 40. 23. Nb6 RabS 24. c4 Ne7 25.b4Rd4 26. a3 a6 13. Rhel Rxel 14. Rxel b5 15. Bh6 QfS Rxa2 47. Qa8+ Kg? 48. QhS+i- 1-0 b4 KfS 41. Rc5 Rb8 42. Kf2Kei 43. Ke3 f6 RbdS 27. Rc2 KI7 28. a4 Rd1+ 29. Rxdl 16. b4 Nh5 r7. Qh4 gxh6 r8. bxa5 Ng7 19. 44.Kd4 fxe5+ 45. Kxe5 Kd7 46. Nxb5 cxtr5 Rxdl+ 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. b5 Kd6 32. c,5+ Kc7 Qe4l-0 GibbonsrR - Wojnar,J 47. Rxd5+ Ke7 48. Rc5 Rd8 49. Rc7+ KfB 50. 33. Ke2 Rd4 34. 94 Nd5 35. Nxd5+ Rxd5 36. 1. e4 e5 2. Nl3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. a6 l-O Rc4 96 37. c6 axb5 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. cxbT+ Mclaren,L - Vital,H Nc3 0-0 6. h3 Nc6 7. d3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. KxbT ll2 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nc6 4. Qe3 d6 5. axb3 c6 10. Ne2 Nhs 11. 94 Nf6 12. Ng3 Nxg4 Lynn,W Spain,G Qxd4 - Nc3 Nl5 6. Bd2 Be7 7. 0-0--0 0-0 8. f4 a5 9. 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Kg2 f5 15. exf5 Bh4 16. 1. d4 h6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. WoJnar,M - Giles,B h3 a4 10. a3 Na5 11. Nf3 Be6 12. 94 Bc4 13. Qd2 BxI3+ 17. Kxf3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Rxf5+ 19. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. 0-0 Bxc3 1. e4 d5 2. exdS Nf6 3. Bbs+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 Bg2 Nc6 14. 95 Nd7 15. h4 b5 16. Nd5 Nb6 9. bxc3 d6 10. Rel 0-0 ll. e5 BxR 12. exf6 5. f3 Bfs 6. 94B96 7. Nc3 NbdT 8. f4 h6 9. 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. h5 ReS 19. Bc3 d5 20. Nd4 RtB 23. Be3 c5 24. Rfl Rxfl 25. Qxfl a5 26. Bxdl tr3. fxgT KxgT 14. Raxdl Nd7 15. Re4 QA NM 10. d3 a6 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. Be3 Bc5 21. Qg3 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 tr4 23. Bxc5 bxc5 Qt3 e427. Qxe4 d5 28. Qe5 d4 29. Bf4 Qc6+ RhS 16. Rg4+ Kf6 17. Rel RagS 18. Rf4+ 0-0-0 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. (F0-0 h5 15. 95 24. exd5 Qd6 25. Rhel RadS 26. Re5 BbS 27. 30. Qe4 Qh6 1{) Ke7 19. Re3 Rg5 20. h4 Ra5 2l.Bc4Rh7 22. Nd7 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. f5 Ne5 18. Qh3 Bh7 19. h6 28. Qe3 Rb8 29. axb4 cxb4 30. Qd4 Ref3 dS 23. Bb3 b5 24. Re3 c625. a4bxa4 96 Nf3 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qf4+ 21. Nfd2 Bfs 22. QfB 31. d6 Bd7 32. RxeS RxeS 33. Qxb4 Re2 DunnrA - van der HoornrM 26.8a2 Nb6 27. Rel Rb5 28. c4 Rb2 29. Bbl Rfl Qxd2+ 23, Nxd2 Bxh3 24. Rxh3 f6 25. 34. Bf1 Re3 35. Qd4 Re8 36. Bc4 Rc8 37. Re1 l.e4 e62. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nfl} Nxc4 30. c3 Rh8 31. Bd3 RhbE 32. Rg4 a3 33. Ne4 96 26. gxf6Bh6+ 27. Ktrl exf6 28. Rd6 Rc6 38. Re7 l-0 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. cxdS Rg7 a2 34. 896 Kf6 35. RXIT+ Kxg6 36. RxaT RheS 29. a3 Rxe4 30. Rxg6 Bf4 31. Rxh5 a5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Rel Bf6 12.k4 Rbl 0-1 32. Re6 Rxe6 33. dxe6 Re8 34. Rh7 Kd8 35. JudkinsrG - Lynn,W Qhs 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Qh4 h4 Re7 36. Rf7 RxfT 37. exfl/ Ke7 38. a4 Bh6 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 16. QI3 Rd5 17. Re4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qe7 19. StracyD - Giles,B 39. c3 Kf6 40. Kc2 Kg6 41. Bds Bf8 42.Kd3 Qb6 6. Qc2 Be7 7 . c5 Qd8 8. h3 0-0 9. Bd3 Rg4 96 20. h4 fs 21. Rg5 Bb7 22. Qg3 Kf/ 23. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4Bg4 Khs 43. BxbT Kxh4 44. Kc4 Kgs 45. b4 Kf6 h6 10. Nf3 b6 f1. b4 bxc5 12. bxc5 Ba6 13. h5 Rg8 24.hxg6+ Rxg6 25. Rxg6 hxg6 26. 5.f3 B15 6. Ne2 Nxd5 7. Ng3 896 8. 0-0 Nb6 46. bxaS bxa5 47. Bd5 Ke5 48. Bc6 Kd6 49. Rdl Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qa5 15. 0-0 Na6 16. 94 Rel c5 27. Qh2 cxd4 28. Qh8 ilt 29. Bc3 f4 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. f4 e6 11. Nc3 Qd4+ 12. Khl Be8 Bg7 50. Kb5 Ke7 51. Kxa5 Bxc3+ 52. Nb4 17. Qbr Qa3 18. 95 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxc3 30. Re4 e5 31. Bb4 Qf6 32. QtrS Bc6 33. Qc7+ 0-(F0 13. Nce2 c3 h5 15. Bc2 h4 16. Kb5 Bg7 53. a5 KdB 54. Kc6 Kc8 55. a6 Kb8 Qf614. 20. Be5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Rd7 34. Qc8 d2 35. Qf8+ Ke6 36. Qe8+ Kf5 Ne4 Qe7 17. Ng5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 e5 f9. Qfs+ 56. Kd6 Bf8+ 57. Ke6 Ka7 58. Bb5 Kb6 59. Qg2 Rfl 24.Kh2 RdB 2s. Rgl BfS 26.Qg6 37.Bxd2 Kxe4 38. Bel Rdl 39. R+ Ke3 0-l Qd7 20. QxfT Qd3 21. Rel 8d622. fxe5 Nxe5 Bc4 Kc7 60, Kf6 Kc8 61. Kg6 Kc7 62.Kh7 QcZ27. Rdfl Nd3 28. Rg2 Nxe5 29. dxe5 23. Qe6+ Kb8 24. 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Rfel Nfxd5 16. a4 Meets Wednesday, 7 30pm., 227 Be-aley Ave- Kelstoq jrur 6 l5-7.15, Mondays, schooldays. Nfd4 Qe5 10. d3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Rel Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bfi 18. gxf3 Qxh3 19. Qxd6 nue; Tel (03)366-3935 clubroom Pres, Gavin Postal address'. PO Box 27478, Henderson, Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qe5 14. Nfe2 c5 15. Nb5 Nc6 Bxc3 20. QxcT Bxel 2l.Be4Bc3 22. Bd5 Qf5 Dawes (03)3524851 Auckland 1008 Contact Bob or Viv Smith 16. Ng3 a6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Bds 0-l 23. Rdl Qxg5+ 0-1 Eastern Knights, Gisborne, rneet Tuesday eve- (09)Zl7 -2664; email: bobviv @actrix. gen ru (06) 868- 1280. Wanganui Mondays 7pm, lst floor, Commer- SpainrG - van der HoornrM Gibbons,R - Spain,G nings. Contact, Genesis Potini Ted Frost, 103 Koromiko Rd, cial Club, St Hill St. Pres, Gordon Hoskyn, 7 1. e4 c6 2. d4 dS 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. l. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 Gambit Sec, Gonville, Wanganui Tel (06) 347-6098 Pehi St (06)343-6101: sec, K Yorston, 5 Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. 93 Qc7 9. 5. d3 c6 6. 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Qf6 Rgc8 31. Qe5 Rf8 32. Ng2 Qg6 33. b629.Kc4 f6 30. Re2 Rds 31. b4 Rg5 32. R Howick-Pakuratrga Tuesday 7 45pm fi uniors Associde members Nf4 Rxf4 34. Qxf4 Qc2 35. Rgl Bf5 36. h4 Kd6 33. a4 1634. Kd3 h5 l/2 6.30-7.30), St John Ambulance Hall, Howick- Gisborne, 4126 Haris Sl Gisborne M P tse4+ 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Rfl Qd3 39. Rel Pakuranga Highway, Highland Park Sec, Kees Grieve (06)863-0101 Qxa6 40. Rxe4 Qal+ 4l.Kg2 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 WoJnarrJ - Mclaren,L van den Bosch (09)521-5828 NZ Correspondence Chess Assn, P.O. Box Qxc3 0-l 1. e4 c5 2. t4 dS 3. exd5 Nf6 4, Bb5+ NltdT 5. Invercargill Wednesday, 8pm, staff room, 3278, Wellington. Sec, J W Nc3 a6 6. BxdT+ QxdT 7. Qf3 b5 8. Ne4 Nxe4 South School, Ness St Contact, JohnPreston (Sandy) Maxwell, (04)237 -47 53. van der Hoorn,M - GoffinrP 9. Qxe4 Bb7 10. NR Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. (03)216-4920 District Associfriotrs 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 96 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Kf2 c4 13. Rel e6 14. d4 cxd3 15. cxd3 Be? Kapiti Wednesday, 7.30pr4 Salvation Army Auckland Chess Assn, Sec, Kees van den Qd2 h6 6. h3 c6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. NI3 NbdT 9. 16. Be3 (F0 17. a3 RfdS 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. d4 Hall, Bluegum Road, Pmaparaumu Beach Bosch, 61,4 St Johns Road'Auckland 1005, 0-0 e5 10. a4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. b4 Ne6 f620.b4 h6 21. Racl B,d622. 93 95 23. fxgS Contact, Guy Burns Tel (04)904-2002. (09)521-5828 13. Nde2 B,d7 14. f4 Nf8 15. Rael N8h7 16. hxg5 24. Rc3 Rh7 25. h4 Rl8 26. Bc5 Bxc5 New Plymouth 11 Gilbert St, New Plymouth. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ng8 18, Nf4 0-0-0 19. BxaT 27. dxcS 94 28. Nd4 Kf7 29. Rce3 e5 30. Nfs Tuesdays, 7.30pm. Pres, E Tuffery Contacl Bxe5 20. a5 Qd6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Bc5 Qh4 Ke6 31. Rdl e4 32. Rc3 Ke5 33. Ne3 Be6 34. Alan Jury, sec,06 757-9090 23. g,3Bxt4 24. Rxf4 Qhs 25. Qc3 Ng5 26. a6 c6 f5 35. Rc5+ Kf6 36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. Rcxd5 North Shore P O. Box 33-587, Takaprma, Nxh3+ 27.KIl Nxf4 28. axbT+ KxbT 29. Rc7 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rd7+ RxdT 40. cxd7 f4 Auckland 9. Wednesday 7 30pm, Northcote Ba6+ Kc7 30. Bd6+ Kb6 31. Qd4+ Kxa6 32. 41. gxf4 Rxf4+ 42. Kg3 Rf3+ 43. Kxg4 Kd8 Community Centre, cnr College Rd/Ernie lMays Ral+ 1-0 44. h5 Rt2 45. Kg3 Rf3+ 46. Kg2 Rfs 47. h6 St. Club captain, Peter Stuart (09Y45-6377. e3 48. h7 Rg5+ 49. Kf3 Rhs 50. h8:Q+ RxhS Otago 7 Maitland St, Dunedin. Monday 51. Kxe3 Rh3+ 52. Ke4 Rxa3 53. Ke5 Rh3 WoJnar,M- Lynn,W 7.30pm (social chess only, coaching at7pm), 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ NbdT 4. Nc3 a6 54. Kd6 Rh6+ 55. Kc5 RJr4 56. Rd6 Rc4+ 57. Wednesday 7 30pm Contacts: Graham 5. BxdT+ 6. 7. (F0 Nxc3 8. Kb6 Rxtr4 58. Kxa6 1/2 QxdT NI3 Nxd5 Rbl (president) (03)453-6472, Duncan Watts bxc3 9. Rel Bg4 10. Re3 e6 11. d4 Bd6 Qd5 (secretary) (03Y77 -5226. NZ Chess NZ Chess