8. a3 · 8Xc3 22. e4 oxes 9. exes dXc4 23. Bh8 ch Kf6 10. BXc4 Qe7I? A remarkable posttton. - White's An extremely rare alternative to the bishops on h6 and hl and Black's king Bearded in Brighton standard /0 ... Qcl which Speelman had on the sixth rank! Some moves back I been studying with Miles [or the lat• had concluded that 24.QXa4 gave A HUGE HAIRY tidal wave-in the from the Friends of , the Slater ter's lnt erzonal preparation. It is not White the advantage, not noticing the form of English IM Jonathan Speel• Foundation and Lloyds Bank ensured clear what advantage a Queen on el strength of 24 ... QXe4! and 25. QXe4 man hit the first Michael Dawes an adequate budget, and. Brighton has mer a Queen on cl, so I decided fXe4 26.BXJR ~X/8. when my useless International tournament in Brighton. looks set to become a significant on aggression. extra bishop is no help against the extra The tall bearded mathematician annual event on the UK calendar. 11. Ne5I? Nxes pawns. Consequently I chose to com• 12. dXe5 Nd7 plicate matters by ignoring his loose stormed the event with 81/2/9, two Results: l st, J. Speelman (IM, Eng) 13. f4 Nb6I points ahead . of his nearest rival, 8112/9: 2nd, D. Goodman (Eng) 6½; 14. Bd3 Bd7 knight, but Speelman unerringly David Goodman - who made an IM 3rd, A. Whiteley (Eng) 5½; 4th, M. 15. a4 threaded his way through to the end- game. . Speelman was also responsible Chandler (IM. NZ) 5: 5th. L. Black• Otherwise I 5 ... Ba4 prevents White 24. Re3I · for several of the unusually high num• stock (Scot) 4112: 6th-8th, I. Wells contesting d-file NXc3I the with his rooks 25. eXfS Rd1 ch . ber of colourful games played. (Eng), B. Denman (Scot), D. Cum• later. 28. Kf2 Qd4 Brighton marked English Grand• mings (Eng) 3½: 9th, J. Fedorowicz 15 . . . Rad8I Now White is obliged to capture the master Raymond Keene's debut as an (IM, US) 3: 10th. M. McDonald Ross A fine move - White cannot r!«: 1 knight, and the ending is lost. organiser, and his idea was to give (Scot) 1 12. /n.a5 because of /n ... Bh5. 27. 0Xc3 0Xc3 everyone something to play for.- the The following game did not in fact 16. Qc2 Bxa4I 28. RXc3 Rh8 juniors and Fide-rated players for IM get the "best defence" special prize 17. BXh7 ch Kh8 29. fXg6 fXg8 and Fide master norms. and myself (that went to Chandler-Whiteley!) but 18. RXa4 NXa4 30. Rf3 Ch Ke8 for a good score to use in the 1979 an apt title for it might be "intuitive 19. Rf3 g8 31. Re3 ch Kd7 £2000 Cutty Sark Grand Prix. attack meets intuitive defence". Em• Everyone watching thought this was The right square - 3/. .. Kd6? 32.Bf4 Unfortunately I overpressed in sev• ploying an almost unknown opening just .a random, highly unclear position ch or 31 ... Kd5?' 32.Rdl. · 32. BXg8 RXh6 eral games. and at the. closing cere• variatron of the Nimzo-Indian hut in fact the Miles/ Speelman analysis had gone this far. ending in 20. 8Xg6 33. BfS ch Kd8 mony most of the special prizes (for defence, Speelman refuted my attempt 34. h3 Rf8 the best winning defence, etc) went to at refutation by virtue of accurate fXg6 21.QXg6 Qhl 22.Rh3 QXh3. 35. Ke2 Rd5 players for their games against me! defence and some excellent previous Miles is one of the finest defensive play• 38. Be4 Rd7 However, organiser Keene did award ers in the world, and his intuition also 37. g4 Re7 home analysis with Britain's No I 38. gS Rfe8 me a special wooden chess set for not . . seems to be justified in the line I had calculated. 39. Kf3 c4 drawing a single game. 40. g8 AXe4 Ineke Bakker, general secretary of Brighton, December 1979 20. Rh3 Kg7 41. RXe4 AXe4 . M. CHANDLER J. SPEELMAN 21. fSI? Fide, the World Chess Federation, (New Zealand) () · 42. KXe4 Ke7 opened the tournament and praised Speelman pointed out the line 2!.e4 43. h4 Kf8 1. d4 Nf6 Qdl 22.j5 Qdl ch 23.QXdl RXdl ch 44. h5 b5 Keene's enterprise and initiative - 2. c4 e6 24.K,R Rfd8!, and 25.Bh6 ch? KXhl 45. Resigns his final sponsorship came only weeks 3. Nc3 Bb4 26.Bg~ ch Kg8 27.Bf6 R{8)d2 ch is fol• Black's three connected passed pawns before the event after a chance meet• 4. e3 0-0 lowed by 28 ... RdJ ch, swapping rooks , can force their way through to Queen. ing with local enthusiast and business• 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 and winning. man Michael Dawes. Contributions cs 7. 0-0 Nc6 21 . . . exfs Ml'RRA Y CHANDLER

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