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TOP PRICES PAID. Please contact us with details for an offer. EVERYTHING FOR GHESS AT N.Z.C.S. At right is International Arbiter Stewart Reuben, but who is on the left? See page 2 STOP PRESS New Zealand Chess New Zealand Chess Vol 27 Number 2 April 2001 OfEcial journal of the New Zealand Chess Wellington Easter Federation (krc.), published in February, The revivcd Wcllington Easter tourtlrttttr rrl Contents Aprit, June, August, October, December. attracted 20 plal'cr5, including several ltotrt 4 One of the most significant new initiatives taken by NZCF Council has been to champion Scott W;rsl Editorial correspondence, copy and adver- the South Island NZ gain the support of successful businessman and chess enthusiast Dr Ray Thomson be sent to nr:l/ ran out the witlncr on 5 poilrts, ahead ol tising inquiries should as patron and sponsor of Congress. Bob Smith backgrounds the new patron. Slephen Lukey 4.5 and Nic Clroad. Ben Giles, New Zealand Chess David Guthrie and I'atrl l)ttttll oti'1 Because 5 Viv Smith has taken a new initiative to boost women's and girls' chess, with a c/- l1i Koromiko Road of a surprising numbcr ol' Ltlrscts rrr the early girls' chess week at the end of May. Gonville rounds which aftected tlrc tlriru'. Wrrshtcy and 6 Bob Smith reports on the success of Ben Giles in the Major Open tournament, Wanganui Lukey did not meet. Dctails rttttl grttttt:s irt lhc a games. next issne of NZ Chess. with big selection of Opinions expressed in articles, letters and 10 The president Australasian challengc busy has also provided a report, with games, on the NZ Rapid other contributions are those of the authors. An Australian internet cltcss totttllillll( lll l:i Championship, in which visiting GM Murray Chandler shared honours with IM Letters on chess topics are welcome; limit under rvay- with teams tionl clrclr Attrrltrtlt;tlt Leonid Sandler. 150 words and marked "for publication." state and Nerv Zealand Nortlt rrrtrl Sortllr 12 Paul Garbett went through the LaMan Gambit tournament unbeaten. lslands taking part. Thc initizrtivc ttt l;ttttt' lt EDITORTAL ing this event was taken by A('l:. :rrrrl N/t 'l 13 Peter Stuart's reports that chess oyerseas has been relatively quiet, but a feature is Editor, Ted Frost. iras coordinated play tiorn this r:rr(l Mo\'( I Kasparov's renewed dominance over Karpov and others at Linares. Overseas news editor, Peter Stuart. are decided by votes, with each tcirlll rrr:rl\ rrrl' 17 Completing our extensive selection of games from the NZ Championship. a move every second dal' 1''' t;'" litsl totttt'l SUBSCRIPTIONS the two New- Zealand teams arc 1llrt1'ttl;' lr 21 Gordon Hoskyn backgrounds the competitiveness and administrative work of Subscription pay,rnents should be sent to ''rl other Arry player with an crniril totlllt't ltrrtt NZCF secretary L B (Jack) Frost in correspondence chess, and reports the results can take part The place to look lot rlt'l;rtlr Treasurer, NZCF of 2000-2001 trophy tourneys. and to join is P O Box 216 unn,. au s c he s s. org. all 24 New Zealand news is brief again this time, so we have space for some games. Shortland Street A tull report and games details irr lltt' ttt'tl Auckland 25 Four New Zealanders, including both champions, competed in this year's Oceania NZ Chess. zonal, with mixed results. 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Championships in Dunedin and the NZ Jun- the girls' chess week, Jonathan Sarfati's review of Averbakh's Selected Games (held at Auck- Rest of world, $US20.00 airmail, $US15.00 ior an 4 NZ Chess Apil 2001 NZ Chess Apil 2001 5 New Zealand Major OPen, 2000-2001 r6.Ae3 UeS 17.c4 Wxd4 18.Qxd4 96 19.93 26.h3 6b6 27.Ad2 aa5 28.0d3 Hd4+ 29.&c2 by FM Bob Smith AeS [email protected] Qg7 21.Qxe5 dxe5 22.a3 Qf8 fu.4 3o.aR Ed6 31.a4 e4 32.axb5 6xb5 23.0-0 h5 24.Efdl c5 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.c5 33.Eb3+ 6c5 0-1 36 players made the trek to Waitakere City bY round Round bc7 z7.Qtt Qg7 28.Qg2 EhdB 29.4c4 95 a substan- for the 2000-2001 Major OP* - Round One 30.Exd8 Exd8 31.Od6 Qtts 32.Of7 Ed2 Round tr'our previous tial increase on the field for the Fifth seed Nathan Goodhue was the victim 33.6xg5 Qh6 34.Axe4 Axe4 35.Qxe4 Ed4 The three leaders slowed down, Giles and year. of a huge upset, losing. to the evergreen 36.Eel Qd2 37.Edl Qc3 38.Exd4 Qxrt4 39.h4 Mistry drawing their game, while Wang Aucklander lan Top seed at 1972 was Julius Bojtor despite it rating advaniage of Qb2 40.a4 Qa3 41.b5 cxb5 42.ax[r5 Qxc5 drew with Winfield. Bojtor continued his played serious McNally, but he had little nearly 400 points. Gavin Marner and Alan 43.Qg6 6b6 44.Qe8 6c7 45.Qxh5 6d8 46.6g2 unlikely run by beating Stracy, and was and might chess in the preceding months Winheld also started slowly, with draws 6e7 47.Qf3 6f6 48.Qe4 bgl 49.R 6nr so.ga among those just half a point from the lead. have been a little rustY. against much lower rated PIaYers. Qe3 s1.0f1 697 s2.be2 Qb6 s3.6d3 0f6 were expected to Other major contenders 54.bc4 6e6 55.95 Qe3 56.96 1-0 BoardmanrJ - GoodhuerN include Wellingtonians Gavin Marner, Jacek McNallY,I - Gold,H [B01] Center Counter Wojnar and Alan Winfield, Aucklanders [B14] Caro-Kann, Panov Att. Rnund Three: R 4, N Z Major Open 2OOO-2001 Philip Hair and Prashant Mistry and South R 1, N Z Major OPen 2000-2001 Bojtor struck again this time beating top - 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Wxd5 3.Od Ua5 4.d4 af6 Island Champion Ben Giles' seed McNally despite a difference of nearly 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Af6 5.4c3 5.Qe2 Qfs 6.Af3 e6 7.Qd2 c6 s.ae4 Ed8 The showing of lO-Year-old Puchen l.e4 c6 500 points. Wang continued his good forrn, 6.6f3 Ac6 7.Qd3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 h6 9.0-0 a6 9.oxf6+ 9xf6 10.Qg5 996 11.Wd2 h6 12.CIh4 Wang was also awaited with interest, after e6 deleating German visitor Jonas Blinn, while 10.Eel Qe7 11.Qf4 ahs 12.Qd Of6 13'Ec1 Qd6 13.0-0-0 0-0 14.4e5 Qxe5 L5.dxe5 c5 his 5th equal at the World Under 10 Cham- Giles beat Hair. Only three players had 14.13 Axe3 15'fxe3 0-0 16.Q42 Wa5 16.94 Qs4 17.f3 Qds 18.Qd3 f5 19.exf6 UI7 pionships. Ag4 perfect scores: Mistry, Giles and Wang. li.Efl Eh5 18.Oe4 Wa5 19.oc5 9c7 20.Qbr 20.Ehg1 gxf6 21.95 hxg5 22.Qxg5 f5 Deserving winner Qd7 21.8d3 96 22.Nd7 UxdT 23.a4 Eac8 Giles,B - Hair,P 23.Qh6+ 6h7 24.Qxf8 Wxfs 25.Ug5 Wh6 Ben Giles was a deserving winner; he Uxc6 25.6e5 Ue8 26.Oxf7 ExfT 26.Uxh6+ 6xrr0 ZZ.EgS b6 28.Edg1 Ad7 24.Exc6 [D20] Queen's Gambit Acc. player in a hard- 0g8 proved the most consistent 27.Vxg6+ Eg7 28.Uxe6+ 0h8 29.gxh6+ R 3, N Z Major Open 2000-2001 29.ESg3 OtO :O.Egr+ 6trZ Sr.Ext6 Egt fought toumament of fluctuating fortunes. 3g.Q2l+ 1--0 32.Hfl+ 6h8 33.Exg8+ 6xg8 34.Exa7 QxI3 Runner-up Phitip Hair has shown before that r.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Af6 4.e5 Ad5 5.Qxc4 35.6d2 e5 36.Qxf5 6rs rz.6er Qd5 3s.Qe4 he is capable of quality chess; this time he WoJnarrJ - Voss,P 6b6 6.Qb3 c5 7.dxc5 Wxdl+ 8.6xdl A6d7 Qc4 39.b3 1-0 took too long to warrn up to really fight for [B21] Sicilian Def, Morta Gambit 9.e6 fxe6 10.Qxe6 Az6 ll.c6 bxc6 l2.Qe3 first, but he impressed with a withering R 1, N Z Major OPen 2000-2001 6ac5 l3.Qg4 eS 14.fu3 6f6 15.Qxc8 ExcS Round Five Third place-getters Alan Winfreld l6.AR Ag4 l7.be2 Axe3 18.6xd Qd6 Wang and Mistry drew; Giles gratefully finish. 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Af3 d5 4.Ac3 d4 5.Qb5+ and Jonas Blinn reached their placing by l9.Ae4 Axe4 20.bxe4 Ebs 21.b3 Eb4+ accepted the chance to take the outright lead, Ad1 6.Ae2 z6 7.Qxdrl+ WxdT 8.d3 Of6 9.0-0 routes. Winfreld was always 22.6e3 Qc5+ 23.be2 &e7 24.flacl 6d6 by beating Tony Booth. McNally tripped up very different Qe7 10.493 0-0 11.495 h6 l2'e5 Od5 up with the pace and was sole leader with 2s.Ehdl+ Q.d4 26.Ags Ef8 27.f3 c5 28.8c2 again, this time against Maciej Wojnar, and t3.Ase4 * r+.ts exf5 L5.Axf5 6h7 16.8g4 four rounds to go, before scoring just half a a5 29.h3 h6 30.4e4+ 6c6 31.Edc1 a4 was on ju:st 215. Winfield beat Gibson and Eg8 17.9h5 Qts ts.Ogs+ S53 19.fo1f1+ 6h7 his last two games. Blinn stayed 32.Axc5 Qxc5 33.Exc5+ 6d6 34.8c6+ 6d7 Boarclman stopped Bojtor's run. Leading point from zo.Alxne 21.8h3 gxfs 22.Nf5+ 696 just behind the leaders for most of the 96 35.86c4 Exc4 36.Exc4 axb3 37.axb3 Ea8 scores: Giles 4.5; Winf,reld, Warrg, Board- 23.Wg4+ bfl 24.497+ t-o tournament, emerging from the pack with 38.6d3 Ha2 39.Hc2 Eal 40.Htr2 bd6 41.b4 man 4. two wins in the last two rounds. Round Two hc6 42.be4 l-O Of the other players, Wang again showed Puchen Wtrng again showecl his potontial, Gibson,M - Winfreld,A Wang,P that he is an exceptional talent. ln f,rnishing betrting third seed Wojnar, whilc McNrLlly's Blinn,J - [B23] Sicilian Def, Closed System Var. fifth equal and sharing the grade one prize rustiness showed in his loss to I lair. [B30] Sicilian Def, Rossolimo R 5, N Z Major Open 2OOO-2001 prize,he lost only to the tournament winner R 3, N Z Major Open 2000-2001 WangrP - Wojnar"l 1.e4 c5 2.Ac3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Qb5+ Ac6 5.613 and runner-up. 1.e4 c5 2.4f3 Ac6 3.b4 cxb4 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 g.aes [C40] Latvian CirLrlhi L a6 6.Qxc6+ bxc6 7.d3 d4 8.4e2 af6 Prize-winners: B. Giles (9/11) l, P. Hair R 2, N Z Major OPen 20(X) l(X)l Uxd5 6.c4 trxc3 7.6xc3 Ua5 8.Qd2 affi 9.Qc4 Uc7 10.0-0 Qd6 11.6c4 Qe7 12.6h1 0-0 Winfie1d, J. Blinn (7.5) 3-4. Grade (B) 2, A. Eds 10.0-0 e6 11.Qf4 Qd6 12.Qxd6 Uxd6 13.691 a5 t4.At3 9a6 ls.Afd2 Ad7 16.94 t5 One: P. Wang, H. Vital (7) 1-2. Grade Two l.e4 e5 2.4fl 15 3.Oxc5 Ulr, 4.rt4 rl(r 5.0c4 13.d5 exd5 14.Ee1+ Qe6 l5.Oxd5 0-0-0 17.gxf5 exfS 18.e5 95 19.0f3 94 20.Ael a4 (5.5) 1, W. Alafa'apae, H. Court- 7.dS Oc5 tl.{)c3 II?g6 9'Ud4 A. Jones txe4 6.Oe3 a.6 16.6xff Uxdl 17.Qxe6+ fxe6 l8.Eaxdl 21.h3 h5 22.hxg4 fxg4 23.We2 Ets 24.We4 F. Tan (5) 2:. ll.Otr5 0tl8 l2.i;)rr? ic5 ney, M Morrison, ar6 l0.ac4 6ed7 Exdl l9.Exd1 gxf6 20.0f1 6c7 21.6e2 EgS EafS 25.e6 Qxc4 26.dxc4 Ab6 27.b3 Qd6 l3.Oxcg 6xc8 14.54 Acfl7 15.(l)h2 (r/g5 22.93 Hg4 23.Ed3 e5 24.Hc3 Ea4 25.a3 b5 2s.Am We7 29.Qd2 Utrl+ so.6gr 93 31.Wg2 Nl Cln's: tl )Ol) I Chess 7 6 "l1tr N Z Apil 2001 Round Eight Wg4 32.Eael 6c8 33.Uxc6 h4 34.e7 QxeT 28.b3 Ae5 29.Qe6Qg7 3O.Ae4 h6 31.Qe7 Ee8 Vital,H - McDonald,J Winfield's turn to stumble, as he was 35.Ue6+ 6hZ r6.AeS Eh5 37.a4 h3 38.8e5 32.Qxd6 1-0 beaten [B73] Sicilian Def, Dragon Var. by Wojnar. Giles took full advantage with a R 10, Z Open 92 39.8f2 Qh4 40.Axh4 Hxh4 41.Eel Ug3 N Major 2000-2001 MistryrP Boardman,J victory over Boardman. Wang bounced back 0-1 - 1.e4 c5 2.AR fu6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 g6 [C00] French Def. with a win over Vital and Marrrer finally 5.6c3 Qg7 6.Qe3 d6 i.Qe2 Af6 8.Wd2 0-0 WoodrD - MarnerrG R 6, N Z Major Open 2000-2001 came into the pictirre by handing Mistry his 9.0-0 d5 10.6xc6 bxc6 ll.Eadl Qe6 [896] Sicilian Def, Najdorf Var. second loss in a row. Leading scores : Giles l.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Ad2 N6 4.OgI3 Qe? 5.g3 12.exd5 cxds 13.Qd4 Eb8 14.b3 Ec8 15.a4 R 5, N Z Major Open 2000-2001 6.6; Wojnar, Winfield, Wang 6; Mamer, dxe4 6.dxe4 e5 7.Qb5 9g4 8.c3 Qxf3 9.WxI3 Blinn 5.5. Qfs 16.Qf3 e6t7.h3 h5 l8.Qxa7694 t9.ed4 1.e4 c5 z.aR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4,Axd4 Af6 Af6 ro.Ac4 0-0 11.0-0 Ee8 12.Oe3 Ud7 e5 20.Oxd5 Hxc2 2l.Wb4 exd4 22.fui+ &h7 5.6c3 a6 6.Qg5 e6 7.f4 abdl S.WI3 Uc7 13.afs Qf8 1a.Qg5 Ue6 15.b3 Od7 16.Qc4 Wang,P - Vital,H 23.fuf5 gxf5 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Qb7 Eh8 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Qd3 Oc5 11.Qxf6 Axdg+ Ug6 17.6h4 Uxg5 18.Wxl7+ 1-0 [C97] Ruy Lopez 26.Ecl Ec3 27.Hfdl Wg5 28.Exc3 dxc3 12.Exd3 gxf6 13.f5 b4 14.fxe6 bxc3 15.Uxf6 R 8, N Z Major Open 2OOO-2OO1 29.Uc5 Of6 30.Ud 697 31.a5 Uxe3 32.fxe3 cxb2+ 16.&b1 Eg8 17.Ef1 Eg7 18.6f5 fxe6 WangP - WoodrD Ed8 33.Ec1 93 34.6fi Ed2 35.a6 Ea2 36.b4 l. 1.e4 es 2.AB ac6 3.Qbs a6 4.Q.a4 l9.Axg7+ QxgT 20.Wg5 Ea7 21.8h5+ 6dS [896] Sicilian Dof, Najdorf Var. Af6 f4 37.b5 Qd8 38.Exca Ef2+ 39.691 Qb6 5.0-0 Qe7 6.Eel b5 7.Qb3 d6 22.Eif7 Wgl+ 23.8d1 Uxg2 24.Wn++ 1-o R 6, N Z Major Open 2000-2001 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 40.Ec1 Qxe3 41.Eft Eb2+ 42.6h1 Exbs Aa5 10.Qc2 c5 11.d4 Uc7 12.d5 Eb8 13.b3 1.e4 c5 z.AR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 At6 43.Qc8 f5 44.Bat Of6 4s.Qb7 695 46.a7 Eb6 Round Six Qd7 14.Abd2 c4 15.b4 ab7 te-* a5 t7.Qa3 47.9.c6 Exc6 48.8a6 Ecl# 0-1 5.Ocs a6 6.Qg5 e6 7.f4 €lr,6 8.Axc6 bxc6 9.e5 Winfield toppled the leader to move into EfeS 18.axb5 Qxb5 19.Qa4 Qxa4 20.Uxa4 h6 10.0h4 g5 11.fxg5 Ods 12.0e4 Eb6 first equal with Wang, who beat David axb4 21.Qxb4 EecB 22.Wa7 h6 23.Ea6 Ea8 Round Eleven 13.Qd3 Wxb2 14.0-0 Uxe5 15.9f3 Ea7 Wood, and Mistry, rmho defeated Boardman. 24.Uxa8 ExaS 25.Exa8+ 6h7 26.Ha6 fu5 Giles made sure of the title by beating 16.Eae1 hxgS 1?.Qg3 6f4 18.0xg5 Wxgs After a slow start Blinn's win over Mc- 27.Hc6 Sa7 28.Qxc5 dxc5 29.6xc4 ah5 McDonald. Hair seemingly came out of 19.Qxf4 Uh5 zo.Wxc6+ Qd7 21.We4 Qe7 Donald took him to within half a point of the 30.Acxe5 Qf6 3t.c4 Ata zz.gl Oxh3+ 33.692 nowhere to snatch second, capping a string 22.Ebl d5 23.8b8+ Qd8 24.9d4 e5 25.Qxe5 three leaders, along with 695 34.Oxgs+ Qxg5 3s.6d3 Wa5 36.Efl Wc3 of four consecutive victories with a key win Giles. 1-0 37.6xc5 Wxc4 38.d6 f5 39.d7 & white won over Winfield. This allowed Blinn to share WinfieldrA - Giles,B 1-0 third with Winfield, by beating M. Wojnar. [E70] King's lndian Def. Round Seven Wang or Mamer could have joined this R 6 N Z Major Open 2000-2001 Winfield took the sole load by beating Round Nine group, but split the point in their clash. After Mistry. Giles showed his dotormination by Giles could only draw with Marner, while a horror start McNally's final sprint of four 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 96 a.fu3 9g7 5.e4 Af6 handing Wang loss. scores : Winfield caught wins 6.Qd3 0-0 7.Age2 e6 8.0-0 exd5 9.exd5 Ee8 his first Loading up again by beating Blinn. lifted him to fifth equal with Marner, 10.493 ObdT tt.f4 a6 12.a4 Afa 13.f5 a8d7 Winfield 6, Giles 5.5, J. Wojnar, Mistry, Booth did well to hold Wang to a draw. McDonald, Wang, and Vital. Wang, Boardman,Vital 5. McDonald scored l4.fxg6 fxg6 15.Qg5 Ue7 16.Age4 Ue5 his third win in a row, at the expense Giles,B 17.6h1 Oxe4 18.0xe4 Ef8 19.8b1 Ab6 of J. Wojnar. Leading scores: - MacDonald,J Winfield, Gambit, Slav 20.Exf8+ QxfS 21.Qf6 Wf4 22.Wc2 Qfs Giles,B - Wang,P Giles 7; Wang 6.5, Marner, Woj- [D10] Queen's Def. nar, McDonald, 6. R 11, N Z Major Open 2000-2001 23.Ef1 Ue3 24.Qg5 Ud4 [B14] Caro-Kann, Panov Att. Hair, Vital R 7, N Z Major Open 2000-2001 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.6c3 e5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.dxe5 Round Ten 1.d4 af6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 d4 6.wa4+ fu6 7.ab5 Qbl+ 3.9tr2 Q*Ur* Giles claimed a narrow lead going into the 6.e4 exd5 7.exd5 Ue7+ 8.6f2 We5 9.6cg Qtz 9.6xd2 ah6 10.ad6+ 6m rr.fl 95 L2.g3 last round with his win over Wojnar. Win- 10.Qc4 axbS 11.6xb5 Aa6 12.4h3 6dS gxf4 13.Ua3 Ue7 14.6xc8 Uxa3 15.bxa3 held drew with Marner. Hair scored an 13.Qf4 Uxb2+ 1a.6g1 Ub4 15.We2 Qxd5 Exc8 16.gxf4 Ec7 17.Qh3 fS l9.AR Ag4 important win over Wang to move into third 16.Qxd5 17.Qd2 Ua4 18.095 Eg8 19.Qxg4 fxg4 2O.Ag5 6e8 2l.Eacl Ed7 Axd5 place, along with McDonald who had his bb7 2l.Vxd7+ AacT 22.fu4 &e7 23.af6 EddS 2a.6xg4 Ed5 draw 19.axf7+ 6c8 20.He8+ fourth win in a row, this time over Vital i1 22.Bbl Wc2 23.Aa3+ Uxbl+ 24.Oxb1 Exa2 offer 25.8b1 b6 26.Ehc1 Ec5 27.Exc5 bxcs Leading scores : Giles B, Winfreld 7.5, 2s.Ad8+ zo.6e6 Eb2 27.&t2 c4 28.693 2s.6il Egs 29.Af6 Eg2 3o.Eb7+ 6e6 % 6ts McDonald, Hair 7, Marner, Blinn, Wang, Ed8 31.Exh7 a6 32.%4 c4+ 33.6xc4 Exe2 iftl Qd6+ 29.Uxd6 Eb6 30.9c5 Exe6 31.Oc3 M.Wojnar 6.5. 32.Eb1+ 6c8 33.Uxc4 6b6 34.Ua2 Eg6+ 34.Eh6+ 6AZ rS.6cS+ 0c7 36.Axa6+ 6d7 35.6f2 6c4 36.Qf4 Ec6 37.8a4 EcS 38.6e4 37.Oc5+ 6c7 38.Eh7+ 6c8 39.6d5 Ee3 1-0 40.0xc6 6ds 1-0 25.4f6+ 0h8 26.Qxf5 Uxc4 27.9xc4 Oxc4 N Z Chess February 2001 9 B NZ Chess Apil, 2001 Johns,D - WastneyrS 2001 33.h4 oh3+ 34.0h1 af2+ 35.091 ah3+ New Zealand Rapid Championship, [B45] Sicilian Def, Paulsen Var 36.6hr an+ y,-y, by FM Bob Smith N Z Rapid 2001 players competed in the 2001 beat Puchen Wang and Ker beat Spain. 1.e4 c5 Z.Af3 Fifty-three e6 3.6c3 6c6 4.d4 cxd4 McNabb,M - SpainrG Championship. Leaders: Sandler 5.5; Chandler, Guthrie 5; 5.axd4 New Zealand Rapid 6f6 6.Qg5 Ha5 ?.Qxf6 gxf6 B.6dbs [B14] Caro-Kann, Panov Att. New Dive, Ker, Barlow, Wastney, Van der Hoorn The unbackable favourite was Qb4 9.aE Qxc3+ 16.2ac3 a6 ll.Ud6 We5 N Z Rapid 2001 Zealand-born Grandmaster Murray Chan- 4.5. 12.0-0-0 9xd6 13.Exd6 6e7 l4.Ed2 bs dler, who fitted the tournament in dwing a Sandler retained the lead in rorurd seven by 15.Qe2 Qb? 16.f3 Ehg8 rT.Ehdl EadS 18.g3 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Wxd5 3.6c3 Wa5 4.b4 Wxb4 family visit home from England. despatching Guthrie, while Chandler beat Eg5 r9.f4 Ecs 20.Qf3 AaS 2t.Hd4 Ac4 s.Ebl Ed6 6.d4 Af6 7.Q.c4 z6 B.Age2 e6 Chandler did justiff his top billing, but not Barlow. Ker defeated Dive, Wastney beat 22.Qe2 6xa3 23.bxa3 Exc3 24.bb2 Hcs 9.Qf4 Eds 10.d5 b5 11.Qxbs+ axb5 12.0xb5 without a struggle. In the end he had to share Van der Hoorn and Smith checkmated Mis- 25.Qil h6 26.a4 d5 27.exd5 Ecxd5 28.Exd5 6xd5 13.Qg3 c6 t4.Abd4 Qu++ 15.611 916 first prize with Australian International try with just seconds to sPare. Exd5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Ed2 e5 3l.Ee2 Ec5 16.Qxb8 fu3 17.Axc6 Wxdl+ tS.Exdl Qxe2+ Master Leonid Sandler, who proved to be Leaders: Sandler 6.5; Chandler 6; 5.5 Ker, 32.6b3 6d6 33.fs @ds+ 34.6b4 &c6 35.c3 e4 l-0 just as solid in rapid play as he had been in Wastney; Smith, Guthrie, Hart, McNally, 36.Q.c2 Ec4+ 37.6b3 6c5 3s.6b2 b4 the New Zealand Championship. McNabb 5. 39.cxb4+ Exb4+ 40.6c3 Ec4+ 4l.bd2 bd4 Millar,B Smith,R Most of the top seeds won fairly easily in In round eight Sandler could make no 42.94B.b4 43.6e1 e3 44.6f1 ec4 1-0 - the first round, the exceptions being Leonard impression against Ker, giving Chandler his [A48] King's Indian Def. Mclaren, who lost to Jeff Boardman, and chance to catch up by beating Wastney. N Z Rapid 2001 McDonald,P - McNabb,M Paul Spiller, who went down to Genesis Smith outplayed Hart and reached a won r.d4 [E91] King's Indian Def, Classical System af6 2.aR g6 3.e3 Qg7 4.Qd3 0-0 5.0-0 Potini. ending, only to blunder it all away in time N Z Rapid 2001 d6 6.c4 0bd7 7.b3 e5 8.Ad c6 9.Qb2 Ee8 trouble. Guthrie could only draw with Mc- In round two the only real upset was Rong 10.dxe5 dxeS 11.6e4 Axe4 1,2.@xe4 AcS while Dive and Barlow came back Wang's draw with Nathan Goodhue. Nally, l-d4 At6 2.c4 96 3.4c3 Qg7 4.e4 d6 5.ee2 13.Qc2 Qg4 14.Uct Qxf3 ts.gxfl ad3 battles. into the picture with wins over McNabb and 0-0 6.4fi c5 Round three saw some tougher 7.0-0 aa6 8.Qd Qg4 9.8d2 b6 16.Qxd3 Uxil 17.Edr We2 18.692 e4 Lynn. Mclaren had also recoverod after his 10.Eac1 Matthew Barlow surprisingly beat IM Rus- 6c7 l1.Efdl %6 t2.ds ac7 r3.eh6 19.Qxg7 Hxt3+ 20.691 6xg7 2l.Eb2+ 6g8 start to the tournamont. sell Dive, and Rong Wang lost to Ralph Hart. terrible Eb8 14.Qxg7 bxg7 15.a4 a6 t6.Ah4 9xe2 22.Wd2 Ees 23.Ud7 Egs+ 24.6fl Efs 25.9d2 game Leaders : Chandler, SandlerT; Ker, Hart 6; l7.Wxe} Wastney and Smith drew a sharp by b5 18.b3 bxc4 19.bxc4 Hb4 2O.f4 Eh3+ 26.6e1 Wxh2 27.Ue2 Eg5 2s.6d2 Eg2 Barlow, Guthrie, Wastney, repetition. Dive, Mclaren, Aa9 2r.e5 ahs 22.af5+ 0h8 23.Efl Ab6 29.Efl Ed8+ 30.6c2 Ed3 31.Ead1 Hxdt 5.5. 24.4e3 Round four produced a tense match ou top McNally Axa4 25.Axa4Bxa4 26.f5 dxel 27.94 32.6xdl Wd6+ 33.6c2 Ef6 34.Eet h5 3s.6bl both Chandlor and Sandler board, with Anthony Ker having his chances Predictably At4 28.Wc2 Eb4 29.Ece1 95 30.He4 f6 h4 36.c5 h3 37.Eh1 Uxf2 38.Uxf2 Exf2 against Chandler. But the Grandmaster won in the final round, Chandler beating 31.fu2 Hb2 32.Ebl Wb6 33.ad 6hs+ 39.Exh3 EA 0-1 proved too tough when it came down to the Hart, while Sandler accounted for Dive. Ker 34.6h1 Of2+ 35.Exf2 Exbl+ 36.692 Eb2 wire. climbed to clear third with a win over 37.8R 697 38.69r Exf2 39.Uxf2 Eb8 40.h4 Smith,R Barlow,M Sandler kept up with tho pace by beating Mclaren. Barlow nosed into clear fourth by Eb1+ 41.afi We4 42.fu3 Ebr+ 43.61.,2 gr1* - Sicilian Def, Paulsen Var. Spain, while Smith easily defeated Barlow beating McNally. Half a point further back 44.b$ gxh4# 0-1 [B42] N Z Rapid 2001 and Dive beat Wastney. Mcl-aren's suffering were Smith, Guthrie, Wastney, Hart, Mc- young Puchen Wang. continued, with a loss to Godhue. Nabb and Wastney,S - Smith,R 1.e4 c5 z.Af3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 a6 5.Qd3 played ultra solidly ln round five Sandler [E63] King's Indian Def. Hc7 6.0-0 96 7.c4 Qg7 S.Qd 6c6 9.Qe2 against Chandler and was rewarded with a Guthrie,D - McNabb,M N Z Rapid 2001 ageT tl.a$ 0-0 11.8d2 d6 12.Efd1 Ed8 draw. Smith drew with Ker when his extra [A15] English Counter, King's Fianchetto l3.Eacl axd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.9xd4 fu6 l.an g6 2.c4 Qg7 3.d4 d6 4.Ac3 Af6 S.g3 pawn proved worthless, and Dive beat Mis- N Z Rapid 2001 16.Wf6 Uas t7.Hd2 Ues t8.Eh4 Qd7 lg.Ecdl 0-0 6.Qg2 Ac6 7.0-0 a6 8.Eel Eb8 e5 try. 9.Ebl Qe8 20.f4 Wc5+ 21.6h1 AaS 22.e5 Axc4 L.e3 d6 2.b3 at6 3.Qb2 g6 4.c4 Q,g1 lO.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qg5 Leading scores: Chandler, Sandler 4.5/5; QfS 12.e4 Wxdl 23.4e4 Wc7 24.Wh6 f5 25.at6+ 6hs 1-0 8.0-0 9.Obd2'AR Dive, Smith, Guthrie, Barlow, Van der 0-0 6.d4 c6 7.Qe2 Uc7 Qg4 l3.Ebxdl Qg4 14.h3 Qxfi 15.@xA Od4 11.OxI3 12.Hc2 e5 Hoorn, McNabb, P. Wang 4. abdT 10.h3 Qxf3 Ead8 l6.Qg2 c6 17.b4 b5 18.c5 a5 l9.bxa5 Ea8 15.Ed2 EfdS In round six Dive helcl the draw against 13.dxe5 Axe5 14.Ead1 Ed7 20.f4 ahs 21.fxe5 QxeS Z2.Qt4 f6 23.8d3 18.a4 19.a5 6f6 Chandler, while Sandler's strategy of playing 16.Efdl a6 17.b4 6e8 f5 Exa5 24.Qxe5 fxel 25.de2 Exa2 26.Axd4 solidly and waiting for a mistake worked 20.AgS Ee8 21.Qxe5 Exe5 22.Qd3 cS 23.e4 Yff2 27.He2 Efxe2 28.Oxe2 Hxe2 29.Ed8+ exd3 26.Oxd3 cxb4 well against Smith. Barlow drew with Van h6 24.AfJ fxe4 25.6xe5 &g7 30.Ed7+ 6h6 31.Qf3 trc2 32.g4at4 28.6d5 der Hoorn, Guthrie beat McNabb, Wastney 27.Axb4 Wxa5 95 l-0 N Z Chess February 10 NZChess APil 200) 2001 11 Latvian Gambit tournament Overseas news Paul Garbett went tluough unbeaten to win Ee8 14.2c4 Oxc4 l5.9xc4 Eb4 16.Wd3 e6 t!::, the 2001 Latvian Gambit open tournament by l7.dxe6 Qxe6 t8.Od5 6xd5 l9.exd5 Qf5 half a point tiom Bob Smith and Leonard 20.Uxa6 Eb6 2l.Ha4 Ee2 22.c3 Qd3 23.QR Linares 17...ua5+ 18.c3 r-r:l.yr::'; Mclaren. Paul drew with Leonard and Peter Eexb2 24.Qxb2 Qxfl 25.We8+ QfB 26.Ea8 This year's super-CM toumament was a 2O.Q,c7 Wa4 21.Qxd8 6xd8 22.Ed1 ExgT was Green to score 5/6, while Bob lost to Paul 697 27.Uxf8+ 6tO. . . . . r-O sixllayer double rounder. In the absEnce of preferable but still clearly better for White. Vladimir Kramnik and Vishy Anand a Gary arld drew with Puchen Wang. In addition to 18.hxg7+ 6xg7 19.0-0-0 6f8 20.0b1 a6 Kasparov victory was predictable with only dra'u,ing with Paul, Leonard lost to Bob. This is the decisive last--round game in the 21.fu7 EcB 22.Qxd5! exd5 23.Exd5 SxcT the margin in serious doubt. Arguably, in- Thus results at the top w'ere much in line Under-l700 section: 24.Qxc1 ExcT 25.Ef5 Hd7 26.c3 t6 27.Egt deed, nobody came second as the other f,rve with ratings. Peter Green was tburth on 4, 6d8 2S.Wg4 6e8 29.Eh5 Ef8 30.Exc5 Qxc5 Williams,B (1698) Eade,D (1643) players all finished three points with Bruce Watson sharing 5th with Puchen - behind the 31.8h5+ 1-0. Wang on 3. At1732 Puchen was lowest-rated [A00] Irregular former champion's 7% points from 10 in the lO-player event and achieved his 50 R 6, Latvian Gambit Open 30-30, U-1700 games. The table below tells the story rather Grischuk - Polgar per cent score with wins against Paul Spiller t.b4 e6 2.Qb2 At6 3.a3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.bxc5 [847] Sicilian Def, Paulsen Var. After three rounds all six players were tied and Sriram Ramanakumar and draws with Qxc5 6.c4 d4 7.8b3 6c6 8.613 e5 9.Qe2 d3 on 1% points, there not having been a single 1.e4 c5 2.4f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 ac6 Bob Smith and Peter Green 10.Uxd3 Uxd3 ll.Qxd3 e4 12.Qxf6 ex8 decisive game. Kasparov, however, won his 5.6c3 Wc7 6.Qe2 a6 7.0-0 Af6 S.6h1 axd4 Other scores: S Ramanakumar 2.5, Hilton l3.Qxg7 Eg8 14.Qb2 fxg2 15.Eg1 Qa6 r6.ru next three games to lead by a point from 9.wxd4 Qcs 10.uil bs 11.f4 Qb7 12.Qa 0-0 Berurett 2, Paul Spiller 1.5, Richard Taylor 0. Q,e1 l7.Qp4 Qh3 r8.Qf3 2a5 19.d3 Ed8 Judit Polgar who came back to the field after 13.e5 Ae8 14.a4 b4 l5.Qxb7 UxbT 16.4e4 20.be2 Ab3 2t.Ea2 AcS 22.Qd4 ab3 23.8h2 Honours shared in Under-l700 her eighth round loss to Anatoly Karpov. Qe7 17.Qe3 Wc6 18.695 96 l9.Eadl d6 Visitor liom Wanganui, Barry Williams, 6xd4+ 24.exd4 Exd4 25.Exb7 Qc5 26.Eb8+ 20.9.d4 dxe5 21.Qxe5 Ate zz.Wnt h5 23.4R shared topplace inthe 22-player Under-I7 EdE 27.Qc6+ 6e7 28.Exd8 6xd8 29.Qxg2 Ag4 24.4d4 Wc5 25.Ug3 EadS Kasparov - Karpov 26.c3 bxc3 00 section with Don Eade. They were the Exg2+ 30.Exg2 Qxg2 31.a4 Qb4 32.4d2 @c6 27.bxc3 Ed5 28.Ede1 Ec8 29.Ef3 QI8 30.h3 [812] Caro-Kann top-rated pair on 1698 and 1643, respec- 33.d4 Qxa4 34.c5 Qc6 35.6fi Qd5 36.fu4 6xe5 31.fxe5 Qg7 32.Efe3 Wa5? tively, and did not meet until the final round bc1 37.Ad6 6d7 38.4b5 a5 39.Ac3 Q.gZ 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Qfs 4.4c3 e6 5.g4 Qg6 as Don trailed by a point atter losing to Paul 40.6c4 Qfl+ 41.6b3 6c6 42.Aa2 6d5 6.Age2 Ae7 7.af4 c5 8.dxc5 Ad7 9.h4 6xe5 Morten in round 2. Don's win enabled him to 43.axb4+ axb4 44.f5 6xd4 45.6xb4 Qh3 10.Qg2 h5 ll.We2 A7c6 l2.Axg6 Axg6 draw'level with Barry and share top honours 46.f6 6e5 47.b8 6d5 4s.6d 6xc5 49.6e4 13.Qg5 Qe7 14.gxh5 af8?! on 5/6. 6d6 s0.6f4 &e6 51.695 h6+ s2.6h4 Qfs Black has two better tries according to Third-rated Graham Peacock shared third s3.6hsdxf6...0-1 Kasparov: 14...4xh4 15.Qxh4 Qxh4 16.Qxd5 with Paul Morten ot 4.5, followed by Kees 0-0 17.Qxc6 bxc6 1B.Ed1 or 14...Qxg5 (1754) van den Bosch and David Xu on 4. Ramanakumar,S - Bennett,H 15.hxg5 M4 16.Wd3 Af4 17.Wxd4 Axgz+ Other leadings scores: 7= Clive Wilson & (1e8s) 18.6fl Wxg5 19.Ae2. R Stierand 3.5; 9= Gary Judkins, Andrew [B01 ] Nimzowitch Defence 15.4b5 ad7 16.h6! axcs Mayne, Peter Morten, Thomas Gothorp, Als- R 3, Latvian Gambit Not to be considered was 16...gxh6 han Bajwa 3; 14= Ken Williams, C Philips, 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Af6 3.ad Axds 4.Oxd5 Wxd5 17.4d6+ 0f8 18.8h5 nor 16...96 77.Qxe7 Navin Singh 2.5. 5.Af3 Qg4 6.Qe2 6c6 7.0-0 e5 8.d3 0-0-0 Ne7 (17...bxe7 18.0-0-0 6f8 19.c4). 1S.0- 9.Qg5 f6 10.Qh4 h5 11.h3 95 12.Qxg5 fxg5 32...Wc4 and Black is better, the sacrifice Here's the game between the runners-up in 0-0 0-0 19.h5 95 20.f4. 13.hxg4 hxg4 14.Axg5 15.0e4 gxf2+ on e6 no longer working as Black has a the main event: 93 16.Exf2 Qc5 17.6xc5 Excs 18.Q13 EdfB 17.Qf4 6f8?! useful zwischenntg: 33.Axe6 h4 34.Ug5 fxe6 35.9xg6 Uc6. Smith,R (2286) - Mclaren,L (2250) l9.Ue2 Exf3 20.gx8 ad4 2l.We3 Ed6 22.H{2 AfS bd1 24.d4 gh6 2s.6f2 [A49] King's Indian Def. 23.Vxil Ue3+ 0-l 1 Kasparov G. RUS g 2E49 %%' | % % | % t t t 7% R 2, Latvian Gambit Open 30-30 PolgarI. EIlINg26T6TzYz a^ %o l0 %%%%4% a 1.d4 Af6 z.AR 96 3.g3 Qg7 4.Qg2 0-0 5.0-0 Karpw A. RUSg 2679 O % % 1 % % % % % O 4% d6 8.a4 Shirov A. BSP g 2718 % 0 0 I % % a a % % I O 4yz2 c5 6.d5 7.fu3 a6 abdT 9.ad2 EbS A 10.a5 b5 11.axb6 Arrb6 12.e4 Wc7 13.We2 Leko P. IllJNg 2745 lz 0 %% %% %% ^ %% 4%2 EeS 14.6c4 6xc4 15.Wxc4 Eb4 16.9d3 e6 2663 0 0 /z/z lz l, 0 I %% ^ ^ 4Y. 12 NZ Chess 2ttt)l lltt il N Z Chess Apil 2001 I3 games, the 33.Axe6! fxe6 34.Uxg6 Wb6 t4.Qd2 c4 15.Qc3 Eb6 16.4d2 Ac6 17.4d5 39.6f1 Qf8 40.&e2 Q.e1 41.Qg8 h6 42.Qc4 95 comprised two one rapid and 34...Exc3 35.Uxe6+ 6h7 36.815+ with a 6xd5 18.extl5 6a5 19.Qxa5 Uxa5 20.dxc4 43.h5 Ae8 44.Qf7 Ag7 l-0. other blindfold rapid. draw by perpetual check was simpler. Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov Wxa4? [20...b41 2l.c5l Wb4 22.Ae4 Wxbz headed the combined score table with 75/22 35.Ef3 EfS 36.Exf8+ 6xf8 37.Ef1+ 698 23.cxd6 Qf8 24.cS f5 25.d7 EedS 26.d6+ Saint Vincent utrile Vishy Anand f,rnished third on 13%. A 38.Ue8+ 6h7 39.Exhs+ 0gB 40.8fl+ 6h7 6hs 27.ac5 Qc6 28.Od3 Uxc3 29.Axe5 Qe4 The Italian alpine town hosted its 9th firther two points back was Alexei Shirov 41.8h5+ 6gs 42.Ef4 Hbl+ l:.0h2 Qxes 30.af7+ bh7 Valle d'Aosta Open in Febmary. The 9- round Swiss featured 29 GMs in a held of and then followed: 5-6 Boris Gelfand and 44.Wfl+%-%. 31.695+31...696 32.Axe4 fxe4 33.Qd5; 130 and was jointly won by Cuban GM Peter Leko 11; 7 Jeroen Piket 10%; 8-9 31...0h8 32.Axe4 fxe4 33.Wd5 6h7 34.898+ Shirov Grischuk, Sicilian Walter Arencibia and Russian IM Dmitri Zoltan Almasi and Ljubomir Ljttbojevic 91/z; - [8451 696 35.Qr7+ 6f6 36.Qds +-. 1-0. ) Jakovenko with 7 points. Another six GMs 10-1 1 Vassily lvanchuk and Anatoly Karpov 1.e4 c5 2.At3 Ac6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 Af6 tied for third place on 6Vz: Eingorn (UKR), 9; 12 Loek van Wely 7%. 5.4c3 e6 6.adb5 @b47.az Qxc3+ 8.Axc3 d5 Kasparov - Shirov ) Lputyan (ARM), Milov (SWI), Polak (CZE), Gelfand and Topalov topped the rapid 9.Qd3 d4 10.6e2 e5 11.0-0 0-0 12.h3 Ee8 [CB0] Ruy Lopez, Open Def. Rogers (AUS) and Sermek (SLO). table with 7Yz/ll,Topalov coming next on 7, 13.693 Qe6 r4.f4 exf4 15.Qxf4 Ad7 16.8h5 1.e4 e5 2.At3 Ac6 3.Qb5 a6 4.Qa4 Of6 5.0-0 while in the blindfold games Topalov top g6 r7.Eh6 Ef6 18.Qgs Ug7 19.Uh4 Oce5 Axe4 6.d4 b5 7.Qb3 d5 8.dxe5 Qe6 9.6bd2 San Francisco scored with 8 followed by Kramnik on 7/z 20.Qh6 Whs Oc5 10.c3 d4 11.695 gxgs 12.Uf3 0-0-0 GMs Yuri Shulman (BLR) and Alexander and then Anand and Shirov on 7. (POL) an 13.Qxe6+ fxe6 14.Wxc6 Sxe5 15.h4 Wd5 Wojtkiewicz tied for first with Ljubojevic 16.Uxd5 exd5 17.bxc5 dxc3 18.4b3 d4 undefeated 719. kiish GM Alexander Baburin Gelfand - shared third place with American FM Gre- Rapid, Gambit Accepted 19.Qa3 96 20.Qb4 Qgl 21.a4 bd7 22.^xbs [D27] Queen's gory Shahade who made an IM norm. i%a%i, axb5 23.Efd1 6e6 24.Eac1 Ehe8 25.0f1 0f5 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.AR Af6 4.e3 e6 5.Qxc4 Z 7Az 26.cG 95 27.Q.aS Ed6 28.Qb4 EddS 29.Ed3 Cappella La Gramnde c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Qd3 Oce S.acS b6 9.dxc5 ,/ryXl 94 30.Qc5 6e4 3l.Ecdl h5 32.Oxd4 h4 The 77th version of this northen France Qxc5 10.a3 Qb7 11.b4 Qe7 12.Qb2 0-0 33.Ee3+ 6d5 34.Qxlr4 6c4 35.Qxc3 Exe3 Open tournament had more than 700 players 13.Ec1 h6 l4.We2 h5 ls.Efdl Ub6 16.4e4 % 7f,ft% 36.fxe3 Ef8+ 37.0e2 6xc3 38.Oe6 1-0. including 92 grandmasters and 72 interna- Axe4 l7.Qxe4 EfdS 18.4d4 EacS tional masters. Surprisingly, given the hugo field and only nine rounds, only two players Bermuda featured in the tie for first place: GMs Polish GM Bartolomiej Macieja won the Vladimir Chuchelov (BEL) and Einar Gausel double round-obin all-GM event with 7/10 (NOR) finished with 7% points. Among the with Brazil's Giovanni Vescovi a half point 21.Af5l Qxf5 nine players on 7 points were GMs Aronian behind. Then followed: 3-4 Shabalov (USA) 27...gxf5 22.exf5 afB (22...Qd5 23.Wg5+ (ARM), Ibragimov (RUS), Luther (GER), & Stefansson (lSL) 5; 5 Gershon (ISR) 3%; As6 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Qxg6! +-) 23.Qxf8 P.H.Nielsen (DEN) and Savchenko (UKR), 6 Lesidge (CAN) 3. 6xE 24.fxe6 Exe6 25.9xh7 +. Calcutta 22.exf5 Axd3 23.cxd3 Ue5 24.Hf4 fus Vescovi - Gershon The 12th Goodricke International Open 25.Eaf1 Axd3 26.fxg6l fxg6 [A33] English Opening, S],rnmetrictrl Var. ) was won by GMs Joe Gallagher (SWI) and +-. was 26...Axf4 27.gxf7+ 6xf/ 28.Qxf4 1.af3 afb 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Qg2 6c6 5.0-0 Andrei Kharlov (RUS) with 8/11. There an excellent spread of nationalities among 27.8n fus 28.897+ 6hS 29.Eff7 fu6 Q.e1 6.4c3 0-0 7.d4 cxd4 8.6xd4 a6 9.b3 ). lhe pize winners, the group on '71/z points l9.0xe6! fxe6 20.Hg4 e5 29...We1+ 30.Wxel Exel+ 31.6f2 6d3+ wro ro.el d6 r1.Qb2 Qd7 12.8d2 Efds comprising IM Ghaem Maghami (IRI), GM 20...Qf8 27.Wxe6+ 6h8 22.Exh6+ 698 32.bg3 and White soon f3.Efdl EacS l4.Eacl Ua7 15.4e4 Axe4 Ee3+ T.bh} mates. 23.Wh7+ 24.Qe6+ 6e7 25.Uh4+ 6e6 16.Qxe4 Ae5 17.a4 Ag4 l8.Qg2 e5 l9.Ac2 Mikhalevsky (ISR), IM Rahman (BAI{), IM &fl (ARG) and 26.WeA+ 27.Wxe5 mate. 30.Exg6 d3 31.Eg4l Eg8 32.Exh7+ l-0. Qc6 ZO.Atq Qg5 21.Axc6 bxc6 22.c5! dxc5 Sandipan (IND), GM Sorokin *5 GM Madimirov (KAZ). 23.We2 Af6 24.h4 Qh6 25.Exd8+l 2l.We6+ 6trS Zz.Ug6 698 23.Qxe5! Kasparov Leko endgame. - White is heacling for a winning Monaco 23...Qf8 24.We6+ 6h8 25.gxh6+; 23...Axe5 [C8B] Ruy Lopez, Closed System 24.Wxb6 Excl 25.Exc1 Qxe4 26.He6+. 1-0. 25...8xd8 26.Edl Exdl+ 27.Uxdl Wc7 The 10th Amber toumament was held in l.e4 e5 2.AB Ace 3.Qb5 a6 4.Qa4 af6 5.0-0 28.8d3 a5 29.Ua6 96 30.Uxc6 Wd8 31.Wa8 March at the Hotel Metropole Palace in Qe7 6.Ee1 b5 7.Qb3 0-0 8.a4 Qb7 9.d3 d6 Uxa8 32.Qxa8 Qg7 33.Qc3 6tB s4.Qxa5 6e7 Monte Carlo with a similar field to that of 10.abd2 AaS ll.Qa2 c5 12.afl Ee8 13.0e3 35.Qc3 6e8 36.Qd5 Ac7 37.Q.c416 38.c4 6d6 the last few years. As usual each round Cltess 2001 15 14 NZ Clress Apri.l 20()l N Z April 108th New Zealand Chess Championship (continued) FIDE rating list, April 2001 fut FM Bob Sndth Results of the latest New Zealand Cham- Hawkes, Peter D 2170 0 Round 7 TLbn H^2+ 7z.bB ads 73.Qh3+ 6es pionship are includod in the April rating list Ker,AnthonyF m 232O 9 -12.6 Round Seven 74.8e4+ 6f6 75.Qe6 6xb4 76.Qxa2 Axa2 Wastney Depasquale released by FIDE. Needless to say, New Krstev, Antonio 2144 5 -2.25 1-{ 77.8c4 6e5 78.hg4 bf6 79.bf4 h6 80.6e4 Sandler Zealand champion Scott Wastney jumps 34 Kulashko, Aleksei f 24OO 0 0.5-0.5 Garbett 6e6 81.Ec6+ 6tZ tZ.6eS 6b4 83.Ec?+ 698 points to 2276, and other players to score Levene, Mark .222,5 0 Dive 1-0 Guthrie 84.8b7 ad3+ 85.6f6 95 86.hxg5 hxg5 above their rating and record healthy gains Love,AnthonyJ f 2235 0 Mclaren 1-{ Green 87.Eg7+ 6h8 88.Exgs 6h7 89.Eds Of2 are Nicolas Croad, up 35 to 2207, and Lukey,StephenG f 2234 Wang 0-1 Croad 90.Ed4 698 91.94 Am VZ.gS 693 93.Ed8+ Leonard Mclaren, ttp 27 to 2217. Martin, Benjamin m 2358 0 Ker l-0 Robinson 6nz la.go+ t-o IMs Russell Dive and Anthony Ker lost a Mastilovich, Rajko 2055 0 McNabb 0.5-0.5 Wheeler Dive,R - Guthrie,D few points, as did Paul Garbett and several of McLaren, Leonard 2277 10 Van Der Hoorn 0-1 Spain [D14] Q Gambit, Slav Def, Exchange Var. the lowerllaced players. McKenzie, Peter 2265 0 Elliot 0.5-0.5 Hart Krstev 1-0 Metge R 7, 108th Championship New Zealand Championship players such as McNabb Metge, J. Nigel 2130 5 -21 .7 Barlow bye and Wheeler, who have played less than 8 Metge, Katrine 2OO5 0 l.AR Af6 2.c4 c6 3.Ad d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.tI4 games against rated players, have had their tu6 6.Qf4 ofs 7.8b3 6a5 8.Wa4+ Qd7 9.Wd1 Noble,MarkF f 2V1O 0 results recorded, but are required to play the The Depasquale steamroller was halted by e6 10.e3 a6 l1.Qd3 Qe7 l2.O-O 0-0 13.9e2 Nokes,Rogerl f 2310 0 minimum eight games before a rating is Wastney in a well-controlled game. But he b5 14.6e5 b4 Eb6 16.axd7 Perry, Roger 2194 0 ls.abl axdT published. retained the tournament lead by a half a t7.ad2 ab7 18.Eacl 19.Qg5 EfeS Pomeroy, Arthur 2180 0 Qd6 In this table, the new ratings are given in point, as Sandler could not break Garbett's zo.aR f6 2l.Qh4 e5 22.dxe5 23.Qf5 Sarfati,JonathanD f 2278 0 fxes column 2, followed by number of games def'ences. Dive beat Guthrie to also close 6bcs 24.Efd1 e4 25.Ag5 Af6 Sheehan, Teresa 2033 0 against rated players in the rating period, and within half a point, and Mclaren recovered Sinclair, Mark 2245 0 the rating change. with a win over Green. Nick Croad came into Small,VernonA m 2335 0 Abrahamson, Philip 2085 0 the picture with a win over Wang. Smith,RobertW f 2282 0 Anderson, Bruce R 2215 0 Spain, Graome 2767 7 Wastney,S - Depasquale,C '%.2:t Barlow, Matthew 2149 7 -17.4 K Indian Fianchetto Spiller, Paul 2095 0 [E69] Def, Var. *A^l Bennett, Hilton 2088 0 R 7, 108th Championship New Zealand Steadman, Michael 2O9O 0 'ffit%,a:a, Bjelobrk, Igor 2181 7 +40.05 ', Stuart, 2215 0 Peter l.at3 at6 2.c4 96 3.g3 Qg7 4.Qg2 0-0 5.0c3 Boyd, Kendall 221.6 0 'e, ',zzi?Z' t Sutherland, John 2054 4 -2.5 d6 6.d4 Compton, Alistair 2066 0 AbdT 7.0-0 c6 8.e4 e5 9.h3 Eb6 'rf,, Sutton, Richard J 2275 0 10.Ee1 exd4 11.6xd4 Ag4 l2.Ace2 Agei , z. % Cooper, David 2070 0 Van Der Hoorn, Mark 2720 9 +5.25 'fr v%w'ifrtt Courtney, Helen 2050 0 13.b3 6c5 l4.Qe3 a5 15.Ebl EeS 16.fu3 Wc7 Wastney, Scott 2276 8 +34.5 t1.He2 18.f4 20.Hd2 Croad, Nicolas 22Ol 7 +35.25 *.d7 af6 D.@n *6 Watson,Bruce R f 2266 0 Ah5 21.6xe6 Qxe6 22.Ecl Ead8 23.6a4 Dive, Russell John m 2405 7 -6.2 Ub8 24.c5 b5 25.cxb6 cS Dowden, R. Anthony 2167 0 26.b7 Qd7 27.6xc5 Qc6 26.Exd5 ad3 Dreyer, Martin f 2275 0 Junior player ofthe year,2000 28.fu6 fxe6 29.Exc6 Qf8 30.Ea6 ExbT 31.Exa5 Wc7 32.Ha7 UUg y.a4 26...4xd5 27.Qxh7+ 6f8 (27...6h8 28.8h5) Evans, C A 23OO 0 The New Zealand Chess Federation S:.6h2 Afe Ed7 35.Exd7 OxdT 36.Qf1 Wb7 28.Ehs Ee7 (28...Ub7 2e.Q.g6 af6 30.8h8+ Foster, Fenella 2O2O 0 Council has endorsed the selection of Wang af6 37.8fl 38.Qg2 EbS 3e.Ed3 asg 31.4h7#) 29.QxeA 30.Hh8+ AsS Freeman, Michael 2205 0 Puchen as New Zealatd Junior Player of the Ad7 4O.Wg4 6fl 41.Wd1 af6 Wa6 42.8c3 9a5 43.8c4 Ac5 44.Qer Wa6 3 1 .ods. Garbett, Paul A 2359 6 -9.0 Year for 2000. Puchen scored 8/11 in last Gibbons, Robert 2121 year's World Under-1 0 Championship. 45.8c3 UUe 46.Qf2 Wb4 47.Ud4 Uxd4 27.Exd3 exd3 28.Wxd3 h6 29.Uc4+ 1-0 Goffin, Peter 2175 The Council has decided to offer a place 48.Qxd4 6xb3 49.Ec7+ Qe7 50.Qe3 Eb4 Mcl-arenrl- - GreenrP Green,EwenM f 2258 0 in the World Junior Championships to the sr.fs 6f6 s2.h4 Qf8 53.Qg5+ 6e5 54.8f7 exf5 55.Exf8 fxe4 56.Qf4+ 00S Sz.Eat Acs [C22] Center Gambit Green, Peter 2247 6 -1 .5 winner of the forthcoming NZ Junior and 58.Ed8 ab7 59.EbS 6c6 60.a5 6c7 61.Ea8 R 7, 108th Championship New Zealand (7) Guthrie, David 2139 6 -4.5 Age Group Championships. If the winner Ya4 62.a6 fu.s 63.L7 Adz 64.Ee8 ExaT Haase, Graham 2155 0 declines the plaxce will be offered to the 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Uxd4 fu6 4.Ue3 96 65.Exe4 Ea2 66.8c4+ 6d8 67.Ed4 6e7 Hare, Tim 2165 1 -t4.7 5 runner-up. s.6c3 Qg7 6.Qd2 d6 7.0-0-0 6ge7 8.h4 Qe6 68.Qxd6+ 6e6 69.9b4 af6 70.691 Ea1+ Hart, Ralph 2130 11 0 The World Junior event will be held in 9.4h3 wd7 10.af4 0-0-0 ll.acds obs Athens, Greece, from August 1.6 to 29. 16 N Z Chess Apil 2001 17 12.Qb5 Wc8 13.9a3 a6 t4.Qp2 EheS 15.Qe3 13.Qg5 Qf6 14.Qd3 Ee8 l5.Qxf6 Uxf6 16.Eel SpainrG - Depasquale,C 39.cxb5+ &xb5 40.Eb8+ 6c6 4l.Ec8+ 6b7 Qxds 16.exd5 fu5 l7.Ed4 Afs t8.Eb4 axe3 Exel+ l7.Uxel ad7 18.Ecl Ac5 l9.We8+ [B22] Sicilian Def, Alalpin Var. 42.Ed8 hS 43.Hd2 bc7 44.8e2 6c6 45.e4 h4 19.Qxa6 Arc2 20.6xc2 EfS+ Zt.ad3 b6 697 20.Qfl Ls 2l.ad2 b6 22.Wc6 Qb7 R 9 108th Championship New Zealand 46.gxh4 Exg2+ 47.6f1 Egl+ 48.6f2 E5g2+ 22.8f4 Wd7 z3.Ab4 c5 24.dxc6 Axco z5.6tt 23.Wxb6 Qxd' 24.fuA Ea6 2s.Eb8 ae4 49.6e3 Exe2+ 50.6xe2 Eg4 51.6d3 Exh4 l.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Uxd5 4.d4 gG 5.4t3 ad,4 26.Ycl abs 1-0 26.8c2 Ec6 27.b3 6gs 28.Qe2 Wat+ )).fiy2 52.Eg3 95 53.e5 l'.xe5 54.Exg5 6as ss.Egt Qgl 6.Qe2 ah6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 Wd6 9.dxc5 Uel 30.Ua7 Ec5 3l.Qg4 Ue4 0-1 e4+ 56.hc2 Eh2+ 57.6d Eh3+ 58.6c2 Eh6 Uxc5 10.6c3 Ac6 ll.Ae4 9b6 12.693 6f5 WangrR - CroadrN 59.6c3 Eh3+ 60.6c2 6d4 61.Etl8+ 6e3 13.6xf5 Qxf5 14.4h4 EfdS 15.Wa4 6d4 62.Ed5 Eh2+ 63.0ca Ehl 64.6c2 Eh2+ [,{68] Benoni, Three Pawns'System Spain,G Hart,R - l6.Qdf Qfi 17.Eel Eac8 l8.Ua3 Qxc4 65.6d Eh3 66.bc2 &fz 67.Exc5 e3 68.8e5 R 7 1O8th Championship New Zealand [C06] French Def, Tarrasch Var. l9.Uxe7 Qf6 2o.Ue4 Qd5 21.8g4 Qxh4 Eh8 69.Ef5+ 6e1 70.b4 e2 71.b5 Ec8+ R 8 108th Championship New Zealand t.d4 af6 2.c4 96 3.6c3 Qg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 22.Wxh4 Eb4 23.8e7 Eb5 24.8a3 72.bb3 &d2 73.Ed5+ &d 74.8e5+ 6d3 6.Ats cs 7.d5 e6 8.Qe2 exd5 9.cxd5 eg4 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4d2 af6 4.e5 0fd7 5.Qd3 Draw otfer. 75.He7 10.0-0 abdT 11.h3 Qxfl 12.Qxf3 Eb8 13.a4 c5 6.c3 Ac6 7.fu2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.at4 Sc6 25.f3 AfS 26.Wxa7 b6 27.Wa3 Wf6 z6 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Uxb6 16.94 c4+ tf.g11 axd4 10.8h5+ 6e7 1t.exf6+ 6d6 tz.fxg1 28.&h1 Wh4 29.Qd2 Qxl3 30.QxB Exd2 6c5 18.6a4 Axa4 t9.Wxa4 Ecs 20.95 Ahs QxgT 13.Oe2 Acs l4.Qb1 Ub6 15.0-0 Qd7 31.Qb7 Ecd8 32.Qe4 Ee8 33.Uc3 693+ 21.Qxh5 gxhl 22.Wc2 Eb3 Z3.Exa6 Uc8 16.Axd4 Qxd4 17.613 Qe8 18.Hg5 Qxb2 34.Uxg3 Exe4 35.Wxh4 Exh4 36.Ee8+ 697 24.8a3 Wxh3+ /J.Sgt Qd4+ 26.8f2 Hg3+ 19.Qf4+ 6c6 20.6e5+ 6bs 21.Qil+ axd3 37.Eb1 Eg4 38.93 Ec4 39.8b8 Ecc2 40.Exb6 21.Hxg3 Uxg3+ 28.6fi Qxf2 29.Bxf2 SdS+ 22.Habl Ed4 23.4xfi Uxil 24.Exb2+ ba6 Exh2+ 41.691 Ecg2+ 42.6fl Exg3 43.8b8 30.Ue2 h4 31.6fl h3 32.Wxd3 cxd3 33.e5 h2 25.8b3 Sc4 26.Ecl We4 27-We7 Qrs 28.a4 Eg5 0-1 0-1 Qc6 29.Exc6+ bxc6 30.Wb7+ 6a5 31.Qd2+ 6xa4 32.Eb4+ 1-0 Croad,N - Dive,R Round Eight B04l Alokhine's Def, Modern Var. Ker 0.5-0.5 Despasquale Round Nine R 9 108th Championship New Zealand Sandler 0.5-{.5 Wastney Spain 0-1 Depasquale t.e4 Af6 2.e5 ad5 3.d4 d6 4.af3 c6 5.Q.e2 Dive 0.5-0.5 Mclaren 0.5-0.5 Wastney Garbett Qg4 6.h3 Qxf3 7.Qxt3 dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 9.0-0 Guthrie Ker 0.5-0.5 Sandler 0-1 Mclaren 6d7 10.Ue2 Uc7 11.Ee1 Qc5 12.c3 a5 13.6d2 75...Ec5? Croad Croad 1-0 Dive 0.5-{.5 McNabb At4 l4.We4 A96 l5.Ac4 0-0 16.h4 f5 17.exf6 75...Ec3+! 76.&b4 Ec4+ and Ed5--+ San- Wheeler Wang 0.5-0.5 Garbett 0.5-0.5 Green 2xf6 18.Hxe6+ 0h8 19.Qgs Ad5 20.fu5 Agf4 d1er. Spain 1-0 Green 0-1 Van der Hoorn Hart 2l.Qxt4 Axf4 22.Wc4 Qd6 23.694 EaeS Barlow 0.5-0.5 Elliot Guthrie 1-0 Wheeler 16.flxe2 bxe2 77 .&b4 Ec1 78.b6 &d3 79.6b5 24.Eadl h5 25.6e3 @.eS 26.Ac2 We7 27.93 82.6c7 Krystev 0-1 Wang McNabb 0.5-0.5 Barlow 6d4 80.b7 6d5 81.6b6 Ebl+ Ecl+ ah3+ 28.be2 Ef6 29.8d3 95 30.6xh3 94+ Robinson Metge 0-l Elliot m.6d7 Hbt%-% 0-1 Metge 31.Qxg4 hxg4+ 32.Hxg4 Eh6 33.Ede3 Qg7 Van Hart 1-{ Krstev der Hoorn bye 34.Exe8 1-0 Robinson bye Round l0 Depasquale could only draw with a deter- Wang,R - Garbett,P Depasquale 1{) Croad mined Ker, but again the chasing Depasquale rigain stretehed his lead a pack were to [A53] OId Indian Def. Sandler 1-0 Guthrie unable to catch point, after up. Sandler drew with Wast- his doubled rooks on the seventh R 9 108th Championship New Zealand Mclaren 0.5-{.5 Ker ney, while Dive and Garbett proved decisive against Spain. also split the Wastney l-{ Van der Hoorn point. This win gave l.d4 At6 2.c4 d6 3.Oc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 Depasquale an IM Norm. Dive 1-{ McNabb Mclaren moved Sandler could 5.Wxd8+ 6xd8 6.Qg5 c6 7.0-0-0+ 6c7 8.4e4 to within half a point of only draw with Ker. Wastney Garbett 1-0 Elliot the leader by beating and Mclaren also drew. AfdT 9.af3 f6 1o.Qh4 Oa6 11.e3 2ac5 Guthrie. Green 0.5-{.5 Wang The shock the t2.Ac3 Ab6l3.b3 Qfs t4.bb2 a5 t5.Q.e2 Ae4 of round was Croad's win Krstev 1-O Spain Guthrie,D - Mc[-arer5l- over Dive. who l6.6xe4 Qxe4 17.4e1 Qd6 18.R Qg6 19.Qd3 again became very short of Barlow 0.5-0.5 Robinson [A70] Benoni time and lost several pawns. e4 2o.Qxe4 Qxe4 21.fxe4 HaeS 22.4d3 ad7 Metge 0.5-{.5 Hart R B l08th Championship New Zealand Garbett 23.At2 AcS 24.Qg3 Qxg3 25.hxg3 6xe4 missed a subtle win in an ending Wheeler Bye against Wang and had to settle 26.*e4 Exe4 27.Ed3 h6 28.Efl Ehe8 t.d4 af6 2.c4 96 3.6c3 Qg? 4.e4 d6 5.Ot3 for a draw. 29.Ef3 E8e5 30.6d c5 3t.bd2 Yg4 32.be2 Depasquale played an impressive posi- 0-0 6.h3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qfi exd5 9.cxd5 EeS Eeg5 33.6f2 b6 34.Edl a4 35.Ehl axb3 tional game against Croad to maintain his 10.0-0 c4 11.Qxc4 Axe4 l2.6xe4 Exe4 36.axh3 6a0 :z.Eat+ 6c6 38.Ed8 b5 lead. Sandler scored a sharp win over Guth- 18 NZ Chess Apil 2001 N Z Cltess Apn.l 2001 19 rie to maintain his challenge, while Wastney 26.Exd8 6xd8 27.Edl+ 6e7 28.fu4 as joined him in second place with an easy win 29.bxa5 Exa5 30.Ecl 6d8 31.4d6 Qa6 Correspondence chess over Van der Hoorn. Dive, Mclaren and 32.8f1 b4 33.Ef7 Qc3 34.Qxe6 Qbs 35.Ob7+ by Gordon Hoslg;n Garbett were all still lurking half a point 1-0 L B (Jack) Frost is a real chess enthusiast. behind Wastney. before, so just to make a change I though I'd The current N.Z. Chess Federation secretary, Round Eleven vary a little. Depasquale,C CroadrN he is also deeply involved with intemational - Wang 0.5-{.5 Depasquale P, Trompowski Var. email chess, both as a player and administra- 1.e4 c5 2,AR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 At6 [A45] Q Croad 0.5{).5 Sandler R 10 108th Championship New Zealand tor. Jack is a top correspondence player as 5.fu3 a6 6.Eg1 Guthrie 0-1 Wastney well, finishing second in the l99B-99 I could see Gordon raise his eyebrows! But 1.d4 af6 Z.Qgs fu4 3.Qf4 c5 4.f3 wa5+ 5.c3 Ker 0.5-{.5 Dive Championship, only half a point behind the its not such a crazy move as it seems. A good At6 6.Ad2 cxd4 7.4b3 Eb6 8.Wxd4 ac6 Garbett l-0 Wheeler winner, with whom he drew. He went line is for White to play his Bishop to 95 9.Uxb6 axb6 10.4d4 Axd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e3 Van der Hoorn 0-l Mclaren through the 10 rounds unbeaten, the only before advancing his f1awn. This almost Qd7 l3.Ae2 e6 L4.Ac3 Qc6. 15.Qil Qez Hart 1-{ Barlow player to do so. forces Q-side castling - so why not prepare 16.0n 6dz r7.g4 hs 1s.g5 6es 19.a3 ed6 Elliot 0.5-{.5 Robinson I asked Jack for a couple of games and he for a K-ide push early? 20.Qxd6 6xd6 21.e4 22.h4 0c7 ZS.Etrel Krtsev 0-1 Green 96 supplied the following two f,rne wins, one Ea7 24.Ea,cl EaaS 25.8c2 EhcS 26.Eecl McNabb 0-1 Metge 6...4c61.g4 against the writer and the other against a Eab8 27.6d Ea8 28.QfI Qd7 29.e5+ 6e7 Spain bye Not for me the much tamer Bg5, Bc4 or former C.C. champion. 3O.Aa4 Qxa4 31.Exc7+ 6d8 32.Exc8+ ExcS Be2. So what if I lose the pawn? 33.Exc8+ Wang made Depasquale work for the draw 6xc8 :4.6d2 6d8 3S.Qe2 6c7 Frost,L - HoskynrG 7...4xd4 8.9xd4 Oxg4 36.6c3 6d8 37.6b4 Qc2 38.Qb5 QOr sS.fl he needed for outright first, but once rook [B90] Sicilian Def, Najdorf Var. 8...e5 9.Wdl Qe6 10.95 ad7 tl.ER Ec8 Qc2 40.a4 Qbl 41.a5 Qc2 42.axb6 Qbl and bishop pawn against rook was reached NZCCA Handicap, 1999 l2.Qh3 Qe7 13.Qe3 Exc3 14.bxc3 Wc7 43.6c5 Qa2 44.bn6 Qc4 45.Qd7 Qd3 46.b4 the result was obvious. Wastney grabbed his Notes by Jack Frost 15.Qxe6 Sxc3+ 16.6fl fxe6 l7.bg2 Wc4 Idea 46...8 any and 47.b5 ...8 any chance with a win over Guthrie in a complex 48.Qc6! Unusual Sicilian Najdorf. I have played 18.a4 Ef8 19.Wg4 d5 20.c3 Ac5 21.Qxc5 Ef4 6c8 49.Qe8+- game in which bishop (or even 49.6e7) 1-0 his and outside passed the Najdorf against Gordon many times 22.Wh5+ 96 23.Wh3 Zvjaginsev,V-Ivan- pawn eventually proved decisive. Sandler chuk,V. Elista 1998 1-{. Sandler,L - Guthrie,D tried hard in a slightly better ending against NZ Championship games (cont.) Croad but eventually had to concede the 9.Qe2 h5 [B80] Sicilian Def, Scheveningen Var. draw. Garbett joined him third place by Qf6 40.Eds Qe5+ {1.@g1 Qxd6 42.4b3 Exe4 Not 9...Nxh2 10.Rg2+. R 10 108th Championship New Zealand in beating Wheeler, as did Mclaren with an 43.Exb5 Eb4 44.Exb4 @xb4 45.bf2 as to.Hg) e6 1.e4 c5 2.4f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 Af6 5.ac3 easy win over Van der Hoorn. Dive fought 46.bd a4 4i.act bds 48.6d3 a3 49.Aa2 Covers d5. d6 6.Qt5+ AbdT 7.We2 a6 8.Qxd7+ OxdT long and hard against Ker in an effort tojoin Qc5 50.Oc3+ bel 5l.Aa2 bf4 52.&e2 &g3 9.Qe3 Qe7 10.0-0-0 0-0 11.f4 Hc7 12.94 b5 them, but to no avail. s3.6f1 0f4 54.be2 &e4 55.6d2 6ds 56.Ac1 11.h3 6e5 12.Qg5 Wa5 Qb4+ 57.6c2 6e4 58.h4 Qe7 59.h5 g5 13.f5 ac5 14.a3 EbB 15.95 b4 16.axb4 Exb4 60.6c3 An unnecessary excursion. Qc7 warranted 17.f6 gxf6 18.gxf6 Qxf6 tg.Ehgl+ 6h8 Guthrie,D -'Wastney,S bt4 6l.bd4 6xg4 62.be5,bxtrs o-r consideration. 20.Qh6 Ua5 21.Sg4 Wat+ 22.bd2 Axe4+ [D88] Grunfeld Def, Botvinnik Var. McNabb,M - Metge,J 13.Qd2 Oc6 14.Ue3 Eds 23.6e1 Wxdl+ 24.*dl Ag5 25.Qxg5 108th Championship New Zealar'd (1,1) ts.o-0-0 bs Qxd4 French Def, Advance Var. 26.Uxd4+ 1-0 [C02] Black is way behind in development. l.d4 Af6 2,c4 96 3.aca d5 4.cxd5 Oxds 5.e4 R 11 108th Championship New Zealand Oxc3 6.bxc3 Qg7 7.Qc4 c5 8.6e2 Oc6 9.Qe3 16.f4 QlrT 17.f5 aes l8.fxe6 fxe6 19.895 96 Krstev,A Spain,G l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 fu.6 s.af3 Eb6 - 0-0 10.0-0 Qg4 11.f3 OaS 12.QxI7+ ExIT 20.Wgl Be7 21.Efl [D20] Gambit Acc. 6.a3 0h6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Of5 9.Qb2 Qd7 Queen's 13.fxg4 Exfl+ 14.6xf1 cxd4 15.cxd4 e5 Plenty of compensation for the pawn now. R 10 108th Championship New Zealand 10.Qe2 Ec8 11.0-0 Qe7 r2.6h1 0-0 13.94 16.d5 fu4 17.8m Oxe3+ 18.Uxe3 Eh4 19.h3 ah4 t4.axh4 Qxh4 15.f4 a$ t6.Ad2 *4 21...0-0-0 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.6d Af6 4.e4 Ac6 5.e5 Qh6 20.8d3 ErE+ 2r.6gt Wtz+ zz.6to Wet l7.Qxc4 dxc4 18.Qc3 Qe7 19.h4 Wc6+ 21...Wh7 22.Axb5 axb5 23.Exe5 dxe5 6as 6.Qxcl adb4 1.AR 6xd4 8.0-0 6bc6 23.Wxe3 Qxe3 24.8d1 Ef2 25.Ac3 6fS 2\.bh2 Eds 21.Ue2 b5 22.Baer Qxh4 23.Edl 24.W6 and Black's position simply falls 9.axd4 Exd4 10.4d5 6d8 tl.Exd4 axd4 26.693 Ec2 27.Hd3 ed4 28.Abs Qrz+ apart, Qe7 24.Ef3 fs 25.Egl Qc6 26.Efg3 g6 27.Wfl e.9., 24...Qc8 25.Qxb5+ Qd7 26.Wxe6+ 12.Edl c5 13.Qe3 e6 14.Qg5+ f6 t5.exf6 29.hh2 Exa2 30.d6 Qb6 31.4c7 Et2 32.Ae6+ rxg4 28.Exg4 Efs 29.Wh3 Qf8 30.af1 Ef3 We1 27.Qxd7- 6dS 28.Uc6. 0d7 16.Aca &c6 17.b4 h6 t8.fxg7 exgi 6r sr.Ags+ 6e8 34.Ed5 6az ss.An Eez 3l.Ag Wn+ 32.Hg2 Qxg2 33.Sxg2 Hxf4 22.892 19.Qe7 afs 20.Qb5+ 6c7 2t.Qxc5 b6 22.Qe3 36.Axe5+ &e637.Ac4 Qd8 38.Ed4 b5 39.Ad2 Qh6 23.Qxh6 Exh6 24.Ua7t 34.Ext4 9xt4 35.Ub7 Ee8 36.Uxa7 Ee7 Axe3 23.fxe3 a6 24.Q.a4 b5 25.Qb3 Ed8 (Continued foot of next page) 37.Wb6 Erz :8.9xe6 Wcl 39.d5 Uxc3 40.d6 20 NZChessApil 2001 Uoz+ o-t N Z Chess Apil 2001 2l 9.a3 f-pawn, but creating further and eventually The last-named three had clear-cut wins, Safer was dxc5. fatal weaknesses in his pawn shield. but the championship was voly close with only half a point separating the first five 9...Qxc3 10.trxc3 @a6 22...a6 finishers. Eliminating White's good bishoP. is also very strong. Qg6 Short's early posted score of 7 points 11.Qxa6 Axa6 l2.Qb2 23.h3 Ef6 proved enough to head off a quartet com- Defrnitely not the b.est.post for a bishop. Black prepares for the f4 push. prising Peter Goffin, Gordon Hoskyn, Earl Black's next move cernents it in place. Roberts and Bob Smith. 24.tr,g2 12.Wfi Sc8 13.Qb2 cA 14.Uc2 EeB 15.Efe1 Short now has two wins from two at- Unexpected. Much better was Kh2. gb7 16.N2 Ee6 77.HeZ Eae8 18.Eae1 Ae4 tempts. He also took out the previous year's 19.afi f5 zo.R Ad6 21.a4 b5 22.axb5 *'7 24,.Yg6 25.Bee2 Reserve Championship, by the same margin, B.Qa3 adxb5 24.Qb4 fu6 zs.Qas 96 26-Yb1 There was still time for Kh2. half a point. 6b8 Salov,V-Hjartarson,J, Reykjavik 1991. Approximately 15 unfinished games have Egs+ 27.6b1 h4 25...Ae6 26.&f2 24...95 2'.Bfgl 94 26.hxg4 1-O; 12.a4 Ee8 13.6e5 Uc7 14.Qa3 EacB gone to the adjudicator, I.C.M. Michael 28.a4 15.8d3 Ub7 16.Efcl c4 17.WcZ Ee6 18.8e1 Freeman, roughly the same number as last action on the K-side is just The point. The ab8 19.f3 fu6 2o.Axc6 Uxc6 21.8e2 Ece8 year. a sido show. 22.flae'r h5 23.Qc1 W7 24.bh1 We1 25.hgl Progress scores in the 2000-{1 Trophy gb7 28...h3 29.Elhz Ac4 30.axb5 Od2+ a6 26.Wb1 '/z-'/z Muir,A- Tourneys are (as at 12-0441): Bogdanovski,V. Pula, 1997. /z-'/z %d%,, Attacking the isolani on e4. t /,t1 67th NZCCA ChampionshiP: A J Short 31.6a2 Ue5 12...c413.4d2 7 l1O; P B Goffin, G A HoskYn, E N Roberts, the pressure on isolated pawn, ',fl % R W Smith 6.5/10; T J Doyle 5/10; M L Increasing Ne5 was worth a try. 'K" but White's Q-side attack needed urgent ,ft. ft: Dunwoody 4.519; P J Voss 3.5/10; P A R 3/10; B W attention. 13...EeE 14.8e1 ,w%H&, Vetharaniam 319; H P Bennett 14.We2He6l5.Efe1 We7 16.Ofl b5 l7.Qcl Millar, 2110. Adjudication, 1. Latest results: 32.bxa6 Qxe4 33.Ub6 9xh2 Ac7 18.f3 a5 19.94 b4 2O.axb4 axb4 GOFFIN boat DunwoodY, Vetharaniam; doesn't matter any more. The exchange 21.Exa8+ AxaS 22.cxb4 Vxb4 23.Ag3 Ac7 drew Bennett. SMITH beat Goffin, Bennett. Disaster strikes.. Kh2trad become essen- 34.Axe4 Ed7 35.Qb5 24.g5 AfeS 25.4 ad6 26.wf2acb5 27.8f1, c3 DOYLE beat Dunwoody, Smith; drew Rob- to White's survival. And its goodnight Gordon. 1-0 28.e5 fuB 29.Qe3 Ea6 30.f4 Eb3 31.f5 Ea2 tial erts, Voss, Bennett, Millar. DUNWOODY Hxf2+ drew Roberts. VETHARANIAM beat Voss, t2.Wf4 Wc2 33.8'f2. Wdl,+ 34.bg2 26...f4 27.g4 DiverR - Frost,L 35.bxf2 c2 %-% PadevskY,N-Szabo,L, Activating the bishop was a possibility - Bennett. Nimzo-Indian Def. Moscow 1956. [E53] 27.Qd6 fxe3+ 28.Exe3 Axd4 29.cxd4 Exd6 Reserve Championship: J C Rapp 9.5/10; NZCCA 66th ChampionshiP[ 1999 14...Ee6 15.af1 Ac7 16.f3 30.Exe8+ UxoS is still winning for Black. E G A Frost 7.5/10; V J Smith 6/8; B J Notes by Jack Frost Secures eA ar:d. 94 but further weakens Edwards 5/9; D R Whitlock 4.519;K G Reed The Nimzo-lndian, Rubinstein main line, 27...ke3+ White's e3 pawn. White's position is already 4/7; B N Gloistein 3/8; D E Dolejs 2/8; C A not the strongest oppening for White and I Finally realising the long-time threat on beginning to look horrible. Mold 2llO; B M Williams 1.5/B; G E was very surprised that Russell adopted it. White's e3. Lovelock 1/5. Adjudications, 9. known to be able to gain early 16...8e7 17.t4 Black is 28.Exe3 Aef4 29.8h2 Exe3 30.Axe3 Od3+ with a lasting initia- the bishop, but Bc1 was 10/11; W y'.nderson, P equality and continues Trying to activate 31.691 Ee6 32.gxh5 Exe3 33.He2 6e1 TT2: P G Coghini flows around White's e3 the e3 pawn's survival. Bl11; Z H Kingston 7/12; H Goeckel tive. The stratogy essential for 34.9b2 axfl+ 35.6f2 Ad2+ C King sqrnre and as this game show this is 6.5/1 1; A N Hignett 2/12; A Clark .5/12. - 17...Ee8 Mate in two. 0-1 dangerously close to the White king. Adjudications 2. Pawn e3, live or die! results 1.d4 af6 2.c4 e6 3.ad ob4 4.e3 0-0 5.Qd3 Trophy tourneY TT3: RJWeston8/B; SM Cameron6lT;P 18.Qa3 !gd7 t9.E^2 Trophy Toumeys are ovor, c5 6.6R d5 7.0-0 b6 The 2000-2001 E Rossiter 5.5/7; S A HoldawaY 417; A W Trying to support the e3 pawn with Re2, winners have been found: Rarely played. Much more usual is dxc4. and four outright Hen&y 4lB; G H Mills 2.5/8; I A Clarke, L I but too slow! Too slow! Jeff Rapp (Re- Allan Short (Championship), Pwvis 2/7; S R C Chowdhury 0/8. Adjudica- 8.cxd5 exd5 Championship), Phil Coghini (TT2) r9...4h5 2O.Eae2 f5 2l.gc2En zz.gt serwe tions 3. Creating a half-open e-file which eventu- (TT3). Trying to hinder the advance of Black's and Rod Weston ally proves fatal for White. Z) N Z Chess April 2001 22 Games New Zealand nelYs Oceania zonal championships McNabb,M - WheelerrB Papatoetoe N.Z. champions Scott Wastney and Vivian 6.0; 5 S.Wastney NZL 2276 5.5;6-12 IM [C01] French Def, Exchange Var. The clubs which have paid full affiliation Smith represented New Zealand in the Zone Z-Y.Zhao AUS 2390, IM V.Feldman Auckland CC Championship, 2000 fees for this year include Papatoetoe. This is 3.2b Oceania zonal championships held on AUS 2369, A.Allen AUS 2255, FM B.Tin- a change ofstatus, bringing Papatoetoe up to AUS 2225, K.Stead AUS 2135, l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.aca Qb4 4.exd5 exd5 Australia's Gold Coast, and Stephen Lukey dall full affiliation from associate membership. A.Dunn NZL 2000, L.Jones AUS 2000, 5.0; 5.Wfl 6c6 6.Qd af6 z.Qo: Wez 8.6ge2 Qg4 and Alan Dunn also played, as individual 13-14 IM J-P.Wallace AUS 2388, B. 9.Ug3 Qxe2 10.Qxe2 Oe4 l1.Wxg7 0-0-0 Wanganui entrants. Australia's IM Mikhail Gluzman 24OO alo'd Jones AUS 2215, 4.5.....5 G Lukey NZL l2.O-O EdgS 13.9h6 Oxc3 14.bxc3 Qxc3 The management team of Gordon Hoskyn FM Mark Chapman 2338 finished equal first, 2234 3.5. l5.Eadl Qxd4 16.Qa6 Qxe3 as president (in his 10th year) and Kevin and Gluzman won the play-off match to Leaders of the women's event were:.l Yorston as secretary-treasurer (in his 9th qualify for the FIDE World Championships. N.Phan-Koshnitsky AUS 2156, 7.O/9; 2 year) remain at the helm of Wanganui CC. Mark Chapman gained the IM title, and Scott IM I.Berezina-Feldman AUS 2295,6.5; 3 Other ofhcers elected for this year are: Wastney and Lee Jones gained the FM title. WFM N.Szuveges AUS 2078,4.5. Patron, Chas Ward; vice-aresidents, Dave Alan Dunn scored a noteworthy 5 points, Further report and games in next issue. Cooper, Ted Frost, Prince Vetharaniam and but was unlucky because the tournament Barry Williarns; club captain, Allan Short; Man v Machine again started with 21 players, which meant a bye. librarian, John Wilson; publicify officer, Games announced the One player withdrew and Alan drew the bye Brain plc have Gordon Hoskyn; financial reviewer, Nigel signing contract with the state of in the previous round. This meant that he of a Hurley. The committee includos officers and Bahrain for a prize fund plus scored an excellent 4/8 from games playod, million-dollar David Bell, Rose Haris, Milan Palevich and dollars in back-up a including a win over Stephen Lukey, and 4.5 a flrther million for Barry Williams. Man v Machine Challenge in October. The out of 9 played would have given him the John Wilson stepped down as club captain FM title! main Bahrain figure involved is His Excel- and Bill Maddren as librarian after several lency Yousuf Shirawi, former Bahrain chess Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky won the Women's years' service. champion andmember of the government. l7.Qxb7+ Zor,al Championship and qualified for the Vladimir If 17.Wxc6 Exg2+ l8.6xe2 WeA+ 19.fr Wellington World Women's Championship. She gained The match will be between Kramnik and Deep Fritz.Grandmaster Ray EgS+ 20.6h1 Eg1+ 2|.Exgl Uxf3+ 22.892 Ross Jackson, who was instrurnental in the WIM title. Vivian Smith scored 2.5 - all Keene and Enrique Uxdl+ 23.Eg1 Uxgl# bringing together the Civic and Wellington from draws. will be Match Director Irazoqui will be invited as chiefarbitEr. Chess Clubs under one banner, has been Gluzman and Chapman finished on 7/9, 17...6xb7 18.Eb1+ Qb6 0-1 Deep Fritz was chosen to play, after elected president of the combined Welling- and other scores were: 3-4, lM L.Sandler Deep Junior. They drew a Z{-game ton CC. John Gillespie, past president, has AUS 2400 and FM M.Rujevic AUS 2332, Beach,P - WatsonrB playo been elected secretary and Alan Winheld is tch, and Deep Fritz won two [B47] Sicilian Def, Paulsen Var. 6.0; 5 S.Wastney NZL 2276 5.5; 6-121M Auckland CC Championship, 2000 treasurer. Paul Dunn has been elected club captain. 1.e4 c5 2.4t3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 Ac6 si il : ilili ili.i.i.i.il 5.6c3 Uc7 6.6db5 Ub8 7.a4 af6 8.Qd3 Qe7 Correspondence miniatures NZ Chess has not received notif,rcation of any Queen's Birthday weekend events. Notice 9.f4 d6 10.Qe3 0-0 11.0-0 b6 12.We2 Qb7 The correct title of the book of correspon- Labour weekend or other events in the second half ofthe year should reach the editor by the 13.Eae1 Ab4 l4.Ad4 d5 15.e5 ae4 16.Uh5 dence miniatures which was roviewed in the first week in June (Saturday, June 9) for inclusion in the June issue. Cont-rrmed events are: Ec8 17.8f3 96 18.8h3 Oxc3 19.bxc3 Axd3 February issue New Zealand Chess is gc7 of 20.cxd3 QfS Zf.ts exf' 22.e6 23.Qf4 Startling Cor-respondence Chess Miniah,res North Island Championship, Hamilton, 9-14 July. Contact Hilton Bennett: Bxd 24.exf7+ 6xf7 25.Uxh7+ Qg7 26.Ele7+ - an appropriate title for a volume recom- [email protected] l-0 mended either for instruction or for brows- South lsland Championship, Dunedin, 24-29 September. Contact Duncan Watts: lng. [email protected] Addition to female committee Startling Correspondence Clress Minia- NZ Junior and Age Group Championships, Auckland Chess Centre, 2-6 Jdy. Contact Bruce Wheeler: prez@i4fre e. co. NZCF Council has decided to co-opt tures is available from New Zealand Chess nz Supplies at PO Box 42O9O, Wainuiomata, or NZ'Women's Championship, Labour Weekend, venue still being finalised. Jacinta Buist, of Christchurch, to its Female by email at 200l-2002 N Z Championship Congress, Christchurch, 28 December 11 January. The Chess Committee, which is headed by Viv - chess sup a. c o .nz NZ Championship will be an important factor in selecting the NZ Open team for next year's Smith. chess. ply @xtr Olympiad in Slovenia. 24 NZ Chess Apil 2001 NZ Chess Apil 2001 25 Council Corner Affiliated clubs By NZCF President Bob Smith Clubs are requested to advise NZ Chess ofany changes in details given below. Junior Chess Tournament Venues Ashburton PO Box 204, Ashburton. Meets Otago 7 Maitland St, Dunedin Monday Two other projects that Council has ap- By the time you read this, the venue for Monday 7.15pm (Feb-Oct), the Admin Build- 7 30pm (social chess only, coaching at 7pm), proved are under way, with information the 109th NZ Chess Congress will be con- ing, Ashburton Hospital, Elizabeth St. Con- Wednesday 7.30pm. Contacts: Graham being sent to all clubs regarding the National firmed. tact, Ken Pow (03) 308-3655. (president) (03)453-6472, Duncan Watts ( secretary) (03Y7 7 -5226. Inter-schools Championship and the Girls There are strong indications that it will be Auckland Chess Centre Meets Monday 7.30 Chess Week. held in Christchurch this year. & Thursday (social) 7 30pm, 17 Cromwell Papatoetoe Wednesday 7.30pm Papatoetoe The Girls Week has been designated as 28 The NZ Championship will be an impor- St, Mt Eden, Auckland 1003. Tel (09)630-20 RSA Bowling Club, Cambridge Tce, Papa- June. week May to 1 During this school tant factor in selecting the NZ Open team for 42 clubroom. Contact, Bruce Wheeler toetoe. Postal address: c/- Katrine Metge, 21 selected clubs around the country have been next year's Olyrnpiad in Slovenia. (0e)623-010e. Cambridge Tce, Papatoetoe. Contact John asked organise to individual "girls only" The North Island Championship has been McRae 27 84520, Katrine Metge 27 8-7 77 3 toumaments. The idea is to encourage this confirmed for Hamilton, with the likely dates Canterbury, PO Box 25-242, Christchurch. under-epresented group to play chess in a being 9-14 July. Contact Hilton Bennett Meets Wednesday, 7 30pm.,227 Bealey Av- Upper Hutt Monday 7.30pm, Hapai Club, less threatening environment. Council is [email protected] enue; tel (03)366-3935 clubroom. Pres, 879 Fergusson Drive. Sec, Roger Smith hopeful that this will draw out many more As previously mentioned, the South Island Gavin Dawes (03)3524851 (04)528-2721. girls and boost the numbers in the NZ Junior Championship will be in Dunedin, probably Eastern Knights, Gisborne, meet Tuesday Waitemata Thursday 7.45pm, Kelston Championship July and the in NZ Women's from 24-29 September. Contact Duncan evenings. Contact, Genesis Potini (06) 868- Comm Centre, cnr Great North Rd and Championship, which scheduled is now for W atts trew ern@i hug. co. nz 1280. Awaroa Rd, Kelston; jun 6.15-7.15, Mon- Labour Weekend. The NZ Junior and Age Group Champion- days, schooldays Postal address: PO Box Gambit Sec, Ted Frost, 103 Koromiko Rd, The regional touraments of the National ships are at the Auckland Chess Centre, 27478, Hetderson, Auckland 1008. Contact Gonville, Wanganui. Tel (06) 347-6098. Inter-Schools Championship are due to be anticipated dates 2-6 Ju1y. Contact Bruce Bob or Viv Smith 817-2664; emall: run in the third school term. success e c The of Wheeler p r e z @i 4fr e. o. nz Hamilton Wed, 7.30pm, St Pauls Collegiate [email protected] this tournament depends largely clubs on And as mentioned the NZ Women's School. Inquiries Gary Judkins (07)855-5392. being willing to run an inter-schools teams Championship will be held at Labour Week- Wanganui Mondays 7pm, lst floor, Com- tournament in their area. I hope everyone end. The venue is still being finalised. Hastings-Ilavelock North P.O. Box 184, mercial Club, St Hill St. Pres, Gordon will get behind this concept, which is a Hastings. Wed, 7.30 pm, Library, Havelock Hoskyn, 7 Pehi St (06)343-6101, sec, K Registra tions, Affiliations chance to get many more juniors involved in N High School, Te Mata Rd. Sec, Chris Yorston, 5 Mitchell St (06)343-7166 who the game. Clubs have not rehrrned their affilia- Smith (06)877-4583. tion forms and fees are now late. 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