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3 New Zealand Chess STOP PRESS Official journal of the New Zealand Chess Fed- New Zealand Chess eration (Inc. ), published Editors note: Volume 27 Nurnber 6 December 2001 in February, April, June, August, October, De- Please c'heck new addres,t fitr tttuguzirtr' cember. subscipt)on,r. CONTENTS Editorial correspondence, copy and advertising inquiries should be Waikato School Pupil's Chcss'lirrr rrr:r rrrt rr I 4. The 2001 world Youth Festival, Spain sent to The third annrul Waikato Sch
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The 2001 World YouthL Chcss -t'estival. Spain. The travel proved uneventful, via Singapore more study, rested, or caught up on other bv \ lt, lt,r,'l I t, , ,tt,ttl and Munich to Barcelona There we spent activities. one night, before joining the convoy ofbuses Whilst the games are in progress in a large Two weeks in October staying at the Marina the extra parents. ;r(l(lrlr('r,rl coaches an(l for the trip to Oropesa playing hall surrounded with glass windows d'Or City of Vacations in Oropesa del Mar, players during what is the tour isl ol ( , r ,( )l I Eugenia was competing in the under 12 girls like a hshbowl, the parents and coaches are on the CostaAzahar. Sounds great! Acconturodatiorr is provided I in llrc llol, event, which had 78 entries. Ten ofthose banned from the venue Hence, the poolside Situated in Castel16n province, Costa Aza- MariLra d'Or, is of rnodertr lrrt, r ulfch iut players had FIDE ratings, with a Ukrainian coffee bar outside the playing room does a har, on the Mediterranean coast, 90 Kilome- turc. rvith I44 rootns, all u'ith a vr( \\ scr the top seed at 2274 followed by a Chinese at roaring trade, whilst anxious parents peer tres from Valencia, 261 ftom Barcelona and ln addition, cight apartrnent t,,rr buildirrgs 2225 through the large windows with opera glasses 440 from Madrid, Oropesa de1 Mar is a taining around a total ol-250 apartntcrrls ol Puchen was competing in the under 12 boys trying to see the board. sleepy old town that is now under attack two bedroorn rurits are also fully utiliscrl event, which had 117 entries. A massive 27 To pass the time, I and the Australian sup- from developers of tourist apartments Fach apartmcnl" containcd one double hcd. ofthese had FIDE ratings, the top seed being port staff amused ourselves watching the Throughout the centuries, Oropesa del Mar, tu'o single bcds, and a couch that openecl from Russia at2398. Eleven ofthe players Spanish builders on the nearby building site with its attractive and strategic position on into anothcr srnail double grcat bed A trr- were over 2200 as they built the next floor of a new apart- the Mediterranean, has served as a settle- rangement lbr a teanr like Nerv Zcaland with By the time lrou get to the under 16 boys, 80 ment building. Never have I seen such cow- ment for many cultures occupying the Ibe- three mcubers, bu1 not so for thc larger out ofthe 102 players have FIDE ratings,50 boy building techniques. Every 30 minutes or rian Peninsula; many historical vestiges teams, u.ho fould a parent and clrildrcrr live ofthem over 2200, with a top seed of2548 so GM Ian Rogers would pass by with an along the village shou.this Ofparticular allocaled to onc apartmcnl, rcgardlcss ol'thc These facts are given to show that these update on the NZ and Australian games This interest is the Castle, conquered by Jaime I age, se\ or familr' corurections lc;rnr o1'thc events are actually tougher than anything also became an amusement, as especially in 1233 and the King's Tower (Torre del membcrs! We r,vcrc cnough llris lrrrrt. luckl seen in this country, including our national with the younger players, tran's expert opin- Rey), built by Pedro I from Antequera to to score one o1'the neuier apurtnrcrrls championships. Most other nations, except ion often varied greatly from the actual plans defend the village against Berber attacks equipped u,i1h cooking crluipurcnt rr lrr,llr, the major chess porvers, are overjoyed ifany found by the kids inside. Hence, many ex- In the last 30 years, Oropesa del Mar has itttcl tnore impttrtantll-. a rvlslrrrrg lrrrr, lIrt player scores 50%o in the under 10, 12 a;.td 14 pectations ofa win or loss proved different becorne one ofthe best tourist resorts in Al1 that u'as missirrg u,as a Iclclrlrorrr' events, while in the under 16 and under 18, a in reality. Ian was one of around thirty Spain due to the wonderful beaches and a J'he 2001 NZ Juitior lcsults qrrulilicrl score of4l1 1 is considered an achievement. I grandmasters present as coaches, showing well-developed tourist industry Visitors Prtclten Warrg rurC I)ugclia ('lrirronrrrr;r t. do hope that this can be appreciated by NZ the importance the event has to some parents. enjoy a very pleasant combination ofrest representNZ inthe uudcr llo\s;rrrrl rrrr l2 chess players, as putting unrealistic expecta- Once again, it was sad to see the tears from and entertainment. der 12 (jirls events Whcrt bccrurrt ,,l,r r il tions on young children can prove harmful some kids as they emerged to face the music The Oropesa del Mar urban development ous that none of thcir ustral coue lrirrll t,,rr The games were played at the new FIDE time from over zealous parents with rurealistic stretches lrom the beach of La Concha, the tacts Auckland u.ould bc utrlc rrct,'rrr it lo limit of 90 minutes for the whole game, with expectations yacht harbour and the beach ofLa Reneg6 pant them, I again voluutccrccl rr; [o lrir',r:l 30 seconds added to the clock upon comple- The weather for the whole event was great, a in the south, to close to the wide beach of thc support parent and coach tion ofeach move from move one. Therefore, nice warm 25 degrees until the last day. ' Morro de Gos in the north, where MARINA N cxt camc the issue ol- N I flnance I Icrc- Z( the rounds were arotrnd four hours in length. Then, with an outdoor closing ceremony, d'Or Ciudad de Vacaciones is located. President Bob Smith slood up and through One game was played per day, starting at stage show and fireworks spectacular Every October for the past four years grcat efforls uanaged 1o attract sponsorshilr 4pm This leads to some late nights for the planned, down came the rain Luckily, unlike around 900 chess playing children aged the tiom Lion Foundation and Scottrvood younger players. last year when massive floods occurred, this from eight to eighteen have descended upon (iroup, alung with the generons donalions ol' Each morning after breakfast was spent pre- year the rain only dampened the event, and this complex to participate in the World many chess iudividuals. This allowed for paring for the opponent, ninety minutes each an excellent display was seen by all. Youth Chess Festival. In addition, another the Iull ltmditg of the trvo children's farcs, with Puchen and Eugenia. In contrast with IJaving also accompanied Puchen last year 400 parents and coaches accompany the entry lees and rLniforms, plus a contributiorr other countries, their opening knowledge is when he placed 5th in the under 10's, I felt children to encourage, support, and mentor of around one third of I my larc pretty limited, but once into the middle that his tactical play was not as sharp this the budding young chess talent of tomorrow. So, ofl'to the choss, almost 'lhe tcnitrlc game, they can compete on an equal basis if year. This affected several games. His gen- Every country is given free entry and board actions in the tlSA of Septcrnbcr I I llr t.rrt- they still have a reasonable game Therefore eral strategical play has improved, but he has for one child in each ofthe ten tournaments, ened to disrupt the ;rs ( ()n- trip litr a pcriotl the emphasis was on playing something sim- yet to learn when to change plans when his being under 10,12,14,16.18 for boys and ccnrs of salcl-1', and cosl: rr crc risilg tral'cl ple and easy to learn that gave them an equal attack has been blunted. Puchen finished girls. In addition, one parenUcoach is pro- discussed Flventually, r.,r'as sor lt ;rrrtl all rl chance to compete. As can bejudged from 25ft- 36ft equal (33'd on count back), scoring vided lree board. Therefore, as the reader lve gathered at Auckland rt':r1rlr rr airpor l. the games, this strategy worked reasonably 6.5/1 I with 4 wins, 2 losses and 5 draws. can calculate, the hotel makes a very tidy dent in unilbrm, ol-lto rlr. battlc llirlr well After lunch, the kids either did a little Eugenia is a very determined player, who profit from the exorbitant fees charged to r,,lorld's best
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competes for the whole game. This ability Nxf6 10 0 0Bd6 11NR 0-0 ll Nt l;rr, I j Kd6 69.f8Q+ Kc7 70.Qfe7+ Kb6 71.Q4b4+ RxgT 17 95 Nh5 18.f4 Nc4 l9.QD e5 20. shone through in the second half of the Ilg5 Bc7 1-l Re1 Khlt l5.Rcl htr lr, ltlrl lit I Kc6 72.Qed6# 1-0 fxe5 dxe5 21 Nb3 Bg4 22.Rd3 Nf4 23.Rg3 event. Again, tactics were not good. Also l7 Rb1 Qc7 18 Bg3 J3d7 19 a.r lr5 lt) l, I Bh5 24 Qc5 Nb6 25 Rh2 Nd7 26.Qe3 Nf8 understanding ) when to break the rules taught T)xg3 21 hrg3 Nxd4 22 Nxd4 Qrc | I 11 111, Vijay,K (2163)- Wang,P [B20] 27.R.dz N8e6 28.Nc5 RaaT 29 Nxe6 Nxe6 30 to every Russian schoolboy is a skill that lJxe6 24 Rrc6 RfeS 25 Rxe8+ I\cl{ .)r, World Youth Oropesa del Mar (3), 2001 Nd5 Nf4 31.Nf6+ Kh8 32 Qc5 RgeT 33 Rc3 ,l'l needs to be acquired. Eugenia finished 33'dto Rb3?? Rel + 27 Kh2 Qe5?? [27 I( rr I I 1 e4 c5 2 93 Nc6 3 Bg2 96 4.c3 Bg7 5 .f4 e6 Kg7 34.QD. RacT 35.Rc5 Re6?? 36.Rxc7+ 47n eqtal (46th on count back) scoring 5.5/1 1 Rxc3 Ng;11 29 Khl Nx12+ 30 Kh,l l(lr l// I .llJ 6.NR d5 7.e5 NgeT 8.d4 cxd4 9 cxd4 f6 10. QxcT 37 Rd7+ QxdT 38.Nxd7 Kf7 39 c4 Rd6 with 4 wins, 4 losses and 3 draws Qf3 Qg5? [28 Qal 29 94 h5 30 951 l(){.rlr Nc3 Nf5 1 1 94 NfeT 12 Qe2 a6 13 Be3 f5 14. 40.Nxe5+ 1-0 Overall, I think the results of both kids were Rhl+ 31 Kg3 h4+ 32Kf4 QoJ+ 33 t.,cs Bh3 b5 15.gxf5 Nxf5 16.Bxf5 exf5 17 K12 excellent in such company. Both now face a Qc7+ 34 Kd4 Itcl 35 Kc3 Re1+ 3(r Ktl,:l Be6 18.h4 Qa5 19.a3 Qb6 20.Rag1 Ne7 21 hard choice, as the competition in the under Qb6+ 37 Kc3 Ne4+ 38 Bxe4 Qc6+ 39 Ktl-l Rh2 h5 22 Rhg2 Bl7 23 Nd2 Ng8 24 Kfl Biag,I - Wang,P [D61] 'Nh6? 14 is considerably harder, aad occasional Rxc4+ -+) 30 Qc1 31.Q1'-5 h4-+l 29 lll-; 25 Nxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxg6 Qc7 27 RxgT World Youth Oropesa del Mar (5), 2001 study and a few club games will not be Qcl 30 94 Rh1+ 31 Kgl Qc4 32 Qd3 Qc7+ Qc1+ 28 Kf2 Qxb2 29 Qxh5+ 817 30 Qg5 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.8g5 Be7 5.e3 c6 1/z-1/, enough to keep up with the opposition. How- 33 Kf3 Qxa3 31 Qf6 Ra7 32.e6P.e7 33.d5 Qd3 34 6 Nf3 Nbd7 7 Qc2 0-0 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 ever, advancement requires a lot ofdedica- ex17+ NxfT 35.Qc6+ K13 36 QcS+ ReS 37 QxeT 10.Nxd5 cxd5?! ll.Bd3 Qb4+ 12.Nd2 tion, hard work, and finance for a coach. Huddleston,H - Charomova,E [D021 Bc5+ 1-0 Nf6 13.a3 Qb6 14.0-0 Bd7 15.Racl %-% The trip did generate some publicity in NZ Worltl Youth Oropesa dcl Mar (2),21101 on TV Eugenia appeared on the TV One I d.l d5 2 NR c(r 3 c3 N16 ,l Rg-5 Be7 -i Charomova,E - Garcia Millan,L [A08] Charomova,E - Batzaya,Y [C00] news and the What's Now programme on Nbd2 u5 6 e3 NbdT 7 Bd3 Qo7 [J c4 drc:t 9 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (3), 2001 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (5), 2001 national TV, whilst Taranaki channel 7 pre- Bxc4 Nre4 10 Nxc.l b6 I I l\c7 KrcT l2 rl\ 1 e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4 NgR c5 5.g3 7 e4 e6 2 d3 d5 3 Nd2 Nf6 4.NgR Bc5 5 e5 sented a full 30 minute interview with my- cxd5 13 Qxd5 JlbT 14 Qg5+ Nlb l5 N.l rtir Be7 6.892 Nc6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 b5 9 e5 Nd7 NfdT 6 93 Nc6 7.Nb3 Be7 8 Qe2 0-0 9 Bg2 self. gxt6 16 Qe3+ K13 l7 Qh6+ Kc7 ll{ 0 0 (t 10 Nfl Qc7 11.B?l a5 12.h48b7 13 NIh2 c4 f6 10 exf6 Nxf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12 d4 Ne4 13. I would thank both Puchen and Eugenia for IlcS 19 Nh4 lle6 20,1{hc1 ILhdl( 2l NI\ I I(c8 14 d4b415.Ng4 h5 16 Ne3 a4 17.Ng5 96 18 Nbd2 Nxd2 14Bxd2 Qf6 15.Be3 Bdl 16.a3 their support during the event We had our 22 Ng7+ Kc7 23 l{xd8 QxdS 2'l Nrr:(r lrc(r B13 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 f6 20 exf6 Nxf6 21 Qd2 h6 17.Qd2 Ne7 18 Nh4 Nf5 19 Nxf5 Qxf5 fun as a makeshift family, along with a few 25 Qg7+ Kd6 26 I{dl+ Kc(r 27 I{rtlll lirtll{ Kh7 22 Bf4 Qf7 23.892 [23 Bd6] 23...Rad8 20.P1 Rac8 21 Qf2. b6 22.8R h5 23 Kg2 c5 other moments 28 tlxl6 Kd6 29 Qxd8+ I -() 24.Nf1 Bc8 25,Nh2 R1-e8 26 Nt3 Kg8 27 Ne5 24.c3 cxd4 25 Bxd4 Bc5 26 Rfel Bxd4 27 Next year the event moves to the island of Nxe5 28 dxe5 Nd7 29 Qxb4 Ql5 30.Bg5 RfB Qxd4 Rc4 28 Qe5 h4 29 Qxf5 Rxf5 30.Bg4 Crete under the control ofthe Greek Chess Wang,P - Filip,M It]221 31 Bxd8 QxD.+ 32.Kh2 RR 33 Rfl Qxg3+ Rf6 31 Rf1 hxg3 32.hxg3 95 338e2 Re4 34 Federation World Youth Oropcsa tlcl Mar (2),20t)l 34.Kh1 Nxe5 35.Rxf3?? NxR 35 Bxf3 BR Rc4 35 Be2 P.e4 %-% And now to the games, presented in round by I c4 c5 2 c3 Nf6 3 e5 Nd5 4 dzi crd4 5 t:rd4 Qxf3+ 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38 Kfl Qf3+ 39 Kel () round order d6 6 NR c(t 7 Bc4 Nb6 8 Bbl Nc6 crtl(r Qg3+ 40.Ke2 Qg2+ 41.Ke3 Qe4+ 42Kd2 Guimaraens,L - Charomova,E [B20] Ilxd6 l0.Nc3 Bb4 11 0-0 l\c3 l2 brci 0 0 Qf4+ 43.Ke2 Qe4+ 44 Kf2 Qf4+ %-Y, World Youth Oropesa del Mar (6), 2001 Charomova,E - Paulet,I [C00] t3.Bc2 f5 14 Re I Nd5 15 Qd3 Qa,5 l(r lld2 Wang,P - Narain,A [822] 1 e4 c5 2.8c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 96 5.d3 World Youth Oropesa del (1), Mar 2001 Qa3 17 Ng5 Rf6 l8 flb3 Bd7 19 Nxe6 llxe(r World Youth Oropesa del Mar (4), 2001 Bg7 6.Nd5 e6 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.0-0 0-0 9 d4 7.e4 e6 2 d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4 Ng13 b6 5 93 20 Rre6 lixe6 2l TJxd5 Raell 22 Rel Ndtt 2-j l.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3 exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5 Nf3 d5 10.e5 Bg7 11.8b3 cxd4l2.Qxd4 Nc6 l3 Ba6 6.8g2 dxe4 7 Nxe4 Nxe4 8.dxe4 9 QcS Bxe(r+ lixe6 24 Qc4 Qe7 25 h3 Qtf 26 l1xe6 Bg4 6.8e2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8 c4 Qd7 9 d5 exd5 Qg4 Nxe5 14.Qh3 NxR+ l5.QxR Qf6 16. b3 Bc5 10.c4 0-0 11.0-0 Nd7 l2.Qc2 Bb7 Nxe6 27 Qb3 Nd8 28.d-5 b6 29 Qc4 h6 30 10.cxd5 NceT 1l Ne5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qxd5 Qxf6 Bxl6 17 .Bh6 Bg7 18 Bg5 Bxb2 19. 13 Bf4 f6 14 Radl e5 l5.Bcl Bd6 16 h4 Nc5 lll4 Nb7 31 Qo8+ Khi 32 d6 Nc5 33 Qc7 13 Nc3 Qe6 l4.Qb5+ Nc6 15.Qxb7 Qxe5+ Rad1b6 208a48a627 Rfel Ba3 22.Re3 17.Rfe1 Ne6 18.Kh2 Bc5 l9.Bh3 20. Qe8 Qc6 34 Qe7 Kg8 35 lic5 Qtl 36 Qd8+ Qft 16.Be3 Rd8 17 Qxc6+ Rd7 18 Rdl Qc7 19. Bc5 23 Red3 Bxd3 24.Rxd3 Rfc8 25.Bd7 Kg2? f5 21 Bxf5 Rxf5 22.exf5 23.Qe2? Qh5 37 Qc7 Q17 38 Bd'l Ne6 39 Qc8+ NtI 40 c4 Qe4+ Ne7 20 0-0 Qb7 2l Qa4 Nc6 22Rxd7 F..c7 26 Bb5 a6 27.8a4 b5 28 Bb3 a5 29.a3 a4 Nd4 24.Rxd4 Bxd4 25 Rh1 26 Rh3 Rf8 Qxf5 Qd7 41 Qc7 Q17 42.c5 bxc5 43 llxc5 a6 44 QxdT 23 Nb5 a5 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Nxc7+ 1-0 30Ba2b4 3l.axc4Bxb4 32 BbI Rb8 33.8f4 27.g4 Qxg4+ 28.Rg3 Bxf3+ 29 Rxf3 Qxf3 Qc8 a5 45 d7 QxdT 46 Qx13+ Kh7 ,17 Qd6 Bd6 34.BaZ Rxc2 35 93 Bxf4 36 Ra3 8c137 30.Rxg4 Rxf2+ 31 Kh3 Rxa2 328h6 33 96 Qb5 48 a3 Qe8 49lld4 Qe1+ 50 Klr2 tld2 Goormachtigh,S - Charomova,E [876] Rxa4 Rbb2 0-l h5 Kff 34.hxg6+ hxg6 35.895 Rc2 36.Bd8 51 Qe5 Qg5 52 t4 Qg6 53 Qe,! 5,1 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (4), 2001 Rc3+ 0-1 Qxa5 Qxf5+ 699 55 Qe5 Qd7 56 QxgT t t.)r,g7 -57 1 e4 c5 2.NR d6 3 d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5 Wang,P - Diamant,A [822] Goormachtigh,L - Wang,P [C06] BxgT KxgT 58 a4 Kf6 59 a5 Kl's r,0 l(q3 h5 Nc3 96 6 Be3 Bg7 7 R Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0- World Youth Oropesa del Mar (6), 2001 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (1), 2001 6i a6 h4+ 62 KR Ke6 63 a7 l(tl5 (,,t rrSQi 0-0 Bd7 10 Kbl Qb8 11.h4 a612.94 Ne5 13 1 e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3 e5 Nd5 4 d4 cxd4 5 cxd4 1 e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 NfdT 5.Bd3 Kd4 65 f5 Kc5 66 Qe4+ Kd6 (,7 li, KtlT (r,9 1f h5 b5 14.hxg6 fxg6 15 Bh6 Rf7 16 BxgT d6 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 d5 t h3 Bf5 c5 6 c3 Nc6 7 Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6
NZ Chess NZ Chess 8 9 l0 Nh4 Bxbl 11 Rxbl e6 12 Nf3 Be7 13 0-0 Rf5+ 23.Kg1 f6 24.Rxd3 Re5 25.8f4 P.e7 26. 73 a3 a514 Rfel Re8 15 Ne5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 a5 14.a3 15.Ne1 Rc8 16.Qg4 Qd7 96 17.P,h6 Diloudi,D - Charomova,E [D53] Kf2 Kf7 27.Prd5 95 28 Be3 a6 29.Bxc5 c6 c6 17 Ne4 Nxe4 18 Qxe4 Qd5 l9.QR Qxtj+ Bf8 l8,RxfB KxtB 19 Qf4 h5 20.N8 Qe7 21 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (8), 2001 30.Bxe7 cxd5 31 Bb4 dxc4 32.bxc4 Ke6 33. 20.KxB Red8 21 c4 Bf6 22Ke4 Bxe5 23. Bc2 Kg7 22.8d3 Nd7 23.Rbd1 a4 24.Rfet l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.NR Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 c5 Kd5 34 Ke3 f5 35 93 a5 36.c6 Kxc6 37. dxe5 Kf8 24.c5 Rd5 25 Rxd5 cxd5+ 26.Kd4 Na5 25.Re3 Nc4 26 Bxc4 Rxc4 27 Ng5 Rc2 NbdT 6 e3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 I3xg5 9. Bxa5 Kb5 38 Bd8 94 39 Kf4 Ka4 40 Be7 h5 Ke7 27.a4 Rb8 28 Re3 b6 29 c6 Rc8 30.Rc3 28 Rf3 RtT 29.Rb1 f6 30.exf6+ Rxf6 3t.Qe3 Nxg5 exd5 l0 N13 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ t2 41.Kxf5 Ka5 42 Kg5 h4 43.Kxh4 Ka4 44. Rc7 31 f4 Kd8 32.94 Rc8 33.f5 Kc7 34.h4 RxB 32 Nxf3 Qd6 33 Ng5 e5 34b4 e4 35 Kxd2 b6 13.Rc1 Nf6 14.Ne5 Bb7 l5.Bb5+ Kxg4 Kb5 45.h4 Kc6 46.a4Kd7 47.a5Kxe7 Rd8 35.h5 Rc8 %-% Rcl Rxcl+ 36.Qxc1 Nb6 37.R exf3 38.NxB Ke7 l6 dxc5 bxc5 17.Ke2 RacS 1S.Rhdl Ke6 48 a6Kd7 49.a7 Kd6 50.a8Q Kd7 51.Qa6 Nc4 39.Qc3 40 Qf4 KD.h4 41Qd3 Kf6 42. l9.Nd3 Kd6 20 Nf4 Rhd8 21.8c4 Ke7 22 Kc7 52.Qe6 Kb7 53.Qd6 KcS 54.Qe7 Kb8 Charomova,E - Ilamrakulova,Y IC24] Qc3 95 43.Ke2 Qe4+ 44.KD. Qbl 45.Ne1 Bb3 Rd6 23 P'd2 h6 24.Kfl 95 25 Ne2 Ba6 55.Qd7 Ka8 56 h5 Kb8 57 h6 Ka8 58.h7 Kb8 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (11), 2001 Qb3 46.Q13+ Qx13+ 47.Kxf3 Nxa3 48.Ke3 26.Ke1 Bxe2 27 Kxe2 Ke6 28.Rcdl Rcd8 29 59.h8R# 1-0 7.e4 e5 2.8c4 Nf6 3 d3 Be7 4 NR Nc5 5 0-0 Nc4+ 49.Kd3 a3 50.Nc2 Kf5 51.b5 Kf4 52 h4 %-t/, d6 6.h3 0-{ 7 Rel a6 8 c3 Na5 9 Bb3 Nxb3 Nb4 Kg3 53 Kc2 a2 54Nxa2 Na3+ 55.Kd3 Wang,P - Duskujanov,D [C43] 10.Qxb3 b6 l1 d4 exd4 12 Nxd4 Bb7 13.Nd2 Nxb5 56.Nb4 Nc7 57 Nc2 Kxg2 58 Ke3 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (9), 2001 d5 l4.exd5 Bxd5 15 c4 Bc5 16 N4f3 Bb7 l'7 Kxh3 59 Kt2 Kg4 0-l Wang,P - Boukobza,A [C06] 1 e4 e5 2 NR Nf6 3 d4 Nxe4 4.8d3 Nc6 5 Nfl h6 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Ne4 20. World Youth Oropesa del Mar (8), 2001 Bxe4 d5 6 Bd3 e4 7 Bg5 f6 8.Bf4 exd3 9. N1d2?? Nxd2 21.Nxd2 Qxd222 c5 Qd5 23 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3 Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 NfdT 5 Bd3 Qxd3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11 a3 0-0-0 12 0- Qxd5 Bxd5 24 cxb6 cxb6 25.b4 RfeS 26 Rd3 Alutis,M - Wang,P [C11] c5 6.c3 Nc6 7 Ne2 cxd4 8 cxd4 Qb6 9 Nt3 f6 0-0 95 13 Bg3 h5 l4h4 Bfs 15 Qc3 94 16. Bc4 27 .Rd6 Re6 28.Rd4 b5 29 a4 Rae8 30. World Youth Oropesa del Mar (7),2001 10 erf6 Nxf6 11 0-0 Bd6 12 a3 0-0 13 Nc3 Nel Bg7 17.Nb3 b6 18.Nd3 Bxd3 19 Qxd3 Kh2 Re2 0-1 7 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4 e5 NfdT 5 f4 c5 Bd7 14.Rb1 a5 15.8c2 QdS 16.895 QeS t7 Kb7 20.Kb1 f5 21 Bf4 Bf6 22 f3 RheS %-% 6.c3 Nc6 7 Ndf3 Qb6 8.Ne2 f6 9.g3 cxd4 10 Ne2 Ne4 18.Be3 Qh5 19.Ng3 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Warskomski,T (2090) - Wang,P [B51] cxd4BeT 11 Bh3 0-0 12.Bxe6+ Kh8 13 Qe8 21.Ng5 96 22.Re1 Ne7 23.Bcl Nf5 24 Steil-Antoni,F - Charomova,E [B76] World Youth Championship (Rl0), 2001 Bxd5 fxe5 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.d5 Qb6 16.eb3 94 Ng7 25.Qd3 RcS 26.Qh3 h5 27 Bb3 Be7 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (10), 2001 Annotations by Puchen Wang Bb4+ 17 Kf1 Nc5 18 Qe3 Bh3+ 19 Kg1 Rae8 28.8d2 Bxg5 29 Bxg5 Q17 30.Be3 e5 31 I .e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3 .d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.8b5 d6 4.0-0 Bg4 5.h3 20 Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Qxe5 Nb3+?? [21. Ne4+] dxe5 hxg4 32.Qg3 a4 33.Bdl Nh5 34 Qh4 Nc3 96 6Be3 Bg7 7.R 0-0 8 Qd2 Nc6 9.0- Bh5 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Qb6 8.Na3 a6 9.Ba4 8 22 Be3 Bc5 23 K12 Nxal 24.Rxa1 Bxe3+ 25 Qf5 35 Be2 93 36 Bxh5 gxf2+ 37 Bx12 Qxh5 0-0 Nxd4 10 Bxd4 Be6 1l 94 Qa5 12 a3 Bxc6 Qxc6 9.d3 e5 or 9 e5 Bx13 10.QxR Qxe3 Qxb2 26 Qc3 Qb6+ 27.q"3 Qb2 28 38 Qxh5 gxh5 39.e6 Bc6 40.Re5 RceS 41 Rab8 13 h4 b5 14 Ne2 Qxd2+ 15 Rxd2 a6 Qxf3 1 1 gxf3 dxe5 12 Rxe5 e6 black is better Qe7 RgS 29 Rdl Qb6+ 30.Qe3 Qa6 31 d6 Rg5+ Ift7 42 Rxh5+ Kg6 43 Re5 RgB 44 16 Ng3 Nd7 17.Bxg7 KxgT 18.Rdh2 Ne5 19. as white has pawn structure problems 9...e5 Bd7 32 Rd2 Re8 33.Qc5 h6 34.Qc7 Bg4 35. Rbel RglB 45.e7 P'f4 468c5 Re4 47 R5xe4 Be2 RhS 20 h5 f6 21Nf1 Rbc8 22.Ne3 95 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.Ne3 b5 l2.Bc2 Be7 13.d3 Nd4 Bh3 36 Re2 Rxe2+ 37.Nxe2 Qb5 y,-% dxe4 48 Rfl Kg5 49.RfB Kg6 50.Kfl2 Kg7 23 Rt2 Rb8 24 f4 gxf4 25.Rxf4 Kl6 26 RD NdE 14.94 B96 15.Nh4 15.Nf5 Ne6 favours 51.Ke3 Kg6 52.g3Kg7 53 Rxe8 Bxe8 54 Rhg8 27 Rg1 Rg5 28Rfg2 Rbg8 29 b3 Kg7 black, who intends to play ...h5 15...Ne6 16. Charomova,E - Lvova,J [876] Kxe4 Kf6 55.Kd5 Bc6+ 56.Kd6 Kfl 57 94 30.KA Kfl 3l.Bd1 R5g7 32.8e2 Rg5 33 Nef5 h5 17.95 117 Nxg6 fxg6 18 Ng3 hxg4 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (7),2001 Ke8 58 95 Kf7 59.Kc7 Ke8 60 96 Be4 61 g7 Bdl Ke8 34.8e2 Kf-/ 35.Bd1 RcS 36.Be2 19 hxg4 Nh7 20.a4'l 17...Nh7 18.Nxe7 [18 1 e4 c5 2.NR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 96 5.Nc3 Bd5 62.Kb6 Bc4 63 KxbT Bd5+ 64.Kb6 Be6 Rcg8 37.Bdl Ke8 38.8e2 R5g7 39 Bd1 Nf/ Nxg6 fxg6 19 Bb3 (19.Nh4 Nhxg5 20.Nxg6 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7 f3 0-0 8 Qd2 Re8 9.Be2 65 Ka5 Bb3 66 g8Q+ Bxg8 67.Kxa4 Bd5 68. 40.8e2 Ng5 41 Kd3 Kd7 42 Nf5 Bxf5 43. Nxh3+ 21.Kg2 Rh6 22.Nxe7 Nhf4+-+) 19 . Nc6 l0 0-0-0 a6 11.Rdgl Nxd4 12 Bxd4 b5 Kb5 Bb3 69.a4Kd7 70Kb4 Bd5 71.Kc3 Bc6 exf5 Nff 44 c4 Ne5+ 45.Kd4 bxc4 46 Bxc4 gxf5 20 Bxe6 Nxg5 2l.Bxf5:l 18...Qxe7 19. 13.g48b7 14 h4 Qa5 l5.Kbl e5 16.8e3 72b3Bd5 73.b4Bf3 74.b5Bdt 75.Kb4 Bhs Nxc4 47 Kxc4 RcS+ 48 Kb4 Rc5 49 a4 Rg8 Nf5 [19 Nxg6+] 19...Bxf5 20.exf5 Nexg5 21. Rad8 17.895 Rd7 18.h5 d5 19 exd5 Nxd5 20 76.a5 Be8 77.a6Kc7 78.b6+ Kb8 79 Bd6+ 50 Re2 Rb8+ 51.Ka3 Rc3 52.Rb2 h6 53. h4 Nh3+ 22.K92 Qxh4 23.Ql3! [23.Re4 Nxd5 Qxd2 21.Bxd2 Rxd5 22.Bc3 Fid7 23. Ka8 80.b7+ Ka7 81 Ka5 1-0 Rgg2 a5 54.Rb1 Rb4 55 Rbb2 d5 56.Rgd2 d4 Qxf2+ 24 Kxh3 Qxfs+Ol 23...Qg4+ 24. hxg6 hxg6 24 Rd1 Red8 25 Kcl e4 26Bxg7 57 Rg2 d3 58 Rgd2 Rxg4 59.Rbl Rf4 60.Kb2 Qxg4 hxg4 25.R N3g5 26.fxg4 f6 27.8b3 KxgT 27.fxe4 Bxe4 28.Rxd7 RxdT 29 Rdl Charomova,E - Kalnina,M [C45] Rc2+ 61.Rxc2 dxc2 62 Kxc2 Rxf5 63.Rhl e5 Nl7?! Better 27 .a5 28.8d5 Rb8 29.a4 b4 Rxdl+ 30.Kxd1 Kf6 31 b3 Ke5 32 c4 Bbl World Youth Oropesa del Mar (9),2001 64 Kd3 Rf4 65.Kc3 Ke6 0-l 30.a5 Nhg5 31.Bc4 Ra8 32.cxb4 cxb4 33. 33.cxb5 Bxa2 34 bxa6 Bxb3+ 35 Kel Kf4 1.e4 e5 2 Nt3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Bc5 5. Ra4 Rh4 34.Ke3 Rh3+ 35.Kg2 Rh4 36. 36.Kf2 Bd5 37 Bfl Kxg4 38.892 Bxg2 39. Be3 Bxd4 6.Bxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8 Qd2 Agayer,N - Wang,P [C00] BxlT+ Kxfl 37.Rxb4 Rc8 38.Bxg5 f,sl+ 39. Kxg2 f5 40.a7 95 41.a8Q t4 42 Qb7 Kf5 43. Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Re8 10.R d5 1l.Bb5 dxe412 World Youth Oropesa del Mar (11), 2001 Kflr? [39 Kg3 fxg5 40 Rg1 ftcJ+] 19...Rh3+ Qd7+ Kg6 44.KR Kf6 4s Qds Kg6 46.Kg4 Bxc6 bxc6 13 0-0 ex13 14.RxB c5 l5.Bc3 1.e4 e6 2 Qe2 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4 Nc3 QdS 5 40.Ke4 Rc5 The intention is obvious: . .d5 Kt6 47 Qd6+ Kg7 48.Kxg5 R 49.Qd7+ Kh8 Qxd2 16.Bxd2 Pte2 17 Rf2 Rxf2 18.Kxf2 Bf5 93 Bd1 6 Bg2 Bc6 7 Nf3 Nf6 8 0-{ Be7 9.d4 checkmate 41.Bxf6 gxf6 42.Rb7+ Ke8 43.d4 50 Kg6 f2 sl Qh7# l-0 19.c4 Re8 20.8e3 Bd3 21.b3 Re5?? 22.Rd1 0-0 10.895 NbdT 11.Radl h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 d5# 0-1
NZ Chess NZ Chess 10 Obituary: Zy gmunt f,'rankel I 921-20(ll AN AGM REVISITEI) by Ross Jackson It's AGM time and clubs throughout the the prospective candidates seeming to have On October 14200l Wellington Chess Club lost who includes Russianamong his several languages world are battling the age-old problem of some foolproof get-out, such as too much time, illiteracy and so on. one ofits longest playing mernbers - Zyg Frankel Virtually, it is a Russian book printed in Brglish: it not enough administrators There is a simple work, too little press- died afto a briefillness Zyg had a remarkable life contains a tanslation of almost everything that remedy which sadly only seems to be ap- Eventually Owen Thompson was and was a prominent contributor to chess in New appeared onthe matchinthe Russian bulletins and plied in times of crises - "Many hands make ganged into service, and the meetiag busied Zealand magazineq including'Ogonyok' and'Soviet light work". As the following description of itself disposing of various committees and Bom inKrakow, Polandin l92l the young Frankel Weekly'. Apart tom the games, the book includes an AGM of Wellington Club 40 years ago delegates, before anyone could object. With andhis pmorts esca@ the holocaust ofEurope's nine articles by various grandmastus: the notes, shows, some things never change such fervour was this carried out that about some Jewistrpeople by fleeing to Russia. Initialrefuge also, ae by a variety of Russian grandmastem. One The Tea Drinkers Ride Again by R Chap- half of the members were elected to man post or other was in Siberi4 and later the Urals and Russian article is by Botvirurik himself ". Asia hr 1949 he ernigrated to New Zealand- Zyg producedthe magazine forthree years. He On the 20th March 1964,the eighty- At about this point the President of the appeared, though he was fated to Zyg shdied economics at Victoria Univasity, retumedto edit "NewZealand Chess" in 1985 At somethingth Aanual General Meeting of the League some time gaining an honours degree He declined an invita- the time he wrote, "When I took on the present task Wellington Chess Club, having scarcely remain officially unnoticed for the tion to work as a junior lechrer and do a PhD, in I did notremernbsthe extent ofwork involved begun to creak into action, ground to halt By now, the item marked "General" on proceedings order to eam aliving and because he wantedto tworty years ago and consequentlymoments of with the arrival of the President (late) The agerda had been reached, and gear once livened up a little; no sooner had it been play chess. For 43 years he worked as an economist regret appeared latm I hope they will pass as time performance lumbered into low games inthe Statrstrcs and Works Deparhents . Zyghada goes onrr. more, and, with apologies being neither unanimously resolved that 5 minute play, be- shong sense ofsocialjustice and also served as a In I 964 as editor Zyg promoted support for this called for nor accepted, the meeting went be forbidden during match than it obvious that this in no way prohibited Public Service Association representative country's first participation in a Chess Olynnpiad kr about its formal business in cautious spirits, came 4 or 6 minute chess The meeting also de- Books and mathematics were the major intuests of his inimicabie s!;le he u,rote, "It is not a matter of perhaps remembering the Club's narrow . Zyg's life Hereadbooks firl1 ofmathematical cal- whetherr,ve win(we won'Q orcome last(Ihopewe escape from being re-named "The Welling- cided to introduce an additional experimen- but not before culations like novels and even at age 80 was famil- wont'), htr that a team from New Zealand plays ton Tea Drinking and Debating Society" the ta1 club night on Thursdays, and Roger Chapman had cun- iar with the latest ideas in thcoretical physics. He and gains exper:ience which wilt be of value to all prevlous year Zyg Frankel attempted to have the main club was an avid scholar on a vastrange ofsuQects and clubs andplayers " Some display of interest became apparent ningly as read in sevemlltriguages. Afterhis retiremen! for Zyg was forthrightinhis views, sometinres very when Reg Woodford, the Treasurer, re- night moved to Thursdays well. However, some years he owned a book shop. Before illness direc! but always interesting ard honest He pro- vealed a profit for the year of over 50 an impassioned oration by Bill Poole suc- privi- intsvened he had been considering tuifurg a pubh- vided assessments of the prospects of champion- porinds, and there was discontented mur- ceeded in preserving the democratic club in the coun- cation on the history, production and diversity of ship players before each Congress A champion- murings liom the back benches about exor- lege to be the only major the Otago Chess Club, which books ship player himself for 16 years, he was modest bitant subscription rates and the like These try, excepting on Satur- Chess in New Zealand was to greatly benefit from about his own achieyements preferring to acknowl- were quickly stifled and Ted Frost, as Di- still conducts its main business showed Zyg's intaestandtalents. In 1962 withhelp and edge the class ofthe top players ofhis day - Smapq rector ofPlay, reported that the club's tour- days The Frankel-Chapman luck be out when their move to in- advice from Ted Frost he resurrectedpublication Phillips, Feneridis ard Sutton A 1962 self- naments had proceeded as smoothly as itself to right each, was of a nalional chess magazine Called 'The New assessment was particr:laly apt: usual, and that the Club Championship had crease the number ofrounds in flames. The gathering then Zealarrd Chess Magazine" it was a unif,urg forum "Frankel Z.' Wellineton: Has played in every Con- been gathered in by Roger Court, who shot down in be a of this sort of subsided into its normal torpor, and consid- at ar importanttime -BobbyFisherwas inthe gress since 1 950/51 A most erratic player, dangm- seemed to making habit erable discussion about nothing in particular ascendancy. ous to himselfandto anybody else " thing.... The President's Report had, mean- The magazine was much acclaimed "Chess Althoughthere were anurnber ofnearmisses for r,l,hile, entirely failed to materialise, and so, ensued. a presentation to Roger Court, in rec- World" magazine gave the following review: first prize, his placings in tounvunents were often with a general vote of thanks all round, the With recent feat at Congress, and "Toumament and match books with games only still successes. Itre was secondto Smapu in a South gathered members turned to devote their ognition ofhis an official welcome to the League President (no notes) at prices like 7/6 or so me quite plenti- Islard Championship, wrbeaten and a half a point energies to the election ofas many officers for a five minute ful - we have many in stock But to get a flrll book behind. At onetime oranothuhe wontlre champi- as possible. The Patron, Mr A W Gyles, and (who had only dropped in gErme the meeting adjourned for a of a contest withthe games firlly annotatied and onship of the two major clubs in Wellington when assorted Vice-Presidents were more or less anyway), cup oftea. interqpused with topical articles on the play and the they contained a mrnber ofthe shongest players in summarily returned to office, most of them players - this for 7/6 is rufieard of except in Rrs- the corurtry. In the local teams lomnamort playing being unable to object, since they were not Repfinteilfrom The New Zealand Chess sian publications for Civic Club onboard I hedefeatedthe New present, while Roger Court was a popular Magazine, Vol 2, No. 4, April 1964. Now the rurheard of is a reality It hails from Wel- Zealand chanrpions Feneridis and Court. choice for President. Some diffrculty was Eilitor: Zygmant Frankel experienced with the office of Secretary, all lington, New Zealand and is edited by Z Frukel, (Continued on page 29)
NZ Chess NZ Chess t2 13 Onehunga Lightning Chess Spectacular by trM Bob Smith
t2 After last year's popula simultaneours exhibition draw claim and the other over \ fiich square a piece 12345 67891011 by top jwfor Puchur Wang, the Onehunga Busi- was moved to. It was unforhnrate for Alexei Ku- 1/ P o 1 /2 1 1 1 1 V % 1 0 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 1 ,2 1 t7 1 ness Association was kem to continue a chess lashko that the appeals commitee nrted against him 1 Gabet !S presence in this yea's Ancient Games Spectacular on both occasions. 'I 2 Kulashko A AC o 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 t6t 2 day on October 27 Many amateur booknakers had installed Alexei as In discrssions with Town Manager Bmbma Hollo- the favourite; aside from his chess abilities he was 1/ 1/ n 3 Dive RJ. WE 0 0 0 o 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 v" 1 % 3 3-4 way, I suggestedthe idea of a l2-player invited the youngestparticipant and presumably had the lightning toumament fastest reflexes - an important factor. 1/ n 4 Dreyer M. NS /2 0 0 U 1 o /2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 13 3-4 This was quickly taken up, and with more than ButAlexei stated slowly and as mentioned had $1000 qponsorship by the Business Associdioq I two rulings against him. n 5 Gren P. AC 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 o 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 l% 5 set about assernbling the field The steadiestplayerprovedto be Paul Gerbet! who $ As well as the main pnzes of 1 $200, 2d $ 1 50, 3d kept addrng to his score virhially ev€ry round, 1/ 1/ 5 Ker A.F. WE /a 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 o o 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 $100,44'$50 I decidedto offer $5 for every win whether with firll points or half points scored. By round 1 3 Alexei and Paul had tumed the race 7 \l'la+hry S JH 0 1 n 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 o 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 t0% 7 In the event the competitors were a virtual '\ho's for first place into a play-off Paul suffered his first
who" ofNewZealand's top players loss 1 n 1/ qv" in round 6, but ceincidentally Alexei also B Stuart P NS 0 0 0 1 U 0 0 0 0 0 U 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 B IM's Russell Dive and Anthony Ker tavelled from went dou.n in the same rormd. Wellington forthe one-day n 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ g% toumamant whileNew From there itwas a qprintto the finish line, with 9 Smith R. WT 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 /2 o 1 0 v" 9-10 Tealand Clnmpion Scott Wastney fl ew in from Paul just holding on to wm wiflr 17 122, followetby 1/ Nelson Alexei on 16 5 L0 Krstev A NS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 U 1 1 1 1 0 U 0 0 /2 @) @ 0 1 1 7 8% 9-lC The otherpmticipants wue: f'M Alexei Kulashko, Thirdplace a reqpectable 3 5 points back was 1/ FM Bob SmittU FM Paul Crarbe[ FM \4artin shared by Russell Dve andMartin Dreyer. 1 Wabon B. \C 0 0 0 I 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 U 0 1 % 1 0 o 0 0 7 11 Dreyer, fM Bruce Watsorq FM Ewen GreerL NM For his victory Paul received a specially made me- 1/ n n U U v" 0 0 1 1 @ 6 t2 Peter Shmt, NM Peter Green and Antonio Krstev. dieval trophy, plus $270 hrtueshngly, Alexei got 2 Green E. -tP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 o Elevor ofthe players had represented New Zealand only $40 less, as he scored 16 wins to Parl's 14 atthe Olynpiad and eight had won the NewZea- Russell andMartin scored l1 wins andtook away Waitcmata Chess Clult land tifle. $130 each The Bob Smith took out the 2001 Ciub Smith,B - Martin-Buss,B [806] tounuunsrt was held outdoors rmder a mr- Other scores: Peter Green 1 1 5 (11 wins) 5, An- Charnpionship, with 7 straight wins in the Light notes by Bob Smith quee in the main shopplng street of Onehunga. thony Ker 11 (9 wins) 6, Scott Wastrey l0 5 (10 8-player round robin final. Rumer-up was l.e4 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.8e4 e6l? 5. The format was a doublerorurdrobin- r,,lhichtook wins) 7, Peter Stuart 9 5 (9 wins) 8, Bob Smith (6 96 Barry Martin-Buss with 5.5. Other Nf,t Ne7 6.0-0 Nd7 7.Bg5?! h6 8.Be3 a6 around four and a halfhours to ptay wirs) & Antonio Krstev 8.5 (8 urins) 9-10, Bruce finalists : P. Godfrey (4 5)3, M Brimble 9.a4 b6 10.Qd2 Nf6 11.h3 Bb7 12'Bd3 An added attaction for the public was the presence Watson 7 (6 wins) 1 1, Ewen Green 6 (4 wins) 12. (4)4,V. Smith(3) 5, V. Portougal(2 5)6, g5 13.Nh2 Ng6 14.f4! Only move 15' of two promrsrrg young juniory l0-year-oldDavid The general feedback aom players is thatthey en- D. Plumpton(1)7, R Calder(0)8. Bxf4 Nxf4 16 Qxf4 Qe7 17.e5 Xu (IJowrck-Pakuranga) ard 9-year-old Bennie joyed uirat was a unique evant- despite the some- Qe7 [15 It was Smith's 24th club championship Nd5 18Nxd5 Bxd5 19Ng4+l 16.Be3 e5 Jones (Waitemda), who ptayed five-mimte games what gruelling natrre ofthe contest! There was 17.Bc4 exd4 18.Bxd4 Ne5 19.Bd5 Bxd5 against passersby plenty ofpublic intreres! with spectators gathered title The Reserve Championship was won by 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 .Nxe4 2l.Qe3 Nc4 22. Aside from the chess, there were plerrty of other aroundtl,noughoutthe day Some players adapted [20. Bruce Pollard with 6 517. 21.exd5 0-0-0 22.Nf,t Nxl3+ activities going on during the day. betterthan others to the srroundings, r,rtrich in- Qd3+-1 Player Shield went to .Nc4 23 Bxd4+ 24 Nxd4 Qe3+ They included "sumo urestling" in grantpadded cluded alive band The Most Improved [22. Qc3 Godfrey, while Peiyu Gao was 25.Qxe3 Nxe3 26.Rxf/ Nxd5+=l 23.Rxf;t suits, a "giant pink prll flrorll', and a mock medie- From apersonal point ofview, I forud organisng PauI Cup Be5 24.c4 With the idea of a5 24...a5 25. val battle the event awarded the Junior a handicap utrenit came to actually play- b4!? axh4 26.a5 bxaS 27.Rxa5 Bxd4+ However, the chess players had little time to erjoy ing - or pohaps it was the two inter-schools tour- The decisive game between the 28.Qxd4 f5 29.Re3! Qg5 30.c5 RhgS 31. the other attactions; for them it was heads dovm naments Viv ard I ran that same week! Any,u,ay, I Championship winner and the runner-up: g3?! After -work fatigue. White misses fromthewordgo believe such a closedlighhring event was well the obvious 31.RaS+ Kb7 32.Qxb4+ Kxa8 My wife Viv vas the Dhector of Play, and had lew worttr running; I'm keen for another perhaps - 33.Ra3++ 31...f4 32.c6 1-0 problems Therewoe onlytwo disputeq one overa someone else could orgarise one next year.
NZ Chess NZ Chess Council Corner by NZCF President Bob Smith
Two sigrificant developments slrould have a big (Tlurray!" mys the Rating Offica). impact onthe chess scene next year. h otho h4pemngs, the inaugural national inter- The first is the start of the GLOBAL CIIESS EN- schools championships have bem successfi.rlly TERPRISES GRANDPR.D(. completed for interrnediate and primary schools NZCF Council approved the basic structure at its Teams from Wanganui and Christchurch travelled Decernber meeting and the Grand Prk is eryected to Auckland this month for the North Island and to kick offwith Hora,ick's I^atvian Ganrbit Touma- NewZealandplay-offs. mentinMmch The NZ Intmrnediate Champions ae Kirkwood The Grand Prix will have three weighted caiegones Intermediate, tom Chistchurc[ u4ri]e theNZ of toumaments, with varying levies according to Primary Champrons ae Vaxhall Hrmary, from prize-money otTered. Toumzrments organised ortr- Devonport in Arrcklmrd side the main csrtes will pay lower levies. Players' Kifuilood beal North lsland Chafipions Sacred top fourresrults will count.There'll be around Heartin a close-fought fina! while Vauxhall deci- $3000 worth ofprizes, spread across Open, Under sively defeated South Island Champions IIam 2000, Under 1600, Junior and Female divisrons The matches were played at Sacred Heart College, A1l officialNZCF toruruunents will be automati- which orgarised a hurcheon for parhcipants, offi- caIly included, withflre20073 New ZalandCon- cials and supporters. The finals gentrat€d a lot of gress in Wanganui being the final evqrt Other intaut and urthxiasnl withteamsretumurg home likely Grand Prix tounvrnents include the Waitak- vorving to be better prepared next year! ere Licensing Trust Open, Waikato Opeq Papatoe- Unforhrnalely exams prevanted the secondary fi- toe Open and Brkenheadlicensing Trust Open nals starting this year, but they will definitely be Full details of the Grand Pri4 \aath a breakdovm of introduced next year levies and prizes, will be available to club delegates There is still tirne to entq the 109ft New Zealmrd atthe NZCF Annual GoreralMeeting on 5 Janu- Congress, starting on 28 Decernber in Chdst- ary, and will be posted to clubs u,tro do not have church ffyour rating is above 20)0, you are eligt- delegaies physically present Cormcil then needs to ble for the NZ Championship, othuwise the Major know prompfly if clubs want their toumaments Open should be a fim tournament And donl forget included ttre NZ Lighhring Championship on 6 January and I expectthe Global Chess Entoprises GrandPrixto the NZ Rapid Champion$dp on 10 & 11 Januay stimulate interest among chess players and signifl- Not to msttion tlrc NZCF Annual Creneral Meetng cantly boost tourruunant rumbers on 5 January. For all events contact the Congress The second major developmort will be the provi- Organiser Chris Wright ph (03)3518659 or e-mail sion to clubs of the SWISS PERFECT pamng pro- [email protected] grarnme. Anoths event coming up, in a slightly more ex- NZCF Council has agreed on a bulk purchase deal otic location, is theAsian Cities Teams Champion- to buy Swiss Perfect licqrces. These will be given ship to clubs free ofcharge, but will remain the property This is being held in Yemen in February, for bams ofNZCF If a club disafEliates or disbands the of four players Cities needto registm by 6 Janury. licence must be retrmed Swiss Perfect will make it NZCF Vice-Presidffrt Bob Gibbons has the details easy for club organisers to do pairings atthe virtual (ad is hoprig to play!) ph (09)5233818 or e-mail push of a button. bob gibbons@nanukau. ac.nz And Swiss Perfect print-outs canbe sent direcfly to Finally, I wish all chessplayers across the corurtry a NZCF forrating purposes, malong it simple for Mory Chrisfnas and hope all those going to Con- oryanistrs to submit their results on time! gress have an enjoyable time in the Gaden City
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I89 s490 AMF,F,I) \LI WE 64( um 249 4141 GA 63.1 u11l t90 4239 RIIDF,N 'IEIL B 250 5545 191 4164 ARRINGTON -AWRENCE B WF, 63 167: 251 561.+ 111( 792 5498 :HYTKO \NDREW WF, 62 252 5628 't 84 193 4252 ]IMONA ]ETER J CT 6 253 413 1 rF. 194 7243 APPER )AVID S \ 62( 167', )54 4695 lg5 4702 )AVIS []STIN M GA o/ I 86( 25s iR05 196 3258 -IO\MARI) \,fICHAF,I , T NS 62t 61 256 4144 197 5558 IT'TOSF,PH VfI.HAF,T, OT 153 257 4747 198 5604 IHI IRTON DOI IGI,AS CA 16',I! 56( 258 5512 1 57 199 4265 [\/\'I,TF, \,{OSS W IN 61t 259 5410 WF, t 41'. 200 465 1 rooK IOHN l6l 260 3 056 201 5504 WALLACE \NDREW CA 6I 3 261 4087 202 4905 .fTTNR()F, )A\'ID R NS 67 51 262 5272 ).o7 42-14 OHNS ANIEL P NS 6I I 78: 263 3'Rl ,.o4 4704 ]AY.PFTFR SF,N lTn NP 160- unt )6,1 _s55? (i 205 4844 ITMPSON )A\'ID J W NS 160: r 80: )65 5rr 3 206 5592 (II )AVTD HP 60t .J+ 7.56 5i 60 )a'7 5487 J/F,INFIO],D {TCK WE i60t u1ll 5 S88 208 3855 i:N,{I,TT fRF,NTON G NS 60 l'7 t( 264 3328 209 5517 r'{CKFI,RRAS ross CA r 60{ r6 1: ).69 5245 zta 4177 JFFIELD II]RFNCE OT 159 r62 270 3996 )11 4241 I\T )A\TD H AC 59t nn 2i1 548 5 'l s7 112 4436 ]OGHTNT ,HILIP CI s9 272 322i 213 4859 ,I,ACKIC fot\,{ 59 273 57r 3 214 5509 IHATAI,TN ITANIST,AV 59 1 641 274 4826 a9( ulll j'75 215 5032 In E.P.41, CEO Sandy Maxwell commented 29...4c6 that Wanganui "forms the backbone of CC 29...4xc2? would be great except for 30.Eg3 rr in current times EcS 31.Axh7+ bn ZZ.Bgl+ 6e6 33.Exb7 6xe5 It all began in 1933 when Wanganui player 34.bA+ Q4.Hxa7? failsto 34...Ae3+ 35.&d2 R O. (Bob) Scott won the inaugural NZ corre- UL+ 36.bdt Qg4+ 37.&el funz-+). spondence championship Since then, other 30.Qf6 Ecs 31.Eg3 fo7 32.hxh7+A96 33.Eh5 championship winners from Wanganui have Qxc2 34.495 been Norm Cromarly (3), Howard Whitlock 34.Ec3 Exc3 35.Qxc3 ExhT 36.Exh7 6xh7 (2), Mchael Freeman (2) and the current cham- 37.bxc2Af4:. pion, Allan Short. 34...Qf5+ 35.Qd Eg7+- From memory I personally know of 40 Wan- 35...d4 36.4R QeA 37.Axd4+-. ganui players who have played CC over the 36.6R Qe4 37.bd2 Eh7 38.Brgs 6f7 years 23 of these have taken part since 1989 38...8h6 39.fus d4 40.Qxd4+- e0.fug6?t Not a bad record for a city ranked I 5th biggest dxc3+ 4l.bxc3 bJ7 42.fu5+ bf6x). in New Zealand. 39.E594 Here are games by Gordon Hosklm and 39.Exg6 Qxg6 40.6e5+ 6f6 41.Exg6+ 6f5+. Pnnce Vetharaniam, both curret championslup 39...6e8 contenders 39...Eh5 40.4g5+ Exg5 41.Exg5 Ec5+-. a0"AgSHd7 4l.Axe4 dxe4+ 42.bel afB HoskyryG - Doyle,T 43.Exe4+ He7 44.Hxe7+ 6xe7 45.897+ 6e6 876 Sicilian Def, Moder-n Dragon Var. 46.Bxa7 An ql.Haq Ac5 48.Ed4 bS 49.bt2 NZCCA Championship, 2001 6a4 50.Ee4+ 6os st.Ees+ 6c4 52.Ee3 6d5 Notesfrom Fitz 5 analysis 53.94 Axc3 54.Hxc3 HgS 55.693 1.e4 c5 2.dB d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4N6'.Aca 55.693 M 56.Hd3+ 6e5 57.He3+ 6d4 96 6.Qe3 Qgl 7.f3 {H) s.Ed2 d5 9.e5 AeS 10.f4 58.Eb3+-.1{) White fights for the initiative. 10...f6 ll.(H){} fxd 12.fxe5 9xe5 13.4R SteadmanrM - VetharaniamrP Qxc3 l4.Sxc3 Uc7 15.Uc5 e6 16.h4 Uxc5 [B26] Sicilian Def, Closed system 17.Qxc5 HI7 r8.h5 gxh5 19.Exh.\5 t 6 20.Qd4 63rdNZCCA Champ,2000 Ag7 2l.Hh2 AfS 22.Ag5 Hb7 23.Qc3 Ae3 Notesfrom Fitz 5 analysis 24.Ee1 axfl 25.Exf1 fu6 26"Qt6 e5 27.Hf3 Ad4 1.e4 c5 2.fu3 fu6 3.g3 96 a.Qg2 Qg7 s.d3 d6 28.Ee3 QfS 29.Qxe5 6.Qe3 Ah6 1.Wct Agt s.Qd2 Qd4 e.Adt Q{ 10.f4 f5 11.h3 0f6 r2.ad ahs Black gets the initiative 13.6fl e5 14.fxe5 t-'//////,ii,%""'"'%2,"'"'t //Z///t 14.N5 exf4 l5.Axf4 Axf4 16.gxf4 c4:. /,ru%% f4...Qxe5 [\ "%i7wA', Less advisable is 14...dxe5 15.exf5 Ad4 ,' ,% 16.QRt. "r%, /ffi,, 15.6e2 6xg3 16.Axg3 Eh4 17.4efl f4 18.c3 .% EfB 19.69r Ad4 2o.cxd{? | ,ru, 1 2o.gd1 +. 1f,=ft%,, ,,t 20...Qxd4+! Puts the final touch. 606 I 5551 IBLACKMAN IEL IWAI 3 2t.bh2 Please note that due to lack of space standard unrated players could not be included. Their details can be found 21.fu3 what etse? 21...8xg3 22.We1 +. on the chess website. NZ Chess NZ Chess 26 2 1...fxg3+ 22.N{3 Hn X.Xs Doyle; drew Hoslq,n, Goffin GOFFIN beat OVERSEAS NEWS 23.bg1. isno salvation 23...Wxg3 2A.Eh2Hxg2+ Hoskyn,Voss; drew Lynn SHORT beat Voss by Peter Stwart 25.&blWvJl2#. VOSS beatLynn; drewDoyle VETHARA- 23...Hxg2+ NIAM beat Doyle REYIilAVIK Sixleen players started in this knock-out rapid 23...Hxg2+ 24.bxg2 Ef2#. 0-1 Reserve Championship: E GA Frost 5/6, D The Jonsson Memorial was a 42-player Swiss event in November with Vishy Anand the obvi- R Whiflock 314,B J Edwuds 3/5, D E Dolejs of 10 rounds which resulted in a tie for first ous favourite. Matches were of two games with Trophy tourney progress 3/10, P G Coghini 2A,BMWilhLms 1/5, GE place between Bosnian GM Ivan Sokolov and a single game lightning play-off in the event of Progress scores in the 2001- 2002 Trophy Lovelock 0/0. Latest results: WHITLOCK beat Denmark's GM Peter Heine Nielsen who tie (White 5 minutes, Black 4 minutes with Tourneys are (as at 15-12-01): Dolejs, Williams. EDWARDS beatDolejs (2). scored 7Yz points Dutch GM Jan Timman tied Black having draw odds). Championships, A Grade (G F Francis Tro- TT2: R J Weston 4/4, P E Rossiter 3/7, G for third place with Icelandic GM Harmes Ste- Anand (IND) started off with a 2-0 win over phy): M L Dunwoody 5l7,HP Berurett 4 518,M Pntt2l3, P C King 2/5, W Anderson 1/5. lbnsson on7 Four more GMs tied for fifth Etienne Bacrot (FRA) but then drew all tJree G Whaley 4.518,G A Hoskyn 4.5/9,P B Goffrn, TT3: GPotter 8/8, R R Trevis 5 5/6, A W place on 6/z: Chandler (ENG), Ehlvest (EST), games against Peter Leko (HIIN) to progress to 416, J C Rapp 416,,{ J Short 4/6, T J Doyle Hendry 5/8, G H Mlls 4 5/8, J W H Atkinson H.Olafsson (ISL) and Schandorff (DEN). the semi-hnals. Alexander Chemin GfLIN) 2.5/6,KW Lynn1.5/7, P J Voss 1.5/7, P A R 4/9, R GA Taylor 3/10, L I Purvis 0/l 1. Latest WORLD SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP started with a 2-1 win over Loek van Wely Vethmaniam 7/4 Latest results: DTINWOODY results: POTTER beat Purvis. TREVIS beat Latvian GM Janis Klovans (66) won his third (NED) and then defeated Vladislav Tkachiev beat Whaley , Bennett, Goffin, Voss; drew Purvis. ATK1NSON beat Mlls. Seniors title in the Italian town of Arco in early (FRA)t%-%. Doyle. BENNETT beat Lynn. WHALEY beat November Klovans scored 9 points in the i1- In the semi-finals Anand beat Sergei Tiviakov round Swiss and was followed by IM Vladimir (NED) 1%-% and Chemin won with the same New Zealand News Bukal (CRO) and GM Istvan Csom(HtIN) on score against Joel Lautier @RA). A11 three 8Tz The well known Russian GMs Kholmov games in the fiml match were drawn, Anand Wanganui CC de Farias 6; 3 Kelly Forrest 5 5; 4 Ahmed AI- and Vasiukov were among the six players fin- again having the black pieces in the tie-breaker. Championships, A Grade (G I' Francis Tro- Hindawi 5, 5 Joe Ryland 2; 6 Thomas Kulm I. ishing on 8 points WORLD CIIAMPIONSHIP phy): 1 Dave Cooper 4.5; 2-5, Chris Burns, C Grade (Comrnittee Members' Shield): I Ross EIIROPEAIT TEAM CI{AMPIONSIilP The FIDE World Championship started in Mos- Martin Post, Martin Sims, Barry Williams 4; 6- Maxweil 12114, 2-3 Dermis Haton, Jeffrey With Russia and Armenia not attending the cow on 25ft November with 128 players The 7 Gordon Hoskyn, Prince Vethmaniam 3 5; 8-9 Stuart 9; 4 Poata Faulkner 7.5; 5 Graham Kane Championship in Leon (northern Spain) the time control is the controversial 90 minutes per Kelly Forrest, Milan Palevich 3; 10-1 1 Bill 7;6 Anaru Brooks 5; 7 Wayne Hamling 4; 8 w'annabes had their chance, although the World player with added time of 30 seconds per move Maddren, Allan Short, 25, 12-13 Ahmed A1- Dan Hurley 2.5 D Grade Paton's Shield): 1 champion l-Ikraine team was playing in the from the start; a sort of long Fischer rapid In Hindawi, Ivan de Fwras 2; 74 Waata Hipango Madison Becker 13114, 2-3 Hone Joseph, held of 35 teams the event of a tie in the two standard time con- 1.5; 15 Dan Hurley I. A Reserve (Archie Ives Mahrvin Scanlon 11.5, 4 Isaac Hamling 6.5; 5 The Netherlands (van Wely, Pike! Tiviakov, trol games, the players continue with a pair of Memorial Trophy): 1 Milan Palevich 6;2 Ted Cathy Williams 5.5; 6 Ben Hoskln 5; 7 Tho- van den Doel & Nrjboer) ran out comfortable real rapid games (20 minutes * 10 seconds per Frost 5; 3 Martin Sims 4; 4Bury Williams 3 5, mas Stratton 2.5; 8 Rose Harris .5. winners after their frral round 3-1 victory over move) and, if still tied play two blitz games (5 5 David Bell 5 B Grade (Alf Raliffe Mdmorial Israel France (Bacrot, Lautier, Bauer, De minutes + 10 seconds per move). If there is still Shield): 1 Andrew Kuhn T,2WaatalJtpargo 6, lnterclub Chess Graeve, Fressinet), tied with the Netherlands no result the players go into a single blitz game 3 Kelly Forrest 4; 4-5 Ahmed Al-Hindawi, Interclub chess between Wanganui and going into the last round, lost lyz-2y2 to Ger- where Black has draw odds but five minutes Kevin Yorston 1. C Grade {Frank Jacobs Me- New Plymouth has resumed after a three- many but still held on to the silver medal posi- against White's six with no added time per morial Shield): I Ivan de Farias 11.5; 2 Graham year break. Wanganui retained the Burnham tion ahead oftheir opponent. move Kane l0; 3 Jeffrey Stuart 7 5; 4 Dan Hurley 5; Cup, 9:5, in a seven-board match played at Leadhg scores: I Netherlands 24/2, 2 Frarrce As usual the upsets started in the first round. 5 Ben Hoskln 3.5. 6 Cathy Williams 1.5; 7 the Normanby Hall, Hawera Wanganui won 23, 3 Germany 22,4 England2ly2,5 Slovenia Top seed Vishy Anand (IND) lost his first Thomas Stratton I the first round 5.5:1. 5, but New Plymouth 21Yz"6Israel20Yz,7 SpanA20, 8 C,reece 20 game with the white pieces - to a 2382 nted Rapid Championships, A Grade fought back to square the second round The English team of Adams, Shor! Speelman, Frenchman - but went on to take the match2lz- (President's Shield): I Michael Freeman 8/9; 2 3 5:3.5. Conquest and McShane were doubfless a bit 7/z Former world champion Anatoly Karpov Prince Vetharaniam 7/11 3 Milan Palevich Results (board order, Wanganui names disapppointed in rnissing out on the medals but (RUS) made a rather undignified exit when he first): Milan Palevich .5, David Notley I.5 ; the Ukraine team (Ivanchuk, Baklaq Roman- went down to the little known Chinese player 4.5/12; 6 Barry Williams 4112,7 Chris Bums Barry Williams 2, Peter Heiloo 0; A1lan ishin, Malakhatko, Volokitin) finished only Zhang Pengxiang Qa\T, drawing the fust pair 7/9 A Reserve (C1ub Captain's Shield): I Allan Short 2, John Mulder 0; David Bell 1.5 twelfth on 19 points, obviously missing their of games but losing both rapid games. Nigel Short 7/10; 2 Martin Sims 6.5/9; 3 David Bell Wilfred Stokell 5; John Wilson I, Paul young star Ruslan Ponomariov who did so well Short (ENG) also exited in the first round, los- 5 5/10; 4 Gordon Hosllyn 4.5/10; 5 Johr Wil- Townsend I; Waata Hipango 1, Bob Bowler at the earlier World event. ing /z-1% to Daniel Campora (ARG) and the sor2.519,6 Ted Frost 2/8. B grade (Life Mem- I; Ahmed A1 Hindawi 1, Alan Jury 1. BASTIA Australasian representative Mchael Gluzman bers' Shield): I Waata Hipngo 8 5/1 0; 2 Ivan went down 2-0 to Evgeny Bareev (RUS) NZ Chess NZ Chess 28 29 The main surprise in the second round was the 1.e4 e5 2.AR ac6 3.Qb5 a6 4.91a.4 af6 5.0{) were won by the higher seeds without the need 2l.Ac4 ads 22.e4 Af4 23.Wga A96 24.Axb6 EdS defeat of peter Leko (HUN) at the hands of Qc5 6.c3 b5 7.Qb3 d6 8.a4 Qg4 9.h3 QxR for any play-offs but Wang departed in round 2 25.4c4 Axa4 26.Qxa4 Exa4 2?.Ud1 Eb4 28.Qa3 gxa3 Ashot Anastasian (AR\Q 2%-1y2 while Judit 10.UxR 04 I 1.a5 EbS 12.d3 N7 B.M2 &hB at tlre hands of the German player Elisabeth Exc4 29.Exc4 30.9b3 Qa6 31.Ea4 Qc5 l4.bh1 *7 15.ue2 h6 16.f4 ag6 1.7.f5 af4 Paehtz Inround 3 the 17ft seed, Alexandra Kos- 32.Exa6 Hxd4 33.Ea8+ 618 :l.UcZ 96 35.93 Polgar (HUN, round 2) and Alexander Khalif- - lB.ER Af6 19.Qc2 fxg6 21.fu3 Ad7 teniuk (RUS) beat Galliamova 2-0 while l4n &97 36.b{2 e5 31.Eae 38.Wc4 Oe6 39.8d5 Inun 1RUS, round 3) also went home earlier than 95 lo.fxgf q.BaZ900 gca they mighthave hoped. 22.Qxf4 Hxf4 23.Ve2 Qa7 24.Hxf4 exf4 25.Wg4 seed Nino Khurtsidze (cEO) handed WtrS nO.HaS VtZ 42.8d2 Eb3 26.d4Lf6 27.We6 EfS 28.e5 Ah5 29.exd6 Kovalevskaya her ticket homwith her 1Tz-/z 43.8d5 Ung a4.Eas Uc7 45.Ea6 Qd4 46.9c6 Ue7 Rorurd I shrted with 16 players still in conten- 95 gf6 tion and, mosnv, oo" .o,ild *,'it:Lli.T yi*;%yiX:frff;*yrT# victory. 4?.Ea8 48'Uc2 Ag5 49'Ea3 Ue6 50.h4 Uh3+ :i ;i,t%8:i, Thefi"fthroundwasthequarter-finalsradrichsaw 51.6gf 6e6 52.8b3 Ug4 53.9d:i Oc5 54-Uf3 37.Qg6 EcS 3B.Axg5 R 39.gxf3 Qf4 40.h4 9c1 Kosteniuk beat Skripchenko-Lautier (FRA) 1%- Uxf3 0-1' 4l.Hxa6 Qxbz 42.Qf7 *8 43.896 Ac7 44.E,c6 Tz, Chtbwdandze teat Peng Zhaoqin (cHN) Kasparov - Kramnik, Nimzoindian Ea81-{. 3yz2yz,6ft seed Zhu Chen (CHN) beat Khurt- IE44l t.oa fr62.c4 e63.ic3Qu l.e: tr s.Agez0b7 drew with the black pieces. Ruslan Ponomariov sidze 4_: and 5ft seed Xu i*rJrcfmif"u,\-^-'l ---- shirov Topalov (4'5)' siciHan 6'a3 Qe7 7'd5 (H) S'fo3 Ee8 9'Qe2 0f8 l0'e4 (rKR) and Alexandir Morozevich (RUS) split - Cristina Foisor (ROM) 4-2 d6 11.(H) abdT 12.Qe3 c6 l3.gd2 Ec8 14.dxe6 wins before the younger player lB77l Kosteniuk continued her marvellous run in the b6 3'd4 cxd4 4'Ar.d4 5'fr3 fxe6 15'f4 se? 16'Eadl Ecds 17'6h1 Ur? stage 7Tz-Tz ft- there was an 96 semi-furals in deleating il Vril ::i ;hri; 0 0 8'0b3 d6 9'f3 Qd7 l8.uc2 6h8 19.b4 e5 20.4f5 d5 21.exd5 cxd5 Michael 'Qc4 zht chenaccorurted lbr i,; -i-: -'- :,;';;; elimination of Adams , 22.absug6 23.QR Ec8 24.sbr e42s.ah4wr7 peter rne llr$ two games ol" tne:'".Y:T:: luvll wenr wltni!li,?: hands or svidler (RUS); *" 26.e"2 u€zl.fuldxc42B.Eb2 bs2g.afsads '#fril# ff"*":Ui;\i white pieces Svidler won the second blitzuu* 30.Axd5 Exfs 31.aca frslz.nz Ecd8 33.Exd8 brackpieces i'r*rtJ.3:%3'r1ffi;fi::;'; KASpARov v KRAMNIK In the quarter-finals (rorurd 5) .Exb3 Eb5 27.8d48fb828.&c2 ffi lyr.rt"r:1T5,1ffi i#$[fi ;lt.-;i3;11%X1}i3"j'B:'. hrst game with white agairst S Moscow in earlv December lt c:i:l:9*:l gal+ 'gxfs 6{! 31'Ee3 b3+ 32'6d3 ai.ergz"E ez ii.Gdsexds 43:Ec5 three games at a standard t)?e timg clnllol t+omgr"":lT the second. The other mat 35'Ee4 E4b5 il:ffi gflZs.Ogn ogi 46.Wc1Un +z.Qor ts in 2 hours, then 20 moves ln t hours, ptay-offs with svidter defeating H-]*;*'HM Td.,30 4L,.a4u,d4rs.ec7erEo.f5e25l.fxg6elu (BLA) 3%-2%, Ponomariov be minutes to finish), six rapid games and, linally, tr.E*f7+ 6h6 0_1. ten blitz games and Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) accounting for Joel Anand Shirov (5.1), petroff - .c42l The lrst four games were all drawn, three ol Lautier (FR\)3%-2% (Continued from page I 0) tlrem without a great ded of effort. The second The semi-flrnal match-ups were Anand v Ivan- 1.e4e52.A13Afe l.fueSie q.AnAxe45.d4d5 In correspondence chesshewas equalruffIerup on game, easily gone in chuk and Svidler v Ponomariov. Both matches 6.ed3 fu67.A4ee7 B.c4 Ab4g.Qe2G{ 10.0c3 however, could have his secondattanpt Kramnik's The six rapid games were weretid22aftertherapidgames. Qe6 ll.Oe5 c5 12.Axe4 dxe4 13.d5 Qc8 14.a3 favour. Zyg so:ved rr the administration of the Wellington ard also shared (3-3) Kasparov winning the fu6 15.Wc2 f6 16.Aga Wd6 17.R fs l8.Af2 Qf6 with Civic Chess clubs for many years At one time he u,as first with the black pieces and Kramnik return- Anand - Touzane (1.1), Petroff 19.fxe4 Qe5 20.h3 Qd4 21.e5 Uxes 22.6h1 Qd7 seqetary of both utren ttrme was ints:se dvalry be- in the sixth game lc42l 23.M3 Qa4 24.Wxa4 Uxe2 25.ER Eae8 26.Qf4 ing the favour tweenthetwo. Tohislast dayshe was anactive playa l.e4 e5 2.Af3Af6 3.Axe5 d6 4.4t3 Oxe4 5.d4 d5 Kasparov also started the blitze series with a win h6 27.Qd6 Hf6 28.4f4 Ue4 29.0e6 Eexe6 and was made a life mernber rpon the reurification of Ac6 7.o4Qe7 8.c4 6f6 9.Aca 10.Eel followed by four draws but this time the former 6.Qil 0-{ 30.dxe6 Uxe6 31.Qg3 Qxb2 32.He1. Ef7 33.Qh4 the clubs New Zealand Chess has lost a great pusonal- Qe6 11.cxd5 AxdS 12.t3 Qf6 13.Qe4 h6 14.9c2 world champion carried on by games 6, Ee6 34.Exe6 Sxe6 35.Hc2 Qd4 36.Uxf5 Sxc4 wiming ity and contribrfrcr in his passutg Axc3 15.bxc3 Qd5 17.8b1 Qg5 8 before gained a little consola- Qc4l6.ad2 37.bh2WeZ 38.Qg3 Udl 39.8fl Eb3 40.Ue4 Ebs 7 and Kramnik Franlrel,Z- Sarapu,O 18.c4 Qxd2 19.cxd5 Qxel 20.dxc6 QaS Zt.Udl 41.ue6+ 42.wf5+ 698 43.uc8+ bh7 44.BfB tion by winning game 9 The frnal game was bIfl [B40] Sicilian Def Counter Attack 23.Qxh6 He8 24.9f3 Ee6 the score 6/z-3/z to Kas- 9622.cxb1Eb8 1{. drawn making blitz Timaru 1953 25.Qb3 Ef6 26.Wg4 Hb627.QgS 9e8 28.WI3 parov WORLD WOMEN'S CIIAMPIONSHIP 1.e4 c5 zNB e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Ntr 5.Nc3 Bb4 6. E8xb7 29.h4 sdZ rO.gn Exb3 3l.Exb3 Exb3 We give the two decisive rapid games: The concurrent Women's Championship lacked e5 Nds 7.Qd3!? &Qg3! Nxc3 9.Qxg7 No4+ 10 32.Uxb3 Uxg4+ 33.6fI Uxd4 34.Qe3 Ual+ Kramnik Kasparov, Qc7? current champion Xie Jun and also, of course, - QGA c3 Bxc3r 1lbxc3 12IG2 (12... R18 13 35.692 QM 36.Qxb6 axb6 37.Ug3 Ucl 38.h5 QxclF Qxal Judit Polgar or, for that matter, either of her sis- lD21l Bh6) 13.Qxh8+ Ke7 14.BgS? Hoe Zyg took the Sc6+ 39.6f1 Uhl+ 1Of course White is lost but 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.ffi e6 4.e3 a6 5.Qxc4 c5 ters Alisa Galliamova (RUS) was the top seed, drawby pepeUal chec! a good achievement against with a more than 400 point rating difference I 6.0-{ ff6 ?.Qd3 b6 8.dxc5 Qxc5 9.a3 Qb7 followed by former champion Maya Chibur- Sarapq btt overlooked a win 14.Qxc8 15. would certainly play onl 0-1. 10.ue2 G{ tt.abd2abd1t2.b4 Qe713.Qb2 a5 Qxd4 danidze (GEO), Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS) Ba3{6 16.exd6+ wirs as Nxd6 loses to and 14.bxa5 Exa5 15.Qb5 Uus tr.an Ec8 tr1.Efcl QxbT+ and Wang Pin (CHN) K6ismetbyQh8+. Ponomariov - Morozevich (4.4), Ruy Lopez Ea7 18.Exc8+ Uxc8 l9.Ec1 Sa8 20.6d4 Ac5 Most of the top matches in the first two rounds 14... Nxgs 15.Q6F 16Qfn8+ Draw lc78l IGB NZ Chess NZ (.'hess 30 31 Obitu ary: Robert Johnstone, 1928-2001 Affiliated clubs by Dnid Johnstone Clubs are requested to advise NZ Chess of any changes in details given below For two decades (over the 70s and 80s) my ure but still managed A-Grade stafus in the - Ashburton PO Box 204, Ashburton. Meets Papatoetoe Wednesday 7 30pm Papatoetoe fatho was a member of the North Shore Chess club, and a reputation as someone who should Monday 7 l5pm (Feb-Oct), the Admin Build- RSA Bowling Club, Cambridge Tce, Papatoe- Club One of the grassroot stalwarts that such not be taken lightly ing, Ashburton Hospital, Elizabeth St Contac! toe Postal address: c/- Katrine Metge, 2l Cam- clubs are so dependent on: he attended most Bob died in May in Nelson after a short illness, Ken Pow (03) 308-3655. bridge Tce, Papatoetoe Contact John McRae club nights, played in most of the club toufira- survived by wife Pat, sons David and Chris, Auckland Chess Centre Meets Monday 7.30 27 8 -4 520, Katrine Metge 27 8 -7 17 3 ments, took on a variety of administrative and and six grandchildren. & Thwsday (social) 7 30pm, UpperHutt Monday 7 30pm, Hapai Club, 879 organisational roles, and was willing to play 17 Cromwell St, Mt Eden, Auckland 1003. Tel Fergusson Drive. Sec, Roger Smith anyone who cared for a game irrespective of - (09)630-2042 clubroom Contact, Bruce (04)528-2721. strength. R Johnstone vs G Russell, May 7973 Wheeler (09)623-0109. Waitemata Thursday 7 4ipm,Kelston Comm I recall the emly years, shorfly after we arrived Canterbury, PO Box 25 242, Christchurch. Centre, cnr Crreat North Rd and Awaroa Rd, in NZ from the US, when the North Shore Club This game was awmded the 1973 North Shore Meets Wednesday,T 30pm,227 Baley Ave- Kelston; jun 6 .75-7 .75,Mondays, schooldays. was a small, but dedicated group who met at CC endgame prize. nue; Tel (03)366-3935 clubroom. Pres, Gavin Postal address : PO Box 21 47 8, Henderson, the local Croquet Club rooms The advent Dawes (03)352-4851 Auckland 1008. Contact Bob or Viv Smith of 1 NR d5 2.c4 dxc4 3 Nc3 Nc6 4.e3Bg4 5. famous Eastern Knights, Gisborne, meet Tuesday eve- (09)gl7 2664, email: [email protected] tu Bobby Fischer's title match n1972 Bxc4 e6 6.a3 Nf6 7 h3 Bh5 8 M?! (d4) a6 9 saw a massive increase in membership, and nings. Contac! GenesisPotini (06) 868- 1280 Wanganui Mondays 7pm, lst floor, Commer- Bb2Ne5! 10.Be2 BxR 11.gxf3 Nd3+! 12. with it more opporhrnities to participate i-n Gambit Sec, Ted Frost, I03 Koromiko Rd, cial Club, St Hill St Pres, Gordon Hosk1,n, 7 Bxd3 Qxd3 13 Qe2 O-O-O 14.Rc1 Be7 15 chess activities both locally and nationally Gonville, Wanganui Tel (06) 347-6098. Pehi St (06)3a3-6101; sec, K Yorston, 5 - Qxd3Rxd3 16Ke2Rhd8 17.Rhd1b5? 18 a consequence, chess became a Hamilton Wed, 7.30pm, St Pauls Collegiate Mitchell St (06)343-7 1 66 As major fam- Ne4! Nxe4 19 fxe4 Bf6 20.e5 Bh4 21 Rc3 School Inquiries Gary Judkins (07)855-5392. Wellington (now merged with Civic) Tuesday ily activity for us. Whether weekday, weekend Rxc3 22 Bxc3 Be7 23.d4 a5 24.f4 axb4 25 Hastings-Havelock North P.O Box 184, Hast- 7.30pm, Museum Room, Turnbull House, Bo- or holiday, there always seemed to be a chess- Bxb4 Bxb4 26 axM Kb7 27 Prall Kc6? (Kb6) ings. Wed, 7 30 prn, Library, Havelock N High wen Street, Wellington 1 Contact, John Gilles- board nearby - and any momentary hiatus in 28 Kd3 Rb8 29.e4 Rb6 30.f5 exf5 31.d5+! pie, (04) normal family life was always reinterpreted as Kd7 32.exf5Rh6 33.Rcl!Rxh3+ 34Kd4 School, Te Mata Rd Sec, Chris Smith 1 Wavell S! Wetrlington 5 476-37291 another opporhrnityto play! This continued Tel (06)877-4583 e-mail: j.c.gillespie@x{ra co nz) Rh5 35.e6+ fxe6 36.fte6+ Kd8 37 Rfl ! 95 Howick-Pakuranga Tuesday 7 45pm(uniors Associde mem.ben even after I had long since left home - the 38Rf8+Ke7 39 Rf/+Kd8 40.Rd7+Kc8 41. 6 30-7 30), St John Ambulance Hall, Howick- Gisborne, 4126Haris St, Gisborne M P shortest of visits would inevitably include the Kc5 Rhl 42Rg7 KdS 43.Rxg5 h5 44.Rg8+ Pakuranga Highway, Highland Park. Sec, Kees Grieve (06)863-0101 odd game or two Ke7 45.Rg7+ Kd8 46.R17h4 47.Kc6 Rc1+ van den Bosch (09)521-5828 NZ Correspondence Chess Assn, P O. Box By the early 90s his involvement waned and on 48.Kxb5 Rhl 49.Kc6 Rcl+ 50 Kb7 Rc4 51 Invercargill Wednesday, 8pm, staff room, 3278, Wellington. Sec, J W retirement he and wife Pat left the increasingly Rd7+ Ke8 52.Kc8! 1-0 South School, Ness St. Contact, John Preston (Sandy) Maxwell, (04)237 -47 53. congestedAuckland and moved down to Nel- (03)2r64e20. Mount MaunganuiRSA, son, where bridge and setting up a new scrabble Kapiti Wednesday, 7.30pm, Salvation Army l0 Maranui St- Mt Maunganui, club engaged most of their time. R Johnstone vs P Stuart, May 1977 Hall, Bluegum Road, Paraparaumu Beach. (07)575683 5, Email:[email protected] Neither a wood-pusher nor a serious shrdent, 1 e4c5 2.NRNc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4Nf6 5 Contact, Guy Burns Tel(04)9M2002. North Harbour Junior 6pm-7.30pm North- Bob was the epitome of the'serious club Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 BM 7 Bd3 d5! 8 exd5 Nxd5 New Plymouth 11 Gilbert St, New Plymouth cote Community Centre, cnr College Rd/Ernie player'. He always played with a determination (e5 !?) 9 Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O I I .O-O f5?! Tuesdays, 7 30pm Pres,DNotley Contact, Mays St, c/- Felicity Timings 13 MackyAve to win, yet accepted the outcome, win or lose, 12 Re1! Nf6 l3.Bc4+ Kh8 14.Nc5! Qe7 15. Alan Jury, sec, 06 757-9090 Devonport, (09Y453729 email: ftim- graciously He provided me with a great role Nd3 Rd8?! l6.Qe2 Ne4 17 Radl Be6 18.Bb3 North Shore P.O Box 33-587, Takaprma, [email protected] model on how to conduct yourselfwhen play- Bg8 19 R Nxd2 20.Rxd2 Rac8 21.QD Qd6 Auckland 9 Wednesday 7.30pm, Northcote District Associutiotw ing - though I am not always sure I realised 22.Rde2 Re8 23.N?l!Re7 24.Rd2 Qh6? (Qf6) Commrurity Centre, cnr College Rd/Ernie Mays Auckland Chess Assn, Sec, Kees van den that at the time as a teenager! 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qf6 27.Redl RecT 28 St Club captain, Peter Stuart (09Y45-6371. Bosch, 61.4 St Johns Road,Auckland 1005, Qg3 g6 29.Rd6! Qe7 30.Re6 Qc5+? 31 Khl Otago T lMaitland St, Dunedin. Monday (09)521-s828 I thirk the other lesson I leamed was that it was Qxc3 32 Qh4 Rg7 33.Qd8+! Rg8 34 Qf6+ 7.30pm (social chess only, coaching at7pm), possible player to become a stong without lrav- Rg7 35.Rd8+ RxdS 36.Qxd8+ Rg8 37.Qf6+ Wednesday 7.30pm Contacts: Graham ing to devote serious dollops of extracurricular 1-0 (president) (03Y 53-6472, Duncan Watts time to He read and played purely pleas- it for ( secretary) (03Y7 7 - 5226. NZ Chess NZ Chess