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A.n Winning a pawn. Obviously 15.BXbl c6 traps the bishop • emergent . but now Torre threatens 16.Nd5! as well as the China in mercenary 16.QXal. 15. .. . . c6 16. QXa7, Nfd7! Auckland 17. Rad!! DEFENDING CHAM- Too hungry would be PIONS, the Philippines, 17. QXbl. When 17 .... Qf6! retained their number one followed by 18 .... N c5 leaves spot in Asia a~ the Philips the queen badly misplaced. Asian teams tournament held in Auckland in November. 17. Ne5 Managed by FIDE Deputy 18. Be2 Na6 President Florencio Camp• 19. Kg2 Nc5 omanes and. led by Grand• 20. Qa3 Ra8 master Eugene Torre, the 21. Qb4 'Rfd8 Philippines came to Auckland 22. Na4 Ned3 to win and the spectators each day were treated to a HSUAN smooth, professional per• formance. ,China, in second place; was the unknown quantity. It was the first time they had ventured into a teams event and they obviously had read · western chess · literature. In particular, on· the Chinese board, one competitor stood out as almost of strength and his .hard-fought · against Torre was inter• esting. TORRE Philips Asian teams championships 23. RXd3! NXd3 Grafton Hall, Auckland 1977 Or 23. . . ·. Qe4 ch 24./3 · English opening NXd3 25.Qd2! followed by Eugene Torre 'Chi Ching Hauan 26.BXd3. I. c4 e5 24. 8Xd3 8Xb2 2. NcJ d6 3. d4!? Strange that 24 .... RXa4 A forthright attempt to take 25.bXa4! leaves the White control of d5. Torre, who has queen protecting the bishop on · also experimented with this b2. move against Sax, thinks 25. NXb2 RXa2 White's idea effectively 26. Qc3 Qe5 counters Black's play of a With two pieces for a rook . Dutch Defence-type setup White should win. But with d6, e5.· f5. . exchanging queens immedi• 3. . . . eXd4 ately is an error, for on 4. QXd4 Nc6 27.QXe5 dXe5 both bishop 5. Qd2 g6 and knight are attacked. 6. b3 · Bh6 By placing his bishop on h6 27. Nd! Rda8 Hsuan forces Torre to play e3. 28. QXe5 · dXe5 Otherwise White continues by 29. c5 R(8)a5 fianchetting ihis bishop by g3, 30. Nc3 R(2)a3 Bg2. . 31. Bc4 RXc5 7. e3 Nf6 32. Ne4 Reas 8.· Bb2 0-0 33. Rel b5 9. NfJ Bg7 34. Bfl. RXb3 IO. Be2 Bg4 . 35. RXc6 f5. 11. h3 8Xf3 -36. Ncs? 12. BXf3 Qe7 Throwing away the win. 13 .. 0-0 Rad8 Correct is check first with 14. g3 Nb8?! 36.Rc8 ch! when 36 .... Kj7 14 .... Ne5!? 15.Bg2 c6 can be met by 37.Rc7 ch Kg8 15. Qd4! 38.Nf6 ch. Now Hsuan sets up HSUAN a pin on Torre's knight. 36. Rc3! 37. Rc8 ch · Kf7 38. Rc7 ch Kg8 ! Draw agreed As long as the Black king remains on g8, away from all checks, it is too dangerous to unpin the knight by Ne6 owing to Black's athletic "b" pawn;, the bishop and knight com- . bining badly in this situation.

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