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I NEI^/ ZEALAND CHESS is published ,r* bi-monthly (February, April, June, F-i August, October & Decenber) by the L-t NEW ZEALAND CHESS Vol.9 No.5 OCTOBER 1983 New Zealand Chess Associatlon. Back in stock are popular the plastic, Editor: PETER STUART Unless otherwise staEed, the views Staunton pattern chess sets - narrow expressed my not necessarily be base yariety, king height 9.5 cm. Associate Editors: lM oRTVIN SARAPU, cAVIN l0N (weTlinsxon), those of the AssociaEion. Price: I - 9, $9.50 each; I0*, $8.50 ach TONY DOWDEN (otago), VERNON SMALL fcanterburg,)
ADDRESSES EDITORIAL prospective organisers of the Candl- datesr fi-nal beEween Korchnol A11 articles, letters to the and Rlbli. Edltor, A new chess board in rigid plastic, Readers may be excused for wonderj-ng It ls even possible that such a match etc should be sent to The Editor, 5.3cm squares, brom & white, available about the frequent changes In the paper could decide the next World Champion P.l^I. Stuart, 24 Seacliffe Avenue, folding or non-fo1ding. Only from NZCA! on which this mgazine has been printed slnce it is rumoured that Karpov mighE Takapuna, Auckland Unpublished 9. Price: I -'9, $3.50 each; 10+, each over the last couple of issues. refuse to play the wlnner pre- manuscripts cannot be returned 93.00 in the We think the paper cover glves an lm- sent clrcumstances. 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BOX SYMONDS 8802, ST, Ion on to our staff of contrlbutors. belng organised by the Auckland Chess AUCKLAND 1. Centre and DEADL I NE S cavln w111 be covering the Wellington will be sponsored by Honey- well Computers, The deadline for both copy and scene ln place of Mike White r{rho is advertising taking a well-earned rest after report- The venue is the Marion Davles is the 6th of the nonth Library at Auckland ceneral Hospital preceding the month of j.ssue. 1ng fron the capltal over the last two - years, so noise should not be a problen! Dates are 28 December to 8 January with one SUBSCRIPTION RATES rest day on 4 January. These rates are annual FIDE GENERAL ASSEMBLY The Centrers Centennial dinner w111 and are in be held January New Zealand dollars: Late News on 3 and the NZCA's Amld all sorts of dire predictions the Annual General Meeting will be held on Surface mail - World Chess Federationrs General the evening of the rest day. New Zealand $6.50 With one round sti1l to be played Assembly meets in },l.anila this month for Rounds are from 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm Other countries $S.00 Gary Kasparov and Bent Larsen were i{hat ls likely to be one of lts most each playlng day. assured of flrst turbulent Airmail and second places aesslons. The total prlze fund ia expected to - in the Cligoric Comemorative tourna- The Sovlet Chess Eederatlon has j.n Australia & South pacific be excess of $2500. 910.g0 ment at NIKSIC in yugoslavia. strongly attacked the FIDE leadershlp Entries for the New Zealand Champion- North America & Asia (excl. Kasparov has over its handllng Middle scored 10/13 while of the Candldatest shlp and New Zealand Womenrs Champlon- Easr) $II.8O Larsen, who has completed all seml-flnal match venues and the after- Europe, South America, four- ship elose with NZCA on 16 November. teen games, has 9 points. nath of two forfeitures by fhe Sovlet Entry forms which give mueh fuller Africa & Middle East Sl3.0O in- Other scores (all with one game !o players, obviously the natter r{r111 formtion will be aval1ab1e shortlv to play) in this alI-GM tournamenr are: overshadow the normal business of the all clubs. ADVERTISING RATES Portlsch 7!; Spassky 7; Andersson, meetlngs with some saylng a split ln Miles, Ta1 & Timmn 6!; cligorlc, FIDE could result. Ful1 page 940, half pd.ge or column Ljubojevic, Nikolic, half gt0. Petrosian & In recent developments the Hungarians SOUTH ISLAND CH'P $20, colum Seirawan 6; Sax 5; Ivanotic 4\. are seeklng to have the Ribli-Smyslov Club Directory listing (six issues) match played, very Ilkely as a result Aucklander Paul Garbett took first $6; change in copy g2. of pressure fron blg brother in Moscow. place in the 1983 South Island Champion- One thlng we can be reasonably sure of ship held at Nel-son during the August is that grandmaster Rib1l will have school holidaysl Paulrs 7/8 was a full AC KNOWLEDGEMENT little Thanks say in the malter. Also Ehe polnt clear of the runners-up. are due to lBM for their Soviets have apparently suggested donation of the IBM that The title of South Island Champlon Selectric Eype- the World Chanpionship might be organ- writer used to produce this mgazine. wenE to Vernon Small and Adrian Lloyd ised outside of FIDE - a far cry from who shared second place wlth Welling- their strong opposition to similar tonrs Anthony Ker. suggestions from one R.J.Eischer! We hope to have a report on this Meanwhile blds have been inviEed from evenE 1n our next issue. I01 Can You See the Combinations ? World Junior Report Solutions on page 124 BY JONATHAN SARFATI
The ZZnd World Junior Championship three representatives. In a Benoni was held from August l2 to 27 ia Lhe position his queenside pawns never got ''ffi,H"% tom of Belfort in eastern France. going, but my central majority produced ,m There were originally 64 entries but a crushing passed pawn on d6 (see games). three withdrew, leaving 6l fron 56 At the same table Short looked Eo be ttffi ifr'Kz countries - nine more than last year. dolng even better in a similar position 7ru This time, however, there were only versus Franic (NM, Yugoslavia), but %% four IMs, but also five FMs and many reached an unclear position by adjourn- %tffi national msters. This latter title ment - which he managed to lose. : t has a variety of meanings, depending Leading at this stage were Salov and % 'ffit"m, on the country - New Zealand has Georgiev on 41, followed by Saeed, tt .%, % hlgher standards than most. Staniszewski and Pecorelli (Cuba) on 4. w tffi, Top seed, as usual, was former child Next round J. llorvath (Hungary, NM, +l prodigy Nigel Short (IM, 2475), who 2345) provided me with my fourth win 7Mr )\t %ru,t% had recently made a second GM norm. in a row by allowing a worse rook tl Other strong contenders for the title ending, where an outside passed pawn /t were Greenfeld (2460), Dlugy (IM, posed him insoluble problems. 2455), Georgiev (2420), Salov (FM, In iound seven I had a brief skir- No. 1 I{trite to move No. 2 Black to move 2415), Milos (FM, 2410), Staniszewski mish leading to a drawn ending against (NM, 2395), Saeed (IM, 2390), and Barbulescu (Rumanla, NM, 2375), while Stohl (NM, 2380). There were another Salov and Georgiev were stil1 only a dozen players rated over 2300. half point clear of the next two. %H% tA% % The playing hal1 was elaborately set Round eight saw the two leaders win ir%a 'ffi up in the Belfort Patinoire (ice rink) to reach 7, a full point clear of %w which meant that the playing conditions Greenfeld who won an interesting game "ffiD%tt'% ,T, % were satisfactory. I wish I could say from the writer when we were paired up 'm% the same about the food, accomo- on board four. The man expanded on ,%t dation and general organisationl the queenside early on, but won by a The draw for the first round was kingside attackl %T,,rura%: ,{ru-{'m entirely random, so some strong My ninth opponent, Granda (Peru, , players were paired together - notably 2365), a former World U-I4 champion, %H% %t%a Short and Greenfeld (first and second seemed to be blind to my threatened ,,"ffi, (see games) "%ft, seedsl), who played a fighting draw attack and lost quickly . , %a% (see games). I had white versus Losing his first two games by default Salov, a former World U-17 chanpion; I possibly sapped his motivation. %$"/,ru , blundered a pam as darly as move 12 The Ieaders were sorting themselves No.3 l{hite to move No. 4 Black to move and my subsequent desperate attack was out by now. Georgiev beat Greenfeld easily repulsed. while Salov-Barbulescu, Short-SEohI The secon2 5 Nc3 r-t\xlO14'lxr
I ,., Nc6 12 Nd5 Ne5! [A nove].tg; 72...8xd5 -c4 but 29,..Rc7 fooks better and on 30 rhe UNITED STATES (15 (AUS), IM Rogers 73 exd5 Ne5 14 Rb4 is sTighXTg betXer Rd6 Bfsl 30 Rd6! Bf8 31 KhI? IBest CH'P July - IM Johansen l{arLia, t a.g"iI)-EmEe cMs Christian- (AUS) & IM tI.Watson 7!; 9-13 Bradbury, tor whitel 13 Bb6 Qd7 14 Qd4!? Nxd5! was 31 Nb6! with an uncfear positionl thre sen, Brome and Dzindzihashvili share Cumings, IM Hebden, Horner & Lawton 7i 15 exd5 Bf5 16 c4 RfeS?! [B7ack's new 3I.,.Rc7 32 Rc61.t [32 Rb6 or 32 Ra6 first place with 9/13; all three were 14-15 (IND) & GM Speelman 6%. move has proved successtul- and he wouTd was preferabTel 32,..Rxc6 33 Rc8 Barua Qxc6 undefeated. Then came: 4 IM de Firmian In addition New Zealander Mark Levene have had an edge afXer the better 76. . . 34 Qe4 Rd8 35 Qe3?! [Time pressute; 8; 5-6 IM Gurevich & IM Benjamin 7; took outright flrst in the Major Open Bg5 77 Rf2 Ng4. After Xhe texX both 35 Bc7 Rd4 j6 Qe2 intending Nb2 was - 7 GM Soltis 6!; 8-9 GM Lein & cM A1- Premier Reserve sides have chances in an uncTear posi- indicatedl 35...Qb5 36 Rd3 37 Re3 the equivalent of our Qf3 burt 6; 10 Whitehead 11-12 IM tionl 17 Rafl 896 18 h4! h6 19 Na5 Rd2 38 Rel 39 Rfl 40 Rxf3 5l; but, of course, much stronger! Here is Qd3! Qxf3 Shirazi & IM Kudrin 5; 13-14 IM Kogan f5! 20 b4 h5 [Bexter was 20...8t6 with Nc5! 4l e6 [A7so hopeless were 47 Nxc5 one of Markrs wins - with his notes: & GM Tarjan 4. the ldea 21 Qd2 h5!l 2l c5 Bf6 22 Qdl Bxcs or 47 Rf7 Nxa4 42 Bc1 Ra2 43 bxa4 NIMAN-LEVENE, Sicilian 2 c3: dxc5 [22...Nq4!?] 23 bxc5 Rac8? lcoffect Ra7 with ...b3 to foTTowl 41...Nxa4 42 *** L e4 c5 Z d4 cxd4 3 c3 d5 4 exd5 was 23-..N94 24 Bxg4 fxg4 wixh an un- exfT+Kh7,0-I. Qxd5 5 cxd4 e6 6 Nf3 Nf6 7 Bd3 Be7 cTear position, but not 24...hxq4? 25 Nc3 10 11 World Champion Anatoly Karpov gained 8 0-0 0-0 9 Qd8 Qe2 Nc6 h5 Bh7 26 c6 bxc6 27 dxc6 QxdT 28 Rxdl *** RdI Nb4 12 Bbl b6 13 Ne5 Bb7 14 a3 wixh advantage. White's 24th move a narrow victory at HANN0VER in July, finishing just a half point ahead of Nbd5 15 Ne4 Nxe4 16 Qxe4 f5! [cood, Teaves hin wefT on topl 24 d6 Ng4 25 The 2nd Kotov Memorial at LV0V in as BTack pTans to exchange the black- Bxs4 fxg4 26 Bf7 27 June was a for the Soviet his compatriot Tamas Georgadze. Karpov Qd5+ QxbT QxbT 'benefitr lost in the first round to virtually square bishops bg ...895 with a good [ 27 . . .Qe6 28 d7 ] 28 NxbT Bd5 ! 29 dl players who took the first six places. 17 Rc8 18 Bd3? Bd2] 18 unknom Wolfram llartmann and twice had samel Qe2 [18 [29 Na5? Re2] 29...Bxb7 30 dxcSQ Rxc8 Scores: I IM Chekhov 9l; 2 GM Dorfman exchange to come from behind to head Georgadze. ...Rxcll IA thenatic sacri- 31 Rxf6! gxf6 32 Rxf6 Kg7 33 Rf5 ReS? 8!4; 3-4 GM Panchenko & IM Yudasin 8; ficel 19 Raxcl Nf4 20 Nxg2 2l Scores: 1 GM Karpov (USR) ll/15, 2 Qe3 [Time troubTe; 3j...K96 34 Rg5+ Kh6 was 5-6 GM Sveshnikov & IM Vorotnikov 7l; Nf4 22 23 f3 Bg5 24 Khl GM Georgadze (USR) lo\i 3 GM Balashov Qh3 Qe3 Qd5 betterl 34 Rxh5 P.e4 [rt 34...Re2 then 7-9 IM Karsa (HUN) , GM. Milhailcisin Nh3 25 Bxcl 26 Bc4 27 Rxcl (uSR) IO) 4 GM Torre (PHI) 9; 5 IM Qe2 Qd6 35 Rs5+ e Rxg4l 35 Rg5+ Kf6 36 Bd8+ fusR) & Pahtz (DDR) 6; 10 GM Kholmov h6 28 Rel Kh7 [B7ack foTfows a sharp Ostermeyer (BRD) 814a 6 GM Kavalek (UsA) Kf7 37 h5 Rd4 38 Ba5 Ra4 [B7ack couTd (usR) 51ai 11-12 IM Adanski (PoL) & l"l pTan which is a bit doubl-e-edged bux 8; 7 GM Pfleger (Bao) cM sti-l_l resist bg 38...Rd5 i9 Rxd5 Bxd5 Donchev (BUL) 5i 13 Pirttimaki 112; 8-9 proves frrN) Sosonko (NLD) & Bastian (BRD) 7; 10-1I decisivel 29 Qg2 Nf4 30 Qd2 95 40 a3l 39 h6, 1 - 0. 4%l 14 IM Pribyl (czE) 4. 3I h4 32 Rgl Nh3! 33 Rg3 34 GM Lobron (BRD) & GM (ARG) 6r, Qe7! 94 Chekhovrs score was just sufficient Quinteros Nxg4 34.,.fxg4 35 Bd3+ Finally, the game which won the title 12-13 IU Jingxuan (PRC) & Chen De laesperationl for a GM norm. Qi - and a share of first prize. Both (PRC) 6; 14-16 IM Bouaziz (TUN), Hart- Rf5 36 Qe3 Qxh4 37 Rxg4 Qxg4 38 Kh2 39 Nxf4 40 Bxf5+ exf5, players were on 7 points golng into mann (BRD) & Glienke (BRD) 5ra. Qf4+ Qxf4 this last round game. 0 - 1. KARPOV-HARTMANN, Sicil ian Scheveningen: VAN DER STERREN - CHANDLER, Modern Benoni : English players enjoyed a double I e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 c5 4 d5 exd5 triumph at BIEL (17-30 July) where Nf6 5 Nc3 e6 6 94 a6 7 95 NfdT 8 5 cxd5 d6 6 Nc3 96 7 e4 Bg7 8 Nd2 Tony Miles and John Nunn tied for first Bg2 Nc6 9 a4 Be7 f0 h4 h6 I1 gxh6 96 Following his win by forfeit versus 0-0 9 Be2 ReS 10 0-0 NbdT 11 a4 Ne5 place. Scores: 1-2 GM Miles & GM Nunn 12 Nf3 Nde5 13 Ng5 f6 14 Nh3 Bf8 15 Kasparov in the Candidates semi-final, 12 Rel a6!? 13 Nfl I13 f4 Neg4! was 8/17; 3 GM Adorian (HUN) 7i 4-5 IM f4 Nf7 16 Be3 Qa5 17 Qd2 Nxh6 18 Nf2 Viktor Korchnoi competed successfully seen in the game Gheorghiu-LiuWenzbe, lMedtaa (CZE) & GM Gheorghiu (nuta) 6t<; Bdl 19 Bf3 0-0-0 20 0-0-0 BeS 21 h5 in the UNITED STATES 0PEN durlng Lucerne Olqnplad 7982 - see Januarg, 6-7 IM Hebden (ENc) & IM Kindermann d5 22 exd5 Nf5 23 QeI Nb4 24 dxe6 August at Pasadena. Korchnoi scored paqe 781 13...Rb8 ? 7e new trg in this (BRD) 5r; 8 IM Toth (rrA) 4tat 9-10 Rxdl+ 25 BxdI? [25 NfxdT! retains fhe lor4/\2 to share first place with co- positionl 14 f4 NedT 15 Nd2?! [75 Bc4 IM Campora (ARG) & Gobet (SWI) 4t 11 advanxage for Whitel 25...8c5 26 RgL US Champion Larry Christiansen. b5! 76 axb5 axb5 77 Bxb5 Nxe4 is not IM Wirthensohn (swt) 3rz; 12 GM Nemet gxh5 27 Kbl Nxe3 28 Qxe3 Bc5 29 Qel Scores: 1-2 GM Korchnoi (silr) & GM cTear but 75 a5!? maq be a better xrgl (vuc) 3. Qb6 30 Rf1 f5 31 Nd3 Nxd3 32 cxd3 Christiansen 10%i 3-4 IM Gurevich & 15...c4! 16 e5 [Black has enough for In the subsidiary Master tournament Bg2 33 a5 Qd6 34 Rf2 Bxf2 35 Qxf2 I{tritehead 10; 5-13 Choobak, IM de xhe pawn after 76 Bxc4 Nc5 with the Australian IM lan Rogers took first Bc6 36 Bb3 h4 37 Qa7 h3 38 e7 h2 39 Firmian, IM Fedorowicz, IM Gutman (fSR), idea ...Nq4l 16...dxe5 17 Nxc4 b5 18 prize wirh ll,t/ll ahead of IM Ambroz Be5* Qxe6 40 QaS+ Kd7 41 Qxh8 hIQ+, II,1 McCambrldge, IM E.Meyer, J.Meyer, IM axb5 axb5 19 Nxe5 b4! 20 Na4 t20 (czE) 7, IM Deze (YUG) & Zieer (SW) 6ra. 0 - 1. Strauss & Youugworth 9!. NxdT? BxdT is worsel 20...Nxe5 21 fxe5 Miles won the best game prize for Among those sharing 14th place with Nxd5 lBlack has a sTight advantagel 22 the following effort: *** 9 points were IM Benjamin, GIvl Bisguier, Bf3 Rb5 [22...8xe5? with the idea 23 MILES-KINDERMANN, Engl ish Opening: IM Ivanov (CAN), CM Seirawan, GM Soltis, Bxds Bxh2+ 24 Kh7 RxeT+ 25 OxeT Bc7 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 e3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Bb4 The BRITISH CH'P at Southport in II,1 Taylor & IM J.Watson. There were a does not work because of 23 Rxe5 Rxe5 5 Nd5 e4 6 Ngl 0-0 7 a3 Bd6 8 Ne2 Arg.st-hEE-I illtirrct Comonwealth record 844 players. 24 Bf4 winningl 23 Qd4 Bb7 t23..-Qd6 Be5 9 Ng3 Re8 10 Qc2 Bxg3 11 hxg3 d6 flavour this year. Former New Zealander 24 Bt4!l 24 b3l t24 Nc5 Qb6!l 24...Qb8 12 Rh4 Nxd5 13 cxd5 Ne5 14 d3 f5 15 Murray Chandler took clear second place *** [24...Nc3 25 QxdB RxdS 26 BxbT RxbT 27 Bd2 Ng6 16 Rh5 Bd7 17 Bc3 c5 18 dxc6 while the Australians Rogers and Johan- Bg5 Reg 28 Bf6 is onTg equaTl 25 Bb2 bxc6 19 0-0-0 d5 20 Be2 Qe7 2l 94 sen tied for third place. Jonathan In LONDON the 7Eh Lloyds Bank Inter- Nc7 [25...Nc3 26 BxbT QxbT 27 Nxc3 bxc3 Qf7 22 Rdhl Nf8 23 Qd1 RacS 24 Rg5 Mestel won the Championship to take his national attracted a field of 130 in- 28 Bxc3 is again equall 26 BxbT Ne6! Ng6 25 gxf5 Bxf5 26 dxe4 dxe4 2l second British title. cluding 7 GMs. The Lloyds Bank trophy 27 Qe4 RxbT 28 Radl! h5 29 h3 RbeT? Rxf5! Qxf5 28 Bc4+ Kh8 29 Rh5, I - 0. Scores: I GM Mestel 8%/11; 2 Lt{r was won on tie-break by the Soviet GM 29...8f8 then 30 Bc7! lntending Nb2 [If *** Chandler 8; 3-8 IM Botterill, Hodgson, Yuri Razuvaev from contd on page 724 116 t17 *W'rong' It is also necessary to bring up the If the rook moves off the e-file The Bishop king which, at present, is too remote White plays 12 Re7 so the only real to influence events. Thus, from diagram alternative to the text is 11...Re2 by Peter Stuart 5, play might continue: when there could follow l2 Rfll (with the threat 73 h7+ and 74 Rf8 nate) 12 1 Ke3 2 Bf3 Rd6+ 4 Note: in Xhis articLe ':' indicates a his bishop is able to control h8. Play Rf7 RfB 3 Kh7 (13...Re1 h6 ReB+ 5 Be4+ Kh8 6 Kf4 ...Re8 13 Bd7! Rb8 a71ows drawn position and '+-' a win tor White. might continue: L. ,Rb7 Z Rc6 (threat- Mte in 4 starting wixh 74 h7+; the Probably almost every chess player is ening to exchange rooks) 2.,.Rf7'l 3 This position (with eolours reversed black rook suffers his own private zug- familiar with the dram ending of K+B Kg4 Rf8 4 Rc7+ Kg8 5 h6 Re8 5 BdZ and the white rook on a6 instead of d6) zwang - he cannot continue Xo guard h7+ Bc3+ 4 RP v K where the defending king is on Re2 7 Kh8 8 +-. was reached after 6...c5 in the Capa- both Xhe eighth rank and the e-fi7e! ) (or can reach) the queening square The only example of this ending I blanca - Tarrasch ending above. 14 Re7 RfS+ (or 14...Khg 75 Be6 Rfq+ 76 could find in endgame texts was fron which cannot be controlled by the (Diagram Ks5!) 15 Kg5! RfI 15 Be6+ Kh8 17 Re8+ game (St. 6...Rf8+ 7 Bf5 RbB B RdZ 6) bisbop, Diagram 1 is such an example; the Capablanca-Tarrasch Kh7 18 Bg8+ and mates in two. Petersburg 1914) see diagram Here regardless of whose turn it is to move, - 4, the future World Champion is shom that 12 Kg6 Rell 13 Rf7 Rgl+ the black king can reach h8 and he can twrong' 6 never be forced out of the corner. If even the bishop wins. ,%H%% The threat was 14 h7* etc and 13... the bishop was on e3 (instead of e4) %%% ReS would be met by 14 Bd7 as in the above note. the win would, on the other hand, be '"42-% %a% easily achieved. We therefore refer to %%%% -%,, &, ', 14 Kf6 KhB 15 Re7 the bishop in diagram I as the twrongt ////, 7////' //' b ishop . % %% 717Z7Z, Thus White has wrested control of the tl e-file from the black rook. Black now sets up a new defensive line on the g- %r, The first phase of Whiters plan is file. Not, of course, 15...Rg8? 16 Rh7 completed. The second phase is to imple- mate, so .. .. ment the winning plan indlcated by Tarrasch, place 15...R92 16 KfTl The game concluded: I Rc1+ Kb5 2 i.e. to the rook on e7, bishop on e6 and king mate Rbl+ Kc5 3 Rcl+ Kd6 4 Rdl+ Bd5+ 5 on 96 when To conplete phase two (the Tarrasch Rh7 Kb2 a3+ 6 Kal Kc5 (but not 6...a2? =) by will be threatened. plan) Lrtrite must force the black rook 7 Rc1* Bc4 8 RgI Rh2 9 Rg5+ Kb4 10 B...Re8! off the g-file sb that his king has Rgl Ra2+ lL Kb1 Rdz! & White resigned access to g6 and, when needed, h5 & 95. The best defence against because of 12 RhI Kb3 13 Rh3+ Bd3+ 14 l\rhite's witr- The new mte Ehreat of ReS will achieve To win these endings White must obvi- Kal Ra2 mte. ning p1an. The move adopted by Capa- this. ously be able to prevent the enemy king Although l^Ihiters defence can clearly blanca in the analogous position, .. . Rb4*, 16. . . Rg8 77 Be4! (Diasram 7) reaching the corner and a nice illus- be improved upon, this game does show allows htrite to implement his tration of the possibilities is seen in plan quickly and neatly: 8...Rb4+ 9 us the winning plan. ,,,rue% diagram 2 (Troitsky, 1896). The bishop What drew my interest to this ending Kg5 RbS 10 Rh7+ (the purpose of this check is Xo elininate the possibiTitg %% and pam can keep the black king out of was the game M.Hopewell -Weir (WaiEakere : ,/Z the corner until the whlte king arrives Trust Open 1983) which reached the posi- of ...Rqq+ after the white rook goes to % to help: 1 Be6 Ke7 2 h6 Kf6 3 Bf5! tion shom in diagram 5. UnforEunately e7) 10...Kg8 11 Re7! Kt,8 (other moves % % 72, Ktl 4 Bh7 ! Kf6 5 Kf4 Kf7 6 Kf5 Kf8 for Hopewell he had very little time are no betXer, e.g. 77...Rfg 72 Be6+ %%AZzz KhB 13 Kh5! Xransposing) (not, 7 Kf6 Ke8 8 Be4 Kf8 t h7 +-. left to finish the game (a matter of 12 Be6 % %% minutes only) with no possibility of of course, 72 h7? =) 12...Rf8 (or 12... The ending of R+B+P v R is similar. Rb5+ %% %', adjournmenE. Consequently the game was 73 Kf6 buX not 73 Kg6? Rq5+!) 13 This is easily won except when the Kh5! (not 73 Kg6? Rf6+! Kg5 75 %72 soon agreed a 74 Rg6+! superior side has a RP aud his bishop dram, though st1l1 with winning posiEioo for Llaite on the board. Kf5 Rf6+ 16 Ke5 Rxh6) 13,..RfZ (or 7j 17. . . Rf8+ cannot cover the queening square (i.e. ...Rbq 74 Kg6 and xhe threat of 75 Rh7 twrong' 18 Kg6 (78. a bishop'). Here, however, there mate decides) 14 Re8+ Kh7 15 Bg8+ Kh8 Or 17...Rb8 Rb6+ -.RfB 79 is a win even with the wrong bishop! 16 Bf7+ Kh7 17 896 nate. Bf5 but not 19 Bd5? Rt6+!) L9 Kg5 Rb5+ %%,ru 20 Bf5 Rb8 2I Be6 transposing inro the ,,4 9 Rh7+ KSB 10 Kg5 Rel 11 Kf6 noEe on Blackrs 8th move. %%%% %H% % x l4rhiEe has improved the position of 18 Kg6 RgB+ 19 Kh5 Rf8 H%%% his king and will now set about forcing %%A%1 Preventing 20 Bf5. ',e %e% % the enemy rook off the e-file. It may %%%1 be noted, in passing, that the seE-up 20 Ks5 Rg8+ 21 896 RbB 22 Bf5 Rg8+ with rook on d7 and bishop on d5 is not 23 Kh5 Rgl 24 Bg4! Rf1 like1y to be effectlve since the king Irrom diagram 5 Inlhite's f irst ai-m is will lack cover. Or 24...Kg8 25 Be6+ Kh8 26 ReS+ to lorcc Lhe pam to the sixth rank and with the by-now familiar mate to fol1ow. rank 11...Re8 l^rtrite wins quickly from diagran j as occupy the seventh witb his rook. 25 Kg6 Rf8 26 Rh7+ KgB 27 Be6+ +-.
118 1t9 Apart from the winning idea of Re7/ Blackrs occupation of the e-file. Then Be6/Kg6 the two things White must be on 8...Rg8 9 Re7 Rgl 10 Bg4! Rfl+ 11 Teach Yourself Russian! the alert for are prematurely pushing Kg5 RgI 12 Kh5! transposes into the the pam to the seventh and the possible main line after 24 Bg4, thus saving by Peter Weir stalemtes when the rook is on the 7th twelve moves ! rank and the bishop on the b2-98 diago- Perhaps Senor Capablancars defence Since October 1968 I have been sub- A. HUZMAN - A. NENASHEV na1. cannot be faulted after all?! well, scribing to the excellent Russim (Ukraine) (Moscow) actually Black can also improve . .,. a magazine Shaklmatg v ssR (rrChess in the FOOTNOTE: Indian Defence half move earlier! Thus: 7...Re8, e.g. USSR"), which is published monthly in Queens On checking through these variations 8 Rd7 Kg8! 9 Kg5 Kh8 with variations Moscow under the editorship of Yuri 1d4Nf6 2c4e6 3Nf3b6 4a3 Iarhite above if not direct Iater, I noticed that could im- similar to those Averbakh who, it will be recalled, Ba6 5 Qcz Bb/l? prove by 8 Re6! (instead of 8 Rd7 which transposition into then withiu a few visited New Zealand in 1967 when he was An unusual in a gave us diagram 6) thus clrcumventing moves, President of the Soviet Chess f'ede- continuation ration. fashionable line. Having diverted the Lr)rite queen to c2, Bl-ack returns the EA AAE The magazine has a circulation of bishop to the long diagonal feeliag 60,000, which is 20,000 up on that of 12 secure from the advance d4-d5. More WORLD JUNIOR REPORT contd Bxf6 c3 Ne7 13 Nxf6+ gxf6 14 Nc2 1968. It is a popular magazine in Nd5 frequently Black plays imediately Bb7 15 Qd3 Qb5 16 Ne3 Rd8 17 contrast to Shakhnatg Bu11etin, which Qc4+ 45 Kd2 Qxb4+ 46 Kd3 Qa3+ 47 Kc4 4. . .Bb7 and on 5 Nc3 5. . Bxd5 18 exd5 f5 19 Rd1 Rc8 20 93 0-0 concentrates on theoretical opening , then .d5. Qa2+ 48 Kb5 Qb2+ 49 Kc6 Qf6+ 50 Kd7 24 After 4..,Ba6 5 move 2I BgZ b4 22 c4 Qa5 23 Qb3 Qc5 articles and unannotated games from Qc2 the 5...c5 Qf5+ 51 Kd8 Qe5 52 a8Q, 1 - 0. 25 gxf4 26 Rgl+ 27 is usually preferred. Bfl f4 exf4 Ng6 recent events. The usual format com- Rd2 RfeS+ 28 29 Bd3 30 SARFATI-C0LLIN, Modern Benoni : Kdl Re4 Rd4 mences with the apparently obllgatory 6 Nc3 c5 7 d5: b3 BxhT 33 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 d5 exd5 Qc2 Kf8 31 Ne5 32 Ke7 page of propaganda, followed by 36 Anlvayl In the llne 7 e4?! cxd4 5 cxd5 d6 6 e4 96 7 Bg5 h6 8 Be3 Bg7 Rel Rh8 34 Ree2 Kd8 35 Qf5 Kc7 articles on recent events in which Kcl Rc2 39 8 Nxd4 d6 a variation of the hedgehog 9 f3 0-0 10 Qd2 Kh7 lI a4 Na6 12 Bd3 Kb6 37 Ka5 38 Qf6 RxhT Soviet players have taken part, Then Rb8 13 Nge2 Nb4 [13. ..Nc7!?] 14 Bc4 Rxe5 dxe5 40 Qd8+ Qb6 41 Qd7 Qc5, theme has arisen which is favourable l- t- there is an excellent section of to Black. Now, in order to justify Nd7 15 f4 a6 16 0-0 Re8 17 Ng3 Nb5? 2-2, annotated games, theoretical articles, [BTocking his own counterp]agl 18 Be2 the manoeuvre Bc8-a6-b7, Black must GEORGIEV-DLUGY, Queen's Gambit Acc. : ieadersr letters and, finally, a accept the pam sacrifice. f5? 19 a5 Na8 20 e5! Nc7 21 Bc4 dxe5 I d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 e6 problem/end game study section which 22 Bxc5 Nc6 23 RfdI exf4 24 Qxf4 Ne5 5 Bxc4 c5 6 0-0 a6 7 Qe2 b5 I Bb3 includes a solverst contest to which 7...exd5 8 cxdS Nxd5 9 Bg5 f6l 25 Bb3 Nf7 26 Qb4! Be5 27 d6 Ne6 28 Bb7 9 Rdl Be7 10 Nc3 0-0 11 e4 b4 answers are given after about four Rd2 Bd7 29 Radl Bxg31. are In l^/hiters favour is 9..,Nf6 [zishops 12 d5 bxc3 13 dxe6 Qb6 14 e5 Ne4 15 monEhs. (9...se2 than except posi- games roQe4l) 1oe4Be7 11Bc4, better knights - in exfT* Kh8 16 e6 Bf6 17 Ne5 Qc7 In my view it is the annotated previous gane!l hxg3 followed by queenside castling. tions Tike the 30 18 Ng6+ hxg6 19 sectioo which makes Shaklmatg v SSR Ne5 31 Bb6 Qg5 32 Qh4! RbcS 33 Nd5 Rd3 Ng5 20 Bxg5 stand out. Regular annotators include 10 Nxd5 Bxd5 Ng4 34 Ne7 Rcl 35 Qxg5 RxdI+ 36 Rxdl ,A Bxg5 21 e7 Nc6 GMs Kholmov, Kasparov, Smyslov, Suetin, now %frvft, The defects in his opponent's pam Nxg5 37 Rcl [white's advantage is 22 e9Q cxb? 23 Dorfman and Mikhailschisin and occa- decisivel 37, . .Ne5 37. . .Ne5 then % fr.,N some structure ful1y compensate Idhite for [rt Qxb2 Nd4 24 Rh3+ sionally Karpov annotates of his Bxe6 Bxe6 39 Rc7 the idea 39..- 'x% recent games. most his snall material loss. i8 with Bh6 25 Qe3 Kh7 I have been Rdg 40 Nc6+! Rd7 47 RxdT+ BxdT 42 Nbg impressed GM % A%, 26 Qbcl Nf5 27 by the amotations of 11 0-0-0 Ne5 4i Bd4 Nc6 44 NxdT Nxd4 45 Nc5 win- Kholmov, both to his om ganes and %% Qexc5 Qd8 28 QeI ningl 38 Rc7 Ne4 39 Bd4 Nc6 40 Nxc6, those o.[ He o[ten annotates Taking advantage of the fact that $"'/'ffi.rfr: Qg5 29 Rg3 Qf4 others. I 0. Candidate match games and World Cham- Ll...Bxf3 12 gxf3 fxg5 is unfavourable - 30 Qce5 Qh4 31 pionship games and, I was interested to because of 13 Qe4+ and 14 Qxa8. The SARFATI Al ekhi ne Defence: Rxg6 Kxg6 32 Be6 -GRANDA, see, was praised by Timan (in his dangers which lie in wait for Black are 1e4Nf6 2e5Nd5 3d4d6 4Nf396 Qs5 33 g3 34 94 Qxe5 35 Qxe5 Ne7 Qf6 recent book on analysis) for his notes illustrated by the game Lputyan-f'arago 5 Bc4 Nb6 6 Bb3 d5 7 Bf4 Bg7 8 Nbd2 36 Bf5+ KxfT 37 Qe6+ Ke8 38 896+ KdS (Erevan Karpov-Korchnoi games 21, 1982) : 11 Bf4 Qe7? I 12 0-0-0 0-0 J.0 Nc6?! 11 c3 Na5 39 Rdl+ Bd5 40 I 0. to 20 atd 0-0 9 Bf5 Qe2 Qd6+, - r978. Oe4 (12...Be41?) 13 Rxd5 Qxd5 L4 e3 12 Bd1 13 Nb3 Nxb3 14 axb3 a5 15 Qd7 SAEED-SAL0V, Queen's Indian Defence: Not only are the games of leading Qe6 15 Bd3 Nc6 16 RdI. For the ex- a4 16 bxa4 Nxa4 17 b3 Nb6 18 Be2 Qe3 1d4Nf5 2c4e6 3Nf3b6 4a3Ba5 grandmasters annotated however; there change htrite has strong pressure, and 19 Bh6 Nd7 20 BxgT KxgT 21 Nd2 (better Qc6 5 Qc2 Bb7 6 Nc3 c5 7 e4 cxd4 8 Nxd4 is also extensive coverage of jmior, there followed 16...Rd8 is 22 b4 Ra7 23 f4 l.5? 24 h3 Rfa8 17...Qe7) Qb6 d6 9 Be2 NbdT 10 0-0 a6 11 Rel Be7 women's and correspondence events as 16...96 and if 17 Bc4, then 25 RxaT RxaT 26 hxg4 27 hxg4 Bc2 94 1.2 Bfl Re8 13 Bd2 0-0 14 Racl 15 17 Bf5 Qf7? (the only way to continue 28 ! Ra8 29 30 KgS 3I Qc7 well as republican and mlnor events. Qh3 95 Qe6 Qh6+ f3 16 b4 Bdg 17 Qb3 Re8 18 KhI games resistance lay in the variation 17...Qe7 KfZ Be4 would offer Tonger Qb8 Oceasionally exceptional are [31...t6 Bc7 19 f4 Nf8 20 QbI Ng6 21 Nb3 Rcd8 published, such as the following, 18 Bc7 Rc8 19 Bg3 Rd8 20 BxhT RxhT resistancel 32 Nxe4 Qf5 33 Ng3, 1 -0. 21 L8 Bc7 19 Z0 22 f5 Ne5 23 fxe6 fxe6 24 Bg5 Rf8 25 played between two -iunior (under-20) QxhT 95) 96 Qe4+ Qe7 SHORT-GREENFELD, Sicilian Pelikan: Nd4 RdeS 26 h3 Nh5 27 Be2 Ng3+ 28 players it a 1982 teams event. Anno- BxdT+l RxdT 21 Qxc6 Rg8 22 Rd6! F-g7 23 Re6 24 25 I e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Kgl Bd8 29 Bxd8 QxdS 30 BdI Qf6 31 tations from ShakhwLg v SSR with my Qxe6 Qxe6+ RgeT Qc6, Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bf4 e5 I Nf3 Nxf3+ 32 gxf3 Qd4+ 33 Kg2 Rf6 34 translaEion. 1-0. A beautiful game. Bg5 a5 9 Na3 b5 l0 Nd5 Be7 11 Bxf6 Qb2 Rg6 35 Kh2 Qe5 36 Na4 Qf4, 0 - I. This time Black has prepared an tz0 121 lmprovement. hls qreen is offside (and Bc4-d3 28 Qc6+ Kf7 29 Qd5+ KeB 30 Qe6+ Kd8 c4 and 59...Kd3, Let us examine each ln 11...8e6 threatens to lock it up forever), and 31 Qxg6 Bxb4+ 32 Kc2 Qe1 33 Qd3+ Kc8 turn . his king is insecurely placed. The 34 Bg3l 1) 59...Kf3 60 Nal c42. 6l Nc2 c3 62 In the opinim of GM Suetin, 11...8b7 irediate 19...Bd3 fails to 20 Nd4 (or Na1 Nc2* This very accurate move destroys the Ke3 63 when 63..,Kd3 fails to was better. 20 QaS) 20...Bxb4 (20...8f8 21 Rdl 896 64 Nb4+ and, as Black cannot gain a co-operatlon between the black queen 12 Bf4 Nc6 13 e3 c4?i 22 t3) 7L QaS Qa4 22 Qd5+ Ke6 23 Nb3. tempo, a draw results. and bishop. (At 20 QxhT Bd3 21 Qh5+ 896 2) 59...c4? first sight this is Returning Ehe pawn. Nenashev wants 34...Qa1 35 Qf5+ the simplest move and uas played in the to exploit the opening of the c-file game) 60 Ncl! A surprising and beauti- Not 35 Qc4+ Bc5 36 b4 because of 36 for operations against the king. On ful move; Black had only reckoned on 60 13. . .Na5 14 Bb5 is strong, as 14. . .a6 ...Qa4+ 37 Kc3 Qa3+ 38 Qb3 Bxb4+. TlzE%&7ft,'",..,ruA Nal after which 60...Kd3 wins easily. does not work because of 15 Bxd7ll BxdT lrz 71, 35...Kd8 36 Qd5+ KcB 37 Qc6+ KdB If the pam now promotes to queen or (16...Be7 But 16 Qe4+ 17 RxdTl). 7Z%%% 38Bh4+,1-0. rook it is stalemte! Black played 60 deserving attentlon was 13, . .Be7, ,ru%'N Iflriters gains are too great after ,..aIB but after 6I Nxe2 the game was acquiescing ia 14 Ba6 d5 15 Bb7 Rc8 soon agreed dram. 7/l ,,&a% 38...Be7 39 Qd6+ Kc8 40 Qe6+ Kb8 4l L6 Bxc8 Qxc8, with compensation for the v, 3) 59...Kd3! (the only way to win) 60 '/t/12 'rru Bg3+ Kb7 42 QxeT+. This duel was exchange in his extra pam and strong ,fr Ncl* Kc2 61 Nxa2 Kb2 62 Kxe2 Kxa? 63 cen tre. followed with great pleasure by spec- tators and other competitors alike. Kd3 Kb3 and the c-pam will promote. 14 Bxc4 Nb4 It should be mentioned that 59...Kf3 Black I s surprisiag resourcefulness Rarely in one game does a player sacri- rice both rooks here both players does not of itself throw away the win With the help of thls reply Black ob- has at first slght led to a change of - as repeat succeeded in doing so. Black could to regain the dia- tains the advantage of the two bishops, roles. The htrite queen is deprived of grammed position and then play ,..Kd3 but his development is slowed. the chance of comi.ng to the assistance ?t*** tratrsposing into variation 3. of the king, and if it retreats on the 15 axb4 Bxc4 16 Qe4+ Be7 The Auckland Chess Centre uas recently Readers wishing to subscribe to S.hakh- h-fiIe then 72. . ,Qc6+ decides. But matg SsR write to British Chess kind enough to give me several years of v should the fight goes onl (9 Leonards-on- back numbers of shakhnatg covering the llagazine Market St, St Sea, East Sussex, TN38ODQ, England). It tft 7rt,N, iftt 22 Ne5+i fxe5 23 0xe5 years 1949-61 wlth several issues from '/. usually takes about three months for the ',& % ,rr. One very dangerous threat has been 1947 and, even one from 1945 which by .,r,r., be processed Moscow ./,ar, ,///rr/, ,r/r:, good fortune contains all the games of subscription to in ,/.t2 'r/l:/l '.t/, ,;. countered: 23...Qc6+ is met by 24 Qc3. and another three months for the first .. the USSR-USA Radio match of 1945. .,fua7lrg|y Black, however, can also attack on the issue to arrive. b1-h7 diagonal.... Obviously there is much interesting 7/. 7:/ lflQ:'|,': material bere, particularly in the Don'L be put ofI ordering mgazines ,fu tat l&fr, 23. . .Qd3 24 Qc3i otherwise unobtainable games of players in Russian - the Cyrilllc alphabet can be conquered in an hour or so spent such as the late IM Nezhmetdinov and hrhite is prepared to fight for vic- names players the late cMs Simagin, SEein, Tolush and transliterating the of tory a piece dom, allowing 24,..QbI+ and a Russian/English Levenfish; also covered are events such small dictionary and 25...Qxhl. Instead 24 Qc7+ leads will provide initial help with the Bad is 17 Qxc4 because of 17...Rc8, to a draw aftex 24...Kg8 25 Rdl as the 1957 USSR Championship so sensa- which 17 Qbl+ vocabulary wh:ich, being of a technical also answers Bd6. In view of 26 Kdz (26...8xb4? 27 Ke2 tionally won by Ta1. this, how can LIhite solve his opening Qd3+ Qxb2'r One position from a 1960 issue which nature, is limlted. There are also 28 Kfl) 27 KcL (27 Kel? Bxb4t) 27 ... some guides to rchess Russiant which probl ems ? interested me is the following, played Qb 1+. the process; one, in a Moscow-Leningrad match between cou-Id shorten Iearning 17 RxdT I i 24...Qe4 25 f3: Tikhomirova and Voitsik, two Ieading I believe, is avallable on cassette. Strong and surprisiag. Just as in Iady players of the day: lnquiries should again be directed to Literally compelling his opponent to Chess Magazine. the gare Lputyan-Farago, Black meets the British win a rook. In the variation 25 Rdl I conclude with a curious problem catastrophe on the d7 square. It seems Bxb4 26 (on 26 Rd7+ Ke6 the thaE all is over... Qb3+ % from the 1983 New Year contest: winner 1s. , . Blackl) 26. . ,Kf6 Z7 Rd6+ 17...Qxd7 Bxd6 28 Bxd6 Qxg2 29 Bg3 Qc4 it is %z%% 1 not easy for White to realise his pam %7,&%,% Obviously not 17...Kxd7 because of advantage. t 18 Rdl+ Ke8 19 Rxd8* etc, %%% 'ffi, %. 25. . . Qb1+ 26 Kd? ]xhl %a% 18 Qxa8+ KfTl t% %zt% BLack now has an extra piece (for The only fight on, 0n ]E...BdU way to , tnree pawns, it is true) but his vu1- (or 18...Qd8 19 Qc6+ and 20 Oxc4.':- ) then :l --';-- nerabl e king leads to his domfa1l. It looks as if all lead to Rome 19 20 RxdS+ Zl Oct+ and roads Rdl Qe7 QxdS here for Black and choice of 22 is decisive, Z7 Kf6 that the Qxc4 Qc4+: moves is a matter of personal taste, White is to play and mate in one. 19 QxhB BfBl Nothing is altered by 27 . ..Ke7 ZB Beware however - what appears to be the Ke6 29 Kf7 30 etc. simplesE move may an Some rearrangement is clearly in order! Even though htrite has an extra rook Qc7+ Qc6+ Qd5+ in fact be error! Black has three moves: 59...Kf3, 59... 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