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1s91 395 CLARK R 1301 4s2GORDONR 118{' 510 WHAREKAWA J 846 339SCHULTZAE 1391 396MCILROYM 1296 4sSE|CHHOL.Z 1187 511DAWSONA a41 preparation and coaching development for the 34OSAVAGEB 1390 39THINKLEY CJ 12s5 454RENOUFT 1 t80 512 RAYNER A 84.I women's and open New Zealand Olympiad teams. 341 GTLLARD M 1389 398 CROST-AND G W 1293 4S5FA|RLEYD 1178 5I3 DOUGLAS R 833 ln addition, the commission has approved a 3.T2 MACKWAY-JONES R 1389 399 HELLYAR M 1292 456M|SAG 1't76 s14 sALl-At M 821 conditional grant of $10,@O to be devoted to the 343 LlVAt il t388 4OO CHANG A R 1292 457 PATELT 1'.174 515 HUDSON C 807 34.r RE|D A 1387 401 KWOKA 1288 4sSNEWMANB 1173 516 BREWER R 769 345 TURNER O 1386 402 KIRKMAN M 1287 4SgTURNBULLJ 1169 517 WI{|BLEY 763 ,1386 ,lt6o 346STEWARTBK 4O3CHAMLEY G 1285 460S|MONV 518JURYR 734 3,T7 BAOGER A 1384 4O4 STIMPSON J 12&l 461 HOSEASONJ 1160 519 GTBSON A 725 348CHANM 1383 405 BRAS C 1282 462RAWNSLEYDC 1.t59 520 ROGERS D 717 349LOOSR 1382 406 ROSIE E 1282 463ANDERSONDT 1158 521 UTTING M 666 350 GUERIN A 1377 407 HUNT T 1282 4o4pRtcEs 11sz 522HAPETAH 624 2 Members of the Canterbury Chess Ctub have 351 WTLSON C 1376 4OSSTEPHENSONSCR 1280 46SMAHERN 1151 523FERGUSON 594 been active in .t148 assisting the Christchurch City 352 WTNTER W 1375 409 VAN DER MEY P F 1277 466SWAYNE E 524 WAYES 575 Councilto organise the Asian Under l6Tourhament '3S3WATSONMJ 1374 410 EASTERLOW N 1276 525 DUNN 46TBOSLEYJ 1142 A 571 which is to be held in christchurch from 3rd to 16th 354PYNET 1373 41 1 HOFSTEEDEJ 1276 468 MTLFORD 1 1,+1 S26CROSADO C 568 B September 1990. 355 MAES H 1373 412 MACOONALD J R 1275.+69HUNTM 1139 527 BANKS LJ 562 356 SHELTOM M 1372 413WALKER C 1272 4TOFAIRWEATHER D .I 138 528LADD A G 547 3sTMORROWD 1372 414GONINRCE 1271 471 COOKL 1137 529SHAWR 543 3 A large number of remits has been received SSsPETROVEEM 13p9 415 EDWARDS R 1269 4T2WESTONR 1137 s3OCOLEYK 494 359 SCHURR R 1569 415 ROEVEN G 1268 473RE|DD 1133 531 YOUNG N 434 360 EUNCE C 't368 417 SOUTHGATE B 1267 4t4wHtTAKER B 1t20 532 TEN| J 430 361 BROUGHTONJ 1367 418 BROWNLEETJ 1267 475LE|THR 1118 533PRENDERVILLEE 4O7 362DEASAA 1365 4I9CARTWRIGHTJ R 1267 4T6PATToNA 1117 53.I PANIANIJ 369 36SARCHDALLD 1357 420 GILLESPIEJ O 1265 4TTD|RSKEH 1116 535 MACKENZIE R 305 3A+ SWARBRTCK J 1357 421 BOROVSKTS J 1260 478WONGK 1102 3qSRUBrNtB 1353 422 PILLSBURY A 1258 4TgJoNEsGM 1099 WANTTO IMPHOVE 366WELI_S O 1353 423MAXWELL 1257 4SoMCGURKA 1096 YOUR RAT!NG? 367 PILLSBURY R 1352 424 HARRIS K 1258 481 WRTGHT c 1O9S the differences can be thrashed out and the AGM THEN PI-AY IN THE 368 SM|TH H 13.+9 425 RIEPMA B 1256 a62!ry6LL1qqE9 iO8O shortened accordingly. 36SCH|NOSM 1319 426W|NSOR B M 125{ 4SBCARTHEWB tott. NATIONALCONGRESS 370 I-ACUNZA 1349 427 SHIELDS P '1254 484 WEBBER WELLINGTON C H to67 4 Council has noted with pleasure thatAnthony Ker 371 PETTL 1348 428 FARRINOTON L 1252 485 WTLTON H 1oe2 has qualified as 372 STOTTCJ 1345 429HODDER J 1249 a New Zealand Master. Congrdtula- 486HAYV lo5g 28th DECEMBER TO tions, Anthony. 3T3SH|ELDSJA 1341 430 ORMSBY L J 1248 487NG L 10ss gthJANUARY 1990 37.1 PI-EDGERTK 1343 431 PATELS 1248 4SSSTEVENSBS 105t STSLAMBERTC 1341 432 GARLAND M 1243 4S9WILL|AMS B 1050 3T6KEEUNGR 1338 433 STRICKETT R L 1240 4g0COURTNEyH .t044 Entry forms or further 3TTBENNETTST 1337 434 LEVY O 1235 491 POTTGETSSER P 1033 information can be had 378FULLER R 1333 435 MILLS M 1232 492M|LLSG 1032 from 3TSWETRTJ 1331 435 MCRAE J 1228 4g3pETRAstcH T 1026 MR T E FROST 380 SADLER M 1326 437 SULLIVAN O J 1225 4g4MCCUSKER B 1024 l/sl CORNFORD ST, receive a considerable 381 MCOORAMT 1322 .t38 SULLIVAN B 1225 boost in 199O 495 StM M 1ot8 KARORI 3S2CHURCHERM 1320 439 DAY B 1221 496 TURNER B '1012 383 GREVERS LP 1317 440 BIDDLE S 1221 497FROSTP 1011 WELLINGTON 3S4HOWARDAB 1317 4,t1 LESTON J 1219 49BLEER IOOT 3SSLOUDENA 1316 442MCELWEE I 1215 +g9 MtSn A 997 STUDY COPNEA Touche! Black parries White's otfer with one of his own. Now the blundering 7 Rxd3+ Kxg2 randers the clecoyed rook a hapless By Emil Melniichenko bystander as one of the pawns queens, so ,d. Maksimovsklkh what nowT 1st Prize, Young Lenin (Kurgan). 1976 Award 29.v.76 7 Rh2+ Only this saves the day, The Gomputerised 7 --_ Kg3 Business in a Briefcase The rook is immune as 7.. Kxh2 8 Rxc2+ An IBM Compatible PC draws. Atter 7...K94 8 Rg2+ continues as in the main line. ln The Palm Of Your Hand

8 Rg2+ Kf3 Black only backtracks after 8. Kh3 9 Rh2+ -.

Draw 3+4 9 Rf2+ Ke3 Maksimovskikh's composition was judged 1O Re2+ Kd4 first from 136 entries by 87 Saviet composers. Upon 10 ,Kxe2 11 Rxc2+ Rd2 12 Rc1 Rc,1 ,$Bggr,'*'ff, B::s ln it, despit€ a rook deficit, Btack's threat to (12. .Rb2 13 Ka3 Rb1 14 Rc2+ -.) 13 Rc2+ Rd2 Portable graphbs inkjet printer queen 14 positional with check appears unstoppable, so Rc't is a ctraw. The king, smarting - srnooth, quiet & fast. how is a draw possiblo? from such rampant insubordination from the ramparts, runs for refuge. Hayes compatible, auto dialling, pocket 1 Rc8+ high speed modem. PC lncludes Database, Word Processor, Lotus Compatible lf I Rh2+? Kg8 2 Rg2+. ,xla 3 Rtz+ Ke8 + 11 Rc4+ Spreadsheet, Re2+ KdB 5 Rc8+ Kd7 (5 .KxcB? 6 RxcZ+ -) 6 ...but there is no respite as the White rooks & Comms Software Rc7+ Kd6 7 Rc€+ KdS 8 Rcs+ Kd4 9 Rc4+ Kda exchange roles. anct Black triumphs, "a beauuful thematic try', 11 _-_ Kds Christmas 1 --- Kh7 The haniecl monarch may well be tempted 2Rc7+ KhG by 11...Kxc4 but 12 Rxc2+ drails the ending. Naturally 2...Kh8 3 Rc8+ and Btack is only GolourPack retracino steps. 12 RcS+ KdG 13 RcS+ Kd7 3 Rc6+ Khs 14Rc7+ KdB $t99S*tptwvw, 4 RcS+ Kh4 15 Rc8+ Kd7 *($19OO worth for $2OO) 5 Rc4+ Kh3 16 Rc7+ Here, at first gtance, it looks as if ail ot Drawn by perpetuat check The judge noted White's remaining checks will bounce. . of this miniature "With his rooks ptoughing furrows North-South and East-Wesl, the 6 Rc3+ compossr has managed to put on view a p8arl ot the first magnitude." ...bvl 0 Kxgz 7 Rxc2+ K any 8 Rxa2 ?tori ST's con run IBM & Apple Moc trounces both upstart pawns_

6 __- Rd3 LOCAL rHI NEWS Hampl, missing an opportunity to win Hampl's non -developing moves such as h3, then ,zft :/:,/,2 5 queen and losing his own instead after 5 0-O 6 Be3 a6 is playabte White is not AUCKLAND So, Hampl, point well enough developed ,or th6 attack which %it& '/i& wlth a lead and the white Howick-Pd(uranga may seem to fgafure pro_ '|X pieces, had to tace A Ker. Hampl gained the followod in tho game Chandler-cufeld, rounO minsntly but that paul % fr""fu/, is because Spilter is our t 4 ,,ru, advantage in ths . Nf6/ .gaf6 Caro-Kann but 5, Plaza lntornational HotBl, 1988: 7 a4 b6 I only informant. l;t;i1 A ho lost the gams (the "equalising injustice ot e5?! NfdT I e6 txe6 10 Ngs Nf6 11 h4 c5 12 % ,rm H-P have won both ths Minor Lsagues A chess" at work, perhaps). h5 cxd4 13 Bxd4 gxhs 14 ef3 d5 15 ee3 Trophy betweeen Papatoetoe, papakura and ,,,ru,fr The final result was a four-way tie between Nc6 16 Bxb6 d4! which stopped White's Howick and tho nBW Quac,rangular Trophy fr,^ th6 top ,our seeds, A KBr, R Dive, M Hampl attack White was fortunats to drar). 7 Rel b@tw@en Howick, Papatostoe, Devonport and and S Lukey. Max Wigbout's performance was b5 E 65 ltfdT I Bt.t Bb7 to Btt ilc6 tl waitemata. These two evBnts are intendecl to excellent. Seed€d 11th, he scored @% Bg3 (to stop Nxd4 Now White's centre promote just comp€tition between the smaller Qg6+ atc) 20 QgG Bes 2t exh6+ Ket Zz against the top five seects with wins over the divides Black's ,orcos, by standing there.) clubs without the big 2, Aucktand CC anc, Bxes fxes 23 t6+ Kd7 (23...Kd6 24 f7+ Re6 Kers and Lukoy. 11--.NbO 12 ]{e1 RcE (developmsnt in- North Shore. cludes finding a good squarB queen, 25 t8-Q winning) 24 exds (Threatening BfS+) Mooi Kok Onn (not Osric Mooi), an for the away from the i'bifr" pieces, H-P club championships - A grade: Glraham 2.t.--1rlrd3 25 Q07+? (A time troubte error. ovBrseas student from Singapore, won the B of enemy so ) 13 c3l 11 (Btack get Wfllden 1, Paul Spitler 2, David Nofley 3 (10 Both playors had only a few seconds left The grade with 5/5. Ross Powelt was second on 3- Nas Qc2 c5? wants to play somewhere this entries). B grade: Stephen ptace ,, Theo winning move was 25 t7 with the threat of 26 with Keith ok€y 3rd on 3 points. but movs toses by forc6) Smith g 15 erd6 Bxe4 18 clxe4 ox.r6 17 dxcs 2, K€n Wiltiams (10 enuies). C grade: Qo6 mate if the rook moves from the e-file as The c grade was won by philip shaw, 5/5, Jam dxcs 18 Radl Qsa 19 Clh.t clc6 20 Rd6 Porte. t, Thomas Scherret and Monty the following variations show: 25 exds 26 with Marvin Jones znd on 4 anct Richard Qb7 (20. Qc7 21 Rxg6 Kiftman 2' (7 entries) fxeS-Q+ and White's passed pawns shoutd Glover and Justin Shaw +-) 2t Rel Rct 22 sharing third on 3. RxcTQxcT We have heard about Robert Baumgartner's win after cxd3 and Rf 1. Other tries are 25..RfB 23RxgGQbl 2lRxg7+ t-O 26 YYELLIT{GTON CLUB great efrorts in ths Waitd(ete Open but not Qe6 mate, 25...Re7 26 Qxc6 mate, 25 ..Nf4 The Rebel lnterctub much hard evidence! sorry peter, yours is the 26 Qxc6+ Kel 27 fxaS+ exeg 28 excT+ and The club's C grade championship was won A number players tike only one ws havs. 29 Qxb8, 25..Nb4 26 fxe8-e+ exe8 ZZ Ne4 ol did not the new by D Costelto with 4/4, F Hoffman, A interclub games RBaumoartner-pGresn (27. Qel 28 Nf6+ KdB 29 eh8+ wins, 27 .ed8 format to played on Sundays Karvelas and M Spittat shared second ptace remote 28 Qe5 mate, 27..Qt7 28 in a venue. (32km ed) So Arthur wilh 214. 1 e4 e5 2 ilr3 ilc6 3 d4 0xd4 .1 Nxd,t ilf6 Rf1 Qxds 29 Qf8 mate, 27...Qt7 28 Pomeroy, Peter collins and myself organised 5 ilxc6 bxc6 Bd3 (-aest Rf1 Qe7 29 Nf6+ Kd8 30 Tom Pledger and Shamnika Rupasinghe 6 d6 is 6...d5) 7 an alternative event for the clubs Civic, Qh8+ etc). The rest is an amusing end in a shared the honours in the B gracte with 6/7 o-o Be7 8 b3t? o-o I Bb2 HdTt (To Harbour City and players mutual time scramblB. 25-..Xd6 26 tT Weilington. Some Philip neutralise tle bishop on b2 and free Blackrs RB Shaw was 3rd, 4/7 27 cxd3 cxds 28 itl3 ee7 29 Ret Rxfz played in both tournaments. The rebel toumey gam6 by BfO) tO t4 lrtcs (Better was 10.. Bf6 gave gfficial The A grade evenl has not yet Jinishec, but 30 Qgg Rg7 3t Clf2 Ba6 32 Rct Rbs 39 also the event's DOp the chance immediately) 11 l{dz ReA stop White play Paul Dunn has alrsady secured first place. Oo a,t RxD3 34 ClcS+ KeG to interclub (for the HC B team) The playing e5 after the freeing Bt6) 12 35 Hd.t+ erd4 36 Qf3 Rbs? Rer+ Kd7 rebel tournament was run in two grades with J D Sarfati (Black suays ,rom keeping an eye 37 RxeT+ RxeT 38 Clxds+ on the Resigns- teams o, three ptayers. cente. White can now push for an attack) tl The new club, Harbour City, had a strong A Upper Hutt CIOS BfE la 15 f€ 15 Rl4t d6 (A wing attack grac,e trBam led by Russefi Dive and Maft Encouraged by the trencr ol increasing is besi countered by an attack in the centre) WELLINGTON Noble. They won the Rebet A grade as weil aS entdes since 1986, Upper Hutt adve(ised the 16 Rh,l BdG (16...dxe4 is crushsd by 17 The Queen's Birthday weekenct event was the ofticial one Labour Weekend toumament in three grad€s Bxc4+ Kh8 18 RxhT+ KxhT 19 Qh,+ mate) 17 run by the We[ington Chess Ctub on behatf of lnstead ot defending its tiu€ in the officiai - but this optimism proved iltfounded because Qh3 h8 the Wellington Chess League with J D Sarrati intercvlub, the Wellington club took out the only 22 players entered. The B anct C SEE DIAORAII I{EXT COLUMI{ as DOP. lt was the best tumout in years 0rades rebel b Grade. survived but the A grade, with a highest ratect lE Rxh6l grh6 19 e04+t (r 19 (lhanl(s paruy to Anthony Ker's pubticity in his exh6 eeTt J D Sarfata - A Ker Rebsl A grade player at 1889, was canceiled and dl envies 20 Bf6 Qh7 and Whlte's attac* breaks down) ;Evening Post column): 14 in the A grade with 1 e,t d6 2 d4 1ill6 3 t{c3 g8 .t ilf3 Bg7 5 were reclassified as B grade. lg---Kf8 (O$er trios lsad to a dra\,J or worse, 10 in both ths B and C orades. There was no Be2 O-O 6 0-O a6? (Mr Ker is obviously The top seed, Paul Dunn, unfortunately eg 19 .KhB 20 QgG Be7 21 exh6 drarc, lack of quality either, with Russel Dive and the inan experimentd mood since the game withdrsw but this was "remedied" by Davict 19...Kt7 20 Qg6+ Kl8 21 Bxf6 Ba7 22 egl two Kers Oaying as wgll as strong South is not rated. However, when White is d€vetoping Ullis' wilhdrawal after two rouncts mare, 19...Kt7 20 Qg6+ Kf8 21 Bxf6 RB7 n lslanders Mike Hampt and stephen Lukey rapiclly, such timo-wasting manoeuvrss give Paul Tuffsry was a convincing winner with Qxh6+ KsB and White has compensation or I Dive and Hampt took the tead with 3/3 White more time to gain a stronghold in the Don Stracy taking second place ancl Dave can setlle fol a dra\,v witn 2t exn6+ Kl7 Zz Their tourth round clash saw Div€ outptayino centre, only if white had also indulged in Capper, thircl Russ Crenshaw and Mooi Kok Onn sharecl 19 Bl5 Q63 20 Bd3 Bs6 21 Ra1 QcS 22 t5 95 OVEPSEAS Timman - Speelman (3) placs NTWS the first in the C Orade with Chris 23 h4 Khs 24 hxgs Bxfs 25 exfs Qb4 26 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 963 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d65 f3 0_o 6 McDonald third. Mooi woulcl probabty have 862+ 1-0 Be3 c5 7 d5 e6 8 Qd2 exds 9 cxds a6 10 a4 acquitted hlmsslf in group Candidates finats $/ell fie higher but AW Clueen's Blrthday Re8 1 I Nge2 NbdT 12 Ng3 h5 t3 Be2 h4 14 we did not havo an oflicial The two canclictatss rating tor him His MWagbout-AKer semififial matches w6re Ntl Nes 15 BgS h6 16 94 Oas 17 Ng3 b5 18 held cluring dolault (unintentond) against crenshaw pro- October at Sadlers Wells Th€ate 0-0 b4 19 Ndl c4 20 Be3 N,d7 1"1 NcS 1 f4 Nf6 2 Nf3 3 Bg7 4 Bg2 0-0 5 0-0 21 22 vscl decisive in the final count. 96 93 in Lonclon. Play was scrappy in both encoun- d6 6 c4 NbdT fxes Nb3 23 0e1 Nxal 24 Qt2 Rtl 25 Bxc4 7 Ncs e5 8 d4 Qe7 I e3 c6 ters CMcDonald-RCrs$shaw tor much of the time but the closeness of Qxa4 26 exd6 b3 27 Bd4 Bxd4 28 exd4 Nc2 10 lxes clxes 11 d5 cxds 12 cxcrs Ne8 13 e4 $ 1d4Nr6 the scores retainecl interest till the bltter end. 29 Qc3 Bd7 30 Nhs gxhs 31 32 2c496 3o3Bg7 4Bg2d6 5Nt3 fS 14 Ngs Ndf6 15 Qbs Nd6 15 Be3 Ng4 17 Qf6 exc4 6 0-o 7 Both matches followed a Similar coursg in that Qgs+ Kh8 33 Qxhs+ Kg7 34 35 0-o NbdT Nc3 e5 8 s{ sxd4 9 Nxd4 tscs QxgS 18 Bxd6 QeS+ 19 Kh1 Rf6 20 Be7 Qgs+ Kh8 10 thq favourite won an early gams and the Qh6+ Kg8 36 Og5+ Kh8 37 Rf6 Nes b3 c5 11 NdbS NoB 12 BbZ S 13 Rb6 21 Qb4 Kf7 22 dE 23 h4 Ne3 24 Qxe4 38 Rh6+ ,t6 Qh6 underdog later caught Na3 Rb8 1.+ Qo2 Bd7 15 Rfdl Qs7 Nds up fo, a tied match Qh7 39 Qf6+ Kg8 40 RxhT KxhT 41 NI2 Ra€8 Bg5 Nxfl 25 Rxll QxgS 26 hxgs Rxd6 27 going 17 f4 18 into the eighth and linat game - final, 42 NxhS Re'l+ 43 Kf2 Bbs .t4 Nf4 Rf t+ Qd8 Bg4 Qdz Bxdl 19 Rxdt Nc6 e)d5 gxfs 28 BxbT BxbT+ 29 Kgl Kg6 30 45 Kg3 20 that is, if decisive. Nel 46 Kg8 BxgT Kxgl 21 Qb2+ f6 22 Nc2 Nc7 Zo Qb4 Rb6 31 Qe7 Rt8 32 b3 Rf7 33 Qe8 f4 QJ5+ {7 Qgs+, ---. Nce3 NxdS 2,{ Speelman lost two pawns lor very litfle in the Nxds Ne7 25 Ne3 Qc7 26 Ng4 34 gxl4 €xf4 35 Rxf4 Bxc3 36 QxfT+ Kxgs Tamman - Speplman (7) Nc6 27 e5 first game but hetd an to dr.tw while in the dres 28 Bxc6 bxc6 29 txes fxss 37 Rf5+ Kg4 38 Qhs+ Kg3 39 Qh2+ Kg4 40 1 e4 05 2 Nr3 ilcO 3 BbS t5 ,t tac3 lxe4 s sixth he copied 1982 30 Rd7+ Rr7 3t RxcT Re8 32 RxfT+ KxfT 33 Qf4+ 1-0 a Korchnoi btunder ilxo{ d5 I txes .lxel I NxcA eog t eo2 which lost one pavrn; again he Nxes+ ,-O managed to ilfG 9 14 Qxf{ tO tss+ c6 11 d4 Glh.i+ t2 steal a halt pgint with exceilent KOllooa=CMcDonald endgame 93 Qh3 13 Bc4 BeG la BgS O-O-O ts techniquo. ln b8tween, 1e4e6 2d4d5 3Nc3Bb4,+e5c5 5a3 the Engtishman blun- O-O{l BdB lG ItfT a.xtt tt BrtT RhfA tg dersd a pieca for two pawns in the second Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 ec7 7 Bd2 Bd7 8 eg4 Ne7 9 Bc4 RdeS 19 d5 c5 20 Rhtl Kbt 2l Bt.r and Timman clicl win thai one. Games 3, 4 anc, Nf3 NgG 10 Bd3 c4 11 Bxg6 hxg6 12 a4 Nc6 2nd LATVIAN GAMBIT R.,B 22 Bg5 aG 23 BxfG gxt6 2a exa,r 5 were of somewhat better quality, speciaily 13 NgS RfB '14 Bc'l Ne7 15 Ba3 Rg8 16 Bct6 OPEN Clxhz 25 Rhl Clxg3 26 RxhT RteS 27 thE interesting third game, but all enctect in Qc8 17 Qh4 Nts 18 Qh7 Nh6 19 h4 Bc6 20 Qfs? (White's position is not enviable_ As weil draws. h5 Od7 21 Bb8 gxhs 22 RxhS Rxbg 23 Rxho as ths threatened . .b5, White has to worry 3rd AND 4th MARCH 1990 The eqaliser came in game KeT 24 Rf6 Qe8 25 RxfT+ exJT 26 NxfT Kxfz 7, a Ruy Lopez, about a weak back rank as the sequel shows) Schliemann Defence, which 27 QhS+ Kel 28 Qgs+ Kf7 29 ,3 RhS 30 Kf2 foilowed a typi- 27---bs 2a Bl, Rel 29 OhS Gtt++ 30 Kbr SEVEN ROUND SWISS cally Speelmanesque mufty course. Timman Rh6 31 a5 RbhE 32 Oc1 95 r\ea3 Rh2 34 Clxfl, O-1. 4 ROUNDS blundered a piece in a difficutt position. Just a6 b6 35 Qd6 Rc8 36 Kg3 Rh4 37 Rfl 1-0 SATURDAY, Speelman - Tamman (8) THREE when lt looked likely that the match might go DCappsr-PTutrery SUNDAY 1 Nl3 ilf6 2 c+ cS 3 Nc3 1Uc6 1 01 cx(,,t s into overtime, Timman won a pawn ln game I 1 Nr3 Nf6 2 g3 bs 3 Bg2 Bb7 4 o-0 S da ilxd4 e5 6 93 clb6 7 ildbs iles a 802 a6 96 and converted it to a tull point. All threB Bg7 6 Nbd2 d6 7 Rol c5 I e4 Ng4 9 h3 N€5 1 HOUH per GAME per PI-AYER 9 Qa.1 Rb8 tO Be3 BcS tt BxcS Clxcs 12 decisivB games were won by the black ptayer! 10 Qe2 Nbc6 'll c3 Ob6 12 Khl Ba6 13 Nxes Cla3 Qxa3 13 ilxa3 6A 11 K ilc6 ls '14 Speelman - Timman (2) O-O-O Nxes f4 Nc8 15 Nt3 0-O 16 e6 dxes 17 PRTZE LIST OVER $2OOO Ke7 16 Rd2 Nbzr 17 Bf3 Bd7 18 t Nf3 2 c4 c5 3 d.+ cBd.+ NxeS Nxes 18 BxaS Nxd3 't9 exd3 RxaS 20 ltl6 4 l{xd4 eB 5 Rhdt dS 19 g.t 8cG 20 gS ile4 2t Rd,r } Bb,l+ 6 Nc3 O-O dS Khza+ 21 Oe3eO 22Rd1 ec6 ?3aiBbt 24 93 7 Bg2 I O-O dxc4 RbcB 22 Nab'l NcS 23 cxds GRADE, JUNIOR AND ! I BgS hO lO BxfO Rgl Rd8 25 Bdz c1 26 arlu Rdg 27 Qe2 Qxf6 tt IIdbS Nc6 t2 LATVIAN GAMBIT UPSET PRIZES cla,l Qd5 28 Rac,'l Qltt 29 Oel e5 30 fxes Bh6 3t Qe5 t3 Radl aE t4 e3 BdTt 15 I RxdT t eG BfB 32 exfT+ QxfT 33 Rfl eds 34 Rgl axbg 16 QxbS (Whita shoutcr have resigned himselt to playing pa\rn 'tur'N BcA 35 Bf4 Qd7 36 g.t BdO 37 Rxct3 cxd3 38 TO BE HELD IN a down after t i,1; 16 Qc2 though he would still have some Bxd6 Qxcl6+ 39 Rg3 d2 40 Qd1 Ba6 41 Kg2 .,4 ,.'', compensation t Bb7+ 42Kt2Ql4+etc 0-1 PAKURANGA CULTUBAL AND in his rook on the seventh rank) 16.--Bxc3 17 RxbT exbs 18 Rxbs ila7 te er t,v/li Ltu DStr.cy-ABorren COMMUNITY CENTBE Rcs Bb4 20 Rxc4 RabB (Thus Btack ;A 1e4de 2d4Nf6 3Nc3gO 4f4gg7 sNt3 emerges with a piece for two pa/vns anct the 0-0 6 892 c5 7 dxcs 8 0-0 Qxcs+ 9 'a ,*A:fi1 Qas CONTACT: PAUL SPILLER win is not too difticult) 21 Rdt Nc8 22 a3 Khl Ng4 10 Nds NcB 11 h3 Nf2+ 12 RxJz 23 I{bG * 4,.1 1/6 KOOKABURRA PI.ACE Bel b,t 21 Rcl Rfdg 25 RxdS+ t l!. : Qxl2 13 Be3 Qg3 14 Qf1 Bxb2 t5 Rbi Bc,4 HOWTCK BxdE 26 Ra7 Kfa 27 BcG lrc4 2A Kft Bb6 '16 Nxc,4 Nxd4 17 NxeT+ Kg7 18 Bxd4+ Kho Hi PHONE 5354962 29 Ra6 Ke7 30 BbS trtd6 3t'Bdg NeE. o-t-

l 23-.-ilxa2+l (The tactical shot which eflec_ Yusupov - Karpov (5) ovf,psfAs Ljubomir Ftacnik was claar second on 9 and tiv8ly wins the match. white cannot play 24 d4 NfO Nl3 Ntrvs I 2 06 3 Bg5 c5 4 83 b6? S d5! then cam6 tM Bischoff, tM Btatny, tM Con_ Nxa2 because of 24.. Nb3+ 25 Kc2 Ba4+ exds 6 Nc3 Bs7 7 NxdS Bb7 8 Bxf6 Bxf6 I c3 quest, lM J Horvath. tM ltincic, winning material) K.cz GM Mokry 8; 21 lrlxcg 25 Nxca 0-0 t0 Bc4 a5 1 Gopenhagen t 0-0 b5 12 Bb3 d6 13 edz GM Jansa, cM Smejkat, tM Stoht 7-; GM exd6 26 lfxds+ Bxds 27 Rxds h6 ZA tJ,t? Nd7 14 Rfdl Bxcls t5 Bxds Rb8 16 Qc2 Nb6 The 10th Politiken Cup tournament in the Meduna, lM Pekarek, OM ptachetka 6_: lM (An over-hasty counterattack; White has bet- 17 Rd2 96 18 Radl Qc7 19 Qe4 Kg7 20 h4 Danish capital in September ,eatured all three Grunberg 6; lM Haba 5. ter chances of holcting afte.r 28 h4) 28--_ile6+ Qe7 21 Qf4 Bes 22 NxeS dxes 23 eg3 RbdS Polgar sisters in the top hatf of the final tablB. 29 Kbg Rc7 30 gxh6 Rxh6 St RsS Rxh2 24 h5 Rd7 25 b3 Rfdg 26 e4 95 27 ee3 h6 28 Danish GM cun Hansen took clear first 32 RddS gG 33 Rcs Rd7 34 RcdE Rc7 Vrshac 35 c4 Rc7 29 Rd3 Nd7? place with 6-i9 whits Aussie GM tan Rogers Rcs Rd7 36 Rcds RxdS 37 Bxds b6 3a t The annual Kostic shared second with youngest polgar, Judit, Momorial tournamenl at Bb7 KdG 39 RdS+ KcT 1O Bxa6 ilxt4 4t Vrshac was won by yugoslav on 5- Next came Zsuzsu polgar on S ancl CIM Ognien Rd2 .t3 ,t,t 5E u Rhs 12 Bc+ tG Rd4 Rfs Ka,0 % Zsofia Polgar on 4- points. Cvitan with 7/lt_ Surprisingly for such a ,15 Then came 6-8 tM g5 eg Hg2 {6 Bbs ilxe3 .t7 Rd7+ Kc8 I low-scoring event, second place was also /H Ag tg L Hansen, lM Schandorff and lM Mortensen 4; 1a P.t7 Rf.t .t9 Bd3 ttds 50 unshared Soviet Kbs Kda 51 9 GM Schussler 3-; 10 lM Hoi 2-. - cM Evgeni Vasiukov on 6_ Bh7 ils7 52 Rf8+ Kc7 53 Ka6 NdS S,1 '//, ,l'::,':: % points. Next were lM cabrilo, cM Damjanovic, ',il The results of the talenled Hungarian trio are Rf7+ NdS 55 Rr7+ Kd6, O-t. ,f,, GM lvanovic, GM Popovic 6; eM Latic, lM it iAt no longer surprising. ln fact, Judit was joint + + Miralles 5-; eM Romanishin, GM Vetimirovic & Jt top seed, sharing a 25SS rating with 5; % cM lM After a ,airly quiet draw yusupov made alt the F? \M, Davies 4-; Capelan 3. A,$: .:: ,. Hansen. running in the next two games still fell tlE % but :.,r;t; JPolgar-LHansen b8hind ln game 2, Karpov's position was % Titburg 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d53 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 Ne7 5 a3 critical when Yusupov inexplicably exchanged Bxc3+ 6 bxca b6 7 ag4 Kf8 Nf3 Ba6 9 Bd3 Ons oF Gary Kaspafov's unfultilled ambi_ down to a drawn ending. Even H I worse was to ",,: '11 tions cS 10 dxcs Bxd3 cxd3 bxcs 12 0_O Nd7 13 was to surpass Robert Fischer's peak come wh6n Yusupov blunderect in a tenable a4 Nc6 14 Ba3 h6 15 c4 Ncxes 16 NxeS Nxes rating ol 2785 and he picked this tournament position atter sacrificing a piece in gamB 3 30 BxfT! (White's compensation for the piece 17 Og3 NcG 18 BxcS+ Kg8 19 Rab.t Kh7 20 to make the final assault lt is perhaps ironic Oama four was a quiat affair but in game s will lie in the mighty d-tite pin which immobil- Rb7 Qf6 21 cxd' exds ZZ eg4 Rhct8 23 h3 that Tilburg is realy Anatoly Karpov,s tourna_ Yusupov exposed a gap in Karpov's opening ises the Blact( forces) 30...Kxf7 31 ed2 Ke8 32 Rg8 24 d4 ment, he having won it a numbor of times and Qas bxc4 (The match Re8 25 Qhs RadS 26 Rdl Re4 27 knowledge; later erors by the formet world bulletin rBcommended compei{,.d year Rd3 Re1+ 28 Rhz Qxfz 29 Rf3 Qg1+ 30 Kg3 each while Kasparov was, I champion led to a bac, position and then 32..Rc6 33 cxb5 axbs 34 exbs ee6 as the 96 31 Qxh6 Rez 32 think, playjng in the tournament for the first best defence though pawns Kh4 Qxg2? came the final blunder ancl iri ttant resignation. White, with two time. Again Yusupov gainecl the advantage in game for the piece and the initiative, retains the The rssult was one oJ history's greatest evel 6 where he eventually tet slip a probabty advantage) 33 bxc4 (Time trouble was now a tournament results, comparable with Alek_ winning rook encting. Factor for both players. 33 Rct6 was probabty ,ti, %l,t'"ffi, hine's San Remo 1930 (14/1S) and Bted i931 Game 7 betteo 33...Rcc8? 34 ea4 Rc7 35 exa6 RbB 36 was closely fought. Karpov ceded a (20-126) and sorne of Fischer's phenomenal pawn but the opposite-coloursc, bishop end- Qg6+ Kf8? 37 Rf3+, 1-0. hlt;1, %r ,lffi results such as the 18-/Zt in the 1971 ing was easily drawn. Gme I sa,v the third Karpov - Yusupov (8) ",%z /Mt ,,,,ffi Candidates rnatches Kaspatov conceded just Lasker Oefencg to the eueen's eambit and 1 cr4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 d5 4 Nc3 Be7 5 Bg5 ,N ,' Jli four draws in scoring 12114 in this double_ the third difrerent ninth mov6 on Karpov,s 0-0 6 e3 h6 7 Bh4 Ne4 8 BxeT exeT 9 Rcl c6 fi '/,/.H + round contest. Ieaving his rivals way behind. part. This time ho rapidty bained a srong 10 Bd3 Nxc3 11 Rxc3 dxc4 12 Bxc4 NctT 13 ,/.// t-^ .Ia 'T Kasparov needed six rounds to shak8 off initiativs on the kingsicle, won a pawn, and 0-0 e5 14 Bb3 exd4 15 exd4 Nf6 16 Rel ed6 .lzE,,% , % Viktor Korchnoi who had matched tho World macle no mistake in the rook ending. 17 Ne5 NclS 18 Rg3 Bf5 t9 ehs Bh7 ZO eg4 u Champion's 4/5 start but he thBn rocketed Karpov Yusupov (2) Nimzoinctian Derence gS 2'l h4 tO 22 hxgs hxgs 23 t4 RaeS 24 txgs - ahead. Meanwhite, Korchnoi opened up a fxes 25 96 Bxg6 26 dxes ee6 27 Bxds cxds 1 d4 Nt6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 ec2 0-O 5 a3 similar gap on the other ptayers though his 28 Oxg6+ Qxg6 29 Rxg6+ Kh7 30 Rd6 Rc8 31 33 Qg7+!! 1-0 (33 'I Bxc3+ e Qxc3 b6 7 Nf3 Bb7 8 e3 c,6 9 Be2 Kxgt 34 RrxfT+ KqB 35 1th round loss to Kasparov terminated ani Re3 Rcz 32 Rd7+ Kg6 33 RxbT Re8 34 a3 d4 RgTr Kh8 36 RhIr- KUB 37 Rrr07 mato) NbdT 10 0-O Ne4 lt Qc2 tS 12 Ne1 eh4 13 f3 hopes of winning the event. He finished 35 Rd3 Rxes 36 Rxd4 Rg5 37 Rd6+ 38 Ngs 14 t.{ Ne4 15 N'3 Qh6 16 Bd3 Ndf6 17 Qe2 Kh5 quielly with three draws, Ng4 18 Rh7+ Kg4 39 Rct4+ KtS 40 Rd5+ Kg6 41 Rg7+ Q91 RaeS 19 b4 s5 20 txes dxes 2t h3 prague At ths hatfway stage, lvanchuk and jJeroen piket, Kh4 Kt6 50 Rb6+ 1n SeptLf rrb[rr wa! won tJy :jovltl Gl.l half the Nether_ Rxf8 29 Re1 Rd8 30 d5 c6 31 dxc6 Qxc6 32 Kg7 51 KhS aS 52 Rb7+ Kg8 Alexander Cltiirriin wrln 'lili l5 Ct,)Lft GM lands youngest and nowest grandmaster, was 53 , Qxe3 Qxc4 33 Qxe4, a4. 1-0. --- obvrously set up as the tournament bunny and, indsed, managad only one half point 1{ Nbs HeG (The knight cannot be taken: from his first five games; after that, however, 14. cxbs? RxcS+ RxcB 16 Bxbs+ Nd7 he gradually became more competitive. (16 . Rc6 17, Bxc6+ bxc6 18 Qxc6+) 17 BxdT+ ISSS WORLD IUNTOR Kasparov - A0destein Kf8 18 BxcB winning a piece) 15 Nd6+ K18 1 d4 e6 2 e4 d5 3 Nd2 b6 4 Ngf3 Bb7 5 Bb5+ 16 Qxg.l Qxes 17 NxcS hS ,8 Nb6 hxg,t By Ben Martin c6 6 Bd3 Be7 7 0-0 dxe4 I Nxe4 NfG 9 Nxf6+ 19 tttlT+ Ke8 20 ilxes Nxgs 21 Rbl Ne6 ln August I represented New Zealand at the World Junior Chess Championships in Cotomb,ra Bxl6 10 8,4 0-0 11 Qe2 QclS't2 Be4 ehs 13 22 RxbT Rhs 23 NxtT ItcS 2,t 896. l-O- Sotlth America. lt was my second trip to such an event: I played in the World Junror in lhe a4 NclT 14 a5 bxas 15 Bd6 RtcS t6 Qd2 Bd8 tlhilippines in 1987. 17 Nes NxeS 18 dxes Ba6 19 Rfel f5 20 exfS Soviet championship I was in Colombia when the crack-down on cocaine dealers began but there wa.! ljtile e,Jidence Bxl6 21 Rxas BbS 22 c4 Rdg 23 Qb4 RacB 24 Rafael Vaganian won the Soviet Champion- 9l this .in TunJa wherB the competition took place, Most colombians spoi(e a titrte Engtish (Spanish is the official language) and they wero very cxbs c5 25 b6 Rxd6 26 bxa7 Rdd8 27 Qa4 ship for 1989, played at odessa in september/ friendly and enthusiasiic about chess. BeS 28 aBQ Qxh2+ 29 Kfl Rxa8 30 Rxa8, 1-0. october. The field \,vas not strong by the Tunia is situaled in the Andes, about 80oo feet above sea level. The attitude look some gstting usecl to. The town is celebrating the 450th annrversary of its tounding by Kasparov Sax standards of the event, lact{ng such as ' the Spaniards.-There - are many churches; the tournament itself was helc, in a restoied convent. 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 NI6 5 Nc3 Kasparov, Karpov, lvanchuk and Ehlvest. our accommodation at the llotel Hunza was goocj The tournament was d6 6 h6 7 h4 Nc6 8 Rg1 h5 NxhS 10 well-run, though the 94 I 0xh5 Scores: GM Vaganian 9/t5; GM Belyavsky, playing hall was a litfle sma[ anct noisy. Bg5 NfG 11 BazBd7 12 h5 a6 13 Qd2 b5 14 a3 GM Dolmatov, cM Eingorn, lM Gelfand 8-; competitions: An open event and a women,s lournament (both under 20). Be7 15 Be3 NxhS 16 0-0-O Nt6 17 RxgT Qb8 GM Lerner, Tho lM Oll 8; Aseev, Dreev 7-; tvacted 50 entrants three ol the top four seeds we[e Sovieis: GM Alexei Dreyev 18 Nxc6 Bxc6 19 Qd4 eS 20 Qd3 KfB 21 Rdgl Georgadze, eM Sokolov, GM Tukmakov 7; shirov ancl Mijail Ulibin (firsl, thi(d and fourth-rated). Zsuzsu potgar, the onty Qc8 22 f4 Qhg 23 R7g3 Qh2 24 Br3 Rg8 25 GM Balashov, IM Ovoiris 5-; GM Malaniuk, tor, was second seed. RxgS+ NxgS 26 Ne2 Qh3 27 Ng3 exf4 28 Bxt4 Smirin 6. The toulnament started sensationally when lOth seed.lacek cdanski (Polanc,) won his first five games Qh4 29 Qe3 Rcg 30 Nhs Qh3 31 Bh6+, 'l-O. (All oyerseas news was supplied by but he lost to Dreyev in round 6. This was only a slight setback. After 11 rounds, Gdanshi had 9-, onB and a hall ahead o, th€ rielc,. lvanchuk - Korchnoa Peter Stuart who has returned to the Unfortun.etely for Gc,anski, ne!'ves finally caugnt 1 d4 NfO 2 c4 eO 3 93 d5 ,+ Bg2 dxc4 5 Nf3 fold- Apparently, his typins lingers had up with him arid he lost his last tw.o games This allowed Vasil Spasov (Bulgaria) to catch up on 9?i13. Spalov took the tiile on tie bre;k. Nc6 6 Qa4 Bb4+ 7 Bb2 NdS 8 Bxb4 Nxb4 9 a3 become very itchy- Welcome home 24 players took part the b5 10 QxbS Nxc2+ I1 Kd2 Nxal 12 Oxc6+ Bd7 Peter. ed) in wonlen's event. lt was dominated by Ketirno Katiani (us,sR) abnrr lldiko Madl (Hungary). Both wDre undefeated but Kaliani orc-:ppeci one Iess half point than Nlacil 13 Qxc4 c5 14 Qa2 Qa5+ 15 b4 cxb4 t6 Qxal to come firsl with 1'l?/13. RcB 17 Nes Bbs 18 Ke3 Rc2 19 Bf3 O-0 20 a4 I had en points trut I stalted badly, turo draws Fr()rn four games. My first win catme f6 21 Nd3 Bc4 22 Nd2 Qg5+ 23 Nf4 e5 24 Nxc4 From Emil Melnichenko, a game with an in_.ro my room-mate David zulu (zanll)ia). lwo;r ogain-in round-6 and then lost gxf4 ext4+ 25 Qfs 26 Nd6 Qe6+, 0-1. under-prornotion that is neither "gratuitous alter an advantage against Alejdn.lr! Klos ol Coii].mtlia. Two draws and a win brou 50% \. nor sensationalist" Hiartarsobn - Liuboievic ln round 11 I rtrnez (cuba) wl)icjh end best rcsult, a win 2330. carrre in roLrrrci 1 in a 1 d{ Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 ilc3 d5 4 Bg5 t{bd7 5 -, Gavrikov Jar;tonoy, 5sth USSR complicated st lound was a rjrsasti]r. ainst cxds exds 6 e3 c6 7 BdS Bd6 I NfS NI8 carlos Boiss movD 7 and never r6all 1 left 9 t{es QbG 10 O-O BxeS 11 dxes Ngl 12 me on 6?/13 1 d4 Nt6 2 c4 e6 3 Nr3 d5 4 Nc3 Be7 5 Bf4 Qa4 Qxbz 13 Ract a5 I would like to thank the Otago Chess Club for orovidin!t f;rtanci.rl irss;istance.lo help rne a11end o-O 6 e3 c5 7 dxcs Bxcs 8 cxds Nxd5 I the tournament. Nxds exds 10 a3 Nc6 11 Bd3 Bb6 12 A O Bg4 13 h3 Bh5 14 b4 Re8 l5 Ra2 d4 16 b5 Round 7 Bxf3 17 Qxf3 dxe3 18 bxc6 Qxd3 19 cxbT A Shirov (USSR) - M Stangt (FRG) axlz+ 20 Kh2 Qxtl 21 bxaS=Q Qq1+ 22 Kg3 1 d404 gogG z2 s4e4 oddG 3 Nc3 tsalBoT 4 f1+Nr! 23 Kh4 (23 Qxrl RxaB) 23 Bd8+ 24 f4t4 c6cG 5S Nf3 Bo4 6 Be-j Oh6 z ed2 Nf6 nge0 QxdB RxdS 25 Rf2 f6 26 Rxfl 95 27 Kns G7 I e5 qives RQ4 Od4) 27 Ocs 28 tse3 Qc4 29 Kh6 ReB 0-0 gives 30 Bd2 Qf7 31 Qd3 ReZ 32 QciB+ Rt-B 33 ow. Again Qd3 UB2 34 QdS+ (34 Bc1 Qd7 35 Kh5 QrTr) .0-0 13 e6 nor 12...eorz...eo 13rJ t5!15! andano ifrt.r3...axrs'14 l3...exts 14 34 Re8 35 Qc,3 - e6 or0r ifit 13...gxfs13...9xf5 14 ehsQhs Fifg 15 Nxe6) helpilcrF) BlackuracK l?tl . t\ft,Nfq ilroveritsilr'overixs irrilrer,tateirrrrrerliate dis;r:lterdrsilster butb-ut leaves Black hopelesriyhopeleslly cramped) 13 Nxf /t Kx$r' 14 fb gxfs-the (t, t4 ..Nf8 rhen 15 Rdfl' and if L9...ngu]_9 .KgA or Ke8KeB ltj16 f6 wins back the piece) ls15 eh5 16 RdIl (Threatening 17Exf5, 18 Qf7+ and 19 Bxh6) lb-.e6 17 18 qxfsqxfS exfS 19 Flhgl Ge7 2O RxgT+! KxgT 2'! REt+ KfE 22 Rxh6RxhGlxh6 23 (21...8xb2? ?2Axc2 Bxc2+ 23 Kxc2 and now neither 23...Rc6 24 NGxc4 nor (24...Qf8 25 Rg8 wins) 1-O- Qxh6+ KeB 24 Rg7 Qh4 Qe6+ and 25 a3 23...c3 24 NxcB cxd2 25 Nd6 save Black) 22 NxcS (Not 22 bxc3 Nxc3#! The queen must leave the After (eg) 25.. 26 Rg8+ mates. diagonal. Qxd4 Atter 22 Nxf5 cxb2! 23 Rxc2 gxf5 Black's passed pawn gives him Round 11 coLfnterchances eg 24 Bc4 Nc3+ 25 Ke1 Rxc4 or 24 Bd3 Nb4 25 RxcS RxcB R Koch (FRA) J Gdanski(POL) 26 KeZ? Nxd3 27 lftd3 Rc1) 24...cxd2 (24"..cxb2 25 Rxc2 Bxc2+ 26 Kxc2 - HxcE+ 27 Bc4 Nb6 28 Kb3 a5 is also worth a try) 23 Rxc2 Bxc2+ 24 t(xc? 1 e4 66 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bh4 4 e5 Ne7 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 c5 7 Qg4 RxcS+ 25 ]the exchange BcS t6 1o (70 Bxc5 Rxc5 71 Rxh5 (or 71 Ra7 Flc4) Ra5 is equal. 7O BhB is up). too risky, eg 70...Be7 71 Rxh5 a3 and Black's a-pawn becomes dangerous). My most interesting game. Round 11 B Martin (NZD) A Martinez (CUB) - LETTER As long as there are other players in the top 1 Nf6 2 eG 4 5 6 7 Bf4 Bg7 8 group, seed d4 c4 c5 3 d5 Nc3 exd5 cxdS d6 Nf3 96 Dear Sir, score the top will meet weaker Cla4+ Bd7 I Qb3 bs?l (A complicated and risky pawn offer) 1O Bxd6? opposition than the "upsetting bunny". (Ihe wrong pawn I think. 10 Nxb5 is slightly better for White. eg after Having beBn out of circulation as it wer6 However, whBn those two players are out on for five months, I have only just looked their own, with equd points, the top seed is 10...0-0 11 Nc3 with the threat of Bxd6 or 10...Qa5+ 1'l Nc3 and now through the June and August issuss of the always paired with the highest rated available 11...Nxd5 12 Qxd5 Bxc3+ 13 Nd2! or 11...Ne4 12 Nd2! Nxc3 13 bxc3 Bxc3 magazine; thus these followino comments are opponent in the nearest scors-group so lvill 14 Rc1 and 11...0-0 12 Nd2 all favourWhite) 1O---QbG 11 Bg3 (11 BeS is perhaps a little tardy. tend to meet stonger opposition than thB bunny. possibly an improve.pent) 11---O-O 12 el c4 13 Qb4?! (The safer Your oMn letter (page 67, June) indicates a alternative is 13 Qd1 b4 14 Ne2 Na6 but Black still has a strong attack) lack o, understanding of our swiss pairing ln rnore lighthearted vein, I'm not sure 13---Na6 1/t Cld6 Qas 15 Nd2 Nb4 (15...Rad8 threatening simply 16...8e8 rules. First, I would point out that 6-round whether to he amused or concerned that '17 swissBs are actually quite rare: most NZ Nigel Metge appears to already have lnfor- and 17...Nxd5 causes serious problems. lf 16 e4 then 16...Nxe4!16... N swisses are of 5, 7 or I rounds. Secondly, the mants 48 and 49 Perhaps he has a time (either)xe4 Bfs 18 Of4 Bxe4 and White cannot recapture) 16 Rcl BtS 17 reverse pairing methocl is used for only half machine!? '17...Rd8 the rounds (just under half if an odd number ClcS! (Black threatened or 17...Nxd5'18 Nxd5 Nxd5 19 Qxd5 RadS Finally, of rounds). swiss pairing are to the Hawkes-Mclaren ending on 20 Bd6 Rxd6 Rd8. Now White threatens 18 18 18 Thirdly, all rul8s pagB (June 21 Qxd6 Bc7, Qxb5 and designed to "keep the rabbits in their bur- 70 ). ln the note to White's 47th Nxc4) 17.--Nc2+? (17...Ne4 leads to a totally unclear position: 18 Ncxe4 rows" in that they act as a sort of knockout Leonard oivEs simply 47 t5+7 Kct6 lmplying a simple simple; during the (18 Ndxe4? Bxe4 19 Bc7 Bxc3+ 20 bxc3 Qa3 21 Kdl Oa4+; 18 Bc7? Nxc5 tournament in the sense that losers no longer win lt is not so game I actually thought it was a dra,v in view 19 Bxa5 Nbd3+; 18 Qxb5? Bxc3! 19 Oxa5 Nc2+ are all better for Black) have 100% scorss: 18-..Bxe4 (or 18...Rac8 19 Qe7 Bxb2 20 Nf6+) 19 Bc7 and now Black can of the line 48 Kc7 pawns play 19...Qxa2 20 Qxb4 Bxb2 or 19...Qa4 20 Nxe4 Bxb2 with compensation The easiest way to dernonstrat8 the Kd4 (wift all the on the sam6 sids wnite should draw comrortably for the piece in either case. Alternatively, 17...Nd7 18 Qxb5 19 Nxb5 ac,vantage of alternating between direct and Qxb5 after 48...8xf5 49 NbS+) .t9 Kb7 reverse pairings is to take a simple example. Kcs 50 NbS or Bxb2 20 Rxc4 Nd3+ also gives Black play for his two-pawn deficit) 18 Kd1 4g...Bxfs 50 NbS+ Kd7 Kds. However, Suppose the top two seeds (A and B 51 (After 18 Rxc2 Bxc2 1g Nxc4 and 20..:Qxb5, White has pawn's the Black can improve with 49...868! Ba4 51 three for respectively) draw their mutual encounter and 50 03 '19 Kb4 Bd7 52 Kc5 Be8l and exchange but is undeveloped) 18...Rac8 (18...Nd7 Nxc4! Qxc3 20 OxfS+ win all their other games lf only dirBct White has run out of moves so must giv6 up the knight KxfS 21 bxc3 bxc4 22 Rxc2 +-) 19 Qxb5 Qxb5 2O Nxb5 Nxd5! (Black's pairings ara used then A will always meet a best chance) 21 Nd6? (White's other options were 21 Rxc2 Bxc2+ 221{xc2 higher rated opponent than B as long as ln retrospect, i1 seerns that 46 14, without c3! unclsar and 21 e4! Nde3+! 22 fxe3 Nxe3+ 23 Ke2 BxbZ 24 Rbl Nxfl thore are otnet players in the samo score the tactical iustilication of lines with f5(+), group; thE use of atternate reverse pairings is sirnply weakens the White pawns turther. (24...c3 pieces 25 Kxe3 c226Bc4l wins three for a rook) 25 Kxfl c3 26 exfS designerl to ovprcome this protllem Therelora, betler is 46 93 which, I think, c2 27 Kf2 and White should win though not without difficulty) 21-__c3! :jholrio frolll f JLrw 46 hg i! iirBi by 4V q4t )1t]1 Solutirrr) 1 BxqT (Bnllrancyl?) 'l Fxril + 2 46 15, 47 Kd4 f4 by 48 U4 whrle af ler 4Fr rj0 Kh2 8r,37 3 h6 Clt4 (Oh dear!) 0 1 (proving it is saf e to play 47 0!+ not tearing f5: wrth once 3qain thcre is no iugtice in cho:js) NEW ZEATAND'S BIGGEST the p3vyn "n OU Postscftpt resultS arB clL,arly the best. rrul Thc 10th city of Hastings Junior chess Tournament, 1989, was hetc, at the Hastings lndoor Yo\irs fartnFuily rluairty bitmaf] printers (such as the HP Stac,ium.on Saturday, 30 September 1989. lt attracted a record 595 entries from 37 primary and Laser,Jet) can aiso produce excellent dia- intermediate schools in Ha\ /ke's Bay. Pot€rr -Stuart grams ,rom larga saze bitmap scalings of thB There were six agB groups for boys and girls flom sevBn and under to opsn junior. The evenl Postscript font was run on a knockout sy$tem. (We consider 5 rounds ancl 6 rounds as For those who possess a copy the ol Flaxmere schools again dominatect with 17 ol the 25 clivision winners and lrongate anct equals respect both the in thls ln cases, Macintosh version of the chess database Peterhead lied lor the special award for the greatest percentage o, entries p6r schoot r6tt second round pits lowest winner against Bookup, (Convert 1raXy. the I have written a small utility Woodville School again won the au,ard for trave,ling the greatest distanca t6 compete. the highest ln a large swiss this is obviously To Cheq) which will convert Bookup dia- unlair and unlikely to improvg the toumament grams to cheq format, lf anyone wishes to A feature of this year's toumament was the presence of Lev Aptekar, th€ Neu/ Zealand chess ln the A and B demonstration wo do not see obtain th6 Postscript font, bitmap screen Association's coach, who presented ths awards and noted the most promising playsrs. any problsm. Tho highest raied winner should To fonts for the Macintosh and Convert ity the big n New zealand, we play the highest rated eligible opponent Why Cheq, I will gladly supply a copy if you send not? Finally, a high(low)-rated winngr surely mea35"disk ::SfiH: 3?;J".',11X,i.13""i3 wants high(low) rated opponents not just a A PomEroy North Che tendency lor them ED) Classics Department Victoria University GIRLS seven yearsj peterheact, PO Box 500, Wellington l,ene King - lrongate, 1; Katrina sunmmersby - 2; Teresa Barker - A CHESS DIAGRAM FONT Peterhead, 3. R6c8ntly, Adobe, one of the major Eight years: Itlicola Ryan trongats, ,; Chanelte Baggs Flaxmers,2; Julie Carew computer US, released - - - font suppliers in the Peterhead, Julie-Anne Simpson - porritt 3=. into ths public domain a font namecl Cheq, NZ MASTER an excellent ront for use with high quality Nine years: Gina Moon - Peterhead, l; Belinda waaka - peterhead, 2; Rosaleen sheehan - Postscript printers I have testecl this with the ln another letter to the associa- Peterhead, Janins Morris - Frimley, 3-. Apple Macintosh computer and LaserPrinter but as the font is tlasic Postscript, it may also tion. Poter Stuart has informed us be used with IBM compatibles and any other that Anthony Ker has attained the 10 years - section A: Tracy smith - Irongate, 1; Tania Jacobs - peterhead,2; Loren white - Ebbett Park, g-. computer which can communicate with a necessary points to be awarded the Nadine Elers - Flaxmere, Postscript-capable prin ter, New Zealand Master title His section B: Melissa oeddos - lrongate, l: Darlene Tonihi - Flaxmere, z; virginia campbell - lrongate, The cliagrams are similar to those used in scores range from one point for the Kim Shallish - trongate, 3=. German chess books and the fact that thL,re NZ Junior '1982 to 4'1 points for the are alternatives tl ? English keyDoard to Championship '1988. Total, 119 years mapping tor the pieces, such as S(pringer) l\Z 1l - section A: Heten Au - Flaxmere, l; Kim Nardlof - lrongate, zi Joan Haenga - lrongate, Athena Blake instead of N(ight) ror knight, suggests a points. - Flaxmers, 3-. German origin Here is a sample (J Polgar - Further, Ben Martin qualified as a Section B: Lee Watene - Mataakataho, l; Catherine Dawson - Woodville, 2; Anna Cox _ M Gomez Salamanca 1989): Peterhead, Soich Matthetvs Candidate Master by exceeding 40 - Sharenden, 3-. Master Points at tho NZ Junior Cliampionship of 1988. Open Junior: Adele Barker - Hastings, 1; Pare-Marie Jacbbs - Peter also reports that the Flaxmere, 2; Rachel Morris - Heretanga, Eileen Turner - Heretanga, 3-. lorrg-promised tournament director seminars are likely to commence early next year in Auckland. BOYS When one thinks about it, Peter, Seven years - Secuon A: Andrew Morris - Frimley, t; peter loane _ parkvale, 2i David Van though he doesn't (usually) attend Zyl de Jong - Pafivale, Campbelt Jones - lrongate, 3.. council meetirrgs, must be one of Section B: Creamman Ratima the kesnest and efficient workers on Havelock North, 3. council. Eight years - section A: Martan Brjdel - Irongale. 1; Dsan Hertihy - Flaxmere,2; Joshua Flow about Christchurch and Lambert - lrongale, Ross Walker - Woodville, 3 Dunedin putting up another couple section B: Brad Borrio - Hastings central. 1. steven Asvidge - lrongate,2; paul wrigley - like him! Havelock North, Nichotas Grimmet Frimley, 3- Nine years section A: Jonathon - sinctaar - Hereworth. 1: Richard Matton - Hastings Central, 2; John Mullany _ lrongate, Todcf Stenbridge _ Mahora, 3- section B: shans vvicken - laon0ate. r; LancB Doore - Ebb6tt paft, 2iBevanwirkis _ CAPABLANCA Maytak, Nichotas Richards _ Maytain, S- section c: John smlth rronpatg, From Edward - - 1; David wawatai - rrongate, 2t Geotge Greig _ Winter Peterhead, Cameron Jones - porritt, 3-. l0 years Section _ - A: Simon. I.aylot Btedasloe, 1; Wifliam Kyte,2; Robert Mcconigat _ Taradate, Jade Wakely - Woodville, 3-. soction B: Jason christie - lrongate, l: rain Giruan - porritt,2; vaughan Michaerson _ Flaxmere, Duncan prydo - WooOvittel3-. section c: stephon Bro-c.k..- Glroenmeadows. wiilie sargent - Hasungs centrar, 2; Brendan Amolcl - Reignior, Nathan Ho'wie _ lrongate, S-.^r; Section D: Richard Bvers._ trongate. 1; Ruben Staines _ Mahora, 2; _ s, mostly simultaneous, Peterhead, 1 ' '--- Matthew Bolton Rhys Brady Hastings ie-nulr,'s-. Itaneous exhibition. We ising he would do such ll years section A: - Blair Hedihv-- Flaxmsre, 1; Anderson Rewiti - lrongate, 2; Neit Billings - St Pats, Simon Ward - Havetock,-g- Capablanca Fairhurst section B: lticolas - carew - Flaxmere. l; Jemd Dixon - lrongate, 2; Andrew Fifield _ Heretanga, Trent Barber = Flaxmere, 3-. section c: Deighton christae - Ftaxmere, 1; simon Johnstone - parkvale,2; olen Multany _ Flaxmere, Shane Forster - Greenmeadows, g-

open Junior - section A: George Huhu - Fraxmere, 1; Danier Dawson - Taradale, paul 2; Josava lraia - Heretanga, Gurney _ Hastings, 3=. Section B: Nicky Shailish - Ftaxmere, 1; Greg Miller _ Heretanga, 2; John Hine - Havelock North, Jacob Boston _ Taradale,3:. Section C: Andre Chatmers - Taradate, 1; Richard Lawrence _ Flaxmere, 2; Aarn Kerr - Hastings, David Tyson _ Hastings, 3=. pawl$.2O..-Ne4+! 21 dxel 96 22 Rf6 Rxe5 23 Rlfl (Btack's game is still difficult. Active rooks countJor a lot when there are many weak-pawns) SPECIAL AWARDS: 23-.-Rxe4 24 RxtT Rd8+ 25 Kcl Ret+ 26 Hxel t

We deeply regrel that the board of ctirectors ol the Granctmasters Associatron in mBeting ot 26 is the tact two lntomationat Mastors in .lg89. Novembeill989 in Belgrade, and after consultation with the ptayers involved, and thc C 6 due publicity, decided not to select Wellington as the vsnue of the forlhcoming World Chess bhampionship n" ot"ri nogJ match.

On behalf of G Kasparov, President; and A Karpov/J Timman, Vice presio€nts. I arn, Sincerely yours

B KOK Chairman of the Board

A POOLE eni Zealand Chess Association 30 198!t Floger Chapman (Na va Hclmut Glaser (Slngaporo) As late as 26 November, international news seMces have been repolting that Wellington, New Zealand, was still under considaration as the venue l99O Anglo-Pacific lnvltatlonal 1 985-87 ior th€ World Championship Usually, reports have been of "Lyon, Wellington and possibly another city,'. I d4 Nt6 2 c4 96 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 S R 00 6 B€3 NbdT 7 ed2 have been inquiring ol FIDE aboui the question. The replies and a FIDE Forum (No c5 E d5 Ne5 9 Bg5 a6 l0 f4 NedT NR Rblt 12 - .We ll a4 ReE t3 Be2 18a) haw brought some clarification. A meeting was held betwe6en representatives of FlbE h6 14 Bh4 Qc7 15 00 NA 16 h3 Bd7 t7 Raet N6h7 lE eS Bf5 and the GMA on 7 November to agree on rules for the world championship ln particular, there is a schecrule lor t9 94 Bd7 20 KEz h5 2l ghS ghS 22 Bg3 23 Ngt h4 24 the 1993-96 cycle. However, on 15 November, whsn FIOE Forum was ecS printed, this was still a ''proposed agreement". Bxh4 Ng6 25 Bg3 de5 26 te5 Bxe5 27 BxeS Nxe5 28 Bh5 Ng6 29 with the situation still nol completely clear, a further RxIT! KxfT 30 Qh6 NfE 3r Bxg6+ t-0 message was sent to F|DE advisin that the NZ Chess Association would bE willing to consider re-instating its bid. ln th circumstances a copy was S6nt also to fie GMA. Roger Chapman (NZ) vs Dr Andreae Longwitz (BRD) tccF wflu/274 1s83_84 FIDE President Florencio carnpomanss was attending the European Team champion in Haifa at the time, but GMA board chairman Bessell Kokhas advisdd that at a meetirig ot GMA board of directors in Betgrade on 26 November a decision was made Nor t5 se Wellington. The nenl/s reports eviden{y relate to these various rneetings. The NrcA has not issuing press statements, anct in particular not ons about being willing to consider te-ins Its bid; instead, it has been trying to find out what it was that was being reported : what should be saio now is that the l99o match wiil not be in wellington, irrsspsctive ot the evidently conlused stats of the rules. Whether the rules made at Puerto Rico stili stand, or have boen overtaken by the proposed agreement out of thg meetjng of 7 November, if and when the proposed agreement may be signed, still is unclear. With hindsight, it the Wortd Championship 1990 wiil not be in wellington, a lot has be verthetess. we have inteinationat recoonition in chess that we dict not h the attBmpt and we have attraclect alot more public attention herg in N6w .Ze?tand. We have a plattorm to attract other internationally significant ch€ss competitions to NBw Zsaland. We had untlDlievaDle support from the Hijiary Cornmission anc, the Wollington City council rhe Govr.,rnment was specially supportivo in underwriting a financial -pactragc amo{.rntrng to s6 8 million so that commercial sponsorships could bs built up we wi:ie confidant of lull commerci3l sponsorship, and indecd faltered iust once when a load .spon5or wilhclr{,'w

l . Nobody should De fllamecl for that, il was protrably unvoidabte given tne extremely licult negotiating conditions the factionalism reigning in ches-s in recent lim€ls and an dent lack ot eagerness in tfre core ol the olcl worio oi chess to aoventure out into a new CLUB DIRECTORY Details of the advertising ratas for this pag6 can be found on the insicle lront cover. AUCKLAND CHESS ASSOC|AT|OI{ contacts: president, E\ren Green, phone 412_9701; Socretary, Nigel Hbpeweil, 78 otd Mi[ Road, O]ey Lynn, Auckland 2. casual ptay) at 17 d visitors welcome. 11 ZONAL Hall, Owsns Road, , David Shead, phons

HoW|CK-PAKURANGA cc msets Tuesdays 7.3opm at Howick Briclge Club, Howick Community- Complex. Contact, Derick Laft, 39 Minaret Drive, Bucklands Beach, Aucktand. phons 534-1114 esdays ptay) in the Northcote Road/E stal address: PO Box Stuart, Yours railhfulty PAPAToEToE cc meets Wednesdays 7-11prn at St George's Anglican Church Hail, Landscape Road, Papatoetoe. Contact, O Banks, phon€ 279-8170 or J McRae, phone 2Zg-452O evenings. W A Poole days 7.30pm al Kelson West Community Cenfs, cnr Great North dclress: PO Box 69-005, elendene, Auckland 8. Contacts, Ben Smith, phone 818-4113. HAMILToN cC me€ts Thursdays 7pm at Hamilton Bowting Club, Pembrol(e Stre6t, Hamilton. Contact, Lon Whitehouse, 165 Galtoway Street, Hamitton, phone G9-S82. RoroRUA cc meets Thursdays 7,30pm in the salvation Army Hall, old raupo Road, Rotorua. Secratary: Percy Margolin, 64 Turner Drive, Rotorua phone Rotorua g3-4,15. CAMBBIDOLCLmaets Tuesdays 7pm at the Recl cross Hall, Milicich Place, cambridge. CLUB DIRECToRY cont Contact, Brian Carlhsw, PO BoxGtl, Oambridge, phone (Ol1)2Zl-949. Visitorswetcome. NELSQN CC meets NEISIfLYMOUIH-CLmeeIS Tuesdays 7.30pm at clubrooms, 11 Thursdays 7..3opm at 2 shakespeare walk. contact, Dan Dotejs, 89_827 ot oilbert street, New Plyrnouth. Denis Boyce, Motueka 87-985. visitors welcome. Contact, President, Enol Tutfery, phone 82-626 Nev/ plymouth 7.00pm Tuesdays 2pm and Thursdays 7pm at the Hilier Memorial ^_Wednesdays at the clubrooms, 227 Bealey Avenue, 935 (c.lubrooms). Contact, Michaol Rocks, 42 grockw6rth ptace, Maunganui. Contact, Barney Sullivan phone 56-793. m at "Lakewood", 5a Fletcher Street, Taupo. Contact, JoannB ASHBURTON CC meets Mondays.T.Sopm-(F-eb-oct incrusive), Rggr R5, Ashburton colr'ge, walnu-t Avenue. contact, Roy K-eoting eo-s3e or stephen rayibr Cis-ze'i.'piiiiar address: po ffimsetsweCtn6Sc,ays7pmattheLibrary,HaVelockNorthHigh Box 204, Ashburton. school, Te Mata Road, Havelock North. Contact, Mikd Earie, phone i76-O21. orAGo cc meets wednesday_s ancr saturdays 7.3opm at 7 Maifland street, Dunedin. phone Tuesdays 7.3opm at Palmsrston North tntermediate 776-9,l9 (clubrooms). patton, School, contact, Arthur is coileiTe street, Dunedin,-prron"lzz_+r+. President' John chapman' phone 8o-337; INVERCARGTT r Cc meets Tuesday! hrrTntu"t -7.gopm at staff Room, south schoor, Ness street. contact, Martin Post, phone 78-263 or Ailan Mccait, phone 82_204 lAPm Cq meets Thursdays 7.30pm at Block E, Kaplti College, Margaret's Road, Flaumati Beach. NEW ZEALAND CORRES,PQNDENCEIHESS Contact, Bill Cox, Paraparaumu (058) 88-589. ASSOCIATION. PO BOX 3278, WEIIiNgtON LOCAI and overseas ptay. Contact, J W (Sandy) Maxwell, phone 367_682 IIPPER HUTT CC meats Mondays 7.45pm at Fraser Crescent school Hall, Redwood sbeet, Upper Hutt- Contact, Anton Reid, 16 Hildreth Street, Upper Hutt, phone ZW-756. HUTT VALI FY cc meets Tuesdays 8pm at Hutt Valley lntBrmediate Schoel, south end, entrance off Kauri Street. Contact, Derek Wono Nam, phone 6Tg-297.

eets Wednesclays at the Central Bowling Club, end_of Roxburgh Street, Collins phone 646-764 or Gavin Marner, phono 648_401. postal address, uiomata.

glvtccc mests 7.30pm at wetlington Bric,ge club, Moturoa street, Thorndon contact, Br6nt Southgate, phone 757-604..