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I hope to see Lots ofyou COPY DEADLINE tltere Seasons greetings to you al.l, December issue, Monday January 16 Bob Stnith NZCF- Presitlent Front Cover: Evguenia Charonutytr 200\ N,/. HOMEPAGE Wornen's Champbn with the Multt'l Altltur http ://www.nzchess.co.nz Trophy NZ Chess NZ Chess 5 New Zealand Women's Championship 2005 ating fortunes. Liu played a dubious equalising missed a drawing chance a pawn down in a by FM Bob Smith exchange in the opening and white missed a rook ending. Lau scored her first win, against chance to win a pawn. Later Wu got her bishop Somerville, who was now starting to look seri- This year's New Zealand Women's Champi- Charomova played a good consistent game trapped but Liu's exposed king with queens on ously outclassed. onship shaped up as one of the most intriguing against Lau, demonstrating the power of a the board made a draw a fair outcome. Leaders: Charomova, Smith 2.5; Shirley Wu, for some years. good knight against a miserable bishop. Lau leamt the drawbacks of playing with no Chen, Liu 2,Marcroa, Jiang 1.5. Twelve players contested the Championship Maroroa sacrificed a piece for two pawns and plan against Jiang. Black's queen became mis- proper, while another eight played in the sepa- the initiative; it may not have been quite placed and a target of white's attack. White Round Four rate Reserve Championship. sound, but Judy Gao was unable to cope with overlooked a tactic that would have won a rook, Charomova beat Liu after the latter created her On paper fifteen year-old Evguenia Charo- the complications. but her advantage was still enough to win. own weaknesses and was soon unable to protect mova deserved to be the clear favourite. Fairley had an early stumble, conceding a Gao scored an easy victory after a series of a backward pawn. At 1699, she was rated more than a hundred draw to Sharon Wu. Wu lost a pawn in the serious errors by Somerville. Smith agreed a draw with Shirley Wu after just points ahead of her nearest rival, fellow Olym- opening but fought back well, opening up The tragi-comic game of the round was Shirley 15 moves, deciding she didn't like her position. piad representative Sue Maroroa. white's king-side and regaining the pawn with Wu against Fairley. Fairley's lack of book Maroroa got a big opening advantage against For the past two years, Charomova had led the a better position. In the end Fairley was happy knowledge was exposed in the exchange Ruy Chen but then blundered a piece. She threw the Championship going into to salvagc a tlr:rw Lopez, but Wu did not take advantage. Wu then kitchen sink into a desperate attack and fortune final round, only to stum- Shirley Wu wrrs prohably overlooked the loss of an exchange and then smiled when Chen missed a chance to swap off. ble at the final also happy willr :r tlraw, another pawn. The position was easily won for The attack then proved good enough for a draw. hurdle. after Cccily l,irr hrrilt up Fairley when she inexplicably left her rook en Sharon Wu and Tabitha Lau also drew, after Defending champion Viv an ovcrwhel rrri rrri rrrlvan- prise on move 51.