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EUENYTHIilG FOR GHESS AT il.Z.C.S Russell Dive, LM. I\EW ZEALAND CHESS STOPPRESS is the oflicial journal of the New Zealand Chess Federation (Inc.), published bimonthly South Island Champiouship New Zealand Chess (February, April, June, August October, Stephen Coates, of Christchurch, was the Vol 2l Number December). surprise winner of the South Island 4 August 1995 Championship, ahead of Mark Sinclair, of All correspondence, subscription renewals, Wellington. There is plenty ofexciting news in N Z chess - at the top end in international achievernents, and at chang€s of address, advertising inquiries, the junior end. Some of these events are reported in this issue. Our only regret is that due to articles and other copy should be addressed to NZ Junior circumstances beyond our control, publication ofthis issue has been delayed. David Guthrie OT and Michael Nyberg WE New Zealand Chess shared top honours at the NZ Junior and Age Contents P O Box 3130 Group Championships in Auckland, in which Anthony Ker won an M nonm at the zonal tournament in Malaysia, without being aware of it. .Wellington 52 played. Guthrie lost to Russell Metge in He also won a second place for NZ at the next zonal. the last round, and Nyberg to Guthrie. Opinions expressed in articles, letters and 5 Russell Dive has gained two IM norms in British tournnments, and lifted other contributions are those of the authors. Australian Masters his FIDE rating over 2400, so has a clear claim for the title. Ben Martin has also gained his second M norm. Letters to the editor on my chess topic are Jonathan Sarfati scored 6lll in the welcome, limit 150 words, and marked "for Australian Masters tournament in Melbourne. publication." 8 Martin Dreyer holds offchallengers for his second successive Waitakere Trust Open win. World Championships 10 & 12 Scoretables from the 1995 N I Championship and N Rapid. A}INUAL SI]BSCRIPTION RATES The PCA world championship final between I NewZealand $18.00 Kasparov and Anand is being played in New 13 Reports from Wellington and Invercargill on their Other countries $US only Airmail Economy York in the second half of September. FIDE eueen's Birthday events. Australia, South Pacific U$12.00 has just advised that bids are now being 14 Best game awards from the 1994-95 NZ EastAsia, NAmerica U$15.00 examined for the Karpov-Kamslcy FIDE final, Congress. Ewope U$17.50 U$12.50 after postponernent ofthe deadline for bids. 16 Our regular round-up of New Zealand Rest of the world U$20.00 U$l5.00 The FIDE men's interzonal is scheduled for news. Armenia next April-May, and IIDE says that 18 ortvin sarapu updates the ongoing chess Back issues available - send for details. if a FIDE-PC,A agreement is finalised, the battle between man and the computer. PCA and FIDE interzonals could merge in this ADVERTISINGRATES tournament. 20 Paul spiller reports mixed feelings over DGTs at eueensland's Redcliffe open. Full page NZ$45.00 A FIDE Congress is scheduled for Doha, More garnes Ilalf page or full column NZ$22.50 Qatar, in November. Divisions within FIDE 22 Botvinnik selected and arurotated by Jonathan Sarfati. Ilalf column NZ$12.00 have been reopened with a bid for a special Club notices or classified, general assernbly to be held in France, and the 23 Congress adds more New Zealandnanes to the mid-year EIDE ratings. NZ$1.50 per 15 words. dispute continued as this issue of NZ Chess went to press. 24 Peter stuart gives another COPYDEADLII\IE comprehensive round-up of rntemational news.

The deadline for the October iszue is 28 krtoducing a new coaching featue, Jonathan sarfati deals with triangrrlation.

SaturdaS September 30, 1995 30 Ted x'rost updates NZCF events, including introduction of a jrmior rating list and a preliminary look at the 1996 timetable. Copy should include details of coming events...... and coming up in the October issue Ben lvlartin and Russell Dive will report on their European successes, Bob Smith gives the run- COVER: Rwsell Dive has completed doum on the successfirl intoduction of the NZ Junior and fue Group Championships, details of qtalificationfor the IM title. See page 5. the surprise result in the SI championship, games from the Kasparw-Anand matc[ and a report on NZ correspondence play wtrich uas squeezed out ofthis issue. NZ Chess NZ Chess 3 Clamps South-east Asia Zonalr 1995 down on f5 and threatens to IM for Russell Dive withdraw the bishop to e2, followed by f4, By Anthony Ker Russell Dive gained his third IM norm by when Black's knight is embarrassed for Genting Highlands is a mountain resort l% Thank you very much. This is the frst time I winning the third Southern Counties Chess sqrufes. hours north of Kuala Lumpur. It is a major have beaten a grandmasteq the lifetime score Union international tournament in England, 14...Nxd3 l5.Qxdi! Nc7 r6.Qd2 Nb5 tourist attracdon, with many hotels, an now stands at GMs ll%, Anthony l% (draw but as his fust norm obtained in Italy was a 17.Nge2 extensive amusement park and Malaysians- with Spassky). few montls outsideFlDE's six-year limit, the To stop the knight from reaching d4. only casino. From June 12-27 it was also the 30...b5 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Qd2 a6 33.Kf2 Kf8 award of Intemational Master was in doubt. 17...b6 18.axb6 19.Bh6 Nxc3? host of the South+ast Asia (Zone 3.2, to give 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Qd4+ KA 36.04 Kg8 Qxb6 Russell has since settled the issue by Dissolving White's weak pawn on b2. the official narne) Zone Championships. 37.axb5 axb5 38.Qc5 1-0 obtaining a fourth norm in a later tournament, 19...Nd4! was much better. The players were given spacious 2-bedroom and lifting his FIDE rating to 2428, so 20.bxc3 Bxh6? apartrnents to share, instead ofthe traditional Ia ronnd 2lfaced Yang Xian of Hong Kong application is now being made for recogrition. This is a really reckless move. Black hotel room. My room-mate, Damian and held on for a draw despite his repeated Ben Martin also gained an M norm in this overestimates his chances on the,queenside. "gorillamaster" Norris (Fiji) proved a most pawn sacrifices to open me up. tournament - his second. Full report in next 21.Qxh6 22.Rfe1 RabS agreeable companion and helpfrrl second Qb2 lssue. Here 23.Rxa6? is met by 23...Bb5. What during the tournament, although I haven't Xian Yang FM2425 HKG - Kcr, A shouldWhite do next? forgiven him for calling me an orang-utan at l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 4.8e2 Bg7 5.h4 96 z,.Qf4! Ker, A - Adianto, U GM 2595 INA the closing ceremony. c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Kfl Qxc5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.h5 I.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e4 e5 Heading for f6. From there the queen holds 5.NfJ Meals were buffet-style and excellent, with a gxh5 10.Nh3 Ng4 11.Bd2 12.R Bxc3 exd4 6.Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Ndb5 Na6 Qc5 Black's kingside in a yice while protecting c3. Qxd4 choice of western, Chinese, Indian or 13.bxc3 Ne3+ 14.Bxe3 Qxe3 15.Qd4 9.Bf4 c6 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Be6 12.e5 Qxd4 Ui...Rb6 24.QfG Rb3 25.Rac1 Indonesian cuisine. 16.cxd4 Nc6 17.c3 e5 18.Rd1 f6 19.Nf2 Na5 Nd7 13.f4 0-0-0 14.Be2 15.0-0 fxe5 25.Qxd6, the greedy move, allows f6 The tournament got off to the best possible, 20.Rxh5 Be6 21.d5 Bd7 22.f4 cxl4 23.R"h4 16.fxe5 17.Rf4 18.Rae1 counterplay after 25...Bb5. Rde8 Nc7 b5 19.BR start when I defeated grandmaster Edhi Rc8 24.Rxf4 Rxc3 25.Rxf6 Ke7 26.c5 dxe5 Nd5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nxd5 cxd5 25...Bb5 26.Nf4 Re8 27.h4! 22.Rfl Handoko IND in the fust round. After I 27.Ne4 Rc2 28.d6+ Rd8 29.Rd5 Nc4 Black's position grows more critical with Re6 23.Rxg7 d4 24.a4 Rhe8 25.Rfl bxa4 missed a chance for advantage Edhi was 30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Nc5 Rf4+ 32.Rxf4 exf4 26.Rf4 c3 27.bxc3 Rxd6? each step this pawn takes. cruising towards a better endgame when he 33.Nxb7+ Kc8 34.Nc5 Rg8 35.Rd4 Rg5 27...RL3 28.h5 Ra2 29.h6 30.KUt KfB got careless (notes by Anthony Ker unless 36.Nxd7 KxdT 37.Rxf4 l(xd6%-% Q,f2+ Black hopes to escape otherwise stated): with his king, but... 31.e5! The third rorurd saw my best game of the 95 3l...dxe5 32.d6!or 3l...QxR 32.Nxg6+! So Ker, A - Handoko, E GM 2500 IND tournament. Indonesia's No. 3, Nasib Ginting, Black tries a distaction. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.8f4 transferred all his pieces to the queenside and 32.exd6 Nc6 6.NA Ne4 7.Qb3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 96 9.e3 left his king open to attack. I needed no Norv White threatens rrate on and h8. Bg7 10.Bd3 G0 11.h4 h5 12.0-0 Na5 13.Qc2 second inyitation. 97 Note that White carefirlly put his king on h2 Bd7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Rab1 b6 16.R Nc4 rather than hl. This means tlat 32...Rxel is 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Nxd7 QxdT 19.e4 e5 Ker, A - Ginting, N IM 2390 INA not check and White can reply 33.Qh8#. 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qe7 22.Rfd1 Qxe5 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 96 32...Qh4+ 33.Nh3 RxC2+l Kxg2 1-0 23.Rd7 RcdS 24.Rbd1 This is the Samisch, a popular and After 34...Bfl+ 35.RxfI Re2+ 36.RD Black [JD Sarfati: 24.Rxa7 Rd3 25.Rcl extensively analysed variation of the King's [25.Rxb67? nrns out ofchecks. Qc5+ 26.QD Rdl+l Rfd8 Rd2, Qg3 with krdian. It is one ofmay favourites. With boft players in time trouble, Black has dangerous threats.] 5...0-0 6.Be3 NbdT 7.Bd3 c5 rnade a dubious exchange sacrifice. 27...Nxe5 I now faced top seed and evenfual winner of 24.-Qf6 25.e5? Qxh4 26.Qle2 RxdT 27.Rxd7 Black must contest the centre, either by looks o.k. for Black. the tounrament, Indonesian GM Ufut Adianto. Re8 28.Rd4 Qe7 7...e5 or this. 28.exd6 a3 29.Rfl Utut beat me very easily two years ago in [JDS:28...Qg3.] 8.d5 Ne5 9.Nge2 Instead of this move, 29.Re7 is decisive. Jakart and I was detennined to do better this 29.eft? 9.f4 is possible, but I wanted to develop 29...il3 30.Rg4 d2 31.Rd4 Re2 32.Rc4+ Kd8 time. In a Gambit accepted Utut kept Desperation. quickly before attacking. Queen's 33.Rg4 Nf6 34.Rd4 a2 35.Ra4 Rel lFl the pawn, but I got good play with a powerfrrl Qxe6?? 9...e6 10.0-0 exd5 11.cxd5 16 12.a4 Bd7 It was very disappointing to miss zuch a bishop outpost on d6. A most rugrandrnasterly move. 13.a5 Ne8 14.N93 golden opportunity to beat a top grandmaster, 30.Re4 but also encouaging to at least get to a position where I could win. 4 NZ Chess NZ Chess j I had now scored,2W4. Back to earth. I had Ker, - A Aung T 22215 MY A Mas Hafuulhelmi MAS 2205 - Ker, A 18.K92 RIbS 19.Nb5 Nxb5 20.cxb5 Rc8 a quiet draw with Singapore IM Hsu in the 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.rxrt5 cxd5 l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 96 4.R c6 5.Be3 Bg7 21.Bc3 Nfl7 22.Bd2 b6 23.Qc2 Qe8 24.a4 frfth rorurd. 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 0..0 ?.e3 c6 tt.Bd3 NbdT 6.Qd2 NbdT 7.ltlh3 Qc7 8.Nf2 b5 9.8e2 Bb7 Qe7 %-% 9.Nge2 Re8 10.0-0-0 Ne4 lt.tlxc4 rlxe4 10.G0 0-0 ll.Radl Nb6 12.Qc1 a5 13.Bh6 Hsu, LY IM SIN 2445 - Ker A 12.h4 Bxg5 13.hxg5 Qxg5 14-Nxc4 QC6 b4 14.Nb1 c5 15.c3 RfcS 16.d5 c4 l7.eg5 In the last round a win was worth $1000. I 1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 15.R Nf8 16.Nf4 Qf5 17.Rh5 Qd7 ls.Rdht Na4 18.Rd2 Ba6 19.Re1 Qa7 20.94 Rab8 tried hard, but Philippino Barlo Nadera was dxe5 6.Qxd8+ BxdS 7.Bl92 c6 8.e4 Nf6 Qe7 19.Kb1 f6 20.d5 96 2l.W bxcS 22.bxc3 Rb7 23.Nd1 Bxh6 too good for me and I was well beaten. 9.Nf3 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Ng5 Bxg5 24.Qxh6 Qc5 25.Rdc2 Nd7 26.h4 Rcb8 12.Bxg5 Bf5 13.0-0 Nd7 14.Rfe1 Nf6 15.f4 27.Nd2 Ne5 28.Ne3 Ker, A-Nadera, BPHI 2405 exf4 16.Bxf6 gxf6 l1.Bxe4 Bxe4 l8.Rxe4+ 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 Kf7 19.Rxf4 RheS 20.Rafl Re6 21.R1f2 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 NbdT 8.Bm NA Rd8 22.Kg2 Rdl 23.Kh3 Rdel 24.Rh4 IQ6 9.Nge2 Ne6 10.Bh4 96 11.Rb1 a5 12.a3 0-0 25.Rg4+ Kfl 26.Rh4 l<96 27.R94+ %-% 13.b4 axb4 l4.axb4 b5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.0-0 Bd717.Ra1 Qe718.Qb3 Rlb8 19.Ra3 Rxa3 h the sixth round I lost an endgame to 20.Qxa3 QfB 21.Qa7 Qc8 22.Ra1 Nc7 talented young Vietnamese player Nguyen. 23.Qa3 Ra8 24.Qb2 Be7 25.Rxa8 Qxa8 Once again divided passed pawns proved my 26.e4 dxe4 27.Nxe4 Bf5 28.Nc5 Bxc5 undoing! 29.Bxf5 Qa4 30.Bc2 Qxb4 31.Qxb4 Bxb4 32.Nc1 Bc3 33.Be4 Nd5 34.Nb3 Kf8 35.Kfl Nguyen, A D IM VIE 2480 - Ker, A Ke7 36.Ke2 Kd6 37.93 f5 38.BfJ Bb4 l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 4.Be3 21.Qc3!? Kg7? 96 c6 5.Qd2 39.Kd3 Nf6 40.h3 c5 41.dxc5+ Bxc5 42.Nd4 b5 6.Bd3 7.NB l\tbd7 8.d5 It was essential to accept the sacrifice by Qc7 b4 9.dxc6 Bxd4 43.Kxd4 Ne8 44.Bd5 Nc7 45.Bg8 h6 bxc3 10.cxd7+ BxdT 11.Qxc3 2l...gyJt5, and try to hang on. 28...t6! Qxc3+ 46.f4 Ne6+ 47.Kc3 95 48.Bh7 gxf4 49.gxf4 12.bxc3 Bg7 13.Nd4 Ng4 22.d6 Qd8 23.Nxf6! Qxf6 24.Rxh7+! NxhT The key defensive move, threatening l4.Bdll 0-0 15.Rb1 Ng7 50.Kd4 Ke6 51.Kc5 Nh5 52.Kxb5 RabS 16.Ke2 25.Rxh7+ Kxh? 26.Qxf6 Bfs+ 27.e4 l-0 29...Nfi and 28...95 to win the knight on e3. Rfc8 17.Ba6 Rd8 18.4 Nf6 9Nxf4 53.Kc4 Ke5 54.h4 Ng2 55.Kd3 Kf4 l9.Bb7 Bc8 20.Bxc8 Mark van der Hoom once played a similar White must retreat. Rdxc8 21.Rb3 Rb6 56.h5 Kg4 57.896 Nf4+ 58.Ke3 Nxh5 22.Rhb1 sacrifice on me. Tharks for the tip, Mark. 4/7. 29.Qf4 Nb2 30.Rh1 lrlbili 31.Bxd3 cxd3 Nd7 23.8e3 Rxb3 24.Rxb3 Nc5 59.Kf2 Nf4 60.8e8 h5 61.8d7 h4 62.Kgt 25.Ra3 a6 26.M3 Rc6 32.Rcc1 Rb2 33.Nefl Rc2 34.Rdl 27.Nxc5 dxc5 28.c4 exc3 Ne2+ 63.Kf2 Ng3 64.Kg2 h3+ 65.Kh2 NfI+ e6 29.Rb3 Bes 30.h3 31.Rb7 Next I took a draw by perpetual wher it 35.Kg3 Rxa2 36.Rh2 Ral 37.Ne3 Rxdl Kg7 Bc7 66.Kg1 Nd2 67.Kh2 NR+ 63.191 11.5 32.Ra7 Bb8 33.Ra8 looked as though latvian-born Australian 38.Nxd1 Qc2 39.Ne3 Qcl 0-1 Be5 34.f4 Bf6 35.Bd2 69.Bc8 IQ3 70.Bxf5 Ul 0-1 Leonid Sandler was starting to outplay me. White lost on time. h5 36.e5 k7 37.8a5 f6 38.a4 f5 39.Rb8 95 40.KR gxf4 [Actually, the only tme Australian in the 41.Kxf4 I(96 42.KR Kfl I frnished in l lth place, with 6W11 (half a 43.Bb6 44.a5 toumament was representiog F ljlll 4Wg. After the game I asked arbiter-statistician Bf8 Bg7 45.Rb7+ Kg6 46.8c7 point more than my pre-toumament target) Bf8 47.Bb8 Ignatius Leong how mary more points I Rc8 48.Rb6 Kf7 49.Bd6 Bxd6 and received a $300 prize. Adianto won the 50.Rxd6 Sadler, LFMAUS 2375 -Ker, A needed for an M norm. He replied that I Rb8 51.Rb6 Rd8 52.Rxa6 Rd4 tournament with grandmasterly ease, scoring 53.Ra7+ 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 already had enough! Under the new FIDE IQ6 54.Re7 Rxc4 55.Rxc6+ Kg5 9/11. The only time he appeared to be in 56.h4+ d6 6.e4 96 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ NfdT 9.a4 0.0 rules, 9 games are suffrcient for a norm, even Rxh4 57.Re8 Kg6 58.RfB Kg7 houble was against me! GM Antonio PFtr 59.Rxf5 10.NR Nf6 11.0-0 Bg4 12.hil BxR l3.Qxf,I if the tournament lasts longer. Furthermore, if Ra4 60.e6 Rxa5 61.e7 Ra8 62.Rf8 finished second, I % points behind. Rxf8+ Na6 14.Be3 Nd7 l5.Rael Nb4 16.Re2 a6 I somehow managed to win my last two games 63.exf8=Qr KxfB 64.Kf4 Kfl 65.Kg5 New Zealand gets two places at the zonal. l7.Bxd7 18.f5 Rfe8 19.f6 BA 20.Bf4 I would automatically get the M tifle! Ke6 66.Kxh5 Kd5 67.94 Kd4 63.95 Kc3 QxdT On the rest day many of the players 21.Bg5 c4 22.Qe3 That chance disappeared when I drew a 69.96Y:xc270.97 c4 71.gFQ c3 72.Qc4 1{) Qd8 Re5 23.Bf4 Re8 participated in the Malaysian Blltz 24.8h6%-% blocked-up positon with Terry Toh SIN. Charnpionships in Kuala Lurnpur. I somehow My seventh round opponent from Myanmar qualifred second in the ll-rorurd Swiss, (formerly played I now faced the l5-yearold lvfalaysian Toh, T SIN2315 - Ker, A Burrra) t7 moves of book to knocked out my room-mate Norris in the reach position. champion, lvlas llaf,rzulhelmi. I made a qpecial 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.NB f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Be7 a bad A few moves later I round+f-16 before losing a tiebreaker to effort this game, since I hate losing to players 6.Nhl Nf6 7.Nf4 c6 8.h4 Na6 9.e3 Nc7 10.d5 sacrificed a piece for two pawus and a Nguyen in the quarter-finals. Antonio won the younger than me (though it's happening more (H) 11.Be2 Nd7 12.93 Ne5 13.b3 c5 t4.Bd2 dangerous attack. tournarnent, beating another Philippino and more frequently). Bf6 15.Rbr Bd7 16.a3 a5 17.Kfi ee7 player, Chito Gamra, in the final. 6 NZ Chess NZ Chess 7 and Alan Dunn, of Papatoetoe 1257. T\ey Ilopewell, N - Garbett, P 18th Waitakere Trust Open drew their individual game in round 3 and 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 By Bob Snith won the rest to finish on 4Yz, taking home 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.93 d6 7.Ble2 Bd7 8.0-'0 Be7 A slighfly disappointing freld of 63 turned Round 4: Dreyer made sure of the draw $112.50 each. Not far behind was Roger Neal, 9.Re1 Nf6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Na4 Rb8 12.c4 out for the 18th Waitakere Trust Chess Open against his closest rival, Garbett. But Sinclair from Hrurtly, who lost against top seed John c5 13.Nc3 0-0 14.Bf4 Rxb2 15.e5 Ne8 at the Kelston Community Centre in West and Hopewell made no impression on the Kerry in round I but won his other 4 games. 16.Qh5 Bc6 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 Auckland on July l. leaders after tley also drew, against each 19.Rad1 Rd2 20.Bxc6 Rxdl 21.Rxd1 Qxc6 With the prize top firnd for a New Zealand other. Smith suffered his second upset loss Effect of late entries 22.Qes Nf6 23.Qd6 QR 24.Rd3 Qf5 25.4 weekender ofover $2600, the organising club, after nrining a promising position against Overall, the toumament again proved h5 26.Ndl Nd5 27.Nf2 Nb4 28.Re3 Nc2 Waitemata, had hoped for close to 80 entries. Perry with an unclear (unsound?) queen successful. The number of on-the{ay entries 29.Rc3 Nd4 30.Kg2 Qbl 31.Rd3 Rc8 However, the tournament did athact some of sacrifrce. Mclaren followed up the bye with a (about l5) caused problems for the organisers, 32.Qd7 Qb8 33.Ne4 e5 34.Qd5 Qc7 35.Rd2 the country's best players, with the A grade win by default utren Giles failed to show up. and indirectly contributed to the unforhrante h4 36.Rb2 Rb8 37.Rxb8+ Qxb8 38.Qxc5 boasting eight players rated over 2000. Sarapu had his third straight draw, this time bye in the A grade. With such a small "A" Qb2+ 39.Kh3 Qe2 40.Ng5 96 41.Qd5 Ne6 Top seed was Paul Garbett 2285, followed against Goris. Leaders - Dreyer 3%, Gartrett 3, field, this was not satisfactory, and I guarantee 42.Nxe6 fxe6 43.Qxe6+ KC7 44.Qe7+ Kg8 by Bob Smith 2237 and Ortvin Sarapu 2213. Sinclair, Hopewell &Perry 2%. it will not happen again, even ifplayers have 45.Qe8+ Kg7 46.Qe7+ Kg8 47.Qe6+ IQ7 Other notables included last year's joint Rorurd 5: Dreyer eased off with a draw to be moved from one grade to another 48.Kg4 Qe3 49.Qe7+ Kg8 50.c5 hxg3 winner Martin Dreyer, Leonard Mclaren, and against Sinclair to ensure himself of at least against their wishes. To boost the A grade 51.hxg3 Qd4+ 52.Kg5 Qd3 53.Qe6+ Kg7 from Wellington Mark place- Sinclair, third lst=. Disaster for Garbett, who in his desire to numbers next year, the organisers will look at 54.Qf6+ Kh7 ss.Qfl+ Kh8 s6.Kh6 Qd2+ getter in last yeads NZ Championship. catch up overpresssed against Hopewell and lowering the rating limits. At present, many 57.Kxg6 Qc2+ 58.Kf6 1-0 lost. Sarapu scored his first win - over Perry - improving players do not want to vohurtarily Round by round to sneak into 3rd=, as did Mclaren against mix it with the top players. A game from the B grade Round l: The tournament began with a Metge. Smith salvaged some pride by beating Thanks must go to the sponsors, Waitakere Gilmour,M-Taupaki,A string of upsets, perhaps the biggest being Goris. Licensing Trust, for their continued support. 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 96 4.8{2W7 5.Nc3 d6 Nigel Hopewell's steady win over Smith, who So Martin Dreyer retained the tifle he shared There is every indication that this will 6.Nf,! (H) 7.0-0 Qe8 8.Re1 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 was always on the back foot. In otler games with Smith last year, while the surprise continue next year and that the lgth 10.e4 fxe4 11.Ng5 Nc6 12.Ngxe4 Nxe4 Garbett could only draw with Sinclair, Sarapu runner-up was Nigel Hopewell 2032. Thtd Waitakere Trust Open will be a major 13.Nxe4 Be6 14.Qc2 Nd4 15.Qc3 Qf/ lost to Nigel Metge, and Mclaren was beaten place was shared between Sarapu, Mclaren highlight on the 1996 chess calendar. 16.Be3 NR+ 17.BxR QxfJ 18.Ng5 Qc6 by the improving Robert Goris. Martin Dreyer and Sinclair. Of the l1 players in the A grade, 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.Bf4 Qfs 21.Be3 e4 22.Qel was the only one ofthe top halfto score the eight won prizes, with Dreyer taking home Sarapu,O-Metge,N Rad8 23.Rfl Qh! 24.Bf4 Rf5 25.Qc2 Rh5 expected win - and even he looked in danger $500. l.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 26.f3 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 e3 28.Rael before recovering from a dubious position Nc6 6.895 Be6 7.NA Ne4 8.cxd5 Bxd5 against Roger Perry. B and C grades 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Be3 e6ll-k2 Bb4+ 12.Kf1 Roud 2: Dreyer continued on his winning 26 players contested the separate B grade, 0{ 13.h4 Qd5 f4.a3 Be7 15.Qa4 Rfd8 way, exerting strong pressure on Nigel Metge, restricted to players ruiaer tgOO. Heading the 16.Rdl a6 17.Rd2 b5 18.Qd1 RacS 19.Kg1 who evenfually overlooked a mate in one. field was Craig Blaxall 1789, with other Na5 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 f6 22.f,l Bf:t Hopewell pace kept by beating Goris. Garbett likely contenders being former winner Zr.Bc3 Nb3 24.Rd3 Bxd3 25.Bxdi! Nxd4 lurked half point a behind after an easy win Richard Beesley 1683, Russell Metge 168l 26.Kn Nrf,} 27.Bxh7+ KrhT 28.Qxd5 Rxds over bottom-ranked Ben Giles. Smith had a and Philip Ituir 1660. In the event Beesley 29.KxB Rc2 30.Rb1 Rf5+ 31.Kg3 Kg6 lucky win over Mclaren when Leonard won the cnrcial game against Blaxall in round 32.Bb6 Rd5 33.8a5 Rd3+ 34.KUl Rb3 0-1 correctly protested his opponenfs draw claim 4, conceded just one draw (to llair) in the by repetition" and then felt morally obliged to final rourd, and took out the honours - and Metge, N-Dreyer, M play another (losing) move. $250. He was closely followed by llair and 1.d4 Nf6 2-e4 eS 3.dre5 Ne4 4.Qc2 Bb4+ Ror:nd 3: Dreyer racked up his third shaight Metge on 4 points. Ilair conceded 2 draws - to 5.Nd2 d5 6.exd6 Bf5 7.Qa4+ Nc{ 8.Nt3 win by beating Hopewell. Garbett continued Bla:

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Enkies Ivlark Sinclair, Rajko Ifastilovich and Jon 8 BARLOW M 2093 w39 w20 D2 L4 w30 w22 4. 5 9 SARFATI ., 2269 w28 wl2 t,,16 D5 L3 wl5 4. 5 were down on previous years, with 20 Jackson all scored 3/5. 10 GARBETT P 2286 w31 w2L D14 W15 L2 D1 4 competitors taking part. Enkies were Sinclair lost to Richard Glover in rormd 2, I I I'IETGE N 20t6 !,138 L14 D2l w26 w20 Dl-7 4 received from Nelson, Christchurch and which gave Glover a clear lead at that stage. L2 DUNN A 1534 W54 L9 L34 W41 w44 w27 4 Dunedin, with the remaining half of the In that round Mastilovich lost to Jackson, 13 HAIR P r639 w50 L19 w42 L21 w39 w28 4 from 14 I.4CNALLY I L802 w36 Wl1 DlO L2 w23 L5 3. 5 field being local players. who was making his annual visit r5 WASTNEY S 1941 w40 w25 D4 L1O w36 L9 3. 5 Top seed was Tony Love OT and his Nelson, and lvlasashi Takono (a student at 15 MARTIN o L296 L7 W41 L35 W31 D18 w37 3. 5 closest competition was expected to come the South Pacific College in Palmerston P w28 L'7 Dl1 3. 5 I'I STUART 2t89 w45 w26 L3 from Tony Dowden IN and David Gutlrie North) won from Gavin Marner. r8 BEESLEY R 1508 L4 W54 W31 L] D16 w35 3. 5 OT. John Sutherland, having won the recent Jackson beat Glover in round 3, and 19 FABRI E 2225 w29 !i13 L5 D34 w35 L6 3. 5 20 MACLEOD 1700 W51 L8 w38 D30 Lll w34 3. Otago Easter tournament, also was looking Mastilovich joined the leaders by beating 2I PAKENHA]T'I ., t200 w25 L10 Dl1 L22 w42 w45 3. 5 for a good result. The B and C Grades had Takano, while Sinclair could do no better w34 3. 5 22 BENNETT H L924 w41 L6 D36 w27 L8 very evenly rated fields. than draw with Marner. Marner beat 23 OKEY K r59l W49 L1 w29 D6 L14 w36 3. 5 proved tournament upsets, Jackson in round 4, while Mastilovich and 24 KOIA A 1519 w46 L4 L28 w40 w38 3. It to be a for joined 25 CATER J 17 15 L2L L15 w45 w44 w41 D24 3. 5 with no fewer than five games going to a Glover drew and were in the lead on 26 DAVIS .l r663 w52 LL7 w39 LL1 L28 w3B 3 player 400 or more rating points below his 2%by Slnclair, who beat Takano. 27 T4ETGE R r875 w44 L] w40 w13 L1 L].2 3 opponent. Round one saw the upsets start, Glover dropped off the pace by losing to REEDER B 1500 L9 w49 w24 L17 w26 LIJ 3 28 \Mith thid seed David Guthrie losing to the late-nrnning Marner in round 5, while 29 RENNIE H 1440 L19 w53 L23 L38 w52 w4'7 3 Jackson 30 GILES B 1662 w33 L3 w45 D20 L8 D32 3 Dallin Heperi OT. The second bottom and Sinclair and lvlastilovich drew and 31 POCOCK G 1509 Ll0 w46 L18 Ll6 9'l40 w39 3 bottom rarked players also scored wins, came back into the picture with a win by 32 BURN M r308 L5 L36 w54 D42 w47 D30 3 while Tony Dowden was fortunate not to default from Takano. Final scores: l- SHEEHAN r000 L30 L42 L41 W54 w53 w43 3 33 lose his adjourned game against Terry Jackson GA, Mastilovich PE & Sinclair PE 34 BENNETT R 1495 L1 w50 wL2 D19 L22 L20 2. 5 I PE Glover PE 2%; Takono 35 PLACKIC T 1700 w47 L5 w16 D37 Ll9 Lt8 2. 5 Dulfreld OT. 3; 4= ldarner & 36 MACLEOD C 7250 L14 W32 D22 w45 L15 2. 5 Another of the major upsets occured in GA I. 37 LIM D r643 W53 L2 w43 D35 Lb Ll6 2. 5 round four, when in a clash of locals Moss Kent Wong WE set up a 5/5 picket fence L24 LZb 2 38 OTENE E 1305 L11 W44 L20 w29 Wylie beat Tony Dowden. The tournament, to take the B grade, winning against co- 39 COURTNEY H 1369 L8 w47 L26 w43 L13 L31 2 however, was effectively decided on the leader Mchael Nyberg WE in the final 4O SHEEHAN T 1285 L15 w48 L21 L24 L31 w51 2 41 SHEEHAN R r27 t L22 Ll6 w50 LL2 w52 2 Sunday in rounds 3 atd 4, when Tony Love round. Nyberg and Les Jones KP shared 42 GORDON R 141 9 L2 W33 L13 D32 L2t D48 2 beat John Sutherland and erian N;man. second on 4, half a point ahead of Alvaro 43 BROUGHTON J 1 418 L3 Vt52 L31 L39 w51 r,3 3 2 Final results: I Tony Love OT 4W5,2= l-acl'tnza KP, Doo Stracy uH & Ted Frost 44 JUDKINS G 1263 L21 L38 w53 L25 Ll2 w49 2 Brian Nijman NE and John Suthedand OT WE. Rosaleen Sheehan IIH and Aaron 45 NEAL R r397 L17 W5l L30 L36 w49 L2l 2 grade, WE shared l= in the C grade, on 3, 45 SHEEHAN 700 rr24 L31 L25 L51 w54 w53 2 415;B l= Paul Vecovsky OT, Robert Barlow 47 LUI E t200 L35 L39 w33 w48 L5Z L29 2 Ivlackway-Jones IN, Moss Wylie IN and a point ahead of Roy Gordon HH, Joshua 48 CATER A 1294 L6 L4O D49 L47 w50 D42 2 Ilamish cold OT, 315; C grane, I Dallin Moore WE, John Cook WE & Raymond L28 w52 L45 L44 1- 5 49 JOHNSON J 900 L23 D48 Heperi OT 3/5; upset prize, Dallin H?eri. ChewWE. 50 GRACE B 1000 L13 L34 L41 D53 L48 w54 1. 5 51 RENNIE T 115 5 L20 L45 L52 w46 L43 J,4 0 I 52 TE KANI S 113 5 L26 L43 w51 L49 L29 L41 I 53 TUATINI M 1,000 L3'7 L29 L44 D50 L33 L4b 0. 5 54 OIMALLEY S 8r0 Lr2 L18 L32 L33 L46 L50 0 t2 NZ Chess M Chess t3 Best games from the N.Z. Congress 5 9...Be7 10.Bil! 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Nd4 96? [Weakening. JDS] Notes by the adjudicator, Michael Freeman 13.Qc2 Ne5 14.f4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Nd7 Additional annotations by Jonathan Sadati Entries for the best garne awards at the from 7.ee2+. JDS] Wanganui Congress were adjudicated by 12...Re8 l3.ef2 Michael Freeman. The awards are: Championship, Mark Sinclair for his garne wirt Paul Garbett, round l. This was the only entry (game published in NZ Chess, Feb, p4). Reserve, John Sutherland, for his game with Hilton Bemett in round 2. Major Open, Ben Giles, for his round 5 game with Merv Morrison. Here are the lvlajor Open and Reserve 56...fxg3?? wulners. A horrible move after playrng well to gain this position. 56...R 57.Re5 Bd5 witlt 2+ and 16.Ne6! Bennet( H - Sutherland, J Bc4+ to follow wins. The exha space, the long b2-h8 diagonal, The choice of this game as wimer of the best 57.Rxc6+ Kxc6 58.c4?? and Black's rather tied-up pieces all suPport 13...Rxe5! 14.fxe5 Bxe5 game prize in the Reserve section was made 15.h3 Another horrible move in return. 58.Kg2 this nice move. Black's pressure on h2 and b2 give him somewhat diflicult by its ending. Until that draws. 16...Nc5 17.Qg3 Nxe6 18.dxe6 Bf6 19.f5 95 ample compensation for the exchange. point it stood out over the other entries, which [The 58...Ne3 59.c5?? 20.Qh3 Bd4+ 21.Khl Qf6 22.Nd5 Bxd5 threat was 15...Bxh2+ 16.Kxh2? Ng4+!, featured rather one-sided combinations. but 59.a5 still seens to draw after 59...Nxc4 2lil.Bxd4 Bxg)+ 24.Qxg2 Qxd4 25.f6! now Black caries out his other tkeat - However, it still got the nod due to play up to 60.W2 or 59...Kc7 60.d5 or 59...Kb7 60.d5 Stopping Black building a forbess by ...f6. winning a piece. JDSI that point. Nxc4 6l.Kg2 Ne5 62.Ikg3 Ka6 63.d6=. [f The e-pawn is poisoned due to the Qg2 eyeing 15...8d4 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 d4 1S.Qe5 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.NR this is so, the previous move hardly deserves a up that rook on a8. dxc3 19.Qxc3 Be6 Already out of the books. 3.exd5 or Nc3 are double query. JDSI 25...Rab8 26.e7 Qd3 27.h4 @6 28.hxg5 a sharne to give away a P. Why not usual. Barl Roberts and Andrew Stanton have [ts a time control at 60 moves, the state of hxg5 29.Qg4 Qh6+ 30.Kg2 Qh4 3r.Qxh4 19...Qe7 2O.Rael JDSI [With independenfly suggested this garnbit, a sort of Qd6. the players'clocks could have inlluenced the gxh4 32.M4 Ift7 33.Rxh4+ Kg6 34.Rf4 20.Qxc5 21.Qxb6 axb6 Fajarowicz reversed after 3..dxe4 4.Ne5. JDS] Qb6 last move or two. - Ed.] [34.Rfl would mate quickly, e.i., 34...Rg8 The dust has settled, with Black emerging 3...e6 59...Kd5 60.a5IGd4 35.Kg3! or 34...fu5 35.Kg3! or RhI! and R with better chances. The next phase sees [Black should put the gambit to the test. The difference now is that the black N can check on the g-file, mates on the h-fiIe. JDSI Black slowly improve his position as White JDSI go Nd5+7 to hold ttre pa.wns, while the king 34...Rh8 35.Rg1 Rh5 36.K8+ Rgs stuggles to f,rnd the best defence. 4.exd5 goes e4-f5 to keep that vital last pawn. Gl 37.Rxg5+ Kxg5 38.Ke4 c6 39.Rf2 Re8 40.b4 I don't like this exchange. 4.Nc3 or 4.Bb5+ 22.a3 Kf8 ZI.Rael Re8 24.Rf4 Bd5 Rh8 41.b5 Rh4+ look better. [Black s]rould keep the rooks on. JDSI Giles,B-Morrison,M Black is helpless and cant keep the White 25.Rxd+ KxeS 26.Rb4 Nd7 27.t4 c5 4...exd5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 This garne from the lvlajor Open deservedly king out ofthe queenside. 28.Rg4 29.b3 Ne5 30.Rf4 Nc6 31.Rf2 6...Nc.6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.04 Be7 9.d3 0-0 96 won the best game prize. White controls the A.Ke3 Rh8 4l.bxc6 Re8 44.Kd4 1{) Kd7 32.Kh2 Be6 33.Kg3 Kd6 34.KR Kd5 10.Na4 Ba6 ll.Ne5 Bb5 l2.Nc3 Qc7 t3.Nxb5 attack well throughout the game and still 35.Ke3 h5 36.c3 Kd6 37.Rb2 38.b4 Kd7 cxb5 l4.cA bxc4 l5.dxc4 Bd6 l6.Ng4 led to 95 emerges with the won ending. Masters games 39.hxg4 hrg4 40.bxc5+ bxc5 41.Rb6 c4 an equal position in Messere-Borisenko, 5th 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.d4 Itlbd7 5.NA The New Zcalard ldasters Garnes will be 42.d4 Kc7 43.Rb5 Ne7 44.Ke4 Kd6 World Corres Champ. h6 6.b3 b67.Bb2 Bb7 8.d5 held in Dunedin next Febnrary, with a chess 45"Rb5+ Nc6 46.Rb5 f5+ 47.Kf4 Ne7 7.Q€2+ Correctly hrying that white-squared bishop touruament at Otago Chess Club on Saturday, 48.Rb6+ Nc6 49.Rb5 [This helps Black. JDS] on b7. prefer 8.Bd], because the Pe4 buries February 10. These games, which alternate (H) White should be trying to distract Black with I 7. ... Be7 8.Ne5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 the Bb7 well enough, and fewer eiDenmark to hophy for the best score at board l, after a Wellington finish runners-up to England in the play-off with Patrick Savage (Karori Normal CC Otago Jonathan Sarfati gave a lecture on championship. Anthony is glowing in his primary). Simon schurr and Ben Love, also winning The Otago Chess Club has departed from strategy and followed this praiseofcharles'bridgeachievement. from palmerston North, each scored. 4W5, with a simultaneous tradition to hold its club championships on a display at Wellington CC Later, both brothers enjoyed success in the with Ben Iave winning the trophy for the best before leaving for newbasis this year. For many years they have the Australian Masters tourndment. N.z. championships in Rotorua, charles score at board 3. LS.Guan Teoh (Scots) won In 27 been conducted as a series of graded mini- simul games, Jonathan lost one (to Joshua taking his hrst national title in the pairs and all 5 games to score best at board 2, and tournaments through the year, but this year Moore) and drew 4. Anthony sharing top honours in the plate. James Reid (Tawa) took the prize for best they are being held as double-round robin In the club's winter open tournament, Justin score at board 4 after a playoff against events, in three grades - senior, intermediate Phillips and Ted jwLior Waitemata Mchael Jack (Karori Normal Primary) and Frost shared first, with and - which are being played through 4, organiser Mark Stokes, who had come through 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bd7 8.Bd2 a6 9.a4 Unlike New and seven tournament games in Cr€nnany. Zealand, Austalia has only one the field by winning his last 4 games. White ties to slow doum the queenside rating list with games, ftvin wiU be accompanied again by Merv all rapid or ottrerwise, True to fonn, Andrew Allen downed expansion before shifting his queen the to Morrison, who was the top 8O-plus player contributing to a playeds rating. After the fust Soloman to draw level on 6, allowing Andrew kingside. rouuds players when last they played in the World Seniors. 3 six had the maximum 3 Meldrum (Australia's representative at the last 9...0{ 10.Qe1 points, including Merv has beeo working on introduction of his the top two seeds. On the World Junior) to tie for first after a last-rouod Now that Black has cBstle{ White brings the game, Big Battle, but has that rmder control second day, in round 4 I played a nice win on board 2. I finished the tourrnment with queen over. and is able to take time out to play in the attacking game with Bird's opening, and in another exciting win using the Bird's, 10...Nb4ll.Rcl Bc{ round 5 converted an double paum World Seniors. exha into a frnishing in a 6-way tie for fourth. Black shonld probably continue with 11...b5. 20 NZ Chess NZ Chess 2t Bofvinnik games 37.Re6 Kf7 38.Rxf6+ Kxf6 Rauser,V-BotvinnihM l8.bxc4 exf3 19.c5 Qa5 39.d6 Ke6 40.Nd5 Kxd6 Leningrad, 1933 [B74] 20.Redl Ng4 21.Bd4 f2+ Selected and annotated by Jornthan Sadati 41.Nxb6 h5 42.Nc4+ Kd5 1.e4 c5 2.NR Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 22.Kfl Qa6+ 23.Qe2 Bxd4 BotvinnihM Tartakower,S lines for the enemy B pair. 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 ll.Nxb5! 43.Ne3+ Ke4 44.a4 Kd3 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 dG 6.k2 24.Rxd4 Qf6 25.Rcdl Qh4 Nottingham, 1936 [A55] l2.cxd4 lttb6 13.8b2 exd4 axb5 12.exf6 13.fxg7 Qb6 45.Nd5 Ke2 46.Nf4+ Kxf2 96 7.8e3 Bg7 8.M3 Be6 26.Qd3 Re8 27.Re4 f5 l.NR Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 l4.e4l Be6 15.Rcl Re7 BxgT 14.0-0 Nc5 15.8f4 47.Nxh3+ Kfl 48.Nf4 93 9.f4 0-0 10.04 Na5 11.Nxa5 28.Re6 NxM+ 29.Ke2 Qxf4 NbdT 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Be7 16.Qxd4 Qc7 17.c5! dxc5 Bb7 16.Re1 Rd8 17.Rcl 49.N92 Kf2 50.a5 h4 51.Nf4 Qxa5 l2.BB Bc4 l3.Re1 0-1 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 Qc7 18.Rxc5 19.Bcl Rd5 18.8e5! Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Qf4 Qb8 Kn 52.Ng2 h3 53.Ne3+ I(f2 RfdS 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Rac1 9.hl| Re8 10.Bd NA 1l.Rcl 20.R95 NbdT Rxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxd3 54.Ng4+ Ke2 G.l e5 16.b3 d5 17.exd5 e4 h6 12.d5 Bd7 13.Nd2 95? 21.Qxd3 f6 l4.f4l gr:f4 15.gxf4 Kg7 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.c5 cxd5 18.Nxd5 Qc6 19.Nc4 Ng6 Mid-year 20.Nd6! Be6 21.Nxe7! NxeT FIDE ratings There have been sigrrifrcant changes for New Metge also dropped off, so no woman player Zealarrd players in the mid-year rating list from New Zealand is on the current list. issued by FIDE. There are now 29 New Z,ealand men and 3 women players on the Name Jan94 Jan95 Jul95 active list, a net increase of three on the Jilarti n, Benjami n Fi4 24'10 2355 2360 January list. The additions include Mark Ker, Anthony F FM 2320 2335 2340 Sinclair 2270, Michael Freeman 2205, Small, Vernon A IM 2345 2330 2330 Garbett, Paul 2310 Matthew Barlow and Mark van der Hoorn FM 2300 2315 Dive, Russell J FM 2295 2295 2315 21.Rxg7+!! 2175, jwior David Guthrie 2110, and Scott KxgT 22.Itlh5+ Sarfati, Jonathan FM 2310 2315 2310 Wastney 2040. Kg6 22.Q93! fxe5 23.Qg7 Rf8 Dreyer, Martin FM 2345 2320 2300 We have players 22...KJ8 23.Nxf6 Nxf6 24.Re7 QxcT 25.Qxc7 Bd5 now 22 with FIDE ratings Sarapu, Ortvin IM 2350 2300 2300 24.Qxf6 Ke8 25.8b5+ Kd8 26.Qxe5 ill 27.Qe3 Bc4 above 2200, compared with 17 three years Love, Anthony J FM 2330 2305 2275 26.Bg5+-. 28.b3 Rf7 29.f,} Rd7 30.Qd2 ago. However, only 8 have ratiags of2300 or McLaren, Leonard t4 2275 2275 2275 22.Rxf6! 23.Qe31-0 e5 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Kf2 Kf7 higher, two fewer than three years ago. Smith, Robert Vl 2255 2270 2275 Wirming the exchange 33.Kq3 Ke6 34.Qb4 Rc7 In addition to the uewcomers, Ben Martin, Sutton, Richard J 2315 2275 2275 Sinclair, Mark 2270 would win the game, but Keres,P-BotvinnihM 35.Kd2 Rc6 36.a4 14 Anthony Ker, Paul Garbett, Russell Dive (42 - games McKenzie, Peter 23'10 2265 sacrificing the exchange is USSRCharnp, 1941 [E35J recorded), Bob Smith ard Peter Shrart Noble, Mark F Fl'l 2310 2260 2260 even better. 1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 Tartakower,S-Botvinnilq all improved their ratings, urith Bob Smith M Boyd, Kendall 2260 ?250 22...1kf6 Zi.Qhs Ng6 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 edging up to within 25 points of the FIDE 6.895 Groningen, 1946 [C01] Lukey, Stephen G 2285 2265 2230 24.N8 Rg8 25.Qxh6 Bxa2 Master level. h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.(HF0 Bxc3 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 Stuart, Peter lrl 2210 2195 2220 26.Rd1 RadS 27.Qg5+ Ke6 Philip Clemance and Peter Green have been 9.Qxc3 95 10.Bg3 cxd4 4.NR Bd6 5.c4 Nf6 6.c5 Anderson, Bruce R 2235 2235 28.Rxd8 f6 29.Rxg8! Nf4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qa4 Bf5 Be7 7.Nc3 b6 8.cxb6 axb6 moved to the inactive list. Anderson, Bruce 2155 2155 29...tug5 30.Rxg6+ Kd7 13.e3 Rc8 14.Bd3 Qd7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-.0 Bg4 11.h.I Our three women players have also moved Pomeroy, Arthur 2215 2215 3l.Rxc6+-. 15.Kb1 Bxd3+ 16.Rxd3 Qfat Bh5 12.94 B96 13.Ne5 Bxd3 off the list - Fenella Foster and Kakine Metge Spain, Graeme 2240 2235 2215 30.Q971-0 17.4 Nxe4 18.Ka1 0-0 f4.Qxd;3 c6 15.Bg5 Nxg4 have not played recently in FIDE-rated Freeman Michael - 2205 Bar'low, 19.Rd1 b5 20.Qxb5 Nd4 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Bxe7 NxeT tournaments, and although Vivian Smith lilatthew - 2175 van der Hoorn, Mark 2175 BotviDnik,M-Keres,P 21.Qd3 Nc2+ 22.Kbl lttb4 18.hxg4 f5 l9.Rael fxg4 scored well at the 1994 Olympiad, she - Haase, Graham 2155 2155 The llague/lvfoscow World 0-1 20.Re5 21.Qb5 Ng6 dropped enough rating points to fall below the RfJ Guthrie, David 2110 Champ, 1948, R l0 2000 threshhold. - [E28] 22.Rxd5 Qf6 23.R95 Rf8 Metge, J Nigel 2100 2100 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 3.Nc3 Bb4 The rating officers have not yet noted that 6 BoMnnik,M-Euwe,M 24.Ne4 Q,f4 25.Qd5+ Kh8 Abrahamson, Phi f ip 2085 2085 4.e3 (H) the two Bruce Andersons are one person. 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 The llagueMoscow World 26.Rh5 Rh.l 27.Rxhil gxh.l Suther'land, John 2085 2085 Re8 7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 d6 Chatrp, 1948, R 12.ID/gl 28.Ng3 M4 29.Qe4 Nf,}+ Although Vivian Smith scored well in the Wastney, Scott - 2040 Olym.pia( 9.8e2 Nbd7 10.(H) c5 11.8 1.d4 d5 2.NR Nf6 3.c4 eG 30.Khl Qxe4 31.Nxe4 Rf4 her results against rated players cxd4? did not allow her place 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 NbdT 6.BdI 32.Rc1 h6 33.Rc3 95 34.Re3 to hold a on the FIDE A serious mistake, opening dxc4 7.Brc4 b5 8.BdlI a6 94 35.d5 Kg7 36.Nca Rf6 rating list, and Fenella Foster and Katine 22 NZ Chess NZ Chess 23 Intemational news ShortN-Salov,V losing. Nevertheless, the PCA world i (866) place Bl Peter, Stubrt Sicilian champion could still have tied for first Madrid 12345678910 1.e4 c5 2.Nf,} Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 had he merely drawn against Jeroen Piket in Ageless Victor Korchnoi won this 5.Nc3 d6 6.B95 e6 7.QM a6 8.0-0{ h6 the final round - instead he lost his second 1 Korchnoi V SWI 9 2635x*+01 1 1 1 1 + 6+ category 16 (2629) toumament in May, 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.f4 k7 l2.Bdj game in three days! 2 Salov V RUS s2715* x * 1 * +1 +1 + 6 b4 13.Ne2 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Bc4 0-0! The final scores in this category 18 event despite a last-rourd loss to Judit Polgar 3 Yusupov A GER ++ 5 Qa5 s2660tixli++1 pawn which might have allowed Valery Salov 4Polsar J HtiN g 26301 0*x 0*0+1 l 4+ For the Black obtains a long-lasting were: I GM Lautier FRA 4, 2 GM Kasparov to catch up if he could have beaten 5 San Sesundo ESP m 24U0 0 + + 1 x * * I I t 4+ initiative. RUS 3%, 3 GM Topalov BUL 2%,4 GM Madimir Epishin. Nevertheless, the 6 Epishin V RUS e 2635 0 ++++ x***1 4+ 16.Qxd6 Bb7 17.Qd3 Rfd8 18.Qe3 Rdc8 Piket NED 2. event marked a return to good form for 7 Illescas M ESP 9 2595 0 0 + 1 + +x 1 0 * 4 19.Bb3 Qc5 20.Qxc5 Rxc5 21.Ng3 a5 Salov, who has had a few indifferent 8 Be)yavsky A UKR 9 2650 0 + 0 + + + 0 * * 1 3+ 22.8a4 Bh4 23.Rhe1 95 24.fxg5 Bxg5+ Kasparov,G-Piket,JA 9Short ENGe results of late. Korchnoi's play showed N 265500+0+*1 ix* 3+ 25.Kbl Rd8 26.Rd3 Ba6 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 Evans Gambit (C5l) l0Timman J NED all the vim and vigour of a much s2635t ++0+0*0*x 28.Re3 h5 29.a3 h4 30.axb4 Rgs! 31.b5 Bb7 1.e4 e5 2.Nf,1 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bd 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 younger player. 32.Ril! Bb6 33.Rd6 hxg3 34.h4 Rg4 a5 6.b5 Nd4 7.Nxd4 Bxd4 8.c3 Bb6 9.d4 35.Rxb6 Bxe4 36.Rc6 Bxg2 37.b6 Rxa4 exd4 10.G0 Ne7 1l.Bg5 h6 12.Bxe7 Bf5 6.Ne5 eG 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 QxeT 38.b7 Rb4 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.b8=Q Rxb8 13.cxd4 Qd6 14.Nc3 Bxd4 Korchnoi,V-Short,N Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ l2.Qe2 41.Rxb8 Bd5 0-1 Nimzoindian (E45) Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc3 0-015.Qe3 f6 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 16.Nxc4 b5 l7.Ndil Nd7 18.Be2 Ne5 19.NR Matanzas A move which Korchnoi is also rather partial Nc4 20.Qd4 e5 21.Qxc4 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Rf7 The 30th Capablanca Memorial in May was to. 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.b4 Rc7+ 25.Kb3 Rac8 won by English GM Tony Mles with an 5.Nge2 Ba6 6.Ng3 c5 7.d5 0-0 8.e4 Re8 9.f3 26.b5 d4 27.Nd2 Rc2 28.Ne4 f5 29.Nd6 rurdefeated 10W13. A point back was GM d6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 Bxe2 12.Ngxe2 b5 R8c3+ 30.Ka4 d3 31.Rhd1 d2 32.Ra3 Loek van Wely NED and then GM Cifuentes 13.0-0 a6 14.a4 NbdT 15.axb5 Qb6 16.bxa6 Rxa3+ 33.Kxa3 e4 34.Ift3 14 Rxa6 17.Rxa6 Qxa6 18.Ng3 Ne5 19.895 NED on 7%. Cl.tba, one of the last bastions of NfdT 20.f4 Nc4 21.Qe2 f6 22.Bh4 Bxc3 Epishin,V-Timman,J large round-robin internationals, made this event a more modest 14 players, which is still 23.bxc3 Qa4 24.Rb1 Ncb6 25.h3 96 26.Qga krdian (Dl7) Queen's a deal better than the wimpish l0-player Qc2 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.NA b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.892 events so prevalent nowadays in Eruope. Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.8d2 (H) 8.d5 Nxc3 9.Bxc3 Bf6 10.Rcl c6 11.0-0 cxd5 12.Nel Bxc3 New York 15.Nd5 Bxal 16.Qxa1 0-0 17.e5 Qc5 18.Rc1 13.Rxc3 b5 14.cxd5 l5.Nd3 Na6 Qb6 Gary Kasparov won tlre PCA-Intel Grand e6 l9-Ba2 Qa3 20.Nb6 d5 21.Nxa8 Kh8 16.Ne5 b4 17.Nxd7 18.Rdl Rfe8 Qb5 Prix knock-out in Jrure, beating Vassily 22.Nb6 Be6 23.h:' Rd8 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Rc3 19.dxe6 Rxe6 20.a4 14 Ivanchuk 2:0 in the final, after accounting for Qb4 26.Rxc6 Rb8 27.Nxd5 Qxa4 28.Rcl Michael Adams 2:0, Nick de Firnian l%:% Qa3 29.Bc4 1{ Yusupov, A - Belyavsky, A and Madimir Kramnik only after drawing the Slav (Dt0) tie-breaker game with black and draw odds. Kasparov,G-Lautier,J 1.d4 d5 2.e4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 6 5.b3 c5 Alexander Morosevich defeated Vysnanavin Sicilian @48) 6.Bb2 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4 8.a3 BxcS+ 9.Bxc3 2:l ard Christiansen 2:l before bowing out 1.e4 c5 2"NR e5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 dxc4 10.bxc4 Ne4 ll.Rcl Nxc3 12.Rxc3 against Ivanchuk in the semi-final 2:0. 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 Ne5 Qa5 13.Qd2 0-0 14.N8 Rd8 15.Bdl Nd7 9.h3 Bc5 10.Khl d6 11.f4 NedT 12.a3 b5 16.0-0 b6 17.Re1 Bb7 18.Ne5 h6 19.Qc2 27.Rxb6 Nxb6 28.Bxf6 Krr 29.Qh4 h6 30.f5 Amsterdam 13.Brb5! oxb5 14.Ndxb5 Qb6 15.Bxc5 dxc5 Rac8 20.Bh7+ KfB 2l.Nrf/ Nf6 22.Nrd8 16.Nd6+? Rg8 31.Bd8 Qd1+ 32.KUl 95 33.Qxh6 Rxd8 The stongest tournament of the year only RxdS Zl.Rd Qa6 24.i15 erd5 25.h3 drc4 pointed 34.f6 Rs8 35.Qh7+ Kxf6 36.Qrg8 1{) had four players (making it easy to achieve a As Kasparov out later, 16.e5! Ba6 26.R93 b5 27.Bfti Bd5 28.Qc3 Qd6 29.8g6 17.a4 is winning high category) so, even in a double-rounder, a for White. a6 30.Rge3 Bf7 31.Bxf7 Krfl 32.Rel Rd7 Korchnoi, V - Belyavsky, A single bad game can make the difference 16...Ke7 17.Nxc8+ RhxcS 18.e5 Ne8 9.Qh5 33.a4 34.arb5 arb5 35.Qb4 Nd5 20.Rae1 Slav@17) Qc{ between winner and alsoran. So it proved as h6 f5 21.R8 c4 22.94 ftg4 23.Qxg 36.R6+ Kg8 37.Rf8+ Kh7 38.Qb1+ 1.c4 c6 2.NB d5 3.d4 Nf6 4Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 96 Gary Kasparov blew a winning position 24.Ra5 24.Ne4 Qc6 25.Nd6 Nxd6 6.exd6+ 39.Ree8 Nf6 40.Rc8 41.Qe1 Qa6 Qd6 against Joel Lautier in rormd 4 and ended up KA 27.Rg1 95 28.Rgg3 Rf5 29.Qh5 Nf6 42.Qc3 Qf4 43.Qa1 1{ 30.Qxh6+ Kfl 31.K91 Rg8 Gl 24 MChess NZ Chess 25 FikelJ-Kasparov,G Malmo Novgorod 12345678910 ftinfeld (D97) A category 12 tournament in May-Jrure was The 'PCA Super Classic" in May-Jrme 1 Kasparov G RUS e 2805 x i * i 1 + + 1 1't 6i Ehlvest J 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 96 3.Nc3 d5 4.NR Bg7 5.Qb3 won by Ivan Sokolov with 6W9, a half-point was the second of three tournament 2 ESTe2615*xi*+1+++1 s+ 3 Short N ENGe2655**x0+1+1 s+ dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-O7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5 9.d5 e6 ahead of GMs lltf Andersson SWE, 1+ 4 Ivanchuk V UKRe2700**1x0+++11 5+ 10.0-.0 exd5 11.exd5 Re8 12.Rd1 Bf5 13.d6 Krasenkov RUS and Sadler ENG. There 5 Topalov V BUL e 2630 0 + + 1 x tr *'t 1 s+ h6 14.Bf4 Nd7 1s.Rd2 Nb4 16.Qb3 Be6 followed: 5 GM Hjartarson ISL 5; 6 Hellsten i 6 Kramnik V RUSe2715+00+*x11*1 5 l7.Bc4 Irlb6 18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.Na4 Re4 SWE 4%; 7 GM Hector SWE 3%; 8 M 7 Tinman J NEDs2630++++t0xi-ii 4 20.Bg3 Nc4 21.Nxc5 22.Nxd2 Nxdjl Re2 Djuurhus NOR 3; 9 M Brynell SINE 2%; l0 This might have allowed Vassily 8 Gutko B USAe25950+0+*0*x** 3 23.Qxb4 a5 24.Qxb7 Rxd2 25.d7 Rxb2 M Vescovi BRA 2. Ivanchuk to catch up, but he lost to 9 yusupov A GERs26550+000***x* 2+ 26.Qd5 Rbs 27.Rdl Bf8 28.Bd6 Bxd6 Veselia Topalov in the final round, a 10 Vaganian R ARI'1 e 2635 0 0 + O 0 0 * i * x 2 29.Qxd6 Rab8 30.h3 Rbl 31.Rxb1 Rxbl+ Ischia result which allowed not only the Bulgarian 32.Kh2 Rb6 33.Qe5 Kf8 34.Qh8+ Ke7 An open tournament on this Italian island in but also Jaan Ehlvest and Nigel Short to tie Ba6 14.Nce4 96 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Ne4 Be7 35.Qe5+ KA 36.f4 h5 37.Qd5 h4 38.Qe5 95 June was chiefly notable for the spendid with him for second place. The tournament 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Kbl Qb7 19.h5 Rac8 39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.Qe5+ Kf8 41.fxg5 1-0 performance by Michael Adams, who scored was category l7 (2665). 20.hxg6 It{b4 21.gxh7+ Kh8 22.8e5+ f6 8W9 to finish a ftrll 2 points clear of GMs 23.Nxf6 Bxf6 24.Bxf6+ 1-0 Leon Palac CRO and Smirh ISR. Russia's GM Kramnih V -Timman, J 24...Rxf6 25.axb4l The fourth major tournament in Spain this Tiviakov shared fourth place on 6. Griinfeld (D85) year was only a category 14 (2577), tho:u$r l.NA 96 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Cologne this belies the top strength as the four lower- Tiviakov,S-Adams,M Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 Gary Kasparov gained his revenge over the rated Spanish players reduced the average rate Caro-kann (817) cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.0-0 computgrarnme Genius 3 in a 2-game match quite considerably. The top foru finishers had l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Na5 in May It wasn't very convincing, however, as a close race, the eighth round clash between 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.dxc5 e6 8.b4 b6 16.8c5 Bf6 17.e5 Bxe5 18.Rb4 BxfJ 19.BxfJ the Pentium computer was winning at one Alexei Shirov and Michael Adams, won by 9.Be2 bxc5 10.b5 Bb7 11.c4 Qc7 12.8b2 Bf6 20.Ra4 Qb3 21.Rxa5 Qxdl 22.Rxd1 b6 stage in the first game before playing a series the former, proving decisive. Bd6 13.a4 a5 14.Qc2 h5 15.Nf1 0-0-0 23.d6 Rac8 24.d7 Rcd8 25.Bxe7 BxeT of weak moves which allowed Kasparov to get Shirov drew Ivan with Sokolov in the final 16.Nld2 Bf4 17.I\tb3 Be4 t8.ec3 95 26.Rxa7 Rb8 27.Re1 Bd8 28.Re8 b5 29"Ra8 right back into it and eventually win. The rourd, while his three closest pursuers all won 19.Qxa5 Qxas+ 20.Nxa5 RxaS 30.Bxa8 b4 31.Bd5 Kg7 32.Kfi 1-0 second game was drawn. to give the following scores: 1-2 GM Bareev White has a huge endgame advantage...but RUS & GM Shirov I-AT 6%;34 cM Adams the middle game is not over yet. YusupovA-KasparovG Kasparov, G- Genius3 ENG & GM Akopian ARM 6; 5 GM Morovic 20...94 2l.Nd2 BxgP 22.Rgl Ba8 23.Nfl Ne5 Queen's Pawn (A48) Slav Defence (Dl5) CIA 5%;6 M de la Villa ESP 4%; 7 GM 24.Nb3 Ne4 25.Ng3 Ng5 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 96 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 c5 5.e3 l.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.NA Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 96 Sokolov BIH 4; 8-9 GM Rivas ESP & M 27.Rcl I\h3 28.Rfl Nf4 29.R91 h4 30.Nfl Qb6 6.Qb3 0-0 7.Nbd2 d6 8.Qxb6 axb6 6.8t4 Bg7 7.h3 0-0 8.e3 l\tbd7 9.8il, Ne8 Romero ESP 2%; 10 M Sion ESP l. 32.Kel BNxe2 31.Kxe2 BR+c3+ 33.Nfd2 9.Nc4 l{bd7 10.Be2 d5 11.Nce5 h6l2.Bf4 e4 10.Rcl f6 11.e4? Bb4 34.Rc2 Rd3 35.Kfl Rhd8 36.Nxf3 gxfJ 13.h4 b5 14.94 l\tb6 15.95 hxg5 16.hxg5 Ne4 Instead of this and his previous move, White Sion,M-Shirov,A 0-1 17.Nd2 8f5 18.Bg4 Na4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 should have played 0-0 and Bh2; White's 19th Sicilian (B89) 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Rb1 b4 22.cxb4 Nb6 23.a3 simply igrored Black's obvious intentions. 1.e4 c5 2.NR d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 Ada4s,M-Smirin, I RfcS 24.96 Bxe5 25.gxf7+ KxlT 26.Bxe5 11...e5 12.dxe5 Nxc5 13.exd5 fxe5 14.Be3 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.tu3 Be7 8.Qe2 a6 Sicilian (B30) Nd5 27.Kd2 c3+ 28.Kc2 cxb2+ 29.Ytxb2 Nxd3+ ls.Qxdi e4! 15.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Qc4 9.Bb3 Qc7 10.0-0-0 G0 ll.Rhgl Nd7 12.94 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.NR e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Rc3 30.Ral b5 3l.Rhcl Rd3 32.Rc5 l\tb6 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Be6 19.0-0 Bxd5 Nc5 13.Nf5 b5 14.Bd5 Bb7 15.95 Rfc8 B€7 6.Nd2 Blg5 7.h4 Bh6 8.Qh5 96 9.Qd1 33.Rxb5 Nc4+ 34.Kc1 Rg8 35.Bg3 f4 The computer is well on top, but soon loses 16.Rg3 Ne5 17.Bxb7 NxbT 18.Nxe7+ QxeT Nf6 10.Nf1 Bxcl ll.Qxcl Be6 12.Ne3 Nd4 36.Rf5+ Kg6 37.Rxf4 Rc8 38.Rg4+ Kh5 the thread. 19.Bd4 b4 20.Na4 Nc4 21.b3 Na.3 22.c4 13.Ncd5 h5 14.c3 Nc6 15.Qd1 Kf8 16.93 39.Rh4+ Kg6 40.Rg4+ Kh5 41.Rh4+ Kg5 2O.Qg4Bx821.gxBQd522.Rcd1Qxa2 bxc3 23.M6 Ittbs 24.8f6 Qc7 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 Ift7 U.Qe2 Rb8 18.a4 Ng4 19.8 Nxe3 42.f4+Kg6 43.6+ Kg5 0-1 It was better to take the f-pawu, aiming to 26.a4 e5 27.Qn2 c2 28.Rdd3 Qa5 29.Rgej 20.Nxe3 Ne7 21.0-0 Ref 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.f4 swap queens. Nc5 30.Rd5 Nc3 31.Qxc2 Nxd5 32.exd5 exf4 24.Rxf4 Nc6 25.Rafl Qe7 26.94 Qxh4 Kasparov, G-VaganianR 23.Rd7 Rr7 24.Rfd1 Qb3? Nxb3+ 33.Rxb3 Qe1+ Gl 27.gth5 Qg3+ 28.Ng2 Ne5 29.d4 cxd4 Queen's Gambit @37) Best was 24...Re8, intending Qe6. Genius 30.cxd4 Qd3 31.QfZ Nc6 32.Rf/+ IQ8 l.d4 e62.c4 il5 3.Nc3 B€7 4.NR Nf6 5.Bf4 was now in time trouble as well as being on a 33.h6 1-0. O-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 very slippery slope. 10.G0-0 Be7 11.h4 dxc4 l2.Bxc4 b6 13.Ng5 (Continued nert page) NZ Chess 27 26 NZ Chess fmorove vour plav in a line above], so Black opporhrnity occurred when profits nothing from his the following position was King and palvn endgames - Triangulation occupation of the P?l's reached after 76 moves. By Jonathan Sadati critical zone.l 2...Kh5 White is lost, but Black gives Jackson,LR-Barrow,G Kxh4 3...Kg4 4.h5 Kxh5 V...Ke4 3.Ke3 Kh3 4.Kd4 him a chanc€ to rescue a Wellington CC 5.Kd4 transposes. The exka P comes in handy. Ke4 5.Ke5l 3.Kd3 Kg6 draw - when the player who Championship,l993 4.Kd4 Kh5 This reserve tempo move 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.Kd5 fReaches should win helps, is it really 4...Kg4 5.Ke5 enswes that White can never the critical zone, so wins as a swindle? be on the receiving end ofthe above]. The absence of white pawns trebuchet. This is the main should be a warning signal to reason White wins this Black. endgame.l 6. Ke6 Kg7 7.Kxf5 Kfl7 Jones, Gawain - Evans, A The point is to ensure that A) 8.R Kg4 can be answered by With a basic win (without Ke3, putting Black in the rear f-pawn, this position zugzwang.The rear doubled P is won only with Black to controls 93 [analagous to e6 move). To win, White must penetrate to the Pff's critical Coming events [The "trebuchet" or knighfs zone, i.e., to the nearest tlree move zugzwang. Black to 2...Y44= sqrures on the rank ofthe P Events listed in bold type move loses the from pawn, Now White is in zugzwang. d5, c5; [e5, and 95, h5 on the and his K is cut off the have been notified to NZCF. other side]. But instnrctive queening square. Without the Clubs areasked to confrm kiangulation is required to and advise other dates, for PD, the player to move 1.Rg2 a3 2.Rg5+ Nc5 3.Rg2 achieve this. publication Chess atd loses.l in NZ Rb3+ 4.Ka1 Nd3 s.RgS 1. Kf,}?! circulation to clubs for 5... Kg6 Ka4 6.Rg4+ Nb4 7.Rh4 a2 The first mistake. general information. All White has reached the 8. Rhl Ka3 9.Rc1 l. Kg3! eventsare nationally-rated critical zone of the P, so it Now Black makes his fatal Gains a net tempo, as the unless stated. must fall. Without the extra otherwise blunder. He should play Black K must spend ttrree doubled P, Black would be This move can be kept in g...Rbl+ l0.Rxbl Nc2#, or moves capturing the Ph4 October 2l-23 (Labour able to draw, but the exha P reserve as well, as follows: even 9...Nc2+ to take mffugr than one, while the Weekend), Petone CC Open can be used as a tempo move, B) 8. Ke5 Ke7 9.f5 Kf7 10.f6 advantage of the boxed-in White K spends two moves and All-Wellington B and C winning the opposition. Kf8 1l.Ke6 KeS 12.f7+ king. Instead - going to f3 instead ofone. grades. [5...Ks4 6.R+ 12.flt Kf8 13.f5? The only 9...Rd3?? l...KC6 2.Kf3 Kh5 3.Ke3 December 28, I 995-January way White can throw away 3.f3+ And quick as a flastr - 1996, NZ Championship nothing. the win. He has forgotten that ll, This changes 10.Rc3+!! Rxe3%-% International news the extra doubled a Congress and NZ Rapid 3...KCa 4.Ke2 Iftf4 5.Kfl1 Nxd3 P is r/tY, Or 10...Ka4 ll.Rxd3 (Cont. lrom previous page) twrpo move and nothing Championship, Civic, l2.I

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