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Former World Champion Tigran Petrosian f NEl,l ZEALAND CHESS ls publlshed h{ews bi-monthly (February, April, June, l-ate NEW ZEALAND CHESS Vor.lo No.s ocroBERls'4 August, 0ctober & December) by the New Zealand Chess Associatlon. SOUTH ISLAND CIIAMPIONSHIP Editot: PETER STUART Unless otlrerwise stated, the views Four pJayers Lje.l for first place in Associate Editors: IM ORTVIN SARAPU' TONY DO|'IDEN (otaso), ther 1984 SDuttr Islaod Ch:rmpiouslrip in expressed may not necessarily be VERNON SMALL (canterturg), GAVIN I}N (wellinston) ClrristchLrrch: A".l.L1oyd, 11.(j. hhose of Ehe Association. \t.A.SmaIl, l{iLson &.T.D.Sarfat:i. 5haring fifth werc ll.R.,\nderson & A.J.Lov€," 34 competed. of being published and financially sup- ADDRESSES ['he rLrporL on the evenL has been held Editorial ported by our national Association and rH(emh(.r AII artic.les, letters to the Editor, uvCr Llrrl i I I I)P iisuL,. 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Unfortunate- Zine before the holidays so we aim to wriE(': r...r. lhis mgazlne. ly, none did. have the December issue at the PrinEer Like its predecessors New Zealand prior to team departure on 13 November. Chess has never been a profit-mking venture but 1t does have the advantage AAA r09 Can You See the Combinations? Tigran Petrosian Dies by the Editor Solutions on page 130 The Soviet news agency Tass announced didates Tournament. This he achieved, the death of former World Champion sharing second place with Mark Taimanov Tigran Petrosian on 14 August. The re- three points behind the runaway victor ,ru port added that he had suffered a pro- Alexander Kotov, A fifth place in the longed and serious illness buE did not Candidales Tournament at Zurich in 1953 A Vrur,,ru elaborate on its nature nor give the completed that World Championship cycle I t 7ru actual date of tris death. He died at for him. ,r the age of 55. Petroslan's results were similar in Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was born the next cycle, a fourth place in the on 17 June 1929 in Tbllisi, the capital Interzonal aE Gdteborg in 1955 being t, of Georgia, although his parents were followed by a tie for third rhrough A of Armenlan origin. Entering his teens seventh at the Candidates Tournament at + + d'At during the Second World War, the young Amsterdam in 1956, % 2! "ffifr'l!:B Tigran did not have an easy life. Both Having qualified as a Candidare aE @:''%8, his parents died during the war and he the Portoroz Interzonal in 1958, there started working (as a caretaker) at the followed Petrosianrs best result to No.1 age of 15. date, victory in the 26th U.S.S.R. Black to move No. 2 I^Ihite to move Petrosian was already quite a strong Championship held in 1959 in the city player by this time, a fact which he of his youth, Tbilisi. The World demonstrated by winning U.S.S.R. Junior Championship itself was now entering championships in 1945 and 1946, He also into Petrosianrs calculations but he tr won the 1945 Georgian Championship and failed to take into account a pheno- %a the 1946 Armenian Championship. It was menon knom as Mikhail Tal and, to a ifr% % ,ru e, t following this latter event, in which Iesser extent the ageless Paul Keres. // he played by invitation, that he moved The young LaEvian noE 1959 only won the %ft% t,t Z tg) to Yerevan, the Armenian capital. Candidates Tournament in Yugoslavia but "T Ln L941 Petrosian , "%, A+ followed a victory went on to temporarily relieve Mikhail 'ffi.t"'m w&% in an A1l-Union Candidate MasEer tour- Botvinnik of his World title. Keres %'i % %atufr nament at Tbilisi with a fifth place in finished second in the Candidates Tour- './.2. $'lv the Moscow semi-final of the 16th nament, 1! points behind Tal, while 7Z F,,'rA%, rl fr% %fr2 U.S.S.R. Championship. This latter re- Petrosian was a distant third, another sult saw him awarded his masEer ) title. three poinLs in arrears. f*lz %ti t % %@t Petrosian qualified for the final of He won his second U.S.S,R. title in the 17th U.S.S.R. Championship in 1949 the 28th Championship at Moscow in 196I, and, shortly before this event, he thus again qualifying for the Interzonal made his second move this time to following year, Here No. 3 Black to move No. 4 I,rrhite to move - at Stockholn the Moscow, the best place for him to fur- he came second equal behind Fischer to ther his chess career, The Soviet reach the Candidates for Ehe fourth capital was to be "home" for the rest time. of his 1ife. He started the champion- The eight players at Curacao 1962 ship disastrously with five consecutive (Benko, Fi1ip, Fischer, Geller, Keres, ,r,%, losses, eventually finishing 16Eh in Korchnoi, Petrosian & Tal) were to play %T. : the field of 20. each other four Eimes - a two-month .rm. t The next lwo years saw a dramatic in- marathon of 28 games played in Caribbean %t crease in Petrosianrs playing strength. heat. Petrosian planned his strategy He qualified for the next two U.S.S.R. carefully - he would not go all out for %w% Championships, finishing a modest 12th= the lead early on, being content to % in the 18th in 1950 and then improving merely keep in touch with the leaders to a share of 2nd and 3rd places in the until the last quarter when.he ",#, would %,rNt, t 19th in 195I. This latter event doubled rely on his iron nerves to carry him as a Zonal so Petrosian had now quali- through. He hoped that nobody would be fied for the Interzonal at Stockholm in able to streak away as Tal and Keres %H% 1952. His only ambition a! this stage had done three years earlier - and he was to gain the international grand- did not expect they would be able to in No.5 Black to move No. 6 White to move master title by qualifying for the Can- the climtic conditions prevailing. 110 111 Furthermore, of the players most like1y the next few games. Botvinnik finally his unsurpassed ability to detect any Pam. to do a "streakt' TaI had only recently broke potential danger in a position and through to again 1eve1 the scores - 1 1 . . . Nb4 12 Ne5 Bd7 13 Bb2 Bc6 14 undergone a serious operation and Keres in game draw the opponenEts feeth almost before 14. This proved, however, to be Qd2 Nbds?! was the oldest candidate at 46. Fischer, a watershed in Ehe mtch as Petroslan they vere bared. His first aim was he thought, suffered from a surfeit of imediately struck back in game 15. He usually to avoid loss and a perusal of It was better to firsE play 14..,RcS conf idence . also took games 18 and 19 to put the his tournament record vill reveal that avoiding the weakening of his queenside Korchnoi sprinted into the lead in result beyond doubt, eventually winnlng he was singularly successful at this; pawns. the first quarter before Petrosian, probably only Capa- but at considerable l2'4-9r4. Thus Petrosian became World 15 Nxc6 bxc6 16 Na2 cost in nervous energy; he was quite Champion on 20 }4ay 1963, blanca had less practice at turning unable to sustaln the pace. At the half- With Botvinnik declining to take his over kings. Almost as important to hls The beginning of a long series of way stage Geller and Petrosian led with place in the Candidates series, Boris success was Petrosianrs finely developed oanoeuvres. In the first place I{hlte 9/14; tt.et came Keres 8!, Korchnoi 8 & Spassky soundly defeated his three art of manoeuvring, i.e. the art of avoids the simplification which could Fischer 7. TaI was obviously not fully opponents to emerge as the next chal- doing something while appearing to do have followed 16...Bb4. nothing. fit and languished second to bottom. lenger. In the 1966 match for the t{or1d 16...Qb8 Keres had a marvellous third quarter Championship Petrosian gained the Petrosianr s cautious approach naEural- with a score of 6/l and moved into the necessary 12 points to retain his title ly led to a plethora of draws but one Black refrains from 16...c5 elimina- lead. Geller and Petrosian, however, after 22 games. Spassky won game 23 but should not assume that Petrosian was an ting his veak pawn because it would not each scored 5 points so were only half the final game was dram and Petrosian inferior tactician. His tactical skill only allow White to be rid of his om a point behind, Korchnoi was next but had succeeded in doing what no World was of a very high level as his prowess weak pawn but would also open lines for was now three points further back and Champion had done since Alekhine beaE at lightning chess attests. Rather Ehe the white bishops. speculative or intuitive sacriflce was the others were even further out of Bogoljubow in 1934, i.e. win a match 18 19 20 alien to his nature. He preferred to 17 Nc1 Bb4 Qc2 Bd6 93 RdB contenEion. in defence of the world title. 21 Rdl 22 Be7 23 know the outcome of the combination be- Qe2 Nb4 Nfd5 Qe4 Geller was the first to crack; he Spassky was back again in 1969, now 24 Kg? 25 Ngl 26 Nf3 fore embarking upon it, entering into Ne2 Bf6 a5 Qb7 sacrificed a pam against Fischer but with the benefit of fairly extensive RabB 27 Racl 28 Kgl Nb6 29 BeZ the tactics only when he was able to h6 failed to find Ehe correct move (which mtch experience. Petrosian seemed N6d5 30 Nd2 Bg5 would have given him an almost winning strangely out of form and eventually precisely calculate the consequences. pragmatic attack) and Fischer held the pawn and lost the mtch (and the title) Lor-r-\2r. ?etroslanrs approach to Safer was 30,..Be7 controlling c5. eventually won the game, Going lnto It must be admitted that Petrosianrs chess was not such as to endear him to The Eext invites complications which the chess playing public but he will Petrosian happily embraces. the last round Petrosian had a half- reign as World Champion r^ras not a par- surely be remembered for his positional point lead over Keres but, strangely ticularly distinguished one. He dld not Rc5 Be7 mastery just and 31 perhaps (though in harmony with his appear in Eany tournaments and, when he - as are Nimzowitsch Capablanca, his first idols, a-pam now looks risky and pre-tournament strategy), agreed to a did, his resulEs were hardly what one Taking the Guimard was possibly countiog on \rrtrite draw in a slightly better position might expect of the World Champion, The following game, played in 1955 retreating the rook. The pam cannot be against a somewhat surprised Fi1ip. It does not happen very often in any aE the Gdteborg Interzonal, features a Keres, meanwhile, had built up a sport that a defeated World Chanpion brilliant combination, perhaps the saved anyway: 31...Ra8 32 Nc4 Qc7 33 clearly superior position versus surmounts all the obstacles to regain besE ever played by Petrosian. Qe5. buE Fischer gradually the tension took his title. I do not aBree that Bot- 32 Rxa5 Na2 33 Bd3 96 its toll and the American was able to vinnikrs win of return mtches proves PETROSIAN - GUIMARD equalise and hold the drav. The final the exception since he did not have to Black naturally wishes to retain the Queen's Gambit knight on d5 to help with his queenside scores were: 1 Petrosian 1,7ta; 2-3 GeLLer Bo through the Candidates serj-es. So 2Nc3e6 4Nf3 initiative but 33...Nf6 may well have & Keres 17; 4 Fischer 14; 5 Korchnoi it proved with Petrosj-an - he apparmtly 1c4Nf6 3d4d5 131; 6 Benko 12; 7-8 Tal & Filip 7. lacked the ambitlon or will to scale Be7 5 e3 0-0 6 Bd3 been preferable to the text. Although Petrosian was quite inex- the sumit a second time. Lrhite's fifth move is rather passiver 34 Qf3 Qc7 peri-enced in match play, his style was Never{:heless he continued to reach locking in hls while his sixth QB, Allowing a dangerous exchange sacri- ideal since draws do not affect the the Candidates series. In 1971 and 1974 allows Black to transpose into a Queenrs long black diagonal, standings in a match; only near the he made the semi-fina1s, losing to cambit Accepted position with an extra fice to open the The chance lay in 34...Bb4 end do they benefit the player in the Fischer and Korchnoi respectively. In tempo. best with the idea Bxd2 and when htrite still lead, both 1977 and 1980 he was elimi.nated in Petrosian often played such quiet Qxb3 some advantage pair A nervous Petrosian played weakly in the quarter-finals by Korchnoi openings. Another example is 4 a3 in retains with the of Viktor bishops. the first game against Botvlnnik, who had never been an easy opponent for the Queenrs Indian Defence; first played "aehieving" a losE position wj-th the him. mny years ago by Petrosian, it has pieces The '*, 7/////,. white very quickly indeed. Arnong his successes slnce losing the lately been played in hundreds of master ''%t%,2 t challenger made no aEtempt to gai-n his World title were two more victorles in games . t t revenge in Lhe next few games, being the Soviet Championship 1969 (after .h6 - in 6...dxc4 7 Bxc4 c5 B 0-0 a6 9 a4 % content with quiet draws. Then, i.n the play-off Polugaevsky) 1975. a with and Nc6 10 b3 cxd4 11 exd4 n fifth game, Botvinnik erred in a Griinfeld ?etrosian had worked as a chess %'rtu Jour- E AIS Defence and the challenger was able to nalist for nany years and, in recent An unusual position for Petrosian rdho ,NAfr%H leve1 the scores. Petrosian also won years, edited the Russian chess nerue- normlly preferred to play against the game 7 but then had to withstand con- paper 64. static weakness of the isolated queents tinual pressure from the champion over Petrosianrs greaEest streogth 1ey ln 113 LL2
I Nxe4 17 Nxe4 b6 18 Rb1 Bxd2 39 Kxd2 Kb4 40 Kd3 Kxa4 41 Kc4 is 35 Rc5! Bxc5 36 dxc5 Nab4 37 Bc4 f5 55. . . Kxa5 Gradually White unravels his pieces. hopeless. This looks terribly loosening but 55...Kb5 56 Qb7+ Kxa5 Eransposes inro 29 NdZ c3 Black wished to prevent the threatened the game while 55...Ka6 is met by 55 18...Nb4 19 Bd2 Nd5 Ne4-f6+. No better was 29,..Bxd2 30 Kxd2 Kd6 Rxc6*! Nxc6 57 Qxc6+ Ka7 58 Bxd4+ Qxd4 But not 19,,.Nxa2 20 Ra1 Nb4 2L Bxb4 59 with an easily won queen ending. 31 Kc3 Kc5 32 Rd2 and lhe c-pawn soon 38 Re1 Qe7 39 Qe2 ReB 40 Nf3 Kh7 QxeS cxb4 22 RxaT Bxb2 23 Rb7 and Whiters advantage is clear. fal1s. 0n 40...Qxc5 White plays 56 Qa7+ Kb5 41 Qe5 vin- 30 Ne4 31 Kd3 RdB+ 32 Kc4 Rdl ning 21 b3 Bf8 Ba5 imediately as 41...Qe7 42 Qh8+ or 56...Na6 57 b4+! Kxb4 58 Qb6+ Qb5 20 a4! RcB Kf7 43 Ne5 is mate. The 32,..Rdz simply met by 59 Qxd4+ and 60 Ra3* uinning. By protecting the d6 square Black now tricky is 33 Kb3. 41 Qe5 57 Qb7+ KaS 58 Rc1 Rdl+ threatens 22...e4 23 RcI cxb3! 24 RxcB b2 25 Rcl bxclQ 26 Bxcl when l^trite can 33 Nxc3 Rhl The sealed move one and which re- No better is 58...QeI+ 59 Rxel Rxel* entertain no winning chances, stricts Black's options. 60 Kg2 Rde4 61 Bc3 R1e2 62 Qa7+ Kb5 63 I Exchanging minor pieces looks to be a 22 RcL Be7 Qa4+ Kc5 64 Qa5+ winning the knight. I better try as the acEive black rook 41...Qc7 42 QeZ Qel 43 h4! Nf6 would glve the second player counter- 59 Rxdl Qxb2 60 Qa7+ Na6 This move has been generally criti- 0n 43...Qxc5 htite planned 44 Kg2 Instead, 22...Rc7 the p1ay. Sti11, one would expect White to followed cised. avoids win rook ending by Qe5 and Rhl when the deci- 0r 60...Kb5 61 Qa4+ Kc5 62 Qa5 mate. following unpleasantness by breaking the too. sive Ng5+ would be threatened, 61 b4+ Kxb4 62 Qb6+, 1 - 0. the pin on the c-pam. 34 Ne4! 44 Bxe6 Ne4 45 Nd4l RbdB 23 b4! c4 WhiEe is happy to return the rather Attempts to prevent White's h4-h5 The second game proved to be one of unimportanE h-pawn in order to improve the most This puts the c-pam at risk but pro- fail, e.g. 45...h5 46 Bxf5l gxf5 47 significant of Petrosiants the position of his pieces. Neverthe- career game vides Black with his best practical Qxh5+ Kg8 48 Nxf5 with a winning - the fifth of his match less, given the situation ln the match, with Botvinnik 1963 where chances. Allowing an isolated c-pam attack, or 45...Nf6 46 Nxf5! gxf5 47 in he level- it couldn't have been an easy decision. led the never would have been clearly worse. Bxf5* and 48 Qxe7. The text move, on scores, to fa1l behind agaan. 34...Rxh2 35 Kd4 Kd7 the oEher hand, threatens to win mate- 24 b5 rlal but Petrosian has a nasty surprise PETROSIAN - BOTVINNIK A Black must take time out to Prevent in store for his opponent. ',//:/:/. the white rookrs incursion on c7 winning GrUnfel d Defence ta / control of the seventh rank. I4'hiters 1c4 s6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Nf3 'tL. t t technique is a model of precision. ///7, ,*l% Bg7 5 e3 t %a 36 .:2./,: '/t::A7,lt 93 t Botvinnikrs choice of the Griinfeld ,////, t '/.',, lfl, "/Zrt% Onlookers apparently expected 36 94 was a trifle surprising considering his but then Black galns counterplay with rA' , loss with it in the 1957 natch against 36,..h5 and things are not so clear. 7/./.ft/' /1, ,fl, Smyslov. He was Eo try it again ^6% in the The EexL is much beEter. N 7rW"/& i 15th game against Petrosian - with the same result, Petrosian plays a typicalty 24. . .Kf7? 36...8b4 37 Ke5 Rh5+ 38 Kf6 Be7+ 39 Kg7 40 RhI quiet variation. But here Black errs. According to e5 Rc6 46 h5l! Rxd4 47 hxg6+ Kxg6 48 Bxfs+! 5...0-0 6 Be2 dxc4 Averbakh Black should have played more The adjourned position. Thanks to his Kxf5 49 Qh5+ Ke6 sharply 24...8a31. 25 Rc2 c3! 26 BxcS dominant pieces hrhite has a sure win, All Blackrs moves are forced. If here Current theory affirms that 6...c5 is (26 Bcl Nb4! or 26 Nxc3 Nb4! are both though careful play is still required. the most reliable equalising move here, 49...Qg5 then 50 QxeS and Black must fine for Black) 26. ..8b4 21 Kd2 (noE 27 41 Kf7 Ral 42 Re6 BdB jettison more material. 7 Bxc4 c5 8 d5 e6 Kd3? Bxc3 28 Nxc3 Nb4+) 27...Rc4 28 Bxb4 (28 Kd3 Rxe4!) 28...Pxe4 29 Bd6 Other bishop moves are no better, e.g. s0 Qs4+ Kd5 Black seeks equality through simpli- Rxa4 with equality. AfEer the text 42. ..8c5 43 Rxe5 Rxa4 44 Nxc5* bxc5 45 Or 50...Kf7 51 Bxd4 Kf8 52 tuie4 win- fication but the slighf weakening of White can blockade the c-pawn and the Rxc5 winning quickly, ning easily, his pawn formation gives the first chance for counterplay is lost. player something to work on. The block- 43 Rd6+ 51 52 Kxc5 53 Rcl+ 25 Bc3! Ba3 26 Rc2 27 Rxc3 Bb4 Qf5+ Qe5 Qd7+ ading attempt 8. ..Ne8 9 0-0 Nd6 also Nxc3 The most pieces Nc3 Ke7 accurate - the black favours White according to Korchnoi. ?B RcZ will be paralysed. Again foreed as 53...Kb6 54 Bxd4+ 9 dxe6 10 Bxe6 11 Bxe6 Here 28,..e5 was suggested, the idea Qxdl+ Kxdl 43...Kc8 44 KeB Bc7 45 Rc6 Rd1 wins the queen while 53...Nc2 54 Rxc2+ fxe6 12 Ke2 Nc6?l 13 Rdl RadS being to permit the king egress to the Kb4 55 Bxd4 is also hopeless. queenside, but Tafrs analysis shows on 45.. .Rxa4 I\rhite wins quickly with Here also Botvinnik fails to play the this to be insufficient: Nd2 c3 30 46 Nc3 followed Nd5. 54 Rxc3+ Kb6 55 a5+l 29 by 47 best move, 13...Kf7 which utillses the Ne4 Ke6 31 f3 h6 32 Kd3 Rd8+ 33 Kc4 Rd2 46 Ng5 RdB+ 47 Kf7 Rd7+ 48 Kg8, A final surprise which Petrosian must king fo defend the e-pawn bej-ng prefer- Kb3 Rxc2 35 Kxc2 Kd5 c2 37 34 36 Kd3! 1 0. have seen before he played his 46th abl e. Ikc2 Kc4 38 Nd2+ and Black is lost as - move and a delightful counlerpoint to the king and pam ending after 38... - RxdS Ng5 EEE that move. 14 RxdB 15 Re8 16 Nge4' L14 Ba3l 14...0-O 15 0-0 RfeS 16 Qc1 RbcS Bb4 26 Qd3 Rf6 27 a3 b5 28 axb4 axb4 Timman Wins Bugojno 17 Ba3 c5! 18 Qb2 b6 19 Rfdl Nf8 20 29 KgZ [Atter 29 Qxb5 Rxt3 BTack's Racl Ne6 21 Qal Ne4 22 Nxe4 dxe4 23 prospecxs woufd at Teast be bexter than Like the London series of Philips & age Elo 2583). In the absence of Karpov dxc5 exf3! IA nice conception; BTack in the gamel 29. . .bxa4 30 Qd4 Bxb3 fon Drew sponsored tournaments, Bugojnors (winner in 1978 and 1980) and Kasparov sacrifjces a pawn and cal-cuTates that 30...K97 the pin wouTd uTXinaXeTg prove elite tournaments are organised bien- (uinner in 1982) there was no clear d6-d7 is never a reaT threatl 24 cxd6 fatall 3). Qxf6 a3 32 Qd4 c5 33 Qxd6 nially. This yearrs was the fourth favourlte with eight players rated 2600 [Ta7 TaXer suggested 24 Rxd6 was better, Rc8 34 Qd2 Be6 35 f4 h6 36 94 Bxg4 such event and featured an all-GM line- or above but none oler 2635. e.g- 24...Qq5 25 qj Qh5 26 h4 Nxc5, but 37 f5 Re8 38 Qxh6 gxf5 39 h3, 1 - 0. BTack retains some advantagel 24.,.Q95 up of category 14 classification (aver- The score-table reads: LARSEN-SMYSL0V, Griinfel d Defence: 25 e4 [rt 24 qi eh5 26 h4 eq4 and now 2d4d5 5 27 Kh2 Ng5! Teads to mate whil-e 27 Kf7 1c4c6 3Nc3Nf6 4e396 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 \27314 Nf3 Bg7 6 Be2 0-0 7 0-0 Be6 8 cxd5 Qh3+ 28 Ke7 Qg2 1s l"ittTe betterl I Timman NLD G 2610 xL1*LL*LL11llr 8+ Bxd5 9 Qc2 Bxf3 10 Bxf3 NbdT 11 Rd1 2 25. . .Nf4l IB7ack 12 e4 e5 13 d5 Rac8 14 dxc6 Ribli HUN G 2670 *xLLL**+1+*rLt 8 //////, Qc7 Qxc6 3 Torre PHr c 2565 0*x0 L, *r Lt 1+lr ]L would Tike to con- 15 Bg5 h6 16 Be3 Nb6 17 Qb3 Nc4 18 (+ 1 % ,t Spas sky USR G 2615 -L -L r - -L -L -L -L -I n -1 1 r 7 tinue 25...Qh4 but Nd5 Nxd5 19 exd5 Qd7 20 BxaT b5 2L 2222222v22L2 7,ru 5 Anders son shE G 2630 IIl--L.-L.L-L-Lr1Ir^2222^2222!222V 6L 7& then White couTd Be3 f5 22 BeZ f4 23 BcL e4 ?4 Btl f -r -l- -1 -L l- .!- r- I I I I defend bg Qe5-g3l has plentg for his pawn] 24...e3 6 Lj uboj evic YUG G 2635 22222^222!22V- - ^ 6l % [B7ack 26 F.xcB fxe3 28 7 Gligoric YUG G 2510 x o + 6L %% [white 25 Qa7 26 d6 KLll 27 a4 fxe3 L I I L L L l + L L r does not have 8 Belyavsky USR G 2565 +l ol ti !x*t+*L+ 6L tl time Be2 Nd2 29 Qxb5 Rcd8 30 a5 Rxd6 3I 9 Tal USR G 2620 *oiL++iLx0LLl1 6l for 26 d7 because a6 %% ot 26. . 27 10 Miles ENG G 2670 + L 010 0l o Ix L L r 6 'lflF.: -Nxhi+ 31...Nf3+ 32 1 1 l 1 dxeqQ+ 11 Smys lov USR G 2600 v2w2222222^2L2n n -L -! -L -L -L -L -. 1 r 6 Kt1 Qh4 28 ,% gxf3 Rxdl* 33 Kg2 t2 Kovacevic YUG G 2555 00+Li+0iLlixli 5+ RxeS 29 Rc2 Ngs! 30 Ke7 Ne4 mating. % Rd7 34 Ra3 Re7 35 Also 26 exf4 Qh4 forces 27 Rd3 28 Bd4 36 Ra4 Rf4 13 Larsen DEN G 2565 ++ 1o LttL 0;00x0 5 Qxh3 E ru t Qd3 Rxt3 winning easiTgl 26,..Nxh3+ 37 Rc4 Re5 Rc8 t4 Ivanovic YUG G 2525 0 0 0 i 7 +, L 0 0l l1x 5 Qxf3 w% % 38 27 Kh2 [Or 27 Kt7 RxcS 28 d7 Rd9 29 Qd4 39 Rf7 40 % Qd7 Qc4 Mikhail TaI started off with two u/ins Karpov and Kasparov had other things on Qh4 30 e4 RxdT! or, in thig, 28 Qd4 Qh4 ,,,&, Rd8 Rg5+ 4I Khl and briefly held the lead but was their minds in May/June buE Korchnoi 29 e4 Qxg4 30 Ke7 Rc2! matingl 27. . .Qh4l % Qxd8 42 QxfT+ Bg7 brought back to earth with a thud by for one would doubtless have enlivened 28 RxeS+ Kh7 29 QxgT+ [v.thite is hefp. /ru Aia T 43 Bxe3 Re5 44 Qb3 Ribli (21 moves) in round three. By the proceedings. less against the threat of .. .Nf4+ 6 H"/Z ( Qe7 45 Bg1 Rxe2 fourth round Jan Timan was in front by Unfortunately too, the remalning matingl 29...Kxg1 30 Bb2+ f6 31 Re7+ 46 a7 Qg5, 0 - 1. half point, games were all marred Kh6 32 Bxf6 Qxf2+!, 0 - 1. a a situation he was quite too often by RIBLI Queen's Pawn: happy to strange blunders, Larsen -TAL, maintain until the end, The Bent being Another crucial and exciting game was I d4 e6 2 Nf3 c5 3 93 Qa5+ 4 Nc3 Nf6 Dutch grandmaster have memo- particularly afflicted in this regard. will fond Timanrs win over Snyslov in round 10: 5 Bd2 cxd4 6 Nxd4 Qb6 7 Nb3 Qc6 8 ries of Yugoslavia in 1984, having The one round that was uniformly hard al- TIMi'{AN - SMYSL0V, Scotch Game: Rg1 d5 fsuperficia}lg Black's position ready shared first place with Korchnoi fought was the last but, paradoxically, 7 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d.4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Tooks fine bat Whlte's next shows up at nearby all seven games Sarajevo earlier this year. were dram! Bc5 [we wi77 have to wait to discover his backward deveTopmenxl 9 e4! NbdT 10 Zoltan Like Ribli likewise went through the similar London tournament, what improvement Timan had in mind in exd5 Nxd5 11 Bg2 N7f6 12 Be7 13 undefeated, just Bugojno has gained Qe2 most of the time being a fine reputation the 4...Nf6 l-ine 1n which the Dutchman Nxd5 exd5 14 0-0-0 Qe6 t5 RgeI 0-0 a half point behind Timman and a half for the excellence of its organisation. suffered a debacle againsX Karpov at 16 Qb5 Ne4 17 Bf4 Qf6 18 Rxd5 Ba3 [one point ahead of anyone else. Eugene Unfortunately though, the Bugojno event London (Mag, paqe 73)l 5 Nf5 96 6 Ne3 Tast trickl 19 Bxe4 Bxb2* 20 KbI Ba3 Torre played a nice game failed equal defenslve to the London tournament Nf6 7 Nc3 0-0 8 Bd3 Re8 9 0-0 Ne5 2I Bc1, 1 - 0. against Candidates finalist Smyslov in as a spectacle of fighting chess. I0 Khl d6 11 Be2 Nc6 12 f3 Nd4 13 SMYSL0V-TORRE, Semi-51av: the eleventh round and this win boosEed The :-ollowing game, featuring a Bc4 a5 14 Ng4 Be6 15 Bg5 QGD hj-m into clear third place which he brilliant finish, was played in round 1d4Nf6 2c4c6 3Nc3d5 4e3e6 5 held through the last two rounds. seven and cemented Timnrs hold on the 15...Nx94 frhis Nf3 N'bd7 6 Bd3 dxc4 I Bxc4 b5 8 Bd3 It my be remarked that Anderssonrs lead. ttvru %t% t sacrifice proves a6 9 e4 c5 10 e5 cxd4 1l Nxb5 Nxe5 only loss came in the very first round v,fl,alffiit insutficient to 12 Nxe5 axb5 13 Bxb5+ Bd7 14 NxdT % restoEe Black's 15 Bd2 16 NxfS Kxf8 a4 when he spoiled a belter position .... K0VACEVIC -TIMMAN, Queen' s Pawn: :ffi%lw Qa5+ Qxb5 L7 that Tal was unable to win another game I d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 d5 3 Nbd2 Bg4 4 e3 fortunesl 16 Bxd8 Qxb2 18 RbI Qa2 19 0-0 h6 20 Rb4 Ne3 17 Bxc4 Rd8 2I Bf4 22 Bcl Rd7 23 Rb8+ after his great start .... and that the NbdT 5 h3 Bh5 6 c4 e6 7 qb3 Rb8 8 %a7x.ft%a1"'ffi Qcl Qd5 two players who most ably demonstrated cxd5 exd5 9 Bd3 c6 t0 Qc2 896 1I %ft% 18 Qxe3 Nxc2 [18 Ne8 24 Bb6 96 25 a5 Kg7 26 Qct Nd6 their belief Ehat a chess game should Bxg6 hxg6 [The Yugoslav gtandmaster %ruft% %tt . - -Raxdg 79 Qd2 27 Rxh8 Kxh8 28 Rdl e5 29 f4 Nc4 30 be a struggle for the fu.l.-Z point, Miles frequentTg empTogs this tgpe of sLow BxfT 20 RxtT leaves fxe5 d3 31 Qxh6+ Kg8 32 Qf4 d2 33 and Larsen, gained scant reward for buiTd-up without an earTg c2-c4 but in BTack without anq Be3 Qd3 34 Kf2 Qb3 35 Rxd2 Nxd2 36 their efforts, the present game he has gained no ad- counter-chances at aTfl 19 Qd2 Nxal 20 Bxd2 QcZ 37 Kel Qbl+ 38 Kf2 Qb2 39 There were too mny short draws in vantage; indeed, BLack is Teft with the Bf6! [B7ack's next moves are forced Ke2 Rd5 40 e6 Re5* 47 Kd3 [The game when the rook is l-eft dangerouslg ex- was adjourned here but White this tournament - three or four in al- better bishopl 12 b3 Bd6 13 Bb2 Qe7 resigned most every round in fact. Obviously 14 a4 [white' s idea js ec7 folTowed bg posed on f6l 2O...Re6 21 Rxal Rxf6 22 without resuningl, 0 - 1. b3 Be6 23 Na4 Ba3 24 Qc3 Rf4 25 93 *** 116 ltl I
the process Hopewell put an end (at CLEMANCE-S14ITH, Sici I ian Kan North lsland Ch'p Report least temporarily) to Vetharaniamrs 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 progress and Anthony Ker halted Cle- a6 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 93 b5l? 7 a3 (white Bob Gibbons & Gordon Hoskyn mance. Fenella Foster hit fom to expends a tempo to sxop ...b4 because, score an upset win over Bernard Car- in this 7ine, the Nc3 does not have The 1984 North Island Championship, apDeared dram after two sessions but plnter. the convenient regrouping Ne2-93) sponsored by the Countryrride Building Philip thought otherwise - he allowed With one round remaining the leading 7. ..Bbl 8 Bg2 Nf6 9 0-0 d6 LO f4 Society, was hosted by the Wanganui Dive to promote a new queen on h8 and scores were: Snith 6; Green, Hopewell llbd7 (stopping 77 e5 Bxg2 72 Kxg2 dxe5 give Chess Club from 14th to 19th May. The then proceeded to mate on aI & A. Ker 5%; Sarfati, Dive & Foster 51 73 fxe5 Qxe5 74 Qfi Ra7 f5 Nc5 Nxc6 Wanganui Intermediate School provided with rook, bishop and king. Sarfatl Clemance, Aldridge, Whitehouse, Alex- 76 Qxc6+ with advantage to White) drew a an excellent venue with individual and Ker their clash to leave ander, P, Vetharaniam & C. Ker 4r<, I1 f5?: (premature) 11...e5 12 Nde2 tables, soft chairs and a carpeted group of eight players with 211. points, Robert won the tltle outright when (this knight does not have aru1 obvious (therefore quiet) floor. In the clash between the co-leaders he defeated Anthony Ker after the future) 12,. . .Be7 (betxer was 72. . .Rcql Fifty-two entries were received - a Clemance was unable to withstand a latter declined an early draw offer. when White has probTems organising his as disappointing total for the organisers Smith-Kan Sicilian, leaving Robert I Michael Hopewell and Peter Green pieces) 13 h3 h5 (necessarq to pre- after the huge turnout at Congress sole leader. Hopewell scored a quick fought each other to a standstill, vent White's kingside expansion; the following the impetus given the New win against Carpinterrs Pirc Defence allowing Jonathan Sarfatl and RusselL bTack king can five happiTg in xhe Z,eal.atd chess scene by GM Chandlerrs to join Green and Anderson on 3| Dive to join them in second place bY now-cfosed centre) 14 Nd5 Bxd5 visit late last year. Two late with- points. Sarfati led the bunch on beating Eenella Foster and Len White- 15 exd5 Rc8 15 Nc3 Qc4 (stopping f7 drawals and two more during the three points while the top local house respectively. Charles Ker Ne4, adding another atxacker on the tournament reduced the field at the players had 2l<. - a very good effort result by outPlaying white d-pawn and preparing the man- (unrated) earned a fine end to forty-eight. as Geoffrev Forbes and the Aldridge to finish equal sixth with his oeavre Be7-d8-b6, activating xhe father son team had With nine players rated over 2000 and Vetharaniam older brother, while Prince Vetharaniam bishop) 17 Rf2 Bd8 18 Be3 Bb6 19 seed each played an unusually set of the field was quite strong, Top strong featured in another uPset when he held Qf3 Bxe3 20 0xe3 Qc5 21 0g5 Kf8 (2278), pre- opponents was Robert Smith but the to reach thls result. Clemance to a draw. (not 27...Ke7? 22 Ne4) 22 QdZ Nb6 Green sence of defending champion Jonathan Smith was held to a draw by The fu1l score table was given in 23 Ne4 Nxe4 24 Bxe4 Nc4 2.5 Oc3 Ke7 (2234), (2216) Sarfati Peter Green , in the fifth round and this enabled the August issue, but we give the 26 b3 Nb6 Phitip Clemance (2180), Bruce Anderson Hopewell to catch up by defeating leadlng scores again to comPlete the 2.1 Od2 (or 27 Qa5 (2114), Michael Hopewell (2161) and Anderson. Prince Vetharaniam won the ./z/, story: 1 R'hI.Smith 7; 2-5 R.J.Dive' I Qc3 28 Qxb6 QxaT+ Anthony Ker (2158) held promise for an firsE leg of an impressive double P.R.Green, M.G.tIopewell & J.D. Sarfati dr, |.ft. 29 Kg2 Qc3 30 when he allowed Bob Gibbons to win a E t exciting contest. 6; 6-7 A.E.Ker & C.M.Ker 5!; 8-I5 B.J. ,,,,f, Qxa6 Qc5 with ad- The traditional first round casualtv pam and then tactically obliterated 'x 77//t ;/.rr. Alexander, B.R.Anderson, T, J.Boswell, t .,,9, vantage for Black) this year was Len Whitehouse (1906), him. Kumar Vetharaniam also surprised P.A. Clemance, F.Foster, R,E.Gibbons, t t-lr.fl,frZ' t 21 .. .t6 28 h4 Qc3 who of Lin by holding Lynn to a draw. It was 7,//, ',//Z succumbed to the wiles K.W.Lynn & P.Vetharaniam 5; 16-20 G.J. VzA 29 0xc3 Rxc3 30 Carline-Powell (1395), losing queen after this round that Merv Morrison Aldridge, B'A.Carpinter, G.M.Turner, A+ nlt Rf3 Rc5 31 Rdl Hoskyn the learnt of the traBic death of his wife ,rryl % for rook. Gordon felt K.Vetharaniam & L. E.!trhitehotse 4\. Rhc8 32 Rd2 a5 pressure and and returned home. x H ///, involved in orgaLrising In retrospect the tournament was 33 Kf2 a4 34 Ke2 Forbes. Scores: Smlth & Hopewell 4\i Sar- playing, losing to Geoffrey deservingly won by Robert Smith, who Rc3 (Black's ad- a Wanganui fati, Green & Clemance 4. Unrated Barry Morgan, only played good solid chess in going vantage reaches decisive proportions ) caused The of the sixth round was club member for a few weeks, sensation through undefeated. Jonathan Sarfati 35 Re3 Rxe3* 36 Kxe3 Rc3* 37 Rd3 Howard Prince Vetharaniamrs defeat another surprise by holding caused by and Peter Green also emerged without Rxc2 38 Bf3 Ra2 39 bxa4 bxa4 40 Rc3 of former N.Z. champion Bruce Anderson I^rhitlock to a draw. Colin Oldridge loss but paid the price of too many Kd7 (zess clear is 40...Rxa3 41 Rxa3 was forced to withdraw because of i11- who achieved a solid position in a draws. Nc4+ 42 Kd3 Nxa3 43 Bd7 Nb5 44 Bxa4 ness after the first round. Sicilian but misdefended agalnst a The under-1900 prize was shared by Nd4 45 Ke4 Ne2 46 Kf3 Nc3 47 Bc6) In round two Smith defeated Willian kingside attack in time trouble and Fenella Ioster, Tony Boswell and 41 Ke4 Rd2 42 Rd3 Nc4 43 Bxh5 Ra2 dropped lost piece. Meanwhile, Smith Lynn but four of his riwals a Prince Vetharaniam, while the second 44 BdL Nb2: 45 Rd2 Nxdl 46 Rxdl Rxa3 off the pace with draws. Sarfati had defeated Hopewell, openi-ng up a lead grade (under 1630) prize went to 47 Rgl, 0-1. (Notes bg R. w. snith) and of a full point. Glenn Turner paid a quick draw with Ben Alexander Charles Ker with Kumar Vetharaniam draw with Mark the penalty for his habitual time Green a much longer second. A special upset prize was won P. GRTEN-ALEXAIlDER, Leningrad Dutch: Bernard Carpinter trouble in his game with Greg Aldridge; Hall. Anderson and by Charles Ward. 1Nf3f5 2c4Nf6 39396 4Bg2B?,7 dropped half-points, to Andrew this time Turner failed to complete also The tournament was admirably directed 5 0-0 0-0 6 d.4 d6 7 d5 c6 8 Nd4 Bd7 Sangster and John Robinson respect- his last fourteen moves before the by Ken Austin in his fourth consecutive 9 Nc3 l0 Rbl Na6 11 b3 Nc7 12 ive1y. Lin Carline-Powell tried to time control in one minute. Qe8 year as dlrector of play. The Wanganui Bb2 c5 13 Ne6 Nxe6 L4 dxe6 Bc6 15 wiEh Glenn Turnerrs Scores: Snith 5%i Sarfatl, Green, double her score club and, in particular, Gordon Hoskyn Nd5 0d8 16 Bxf6 Bxf6 17 Nxf6+ Rxf6 scalp but he escaped with a winning Clemance, Ilopewell, A. Ker, Aldridge made an excellent job of rhe organi- 18 Bd5 RfS 19 Qd2 20 h4 Bxd5 position and two seconds left on his & P. Vetharaniam 4\. Qe7 sation, providing an excellent venue, 2l cxd.5 Kgl 22 h5 Rf6 23 Rbcl b5 clock at move forty. In round seven Sarfati took another refreshments and even blllets for a 24 hxg6 Kxg6 25 KgZ h6 26 RhL Kg7 round only Smith half-point off Snith in a hard-fought After the third number of competitors. Publicity was 27 Rh4 0b7 28 Rchl Rh8 29 f3 a6 30 Clemance had a ful1 three points. game which allowed Green, Hopewell and and very good, wlth fu1l results and wite- Rf4 RhfS 32 KhS 33 Dive after three Ker to close the gap to half a polnt Qa8 3r Qd3 94 Clemance beat ups appearing in both local newspapers. gxf5 Rg8+ 34 Rg4 Rxg4+ 35 fxg4 sessions of play; the game had and promise an lnteresting finish. In Qg8 118 119 36 Kf3 Qg5 37 Qe3 Qxe3+ 38 Kxe3 Kg7 Mte) 12...Bbl+ 73 Kal Bd3+! 14 KaZ 39 Kf4 Rf8 40 e4 Rc8 4l e5 c4 42 Rf2+ 75 KaI Ka3!, 0 - 1. The position All-Wellington Championship f6+, I - 0. after 75 Ka7 is identicaT to that afXer 77 hqQ except XhaX the bishop is now on by Gavin lon SARFATI -F0STER, Pirc Defence: d3 where it bTocks White's queen check 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bf4 96 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 on h3. White can defend against either R.1 R.2 R.3 R.4 R.5 R.6 T'1 SOS Bh6 5 Qd2 c6 6 0-0 7 0-0-0 b5 8 f3 of the threatened checkrnates in the 1 Sarfati J. D. W w10 D6 wt w5 w3 D2 5 a5 t h4 a4 10 h5 b4 1I Nbl Qa5 12 finaT position ... . but not both! 2 D7 w4 D1 4 BxgT KxgT 13 hxg6 fxg6 14 Qh6+ Kf7 Notes by P.Clemance Mclaren L.J. Civ D14 w6 w5 z 20, 15 RhS 16 Bd3 e5 17 Bc4+ Be6 18 3 Ker A.F. HV wL2 W4 D5 I^/6 L1 W7 4 z 20, 94 ANDERS0N-M.HOPEWELL, King's Indian: Bxe6+ Kxe6 19 Rg8 20 d5+ cxd5 Qg7 1d4Nf6 2c496 3Nc3Bg7 4e4d6 4 Corry R.J. UH I^/9 L3 1t72 L2 Wl1 W8 4 21 exd5+ Qxd5 22 Qxf6+, I - O. 5 Be2 0-0 6 Bg5 c5 1 d5 h6 8 Bf4 e6 5 Dive R.J. Twa w16 W13 D3 ],1 L2 W1O 3 t2 9 dxe6 Bxe6 10 Bxd6 Re8 11 Nf3 Qb6 t SMITH-TURNER, Sicil ian 2 f4: 6 D9 12 e5 NfdT 13 0-0 Nc6 14 Na4 15 Kay J.B. Civ w8 DI L2 L3 I^I14 3 23 1 e4 c5 2 f4 e6 3 Nf3 d5 4 Bb5+ Bd7 Qa5 a3 Ndxe5 1.6 Nxe5 Nxe5 17 Nxc5 Bxc4 I 7 Marner G. Wnm w15 D2 L1 DIZ W1O L3 3 202 5 BxdT+ NxdT 6 d3 Be7 7 0-0 Ngf6 8 8 HV D1,2 I,I13 * J1 18 Rcl Bxe2 19 20 Rfdl Rad8 Borren A.M. L6 w14 Dl1 L4 15,4 e5 Ng8 9 c4 d4 10 Nbd2 h5 11 Nh6 Qxe2 Qb6 Qa4 21 Ne4 Nc6 22 Bc5 23 RxdI+ 9 Ion G. J. Civ L4 W16 D13 L10 I^IL5 D6 3 15 12 Ne4 Nf5 13 Bd2 Kf8 14 a3 Rh6 15 Qxb2 Qf3 24 Rxdl 25 Rel 26 Nf6+ Bxf6 b4 b6 16 Kt2 t6 17 93 Rg6 18 h3 fxe5 Qc2 Qxc5 10 Erankel Z. h't L1 W14 D11 w9 L} L5 2 , 19 27 RxeS+ Kg7 28 g3 a5 29 R.c8 a4 30 19 fxe5 Kg8 20 Rg1 21 Bf4 Rf8 22 11 Wigbout M. Civ L13 W15 DlO D8 L4 DT2 2 1s2 Qc7 31 Nd8 32 h4 h5 33 Kg2 Ke2 Ne3 23 bxc5 bxc5 24 h4 Ng4 25 Qe4 Qxa3 Qe8 72 Brown S.A. UH L3 D8 L4 D15 D16 DIl 2 77' Ra8 Rxd8 Nd6 Qb4 34 a3 35 BxdS 36 Qxd8 13 Mitchell R. S. Twa I^ill L5 D9 D] L8* L16* 2 l6,a a2, O l. 25.. .Ngxe5 26 - 74 Collins P. Wnm D2 LlO L8 W16 L6 D15 2 16,4 15 D. S. Civ L11 D14 2 T4 Nxe5 Nxe5 27 Ne4 FoRBES-P.GREEN, Queen' s Gambit, Capper L] I,{16 Dl2 L9 16 Grkow A. UH L5 L9 L15 L14 W13* 1 ft,a'N Qc6 28 QxaT Nd7 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 Drz z a ////t 29 Qcl Qxcl (29... 5 e3 h6 6 Bh4 0-0 7 Nf3 Ne4 8 BxeT % 'Xr? Abbreviations: Civ : Civic, HV = Hutt Bruce Kay a ending ,* Qa4!?) 30 BxcT QxeT 9 Qc2 Nxc3 l0 Qxc3 c6 11 cxd5 in bishop v knight - Va77eq, Twa W ,fl. %r Nf6 31 Nf2 Rc8 exd5 lZ Be2 Bf5 13 0-0 Nd7 14 Nd2 = Tawa, tJH = Upper Hutt, for once the clock was on Brucers side! .Z,fr/L : WeTTington, Wnn : Wainuiomata. Dive beat Bob Mitchell in an interest- Na''& 32 Bt4 Ng4 33 Nf6 15 Bf3 Rfe8 16 Rfel 95 l7 BeZ 94 %ft%a 7tu Nxg4 Rxg4 34 a4 18 Qc5 Qe6 19 Racl h5 20 Qc3 h4 2l ing and complex middlegane typical of (B1ack's next can't Bd3 Kh8 22 Bxf5 23 Ne4 24 The 1984 A1l-I^lellington Championships the Queenrs Gambit, Dive mastering the % "Z&7lt Qxf5 Qc2 were easiTg be preventd Nxe4 Rxe4 25 Kfl Rae8 26 Ke2 21 held in the now familiar surround- coIrlplications better. Ker developed a 93 ings of Naenae Intermediate School over e.q. 34 Kf3 Rfq! or hxg3 hxg3 28 Kdl gxf2 29 Rfl Qg4+ 30 nasty attack with his Stonewall varia- i4 Rf7 Bf6 intending ...e5) 34...Bxh4 Kd2 Pdd4+ 31 exd4 32 Kc3 Re3+, three consecutive Sundays (29 JuLy, 5 tion after some indifferent play by Qe2* August 35 a5 e5!? 36 Bxe5 Re8 37 gxh4 Rxe5+ 0 - 1. & 12 August) with two rounds Ross Corry who found his king wandering 38 Kd2 Re7? (Doubtless Turner was being played each day, The tournament aimlessly up the h-file into the on- seriousTg threatened bg his clock, A. KER-SARFATI, Queen' s Pawn: was organised by the Welllngton Chess comj.ng army reminiscent of Custer at Bd3 Bg4 Ne2 e6 - otherwise he would probablg have plaged 1 d4 d5 2 e3 Nf6 3 4 League with John Hartley as the uncom- Little Big Horn! Mclaren was held to 5 f3 Bf5 6 Nd2 Bxd3 7 cxd3 c5 8 dxc5 promising 38...Rxh4! with at least a draw) 39 but fair Director of P1ay. another draw as Gavin Marner transposed Bxc5 9 d4 Bb6 10 Nb3 Nc6 11 0-0 0-0 Rxg4 hxg4 40 a6 Ra7 41 Ke2, I 0. The field was divided into a 16-player to an ending nobody uas going to win. - 12 Nc3 RcB 13 Na4 14 Nac5 15 Notes bq P-W.Stuart Bc7 Qd5 A-grade and a I4-player B-grade, the Round three saw Marner chance his arm 93 b6 t6 Nd3 Qe7 l7 Bdz Bd6 18 Rcl former being somewhat weaker than last agai-nst Sarfati ln a line of the ltali- Rc7 19 RfcS 20 Rc3 e5 2I dxe5 DIVE-CLEMANCE, Position after 69 Rg7: Qe2 yearl players like Bernard Carpinter, an Game Gavin had been preparing for Nxe5 22 RxcT RxcT 23 Nd4 Bc5 24 Nxe5 70 h]? Mark Noble and Philip Clemnce were months. What a shame no one told Gavin 69...Kc5! 25 Bc3 Bxd4 26 Bxd4 21 (This obvious move Qxe5 Qe6 Qd2 notable absentees. Top seed and favour- that his piece sacrifi-ce and attack , Nd7 28 Rcl Ne5 29 Kg2 Rxcl 30 Toses; white saw Qxcl ite, after some fine int.erclub results, were never going to be sufficient. Nc6 31 Bc3 h6 32 a3, tz Lt, rg! as far as what he - was Jonathan Sarfati. Divers DuEch Defence held out well H .///// ,a///// In round one Sarfati was the only im- against Ker, the game eventually being "t4r, lL thought was perpe- M.HOPEIIELL-P.GREEN, King' s Gambit: "4 % tuaL check but 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4 d6 4 d4 Nf6 pressive winner, against Zyg Frankel. draum after Dive missed chances in an r'ry. %a7 overLooked Xhe 5 Nc3 Be7 6 Bxf4 0-0 7 Nf3 c6 8 0-0 Most of the other top seeds struggled - interesting endgame. Kay continued to %%%'.2 final point. With d5 9 exd5 cxd5 10 Bd3 Nc6 11 Ne5 Nb4 Anthony Ker and Russell Dive had to rely surprise with some tight defence ///////////// //// on their (Simon Mcl-aren; //// , 70 Rxgs+, however, 12 a3 Nxd3 13 Qxd3 Be6 14 Ndl I{h5 15 opponents Brown and against the latter, however, Andrew Grkow respectively) going a pam in Kayrs White seems to Ne3 f6 16 N5g4 Qd7 17 h3 Nxf4 18 astray won time trouble and just hold the Rxf4 Bd6 19 Rf3 f5 20 Ne5 Bxe5 2l in time trouble while Leonard McLaren won Ehe rook ending in a marathon 77 got nothing out of his game moves. AfEer three Ker draw, e.g.70...Kb4 77 Nd5+! Kb3 72 dxe5 f4 22 Ng4 Bf5 23 Qd.z Bxg4 24 against rounds Sarfati, Rg3+ Bf3 73 Nei a3 74 h7 Ra2+ 75 Kb7 hxg4 25 Rdl Rad8 26 Bxf4 27 Peter Collins, reaching a rook and pam and Dive shared the lead with 2% poirts, Qe6 Qxe5 half point Rb2+ 76 Ka1 a2 77 Rg7 Be4 and now 78 RxfS+ KxfS 28 Rfl+ Kg8 )) Qf4 Qxt4 ending in which Collins had the better a ahead of Mcl-aren and Ncz! draws) 70...Kb4! 71 h8Q Rfl+ 30 Rxf4 Rd6 31 Kf2 Rb6 32 Rb4, 1 - r. chances but opted for the draw. Corry. 12 KaZ (Not 72 Kb2 because ot 72-..ai+ The second round saw Sarfati unable In round four SarfaEi won a piece 73 Ka2 Bb7+ 74 Ka7 Bc2+ and 75...P.b3 to break through against a resolute when Dive blundered in time trouble, r20 t2L although the latter was in difficulties fourth. NEWS an)may thanks to his inaccurate hand- B-grade scores: I-3 P.Dunn, C.M.Ker & LOCAL ling of the opening. Ker, playing the P.Kine M.Capie 4%/6; 4 4; 5-8 A.L. tion the holder used to mke the rules black side of the cambit, built Aldridge, G.Lezard, J.R,Simmons S. AUCKLAND V OTAGO Queen's & from match to match but a firm set of up strong pressure against Kayrs castled Styche 3|; 9-I0 S.Aburn & S.Hill 2l; This Bledisloe Cup semi-final match rules was introduced by the Association king and proved that pressure equals 11-12 M.A.Gordon & Slnclair Computer 2; August was reported briefly in our 1978 uith the agreement of then material gain if one is persistenE 13 T,stevenson 111 14 W.Candy in 0. issue. The final score was 1IZ-8% in Chess Centre. enough. Mclaren proved to have the holder Auckland Aucklandrs favour, the one unfinished North Shore won the trophy in the better endgame technique against Corry SARFATI FRANKEL, Ruy Lopez: game a draw. The - being adjudlcated first challenge that same who seemed to delight in giving up 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 f52t! Auckland Chess "official" otago Chess Club and the year and has since successfully de- tempi. 5 d4 exd4 6 e5 Bc5 7 0-0 d5?! 8 Nxd4 Association reached agreement anicably fended it eleven times. Scores after two days play: Sarfati 6 Bxd4 9 Bxc6* bxc6 10 games where Qxd4 [Black's on the three the results Scores in the latest mtch (Howick- Xer 3r<, Mclaren 3, Dive & Frankel 2%. dark squares are weak and lihite stands would were disputed. Probably there Pakuranga White on odd-numbered boards): Sarfati proved to be in a class of cleaLlg bettetl 10...Be6 11 Nd2 Qe7 have been no problems if the match had his own in round five as he disposed of 12 Nb3 h6 13 Be3 Qf7 14 Qb4 Ne7 15 been played over the board - all were NORTH SHORE HWK-PAKURANGA Ker whose Stonewall turned out to be Bc5 16 f4 Ng6 17 RdB 18 95 Qb7 Qxc6+ of the type encountered frequently E,M.Green insufficient against a determined Jona- better was 79 1 o. Sarapu '4 - \ Qd7 [No 78...8d7 Qxa6 where the opponents are out of sight of 1 J.N.Metge than. Mclaren played game Nxf4 2R.W.Smith 0- his best of 20 e6! followed bg RaeT & Nd4 or each other. The full scores (0tago had 0 I P.S.Spiller the tournament to beat Dlve, Leonardrs Ba3 e Nc5 making Tife unheaTthg 3 P.W.Stuart - for the White on odd-numbered boards): 4P.B.t{eir 1-0 G.J.Walden Tarrasch Defence being effective when black klngl 19 QxdT+ KxdT 20 Ba3 RdeS OTAGO 5R.A,Feasey 0- I R.Taylor coupled with some good middlegame 2l Nc5+ AUCKLAND Kc8 22 fxg5 hxg5 23 Nxe6 Rxe6 6c,L.Pitts 0- I D.G.Notley st ra tegy. 24 Rxf5 Nf4 Re1 A, J . 25 d4 26 Rxg5 & White I P.A.Garbett 1-0 Love 7R.L.Poor 1-0 R'Baumgartner tJith one round go ( 1 43 D. . to the leaders won - 0, ) . Notes by J. Sarfati 2 R.W.Snith 1-0 M. R.I'reeman SR.Hart I-0 M.o.Buis were: Sarfati 4\; l,lcLaret 4i Ker 3,ra; P.R.Green 0-1 R. A. Dowden MARNER-SARFATI, Giuoco Piano: 3 9 P,R.Snelson I - 0 A.J.Booth Corry, Borren & I,larner 3 . 4 L.H,Cornford 0-1 D. P. Weegenaar L e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 c3 Nf6 10R.G.Steel 1-0 T.Smith In the final round Sarfati threatened 5 ?.W.Stuart 0-1 K. J. Jensen 5 d4 exd4 6 cxd4 Bb4a 7 Nc3 Nxe4 8 11 I.E.Atkinson 1 0 P.Baldwin much (to all those who were prepared to 6 J.N.Metge 1-0 c.G.Haase - 0-0 Bxc3 9 d5 Bf6 10 Re1 Ne7 11 Rxe4 12 P.Spencer-Smith I - 0 J.Finke listen) but whimped out against Leonard 7 M.G.Hopewell 1-0 B . M, Martin d6 12 Bg5 Bxg5 13 Nxg5 h6 14 Bb5+ t- L- 13 M.K.Morrison 1 - 0 S.Varga Mclarenrs Frenchl a draw was agreed 8 G.J,Walden '2-'2 J . LicheEr Bdl 15 NxfT KxfT 16 Qf3+ KgS 17 Rael 14 R.B.Johnstone 1 - 0 P.D,Mccarthy uhen both players misjudged the posi- 9 S,P.Iitzpatrlck L- t- A. D. Mclntosh Ng6 18 Re8* Bxe8 19 Rxe8* 20 '2-'2 15 L.R.Bromlee 1- 0 G.Edwards tion which analysis showed was much QxeS I0 R.E.Gibbons 0-1 K.M. Boyd Bxe8 Rxe8 21 h3 Kh7 22 Qa3 h5 23 t4 16 J.Chandler 1- 0 D.C.Ramsley better for Jonathan. A draw, however, 1I M.P.Dreyer 0-r J , C. Sievey Rhf8 24 93 Rf6 25 QcZ Re7 26 b4 Kg8 1- 1- 17L.M.Martin L - 0 H.McLeod was sufficient for Sarfati to take the 12 L.D.Rawnsley -2-'2 M. R. R. Foord 21 a4 Refl 28 Qe2 h4 29 Qe8+ Rf8 30 18 D.B.Langley 1 - 0 B.Turner title. Ker allowed Marner to attack his 13 R.Hart 1-0 V, Aandahl hxg3 33 1-0 B.FoleY Sicilian Dragon for 13 moves whereupon Qb5 31 QxbT Nh4 32 QxaT Rxf4 19A.Duhs 14 J.P.Robinson 0-1 P . J. Sinton 20B.M.Winsor 1 - 0 K.Plows Anthony stabilised his kingside in two Qa6Re8,0-1. 15 N.P.Bridges 1-0 A.Kwok moves, attacked for four moves; Marner DIVE McLAREN, QGD Tarrasch: 16 J.R. Stephenson 1-0 D . W. Watts t-L was forced to resign in a dead lost 1d4d5 2c4e6 3Nc3c5 4dxc5d4 17 W.R. Stretch '2- 2 J, Sutherland position. This left Mclaren and Ker 5 Ne4 Bxc5 6 a3 Bei 7 Nf3 Nf6 8 Qd3 18 I.E.Atkinson 1-0 G. Adams 7- t- tied for second place. Ross Corry moved Nc6 9 b4 0-0 10 93 b6 11 Bg2 Nxe4 19 B.Martin-Buss '2-'2 E. Puddle into fourth place with a good win over 12 Qxe4 Bb7 13 0-0 Rc8 14 Bb2 Na5 15 20 G.W,Mears I-0 I . Mclntosh The 1984 tlellington League Interclub Borren. Qd3 Nxc4 16 Bxd4 Bf6 17 Ng5 Bxg5 18 competition featured a tight finish. On Jonathan Sarfati was a deserved BxbT Rc7 19 Ba6 Nd2 20 e3 Nxfl 2l * * paper civic (P.clemance, L.Mclaren, B. wlnner, reinforcing his standing as RxfI Bf6 22 Bxf6 Qxd3 23 Bxd3 gxf6 Carpinter & G,Turner) looked the team I{ellingtonrs top player. Of the others, 24 Rdl Rfc8 25 Kg2 Rcl 26 P.d2 Kg7 27 NORTH SHORE V HOW]CK-PAKURANGA to beat, especially after they beat Mclaren came right after a slow start Ba6 R8c2 28 Rd7 Rc7 29 Rd4 f5 30 a4 defending champion Tawa 3r<-! in the In lhe seasonrs first Jenkins Trophy while Ker enjoyed more than his share Ral 31 Bb5 Ra2 32 h4 h5 33 Rf4 Rcc2 first round, However, HuEt Valley I challenge match, played on 15 August' of luck along the way to his share of 34 Bd3 Rc3 35 Bc4 Rxa4 36 Be2 a5 31 (A.Ker, M.Noble, P.Monrad & P'Connor) the holder North Shore defeated the the second prize. bxa5 38 gxf4 39 Bxh5 40 scored consistently and defeated Civic Rxf4 bxa5 a4 team 15! Orce agaLt John Hartley did an excellent job of challenging - 4r4. in the natch 2%- 1%, Monrad de- Bdla3,0-I. the Shore team proved to be too strong vital directing the tournament, remaining feating Max Wigbout (substituting for t'IARNER-A.KER, Sicil ian Dragon: on the lower boards while the visiting calm despite being inundated by numerous Mclaren) while the other three games I e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 team were lamenting that these matches complainEs about the hats worn by some were dram. Nc3 Be3 BeZ 8 are not played on eight boards. of the players a craze started by Nf6 5 96 6 d6 7 Bg7 Hutt Valley proceeded to win all six - Nb3 10 Bh6 h4 Just who Mr Jenkins was' nobody seems Leonard Mclaren who has since moved on 0-0 9 Qd2 Re8 Bh8 1I matches while Civic mde good Progress knora, which bears his to other worthwhile pursuits. Be6 12 h5 Rc8 13 hxg6 fxg6 14 Bg5 to but the trophy against the weaker teams but hiccupped 15 0-0-0 16 Bf3 name has been competed for on a chal- The B-grade featured a tense and even Rf8 Rf7 f4 Nb4 t] against a Jonathan SarfaEi inspired Bxb3 18 axb3 19 Kb1 Nxe4 20 lenge basis for many years among the battle with Charles Ker, Peter King and Qa5 Qe3 Wellington team, losing ! - 31. In the Bxc3, 0 1. Auckland chess clubs. Until the forma- Paul Dunn for first place and - last round Civic needed to win 4 - 0 tying tion of the new Auckland Chess Associa- young Mark Capie coming a creditable AAA against Upper HutE II to tie for first t22 t23 but they dropped a point allowing Hutt Valley to take the title. OLYMPIAD APPEAL OVERSEAS NEWS Hutt Val1ey deserved its success The appeal for funds to help Eeet which was founded on some solid perfor- the hxg6 travel costs of our 1984 Olynpiad teams UNITED STATES CH,P 36 fxg6 [sad necessitg; on 36..- mances by Eop boards Ker and Noble and hxg6 White wi77 proceed with Kg2 e RhTl excellent is progressing slowly. It would be Grandmster Lev Alburt from New York resulEs from Monrad and 37 Qg4 Kt7 38 Bg5 Be7 39 Bh6 Nb4 40 Connor. Breatly appreciated if those clubs City won the 1984 USA Championship held holding donations Kg2 Qc8 41 Qh3! Kg8 42 Be2 Bd8 43 The best individual performnce on from members could in Berkeley, California 9-30 July with remit them to N.Z,C.A. before 3l Octo- Bg4 Rc6 44 Rcl Nd3, I - 0. Notes bq the top board came from Sarfati who an excellent score of l2rThessaloniki for the Olynpiad an)'way; 15...Ra6! 16 a4 [or 76 Bxa6 exa6 77 Henley & IM Kogan 9; 13 GM Byrne 8t; Wellington Chess Leaguers Bylaws pro- it was an opportunity that could not be Qxa6 Nxa6 78 Kt2 h6 foTfowed bg q5-94 14 GM Brome 7l; 15 GM Gurevich 6%; vides that if a team defaults two con- passed up. freeing the bishopl 16...Be7 17 N1h3 16 IM Peters 6; 17 IM 18 secutive matches than al1 results of The New Zealand based team members Kudrin 3l; h6 18 a5 19 Nxe6 Rxe6 20 IM Shirazi l. Qb7 Qxe6 that team are cancelled; both PSA I and will depart from Auckland on Tuesday 13 21 22 Rdl Nc6 23 Kf2 Editor's note apart from sending ne Qxb5 Qe2 Qxb2 PSA II defaulted two consecutive mtches November and arrive home on Wednesday - 24 Be3 25 Kgl 26 Kxhl a comprehensive report the US Ch'p Qd4+ Qh4+ Qxh3 and Civic had scored more points versus 12 December. The dates of the Olympiad on Nxa5 27 Bxc5 Nc6 28 BxeT NxeT 29 RgI (fron wbich I have quoted above) VAL the PSA teams than had Naenae College. are 18 November to 5 December. Ktl 30 RxgT+ Kxg7, 0 - 1. The scores: 1 Naenae College 16; 2 ZEMITIS included a host of games, mnq with notes. I have sefected some of GUREVICH-SHIRAZI, King's Indian: Civic 15; 3-4 Itutt Va1ley I & Upper 2)/t\ q)A 2)A Hutt I0; 5 l^Iainuiomata 6L; 6 Hurt Xhe most interesting bel-ow. I d4 Nf6 2 c4 96 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 0-0 5 Nf3 c5 6 BeZ cxd4 7 Nxd4 d6 8 0-0 YaLLey IL Zta. DE FIRMIAN-ALBURT, New Pirc Defence: a6 9 Be3 b6 rc f4 Bb7 11 e5! dxe5 From the match between tJellington and Book Title 7 e4 [An interesting deviation from 96 12 fxe5 Ne4 13 Nxe4 Bxe4 14 Nf3 Nd7 Tawa in the A-grade: ATburt's usual- Alekhine Defencel 2 a4 CATALAN 0PENING Moiseyev & Ravinsky 15 e6 Ne5 16 Ng5 Bh6 17 Bxg5 18 SARFATI Caro-Kann Defence: Bel 3 Nc3 c6 4 Bc4 Firmian Qb3 -DIVE, [De didn,t Bxg5 f5 19 Be3 Qd6 20 c5! bxc5 2l L e4 c6 2 d4 d,5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 Bd3 Batstord, soft cover, aTgebraic rctation want to aTfow 4 Nfi d5 with which he Nc6 5 c3 h6? waste of as Radl Rab8 22 Qc3 Qxe6 23 Bf4 Nf7 24 [A time and, One of the Batsford suffered his onTg -loss in an earfier will be seen, afso weakeningl Library of Tourna- Bc4 Qb6 25 Bh6 Qxb2 6 Bf4 ment Openings series, this book round to DzindzichashviTil 4.,.d6 5 Nf6 7 Nd2 e62. his alive] covers [Burging eB all lines after I d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b5 6 Bb3 a5 1 a4 b4 8 Ne2 Nf6 26 Bxfl+l t