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('hus 2 NZ NZ Chess 1995-96 New Zealand Championship Congress By Ted Frost and others Wellington's Civic Chess Club made a entries. However, competition was keen in all thoroughjob ofpreparations for the 1995-96 events. Congress, which celebrated the club's ltrst 50 Highlights from the competition included: years, the result was a highly successful and 0 A triple tie for the NZ title, with new IM event which produced a number ofhighlights. Russell Dive catching up in the latter advantageous The club made a mutually rounds to join FM Martin Dreyer and Bob arrangement the Hotel, whose with Airport Smith for a share of top honours. training centre provided very good playing share the master points, conditions. Support from enough players who U With his of Martin Dreyer qualified for the title stayed in the hotel produced a discount which National Master. materially helped the Congress budget. The absence of complaints indicated satisfaction 0 Titleholder Anthony Ker failed by half a with the accommodation arrangements. point to share in the top honours, after a The standard ofplay was variable - the top surprise loss to Mark Sinclair. be satisfied with threo draws, one of which throughout the tournament, aod after a quiet group of players conltrmed their dominance of Nigel (with Anthony Ker) affected the final result D The father-and-son combination start Dive scored solidly in the second halfof but the judges of the at the top. in the Championship, and Russell Metge scored a family double his first home tournament as an IM' to join Reserve Championship best games in the with convincing wins in the Reserve Dreyer and Smith ot 7Yz. The three who at the quality most Round 1 were disappointed of Championship and Major Open, shared the title all went through the The tournament opened quietly, with a respectively. tournament unbeaten. quick draw between Sarfati and Sinclair' Best game awards D Bob Smith and his wife Vivian have The titleholder, FM Anthony Ker, dropped Smith had a slight advtange over Dive, but achieved another unique family double - out of the running for top honours with a loss IM Russell Dive has been awarded the best didn't force the issue and they also drew' husband and wife sharing national chess to Mark Sinclair in round 5, and although he gurme pize in the New Zealatd Stuart had a clear advantage against Ker in a titles in lhe same year. won his last game, against Paul Tuffery, a 69- Championship, for his win in round 6 over N endgeme, but Ker was just able to hand on. complaints about move draw with Scott Wastney in round 10 FM Paul Garbett. This game, with Russell's 0 If there were any Wastney and Garbett also drew, shortly after stopped him from catching the leaders. notes, will be feahred in the April issue of organisation or conditions, they were reaching the first time control. Dreyer the host club, Sinclair and FM Paul Garbett both had four NZ Chess. muted. It was a tribute to secured a central supported passed p and wins - as matry as the placegetters - but each The winner of the Reserve Charnpionship, Tournarnent Director Chris Bell and his Coates felt forced to give up the exchange, two losses, which kept ttrem just Nigel Metge, also won the best game award, assistant, Tim Frost, that there were no suffered giving Dreyer the only win (and sole lead) in Peter Stuart played for his win over Arthur Pomeroy. Michael incidents and no appeals. above midheld. NM the round. solidly to to his seeding and rating for a share Steadman was highly commeqded for his win Round-by-round reports follow, but they are Smlth' RW - Dive' RJ of seventh place with Scott Wastney (who over Mark van der Hoorn. The judges incomplete and will be concluded in the next lifted his rating) and Jonathan Sarfati (who 1.e4 Of6 2.e5 Od5 3.d4 d6 4.OR dxe5 5-foe5 commented that in most other games the issue of .AZ Cless. after a disastrous start which 6.Qc4 c6 7.0-0 Qg7 8.Od2 Od7 9.OdR loser contributed too much through poor play had to recover 96 yielded just half a poin! in the hrst four 5xe5 10.fue5 G{ 11.8e1 Qe6 12.Qb3 Wc7 for the games to be seriously considered for a Ead8 15.Qc3 Qfs 16.9f3 Triple tie in NZ Championship rounds). 13.c4 0f6 [email protected] best game prize. HxdT 18.d5 Qxc3 19.Sxc3 e6 Tony Love could not hold out three of the Od7 17.fod7 In the Major Open, winner Russell Metge The outcome of the NZ Charnpionship 9xe6 2l.Eadl'/-Y, four top placegetters, so finished 10th. Last 20.dxe6 took the best game prize for his win against hinged on the last round, but a quick draw year's Reserve winner, Paul Tuffery, despite NM Graham Haase. Four eotrants were also between IM Russell Dive and FM Jonathan CoatesrS-DreYerrM lack of match play in the past 12 months, highly commended - Chris Bu:as for his win Sarfati was followed by a draw between Bob scored a solid and consistent 3%, which will 1.c4 c5 2.Aca 96 3. against Don Stracy, G Thorpe for his win Smith and FM Martin Dreyer, to produce a give him a useful FIDE rating. Surprise South e5 6.d3 ilge1 7.04 Plackic, Edith Otene for her win gd7 over Tom triple tie which gave Bob Smittr his first New Island Champion StePhen Coates, as 10.Oe3 11.8e1 and Hamish Gold for his 17.R over Kent Wong, Zealard Championship title and edged him expected, found the going tough and had to f414.*4 h615.0g2 fuds 16.cxd5 od4 win over R Dulovic. was leader closer to FM title. Dreyer a 5 NZ Chess NZ Chess Qf5 1s.g4 Qxe4 19.dxe4 Qf6 20.e3 fxe3 Fortunes fluctuated in the game between QfS 24.9e4 Qxe4 25.Exe4 9xd5 26.Exe7+ SmlthrRW-KerrAF 21.Qxe3 Qg5 22.Qxd4 exd4 23.9d3 bg7 24.e5 Ker and Sarfati, with Jonathan have all the 698 27.Exg7+ 1{ 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Of6 3.0lc3 96 4.t4 9g7 5.Of3 c5 dxe5 25.Exe5 Elae8 26.Eae1 advantages of a Benko position when he 6.dxc5 9a5 7.Qd3 Uxc5 8.We2 Qg4 9.Qe3 Wa5 regained his gambit pawn, but Ker seized the Coates,S-WastneyS rO.(H) Oc6 11.h3 Qxf3 12.UxR G-0 13.43 opportunity for counterplay through a 1.c4 f5 2.Oc3 Of6 3.g3 96 4.Qg2 997 5.e4 Od7 l4.Qd2 EdB r5.6h1 EcE r6.Eae1 Ob6 dangerous exchange sacrihce. In the ensuing fxe4 6.Oxe4 Axe4 7.Qxe4 Oc6 E.Oe2 e6 9.0c3 l7.Wg3 Oda 18.fs Od7 19.Qg5 Qe5 20.8h4 f6 ii%g% "M, melee Sarfati managed to get the queens off (H) 10.(H) od4 11.d3 d6 l2.Qe3 c6 13.9d2 21.Qe3 g5 22.Wn fu6 23.Q,c4+ b* 24.N1 but when move 40 was reached found himself d5 l4.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Qg2 Wf6 r6.Eae1 Qd7 Od4 2s.Qd3 Oc6 26.Qc4 Od4 27.Qd3 Oc6 %%%tt in a lost endgame. 17.6h1 Eae8 18.f4 b5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Exe8 28.Qc4%-% vruft?ru 7N ExeS 22.Wxer 23.Wd2 Qf5 i '%ift.i KerrAF-Sarfatl,JD 2l.Eel Exel+ 6fI 24.h3 h5 25.6h2 Ue7 26.QR b4 27.0e2 Qe3 Sarfati,JD-LoverAJ %.; 7fl.i, 1.d4 0f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 28.Udr Qb6 29.Ocl Ee3 30.Efl Ud2+ 3r.6hl l.e4 c5 2.Of3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 Of6 s.Oca 6.ic3 9xa6 7.e4 QxfI 8.6xfl d6 9.Of3 96 Qxh3 32.Udr En 33.0b3 Qe3 3,1.d4 Qfl 0-1 96 6.Qe3 Qg7 7.9e2 Oc6 s.Uaz (H) 9.f4 Oxd4 Obd? 10.h3 9g7 11.69l H) 12.6h2 Eb6 10.Qxd4 Qe6 11.G0 Wa5 l2.Eadl EfcS 13.Eel EftrS l4.Ee2 Wa6 15.Qg5 h6 16.Qh4 Dreyer,M-DlverRJ f3.6hl Qc4 14.a3 Oxe4t 15.We3 Oxc3 95 1?.Qg3 Otrs ts.Ect Oxg3 19.fxg3 Eb4 016 2.e5 0d5 3.d4 d6 4.Qc4 6b6 5.Qb3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 Qxe2 18.Wxe2 e6 2O.Ecc2 EabS 21.8f2 Qxc3 22.bxc3 Exe4 1.e4 gf6 dxe5 6,Wh5 e6 7.dxe5 Qd7 s.Oa Qc6 9.G{ 19.Exd6 9xc3 20.Efd1 2r.Ed7 Ed8 23.N2 Uag Zl.Ect Ee3 25.Wh5 U}Z ZO.Ecn 26...Qe3+ 27.Elxe3 dxe3 28.Wxe3 Ua4 Qe4 l0.Oc3 Qg6 1r.Ug4 Qe7 12.h4 h5 r3.Wg3 22.Exb7 Exdl+ 23.Wxdl EdE 24.9b1 Wxf4 29.8e7+ ExeT 30.Wxe7+ Efl/ 3l.Wxc5 Wxa2 ic6 14.Qxe6 Od4 l5.Oxd4 9xd4 16.Qg5 fxc6 25.8xfl? Ug4 0-r 32.8d4+ 6h7 33.f4 Ua6 34.We5 Wf6 35.Wxf6 l7.Qxe7 9g4 l8.Wxg4 hxg4 19.Qg5 a6 Exf6 36.f5 gxf5 37.gxf5 Eb6 3s.6f2 697 20.Eac1 (H) 21.6h2 Ef7 22.693 Eafs 23.Oe2 DiverRJ-Slnclair,M 39.6e3 6f6 40.Qe4 Exb2 41.d6 Eb6 0-r fu4 24.b3 0xe5 25.of4 Qf5 26.Efel Oc6 r.d4 Of6 2.0f3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Qg2 Qe7 5.G{ 27.dxe6 Qxe6 28.Exe6 Exf2 29.E'e4 E2f5 G{ 6.c4 c67.Wc2 ObdT 8.Obd2 b5 9.b3 bxc4 StuartrPW-Ker,AF 30.Exg4 Ees 3l.Qf4 Ee2 32.h5 0h7 33.Edl 10.bxc4 Qa6 l1.Qb2 Eb8 12.Eabl WaS 36.Qxe5 Exes 13.9c3 Wa3 14.8b3 Wa4 l5.Ecl Qb4 l6.Qb2 1.c4 e5 2.Oc3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Wxd4 Oc6 En 34.8d2 Ee4 35.c3 0e5 40'c4 Ua5 17.e3 Efc8 l8.Qc3 c5 19.QxM Exb4 s.Wd2 6.b3 Qg7 7.Qb2 Of6 8.g3 Qe6 9:Qg2 37.8f4 Exf4 38.6xf4 Exh5 39.94 Ec5 96 20.Exb4 Uxb4 21.Wb3 dxc4 22.Oxc4 Wxb3 gd7 1o.Ad5 Qxd5 ll.cxd5 fu1 12.e4 H 696 4r.Ed7 b6 42.6c4 a5 43.6d4 @16 M.sl Exg4+ 23.axb3 cxd4 24.Axd4 Oes 25.Eal Qxc4 13.0e2 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.G{ EfdE f 6.Efd1 96 45.b4 axb4 46.axb4 Eg5 47.Exc7 26.bxc4 Exc4 27.Exa7 Ecl+ 2E.Qfl d5 lT.Eacl dxe4 18-Uxd7 ExdT l9.Exd7 4E.6d5 b5 49.cxb5 Exb4 50.6c5 Ebr 51.b6 96 29.bA fu4 30.8a2 31.h3 h5 32.8a5 Ec5 OxdT 20.Oxg7 6xg7 2l.Qxe4 Ec8 22.id4 6f8 95 52.b7 6tS S:.6ce 94 54.8c8 93 55.b8W 95 gz 33.Exc5 Oxc5 34.Qe2 35.hxg4 hxg4 23.f4 a6 24.8c2 c5 25.Ol3 Oc6 26.Qxc6 Exc6 Exb8 56.Exb8 6e4 57.8b3 6tl sr.6as 94 6g3 36.obs fu4 37.N4 0c3 3E.QfI oe4 39.0b5 27.bf2 be7 28.8e2+ 6f8 29.Ed2 6e7 30.Ee2+ s9.Eb1 6nr 60.6d4 6n 6r.Eb2+ 26...^f6 bs7 %-% 6m st.Ecz &e7 32.N2 6d8 33.Oc4 Ee6 62-Exg2+ /y-/2 34.Ee2Exe2+ 35.6xe2 6c7 36.6d3 6c6 37.g4 Too optimistic [AFK]. Stuart,PW-GarbettrPA f6 38.6e4 h6 39.h4 Of8 40.h5 f5+ 41.t*15 Round 3 27.ExfG exf6 2E.Exf6 9g7 29.Exh6 Ee2 1.of3 fs 2.g3 af6 3.Qg2 4.da Qg7 5.c4 0{ gxh5 42.f6 h4 43.t5 h3 44.oe5+ 6Oe lS.orZ+ Dreyer and Wastney quickly drew in round 96 30.0c4 Exa2 3l.Oe3 Ue5 32.h4 Ebl 33.Ug4 6.0{ d6 7.0c3 c6 8.d5 e5 9.dxe6 Qxe6 6c6 46.64 6d5 47.693 6e4 48.Od6+ 6e5 shortly Eb8 34.Eh5 f6 35.hxg5 f5 36.Wxf5 Wxf5 3, and Smith and Ker followed 10.Wd3 Oa6 11.Qf4 ge8 12.Og5 OcS rr.Oxee 49.4b7 6xf6 50.Oxc5 a5 51.Ob7 a4 52.bxa4 37.Oxf5 Ebb2 38.96 Exg2+ 39.6h3 Eh2+ afterwards when neither was prepared to give Oxc6 l4.Efdl Oxtl fs.gxtl 9e7 16.e3 a5 Od7 53.a5 Ob8 54.0c5 6xf5 55.a6 Oc6 56.a4 40.694 Ea4+ 41.695 Exh5+ 42.6xh5 Ee4 way in a repetitive position. In what proved l?.Eabl Wc7 18.b3 Efl D.*2 Ee7 2O.a3 6es 57.Od3+ 606 58.a5 6c7 59.Oc5 6b8 43.695 c4 44.bf6 6tt lS.gZ+ bh7 46.fu7 to be an unwise decision, Sarfati chose the Eb6 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 E,,4 23.c5 Vt7 6o.bxh3%-% 1{ Dragon, a Love specialty, and after Love won 24.cxd6 Ed7 25.Wc4+ 6ffi z0.9eo 27.b5 a pawn he held the advantage in a queen and cxb5 28.0c3 Ea6 29.9xb5 gaE 30.Oc7^f6 ExcT Round 2 Garbett,PA-Tuffery,P rook endgame which ended quickly when 3l.dxc7 Exe6 32.Ed8+ Ee8 33.Exa8 ExaS Garbett beat Tuffery and Wastney beat 1.e4 c5 2.Of3 Oc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Oxd4 Of6 Sarfati erred. Stuart played out a long bishop 34.Qxb7 Ee8 35.c89 ExcS 36.Qxc8 0e4 join Coates, to Dreyer in the lead after tbe s.oc3 d6 6.Qg5 Ha5 7.Obs Qd7 S.Ob3 Wd8 and pawn endgame to win from Garbett, 37.8b8 6e7 38.8b7+ 6fe lg.Eaz 6d6 40.9e6 latter fought out a 62-nove draw with Dive. 9.8d2 h6 l0.Qe3 a6 11.Qe2 b5 12.f4 e6 while Tuffery improved his position with a Qf8 41.Qb3 h6 42.h4 Qe7 43.Ofl Oe4 44.Qd5 Sinclair and Smith had a quick draw, while bg7 47.9c4 13.QA Ec8 14.(HH Qe7 15.6b1 0h7 r6.h4 quick win from Coates. 0d6 45.6e2 Ob5 46.8a6+ ils+ Love and Sfuart repeated queen moves to Oa5 17.Oxa5 Uxa5 18.94 OfE r9.Qd4 b4 48.6d3 *q $.Eal 6ts so.f3 9g3 51.6d4 draw by repetition. 20.Od5 exd5 2l.exd5 f6 22.Edel bn zl.gs Dreyer, Ker, Sfuart, Wastney, Love 2. Qxh4 52.8f7+ 6eS 53.8h7 6tt Sl.Extr6 Qt6+

6 NZ Chess NZ Chess 7 20...exf5 21.Wxb7 QxbT 22.Ob6 Qgs+ 23.6b1 ss.0d5 697 s6.Eh3 Orrs sz.6ee CIds s8.Exhs Draw offer numbor 3. EcdS gxh5 59.6xf5 Qb6 60.e4 Qe3 61.e5 h4 62.Qfl r0.Qb3 c6 11.g4t 6r os.6el Qn el.r Qc5 65.Qhr Qul 6o.s Qd2 67.6R 697 68.694 6h6 69.Qg2 Ocr gg8 35.Oxb2 6xe6 36.Oh4+-. 70.f6 696 71.Qe4+ bfl 72.bfs h3 73.e6+ 1-o %tvru LoverAJ-SmlthrRW Round 4 i ,ffi, Notes by Bob Smith Ker established a slightly better position 7fl 1.e4 c5 2.OR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.0xd4 Of6 5.fu3 against Dive, but got cold feet and offered a i 7ru.ft%' Oc6 6.Qc4 e6 7.Qe3 Qe7 8.Wd2 a6 9.Qb3 Qd7 draw which was accepted. Stuart and Coates '%n%fti 9.'.Wc7, but I had ideas also drew quickly, and Wastney and Tuffery More usual is involving EIcS. also shared the point ina repetitive position. in%a%,/NB% Sarfati walked into the straightforward loss i 10.(H) Sa5t? 11.f4 EcE of a piece to Garbett, while Smith came out Planning 12.f5 fud4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qe3 of -and-fork complications involving Rs Exc3 15.0d2 EM l6.Qxc3 Wxe4 with and Ns with a winning advantage. Dreyer compensation. 24.N7 0f2 2s.fuf8 11...fub3 12.axb3 foga B.Wg2 Oe3 broke through on the K-side to win from r2.h3?t 25.Qc7 fuhl 26.Qxd8 Exd8 also wins for 14.Uxg7l Ef8 Sinclair. Black. seems a little slow. Perhaps tho A Daw offer number 4. 14...fuc2+ l5.6dl This Dreyer 3; Smith, Ker, Garbett, Stuart, l2.g4l't should be considered, o-g', 2s...Oxdl 26.fu6 fu.al 16.Exh8 6d7 |7.gxds 6xd8 18.Qxh6 Wastrcy 21/2. 12...^xd4 tg.Exa+ e5 l4.Ed3 Qxg4 l5.Ug2 Qg7 ha-h8'Jgl The 6 was trapPed. with attack. 15.6e2 Ub5 26...fxe6 27.Qxe6+ 6ht 28.Qc7 Ed2 29.Qxf5 GarbettPA-Sarfatl,JD 13.Oxc6 Qxc6 14.Qd4 0-0 12...b5 0e3 3o.Qd3 Exg2 31.Qb6 Ed2 32.Ee1 l.e4 e5 2.OR Oc6 3.Qb5 s6 4.Qa4 Of6 5.d4 15...Nxc2 16.Bxh6. 14...M 15.Od5!? may be O.K. for Black, but exd4 6.G{ Qe7 7.e5 Oe4 8.fud4 fud4 32.Qxe3 Qxe3 33.Eel Eg2+ with the idea of 16.Eac1 Qd7 r7.M Qd4 I saw no reason to enter into such 9.Wxd4 On5 10.Oca Oxa4 l1.Wxa4 04 12.Qf4 ...8g1. And with this move my opponent made the complications. d5 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Ead1 Qd7 15.9d4 Qxf4 32...8d1+ 33.Exdl Oxdl 34.0s5 On 35.Qf5 his draw offers for this garne. Ker, dxe5 17.9xe5 Ub7 I6.Uxf4 Ee8 17.Ed3 Ee6 18.h3 We8 19.Od5 last of l5.Sf2 Uc7 16.e5 36.6c1 37.Qd7 697 38.c3 bxc3 who was on the adjacent during the 0e7 96 9f8 20.foc7 Ef6 2l.Ee5 Qfs 22.8g3 1-{ Black is clearlY better. 39.bxc3 Qas no.Qct 9xa2 41.Qxa6 Qe6 game, played Sinclair the next day and after 42.Qb6 Oe4 43.6c2 Qxfrf 44.c4 0-1 KerrAF-Dive,RJ move 6 when offered a draw, had the aDswer 18.f5 M 19.Oo4 0e4 20.9M tbe draws l.d4 0f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 d6 ready: "I'll be the one offering if Other I moves are no better. there are any!" Surprisingly, Mark won the 6.e4 96 7.ic3 Qg7 8.Qd3 0-O 9.Oge2 ObdT 10.(H) Oe5 1l.Qe3 OfdT 12.a3 Ba5 13.8a2 game. Martin Dreyer qualifies as New Zealand Master Oxd3 14.Wxd3 Oe5 15.9c2 Qd7 l6.Efal h6 rs.gxh6 Og2 19.995 Of4+ 20.Of4 exf4 J Sutton 429, FM A F Ker 375' IM V t7.Qf2 e6 lE.trxa6 9xa6 19.Of4 EfbE 20.Edl FM Martin DreYer qualihed as a New 562, R White of course is completely winning, and 290, D I Lynch t/-Yz Zealand Master by sharing first place in the A Small 328, FM J D Sarfati after simply capturing on f4 the game would E J Championship. He is the l8th 281, B R Anderson 256, A Feneridis 250, Dreyer,M-Slnclalr,M soon be over. However, the double blunder 1995-96 NZ Dive 208, RW Smith 182, P W Stuart 174, B NZ Championship 1995/96 (C30) that follows spoils tho game but doesn't affect player to gain the title. Dreyer was M S Martin 168, G G Haase 148, E M Green Notes by Martin DreYer the result. 21.h4?2 Qe3?? Played after only a Under the master points rules points for his chanipionship 145, FM M P DreYer 118, A J LloYd 108' R I 1.e4 e5 2.Qc4 Oc6 3.Ot3 Of6 4.d3 Qcs few seconds' thought. 2l...Oxc3 22.bxc3 awarded 36 Nokes 107. [22.Vxt4 0xb2 23.Ebl Qh8] 22...Q€3+. placing, which took his total to ll8. IM considered it appropriate points for his At this stage Mark Russell Dive and Bob Smith are already Mark Sinclair won 15 master to offer a draw. 22.Ecfl f6 23.Ug6+ 609 zl.hs bc7 25.h6 National Masters. However, Bob Smith will f-rfth place in the championship and becomes Egs26.h7 Exg627.Ixg6 Ofs 28.h8rg points. Active 5.f4 d6 6.Of3 a6 have gained a few more FIDE rating points a Candidate Master v/ith 50 28.97+. players within reach of the National Master Not to be deterred, my opponent offered a from the championship and has edged very Stephen Lukey, who has 98 second draw. 28...8xh8 29.Exh8 Qcl 30.Odl Qxb2 31.97 close to becoming a FIDE Master. title include 77. Qe6 32.8e8 l{l The 18 National Masters and their master points, and TonY Love, who has 7.fs h6 8.Ue2 Oa5 9.Qd2 b5 points are: IM O Sarapu 1203,P A Garbett 9 NZ Chess 8 NZ Chess Nigel Metge wins N.Z. Championship Reserve Nigel Metge and Matthew Barlow were The King's Indian is a popular reply to 1.d4, never more than halfa point apart throughout particularly among Russian grandmasters. It the l1 rounds of the NZ Championship is also a favourite of PCA World Champion . encourages to Reserve tournament, with Barlow in the lead Black White occupy the centrs and then underrnines him after rounds 2 and 8. The decisive game came from the sides. when they met in round 9, and Metge's win . O, Stead qq;..MiCnhe1,..... 5.Qe2 0.-0 6.Qg5 .' gave him a half-point lead which he ,, 7,,,,,Cobper4,,Di;6,,,,.,.' maintained to the end of the toumament. The Averbakh variation, named after its ,::,:S Mastilovitti' Rajko':i There was the prospect of a grandstand inventor, Yud Averbakb, a Russian ,,,9,,vm dbr Hoorn, Mark: .,:.,..:.::', hnish in the last round, with Metge and Peter and teacher who has visited NZ.. ..f 0. Marnei,:,:O#;" Hawkes sharing the lead on lYz, and Barlow 6...Oo6 Mithael, ;' -'t.rll,l,' point Steadman t'2.:.:I Ofg :natlitin,.,,i.:.:.:lil,::,'1,.,,,,,:::,::: half a behind, but Michael Not a felicitous choice. The O is better gave blundered and Metge a quick win and at placed ou d7, supporting its counterpart. least a certain share of first. Hawkes was 33.Exs7 Oxf6 always somewhat worse against Arthur 7.h4 A bid for counterplay. White should meet this with 27.e5, intensiffing his grip. Then if Pomeroy and agreed a draw, and Barlow had No marks for sublety. The blockade is broken, but is it too late? 27...d4 28.*A Qc8 29.0ef2 is fine for him. to play out a rook and pawn endgame against 7...e5 8.h5t? exd4 9.h6! However, White is under serious time 34.b6 Oe4 35.Oxe4 9xd4 36.Of6+ Qxf6 Gavin Marner to gain a full point and share 9.Wxd4 gxe4l is good for Black. Now pressure... Black hopes opposite--coloured Qs will offer of second place. 9...dxc3 lO.hxg7 6xg7 1l.Wd4+ leaves Black Exe2 28.6xe2 Qxd5 29.8c3 Qxg2 drawing chances. Not this time. Hawkes played solidly, losing only to 27.exd5? wishing his O was better defended. 30.od4 37.Qxf6 Ebs 38.Qd4 6ts 39.a1 f5 40.a5 f4 Metge in the second round and trailing close 9...0h8 10.gxd4 0b4? 41.Exh7 f4 top Not 30.Exc7?? QR. Easy to fall into wben behind the leaders throughout. The three White has managed to make 40 moves Now 10...fue4 doesn't work ll.gxhS+! you've only got 10 seconds leftl frnished well clear of the field, with a 2-point without losing on time and Black's position is gap back to Pomeroy. 6xh8 12.gxd8 fuc3 13.Qf6+ and White has 30...8e8 31.Exc7 Qh3 32.*f2 piece. better clearly hopeless. Metge's win over Pomeroy was judged the won a However, Black had a move in 10...fu51, followed by ll...Oe6. best game ofthe tournarnent. The next game is the only one among many 11.(HH) 0c6 tz.Uer We8 13.0h3 Og4 14.993 entrios whioh the judges highly commended. MetgerJN-PomeroyrA Of6 T --",ru %.i%i van der Hoorn, M Steadman, M NZ Reserve 1995196 Wellington, R 6 Abject retreat, but if 14...Oge5 15.f4 soon '% - Round 7 Notes by Anthony Ker kicks it away. Black has lost far too much % 7vilfr 1.d4 Of6 2.c4 96:.Ocr 9g7 4.e4 d6 timowithhisfo. %%,K,2,0,* 1.e4 c5 2.OA Oc6 3.Qb5 96 4.0-0 Qg/ 5.c3 (H) 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Oe4 9.Obd2 Oxd2 15.Wh4 Ue5 16.f4 Ue6 17.f5t Of6 6.8e1 Dive takes NZ rapid title 10.Qxd2 gue tl.al cxd4 12.cxd4 Oxd4 IM Russell Dive took the NZ rapid Gaining even more time. Naturally Black 13.Qd forf3+ 14.WxR d4 r5.Qg5 f6 16.Qc4+ cannot afford to take the A. championship title in the 40-player swiss K;ffi,2;KD 6hE 17.exf6 exf6 18.Qf4 Qd? 19.8e7 CIc6 events which followed the NZ Championship. 17...Ue5 l8.Ehfi Od4 19.8d2 fue2+ 20.Exe2 20.Wh3 EfeS 21.Ef/ Sxb2 22.Efi Wc3 23.Qh6 Mark Noble and Stephen Lukey were b5 Wxc4 24.Qxg7+ 698 25.8c7 Oxg2 O-1 runners-uP. A desperato move. Black feels he must do 32...Q92? Chris Burns and Justin Phillips tied for the something or quickly suffocate. Hero is the last-ouud game which assrued seern like the obvious move, but B grade prizes, and Michael Burn won the C gg} It may Metge of first place. 21.cxb5 Qb7 22.df2 ohs 23.og4 24.f6 consider the effect of 32...fuf6! If 33'Oxf6 grade prize, with Eddie Sarfas and C Clark as MetgerJN-SteadmanrM Entombing the Q. Blacks number one Qxf6 counterattacks White's while if mnners-up. Pascal Harris and Patrick Savage { priority must be to lift the blockade. 33.oxh3 0d5l 34.8c4 0b6 35.8M od5 and 1.d4 f5 2.fuj ilf6 3.Qg5 b6 4.f3 Qa6 5.e4 prizes. shared the Under-14 White must return tho piece or submit to a QxfI 6.6xfl h6 7.Qxf6 exf6 8.exf5 Qe7 9.8e2 24...EfeB 25.8fJ gxh4 26.Oxh4 d5! Full details in the next issue ofAZ Ciess. draw by repetition. G{ 10.8e1 QUI?? 1t.Wc4+ t-O

11 10 NZ Chess NZ Chess Russell Metge, 15, wins the Major Open Russell Metge, at 15, showed competitive Desperately trying to got out of the line of maturity in leading tfuoughout the Major fire. Open tournament and also taking the best 19.Ue2t game prize win against Graham for his NM Tbreatens 20.Qxf6 followed by th5, picking Ilaase, one ofthe most experienced players at up the A on d5. Congress. Metge, who was unbeaten, drew 19...96 20.9e51 with his nearest challenger, Chris Burns, in round 4, but Buras caught up when Metge Paralyses Black. Both O and Q cannot move drew with Martin Hill in round 8. and White now plans h4-h5, breaking open In a decisive game in round 9, another another file. veteran, Zyg Frankel, won from Bums and 20...6h7 that gave Metge the lead by a clear point. Frees up the O for blocking dut5r on h5, Btuns finished strongly to get within half a but... point of the winner, but took clear second when Frankel lost to Hill in the last round. From round 5, here is the gamejudged best in the toumament.

Metge,R-Haase,GG Notes by Anthony Ker 1.d4 Of6 2.c4 e6 3.fo3 d5 4.Q95 ObdT There is an old trap here - if White gels greedy and tries to win a A by 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nxd5 he loses a piece after 6...Nxd5l 7.Bxd8 BM+. Maybe this trap is a bit too obvious, because Do-ono ever seems to fall for it. ...White now finds an effective sequonce of 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exdS 7.0d3 Oe7 E.Wc2 h6? moves to break Black's position wide open. A weakening move which provides a target 21.Qxf6t Qxf6 22.Uh5+t 697 23.Qxg6l fxg6 for White to attack. Black makes the mistake Black accepts the sacrifice. He has nothing of moving the A protection around his king in to lose, at any rute. a position where White can exploit it. 24.Exg6+ 6f8 25.fud5 9.Qf4 (H) t0.Age2 a6? White has three As and an overwhelming Too slow. Black cannot afford to waste time attack for the piece, with threats of 26.Exf6 like this. and 26.U1h6. lf 25...9g7 26.Exg7 is terminal. Qxd6 16.Exd6 Se7 17.8f4 b6 18.Eg3 6.exd5 cxdS 7.0d3 Oc6 8.Of3 Qga 9.Qe3 Qg7 11.h3 Ee8 12.0-{H) ofE 13.ga fo6 14.Edg1 25...Qxd4 26.8f3+ . 1-{ Qb719.Exd7 Wa3+ 20.6b1 0d8 2l.Eh6 10.h3 Qxf3 ll.Uxf3 (H) 12.(H) e5 13.dxe5 c5 Oxe5 l4.gf4 fod3 15.cxd3 Ohs 16.Ub4 rf 21...wf8 22.^f6# Countelplay at lastl But Wbite's pieces are Here are two highly commended games. d417.Qxd4 Uxd4 lE.Wxb7 Wxd3 l9.Efdl Wc4 1{ 20.Eac1 at4 21.b3 We6 22.Eel Uuo zl.Wn already swarming towards Black's 6 and he Burns, Chrls - Stracy, Don now us€s Black's misguided ...h6 movo to th6 24.Ar4 Wa5 25.Eedl EadS 26.8c5 s.Oca open the g-fiIe. 1.e4 c5 2.*f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.fud4 Of6 Wong Kent - Otene, Edlth Exdl+ 27.9xdf gd8 28.Wc2 Ee8 29.8c7 Oc6 6.Odbs QM 7.Qf4 fue4 8.9R Oxc3 Round 2 Oxh3+ 30.gxh3 Eel+ 31.692 Egs+ 32.6f3 15.95 hxg5 16.Qxg5 cxd4 17.0xd4 Oxd4 9.t xc3 Ef6 lo.G{F{ 9a5 l1.Ad6+ 6fE gds+ gg2+ 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Af6 3.0c3 4.Qc4 c6 5.Ue2 d5 33.094 0-1 18.exd4 6h8 12.0e4 gdE 13.Qd6+ 69S 14.h4 Qc7 15.8h3 96

NZ Chess 13 l2 NZ Chess administrative team includes Tony Love Zealand, news Otago New Trevor Rowell has been elected president Senior vice-president), David Guthrie (unior (secretary), Terry Martin Dreyer has been talking to Ben of Otago CC. While Trevor has been active in vp), Dennis McCaughan Inqulry aboutW A Fairhurst lambourne Martln and reports that Ben might be chess administration for a relatively short Duffield (treasurer), Geoff Arthur Pomeroy has received an inquiry play) and John Croawell, retundng to New Zealatd earlier than time he brings plenty of ideas and enthusiasm (director ofjunior through Intemet from Roberto Waldteufel and John Sutherland. expecGd, and that there is a chance that Ben to the task. Trevor succeeds Paul Vecovsky, Fred Ryan about W A Fairhurst's chess activity in New will be available for New T,ealand's who is having a rest from chess. The ZealarLd in the 1970s; as he is p56ry6hing Olympiad team. with the intention of writing a book about Euwe centrum inquires about Latvian Gambit Rlchard Berkeley, of Dunedin, has joined Fairhurst. Max make contact with the exodus of talented young New Zealan,d Waldteufel writes that he was most NZCF has received a request from the Max Gambit tournament and to chess players migrating to Australia to interested to learn about the 1975 NZ Euwe Centnrm in Amsterdam for information Mr Borovskis' firther their studies. Richard is taking up a Championship and was arxious to obtain a about Howick-Pakuranga CC's Latvian 0 The 1996 Latvian Gambit tou:nament addition to being scholarship in Canberra. In copy of the tournament book. He would also Gambit tournament, which the federation has will be held on March 30. a member of Otago CC, Richard has been like information about any other chess events passed on to the club for rePlY. running the Otago University Chess Club - in which Fairhurst participated, and is trying The Max Euwe Centrum is a centre which NZ Masters tourney and, in common with the experience in other locate Fairhurst's son, who he believes an international chess academy, a to includes Chess was one of more than 40 different tefiiary institutions, hnding that gathering lives in New Zealand. He has been told the chess library, a chess museum' a study big events at the NZ Masters Games held in support is a frustrating experience. son may have a collection of Fairhurst's centre, and a research centre - in and meeting Dunedin early this year, and Otago CC original scoresheets. Max Euwe, World chamPion memory of Dr perforrned a minor miracle of promotion in North Shore Roberto Waldteufel's address is 229a 1935 to 1937 and a former President of from getting 18 entrants, mostly from the southern Paul Garbett, with 5W6 (draw with Peter Tottenhall Road, Patners Green, London Nl3 FIDE. part of the South Island. With the qualiffing Stuart) has won the first leg of North Shore 6DJ library received from an Recently the age 35, some of the older players were CC's 1996 raid championship' In lhe 2l' two volumes of New nnknown chessplayer surprised to hnd Tony Love and Tony player swiss held he was half a point ahead' kaland Chess, for 1989 and 1992. The libary Brian Pakner 5Yr, Jon Shields 5 and Edith Dowden in the held for the 6-round 30/30 of konard Mclaren and David Boyd, with includes more than 300 chess magazines, but Otere 4Yz. swiss. After some horrendous moments they Peter Shurt, Ben Giles, Naveed Aslam and these volumes were received, New Bruce Pollard won the trophy for most until drew their game and on 5% shared the gold Brenton Emett on 4. Tnalard was not among them. However, improved player and Alan Mactr'arlane the medals for the main event- Rex Scarl of to the centre include Australians and visitors Ashburton, 4, took the bronze. Waltemata Junior Cup. New Zealanders. John Mclntosh, 4, took the gold for tle Bob Smlth won the two main events in the A member of the c€ntrum's board, L C M Walkato Open under-l500 section, and Ray Stone and second half of Waitemata CC's 1995 season Diepstraten, writes that he was surprised to The 1995 Waikato Open attracted a flreld of Trevor Rowell, 3t/2, sharcd the silver. In the the Winter Cup aod the club championship, see in the magazite reference to the 4th 26, md Graeme Spain emerged the winner urrated section Noel Johnston and James wittr picket fences in both. In the Winter Cup Latvian Gambit tournrment in 1992' with with 4/2, conceding just one draw to Ference Kalmakoff, 3, won gold, with John La Rooy Bob scored 6/6, with Jobn Kerry as runner-up GMs Tony Miles and Lembit Oll as Fabri. Leonard Mclaren and Alan Dum were and Hans Rosloot, 2, sharing the brorze. on 5. participants. He also noted reference to Mr by also rmbeaten, but drew twice to score 4, and The NZ Master G2mes are sponsored The club championship was played in two Janis Borovskis ("a typical Latvian name"). they were followed ot 3% by Scott Wasbrey National Mutual and are held alternately in stages, with a 7-round swiss preliminaty to. Mr Diepstraten writes that he is the author and William Lynn (who both lost to Fabri) Dunedin and Wanganui. Promotion and fmd seven players to join Bob Smith in the 3-volume work about the Latvian (who to Mclaren). of a success of the event has varied from year to final. Vivian Smith and Fabri lost volumes have been club championship Gambit. The hrst two year, without involving NZCF. However, headed the preliminary held, with 6/6' published, and the third - which will contain Ashburton NZCF president Ted Frost competed in the closely followed by John O'Connor ot SYz.ln 4 chapters on the history of the gambit - will The adminstrative team for Ashburton CC 1996 event and is taking up various aspects the lrnal Bob scored 717, wilh O'Connor be published next Year. has been re-elected, but there was a surprise of promotion and conduct of the event - runner-up on 4, followed by Vivian Smith for president Roy Keeling at the annual So Mr Diepstraten is arxious to obtain including the qualifYing age. and Bruce Tidey 3t/2. was unanimously elected a life information about New T,ealarlld's Latvian Neville Easterlow won the Reserve meeting. He of the club - more on this in the next Championship with 6t/2J7, followed by member issue of]% Cless. l5 14 NZ Chess NZ Chess l

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7 Richard Pocock 1293 ll52 TOP 9 GIRLS 1995 Junior rating lists 1 8 Mark I* Brocq NS 1242 1339 (In standard rating order, over 1000) The number of junior players in the will nolonger beinthe Under16 group, 9 Pascal llarris WA ll79 1005 RapidStandard the and players no longer be NZCF records more than doubled in born in 1983 will 10 Patrick Savage WE ll54 1209 I Joyce Ong HP 1337 1379 year, to reach a in the Under 12 group. provisional second half oflast total of (Andrea Richardson has a 2 Rosaleen Sheehan I+l 1297 l3l1 88 although not all ofthem are yet rated. Lists drawn up from available records - rating). 3 Zoe Kingston KP 1289 1435 flows part from the NZ are: The increase in 4 Winnie One HP 1258 1262 Junior and Age Group Championships held \ TOP 9I]NDER 12 5 Teresa Sheehan HH 1243 1333 and one or two other junior TOP 20 JI]MORS ril in Auckland (In rapid lsfing order, over 1000) 6 Amy Cater WT 1178 1268 events, and in part from reporting ofbirth (In standard rating order) RapidStandard 7 Shanta Sheehan HII 1069 l2l3 dates by clubs. StandardRapid U I Andrea RichardsonAS 1307 unr 8 Katherine Ong HP 1014 1ll0 However, even the expanded list is ' 2 Pascal Harris WA ll79 1005 9 Stormie Neilson IIA 1013 unr unofhcial and undoubtedly incomplete. It I Daniel lam AC 2022 1797 3 Patrick Savage WE I154 1209 also contains the names of players who 2 David Guthrie OT 1979 1925 4 Samuel Sheehan tIH 1l3l 730 have provisional ratings, which are subject 3 Shamnika Rupasinghe 1861 1851 A rating list of female players is beipg 4 ldmonds 1524 5 Tamehana Rennie IIA 1128 938 to substantial adjustment as the players Matthew CA 1758 prepared from available records and will 5 Russell Metge 1855 6 Colin Chow WE 1128 unr qualify for firll rating. Lists ofjunior and PT 1716 appear in the next issue oflW'Ciess. 7 Brian Kwang WE 1079 unr women players will not become olficial 6 Kent Wong WE 1683 1704 8 Arvind Vinjimoore WE 934 unr until next year, when positive lists of 7 ThorRussell CA 1673 lTll registered players are compiled, and will 8 Alexis Shead NS 1647 l5l4 not include players with provisional 9 Benjamin Giles NS 1567 1688 Australian Junior ChamPionships l0 Justin Phillips WE 1561 1588 ratings. Rosaleen Sheehan was one of five New Laura Moylan from ACT. Rosaleen headed ll ShaunStephensonAS 1555 unr The lists include the names of people who Zealanders who competed in the latest other promising Australian girls, includi-ng 12 Aaron Batchelor OT 1529 l7l9 qualihed asjuniors in 1995, and were born Australian Junior Championships, and she Kylie Coventry and Jasmine Lauer-Smith. 13 MichaelNybergWE 1493 1587 on or after January 1, 1975. The players achieved notable success in frnishing mnner- Rosaleen's vTinnilg chance was upset in 14 Lawrence Ng AS 1407 uDr born in 1975 ceased to be juniors on up in the under-lS girls' tournament. The round 9 by Kimberley ft[ who won what 15 Daniel Johns NS 1404 1516 lantary I this year and will disappear from event coiacided with the Australian the report in the Australian Chess Magazine 16 James Stewart WA 1382 1313 the 1996 junior lists. Players born in 1979 Champiosnhips (and New Znalatd Congress), describes as "a very fine game." 17 Mark Le Brocq NS 1339 1242 and was played in the same venue (uniors in Shanta Sheehat,17, scored 6 and Teresa, 18 Joyce Ong HP 1337 1379 1995 Junior Player of the Year the moming, seniors in the afternoon), and who is 14, scored5Vz, l9 Rosaleen Sheehan l+l 1297 l3l I attracted a total of 166 entries. The Sheehans made a family trip for the David Guthrie, of Druredin, was selected 20 Zoe Kingston KP 1289 1435 The Australian junior tournaments are tournament, and father John Sheehan reports as New Znaland Junior Player of the Year limited to players under 18, and the boys' that one of the features which attracted for 1995, but this time he did not have to Rupasinghe, Edmonds, Wong, Ng, Johns, tournament, with 78 players, was won by attention was that two girls played in the share the title. David tied for hrst at the Stewart aud Kingston ceased to be juniors David Cordover, 17, of Victoria, with gWIl. open under-l8 toumament. 16-year-o1d hrst NZ Junior and Age Group on January l. il played in this event Victoria Klimenko, who has been awarded Championships and was thkd in the South Alan Dunn, of Auckland, l0-year-old, Kuan-Kuan the title WFM (Woman Fide Master) scored Island Championships, and as he was TOP 10 I]NDER T6 and scored 6. A $ scored 9% arrd won the under- 6%. lohn Sheehan reports that ofltcials selected for the Championship Reserve at (In rapid rating order) Tian, of NSW, had 50 players. Among them believed that although the two girls who Congress his claim for the title was beyond l2 event, which Rapid Standard who scored 3%. played in the open event are strong, the challenge. was Samuel Sheehan, 1 Russell Metge PT 1855 1716 under-I8 quality of the girls' held was such that they However, Russell Metge's clear-cut win The field of 20 in the girls' 2 Maxwell Duncan AS 1343 unr three Sheehan would not have been assured oftaking the top in the Major Open indicated that David championship included the 3 Teresa Sheehan IIH 1333 1243 Rosaleen, who is 15, scored 8 to honours title ifthey had played in that event. could face at least one strong challenge for sisters, and 4 RosaleenSheehanllH l3ll 1297 point behind the winner, l2-year-old the title this year. finish a 5 Raymond ChewWE 1310 1101 6 Andrea RichardsonAS 1307 unr t6 NZ Chess NZ Chess l7 Open events scheduled for 1996 Latest FIDE ratings Details of open events scheduled for 1996, as notihed to NZCF, are given below: was unable to hold his first JJ Svidler P. RUS -5 2630 Canterbury weekend rapid, CanterburT CC, Sat, March 2, 30/30,5r swiss, entry $12. place on the latest list of FIDE ratings. 34 Andersson U. swE 2630 place 35 Seirawan Y. usA +5 2630 lst Upper Hutt Junior and Age Group Champs, U Hutt CC, Sat, March 9. Indeed he has dropped to third behind Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, 36 Tiviakov S. RUS -30 262s Canterbury Age Group tournament, Canterbury CC, Sat-Sun, March 23 - 24,60/60, 6-r swiss, Gary though only ltve points separate the top tfuee. 37 Leko P. HUN +20 2625 entry $10. There is a 35-point gap back to Vassily 38 Morosevich A. RUS -5 2625 1996 Latvian Gambit Open, Howick-Pakuranga CC, Pakuranga Cultural Coomunity Centre, Ivanchuk and , who share fourth 39 Speeknan J. ENG +5 2625 31, 30/30 6r swiss, entry $25 (un $20), Open lst $500, Under 1700,1st $250.; Sun, March place. Kramnik surged 45 points since the 40 Timman J. NED +30 2620 contact Paul Spil;ler 1/6 Kookaburra Pl, Howick, Auckland' July 1995 list. 4l Akopian V. ARM -5 2620 NZ Women's Charnpionship, tentatively scheduled for Easter, Auckland Chess Centre. Other big gainers were Veselin Topalov and 42 Hodgson J. ENG +25 2615 Otago Easter, start Fri, April 7. Judit Polgar who also catapulted into the top 43 Belyavsky A. rrKR -35 2615 -15 2615 Civic Easter, Civic CC, Sat - Mon, Aprll 7 - 9 (details to be conhrmed) ten. The top 65, rated 2600 up, are as follows 44 Smirin I. ISR (with chanSe since 1st JulY): 45 Georgiev Ki. BUL +10 2615 Kapiti and Debo's Direct Liquor rapid-play, Kapiti CC, Coastlands Shopping Centre, Sat' April 46 Gulko B. usA -5 2615 20,30/30 6r swiss, entry $25, 3 grades, lst prizes A $500, B 250, C $150; contact, Guy Bums I Kramnik V. RUS +45 2775 47 Vaganian R. ARM -30 2615 (04)2e7-0462. 2 Kasparov G. RUS -20 2775 48 Dautov R. GER -5 2615 J Karpov A. RUS -5 2770 Otago Westpac Autumn Rapid, Otago CC, Sat, 1N4zy 4,25125 49 Hansen C. DEN -5 2615 4 Ivanchuk V. UKR -5 2735 lgth Waitakere Trust Open, Sat & Sun, May 11-12, Lincoln Green Hotel, Henderson, 5r swiss 50 Rublevsky S. RUS +15 2610 5 Kamsky G. USA 2735 in 3 divisions; 45 in 90 plus 15. Prize money, at least $2600. hquiries to Bob Smith, 2 Autumn 51 Psakhis L. ISR 2610 6 Anand V. IND 2725 Ave, Glen Eden, Auckland 7. 52 Krasenkov M. RUS +20 2610 7 Topalov V. BUL {-60 2700 weekend rapid, Canterbury CC, Saturday, May 19, 30/30, 5r swiss, entry $12. 53 Kotronias V. cRE +20 2610 Canterbury 8 Gelfand B. BLR +15 2700 54 Adianto U. INA +20 2610 llington Queen's Birthday tournament, Wellington CC, Sat - Mon, June I - 3. 9 Shirov A. ESP -5 2690 55 Vyzrnanavin A. RUS +5 2610 Wellington Junior and Age Group Champs, Sunday, June 16, Wellington CC. 10 Polgar J. HUN +40 2675 56 Dotnatov S. RUS -5 2610 22. ll Dreev A. RUS 2670 24th Upper Hltt 40/40, U Hutt CC, Saturday, June 57 Gavrikov V. swl 2605 t2 Salov V. RUS -15 2670 North Island Charnpionship Mon- Fri, July 1 - 5. 58 Nunn J. ENG -10 2605 t3 Short N. ENG +20 2665 Sat July 6. 59 Kaidanov G. USA +20 2605 North Island Rapid Championship, t4 Sokolov I. BIH +352665 60 Rosentalis E. LTU -5 2605 Otago Wes@ac Winter Rapid, Otago CC, Sat, July 6,25/25. 15 Ehlvest J. EST +30 2660 6l Goldin A. RUS +15 2600 Championships, Wellington, Tues-Fri, July 9 -12. M. 2660 NZ Juoior and Age Group l6 Ad"ms ENG ENG +35 2600 +402660 62 Sadler M. Sat, 7 25/25. t7 Azrnaiparashvili Z. BIH Otago Westpac Spring Rapid, Otago CC, September , 63 Granda J. PER -5 2605 l8 Yusupov A. GER -25 2655 All-wellington Rapid championships, Sunday, september 8, wellington cc. (tentative) 64 Tkachiev V. KAZ -5 2600 19 Halifman A. RUS -5 2650 South Island Championship, Blenheim, Mon-Fri, September 16'20. 65 Ljubojevic L. YUG 2600 20 Hracek Z. czE +15 2650 South Island Rapid Championship, Blenheim, Sat September 21. 2l Almasi Z. HUN +20 2650 South Island ChamPionshiPs Canterbury weekend rapid, Canterbury CC, Saturday, November 2,30/30,5r swiss, entry $12. 22 Korchnoi V. swl +10 2645 Arrangements have been made for the 1996 All-canterbury championships, canterbury cc, Friday - Sunday, December 6 - E,66 in 90, 30 23 Epishin V. RUS +5 2645 South Island Champiouships to be held in to finish, 5r swiss, entry $20. 24 Bareev E. RUS -5 2645 Blenheim in the break between the third and 25 Nikolic P. BIH 2645 Otago Westpac Summer Rapid, Otago CC, Sat, December 7,25/25. fourth school terms, September 16-20, with 26 oll L. EST +10 2640 NZ Championship Congress, North Shore CC, Saf December 28, 1996 - January ll, 1997. the SI Rapid on the Saturday, September 21. 27 Miles A. ENG +35 2635 The venue is the St John Ambulance Hall, D Under NZCF rules, clubs are required to notiff the federation of open events scheduled for 28 Glek I. RUS +55 2635 close to State Highway I and the town centre, the calendar year, before the end of . There is a late notihcation charge of$10.00. 29 Illescas M. ESP +15 2635 and next to the Grove Park Motor Lodge, 30 Hiibner R. cER +5 2635 accommodation is available on 31 Yudasin L ISR +5 2635 where favourable terms. 32 I-autier J. FRA -5 2630

t8 NZ Chess NZ Chess 19 NZ in Singapore 1995 championship! Finally, I would thaok the team members by Michael Freeman Michael Freeman ruined his event by for their support before and during the event The llth Asian teams' championship held funding from its Government or national missing a win of a piece in time trouble and their perseverance throlqh the moments in Singapore in late December was hailed at sporting bodies. New Zealand should be against Vietnam, and blowing up after of change of dates, team withtlrawals, and Air the start of the event as a success for FIDE represented by its best players, not those with winning an exchange from GM Saltaev, but Traffic strikes that all looked likely to stop following the problems with a mrmber of its the ability to pay their own way, an issue again collected points against the lesser New Zealand being represented at this event. major chess events in the past year. And by facing most of the minority sports in this countries. tle end it was obvious that the event had a country. Tony Dowden started very well, having a KerrA-NeneshevrA (R 9) dual purpose, a meeting of some very good The final result of 16% points from 36 great struggle with Boris Katalymov in round Asian teams torrnament, 1995 chess players, and behind the scenes politics g:mes for a share of l2th to 15th with Japan two, a player who was second in the recent Benoni by AnthonY Ker at the first FIDE, presidential congress since and Malaysia appears disappointing on the World Seniors. However, some inconsistent Notes the change in power. crosstable, but does not reflect the tnre play crept in during the later rounds, probably The leading scores before the last round The chess saw twenty men's and twelve performance of the team. A 3Yr% win over a due to lack ofhard matchPlaY. were very close. Philippines, on 21Y", led women's lsams (a hrst for the women's) composite ASEAN nation team in round And the winner is ... the Philippines by % a China and Uzbekistan by just half a point. In settle down to nine hard fought rounds in the eight saw New Zealand paired with top seeds Solkoff tiebreak point. Both the Philippines the final rorurd they were to face the United plush surroundings of the National University Uzbezkistan in the last round. However, a and China finished on 25 points, with the Arab Emirates, while China had a strong of Singapore's Gradtntes Club. Not so plush win by "oil{' 2Y,-l% would have given us a tiebreak scores favouring the winner by 189 opponent in Indonesia and Uzbekistan would was the accommodation, not as bad as India pairing against bottom seeds Brunei in the to 188%. Uzbekistan hnished thkd on 24Y,, play New Zealand. in 1983, but tolerable rather than enjoyable. last round, with a guaranteed higher placing that last round draw with Anthony Ker The Philippines amassed 3% Points, New Zealand was represented by regulars and a bronze medal to Bob Smith. Such are costing them the title. Kazakhstan w€re suffrcient to ensure at least a tie for ltrst. Anthony Ker and Bob Smith, and ring-ins the moral dilemma's faced in international fourth with 23, then Mongolia 22, Yielram They needed every poinl too, because China Michael Freeman and Tony Dowden, the team competition. 21, Indonesia 20, Iran 19Y,, ULE arrd put Indonesia away with an amazing 4-0 and latter two replacing original selections Paul Lack ofinternational competition is hurting Singapore 19. missed gold only because their tie-break Garbe tt and Jonathon Sarfati. This was New Zealand in events such as this and the As expected, the women's event was won score was half a point less than their rivals. Freeman's third consecutive Asian Team's Olympiad. We are still beating the lesser by China, led by World Champion Xie lun, Meanwhile, the Uzbeks were doing their event as a late replacement. A major cause of conntries, but by only 2yz-1% or 3-1, while with 23 points from 27 gt'mss- Vietnam best to level your favourite tearn and sneak in these changes - lack of lirnding - is losing to the stronger nations by 4-0 or 3%-%, hnished second with 19 points. Kazakhstan for fust place. Despite staunch resistance highlighted when it is noted that New thereby struggling to maintain 507o scores. lrnished third with l8/z from 24 games' from our players ttreir second, third and Z.ealand was the only country without Individually, the New Zealand results were - having missed the first round, but beating fourth boards w€r all successflrl and it C}lrra2-l in their individual match. remained only for their star player, GM A. Ker B. Smith M. Freeman T. Dowden Score The closing ceremony was interesting for Nenashev (rated 2580) to beat me. Here is the Macau I I I I 4 two points, firstly the presenting of medals game: Kazakhstan 0 2480 0 2395 0 2500 0 2460 0 for the individual board prizes and team United Arab E. % 2245 I 2225 % 2230 I 2205 J placings, and then another complete set of 1.d4 Of6 2.c4 96 3.Oc3 Qg7 Vietnam 0 2545 Yz 2485 0 2470 0 2420 % board and team medals for only those This was slightly surprising, but not too Iran 0 I I 0 2 countries in the ASEAN political system; and worrying since I like playing against the Sri l,anka I 2205 % % v, 2% secondly the presenting of the medals by the King's Indian. Micbael's database revealed a Indonesia 0 2495 Yz 2410 0 2385 0 v, FIDE hierarchy of new president Kirsan Nenashov penchant for Tarraschs, Slavs and ASEAN I 2055 I I v, 3% Iljumshinov, old president Florencio the occasional Grunfeld. Uzbezkistan % 2585 0 2510 0 2520 0 2455 % Campomanes, and vice-president Bachar 4.e4 dG 5.R {F{ 6.Qg5 4 5 these ceremonies the new 4 5% Kouatly. During Normally White develops the Q to e3, but I Announc€ president took the opportunity to wanted to try something different. Now ...e5 Bob Smith played very well to dominate the Anthony Ker struggled in the early rounds his new World Championship knock-out is less attraciive to Black as it self-pins the O tearn scoring. He had the better of his draws but fought well at the end, being unlucky tournament format, and the appointment of and he cannot follow up with, for example, with Vietnam and Indonesia, and missed a against GM Handoko, and gaining a good Singapore's Ignatius kong as FIDE's new 6...e5 7.d5 Oh5. After 6...h6 I intended to with draw against Kazakhstan in an educational draw with GM Nenashev in the last round, a Administration Manager. drop back to e3 and later gain a ternpo although 7.Qh4 is also a possibility. king and pawu ending. game which actually decided the Qd2, 20 NZ Chess NZ Chess 2l Black has a good game. 6...c5 7.d5 e6 8.9d2 exd5 9.cxd5 Qd7 22.Wd7 is an interesting altemative, with So as to meet Black's threat of 36...6e5 the idea of plalng e5 and breaking through with 37.Ed5+. 6bB 19.R 096 The opening has transposed into a Benoni. 17.8d1 Oes rt.gl to f7, e.g., 22...E.xb2 23.e5. I chose the safe Black's plan is to finish developing and play 36...8b8 Clearing e5 for the U. option herel ...b5. White meanwhile should restrain this Looking for another way in. 20.93 9e5 21.Ofl Exdl+ 22.9xdl f5l? break and advance in the centre with f4 and 22...Wxc6 23.dxc6 Ec8 37.be2 Ef8 3E.Ed5 Ef4 39.Exg5 Exe4+ 23.8d2 gf6 24.8d6 e5, after appropriate preparation. In this Black cannot afford to grab the b-A: 40.6d3 Ed4+ 41.6c3 24.8d7 would bo met by 24...*5 and battle of strategies GM Nenashev proves 23...8xb2 23.a'1, or 23...9xb2 24.c7 Ec8 more successful. 25.Ebl and 25.8b8. While Black is This position is drawn, but given the nature 25...fxg4. the occasion Nenashev waso't ready to 10.Qc4 recovering his A White has a chance to set up of 24...fxg4 25.t4 gxl4 26.exf4 Ve7 27.E,d2 EgB just yet. a defence. givo in 28.8h2 The problem witb this squaro is that ...b5 is 41...8f4 42.El1.l6+ 6aS ll.EgS+ 6c6 44.898 now a hit on the Q. d3 is a better placo to be. 24.b3 Exc6 25.Edl Eb6 26.8d3 h5 If 28.fus4 fu.f4. Ea+ 4s.6b2 6os m.gs bd4 47.96 Eg3 48.97 prove 30.f5 Oe7 31.0e3 Of3 10...Oa6 Otherwise g4-g5 ar.d Eh3 might d5 49.6c2 Eg2+ 50.6b1 28...W9 29.Uc3 e5 awkward. 32.Qa4 Ed8 White will not caphro this O. After Avoiding possible mate threats from Black's 11.Qxa6 bxa6 the Q pair and especially the 27.bnbfa2s.g3 6 and E. Black caanot make ary further heventing 33.9d7. open b-file give Black excellent Waiting. progress here, but plays a few cat and mouse 33.b4 cxM 34.axM Ufo s5.c5 furs 36.c6 compensation for the damaged A structure. moves before agreeing a draw. 2E...be7 ll.Age20rl tz.s4ae 50...895 51.6c2 Egl 52.bb2 Eg6 53.rbc2 An important precaution. If 12...a6 Eg2+ 54.6b1 6c3 55.8d8 ExgT 56.Exd5 immediately, l3.a5l cripples Black's Wside bxb3 51.Exc5t/rYt expansion. Dowden, Tony - Suad, Mohammed 13.0-{l a6 14.9d3 Asian teams toumament, 1995 (R 3) White is intent on preventing ...b5, but in the long run this cannot be stopped. This 1.e4 d6 2.d4 UI6 3.Oc3 96 4.CA AS7 5.092 0- second move of the I also reveals Ud2 as a o 6.dge2 Ac6 7.h3 e5 8.Qe3 exd4 9.fud4 Ee8 waste of time. l4.Qh6, to exchange off 10.Oxa6 bxc6 11.0.{ Qd7 12.Eel a5 l3.Qd4 would be Eb8 14.5b1 c5 15.Qc3 Qc6 16.e5 Qxg2 Black's dangerous dark-squared Q, gd7 more coasistent. l1.exl6 Exel+ 18.Wxe1 Qxh3 19.fxg7 20.N2 Ee8 21.6e4 Vc6 22.ilt6+ bxgJ 14...Wc8 23.6xe8+ 6rs zl.Qgz+ 698 25.Ue4 1{) 36...8c8?t Black plans 15...8b7 and 16...b5. 29.tu3t Barus,CIM-Smlth,R\U Perhaps 36...9c7!? was better, as suggested 15.f4 The triplo fork on d5 forces Black to by Anthony Kor. At this stage both players Asian teams tounrament (R 7), 1995 Realising the critical nature ofhis position, surrender his Q v O advantage. Note that if were in time trouble. I Bogo-Indian Defence atternpts to distract Black with a the White (b were on e3 Black could play White Notes by Bob Smith 37.*4 Ool lr.Ues Sxc6 39.Exh6 Qxa4 29...9d4+. now felt more confident about central A advance. I 40.Exf6 Oc2+ 41.6d2 Oxe3 42.fue3 Qd7 not losingl 1.d4 0f6 2.c4 e6 3.oB Qb4+ 4.Obd2 b6 5.a3 15...b5t 6.Qxd2 Qb7 1.gES h6 8.Qh4 d6 9.e3 Black has ernerged from the complications 29...Qxc3 30.Exc3 6e6 31.h3 f6 Qxd2+ Exploiting the overworked position of 95 10.Qg3 Oe4 11.Od2 fog3 r2.hxg3 Od7 two As up, but must loso one of them. and b5 Russell Dive suggests 31...f5, with the idea White's pieces, which cover e4 13.8h2 43.8f,I Qe6 44.8e7 Ed8+ 45.6e1 Ed6 46.Adl of creating a passed d-A. his is a better try simultaneously. 1995, Karpov a5?! than the game, but White still has enough Against Adams, Dos Hermans 16.axb5 axb5 1?.Exa8 9xa8 18.Oxb5 Qxb5 preferred 13.94. The was eventually resources to hold on. Same 46...a6, using a slower approach, would 19.Qxb5 foUS ZO.Qxte drawn. have been better. 32.94 hxg4 33.hxg4 Not 20.Uxb5 Oxe+ ana Black has a great 13.:.c5 14.dxcS?l 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.0c3 Ed3 49.Or4 9b3 game (safer 6, better As, control of the a- With every A exchange I felt I was moving Karpov preferred the manoeuwe Obl-c3, 50.Oc5 Exg3 51.Exe5 file). This move ternporarily wins a A. one step closer to a draw. retaining the central tension. Not 5l.Eb7 6c8 52.Exb3 Exb3 53'a4 with 20...Qxf6 2l.Uxb5 EbE 22.Wc6 33...8b4 34.6e3 95 35.fxg5 fxg5 36.8d3 14...dxc5 15.0e2 gf6 16.Wc2 (F{F{ winning chances for Black.

23 22 NZ Chess M Chess but 9.Obxd4 Oxd4 10.Oxd4 a6 11.c3 Vc7 l2.We2 51...a4 52.8e4 a3 53.Eb4+ 6c8 54.Oxb3 a2 If l9...Qxe5 2o.dxe5 f5 2l.exf6 9fl [Qxg6 - sacrificed, looked to be in difficulties, 13.h3 1a.Qg5 bs 1s.Qb3 Qb7 56.Exa2 bd7 was threatened.l 22.t5 gxf5 23.Qxf5 QcS coolly established dominaoce with his U and Qd6 G{ 55.8a4 Exb3 Y-Y, rS 24.Qd3 with a strong attack. E. 16.Qxf6 gxf6 17.Eadl 6tr8 tt.QcZ bulletio described this game as IM The Rogerlio, Antonlo - ShahravdorJ Barus "failing to convert'! against Smith. I 20.f5 Exe5 Asian teams tournament (R 5), 1995 thought he was the ono who got awaY. Or 20...gxf5 Not 20...Qxe5 2l.fxe6+-. if 2l.9xf6 Exf6 22.Wxf6 Qxe5 23.fxe5 Qc8 Smlth, R W - Nor, Azhaarl Mohd 24.g4't fxg4 25.8h6 f5 26.exf6+-. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.fo3 Qb4 4.e5 Oe7 5.43 Asian teams tor:rnament, 1995 (R 8) Qxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.h4 Wc7 E.OR b6 9'h5 h6 Defenco 21.dxe5 Qf8 Qa4 12.0-0 c4 l3.Qe2 Petroffs 10.Qb5+ od7 11.Qd3 ggt Notes by Bob Smith 2l...Qxe5 22.f6+-. oa6 14.Qf4 6d7 1s.Oh2 Uat re.6sl 19.Qh3 1.e4 e5 2.Of3 Of6 3.d4 Oxe4 4.CId3 d5 5.Oxe5 22.Wh4 Qg7 23.Qf6 Qxf6 24.Uxf6 Qc8 25.e61 r7.Oe3 Eh7 Qd6 6.(H) 0-0 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 fxe6 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Wxg6+ 6fE 28.8f6+ Wf/ 96 21.Ubr S*!,5 ir.Qtl ang 26.9{2 immediately. 29.9d8+ We8 30.Wd6+ 6f/ 3r.We5 More accurate is S.0c3 28.QR Od8 30.W42 Controlling the black squares and 8...cxd5 9.0ca fuc3 10.bxc3 Oc6 32.9e2 Eg6 33.ub2 Efgs 34.0h2 0d8 the enemy As. immobilising 6c8 36.gd1Obs Black could have won a pawn here with ^ss35.Ucl 31...6e7 32.94 Wf:l 33.692 Wf6 34.gxf6+ l9.R EaeS 20.ohl Eg8 21.8d3 sUO ZZ.uel 10...Sc7, but it would have cost time and the e5 36.95+ bgl 37.bg3 e4 38.Qe2 Uc7 23.Efdl Qc5 24.We1 Qa7 25.ie2 Qb8 Qs, which I thought would give me 6xf6 35.h4 2 c4 42.beS 26.e3 e5 27.6h2 e4 28.8e3 Eb6 29.Ed4 €xR e.g., 10...9c7 ll.WR Qxe5 Qe6 39.&f4 c5 40.a3 On lr.ts compensation, 30.6f4 EIxe3 3l.Sxe3 Uc6 32-gn gfl 12.dxe5 lUxe5 13.Qa3 Ee8 l4.Eael Uxel Preventing ...d4 tricks. Ee8 34.Qd7 UxdT 35.Exd7 Qxf2 l5.Exel Exel+ 17.Qfl Qef17.c41 33.Qxf5 42...QgE 43.Odr bh7 44.9g4 6g7 4s.Qfs Qh7 36.Exb7 Be2 37.Exfl Qe3+ 38.6h1 Eel+ bxc6 11.fuc6 48...e3 49.Qg4 and 6d4. 39.6h2 f2 0-1 but... Symmetrical, 46.h6+ 6h8 47.96 e3 48.97+ 698 49.Qe6# Ramos, Domlngo - Chan, Mark 12.Ehsr 1--0 Asian teams toumament, 1995 (R 6) White gets tbere hrst. Thong, Tu Hoang - tr'reeman, Mlchael French Defence tSdT Asian te"ms tournament, 1995 (R 4) 12...96 13.Uh6 Eet 14.Qg5 1.e4 e6 2.d4 ds 3.Od2 c5 4.exd5 Wxd5 5.Ogf3 14...9e7 l5.Efel Qxg5 l6.Exe8+ Wxe8 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Oc6 3.g3 96 4.A{2 9{ 5.f4 d6 cxd4 6.Qc4 wd6 7.(H) of6 8-ob3 0c6 h6 a6 11.c3 Wc7 r2.Qd3 l7.Uxg5t. 6.Of3 e5 7.04 OgeT 8.c3 0-0 9.043 37.Oxc4 0xc3 3E.Wd3 Oxbl 39.ExM dxc4 9.Obxd4 Oxd4 10.Oxd4 gc8 0b7 16.0xf6 10.Qe3 exf4 11.gxf4 f5 12.Ue1 Qe6 13.h4 40.Uxc4+ Wc7 41.Ws6+ 6ds 42.8b7 Qar ls.tr 0-{ 14.a4 b6 15.Qg5 15.h3 gxhs 16.Oh4 b6 18.8h4 f5 tsoZ U.6trf Eaet 15.h5 43.Wa5+ 6e8 1-0 gxf6 17.ug4+ 6h8 Preventing tho S swap 15...Qf8 16.9h4 Ug . l7.Qd2 6h8 r8.Oc2 c4 19.9e2 cxd3 20.Wxd3 23.Qxf/ Exf/ 15...8e6 16.Eael Ab7 U.f4 Exel 18.Exe1 fxe4 2l.Qxe4 d5 22.996 QI7 bg9 26.E;9,2 h4 27-Qel Ee8 19.Ee5l 24.Egl Ofs 25.096+ an PlaYed the French See it.foirl Oxh4 29.Qxh4 Exf4 30.Wg3 8fl7 gained a full so gd7 Point, 31.8e1 32.Exe8+ UxeS 33.Qf6 Wd7 had no hesitatiou in playing tho same line 3a.ug6 6f8 rS. against Japan's Domingo Ramos four rounds 37.Exg7+ WxgT later. The first 12 moves were identical, and 4O.Wxd5+ 6h7 4 while there wa{l some vmiation, the essential $.bxg2 6f5 44.64 6e5 45.6e3 6d5 46-6d3 olements were the same when Ramos sprang b5 47.b3 6c5 48.6e4 6c6 49.6d4 6d6 50.6e4 a surprise on move 19 to show that he had 6c6 51.6e5 6cS SZ.6eO 6c6 53.43 6c7 discovered a flaw in Chan's earlier win. 54.6d5 6b7 55.6d6 6b6 5e.c4 bxc4 57.bxc4 6b7 r-{ I{aflzulhlml, Mas - Chan, Mark Asian teams tournatnent, 1995 (R 2) 19.Qxf5! f6 20.fue6 $l/ 21.9xft ExfS Sacriflces ln tlme trouble French Defence game attracted Anthony Ke/s gxds 22.E'il1Eg8 23.93 1{ The following l.e4 e62.d4 dS 3.Od2 c5 4.exd5 s.Ogf3 the manner in which attention because of cxd4 6.Qc4 gd6 7.04 Of6 8.Ob3 0c6 19...8e6 Rogerlio - with both players in time trouble 25 24 NZ Chess NZ Chess International news Gronlngen slide to the middle of the table. From round 7 The Koop Tjuchem Tournament in the on Karpov had sole possession ofthe lead. By NM Peter Stuart second half of December was the third This event followed the New Zealand Kramnlk - Belyavsky Belgrade strongest of 1995 - after Linares and Dos Congress policy of an early start in the final The category 17 Investabanks '95 lAoTl Hermanas despite lacking Kasparov, round, in Qloningen's case at 10:30am jointly tournament in November was won by l.OR d5 2.g3 c6 3.Qc,2 qga 4.H) Od7 5.d4 IGamnik, Ivanchuk and Anand. It did, instead of the usual l:30pm. Karpov, playing and Vladimir Kramnik, though e6 6.Obd2 f5 7.c4 Qd6 E.Eb3 Eb8 9.8e1 Oh6 however, feature both FIDE World white against the young Hungarian Peter pace over it was Alexei Shirov who made the 10.cxd5 cxdS 11.h3 QhS Championship contenders, Anatoly Karpov Leko, enjoyed a one-point lead going into Unfortunately the the first 8 rounds. for and Gata Kamsky, neither of whom has been this last round so registered his protest plays under the Estonian GM, who now much in the news in recent months. The against ttre scheduling by accompanying his flag, he was only able to add another Spanish average rating of 2653 made .Groningen a first move with a draw offer - which Leko in the final 3 rounds. The critical half-point category 17 event. accepted. game round when Gelfand's came in 9 Loek van Wely made the early running, Kamsky won his last two games to catch over Shirov left the top three all on 6. victory maintaining at least a share of ltrst plaace Ivan Sokolov while Russian champion Peter Final scores: l-2 B Gelfand 2685 BLA & V until round 6 but a round 7 loss to Joel Svidler settled for fourth place with a last- Kramnik RUS 2730 8; 3 A Shirov 2695 ESP Lautier, ttre Frenchman's only win, started a round l2-move draw as black against Zoltan 6%; 4 Y Topalov 2670 BUL 6; 5-7 Y Almasi. Ivanchuk 2740 tlKR, J Timman 2590 NED &M Adams 2660 ENG 5Yz;8 P kko 2605 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 HIIN 5; 9 L Ljubojevic 2600 YUG 4%; l0-ll I Karpov A. RUS g 2775 x %%%Y,Y,l %l I 1 %7% J Lautier 2645 FRA & A Belyavskl 2650 Sokolov g 2630 YrYrYr%%l I %Yrl 7 12.e4 fxe4 r3.Og5 OfI 14.Odxe4 dxe4 2 I. BIH Yzx UKR 4; l2 I Miladinovic 2555 GRE 3%. 7 15.fue6 9xe6 3 Kamsky G. USA g 2735 YzYzx Y20 Y2%Yzl I 1 I 4 Svidler P. RUS g 2635 %Y.t/,x I %0 %%%l l6% Gelfand - Shirov as 15...We7 l6.Exe4 Of6 l7.gbs Forced, J [dgms M. ENG g 2660 Y,%10 x %0 %01 I I 6 Ud7 Oc5 wins. lAl6l 6 Irko P. HUN g 2605 %%Y,%%x I Y,%0 %%5% 1.c4 Of6 2.0c3 d5 3.cxd5 fods 4.93 96 16.Uxe6+ 9e7 7 varWely L. NED g 2585 0 %%l | 0 x 0l %l o 5% Qg7 7.Ebl Od7 8.Of3 (H) 5.@g2 Oxc3 6.bxc3 ...Qe7 leaves White with 2 As for the piece, 8 Tiviakov S. RUS g 2655 %0%%%%lx%%0%5 9.(H) Eb8 10.d4 b6 11.d5 ob7 12.od4 0c5 plus a continuing atiack on the uncastled 6, 9 Almasi Z. HUN g 2645 0 0 0 %l Y20 Y,x I %%4% l6.dxc6 Wc7 13.c4 e6 14.e4 c6 15.fuc6 Qxc6 but it may have been a better chance. 10 Piket J. NED g 2625 0Y,0%01%%0x%%4 f9.Qg5 f6 20.Qh6 17.e5 Ebd8 18.Uc2 Qxe5 11 llansen C. DEN g 2635 0 %0 0 0 %01%%x l4 Qd4 22.9f4 e5 23.0d5+ 697 l7.Exe4 Ed8 r8.gd51{ EfeS 2l.Ebdl 12 Lautier J. FRA g 2645 %0 0 0 0 %l %%%0 x 3% 24.Exd4 exf4 25.Exf4 Ee5 26.8d4 EdeS 27.0f3 Efs 28.Wc3 Ee7 2g.Etdl h5 30.h4 9e5 Plket v Lautier Piket, J. Qfr+ 32.Qc4 Qxc4+ 33.Exc4 ElacS 34.8a4 Wxc4 33.8d7 Efes To mark the 200th anniversary of the death Karpov, A. - 31.Ua3 We6 32.8d6 Ec7 35.846 EbE 36.8h6 Exc3 37.Exh7+ 6eE 36.8b2 Oe4 of Andr6 Danican Philidor, the "Philidor" Groningen, 1995 [D20] 34.8xfl 6h6 35.Exe7 ExeT 38.fue5 of8 39.EhS Eg3 40.od7 Eb2+ 37.Qxe4 9xe4 38.Wxf6 1-0 Chess Club in kiden organised a six-game 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Oc6 4.Qd Of6 5.f3 e5 4l.Exb2 axb2 42.OxfE l{ match in December between two of the 5 6.d5 Oal Z.Qxal exd4 8.Wxd4 c6 9.Oc3 f dams 'Kramnlk youngest of the top grandmasters, Holland's OM 10.9e5+ We7 11.9xe7+ 6xe7 12.dxc6 Adams, M. - Hansen, C. lBs6l Jeroen Piket and Frenchman Joel Lautier. The bxc6 l3.Qxc4 Od7 r4.H)-0 Oe5 l5.Qe2 95 Groningen, 1995 [B82] 1.e4 c5 2.Od Oc6 3.Of3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Axd4 first two gzrmes were played with a standard 16.h4 gxh4 17.Exh4 Qe6 l8.Eh5 0g6 19.93 1.e4 c5 2.*13 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Oxd4 Of6 s.Oca Of6 6.Qe3 Ogl z.Qgs h6 8.Qh4 gs 9.Qg3 Qg7 time control, the next two were rapid chess Qxc3 20.bxc3 9xs2 2l.Ed2 Qe6 22.f4 Qd7 s6 6.t4 e6 7.Uf3 gb6 s.Ob3 Uc7 9.s4 b6 10.4b3 Qe6 11.Qe2 h5 12.h4 gxh4 13.Qxh4 (30 minutes plus l0 seconds for each move 23.OR a5 10.CId3 Qb7 rl.(H) ObdT 12.993 g6 13.Qd2 Ec8 14.G{ Of6 15.Qg3 Eg8 r6.Od5 h4 played), and the hnal two were lighbring (5 The passed a-A is Black's one , Qg7 14.Eae1 (H) t5.Eh4 fo5 16.f5 exfs 17.fuf6+ 0xf6 18.oxh4 fuel ro.Qn ogs minutes plus 3 seconds per move). Piket White's pawn structure otherwise being far 17.exf5 Uc6 18.8e2 Oxd3 l9.cxd3 EaeS 2o.Qxg5 Exg5 21.Ud2 Egs 22.Od4 Oe5 wrapped up the match by winning the first preferable. The World Champion's tecbnique 2o.Eel2 Ees 21.Od4 WcS 22.V Wc7 23.Oce2 23.9e4 9b6 24.Efel d5 25.Oxd5 Oxds four games, Lautier gaining some small is, as usual, instructive and impressive. Ods 24.0h6 Oe3 ZS.QxA Exe3 26.f6 Qh8 26.Exe5 Brg2+ 27.bfl Ug6 2s.Ub4 Qc4+ 27.Of5 EfeS 28.0xe3 Exe3 29.9}16 Ee5 consolation by winning both lightning games. 24.f5 Of8 25.94 a4 26.bb2 a3+ 27.ba2 0eE 29.6e1 gf6 0-l 30.9d2 gds 31.Od4 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Uc3 28.8h6 f6 29.e5 Od7 30,95 fxe5 31.Exc6

26 NZ Chess M Chess 27 gd8 Eb6 34.6h1 hs 3s.h3 Ee3 36.6h2 Qc7 44.Qc3 Qd6 45.Qb2 b4 46.Qc1 Qc5 Uxd6 30.Qe2 Oc5 ggr Bulgarian won the last game to tie the match 28.0f4+ Qd6 29.Qxd6+ 37.axb5 gd7 38.9d4 Ee5 39.0c3 ue6 40.ub6 47.Q.d2 4s.Oxb4 Qn 49.6c4 Qgl 50.6d3 32.Edl od3+ 33.6fi Ed7 and gain a half-share of the $64,000 prize 3l.gb6+ 6c8 gd7 4t.Ea1 1-{ Qc5 51.Qe3 Qe7 52.hc4 Qs3 53.Qd2 Qe7 34.Eh4 Ee8 35.Wa6+ 6bE 36.Qxd gf6 Qa7 57.Qc5 money. That works out at a little more than 54.Qc3 Qd6 ss.Qb4 Qb8 56.6bs 37.Efa Sgs 38.9b6+ Eb7 39.Uxc6 1{ Kamsky, G. - Plket, J. Qb8 s8.d6r $10,000 per how each assuming, of course, that all games went the full distance! Groningen, 1995 [C63] 58...Qxd6 59.Qxd6 6xd6 60.6b6 g5 61.6b5 Hodgson, J. - Yermolinsky, A. 2.OR Oc6 3.Qb5 f5 4.0c3 fxe4 and the black As soon fall. Hastings, 1996 [A45] 1.e4 e5 Zurich 5.Oxe4 d5 6.fue5 dxe4 7.Oxc6 tsg5 8.Ue2 4.e3 e6 5.Qd3 1-{ The anmral Christmas Open was won by 1.d4 Of6 2.Qg5 *a 3.Qf4 ds Of6 9.f4 Uxf4 10.d4 9a0 rr.oes+ c6 12.Qc4 z.Og Qb4 s.gg4 G{ 9.Ug3 GM Vladimir Tukmakov UKR \Mith 6/7 in a b6 6.Qxe4 axel Qe6 13.c3 Qxc4 l4.Oxc4 9e6 15.G{ Qe7 Karpov, A. - Leko' P. Qxc3+ l0.bxca 0c6 1l.Oh3 Qa6 12.8 exf3 1E.Od2 9xa2 field of 85. Among. those sharing second f6.Qg5 G{ 17.Eae1 EaeS Qlsningen, 1995 [D00] 13.gx8 f6 14.Qh6 Eft 15.891 We7 l6.ai4 place on 5Yz were GMs Ognjen Cvitatr CRO' 19.Qxf6 Qxf6 20.fue4 Ee6 2l.Wg4 h6 6h8 22.Exf6 Eexf6 23.0xf6+ Exf6 24.9c8+ 6h7 l.d4'/rY, Igor Glek RUS and Ian Rogers AUS. 25.Uxb7 a5 26.h3 Eg6 27.9b8 a4 28.EeE Ee6 29.8h8+ 696 30.Ug3+ 6n lr.Ens Ebr+ U.S. Championshlp Hastlngs ',:#t 32.bh2 Eel 33.8b7+ 6e6 34.d5+ 6xd5 Held in Modesto, California, in November, This year's Hastings tournament celebrated event saw a three-way tie for ltrst place i 7fl, 35.8d7+ 6c4 36.8d4+ 6b3 37.c4+ l-{ this 100 years since the first event in 1895 won by "/rfz6ry,tt after a very close race. A play-off for the title Pillsbury, although the event has not becn Patrick Wolff ahead of fellow Karpov, A. - Hansen, C. was won by staged annually over the century, the second i%% croningerL 1995 [E84] GMs and Alexander Ivanov. and third events being held in l9l9 all'd 1922. had scored 8% points in the l4-player 1.d4 Of6 2.c4 g6l.Ocr Qg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 (H) All The 1995/96 event, a modest category 13 Yermolinsky took ?,Jffi,,,8, 6.Qe3 Oc6 7.Age2 a6 8.Wd2 EtrS 9.0c1 e5 round-robin. Alexander (average ratng 2571)' saw a triple tie 10.d5 Od4 11.01e2 Oxe2 12.Qxe2 Oh5 fourth place with 8 points, followed by Boris between top seed Alexander Halifman RUS' %i:%:, i 13.044 f5 14.0b1 of4 15.Qf1 b6 16.93 oh5 Gulko on 1Vz md Walter Browne on' 6/r. bottom seed Stuart Conquest ENG and l7.Qe2 *f618.Qg5 We8 r9.Qd3 fxc4 20.foe4 Next, on 6 points, were three more GMs in Bogdan l,alic CRO with 5W9. Conquest lost Dzindzihashvili and Oxe4 21.Qxe4 Qts zz.We2 Qxe4+ 23.fxe4 Uf7 Joel Benjamin, Roman to both co-winners as well as to Jonathan r7.gh4 gxh6 1E.gxh6 Egs 19.O96+ Exg6 uoz zs.gl Exfl 26.Exfr Ef8 27.h3 Gurevich. 24.Ehfi Dnitry Speelman, but made up for this with five 20.Exg6 Wa3 21.6d2 ge5 h6 28.ExE+ QxA 29.Qd2 one draw. Just half a point off wins and only 21...*5 22.dxe5 Ed7+ 23.6e1 Uxc3+ Yermollnsky, A. - KhmelnltskY' I. \trere TonY Miles ENG and the pace 24.bf29xc2+ and 25 ...Qxg6. U.S. Champ, 1995 [A43] Alexander Yermolinsky USA and the rest of 0-1 1.d4 Of6 2.Of3 c5 3.d5 96 a.Oc3 Qg7 5.e4 G- the all-GM field hnished as follows: 6-7 0 6.e5 0e8 1.h4 d6 8.e6 fxe6 9.h5 exd5 Sadler ENG & Speeknan ENC 4%; 8 Atalik Lalic, B. - Conquest, S. 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Wxd5+ e6 f2.Wd3 Ef5 TUR 4; 9 Hodgson ENG 3; l0 Luther GER Hastings, 1996 [8391 13.Oh4 Oc6 l4.Oxfs gxfS 15.Qh6 Oes l6.gd2 2%. gf6 l7.Qb5 Qaz rs.Qxaz Oxdz rg.Oxgz 6xgz The Challengers, with more GMs than the l.OR 96 2.d4 Qgl 3.c4 c5 4.e4 cxd4 5.fud4 6f8 23.Of4 20.(HH) oes 21.8h3 ilrl 22.fu2 main event, was won bY England's Mark Oc6 6.Qe3 Of6 7.fo3 Og4 E.tsxg4 Oxd4 9.9d1 24.8e1 25.8h7 Og5 26.Exg7 WxgT Qb7 12.@e2 (H) 13.R EdE Nt Hebden, who earns the right to a place in next Oe610.Ec1 b6 rl.Ud2 27.Exe6 Of7 28.0g6+ 6gs 29.Oe7+ 6fB year's GM toumament. f5 30.0g6+ 698 3r.f4 Eh7 32.b3 d5 33.9c3 d4 t4 34.gic5 ghl+ 35.6b2 63 36.fls1+ 697 Ea S. - Luther, T. 37.oxf5+ 6hz st.Wez g}l5 39.8h6+ wxh6 Conquest, t< 40.Uxf/+ 1{ Hastings, 1996 [A0l] 29.cxd5 EcE 30.9d2 Eg7 2e...b*? 2E.Uxc2 Qxd5 1.b3 ds 2.e3 at6 3.Qb2 ofs 4.oR obdT 5-d3 31.Qd4 6g8 32.Qb2 Wg6 33.8e4 EI7 34.Qe5 29...a5 was necessa4/. After this Ikrpov Karpov Topalov h6 6.obd2 e6 7.se2 th7 8.Egl a5 9.a4 Qb4 ghs 3s.Q;f4 Wxh4 36.691 Eg7 37.Qh6 9f6 look quite straightforward. makes the win The Black Sea city of Varna was the venue 38.Qxg7 6xg7 39.8e6 Wtrl lo.Wel 6fl 4n-Eet 30.c5t dxc5 31.Wxa6 h5 32.We2 hxg4 for this six-game rapid match (30 minutes per 1-{ 33.9xg4 Uxg4 34.hxg4 6fl 35.a4 6et 36.a5 player). Topalov took the lead in game 2 but 6d7 37.axb6 cxb6 38.Qc3 Qd6 39.b4 cxb,4 Karpov won the next two games. The 40.Qd2 6c7 4l.bc2 b5 42.6b3 6d7 43.OxM 28 NZ Chess 29 NZ Chess NZCF'Council report Affiliated Clubs By NZCF President Ted Frost Ashburton PO Box 204, Ashburton. Meets Community Centre, cnr College Rd,rErnie Champlonship arrangements March on illing the in the Mondays 7.30pm (Feb-Oct), Room I Mays St Northcote. Club capt, Peter Shrart, As this issue of JVZ Chess we tt to press, teams. (upstairs), Public Library, cnr Havelock and 24 Seacliffe Ave, Belmont (09Y45-6377. the federation has been continuing West Streets. Contacts, Roy Keeling (03)86- Otago 7 Maitland St, Dunedin. Wednesdays discussion on arrangements for this year's Hillary Commlsslon 936, Stephen Taylor (03)85-761. and Sahrdays, 7.30pm. Tel (03\77-6919 major events with potential hosts. The NZ Bridge Association has advised Auckland Chess Centre Mondays 7.l5pm, clubroom. Pres, Paul Vecovsky, (03)478- Firm arrangements have been made for NZCF that it has received similar 17 Cromwell St, Mt Eden, Auckland 1003. 0063. treatrnent from the Hillary Commission to the South Island Championships to be held Tel (09)630-2042 clubroom. Papatoetoe Wednesdays 7.30pm, St George's what has been meted out to chess - its in Blenheim from September 16-20, with Canterbury 227 Bealey Avenue, Anglican Church Ilall, Landscape R4 support has been withdrawn. The bridge the South Island Rapid on Saturday, Sept. Christchurch. Wednesdays, 7.30pm. Tel Papatoetoe. Contacts, John McRae (09)278- the hands of association is seeking firrther inforrnation, 21. Arrangments ate in (03)366-3935 clubroom. Pres, Mark Guy, 9 4520 or Katrine Metge (sec) 278-7173. Gambit CC vice-president Peter Voss, and and the bridge and chess bodies will keep Bennett St (03)352-6991. Sec, Pat Jordan Petone Gambit Thursdays 7.30pm Central the tournament will be held in the St John in communication and consult each other (03)338-4274. Bowling Club, Roxburgh St, Petone. Pres, Ambulance Hall. Accommodation will be on flrrther developments and Civlc Tuesdays 7.30pm, Museum Room, Mark Noble, 97 Seddon St, Naenae, Lower available in the Grove Park Motor Lodge, representations. Turnbull House, Bowen Street, Wellington l. Hutt (04)567-0467. next door to the toumarnent venue, on John Gillespie, I Wavell Street, Karori favourable terms. Chris Bell has agreed to Dlrectory and calendar ofevents Upper Ilutt Mondays 7.30pm, Hapai Club, (04Y76-3729. 879 Drive. be Tournament Director. Following the decision of the annual Fergusson Sec, Glen Sullivan, l4a Auckland CC has offered to conduct the meeting, Council aims to produce a Gamblt Sec, Ted Frost, 17 Croydon St, Crystal Grove, Birchville, U Hutt (04)526- (04)4764098. NZ Women's Championship, although it is directory and calendar of events during Karori, Wellington 5 5085. short notice for an Easter event, for March. Clubs are due to notiff open rated Hamllton lnquiries Pres, Hilton Bennett, 65 Wsitemata Thursdays 7.30pm, Kelston everyone concemed. Council will consider events for 1996 by the end of Fedbruary, Te Aroha St (07)855-1037. Community Centre, cnr Great North Rd and the arrangements at its meeting early in but as this issue of NZ Chess went to press Howick-Pakuranga Tuesdays 7.30pm, St Awaroa Rd, Kelston. Pres, Bob Smith, 2 March. several clubs have still to advise. John Ambulance Hall, Howick-Pakuranga Autumn Ave, Glen Eden (09)818-4113 or In the absence of any other application, Highway, Higbland Park. Pres, Paul Spiller contact Steve Lawson (09)81 8-51 37. the offer made by Hilton Bennett on behalf Junior development and coaching (09)s3s4962. Wanganui Mondays, lst floor, Commercial The president has reported to Council that of Hamilton CC to stage the North Island Hastings-Havelock North P.O. Box 184, Club, St Hill St. Pres, Gordon Hoskyn, 7 there has been a favourable reaction from Championship for a second Year in Hastings. Wednesdays 7pm, Library, Pehi St (06)343-6101; sec, K Yorston, 5 actively pursued by clubs which he has visited to the idea that succession, is being Havelock N HiSh School, Te Mata Rd. Sec, Mitchell St (06)343-7166. at junior coaching be concentrated on in the Council, which hopes to reach finality Chris Smith (06)877-4583. Wellington Saturdays 7.30pm, Blind Social the March meeting. two middle terms of the school year, and Invercargill Wednesdays 8pm, staff room, Club, Westbrook House, l8l Willis Skeet. that a programme including coaching notes South School, Ness St. Sec, Robert Mackway 6pm, juuiors. Pres, Tim Frost (04)476-3541. Olymplad team arrangements would be welcomed. These ideas are being Jones, 5 Pine Cres, Invercargill (03)217- Sec, Ted Frost (04)4764098. An offer by Olympiad team manager developed. 1154. tearn's Dave Capper has resiped from Council, Michael Freeman to handle the Auckland Chess Assn, Pres, Peter Sfuart, 24 arrangements has been accepted with for personal reaons, and Council is seeking Kapitl Tuesdays, 7.30pm, Salvation Army travel Seacliffe Ave, Befunont Auckland 9. particularly from someone Hall, Bluegum Rd. Paraparaumu Beach. Pres, thanks by Council. Preliminary enquiries an addition, (09Y4s-6377. by Michael indicated a substantial increase with an interest in junior chess. Guy Bums, 226Main Road Sth, Paraparaumu NZ Assn, P.O. Box in travel costs on previous Olympiads, but (04)297-0462. Sec, Bill Cox, 25 Jeep R( 3278, Wellington. Sec, J W (Sandy) fluther inquiries by Air New Zealand and President has emall address Raumati Sth (04)298-8589. Maxwell, (04)2374753. team members have brought potential costs The NZCF president now has an email New Plymouth 1l Gilbert S( New Plynouth. lVellington Dlstrlct Chess Assn Inc, sec, down close to $3000 per PlaYer. address, [email protected], and can Tuesdays, 7.30pm. Pres, R P Bowler, l7a No-one has yet come forward to act as receive faxes through phone (04)476-4098. Hori St (06)753-6282. Contact, Keith Okey, Ted Frost 17 Croydon St Karori, Wellington 5; (0$a76a098. manager of the women's teem, and the These facilities are for personal mail - 253d Coronation Ave (06)758-88 I I . selectors will report to Council early in official federation mail should be sent to North Shore P.O. 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