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1 ZE^XLAND NElll ZEALAND CHESS is published NEW CHESS bi-monthly by the Ners Zealand Chess Association, P.O. Box 8802, Symonds St-l.eet, Auckland. Months of issue are February, Apri1, June, August, october and December.

Unless othemise stated, the views expressed may not necessarily be those of the Association. Vol.7 No.2 April 1981 EDI TORIAL I take over as Editor of New Zealand gest a play EDITOR: Robert W,Smith,9 James Laurie St Henderson, different Iine of or take Auckland B. Chess with mixed feelings - perhaps best apart some hapless 's ana- described as a of dread and lysis. My initial panel is 0rtvin Sar- ASSOCIATE EDIT0RS: Peter Stuarr, Orrvin Sarapu IM, Tony Dowden (Otago), job Vernon Sna1l (Canterbury) and Mark Evans (Wellington). anticipation; similar'to one's first apu, Vernon SmaIl, Ewen Green, Peter interview or sitting down opposite Ort- Stuart, Peter l^lei r and mysel f . AII have vin Sarapu to play a game chess. represented Al1 contributions should be sent to the Editorrs address. Unused manuscripts of New Zealand internationatrly. The dread emanates mainly ex- will not be returned unless stamped, addressed envelope is enclosed. from the This idea has been tried several years ago ceptionally high standard set for New ago but failed, apparently because of a Zealand Chess by my fore-runners. I can Iack of interest by readers. I am cros- only hope to continue the magazine at sing my fingers for better luck this somewhere near the qua'lity produced by time. This column could be an invaluable DEADLINES: T'tre deadline for both copy and adverrising is the 6th of the month past preceding the month of issue. editors. and perhaps unique chance for you to The anticipation is the result of the pick the brains of some of New Zealand's distinct personal challenge that produc- leading players. So please send in your ing a nafional chess magazine will be. querl es. In some am ADVERTISING RATES: 930 per ful1 page, g15 per column or half page, g7.50 per circles I known(affectionat- Final1y, I welcone alI cons,Eructive half colrm. eIy, ! hope) as a "stirrer". During my criticisms of the magazine or ideas for period as Editor I hope to live up to new features. Involvement is the key to 'Iivelythat name by pronnting controversy and the success of any venture and I am sure discussion through these pages. that past editors would agree their task The public SUBSCRIPTI0N RATES: These are annual and are in New Zealand dollars. airing of different ideas can- would have been impossible without the not do anything but good for chess. To contributions of chess players through- New Zealand overseas (Surface nail) illustrate the idea, recently millions out the country. $5.00 $6.50 of cricket fans openly abhorred but sec- retly welcomed the underarm bowling inc- Bob Smith. Airmail: Australia & SouLh Pacific $9.00 Asia & North America $10.00 ident South America, Europe & Africa in Australia. People who had never $11._5U heard of the game before were discussing Note: All enqui-ries regarding advertising or subscriptions should be sent it over breakfast the next day and Roth- CONTENTS to mans offered one- The Administration Officer, New Zealand Chess Association, P.0. Box 8802, $20,000 for a return Symmds Street, Auckland, day match shortly after. How powerful is Letters to the Editor Pg 34 controversy: So, keep those letters com- 0bituary - Peter K. Lamb Pg 35 I ng. Local news Pgs 35&36 Generally, my format for New Zealand Howick-Pakuranga Open Pg 37&38 Chess remain ACKN0WLEDGMENT: Thanks are due to IBM for their d.onarion of IBM Selecrric will the tried and true for- Who's For a [,Jry Grin? Pg 39 rhe mula adopted previous Typewriter used to produce this magazine. by editors - a mix Junior Chess Pg 40 of local and international news, puzzles The Biggest Chess CIub? Pg 40&41 and articles by leading players. One idea VernonSmaII-AProfile Pgs 42,43,44 I am keen te re-institute(starfting next 0verseas News Pgs 45,46,47 , issue) is a questions and answers section, 4B similar to the '!What's the Best Move" col- Combi nati ons Pg 49 umn in American Chess Lffe and Review Games Section Pgs 50,5 1,52 magazine. The idea is for readers to 53, 54 write in and pose questions to a panel of Book Reviews Pg 55 top players, concerned with either posit- "Brain-rot"and other forms Pg 56 ions from their own games(e.9. what should of the game. I have done or what do you think of this move?), positions from other games or from opening analysis where they may sug- LETTERS TO an affiliated club would eventually have a national rating; LOCAL NEWS Reid reports b/ that a greater number of tournaments lIBIIUABY- Upper Hutt: Anton would affect the national ratings(thjs The Upper Hutt Championship for 1980 was THE EDITOR won Alan Johnston and Jul- would perhaps remove the current anomaly by Chris Bell, points each the low- of some players playing too few games ian Mazur with six - Dear 5ir, PEIER I(. IAMB grade was and having Iudicrous ratings compared est winning score since the A Active" official discrimin- limited to the top 10 players in the club ation against female chess players by to their abilities). Two arguments against my proposals in 1973. (Perhaps the trend towatds lok, the New Zealand Chess Association cannot scores jn xhe national chmpionships is be ignored. would be: It is with a sense of great Ioss and Some players' sorrow that we record the death of Peter caxching on?a6q The NZCA applied for, and received, a 1/ ratings would reflect only Lamb on March 9, 1981. grant from the Ministry of Sport and their ability against other club Detailed scores - A. Johnston(losses to One of the most popular and respected Recreation to defray travelling expenses nembers. However, rnost clubs have some Bell and Fisher), C. Bell(losses to Mazur i.ncumed sending members who regularly participate in members of the Upper Hutt , and Hurley), J. Mazur(losses to Johnston in a i0 "man" team io Peter had been unwell the MaIta O1ympiad. outside events, so this would affect the for some tirn but and Hurley) 6 points out of 8, 1=; A. Hur- raLings his untimely death at the age of 43 came 0f this grant the five New Zealand- of internal events; 1ey 5%, 4; G. Fisher 4, 5; R. Ferguson 3, resident male 2y' The highest rated players of, a club as a severe shock to his many friends 6; G. Carter 2r", 7; A. Price and A. A11- team rembers each received stand and associates. $540 and the four New Zealand-resident to lose rating points, which sobrook 7'4, 8=. could For 13 years he was Secretary of the female team members received $270 each. affect their selection for nation- In the past inequftable distribution aI or international events. Upper Hutt Chess Club, and his yeoman The B grade was won by Simon Brown with service position morny of NZCA InitialIy the second point would be a to this and the 7rJ9, followed by Peter Reid and Andrew funds has been 'justified" by hours gave the assertion that, as +,he majority contentious issue, but as pointed out he free,ly to the club, es- Boughen on 6%, 14. Sims 6" l,l. Winter 5k'.. of pecially the New Zealand Congresses chess players are male, males shou'ld re- in a letter to the Ed.itor in NZ Chess with ceive the majority any funds available. December 1980, selections based solely of 1975/6 and 1979f80 when he was Assis- C grade - W. Mclean(8/g) 1, M. Sinclain of on tant Director of PIay and the Upper Hutt However, the funds in question did not natings may well not be equitable" (6h) 2, R. Weston, G. Cunningham, C. Web- My proposals, no 40/40 tournaments, were recognised by his originate from chess players only they if intnoduced with ber, M. Hewson, P. McMillan(6) 3=; W. - change methods, fellow club members at the 1980 Annual were funds provided by the New Zealand to the current selection Carroll (5k) 8".. tax payer. couid result in highly rated players General Meeting when he was elected a refusing to play in club events f,or fear Life Member of the Upper Hutt Chess Club. D grade - G. Walker(9/9i) l, J. Lewis, The Human Rights Commfssion was set up jeopar- Peter's to stop this type of blatant discrimin- of losing rating points and thus administrative qualities were G. Sims, P. Steeg, P. Bingham(5) 2=, R. ation. dising their chances of national or in- well-known and the Wellington Chess League Jewson, C. Jackson(4) 6= ... took advantage of them when he served them One wonders what they would make of ternational seiection. Thus up and coming players would lose as a cornmittee member. NZCA's act.ions . A game from the A grade: the chance of playing against New Zea- As a chess-player he was extremely diff- C. BelI - A. Johnston, French Oefence piayers. icult to defeat. He was Upper Hutt rB' Yours faithfully, Iand's-[he nnst capable 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 Qd7 5 Nf3 question chess grade champion in 1964 and club champion 1^1.R. Stretch. then is whether b6 6 Be2 Ba6 7 BdZ Bxe2 8 Nxe2 Bxd2+ 9 ptrayers play chess to gain rating point.E in 1970 and 1977. Peter $ras quiet axd rcd- Nc6 10 0-0 NgeT 11 Ng3 0-0-0 12 b4 Bal rnoral . 'lqor Qxd2 or the challenge the game presents? est but over a chess board and in life, he h6 13 a4 95 14 Nh5 NgB 15 94 RfB 16 a5 If players bel leve they have to con- - was a fighter. b5 17 c3 f5 18 gxfs Rxf5 19 Ne1 NbB 20 Lamb s.ider their ratings bef,ore entering a Peter Keith has left this life but Nd3 Qe7 21 a6 Nd7 22 QeZ c6 23 f4 Qh7 the memory of his cheerful countenance,and Dear S'i r', tournairenl I nespectfully suggest that 24 Ng3 Rf7 25 f5 Re7 f6 Rf7 27 Radl h5 chess his generous and helpful nature. Recentiylabout two gears ago- in this countr"v fs in a sor!y state 28.llf5 exf5 29 e6 Rxf6 30 exdT+ QxdT 31 of affairs. His natural friend'liness will never be Nc5 32 Qf3 g4 33 Qf4 Qd6 34 Qxd6 E.l.) the l\ew Zealand Chess Association forgotten those privileged Qe7 changed prerequisites The club to which I belong holds nat- by who were to Rxd6 35 Nb7 Rf6 36 Rdel Nh6 37 Re7 RhfB the for tournaments have known l.o be nationai)y rated. ionally ratecj tournanu6ts f,rom time to him. To his charming wife Jan 38 Rfel NgB 39 Rg7 f4 40 Nc5 R6f7? 47 t and daughters Debbie and JuIie, we extend The changes should" no doubt, ime. RxfT RxfT 42 ReB+ Kc7 43 RxgS Re7 44 Kfl r,,rork our very sincere sympathy. result jn nnre p'ia"yers havinq national The additional necessary for the Re3 45 Rg7+ Kd6?? 46 Rd7++ negi i gib {e. rai-ings. as at the nnment some piayens orEan.iseris But 'is a'pparenf. some players Co J.M. Hillock t€nd enter onI.y-Fast. i--irne it that Down in 0tago Tony Dowden reports that to control President, Upper C.C. !,tLrr"naments. n.]t enter 'uhese tour'naments as they dcn'i Hutt the Otago University Chess Club has been r{,rnt put ttrc-ir v'atings on the line i-.erh.1ps NICA sharilci gir;e consid*-T ation to resurrected after a year's recess. Irr sumrnary, the points I raise ane: champ- r-.r-i ;rji affjljaied clLlbs beinq required to I am sute a77 tllo.se who knew Peter wi77 Patron is several times national 5hu.r.ild club evenis Lr., nationallv t'ai*il? nat'iorral ly rate i:lie{ r tournaments whene ver ecID Mr Hilfock's sentiments. Peter was ion, Richard Sutton. Are che cur'!ent seIet;tion meth(]d\ i,,if'? annual l-eiisibXe, inctruijinq a1 1 yeanll,r inl-ernill one of the most pleasant, unassuming peopTe And at the 0tago Chess Club the Team vs Vice-President's Team ril!l-irarnent: s:uch as c1 uf: r;hampietnsiiips . I have met, one of.the rea-I gentlenen of President's -th:l '{crirs fai th fu.l 1y, muld ensur"e thr loiiowin-q; Xhe garne of chess. He is a sad Toss to the match was a resounding victory for the li Bririqes" Tony saysl) 1r:1tl'irit ai.l aci"i'.r: ErlaJers he'ionginq i-o "P. chess comnitg. Vice president(for once, Tu Atatt South"

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21 Nf3 22 Ra1 23 RaB+ Kg7 24 RxhB Local news cont... from pg f6 96 35 KxhB 25 Ke3 Nf4+ 26 Ke4,Nd6+ 27 Kd5 Nxc4 H[|WIGK- PAKURANfiA IIPEN Detailed results of the Otago C.C. Pres- 28 Kxc4 Kg7 ?9 Nd? Ne7 30 94 h5 31 h3 hg ident vs Vice-President match: 32 hs Kh6 33 Ne4 f5 34 9f Sf 35 Nd6 Kg5 36 Kd3 Kf4'37 Ke2 Nc6 38 Nc4 e4 39 Nd2 by Bob G ibbons Nd4+ 40 Nf3 41 Nxf3?? Kxf3 42 Ke1 KgZ President's team Vice-President's team Kfl t- 1_ 43 Ke2 f4 o-1 M. Foord Mia- J- sie\/ey The Howick-Pakuranga Round five - Sarapu had a lucky escape l- 1, T. Love -z T, Dowden '2 is now so much an entrenched part of the against Robert Smith when the latter, D. Weegenaar 0 G. Haase I chess scene that it is hard to believe who was the ahead, gave away CORRESPONDENCE CIIESS R.ESULTS: I. Dalziel C M. Freeman 1 that this is only the fifth time the event two rooks in a ti'me scramble. Small and A. Kwok 0 J. Gibb I has been held. Levene eventually drew after Leuene's ad- NZCCA IROPEY TOURNAMENT RESIILTS FROM R. Townsend 0 R. Gonin 1 This year's tournament, held on February vantage slipped away. And so 0rtvin was 1_ 1980/81 EVENTS: produced 'left E. Puddle :2 T. StiIes '2 15 and 16, another record entry in the sole lead. Brad Walsh played Nz championship: Smixh L TagTort Alp 7 Mrs B. Boyd 0 D. Cameron 1 with 70 players taking part. another fine game against Lazaroviclr. Cooper, L BrinbTe; sins L TagTor; Cooper A" Chang 1 K. Boyd 0 Much of the thanks for this must go to 7 Taglot, ,t- 6-\ 7 faTbot. the Papatoetoe Glass Company for their Round six The top three boards were all Reserve van oev- - clampionship:Gibbons * continued sponsorship, and to Peter Mc- drawn: Small-Sarapu, Green-Carpinter and eren. And to Wellington, where Tim Spiller re- Carthy and Tony Booth for the superb or- Spiller-Levene. Meanwhile Robert Smith, ports from the Civic CIub: Class 2: Jones I Bislop, I Scotx; Crib- ganisational work. Wayne Power and Grant Sidnam beat'their bet 7 coopet; Eaak f MitcheTT; MitcheTT The 1980 Civic CIub Championship was That there were no major incidents or opponents to come strongly into content- won jointly by T. SpiIler and D..Jiles 4 cribbett, , scott, 7 ; coopet 1 disputes is a tribute to the fine spirit ion with five points from six games. with 6 points from B rounds. M. Roberts, SeotxiBTbhoplT eooper, I Stringer; Ion * in which the games were played, and as who withdrew from the tournament after Mitche7L. Director of PIay I would iike to express Round seven Carpinter and Sarapu drew 7 Moon- - four rounds, had a great bearing ontthe CLass i red: Clarke L Veldhuizent my thanks to-aIl the participants. and Small was unable to beat Sidnam. I veTdhuizen, J outcome. He beat Spjller in round two but 7ight, * I'IiTcocki Post The fact that a jazz club had booked a Smith beat Power and Green beat Spiller. l- Dunwoodg; Mccormick the win was later cancelled because of WiTcock, f Langleg, nearby room for the morning of the first Mark Levene despatched Peter hleir to 7 Post; veldhuizen I Wilcock; Dunwoodg 7 Roberts' withdrawal I round caused some alarm, but there was jo i n the pri ze-wi nners . WiTcock; WiLcock 7 Bennetx; Bennett 7 scarcely any disturbance and the increased 7 veldhuizen. Detailed IangTeg, MoonLight 7 Bennett, throughout the rnorning was attrib- So once again Ortvin Sarapu carried off results - T. SpiIler(lossesto l- Moratti, f Nguyen and draws with Jiles and BIoore) cTass 3 bTue:Petetson utable rnore to the one-hour time limit first prize, this time assisted by Robert otBrien; Salter 7 Duff tlsMr I Duff t 7 and D. Jiles(loss to Hawkes and draws with ; than the rhythms filtering through the Smi th. Vernon Smal I Ewen Green, Mark Anderson, 7 Hawotth, Duff 7 Moratti; A7- , Spiller and Keith) 6/8, Adams and wal I s. Levene, Tony Carpinter and Grant Sidnam !=; J. 7en P. Hawkes(5, 3=; N. Nguyen 4%,5; D. Keith 7 Anderson. divided up what was left of the principal CTass green:SteeL L I'lcctath, L Lewis; 4, 6; Dowman R. Bloore 2L, Z. 3 Round one - There were none of the usual prize-money. Numerous grade prizes ensured I. 3, 7; B: Pickering 7 He,.enia, Shardy 0, 9. Mccrath 7 Pickering; upsets, although Darryl Brightwell gave that interest remained high among the rest f Lewis, * otConnor;Eeremia I stee7, 7 Peter l.Ieir an uncomfortably hard time, the 7 EattTegi llartTeg 7 Brim- of field. From Wanganui, Gordon Hoskyn writes: Mccraxh, Lewis BriribTeg I Eetemia, 7 The club championship for 1980 was shar- b7eg, 7 Heremia; Round two - The l.laipa Club were obviously ed by P. Vetheraniam and G. Hoskyn with ; 0'Connot 7 Mcctath. out for Peter's scalp, and this time Gra- Grade winners: L Fergusson, 7 4>J6 in a four-man double-round robin. Class 4 red:Brobn L Coxt eme Spain got itl Tony Booth caused a stir Meader; Sins 7 Meader, l- Cox. They were followed by D. Burnham 2% and by beating Ewen Green, while Donald Storey 1700 1900 grade K. Kinchant, R. Taylor, on ATexander, 7 An- to - D. CTass 4 bTue:Tutnbu77 f beat Aviv Lazarovich, a visitor from Is- M. Hopewell and C.P. Belton(517) 1=. Bell on %. 7 Rickittt 7 P. The B grade champion Hugh Jones with slegt sh*pl"s 1 AnsTeg, rael . 1500 to 1700 grade - B. Walsh and G. Ion is Tumeri 7 van der Hoorn; Bogden I AnsTeg, 17/ZZ(another double-round He was (4rJ7) 1=. robin). f van det Eoorn,U followed by D. shalav(16%), rahau(14%), 7 sharples, 7 TurnbuTl, Round three - Brad Walslr played a good 1300 to 1500 grade - K. Metge and M. Stew- s. P. 7 Bogden, I Rickitt; G. Redit(13%), G. McGowan(122), e. Young G.Turnert lurner game against Sarapu, but it was 0rtvin who art(4/7) 1=. Carreron 7 P. ?umer, 7 SharPles, l- IuillbuL7, (12) . notched up the point. Storey attempted to 11OO to 1300 grade - A. Baldwin(3,J7) l, .. 7 Tutnbull, 7 van The C grade was won by PauI Cooper with 7 ATexandet; G. Tutner un-nerve Small with lga(:). It didn't work. J. Shields, G. Spencer-Smith, J. Boyd, K. deL Eoorn, J- P. Tufieri A]exandet 7 P- Tur- l6r.JlB, followed by H. Nyssen(13%), t.l. Bos- Bartocci, G. Edmonds(3/7) 2--. ner; van der lIootn f Tuutbu77. Under grade D. Rawnsley and P. well(and R. Grant(10%), L. Nyssen(9), S. Bowler 7 Wifson, 1100 - Bridse(B%). Class S:Langdon L Frosti Round four - Tony Carpinter and Mark Lev- Bourke(3/7) 1=. .. I CauiselT; L Purvis, 7 Frosx, 7 Belchert ene put a temporary on each other by Under i6 years grade - M. Hopewell(5/7) l. Frost, 7 WiTsoni Trenn A game from the A grade: cTosseL f Trem, I drawing, to leave Sarapu, Small and Smith 7 Langdont caulweTT 7 c7osse7, I TakIDr, G. Hoskyn P. Vetheraniam, in the lead. John Fekete was now creditably FuII scores:0. Sarapu, R. Smith(6/7) i=; - 's 7 Parker, I WiTson;Frost 7 Belchex- 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dc 3 Nc3 c6 4 e4 b5 5 a4 a6 close to the leaders, having dropped only V. Small, E. Green, M. Levene, A. Carpinter, half a point. 6ab cb 7 Nxb5 ab B RxaS Bb7 9 Ral Bxe4 10 G. Sidnam(51,"/7) 3-7; t,l. Power, K. Kinchant, b3 e5 11 bc bc 12 Qa4+ Nc6 13 Ba3 Qxd4 14 BxfB Qc3+ 15 Kdl Bc2+ 16 Qxc2 Qxal+ 17 Qcl 37 Qd4+ 19 Qd2 Qxd2+ 19 Kxd2 KxfB 20 Bxc4 NgeT 36

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by Alan Fletcher Howick-Pakuranqa Ooen cont... D. FieId - P. l^leir, Sici'lian Defence \tfho's for a y Grin ? 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cd Nxd4 5 M. Hopewell, R. C.P.Belton(5/7) 4 96 You mllat have rroticsd tllat reading magazirres" Ttre doctor had it that chess 1ay1or, Nc3 Bg7 6 Be3 Nf5 7 Bc4 B f3 8-12; A. Lazarovich, D". P. Qa5 Qb4 publlsheii uiLes Lo chess games seldtn: .las ":invented in the Gardeo of Eden. It Notley, Spil- 9 Bb3 Nxe4 10 Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11 bc ler, Fekete, D. G. WaIsh Qxc3+ .leaves the reader convul-sed uitti laug,tr az:s a despai-rinE\ attempt on the part of J. Field, Ion, B. 12 Ke2 dc 13 fe Bg4+, 0-1 (4>J7) 13-19; P. Weir, S. Hart, A. Hay- ter:. This i.s no doubt as it should he. Higher ;lirlhoritl- to coDvince man of the dock, A. Booth, R. Roundill, D. Storey, On Lhe ottrer tran,I, ctress llas af. f imes slrict litriitations of his intellectual l,l. Power D. Storey, Sicil ian Defence J, Henderson, L Reid, S. Richardson, J. - been suspected of be:ing rather a grim p"o1?fi 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 ;lloo***-**'r**** ***** *********** Bojtor, M..Morrison, K. Metge, M. Stew- business and has thus benefiied from a Nc3 e6 6 Be2 Be7 7 Be3 0-0 B 0-0 a6 9 f4 art(4/7) 20-32; B. Jones, D. Shead, W. chuckle produced by an arnoraticn Nc6 10 Nxc6 bc 11 Bf3 Bb7 13 14 Stretch, D. Brightwell, R. Hampton, A. Qel Qc7 couched in other than usrral tr:rms. 15 Nd7 16Rd1 17 18 Nd5, Baldwin(3t2l7) 94 c5 95 f5 ef ef Reading liurrray Chandlerrs coliunn in a 33- 38; G. Spain, M. Howdrd, 1-0 R. Baumgartner, P. Spencer-Smith, T. Cos- recent risfener recalled the sul,je(:t" 0l{!r{lfl.r-t BEATS CAt"lBRI DGE 7<*>k*:!:! * *:k:t* ** *;t:k:!:!*** **;t *:k:t tello, B. Stewart, J. Borovsk'is, C. Dow- The annotaLor lemtrrkecl that if h'hite ler, J. Shields, G. Spencer-Smith, J, Boyd, play+d so-ancl-so, "a,,> insurance ('orpanv Oxfor"d Urriversity beat Cambridge for Coming events: would rover the on h-5," B.einfelc1rs Lhe {'irst L.irne since 1969 in their annuatr "Threaten:irtg io uin i:he queeri irr broad mal.ch lield aL the Royal Autonrobile Club(?l) Tournament' June 27 - Upper Hutt 40-40 daylight" is anottrcr from the Beneral in Loqdon. A five-round swiss in three grades. quip departDent. []xforrl won 6-2, fie1ding one of the Entry fee $10 for'the A and B grades,$9 Players inclj-ried i:o prolong the agony stronqest teams in the 10f3-year history for the C grade. Entry forms from C. Car- when losing inspire such llnes as of ihe m;r tch. son, 1 Riverlea Ulay, Totara Park, Upper "Re-signs was also playabJe," or t'."". Al.l snven 0xfor-C men had grades over Hutt. was stroDger," or 'r..". nust have ?00. the i eco,.:n i sed i evel for Bri ti sh crossed Blsckrs nind" and othe,Yt varia- nat-icnai experts, and four had norms to- Some of the more interesting/entertaining North vs South IsIand Match. lJards games from the tournament: Island iions. [ir+ iiriernational l,laster tit]e. This, the first such match' will be For a macabre tauch try "The lasr meaL played in Upper Hutt after the 40:40 tief ore the executiontr wtere, th B, Walsh - A. Lazarovich, Queen's Gambit '*i Lle'Lailed ;'tsults(0xford nalrcs first) : touinament on Sunday rorning, 28/6/81. unavoidable mate coming. h-xE js uselr:ss- 1.d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4cd cd 5 Nc3 play- Ll" Gondman 1l,l . Pagden 0; W. lllatson 1 Teams will be selected from those pJayed- llimilarly, 'rA df irrg man nay Nc6 6 Bf4 a6 7 e3 Bg4 8 h3 Bh5 9 94 896 ers present. -Ly P . icr,lrrsend il i T " Upton L, R. Hcl rnes 1-.; 10 Ne5 e6 11 Rcl Rc8 12 h4 h5 13 Nxg6 fg eaf anythiflB"rl I)" fr^rnrmings fl" Frostick %; D. lvlacPher- Bob Iiadcvs P-q4? I 14 Bd3 Kf7 15 95 NfdT 16 Qf3 Qe8 17 Nxd5 "1 A nilstaliel , ".." scrr 1 i. Frisdland 0; J" Branford I P" North IsIand ChamPionshiP. cafle as ;-: novel experi:nce 1948 ed 18 in or i-ay I C i\i r:; 14 . Qxd5+ Qe6 19 Bxg6+ Ke7 20 Qxe6+ being hosted bY the New PIY- r:i' ; . l]avey % K. Harri s Kxe6 21 d5+ This is thereabouis. White w;rs the l;rLe Ton l,ep 1.i li. 6x65 228f7+ Ke4 23 f3+ Kxf3 from l4aY 78 to 2?. Iaq1e i. I]roilnson 24 Bds+ mouth Chess Club (?on Lepviiknan - ECitor) an,l tiade Kg4 25 Be4 Nde5 26 Kfz Nf3 27 Enquiries to Kevin HulI,50 Bayly Rd' Rcgl+ Nigl 28 Rxgl+ Kxh4 29 Bf5 1-0 thought I N-f.83, i,epls rrsual operring And a couple of q'anres from the match: , New Plymouth. sysler, should have been kepi tc. Lep J.irt. Branfnrd F'" Taylor, Bi shop's V. Small Sarapu, somewhat surpri-singiy lost ttiie game so 0pen i ng - 0. Auckland Easter Tournament. 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 Nxd4 liade ma1' have had a p.jiot. eli ilc4 [if6 3 d3 Be7 4 Nf3 d6 5 3 Nc3 d6 4 d4 cd 5 This is being run by the Auckland Chess jn \ t4 I Nf6 6 Bc4 Bd7 .\ game heading l-ike "Deaih the Pr,m Nbr"12 a.4 Nbd,i .r 0-0 h6 B Rel NfB 7 0-0 96 B Nc6 Bc6 9 Nd5 Centre. Enquiiies to Nigel Metge 278-9087 cf 6 Bg7 Bg5 Avalanche" speaks ior itselt" The 316 .ii-r d4 Bxc4 12 Nxc4 10 0-0 11 Rel e6 12 Nxf6 Bxf6 or phone the Centre at 602-042. I c3 Qci li Qb3 13 Bh6 Bxb2 14 BxfB 16 appearance of a Laivian Gailbitr in sn Ng6 1,3 Ne l 14 Nfs Nh7 15 0c4 Ng5 15 Bxal 15 Bxd6 Bc3 (};rb 0"ll Re3 Be5 17 Rd3 Bxd6 Aflckland Chess game in the early iixq5 txgfi:17 B:{q5 hxq5 1B g3 Ne7 19 t'le3 18 Rxd6 Qa5 19 f3 0tago Easter Tournament. 20 Rxd4 fifties came soon afier the se-rrsaticirial ii"ad8 l'l a5 t)Ji? 21 de de 2? b6 23 Qc5t Qd4 Qxd4 21 Kf8 22 Kf2 e5 The 0tago Chess CIub is ho'ldinE an easter Qc5 23 RdZ disccvery in Fj-ordiaud of Lhe srrpplsetlll ab RhS ?5 Rb5 26 c5 Ke7 24 Ke3 Rc8 25 Bb3 f6 26 h4, tournament from April 17 to April 20. ah llri Qr.b6 Qc5 Qa3 l- t- extirct notorlis and these ideas ue,re ilcA Qe6 1o4 29 Radl R5b7 30 Entry fee six rounds. Enquiries to 2)' ,t RfbB $8, linked ur,tler the headilg "A Ra.re Bird " R1Jfr .itr ilfrll lih6 32 Rd8+ RxdB 33 Rxci8+ The lournament Secretary, 0tago Chess Qh3 M. Levene - A. Carpinter, The most dignl.f ied aofi[iai:i(rn I c-an Kn/ 3/i i){:8 ilq4 35 {3 Qh:i 36 Qg8+ Kh6 37 CIub,7 Maitland St" Dunedin. g.,.rc" 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 96 4 f4 Bg7 5 Nf3 reca1l is from a Nimzovitsrh i.lnBr lixirit lii il:iii3+ 1-0 0-0 6 e5 de de B Nh5 Bc4 againsl Bogoir-jubow I f ancy, credi i:ed Lo 7 Qxdl+ Kxdl 9 New Zealand Junior- ehampionship. Nc6 Be3 a French r-:tress editiorL I still Co nat l,j. l,,latsorr 14. Iownsend, lt{odern Defence 10 Bg4 11 Ke2 Na5 12 Bd5 c6 13 Hosted bybv the Howick-PakuranqaHowick-Pakuranga Chess - Bb3 Nxb3 14 ab Bxc3 l..now: "Black!s fast move i-s a mlstake, e4 q6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 d6 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 f6 15 ef Bxf6 16 93 CIubilub at the Howick CommunityCommunitY Centre from I but the mo.rers by whlch it wi1r i;e shcr,rL Bq5 Bq4 7 Bxf3 8 Nc6 17 bc e5 18 Ra4 ef 79 9f ?0 Rf5 RgI, !-! 17 20. Restricted to those under 0-0 6 Qd? Qf4 Qxf3 April to to be a misEake are cile of ttre rost gxf6 12 Nd5 fee $10. I 0--0 0 QeB? l0 h4 h5 il Bxf6 2b on September 1, 1981' Entry beautif u1 Doilunerts lo cr'ies-q geri ns ever R. Roundill - R. trl. Smith, Nimzowitsch/ gains the right to play in f5 Larsen The winner giwen us to admire.. " Attack the World Junior Championship. Enquiries 1 b3 c5 2 Nc6 a3 Iina11-rr, n}' favorrrite "r:;

I THE BIGGEST UNIOR CHESS "The Bigqest Chess Club?r' 19 0-0 Nf5 20 Rf2 Rxf2 21 Kxf2 Nxg3 continued from page 40 22 hxg3 a6 23 Be3 RhB 24 Rcl L-r'z - By Nigel Metge CHESS CI..,UB? - By Peter Corbett J. Penrose - K. Krants, Bth 0lympiad Final. At present the New Zealand Chess As- 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cd 4 Nxd4 Nc6 5 Nc3 sociation does not have a National Coach, Cambridge continued At the 1979 Congress of the Internat- Nf6 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bf4 e5 B Bg5 a6 9 Na3 Be6 0xford - nratch, nor any funds for private coaching of ional Federation in from page juniors. l0 Nc4 Rc8 11 Bxf6 gf 12 Ne3 Ne7 13 Bd3 l!: Jarvenpaa, Finland, President Hans-Werner 14 0-0 15 Ncd5 Bxd5 16 ed 17 But NZCA does however operate the Menit Qb6 Qxb2 Qd4 Von Massow proudly boasted that the ICCF Rc7 18 19 e4 20 Bxa6i 17 Bc4 d5 18 Bxd5 Nxd5 19 Rh8+ Award Scheme. Rbll Qf3 Qf4 Qe2l was "the world's biggest chess club". ba 21 Rb8+ NcB 22 Qxa6 KdB 23 Rfbl Qes 24 This consists of three booklets - NxaS d5 16 This claim is easy to substantiate when Kd8 27 Rb7 13 NxcT fxe4 14 Qe3 Qe7 15 bronze, and gold with associated RxcS RxcB 25 Qa5+ Ke8 26 Qa4+ silver - you look at the ICCF's activities. 1-0 g4 hxg4 17 h5 RxaS 18 hxg6 fxg6 badges and certificates. The ICCF conducts, apart from the in-- The booklets contain a graduated series al though whi te should dividuai and worpn's l,Ior'ld Championship G. Nesis - [,1. Stempka, Baltic Cities Team Better is 18... f5, of chess problems and can serve as the tournarents, four separate classes of still win "heart" of a club coaching programme. Championship. cornpetition:Master., Higher, First and 1 d4 Nf6 ? c4 e6 3 Nf3 Bb4+ 4 Nbdz 0-0 In Auckland, at least three clubs are b5 21 Bxb5 Na5 22 Rhgl Second classes. Entry to the first two 5 e3 b6 6 Bd3 Bb7 7 0-0 c5 B a3 Bxd2 9 19 Be2 Qe6 20 c3 using the Merit Award Scheme in this way. played is unrestricted. Tournamnts are bxc5 11 b4 NbdT 12 cxd5 Rb8 23 Be2 Qb6 24 Rdz 1-0 Each week the solutions and underlying Bxd2 d5 10 dxc5 as either 7 or 15 player round-robins, exd5 13 bxc5 Nxc5 14 Bb4 Rc8 15 Bf5 NfdT principles of a problem are discussed and beginning soon as enough entries are Blackrs counterplay has been stopped and as 16 Qd4 Nb3 U QxaT Qc7 18 Qa4 Nxal 19 in subsequent weeks juniors are taken a- received. ICCF starts approximately 12 white is ahead on nnterial and position. side for individual testing and further BxfB Rxf8 20 QxdT QxdT 21 BxdT NcZ 22 a4 to ?4 tournaments each rnonthl Rd8 23 Rcll Rxdl 24 Rxc2 f6 25 Nd4 Kf7 coachi ng . team 0n top of this there are the events, 27 Rc6 Bd3 28 a5 Ra7 29 Rc5 Rd7 Each junior is encouraged to buy his qualification 26 f4 Ba6 with entry strictly by 30 Kf2 Ke7 31 32 Ke1 Rd6 33 Kd2 Bc4 own booklet. To cover costs, NZCA charges groups. 94 96 th.rough prel imi nary 34 e4 Ba6 35 Nc6+ KeB 36 exd5 1-0 "Brain-rot and 0ther Forms of the Game" affiliated clubs 50c a booklet. At the tinre of writing there are 462 A club can either pass this charge onto separate ICCF tournannnts in various stages A. Berger - B. Nisman, Master Class its juniors or pay the cost itself. playi There also two ICCF subsid- passed of are 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Qd3 c6 4 Bf4 Bg4 5 When a piece is captured it's The appropriate badge and certificate iary organisations not included in the your partner who then place Ne5 Bh5 6 Qh3 Rg8 7 94 896 I Nxg6 hxg6 to can it can be obtained, on completion of each above Eunopean Correspondence board. figures: the 9 Nd2 NbdT 10 Bg2 Qb6 11 0-0-0 Qd4 12 e4 on any rrnve anywhere on his booklet, for ${.00 from NZCA. Chess and the Central and South- good player wary Federation e5 13 Nb3 QxfZ 14 Rhfl qb5 15 95 Nh5 16 The transfer keeps a I consider these charges npderate and ern Ancrican Correspondence Chess Federation, eye on developrnents on his partner's have personally found Iittle resistance exd5 exf4 17 Rfel+ Kd8 18 QxdT+l i KxdT which also operate on a similar scale. 19 dxc6+ 1-0 bcard as weII as his own so that he knows to them by schoolpupils I've coached. National federations also conduct inter- when a piece is needed and makes every So far the scheme has run at a 1oss, national tournaments which must be Iicensed playing a effort to get it - even at the cost of but pushed at the club level it could New Zea1and is at the monent if by ICCF for title norms to count. Several profusion of international matches against jeopardising his own game. proviCe an important source of incore to international tournarents have collapsed The alternative method - in wide prac- the East Germany, Finland and France. be used, in the first instance, for at the half-way stage when competitors have have us badly in tice - is to scream at your partner "Get pronntion junior chess. Apathy seems to struck of found out that the organisers d'id not ap- the match against Finland, with the score rne a , get me a " etc. proach ICCF to set norms. favour the Finns, all defaults Transfer is definitely best played at Ivew intend to of 9-0 in of In zealand chess r Pub- In the over-the-board chess wor'ld, FIDE I'm afraid. lightning speed. 7ish, from tinre to xire, the naxes of would do well to take a leaf out of ICCF's ihen there's off the board", juniors the merit The match against France is healthier' "first wlp Inve tton "gold" book with the new rules concerning inter- the scoie at and a few quick where pieces must capture if they can award(which mang aduTts night find diff- witht l-all national titles. Mainly that after 10 wins soon to come according to a survey and the aim is" to'force your opponent to icuTt'. . years sha11 ncylindrical" ) any international title lapse of several top boards. take all your pieces; chess The folloving are the fitsx wimers: unless during that peniod the player hold- where the board has no perimeters, so that ing the title at least once equals the have Jason Ripley(11) I tave since received urcrd xhat we Trevor Hough(aged l1) minimum qualification for his title' in the match vs GrahamHughes(12) at Teast lraTf a Point DavidMcDonald(13) Just starting is a giant international Finland'. B. Barnatd on board 77 salvaged Jerome Pabbruwe(12) John l4altby(14) knock-out tournament, 'I{orId Cup IV'.The positive scote with the follow- Bryce David Brunton(14) disa- the fitst Davis(12) entries for this one are slightly lng game- ppoi nti ng - only 36821 tr{or'l d Cup I I I had The above-named are all from the Howick- 4174 playing. B. Barnard - H. Sabel, Pakuranga Club in Auckland; the Editor a 1 d4 e6 2 e4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 5 a3 nnved around the board two squares at would be pleased to hear of any other gares in ICCF correspond with A selection of PlaYed Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 Ne7 7 Qg4 cxd4 8 QxgT Rg8 time and pieces moved to gold merit winners. 1980: participants events from 1979 to 9 10 Ne2 Nc6 11 f4 Bd7 12 Qd3 the coin. Neither of the QxhT Qc7 in the dxc3 13 Ng3 Qb6 14 Qxc3 M4 15 Bd3 Rc8 played up to thei'r usual standard Continuecl on 44 40 16 Qb4 Nxc2+ 17 Bxc2 Qxb4 18 axb4 Rxc2 41 Page 19 0-0 Nf5 20 Rf? Rxf? 2l Kxf? l " cont.. . "I realised after that that there was c still a lot I didn't know about game," He the JLX,.I .inZealand he says. VERNffiffi at three 0lympiads. At Haifa 1976 he And memorable S a disaster was a loss hy the achieved arguably the best result ever three years ago to an average player in IIA by a New Zealander at an Olympiad - the first round of the Winstones Tourn- Pffi,ffim.'rtrc 7/9 on board three, which wis third out ament, editor of all the board threes. "It was a morning round and I never real- Sihce then Vernon has perf,orrned dis- Iy got into the game," he says. " Since New Tealand's newest nationai masler ui n ganes hut I rart Lle ri sk of los'i ng appointingly at the Buenos Aires and then I've vowed to avoid nnrning rounds is another "intport" ro this coutitrr-" qiri te a few as wetr 1 . " MaIta 0lympiads(around 40%). whenever possi bI e; I 'm just not i nterest- But we could well have an internationai Vernon delidrd Lhat Io5inE "wasn't ilice" He can't explain his poor form at these ed until 10 or 11 o'clock." argument with Britain over who shou"lrl clet and gladual'ly ciranged liis style to r$ore 0lympiads, but he does admit they were Vernon has strong views on the New Zea- the Elory for the discover-y oi his i,aletts. nosi';ional pIay, a Iet-down after the superb orgahisation, land chess scene as a whole. Vernon SmalI'picked up'the gaine oi' cliess l'lowadays he p1a.ys that st"yle sc effort- accomodation and food of Haifa. He believes we are on the verge of at the age of six fronr wat.ching oi.her"s 1ess1y thal one i: surprised Lo learn he Later this year Vernon hopes play emerging play, . to from a weak to a stronE chess- but at that early staqe didri,t havry was noL borrr piayinE posi Lionallyi in the Asian Teams Chess Championship" playing country and that rere must bd some of the rules quite riltht arrd uiayed "There's a ru[Bur gci ng arouilri i;ha'u if and the Zonal tournament if he's selected, done to encourage up and coming players, the game much like draughtr. -vou're piaying Sma'[i and he has the pos- and then it's on to Europe to try his particularly those just below the top It wasn't until [hree years later when sf tril ity of a darrgero,rs sacri [ice, cion't luck as a professional chess player. I evel . ,*ere he and his fainily on a brrat io Neyl worry about" it if there's ancther iine "Murray(Chandler) has shown the way,,, "We need more rated tournaments so that Zealand that he learnt cness proper')y. euailable rhat keeps the pressure on he says. "He was brave enough to try and no individual tournament carries the 50 Bri tain-ilnd New Zealanii cn;ill ri wl: i i .!r"i theLlt, a sat:rif ice. he succeeded. "I give myself a chance weight the New Zealand Championship does be divided rrver the c-edit far Ver.non's "i suppose that's a fair assessntent of because I feel I play the right sort of at present; so that people get to play early chess tuition; af[er al tr he was nty piay these days," Vernon says,. "Aut chess to succeed at international 1eve1, 10 games against each other in a year in- half-way between the twol that doesn't rnean I wonrt go into a sac- if not in weekenders." stead of two or three." But for the developrnent of [r'is i-air:lls rrfice ii l-hat's the way to get a clear Veynon plans to allow himself two years Vernon also believes either substant- upon I'lew Zealaird arrival in tlie creciit advantage " " to win an International Master titIe, iaI sponsorship or governnrent assistance must go to Canterbury" Vernon's tacLicai flair has surf,aced and then another three years to get a is necessary - although he has no magic Vernon's first formal coaching was ii-liiit on rnany occasions; curiously, it was in Grandmaster title. formu{:a for how,to'get either. One ans- Aani Nijman, one of the s[alwarts of Lhe vefly tactii:al ]ines that he scoreC tiins "If all goes well, I could be a Grand- wer could be to raise the status of chess Can terbury Chess C i ub " against tl'ro Erandmasters - Torre and master by the time I'm 32 or 33. That,s in New Zealand to the level .its reached Although fairly keen ai: [irs::, Verni:r':, Mestel . fafr'try late, but then again a chess play- in some other countries. early res ul ts wel^e not e nco,.lrdqi n,J. If you ean criticise a player" who ilas er's peak isn't until about 36.,, Ultimately Vernon advocates profess- lle f.inished in the middle sf the f,ield won alrnost ever:y' tournament in this coun- If he faiIs, Vernon always has another ional chess in this eountry, but he sees i n hi s fi rst Canterbury Schoo I pupi i s ' iry, Vernr:n has one snrail(l?) tveakness. st.ring to his bow; he hopes to finish a that step as a long way off, if it ever Championship and aftet' 18 irionths c.,;orching iie admi ts thai. r^rhen he reaches pos j 1.ions PhD in EngIiSh Iiterature by JuIy or Aug- comes. Meanwhile, players who want to gave up the garne untii tire fcuy'th f*rm- ile knuws are to his advantage, he some- ust. Currently he regards the doctorate make their way in chess will just have when his interest vras rekiriri.ied btr r[re t,irnes relaxes ane! cnly fights eqain l*hen as a hobby rather than a career, but he to travel overseas, as they do in many school chess club. he's'l et the ail',,antaEe siip. hasn't ruled out the possibility of lec- other sports. Fronr now on inrprovemerit ',,,ds l';1,, l Tl'rat.' : r*hat happeneei in the Borri:'"ighs turing in English Iiterature at University. Our current selection procedures take In the fifth and sixth forrns hr: pialred $randlinster"s To,;rnanent three r'ears ago; Vernon's other interests include watch- a hammering from Vernon. board one for hi s school i n Lhe i i'iten- a1 t.hough Vernon finislied a creditahle ing almost any sport and riding a Suzuki He strongly opposes the present systerl schools' competition, sccning 1*01i b,rr.it fifih in a field that included two Grand- 750 motorbike he bought from another of selection by the NZCA council. years, and although he didn't.Jo \ier-r' trasters and International Mdsters, strong chess player a panel .i several - Tony Carpinter - "I believe the selection should wel I n the Canterbury Schoo I pup.i'i s ' he feels he let sever"al winninq positions few years ago. Tony swapped to a Honda include a number of strong players," he Championship in the fifth iorm, he rlrorr rir-if t into draws. Civic but Vernon says there's no compar- says. "At the nnment selection is done the tournarnent the fo ll owi ng ir!,o jre.ri-5 - "As an antidote I'rn trying tc expand my 1 SOn. by the 'rumpr of NZCA - those councillors At the age oi 17 he also liad iris Firsi upening range dnd becr:me more flexjble," Like all chess players Vernon has who rvho SmaIl are left '[ineafter taking out any win in an 'outside' tournameirt - the B he says" "Fcr n whiIe I was too iestrict- had his share of mennrable victories and could be in for selection. "And grade of the South Lsland Charnpionslr.iss. ed in my lrlay aild as a resliIt I was losirig equally mennrable disastens. this group, not through any intentional But a1'chough he was achieving geod i-i- inl-erest irr strme of ihe positiotis." Two games he particularly remembers were fault, often make the wrong decisions." sul ts agatrr:l pldyers of his .-iw,r cr.Irl dlri In New Zeaiarid ;hess Vernon has golle about played in England four,years ago. Vernon suggests selection should be even sorne mone experience,-l playei ;, Ver^nun rbotrl as far as ire cer:: he's won Ehe nat- He drew with Grandmaster John Nunn after taken out of the hands of NZCA council wasn't too happy with his early stytre, ional tiiie i.#ice, raptitl'ed the North and finding an improvement on a book line, and and responsibility given to a panel of which he descrihes as "tactir:al opp0r'trrn- Stutk i:iand ehan4ir:nships; and has a far- he lost to top English player Dave Rumens five made up as follows: ism" " nidable iecard ilt fast tournaxients such from an equal position when Rumens had the President of NZCA or a councillor " i never rea'[ 1y l'e It i n cuiltro'l of rrian],,/ as the lJpper Hrtt 40-40 and lhs irJ.instones' one and a half minutes left for quite a chosen by the President, two represent- of th" oositicns," he says. ": us*ci tc few npves compared to Vernon's 35 minutesl atives elected at the association's

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/ lnlr Nc2 28 Rfcl Nxe3 29 c5 f5 30 Nb5 Ra2 "Vernon SmaIl - A Profile" cont... lii 20 a3 Ba8 21 axb4 Qb5 22 RxaT Bxd5 23 Overseas News 31 Rel f4 32 c6 Bf5 33 Rbct Rd2 34 26 r*: Re2 Rd3 35 c7 e4 36 Bxe4 Bxe4 37 cEQ Bxd5 Qxd5 24 Rdl Qe6 25 R7xd7 Rxc4 *, 29 & HoMEN' S CANDIDATES SEI'II:Ill'lAL!_ l.9tq RxcS 38 Rxc8+ Kf7 39 Nc3 Bxg2 40 annual general meeting(both of whom Rd8+ RxdS 27 Rxd8+ Bf8 28 Bh6 Rc8 irl H, Rc7* Ke6 41 Pse3+ (S) fxe3 42 Ldraw the two 2-game play-offs 3d3 Bc5 14 c3 RdeS+ 15 Kfl RxeI+ 16 The selection panel would be elected Bg7 13 Nd2 0-0 14 Bd3 Be6 15 Qh5 h6 16 whlch she proceeded to do' Aleksaodria Ikel Ng4 17 Bf4 f.6 18 Rdl Ne5 19 annually and be responsib'le for choosing Ne3 Qd7 17 0-0 Ne7 18 Khl d5 19 exd5 came back into form at the end and won Be2 Bxd4 20 Bgd4 Be6 2I t3 h6 22Kf2 the New Zealand representatives for 01ym- Nxd5 20 Nxd5 Bxd5 21 f4 RfeB 22 Rael b3 her first "mlni match" 2 - 0. Rd8 23 Rdl Kd7 24 Rel Nc4 25 h4 a6 piads, Zonals, the WorId Junior, both 23 fxe5 Rxe5 24 Rxe5 fxe5 25 Ne4 bxc2 The scores: 26 Bg5 Rc8 27 94 F.c6 28 Re2 b5 29 h5 championship fields and any other inter- 26 Bxc2 Qc6 27 Qf5 RadB 28 h3 Qe6 29 il a5 30 Bd3 Rb6 31 b3 Nd6 32 Rc2 Nf7 national tournaments. Qf2 RbB 30 b3 Rb4 3l Qe3 Qc6 32 Qf2 Bxe4 IoSELIANI %o4r4looLl'22'2'2 7 33 Be2 Ne5 34 Rd2 Kc5 35 Kg3 Rb7 36 33 QxfT+ Kh8 34 Bxe4 Qxe4 35 Qe8+ Kh7 Be3 Nf7 37 Bd4 RbB 38 Bfl Kc7 39 Kf4 I GAPRTNDASHVTLT 414\r2o lr 00h\44 7 36 Qe6 Qs6 37 Qd5 Rd4 38 Qb7 e4 39 Rel -Nd8 40 Bd3 Bd7 41 Kg3 Ne6 (S) 42 Be3 t'Nz Chess" wouTd welcorre coments on Qe6 40 Kgl e3 41 Qf3 Rb4 42 Rbl e2 43 a4 43 Bc2 axb3 44 axb3 Kd6 45 Be4 Vernont s ideas on seLection. P-Iease send Rel Rxb3 44 Qxe2 Qxe2 45 Rxe2 Rb4 and ALEKSANDRIA L12L>200 0rzzl 7 L 7 Bc6 46 Bfz RaB 47 c4 bxc4 48 bxc4 d4 gour views to the Editor ax the addtess black won easily. Bxf6+ 51 Be7+ LITINSKAYA O\0\Ll lrzr.0 00 5 49 Bxd4 Bxe4 50 Kc5 given on the inside front covet. Kxc4 52 fxe4 Bia7 53 Bd6 Ng5 54 Kf4 The declsive tenth game won by Iose- Rf7+ 55 Ke3 Rt}- 56 Ke2 Rf7 57 Be5 To complete the profile on Vernon Small 59 BaI Nh2 60 Kd3 V.A. Small - B. Anderson' liani: Nf3 58 Rc2+ Kb5 was hoping to give several of Vernon's RA2 62 Kd4 Rf4 I NZ ChampionshiP 1980/81 GAPflINDASHVILI I0SELIANI, Symetrical Nxe4 61 Rf3+ most memorable annotated games. But as - English: r d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 e5 4 63 Kd5?? Ne3+ these had not arrived by publication date 2 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 cxd4 5 Nxd4 6 Ne3 Bb4 7 Qd3 that be delayed until the next issue. I e4 e5 Nf3 93 Qa5+ 64Ke5,0:1. will Be7 6 Bxc6 dxc6 7 d3 Nd7 B Nbd2 Ne4 8 Nb3 9 Qe3 Nxe3 10 bxc3 Be7 Meanwhile, couple Vernon's ganes 5 0-0 Qf5 horrible a of 10 Nh4 1l Nf3 c5 12 a4 11 Bg2 12 0-0 0-0 13 Ba3 Nd7 L4 This give idea 0-0 9 Nc4 f6 95 d6 was the chosen at random to readers an 15 Rel Be6 15 Bxd6 Bxd5 16 L7 of his style: NbB 13 Be3 Nc6 14 Nfd2 95 Qd3 Qh5 Qxd5 Qxe2 beginning of the c5 Ne5 18 Nd4 Qh5 19 Rfel Nc4 20 Qc7 e5 21 Nb3 a5 22 Bd5 Be6 23 Radl a4 end for the West German, Korchnoi. Defence 2/r Ncl RadS 25 Bf3 Rxdl 26 BxdI Qg5 V.A. Small - P. Darakorn, Pirc thus tied the 1977 27 Bf.3 28 RdI 29 Nd2 30 Asian Teams' Championship Qd2 Qxc3 QxbT scores and went on Be2 h6 31 Bd5 32 Qd6 Nf3+ 33 Bxf3 Qe7 to wln game eigirt as wel1" flnfortunatF 1 e4 d6 2 d4 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 Be3 Nf6 5 f3 Bxf3 34 Qd3 Qxd3 35 Rxd3 e4 35 Rd4 96 ly we do nol have the score! llowever, e5 d5 c6 8 dxc6 bxc6 9 Rd1 't Rc8 37 Rxa4 Rd8, 0 : 1' 0-0 6 Qdz 7 are the adjotrrted positions of the Ne8 10 Bc4 Nd7 11 Bb3 hG 12 h4 Kh7 13 h5 { here tuo flrral ganes: 95 14 94 a5 15 Nge2 Qc7 16 Na4 RbB 17 NS3 *** Rg8 Be6 20 Nd7 21 Ndf6 18 c4 19 0-0 Qf2 MEN'S CANDIDATES FINAL: Rd3'Bfg 22 Rc1 Nef6 23 Qc2 Kh8 24 Qd2 Rb4 51 b4 cxb4 52 Raxb4 Qd7 53 Rxc6 Rxc6 I 25 Qel Rb7 26 Nc3 Qb8 27 Na4 Qc7 28 c5 d5 54 Rc4 Qc7 55 Rxc6 1-0 As reported in the tr'ebruary issue the 29 exd5 Bxd5 30 Bxd5 Nxd5 31 Rxd5 cxd5 32 final of the Menrs Candidates was again c6 Rb4 33 cxdT QxdT 34 Ncs Qb5 35 a4 QeB won by Vlktor Korchnoi, trliibner withdraw- NfS the ninth and tenth 36 Nd3 Rb3 37 Qdl Qxa4 38 Nxe5 Rg7 39 "Brain-rot and 0ther Forms of the ing after ddJourning Bd4 Kh7 41 Rc6 Rxb? 4? Bxb2 games. Ihe flrst flve games were glven Qb4 40 Qxb2 Game" 43 Nd3 44 RsB 45 Ks2 Bg7 46 Ne7 in the last 1ssue. Hele are the rest: Qb8 Qc2 from Page 41 Bd4 47 NxgB 48 RcB 1-0 QxgS -Continued K0RCHNOI - HUBNER (6), Queen's Gambit: tournament 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 d5 4 Nc3 Be7 SmaIl R. Nokes, King's Indian ProPeri (e) 46 (10) V, A. - When one stbps:to think the number of 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3 c5 7 dxc5.Bxc5 8 Qc2 After Re4 1'lle1-11-q"h: NZ Championship 1978/9 adaptations(or ibberations?). that have Nc6 9 Rdl Qa5 10 a3 Be7 11 Nd2 e5 IZ ILr garle nlne t1,e most likely result devbloped from the game of chess are Bg5 d4 13 Nb3 QdB 14 Re2 a5 15 Bxf5 was a dra'l but Korchnoi (White) ha

I vowed to gj-ve up chess comf,rlately in just Llne of a growing number of young & frauailov (BUL) gtr; second Ulf iI} i:he lasi round favour of his cafeer as a papyrologist. 3-4 Arnason f-zCEl -dndersson Soviet olayers to finally take the 5 Andrianov 91<; 6 Critan (vUG) ta gaio a share of firsi: prize, Timan There must fherefore he sone doubt as to place {USIRI of the aging siars. From Krasnoy- Trii 7-12 Douven tNU, Corral iSPl, l'lot- had stari:ed baCly wtren" after beatj-ng whether he takes his place as a quali- arsk, ?sakhis has tra-ined at Botvimids vanj f-salo, , I-apan (-rsRi & d'Amore IIT.) 7 r\doria:r, he- Lost to Sve.shnikol and then fier in the next Cand.idate series. B1ack Sea sumnLer school together wj_th " ", , 30 player:s" saw Ariorian withdre-w. Ihe lack of fight *** others such as Kasparov, Jusupov and The Brilliarrcy I':r:|ze was avarrded Lo dlsplayetl by mty of tris rlvals (even Dolmatov. the winner cf Ehe following game: Sosonkc ontry won four games!), hcwever, w0RLp CH4IPr0NSHrP 1981: psakhis Scores: I-2 Beljavsky & 10!/ iiflowed h1m to cotrre hack strotgly. 5TR?-LLICKI AllTLltttS, Sicilian Dragon: 0n 15 February I'IDE President Olafs- 17; 3-5 Jusupov, Eatrashov & Romnishin - Erowne held thjrd place uiliil he iost 10; 6-9 I e/+ c5 2 Nf3 l'k:6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 son officially opened the bids recejwed Kupreichik, Tseshkovsky, Do1- to Taimanov in ttre final round, matov 5 Nc3 Bgi 5 Be3 Nf6 7 Bc4 d6 8 for hosting Lhe 1981 World Champiolship & Koznlt 9ra; l0 Vaganian 9; li- 96 Scrres: l-2 Gll Slsouito fNr) 5 GI1 'tirh l2 Vasiukov & Rashkovsky t3 9 Nf5 10 NxgT+ KfB ii Nd5 uratch between Aratoly Karpov 8!; 13 I'Iakari- Qb6 Qxh2 man (Nrl 8/12; 3-4 Clt sr'eshrrlkov iatss-F,) and \.riktcr I.lxd5 12 Bxd5 KxgT 13 0-0 14 Korchnoi. The three bids were: chev 7\t 14-15 Georgadze & Ce}ler 5!; Qc3 Qcl & 5M Taimacov ft'sslii lI; 5 Cl'I Broame 16-17 B-azuvaev h6 15 Rbl Qa-5 16 f4 t6 17 Rb3 Qc7 & Lputyan 6; t8 Chekhov (ilsA| (jl-t', ir-8 Glit Sax ilrrJlr) , Gi"I Gheor- Citv Prize Fund 5\, 18 Qb2 e5 19 c4 Na5 20 Rb5 Ed7 Z\ IedgIeligIt ghi-u f.Rlilrr) ti fl\ri ArdErrsson (:;h'E) 6; 9 GM fxe5 dxe5 Iceland Re,vkjavik SF1,000,000 Perhaps the har

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LINARES I98I: COMBINATIONS Thls yearrs Llnares tournament was probably the 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0 Be7 8 d4 strongest held in Spaln since Ehe last of the 0-0 9 e4 Nxc3 l0 bxc3 cxd/+ Solutions on page 54, Palma de Mallorca tournaments it 1972. The all-GM 11 exd4 Bf6 12 Bbz b6 13 field of twelve had .rn average ratir.g of 2567 Rbl Bb7 14 d5 exd5 15 exd5 oaking the tournament category 13. Although of Na5 16 Ne5 Bxe5 17 Bxe5 only academlc lnterest, the GM- was 6t points. Rc8 18 Rcl Qd7 19 Bc3 Ba6 1234s6789012 20 Rel Nb7 2I Qd.4 t6 22 Bb4 RxcI 23 RxcI Rc8 24 s%% 1 "/ru Karpov xl14r\\Ll4I\L 8 RxcS* Qxc8 25 h4 Bb5 26 d6 2 Chrlstlansen UsA % %At rt,'%, Ox\\L'4r\ I111 8 Nc5 27 Qd5+ Kf8 28 Qe4 3 Larsen DEN 't\xO0l1|-l\lL t%ru"AZ& %iw 4 Rtb1l HUN 'z\tx\\\41r0% 61, 5 Spassky USSR \o1\xr\r'4\L\ 6 %,%nl i'%6% 6 Kavalek USA '440r\x\\\\l t 6 fr%H% %8% 7 Fortisch HUN 000%'z\x\\tLr 5r-l '/ru,t% 8 VP, Ljubojevic wc o4\\\\\x0trr\ 5 1 ,frVffi 9 Gligoric yuc k 0 0 0 \'441x I 0 I 5 10 QulnEeros aRG 00]r04\o\0xtl 4 11 Be11on SP \OO10000l0xI 3\ t2 Garcia G. CUB 0 0 0 L 'z O O 4 0 0 0,x ttl No i, White to nnve. No 2. White to rpve. As the score-table shows, World Champion 28,,.Kt7 29 Qe7+ Kg6 30 Anatoly Karpov once again flnished at the top of h5+ Kxh5 31 Qf7+, 1 : 0. the list - but, this time, he had to share the honour s with Larry Chrlstiansen. Karpov was, Of the other players, however, awarded the first pri.ze as he had the I;arsen scored anoEher good better Sonngnborn count. result although he need not lx t% The young American has found Spain a happy- have lost his adjourned game hunting ground, Wlthout ever gaining the IM tltle against Spassky. Zoltan Rtbli ttt .ffi he urade two GM-norms in Torremolinas tournaments opened wlth 4/5 but was not fr"/,i,&, thus galning that titIe. lle also scored hls best able to win any further % games so slipped down the lnternatlonal result last year ln Linares when he .r.rb,%'.rN % came fl.rsf ahead of a fleld which lncluded Vlktor table to fourth p1ace. ,rurW% pub11c Korchnol. At the tlme of the 1980 U.S. Champlon- The interest ln % the tournament lmmense ship Chrlstlansen 17as talking of gi.vlng chess was tt t array but since tying for flrst in that tournament with spectators to be mea- he has eompeted successfully at the Malta Olyn- sured i-n the thousands on piad - and now Llnares 1981, some nights, e.g. when Karpov met Spassky. The real merit of his resul-t here ls seen when One news agency lrrote of this game, 1t' ts known that he vas wlnni,ng hls indivldual "Spassky No 3. White to rpve. No 4. White to npve, clash with Karpov but 1et him eseape and eventual- trled to upset Karpov with a ly lost! Karpov was also ln real trouble against Petroff Defence and soon the Be11on but also here he escaped lnto a draw. situatlon was very compllca- ,NH%\%,' got Othenrise Karpovrs play was very good and he 1ed ted. At last both players so afraid the position by a half point going into the last round where he of "'ffi,*"%tt drew wlth Gllgoric rrhile Christiansen beat Bel1on. that they decided to draw the t Tvo convincing victories from Christiansen: game"" Unfortunately we have "%, not seen the gane! %t%wffi 7ft 7ru % CHRISTIANSEN - SPASSKY, Exchange Queen,s Gambit: i tte i,rr,,rurft,ru %'lru .r,,,ffi 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Ne3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 Be7 6 e3 0-0 7 Bd3 l{bd7 8 Nge2 Re8 9 Qc2 Nf8 lru, %t% % l0 h3 c6 Ll 94 Bd7 12 0=0-0 Rc8 13 Kbl b5 14 ft t t Nf4 a5 15 Bf5 a4 16 Nd3 Bxf5 17 gxf5 N8d7 18 , a t i,rrrrrM ,/ffi, ,% .rffi Rhgl Bf8 19 Rg2 c5 20 dxc5 Nxc5 21 Nxc5 Rxc5 % "ffi %rut% 22 Qd3 Kh8 23 Ne4 Rxe4 24 Qxe4 Qc8 25 Qd3 Ne4 26 f3 Nxg5 27 Rxg5 Be7 28 f6 Bxf.6 29 Rxd5 h6 30 Pxc5 Qxc5 31 Rc1, 1 : 0. CHRISTIANSEN P0RTISCH, Synnetrical English: - No 6. Black to rDve. 1 c4 c5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 e5 4 93 Nc6 5 Bg2 d5 l,lo 5. tlhite to rnve. 48 49 er play e.g. 15"..Re8 l6 Bf2 1j r,h'l Qa5 are weaker and if 21..-f5?'l 22 d6+) GAMH$ Qb4: 18 a5 b5 19 Rf bl c4 r.rith advanr.rgo npves and now there are several Possibilities: to biack(Kl uger-Tringov Sofia 1!62) . for black. SECT ION al 22 d6 Re6 23 Bxe6 or 23 f5 Rf5 24 Nxf6+ a pawn, but whiters The following game rlds playeci in 15"."Qc7 16 Bc4 BfeS wins for 6 bxc3 d6 7 e4 96 B Rbl Qa5 9 Bb5+ Bd7 this year's New Zealand Corresponcience central Pressure has evaPoratedl 10 BxdT NxdT 11 Ne2 Chess '15...Mb6 bl 2? t5!? 22...Ndf6 (not 22-.-t67 4 d6 Champfonship " 0r 17 bl i,tfd7 lB BeZ rvirir a smal'l 25 BxfT KxfT 26 Ns5+ Kf8 27 Notes are by the winner, who i: the advantage to white(F.:raEo-SLretin, Dubfta Rfl 2\ fg hg lf l1 RxbT Nb6 and black eventually wins when white can win the ex- 1ikely national champion for 1930/81" 1979) . Qd5 and wins) the exchange. change In various ways, but black always only a small dis- R. Chapman - R. Ta.y1or, I'lodern Benon i 17 Rae i Re7 seems to come out with 11. . . Bg7 t d4 Nf6 ? c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 Nc3 ed 5 cd advan tage; d6 5 e4 96 7 f4 Bg7 B Bb5+ c/ 22 Bh\! leading to - 11...Qa2 is probably 0.K. but simple de- ixwhwkN i. 22."-f6 4 d6+ Rf7 2\ BxfT+ KxfT 25 veloprnent seemed prudent at the tirne. qd5 This ! ine-, introcluced try Tainranov in 7;/1,;'W. Nx., fe Nxe5 26 Ng!+ KfB 27 wi th the of 28 NxhT* and 28 Rxe5 and 29 the late fifties, was once thought to Lie | "iv,fr.?/Z 7lz threats 12 Qd3 Rb8 13 0-0 0-0 14 Qb5 a virtua l refutatlon of the Benoni. qf7+, .G 7/l-t/lzt,& , li. zz.-.Ndf6 23 Bxf5 Bxf5 24 Nxf6+ Nxf6 Biack's reply is L:lore or Iess 1'orceci, //rwvL Going into the ending is bad, but the ultimately leading to a gain of tempo frr I/lru l-\, 2! fe winning, black queen was strong. whitefr beg to differ, as white usualTg lW 7/;fr.t iii. 22...Nxf4 23 d6i Nxe2+ 24 Qxe2, answer 22'-.Nb6 returns the tenLD L,r4 re t:zeating ltis bislt- iv. 23 d6 is also the to 14...Qxb5 15 Rxb5 a6 16 Rb3 b5 17 f3 Nb6 22. ap Ed.). White hopes tu mass lris pieces 5o far as in Kr,,atkovsky-Scherbakov, Soc- or - .b5. 18 Kf2 Rb7 19 Rdl f5i '1961. for Ehe ceniral break e5, leading to a Sochi ECO and Harstor: both assess . .Nb5 2L Ba? f5 22 Khl king-side attack. this pcsitian i:s ofFering equal clrances. So. . . 20. 0pening up another I ine and weakening white's centre pawns and king position. Bxe5 2t+ Bxc3 B...N1ci7 tB ReZ RaeB 19 Bell? 22 94? Nxf4 23 Qxf4 Qf3 and 25..-Bd4+ wins for black 20 Ke3 c4 21 Ra3? lf 8"".NbdI?? 9 e5 and t0 e6, r^rhile Hirh the icle-a of, tri:ns;'errirrq the bish- .Bh6 23 Bh4 Bxf4 8...8d7 is met by 9 e5 tih5(9...n"U5 tO oir tc h,1" with an awkruaid on the Nf6. 22. " 21 Rbbl must be better but after 21... ef) I0 Nf3(threate-ning 1l g4) de 1'1 fe Na\ 22 KdZ fxeA white will lose material. of can tsxb5 l2 Nxb5 0"0 ll 0-0 with acivarirage 19. . .l\lir5? Desperation, but the threat 94 to whi te. no longer be averted, and the Re/ has no 21...Na4 22 Nd4 fxe4 ?3 fxe4 The first, and the cie-cisive mistake" good rnove. I Bd3 Th i s move is marie i n orrler to meet 20 23 Ne5l? was a lretter try(ALthough then Rxe5 Rxe5 26 gh Bh6 27 Qg2 Bh4 with 2A Bf6, but it rsl i;rquishes con- 24 94 Rxe5 25 23...Nxc3 Tooks wirning ad.) 28 hg hg 29 Bg3 f4 30 Ne4 NcB lf 9 Nf3? a6 and 10...bJ, thouqh" 9 a4 is t.rol over e!; the cor!seqljences Decorne Qf7 piayable. apparent shorcly. Eetier was 19..,Nb5 23... Nc5 24 Ne6? Nxe6 25 de Ra7 25 Rb1 Kh8 e.g- ?C b-{ l{xcli 21 bc Nd7, af which tf 30...qf8 31 Bxf4 Bxf4 32 Qxs5+ RaaB 27 Bg5 Re8 28 Rfl?: ter no defence to the 9...0-0 l0 Nf3 a6 2:2 e5 rs net by 22.. .de ?-3 Ne4 f5i and 33 Nf6 and there is P.xf4 and qh7++; lf 30... 22 Bh| by ?2...1xc). winning rhe e pawn. threats of 34 34 The last chance was to play 28 Kd2 foll- allows 31 BIack's p'tran i; tc) develop prejsure oft \ilhite-'s best wcuid probahly have be*n Nxd5 3l Nc3 wins and 30...95 owed by Ra5 and a4; now all black has to Bxg5 lhererfile to r+straiil lvhite's c.eni:-rl 2A BaZ. c+ 2t Bhl+ P.d7 22 Khi threaten irrq Bxf4l Rxe4 32 do is chase the bishop away from e7 to expansion and, in pariicular, control 23 a5 antl 7,lr e5- allow RebS and then Push the a-Pa$rn. Bs5 1-0 over the e! squaie. At the saine time, he, 31 Bh4 Kf8 32 31 Rf5 RebB tries for queen-side play i:ased on an ?ti e5 i ************************** ?8.. .h6 29 Bh4 S5 30 Bel a5 Bg3 RfB 35 Bxe5 Rxf5 etrentual b5. The ;iternative is t0. ".Na6 32 94 a4 33 Kd2 Be5 34 with the i,Jea of Nc1, a6 and everr Rb8 to Rxf5 36 exf5 dxes 37 Ke3 Kg7 38 Ke4 Kf6 force bl. This is sharper anti niskier, And a couple of games from the NZ 39 Kd5 Rd8+ 0-1 since black has iess influence over the Premier Reserve ChampionshiP' the e5 square. ( i: cortsider fO . .NaG The first is from the winner of The final position:"where not to put your " is rpte r' consisxent wj_th black's plans and the tournament, TonY Dowden' rooks . pTacemenx of his knigitt oD d7; IGM Joful Dowden, Trompovski Num aTso advocates XLis line Ed,) N.'HopewelI - T. 72, Attack. '/Z . Nf5 2 Bg5 c5 3 d5 Ne4 4 Bf4 Qb6 5 %ft8i1 trI a4 Nf6 i2 0-0 Bg4 13 h3 Bxf3 14 Qxf3 1 d4 Nc3 Nxc3l t^'7/r'&rtfr. NbdT i5 Bdz '7rt',7//rt a///r, '/////, ,7///' The cr-isis pointl This ihr-eatr.ns bo.ti.i This glves white a weakness, al/,r.r, Preventing the black que<.-n from makin'g 2l Nel anti 21 gl , so iire. r:iuici"rl querstion Permanent -! although in hindsight perhaPs 5. "Qxbz /////, 7://l use of a5" lhe appare-nLIy nnre active is: can black L:ir.:y.. 2l). . cje? lie cbv ioits It " 6 i,txe4 qb4+ 7 Qdz Qxe4 8 aAl? is 0-K. l5 Be3 al Iows imnrediate queen- sicle count- continretion is 2l ilel+ 0ri8(other queea 50 51

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lf 43...qd7 44 qs8 ec8 45 qxgT as in the A. Love - A. Borren, Petroff's Defence game, or 43...qe7 44 qd5+ Ka7 45 Qs8 Nd7 This ungainly move seems to have been Annotated by T. Dowden. 46 Qc8 threatening 47 qa6++ Threatening to win blackrs queen with first noted by Benko in the January l!/5 NdTdbl e+. issue American I e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 of Chess Life and Review. 43...Qd8 44 45 46 Black gains 5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Be3 Nc6 B Be2 Qf7+ Qd7 Qg8 QcB QxsT+ an important tempo with Nd7 47 48 Kc8 49 h5 50 18. . . Qf7 which guard Be6 9 Qd2 h6 10 0-0-0 Bf6 11 Kbl a6 12 Qxh6 Qe8 Qh7 Qe4 to against white's attacks Kb7 51 52 Kb8 53QQe8+ beginning Rhel 13 Nd4 0-0-0 14 f4 Bxd4 15 Bxd4 Qg8+ Qe6 Qxf4 QxdT with Qe2. Qd7 Kc7 54 Kd8 55 1-0 The only real try. f6 16 Bf3 RdeS 17 h3 KbB t8 Bg1 Bf7 19 Qc6+ Qxb6+ Rxel 20 Rxel ReB?l 9 Bxg5 Nxe4 10 Bf4 Bg7 Qf2 19 Bxh6 Qxe6 20 Nh5+ 697 21 NxgT And nice from NZ Championship Qe5 a win the The point lll-advised while white has the bishop by Robert Smith(notes by the winner). of black's 8th nrove as he can pair, 0f course not 2l.Qxh5?? 22 Nfs+ now castle out of danger. The text is which will count more in the end- R.W" Smith - B. Anderson, Max Lange better in9' I e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 ed 4 Bc4 Bc5 5 0-0 than 10..,Qa5 when 11 Bc4 b3+ 12 2? Kf7 BaS Kf1 Bf5 13 Qe2 Kd8 lleads to an unclear Nf6 6 e5 d5 7 ef dc B Rel+ Be6 9 Ng5 Qd5 poSition. RxeS+ BxeS 22 Bd5 ?3 b3 b6 24 a4 ?1 Qe7 lf 22-..Qxhz 23 Rel+ is fatal, combined a5 25 Qfl l Practical ly forced. 9. ..Qxf6 of course with Bf4 fails to l0 Nxe6 and 11 qh5+ winning the 11 Qe2 Nf6 12 Bxd6 Perhaps here Tony first started to think Bc5. 23 Nf5+ Kd7 24 Bg7 Qb5 The about winning. This maneouvre prevents other option is 12 Nxd6+ KfB 13 NxcS QxcS when, as with the text, black the black queen infiltrating and places 10 Nc3 QfS lf 2\---Qxhz 25 Qd!+ forces mate or the has excellent chances for the pawn minus. the white queen on an aggressive diagon- win of the queen. al. t{ot 10...dc 1l Qxd5 12. .. Nxd5 13 Rd1 0-0 74 Bc7? 25 a4 Qc5 26 Nxd4 Nxd4 27 Rdl Kc8 25...Ka7 26 Bfz NbB 27 Qc4 c5 28 b4 Bc6 11 Nce4 Bb6 29 b5 Bxd5 30 31 This natural looking move appears to Qxd5 Qb7 Qxd61 Black has given up the ghost. But if 27... give white puts pres- Played after 50(! minutesr thought. the advantage as it ) Re8 white has a choice of wins, including sure on both blackrs queen and hanging tlhite has tha better queen; it will now Bruce had nron against me with this nrove the simple 28 qf7+ Re7 29 Rxd4+ qxd4 30 knight harass insecure and weak South Championship, but but... black's king in the lsland Qxe/+ 11as7 31 Bxd4 with three connected king-side pawns. done since lrd a Iittle study then... passed pawnsl 14...Nxc7ll Better is 11...0-0-0 12 g4l Qe5 13 Nxe6 31...Qx92 32 33 34 fe '14 fg Rhg8 15 Bh6 with an unclear Qc7+ Qb7 Qd8 Qd7 QfB 28 Bxd4 Qe7 29 Qf5+ 1-0 Qc7 35 f5 i position. ,,ffi 7f,.t'T: t/hether black piays Qd7 or Kb8 30 Bf6 Fixing blackrs king-side pawns and pre- 12 fg Rg8 13 g4l Qg6 14 Nxe6 fe 15 Bg5 wins easi ly. % paring an eventual Bf4 where the bishop ////. .t/- will dominate, pressurizing the black This traps the black king in the centre; ,r%z t%' king and knight. otherwise he would escape all his trouble by castl i ng queen-s i de. Finally, an exciting win by M. Earle 7/////U, in a 1980 Tournament Correspon- 7///,2 35...Kb7 35 Qg8 Ka7 37 Be3 Ka8 38 Qds+ ".%rfl.1 Qb7 39 QgB Qc7 40 Bcl Ka7 41 h4 Ka8 15...Rx97 16 Nf6+ KfB 17 Qf3: dence encounter. Notes are by the winner.

R. Chapman ln a shock tactic black offers his The' has now been reached - M. Earle, Benko Gambit. queen, 1 d4 Nf6 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 Nc3 which white must accept or go a and the winning method was quickly found 2 c4 c5 3 4 5 piece during the adjournment. down. Black aims to tie up the The modern system in which white does not enemy forces on the king-side, trap the white king in the centre and renpve one 42 Qc4'. Kb7 43 Bf4 grab the pawn with bxa6; instead he pre- pares for an early e!. of whlters nnjor defensive pieces. A winning move; there is no good square for the queen. 5... axb5 6 e4 b4 7 NbS 15 RxdS RxdB 16 NxcT Rxa2 17 QxeT Ra1+l The future of this line for whlte could A finesse preventing the escape of well depend on whether this knight is well- white's king bishop. Now 17..,Qs5 fails to 18 l{xhTdble+ and placed or not. 19 Nxg5 and if 17...Rf7 then 18 Rxe6 18 Ke2 Nc6 QxS5 19 11167+ r98 20 Qxf/+ KxfT 21 Nxg5+ 7.. . d6 wlnning an exchange and a pawn, qe2 Not 7-.. Nxe4? 8 with the threat of The position black hoped to reach when 17...h6 Rxe6l Nd6 mate. 18 he .d hls queen- Cont next page. 52 8 Bf4 s51 53

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SEI,ECTED GAMES OF LAJOS PORTISCH bg Egon Varnusz Batsford 7979 The final position. tsOOK REVIE\MS I:EE I,ABRINYTH OE CHESS ATTACK Reviewed bg crant Sidnam bg Lev Aptekar %a% % ', There are numerous gane collections "ru%% Rev.iewed bq OrXvin Sarapu I.M. of great players to be found if one looks z A-z for them. * At first I thought this book was just thii another games; glad This is the second book by Lev Aptekar, collection of I was following his instructive coaehing/train- to be shown completely wrong. Varnusz has gone much ing book on the "power chess tactics". obviously to of trouble games the His rooks and minor piece.s co-ordinate There some pre- in selecting the 90 in are improvements in the games well to overcome his material disadvan- sentation and diagrams book" The are aranged chronolog- and the latest ica1Iy, interspersed with a biography of tage and force home his attack. L/hite's COMBINATION vojume is also larger. queen SOLUTiONS Portisch's life. and pieces are helpless spectators, It is remarkable that this type of book .is Many the games are not well known rare anrong the others about chess. of Karasev-Leghki aIl but they deserve be; to borrow from 19 Qs5 l. , USSR 1928: 1 Qh5 I The subject to gxh6 is fimited to attack only, the author's introduction hidden 2 gxh6+ Kf8 3 BgZ+ KgB 4 Bfb+l KtB wjth the aim giving reader gcod - "The 5 Rdg3 of the a beauties chess unfold themselves Possibly 19 Qxc5 immediately offerg L-0 insight and undersianding what the aru of will of to the reader who carefully studies these rnore chances, although the text temporar- 0f attack is ali about. 2. Reti-Tari.akower 'l-here 90 games. " ily pins blackrs king bishop and forces 19 1910: 1 OdB+l KxdB are three chapters: attacking the The notes games are as except- 19...h6, thereby depriving the bishop 2 Bg5t Kc7(2"..Ke8 3 Rd8++) 3'BdB++ iting the open:ing, the king to the of in attacking ional games themselves, the the potential ly useful attacking diagonal in the centre and attacking the king's as the with 3 Kapengut-Shereshevs ideas behind the openings being dealt h6 to cl. ky, USSR 1969: 1 castle. A shows how use Nxe6l fxe6 final chapter to with in great detail. 2 Qxf8+l RxfB 3 RxfB+ Kg7 attacking meLhotls examp- (3...KxfB with instructive Portisch's opening schemes, especially 19...h6 20 Qxc5 Nd4+l 21 Ke3 4 c7 +-) 4 c7 Qh4 5 Rffll (5 les. Refl? with white,are feared by a1I and there Be5l) 1-0 This bcok shoLild please even the strong- are many known opening ideas to 0f course not 21 Kd3't or 21 l(dZ as 21... pi a.yers. l'ittle esi. be here. Nbl discovered check wins the queen. 4 Boros-Szabo, Budapest 1937: I RxhT+ orric.r r-o found In not con{=use the reader, the Portisch's middle-game plans flow nat- KxhT 2 RxfT+ RxfT 3 Qxg6+ KhB 4 QxfT and author does prove not atternpt to cr dis- position. For someone 21. . . Rxfl white won. prove uralIy from the the correctness of each attack. as ignorant of positional play as myself, [ramples show actua] play between masters. the notes are wonderfully illuminating BIack has alnnst regained material . 5 Balashov-Grigorian, USSR 1976: 1 Nxg5+ If ihere is a better defence" the reader hxg5 2 NeB and a welcome change from the indigestible equality and his attack continues while Qxg5 3 Rd6l 1-0 must anat-yse jt himse'lf, or wait until the whiters pieces are almost in mountains of variations that typify many a state of author has written another f:ook on tl're art works. zugzwa ng . 6 Toth-Asztalos, Ljubljana 1938: 1... of defencei Qxh3+: 2 Nxh3 Nxf3++ jf If any criticism could be made of this Diagrarns are well spaced, so thaL you book it is that the diagrams are a little 22 f4 can pla3,bljndfold chess you can read ************** ihis difficult to make out, but still adequate Ieck withouL even set.ting up board. a neverthel ess . I,/hat el se? 22 Nd5 loses to 22. . . Rel+ A r-rseful i:ook f+r younger players, rvho However, this is but one small flaw in 23 Kf4 Ne6+ when the queen is lost and *sua1'Ny spend too firuch on memorising LATE time an other'lvise beautifully produced book. 23 Kd3 Ba6+ 24 Kd2 loses the queen also NEWS - THE t,lORLD CHAMPIONSHIP opefli!-rgs and varia{.ions instead of improv- to the knight 24...Ubl+ ir:q qanre" The their undel'staftding of the world championship match between To selecb appropriate examples, the author Viktor Korchnoi and 22. - .Bf5 Anatoly Karpov will had go throilgh Lhousands ganrcs.to take place in Merano, to of Italy, starting the This faci a1one may be the reason why first week in September. Restricting whiters options and threat- there on lt4erano was are virtualiy no similar bccks ening to launch a winning attack with Korchnoi's first choice of sal e. aaahahbh 23. - -ttcz. venue, while Karpov wanted to play in Las PaI mas . "The T,abriillxh of Chess tLXXack.", writ- 23 Resigns 0-1 A ballot decided the issue in the chal- Ienger's favour, despite the inclusion Len bg tatfuer ilew Z?aiail.i Champion Lev of Aptc-kar, is itvl.ialtl-e from t.he New ZealatLd White correctly assesses that the only severa'l "second-choice" venues. {-.hess A.sscci.a-tior for $4"75{inc1 " iJesf:age) " viable nrove 23 Nd5 loses quickly- e.g. 23...Nc2+ 24 Ke2 Rel+ 25 Kf3 Be4+ and the knight on d5 is lost.

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I 'BRAIN-ROr'AND orHER CLUB DIRECTORY The annual fee (six listings) for this column is $5.O0 payable with order to the FORMS OF THE GAME New ZeaLatd. Chess Association, P.0.Box 8802, Synonds Street, Auckland. - by the Editor. The members of each team take turns AUCKLAND CENTRE neets Mondays & Thursdays at clubrooms, 17 Cromell Street, Mt. to make a move - without discussing Eden, phone 602 O42. Contact: Nigel Metge. ph.278 gBOl Schoolpupil their strategies. coaching f'riday evenings. Eull recreational facilities - TV, pool- It is. interesting and often amusing room, library. to see how people evaluate positions completely differently and adopt d.iffer- HOWICK-PAKURANGA C.C. meets Tuesdays 7:30 pm (children 5:30 - 7:30) at Ilowick Bridge Think about it for a moment: ent plans. C1ub, Ilowick Comunity Complex, llowick. Contact: PeEer Mccarthy, I am sure there is scarcely a player Thus one piayer may open with I e4, phone 565 O55, 92 Ti Rakau Drive, Pakuranga, Auckland. in the country who hasn,t tried h.is-re- Planning to play a Ruy Lopez; but his flexes at "lightning,, or five-minute partner might turn the game NORTH SH0RE C.C. meets Wednesdays 7:30 pn (tournanent and casual play) in St Josephrs chess. into a King's Gambit on the next movel IIa11, cnr Anzac St & Taharoto Rd, Takapuna. Postal address: P.O.Box This forrn of the gane is in fact so This form of chess, like many other 33587, Takapuna. Contact: Peter Stuart, phone 456 377 (evenings). popular that an unofficial 'ionship world champ- entertaining variations, is beit played was staged some years ago, won at the five-minute time Iimit. PARNELL C.C. meets 7:30 pm Wednesdays in Social IIa11, f'oundation for the B1ind, convincingly by Bobby Fischer aliead of Then there's "progressive,, chess, 545 Parnell Road, Auckland. Contact: Terry Free, 23 Pasadena Ave, such chess gfants as Ta1 , Korchnoi and which contrary to the name is unl.ikely Pt Chevalier, Auckland, phone 858 103. Spass ky . to help progress your normal chess very game is of course played with each far I CIVIC C.C. ileets 8.oo pn Fridays (Juniors 7.00 8.00pn) at St Johns player_The - having just five minutes on the This is a game between two players in Anbulance llall, Vivian Street, Wellington. P.O. Box 2702, clock to win, or lose on time. which they each get one rnore move each Wellington. Contact: Ross Bloore, Phone 739 576. I believe in New Zealand Canterbury is turn. i.e. White begins with one move, the "capital" of lightning chess. black replies with two moves, wh.ite then UPPER HUTT C.C, meets 7:45 pm Thursdays in Supper Room, Civic l1al1, Iergusson Drive, Then there are minor adiptations of plays three moves etc. A very tricky Upper llutt. Contact: Anton Reid, 16 Hildreth Street, Upper lIutt, the game, such as simultaneous exhibit_ game. phooe 288 756. ions, which give Iesser Iights the chance Another strange fonm of chess is re- to score against top players because of placement chess: the aim is still to 0TAG0 C.C, meets 7:30 pm Wednesdays & Saturdays at 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin, the d-isparity in think.ing- time caused by but each piece taken must be phone (c1ubroore) 776 919. Contact: Malcolm Ioord, 39 Park Street, the player giving a simui'having to play replaced on the board. Dunedin, phone 776 213. several games at once. A good idea is to put your opponent,s Capablanca and Reshevsky(as a prodigy) powerful pieces in places where they NELS0N C.C. meets 7:30 pm Thursdays at the Memorial I{a11, Stoke. Contact: Tom were two well-known masters of the simuI, cannnt easily be re-activated. van Dyk, phone Richmond 8178 or 7140. Visitors welcome. and our-own many times national champion is a variation which is 0rtvin Sarapu did several successful popular among certain Auckland players. N.Z. CORRESPONDENCE CHESS ASSN: Secretary-Treasurer: J.W.Maxwe11" 82 Tireti Road, simuls in Germany late last year. Both players have sight of a board Titahi Bay, Wellington. Blindfold simuls are particularly chal- with only their own pieces on. lenging, where a player'takes on several They make alternate moves as usual but PENCARR0W C.C. meets 7:30 pm lhursdays (for seniors) at Louise Bilderbeck llall, opponents without sight of the boards. do not know which piece their opponents Main Road, Wainuiouata. Juniors: 7:00 pm - 8:15 pn at Baths Lounge' New Zealand's maestro at this art is has moved or where it's been moved - Swiming Baths, Moohan St, Wainuiomata. Contact: Brian tr'oster, Ewen Green, who last year established an until a teller suddenly takes off one of phone 648 578. Australasian record for the number of their piecesl The teller also notifies HASTINGS pm Room![i (rear prefab),l{astings Boysr lligh School, opponents played in a blindfold simul. a player if the move he wishes to make C.C. meets 7:00 at A good educational fonn of chess .is the is iIIegal. 800 Karamu Road South, Ilastings. Contact: Mike Earle, phone 776 027. consultation gare, where two teams of A favourite tactic with one o'ld hand at about even play game. strength a Kriegspiel is to waltz his king up the I/AITEI,IATA C.C. meets B:00 pm Thursdays at Kelston West Community Centre, corner of This works welI if the strongest players board with the theory that that is the Gt North and Awaroa Rds. Postal address: P.0. Box 69005 Glendene, in each team do not "take over", but Iast place hfs opponent will look for itl George phone HSN 46-618 or Nick rather Auckland B. Contact: Williams, help to discuss and explain sugges- Then there's another Auckland favourite - Bridges HSN 69-146. ted moves while encouraging other team transfer chess(aIso known as "brain-rot" me.mbers to contribute their own ideas. chess in some circles). PALMERST0N NORTH C.C. meets 7.30 pm Tuesdays at Maori Battaljon Hall, Cuba St, Pal- Moving on to zanier forms of the game, This is played by teams of two with merston North. Contact: J. Blatchford, 64 Appollo Pde, Palmerston there's tandem chess. two boards and s.ets of men. North, phone 69-575. This is played by teams of two with Continued on page 41 however, only one board and set. 56

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