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Thar was" of Qg4 Qh4 39.exf5 Qxf5+ 40.Kc4 Bf2 41.a4 Qe4+ 42.Kb5 NeT l0.fxe6 dxe6 I l.Nc3 0-0-0 12.0-0-0 Nf5 course;.wrong.,P.ucien !.!ed wilh Bob Smith Round One 43.Kc6 h3 44.Qb2 Bc5 0-1 13.d5 Re8 14.a3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Na6 16.b4 Nb8 and IgoiColdenbeiglAus); ffio both eamed, The major surprise was IM Cary Lane's druw Qxg2 against promising junior Max Illingworth 17.f4 exd5 18.QR Bd6 19.Nb5 Qf6 20.Bh3+ Lukey,S (2290) Goundar,S (1955) Having had to work very hard against M:rx lirr- - Kd8 21.Kc2 Re4 22.Rxd5 Rhe8 23.Rd3 Rxc4+ Here's Bob's report on the event. l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 a win in the Sydncy International, I wrtstt'l loo 96 24.Kb3 Ree4 25.Nd4 Qf/ 26.Kb2 Qe8 Memories of relaxing sunny days, refreshing 6.8e2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 NeS 10.c5 27.Rhd1 28.Nf5 29.Rxd6+ cxd6 surprised. But on papcr a major upse I I lrt Nc6 Nxb4 dips in the pool and Happy Hour pina coladas f5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.8 f4 13.Nc4 l4.Ba3 Ng6 game was very sharp and technicrrlly ( i:rry lrrrtl 95 30.Nxd6 Rc2+ 31.Kbl Qa4 32.Nf/+ Kc7 came flooding back when I saw the entry form 15.b5 Ne8 l6.Bb4 Rf7 77.cxd6 cxd6 18.b6 a smalI advantage at draw tintc, lrul N'l:rr's lrvtr 33.Rd7+ QxdT 34.Bxd7 Rec4 35.Bf5 Rcl+ for the 2007 Oceania Zonal in Fiji. axb6 l9.Nb5 Bf8 20.a4 P.g7 21.94 h6 22.Qc2 bishops held the balancc Tlrc ollrt'r ul).( l \\ rs 36.Kb2 Na6 37.8d3 R4c3 38.Qd5 Nc5 Having played in the previous Zonal organised Rh7 23.a5 h5 24.Nxb6 RbS 25.Racl Bd7 26.h3 39.Qe5+ Kc8 40.Qxc3 Rxc3 41.Kxc3 l-0 FM Stephen Lukey's draw ugrtirrsl lo,;rl lrl:tyer by Fiji Chess President Dr Virgilo De Asa and hxg4 27.hxg4 Rh3 28.Be1 29.8c4 Bxg4 Sanmogam Goundar, in a shrtp lr,ttr' , lrr,liun Qe7 his team in2002,I was conhdent that the 30.fxg4 R 31.R12 Rg3+ 32.Khl Nf4 33.Rh2 Defence. Another local. Aslrceslr ( i;rrl,r r wtls Round Three standard of organisation and accommodation Rg2 34.Rxg2 fxg2+ 35.Kgl 36.B93 a pawn up and looking prorttisirrli :11t.rrrr ,l I M Qh7 Qh1+ Puchen Wang used his Centre Counter to good would be high, and the welcome would be 37.Kf2 Nh3+ 38.Ke2 glQ 39.Rxgl Nxgl+ effect to comfortably draw Zhao. Igor Goldenberg before thc lrrllt r \ pr( r ( , with Lukey wafln. 40.Kf2 Nh3+ 41.Ke3 Nf6 42.Be2 Qg1+ 43.Kf3 also drew with Smerdon, after sacrificing a infi I trated. t/,-/, Checking out the venue, the five-star Sofitel Qhl+ 44.Ke3 Qgl+ 45.KR Qhl+ piece for a perpetual. Steadman gained a pawn Hotel on Denerau Island, on the internet, that for the exchange against Goldenberg, but went Mendes da CostaA (201 7) - Srr rtr r k rr r,l ) ( J-15-1) impression was only reinforced. Round Two wrong in atactical melee. Gautam again had a 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.t1.1 lll I I N l l (.)xcl5 The only black cloud on the horizon was last To be forever remembered as "the blackout promising position, only to be outplayed in the 5.8e2 Nc6 6.8e3 0-0-0 7 e \ r"r s tt.r I r'rd4 year's military coup in Fiji, and the warnings round"- 9.cxd4 Bb4+ l0.Nc3 Bxll llrll ( ), I ll0- later stages and end up in zugzwang against since then from the New Zealand govemment ll 0-0 Nd5 l3.Bxd5 Rxd5 l4 Kl,l l(,r', lr (.)c2 Unfortunately there were some major Smith, who incidentally missed a flashy finish. about relations with our Pacihc neighbour. organisational problems during the afternoon Bxc3 l6.bxc3 Rd8 17.Rd2 l{(l(l\ l)i k,rl l(a3 However the wamings stopped short of a ban round. 19.Rcl Na5 20.Qxh7 Nb3 t )l h lr ' l( ru2 f Zhao,Z (2476) - Wang,P (2322) and it was going to take more than a military First there was the loud band next door, then 22.Kxa2 Nxd2+ 23.Kb2 Ohl r )I h,rl oul# - 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 coup to stop me heading for theZonal. to cap it recurring periods when the off- 5.NR c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.8d2 e6 8.Nd5 QdS good 0-1 Clearly others also shared that view, as a playing area plunged into darkness; the lights 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 l0.Qe2 Nd7 11.0-0-0 Nb6 field of 30 males and 14 females arrived for were synchronised with the nightclub next door. Lane,G (2421) Illingwortlt,Nl (2(X)G) 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.Bg5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Bf4+ the first round on May 5. - Some players were better at coping than others, l.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.NR Nf6 4 ltltr ( )( / 5 0- 15.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 16.Qe3 Qd6 l7.Qe5 Qxe5 The traditional Fijian hospitality began as soon but I believe there were some serious mistakes 0 Nd4 6.Rel a6 '7.Bc4 e6 8 c5 Nr',,| ') Nrrl.l l8.Nxe5 0-0 19.Rd3 Rfd8 20.Rhdl f6 21.NR as they touched down in Nadi, with players made during the noisy and dark times. What Nxe5 10.Nf5 Nxc4 1l.Qg4 ll \1lr (.)t(r Nd5 22.93 Kf7 23.c4Ne7 24.Kc2 Rd7 25.Nh4 met at the airport and transported to the hotel. 96 effect this had on the final standings one can l3.Qxc4 gxf5 l4.Qc3 Qxd5 l5.Qxht{ b5 l(r rli Rad8 26.f4 b5 27.b3 h6 28.NR Y,-% only surmise. Bb7 17.f3 Qd4+ 18.Qxd4 cxd4 l9.llg5 I11,7 Top seed for the Zonal was Australian To be fair the organisers did move some of the 20.Kf2 d6 2l.Bd2 a5 22.c3 a4 23.l1ccl l(cir Steadman,M (2273) - Goldenberg,I (2388) Champion IM Zong-Yuan Zhao (2476) top boards to another room, where the noise 24.cxd4 Bxd4+ 25.Ke2 Rxcl 26 Rxcl lltl-5 l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 96 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.h3 d6 followed by fellow IMs and Aushalian was still heard but at least the lights stayed on. t/rt/z 6.895 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Bd2e6 9.NR ReS 10.Be2 (2453) 27.a3 Bb3 representatives David Smerdon and Anyway, in this round top seed Zhaobeat Qb6 11.0-0 exd5 l2.exd5 Na6 13.a3 Bf5 Gary Lane (2421). Smith with a nice continuation, after Smith Gautam,A (1948) - Coldenberg,l (23tttt) l4.Nh4 Bd7 15.Qc2 QdS 16.NR Rb8 l7.Bf4 A bunch ofplayers just behind them were played some fairly suspect manoeulres. l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 96 3 Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 tl6 5 ll 0 0 Nh5 18.Bg5 Bf6 19.Be3 Nc7 20.Rfel b5 contenders for the IM title that was up for IM's Smerdon and Feldman drew in 24 moves, 6.Be3 Nc6 1.Qd2 a6 8.h4 c5 () Ngc2 llhll 2l.Bd3 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Bg7 23.94 Nf6 24.Nd2 grabs including the two Igors, Goldenberg FM Goldenberg easily won against Andrew - 10.d5 Na5 ll Ng3 c5 12.h5 Bd7 l1 lrxq(r 1,196 Bb5 25.b3 Ba6 26.Qd3 Bb7 27.Radl Na8 (2388) and Bjelobrk (2386), and New Zealand Fitzpatrick (2062), and Mike Steadman had an 14.Rb1 Bxb5 Nxh5:rrlr5 17.b4 28.Bf4 Rxel+ 29.Rxel Nb6 30.Nde4 Nxe4 (2322). b5 15.cxb5 l6 Champi on Puchen W ang upset win over Igor Bjelobrk when the latter got 3l.Nxe4 Bd4 32.b4 Nxd5 33.Bxd6 Nxb4

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34.QR Bd5 35.Bxd5 Nxd5 36.Bxb8 Qxb8 2l.Nxh5 Rd8 22.d6 b6 2l l(cl {lc6 24.Qg5 tactics backfired again. Lane suffered his Round Seven 37.Nxc5 Bxc5 38.Qxd5 Qg3+ 39.Kh1 Qxh3+ Rd7 25 Rac3 KhS 26.Nxg7 I{r97 27 l(xc5 l-0 second loss in a row; withzhao playing an Zhao and Smerdon had a steady draw, while 40.Kg1 Qg3+ 41.Kh1 Qh4+ 42.K92 Qxf2+ excellent game to exploit his initiative before Wang displayed excellent opening preparation 43.Kh3 Qxel 44.Qxc5 Qfl+ 45.Kg3 Qd3+ Smerdon,D (2453) - Steadman,Nl (2273) Lane's mating threats became too serious. in his win over Steadman. 46.Ks2 a6 47.Qe7 Qd5+ 48.Kg3 h6 49.Qe8+ l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 NldT -5 14 c5 Smith gained a small advantage against Wang Smith produced the boil-over, attacking Kg7 50.Qe7 a5 5l.Qe3 h5 52.95 KfS 53.Kh2 6.Nfl Nc6 7 Be3 tse7 8.Qd2 0-0 9 0-0-0 a6 and offered a draw on move 2 1, a decision he Goldenberg ferociously and mating him on Qd6+ 54.Kg2 Qe7 55.Qc1 Qe4+ 56.Kh2 10.f5 cxd4 I l.Bxd4 Nxd4 l2.Qxd4 [lc5 might regret later in the toumament. move 40. Qe5+ 57.Kg2 Ke7 58.Kh3 Qd5 59.Kg3 Kd6 l3.Qf4 b5 l4.Kbl b4 l5.Na4 Be7 16.Bd3 Qc7 Feldman and Lukey also drew, in even fewer Bjelobrk pulled the wings off Illingworth, and 60.Kh3 Ke5 61.Qe3+ Kf5 0-1 lT.Rhel Re8 l8.Re3 Nf8 19.g4 Bd7 20.b3 f6 moves (13). Nakauchi played on until he got checkmated

21.95 fxc5 22 Nxe5 Bd6 23.f6 Bxa4 24 l7 + The most amusing final position prize went to again (not as picturesquely this time) by Gautam-Smith, after 53.RR KhS 25.Bxh7 l-0 Smerdon, who punished a never ever say die Feldman. Lukey and Lane drew in a sharp White resigned after the paradoxical 53...f5, approach by Gene Nakauchi with a somewhat King's Indian (what else?). but 53..Rgl !! would have been flashier. Round Five unusual checkmate. Resignation was about 50 Smith,R (2294) - Goldenberg,I (2388) Wang and Goldenberg drew, aficr srvrtppittu moves overdue, so the point was well made. l.e4 c5 2.NR Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 (2421) (2476) into a slightly better ending lirr llre lrrlte r Lane,G - Zhao,Z 5.Nc3 d6 6.8e3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.8e2 0-0 9.g4 Zhaobeat Feldman with a vigororrs kint side l.e4 c5 2.Nfl d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be6 10.g5 Nd7 11.h4 a5 12.Nd5 a4 13.Nd2 a3 attack. Bjelobrk out-tacticc

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Round Eight NgeT 10.f4 0-0 l2.Bxa7 RxaT 13.a3 ll.0-0 b5 52.Kd1 Qcs s3.Qd3 Qb4 54.h5 Qa4+ 55.Kc1 Bjelobrk arld Zhao swapped pieces off for a f6 l4.Khl Ng6 l5.Radl Qb6 16.Qh5 NceT il?lii"n,," Steadman suffered his second upset Qc4+ 56.Qxc4 dxc4 57.hxg6+ Kxg6 58.Kd1 draw in 38 moves. l7.Ne2 RdS l8.RR e5 19.f5 Nf8 20.c4 Rc7 loss in a row when Illingworth found some nice Kf5 59.R Ke5 60.Kc2 Kd5 61.Kdl Bc7 Wang and Smerdon also drew, in a game of 21.Nd2 Kh8 22.Nc3 b4 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 tactics. Nakauchi sacrificed for a perpetual 62.Kc2 Be5 63.Kdl Kc5 64.Kc2 Kb4 65.f4 fluctuating fortunes. Wang won an exchange, bxa3 25.bxa3 Bd7 26.Ne4 BeS 27.Qh4 Nd7 against Mendezto eau;r an FM title, along with Bf6 66.94 Kc5 67.95 Bd8 68.Ng3 Bc7 %-% but by some magic (black?) Smerdon always 28.Rb1 Qd4 29.Rh3 Nf8 30.8e2 Ba4 31.Rd3 Morris. seemed to have counter play. 32.Nxf6 Rb8 33.Rxb8 34.h3 Qa7 Qxb8 Qd8 Feldman and Lane brought the curtain down on Mendes da Coshr{ (2017)-Nakauchi,G (1703) Goldenberg made Feldman pay for his lack of 35.c5 36.cxd6 Bb5 Rcl+ 37.Rdl Rxdl+ a disappointing toumament with an 11 move 1.e4 c5 2.N13 e6 3.d,4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.8d3 development, while Steadman was surprisingly 38.Bxd1 39.Qe4 40.a4 4l.Be2 Qxf6 Qxd6 Bd7 draw. b5 6.0-0 Bb7 7.8e3 d5 8.e5 Ne7 9.f4 Nbc6 outplayed by young Morris in his favourite a5 42.8R h6 43.94 44.892 e4 Nh7 Nf6 45.Qc4 10c3 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Nf5 l2.Bf2 h5 13.Nd2 French Defence. 0-1 Zhao,Z (2476) - Morris,J (1948) Rc8 14.Nf3 Be7 15.Qd2 0-0 16.93 Qb6 l7.Qe2 But the major upset of the round was Smith's LNR e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4Bb7 5.Qe2 d6 Rc6 l8.Racl Rfc8 19.Rxc6 Rxc6 20.Kg2 Qa5 second unexpected victory in a row, this time Morris,J (1948) Steadman,M (2273) - 6.d4 NbdT 7.93 c5 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 96 l0.Bg2 21.Bbl b4 22.h3 Qc7 23.94 hxg4 24.hxg4 Nh6 over Lane. The result prompted one local wit to 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 NfdT 5.f4 c5 Bg7 11.Nb5 Ne5 l2.Nxe5 dxe5 13.0-0 0-0 25.Ne1 a5 26.Qd3 96 27.P.ht Bf8 28.Bh4 Bg7 ask him if he was on steroids. As there was no 6.Nfl Nc6 7.8e3 Be7 8.Qd2 0-0 c4 9.0-0-0 l4.Be3 a6 15.Nc3 Ne8 16.f4 Nd6 17.f5 Nb5 29.Bg5 Rcl 30.Bxh6 Bxh6 31.Rxh6 Rxel testing. we'll never know... 10.f5 b5 11.Kb1 b4 l2.Ne2 exf5 l3.Nf4 Nb6 18.Qf2 f6 19.Nxb5 axb5 20.b4 gxf5 21.bxc5 32.Qh3 Re2+ 33.KfJ Re3+ 34.Kxe3 Qcl+ 14.h4 a5 l5.Nh5 Na4 16.Qf2 Kh8 17.Ng5 f6 fxe4 22.c6 BcS 23.Bxe4 f5 24.892 e4 25.Rad1 35.Kf2 Qd2+ 36.Kg1 Qxd4+ 37.Khl Qdl+ Wang,P (2322) Smerdon,D (2453) l8.exf6 Bxf6 l9.Nf4 20.Qf3 Ne7 21.Bxc4 - Qd6 R.a6 26.d6 Be6 27.d7 Be5 28.Bf4 Bc7 29.Bxc7 38.Kh2 Qd2+ 39.Kg1 Qd4+ 40.Khl Qdl+ 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 4.892 Bg7 5.d3 d6 Nb6 22.8d3 h6 23.Qh5 Bxg5 24.hxg5 Bd7 96 QxcT 30.Qf4 Qxf4 31.gxf4 BxdT 32.Rxd7 4LKh2 Qd2+ 42.Kgl %-Yz 25.sxh6 26.Q95 27.Qg3 28.Rh5 6.f4 e6 7.NR NgeT 8.0-0 0-0 9.8e3 Nd4 10.e5 96 Qf6 Qd6 Rxa2 33.Rcl e3 34.Bd5+ 1-0 RgS 29.Rg5 30.Qh4 31.94 Raf8 dxe5 ll.Nxe5 RbS 12.Ne4 b6 13.c3 Ndf5 Kh7 Nc6 Steadman,M (227 3)- Illingworth,M (2006) l4.Bf2 15.Qa4 RdS 16.94 Nh6 l7.Bh4 b5 32.Rgl Qe7 33.8f2 Qd6 34.gxf5 Bxf5 35.Bxf5 Qc7 Smerdon,D (2453) - Goldenberg,I (2388) l.c4 96 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 Rxf5 36.Rxf5 gxf5 37.Rxg8 Kxg8 38.Qg5+ l-0 18.Qdl Bb7 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.Bxb7 QxbT 1.e4 c5 2 c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 6.895 c5 7.Qd2 Re8 8.Nfl Nc6 9.a3 a5 10.Rbl 21.Qfl3 Nd5 22.Ne4 f6 23.95 NgS 24.gxf6 cxd,4 6.8c4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.0-0 Bd7 11.0-0 Qc8 12.Rfd1 Bf5 13.b3 h5 14.Rbcl Ngxf6 25.Nxf6 Nxf6 26.Nc6 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Round Nine Be6 10.Bxe6 Qxe6 ll.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Rb8 l5.Nb5 Qd7 16.Qe1 e5 17.8d2 b6 18.8c3 28.Bxf6 Bxf6 29.Rad1 b4 30.QR Going into the final round four players were Qxc6 QxR Rd8 l3.Qh4 Qc6 14.Rel f6 15.Nd2 e5 16.NR Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.b4 Bh6 2l.Ra1 a4 3l.RxflJ bxc3 32.bxc3 Rb2 33.Re3 a5 34.Rd7 tied for the lead on 618: Zhao, Goldenberg, Be7 17.Qh5+ 96 18.Qh3 h5 l9.Nh4 Kf7 20.f4 22.Ra2 Re7 23.Nfxd4 cxd4 24.Nxd4 Rc8 25.b5 Rb6 35.Ra7 h5 36.Rxa5 Kg7 37.Rxc5 h4 38.h3 Wang and Smith. Bc5+ 2l.Kh1 exf4 22.Bxf4 Qd7 23.QR Y,-y, d5 26.Nc6 Ree8 27.Rc2 Bh3 28.Bhl h4 Be7 39.Rc4 Kf6 40.Re2 Kf5 41.Kg2 Bd6 On paper top seed Zhaohad. the easiest pairing, 29.cxd5 Nxd5 30.Rc4 Ne3 31.Rxh4 Nxdl 42.Rf2 Rbl 43.a4 P.a7 44.Rc8 Rxa4 45.c4 Ra3 against young James Morris. Lukey,S (2290) - Wang,P (2322) 32.Rxh6 Qxd3 33.Rxh3 Rxe2 34.Qf1 Qd2 0-l 46.c5 Rg3+ 47.Kfl Rc3 48.c6 Ke4 49.Rg8 Kf5 But the real fight was for the IM titte, between Ld4 Nf6 2.Nfl d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4Bf5 50.Rh8 Rxc6 51.Rxh4 Rc4 52.Kg2 Bxf4 Wang, Goldenberg and Smith. A win for any 6.Ne5 %-% Final scores: Z. Zhao (7) 1, P. Wang, I. 53.Rh7 V2-1/, one of them would make them an International Goldenberg, R. Smith (6.5) 2-4, Master. Smith,R (2294) - Bjelobrk,I (2386) I. Bjelobrk 6 (5), D. Smerdon, S. Lukey (5.5) 6- Goldenberg,I (2388) Feldman,V (2304) The first major development came quickly: - l.e4 e5 2.NR Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.NR Nxe4 5.d4 7, V. Feldman, G. Nakauchi, J. Morris, M. l.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 4.NR Bg7 5.8f4 0- Wang spun the roulette wheel by agreeing a six 96 Bg4 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 Bh5 Illingworlh, A. Mendes da Costa, I. Ogada-Osir 0 6.Rcl dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bg4 9.R Bc8 move draw with Lukey. This meant that if l0.Nbd2 NbdT 11.Rel Re8 l2.Nfl Bi8 (5) 8-13, G. Lane, S. Guo-Yuthok, M. Kumar, l0.Bxc4 e6 11.d5 e5 l2.Bxe5 l3.Bd4 c5 either of his rivals won, he would miss out on Qe7 l3.Rxe8 Qxe8 14.Bd2 c6 l5.Ng3 896 16.Bxg6 C. Prasad, A. Chand (4.5) 14-18, M. Steadman, 14.d6 l5.Bxf6 16.Nce4 17.0- the title. Qxd6 Qxf6 Qxb2 hxg6 17.Qb3 QcS l8.Rel Qc7 19.8f4 Re8 N. Chemih, S. Fancy, 0 18.f4 l9.Nxf7 Be6 20.Bxe6 Next came a combative draw between Qe5 QeS Qxe6 20.Rxe8 Nxe8 2l.Ng5 Ndf6 22.Qc2 Qd7 23.c4 A. Fitzpatrick, A. Gautam, P. Spiller, I. Ilic (4) 21.Nfg5 22.Nxc5 b6 23.Nce6 Nd7 Goldenberg and Smerdon. And, quite some Qxa2 d5 24.c5 Nc7 25.Qe2 Be7 26.Bxc7 QxcT 27.b4 19-25, R. Sharma, S. Goundar (3.5) 24.Rc7 Rf/ 25.Rf2 26.Qxal Bxal hours later, Smith and Bjelobrk drew in a game Qal Nh5 28.Nxh5 Bxg5 29.Ng3 Qf4 30.Qdl Bf6 26-27,T. Sikivou (2.5)28, A. Neel (1.5) 29, S. 27.Nxf7 KxfT 28.Ng5+ Ke8 29.Ra2 Bg7 that swung one way and then the next. After 31.Ne2 Qe4 32.a4 a6 33.Kf1 Kf8 34.b5 axb5 ong (0) 30. 30.Raxa7 RxaT 31.Rxa7 l-0 being surprised in the opening, Smith initially 35.axb5 cxb5 36.Qb3 Bxd4 37.Qxb5 Qc2 appeared to gain the advzntage but some errors 38.g3 Qxc5 39.Qxb7 Kg8 40.Qd7 Bf6 4l.QeS+ Conclusion Lane,G (2421) Smith,R (2294) soon after gave Bjelobrk the upper hand. He - Kh7 42.Qxfl Qb5 43.Ke1 Qbl+ 44.Kd2 Qf5 Zhao was always in the lead or thereabouts and l.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 tried with all his might to exploit this, but the 45.Qb7 QR 46.h4 Be5 47.Qe7 Qe4 48.Qa3 proved to be the most consistent player. Or Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qe2 d6 9.Be3 players eventually had to shake hands after 68 Bc7 49.Qd3 Ba5+ 50.Kc2 Qa4+ 51.Qb3 Qc6+ maybe no-one else wanted to go to the World

NZ Chess NZ Chess 10 ll Championships in Siberia! All in all, the2007 Oceania Zonalagainset Rating News 2007 Period 1 Puchen Wang played some excellent chess to standards for the next event, high which I by Rowan Wood gain the IM title, but at the end could count understand will be hosted by Australia on the himself lucky on several counts: Gold Coast in 2009. IM Ben Martin has retained top spot on the away. It is much closer between second and * If Smith had not beaten Goldenberg in round standard rating list but IM Russell Dive is third though, with Daniel Baider edging Gino 7 the title would have almost certainly gone to Women's Zonal breathing down his neck, only four points be- Thomton. From this period onwards, only es- the Australian. The concurrent women's Zonal was hind. IM Anthony Ker has slipped two places tablished players, that is, players who have * If Smith or Goldenberg had won in the last comfortably won by IM Irina Berezina (AUS), to fifth, having been overtaken by Alexei Ku- played at least 20 rated games, are eligible to round after Wang's 6-move draw they would with7.5l9. lashko and Stephen Lukey. NZ Champion and appear in the top 20 lists. have taken the title instead Jule Alexandra (AUS) was second on 6.5, new IM Wang Pu Chen is the biggest climber, Recent arrival in New Zealand, WIM Helen * IfFIDE had used any other countback than gaining the Women's International Master tit1e. up three places to seventh. Pu Chen has a top Milligan is a new entry on the women's stan- avetage of opponents' rating he would not have Kiwis Sue Maroroa and Viv Smith tied for third five position in his sights as just thirfy points dard rating list, coming in at number one. Sue got the title: Smith had the highest countback, with Rebecca Harris (AUS) on 6. WTM titles cover third to seventh. Maroroa drops to second while Viv Smith im- while Goldenberg had the highest progressive went to Maroroa and Harris. With his triumph in the NZ Rapid Champion- proves one place to third. On the rapid list, Sue score. Smith was extremely unlucky to miss out, as ship, it is not surprising that IM Wang has taken and Viv swap places as Sue moves from third to As a consolation both Smith and Goldenberg her progressive countback was the same as sole possession of the number one position on first. Unchanged in second is Eachen Chen. As gained 20 game IM norms, which means they Harris, while she was ahead on other the rapid rating list. There is now a sizeable gap with the juniors, only established players are "only" have to get one more norrn and raise countbacks. The tie was broken by subtracting back to IM Ker in second place with IM Vemon eligible to appear in the top 10 1ists. their ratings to 2400. results from the first round, in which Smith Small, Roger Nokes and IM Dive completing In the senior rating lists, Richard Sutton re- The2007 Oceania Zonal was a remarkable drew and Harris lost. the top five. Inactivity has caused much of the mains at the top. There is a change at number event. It attracted a good representation ofthe Further down the table WFM Natasha Fairley change in the rapid list with two players in the two because Prince Vetharaniam has dropped region's top players, despite being held in a scored a solid 5 points after refuming to chess previous top five dropping off. off due to inactivity. As a result, Viktor Portou- country that is supposedly "unstable". I would from a break, while NZ Women's Champion No change at the top of the junior rating lists gal and Arie Nijman move into second place on have to say that while I was swimming in the Shirley Wu scored 4.5 to gain the WCM title. with IM Wang looking set to hold this position the standard and rapid lists respectively. Sofitel pool, none ofthe supposed effects of until he is no longer a junior, still a few years Fiji's most recent coup flowed on to me. In fact, NZ Seniors Top 20 Open Standard Top 20 Open Rapid I suspect it's created a bargain for Round 5 of the2007 NZ Seniors turned the 1 (unc) MARTIN BMS oT 2403 1 (unc) WANG PC AC 2408 holidal,rnakers. toumament on its head. 2 (unc) DIVE RJ WE 2399 2 l- 1) KER AF WE 237 4 I cannot fault the endeavours of chief organiser (+ KULASHKO (unc) Up till then William Lynn was the clear 3 1) A AC 2356 3 SMALL VA WE 2367 Virgilio De Asa in putting together another 4 (+ 1) LUKEY SG wE 2340 4 2) NOKES Rr CA 2324 lead,er with 414. l+ memorable Zonal, or the efforts of Chief 5 l- 2) KER AF WE 2338 5 (+ 2) DIVE RJ wE 2313 In round 5 Lynn with the black pieces faced Arbiter Jashint Maharaj, who was always 6 (unc) NOKES RI CA 2336 6 (+ 1) GARBETT PA NS 2302 Gordon Hoskyn. pleasant, helpful and diligent. 7 (+ 3) WANG PC AC 2321 7 (+ 3) sMrTH RW Wr 2283 An upset win by Hoskyn brought 5 players 8 (+ 1) CROAD N wE 2316 8 (+ 4) LUKEY SG wE 2243 The events of round two were extremely into contention for the winners trophy, the 9 (- 2) SMITH RW WT 2311 9 (unc) GREEN PR AC 2233 unfortunate and may have had an impact on the Giant Orlvin Sarapu Memorial Cup. L0 l- 2) GARBETT PA NS 2309 L0 (+ 2) WATSON BR AC 2228 final result, but overall the toumament ran very (unc) Here is the game that opened up the tourna- 11 WASTNEY SC WE 229L 11 (+ 3) WASTNEY SC wE 2223 smoothly and the conditions were good. 12 (unc) NOBLE ME UH 22'14 12 (+ 3) cRoAD N WE 2201 ment. As expected the accommodation (provided to 13 (unc) SUTTON RJ Oa 2233 13 (+ 3) MCLAREN LJ NS 2195 Hoskyn,G Lynn,W players and supporlers at a very good deal) was - 14 (+ t) STEADMAN MVR AC 2230 14 (+ 3) surroN RJ oT 2194 excellent. lB76l 15 (- r) GREEN PR AC 2229 15 (+ 3) GUTHRIE DW WE 2L69 2007 NZ Seniors R5 16 2) MCLAREN LJ NS 2182 (+ HART NS 2149 After round four the playlng schedule reverted l+ 16 3) R 1.e4 c5 2.aR d.6 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 6f6 (unc) VAN DER HOORN MW WE 2l-82 17 (new) STEADMAN MVR AC 2L23 to one round a day starting at 2.30pm. 5.hc3 6.R Ag7 7.4e3 0-0 8.Wd2 6c6 18 (- r) sPArN GA GA 2L68 18 (+ 2) VAN DER HOORN MW WE 2IA4 This left players plenty of time to prepare 96 9.0-0-0 gd7 10.9h6 6xd4 1l.Axg7 6b3+ 19 (unc) WANG R NS 2164 19 (new) BAIDER D WE 2013 and/or to enjoy the Sofitel's fantastic pool, 20 (unc) WATSON BR AC 2L26 (new) KRSTEV A Ns 2013 l2.axb3 &xg7 13.h4 Wa5 14.&bl Efc8 lounge in the sun with a good book, or to try 15.h5 gxh5 16.94 17.gxh5 Exh5 kayaking, sailing or various other water sports. Ec5 The following open standard-rated toumaments are: Auckland CC Summer Cup (A and C, no B l8.Es1+ 19.W92 e6 20.Exd6 &e7 I hear (perhaps just a rumour) that some even &f8 have been processed: NZ Championship, NZ grade), Waitemata CC Championships (A and 2I.Wd2 Wc5 22.Hd4 23.e5 Wxe5 took advantage ofthe hotel gym. Ac6 Major Open, NZ Women's Championship and Resane), Waitemata CC Under400, Waiternata 24.6e4 Ec8 25.Wb4+ &e8 26.hxf6+ 1-0 Wellington Easter Open. Club toumaments rated CC Summer Cup, Wellington CC Summer Cup, NZ Chess NZ Chess t2 13 Top 20 ,funior Standard Top 20 ,runior Rapid .;*":*' 1 (unc) WANG PC AC 2321 (unc) WANG AC 24AB -==-.l.iSo\.".\\i$tl 1 PC Name Bap 2 (unc) BAIDER D WE 2005 2 (unc) BAIDER D WE 2073 3552 Mdrtin, B^njamin OT 2403 i 3 (unc) THORNTON GA NS 1981 3 (unc) THORNTON GA NS 2069 3459 Dive, Russell J WE 2399 23L3 4 (+ 1) WATSON J 1870 4 (+ 3) PETRESKT E NS 1869 4989 Kulashko, Alerei AU 2356 i 5 (+ 1) CHENG B HA 1837 (+ 2) xu D AC 1859 3696 Lukey, Stephen c WE 2340 2243 6 (+ 1) XU D AC L8I2 5 (+ 9) wu MH AC 1788 3383 Ker, Anthony E WE ZJJd 231 4 317 1 I+ 2) MCCHESNEY S CA L1 63 7 (+ 1) KRSTEV M NS 1777 I Nokes, Roger I CA 2336 2324 5268 Wang, Pu Chen A' I l+2) wuMH AC l1 40 8 (+ 1) WATSON J CA 1760 2321 2448 B 5083 Croad, Nicholas WE 2316 220r 9 l+ 2) KRSTEV M NS 71 L8 9 (new) CHENG B HA 1750 9 3088 Smlth, Robert W WT 23LL 10 (+ 3) MAROROA SY HP 1598 t0 (+ 6) wu J Ac L694 10 3002 Garbett, Pauf A NS 2309 2302 (+ CHEN AG HP 1684 (+ 11 4) rr r) CHEN AG HP t6'tl 11 3830 Wastney, Scott C I']E 2297 2223 (new) E 4 12 YIP HP 161 L2 (- 2) ZHANG MC AC L666 L2 3255 Nob1e, Mark E UH 221 4 i 13 (+ 1) wu ,I AC 1666 L3 (- 2) MCCHESNEY S CA 1651 13 3003 Sutton, Richard J OT 2233 2L94 14 (+ 3) CHARAMOVA E NS 7643 14 (- 1) SELLARS T UH 1637 t4 3201 Steadman, Machael V R 2230 15 (+ 4) CHEN E 1639 15 (+ 5) LrN A HA 1629 15 319 9 Cr^^r D-lar D AC 2229 2233 L6 l+ 2) ZHANG MC AC 1626 16 (+ 2) MAROROA SY HP 1619 t6 3 314 Mcfaren, Leonard J NS 2L82 2L95 17 (+ 3) YANG S WT 1583 17 (- 3) CHEN E AC I5O5 36L't Van Der Hoorn. Mark W WE 2L82 274 4 18 (new) WILSON D WE 18 (- 1) YAN G wE 1584 18 3482 Spain, craeme A GA 2768 a 19 (new) CHIFU T WE 1564 19 (unc) CHIEU T WE 1581 19 5508 Wang/ Rong NS 2764 2032 20 3206 Watson, Bruce R la 2726 (new) MULINDER G 1564 20 (new) MULINDER G CA 1565 2l 5349 Han, DanieI AC 2L20 1945 22 3507 Hart, Ralph NS 271'7 2L49 Top 10 women Standard Top 10 women Rapid 23 3005 Stuart, Peter I/i NS 209L 2028 I (new) MILLIGAN H 71 28 I l+ 2) MAROROA SY HP 1619 24 3648 Mcdonald, John A WE 2090 r8 60 2 (- 7) MAROROA SY HP 1698 2 (unc) CHEN E AC 1605 25 314 8 Dowden, R Anthony OT 2089 .t 26 57 71 Alexander, Alisdarr WE 2082 L945 3 (+ 1) SMITH V.] WT r689 3 I- 2) SMITH VJ WT 1594 21 5599 Thomas, Ben;amin UH 2011 1918 4 (_ 2) CHARAMOVA E NS 1643 4 (unc) WU Shirley AC 1556 28 3632 Johnson, Quentin J E OT 201 0 1928 5 (- 2) CHEN E AC 1539 (unc) KINGSTON KP 1501 5 zH 29 3558 Dunn, Paul WE 2448 L93'1 N NH 6 (- 1) EAIRLEY 1553 6 l+ 4) cAO J AC L424 30 3089 Bennett/ Hifton P HA 2046 1880 7 (+2) GAOJ AC 7 (new) WU Sharon AC 1387 6582 Bessat/ Remy WT 2446 1989 e i 2) WU Shirley AC 7484 8 (_ 1) MILLS G RP 1364 32 631 0 Zhanq, Peng Li (John) 2030 ZVZA 9 (_ 2) GARCIA CASTRO V L454 9 (- 3) cLoETE Dr NS 1356 33 4300 Burns, Chris J WA 2024 1955 10 (unc) CATER-MILANO A PT r382 L0 l- 2) r,ru c NS 1353 34 5816 Mccrone, Jeffrey NS 2022 t9l 4 35 5489 Wojnar, Maclej WE 202L a Top 10 Senior Standard Top 10 Senior Rapid 36 4586 Le Brocq, Mank J NS 20L8 1908 1 (unc) SUTTON RJ OT 2233 1 (unc) SUTTON RJ OT 2194 31 4830 Perl:y/ Roger L AC 2013 .l 38 3386 Wheefer, Bruce AC 2009 I 2 I+ L) PORTOUGAL V WT 1759 2 (+ 2) NTJMAN AJ CA 1736 39 3 555 Goodhue, Nathan AC 2008 L91 L 3 (+ r) HAASE GG OT r1 43 3 (+ 2) GLOISTE]N BN CA 1735 40 5854 Baider, Daniel WE 2005 201 3 4 (+ 1) GLOISTEIN BN CA 1708 4 (+ 2) HAASE GG OT 1709 (+ 4L 3987 Mcnabb, Matthew AC 1985 20t4 5 5) SMITH V.I WT L689 5 (- 2) LYNN KW HA 1589 42 4671 Cummings, Nick V CA 7984 2064 6 (+ 1) NrJMAN AJ CA 1685 6 I+ 2) CAPPER DS WE 1551 43 5082 Donaldson, Bruce CA 1983 r865 7 (+ r) LYNN KW HA L61 L 7 (new) WILSON C HP 1620 44 5620 ) Thornton, clno A NS 19 81 2069 I l- 2) HOSKYN GA WA L66T I (+ 2) MTTCHELL RS NS 1605 45 3911 Elliot, Darryn B NS 191 9 1957 9 (unc) CRUDEN NB NP L651 9 I_ 2) SMITH VJ WT 1594 6586 Lennartz, Christina OT L91 9 L66L 10 (new) STRACY DM WE t629 l0 (new) CRUDEN NB NP 1551 41 6240 Jennings, Richard NP t9'71 .t 48 5067 Davies, Robert E PT 191 6 unr 49 30r_3 Pomeroy, Arthur J WE L912 193s 34L1 Turner, Michaef G WE r912 1908 Wellington CC Julian Mazur Mernorial and ship Reserve, Manukau Institute of Technology 5l 3454 Sutherland, John L OT L963 200 4 Otago CC Swiss. In addition, the following Rapid (A and B), Bay of Plenty Rapid (A and 52 141 1 Weegenaar, David P CA 1962 71 22 toumaments have been processed in earlier B) and LaMan (A and B). Club toumaments 53 5L9l Gunn, Neil J NS 1951 1860 periods: Upper Hutt CC Championships (A, B rated are: Howick-Pakuranga CC Booth Shield, 54 3253 Marner, Gav.in WE 1960 1868 55 3394 Nijman, Brlan F WE 1956 L922 arlrdC)n2006-2. North Shore CC Rapid (legs 1 and 4), Waite- 56 6366 Machdoem, Andrew CA L9 49 1935 The following open rapid-rated toumaments mata CC Half-hour, Otago CC Summer 60i60 5l 3 411 Sims, Martin T WE 1948 71 L2 have been processed: NZ Women's Champion- and Otago CC Swiss. 58 5488 &io j nar, Jace k WE L9 46 .t 59 5068 Beach, Pauf K AC 1939 2A2A NZ Chess NZ Chess U

t4 l5 - :.ir ri- Rank': Code Name ....,'Siiir.'. ::std . .i'.\ Rank Code , Narhe ,'.,:,::=:. std: Rap 60 P AC .t 3526 Roblnson, John 1924 12L 61 46 Merriman, Stephen D C AC tt 48 unr 61 423t Euatai, Euatai NS 1 918 203r 722 s047 Wright, Caleb r1 41 L] 06 62 4333 Jackson, L Ross WE 79L7 L] 44 723 4309 Evans, Davld J NS L] 44 5222 Wilson, Jesse WE 7911 L] 44 3339 Taylor, Pich.'d HP I1 44 1638 64 Ian WE 1915 6349 Se11en, r80l L25 3028 s iradse, Grohdm C r't 43 11 09 65 Edward * or 6598 Lee, 1906 unr r25 4081 Benson, Christopher CA L] 42 1733 66 Danrel AC 1900 6250 Adair, a 141 COln j Wu/ Michael (Ming Hua) AC L'l 40 17BB 61 5645 Browne/ Jeremy A HA 1899 1843 L28 3472 Aldridge. Alan L wE 1739 71 29 5B 5104 Krstev, Antonio NS 1896 241 3 129 4991 Huggins. Jonathan AC 1738 unr 69 41 40 Macdonald, Pauf AC 1881 a 3111 Yee, Stanley HP 1738 18 15 70 3921 Eorster, William WE t] 22 131 5162 Rademacher, Martin 1131 4885 codfrey/ Paul WT 1880 1"963 cA l44L '72 132 4361 Rossiter, Philip E HA 7134 unr 5130 Boardman, Jeffr:ey F WE 781 9 I 133 4148 Easterfow, Nevrlle L WT 7]28 i 3037 Gibbons, Robert E PT 181 9 1856 6468 Milligan, Helen L7 28 unr 14 469L Latlmer. Bryan la 1878 unr 135 5715 Gao, Wen NS 17 18 I 15 6184 Benltez/ Edgar WE 1811 * unr 511 6 Krstev, Mario 1718 1111 16 3218 Brimble, Mark T WT 781 6 1643 NS 11 5517 Mckerras, Ross LA 1875 1870 L31 4302 Davls, Justin M cA 1715 1840 18 4L96 Ward, Keith AC 1873 unr 138 3054 Glorstein, Bruce N cA 1708 t] 35 19 592L j Watson, Jeremy CA 1870 t] 60 139 4018 Smith, Chrrstopher HH L]O] 1831 80 5518 Eraemohs, Peter CA 1868 71 56 140 5648 Maroroa, Sue Y HP 1698 1619 81 5817 Thurner, Christoph 1865 * unr LAr 5867 Frost/ Paul F E KP 1694 t595 82 445)- Nyberg, Michael WE 1860 1945 L42 5070 Eade, Don AC 1693 83 6181 Ang, Ferdie WE 1858 * unr 31 98 cold, Hamish R or 1693 T'I L] 5149 Machina, Affen WT i 744 3071 Math.ieson, James S cA 1689 1694 85 4966 Hall, Cralg CA L851 t] 52 3345 S Smith, Vrvran J wT 1689 L594 3L62 Spiller, Paul S HP r802 146 3012 S Nijman, Arle J cA 1585 L-t36 81 3434 Hurley, Alan UH 1856 .l t4t 5584 I Chen, Andrew G HP 1684 161 1 88 4683 Storchenegger/ Othmar WT 1853 1653 148 3038 Goffrn. Peter B AC L619 unr 89 3238 Carter, cerald S UH 1851 unr I49 41 66 Clark, Campbell HA t61 6 i 90 5575 Watts. Duncan OT L841 L832 150 6224 Mohd Nor, Noor Hafiz CA L61 5 unr 91 61 6l Hothersall, Rak CA unr 151 6100 ) Ylp/ Edwin HP 161 4 1400 92 6098 I Cheng/ Bobby HA 750 752 3032 S Lynn, K Willlam HA 7611 t689 93 3993 Hair/ Phillp I NS 1831 838 153 5979 j Wu, Jason AC t666 7694 94 4466 Burn. Michael R GA tB2 4 889 L54 3351 Dolejs, Dan E GA T664 11 LB 95 J698 B.Laxa]I, CIa ig S WT tB22 750 5807 Walters, Nrgel WE T664 i 6351 j Huang/ Jay MM 7822 + 11 66 156 5589 Morten, Pauf HP 1663 7659 91 5748 Marko, Helmut P MM 782L 1808 151 6273 Cowen, Michael AC T661. 15 11 98 6030 Wilkins, Mark WE 1B 19 1640 301 9 Hoskyn, Gordon A WA L66I L641 * 99 3393 Post, Martin J WA t8t2 L823 L59 4903 Pakenham, John AC 1658 unr j AC 5592 xu/ David L872 r8 69 T60 4239 Cruden, NeiI B NP 1551 1551 101 5934 Tan, Edgardo C NS 1805 l8 68 l6L 5410 Newbould, Alistair R or 1651 1555 142 5559 Lambert, Luke OT 1805 1804 t62 5518 Charamova, Evginra 1543 * NS i 5788 Voracek, Mirek OT 1805 unr 763 5931 Chen, Eachen AC t639 1605 104 3392 Aimers, Geoffrey OT 1804 1590 L64 42A2 Holdo, Karl AC 1636 i 5713 Stone, Andrew OT 1804 1833 165 3054 Stracy, Don M WE 1629 i 106 4426 HifI/ Martin CI tt 9B unr t66 5941 Ward, Simon CA L621 1462 741 4461 M.istry, Prashant NS l1 91 L8 41 )-61 6543 Lee, Andrew Yuan-Che HP 1626 7139 * 3232 Rawnsley, Louis D HP t] 91 unr 51 45 Zhanq, Michael C AC t626 7666 109 3021 Power, P Wayne NS l't 9L 1815 L69 3268 King, Peter C WE L621. i 110 6239 King, Mathew J WA L1 89 161 2 170 5915 Vosloo, Johan NS 76L6 r669 111 4285 Storey, Dona.Id ,I H OT t] 86 1825 L1I 5108 Potini, Genesis W EK 1610 I51 I LL2 5815 cordon, Russef WE 1783 71 36 112 4164 Farrington, Lawrence B wE 1609 t642 113 6032 Smith, David tr{E L182 * i 4491 Scarf, Rex AS 1609 1555 174 3986 Vincent, Matthew B OT 1781 .I 71 4 5509 Chatelrne, Stanislav NS 1601 115 3461 MuIIan, A Brett WE L]1 9 .t L15 4618 Gilmour, Mark wr 1600 i LL6 5482 WeIIs, Clinton A NS L11l L882 tt 6 5136 Rider, Brett wT 1598 1593 LL1 3433 Davies, Geoff CA tt 69 1658 rlt 5709 Riding, Chrrstopher L HA L591 t45t 118 5873 j Mcchesney, Sam t] 63 1 651 L78 4099 Wright, Chris CA L594 i 119 5356 s Portougal, Viktor WT 11 59 I L]9 4713 Duffreld, Terence 1590 1516 120 * or 6436 Cotty, Richard AC 1154 unr 180 3259 Booth, Anthony J HP I5B9 1451 Chess NZ NZ Chess

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Rapk Code I Name Std Rap : ... I : Raflk Code Name :: , l: I l:,ilii'N\ .Etd ':i r{ap 6251 Bryan, Jason AC 1589 * 1243 * 241 4095 s Boag/ Peter W CA T41 9 T416 r82 5903 ) Yang, Steven WT 1583 1412 ?.4? 61 43 Mukkattu, Philip AC T416 * unr 183 3771 S Cater, James E PT 1581 1434 ?.43 5507 I'ort, Conrad CA L414 i 51 99 ) Wilson, Da11as WE 1581 1513 ?.44 3169 Moore/ Stephen wE 1469 1561 * 185 5604 Churton, Douglas CA 1580 1491 * 5566 Prinsloo, Pleter AC L469 * unr 18 6 4782 Reid, David M OT 1519 1540 246 4611 Whitehouse, Anthony NS 1465 _L I8'7 4 15 5 Taylor, Stephen AS t513 1590 241 4101 Benson, Jim HP 1458 * 1396 * 1BB 6627 Tanoi. T Edward PT 1568 L122 * 248 5430 j Loo, Junzhong NS 1455 * unr 5642 OT * lB9 Lydlate, Christopher L56t 1535 + 6548 ) Zhenq, Haowen HP 1455 L239 4150 Mu11igan. AIIan W AS 1561 L440 254 631L j carcla Castro, Veronlca L454 unr 191 5318 Ch.ifu, Tudor WE L564 15 8 1 257 6421 Jefferson, Vince NS L448 unr 5836 Mu1lnder. Guy CA 7564 L566 252 3926 Reid, Anton UH L441 unr * 6l'1 6 Riley, Tim OT 1564 * 1136 253 6158 Side11, Gregory WE L442 t4t8 T94 6183 Benitez, Rick WE 15 61 unr 254 5940 Pe11e, Dominic HP 744L t40t 195 3168 Be11, David I WA 1550 t542 255 4667 Wilson, John C WA 7444 .t 3243 S Capper, David S WE 15 50 1651 )56 6594 Burgess, Ken HP 7436 1384 L91 3056 S Kay/ J Bruce WE 1557 1455 251 6331 Ing, Kimbo 1430 unr 198 5605 Pritchard, Owen CA 1554 7434 258 5982 ; Yang, Lion NS 1429 1423 199 5902 Eairley, Natasha NH l-5s3 1319 259 51"Ll Smith, Roger UH 1426 unr 2AA 6249 Chandra/ Sandeep OT L552 L401 264 5244 Armstrong, John E OT 1" 422 1399 6156 De'ath, BLake AS t552 1s 63 261 616A j Sellars, Thomas UH L4L8 L631 61 B9 Litvinov. Dmitri AC 1552 unr 262 3354 s Garland, Mana 7471 I 243 5451 Kay/ Peter CA 1550 1575 263 5244 Bowden, Paul UH L476 1195 244 6011 Gao, ,Judy AC 1548 L424 264 4496 s Keeling, Roy L AS 1410 1450 3521 O ' connor, .Tohn A I{T 1548 1485 255 4383 Harnett, Patrick M WE I 401 unr 3929 Southgate, Brent OT 1548 1380 266 6162 Shields, Gerald HA 1405 L546 201 5212 Harish, Roy WT 1546 1384 3612 s Young/ Patrick 1405 unr 6238 Holdaway/ Stewart 7546 1 A A1 268 40BB Macdonald, John R AS 1402 L463 209 s353 ) Smith, Devon WT 1543 1498 269 6226 Thorpe, Rrchard WE 1399 L3L2 2ta 3401 S MitcheIl, Robert S NS 1537 1 605 214 6556 Power, Anthony HP 1396 unr 5060 Partridge, Derek CA 1537 1643 217 5772 cothorp, Thomas H T HA 13 91 T29L 212 5B0B Tau, Robert CA 1534 L224 212 5590 Ponchio, Mateus OT 1387 unr 2I3 3805 Plumpton, David WT 7525 L4t] 213 43L4 Cater-Milano, Amy PT L382 .t 214 5405 Martin, PauI AC unr 214 3854 Wagstaff. cl:aham C NS l38l 7522 2L5 6449 Seabrook/ Roy KP t52L 15 31 215 4650 Dellaca, Bruce D GA L31 5 1409 216 6294 Chen, Jimmy AC l5l5 L264 216 5683 Currie, Michael G WT 1373 1506 5600 Eitzgerald, Shane EK 15 15 unr 6381 j Yan, Garry WE 137 3 1584 6201 ) Petreski, Fifip NS 151s L869 218 4054 s ^ourrn^y, Holen K HA L31 2 a 2r9 4L56 S Bennett, Stewart T AS 1514 L461 634L Eaifai, Jesse OT 7372 1308 5878 ) Dare, Richard ,f HA L449 280 6L52 j Lau, Andrew CA 137 1 t34L 221 4521 Mcgowan, Alistair KP l- 513 L60t 2Bl 591 6 Eairley, Dona.Id AC 1370 1224 3962 S WiIson, CIive HP t5t3 1620 282 47L9 Pr:ice, Steven L369 .t 223 5785 ) Du PIessis, Megan WE L5L2 unr 4692 Steiner, Michael AC r3 69 unr 224 4158 Richardson, Nigef,I AS 150 9 t66t 5921 j Watson, Stephen L369 L44L 61 47 Smith, David,f HP 1509 17 01 285 3815 s Otene, Edith A WT r3 68 .t 226 6174 Unger/ EIi CA 1s0 I 1244 286 5B3B Dlkshlt, Amrendra AU 1366 unr 221 4695 Tseung, .Tohn C O A' r-505 .L 281 5425 Erancis, John WT 13 53 1251 228 4234 ,Johns, Danief P NS L502 18 10 288 4852 Nico11, Alistair HP 13 60 728t 229 5588 Lin, AIan HA 1501 L629 289 6560 Olssen, Alex WE 135 I unr 234 6093 Bourne, Cra.ig OT 1498 t 510 294 3092 Mears, Graham W NS 1357 7674 1 A 01 23L 3685 Copp, Levi GA unr t 29L 6102 Brockway, Andrew WE 1355 t44L 4186 Ritchie, Anthony OT L49l .t 292 4123 Poffard, Bruce tr{T 1348 7542 233 5817 Lei, ,facques HP 1495 L6L3 293 6168 j Baird, Vrolet OT 7341 I 234 3069 S Wigbout, Max WE L49 4 unr 294 514-7 Addms, G-offrey OT 1346 .t 235 6t42 ) Shen, Danie.I le 7493 L3A2 5590 s Morten, Peter HP L346 1390 236 5474 Butl-and, Scott AC 1492 unr 296 5893 j Campbell, Davld CA 1332 L449 231 4666 Martin, oscar 1490 I 6116 Thompson, Stephen OT L332 t431 238 61 62 Cooper, Nigel CA 1485 1586 298 5119 Hadfield, Derek WT L328 i 41 A9 Pocock, Graham W GA 1485 7602 299 6L99 j Llu, Cecily NS 1324 1353 244 5915 Wu, Shirley L48 4 1556 61 69 Yin, Ambrose WE t32A 1587 NZ Chess NZ Chess t9 t8 Rank Code Ranrk:::Code :. * irir , Std.,. = BaP:,, 301 5708 j Kim, Doyoung CA 1318 unr 361 6284 l Ruan, Harry AC t22A 7344 302 5538 Heremaia, Ngawati CA 1316 i 362 6291 Hutton, Nevifle G HP l2l9 721 5 303 56L9 j Jones, Benjamin WT 1,312 I 353 624I Ming-Wong, Afexander or 7271 771 6 6629 j Huang. * ) 304 Alex WT 1310 1131 364 5939 Mihic, Sava AC 12A9 unr 305 5925 j Wu, Sharon AC 1308 1387 ) 355 6L13 Dowden, R Benjamin oT 1201 7t1 9 41BA Mac, ) 305 Jimmy CA 1307 I 366 6276 j ,Iiang, Catherine 1206 unr 307 6164 Katial, Kamaf AC 1306 * unr 361 3304 Grevers, Leo P 1205 5856 Reed, NS i 308 Ken 1304 unr 368 6542 Kim, Brendan L203 1199 * 309 6340 s Taylor, David 74L4 ) PT 1303 369 6743 j Harrison, Michaef !{r 1200 i 3 10 6101 j Huang, Edward HP L299 * 7148 I 370 5954 S Macdonald, Ma.Icofm MM L796 1090 311 4116 Stevenson/ Michael CA L291 1353 31L 3530 S WiIliams/ ceorge wT 1794 unr 312 6459 Carr, M.ichael WE 1296 * 1249 * I 312 5966 S CoIIingwood, Ron MM 1183 7291 313 617L j Sivapalanr Praveen 1294 * i * * 3532 Mcrae, ,fohn H PT 1183 118 3 374 6106 j Thomas/ Dominic UH 7293 L25B 11A 315 6443 Dhyan, Shiva AC 1292 * unr Rov,re, Marcus WT 118 1 i 5131 5 4r2 Rudkins, T.ynton R NS L292 1507 375 Rider, Reginald WT 7L1 9 unr 4264 Stephens, Robert C TT19 371 5848 Nokes. Jacqua CA l29L unr UH unr 318 3288 s Bowler, Robert P NP 1290 unr 311 6r51 ) Lau, Tabitha CA LT]B l27t 319 6288 i Meng, Fel HP T288 * j. 378 6630 ) Liu, BiII 171 4 unr 320 sB79 Pfyler:, Scott HP 1285 7325 319 6381 ) Cross, Nic 1171 unr 6110 * 32r 6tt 4 french, WilI WE 1282 * unr 380 Leibowitz, Michaef wE LL61 1003 322 3372 s Jones, Gwen M NS 7287 I 381 6329 Garnett, Matthew AC 1165 unr 323 5462 Kfuge, Ben NS \219 i 382 6078 ) Tsoi, Nicole wT 1151 LOL2 j 383 6322 ) Cho,,fin-Won or 115 9 i 5691 Maroroa/ Andrew HP 1219 1400 * 325 67r0 Setka, Denis WT I21 6 unr 384 6703 ) Shierlaw, Hamish WE LI51 7234 6088 Stephen I 326 6080 j Favel. Jonathan OT 1212 1246 385 ) TrebiIco, oT 1150 321 6155 j Pius, L2'77 * * 386 304s S Trundle, ceorge E GA 1140 1LL1 Jerrin AS 123'/ 6082 Nabeelah 328 3355 Winsor/ Brian M NS 7268 1442 387 1 Saib, or 1139 1096 329 61t3 Hartwell, Steven CA 1266 * 1603 * 388 6354 ) Nicholas, Hayden HP 1136 unr 5009 Jewitt, Seth 1256 1339 * 389 5606 Stafford, David cA 7732 L364 CA 5710 j 331 6L15 j Watts, Benjamin OT 1261 * 1126 390 Lynn, Oscar HA 1129 117 0 332 6544 ; Rl1ey, Jonathan 126A * 1255 * 391 5919 l Wu, Bill- AC 7124 L201 333 61L2 Chase, Charlie HA L259 * unr 392 5593 ) Eeng, Bofe HP 7123 111 5 4895 Col.Iingwood, Vaughan MM 7259 7382 6203 I Li, Xiang Wei NS 1723 110 9 j 61 09 j Park, Jaewoo CA 1259 * 1108 * 394 6113 Wylde, Henry wE ttl9 L225 395 5914 Shingade, Bafamohan AC \LT6 L325 353 1 Shields, Jonathan A WT 1259 L2B5 ) 331 6559 Li/ cavin HP 1258 * unr 396 6628 AnsefI, John NP 1113 unr 338 6372 Petzer, Eugene AC 1256 1245 * 391 6360 l AnseIf, Alan NP 1106 7326 339 5L96 Cloete, Dlna I NS 1252 1356 398 6301 ) Guo, Charlie AC 1100 1233 340 4984 s Varga, Stephen HP L25l 1305 399 6608 Jukic. Mirosfav AC 1099 unr 341 6019 j Saib, Muhammad OT I25O 1361 61 40 ) Richardson, Neil HP 1099 13 51 342 5006 Nathan/ Maui PT 7249 * 1061 * 6605 ) Simpson, Andrew cA 1099 unr 343 6453 van Dyk/ Mandie NS 1248 * 7463 * 402 6232 ) Zhang, Leon AC 1096 1262 344 4118 Kesseler, Anthony J WT 1241 i 403 6386 ) Warmerdam, Samuef 1094 unr 5646 Mangos, Rrchard AC 724'l * unr 404 4934 Tuatini, Murray GA 1492 unr 346 4640 Aranui, George CA 1244 i 405 6320 Cho, David or 1088 a 5t 49 Gesmundo/ Jeun AC 1244 * i 406 6439 Cheng, Frank AC 1OB4 unr Johnson, Jeffrey S l24A unr 61 82 ) Stevens, Michaef wE 1084 unr 349 591r Chobanovich, Ksenrja WE 1238 i 408 6423 I Chen, Benny NS 101 5 tt85 47 42 Judkins, Gary L HA 1238 1520 449 6593 Alipiev, Alexander A NS 1075 L21 I 410 6296 Han, Chen 1058 10 61 351 5493 Maroroa/ Temu A HP 7236 1326 I ) Yi HP 6233 Yang, Shuo 352 6583 j Alipiev, Atanas A NS 7234 7418 4LL ) Kai AC 1065 unr 5091 j Burgess/ Matthew OT 1234 i I 472 6230 Chen, Nick AC 1064 LL32 5443 DolIie, Uzair AC lA64 10 41 6LA2 j Gan, Jason HP 1234 * 1249 * ) j 4t4 6429 Meng, Ling Jia 1059 unr 355 5904 Wuf Jesse WT 1232 i 644't j Zhao, Dean NS 1059 t28t 356 66tt s Balendr:an, Ba.Ia L237 * AC unr 4L6 6994 Li, Johnson AC 1057 643 357 3267 Webber, Clarry H L265 ) UH L225 4L1 5355 Xla, Ye 1055 358 6550 j Peng, Alan I2B1 * l unr HP L224 4L8 6r6r Sef lars. Samue.I 1045 998 359 4668 Van Den Bosch, ) uH s Kees HP L223 lf32 4L9 6351 Shansuddin, Subrin to44 unr 350 6285 j Ruan, Jack AC 7222 L28T ) 420 618L Sinclair, Richard uH 1043 unr NZ Chess NZ Chess 21 20 ::::r:.= ::: Rank Code'' Rap ffink tuodattttt l Name-- lr' : '':=;:.:' I = (Joey) 421 5'796 i Kirkpatrick, Ian WT LA42 I 481 6477 j Wong, Tung Ka 886 1081 Cooper, Teatua OT 1041 151 482 5BBB j Chao, Terry HA 1006 61 90 HeasIip, Paul AC r041 unr 483 6444 j Poveda, Felipe C 884 unr 424 6291 l Meng, Jia Jaa HP 1040 949 484 6591 Wa1liams, Richard WT 883 unr 425 6298 ) Zhang, Harrison AC 1038 141 485 6383 Ereeman-Green, Thomas 882 unr 426 5'192 j Campbe1l, EeIix 1035 1011 486 6303 Keepa, Jerome WT 880 861 6112 j Pattekar, Somesh WE r035 1325 481 6352 Baltzer, Martin EK 819 7243 428 643r ) Sanders, David RM r033 1111 488 6281 Chen, Yrng HP 81 6 163 429 6633 ) Li, Andrew NS LO25 1262 489 6220 Huang, Zr Chen NS 874 l 430 6424 ) Chen, Alan HP LO2L 110 0 494 6L96 Wang, Weber NS 869 913 43r 6272 ) Somerville. Manu CA 1019 1251 62L4 Zhang, Affen Qiu Shl 869 unr 432 6254 l Lin, Jonathan AC 1018 113 4 492 6428 Jiang, Andrew 866 1043 rJd,ry 433 6314 S Van Der HulsL/ HA 1017 unr 493 661 4 Seshasayee, Sumant 859 434 5829 HoIm, Gav.in AC 1011 1055 494 6300 Guo, Nefson 853 1040 6754 Michelle, Carolyn HA 1011 unr 495 6687 tr^lu, Kunbo e46 unr 436 5595 Sutton, Matthew HP 1007 1110 495 6385 Pau1, Christy 840 unr 431 6438 Brown, James AC 1006 unr 497 6514 Chen, Catherin HP 837 510 6253 Lin, Howard AC 1006 115 6 498 6541 Van Hutten/ Paul J MM 833 925 6589 Seneviratne, Ajith AC 1006 Lt62 499 6637 Wong, Shing WT az5 unr 440 6246 Catteral, Richard UH 1000 unr 500 6391 Wu, David 822 870 6Al4 Lin, Kan HP r000 unr 501 6309 Li. Bill HA 821 925 thana ah^ 442 6388 Eurlong-Eord, Colwyn WE 999 7269 502 6t 4'1 Lrr!rrY, ur!L AC 814 1232 6289 Li, Jlapeng AC 999 tol 6 503 6395 Wu, Jeffrey 186 unr 444 6191 Scandrett, Kent AC 993 unr 504 5928 ) Ye, Llncoln RI4 18L 445 6552 Khoo, Eunice HP 986 unr 505 6105 Malone/ Robert UH 780 1037 446 5390 j Waugh, Hugh WE 982 1015 506 6382 ) Ereeman-Green, Danlel 115 unr 441 63s 6 Be11, Colin NP 980 unr 507 6440 ) Chiu, Joyce Tzu-Chiao AC 112 2'72 448 5389 r Yeoh, Li Hao 975 1LL1 6348 ) Ripley, Shaun NS 112 i 449 5501 Denton, Gerard UH 91L 1.201 509 62L5 l Bi, Ran (Bowen) NS 168 733 450 6632 j Wu, Wei 970 unr 510 6161 Zrl; .l \/;.roL AC 165 unr (ooo Couchman, Richard WT 969 unr 511 6585 ) Chen, Thomas HP 16L 841 6229 Xre, Chen 959 I 512 6425 ) Fan, Kevin 151 546 6680 j 651 9 Xu, Zian AC 969 513 Peart, Davld 149 unr ahar n-rr\7 574 661 9 ulrLrr/ uuv y 738 132 454 6422 Chen, Wan xin HP 961 103 5 ) 515 6159 Pen, Dylan WT 134 unr 455 623L Li. Michaef HP 964 1080 ) 6364 1,au, Brian WT 964 7052 651 1 j Wood, Reuben 134 596 451 6780 Houston, Mark UH 955 unr 5I1 6455 j Bi/ Toby NS 129 118 5 458 4308 Boekholt, Eildert UH 954 i 6007 ) Rallrs, Alex HP 129 91 5 459 6'/ 01 Godk.in, Sarah CA 952 lr9t 519 6442 j Huang, Iilathan unI 46A 6292 Chiu, Kelvin P AC 951 913 524 5839 Desai, Abhij it AC 1L6 unr 46L 6551 Cheung. Kenley HP 949 unr 527 6512 l f,UI , UIIdI CO HP 109 6tB 462 6416 Yang, Mona WT 941 831 522 6299 ) Chen, Hui Ling HP lAL 613 463 5686 DowdesweII, Benjamin HP 946 1212 523 6290 l Li, Jack NS 689 lAt 3 464 6456 Bi, Mira NS 942 1.259 524 6432 j Sun, T.r Cheng HP 686 864 465 63s9 Wiperi, Murphy 940 unr 525 6358 l Liu, KareI 669 unr s66 6433 Ye, Xia Samuef 936 unr 526 645L ) Kwok, Robert 664 519 46-7 6384 Kelsall, Jack 934 unr 521 5618 j Tao/ Grace 659 unr 468 6559 Wong. 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33.Qds Qc7 34.Qe4 Kf7 35.c5 Qd7 36.Qfs Kg7 6.NR 0-0 7.0-0 d5 8.a3 Bd6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 Tairova, E (2414\ - (2400) Javakhishvili ,L (2425) - (2513) 37.Qe4 Kf/ 38.Qf5 Kg7 39.Qh5 1-0 White NbdT 11.b5 Ne4 12.8b2 ReS 13.a4 Re6 14.Ne2 R2 R4 plans 40 Kg2 then f:l-f5. If the Rook on 96 ever a5 l5.Ba3 Rc8 16.Bxd6 cxd6 l7.Rcl Ndf6 l. e4 c5 2. NR d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. NR b6 4. 93 Ba6 5. b3 moves, Qxe8f wins. 18.h3 Re7 19.Qb3 h6 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 2l.Rcl Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. flt Nbd7 8. QR Qc7 9. O- Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. BPI Prc7 22.Rxc7 QxcT 23.Qc2 Qe7 24.Qc1 96 O-O Be7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Rg8 12. Bh4 95 a4 l0.bxa4 Bc6 ll. Qb3 Ba5 12. Na3 d6 13. Mamedyarov, S (27 57) - Topalol y Q772) 25.Nh2 Kg7 26.h4 Ne8 27.8 N4f6 28.Nf1 h5 13. ftg5 hxg5 14. Be1 Ne5 15. Kbl Bd7 16. Nb5 NbdT 14. Bcl e5 15. e3 Re8 16. Ba3 exd4 lD43l 29.NPl Nd7 30.Qe1 Nf8 31.Qg3 Kh6 32.Nxhs Qe3 Qc5 17. h3 Nc6 18. Be2 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 17 . exd4 Ne4 l8. Qc2 Ndf6 19. Bb2 Bd1 20. d5 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.NR d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 gxh5 33.Qg8 f5 34.Ng3 Ng7 35.Bxf5 Ng6 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. BR Nd7 22. Rfl Rh8 Qc8 21. Nfd4 Nc5 22. Radl Ng4 23. h3 Ne5 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Qf4 36.Bxg6 Kxg6 37.Nxh5 Qxe3+ 38.Kh2 qsTr 23. Nd5 exd5 24. exd5 Ne5 25. dxc6bxc6 26. 24. 1(Jr2 Ng6 25. t4 f5 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 l0.Bd3 e5 11.0-0 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Nxc5 39.Nf4+ Kf6 40.94 Ql/ 4l.Qd8+ Qe7 42.Qg8 Be2Kd7 27.Pia4 Rhtt 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29.Bxa6 Nxe6 28. Qxf5 RbS 29. Na7 Qd7 30. Nc6 Ra8 Bxc5 14.Rae1+ Kf8 15.Re4 Qf6 l6.Qc3 a5 Qf7 43.Qd8+ Qe7 44.Qxe7+ KxeT 45.Kg3 Ne6 ff 30. Be2 Ke6 31. a4 c5 32. Bb5 d5 33. BD 31. Qg4 Ngf8 32. f5 Nd8 33. Nxd8 Rexd8 34. lT.Rfel Bd7 18.Rle3 Bb4 19.Qc2 Qd6 20.R4 46.Nxe6 Kxe6 47.f4 BcS 48.f5+ Kf7 49.h5 Bd7 Rb8 (33...ReS would be artistically winning!) Bd5+ Kh8 35. f6 1-0 h5 21.c5 Bxc5 22.8c4 f6 23.Ne6+ Bxe6 50.h6 Kg8 51.Kf4 Be8 52.Kg5 Kfl 53.h71Kg7 34. Rel Bd6 35. c3 f4 36. Kc2 Kf5 37. Rdl 24.Rxe6 Qd7 25.Qf5 Qd4 26.Re4 Qdl+ 27.Bfl 54.h8Q+ Kxh8 55.Kf6 Bxb5 56.Ke7 Bd3 57.f6 Ke6 38. Be2 RaS 39. Ral Ra5 40. Bb5 94 41. Danielian, E (2424\ - Kosintseva, T (2459) Bd6 28.Rd3 Bxh2+ 29.Kxh2 Qxfl 30.Rd7 l-0 896 58.f7 Bxtf 59.Kxf/ 1-0. Mate in six. hxg4 Nxg4 42. Rel+ Ne5 43. Rhl Ng4 44. Bgl R7 RaS 45. Rh4 Rg8 46. a5 Nf6 47.Bfl R 48. 94 1. d4 Nf6 2 NB d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Kamsky, G (2705) - Mamedyarov,S (2757) The lst World Women's Team Chess Ne4 49. Be3 f2 50. Bg2 Rft 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. NbdT 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.8d3 Be7 9. O- lB08l Championship Rh7+ Ke6 53. Rh6+ Kd7 54. Bfl Kc6 55. a6 O Bh7 10. e4 dxeA 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Ne5 c5 1.eA d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 96 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 0-0 It was no surprise the talented Chinese team Ng3 56. Bg2 fl:Q 57. Bxfl Nxfl 58. Bg1 Ra8 13. Ng5 96 14. Bc4 Nd5 15. NgxfT RxfT 16. 6.8e3 c6 7.Qd2 bs 8.Bd3 NbdT 9.0-0 Qc7 dominated this event, scoring a roasting 30.5 59.b4 cxb4 60. a7 bxc3 61. Kxc3 Ng3 62. Be3 Nxf/ KxfT 17. Qb3 N7f6 18. dxc5 Kg7 19. Rdl 11.c3 12.Ng3 l0.Ne2 c5 e5 c4 13.Bc2 Re8 board points from 36. The Russian team scored Ne4+ 63. Kc2 Kb5 64. Rh5 KcA 65. Bb6 d4 66. Bxc5 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Qh3 1(J,8 22. QA Qg7 14.a4 bxa4 l5.Bxa4 exd4 16.Nxd4 a6 l7.Bh6 24, Ukaine 23.5, 20, Poland I 9.5, Rh3 Nf2 67. Rh6 B?+ 68. 95 d3+ 69. Kb2 d2 0-1 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rf8 25. Qxf8+ BxE BhS 18.Ndf5 Re6 l9.Rfdl Nc5 20.Nxd6 Bb7 Germany 18. Other teams were , Bot- 26. Rd8 h627.8e3 Kh7 28. Radl Bc6 29. RcS 2l.Nxb7 QxbT 22.R Nd3 23.b3 Bg7 24.Bxg7 swana, Vietnam, . The youthful (2370) - Korbut,E (2429) Bb7 30. Rcd8 Bc6 3l.Ptc8ll2-ll2 KxgT 25.bxc4 Nb2 26.Rdbl Qa7+ 27.Khl Chinese team (oldest 22 yearc) consisted of R2 Nxc4 28.Qg5 RcS 29.Nf5+ KI8 30.Nd4 Rb6 ZhaoXue, 13 year old Hou Yifan, Ruan Lufei, 1. e4 c5 2. NR d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. President's Cup - Baku 31.Rxb6 Qxb6 32.Bb3 Rc5 33.Qh6 Kg8 34.Rel Huang Qian and . Perhaps more Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. The Baku Chess Festival took place April 30 - Rh5 35.Qfl1 Rc5 36.e5 Nh5 37.Qh4 Nxe5 38.P1 telling was the 4-0 win to in their clash Nd5 NbdT 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. 94 May 12, consisting of a Children's Section, an Rxc3 39.fxe5 Rxb3 40.e6 fte6 41.Nxb3 Qxb3 with the Russian team in round 2. On board 3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. O-O-O Bd6 15. 95 e4 Open Tournament and Veteran's Section. In the 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qe7+ Kh6 44.Q8+ l-0 Ekateina Korbut let a promising position slip 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. h4 f5 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Rdgl Open Arkadij Naiditsch took clear first on against Ruan Lufei, and before long sisters Ne5 20. Rg2 NR 21. Qdl Bf4 22. Rg4 Qe5 23. 7.S/9,beating in the last round. Mamedyarov,S (2757) - Sasikiran, K(2690) Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintseva were beaten, Kbl Bxe3 24. fxe3 b5 25. c4 bxcA 26. Bxc4 Going into the last round Short was leading l420l along with Elena Tairova. In round 2 other Rab8 27. Qc2 h5 28. Rg6 Ptb4 29. Rdl a5 30. after taking out leader Vadim Milov. In the end, l.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.892 96 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 f5 strong contenders fumbled; Poland scored 3:1 d6+ Kh8 31. Rd5 Rfb8 32. b3 a4 33. Rg5 Rxc4 Naiditsch, trainer of young Magnus Carlsen, 6.e4 Nf6 7.Nge2 a5 8.exf5 gxf5 9.d4 0-0 O"""u", and Vietnam 2.5:1.5 over Arme- 34. Qxc4 Qe6 35. Rxh5+ Kg8 36. d7 l-0 won his last four games, to give him +7 :7 -1. 10.895 Qe8 I1.0-0 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.c5 Nc6 ;;:. Top Standings: I Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 14.Nb5 Qe7 l5.Nec3 Qg7 16.cxd6 cxd6 77.d5 Paehtz,E (2442) - Socko, M (2481) 2654 7.5 2 Malakhatko, Vadim GM BEL 2598 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.M5 Pl 20.Nxd6 Bg4 Chiburdanidze, M (2510) - Jackova, J (2423) R2 7 3 Y an Wely, Loek GM NED 267 4 7 4 F e- 21.Qd3 Be7 22.Nb5 A 23.Bhl Bc5 24.d6 Kh8 RI 7. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 dorov, Alexei GM BLR 26ll'l 5 Short, Nigel 25.Radl Rad8 26.a3 Bb6 27.Rfe1 Bf5 28.Qd2 1. d4 Nf6 2. NB e6 3. c4b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 96 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 D GM ENG 2691 6.5 6 Mamedov, Nidjat GM Qf6 29.Re7 Bd7 30.Rde1 Qg5 3l.Qd3 Qf5 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. c5 dxc5 9. Ba3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. NA d4 13. AZE2547 6.5 7 Guseinov, Gadir GM AZE 32.Qd2 Qgs 33.Qc2 Qf5 34.Qxf5 Rxf5 35.Nc7 O-O 10. O-O NbdT ll. Qc2 BxR 12. gxR e5 Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. 2586 6.5 8 Savchenko, Stanislav GM UKR d3 36.Rdl Rc5 37.Bxf3 Rc2 38.Rfl Bh3 13. Khl Re8 14. d5 96 15. c4 Nh5 16. Rgl a4 Rc8 17.Kd2 Rxc5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 2545 6.5 9 Mamedov, Rauf GM AZE2584 6.5 39.Ne6 Bxf2+ 40.Khl Bxfl 41.d7? Rg8 0-1 Ndf6 17. Radl Qd6 18. Bb2 c6 19.Be2 a6 20. O-O 20. RxaT Rd8 21. RxbT Nxb5 22. Pl Nd4 l0 Milov, Vadim GM SUl26'75 6.5 I 1 Balogh, f4 exf4 21. e4 R 22. BxR Qf4 23. Qc3 cxd5 24. 23. Rhbl Kg7 24. R1b2 95 25. 93 NR+ 26. Csaba GM HLIN 2617 6.5 l2 Morchiashvili, Topalov, V (2772\ - Sasikiran, K (2690) cxd5 Kf8 25. d6 Rad8 26. Bxh5 l-0 Ke2 Nd4+ 2'7. Kdz NR+ 28. Ke2 Nd4+ 29. Bachana GEO2396 6.5 13 Gasanov, EldarIM IE43] Ke3 Rc3 30. Kd2 Rc5 31. Re7 Rdc8 32. RbbT IIKR 2486 6.5 14 Dovliatov, Sanan IM AZE 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 Nxc2 33. Rxe6 Rf8 1/2-l12 2438 6.5 15 Ztbarev.

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9. d6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Rdl 12. Somov Memorial Kirishi Qxe3+ 20. Kfl Bd4 0-1 QR Qa5 Nb5 Aronian-Kramnik2 The V Intemational Chess Toumament Bd1 13. Bb4 Qxa2 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nc7 Ba4 [D17] 16.RclNc6 17.Nxa8Qa3 18.Qe3Na5 19.f3 l.d4d52.c4c63.NRNf64.Nc3dxc45.a4Bf5 "World's Youth Stars", dedicated to Vanya Nepomniachtchi, I Q602) -Bundnil,F Q469) Somov's memory, took place May 14-28 2007 lcs4l Nxc4 20. Qf4 b5 21. Rb1 Qxc3+ 22.Kf2 Nd2 6.Ne5 e67.R c5 8.e4896 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 in Kirishi, near St Petersburg. Ian Nepomnia- 1. e4 e5 2. NB Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 23. Rel Rxa8 24. Bg2 c4 25. Qc7 Qd4+ 26. e3 Qxd4 I l.Bxd4 NfdT 12.Nxd7 NxdT l3.Bxc4 a6 chtchi won on tie-break after four finished on a6 6.h3 O-O 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 Qd8 27. Qe5 Rc8 28. Qc3 Qd3 29. Qa5 c3 30. 14.h4 Rc8 l5.Ba2h616.Rcl Rg8 17.Ke2 Bc5 Re2 Nb3 31. c2 l8.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.M1 20.Rxc5 Nxc5 7llt. 10. }rlbd2 Qe7 11. 94 95 12. Bg3 b5 13. h4 QxaT 0-l Ke7 21.h5 Bh7 22.Rcl Nd7 23.Nd2 24.hxg6 Final Round I 1 Standings: l. Nepomniachtchi, Bxg4 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Rgl Ng7 96 Aronian Ptc5 Ian m RUS 26027.0;2. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 17. Bh4 gxh4 18. Rxga Qd7 19. Rg5 Nd8 20. - Kramnik Match Rxg6 25.KP Rg5 26.Rc7 b5 27.a5 Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik played a 28.Rrc5 Nxc5 29.Ke3 Kd6 30.b4 Nd7 25847.0;3. Negi, Parimag'angIND 2515 7.0; Nxh4 Qh3 21. NdR Nde6 22. Rg3 Qhl+ 23. 31.Nb3 six game rapid match, 25 mins * 10 seconds e5 32.Ncl f5 33.Nd3 fxe4 34.fxe4 Nf6 35.Nc5 4. Andriasian, ZavengARM 2523 7.0;5.Zhr- Rgl Qh3 24. O-O-O l-0 galko, Sergei g BLR 2540 6.0; 6. Grigoryan, added each move. The match was played in 896 36.Bb3 Ng4+ 37.Kd2 Nf6 38.Bc2 Kc6 Avetik m ARM 2455 6.0; 7. Kuzubov, Yuriy g Nepomniachtchi,l (2602) - Negi, P (2515) Yerevan, Armenia, 4 10th May. The world 39.Bd3 Nd7 40.Nxa6 Bf7 4l.Be2h5 42.93 B96 champion Kramnik won the first game being 43.Ke3 44.Kd2 896 45.Bd3 46.8f1 UKR 2545 5.5; 8. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS lE20l Bfl Bf7 prepared 2445 5.0; 9. Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2533 l. NB Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. well for Aronian's Marshall Attack. Be6 47.Kc3 Bg4 48.Bd3 BR 49.8c2 Kd6 The enterprising Aronian fought back in game2 50.Kd3 Kc6 5l.Bb3 Kb7 52.8e6 Nf6 53.Nc5+ 4.5; 10. Safarli, Eltaj m AZE 2463 4.0; ll. Nxd4 Bb4 6. 93 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 in a Gambit Declined, grinding Kram- 54.Ke3 Bc8 56.8b3 Bh3 Gororykh, Eduard f RUS 2416 3.5; 12. Bin- 9. Qe3 b610.8g2 Bb71l. BxbTNxbT 12.Ba3 Queen's Kc6 Bg4 55.8fl nik down to two minutes at one stage. The Ar- 57.Bd1 Bg4 58.Bc2 Bc8 59.8d3 Ng4+ 60.Ke2 drich, Falko m GER 2469 3.5. Nc6 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Rdl Qc7 15. Qg5 f6 16. menian then drew blood again in the next game 61.Nb3 Be6 62.Nd2 Ne8 Nc7 During the event there was the G.E.Nesis's Cup Qh5+ 96 17. Qh4 Kf7 18. c5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Nf6 63.M1 with a queen manoeuwe, swap and good end- 64.Nc3 Bd7 65.Kd2 BeS 66.Be2 Bf/ 67.Nd5 a rapid event held on the 2lst-22"d May. Time bxc5 20. Qh6 RadS 21. O-O e5 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 game. In game 4 Kramnik decided to play for Bxd5 68.exd5+ Kd6 69.Bxh5 e4 70.Bf7 Na6 control: 20 minutes with an increment of l0 23. Rbl Qe7 24. a4 Ke6 25. Qh4 Kf7 26. a5 the win with Black, but Aronian's kingside 71.Kc3 e3 72.Bh5 Kxd5 73.Be2 Nc7 74.8R+ seconds per move. Konstantin Sakaev won the Kgl 27. a6 Rc8 28. Qc4 Ptc7 29. Rb8 f5 30. attack put another notch in his belt, allowing Ke5 75.8b7 Kf5 76.Kd3 1-0. event with 7/10. Qb3 Qfl7 31. c4 Kf6 32.Rb7 him the luxury ofneeding only one draw from Final Round 10 Standings: 1. SakaevRUS 2633 Ke6 33. Qbz f4 34. Qbl ftg3 35. hxg3 Qd7 36. the last two games to win the match. Kramnik 7.0; 2. Alekseev RUS 2679 5.0; 3. Khalifrnan Kg2 Qd6 37. RbS Rf/ 38. ReS+ Re7 39. Rh8 Kramnik - Aronian 3 went for a mating attack in game 5 but missed RUS 2624 5.0; 4. Komarov UKR 2539 5.0;5. Kd7 40. Qhl h5 41. Qbl Qf6 42. Qb7+ Ke6 43. [A30] his chance on move 39 when he could have l.NR Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.93 c5 4.892 Bb1 5.0-0 e6 Janovsky RUS 2496 4.0;6. Novik RUS 2466 Qc8+ Rd7 44. ReS+ Kd6 45. QbS+ l-0 4.0; played 39.Rf7+ Kg8 40.Re7 Nx?l+ (or Ne5+) 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.895 a6 Kuzubov, Y (2545) - Zhigalko, S (2540) 42nd Capablanca Memorial 4I.gxf4 RcS 42.Rg7+ Kf8 43.Kh7 Rc7 44.Rxc7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qf4 0-0 l2.Rfdl Be7 13.Ne4 c2 45.Rf7#. The game was drawn. The sixth Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Ra7 15.Nd4 16.b3 ReS lE32l The 42nd Capablanca Memorial took place 17- Qc8 and final game was also drawn, even though it 17.a4 18.Ra2 19.8R 20.e3 Rc8 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. A 29 May. Ivanchuk again outclassed his rivals in Qc5 Qh5 Qe5 spun out ofcontrol towards the end. Final 2l.Qbl RacT 22.Rc2 23.892 Nd7 24.Qa2 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. 93 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg2 this event with a two point gap from Qf6 scores: Aronian 4, Kramnik 2. Qg6 25.Rcd2 Nc5 26.Ne2 Nd7 27.a5 bxa5 Re8 10. NR Nc6 ll. Be3 a5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Dominguez and Gashimov. y b3 h6 14. Rfdl Bf5 15. h3 Bh7 16. Kh2 Rad8 Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily Kramnik, (2772) - Aronian, L (2759) I 28.Qxa5 Nc5 29.Nc1 h5 30.Rd4 Qc2 31.b4 Qa4 Bf6 17.Qb2 Qe6 18. Racl Be4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. gLrKR27297.5;2.DominguezPerez, Lenier Ic8e] 32.Qxa4 Nxa4 33.Ne2 Nb2 34.Ra1 l.e4 e5 2.NB Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 35.Rxd6 Nxc4 36.Rdxa6 Bxal 37.Rxa1 Rb8 b4 axb4 27. axb4 ReS 22. Qc3 b6 23. Ral Qe7 g CLrB 2678 5.5;3. Gashimov, Ytgar g AZE Be7 6.Rel b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 38.Rbl Na3 39.Rb3 Nb5 40.BR 41.h4Rc4 24. R:a4 Rd8 25. b5 Nd4 26. Ra7 Qc5 27 . Qcl 2644 5.5; 4. QuezadaPerez, Yuniesky g CUB 96 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 42.NPl Rc3 43.Rb2 Na3 44.Be2 Rc2 45.Rb3 e5 Rd7 28. Qal BxR 29. exf3 Qxc4 30. Pt Nd5 2541 4.5;5. Miton, Kamil g POL2653 4.5;6. 1a.g3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 46.Nd5 Rxe2 47.Rxa3 Kg7 48.Rb3 Rd2 49.Nc7 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qbl+ 96 33. Qe4 Nf6 34. Arencibia Rodriguez,Walterg CU825554.5; Qh4 Qh3 17.Nd2 Re6 l8.QfI 19.R Nxe3 20.QP Rc2 50.Nd5 Ra8 5l.Nc3 Rc8 52.Ne4 R8c4 Qxe5 Kg7 35. 94 Qc5 36. Ra4 l-0 7. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2649 4.0; 8. Qh5 Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus g CU825523.5;9. Nd5 21.ftg4 Qxg4 22.Qf3 Qg5 23.Rxe6 fte6 53.Nd6 R4c3 54.Rxc3 Rxc3 55.b5 Rd3 56.Nc4 Bindrich, F (2469) - Negi, P (2515) Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CIJB 2620 3.0; 10. 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Qe2 Nflt 26.Qc2 Nh3+ 27.Kg2 f6 57.Kf1 Rb3 58.Nd6 Kf8 59.Ke2 Ke7 28.Bxe6+ lc88l Delgado Ramirez, Neuris g CUB 2547 2.5; Qg4 Qxe6 29.Qb3 Nf4+ 30.gxPt 60.Nc8+ Kd7 61.Na7 Rb2+ 62.KR Ke6 63.e4 l. e4 e5 2. NR Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O- Qxb3 31.axb3 Bxf4 32.Rxa6 Rc8 33.Nc5 Kfl Kd6 64.Nc8+ Ke6 65.Na7 f5 66.exf5+ Kxf5 O Be7 6. Rel b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Nielsen, PII(2649) - Ivanchulq y (2729) 34.Nd3 95 35.Nxf4 gxfll 36.KR Ke6 37.Kxf4 6'7.Ke3 Rb3+ 68.Kd2 Ke4 69.Kc2 Rf3 70.Nc6 Kd6 38.c4 Rf8+ 39.Ke3 Kc7 40.Ra7+ Kb6 Rxt2+ 71,Kc3 Rfl 72.Kb4 Rcl 73.Ne7 KR Re8 10. Ng5 d5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Rxe5 Qd6 IE20] 41.Rxh7 42.Rh6 43.Rh5 44.Kd3 e2 13. Rel Nxb3 14. axb3 Nxd5 15. NR Bf6 16. l. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. NR c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Rfl Kb7 Rbl 74.Nxg6 e4 75.b6 e3 76.Ne5+ Kxg3 77.Nd3 bxc4+ 45.Kc2 1-0. 0-1. Nbd2 Nb4 17. Re3 Rxe3 18. fte3 Qc5 19. Nel Nxd4 Bb4 6. 93 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5

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Papatoetoe 18.95 Rc8 l9.Radl Qb6 20.Bb1 Rfd8 21.h4 Aronian - Kramnik 6 Wednesday T.3}pmPapatoetoe Auckland Chess Centre Meets Monday 7.30 RSA Bowling C1ub, Cambridge Tce, Papatoe- Nf8 22.h5 Rc7 23.Qf4 Bd6 24.e5 Be7 25.8e4 [D12] & Thursday (Social) 7 .30pm, 17 Cromwell St, Bc8 26.Bbl Bb7 27.8e4 Bc8 28.Kh2 RcdT ld4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.NB Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 toe. Contacts: John McRae (09) 278-4520, Mt Eden, Auckland 1003. (09) 630-2042 Chtb- 29.Bbl Bb7 30.Ne4 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 96 32.hxg6 6.Nh4 B96 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 NbdT 9.892 dxc4 Manhal Yaikoob (09) 277 -9605 room. Contact, Bruce Wheeler (09) 623-0109. Nxg6 33.Qe3 Bf8 34.Kg2 Bg7 35.Rh1 QbS 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.0-0 Bb4 12.Bd2 0-0 l3.Ne4 Upper Hutt Monday 7.30pm, Hapai Club, Canterbury, PO Box 19-997, Christchurch. 36.Rcl Qa7 37.Rh3 Rxd4 38.Rdl NPl+ 39.Kh2 Qe7 14.Bxb4 Qxb4 15.Nc5 Rab8 16.Rfc1 Rfd8 879 Fergusson Drive. 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