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I ADVERTISING RATES Full page, $N245.00 Half-page or full column, $N222.50 Half column. $N212.00 COPY DEADLINE Front Cover: The /ir,st tttttvt, i.:' rtttrtl,, fitr August issue, Monday August 06 Oceania Zonal top ,st'ctl trrrtl l()ut nutlt(nl winner, IM Zott.q-Ytrutt /.1t,rtt i HOMEPAGE http I I www.nzchess. co. nz +=# -*WU iiffiE NZ Chess NZ Chess I 2007 Oceanill.Zontl cxb4 18.Rxb4 Qe8 19.Be2 h5 20.Bg5 Nh7 a little too carried away with his gambit style. lt I ll lit'1,,\'tnith 21 .Be3 Nf6 22.895 Nc4 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Rxc4 BdB 26.Rc6 Kf7 27.Ke2 Bb6 (2273) (2386) I was ranked 8th in the flclcl (21(),1). rrrrtl lrrtl Steadman,M - Bjelobrk,I 28.Rb1 Qd8 29.f4 Bd4 30.Rfl Kg7 31.f5 Rb2 In the April stop press',ire repodedrthat in,r,:: the primary aim of stcaling cnouglr l'.1 ( ) ;roirrts lA40l r, 32.Rc2 Rxc2 33.Qxc2 34.Rfi Rf7 35.Qd2 1.d4 2.c4 gaining ttre lM title at thc Oceania Zond to climb over the 2300 boundary Qg5 e6 b6 3.Qc2 Bb7 4.e4 Nc6 5.NB 36.Kd3 h4 37.Ne2 gxf5 38.Rxf5 Rxf5 Nb4 6.Qe2 f5 7.exf5 BxR S.gxR 9.8e3 Puchcn Wang carr-re outright 2nd. 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.
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