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New Zealand Chess Supplies P.O NEW ZEALAND CHESS SUPPLIES P.O. Box 42-O9O Wainuiomata Phone(04)564-8578 Fax(04)564'8578 New Zealand Mail order and wholesale stockists of the widest selection of modern chess literature in Australasia. Chess Chess sets, boards, clocks, stationery and all playing equipment. Distributors of all leading brands of chess computers and software Send S.A.E. for brochure and catalogue (state your interest). The official magazine of tho Now Zealand C'tress Federatim The Best of PC Chess Programs MEPHISTO GENIUS2. By Britain's Richa.d Lano, the commercial World Champion ApiL 1994 $3.00 (inc GST) prdgrammor ol Mephisto hardwarc from 'l S 85-S 1 . GENI US2, the uPgrBde for Chess Genrus I , Volume 20 Number 2 i9 thc st,ongegt soltw6,e progr6m. 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Bankcard, Mastercard, Visa welcome. N.Z.'s most successful women's tournament EVERYTHING FOR CHESS AT N.Z,C.S. I NEW ZEALAND CIIESS STOP PRESS is the ofhcial journal of the New Zealand Chess Kapiti 30/30 New Zealand Chess Federation published bimonthly (February, Russell Dive and Mark Sinclair 4t/tl5 April, June, August, October, December). narrow'ly won tlre Kapiti 30/30 frorr others who I conceded more draws. All correspondence, subscription renewals, The Editors of NZ Chess apologise for the delay with this issue. Where does the time go? changes of address, advertising inquiries, Auckland Easter I articles and other copy should be addressed to Danial Lam won the ALrckland Easter with 5/6 N.Z. Chess, P.O.Box 313O, Wellington. from G Spencer-Smith 4%. There were 20 competitors. Contents Opinions expressed in articles, letters and other contributions are those of the authors. Letters FIDE Masters 4 Bob Smith couldn't play, but could report on, the New Zealand to the editor on any chess topic are welcome; NZCF has just received FIDE Master women's Championship. limit 150 words, and marked "for publication." certificates and badges for Russell Dive Martin , 8 The New Zealand, Junior and New Zealand Under-16 Championship was covered by Tony Dreyer, Paul Garbett, Anthony Ker and Mark Love. Noble. They will be presented on suitable ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES occasions. 9 fn. Blackburn Cup is frnally over, even if the frnal result was determined arbitrarily! New Zealand NZ$18.00 Results of last year's Asian teams tournament 12 Another Other countries US$ only Airmail Economy have not yet been included in published FIDE large freld contested a new format Latvian Gambit - a 30:30 one-dayer. Australia, South Pacific U$12.00 ratings, but NZCF is asking FIDE to check the 14 fnis year's Otago Easter was taken out by the author of the match report. Who else could East Asia, North America U$15.00 results of Tony Love and Stephcn in this Lukey provide an impartial review? Europe U$17.50 U$12.50 tournament and the L993-94 Congress so that if Rest of the world U$20.00 U$15.00 they qualify applications will be lodged for 15 Civic Easter FIDE Master titles for them. Back issues are available - send for details. L6 Ebctronic Chess Timers finally make an appearance in NZ 16 e mt of the Coming Events on the domestic calendar ADYERTISING RATES 18 Somewhat of a potpourri of Games this month. Full page NZ$45.00 Half page or full column N2522.50 21 Some interesting chess positions that bear a second look. Half column NZ$12.00 22 fne hiest in News from around New Zealand. Who needs the Club Notices or Classified, NZ$ 1.50 per Women's Weekly. 15 words 23 l, tot of Major Overseas Coming Events have been notified to council lately. One of them is of absolutely no interest to the top players! COPY DEADLINE Publication dntes All copy should reach NZ Chess by the second The next issue of NZ Chess witl give full 24 New GM Peter Leko, at 14 years 4 months 22 days old the youngest ever GM. Saturday of tlie month before publication. coverage to the Nl Championship. Results of 25 International News collected by Peter Stuart. Queen's Birthday events will be Stop Press and The deadline for the June issue is the issue will go to the printer irnmediately after 30 fnr Council Report by NZCF Secretary Ted Frost. Saturday, May 29,1994 Queen's Birthday to get publication back on And this is absolute! ls schedule. The North Island Championship and Rapid are nearly upon us - Entry details page 11. Copy should include details of corning events for the rest of the year. COVER: A scene frorn tlrc 1994 M Women's Copy on MSDOS floppy disks (any size) are Championship. Wilh 21 players this u,as easity ... And coming up in the June Issue more than welcome, tl-rey are preferred to paper! the most successfttl women's lournamenl ever Full report on 1994 North Island championship and Rapid, plus regional schoolpupil All disks will, of course, be returned. held. in New Zealand. championships, not to mention the new-style combined Standard and Rapid Mid-year Rating Lists. 2 NZ Chess 'Women's Championship 33.Ke2 d3+ 34.Kd2 Rf5 35.Kxd3 Rf2 36.b4 Tweddell, E - Mclntosh, I Waitakere Licensing Trust N.Z. Rxh2 37.Ke4 Kg8 38.Kf5 Rh3 39.g4 Rh4 By Bob Smith 40.Rb7 h5 41.gxh5 Rxh5 42.Kg6 l-0 After many months of Planning and meeting in the frrst round again? guessed the oPening preparatory work by the organising club, Well, you it. At SmithrY-FosterrF on ceremony the two front-runners again drew Waitemata, 2l female players turned out 1.d4 Nf6 2.NR g6 3.8f4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e4 numbers that pitted them against each other in Easter Friday for the Waitekere Licensing 0-0 6.Bc4 NbdT 7.0-0 c6 8.8b3 Nh5 9.Be3 b5 Women's Chess Championship. round one, with Vivian getting her fourth White Trust's N.Z. 10.c3 e5 11.Rel Bb712.Bg5 Qc7 r3.NfI Nhf6 gathering of out of four games against Fenella. It was, without doubt, the largest l4.Ng3 h6 15.8d2 c5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.c4 b4 Zealand the female chess players ever in New - 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.8c2 RadE 20.Radl Rd7 2r.b3 Round one: Unfortunately the tournament turnout at Kelston Girls' High School was more Rfd8 22.8e3 Nh7 23.Rxd7 RxdT 24.Rdl Nf8 featured some terrible blunders throughout. In than at the Auckland Easter toumament being 25.Rxd7 NbxdT 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.h3 Ne6 the frrst round they included Eva Tweddell held at the same time. 28.Nh2 Nd4 29.Bd3 Nb6 30.R Nc8 3l.Ngfl a piece for a lost game against Joyce Theplayers wereinvolved in two tournaments: sacrificing Nd6 32.N94 h5 33.Nf2 f5 34.exf5 Ndxf5 Draw agreed?? Ong; Catherine Tan overlooking the loss of a 12 contesting the NZ Women's Championship gxf5!? 35.Bg5 BxR! 36.8e4 Bxe4 37.Nxe4 and the other nine playing in a subsidiary piece and then a knight fork against lsabel Round three: Smith played good positional itself, Nd6 38.Nfg3 Nf7 39.8e3 Qe7 40.Qt2 Nh6 % a two-day one-hour tournament lavelled the NZ Mclntosh; and Julie Clamuzina gctting her game against 15-year-old Stormie Neislon, while bishop pinned to her king by Lynn Parlane- Women's Major Open. Round two: Otene gave Smith a slight scare, Foster won when another teenager, Howick-s Kingston did l)cttor, only There were rewards aplenty to fight for, with Powell.
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