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North Island championship ::...:::::::-- : l ' ',,.,, Nbrtfl lsland,Championship, Wanghnni; tEgB By Ted Frosl "' The 1998 North Island championship was a Tony Love was unbeaten he conceded no 1...D!re..&J.t..... W$ . . , .,D13 i . i ll{1,4,,,, IY40,,,, !Y2,,,,,,,,09,,,,,,W3,,, : .,W8,,, i :, successful ::06 tournament in every way, but fewer than 6 draws. This kept them well i Noule,v-i., ,;1,;t,pp.;,,,:,w16,w18,.W1.o... .L'l w26:::.Iv9.. ,,,,05, ..,6..,,,., fi, there was one aspect of the event which was down the prize list. FM Mark Noble lost particularly memorable. That was the only to Dive and conceded only two draws, : '...f029., ,39 success .5 spain,G.A, w32.tivt!,.,,.,.o+... . Lo w2.t, .,,,DB ,,W.13,.. ..b2 5%,,, achieved by young players, not just which kept him at the top of the table as it was shown on the scoreboard but in the throughout the event and ,1,,,,N92- he hnished in a tie 7 Love.,[1., D14, ,D1.3....l/V1.6.., W18, ,,,,08 D4 ,...iD3. 'Di2,,';5,,,, 40 quality and maturity ,ng of their play. for second half a point behind Dive. In s Kei::AF: ::,,:,':.izat 917 ;yr136::, w22,.,,, ,07 0s,,,,,,r-l ,w,t+,,,,5,,, ,, Oer, While top-seeded IM Russell Dive earned addition to Bjelobrk, the tie included fast- and took the title, he did not stamp his finishing Hilton Bennett, who scored 3% in ',, ,..t5 fi ootels D,E 1.600... W2S., , 15 , 122 W19 W34,,W14 .14,...W2l 5 authority on the tournament until the closing his last 4 games but was helped in the draw ' rounds. In fact, after 5 rounds which by a loss in round 4 to Chris Burns and did included draws two he was in a group lying not meet any of the top three. i+, biuig. p 1S+l ...,..01....,, ,Lt W29 W23 W15 11'! W26.,...... LS 4% ",37, second behind Igor Bjelobrk (16). Their 15, ,Johnion Q,:i:::::::::::t773r,::::028i:::W35::'::W1?:::i t9:': .l14 lWl1g.li:Wi161111,;:,,,i4,,,:,a4% "'35% Grade and upset prizes ,4y, game in round 5, which Dive won and which 16 Croad N r5ZS..I...,U....WS0 L7 w25 wZl ,',oZt 115. ,,Uv26 3;4 Another of the established players was Bjelobrk's only loss, was probably to the perform well 18 Wong:xR . .i64S W30' Lz., ,wes L7 120 w35,'AE4,D13 iy,. 3t' title decider. in this tough held was Nelson's Dan Dolejs, who avoided draws The young players gave , ,W32. , notice from round 20 Firrington L.B l+e1 , .,w20,, Lm 021 W18 D6 112.,. ,.[10 4 35v" and scored 5 wins to share the grade 1 I that they could not be taken lightly. (mder 1750) gradeprize with Dunn. , ,,,,W21,,,,,,, 123 ,,,W30 National junior champion Ryan Trass (17), 22 Miller C , 1425 19 W1l 110 Wri :,t-t,e + 34 , Another of the juniors, Wanganui,s pascal 23 sims tM 1854 W28 114 D39 .D33.. W?2 D24, ,l w" gained a well-merited draw against Dive, ., .l-i0...... 019 Harris, gained the grade 2 prize with his 4vz 24 Gloistein BN ... , 1448,.' ;t;1...... t-lZ . WIZ D32 117 w43,,W27 D23 ,,4,, , 32/i and Patrick Savage (13), drew with FM 25 lrass C ::',,, 1371. Lio,,,. 12rt,,,,,W45 116 130 w42, ,W{l , W34 4t ,, 24 points, and second in this grade was shared :w20,, Anthony Love. Second seed Anthony Ker 26 Burns C .r ... rgii W1g ,09 W4 L3 12, ,1-14' ,116 ,311, W" by Lawrence Farrington, Bruce Gloisten and also could do no better than a draw against 27 Bell D I 1592,....035;., .W28 DO L8 116 D39 L24, W%" 3y, 31 two more juniors, Craig Miller and Clinton Michael Nyberg, a recent graduate from the junior Trass. 29 tsowler R P ,,,, , 1216 l-,11" "037 114 LzB W43 W32.. t1S W39 ,3X 30 ranks. ,, '1375 There were two upset prizes and the posted 30 bohardson B ,: 118, .. Li16 W33 134 W25 D31 ,,W38 L22 '3v.', ..'29% That was only the start - Bjelobrk beat 31 Wirson I i.. 15{6 036 ., l-17 W41 D35 122 D30 w2B L1g '3%' 28 list of upsets showed that this was a :129 : ::W37,,,,,w41,', Mark Sinclair in round 2, Graerne Spain in .32 Gold H R ,,,,,,,,,:[5118::::W42,,',,,.,,,L4..'i 120 D24 L2B ,3k,',., ,28 ' toumament of surprises which were not round 4, and Dave Cooper in ror-nd 8. Alan 33 Mears G W ,,, 1376 Lr r-C8.: 130 W45 W36 023 ,W:g: LtZ 3y, 26% conhned to the success achieved by the 34 Kora , 1514 fO. ,,W,+S.. LZt W30 111 W37 t18, 125 3 N% Dunn beat Matthew Barlow in round 5 and A young players. Wins only counted, 35 Wrighl C ;1;;;,;;1;!;1€8,,,',027,,,,,;tJS,,,,W-37',..D31 113 ,118,', ,[36,,i..Wds '.3, ,25 there were numerous draws. the ,; In end, out 36 Mills G 1;!26 D3'!; LB 119 D37 133 W45 W35 l-27 3 26 Bjelobrk's win over Sinclair (rating i.. of 19 players in the field ol45 who scored 37 Wallis p 'i D36 w41 l-34.' 132;;1;;W42 ,13, 25y, difference) 487) was eclipsed by lowest- '::::1f00,,,,,,,,,L5,,,,,02S,,,,r:135 better than 50 per cent, six were juniors led 38 Frosl p 6 a ,,,,,,,1,$1e....']-+4..:.W09.,,:,012 W40 L4 L17 130 1,28 2%i,,, ,33 rated Brent Cooze (1090) with his win over ,118 by Bjelobrk 2: on 6, Dunn 7: on 5 and 39 Trundle C [ ,,,,1,464 Lg W42..., D41 D23 D27 133 t29 2% 2B Don Stracy (1647) - a difference 557 40 Slracy 1647 119 142 W43 26% Trass, Savage, Nic Croad (17) and pascal of DM . W45 D6.. ,11 L3B 141 2% points. Stracy was one of those with a 41 Cooze B r. ....,"1i090,, 8ye, ,,,f,1,0, 131 D39 137 W40,, L25 2% Harris (16) on 4%. ",L32" , "',24 disappointing toumament result and this was 42 Gordon R M ;rr:::::1i1:32:..:...l:2.....,.l39...,.i124: ,. t43 W45 125 W40 137 2 ,,?3 Bjelobrk started the tournameut with a 43 Maddren W .....i...l..t641;,::::i;::+i::::::::::ri::::::: .,',,W42 129 L24., W45, .,t.40. 2:, | 12 underlined when he also featured in the rating of 168 I , but his tournament 44SrnclarrM.,.?16BW3B,::I-3::,:L13W/D garne which took the second upset prize. FIe performance was above 2200 and he will 45 Webber C,x,,,,,,1;,,1'!8,0;;;;1;t40,,,,,,;,[3f ,,, ,,[25 , 133 ,La2 136,, ,l-43 ,,,L35 ,0 went down to Roy Gordon (1132), with the gain 200+ rating poilis frorn the event This rating difference 515. meant that the established top group organisa toumament was held in the comfortable It should not be surprising that with so Top-bracket tion ofplayers had to hght to hold their positions conference room in the Grand Hotel. many upsets, many players felt they had As always with tournaments run by - with mixed resnlts. Anthony Ker lost only Wanganui Wellington CC president Tim Frost was played well and there were no fewer than 17 CC, led by president Gordon to Dive had conceded 4 draws, and while tounmment director and under control entnes lor two best game prizes. Hoskyl, the organisation was top class. The his the tonmament rau smoothly. NZ Chass NZ Chess 6 The prize list was assisted by sponsorship Dive,R - Trass,R half-point against a FIDE-titled player, from several sources - the Grand Hotei, R I [,436] drawing with Tony Love. As Tony Dowden WANTED TO BUY Trafalgar Square shopping centre, Barry M drew with Don Stracy, Mark Noble's win Collector seeks any early 20th Century NZ Williams, the Wanganui Chess Club and against Kent Wong made his the only one of publications, e.g. any of the various S.S. several individual members of the club. the top seven seeds with a 212 score. The six Blackbume and Eustace Eighch problem One of the innovations provided by other players with 2 points included Alan books NZCA Congress books, Wanganui CC was a spol prize dra*n and lust Dunn and Bjelobrk. particularly Books 25th before the start of each round _ the wimer the of the Sinclair,M BJelobrk,I Congress, Napier 1 91 1-12; 27 thCongress, had to be present to choose the prize which - P.2l&42l Congress, helped encourage early attendance to ensure Auckland 1913-14; 28th l.e4 2.d4 Qg7 3.c4 d6 4.Ad e5 5.dxe5 Anthony Ker, 96 Christchurch 1914-15; and 29th Congress, dxe5 6"Uxd8+ 6xd8 7.Qg5+ f6 8.(H)-{+ '19'19-20. Martin Wellington All published by Sims, Od7 9.Qe3 Qtr6 to.Qxt6 Axh6 ll.Ads Ef8 Don Stracy, I Wright & Carman, Wellington. 41.h5 95 42.f4 gxf4 43.gxf4 Ec6 44.a4 fuS i t2.Qe2 c6 l3.ad bc7 l4.Af3 fu5 l5.Od2 .{s.Efs Ee7 46.Ed5 Ed6 Qe6 16.b4 Aa4 17.&c2 a5 18.a3 f5 19.c5 Any condilion considered. cooper, Ted Frosr ura 4Z.Eb5 Ec6 48.Ed5 c.r",r.tf,uu,o: 'u" Ed6%_% axb4 20.axb4 b5 21.f3 Efd8 22.Ob3 af7 Top prices paid. Quality of games 23.Exd8 Exd8 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Edl Eg8 Nyberg,M - Ker,A Contact: While there were many upsets, for the nost 26.94 f4 27.afi h5 28.h3 R I [AsS] NZ Ghess Supplies, part they were the result of positive play by winners or lower-rated players gaining PO Box 42O9O, Wainuiomata draws. There were relatively few outrighi .%,dz See back page advert lor our phone/fa-r blunders. Consequeutly, the tournament z #i and email addresses produced well above the usual proportion of ry/tryA%'% interesting and instructive games. %yK, /i' dxe4 30.Qxe4 Ed8+ 3l.6el Ec8 32.6d2 Consequently, a Jarger selection than "t"fr usual Ed8+ 33.6e1 Ag2+ 34.&fl Oel+ :S.6eZ 6c4 follows. For various reasons none a'fl, % of these 36.Qd3 Ec8 37.Qxc4 Exc4 38.6d2 Ea4 are annotated, and some lnay appear again in 39.Eal Qd5 40.Eh3 Ef4 4I.6e3 e6 12.Edl subsequent issues, with notes. Howevei, they Ea4 43.Eal Ec4 44.6d3 Eru lS.6e: Ec4 comprise one of the most interesting t/ 1/ selections of games to appear in NZ Chess. Round three Round one 28...ig5 29.h4 OxR 30.QxR hxg4 3l.Qe4 93 After round four started. rt was leamed that The surge by young players started in 32.Afd2 Qds 33.tu1 Eg4 3.1.4d3 92 3s.Egl LoverA Savagerp Mark Sinclair's sister had heen seriously round one, shortly after - Qxe4 36.Axe4 R 37.Adn Exh4 38.Ebl 6d7 the first time control R I injured in a motor accident and Mark had was reached, when [C77] 39.6d3 Ob2+ 40.6e3 Ef4 4l.Ad2 *.4+ 'l'rass Russell Dive and 16_ l.e4 e5 2.aa left to join his family R1,an had year-old Ryan fu6 3.eb5 a6 4.exc6 dxc6 42.Oxc4 bxc4 43.9h3 Eh4 aa.Ogl e,l 45.Ecl Trass agreed a draw on boarcl 5.0-{ gd5 played his hrst niove against Mark. so wolr af6 6.Oxe5 Oxe4 7.We2 8.6f3 Qe6 Ehl 46.Edl+ 6e6 47.8c1 6f5 48.6f2 Eh1 one, and Michael Nyberg and Anthony Ker 9.d3 Af6 t0.Ag5 Qd6 11.fu3 Efs 12.6xe6 49.Ec3 &e5 50.6e3 Ef4 5l.Ec2 c3 52.Oh3 f2 the gane. also agreed to share flre point on boarj t*o. fxe6 t 3.Oe4 Oxe4 l4.Bxe4 Uf6 l5.ed2 53.oxf4 51.oxg2 wf3# Blelobrk gained a drau, agarusl Ker, bul Earlier, 12-year-olcl patrrck frg 0-l Savage hacl Noble took the oulnghl lead on .3 points drawn with TrassrR - LoverAJ hfth seed FM Tonv Love. when Dtml faited 1o nrake lrrs 40* rnove Sixth R 2 [876] seed Matthew Barlow had belore his flag dropped I hc lbur other experienced l.c4 c5 2.0f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.axd4 af6 car trouble on his way fronr leaders after two rounds werc paired againsl Aucklaud, s.Oc3 96 6.Qe3 Qg7 1.R *6 8.Wd2 H) 9.0- so had to concede a loss il the l/ t) l){l ixd4 l0.Qxd4 Qe6 ll.6bl Wc7 12.h4 each other and both gaurcs !r"'L-rc tlrawn - first round. The result /r-/2 was that the round Efc8 l3.Qd3 Ua5 14.a3 Eab8 15.h5 Axh5 Graenre Spain wilh Iirltou IJerurelt and I)avc ended with only two of the top six seeds, Round tn,o l6.Qxg7 OxgT 17.g4 Exc3 l8.Sxc3+ Uxc3 C'ooper with ('luis Bunrs Ilrrs put seven Mark Noble ald Matilrew Sinclair, gaining a I-he llrst ol lhe nrajor surprises cante l9.lrxc3 af4 2O.Ed2 g5 2l.Edh2 Eh8 22.6b2 players on 21, hehrud Nohle. lhc gror.rp full point. in r()und lv!'o. when Igor Bjelobrk beat Mark ag6 23.8f2 h6 24.6c1 fus 25.6d2 b6 including top seed Drvc 26.Qc2 O96 27.Eff1 28.Ebl d5 29.Qd3 Srnclarr-. whilc Ryan Trass gained his second Of4 NZ r'ht,ss NZ Cltess --__-l

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Scores: Noble 3; Dive, S1 9 ain, Cooper, 20.6e2 b5 21.66 ds 22.b4 fuA 23.Axc4 Burns, Bennett, position in which a draw was eventua lly 16.6e2 Ee8 t7.Ag3 atr 18.Eabt a4 l9.Ebct Johnson, Blelobrk2yz. dxc4+ 24.6c2 2S."t EaS 26.6b2 Ods Qe6 20.6e5 Eec8 21.f4 9d7 22.*2 Qe8 27'fu5 9d6 28'bxa5"5 Eao agreed. Noble,M - Dunn,A Axrri juniors 23.Wc5 Wxc5 24.Excs fu6 25.8c2 6rr 30'Axh2 Of4 31.6c2 Exas 32.Ee4-zl.69l js.;l Dunn kept up the attack from the R 3 tE87l afu 26.Efcl 6e7 27.94 28.h4 *Jl.r!';?"r.,u;,.;.tfl1 with a win over Barlow to take him into a tie 96 N7 29.af3 At6 4.e4 30.4h2 697 31.95 Ag8 32.fo4 h5 33.0es d6s.a (H Llil..,tli with Dive, half a point from the lead. l:Bl.ul.,,;iif**.il#1 ffi Qd? 34.693 Qf5 35.Qxf5 axf5 36.axf5+ gxfs 8 4l.Exd8 6xd8 42.Od4 Ker scored his third draw in hve games, t,.6xd5 a*os ri."*ol fs D. 6c7 37.612 6e6 38.6R Ae7 39.0d3 Ea7 4o.Eh2 mt ri.xi_u-s,.ii]our 644.4d4+ 6ds^4s.R arurc.gt against Love, to be a point off the pace, xr af2 ag6 4t.at2 Ea5 42.8c5 Ea6 43.aht Ea7 t7.Ec26cs r8.Ehcr b4 4l.bd2 Oar ls.6et ds while Noble drew with Dowden and Ker l9.ec4 r.6az 44.Ag3 Eh8 45.6e2 fu1 46.bRy,-% Cnz zr.Err E;[i z."O*"s 6cs s2.ae3 ab6 s3.ac2 drew with Love to keep them a point back a* JohnsonrQ SavagerP 24.axf4 a5 25.Ad3 Ort uo.e, .Agt 6ao from the lead. Savage scored his third - gxcS R s [Ee4] 28.Uc4 a4 29.Uxa4 Ea8 60.6e2 95 successive win, against Johnson, to join this 31.b3 Ea5 32.Edl Ebs 33.E t6 64.bg2 group. l.d4 at6 2.c4 96 3.6cr Qg7 4.e4 d6 5.Qe2 0- 0 6.4fl 6bd7 7.04 e5 8.d5 ue7 9.ad2 6h8 etro ls.Eet Erro eo.O"z Wo 6bo+ 6c6 Scores: Bjelobrk 4Yz; Dive, Cooper, Dunn l0.Ebl c6 11.b4 cxd5 12.cxd5 Ae8 13.Qa3 3s.6br ur,r:s.l,i u"8 a,.aua 4; Ker, Noble, Love, Dowden, Spain, Burns, r-{ 71.6f_ gbs ,:i:;r:, iik ?;?il rTii f5 14.grb3 0b6 ls.Efcl Qn6 r6.Ecz wo BJetobrk,I j6.bn Bennett, Savage 3%. - Ker, t 93+ 75.6A e2 R 77.bel aa"S O_f 17.b5 Qxd2 t8.Exd2 Qd7 19.Qb4 Ed8 20.a4 R 3 [A57] Burns,C BJelobrk,I fuS 21.b6 axb6 22.f3 af6 23.Efl f4 24.Qb5 BJelobrk,I --Spain,G - r.d4 af6 2.c4 cs3.d5 bs 4.cxb i a6 s.e3 eb7 R s [806] gs 25.Ua3 6.6c3 e6 7.e4 exd5 8.exd5 d l.e4 96 2.d4 Qg1 3.aR af6 4.fu3 d5 5.e5 tO.AgeZ 0-{ ll.H) ObdT e5 3.dxe5 Ag4 4.e4 Axc5 5.f4 *4 6.Axe4 dxe4 7.495 c5 8.c3 cxd4 9.cxd4 I3.bxa6 Qxa6 l4.Ud3 WcS b4+ 7.66' Ee7 S.Qd3 Ed6 ac6 l0.Qe3 ua5+ ll.Qd2 ut6 lz.Qcl o-+ 16.f4 efO tT.Eacl lO.exf4 Wxf4 tt.G.S4 6c6 13.9a4 Qf5 r4.R exc3 ge5 tg.Efel eb, Z'.aq Ee8 21.a5 l3.Exd2 14.a3 d6 I5.Or3 ea6 23.0b5 Ed7 24.ec3 Exer+ t7.6bl 6b8 18.6a2 6ct4 ,ftii,, 26.Exe8+ Oxe8 27.Ue2 Ofg b4 Qxd5 2l.cxd5 Ec8 22.bxc5 ifr 29.Wb2 Axb5 30.Qxs7+ Oe8 3 | 32.Wt6y,-% %fr/ru"'%ft"%, Round four '"%ftt Top ,ru: seed Dive reached a share of ilre lead 'D%D%;/O

: ifl,frw %. 25...g4 26.Qxd? ExdT 27.4b5 gxf3 28.gx8 '% N,ft'%"-% Strs zg.Oxoo Eg7+ 30.6h1 Wh3 3r.Edf2 ah5 32.Of5 Exfs 33.exf5 693+ 34.691 6xfi+ open hle. Cooper beat Jolrnstin aud Bums '%%'Y',%;; 3s.6hl Ag3+ 0-r beat Bemefl l4...Qxe5 l5.dxe5 We3+ 16.Qs2 Wxg5 to retain their shares ol- the l7.G{ Round six lead. Qh3 l8.Ef2 e3 l9.6hl exf2 20.gxh3 EadS This round ended the charge by the young Scores: Dive, Cooper. 2t.f,l Efs 22.&92 ad4 23.Qg4 Uxfl 24.Eft Btrnrs, Bjelobrk 3%; l'urks Dive asserted himself by beating er, Noble. Dowden, 23.Ebl Ec7 24.Edb2 *2 25.Wxa1 6xc3 26.bxc3 Ed2 27.Wxb1 l)rrrrn i Ed8 25.ea6 EddT Bjelobrk and (looper beat Dunn to share the 26.Qxb7 ExbT 27.Uxd7 l-{ UxeS 28.a4 EfdS 29.c4 Eb2 30.Uc6 Edd2 Noble,M - Dive,R 3l-Ba8+ 697 32.a5 Wel 33.Ue4 Uxe4+ 0-l leatl Noble beat Burus to loin Bjelobrk half Round R 4 l,446l five a poinl behind the leaders. Dolejs ended Bjelobrk Dive,R - Cooper,D I.d4 Of6 2.OR e6 3.ef4 cs worked up a decisive attack on a Savage's winning nrn and.loined the group a 4.c3 b6 5.e3 eb7 R 5 [D36] 6.Qd3 Qe7 7.ab.l2 cxd4 8.exd4 half-open file to beat Bunrs and take lht pornl oll'the lead Oc6 9.h3 0_ l.d4 d5 2.c4 Af6 3.aca e6 4.cxd5 exd5 0 r0.0{ d6 il.Ect Ec8 t2.eh2 Ec7 outright lead. Drve could gain only hall.a Scores I)ive, Cooper ,5; Noble, B1elobrk t3.We2 5.Qg5 ObdT 6.e3 c6 Z.QAr QeZ 8.Wc2 h6 Wa8 t4.Qa6 Ed8 l5.ab3 a*ro ro.B*x WUi point lrorn Cooper aller lengthy 412,. Ker, [.ove, Dowden, Spain, Beillett, knrght 9.Qf4 a5 10.h3 Af8 ll.Afl Qd6 l2.Qe5 We7 l7.9xb7 ExbT t8.Obd2 EcB ntaltouevres il blocked l)urur. l)ole.js 1'rass. Farrington 4. l9.6ft aas a ntiddle gante 13.(}4 A8d7 l4.Qxd6 Wxd6 15.a3 0--0 \z (.tp;s NZ ('ltesr 10 11 BJelobrk,I - Dive,R r3.Ed2 0fd7 14.b3 Qua ts.Eaot h6 l6.we3 23.Qgs 6f8 24.Qh6+ 6e8 25.f4 Abs 26.axbs 24.Hg3 6e8 25.Qg7 Ea2 26.Axg6 f4 27.Hg4 R 6 [E24] Wxb5 27.Uel Qxb2 28.Ebl Exa2 29.e5 dxeS 6xd4 28.6xe7 Ebs 0-l f.d4 0f6 2.c4 e6 3.Ad eb4 4.a3 exc3+ 30.Exe5 Waz gt.Eez Eb4 32.Qg5 e6 5.bxc3 d6 6.e3 e5 7.Qd3 c5 8"e4 6c6 9.0e2 SavagerP - Burns,C cxd4 10.cxd4 Axd4 ff.axd4 exd4 12.0_0 R7 [c421 sc7 l3.Qb2 G.{ l4.Qxd4 Ad7 ls.Eci b; 1.e4 e5 2.AR AfG 3.6xe5 d6 4.AR *e4 5.d4 d5 6.Qd3 Qd6 7.0-0 0{ 8.Eel f5 9.c4 t c6 l0.Eb3 6h8 1l.0ca 6xc3 t2.bxc3 dxc4 t, 13.Qxc4 b5 14.Qd3 f4 l5.Qa3 Qxa3 l6.Uxa3 Aa6 17.fu5 Qb7 l8.6xc6 Ug5 r9.Ee5 Wh4 20.6a5 tr4 2l.cxb4 Qxg2 22.bxg2 Wg4+ Burns,C i - NoblerM 23.6h1 Wm+ 24.6*1 Ef6 2s.Eb3 axb4 R 6 [C41] 37.94 Edt 38.Ue3 Exet+ 39.Wxel Ed4 26.Qe4 Ug4+ 27.6h1 Eb8 28.Wxb4 Etu6 40.Ee7 G-l l.e4 e5 2.AA d6 3.Qc4 Qg4 4.h3 ehs 5.d3 29.We7 Ebl+ 30.Exbl Exbl+ 31.Qa51 E61 c6 6.0-{ Of6 7.Qg5 ee7 8.Abd2 6uaz 9.Eet 32.691 Wdr+ 33.Eel Ug4+ Cooper,D Dunn,A 34.6fi Wh3+ - h6 l0.Qh4 gs il.Qg3 eg6 r2.eb3 Ahs 35.6e2 WtS+ 36.bd2 gr41 R 6 Wxas+ 37.Ss2 [Bes] l3.Qh2 Af4 14.d4 Vc7 t5.Ohl 0_o{) t6.ds 38.6c3 Wa5+ 39.8b4 Ec7+ l.e4 c5 2.4f3 40.6b2 96 d6 3.d4 cxd,t 4.Axd4 Af6 33-dxe6 fxe6 34.Exe6+ 6f8 35.8e7 Uc6 41.8f8# r-{ s.fus a6 6.eg5 e6 7.Wd2 eel s.0_{_{ o_{ 36.Qh6+ Qgl 37.9xg7+ 698 38.Ee8+ 6xg7 Round eight 39.We7+ 6h6 40.Wg5+ 697 4t.Ue7+ 6h6 42.8f8+ 6h5 43.Ee5+ r-o Dive drew with Dowden and Noble drew with Spain to maintarn therr positions at the Noble,M Cooper,D - top, but Blelobrk shared second place with R 7 [D06] Noble by sacrificiug a bishop for two pawns 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Af6 3.cxd5 Axd5 4.e4 ab6 to break through il the centre and win from 5.Qe3 96 6"6c3 Qg7 7.h3 c6 8.am Qe6 9.4g5 Cooper. Bennett joined theut on 6 with a Round seyen Qc4 lO.Qxc4 6xc4 ll.Ub3 b5 l2.Oxb5 0{) win fronr Johnson that gave hint 315 points in the After four draws in six rounds, Ker rnel l3.Sxc4 cxbS l4.Uxb5 l{) last four rounds Dive in the penultimate rouud, but an extra DunnrA - DowdenrT draws gave pawn was not enough Their Dowden and Spain shares when his king stayed R 7 [C18] in fifth place. Ker beat join a in the middle ol the board Savage to and Dive won to l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Ad Qb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 seal his righl ro group on 5 points that included Love and at least a share ofthe title Qxc3+ 6.6a"3 Hc7 7.Ug4 f5 8.Wg3 cxd4 Noble Barlow (who drew il the lasl round), kepr within challenging distance when 9.cxd4 6e7 l0.c3 0-{ ll.4e2 b6 1Z.Af4 Wd: Cooper gave hint Cooper, Dunn ald Dole.js a couple of pawns and an 13.h4 Efl 14.h5 Qa6 l5.Qxa6 Axa6 16.h6 96 easy.win, and Bjelobrk dre*, with Love to l7.Ah3 Ec8 l8.Qgs Bc4 t9.At4 Ab8 20.8h3 Dowden,T - Dive,R Joln a group on 5. Durut wenl down to abc6 2l.Edt fla4 22.Wh4 Exa3 23.Qf6 6f8 R 8 [80]l Dowden, bul Savage beal Burns stay in the l.e4 af6 2.e5 ads 3.c4 ab6 4.d4 rt6 5.exd6 leading bunch. Lightning tournament cxd6 6.6c3 96 7.Qd3 Qg? 8.Age2 0{ 9.0-{ fur inlbmral North Island lightning 10.d5 Points: Dive. 6; Noble 5l':; Spain, Cooper, ac6 AeS tt.U: e6 l2.dxe6 Qxe6 champronship held in conjunction with the t3.Qe4 Ed7 l4.Qa3 EfdS t5.f4 ag4 Berurett. B.jelobrk -5. l.ove, Barlow, Jolution. t6.Ed3 Savage 4t/, North Island championship, attracted 25 d5 l7.cxd5 6xd5 l8.Qxd5 %-% entries Players were seeded into three Dive,R Ker,A Spain,G - Noble,M - groups, with the firsl two to go into the final R 7 R8[c4r] lAs9l attd the pairs ('and next 1o go inlo 1he B. D l.e4 e5 2.AA d6 3.d1 Af6 4.dxe5 Axc4 group Savage,p - l)olejs,D finals. 5.wd5 ac5 6.Qgs Ed7 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.fu3 h6 R6lB0lI Anthony Ker wilh 4% won the A group, 9.Qe3 c6 l0.Wd2 Qe7 I l.Ad4 Wc7 I2.Qe2 a5 with Matthe\ Barlow,mtlner-up on 3. Other (H) l.c4 d5 2.cxd5 ii6 3.d4 Oxd5 a.Ofl ega 13.0{ l4.Eadt Qr:6 l5.ixe6 Oxe6 .7.c1 ('ooper 5.Qc2 c6 6.0{) ee7 Af6 8.fu3 Ab;7 group wuxtcrs were : B. Dave 4; C, l6.Qc4 695 17.a4 Ed8 t8.Ect ad7 l9.Qa2 9.9t4 c6 Pascal Harris 4r.,,: l). Kent Wong 47i Af8'/r-y, to.Ecl al)6 ll.ic5 efs t2.eR Ec8 2O.Qf4 Qac 2l.ee3 etrr 22.eh6+ ogs

NZ Chess N7- Chess t2 Cooper,D - BJelobrk,I Wg4+ 30.6h1 Exe2 3l.Egt Exf2 32.Exg4+ Canterbury CC Lion Foundation grand prix R 8 [806] 6h8 33.6gr Ec2 G-l By Johnson l.e4 96 2.6R Qg? 3.Qc4 c6 4.ad b5 S.Qb3 Quentin BennettrH - JohnsonrQ The 1998 Lion Foundation grand prix held adult players from outside have b4 6.*2 aS 7.a4 d5 8.exd5 cxds 9.d4 Oc6 the club R 8 [Aoo] by Canterbuyr CC series 5-round 10.h3 Qa6 11.Qe3 e6 12.0{ OgeT 13.Eel is a of been taking part - and coming back for the l.b4 a5 2.b5 e5 3.Qb2 d6 4"c4 ad7 5.e3 ah6 open swiss tournaments, Afs 14.8d2 G{ ts.Eadt Ubo to.Of4 Eac8 held fortnightly at next one, which is encouraging. And the o.6r go 1.da 9g7 8.Qe2 9.Aca EeS 17.94 Ad6 0-{ the club, with a time limit of 15 minutes per scoail atmosphere generated by the "less 10.a4 afs c6 12.dxe5 ll.G{ dxe5 l3.Ae4 player per game. Players can take part in as serious" nature of the competition makes for We7 l4.Qa3 cs ts.Uds Af6 Qf8 t6.Efdl many of the tournaments as they wish, and a fun evening ofchess. l7.6xf6+ gxf6 18.Qb2 Qd6 19.94 Adl their four best results are tumed into a Sponsorship arranged through the Lion 7,K, 20.exd4 exd4 21.Eel Qxg4 22.Ea3 Ead8 percentage score (so that byes or wins by Foundation has enabled us to keep entry fees 23.Uxb7 Exe2 24.Exe2 Wf4 25.We4 d3 default are not counted) on which the prizes to a platry per toumament (to cover A t' 26.Exd3 Wxe4 27.Exe4 Qf5 28.Exd6 l-{ $2.00 will be awarded at the end olthe year. expenses) while still offering something in % % If two or more players have the same the way of prizes: the choice of any book North Island rapid championship ,% tl percentage, a tie-break system based on from the NZCS catalogue for 1o and 2'o in IM Russell Dive completed the double % by adding up the places they have achieved in the open and under-200 grade rating, equal + wiming the North Island rapid each of the four toumar4ents is used to to elo 1440), and a year's free rnembership championship, which followed the main separate thern to the highest-placed school student and non- North lsland event at Wanganui. The rapid The reason for the short time limit is to member, and a book or the runner-up. attracted 47 entries, and Dive dropped only enable all hve games to be played in a single After tlre hrst six legs only 7 of the 23 l8.Qxd5 exd5 t9.axd5 20.Qh6 half a point, in a draw with Eb7 axd4 FM Mark Noble evening, and to avoid prohibitive tournament players have taken part in 4 or more, and as 21.axd4 Wxd5 22.Qxg7 Qb1 23.f3 bxgT in round He had 5. wins against Mark levies for the non-club members who take a zero result is given for events not 24.8f4 Ecs 2s.0hl EfeS 26.g5 Afs 2i.*6+ Sinclair, Tony Love and Anthony Ker. part (the galnes are only rated in the club's contested, the seven who have cornpleted fxe6 28.Ed7+ Ee7 29.Exe7+ UxeT 0-1 Scores: 1 R.J.Dive 2-3 A.J.Love & 5/z/6; system). four eveuts tend to be at the top of the S.G.Lukey 5; 4-5 M.F.Noble & M.sinclair Willianrs,B DoleJs,D This event iras been devised as fairly standings at this stage. - 4%; 6-14 M.J.Barlow, H.P.Bennetl, R 8 [B0l] thinly-veiled atternpt to induct new rnembers Q Johnson with 85% leads, followed by C' I.Bjelobrk, D.J.Cooper, J.M.Davis, into the Canterbury CC. But while the event 1.e4 ct5 2.exd5 Af6 3.d4 Qg4 4.Qe2 Qxe2 Benson 7'7.5%, C Hall 75o/o, A Nijrnan Q.Johnson, A.F.Ker, P.W.Stuart & '72.5oh 5.6xe2 axd5 6.6bca Ab6 7.^4 e6 8.a5 id5 has been successful in many ways, they and T Russell and M McNabb 67 .5o/o P.Vetharaniarn 4; 1 5-19 C.J.Burns, 9.6xd5 Uxd5 10.0-{ Qb4 ll.Qd2 Qd6 12.b3 don't include gettiug new members to join. Russell has scored 13%115, but has A.S.Dunn, L.B.Farrington, I.M.Sims & However, a nunber of school students and Ac6 13.c4 Utrs ta.fa G.{ lS.WeI Efe8 16.c5 .iii .: jjjiii:iii C.Trass 3%; 20-27 M.R.Burn, D.S.Capper, 'l: Qel 17.b4 Ead8 l8.Wf2 Qh4 r9.g3 Qf6 :::. ::::::: :: ::::::::::::;::::::: erli, 20.Qc3 h6 2l.Eadt Wds zz.gl g6 23.Ed3 E.G.A.Frost, P.Harris, A.Koia, G.A.Spain. ::ii ::ii: ii ::i:l:l::iiiiiii:i; S.Taylor & R.Trass 3; 28-37 D.l.Bell. Details of each event are available.fi.orn the organising club D.E.Dolejs, B.Donaldson, R.M.Gordon. All-Wellington Rapid Clrampionship, Wellington CC. Sat, September 12. ('.Miller, M.Nyberg, G.W.Pocock, G.Potini, 25th North Shore Open, North Shore CC, Sat-Sun, September 26-27. P.Savage & C.Vlright 2Yz; 38-42 tivf B.Cooze. South lsland Rapid Championship, Ashburton CC, Sun. Sept 27. J G Gillespie, H.R.Gold, N.Todd & P.Wallis A t South lsland Championship, Ashburton CC, Mon, Sept 28-Fri, Oct 3. 2: 43-44 Z.H.Krngston J.Tuapawa 1%; \f& & Mid-Canterbur_v Rapid, Ashburton CC, Sun, October 18. IM 45-47 C.Gribben, G.L.Judkins & Otago Labour Weekend 60/60, Otago CC, Mon, October 26. C.H Webber L w Otago Summer Rapid, Otago CC, Sat, December 5. Al LI Grade prizes: Grade l, Prince All-Canterbury Championship, Canterbury CC, Clrrislchurch, Fri. ll Dec - Sun, l3 Dec. ,/f\ I- 2) Vetharanianr, Justin Dazvis & Quentin NZ Championship & Major Open, Otago C(', Dunedrn, Mon. Dec 28 - Sat, Jan 9. Johrson, 4. Grade 2: I Clinton Trass, l1%: NZ Rapid Championship. Otago C(.. Dunedin, Sun-Mon, Jan l0-11, 1999. 2 -Stephen Taylor & Pascal Harris 3. Junior events 23...4xb4 24.Qxb4 Sc4 25.f5 exf5 26.gxf5 NZ Junior and Age Group Champs, Auckland ('hess Centre. Tues, Oct 6 9 Sxd3 27.fxg6 Uxge+ 28.6trl Ee4+ 29.6gI - Fri, Oct ries to Tony Kesseler, P O Box 20-5, Kunrer.r, Auckland -ltrs: NZ- ( lttT (.hrs' t4 New Zealand news Junior eyents Auckland Palmerston North Geoff Davies and Chris Benson. Coates 3, was 4th and the hihest-placed non-club Palmerston North CC started its 1998 shared 6: with Arie Nijman. Igor Bjelobrk, at that time 16 years old, member. Martin Jeffreys, 2Yz, was second in decisively won this year's Auckland junior programme with a rapid tournament, which The Colthart Cup was jointly won by Steve the under-16 group. championships, scoring 7t/z/8 and. hnishing The group a was unsurprisingly won by Tony Dowden Coates and Quentin Johnson, on 5/6. Top under-l2 and under-8 played 1% points with 6/6. Second was Srdja Stepanovic seed Coates led by halfa point from round clear of Ryan Trass (16). David 5-round round robin, won convincingly by Simpson and Pu Chen Wang were (Dowden's next-door neighbour!) with 5 and 2, but was held to a draw in the last round by 3: ort 5%. Gary Gee with 5/5. Hannah Mason, 3, won special note is that Stephen Aburn and Martin Sims tied for Thor Russell, who finished 3'o on 4. This Of Pu Chen was only 8 the girls'prize, and with one prize per player years old. third on 4. A notable result was that of 15- allowed Johnson to catch up with a win over Michael O'Donnell, 2Yz, was runner-up in Samantha Smith, 12, won year-old Jeremy Smith who scored 3. Colin Fraser. Other scores: C Benson 3%; A the schoolgirls' the under-12 section. section. The club held two autumn tournaments of Nijman, S Kelly and D Partridge 3; G Tagan Grace, 7Yz, was hrst in the under-8 similar strength as preliminaries to the club Dawes, M Sadler & C Fraser 2%; G Davies Wellington section. o championships. Group A was headed by 2. The Tawa A team, headed by Nic Croad Hannah Botha, who scored 1 point, is only Martin Sims 4/5 and Neil Jepson 4/6, closely The B grade was won by l5-year-old new and Jonathan Nicholls, was too strong for the 5 years old. followed by Frank Visser 3%. Group B was member David Pearsorr, 516, half a point opposition at the Wellington interschool headed by Jeff Boardman, a junior at Massey ahead of top seed Craig Hall. Pearson teams tournament held at Wellington Palmerston N open rapid Urriversity, with 3/4, followed by schoolboy displayed a good understanding of endings, College. They scored 15Yr120, to hnish 1% Palmerston North CC held an open rapid Jeremy Smith on 2% and Chandra Mshan on losing only one game - to Eddie Cook who points ahead of the Hawke's Bay team led rapid event on June 20, with a rating bar ol 2%. A slightly disappointing feature was the finished 3: with Bruce Donaldson on 4, by Teresa Sheehan, and the fast-hnishing I 600. The event attracted 12 entries on a hne lack of commitment to cornplete their games ahead of J Atkinson 3%; B Davis, R Pearce Palmerston North Boys High School A team, mid-winter day from Hawkes Bay to shown by some players. and J Mac 3; M Jeflreys & G Pearson 2; M on 14. Scots A and Hutt International Boys Wellington. The toumament was jointly won Wellington Stevenson&SJewitt1.. were next onl2Vr. by Mike Burn (HH) and Jeff Boardman (PN) The juniors prevailed in a Wellington CC The board prizes were well spread, with with 4t/215. Their critical game of fluctuating open lightning toumament, with a triple tie Canterbury weekend rapid one player at each board scoring 5/5, so for iortunes ended in a drawn K + RP v K between Patrick Savage, Nic Croad and The Canterbury weekend rapid held on the first time no playoffs were necessary. position - the only draw of the event. In a : Jordan Wilson. Nic Croad won the play-off. May 16 was won by Nick Cummings on The winners were: Board 1, Marco Zhang large tie for third with 3/5 were Srdja A short 30/30 tournament was won by 4/z/5, a full point clear of Arie Nijman. (Hutt Valley High School); board 2, Ajdin Stepanovic, Slave Jovanovski, Jeremy Sith { Lawrence Farrington 3/3, witlr Ted Frost However, the Curnrnings victory was not as Imsirovic (Hutt International Boys); bpard 3, and Dennis Davey (all PN). Jeremy Smith runner-up on 2. convincing as the score table suggests - Tim Healey (Tawa A); board 4, Gutherla and Dennis Davey shared the under-1300 Another impromptu lightning tournament having not played rnuch in recent months he i Hussein (Palmerston North BHS). grade prize. u'as held on the evening members farewelled had to rely or.r the kirdness of several Canterburv DOP Tony Dowden had an uneventful day other than and made a presentatiorl to Ted Frost before opponerts. ln round I Craig Hall turned i There was a field ol 16 in the Canterbury narrowly missing a few windows during the soccer games played between his move to Wanganui. Shamnika dowr nurnerous opportunities to sac his rook t agre group tournament, held at Canterbury Rtrpasinghe rounds ran out the wiruter on 8%/9, with for stalemate and iu rounds 3 and 4 Quentin '* Chess Club, and the in addition to jrurior, Justin Phillips on 8, Nic Croad 6 and Patrick Johnson and Steve C'oates blundered a rook under-16 and under-12 events, there was arl Savage -5% and queen respectively, when clearly on top. under-8 championship. South Island championship Canterburv By the hnal round only Arie Nijman could The 10 junior and under-16 players played l'he 1998 South lsland Championship will catch Curnmings and he succumbed a There were 27 players in the Canterbury to a 5-round swiss, in which Bruce Donadlson be held in Ashburton from Monday, 29 draw offer. CC Chas. L Hart Cup competition, which and Thor Russell tied on 4/5. Donaldson beal Septenrber to Friday, 2 October, with the S I. Bruce Gloisten and Bryn Davis both had was lointly won by Thor Russell and Russell in rorurd 3, bul drew with David rapid on Sunday, 28 September, the Sunday good toumamenls to share 3= on 5, with Quentin Johnson on 5/6. They drew in the Pearson and Martin Jeffreys iu rouuds 2 and befbre the main event. Davis taking thc grade prize. 2%, last round. Top seed Jon Jackson was urmble I Hall, 4. Pearson, 37':, was 3rd and won the under- Enqurries to Ashburton CC, PO Box 204, took the grade 2 prize beating John to catch np when held to a draw by Steve by 16 title and also the H R Abbott Cup for the Ashburlon. Atkinson Coates, and had to be content with 3= with highest-placed school student. Oleg Vortnik,

N1 ('hrss NZ (.-hess l6 Selected games 22.wh4Hd4l 22...ub8! 23.Qt4 Atrs 24.Exh5 Wxf4 Waikato Open winner 25.Exe3 Wxb2 25.fu2 Ee3+ 26.6f1 Ed2 27.tre1 FM Bob Smith won the Waikato Open, Qd4 28.Wg3 Exe2 0-l thanks to the following game. Bob writes: Going into the penultimate round of the Civic Championship Waikato Open I was trailing the leadeer Here are two of the winner,s games frorn by half a point and esperately needed a the last Civic CC championship. win. Being paired against a fighting player ' Lukey,S - Ker,A such as Brad Walsh was a double-edged lB07l sword. I could confidently count on a I Notes by NM Stephen Lukey decisive result - but it might not l-e4 d6 2.d4 af6 3.fu3 g6 4.Qgs AbdT necessarily be in my favour! I s.gd2 h6 6.Qh4 Q.g1 7.f4 Walsh,B - Smith,R Forward! R 5 [A43] 7.-.0-{)? 22...d4t Notes by FM Bob Smith Too slow. 7...c5 is much superior. The attack looks too strong now. 8.e5!6h7 23.Adt l.d4 c5 Black's Es are on fu4 24.exd4 lovely open files, his 6 Backwards! Something dilferent. is poised White is now 4 connected passed As up! menacingly, there's a dangerous 9.6f3 2.c3 diagonal leading White,s Ee8? 24...4d2 to 6. It,s Black manoeuvres Something solid/stodgy? combination time! on the Sth rank! The R square is critical. I 0.Qd3 2...e6 3.e3 af6 4.Qd3 d5 5.4d2 fu6 6.f4 23...Excl+l 24.Excl Wfe+ ZS.6ht An+ OhfS I l 0-{-{ dxe5 l2.dxe5 Oc5 25.add al3+ 26.6f1 Exh2 27.d5 ad4! Black 28.6e1 The Stonewall; an attacking system 26.Wxt2 Uxf2 27.Qc4+ 6h8 0-l forces the swap, but his U gets Wgl+ 29.&d2Wxn+ 30.6d3 Exe3+ consistent with Brad's aggressive style of stuck on the Wfile. 31.6xd Uxd+ ll.Ss4 Qe2# 0-l play. Waitemata championship l3.We3! Oxd3+ l4.Exd3 Qd7 lS.Ehdl c6 Sarfati plays in Brisbane 6-..Qd6 Here's another of Bob Smith's wins, this 15...UcS allows l6.Od5 winning the Earlier this year FM Jonathan Sarfati Wth the idea of ...cxd4, opening the c-file one in taking his 20th Waitemata CC exchange. played in his first tournament outside his for counterplay. Championship 16.e6 fxe6 l7.Exd7 6xd7 t8.Uxe6+ 6h7 local club. Some of Brisbane,s strongest 7.a3 0-{ 8.We2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Qd7 10.698 Harris,B - Smith,R l9.Exd7 Eb6 20.f5 gxf5 2l.exe7 6h8 players turned out for tbe Chinese New Ec8 tl.0-{ QbS?! 22.4d4 Morra Gambit [B53] f4 n.Wr7 c5 24.ae6 t_{) Year Open, an B-ound Swiss with 20 Too fal from the 6-side. Better 11...Qe7 Notes by FM Bob Smith Dive,R - Lukey,S minutes per player per game. Sarfati witlr the idea 12.fu5 Qe8 13.g4 6xe5 l.e4 c5 2.aR scored 71/z/8 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 lD32l for lst, drawing with 2nd 14.fxe5-. placegetter 5.6xc3 Oc6 6.Qc4 a6 7.C4 Af6 8.Qg5 e6 Notes by NM Stephen and 2nd seed David Stephson 12.*5 Qe8 t3.Ef3 move. Luke.t, 96! Only 9.Eel Qe7 10.Wd2 b5 ll.Qb3 Ea7 12.a3 (7), who drerv another game with third l4.Eh3 AxeS l5.fxe5 16.e4 Wb6 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Aca c5 ad7 0{ l3.Eacl Ae5 l4.Ee3 6xR+ 15.E*6 seed Nikolai Stawski rvho runs 17.Se3 s.AR Ac6 6.Qgs Ua5?! Ed7 l6.Qc2 Qb7 l7.Wh3 g6 l8.Qh6 Ee8 Queensland chess coachi n g. Not l7.AB Oxe5! l8.6xe5 Uxd4+. ,l A casino variation. 19.e5 dxe5 20.Exe5 Qf8 2t.Qgs Qg7 22.R Sarfati,JD 17...f6 7.e3 h6 8.Qh4 Qe7 9.dxc5!? Qxh4 - Stau.ski,N Chinese New Year Open, Only move, rvitb counterplay. l0.6xh4 Af6 ll.Qb5! 0{) l2.Ua4 Uc7 R7/8, 199g l8.exd5 I l3.Qxc6?! Notes by FM Jonathan Sarfati It l8.exf6 axf6 (tB...e5!2) wirh the idea 13.6R first looks better 1.d4 af6 2.c4 96 3.Ad ds a.Of3 Qg7 19.e5? Ag4 * iAi l3...bxc6 14.0-{? 5...fu4 6.cxd5 Oxg5 7.Axg5 e6. l8...fxe5 l9.dxe6 Wxe6 20.O4 Of6 t l4.Of3 is norv essential. 6.cxd5 6xd5?! Only move :t 14...8b8 r5.b4 6...cxd5 was better, bur no( Ereat. The 2l.Oxe5 Qxe5 22.dxe5?! -\ilhite's Bg7 is blocked W 'is trapped on tltc wr)ng by the Pd4. Black rvill alstr Better. l2.Uxe5 23.dxe5 side is Uxe5 Ag4 of the board miss its control of c5, Wltite's outposr on t' 24.e6 OII l5.Ee3 Oxd3 26.Exd3 Qb5 the open file. 15...Qg4! fct Uhs 18.g3 gs l9.Og2 EfcE! 27.8d I Ecl rvitb compensation for the 7.e4 6xc3 8.bxc3 material tl The troops arc ntassing. Black needs to play c5 to challengc 22--.494 23.We2? 20.Uxc6 Ee6 2l.Wc7 EbeS 22.Uxa7 Whire's centre, bur has losr an imp,,rranr lletter is l3 BxaT Uxe5 24.Qe3 Axe3 tempo with ...c6. ( NZ hrss \,/. Clttss t8 8...(H) 9.8b1 Missed opportunity Hinders the Bc8's development. The following position was reached in Noosa Open the game between Rosaleen Sheehan and 9...8a5 10.8d2 Ee8 I l.Qe2 h6? By FM Bob Smith Teresa Sheehan at the 1998 New Zealand Fatally weakening the K-side. I once again combined "business" with pressure associated women's championship (NZ Chess, June, p with this time control, 12.Qxh6t 9xh6 l3.Wxh6 Uxc3+ l4.6fl pleasure by playing in the Noosa Open. The 8), while I spurned a forced draw in favour of This doesn't bother White because of his field is almost always a strong one : this losing The draw would have given me third strong centre. time the eighty players included GM Rogers equal and a placing in all three Noosa Opens 14...Q94 and IMs Wohl and Solomon, as well as a I have contested. Instead I "made Craig's 14...Od7tr 15.Ecl Ua5 16.095 OA 17.h4 few sundry FMs - including myself and day", gifting him the point he needed to f6 18.ah7! 6xh7 l9.Wxg6+ 6f8 20.Uxh7 expatriate Kiwi Craig Laird. hnish second equal with Wohl. Fourth were and the hlawn is hard to stop. The time control of one hour each per game Solomon, Modr and Smerdon, followed a 15.Ecl plus an additional ten seconds a move at the half a point behind by seven other players, Good enough, but quicker was l5.Og5! end ofthat period proved a great leveller. including myself. Qxe2+ 16.691! One player in particular myself! had So no monoy. 15...Ua5 16.695 Qxe2+ 17.6xe2 Wxa2+ - - this time for me - but a lot of trouble adjusting to it this year, resulting 1s.6fl e5 19.d5 Ua6+ 20.691 Ee7 in fun anyway. I even got in a game ofgolfand 21.wh7+ 1{) an unexpected loss in round two from a an ocean swim - in the middle of the New u'inning position to local player Derrick Zealand winter! Games from Latvian Gambit Jeffries, whom I would have been expected Rogers,I - Dizdarevic,M McLaren,L Sarapu,O After an exchange of pawns on f5, White to beat 99 out of 100 games. This defeat - - lB0el lc20l has played 25.Ve2. due to panicking in the ten second play-off analysis l.e,l d6 2.d4 Af6 3.aca g6 4.f4 Qg7 5.Qd3 0- l.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Qc4 cxb2 Martin Sims draws attention to instead of playing a killing move- made a 0 6.aR a$ 7.04 c5 8.d5 fu7 9.Uer a6 5.Qxb2 d5 6.Qxd5 af6 1.*3 Axds which shows immediate winning good result difhcult. 10.a4 e6 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.e5 Ofds f3.Ae4 s.Axd5oc6 9.AR Qe6 lo.H Ed7 r1.Wb3 opportunities missed by Black: The other top players were steaming along axf4 l4.Qxf4 Exf4 15.6xd6 Ad5 16.g93 Uf8 0{}-0 |2.Efdl Qxd5 l3.exd5 6a5 14.Wc3 Dowden; or 25...E,t2 found by Tony without problems. After four rounds only lT.Eadl b5 l8.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Uxg6 6e7 b6 rs.aes wrs r6.ga Ef6 17.8h3 Wf4 25...8d2 found by Tony Love. Rogers, Wohl, Laird and Myers were on 20.Ehs 6rs zr.6gs 0h6 22.8s6 l-o 18.g5+ 6b7 l9.Ug3 Wfs 20.Ed3 Qd6 In the game Black played 25...Exfl+ and perlect scores, Laird having destroyed 2l.Ef3 Uc2 22.Qa3 Qxe5 23.Uxe5 Oc4 SolomonrS - LairdrC won after another 22 moves. Solomon's recent aura of invincibility by 24.Wxg7 EhgS 25.8f6 Oxa3 26.Exa3 Ed6 lD02l 26.Exfl Exfl+ 27.Uxfl Ed2 28.h3 Exb2 beating Stephen in his own realm - the 27.We5 f6 28.Ec3 Exg5+ 29.Wxg5 Wxc3 l.d4 Af6 2.AR d5 3.Qf4 c5 4.e3 Ub6 5.6c3 29.8f5 Ecl+ 30.6h2 Uf4+ 3l.Wxf4 exf4 endgarne 3O.Ec1 fxgS 3l.Exc3 Exd5 32.Ee3 h5 e6 6.Ebl Q,e1 7.Qe2 0-{ 8.0{ cxd4 9.exd4 32.h4 bn 33.6h3 6f6 34.6g4 6e5 35.h5 33.692 c5 34.693 c4 35.6R Ec5 36.Ec3 In round five, Rogers defeated Laird and Qd7 l0.ae5 Ed8 tr.g4 fur tz.gs 6et 6d4 36.6f5 6xc4 37.6e6 6c5 38.6fl 6xd5 Wohl beat Myers to share the lead with hve b5 0-1 l3.Qct3 6xe5 14.dxe5 96 l5.We2 ag7 l6.Adl 39.6xg7 6e6 40.6xh7 6fl 41.6h6 6f6 straight w'ins Sarapu,O - DunnrA Solomon had another setback , a6 I7.b3 Ed4 r8.We3 Uxe3 l9.fxe3 Qb5 42.bh1 ds 43.h6 6f7 44.0h8 d4 4s.h7 d3 being held to lA0ol a draw by visiting Czech FM 20.4n EacS 21.694 6f5 22.8n Qxd3 46.94 d2 a7.g5 dlU 0-l Bretislav Modr. l.e4 c5 2.aR d6 3.d4 cxd4 1.Axd4 Af6 23.cxd3 Ec3 24.Edt be7 25.bg2 Qc5 In the pelullimate round, Rogers beat Wohl 26.Hfd2 d4 27.e4 fu3+ 28.Qxe3 ttxe3 5.Oc3 a6 6.Qg5 e6 7.8d2 Qe7 8.(}{)..{ b5 Canterbury age group brevity 29.Ee2 Edxd3 9.Qd3 Qb7 l0.A AbdT ll.Ehel Uc7 to take the outright lead. I meanwhile had 30.Exd3 Exd3 31.6R Qd4 Russell,T Donaldson,B 32.Ec2 l2-Qxb5 axb5 l3.Odxb5 Wc5 l4.Qe3 Wc6 - crawled back to second equal place after Qc3 33.6xe3 Qd2 34.6e2 Exe3+ l5.6xd6+ Qxd6 l6.Uxd6 Sxd6 l7.Exd6 lB22l tbur strarght wins, including one over 35.6xd2 Exe4 36.Ec5 Eg4 31 .a4 Exg5 38.a5 Notes by Johnson Oe5 18.b3 AfdT lg.Eedl Ea6 20.E6d2 Quentin Australia's most promising young junior, Ehs 39.6d3 Eh3+ 40.6c4 Exh2 41.0b4 Eh4+ Qc6 21.a4 6e7 22.ObS Qxb5 23.axb5 l.e4 c5 2.c3 fu6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d6 David Sme'rdon Also on hve were Wohl. 42.66 Ehl 43.6b4 h5 44.Ec2 Eet 6.Qc4 (H) ,15.6c4 Exes 46.M Eds 47.6b3 Eat+ 24.6b2 Exdl 25.Exdl Eb8 26.c.t f5 5.OR 96 Qg7 7.H Af6 8.8b3 l-aird. Allerr and Modr. h4 48.Ec7 9.e5? dxe5 l0.dxe5 Ag4 ll.e6?? Uc7!-+ Eb5 49.8c4 50.6c3 f5 51.6d3 0f6 52.6e3 27.exf5 exfS 28.6c3 6e6 29.Eal h6 In the- llnal round Rogers played safe with 95 l2.exf7+ 6h8 l3.Qd2 g4 53.6f2 695 54.692 e5 55.0h2 e4 56.692 3O-Ea6+ 6e7 3l.Qd1 h5 32.h3 95 33.Eh6 an early draw against Modr to ensure clear 13.93 6a5 +; 13.h3 Ad4 +. 6f4 s7.6f2 h3 58.091 93 s9.0hl Eds 60.Ect 94 34.Exh5 gxf3 35.gxB Oxf3 36.Exf5 f-rrst. while Wohl beat Allen. Meanwhile l fud4 37.6xd4 6e6 38.Eh5 Ed8 39.8h6+ 13...4d4 l4.Qa5 Oxf3+ l5.Wxf3 Uxh2# 69.1 61.b5 axb5 62.Ebl 613 63.a6 bxa6 was playing a double-edged game against 64.691 Of6+ 40.6cS 6f7 4t.b6 0g7 a2.Eha EbE 0-l 6e2 65.Eb2+ Ed2 0-l Laird Llnlirrturately (for me) Craig proved 43.6c6 l{ better ablc to handle the inevitable time N7- Chess NZ Chess 20 Jeffries,D - Smith,R 39...6d6 4o.Uh4 gs?! 4l.afs+? lB40I The 10-second playoff having its effect. Shirov - Kramnik match Notes by FM Bob Smith 4l.Eh6+ draws by perpetual check. By NM Peter Stuart Cazorla, an Andalusian town about 60km title holder selects the candidates. Not only l"e4 c5 2.4f3 e6 3.Aca a6 4.a4 *6 5.b3 Of6 41...0c5 42.Axe3 gxh4 43.ae4 Eel 44.6f6 from Linares, was the venue for the was FIDE world champion Karpov already 6.Qb2 d6 1.Qe2 9e7 8.(H 0-0 9.4e1 Qd7 6b4 45.Axd5+ cxd5 46.93 e4 47.gxh4 e3 elimination match to find a challenger for excluded (both by Kasparov directly and lo.f4 Uc7 ll.OR Eac8 l2.Qc4 Efe8 13.Eel 48.8f5 e2 49.Ee5 6c3 0-l Gary Kasparov's The match, played od4 tn.es oxn+ 15.E*6 dxe5 l6.fxe5 Qc6 title. FIDE through contract) but now the world under the auspices the new 17.sg3 ad7 lS.Qd3 6ffi rS.Qel 696 Z0.Qxc6 Asian teams tourney games of World Chess number three had opted out. This emerged at Council, a brainchild of Kasparov and Linares and Messrs Kasparov and Rentero Uxc6 21.8e4 c4l+- 22.6h1 cxb3 23.cxb3 (2080) Ali,A - Gibbons,R Linares organiser Rentero, was adopted expedient Wm Zl.fuZ EedS 25.Ecl Excl+ 26.Qxcl Luis the solution of inviting R 1 [D10] originally to be between Vladimir Kramnik Alexei Shirov to take Anand's place in view Qb4 27.d4 Ec8 28.h4 fui zs.Egt g6 30.Wf3 f.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Ad Af6 and Viswanathan Anand. The Indian GM, ofhis fine result at Linares. Uc6 31.Wf2 Wc2 32.h5? Udt+ r:.6trz Qetz 5.Qf4 Ac6 6.e3 a6 7.Qd3 e6 8.6t3 Qe7 9.h3 however, declined to break the promise An Anand-Kramnik encounter would have Time panic. 33...Exc1 r.vins immediately. G{) 10.0-0 Qd7 ll.Ecl Ec8 12.Qbl h6 made to FIDE to abstain from alternative been hard to call but surely Kramnik would 34.Oxcl Uxg4. 13.6e5 6xe5 l4.dxe5 0e8 l5.Wd3 f5 t6.exf6 world championships during the current be too strong for the eighth ranked Shirov, 34-98 Ec2? Axf6 l?.Qes Qc6 l8.Efdl Qd6 19.Qxd6 FIDE cycle, in which he lost to Anatoly even if the latter did have a plus score in One bad move follows another - I Uxd6 20.We2 We7 21.e4 dxe4 22.Axe4 Axe4 Karpov in the final. their mutual encounters. Obviously nobody obviously need more than 10 seconds a 23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.Wxe4 Excl 25.Exc1 Ed8 Anand's rejection was obviously a blow to told Shirov the script because he scored a move ! 26.We5 Ed6 27.We4 Ud5 28.Ug6 We5 29.b3 the integrity of a championship where the convincing victory, as the table indicates: 3s.Ef6 6r8t-+ We2 30.Ec7 35...8xc1 draws at least, e.g., 36.h6 6fB 37.8h8+ 698 38.Ug7+ 6e7 39.8f4 Oxh6 4o.Axcl Uhs+ at.6gt Qg3 42.W16+ 0d7 '%,-1fl, 43-*2 E.h2+ 44.bf1 uht+ +S.igt Qxf+ zH The first game was a fairly quiet 25-nove l3.fxg4 Exfl+ 14.6xfl cxd4 15.cxd4 e5 46.Wxfq Af5. %i'%w draw with Shirov on the black side of a 16.d5 ac4 17.Wd3 6xe3+ lE.Uxe3 Eh4 f9.h3 36.Wh8+ ag8 37.Qh6+ Gri.infeld. The Spanish GM is mainly a Qh6 20.8fi Ef8+ 2t.6gl Ut2+ zz.6trt We: King's Indian player but he has essayed the 23.9xe3 Qxe3 24.Edl En25.aet bfl and Black gave up soon after. 0-l Griinfeld a few times recently, notably in the Black looks to be able to get away with the Snrith,R - Laird,C bishop sacrifice game against Topalov apparently dangerous 25...8xa2? e.g. 26.4R (April, p 28), so the camp no lB30l Kramnik was (26.d6 Q.b6 27.d7 QdB and White has nothing Notes by Fful Bob Snith doubt prepared. Game 2 also featured a better than 28.fr3 tranposing) 26...Ha4 27.d6 ru surprise opening when Kramnik defended I.e4 c5 2.0rt3 tu6 3.Qb5 Eb6 a.Oc3 96 5.G{ Qb6 28.d7 QdS 29.Eb1 hn Q9...b6 30.Axe5 1.e4 with the Petroff; usually plays the 9g7 6.Qxc0 bxc6 7.e5 Ah6 8.d3 6ts g.Eet he Ed4 3I.Bct 697 j2.EcB EdI+ 33.bh2 Qf6 sharper Sveshnikov or classical Sicilian. The j4.gj H) 10.b3 f6 I l.Oa4 Uc7 l2.Qb2 fxes 30...ue5 31.wfl+ bhl 32.f4 Edl+ 33.6h2 a5 3 5.8c7 Qd8 36.8b7) 30.Exb7 6e6:. result was the same, a draw, in 23 moves. l3.Qxe5 d6 l4.Qxg7 OxgT 15.6d2 e516.fu4 gd4 34.6g3 Ed2 3s.6h2 Ub2 36.693 Exgz+ 26.Ed3 Qb6 27.ER+ 6e7 28.Exf2 Qxf2 The players' effort, or apparent lack of it, to *6 t7.Wd2 Qd? l8.Aaca &gz rl.6gs Odl 37.bh4 wn+ rr.6ns ur+ o-r 29.a8 6d6 this point led the feisty Mr Rentero to 2O.*2 a5 2l,Axd4 cxd4 22.a4 Ef5 23.Ee2 BennettrH Celis,S threaten to cancel the match. Whetber tlre EafS 24.Eael grdS 25.4e4 Qe6 26.b41 Qds - R e players took any notice is a moot point but 27.4g3? [A00] l.b4 d5 2.Qb2 Ad7 3.AA 6gf6 4.e3 e6 5.b5 certainly the tempo increased sligbtly in 27.bxa5+-. '%, " a6 6.a4 axb5 7.axb5 Exal 8.Qxal Qbl g.cS game three when Kramnik tried Karpov's ,, "%, 27...85f7 28.bxa5 Ea7 29.Ebl Exa5 Qd6 10.c4 0-{ ll.Aca c6 12.Qe2 dxc4 Seville variation against another Griinfeld. 'fl?, '%rtt 3O.Eb7+ Ef7 3l.Exf7+ bxt7 32.f4t White had an extra pawn in the ending but l3.bxc6 bxc6 l4.Qxc4 6b6 l5.Qe2 Obd5 %ft;;.fl. %. With attack. l6.Ea4 Qb7 17.0-0 c5 l8.Ebl 6xca l9.Qxc3 the only winning try was very risky indeed and the draw was agreed soon 32...Hxa4 33.fxe5 dxe5 34.h3!? Qds 20.d3 QxR 2l.QxR Qb8 22.Uc4 Wd6 after. %t'%tt Kramnik 34.Exe 5:. 23.93 6d5 24.Qat ab4 25.d4 Qa7 26.dxc5 - Shirov %,"%C% Qxc5 27.Edl We7 28.Qc3 29.Qxg1 bxg7 Game 3, Griinfeld [D88] 34...8h4 35.6h2 6e6 36.Uer Ef4 37.Ef2 Eal *2 '% 30.Uxc2 Qa7 3t.Ua4 Wf6 32.b{2 f .d4 af6 2.c4 96 3.Ad d5 4.cxd5 Oxd5 5.e4 Nt' 38.He2 Ue3 39.Wg4+!? Qc5 33.Ecl Quo sl.Ecn Ed8 35.8b4 e5 36.8c6 Wf5 fuc3 6.bxc3 Qg7 7.Qc1 0-0 8.4e2 c5 9.0-0 39.Uxe3 dxe3 40 Ec2: Eal?'l 41 c4l -. 37.Exb6 hs 38.h4 Eh8 39.Qe4 I{) Oc6 l0.Qe3 Qg4 lf.fl Oa5 l2.Qxf7+ ExfT (lhess NZ NZ Chess 22 23 Kramnik refurned to the variation of game 30.93 36.gxf5 h5? Petroff in game 8 to make the score 4Yz-31,/z Kramnik spent one and gained some advantage. He failed, with Kramnik's last game with white coming three quarters of an hour on The right plan but the wrong move order. horvever, to make the most of his chances up. So Shirov this move or, more likely, on the obvious Comect was 36...Qx?l 37.bg4 far had avoided the fireworks e7.Exa7?? h5 and a couple of inaccuracies combined with 3O.Og5 when Black starts his queenside and Wlite gets mated) he is most known for, instead playing for 37...9e5 38.Q.c4 Sbirov's fine defence the ending pa.wns in motion. The knight is poor (3B.Exa7 in led to a small advantages or to simply extract the a Edt+ Ss.bH Ef4 40.9d7 EJ2 and draw. defender against pawns near teeth from Kramnik's initiatives. In game 9 the edge of the the threat of 41...h5 is enough to hold a board and Kramnik had definite chances but Black can engineer a passed a- draw) 38...a5 39.Exf7+ 6h6 and Black Kramnik - Shirov his error pawn on move 19 allowed Shirov produce but it looks as though the knight can should be able to blockade the white pawns. Game 5, Griinfeld [D89] to a capture the hlawn and then piece of magic in his normal style, and the return in time 37.6h4r r.d4 af6 2,c4 96 3.ad d5 4.cxd5 6xd5 5.e4 (ust) to hold the a-?awn, e.g. 30...Qd4 match was suddenly over. 37.QcA? Qxf4 38.Exf7+ 6h6 39.Ef6+ OC5 Oxd 6.bxc3 Q.g1 1.9c4 c5 8.6e2 Ac6 9.Qe3 3l.6xh7 b5 32.Ag5 a5 33.AR a4 34.h4 40.896+ 6xf5 4l.Eg2 is just a draw. 0-{ 10.0-0 Qga 11.R Aa5 l2.Qd3 cxd4 Kramnik - Shirov b435.M2 6c5 36.h5 gxh5 37.gxh5 Qe3 37...Qxf4 l3-cxd4 Qe6 t4.Ecl Qxa2 l5.Ea4 Qb3 Game 9, Grtinfeld [D70] (37...b3 38.4,cb3+ axb3 39.axb3 and Black 38.6xh5 &fO 39.ec4 6xf5 40.Exf7+ 6e4 41.Exa7 r6.Eb4 b6 r7.Qg5 f6 l.d4 Af6 2.c4 3.A d5 4.cxd5 Oxd5 5.e4 will be unable to stop all the pawns) 3g.0b1 Qe5 96 Black looks be Thus far as game one where l8.Qf4 was Ab6 6.aca Qg7 7.Qe3 0-0 8.8d2 e5 9.d5 c6 a3 39.&h2 b3 40.Oxa3 bxa2 4t.fu2 bcq to drawing as he not only threatens now played. 10.h4 h5 l1.Qe2 cxds t2.exd5 (41...Qd2 42.&B bc4 43.d6 bd3 44.fu] gc3 perpetual check with 42...8h2- bit a8d7 f3.d6 also 610 ta.Qgs Ee8 15.Edl 45.d7 Qxat 46.dBW+ Q.al 47.Wa5 al9 42...6f5 (43.fl/7+ Qf6). f 8.Qh4 Ud6 19.Uxd6 exd6 20.d5 f5 2l.exfs Qe6 r6.Ah3 fu4 42.Qfl! 17.Qxc4 Qxc4 18.b3 Qa6 t9.ad5? 4B.Wxal Lral 49.h6 and the bishop cannot gxf5 22.693 Qb2 23.Axf5! Qc4! But this move cuts across 19.d7! get back) 42.d6 bc3 43.Aa1 bb2 44.d7 eg5 Black's plans; 23...Qxcl 24.Exct Ext5 (24...bh8 25.E'c7 was better for White according to checks on are prevented Shirov. 45.h6 6xa1 46.b7 bbl 47.h88 atg as.a8g 92 while on h3 the @rds 26.ah6 QgB 27.Qel and there is no Everything then depends on the Ad7 bishop will keep QxdB 49.Uxd8 and the queen ending is the black king away from parry to 2B.9cj+) 25.Qxf5 Qxd5 26.8c7 with so it's a bridge-burning effort; after the text, f5. winning for White. Nevertheless it would be initiative for White. however, Black obtains a dangerous 42...8n 43.Qh3 Ef8 44.Qe6 initiative with a brave man who played 30.695. The Efi 4s.Ed7 24.fu7+ 6h8 25.Qxc4 the white king caught in the practical text move allows the white king to Elrt+ 46.6*6 Egt+ i.&ti Eg7+ ,fg.ggg centre and the "real" Shirov emerges. ExdT 49.6xd7 25.Exc4? Axc4 26.Qxc4 Ef4 winning a enter the fray but it leads only to a draw. prece. 19...e41 20.axf6+ So we have a plain opposite colour bishop 3O-..Qxg3 3l.bg2 Qf4 32.&n 6c5 33.6e2 b5 20.d7 exB+! 21.dxe8g+ Exe8+ 22.8e3 ending after all and, compared 2s--.trt4 34.hd3%-%. with the 6xd5 23.Exd5 (2j.Wxe8+ flreS+ 24..fiP position at the last note, the 25...Qxc1? 26.Excl 7*f2 white king is Ef4 does not rvork now 25.bxg2 is also better for Black) 23...txg2 Came 4 saw the first decisive result when four moves closer to the pawns while the because of 27.Qg5 Exc4 28.9f6#. superb 24"Egl Wc6 25.8d8+ Exd8 26.Qxd8 tsd7 endgame play by Shirov brougbt black king hasn't moved. The position is a 26.Qg5 Exc4 27.Ecet Ec2 28.4f5 fuA 27.Qg5 Qd4 and Black regains most his home the point after mistakes by Kramnik: rvin for White. of 29.Ee6 Ef8 30.6xd6 material while retaining the initiative. 49...Qc3 50.6c6 Shirov - Kramnik 6e5 5t.QgS Qel S2.6b6t Wins a pawn but turns the initiative over to 2O...Qxf6 2l-d7 Game 4, Petroff [C43] 52.6b5 6d6 53.a5 bc7 and Black can Black. 30.94!? was stronger. blockade. l.e4 e5 2.4fi Af6 3.d4 ixe4 4.ed3 ds 3O...Oxd6 31.Exd6 Ee8 32.Edt Eee2 33.6h1 5.6xe5 Au a.Axdl QxdT 7.0-0 ed6 8.c4 c6 52...Qf2+ 53.6a6 6d6 54.a5 6c7 Exg-2 34.8d8+ 697 35.Qfa Qf6 36.Ea8 egs 9-cxd5 cxd5 l0.Wh5 0-0 lt.Uxd5 ec6 54...Qe1 55.6b6 Qf2+ 56.6b7 is curtains. 37.Qe5+ Qf6 38.Qf4 Qg5 39.Exa7+ 6i6 t% l2.Uh5 g613.Uh3 695 t4.Qxg5 Uxs5 l5.Ac3 4O.Ea8 47.8a7+ 55.b4 6c6 56.b5+ 6c5 57.b6 6b4 5S.b? eg3 bfl 696 42.Qb8 h5 43.Eb7 EfeS 16.d5 Qxd5 I7.f4 EdS t8.0id5 At ec5+ 59.6b6 Qfz+ 60.6c6 Qa7 Qe3 44.8e7 Qc5 45.Ee6+ 695 46.8e4 6f5 l9.6hl Uxd5 20.Eacl Qe3 2t.Qc4 Uf5 47.@f4 Ege2 48.Exe2 Exe2 49.Qg3 60...Qg3 61.a6 QbS 62.6b6+-. Ee8 21...Sd6? 22.Qxfl+t 6xfi 23.Ec7+! 6fo 5O-692 Ed8 sl.6h3 Ed7 s2.d6 h4 s3.Eds+ 61.a6 6a5 62.Qc4 (23...Wxc7 24.Wxh7+, 23...8e7 24.Wxh7+ bf6 6e6 54.Ee5+ 6re SS.oxtrl EhZ+ SO.EhS 62.b8W 25.Wxe7+ WxeT 26.Exe7 bxeT 27.8e1 QxbB 63.6b7 6b5 64.ec4+ also Exh5+ 57.6xh5 b5 58.d7 6e7 59.Qe5 6xd7 wrns. 24.Wxh7 with a winning attack. 6O.Qb2 6e6 61.696 Qd6 62.h.1 b4 63.hs Qf4 62...Qb8 22.Wxf5 gxfS 23.Ecdl EadS 24.93 Qd4 6:1.h6 Qxh6 65.6xh6 bfs %-%. 62...bb4 63.bc7. 25.b3 Qf6 26.Qb5 Exdl 27.Exdl Ed8 28.Ecl 63.Qft Eds 29.a4 QAt gO.Ect 6g7 31.Eb8 Qb6 In game 6 Kramnik sacrificed a pawn for Zumvang; the white king 2f ...Wb6!t 22.dxe8g+ Exe8 23.9e3 32-Exb7 Edl+ 33.692 Ed2+ :n.613 g*, will reach b6 or ample compensation but agreed the drarv on c7. Shirov 23.f4 e3 and,24.Wb4+;23.Wd7 35.94 9xh2? demonstrates great virtuosity in move 18, while in game 7 Shirov equalised Qc3+ 24.fld2 opposite colour bislrop endingsl (24.Qd2 We3#) 24...Qb5 25.Wd5 e3 winning 35...Exh2+ 36.693 fxg4 37.6xg4 Eh6! l-0. on the black side of a Neo-Criinfeld. Slrirov drarvs. played the superdrawish 5.eel against the 23...Qxg5 24.Wxb6 Qxh.t+ 25.6a2

NZ Chess N7, Chess 24 25.Wn exB+ 26.bd2 Qxt2 27.Axp (27.5*/3 h3 4l.Ee2 fS 42.fld2 Qe4 43.6f4 Qg2 gi3 Oyerseas news @e3+ 28.bc3 Qe2 29.8d7 is no 44.E,d7+ 6f6 45.8h7 95+ 46.693 f4+ 47.694 By NM peter irnprovement) 27...8e2+ 28.6c3 fxg2 6e5 48.b5 Madrid Stuart Spanish capital in was 29.Ehgl Exf2+. The black king has complete freedom to 'scored - Vishy Anand atr end-to-end the 3: placing 6 the 25...axb6 26.fxe4 Exe4 gobble queenside the pawns or head for g1 victory in the category 17 toumament in the only player in the Material is about equal but the kingside to support the h-pawn home. 0-1. pawn majority two give and the bishops So, Alexei Shirov earns the right to Black a clear advantage. challenge Gary Kasparov for his WCC title. 27.bc2 Eg4 28.Ed2 Qe7 29.891 bg1 3o.il12 The match, of 18 games, is scheduled to Ef4 31.4d3 Ee4 32.Egdr Qb5 33.a4 Qc6 begin on 16th October and will be played 34.8e1? Exel 35.6xe1 Qb4 l6.Ee2 Qxel partly in Seville and partly in Linares, both 37.Exel Qxg2 38.6d2 h4 39.6e3 Qds 40.b4 in southern Spain. When not to forget the clock FM Jonathan Sarfati has played in several tournaments in Queensland tlris year, aod scored 5/7 in the Queensland Open. The two poins he dropped included the following loss 'i7fr, %'flfr to IM Stephen Solomon by exceeding the ,%,A%A,N Anand - Granda of them now live outside the borders of the : lndian time limit on the last move rvhen he had a , ,ry, ,% Queen's [E15] old USSR. winning endgame. % r.d4 af6 2.c4 e6 3.af3 b6 4.gp Qa6 5.b3 d5 The first round was fine for the favourites 6.Qg2 Qtl+ 7.Qd2 Qd6 8.oci c6 9.0-0 0-0 and their only casualfy in the second round Sarfati,J - Solonron,S %ifi 10.e4 Axe4 tl.Oxe4 dxe4 l2.AgS Qe7 lc42l 13.6xe4 ad7 t4.Qf4 Notes by FM Jonathan Sartfati Af6 t5.Ec2 Ectlo.Erat h6 17.a4 Oxe4 18.Qxe4 Qf6 l9.ee5 We7 Wtren White forgot about the clock, was it 2O.a5 b5 21.c5 Efd8 22.b4 fldi 23.Ea3 WdS bad luck? No, more like negligence, even 24.Edd3 Qe7 2s.Ed1 Qfa 26.g4 Eds 27.h4t Sakaev 3:7, Alexander Khalifman beat through the clock was strange. But Black Uxh4 28.Qxd5 cxd5 29.g5t Uxgs+ Tiviakov 2Yz:11/z and Alexei Dreev beat certainly had good luck to win, despite 22.6h1 Qxel 23.Exel Ug3 24.Ee2 Uxh3+ 29...hx95 Valery Salov by the same score. having a lost game and being behind on time 30.8h3 We4 31.8h5 f6 32.gxf6l 25.691 Wg3+ 26.6h1 Ee8?! In both semi-finals the first pair of games for most of the game. gxf6 33.UlrB+ &fl 34.Eh:-+ bg6 e4...beS Black should repeat, when White would 35.SgS) was drawn. Ivanchuk won both of the next l-e4 e5 2.aR af6 3.Oxe5 d6 4.Af3 6xe4 35.Wg8+ 6fS :O.Etrh: +-. have to play 6fl to try to win, and this takes pair of games to beat Bareev 3:1 wbile 5-d4 d5 6.Qd3 Qe7 7.H) Oc6 8.Eel Qg4 3O.Eg3 Efs 3l.Eaf3 Wh7 32. an important defensive square flom the N. Khalifman won ihe second rapid game to 9tr+ 34.61,2 Ee4 35.Wd2 9-c4 af6 l0.cxd5 Oxd5 ll.6c3 0{ 12.h3 eliminate Dreev 2/z:11/2. In the final, where 21.^fl hxg5 37.Uxg5 Eh7+ 38.6g2 E Qe6 four normal games were played, Ivancbuk Beats off the attack. 12...Qh5? 13.Qxh7+ 6xh7 14.Og5+ Qxg5 Elista won the first with the white pieces, l5.Wxh5+ l3.Wc2 27...Wf3+ 28.691 29.Ef2 Wg4+ 30.Eg2 Qh6 l6.Axd5+-l h6 14.a3 a5 The "President's Cup" was a knock-out Klalifrnan returned the favour in game 2, Qf6 l5.Qe3 6xc3 Strengthens W}ite's IQP. Wtrl:t.Wn Uxtz+. event played witb a Fischer type time control ominatq in game l6.bxc3 Ee8 lT.Eadl Black must enter a lost endgame, or else of 40 moves in 100 minutes, then 20 moves Black got a draw gf5 (See diagram) White plays with a strong artack. in 50 minutes and 10 minutes for the rest of 2/z:71/2. the game; 32.Exf2 b6 33.Ec2 fu1 34.c5 Ad5 35.cxb6 the extra time per move was 30 Matach fever r7...Qds?! l8.ad2! seconds. This, incidentally, cxb6 36.Ec6 6m rZ.6n Eb8 38.Qb5 Eb7 is the time Tlrel'e have been a number of individual Now W}ite's united As threaten to rush control to be used in the Olympiad 39.8c8+ 6e7 this year.. matches over the last few months, starting fonvard and snare a piece. Black should If necessary two pairs of tie-break games Here White forgo( about tlre clock. ll ...Qc6 witb one between Jan Tinrnran and Loek probably retreat back to e6, but.. were played at Fischer-Rapid time controls then Ec7. With a piece against As it's usually van Wely at Breda. The ten-game match r8-..Qh4 follorved by sudden-death blitz games. All best to keep the Es on Og3 is simplesr, was tied 5:5 after Timman came back from Resourceful and unexpected. probably the players bar Kiril Georgiev (BUL) were t/::2t/z but bringing Wtite's worsr-placed piece inro and 11/z:31/2. This was followed by a from the former Soviet Union, though unsound play. Solo pointed out thal a A puslr in the a few four-game rapid match which van Wely 19.c4 Exe3 20.fxe3 Qxg2 2l.6xg2 Wg5+ centre would win f,ast 0-l L

NZ. Chess NZ Chast 27 26 In Berlin the young French GM Etienne 31.a5 ad4 32.Qxd4 cxd4 33.8f2 g^7 34.Ad3 Kasparov - Topalov Dizdarevic - Korchnoi Bacrot defeated Germany's Robert Hiibner f5 35.Axe5? Game 4, King's Indian [E60] English [A30] 3/z:21/2, the solitary decisive game being the 35.exf5 Exf5 36.03f4 favours White. r.Of3 Af6 2.d4 96 3.c4 Qg7 4.g3 c5 5.eg2 1.6f3 c5 2.c4fu6 3.b3 e5 4.fu3 g6 5.g3 eg7 penultimate one. Ha5+ 6.Oc3 Ae4 7"9d3 cxd4 8.Axd4 Acs 6.Qg2 35...dxe5 36.b4? d6 7.0-0 f5 8.Ebl 6ge7 9.a3 0-0 Anatoly Karpov became the first reigning 9.8d1 Oc6 10.e3 6e6 [.0-0 Uc5 12.Adb5 10.6e1 Qe6 l1.Ad5 e4 12.ilf4 Qn 13.d3 d5 Allows Black to open the f-file with gain world champion to lose a match to a female a6 13.6a4 Wxc4 t4.Abc3 Eb8 15.6b6 Wc5 l4.Oc2 exd3 15.exd3 Ed7 dxc4 of tempo. l6.Ad player when Judit Polgar won their rapid r6.acds 0-0 17.b4 Ed6 18"Ebr fu1 0.*A 17.dxc4 EadS 18.Afd5 Efe8 r9.Qb2 6d4 match 5:3 in Budapest. Karpov was 36...fxe4 37,fxe4 Ex12+ 38.6xf2 Ufl+ Ue6 20.e4 d6 2l.Qe3 Wd7 22.*b6 Wd8 23.f4 20.b4 b6 21.6h1 Ac8 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.6c2 evidently not in the best form, blundering his 39.bg2 Exd5! 40.exd5 Wxd5+ 41.6h2 d3 Oxd5 24.exd5 Aa7 25.Ect Qf5 26.g4 fuS Ad6 24.Qat queen when pawn game and 42.a6 e4 43.Wa3 Wn ql.alz 27.*.4 Qd7 28.We2 a up in 2 Qbs 29.Uf2 e6 30.Efd1 24.Axd4 AxcA 25.Axf5 Wxf5 26.Qxg7 Exd5 stalemating his opponent in game 5 when 44.891 Qe5 45.trg2 Ue7 46.691 Wd7 47.WaZ e5 31.f5 gxf5 32.gxf5 Uf6 33.a4 Qxc4 --+; 24.9d3 Axc4 25.Uxc4 Qxd5 --+. queen and bishop up! That wasn't the end of e3 is also winning for Black. 34.Exc4 ae7 35.EfI 6h8 36.8g3 b5 37.Eh4 24...4xc4 25.fu,e3 Axe3 26.Axe3 Eb8 the torture as Karpov built up a winning 44...8f2+ 45.6h1 Uf3+ 46.6h2 Ue2+ 0-1. 6xf5 38.Exh7+! 6xh7 39.Qe4 698 40.Qxf5 27.Wd3 Eed8 28.Efcl Eb3 29.Ua6 Wc7 ending in game 7 only to blunder a piece and e4 Timman - van Wely 30.Qc3 Ed6 31.Ua4 Wd7 32.wa5 Edb6 draw. 40...ue7 41.Qh6 f6 42.Vg6 Wa7+ 43.6h1 Game 6, Sicilian [890] 33.Eal E3b5 34.Wa4 Qb3 0-1. Not to be denied, Gary Kasparov has also Ef7 44.Qe6 6f8 +S.Qxf7 WxfT 46.8xf6. 1.e4 c5 2.4t3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.axd4 Af6 been active, first in a match against the 4r.wh3 l-0. Korchnoi - Kozul Israeli Olympiad team in Tel Aviv. In the 5.ad a6 6.Qe3 fu6 7.h3 e6 8.g1 Qe7 9.Qg2 King's Indian [E8l] 10.f4 Wc7 e5 BeiJing first round Kasparov won only 3:l with h6 ll.0-0 Axd4 12.Exd4 l.d4 af6 2.c4 3.6c3 Qg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 The category 96 Boris Alterman and Ilya Smirin gaining 13.8d2 exf4 l4.Exf4 Qe6 lS.Eafl 0-0 12 "Tan Chin Nam" 6.Qg5 c6 7.Wd2 abdl 8.4h3 a6 9.d5 cxd5 tournament was won by Ukrainian GM draws but in the second round he made a 10.cxd5 Ob6 l.An e6 l2.dxe6 Qxe6 Alexander Onischuk with 71/2111, only clean sweep. The other Israeli players were his l3.Ed1 We8 l4.Qe3 Aa4 15.Oxa4 Uxa4 16.b3 and Huzman. loss being to former women's world Emil Sutovskij Alexander Ua3 l7.Qe2 EfcS 18.0-0 Od7 19.f4 eca It was that man again playing his favourite champion Xie Jun. Sharing second were GM N TNit 20.Wxd6 Qb4 21.8d4 9c3 22.Ud3 Uxa2 match opponent, Veselin Topalov, Leon. Sergei Tiviakov (RUS) and IM ZhalgZhong in 23.Q.g4 Qxg4 24.Axg4 Af6 2s.ah6+ be7 The Kasparov-Topalov match was a little ' 7f A,X' (CH$. Xie Jun shared fourth place with 26.es Og8 different in that the players were allowed to %;:K,* GMs Jaan Ehlvest (EST) and Magem (ESp) use computers equipped with both on 61/2. ChessBase 7.O utd Fritz 5.0. Kasparov calls SaraJevo this chess". At the end of six "advanced "xNr Viktor Korchnoi added yet another /Wt,|ft- garnes the score was locked at 3:3, Topalov ft#, % tournament victory to bis already long list in 'i'w,,2 rvinning games 1 and 5, Kasparov games 2 May. The category 15 event in the Bosnian ',,,.ftA|N I and 4. Thus both players in turn had to come capital was a close race among the eventual from behind. A pair of tie-break blitz games top four who shared tbe l6.Exf6! Qxf6 17.Exf6 gxf6 l8.Uf2 697 lead after five (nn computers!) was also shared one victory rounds with 31/: points. Botb 19.e5! fxe5 Korchnoi and apiece and then the first sudden-death blitz runner-up Ivan Sokolov then won their next l9...dxe5 20.Qxh6+ is similar to the game; game was drawn. Finally, Kasparov rvon the two games to open up a decisive gap but 19...EhS!? 20.9xf6+ Uxd6 i{,,fr.W %A7, second sudden-death game to take the tie- 6g8 2l.exd6 while the Swiss super-veteran won again in 22.Qd4 Eh7 Wc1 (23...Wd5 6reak 2t/z:1Y2. 23.*A 24.W2 L round 8 Sokolov lost to Smbat Lputyan with 24.g5 and White's material deficit is Hiibner - Bacrot il"6+) the black pieces and that was the ball-game small while he retains his attacking chances. 27.Axf7t Game 5, English [A29] as Korchnoi added a quick last round draw Qb4 20.Qxh6+! 696 versus Evgeny Bareev. 21...bxf7 2B.Wd5+ be7 29.Wxbi+ l.c4 af6 2.€\.3 e5 3.4fl oc6 4.g3 5.d4 6f8 96 The scores: (29...bh| 30.8d4 30.ts --. exd4 6.Axd4 Qg7 7.Q.g2 0--0 8.0-0 Ee8 9.e3 20...6xh6 21.Uf6+ Oh7 22.QeA+ 6g8 I GM Korchnoi (SWI) 7; 2 GM I.Sokolov (BIH) 28.f5 Ec3 29.f6+ 6f8 30.Wd7 1-0. Eb8 l0.6de2 d6 ll.b3 Qf5 l2.Qb2 9c8 23.Ug5+ 0h8 24.Wb6+ 698 25.Uh7 mate. 6%; 3-4 GM Bareev (RUS) & GM Ki.Geolgiev (BUL) 5i,/z; l3-Ed2 Qh3 l4.Qxh3 Uxh3 r5.0f4 fos 16.f3 2r.uh4 5-7 Malrno GM Kozul (CRO), GM Lpuryan (ARM) & This category Woz tz.Eaat Ebd8 I8.e4 c6 19.692 Uc7 21...EgS 22.Q.eA+ 15 23.Qxf5+ &n 11 toumament saw a nor GM P.Nikolic (BIH) 4; 8 GM Dizdarevic very 2o.En a6 2l.Ec2 Eb8 22.a4 h5 23.Qa3 Ahl (23...9,tf5 24.Wh5+ b.rc zs.Us+1 24.8h5+ inspiring comeback by Boris Spassky. (BIH) 3'/z; 9 CM Piket 3; 10 GM The event was won jointly 24-h4 af8 25.Efd2 c5 26.Qb2 bh1 21.*.d5 6e7 25.Qg5+ 6dz 1u-s...Erg5 26.Wcg5+ bd7 0rlED) by French GM Kurajica (BIH) 2 .loel Lautier and Greek import Ae6 28.Wbl Ef8 29.Wal b5 30.cxb5 axtr5 27.9xe6+ bxe6 28. -W.fS+ be7 29.fu15+) GM Igor Miladinovic with 6 points games 26.Wfl+ bc6 27 .QeA+ 6b6 28.Qe3* +- I -0. from 9 NZ Chess NZ Chess 29 28 A second rapid event of eight players was his last round win against close rival Peter Next were: 3-5 IM Degerman (SWE), GM Short - Andersson won by Alexander Belyavsky and Jan Leko that allowed him to gain a share of first C.Hansen (DEN) & GM I.Sokolov (BIH) 5; Gambit Queen's [D52] Timman with 10/14. The other scores were: prrze. 6 GM Andersson (SWE) 4%; 7-8 GM P. r.d4 af6 2.c4 c6 3.ad d5 4.6R e6 5.Qg5 3 GM Beim (ISR) 8Y,, 4 cM Adorian Vassily lvanchuk's result was poorish, Cramling (SWE) & CM Spassky (FRA) a; 9 Ardz 6.e3 9a5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qd3 Qd6 (HI-II\D 7,/2,5 GNI Hiibner (GER) 6%, 6 GM Vishy Anand's was disaster (SWE) 10 GM Hector (SWE) gd8 nigh on a IM Brynell 3; 9.Hc2 0-0 10.0-{ Ee8 11.a3 h6 l2.Qh4 Korchnoi )t/- (SWI) 6, 7 GM Yusupov (GER) compared with his superb results in the first l3.Eael Qe7 l4.Qg3 Om ts.tr: Qe6 16.6e5 4Y2,SGMPortisch 3. half of the year, and Alexei Shirov's was Tallinn-Parnu xd7 11.f4 ab6 1S.f5 Qd7 19.e4 dxe4 These events were followed by the Ordix almost catastrophic! Gury Kasparov's Nigel Short scored a convincing victory in 20.Exe4 Qf6 Open (also a rapid time control) which was challenger lost four of his first six games the Keres Memorial, with a 2-point margin won by Fritz5 rvith 9,/zll7t Amon9 the and limped home with three draws; maybe over Utut Adianto (INA), Ivan Morovic humans sharing second place on 8% were the euphoria ofCazorla hadn't yet worn off. (CHI) & Alexander Khalifman (RUS), GMs Ivanchuk, Dautov, Korchnoi, Epishin Adants Ivanchuk followed by 5-7 GM Andersson (SWE), GM and Portisch. There were numerous other - Sicilian Lautier (FRA) & GM Yermolinsky (USA) GMs among the 331 player field. [876] Ehlvest (EST) GM Oll l.e4 c5 z.aB d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 6f6 41/zi 8-9 GM & Philadelphia (EST) 4. s.Oca g6 6.Qe3 Qg7 7.R 0-0 8.8d2 fu6 9.0- The 26th World Open, a 9--round Swiss 0-0 d5 10.6b1 Oxd4 ll.e5 0f5 12.exf6 Qxf6 Oll Ehlvest players, - with 221 was won by Russian GM I3.6xd5 Wxd5 l4.Wxd5 Axd l5.Wd2 Axdl Sicilian Alexander Goldin rvith 8% points, [867] a full 16.Uxdl Qe6 r7.Qd3 EfdS t8.Wel Ed6 point ahead (ISR). 1.e.1 c5 2.AR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd1 At6 of GM Ilya Smirin l9.Wa5 b6 20.Wel Ec8 2I.a3 Ec5 22.94 Ecdl Goldin's only concession was a half point 5.fu3 ac6 6.Qg5 e6 7.Wd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Qd7 23.Wg3 h5 24.h3 h4 25.Wn Exd3 26.cxd3 against Smirin. 9.f4 b5 10.44 b4 ll.Qxf6 Wxf6 r2.Oe2 UrdS Exd3 27.We2 Eb3 28.Edl 29.8d2 bg7 Next, on 7 points, were GMs Atalik 95 r3.Oed4 Eb6 14.f5 Axd4 r5.Axtt4 Ec8 30.Ue4 a5 3l.6cl b5 32.bdt a4 33.6e1 Qc4 (TUR), Christiansen (USA), Epishin (RUS), l6.fxe6 fxe6 l7.Qe2 Ec5 18.Qg4 Ee5 l9.Ud3 2l.Axf7l 6xfl 22.8b3+ Ae6 23.Efel ad5 34.6f2 e6 35.Uc2 Qd5 36.Udl b4 37.axb4 D.Gurevich (USA), Gi.Hernandez (MED & h5 20.Qh3 Eh6 21.6b1 a5 Z2.Ehel a4 24.AxdS cxd5 25.Uxd5 Qc6 26.fxe6+ 698 Exb4 38.We2 Eb3 39.692 bg9%-%. 'Wojtkiewicz (POL) plus WGM Stripunsky 23.6R Ea5 24.e5 d5 25.4d4 Qe7 26.EfI 95 27.Uf5 Qxe4 28.Qxe4 9xd4+ 29.Qf2 Wd6 27.wd2 Ec5 28.Ef3 Ec4 29.Ed3 Elt rO.ga 30.8h7+ 6m ft.Qg6 6e7 32.Qxe8 ExeS (UKR). Among those finishing on 61/z were Shirov - Leko h4 33.Ue4 Ec8 34.Wxb7+ Ec7 35.We4 Qxb2 GMs Chernin (HffD, Kaidanov (USA) and Griinfeld [D85] Yermolinsky (USA). 36.Qh4+ 95 37.Uh7+ 6d8 38.EgE+ 6e7 1.d4 Af6 2.c4 96 3.ad d5 4.cxd5 axd5 5.e4 39.Qf2 Qc3 40.8fl+ 0d8 41.8g8+ 6e7 Dortmund 6xc3 6.bxc3 Qg7 7.5f3 c5 8.EbI 0-0 9.Qe2 42.8e4 Qdz 43.93 l-0. This category l8 tournament featured both cxd4 lO.cxd4 Sa5+ l1.Qd2 Uxa2 12.0-0 ad7 l3.Qb4 0b6 l4.aes f6 ls.ad3 Ef7 Frankfurt of Kasparov's candidates who finished at opposite ends 16.d5 f5 17.fus fxe4 18.d6 Ed8 l9.6xe.t Qf5 The worlds' top four players met in a of ttre table, Vladimir 20.Qd3 Qxe4 2l.Qxe4 exd6 22.f4 d5 23.Qc2 double-round rapid (25 minute) tournament Kramnik led for most of the way but was caught Miclrael *4 24.8b3 a5 25.Qa3 d4 26.f5 A€3 27.8R in June with the top two to play off for the by Adams in round 7. The third winner, Peter Ed7 main prizes and the other two for third and Svidler, was the only first round winner but a loss 27...4xf1 or 27...Axc2 should also win. fourth p'laces. In the preliminary tournament and then three draws 28.8h3 d3! Gary Kasparov lost games to both Vladimir , ,: ::::i::::::li]:::,,,/,,.,,,,,J,., 4 5 6 g :g:::::10 Kramnik and Vishy Anand, finisbing only 7 ,A tlrird witlr 21/z points. Kramnik was top 1 xramnik,v. RUS g ,2790 . % i U % y, 1 t/, I ,o 3t.ofs! Ef4 t/r qualifier wilh 4/6 with Anand second on 3% 2 Adams. M. ENG ,i6i, U ,a,' , '/., N, 1 y, i .t % ,6 31...exf5 32.gxf5 33.e6 Qxe6 34.fxe6 s 94 and Vassily Ivanchuk last on 2. 3 Svidler, p. RUS g io90; A, ; 1 , ,t y, ,% ::1 tA ,t fatally ,,i/,:, : :6 gxh3 35.Exd5 and the black king is The top play-off saw four draws in the ,A y1,,,,,,,,0,; y, 4 Leko,:,P. HUN g '26ti . fi 'y, 1 l, 1 .5 exposed, the immediate threat being a rvlrite rapid stage when the match entered the tA ,/, ,/, 5 ltanbhuk. V UKR g 2l'40 y ' ,t1,,,',,$- t ,,A y" 1 4,h queen excursion to 96, f7 or h5. sudden death phase. The next two games t% 6 Ahand, V IND g 277A, i/7 ,:it:, y' y, . ,y, % T" 4 32.Ag1+ 6dt 33.Exasl exd5 34.Uxd5 Qd6 were also drawn before Anand won the third 7 Yusupov, A GER g 26m "A' ' i i 'o'" y2 y, :. y, 1 ,/z ,4 34...Wc7? 35.*6+; 34...Va7 35.e6. game and with it the first prize. Kasparov ,,1A 8 Almasi, Z. HUN g 2630 ,|A ,, 9, 0 % % y, o I % ,4 35.exd6 6c8 36.Qg2 Ua7 37.6f5 Exg4 won tbe first rapid game against Ivanchuk 9 Belyavsky, A. SLO g 2690 ,tl2 'O , y2 ;A l" % .0 0 o lz 3 38.4e7+ 60t :S.Ues Ee8 40.fu6+ Qxc6 and drew tbe other three in the play-off for 10 Shirov,A. ESP g 2710 0 %,O O 0 % % l/" y" t ,2y, ,tl.gf6+ 0c8 42.Qxc6 l-0. third place.

NZ Chess NZ Chess 30 31 28...4xf1 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Ef3 is not as 24.Eedl Ec6 25.b4 Aa4 26.9b3 Qe6 27.c4 Affiliated Clubs clear. Qxc4 28.Qxa4 bxa4 29.Eac1 d5 30.Ahf5? Ashburton 29.Qxfi axfl 30.fxg6 Qd4+ 3r.6hl Uf2 Quite unsound. PO Box 204, Ashburton. Meets Upper Hutt Monday 7.30pm, Hapai Ctub, 879 o-1. , 30...gxf5 31.6xf5 Axe4 32.Qh6+ 698?? Monday 7.30pm (Feb-Oct), Room I (upstairs), Fergusson Drive. Sec, Glen Sullivan, l4a Crystal Public Library, cnr Havelock and West Streets. Grove,Birchvitle,UHutt(04)526-5085. Svidler - Ivanchuk 32...Exh6 33.6xh6 Ag5 34.Uhs Eb6 35.h4 Ug6 36.Uxg6 hxg6 37.hxg5 Qxg5 refutes Contact, Roy Keeling (03)308-6936. Wrltemata Thursday 7.30pm, Kelston Comm Ruy Lopez [C92] White's sacrihce. Auckland Chess Centre Meet Monday & Centre, cnr Great North Rd and Awaroa Rd, l.e4 e5 2.X3 3.Qb5 a6 4.Qa4 0f6 5.0-0 *6 33.Exc4 Thursday 7.15pm, l7 Cromwell St, Mt Eden, Kelston;jun6-T.30pmThursdays,schooldays.Pres, Qe7 6.Ee1 b5 7.Qb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Qb7 Black might well have played on for a few Auckland 1003. Tel (09)630-2042 clubroom; Bob Smith, 2 r urumn Ave, Glen Eden (09)818- Ee8 1r.695 12.OR Ee8 r3.Abd2 lo.d4 Ef8 more moves but after 33...ExcA 34.Exd5 Uc7 contacts club captain Paul MacDonald (09)419- 4ll3or contactBrucePollard(09)818-2342. 14.ds ObdT 16"A93 Ec8 Qf8 Abs rs.Afi (j4...Hxd5 j5.ilre7+) 35.Axe7+ UxeT 2Ol5; secretary Tony Kesseler(09)412-8184. Wanganul Monday, lst floor, Commercial Club, 11.Ah2 6cS tS.QcZ c6 20.Qg5 l9.dxc6 Qxc6 36.Ug4+ Ag5 37.Wxc4 White's active pieces Canterbury, PO Box 25-242, Chistchurch. Meets St Hill St. Pres, Gordon Hoskyn, 7 Pehi St (06)343- gG 2t.Ag4 Qel 22.4h6+ 6fE 23.8f3 Qd7 and Black's weaknesses simply add up to a Wednesday, 7.30pm., 227 Bezley Avenue; tel 6101;sec, KY>rston,5 Mitchell St(06)343-7166. win for White. l-0. (03)366-3935 clubroom. Pres, Gavin Dawes Wellington Saturday 7.30pm, Lighthouse Centre, (O3)352-4851; Sec,Quentin Johnson (03)355-7166. 235 Karori Road, Karori. 6pm, juniors. pres, Tim NZCF Council report Clvlc Tuesday 7.30pm, Museum Room, Turnbull Frost (04)473-1167 Sec, Ross Jackson (04)563- House, Bowen Street, Well'ington By NZCF President Peter Stuart 1. Pres, John 8013. Gillespie (04)476-3129; Sec, B ent Southgate Olympiad - Elista Congress commences on 28th December and (04)475-7604. Another withdrawal from the New Zealand ends with the New Zealand Rapid Assoclate nrembers Gamblt Sec, Ted Frost, 103 Koromiko Road, teams, this time Katrine Metge from the Championship on either 10th or l lth January Hunly Tuesdays 7.30pm 14 Ralph Street.. Club Gonville, Wanganui. Tel (06)3a7-6098. Women's team Reserve Lilian Terry takes depending on the nurnber ofrest days. capt, John Smeed. 140 Great South Road, Huntly. Hamllton: Thurs, 7.15, Methodist (07)828-7481 her place Lilian was a member of New Centre, 56 Congress 199912000 [.andon Street. Inquiries Pres, Hilton Bennett, 65 Te T,ealand teams in 1978 and 1988 A Fischer- Napier Sec . Napier The Howick-Pakuranga club has advised Aroha St (07)839-6406 or (025)964'773' type time control will be used at Elista: 40 NZ Correspondence Chess Assn, p.o. Box 3278, flre Council of its offer to host the following Hastlngs-Havelock North P.O. Bo : 184, Hastings. moves in 100 minutes, then 20 moves in 50 Wellington Sec. .t W (Sandy) Maxwell, (04)23j_ year's Congress at the Waipuna Hotel and Wednesday 7pm, Library, Havelock N High 4753. minutes, then 10 minutes to finish the garne Conference Centre in Pakuranga. The club school, Te Mata Rd. Sec, chris smith (06)877- palmerston palm Extra time per move of 30 seconds is added 4583' N rth ruesday,7.30prn, Nth has negotiated very lavourable terms for what Intermediate School, Ferguson lrom move one. Any training games prior to St. Tournament would be a very fine venue but needs to Howlck-Pakuranga Tuesday 7.30pm, St John Director,TonyDowden(06)353_1354. departure will use a similar time control confimr bookings within The Ambulance Hall, Howick-P"*.rg:, thee months. paparoetoe wednesday 7.30pm, Sr George,s Highland Park' Pres' -1t-*Y1I, Olympiad Appeal Council lotes that there was no expression of Anglican church Hail, Landscape Rd, papatoetoe. sec' Kees van den Bosch'-' (09)521-5828' ll']'"-:f9)535-4962; The appeal stands at $330 after receipt of interest in hosting the 1999-2000 Congress at contacts, John McRae (09)2ig-4520 or Katrine the following donations: the AGM in January Invercarglll Wednesday 8pm, staff room, South Metge (sec) 27 _jl.l3 School' Ness St' Sec' Robert Jooes' 5 "The Bazza Trust" $ 50.00 petone Gambll Thursday 7.30pm central Bowling Nerv Zealand Junior Championship Pine cres' Invercargill (03)217-1154'Yi".*", -lub, Wanganui Chess Club $100.00 Roxburgh sr perone. pres, Mark Noble. 97 The Council has accepted the offer of the Kapltl Wednesday, 7.30pm. Thomas Gothorp $ 5.00 Salvation Army Hall, Seddon Sr. Naenae. I.ow.er Hutl (04)567-0467. Auckland Chess Association to organise the Bluegum Rd. Paraparaum, B.."".1 nose111 Graham Haase $ 50.00 .s.e1 whangarel Ganrblt l-hursday 7pm, whangarei 1998 national .Tunior Championship which Kingston. 5l Ames St. Paekakariki.d, Raumati Sth Kapiti Chess CIub 25.00 ywcA. contacr Geoffrey Gill (09)438_3035. $ MIl be held in the second week of the (o4)292-8ts7. North Shore Chess $100 00 Club 6-9 October liolidavs The likely dates are Neu' Plvnrouth I I Gilberr St, New Plymouth. Dlstdcl Assoclalions Congress 1998199 October Tuesdays. 7.30pm. Pres. R P Bowler, l7a Hori St Auckland Chess Assn. Pres. Paul Frost, l3/15 The Otago Chess Club's planning is well (06)75.1-6282. Contact. Bob Bowler World Junior Championship Esplanade Road. Mt Eden (09)623-2499. Sec. Kees under way with an attractive venue arranged North Shore Takapuna, This event is being held in Orotesa del Mar P.O Box 3l-587, van den Bosch.6lA St Johns Road Auckland 1005 Auckland 9 Meets Wednesday 7 30pm, Northcote at the University of Otago Events will (Spain) lrom 24th October to Tth Novernber (09)s2l -s828 include a New Year Opening following the (iommunity Centre, cnr College Rd/Ernie Mays St. Neu,Zealand is expected to be represented Welllngton Dlstfic( (lhess Assn lnc. success of this event at Hamilton this year Northcole Club capt. Peter Stuart. 24 Seacliffe by current national junior charnpion Ryan originally Ave. Belmont (09)445-6177 While only ore rest day was Trass (Taupo) Otago 7 Maitland St Dunedin Wednesday and plarured the club is reconsidering this. The -Iel Saturday 7.30prn. (01)477-6919 clubroom Sec. Dcnnis McCaughan (01 )478-0 | 60.

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