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1987 October 3 '. ,.- ~. -- . ~ t .· •..•-.. ~ . :.-~ ~.:- ... ~·': ... •; ·. ,. .. .· ·t4"1tffl,:.,• ~ .....•.. .,;--< Unlike other aerosols l ··.? 'or wick-type deodorisers. Nilodordoesn't just cover one smell with''another. '$.Oviet ! squeeze Nilodor chemically -~y, ~airray ·Cliandler merges with the odour• carrying gases in the air --~ · ··A· · · , S I WRITE, · two of the three RUY LOPEZ and neutralises them. · · World .Championship Qualifying G SAX N SHORT So all your nose is )eft e4 es · Interzonal tournaments have 1. to enjoy is freshness. · · · ended, with quite sensational re• 2. Nf3 Ne& 3. BbS a6 Nilodor is safe and easy sults irr both. In the modest Yugoslav 4. Ba4 Nf6 to use throughout your town of Subotica the Soviets were 5. 0-0 Be7 squeezed out completely when England's 6. Ret bS home. Because it's Nigel Short and Jonathan Speelman were 7. Bbl d6 concentrated and more joined by Hungary's Gyula Sax in a tie for 8. c3 · 0-0 efficient, Nilodor is the first place. In Szirak in Hungary, the 9. h3 Bb7 most economical young grandmaster Johann Hjartason has 10. d4 Re8 become a hero of his native Iceland by Maybe you would like a nice draw today deodoriser you can buy. tying for first with Valery Salov of, the with 11. Ng5 R/8 12. Nf3 Re8? USSR. The third qualifying spot from 11. a4' ·. # Szirak was tied between Hungary's Lajos No thank you. I have a feeling I might need Portisch and England's John Nunn. A an extra half point later in this tournament. 11. ... h6 play-off will, have to be held to decide · 12. Nbd2 , Bf8 which of these two will join the 14-player 13. Bc2 exd4 Candidates Series in Saint John, Canada, 14. cxd4 Nb4 next January and February. The Candi• 15. Bbt cS dates will be the centrepiece of a Cana• 16. dS Nd7 dian $400,000 World Chess Festival 17. Ra3 c4 which will include two $50,000 tourna• 18. Nd4 N'eS . ments open to all. 19. axbS Qb6 20. Nxc41? The Subotica Interzonal was, of This remarkable and bold knight sacrifice varies from the normal 20. N2f3 as played in nilodor· course, a mighty triumph for England. Sokolov-Psakhis, USSR 1985. But can it Despite the announcement of Tony Miles Available through (now a tax exile) that he will no longer be really be correct? ? 20. Nxc4 pharmacies New Zealand . playing for the nationalteam, the English 21. Rg3 Bc8 wide. , squad is going from strength to strength. 22. Bxh6 axb5 N84/2 . · · Both Short and Speelman cruised home 23. Nf3 Rat · with draws, while Sax had to win his last 24. NgS · · four games to pip former world title• Although White has two pawns for his holder Mikhail Tal. Tal's loss to an piece and some kingside chances, it is not at outsider, an Indian bank clerk, Amed all clear his attack will succeed. Short's Prasad, shows on what narrow margins decision to return material looks unneces• sary. these vital and important events can r-, -y,i/!4W!!/!41!/h!!""lllll"""IJWIJ/!2W!!/!4W!!,~~':'":"i!O!1!l/u.w:"'""-'.J1L11'_'"'1!_ · hinge, Short too was fortuqate to win one appalling position against the Egyptian cetamol tailender Hamid. · ~ach Interzonal is supposed to contain · 18 representatives from the various, fIDE geographical' zones, but Subotica PHARMAC~-ONI.Y MEDICINE started with'. 17 anti Only just finished Stigar , · - with 16. Robert Hubner from West Ger• many· was absent; America's Lubosh Kavalek withdrew ill .after seven rounds and another sick' American,. Lev Alburt, played some_ games from his hotel bed. 24_ ... Rxbt -· free! Final results of the two completed- 25. Qxbt ~xh& Interzonals are: 26. Ne& dis. ch ih8' Rxf8 Subo~ica: 1-3, ~h~rt, Speelman, Sax - ~~: :::s Kh7. · 10½ points: 4-5, Ribli (Hungary) and Tal 29. Qc3! 1?; 6, Rodrigues (Cuba) 8½;.7., Marjan?- Using a mate threat on-g7 Sax picks up VIC (Yug) 8; 8-9, Smyslov a~d Chemin the loose Black knight. White keeps an edge ·(both USSR) 7½; 10, Popovic (Yug) 7; with- rook and two pawns v bishop and 11, Zapata· (Colombia) 6½; 12, Ernst knight. , . ,... · (Sweden) 6; 13, Alburt (US) 5½; 14, Xu 29. · NeS ' · (China) 5; 15, Prasad (India) 4; 16, 30, Qxb4 Bc;l7 Hamid (Egypt) .3. , 31. Qd2 Nc4 , . 32. Qdt b4 . : Szirak; 1-2, Salov and Hjartason 12½ 33. bl NeS -points; 3-4, Nunn and Portisch 12; 5, 34. Kh2? . , . Belyavsky (USSR) 11; 6, Andersson . But this is an unsound pawn sacrifice - (Sweden) 10½; 7 ~ Ljubojevic (Yug) 10; 8, which wins Sax th~ game in four more Christiansen (US) 9; 9,'10,_Benjamin (US) - moves! Both sides were now in severe time and _ Todorcevic (Monaco) 8½; 11-12, ' trouble: · · ·· · :velimirovic (Yug) and Marin (Romania) 34. - Qxti .. ·. · 7½;-~?~l~, Adorjan (Hungary) ~nd M~os ~:: :~ , :2 PHARMACY-ONLY MEDICINE: Each 5ml of liquid (Br~l) 7, 15, Flear (En~l~nd) 6,_ ~6, Villa 37_ Rf4 . , Qd2?. and each tablet contains 120mg Paracetamol. .(Spam) 5½; 17, Bouazis (Tunisia) 4½; , , . , Use only as directed. 18 Allan (Canada) l 1i • · , · 37. - ... Be8! would ~~ve preoented Whites ' . 2 . _ following queen sacrifice. (D Reckitt & Colman Pharmaceuticals This week's game features a decisive 38. Qxh6 ch! Resigns Division of Reckitt & Colman (New Zealand) timited. Avondale. Auckland. battle between two of the eventual vie- · Black is checkmated after 38. ... Kxh6 RC87/25 Haines tors. 39. Rh4. • NZ LISTENCR, OCTOBER 3, 1987 79 : ,· ' .. .
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