' · Grandmasters in N·Z • · NEW ZEALAND has been the aggressive Sicilian allocated three international Defence. Balinas, the only grandmasters for its first ever other GM in Asia besides GM tournament, planned for Torre, gained his title with a April 6-22. The first two stunning tournament victory places were filled as expected, in Odessa, USSR, to become by Filipino woodpushers the first foreign master since Eugene Torre and Rosandio Capablanca in 1936 to win on Balinas. Torre is the first Soviet soil. . .· Asian and in The third grandmaster Manila at the Marlboro is Argentina's Miguel Kings Challenge series he Quinteros. Boasting an -Elo became only the second per• rating of 2555 Quinteros has son to beat the current world had numerous tournament champ , dis• successes and is a popular playing a masterly grasp of player. He even won the prize

·~ foJ;, the best-dressed player at If 2-3 ... QXe8 24.BXf6 ch dates of all -of the great 2.Qd5! Nc6 (Again 2 ... tne Lord John tournament in and mates. masters, in addition to· QXd5 3.NXe7 . ch) 3.QXc6! London! 24. 'Nxf6 Resigns sections on problems, chess and after 3. . . QX:c6 the One· of Quinteros's victor• * * . * terms and societies, openings, black queen would be forked ies was at the Lloyds Bank BOOK REVIEW countries and tournaments.· on a third square. Invitation tournament, also in "The Encyclopedia of Chess" The encyclopedia is gener• London, where Torre was ously sprinkled with 500 illus• The foreword to the book playing. He scored 8/10 to edited by ; trations such as chess stamps, ends " ... whether as an B. T. Batsford Ltd. claim first place ahead of 68 pieces, players and chess dia• unrivalled book· of refe.rence · players, including IMs Nunn, WITH THIS book Golombek grams. or as a book to be dipped Webb, Hartston and has plugged a bad gap in the As an example, under the into for pleasure, this is a Pritchett. One of his most literature of chess - that of a heading "fork': the book work which will be cherished convincing displays was comprehensive, informative gives the example by all lovers of chess ... ", an against England's young yet easy to read encyclopedia. Soultanbeiff v. Dudya, Liege assessment with which I fully Jonathan Kinlay. Hardcover and 360 pages, the 1953 as an, illustration of suc• Soultanbeiff produced agree. book gives the histories, tour• cessive knight forks. l.Ng6! Ql;>7 (if I. QXf5 London 1977 nament records and birth- White to play. 2.NXe7 ch winning a piece) MURRAY CHANDLER KINGS INDIAN DEFENCE M. Quinteros J. Kinlay (Argentina) (England) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 · 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5: Bg2 d6. 6. 0-0 . Nl;Jd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. b3!? More usual is 9.h3. As Quinteros . comments in "Chess", the move played has a special quality - surprise! 9. eXd4 10. NXd4 Re8 11. h3 Nc5 12. Re1 d5? 12. . . .a5 13.Bf4 gives Black a cramped but playable game. Kinlay must have thought that if he could get the freeing break d5 in without - losing material he could secure equality at least. Quinteros has other ideas. 13. cxd5. cXd5 14. eXd5 RXe1 ch 15. 0Xe1 NXd9 16. NXd5 8Xd4 17. Be3!

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QUINTEROS Now with the inevitable exchange of Black ·s kingside bishop Kinlay's position is crit• ical. Now 17 ... Nd3 is met by 18. Qfl ! when Black's development is lagging and his knight is misplaced. 17. . . . 8Xa1 18. QXa1 Nd? This knight move covers to some degree the hole on f6 but White's positional com• pensation for the exchange is enormous. Quinteros begins his total black square domination around Kinlay's king. 19. Bd4! a5 20. Qc3 f6 · ff 20. Ra6, trying for counterplay · White wins a piece with 21. . QXc8! QXc8· 22.Nel ch. 21. Nc7 Rt;:,8 22. Bd5 ch Kh8 - 2'3:. Ne8! .~. Ne5