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New Zealand Chess VoI 25 Number 4 August 1999 Contents

4 In this issue New Zealand Chess acknowledges the tremendous debt owed to IM Ortvin Sarapu by a whole generation of chess players in this country. For a bio- graphical record we have drawn details ofOrtvin's early life and playing record from the information he gave to shortly after his arrival in New Zealand and published in Chess World in l952.For a brief record and tribute to Ortvin's life and work for chess in New Zealand, we have drawn on IM Ben Mar- tin's tribute in Australian Chess Forum and the tribute which appeared in a bul- Ietin of the 1999 Ocearia Zonal Championship.

1 The archive of New T,ealand games assembled by Peter Stuart contains 735 played by Ortvin Sarapu. For a selection to be included in this tribute, New Zealand Chess decided that apart from several games against top grandmasters, we would not use games which appeared in Mr Chess - the Ortvin Sarapu s/ory, but we asked FM Jonathan Sarfati to make a representative selection of lesser-known but still significant games. The editor has selected a number of other games, including some by other players which illustrate Ortrvin's skill as an annotator and teacher.

11 Peter Stuart has assembled details of Ortvin Sarapu's playing record, lengthy but an essential part of Ortvin's life story. 23 Gordon Hoskyn summarises the latest state of NZCCA correspondence play. 24 A brief selection of New Zealand news - not curtailed by lack of space but by lack of copy.

25 IM Ben Martin and FM Jonathan Sarfati have been active in .

27 Peter Stuart's Overseas News is a little dated by our delayed publication, but contains the usual selection of qualify GM games.

The next issue: Reports on the South Island Championship and North Shore Open, also the Asian Junior in which Ryan Trass has played. Plus a selection of games, up- dated overseas news and hopefully more NZ news.

New publishing arrangement far NZ Chess

NZCF has accepted a new publishing arrangement for NZ Chess which is spreading the workload and will give greater flexibility in the size of the publication. Graeme Trass made an offer, which has been accepted, to arrange make-up and printing of the magazine in Taupo, plus distribution from there. Ted Frost continues to edit the magazine in the meantime. The new procedure has taken time to work out. As teething problems are sorted out, publication is expected to run smoothly and to time - we are looking to have the October issue out by the end of the month.

Cht NZ Chess 4 IM Ortvin Sarapu, MBE 1924 - 1999 play chess in strong company in early boyhood. Bob Wades's recommendation We don't mean the blindfold performances are Tlre tribute to Ortvin Sarapu in the Sunday effortless; we mean that they are possible only International Master Ortvin Sarapu, MBE, died suddenly on April 13 after Star-Times records that whon Ortvin played in for a man who plays chess as a fish swims. the West German championships in 1949 he a heart attack at his Auckland home, only hours after playing his regular Sarapu is both positional and combinative. told New Zealander Bob Wade he wanted to game at the Auckland Chess Centre, where he was playlng in good form. But that goes without saying. Every master is. emigrated to Australia. ln annotation he has the gift of elucidating New Zealand Chess thanks the various sources from which the following "Try New Zealatd," said Wade. positional ideas for students, and ceftainly the Ortvin and his wife Barbara, a Czech who he tributes are drawn. positional aspect is uppermost in his own style. first met in an emigrant camp in West Germany, Just recently Sarapu played a match against D spent their honeymoon on a ship coming to Early years F' M .l ort t t I lttt t t Su r fu.ti I Lynch, 1951 champion of New Zealand. New Zealand. The l'ollowing ycar, 1947, hc was sccond l-o Sarapu got to 4-0. Unfortunately, Llmch was Adapted Cecil Purdy' s from the well-known mastcr Enevoldsen in the l)an- suddenly recalled to Hawke's Bay by the death Chess World, August 1952 ish championship, in frontolTornerup. ln lhc of his rnother. The score, however, made it clear Highlights ofhis career included a victory over Ortvin Sarapu was born in , the sarne year hc gained the lightning charrpi- that Sarapu has no possible rival among present GM Rossolimo of Argentina, and draws against strongest small chess nation of the world, in onship ofCopenhagen New Zealand players, except for the peripatetic Spassky and Korchnoi. February 1924. At 14 he joined the Narva t In 1941i he went to C)ernrany, and won llrst Wade. Wade has not competed for the New He represented New Zealand in 10 Olympiads Chess CIub - Narva was the birth-place of prizc in the lourney tor thc charrpionship ol' Zealard title since 1948, when he crashed and played in the New Zealarrd Championship Keres. In his middle teens Sarapu won the adult l,owor Saxony - he was not eligiblc 1i)r thc titlc. through with almost as crushing a margin as nearly 30 times. In 1 966 he gained his Interna- city championship three times in three attempts. A decisive victory in a tourncy lirr displirr'ul Sarapu this year, and the 1948 field was slightly tional Master title by winningtheZonal touma- At 16 he also won the schoolboys' champi- Estonian players (scorc llt/z-t/z) glinctl lrinr rrn stronger. The two have met only at Oldenburg ment in Auckland, and in the following year he onship ofEstonia. Before he could play for the invitation to play in the grcal- lounlcy ol ( )ltlt rr 1949, where Sarapu headed Wade by 2Yt played in the lnterzonal in Sousse, Tunisia. national title, the Second World War inter- burg 1949. points. Ortvin was a formidable lightning player. I{e vened. Beforc tho Oldenburg tounrc:y. S;rr:rprr r,:rr"t' Ortvin Sarapu has endeared himself to the shared second place in the lightning tournament morc blindlbld displays and plirycrl :r rrr:rtt lr chess public of both the Soutl.r and North Is- at the World Seniors Championship, as well as 20 games blindfold against thc Gcrman master Kuppt'r. rluurrprrirr lands, in the Dominion, both by his unassuming a creditable in the main event. After the war Sarapu became a professional coming lln of Brcmon and ex-charnpion ol Ilcrlirr Srrr:rpu manner and his readiness to participate in local During the 1960s he won the New Zealand player in , Iike Nimzovitch in former won, 3-l (2 wins, 2 ciraws. no losscs). chess activities. New Zealard chess stands to Correspondence Championship three times. He days. He was now 21. Specialising for a time in gain enormously by his migration. was a life member of the New Zealand Chess blindfold play, he played up to 20 games simul- Among the stars Federation and 1980 he was awarded the taneously; his best performance was at Esbjerg, in Olclenburg was the only toul-noy in wlritlr MBE for services to chess. Denmakr - 20 games, score 15-3, 2 time, lOVz New Zealand record Sarapu cvcr played against a largc nunrhcr ol the years he played in many tournaments hours. Adaptedfrom the tibute by IM Ben Martin Over international mastcrs (unl-il the Sousso Intcr- Australia. He won the 19-57 Australian In 1946, Sarapu played in the first big toumey in Australian Chess Forum in zonal), and his pcrfbrmance was imprcssivc; thc Championship in Melboume and came fourth of his life, at the relatively iate age of 22; the Despite his impressive result in the Oldenburg l3 who tinished below him includcd Unzicker. I in the 1959 Championship, as well as taking war, of course, was to blame for this. It was the toumament, Ortvin Sarapu made the hard deci- who two years later becamc champion ol'Cer- part in the 1960 Adelaide international tourna- championship of all the Scandinavian countries; sion to give up a promising chess career and mrrny and one of the bcst two or three playcrs ol leave war-torn Europe. In 1950 he and his wife ment. Many in Australia will remember his he was fourth. (jal- non-communisl Europc, and O'Kelly dc Barbara emigrated to Neu, Zealand, and after from more recent events such as the 1989 Mer- way, chanrpion of the European zonc in l!):ltl. living briefly in Christchurch settled in Auck- cantile Mutual Masters tournament and the Sarapu quiz question (lcr)ronstratcd Sarapu's advance in strongth wls land. 1991 and 1992 Australian Championships. Here's a little quiz which was an Ortvin by his finishing tar above Encvoltlscrr. who had Ortvin won his first New Zealand Champi- ln 1952 he played a memorable match against Sarapu favourite, even making its way into a headed him fbr the Danish titlc tw() vcars oar- onship in 1952, with a score of 10.5/11. For Cecil Purdy, which ended in a 5-all tie. German magazine: Iier. Also, although 5th, Sar-irprr wrrs only one years he dominated the top level toumaments - Ortvin won many fine attacking games. He Name four players who beat both Capablanca point behind thcjoinl winncrs. llosoljubov and he did not lose a New Zealard Championship had a keen sense of the dynamics of a position and Fischer. Zemgalis, and half a point bt:lrrrrtl l{ossolimo game until 1962. His first serious rivals were and he was happy to accept structural weak- Sounds difficult, because Capa died in 1942, and Hcrnicke. people he had coached. Altogether he won or nesses in retum for active pieces. His gift for the year before Fischer was bom. Sarapu's pcrl()r nriur(cs big blindtbld are in- shared the title of New Zealand Champion 20 finding the strengths of even the most It's relatively easy to come up with Keres, dicative ol that efforflessncss llrirt ollcn charac- times, a record number for any country. unpromisingJooking positions made him very Reshevsky and Euwe, but not Eliskases. terises mastcrs of special lirlcrrl r,r'lro lcarned to difficult to beat.

NZ Chess NZ Ches,g 6 1 He played a bewilderingly large range of The stranger a[ r l)arty InstructiYe Sarapu games opening, and as a result it was almost impossi- Stttne yetrrs ago I liruncl rrr)rrt ll l'rlk no to an I)y FM Jonathart Sorftiti. ble to prepare against him. He was particularly eltlerly rnan at a chess pirrt,v I tlrink it was a at home in the Ruy Lopez, both with White and lcad-up to the Plaza toumcy I tlrl rrot yet know This game was played in the last round of the with Black, and he scored his Sarapu's win well with who he was, and he ccrtrrirrll, tiirlrr'l know ntc New Zealand Championship. f'avourite system 5.d4. I first got to know C)rtvin gave him a tie for the title with Richard Sutton, fiorr ,Adam. but was intcrcstctl rrr who i was at the 1986-87 New Zealand Championship. and qualification for the zonal. His strategy At and introduccd me to severirl wcll known play- first was rather in aw of him, but he quickly was very instructive, and close study of this I ers who rvcrc close by. put me at ease. His cheerfulness, his sense game enabled me to win a number of imporlant of Yes, hc trcalcd mc as an cquul (thou-rh hardly humour and his rich store of anecdotes made games. on thc chessboard !) and I wrrs i rnrnediately him very pleasant company. This did not stop drawn to hirr as a person. [.atcr, i discovcred it Sarapu,O Clarke,R him, however, from beating me soundly in our - was Orlvin Sarapu. tournament game - a painful loss but one I lcosl - David Lillis, as told to Jonathan Sarfati 70th NZ Chp, Christchurch (R 1 1),1963 learnt much from. Notes by FM J D Sarfati In his book Mr Chess: the Ortvin Sarapu Story 1.e4 e6 2.d4 ds 3.Ad2 Af6 4.e5 Afdi 5.f4 c5 he paid generous tribute Lo his opponents, to the The Ortvin Sarapu Story a 6.c3 Ac6 1.Adf3 extent of including many of his losses. He had The autobiography of Ortvin Sarapu, 33.uh2? Ne2, which he many friends all over the world, including for- published 1993. This was an improvement on Sarapu pointed out that the R1h3 then Rh2 the same opponent three months mer FIDE president Florencio Campomanes. 180pp, photos,61 annotated games. played against was corect it's usually best to put the Rs in before which had the same result a loss on After he won the 1989-90 New Zealand - - front of the Q when tripling on a file. Last- time at move 40! Sarapu was inspired by the Championship, he was controversially omitted round nerves meant a slight blemish on a mas- Price post paid, famous Porlisch-Tal 1961 game as usual, he from the team for the Novi Sad Olympiad. $34.95, from - terly controlled game. was au fait with the current theory. It's only in Despite his disappointment, he was quick to New Zealand Chess Supplies Ltd the last few years that Black has found ways of 33...Qc6 34.4g3 ring and congratulate PO Box 42090 a friend who had been generating adequate counterplay. Probably unnecesssary. picked for the team. Homedale 9.cxd4 Qb4+ 10.6f2 Ub6 34,.Qd7 35.Wgl Uc8 36.hrg6 Over the course of nearly half a century, Ortvin Wainuiomata 7...f6 8.g3 cxd4 11.692 0-0 12.Qd3 Qe7 l3.Ae2 Hc7 14.Hf1 contributed a vast amount to chess in his Too early. 36.Ne2 to keep the B out, followed Ab6 as in note to move 33. adopted country. Many players, including sev- Ph-fax:04-564-8578 by the correct tripling Then Black would be defenceless against hxg6 eral former New Zealand champions, were emai I : [email protected] Such slow play by Black enabled White to and Rh7+. coached by him and many more were inspired consolidate his powerful centre. This is why Black nowadays tries for ...g5 or even sacrific- by his example. His passing is a huge loss to "This book is extremely well presented, very 36...hxg6 37.8h6 Ue8 ing a N on e5 before White can move his K to New Zealand chess. clear and very readable. It is a must for chess Black can't take and allow a strong passed P, safety and frnish his development. Sarapu cor Ortvin is survived by his wife Barbara, son devotees..." nd a white N landing on e5. rectly noted a White advantage here. Peter and grandchildren. - The E-tening Post, Wellington 38.81h3 Qe7 39.9e1 Qb4 40.8h1@ 15.Uc2 f5 16.94 Qd8 17.a3 Ae7 18.9b1 96 19.h3 ud7 20.b3 ue8 2l.Qd2 Qd7 22.a4 ac6 Black lost on time, but his position is proba- 23.Uel bly untenable anyway. 40...Rxh6. [Black Rest in peace, IM Ortvin Sarapu wouldn't have had this defence to Rh7+ if White denies Black's Ns any outposts. From the round 2 bulletin, Oceana Zonal Championship, 1999 Q-side White had tripled before opening the fi1e. The chess community is saddened to learn ofthe sudden death ofthe New Zealand chess legend, 23...Q.e7 24.95 a5 25.h4 Ab4 26'Qxb4 Qxb4 4l.gxh6+ 40...Hxh6.1 41.gxh6+. [Sarapu gave IM Ortvin Sarapu. Over the last 40 years, Ortvin has set the standards for chess in New Zealatd, 27.E/f2 bn 28.h5 we7 29.Hh1 Hh8 the following line that looks dubious both to winning the New Zealand Championship on no less than twenty occasions, and representing New Black's best chance was to flee with the K to me and Fritz. 4l.Hxh6 Hh9 42.4h4 Hxh6 1-0 Zealand in many international events. the Q-side. 43.Ahxf5+ exf5 44.Bxh6+ 6981 41...6h8+ GM DatryI Johansen described Ortvin as a "gregarious character" and "the Cecil Purdy of New 30.8h4 Hag8 3l.Eahl Ue8 32.Sg3 &g7 In the following game Sarapu defeats a strong Tnaland chess." opponent (then Champion), who tried IM Russell Dive said "His achievements in chess provided Ortvin with an opportunity to tell many to draw by exchanging. stories, with one of his favourites being about his game against in the ." "We will all miss Ortvin's lovely personality and helpful tips on the game we love." Goodbye, rest in peace. Our slmrpathy goes to the Sarapu family and the New Zealand chess community.

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Flatow,A - SarapurO altemative was 36.Uxf2 Ha2 37.Hd2 Qixt2+ and creating a passed eP. 13...Uc7t lE62l 38.Hxf2 Qhg+!-+. 58...Hxa7 59.Qxa7 af6 60.Qf2 Ae8 6l.Qh4 Ac7 l3...Kxf/ is not good, because White gains many Ps for the piece and will probably win the 74thNZ Champ, Christchurch (P.2), 196'7 36...Qe3 37.Hbz Ud4 38.Qxc6 Qd3 With the Rs gone, Black rnust avoid exchang- Nal. the Notes by FM J D Sarfati Domination by the Bishops. 0-l ing minors. 14.Qb3 Qe6! 15.e3 Averbakh,Y Sarapu,O t.AB Af6 2.c4 96 3.g3 Qg7 4.Qg2 d6 5.6d 0-0 - 62.f4 l)a6 63.6d6 Anl aq.fs exf5 65.gxf5 Ad3 15.9xe6 Uc2+. 6.0-0 e5 7.d4Ac6 8.Qg5 h6 9.Qxf6? lEsel 66.e5 6e8 67.Qg3 15...Axb3 16.axb3 Qxb3+ 17.&e2 Uxcl 74thNZ Chp, Christchurch (R 4), 1967 18.8b7+ 6e6 19.4R Qc4+ It is wrong to exchange this B and leave the A B placed on the same rank or file with two Notes by FM J D Sarfati 19...Uxh1?? 20.495+ winning the The text Black dark-squared B without an opponent. square between is the usual recipe for restricting Q. t.d4 af6 2.c4 e6 3.aca Qb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Qd3 d5 the N. move is accurately calculated to a forced mate. 9...Oxf6 10.dxe5 6xe5 6.613 c5 7.0-0 Ac6 8.a3 Qxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 20.d3 Qxd3+ 21.6xd3 Wc4+ 22.bd2 @b4+ 67...Ab2 6s.Qf2 aff 69.Qe3 6e1 10.be6 dg2 10...dxe5 The Q exchange would give Black a 10.Qxc4 Sc7 11.Qd3 e5 l2.Bc2 He8 13.dxe5 23.6d1 Hd8+ 24.4d4+ Hxd4+ 25.exd4 udS+ 7t.Qd2 Ah4 72.f6 gxf6 reasonable endgame with the B-pair. Axe5 l4.hxel Uxe5 15.R and White resigned because of 26.bc7 Qd2+ 72...&f8 73.Qb4+ bg8 74.f7+. 27.6d1 Qe3+ 28.6e1 Ud2+ 29.6fl Uxf2# 0-1 11.6xe5 Qxe5 12.Ud2 6h7 13.Had1 c6 14.f4 Unfortunately, Sarapu had inadverrtently Qg7 15.c5 played into a variation Averbakh had helped 73.exf6 1-0 Sarapu,O Fletcher,N 15.Uxd6 Ub6+ l6.6hl Uxb2 shows that Petrosyan play for his I 966 title defence against - White Cardoso,R - Sarapu,O lc42l cannot immediately exploit the weak Pd6, but Spasski. His next move is a dubious novelty. lA23l 76thNZ Champ, Wellington (R 8), 1969 the move in the game allows Black to repair it 15...c4? 16.Qxc4 Ucs 17.Ub3 Qe6 18.Qxe6 fxe6 Sarapu v Cardoso, Auckland (2),1967 Notes by FM J D Sarfati immediately. 19.c4 EacS 20.a4b6 21.a5 Wxc4 22.Hxc4 Hxc4 Notes by FM J D Sarfati Sometimes Sarapu was prepared to grind out 15...d5 16.b4 23.e4 Hec8 This game demonstrates Ortvin's ability to win wins in the endgame, right out of the opening, 76.e4Wa5. Ortvin has done very well to regain his P, and devastatingly against his main rivals in Aus this time against a leading Wellington player of 16...He7 17.Q4 Qm 18.Hfe1 a5! 19.a3 axb4 against most players he would be holding. kalasia and South-east Asia. the day. However, Averbakh was ve.q/ happy to retum 20.axb4 Ha3 2l.Hcl HeB 22.e3 h5 23.He2 Qf5 l.c4 e5 2.g3 are lQgZ Axe4 5.Ue2 the P for a better endgame, as a 1.e4 e5 2.Af3 at6 3.6xe5 d6 4.AR 24.b5 Wf6 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Adl he is world- renowned endgame expert. It might be more accurate to play 3.4c3 so if Ue7 6.d3 Ate t.Qgs Black plays the same line as the game, after Capablanca this 24.Qs3 Ad7 25.Hfd1 E8c7 26.Qg5 Morphy, Lasker and liked Ortvin's hero Keres, 3...c6 then 4.AR e4 5.4d4 line, because White is now two tempi up. Threatening Bd8, so forcing Black to ex- d5 6.cxd5 W6 7.4b3 and Black's centre is a bit Nowadays Black can equalise anyway. change. loose, Botvinnik-Tal, game 9, retum match 7...Uxe2+ 26...bxa5 27.Hxa'ab62S.Qf4 Hb7 29.Hb5 0f7 1961, 1-0 73 moves. 30.h4 Hc6 31.6h2 h6 32.h5 3...c6 4.Ac3 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.8b3 7...4bd7. 10.d4 0-0 11.0-0--0 d5 Black probably should not have allowed this As Keres showed, this P grab gives Black 8.Qxe2 Qe7 9.Ac3 AbdT hxing of his K-side, but it's difficult to suggest adequate compensation. l2.Ae5 c6 13.f4 Qb4 l4.Axd7 better. 32...8e7 33.Qg3 a6 34.Hbb1 Ac8 to swap this strongly-placed N, 6...Ac617.Axdi 6d4 8.Uc4 Axd5 9.Qxd5 b5l Rather strange does disrupt Black's development since he 34...a5 35.Ha1 a4 36.Qf2 also wiming the P. 10.Qxf7+ &e7 11.Ud5 Ac2+ 12.&dl Axal but it fears doubling his Ps on But the B pair 35.Hdc1 Hb6 36.Hxb6 Axb6 37.Ha1 Ad7 13.Uxa8 f6. would be adequate compensation. 137...Ha7 38.Qf2l 38.Qd6 He8 39.Hxa6 Af6 40.Ha7+ &g8 t4...Axd7 1s.Qd3 a5 16.ab1 ate nS rc 26...Hb8 Often the defender can hold with 3 Ps v 4, but 18.Qf4 Qd7 19.a3 Qe7 2o.bd2 Ac8 21.94 b5 Black makes good use of the lines kindly here his Ps are split, and White's pieces are 22.Hdet Of7 23.h4 Qd6 opened by White! very active. Weakens the Q-side dark squares. Nb6 aiming 27.AnHbb3 28.Qg2He7 29.e4 Eb2 30.Ue1 41.94 Hc8 42.693 Hd8 43.Ha6 bf7 44.&f4 Hd7 for c4 was better, with a reasonable game for 30.exf5 Uxe2. 45.8c6 Ae8 46.Qe5 Hb7 47.Hc8 Ha7 48.Qd4 Black. Hd7 49.Qe5 Ea7 50.Hd8 Hb7 51.Qd4 Hc7 24.Qxd6 Axd6 25.h5 HfeS 26.4b3 a4 30...Hxe2 31.Uxe2 dxe4 32.Qxe4 Qd4 52.&e5 6e7 53.Ha8 At6 s4.bt4 6f7 55.Qb6 Hb7 Now the B-pair shows its strength. 56.Qc5 Ae8 57.6e5 Ec7 58.Ha7l This kindly clears a patch for the White K. 33.QR Ua7 34.Hd1 Qxc5 35.692 Qx{2!-+ After some harmless repetition (no need to 27.AcSHa7 25.&d2 Qc8 29.Hxe8 6xe8 30.He1+ 36.Hd2 rush) and activating his K as far as possible, Ee7 White now commences plan his of swapping Rs put up a N Obviously equivalent to resignation, but the This loses by force. Better to with

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invasion on e6 and hold out as much as possi- was ll.Bb7; the B would not be much ham- 24,&h2 0c8 25.891! 35.Wxd6+ 6e8 36.Uxe5+ 6ts 37.Exglr-. ble. pered by protecting the QRP, but it is torture to Now comes the switch back to the K-side, 334s7 UEB a R. Still it's just a question of fine shades of 31.Hxe7+ 6xe7 32.b3 axb3 33.cxb3 Ab7 which enables White, in some degree, to refute position, as yet. Seerns the best chance. White's threats include 34.Axb7 QxbT 35.&c3 6d6 36.6b4 Qc8 37.a4 reasoning otr Black's mov€ 1I. Three tenrpi 34.Exh7 Rxb2 12.h3 Qh5 13.Ue2 0-0 14.94 Qg6 Rxf6 and Rh6. 33...id8 Black's K will have to stop White's passed a-P, have been "lost" by the Rs, but Black's game 35.Rh6r-. allowing White's King to penetrate via c5. Note has becn sufficiently disorganised to make that W}ite's Ps on light squares strongly restrict thern a sotmd investmeirt. 34.Uxh7 a5 35.Eag1 t'switch" the enemy B. 1-0 25-.fu6 26.Eaa1 The is cornpleted. The game is an extremcly neat example of strategy. Match against Purdy "slaritch" As soon as Sarapu settled in New Zealand, the 35...&GS Auskalians were keen to meet him aover the Clock trouble. Not 35...8xb2 36.898 or ; board and test him out. He quickly started 3 5...6d8 36.898 ! b:uii; 3 5...a41 If then 36.Exf7+ communicating with Cecil Purdy, editor of (Try j6.h4waiting.If then 36...W2 i7.flge!) Chess World and one of Australia's strongest 36...8xf7 37.E;g7 NS followed by ...Rxb2 with players. When a match between Purdy and i a hard fight, 38.Exfl+ ADrf7. Sarapu was arranged it 7952, interest on both t 36.EgE Exb2 sides of the Tasman was immense. The first game of the match therefore assumed First ..-Bxg8 would stave offresignation a few great importance and the strength of Sarapu's Black has virtually forced White to "weaken" moves longer. Black's K is too exposed. play earned him considerable, lasting respect his 6-side. His reasoning was that White could 37.Exf8+ 6xf8 3S.ghE+ 6e7 39.Uc8 Ad8 from the Australians. not attack effectively on BOTH wings. Let us 4o.Hc7+ Sff 4r.tsxa5 ExA+ 42.693 Ed2 Purdy considered the game of great enough see how this works ort. 14...4xg4 l5.hxg4 quality and importance to analyse it in depth for Qxg4 16.Ue3 f5 17.exf5 Exf5 l8.ah2 Eh4 26...EbE? As the ganre was to be adjourned, there was no point.iu continuing. long as the publication in Chess World, which is our source (18...Ha/8 t9.Axg4 H/3 20.We4 Wh4 21.6h6+!) The game hinged on this move, Black delib- firther So first 1O Uoll+ session lasts, a fatigue blunder in the 5th hour of the game. erately invited - indeed virtually forced - the is always a hope.This game was a fme curtain- 15.Qg5 Ue6 t6.Ah4 Ad7 t8.Qe3 ooming sacrifice, believing he could weather l7.af5 f6 raiser, and one ofthe best ofthe match. Sarapu,O - Purdy,C the storm, i.e., his idea was to suffer the slings 14 ol8.Bd2. lc84I and arrows of outrageous fortune and, by op- Games against the world's best Match 1952 Wellington, 1952 (Game 1) 18...c5 posing, end them. He should have played safe NotesbyCJSPurdy Prominent in frvin Sarapu's playing career The routine measure after ...b5 in the Lopez, with either ...Nd5, virttually forcing Bxd5 piece) were games against top world grandrmsters. l.e4 e5 2.Af3 Ac6 3.Qb5 a6 4.Q.a4 AtA S.AcS gaining space on the Thus Black gives (exchange of an attacking or ...Khl. Q-side. positional His opporhrnities to meet the GMs were limited his as There was no reason why Black Sufficiently unusual to induce Purdy to take Q-side shength well as weakness. by residence in New Zaland, but he was not should lose. He has a weak QRP, but White has 15 minutes over his reply. Sarapu believes that 19.Ha5! ovef,alr/ed and played well against theo No a weak QNP; ard Black's K-side was not eB- the "equality" credited to Black by the books is record Sorapu's play would be completo Sarapu realises that although the game cannot t sentially weak. Now, however, the game leaves of not quite equality. And I believe Sarapu. without these games, but as they are fully an- be won on the S-side, he MUST obtain tempo- i the positional realm. 26..Qil7 . 5...Qe7 6.0-0 bS 7.Qb3 d6 8.4d5 AaS 9.Axe7 notated in his book Mr Chess, we give onty the rary pressure there before Black can himself 27.4f5+tt BxeT 10.d3 Axb3 gain an initiative by ...a5. Such an initiative score$. would A lrne sacrifice. It could not be calculated out, Flscher,R - Sarapu,O Both sides lose their "two Bs." Quits so far. balance any attempt White could make, as yet, to attack on the but Sarapu had the insight to see that he must lclrl But Black is left with a really weak QRP, and K-side. drift into inferiority ifhe did not play it. Sousse, lnterzonal, 19 67 that is the basis of Sarapu's claim. 19...4b8 2o.Efat Qe8 t.d e6 2.d4 ts 3,0c3 ff6 4.Qg5 dxe4 5.fue4 27..,gfrS 28.grf5+ 6f7 11.axb3 Qg4 Threat was Rxb5. Auaz o.Axr6+ fof6 7.m c5 8.Qb5+ Qd? 28...6h8?? 29.Qh6 W-t. intended Not 9.Qxd7+ UxdT 10.Ue2 cxd4 11.04{l foS If Black this, which is one accepted 21.c4 bxc4 22.bxc4 e6 23.4h6+ be7 variation, it was better to defer ...Nxb3 until 29.Qh6 6e7 12.Ue5 Qe7 13.fud4 EcS 14.f4 0.{ r5.fi8 Ec7 White's 6 is not well placed, but quite safe, so White made a retreat for his "Lopez Bishop" 16.Axe7+ ExeT l7.Hd2 Ec5 18.Qxf6 gxf6 long as the B guards him; he cannot be cut off. Correct. White must uow slightly weaken his with c6, or attacked the with Bd7. When a 19.He3 EfcS 20.Ehdl Bc7 21.c3 Ef5 22.93 Ea5 Nevertheless, White would have a more gen- attack by winning the exchange. move can wait, it is almost always best to let it 23.a3 !Uc4 24.8f3 UhS 25.Wg4+ 6ru 26,Ed8+ uine advantage ifthe N could have gone to e3, wait, even if only an infinitesimal reward is in 30.Qxf8+ SrfE 31.Uga Qfl 32.8h4! 6e7 ExdE 27.ExdE+ Oe7 2S.tsg8 fS 29.Ee8+ 1-{t and this sends us back to move 18. Was 18.Be3 prospect.After playing ...Nxb3 so early, better 32...4d4 33"Hxf6r af3+ 34.dh1 axgl the best? Sarapuro - KorchnolrV

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Sousse, lnterzotal, I 9 67 another. Once started, the list would have no 6.a3 Af6 7.QeZ b5 8.0-0 Qb7 9.Q8 Ac6 10.He1 Menzies,B - Sarapu,O end, so am going ?le5 1.e4 e5 2.AR Ac6 3.4c3 Af6 4.Qb5 Qb4 5.0-0 I not to start. tcsTl 0-0 6.Qxc6 dxc6 7.6xe5 Qxc3 8.dxc3 6xe4 Ortvin Sarapu annotated many garnes for This idea tums out to be time-wasting and it Dominion Road CC Champ, 1958 %-% Purdy's Chess World and the various magazites weakened Black's position. A simple K-side Notes by Ortvin Sarapu which have been published in New Zealand. development with preparation for d4 is better. SarapurO - KasparovrG l.e4 e5 2.Af3 Ac6 3.Qc4 Af6 4.Ags We give a selection of annotated games, two of 1r.Qf4! 6xf3+ 12.UxR e5 13.Qg3 d6l4.Af5 lB87I "A duffer's move." Tarrasch. He considers Olympiad, I-uceme, 1982 Sarapu's own and two others, which appeared in - The position indicates that although Black has White should develop his pieces and not waste the early 1950s in Chess News, published at that got the two Bs, they are useless against strong 1.e4 c5 z.aB d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 AtA S.Acl time by time on premature atacks. the writer. Ns and good development. a6 6.Qc4 e6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.0-0 b5 9.a3 0-0 4...Qc5!? The notes to the flrst game give an insight into 10.Qe3 Qb7 11.R Ac6 l2.Axc6 Qxc6 13.Sd2 14...96 15.6e3 Qg7 16.Qh4 Ad7 Ortvin's teaching and annotating philosophy The Wilkes Barre Variation or Trqzxler Vari- dd7 t(.Hfdt Uc7 l5.Uf2 Hfe8 16.Ae2 Ae5 - he spared no-one, including himself, in his ation, forgotten due to its hairraising posi- t7.Ad4 Qa7 r8.cs Ac4 r9.Qct Qf8 20.h3 Wb7 evaluation of moves and positions. Ortvin tions. 21.Qc2 EacS 22.bhr g6 23.Ab3 Qg7 24.Ad2 ds points out plenty of errors in this game, which 5.Axf7 25.6xc4 bxc4 26.Hb1 Qc6 27.exd5 Qxd5 would not appear in an anthology of best 28.Qe3 HedS 29.Qb6 Hd7 30.Qa4 Qc6 31.Hxd7 The two main sub-variations are a) 5.BxP+, games, but look at the insights his notes give 5.d4, QxdT 32.Qc2 Qc6 33.Qe3 Qds 34.6g1 EbS i considered harmless for Black, and b) into development, pawn formation, exchanging, claims a 35.Se2 Hd8 36.Qf2 h5 37.Ue1 Hd7 38.Qa4 Hb7 I analysed by the American Pinkus who weak and strong Bishops, weak and strong 39.8d2 Qe5 40.Qd1 Qh2+ 41.6fi Qd6 42.Qd4? drawing variation for White. squares and lines, etc. Qxa3 43.Ha1 Qd6 44.Hxa6 Qf4 45.Qe3 Qxe3 5...Qxf2+ Frank Hutchings, then was 46.Uxe3 Exb2 0-1 of Christchurch, The point of Black's opening strategy. Black awarded the best game prize at the 1958-59 ignores White's attack and by quick develop- Congress for his round 7 win against R A ment goes over into counter-attack directly Spassky,B - Sarapu,O Court. He f,rnished mid-freld, but this was his against the Black K. The B sacrifice was IC26l fourth successive win. Ortvin Sarapu's annota- necedssary, otherwise White 0-0 into safety. Wellington, Plaza International, 1988 tions for Chess Ne,,vs illustrate his grasp of 17.Acdl'! theory which helped so many up-and-coming 6.6fl 1.e4 e5 2.4c3 Af6 3.g3 Ac6 4.Qg2 Q.cS 5.d3 d6 Possession of this irnportant key square is the players. If 6.sd2 dxe4+ 1.bgl (or K-K3) 7...Uh4 6.da4 Qb6 7 .Axb6 axb6 8.4e2 d5 9.exd5 Axd5 real refirtation of Black's plan from 10...Ne5. 8.g3 axg3 9.hxg3 Uxg3+ 10.6f1 Ef8 etc, with 10.0-0 Qe6 11.d4 exd4 l2.dxd4 Axd4 13.Uxd4 17...Uc5 18.Had1 f6 an unclear result. Will Black be able to catch 0-0 14.b3 c6 15.0b2 Uf6 t6.cn Uxd4 17.Qxd4 Hutchings,F Court,R - and fui1her weakens the posi- the White K before he can escape into safety? Ab4 18.Qxb6 Hxa2 l9.Hxa2 Axa2 20.Ha1 Ha8 This loses a P lB43l I loses a P after 19.b4 and 2t.Qe4 f5 22.QR Ha3 23.Qdt Ha6 24.Qc5 617 tion, but even 8...0-0 6...Ue7 7.Axh8 d5! 66th NZ Champ, Hamilton, 1959 Be7 or Ne7+ etc. Therefore the move played by 25.f4 96 26.QR b6 27.Qd6 b5 28.Qe2 bxc4 More development, for a R sacrifice. Notes by Ortvin Sarapu Court has the best practical chances against 29.bxc4 Ha4 30.Qe5 c5 31.6f2 &e7 32.h3 h5 8.Qe2 l.e4 cS 2.AR e6 cxd4 a6 White's superiority. 33.6e3 Ha6 34.hd2 Ab4 35.Hxa6 Axa6 36.6c3 3d4 4.dxd4 5.Ac3 Better is 8.exd5 ad4 9.h3 Qh4! etc, with a 19.Ug4! 0-0-0 20.b4 Ua7 Zl.Axf6 Qxf6 Ah4 37.QR Qd7 38.Qd1 Qc6 39.6d2 Qg2 40.h4 NZ players are more opening conscious than complicated position, but not; B.gxd5 Qg4 wins @f7 47.Qe2t/T% & 22.Qxf6 HhfS 23.Hxd6 Ef7 24.Hed1! Australians. This variation is old, used by L White's Q. Poulsen in the 19th cenrury. suffered ci After this there is no hope for Black to get It a blow 8...Qe6 9.d3 Sarapu as a coach and because of Maroczy's 5.c4 and mainly because counterplay along the f-file. annotator If KxB, NxP+ followed by Q-R5 etc. By Ted Frost of the following line: 5.c4 AfA A.Acl Qb4 7.Qd3 24...95 25.Htd2 h5 26.Uxg5 Edfs 27.Uf5 6b8 9...Qb6 r0.Qg5 0-0-0 As Jonathan Sarfati has emphasised, players dc6 8.Ac2 and it was believed that Black was 28.Hxd7 Exf6 29.Hd8+ 6c7 30.Uxe5+ &c6 a middlegame attack. He is received the benefit ofOrtvin Sarapu's coaching very weak on the dark-coloured squares. In 31.H2d6+ 6c7 32.E6d7+ 6c6 33.Uc7# Black is ready for 1955 came improvement so far ahead in development that the material in many annotated games as well as across the the by the Russian A game of high standard. The best game advantage of a R or the exchange is useless to board. He also wrote a number of coaching Kan, 8...Qxc3+ 9.bxc3 d5! with a good game Hutchings has played to my knowledge. (Frank articles for Black. Beause ofthis, research is still under Hutchings has long been a resident of Sydney, White. way (1959) seeking irrprovements for White, It would be impossible to list the players who is son-in-law of the late CJS Purdy and co- 11.4c3 Uc5! l2.Qh4 either from the rnove played or from 5.c4. gained from over-the-board coaching by author of How Purdy Won.) l-O It is impossible for White to avoid loss of Ortvin. Most Auckland players, and most play- 5...Sc7 ground in the centre. ers throughout the country who have moved up This is new!? Usual and analysed by the Rus- 12...dxe4 13.4a4 SI8 into the New Zealand Championship, have en- sians are Be2, 93, f4 and Bd3! The last is the For the centre P he rvas won, Black has to give joyed the benefit of his advice at one time or best-recommended so far. up his strong B. But the two Bs for White are

NZ Chess NZ Chess l4 15 not compensation for the centre, as the game tournaments to win, and if draws helped him An inaccuracy. Naturally if 30.Rxa5? Ne4! shows. achieve that goal he did not hesitate to make or 10...b5! 30...Wc7 3l.Hc2 EfbSl 32.h4 Hb4! 33.Hxb4 l4.Axh6+ axb6 15.6e1? accept an offer. 10.Nc3 would have stopped this move! axb4 34.Uxb4?! This loses another centre P or piece. l5.Qxf6 He was very upset at not being selected for the 11.Hc1 bxc4 l2.Axc42l Probably White did not see Black's next move, New Zealand team for the Novi Sad Olympiad or he hoped to draw by simpliffing. Uxf6+ 16.691 etc. would provide a better de- Better is bxc4, now d5 becomes weak. in 1990. I had just rejoined the NZCA Council 34...Hxa2t. 35.Uc3 Sa5 36.Uc4l fence. 12...Axc4 after an absence of nearly 40 years, and ran 15...exd3 16.Qxf6 The Q exchange favours Black. The weak Ps blamed various It is o.k. to exchange a N on the wing. Re- right into this storrr. Ortvin on b3 and d5 are harder to defend. White cannot play PxP because of the threat officers and in particulw Lev Aptekar (then member, Black plans to win this garne. (He is 36...Ha1! 37.Hcl Q-Ns+. national coach, and manager and selector) for .5pts behind the leaders.) 16...d2+ his omission. Ortvin was joint New Zealand 13.Exc4?! To stop Qe1. gb4 Stronger than Pxf6, which wins two pieces for champion, and the waves frorn the dispute Safer here is bxc4. 37...8a3! 3S.Hd1 39.Wxb4 cxb4 40.8d3 the R but gives away the attack. caused a special meeting ofthe association. But 13...QxR 14.gxf3 Adil Ortvin did not play although he retumed to The time control has passed. Black still has the 17.6fI Uxf6+ 18.691 e4 19.c3 HfB - I must admit that this move was a surprise for the team two years later, after Lev Aptekar had better N against a "sick B" and the Black R is There is plenty of time for "time-wasting" me. BR seems logica1. withdrawn from the association. 7992 he moves like Rxh8. ln 3 also stronger! ,Ef4+ scored 4 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss. t4-.Ad7 l 15.Qxg7 6xg7 \ 20.h3 wf2+ 21.&h2 22.bet ae5 23.va4l I 41.Qdl Aclt 42.Hd4Ha2 Black has coltrected small advantages. The Ortvin and I exchanged several letters on his Indirectly defending b4 by tactical play. On defended his Black N here is better than White's bad B, non-selection, and he stoutly right 43.Rxb4? there follows Nd3 or Rxf2, both good which is on e2 for ever and ever! Black has to a place in the team. At the same time he for Black. emphasised that when it was necessary to play counterplay by a5 and a4, and, there is the 43.QR Hb2! for a win, that's exactly what he did. To back up weakened P on d5. Also White has 3 P islands his argument he cited 88th NZ Championship, to Black's 2. Ztgzwangl If now 44.Bd1 Ne4! On Rc4 Nd3! when after 9 rounds he was a point behind 16.Hg4 etc. Nokes (on 6) and half a point behind Small and I could not believe my eyes when the Russian 44.Exb4 afi! 4s.Hd4 6xf2 46.693 h5l Aptekar. Sarapu needed two wins to have a chess expert made this move? It must have been Fixing h4 and there is a strong square for chance, and got them to share f,rst on 7 with his idea to attack on the g-fiIe. Wasn't that the Black on 94. Nokes and Small. idea behind gxB?! 47.h4 hf6! 10th round he played Aptekar, and in In the 16...f51l7.Hg2 Ua5 18.Uc2 Hf6 Again there are no moves for White! the course of our correspondence Ortvin sent A defensive move, aimed against h4, h5 and 48.Hc4Ad3t 49.e4 the score of this game, with his notes. While e4, etc. Sarapu was always forthright annotations, Desperado! White is losing a P without coun- 23...b5! in there was added feeling in these notes, which 19.f4 HafS terplay. The final finessse, to disturb the cooperation have not previously been published. Stops e4 andh4, h5 as well. White's play and 49...Axb4 50.exf5 6xf5 51.Qe4+ 6f6 betvyeen White's and B and also take the plan is into the sand, so to say. Q his running White has 3 isolated Ps and is a P down. guard from dl. It is amazing that Qf2+ does not 20.0h14b6! lead to a forced win. Aptekar,L - Sarapu,O s 52.8c8 Hb3+ 53.0h2 Ad3 It is now Black's tum to go ahead with his 24.wd4 lA3ol I did not like to say goodbye to my beautiful attack. N, but White was threatening Rg8 to take If 24.Ua8+ 6d7 25.Qxb5+ 6d6 26.8a3+ c5! 88th NZ Champ, Christchurch, 1981 (R 10) 96. I 21.Hd1 Now Nxf4 wins another P and defends every- and White is helpless. This was the point of Notes by Ortvin Sarapul Perhaps he should have played BR, Rl-gl and thing. BxN is also hopeless for White. 23...b5. l.AR Af6 2.b3 96 3.Qb2 Qg7 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 c5 h4, h5. But now White realises that he cannot 5 4.f5 ar2',!, 55.Qc2 ag4+ 56.0h 1 24...4c6 25.Uxg7 HgS 26.Uxh7 We3+ 27.6fi 6.Qe2 Ac6 7.0-0 d6 8.d4?! play out his plan and retums to blind defence. fhe only move. Kg2 invites Ne3 or Rb2. Ef8+ At last contact with the black pieces! 21...9b4 22.Hggl a5 23.Hd2 Ec8 56...8h3+ 57.691 Hg3+ 5S.6h1 gxf5 59.Hf8+ and Black wins. 0-1 8...Qg4 9.d5?! Now the square c4 is under discussion. 697 60.Hxf5 Closing the centre is usually a signal for play 24.Hcl EffS Ortvin Sarapu took great pride in his status as on the wings. Or is it to play for a quick draw? Attention is now moving to the side. New Zealand's "Mr Chess", and was sensitive White did offer a quick draw to Black?! Q to criticism. I discussed with him his percentage 9.-4a5 25.&g2 ad7 26.l9b2+ af6 27.Hc4 Wb7 28.Ha4! on several occasions, pressure only weak P. of draws in tournaments But Black did not accept the draw. Putting on Black's and (as on any matters on which he held a firm 10.abd2?r 28...Ha8 29.Uc3 6f7 30.Qf3 view) Ortvin made no excuses - he played

NZ Chess NZ Chess 16 77 One of Sarapu's lesserknow tournament suc- &g7 23.Hf4 11...0-0-0 cesses was in the Australian Championship in Endzelins irrproved after this to win the Aus- After long thought Viner disregarded the sacri- Adelaide in 1960, in which he finished 6:, a tralian title. 1-0 fice 11...Qxh3 l2.Ae5 Wh4 13.gxh3 Uxh3 noteworthy performance as the field was headed (13. .Axe5 l4.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Ha4+) 14.Qf4X. by the Russian GMs Averbakh (to whom Sarapu Another of Sarapu's wins trom this event. lost) and V Bagirov (with whom Sarapu drew). Sarapu,O - VinerrP t2.ab5,! QxR 13.6xd6+ Sarapu also beat L Endzelins, who went on to lc44l With this move the K-side is out of all danger finish 3rd behind the the Russians and take . Australian Champ,Adelaide, 1960 and the half-open QB frle gives White attack- Australian title. Here is how Sarapu quickly beat Notes by Ortvin Sarapu ing chances. Endzelins. 1.e4 e5 2.aB Ac6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 13...Hxd6 14.Qx8 Eb5 15.Hc1 Hhd8 Sarapu,O - Endzelins,L Uxd5 6.cxd4 Qg4 After ...Qxb2 the b-file will only open more lB3sl Black is ahead in development and White has lines for White's attack on the Q-side. Australian Chp, Adelaide, 1960 an isolated On the other hand is not QP. Black 16.Uc2 Ua5 17.Wb3 ESdT 18.8c5 Ua6 19.Hd1 by Notes Ortvin Sarapu ) well placed and soon White will get a tempo Ad8 back by developing Nc3. The isolated P has 60...4e3! 1.e4 c5 2.AB Ac6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 96 5.Ac3 control over two centre squares as compensa- In a diffrcult position Viner prepares the con Qg7 6.Qe3 Ate t.Qca , A very unpleasant move for White! Rf5, Bc2, tion. This variation is not bad for Black and is solidating manoeuvre ...c6 and ...Nd5, but it is Pd5 are all hit by the N. A favourite of R. Fischer. Here it makes e5 very perhaps the best way to play against this gam- late already. Perhaps ...KbS was better. difficult for Black. 6l.Hf2 Hh3+ bit. 2O.Qf4t. Ee6 21.d5!Ee8 22.Edcl c6 Nxd5 also wins. 7...0-0 8.Qb3 7.Qe2Af6 On R8e7, d6! will follow, but it was still better 62.bgldxc2 Averbakh suggests than the the game. here 8.R and 9.Qd2 with Better here is 0-0-0 with pressure on the QP. move in Even better here is 62...Nxd5. After say 63.Rf5 0-0-0. The move in the game just develops and does 23.dxc6 Axc6 24.Hxc6+! 1-0 Nf6 will win h4 as well. s...ag4 not continue the pressure, as all the previous 63.Hxc2 Exh4 64.8d2 6f6 65.692 6e5 66.He2+ moves did. Now White wins back his lost Reshevsky lost quickly to Fischer 8...4a5 gxd5 with tempo. Sarapu,O - Bagirov,V 9.e5! Ae8 10.Qxfl+!!Hxf7 (10.-&x/7 also loses.,) 66....Re4 67.Rd2 Kf4 also wins. lc0sI ll.Ae6ll 8.aca Sh5 9.Qe3l Australian Champ, Adelaide, 1950 67.Hxe7 9.Wxg4Axd410.Udr Ae6 Here 0-0 or h3 is strongly met by 0-0- or Notes by Ortvin Sarapu On move 67 Black's KP is captured on its Bd6. The text move does not commit Whire to 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4d2 At6 4.e5 AgB 5.Qd3 b6 original square! Better here is Nxb3 or Nc6, giving White a castling K-side or Q-side and Black is unable 6.ca Ud7 7.4e2 Qa6 8.Qxa6 Axa6 9.0-0 Ael 67...Ht41 small advantage. to form a p1an. 10.b4! c6 ll.a4 Ac7 12.a5 frnal 11.9d2 Ea5 The blow! Even without his h5 P Black 9...Qb4 10.0-0 Qd6 wins. The White K is cut off from the d-P. Here This leads to a very diffrcult position for Black. ^12.4b3. Conceding a tempo, Blck reurns for the K- White should resign. An amusing cat and mouse Perhaps ...d6 was Black's best here. 12...b5 13.48 Aa6 74.Qg5 0-0-0 1s.f4 game follows. side attack. This is the critical position. Is Black 15.4c5r.? 6xc5 16.dxc5 a6 l7.Ad4 h6 18.Qxe7 12.ad5t uxd2+ 13.6xd2 He8 \ still dangerous on the K-side or not? 68.693 Ef5 69.He1 He5 70.Hd1+ 6e6 71.Ha1 D Qxei 19.f4 A SR, Hfcl A c5 (Averbakh) He472.bR d5 73.Hhl h474.Hh2 6e5 75.Hhl d4 Here l3...Bxb2 l4.Nxe7+ is clearly in White's 11.h3 15...h6 16.Qxe7 QxeT 17.Sd3!'/,-Y, 76.Ha1 He3+ 77.bf2 be4 78.Hhl h3 79.Ha1 favour, as Black has many weak Ps and squares t Hf3+l 80.6e2 d3+ 81.6d2 Hf2+! 82.6c3 Ec2+ in the centre. 83.6b3 h2 14.f4t 6f8 15.fs Hd8! 16.6e1 Ad4 17.f6! gton teams White resigns at last. The white player also lost The annual interschool teams event for the The winning move. Black must lose a piece. his last game, against Mark Levene, and has region was played at Tawa College. Because of the mate threat the exchanging varia- Wellington never played again in a New Zealand Champi- tion he planned is impossible. The Palmerston North Boys' High School A onship. 0-1 team, coached by Martin Sims, came from be- 1 7...Qxf6 18.Axf6 Axc2+ We close this selection with a game which won hind to edge out St Peters, Tawa and Scots the brilliancy prize at the 1958 North Island Desperado. Here ...Nxb3 is answered by College, all one point behind. Championships. Bh6++! 19.Qxc2 exf6 20.Hfl d5 21.exd5 Hxd5 22.Hxf6

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Sarapu,O - MarsickrB ORTYIN SARAPU'S NEW ZEALAND TOURNAMENT RESULTS SINCE 1951 lB86] collated by Peter Stuart North Is Champ, New Plymouth, 1958 YearEvent P W D L Pts Place Notes by Ortvin Sarapu 1951 Sor.rthlslandChp,Dunedin 5 5 0 0 5 1 1.e4 c5 z.AR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 Af6 S.aca 1952 sgthMChp,Napier 11 10 1 0 10.5 1 a6 6.Qg5 e6 7.f4 1953 6CIhMChp,Timaru I 7 2 O 8 1 This is the Goteburg Variation to the Najdorf AucldandLeageChp I 6 2 O 7 1 Variation in the Sicilian Defence. The names of 1954 61st tJZChp, Wellin$on 11 10 1 0 10.5 1 openings and variations are growing longer and AucKandleagueChp 7 6 1 0 6.5 1 longer. 1955 62nd tVGrp, Auddand 11 10 1 0 10.5 1 1...4bd7 8.UR Uc7 9.0-0-0 Qe7 10.f5 AucldandLeagueCl'rp 7 6 1 0 6.5 1 1956 AucldandLmgueCtrp I 9 0 0 I 1 This advance is a little premature. Usually '1958 AucldandEasterToumament 7 6 1 0 6.5 1 played 10.94 l2.Qxf6 gxf6 is b5 ll.a3. Qb7 --'^"'" o"'- -^A ^. 2 O 7 1-2 j:.isA"s 14.9m! -- 20.4e3! trlorthlslandCh,NJewPlyrnouth I 6 1960 67th 9.5 1 Now it is clear that the White N liom d5 is MGtp, Drnedin 11 I 3 0 10...e5? Sorth lsland Chp, 4.5 1 going to sacrifice himself for the Black h-P to Christchurch 5 4 1 0 positional mistake, whereafter Black will have 11961 6&h MChp, Aucldand 11 I 2 0 10 1 difnculties in obtaining ;ffi1,J\;ll;::l"f,r.:r'#:iJi:i:"ffiff1: Waikato League Cl'r, Te Awamutu 6 5 1 0 5.5 1-2 ilrq;i;i;,+1;: 1962 69th MCI'rp, Wellin$on 11 6 3 2 7.5 2-4 y,"?F""T:.rll::.::.1f 1l:ln:natu11 !0 'ae5 ,rut"a.rhevariationis20...bxc4 2t.Ag4cxb3 I l'HhJ exl5 etc should grve even chances' Aucldand(IralningTournament) I 4 4 O 6 1 22.axh6 bxc2+ 23.6a1 cxdls+ z+.Hxdt and AncldandleagueChp(Easter) 7 4 2 1 5 2-3 11.4b3 0-0 12.94 Ads? now whatever Black plays he will be mated on 1963 7CIh MCtrp, 11 7 3 1 8.5 1-2 This exchange combination does not free h7 or h8. It is one of those positions where all Christchurch AucldandleagueChp(Easter) 7 6 0 1 6 2 Black from the difficulties or his cramped Black's pieces are onlookers. 1%4 71st MCI'rp, Auckland 11 I 2 1 I 2 sitaution. Perhaps b5 with counterplay on the 20...Eeg AuckandleagueChp(Easter) 6 6 0 0 6 1 Q-side would give better practical chances' Black sess the combrnation and frees fg for his 1965 72nd MChp, Wellin$on 11 7 3 1 8.5 2-3 13.Axd5! B to defend the h p. AucklandOpenChp(Easteo 7 6 0 1 6 2 It is more important to control square d5 than 2l.Aga efg 22.Hhgl MrthlslandCtrp,PalmerstonN I 7 1 0 7.5 1 winning a P by l3'Qxe7 lsxeT 14'Ud3 and 1966 73rd MGhp, Hamilton 11 I 3 0 9.5 1 To sacrifice still on h6 and play 97 to open the Qxd6' s-file. Aucldand Open Orp (Easter) 7 6 1 0 6.5 1-2 13...Qxg5+ 14.6b1 gd8 15.h4 Qe7 Aucldand, FIDE Zonal Tor.rrn I 5 3 1 6.5 1 ir...W., 23.@f7,t of course Bxh5? loses after l6'Qh3! AucldandlabourWeekerdOpen 5 5 0 0 5 1 cutting the e out from K side defence and 1%7 74lh MChp, Christchurch 14 9 3 2 10.5 4 16.95 f6 again threatening Nxh6. Now Black has no Aucldand Open Ctrp (Easter) 7 5 1 1 5.5 2 avoid the To sacrificial f6, which would open defence. AucklandQBWeekendOpen 5 5 0 0 5 1 the g-file. Now if gxf6 there would only be a m...UdS 11168 Aucldand Open Chp (Easter) 7 5 1 1 5.5 2-3 half-open file' The best defence, freeing e7 for the K, but 1969 76th MClrp, Wdlin$on 11 I 3 0 9.5 1-2 17.Qc4 6h8 18.9h5! unfortunately the K is ,ru=bl" to escape to the AucldandEasterOpen 7 5 2 O 6 1 The beginning of a long sacrificial combina- Q side. 19707htVOrp,Aucldand 11 7 4 0 I 1 7 6 0 1 6 2 tion based on weakness of Black's g-?, which 24.Axh6l gxh6 25.97+ exgT 26.Exg7 6xg7 AucldandEasterOpen 1971 Aucldand Easter 7 6 1 0 6.5 1 is only defended by the K and can hardly be 27.Hgl+ Oft ZS.gaS! Open defended by other pieces' 1972 AucldandEasterOpen 7 5 2 O 6 1 Threatening two mates- Rgg++ if e or R to Mrth lsland Grp, Wanganui I 6 1 1 6.5 't 18...h5 e7, and efli+. 1 973 8CIh lV Chp, Wellington 1 1 I 2 0 10 1 The alternative Nb6 would give longer. resis- 2g...He6 29.exe6 Ueg 30.Hgg+ 6e7 3l.Sxeg# AtrZBankOpen 5 5 0 0 5 1-2 tance, provided Black saw the combination l_0 Ar.rcldardEasterOpen 7 5 2 0 6 1 which follows. AucldandLabourWeekendOpen 5 3 2 O 4 1-5 19.96 h6 1974 81st MCfrp, Christchurch 11 8 3 0 9.5 1-2 AMBankOpen 5 4 1 0 4.5 1-6 Ar.rcldardEasterOpen 7 6 0 'l 6 1'2 1975 82nd MChp, Dunedin 11 4 5 2 6.5 +6

NZ Chess NZ Chess 20 2l AucldardEasterOpen 7 5 O 2 5 3 ArcldardEasterOpen 7 5 O 2 5 3 Fb^/ick&PaklinresToum(R) 8 4 1 3 4.5 1&n Fbivick&PakTinresTourn(R) I 4 1 3 4.5 1A20 l\orthlslardctp,Nle\flPlynurth 8 4 4 O 6 'l-6 t\brthldandGp,t\e\/Hyrrnrrth I 4 4 O 6 1-6 PapatoetoeOpen 5 2 2 1 3 1G18 PapatoetoeOpen522131G18.l f,lorth Slrcre Open 5 3 'l 1 35 +9 Itbrth Shore Open 5 3 1 3.5 +9 ArrcldardlabourWeekerdOpen 5 3 2 O 4 1€ Ar-EldardlabourWeekendOpen 5 3 2 O 4 13 19S/ 94.thNlzchp,V/arganui 11 5 5 1 7.5 2 1987 94th MChp, Wanganui 11 5 5 1 7.5 2 l-bniick-PaluraBaopen(R). 7 4 3 0 5.5 Z7 l-{ourick-PaturangOpen(R). 7 4 3 0 5.5 2-7 ArctdardEasterOpen 7 3 4 0 5 2-6 AucldardEasterOpen 7 3 4 O 5 2-6 t\odhlslard0p,LhperHutt 8 5 2 1 6 34 MrthlslardGp,tJpperl-lutt 8 5 2 1 6 34 WaitakereTnstOpen 5 2 3 0 3.5 14 WaitakereTrustOpen 5 2 3 0 3.5 1-4 PapatoetoeQen532041-B PapatoetoeOpen53204l-8 l,lorthShoreOpen 5 3 2 0 4 1-3 MnhS[nreOpen 5 3 2 O 4 1-3 A'Jcldard Labour Weekend Open 8 3 5 0 5.5 35 At-cldandlabourWeekendOpen I 3 5 0 5.5 35 1988 95th lllZChp, Ibrth Slrcre 11 3 7 1 6.5 2-3 1988 95th l\ZChp, t{ofih Srore 11 3 7 1 6.5 23 l-lolick-PalurangaOpen(R). 7 4 3 0 5.5 2-6 Florvick-PalurangOpen(R). 7 4 3 0 5.5 2-6 Wellirgton,Plazalnterndional 10 0 6 4 3 &9 Wellington,Hazalnterndimal 10 0 6 4 3 &9 I'lorth lslard Chp, Wanganui I 4 3 1 5.5 G13 Mrth lsland Ctp, Wanganui I 4 3 1 5.5 G13 WaitakereTrustOpen 5 3 2 O 4 1-3 WaitakereTnr$Open 5 3 2 0 4 1-3 MrthSfpreOpen 5 2 1 2 2.5 1G14 MrthSl'nreOpen 5 2 1 2 2.5 1G14 Arcldard Labour Weekerd Open 5 3 1 1 3.5 36 Aucldard LabourWeekerd Open 5 3 1 'l 3.5 36 1989 l-atviancanbitopen(R) 7 5 0 2 5 G12 19@Ldvianerrbttopen(R) 7 5 O 2 5 G12 ArcldardEasterOpen 7 4 3 0 5.5 1-2 ALcldardEasta@n 7 4 3 0 5.5 1-2 PapatoetoeOpenA-grade502316 PapatoetoeOpenA-grade502316 MrthSrcreOpen52303.535 MrthSroreOpen 5 2 3 0 3.5 35 Arcldandlnvitational 5 1 3 1 2.5 2 AlJcldardlnvitational 5 1 3 1 2.5 2 AucldandlabourWeekerdOpen 5 3 2 0 4 1 AuctdardlabourWeekend@n 5 3 2 O 4 1 Beltontttlenuial(R) 7 4 2 1 5 34 Bdtonlvbnndal(R) 7 4 2 1 5 +4 '1990 gzh MChp, Wellington 11 4 7 0 7.5 1-2 19S0 gzh t\ZOp, Wellington 11 4 7 0 7.5 1-2 Ldviar Gnbit Open (R). 7 4 3 0 5.5 1-6 l-dvian Gantrit Open (Rf 7 4 3 0 5.5 1-6 1992 Ldviancanttopen 7 3 4 0 5 G15 1992 Ldviancanbitopen 7 3 4 O 5 G15 Aucldand (l,letuay lt/asters) 11 1 5 5 3.5 910 Arldard (lJetuayttthsters) 11 1 5 5 3.5 910 Ar.rcldandEaster@n 7 5 2 O 6 1-2 Ar.rcldandEasterOpen 7 5 2 0 6 1-2 WaikdoOpen,l-laniltm 5 3 2 0 4 2 WaikatoOpen,Flanilton 5 3 2 0 4 2 PapatoetoeOpen,A-grade 5 2 3 0 3.5 1 PapatodoeOpen,A-grade 5 2 3 0 3.5 1 19S 10CIh t\Zcfp, Wellirpton 11 2 7 2 5.5 7 1993 10CIh tVChp, Wellington 11 2 7 2 5.5 7 lV Rryd Crp, Wdlirgton (R) 1'l 5 4 2 7 1G14 lV Rafrd Chp, Wellingtm (R) 11 5 4 2 7 1c.14 Ldvian Ganbit Open (R) 7 5 1 1 5.5 4 l-atvian Ganbit Open (R) 7 5 1 1 5.5 4 AucldardEasterOpen 5 3 2 O 4 1-3 Ar.rcldandEasterOpen 5 3 2 O 4 1-3 A-El{ardthiv.RapidOpen(R). 7 3 2 2 4 2o31 AucldardUniv.FlapdOpen(R). 7 3 2 2 4 *31 t\orthlslardctp,Wanganui 8 5 2 1 6 &5 MrthlslandChp,Wanganui 8 5 2 1 6 35 WaitakereTrus'tOpen 5 2 3 0 3.5 +4 WaitakereTrLstOpen 5 2 3 0 3.5 94 WailctoOpen,l-hnilton 5 3 2 O 4 2-6 WailtatoOperlFhnilton 5 3 2 0 4 2-6 lbrthSrcreOpen 5 4 0 1 4 +10 MrthSfnreOpen 5 4 0 1 4 +10 1994LdvianGanbitopen(R) 6 5 0 1 5 24 1994 Latvianc€trbitopen(R) 6 5 0 1 5 24 WaitakereTnstOpen 5 1 4 0 3 +7 WaitakereTrustOpen 5 1 4 0 3 +7 Aricldardlnvitdional 7 2 5 0 4.5 2 Arcldandlrvitational ' 7 2 5 0 4.5 2 1995 Ldvian Ganbit Oper'r (R) 6 3 1 2 3.5 510 lgg5LatvianGntitopen(R) 6 3 1 2 3.5 t10 Ar-oldand Easter Rapid (R)* 7 4 1 2 4.5 +6 A..rcldard Easter Rapid (R)* 7 4 1 2 4.5 +6 WaitakereTrustOpen 5 1 3 1 2.5 G7 WaitakereTrwtOpen51312.5G7 MrthSl"nreOpen5l4OS2-7 Mrthsfnreope''r 5 1 4 0 3 2-7

NZ Chess NZ Chess 23 22 CRMN SAMPL'S O/ERSF}S Tq,FMIIENI RESI.LTS ShEE 1S1 Correspondence chess By Gordon Hoslcyn Ys Brcrt P WD L Rs Place 1957 l\lHbo"nEOfr;rcTu.ney 14100 10 1 1959 q/drey, AslrdianChenp 168 5 3 10.5 4 The following people have been rewarded for P J Voss .5/3; H P Bennett, R J Dive 0/1. 1!r0 qrchsy, FlEZond 851 2 5.5 2-3 their seruices to correspondence chess: Reserve Champ[ionship: A Short 3.514;E G A Adddde 156 5 4 8.5 67 The new president of NZCCA is Alan Hignett Frost 1.5/4; C A Mold llll' I C Rapp 1/ 2; G E '1S J*al4HF-7sA 834 1534 (Auckland). Don Brunt (Kawerau) becomes the Lovelock, B M Williams, 0/1. 1gi7 Sqlsse F|DElrterzDrd 21 17 13 4.5 21 senior vice-president. Four new vice-presidents TT2: J CV Larsen 5/5; B J Edwards 4.515; J 1570 SegenOyndd 156 7 2% have been elected - Ken Austin (New Ply- Veldhuisen y2,E A Gidman .514;P C King 0/1; 1572 StogeClyr4id 163 8 57 mouth), Geoff Fisher (Milton), Bob Mitchell W Anderson 0/3. 1574 NceOy.r4iad 185I 4 9.5 (Kohimarama) and Ken Reed (Christchurch). TT3: C M Ford, A N Hignett 3/3; P G Cogh- 1W7 A"ddard AsiarTeanClp 630 33 CongratuIations to all. ini, R G A Taylor 3/5; P E Rossiter 2/3; G H 1578 BmcAresOyqfad 11 4 6 17 Mills 2/5; A W Hendry 11 2;LR Cotton 1/5; B 1m [/HtaOynTjad 11 2 4 54 1998-99 Handicap tourney C Sullivan 0/2; S Holdaway 0/3. 1W. U.srEOynfrd 11 3 2 64 The 1998-99 Handicap Toumey was won by lrHbotre 1S Oorrrmredth0p 11 4 5 2 6.5 U7 Bernie Powell (Mt Maunganui), who was 1S4 B'ang AsianOties0p 852 16 awarded the title posthumously. Despite pass- Goffin,P - Millar,B ItBssalcril€ Oynfiacl 7 7.s 124 1 ing away in mid-season, Bernie had amassed lB0ll 1S DtE, OyrTrd 834 15 sufficient points to take out the toumament. NZCCA Howard P Whitlock Memorial Cham- 158 Ttressdorika 0yqid 31 3 3.s chess, Bernie was active in many pionship, 1999 1S9 TtessdmikaOyr4iad 73 133.5 Apart from Tdlirn leesl\Jhnsid 11 01 01sG8 other spofis and veterans' events. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 af6 3.d4 Qg4 4.I3 Qf5 5.c4 e6 1 7.d5 ab4 8.exf/+ 6xf7 9.6a3 Qc5 1St Addd#, AdrdianChp 11 5 4 27 Prizewinners in the handicap tourney are: 6.dxe6 Ac6 Bernie PoweII +6,=2,-0, ave 5.44;2 Mark Sin- 10.Qe2 He8 11.6f1 c6 12.d6 Wb6 13.9b3 6fB Bad Vlbishden, Vibdd Seniqs Or 11 3I o 7 11-2. (Peteone) Aidan 14.g4?? 1SP [/ldbo.rrE, tudrdia Chp 11 clair +17,=3,-0, ave 5.05; 3 Howard (Auckland) +9, -2, ave 4.71i 4 John IVlrilaClynTid 843 1 5.5 =3, Fritz 5 suggests 14.Nh3 and White has a Harrison-Wilkie (Blenheim) +9, -3, ave Bad\Atoishderl \ HdSer$ffi Ctr 11 4 6 1 7 1621 =0, chance to live. 4.67; 5 Philip Rossiter (Hamilton) +18, -2, 1S Badwed, VrbrldSerias Ch 11 4 6 1 7.O13% =3, 4...Qxg1 15.Hxg1 Hxe2 0-1 1S EH ti€berEdl, Vlbrld Seriqs Ch 11 3 8 0 7 atte 4.63;6 Murray Dunwoody (Te Awamutu) tAHdSerics Coghini 1s-/ HWI&ed, Chp 11 3 6 2 6 +11, =5, -1, ave 4.53; 7 Philip ( Hawkes Bay Open continuedfrom page 22) (Wellington) +6, -2, ave 4.50. Ql fi1 1% n 173.5 =0, 1999 tourney Congratulations to Tyrone Garrett, on a rating Certificate tourneys of 1600 and seeded 9D. for winning this year's Rocks reporls on the popu- Director Michael event with 5 points, ahead of Michael Bum 4.5, Toumeys; Results to Iarity of the Certificate Ross Jackson, Nic Croad, Patrick Savage and (Wanganui) 6/6; date: CT9701 Gordon Hoskyn David Capper 3= on 4. Patrick Savage won the (&'ellington) CT9'702 Kent Wong 616; CT9703 Junior Cup and in the teams competition Larsen (Auyckland) Mur- Julian 5/5; CT9704 Hawkes Bay drew with Wellington. (Te 9705 Hawkes Bay Open ray Dunwoody Awamutu 5/5; CT Points of interest were Pat Grieve's demolition By DavidCapper Dunwoody 4.5/5. of David Capper in round 1, soul-searching in Every year the Hawkes Bay Open is held by either Hastings-Havelock or Napier Chess Clubs. It is Five more C.T.'s are cuffently under way. round 2 about the vexed question of a draw one of Hawkes Bay's best-kqt secrets and it is unusual in that it is umated, has a 75-minute time claimed on a player that could have been "not conhol and generates a very frie,ndly, comrmunicative afinosphere. Trophy Tourneys progress trying to win", and Justin Davis having an Trophy For the last five years players from the Wellington Chess Club have been migrating from the Progress scores in the 7999-2000 impressive picket fencc on Saturday and an Harbow City to swell the numbers in this evort, played at the Eastern Institute of Technology (better Tourneys: impressive series ofzeros on Sundayl B Iorown as the Hawkes Bay Polytechnic) in Napier, Michael Nyberg started those visits by liaising with H P Whitlock Memorial Championship: L We missed Dave L1,nch, who was not playing the Sheehan family in Hastings. Frost 4.5/6; G A Hoskyn 3.516;B W Millar 2/3; for the first time in ages. Thanks to Daver R Our thanks go to John, Barbara and family for puttiug upwith us for the last five years. M L Dunwoody 1.512; T J Doyle, P A Porteous and Dave Smith for an excellently-run continuedfoot p2 j Vetharaniam ll2;D I Cooper, P B Goffin .5i2; toumament.

NZ Chess NZ Chess 25 24 New Zealand, news ANU Open By FM Ben Martin

Wanganui round. Savage flnished well after losing to Ker The ANU Open, a weekend toumament, is the main event in the popular Australian National The Wanganui CC's 1999 surlmer handicap in round 1. University Chess Festival. Top seed was GM Stuart Conquest, fresh from his victory at the Nofth toumey, for the River City Realty Cup, was Sinclair, van der Hoorn and Peter Himona Island Championship. The field was unusually strong this year, with other titled players including rvon by John Wilson, with 10 points. Dilbah scored 4. IMs Gary Lane of England and Stephen Solomon of Australia. It would have been even stronger if Singh and Prince Vetharaniam were 2= on9.5. Croad and Savage shared the first grade prize GM lan Rogers had not had to withdraw due to illness in the family. The upset prize was won by Kelly Forest with a and Les Jones, with 3.5, won the B grade prize. Conquest did not have all his own way: he was lucky to escape with a draw against ACT win against Gordon Hoskyn - the rating differ- Champion Andrey Bliznyuk. Andrey, once a candidate master in the Soviet Union, has taken up studies for many years. ence was 583 points. Graded interclub teams match regular competitive chess again after concentrating on his academic Conquest beat Solomon but dropped another half point to Lane, allowing Solomon to catch him Play in the club championship is not yet com- Wanganui Chess Club has tried out a graded and tie for first on 6/7. Third equal were Lane, Martin and Mark Chapman on 5.517 . pleted, but the other grades have been decided" teams match as an innovation. To encourage (Archie Ted Frost won the A Reserve Ives even competition and give players of all grades Clock trouble involves placing a stone on one of anything up Memorial Trophy), with 5/6, ahead of Pascal the opportunity to play, feams were restricted to For me the tournament went well apart from to 361 blank squares, this is a remarkable feat Harris 3, John Wilson 2.5 ar,d David BeIl 1.5. one player above 1900 rating, two above 1700, two disastrous rounds in the middle. On the of memory. The B grade (Alf Ratliff Memorial Shield) was and 3 above 1500, with one player to be rated Saturday night I quickly got a lost position won by Bill Maddress with 8/10, from Shaun under 1300. against Solomon, fought back to a drawn end- Stead,K - Martin,B Street 6.5, Kelly Forrest 5.5, Disbagh Sangha There were 24 playerc, with strong representa- ing and then lost on time due to a misunder- lc12l 4.5, Joe Ryland 3.5 and Kevin Yorston 2. The tion from Wellington and Palmerston North. standing with the clock. ANU Open, 1999 C grade was decisively won by Andrew Kuhn However, as clubs did not enter sufficient fulI The time control was one hour each and then Notes by FM Ben Martin wlth l4ll4, from Chris Crosbie 9, Conan Jef- teams, the 24 players who entered were drawn ten seconds per move. Ever since such time l.d4 Af6 2.4c3 d5 3.e4 e6 fires and Thomas Kuhn 8, Dennis Haxton and into teams with the rating restrictions applying. controls have been introduced into touma- Dan Hurley 7, Jonathan Oliver 2 and Neil Fleet Tony Dowden's team built up a solid team Black declines the P, instead of transposing ments, I've heard people complain that the digi- 1. spirit and irnproved its score each round, and into a French Defence. . Reports wanted from other clubs. tal clock hasn't given them tl.reir extra ten sec- finished first with 11/16. Team membets were .Qg5 Qb4 5.e5 h6 6.Qd2 Qxc3 7.Qxc3 onds after the initial hour has expired. I found Kapiti CC 30-30 John Wilson, Lawrence Fairington and Anind out the hard way how easy it is not to notice the Harmless. 7.bxc3 is correct. A strong field of 32 players took part in this Vinjimoore. Shamnika Rupasinghe's team f1n- extra time appearing and to lose thinking that 7...Ae4 8.Wg4 0-0 9.Qb4 c5 10.Qa3? year's Kapiti 30-30 tournament, with IM Rus- ished second on I 0, followed by Anthony Ker's the ten second cushion is still to come. I had sell Dive and Stephen Lukey sharing top hon- team on 8 and Mark Sinclair's on 7.5 10.Qxc5 Axc5 11.dxc5 Ac6 12.AR Ua5+ 13.c3 the consolation, however, of watching the AII ours with 415. Dive drew with Mark van der Anthony Ker won the prize for best score at Uxc5 14.Qd3 is OK for White. Blacks beat the Wallabies on the big TV screen Hoom and Nic Croad, and Lukey lost to Dive board 1, with 4.5/5. There were ties and play- 13.b4 Sa3 in the next room. 10...Ua5+ 11.c3 Axc3 l2.Qxc5 6e4+ in the last round. offs at the other boards - Ross Jackson winning Then in the Sunday moming round I sacrificed l4'Ae2 Anthony Ker, Nic Croad and Patrick Savage from Nic Croad on board 2 (both on 4), a pawn for no compensation against local shark The best def'ence is 14.Uf: , though White is were 3= on 4.5. Ker lost to Lukey in round 4, Michael Nyberg winning from Pascal Harris on Milan Grcic. Just as I was about to lose a lost after74...Wb2 15.Hd1 He8 ...Nc3 and...b6. and did not meet Dive. Croad had a mixed board three (both on 4.5), and Kelly Forrest second pawn, he offered me a draw, which I draw, losing to Mark Sinclair in round 2, but winning from Andrew Kuhn on board 4 (both 14...4a6! 15.f3 gratefully accepted. winning his next three games against lower- on 4). 15.9R Sb2 l6.Hdl 6xb4 wins. For the first time a Go toumament was held in rated players before meeting Dive in the last conjunction with the chess event. It was 15...4axc5 16.bxc5 Eb4+ 0-1 strange to watch people sitting at a board with the familiar clocks, but absorbed in a com- Ben Martin, who has moved from Canberra to Details of each event are available from the organising club pletely different game. Now I know how non- the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the chess-playing spectators feel at a chess tourna- University of Sydney, is playing interclub chess All-Canterbury Championship, Ckistchurch, December 1 l- i 2. mentl Unlike in chess, the players are not for St George, which has won the 1999 inter- NZ Championship & Major Open, Howick-Pakuranga CC, Auckland, Dec 28 - Sat, Jan 9. obliged to record their moves. I'm told that club tournament. GM Ian Rogers also plays for NZ Rapid Championship, Howick-Pakuranga CC,Auckland, Sun-Mon, Jan l0-11, 2000. good players will write down the games after- St George when he is in town. Here is one of Clubs are asked to supply details of 1999 and 2000 events as soon as dates are finalised wards without using board or stones, often Ben's recent games. several days later; considering that each move

NZ Chess NZ Chess 21 26 Purdy,J - Martin,B Sarfati plays in Australia Overseas News lA00l Ex-Wellingtonian FM Jonathan Sarfati, pLr- By NM Peter Stuart Interclub, Sydney, 1999 suing his career in Australia, has played in Notes by FM Ben Martin several toumaments this year. His best result Sarajevo 28.fxe5+ Axe5 29.Ue6+ 697 30.Egf+ A96 was 2 equal in the Noosa Open behind IM Gary l.g3 Af6 2.f4 e5?l3.fxe5 Ag4 4.AR Ac6 5.d4 31.Ue7+ 698 32.Ue8+ 697 33.Ue7+ 698 Lane (ENG), with GM Ian Rogers and IMs Gary Kasparov gained his third major tourna- d6 6.h3 34.Ue8+ 697 35.Ub5 0f7 36.h5 ae5 37.9b2 WR Hazai and Smerdon. In the Redcliffe Peninsula ment victory of 1999 when he finished a point White chooses a safe move. After 6.exd6 Qxd6 38.Uc2 6f6 39.6a2 b5 40.Hg3 Uf4 41.Ue2 Scl Open Jonathan was 3'o outright behind Myers clear of Evgeny Bareev and Alexei Shirov in 7.e4 Axh2!? (7...h5 8.e5 Q.e7 9.Q.g2 leaves 42.t4Uxf4 43.Hg2l-O and IM Solomon, and in the Gold Coast Open the category 19 tournament in the Bosnian capi- Black with insufficient compensation) 8.Hxh2 he scored 5/7. In this event he lost the last game tal. Alexander Morosevich, the young Russian Qxg3+ 9.Hf2 Qg4 10.c3 Qxf2+ 11.6xf2 White is Kasparov,G Short,N from a better position, and the winner would star who twned 22 in July, was the early leader - probably better, but the position is messy. have joined a tie for 1"'. but Kasparov caught up in round 5" There was lE20l Sarajevo (R 3) 6'Ah6 7.Qxh6 gxh6 8.e6 a quadruple tie for the lead after round 6 as l.d4 af6 2.c4 e6 3.4c3 Qb4 a.AR cs 5.g3 0-0 Sarfati,J - Davidovici,V Morosevich lost to Bareev who reached 4 Giving back the P to block the position. 6.Qg2 cxd4 7.Axd4 d5 8.cxd5 6xd5 9.Qd2 lDs3l points along with Kasparov, Shirov and 8...fxe6 9.AB Qg7 1o.Ud2 Qd7 Redcliffe Peninsula Open (R 4), 1999 Qxc3 10.bxc3 ab6 11.Qe3 Ads tz.*o Aal Michael Adams. After this, however, Kasparov 16.Hb1 Notes by FM J D Sarfati 13.Qg5 Uc7 14.4b5 Uc5 15,c4 Hxc4 Perhaps Black should try 10...e5 here, with the showed a clean pair of heels as he won his last the dark- Aib6 ti.uo h6 idea of giving up a P to activate 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Ac3 Af6 4.Qg5 Qe7 5.e3 h6 three games, against Morosevich, squared B after 1 1.d5 e4. 6.Qxf6 Qxf6 7.cxd5 exd5 t.6R c0 9.Qd3 Qe6 and Adams. 11.0-0-0 Wf6l2.Qg2 0-0-013.g4 d5? 10.0-0 0-0 ll.Uc2 Ad7 12.b4 We7 l3.Eabl a6 14.a4 ud6 15.Hfc1 HfcS But now the opening of the position favours BareevrE - Topalov,V White. An interesting idea, to discourage White's the- lE32I matic minority attack with b5. But it probabky Sarajevo (R 3) 14.e4 dxe4 ll.Axe4 Ue7 16.c3 Qe8 l7.Ue2 Qg6 can't succeed in the long run, and Black weak- 18.6c5 Hd6 7.d4 Af6 2.c4 e6 3.4c3 Qb4 4.Hc2 0-0 5.a3 ens his usual K-side countetplay. Qxc3+ 6.Sxc3 b6 ?.AR Qb7 8.e3 d6 9.b3 Ae4 t6.ad2 g6 t7.ab3 697 18.4c5 EabS 19.4e2 10.Ue2 f5 11.Qb2 Ag5 12.d5 exd5 13.0-0-0 c5 h5? 14.cxd5 Qa6 15.h4 6xR 16.gxf3 Qxfl 17.Edxf1 6az rt.Htgt Hf7 19.Hg5 c4 20.bxc4 Now Black's pieces find themselves in an Hc8 21.Hxf5 Hxc4 22.Wxc4 Hxf5 23"Qxg7! unfortunate position. bxg7 24.Wg4+ bf6 25.e4 He5 26.f4 Uc7+ 20.df4 Afa 2t.Qxg6't Axg6 26...He8 27.Eg1 gives White a winning attack. 21...fxg6 22.Acxe6+ 6xe6 23.Wxg6++-. 27.6bl Uc3 22.Acxe6+ &h6 23.8f5 Axf4 24.Hxf6+ A96 18.Qxh6!? gxh6 19.e4 Ae7 20.HfclUa4 27...Hxe4 28.Sg5+ &f7 29.Hel and again black 25.Wg7# l-o 21.Uxh6 Qd7 22.Hc5 A96 23.Hg5 Vc2 24.4a3 has no defence. Ed3 25.h4 Uxa3 26.h5 Ee7t 27.e5 SarfatirJ - Paterson,P Ic86] Noosa Open, 1999 19.4d2! ad8 Notes by FM J D Sadati is After this miserable retreat Black lost How- t.e4 e5 2.Af3 6c6 3.Qb5 a6 4.Qa4 af6 5.0-0 Qe7 the combinations ever, none of tempting work: 6.8e2 b5 7.Qb3 0--0 8.c3 Qb7 19...Qxd4 2O.cxd4 Axd4 21.Qxb7+ bb8 22.Wc4 Not so good against the Worrall because after Ec6 23.Qxc6 Uxc5 is met by 24.Hhel and ; , a4 the Pb5 is hard to defend. 19...Hxd4 20.Ub5 wins. 20.Ac4 Hd5 21.Qxd5 WgS+ 22.4e3 exd5 23.h4 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ae4 l2.Abd2 A^5 Eei 24.h5 Qf7 25.Hde1 b6 26.4d3 He8 27.UR 13.Qc2 Axd2 14.Qxd2 ac4 15.9d3 96 16.Qh6 Ue4 28.Ufs+ Qe6 29.Sxe4 dxe4 30.4f5 Qf6 He8 17.b3 ab6 1S.Ed2 c5 19.Hfe1 cxd4 20.axd4 31.4f2 Qd5 32.c4 Qg5+ 33.6c2 Qb7 34.d5 e3 Ud7 21.Uf4 Qf8 22.8e3 Qxh6 23.Sxh6 f5 35.ah3 He4 36.Axg5 Hxc4+ 37.6d3 Exg4 23-.Hg4 24.Afsl gxf5 25.Eg3r-. 38.Ae4Hg2 39.6c3 1-0 24.Qxf5l gxf5 25.Hg3+ 6hs 26.Uf6+ 1-0

NZ Chess NZ Chess 29 28 27.hxg6 f6. GM Lautier (FRA) & GM Timman (NED) 5; In the modestly named "Masters" event Fritz Ha]l (SWE) & GM Karlsson (SWE) 4; 6 scored 9Wl4 it the double round-robin. Best 27...Qe8 28.Q.e4 f5 29.exf6 Hxf6 30.hxg6 7-8 IM the computer program's GM rivals were wg7?? 9 GM Hector (SWE) 2; 10 GM Akesson of (SWE) 17u. Peter Leko (HUN) and Veselin Topalov (BUL) A time trouble blunder though White's reply is Gelfand was in exceilent form and the follow- who hnished close behind on 9 points. The not obvious. Instead 30...Qc6 is better for ing two games feature very nice finishes. other scores were: 4 Svidler (RUS) 7%; 5-6 Black. Lutz (GER) & J.Polgar (HUN) 6; 7 Morosevic 31.9h7+ 6fB 32.Uh4 Hc8 Gelfand,B - Lautier,J (RUS) 572;8 Adams (ENG) 3%. The white attack is also too strong after lD4sI The following game featured an interesting 32...Qxg6 33.Hb3! Malm