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NZ Chess NZ Chess 1997 South Island Championship By Ted Frost This year's South Island Championship in 12th seed Quentin Johnson, who took the B Cbristchurch was a tournament of surprises, grade pize. Ted Frost and Bruce Gloisten with the first emerging before play started. shared 2: for the B grade prize, while Without any 2000+ players entered in the another teenager and North Island visitor, field of 24, Hamiltonian Hilton Bennett Pascal lla:ris WA and John Atkinson CA formd that he was top seed on a rating of shared 2: in the C grade. 1909. However, he lived up to his seeding Canterbury Chess Club were hosts for the and was outright leader on 4 after 4 rounds, event, run economically but comfortably in and although his last three games were their clubrooms. The event ran smoothly draws he retained the lead to the end. with Tim Frost, of W€llington, as Another surprise was the play of Benjamin toumament director. Santoso, an Iadonesian who has been McNabbrM - AdamsrJ studying in New Z,ealatd, for three years. He South Island Champ R3 [B23] had ooly played in one previous tournament Notes by IM Ortvin Sarapu without distinction and was given an 1.e4 c5 2.Oc3 96 3.f4 9g 4.OR d6 5.Qc4 estimated rating of 1400 for the event. After Oc6 6.d3 Of6 7.0{ Qga drawing his hrst glme, against Nick This variation is uot new, but has also bcen Cummings CA, and l6ging his second, to popular in Auckland lately. Quentin Johnson CA, Santoso had a E.Qbs relatively easy draw for several rountls. He Also to be considered is h3 or the sac conceded only half a point in tle last six variatiou f5l? rounds (a draw witl Hilton Bennett), to E...0{ 9.Qxc6 bxc6 10.Uel Eb8 r1.Wg3 Uc8 finished second on 6 and take the South 12.h3 Qd7 BennettH - RaynerrE 24.Wxe6Ee2 (25.8xd6?! cxd6 26.fu7+ Island title. Black should play QxR, as the O is a good South Island Championship R3 tA00l U*9d6 25.Qxd6 Relative newcomer to Canterbury, Daitri attacker. Analyis by Fntz 4.01 -bl8 27.445 dxe5! 25...cxd6+-. 27.Exd8+ Serebriany (rating 1837) was second seed, 13.qft4 0e8 l.M e6 25.0d8 Uxf2+ 26.bh2 Exd8 Out ofbook. 27...9t8 2s.Ed7 0d6 29.Qxd6 Ord6+ 30.6h1 but he suffered two losses which qualihed This sets a trap for White. If 14.Wxe7, Qf6 2.0b2 f5 for upset prizes overlooking a tactical wins the U. l-0 - 2...fub4?'l The pawn is something Black sacrifice which lost a rook to Ted Frost WE 14.f5 gxf5 15.Qh6 Exb2 l6.Qxg7 6xg7 Dolels'D CoatesrS will choke on. 3.Oxg7 d5 4.fuh8+. - in round I (rating difference 345) and 1?.Ug5+ 6h8 18.Uxe7 Eg8 19.Og5 Exg5 South Island Charnpionship R4 [Cl8] 3.e3 Of6 4.01 developing what could have been a winning 20.Wxg5 Exc2 21.Eac1 Excl 22.Wxcl Qe6 Analysis by FnE 3...QxM?? that pawn is deadly bait and will White has the advantage. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.fo3 QM 4.a3 Qxc3+ attack against 17th seed Craig llall CA until cause Black grave problerns. 4.Qxg7 Of6 5.bxd 0e7 6.e5 c5 7.Qg5 he missed a mate on the move. 23.Wg5 f624.Wh6W 5.Srh8r-. White tbreatens an attack on the 6 urith Out ofbook. 4.8 Qe7 s.OR (H) 6.c4-b6 7.Qe2 0b7 8.d3 Teenage successes UE# or ER-g3 etc. 7...Wc7 8.0b5+ Qd7 9.Qxe7 6re7 10.Qrd7 a5 9.b5 get lo.Obd2 Tti- rt.o+ Ouaz 17-year-old llall's rating was 1312, so the 25.Uxf6 fud7 rl.OR crd4 l2.9xd4 Uc4T fxe4 26.fue4 Uaz zz.Wtt+ Qgs 12.il4 Oc513.QR QrR rating difference of 525 won the upset prize 28.Of6 We6 29.Uxg8+ 12...fuc81? l3.Ebl 9xc3+ 14.Uxc3 Exc3 <13...fud3 14.fub7 fub2 15.lglc2+-. for him. That game was in round 7 and lifted The right decision. White has a winning 15.Exb7 Exc2T. 14.O2xA Og4 15.h3 0e5 16.fue5 dxe5 Ec7 Craig well into the top half of the field and endgarne. f3.Od2 Erd4 l4.cxd4 BrcS 15.842 17.Oc6 e4 18.dxe4 fue4 l9.Qe5 Qd6 20.9d4 EacS 17.8c1 0b6 18.a4 fo4 l9.ob3 won him the C grade prize. 29...Wxg8 30.fug8 6xg8 31.Ebl Oe6 32.93 l6.G{ 2l.Efdr 0c5 22.lgd3 ghsl b6 20.93 21.c3 t6 22.exf6+ tbxf6 23.a5 The other Canterbury teenager, l8-year-old od4 33.Eb8+ 6E lt.Btl+ 696 35.Exa7 d5 95 95 22...Qd61?!should not be overlooked. fua5 24.fua5 bxa5 25.Exr5 Exc3 26.Exc3 Michael McNabb, was seeded 8th on a rating 36.t4 c4 37.dxc4 dxc4 38.8d7 Onf+ fC.6n 23.wd7 Ef7+- Exc3 27.Exa7 Ec4 2t.Exh7 Exd4 29.h4 of 1644, but also played well above his c3 40.8d6+ OfS lt.6xtl 6e5 42.Exc6 1-{ o23...Wfll'll. gxh4 30.gxh4 Ee4 31.f,t Ee2 32.Ofl Eh2 6fing to score 5/r. He ltnished 3: with the

NZ Chess NZ Chess 7 6 Ed6 33.rbg1 696 34.8e7 Ee2 35.6fl. 8e3 36.6f2 1.e4 c5 2.ad d6 3.f4 0c6 4.oR od4 5.h3 c5 30.od4 f6 31.ocl b5 32.9c7 Qfl 33.Od3 0f8 24.w93 EdS 2s.wf3 Exdl+ 26.uxd1 617 d4 37.f4+ 6.fxe5 Oxf3+ 7.WxR dxe5 8.Qc4 Of6 34.6c5+- Oe6+ 35.6c6 OxcT 36.6xc7 a5 27.Uxd6 9xd6 28.cxb5 axb5 29.6fI o37.Ee8!?: should be considered. 37.6c6 a4 38.6xb5 Qe8+ 39.6b4 f5 40.f4 95 30.6e2 6e6 31.h3 6d5 32.6d3 c4+ 33.6c2 37...6fs 38.8d7 Ee4 b4 34.b3 c3 35.Qcl Qc5 36.R bd4 37.9f4 <38...6xf4 39.Exd4+ Ee4 40.8d8:. Qe7 38.94 95 39.Qc7 6e3 40.gxf5 6xR 39.693 Ee3+ 40.6f2 6e4 Draw agreed at adjoumment. The agreed <40...6x11 4 l.Exd4+ Ee4 42.8d8:. draw is a mystery, apart from the fact that 4t.b{2 d3 42.h5 Ee2+ 43.693 d2 44.h6 Black may not have waoted to risk his Ee3+ 45.6f2+ tournameni lead in a tricky Q ending. But 45.bh2l? deserves consideration. 45...8d3 Black's 6 is among Whitb's weak 6-side As. 46.Exd3 bxd3 47.h7:. For example: 41.Qe5 6e4 42.t6 9E 43.Qxc3 4s...8d3= bxc3 44.a4 be5 45.a5 6xf6 46.6xc3 Qc5 45...8h3!? 46.be2 Exh6 47.6xd2 6xf4+. 47.b49g148.b5 6e6 49.t6bd7 t/TY2 ge2+ 46.Exd3 6xd3 47.h7 dlw 48.h88 Cummlngpf{ - HallC 49.6917 South Island Charnpionship R6 [A18] o49.0g31?: and White has air to breath. Notes by IM Ortvin Sarapu 9.(H)? 11.Od5 Qd6 49...Vg4+ 50.6h1 Uxf4 51.Uhr+ We3 Ed4+ 10.6h1 Uxc4 1.c4 Of6 2.Oc3 e6 3.e4 b6 52.gfl+ 6e4 53.Wc4+ 6r Sl.Wn+ 69l 12.Oxf6+ gxf6 13.9xf6 Eg8 14.d3 Ue6 41.Oc5 Once pawn sacrifice variation which ss.Eg2+ 6trs S6.Utrz+ 696 5?.U93+ Wgs 15.8h4 Wg6 16.94 Qe7 l7.Wt2 h5 18.95 41.g3 would removo any counterplay' There is a 57...Wxg3?!:. Q*rr u.Egr Qg4 2o.Qe3 M 2r.c3 EdE White's As are ou dark squares, the Black Q has also been played 3...d5 4.e5 *41? 0c6. 58.9d3+ 6tr0 sg.Uar Uds+ 0o.691 6gs 22.Wc2 9xg5 23.Ua4+ Ed7 24.Eael Qxe3 has nothing to attack. If gxf4 theo exf4. 5.Oxe4 dx€4 6.Uc2 c5 7.Wxe4 61.Ua7 bg4r/rYz 25.Exe3 Qtl+ o-t 41...94 42.*t4 4.e5 Og8 5.d4 Qb7 6.Oa d6 7.Qd3 dxes 42.bxg4 fxg4 43.93 aad White must watch E.dxes Qcs 9.83?l JohnsonrQ - BennettH CoatesrS - SantosorB South Island Championship R5 h5-h4. White has better development and should South Island Championship R4 [A52] [D35] Notes by FM Jonathan D Sarfati 42...Qc6 43.Oc5 d4t 44.fu6+ 6f6 45.fud4 continue G{ and 9e2 etc. r.d4 Of6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 0g4 4.OR Qc5 5.e3 Qxg2 46.hxg4 9...Oe7 a5 11.095 gd7 12.Eel h6 Oc6 6.Qe2 (Hl 7.(H) Ogxe5 E.foe5 Oxe5 l.c4 e6 2.Oc3 d5 3.cxd5 exdS 4.d4 c6 5.OR 10.G{ 46.h4. 9.oc3 Ee8 10.6h1 15 11.f4 0c6 12.8f3 d6 s.Qf4. 13.Eh5t? 46...fxg4 47.6c3 h5 4S.6d2 h4 49.6e1 13.Eg3 Qf5 14.Qd2 Ob4 15.e4 Qd7 16.a3 : s...Qfs 6.Qgs ilf67.e3 0bd7 E.Qfi Os4?t 93 They say attack is the best defence. Here it 50.M 696 51.b5 judgemeot' you 16...oc6 17.od5 Qf2 IS.EA Qd4 19.Qca Black should exchange White's good Q. is hard to make a Would 51.e4 52.6fl h3 53.082 Qd3. defend? Qxc3 20.fuc3 Qg4 21.Eg3 Qxe2 22.Wre2 f5 9.Wc2 h6 10.Qf4 QM 11.a3 Qxc3+ 12.Sxc3 fue4 prefer to attack or h2 55.17 23.8h5 Ue7 25.Efl 51...6h5 52.f5 h3 53.0e2 694 54.f6 13...Uxdil!? 9624.exl5 12.bxc3 should be considered, with the idea gh8 ofpreparing R and e4. hlg+ s6.6d2 Defences like Of5 or Ef8 are alternatives. 56...9fl? 57.0lt4. 12...We7 13.h3 Qe6 14.Wc2 c5 15.dxc5 Oxc5 14.Wxl7+ 6d7 15.gxe6+ 6r"3 16.$7+ 6d7 Eb2+ Qf3 0-1 16.(H) s7.ff4 ss.6el t7.we6+ 6e8 1S.8fl+ 6d7 19.8d1 16.Qe2. McNabrM - BennetfH After the game White must have regretted 16...fud3 17.Uxd3 G{ 18.Efc1 EfcS 19.Wdl South Istand Charnpionship R6 [B01] not giving perpehral check! Jonathan D Sadati Why? Od4 is more thematic. Notes by FM 19...Wxd1+ 20.fud1 hxg5 21.Qxg5 d5 2.exd5 Of6 3.Qb5+ 0bd7 4.0c3 19...Exc1 1.e4 Now Black Uas E+$rO against W + 3 or 4 19...Oe4 Black should uot be so eager to 4.4+. =\ As. Which side is better? I would prefer to exchange pieces when he has an isolated A. 4...a6 5.9a4 b5 6.Qb3 0b6 7.ff3 Qb7 8.(H) play Black. Instead, he should use the shongpoint e4 in Qxd5 Onxas 9.d4 e6 lo.Eel c5 11.fud5 21...Obc6 22.e6+ bc8 23.Qxe7 foe7 24.fu3 the middlegame. 12.grd5 fuds 6b8 25.Of5 futS ZO.UxrS Ef8 27.Wc2 Qc6 20.Exc1 Ec8 2l.Od4 Excl 12...Sxd5=. Hall could also play Exf2 and after 21...9d8. 5c7 14.d5 0d6 15.dxe6 foe6 16.&5 ge3+ 13.c4 exchanges Black would have a Q against 2 25...Ue1 26.691 Uxg3 27.Wh6 28.6h1 22.Wxc1 a6 (H) 17.Ehs? gf2 o-1 As. 22...*A. 17.fue6 fxe6 18.Ug4+. 28.Efl 6b7 29.M axM 30.axM fuM 31.f4 g6 20.W1t4 f5 AdamsrJ - SantosorB 23.6f1 Oe4 24.f3 Uc5 25.Sxc5 foc5 26.6e2 17...fug5 l8.Qxg5 9c7 19.8e4 Qc5+ 32.6h1 Exf4 0-r South Island Champiouship R4 [823] od7 27.Qd6t+ 96 28.6d3 697 29.0b3 M 21.Ee3 EfeS 22.Edl Exe3 23.Oxe3 Qe7

NZ Chess NZ Chess 8 9 FrostE DawesrG o20...g5l? 2 l.axb5 - axb5t. 37...c1U+ 38.Qxc1 fucl 39.6e1 Ob3 40.d5 5...exf4?? Black will choke on that pawn South Island Champioaship R6 [D16] 21.axbS 6d6 4r.6f2 6xd5 42.6d hs 43.h3 Od4 6.Qxf6 d5 7.Qxd5r- (7.9xhS?! dxc4 5.fu2 Notes by Jonathan FM D Sadati 2 l.axb5 t ? axbl 22.Eal-. 44.94 h4 45.95 96 46.f5 fufs+ 47.bf4 N4 fuc6+-). 1.d4 d5 2.OB Of6 3.c4 c6 4.Od dxc4 5.84 21...cxb5 22.9xb7+ 6xb7 23.Eeal 48.tbg4 6e5 6.OR Obc6 7.G{l Qg4?+- Qg4 gke6 <23.9xe6 Z.Exe6 Oc6t. o48...6e4-+ and Black has it in the bag. a7...9g7t is a viable option. s...Qf5. 23...8a8 24.Wa2 EhbS 25.Exa6 Exa6 49.6xh4 8.fxe5 dxe5 6.0e5 Qhs 7.foc4 a5?! 8.Ub3 Uc7? 26.Uxa6+ 6c7 27.Eel fo6 Ze.HaZ Ud5 49.6xh4 6f5 50.693-+. 8...fue5?? 9.fue5 dxe5 10.Wxg4+1 8...8a7 is very passive; e...0a01 9.Exb7 0c5 29.WAb/- 3o.cxMt 0-1 38...fxe5 9.Qfl7+t ao ugly check 9...6d7 cuts the White I off, defends the Ac6 and 49...6fs 50.693 6xg5 o30.gke6t ? gxe6 3 l.Exe6t. 10.b5+-. threatens 0c2+ which is awkward to meet. Hall,C Serebr{anyrD 30...foM?+- - 9.bs gd6 9.g3 South Island Championship R7 [886] o30...fud4 would keep Black in the garne. 9...Oa5 l0.Qf7+!! A sacrifice to be proud 4.Oxd4 Of6 lFitz 4.1 points out that White can play 3l.Qxd4 ghd4+ 32.6fl ExM=. 1.e4 c5 2.OR d6 3.d4 cxd4 of. 10...6xf7 11.fue5+ 693 12.fog4 f5+-. Qf4 immediately.l 5.Oc3 a6 6.Qc4 e6 7.G{ 9c7 8.0b3 Oc6 31.Uxe6 9re6 32.Exe6 c3 33.8e1??T 1o.QfI+??t 9.Qg5 Qe7 10.8e1 0.{ 11.f4 Oxd4 12.Uxd4 e6 10.0f4 Wd8 U.gxb7 Gives the opponcnt counterplay. o33.Qxb4 There were better ways to keep up the d5 13.Wd3 dxe4 14.fue4 foe4 15.Qxe7 WxeT Now White wins a A with more to come, aod and White could well hope to play on pressure. ol0.bxc6 and White gets the upper 16.9xe4 Qd7 17.f5 Ec5+ 18.6h1 Qc6 19.Ue5 his development is good too. 1{l 33...8xb4 34.8e3+. hand 10...Oxc6 I 1.d3+-. Uf2 20.891 exf5 2l.Eafl 9xg2+ 22.Exg2 33...od3+ 10...6xf7 11.bxc6T JohnsonrQ - McNabbrM uxfl+ 23.Eg1 EfJ.+ 24.8{2 South Island Champiooship R7 [D301 a33...c21'l 34.8fl Od3-+. oll.bxc6!? should be examined more Analysis by FnE 4.01 34.Eft??-F 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c6 out of book 4.Qg2 34.8e7+ 6c6 A) 35.Exg7 fuc5 36.895 dxc4 5.0c3 Qb4 6.ffJ ff6 7.0e5 Od5 8.9c27 (i6.dxc5 c2 37.692 clu-+) 36...Od3 37.d5+ oS.Qd2!?F should be investigated more 6bc-+; B) 35.8e5+ 3s...6d5 36.8d6+ 6e4 closely. 37.Qa7--+. 8...bs+ 34...c2 l3.Wxg4 fxg5 14.9xg51 C) 11...QxR o8...fuc3 ! ? 9.bxc3 l$xd4T. 34...fuc51? 35.Ecl (j5.dxc5?? c2-+) 12.9xR fuc6 (<12...Wxc6 l3.9te5 9g7 9.0{ Qxc3t 35...*A-+. t4.Wb3+ 6e8 1s.fu3:) l3.Eb3+ bg? 35.Qs3 Ebl e...f6r? 10.0R CId6:. 14.*3+ (I4.Wxb7?? the pawn is something 35...8b3!? 36.Qe7 c19 37.Exc1+ 10.bxc3 Wc7 11.e4 *l tZ.Qal Qb7 l3.We2 fucl-+. White will choke on 14...8b5 t5.Wa6 Exb2- Od7 r4.fod7 Ekaz rs.s r+ 36.692 ExfiT +). 15...G{)!?= must be considered. o36...6c6-+. 11...Qxf3 16.ex6 fof5 17.Qc5 a6 18.Efe1 0{H 19.a4 37.6xfi?+ 24...8ae8? 2 25.Vxg7 # 14 11...Uxc6?? capturing this pawn is a EdeS 20.8a3 Oe7+- 37.6xt1clE+ 38.Oxcl fucl 39.94-+. BennetlH - SantosorB mistake. 12.fo

NZChess NZ Chess l0 25.Ed3 Ec6 26.a4 Ed7 27.Exd7+ SxdT Ruins a clearly superior position. a22.Exd6 28.9R Ee6 29.gds ge7 30.h3 6f7t Exd6 23.0D(d6 Uxd6 Z.WeS+ gf8 25.gxe6+ o30...a6!?F might be a viable altemative. gfl 26.Wc8+ Wfa 27.Wd7+-. 31.8e3= 22...E;xd6??+- 31.a51?t. Makes life more difficult. a22...*c6 31...6e8 32.Wa8+ 6fl 33.gds b* 34.bh2 23.0b5 e5-+. 6rt 23.Eacl??-+ o34..a61?i should not be overlooked. Gives away a clear win. o23.Exd6 Uxd6 35.691: 24.We8+ gE 25.gxe6+ Uf7 26.9c8+ UE 35.a5!?t should be consid€red. 27.Wd7+-. 3s...b97 36.6h2 ofTt 23...fuc6 24.Bxc6 o36...a61?T should be considered. 24.a3-+ is not much help. 37.691: 24...gd7 0-r 37.a51'lt is an interesting idea. HallrC - JohnsonrQ 37...b9 3S.6f1T. South Island Championship (8) tc30l be a 38.6h2!?: might viable alternativo. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qc5 3.OR d6 4.d4 exd4 5.fud4 38...6f7= Of6 6.Oca Uez z.Uas Qd7 t.Qd2 0c0 g.focr 38...a6!?T should not be overlooked. Qxc6 l0.G{F{ 0-{F{ 11.8e1 0g4 12.Od5 39.8e2 Uc7 40.8e3 Wc6 4l.Wxc6'/r/z gfE 13.Wf3 ilrz u.Egt fue4 15.![ke4 Qxd5 N{manrA- HaaserG 16.Uxd5 Qxgl 17.Qc4 Qb6 18.Uxr Uxr South Island Championship R7 [B13 19.Qxf/ Qd4 20,94 h6 2r.Qg6 Qf6 22.h3_ c5 _/ Analysis by FnE 4.01 23.Qe3 M 24.95 hxg5 25.fxg5 Qe5 26.ffI- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Of6 5.c5 d5 27.96 9f6 28.Qf4 6b7 29.8d1 6c6 Out ofbook. 30.8h1 Eh4 31.Qg3 Ee4 32.h4 Eh8 33.h5 5...e6 6.Of3 b6 7.Qb5+ Qd7 8.Oxd7+ ObxdT Eg4 34.Qe1 Eg5 35.EfI Ehils 36.Qd2 Efs 9.b4 a5 10.c6 Qxb4+ 11.Qd2 Ob8 12.814 37.Egl Eh2 38.Qe6 Eff2 39.8d1 Exd2 0-1 Oa613.QxMfuU U.OaS-+. Palmerston North Rapid l4.H!?+. The under-1800 rapid tounament held by 14...0{1 15.G{ Ec8 16.Efc1 Oe4 17.Oe5 f6 ls.Od7 Ef7 19.R Od6 20.Ob5 Exc6 2l.Exc6 Palmerston North Chess Club in August atkacted 16 enkies, and as six held NZCF rapid ratings (above the 30 per cent minimum) the tournement has been rated and 10 players gained provisional ratings. Palmerston North club president and top seed Steve Abum scored 5/5 to win the event, with Brett Robinson runner-up on 4. South Island Rapid Championship Third place, on 3, was shared by Terry With a rating of 2112, Canterbury's Nick outplayed the opposition in the rapid. Powell, Stewart Holdaway, Slave Jovanoski, Cummings was s€cond seed-fot-the 1997 Cummings scorcd 5W6, conceding just one Neil Jepsen and Wing Tso. South Island Rapid Championship in draw, to Tony Love. Christchurch, behind Tony Love, 2200. A Thor Russell snatched second place on 5/6, talking point was that Nick's rapid rating after a quiet start, with draws against Stewart was nearly 300 points higher than his Bennett and Stephen Coates in the ltrst two 2l...Bxd7??+-. standard rating. rounds. He won the rest of his games, and in Overlooking an easy win. o21...fuc6 It could be even greatt when the South the final rouud beat Tony Love, who lost his 22.Xd6 ExdT--r (22...Wxd7?! 23.*/7 bxJT Island events are rated, for after finishing chance ofa tie for first and finished 3rd, just 24.EcI:). Nick ahead of the tightly-bunched field. 22.*d6??-+ midfreld in the SI Championship,

NZ Chess NZ Chess r t2 13 24th North Shore Open By NM Peter Stuart Auckland's longest continuously ruoning had found the answer to ttre forrner Russian weekender retained ther six rounds in two player. Alexei's impressive play netted a days format introduced last year with the pawn in the middle-game and it was all Itrst two rounds having a rapid (30-30) time downhill for Garbett. Mclaren and Smith control and the remaining foru a time control castled on opposite sides and Lponard's of 40 moves in l% hours plus a 20-minute attack proved stronger. This left Mclaren in guillotine finish. sole second place on 4% wrth Hart and Without doubt current New Zealand Macdonald on 4, the latter eliminating Lim champion Alexei Kulashko played the best from interest in the major prizes. chess and fully deserved his victory with The result of the last round game between 5W6. T\e big surprise was in the tie for Mclaren and Kulashko was not in doubt for second place where Paul Macdonald, rated long - they drew after 11 moves. Ilart, who 1750 and seeded lltl, joined Leonard had had a dream draw aud was playing Mclaren on 5. Macdonald, was therefore expected to obtain There were a few upsets in the rapid a share ofsecond prize. This was not to be, games, notably Peter Green drawing with as Ralph blundered a paum and Paul played Hamilton's Scott Macleod in round 2 aod accurately to annex the full point and obtiin Wayne Power's kiple Swiss gambit - a loss his best-ever tournament result. to Rosaleen Sheehan and a draw with Chad The uuder-1800 grade prize was shared by Miller. Both opponents are young and Beach and Gill, the under-1600 prize by improving while Walae has been out oi Neville Easterlow and Daniel 1o6as. f'inelly, chess for about ten years and is now the rmder-1300 pr2e was shared by Tony slorrqhing off much rust. Kesseler, Joha McRae and Chad Miller. Also Bob Smith appeared to be in less tban Llm - Kulashko best close gqmes. his with two very [n the English [A30] Itrst Jnlius Bojtor reached a drawn rrrok Analysis by [Fnu 4.01 ending involving a rook pawn but sadly went 1.c4 c5 2.OR Oc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.fud4 Eb6 ashay in the time scramble. The major upset Out ofbook. in rormd 3 was Benji Lim's defeat of third 5.e3 Of6 6.Oc3 e6 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.0{ (H) seed Smith while Ralph llart came back 9.8b1 a6 10.b3 Ed8 rl.Qa d6 n.*2 Q{t from a lost, or at least very bad, sading to 13.e4 Qe8 14.Qe3 Uc7 15.Qe2 EacE 16.0o4 draw with top seed Paul Ga6ett. N7 17.f4 ocS rr.fo: Qf6 19.Od4 fud4 New Zealand champion Alexei Kulashko, 20.Qxd4 0d7 21.6h1 b5 22.8c1 b4 23.0b1 seeded second, won his third game, against Qxd4 24.Wxd4 0c5 25.QR eS 26.Wd2 exf4 Roger Perry, to share the lead with Lim, 27.Ecdl whom he then defeated in a well-played 27.Wxf4? fails to 27...N3 28.Wd2 fucl g2me. Leonard Mclaren, also with a perfect 29.Excl EUg--+. score had opted, along with llart, to take a 27...a5 28.Wrf4 a4 29.We3 arb3 30.axb3 Ue7 hallpoint bye in the Saturday sy6ning 3l.Efel Qc6 32.Od2 9e5 33.OfI Ea8 34.Og3 rormd. Garbett won on time against Green in Ea3 35.Ebl Qa4 36.Qdl Qc6: a marginally superior ending to share second 36...8a8 ! ?T is noteworthy. 37.9d2+ place with McL,arcn on3Yz. <37...fueA 38.fue4 Oxe4 39.0Rt. 38...8a1 39.Of5?? 37.0R!?= is an interesting idea. In the clash ofthe top two seeds in round 5 38-Eb2-+ An oversight. But White was lost anyway. 37...8da8 Garbett was unable to demonstrate that he 38.Ee2l?T must be coosidered. c,39.We2--+. NZChess NZChess 74 l5 39...fue4 40.Wxb4 Wxa4 35.8a1 Uc6 36.fue8+ 9xe8 37.Exa6 1997 NZ Junior and Age Group Championships 40.Exo4 Wxaa (0...9xJ52l is clearly Ofs 38.9R 9c8 39.Efal Ee7 40.8d3 gb7 weaker 4|.Eeli) 41.Oh6+ gxh6 42.h3-+l 4l.Ea7 WxaT 42.Exa7 Exfl 43.c5 bxc5 By FM Bob Smith this draw with the national under-l2 Champion, 40...uxf5 [40...wxb2 41.*7+ 6h8 42.fuc6 44.bxc5 Eal+ 45.6f,1 e5 46.c6 Er2 47.c7 e4 Thirty-eight players turned out for af2+ 43.brt fudr 44.od8 wd4+ 45.6h1 48.9xe4 Exd2+ 49.tbel Ea2 50.c8lU Eal+ year's NZ Junior Championships at Kelston Patrick Savage. of2+ 46.6s1 oh3+ 47.6h1 ugl+ 48.Exg1 51.6d2 Ea2+ 52.6c1 1{. Boys High School in West Auckland from After round three Auckland Chess Centre's Exgl#. was the only player left on tull Smtth - Beach October 7 to 10. Igor Bjelobrk had entered, but a mysterious points, with Dunn, Ryau Trass and his 41.9b6 Uc5 Scotch [C45] Actually, 39 entered by his Auckland brother Clinton, Tertius Van Der Walt, Paul 41...Ue5 42.E,bd2 Exdl 43.Exdl Og3+ l.e4 e5 2.OR Oc6 3.d4 exd4 l.0xal QcS Nelson Allen, except his name Godfrey, Craig llall and llarris all lurking 44.hxg3 Wxe2 45.Uxc6 Uxdl+ 46.6h2 tslh5+ 5.Qe3 gf6 6.c3 OgeT 7.Qc4 d6 8.0{ Oe5 school without any details gc5+ dropped yet a7.bgl Eal+ 48.6f2 Wfs+ 49.9R 9.Qe2 0-0 10.f4 S96 11.!gd2 h6 12.bf Qb6 and the cheque, failed to show - forcing an halfa point behhd. Goudie had 50.6e2 Ua+-+. 13.0a3 ic6 U.Ocl Elh4? 15.fuM axb6 runecessary bye in the first round. another draw, in a wild game against 42.Uxc5 dxc5 43.691 16.f5 oge5 17.8f4 Ef6 18.Obs Udr tl.r0 gs Playing conditions were excellent, with Savage. 43.8&2 does not save the day 43...8c1 20.812 bh7 21.Qxg5 hxg5 22.Srg5 O96 carpeted playrng rooms, a separate (and Round four and Dunn seeminglY re- 44.691--+. 23.8h5+ l<). often very noisy) analysis room and digital asserted his authority with a smashing win joined him 43...8d8 44.Exe4 Mclrren - Smtth clocks provided on all boards by the host over Bjelobrk. Ryan Trass on brotherly his 44.6fl doesn't get the bull off the ice Sicilian [866] club, Waitemata. 3W4, showrrg little love in gutxs" Pascal Ilarris also 44...Edxdl 45.Exdl Exdl+ 46.6e2--+ 0-1 1.e4 c5 2.ff3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.fod4 Of6 Some of the country's "biggest were encounter with Clinton. and Russell reached 3Yz affsr Van Der Walt gifted an Kulrshko Garbett 5.Oc3 0c6 6.Qg5 e6 7.Wd2 16 8.(HH) h6 missing (e.g. David Guthrie - pawn and followed up soon after with a Sicilian [M7] 9.Qe3 Qd7 10.f4 Qe7 11.h3 b5 r2.0d3 fud4 Metge), which made for an evenly contested early 13.Qxd4 M 14.fu2 gas 15.6b1 Qc6 16.We3 and interesting touorament. piece. On 3 were Macfarlane, Paul Godfrey, 1.e4 c5 2.OR e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.fud4 Oc6 Eb8 17.b3 (H) lt.g4 e5 19.Qb2 exf4 Top seed and favourite for ttre event was Bjelobrk, Colm llartigao, Ilall and Savage. 5.oc3 9c7 6.odb5 ub8 7.a4 0r0 g.QAr aO 20.Oxf4 Efe8 21.Oh5 &h5 22.gxh5 Wxhs (1661), who plays Goudie had dropped off the pace with his 9.Oa3 9c7 10.(H) Qe7 11.f4 d6 r2.gf3 0{ l7-year-old Alan Dunn 23.Ehgl 24.W9' Ee6 25.Qc4 Ebs againsf Caleb Wright. 13.Qe3 Eb8 14.94 d5 15.e5 oaZ rO.gS gC Of8 for Papatoetoe. He was closely followed by third draw, 26.Qxe6 fxe6 27.Edft WeS 28.Qxg? Eg5 r7.Od1 d4 rE.Qd2 b6 t9.On Qb7 20.8h3 Waitemata's Alan Macfarlane, whose Outrlght leader 29.QxfB Exg3 30.Erg3+ 6h7 3l.Ef6 gll5 EfeS 21.094 Qf8 22.4c4 Oss 23.0d6 Qxd6 relatively high rating (1623) was a surprise go Trass became 32.897+ 6ht 33.884 6h7 34.Exh6+ gxh6 With three rounds to Ryan 24.exd6 Wxd6 25.M Oc0 ZO.One+ 69Z to some. Other major contenders according outright leader with x sslvinsing win 35.CIrh6 6xh6 36.6c1 37.6it2 QOZ the e5 to ratings were Taupo's Ryan Trass(1536) 38.898 39.8d8 40.Exd6 over Dunn. Ilalf a point behind were 6h5 Qrh3 Qfi (1534). 41.6e31{). and Waitematars fanisl Goudie Macfarlane, who beat llall, Godfrey, who Surprises start ln round I benefited from llartigan's inability to handle Hart - Macdonald But in junior tounraments the unexpected his time, and Bjelobrlq who accounted for French [Cl5] perhaps happens more often than in open Harris. Further back Goudie had only his l.e4 e62.d4 dS 3.Oc3 Qb4 4.Oge2 dxe4 5.a3 that second win, over Clinton Trass. Qe7 6.foe4 Of6 7.9d3 (H) E.02g3 gbdT toumaments, because ratings are not penultimate round Trass and 9.Qg5? fue4 l0.Qre7 fuf2 11.Qxd8 fud3+ reliable with players improving so fast. The In the 12.Qxd3 ExdS 13.(HH) OrO tl.fol fuel surprises began with the very ltrst round. Macfarlane fought out a very exciting, 15.Qxe4 c6 16.8d3 Qd7 l7.Ehdl Qe8 1E.c4 Duon could only draw with the under-rated double-edged Sicilian. Trass sacrificed a EacS 19.b4 Ed6 20.c5 Ed7 21.6b2 EcdS Chad Miller(1087), while Goudie built up a piece for three pawns but missed a winning 22.h4 f6 23.6c3 Qg6 24.Qxg6 hxg6 25.6c4 winning position against another under-rated chance. Macfarlane in tum missed his EdS 26.a4 6fl 27.b5 e5 28.a5 Exd4+ player, Lamar Ah-Chee(1007), only to chance to gain the upper-hand and the game 27.tuf/r Eds 29.Exd4 Exd4+ 30.Exd4 cxb5+ 31.Orb5 choose the wrong plan and drift into a draw. ended in perpehral check. Bjelobrk seized exd4 32.a6 bxa6+ 33.6xa6 d3 34.c6 d2 gave draw level again, with a nice 27...6xf1? 28.Wxh7+ 6A 29.Qxg6 leads to This theoretically the other front- the chance to 35.c7 dlg 36.cE& 37.Wb7+ 6e6 mate; 27...We7 28.glh6+ 698 29.f5! gxf5 9Al rurners a handy advantage; but they also positional win over Godfrey. Harris crme 38.8b3+ 6e7 39.9b7+ gd7 40.8R Wd4 (29...exf5 30.Qc4 +-) 30.96 Of6 3t.Eaet 9E stumbled the very trext round! Macfarlane back into the picture, surprisingly beating 4l.bb7 a5 42.94 uM+ 13.6c8 a4 44.h5 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5 Oa5 34.Qf4 t. achieved an easily winning game against Dunn in a messy g,me. gxh5 45.gxh5 Ec4+ 46.6b7 Wb3+ 0-1. 28.Eael Of8 29.Qe4 Wd7 30.Oh6 fo7 Pascal llarris but somehow threw it away Others to reach 4Y, were Goudie, who 31.qxb7 ExbT 32.094 iOS 3S.cl Oe7 34.Of6 and even lost. Meanwhile Trass cottld only steadily outplayed Jonathan Nicholls, and

NZ Chess NZ Chess t7 Goudie won his third straight game, against Hands over the advantage to the opponent. Harris, to also reach 5Yzardtie for second. ol6.Oxb6 Qxb6 17.cxb6t. Fourth equal on 5 were Paul Godfrey and 16...Od7 17.cxd5T 19.fub6 Bjelobrk. 17.cxb,6!? dxc4 18.9xc4 fub6 Qxb6 20.6b1 QeA+ 2l.6al+. The Under-l2 tille was retained by 17...Qxd5 18.Qc4??-+ defending champion Patrick Savage, half a Strolling merrily down the path to disaster. point match ahead of Colm Hartigan. A o18.Ua3 b5! Black moves ahead of the between these two would indeed be an opponent (18...bxc5?! 19.fu3 9.b4 20.fud5 fl interesting proposition! exd| 21.Wa4!) 19.0c3 gxc3 20.bxc3 fuc5 The NZ Junior Girls'title went, virtually by 21.N4+. { default, to Teresa Sheehan. There were only lS...focs 19.fuc5 Qxc4 20.Ua3 Exc5 two girls in the competition. Teresa scored 21.6b1 EacS 22.0d4 e5 23.0b3 Ebs 24.8d6 417 (two wins, I loss, 4 draws), while 11- 24.*l--+ cannot change what is iu store for year-old Samantha Smith (daughter of Bob White. and Viv) performed quite well in her frst 24...wn o24...U8 might be the shorter pth25.Ed7 major tournament, collecting 3 points. Uxal Z6.Uxa: Qxb3 27.axb3 Exb3+ 28.6a2 Some notable'features of the tournament Eb5--+. were that 28 of the 38 players had ratings, 25.Ecl Qb4 players host from tle club, Waitemata, took 25...W 26.ExcA ExcA 27 .Ed8+ bf71. three of the top hve placings, and there was 26.Exc4 oo1 3 single dispute! All in all, a most 26.Wxa6 is still a small chauce 26...8bc5 successflrl event. 27.Wxb6-+. Donaldson,A - BJelobr\I 26...Uxc4 27.Vxfi Wc2+-+ 27...Wfl+ 28.Edl Wxdl+ 29.fo 1 Excl#. NZ Junior [843] Analysis by Fnh 4.01 2E.6al Wcl+ Black should rehm some of the goodies he 1.d4 l...of6 2.c4 e6 3.fo3 QM 4.e3 M out has collected. of book 5.OR Ob7 6.Qd3 Oe4 7.9d2 fud2 29.fuc1 Excl# 0-l 8.gkd2 G{ 9.uc2 fs 10.(HH) Ef6 ll.obs Ect l2.Ehgl a6 13.fo3 c5 14.Or4 Qa5 GodfreyrP - HarrlsrP l5.dxc5 NZ Junior, [C441 Notes by FM Bob Smith l.e4 e5 2.ff3 Oc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qc4 QcS S.cS dxc3?t 6.Qxf7+ 6xI7 7.8d5+ 6e8 8.9xc5 cxb2 9.Qxb2 Of6 ro.es Better 10.Nd2 or 0-0. 10...d6 l1.Uc4 Ve7 12.04 dxe5 13.Qxe5 t fue5 14.t&tb5+ OfdT 15.foe5 Sxe5 16.rgke5+ Oxe5 17.Eel 6fl 18.Exe5-+ Qe6 19.fo3 c6 I Better l9...Rad8 20.Nb5?l c6 21.Nc7?l Savage, who won the clash of the l2-year- In the event, Trass played his trademark Bxa2l olds when Ilartigan again forgot his clock aggressive game and forged through to take 20.fu4 h6 21.Od6+ bf6 22.Erel Qxa2 while a queen for a rook up. the NZ Junior title, the Under 16 title, aud 23.fob7 Qds 24.h4 a5 25.h5 a4 26.0d6 g6 So the top board game between Trass and the NZ Schoolpupils' title. 27.*8+ Ehxe8 28.Exe8 ExeS 29.Ere8 a3 Bjelobrk would decide this year's New Macfarlane must have been ruing his round 15...d5?+ 30.hxg6 6xg6 31.93 a2 32.Eel 69S Z,ealard Junior Champion; if they drew two two slipup as he beat Savage convincingly ol5...bxc5 would allow Black to play on 3z...BeAl33.Ral Bbl 34.Kfl Kg5 35.R h5 other players could catch up and share the to hnish just a half point behind, while l6.od2 d5t. 36.Ke2 h4 37.gxh4 Kxh4 38.Ke3 Kg3 39.f4 title. 16.gHr?? I(g4r--+ NZ Chess NZ Chess 18 l9 33.6f1 Qc4+ 34.b{2 Qd3 3s.6f3 Qbl Auckland sports expo New Zealand, News 36.8e5+ 6rO SZ.EaS h5 38.6e3 6e6 39.6f4 NZ Chess Supplies was represented in a to Wellington's Arcadios Wanganul h4?t 40.gxh4 c5 41.6e3 6d5 42.h5 0c4 Congrahrlations expo the year's CC championship 43.h6 6b3 44.bd2 c4 45.6c1 Qd3 46.6d2 three-day sports and outdoors at Feneridis ou celebrating his 90th birthday. This Wanganui Auckland Showgrounds in August, and a was tightly-contested, with five players bb2 47.8xa2+ 6xa2 4E.6c3 br3r/rYz North Shore featue was a s€ries of challenges in which contesting the double-round flnal and DunnrA-Ah{heerl Peul Garbett scored 6/6 to win the North IM ftvin Sarapu played several of Bruce Martln Post on 5W8 laktngthe title by just NZ Junior, [B70] Shore CC's Saturday invitational Barnard's computers. half a point from Tony Dowden artd Chris Notes by FM Bob Smith tournament, well clear of Matthew Barlow, Ortvin beat Rebel 8, drew with drew with Bums on 5. They were well clear of Dave 1.e4 c5 2.OR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.0xd4 Of6 Wolfgang konhardt and Peter Stuart, all on Hiarcs, drew with Genius 5, and in time Cooper 2% atd Prince Vetharaniam 2. s.Oca 6.Qc4 Qg7 7.Qb3 Oc6 3Yr, acLd Bruce Watsoo 3. Prashant Mlstry 96 trouble missed an easy draw against Fritz 4 However, all gamss were vital - among the 8...G{, planning Na6--c5 ! ? 5 won the B grade from Mark k Brocq and and lost. Here is ftvin's game against top three players Dowden scorcd2y2:.lYz,b\t E.f3 (H) David Simpson 3 and David Mvaroe ZYz. Rebel 8. had a draw with Cooper and a loss to 8...Nxd4!? Peter Stuart won leg 3 of the club's rapid Vetharaniam. Bums scored 2:2, but lost a 9.Qe3 a6 10.9d2 Od7 11.0-{-{ gc7 12.6b1 Rebel 8 - SarapurO championship, with 5W6 (draw with game to Cooper. Post scored lVr:2% amotg b5 13.94 Oe5 14.h4 Oc4 15.Qxc4 bxc4 16.h5 tc6sl Prashant Mis@), just ahead of konard Notes by IM Sarapu the top three, but won all gemes against EfbE l7.hxg6 fxg6 18.Qh6 Qtr U.gs Utz hvin Mclaren 5 (loss to Stuart), with Mistry, Cooper and Vetharaniam. 20.b3 Oh5 21.Od5 Qc8 22.Exh5 22.Nc6! 1.e4 e5 2.OR 0c6 3.0b5 Of6 4.(H) Qcs Daniel Johns and Steve Devlin on 4, ao'd The A reserve was also tightly contested, 22...gx,h5 23.Oc6 Qe5 24.Nxe7+ bn 5.fue5 Philip llair, Neil Gunn, Mark Le Brocq and dre5 27.Uxe5 9xe7 with Gordon Hosk),n taking the title with 25.8d5+ Qe6 26.fue5+ Graham Mears on 3%. 28.w1...+ 6e8 29.{lh8+ ofiI 30.gxh7+ 6e8 5/8, just ahead of David Bell and John 31.glr8+ bfl 32.96+ 6xg6 33.891+ Waitemata Wilson on 4Yz, with Wayme Boswell 3% allld & black resigned. But after 35...Bg4! he Waitemata CC's Winter Cup was retained Alan Wilson 2%. Improing junior Pascal seems to be winning! 1-0 by defending champion Bob Smith. He Ilarrls won the B grade with 9/10, clear of scored 6/6 - although some of those points SavagerP - GoudlerD Shaun Street 7, Kelly Forrest 5, Bill were not that convincing! Runner-up on 5 NZ Junior, [B14] Maddren 4 and Ioe Ryland and Chas Ward Notes by FM Bob Smith was Neville Easterlow, losing only to Smith, 2%. Peter Krauliz decisively won the C place Smith, l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Of6 5.0c3 while third was shared by Viv grade championship with 9/10, ahead of e6 6.Qg5 Qe7 7.Oa (H) 8.c5 OcO g.al Oel Alau Macfarlane aod the fast improving Dennis llaxton & Kevin Yorston 6%, Dan 10.Qxe7 BxeT 11.Uc2 fS 12.b4 es?t 13.fod5 Lamar Ah-Chee, all on 4. Next in the lteld of Hurley 6, Craig Tope 4, Matcus Robinson 3 grdS 14.dxe5 Ee815.Qc4 6h8 16.8b2?t 25 players were Bruce Pollard, Paul and Dan Hurley l. Simply 16.G{ Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 Godfrey, Robert Bennett, Alen Machina and The club's sullmer handicap tourney was 18.Radl leaves white well on top. s...od4t? ke Smith, on 3%. Notable was second seed won by Shaun Street wlth l2Yz, ahead of computers and Bruoe's opening 16...085 17.fu95 Exe5+ 18.0e3 New to Antonio Krstev's below par result; he Dennis [Iaxton and Dilbagh Sangha on llYz. books, but not for me! 18.Kf1! Qxg5 l9.f4 r- hnished on 3. 6.Qc4 We7!? 7.fuf7 d5t 8.fohs dxc4 9.e5 Petone 18...Wxg5 19.b5 f4 20.bxc6 bxc6 But the championship preliminaries showed O9410.h3 Phllip Monrad has won the Petone CC's 2o...fxe3 2l.cxb7 exf2+ 22.Kfl BxbT Krstev in his true form. In the absence of 1997 championship with an unbeaten 1ll12, 23.Qxb7 Rel+ 24.Rxel fxelQf 25.Kxel In a later game against Sarapu, Fitz 4 Bob Smith (seeded through to the ftnals) hoped to improve on this move and played conceding draws to Gavin Mamer and Tom Qcl+ 26.KJ2 Rf8+ -+. Antonio won all sevetr gemes to easily be 10.c3?! gh4 ll.h3 fur2t o.Bxnfo,2113.d4 McDade. Maraer was runner-up on 10, just 2l.h4Ue7 22.G{F{ Exc5 top qualiher. The other finalists were cxd3 14.9R Qe6 15.M 9xf2+ l6.Sxf2 Qxf2+ ahead of Mark van der Hoom9Yr. They were 22...fxe3?'l 23.Qxe5! Zelimk Jovic 5 and Alan Macfarlane, Rob l7.bxf2 fual 18.6e3 G{}{) 19.6e4 Exh8 followed by Kent Wotg 7%, Mark Noble 7 23.9d4 Qa6 24.Vxf4 Efs 2s.gd4 Eb8 Calder, Alen Machina, Bruce Pollard and 20.N2 EdS and on behalf of Fritz 4 Bruce (out of 7, a reflection of the fact that many 26.E'd2? Barnard resigned. Iamar Ah-Chee, all on 4%. Favourites who games were rmplayed), Ross Jackson 6%, 26.Rd3!+- 10...fue5 11.fo3 Qf5 12.Od5 gI4 13.Axc7+ missed out on the hnals included Viv Smitl Ash Koia and Tom McDade 5. 26...9xc4 27.fuc4 Exc4+ 28.Uxc4 Wxa3+ 6d7 14.0xs8 odB+ 15.6h1 Qxh3 16.Exf3 4, Daniel Goudie 4 and Neville Easterlow 29.bc2 Eb2+ 30.6d1 Ebl+ 31.6e2 Ue7+ tuf3 0-1 3%. T\e top seven players plus Bob Smith Welltngton 32.rbB Erhl 33.Uxc6 Ef6+ 34.gxf6 gxf6 r/-/z play a round robin to decide this year's club Justln Phlllips has won the Wellington CC 35.8d8+ 697 36.8d7+ bg637.Exr7 champion. championship for 1997, with 3W4 in. the

NZ Chess NZ Chess 20 21 3, well clear of runner-up Eric Rayner. Third play-off. Ross Jackson was runner-up on CHANGES IN LAWS OF CHESS ahead of John Lee 2t/z and Ted Frost 2. place was shared by Malcolm Foord and Lawrence tr'arrington and Michael Nyberg Robert Wansink. ManY g2mes were An explanatory note prepared by the technical commitlee ofthe M Chess Federation (Inc.) tied for flrst in the Senior B, on 3%, just unplayed. Placings in other grades: A comprehensive revision of the laws of Finally, it is now forbidden to knock the years ahead ofNic Croad and John Cook on 3. lntermediate, P Cosgrove l, G Cessford 2, D chess over the last few resulted in a clock over - or otherwise mistreat it. Reid 3; junior, T Rowell 1, J Croawell 2, A new code being adopted by the FIDE Penalties for improper clock handling range Otago Ritchie 3. General assembly last year at . The from a wanring to expulsion from the event. Sutherland has won the Otago CC John new rules took effect on lst July 1997 and There are several newpoints regarding the for the second time, ltnishing championship the following will acquaint you with the recording of moves. It is made clear that a most sipificant shanges. player may reply to the opponent's move Atl-Wellington Rapid Gone are the separate rules for rapid and before recording it but the player must oot 10.0d2 b5 1!,Qe2 0-0 A held of 16 players head Qg7 .' \ blitz chess and guillotine finishes. Several make another move without lust recording Island Champion- Anthony 3'(H) appendices to the main laws cover the his previous move (time trouble may allow 13"'M 14'Odl Ee8 Lukey, and South Island rap re testing' differences for these time controls as well as of an exception of course). Completely new ed Gavrikov' Tbilisi' Tony Dowden, competed in - adjournments. is the requirement that both players must weilington rapid championship. ,...." '-filrffllnlr,* *uo. You will, of cowse, be aware that the record the offer of a draw on their of the Major Open knight's move has heretofore been scoresheets, by the notation'(:)". Also that Ker and the winner title l5.Eae1 c4 16.a3?! 'tomposed of two different steps; hrst tle scoresheet must always be visible to the at the last congress, Tim Hare, wetrt through Rather slow. 16.M! Is bett€r which aims to it in the makes one step of one single square along arbiter; hiding moves with pens or watches the early rounds unbeaten and met last stifle BlaclCs Q-side play. its round. They drew mid-way through play in 16...0c5 rank or ltle and then, still moving away from is apparently no longer legal. The laws also the 30/30 totrmament, sharing the title half a Prevents 17,M and eyes d3. the square of departure, one step of one make clear that the scoresheets are the gquars point ahead ofDowden and John Lee on 4. 17.6h1 094 singls on a diagonal". It 'hoves to property of the orgqniselg. Dowden lost to Jobn Eriksen in round 2, Black plans to establish a knight on d3 and one of the sqwres nearest to that on which it There is a major 6hange to the penalties which kept him just offthe pace until he met also oxchango his bad bishop. stands but not on the same rank, file or for making false claims under the threefold and beatiukey in the last round. Lee lost to 1S'Qxf6t? Oxe2 19'Qxg7 Qd3 diagonal. It does not pass directly over any repetition or 50-move rules. In future in such white Lukey in round 2, but and did not meet the l9"'Qxfl 2 intervening square." cases the unsuccessflrl claimant shall have ample c leadeis. Lukey was unbeaten until he met On moves generally, each move must be deducted half of his remaining time up to a 2o'gd1 I Ker in round 4 made with one hand only - no two-handed maximum of three minutes and the opponent Finh prace on 3 was shared uv f*e1 casfling orpawnpromotionanymore. will receive an extra three minutes. Under Eriksen, Gavin Marner, Chris Bums, Justin "it;?X[lj2l.EA fst? "?"'#it"T]:.3fl""y.iril:: The "one hour late" nrle has been clarified; the old nrles the claimant could lose on time Davis, Alan Aldridge and Lawrence An aggressive move which aims to install it now makes it clear that it means one hour as there was an automatic five-minute Farrington. Eriksen and Farrington shared the knight oo d3 and to fnrstrate White's from the scheduled start ofplay which is not penalty. necessarily one hour on the clock. *. the A grade prize and Philip Coghini on 2% initiative on the K-ide. IH:l Leevtng the venue won the B grade prize. Jeremy Smith and 22.exf5? thinlq miSht lead to to...Tfq..itualig.ns Underthehearting..conductoftheplayers,' Falling in w th Black's plans. 22.Efe3! Is but that is covered by givrng th^e.. Patrick Savage, on 2, took t lphies- as the arbiter there is one new nrle under which players far better with an unclear position' discretion over best of tle rr* iroio.* playrng. the application of the new are not allowed to leave the .playing venue, fe3 Od3t 24'Exe8 ExeS 25'Efl Wellington Chess Club ho rule' without the arbiter's permission. The playlog with rim Frost as tounrament kation gives Black a winning Clocks ond recording moves venue is defined as "the playing area, rest LukeyrS - Dowden ;o the action of the rook along The clock comes in for flrrther attention rooms, refreshment area, area set aside for All \Yellington Rapid, R( though some of the new points will be smoking and other places as designated by Notes by Tony Dowden 27.Wdl fub2 28.911 gd4 familiar from former rapid rules. A player the arbitet''. In addition the player having the 1.d4 ff6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.0c3 exd5 5.cxd5 28...8xc3 29.Wxb2Wa3. must always be allowed to stop his clock and move must not leave the playlng aree d6 6.e4 96 7.Of3 a6 t.Qg5 29.Erb2 Urc3 30.9xc3+ Exc3 31.ffiJ Exa3 start the opponent's; his move is incomplete without the arbiter's permission. The reasons Not a daagerous line. With careful play 32.N4 Qe4 33.f5 Of6 34.fxg6+ 6xg6 35.h4 until he has done so (unless the move ends for these n:les are obvious. The new des Black can look forward to a comfortable Ea2 36.891 Qrd5 and White soon resiped the game). Secondly, the same hand which also expressly state that "The game is lost by gamo. 0-1 moves the pieces must operate the clock. a player who persistently refuses to comply

NZ Chess MChess 22 23 with the Laws of Chess." This rule goes on SAme drawn. Otherwise he shall The ANU Chess Festival postpone his decision. to say that "the opponent's score shall be By IM Ben Martin the arbiter postpones his decided by the arbiter." This overcomes O) If the Each year in July the Aushalian National One problem was the clnsh with the wedding where a player who decision, opponent may be unsatisfactory situation the University (ANI) organises and firnds a of Australian Olympiad representative IM gets gift awarded two extra minutes thinking is hopelessly lost on the board a series of toumaments and displays. A major John-Paul Wallace to WFM Ingela Eriksson penalised by time and the game shall continue in point because his opponent is aim of this unique festival is to raise the of Sweden. Rogers took a hal-point bye and game. the presence ofthe arbiter. loss of the prohle ofchess, and esp€cially to encourage travelled to Sydney for the wedding on the quickplay (guillotine) (c) Having postponed his decision, The rules for juniors. Publicity in the local newspapers, Saturday, a round trip of alnost six hours. important given great subsequently hnishes are the the arbiter may radio and television was excellent. The crucial match was in Round 6 between the game drawn, even after popularity of this feature in New Zealand declare The Carbon - Silicon match pitted teems of Rogers and myself. Ian, who trailed me by play. are a flag has fallen. club and tournament These eight humans against eiSht computers, half a point at the time, played riskily in the now merCly a brief included in the main section of the laws. The The rapid rules are including some home-grown efforts early middlegame. Later his kingside change here the rule appendix but it is worth noting that article 10 most signihcant is developed in the university's Computer weaknesses told against him and I recorded governing a player attempts guillotine hnishes, part which is situations where on of Science department. The pre-tournament my hrst win over a . where the board quoted above, applies also to rapid games. to utilise a time advantage favourite was Knightcap, the creation of The time control was I hour each for the justification. rapfd rules also explicitly state that position gives insuffrcient It is The ANU PhD student An

NZ Chess NZ Chess 24 25 This leaves the light squaf,es around The threat was 31...H1h3+ 32.691 Qf5 Overseas news rl"ngerously White's 6 weak. 16.Qg5 leads followed by ...Qe,4, but now the Q comes into By NM Peter Stuart to a double-edged position after 16,..f6 play on c6 instead. Biel l8...fxe6 19.Qxb8 Exb8 20.Wxe6+ 6h8 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Qh6 Ef/. 31...d4 32.e6 Uxe6 33.Qxd4 gh3+ 34.691 Viswanathan Anand scored a start-to-finish 2l.Uxc6 Sxc3 keeps White's advantage to a Qc6 35.We2 16...f6t victory in the mdn event of the 30th Biel minimum. White could play for one last hick with Opening up the 6-side is more important (averuge 19.Ug3 fxe6 20.OrbS Eaf/ 21.Qd6 Ee8 35.Eel 35...8d3 then 36.8e8+! confuses the Chess Festival, the category 17 than the weakeuing of e5. 22.Efet 6h8 23.Qe5 0f6 24.Qd4 0e4 25.8h4 issue. However, 3\...8e3! wins (36.fxe3 ra;tirng 2661) Credit Suisse GM-Turnier. The 18.Qg5 We8 19.fue5 fue5 Od6 26.Qd3 Ofs 27.Ulhs 698 28.8e5 b5 l7.Efel fxd U/hl+ 37.6f2 Ug2#), as'does the more prosaic Indian used a mere 25 minutes in winning 29.Eae1 30.Ue2 31.cxd4 gd8 20.Exe5 Ug6 3s...8f8. his hrst round gems against Joel Lautier and 96 fod4 32.axb5 axb5 Blaok is better. White has weak As on f2, 35...8d3 36.R uxg3+ 37.6f1 Exd4 38.r&e6+ went on to win four more, with one loss and c2ar.da4. 6hz o-1 four draws. Anatoly Karpov shared the lead 32...Qxb5 looks more natural. 21.8c1 cxd4 22.cxd4 h6 23.Qe3 Ef5 24.Exf5 for the first four rounds and again after 33.Ue3 EefS 34.8e2 Ef4 35.Exe6 Exd4 Uxf5 25.Qf4 1997 Wortd Junior Championship round 7 when Amnd had his loss to Vadim 36.Qc2 Ed6? To provent ...e5. The 1997 world junior boys' championship Milov; the FIDE champion, however, then 36...8f6 37.0b3 Exe6 38.Exe6+ 0g7 39.9e5+ 25...818 26.a5 held in Zagat, Polard, attracted 78 entries, had his only loss (to Lautier) and Anand 6h6 40.8e3 Ed3 and White',s advantage is undeoiable but there is no clear If 26.Eol 9xc2 and now aeither 27.Ex6 including no fewer than g*6-asters, 25 regained his half-point lead which he held to f wia yet. gdl ard ...Wd4 nor 27.Ve7 Vxa.4 28.Qe5 Ef7 intemational masters and 6 FIDE masters. the end. 37.Qb3 6h8 29.Slxe6 Wc2 gives White enough play for The title was taken by the United State IM, Anrnd - Lautler Now the rook swap simply loses the as the A. Tal Shaked, rating 2500, on 9W13, on a Scaodinavian [B01] Qc6 there is no mate on dl while 31 ...697 38. 26...e5127.9e3 count-back from the Armenian Vigen 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 9rd5 3.Oc3 gr5 4.d4 Of6 Ee7+ 6h8 39.Ec2t is killing. Not 27.Qxe5 gkf2+ 28.6h1 9d2 threateoing Mirumian, on 2490.Top seed GM Robert 5.Ofi c6 6.Qc4 Qf5 7.Oe5 e6 S.g4 Qg6 9.h4 38.Eca+ Ef6 39.Exd6 Erd6 40.8e6 1-{. ...8{2.; 27.dxe5? d4 threatening 28...Qh3, Morozevich POL, on 2590, was l2th. Obdz 10.fud7 fud7 r1.h5 Qe4 r2.Eh3 Qg2 13"8e3 0b6 14.Qil' Ods 1s.f3 Qb4 16.6f2 28...Qe4 and 28...95 is no improvernent, e.g., David Guthrie played for the last time as a Anand - Gelfand Ulh3 29.R Exf4 Ug3+ Qxc3 17.bxc3 g&ca lS.Ebl Uxd4 19.Exb7 28.9d3 30.gxil 31.6fl junior aud on his rating of 2140 was seeded Sicilian [B90] Qb5 aadwins. Ed8 20.h6 gxh6 21.Qg6 Oe7 68th. He found the going tough throughout, 1.e4 c5 2.ff3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.fud4 Of6 27...wg4 2S.Eb4 ER 29.9d2 Qbs 2l...Uxdl 22.8xef.+ 6A 23.Qxh6+ 698 and finished with 2 wins and 5 draws out of 5.fo3 a6 6.Qd Oga 7.Qg5 h6 s.Qh4 95 24.fuf7#; 21...Wt6 22.Qxf7+ WxfT 23.Exfl his 12 games to finish on 4%. 9.Qg3 Qg7 r0.gd2 Oc6 11.Ob3 f5 12.exf5 Oxe3 24.Uxd8+ 6xd8 25.fue3l-. gd7 The girls' toumament was also very strong, Qrfs 13.h4 14.ffi oM 15.od4 EcS 22.Wrd4 Exd4 23.8il1 Ed8 24.Exd8+ OrdS t9a4 with the held headed by WGM's Tatjana 16.a3 Exc3 l7.brc3 18.6b2 Od5 2s.oill1-0. 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.9x95 Zf.Exlf+ Vasilevich UKR 2390 and Harriet Hunt ENG Qrd4 OI|lr 22.ghs+ 6ds 23.Erhs+ bd7 24.Eit2 2360. Harriet Hunt took the title with Karpov - Lautler furczs.cl Oca 26.R l0wl2, clear point ahead. Queeo's Gambit [D39] r.d4 0f6 2.c4 e6 3.oR d5 4.oc3 dxc4 5.e4 26.Qd3 *e4 27.Qt4. GuthrtgD KucumenlerrT - Qb4 6.Q95 c5 7.Oxc4 cxd4 8.fud4 Qxc3+ 26...od1+ 27.bct *3 28.Qrd6 fofl World Junior Champ, Rl I [E97] gi5 9.bxc3 10.0b5 foe4 lt.Qf4 (H) 12.(H) 28...exd6 29.9xf6 rgxa3+ 30.0b1 (30.8b2 1.d4 Of6 2.c4 gg 3.fo3 Qg7 4.e4 d6 s.OR o- Qd7 13.a4 Qc6 14.Ug4 Of6 l5.We2 a6 16.0c7 $xtz+ gt.6xb2 ilfl 32.8a Og3) 30...Uha+ 0 6.Qe2 e5 7.G{ Oc6 S.ds Oe7 9.M Oh5 Ea7 17.Ue3 b61t.fue6t Od5 3l.6cl9a3+. 10.Eel h6 11.Qf1 f5 12.il2 f4 13.c5 6h8 14.cxd6 crd6 15.Oc4 098 16.b5 EI7 17.Qa3 30.6h2? Qf8 r8.b6 a6 19.U8 95 20.Oa5 94 21.fu6 g/h4 A mistake in a difficult position. 30.dxe5 22.tu2 fote Zt.gt ugs 24.to3 oh7 Exg3+t 31.fxg3 Wxg3+ 32.61t d4 wins, but 2s.992W626.fu7 Qd7 27.N1OgS Zr.Ecr 30.c3 holds on. fxg3 29.hxg3 ff3+ 30.grf3 gxf3 31.8e3 30...0d7t fug3 32.ExR 9t'3 33.gxB Exf3 34.fxg3 The point is that ...Elh3 will be check, Exg3+ 35.6h2 Exa3 36.Ec7 Exa2+ 37.693 gaining a vital tempo. Ea3+ 38.6h2 Eb3 39.Erb7 Qc8 40.8c7 Qg4 31.dre5 41.Of2 h5 42.E;b7 Qh6 43.fu94 hxg4 44.Oc6 9f4+ 4s.bg2 Eb2+ 46.Ofr 93 0-1 NZChess NZ Chess 26 27 29.gfS ods Psakhis ISR, Shabalov USA, Stefansson ICE Wd7 zt.Eez EaeS 22.Wc2 Oc8 23.Eae1 a6 Qa6 10.Qxa6 0xa6 11.(H) Ob4 12.Ue2 0-0 29...exd6 30.Exd6+ 6c7 3l.Ud8#; 29...4xd2 and Vera CUB. 24.Ah4 698 25.8d2 6h7 26.We3 Qf6 27.Wg3 13.Qe3 Og4 1a.Qg5 f6 15.Qd2 Ua6 16.9xa6 30.Uxe7+. Copenhagen Eg8 2s.UR Qg7 29.Utrs Qf8 3o.Of3 Eh8 Exa6 17.h3 Oh6 lS.Efdl Ofl 19.Oel EsaS 30.Qxe7 OxdZ ff.Wat+ 6e6 32.cxd5+ 6e5 Tearns of omen 31.Wh4 bg7 32.Wg3 Eg8 33.Qfs Ee7 34.Qxe6 20.9e3 EfcS 21.13 Os6 22.fu4 EabS 33.9d6+ 6al sl.wcs+ 6e5 35.9d6+ 6d4 squared off iu a Exe6 35.Exe6 fxe6 23.Eac1 d6 24.od3 Eb3 25.8c3 EbbS 36.9f4+ Oe4 3?.Wxf5 r-0. double-ound July. 26.8c4 Eb3 27.Oc1 EbbS 28.f4 f5 29.exf5 The veteran team (Vassily Smyslov 6%, gxf5 30.Ed2 hs 31.Qf2 il16 32.*2 bf7 Credis-CM-Turnler Lajos Portisch 6, Mastimil Hort 5%, Boris 33.Qh4 Qf6 34.Ogs Os8 3s.6h2 0c7 36.09l The Credis-CM-Turnier (category 10) was Spassky and Mark Taimanov 4%) won six of Eb3 37.OR Ecbs 38.Oh4 Qxb2 39.fufs 9f6 easily won by the favourite, Ukrainian GM tho ten rounds, while two were drawn. The 40.093 Obs 41.0xhs Qd4 42.093 foa3 Alexander Onischuk, with 8% points in the women's team comprised Ketevan 43.Ecxd4 cxd4 44.Exd4 Oc2 45.8d2 Oe3 6-player double round-:obin. The other Aralrhamia GEO 5t/2, Pia Cramling SWE & 46.f5 Of6 47.Qxf6 6xf6 0-1. three GMs in the field finished equal second CHN 5, CHN 4, Nana on 5 points: Ioe Gallagher SWI, Gerald Rongguang Van Wely Ioseliani GEO3Y2. - Hertneck GER and Mihail Kobalija RUS. Pawn A strong }-rouud Open tournarnent ran Queen's [A48] Hertneck - Onlschuk concurrently with GMs Lembit Oll EST and 1.d4 of6 2.ilR 96 3.Qgs Qg7 4.Obd2 0-0 Dutch [A80] Jan Timman NED sharing hrst prize after 5.e3 d6 6.Qc4 c5 7.c3 M?? 8.Qxf6 Qxf6 1.d4 f5 2.Of3 Of6 3.Qg5 e6 4.Abd2 Qe7 5.e3 scoring 6Yz points. The Danish pair of GM 9.Qd5 Qa6 l0.QxaE d5 11.c4 dxc4 12.(F0 0--0 6.Qd3 d5 7.Qxf6 Qxf6 8.c3 b6 9.9c2 c5 Lars Bo Hansen and IM Erling Mortensen cxd4 13.exd4 Qxd4 14.Oxc4 [Ughl] 1{. 36.Qxh6+t 6xt0 gZ.Utrl+ 697 3S.Og5 EhS 10.fo5 Ad7 11.f4 foe5 12.dxe5 Qh4+ 13.93 were next on 6. England's GM Michael Sokolov Novlkov 39.Oxe6+ Uxe6 - Qe7 14.0-{{ c4 l5.Qe2 b5 16.OR Wa5 Sadler shared hfth place with GMs Kengis lD43l LAT Rosentalis on SYzwhile top seed 39...698 40.ODdi. 17.a3 ub6 18.6d2 a5 19.Ea1 Qd7 20.Od4 M & LIT t.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.oR of6 4.fo3 c6 5.Qg5 h6 Michael Adams ENG was among those on 5 40.gxh8+ 6xh8 41.Exe6 1-{. 21.94 Ixg4 22.E'hgl h5 23.h3 Qc5 24.axb4 6.0h4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Qg3 b5 9.h4 g4 10.0e5 points. Qxd4 25.cxd4 Exf4 26.Uc3 h5 11.Qe2 Qb7 12.(H) 0bd7 13.Uc2 Qg7 26.exf4 Wxd4+ 27.Qd3 gxh3. Bad Homburg The 5th "Lost Boys" event included a l4.Ead1 Uuo ts.Oalt Uas gd8 26-.8n 27.bxt5 28.hxg4 h4 29.95 h3 Rrlstern Dautov won a category 14 all{M category 15 round-obin plus the usual 15...bxa4 16.fuc4 UM 17.e5 Od5 18.a3 30.e4 h2 31.894 Exa5 32.Eh1 Eb5 33.6e1 round-obin io August with an undefeated Open. The name, incidentally, is that of the 9U: ts.Od0+ 6fB 20.Exb3 axb3 2l.Oxb7 Eb8 gxf2 Um ll.Uel Exb2 35.Wxf2 Ebl+ 36.6d2 6/9. Boris Alterman ISR and Peter Svidler Belgian computer company Lost Boys; the 22.fu5 c5 23.Qc4 +. Wxd4+ 0-1. RUS shared second place on 5lz and were nalne comes from the Peter Pan story. 37.Exb1 16.0c5 Oxcs 17.dxc5 Uu t8.Eao Wxcs followed by: 4-5 Hracek CZE & The decisive game in the GM tournament Portoroz 19.Efdr 0-{ 20.Od7 fud7 21.Exd7 Eb6 CHN 5; 6-8 Hickl GE& Kindennann GER was the fourth round clash between top seed The category 15 Vidmar Mernorial was 22.Ucl Qc8 & Lutz GEk 4%; 9 Sutovskij ISR 3; l0 Veselin Topalov and Viktor Korchnoi. The won by 2l1ear old Russian GM Vadim Gabriel GER l%. Bulgarian won this game with the black 22...f6 23.e5 0cB 24.Exg7+! 6xg7 25.exf6+ Zvjaginsev scored an unbeaten 6% in who pieces and went on to take first place with Exf6 26.Wg5+ with a winning attack. another 6-alayer double round-obin. Luf Dautov - 5W7. Korchtoi otherwise conceded only 23.Ug5t QxdT 24.Exd7 6h7 Sharing second place were GMs Zurab Caro-Kann [8121 two draws and ended on 5 points, well clear A.maiparashvili GEO and Zdenko Kozul 25.Qe5 was the winning threat. l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Qd 0[16 of Chinese GM Ye Rongguang on 3%. Next CRO on 5% while the tournament favourite, 2s.grhs+ 698 26.Qc7 tsa6 27.Uxg4 6h7 6.OR Oc6 7.c3 Ofs 8.Qf4 Qxc5 9.Qd3 Oh4 were GMs Piket NED, I.Sokolov BIH & van Alexander Belyavsky SLO had to be content 2t.gh5+ 698 29.wg5 6nt lO.QeS QxeS r0.obd2?? Wely NED on 3 then GMs Novikov UKR & with a share of 4th place with GM Alexander 3l.Sxe5+ 6trZ lZ.EttrS+ 697 33.S'g5+ 6h7 Two isn't really enough - GM overlooks a van der Sterren NED on 2%. Chernin HUN with 5 points. 34.Qhs pawn loss cum knight-fork! Belgian GM Mikhail Gurevich won the Wtnniepeg 10...fu92+ 0-1. Open with lYz."I\ere was a four-way tie for White has mate in 4. 1{. The Canadian Open field of 188 players second on 7 points involving GM Avrukh Svldler - Hlckl Polanlca ZdroJ included 11 grandmasters. The lG-ound IS& GM P.Nikolic BIH, cM Vaganian This Polish town hosted the Rubinstein Pirc [B08] Swiss was won by English GM Julian ARM and IM van den Doel NED. Mernorial toumament for the 22nd time in 1.e4 2.d4 d6 Qg7 l.Qez Or0 s.fo: Hodgson with 8yr, a half-point ahead of 96 3.ffi August. Although the names of some of the (H) 6.(H) c6 ?.8e1 Oh5 9.Q95 h6 Korchnol - Topalov Canada's GM Kevin Spraggett. There was a 9c7 r.Qf4 players will not be familiar to many the 13.erd6 Benko Gambit [A57] six-way all-CM tie for third place on lYz 10.Qe3 Of6 r1.gd2 6h7 12.e5 Od5 event had an average rating of 2629, making 1.d4 of6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.oR 5.cxb5 a6 points: Hjartarson ICE, Murrey ISR, exd6 14.fud5 cxd5 15.h3 Qf5 16.ca Od7 96 it category 16. Sergei Rublevsky, a 22-ae,at gds 6.Uc2 17.Oh4 Qe6 18.Qd3 r9.OR Ob6 20.Qf4 Qg7 7.e4 axb5 8.Qrb5 9a5+ 9.fo3 old Russian grandmaster, scored 7/9 in

NZ Chess NZChess 28 29 taking hrst pizn. A point back was Boris %. Thus Adams and Sadler share the title of Tben came de Firmian 4; Dzindzihashvili, Ed6 38.Qe8 t5 39.892 is also winning for Gelfand BLR and he in turn was a point British Champion for 1997. Schwartzrnann & Shabalov 3%; Kudit2%; Whito. ahead of placed Evgeny Bareev RUS. third Adams Kgsten Drnitry Gurovich 2. 32.f5 *7 33.8d3 Eb6 34.8c1 086 35.8e3 three uadefeated Bareev - All were with Ruy Lopez,[C88] Benjarnin needed only three games to Ef8 drawing all but one of his garnes. Indeed, acquire 2Tz poirrts in his semi-final match 37.8xc7. 1.e4 e5 2.ff3 0c6 3.Qbd a6 4.Qr4 Of6 5.0-0 35...fu7 36.Qd5 ExdT fully two thirds of the games were versus Kaidanov while Christianseo and Qe7 6.8e1 b5 7.Qb3 8.h3 Qb7 9.d3 d6 36.8e8 Eb8 37.Qxb5 1-0. undecisive. 0{ Seirawan tied at 2:2 necessitating a blitz gd7 12.Od5 Oas Other scores: 4 GM Alexandrov BLR 4%; 10.a3 r1.fo3 EaeS plalroff which Christiansen won 2:0. In the Korchnol - Bacrot GM Anderssoa SWE, GM Krasenkov 13.fue7+ UxeT 14.Qa2 c5 15.Oh4 OE6 16.ca Game 6, English [A20] 5-8 gc7 6-garne final Benjarnin won gama l, POL, cM Malaniuk UKR & GM Psakhis Qc8 17.Qg5 6h8 ls.Qds Ods 19.Of5 Christiansen game 2. The third game was 1.c4 e5 2.gl c6 3.d4 0M+ 4.Qd2 Qrd2+ gxf6 ISR 4; 9 GM Kaminski POL 3%; 10 cM 20.Qxf6 21.UR Egs 22.93 fo6 23.6h2 drawn and then Benjamin took what was to s.grd2 d6 6.oc3 af67.Qg2 0{ 8.e4 obdT Ehlvest EST 3. Og5 24.9e3 Eg6 25.a4t bxa4 26.Exa4 EegB be the decisive lead by winning geme 4, the 9.5ge2 ,6 10.0{ b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.a3 27.Beal Oe6 2E.Oh4 Eg5 29.9R gleT 30.Of5 Kamlnsld - Rublevsky match ending at 3Yz:2%. Thus Joel ob6 13.b3 ue7 14.h3 Qb7 ls.ge3 abdT Efs Benjarnin, an advisor to the Deep Blue tearn 17.d5 18.dxc6 fuc6 Sicilian [B42] 16.Efdl Efd8 Ea6 earlier this year, is the 1997 US champion. 19.Od5 Qxds 20.exd5 Ue8 21.Oc3 Oc5 1.e4 c5 2.ilf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.fod4 a6 5.Qd3 22.Qft Eb8 2314 Arb3 24.Eab1 0d4 of6 6.F0 d6 7.14 obdT S.0b3 9.o1d2 Korchnol v Bacrot 96 25.Qxb5 fubs 26.ub5 Eab6 27.8a1 fi7 Qg7 rO.OR (H) 11.Ue1 e5 12.6h1 Ee8 Last year the,n l37ear old Etieooe Bacrot 28.8t7 gd8 29.9f3 E8b7 30.Exb7 E':bT 13.fxe5 dxes 14.8h4 g'c7 15.Qh6 Ohs convincingly defeated 751ear old Vassily 31.0e4 32.Wc3 Uxc3 33.fuc3 OfS 16.Qxg7 6xg7 17.Og5 0df6 1E.gf2 h6 Smyslov 5:1. This year he was matched in a 9c7 34.Eal 6e7 35.Ea6 hs 36.6f1 f5 37.h4 t9.oB b6 20.a4 Qe6 2t.abdz $94 22.wgl similar event with the evergreen 66-year old 96 3t.6e2 0c5 39.8c6 Ob3 40.6d3 6d7 Eed8 23.93 9ry:f6 24.W92 Od7 25.We2 Oc5 Viktor Korchnoi who still boasts a rating 26.Qc4 Qh3 27.8n fr6 28.M fua4 29.Era4 above 2600. 40...N4 4l.ba4 Oxc6 42.dxc6 Eb8 43.M b5 30.8a5 The l4aear old Freuch GM had no and the pawns are too strong. answer to the Swiss veteran's endgame 3O.Oxb5 axb5 31.Exa8 ExaS 32.9xb5 Og4 41.6c4 Od4 technique as Korchnoi won three difficult 33.8e2 Uxc2 34.Eel Ea3 winuing. endings and saved a draw in a probably lost 30...bxc4 3l.Ec5 one. Korchaoi won games 1,4 ar,d 6 while 31.Sxc4 Wxc4 32.fucA fuo+ ::.EeZ Eat+ 31.Exa6! Oc7 Bacrot took garne 3. with a winning cnding in prospect. 31...Qxa6 32.Ex,t6 Oc7 33.fod6 fud5 Bacrot - Korchnol 31...9rM 32.fue5 c3 33.Uc4 (33...Oxa6 loses a mooarch) 34.exd5 E5g6 Game 3, Queen's Garnbit [Dtl] gd4 t&txe5 33.Exc3 34.8c6 35.Ecxf6 Exd2 35.We3 winaing a third pawn. 1.d4 Of6 2.c4 e6 3.OR d5 4.Oc3 c5 5.cxd5 36.Exf7+ 698 and Black's attackwias. 32.fud6 fuds 33.fuc8 gxct 34.exd5 Ef5 fuds 6.e4 foca 7.bxca cxd4 8.cxd4 Oc6 g16 33...8a7 34.{hd fue4 35.Od7+ foca 35.8e2 gdE 36.c4 Ef8 37.8a8 38.d6 9.Qc4 b5 l0.Qe2 Qb4+ 1l.Qd2 Qxd2+ 36.fub6 Oe4 0-1. 1{. l2.Wxd2 Eb8 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Oe7 15.d6 Brtdsh champlonshlp U.S. champlonshlp Ofs 16.Edr o{ 17.d7 Qb7 ls.Fo Ef6? The skongest--ever British Charnpioaship, Chandler, Arizona was the venue for an Bacrot's coach, former Soviet GM Iosif at Hove (near Brighton) in August, was ao unusual American championship touraament Dorfrnan, suggested that 18...0h4 would give ll-ound Swiss. The 83-player field in August-Septernber. The 16 players were Black better defensive chances. 42.f41 Eb8 43.fxe5 dxe5 included 14 GMs and 16 IMs. At the end of fust divided into two preliminary groups 19.wf4 s6 20.94 Qxf3 43...fuc6 44.dxc6+ b* qS.cl Ec8 46.b6 normal time thero were four winners, GMs with the top two qualiffing for semi-final 20-..*7'-t 2l.tuxb8! dxe5 47.Ob5 6d7 48.6d5 and 48...8xc7 is Michael Adarns, Joha Emms, matches of four garnes. Gtoup I (category 21.fuR Oh4 22.gkf6 gxf6 23.Qe4 EfdS forced when 49.fuc7 €4 50.Oa6 wins easily. and Michael Sadler. Miles and Sadlsr met in 12) was won by Larry Christiansen and Joel 24.E;d6 aS 25.14 096 26.h4 697 44.6c5 0b3+ 45.6M Ocl 46.b6 e4 47.0b5 the last round and agreed a short draw, Benjamin with 5/7 and they were followed 26--.fuJ.4? 27.f5 leaves the O trap@. Od3+ 48.6ca f4 49.Exg6 A 50.897+ 6d8 allowing the other two to catch up. by Fedorowicz 4/2, Gtiko Yermolinsky & 27.h5 of8 2E.h6+t 6xh6 29.95+ be7 5l.Eg8+ A rapid chess play-off for the title was 3Tz, Browoe 3, Tamota (the only IM in 30.gxf6+ 69S 31.Qc6 0e6 52.Exb8 f2 53.8b7+l? 54.Od6 held with a Fischer time control of 15 either group) 2tA, and Alexaoder Ivanov l. 51...6e7 6A 3r...8b6 32.br2 b4 33.891+ 6h8 34.887 minutes base time plus l0 seconds added The category 13 Group 2 also had a two- flW 55.8f7+ Sxfl 56.fufl/ 0c5 57.085 0a4+ ExdT 35.Exd7 fud7 36.Qxd7 Exf6 37.894 after each move played. This saw Adarns way tie for first place, between Gregory 58.6d4 fub6 59.d6 6e8 60.6xe4 and the rest and Sadler *ore 2/3, Miles l% and Emms Kaidauov and Yasser Seirawan with 4W7. is, as they say, a matter of techniquel 1{).

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Tel Bob Smith, 2 Autumn Ave, Glen Eden (09)818- presideni. Jack Frost has been nominated as objection would have been dealt with (09)630-2042 clubroom; contact Mark Henderson 4l I 3 or contact Bruce Pollard (09)8 I 8-2342. secretary and Chris Jardine as treasurer. without notice and without advice to (09)8 l5-6230. Wargatrul Monday, lst floor, Commercial Club, Nominated as councillors are Bob Gibbons, affiliates affected. Crnterbury, PO Box 25-242, Christchurch. Meets St Hill St. Pres, Gordon Hoskyn, 7 Pehi St (06)343- Dreyer and Paul Frost. Selection of 1998 Olymplad team Jim Cater, Martin Wednesday, 7.30pm., 227 Beiley Avenue; tel 6101; sec, K Yorston, 5 Mitchell St (06)343-7166. Club has nominated Sir The coming New Zealand Championship Wellington Chess (03)366-3935 clubroom. Pres, Mark Guy (03)352- Welllngton Saturday 7.30pnq Lighthouse Centre, year's Robert Jones for re-election as patron and rvill be a quali$ing event for next 699 l. Sec, Geoff Davies (03)352-45 I 8. 235 Karori Road, Karori. 6pm, juniors. Pres, Tim Alan Fletcher, Roy Kent, Graham Haase and Olympiad term, on the same basis as for the Clvlc Tuesday 7.30pnr, Museurn Room, Turnbull Frost (04)476-3541. Sec, Ted Frost (04)476-4098. Bill Poole as vice-patrons. 1995 team. The existing selectors are IA Bob House, Bowen Stree! Wellington l. Pres, Alan Gibbons and Arthur Pomeroy, but the Aldridge (04)471-4784; Sec, Brent Southgate Dlvlslon of Aslan zone Assoclete members appointment of selectors will be a matter for (04Y7s-7604. The New Zealand Chess Federation has Hunfly Tuesdays 7.30pm 14 Ralph Street.. Club the incoming council. Gamblt Sec, Ted Frost, l7 Croydon St Karori, expressed its concern about a proposal to capt, John Smeed, 14- Great South Road, Huntly. The championship could also be the Wellington 5 (04X76-,1098. (07)828-748 1. divide zone 3.2 of FIDE, by making a qualiffing event for the next zonal Hamllton: Thurs, 7.15, Methodist Centre, 56 Sec Andrew R:eid, 22 Russell Road, separate Oceania zone. Nepler although arrangements for Landon Street. Inquiries Pres, Hilton Bennett 65 Te Napier. proposal at championship, The was raised without notice Aroha St (07)839-6406 or (O25p64-773. that event have not yet been made (see NZ Correspondence Chess Assn, P.O. Box 3278, the Asian continential meeting at ttre recent previous Hrsdngs-Ilrvelock North P.O. Box 184, Hastings. Wellington. Sec, J W (Sandy) Maxwell, (04)217- Congress Moldova, but after item). FIDE in Wednesday 7pm, Library, Havelock N High 4'153. Australia asked for the matter to be deferred School, Te N,Iata Rd. Sec, Chris Smith (06)877- Pelmerston North Tuesday,7.30pnr, Palm Nth 12 months, the assembly agreed that 4583. for All{anterbury Champlonshlps, Intermediate School, Ferguson St. Pres, Dennis decision be deferred to the next presidential Tuesday 7.30pm, John Canterbury CC, Fri-Sun Dec 5-7, 5r Swiss, Howlck-Pekurengr St Davey, 22a Cargill Grove (03)353-0193. board meeting. Ambulance Hall, Howick-Pakuranga Highway, 36 in 90, 30 to fin, entry $20. Paprtoetoe We&esday 7.30pm, St George's Highland Pa*. Pres, Paul Spiller (09)535-4962. It was proposed that Australia, New Anglican Church Hall, Iandscape Rd, Papatoetoe. Otago Westpac Summer Rapid, Otago CC, Z,ealmd, Fiji and Papua New Guinea become Irvercrrglll Wednesday 8pn1 staff room, South Contacts, John McRae (09)278-4520 or Katrine Sat Dec 6,25/25. a separate zotre. Other countries in zote 3.2 School, Ness St. Sec, Robert Mackway Jones, 5 Metge (sec) 278-7173. Pine Cres, Invercargill (03)217 -1154. are Brunei, Hong Kong, [ndonesia, Japan, NZ Champlonshlp & NZ MaJor Open, Petone Gamblt Thursday 7.30pm Central Bowling South Korea, Macau (associate member), Hamilton CC, Sun Fri Dec 28 - Jan 9. Kepld Wednesday, 7.30pm, Salvation Army Hall, Club, Roxburgh St, Petone. Pres, Mark Noble, 97 Bluegum Rd- Paraparaumu Beach. Sec, Rosemary Malaysia, Myenm6l, Philippines, Singapore, New Zeelend New Year Open, Ilamilton Seddon St, Naenae, Lower Hutt (04)567-0467. Kingston, 5l Ames St, Paekakariki.d, Raumari Sth Thailand and Vietram. 1998. Whengrrel Gamblt Thursday Tprq Whangarei CC, Mon-Thurs, Jan 5-8, (o4)292-81s7. Creating a separate zone would mean YWCA. Contac! Geoffrey Gill (09X38-3035. New Zealand Rapld Championshlp, New Plymouth ll Gilbert S! New Plymouth. setting up zonal championships for the new Ilamilton CC, Sat-Sun, Jan 10-11, 1998. Tuesdays, 7.30pm. Pres, R P Bowler, l7a Hori St Dlstrlct Assochflons zone, which has considerable support. But (06)7 Contact, Bob Bowler. 1998 North Island Chomplonship, 53-6282. Aucldend Chess Assn, Pres, Peter Sfian, 24 Anstralian and New Zealaad concens Wanganui, week of July l3-18.* North Shore P.O. Box 33-587, Takapuna, Seacliffe Ave, Belmont, Aucklafi, 9. (09)445-6377. include the need to clarify the status ofthe Auckland 9. Meets Wednesday 7.30pny Northcote gssania South Island Chemplonship, Ashburton, Welllngton Dlstrlct Chess Assn Inc, sec, Ted counkies in relation to the Asian Community Centre, cnr College Rd/Ernie Mays St, week of September 28-October 3.* Fros! 17 Croydon St, Karori, Wellington 5; region - as members of zone 3.2 they are Northcote. Club capt, Peter Stuart 24 Seacliffe (o4Y76-4098 eligible to compete in varioru Asian term NZ Champlonship Congress, Dunedin" Ave, Belmont (09Y45 -617 7 . aud individual toumaments. NZCF is December 28, January 10, 1999.* Otago 7 ldaitland St, Dunedin. Wednesday and seeking an assurance that the new zo[e * To be confrmed Saturday, 7.30pm. Tel (03)477-6919 clubroorn would be included in the Asian region so Sec, Dennis McCaughan (03)478-0 160.

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