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EVERYTHING FOR CHESS AS N.Z.C.S. Study in concentration at NZ junior championships NEWZEALAND CHESS STOP PRESS is the olficial joumal of the New Zealatd Petone Labour weekend toqrney Zealand Chess Chess Federation (Inc.), published bimonthly Scott Wastney RO and Mark van der Hoorn Vol2l Number 5 October 1995 (February, April, June, August, October, PE shared top in the Petone Labour December). lronours Weekend tournament, each having two draws correspondence, subscription renewals, Contents All to score 4/5. Both beat Mark Noble, who was changes of address, advertising inquiries, 3: on 3 with Mark Sinclair PE and Martin articles and other copy should be sent to Post WA. Ross Jackson WE and l,awrence 4 Russetl Dive creates the high point in New Zealand chess for the year by quali$ing Farrington shared B grade honours wlth 3%, for the IM, but not without some wories away from the board. And Ben New Zealand Chess half a point ahead of Don Stracy UH. Martin gains another.IM norm, leaving just one to go. P O Box 3130 Otago Labour weekend tourney Wellington 8 gou smith reports on the fresh talent that emerged, with some zurprises, in the Tony Love conceded two draws in winning successful new format of the national junior and age goup championships. Opinions expressed in articles, letters and the Otago Labour weekend 60/60 with 5/6, a point ahead Nick Cummings arttl other contributions are those of ttre authors. half of Geoff Larnbourne, with Hamish Coltl, 12 Stephen who? they asked as Canterbury's Stephen Coates pulled offthe surpriso Letters to the editor on any chess topic are Malcolm Foord and Terry Duffteld a poirrl of the year in taking the South Island title. welcome; limit 150 words, and marked "for further back. publication." 13 Paul Garbett sets a new record with a picket fence in the North Shore Open, but Eketahuna event Junlor returning players show they haven't lost their touch. ANI\ruAL SI]BSCRIPTION RATES Coach-orgenis6r Terry Powell catered lirr ,, '/ New Zealand $18.00 ($20.00 field of more than 100, ranging in age frorrr from January I, 1996) to 13, and including 30 girls, in a jurrior 16 Xiget Metge comes from behind to win the Papatoetoe Open. Other countries $US only Airmail Economy toumament held in Eketahuna in Ockrr-ur Australia, South Pacific U$12.00 Shurt King of Eketahuna scored 6/6 to lx' 17 tribute to Ab Borren. East Asia N America U$15.00 overall winner. Europe U$17.50 U$12.50 18 A review of in N.Z. Credit Suisse upset Rest of the world U$20.00 U$15.00 There was major upset in the Credit Suissc of N.Z. news, including results of several club toumament. held recently in Horgcrr, 20 Our regular round-up Back issues available - send for details. Switzerland, with Kramnik and Ivanchttk championships. swiss tourney field with 7/10, ADYERTISING RATES headinS tle ahead Ehlvest and Short on 6 and 22 Russell Dive looked in on the PCA world championship final in New York, and Full page NZ$45.00 of Kasparov on 5. annotates some of the garnes. Halfpage or firll column NZ$22.50 Ilalf column NZ$12.00 25 There has been plenty ofaction in international chess, as Peter Stuart reports. Club notices or classified, NZ$1.50 per 15 words. 30 Ted Frost updates NZCF events. COPY DEADLINE COYER: [8-year-old Joyce Ong presents a ...... and coming up in the December issue The deadline for the December issue is study in concentration at the inaugtral New have stockpiling well-played games, and many will appear in the next iszue, Saturday, I)ecember 2, 1995 We been 7*aland Junior and age group championships along with the end-of-yeaf rating lists, a report from Ortvin Sarapu on the 1995 world Copy should include details of coming events held in Auckland this year. senior championships, more games from the PCA world championship final, and for the rest ofthe year. another coaching feature. ) M Chess NZ Chess Dive wins I.M. title Russell convincingly outplayed most of his Martin, B F'M-Condle, M trlV[ SCO 2460 Russell (including me) and never SCCU R 4 By Ted Frost. opponents he looked in serious trouble. He gained a well- 1.e4 6f6 2.e5 erd5 3.d4 d6 4.AB !:e4 5.Ae2 c6 6.o,95 has ttrat Russell now had four IM norms - but deserved IM norm, also pushing his rating Russell Dive, of Civic CC, Wellington, Martin-Burgess a fEw weeks earlier on a successflrl under skict application ofthe rules only two over tle 2400 mark. spent 15 months in Europe continued 6.0-0 BxR 7.BxR dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 lnternational Master title. counted! The case was strengtlened by I started well, with 4/5,beatrng IMs Condie mission to earn the 9.Q€2 Nd7 10.C4?! (l0.Nd2 is better, saving with one IM norm Russell's recent successes lifting his FIDE and Whiteley, but I couldn't maintain my Russell set out for Europe c4 for the N if necessary) 10...Ne7 11.b3? gained the 3rd rating to 242\ - well above the 2400 required form for tle last 4 rormds. My norm chances to his credit, but it was in (Better is l1.Bd2 followed by Bc3) 11...Ng6 Festival International tournament in as an extra condition for award ofthe title. disappeared when I lost to Wilson in round 8. Aosta l2.Bb2 Qc7 13.Bh5 (13.Re1 BM l4.Nd2 for However, while the special application was Italy late in 1988, and remained valid Ndxe5! wins a P. This is why the White B six years, so lodged, it proved to be unnececessary as the Whiteley, A IM ENG-Martin, B FMNZ support ofan IM application for should be on c3) l3...Ndxe5 14.t4 Nd7 15.f5 December. Qsmmission accepted both SCCU R2 it ran out of time last Qualifications 0-0-0! Now 16.fxg6 loses to ...hxg6 and the B norm at the norms gained under the guillotine time limit, Notes by Ben Martin Ru5sell gained his second IM on h5 can't move because of ...Bc5+ aud after a couple of near- and notification including ttrem, and Moscow Olympiad, ...Qh2+ mating, so White stays a P down with misses in the 10 tournaments he completed endorsing Russell's application, has appeared ":iiit a bad position. A trap worth remembering! up to that time. in the FIDE Bulletin and will be submitted to i""""ru" i v////, 24, 6...Af5 From April this year Russell finished close the 1995 FIDE Congress for confirmation. 6...Bxe2 is safer. to a norm several times. As he intended So, after all that, congrahrlations to Russell %fl, 7flftt 7.e6!? fxe6 coming home to New Zealand in October, he on his success and a warm welcome home, i "/fifi % 7...Bxe6 8.Nxe6 fxe6 9.Bg4 gives White was ruming out of time when he won the 3rd where he has retumed to the Audit "%frNa: good compensation for the pawn. Southern Counties Chess Union tournament Department and just in time for the etart of 8.4h5+ in August, to gain a third norm - but with the bowling season. In 15 months abroad i, 7N %. 8.g4 8g6 9.Bd3 also gives attacking only two counting. As there was tro certainty Russell played 211 match games in 22 chances. about gaining yet another norm, Russell toumaments - and in addition to gaining the 8...969.g4 L,c2 l1.Nxe6 conferred with NZCF and an application was title, lifted his FIDE rating by well over 100 Very risky. 9...Sxh5 l0.gxf5 Nf6 prepared, making a sPecial case for points. Qa5+ l2.Nc3 Na6 leads to a complicated Best here for White is 20.Be1, threatening position chances for both sides. recop.ition of the Aosta result. with 21.b4 to dislodge the N on c5, though Black 10. tsxc2 gxh5 As that was about to be lodged, Russell and Southern Counties Chess 3rd still has a good game. However, he played 10...Rg8 11.Nxe6 12.Qf5! is similar to Ben Martin were invited to PlaY in a Qd7 Union International the careless the game. Scheveningen toumament in Newcastle. By FM Ben Martin 20.A:b4? 11.6xe6 tsd7 r2.B:f5 Af6? events are played between two tenms, These This 9-round swiss held in North London which was met by Black should play 12...Rg8, planning ...Nc7. members of each team playing all the players attracted around 50 players, including 4 IMs 20...8b71 It is vital to challenge the N on e6. the opposing team. Russell and Ben both is 21...M3, trapping the in mid in and one GM. Top seeds were Scottish IM The threat Q 13.0-0! scored 7/9, and both gained norms. This Mark Contlie (2450) and Georgian GM board. 21.Bxc5? bxc5 and 2l.Rdel? Rd3 Not 13.Bg5 Kf7! and White cannot play norms, with only one more gives Ben two Eduard Gufeld (2440), whom many New likewise win the Q. After Ng5+. Now White can bring the R to el to f61 him also to qualiff as ao IM. 21.tu3 a5 22.Let required Zealanders will remember from his trip support the N. last the way looked clear for Russell's 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.Qd3 Raf8 wins the f At around the coun@ several yeir$ ago. 13...6a6t but the difficulties were pawn. title to be confirmed, The tifled players skuggled, with Gufelal 13...Rg8 is the only way to stay in the game, yet Again, just as the application 22...a41 not over. losing in Round 1. Rrxsell Dive seized the fts'rgh White's attack is very strong after learned that the rule that White was completely tied up. Play was ready, Russell on and never looked like losing it. 14.Bg5 Kf7 l5.Rel.. Black could also tqt lead early continued allows rating of tournaments in which tle 14...Rxg5 l5.Nxg5 Q4f5 16.gxf5 whenhe has The decisive rouuds were 6 and 7: he beat 23.EbL EafS 24.h4 time limit is 40 moves in 2 hours and I hour some compensation for the exchange. Gufeld and Condie in succession. To prevent ...Ng5. to hnish, permits only one norm gained under t4.Lg5 Eg8 15.4'f5 e,f6 15.8e1 final scores: I Dive 719 400 pounds; 2: M 24...9f7 z5.trdt 6,93 25.f'93 El'fl+ this time limit to count for the IM. Threatening a murderous discovered check. Condie, D McMahon IRL, B Martin NZL, D 27.6xfL ts'fl+ 28.€h2Be2+ 29.9h3 M4 So another special application was prepared, There is no defence, e.g., 16...Qe7 17.Nc3! Sands ENG & J Wilson ENG 6. 30.tsd3 9xe10-1 and the point or citing ttre Aosta result, making 3l.Rxel Nf2+ wins the Q. Kf7 18.qxh7+, or 16...Kf/ l7.Ng5+ 5 4 N Z Chess NZ Chess 16...Rxg4+ l7.Kh1 Be7 l8.Qxh5+ Rg6 A difficult move to make when one is quite replacements for two withdrawals from team White correctly decides to swap off one of l9.Qxh7 winning in all cases. happy with a , but you have to back B. Black's

I South Island championships North Shore open By FM Tony Lwe By NM Peter Stuart

Just three days before the tournament the arrivals time to fmd the right venue, A 3l-year-old schoolteacher from Usual is 8...Bxc4 9.Bxc4 rlxc4 l0.Qa4+ Qd7 North Shore club committe discovered that everything went smoothly. Christchurch, Stephen Coates, has caused a I l.Qxc4 with a level position. Qc6 the playiag hall had been double-booked for One can imagine the chaos come 4pm on South Island Championship upset which will 9.e4 tsd7 10.e5 the Saturday evening; an 80th birthday party the Saturday ifwe had carried on at the usual be talked about for years to come. Most Better is a slow build-up with 10.Be2, was due to start at about 4pm. The only hall in blissfirl iporance of any problem! southern chess followers are unable to followed by 11.0-0. reason the committee got advance waming at Paul Garbett made no race of the Open, remember auother result quite like it. 10...6d5 11.Oe4 A6 D.* 0-0-0 13.Ag2 f5l4.e,f6 g.f6 rS.O-O all was the decision to set up the hall on the played on the weekend of 23/24 September, Stephen, who has not previously played in a Other moves are far too slow. Friday evening instead of, as usual, on the when he won all five garnes, something I do tounrament outside his home city, was 13th t5...f5 r6.tsa4 J:b7 17.695 6,c3 18.8,c4 Saturday morning. This necessilated checking not believe had happened before. At the end seed in which was dehnitely one of the 5'd4 19.4'b7+ @xb7 20.Efe1 witl the booking agent when the mix-up he was two points clear of the field, a huge weakest South Island championships for Not 20.Qxc3?? Ne2+ cime to light. Another hall was found so, margin in a 5-round event. After two rounds many years. Although there were players in 20...4cb5 21.Ab2 Ehe8 apart from a delayed start to allow late only Garbett and Peter Shnrt had a possible the tournement held in Dunedin from 21...h6 is more accurate. in the 12-player field; after round three the Hamilton to Invercargill in the freld, there 22.a4h6 23.a*b5 hxg5 24.Eedl Bennett-Coates (Cont. from previous page) interest was in who would come second. were no big namss present. Black also wins after 24.Bxd4 Q(d4 Black is ok after 14.Bh3 [l4.Bg2? exh2] In the end exactly half the freld tied for So Stephen made nonsense of his seeding. 25.Qc6+ Kb8 26.Ra6 27.Ral Qd5 Qxc6 l4...Qxdl+ I 5.Kxdl Bxh3. second. ftvin Sarapu and Stuart both He was a convincing winner the 28.bxc6 Rd6 29.tuta7 Rdl+! of L4....Ah6 5.Lg2 B'dl+ 15.€d1 Of5 sacrihced pawns against Leonard Mclaren tournament, going through the 8 rounds 24...e5 25.!xd4 exd4 26.8a4 a5 27.bxa6+ L7.h3? gd5 and David Duacan respectively. Ortvin got unbeaten to have 2 draws and score 7 points. @a7 28.gc4c5 29.EabL tre6 30.9d3 Much better is l7.Kcl. 31.Edcl 32.Bd2 trde8 33.8f4 tse5 his back andadrawwassoon agreed while So little was known about him before the 84 17.trde8 18.4f1 Axe3+ 19.6xe3 Axd4 34.tsg56'a635.8c2 gd5 36.9d2 0-1 Stuart had rather less than sufficient toumnment that the most common question 2O.h,g4 Axe3 21.tsf1h5 compensation for his when Duncan offered a asked was who?" Black is now back in the game. "Stephen Here is the vital geme from the last round, gb8 draw. The tie had been set up when Michael The top seed was Mark Sinclair, of 22.Dxg5 h,g4 23.tsf5+ 24.tsb5 0b6 which gave Coates his title and his right to 25.Bd5 c6 Steadmaa, who might have been expected to Wellington, who was contention in play in the forthcomin3 New ZealarLd agree a draw fairly quickly with Garbett, throughout, but a last-round draw saw him Championship. blundered and lost in 17 moves. These results drop back to hnish second on 6%. oy'tago Mr %E% , allowed last round wimers Ralph llart and champion David Guthrie, the second seed, Bennett, II - Coates, S &.t'%, Ben Lim to catch up. played below his best to hnish on 5%, %i% 3: King's Gambit Lim has returned to chess after a few years with David Weegenaar, of Christchurch, and 7Mt7fl % t Notes by Tony Love away from the gams and seems to be Michael Schwass, of Wellington. l.e4e5 2.f4 Lc5 3.AB Ac6?! stronger. His first round win against Mclaren The B grade resulted a tie between E in Staadard isf...d6. was very well played though Leonard's Rayner, of Dunedin, and Arie Nijman, of 4.fxe5 Nxe5 5.Nxe5 optimistic pawn push at a critical stage Christchwch, on 5 points, and the C grade gives 5.Be2 also White an advantage. hrrned an equal position into a difficult if not between DuIEeld 5...tsh4+ 6.93 ts,e4+ 7.9e2 tsxh1 8.AB+ saw a multiple tie T lost one. Duncan is a Glaswegian recenfly (Dunedin), P Voss (Blenheim), D Reid Ae7 % settled in Auckland (Waiheke Island to be Black is an exchange up, but his queen is (Dunedin) and H Goeckel @lenheim) on 4. precise). He murdered Mark Sinclair irretievably happed. White has a winning and 26.8xd6+t reached a rook ending with two extra pawns advantage. Here is the battle between the top two seeds. An unbelievable move. Not only does White against 9.d4 d6 r0.Af4 Ag4 11.5bd2 0-0-0 12.0- Sarapu. Duncan's scattered pawns and Guthrie,D-Sinclair,M open up the d-file for Black's rooks, but time pressure 0-0 95 1l.Ae3 Af6 combined to allow ftvin the Nimzo-indian defence Black gains a If l3...BxR then 14.Btr!+ Kb8 l5.NxR tempo as well. halfpoint. Notes by FM Tony Love 26...Lc7 27.9M Edtl+ 26.9s2 wins for White. In the B-grade top seed Geoffrey Gill won 1.d4 Af6 2.c4 4.e3 b6 28.Kc1 is a better try. 4 3.4c3 AM his first four games and led by a poiat Aa6 6.693 L4.En! 28...8he8+ firll 5.de2 A.c3+ 7.bxc3 d5 8.La3 29.M4 f5 30.@f2 fxe4 going d"c4 (Cont inued foot of next page) 31.L.e4 .Lb6+ 3Z.Eg2 trd4 0-l into the last round when he drew with NZ Chess 13 12 N Z Chess Russell Metge. Second, on 4 points, was R1 2345 sacrihce a piece for which he got one pawn 50.€c3 trg6 5t.c5 Richard Beesley and then Metge tied for third 1 Garbett P.A 2285 MW6W2W3W55 and very active pieces. This is the position and White won after another I I moves. on 3% points with Julius Bojtor, Ben Giles 2 Stuart P.W.212O W10W5Ll D4D3 3 after Black's 25... Bh6. and Paul McDonald. 3 Duncan D. - D4W10W9L1 D2 3 I once won an ending with R vs R + 2P The following were the most irteresting 4 Sarapu 0.213 D3 Dg W6D2D83 when my opponent overlooked checkrnate - 5 Steadman M. 2013 W1212 W10 W8 L1 3 when two pawns up in a simple 61ding is 82mes. it 6Lim B.U. 1862 WB L1 L4 W12W93 "i%:%7 easy to forge about mate. The following 7 Hart R. 1988 Ll W12 L8 Wg W1 1 3 example, though, involves a NP rather than a Garbett - Hart SMcLaren L.J.2192 L6W1 11AI/L5 D4 2Yz %7ru% RP and is more srrnnilg altogether, and French (Cl8) 9 Sinclair M. 2063 W1 1 D4 L3 L7 L6 1 vfrfr'/ffi , possibly more painlLl for the victim. The r.e4 e6 2.d4 dr 3.e3 A:b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 10 Thompson B.- L2 L3 L5 Dl1 Wl 1 Axc3.+ 6.bxc3 Ae7 7.h4 tsc7 8.h5 cxd4 11 Hair P.l. 166O Lg L8 D12 D10 L7 1 %ft%d%. g2me is Sinclair - Hair from the first round 9.s.d4 Sc3+ 10.4d2 Bxd4 11.4f3 gb2 l2Lezard G.1799 L5 L7 D1l LO L10 Y2 ft %" and the diagram shows the position after 12.h6 g"h6 13.trb1 ts,a3 l4.Lb5+ Ad7 White's 55th so time trouble was a factor in 15.AM Ba2l6.Ed4 6bc5 17.4'c6 6'cf 45.W2 tsxfJ+ l$.9,13 6,f3 47.@,f3 what happened next. 18.6b5 6xM 19.6d6+ 8e7 20.Exb4 tsa3 95 2t.Eb3 tsa5+ 22.@fi t6 23.9d4 ffi 48.@93 94O-L 24.8,h6 EafS 25.8e3 f,e5 26.8,e5 EdZ Steadman - Mclaren 27.8,4+ €d8 28.Ofl/+ €c8 29.Ec3+ Eb7 Apart from the Rd2 Black also threatens a Sicilian (B23) 30.Ec7+ €a8 31.Exd7 1-0. nasty check on ?1 aod a possible fork on d3. c5 2.6$ e6 d5 4.exd5 exd5 l.e4 3.C3 So Mclaren - Lim 5.Ls2 af6 6.6ge2 X6 7.Af4 Lg4 8.f3 Af5 9.0-0 Ae7 10.d3 h5 r1.6h3 gd7 26.Axe5? Sicilian (B26) t2. White chooses the wrong way to rehtn t.e4 d6 2.*3 Af6 3.s3 c5 4.Lsz gS 5.d3 t5. material I rejected 26.Rf2l because of Jlgt 6.h3 oc6 Ad7 8.9d2 h6 %%%pt 7.4e3 9.AB 18. 26...Nd3 (26...Rxf2 27.Nxf2+-) tsc8 10.94 b5 11.Oxb5 trb8 12.c4 h5 27.Rxf8+ ' 7.f,- %E% Eh KxE and White can parry the threats only by 13.g5 Oh7 14.h4 0-0 15.0-0 Ah3 16.oh2 25. 28.Ng6+ when 28...Kf7 a6 tl.N3 Oe5 l8.Eabr L,gZ t).@xgZ 28.ts"g4+ @bB 29.@f2 tre8 30.€gr trh5 hits the knight. 6942o.f3 31.9f3 Eh8 32.tsg3 @a8 33.b4 o,e7 However 29.Nxd6+! Kxg6 30.Be4+ KS5 J4.b,c5 af5 35.9f3 trht+ 36.€fz Ah4+ 3l.Nf7 mate is adequate. 37.@e2 6g3* 38.9d1 Oxfl 39.['h1 26...d.e5 27.Ag6 55...tr93? 6xd2 40.Bxd2 Ad8 41.trbt La5+ 42.@e2 27 .Rf2 Bf4+ 28.Rxfll exf4+ 29.W2 b6 is no Black needs another piece on the g-frle like Ee8+ 43.€f1 tre7 44.c6 tsh4 45.c'b7+ improvement. a hole in the head. The simplest way to win is Eb8 46.9d5 Ee1+ 47.E,el Bxel+ 27...Lxd2 28.o,d2 55...Kh4 56.Ke2 57.Rc8Ift3 58.Rc4 48.@92 Lc7 49.@h3 a6 50.tsg8+ €a7 94 fu3. 28.Nxf8 Bf4+ 29.Kh4 Kxf8 30.Nxc5 b5 56.@f2€h3 57.@fl g4n 51.tsa8+ gb6 52.b8=E+ A,b8 53.tsc6+ Black could still have 57...RR+ €a5 54.tsc5+ 1-0. 3l.Nxa6 bxc4 32.bxc4 Be2 is equal. won b 28...Ee8 29.*4 9g7 30.Oh4 b5 31.A8 58.fu1 (58.Ke2 s4) 58...94 59.R15+ Kg3 A.d7? Steadman - Thompson 60.Rc5 Re3 61.Kf1 KB 62.Rff+ Ke4 63.Rc5 After reasonable thought too. Clearly better Ruy Lopez (C78) Kd3. was 3l...BxB 32.NxR Kg6 33.Nh4+ Iff7 t.e4 e5 2.6f3 6c5 3.Lb5 a6 4.La4 olf6 58.trh5* 5.0-0 b5 6.Ab3 Ab7 7.Ee1 Ac5 8.c3 d6 34.I(8 Rg8 and it is hard to see how White 9.d4 Lfi 10.h3 h5 11.a4 H t2.d5 *7 can make progress. Asian teams tourney trf8 @f7 Eg8 20...Exb2! 2LE-b2 A'c3 22.8xc3 13.4bd2 c5 t4.c4 M 15.6f1 a5 l6.Lc2 32.!xh5 33.4f3 34.@f2 Tony Dowden IN has joined the New 5h7 17.Og3 gd7 18.4h4 Eae8 19.Otrf5 35.692 @e7 36.8e3 EfB 37.Itre2 Ehs 6xe3+ 23.@93 6,f1+ 24.6.f1 8c7 25.f4 7*alarid team 1q play in the Asian teams trbs 25.Oe3 trxb? 27.ts.b2 4 28.@f2 Af9 Af6 20.9f3 596 21.4'97 @xg7 22.!xh6+ 38.9f2 trhz+ 39.at2 Eh4 4o.Lf3 E;,^z+ 4L.Lg2 Eh4 42.a4 trf4+ 43.@e2 toumey in Singapore from 13 to 23 29.@e2 N7 30.f5? d5 31.8d1 d4 32.f*6 E.h6 23.gxf6 Eg8 24.df5+ @h7 25.tsg5 Eh4 f,6 33.692 tse3 l+.xt ts,h4 35.8b7 1-0. 43...a5 44.d6+ Kd8 45.Nd5 Rg4 46.BR Rh4 December. oft] 35.tse7 tsg4 37.@d2 h4 38.9f6 h3 47.Nxb6 RM+ 48.Ke3 Rb2 49.Nxc5 is The team is Anthony Ker, Bob Smith, Toay 39.9f2 Bxg5+ 4O.@e2ts94+ 4t.tsf3 tsh4 Steadman undoubtedly played the most winning. Dowden and Michael Freeman (captain). gh5+ 42.Wf2 43.4f3 N7 M.gg3 *5 interesting games. In round 2 as black against 44.25 bxa5 45.6xc5 Eh6 46.tsd3 Ac8 Jonathan Sarfati was a late withdrawal from Shrart, he was more or less obliged to 47.L8 Eh3 48.L92 Eh6 49.*4 Effi the team. NZ Chess I5 l4 NZ Chess Papatoetoe open trAbrr Borren Games By Nigel Metge By Bill Cox From the Oiago CC Champlonship. Despite fewer entries this year - 40 - the In group 2 Don Storey used luck 16f[s1 than A M "Ab' Borren was bom in Holland on Papatoetoe Open, held August 26-27, skill to win with 3%, comrng from behind to l0 October 1915 and arrived in New Zealard Lambourne G - Sutherland, J attracted entries from far and wide, including win 3 games from inferior positions when his in February 1963. He died on 5 September English Opening ttrree overseas players - a Canadian, a opponents suffered time trouble or blundered. 1995. Notes by FM Tony Love Scotsman and an Australian, plus one from Aaron Taupaki easily won group 3 lvulith 4y2, { Ab was technical manager for Philips 1.c46f6 2.X343.* the far north in Hokianga and Bob Bowler the conceding only one draw, to nrnner-up Philip Electrical at Naenae until he retired in 1975. Better is 3.NR or e4. southernmost from New Ply:routh. Itrair. Groups 4 to 7 were won respectively by f, A noted sportsman, Ab represented Holland 3...d5 4.cxd5 exd5 The Papatoetoe Open is always enjoyable Mario Antony 4, John Packenham 4, Michael at tennis as No. 4 for a number of years, and The exchange of Ps in tle centre has because, as a round-robin, it ensures 5 good Bell4% and Matthew Carter 4Yz. as a golfer got down to a I handicap, twice considerably reduces the power of the white gemss, 4gainsf similarly-ranked players, no Thaaks to otr sponsor, the Papatoetoe winning the Te Marua Club championship. B on the long diagonal. matter what one's owu strength. Licensing Trust, for providing such excellent He leamed chess at secondary school, but it 5.d4c5 6.Lgz J.:d6 7.aB Go 8.0-0 Abd7 tre8 In group 1, Mclaren was the clear favourite facilities. was not until he retired that he got seriously 9.4d2 Black's plan is to double his major pieces on with 150+ elo points advantage and a lot of into the game. the e-hle to induce White to w€aken his experience. A dark horse was David Duncan, Mclaren, L- Hopewell, N He was several times Hutt Chess Club position with e3. a visiting Scottish player of uncertain Papatoetoe 2 champion and won the Kapiti Chess Club Open, R 10.Ec1 strength. Il round 1 Duncan immediately t.e4 6 2.d4 d5 3.Oc3 Oc6 4.6fJ Of6 championship in 1989. Ab also represented 5.e5 A pinority attack with the Rbl followed by justihed his place with a good win over Ae4 6.Ad3 Lb4 7.Ld2 O"d2 8.tsxd2 f5 New Zealand in NZ Correspondence Chess M and b5 may be a better plan. Metge, while the others 2 9.a3 \,c3 10.tsxc3 fxe5 11.dxe5 0-0 drew. Round Association team matches against Australia 10...Of8 n.Aa4 Ae4 L2.*5 5xd2 brought I2.sd2 td7 13.h4 E'B 14.g'B Oe5 decisive results by Mclaren, Metge 15.0-0-0 gf6 15.895 trfti 17.4e2 6f3 and Finland.. L3.Exd2 tse7 14.e3 Ag6 15.4e1h5 16.h4 and Wastney. Mclaren-Hopewell was 18.ts,f6 E*f6 19.trh3 Ae5 2O.c4 6 He was President of the Wellington Chess Ag4 U.6cd3 Af8 particularly interesting because of the latter's Zt.Ee) Ag6 22.h5 erf4 23.Lg4 @fi 25.c5 League and Vice-president of the New Black aims to break open the K-side with characteristically unorthodox opening. ss 26.h,95 tr,95 27.Lf3 *f6 Ehr h6 Zealar,d Chess Association (now Federation). ...g5. Mclaren pulled away in round 3 urith a win 29.1h5 trg5 30.Ad1 d4 31.tr8 Elxc5+ Ab joined the Kapiti Chess Club when he 18.f3 6h719.6fe5 -ef5 20.6f4 f621.6,6 32.@d2 e5 33.Exh6+ @e7 over Duncarl while Metge struggled to draw 34.tr93 Ad was living in Paraparaumu and was one of Black enjoys a large advantage oo the K- 35.trh7+ @d6 36.b4 trb5 afuer opening 37.Le2 E6 side after 21.Ned3 (21.Neg6 wins a the From's Gambit to 38.tr96 a5 39.bxa5 trb2+ 40.€d1 tsc5 the founding members when the club was Qf/ Hopewell's Bird's Opening. Steadman- 4L.trd7 af4 42.tr95 E,e2 43.8,b7 Ea2 restarted in 1987, being elected President in piece) 21...g5 22.Ne2 Nf8. Duncan was a draw; little did the luckless 44.Exe5+ @c4 45.oib4+ 9c3 46.8c5+ 1990 and retiring from that position in 1994 21...b,c6 22.8 6 Lxf4 23.Lxd5+ White gains 3 pawns for the piece. Steadmaa realise this was his last half-point. @d3 47.8b3+ €e4 48.f3+ t-0 when he was elected Patron of the club. He 23.,l8h8 g,f4 Round 4 saw Metge beat Wastney in a sharp was also elected Vice-Patron of the Metge,JN-WastneyS A tough choice. 24.exf4 would leave White g2m€, while Mc[,aren could only draw with Wellington District Chess Association. Papatoetoe less vutnerable on the K-side. Duncan. Open, R 4 Ab was a generous sponsor (mostly r.d4 d5 2.c4 d.c4 3.aB Af6 4.e3 24...8ad8tsa5? The scene was now set for the final round. 6 anonymous) ofchess and vast managerial 5.L,c4 c5 6.GO a6 7.a4 Oc6 8.8e2 c'd4 his Tempting, but 25.Bb3 is better. A draw would suflice for Mclaren to win top 9.trdl d3 10.AxG Ad6 experience was extremely valuable to all the 25...8xd5 26.9d5 Ae4 27.8c5 gd7 place, while Metge needed a win. On the 10...Qc7 is better. If I I .Nc3, Bd6 or Bc5, or organisations he served as an offrcer. Always 28.d5 tsg4+ o-r white side of a Caro-kann, Mclaren quickly if I LNd2 or a3, Bc5. happy to play skittles or serious games with swapped queens and offered a draw on move 11.4a3 Be7 12.Oc4 Ac7 junior and senior members of the KCC, he From the Auckland CC Championship. 17. Metge, not feeling like a draw so early, 12...Bc5 is better, maintaining the black was very hard to beat on either side of the Goris, R- Steadman, M played another 40 moves (!) before inducing diagonal. n board. Ruy Lopez, Cordel Defence [C64] Mclaren to blunder a piece and with it r3.b3 a5 t4.L^3 6M 15.6ce5 0-0 Members of the Kapiti Chess Club atrd the r.e4 e5 2.6f3 Ac6 3.Ab5 Ac5 4.O4 d6 16.Ab5 5d5 17.tsc4 victory, allowing Nigel Metge to finish lst. f6 18.Od3 J.:d6 t9.e4 I chess fraternity extend their sym.pathy to his 5.c3 .Ld7 6.d4 L6 7.Eel 6ge7 8.6a3 X7 2O.N4 Oxd3 21.5f5!Ah2+ 22.@xh2 11.Oc4 Nigel Hopewell, by beating David Duncan, wife Lint and his children. ed4 9.c,d4 a5 10.Axc6 6xc6 gfl 23.*7+ t4 AA7 L2.d5 t3.e5 d,e5 L4.d6 J.:e6 joined I*onard Mclaren to be 2:. *7 15.Elxe5 Ogf 16.8,e6+ fxe6 17.tse2 G0 18.S'e6+ th8 19.Ag5 Be8 29.$xe8 l6 NZ Chess NZ Chess 17 Correspondence Chess A dilficult move to find. Offer the e-pawn From NZCCA's bulletin, E.P.35 to open up the game. 6lst NZ Championship 23...6f,e4 Mark Noble scorcd,7y2:y2 aud at board 2 Earl 24.M Lxb? 25.!:b2 Nz 26.tslf2 Oxfl 27.tr*f1 c3 28.Axc3 bxc3 Graham Banks, of Auckland, narrowly won Roberts scored 2:0. 61st Correspondence chess the NZ Progress scores in other matches: v Italy, 8 played championship, through the 1994-95 boards, l:2; v Ctnada, 20 boards, 7:5; v year, with just two wins and six draws which Sweden, 16 boards, 0:0; v England, 12 earned him 5 points. point Half a back were J boards,0-0; PATT/3, 6 boards, l6%:12vz;Xll Barrance, Eh8? 35.trh1 1-0 M N V Cummings & S C Wastney. Olympia( 6 boards, 8:20. The top four were unbeaten. Other scores: 5 '%,;,i,:';""%*% Lhlo veterans enicy the brinkmanship P Whitlock 6Yz-8 in a H 4; M F Noble, M V R NZCCA ofllcers TTJ game. Steadman & Stuart P 3%;9 G AHoskyn 3. Curent officers of NZCCA include Bruce i %t^7ffi,t'%,t Hignett,A-Sullivan,B Best scores the championships: in otler Banrard, of Kohimarama (paton), Dave % 7ffi,a7ffii" Notes by Alan Hignett Reserve, I H P Bennett 4Yz; 2 I O Bishop 4; 3 L1mch, of Ilastings (president), Roger C Mold ,f,K%ru A 4. TT2, I P J Voss 9; 2 E N Chapman of Wellington (chairman), and Roberts 8; 3 J C Rapp 7%;4-5 W Anderson Sandy Maxwell of Wellington. & A Wilson 7. TT3, 1-2 R I Berkeley & T J Toumaments are nm by three directors - Boyle 10, 34 G M Dawes and W J McBeath Brett Sinclair, Churton Park, Wellington, 9; 5 D E Dolejs 8; 6-7 D Hall and B C who runs the Trophy Toumeys, Michael 26.tr,^6| bxa6 27 .exa6+ t-O Sullivan 5. TT4,l R S Phillips 9; 2-3 M L S Rocks, Riccarton, Christchurch" who looks Awin in TT2. Antony & I R Cameron 7; 4 R J Weston 5 6; after the hanfisap tounrey, and Ken Reed, of Voss,P-Reed,K J D Williams 5%. Christchurch, who handles intemational play. However, Ken is retiring this year, intent on 1.d4 4.d5 ed5 Handicap tourney putting more time into his games, and 5.c'6 97 8.e4 a6 Mario Antony, of Papakura, won the NZCCA is looking for a successor. 9.a4 1.4e3 o-0 handicap tourney witl a score of 15/15. Nick t2.j..d3 Ee8 13.0-0 5bd7 14.f4 Oh5 15.g4t? Cummings, of Christchurch, with 9Wl0 was Black has pst played ...e4. Horrorsl Be2 or Games Bfl, ...e31 Bxe4 second; Michael Stevenson 8/9 or Bxc4+ exit rook! Hold was thirq & A win from a matctr against Australia, on. Dont panic. Keith Storey , of Papatoetoe, with 9/10 was played t99I-93. 1.tr,e61 f'e6 fourth. These four were promoted a grade - Berkenbosch, J (Aus) - Roberts, E (NZ) 1...exd3 2.Rb6 with passed two -pawns Anthony from 5 to 4, Cummings 2 to l, L.e4 d5 2.exd5 ts"d5 3.6c3 tsa5 4.d4 e5 arrd the furure of a4 pawn in doubt. Stevenson 6 to 5, and Storey 5 to 4. Scott 5.d.e5 Ab4 8.Ae2 2.4,e4 0-o{ 9.H .\g4+ pair of spikey bishops Wastney has also been promoted to grade 1. _A and a pawn for 9b8 12.6e2 3 j.:e7 the exchange. Certificates have been awarded to Malcolm rs.M Wffi 16.tradt ag6 u.tsc4 Oe5 2...N6 3.Ad3 Ebd8 4.Af1 0b7 5.trd8 Giles of llamilton, Tony Boswell of New 18.tse2 596 1g.Ae3 ts6 2O.&5 a6 Elxdtl6.Ael Plynouth" Helen Courtney of llamilton, and 2LN4 tsc3 22.8d3 tsc4 23.Of5! Ad6 Carefirl! a6 doesn't work. The rook is Peter McCarthy of Papatoetoe. 24.6x97 6e5 25.5'e8 E'e8 26.A8 Oxd3 glued to the frst rank, e.g., 6...Rdt.? 7.a6 27.cd3 Wc3 28.8a2 Be5 29.Ec1 Bxh2+ 44 players completed 8 games or more, The hoots of glee coming from the Hignett 30.9f1 ghl+ 31.8e2 tsxc1 32.94 Lf4 household - another 36 fewer rhan 8 gamss. must havb startled ttre 33.@f3 4xe3 G1 neighbours. 6...4c5 7.Lb4Aa6 8.€b2 Ec8 9.9c3 Eb8 Internetional play Hilton Bennett made a spectacular 10.492 €f/ 1r.Ac5 NZ players are Black is almost constanfly engaged in a breakthrough to win from Aushalia's John strur down completely. 11...5xM L2.atb4 a3 L3.b5t series ofintemational events. The latest to be Purdy in PATT/3. trd8 1,i.f9b3 completed is a match with Scotland, which Ed3+ 11@aztrc3 t6.a6 Bennett,H-Purdy,JS At last. Its easv now. was won by the Scots 22-9. At the top board L.e4 e5 2.f4 e,f4 Ae7 4.Oc3 Ah4+ 3.OB 23.ed'4! 16...E'c4 li.a7 Ea4 18.a8:ts ElxaS 5.1&e2 ,.:e7 6.d4 95 7.@f2 dG s.Ac4 Ae6 19.A,a8lDe7 20.b6 1{ A great save from the 18 NZ Chess NZ Chess brink. tg New Zealand, news 10/11. He hnished clear of Ross Jackson 8 Feenstra on3Yz. The B grade was won by G and Michael Nyberg and Patrick Savage, Lambourne on 3 and the C grade by R Stone Auckland CC Pomeroy, and Gavin Marner, all on 3; each on 7. on 2. Needless to say, Gold Martln Dreyer was unbeaten in wiming Sinclair 2% md Mark van der Hoorn l. won the upset the Auckland QQ champi6nship with7W9.h pt,ze. Canterbury CC Nigel Hopewell was also utrbeaten but had 5 Petone Arie Nijman just headed Nick Cummings Invercargill CC draws to finish on 6/2. Cy'thers:3 M Steadman Mark Noble was unbeaten to win the to win this yea/s Canterbury CC Tony Dowden has 5%; 4 O Sarapu 5; 5 R Goris 4%; 6: A Petone CC's A grade championship with taken the Invercargill CC championship. Nijman conceded two draws championship, winning games Casilang, B l,atimer, I McNally 4. The B 7W9, after drawing with Jonathan Sarfati, all 5 in the to score 6/7,half apont ahead of Cummings, first round and scoring grade produced a nailtbiting hnish after Paul Rajko Mastilovich and Arthur Pomeroy. 3W4 n the second who was also unbeaten. Alister Compton was round. Robert Mackway-Jones was ruoner- MCDonald, who had started with 7/7, drew Noble was one of the few players with a 3rd on 4, ahead ofThor Russell. The B grade up, with a loss and draw his round 8 game and lost in the final round. record in the event in line with his rating. a against Dowden saw a multiple tie between Mathhew and wins other grmes. This allowed acting vice-president Edwin Sarfati shared second place with Mastilovich in all C Betson 2Yz McNabb, Tony Norriss, Peter Boag and headed T grade Simperingham to overtake him and gain clear on 5Yr, but Sarfati had one unplayed game off $ne in round 2. The B Mark Sadler, all on 5, half a point ahead of was won by G Putt, with a 4-game picket hrst with a win in his last game. and started the event with a loss to Paul John Atkinson. fence in round 2, ahead of Connor. Mastilovich lost to Connor and J Preston 2Yz afi Wanganui Pomeroy and had draws agains the top-rated C Bunce 1%. Mld-Centerbury Michael Freeman and Dave Cooper have players. Others: 4: Connor & Michael Tumer Canterbury visitors Nick Cummings and shared top honours in the Wanganui CC 5; 6 Sinclair 4%; 7 Monrad 4; 8 van der Alistair Compton took top honours in the Championship, with 6W10 in the 6-player Hoorn 3; 9 Pomeroy 2%; l0 GManer lYz. Lev Polugaevsky mid-Canterbury rapid chamFionship played double-round event. Freeman won both Petone recently held a rapid tournament, By Peter Stuart in Ashburton. games again5f Cooper, but lost to Chris Bum which Mark Noble won comfortably with They each dropped halfa point The Russian GM kv Abramovich by drawing with each other, and Martin Post, as well as having three 7W8. Rajko Mastilovich was nrnner-up, with and won their Polugaevsky died in Paris on 30 August at other gamss to score T1oe good. draws. In addition to his losses to Freeman, 5Yz, frtllowed, by Mark Sinclair, Michael 4W5. freld of the age of 60 from a brain tumour. He was 24 included 9 Canterbury players. Cooper also lost to Burns and had one draw. Turner and Richard Glover on 5, and Mark Top home bom in the Belarus towu of Mogilev in 1934 player was Ken Pow on Burns was third on 5, followed by Prince van der Hoomon 4Yz. 4, followed by Rex but, with his family, was evacuated in 1941 Vetharaniam, Andrew Packer and Martin Scarf AS 3% atd Arie Nijman CA, Stephen when the area was ovemrn by the Nazis. Post, all on 4. lYayne Boswell was clear Civic CC Coates CA, Nigel Richardson AS, Bruce Polugaevsky did not gain the GM title until Gloisten CA" Stephen winner of the A reserye, wfih 6W8, a point Continuing his winning ways, Anthony Ker Taylor AS & Pat the comparatively late age of 28 (1962) yet Jordan CA 3. ahead of Gordon Hoskyn, with a 2%-pornt comfortably held on to his Civic became one of the world's leading gap back to the others. In the C grade, the championship title with 5 shaight wins. The g'andmasters in the following two decades, Otago CC outcome depended on the last game, between remaining players took points off each other, winning back-to-back USSR Championships John Sutherland dominated the Otago CC William French 9 and Shaun Street 8. When which made Antlony's task even easier. (1967 and 1968/69) and qualifying for the championship from the start and won 3 the gems was drawn, tr'rench tied with Kelly Placings: 2: A Winfreld and T Jordan 2%; 4: by Candidates on tlree occasions (1974,1977 points from club newcomer Jacob tr'orrest on 9/2, followed by Bill Maddren 9, A Aldridge and M Pedrescfu 2; 6 A Pomeroy Feenstra and 1980) where he was eliminated once by Skeet 8%, Sanga Dilbagh 7% atd Chas l. and veteran Malcolm Foord. Defending (quarter-hnal) and twice by Ward 7. champion David Guthrie had to be content Viktor Korchnoi (in semi-frnals). Welllngton CC with 4th. The B grade was shared by H Gold In chess theory Polugaevslgr was perhaps and All-Welllngton Players in the junior and senior sections tr'Ryan, with T Duflield 3rd. T Rowell the leading practitioner of the Sicilian won the grade, Mark Noble comfodably won the All- both competed in atr inaugural match C ahead of D Reid and M Defence for many years. Indeed 1...c5 was Wellington A grade title for 1995,scoring between teams repres€nting the Wellington Bevin. his exclusive answer to I e4 throughout his 5/6, with draws against Jonathan Sarfati and CC president and club captain. Both sections The club's Westpac spring tournament career. His two voh:mes of The Sicilian Mark Sinclair. Rajko Mastilovich was were evenly contested, and both were drawn, resulted in an upset, with seventh seed Iabfinth together with runner-up on 3Yz, ahead of Sarfati (who had 4 with the overall score 5:5. Hamlsh Gold scoring 4/5 to share top place Preparation and Grandmaster Performance draws and an unplayed game), Arthur A surprise winner of a lightning tounrament with Tony Love. Gold upset national junior also established his name among leading held by the club was Justin Phtlllps, with champion David Guthrie in the hnal round, writers on the gams. 20 N Z Chess and Guthrie shared 3rd place with Jacob NZ Chess 2t PCA world championshiP By IM Russell Dive L7...J.:b7 18.Ah5 Ef8 19.993 l,d4 26.b4@e7 27.f4h6 28.a4f6 29.a5 I:d7 r/* 2o.Lxd4 Lf6 21..Le2 % prevent Flound 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112131415161718 To 21...Bc6 and22.Qb7. Anand, asked at the press conference after 2L...e5 22.fxe5 Lxe5 23.8f2 X5 24.Lf3 Kasparov Y,%Y,Y,%%Y,%0 I I %llY,Y2Y,.Y2 t0% the game how he was enjoying being the Kasaparov preferred 24.Bxe5 d.xe5 25.Rxd8 Anand %YyY,Y, Y, Y,%% I 0 0 Yr 0 0 Y, % % Y, 7% Challenger, replied: "It's not exactly Rock 'n 26.a5] 26.8c4 Nxe4 Rxd8 [25...Qxd8 Roll but its ok." 27.Qxf7+ Qxfl 28.Rxfl Rd4 29.Rxb7 Rxc4 The 1995 Intel World Chess Championship Unfortunately for Anand, game 9 was the 30.Nxe4 Rxe4 with a draw, but 28...Rd4 gets Anand-Kasparov got under way on the 107th floor observation beginning the end match, as of of the into kouble after 29.Bb3 Nxc3 30.Rxb7+ Kf8 deck of New York's Wodd Trade Centre on Kasparov proceeded to demolish him, Game 3, 14/9195 31.h3 Nxa4 32.Rf7+ Ke8 33.Rxg7. Better is t.e4 c5 2.AB d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.6xd4 olf6 llth September. 32-year-old winning the next 4 out of 5 games. 28...Kh8 29.Rxb7 Nxc3 30.h3 Nxa4 31.b3 b5. 5.dc3 a6 6..Le2 4 7.0-0 Ae7 8.a4 d6 was defending his title for the 5th time, this Kasaparov's win in game l0 was entirely 24...trfe8 25.h3 a5 26.Efet Ld 27.b3 h6 9.Ae3 0-0 10.f4 €c7 11.8h1 tre8 12.Ad3 time against 25-year-old Vishy Anand, of due to home preparation, Anand blundered 2 %-% 6b413.a5 I:d7 M.AB Ac,6 15.Ab6 tsc8 India. pawns in a drawn endg"me to lose garne ll, 16.tse1 N7 17.jtd4 Ac5 18.993 f6 t9.e5 The playing conditions were: best of 20 he ttren got completely outplayed in game 13, Kasparov-Anand Ef8 20.4'c5 d,c5 2L.Lc4 Ld5 22.e,d5 ed5 23.Lb3 c4 24..La4 25.ca f,e5 games (Kasparov retained his title if there and finally turnetl a very promising position Gams 2' 12/9/95 dd 26.6,e5 dxe5 27.fxe5 tse6 28.Ac2 E,fl+ was a tie); 4 games a week (Mon, Tues, in game 14 into another loss. Nimzo-indian, Classical [E34] Z9.Exfl Ef8 30.tr"f8+ Axf8 31.tsf4 96 Thurs, Fri); 7-hour playing session (40/2, The last 4 gamss were rather dull draws, Notes by Russell Dive 32.Ldl Bfl 33.9d4 gfl+ 34.ggl Bxgl+ 20/1, %-how ko); initially US$lmillion and except for game 17 , where Anand missed yet 1.d4 Af5 2.c4 e6 3.X3 Lb4 4.8c2 d5 35.€,91 @f7 36.Lg4 M%-% US$0.5mi11ion for the winner and loser another win. 5.cd5 Bxd5 6.e3 c57.Ld2 In gams 3, where did Anand miss the win? Kasparov-Nikolic, Moscow (Ol) 1994 saw respectively, which at the end of the match The critical points in the match ceme when See the next issue. beceme US$900,000 and US$450,000 Kasparov wheeled out the Dragon variation the more common 7.a3 with Black quickly respectively due to higher thnn expected of ttre Sicilian in game ll, which Anand equalising. Kasparov-Anand 7...L,c3 8.Axc3 television production costs!? Television never got to grips with (scoring 1/4 against it) Game 4, 15/9/95 8.bxc3 is more normal. coverage included CNN, ESPN International, and the turnaround in fortunes of game 14's 1.AB 6f6 2.c4 e6 3.Oc3 Ab4 4.e3 vO 8...cxd4 9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.8f6 BBC and Russian, German and Indian Scandanavian Defence, which had never been 5.Ag2 d5 6.9b3 c5 7.0-0 ac6 8.d3 h6 This new move was played instantly. networks. played in a World Championship match 9.e3 Ee8 lO.^3 dxc4 ll.d,c4 Axc3 10.Bc3 has been played before. Experts expected a close, tense, exciting before. l2.Exc3 e5 t3.M e4l4.N2 tse7 I5.b5 10...gxf6 11.6e2 I:d7 L2.a3 tse5 13.6c3 Ae5 16.6'e4 AB+ L7.L,f3 Dxe4 struggle between the top two PCA-rated f5 2O.e4 Anand-Kasparov 18.Axe4 B'e4 19.f3 Be7 L6 players (2795 arfi 2772), with Kasparov An interesting possibility is playing 21..Le3Yz-t/z Game 1, lll9l95 having a slight edge due to his better score 13...Nd4 and putting the N on f5 instead. Sicilian gsfusyeningen betweenthe two and his overall experience of [Bg5] 14.o-o-o o-o-o 15.93 gb816.Le2 Anand-Kasparov playing 5 previous matches. Notes by Russell Dive Championship Here Kasparov showed his dissatisfaction Game 5, 18/9/95 orf6 The final score of 10Yz:7Yz to Kasparov t.e4 c5 2.AB d6 3.d4 cd4 4.6"d4 with his opening by spending 44 minutes on a6 6.Le2 e6 L.e4 c5 2.af3 d6 3.d4 c.d4 4.Od4 Of6 reflected Anand's inexperience of playing 5.dc3 7.a4 M 8.o-o Ae7 9.Le3 o-o 10.f4 tsc7 11.€h1 Ee8 this move. 5.dc3 a6 6.Le2 & 7.0-o Ae7 8.a4 M World Championship matches and t2.wd2 16...6e717.tsd3 tsc7 9.Ae3 0-0 10.f4 tsc7 11.eh1 tre8 12.4d3 13.a5 j.:d7 t4.af3 Eac8 15.8e2 Ac6 Kasparov's killer instinct in taking every More usual is 12.Qel or l2.BB. Anand rejects the obvious 17...8c6? which 6M gave him. wins material. 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 l9.Rxd8+ Kc7 r6.Lb6 Eb8 17.4d4 6xd3 18.cxd3 d5 opportunity that Anand L2...Ld7 L3.EadLtrad8 19.9f3 6d7 20.6,c6 b,c6 zt.Da4 Ed6 After the lst 8 games had been drawn (with Played after 30 minutes'thought. 20.Rhdl Nd5 21.R8xd5 exd5 (or 21...8xd5 22.tse3 tsW 23.Efct c5 24.88 6f6 Anand missing a win in game 3), the match t4.6b3 Ac8 15AB ffi L6.gf2 Ad7 22.Nxd5+ exd5 23.BR) 22.Rd4 because 25.X3 Ad8 26.e'd5 exd5Y,'Y, exploded in game 9 when Kasparov t7.N4 White has no weaknesses aud Black no Both 17.94 Bf6 and 17.e5

22 NZ NZ Chess 23 International news By NM Peter Stuart 12.6,e6 f,4 l3.b,c3 gd3 14.6f3 0-0-0 20...6xd5 2r.o*d5 €f8 22.Ee1 trb8 23.b3 r5.Be1 O"b3 16.axb3 @b7 l7.Le3 !:e7 trc5 24.Df4 trbc8 25.8b2 a5 26.a3 @g7 Dortmund 18.Ag5 h6 19.A,e7 6xe7 20.Od4 Exd4 27.Ad5 3te628.b4? Madimir Kramnik led from start to ltnish in Zl.cxd4 8,b3 22.tse3 Bxe3 23.fxe3 6d5 Here Anand mistakenly believes that he is this category 17 tournament in July. The '%z'Ni| 24.@f2@b6 25.@e2 a5 26.8f7 a4 27.@d2 yinning an exchange, but Kasparov has set 28.e4Y.-Y, young Russian started by beating Vassily c5 up a ctrnning trap. 28.Nxe7 should lead to a Ivanchuk and then drew with Anatoly Karpov tt"%t'% draw after 28...Re8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 30.M axM before reeling off three consecutive wins. Anand-Kasparov 31.axM Rc4 32.Rxd5 RxM+ 33.Kcl f5 %7ffi1 Then came a string of draws before a last Game 11 26/10195 34.Rxd6 fxe4 35.Kd2. t7"ffi% round win over Jeroen Piket which was quite Sicilian Drago [B78] 28.axb4 29.axb4 trc4 3o.o;b6tt necessary as Ka4rov, with his fourth victory lx%, Notes by Russell Dive l.e4 c5 2.ait3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.6d4 ejf6 in the final round, finished only a half point :B'%i 7M 5.*3 96! behind. Surprise!! This is the first time that Peter l,eko, still only 15 years old at the Kasparov has played the Dragon in a serious time of the tournament but already rated 22.A,e61 f,e6 23.8,96 6xe5 24.Bh7+ toumement game. This well-timed and above 2600, was nevertheless the second €f8 25.Of41-0. sudden change ofstrategy caught Anand and lowest rated participant so should be happy his teem completely on the hop and was a with his third place tie with Ivanchuk. His Lautier - Belyavsky significant factor in turning the match '%i'ft'% only loss came il the last round. Queen's Gambit (D58) Kasparov's way. Scores: Mramnik V RUS 2730 7;2 A Ld4 Arc 2.c4 e6 3.af3 d5 4.dc3 !.e7 Ab7 6.!.e3 "ru'%ft-i Karpov RUS 27756%; 3-4 P Leko HUN 5.Ae5 h6 6.Ah4 0-0 7.$b6 8.sb3 9.[,f6 A"f6 10.c'd5 e"d5 11.Ed1 tre8 Played after some thought. 2605 & V Ivanchuk IJKR 2740 5; 5 J 6...Lg7 7.f3 o-o 8.9d2 Ac6 Ld7 t2.Ld3 13.dxc5 N7 14.6 A'c6 15.0- 9.Lc4 Lautier FRA 2645 4%; 6-7 N Short ENG "5 Ee7 18.Oxd5 10.o-o-o Ae5 11.4b3 trc8 12.h4 h5 0 Oc5 15.tsc2 I:b7 t7.!:b5 2645 J 2626 4;8-9 Bareev tsc8 21.tsc2 13.€b1 t4.Lxc4 Exc4 15.6de2 b5 Loses immediately! Here White had to play & Piket NED E Axd5 19.8f5 A"b2 20.Exd5 N4 Ea7 15.4h6 tsa5 30.Nxe7 though 30...RxM+ 31.Kcl Ba2 RUS 2650& A Belyaksky IJKR2650 3Yz; L-f6 z2.Efdt a6 z3..Lft tre9 24.Lc4 25.E,d6b5 A very rarely played move. Normal is 32.Rxd6 Rbl+ 33.Kd2 Rxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Rxe I 10 E Lobron GER 2595 2. 16...M. leaves Black with winning chances. - U.L,g7 €xg7 18.6f4 Efc8 19.Ocd5 30...El'M+ 3L.*a3 Exc2! 0-1 Short Belyavsky Kasparov stated repeatedly alter this game After the disastrous start to the week (losing French (C0l) that 'White has no real chances for an game 9 on Monday), Kasparov had taken t.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.*3 LM 4.exd5 exd5 gf6 8.Eb1 advantage in the Dragon if he doesn't play back the initiative winning games 10 and 5.Ad3 Ac6 6.a3 L,c3+ 7.bxc3 @y 6ge7 9.de2 096 10.0-0 0-0 11.f4 Af5 g2-94;' 1l on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively) loses with shocking rapidity. 19...ts.d2 After this Black and was now brimming with confidence. 13.6g3 r4.f5 o,ge7 Here Kasparov offered draw. An 12.Axf5 ts,f5 8d7 a Meanwhile, the norrnally impasive Anand 15.f6 5c8 t6.fxg7 EleS 17.4h5 Ee6 interesting point in the match was that visibly slumped at the moment he realised he 18.tsg41-0. Kasparov was always the one to offer the had been tricked in this game, knowing that draw. the match had taken a considerable tum for Krasrnik - Short (D37) 2O.Exd2 the worse. Queenrs Gambit After 4 minutes' thought, Anand declined 1.4f3 d5 2.d4 af6 3.c4'e6 4.6c3 .Le7 his ltrst draw offer of the match. In the after- 5.tsc2 0-0 6.A95 h6 7.!,f6 Axf6 8.trd1 26.tr*f6! g,f6 The remaining Kasparov-Anand games simply leaves Black a match press conference, Kasparov compared # 1.A'c4 6d7 26...bxc4 27 Rf4 will appear in the next issue. 72. 2ffi t5.A:bt pawn down. this game with number 47 of his lst match h5 18.Aa2 6f6 27.8g5+ 9fti 28.ts'h6+ €e7 where with Karpov, Karpov declined his r9.e4 o,94? Instead 28...Kg8 29 Rd5 gives !?hite a draw offer in a dead equal endgame and went Bener 19...Nh7. winning aftack. on to lose. 2O.e5 trd7 2l.o,e2 EadB 29.L,t7 trh8 30.tse6 trd7 31.4d4 trf8 32.Af5+ E63 33.ts,f6+ @c7 34.Ecr t4. NZ Chess ZS 24 NZ Chess Black's resipation here may seem a tad Champion Jun Xie scored 5, Zsuzsa Polgar 9.Ld3 b5 10.O"b5 Ee8 11.0-0 Axe4 Amsterdam 14.E'e8+ 6xe8 a premature but his position really is hopeless, 4Yz and Nana Ioseliani 4. Viktor Korchnoi 12.Ee1 a6 13.tu3 of6 The second Donner Memorial toumament, 15.Ag5 Af6 fi.tsdz N7 r7.x4 !:b7 category 16 (2627) event played in August, e.g. 34...Kb8 35 Qb6+ Rb7 36 Qd6+ Rc7 37 (who is not too keen on being classed as a 19.6'95 Odf6 20.tre1 h6 18.A;4 A'g5 provided a much-needed boost to long-time Ne7 Nb7 38 Qe5 Qd8 39 Nc6+ I(a8 40 Bd5 veteran) was tle best of the veterans wlth 5Yz Dutch No.l Jan Timman who has been rather intending 41 Qd4. and he was followed by Boris Spassky and Vassily Smyslov 5, Vlastimil Hort 4% arld in the shadow of 26-year-old Jeroen Piket. Kramnik - Ivanchuk Lajos Portisch 3%. His first place tie here was his first major Queen's Gambit Accepted (D21) tournament victory in hve years and 1.6f3 d5 2.d4 eG 3.c4 d,c4 4.8a4+ M Biel ironically it coincided with a terrible 5.tsxc4 Af6 6.I.95 h6 7.L,f6 ts,f6 8.Oc3 This year's Biel Schachfestival featured a performance by Piket who lost six of his first A:d6 9.e3 0-0 10.Ag2 Ad7 l1.Go Efds seven g2mes. Strangely Timman's only loss 12.Eac1 tse7 13.tu4 14.e3 Elac8 category 14 all-GM main event which was Ae8 penultimate round 15.trfd1 a6 16.*5 Axc5 17.Bxc5 ts,c5 won by Russia's Alexei Dreev with an came h the 18.Exc5 Ae7 19.4e5 o'd5 2O.a3 f6 undefeated 9 points. Dreev, seeded second, against...Piket! Thus GM Julio Granda finished a clear point ahead of toprated Zwtga (Peru) took a one-point lead into the Alexei Shirov who played under the Spanish last round where he had black against flag, a change which has been on the cards Jimman. The Dutchman bounced back to for some t:me. Their mutual encounter, 21.6,f7 @xf-7 22.8,h5 o;97 Z3.L.g6+ take the glme but Granda's result is 'ry;u%',2*' played in round 2, went the Russian's way €g8 24.Ee6 A,d5 nevertheless his hnest. and Shirov had to claw his way back into 24...Nxe6 25.dxe6 Q€7 26.8fl+ Qxfl/ Scores: I J TimmanNED 2590 & J Granda i ?rud"ffi % Ke6 29.Nxb7+-. PER 2605 7%;3 J Polgar HUN 2635 7; 4-6 Y ,?% contention after a I/3 start. 27.exf7+ Kxf/ 28.Nxd6+ Indonesian GM Utut Adianto made a strong ,5.9,4$ Lxc4 Seirawan USA 2625, A Huzlan ISR 2580 & Kf8 showing to tie for third place with Boris 25...Qe7 26.Rxd5 Nxd5 27.Qh7+ A Shirov ESP 2695 6;7-10 A Morosevich Gelfand BLR on 1Yz. The other scores: 5-6 28.Qh8#. RUS 2630, V Salov RUS 2685, J Nunn 26.Elxd8+ Exd8 27.tsh4 1-0. Tkachiev KAZ & Zviagirsev RUS 7; 7-9 De ENG 2615 & A Halifman RUS 2655 5; ll-12 J Piket NED 2625 & L van WelY NED 2585 Firmian USA, Kindermann GER & Milov Shirov - Timman ISR 6%; l0 Gawikov SUI 6; 11-12 3. 2t.Ah3 fxe5 22.Lxe6+ AflZ 23.Axc8 Elxc8 Evans Gambit (C51) Campora ARG & Hodgson ENG 5Y,; 13 24.dxe5 A6 25.trd4 L4 26.f4€f1 27.e4 t.e4 e5 2.AB X6 3.Lc4.Lc5 4.b4 L,b4 Timman NED 14 3Y2. Shirov - Nunn g6 28.@f2 @e7 29.trc1 a5 a4 5; Brunner SA 5.c3 Jee7 6.d4 Aa5 7.Le2 ed4 8.ts'd4 d5 30.trc5 King's Indian (E98) 3l^.trb4 !-.:d7 -Lc6 Ad7 9.ts*g7 Af6 10.tsg3 tse7 11.0-0 Ad7 32.trc1 33.@$ g$ d6 34.trbc4 Eb8 35.h4 h5 36.Eg1 trh8 De tr'irmian - Shirov 12.d4 0-0-0 13.od2 M 14.8e3 h5 1.d4 6f6 2.c4 3.N3 Lg7 4.e4 6.Of3 e5 7.0-0 6c6 8.d5 Ae7 37.8c2 €e6 3s.trgc1 AbS 39.trc5 @e7 Sicilian (B89) 15.Eb1 Ah6 16.9d3 b6 tl.a4 €b8 18.a5 5.Ae2 0-0 21.913+ d5 f4 r2.Lf2 h5 4o.Elc2 o'd7 4t.E.6! bxc6 42.trxc6 trb8 l.e4 c5 2.AB d6 3.d4 c.d4 4.6xd4 erf6 6,a5 19.Bal6 @a8 2O.e5 *'"t 43.8,95 E,b2 44.f5 trb3+ 45.@f4 Exa3 22.*4 Lc8 23.8,a5 8xd4 24.8a2 ts*c3 trg6 16.c'd6 5.6c3 6c6 6.g:c4e67.Le3 Le7 8.Ab3 0- f8 19.s3 Af6 46.trg7+ @e8 47.4 orf6 48.94t trat 49.e5 0 9.tse2 a6 10.0-0-0 gc7 Lt.g4 6d4 25.Le3 .Lb7 26.L*b6 c*ffi 27.A-b6+ 6d5+ €b8 28.Oxd5 1-0. 22.8,f4 tsh6 50.€e41-0. 5 r4.Egt b5 Z5.L,g4 69S e5 Af818.gh3 S 28.trf1 tsd4+ Prague Timman - Adianto 25.Axc8 Exc8 E-d6 2l.e.d6 tsd-2+ (E41) 29.@gz @97 31.ts95 Joop vafl Oosterom sponsored a a5 24.Lc4 a4 Nimzoindian trf8+ 4.e3 c5 32.€h3 trh8+ 5+ 34.!9f5 Scheveningen teams match in July between a 25.8e3 b3 26.X3 a3 27.Le5 axb2+ 1.d4 Of6 2.c4 4 3.4c3 Ab4 6d3 0-1. 28.@*b2 ora4+ 29.6*a4 bxc2 30.trd4 5.Ad3 Oc6 6.Oge2 d5 7.cd5 etd5 8-a3 35.@e6 teqm of veterans and one of women. The 36 Rl/+ Rxfl 37 Nc5 mate. A.e5 31.8,e5 E,a4 32.d7 clts+ 33.€'c1 cd4 9.ed4 Ae7 10.0-0 0-0 ll.fj Ae8 Qxd2 double-rounder did not go well for tle tr,c4+ 34.Exc4 Bxc4+ 35.@bZ tsb4+ l2.Le3 6c7 13.Ec1 EleS 14.6a4 A,a3 veterans who won three and drew one ofthe 35.8c1 tsa3+ 37.Bb2 tsc5+ 38.8b1 Ae4+ 15.A'h7+ SxhT 16.tsd3+ g5 L7.8xa3 Polgar, J. - Shirov ten rounds. Indeed two of their victories 39.@at gd6 40.9b5 tsd4+ 0-1. tse7 18.€f2 tsh4+ 1!.€g1 ab5 20.9d3 Modern Defence (806) ceme in the last two rounds! The hnal score tse7 Zl.Dec3 Af5 22.$xb5 Bxe3+ t.e4 e6 2.d4 J':g7 3.4c3 c{ 4.Lc4 d6 €h6 was 26%-23% to the women. Dreey - De Firmlan 23.€h1 l.:d3 24.8xb7 A,fl 25.ts,F/+ 5.ts8"e6 6.6ee2-b5 7..Lb3 a5 8.a3 !:a6 26.Exft 8xd4 27.h3 trad8 28.8d1 Eh4 12.c4 Judit Polgar and Pia Cramling top scored for Modern Benoni (A70) 9.d5 c.d51g.s'd5 e5 11.4e4 tsc7 1.d4 6f6 2.c4 4 c5 4.d5 e.d5 29.9b7 Oe5 30.ts,a7 6xfl ll.gxfJ B"h3+ b,c4 L3.La4+ N7 t4.o,2c3 €e7 15.6.d5 the women with 6Wl0 while World 3.Df3 d434.Ne4 Rxe4 0'1- 5.c.d5 d6 6.*3 g6 7.e4 l-;g7 8.h3 G.o 32E91tse3* ll.Wt ts"d6 t6.*4 tsxd5 17.!95+ AdfS 26 NZ Chess NZ Chess 27 18.trd1 gb7 BxdT 20.A'd7 g.f6 19.trd7+ h6 18.Of6+ l).e,f6 0-0 20.tr93+ Eh8 London g"h6 35.89$+ €h8 36.8'h6+ gh7 21.9d1 1-0. 21.9h6 Eg822.Eg7 af8 1-0. Michael Adams won the London leg of the 37.ts,f6+ tre7 38.tr9b €98 39.9e6+ l-o. PCA-lntel Grand Prix in the absence of Mr Salov - Shirov Baden-Baden Piket - Morosevlch PCA, Gary Kasparov. Adams beat English (A21) Anatoly Karpov won a small rapid chess Gambit (D07) conntryman Jonathan Speetnan l%-Yz n tbe Queen's t.c4 e5 2.X3 LM 3.dd5 .Le7 4.e3 olf6 knock-out in August. Like his hnal match t.d4 d5 2.c4 e,c6 3.Dc3 d,c4 4.AB Af5 5.5,e7 Exe7 6.*,2 d5 7.cd5 6xd5 8.a3 opponent, Viktor Gawikov, the FIDE world hrst round, Piket in the quarter-hnals (by 5.e4 Ag46.Le3 e67.!xc4 Ab4 8.tsc2 0- o-0 9.og3 c5 10.b3 ac6 11.4b2 Ae6 champion entered the fray only in the drawing the play-off blitz game with black), 0 9.Ed1 tse7 10.Ab5 e5 11.4.c6 b"c6 I2.8c2 trfd8 13.4b5 |ia5 t4.!.:e5 A:d7 and Tony Miles l/>% in the semihnals lZ.dxe5 N7 13.^3 j:a5 L4.Al4 L,f3 15.Ac3 A'b5 15.Axa5 Of4 17.4"d8 ExdS quarter-finals. Karpov beat Anatoly Vaiser before winning the final 2-0 from Alexei l5.gxf3 5 17.0-0 Eae8 18.8c3 tse6 19.f3 Eld3 20.ts"c5 flxg2+ l%-Yz arld then accounted for Arhr Yusupov 18.Oe2 20.tsc5 Ab6 21.€d1 22.@ct 23.9c7 trd6 2-0 while Gawikov defeated Dreev. The Russian GM accounted for 0xe3+ M Tomas Luther 2- 21.9f5 .Bd7 96 24.M 24.tsb8+ Ae8 25.Oe4 trcf+ 26.N3 N5 I in a blitz play-offafter the two rapid games Margeir Petursson lYz-Yz,Yassrly Ivanchuk 2- Ef4 25. 27.tsd8+ 27.tra2 Ec8 28.tsg3 6,c3 29.d,c3 S'b3 and Viswanathan Anand 2-1. 'd8 gs6 were shared and then Philip Schlosser lYz-Yz. I @g7 28.e5 trf4 29.@sz s5 30.h3 3o.trc? La4 3t.tsf2 I xa3+ 3z.Ebt Axc2+ Karpov won both games in the hnal while 31.trd1 h5 32.8e7 g4 33.8d8 gxf3+ 33.8,c2 Exc3 0-1. €h7 €g7 Schlosser won lYz-Yz against Yusupov in the Short - I.Sokolov 34.€h2Bc235.ts95+ 36.ts'h5+ Ruy Lopez (C87) 37.tsh8+ 1-0. Polanica Zdroj third place play-off t.e4 e5 2.AB Oc5 3.Lb5 a6 4.La4 elf6 The Rubinstein Memorial in August was 6.8e2 b5 0-0 8.c3 d5 Adams - Dreev [E121 Karpov Gavrikov 5.0-0 Ae7 7.Ab3 won by toprated Bulgarian Veselin Topalov - 9.d3 Ab710.OM2 Ee8 l1.tre1 Lf8 t2.a3 French (C07) (Dl0) (20) with 7wll. GM Mikhail Krasenkov Slav Sa5 L3.Le2 c5 L4.M Oc6 15.exd5 6xd5 l.e4 6 2.d4 d5 3.dd2 c5 4.ed5 ts,d5 t.d4 d5 2.c4 Af5 4.e3 a6 gd8 RUS was second on 7 and GM Jaan Ehlvest 6 3.4c3 5.6f3 16.&4 c.M 17.6f95 f5 18.9h5 f,g5 5.A61 cd4 6.Lc4 7.0-0 a6 8.olb3 b5 6.cd5 cd5 7.Oe5 e5 8.4d2 AM7 19.6'95 h6 2O.tsfl+ €h8 21.A,d5 Ac5 tsc7 Oc6 10.6b"d4 6d411.6'd4 EST thtud on 6Yz. T\en eame:. 4 GM Hubner 9.Ad3 9.Od3 Ad5 10.Ae2 6e4 11.Ec1 tse7 22.9 96 L,fz+ 23.@h1 tsxg5 24.Lxg5 l{. J.:d6 t2.h3 ae7 13.Ee1 0-0 14.9h5 ag6 GER 6; 5-6 IM Kaminski POL & GM l2.Dxe4 dxe4 L3.X5 Af6 14.a4 O-O 15.0f3 b5 16.Ae3 Le7 r7.a4 M 18.a5 Sosonko NED 5%; 7-9 GM Smirin ISR, GM l5.axb5 16.Axb5 trbS t7.Be2 e5 a'b5 Kramnik - Miles Ab7 19.695 Axg5 20.8'95 tsc5 zl.Lffi Tiviakov RUS & GM Wojtkiewicz POL 5; 18.0-0 e.d4 l9.ed4 Ag4 20.tsc4 6h5 f5 22.f3 EaeB 23.trad1 Ef6 24.b3 af8 Queen's Gambit Accepted (DZa) 10-11 GM Ftacnik SVK & IM Markowski 2t.h39la422.trc3 !f3 25.Bf4 Es6 26.9h2 e'd7 27.Lc4 6,b6 1.4f3 d5 2.d4 Arc 3.c4 d*c4 4.*3 a6 28.^xfi B.b6 29.8e2 6c5 30.6d6 tsc8 POL 4Y2: 12 GM De Firmian USA 4. 5.e4 b5 6.e5 N5 7.a4 & 8.a'b5 6b6 @fl trf6 gb8 11.tsxh8 ts"d4 31.Ede1 32.tre5 33.trc5 9.5g5 h6 10.9h5 h,g5 @6 l9h6 36.ts"b8 l2.Ae2 tsxe5 13.G0 axb5 l4.E,t8 6xa8 34.L,6+ lS.l.tS+ De tr'irmian - Hubner tr*ta 37.Ad3 &la.Aet Ac639.94t-o. French (Cl l) 15.f4 18.4e t.e4 4 2.d4 d5 3.4c3 Af6 4.e5 6fd7 5.f4 c5 6.Of3 *6 7.Le3 cxd4 8.6,d4 ts16 2l.Lx FIDE world title matches 9.tsd2 ts'b2 10.trb1 Ba3 11.4b5 6,d4 24.h4 The latest circular letter from FIDE 27.tsh8+ @d7 ZB.trat tsc5 29.h5 tslf2 t2.Ld4 Ab4 13.trb3 Ba5 14.a3 I.e7 President Campomanes reports that even with 15.f5 e'f5 16.Axd5 Ah4+ 17.€d1Ed8 30.Ed1+ ad6 3r.ge5 tsfl+ 32.Elxf1 axe5 33.Lez @e7 34.L,c4 L,b2 35.h6 Lb7 another extension of time, FIDE qtill has 36.Ld3 t5 37.trb1 Ac3 38.h7 gf7 received no bids for either the Karpov- 39.8,b4 Ad5 40.trb81-0. Kamsky men's world championship final, nor for the Xie Jun-Zsuzsa Polgar world women's Lautier - Anand championship hnal. n.A4 E,b5 24.8,b5 f*e6 25..L95 .LeZ Queen's Indian (El2) At the opening of FIDE's new headquarters 26.ea5 Lb427.tse5 Bxg5 28.tsxg5 j';a6 Axc3 1.d4 af5 2.c4 & 3.aB b6 4.a3 in Lausanne, Switzerlan4 IOC President Don 29.bxc3 Axfl 30.9xf1 6f4 31.tse5 trf6 Ab7 6.M3 c5 7.e4 8.Oxd4 5.gc2 cd4 Juan Samaranch suggested exhibitions by 32.ts,e4 h6 33.c4 @n 34.h4 AE6 35.83 oc:6 9.o'c6 A'c6 10.Af4 otr5 11.Ae3 *7 36.9b7 Ef5 37.9fi h5 38.tse2 €f5 gb8 12.0{-0 O"5 13.Axc5 b,c5 L4.93 G Karpov and Kasparov in conjunction with a 39.f4@f7 40.9f3 Ef6 41.9c7 trB 42.*e4 o L5.f4 af6 16.Ad3 e5 17.Ehf1 Ee8 18.f5 chess event in the cultural programme of the 45.8a8 @g7 20.94 erh7 21.tsf2 tsg5+ Atlanta Olympics. 48.c5 oxg) .trg1 af6 24.trdf1 Og8 Mr Samaranch asked FIDE to give him a trf7 51.6 f6 27.9,h6 O"h6 28.896 clear dehnition of sport and the reasons why 52.c714. EabS 29.Efg1 Eg8 30.Acz trb7 3t.tsd2 considers chess a sport. @h7 32.@aI trd!8 33.982 d6 34.8,h6+ FIDE 28 NZ Chess 29 NZ Chess NZCF Council report Affiliated Clubs By Ted Frost Ashburton PO Box 204, Ashburton. Meets North Shore P.O. Box 33-587, Takapuna, Mondays 7.30pm (Feb-Oct), Room I Auckland 9. Wednesdays 7.30pm, Northcote President retires (upstairs), Publication delay Public Library, cnr Havelock and Community Centre, cnr College Rd,rErnie Bill Poole has retired after seven years as West Streets. Due to a combination of personal Contacts, Roy Keeling Mays St, Northcote. Club capt, Peter Shrart, President ofNZCF. Bill and his wife, Laurita, (03)86-936, technical changes (some Stephen Taylor (03)85-761. 24 Seacliffe Ave, Belmont (09y45- 6377. who served as secretary of the federation for Auckland which are evident in this issue), and Chess Centre Mondays 7.l5pm, Otago 7 Maitland St, Dunedin. Wednesdays a perio( have moved to lnvercargill for 17 Cromwell of other duties, publication of this issue St, Mt Eden, Auckland 1003. and Sahudays, 7.30pm. Tel (03)477-6919 family reasons. Bill submitted his resignation (09)360-2042 Ciess has been delayed. Tel clubroom. clubroom. Pres, Paul Vecovsky, (03X7g- to Council before leaving Wellington. The December issue will be out befo Canterbury 227 Bealey Avenue, 0063. Council hes given preliminary consideration Christchurch. Wednesdays, hristrnas. Ted Frost 7.30pm. Tel Papatoetoe Wednesdays 7.30pm, St George's to the best way to recopise Bill's lengthy (03)366-3935 club.room. Pres, Mark Guy, 9 Anglican Church llall, Landscape Rd, and unstinted servce to the game, particularly Beonett St (03)352-6991. pat players Sec, Jordan Papatoetoe. Contacts, John McRae (Og)275- his efforts to bring international chess to New who have represented New Zealand (03)33842t4. 4520 or Katrine Metge (sec) 278-7173. Zealand. overseas in the past year, following paynent Civic Tuesdays 7.30pm, Museum Room, Petone Gambit Thursdays 7.30pm Central Council appointed Ted Frost to be acting of fares on their behalfby federation. Turnbull House, Bowen Street, Wellington l. Bowling Club, Roxburgh Council has decided tbat in future the S! Petone. hes, President for the remainder of this year. John Gillespie, I Wavell Street, Karori Mark federation will not make any advances for Noble, 97 Seddon St, Naenae, Lower (04)476-3729. Hntt (04)567-0467. Counclllors return this purpose, so all costs to be met by players Gambit Sec, Ted Fros! 17 Croydon S! Upper Hutt Mondays 7.30pm, Ilapai Club, Russell Dve accepted an invitation to refurn must be found before tickets are purchased. Karori, Wellington 5 (04Y76-4098. 879 Fergusson Drive. Sec, Glen immediately Sullivan, 6a to Council after his return from Hamilton Inquiries Pres, Hilton Buslness of annual meetlng Bennett, 65 Totara Street, Upper Hutt (04)528-67 83. his successful trip to Europe to quali$ as an Te Aroha St (07)855-1037. A ntrmber of remits have been submitted for \Yaitemata Thursdays 7.30pm, Kelston IM. He is assisting other offrcers to bring the Howlck-Pakuranga Tuesdays 7.30pm, the coming annual meeting of NZCF, St Community Centre, cnr Great North Rd and federation's accounts up to date. John Ambulance including constitutional Hall, Howick-pakuranga Awaroa Rd, Kelston. Pres, Bob Smith" 2 Dave Capper has also accepted an invitation chenges which would paul Highway, Highland Park. Pres, Spiller Autumn Ave, Glen Eden (09)8184113 or to return to the Council table, and has provide for associate membership for clubs been (09)s3s4962. contact not Steve Lawson (09)8 I 8-5 1 37. asked to head a working group to spearhead incorporated, and for individual player p.O. Hastings-Havelock North Box 184, Wanganul Mondays, lst floor, Commercial chess in schools andjunior chess year. regiskation. next Ilastings. Wednesdays 7pm, Library, They also include suggestions for changes Club, St Hill St. Pres, Gordon Hoslgm, 7 Havelock N HiSh School, Te Mata Rd. Sec, Pehi St (06)343-6101; sec, yorston, Nomlnetion of ollicers in the format of the NZ Championship, K 5 Chris Smith (06)87 7 -4583. including a switch to a swiss toumament, Mikhell St (06)343-7166. There will be no elections at the coming Invercargill Wednesdays 8pm, staff reduction in the number of automatic room, Wellington Saturday nights in Blind Social AGM of the NZ Chess Federation. Officers South permitting School, Ness St. Sec, Robert Mackway Club, Westbrook House, 181 Willis Sheet. nominated are: Patron, Sir Robert Jones; selections, and Council to issue Jones, 5 Pine Cres, Invercargill (03)217- Ring bell at right of door. 6pm, jrrniels; vice-patrons, Alan Fletcher, Roy Kenl wild card invitations. 1154. 7.30pm club play. Pres, Tim Frost (M)476- Graham llaase; president Ted Frost; vice- However, apart from North Shore's Kapltl Tuesdays, 7.30pm, Salvation Army 3541. Sec, Ted Frost (04Y76-4098. president Russell secretary and application for the 1996-97 Congress, no Dive; Hall, Bluegum Rd. Paraparaumu Beach. pres, offers have yet been received to conduct any treasurer, no nominations; Council, Arthw paraparaumu Guy Burns, 226ManRoad Sth, Auckland Chess Assn, Pres, Peter Sfuart, 24 Pomeroy, Tim Frost, Alan Al

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