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NZ Chess New Zealnnd Chess STOP PRESS Official journal of the New Zealand Chess New Zealand Chess Federation (Inc.), published in February, NZ Cha mpionship entries Paul Spiller leports entries I Vol 2-5 Nurnber 6 December 1999 April, June, August, October, December. that lirr llr, l/ Championhip rcccived at Novembcr l(l rr, r, Editorial correspondence, copy and advertis- Contents (F)DE ratings): ing inquiries should be sent to A team of five Aucklanders (including Hilton Bennett) journeyed to Shenyang in CM lan Rogers (AUS) 2574; CM ltr.' rt New Zealand Chess ' tournaments. Sermek (SLO) 25a5; INI Russcll Divt ' I lrr China in October to compete in the World Cities and Asian teams c/- 103 Koromiko Road IM Herman Van Rr'ernsdijk (BRn ) ' ' There was more excitement for them than points, as they had many livelyand cru- Gonville 'l FM Alcxei Kulashko 2396; FM Paul ( irrrl,, tt cial games. Paul Spiller provides a colowful report. Wanganui 2360; FM Anthony Kcr 2321; FM ll'li Opinions expressed in articles, letter and Smith 2290; Bruce Watson 2260; NM l'eler 13 On the lighter side of the World Cities championship, three of Bob Gibbons' games other contributions are those of the authors. Stuart 22 l5; Roger Perry 2205; Molrrl involved loss of queen - fortunately, two-to-one in Bob's favour. Letters on chess topics are welcome; limit Fairan Zakaria (MAL) 2185; Nigel Mctgc \ 14 Puchen found himself in a field of 96, some with FIDE ratings 150 words and marked "for publication." 2160; John Suthcrland 2055. Nine-year-old Wang EDITORIAL Paul also notcs tlrat thc Ncw Year Open tp to 2393, in the World Under-lO championship in Spain. Puchen's 6/1 1 score Editor, Ted Frost. will be 6 rouncls, with two rorrnrls olr .lanuary was full of merit against youngsters given time off school and lots of coaching. Overseas news editor, Peter Stuart. 6 (at 9arn ancl 2prn), ancl rourrds antl (r orr -5 GMs Ian Rogers and Drazen Sermek bring class to the NZ Championship field, as January 7 and 8. fl games SUBSCRIPTIONS some of their recent reveal. ('lrrrrrr Subscription payments should be sent to Late entries. Extra entrics in thc NZ I9 Civic CC features on our New Zealand news page, with a blindfold exhibition and Treasurer, pionship received since Decemhcr- I lilt tlri' NZCF merger of the Civic and Wellington CCs. P O Box 216 total entryto 18. The additions urc l'M lrrri rr Shortland Street Green, Hilton Bennett, Scot[ Wirslrrt'y ,rrr,l 20 Gordon Hoskyn's cotrespondence chess report includes an invitation for players to Auckland Paul Spillcr. enter the next round of NZCCA tournaments, as well as updates and games from curent events. ANNUAL SUB SCRIPTION RATES NewZealand, $20.00. Chandler at Hastings 2t Leonard Mclaren takes the North Shore CC championship. CM Murray Chandler, back in c()nrl)( trtr\ ( Australia, South Pacific, $US12.00 airmail. 23 Its youth to the fore again in Peter Stuart's overseas news review, with a 13-year-old play, will face a challenging lickl rrt tlre East Asia, N America, $US15.00 airmail then going on to record his third, Hastings Premier, 4-12 lrt l,l rs Chinese boy gaining his second IM norm and Europe, $US117.50 airmait, $12.50 econ- January.'l'lrc which could make him the youngest GM ever. omy. Dreev, I Sokolov, Sutovsky, llist lr,'ll. ('lr;urrll, Krush, Speclman, Emms, B Lalic, r Rest of world, $US20.00 airmail, $US15.00 McShane. The likely category is lJ rvrtlr rr economy. GM norrn of 5. games; rating list. Back issues available - send for details. The next issze.' Full Congress report, with annotated end-of-year World rankings (not available as this issue went to press). ADVERTISING RATES FIDE rankings at Deccmber I had Kas FuIl page, $NZ$45.00 parov 2838, ovel 100 clcar of Kramnik Half-page or tulI column, $N222.50 2134. Thc new world charnpion, l(halifman, l Half column, NZ $12.00 was wcll back in 28'r' place on 2617.

COPY DEADLINE February issue, Sat, Januuy 22. DetaiLs of each event are availabl,e from the organising club NZ Championship & Major Open, Howick-Pakuranga CC, Auckland,Dec2S - Sat, Jan 9. NZ Rapid Championship, Howick-Pakuranga CC,Auckland, Sun-Mon, Jan 10-11, 2000. http://our- y1,111 Homepage: COVER PHOTO: During the 1,,,,,, South Island Championship, September, 2000, Otago CC. world.compuserve. year-oldWang com/homepages/ Puchen gave a simul tttltun\t NZ Championship & Major Open, 2000-2001, Waitemata CC, Auck1and,Dec2S - Jan 9. nzchess some of the juniors in the Howick ,\ l',tl,tr Email to editor: [email protected] ranga Chess CLuLt. Puchen wott ttll lti\ NZ Rapid Charnpionship, 2001, WaitemataCC, Jan 10-ll, 2001. as dates are 8Ames. Clubs are asked to supply details of 1999 and 2a00 events as soon finalised

NZ Chess NZ Chess N.Z. chess team in Shenyang, China jin tried to complicate things as Nigel became a bit short of time. Nigel could have won in- ll.t' l'r tt r I \ r I I t' t t, stantly by winaing his opponents queen, not realising he could easily stop his opponent from A team consisting of National Master Peter difhcultics that arose and accornplrrrf irrl, rr.. orr queening a pawn. By not playing this winning Green, Nigel Hopewell, Paul Spiller, Hilton our expeditions into downbwn Shcrryrrrrr' I ,rtcr- line he allowed his opponent to force a perpet- Bennett and Bob Gibbons made the jouraey to on that cvening we were treated to ;r rlrrrrrt'r ual check. A great effort for Nigel to draw with Shenyang in Northem China to compete in two banquet where we met various [eaurs irrrrl r lrrr:l a player who tied for first in a recent Chinese important chess events hosted by the Chinese arbiter Ignatius l-eong. Championship toumament and later on defeated Chess Association and the Shenyang Municipal GM Nenashev in a fantastic game. People's Govemment as part of the henyang Torrid time expected Daily Cup 1999 World Chess and Bridge Festi- 'Ihe tirst event. "2"d ('lre ss thc World Citics Wu Wenjin (2435\ - Hopewell,N val. The chairman of the organising committee Champitxship" had fbr the organisers a disrrp- [A24] King's Indian Attack and mayor of Shenyang, Mr Mu Suixin stated pointing entry of only l4 teams, with se vcrirl ol RI the aims of the toumament as "competition, the early cntrios withdrawing. Considering thc t.AB Af6 2.c4 3.6c3 Qg7 4.e4 cs 5.Qe2 Ac6 exchange, cooperation and development" and to $30,000 US prize money on offcr it was some- 96 6.d3 0-0 7.0-0 d6 8.a3 Ae8 9.Ebr Ac7 10.4d5 increase the unity and friendship among people what surprising We discovored , after we were de6 ll.b4 Acd4 l2.Axd4 Axd4 13.Qg5 f6 and players from all over the world. Certainly givcn the official programs, thal Auckland was l4.Qe3 Axe2+ 15.Uxe2 e6 l6.Af4 b6 l7.Wc2 the FIDE motto of "Gens Una Sumus" was very sceded 1 l'r' but that one o[ the teanrs scctlcrl gd7 18.ae2 f5 19.f3 Qb7 20.8b3 HabS 21.Qf2 much in evidence during these tournaments and below us. Singapore, still had l (lM (Wu 95 22.exf5 exf5 23.d4 94 24.d5 f4 25.b5 HbeS was much to the forefront of former FIDE Shaobin 2496) playing 1br thenr! At tlris strrltc it 26.Hbe1 QcS 27.6h1 He5 28.fxg4 Exg4 29.Agl president Florencio Campomanes in his closing was realised that wo were in lbr lr lirrrt lrt lorritl HfeS 30.Af3 Exel 31.Hxe1 Hxel+ 32.Qxe1 Ug6 address. the chess board over next 2 wt'cks the 33.h3 Ue4 34.Qh4 Qf5 35.6h2 Se2 36.Qg5 Qd3 Shenyang, former capital of Manchuria, is The rrrrprr Io- tournament was sttrgcd ll llrt' srivc 37.Wa4 Qe4 38.Hb3 Qe5 39.a4 Qd3 40.a5 Qxc4 Hilton Bennett (lejl) and Bob Gibbons with a cated approximately 400 miles northeast of Bei- new ccntrc for Lhe clevclt)pnrcnl ol t lrr'sr :rrrd 4l.axb6 axb6 42.Ha3 Qxd5 43.Qd8 c4 44.Qxb6 jing "( 10l?)ear-old chess board, on Chessboard and is the largest city of Northern China bridgc heing constructod on lr('ss l)( )iu d c3 45.Ua6 Qxf3 46.Uc8+ bfl 47.Ud7+ bg6 Mountain, above the venue the Asian teams with a population of about 7 million people. mountain", aptly named fir-thc lristor rt:rl ( lri- 48.Ue8+ 0f5 49.Ud7+ 6e4 50.Uxh7+ 6d5 for event in Shenyang. Historically it was the capital of the last Chinese nese chessboards that arc locatctl:rl llr( \rrrnriI 51.Ufl+ &e4 52.Ug6+ d1,nasty, the Qing Dynasty, until the capital was of thc mountain. Thesc arc slritl to lrt I.o(X) 52.wh7+ 6d5 53.wb7+ 6c4 54.uxB uxB shifted to Beijing in 1644. The team had the years old. We wcrc overawcd hy llrt' rrrrrlrrrli- 55.gxB 6xb5 Ubl 32.Qd3 Sal 33.Uc2 Qg7 3a.Ag5 Qf6 (lorrstr opportunity to visit the impressive Summer cence and size ofthe building. rrt tt tl on 4 35.44 697 Palace in downtown Shenyang, where the em- levels, it contained two hugc auditor irrrrs. orrc 52...hd5 Y,-Y2 peror used to conduct his affairs of state and lor chess, the other designed tirr tcuchiltlt rrrrtl organised his military campaigns. Shenyang to- playing Co. Evontually the centrc will hrrvt rrrr Round 2: Auckland 1.5 Singapore 2.5 day is primarily an industrial and manufacturing escalator system linking the facility to tlrt: A narrow loss to Singapore. Peter had to face city. chessboards at the summit. his second GM in a row. Nigel continued his Upon arrival in Shenyang on Sunday, October The first tournament was scheduled as a 9- early good form to win well. Paul had a quick 3'd the New Zealand team were met at the round Swiss with a time control of 4 hours per draw but Bob blundered his queen in a winning airport and transferred by local taxis out to game. (20 moves in I hour then t hour to position. Qipan Shan, a recreational and tourist develop- finish) the same as the Asian Cities in Kuala ment region about 60 km from the CBD. This Lumpur last year. The second tournament, the Hopewell,N - Massie,J (2066) area is dotted with many holiday villa's, some 1999 Asian Teams event, had a six-hour time [A87] English of them such as the Ba Xian Villa where we control (4012 then t hour to finish) R2 tirst stayed, are still being completed. (For the 1.c4 d6 2.AB 96 3.g3 f5 4.Qg2 Af6 5.e3 Qg7 second tournament we were transferred to the 6.Age2 c6 7.d3 0-0 8.0-0 Uc7 9.b4 Qd7 10.Hbl World Cities - round by round 36.e4 6h8 37.e5 Qei 38.Qb2 Ua2 39.Qe4 Qa3 Dong Hu Villa not far away) . We spent the rest e5 11.b5 HdS 12.8b3 Qc8 13.d4 e4 l4.R d5 40.Qxa3 Uxa3 41.d5 We3 42.e6 l-0 of the day settling into our rooms and meeting Round 1: Auckland .5 Shenyang A 3.5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.fxe4 fxe4 l7.Axe4 AbdT The seeds fielded 1 our interpreter and chaperone for the tourna- 4h a team consisting of 18.A2c3 &h8 19.axd5 0xd5 20.Uxd5 0f6 GM, 2 IM's and 1 FM. Nigel played very well, ments, Kitty Sun . Kitty took good care of us 21.Ug5 Qf5 22.Hxf5 Sc2 23.Exf6 Hxbl 24.HfI outplaying his strong opponent during our two weeks stay, helping us with any IM Wu Wenjin Hxa2 25.We7 HI8 26.Uxb7 Hxfl+ 27.Qxf1 HfB (2435) to achieve a windng position. Wu Wen- 2E.Uc6 Hbl 29.Qe2 Qh6 30.692 Sa2 31.Uc4

NZ Chess NZ Chess Round 3: Auckland 1 Shenyang B 3 Here Black should play 7-,.Nlrt'r. srrcc Rb6. Appeal dismissed Peter drew with his FM opponent (2342) b:ut 8.axb4 allows Nd3#. The trovc [l:r),r'rl rs lcss 26.Ebs 618 27.Hd2 Hilton and Nigel both lost to FM's rated over accurate and allows White thc lxrssrlrlrlv ol'a Instead of playing the planned ...Rb6 with Peter Green writes about the appeal in his game 2300. Bob managed to draw. strong lOth move, whicl-r was nol plrrl,t'rl rrr lhc advantage to Black, I suddenly had delusions of against Thomas Lochte in round 6: game. grandeur a and played what I thought was "We were both down to less than two minutes to Round 4: Auckland 3.5 Tokyo.5 8.Uxd2 6gxe5 9.6xc5 Axc5 10.c3 winning combination. play. Throughout the game Thomas had com- Auckland could not quite get the desired 4-0 White misses possibility strong thc ol' llrc 27...Hxe3 28.Uxb3 plained to the arbiters about the level of noise, result against the lowest-seeded team. PauI, move 10.c5!, thc pointis thatallerQxc5 I I llcl 28.Uxc5 dxc5 29.Hd8+ He8 30.Hxe8+ 6xe8 without much success, and was quite upset about Hilton and Bob all won but Peter could not 12.Qxd6 cxd6 White will win lrirck the Qd6 3l.Qd1+ Ee6 32.Hxe6+ fxe6 33.Qxb3 leads to a this. When I reached for an upturned rook to make headway against WIM Miyoko Watai and pawn with a big positional advantagc level position. promote a pawn (queens being still on the board) agreed a draw. 10...d6 28...Exb3 the arbiter took it into his head to acquire a queen Not 10.0 0 because of 11.c5 with a sirnilar Black should also maintain a slight plus after from the next table and place it next to my Round 5: Auckland I (Jlaantlaatar 3 thcrrre to the prcvious position. 28...4xb3 29.Hxd6 Hxd6 30.fxe3. uptumed rook. the the round, Hilton's win was highlight of l1.Qe2 0-0 I2.0-0 a5 13.Qg3 however it could have been better. Paul estab- 29.Qd1 Eab6?? "That was too much for my opponent who 13.b4 A9614.Qg3 Qd7! 15.c5?! dxc5 16.Qxc7 Iished a winning position but went in for some 29...Yd3 30.Ede2 Ae6 31.Qc2 Hd4 32.Qxh7 declared that was receiving unfair help and Qc6 t7.Qd6 Ug5 18.93 Hfd8 19.bxc5 Uxc5 I unsound tactics that back-fired. Hxh4 still holds the balance. game. and 20.Qxc5 Hxd2 gave Black the advantage in claimed the The clocks were stopped 30.Qe7+ the arbiters conferred and then declared the game Adler-Von Herman, I 987. Bennett,H (2200) Temuujin,H (2047) Black resigns. He will be a least a pawn down was to continue with the appeal to be determined - 13...a4 [823]Closed Sicilian and had only a minute or so left on the clock. A later. But my opponent was too upset to continue Cramping White's opportunities and R5 Q-side rather unfortunate end to the garne. 1-0 and in what I believe was a lost position lost on looking to relocate the N to c5. l.e4 c5 2.Acj Ac6 3.f4 96 4.AR Qg7 5.Qb5 ad4 time. The appeal was subsequently dismissed. 6.Axd4 cxd4 7.4e2 a6 8.Qd3 e6 9.0-0 d6 10.c3 14.Had1 Ad7l5.Wd4 Ac516.Hfet Qf5 Round 6: Auckland 2.5 Starnberg 1.5 dxc3 11.bxc3 Aei 12.a4 0-0 I3.Qa3 Qd7 Threatening to win the exchange by Bc2. A crucial round for us and Starnberg. A I should point out that there was no ill will two shown towards me and after the toumament the 14.Wb3 Qc6 15.8b4 Ac8 16.a5 He8 l7.ad4 Ud7 t7.uf4 Q9618.h4 h6 19.h5 Qh7 20.Qh4 Ed7 friendly rivalry had developed between our New Zealmd teams shared a few 18.Hab1 Ha7 19.f5 exf5 20.exf5 Qe5 21.fxg6 2t.Qg4Wc6 22.Qe2 teams from the start, with both of us very deter- German and hxg6 22.4f3 Qxf3 23.ExR bg7 24.Hbfa f6 mined to win" Peter won after his game was the beers and games of chess. My opponent was quite happy to repeat the 25.Hh3 Hh8 26.Hxh8 6xh8 27.Qxg6 Ug7 subject of an appeal. Bob had his second dona- position if Black was to play 22...Qd7 23.894 "The whole Shenyang trip was a pleasure to 28.Hg4 Ael 29.Uh3+ 698 30.Ue6+ 6hs 31.HR tion of a queen after his opponent blundered Qc6 etc, as I discovered after the game. experience and our Chinese hosts went out of Uxg6 32.Hh3+ 697 33.Uxe7+ 6g8 34.gds+ 6fl thinking he could deliver mate. Paul forced a 22...wb6 23.ud4 HfeS their way to provide us with all our needs, includ- 35.uc7+ 693 36.EbS+ 1-0 series of exchanges to reach a drawn position. A ing a very competent interpreter and tourist ex- Black's position is very solid, with pressUre on very imporlant victory for Auckland. The fol- the White b-pawn and a strong white-squared cursions into Shenyang for dynasty sight- Tovsanaa,N (2347)- Green,P (2269) lowing rouird Starnberg hit back with a 4 : 0 Qing 6] B. I was hopeful of at least a draw. seeing." [D Albin Counter-Gambit drubbing Singapore, the German board 1 gb3 of R5 24.Uc3 player, Thomas Locke overwhelming his GM 1.d4 d5 2.AR Af6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.6c3 Qd6 I opponent in a little over 20 moves! 6.Qd3 0-0 7.0-0 AbdT 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Axe4 Green,P (2269) Lochte,"I (2227) 10.Qxe4 Af6 ll.Qc2 h6 12.b3 Ua5 13.Qb2 Qa3 - 43.Uxd4 Wxa3 44.b6 Ug3+ 45.6f1 Uxh3+ 14.Qxa3 Hxa3 15.4e5 Hd8 16.c5 Wb2 l7.Ue2 [A58] Main Variation 46.6e1 Ug3+ 47.bdz Eb3 4s.Uf6 Eb4+ 49.6d3 ua3 18.4c4 ua6 19.Hfd1 b6 20.uf3 wb7 2t.ae5 R6 gbs+ 50.6d2 ub4+ 51.6d1 ubl+ SZ.6e2 Qd1 22.94 Qe8 23.h4 We7 24.95 hxg5 25.hxg5 l.d4 Af6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Hxe4+ 53.6f1 Ubl+ 54.6g2 6h7 55.Uxh4+ 697 ads 26.Uhs e6 27.Wh4 ts 2s.hg2 Ug7 29.8h1 Qxa6 6.0c3 d6T.af3dtdl s.el Qxfl9.6xfl 96 56.Ue7+ &h6 1-0 Ae7 30.Hh3 bxc5 3l.Eahl Of8 32.893 1-0 10.h3 Qg7 11.6g1 Eb6 t2.bh2 c4 13.Uc2 Ac5 l4.Qe3 Afdl ls.Ehel 0-0 16.He2 Eb4 17.Hd1 (2144) Erhembayar,D (2303) Spiller,P (2200) Afi 18.4d4 A7c5 19.Ac6 Eb7 20.Qd4 es Spiller,P (2200) - Gschwendtner,K - Opening [A52] Budapest Gambit 2l.Qe3 ab4 22.Axb4 Uxb4 23.a3 WaS 24.4a2 [A02]Bird's R5 Uns zs.Hct HacS 26.Hxc4 Wb7 27.b4 Ae6 R6 Notes by Paul Spiller 28.8b3 Aal zg.Qxaq exd4 30.8d3 f5 31.Hxc8 l.f4 96 LAR Qe7 3.c4 c5 4.e3 Ac6 5.6c3 e6 Exc8 32.Hc2 Exc2 33.Uxc2 Ua6 34.4c1 Qe5+ 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qb5 AgeT l.d4 df6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ag4 4.AR 6c6 5.Qf4 25.uh4 Ha6 35.93 f4 36.Ud3 fxg3+ 37.fxg3 Uc8 38.4e2 h5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ha4 Ub6 12.Qe3 Qf5 13.Qf2 a6 Qb4+ 6.Abd2 Ue7 7.a3 Qxd2+ the idea of increasing prcssr.rc on b(r by With 39.bg2 h4 40.94 tsf8 41.b5 Wa8 42.Axd4 Qxd4

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14.Qxc6 Axc6 15.Axd5 Uxb2 16.4e3 b5 17.9b3 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.4d2 dxe4 4.0xc4 Af6 Fritz 5 judges the position to be level. Li Ruofan (2262) - Bennett,H (2200) Uxb3 18.axb3 bxd4 l9,Axd4 Qxd4 2O.AxfS 5,Axf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Qf5 7.Ae2 e6 28...6f6 29.g3 f4 [B01] Centre Counter / Scandinavian Qxf2+ 21.HxI2 gxfl 22.Hfa21/*Yt The main variation is 7...Nd7, since 7...e6 R9 I was now getting short of time and did not loses a tempo in some lines, since it now takes hnd the best move. The pawn may threaten to 1.e4 d5 2.exd1 af6 3.d4 Qg4 4.f3 Qf5 5.Qb5+ Round 7: Auckland .5 Calcutta 3.5 two moves to get to e5. come to R with mating threats, but I had over- AbdT 6.c4 e6 7.llxe6 fxe6 8.4e2 c6 9.Qa4 e5 Calcutta were a youthful team with their num- 8.493 Qga 9.h4 h5 10.Qe2 looked the fact that if I take on 93 then f7 is r0.o-0 Qd6 r1.Qb3 Ue7 12.6h1 0-0-0 13.ds ber one player, Sandi pan Chanda, a merc 74 This is known as the pawn sacrifice variation under attack. Both 29...Qa3 and Qf8 keep up cxd5 14.cxd5 e4 l5.Ad4 Qg6 16.4e6 exf3 years but rated. at 2433. He and their No. 2 bcause Black will end up losing the h-pawn. the pressure. 17.Uxf3 6e5 18.Uc3+ 6b8 19.6xd8 HxdS Ganguly picked up several GM scalps. Paul had 20.4a3 10...Ua511.b4 Uc7 l2.dxhl Qxh513.Qxh5 a5 30.Hbe1 Ehl+ a good chance to draw against Ganguly after This position is unclear according to Dorfman, Both 30....Qd5 and ...Kg7 are perfectly good. comirg back from an inferior opening. Time but others disagree and say that White has a 31.Uxhl Hxhl+ 32.6xh1 gd5+ 33.691 Uxa2 trouble cost a half point. Bob played solidly to definite advantage. on 4. 34.He4 fxg3 35"fxg3+ 696 draw board 14.He2l After this strong move Whitre looks in good Better was 35...I(g5 or ...Ke7. (2433) Ilopewell,N - Sandipan,C shape. 36.Hg4+ 6h5 37.Hh4+ 696 38.Hhf4 f5 39.94 [C67] Berlin Defence 14...6d8 R7 Black played the following moves very Fritz suggested ...Be7 and ...e5. quickly, with only a few minutes remaining, 1.e4 e5 LAR ac6 3.Qb5 Af6 4.0-0 Axe4 5.d,4 15.8R fs 16.Qf4 missing several chances to draw. Aa6 0.Qxc0 dxc6 7.dxe5 Af5 8.gxd8+ 6xd8 According to Fritz the position is already.l-. 39...8d2 40.gxf5+ exf5 41.Hxf5 Be3+ 9.4c3 6e8 10.b3 h6 11.Qb2 Qe6 12.Had1 Qb4 16...Qd6 17.Qxd6 Uxd6 18.b5 13.a3 Qxc3 14.Qxc3 c5 15.Hd2 Ae7 16.Efd1 Not BxfT because of axb4 with counterplay, Simply ...Qxc3 was equal. Ac6 17.b4 cxb4 18.axb4 a6 l9.Ad4 Axd4 but bxa5 was another possibility. 42.H5f2 a4 43.d5 a3 44.d6 a2?? 45.d7 Wb6 20.Hxd4 be7 2l.fi Hhc8 22.Qe1 6e8 23.c3 a5 18...6e7 19.Ue2 46.Ed1 Ubl 47.d8H 1-0 20...Ae4 2l.Ud4 ad3 22.Qe3 Qc5 23.Hxd3 24.bxaS Hxa5 25.He4 HcaS 26.94 Ha'2 27.Hd2 Fritz gives 19.bxc6 Nxc6 20.Rb1. Ag3+ 24.hxg3 Qxd3 25.Qxc5 Hxc5 26.Efd1 Hal 28.bg2 Ecl 29.Hb2 Eaal 30.Sf2 b6 19...4d7 20.QR Ua3 21.:Ud2 cxb' 22.0-0?? Round 8: Auckland 0 Belfort 4 Hd6 0-1 3L.Eee2 A bad mistake which puts Black back into the Our first wipe-out, against a very strong game. Either BxbT or Rbl were better options. French team. Peter faced his third GM, Eloi The top five placings \r/ere: 1 Kemerovo (RUS) gd6 22...Hag8 23.h5 Relange (2452) while Paul's opponent was IM 27; 2 Handan (CHN) 26; 3 Almaty (KAZ) With the idea of ...Nf6 and ...Ng4. Amaud Hauchard (2529). 25,4 Shenyane A (CHN) 23; 5 Belfort (FRA) 24.1&e2 at6 25.Hab1 2t.5. The position is fine1y balanced with attcaking Round 9: Auckland I Guangzhou 3 opportunites for both sides. Another difficult round lbr New Zealand, Pe- 25...Axh5 Asian teams charnpionship ter and Nigel both playlng 2400+ IM's. The 26...Qh2+ 27.Kxh2 Ng3+ 28.Bh5 Nxe2+ After a free day and transfer to the Dong hu wrnrung. importance of the outcome of our match became Manor we were ready for the second event, the beat Singa- 26.Qxh5 Hg5 clear after the French team Belfort "1999 Asian Chess Teams Championship" an pore 21.5 points putting them 3 - 1 to finish on even more difficult challenge for the Nzers with our into 5th place pending the outcome of the arrival of several strong national sides from they match. If Guangzhou beat us by 4 - 0 Uzbekistan, [ndia, Vietnam, Philippines, Tajik- 22 poitts would overtake Belfort and finish on istan and Iran.A total of 16 teams competed in prize 31...Qc4 32.He4 Qd5 33.He3 Qxf3 34.h3 Qd5 to claim the US $3,000 money. this event which was held concurrent with the 35.Hee2 Qc4 36.He4 b5 37.h4 6e7 3E.h5 c6 The win by Hilton on board 3 against WIM Li Asian Women's Team Championship. Out of 39.He3 Qe6 40.He4 Qxg4 41.Hxg4 Hxel became the game, and Riofan therefore $3,000 the 70 or so players for this toumament I calcu- 42.Hxg7 Hxc5 43.He2 Hxe2+ 44.6xe2 Hhl gave the French team much delight. Hilton Iated a total of l5 GM's, 25 IM's and 10 FM's ! 45.c4 bxc4 46.Hg4 Hh2+ 47.&e3 Hxh5 48.Hxc4 played his prepared variation of the Scandina- be6 49.Hf4 6e5 0-1 creating all sorts of problems for his oppo- vian, Round 1: Indonesia 4 - NZ 0 mate. nent, who then walked into an unexpected We realised early on that points would be hard Ganguly,S (2340) Spilleq,P (2200) the for - This game was the highlight of trip to come by, with only one team, Macau, seeded [B16] Nimzovitch, Flohr Var. Hilton and allowed us to finish equal with R7 below us. Indonesia fielded 3 IM's and 1 FM. Singapore on 1 1.5 points. Notes by Paul Spiller 27.Uxb5 Hgxh5 28.Uxb7+

NZ Chess NZ Chess 11 10 Round 2:NZ 2.5 - Macau 1..5 23.Acl Qa6 24.Axd6 hxg3 25.hxg3 6gxf4 Round 4: NZ 0 - China C 4 55.Hh2 6e7 56.6b3 Qa4+ 57.6c3 9e8 58.6b2 61.8c2 6f6 We could not repeat the 4 - 0 we scored 26.gxf4 93 27 .Q,e3 W xd6'/rYz Peter had to play IM Wu Wenjin, Nigel's Hb7+ 59.ha2 Ha7 60.c6 Ha6 against Macau last year in the Asian Cities opponent from the first round of the World 62.&b3 @e7 63.a4 6d6 64.Hc3 Hb6+ 65.6a3 against the bottom seeded team. Nigel and Paul Ssegirinya,J (2035) - Hopewell,N Cities. The other Chinese players, all young Ha6 66.Hc5 Ea8 67.6b4 Eb8+ 68.6a3 Eb6 both won well, but Hilton regretted not taking [806] Pirc / Modern Defence 2300+ FM's are among a group of rising Chi- 69.a5 Ebl 70.Hc3 Hal+ 7l.bb4 Hbl+ 72.8b3 the draw he had been offered earlier and his R2 nese stars. They all played fairly quickly which Eal 73.6b5 Qh5 74.6b4 Qe8 75.8c3 Qh5 76.Hc2 77-ba3 Eal+ 78.Ha2 Exa2+ position went quickly downhill. Peter's position l.e4 96 2.d4 Qg7 3.4c3 c6 4.Qc4 d6 5.f4 Eb6 tended to create more problems on our clocks Ebl+ 79.bxa2 Qe8 80.6b3 Qxc6 81.Axc6 6xc6 became very double-edged and a draw was a 6.4f3 e6 7.0-0 Ae7 8.6h1 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 than on our boards. Certainly we rrissed 1 or 2 s2.6b4 6b7 s3.0b5 1-0 fair result. Unfortunately for Macau they man- 10.Qb3 abc6 1t.Aa4 Wc7 12.4d Afs 13.Hel good chances for draws in this round. aged only I more point in the next 7 rounds, A-0 1.4.Ae2 Aa5 15.Qa4 Ac4 16.Ud3 Acd6 Chuah Jin,H (2337) - Bennett,H (2200) Round N22.5 1.5 and NZ did not do a lot better. l7.ac3 18.94 Ae7 19.Qb3 b5 20.a3 9b7 5: -Malaysia [B0l] Centre Counter / Scandinavian 2l.Ag5 h6^6 22.48 Ae4 23.Ve2 Axcj 24.bxc3 a5 This round was perhaps the highlight of the R5 25.Qd2 a4 26.Q.a2 Qa6 27.We3 Hae8 28.Hg1 tournament for us, beating the Malaysian na- Spiller,P Q20O) - tr'esalbon,R 1.e4 d5 2.exd' Af6 3.d4 Qg4 4.Qe2 Qxe2 Ac8 29.Qe1 Ad6 30.Ad2 Qb7 3t.AR Ae4 tional team. Peter did not manage to quite [A02] Bird's Opening , 5.Uxe2 Uxd5 6.AR Ac6 7.c3 0-0-0 8.0-0 e6 32.ae5Ed6 33.Qb1 Hc8 34.4f3 Hc7 equalize on the black side of an exchange R2 a 9.b4 Qd6 10.Qe3 Sh5 11.h3 Hhg8 12.He1 95 Lopez against lM Mas Hafizulhelmi (2426), t.f4 Af6 2.AR Ac6 3.e3 d5 4.Qbs Qd7 5.b3 t l3.Axg5%-Yz 96 but Nigel grad ally outplayed Malaysian 6.Qb2 Qg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qxc6 Qxc6 9.4e5 Qe8 I board2, Ng Tze Han in a bishop versus Knight 10.d3 Ad7 1.4d2 Axe5 12.fxe5 c5 13.aR Ub6 Ilopewell,N - Ng Tze Han ending to score a meritorious win. Hilton's 14.Ue1 a5 15.8h4 e6 16"Qa3 Wc7 17.d4 b6 [B90] Najdorf Variation opponent (FM Jonathan Chuah) declined a 18.h3 Qb5 19.8f2 f6 2o.exf6 Qxf6 21.Uh6 Qg7 R5 draw offer, but then offered one himself a few 22.)&h4 h6 23.Hd1 Hf5 1.e4 c5 2.AR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 dta s.bcz moves later when he rcalized he could be in e5 7.Ab3 Qe6 8.R Qe7 9.ud2 0-0 trouble. Bob gradually outplayed the a6 6.Qe3 10.0.-0-0 a5 ll.a4 Ac6 l2.Qb5 Ab4 B.Wf) Malaysian board 4 after winning a pawn. Uc8 14.6b1 d5 15.exd5 Abxd5 16.Axd5 Qxd5 17.Qc5 Qxc5 18.Uxc5 Qxb3 19.Uxc8 HaxcS [Bob Gibbons comments that the last 20 20.cxb3 HfdS 2l.Hhel Hxdl+ 22.Exd1 96 tt moves or so of his game against Azahari con- 23.Hd6 bg7 24.Hb6 Hc7 25.Q,c4 Ad7 26.Hbs mysterious toing and froing. "Its a tain some b6 27.Hds 6f6 2S.Qb5 be6 29.Q.c4 6e7 30.h4 style of chess that we learnt in Malaysia last f6 31.94 AcS 32.95 Hd7 33.Hxd7+ AxdT year - when ahead on time and position, risk 35.c4 dxc4 36.Qb4 Wd5 37.Qxf8 6xE 38.8f1 34.6c2 fxg5 35.hxg5 6c5 36.6c3 e4 37.f4 e3 nothing and give the opponent the maximum Qxd4 39.Axd4 Ag3+ 0-l 38.0d4 e2 39.Qxe2 Axb3+ 40.6c4 Ac5 41.6b5 number of chances to go wrong."] &d6 42.Q.c4 6c7 43.Qg8 Ad3 44.f5 gxf5 Green,P (2269) - Mak Keng Kei 45.Qxh7 af4 46.Qxfsahs 47.Qd7 Ag7 4s.Qga [E91] King's Indian Gibbons,R (2200') - Azahari,M (2121) AeB 49.bc4 0d6 50.&d4 Ac7 51.6e4 b5 R2 [D02] d4 Others 52.axb5 0xb5 53.6f5 6e7 54.&96 Ad6 55.697 24.e4Hf6 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.exd5 exd5 27.Hxd5 Af6 2.c4 3.4c3 Qg7 4.e4 d6 5.Qe2 R5 Ae8+ 56.698 ad6 57.QR Ae8 5s.Qh5 Ad6 Hd6 28.Ug3 Hd7 29.Wxc7 HxcT 30.Hxc5 Qc6 l.d4 96 0-0 cs a 1.d4 Ac6 2.AR ds 3.Qf4 Af6 4.h3 Qfs 5.e3 a6 59.Qg6 Ac4 60.Qft Ad6 61.Qds AeS 62.bh7 31.Ec4 Ed8 32.Yd2 HdcS 33.Qd6 Ef7 34.4e5 6.48 7.d5 AbdT 8.0-0 Ae8 9.Qg5 f6 10.Qh4 6e5 11.Ae1 6.Qd3 Qg6 7.0-0 e6 8.c3 Ae4 9.Qc2 Qd6 63.696 AcT 64.Qs4 Aes 65.Qb3 ad6 Qxe5 35.Qxe5 HffB 36.Hd6 Qb7 37.Hxg6+ 6f7 95 12.Qg3 A96 t3.Ad3 e6 14.Ud2 6fB f5 15.exf5 exf5 16.f4 a5 l8.Hfel 10.Qxd6 uxd6 11.abd2 f5 12.c4 Qh5 13.c5 66.bf6 Ae4+ 67.6f5 Ac5 68.Qc2 ad7 69.6e6 38.Hf6+ 6e7 39.Hxh6 Exc4 40.bxc4 Qe4 94 ll.flabl Ue7 14.Ue1 Axd2 l5.Axd2 l6.Q.a4 Aa6 7t.Q,e4 72.bc5 Aaz 41.Qd6+ 1-0 Af6 1e.9fi hs 20.Qr2 h4 2r.g3 Ahs 22.Abs h6 95 94 abs 70.6d6 Att 23.Acl Q.a6 24.Axd6 hxg3 25.hxg3 Agxf4 l1.hxg4 Qxg4 18.f3 Qh5 19.Qxc6+ bxc6 73.6b5 Acl74.&xa5 Ab3+ 7s.6b4 Aat le.ga 1/rlt 20.ug3 6d7 21.6f2 HhgS 22.Wh2 QfI 23.f4 be7 77.bc4Ae678.b4 6d6 79.Qf5 Ag7 8o.Qc2 Green,P (2269\ Mak Keng Kei 26.gxf4 93 27.Qe3 Wxd6 - Hg7 24.A8 Hag8 25.Hg1 Ud8 26.4e5+ 6e8 82.6d5 Ag7 s3.6e5 6b6 King's Indian Ae6 81.b5 6c7 [E9l] Round 3: NZ 0 - Mongolia 4 R2 27.Hael ur8 Z8.HeZ ub5 29.93 h5 30.8h4 s4.Qd3 ahs ss.6fs &c7 86.&95 ag7 87.bh6 This was a stronger team than we played be- Ub7 31,Uf6 Uc8 32.6xc6 Udz 33.Aes Ue7 Ae8 88.97 AxgT 89.bxg7 l-O l.d4 Af6 2.c4 96 3.4* Qg7 4.e4 d6 5.Qe2 0-0 fore (Ulaanbaatar) with Mongolia fielding a 34.Uxe7+ 6xe7 35.6R Eg4 36.695 h4 37.Eee1 6.AR cs 7.ds AbdT 8.0-0 6e8 9.Qg5 f6 10.Qh4 strong 2500+ IM against Nigel on board 1. Qe8 38.gxh4 Exh4 39.8h1 EghS 40.Hxh4 Ae5 11.4e1 g5 12.Qg3 A96 l3.Ad3 e6 l4.Wd2 Hxh4 41.aR HhS 42.Eg1 6f6 43.4e5 a5 f5 15.exf5 exf5 16.f4 94 ll.Habl a5 l8.Efel 44.Hg2 a4 45.6e2 Hhl 46.&d2 Hal47.a3 Hbl af6 19.Qfl h5 20.Qf2 h4 21.93 Ahs 22.Ab5 b6 48.6c2 Hel 49.Hg3 Qhs 50.b4 axb3+ 51.6xb3 Hbl+ 52.6a2 Hb7 53.Hg2 Qe8 54.8b2 Ha7

NZ Chess NZ Chess I l3 l2 Mas,H (2426) - Green,P (2269) nately blundered in a position that otherwise Loss of queen - three times [C69] Exchange Variation offered good chances to draw. R5 In the second World Cities teams championship, Bob Gibbons featured in no fewer than 1.e4 e5 Ac6 Round 8: NZ.5 - Vietnam 3.5 2.AR 3.Qb5 a6 4.Qxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 three games involving loss ofqueen. There was f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Axd4 c5 8.4b3 Uxdl 9.Exdl Peter's gritty defensive style finally paid divi- an element of chess blindness in all three. Qd7 10.Qf4 0-0-0 11.4d Qe6 12.Exd8+ 6xd8 dends against his fifth GM opponent. Peter was twice on the right side of the queen 13.8d1+ 6c8 14.4d5 Qxd5 15.Exd5 b6 16.Hdl constructed a position which forced his oppo- Bob Ae7 t7.Qg3 0c6 18.R Qd6 19.6f2 Hd8 20.6e2 nent to repeat moves. A good result against loss, once on the wrong. Qxg3 21.Hxd8+ 6xd8 22.hxg3 c4 23.Acl &d7 Vietnam's number one player, GM Dao Thien 24.6e3 6d6 25.a3 ad8 26.4e2 Ae6 27.Af4 Axf4 Hai (2543). Paul playing on board 2 against Tuchenhagen ,A (2182) - Gibbons,R (2200) 28.gxf4 hS 29.f5 c5 30.f4 &c6 31.94 6d6 GM Tu Hoang Thong also missed a good [Dl0] Slav 32.6R c3 33.bxc3 a5 34.c4 bxc4 35.6e3 96 chance to play for a draw in a rook and pawn R5 36.95 fxg5 37.fxg5 gxf5 38.exf5 6e5 39.f6 6e6 ending. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.4c3 Af6 4.Qg5 e6 5.cxd5 40.6e4 h6 41.gxh6 6xf6 42.6d5 696 43.6xc4 cxd5 6.e3 Qe7 7.Qd3 0-0 8.aa b6 9.0-0 Qa6 20.Ed4 1-0 Round 9: NZ 0 -- Uzbekistan 4 a 10.4e5 Qxd3 11.Uxd3 AfdT l2.Qxe7 WxeT 20.Q,c4;20.Hd8 We were paired against the eventual winners, a 13.f4 f6 l4.AR Ac6 15.e4 dxe4 16.Uxe4 Hac8 20...Ua3 2"l..Hxe7+ WxeT 0--1 4 gd6 Round6: NZO - Singapore which caused some murmurings among the top 'a 17.Hae1 HfeS 18.Hf2 f5 19.Ue3 20.Hd2 af6 Peter faced his 4h GM opponent, while the rest teams, with only a point separating the top 7 2l.Ae5Ad522.Axd5 exds 23.8d3 Ae7 24.Hde2 Gibbons,R (2200) - Tsuruoka,K of the team played IM's. Paul reached a proba- teams it meant the other contenders would have Hc7 25.93 Hec8 26.692 g6 27.4R Ac6 28.He6 [B83] Scheveningen System gf8 bly winning position against IM Terry Toh to beat their opponents by a large margin. In the 29.Ebs Ub4 30.Uxds 697 31.Hd6 Uxb2+ R4 (2401) position, 32.6h3 Uc3 33.Hd7+ bh6 34.Ah4 Axd4 which drifted into a drawn but event we tried our best. Peter fell victim to a 1.e4 c5 2.AR Ac6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 Af6 5.6c3 after 60 moves battling a determined opponent brilliant attack by GM Nenashev, however d6 6.Qp2 e6 7.0-0 Qe7 8.Qe3 0-0 and the clock the half point disappeared as well. Nigel created enough chances in his game and 9.ud2 Qd7 10.Had1 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.QR missed a very strong continuation. Bob was also Qe6 13.Ade2 Qb4 14.a3 Qxc3 15.Axc3 6e7 Spiller,P (2200)- Toh,T (2408) victim of a mini-brilliancy, so Uzbekistan came r6.Qd4 [B06] Bird's Opening from behind to win the toumament, and I am R6 sure NZ featured on Uzbekistan TV that night. l.f4 96 2.AR Qg7 3.e4 d6 4.Ac3 a6 5.d3 e5 Overall the toumament was a great experience 6.fxe5 dxe5 7.Qg5 f6 8.Qe3 Ae7 9.d4 Qe6 and a chance to play some top world players. 10.dxe5 Uxdl+ ll.Hxdl fxeS 12.695 Qg8 13.4d5 6xd5 14.exd5 h6l5.Ae4Ad7 t6.c4Af6 Bob Wade still active t7.Axf6+ Qxf6 18.Qd3 6f7 19.0-0 &g7 2O.Qe4 Little is heard these days of NZ-bom IM Bob HdB 21.b3 a5 22.Hd2 Qg5 23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.93 Wade, who has made London his home since Qf/ 25.Efd1 Qe8 26.d6 c6 27.c5 Qd7 28.Hf2 the 1950s. However, now in his mid-70's, HhfS 29.HdfI Hxf2 30.Hxf2 Qe6 31.6f1 Qd5 35.Axf5+ Axf5 36.Hxf5?? gxf5 0-l Wade is still an active player. The interclub 32.Qc2 h6 33.cxb6 Hxd6 34.b7 HdS 35.Qd3 tournament known as 4NCL, which is a major Eb8 36.Qa6 e4 37.bel 38.Ec2 6f6 39.Hc5 5 94 Gibbons,R (2200) Hoe Chew Ming,T 6e5 40.6e2 6d6 41.8c2 6c7 42.6e3 6b6 teams event in Britain, is in its seventh year, but - [B08] this year has seen some team changes. Main Variation, with 4.NR 43.Qe2 Qe6 44.Hd2 HxbT 45.6xe4 Qf5+ 46.6f4 R2 16...wb6?? 17.Qxb6 1-0 He7 47.bg5 Ee4 48.Qd1 c5 49.Qc2 Hd4 s0.HI2 A team from Guildford has gained promotion 116...ac6.l to the top group, and in the first round was Qd7 51.Qxg6 a4 52.Qf7 a3 53.Qc4 6a5 54.8c2 l.e4 d62.d4^f6 3.Ac3 96 4.AR Qg7 5.Qe3 0-0 Chess "does not meet criteria" headed by three GMs - Jim Plaskett, Danny 6.Ud2 c6 7.Qh6 Ua5 8.0-0-0 b5 9.Qxg7 6xg7 6b4 55.6f6 Qc6 56.6e5 QeA 57 .He2 Qf3 s8.Hc2 Following IOC recognition of chess, NZCF King and Jonathan Rowson GM Stuat Con- to.e5 Ag4 11.m Ah6 12.6b1 Qe6 13.d5 b4 Qdl s9.Hf2 6c3 60.Qe6 Qc2 61.Qf7 Qtr O-r again asked the Hillary Commission about its quest is reported to be joining this formidable 14.dxe6 bxc3 15.Wel Uul r6.us attitude towards the game. The commission combination. Round 7: NZ.5 - Tajikistan 3.5 15.Hxc3 Uxc3 17.bxc3 dxe5 18.6xe5 fxe6 replied that it will have no effect on funding by The Invicta Knights and Home House teams The opponents didn't get any easier. Nigel 19.4R a6 20.ec4 e5+ (Fritz 5). them chess still does not meet their criteria have - played soundly to make sure of the draw against amalgamated, under the name IKHH, and 16...dxe5 17.exf7 AxtT 18.6xe5 6xe5 19.Uxe5+ for physical sport. NZCF President Peter Stuarl highly rated IM Anvar Nazarov (2493). This Wade is a member of that team, playing at Hf6 comments: "Diasppointing, but not unex- was an important draw for Nigel to enhance his board 5 or 6" There is no BCM team, so GM pected." chance to get a good elo rating. Peter unfoftu- Murray Chandler does not feature.

NZ Chess NZ Chess t4 15 youth championships 'interest' in his games. While the Chinese stopped schooling three months before this World coaches praised Puchen for his good perfor- tournament.) Their international masters have mance, one pointed out the boy is good in the them strict training every day. Imagine this, Nine-year-old Wang Puchen, accompanied by Puchen couldn't stand the long flight and fell middle game, but he has seriOus problems with when Indonesia is politically unstable.) his father, Haiqi Wang, flew to Spain late in sick, which I felt was a bad sign. We were really the opening. "Another proof, the Philippines Govemment October to play in the World Youth Champi- amazed at the great nurnber of participants in By now it dawned on me that all the top gave the under-l0 chess boy and his father (in onships in Oropesa del Mar. Marina d'Or. There were 832 chess players games, published in the bulletins, were care- US$3,500 for the trip and fees to get interna- Puchen scored 6/1 l, finishing 26= in a field of boys' and girls' groups up to Under-l8). With fully studied by the relevant coaches. tional master coaching. 96 (in32tr place on tie-break), with hard games delegation chiefs, coaches, and parents included "In the next round Puchen lost a knight to the "The organising committee must have spent a in the last few rounds after he reached 12tr place the number must have exceeded 1400. Even Polish boy after a couple of moves. He lost heap of money on the closing ceremony. The with a score of 5/8. This was a highly creditable before the start of the competition, we felt the again in round 9. In round l0 the French oppo- gorgeous fireworks continued ror an hour or so, result, particularly in view of the atmosphere - pressure, coaches from every nationality were nent intended to play an unorthodox game and gave us a nice- long-lasting impression. with more than 800 young players competing - busy moving the pieces on the chessboard for against Puchen, and as Mr Zht, the Chinese "In general, we feel that chess is highly valued and the problems Puchen encountered. These their players. coach, said: 'The more iregular the style you in Europe. The Asians have already leapt for- are mentioned in the report which his father has "The first round tumed out to be a complete l played, the more excited the boy (Puchen) got ward very quickly. We pray that some day in supplied to NZ Chess. disaster. Puchen was confident to deal with his to be. You have to check his attack ability at the New Zealand the government could also pro- The Under-I0 boys' section was won by opponent in the Russian Defence, yet when the l opening.' Fuchen checkmated the French boy vide a little aid so that our New ZeaTar.d players Dmitri Andreikine (GEO), a fortnight younger other boy pushed up d4 instead of his knight after l5 moves. could benefit from it, produce better chess and than Puchen, who scored 9.5/11. He was un- taking on e5 (Puchen was Black), Puchen was "There was a dispute in the last round. popularise the game. rated, but he headed otT Haoyu Li (CHI), and pluzzled. He had no idea about this, as a result Puchen's Kazakh opponent didn't concentrate "Lastly, but most important, we give our spe- game. easily the top-rated player in the field, on2393, he lost the centre quickly and the on the chess board in the latter half of the game. cial thanks to Ewen Green, who coaches who finished second on 9. "Puchen won the second round and drew the Instead, he consistently looked at the window, Puchen enthusiastically. Peter Stuart, Bruyce Hao Wang, also CHI, was 3= with Aikhan third. He displayed his chess skills in round 4 where a girl gave gestures and ran backwards Wheeler, Paul Macdonald, Keith Ward and Safarli on 8, and two of the other FIDE-rated against the Canadian under-lO national cham- and forwards to a table, on which a coach Brian Latimer deserve our thanks, too. WE also players, Edouard Bonnet (FRA, 2147) and pion. Even though he agreed a draw, Puchen manoeuvred the pieces this way and that. As feel grateful to Tominy Tay, Mr Liu, Ms Song, (HUN, Tamas Banusz 2129) were among five- frightened the opponent with a sacrifice and soon as I discovered this, I protested to the as well as Mr Xie for their time and efforts for players finishing 6=. subsequent attack. arbiter. The arbiter stood by the boys, but it was Puchen (they tried hard to raise some sponsor- In round 1, Puchen was drawn against a boy "Puchen excited me with three consecutive too late. The Kazakhstan boy was already in an ship for Puchen's trip)." from Georgia who surprised him in the opening. wins over the Bulgarian, Turkish and Spanish overwhelming winning position. Puchen suf- Here's a selection of Puchen Wang's games: While this was a disappointment, the Georgian under-l0 top players. By the 8n round, he had fered an unfair loss. Later, the principal arbiter, was one of the higher-rated players and finished risen to be among the top players. Then prob- a Romanian lady, expressed sl,rnpathy to us. Peterson,J (CAN) - Wang,P 6= with 7.5points. lems occurred. The coaches concemed showed And they didn't publish this game in the bul- [A00] Symmetrical variation In the next 6 rounds Puchen drew 2 and won 4 letin. R4 - giving him a score of 5/7 and taking him up to Round-by-round 1.c4 c5 2.Aca Af6 3.e4 e5 4.g3 d6 5.h3 Ac6 the dozen boards for rounds. He met gd7 top 3 two ang's results, round-by-round (t Blitz success 6.992 96 7.dge2 Qg7 8.0-0 Qe6 9.d3 players and who scored 7 lost to them before opponent's score follows the brackets): "On October 30 Puchen eamed a small honour 10.6h2 ad4 ll.ee3 hs l2.ads Hc8 13.a3 ag4+ gaining his final point in round 10. (GEO) I 7m l4.hxg4 hxg4+ 15.691 Af3+ 16.QxR gxf3 1 Vakhtang Khizanashvili 7.5, loss. for New Zealand.. He iame in the 1" world Puchen was consistent through the 11 rounds - 2 Gascon Iglesias (ESP) 3.0, win. open blitz games (boys' under-10 section). He l1.Aec3 Qxd5 18.Uxf3 Qe6 19.Hfc1 Eh5 losses players scored ) his were all against who 3 Ana Baptista (POR) 5.0, draw. sat at the No" 1 table twice. I was moved when 2o.Ad5 Qxd5 21.cxd5 be7 22.&92 Uh3+ more than he a sfuong cross-section g5 did. He met 4 James Peterson (CAN) 5.5, draw. the organising chief awarded Puchen a souvenir 23.691 EchS 24.b4 b6 25.bxc5 dxcl 26.a4 of the field - only 4 of his I I opponents scored 5 Vasil Georgiev (BUL) 4.5, win. medal and announced 'Wang Puchen Nueva 27.Wg2Wg4 28.bf1/*% less than 50%. 6 Alfonso Llorento Zaro (ESP) 5.5, win. Zelanda.' Wang,P Georgiev,V (BUL) 7 Hakan Kir (TUR) 4.0, win. "It was not really easy for us to achieve results - Wang reports Paulsen Haiqi 8 Piotr Brodowski (POL) 7.0, loss. in these events. The reason is that all the players [B40] R5 Here are cornments from Puchen's father: 9Drazen Dragicevic (SWE) 7.0, loss. turn out to be professionals. The Chinese play- "Puchen and I feel grateful to the New Zealand l.e4 c5 2.Af3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 a6 5.6c3 b5 10 Guillame Henry GRA) 5.5, win. ers received half a year's concentrated training s.QR 9.e5 Ad5 10.6xd5 Chess Federation for giving us the opportunity 11 Daulet Duskujanov (KAZ) 7.0, loss. before this toumament. I assume the Russians, 6.a3 d6 7.Qe2af6 Qb7 Uxe2+ to go to Spain. We definitely regard this trip as the French, the Indians and many other nation- exd5 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Se2+ Ee7 13.4f5 15.Hdl 6c6 16.Qxd5 0-0-0 17.c3 an important and valuable experience. alities work in the same way. (As proof, one 14.hxe2 Qe5 1S.Qe3 19.Qxc6 Qxc6 2O.Ae7+ &b7 "We arrived in Spain absolutely exhausted. Indonesian parent told me the Indonesian kids HhfS 96

NZ Chess NZ Chess 11 16 2l.Axc6 6xc6 22.h3 tS 23.f4 Qg7 24.&R a5 25,a4 bxa4 26.Hxd8 HxdS 27.Hxa4 6b5 GMs strengthen Congress field 28.Ha1 Hd3 29.be2Hd7 30.6f3 He7 31.94 Ed7 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.6e2 Qh6 34.Ed1 Ee7 35.HdS+ The Howick & Pakuranga 107n New Zealalird both over the board and in analysis. Congress is assured of a very strong champi- The following game, played in the Slovenian 6c4 36.Hxf5 &b3 37.Hf6 Qg7 38.8b6+ 6c2 I 39.&f3 6d3 40.8d6+ bc2 4t.Hd2+ 6b3 42.f5 onship field, headed by two grandmasters, teams championship as recently as last month, a4 43.@d4 Qh6 44.He2 Hfl 45.f6 QI8 46.6f4 Australian GM Ian Rogers and Slovenian GM illustrates his current form. Qh6+ 47.6f5 Qcl 48.6e6 Hh7 49.f7 EbS 50.8f2 Drazen Sermek. Both have previously visited Qh6 51.Qc5 Qn sz.Qxts HxIS 53.6e7 HxfT+ New Zealand and are well-known to our play- Sermek,D (2545) - l[Iazi,L (2387) 1-0 ers. Their presence, with Brazilian IM Herman [822] Alapin Variation Van Riemsdijk, offers opportunity for players R 5 Slovenian teams champ Llorento Zaro,A (ESP) Wang,P - to gain IM norms. 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Af6 3.e5 6d5 4.AR b6 5.g3 Ac6 Closed Sicilian [B24] Ian and his wife, Cathy, are popular visitors, 6.Qg2 Qa6 7.d3 e6 8.0-0 Qe7 9.c4 Ac1 10.b3 R6 and came the North Shore Congress in 9.4e5 Sh4 10.6xc6 bxc6 11.Qa6+ 6bs 12.SR to f6 11.Qb2 0-0 t2.Abd2 He8 13.Eel Hd8 1.e4 c5 2.AB Ac6 3.g3 e6 4.Qg2 Af6 5.f4 d5 1996-97, when Ian won the first tournament g.am Q,e4l3.Axe4 Uxe4 14.Ub3+ 6a8 15.Ub7# 1-0 14.4e4 Uh5 I5.d4 cxd4 16.exf6 gxf6 17.Axd4 6.e5 d4 7.4e4 Axe4 8.Qxe4 Qd7 h5 under the present championship format. Ian Uxdl l8.Haxdl AaS 19.fld2 f5 20.4c3 Qb4 10.0-0 Eb6 tr.a4 Wc7 12.UR 0-0-0 13.d3 h4 Here's how the winner gained a point in round recently finished 1= in the First Seeburg Open 2l.Ac2 Qe7 22.Hedl d6 23.Qa3 ae9 24.4b4 l4.bg2 f6 15.exf6 gxf6 16.f5 Ae5 17.Qf4 exf5 10. His opponent frnished 4:. in Luceme, Switzerland. Here are two of his 18.Qd5 Qd6 19.Ue2 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Uxc6+ 21.691 games from that tournament: hxg3 22.Wg2 gxh2+ 23.6xh2 Ag4+ 24.bgl Andreikine,D Rodshteim,M Uxg2+ 25.6xg2 Qxf4 26.Hxf4 de3+ 27.bh2 - Wilhelm,S (2167) Rogers,I (2574) [C15] Winawer - HdgS 28.H4 Hg2+ 29.bhl Exc2 30.Eb1 a5 Rl0 [,4.46] e4 others 31.Hg1 Ag4 32.Hg2 Af2+ :l.Hgxf2 Yxf2 R 2, 1st Seeburg Open 34.ExI2 Exh3+ 35.692 He3 36.Exf5 b6 37.Hxf6 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4c3 Qb4 4.Qd2 dxe4 5.Ug4 t.d4 Af6 2.Qg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Qxf6 Uxf6 5.6f3 He2+ 38.6R Hxb2 39.HI8+ Qc7 40.Ef7+ 6d6 Af6 6.Uxg7 HgS ?.Uh6 b6 8.0-0.-0 Qb7 9.h3 d6 6.Qd3 e5 7.c3 Ac6 8.Qb5 Qd7 9.d5 abs 0-1 AbdT lD.Age2 Ue7 tl.abs Hg6 12.9h4 Qd6 13.Axd6+ cxd6 t4.Af4 EgS 15.Qb5 z6 10.Qxd7+ AxdT tl.Abd2 Qe7 12.c4 0-0 13.0.- 0 S96 14.b4 f5 15.exf5 Hxf5 16.Ec1 EaIS Wang,P - Kir,II (TuR) 16.Qxd7+ SxdT l7.Ehel Hac8 18.94 Ad5 19.Hg3 Hc4 20.b3 Hc7 21.&h2Hgc822.c4Axf4 t7.Ele2 Hf4 18.^3 af6 19.8c3 b5 20.cxb5 [B70] Modem Dragon R7 23.Qxf4 f6 6xd5 21.Hc4 Qo8 zz.Hrct H4f7 23.We4 Hxe4 24.Axe4 25.h3 Af4 26.Aed2 Ae2+ 0-l 1.e4 c5 2.AR d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 af6 s.Aca 95 96 6.Qg5 Qg7 7.Qc4 a6 8.0-0 0-0 9.a4 Ac6 Rogersrl - Zhao Zong Yuan 24...Qxc4 25.Ec2 d5 26.bxc4 Axc4 27.Acxd5 10.4b3 Qd7 11.Ud2 AeS l2.Qe2 Hc8 13.Had1 exd5 28.Qxd5+ 697 29.Hxc4 1-0 [,4.65] Samisch Qc6l4.ad4 Axe4 15.Axc6 6xd2 16.Axd8 Axfl I R 3, lst Seeburg Open Latest Rogers game 17.Axh7 f6 18.Qcl Axh2 l9.hxh2 Hc6 20.Aa5 What was billed as the "Tournament of the l.c4 Af6 2.4c3 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Qg7 5.f3 0-0 Hc7 21.f4 Ad7 22.Q.c4+ 6h8 23.4d5 Ha7 96 Future" was held in Koning Willem I College, 6.Qg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Qe3 e6 9.Ud2 exds 24.Qe3 Haa8 25.b3 e5 26.4c7 HacS 27.Ae6 Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, from 18-27 10.cxd5 Ee8 11.Age2 hS l2.Ag3 a6 t3.a4 Hfe8 28.Hxd6 ab8 29.fxe5 fxe5 30.695 h6 I November. Friso Nijboer, after dominating the abd7 t4.Qe2 ae5 15.0-0 Hb8 r6.HIb1 ah7 3l.Ae4 gS 32.ab7 Hf8 33.Abc5 a5 34.6e6 HfeS tournament and securing first place by his first r7.ah1 f5 ts.at2 Qd7 19.h4 cxb4 20.Exb4 35.Axg7 6xg7 36.Hd5 Ac6 37.Ad6 AbA draw in round 8, lost to Ian Rogers in the final Uf6 21.Ha3 HecS 22.exf5 Qxf5 23.Ace4 Ue7 38.Axe8+ Exe8 39.Hd2 Eb8 40.c3 ac6 41.Qb5 second place with Paul 24.Hab3 a5 25.Eb5 Ac4 26.Qxc4 Hxc4 round. Rogers shared Ae7 42.Qc5 A96 43.b4 Hc8 44.c4 h5 45.Qe3 Van der Sterren. 27.Hxa1 Qd4 2s.g3 Qxe3 29.Exe3 Ag5 30.Ua7 axb4 46.Qxg5 afA 47.a5 Ae6 48.Qd7 Hxc4 Ian Rogers has sent us this last-round win, 49.Qxe6 Hd4 50.Hxd4 exd4 l-0 l Ecl+ 31.692 Hcc8 32.6xg5 Uxg5 33.Eeb3 h4 24.c5! bxc5 25.Qxd6 Uxd6 26.dxc5 Ud5 34.g4 Hf8 35.Hxb7 HxbT 36.Exb7 h3+ with his notes: 27.Hxd5+ Qxd5 28.b4 a5 29.f3 axb.{ 30.fxe4 Wang,P Henry,G (FRA) 37.axh3 Ed2+ 38.412 r-0 - Qc4 31.Hd1+ 6e8 32.Uf4 Ht7 33.Ud6 EfcT Nijboer,F - Rogers,l [B0 I ] Centre Counter/Scandinavian Rl0 34.9d4 Hxc5 35.Uxf6 H5c7 36.Uh8+ 6f7 Drazen Sermek played in the Fencible Mas- [B01] Centre Counter / Scandinavian 37.Uxh7+ 6f6 3S.Uh6+ 6e7 39.Ug5+ 6e8 ters two years ago, and although he was Hertogenbosch R 9 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 af6 3.6R Uxd5 4.ac3 Eh5 5.d4 40.8h5+ 6e7 41.95 Qa6 42.Hd2 0-l runner-up to Australian IM Stephen Solomon - Notes by lan Rogers Qg4 6.Qe2 6\6 7.h3 0-0-0 8.0-0 Qfs in top form, especially in the endgame - 1. 2.exd5 Uxd5 3.6c3 Ua5 4.d4 Af6 5.Qc4 c0 Drazen impressed with his crisp style, evident 6.Qd2

NZ Chess NZ Chess 18 A hicky move order, which avoids my regular pschologically 24...Rc7 was misguided. Had ...Bg4 systems. Luckily I was planning to Black played 24...0-0! - a move he will need to switch to a ...Bf5 plan against Nijboer on this play anyway - Nijboer might not have recog- occasion, so both ofus were happy. nised the danger in time and one careless move 6...Qfs 7.AR e6 8.Ue2 Qb4 9.0-0-0 abdT such as 25. h4? would lead to disaster after 10.6b1 25...Rc7! followed by ...Ra8 and ...Rca7. Rather innocuous. 10.a3 and 10.Ne5 are the 2s.ad3 critical lines. There is no time for 25.h4 0-0 26.95 Ea8 10...4b6!? when Black's attack comes first.] Wahls' idea, which leads to an unbalanced 25...0-0 26.ab4Ha,8?l (and far from bad for Black) endgame after This throws away virtually all Black's advan- 11.Bb3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Qb5. tage. After 26...4xb4 27.fub4 HaS 28.Hce1 6d5 11.be5!? Qxc3?! Black could not hnd a good answer to 29.Qd6 but a cooler head would have realised that Black spent three-quarters of an hour on this 29...Hc6 30.Qg3 b4 keeps the pressure on c2 move, understanding that it was not the best but and, with 31.Kcl impossible (31...Bxc2!) and preferring it to [11...Axc4r. 72.6txc4 Ha6 13.de4 ...b5 and ...Nb6-c4 in the air, White is still Wellington's Civic CC puts variety into its annual prograrnme wilh novelty events, and in the Axe4 l4.Qxb4 0-0-0 1s.R (ls.Hhft bbS 16./3 suffering. past a new was a blindfold game played between Anthony Ker (seated) and Nic AYa is fne for Black./ 15..Af2 16.4d6+ Hxd6 lear featare Croad. Nic, with white, started l.aS and the game lasted through the evening. When it came 17.Wxa6 bxa6 18.Qxd6 6xh1 l9.Hxh1 Ed8 27.Qxd5 Axd5 28.b3! Axb4 29.Qxb4 Y.ca7 time to close up, Niic - who was two pawns up - was judgeil the winner. 20.Qc5 e5! which should lead to a draw. Unfor- 30.Qc3? Our photo has come by a very round.-about route, Gerry Bell. Skortly after the blindfold funately because of the tournament sirualion a With only a minute and a half left for 10 from draw was not good enough, so... moves, it is not surprising that White falters, but garne, which was playeil in July, Gerry left New Zealanil and after three months in in South America travelled on to Northern lreland. His lefter, containing photos of the malch, came trom 12.Qxc3 Ua4 13.Qb3 Eb5 14.Exb5 cxbS 15.Qa5 it was certainly a surprise to me when Nijboer Belfast - it was a mystery package until the contents were reveakd, abds 16.h3 b6 t7.Qd2 ae4? pointed out 30.Hrel! after the game. Nijboer's point is that the combination in the game fails Now Black drifts into trouble. 17...h6 should because the rook on e1 is protected. Amazingly, reach something similar to the game continua- Black seems to have no way to exploit his tion without allowing favourable Wellington and Civic CCs to merge White the pressure on the a file, e.g. 30...8a1+ 3l.bb2 option available on move 19. H8a2+ 32.&c3 Hxc2+ 33.Exc2 Hxel 34.&b2l 18.Qe1 h6 19.f3?! when the mate threat leads to the exchange of Next year there will be only one chess club in there, but once again support fell away. The Wellington. The outcome of negotiations be- club night was changed to Friday, but that gave 19.94 Qh1 20.Qxd5! exd5 2l.R Af6 22.Qb4 rooks and a drawn bishop endgame.] 30...Ha31 tween Ross Jackson, for Wellington CC, and only temporary relief. (Or 22.Qh4 95 23.Qg3) 22..a5 23.Qd6 is pre- Now the threat of 31...Rxb3+ leads to a win by the is that members and So during last year Ross Jackson who had cisely the sort of variation which would make force. Civic club Wellington - assets will be absorbed into the Civic club, but taken over central responsibility for the club Black very unhappy. White holds a slight ad- 31.0b2 b4! 32.Qxb4 Ha2+ 33.6b1?! vantage, which Black might be able to neu- to maintain the continuity and traditional name from Tim and Ted Frost - canvassed reaction to .6c3 keeps the game alive, but after 33...Hc8+ ...Nd7 but Black's winning chances of the older club, Civic will b e renamed amalgamation with Civic. After lengthy negoti- 34.bA Qxc2 (Not j4...Hcxc2+ 35.Hxc2 Yxc2+ fg;r"".Xttn Wellington CC. ation and consideration, the merger proposal 36.be3 Hb2 37.Hc1 !Yxb3+ 3B.Hc3 when White Wellington CC has passed through roller- was accepted by Civic members are a recent l9...Aef6 20.Qd2 Hc8 21.Hc1 Qm 22.a4?l can draw the opposite bishops endgame.) coaster conditions in recent years. In the 1980s meeting, with a substantial majority supporting 35.6e3 Hb2 White's chances for survival are Opening the a file is not an idea to be recom- membership fell right away, then when better the change of name but some members under- mended, as Nijboer realised very soon. 22.94 remote. rooms were found there was a revival and mem- standably reluctant about the arrangement. was the logical move, while I was more afraid 33...Qxc2+! bership built up again, with strong junior sup- The change will further strength Civic, under of; 22.&a1l? planning c4, which could leave "Oh, shit!" commented Nijboer, reasonably port through a 6pm start with junior coaching its new name. Civic has thrived in recent years, Black with some rather weak light squares on enough. and play. in its location in Tumbull House, across the the queenside (c6, a6) while his own light- The inconvenience to many people of the road from Parliament Buildings. There has been squared bishop is far away from the action. 34.Exc2 Ha1+ 35.&b2 H8a2+ 0-l club's traditional Saturday night gathering strong competition, a varied programme, and 22...a6 23.axb5?! axb5 24.94 Hc7 ?! counted against it, and membership dwindled growth of membership - the additions including Here Nijboer suddenly realised that I was again. The club's room in the city ceased to be Wellington members who have joined for the about to mate him on the a hle, and used almost available, so there was a move to a suburban competition. all his time trying to find a defence. However location in Karori. There was one good season

NZ Chess NZ Chess 20 2l Correspondence report Bennett,H - Voss,P North Shore CC rapid ch'ship [C33] King's Gambit By Gordon Hoslqtn Paul Garbett won the 4s leg of the club Rapid NZCCA Champ, 1998-99 Championship with 5W6, conceding just his l.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Q.cl Ate 4.4c3 c6 5.d4 The New Zealarrd Correspondence Chess As- away you go. second draw (to Leonard Mclaren) in the three Qu+ 6.es Ae4 1.&fa 6xc3 8.bxc3 Qxc3 sociation is currently taking entries for the All entries and enquiries to NZCCA. Secre- legs that he played. [n this game he played a 11.Ug4 2000-01 tournaments. Positions are available in tary, Sandy Maxwell, P.O. Box 3278, Welling- 9.Qa3 b510.Qd6 bxc4 Hgs 12.8h3 French Defence and grovelled his way to a four types of tournaments: ton; or telephone (04)237-4753. h6 13.Wxc3 a5 l4.Af3 Aa6 l5.Ud2 Ab4 draw; I don't think Paul was too impressed with 16.Uxf4 Aas n.Wel 95 1E.h4 Hg7 t9.Ah2 this defence! Peter Stuaft took second place Trophy tourneys: Players are graded accord- lgb6 lgbz Trophy tourney progress h5 20.4R Q.a6 2t.axgl 22.hn with 5 (loss to Garbett) while Mclaren and ing to ability and placed in grades of up to 1 3 Progress scores in the 1999-2000 trophy tour- 23.Hhbl Wc3 24.4R a4 25.a3 Wa5 26.Hb2 Antonio shared third on 4%. players, in the following grades - Champi- neys (as at23.11.99): Qb5 27.8ab16c3 28.tse3 Hg8 29.He1 Ad5 Garbett, with his threeJeg total of 17i 18 easily onship, Reserve, Tl2,Tf3 and TT4. 30.We4 Hg7 31.691 c3 32.Hbbl Qc4 won the Championship. Stuart was second, Play is round-robin with one game against II.P. Whitlock Memorial Championship: LB Krstev third and Mclaren fourth, all three scor- 33.Ags Ae7 34.Uf4 afs 35.4e4 Qe6 36.Qb4 each opponent. PIay begins on March I each Frost 719, TJ Doyle 5/6, GA Hoskyr 5/8, ML ing l3Vz points. Graham Wagstaff took the Ua7 37.Qc5 Ua6 38.Ug5 d5 39.4d6+ 6d7 year and continues for 13 months. Unfrnished Dunwoody 3.5/5, BW Millar 3/6, PB Goffin handicap title with 12.40 points despite not 40.Axf5 Qxf5 41.We7+ 1-0 games are adjudicated. 1.5i3, PJ Voss 1.5/5, HP Bennett 1/3, PAR playing the final leg. Harry Cheng almost Vetharaniam 1/4, RJ Dive li5, DJ Cooper .5i5. llandicap tourney: There are six starting caught up with an excellent 4ft leg, ending on FROST b Voss, Cooper, Dive, Vetharaniam, Roberts,E - Williams,B times each year, so a player can spread his 12.36.Daniel Johns was third on 11.28. Bennett; d Goffin, Millar, Hoskyn, Dunwoody. [C33] King's Gambit games evenly throughout the year. Players can DOYLE b Voss, Cooper, Millar, Dive, Vethara- NZCCA TT Reserve, 1998-99 nominate how many opponents they wish to Publisher in receivership niam; I Hoskyn. HOSKYN b Dive, Vethara- 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qe2 d5 4.exd5 af6 *AR receive each pairing date. Two games are Britain' s I 56-year-o1d publishing company, B. niam; d Voss, Cooper, Millar; I Dunwoody. Axd5 6.c4 Ah4 7.d4 Qf5 8.4a3 g5 9.h4 played against each opponent, one with Black, 94 T. Batsford, has been placed in receivership. DUNWOODY b Voss, Millar; I Bennett. MIL- 1o.agt A8c6 11.Qxg4 Qd6 tz.AR Axd{ one with White. is reported to owe Barclays Bank LAR b Goffin, Vetharaniam. GOFFIN b Dive. The company Extra points are eamed by beating a higher- some and the printers Colourcraft VOSS b Bennett. Vetharaniam b Cooper. $2.5million graded opponent, and less for winning against a nearly The receivers, KPMG, have DIVE b Cooper. $800,000. lower-graded opponent. There is no play at sold off stock and intellectual property rights to odds. Reserve Championship: A Short 617, EGA Chrysalis Books, and it is believed that chess Frost 3.5/7, EN Roberls 314, lC Rapp 44, GE authors have no chance of receiving royalties Certificate tourneys: These are seven-player Loverlock 1.5/3, CA MoId l/2, BM Williams round robins with one game against each oppo- owed. 1/4, KG Reed 0/2, RS Phillips 0/3. nent. (An extra game to count in the Handicap Tourney may take place, if both players agree). TT2: JCV Larsen 8/10, BJ Edwards 7.5/1 1, FIDE's 75ft anniversary The frelds are filled up in the order of entries EA Gidman 3.5/8, PC King 3.5i10, DE Dolejs FIDE has held its 75th Anniversary Celebra- received, so it is possible to be in a strong 3/4, J Veldhuizen3lS, W Anderson 2.5/9. tions in Paris last month. The American FIDE section, or a weaker one. delegate and official Don Schultz reported that TT3: AN Hignett 7i8, CM Ford 6.5/8, GH it turned out to be a public relations nightmare. Overseas play: Players can compete in over- Mills 5.5i9, PE Rossiter 4/6, RGA Taylor 416, Plans that included a street parade and celebri- seas tournaments which often have set openings AW Hendry 3/5, PG Coghini 3/6, LR Cotton 13.Ua4+?? ties were scaled down; there was no parade or to kick-start the toumaments. Matches between 2.5/9,8C Sullivan .5/7, JWH Atkinson 0i3, S 13.Uxd4 Instead, thinks he has celebrities. New Zealand and other countries also take Holdaway 0/5. wins. White made a fatal error and resigns. However, NZ Worse still was a reporl that repal,rnent of a place. Overseas games cost more for postage TT4: RR Trevis 4/5, A Clark 3/3, CLW Ward Chess has searched for a win for Black, and it loan from FIDE to the World Chess Foundation and often take 2-3 years to finish. 3/3, LI Purvis 0/4, SR Chowdhury 0/5. does not seem clear-cut. 13...c6, 13...Qd7 or for SF478,000 is overdue, some players from Correspondence chess is ideal for players who 13...Bd7 don't appear to work. If Black plays the FIDE Championships have not been paid, Here are two games from the 1998-99 trophy cannot attend a club. And correspondence chess 13...b5, Fritz 5 suggests 14.axb5 Ue7+ 15.6fl nor have FIDE staff recently. tourneys: gives players a chance to pay at a higher level [15.Ne5 or 15.Be3 do no better.] 15...Qd3+ 16. However, president Iljumzhinov has said that than is possible in o.t.b. play. 69l Axf3+ 17. UxR Uel+ 18.6h2 Uxh4+ all the obligations will be paid by the end of the Postal play need not be all that expensive, and 19.691 Qc5 20.Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. Sxe3+ fxe3 year. is cheaper than many other sports. A book of 22.Hxh4 bxc4 23.Hel Ads 24.QR with slight stamps per week, a bundle of window envelopes advantage to Black. What's better? 0-1 and some sticky paper (to cover postmarks) and

NZ Chess NZ Chess 23 22 North Shore CC Championship Overseas news By NM Peter Stuart

Leonard Mclaren won his second title in a 28.Uxc5 Hxc5 29.Hxc5 1-0. Budapest 6b8 14.a3 AI8 15.b4 696 16.Ue3 AfA 17.Qfl competition which was closer than the scores Stuart - Mclaren The monthly "First Saturday" tournaments in HhgS 18.c5 Hg7 19.Hac1 b5 20.a4 a6 21.93 h5 indicate. The early leader was Peter Stuart who [E91] King's Indian the Hungarian capital have produced scores of 22.axb5 axb5 23'd5! Axd5 24.Qxb5 de6 enjoyed a 1/z point lead after just four rounds l.c4 Af6 2.Ac3 96 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Qg7 5.Qe2 0-0 title norms over the last few years. This year's 23...cxd5 24.Axb5+-;23...exd5 and had defeated Mclaren, the tournament 6.4f3 c5 7.0-0 Ac6 8.d5 Aa5 9.Qd2 Qg4 10.b3 October event was of category 7 including five 25.Qtl. turned out to be a 24.Axd5 Hxd5 25.Hxd5 exd5 26.Ee1 QdS favourite. Losses to Antonio Krstev and a6 ll.Hcl Hb8 12.Uel b6 13.e5 6e8 14.e6 Qxf3 low-rated GMs. lt two-horse race between Israeli Ram Soffer and 27.Qh3 f5 Prashant Mistry allowed Mclaren and Krstev to 15.exf7+ HxfT 16.Qxl3 Af6 t7.Ael Axeq GM unti- tled 13-year old Chinese boy Bu Xiangzhi. The take the lead and this situation held until the last l8.Uxe4 Ab7 t9.Qg4 6h8 20.Qe6 HI8 21.Hc3! 27...ecg 2g.exc8 Wxcg 29.Ad4 a. latter took first place withs%/ll and,1i]tr.rth1 round when Antonio, who had played the best Qxc3 [21...tse8 22.rufi 23.Hxh7+1. &xh7 2s.aG Hg8 29.uh6 ee7 30.ae5 eg5 3t.sxh5 second CM norm. Sofler was second on 8 and ; chess till then, lost in a major upset to Arnold 24.Uh4+ Qh6 25.Uxh6#l22.Qxc3+ Hf6 23.94 "u?'3#;1ffi Qdz 32'ad7+ 6a7 33'Ea1+ Qa6 34'sxr7 1-0' 95 24.f4 h6 25.fxg5 hxg5 26.E8 bgl 27.Hh3 next were GM vaulin G;3) van den Heuvel. (CZE) 6, IM Narciso (ESP) and Vosha (ISR) Scores: 1 L.J.McLaren 7%; 2-3 A.Krstev & 1-0. Marbella Krstev Barlow 5Y2. P.W.Stuart 6Vz; 4 P.Mistry 5Vz; 5 A.van den - This Costa del Sol resort was the venue for the Indian Heuvel 5; 6 M.J.Barlow 4Vz; 7-9 M.I.Howard, [E12] Queen's "Flamenco Toumament", latest in the series of t.d4 af6 2.afj e6 3.Qg5 Qe7 4.e3 b6 5.c4 Qb7 Narciso - Bu Xiangzhi veterand versus ladies matches played on the D.P.Johns & M.J.Le Brocq2lz; l0 N.J.Gunn 2. 6.6c3 7.a3 AbdT 9.0-0 c5 [B58] Sicilian system. The series started in The B-grade was dominated by juniors, with d5 0-0 8.Qff Scheveningen 10.Ue2 cxd4 11.exd4 He8 l2.Hacl Ae4 l3.Qt4 1.e4 c5 2.AR Ac6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4 At6 5.4c3 l99l with a win to the Veterans but then the David Munroe taking the title with 9Wll after Axc3 14.Exc3 Hc8 15.6e5 af6 16.EdI dxc4 d6 6.Qe2 e5 1.aR h6 8.0-0 Qe7 9.Hel a6 10.b3 Ladies won three in a row. The Veterans, how- a strong finish. Harry Cheng was second on 8 17.Qxc4 ad5 18.8R Axf4 19.Hxf4 Qf6 20.h4 0-0 11.h3 bs 12.Qf1 Qb7 13.Qb2 He8 14.93 ever, have now won three of the last four and David Simpson third equal with veteran 9d6 21.Wg4 We7 22.Hd3 Qxe5 23.dxe5 Ec5 QtB 15.Qg2 Hc8 16.a3 t7.Hd2 Qg7 18.Had1 contests with the other (1998) drawn, so they Tom Evans. In a very close finish the C-grade 96 24.Hfd4 Qc6 25.Hd6 Ub7 26.Hg3 96 27.Wt4 Wb6 l9.Aa2 EedS 20.6c3 Ae7 2l.We2 Hxc3 lead 4:3. title was decided in the last round in favour of Qd5 28.Qd3 Ue7 29.h5 697 30.b4 Ec7 31.Qb5 22.Qxc3 Axe4 23.Qal 6xg3 24.Ue3 Uxe3 This year the oldies won seven ofthe rounds Briar Winsor, abead of Blake Hodgkin- 8Wll, Hf8 32.Hh3 Qb7 33.Qd3 Qds?! 25.fxe3 e4 26.4d2 Qxal 27.Hxa1 d5 28.Eac1 with the other three tied for a corwincing30/z- son, Lynton Rudkins and Graham Wagstaff on 33...95! 34.Wg4 h6 35.t4 t5 36.exf6+ Exf6 f5 29.atl Axfl 3O.Qxfl 6c6 3l.Hedl d4 19Tz victory, a record margin. For the winners 8. 37.Hd4 Hf8 38.ftg5 hxg5 39.893 6h6 -. 32.exd4 Axd4 33.@92 Hd5 34.6f2 bfil 35.c4 Viktor Korchnoi top-scored withTVzlT0 andhe Mclaren -'Krstev 34.Ue3!? bxc4 36.Exc4 Axb3 37,Hc7+ 6f6 38.Hb1 was well backed up by Lajos Portisch and Hxdl 39.Hxb3] 38...Hd2+ 39.691 Vlastimil Hort 6Vz, Boris Spassky 5/z and [C17] French 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.9h6+ 698 36.Qxg6 Ug7! [38.Hxb7 (36...hxg6? 6e8 Qd5 40.Ha7 a5 41.h4 be' 42.Ha6Ad4 43.Hx 5 Vassily Smyslov 4112. Xie Jun and Maya l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3"Ad Qb4 4.e5 c5 5.dxc5 Wc7 37.uh8+ hf7 38.Hh7+ Ae2+ 44.hf1 ag3+ 45.hgl f4 46.Hb3 Ae2+ Chiburdanidze were the leading women with 6.413 Hxc5 7.Qd2 Qd7 8.Qd3 h6 9.0-0 Ae7 39.Hxe7+ 6xe7 40.Uh7+ and mate in 4) 47.bftad4 48.Eb1R 49.Qh16rS O-r. 4lz poiris while Pia Cramling and Zhu Chen 10.Hel Qxc3 11.Qxc3 Qb5 12.Qxb5+ Hxb5 37.Hxg7+ (37.Qxh7+? HxhT 38.Hg3+ He7) scored 4, .\lisa Galliamova2Vz. l3.ad4 Hc4 14.a4 a6 15.He3 ad7 16.b3 Ec7 37...Yxg7 and Black is better. 34...Hc6? Leko v Bunzman The following game is hardly representative of t7 .tsg4 9618.Hae1 b6 19.Qb4 Hc8 20.Qd6 h5 world Neither is 34...8fc8? any good: 35.hxg6 fxg6 This six-game match between Hungary's 20- Korchnoi's play at Marbella; the women's Leko and the l7-year old advantage the Swiss 36.uh6+ 6h8 (36...698 37.Qxs6 Wel year old GM Peter champion takes fuIl of Bunzmann featured just two emors: 3S.Qxh7+!) 37.Uxg6 Hg7 38.Exh7+! UxhT German Dmitrij veteran's half. 39.8f6+ Ug7 40.Hd8+ Hxd8 41.8h4+! openings and was quite even for the first the key to opening up Bunz- Korchnoi (41.Wxd8+?? UgS -+) 41...698 42.Uxd8+ Sf8 Then Leko found Xie Jun - winning games 4 and 43.Bxc7 wiruring but 34...Eb7! seems to pro- mann's French Defence, [C08] French 6. The young German was unable to make any vide a defence against White's attack: 35.hxg6 t.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Aaz c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Qb5+ on Leko's Griimfeld. The final score fxg6 36.8h6+ 698 A37.Qxg6 Ug7 38.Qxh7+ impression Qd7 6.Qxd7+ UxdT 7.Ue2+ Qe7 8.dxc5 Af6 was thus 4:2 to Leko. The last game was the UxhT 39.Hxe6!? #xh6 40.Hexh6 Hg7 and Black 9.AgA 0-0 10.4b3 He8 11.0-0 aa6l2.c6gxc6 is not worse. most interesting. B.afd4 uc7 14.uR Qd6 1s.h3 Qh2+ 16.6h1 35.hxg6 fxg6 36.9h6+ 698 37.Qxg6! Hc7 Qe5 17.c3 Ac5 18.0xc5 Uxc5 19.Qe3 Sb6 Lcko Bunzmann 3S.Qh5 Exd8 39.Qxh7+ UxhT - 20.Ab3 Ub5 21.Ud1 Ae4 22.a4 Ud7 23.0c5 Uc6 [38.8d8! French 40.Sg5+ Sg7 41.Uxd8+ UfB 42.Uxc7 +-l [C11] 24.ad3 Qc7 25.691 Hads 26.8b3 95 27.Hfe1 3S...6hS 39.893 HgS 40.Exg8+ 6xg8 41.Qg4 l.e4 e6 2.(14 dS 3.acj Af6 4.Qg5 dxe4 5.Axe4 Ud6 2s.f4 Ag3 29.Qc5Hg6? 2l.Axe6 fxe6 22.Uxe6 Ac5 23.Uf6 Hf8 24.Qxc7 Ed7 42.Hxe6 UI8 43.Bxf8+ 6x{8 44.Ef6+ Hf7 Qe7 6.Qxf6 gxf6 7.Af3 b6 s.Qd3 QtrT g.Wez c0 29...Wa6 is just a little better for White but it is HxcT 25.Uxb6 Hc6 25.Wa7 Hf7 27.Hc3 Ac8 45.Hxf7+ hxfT 46"f4 l-0. lo.cA Ad7 11.0c3 Sc7 12.0-0 0-0-0 13.Hfd1

NZ Chess NZ Chess 25 24 clear that over the last few moves Korchnoi has 36.8e8+ 6f5 37.c4 e4 38.6a5 h5 39.8b8 e3 Bad Wiessee 22...flxf-l+ 23.Axf1 Ht8? lost the thread ofhis position. 40.fxe3 f3 41.e4+ Qxe4 42.&xa6 &g4 43.a4 W The Bavarian Open Championship in October 23...4xd41 24.cxd4 Qxd4+ 25.6h1 Sxfl+ was a 9-round Swiss with 379 players, includ- 30.Hxb7 Uxd3 31.Uxc7 Ae2+ 44.a5 6h3 45.b7 6xh2 46.bb6 Yf6+ 47.ba7 26.bh2 Q,g1+ 27.bh1 (27.Yxg1 Uh3#) 27...Qf2+ Hl7 48.a6 Qd3 49.Hc8 6h3 50.6b6 Hf6+ 51.Hc6 ing 31 grandmasters. America's Alexander 28.bh2 Qxg3+ should still win but not as easily 1-0. Shabalov won his first seven games yet won the as before. After the text White is better. points title only on tie-break from Russian GM 24.Hf2He& Timman - Karpov Ildar Ibragirnov after finishing with two short 24...Hxf2 25.Qxf2 leaves the initiative hrmly [E21] Nimzoindian draws. Both scored 8 points and were followed in White's hands. t.d4 Af6 2.c4 e6 3.4c3 Qb4 4.AR b6 5.Ub3 Ue7 by a GM quartet on 7/z points: Baburin (IRL), 2s.Ud7 We4 26.Hf7 6.a3 Qxc3+ 7.Uxc3 Qb7 8.e3 0-0 9.Qe2 d6 Eingorn (UKR), Krasenkov (POL) and 10.0-0 abdT 11.b4 c5 t2.Qb2 a5 13.Hfd1 axb4 Yakovich (RUS). Among those on 7 points 26.Qe5l l4.axh4 Hfb8 15.4d2 gd8 16.R Exal 17.Qxa1 were GM Psakhis (ISR) and 16 year old GM 26...He7 27.Hc8+ He8 28.Uxc7 Ae7 29,Wd7 Ads Ha8 18.Qd3 Uc7 19.Qc2 Hc8 20.dxc5 dxc5 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR). 30.Hxg7 1-0. 21.b5 Ae8 22.4e4 f6 23.8d3 Qxe4 24.Uxe4 Af8 Shabalov - Rustemov 25.9d3 On 26.Qca &e7 27.Hal Ed8 28.He2 Qingdao [C18] French Ad6 29.t4 6f7 30.e4 Ac8 31.e5 f5 32.W8 Ae7 The category 10 Qindao Daily Cup touma- 33.h3 698 34.bh2 Afg0 :s.gs 6f7 36.h4 698 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ad Qb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Qxc3+ ment provide Bu Xiangzhi (13) with his chance 6.bxc3 Ae7 7.Ug4 8.Qd3 Ua5 9.4e2 cxd4 37.hs ah8? 0-0 of a third GM norm in little over a month but he 32.Hxe2! Uxe2 33.fxg5 a6 10.Qg5 A96 l2.Qxg6 hxg6 13.h4 f5 37...4f8 also favours White somewhat. The tt.fA adi looked unlikely to achieve this after losing his 33...Hxb2 34.Ef1. 14.Uh3 Ac5 15.h5 gxh5 16.Sxh5 Ae4 l7.Qs7 knights have no outposts but White has to find hrst two games. Bu, however, scored the nec- 34.Hfl Ue6 35.8f6 Uel+ 36.bh2 Ue5+ 37.Uxe5 Qd7 18.Ug6 Ebs 19.Hh7 HI7 20.Qf6 1-0. a way to open the position for his bishops. essary six points in his last seven games to Exe5 38.Hxa6 Hc8 39.b4 Hxg5 40.a5 f5 41.8e6 After record his final GM norm which should make f4 42.a6 6fl 43.He7+ &f6 44.a7 d4 45.Ec7! the text White's attack is very strong. Shabalov - Smagin him the youngest to ever gain the title. Bu tums 1-0. 38.94! EI8 39.gxf5 Axf5 40.Qxf5 Hxf5? Loses a piece, but can Black survive after [C39] King's Gambit 14 on 10 December. A possible fly in the 40...exf5 41.e61 ointment, however, is the fact that there were Hoogeveen 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf[:.Ar: gs 4.h4 94 5.4e5 Af6 two rounds on each of three days while under The toumament featured an 4l.Ha8+ Hf8 42.Exf8+ 6xf8 43.Ua8+ 6f7 6.d4 d6 7.4d3 ah' 8.Qxf4 Qg7 9.c3 0-0 VAM Open with FIDE title rules a maximum of two days with 52 players and a double round quadrangular 44.uxh8 ub7 45.h6 1-0. l0.Ad2 f5 11.exf5 Ue8+ 12.612 Qxf5 13.93 Ug6 two rounds applies for grandmaster title norms. tournament in which Jan Timman and Judit t4.Ac4 Ac615.69l Qe4 16.Hh2 seniors Scores: l-4 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), GM Dao shared place 3%16. World championship Polgar first with Anatoly Thien Hai (VIE), GM Peng Xiaomin (CHN) & Karpov was third on 3 and 1998 World Junior The 9th World Seniors Championship was held Gladenbach (Germany) November. IM Wu Wenjin (CHN) 6; 5 GM Juldashev champion Darmen Sadvakasov brought up the in in The ll-round Swiss with 192 players was won (UZB) 5%; 6 GM Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) 5; 7 rear on 2 points. by Janis K-lovans with 9 points, the second title Isaev (TJK) 4%; 8IM Nasarov (TJK)3Yz; 9 Timman beat both Polgar and Karpov in the Wang Shuo (CHN) l1lz; l0 Liang Shuai (CHN) first half and only his frnal round loss to Sad- for the Latvian GM after his victory in 1997. GMs 1. vakasov allowed Polgar to catch up. Compatriot GM Vladimir Bagirov and Anatoly Lein (USA) and Mark Taimanov Bacrot v Polgar Timman Polgar (RUS) shared second on 8ll2. - Young French GM Etienne Bacrot (16) de- [A33] English Uhlmann - Klovans feated GM Judit Polgar 3-l in a four-game l.AR c5 2.c4 af6 3.dc3 Ac6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Axd4 [D36] Queen's Gambit rapid match in Bastia, on the island of Corsica. e6 6.a3 Ec7 7.adb5 9b8 s.g3 a6 9.4d4 Axdq garnes were decisive; the second came l.c4 e6 Z.AcS riS 3.d4 Af6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qg5 All four 10.Uxd4 b5 11.e4 e5 12.Ue3 Uc7 13.cxb5 Qc5 down to an unusual ending: Qe7 6.e3 c6 7.Qd3 0-0 8.Hc2 abdT 9.4fl He8 14.8f3 Qd4 15.Qg5 Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 Axe4 16..,4xg3! 17.8b3 10.0-0 af8 11.Qxf6 Qxf6 12.b4 Qg4 t3.Ad2 17.Uxe4 Qb7 18.8b4 f6 19.b6 Uc6 20.0-0-0 17.Qxg3? Exfl+! l8.Uxf1 Qxd3 PolgarrJ. - Bacrot Ec8 l4.Hfcl Qe7 15.b5 c5 16.a4 cxd4 l7.exd4 -+. Exhl 21.Qh3 We4 22.Ud6 6fl7 23.Uxd7+ 696 17...d5 [C78] Ruy Lopez - Game 2 Qb4 l8.adbr Wg5 19.Ub2 Qf3 20.93 Qxc3 24.Qe6 HhIS 25.Qe3 Had8? 17...Qxd4+! 18.6f2 6xd4 is, of l.e4 e5 2.Af3 6c6 3.Qb5 a6 4.Q.a4 af6 5.0-0 b5 21.Axc3 Ae6 22.Adl Hxcl 23.Uxc1 1ta.cxd4 25...Qc6-. course, hopeless) 18...Qc2 19.Uxb7 Axfl 6.Qb3 Qc5 7.c3 d6 S.d4 Qb6 9.Qe3 0-0 23.Hxc 1 does not preverfi 23...4xd4. 26.g41 20.8xfl to.abd2 Qb7 11.Ee1 He8 12.d5 6e7 13.Qxb6 23...4xd4 24.Qfl Ue5 25.Ue3 Qe4 26.4c3 93 -+. 26.Qf1+? ExfT 27.Uxd8 Sa4-. 18.Qxg3 19.Ad2 20.Uxd5+ 6h8 cxb6 14.Qc2 Ed7 15.Qd3 Hec8 16.Hc1 Hc7 Allowing a somewhat undignified end but Qxd3 Qxfl 26...Hxd7 27.Qfs+ 28.gxf5+ 6xf5 21.Hxf1 Hd3 22.Hg2? 17.b4 18.Uc2 HacS 19.c4 Aexd5 20.exd5 Sxf5 26.Hc1 dR+ was no better. 96 29.Hxd7 +- Qe4 30.Hxg7 6e6 31.6b2 Hd8 zz.Hxfa+ Hxf8 23.892 and White is past the 6xd5 21.Qe4 f5 22.Qxd5+ Qxd5 23.Ud3 Qe6 26...4c2 0-1. 32.ob3 f5 33.6b4 f4 34.Qc5 Ed7 3s.HgS Qb7 worst. 24.Ag5bxc4 25.Uh3 We7 26,Axe6 Uxe6 27.Uc3

NZ Chess NZ Chess 21 26 b5 28.f4 e4 29.aR wn 30.4d4 d5 31.Hcd1 He8 12.W3 (12.L\e3 dxe3 13.6h2 exd2 14.Qxd2 Afflliated Clubs 32.bf2Wg7 33.h4 EceT 34.He3 Ed7 3s.hs? Uh6 Qxc4 15.Ag5 h6 16.4e4 QdS and the fivo extra Clubs are requested to advtse NZ Chess of ary changes in details given below. 36.4e2 Uxh5 37.8f6 Eh6 38.Uc6 HedS 39.Ue6+ pawns should be enough) 12...4xg2 13.6xg2 6h8 40.Hh3 Wgl 4l.Ad4 Ed6 42.Ue5 Uxe5 Qb7 14.691 and Black's better placed pieces, 43.fxe5 Hb6 44.6e3 bg7 45.Ae2 He6 46.4d4 not to mention an extra pawn, give him a clear Hxe5 47.4c6 d4+! 48.6f4 advantage though one might say White's resig- Ashburton PO Box 204, Ashburton. Meets Upper llutt Monday 7.30prn, Hapai Club, 879 (04)528- 48.Axd4 698 49.Hhhl Hed5 and White is nation was a little premature. 0-1. Monday 7.15pm (Feb-Oct), Room 1 (upstairs), Fergusson Drive. Sec, Roger Smith hopelessly tied up; 48.Hxd4 Hxd4 49.6xd4 and Public Library, cnr Havelock and West Streets. 272t. I'm sure Judit would rather swap sides. Yusupov - Holzhiiuer Contact, Roy Keeling (03)308-6936. Waitemata Thursday 7.30pm, Kelston Comm Auckland Chess Centre Meets Monday 7.30 & Centre, cnr Great North Rd and Awaroa Rd, 48...Hed5 49.6xd8 ExdS Nimzoindian [E481 Thursday (social) 7.30pm, 17 Cromwell St, Mt Kelston; jun 6-7.30pm Thursdays, schooldays. The position deserves adiagram.I guess this is t.dA iyi6 2.c4 e6 3.6c3 Qb4 4.e3 c5 5.Qd3 Ac6 cxd4 Eden, Auckland 1003. Tel (09)630-2042 chtb- Contact Bruce Pollard (09)818"2342. what is meant by an "unbalanced position". 6.Age2 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.0-0 0-0 9.a3 10.exd4 Qd6 11.h3 h6l2.Qc2 Ae7 l3.Ag3 Qe6 room; contacts club captain Paul MacDonald Wanganui Mondays 7pm, 1st floor, Commer- l4.Q,e3 2615.9d2 Ud7 (09)534-'7930; secretary Tony Kesseler cial Club, St Hill St. Pres, Gordon Hoskyr, 7 (09)41 2-8 1 84. Pehi St (06)343-6101; sec, K Yorston, 5 Canterbury, PO Box 25-242, Christchurch. 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Box 184, Hast- 6e6 58.Hh1 d2 59.Exc2 dlU 60.Hxdl Hxdl 16.Qxh6! gxh6 17.Uxh6 696 3278,Welhrglon. Sec, J W (Sandy) Maxwell, 7.30 pm, Library, Havelock N High 61.Hc6+ Hd6 62.Hc5 Ed2 63.Hxb5 Hxg2 64.a4 17...Qxg3 18.fxg3 Ae4 l9.Qxe4 dxe4 20.Ug5+ ings. Wed, (04)23',7-47s3. School, Te Mata Rd. Sec, Chris Smith (06)877- 95+ 65.6e3 Eg3+ 66.6d4 Ed3+ 67.0c4 Ha3 bh7 2l.d5l Qfs 22.Hf4 Qg6 23.Axe4 and the Petone Gambit Thursday 7.30pm Central 68.a5 94 69.Hbs 93 70.898 Se5 71.6b5 f4 attack is decisive. 4583. Bowling Club, Roxburgh St, Petone. Pres, (uniors 72.a6 e3 73.6b6 be4 74.a7 e2 75.b5 0-1. 18.f4 Hc7 l9.Age2 EfeS 20.f5 QfB 21.895 ah7 llowick-Pakuranga Tuesday 7.45pm Mark Noble, 97 Seddon St, Naenae, Lower 22.Ud2 Atn4 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Hf4 Ue7 25.Hafl 6.30-7.30), St John Ambulance Hall, Howick- IJlrtt (04)567-0467. German championship Qg1 26.Hf7 Wd8 27.Uf4 Ag5 28.Hxg7+l 6xg7 Pakuranga Highway, Highland Park. Sec, Kees Whangarei Thursday 7pm, Whangarei The 71st German Championship was held in 29.Se5+ van den Bosch YWCA, Rust St.. Contact, Geoffrey (09)521-s828. Altenkirchen in November as a 9-round Swiss 29.UYJI4?? bR+. Gill (09)438-303s. including ten grandmasters. Robert Hiibner, Invercargill Wednesday 8pm, staff room, 29...693 30.Hf6 Ah7 31.Qxh7+ 1-0. seeded second behind Artur Yusupov, ran out South School, Ness St. Sec, Robert Mackway District Associations the winncr with 7 points, a half point ahead of Jones, 5 Pine Cres, Invercargill (03)217 -l I 54. Helsingor Auckland Chess Assn, Sec, Kees van den GM Rustem Dautov. A group of five GMs Kapiti Wednesday, 7.30pm, Salvation Army A category 13 double round quadrangulat Bosch, 61A St Johns Road,Auckland 1005 shared third place on 6: Klaus Bischoff, Lev Paraparaumu Sec, celebrated the 75th anniversary of the local HaIl, Bluegum Rd. Beach. (09)521-5828. Gutman, Christopher Lutz, Karsten Miiller and chess c1ub. Danish GM Curt Hansen was a Rosemary Kingston, 51 Ames St, Paekakariki Roman Slobodjan. Wellington District Chess Assn Inc, deserving winner, scoring 7Yz-Vz against each (04)292-81s7. his three rivals. Sweden's GM Ulf Andersson North Shore P.O. Box 33-58'7, Takapuna, Von Herman Hiibner of - was second on 3Vz, followed by GM Jonny Auckland 9. Wednesday 7.30pm, Northcote [E15] Queen's Indian Hector (SWE) 3 and GM Sune Berg Hansen Community Centre, cnr College Rd./Ernie Mays t.d4 Af6 2.c4 e6 3.4f3 b6 4.g3 Qa6 5.abd2 c5 (DEN) 1. St. Club capt, Peter Strart(09)445-6377. Eb8 6.e4 cxd4 7.Qg2 Ac6 8.e5 694 9.0-0 Otago 7 Maitland St, Dunedin. Wednesday and 10.He1 11.h3? Ae3 Qd Saturday, 7.30pm. Tel (03)477-6919 clubroom. Pres, Trevor Rowell, (03)455-1441.

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