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'i ,: i l ) ll tl ]i t, NEW ZEATAND CHESS I 1 \ Vol. 2. No.l FEBRUARY 1976 40 Cents i ]\ I {) I i i I I THe rrosr DTFFIcuLT posrrroN oF ALL, ,# ,tt fi EDITORIAL. NEW ZEAIAND CHESS is publlshed New (). # by the Zealand Chess Association, 1,. Der Readers, fox BBO2, Symonds,street, Auckland. Ptrone 502-042. ,J" 19?6 is now welf stated anid nost chess cfubs should now be back in congress Afl contributions should be forwarded to the Editor, Mr. P. W. StrinlL, operation. The chess scene this yeil was given a tremendous boost by the magazine is devoted almost entirely to 24 Seacl-iffe Avenue, Be1-mont, Auckfand 9. rrera in upper Hutt. This issue of the 1 the Upper Hutt Congress with games, reports and other sudry happenings' The magazine is schedul-ed to appear every two months in October, Decorrfrrrr, iii February, April, June! a-nd August. 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I slncerely hope that the Nat:i'onaf Elo Ratings wilf be published in of material- into an exposition every edition. of Tlne 19?4 -75 New Zeal-and Chese Oongrooe particularl-y Fischerrs style whilst at the same The letLers to the Editor in the December edition were was organised by the Otago Chess Club the general feeling of chess players time avoiding re much as possible as part of its centennial cefebr.al;jonr:i. interesting. If those two fetters represent drawing on Fischerrs own collection in New Zealand then, it is about time some serious efforts were nade into re-org- or u,sing games frorn the match at The bookl-et contains all the 6ameo Reykjavik. A chapter rFischer the played in the Championship and a Machiner clel-ves into Fischerts sefection of those from the Premisr. treatment of the end game. Reserve. CHESS CA-REER $ 6.00 CHESS INFORMATOR NO 19 This fatest issue of the offici:rl IrfDIi) on a Roud Robin bmis. This biographical anthology was Since the Open Chmpionships woulcl be the testlng ground for up and ma6azlne covers giles played beLweelr l;hc: written with Gligoricrs fulf co- pf.y"rs ( md'also the prelims for the Main Chanps md Reserve Champs') operation and the biographical 1st Ja-nuary 1975 to SOlh J:une 1)'/J. ( j-s "ori.gThe Reserve Chanpionship ,fro be ran on a round rotlin basis containing introductions to each chapter owe ft an indispensable aid to evory - "orld their serious tournament player.. In order t;o 1O players.) accuracy to Gligoric himseff. The Reserve could contain those players of a suitable calibre who fail- The games against the fifty-one assist players to cope with Lhe ever opponents in the vofure are very increasin6 price of chess books we are wefl annotated. selling this at $9.0O which is a cheaper price than is be:ing charged in Iiurope. HOW TO PLAY THE E.JD GAME ]N CHESS THE BATSFORD CHESS YEARBOOK $ 9.9o ffi: Edlted by Kevin J OtConnell The Active King, Material Advantage, Chronicllng al-l the major chess events Pawns into Queens, Wlnnlng ald Draw- ot 19?4, this book glves r: review of ing (pawns techniques on the lth worl-d chess. Eighty scJ,ected games. and not by gIJ other mems- rank, stalenate traps, bishops of the Cross tables of afl inter.national tourn- The sefection committee shoufd contain people familir with the Elo wrong rrbadrr colour, bishop,Rook end aments and major national events, open- Rating System ild other refevilt data which could affect players chances of games - These re some of the themes ing theory, studies, problems and bibfio- Maln Championships or the Reserve Champlonships' The selection covered. entering"the Sraphy- committee after making its decisions should publish a report ( perhaps in N'Z' 1 Chess ) stating briefly why each player gained entry into thr Chemplonahlps. Garbett, the defending champion, scored 3 out of 4 but then commenced This way the committee's decision would come under scrutiny of ttl lnterested a nightmare series of losses relieved only by a quick draw with Stuart- parties. Paris seemed out of his depth in the first half but improved greatly in the second to defeat two Nati,onal Masters. I therefore whole heartily support A Hurleyts and 'a mere pawntl Vlaw that we should encourage new (and young) players to improve not gtfgnlta ln the wings and to organise tournaments that result in the widest poaalble promotion of the game. rioL,IvD 1 N.P. Bridges The most interesting pairing was SaraPu-Fairhurst where the former plalzed T.D. of Waitemata Chcss C1ub. the Four Knights Game. Fairhurst, however' soon lost a pawn which Sarapu was unable to convert to a win- Aptekar, Garbett and Chandler all started off with good wins vrhile Sutton achieved his with a sudden king-side attack which Stuart could probably have prevented- "smal1 won the exchange ltrut Creen's actlve queen secured counterplay" 1234s5789012 P..-]I]T.ID 2 Cornford held Sarapu to a draw in a game of fluctuating fortrines" Small 1 Chandler M. 2336 'l xrlolottl+)1 36-5 had the ed-oe when he aqreed the draw agaj-nst Garbett while Creen-Aptekar 2 Sarapu o. 2365 o"Jl11++)irt j 35.5 followed a sharp book line and was also soon drawn" The upset of the 3 Aptekar L. 2279 ))")1or11trr 7 3s round occurred ,,rhetr Chandler aborted his Siciliarl Defence against yieir. 4 Fairhurst W.A. 2330 7),tx1tot,i"tt17]zta7 lr1oliti 6+ 35.25 trairhurst-Sutton was a carefully playe<i draw. Stuart was disnayed tc Sma1l V.A. 2274 6) find his extra pawn (outside and passed,r quite useless from the point cf 6 Weir P.B. 2232 1 o 1 o I x o 1 ) ) o t s: 30 .25 vjew of winning. 7 Cornford L.H. 2003 o I o I o 7 x ) o 1 7 1 sl 25.75 I Green E.M. 2202 s o)'):r2ol"1+o+ 28.25 ]IOUND 3 9 Sutton R.J. 2254 o++! o*tox11o s 26 10 Stuart P.W. 2222 4 Aptekar nade short work of stuart's llutch Defence and 3utton did likewise i)oitiolo*11 two the 11 Garbett P.A. 2307 looolrtot oJxO 31t 79.25 with Corr)forrl's Lcwenthal Sicllian- GarbetL ,loined these in 12 Paris P. 27OG ooolooo+altx 3+ 76 -25 lead on 2l when Green crackeC r:n time pressure. Sarapu scored his first win with a neat finish against Wei-r. Tn the other two qames nobody made The 83rd New Zealand Championship saw the first three-rrray tie in iLs much progress and draws were reccrded" history; the winning total of 7 points was also the lowest ever. The close scoring (31 points separating first and last) together wiil) ROUND 4 the large number of unexpected results made this one of the most excil irlg drew: Garbett could make no proqress against Chandler championshlps. Eor The three leaders all the record White won 23 games, Black won 13, ;rnd in spite of an impressive looking king-side space adwantagel Aptekar was 30 were drawn; i.e. l"Ihite scored 57.6%- The high draw ratio (45-,;,/,) held at bay by Eairhurs+-; and Suitonrs interesting arhack was well defended wasnrt caused by peaceful intentions - very few were',grandmaster draws"- by Weir" Sarapu joined the leaders wittr his second vrin" Greenrs welrci play but no decision. Laris losi a pawn in The opening led tc interesting first few rounds gave little lndication of what the final resull_s ttre middle-game and later blundered a second. were to show, but from round five on Chandler, Sarapu and Aptekar werc always the leading three and their play, with one or two lapses, w;rs ROLI1ID 5 generally most impressive. Chandler strung together four consecutive wins ln the middle of the tournament to take the lead but couldnrt quite :jarapu beat Garbett with an 'Jnsound but complicated piece sacrifice made maintain the momentuml Sarapu started with two draws but soon showed tre famous by Alekhine in the 1937 World Charnpionship match- Aptekar qr irrtL' meant business by winning his next three - however his 6th round loss to sacrificed ttre exchange against Cornford w})o soon returnr:d i I to Chandler brought hlm back to earth. nptekar was the most consistent, an endin.f n pawn uri bui: the latter went astra,r" Greenlnexplicalrl'/ los:t winning frequently enough to stay in contention while never scoring Ewo a pawn then anothqr foi a hopr:1ess endinq. Suttcn continued his errt-er- wlns an a row.