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Corner College RdlErnie Mays St, Northcote. bv COPYDEADLINE Victor Portougal of Waitematir ('(' ;rl;r1rrr1, Pat Young ofAuckland October issue, Monday October 14 CC Sponsored by the Mad Dogs & Englishmen Gaming Foundation Homepage: Front Cover: tr/ictor yrinn(t A Global Chess http : //ourworld. compuserve. com/homepages/ Prtrl<try( tl, t,l Enterprises Grand Prix Class 1 Event nzchess the inaup;ural New Zcrrlrtrtrl ,\ttrrirtr ( )lt;: Chompionship. editor: triangle@world-net co nz Enquiries: Peter Stuart pstuart@xta .co.nz -'lele 09-445-637 j NZ Chess NZ Chess 5 North Island Championships 2002 In the final round Han agreed a drawwith Wang Rfe8 34. h3 Re6 35. Re1 h6 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. l,t I lrll,ttt liurttctt to guarantee at least a share of hrst place. Mark b4 Qc4 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Qe3 Kf8 40. The Hamilton Chess Club organized van der Hoorn eventually won his game with Qc5+ Qxc5 41. bxc5 Bb5 42. RxdT BxdT 43. and hosted cattt counte4tlztv', u,hilc sL:\'crirI |)ir\\rrs (l()\\l the North Fraemohs to become joint North lsland Cham- Kg1 Ke8 44.K12 Kd8 45. Ke3 Kc7 46. Island Championship and Rapid for Round 3 sau'drarvs ol ilrc lr,p Irolrr,ls l,rrrr der the second pion with Daniel Han In other results Giles and Kd4 Kc6 47 .b4 Bc8 48. Ne4 Be6 49. Nd6 h5 successive year (and third occasion F]oorn versusWang,iurtl Mirrlrrr lirrss r, Tlart, in the last four years) Hart beat Martin-Buss and Krstev respectively 50. h4 Bd5 51. g3Ba2 52. Ne8 53. in the comfortable sur- ll'hilc Ilan continued his stlorrlr slrorr rrrg rlith a 96 roundings 'l in short games, to leave Hart clear 3'd, and give Nd6 Bb3 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Kf6 Kc6 56. Nxlf of Saint Paul's Collegiate School in victorv ovcr Gilcs his lcli Il;rrr ;rntl Wirlsh as Giles a shme of 4ft along with Wang and Sharo- Kb5 57. Nd6+ 0 Hamilton. The support for chess from Saint leadcrs on 3/3 1 Paul's Collegiate has allowed the Hamilton mova This was an excellent result for Euginia Club Sharomova, who had beaten Rossiter in the final DHan-AKrstey to orgu'ize a number ofopen andjunior 1hcke1 rorurd.luratch ul-r sarv llirrr tlclca[ events rormd to make up ground. (Round2) at this venue over the last four years, Walsl-r to take sole lcad ol 4/4- ,uilllc vurr rlcr 1. d4 Nf6 2. NR c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 b5 5. Bg5 which have received favourable response from Hoorn and Martin-Buss both plrrl,cd uggrcs- The result was a triunph for youth in NZ chess b4 6. Ne4 Bbl 1. c4 h6 8. Nxf6+ players from all parts ofthe country This sivcll'to defcat Hert anrl Wuug rcspcli,vcty year's prix with half of the top six places going to j uniors gxf6 9. Bh4 Bg7 10. e4 a5 1l.Be2 a412.O O Championship, a Class 1 Grand Bcn Giles and Petcr Gollln u cr c hckl to drarvs Daniel Han's was a standout performance, and a3 13. b3 14. e5 15. Bg3 event, started on the 8n July with a field of 33, by Sharomova and Olenc rcspcuti'"clr, lVlartirr- Qb6 QCI up on the previous Mark van der Hoorn showed good composure in d6 16.