I position with International flocked to see; To sorri{ of position and succumbed to · Chess - Masters Jonathan Speelman the top established players John Littlewood. In round> and Robert · Bellin until in · they represented vultures I 0, as Black in a Frerich (' . round eight the sensational come to witness the greatest. again, Short drew with Nunn. Short caught happened. As White against "humiliation" of British chess In the last round he met. Short, Miles selected an indif• ~r~a~! • 27-yeai:-old Robert Bellin, THIS YEAR's British Chain- an assistant at his Interzonal ferent line against the French Next up was defending also on 7½ points. Bellin · pionship was one of the most tournament. More quietly, at defence and was thrashed off champion '. Speelman, stood to win the champion- · sensational ever. The stage the other end of the scale, 14- the board. amusingly described along _ ship on tie-break if they drew was set when Grandmaster year-old Nigel Short scraped _ Turmoil reigned! Short had with Miles as· "having the the game as he had faced J - Tony Miles flew in from an in because the selected field great talent and an already physique of a boxer" in pub• stronger opposition earlier in international in Argentina . was then· extended to 48 formidable reputation - but lic information leaflets. Short the event. Against Bellin, and decided to exercise his players. no one had -foreseen this. He defeated Speelman as well to Short rattled off his moves special last-minute entry op- Miles began impressively, .couldn't possibly · win the take the sole lead on seven like · a machinegun in the tion, apparently because he. demolishing GM John Nunn British Championship at 14 points, and Miles, possibly opening and gained a 1 ½• was so pleased at the appeal in round four to take sole .. could he?" still shattered from the · pre• hour advantage on the clock. for funds to provide him with lead .. J:Ie then jockeyed for The press and public vious day, ruined a better _,With. typical determination Bellin found a line Short had miscalculated and . Short agreed a draw in a. worse Initiating a faulty plan. 45. NXe2 fXe2 ch position _,!. pipped at the . White could still obtain a 46. Rg2 Nc2I post. Nunn won his last game 'I reasonable position by bolster• 47. Resigns to join them. · _ '·Y ing the d-pawn with 20.c3, eg Black gains a second queen. Final standings: 1st-3rd, R ... · 20 ... Rde8 21.Ncl and White Bellin_, N. Short, J. Nunn, _ !zas the plan. of swapping I find this game a classic example of the fine flowing 8/1 I; 4th, A. J. Miles, 7½; bishop for knight on c6 and 5th-13th, G. Botterill (Wales), playing Nd3-e5. style of a junior playing well. Short moved quickly and cal• M. Chandler (New Zealand), · 20. Rde8 M. Haygarth, ¥. Hebden, P. 21. Qb3 Re3I culated merely the essential lines - and an uninhibited Large, J. Littlewood, P .. · SHORT junior playing like this can be Littlewood, N. Povah and J. devastating, as proved also by Speelman, 7 / 11. Those lower the USSR's l o-year-old Garri do.wn included A. J. Mestel Kasparov. and J. Penrose on 6. Short's win . over - Miles . MURRA ¥-CHANDLER must be regarded (at present!) as a somewhat freak occur• rence but the game ~ioes demonstrate the mature style he is capable of. FRENCH DEFENCE A. J. MILES N. SHORT 1. d4 e& 2. e4 dS MILES 3. Nc3 BIJ4 The refutation of Miles's 4. eXdS (?!) eXdS idea _.:... Black can ignore the 5. Bd3 Ncs·· attack on his d-pawn because if M iles's fourth move has 22. QXd5 then 22 ... Be6 traps changed the double-edged the queen. · _ Winawer variation into an in• 22. Bd3 Nd8 sipid line of the exchange vari• 23, c4 BfS ·• ation. Now if 6_.Ne2 then 24. BXfS ch QXfS 6 ... Bg4 is one way to equal- 25. Oa2 Rhe8 ity, as in Becker-Nimzovich, Threatening 26 ... R.Xe2 Karlovy Vary 1929. 21.RXe2 RXe2 28.QXe2 6. a3 8Xc3 chlr ·_ QXbl ch winning a piece. Soviet Grandmaster David Black's pressure on the open Bronshtein retreated the file is murderous and although bishop in his game with Stabo _ Miles musters some defence his position is lost. in 1958, and actually gained the initiative · after : 6 ... Bel 28. Rb2 g4 . 27. Rf1 gXf3 1.Be3 Nf6 8.h3 Na5 9.b3?! 0-0 28. gXf3 · Rg8 ch J0.Nf3 b6 11.0-0 c5 12.Ne5 29. Kh1 Qh3 Bbl I 3.Ne2 c4· !4.Bf5 cXb3 30. Rf2 RXf3I 15.cXbJ Ne4. Exchanging as SHORT Short does, however, seems rI "' -~Z,!,.l¼!'l!0!'-."":-=-"li quite natural and does saddle · White with doubled pawns. 7. bXc3 .. Nf& 8. BgS Qe7 ch 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. 0-0 h6 Necessary, as if /0 ... 0-0-0, then 11.Nf4 is strong. · · 11. Bf~ 0-0-0 - 12. c.4 Be& 13. cs Eliminating the ~-- doubled ·. pawns with 13.cXd5 is unsatis• MILES factory because of 13 ... NXd5' 14.Bd2-- _ Bg4! threatening 31. Ng1 Re3 ... NXd4 in numero1p,·: varia- Also possible is ·31 ... RXj2. lions. In both cases White cannot .13 .... gs· .. touch Black's attacked queen 14. Bd2 Ne4 because of mate threats on the 15. Rb1' fS first rank. 16. f3 NXd2 32. Rg2 Qe8 17. QXd2 f4 33. RXg8 QXg8 18. BbS Bd7 34. cxds f3 19. Rfe1 Of& 35. d6 20. Qc3? Hoping for" an exchange of queens. When Short avoids this, Miles sacrifices a pawn to bring Short's king to a .more exposed position, but Black's .own attacking threats are too .. strong. 35. Qg5 36. d7 ch KXd7 1 . • · 37. Qb1 Ne6 38. Qh7 ch Kc8 39. Qf7 NXd4 40. Oc4 axes He doesn't mind an ex• change of queens this time, now· that he's three pawns up! 41. Qa4 ch b5 42. Qd1 Qd5 43. Rf2 Re2 44. Qc1 ch Kb7 .