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NBW ZEALAND CIIESS STOP PRESS New Zealand Chess is the ofhcial journal of the New Zealand Chess FIDE Candidates Federation published bimonthly (February, In the FIDE candidates' matches, Salov beat This issue is packed. Search out ICM Roger Chapman's games - they provide excellent April, June, August, October, December). Timman 4th:3th and Gelfand beat Kramnik 4th:3rh.In an upset, Kamsky beat Anand 2:0 in endgame coaching notes. Ortvin Sarapu presents a more structured study. Good All correspondence, subscription renewals, a blitz play-off after they drew the first match international reports by our overseas players. Too many highlights for one issue really... changes of address, advertising inquiries, 4:4. Anand let 3t/2!h, then lost twice, and then articles and other copy should be addressed to allowed Kamsky to win a blitz game in 17 Contents N.Z. Chess, P.O.Box 31jO, Wellington. moves. The semi-final draw is Karpov v Kamsky and Salov v Gelfand. The loss by 4 Third Cafd Baroque International saw Ben Martin and Russell Dive chasing IM Opinions expressed in articles, letters and other Anand has cast doubt on Indian sponsorship of norms. Ben provides the report on this one... contributions are those of the authors. Letters the semi-final matches. to the editor on any chess topic are welcome; 7 ...while Russell takes the helm to report on The Ninth Kings Head London Open timit 150 words, and marked "for publication." Papaboetoe Open which added Rowan Wood to the list. Is there anyone left in NZ? Mark Sinclair PE and Leonard Mclaren GA shared top honours in the Papatoetoe Open, with 8 me shtus of the Olympiad Appeal. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES 3/5 in the top section. The 57 entrants playcd in New Zealand NZ$18.00 nine sections. 9 The Congress Reserve and Major Open Best Games annotated by Jonathan Sarfati. Other countries US$ only Airmail Economy The 17th Waitakere Trust Open required players to play at least 20 moves! Australia, South Pacifrc U$12.00 Australian Masters 10 East Asia, North America U$15.00 Stephen Lukey scored 372 points in the 12 The Wellington Birthday Open featured a tentative leading group. Europe U$17.50 U$12.50 Australian Masters tournament just playcd in Queen's Rest of the world U$20.00 U$15.00 Melbourne, well below IM norm lcvcl. l3 Stephen Lukey continued his South Island run in the Invercargill Birthday. However, the competition was tough, Stcpltcn Queen's and considers ho guincd Back issues are available - send for details. enjoyed the tournarnent 14 Russell Dive performed well in the 1993-94 NZ Correspondence Champiorship. from it. 16 Ted Frost profiles New Zealand's First Correspondence Master, Roger Chapman. ADVERTISING RATES British Open Full page NZ$45.00 Ben Martin and Russell Dive have playcd in 19 A trio of Games. Half page or full column NZ$22.5O the British Open in the first half of August, but Half column NZ$12.00 did not feature in the published lists of top 20 The latest in News from arouncl New Zealand. More balance<l coverage than Ms. Club Notices or Classifred, NZ$l.50 per sdores. Ben is also playing in the Lloyds Bank L5 words N{asters, where he has the same problem! 22 A Letter to the Editor on the new style Rating List, and Peter Stuart iakes another look at an Anderson-Smith game from the June issue. COPY DEADLINE A11 copy should reach NZ Chess by the third Diitgr:rrns and additional notes 23 Coming Events on the local and international scene. Saturday of the rnonth before publication. Diagrarns in tl-ris issue have bcen comPuter-sel and garne scores checked by Jor-rathan Sarfati, 24 Ortvin Sarapu invites a stucly of the Kieseritzky Gambit. The deadline for the October issue is who has also added some notes, which are given Saturday, Septetnber ll, 1994 ir.r brackets and identified with the initials JDS. 26 International News collected by Peter Stuart. A big thank you from the Editors. 30 Ttre Council Report by NZCF Secretary Ted Frost. Copy should include details of coming events for the rest of the year. ... Alld corning up in the October Issue COVER: Ployers at tlle Cafi Rdgence, crnlrc ttf Full report on South Island Championship in Christchurch, NZ Schoolpupils' final, and Copy on IBMPC floppy disks (any size) are Paris chess through most of the 19th ccnlu,v. Papatoetoe Open- R.eports and garnes by Ben Martin and Russell Dive on the British more than welcome, they are preferred to paper! One of lhe many protninent ilxasters to play itt Championship and the Lloyds Eank lvfasters tournaments. Stephen Lukey reports on the (MSWord v6 is now ok, if You have to) the Cafi Rdgence was Lionel KieserilTAT, v'Ir,, All disks will, of course, be returned. features in an article by Ortvitt Sarapu (p 23) Australian Masters. And the usual colunms and features, if we have room. 2 N7, Chess DiverR-DuncanrC both met by 24.Rc1 , so Black must press on Third Caf6 Baroque International Round 6 with his attack. 24.8e4 Bxe2 24...Qh3 and By Ben Martin l.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 s.Ncl b5 24...R112 fail to 25.Nxfl , when Black has The third tournament in the series of Caf6 chance, though Black should still lose. 22...QcS 6.Bf4 Qa5 7.Nge2 Nxe4 8.a4 Nd6 9.Bxd6 insufficient compensation for the piece. 25.fxe5 Baroque Internationals was held in early July. fails to 23.Rc6! Now 23.Rc6 is met by exd6 10.axb5 Qd8!? lt is hard to tell where the dxeS? Black has attacking chances after Ten players took part in the round robin, which 23...Qe5, but... 23.cxd5! Rxb3 24.d6 Qb8 queen should go, but defrnitely not to b4, as 25...fxe5 26.Qd2 Rh2. 26.Qh4! a5 27.Qa3 Rhl was sponsored by the Caf6 Baroque and the 25.d7 Nd4 26.exd4 Qt4+ 26...c4 27.Bxb3 after Qd2, Ra4 and Nc1, Black will find his Blabk cannot protect e7. 28.Rc7 Rxg3+ 29.Dg2 Four Nations Chess League. This time there cxb3 28.Rc6 wins. 27.Kb1 Rb8 28.dxc5 Qc7 queen trapped! lf Ng3 Be7 l2.Bxc4 O-O f 3.O- QhJ 30.Qxe7+ Kh6 3r.Qxf6 1-0 were two New Zealanders: myself and Russell 29.Rad6 Rd8 30.c6 Kf8 3l.Ba4 Ke7 32.R6d4 O Bf6 14.Ra2! A far sighted move, which not Russell needed to win the next game to keep Dive, recently arrived in Europe in search of an a5 33.R4d3 Qxh2 34.Rc1 Qc7 35.Rb3 Ra8 only allows the Nc3 to move, but also prepares his norm chances alive, whereas a draw would IM title. IM Neil McDonald ENG dominated 36.Rb7 Kd8 37.Rxc7 KxcT 38.Rc5 1-0 possible doubling on the a-hle or the e-fiIe. be satisfactory for me. the loumament - his only loss came when he DiverR-Ledger,A 14...Re8 15.Nce4 Bd4 l6.Khl h6? Better was good position the overpressed in a [against Round 4 an immediate f5 followed by king-side Dive,R - Martin,B modest Ben Martin - Ed]. No-one else could Notes by Russell Dive expansion. 17.f4 fS 18.Nd2 96 19.Nb3! While Round 8 reach the 6 points needed for an IM norm.