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TOP PRICES PAID, Alexander Khalifman, l4th World Chess Champion NZ Chess 2 New Zealand Chess S'I'OP PRESS Offrcial journal of the New Zealand Chess Federation (Inc.), published in February, Wang Puchcrr in World Under-10 New Zealand Chess April, June, August, October, December. Wang Puclrcrr. tlrc 9-year oltl rr,rrr,,'r,rl VoI 25 Number 5 October 1999 Editorial correspondence, copy and advertis- under-12, undcr I 1 rrrrtl rrrrtlcr-l(r litlr,lr,,t,t, r. Contents ing inquiries should be sent to has nrade a trip lo Sllrirr Io grl:rv rrr rlrr, ('lr;rrrr;ri,rrrsltip New Zealand Chess World Under-10 irr t )r,,1,, ,1 The name Birkenhead Licensing Trust Open is new, but the tournament is well estab- c/- 103 Koromiko Road de Mar. Puchen wAs ir(( orrr;r:rrrir.rl lo 'r;, 1111 Gonville by his father, and wc will rt.lrlrl (,n lr trl, lished as the North Shore Open, and is one of New Zealand's major annual Wanganui and the results in thc Dccclrrlrr.r rs,,rrr ,L\,/ events. Although the entry fell away somewhat, the quality was there. Opinions Chess. expressed in articles, letter and As usual in Blenheim, the 1999 South Island Championship was another enjoyable other contributions are those of the authors. Wang Puchen scored 6/11, finishirrg t.) rr event, especially for long-time competitor Arie Nijman, who achieved a result he Letters on chess topics are welcome; limit a lleld o[ more than 90. Four of thc urrtk r neYer expected - he took the title. 150 words and marked "for publication." I 0s had FIDFE ratings, onc as high as 2349 EDITORIAL 13 Great news for Congress players and Howick-Pakuranga CC - GM Ian Rogers is Editor, Ted Frost. coflung. (iill 'l'irsrnrrrr t Overseas news editor, Peter Stuart. GeotT nlovcs al: rr)ss Ceollrey Cill, til' Wlrtn.rtlrrt.i. :r rt.ltulrrr t orrr t4 An Auckland team finds the going tough in China, and so does Ryan Trass in Viet- SUBSCRIPTIONS petitor in tountiuncnls irr Arrt Lllrnrl ,rrr,l nam. Subscription payments should be sent to othcr northern ccnlrcs irr rt.t t.nl vr,lrr s lr,r,, t6 A progress report by Gordon Hoskyn on correspondence chess has become a regular Treasurer, NZCF iust sent ouI a tnossltl](. lo s.ry tlr,rt lr, r, feature of NZ Chess, and includes games from the current championship. P O Box 216 ioining the nrigration ol tlrt.ss 1rl:r1t.rr,.r, r,, the Tasman. Ccoll'is ,,rl Shortland Street lrrovirr;: to tlrr Slr, ll l8..Kasparov beats The World. Auckland retincry in Ccclong, 70klrr wt st ol Nlr I bournc. antJ hy tlre tirrrt, llri:,r|,l)\.:r,, rr l,rrl l9..The 1999 knockout world championship was played without Kasparov, Karpov and ANNUAL SUB SCRIPTION RATES will have madc lho rrrove Anand, and top seeds started to get knocked out early. The result was a final be- New Zealand, $20.00. tween Khalifman and Akopian, with Khalifman becoming a somewhat unex- Australia, South Pacific, $US12.00 airmail. pected official world champion. Peter Stuart reports in detail. Death of Garry Koshnitsk.y East Asia, N America, $US15.00 airmail One of Australia's greatcsl elrr.ss pt:rr 26 Peter Stuart's overseas news review includes a report that the FIDE bureaucracy Europe, $USl17.50 airmail, $12.50 econ- (iarry omy. ers, Koshnistky,9l, h:rs rlir.rl. were not prepared to grant Judit Polgar maternity leave so she could not defend Koshnitsky, Russian-born and a corrlt.rrr- Rest of world, $US20.00 airmail, $US15.00 her world women's title, which has been won by Xie Jun. economy. porary and keen competitor on a levt.l The next issue: Patl Spiller reports on the Auckland team's trip to China, which included a num- Back issues with Cecil Purdy, won the Australiarr, available - send for details. ber of interesting games; we will also report on Wang Puchen's play in the World Under- Queensland, New South Wales and South 10 Championship; and the end-of-year rating list will appear. ADVERTISING RATES Australia titles, and was also a correspon- dence IM. In addition, he and his wife Full page, $NZ$45.00 ( Evelyn held many adminsistrativc posts Half-page or tulI column, $N222.50 and organised Half column, NZ $12.00 many tournaments. Flt. played one of the most spectacular movr.s COPY DEADLINE ever, which deserves a place among llrt. chess classics. See page 12. December issue, Saturday, November 27 Homepage: http://our- world. compuserve. com/tromepages/ nzchess Howick-Pakuranga host 1 999-2000 Congress Email to editor: [email protected] December 28, 1999 - January 11, 2000 Two overseas GMs and one overseas lM are coming ... the playing venue will be the Exhibi- tion Hall at the Waipuna lnternational Hotel & Conference Centre ... first-class accommoda- NZ Chess NZ Chess Birkenhead Licensing Trust Open Birkenhead Licensins Trust Open. Zf Ocionei, tggg lly NM l', r, t \\tnitt l NameCl RtgRl 23456PtsTB 1 Kulashko A. AC 2364 D7 W15 W9 W14 W10 D3 5 21y, just Until a week before the toumament, saclillce with clear advantagc. As rt rr r rrrr 3 Mclaren L.J. NS 2229 wzi wro W17' D50 W5 D1 5 14i/, played on the weekend of2l3 October, this was cqual ending was reachrld and l:rtt.r ,r,rr.L.rl the 26h North Shore Open. While the sponsor- drawn. 5 Smith H.w. wT 2357 W13 Wti D14 D2 L3 W17 4 221/z ship application had been made to the Trust by '['he most interesting game of thc rorrrrrl rr;rs the club some months earher, it had just missed Krslcv-Wang where fortunes lluctrr:rlr'rl rrrrtrl the deadUne for an allocation meeting and the Antonio's attack finally broke througlt rrltr'r rr 8 Gill G. wH 1862 W30 110 W19 W17 L2 D9 31h 1Sv, trxstees' favourable response was notified too llnal dclcnsivc error. late to advertise the change. One result was an Tho hirll'point byc oplion was taken up by rrtr 10 Garbett Pe NS 2353 W24 W8 WtZ D50 L1 L2 3y2 18k increase in the prize fund from $1250 to more fewor than rrirrc players lbr the Saturday niglrt than $2000. It was therefore both ironic and round and thcsc irrclrrtlcd thc joint leaders. Ol' 12 lonns o.i. NS 1579 w34 wo 110 D11 L14 w20 3v2 17 disappointing that the total entry this year was the four playcrs on ?t/2/.\ ot'tly Krrlashko, who '13 Dale C.L. AC 1517 L5 W28 W25 D4 Lg W27 3h 16v2 so far down on last year's 48. The North Shore slew the Porry l)r-lrgorr, wlrs lrblr: lo t'trtclt rr;r 14 Perry R.L. AC 2023 W31 W22 D5 L1 W12 L4 3v, 15 club is hopeful that the sponsorship will be with Carbett and Mcl.urcrr ()n horrrtl 2 Wrrlsorr ongoing and looks forward to bigger and gaincd a space advanlagc uguirrsl Srrrillr lrrrt llrr better things in the year 2000. latter defended accuralcly cnorrglr lirr tlrt'rlr:rrv Chris Dale (1-517) r Nevertheless there were seven players rated camc closc to htirtirl' lr.r,,tt who tinally porrrl lrr., W28 115 W30 3 16y2' over 2000, including three of the top four on the salvagcd hall'tt tllrrrl.s to 19 Cour,tney H.K.