MadeinGermaRy. NEW ZE.ALAND CHESS Notabadthing magazine. Registered at Post Office Headquarters, Wellington as a tohavestamped Vol. 7 No.s October 1981 8O cents onyour next flight. I I t ii i I Look lor this sign when you shop for travel Themoreyou fly $,,lurthansa GERMAN AIRLINES on the title again. Royal Inaurance Bldg. Viktor Korchnoi- - trail 109-113 Quoon St., Auckland, N.Z. Tel.: 31529 P.O. Box 1427 NEW ZEALAND CIIESS is published bi-monthly by the New Zealand Chess Association, P.0. Box 8802, Synonds St, Auckland. Months of issue are February, Aprl1, Junr,, August, October and December. NEW ZE.ALAND CHESS Unless otherwise stated, the views exptessed may not necessarily be ttrose of rhl As sociation. Vol. 7 No.S October 1981 whether they are in a national team. In this case NZCA coirncil elearly EDITOR: Robert trl. Snith, L0 Lendic Avenue Henderso:r, Auckland 8. EIIITlIRIAT vacillated Eoo long and put iEs eggs in This editorial may well draw some dis_ too fehl baskets. ASSoCIATE EDIToRS: Peter Stuart, Ortvin Sarapu llt,f{BE, Tony Dowden(otago), Michael approvBl-, but there ar€t some points that If people are going to take ti4,o or & Smll(Canterbury). Ltrite(WellinBton) Vernon I feel I must make. three wee'ks off work to compete in such I will be competing in China as a merir_ a competition they need time to make the A11 contributions shorrld be sent to the Editorrs address, Unused mnuscripts will ber of the New Zealand Team for the Asian necessary arrangements, returned unless a stafiped, addressed envelope is enclosed. not be leam Championships next month(Ilangzhou, The other members of the depleted team November 1-l 1) . travelling to China are Bruce Watson and Seven players were orlginally selected, Tony Carpinter, both of Auckland. being a team of five plus two rederves. Congratulations are due to them boEh. DEADLINES: The deadline for both copy and advertising is the 6th of the month I{owever, there was some doubt about The three of us will do odr best for precedinB Lhe month of issue. the availablllty of nessrs Chandler and New Zealand., despite. the facr that ii Sma11 because the venue of the Zonal seems we will have to default one gauie tournament had noE been confirmed. each round! The New Zealand. Chess Association in_ On a happier'note,'I would tike.to page-, pc'r lr;r1f ADVERTISING MTES: $30 per fu1l page, $15 per colum or half $7.50 cluded them in the ream willy-ni1ly and, welcome Welliilgtonts Mike White to.:the' column. as was inevitable, both have now pirlled editorial team for "New Zealand Chebs". out to play in the Zonal, which l under: IIe is taking ovtsr as Wellington'Assoc- stand is in Singapore. iate Editor bnd his first argiblij, appears And then there were five- in this issue.. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: These are annual and are in New Zealand dollars- But council had left the final confir_ natlofl date for Chandler and SmlI so Bob SmiEh,. New Zealand $5.00 Overseas(Surface nail) $6.50 late that one of the reserves hAd in- sufficient time to make his leave arrange_ LIST OE CONTENTS Airmil: Australia & South Pacific $9.00 Asia & North America $10.00 ments, so he pu11ed out. South America, Europe & Africa $11.50 And then there were four- lhe 4th Waitakere Trust Open Pgs llC-112 Four was sti11 0.K., because the com- The First CCL Whitcoulls tleekender Pg l13 Note: Al1 enquiries regarding advertising or subscriptions should be sent to Petition is folteams of four. The New Zealand Congress Pg 114 Chess Association, P.O. Box 8802, Symonds The Adminlstration Officer, New Zealand BuE now Craig Laird has apparently NZ Schoolpupilsr Championship PgS I15-116 St, Auckland. cabled NZCA wiEhdrawing his participat- Local News Pg ttZ ion, after announcing he was available Lloyds Bank PC Il8 at the closing time for rep1les, Overseas News Pgs ll9-122 I And then there were three- Karpov-Korchnoi 1981 PC I23 So New Zealand is left in the patently Combinations Pg t),, IBM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Thanks are due to IBM for their donaEion of the Selectric ridiculous situation of fielding a three- Kiwis in Europe Pgs L?_5-126 Typewrlter used to Produce this magazine. man team for a four-man contest, despite North Island Echoes PBS 1.21-l2tj the facE that many others players would Wiesbaden cross-table etc Pg 129 doubtlessly have ljked to compete if they More Brain Rot, also book review 130 had been asked. l^Iinning king run Pg l_j1 I bdlieve we should definitely send a Panel Posers Pg l.l2 team to a competition such as the Asian Commonwealth Chess Association l3l Teams Champion ship(which some readers uay remenber we hosted four years ago). ***)k:t But I believe(as I have been saying for some years) thaE our selecEion system needs a good overhaul. It is absurd not to be sending a ful1 tem, particularly when players must pay their own way. And it is unfair to keep players guess- ing until ttre last moment whether they 109 THE.FOURTH WAITAKERE I'oURTI{ WAITAKERE TRUST OPEN(organised by the Waitemata Chess Club) TRUST OPEN 1 SARAPU The Fourth liaitakere Trust Open held Green; a loss put O. NS W35 w46 I,J8 W4 D2 4h 15\ , him on the unusual 2 GARBETT on August 15 and 16 aE the Kelstcn Com- score of lra/3. P.A, NS I^]3I w31 wzL ws Dl 4% ls munity centre' attracted 58 entries. Lead.ers: sarapu, Garbett, Green E., 3 GREB'I E;M. Unfortunately two of these had to l,latson, Spi11er, Green.p. HP I^rl 9 I,]l7 r,^116 I,I9 L4 4 t61 drop out because of personal an-d health 4 wAisoN B.R.. NS w39 w37 I/.16 Ll w3 4 7612 reasons, so 56 people actually competed Round four 5 SPILLER P.S. HP I,/47 w40 w7 L2 W22 4 15 6 CORNFORD over the two days. S".ap" U.at i{atson; Garbett L.H. AK I^r28 w25 L4 NZ7 w19 4 144 beat Spil- 7 SMIT]I R.W. Wai The field included a solid contingent 1er from a shaky position after ,Iat_ N42 w49 L5 W15 W16 4 13 of top-flighc the players, including six ter trapped his own queEn; Ewen Green New 8 WAISH B. AU w43 wtz 16 Zealand representatives and the beat his namesake peter; Smith halted Ll tr26 Dll 3' currenENew Zealand, 9 GREM{ P.R" AK w38 w34 \t26 L3 DI3 3Lz t44 North Island and the challenge of Sean Hart, uho had been Auckland 10 ITOWARD M. NS w23 D18 I15 W47 W28 13 champidns. ot 2\/3; Stuart sank even further to- 3t4 tlith 11 NOTLEY D. HP D24 W41 D36 W29 D8 t2'4 the support of our sponsorst the wards the depths with a loss to the 31 12 KINCHANT K.D. NS W54 Haitakere Licensing Trust, and an addit- promising Brad Wa1sh, Lg W18 W36 DI5 3r4 l2r4 ional 13 VAN PELT J. Wai L37 W45 W31 donatj-on, the prize-fund was more Leaders: Sarapu, E. Green, Garbett W32 D9 3Lz t2% than generous j-nc1ud- 4; 14 McDONAID R. AK L49 N44 I^I17 D24 w30 - a toLal .of $650, Smith, Watson, P. Green, Cornford, Spii_ 3' 1r ing A $200 first prize and grade prizes ler et af 3, \, totalling 9200. 15 HART S. Pap w48 D36 W10 L] Dt2 3 i4 16 SPAIN G. wPa t_ The tournament ran smoothly throughout Round five w50 w20 13 w25 L7 3 L4 '2 the, 17 McIVOR A. Wai w29 L3 LL4 W39 W40 t4 weekend under the capable direciion Sarapu and Garbett split the point in 3 of Bob 18 RoUNDILL R.A. NS W33 DIO LT2 D3B W35 13 cibbons(rnany. thanks, Bob) and an interesting game to assure themselv.es 3 hopefully 19 BURGESS K. Wai W56 W35 13 was enjoyed by aII. of a substantlal share of the major L3 W20 L6 3 A speeial thanks must go to the dozens prize-money. 20 SHEAD D. NS w32 L16 W46 LLg W38 3 t2 1, of people 21 MARSICK B.I{.P. AK I,l55 W5Z L2 L22 W24 1'1: who manned the canteen during I donrt know whether they were keeping 3 '2 the 22 BI]RNDRED V. NS L46 W4 3 r,t50 \t2L L5 3 l Il/2I tr,ro days, providing cheap and varied an eye on the adjacent board, but co- 23 EOURNIER M. Law L10 L35 W43 N52 W36 10r1_ food on the premises. leader Ewen Green did not fare so 3 To well the action: against Bruce hlatson, going und.er a to 24 STOREY J. Man king-side attack and Dl 1 D27 W40 D14 L2I 2t4 l4rz thus slipping out 25 BRETT K. Round one of the top money. AK w45 L6 r,{33 L16 D31 2' 14 A11 26 STUART P.I{. NS D41 W30 L9 L8 w47 2+ 13 the favourites duly won except Snith beat Spain to join Watson and 27 BOURKE P. AU D30 D24 w49 L6 2' for defending co-champion peter Stuart, Green j-n third equal spot and Cornford D32 t2\ 28 SPENCER-SMITH G. NS L6 D48 w55 W34 L10 2' L2 who was lucky to salvage half a point and Spiller also won thej-r last round 29 TI{ORNE G. Lab W53 W37 D33 ztt L2 from a lost position againsL unrated matches to join the queue for third.