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N/. ('h<,:s 2 NEWZEALAND CHESS STOP PRESS Official journal of the New Zealand Chess Condolences New Zealand Chess Federation (Inc.), published in Febmary, Vol 24 Number 4 August 1998 The death occurred in New Plymurrllr orr April, June, August, October, December. August 20 of Paul Tuffery, at the agc ol -)(, Contents Editorial correspondence, copy and The family say that if desired a donation lo advertising inquiries should be sent to the Cystic Fibrosis Assn (1.{Z) mlry trtr 4 IM Russell Dive won the 1998 North Island, but a feature of the tournament was New Zealand Chess forwarded to 556 Mangorei Road, Ne w the success achieved by a number ofjuniors. Our report includes a large c/-103 Koromiko Road Plymouth. selection of games Gonville GM Murray Chandlcr paid a brief privatc 12 Russell Dive completed the double by taking the Wanganui visit to N.Z. recently, [irllowing the death of North Island rapid title. his younger brother Kcith Opinions expressed in articles, letters and irr rmlortunate 13 Quentin Johnson reports on an innovative grand prix toumament run by circttmstances. Keith was tr cornpctcnt other contributions are those of the authors. player Canterbury CC. Letters on chess topics are welcome; limit himself and recently reirppeirrcrl orr thc cltcss 150 words, and marked "for publication.,, scene in Auckland. 13 There zue one or two additions to open events scheduted for the rest of 1998. New Zcaland chessplayers t'slr'rrtl llrt'rr EDITORIAL synpatliy to both familitcs 14 A selection of news from several clubs, including some open rapid events. Editor, Ted Frost. Overseas news editor, NM Peter 15 Reports on several regional junior events, leading up to the national Stuart. Wellington junior champion"^hips championships in Auckland early in October. SUBSCRIPTIONS Nic Croad, 5/5, has woo tlre Wt.llrrrl,lorr Subscription payments should be sent to junior championship. Jordan Wrlsorr rr,r. 16 We are starting to catch up on garne scores from a variety of tournaments. ruruler-up on NZ Chess Federation 4/5 and took thc rrnrlt'r l(, trtlt while 19 FM Bob Smith reports on the Noosa open and why he did not achieve as much PO Box 216 Nathan Rose ou 3% took llrc rrrrrlt,r L, title success as on previous occasions and (page 24) FM Jonathan Sarfati also Shortland Streel reports a sad experience with the clock . Attckland 1030 Editor has moved ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES 21 NM Peter Stuarl reports on an upset in the match to find a challenger for Thc editor of NZ Chess ltits rno,u,t,,l 1,, New Zealand,$20.00 Kasparov's World Chess Council title and his review of overseas news (page Wanganui and his llew pernliu)crrl :rrlrlrr,ss Atrstralia, South Pacific US$12.00 airmail 25) includes results and games from the usual wide range of events. , appears on thrs page Hrs lelcphorrc rrrrrnlrt,r East Asia, N Alterica US$15.00 airmail is (06)347-6098, and his cnrail atldrcss (rrlso 30 NZCF president Peter Stuart's report updates Europe IISS I 7.50 Olympiad and Congress news. airmail, US$1 2.50 on this page) is unchanged llteiullrr)lc ecollolny IN THE NEXT ISSUE: Report and ganes from the NZ Junior and Age Group and Rest olthe world, US$20.00 airmail, South Island championships. plus a lot of games from our stockpile, including many tls$l500economy with detailed aflrotations. Back issues available - send for details ADVERTISING RATES NZ junior and age group championships Full page NZ$45.00 ON THE COVER The emergenc.e of u neu, An offer by Auckland Hall'page or lull column NZ$22.50 strong group ofyoung playsrt at rhe North chess Association to hold the 1998 NZ Junior and Age Group Hall'colunrrr NZ$12.00 Island championships is reporred in lhis Championships has been accepted by NZCF Council. Cllub notices. classrfied NZ$1.50 per l5 issue. The cover photo shows lv,o o.[ the mosl The charnpionships will be run at the Auckland Chess centre, at 17 cromwell St, w ords successful, Patrick ,Sat,age (7e./il anct lgor Mt Eden, from Tuesda1,, 6 October to Friday, g October. Bjelobrk COPY DEADLINE The prizes will include: $200 for the Junior Champion, $125 for second, $7-5 for third. with Age Group prizes Octohcr rssue. Saturdav, 3 October Entry fonns are available frorn all chess clubs, or from H ont e xtge. http://ourworld.compuserve. 1 :A J Kesseler P O Box 205 Kumeu Auckland. c ortr/honrepa ges/nzchess Ii n u t I t, t 1.. d t t o r. e fr osl(D,compkarori.co.nz (-ht.ss NZ Chess Y7 4 North Island championship ::...:::::::-- : l ' ',,.,, Nbrtfl lsland,Championship, Wanghnni; tEgB By Ted Frosl "' The 1998 North Island championship was a Tony Love was unbeaten he conceded no 1...D!re..&J.t..... W$ . , .,D13 i . i ll{1,4,,,, IY40,,,, !Y2,,,,,,,,09,,,,,,W3,,, : .,W8,,, i :, successful ::06 tournament in every way, but fewer than 6 draws. This kept them well i Noule,v-i., ,;1,;t,pp.;,,,:,w16,w18,.W1.o... .L'l w26:::.Iv9.. ,,,,05, ..,6..,,,., fi, there was one aspect of the event which was down the prize list. FM Mark Noble lost particularly memorable. That was the only to Dive and conceded only two draws, : '...f029., ,39 success .5 spain,G.A, w32.tivt!,.,,.,.o+... Lo w2.t, .,,,DB ,,W.13,.. ..b2 5%,,, achieved by young players, not just which kept him at the top of the table as it was shown on the scoreboard but in the throughout the event and ,1,,,,N92- he hnished in a tie 7 Love.,[1., D14, ,D1.3....l/V1.6.., W18, ,,,,08 D4 ,...iD3. 'Di2,,';5,,,, 40 quality and maturity ,ng of their play. for second half a point behind Dive. In s Kei::AF: ::,,:,':.izat 917 ;yr136::, w22,.,,, ,07 0s,,,,,,r-l ,w,t+,,,,5,,, ,, Oer, While top-seeded IM Russell Dive earned addition to Bjelobrk, the tie included fast- and took the title, he did not stamp his finishing Hilton Bennett, who scored 3% in ',, ,..t5 fi ootels D,E 1.600... W2S., , 15 , 122 W19 W34,,W14 .14,...W2l 5 authority on the tournament until the closing his last 4 games but was helped in the draw ' rounds. In fact, after 5 rounds which by a loss in round 4 to Chris Burns and did included draws two he was in a group lying not meet any of the top three. i+, biuig. p 1S+l ...,..01....,, ,Lt W29 W23 W15 11'! W26.,.......LS 4% ",37, second behind Igor Bjelobrk (16). Their 15, ,Johnion Q,:i:::::::::::t773r,::::028i:::W35::'::W1?:::i t9:': .l14 lWl1g.li:Wi161111,;:,,,i4,,,:,a4% "'35% Grade and upset prizes ,4y, game in round 5, which Dive won and which 16 Croad N r5ZS..I...,U....WS0 L7 w25 wZl ,',oZt 115. ,,Uv26 3;4 Another of the established players was Bjelobrk's only loss, was probably to the perform well 18 Wong:xR . .i64S W30' Lz., ,wes L7 120 w35,'AE4,D13 iy,.