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 434 THE B RITISH CHESS MAGAZINE

did not come into contact with the suffered three defeats from his next
leaders until the second week, but four games . Botterill went through
thereafter wins against Miles and undefeated, but drew too many games
Speelman and draws with Bellin, to repeat his performance of two years
Botterill and Nunn showed how much ago at Brighton, when he won the title .
he has progressed in the last twelve
months . ROUND l - Monday, August 6th
The leading scores were: Bellin, J.Nunn I 0 S. Macaulay
Nunn and Short 8 , Miles 7 Y 2 and J. Steedman 0 I A.Miles
Bellin was declared Champion by the P.Littlewood I 0 D.Kilgour
Sum-of-Opponents' Scores tie brea k , J.Trevelyan 0 I J.Speelman
J.Mestel I 0 J.Hodgson
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K. W.Lioyd 0 I J.Littlewood
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G.B rangham y, y, W.Watson
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D.Cummings V. y, S.Quigley
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V.W.Knox I 0 A.Muir
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of the three winners he was un­ !. Wells y, y, S.J.Knott
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losing a game and showing great G. Morrison I 0 M.Staples
J.Hall V. V. C.McNab
tenacity in di fficult positions . Nunn ,
as usual, was the most entertaining
player with his direct and forceful
,

style His two losses were disastrous ,

.
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which included some very instructive
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no longer in a position to challenge for
the title, but a recovery in Rounds Ten
and Eleven was enough to secure
fourth prize outright. Last year ' s
winner, Speelman was b y no means at
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his early games , though he reached
5/6 . After that a crop of draws
together with a loss to Short left him
only sharing 5th- 1 3th places . The same
applies in greater measure to Mestel ,
the 1 976 Champion, who also stood
well after six rounds , but collapsed and
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before going under. He sacrificed a
piece for two pawns in the endgame
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his last pawn .
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the Naj dorf Sicilian, in which a knight
sacrifice left the black king open to all
manner of threats :
Game No.19146 Sicilian Defence
White : Nunn Black : Macaulay
1 e4, c5; 2 <tlf3, d6; 3 d4, <tlf6; 4 <tlc3,
cxd4; 5 <tlx d4, a6; 6 ltg5, e6; 7 f4,
'ltb6; 8itd2, '(txb2; 9 Elb1, '(taJ; 10
f5, <tlc6; 11 fxe6, fxe6; 12 <tlxc6,
bxc6; 13 e5, dxe5; 14 Axf6, gxf6;
 THE BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE 435

15 'Ue4, Ae7; 16 Ae2, h5; 17 flb3,

�a4;

ROUND 2 ·Tuesday, August 7th

18 'UX f6 +! �X f6; 19 c4, Jl.h4 +j 20 Penrose (I) 0 I Nunn (!)
g3, �e7; 21 0-0, �d7; 22 flb7, c5; 23 Miles ( I) I 0 Jones ( I )
�d1, 'ttc6; 24 �f3, 'ttd6; 25 'ttc2, e4; Baker (!) 0 I Littlewood P . ( I)
Speelman ( I) I 0 Knox (I)
26 .§d1, �c6; 27 .§xd6, �xd6; 28
Chandler (!) 0 I Morrison (I)
Elb6, exf3; 29 .§X c6, �e7; 30 'ttd3, Fuller (!) I 0 Short (!)
11.e5; 31 'tte4, �d4 +; 32 �n. e5; 33 Littlewood J. ( I) !lz !lz Horner (I)
Elc7 +, �d6; 34 'ttc6 mate. McAllan (!) 0 I Mestel (!)
Cooper (Y,) Yz !lz Bellin (I)
Knott ( Y,) Y, !lz Strauss ( Y,)
Paul Littlewood benefitted by his Botterill ( Y,) !lz 112 Hall (Y,)
opponent ' s early opening-up of the Watson (!lz) I 0 Parkes (Y,)
centre and subsequent sacrificing : Haygarth (!lz) I 0 Cummings ( Y, )
Quigley (Vz) !lz !lz Wells (!lz)
McNab (Y,) V2 !lz Jackson (!lz)
Game No.l9147 French Defence Anderton (0) Vz Vz Brangham (!lz)
White : P.Littlewood Blac k : Kil gour Macaulay (0) 0 I Britton (0)
Povah (0) I 0 Cooley (0)
1 d4, e6; 2 e4, d5; 3 e5, c5 ; 4 c3, otlc6; 5 Hebden (0) I 0 Branford (0)
'Uf3, 'ttb6; 6 a3, c4; 7 h4, f6; 8 'tte2, Hodgson (0) I 0 Trevelyan (0)
�d7; 9 g3, fxe5; 10 otJ xe5 , 'U xe5; Muir (0) I 0 Steedman (0)
11 'itxe5, otJ f6; 1 2 otJ d2, 11.d6; 1 3 Large (0) I 0 Lloyd (0)
Staples (0) 0 I Alcock (0)
'tte2, 0-0; 1 4 f4, .§ae8; 15 ll.g2, Ludgate (0) Y, V2 Kilgour (0)
See Diagram

15 ..., e5 ?! 16 fxe5, 11.xe5; 1 7 dxe5, The Grandmasters again won; with

.§xe5 ; 18 'itxe5, .§e8; 1 9 'itxe8+,
�xe8; 20 otlf3, 'tte6+; 21 �n. �e4;
22 �e3, �xg3 +; 23 �f2, �xh1 +;
24 g xh1 , -ttrs; 25 .§et, a6; 26 ll.d4,
Ac6; 27 Ele7, 'ttc2+; 28 �g3, 'itg6 +;
29 �h2, 'ttd6+; 30 .§e5, b5; 31 �g5,
a blocked centre in a typical King ' s
I n d i a n fo r m at i o n , M i l e s b r o k e
through on t h e Q-side and won
material long before his opponent
could generate any real threats on the
other w ing Nunn took over the
.

h6; 32 �e6, aS; 33 h5 , 'tte7; 34 �g3, initiative at quite an early stage and his
b4; 35 axb4, axb4; 36 JU f4, 'ttd8; 37 manoeuvring on the black squares
/ilg6, bX c3; 38 bX c3, ( 1 -0) . eventually proved too much for the
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defence ; the final exchange sacrifice is
neat:
Game No . 1 9148 Sicilian Defence
White : Penrose Blac k : Nunn
1 e4 , c5; 2 � f3 , d6; 3 d4, � f6 ; 4 � c3 ,
c x d4 ; 5 � xd4 , a6; 6 Jl e2 , � bd7; 7
f4, eS ; 8 � fS , � cS ; 9 � g3 , � b6; 10
fS , A d7 ; 11 l!! bl, Jl c6; 12 Jl e3 , 'it c7;
13 � d S , A xdS; 14 e x dS, bS ; 15 0-0 ,
Ae7 ; 16 � d2 , 0-0; 17 c4, b xc 4; 1 8
.§ fcl, �b7; 1 9 A x c4 , .§ fc8 ; 2 0 h 3 ,
� cd7; 21 A b3 , i* bS; 22 � e2,
22 . . . , � b6; 23 � c3 , 'it b4 ; 24 A xb6 ,
'it X b 6+; 25 � h2 , h6; 26 'it d3 , � f2 ;
27 .§ fl, '1th4; 28 g3 , '1t b4 ; 29 .§ fe1 ,
l!!c7; 30 A c2 , l!!c4 ; 31 A b3 , l!!d4; 32
'it e2 , hS; 33 .§ bd1, h4; 34 .§X d4,
hxg3+; 35 �xg3, itxd4; 36 �e 3 ,
� b4 ; 37 � e4 , .§ c8 ; 38 � x f6 + ,
AX f6 ; 39 .§e2, a5; 40 'it e4 , '1tb6; 41
Ac4, 'itg1 +; 42 l!!g2, .§X c4! ; 43
'itxc4, 'ite3 +; 44 �h2, e4; 45 l!!e2,
Aes +; 46 'it?g2, *f3 +; 47 'it?gl,
Ad4 +; 48 *xd4 (if 48 'it?h 2, *n > 48
..., *xe2; 49 a3, *et +; 50 'it?g2, e3;
51 *t4, e2; (0-1) .
Fuller demolished Short ' s K-side in
a way that gave no hint of later results:
Game No.l9149 French Defence
White : Fuller Black: Short
1 e4, e6; 2 d4, dS; 3 �d2, �f6; 4 eS,
�fd7; 5 f4, cS; 6 c3, �c6; 7 �df3,
* aS ; 8 Ae3 , b5; 9 a3, c4; 10 � e2 ,
� c7; 1 1 g3, � b6; 12 h 4, aS ; 1 3 A g2 ,
hS; 14 0-0, Jl d7; 15 fS , e x fS ; 16 � gS ,
Ae6 ; 1 7 � f4 , * d7; 1 8 A f3 , � d8; 19
A xhS , g6; 20 �xg6, fxg6; 21
Axg6 +, �f7; 22 �xe6, 'itxe6; 23
A x fS, 'itc6; 24 'ltg4, �h6; 25 Ag6+,
�d8; 26 .§xf8 +, �c7; 27 Axh6,
.!!!axf8 ; 28 Axf8 , .§ xf8; 29 .§fl,
.§xfl+; 30 � x fl , � a4 ; 31 e6 ,
� xb2; 32 e7, �dl; 33 'it f 4 +, ( 1-0) .
Speelman and Mestel both reached
two points ; the champion caught Knox
with a combination which netted two
pawns and exposed the black king
fatally , while Mestel 's opponent
apparently resigned in despair, after
using up nearly all his time trying to
sort out one o f Blac k ' s pet variations !
Game No.l9 150 Sicilian Defence
White: McAllan Black : M est el
1 e4, cS; 2 �f3, d6; 3 d4, �f6; 4 �c3,
c x d4 ; 5 �xd 4, g6; 6 f4, Ag7; 7 eS ,
� h S ; 8 AbS +, Ad7; 9 Axd7 + ,
� x d7 ; 10 exd6, *xd6; 11 � d bS,
'1tc6; 12 � d S , � a6 ; (0-1).
Further down the list the following
ferocious attack caught the eye :
Game No.l91 5 1 Alekhine Defence
White : Watson Black : P ark es
I e4 , �f6; 2 eS, �dS; 3 d4, d6; 4 �f3,
dxeS; 5 �xeS, g6; 6 Ac4, Ae6; 7
�c3, Ag7; 8 �e4, 0-0; 9 �g5, "«rd6;
10 0-0, c6; 11 f4, �d7; 12 c3, �xe5 ;
13 fxeS, "itd7; 14 "«rei, h6; 15 �e4,
Af5; 16 �cS, *c8; 17 *h4, gS; 18
* g3 , b6;
See Diagram
19 Aa6, "«rc7; 20 .§xf5, e6; 21 Axg5,
'it?h7; 22 AX h6, AX h6; 23 ltd3,
exfS; 24 AxfS +, <lfh8; 25 *h4,
<ltg7 ; 26 *g4 +, 'it?h8; 27 *hS, 'it?g7;
28 �e6 +, fxe6; 29 *g6 +, 'it?h8; 30
�xh6+, �g8 ; 31 Axe6 +, l!!f7; 32
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antagonists for the rest of the tourna­

ment . Morrison started off very well
a g a i n s t B l a c k's u n u s u a l P o l i s h
Defence, but gradually t h e game
turned and he had eventually to defend
a rook + bishop vs . rook ending ,
which he in fact successfully drew after
1 09 moves .
Nunn-Fuller was altogether quieter ,
Black's isolated pawn proving a fatal
weakness, which landed him in a lost
rook ending:

Game No.191S2 French Defence

White: Nunn Blac k : Fuller
1 e4, e6; 2 d4, dS; 3 oi:ld2, -'1.e7; 4
EXfl, EXe8; 33 'ltg6+, �h8; 34 EX xf7,
oi:lgf3, dxe4; S oi:l xe4, oi:lf6; 6 -'1.d3,
EXxe6; 3S 'it h7 mate.
oi:l xe4; 7 Axe4, oi:ld7; 8 'it e2, cS; 9
Jle3, 'it c7; 10 0-0, 0-0; 11 EXadl, oi:lf6;
12 Ad3, b6; 13 dxcS, bxcS; 14 AgS,
ROUND 3- Wednesday, August 8th
Ab7; 1S oi:leS, oi:ldS; 16Axe7, it xe7;
Nunn (2) I 0 Fuller (2)
17 Ae4, oi:lf6; 18 Axb7, 'it xb7; 19
Morrison (2) V, V> Miles (2) b3, EXfd8; 20 l:!d3, EXxd3; 21 'ltxd3,
Mestel (2) Vz V> Speelman (2) 'iWdS;
P.Littlewood (2) Vz V>J .Littlewood ( I V,
Bellin ( IVz) I 0 Watson ( I V>)
Horner (IVz) 0 I Haygarth (I V>)
Cooper ( I ) 0 I Hodgson (I)
Strauss (I) Vz V, Muir ( I )
Jones ( I ) Vz V> Chandler ( I )
Short (I) I 0 Quigley (I)
A! cock ( I ) V> V> Botterill ( I )
Britton ( I ) I 0 Knott (I )
Large ( I ) I 0 Penrose (I )
Knox (I ) I 0 Baker ( I )
Hall ( I ) V> V> Povah ( I )
Wells ( I ) I 0 McAllan ( I )
Jackson ( I ) 0 I Hebden ( I )
Brangham (I) Vz V, McNab ( I )
Kilgour ( V>) 0 I Cummings (V> )
Parkes (V,) 0 I Ludgate (V,)
Cooley (0) Vz V> Anderton (V,)
Trevelyan (0) I 0 Branford (0)
Lloyd (0) I 0 Macaulay (0)
Steedman (0) I 0 Staples ( 0) 22 EXd1, 'it xd3; 23 E!xd3, 'iftr8; 24
oi:ld7+, oi:lxd7; 2S E!xd7, aS; 26
'iftn, c4; 27 �e2, 'ifte8; 28 E!d4, cxb3;
Only Nunn retained a IOOOJo score 29 axb3, �e7; 30 'iftd3, eS; 31 E!a4,
after this round, though this was not EXd8 + ; 32 'ifte4, EXd2; 33 f! X aS,
known until some time later in view of EXxc2; 34 EXxeS + , 'ifld6; 3S E!rs, f6;
the marathon game between Morrison 36 �d3, E!b2; 37 'iftc3, E!a2; 38 'iftb4,
and Miles , the complications of which �c6; 39 h4, ge2; 40 hS, h6; 41 'iftc3,
seemed to tire out at least one of the �d6; 42 g4, 'iftc6; 43 f3, E!e7; 44 �c4,
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f!.a7; 45 f!.c5+, �d6; 46 b4, f!.a8; 47 Game No.l9154 Sicilian Defence

f!.d5+, �e6; 48 f!.d3, f!.c8 +; 49 �d4,
f!.d8 +; 50 �e4. f!.b8; 51 .§.bJ, f!.b5; 52
�d4, �d6; 53 �c4, 'ttc6; 54 f!.eJ, f!.g5;
55 f!.e6 +, 'ttc7; 56 f!.a6, f!.eS; 57
f!.a7+ , 'ttb6; 58.§.xg7, .§.eJ; 59 �d4,
.§.xf3; 60 �e4. f!.bJ; 61 f!.g6,
.§.X b4+; 62 �fS, ( 1 -0) .
Bellin j oined the group on 2 Yz with
an attractive little game , both in the
handling of the opening and the
winning combination :
Game No.I9153 Veresov Opening
White: Bellin Black: Watson
I d4, <i)f6; 2 ltg5, <i)e4; 3 ltf4, dS; 4
<i)d2, ltfS; 5 e J, cS; 6 Axb8! .§. xb8;
7<i)xe4, dxe4; 8 dxcS, *aS+; 9 c3,
*xcS; 10 <i)e2, e5; 11 <i)gJ, ltg6; 12
h4, h6; 13 hS, lth7; 14 *bJ, ltd6; 15
ltbS + , 'tte7; 1 6 0-0-0, .§. bc8;
White: Large Black : Penrose
1 e4, cS; 2 <i)f3, e6; 3 d4, cxd4; 4
<i)xd4, <i)f6; 5<i)cJ, d6; 611.e2, la.e7;
7 0-0, 0-0; 8 f4, <i)c6; 9 Jl.eJ, a6; 10
'ltet, <i)xd4; 11 Axd4, bS; 12 a3,
<i)d7; 13 'ltg3, eS; 14 lteJ, ex f4; 15
Axf4, Ah4; 16 *e3, <i)eS; 17 E!adl,
'it c7; 18 'lli'd4, Jtf6; 19 *X d6, *X d6;
20 §xd6, <i)g6; 21 Ae3, E!e8; 22
E!dxf6! gxf6; 23 <i)dS, �g7; 24
<i) xf6! E!e6; 25 Ad4, ltb7; 26
<i)X h7 +, �h6; 27 <i) gS! E!e7; 28
<i)X f7+, lt'h7; 29 <i)gS +, "'g8; 30
ltg4, 11.c8; 31 lthS, <i)eS; 32 Acs,
E!b7; 33 §f8+, *g7; 34<i)e6+, lt'h7;
35ltd4, <i)g6; 36 AX g6+, �X g6; 37
§f6+, �h7; 38 <i)gS +, "'g8; 39 .!:!h6,
�f8; 40 eS, E!d7; 41 E!f6+, "'g8; 42
c3, E!g7; 43 h4, ltb7; 44 e6, E!c8; 45
E!h6, ( 1 -0).

ROUND 4- Thursday, AUI!IUSI 9th

Miles (2 Vz) I 0 Nunn (3)

Speelman (2Vz) Vz Vz Bellin (2Vz)
Haygarth (2 Vz) Vz Vz P.Liwood (2Vz)
Morrison (2Vz) Vz Vz Mestel (2 Vz)
Fuller (2) I 0 Britton (2)
J. Littlewood (2) Vz Vz Short (2)
Hodgson (2) 0 I Large (2)
Hebden (2) I 0 Wells (2)
Cummings ( I Vz) I 0 Knox (2)
Botterill (I Vz) I 0 Strauss (I Vz)
Chandler ( I Vz) 0 I Hall (I Vz )
McNab ( IVz ) I 0 Jones ( I Vz)
Muir (I Vz) I 0 Brangham (I Vz)
Povah (IVz) I 0 Horner (I Vz)
Watson ( I Vz) I 0 Alcock ( I Vz )
Ludgate ( I Vz ) I 0 Steedman ( I )
17 .§. xd6! f!.hd8 ( 1 7 . .. , *xd6; 1 8 Baker ( I ) I 0 Lloyd (I)
f!.d 1 , followed by 1 9 f!.d7 + or 1 9 Knott (I ) Vz Vz Jackson (I )
Penrose ( I ) I 0 Trevelyan ( I )
*b4 +, or i f 1 7 . , lt xd6, 1 8 * xf7,
. .
Quigley (I ) Vz Vz McAll an ( I )
*xb 5 ; 1 9 f!.d 1 + mates or wins the Anderton ( I ) I 0 Parkes (Vz)
queen) 1 8 .§. xd8, .§. xd8; 1 9 *b4, Kilgour ( Vz) 0 I Cooper (I )
*X b4; 20 cX b4, a6; 21 Jta4, f5; 22 Macaulay (0) 0 I Cooley (Vz)
Branford (0) Vz Vz Staples (0)
<tle2, ( 1 -0).
Another player to make a favour­
able impression was Large, who took In the top pamng Nunn ran into
advantage of an early middle-game trouble through a weak a-pawn and his
mistake by Penrose to win as follows: attempts to break out with an
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exchange sacrifice were unavailing .
Since the other 2 Yz s all drew , Miles
thus took over the lead temporarily.
Game No.l91SS Modern Benoni
White : Miles Black : Nunn
1 d4, .tJ f6; 2 c4, cS; 3 dS, e6; 4 .tlc3,
exdS; S cxdS, d6; 6 e4, g6; 7 11. d3,
11.g7; 8 .tlge2, 0-0; 9 0-0, a6; 10 a4,
.tl bd7; 11 'iff hl, Etb8; 12 aS, Ete8; 13
11.c2, bS; 14 ax b6, Etx b6; 1S f3, Etb4;
16 b3, aS; 17 Eta3, -'la6; 18 11. d2,
18 ..., c4; 19 .tla2, cxb3; 20 .tJ xb4,
aX b4; 21 ft X b3, 4J X dS; 22 J1.d3,
11.xd3; 23 Etd3, .tlc3; 24 .tlxc3, .tleS;
2S EtdS, bxc3; 26 11.xc3, 'i11'h4; 27.
*et, iife7; 28 *at, Etc8; 29 Etcl, hS;
30 J1. X eS, ft X cl+; 31 iifX cl, d X eS;
32 g3, *f6; 33 'ift g2, iifa6; 34 it c2,
11. f6; 3S Etc5, 'it'g7; 36 Etc7, iifb5; 37
"tta2, "tte8; 38 "ttdS, h4; 39 'itc6, it b8;
40 Etb7, 'itf8; 41 i6'e6, hxg3; 42
hxg3, i6'g8; 43 Eta7, it f8; 44 Etc7,
iifg8; 4S "ttc8, ( 1 -0) .
A significant result , in view of later
events , was Short ' s saving a difficult
ending a pawn down against John
Littlewood . Another promising j unior,
Hebden, j oined the group on three
points with the following drastic little
win :
439
Game No.191S6 Sicilian Defence
White : Hebden Black: Wells
1 e4, cS; 2 f4, .tlc6; 3 .tl f3, e6; 4 .tl c3,
.tl f6; S 11. b5, .tl d4; 6 e5, .tl X bS; 7
4J X bS, 4Jd5; 8 c4, 4J X f4; 9 d4, 4J g6;
10 0-0, a6;
11 4J gS, aX b5; 12 4J X f7, 'tt h4; 13
4JX h8, 4JX h8; 14 ft f4, *e7; 15 'itg4,
cxd4; 16 Et f2, .tJ g6; 1711. g5, ili'c5; 18
Etafl, 'l!i' xe5; 19 Etf7, h6; 20 Etxf8 + ,
4J X f8; 21 ili'hS+, g6; 22 ft X f8 +,
'it' xf8; 2311.xh6+, *g7; 24 'itxg6,
'l!i' X h6; 25 *X h6 +, 'iff f7; 26 'itf4 + ,
'iffe7; 27 cS, Etxa2; 28 ii1 xd4, b6; 29
'ltg7+, 'it'e8; 30 'lt g8 +, ( 1 -0) .
Round S
The surprising thing about this
round and the next one was the huge
number of decisive results at the top ,
viz . only three draws in the upper half
of the table for Rounds Five and Six
combined ! Happening at the end of
the first week , when the players are
supposed to be tired , it added to the
interest and stressed the uncompromi­
sing nature of the tournament .
Miles reached a favourable two­
bishop ending, but his advantage was
insufficient against Bellin ' s accurate
defence and he was j oined in the lead
by Nunn, Speelman and Paul
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ROUND 5 ·Friday, August lOth

Bellin (3) Vz V,Miles (3 Vz )

Mestel (3) Vz Haygarth (3)
Vz
P .Littlewood (3) I 0Fuller (3)
Large (3) 0 ISpeelman (3)
Nunn (3) I 0Hebden (3)
Short (2 Vz) I 0Morrison (3)
Muir (2 Vz) I 0Ludgate (2Vz )
J.Littlewood (2Vz ) I 0McNab (2 Vz)
Cummings (2 Vz) 0 IPovah (2 v,
Hall (2 Vz) 0 IWatson (2Vz )
Knox (2) 0 IBotterill (2 Vz )
Britton (2) 0 IHodgson (2)
Wells (2) Vz Vz
Baker (2)
Cooper (2) Vz Vz
Anderton (2)
Strauss (I Vz) Vz Vz
Penrose (2)
Homer (I Vz ) I 0Quigley (I Vz)
J ones (I Vz) I 0Brangham (I Vz )
Cooley (IVz) V, Vz Knott (I Vz)
Alcock (I Vz) I 0 Jackson (I Vz) ltxg5+, �xg5; 35 'it ct +, �xf5;
McAIIan (I Vz) 0 I Chandler (I Vz ) 36 "«rc2+, �g5; 37 l::tb5+, 'iflh6; 38
Lloyd (I ) I 0 Trevelyan (I ) �d2+ �g7; 39 'it g2+. ltg6; 40
•
Steedman (I ) Vz Vz Branford ( Vz ) it X a8, 'it X d4; 41 'it b7+, 'iflh6; 42
Staples ( Vz) 0 I Kilgour ( Vz )
Parkes ( Vz ) 0 I Macaulay (0) �f3. "«rg1+; 43 �e2, 'ith2+; 44 �e3,
'it g1+; 45 "«rf2, 'it c1+; 46 'itd2, 'it c7;
47 Hd5, ltf7; 48 �f3+, �h7; 49
Littlewood . The first two over­ 'ttd3+, �h6; 50 Hd6+, �g7; 51
whelmed their opponents before the "«rd4+, �f8; 52 �g4, �e7; 53 �e5+,
adj ournment , but Littlewood-Fuller �f8; 54 �xh4, "«rc4+; 55 Hd4, 'ttc8;
was a much harder struggle. The white ( 1 -0) .
king remains rooted at el for over
forty moves , with the position
gradually opening up all around him , Game No.19158 Caro-Kann Def.
yet in the end it is he who survives : White : Large Black: Speelman
1 e4, c6; 2 d4, d5; 3 <tJ d2, d X e4; 4
Game No.19157 Nimzo-lndian Def. <tlxe4, <tlf6; 5 <tlxf6+, gxf6; 6
White: P.Littlewood Black: Fuller ltc4, ltf5; 7 <tle2, <tld7; 8 <tlg3, ltg6;
1 d4, <tJ f6; 2 c4, e6; 3 <tlc3, -'lb4; 4 e3, 9 f4, e6; 10 0-0, f5; 11 c3, <tlf6; 12
b6; 5 <tle2, -'lb7; 6 a3, -'td6; 7 <tlg3, lte3, ltg7; 13 -'l.e2, h5 ; 14 h3, <tld5; 15
h5; 8 'ttd3, h4; 9 <tlge4, <tJ xe4; 10 'it d2, 'ttc7; 16 Jld3, h4; 17 ttle2, lth5;
<tJ xe4, lte7; 11 h3, d5; 12 cxd5, 18 <tiel, 0-0-0; 19ltc2, Hhg8; 20 <tld3,
exd5; 13 <tlc3, <tld7; 14ltd2, <tlf6; 15 lth6; 21 ltb3,
b4, 0-0; 16 'it f5, c5; 17 bxc5, bxc5; See Diagram
18 ltd3, cxd4; 19 exd4, <tJ e4; 20
Jtxe4, dxe4; 21 Hbt, g6; 22 'ih5 , 21 . . , ttJ xe3; 22 '«»'xe3, l::tg3; 23
.

'itd2, gdg8; 24 gael, Jlf3; 25 g xf3,

See Diagram
22 ..., e3; 23 fxe3, ltxg2; 24 gh2,
ltf3; 25 Hf2, lth5; 26 <tld5, .A..g5; 27
<tJ f4, -'l, X f4; 28 g X f4, f5; 29 't»'c4+,
�h7; 30 Hb7+, �h6; 31 e4, g5; 32
g X f5, g X f5; 33 eX f5, l»'f6; 34
g X f3; 26 J::l X e6, fX e6; 27 Jl X e6+,
�d8; 28 -'1. xg8, .a. xf4; 29 l»'e2, He3;
JO'«»'fl, lth2+; 31 �hl, 1l.g3; 32 .A..c4,
b5; 33 .A..b3, l»'e7; 34 .A..c2, �c7; 35
�gl, He2; 36 .A..bl, '«»'e3+; 37 �hl,
f4; (0- l ) .
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ROUND 6 ·Saturday, August 11th

Speelman (4) I 0Nunn (4)

Miles (4) I 0P.Liwood (4)
Botterill (3Vz) I 0Muir (3!h)
Haygarth(3!h) 0 IJ.Liwood(3!h)
Povah(3!h) 0 IBellin (3!h)
Watson (3Vz) 0 IMestel (3Vz)
Hodgson(3) 0 IShort (3Vz)
Fuller (3) 0 ILarge (3)
Hebden (3) I 0Morrison(3)
Anderton (2Vz) 0 IWells(2!11)
Baker (2 !h) Vz VzCooper (2 !h)
Chandler(2 !h) I 0Alcock(2 !h)
Ludgate (2!h) 0 IHall (2!h)
McNab (2!h) 0 IHomer (2Vz)
Penrose (2!11) I 0Jones (2Vz)
Knott(2 !h) Vz !h Cummings (2 !h)
Cooley(2) I 0 Britton (2)
Knox(2) 0 I Lloyd(2)
Brangham (I Vz) 0 I Strauss(2)
Game No.191S9 Ruy Lopez Quigley (I Vz) !h !h Steedman (IVz)
White: Nunn Black : Hebden Jackson (I !h) I 0 Kilgour (IVz)
Trevelyan (I) I 0 McAllan (I Vz)
1 e4, eS; 2 �f3, �c6; 3 ltbS, a6; 4 Branford (I) !h !h Macaulay (I)
11a4, �f6; S 0-0, Ae7; 6 Axc6, Staples (!h) 0 I Parkes (!h)
dxc6; 7 d3, �d7; 8 �bd2, 0-0; 9
�c4, f6; 10 �e3, �cS; 11 *ht, aS; 12
a4, fle8; 13 b3, �e6; 14 �fS, -'l.f8; 1S
�3h4, g6; 16 ot!eJ, Ag7; 17 -'l.b2, Game No.191 60 Pirc Defence
�d4; 18 g3; cS; 19 �hg2, .§a6; 20 c3, White : Speelman Blac k : Nunn
�e6; 21 �c4, �f8; 22 itc2, Ae6; 23 1 e4, d6; 2 d4, �f6; 3 ot!cJ, g6; 4 g3,
fladl, Af7; 24 <tlge3, ita8; 2S f3, l1g7; S Ag2, 0-0; 6 �ge2, eS; 7 0-0,
fld8; 26 d4, C X d4; 27 C X d4, eX d4; 28 �bd7; 8 h3, c6; 9 a4, aS; 10 Ae3, fle8;
A x d4, flc6; 29 'ltb2, b6; 30 Ac3, 1 1 *d2, �b6; 1 2 b3, ex d4; 13
.§X d1; 31.§X d1 , ite8; 32 �dS, �d7; 11xd4, dS; 14 exdS, �bxdS; 1S
33 g4, h6; 34 h4, <&>rs; 3S gS, h x gS; 36 ctJ xdS, ctJ xdS; 1 6 Axg7, 'i!1t xg7;
hX gS, ite6; 37 <l>g2, �g8; 38 itd2,
�eS; 39 gxf6, otJ xc4; 40 bxc4,
( 1 -0).

Round 6

For once the top games were the first

to finish, Black being severely defeated
in each case. Littlewood brought about
his own downfall with an unsound
sacrifice; although only a pawn down
when he resigned , his position as a
whole was in ruins . Speelman, on the
other hand, brought off a nice 17 flad1, Ae6; 18 <tld4, <tlc7; 19 itf4,
combinative finish : 'lte7; 20 .§fel, .!::leeS; 21 fld3, itf6; 22
 442 T H E B R I T I S H CHESS M AGAZINE
i* d6 , l:! a6; 23 l:! f3 , i* d8; 24 /b xe6+ ,
'b xe6; 25 l:! xe6 , fxe6; 26 i* eS+ ,
'i?t g8; 27 i* xe6 +, � h8; 28 l:! f7, ( 1 -0) .
There was a host of interesting
games among the 3 Yz s. First of all ,
here i s Botterill ' s win ; the 1 977
Champion had begun quietly this time ,
but here gives a good demonstration of
how to combine three minor pieces
against the queen .
Game No.19161 Queen ' s Gambit A.
White : Botteri ll Blac k : Muir
1 d4, dS; 2 c4 , dxc4; 3 'b f3 , 'b f6; 4
i* a4 +, lb bd7; S 'b c3 , e6; 6 e4, Ae7; 7
i*xc4, 0-0; 8 eS, 'b b6; 9 exf6 ,
ltl xc4; 10 fxe7, i*xe7; 11 Axc4,
b6; 1 2 0-0 , A b7; 13 A e2, cS;
14 A gS , f6 ; 15 A e3 , c X d4; 16 lb X d4,
l:! ac8 ; 17 A d I , � h8; 18 Ab3 , eS; 19
'b e6, §. fe8; 20 f4, exf4; 21 Axf4,
'it b4; 22 §. ad1, hS; 23 El d4, � aS; 24
Jlg3 , bS; 25 §. h4, b4; 26 'b dS, g6 ; 27
'b df4 , A e4 ; 28 lb X hS, g X hS; 29
§. x e4, El c6; 30 §. fe l , ifr b6 + ; 31 11.£2 ,
ifr b8 ; 32 Jld4, ifr c8; 3 3 Jl x f6 + , 'i!' h7;
34 /b gS +, 'i!' g6; 35 .§ X e8 , ifr g4 ; 36
§. g8 +, � fS ; 37 lb f3, ifr f4; 38 ltgS,
ifr c7; 39 El eS +, 'i!' g4 ; 40 Jld2 + , ( 1 -0).
Bellin picked up a pawn in middle­
game complexities and successfully
exploited it in a four-rook ending ,
while Watson and Mestel produced the
following highly original game:
Game No. 19 162 Sicilian Defence
White : Watson Black : M e s tel
1 e4 , cS; 2 ltl f3 , d6; 3 d4, 'b f6; 4 /b c3 ,
cx d4; 5 <tl x d4, g6; 6 A e3 , A g7; 7 f3 ,
'b c6; 8 i* d2, Jl d7; 9 Ac4, El c8; 10
Jl b3 , itl eS ; 11 0-0-0, 0-0; 1 2 h4, hS; 1 3
JigS, El cS; 1 4 g4 , h X g4; 1 5 hS,
lb x hS: 16 f4, 'b c4; 17 'lte2,
17 . . ., .§xgS; 18 fxgS , eS; 19 /b d bS ,
i* xgS+ ; 2 0 � b 1 , 'b e3 ; 2 1 El dgl, g3;
22 /b xd6 , A g4 ; 23 � el , g2; 24 El h2,
A f3; 25 El h3 , � f4; 26 El h4, A g4; 27
El xg4 , 'b x g4; 28 El x g2 , 'b hf6; 29
'b dS, lb xdS ; 30 Jl x dS , 'b f6; 31
A b3 , gS; 32 E!f2, �h4 ; 33 itrn, g4; 34
'b fS , � h3 ; 35 'b e7+, � h7; 36 "«r x h3 ,
gxh3; 37 El h 2 , lb xe4; 38 El xh3 + ,
AM; 39 ltl rs, itl d2+; 40 'i!' a1,
<tJ X b3 + ; 4 1 a X b3 , � g6 ; 42 ltJ X h6,
fS; 43 El h2 , e4; 44 � b1 , e3 ; 45 c4, El e8 ;
46 1tJ X fS , � X fS ; 47 El e2 , � e4 ; 48
'i?t c2 , �f3 ; 49 'i?t dt , El d8 + ; 50 � et ,
El h8; 51 � dl , El hl+; 52 El e1, e2 + ; 53
� d2 , §. xel ; 54 �xe1, aS; 55 cS ,
�e3 ; 56 b4, axb4 ; 57 b3 , 'iffd3 ; (0- 1 ) .
A reminder t o Santa C la us : -
GIVE A SUB THIS CHRISTMAS !
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ROU!'II D 7- Monday, August 1 3 th

Speelman (5) 'lz 'lz Miles (5)

Bellin (4 '1z) I 0 J . Liwood (4 '1z)
Short (4V2) Vz Vz Botterill (4Vz)
Mestel (4 '1z ) 0 I Hebden (4)
Nunn (4) I 0 Large (4)
P . Littlewood (4) 0 I Penrose (3 '1z)
Muir (3 '1z) 0 I Watson (3Vz)
Hall (3 '1z ) 'lz 'lz Haygarth (3 '1z)
Horner (3 Vz) 0 I Chandler (3 'lz )
Wells (3V2) 0 I Povah (3Vz)
Morrison (3) I 0 Baker (3)
Strauss (3) v, 'lz Fuller (3)
Cummings (3) 'lz Vz Hodgson (3)
Cooper (3) I 0 Cooley (3)
Lloyd (3) 'lz 'lz Ludgate (2Vz)
Jackson (2 '1z ) I 0 Anderton (2 '1z )
Jones (2 '1z ) 0 I Knot! (2 '1z )
Alcock ( 2 Vz) I 0 McNab (2 'lz )
Britton (2) I 0 Quigley (2) f X eS , g4 ; 28 � X b6, gS ; 29 � g6 , � e6 ;
Steedman (2) 'lz V, Trevelyan (2) 30 it X g4 , � a6 ; 31 1t X gS , � X gS; 32
McAllan (I V>) 0 I Knox (2)
Kilgour (I V>) I 0 Parkes (I V2)
ithS + , �h7; 33 � x a6, 'ltc8; 34 � aS ,
Macaulay (I V,) Vz Vz Brangham (I 'lz) itcS ; 3 S Ae4 , g6; 3 6 it x g6, ite7; 37
Staples ( V, ) Bye � X f8 + , � X f8; 38 it'h6 + , 'it'g8; 39
Branford withdrew owing to a family Ads + , Ae6; 40 .ll e4 , 'ltg7 + ; 41
bereavement.
it x g7 + , II.J x g7; 42 a4 , � d7; 43 aS ,
( Yz - Yz ) .
With the Speelman-Miles game
being drawn and Bellin coming up to �
L ttlewood mishandled the opening,
j oin them, the tournament remained gettmg a seriously cramped position,
wide open . Not that there was any­ and was never allowed to recover :
thing peaceful about the top board
e n c o u n t e r , S p e e l m a n s a c r i fi c i n g Game No .19164 Pirc Defence
repeatedly to try a n d hack h i s way White : Bellin Blac k : Littlewood J .
through to the black king . Both sides 1 e4 , g 6 ; 2 d4 , Ag7; 3 � c3 , d 6 ; 4 f4 ,
missed wins in the time-scramble and � f6 ; S � fJ , 0-0; 6 Jld3 , � c6; 7 0-0 ,
the result was a drawn ending : Ag4 ; 8 eS , d x eS; 9 d x eS , � dS ; 10
h3 , A x f3 ; 11 it x fJ , � x c3 ; 12
Game No.1 9163 Reti Opening b x c3 , itc8 ; 13 lta3, ite6; 14 ite4 ,
White : Speelman Black: Miles � fd8; 1S ltc4 , itfS ; 16 'lte2 , � aS ; 1 7
1t x e7, � e8 ; 18 Jld3 , it e6 ; 19 Jlb4,
1 � fJ , dS; 2 c4 , d4 ; 3 d3 , cS; 4 e3,
'ltb6 + ; 20 \tht , cS ; 21 A x aS , it x aS ;
� c6; S e x d4 , c x d4 ; 6 g3 , eS ; 7 .A.g2 ,
2 2 c4 , � adS; 2 3 it fJ , � e7; 2 4 � ael , fS ;
.A.d6 ; 8 0-0, � ge7; 9 a3 , aS ; 10 � bd2,
0-0; 1 1 � b1 , a4 ; 12 �e4, .llb 8; 13 �el , 2S g4 , f X g4 ; 26 it X g4 , g d4 ; 27 � e4 ,
�h8; 14 1td2 , b6; 1S � h4 • .lld 7; 16 f4 , itd8; 28 � fel , � e8 ; 2 9 h4 , itd7; 3 0 e6 ,
'lte7; 31 � x d4 , A x d4 ; 3 2 h S , 'ltg7;
e x f4 ; 17 g x f4 , � a7 ; 18 b4, a x b3; 19
� X b3 , � g6 ; 20 � X g6 + , f X g6; 21 33 h x g6, h x g6 ; 34 Jl x g6, � e7; 3S
� gS , � aS ; 22 � b2 , � b7 ; 23 it fJ , �e2, 'lii f8 ; 36 'ltg3 , itf6 ; 37 fS, bS; 38
c X bS, c4 ; 39 � e4 , ..Q.b6; 40 � X c4 ,
� cS ; 2 4 itg3 , h6;
� h7 + ; 41 A x h7, ( 1 -0).
See Diagram
2S AdS, h x gS; 26 � eS , A x eS ; 27 The Short-Botterill game was
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quickly reduced to a drawn ending and 13 a2 + ; 49 c;!?g3 , 13 a3 + ; 50 �g2 ,

Nunn j oined them on five points by
rapidly demolishing Large ' s castled
position . The young Leicester player ,
Hebden , one of the discoveries of this
tournament, also entered the leading
g r o u p by a w el l - d e s e r v e d , i f
unexpected win over Mestel . White
used the same opening system as in the
13 a2 + ; 5 1 r.t'g3 , 13 b2 ; 52 13 d 3 , 13 b4 ; 53
13 d 7 , 13 b3 + ; 54 �g2 , c;!? X f4 ; 55
13 f7 + , r.t'e4 ; 56 13 x c7, c;!?d4 ; 57
13 7 x c6, 13 x c6 ; 58 .!:! x c6, c;!? x eS; 59
!! g6 , c;!?rs and Black won at move 73 .
ROUI\D 8 - Tuesday, August 14th

Nunn-Hebden game two rounds

Botterill (5) v, v, Bellin (5 1-i)
earlier, but to no avail this time. Miles (5 v,) 0 I Short (5)
Hebden (5) 1-i 1-i Speelman (5 1-i)
Game No . 1 91 65 Ruy Lopez Povah (4 \-i) 0 I Nunn (5)
J . Littlewood (4 1-i) I 0 Mestel (4 \-i)
White : Mestel Black : Hebden Penrose (4V>) v, 1-i Watson (4 \-i)
I e4 , eS ; 2 � f3 . � c6 ; 3 AbS , a6; 4 Chandler (4 1-i) I 0 P . Liwood (4)
Aa4 , � f6 ; 5 0-0, Ae7; 6 A x c6 , Large (4) I 0 Cooper (4)
Haygarth (4) 1-i v, Morrison (4)
d x c6; 7 d3 , � d7; 8 � bd2, 0-0; 9
Fuller (3 V>) 1-i V, Hall (4)
� c4 , f6; 10 � h4 , � cS ; 1 1 'itf3 , 13 e8 ; Wells (3 V>) 1 0 Lloyd (3 \-i)
12 � fS , Af8; 1 3 h4 , A X fS ; 1 4 * X fS , Strauss (3V2) 1-i 1-i Cummings (3 V,
� e6 ; I S 'itg4 , AcS ; 1 6 hS, bS ; 1 7 � e3 , Alcock (3 V>) v, 1-i Muir (3 V>)
Knott (3 V>) 0 1 Horner (3 v,)
'1td7; 1 8 '1th4 , 13 f8 ; 1 9 g4 , A x e3; 20
Hodgson (3 1-i) I 0 Jackson (3 V>)
A x e3 , � d4; 21 A x d4 , 'it x d4 ; 22 Ludgate (3) 0 I Knox (3)
13 ab 1 , aS ; 23 h6, Baker (3) 1 0 Cooley (3)
Anderton (2 v,) I 0 Britton (3)
Treve1yan (2 V>) 1 0 Jones (2 1-i)
McNab (2 !/,) 0 1 Kilgour (2 \-i)
Brangham (2) 0 I Steedman (2 1-i)
Quigley (2) I 0 Macaulay (2)
McAilan ( 1 v,) 0 I Staples (1 1-i )
Parkes ( 1 1-i ) Bye

Botterill and Bellin manoeuvred

23 . . . , gS ; 24 'itg3 , 13 ad8; 25 13 fd l ,
13 d6; 26 c3 , 'ita4 ; 27 d4 , 13 fd8; 28 13 el ,
13e8; 29 b3 , 'iJ1 x a2 ; 3 0 'il1e3 , e x d4 ; 31
c x d4 , a4 ; 32 eS, f x eS; 33 d x eS ,
g x h6; 3 4 .§ edl , -H he6 ; 3 5 'lJt x gS + ,
13 g6; 36 'il1e3, 'il1c2 ; 37 f3 , a x b3 ; 38
g bcl , 'il1a2 ; 39 g b l , hS; 40 'il1e4 , 'il1c2 ;
41 13 et , 'il1 x e4 ; 42 13 x e4 , h x g4 ; 43
f4 , <i!?r7; 44 g x b3 , �e6; 45 .!;l c3 , 'it'rs;
46 g d4 , 13 a8 ; 47 13 c5 , .!;l e6 ; 48 �al .
quietly for 23 moves and decided to
call it a day , but there was plenty of
action in the other games . Miles-Short
was naturally the centre of attention; it
was not only a well-deserved victory
for Short, but was astonishingly one­
sided . The Grandmaster neglected a
vital centre file in pursuing his attack
on the Q-side and soon paid the
penalty:
Game N o . 1 9166 French Defence
White : Miles Black : Short
1 d4 , e6; 2 e4 , dS; 3 � c3 , .itb4; 4
e x dS, e x dS; 5 .itd3 , � c6; 6 a3 ,
A x c3 + ; 7 b x c3 , � f6 ; 8 .itgS ,
'1te7 + ; 9 � e2 , .itd7; 10 0-0, h6; 1 1
 THE B RITISH CHESS M A G A Z I N E
Af4 , 0-0-0; 12 c4 , Ae6 ; 1 3 c5, g5 ; 14
Ad2 , .£) e4 ; 15 .§ b1 , f5 ; 16 f3 , .£) X d2 ;
17 � X d2 , f4 ; 1 8 Ab5 , Ad7; 1 9 !! fe1 ,
�f6 ; 20 �c3 , l:! de8 ; 21 � b3 ,
21 .. • , l:! e3 ; 2 2 Ad3 , <i) d8 ; 2 3 c4 , Af5 ;
24 A x f5 + , � x f5 ; 25 �a2 , l:! he8 ; 26
l:! b2 , g4 ; 27 !! fl , g x f3 ; 28 g x f3 ,
l:! g8 + ; 2 9 'i!?h1 , �h3 ; 3 0 .§ f2 , .!:! x f3 ! ;
3 1 <i) g1 , (3 1 <i) x f4 , �fl + ) 3 1 . . . ,
!! e3 ; 32 l:! g2 , �e6; 33 .!:! x g8 , � x g8 ;
3 4 c x d5 , f3 ; 35 d6, �g5; 3 6 d7 + ,
'it> x d7; 3 7 � b 1 , <i) e6 ; 38 �h7 + , �c6 ;
39 �f7 , .£) X d4 ; 40 �c4 , i!'f X c5; 4 1
�a4 + , b5; 4 2 ffdl , �d5 ; 4 3 .§ f2 ,
l:! e2 ; 4 4 � c l + , 'i!? b 7 ; 45 .£) x e2 ,
f x e2 + ; 46 l:! g2 , <i) c2 ; (0- 1 ) .
Meanwhile Hebden was again
playing well and after numerous
exchanges had Speelman under a lot of
pressure in the endgame. The
Champion lost a pawn, but found a
way to give up a second one to reach
the safety of an opposite bishop
ending.
Mestel suffered another calamity,
this time in his favourite variation ,
with which he had won that game in
Round Two . . . . . . !
Game N o . 1 9167 Sicilian Defence
White : J. Littlewood Black: Mestel
I e4, c5 ; 2 <i) f3, d6; 3 d4 , � f6 ; 4 � c3 ,
445
c X d 4 ; 5 .£) X d 4 , g 6 ; 6 f4 , Ag7; 7 e5 ,
.£) h5; 8 Ab5 + , Ad7 ; 9 e6, f x e6; 10
.£) x e6 , A x c3 + ; 11 b x c3 , ffc8 ; 12
A X d7 + ' 'it> X d7;
13 <i) g5 , �c4 ; 14 l:! b1 , �c7; 15 !! b4 ,
� x a2 ; 1 6 �e2 , <i) c6 ; 1 7 <i) e6 + , ( 1 -0) .
It seems a little early to resign, but the
white attack is winning; e . g 17 . . . ,
'i!? c8; 1 8 .!:! x b7 ! and mate in three i f
the rook is taken . I f 1 8 . . . , ff a4, t o
cover against l:! c7 + , then 1 9 l:! c7 + ,
'i!? b 8 ; 20 0-0 ! with the winning threat
of 21 Ad2 and 22 l:! b ! + .
Another player to come within range
of the leaders was Chandler, who won
a game full of surprising tactical turns
against Paul Littlewood :
Game No. l 9168 Nimzo-Indian Def.
White : Chandler Black: P . Littlewood
1 d4 , <i) f6; 2 c4 , e6; 3 <i) cJ , .ll.b4 ; 4 e3 ,
c5 ; 5 � f3 , 0-0; 6 .ll. d3 , d5 ; 7 0-0,
c x d4 ; 8 e x d4 , d x c4 ; 9 .1l. x c4 , b6; 10
�e2 , .ll. b 7; 11 .ll. g5 , .11. x c3 ; 1 2 b x c3 ,
� bd7; 13 1ld3 , ffc7; 14 l::l acl , h6; 15
Jl.h4 , � h5 ; 1 6 J1g3 , � X g3 ; 1 7 h X g3 ,
l::l ac8 ; 1 8 !! fel , !! fd8; 1 9 1lb1 , ffd6; 20
ffd3 , � f8 ; 21 � eS , ffdS; 22 f3, l::l c7;
23 ffd2 , ffaS ; 24 f4 , AdS ; 25 g4 ,
l::l dc8; 26 l::l e3 , f6; 27 � g6 , � X g6 ; 28
A x g6, ff x a2 ; 29 l::l c2 , ffb1 + ; 30
<1'h2, bS ; 31 fS , b4; 32 f x e6, b x c3 ; 33
Af7 + , <l'f8; 34 l::l e x c3 , A x c3 ; 35
446 THE B R I T I S H C H E S S M A G AZ I N E

.§ x c3 , �b8 +; 36 g3 , la dS ; 37 la e3 , Ad4 , � d7; 21 Ab5 , Ad6; 22 g3 , E! e7 ;

la c 8 ; 38 lac3, la d8 ; 3 9 la e3 , la c8 ; 40 23 � n .
Ag6, la c7; 41 �c3 ! i*b7; 42 �a3+ ,
la e7 ; 4 3 la e2 , � c 7 ; 4 4 la c2 , 'if1 x c 2+ ;
4 5 A x c2 , A x e 6 ; 46 'if1 d 6 , Af7; 47
Ad3 , Ae8 ; 48 d5, a5 ; 49 'if1a3 , ( 1 -0) .

ROUND 9 - Wednesday, August 1 5th

Bellin (6) V> V> Nunn (6)

Short (6) I 0 Speelman (6)
Botterill (5 V,) V2 V2 Chandler (5 V2 )
J . Littlewood (5 V> ) I 0 Miles (S YI)
Penrose (5) 0 I Hebden (5 V2 )
Watson (5) 0 I Large (5)
Hall (4 YI) 0 I Wells (4V>)
Hodgson ( 4 YI) 0 I Haygarth (4 YI)
Horner (4 V> ) 0 I Mestel (4 V> )
Morrison (4 YI) 0 I Povah ( 4 YI )
Cooper (4) V2 V2 Fuller (4) 23 . . . , � c5 ! ; 24 'tt c 2, �e4; 25 'if1d3 ,
Cummings (4) I 0 Baker (4) e5 ; 26 f x e5 , � x e5 ; 27 � x e5 ,
Knox (4) I 0 Alcock (4)
P . Littlewood (4) I 0 Strauss (4) A x eS ; 28 c4 , A x d4 + ; 2 9 'if1 x d4 ,
Muir (4) I 0 Anderton (3 V> ) f! c 8 ; 30 �g2 , h 5 ; 31 C X d 5 , it X c l ; 32
Ki!gour (3 Vz ) 0 I Trevelyan (3 V, ) .§ x c 1 , .§ x c1 ; 33 Ad3 , la e1 ; 34 d6,
Lloyd ( 3 V, ) 0 I Knott ( 3 Vz ) itJ X d6; 35 � X d6, .§ 1 e6 ; 36 �d5, g6 ;
Steedman (3 V2) I 0 J ackson (3 V2 )
Britton (3) I 0 Ludgate (3) 37 b5, la a7 ; 38 b4 , �g7 ; 39 Ac4 , la f6 ;
Cooley (3) I 0 Quigley ( 3 ) 4 0 'tt e5 , ( 1 -0) .
Jones (2 YI) 0 I Parkes (2 Vz )
Staples (2 YI) I 0 Brangham (2)
Macaulay (2 ) 0 I McNab (2 V2 ) This victory gave Short a temporary
McAllan (I Vz ) Bye lead , since Bellin and Nunn fought
each other to a standstill . Bellin had an
extra pawn for most of the time, but
Short continued his successful run , B l ac k ' s c o n s t an t i n i t i ative was
this time defeating the reigning sufficient compensation .
champion and showing that yester­ John Littlewood and Hebden both
day 's win was no fluke. He got the won again at the expense of Miles and
better of the opening, but Speelman Penrose respectively . Miles certainly
managed to free his position by an stood better at first , but failed to make
ingenious manoeuvre, only to collapse much of his pressure and finally lost a
again in time-trouble : rook in the complications j ust before
the time control . Penrose-Hebden was
Game No . 1 91 69 Caro-Kann Def. a long struggle with Hebden a pawn up
White : Short Black: Speelman from quite an early stage, but having
1 e4, c6 ; 2 lil e2 , d5; 3 e5 , c5 ; 4 d4 , to resort to long manoeuvring to
lil c6; 5 c3, �f5 ; 6 d x c5, lil x e5; 7 exploit it. He eventually won the
lil d4 , �d7; 8 �e2 , e6; 9 b4 , lil f6; 10 endgame after 76 moves .
0-0 , Ae7; 11 .Q.eJ , 0-0; 12 lil d2 , 'itc7; Watson-Large was another hard­
13 f4 , lil g6 ; 14 'ite1 , b6; 1 5 lil 4b3 , fought game, a classic illustration of
.Q.a4 ; 16 §.cl , � He8; 1 7 'itf2, .Q. x b3.; 1 8 Black's Q-side counter-attack in the
a x b3 , !:l abS; 1 9 c x b6, a x b6 ; 20 Sicilian :
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Game N o . 1 91 70 Sicilian Defence RO U N D 1 0 - Thursday, August 1 6th

White: Watson Blac k : Large
Nunn (6 Y2 ) y, !/z Short (7)
1 e4 , c5; 2 � f3 , � c6 ; 3 d4, c x d4 ; 4 Hebden (6 !/z ) 0 1 Bellin (6 Y2 )
� x d4 , � f6; 5 � c3 , d6; 6 Ac4 , 'tlt'b6; Chandler ( 6 ) y, y, J . Liwood (6 Y2 )
7 � b3 , e6 ; 8 Ae3 , 'tlt'c 7 ; 9 f4 , A e 7 ; 10 Speelman (6) V, y, Botterill (6)
Large (6) I 0 Wells (S !/z )
Ad3 , a6; 11 a4 , b6; 1 2 'tli'f3 , Ab7; 13 Mestel ( S Y2 ) 0 I Miles ( S !/z )
0-0 , 0-0 ; 1 4 'tlt'h3 , .!'! fe8; 1 5 4J d2 , 4J b4 ; Povah (S y, ) !/z v, Haygarth ( S V>. )
1 6 � c4 , � x d3 ; 1 7 c x d3 , � d 7; 1 8 f5 , Watson ( 5 ) 0 I Cummings (5)
Af8 ; 1 9 'tlt'g3 , � c5 ; 20 Af4 , e5 ; 2 1 K n ox (5) v, y, Penrose (5)
P . Littlewood (5) 1 0 Muir (S)
Ags , � h 8 ; 2 2 a S , b x aS ; 2 3 4J x as , Knott (4 V2 ) 1 0 Hall (4 Y2 )
f6; 24 Ah4 , Tre"elyan (4 V2 ) V>. y, Horner (4 Y2 )
Fuller (4 Y2 ) 1 0 Steedman (4 Y2 )
Morrison (4 !/z ) 0 I Cooper (4 !/z )
Baker (4) 0 I Hodgson (4 \1,. )
Strauss (4) I 0 Cooley (4)
Alcock (4) 0 I Britton (4)
Jackson (3 V2 ) V, v, Staples (3 !/z )
Parkes (3 Y2 ) I 0 McNab (3 V2 )
Anderton ( 3 v, ) I Q Kilgour ( 3 112 )
Quigley (3) y, V, Lloyd (3 Y2 )
Ludgat� (3) I 0 Jones (2 !/z)
Brangham (2) 0 I McAllan (2 !/z)
Macaulay (2) Bye

draw when any forcing of the position

24 . . . , 4J b3 ! ; 25 4J x b3 , 'tlt'b6 + ; 26
d4 , 'tlt' x b3 ; 27 d5, Ae7; 28 .!'! f3 , .!'! ac 8 ;
29 � d l , 'tlt'c2 ; 30 4J f2 , 'tlt' x b2; 3 1 .!'! fl ,
.!'! c l ; 32 .!'! d l , .!'! ec8; 33 .!'! d3 , Ad8; 34
'tli'f3, .§ X d 1 + ; 35 .§ X d l , aS ; 36 h3 ,
Aa6 ; 37 .!'!et , 'l!i'd2 ; 38 l::t dl , ite2 ; 39
'«tb3 , itbS ; 40 itr3 , a4 ; 41 ita3 , Ae7 ;
42 � h2 , 'l!i'b3 ; 43 ital , a3 ; 44 l::t bl ,
ita4 ; 45 l::t b6, a2 ; 46 4J d t , h 6 ; 47 Ael ,
Ad3 ; 48 4J c3 , 'l!i'a7; 49 l::t c6, !! aS ; 50
Ad2 , itd4 ; st l::t c7, AdS ; 52 l::t d7,
Ab6; 53 Aet , 'itgt + ; 54 *g3 , An ; 55
*h4 , 'l!i' xg2 ; 56 *h5 , 'itg5 mate .
might have resulted in a favourable
ending for Blac k . Bellin, meanwhile,
won with unexpected ease, when
Hebden unwisely chose this round to
play a Kings Gambit , and a thoroughly
bad one at that !
Game N o . 1 9 1 7 1 Kings Gambit
White: Hebden Blac k : Bellin
1 e4 , e5; 2 f4 , e X f4 ; 3 4J f3, d6; 4 d4,
g5 ; 5 h4, g4 ; 6 4J gl , Ah6; 7 4J c3 , c6; 8
Ad3 , itf6 ; 9 e5 , d x e5 ; 1 0 4J e4 , 'tt e 7;
11 d x eS , '«t x e5 ; 12 'tt e2 , 4J e7 ; 13
Ad2 , f3 ; 14 g x f3 , A x d2 + ; 15
it X d2 , f5 ; 1 6 f4 , ite6 ; 17 0-0-0 , f X e4 ;
18 A x e4 , 0-0; 19 l::t e 1 , itf6 ; 20 4J e2 ,
4J a6 ; (0- 1 ) .

R o u nd 1 0 Speelman and Botterill rapidly

Nunn attacked from the very
beginning in his attempt to take over
the lead , but although he managed to
disturb the black king , he could make
little further progress and agreed a
exchanged off into a drawn ending ,
but Chandler made great efforts to
reach the leading group by exploiting a
slight endgame advantage . In the end
he was reduced to his last pawn and
had to concede the draw . Large again
448 THE B R I T I S H C H E S S M A G AZI N E
won after great complications . When
the dust cleared, he was a pawn up and
his outside passed pawn soon cost
Black a piece :
Game No. 1 9 1 72 Sicilian Defence
White : Large Blac k : Wells
1 e4, cS; 2 <tl f3 , e6; 3 d4 , c x d4 ; 4
<tl x d4 , <tl f6 ; 5 <tl c3 , d6; 6 Ae2 , Ae7 ;
7 0-0 , 0-0; 8 f4 , <tl c6 ; 9 Ae3 , eS ; 10
<tl b3 , aS; 11 a4 , � b4 ; 1 2 'i!th1 , Ae6; 1 3
Af3 , 'ilrc7; 14 .§. f2 , .§. fd8 ; 1 5 � bS ,
'ilrc6 ; 16 c3 ,
16 . . . , � d3 ; 1 7 .§. d2 , � cS; 18 � x aS ,
.§. x aS; 19 f x eS , 1l.b3 ; 20 � d4 ,
Jl. X dl ; 21 � X c6, b X c6 ; 2 2 e X f6 ,
g x f6; 23 A x eS , .§. x cS ; 24 A x d1 ,
.l::t a8 ; 25 .§. d3 , fS ; 26 .l::t g3 + , �h8; 27
e x fS , .!::! x fS ; 28 .!::t f3 , .!::t eS ; 29 Acl ,
.!::t e2 ; 30 11.d3 , .l::t d2 ; 31 g4 , 1l.g5 ; 32 aS ,
.§. x b2; 33 .§. x n, h6; 34 a6, .!::! b3 ; 35
a7, Ae3 ; 36 .l::t e7, AcS ; 37 1l.g6 , dS; 38
.l::t e8 + , .!::! x e8; 39 A x e8, A x a7; 40
.!::! x a7, .!::! x c3 ; 41 1l.g6, d4; 42 .l::t d7,
cS; 43 �g2 , .l::t a3 ; 44 h4 , �g8 ; ( 1 -0) .
Mestel and Miles , probably none too
pleased at meeting each other with
such relatively low scores, played a real
hair-raiser . Mestel ' s good-looking
exchange sacrifice and subsequent
attack would have defeated most
opponents, but active counterplay,
together with the return of some
material , saved the day for Blac k :
Game No. 1 91 73 Sicilian Defence
White : Mestel Blac k : Miles
1 e4 , cS ; 2 � f3 , e6 ; 3 d4 , c x d4 ; 4
<tl x d4 , a6 ; 5 c4 , <tl f6 ; 6 <tl c3 , Ab4 ; 7
lld3 , itrc7; 8 0-0, <tl c6 ; 9 Ac2 , 0-0 ; 10
'it' h1, <tl x d4 ; 11 'ilr x d4 , <tl g4 ; 1 2 f4 ,
Acs ; 1 3 'ilrd3 , � f2 + ; 14 .§. x f2 ,
ll x f2 ; 1 5 eS , g6; 16 � e4 , 1l.h4; 17
Ad2 , bS ;
18 <tl f6 + , A x f6; 19 e x f6 , 1l.b7; 20
'itb3 , 'it'h8 ; 21 .§. e1 , it x c4 ; 22 1l.d3 ,
'il1 x al ; 23 'lth6, .§. g8; 24 .§.e3 , '#tat + ;
25 Ael , 1l.f3 ! (The only defence
against the threat of 26 'lt x h7 + but ,
seemingly adequate; if now 26 Ae4,
Black has 26 , itc l ! ) 26 g X f3 , d6
. . .
(This time the threat was 27 .l::t e5 ,
followed by 28 'lt x h7 + etc. ) 27 'lth4 ,
'lt x b2; 28 .§. e2 , 'ltd4 ; 29 Ae4 , .!::t ac8 ;
30 Af2, .!::! cl + ; 31 �g2 , 'ltc4 ; 32 .§. d2 ,
dS ; 3 3 'lth6, 'ltc3 (Not 33 . . . , d X e4; 3 4
.§. d8) 34 .§. d3 , 'ltc7; 3 5 .§. a3 , d x e4 ; 36
.!::t x a6, 'ltc3 ; 37 f x e4 , 'lt x f6; 38 eS ,
'ltrs ; 39 .l::t a3 , gS; 40 .§. g3 , g4 ; 41 .l::t e3 ,
.§. cc8 ; 42 llh4 , .§. g6 ; 43 1l.f6 + , 'lt x f6;
44 .§. h3 , (0- 1 ) .
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ROUND 1 1 · Friday, August 1 7th

Short (7 Y,) Y, Y, Bellin (7 Y, )

J . Littlewood (7) 0 I Nunn (7)
Miles (6 Yz ) I 0 Large (7)
Botterill (6 Y, ) Y, Y, Hebden (6 Y, )
Speelman (6 Y, ) Y, Y, Chandler (6 Y, )
Cummings (6) 0 I P . Liwood (6)
Haygarth (6) I 0 Knox (5 Yz )
Hodgson (5 Y, ) 0 I Povah (6)
Cooper (5 Y, ) I 0 Knott (5 Y, )
Penrose ( 5 y, ) Y, Y, Mestel (5 Y, )
Wells (5 Y, ) Y, Yz Fuller (5 Y, )
Muir (5) Y, Y, Trevelyan (S)
Britton (S) I 0 Strauss (S)
Homer (5) 0 I Watson (S)
Steedman (4 Y, ) I 0 Anderton (4 Y, )
Parkes (4 Y, ) Y, Y, Morrison (4 Y, )
Hall (4 Y, ) Y, Y, Jackson (4)
Cooley (4) I 0 Ludgate (4)
Staples (4) 0 I Baker (4) threats against the black pawns .
Lloyd (4) I 0 Alcock (4)
Kilgour (3 Y,) Y, Y, Quigley (3 Y, ) Nunn came up to j oin them by
McNab (3 Y, ) I 0 McAllan (3 Yz ) exploiting some uncharacteristically
Jones (2 Y, ) 0 I Macaulay (3) passive play by Littlewood :
Brangham (2) Bye

Game N o . 1 91 7S Sicilian Defence

White : J . Littlewood Black : Nunn
Short-Bellin was exciting while it 1 e4, cS ; 2 � fJ , d6; 3 d4 , � f6; 4 oi)cJ,
lasted, White' s sacrifices only being c x d4 ; S � x d4 , a6; 6 ./tgS , e6; 7 '1tf3 ,
sufficient for an uneasy kind of h6; 8 ./teJ , � bd7; 9 'ltg3 , eS ; 10 � b3 ,
equality. At the end Bellin had only bS; 1 1 fJ , 'ltc7; 12 itfl , b4; 13 � dl ,
about ten minutes left and knew that dS; 1 4 J.d3 , d X e4 ; 1S f X e4 , Jte7; 1 6
the 'Sum of Opponents' Scores ' count 0-0 , 0-0 ; 1 7 'lte2 , aS ; 1 8 �h1 , a4 ; 1 9
was in his favour - hence the draw . � d2 , � cS ; 2 0 � fl , � e6; 21 � c4 ,
AcS ; 22 � g4, � x g4 ; 23 'lt x g4,
Game No.19174 Ruy Lopez
White : Short Black: Bellin
1 e4, eS; 2 � fJ, � c6; 3 J.bS, a6; 4
Aa4 , � f6; S d4 , e x d4 ; 6 0-0, Ae7; 7
� e l , 0-0; 8 eS, � e8; 9 c3 , d X c3; 1 0
� x c3 , d 6 ; 1 1 e X d 6 , A X d 6 ; 1 2 J.gS ,
� f6 ; 1 3 A x c6, b x c6; 14 '1ta4 , h6; IS
ilh4 , � b8 ; 1 6 � ad1 , �b4; 1 7 'ltas ,
J.g4 ; 1 8 � X d6 , '* X d6; 19 Ag3 ,
( IA - IA )

See Diagram

19 , � f4 is forced, when White has

. . .

to take the rook at once; 20 A x f4 (if

20 -tl e2 , 'ltb4; if 20 oi) e5 , '1td2; if 20
'1t x a6, A x f3 ; 2 1 g x f3 , '1td2 and so 23 . . . , � f4 ; 24 itfJ, A X e3 ; 2S oi) X e3 ,
on) it x f4; 21 l::t e3 , maintaining some oi) x d3 ; 26 c x d3 , Ae6; 27 '1tg3 , 1::t ad8;
450 T H E B R I T I S H C H E S S M A GAZI N E
28 a3 , 13 x d3 ; 2 9 a x b4 , 'lt b 7 ; 30
13 x a4 , 'lW x e4 ; 3 1 l3 a3 , 13 fd8 ; 32 !:! et ,
� X b4 ; 3 3 J3 X d3, .§ X d3; 34 � c2 ,
'ill d2 ; (0- 1 ) .
The other crucial game was Miles­
Large, which settled the destination of
fourth prize :
Game N o . 1 91 76 Nimzo-Indian
White : Miles Blac k : Large
1 d4 , � f6; 2 c4 , e6; 3 � c3 , Ab4 ; 4 e3 ,
cS ; S � e2 , c x d4 ; 6 e x d4 , � e4 ; 7 a3 ,
� x c3 ; 8 � x c3 , A x c3 + ; 9 b x c3 ,
b6; 1 0 Ad3 , � c6; 1 1 'ltg4 , 'i!i>f8 ; 1 2
'ill g3 , Aa6; 1 3 Af4 , � aS ; 14 cS ,
A X d3 ; 1S * X d3 , f6 ; 1 6 0-0 , 'i!i>f7; 17
l3 abl , d S ; 1 8 c x d6 , l3 c8 ; 1 9 l3 fel ,
� c4 ; 20 'ill h 3 , !'! e8 ; 21 dS, 'ltd7; 22
l3 e4 , l3 cS ; 23 l3 bel , � eS ; 24 A x eS ,
f x eS ; 2 S 13 x eS , it x d6; 2 6 'tt h S + ,
'i!i>f8 ; 27 .E! fS + , e x fS ; 28 13 x e8 mate .
***
BRITISH LADIES '
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 J . Miles 9 / 1 1 ; 2 J . Garwell 8 ; 3
H . Granat 7 \lz ; 4 A . Sunnucks 7 ; 5- 1 0
T . Binns , P . Clarke, D . Evans , E . Prit­
chard , W . P ritchard , D. Wright 6 ; 1 1 -
1 5 R . B r u c e , M . E agle , N . E l d e r ,
J . Seymour , S . Wood 5 Yz ; 1 6 J . Rogers
5; 1 7- 1 8 L . Houston, G . James 4 \12 ; 1 9
C . Elder 4 ; 20-2 1 A . Eagle, M . Goodwin
3; 22 V . Craven withdrew ill .
British U-2 1 Championship - ( 1 1 -rd
Swiss) 1 N . Davies 9; 2-3 J . J . Ady,
S . J . Finlayson 8 \12 ; 4 C . S . M . Thomson
7 \12 ; 5-6 S . P . Finn, P .A . Richmond 7 ;
7- 1 3 K . C . Arkell, K . R . Barnes, P . J .
Dixon, H . Erdogan , A . Jackson, S . J .
Shutler, C . Fegan 6 \12 ; 1 4-22 J . Ander­
son, S . L . Caldwell, N . Chan, D . K .
FIN A L SCORES
8 - Belli n , Nunn, Short .
7 112 - Miles .
7 - Botteriii, Chandler, Haygarth,
Hebden, Large , J . Littlewood , P.
Littlewood, Povah, Speelman .
6 \lz - Cooper .
6 - Britton, Cummings , Fuller ,
Mestel , Penrose , Watson, Wells .
S \lz H odgson, Knott , Knox , Muir,
-
Steedman, Trevelyan .
S - Baker , Cooley , H all , Horner ,
Lloyd , Morrison , Parkes , Strauss .
4 \lz Anderton, Jackson, McNab .
-
4 Alcock , Kilgour , Ludgate,
-
Macaulay, Quigley, Staples.
3 \lz McAllan .
-
3 - Brangham .
2 \lz - Jones .
1 \lz (out of 6) Branford.
-
Evans, R . C . P . Freeman, J . C . Hawks­
worth , D . A . Houston, G . Senior, N . D .
Walford 6; 23-26 M . D . Burt , C . L . Hig­
gie, M . K . Stone, T . L . Miiligan 5 \12 ;
27 - 3 2 T . R . Carr , G . Morris, K . Winter,
H . A . J . Stewart , A . Smith , S . J . Byrne 5 ;
3 3 - 3 5 S . Mulligan , D . C . Perrett, L . J .
Smart 4 \12 ; 36-38 J . B . Henderson, S . J .
Wilson, P . C . Thomas 4; 3 9-43 D . A .
Law , J . R . Sallares , D . J . Thompson,
D . Tuddenham , J . E . Upham 3 Yz ; 44
M . J . Morton 3 . O . S . Phillips withdrew
with 317 and D . Reilly withdrew i11 with
1 /5 .
British U-18 Championship - ( 1 1 -Rd
Swiss) : 1 -3 S . G . R . Kerr , A . P . Lewis,
J . J . Cox 9 ; E.Teichmann 7 \12 ; 5-7 K.
Alien, T . Farrand, S . R . Weatherill 7 ; 8
J . Friedland 6 \12 ; 9- 1 6 A.T. Brint, P . G .
Donovan , P . F . Hasson, H . R . Hughes ,
J . Hunt , N . M . Jones , P . J . Sullivan ,
S . C . Pike 6; 1 7-29 I . G . Cragg , R . Hay­
don, K . B . Hills, M . Johnstone, A . C .
Kearns , A . J .King , J . F . S . Menadue,
 THE BRITISH CHESS M AGAZI N E
S . K . Roberts , M . R . Taylor, P . P . Taylor
M . Vidler , H . Duckers, A . J . Norman
5 Yz ; 30-33 I . S . Barnett , M . C . Jackson ,
T . M . Joslyn, N . J . L . Brown 5 ; 34 - 3 7
A . Barron , R . R . Berry , A . Tankel , H . C .
Watkins 4 \12 ; 30-40 J . C . Barron, G . M .
Jennings , I . D . Powell 4; 4 1 D . M .
Jamieson 3 \12 ; 4 2 M . P . Cleland 3 ; 43
L . A . M . Pereira 2; 44 T . Hill 1 . Clare
Watkins , as highest-placed girl,
becomes British Girls U- 1 8 Champion.
British U-16 Championship - ( 1 1 -Rd
Swiss): 1 -2 L . J . Pinto , P . K . Wells B Yz ;
3 J . Levitt 8 ; 4-7 D . P . Frost, W . T.Gib­
lin , C . A . Jones , J . R . Richardson 7 \12 ;
8- 1 3 G . D . Davies , N . F . Dickenson,
J . C . Howel l , B . A . Jacob s , J.R.
Kennedy, N . Bradbury 7 ; 1 4-22 C . J .
A r c h er - L o c k , K . Bowden , S.G.
Dighton , D . J . Edmonds , M . J . Goodger
M . E . L . Griffiths, M . C . Smyth, T . E .
Wiley, G . O . Roberts 6 \12 ; 23 -27 S . D .
Bell, M . Bennett , J . A . Giltrow , M .
Johnson, I . Robson 6 ; 28-39 K . Beedle,
C . J . Brookes , M . J . Hughes , C . Kostick,
K . B . McEwan , P . D . Manning , S . J . Roe
A . J . Rounding, D . C . Spurgeon, R . M .
Whitehouse , B . L . Baer , J . S harp 5 \12 ;
40 -44 G . W . Derbyshire, R . G . Frew,
P . S . J . Jones , C . A . Pickering, K . A .
Yeomans 5 ; 45-50 G . L . Brown, A . M .
Jenkins, J . Pickering, M . P . Sames , A .
R . Whitehead , G . A . Novik 4 \12 ; 5 1 -5 8
D . G .Artt, R . A . Cotton, D . B . Forson ,
I . S . Howarth , O . Ledbury, N . Marriott,
A . I . Wilson, P . Durnell 4; 59 P .
Richards 3 \12 ; 60-6 1 M . J . Melville, S .
C . Schofield 3 ; 62-63 C . L . Lane , D . J .
Williams 2 \12 ; 64 K . G . Ailman 2 .
British U-14 Championship - ( 1 1 -Rd
Swiss): 1 -2 I .A.Welch, G . Lane 9; 3
K . Dawson 8 \1'2 ; 4-7 S . R . Mannion , N .
Carr , A . Kluth, B . T . Sharp 7 \1'2 ; 8-9
D . P . McCarthy, N . Thomas 7; 1 0 - 1 3
N . J . M . P el l i ng, G . A .Waddingham ,
S . K . Walker, A . C . L . Dyson 6 Y2 ; 1 4-2 1
A . J . Du n n i ngton , N . I . Fo x , S . E .
Lazarus , S . R . Lee, A . J . Mitchell , C .
45 1
Pierce , A . B . Rose, D . J . Watts 6 ; 22-28
I . Banerjee, N . Crickmore , J . D .Hock­
aday , J . T . H o c k a d a y , D . A . K n o x ,
M . E . Vernon , F . M . Wilson 5 \12 ; 29-36
J . Beedle , P . A . Garrett , R . Ledbury,
M . D . Pridmore, K. Stanford, M . L .
Vincent , M . I . Watkins , N . P . J . Greer 5 ;
37-43 S . J . Hallworth , A . M . Hynes ,
K . J . Straughan , A . Weinberg, D . N .
Whittaker , A . Jefferson , S . Mitchell
4 \12 ; 44-45 K . A . Cartmel , R . J . Oates 4;
46 T . C . Borland 3 \12 ; 47 S . E . Clarke
2 \12 ; 48 C . P . Hadden 1 . R . Lee
withdrew ill with 1 17 . Susan Walker,
as highest placed girl , is British Girls
U- 1 4 Champion .
British U- l l Championship - (7-Rd
Swiss) : I E . S . Lee 7; 2 G . Meitiner 5 Yz ;
3 - 6 J . P . Baille , N . P . Carton , J . W .
Fran klin , I . P . Haslegrave 5 ; 7-9 G . K .
Brown , P . M . Brown , D . R . Norwood
4 \12 ; 1 0- 1 7 C. Butt , T . M . Foster , I .
Galloway, P . J . Rossiter , J . P . Sharp,
R . Maullin, A . M . Stone , J . D . Carlin 4;
1 8-20 P . Stevenson, M . J . Thompson ,
D . A . Wood 3 Yz ; 2 1 -26 A . J . Fleetwood,
J . J . Fleetwood , C . L . H allett , K . N . E .
Knowles , S . R . Pettit , M . A . Wheeler 3 ;
27-30 A . J . Bolland , N . A . Peters , J . M .
Rawson , M . R . Syrett 2 \12 ; 3 1 -34 C .
Beckett, P . A. Clarke, G . Knox , M . B .
Peters 2 ; 3 5 S . J . Lamping 1 Y2 . A .
Pritchard withdrew with 0/3 .
Major Open Tournament - (1 1 -Rd
Swiss): I M . Pein 8 \12 ; 2-3 J . Henshaw ,
G . D . Lee 8 ; 4-5 R . Granat , R . F . Holmes
1 Yz ; 6-9 Prof. J . F . Farrand, Dr. R .
Johannes , A . D . Martin, J . T . Pitcher 7 ;
1 0- 1 1 R . A . Doney, N . P . Townsend 6 Yz
1 2- 1 9 B . J . Denman , A . D . Gravett, R . J .
Jacobs , F . Parr , A . G . Trangmar, B . R .
Smit h , J . N . Sugden , J . E . Vickery 6 ;
20 2 3 C . A . Frostick, O . A . Jackson ,
-
P . J . Sowray, A . Hosking 5 \12 ; 24-32
T . M . Clarke, P . R . Davies, D . M . Den­
i s o n , K . L . E s c o t t , C . P . G arwood ,
M . A . Lee, P . Robinson , R . H .Watson,
N . B ryans 5; 33-36 Dr. P . Dean, P . F .
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Habershon, S . C . James , R . Moss 4 Yz ;
37-39 P . B . Cook , A . P . Taglione, P . M .
Stevenson 4 ; 40-42 D . M . Andrew, C . E .
Whitehead, S . Williams 3 Yz ; 4 3 N . D .
Arkell 3 . Sir Stuart Milner-Barry
withdrew ill with 3 / 7 .
First Class Tournament - ( 1 1 -Rd
Swiss): 1 -2 S . Deighton , L . M . Wool­
dridge 8; 3-5 D . R . Carless , B . Halliwell,
V . B . Rumsey 7 Yz ; 6 - 7 P . Morrey, R . P .
Ross 7 ; 8- 1 1 E . J . Canham , M . F . Dris­
coll , B . R . Ewart, F . Grzesik 6 Yz ; 1 2- 1 6
P . Coughlin, R.Hardy, R . Hughes ,
Rev . P . R . Kings , A. Pinkerton 6; 1 7-22
Dr K . R . Cherubim, J . N . McDonald,
R . A . Walker, J . Wilman , A . Gaffney,
R . W . O ' Brien 5 Yz ; 23 -26 A . L . Charity,
R . J ames, P . G . Middleton , L . Stein­
hardt 5; 27-3 1 M . Bird, L . Bridges , D .
Mayers, J . D . Blore, F. Corrigan 4 Yz ;
3 2-34 R . V . H . B u t t er s , G . S . Mc
Cormick , O . Doring 4; 35 D . Welch
3 Yz . N . A . P . McSheehy withdrew with
2 Yz /6 and R . T . F . Williams withdrew
with 1 16.
Second Class Tournament - ( 1 1 -Rd
Swiss): 1 S . M . McKenzie 10; 2 G . J .
Mason 9 Yz ; 3-4 J . M . Haigh, F . Salt
7 Yz ; 5-6 K . Clow, S . J . Connor 7; 7-8
P . T . Guyan , D . G . Woodruff 6 Yz ; 9- 1 5
C . Binns, G . A . M . Boswell, A . P . Davies
L . Fawcett , D . J . Hirst, M . J . Hooper,
J . R . M . Moore 6; 1 6- 1 8 P . Griffiths,
P . S . Morton , J . D . M . Nicholas 5 Yz ; 1 9-
23 H . J . Draisey, G . V . Glover, D . F .
Newel! , V . Ramjit, P . G . Reed 5 ; 24-27
B . Blackburn, J . D . Pratt, P . A . Statham
A . A . Roszkowski 4 Yz ; 28-30 J . R .
Beadle, B . Welsh, G . V . Stewart 4 ; 3 1
A . C1aremont 3 Yz ; 32 A . J . Doherty 3 ;
3 3 F . R . J . Martin 2 Yz . A . R . Hitchcock
withdrew with 3/8 .
Third Class - (American) : 1 A . E .
Gentry l O Yz ; 2 A . R . Henry 8 Yz ; 3
A . J . Sage 8; 4 J . C . Calvert 1 Y1 ; 5
M . J . Kelly 6 Yz ; 6 J . G . Wright 5 Yz ; 7-8
D.Mclndoe, F.A.Winter 5; 9 D . I .
Dickson 4 Yz ; 1 0 G . O . J . Melitus 4 ;
1 1 - 1 2 J . Reynolds , J . Beddows 0 .
Over-60 - (American) : 1 H . I . Wool­
verton 10; 2 J . B . Hawson 9 ; 3-4 A.
Laxton , A . F . Stobe 7 Yz ; 5 P . Doig 6 Yz ;
6-7 J . Johnson, J . Holdcroft 5 Yz ; 8
H . Standring 5 ; 9 A . Milner 4; 1 0
A . J . L .Wade 2 Yz ; 11 Dr. R . H . S .
Phillips 2 ; 1 2 F . Richardson 1 .
Five-Day , Week I Morning - (5-Rd
Swiss) : 1 -2 M . J . Lamping, T . Grzeski
4 Yz ; 3-4 R . Alster, R . L . Smith 4 ; 5-6
J . Alster , P . R . Bielby 3 \12 ; 7- 1 3 M . Als­
ter , A . W . Boggis, R . M . Eames , S . J .
Lingard , L . Peters, P . B . Pinto , G . B .
Davies 3 ; 1 4- 1 7 I . Dutton, A . Gardner ,
L . Mouillaux, J . Whyte 2 Yz ; 1 8-23
J . Ainsworth, J . Ashdown , D . Loveday ,
E . F . Norris, A . Ries, R . Kiefer 2; 24-25
H . M . Brown, C . J . Pierpoint 1 Y2 ; 26-29
J . Anthony, E . E . Croker , A . D . Gow,
M . Wurth 1 . D . G . Harding withdrew
with 1 /2 .
Five-Day , Week I Afternoon - (5-Rd
Swiss): 1 -3 P . Giu1ian , M . Price, B . Eley
4; 4-6 D . J . Casiot, L . Harrison, A . P .
Primett 3 Yl ; 7-9 N . M . Andrews, J .
Hodgkinson , D . S . Robertson 3 ; 1 0- 1 1
G . M . Conley, W . A . Shutler 2 Yz ; 1 2- 1 6
J . E . Hockaday, P . R . Locking, E . J .
Newton , D . Bennion, D . Fiannery 2 ; 1 7
J . Clement-Evans 1 Yz ; 1 8 - 1 9 G . J .
Bromley, R . S . G . Makin 1 .
Five-Day , Week 11 Morning - (5-Rd
Swiss): 1 T . Grzeski 4 Yz ; 2 N . Martin 4;
3-6 G . Davies, P . C . Hoad, D . I . Hulmes ,
G . Sommerville 3 Yz ; 7 - 1 0 P . R . Bielby,
H . T . Jones , C . L . Ridley , A . G . Willis,
S . Schwartz 3 ; 1 2- 1 7 E . J . Downham ,
R . G . Jones , L.Mouillaux, D . Sherwood
L . A . Trangmar, T . Walton 2 Yz ; 1 8-23
C. Caldicott, P . Dansey, I . Dutton,
P . B . Pinto, E . E . Wright, D . A . Wood 2 ;
2 4 E . S . Lee 1 Yz ; 25-28 J . Higgins , J . F .
Morris, S . A . Ord, M . J . Trayford 1 .
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Five-Day, Week 11 Afternoon - (5-Rd D . Bennion, R . A . Coleby 2 Y2 ; 1 4- 1 7

Swiss): 1 B . Eley 5; 2 N . M . Andrews 4;
3-5 A . P . Primett, G . H . James, T.A.
Richards 3 Y2 ; 6-9 M . J . O ' Hara, J . E .
Turnock , J . Gorman , N . Walters 3 ;
1 0- 1 3 F . J . Bradshaw , R . Dickinson,
A . Eagle, W . A . Shutler, A . Hickling,
D . A . Brown 2; 1 8 - 1 9 L . Nicholas ,
J . Goffey l Y2 ; 20- 2 1 G . Cochrane, C . E .
Jones l . G . Wandless-Renton withdrew
due to family bereavement with l /2 .

Our thanks t o 'Newsflash 'from which the above results have been taken.

The Clare Benedict Team Tournament

Middlesbrough 1 5 t h 22nd July 1 979
- ·

by Harry Golombek

After an interval of a year, the full numbers but were afflicted by

competition for the Clare Benedict
Cup which has become a sort of
uno fficial West European team
championship , was resumed at that
chess home of chess homes, the
Teesside , with Gerry Walsh as the
original driving force and with the
Cleveland Council as the main
financial sponsors . It is true that both
the B. C. F. and The Friends of Chess
contributed to the finance but by far
the greater proportion was borne by
the Council who once again added to
their historical chess laurels by holding
an event which has become quite an
important international affair .
At its very inception , the scheme of
the Clare Benedict had been a compet­
ition among national teams from a
ring of countries around Switzerland
in which country the American
authoress Clare Benedict lived . After a
couple of years , this ring was extended
to England, then to Holland and Spain
and eventually to West Germany. The
number of countries was invariably six
but eventually this was extended to
eight to take in the Scandinavian
countries of Denmark , Sweden and
Norway.
For this year's event, the 24th in the
series , we endeavoured to maintain the
much bad luck in the shape of
coincidental national championships
and international tournaments so that
in the end we settled for seven
countries which might, after all , be
ascribed to the supposedly British
tendency towards compromise.
One useful innovation which is
worthy of continuation and expansion
was the increasing of the number o f
teams from t h e British Isles. The
addition of Scotland to the list turned
out to be a most happy idea . Perhaps
in the future this may be extended to
Wales and/ or Ireland .
The previous Clare Benedict was
held at Copenhagen in 1 977. Then
Denmark, led by the redoubtable Bent
Larsen , were comfortably first, 1 Y2
points ahead of England ; whilst
England in turn was easily second 2 Y2
points ahead of Sweden and 3 points
ahead of Spain.
This time Denmark, without Bent
Larsen, was no longer formidable and
with neither Sweden nor Spain present
the English team, on paper at any rate,
looked a certain winner of the Cup .
But England' s paper strength hid
certain weaknesses that were revealed
as the tournament proceeded and
caused, or must have caused since he
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maintained an admirable calm and that the food was too plenti ful.
sang- froid throughout, that most In view of this you can imagine my
excellent of captains , David Anderton , perplexity when an American member
a number of qualms and anxieties . of the West German team posed me
As for the standard of play : - at the the question ' How many meals at a
beginning I thought it lower than that time can one have here? ' It was a query
of preceding events . As the days went to puzzle the Sphinx himself (or herself
by I began to reverse my j udgment and or itself) and I can only conclude that
think it was higher. It is therefore very the son o f an American father and a
likely that the standard of play was German mother must inherit the
very much the same as that of previous corn-fed appetites of both.
Clare Benedict s . But to the ches s : - here are the results
The event was staged i n the of the opening round which was played
Middlesbrough Polytechnic which on Sunday, 1 5th July.
seemed to me (I was the chief arbiter)
well suited for its purpose and did not West Germany England
appear to be altogether antipathetic to
B . Soos Yz Yz J . Nunn
the players . Though indeed Ray
O . Borik Vz Yz J . Speelman
Keene, on being asked how it
R Lau . Vz Yz R . Keene
compared with Copenhagen, replied
E . Lobron Yz Yz S . Webb
tersely ' Worse ' , an opinion which he
gradually changed . By an odd coincid­ 2 2
ence , as his own play improved so the
surroundings seemed to improve .
Another twist to the saying ' Beauty is Scotland Austria
in the eye of the beholder ' . C . W Pritchett 1 0 K . Robatsch
.

One good aspect o f the venue was D . J Findlay 0 1 W . Wittmann

.

that it was within ten minutes walking G . Morrison Yz Vz K . Janetschek

distance of the Halls of Residence
where the players stayed . So we did not
experience the difficulties we had had
in the past of transporting players
some miles from the hotel to the actual
playing venue . Again my impression
that accommodation and food were
good was not shared by another
member o f the English team .
However , the fact that he came from
Oxford University put me in mind of a
vile comparison (these are the words of
Shakespeare ' s , not mine) with a
wretched time I once spent , staying in
a guest room at Balliol College,
Oxford. I imagine, and I hasten to add
that I speak entirely from imagination ,
most prison cells in this country would
be superior to the stone walls that
surrounded me at Balliol. My only
criticism of the Halls of Residence was
G . Bonner Yz Vz F. Stoppel
2 2
Denmark Netherlands
E . Pedersen Yz Yz N. van der Vliet
Hvenekilde Vz Yz J. van Dop
Fries-Nielsen I 0 J . S . R . van Baarle
K . Bjerring 0 1 J . de Lange
2 2
Switzerland had the bye .
This round started o ff with only one
protest, from Ray Keene who , as I
have already i n d i c ated , found
conditions much too cramped . John
Nunn , it is true, complained about a
smudge on the chess-board (on his
 THE B R I T I S H CHESS M A G A Z I N E 45 5

opponent ' s Q3); but on my pomtmg <tl x d4 , g6 ; 5 <tl cJ , A g7; 6 f3 , <tl f6 ; 7

out that this was a good signpost for A g5, <tl c6 ; 8 <tl x c6 , b x c6; 9 A c4 ,
him to create a weak square he h6; 10 A e3 , d5 ; 1 1 e X d , 'i!r e7; 12 � f2 ,
promptly withdrew his protest . 0-0 ; 13 d x c , 'i!r b4 ; 14 A b3 , E! e8; 1 5
A beautiful calm reigned in the E! et , A a6; 1 6 � g l , E! ad8 ; 1 7 'lt ct ,
tournament room which was only once <tl h5 ; 1 8 <tl e4 , A b5; 1 9 c3 , 'i!r a5 : 20
disturbed when the Dutch 4th-board A x h 6 , A x c6; 21 A g5 , E! b8 ; 22 it d2,
- in a di fficult position - asked the E! e5 ; 23 A e3 , A x e4 ; 24 f x e , § x e4 ;
chief arbiter to keep quiet and not talk 25 '/!rf2, E! f8 ; 26 A x a 7 , E! g4 ; 27 11. e3 ,
so loudly . It was this same player who <tl f6 ; 28 Ac5 , E! d8; 29 A e7, Jl f8 ; 30
revealed in a subsequent round that he A x f6 , 11. c5 ; 3 1 A d 4 , E! g x d4; 32
had an elastic approach to the touch '/!r X f7 +, 'i!f h8; 33 c X d, J1. X d4 + ; 34
piece move rule, but that is another l!l h 1 , .ll X b2 ; 35 E! e8 + , E! x e8; 36
story with which I will deal when we 'lt x e8 + , � g7; 37 § fl , 'i!t h6; 38
come to it. 'i!r eJ + , g5 ; 39 'i!r h3 + , 'it g6; 40 11. c2 + ,
'i!t g7; 4 1 'lt h7 mate .
I t was a strange round in which
every match ended in a draw and
which was particularly disappointing
Round 2 - Monday 1 6th July
for England who, on paper at any rate,
looked stronger than their opponents .
Much the most interesting chess was England Denmark
played in the Scottish - Austrian
match . Here is how international Nunn Y2 Y2 Pederson
master Pritchett u nceremoniously Speelman 1 0 Hvenekilde
disposed of international grandmaster Keene Y2 Y1 Bj erring
Robatsch . Plaskett 1 0 E . Larsen
3 1
Game No . l 9 1 77 Sicilian Defence
White : Pritchett Black: Robatsch
1 e4, c5; 2 <tl f3 , <tl c6; 3 d4, c x d; 4 Netherlands Scotland
<tl x d4, <tl f6 ; 5 <tl c3 , d6; 6 Jl. g5 , -lt a5 ;
v . d . Vliet 1 0 Pritchett
7 A x f6, g x f6; 8 Jl b 5 , lt d7; 9 <tl b3 , Findlay
'it d8; 10 'i!r h5, a6 ; 1 1 Jl. e2 , E! g8 ; 1 2 v . Dop l 0
v . Baarle l 0 Morrison
0-0-0, f! g6; 13 f4 , § X g2 ; 14 it X h 7 , 0 l Muir
de Lange
e6 ; 1 5 E! hgl , § x g1 ; 16 § x gl , 'lt b6 ;
1 7 E! n , 0-0-0 ; 1 8 '/!r x f7, "iW e3 + ; 1 9 3 1
� bl , A e7 ; 2 0 'lt h7, § f8 ; 2 1 Jl. d3 ,
Jl. d8; 22 a3, <tl e7; 23 <i:l d l , 'lt b6; 24
'i!r g7, E! g8 ; 25 '/!r x f6 , E! g2 ; 26 'lt c3 + , Switzerland West Germany
� b8; 27 h4 , E! h2 ; 28 f5 , e x f5 ; 29 Wirthensohn 0 l Soos
e x f5 , <tl d5 ; 30 "lW g7, <tl f6 ; 3 1 -lt g3 , Schauwecker 0 l Borik
Resigns . Hammer 0 l Lau
Here is how the Austrian second Huss 1 0 Lebron
board restored the balance in fine cut 1 3
and thrust style .

Game N o . 1 91 78 Philidor Defence Austria had the bye .

White : Wittmann Black: Findlay
1 e4, e5 ; 2 <tlf3, d6; 3 d4 , e x d ; 4 SCORES - England , Netherlands and
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West Germany 5; Denmark and Scot­
land 3 ; Austria 2* and Switzerland t •
(* =having had the bye) .
A round in which the goats and the
sheep sorted themselves out with the
one semi-surprise at the lowly position
of Austria, the only other team , apart
from England, to have a GM playing
for them . The Danes , as expected ,
buckled up badly against England; but
it might have been quite another story
had not Plaskett succeeded in winning
a game that had the distinction of
being the most unsound game I had
ever seen in a Clare Benedict
tournament .
I had not originally intended
sullying the chaste pages of the B. C. M.
with the score of a game that would
have better consorted with the graffiti
of Pompeii , but here it is in response to
numerous requests (the number being
at least 1 Y2 -the Editor and my
sub-conscious).
Game No.191 79 Q . P . Queen' s Ind . D .
Black : Plaskett
White: E. Larsen
1 tl f3, tl f6 ; 2 d4 , e6 ; 3 eJ, b6; 4 .A.d3 ,
.A.b7; 5 0-0, d5; 6 b3 , .A.d6; 7 c4 , 0-0; 8
.A.b2 , tl bd7; 9 tl cJ , a6; 10 Hcl , tl e4 ;
1 1 'ltc2 , f5 ; 12 tl e2 , H f6; 13 b4, H h6 ;
14 tl e5, d x c4 ; 1 5 .A. x c4 , 'lth4; 1 6 h 3 ,
.A. x e5; 1 7 d x e5 , tl g5 ; 1 8 'lt x f5, b5 ;
19 .A.b3 , H f8 ; 20 "«rg4 , H g6; ll '* X h4 ,
tl f3 + ; 22 "'hl , tl x h4 ; 23 tl g3? ,
.A. x g2 + ; 24 "'gl , .A. x n ; 25 "' xn ,
tl b6; 26 tl h5 , tl f5; 27 tl f4 , H h6 ; 28
H x c7? , tl c4 ; 29 .A. x c4 , b x c4 ; 30
"'gl , g5 ; 31 tl e2 , tl h4 + ; 32 "'" ·
tl fJ ; 33 "'gl , ti el + ; 34 "'" · tl d3 ;
3 5 .A.d4 , � X fl + ; 3 6 "'gl , g X el ; 37
� c8 + , "'f7; 38 H x c4, H x h3; 39
H c6, � g3 + ; 40 White resigns.
It should be observed that after he
had made his 1 8th move Plaskett still
had all of three minutes i n which to
make the remaining 22 moves . At the
end of the game however , White had
25 seconds left and Black 35 seconds .
It should also be pointed. out that on
move 23 White should have played e4
and that on his 28th move he should
have played 11 xe6 + .
It became apparent from this game
that until Plaskett could subdue his
spirit of romantic adventure to meet
the needs of a team event , above all
until he could control his clock , he
represented a risk to the English side.
This risk was the still more danger­
ous inasmuch as England ' s two other
rivals , West Germany and the Nether­
lands, amply demonstrated in this
round exactly how dangerous they
were going to be. They brushed aside
the resistance of their opponents with
almost insolent ease. Here is how the
German second board dealt with the
Swiss in this round.
Game No . 1 91 80 English Opening
White : Borik Black : Schauwecker
1 c4 , tl f6; l tl fJ, e6; tl cJ , .A.b4; 4 g3 ,
b6; 5 .A.g2 , .A.b7; 6 0-0, 0-0; 7 itc2 ,
"«rc8 ; 8 aJ, .A. X cJ ; 9 "«r X cJ, d6; 10 dJ ,
g e8; 1 1 e4, e5 ; 1 2 .A.gS , 'lte6; 13 tl b4,
tl fd7; 14 .A.e3 , f6; 15 f4 , tl f8 ; 16 tl fS ,
tl c6; 1 7 H ael , � ad8; 1 8 Ah3 , "«r f7 ; 19
tl h4, tl e6 ; 20 tl fJ , "«rhS; 21 A x e6 + ,
H x e6; 22 fS , � ee8; 23 gel, tl e7; 24
l:tg2, gS ; 25 g4 , "«rf7; 26 h4 , g X h4; 27
gS, h3; 28 � g3 , "'h8; 29 "'h2 , g g8; 30
g fgl , f x g5 ; 3 1 tl x eS , resigns
•
Round 3 Tuesday 17th July
•
Scotland England
P ritchett Y2 Y2 Nunn
Morrison 0 1 Speelman
Bonner 0 1 Webb
Muir 1 0 Plaskett
l Yz 2 Yz
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Denmark Switzerland
Pedersen 0 1 Wirthensohn
Nielsen Y2 Y2 Schauwecker
Bjerring 1 0 Huss
Larsen Y2 Y2 Bichsel
2 2
Austria Netherlands
Wittmann 0 1 v. Vliet
Janetscheck 0 1 van Dop
Stoppel V2 Y2 v. Baarle
Our V2 Y2 de Lange
1 3
West Germany had the bye .
SCORES - NL 8 , ENG 7 Y2 , BRD 5 * ,
O K 5 , SCO 4 Y2 , A and C H 3 * .
With West Germany having the bye
and England suffering quite a lot at the
hands of Scotland , the time was ripe
for the Dutch to take the lead which
they did handsomely by defeating the
Austrians to the tune of 3 - 1 .
The Dutch also distinguished
themselves in this round by their
obj ectivity towards the rules and their
docility when faced by a rampant
arbiter . It was reported to me that the
Dutch fourth board, after touching his
Queen , proceeded to move a Knight.
The following little interchange then
occurred:-
H . G . - 'Did you first touch the
Queen' ?
Dutch player - 'Yes ' .
H . G . - 'Then you must move the
Queen ' .
Dutch player, bringing his Knight back
and moving his Queen - ' O . K . '
M y impression a t the time that I was
crisply matter-of-fact was not borne
out by David Anderton who ,
457
unbeknownst to me, was watching and
listening. He apparently thought my
behaviour Draconian and that I
addressed the Dutch player in ringing
tones more suited to St . George ,
hailing and confronting the dragon in
his lair .
England ' s shaky victory over
Scotland was largely due to the marsh­
mallow centre of their opponents '
team . Speelman in particular shone on
board 2 with a text-book demonstra­
tion of the superiority of centralisation
over decentralisation.
Game N o . 1 9181 Catalan System
White : Speelman Black : Morrison
t 1U f3, cS ; 2 g3 , oi:l c6; 3 d4 , c x d ; 4
oi:\ X d4 , 'ltb6; 5 oi:\ b3 , oi:\ f6; 6 ,A.g2 , d6;
7 oi:l c3 , e6; 8 a4 , a6; 9 0-0, .A.e7; 1 0 aS ,
'tt c 7; ll ..Q.e3 , oi:l d7 ; 1 2 oi:l a4 , 0-0; 13
oi:l b6, g b8; 1 4 c4 , oi:l ceS ; 1 5 gel , oi:l cS ;
1 6 h3 , oi:l ed7; 1 7 oi:l x cS , d x cS ; 1 8
'tt b3 , oi:l eS ; 1 9 ..Q.f4 , gS ; 2 0 .A. x eS ,
'lt x eS ; 2 1 !::t cd1 , 'lt x e2 ; 2 2 !::t fel ,
'tt h S; 23 'tt e3 , 'tt h 6; 24 'lteS , Resigns.
Round 4 - Wednesday 1 8th July
England Austria
Nunn 1 0 Robatsch
Speelman Y2 V2 Wittmann
Keene Y2 Y2 J anetscheck
Webb V1 Y2 Stoppel
2 V2 l V2
Switzerland Scotland
Wirthensohn 1 0 Pritchett
Hammer Y2 Y2 Findlay
Huss Y2 Vz Bonner
Bichsel 1 0 Muir
3 1
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West Germany Denmark .tl c6; 5 d4 , d 5 ; 6 c x d5 , .tl x d5 ; 7

A d3 , A e7 ; 8 0-0 , 0-0 ; 9 a3 , c x d ; 1 0
So os Yz Y2 Pedersen
Borik I 0 Hvenekilde e x d , -tl f6; 1 1 lt c2 , b 6 ; 1 2 * d3 , lt b7;
Lau Y2 Y2 Nielsen 1 3 §. et , §. e8; 14 d5, e x d5 ; 15 lt g5 ,
.tl e4 ; 1 6 .tl x e4 , d x e4 ; 1 7 'lll x e4 , g6;
Lebron 0 I Larsen
18 i h4 , * c7: 1 9 lt b3 , h5: 20 "iW e4 ,
2 2 'it> g7; 2 t lt x f7 , 'it> x f7; 22 lt h6, §. h8;
23 "iW e6 + , � e8; 24 §. adl , -tl d8; 25
The Netherlands had the bye .
"lW x g6 + , .tl f7; 26 -tl g5 , "iW c4 ; 27
.tl X f7 , iW X f7 ; 28 §. X e7 + , 'it> X e7; 29
'Ill d6 + , resigns.
SCORES - England 1 0 , N etherlands
8 * , W. Germany 7 * , Denmark 7 ,
Switzerland 6 * , Scotland 5 Y2 , Austria
4 \lz * . Round 5 - Thursday 1 9th July

By grinding out a victory over Netherlands England

Austria, England gained a lead of 2 v . Vliet 1 0 Nunn
points over the field; but it was only a v. Dop 0 1 Speelman
paper lead since England had not yet v. Baar l e Yz Yz Keene
had its bye and on these grounds the de Lange Yz Yz Webb
Netherlands , and possibly West
2 2
Germany too, looked better placed .
Nunn scored the following quick win
over the Austrian GM , Robatsch, as
Scotland West Germany
follows :
Pritchett 0 1 Soos
Game N o . 1 9 1 82 Sicilian Defence F indlay 1 0 Borik
White : Nunn Blac k : Robatsch Morrison Y2 Yz Lau
1 e4, c5 ; 2 .tl f3, -tl c6; 3 d4, c x d; 4 Muir 0 I Lobron
.tl x d4 , -tl f6 ; 5 .tl c3 , d6; 6 J'tc4 , A d7; 1 Y2 2 Yz
7 0-0 , §. c8; 8 J't b3 , g6; 9 .tl x c6 ,
Jt x c6 ; 10 Jl g5 , Jl g7; 1 1 -tl dS , e6; 1 2
.tl X f 6 + ' A X f6; 1 3 J1. X f6, 'Ill X f6; 1 4
'lll x d6, '111 x b2 ; 1 5 §. ad 1 , 'lll f6; 16 Austria Switzerland
§. fet , §. d8 ; 1 7 'lit es, §. x d 1 ; 1 8 §. x d1 ,
Robatsch 1 0 Wirthensohn
a6; 1 9 'lll d6, 1t x e4 ; 20 A X e6, resigns. Wittmann Yz Yz Schauwecker
Stoppel Yz Yz Huss
The Swiss gained an unexpectedly Dur 0 1 Bichsel
easy win over the Scottish team with
2 2
Wirthensohn winning the following
incisive game against an international
master of high promise in the shape of
Pritchett . Denmark had the bye.

Game N o 1 91 83
. English Opening
White : Wirthensohn Black : Pritchett Scores: - E ngland 1 2 , Netherlands 10*,
1 .tl f3 , c5 ; 2 c4 , .tl f6 ; 3 otl c3 e6; 4 e3 , W . Germany 9 \lz * , Switzerland 8 * ,
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Denmark 7*, Scotland 7 , Austria 6 Y2 • . West Germany Austria

Soos Y2 Y2 Wittmann
Borik Y2 Y2 Janetscheck
On paper , England, with 2 GM s and
Lau Y2 Y2 Stoppel
2 IM s against the Dutch untitled team ,
Lobron 1 0 Dur
should have beaten the Netherlands
com fo r t ab l y . But J o h n Nun n , 2 '12 1 '12
normally the most reliable of team
members, slipped up badly against
Vliet and lost fairly quickly. Speelman Denmark Scotland
saved the match by beating van Dop ; Hvenekilde Y2 Y2 Pritchett
but with only two rounds still to go in Nielsen 0 1 Findlay
one of which England had the bye , Bj erring Y2 Y2 Morrison
suddenly the host country' s chances of Larsen 0 1 Bonner
finishing first were precarious . They 1 3
would have to win heavily in their last
round match against Switzerland .
England had the bye .
Here is how Nunn lost .

Game N o . 1 91 84 Catalan
White : v. Vliet Black: Nunn
1 d4 , lil f6; 2 g3 , c5 ; 3 lil f3 , c x d4; 4
ci� x d4, d5 ; 5 Jlg2 , e6; 6 c4 , lil c6; 7
c x d5 , e x d5 ; 8 0-0, Jle7; 9 1il c3 , 0-0;
1 0 Jle3 , .§ e8 ; 1 1 .§ cl , .A.g4 ; 12 l'ta4 ,
ltl e5; 13 .A.g5 , lil ed7; 14 .§ fd1 , h6; 1 5
A x f6, lil x f6; 1 6 l'tb3, Ac5; 1 7
/il x d5, A x d4; 1 8 .§ x d4 , A x e2; 1 9
/il x f6 + , it x f6; 2 0 .§ f4 , l'tg6; 2 1
.§ x f7, �h8; 22 h4, .§ f8 ; 23 .§ cc7,
.§ x f7; 24 * x f7, l'tb1 + ; 25 �h2 ,
l't x b2 ; 26 .§ x b7, itf6 ; 27 \'t x f6,
g x f6 ; 28 .§e7, resigns.
Round 6 - Friday 20th July
An undistinguished round in which
the lower-placed teams did England a
good turn by putting up such a
determined resistance to their higher
placed opponents that , without
playing at all, England became the best
placed team to win the Cup .
The scores , with one round to go
and with Scotland the only team not to
have had the bye, were :- England ,
Netherlands and West Germany 1 2 ,
Switzerland and Scotland 1 0 , Austria
and Denmark 8 .
With its two rivals , Netherlands and
West Germany, paired against each
other in the last round , England had
only to win convincingly against
Switzerland to make sure of first place
alone .
Round 7 - Sunday 22nd July

Switzerland Netherlands England Switzerland

Wirthensohn 1 0 v. Vliet Nunn 1 0 Wirthensohn
Schauwecker Y2 Y2 v. Dop Speelman Y2 Y2 Schauwecker
Hammer 0 1 v. Baarle Keene 1 0 Hammer
Bichsel Y2 Y2 de Lange Plaskett Y2 Y2 Huss
2 2 3 1
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Netherlands West Germany 20 c4 , f6; 2 1 lt d2 , a4 ; 22 it e3 , it b6; 23

v. Vliet V2 V2 So os Jt d5 + , � h8; 24 'tli' X b6, c X b6; 25 f4 ,
v. Dop V2 V2 Borik e x f; 26 1t x f4 , g c8 ; 27 lt g2 , g5; 28
v . Baarle V2 V2 Lau JleJ , resigns.
de Lange V2 Y2 Lobron With Nunn winning well against
2 2 Wirthensohn shortly afterwards and
the other two games ending in draws
England had beaten Switzerland by a
Austria Denmark sufficiently large margin to make sure
Robatsch 1 0 Hvenekilde of first place . Though the game on
Wittmann V2 V2 Nielsen bottom board between de Lange and
Janetscheck 1 0 Bjerring Lobron went on for quite a time with
Stoppel V2 V2 Larsen the German fourth board unable to
3 1 gain an advantage and even being
fortunate to secure the draw in the
end , it was clear for some time that
Scotland had the bye .
neither the Dutch nor the Germans
could hope to overhaul the English
team .
England soon obtained the upper The tie for 2nd place was resolved by
hand against Switzerland and in fact match points of which West Germany
the first game to finish in this round had 9 and the Netherlands 8. The other
was Keene ' s victory over Hammer. tie, with no medals at stake, was not
resolved. Below is the final table .
Game No.19185 English Opening Prizes for the best score on each
White : Keene Black: Hammer board were awarded as follows :­
1 c4, e5 ; 2 <tl c3 , <tl f6; 3 <tl fJ , <tl c6; 4 Board 1 -shared between B . Soos
d3 , d5; 5 C X d, <tJ X d5; 6 g3 , .fte7; 7 (BRD) and N . v . d . Vliet (NL) with 4/6
.ftg2 , .fte6; 8 0-0, 0-0; 9 a3, aS ; 10 .ftd2 , (66. 6 0Jo).
<tJ X c3 ; 1 1 b X c3 , itd7; 12 ita4 , g ab8; Board 2 - J . Speelman , 4 !h /6 (75 % )
13 g fb1 , b5; 14 g x b5, g x b5 ; 15 Board 3 - R . D . Keene 3/5 (60%)
it x b5, g b8; 16 ita4 , .ftb3 ; 17 ite4, Board 4 - S . Webb 2 !h /4 (62 !h %)
ite6; 18 <tl g5 , .ft X g5 ; 19 ./t X g5 , <tl d8; Board 5 - W . Bichsel (CH) 3/4 (75 % )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot

1 England -
2 2 2 !h 3 2 !h 3 15
2 West Germany 2 -
2 2 !h 3 2 !h 2 14
3 Netherlands 2 2 -
3 2 3 2 14
4 Austria 1 !h 1 !h I -
2 2 3 11
5 Switzerland I I 2 2 -
3 2 11

6 Scotland I !h i !h 1 2 1 -
3 10
7 Denmark I 2 2 1 2 1 -
9
 THE BRITISH CHESS M A G AZINE
THE RETURN
by Jimmy A dams
This year ' s County Chess Cup Final
was fought on neutral territory at
Aston University, Birmingham , on
July 7th, and was another episode in
the long-standing feud between North
and South , which has been a tradi­
tional feature of the competition since
its inception in 1 908 . In that period,
Middlesex have been champions on 23
occasions and Lancashire 17, followed
at a distance by Surrey 5 , Kent and
Cambridgeshire 3 and Yorkshire,
Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Essex
2.
Enthusiasm for county chess in the
north of England has always been at a
high level and good organisation has
shown itself time and time again with
the appearance of habitually strong
teams. However, in the south-east, the
attraction of a great number of chess
congresses has o ften led to disinterest
in the true British amateur pride o f
representing one's county and a prefer­
ence for bounty-hunting at weekend
Swisses . All the more reason to
compliment Kent and Essex for their
cup victories in recent years which is a
reflection of both the quality of the
playing strength and of an excellent
team spirit.
Middlesex, formerly recognised as
the strongest county by virtue of its
geographical location in the densely
populated London metropolis , has on
the other hand suffered to a large
extent and after years in the doldrums
has not done itself justice in fielding
truly representative sides . It therefore
came as a breath of fresh air - or
should we say a hurricane - when the
energetic David Foley-Comer took
46 1
OF MIDDLESEX
over the Middlesex first team
captaincy at the beginning of the
1 978-79 season and rapidly restored
the County to its former respected
status.
The importance of a good manager
in football would be obvious to every­
one but in chess this fact tends to be
overlooked or pushed into the back­
ground . The potential of any team
from the London area is clearly
enormous , but nevertheless, as has
been proved by the disappointing
results of past seasons, it needs a great
deal of enthusiasm, diligence, tact and
management skill to assemble a bunch
of strong individual players from
various clubs and forge them into a
new identifiable team with a unified
aim . It is precisely this which David
Foley-Comer has achieved and in
dashing style . During his past success­
ful captaincies at club level he was
dubbed ' Little Napoleon' , but we
would consider a contemporary
comparison with Brian Clough to be
more appropriate !
The prelude to the final run-up to
the County Championship title was a
victory for his newly revitalised side in
the Shannon Trophy - the Southern
Counties Championship. After losing
narrowly to Kent in the first match of
the season, Middlesex edged out their
powerful rivals, and holders of the
trophy, on tie-break thanks to a
superior game points total from
convincing wins over the remaining
sides Surrey, Sussex, Essex, Cambs . ,
Herts . , Berks and Oxfordshire who
finished in that order . Victories over
Gloucestershire 1 2-8 and Yorkshire
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13 !12 -6 !12 in the V. and !12 - finals then
set up the final goal to be County
Champions for the first time in 1 4
years . Moreover, there was a personal
score to settle with Lancashire who
had defeated Middlesex on board
count exactly ten years before .
Curiously, only one player of that
match, Bob Wade, played in this
year ' s final for Middlesex .
Sussess is nothing new to David
Foley-Comer who had previously
captained the Middlesex second team
for four years . During that time his
team won the league (Mon tague Jones
Trophy) twice, came runner-up twice
and in his last match as captain won
the Minor Counties by beating Devon
in the final . Therefore, in the coach ,
which he had specially chartered for
the team 's 100 mile trip to Birmingham
there was a distinct note of optimism.
The more so since intelligence sources
hinted at the strong possibility that
champagne had already been stored
away somewhere on the coach for the
return j ourney !
Then again , confidence was inspired
by the presence of Jon Speelman ,
British Champion, on Board 1 , and o f
Dave Rumens and Andrew Whiteley
who despite their fierce contention for
the Cutty Sark Grand Prix, both
generously gave the i m port ant
Charlton weekend congress a miss i n
order to play in t he final . T he strength
in depth was also emphasised with a
dozen players over the 200 grading
level .
Despite having the odds stacked
against them on paper and the weaken­
ing of the side due to the breakaway of
Greater Manchester and Merseyside ,
Lancashire made it a close fight, as the
scoreline shows , and must be very
disappointed at not completing the
hat-trick after their cup victories of the
previous two seasons.
Results - 1 Speelman/J . Littlewood
1 -0; 2 Wade/Homer 0- 1 ; 3 Law/
Cafferty \12 - \12 ; 4 Whiteley/Conroy
\12 - \12 ; 5 Rumens/Lees 0- 1 ; 6 Lee/ J . E .
Homer \12 - \12 ; 7 Perkins/Pein 1 -0 ; 8
J . Hodgson/Shuttleworth 1 -0; 9 Berry/
Timson 0- 1 ; 10 Large/Ivell 1 -0; 1 1
J . B . Adams/Doney 1 -0; 1 2 Sowray/
K . Harris \12 - \12 ; 13 N . R . Benjamin/
D . G . EIIison \12 - \12 ; 14 J . C . Benj amin/
McCurdy 1 -0 ; 15 T. Peterson/Mc
Michael \12 - \12 ; 1 6 Lynch/Price 0- 1 ; 1 7
Quinn/Joyce \12 - !12 ; 1 8 Dickson/
Cottam 0- 1 ; 19 Parkes/S. Coles 1 -0; 20
C . Hill/Cowley 1 -0. Middlesex won by
1 1 !12 -8 !12 [Middlesex players first] .
Here are three games played in the
match :
Game No.191 86 Griinfeld Def.
White: J. Speelman (Middlesex)
Black: J . E .Littlewood (Lancs .)
1 c4 , � f6 ; 2 � f3 , g6; 3 � c3 , ltg7; 4
d4 , dS; S c x dS , � x dS; 6 e4, � x c3 ;
7 b x c3 , cS ; 8 ltb5 + , � c6; 9 0-0, 0-0 ;
10 d5 , � aS ; 1 1 JteJ , 'ltc7; 1 2 .§cl ,
.§d8; 13 c4 , eS ; 14 � el , b6; 15 � d3 ,
a6; 1 6 lta4 , .§ a7; 1 7 f4 , � b7; 1 8
f x e5, Jt x e5; 1 9 � x e5 , 'lt x e5; 20
ltf4 , 'it x e4; 21 Jtc7, ltg4 ; 22 'itd2 ,
bS ; 23 A x d8, � x d8; 24 .§ eel , Black
resigned . (1 -0) .
Game No.191 87 Caro-Kann Def.
White : J. Horner (Lancs . )
Black : R.G.Wade (Mddx . )
1 e4 , c 6 ; 2 d4 , d5 ; 3 eS , c5; 4 c3 , � c6; 5
� f3 , c x d4 ; 6 c x d4 , Jl.g4; 7 'ltb3 ,
'itb6; 8 'it X b6 , a X b6; 9 Jl.bS , Jt X f3 ;
10 g x f3 , e6; 1 1 � c3 , � ge7; 12 JteJ ,
oi:l f5 ; 13 '\fte2, '\ftd8; 14 .§ hd 1 , Jte7; 15
a3 , "'c7; 1 6 ll.a4 , f6 ; 1 7 .§ act , f x e5 ;
18 d x eS , ll.c5 ; 19 b4 , ll. x e3 ; 20
f x e3 , '\ftb8; 21 A x c6, b x c6; 22 e4 ,
� e7 ; 2 3 e x d5, e x d5; 2 4 b S , .l::t c8; 25
b x c6 , .§ x c6; 26 � b5 , .!::t x cl ; 27
.§ x cl , .§ aS; 28 .!::l b1 , � c6; 29 e6 , '\tt c 8;
30 � d6 + , '\ttc 7; 31 � e8 + , 'li'd8; 32
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� x g7, b5; 33 � f5 , d4 ; 34 E! ct , � e7 ;
35 � x d4 , E! x a3 ; 36 � x b5 , E! a2 + ;
37 � e3 , � g6; 38 E! c7, E! a3 + ; 39 c.t>n ,
E! a2 + ; 40 c.t' g3 , h 5 ; Black resigned
( 1 -0 ) .
Game N o . 1 91 88 Caro-Kann Def
White : D. Shuttleworth (Lancs . )
Black : J. Hodgson (Mddx . )
1 e4 , c6 ; 2 d4 , d 5 ; 3 � c3 , d x e4 ; 4
� x e4 , � f6 ; 5 � g3 , c5 ; 6 � f3 , e6; 7
FRUNZE 1 979
by Jonathan Speelman
An international tournament took
place in Fru nze (USSR) from 2 1 st May
to 1 2th June 1 979. As the 1 978 Robert
Silk Chess Fellow , I was able to
compete in this tournament and I
would like to take this opportunity to
thank the Robert Silk Chess Fello w­
ship for assisting me in this way .
Frunze, in Kirghistan , is about 2000
km south-east of Moscow - it is thus
further from Moscow than is London !
Over about a hundred years - the
official centenary of Frunze was
celebrated in 1 978 - what was origin­
ally 'desert ' has been transformed into
a beautiful 'garden city' of half a
million people. About 1 5 km away are
the very mountains of the Tien Shan
range which rises to over 7000 metres
in places . Not having been to Asia
before, I found t h e location of this
tournament very interesting and the
s u r r o u n d i ng s , especially those
mountains , quite beautiful . T h e tourn­
ament itself was also a new experience .
In international tournaments, in any
country, there will be several ' local '
players. In some countries these will be
the weakies (or some better term to the
same effect) of the tournament; in
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Ae2 , � c6 ; 8 d x c5 , 'it x d 1 + ; 9
A x d 1 , Jl. x c5 ; 10 0-0 , 0-0; 1 1 E! e1 ,
b6; 1 2 � g5 , A b7; 13 � 5e4 , � x e4 ; 1 4
� x e4 , Ae7; 1 5 Jl f4 , e5 ; 1 6 Jl c1 , h6;
17 c3 , f5 ; 1 8 � g3 , E! ae8 ; 19 A a4 , A d6;
20 A d2 , � h7; 21 E! ad 1 , e6; 22 A b3 ,
E! g6 ; 23 A c2 , � e7; 24 f3 , h5; 25 '<t> h1 ,
h4 ; 26 � n . h3; 27 � g3 , h x g2 + ; 28
c.t' X g2 , e4 ; 29 '<t> h3 , e x f3 ; 30 Ae3 ,
E! h8; 31 A b3 , E! x g3 + ; 32 White
resigned (0-1 ) .
Russia , of course , they are Russians
and are not , i n general , an easy
proposition . . . which brings me to the
composition of the tournament .
Original l y , there were to be sixteen
players but after the first round
M i a g m a s u r e n of M o n g o l i a a n d
Palatni k (USSR) were admitted, thus
making eighteen . This meant that there
was rather a lot of play on the first
couple of adjournment days ! Things
returned to normal after that . . . The 1 8
players consisted o f 1 1 players from
the USSR (8 GMs and 3 locals) plus 7
foreigners as can be seen from the
cross-table.
At the beginning , it was Antoshin -
now trainer to the USSR Olympiad
team and also one of the main
organisers of this tournament - who
made the running . After a draw in the
first round , he scored a remarkable
8 out of the next 9. At the end ,
however, he faded a little to finish
second, with 1 1 points . Beliavsky,
having arrived a day late, started badly
with a loss to Yurtayev . For some time
he was unable to win a game. The first
adj ournment day was taken up with
his postponed round- 1 game with
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1 5 . D . Mamatov (USSR) 2200 \o\ 0 Yl 0 \o\ 0 0 0 0 0 I \o\ 0 I - \o\ \o\ I 6

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Mamatov which he only drew . But had won that then he would probably
then came the second adj ournment day have been second equal .
in which he proceeded to extract full Meduna finished on 8/ 1 7 (- 1 )
points from previously collected dropping down the table when he
favourable adj ourned positions . After became a bit ill at the end of the
that there was no stopping him and he tournament . The rest of the players all
finished with 1 3 !h / 1 7 - + 1 1 = 5 - 1 ! , found the tournament very hard . If
dropping only two draws i n his last you lose some games and become
eleven or twelve games . demoralised you can easily get
More than half the players ( 1 0) massacred in such an event !
finished on 9 or 10 points. Of these, Here now is a selection of games :
Yurtayev and Zilberman in particular
must have been delighted since both Game No .191 89 This 'Round-2 '
made the IM norm of 9 V2 . I would of game was in fact the first that
course have liked to get nearer to a GM Beliavsky played.
norm but at 1 3 / 1 7 it was a little White : Yurtayev Black: Beliavsky
difficult for those of us weaker than 1 e4, eS; 2 oi) f3 , oi) c6 ; 3 oi) cJ , g6 ; 4 d4 ,
Beliavsky. I think that only Vasiukov c x d ; S oi) x d4 , Ag7; 6 .A.e3 , d6; In
can really legitimately feel peeved at the post-mortem Beliavsky spent a
being in this group. On the last long time disconsolately trying to
adj ournment day before the final make Black ' s position work. After 6
round he lost a winning adj ournment . . . , d6 it seems hard for Black to
against Szekely due, it must be said, to equalize. One idea which I like but
the latter' s great tenacity. If Vasiukov Beliavsky didn 't seem to is 6 . . . ,
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i£1 f6 ! ? ; 7 1£1 x c6, b x c ; 8 e5 , i£1 d5 ; 9
1£1 x d5 , c x d ; 10 � x d5 , .§. b8 when
Black has play for the pawn . 7 �d2 ,
1£1 f6 ; 8 fJ , 0-0; 9 0-0-0, 1£1 X d4; 1 0
11 x d4 , Ae6; 1 1 g4 , c5; 1 2 Ae3 , "ita5 ;
13 lrth6,
13 . . . , A x a2 ? ? Black was significant­
ly worse : but this is a blunder which
loses ! 14 lrt x g7, � x g7 ; 15 1£1 x a2 ,
'{b x a2 ; 1 6 "itc3 ! , d 5 ; In the concluding
stage which follows I suspect that
Yurtayev could have been more
accurate than he was but in the end the
extra piece must win . 17 g5 , d4; 18
g x f + , � x f6; 19 e5 + , �g7 ; 20 '{/t aJ ,
'{/t d 5 ; 21 .§. el , .§. ac8; 22 c4, "ite6; 2 3 f4 ,
.§. c6; 24 ll.d3 , '{/th3 ; 25 ll.e4, * x a3 ; 26
b x a, .§. a6; 27 �b2 , .§. b8; 28 Jtd3 ,
.§. c6; 29 �a2, f5; 30 h4 , h5; 31 .§. eg1 ,
�h6; 32 .§. g3 , a6; 33 .§. b1 , Black
resigns (1-0).
Game No . 1 91 90 - When A ntoshin, in
the midst of his winning streak, played
Yurtayev he was better prepared for
the opening.
White: Yurtayev Black : Antoshin
1 e4, e5 ; 2 1£1 f3 , d6; 3 d4 , e x d ; 4
1£1 x d4, � f6; 5 1£1 c3 , Jte7; 6 Jtf4? ! ,
0-0 ; 7 '{/td2 , d5 ! White' s pieces are
unpleasantly grouped in the centre;
this thrust sends them into great
confusion. 8 e5? , � h5; 9 Jtg3 , c5; 1 0
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i£:l b3 , d4 ; 1 1 1£1 e4 , '{/t d 5 ; 1 2 "ite2 ,
1£1 x g3 ; 13 1£1 X g3 , Ae6 ; 14 f4 , c4; 1 5
� d2 , Ab4 ; 1 6 0-0-0 , 'lta5;
17 a3 (if 17 � b 1 , 17 . . ., A x d2 and 1 8
. , c3) 1 7 . . . , c3 ; 18 � c4 , A x c4; 1 9
. .
"it x c4 , 11 x a3 ; 20 �b1 , A x b2 ; 21
'lW a2 , 'lWc7; 22 1£1 f5 , l£l c6; 23 h4 , .§. ad8;
24 .§. h3 , �d7; 25 1£1 d6 , '{/tg4; 26 .§. fJ ,
d3 ; 27 A x d3 , � x g2 ; 2 8 .§. ffl , � b4 ;
2 9 '{/tb3 , 1£1 X d3 ; 3 0 c X d , Aa3 ; 3 1
1£1 c4 , Ac5 ; 3 2 � x c3 , Jtd4 ; 3 3 '{/tb3 ,
.§. d5 ; 34 .§. fe1 , a6; 35 "itc2 , .§. b5 + ; 36
lt>ct , 'lWd5 ; 37 .§.e4 and White resigns
(possibly on time? my bulletin doesn 't
say) (0- 1 ) .
Game No.19191 - A n toshin 's luck
finally ran out when he played
Vasiukov.
White : Antoshin Black: Vasiukov
1 d4, � f6; 2 c4 , c5 ; 3 d5 , d6; 4 � c3 ,
g6 ; 5 e4 , l1g7; 6 f4 ! ? , o-o; 7 Ad3 ! ? (7
1£1 f3 would be a normal 4 ft ' s K . I . D . ) ,
e6; 8 d x e? ! , (8 � ge2, e x d ; 9 c x d is a
Modern Benoni Penrose-Tal line ; or 8
� f3 but then the bishop should
probably have been played to e2) 8 . . . ,
f x e; 9 1£1 fJ , 1£1 c6 ; 10 0-0, 1£1 d4 ; 1 1
1£1 x d4 , c x d ; 12 1£1 e2 , '{/tb6; Black is a
bit better because his minor pieces ,
especially the Ag7 , have more
potential activity and White's pawn
structure is suspect . 13 *h1 , e5 ; 14
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lil g3 , A g4 ; IS � c2 , e x f; 16 A x f4 ,
lil d7; 1 7 'ift d2, lil cS ; 18 b3 , aS ; 1 9
l! abl , �b4 ; 20 � c2 , .£J x d3 ; 21
� x d3 , � c3 ; 22 � x c3 , d x c + ; 23
!:! bel , l! ae8 ; 24 h3 , A d7; 2S A x d6 ,
l! x fl + ; 26 l! x fl , bS ! ; 27 l! c l , b4;
28 A c7, A h6; 29 l! c2 , A c6; 30 � h 2 ,
(or 30 A x a5 , A f4; 3 1 A x b4, A x g3 ;
32 A x c3 - not 32 1! x c3 ? , A e l - 32
. . . , A x e4 -+ if then 3 3 l! e2, l! f8 ; 34
l! g l , A d3) 30 . . . , !:! x e4 ! - + ; 31
A x aS , A f4 ; 32 l! f2 , A eS ; White
resigns (0- 1 ) If 33 Ab6, h5 !

Game No.191 92 - Once A ntoshin had

expended his ration of 'luck ' - and
perhaps, also, energy - he lost quite a .£l d4 , � f7; 43 E! f3 , � X hS; 44 e6, g4 ;
bit. As I stated earlier, two of the three 4S E! rs, E! gs ; 46 f7 ! , !:! x rs ; 47 'lt es + !
locals - Zilberman and Yurtayev - got Black resigns ( 1 -0).
/M norms. Both are very talented:here
is a win by Zilberman. And, finally, here are two of
White: Zilberman Blac k : Antoshin Beliavsky ' s many wins : both of some
1 .£J f3 , dS ; 2 d4, c6; 3 c4 , e6; 4 'lt c2 , theoretical importance .
.£J d7; s g3 , .£J gf6 ; 6 A g2 , A b4 +
Game N o .19193
! ? /? ! ; 7 .£J d2 , 0-0; 8 0-0, bS? ! ; It is
White: Beliavsky Blac k : Razuvaev
nice to block the queen-side but this
1 e4 , eS; 2 .£J f3 , .£J c6; 3 AbS , a6 ; 4
leaves Black very cramped . 9 cS, A aS ; A a4 , lil f6 ; S 0-0 , A e7 ; 6 !:! et , bS ; 7
10 e4 , lil e8; 1 1 .£J b3 , A c7; 1 2 l! e1 , aS ; A b3 , d6; 8 c3 , 0-0 ; 9 d 4 , A g4 ; 10 dS,
13 A d2 , a4 ; 14 .£J cl , .£J 8f6 ! ? ; 1S eS ,
.£J aS ; 11 A c2 , c6; 1 2 h3 , A x f3 ; 13
.£J e4 ; 16 !:! X e4 ! After this 'exchange
� x f3 , c x dS ; 14 e x dS , � c7. There
sacrifice' White' s spatial advantage is
have been many games in this variation
emphasized to the point where it's a
recently. 14 . . . , l! c8 and 14 . . . , .£J e8
wonder that Black has enough squares
have also been tried here . 1S lil d2 ,
to put his pieces on. 16 . , d x e ; 1 7
. .

� x e4 , A b7; 18 lil gS , g 6 ; 1 9 .£J d3 , b4 ? ! ( 1 5 . , g6) ; 1 6 .£J e4 ! ? ( 1 6 c x b ! ? )

. .

� e7; 20 !:! et , h6; 21 lil h3 , � g7; 22

.£J hf4 , l! h8; 23 h4, A as ; 24 A x as ,
!:! x aS ; 2S A h3 , .£J f8 ; 26 a3 , l! a8 ; 27
.£J b4 , l! d8; 28 l! e3 , E! g8; 29 l! f3 , lil h 7 ;
30 A n , it d7; 31 lt d3 , � h8 (Not 3 1
. . . , 'it x d4? ; 3 2 .£J x e6 + ! ) 32 .£J c2 ,
E! g7; 33 it e3 , f! 8g8 ; 34 .£J e2 , gS; 3S
hS ! , 'lt e7; 36 .il. x h7, E! x h7; 37 g4 ,
� d7; 38 .£J c3 ,

See diagram next column

38 . . . , fS ; This is losing but so is 38 ? . . .

39 .£J e4 - f6 or d6. 39 e x fS e.p. , eS ; 40

d X eS , it X g4 + ; 41 J:! g3 , it e6; 42
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16 . . . , � d7? Black must avoid 1 6 . . . ,
� x e4? ; 1 7 � x e4 and 1 8 � x b4 and
16 . . . , b x c3 ? ; 17 � x f6 + , A x f6; 1 8
� f5 , but the critical line is 1 6 . . . ,
� x d5 ; 1 7 � g3 , � f6 ; 1 8 A g5 . 1 7
� g3 , g6; 18 � fS ! , A f6 ; 19 A a4 ! Now
Black is crushed (trite but true) 19 . . . ,
b x c3 ; 20 � h6 + , � g7; 21 � g4 , A e7;
22 A h6 + , � h8; 23 El. acl , � cS ; 24
itJ x c3 , � b6; 25 Ac2 ! White assid­
uously avoids taking the exchange in
favour of better thing s . 25 . . . , El. fb8 ;
26 A d2, � ab7; 27 El. x eS ! , d x eS ; 28
� x e5 + , f6 ; 29 � x e7 , � d6 ; 30
� x f6 + , � x f6; 31 � x f6 , � g7; 32
A c3 , � f7; 33 b4 , El. c8; 34 b X cS ,
� x cS; 35 � x h7, Black resig n s (1 -0) .
Played in the last round :
Game No.19194
White : Beliavsky Blac k : Szekely
1 e4 , cS; 2 � f3, d6; 3 d4 , c x d4 ; 4
� x d4 , � f6 ; 5 � c3 , a6; 6 A gs , e6 ; 7
f4 , � b6; 8 � d2 , � x b2; 9 El. b1 , itl' a3 ;
10 f5 , � c6 ; 1 1 f x e6, f x e6; 1 2 � x c6 ,
b x c6 ; 13 eS , d x eS ; 14 A x f6 , g x f6;
1 5 � e4 , A e7; 16 A e2 , h S ; 1 7 El. b3 ,
itl' a4 ; 18 � x f6 + . This move was
discovered by the Russian Vitolins and
came into world prominence when
Timman used it against Ribli at Niksic
1 97 8 . 18 . . . , A x f6 ; 19 c4 , Jl h4 + ; 20
g3 , A e7; 21 0-0 ,
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Here Black has a choice of two
moves : 21 . . . , El. a7 and 21 . . . , Ad7 .
2 1 . . . , El. a7 was played in Vitolins -
Gavrilov, USSR 1 977; 22 El. b8, El. c7 ; 23
� d3 , A c5 + ; 24 � h 1 , � e7 ; 25 � g6 ,
� d6; 26 � f6 , El. e8 ; 27 A x h5 , El. ce7 ;
28 El. d 1 + , A d4; 29 El. x d4 + , e x d ; 30
� x d4 + = . Timman suggested 23 A d3
as an improvement on this but I ' m told
that that isn ' t totally clear . 2 1 . . . , A d7
was the move played in Timman - Ribli
which was known to lose for Blac k .
Szekely was perfectly well aware a t the
time of this game that there had been
two previous games Vitolins - Gavrilov
and Timman - Ribli . He intended to
follow Vitolins - Gavrilov but unfort­
unately he confused the two games in
his mind and thought that by 21 . . . ,
A d7 he was following the Vitolins
game !
21 . . . , A d7? ; 22 El. b7, El. d8; (22 . . . ,
c5 ; 23 El. d 1 ! ? , El. d8 ; 24 � d3); 23 A d3 ! ,
A cs + ; 24 � g2 ? (Timman-Ribli went
24 � h 1 ! which seems best . 24 . . . , El. g8 ;
25 A e2 ! , 'ti e7 ; 26 A x h5 , El. g7 ; 27
� h6, '1!1 x c4 ; 28 '1!1 x g7 + and
Timman soon won - 1 -0 in 39 moves)
24 . . . , El. g8 ; 25 ifl e2 (25 Ae2 isn't so
good here when . . . , '1!1 x a2 or . . . , it c2
will be check) 25 . . . , Jl d4? ; 26
'111 X hS + , � e7; 27 itl' h4 + , � d6; 28
cS + , � x cS ; 29 'l!! e7 + , � dS ; 30
.§. X d7 + , .§. X d7; 31 it X d7 + , � c5 ;
32 El. c1 + , � b6; 33 A e4 , Ac3 ! ; 34
itl' d3 , Jl d4 ; 35 El. x c6 + , '1!1 X c6; 36
A x c6, 'tJ x c6 ; 37 it x a6 + , � d7; 38
'l!! b7 + , � d6; 39 a4 , El. d8; 40 aS , El. d7;
41 'l!! b8 + , � dS; 42 'l!! bS + , 'ti d6; 43
� f3 , El. c7; 44 a6, 'tie7; 45 h 4 , � f6; 46
'l!! d3 , El. f7 and Black resigns ( 1 -0).
Now for some annotated games (by
Jon Speelman -Ed. )
Game No.19195 Frunze 1979
White : Speelman Black : Savon
This was my first ever win against a
Russian .
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1 c4 , � f6; 2 � f3 , b6; 3 d3 ! ? ,
I wanted to avoid a Queen ' s Indian
which I ' m sure that Savon knows very
well. This move, although unusual , is
perfectly sensible . Later , White may
play e4 and then d4: i f Black reacts
with . . . , c5 x d4 this might lead to a
'Hedgehog ' .
3 . . , g6;
. 12 e4 ! ? , � Sf6 ; 13 � c3 ,
I f 3 . . . , A b7 ; 4 e4, then White
threatens the slightly disruptive 5 e5
and so 5 . . . , d6 would be necessary, a
move which Black might like to avoid
for a bit - though I suppose that he
would have to play it eventually . 3 . . . ,
e6; 4 e4, A b4+ ! ? is an interesting
alternative .
4 g3 ,
I f 4 e4, d6 Black might later decide
to play . . . , A g4 which , in conj unction
with . . . , c5 and . . . , � c6, would
control d4.
4 . . •, A g7; s A g2 , o-o; 6 o-o , A b7; 7
Ag5 ! ? ,
This i s an attempt t o interfere with
Black's natural plan of . . . , c5 followed
by . . . , d5 . Whether it is good or not it
is in any case interesting .
7 , h6! ? ;
. . •
This i s what White wanted but it
isn 't necessarily bad . 7 c5 would be
0 0 . ,
sensible : if then 8 � c3, h6 (not 8 . . . ,
d5? ; 9 AX f6 ! ) ; 9 A d2 d 5 ; 10 � c l .
l!.' h 7 ; 1 1 c x d 5 , � x d 5 i s about equal
or possibly a shade better for White.
After 7 c5 White could control the
o o • •
c l -h6 diagonal with 8 � d2, but then
the immediate 8 d5 is possible .
o o • •
8 Ad2 , d5;
8 . , c5 would now be bad since
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after 9 � c l , 9 . . . , l!.' h7 is impossible
( 1 0 � g5 + ! ) and so Black is forced to
. . . , h5 (or g5?) which is a little
. 0 0 ,
undesirable .
9 � cl , "' h7; 10 c X dS, � X dS; 1 1
d4 ! ? ,
White could play 1 1 � c3, c5 (trans­
posing into the note after 7 . . . , h6 ! ?) :
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this is more ambitious .
1 1 . . . , � d7;
I f 1 1 . . . , � a6; 12 e4, � f6 ; 13 � c3 ,
� x e4 ! ? ( 1 3 o o • • c5); 1 4 � x e4 ,
A x e4 , White must avoid 1 5 * c4? ,
'l!i' d5 ! but 1 5 � g5 + ! is probably better
than with the � on d7 since the � a6 is
rather loose .
1 3 e5, � d5 would be very bad for
White since the centre starts to collapse
after . . . , c5 .
13 . , c5 ! ? ;
. .
Unfortunately, I think that White ' s
strategy hasn't been quite sound . After
13 o o • •
� x e4 ; 14 � x e4, A x e4 ; 1 5
� g5 + , h x g5 ; 1 6 A x e4 , E! c8 I can 't
see anything better for White than 1 7
A x g5 , A x d4; 1 8 'l!i' f4 . Savon didn ' t
fancy this position for Black b u t after
1 8 . . . , � f6 ! I don ' t think that White
has quite enough for the pawn though
of course he isn't lost .
14 d5, A a6; I S E! dt , � g4 ; 1 6 '/W c2 ,
Black has achieved quite a good
Benoni-like position, but his next
move may be a little weak .
16 . . . , bS ; 1 7 h3 , � ge5 ; 18 � x eS ,
A x eS? ! ;
This shows considerable lack of
confidence in his position. I was very
worried about 1 8 . . . , � x e5 when I ,
, perhaps wrongly , didn 't i n turn have
much confidence in the logical 19 f4,
� c4 ; 20 e5, f6 with a dreadful mess :
but this mess could well be good for
White - although his black squares
are 'going' so is Blac k ' s king-side.
19 A e3 , b4 ; 20 � e2 ! ,
Much better than 20 � a4? . White
wants to fight on the king-side and
should evacuate the queen-side . 20 . 0 0 ,
c4 is now indirectly prevented by 2 1
� d4 6. 22 � c6 .
20 . . . , A d6? ! ; 21 f4 , f6 ;
White now has a great advantage .
22 r.t h t , A b5 ; 23 h4, 1l g7! ;
23 o o • • h5 ? would merely make a
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further weakness .
24 <i) gl , � e8 ; 25 <i) f3 , g5 ! ? ;
A t the time I was expecting this for I
felt that Black must do something on
the king-side before White organises
e5 . I didn ' t really consider 26 h x g5 ,
h x g5 ; 27 e5 but maybe that ' s j ust
good for White .
26 � g l ,
In delaying h x g5 White makes it
harder for Black to form a plan but
also opens up the possibility of . . . ,
f x g as we shall see .
26 . . . , � g6; 27 \t' f2 , ltl b6 ! ;
Savon was b y now very short o f time
- about four minutes left I think . I
realised that after 28 h x g, f x g ! ?
might b e troublesome but decided that
I probably wouldn 't be able to find a
better move . After 28 h X g 5 , 28 . . . ,
h x g5 is the 'natural capture' and so I
quite quickly played
28 h x g5 ,
on the grounds that the longer my
opponent had to think about it the
more likely he was to play . . . , h x g5 .
In any case I had 'only' half-an-hour
left and thought that I would require
the time for a long think if he played
. . . , f x g5.
28 . . . , h x g5 ? ;
28 . . . , f x g5 is very complicated . If
29 Ah 3 , ltl c4; 30 lt f5 , which was my
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original intention, then 30 . . . , 1£1 x e3 ;
3 1 � x e3 , 1:! x f5 ! is very dangerous
for White if not j ust plain bad .
I think that White ' s best move is
probably 29 l:! ac l ! I f then 29 . . . ,
g X f4 ; 30 g X f4, A X f4; 3 1 AX f4,
1:! x f4 ; 32 � x c5 White j ust about gets
in first . Black could also try 30 . . . ,
1:! x f4 ! ? , but 3 1 e5 , � x c2; 32 1:! x c2,
A x e5 ; 3 3 Jl x f4, A x f4 ; 34 1:! x c5 is
more than okay for White : and he
could also try 3 1 1:! g 1 ! ?
29 Jl h3 ! ,
Now if 29 . . . , g4 ; 3 0 4) h4.
29 . . . , <i) c4 ; 30 A f5 , ltl x e3 ; 31
� x e3 , g x f4 + ;
Or 3 1 . . . , � h6; 32 f x g , f x g ; 3 3
l:! h 1 � f6 ; 34 l:! h7 + ' \t' g8; 3 5 l:! h 1
'
with the threat o f 3 6 A e6 + winning .
32 gX f4, � g3 ( ? ) ;
32 . . . , A x f4 + ; 3 3 'it' x f4 , �'h6 +;
34 � g3 is hopeless for Black . If 32 . . . ,
'it h6; 33 l3 g 1 + , � f7 ; 34 Ae6 + , � g7 ;
35 A e8 + ! winning .
33 e5 ! , f x e5 ; 34 l:! gl , e x f4 + ; 35
\t' d2 , J3 h8; 36 J3 X g3 + , fX g3 ; 37
'it e4 , � f8; 38 A g6, � g7; 39 'lt g4 ,
Black resigns (1-0) .
Game No. l91 96 Car-::1-Kann
Frunze 1979
White: Mihaljcisin Black : Speelman
1 e4 ,
M . Mihalj cisin of Yugoslavia had a
very bad tournament at Frunze : after
an early win against the Mongolian
Miagmasuren he failed to win another
game and lost many ! When I played
him , having not yet discovered that the
GM norm was 1 3 / 1 7 (I thought it was
about 1 2) I was very anxious to win . At
the beginning of the tournament I
played Sicilians against 1 e4 but
without reaching very good positions
though I drew them all . As Black
against Miagmasuren I played a
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French Defence ; he played 2 /£) f3 and I c x d5 gives White nothing) 1 2 . . . , A f5 ;

very quickly reached a won position ! 1 3 B d2, a5 ! When White should play
In this game I decided to avoid 2 c3 1 4 /£) c3 , a4 ! ; 1 5 /£) x a4 , � a5 which is
against the Sici lian which is what we excellent for Black . If instead 14 d x e?
would have had otherwise and to try - not 14 . . . , /£) d3 + ? when 15 'it> d 1 is
for the first time in my tournament very strong but 14 . . . , a4 ! which wins
career a Caro-Kann defence - I am - I ' m afraid that I hadn ' t noticed that
often lucky in my first adoption of an 14 . . . , /£) d3 + is bad and 1 4 . . . , a4 !
opening variation ! superb , but my position was , I thin k ,
1 , c6 ; 2 d4 , d S ; 3 /£) c3 , d x e4 ; 4
. . . already good enough for o n e to expect
!£) x e4 , /£) f6 ; 5 !£) x f6 + , g x f6 ; 6 that there ' d be a reasonable line in a
/£) e2 , tactical melee .
White should have played 1 0 c3
My opponent played this move
when 1 0 . . , /£) c5 ? . After 1 0 . . . , 'lli' a5 ,
.
almost instantly. This rather discon­
Black is already better .
certed me since I had expected that he
would have a reasonably long think . I f 10 . . ., � aS+ ! ; 1 1 A d2 , � b6 ;
n o w 6 . . . , A f5 ; 7 /£) g3 , A g6; 8 h 4 , h5 ; Black has got a clear advantage . I f
9 A e2 and White can prepare for now 1 2 0-0-0 , 0-0-0 t h e white d-pawn is
A x h5 with 1 0 c3 : this is perfectly dread fully weak so White feels obliged
playable for Black but why follow to try .
your opponent ' s theory especially 1 2 d x eS , /£) cS ! ; 1 3 � e3 , 0-0-0 ! ; 14 b4 ,
when you don ' t know it properly? So If 1 4 0-0-0, A h6; 1 5 f4, f x e5 and
White ' s position collapses . White ' s
6 . . . , hS ! ? ; move was a desperate attempt t o force
O n looking i n the Encyclopaedia of the queens off but . . .
Chess Openings I discovered that this
move had been played before, not
surprisingly by Larsen and Bronstei n ,
amongst others .
7 h4? ! ,
This seems very dubious to me -
surely 7 "it1 d3 is better .
7 . . . , A g4 ; 8 � d3 ,
Yanofsky - Larsen, Dallas 1 957,
went 8 c 3 , /£) d7 ; 9 � b 3 , /£) b6; 1 0 A f4,
� d7 ; 1 1 0-0-0, A e6 ; 1 2 � c2, a5 ; 1 3
/£) g3 , � d5 ; 1 4 a3 , 'lli' a2 ; 1 5 'lli' b 1 ,
"itt x b 1 + ; 1 6 � x b 1 , /£) d5 , given =+
by Larsen in ECO .
8 . , eS ! ? ; 9 A e3 ,
. .

Perhaps White should play 9 c3 I .

intended 9 . . . , /£) d7 ; 10 /£) g3 , e x d4, at 14 . . . , Jl h6 ! ; 1 5 f4 , 8 x d2 ! ; 16 'lli' x d2 ,

the time ; but perhaps Black should If 1 6 b x c5 , 'lli' b2 o r 1 6 � x d2,
play 9 . . . , /£) a6 . B d8 + ; 17 'it> e 1 , /£) d3 + ! .
9 , /£) a6; 1 0 a3 ? ! ,
. . . 16 . . , /£) e4 ; 1 7 � d4 , 'lli' x d4 ; 1 8
.

White would like to play 0-0-0 but !£) X d4 , A X f4 ; 1 9 /£) f3 ,

this seems to fail tactically , viz 1 0 . . . , If 1 9 Ae2 , Jl d2 + ; 20 � d 1 , A c3 and
/£) b4; 1 1 'lli' b3 , Jle6 ! ; 1 2 c4, ( 1 2 d5? , White loses a vast amount of material .
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1 9 A d3 is best but after 1 9 . . . , A d2 + ;
20 � fl . � g3 + ; 2 1 \t> f2 , � x h 1 + ; 22
.§. x h 1 , A c3 Black is of course
winning.
1 9 . . . , � g3 ;
The simplest .
20 E!. h3 ( ! ) ,
I f 2 0 E!. g 1 , A e3 and White cannot
prevent . . . , A x f3 and . . . , A x g 1
winning a whole rook t o come out a
piece up .
20 . . . , A x h3 ;
Maybe I could have found some­
thing better here but this is perfectly
effective so 1 didn 't look fu rther .
2 1 g x h3 , � x fl ; 22 \t> x n , f x e5 ;
Black i s effectively two pawns up .
23 � g5 , E!. g8 ? ? ;
Here I had a complete hallucination
- after 23 � x f7, e4 I missed 24 � g5 .
� �
� 3 . . . , \t> d7 ! ould ave won eas f � �:
_ x f7( . ) , f!. f8 , 25 E!. d 1 + , - c7 . ,
If 24 'b
26 � d6, E!. d8 and Black wins a piece .
24 /b x f7 , e4 ; 25 � g5 ! , A x g5 ; 26
h x g5 , E!. x g5 ;
It i s now touch and go whether the
position is won any more .
27 § et ,
White could also try 27 \t> f2 with the
idea 27 . . . , E!. f5 + ; 28 'it' e3 , E!. f3 + ; 29
'it' x e4, .§. x h3 (29 . . . , E!. c3 ! ? ) ; 30 'it' d4
and 3 1 c3 which is bad for White .
Black could also play 27 . . . , h4 ! ? ; 28
E!. e l , E!. f5 + ; 29 'it' g2 , E!. f3 ; 30 .§. x e4 ,
E!. g3 + ; 3 1 \t> h2, .§. x a 3 which must b e
winning I imagine , though after 32 c4
(32 .§. x h4, E!. c3 must be worse) it
would be pretty close .
27 . . . , E!. g3 ; 28 E!. x e4 , E!. x h3 ; 29
\t> e2 ( ! ) , .§. x aJ ; 30 E!. h4 , E!. a4 ? ? ;
This is stupid. M y opponent was
now in time-trouble . I had intended 30
. . . , a5 but now panicked about 3 1
.§. x h 5 , a6; 3 2 E!. h4. Of course 32 . . . ,
E!. c3 ; 33 'it' d2, c5 would win easily for
Blac k . After 30 . . . , a5 White might try
3 1 b5 but 3 1 . . . , c x b ; 32 13 x h5 , b4 is
also easily winning for Black.
47 1
Strangely, though, this is the first
time that I have noticed the folly of 30
. . . , E!. a4? ?
3 1 'it'd3 , b6 ;
If 3 1 . . . , a5 ? ; 3 2 § x h5 , a x b4; 3 3
\t> c4 a n d White can draw .
32 c3 , aS; 33 \t> c 4 ? ,
In time-trouble Mihalj cisin fails to
find the defence - I also didn ' t see it
until nearly a month later. After 3 3
§ x h5 ! , a X b ; 34 E!. h4 Black cannot
play 34 . . . , c5 since 3 5 c x b . 35 . . . ,
c x b, .§. X b4; 36 .§. X b4 ! is a drawn
pawn ending . So 34 . . . , \t> b 7 ; 35 c x b
(not 3 5 .§. x b4? , § x b4 ; 36 c x b , \t> c7
- + ) 35 . . . , <al a6 ; 36 E!. d4 ! (also 36 E!. d6,
\t> b 5 ; 3 7 'it' c3) 36 . . . , 'it' b 5 ; 3 7 \t> c3
seems to be a draw .
33 . . . , a x b4 ; 34 \t> b3 ,
Or 34 c x b , c5 - +
34 . . . , E!. a5 ! ;
Not 34 . . . , b5 ? ; 35 c x b , c5 ; 36
E!. x h5 , E!. x b4 + ; 37 'it' a3 ! , E!. c4; 3 8
E!. h7 .
35 \t> X b4 (35 c x b also loses of course)
E!. g5 ; 36 c4 , <al b7; 37 § f4 , E!. g4 ; 38
E!. f7 + , <al a6; 39 'it' b3 ,
Or 39 .§. f6, c5 + ; 40 <al b3 , \t> a5 ! etc
- but not 40 . . . , § g3 + ? ; 41 \t> a4 ,
E!. c3 ? ? (4 1 . . . , E!. g4 ! ) ; 42 .§. x b6 + ! = .
39 . . . , E!. g3 + ; 40 \t> b4 (?),
40 'it' a4, c5 ; 4 1 E!. f6 , E!. g4 ! ; 42 \t> b3 ,
'it' a5 etc.
40 . . . , c5 + ; 41 'it' a4 , E!. c3 ; 42 § f4 ,
.§. x c4 + ; 43 White resigns (0- 1 ) .
Game No.19197 Queen' s Ind . Def.
Frunze 1979
White: Antoshin Black: Speelman
1 d4 , oi:l f6 ; 2 c4 , e6 ; 3 oi:l f3 , b6; 4 gJ ,
A a6;
I ' ve played this move several times
recently with quite reasonable results .
Playing it against Antoshin - now
coach to the Russian team - I realised
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that he would be likely to produce
something interesting for this is, after
all , originally a Russian idea : but I was
quite looking forward to a hard
struggle.
5 'lt a4 , Ae7;
Black can play instead 5 . . . , c6; 6
lil c3 , b5 ! ? (6 . . . , Ae7) or 5 . . . , c5 .
6 /il cJ , 0-0 ! ? ;
6 . . . , Ab7 i s possible t o prevent 7 e4
but, as I wrote before, I wanted a
really sharp game.
7 e4 , A b7;
Black can also play 7 . . . , c6
preparing 8 . . . , d5, then perhaps 8 e5 ! ?
8 . . . , lil e8 ; 9 A d3 , d5; and 1 0 it c2 ! ? or
l O e x d , lil x d6; l l lil e5 ! ? . .
8 A d3 , d5 ; 9 c x d5, e x d5 ; 1 0 e5 , lil e4 ;
1 1 0-0 ( 1 1 it c2 ! ? , f5) , c5; 1 2 it c2, c4 ;
1 2 . . . , f5 is an idea: if 1 3 e x f,
§. x f6; ( 1 3 . . . , lil x f6 ! ? ; 1 4 1il g5 CIIC / ± )
14 lil x e4, §. x f3 ; 1 5 lil d2, §. x d3 !
followed by 1 5 . . . , Aa6 .
But Black should avoid 1 2 . . . ,
c X d? ; 1 3 lil x d4 ! when White has
clear advantage - but must not 1 3
lil x e4 ? ? , d x e; 1 4 1t x e4 , d3 ! ; 1 2
. . . , lil c6? i s also bad 1 3 lil x e4, lil b4;
1 4 1il f6 + !
13 1t e2 , lil a6 ; 14 a3 , 1il c7; 15 Ae3 , b5 ;
16 /il el ,
Here I had a long think . I wanted to
play 1 6 . . . , a5 but was concerned about
17 lil x e4, d x e; 18 a4 ! Eventually I
convinced myself that Black can then
play 1 8 . . . , lil d5; 19 a x b, � b4 but
that I don ' t really believe any more . I
think now that Black should have
played 16 . . , lil x c3 ; 17 b x c , a5 . At
.
the time I was worried about an
immediate king-side attack from
White : but that is rather a simplistic
view of the position .
16 , aS? ! ; 1 7 1il g2? ! ,
• . .
Antoshin didn't notice 1 7 � x e4
and 1 8 a4 but continued very quickly
with his plan . I was already about an
hour behind on the clock !
17 . . . , lil x c3 ; 1 8 b x c3 , b4 ! ? ;
During the game I thought that this
was a mistake but now I ' m not so sure.
Nevertheless 18 . . . , 1t c8 might be
better first : it would be a good idea to
improve the position of the pieces
before opening the queen-side .
19 a x b4, a x b4 ; 20 §. x a8 ! ,
I had quite underestimated the
strength of this simple idea .
20 . . . , tiJ x a8; 21 c x b4 , /il e6? ! ;
I avoided 2 1 . , A x b4 on the
. .
grounds that 22 f4, f5 ? ; 23 e x f6 e.p. ,
tiJ x f6; 24 f5 , could then be very
dangerous . But Raymond Keene
pointed out to me that after 22 f4
Black could ignore the 'attack' and
start to generate counterplay with 22
. . . , 'lt a3 ! After 21 . . . , A x b4 White
might try 22 §. b l but that shouldn 't be
too terrifying for Blac k .
I think that m y avoidance of 2 1 . . , .
A x b4 is a good example of failing to
play a combative move when one
underestimates one's position
Antoshin's 'blitzing ' technique had, as
well as making me short of time,
caused me to become less confident
than I should have been . This is one of
the advantages of that rather double­
edged procedure : indeed as long as you
can both blitz your opponent and play
reasonable moves it may be quite a
good idea sometimes.
22 !3. b1 ( ! ) . it a7; 23 A g4 , !3. a8; 24 1t f5 ,
g6;
Not 24 . . . , lil x d4? ; 25 it d 1 , lil f3 +
26 it x f3 , d4; 27 1te4 ! (27 it h5 ? , g6)
27 . . . , Jt X e4; 28 it X e4, d X e; 29
lil x e3 wins for White.
25 1t x e6, f x e6 ; 26 1il f4 , * f7 ;
Not 26 . . . , i1. c8? ; 27 � x g6 !
27 h4? ! ,
This is inaccurate . After 27 it d 1 , if
27 . , it a2 ; 28 .l::t c l and White can
. .
safely play his it to f3 or g4 with a very
dangerous a_t tack.
27 , it a2 ; 28 it d1 , .l::t a3 ; 29 .1::t cl ,
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I was worried about 29 b5 during the
game to get the pawn advanced before
doing anything else but after 29 . . . ,
.!::l b3 ; 30 la a l , "lt b2, White hasn 't
improved matters .
29 . . . , "lt b2 ; 30 h5 ! ? , g5; 31 () x e6! ? ,
During the game this came a s a great
relief since I thought that I had a bad
position and was very pleased to have
something to play with . But it actually
is quite hard for White to disentangle
his pieces otherwise, so perhaps it was
really a good idea.
31 ••• , � x e6; 32 "lt g4 + , � f7; 33 .!::I n ,
.!::t al ; 34 ifl fS + ! , � e8;
And not 34 . . . , � g8? ; 3 5 e6 .
35 -lt x h7, .!::! x fl + ; 36 � x fl , c3 ;
There i s n o reasonable defensive
move so it has to be attack.
37 e6 , � d8; 38 A x g5 ! , ifl x b4 ; 39
A f4 , Ac6; 40 h6, "it x d4 ( ! )
I had about five minutes left t o play
my 40th move: when playing 40 . . . ,
"it x d4 I analysed 4 1 "lt g8 + , Ae8 ; 42
h7 , A f6; 43 Ag5 , c2 ! ; 44 h8 = "1t ,
c l = * + ! ; 45 A x c l , A x h8 which is
fine for Black . In '64 ' they analyse
instead 43 . . . , A x g5 ? ; 44 h8 = "1t ? ? .
44 . . . , "lt x h8 ; 4 5 "lt x h8 , c2 wins for
Black . Of course White should pl 44 ¥ � g l , ifl d l + ; 45 � h2, ifl h5 + = .
if1 x g5 + ! though after 44 . . . , c7 !
(not 44 . . . , � c8 ; 45 "lt g8) it appears
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that Black can still draw since 45
"lt e7 + , � b6; 46 'lt x e8 , it d3 + ! ; 47
<l; g l , ifl b l + ; 48 � g2, it e4 + ; 49 f3 ,
ifl c2 + ! is perpetual check.
41 ifl bl ,
This is given an ! in '64' but it only
draws ! The correct move was 41 �g2 ! !
- Black 's threat was . . . , ifl d l + and
this avoids it . Black has then got :
a)- 41 . . . , 'lt e4 + ; 42 'lt x e4, d x e ; 43
h7, e3 + ; 44 f3 , Jl f6 ; 45 Ag5 ,
b)- 41 . . . , Ae8 ; 42 Ac7 + ! , � x c7 ; 43
if1 x e7 + , cat b6 ; 44 if1 x e8 should win
for White .
c)- 4 1 . . . , c2 ; 42 it1 x c2, 'lt c4 ; 43 1Yr b2 ! ,
Jl.b5; 44 � h2 and the threat of h7
wins .
41 . . . , ltc5 ? ? ;
Now , after time-trouble, I cracked
up ! After 41 . . . , -'l b4; 42 h7 I realised
that 42 . . . , c2 would be forced and
rejected the variation since I thought
that without the c-pawn I would have
no chance : but in fact after 43 if1 x c2;
43 . . . , lt c3 both pawns are stopped
and if anybody is better then it ' s
probably Black !
4 1 . . . , Ab4; 42 h7, c2; 43 'lt x b4 is
more interesting and
a)- 43 . . . , it x b4? ; 44 h8 = * + , � e7 ;
45 l¥r g7 + ! , � x e6; 46 'lt e5 + followed
by 47 'lt c7 + wins .
b)- 43 . . . , it d l + ? ; 44 'lt e l ! (but not 44
� g2? ? , d4 + - + ) 44 . . . , -'lb5 + [44 . . . ,
1Yr d3 + ? ; 45 � g l , ifl x h7 ; 46 ifl e5 is
horrible for Black.
Black could try 44 . . . , ifl h5 but after
45 'ili' g l ! , d4; 46 ifl a5 + ! White wins.
But now, as I write, is the first time
I've noticed any alternatives to 44 . . . ,
-'lb5 + ] 45 �g2, ifl x e l ; 46 h8 = ifl + ,
� e7 ; 47 'ltg7 + ! , � x e6; 48 'lt g6 + ,
� e7 ; 49 ifl d6 + wins .
But Black has c)- 43 . . . , ifl d3 + !
which forces a draw immediately: 44
42 ifl b8 + , � e7; 43 ifl c7 + , � x e6;
I sealed this as I wasn't sure of what
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t o play after White ' s next . White
might have some troubles now if he
checked aimlessly but intelligent play
wins easily .
44 of/! x c6 +, r&t e7; 45 ofb c7 + , 'it> e6; 46
ofb c8 + (46 ofb e 5 + ! ) , r&t e7; 47 ofb f5 ! ,
ofb c4 + ; 48 r&t g2 , lt d4; 49 h7, c2 ; 50
lt g5 + , r&t d6; 51 ofb r8 + , r&t c7; 52
h8 = ofb , A x h8 ; 53 of/! x h8,
If now 5 3 . . , c l = * ; 54 "i!t' d8 + ! ,
. ing - for me at least . . . (1 -0) .
LETTERS FROM AMERICA
by Sidney Bernstein
WORLD OPEN
( 1 0 rounds - June 30/ July 4)
This prestigious event ($46000 in
prize money ! ) attracted over 900
addicts (the 'gas' shortage deterred
many more) including 7 GMs , one of
whom (Balinas) withdrew early .
Fifteen IMs were in attendance , as well
as many players boasting high FIDE
ratings - and a host of U . S . masters
and strong experts . There was also a
contingent of ex-USSR immigrants, all
of whom were most impressive .
The result of the viciously hard­
fought struggle was a seven-way tie for
first (GMs Miles , Browne, Bisguier,
Gheorghiu, IMs Zuckerman and Fedo­
rowicz, and high-rated Icelander
Agantysson) . GMs Quinteros and
Benk� failed to attain the magic circle.
With about 900 games contested on
each of the 5 days (2 rounds daily) and
since this reporter was quite busy with
his own participation, it was quite
impossible to survey adequately all the
strange and terrible developments . I
have contented myself with placing
before the reader some of the fascina­
ting sidelights of this mammoth
'holocaust' . . .
Valentin Kavnatsky, newly arrived
'it> b7 ; 5 5 A x c l , 'lW x c l ; 5 6 it x d5 + ,
etc . I played
53 . , d4 ;
. .
a n d resigned after a couple more
moves at the second time control . In
the bulletin they fail to give moves 43
or so to the end . I can remember up to
here but the rest was rather uninterest­
from Riga , showed his mettle by
crushing U . S . Open Champion Joe
Bradford in the following miniature
(Round 2) .
Game N o . 1 91 98 - Kavnatsky (White)
Bradford (Black) : 1 d4 , � f6; 2 c4 , e6;
3 � fJ , b6; 4 g3 , A b7; 5 Ag2 , .a e7 ; 6
0-0, 0-0; 7 b3 , d6; 8 A b2 , c5 ; 9 e3 ,
� bd7; 10 "i!t' e2 , c x d ; 1 1 e x d , d5?
(Turns out badly. Safer seems 1 1 . , . .
a6 followed by . . . , l:! c8, . . . , H c7 and
.. , "i!t' a8) 12 � e5 , "i!t' c7 (If 12 . . . , "i!t' b8? ;
.
1 3 � x � wins the d-pawn) 13 l::l ct ,
Et ac8; 14 � d2 (Avoiding the cheap
trap 1 4 c x d? , "i!t' x !! + ), "i!t' b8??
(Essential to protect his _a was the
ridiculous retreat 14 . . , "i!t' d8) 1 5
.
� x � . � x � ; 1 6 c x d , H ce8; 1 7
d X e, .Q.b4 ; 1 8 .Q. X .Q. , "«r X .Q.; 1 9
e x f + , 'ili' x f7; 2 0 "i!t' c4 + , Resigns
(1 -0) .
Alex Kevitz, at age 75 the second
oldest competitor (after P o p e!)
displayed his perennial subtle strategy
until deciding , after committing a
terrible blunder in a late round , to
withdraw . But his encounter with GM
Gheorghiu was a memorable one. The
latter boasted that he had scored 1000/o
- with the line used against Kevitz - on
four previous occasions against very
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powerful opposition - one of his
victims being Petrosian ! But Kevitz,
who had never before seen the line ,
refuted it neatly over the board . . .
White : Kevitz Black : Gheorghiu
1 oi:l fJ, c5 ; 2 c4 , g6; 3 d4 , la.g7; 4 e4 ,
ita5 + (the novelty) ; 5 oi:l c3 , oi:l c6; 6
d5 , oi:l d4 ; 7 A d2, oi:l x f3 + ; 8 it x f3 ,
d6; 9 la.e2 (Better than 9 la. d3 , as will
become apparent shortly) , 4::1 f6 ; 10
"«r g3 ! , it b6 ; 11 I::l b1 , 0-0; 12 h4 ! , h5; 13
0-0, e6; 14 1t g5 (With commendable
and characteristic obj ectivity , Kevitz
commented that this is not as good as
14 d x e which forces 14 . , A x e6.. .
After the text, Black will have the
option of replying to d x e with . . . ,
f x e) , \th7; (To prevent 1 5 A x f6
followed by 1 6 A x h5) 15 d x e, f X e;
16 e5 , d x e ; 1 7 la. d3 (Having served its
purpose at e2 ! ) , la.d7; (There 's nothing
else) 18 11. x f6 , I::! x f6 ; 19 4::\ e4 , I::l f5
(Forced , to save the g-pawn) 20 4::1 g5 +
winning the exchange - though Black
will have some counter-chances) . Later
Gheorghiu three times suggested a
draw (which some would consider an
unethical tactic in view of his material
disadvantage . Kevitz refused , but
eventually (with H + 2 vs H + 1) made a
frightful blunder , losing both pawns
and the game to boot . . . One might
speculate that his opponent' s import­
unities caused his (Kevitz 's) downfall
. . . As for your hard-working reporter
- a funny thing happened to him on
his way to obscurity . The rules permit­
ted a draw-bye in any of the first five
rounds . I had opted in advance for
such a bye in round 5 , feeling that such
a manoeuvre would split the tourney
into two manageable segments. While
there could be no realistic expectation
that a player already in his dotage
·
could win any prize, there existed the
possibility that (if a good start were
made, leading to pairings against
FIDE-rated opponents) credit for
FIDE-rated games could be achieved .
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In round l , my antagonist (a master
named Jahr , coming from West
Germany) failed to show . In the next 3
rounds , ye olde duffer faced three
FIDE-rated opponents (one over 2400 ,
the other two having recently attained
the new FIDE Master title), and scored
2 points ! It was then apparent that
taking the scheduled 5th round draw­
bye would reach a score of 3 \12 - 1 \12 but
would disqualify him as to FIDE credit
because that august body requires that
at least 9 games be played in a tourney
to achieve eligibility - and this event
was a t O-rounder . So, because of the
1 st round forfeit, I decided to play in
round 5 after all (instead of sleeping,
as planned) . As a consequence , paired
with an IM, I was mercifully put to
'sleep ' . Thus my zero-bye ( ! ) gained
for me the desired goal - namely
FIDE credit for 4 games. Goal
achieved, I thereafter went steadily
and methodically downhill ! Still , my
victory over one of the FIDE Masters
may be of interest . . .
White : La Rota Black : Bernstein
1 e4, e5 ; 2 f4 , 4::1 f6 (This line goes back
at least to the turn of the century,
when my illustrious namesake - but
not forebear - defeated the great
Tchigorin with it . I 've employed the
line infrequently but successfully -
notably vs . Master Louis Levy in the
last round of the 1 957 Marshall Club
Championship , the win giving me the
title) . The Falkbeer Counter Gambit (2
. . . , d5) seems suspect because of a
suggestion by Keres : 3 e x d, e4; 4 d3,
4::1 f6; 5 4::1 d2 and this 4::1 cannot be
pinned. One of the ideas behind the
game text (2 . . . , 4::1 f6) is that if White
tries 3 4::1 c3 Black gets a satisfactory
position by a ' Delayed Falkbeer '
(actually a Vienna ! ) by 3 . . . , d5 ; 4
e x d, e4; 5 d3 , Ab4 (see Schulten­
Morphy, 1 858 ! ) . Now back to the
game : 3 f x e , 4::1 x e4 ; 4 4::\ fJ , 4::\ gS !
(Tricky: if now 5 d4, 4::1 x f3 + ; 6
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� x O . �M + ; 7 �n. � x � + ; 8
'i!i> x � , 4) c6; 9 c3 , d6 with approx­
imate equality - but the merit of the
variation stems from its disturbing
psychological effect since White
adopts the King's Gambit in hopes of a
wild mSlee but has to consent to a dull
ending ! ) 5 4) c3 (To get out of the
'book ' ?), � c6; 6 �e2 (Prevents the
advance of the Black pawn to d6) ,
� x f3 + ; 7 g x f3, � d4 ; 8 �e4 (But
he 's in for a shock), �h4 + ! ; 9 'i!i>d1 ,
� X e4; 10 f X e4, d6; 1 1 e X d, Jl.g4 + ;
12 � e2, J1. x d6; 13 d3 , f5; 14 Jl.eJ ,
� x e2 ; 15 Jl. x e2 , Jl. x e2 + ; 16 � x e2
f x e ; 17 d x e, 0-0 ; 18 l::! ag1 , � ae8; 19
� g4 , Jl.e5 ; 20 cJ , Jl.f6 ! ; 21 Jl.d4 , h5!
and Black won rather quickly after 22
l:! f4 , A x d4 ; 23 � x f8 + , � x f8 ; 24
c x d4, � x e4 + , etc. (0-1).
At the risk of alienating some of the
readers who would rather scrutinise
GM games than oddities , I shall
conclude this report with a 'shortie'
which indicates that the Marshall
Attack (Ruy Lopez) may still be
playable despite the nefari ou s ,
decades-long attempts t o refute it. The
manner in which Black triumphs
despite a 'new wrinkle ' introduced by
White, is most encouraging for
'Marsh all ' adherents . . . Handling the
Black pieces with brio is (you guessed
it ! ) Prof. R !
Game No.19199
White : Espinosa (a strong expert
whose showing in this game is most
dismal) Black: Prof. Romanenko
1 e4, e5; 2 � fJ, � c6; 3 Jl.b5, a6; 4
Jl.a4 , � f6; 5 0-0, Jl.e7; 6 gel , b5; 7
Jl.b3 , 0-0; 8 c3 , d5 ; 9 e X d, � X d5; 10
a4 (The 'wrinkle' - the Black QR will
be unable to join the attack at e8
without leaving the a-pawn en prise),
b4; 11 � x e5, � x e5; 12 � x e5, c6;
13 d4 , Ad6; 14 � et . «r'b4; 1 5 g3 , «r'b3 ;
16 Ae3 , Jl.g4 ; 17 «r'd3 , f5 ; 18 f4 , g5 !
(There's more than one way . . . etc.) 19
c4 , g x f; 20 c x d5, f x g; 21 b x g ,
� x g3 + ; 22 'i!i> n , �h3 + : 23 �fl ,
Jl.g3 + ; 24 Resigns (0-1 ) .
THE PHILADELPHIA
INTERNATIONAL
( 1 0 rounds - July 9/ 1 8 1 979)
The entry for this event was except­
ionally strong , the customary gaggle of
'weakies ' being absent (due largely to
the prohibitive entry fees levied against
the lower-rated) . There were three
IGMs (Gheorghiu, BenkO, Balinas),
eight IMs (including Gruenfeld (IL)
who has qualified for the Interzonal),
9 US Masters and several Life Masters.
Of 73 entrants, 40 were either titled or
FIDE-rated (26 being over 2300) .
GM Gheorghiu sailed through the
event in his usual imperturbable style -
8 points , 6 wins and 4 draws. Peters
reached Round 10 with 7 and needed a
win vs . youngster Wilder to tie for 1 st
and (more important) to become an
IGM (he already boasts 2 GM norms
and 2 IM norms ! ) . Reaching a winning
position with Black (2 connected
passed pawns ahead) he faltered and
drew . BenkO and Gruchacz divided
3rd/4th prizes with 7 each . On 6 Yz
were Balinas , Chandler, Diesen,
Angantysson, Evans, Odendahl and
Wilder . Britton (ENG) finished with 6
points while Macpherson (ENG),
whose result was 'downright bad' (we
quote him ! ) finished in the 4 Yz points
bracket . Our thanks, however, for his
short report in which he adds : 'This
was one of the many Continental C.A .
tournaments, controlled by Bill
Goichberg . The tournament took place
in a vast room somewhere underneath
the Sheraton Hotel in the centre of
Philadelphia. The event was unique in
one respect : it is normal at a tourna­
ment for the roof to leak but I have
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never before known the floor to leak .
This happened during both the 8th and
9th rounds and on the second occasion
it drove us into the next room . Both
Britton and I would like to thank the
BCF, the Friends of Chess, and the
Slater Foundation for their sponsor­
ship . Britton also received help from
Studio A nne Car/ton and Sheffield
University. '
BenkO had the misfortune to lose an
interesting game in an early round
after exceptionally fine strategy had
given him a winning position . His
opponent scored the point after twice
violating the injunction against captur­
ing the QNP with the queen !
Game No . 1 9200 Benko-Savage
1 c4 , g6; 2 � c3 , .a,g7; 3 d4 , � f6 ; 4 e4 ,
d6; s .a.e2 , o-o ; 6 .a,gs , � bd7; 1 '«r d2 ,
e5 ; 8 � f3 , c6; 9 0-0, e x d; 10 � x d4 ,
g e8; 1 1 f3 , '«rc7; 12 g fd1 , � c5 ; 1 3
'itb1 , aS; 1 4 � c2 ! (better than 14 � b3 ,
� x � ), �e6; 1s .a.r4 , .a.r8 ; 16 � d4 ,
� e8; 17 � b3 ! (Now !), � x � ; 1 8
a x b , '«r b6 (Desperation); 19 '«rd4?
(Correct was 19 � a4, '«r x b3 ; 20 ll a3 ,
'«r b4; 2 1 'll' d4 with the threats 22
'11' x f6 and 22 .a.d2) , '11' X b3 ; 20
'll' x f6, .a,g7; 21 'll' x d6, '«r x bl l ; 22
� a4 (He now notices that the intended
22 .a. d2 is refuted by 22 . , .a. x c3 ; 23
. .
� ab l , '«r c2; 24 ll bc l , .a.e5 ! ) '11' x .a.;
23 ll acl (Now White threatens 24 ll d2
as well as 24 � b6) , .a.h3 1 ! ; 24 g x h
(White loses also after 24 ll d2, .a. x g +
25 'it g l , '«r x f3 ; 26 n x .a., n x e4) ,
'll' x f3 + : 2 5 'itg1 , n x e4; 2 6 nn,
'11' x h3 ; 27 'll' d2 , ll ae8; 2 8 'll' gl , ita3;.
29 � cl • .a. X c3 ; 30 <1'b1 , Ag7; 31
Ac7? ? , '«r x cl ; 31 Resigns (0-1)
Notes by the winner.
One of the best perforfhances in a
single game was the following by John
Jarecki, who is surely one of the
world 's best among the youngsters (he
is only 10 years old ! ) . His handling of
the Black forces against a strong expert
477
(who must have been overconfident)
must be rated as phenomenal .
Game No.19201 Delva-Jareckl
1 d4 , � f6; l c4 , g6; 3 � cl , Ag7; 4 e4 ,
d 6 ; 5 f3 , 0-0; 6 Ae3 , � c6 ; 7 � gel ,
lle8; 8 'll' dl , g b8; 9 0-0-0, a6; 10 g4 ,
b5 ; 11 g5 , � d7; 11 h4 , � b6; 13 c x b5
(After 5 1 minutes ! ) , � c4; 14 'll' d3 ,
a x b (After 42 minutes !); 15 An,
Aa6 ; 16 'll' c2 , b4; 17 � d5 , � 6a5; 18
b3 , � a3 ; 19 '11' b2 , c6; 20 � e3 , c5 ; 11
� c2 , � x cl; ll lit x cl , ll c8; 13 'itb1 ,
c4; 24 ll cl , c x b3 ; 15 a x b3 , Ad3 + ;
26 'ital, ll a8; 17 Resigns (0-1).
Smooth !
Van Tilbury nearly made history.
He reached an ending vs Weeramantry
in which each had � + 3 ft - and after
interminable manoeuvring , blundered.
He was about to lose a pawn and the
game - but was able to invoke the
50-move rule just in time, and escaped
with a draw . Strangely enough, several
rounds later he reached another ending
with g vs .!::l + A (no pawns) and was
preparing to invoke said rule once
more ! But Regan, in the role of
spoilsport , allowed the exchange of
rooks ! It is probable that no contestant
in chess history (in a 1 0-round event)
has had the possibility of utilising this
rule in two games . . .
Your faithful correspondent (at 68
the oldest competitor save for IM
Fuster) achieved the modest objective
of appearing on the January 1 980
FIDE listing by adding 5 FIDE-rated
games to 4 gained in the World Open .
The following contest was the
'clincher' :
Game No.1920l Bemsteln-Sulman
1 e4, e6; 2 d4 , d5; 3 � c3 , Ab4 ; 4 e5 ,
c5; 5 a3 , A x c3 + ; 6 b x c3 , � e7; 7 h4
(advocated by L. Steiner, this is not an
attacking move. Its strategic objective
is to attain h5, whereupon an enemy 4)
reaching f5 could not be supported by
h5 . Of course, if the h-pawn could get
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to h6 - so much the better . But Black
easily nullifies this plan, as we shall see
. ), � bc6 ; 8 h S , 'ltaS ; 9 la.d2 , 'lta4; tO
. .
la.eJ (Not developing his pieces - and
now moving the same piece twice -
what would the good Doctor Tarrasch
say ? My excuse is that I ' m waiting to
determine the best squares for my
pieces ! ) , � fS ; 11 � f3 , .lld 7; t2 g4
(Manfully taking my medicine) ,
� x e3 ; t3 f x e3 , c x d4 ; t4 c x d4 ,
� aS ( 1 4 . . . , h 6 seems like a waste of
time , but is preferable); tS h6, g6; t6
la.d3 , AbS ; t 7 0-0 , .ll x d3; t8 c x d3 !
(Black will enter the ending a pawn
ahead , in effect , but White will have
the pressure) , "lf1 x dt ; t 9 H a x d t , H c8;
20 H et (He cannot allow control of the
c-file) , 0-0 ; 2t /t:l gS , El x cl ; 22 El x cl ,
� c6 ; 23 El fl , bS ; 24 H et ! , H c8 ; 2S e4 ,
aS ; 2 6 <!i' f2* , b 4 (The more obvious
26 . . . , lt:l e7 seems to lose to 27 El x g ,
lt:l x H ; 28 <!i' e3 , lt:l e7 ; 29 <!i' d2, lt:l c6; 30
it:l f3 , <!i' f8 ; 3 1 <!i' c3 , <!i' g8; 32 g5 and the
threat of .'t:l h2-g4-f6 will decide even
though Black will capture the d-pawn
by a timely . . . , b4 + ). It is vital to
delay e X d until the Black lt:l will no
longer have the possibility of
occupying e6 ! 27 a x b , a x b ; 28 <!i'eJ ,
b3 (Hoping to draw because of White 's
doubled pawns); 29 it:l f3 , � e7; 30
El x c8 + , lt:l x c8; 3t <!i'd2, lt:l b6; 32
<tfcJ , it:l d7; 33 gS , <!i'f8 ; 34 <!i' x b3 ,
'it>e7; 3S <!i'b4 , <!i'd8; 3 6 <!i'bS , <!i'c7; 37
.'t:l h2 , .'t:l b6; 38 lt:l g4 , it:l d7; 39 e x d
(Now ! ) , e x d ; 40 lt:l e3 , lt:l b6; 4t Cil'cs ,
it:l d7 + ; 42 <!i' x dS , it:l f8 ; 43 1t:l g4 , /t:l e6
(Too late - zugzwang is looming ! ) 44
lt:l f6, lt:l x gS ; 4S <!i'c4, <!i'd8; 46 dS,
it:l f3 ; 47 d4 , it:l gS ; 48 <!i'd3 , .'t:l h3 ; 49
* Five lines , by air mail , reached us
after the main report, saying : ' . . . it
seems to me that after 26 i!>f2, he
might dra w if, after 26 . . . , lt:l e7 , I play
27 El x g + (very difficult). Perhaps, in
that hypothetical line, White would do
better with 27 El c5 ! ' .
�eJ , Resigns (t -0) .
We conclude this report with the
following game, annotated by the
winner, sent in by D . Macpherson :
Game N o . l 9203 Popovych-Britton
Played in Round 6
t e4 , cS; 2 lil f3 , d6; 3 d4 , c x d4 ; 4
'il x d4 , 'il f6; S lil cJ , a6; 6 f4 , eS; 7
lil f3 , 'il bd7; 8 a4? ! (better 8 .Q. c4 or 8
Ad 3 ) 8 . . . , 'ltc7; 9 Ad3 , g6 ; to o-o ,
la.g7; 1 1 'lte2 , 0-0; 12 ltc4? ( 1 2 f x e,
d x e ; 1 3 la.c4 =) t2 . . . , dS ! =+ ; t3
lil x d S , lil x dS; 14 A x dS, e x f4; tS
aS ? ! (+ ) (15 � h 1 =+ ) , it:l f6; 16 c4? ,
El e8 ; t 7 'ltd3 , Ad7; t 8 /il gS , It:l x dS ;
1 9 e x dS , la.fS ; 2 0 "lflb3 , h6; 2t it:l f3 ,
(2 1 A f4? ? , 'lt c5 + ) , gS ; 2 2 .ll d2 , g e2 ;
23 H ael , El ae8; 2 4 El x e2 , El x e2 ; 2S
Het , 'lte7; 26 <!i' n , g x et + ; 27 /t:l x el
(27 A e 1 , g4), Ad4 ; 28 it:l f3 , .ll cS; 29
'* c3 , g4 ; 30 it:l d4 , f3 ; 3 1 g x f3 , 'lth4 ;
32 f x g4 (32 'lt e3 , .lld 7 ! :;: (o r + ) ) 32
-
. . . , A x g4 - + ; 33 Ae3 , 'lt x h2 ; 34 b4 ,
Ae7 ; 3 S Act , Ah4; 36 'lte3 , 'lth1 + ?
(36 . . . , Ah3 + ) ; 37 'ltgl , 'lth3 + (I
tried 37 A h3 + , not noticing the pin ! ) ;
38 'ltg2 , 'ltd3 + ; 3 9 White resigns
(0- t ) .
T H E SSO OOO ATLANTIC OPEN
This 6-round event was contested at
the nation ' s capital on August 1 7 - 1 9 ,
1 979. The lavish prize money attracted
a total of 572 players of whom 145
participated in the Open Section .
There were 8 GMs - Quinteros (who
missed Round 1 because of his
assumption that the locale was
Atlantic City ! ) , BenkO, Bisguier ,
S h a m k ovich , Alburt (the latest
defector from the USSR), Balinas ,
Biyiasis and Browne (who withdrew
after 5 rounds with 3 Yz points) .
Gheorghiu was unable to play (he had
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j ust won the U . S . Open , with Bisguier
2nd) as he had to leave for the
Interzonal . In attendance also were 8
IMs - Zaltsman , Spraggett, Rohde,
Regan , G . Garcia (COL) , Day, Matera ,
Formanek . In addition , there were 1 8
players rated over 2300 (including 1 5
year-old Joel Benj amin who became a
master (U . S . ) at an age 2 months
younger than Bobby Fischer) and some
national masters. The outcome was
rather surprising - of the first 5
prize s , only one went to a GM (Biyiasis
who scored 5 Vz to take clear first)
while Zaltsman, Rohde, with untitled
Blocker and Zapata were 2nd-5th. Ten
players tied for the last (6th) prize . . .
Your venerable reporter i s unable to
furnish much in the way of interesting
games from this event due to a peculiar
circumstance. In quite a few recent
tourneys I have been unable to avoid
playing interminable games on the last
day of each tourney (adjudication is
virtually unknown in the U . S . ) . The
result has been many hours of delay
until allocation of the prize money ,
with tournament directors and players
fuming impotently (and numerous
trains and plane connections being
missed) . The same thing happened to
me here (why should the oldest partici­
pant always 'suffer ' the most?) and the
Tournament Director remarked face­
tiously (?) that I might be barred
henceforth from all tourneys directed
by him ! The sad fact is that super­
annuated Bernstein commenced play
(Round 5) at 10 a . m . on that fateful
Sunday morning, played to adj ourn­
ment , then started the final round at
about 5 : 30 p . m . (after less than
half-an-hour break for refreshment
and 'rest') in a game which went to 1 03
moves, terminating when I over­
stepped the time - and then resumed
the adjourned contest, completing my
'assignment' at 3 :20 a.m. I should add
that the 1 03-move game met the strict
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ethical standards of IM Levy . The
ending was the infamous R, BP , RP vs
R (pawns on the same side of the
board , of course) and I had plenty of
time to repair to my hotel room during
the game to consult Basic Chess
Endings. I would not do it - and my
virtuous behaviour forced me to spend
50 precious extra minutes trying to
recall the innumerable facets of this
difficult ending. When I finally over­
stepped , 'j ustice' had miscarried once
more . . .
Here i s the only score by the winner
I could find - against me, of course !
And I psyched myself out of a win ,
practically single-handed .
Game No . 1 9204 Biyiasis-Bernstein
I e4 , b6; 2 d3 (Chicken ! ) , -'l.b7; 3 -tJ fJ ,
g6 ; 4 g3 , Jl.g7 ; 5 Jl.g2 , c5 ; 6 0-0 (Could
this be a slight error ? - Let ' s see) , c4
(certainly strange-looking . Black nips
in the bud White' s obvious plan to
achieve eventually c3 and then d4. The
text will remove the c-pawn) 7 -tJ c3
(Not 7 d x c, Jl. x e4; 8 -tJ c3 , Jl. x c3
and White ' s Q-side is in shambles .
Note that Black, as is frequently his
wont , has yet to move either centre
'
pawn . I think Reti would have chortled
over the neo-romantic, hypermodern
strategy employed (until the tragic
denouement ! ) , c x d ; 8 c x d , -tJ f6
(Stops d4 for the moment - and White
now has to think about the thrust . . . ,
d5); 9 Jl.g5 , 0-0; 10 'lt d2 -tJ a6 ! (This
,
-tJ will shortly prove to be a tower of
strength at e6) ; 11 � ac l , -tJ c5 ; 12
� fel , � c8 (This piece must get off the
diagonal of the fianchettoed White A .
If 1 2 . . . , d5 ? ; 1 3 A x f6, A x f6; 1 4
e x d5 , Jl. x d5 ; 1 5 -tJ x d5 , 'lt x d5 ; 1 6
-tJ e5 , etc . ) ; 1 3 e 5 (Initiating a sequence
which seems to win a pawn ), -tl d5 ;
. . .
1 4 -tJ x d 5 , A x d5 ; 15 b 4 (After the
game, my opponent stated that I
should have tried 1 5 . . . , A x f3 ! ? ; 1 6
A x f3 , -tl e6; 1 7 .1::1 x c 8 , � x g5 ! ; 1 8
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• x g5 , • x c 8 ; 19 • x e7, •c3 ! re­
establishing material equality - 20
� e3 ? , A h6 or 20 l::t d l , A x e5 ; 2 1
,. X d 7 , ,. X b5 etc . But I prefer the
move I selected . . . ) 1S . . . , f6 ! ; 16 e X f,
e X f; 1 7 Jth6 , � e6 ; 1 8 1t X g7, C!? X g7;
1 9 � d4 (Very fancy ! ) , A x g2 ; 20
� x e6 , � x cl + ; 21 'l!i" x cl , 'lta8 (True
to the spirit of Reti throughout); 22
� e7 + , � f7; 23 � x f7 + , "' x f7; 24
'lth6, "'g8 . Here Black proposed a
draw , on the basis of 25 'lt e3 , A h3 ; 26
f3 , it d5; 27 'lt e8 + , "' g7; 28 'lt e7 + ,
"' g8 ! ; 29 'lt e8 + (Not 29 'l!i" f6? , 'lt x a2
and wins . . . 30 'lt d8 + , <&l f7) wit h
perpetual check. But White declined ,
remarking 'There's plenty of play left
in the position' . . . and then blundered
with 2S 'ltr4? ? , Ah3 ; 26 f3 . At this
point I 'lost my cool' and forgot about
26 . . . , 'l!i" d5 (my intended move) which
would win ; 27 'lt e4 (What else? I f
'l!i" x f6, 'l!i" x a2 etc . ) , 'l!i" x a2 ; 28 'lt e8 +
!it' g7; 29 'lt e7 + , 'lt f7 ; 30 'lt x f7 + ,
<&l x f7 ; 3 1 b5 (Else 3 1 . . . , a5 etc . ) ,
"' e7 ; 32 <&l f2, "' d6 (His j ourney
facilitated by the failure of Black's
timid d-pawn to advance ! ) ; 3 3 "' e3
(No use trying to trap the A: 3 3 g4, h5
etc . ) , � c5 placing White in zugzwang .
Since White failed to seize the e-file
with his queen as I expected , I
foolishly changed my plan and
grabbed the e-file for myself with 26
ESBJERG 1979: THE FOURTH NORTH SEA CUP
by W.R. Hartston
The tournaments in Esbjerg are
always exciting, full of good games,
hard-fought and with plenty of interest
but none more so than this one . For
Jonathan Mestel , his share of first
prize was both triumph and disaster .
The latter because another half point
would have been enough for his final
, 'lte8? . After 27 �f2, shortage of
• . .
time led me to 27 , 'l!i" eS? and after 28
•. .
'it X eS , f x eS ; 29 � bS , White won the
ending 'hands down ' . . (1-0).
.
The only score I was able to obtain
(other than my own) was that of the
excit i ng Benj amin - Valvo contest . The
boy · came very close to winning from
the Senior Master .
Game N o . 1 920S Benjamin-Valvo
1 d4 , � f6; 2 � f3 , cS; 3 dS, bS; 4 a4,
Ab7; 5 a x b , � x dS ; 6 e4 , � c7; 7
� c3 , d6; 8 � d2 , g6; 9 � c4 . Ag7; 10
� aS , 'ltc8 ; 1 1 � dS , � d7; 1 2 Ae2 ,
� b6; 13 c4 , � e6 ; 14 Ag4 , � d7; 1S 0-0 ,
� d4 ; 16 Af4 , e6; 1 7 1t x d6 ! , e x dS ;
18 e X dS, fS ; 19 � el + , �f7; 20
� x b7 , 'lt x b7; 21 g e7 + , "'g8; 22
A x eS , � x cS ! ; 23 � x b7, � x b7 ; 24
Af3, � d6; 2S b6 (Seems to me that 25
c5, � d6 x b5 ; 26 d6, � d8 ; 27 A d5 + ,
C!? f8 ; 28 � a5 , 11. f6; 29 A c4, � x d6; 30
c x d6, � x d6 ; 31 � x a7 , Ae7 would
have eventually won for White - the
b-pawn) , <&In; 26 � x a7 + , � x a7; 27
b x a7 , � e8 ; 28 h4, � x c4 ; 29 d6,
� b6; 30 Ac6, g d8 ; 31 'l!i"d3 , � x d6 ;
32 a8 = 'l!i" , � x a8; 33 A x a8 , lteS ; 34
'lte3 , "'f6 ; 3S 'lt g5 + ' "'f7; 36 'lt h6,
ltg7; 37 'lt e3 , Ar6 ; 38 'lt a3 , l::t d7; 39
'l!i" a2 + , "'g7; 40 hS, g X h ; 41 'itb1 ,
� c7; 42 'l!i"d3 , Draw ( Yz- Yz).
grandmaster norm and the title. At the
start of the tournament ten points
seemed an almost impossible task, but
Mestel roared off at such a speed that
the mark looked well within reach on a
couple of occasions , only to be made
more difficult and finally missed by
severe attacks of nervous j ittery play.
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EIII.Jerl lt'l9 I 1 3 .. 5 6 7 • ' 10 11 11 13 14 TOCIII

I. L. Vadasz (H) - I 0 !li !li I I !li !li I I I I � 9 \li

-

{ 3.
2 . A.J.Mcstel (ENG) 0 I I !li I I I 0 I I I 0 I 9�

E . Mortensen (DK) I 0 -
!li in in !li !li !li I 0 in I I 7�

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4 . H.Westerinen (SF) !li 0 !li - !li I 0 I 0 in I I I !li 7 Y.t

5 . S.Rcshevsky (USA) !li !li in !li - !li 0 I in !li 0 I !li I 7

{ 7.
6. W . R .Hartston (ENG) 0 0 in 0 !li -
!li I I I !li !li Y.i I 7

G.Sigurjonsson (IS) 0 0 !li I I Y.t - 0 !li 0 I Y.i Y.i I 6 Y.t

8. I .Ost-Hanscn (DK) Y.t 0 Y.t 0 0 0 I -

Y.t !h I Y.i I I 6 Y.t

9. J.Kristianscn (DK) !li I !h I in 0 Y.t !li -

0 !h 0 0 I 6

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10. O . Castro (COL) 0 0 0 Y.t in 0 I !li I - I 0 Y.t � 5 Y.t

1 1 . S . Feddcr (DK) 0 0 I 0 I \.1 0 0 in 0 - I !li Y.t '

1 2 . J.Sloth (DK) 0 0 in 0 0 \.1 !li in I I 0 - I 0 '

1 3 . J .O. Frics Nielsen (DK) 0 I 0 0 !h \.1 !h 0 I !li Y.t 0 - 0 4 Y.t

14. P.Knudscn (DK) !li 0 0 !li 0 0 0 0 0 \.1 Y.t I I - ..

Let us start at the beginning : think that some of the participants did
The tournament began with head­ not finally meet the grand old man
aches only for the organisers . After a until round three when his schedule
late drop-out from the list of players, a coincided with ours for the first time .
strong replacement was needed at And when I add that the Kosher food
short notice . After frantic telephone problem was finally solved by the local
calls and cables in various directions , newspaper arranging to have supplies
including Yugoslavia and the USA, the flown in from Copenhagen, you will
Americans finally produced the goods realise that the organisers really coped
with the very welcome news that well with their unexpected problems .
grandmaster Reshevsky was on his Meanwhile back on the chess, it
way . But that , of course, brought new rapidly became clear that Vadasz and
problems. Reshevsky's religious beliefs Mestel were the two on form . Both
have always prevented him from started by winning their first four
playing on his sabbath . Had his games , but in the fifth round Vadasz
participation been known before, had a very nasty accident :
arrangements could have been made to
p r epare the playing schedule Game No.19106 Catalan Opening
accordingly, but that had already been White : L. Vadasz Black: E.Mortensen
fixed. At the opening ceremony 1 � f3 , � f6; 2 c4 , e6; 3 g3 , dS; 4 1lg2 ,
therefore , the players were presented lte7; 5 0-0, 0-0; 6 d4 , c x d4; 7 *c2 ,
with a document of amazing la.d7; 8 * x c4 , 1lc6; 9 � c3 , � bd7; 10
complexity indicating in three columns *d3 , A b4 ; 11 a3, A x c3 ; 12 * x c3 ,
the different schedules for Reshevsky, aS ; 13 b3 , lte4; 14 ltb2 , a4 ; 15 b4 ,
his opponent of the day, and the � dS ; 16 .d2 , bS ; 17 g acl , � 7b6; 18
remainder together with the effect the g cs , � c4 ; 19 *cl , *e8 ; 20 � d2 ,
changes would have on adj ournment � x d2; 21 * x d2, .A. x g2 ; 2 2 c&> x g2 ,
sessions. I do not think anybody really .§ a7; 2 3 g fcl , � b6 ; 24 .!;,! x c7, *a8 + ;
understood it, so we all agreed and 25 f3 , � c4 ; 26 � x a7, * x a7; 27 *c3 ,
hoped it would work. It did, but I f5; 28 .§d1 , eS ; 29 Act , e4; 30 d5, � e8;
482 T H E B R I T I S H C H E S S M AG AZIN E
3 1 � d4 , � d7; 32 d6, h6; 33 f4 , 'iff h7;
34 * cs, El c8; 35 * dS, h5; 36 h3, El e8;
37 g4 , g6 ; 38 g X h5, g X h5; 39 �f2,
El g8; 40 A e3 , El g2 + ; White resigned ;
frightfully nice of the Hungarian to
open the g-file then set up the fork in
time trouble; I wish my opponents
were so helpful .
Mestel in the meantime had added
another easy point to his score . This
time his choice of opening proved to be
j ust right against the impatient
Colombian :
Game N o . 1 9207 Ruy Lopez
White : A .J . Mestel Black: O. Castro
1 e4 , e5 ; 2 � f3 , � c6; 3 lt b5, a6; 4
A a4 , � f6; 5 0-0 , Ae7; 6 A x c6 ,
d x c6; 7 d3 , � d7; 8 � bd2, 0-0 ; 9
� c4 , A f6 ; 10 A d2, El e8; 1 1 A c3 , c5;
12 a4 , El b8; 1 3 h3 , b5; 14 a x b5 ,
a x b5 ; 15 � e3 , � b6; 16 b3 , A b7; 1 7
El aS, Ac6; 1 8 � g4 , "iW d6; 1 9 � x f6 + ,
g x f6 ; 20 � h4 , A d7; 21 * h5, c4 ; 22
b x c4 , � a4; 23 A a1 , '1W b6; 24 .§ x b5 ,
A x b5 ; 25 � f5 , 'i!i' h8; 2 6 'lW x f7 , El g8;
27 c x b5, El f8; 28 '1W c4 , � c5 ; 29 d4 ,
� e6; 30 d x e5 , � f4 ; 31 g3 , � x h3 + ;
32 'i!? g2 , � f4 + ; 33 �f3, resigns.
In round six Mestel kept his clean
score with a good win against
Westerinen. This game will appear in
the Games Department . Vadasz kept
in touch by resuming his winning ways
at the expense of Sloth, the Dane who
is expected to win the World Corres­
pondence chess championship some
time next year . (When he finally
persuades Estrin to resign a rook
ending being played at the rate of a
move every month ! ) In round seven
Mestel finally stopped winning by
playing a fairly short but interesting
draw with Reshevsky . The American
grandmaster throughout the tourna­
ment seemed anxious to conserve his
energies against the highly rated
players and had many quick draws.
Against the supposedly weaker players
he tried harder , but with no markedly
better results . It was in rounds six and
seven that I at last woke up after a
poor start and almost began to take an
interest in the tournament . Here are
the two quick wins which helped the
revival :
Game N o . 1 9208 English Opening
White: P . Knudsen
Black : W . R . Hartston
1 � f3 . � f6; 2 g3 , g6; 3 A g2 , A g7; 4
0-0 , 0-0 ; 5 c4 , d5; 6 c X d5 , � X d5; 7
� c3 , � c6; 8 � x d5 , � x d5 ; 9 d3 , e5 ;
10 � g5 , * d6; 1 1 � e4 , * e7; 1 2 A d2,
f5 ; 13 � c3 , A e6; 1 4 El cl , El ad8 ; 15
* a4 , El d4 ; 16 'lt a3 , * f7; 1 7 A e3 , .§ d7;
18 b4 , � d4 ; 1 9 * x a7 , c6; 20 * a3 , g5 ;
21 * b2 , * h5; 22 El fe1 , .§ f6 ; 23 h3 ,
.§ h6; 24 f3 , e4 ; 25 f4 , g4 ; 26 h4, e x d3 ;
27 e x d3 , � f3 + ; 28 A x f3 , g x f3 ; 29
El cd1 , '1W g4 ; 30 �f2 , El x h4 ; 31 El h 1 ,
El x h 1 ; 3 2 El x h 1 , El x d3 ; White
resigned .
Game N o . 1 9209 Grunfeld Defence
White: W .R.Hartston Black: O. Castro
1 d4 , � f6 ; 2 c4 , g6; 3 � c3 , d5; 4 � f3 ,
A g7; 5 ltg5 , d x c4 ; 6 e4 , c5 ; 7 d5, b5;
8 e5, b4 ; 9 e x f6 , e x f6 ; 10 * e2 + ,
'i!i' f8 ; 1 1 Ae3 , b x c3 ; 1 2 A x eS + ,
'i!i' g8; 1 3 b x c3 , A b7; 14 El d 1 , � a6; 15
Ae3 , � c7; 1 6 * b2 , Aa6; 1 7 d6 , � e6 ;
18 Ae2 , f5 ; 1 9 '1W a3 , A b7; 20 o-o , f4;
2 1 Act , A rs; 22 � b4 , A a6; 23 � d4 ,
� x d4 ; 24 El x d4 , Ag7; 25 El 4d1 ,
Ae5 ; 26 * cs, A x c3 ; 27 A x f4 , 'i!? g7;
28 '1W e3 , resigns.
A terrible game for Black who never
move his queen or either of his rooks !
In the eighth round Mestel began to
spoil things by losing to Kristiansen . It
was a messy game where somehow
Black's position did not hold together
at the critical moment . Meanwhile,
Vadasz had drawn to keep j ust half a
point behind . Some of Castro 's luck
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returned with a fiendish trap for the
Icelandic grandmaster to fall into :
Game N o . 1 9210 Sicilian Defence
White : O.Castro
Blac k : G . Sigurjonsson
1 e4 , cS; 2 c3 , dS; 3 e x dS , 'lt x dS ; 4
d4 , � f6; S ib f3 , Jtg4 ; 6 Jt e2 , e6 ; 7 h3 ,
Jt hS; 8 0-0 , � c6 ; 9 Jte3 , c x d4 ; 10
c x d4 , A e7; 1 1 � c3 , 'it d6; 12 'lt d2,
0-0 ; 13 E! fd 1 , E! fd8 ; 1 4 E! acl , E! ac8 ; 1 5
a3 , "lt b8 ; 1 6 b4 , Jt x f3 ; 1 7 Jt x f3 ,
/b X d4 ; 1 8 Jt X d4 , e5 ; 1 9 � dS,
� x dS ; 20 .§ x c8 , 'it x c8 ; 21 Jt x eS ,
� x b4 ; 22 it x d8 + , Jt x d8 ; 23
A x b7, resigns.
The Gods revenged themselves on
me too, when I lost to Westerinen , also
as Black in a 2 c3 Sicilian . Hardly
anybody seemed capable of scoring
well in these middle rounds . As soon as
anyone won a game, they lost the next .
In round nine, it was the turn of
Westerinen to lose, with the winner the
unlucky Icelander of the previous
round :
Game N o . 192 1 1 King ' s Indian Def.
White : G . Sigurj o nsson
Black : H . Westerinen
1 � f3 , � f6; 2 c4, g6; 3 d4 , Ag7; 4
� cJ . 0-0; 5 g3 , d6; 6 A g2 , � c6; 7 0-0 ,
a6 ; 8 h3 , eS; 9 dS, � e7; 10 e4 , � hS; 1 1
.§ et , 'lt e8 ; 1 2 cS, h6; 1 3 c X d6, c X d6;
1 4 a4 , fS ; 1 5 b3 , 1t d7; 1 6 A a3 , E! f6 ; 17
E! cl , 'lt f7 ; 18 e x fS , g x fS ; 19 � d2,
E! f8; 20 � c4 , lb c8; 21 .§ x eS ! ? bS ; 22
A f3 ! � X g3 ! 23 f X g3 , 'lt g6; 24 'l!t g2 ,
f4 ; 25 lb e4 ! b x c4 ; 26 A h S , 'it h7; 27
li:l x f6 + , J. x f6 ; 28 � et . 'it g7; 29
A g4 , AgS ; 30 E! x c4 , li:l b6; 31 E! c7,
A d8; 32 E! x d7 , li:l x d7 ; 33 A x d6 ,
f x g3 ; 3 4 A x f8 , li:l x f8 ; 35 'it d3 ,
A h4 ; 36 d6, 'it f6 ; 37 'it dS + , 'i!? h8; 38
'it e5 , /b g6; 39 'it x f6 + , A x f6 ; 40 d7,
resigns. The losing move was later
diagnosed as 24 . . . , f4? Black can still
fight after 24 . , b x c4 .
. .
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It was the adj ournment session for
this round which brought disaster to
Mestel . This was a real horror of a
game which I am sure neither player
would wish ever to see the light of day
again. So here it is, with apologies to
the players and the usual warnings for
those of nervous disposition : We take
up the game at twenty-six . Mestel ,
after an inaccurately played early
middle-game has had to seek refuge in
an endgame with a pawn less .
Now read on:
26 E! g3 , E! c7; 27 h4, E! c4 ; 28 E! d 1 , bS ;
29 E! eJ , � f7; 30 E! eS, Ae6; 31 b3 , E! c2;
32 E! d3, E! c6; 33 E! f3 + , � g8 ; 34 E!. feJ ,
<ifi> f7; 35 hS (seeing a little trap and
deciding to gamble on Black's extreme
time shortage) 35 . . . , g x hS; 36 E! x hS,
� g8; 37 E! gJ , g6 (falling into it) 38
E!. x g6 + ! h x g6; 39 E!. h8 + , 'l!t n; 40
E! x a8 , a6 ; 41 E!. a7 + . This move was
sealed and the game adj ourned .
Having regained his pawn , White now
has real winning chances ; Black is tied
to defence and the white king can
infiltrate to e5 . But the next session
was in the morning . And everyone
knows that chess ought not to be
played before lunch . There followed :
41 . . . , � e8; 42 <ifi> h2, 1tc8 ; 43 'i!? g3 ,
E! c2 ; 44 <ifi> f4 , .§ x a2 ; 45 E!. c7, A d7; 46
'i!? gS, aS ; 47 'l!t x g6 , a4 ; 48 b4 , .!::l d2 ; 49
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� e3 , !:i b2 ; 50 E! a7, � c6; 51 � f6 ,
!! x b4 ; 52 !! e7 + , "' d8; 53 A b6 + ,
'lf c8; 54 E! c7 + , '11 b8; 55 !! x c6, "' b7;
56 !:i e6 , a3 ; 57 A cs , a2 ; 58 !:i b6 + ,
'lf a7! 59 !:i e6 + (59 !! x b5 + ? '11 a6 !
wins for Black) 59 . . . , '11b7; 60 !! et ?
(Better to take the draw with 60
!:i b6 + ) 60 . . . , !:i bl ; 61 !! e7 + , 'it> c6 ; 62
J1. d4, b4 ; 63 !:i e2 , b3 ; 64 !:i d2, 'lf bS; 65
lteS , !:i el ; 66 lt b2, 'lf c4 ; 67 g4 , !:i bl ;
68 lte5 , at ='it ; 69 lt x a1 , !! x al ; 70
f4 , !:i a2 ; 71 !:i d1 , b2; 72 !:i b l , d4; 73
gS , "'c3 ; Here the game was adjourned
again but White resigned without
resuming .
That appeared the end of Mestel ' s
chances; after all h e now needed 2 Y2
from the last three, and had the three
highest rated players left to meet . But
freed from the responsibility of leading
on his own, Mestel began to play
again. Wins against myself and Sigur­
jonsson brought him again to within
half a point of his target . The first of
' it d2 , it c8; 1 7 A h6, a6 ; 1 8 A x g7,
these will appear in the Games
Department . Here is the second:
Game No. 19212 Sicilian Defence
White : A.J. Mestel
Black : G . Sigurjonsson
1 e4, cS ; 2 � f3 , e6; 3 d4, c x d4 ; 4
� x d4 , � f6 ; 5 � c3 , d6; 6 .A.e2 , Jte7;
7 0-0, 0-0; 8 f4 , a6; 9 'it el , � c6; 10
.A.e3 , Ad7 ; 1 1 'itg3 , � X d4 ; 12 A X d4 ,
Ac6; 13 Ad3 , bS ; 14 aJ, 'itd7; 15
l:I ael , aS ; 16 l:I f3 , l:I fe8; 1 7 'it>ht , b4 ;
18 � d l , g6; 19 a x b4 , a x b4 ; 20 � f2,
d5? 21 eS , � e4; 22 'ith3 , � x f2 + ; 23
g X f2, ltbS ; 24 g4 ! A X d3 ; 25 c X d3 ,
b3 ; 26 f5 , .A.f8; 27 l:I efl , Jl.g7; 28 f6 ,
Af8 ; 29 Ae3 , d4 ; 30 Ah6, 'itds + ; 31
fl f3 , ltb4; 32 Jl.g7, Jl.d2; 33 .A.h6,
Ab4; 34 'it>gt ! 'it x eS ; 35 'ith4 , � aS ; 36
fl h3 , 'itbS; 37 Jl.f4 , h5; 38 g X h5,
'it x hS ; 39 'itg3 , 'ite2; 40 � h6, Af8 ; 41
§. x_ g6 + ! resigns. After 41 , f x g6;
. . .
42 "«t x g6 + � h8; 43 f7 all is over .
, to thank the organisers , the sponsors
The unlucky factor for Mestel this
round was Vadasz ' s game with
Kristiansen . From the opening , the
Hungarian looked quite lost , but
managed to crawl out with a draw .
That left him j ust a point behind
Mestel , and with the two due to meet
in the last round , that result made it
clear that the Englishman ' s last half
point would not be gained easily. And
so the last round began . Once more
play was started in the morning ; really
it is high time this habit was outlawed .
Though Vadasz played a good game, it
really looked as though it was the
English morning sickness which was
the true culprit :
Game N o . 1 9213 King's Indian Def.
White : L . Vadasz Black : A.J. Mestel
1 � f3 , g6; 2 d4 , lt g7; 3 c4 , d6; 4 g3 ,
� f6 ; 5 ltg2 , 0-0 ; 6 0-0 , c6; 7 � c3 ,
it aS ; 8 h3, eS; 9 e4 , e x d4 ; 10 � x d4 ,
it cS ; 1 1 lt e3 , 'it x c4 ; 12 a3 , 'it a6 ; 13
b4 , ltd7; 1 4 H et , b6; 15 "' h2, � e8; 16
<lt x g7; 1 9 � c2 , f6; 20 f4 , fl a7; 21
El acl , lt e6 ; 22 � d4, 'lt d7; 23 h4, ltg4 ;
24 fS , � c7; 25 'lt f4 , cS; 26 'lt x g4,
c X d4 ; 27 � d5 , � c6; 28 � X b6, � eS;
29 it d1 , 'it d8; 30 'lt X d4 , � bS ; 3 1
'ltgl , fl b7; 32 � d5 , � d3 ; 33 � f4 ,
� x f4 ; 34 g x f4 , fl c7; 3 5 A h3 , 'lt c8 ;
36 f x g6, fl c2 + ; 37 .§ x c2 , 'it x c2 ; 38
'it> h1 , 'it cJ ; 39 g x h7 + , "' h8; 40 H e3 ,
it d4; 41 A rs , dS; 42 hS, 'lta7; 43
e X dS , � d6; 44 Jl.e6 , 'iW X h7; 45 'it g6,
'iW X g6; 46 h X g6, fS; 47 !:i cJ , �g7; 48
fl c6, fl d8; 49 f! x a6 , "' x g6; 50 "'g2
and Black resigned.
So first place was shared , with
Vadasz taking the special award by
virtue of quarter of a Sonneborn­
Berger point . A very sad finish for
Mestel , but a fine performance overall
nonetheless . With that it remains only
and the tireless efforts of 'The Friends
of the North Sea Cup whose work'
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made another very successful event
possible . Finally, a companion piece to
the earlier endgame horror ; this effort
from the final round j ust about pipped
it for the worst endgame prize. The
position is as at the adj ournment .
STUDIES
DARN IT ALL
It i s natural for man to want to
make good any damage to his possess­
ions and when the injured object is
something he himself has made it is
especially wounding . Modern mass
production breeds a throw away
society in which repair and mainten­
ance have given way to extravagant
replacement . The lack of the menders
and restorers once so prevalent who
used to vie for our custom has led to
the habit of do-it-yourself by those
who can, and to wastage by throwing
away by those who can't. It is a fair
observation that the wealth of any
society is in direct proportion to what
it wastes. This only divides further the
haves from the have nots . I hate waste .
In my family we are for ever repairing
things; my wife my socks and I my
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Black ' s abundance of weaknesses
make his position scarcely tenable, but
look what happened :
42 oi:l c4 , � d8; 43 .Et e t ? Et x a4 ; 44
oi:l x b6, Et a2 ; 45 oi:l c4 , h4 ; 46 g4? � c7;
47 .Et e2 , Et aS; 48 oi:l e5? .Et f8 + ; 49 oi:l f3 ?
§ f4 ; 50 � e3? .§ X g4 + ; 51 oi:l X gS ,
Et x g5; 5 2 � f4 , .Et h5; 5 3 b3? h3 ; 54
.Et h2? (54 �g4 ! ) .Et h4 + ; 55 � e5? lft c6;
56 b4? (56 <!> x e6 kept chances to
draw , but Black should really have
played 55 . . . , Et h6 ! ) 56 . . . , c x b4 ; 57
c x b4 , � b5; 58 � x e6, Et x e4 + ; 59
� f5 , .Et h4 ; 60 'it g5 , Et h8; 61 'it g6 ,
'it x b4 ; 62 � g7, .Et h4 ; 63 'it f7, �c3 ; 64
� x e7, � d3 ; 65 'it f6 , lft e4 ; 66 � gS ,
� h8; 67 � g4 , .Et g8 + ; 68 � h4 (or 68
� x h3 , � f3) � f3 ! White resigned .
It really is possible to win - or lose -
from almost any pos it io n .
by C.M .Bent, Black Latches ,
Inkpen, N ewbury , B e rk s .
studies . Holes are constantly being
found in everything, darn it all .
Let tribute now be paid to the toiling
minority of the world 's menders. The
co-authors of that excellent study of
January 1 978 which I now quote
again, Timothy Whitworth and
William Lemmey, inform me that
recent analysis of this miniature has
given cause for modification . This was
their original solution which , as will be
seen , remains valid . The point under
discussion is a white try to which we
shall return . Here are the unquestioned
essentials: See diagram overleaf
Solution - 1 'itc7, 'ita7; 1
oi:l b8 , h1; 3 J1.b7, h l'lt ; 4 11. X hl , � dJ ;
s � c6 + , 'ita6; 6 11.gl , 'itb5 ; 7 11.n ,
'itc4 ; 8 � eS + wins. Now for the tricky
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T.G. Whitworth / W. H . M . Lemmey
B. C. M. January 1 978
Win 3+3
bit . As their refutation of the try 1
ltb7 + ? the composers gave 1 . . . , <it>a7 ;
2 cli c7 , � c4; 3 � b8, � a5 ; 4 lt d5 , h2;
5 ltg2 , h l '» ; 6 lt x h l , 'il b3 ; 7 lt d5 ,
� c5 ; 8 � c6 + , 'iti' a8 ; 9 ltc4, � b7; 1 0
lta6, � d6 draws .
Enter now GM John Nunn whose
participation in our affairs is so greatly
enhancing the endgame, claiming that
White can indeed win, and relating the
position to one by Amelung given as
N ° 1 279 in his handbook, Vol . II, 2nd
edition, by Cheron . This is most easily
reached for demonstration purposes
by extending the above sequence by the
bridging move 1 1 'iti' b6 which makes us
correspond exactly to a reflection of
Cheron. See Diagram 11 .
Now this position was unknown to
Whitworth and Lemmey, but had they
been aware of it they would have had
ample grounds to think the draw
confirmed because Cheron, in an
analysis of his own, specifically
mentions that with Black to play White
cannot win . Only if White is to play is
there a win by 'il e5, 'iti'b 8 ; 'il d7 + ,
<it> aS ; lt fl . But it is Black' s turn . What
Nunn has shown is that from Diagram
11 White can win no matter who has
the move ! Here is his refutation of
3 +2
Cheron showing Black, with the move,
loses too .
11 , � c8 or 'il c4 + ; 12 'iti'c7, 'il d6;
. • .
I3 � b4 , <tl e8 + ; I4 clid8 (Cheron only
considers 'iti' b6) and Black has three
attempts at drawing .
(A) if 14 . . . , 'il d6; IS 'i!?d7
(A I ) if I S . . . , <tl b7; I6 'iti'c6 ,
'il d8 + ; I 7 <it>c7 , � e6 + ; I8
'iti'b6, � d8; I9 ltc8 , <it>b8; 20
ltd7 , 'iti'a8 ( : . . , � b7; 2 1
<tl a6 + , 'it'as ; 22 lth3 wins)
2I 'il a6, 'il b7 ; 22 lth3 wins .
(A2) if IS . . , <tl n; I6 'iti'c7, lU eS;
.
I 7 Ac8 wins .
(A3) if IS . . . , <tl fS ; I6 'iti'c7, 'il e7 (
. . . , 'il d4; 1 7 'iti' b6 wins) 17
A.b7 + , 'iti'a7; I 8 ..Q.e4 wins .
(A4) if IS . . . , � e4 ; I6 'iti'c7, <tl cS ;
I 7 Ac4 , 'iti'a7; I 8 JU c 6 + ,
'iti'a8; I9 <tl e7, 'il a4 ; 20 ..Q.dS +
'iti'a7; 2I ..Q.b7 wins .
(B) if I4 . . . , � g7; IS ..Q.c8 , 'iti'a7 ( . . . ,
'il h5; 1 6 'iti' c7 wins) I6 ..Q.g4 , 'iti'b6;
I 7 'iti'e7, 'iti'cs; I8 <tl c2 and wins the
Knight .
(C) if I4 . . . , 'il f6; IS ..Q.el , 'iti'a(b)7; I6
ltf3( + ), 'iti'b6; I7 'il d3 , 'iti'bS ; I8
'iti'e7, 'il h7; I9 'il f4, 'iti'c4 ( . . . ,
'il g5 ; 20 Ag2 , 'iti' c5 ; 2 1 'ili' f6,
'il h7 + ; 22 �g7, lU gS ; 23 'iti'g6
wins) 20 'il e6, 'iti'd3 ; 2I AhS , 'it' any
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22 Jl g6 wins .
This meant that Whitworth and
Lemmey's try became a dual and the
study ruined , so when Nunn pro­
c l a i m e d nothing c o u l d prevent
1 Jl b7 + from working , things looked
bad . Nevertheless all credit to the
partnership because in spite of every­
thing they did find a refutation which
the IGM agreed was valid . This is it :
Not 1 Jl b7 + ? , 'iff a7 ; 2 '!ic7, lil c4; 3
lil b 8 , lil e5 ; 4 Jld5 , h2; 5 la.g2, h 1 'lt ; 6
A x h 1 , lil g6; 7 Jlb7 . (Other bishop
moves are answered by 7 . . . , lil f4 . For
instance 7 -'l g2? , lil f4; 8 lil c6 + , <i!.'a8 ;
9 Jl fl , lil d5 + draws . Or if 7 <i:l c6 + ,
� a6 ; 8 Ae4, lil f4 draws) 7 . . . , lil e7 ; 8
lil d7 (not 8 la. e4? , lil d5 + draws) 8 . . . ,
lil f5 ; 9 <i:l b6, lil d6 draws. Or 9 1il e(c)5 ,
lil d4 draws.
W . H . M. Lemmey / T . G . Whitworth
Original
���� --��-
Win 4+4
Not content with these commend­
able repairs, and incidentally laying
down added ins urance , these
composers have made a whole new
version which, for my money, is
slightly the better of the two . Here it is:
Solution - t la.h2 , it x h2; 2 <i:l c6 + ,
�a8 ; 3 �c8, 'ltb8 + ; 4 <i:l x b8, �a7.
After 4 . . . , h2 there is a mate in two ,
and 4 . . . , <i:l a4 allo ws mate in three. 5
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'!; c7. The King must be kept in the
corner . 5 . . . , h2 . I f 5 . . . , lil c4 (d3); 6
A x c4 (d3) , h2; 7 1il c6 + , '!i a8 ; 8 Jl a6
and mates . 6 lb7, hl 'lt ; 7 A x hl ,
lil dJ . If 7 . . . , lil c4; 8 Jl b7, lil a5 ( . . . ,
lil e5; 9 -'l d5 wins) 9 Jl d5, lil b7; 1 0
lil c6 + , � a8 ; 1 1 <i:l a5 (d8) and 1 2
lil x b7 wins . 8 <i:l c6 + . Not 8 Ab7 ? ,
lil b4; 9 lil d7 , lil a 6 + ; 1 0 "' c8, lil b4;
1 1 -'lg2, '!ia6 draws . And not 8 Jlg2? ,
lil b4; 9 Jlb7 (fl ), <i:l d5 + draws . 8 . . . ,
'!i a6; 9 ltg2, '!i b 5 ; 10 A n , � c4 ; 1 1
lil e 5 + wins .
Darn well done all round .
PURGE AND RESURGENCE
A backward look at recent casualties
must be made before we look at the
promise o f the future . About ten years
ago a study which at first was awarded
a prize in a maj or tourney - I forget
which - passed the scrutiny of three
judges , all of whom failed to see what ,
in retrospect , was a glaring flaw in the
very last move of the composer 's
intended denouement. The ingenuity
of the move overcame the j udges '
critical judgment. The same thing may
have happened in the case of this study
by Kichigin quoted last July . White
'!ic3 , Jl d7 . Black 'iff d5 , pawns b 3 , c4,
c5, h2. Draw . This was the solution
copied straight from my source : 1 Bh3 ,
h 1 B ; 2 Bfl , Kd6; 3 B x c4, Bd5 ; 4 Bd3 ,
Kc6 ; 5 Bg6, Kb5 ; 6 Be8 + , Ka5 ; 7 Bd7 ,
Kb6; 8 Be8 , Kc7 ; 9 Bg6 , Kd6 ; 1 0 Bh7 ,
Ke5 ; 1 1 Bg6, Kf4; 1 2 Bh7 , Ke3 ; 1 3
Bg6 , Ke2; 1 4 Bh5 + draws .
It is often the case that, when
probing for cracks one fails to notice
the whole edifice is rotten. But I admit
to not having probed at all , and fault
finding is not my speciality. So I must
apologize if many readers less adroit
than Mr Fontana, to whom I have
been indebted before , were outraged
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by a solution whose inadequacies the R. Reti

expert Mr Fontana has revealed . Other
readers have also written . Personally , I
find pinpricks more upsetting than
major irritations , but in this case the
upset is catastrophic . In the first
instance 1 . . . , � e4 wins for Black.
Disregarding that , White could have
drawn equally well by 4 A xb3 or 4
� x b3 as by the text move . Nor do I
see how the diagram could have been
wrongly given when I saw it. How do
such things come about ?
Before going on to the good news -
or at any rate the intended good news ,
because our newest contributions come See text 3 +4
untested - it must be recorded that
the first study by E . Melnicenko from
last June is not original . Richard Solutions
Harman has pointed out that the 2nd
prize winner in '64 ', 1 973 , by A. Kotov Sursock - 1 f7 . Not 1 El e7 ? <&' g6
is a total anticipation . See 'E. G. ' 4 1 , draws . 1 . . . , Jl. e4; 2 J;l h 7 + , <&'g6. If 2
N" 23 78. . . . , Jt xh 7 ; 3 fsit , !if; g6; 4 "lt f6 + ,
!if; h5 ; 5 "lt h6 mate . 3 f8� + not 3
A possible correction, not to us but J;l xh2? g xh2 + wins . And not 3 fsit ?
to the past, comes from Mr Giappesi <&' x h 7 draws. 3 . . , <&' rs ; 4 J;l f7 mate.
.
from Lebanon who claims a bust of
the Reti study below occurring in du
S.Sursock Original
Mont ' s Les bases de la combinaison
where the solution is given as 1 El g7 ,
<&' cl . I f 1 . . , El h2, 3 ; 2 El g 1 + , � any;
.

3 El a 1 wins . Or 1 . . , El e, f l ; 2 El g 1
.

wins . 2 El g2 + , �b3 ; 3 El a2 wins . I

have no reference of this study and
give Mr Giappesi ' s refutation so that
in case it is new it may find its way into
the books . The bust is 1 El g 7 , <&'e2; 2
El g2 + , <&' f3 ; 3 1! a2, J;l e 1 ; 4 a7, !! eS (4
. . . , El e7 + and 5 . , 1! x a7 also draws)
. .

5 a s* , El xaS ; 6 1! x aS, h3 draws.

More positive substance comes from

Mr Samir Sursock who has twice been
the Lebanese champion . He has been Win 5+6
won over to studies and tells me he has
conducted a newspaper forum on the
subj ect . Here are two originals from Sursock - 1 '&>a4 threatening 2 El a5 + .
this new and welcome composer who I 1 , Ac7 best. If 1 . . . , A x d7 ; 2 b7 +
.•.

hope will be successful . Our list of results in stalemate. Or if 1 . , it or . .

active contributors is growing nicely. A xb6; 2 "lt b7 + likewise. 2 b7 + ,

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S. Sursock Original � a7. If 2 . . . , * x b7 ; 3 'it x e8 + . 3

'tt c6 ! threatening 4 * a6 + . 3 . . . , b3
releasing stalemate. If 3 . , 'tt d8; 4
. .

b s'it + and 5 'tt b7 + will be stalemate.

Black loses after 3 . . , lt h5 ; 4 'it X c5 +
.

and again after 3 . , 'it c8 ; 4 la. x c8 �

. .

mate . 4 'it x c5 + , 'i!? a6; 5 'ttd6 + , � a7;

6 * c5 + , � a6 ; 7 'tt d6 + draws .

Draw 4+9

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by R . N . Coles, Little Abbotts ,
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On I st September a new chess the games to be 'annotated after the

magazine made its appearance . The
CHESS MONTHL Y' s j oint editors ,
J . H . Zukertort and L . Hoffer , claimed
to be 'neither Austrians nor English­
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title 'cosmopolitan' . 'We are Chess­
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manner of the foreign school ' , what­
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per number . My own copy of the first
yearly volume bears the signature of
both editors on the flyleaf.
On October 24th Blackburne was at
the Central Club in Glasgow to give a
simultaneous blindfold display on nine
boards, having played twenty-one
simultaneous sighted games on the
previous evening . The following game
492 THE BRITISH CHESS MAGAZIN E

against the City Sheriff was the blind­ c5 , 0-0 ; 1 1 c X d 6, .§ e8; 12 d X c7, <£\ a6 ;
fold master's most striking effort . 13 <£\ c3 , <£\ g3 + ; 14 h x g3 � x h l + ;
,

1 5 � f2 . f x g3 + ; 1 6 � x g3 , .§ et ; 1 7
Game No . 1 9214 King ' s Gambit A f4 , g5; 1 8 A x g5 , ( 1 8 � x e 1 ? , 'll:r h4
White : Blackbu rne Black : Spens mate) .§ x d l ; 19 .§ x d1 , � x d 1 ; 20
1 e4 , e5 ; 2 f4 , d5; <£\ f3 , e x f4 ; 4 e x d5 , <£\ x d l , <£\ x c7; 21 <£\ e3 , <£\ e8; 22
A g4 ; 5 Ae2 , A x r3 ; 6 A x f3 , � h4 + ; <£\ f5 , f6; 23 A h6, .§ d8 ; 24 d6, � f7; 25
7 � fl , A d6; 8 c4 , <tl e7; 9 d4 , <£\ f5 ; 10 A f4 , �e6 ; 26 Ae4 , Resigns.

1 0/79

Problem 'BCM' Unorthodox Problems 1977:

Award by Peter Kniest
World (Wegberg , BRD)

The quality of the unorthodox

by C.J.Feather, problems published in BCM in 1 977 is
10 Tinwell Road, remarkably high . I enjoyed studying
STAMFORD , all these good problems in detail . Of
Lincs. PE9 2QQ course it is a shame that only a limited
number of the fairy problems in this
set can be mentioned in the award.
However , I can assure all the
composers who do not find their works
K . Gandev
quoted here that in many ways their
1 st Prize BCM 1 977
compositions are excellent , too !
I have selected 1 3 problems and
placed them as follows:
1st Prize : 1 1 1 75 by K. Gandev (see
diagram) Virtuoso use of Circe in both
variations , with genuine Circe echo­
mates by way of conclusion . A success­
ful composition , which even with still
keener competition would have taken
this place .
selfmate in 5 Circe I Bb5 !
4th Prize BCM 1 977
D . H .Brummelman

helpmate in 3 (b) exchange Ke4 & self mate in 4, maximummer (set mate in 2 I La6!
Te5 Taxis instead of pawns play) (set 1 . . . Q f l et c) I Rg5 !
(a) Taxi f5 Kb6 e t c .
(b) Taxi d4 R a 3 etc.
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2nd Prize: 1 1 285 by Dr. K. Wenda (see
diagram). An original trick is
employed to prevent the mate-stopping
triple step of one of two taxis which
shut in the Be8 . Freeing the B by a
triple step of one of the taxis demons­
trates that the other one has already
moved forwards and backwards, thus
losing its power to make an initial
tri pie step .
3rd Prize : 1 1307 by A .Thoma (diag . )
Long castling a s mate i n the set play
and short castling as mate in the
solution . A bold idea, which deserves
recognition, too , as a feat of
construction .
4th Prize : 1 1306 by D . H . Brummelman
(diag . ) The Lion has the peculiarity
that it can pin two pieces simulta­
neously on one line of check . The
author has used this pinning power of
the Lion in a third-pin arrangement,
' '
in which the checks made possible by
the key are particularly effective.
1 st Honourable Mention : 1 1 2 1 0 by
B. Rothmann (3Q4 I 3p2S I I 2B l P3 I
2pq2p l I l rrkp l sR I S2P I 2B l I
l P 1 K l P218, mate in 2, Anchor Ring . 1
Ke2 ! ) Three complete halfpins , a
di fficult theme set in commendably
light construction, with the Anchor
Ring acting as a willing helper .
2nd H . M . : 1 1 267v by A .Thoma
(q4Qb l I 2p5 I 8 I l PBRp3 I 8 I 4b3 I
r4Rr 1 I 1 K4ks, selfmate in 3 , max . ,
1 Qh6 ! ) Although here it i s a question
more of a tour de force than of an
organic whole , this problem nonethe­
less cannot be denied recognition, for
it is rare, very rare, for five variations
(and not easy ones to grasp , either ! ) to
be shown in a maximummer .
3rd H . M . : 1 1 1 23 by C.J. Feather
(4kb l r I 3 s 1 p2 / bpK l pB2 I 1 P2P3 I 32,
serieshelpmate in 1 3 , 1 Be7 2 0-0 . 1 1
. .
Kb8 1 2 Bc8 1 3 S x e5 B x e5 . ) A
series-helpmate u si ng castling to
shorten the mating sequence . Without
castling it takes one move more . A
493
plausible setting !
4th H . M . : 1 1 146 by A .Storisteanu ( 1 6 1
2PpPpQ 1 1 r3kp l R I B l sR3s i 2P 1 Pp2 1
1 P3 P l p I KSbr, seriesselfmate in 9,
1 dR x h4 3 Q X c4 4 Qa2 6 Bd5 7
Q x aS 9 Ra2 B x f2 . ) An unusually
interesting series of white moves to
force mate. This style of problem will
never be denied recognition , as it is
extremely appealing to solvers.
Commendations (chronological order)
to the following : 1 1 144 by C . G . Rains,
1 1 239 by the late J . E . Driver 1 1 249 by
,
B . D . Stephenson, 1 1270 by K . Gandev ,
1 1 303 by P . Monreal and F.Calvet .
They all show good thematic content
in attractive construction . In 239 the
C o n v e r s i o n C a p t u r e mates are
charming and in 303 the try-play is
particularly noteworthy .
Sincere thanks to Herr Kniest for his
award, which becomes final at the end
of January . I f there are still any of our
readers who enj o y u n o r t h o d o x
problems and are not yet acquainted
with Herr Knies t ' s magazine
'feenschach ', may we urge them to
remedy the situation by writing at once
to : - P . Kniest , M ii h l talweg 3 2 ,
5 1 44 WEGBERG 1 , West Germany ?
This and That
One alteration has to be made to the
Selfmates Award 1977-8 . The judge
himself discovered that the prize­
winner by Vagidov and Aliovsadzade
is anticipated by P . S . Valois , 2nd H . M .
'Gazeta Czestocho wska ' 1 969: K3Q2rl
R3b2p/7RI2P l k315S214P3 1 l r6 1 BB6.
Our thanks to Mr . Stein, who has
decided that the problem must come
out of the award, but that the H . M . s
etc. should remain as they are.
Several readers have pointed out
that the 'cook ' given to 1 1529 (July,
page 335) does not work . Especial
494 THE BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE
thanks to Kjell Widlert from Sweden,
who kindly points out that the problem
had already appeared in 'Mat', Sept .
1 97 8 . We await M r . Petkov ' s
explanation !
A couple of Tourney Announce­
ments: The E. German periodical
'Urania' announces a tourney for
two-movers in which the same White
move appears (in tries and real play) as
try, threat and actual mate . Judge :
F. Hoffmann . Entries to: Urania­
Redaktion (Urania ' 80) I DDR 108
BERLIN I Otto-Nuschke-Str . 28 I East
Germany, by 3 1 / 1 /80. The castling
magazine '0-0' announces a tourney
for castlers in which there is a twin
made by reflecting the position along
the vertical axis between the d- and
e-files. Two sections , (a) orthodox
problems and studies (b) unorthodox
problems without fairy pieces . Judge :
Dr. Wenda . Entries to H . P . Suwe I two threats, but by skilful manipula­
Tannenhofstr . 49 I 2000 Norderstedt I
West Germany.
We are pleased to recommend the
new Danish magazine ' Thema
Danicum' written almost entirely by
the indefatigable Jan Mortensen. It
costs 60 D . Kr . annually and the
address to write to is : Willy Enggren I
Vigerslev All e 28, 2. tv . I 2500 VALBY
Denmark .
'feenschach' is currently producing
a series of booklets on 'Wenigsteiner'
and so far 4 have appeared, one by
D r . Niemann on Helpmate­
Miniproblems, one by H . Ebert on
Stalemate-Miniproblems and a two­
part work on Direct Mates with 3 or 4
pieces by Dr . Speckmann . The second
of these two parts is the most recent in
the series and conforms with the usual
high standards of production, clarity
and legibility expected of 'feenschach '
publications . The subject matter is
much more interesting than one might
at first expect and the detailed
comments reveal the systematic and
authoritative viewpoint of the acknow­
ledged expert in this field. The price is
17 DM and enquiries should be made
NOT to BCM but to Irene Kniest I
Postfach 10 I 5 1 44 WEGBERG I West
Germany .
Solutions to April problems
11548 (Jada) 1 Sd8 ! d x c5 1 d x e5 1 R­
IK x e51K x c5 2 4Sc61 4Se61 4Se61 Qh5
I Sb3 . ' Good flight-giving key, cross­
checking variations and pinmates'
(JAG) , 'resurrecting the old days to
splendid effect ! ' (BPB). 549 (Syden­
ham) 1 Sb5 ! (threats 2 Q X c41Qc5)
B x b51R x b51K x b5 1d61d5 2 Bc51
R x c41Qb61Q x c41Qc5 . One or two
of the solvers , for once , disappointed
me by missing the humour of this send­
up of the familiar Nowotny theme .
One would expect the R and B
defences simply to differentiate the
tion of departure and arrival effects
two new mates are produced on the
same squares and the threats are
relegated to dealing with the moves of
a mere pawn . In addition the changed
flight produces a new mate , also with
avoidance of the threats. This is , I
think, the wittiest single-phase two­
mover I have ever seen ! 'Key made
easy by assuming great ingenuity.
Assumption clearly justified ' (PC).
' Really splendid disappearing
Nowotny. I'd like to have made this
myself! ' (BPB) . 550 (Macleod) 1 Rd4 !
R- I R x e7 I Re6 I B- I Be6 2 Rd6
I Q x e7 I S x d7 I Rd6 I Sg8 . 'Key
transforms the position' (RB) and
'unpins two pieces which produce
Grimshaw correction play' (DAS).
'Mr. Macleod is always ingenious '
(WHK), 'this problem has everything
and will repay close study' (VAC) . 551
(RogersiMeadley) A most welcome
contribution from far away ! 1 Bg5 1 (2
e3) K-1 R x d2 / Rb3 2 B x e7 I S x b5 1
Sc2. 'Pleasant, paradoxical key, but
 THE BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE
not a lot of content in this problem ! '
(DB), though 'plenty o f different
mates ' (VAC). 552 (Jahn) 1 Rel !
Se3 + 2 S X e3 Kc7 3 d8Q K x d8/
K x c6 4 Sd5/Rb l . 2 . . . Ke7 3 Sc4 Kd8
4 ReS + . 3 . . . Kf7/Kf6 4 d8R/d8Q . In
view of several solvers' vain attempts
the best comment is that of successful
solver T S : ' H urrah ! Hurrah ! ' .
' Fascinating to work out' (PC),
'remarkable variety from such slender
Black material ; the underpromotion
was quite a surprise . ' (RB) . 553
(Gedda) 1 Sd5 ! (2 Q checks, 3 f5) Kd7/
Bg5/B x e7/R x e7 2 Qc8/dSb4/Qc8/
Qb6 and 3 f5 /e5/Sc3 /Sc3 . 'Elusive
key' (TS) , 'enormous wealth of play
for a selfmate' (VAC) . 554 (Gedda) 1
Kf4 ! e5 /e6 2 Kg3/Ke4 e4/e5 3 Sf4/
Kd3 e3 /e4 4 Be2/Kd2 . 'Excellent
K-walk ! Satisfying to solve ! ' (VR) ,
'attractive models, with quiet play
throughout ' (GD), 'same mating move
but nicely differentiated play' (WHD) ,
'two incisively controlled lines nicely
related' (DN) . 555 (Kardos) In help­
mates, any specified set play should be
given if full points are to be gained !
Solvers please note . On this occasion,
no-one was penalised , as the point may
not have been clear . Set : Be3 Ke4 Re7
and Bh2 Kf6 Sh5 . Play: Kd6 Rg6 Kc5
Rc6 . 'Pretty modelmate helpmate with
no theme' (GD), 'superb modelmates'
(D B). 556 (Gedda) (a) Sc3 d x c 3 Qc4
Sf2 (b) Sd4 d x e3 Q x e3 Sc5 . 'Very
neat ' (JAG), 'problem of finding
moves for White neatly solved' (DAS) .
'White must gain a tempo by capturing
with his pawn, neat ly ch anging the
selfblocking square ' (the last comment
from our good friend and faithful
contributor John Driver, who died on
August 1 st . An obituary appears in the
current issue of 'The Problemist ', but
here in the solution s section seems the
most appropriate place for us to
remember him, for his solutions
stretch back many years and both John
Rice and I have appreciated his loyal
495
support .) 557 (Garai) (a) Qd5 Rc4
K x c4 Sb5 (b) Qd4 Bc4 K x c4 Se7 .
'Nicely complementary' (CGR), 'this
c o m p o s e r guarantees d i ffi c u l t y '
(DAS), 'usual high quality and diffic­
ulty of two-move helpmates' (PC),
'good unity' (RB), 'another superb
twin' (DB) . 558 (LundstrOm) Kf5 Sc3
Rg6 Sg7 Kf6 Sd5 & f5 Sc3 Ke5 Sf6 Qf4
Se4, but also cooked (GW only, so far)
by Qe3 Kb4 Rf6 Kc4 Rf3 Sd6 .
' Intriguing' (TS), 'economical ' (AH).
559 (Lender) 1 Bg 1 ! (2 Sd4) Sc5/Rc5/
Ke6/c x d6 2 Rc2/S x c4/Rf2/Sd4 and
especially 1 . . . , S x a5 2 Rg2, avoiding
2 Rd5 . 'Why on earth g 1 ? The key
defence Ke6 is difficult to spot . Great
problem for solvers ' (DAS), 'brilliant
piece of construction' (GD), 'three
good interference variations by the
WR, but a rather heavy setting'
(CGR), 'impressive strategy' (RB), 'a
really splendid reflex; the number of
different mates makes this an
exceptional problem' (WHK) . 560
(Brummelman) 1 B x d4 ! (2 Be3) Ge4/
Se4/eLoe4/bLoe4/Li x c4 2 Gb8/Gfl /
Loe5/Bc5/Se6 . ' Lovely mates after 4
pieces play to e4' (DAS), 'key obvious,
disparate answers to thematic defences
less so' (RB) , ' quite simply extraord­
inary ! ! ' (DB). 'A good set ' (PC).
Leading ladder scores to April, as at
27/8179: M . McDowell 497 , D.A.
Smedley 1 1 495 , G. Yacoubian 1 1 488,
W . H . Duce 1 1 46 1 , R . El iot 385 ,
G.Whitehead 11 383, B . D . Stephenson
I 344, D . Blondel 296.
Original problems 1 1 627-38
A very easy set, the only comment
needed being that Mr. Macleod 's two
problems need to be seen together and
solved as set, with the longer one first .
A reminder that the judges are:
J .Savournin (2), N.A.Macleod (3 and
longer), M. Zucker (s), B . P .Barnes (h),
H . P . Rehm (f).
496 THE B RITISH CHESS MAGAZIN E

1 1 627 B. Lender ( I L ) I 1 628 G . Donali (USA) I 1 629 S . Larrain (CHI)

mate m 2

1 1 633 B . Rolhmann (f) I 1 634

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