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A
couple of major announcements in this newsletter (though both have appeared
elsewhere); the field for the 2010 Australian Championship, and a major new
sponsorship for junior chess. Not to mention some good results overseas by
Australian players. As this
is the last newsletter of 2009, on behalf of ACF I would like to wish all our
readers higher ratings and lots of norms in 2010. Publication will resume in
January with, among other things, the results of the Australian Championship.
Ian
Rout Editor Note:
Links in light blue are to sections within the newsletter, those in grey are
external and orange links are to the archive of previous issues. |
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Arlauskas
Medal and Romanas Arlauskas Award In addition to the ACF medals for which
nominations have previously been invited, the ACF Council has approved
details of a new medal to be presented each year, to be known as the
Arlauskas Medal for Australian Junior Player of the Year. The winner of each Arlauskas medal
will also receive a Romanas Arlauskas Award in the form of
assistance with the cost of travel to a major international or national chess
event using interest generated by the investment of a $10,000 trust
fund, which has been created thanks to the generosity of Jurate Naujalis,
widow of Australian correspondence Grandmaster and former South Australian
champion Romanas Arlauskas. Romanas passed away in Nominations for the first Arlauskas Medal
and Award are now invited. Nominations must be sent so as to be received by 6 January 2010 and
must comply with the same requirements as those for the other ACF medals. Details of the Arlauskas medal and award, to be
added to the ACF's rules governing other ACF medals are:
Gary Wastell ACF
Medals Selections Coordinator Romanas Arlauskas 1917
- 2009 The following information, kindly provided by Jurate Naujalis, is
extracted from the eulogy presented at the funeral of Romanas Arlauskas. Romanas Arlauskas was
born in At age five, he was
taught chess by an aunt and was soon recognised as having an intelligence
suited to intellectual pursuits. In 1942, he obtained a
degree in architecture, a profession he sought to practice throughout his
life and which suited his meticulous ways. His achievements in
chess were outstanding: a Lithuanian Master in 1935; in 1936, aged
18, he played for Towards the end of
World War II, at the age of 27, he travelled to In 1948 he was able to
migrate to He won the State
championship of In 1983, he met Jurate Naujalis, who became his partner and
soulmate until his death from prostate cancer on 22 September 2009. |
Nominations for ACF Medals (This notice first
posted in 09/10A) All ACF affiliates
are reminded of the opportunity to nominate potential winners of the
following ACF medals, to be awarded in January 2010 in accordance with the
ACF Medals Procedures by www.auschess.org.au/constitution/ACF_Medals_Procedures.txt
Medals – Steiner
Medal – Australian ‘Player of the Year’ 2009 To be awarded to the
player who has made the greatest impact – not necessarily
the highest –
Koshnitsky Medal – Chess Administration This is a lifetime
achievement award, not limited to accomplishments or services during a
particular period, and cannot be awarded more than once to the same person.
It is awarded for an outstanding contribution to Australian chess
administration at national or state level. A link [Chess Medals]
to lists of previous ACF medal winners is at www.auschess.org.au/acfrec.htm Nominations Separate
documents containing the following should be provided in respect of each
nominee: ·
name (correctly spelt); ·
contact details (phone, email, postal address); ·
a citation describing relevant achievements, suitable for reading
and/or publication when the medal is presented; ·
anything else relevant to the nomination. A person submitting a nomination must retain at least
one complete copy of each document submitted in connection with the
nomination and must phone (03) 9787 7974 or 0409 525 963 to confirm that it
has been received if delivery has not been acknowledged 24 hours after
expected delivery time. Nominations for the Koshnitsky
medal must be sent to one of the following addresses so as to be received
on or before Friday 18 December 2009:
Presentations The announcement of winners and presentation of medals
will take place at 5pm Wednesday 13 January 2010 in the Norths Celebrity
Room, Distribution of This Notice Recipients of this notice are asked to ensure that it is
distributed as extensively as possible to maximize nominations in respect of
the most suitable nominees. Gary Wastell ACF Medals Selections Coordinator Previous Notices The following notices from prior issues remain in
force 2010 Olympiad:
Activity Requirement and Application Deadline - previously reported 09/09A 11th - previously reported 09/10A Position Vacant – ACF Advertising
Manager The
ACF invites expressions of interest from any reader who might be willing to
oversee the appearance of suitable advertising material in ACF publications,
principally this Newsletter, and on the ACF website. For additional
information please email gwastell@netspace.net.au
with cc to secretary@nswca.org.au |
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2010 Australian Chess
Championship – players Following deliberations
of the ACF Selections Committee on entries for the Australian Championship
the following announcement of the field was made on 20 December: The 2010 Australian Championship
field is:
Entries for supporting
events are still open (see next column). |
2010 Australian Chess
Championship Venue: norths, 2nd
to 13th January 2010 plus various supporting events: a Major
Tournament, a Minor tournament, a shorter seven-round event and the
Australian Lightning Championship. More
information at the official site Note that entries for the
Championship have closed but entries for other sections are still open. The
early entry discount has expired but submitting entries by 28 December will
avoid a late fee. GM Ian Rogers will be giving commentaries
throughout the tournament and will judge the best game prize. All
entrants in all divisions are offered a 25% discount on all goods at sponsor Chess Discount
Sales at The
organisers have announced that three copies of the latest Chessbase Magazine have been provided
as additional lucky door prizes (4, 5 and 6), to be drawn at the tournament,
for entries submitted on-line through
the above web site. The first three prizes are listed as: 1st a top of
the range DGT-XL clock donated by tournament sponsor Chess Discount Sales; 2nd
$100 cash courtesy of PayPal; 3rd Fritz 12, rrp ~$95, courtesy of ChessBase. 2010 Australian Junior
Chess Championships The
Tasmanian Chess Association will be hosting the Australian Junior 2010 in In
addition to the age group events there will be national rapid and lightning
championships and a problem solving competition. Details
were previously reported in newsletter 09/09A. More information at the official site |
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New
Sponsorship Deal for Australian Junior Chess Australian
junior chess, already feting their first World Champion in Melbourne’s
Bobby Cheng, has a new reason to celebrate with the signing of a new sponsor
for the national chess Junior Elite Training Squad, JETS. The
JETS squad, founded in 2000, features 30 of the best junior players from
around Managing
Director of Johns-Putra Limited, Geraldine Johns-Putra expressed her
pleasure at the agreement struck with the Australian Junior Chess League,
the organiser of the JETS squad; “As someone who has benefited tremendously
from chess as a junior, I feel privileged to be in a position to do something
for Australian juniors today. Many of the opportunities I gained
through chess would not have been possible without the support of individuals
who donated time and money. I wish all of the juniors in the JETS squad
the best and hope that they learn and grow as much as they can from this
wonderful initiative. " |
Johns-Putra
Limited is a
London-based boutique legal consulting practice focussing on cross-border The Australian Junior Chess League is dedicated
to organising and promoting chess among young people around
(by
GM Ian Rogers) |
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2009 Australian Schools Teams
Championships Some photographs by Mike Loh can be seen here
and there is a report by Kerry Lyall and Charles Zworestine in Tournament Reports CAQ – unapproved withdrawals CAQ has followed up its warning to deal with unapproved
withdrawals by suspending a player’s membership for three months. The player’s explanation of his absence from the
final round of the 2009 Queensland Minor was deemed not satisfactory by
Council. From 33 players Receiving book prizes were winners
Peter Cassettari, Hans Muller, Leonardo Tenerio and Angelito Camer. Also receiving book
prizes for draws were: Noel Mangobang,
Allan Butler, The event raised $300 which
has been donated to the 2010 Redland
RSL has a new website here |
”Biggest
loser” loses again According to this link
(pointed out by Milan Ninchich) Stephen Mayne failed by one vote to be
elected as Mayor of Manningham (Vic), taking his tally of election losses to
45. One of Mayne’s rare wins was his election as
President of Doncaster Chess Club in 1988. (His other activities, for those
unfamiliar with them, can be researched with google.) Chess in
High places chessexpress reports that the championship
of the High Court was decided recently with Chief Justice Robert French (not
listed by FIDE as an IA but obviously well qualified) as the arbiter. The
site quotes a report from Rita Gibson: Yesterday at
lunchtime the final game of the High Court's inaugural chess tournament was
played between associates Ben Mostafa and Zelie Wood, on a beautiful marble
chess set presented to the Chief Justice in appreciation by the ANU law
students' society. The game was limited to 20 minutes per player (thanks to
Mr Paul Dunn who generously loaned the chess clock) and after considerable
bloodshed (of chess pieces only of course) the time limit was reached without
a checkmate. [Ed:
Presumably this means the game was won on time.] Congratulations to the winner, Ben Mostafa, of Justice Hayne's
chambers. The Chief Justice awarded the prize bottle of champagne and the
winner's name will be inscribed on the Chief Justice's perpetual chess
trophy. Ben Mostafa, 25,
played some chess in his junior years at A photograph of the champion can be seen here |
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2009 Australasian Masters This
tournament (5-13 December) was
conducted at Box Hill CC with participation as listed in 09/12A
except that Mehmedalija Dizdarevic (BIH) played in place of Vladimir Smirnov
(Rus). Top
seed GM Darryl Johansen was in good shape for most of the event but lost his
last two games against IM James Morris and Lee Wang-Sheng, leaving IM Stephen
Solomon the winner on 6.5/9 with five wins, three draws, and only one loss to
Johansen IM
Morris was second on 6 while GM Johansen finished in a tie for third on 5
with World U12 Champion FM Bobby Cheng and FM Eddy Levi. Sponsors
were Hallsteen P/L, FIDE, Chess Victoria and Chess Australia P/L. For the
full table see here. Recent 2009 GP weekend results Christmas Open, See link
for full GP scores. 2009 Australasian Universities Rapid Host
team MCC Christmas Swiss David
Garner (Eng) 9.5/11 won the MCC Christmas Swiss rapid event from FM Michael
Baron 9 and Domagoj Dragicevic 7.5. (22 players) 2010 O2C Doeberl Cup Doeberl
Cup organiser Charles Bishop has announced that GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili
(Geo) 2635 will compete in the Doeberl Cup, with the possibility of as many
as thirteen GMs in total. link |
This is
the final Grand Prix event of 2009, to be held at Box Hill Chess Club 3
Rochester Road Canterbury from December 27
to 29. It will be ACF and FIDE rated. link contact 2010 Redland Summer Cup
(Allegro) (Qld)
2010 The
2010 Australia Day Weekender is the first ACF rated GP Class 2 weekender in
Qld for 2010. This
event is also FIDE RATED. DATES: Saturday January 23 till Tuesday January
26 VENUE: FORMAT:
Seven round individual swiss TIME
CONTROL: 90 minutes per player plus 30 seconds per move (Fischer) PLAY
STARTS: 11am Saturday January 23 For
further information or to register, please contact: Garvin
Gray on 0422 993 062 or graygarvin@gmail.com Further
information here. |
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Grand Prix events Dec 27-29 Canterbury Summer Swiss [2], Melbourne, Vic link Jan 23-26 Australia Day Weekender [2], Brisbane,
Qld link
Jan 23-24 Australia Day Weekender [2], Feb 6-7 Ranges Summer Sizzler [1], Upwey Vic link Feb 13-14 Launceston Cup [1], Launceston Tas link
Feb 13-14 Newcastle Open [1], Feb 20-21 Kingsley Open [1], Mar 6-8 Tasmanian Championship[1], Mar 20-21 10th Anniversary Dubbo
RSL Open [3], Dubbo, NSW link Apr 1-5 Doeberl Cup [5], Apr 2-5 Queensland Open [3], Toowoomba,
Qld link
Apr 4-5 Gufeld Cup [1], Apr 7-11 Sydney International Open [5], |
Other
events may be interpolated in the above list when the calendar is completed.
The number in brackets is the GP class of the event. Full 2009 GP
calendar: link 2010 GP calendar (in
progress): link Register for 2010: link Lidums Australian
Allegro Chess Championship Glenelg; 26 Dec link Please
notify forthcoming tournaments to auschessnews@gmail.com |
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World Cup Boris Gelfand (Isr) met Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr), who has already
won one World Cup in 2002, in the final of the 2009 World Cup in The two had survived a series of two-game knockout matches, with
rapid and blitz play-offs where necessary, from an initial field of 128.
David Smerdon played as the sole For the final the match was extended to four games, though this
made little difference as the match opened with two quiet draws. The next two
games were more eventful with both players having prospects with the white
pieces but both games also finished in draws. This took the match to a four-game rapid series. At this point the
match became more dramatic with Gelfand scoring a win and two draws to need
only a draw with White to win the tournament, but Ponomariov took the last
rapid with Black to send the match to a series of two-game blitz matches. Gelfand created another “match point” winning the
first blitz game, but Ponomariov saved it by winning the next game. However
when the same scenario was created in the next blitz game Ponomariov was
unable to scramble back, leaving Gelfand the victor. In addition to the prize and trophy, Boris Gelfand qualifies for
the eight-player candidates’ series to determine the Challenger for the
2012 World Championship. See here for the official
site. Commonwealth Championship The Commonwealth Championship was held in Best of the Australians was CM Max Illingworth who finished
equal third on 6, losing only to the eventual winner in the first round and
performing at over 2400. Ben Lazarus and Dusan Stojic both scored 4. Three other events were held in conjunction with the
Championship, the Commonwealth U20 and U16 in a combined event, the
Commonwealth U12 and a Singapore Challenger. Devappa Yashas of WCM Maria Furtado Ivana 7.5/9 won the U12. Isaac Ng was equal
second on 7, with Sean Gu 6.5 and Cedric Koh 5.5. The Singapore Challengers was won by Jedara Docena ( Spassky v Korchnoi Boris Spassky and Viktor Korchnoi are contesting the latest
blast-from-the past spectacular (though at 78 Korchnoi is also still very
much active in the present) in The two played five matches for the World Championship between
them, though none against each other. |
London Chess Classic featuring
Magnus and Arianne The London Chess Classic, which was partly responsible for some
absences from the World Cup, was played from 8 to 15 December. The event was
a round robin featuring the top four British players Short, Adams, McShane
and Howell (or that might simply be the top four English players – as
with soccer, Britain doesn’t exist) and four leading overseas players,
Carlsen (Nor), Kramnik (Rus), Nakamura (USA) and Ni Hua (Chn). link Carlsen emerged the winner with 13/7 (the tournament was scored
as win=3, draw=1) from three wins and four draws, with Kramnik 12 and Howell
and Adams 9. The decisive game turned out to be in the first round where
Carlsen won against Kramnik. The result extends Carlsen’s lead on the
“live” rating list, which unofficially calculates rating
movements as they happen. The accompanying Women’s Invitational was comfortably won
by WIM Arianne Caoili with 8/9 from IM Susan Lalic (Eng) 6 and WIM Arlette Van
Weersel (NED) 5.5. Two clichés are that chess players take a long time over
apparently minimal activity and that journalists can take a lot of words to
express fairly basic thoughts – both of these are at work in this report of the event, which
confirms the notion that chess is not a great spectator sport for non-players. GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (Nor), one of the top performers at the
recent European Teams Championship, won an Open which accompanied the event. Australian
player Robin Shaw scored 4.5/9. Russian Championship The superfinal of the Russian Championship is being contested as
a ten-player round robin from 20 to 29 December in 2010 World Championship FIDE reports (with photographs here) that contracts have
been signed for the world title match between Anand and Topalov in 2014 Olympiad bids FIDE has also announced that bids for the 2014 Olympiad will
close on 30 April 2010. Offers which incorporate bids for the 2013 World Cup
will be given preference. FIDE Minutes FIDE has published the Minutes and many of the Annexes from its
October meeting. link Otago Summer Rapid ( Tony Dowden (Tas) won this event on 12 December with 5.5/6. |
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For chess tourists The ACF receives information about a wide variety
of chess happenings in other parts of the world, and it is sometimes
difficult to rank the likely levels of interest among Australian players.
The following is a summary of events about which information has been
received in recent times. In some cases, additional information may be
obtained by contacting the Editor or ACF Councillor for your State
Association. The date listed is the start
date, see the link for the full schedule. Schachfestival: 1 Jan 2010, 9th Bela Perenyi
Memorial: 8 Jan 2010, Marienbad Open: 16 Jan 2010, 2nd
Chennai International Open: 25 Jan 2010, Gibtelecom
International Chess Festival: 26 Jan 2010, Bermuda International
Open:
5
Feb 2010, Southampton, Cappelle-la-Grande: 13 Feb 2010, 1st Novy
Bor Open: 13 Feb 2010, 26th
Budapest Spring Festival Open: 19 Mar 2010, |
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The
Queensland Teams Championship was played in two Divisions, Premier and
Junior, on 13 December at the Gardiner Chess Centre, Mudgeeraba. Both
sections were at the rate of 20 minutes plus ten seconds per move. The Premier was a double round robin between four
teams of eight. Club Bullwinkle (Moulthun Ly, Jacob Edwards, Bruce Williams, Kevin
Casey, Brian Thomas, Nik Stawski, Michael van Pelt, Craig Stewart and Regina
Edwards) 35.5/48 won from Gardiner Chess 27, Logan 18 and Brisbane 15.5.
Moulthun Ly was the best individual scorer with 5.5/6. The Junior was a seven-round Swiss involving
eleven players in three teams. Gardiner Chess One (Daniel Lapitan, Martin
Jack, Keith Chan and Oliver McCarthy) 20/28 won from Gardiner Chess Two 14.5
and Brisbane 7.5. Keith Chan (Gardiner One) with 5.5/7 was the top individual
scorer. The Queensland Lightning Championship on the
evening of the same day was a nine-round Swiss with 21 players. FM Gene
Nakauchi, Patrick Byrom and Kevin Casey tied on 7/9. A double round-robin playoff was won
by Kevin 3/4 from Gene 2 and Patrick 1. The Queensland AGM was held on 12 December at the
Queensland Contract Bridge Club, Woolloongabba. The following were unopposed. President: Garvin Gray Vice President: Gail Young Secretary: Patrick Byrom Treasurer: Jim Rogers Membership Secretary: Gail Young Ratings Officer: Patrick Byrom Tournament Officer: Garvin Gray Regional Liaison Officer: none Junior Chess Coordinator: Michael Corner Publicity Officer: none Development Officer: none. State associations are invited
to submit regular round-ups for inclusion, as are clubs and other bodies. |
The 2009 Integra NSW State Championship and Reserves were
conducted at the Sydney Academy of Chess, Burwood, from 30 September to 2
December. Six players contested a
double round robin in the main event. Vincent Suttor, who qualified as winner of the 2008 Reserves,
won the State Championship with 7.5/10 from FM Tomek Rej and FM Jesse Sales 7
and defending champion FM Greg Canfell 6.5. The Reserves was a ten-player round robin won by Johnny Bolens
with 7.5/9 from Arthur Huynh 7 and Sean Arundel 6.5. The ACT Rapidplay Championship was held in Junta Ikeda won with 6.5/7 from GM David Smerdon 6, Tuan Le
5.5 and FM Endre Ambrus, Andrew Brown, Yi Yuan and Allen Setiabudi 5. Chess State pages (links) |
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From: IM Guy West Hi Ian. Well done on taking over the job
of ACF newsletter editor. You mentioned early on that we should assist by
providing feedback on any ways the newsletter might be improved. I’d like to find out what
people think of the split page format. Personally I’d much prefer to
just have a single, broad, page of content and have to scroll down further. I
find the current split format very distracting to read, as my attention keeps
jumping from the left column to the right, which is often not the correct
progression. It seems a natural thing to read right across the page from left
to right, and having to filter out content on the right hand side feels a bit
jarring to me. Chessplayers like to scan the whole board! Given that this sort of layout
is often encountered in newspapers, but for some reason doesn’t jar on
me the way it does in this e-mail format, it’s possible I am unique in
wishing that the layout was just a single, scrolling page. However, it would
be good to get comments from others in case I’m not the only one. For
me it detracts somewhat from the pleasure of reading it. |
Other than that, I’m
enjoying it very much. Kind regards, Guy West. Ed: I
don’t have any strong preference for one vs two columns - my priority
is for something low maintenance so I can spend time on the content rather
than the artistry, and especially something that can be extended or changed
at the last minute. This is
why the newsletter exists purely in an on-line format – organising
pagination for a print version would not be viable. I chose
the two-column layout as merely the first thought I had as something compact
for what would be mainly small self-contained pieces, in some cases with a
number of short lines. If anyone strongly agrees or disagrees with Guy please
contact the usual address. I’m happy to change in whole or in part, and
the Tournament Reports this time are in single column as they are (I think)
more readable that way. |
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Sensational Scotch!:
The 2009 Australian Schools Teams Championships (by Kerry Lyall and Charles Zworestine) The
2009 Australian Schools Teams Championships were held in the beautiful
grounds of Teams
started arriving around 8.15 am on 5 December ready for the Opening Ceremony
at 9.00 am. Mr Tom Batty, Principal of Scotch College, welcomed competitors,
parents, teachers and coaches to the competition. Games started shortly after
9.30 am. All four divisions were played at a time control now common to
Australian weekenders: 60 minutes for the whole game, plus ten seconds per
move from the start (Fischer). Of course, only the secondary players ever
really use this allotted time; with a few notable exceptions, the primary
school players usually play blitz, and often all their games are over inside
the first hour! Round 1: The Primary Girls saw
convincing 4-0 wins by Somerville House (QLD) over Mount View (VIC) and
Curtin (ACT) over Summer Hill (NSW); while Lauriston drew 2-2 with fellow
Victorian side PLC. In the Primary Open, Victorian favourites Only 2
matches in the Secondary Girls; and while PLC enjoyed the bye (4 points), St
Peter’s (SA) and Hornsby (NSW) had a dogfight resulting in a 2-2 draw.
Meanwhile Somerset (QLD) beat Radford (ACT) 3-1, winning the bottom two
boards and drawing Board 1 (Jessica Kinder vs Tamzin Oliver) and Board 2
after Joanne Mason agreed to a draw in a won position a pawn ahead against
Danielle Kinder! The Secondary Open saw more ACF rated players than any of
the other events; but it did not help Radford (ACT), who went down 4-0 to the
overwhelming favourites Scotch College (VIC) despite Derek Yu having
initially slightly the worse of a drawn knight vs bishop ending against
Willis Lo on Board 3 and Nicholas Liu sacrificing a piece unsoundly against
Bevan Lee on Board 4. The 4-0 win by Kings (QLD) against Seton (WA) was less
eventful. Meanwhile North Sydney (NSW) did well to defeat Prince Alfred (SA)
3.5-0.5, Board 1 Kevin Tan agreeing to a draw after a wild game against
Anthony Milton and Jack Ruan positionally beating Fabian Ivancic in a pure
opposite coloured bishop ending on Board 2. Round 2: Once more Somerville House were
too strong for their opposition in the Primary Girls, 4-0 victors over
Lauriston. PLC did likewise to Summer Hill; but Curtin dropped a point to So to
the Secondary Girls, where St. Peter’s relaxed in the luxury of the bye
while Radford were 3-1 winners over Hornsby, losing only on Board 4. The
match between PLC and Round 3: Somerville College rounded off
a perfect day in the Primary Girls with another 4-0 win (against PLC) to
reach 12/12; but even then they were not safe, as Curtin’s own 4-0 win
against Lauriston left them on 11/12 and only a point behind! Summer
Hill’s Board 4 snared them their first point in their 1-3 loss to It was
Somerset’s turn to rest in the Secondary Girls; but PLC ensured that
they went into Day 2 level with them on 9/12 after beating Hornsby 3-1,
suffering a shock loss on Board 3. The other match between Radford and St.
Peter’s resulted in a tough 2.5-1.5 win to the ACT team, Radford losing
on Board 3 and Board 1 seeing a tough fight between Sophie Eustace (White)
and Tamzin Oliver end in an agreed draw despite White’s weak pawns.
Meanwhile the Secondary Open saw the crucial battle between Scotch and Wang, Oscar - Yu, Derek, 2009
ASTC Secondary Open Board 3, Round 3 05/12/2009 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.e5 Ng4 9.Bf4
f6 10.exf6 0–0 11.0–0 Qxf6 12.Bg3 Bd6 13.h3 Bxg3 14.fxg3 Qd4+
15.Kh1 Nf2+ 16.Rxf2 Qxf2 17.Qh5 h6 18.Rf1 Qxg3 19.Bh7+ Kxh7 20.Rxf8 Bxh3
0–1 Tan, Kevin - Lin, Zhigen, 2009
ASTC Secondary Open Board 1, Round 3 05/12/2009 1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.c3 0–0
9.Bd3 b6 10.0–0 Bb7 11.Re1 Be7 12.Qc2 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rad1 Qc7
15.Neg5 h6 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Rxd7 Qxd7 18.Nxf7+ (Ne5 wins even more easily!)
Rxf7 19.Ne5 Bf6 20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.Be4 Bd5 22.c4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Rad8 24.b3 Rd2
25.Qxe6 Bd4 26.Re2 Rd1+ 27.Re1 Rd2 28.Re2 Rd1+ 29.Re1 Bc3 30.Qe8+ Rxe8
31.Rxd1 Re1+ 32.Rxe1 Bxe1 33.Kf1 Bb4 34.Ke2 Kg8 35.Kd3 Kf7 36.Ke4 Ke6 37.f4
g6 38.g4 Bc3 39.Kd3 Ba1 40.Ke4 g5 41.f5+ Kd6 42.a3 a5 43.f6 Bxf6 44.Kf5 Bb2
45.a4 Bd4 46.Kg6 Ke5 47.Kxh6 Be3 48.Kh5 Kd4 49.h4 gxh4 50.Kxh4 Kc3 51.Kg3
Kxb3 52.Kf3 Bd4 53.Ke4 Kxc4 54.g5 Kb4 55.g6 Bg7 56.Kd3 c4+ 57.Kc2 Kxa4 58.Kb1
Kb3 59.Kc1 c3 60.Kb1 c2+ 61.Kc1 Bh6# 0–1 The
competitors had earlier been very excited to obtain their lunches, which most
people had ordered from Subway. There was an opportunity for participants to
catch up with friends from interstate before the third round. After Round 3,
most people stayed for the evening meal. There was a long queue for the 10
types of entree and the many varieties of pizza and salad, as almost 180
people waited to collect their dinner. Leteisha Simmonds, who was celebrating
her birthday, cut the ice cream cake – which had three different
flavours – one cake had a chess board decorating it, one had the
Australian Junior Chess League written on it and the final cake had
Australian Schools Teams Championships decorating it. No one went home
hungry! Round 4: Another beautiful The Secondary
Girls was almost as thrilling, Radford’s bye leaving them likely third
while PLC and Dale, Ari - Bortsova, Natasha,
2009 ASTC Primary Open Board 1, Round 4 06/12/2009 1.e4 d6
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.f4 Bg4 6.Nf3 a6 7.h3 Bd7 8.g4 h5 9.gxh5 Nxh5
10.e5 Ng3 11.Rg1 Nxf1 12.Rxf1 Bxh3 13.Rg1 Nd7 14.Nd5 f6 15.Bh4 Bf5 16.Ne3 Be4
17.Rg4 dxe5 18.fxe5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 g5 20.0–0–0 Nb6 21.e6 Bf8
22.Bxg5 fxg5 23.Qf7# 1–0 Grigg, Sam - Tan, Kevin, 2009
ASTC Secondary Open Board 1, Round 4 06/12/2009 1.c4 g6
2.Nc3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 f5 13.e5 dxe5 14.d6 Nc6 15.Qd5+ Kh8
16.b5 Nd4 17.Nxe5 Nxe2+ 18.Nxe2 Qe8 19.d7 Bxd7 20.Nxd7 Rd8 21.c6 bxc6 22.bxc6
Qxe2 23.Rce1 Qg4 24.Qb3 Rfe8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Qf7 Qe2 27.Qd5 Qe6 28.Qf3 Qe4
29.Nc5 Qc4 30.Nb3 Qc2 31.h4 Qxa2 32.h5 a5 33.h6 Bf6 34.Qd5 Qe2 35.Nxa5 Bc3
36.Rb1 f3 37.gxf3 Qe7 38.Qd7 Qg5+ 39.Kf1 Rd8 40.Qxc7 Qh4 41.Nc4 Qh1+ 42.Ke2 Re8+
43.Ne5 Bxe5 44.Rb8 Qe1+ 45.Kxe1 Bc3+ 46.Kf1 1–0 Round 5: No more thrills in the Primary Girls, as Somerville House
were clinical in dispatching Summer Hill 4-0 to claim first on 18/20. Curtin
were shocked by PLC’s resistance in their 2-2 draw, happy in the end to
take out second on 15/20 after upset losses on Boards 2 and 4. This left PLC
third and Mount View fourth after they drew 2-2 with Lauriston. Mount View
were just as clinical in the Primary Open, drawing Board 1 but winning the
rest against Carlingford West for a 3.5-0.5 win to leave them first on 18/20.
Kings were second on 12.5/20 after dispatching Magill 4-0; while Kaleen
finally got it right in their 4-0 win against There
was still some excitement left in the Secondary Open, despite Scotch
predictably beating Seton 4-0 to finish first on 19/20; but Jack Ruan on
Board 2 dropped queen for rook in his upset loss to James Li, and when Jerry
Xu on Board 4 declined Jak Carty’s draw offer and went on to lose
instead, North Sydney were only able to draw 2-2 with Radford. Could Kings
beat Prince Alfred 4-0 to overtake them? Tough wins by Sam Grigg over Anthony
Milton and Sebastian Jule against Fabian Ivancic gave them a chance; but
Caleb Eriksson pressed too hard on Board 3, and his loss to Owen Yang left
Kings 3-1 victors, third on 12.5/20 half a point behind North Sydney in
second on 13/20. Meanwhile the Secondary Girls saw a less thrilling finish
than expected, when Tamzin Oliver maintained her good record against Sally Yu
and Joanne Mason won Sakthi Ravitharan’s queen to leave Radford level
at 2-2 with PLC. Somerset thus needed only 3 points, and duly registered them
on the bottom three boards to leave Jessica Kinder’s draw with Sophie
Eustace irrelevant; so Somerset took out first with 16/20, PLC second with
15/20, Radford third with 12.5/20 and Hornsby fourth when their 4-0 bye
enabled them to overtake St. Peter’s. At the
Closing Ceremony Kerry Lyall, the Chief Organiser of the tournament, thanked
the many people who had assisted with the competition – especially
Howard Chan and Michael Loh, two parents from the The final standings were as
follows: Primary Girls 1st 4th
Primary Open 1st 9.5;
= 4th Secondary Girls 1st 4th
Hornsby (NSW) 8.5; Secondary Open 1st 12.5;
4th Prince Alfred (SA) 8; 5th Radford (ACT) 6.5; 6th
Seton (WA) 1. |
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2009 Aust. Universities Rapid: Only
18, But Fun Had By All (by DOP Charles Zworestine) Well, we are now up to the
fourth incarnation of this event; and nothing much has changed! It is still a
fun tournament, with a wonderful social element (more on this later); it is
still played at In case you don’t already
know, this event was conceived years ago by Jenni Oliver and Sydney Uni
postgraduate Jason Chan; and it always gets excellent sponsorship from the
lovely Jenni... The idea was to lure young chess players out of their
inevitable “chess retirement” while they study in Years 11 and
12; and the way to do this is to make the event as much fun as possible!
Hence a fun variants event run by Jason Chan, with some of the most absurd
variations of chess conceivable; food and drinks aplenty; relaxed starting
times; and a rapid time control so nobody takes it all too seriously or
worries about their rating. A social steakhouse dinner and bowling on the
first night completed the package this year. Needless to add, much fun was
had on this night; for those of you who have not seen it, apparently Charles
bowling is a sight to behold... As planned, the easygoing,
social nature of this event was definitely helped by the rapid time controls:
20 minutes each, plus ten seconds per move from the start (Fischer). As
stated above, not so many players this year: the representation went 7 from
Sydney Uni, 6 from NSW Uni, 2 from UQ, 2 from UTS and 1 from Notre Dame. What
made this interesting for the teams event was the strength of the players,
with top seed Moulthun Ly (rapid rating 2393) and 7th seed Ben
Lazarus (1785) the 2 players from UQ; and 3rd seed Blair Mandla
(2142) and 4th seed Arthur Huynh (1963) the 2 players from UTS.
Sydney Uni were favourites, as the teams prize was determined by the top 3
scorers and they had 2nd seed Jason Hu (2231) and 5th
seed Robert Hvistendahl (1884). But I was pretty sure right from the start
that UQ and UTS would give Sydney Uni and UNSW a run for their money; and
subsequent events proved me correct... After the usual “Charles
standard time” late start, the scheduled 10:00 am first round began
even later than last year (11:00); but we still got in 2 rounds before lunch!
Results were predictable as usual in Round 1, although a couple of the higher
seeds did struggle. Rob Hvistendahl was last to finish, winning a long game
against Richard Hua; and Shan-Shan Qiao looked to be in trouble against Victor
Teng’s powerful passed c6 pawn, but found a way to get her pieces in
and checkmate him! Round 2 saw our first upsets, with Nicholas Leung winning
a piece to a trap to beat Egon Cardenas; and Ben Lazarus drawing a
topsy-turvy game with Arthur Huynh after Ben was better, then worse (bad
bishop vs good knight), then finally drew with bishop and wrong coloured rook
pawn! Moulthun won quickly against John Stuart Plant; Jason Hu took a bit
longer but still convincingly beat Rob Hvistendahl. Meanwhile, Blair was
cruel to his good friend Shan-Shan Qiao, the only female in the event; lucky
she never takes these things too seriously... Lunch followed (Turkish PIDE and
pizza like last year), and disappeared at the usual rate; and then it was
time for the variants fun event... It is impossible for me to describe the
chaos this event brings with it! You win games by getting two pieces to the
back rank at the same time; or by capturing an opposing knight; or where you
can teleport your king anywhere safe (including capturing an unprotected
enemy piece) and win by taking the enemy king. Think about it – you
must always leave your king protected... Suffice it to say that fun was had
by all; the event (at blitz time controls) was won by Moulthun on 8.5/9, with
John Stuart second on 6.5. The chess part of the day
concluded with Round 3 – and a battle between the top two seeds! Magic
Moulthun (MM) was attacking, but Jason “The Doctor” Hu handled
everything he could throw at him; until he ran out of gas, and then it was Jason’s
turn! But sadly all he could do was swap off into a drawn opposite coloured
bishop ending... This enabled Blair and Ben to share the lead with MM and
Jason on 2.5/3 going into Day 2. Blair was two pawns up against Arthur, but
blundered one pawn back and ended up having to settle for a draw; while in
another topsy-turvy game, John Stuart came back from miles down to force a
drawn ending with rook, king and two rook pawns each against Ben, only to
blunder in the king and pawn ending and lose! About half of us then went to a
very social and enjoyable dinner at a steak house, $10 of which per person
was subsidised by the tournament – another invitation for more
university students to play next year... Bowling followed, with competition
bowler Rob Hvistendahl giving everyone a lesson in how to spin the ball;
despite his skills, everyone on his lane was more than competitive with him.
As for me, for the record I managed to win my lane – but only by
fluking a spare and a strike in the last frame, narrowly overtaking Big Ben
and MM by a handful of pins! So to Friday, the second day;
and sadly for him Blair’s attempt to sacrifice a piece to attack MM was
a miserable failure, as he moved his king instead of blocking a check (which
lost) and ended up trapping Blair’s queen! (Blair had missed this...).
Magic thus stayed in a share of the lead with Dr Hu, who converted enormous
pressure as White against Big Ben into first the win of a pawn, then another
and then two connected passed pawns marching easily to victory. Upsets saw
the unrated Tuan Diep (“he’s actually pretty good”, said
the others) draw with Rob Hvistendahl; and Albert Teo beat Egon Cardenas
despite conceding a 500 point rating gap. Apparently Albert was struggling to
break a blockade of his opponent’s two knights (and queen and rook)
against his knight, bishop, queen and rook; but then he found a way past the
knights and ended up winning! I missed a large chunk of Round
5 while helping Kai Meng get lunch; it was fortunate Kai had the bye due to
Richard Hua missing two rounds because of an exam, as Kai thus became A nice Thai lunch followed,
followed by a transfer (“bug”) tournament where the arbiter (me!)
chose the teams “randomly” to ensure closer competition. This was
won by Moulthun Ly and Kai Meng on 6/7, followed by Rob Hvistendahl and
Albert Teo sharing second with Jason Hu and Johny Shih on 5... Round 6 then
saw Jason defeat Blair after the latter underestimated his opponent’s
pressure, and just what a terrible position he had gotten himself into! Jason
was thus still equal first on 5.5/6 with MM after Magic beat his UQ teammate
Big Ben, getting the better of their piece play and winning tactically. Most
of the other higher seeds won this round, although Ulas did win two pawns to
upset the luckless Shan; and John Stuart was rather lucky to beat Tuan Diep
after the latter mistakenly swapped queens when attacking, having earlier
missed an opportunity to push his advanced passed e-pawn to e2 and win! Thus the final round began with
The Doctor and Magic still joint leading on 5.5/6; would the tie be broken?
Moulthun ensured himself at least equal first by quickly and convincingly
beating Rob Hvistendahl; but despite taking longer, Jason was still too
strong for Arthur Huynh to share the first place prize money. Only a Buchholz
tiebreak could separate them, this unfortunate method leaving MM with the
first place trophy. John Stuart Plant then stunned by winning a piece to
upset Blair after the latter misplayed the tactics. So, third place for John
Stuart; Sydney Uni claimed the first placed team, with University of Individual Prizes = 1st Moulthun Ly, Jason Hu 6.5/7 3rd John Stuart Plant 5/7 Team Prizes (Top Three Scorers From Each
University Only) 1st 2nd 3rd |
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Caoili,A (2206) - Yurenok,M (1968) [B10] 1.c4
c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.g3 0–0 8.Bg2
Nbd7 9.d4 a6 10.Nge2 Ra7 11.a4 b6 12.Na2 a5 13.Nac3 Ba6 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.Qxb5
Ne8 16.0–0 Nd6 17.Qb3 Qb8 18.Bf4 Rc8 19.Rac1 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rb7 21.Bh3 f5
22.Qe3 Nf8 23.Be5 Qd8 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Nf4 Qd7 26.b3 Rc7
27.Rc6
Ne4 28.Qxe4 fxe4 29.Bxd7 Rxd7 30.Rxb6 g5 31.Ne6+ Nxe6 32.Rxe6 Kf7 33.Rxe4
Rxd5 34.Kf1 Kf6 35.Ke2 Rd8 36.Kd3 Rb8 37.Kc4 Rb4+ 38.Kc3 Rb7 39.Re5 Rc7+
40.Rc5 Ra7 41.Kc4 e6 42.Rc6 Kf5 43.f3 h5 44.Kb5 Rb7+ 45.Rb6 Rd7 46.Kc5 Re7
47.Rc6 Rb7 48.Kc4 Ra7 49.Rb6 Rc7+ 50.Kd3 Ra7 51.Ke3 Rc7 52.Rb5+ Kf6 53.Rc5
Ra7 54.Ke4 Ra6 55.h4 gxh4 56.gxh4 Kg6 57.Rg5+ Kh6 58.f4 Rb6 59.Rxa5 Rxb3
60.Ra6 Rh3 61.Rxe6+ Kg7 62.a5 Rxh4 63.Kf5 Rh1 64.a6 Ra1 65.Re7+ (Remainder unrecorded) 1–0 Caoili,A (2206) - Smith,O (2026) [C28] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3
Bb4 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.a3 Nxc3 8.Nxc3 Ba5 9.0–0 0–0 10.f4
Bb6+ 11.Kh1 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nd4 13.Ne4 Ne6
14.Qh5 Bd4 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.c3 Be5
17.Rae1 Qc6 18.Be7 1–0 Illingworth,M (2211) - Tan,W (2168) [B53] 2009
Commonwealth ch (2), 10.12.2009 1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6
9.0–0–0 Be7 10.Qd3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.Nd4 0–0 13.f4 d5 14.e5
Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Qc4 Qb6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qxe4 Rab8 19.Bc3 Qa6 20.Kb1 Rb7
21.g4 Rfb8 22.Ka1 h5 23.b3 Bb4 24.Bb2 Rb5 25.Rd4 hxg4 26.f5 Qa5
27.fxe6
Rxe5 [27...fxe6
28.Qg6] 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Rf1+ 1–0 |
Lazarus,B (2168) - Lo,K (2174) [B30] 2009
Commonwealth ch (4), 11.12.2009 1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.Be2 e6 5.c4 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.0–0 Ne7 8.a3 Ng6 9.d3
Be7 10.Be3 0–0 11.Rc1 Nf4 12.Re1 Nxe2+ 13.Rxe2 b6 14.Na4 e5 15.b4 Nb7
16.Nc3 d6 17.a4 a5 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rb2 Nd8 20.Nd5 Qa7 21.Rcb1 f5 22.Nb6 Rb8
23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.exf5 Qd7 25.Nd2 Nc6 26.g4 Nb4 27.Ne4 d5 28.Ng3 h6 29.Re2 Rfd8
30.Re1 Kh7 31.Qe2 Qxa4 32.g5 Bf8 33.gxh6 gxh6 34.Qg4 Qe8 35.Kh1 Rc7 36.Nh5
Qf7 37.Rg1 Rd6 38.Rg3 Nxd3 39.f6 d4
40.Qf5+
Kh8 41.Rg7 Bxg7 42.fxg7+ Qxg7 [42...Kg8 43.Rb8+]
43.Nxg7 dxe3 44.Rb8+ Kxg7 45.Qf8+
1–0 Koh,J (2211) - Stojic,D (2201) [B22] 2009
Commonwealth ch (3), 11.12.2009 1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.c3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.0–0 Be7
9.Re1 0–0 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Rxe5 Qc7 14.Qd3 Bd7
15.Bb3 Bf6 16.Re3 e5 17.Ba3 Rfe8 18.d5 g6 19.Ree1 Bf5 20.Qg3 Rac8 21.Rac1 e4
22.Bd6 Qd7 23.c4 b6 24.Bf4 Bb2 25.Rc2 Ba3 26.Be3 a5 27.Rc3 Bb4 28.Bd4 a4
29.Bd1 b5 30.Be2 bxc4 31.Rb1 Bxc3 32.Qxc3 e3 33.Rf1 exf2+ 34.Rxf2 Qxd5 35.Bh8
f6 36.Qxf6 Qf7 37.Qc3 h5 38.h3 Kh7 39.Bd4 Qe6 40.g4 Bd3 41.Bxd3 cxd3 42.Qxd3
Rc1+ 43.Kh2 Qd6+ 44.Kg2 Qd5+
45.Kg3
[45.Qf3 Qxd4
46.Qf7+ Kh6 47.Qxe8 (47.g5+ Kxg5
48.h4+ Kh6) 47...Qd5+ 48.Rf3 Rc2+ 49.Kg1 Qd1+ 50.Rf1 Qd4+ 51.Kh1 Qd5+;
45.Rf3 hxg4 46.hxg4 Rf8 47.Bf2 Qxf3+ 48.Qxf3 Rxf3 49.Kxf3 Ra1] 45...Rg1+
46.Kh4 hxg4 0–1 Diagrams by http://www.chessvideos.tv/ |
Lee,W (2228) - Johansen,D (2435) [C01] Australasian
Masters (9), 13.12.2009 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5
exd5 5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nge7 7.Nge2 Bf5 8.a3 Be4 9.Qh3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Bxg2 11.Rg1
Be4 12.f3 Bg6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4 Qd7 15.Nf4 Kf7 16.0–0–0 a6 17.Bf1
Bf5 18.Bf2 Rhe8 19.h4 Nd8 20.Nh5 g6 21.Ng3 Ne6 22.Qd2 Qd6 23.Be3 Rg8 24.Re1
Rae8 25.Kb1 h5 26.Ka2 Qc6 27.Rc1 b5 28.b3 Rb8 29.Kb2 Qb6 30.Bf2 Qd6 31.Be3
Ra8 32.Ra1 c6 33.a4 b4 34.a5 c5 35.Ra4 cxd4 36.Bf2 Nc6 37.Nxf5 gxf5 38.Rxg8
Kxg8 39.Qh6 Ng7 40.f4 Qe7
41.Ra1 Qc5 42.Bd3 Kf7 43.Rg1 Rg8
44.Qg6+ Ke7 45.Re1+ Kd8 46.Qxf6+ Kc8 47.Bxa6+ Kb8 48.Qf7 1–0 Levi,E
(2242) - Dragicevic,D (2223) [B48] Australasian Masters (7),
11.12.2009 1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0–0 Ne5
9.h3 Nc4 10.Bxc4 Qxc4 11.e5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Qc7 13.Qh5 Be7 14.c4 Nxe3 15.fxe3 g6
16.Qf3 Qxe5 17.Qxf7+ Kd8 18.Rad1 d6
19.Nxd6
Qxe3+ [19...Bxd6
20.Nf3 Qxe3+ 21.Kh1 Qc5 22.Qf6+] 20.Kh1 Rf8 21.Nc6+ bxc6 22.Nf5+ 1-0 Morris,J (2200) - Solomon,S (2427) [E11] Australasian
Masters (9), 13.12.2009 1.d4
Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Qc2 0–0 8.a3 Bxd2+
9.Nbxd2 c5 10.0–0 d6 11.b4 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Rfd8 13.Rab1 h6 14.h3 Rac8
15.Qb2 e5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.e4 g6 18.b5 Nh5 19.g3 f5 20.Re1 f4 21.g4 Ng7
22.Rbd1 Ne6 23.Nb3 Nd4 24.Nfxd4 exd4 25.f3 Ne5 26.Kg2 h5 27.Nc1 Kf7 28.Qd2 g5
29.Be2 hxg4 30.hxg4
30...Nxg4
31.Rh1 [31.fxg4
Qxe4+] 31...Rh8 32.Nd3 Ne3+ 33.Kf2 g4 34.Rdg1 g3+ 35.Ke1 Rxh1 36.Rxh1 g2
37.Rh7+ Kg8 0-1 |
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