ACF Bulletin #228, August 4, 2003
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IN THIS ISSUE
* Stephen Kerr wins Australian Email Championships
* Uni Open Report
* First Kasparov, now Anand: the rise and rise of Radjabov
* Chess World Grand Prix 2003
* Upcoming tournaments
STEPHEN KERR WINS AUSTRALIAN EMAIL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Former British and Australian Junior Champion Stephen Kerr has won the
annual Australian e-mail Championship. Kerr (Sydney) defeated former 3
time Australian Champion Douglas Hamilton (Melbourne) in his final game
which finished last week. Kerr was undefeated scoring six wins and four
draws (8/10). (Thanks to Peter Parr)
Kerr played some extraordinary chess to win the event. Some highlights:
[Event "CCLA Aus Email Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barnett, Clive"]
[Black "Kerr, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "126"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Rd1 b4 19. Bb3 Ng6 20. cxb4 f4 21.
Nc4 Rf5 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. Ndb6 Re5 24. Qe2 f3 25. Qc2 Nf4 {A razor-sharp position!}
26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxe4
Bxb3 28. axb3 fxg2 29. Rg1 Ra7 30. Nd5 Rf7 31. Rd2 Qa8 32. Qc4 Qb7 33. h3 Nxd5
34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Rf3 36. Rxg2 Ke7 37. b5 axb5 38. Rxb5 Rxh3 39. Ke2 h5
40. Rg5 Rh1 41. Ke3 Rh4 42. Rg6 Kd7 43. Rd5 Rh3+ 44. f3 Rh4 45. Kf2 Rb4 46. Rd3
Rh4 47. Rh6 Bf4 48. Rh7+ Ke6 49. Kg1 Be5 50. Re3 Kf5 51. b4 Bd4 52. Rhe7 Bxe3+
53. Rxe3 Rxb4 54. Re2 d5 55. Rh2 Kg5 56. Rd2 d4 57. b3 Kf4 58. Kf2 h4 59. Rd1
Ke5 60. Rh1 d3 61. Ke3 Rd4 62. Kd2 Kd5 63. Re1 Kc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "CCLA Aus Email Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Simon"]
[Black "Kerr, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 e5!? {An interesting gambit ... I presume
the idea is 5.dxe4 d4 and 6...Qa5+?} 5. Nf3 e4 6. Ne5 f6 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Qb3 Bc6 10. e3 Bd6 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. Be2 a6 13. a4 f5 14. g3 O-O 15.
f4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Kf2 Qd7 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Na2 {Capturing on b5 would
allow a deadly pin} b4 20. Bxb4 Qb7 21. Qc3
Bxb4 22. Nxb4 Bb5! 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 {White is very weak on the white squares}
24. Rb1 Rc8 25. Qd2 Qa5! {The white knight has no squares} 26. Ke1 Rb8 27. Nc2 Qa2
28. Na3 Nc6 29. Qc3 Nb4 30. Kd2 Nd3 31. Kc2 h5! {Zugzwang approaches!
The white rook and queen and king are tied to defending b2, and after ...Kh7
to avoid any checks, ...Rb3 will decide} 0-1
[Event "CCLA Aus Email Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kerr, Stephen"]
[Black "Mordue, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d3
Ne8 9. h3 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. d4 Na6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. g4 Bc8 15.
Rad1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. f4 d5 18. f5! dxc4 19. g5! Nfd5 20. f6! Bh8 21. Ndb5!!
{A singularly beautiful move to undermine the Nd5!}
Rf7 {If 21...Nxb5 then either 22.Nxb5 or even 222.Nxd5 cxd5 23.Bxd5+ Rf7 24.Bxf7+
Qxf7 25.Qd8+ Qf8 26.f7+ Kg7 27.Bd4+} 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Qg3+
25. Bg2 1-0
[Event "CCLA Aus Email Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kerr, Stephen"]
[Black "Lambert, Grant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "119"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. Nge2 Qb6 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Nc5 12. Na4! {I much admire Kerr's ability to
break the rules} Nxa4 13. bxa4 {The doubled pawn is of little consequence since
it's hard to attack and usefully guards the b5 square. Meanwhile, white gets the
use of the b-file} Nd7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Nc5 16. d4! exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe4 18. Rad1 f5 {Nf6!?} 19. Nb3 Rf6 20. Qh4 Re6
21. c5!! {The start of a wonderful combination to open files}
Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Bd5!! {Just lovely!} cxd5 25. Rc1
{The point - white threatens to invade down the c-file. 25...Qa7 26.Rc7+ Kh6 27.Qh4 is mate,
so black dumps his queen} b6 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Rb1
Kf7 28. Qc7+ Re7 29. Qc6 Rea7 30. Qxd6 Be6 31. Qxc5 Re7 32. Qd4 Rc8 33. Rb5 h5
34. Rxa5 Rc4 35. Qh8 Rc8 36. Qe5 Rd8 37. Qd4 Rc8 38. Ra7 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Rc4 40.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Qg7+ Kd6 42. a5 d4 43. Qf8+ Kd7 44. Kf3 Rc6 45. Qg7+ Kc8 46.
Qxd4 Bxa2 47. Qh8+ Kc7 48. Qg7+ Kc8 49. Kf4 Bd5 50. Kg5 Bc4 51. h4 Ba6 52. Qe7
Bc4 53. f3 Bb5 54. Qe8+ Kb7 55. Qxg6!! Rxg6+ 56. Kxg6 {Black can't stop the pawns}
Be8+ 57. Kxf5 Bc6 58. f4 Ka6 59. Ke6 Kxa5 60. f5 1-0
[Event "CCLA Aus Email Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamilton, Douglas"]
[Black "Kerr, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "104"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. Bb2 Bd6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. a4 dxc4 13. bxc4 b4 14. Ne2 c5 15. a5 Qc7
16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Ng5 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rfe8 20. f3 Red8 21. Kh1 cxd4
22. exd4 Bf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. fxe4 Nf6
{A remarkable knight adventure to win a pawn} 27. e5 Ne4
28. Kg1 Nd2 29. Rc2 Nb3 30. Ra4 Rb8 31. Kf2 Nxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Ke3 Rh4 34.
Kd3 b3 35. Rb2 g5 36. Ra3 Rd8+ 37. Kc3 Rc8 38. Ra4 Re4 39. Rxb3 Re3+ 40. Kc2
Rxe5 41. Rb6 Re2+ 42. Kc3 Rxg2 43. Rxa6 Rg3+ 44. Kb4 Rxh3 45. Rb6 g4 {The race is on} 46. a6 g3
47. a7 g2 48. Rb8 g1=Q!! 49. Rxc8+ Kh7 50. Ra6 {Unfortunately, 50.a8=Q Qb6 mate!}
Qe1+ 51. Kc5 Qe5+ 52. Kc6 Rd3 {If now 53.a8=Q Qd6+ 54.Kb7 Rb3+ 55.Ka7 Qd7+ mates} 0-1
UNIVERSITY OPEN
The University Open 2003 was a great success. Many players agree it is now one
of the top Australian weekenders, with a strong social emphasis fueling the
fun, exciting atmosphere. IM Stephen Solomon in red hot form from his Masters
performance, won with 6.5/7 ahead of favourite GM Darryl Johansen (6/7, 2nd),
despite some titatnic struggles. GM Johansen's loss to Victorian Milenko
Lojanica allowed Solomon to take the lead, despite being a piece for a pawn
down to local Bob Cowley, and drawing to Mehmedalija Disdarevic. Equal 3rd on
5.5/7 were Cowley, Srbo Zaric, Aaron Guthrie and Tristan Stevens.
Further details at www.unichess.org - Andrew Saint
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Club Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. GP
1 Solomon, Stephen J QLD 2344 6.5 23.0 32.0 25.5 100.00
2 Johansen, Darryl K VIC 2427 6 21.5 30.5 23.0 50.00
3-6 Zaric, Srboljub SA 2169 5.5 22.5 31.5 25.5 40.00
Cowley, Robert G (Bob) SA 2076 5.5 21.5 31.5 23.0 39.44
Guthrie, Aaron SA 1986 5.5 21.5 30.0 24.5 38.87
Stevens, Tristan SA 1504 5.5 18.5 25.0 20.0 38.31
7-12 Scott, Ronald NSW 2179 5 23.5 31.5 22.5 37.75
Lojanica, Milenko VIC 1909 Melbourne 5 23.0 32.0 24.0 37.18
Nguyen, Giang SA 2121 5 21.0 30.5 23.0 36.62
Szuveges, Narelle S VIC 1717 Essendon 5 20.5 28.5 19.0 36.06
Garcia-Blanco, Miguel SA 1644 5 19.0 28.5 18.5 35.49
Mathews, Peter SA 1656 5 16.5 22.0 20.0 34.93
13-19 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija VIC 1917 4.5 23.0 32.5 22.0 34.37
Anderson, Kim SA 1756 4.5 21.0 29.5 20.5 33.80
Juszczynski, Mathew SA 4.5 20.5 27.5 17.5 33.24
Amini, Amir SA 1701 4.5 20.0 28.0 21.0 32.68
Sampson, Dion QLD 1522 4.5 18.5 26.0 17.0 32.11
Peake, Michael R SA 1514 4.5 17.5 25.0 17.5 31.55
Kramer, Warren SA 1364 4.5 17.0 24.5 15.0 30.99
20-33 Goldsmith, Alan D SA 2012 4 23.5 31.5 21.0 30.42
Slidziunas, John TAS 1662 Hicc 4 20.0 28.5 19.0 29.86
Anderson-Smith, Bill T SA 1672 4 19.5 27.5 17.0 29.30
Sarma, Venu SA 1647 4 19.0 26.5 19.0 28.73
Utturkar, Ashwin SA 1458 4 18.5 26.5 16.0 28.17
Cooke, Tristrom SA 1403 4 18.0 27.0 17.0 27.61
Turcaj, Pavel SA 1358 4 18.0 24.0 15.0 27.04
Wedding, William SA 4 17.5 25.0 14.5 26.48
Bearup, Paul VIC 4 17.0 23.5 16.0 25.92
Campbell, Paul SA 1180 4 16.5 25.0 13.0 25.35
Lutley, Philip SA 1514 Modbury 4 16.5 23.5 15.0 24.79
Lin, Ang Keng SA 4 16.5 22.5 14.5 24.23
Heitmann, Syam SA 1228 4 16.0 24.0 14.0 23.66
Sag, Andrew QLD 1410 4 16.0 22.0 15.0 23.10
34-43 Benham, Christopher J SA 1681 3.5 21.5 28.5 18.0 22.54
Kamarudin, Nor Khairy 3.5 20.0 28.5 16.0 21.97
Atrens, Eduard SA 1054 3.5 19.0 26.5 14.5 21.41
Short, Andrew SA 1526 3.5 19.0 26.0 16.0 20.85
Foord, Justin SA 1347 3.5 19.0 26.0 15.0 20.28
Ng, Chee Liang 3.5 18.0 25.0 14.5 19.72
Smolucha, Luke SA 947 3.5 17.5 24.0 13.0 19.15
Ivkovic, Novica SA 3.5 16.0 21.5 11.5 18.59
Codrington, Philip SA 1210 3.5 15.0 21.5 11.5 18.03
Mlotkowski, Peter SA 870 3.5 14.0 19.0 11.5 17.46
44-52 Evans, George SA 1266 3 19.5 25.0 16.0 16.90
Chesney, David SA 1099 3 19.0 25.0 12.0 16.34
Eckermann, Andrew SA 1323 3 18.5 25.5 15.0 15.77
Saint, Alexander SA 1418 3 18.0 25.0 12.0 15.21
Umapathysivam, Mahesh SA 1108 3 17.5 24.5 9.0 14.65
Haydn, Gavin SA 1441 3 17.0 23.5 13.0 14.08
Vitols, Wassim SA 1334 Sajcl 3 15.5 22.0 13.0 13.52
Griggs, James SA 786 3 15.5 22.0 10.0 12.96
Han, Tianchen SA 862 3 12.5 18.0 8.5 12.39
53-60 Farnik, Kym J SA 1446 2.5 18.5 26.0 13.5 11.83
Lin, Rui 2.5 17.0 22.5 11.0 11.27
Miller, Anthony Christopher SA 2.5 16.5 23.0 10.5 10.70
Mitra, Druva SA 2.5 16.5 22.5 11.5 10.14
Picone, James 2.5 15.5 21.0 7.5 9.58
Hill, Michael 2.5 15.0 21.5 7.5 9.01
Le, Tony 2.5 14.5 20.0 8.5 8.45
Selvanderan, Shane SA 583 2.5 12.5 17.5 8.5 7.89
61-67 Chaudhary, Shreyas SA 2 15.5 20.0 7.0 7.32
Law, Hubert 2 14.5 20.0 6.0 6.76
Leibhart, Mathew 2 13.5 18.0 7.5 6.20
Heitmann, Kaustubha SA 525 2 13.5 18.0 4.0 5.63
Moore, Valerie 2 13.0 18.5 5.0 5.07
Derrick-Yuile, Simon SA 1386 2 11.0 17.5 8.0 4.51
Clark, Tyson Lionel SA 905 2 11.0 17.0 4.0 3.94
68-69 Heitmann, Surabhi SA 933 1.5 16.0 23.5 8.0 3.38
Chandramohan, Raman Pillai 1.5 9.5 16.0 5.0 2.82
70-71 Yong, Dieu 1 14.5 21.5 7.0 2.25
Fricker, Gregory 1 13.0 18.0 2.0 1.69
72-74 Davidovic, Diana SA 850 0 5.0 5.0 0.0 1.13
Chen, Han Tien 0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.56
Seong, Leong Kin 0 3.5 3.5 0.0
Johansen,D - Lojanica,M [A30] University Open 2003 (3.1), 12.07.2003
1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qf4 0-0 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 Nb8 13.Rac1 h6 14.e4 Ne8 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Nd4 Bg5 17.f4 Be7 18.Qe2 d6 19.Kh1 Nd7 20.f5! e5 {Now white gets
control of the key d5 square} 21.Nc2 Ndf6 22.Ne3 Qb8 23.Ned5 Nxd5
24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Rc5 26.b4 Rc6 27.Rdd1 Nf6 28.Qe1 Rfc8 29.Bf1
Qb7 30.Bd3 R6c7 31.Qe2 Nd7 32.a3 a5 33.c5 bxc5!? {Black gives up
the exchange for a bit of freedom} 34.Ba6 Qa8 35.Bxc8 Rxc8 36.bxc5
Nxc5 {Black has a pawn and a well-placed knight as compensation}
37.Rd5 Rb8 38.Rc2 Rb3 39.Bc1 Qb7 40.Qc4 a4 41.Kg2 Kh7 42.Bd2
Rxa3 43.Bb4 Ra1 44.Bxc5 dxc5 45.Rxe5 Bf8 46.Kh3 Qb3!? {Black's
a-pawn could become a worry and White's king is in for some curry}
47.Re8 Bd6 48.Ra8 Rh1 49.Rxa4 Qf3 50.e5 Bxe5 51.Qg4 Qf1+ 52.Rg2
Rg1 53.Raa2 Rxg2 54.Rxg2 c4 55.Qe4 f6 56.g4 c3 57.Qc2 Qf4!? {Why
not 57...Qf3+ 58.Kh4 Bf4 tthreatening 59...Bg5+ 60.Kh5 Qh3# ??} 58.Rf2
Qg5 59.Qe4 Qc1 60.Kg2 Qd1 61.Qf3 Qd6 62.Re2 Qc7 63.Rc2 0-1
Dizdarevic,M - Solomon,S [B90] University Open 2003 (3.2), 12.07.2003
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Bb3 Nc6
8.Be3 Ng4 9.0-0 Nxe3 10.fxe3 {Yucky pawns, but an open f-file} Ne5
11.Nd5 Qd8 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Qd4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 {Now White's looking
good with the pawns about to roll} e6 15.Nf4 Rc8 16.Kh1 Nc6 17.Qd2
Na5 18.Bxe6!? {Never a backward step!} fxe6 19.Nxe6 Nc4 20.Qc3
Qd7 21.Nf4 Qb5 22.b3 Nb6 23.Qd2 Be7 24.c4 Qe5 25.Nd3 Qe6 26.Nf4
Qe5 27.Nd3 Qf6 28.Qa5 Bd8 29.Qh5+ Qf7 30.Qh3 0-0 31.Nf4 Bf6
32.Rad1 Be5 33.Ne6 Rfe8 34.Ng5 Qg6 35.f4 Bc3 36.Rg1 h6 37.f5 Qf6
38.Ne6 Rxe6 {Otherwise 39.Rg6!} 39.fxe6 Be5 40.Rdf1 Qd8 41.Qxh6
Rc7 42.Qg6 Nc8 43.Rf7 Rxf7 44.Qxf7+ {Perpetual check} ˝-˝
Alan Goldsmith has long had a reputation for being an extraordinary
imaginative attacking player, as the following remarkable game shows:
Goldsmith,A - Mathews,P [E70] University Open 2003 (3.7), 12.07.2003
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h4!? Nbd7 6.h5!? Nxh5 7.g4 Nhf6
8.g5 Ng8 {Black is already getting swamped} 9.f4 e5 10.f5!? exd4
11.f6! Ngxf6!? {Black decides to chuck a piece rather than suffocate}
12.gxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 Be5 14.Nf3 c6 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Nb4 Nc5 17.Qf3
h5 18.Nd3 Nxd3+ 19.Bxd3 Rh7 {...Be6!? and later ...Kd7!?} 20.Qg3 Qe7
21.b4!? Qxb4+ 22.Bd2 Qd6 23.Rb1 b6 24.c5! bxc5 {Not ...Qc5 25.Bb4}
25.Bg5 f6 26.Bc1 Bg4 27.Qxg4!! hxg4 28.Rxh7 Qf8 29.Bh6 Qg8 30.Rbb7
Kd8 31.Bc4! Qe8 {...Qxc4 32.Rh8+} 32.Bd2 Qf8 33.Ba5+ {33...Kc8 34.Be6#;
33...Ke8 34.Bf7+} 1-0
View these games at http://www.chessnetwork.com/ncn/uniopen.htm
Further details at www.unichess.org
$10,000 DONATION TO NSW CHESS ASSOCIATION
The Council of the NSW Chess Association gratefully acknowledges receipt of
a charitable donation of $10,000 from Anste (Australia) Pty Lrd. The gesture is
much appreciated by the Council.
LAJOS STEINER CENTENARY TOURNAMENT
The Lajos Steiner Centenary Tournament was due to be held at Rose Bay RSL club
on the weekend, but a venue booking problem forced the event to be postponed.
Meanwhile, Peter Parr has drawn attention to the following game:
"Steiner (1903-1975) competed in 7 Australian Championship tournaments
(1936-1959) finishing outright first 5 times.
He was the strongest ever migrant chess player to live in Australia.
Steiner defeated four of the best players in the world (Nimzovich,
Bogoljubow, Tartakower and Reti) at the Berlin tournament of 1928. The
tournament winner Aron Nimzowitsch, the leading grandmaster of the
hypermodern school, was decisively beaten in the following game.
L.Steiner - A.Nimzowitsch (Berlin 1928) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5
c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 c4 8.h4 h5 9.Be2 Nf5 10.g3 g6 11.Bg5 Qa5
12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Bf6 Rg8 14.Nh3 Kd7 15.Ng5 Nh6 16.f3 Kc7 17.g4 Re8 18.Bg7
Ng8 19.gxh5 gxh5 20.f4 Nce7 21.Bxh5 Nf5 22.Bxf7 Nxg7 23.Bxe8 Nxe8 24.Nf7
Ngf6 25.exf6 Nxf6 26.Ng5 Nh5 27.Qe3 Bd7 28.Qe5+ Kb6 29.Qd6+ Bc6 30.Kd2
a6 31.Nxe6 Ka7 32.Rag1 Re8 33.Rg6 Rc8 34.Rhg1 Qb5 35.Qb4 Rh8 36.Qxb5
axb5 37.f5 Rh7 38.f6 Be8 39.Ng5 Rc7 40.Rh6 1-0
NSW: LAURIETON ONE-DAY
29 players competed in Laurieton 'One Day' event. A large number of
younger players enjoyed the day - for some of them first tournament.
Final Standings; 1= Varela, Peter / Olesen, Esper 6/7 (tiebreak trophy
to Peter), 3. Weltner, Michael 5.5, 4= Lane, Endel / Northover, Matthew
5. 6= Wilks, Eric / Vidler, Peter / Parr, Bruce / Lithgow, George 4.5,
10= Lukic, Milorad / Northover, Shane / McArthur, Logan / Arthur, Joshua /
Wells, Leslie 4, 15= Hazelgrove, Brooke / Lukic, Michael 3.5,
17= Fajks, Robert / Brown, Matt / Piggott, James / Peters, Michael / Hazelgrove,
Jack / McIlveen, Trevor / Piggott, Luke / Fajks, Thomas 3.
25. Lalor, Kate 2.5, 26= Lee, Jade / Brown, Elischa 2,
28= Fajks, James / Sparenburg, Lisa 1.0.
Director of Play - Esper Olesen. Thank you all - Endel Lane.
LIVE CHESS
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AUSTRALIAN CLUBS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS
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- Graeme Gardiner ggardiner@gardinerchess.com
WORLD NEWS
The Dortmund supertourney features Kramnik, Anand and Leko, as well as young stars
Naiditsch and Radjabov. But the surprise leader after five rounds is Bologan.
Radjabov was dispensed with by the world champion in round 1:
[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[ECO "B33"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14.
O-O O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. cxd5 f4 17. Rfc1 Kh8 18. Nc2 Bd7 19. Ne1 Rg8 20. Be2
Bf8 21. Nd3 Re8 22. Rc7 Qd8 23. Rac1 Rg6 24. Qh5 Bd6 25. Ra7 Qe7 26. h3 f5
27. exf5 Rf6 28. Nc5!! Rc8 29. Rxd7 Rxc5 30. Rxe7 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 1-0
But he sprang back with this truly remarkable victory in round 2. Playing a queen
sacrifice against the world number three requires cool nerves:
[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[ECO "B32"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 f5 8.
exf5 Bxf5 9. Bd3 e4 10. Be2 a6 11. N5c3 Bf6 12. O-O Nge7 13. a3 O-O 14. Ra2
Qa5 15. b4 Qe5 16. Re1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Nd4 19. Bf1
{TWIC says 19.Bc4+ is strong here}
d5 20. Rd2 Be6 21. f4 Qxf4 22. Rf2 Qxf2+!! 23. Kxf2 Nb5!!!
{The point is that capturing the knight allows a deadly double-check with ...Bd4
and mate next move. I'm not sure if Black's winning now, but it certaiinly is a
remarkable conception}
24. Kg1 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Bxc3 26. Bb5
Bxe1 27. Qxe1 Nf5 28. Bb2 Rac8 29. Ba4 Rf7 30. h3 h5 31. b5 h4 32. Be5 d4
33. b6 e3 34. Kh2 d3 35. Qb4 e2 36. Bc3 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Ng3 38. b7 Rxb7 39.
Qa5 Rb8 {Black's threats include a combination of ...d2 and ...Nf1+} 0-1
Radjabov tries another daring sacrifice in this game, but it doesn't work out:
[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[ECO "B45"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. a3 Be7 12. Qe2 f5 13. Nf2 Bc5 14. Nd1
d6 15. c4 dxe5 16. cxd5 e4 17. Bc2 exd5 18. b4 Bd4 19. Bb2 a5 20. Qd2 Bxb2
21. Nxb2 axb4 22. Na4 e3 23. Qd3 Qa7 24. Rb1 O-O 25. axb4 Ba6 26. Qc3 Bc4
27. Nc5 Rb5 28. Bd3 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Qa5+ 31. Kd1 Qa4+ 32. Kc1
Re8 33. Re1 Qxf4 34. g3 Qe5 35. Rb2 g5 36. Kb1 d4 37. Rb7 Kh8 38. g4 Rb8
39. Rxb8+ Qxb8+ 40. Kc2 Qb4 41. Rb1 Qxc5+ 42. Kd1 Qd5 43. Qxf5 Qh1+ 44. Ke2
Qxh2+ 45. Kd3 Qd2+ 46. Ke4 Qc2+ 47. Kxd4 Qd2+ 48. Ke4 1-0
Meanwhile, Morozevich won comfortably in Biel, with his customary fireworks:
[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[ECO "C13"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8.
dxc5 Qc7 9. f4 Qxc5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. a3 a5 13. h5 h6 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Kb1 a4 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Nb5 Rhd8 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. Rg3 Kf8 20. Qd3!
1-0 {20...Kh7 21.Nxf7! and 22.Qg6+ is curtains}
[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[ECO "A17"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ng5 Nfd7 10. h4 h6 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. f4 Nd4 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Kh2 Bc6
15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Nf6 18. Ng1 Qd7 19. a4 a6 20. bxa6 Qa7
21. Bh3 Qxa6 22. Nf3 b5 23. a5 Qa7 24. g4 Nh7 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 g6 27.
Qd2 b4 28. f5 Rb5 29. a6 Rb6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Bxe6+ Kg7 32. Bd5 Rxa6 33.
Rac1 Qd7 34. Qg2 Rf4 35. Qg3 Rg4 36. Ne5!!
{A beautiful sacrifice}
dxe5 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Rxh7+ Kxh7 39. Qh3+ 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[ECO "B14"]
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bg5 Ne4 8.
cxd5 Nxg5 9. Nxg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Bc4 Bh6 12. f4 Nf6 13. O-O a6 14. a4
Bf5 15. a5 Rc8 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Qb4 18. Ra3 Rc7 19. Ba2 Qd6 20. g3 Rfc8
21. Nf3 Bf8 22. Ne5 Kg7 23. Rb3 e6 24. dxe6 Rd8 25. Nf3 Qc6 26. Qf2 Ng4 27.
Qg2 Bc5 28. Rb6 Bxb6 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. e7 Rxd4 31. Kh1 Re4 32. Rxe4 Nf2+
33. Qxf2 Qxf2 34. e8=Q Qxf3+ 35. Kg1 Bxe4 36. Qe5+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38.
Qe5+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2 {Fireworks from both sides}
[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[ECO "C90"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 b4 9. c3 O-O 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxa6 Ra8 13. Qe2 Qb8 14. d4 bxc3
15. d5 cxb2 16. Bxb2 Nb4 17. dxe6 Nxa6 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Ba3 Nh5 20. g3
Nb4 21. Nc3 Nc6 22. a6 Qc8 23. Nd5 Rxa6 24. Rec1 Bd8 25. Kg2 g6 26. Qc4 Kg7
27. Bxd6 Rxa1 28. Qxc6 Rxc1 29. Bxe5+ Kg8 30. Qxc1 Qe6 31. Qc3 Qg4 32. Nd2
c6 33. Qxc6 Qe2 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe6+ Rf7 36. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2
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