Tilburg titbits
Raymond Keene
As promised, here is a further selec- tion of the best games from the important and fascinating tournament at Tilburg. The indefatigable Bob Wade, arbiter of the world championship in Leningrad, editor of Chequers Chess publications and cur- rently active on the Fide Rules Commis- sion in Dubai, will be bringing out a book with all the games. Inquiries to: Bob Wade, 3 Hardy Road, London SE3.
Ljubojevic-Miles: Sicilian Dragon. 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 0-0 8 Bc4 Bd7 9 Bb3 Nc6 10 hit Rc8 11 g4 Ne5 12 Qe2 Usually White's queen goes to d2 in this variation. 12 . . . Qa5 13 0-0-0 b5 14 Ndxb5 Be6 15 Nd5 Bxd5 16 exd5 Rb8 17 Nc3 Rfc8 18 Bd4 Rxb3 19 axb3! If 19 cxb3 Qxa2 looks pod for Black. However . . . 19 . . . Qal+ 20 Kd2 Qxb2 21 Rbl Qa3 22 Ral Qb4 23 Ra4 Qb8 24 Rhal In the Dragon it is more usual to see White double his rooks on the 'h' file. 24 . . . h5 25 g5 Nfd7 26 f4 Ng4 27 Bxg7 Kxg7 28 Qe4 Nc5 29 Qd4+ Kh7 30 Rxa7 Qb6 31 Ke2 Qd8 32 b4 Nd7 33 Rb7 Rc7 34 Ra8 Qxa8 35 Rxc7 Qd8 36 Qa7 Qh8 37 Kd3 NdeS+ This is pure despera- tion. 38 fxe5 QxeS 39 Rxe7 QfS+ 40 Kc4 Qf4+ 41 1033 Black resigns.
Bellaysky-Hfibner: Sicilian Dragon.
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Be 7 f3 0-0 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 h4 Rc8 11 Bb3 h5 12 0-0-0 Ne5 13 Bg5 Rc5 14 Kbl b5 15 Rhel a5 16 f4 Nc4 17 Bxc4 Rxc4 18 e5 Bg4 19 Bxf6 exf6 20 e6 Qb8 21 e7 Re8 22 Ndxb5 Rxc3 23 Nxc3 Bxd1 24 Nxdl Qc7 25 f5 Rxe7 26 Rxe7 Qxe7
27 Qxa5 Qe4 28 a4 Qxg2 29 Nc3 g5 30 Qd5 Qfl+
31 Ka2 gxh4 32 Ne4 Qa6 33 a5 h3 34 Nxd6 Qa7 35 Nc8 Qc7 36 a6 Qxc8 37 Qb7 Qc4+ 38 Kb! Qfl+ 39 Ka2 Qc4+ 40 Kbl Qfl+ 41 Ka2 Qg2 White resigns.
Timman-Miles: Queen's Gambit Accepted. 1 Nf3 d5 2 d4 c5 3 c4 dxc4 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc4 a6 6 0-0 Nf6 7 Qe2 Nc6 .8 Nc3 Qc7 9 Bd3 Bel 10 dxc5 Bxc5 11 Ne4 Bel 12 b3 Nxe4 13 Bxe4 Bd7 14 Bb2 0-0 15 Racl Bd6 16 Rfdl f5 17 Qd2 fxe4 18 Qxd6 Qxd6 19 Rxd6 e 20 Rxd7 Rf7 Rcd1 e5 22 gxf3 Re8 23 Ba3 xf b53 24 Rxf7 Kxf721 25 Rd7+ Kf6
26 Rc7 Nb8 27 Bb2 Kg6 28 Rb7 Kf5 29 Kg2 Rc8 30 e4+ Ke6 31 Rb6+ Nc6 32 Rxa6 b4 33 Bel Kd7 34 f4 Kc7 35 fxe5 Kh7 36 Ra4 Kb6 37 f4 Kb5 38 Be3 Rd8 39 h4 Black resigns.
The events in the men's world cham- pionship during the summer obscured the fact that there was also a title fight in progress for the women's world cham- pionship. Maya Chiburdanidze of the USSR has retained her world title against challenger Elena Akhmilovskaya, also of the USSR. The final score was 81/2-51/2. As with the men's championship, the women's match was split between two venues. The first half was organised by the Bulgarian Chess Federation in Sofia, from 2 to 26 September. The second half was organised by the Soviet Chess Federation in Borjomi from 2 to 26 October. With Christmas looming on the horizon once again now is an apposite moment to think about what presents chess players would like to receive. The BCF has recent- ly relaunched its newsletter — news flash — as a four-page weekly magazine. An annual subscription in the UK costs £12, but a sample issue can be obtained by sending your name and address, plus a stamp, to: news flash magazine, Room 270, Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, London EC2. A new chess set could also be a welcome addition to the addict's equipment, but why settle for the traditional club sets, when you can buy something unusual instead? 'Out of Kenya' import hand- carved soapstone sets in red and black, and white and black, with matching boards. They can be contacted at Woodlands, West Down, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 8NH (Tel. 0271 62484). At Dubai in the Olympiad, 4-0 wins in the last round by the Soviet Union and England enabled them to leapfrog over the United States and head the final table, the Soviet Union finishing with 40 points ahead of England with 391/2, with the United States third.
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