CHESS

Triumvirate

Raymond Keene

The coincidence of dates between the world championship and the Kleinwort- Grieveson British championship (both starting on 28 July) could either be con- strued as a traffic jam or a bonus to chess publicity. The British Chess Federation originally wanted to launch the Kasparov- Karpov match on 15 August, but the pressure of international events, especially the Dubai Olympiad, led Fide to insist on a 28 July start.

The British championship at South- ampton ended inconclusively in a triple tie between Grandmasters Speelman, Mestel and Chandler and it looks now as if the sponsors, Kleinwort-Grieveson, will have to dip their hands into their pockets again to finance the play-off for the title.

My spies tell me that the small screen coverage of the championship match has been so popular that the TV companies are interested in turning the play-off into a TV spectacular. This should sweeten the pill when the bill arrives for the extra contest.

Full results at the top (out of 11) were: Speelman, Mestel and Chandler 8; King, Flear, 71/2; Basman, Adams, Hodgson, McDonald, Conquest, Condie, Watson, 7. The incredibly young Michael Adams has produced an International Master result and the evidence suggests we may have a second Nigel Short on our hands.

Here are some games from South- ampton from the victorious trio:

Basman — Chandler, Nimzo-Indian.

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 0-0 5 Nf3 c5 6 dxc5 Ne4 7 Qc2 Bxc3+ 8 bxc3 Nxc5 9 Ba3 b6 10 Rdl Bb7 11 Be2 Nba6 12 0-0 15 13 Nd4 e5 14 B13 exd4 15 Bxb7 Nxb7 16 Bxf8 Qx18 17 cxd4 Qf7 18 Qa4 Nc7 19 0 Nd6 20 Re! Qe6 21 Rfel a6 22 c5 bxc5 23 Rxe5 Ncb5 24 Re5 Ql7 25 Re! h6 26 Rc2 Kh7 27 Rcc5 f4 28 e4 Qf6 29 Qb4 Na7 30 Red5 Ndb5 31 Rxd7 Nc6 32 Qbl Qe6 33 Rcd5 Kh8 34 h4 Nc3 35 Qb7 Rb8 36 Qe7 Nxd5 37 Rxd5 Qg6 38 Qxf4 Rb2 39 g4 Ne7 40 Rd8+ Ng8 41 Q18 Qe6 42 d5 Qb6+ 43 Khl Rbl + 44 Kh2 Qf2+ White resigns.

Chandler — Speelman, Caro-Kann

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nd7 5 Bc4 Ngf6 6 Ng5 e6 7 Qe2 Nb6 8 Bd3 h6 9 N513 c5 10 dxc5 Bxc5 11 Ne5 Nbd7 12 Ngf3 Nxe5 13 Nxe5 0-0 14 Bd2 Qd5 15 0-0 b5 16 1Chl Bb7 17 f4 a6 18 a3 Rac8 19 Radl Qa2 20 Bel Ba8 21 c4 Ba7 22 f5 Rfe8 23 cxb5 exf5 24 Bxf5 Rc5 25 Bf4 Rxb5 26 Rd2 Bb8 27 Rfel g6 28 b4 Qxa3 29 Qc4 Rbxe5 30 Bxe5 Rxe5 31 Redl Rxf5 32 Qc8+ Kg7 33 Qxb8 Qe3 34 Rd8 Bxg2+ White resigns.

Adams — Mestel, Sicilian Defence.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be2 Bg7 7 0-0 0-0 8 Bg5 Nc6 9 Nb3 Be6 10 Khl h6 11 Bh4 g5 12 Bg3 d5 13 e5 Ne8 14 Nd4 Nxe5 15 Nxe6 fxe6 16 f4 gxf4 17 Rxf4 Rxf4 18 Bxf4 Ng6 19 Bg3 Qb6 20 Rbl Qe3 21 Bd3 Ne5 22 Qfl Nxd3 23 cxd3 Nd6 24 Re! Qd2 25 Qe2 Qxe2 26 Rxe2 Rf8 27 Rel Rf5 28 h3 KV 29 Ndl Bd4 30 Bh2 e5 31 Bgl h5 32 Nc3 Bxe3 33 bxe3 e4 34 Bc5 exd3 35 Bxd6 exd6 36 Rdl d4 37 Rxd3 dxc3 38 Rxc3 Ke6 39 g4 hxg4 40 hxg4 Rg5 41 Rc4 b5 42 Rf4 Ke5 43 Rb4 d5 44 Kg2 a5 45 Rxb5 Rxg4+ 46 Kf3 Ra4 47 Rb2 Ra3+ 48 1(12 Kd4 49 Kel Rh3 50 Rg2 Kc3 51 Rg5 Rhl + 52 Ke2 Rh2+ 53 Kdl d4 White resigns.

In the world championship match at the Park Lane Hotel Karpov won game 5 and levelled the scores. Kasparov then took his first time-out. When the match was re- sumed on Monday game 6 was agreed a draw after the adjournment, giving the position so far:

1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Kasparov

1/2

V2

1/2

1 0 1/2 3 Karpov

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V2

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0 1

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3