CHESS

Brussels sprouts

Raymond Keene

Belgians have in the past not been noted for their collective prowess at chess. Indeed, for many years by far their most prominent player was Grandmaster and world postal chess champion Count Alber- ic O'Kelly de Galway. Not a very Belgian- sounding name! Recently however, there has been an efflorescence of chess interest in the Belgian capital, with two front rank tournaments organised in relatively quick succession — the first truly outstanding Belgian tournaments since the great Ostende series of 1905-1907. The first was sponsored by the insurance group OHRA and was held in December; the second was supported by SWIFT Communications. This has just finished and was won over- whelmingly by Karpov, in what will be one OHRA Tournament, 16-30 December 1985 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

I Korchnoi x 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 2 Spassky 1/2)(1/2421/21 1 1/21 1 1 1 1 1 101/2 3 van der Wiel 14 1/2 x 1/2 1/2 0 1 1 42 42 1 1 1 1 9

4 Sax 14 1/2 1/2 x I I 1/2 42 1/2 1/2 1/2 I 1/2 I 81/2

5 Nunn 1/2 1/2 14 0 x 42 1/2 42 1/2 42 I I 1 1 8 6 Gruenfeld 0 0 1 0 42 x 42 1 1 1/2 1/2 1 0 1 7

7 Polgar Z 0 0 0 42 42 1/2 x 1/2 1/2 1 1 0 1 1 61/2

8 Garcia Palermo 0 42 042 42 0 1/2 x 0 1/2 1 1 1 1 61/2

9 Kouatly 0 0 42 42 1/2 0 1/2 1 x 1/2 1/2 42 1/2 I 6 10 Speelman II 0 42 42 1/2 1/2 0 1/2 1/2 x 42 I/2 1 I 6 II Hodgson 0 0 0 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 1/2 42 x I 1/2 I 61/2

12 ladoul 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1/2 1/2 0 x 1 I 4

13 Pergericht 0 0 0 1/2 0 1 0 0 1/2 0 1/2 0 x 1/2 3

14 Iclicki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/2 x 1/2

of his last opportunities for training before the coming world championship match.

Miles — Korchnoi: SWIFT Tournament; Griin- feld Defence.

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3 0-0 6 b4 b6 7 Bb2 c5 8 bxc5 bxc5 9 dxc5 Na6 10 c6 Ne4 11 Nd4 Rb8 12 Qcl Qa5 13 f3 NecS 14 Nb3 Qb4 15 Kf2 Nxb3 16 axb3 Qxb3 17 Rat d4 18 exd4 Bxd4+ 19 Kg3 BeS+ 20 Kh4 f6 21 Qd2 Nc7 22 Bal Ne6 23 Nd5 g5+ 24 Kh5 Ng7+ 25 Kh6

Position after 25 Kh6 (Diagram) NfS+ 26 Kh5 Qbl 27 Bd3 Qxhl 28 BxeS fxe5 29 h3 Ng7+ 30 KxgS Qh2 31 Qel Rf6

32 Bxh7+ Kxh7 33 Qh4+ Kg8 34 Nxf6+ exf6+ 35 Kg6 Bf5+ 36 Kxf6 Rf8+ 37 Ke7 Qgl 38 Q12 Qcl 39 Kd6 Qxc4 40 c7 Rf6+ White resigns.

Not even Miles could survive that King jaunt! This was one of the weirdest games ever played between Grandmasters. Here is one of Karpov's most convincing victories: Karpov — Miles: SWIFT Tournament; Benoni. 1 d4Nf62Nf3c53c4cxd44Nxd4a65Nc3e66 e4 Bb4 7 Bd3 Qc7 8 0-0 NO 9 Nf3 0-010 Bd2 . 11 Rcl Qb8 12 Qe2 Bd6 13 Khl Bc7 14 Bbl Bb' 15 Redl h6 16 b3 Re8 17 Rdel d6 18 Be3 Ng4 19 Bel NgeS 20 Bb2 Bd8 21 Rdl Bf6 22 Nel Ng6 23 f4 Qc7 24 Qg4 RadS 25 Ni3 Nf8 26 Nd5 Bxb2 21 Nxc7 Re7 28 Nxe6 Rxe6 29 Qg3 Ba3 30 15 Ree931 f6 g6 32 Qh4 h5 33 Qf4 Re6 34 Ng5 Re5 35 Rd2 Rde8 36 h3 Nd8 37 Nf3 Nfe6 38 Qh6 Ra5 9 It85 b5 40 Ng5 Black resigns.

SWIFT Tournament, 22 March-5 April 26 ii 12

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

I Karpov x 1/2 1 1 1/2 14 1 1 1 1/2 1 1 2 Korchnoi 1/2 x 1 1/2 0 1 0 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 3 Miles 00x01/2 42 42 I i 1 1 1

4 Timman 0 1/2 1 x 1/2 14 1/2 0 1/2 1 1 1

5 Torre 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 * 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 1 0 6 Romanishin 1/2 0 1/2 1/2 42 x 42 42 1 42 1/2 1 7 Seirawan 0 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 x 1 1141 °

8 Ljubojevic 0 1/2 0 1 1/2 14 0 x 1/2 1/2 1/2 1

9 Zapata 0 1/2 0 1/2 1/2 0 1/2 1/2 x 1 1/2 1

10 van der Wiel 1/2 0 0 0 0 1/2 1/2 1/2 0 x 11 Winans 0 0 0 0 0 1/2 I/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 12 ladoul 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

1/2 1 x 1/2

1/2

9 7 61/4 61/4 61/4

6 51/4 5 5 31/4 3 21/4