h5 55 h4 Rh6 56 c5 Na5 57 Rd3 Rc6

58 Re3 Rf6 59 Bh3 Kd8 60 f5 Rh6 61 Bg2 Rh8 62 Ke5 Ke7 63 f6+ Kd7 64 c6+ Kc7 65 Bd5 Re8+ 66 Kf5 Kd6 67 Bxf7 Riff 68 c7 Nc6 69 Ba2 Black resigns If 69 . . . Kxe7 70 Bd5 is crushing.

Michael Adams — Mikhail Gurevich: Visa! IBM Reykjavik; French Defence.

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 a6 4 Ngf3 c5 5 exd5 exd5 6 dxc5 Bxc5 7 Nb3 Be7 8 Bd3 Nf6 9 0-0 Bg4 10 Rel 0-0 11 h3 Bh5 12 Nbd4 Nbd7 13 Bg5 Bc5 14 c3 Qb6 15 Qb3 Rfe8 16 Qxb6 Bxb6 White enjoys a persistent edge based on the vulnerability of Black's isolated 'd' pawn. 17 Kfl Ne4 18 Be3 Bx13 An interesting decision, but the shattering of White's pawns is purely temporary. 19 gx13 Nef6 20 f4 g6 21 Radl Nc5 22 Bc2 Ba7 23 Nf3 b5 24 Ne5 Ne6 25 f5 gxf5 26 Bxf5 Bxe3 27 Rxe3 Rad8 28 Ng4 Nh5 29 Re5 Nef4 30 Rxe8+ Rxe8 31 Ne3 Nf6 32 Rd4 Ne6 White's next move must have come as a terrible shock to Gurevich. It looks as if White's rook must retreat, but this is not the case. 33 Nxd5 If now 33 . . . Nxd4 34 Nxf6+ Kf8 35 Nxe8 Nxf5 36 Nc7 with an easy win. 33 . . . Kg7 34 Rd3 Nxd5 35 Rxd5 Kf6 36 Bg4 Ke7 37 Kel h6 38 Kd2 Rc8 39 Ke3 Rc6 40 f4 N18 41 Re5+ Kf6 42 a3 Ne6 43 Bf5 Nc5 44 Bc2 Nd7 45 Rf5+ Ke6 46 Be4 Rd6 47 Rh5 Ke7 48 Rd5 Rf6 49 b3 Such positions are often dismissed with the comment `matter of technique'. Nevertheless, even with an extra pawn it is difficult to break down the resistance of a Russian Gramdmaster. Adams commences the process by creating a passed pawn on the 'c' file. 49. . . Rb6 50 Kd4 Rf6 51 Bf5 Nb8 52 c4 Nc6+ 53 Ke4 bxc4 54 bxc4 .1.1.VAS

12 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY

In Competition No. 1617 you were asked for a poem in which each line is a line of an already known poem.

'The pallid thunder-stricken sigh for gain' (Tennyson), 'The pig lay on a barrow dead' (Ted Hughes): what do these two lines, neither exactly a household quota- tion, have in common? Answer: each appeared twice among your entries. Para- psychologists, please note. Felicities abounded, even if sense was scarce. K. Roken had a stirring last verse: The credulous hope of mutual minds is o'er; On the wide world's shore I stand alone and think.

I struck the board and cried, 'No more,

Nor any drop to drink!'

And Robert Crozier began with a nice blend of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Kipling:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Speakin' in general, I 'ave tried them all.

D. B. Jenkinson, Basil Ransome-Davies, Thanks are due to merchant bankers Duncan Lawrie for supporting the team once again, and congratulations to Nigel Short, Jon Speelman and John Nunn, who led our side into battle.

As I predicted, Anatoly Karpov is over- whelming Jan Timman in their Candidates' final in Kuala Lumpur, so we are bound to see a fresh Kasparov—Karpov world championship match. This will probably take place between New York and Lyons in October and November. Meanwhile Kasparov has been sharpening his weapons with a 11/2-1/2 match victory over Curt Hansen for Danish television. Of the two games the draw was the more interesting.

Curt Hansen — Garry Kasparov: Valdemar's Castle, Svendborg; King's Indian Defence.

still sacrifice the queen for the black rook but he also has the option now of running to safety with Position after 22 Qe7

his king, which he chooses. 24 Kel Bxg3+ 25 Kd2 Rf7 26 Qe8+ Stronger is 26 Rxg3. 26. . . Rf8 27 Qe7 1114+ 28 Kc2 Qf5+ 29 Kdl Rf7 30 Qe8+ Kg7 31 Rfl Qf6 32 Kc2 R18 33 Rxf4 Qxf4 34 Qe7+ Rf7 35 Qe8 Qg5 36 Rdl Re7 37 Qc8 Qf6 38 Bd3 Qf2+ 39 Rd2 White played this move and offered a draw, which Kasparov accepted. White had been in desperate time trouble and had quite lost track of how many moves he needed to make before reaching the time control (in fact it was only one). Kaspar- ov, who had repeatedly been avoiding draws by repetition, decided not to push his luck any further. One of the most exciting game I have ever seen.

In the great gardens, after bright spring rain, There will be time to murder and create He asked me my name, and where I lived.