Chess

Raymond Keene

This week, I will turn to matters aris- ing from the Fide Congress which An- drew Whiteley had no space to cover during my absence at the front in Lucerne. First of

all, congratulations to Jana Miles and Jonathan Mestel on the award of their respective Grandmaster titles. The latter is long overdue, the more so when it is ap- preciated that Jonathan's final norm was achieved in 1979, but had been overlooked by bureaucratic error!

Congratulations are also in order for Roy Clues of Wales, who has been appointed Fide Treasurer, Bob Wade, Secretary of the Rules Commission, and David Levy, who maintained his position on the policy- forging Central Committee. I also achieved a fair degree of success in penetrating Fide Committees. I was elected to the Qualifica- tion Committee, which decides on title awards, became chairman of the Commis- sion on Publication, Information and Statistics and also secretary of the recently created Grandmasters' Council and Ethics Commission. The other members of this body are: Karpov, Timman, Portisch, Gligoric and Kavalek. The introduction of a disciplinary arm for Fide is a measure for which David Levy and I have long cam- paigned, and it is to be hoped that it will contribute towards eradication of the buy- ing and selling of points which sometimes come to light. There will obviously be a temptation for our Committee to dig up old cases concerning, for example, the so-called `Bulgarian Grandmasters'. It does, indeed, seem a pity to close the books on notorious old offenders such as Suradiradja and Gheorghiu, and simply wait for fresh cases to arise, but this will be a matter for discus- sion when the Committee next meets. Meanwhile, here is a further selection of games from the Olympiad.

Polugayevsky (USSR) — Ftacnik (Czecho- slavakia): English Opening.

1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 Nc3 e6 4 g3 b6 5 bg2 Bbl 6 0-0 Bel 7 d4 exd4 8 Qxd4 d6 9 Rdl a6 10 b3 Nbd7 11 e4 Qb8 12 Bb2 0-0 13 Nd2 Rd8 14 a4 Qc7 15 Qe3 Rac8 16 Qe2 Ne5 17 h3 h5 18 f4 Ng6 19 Nf3 d5 20 cxd5 h4 21 Nxh4 Nxh4 22 gxh4 Qxf4 23 dxe6 fxe6 24 e5 Bc5 + 25 Khl Nh5 25 QxhS Qg3 27 Nd5 RxdS 28 Rri Qxg2 + 29 Kxg2 Rd2 + White resigns.

Korchnoi (Switzerland) — Sznapik (Poland): Pirc Defence.

1 Nr3 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 e4 d6 4 c3 N16 5 Bd3 0-0 6 0-0 Nc6 7 d5 Nb8 8 c4 Bg4 9 h3 Bxf3 10 Qxf3 Na6 11 Nc3 Nd7 12 Be2 Nac5 13 Bd2 a5 14 Rabl e6 15 Bdl f5 16 dxe6 Ne5 17 Qe2 f4 18 e7 Qxe7 19 Nd5 Qf7 20 Bxf4 c6 21 BxeS Bxe5 22 Ne3 h5 23 14 Bxf4 24 Nf5 Ne6 25 Nh6 + Bxh6 26 Rxf7 Rxf7 27 c5 NxcS 28 Bb3 Nxb3 29 axb3 Raf8 30 Qd3 Rf6 31 e5 dxe5 32 Rel Bg7 33 h4 Kh7 34 Kh2 Rf4 35 Qd7 R8f7 36 Qd8 Bf6 37 Qxa5 Rxh4 + 38 Kgl e4 39 Qb6 e3 40 g3 Re4 White resigns.

Miles (England) — Portisch (Hungary): Tarrasch Defence. 1 Nf3 c5 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3 e6 4 e3 Nc6 5 d4 d5 6 dxc5 Bxc5 7 a3 0-0 8 b4 Bb6 9 Bb2 Qe7 10 cxd5 Rd8 11 d6 Rxd6 12 Qc2 e5 13 Be2 Nd4 14 exd4 exd4 15 0-0 dxc3 16 Bxc3 Bg4 17 Rael Rc8 18 Qb2 Re6 19 Bdl Ne4 20 Bd4 Bxf3 21 Bxf3 Ng5 22 Rxe6 Nx13 + 23 gx13 Qxe6 24 Bxg7 Qg6+ 25 Kgl Rc2 26 Qe5 Rxf2 27 Qb8 + Kxg7 28 Rgl Rxh2 + While resigns.

A publication that will mainly be of interest

to correspondence players is C. .1. S. Purdy: His Life, Games and Writings by J. Ham-

mond and R. Jamieson. Purdy, who died in 1979, was the first correspondence world champion, and this massive and well- researched volume is a fitting memorial to his contribution to Australian chess. In-

quiries about the book should be directed to Chess in Australia, 9 Robert St, Belmore,

NSW 2192, Australia.

During the Moscow Interzonal, Gary Kasparov and I put the finishing touches to a joint project which we hope will revolu- tionise the approach to encyclopaedic

teaching of openings variations. This is Batsford Chess Openings, which appeared during the Lucerne Olympiad, and im- mediately sold out on the spot. Our aim has been to compress all openings into one volume, combining breadth of coverage with highly up-to-date original analysis. The cost is £7.95 and it can be obtained from Chess, Sutton Coldfield, or the BCM, 9 Market St, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex.