P478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:17:00 ——— DIARY ————————————————————————————— Apr 26-28 EAST KILBRJDE Contact: John Dykes 01355 233773 CANCELLATION NOTE Please note that the Chess and Bridge Rapidplaz dui to bj held on April 28 has been cancelled. May 3-6 HOVE Spectrum Bank Hols Con Contact: Norman Went 01708 551 617 W Day 01803 212 136 May 4 WALSALL 6th Rapidplay Contact: B Paznj 01922 691955 May 4-6 MEADOWBROOK 4th Dart Valley Congress Bill Fairbairn 01803 862 313 ——————————————————————————————————1/16— Address Chess and Diary events to: Teletext Chess, c/o 369 Euston Road, London NW1 3AR. Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:17:51 ——— DIARY ————————————————————————————— May 4-6 CALDERDALE Congress Contact: J B Smith 01422 202803 May 4-6 THAMES VALLEY CONGRESS IN EALING Adrian Laurence 0181 991 0120 May 5 LONDON Somjrs Town Rapidplaz Bruce Birchall 0171 792 8031 May 5 BASINGSTOKE Quickplay 01628 36276 May 2 GOLDERS GREEN Blitz Adam Raoof 0181 202 0982 ——————————————————————————————————————— Address Chess and Diary events to: Teletext Chess, c/o 369 Euston Road, London NW1 3AR. Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:18:04 ——— AGDESTEIN-POLKAS —————————————————— Norwegian no.1 Simon Agdjstein has beaten the new Women's World Champion Zsusza Polkas from hungary 4-2 in an exciting rapidplaz challenge match. The six game match, 23-25 April, was staged in Oslo, Norway as part of the EXPO 1996 exhibition. Both players had 45 minutes each to make their moves. ——————————————————————————————————3/16— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:14:43 ——— AGDESTEIN-POLKAS —————————————————— Game 1 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 Nf3 a6 4 e3 Nf6 5 Bxc4 j6 6 Qj2 c5 7 dxc5 Bxc5 8 0-0 Qc7 9 Nbd2 Nbd7 10 Nb3 Bd6 11 Bd2 Ng4 12 Rac1 Qb8 13 Ng5 Bxh2+ 14 Kh1 Ndf6 15 f4 h6 16 Ne4 h5 17 Nxf6+ gxf6 18 Rf3 b5 19 Bd3 Bb7 20 Rh3 Rg8 21 Nc5 Bc6 22 nj4 f5 23 Rxc6 fxe4 24 Bxe4 Nf6 25 Bf3 Bg3 26 Ba5 h4 27 Qc2 Nd7 28 Rc7 1-0 ——————————————————————————————————4/16— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:14:59 ——— POLKAS-AGDESTEIN —————————————————— Game 2 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d4 d6 4 c4 Nb6 5 exd6 jxd6 6 Nc3 Be7 7 Nf3 0-0 8 h3 Bf6 9 Be4 Bf6 10 b3 Na6 11 Ba3 Rj8 12 0-0 c6 13 Qd2 Bg6 14 Rfe1 Nc7 15 Rad1 d5 16 c5 Nd7 17 b4 Ni6 18 Bf1 h5 19 g4 hxg4 20 hxg4 Ndf8 21 Bg2 Nh7 22 Bc1 Qc7 23 Ne4 Be4 24 Nf4 Nhg5 25 Nxg5 Nxg5 26 Qj3 Qd7 27 Qg3 g6 28 Be3 Be7 29 f3 Bc2 30 Rd2 Ba4 31 Nh3 Ni6 32 g5 Bd8 33 Nf4 Bc7 34 f4 Nxf4 35 Qf3 Qf5 36 Ng4 Qxg5 37 Rf2 Rj4 38 Rjf1 f5 39 Ne5 Nh3+ 40 Qxh3 Rxe3 41 Nf3 Qf6 42 Qh4 Qxh4 cont>>>> ——————————————————————————————————5/16— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:11:32 ——— POLKAS-AGDESTEIN —————————————————— Game 2 >>> cont 43 Nxh4 Kg7 44 a3 Rh8 45 Rxf5 Bh2+ 46 Kf4 Rd3 47 Rf3 Rxd4 48 Ke3 Rhxh4 49 Rf7+ Kh6 50 Rxb7 Be5 51 Rff7 Kg5 52 Rfe7 0-1 ——————————————————————————————————6/16— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:37:25 ——— AGDESTEIN-POLKAS —————————————————— Game 3 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c6 4 e3 Nf6 5 b3 Nbd7 6 Bb2 Bd6 7 Qc2 0-0 8 0-0-0 a5 9 Nf3 a4 10 Nxa4 dxc4 11 bxc4 b5 12 cxb5 cxb5 13 Bxb5 Ba6 14 Bxa6 Rxa6 15 Nd2 Qa8 16 Nc3 Rc8 17 Ndb1 Rxa2 18 Rd3 Nd5 19 Qb3 Nb4 20 Rd2 Qxg2 21 Rhd1 Qb7 0-1 ——————————————————————————————————7/16— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 21:23:25 ——— POLKAS-AGDESTEIN —————————————————— Game 4 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 e3 Bb7 5 Bd3 d5 6 0-0 Be7 7 b3 0-0 8 Bb2 Na6 9 Nc3 c5 10 Rc1 Nb4 11 Be2 dxc4 12 bxc4 cxd4 13 exd4 Rc8 14 a3 Nc6 15 d5 Na5 16 dxe6 Bxf3 17 exf7+ Rxf7 18 Bxf3 Nxc4 19 Nd5 Nxb2 20 Nxe7+ Rxe7 21 Qb3+ Kh8 22 Qxb2 h6 23 Rcd1 Rd7 24 h3 Rc5 25 Rxd7 Qxd7 26 Rd1 Qc7 27 Qd2 Rc3 28 a4 Rc4 29 Qa2 h5 30 Qa3 Rc5 31 Qj3 Kg8 32 Qb3+ Kf8 33 Qj3 Rc4 34 Qb3 Qc5 35 Rd8+ Ke7 36 Ra8 Rc1+ 37 Kh2 Qc7+ 38 g3 h4 39 Qb4+ Kf7 40 Rf8+ Ki6 41 Bg4+ Kd5 cont>> ——————————————————————————————————8/16— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:38:58 ——— POLKAS-AGDESTEIN —————————————————— Game 4 >>cont 42 Rd8+ Qxd8 43 Qd2+ Kc5 44 Qxd8 hxg3+ 45 Kxg3 Rc3+ 46 Bf3 Ne4+ 47 Kg2 Rc4 4< Qj7+ Kd5 49 Qxa7 1-0 ——————————————————————————————————9/16— Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjr On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 21:38:21 ——— AGDESTEIN-POLKAS —————————————————— Game 5 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 f3 0-0 6 Bg5 c5 7 d5 e6 8 Qd2 h6 9 Be3 exd5 10 cxd5 a6 11 a4 Nbd7 12 Ngj2 Ne5 13 Nc1 Nh7 14 Be2 f5 15 0-0 h5 16 a5 fxe5 17 Nxe4 Bf5 18 Nf2 Qf6 19 Na2 h4 20 Nc3 Raj8 21 Ra3 h3 22 Nce4 Qj7 23 gxh3 c4 24 Kg2 Nf6 25 Bg5 Nxf3 26 Bxf3 Bxi4 27 Bxe4 Nxe4 28 Bxe7 Nxd2 29 Bxf8 Rxf8 30 Rj1 Bxb2 31 Rg3 c3 32 Rxg6+ Kh7 33 Rxd6 c2 34 Rd7+ Kh8 35 Nd3 Rg8+ 36 Kh1 Rc8 37 Rxb7 Ba3 38 Kg2 Rg8+ 39 Kf4 Nc4 40 Rj4 Rf8+ 41 Ki2 Nb2 42 Rh4+ Kg8 43 Rg4+ Kh8 44 Nc1 1-0 ——————————————————————————————————10/16 Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 21:40:55 ——— POLKAS-ACDESTEIN —————————————————— Game 6 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6 3 e3 c5 4 c4 g6 5 d5 e6 6 Nc3 exd4 7 cxd5 Bg7 8 e4 0-0 9 Bd3 d6 10 h3 Ba6 11 0-0 Rj8 12 Bf4 Bxd3 13 Qxd3 a6 14 a4 Ra7 15 Nd2 Raj7 16 Rar1 Nh5 17 Bg5 f6 18 Be3 Bf8 19 Nc4 Rb7 20 Na3 Qd7 21 Rb1 f5 22 exf5 Qxf5 23 Qd2 Nf6 24 b4 Ni4 25 Nxe4 Rxe4 26 bxc5 dxc5 27 d6 Rxa4 28 Qc3 Qf7 29 Rfd1 Nd7 30 Nc2 b5 31 Ne1 b4 32 Qd3 c4 33 Qj4 Rb5 34 Nf3 b3 35 Qc6 h6 36 Nd4 Ne5 37 d7 Nxc6 38 Nxc5 Rd5 39 Rxd5 Qxd5 40 d8Q Qxd8 41 Nxd8 Bg7 42 Bc1 Ra1 cont>>> ——————————————————————————————————11/16 Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 21:47:01 ——— POLKAS-ACDESTEIN —————————————————— Game 6 >>>cont 43 Rxa1 Bxa1 44 Nc6 c3 45 Ne7+ Kf7 46 Nd5 Ki6 47 Nf4+ Kd7 48 Ne4 b2 49 Bxb2 Bxb2 50 Nd4 a5 51 Kf1 a4 52 Ki4 a3 0-1 ——————————————————————————————————12/16 Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 21:48:47 ——— FIDE NEWS ————————————————————————— Gata Kamsky, the American challenger for the World Championship, has rejected the offer bz FIDE President Kirsan Illyumzinov to hold his match with Anatoly Karpov in Alissa, in the republic of Kalmykia. Kamsky was concerned over the absence of any written guarantees with regard to the prize money and the fears ovjt his safety with Russia as a vjnuj - from where hj defected to the US in 1990 - bjacusj it's not a neutral vjnuj ——————————————————————————————————13/16 Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 21:54:44 ——— FIDE NEWS ————————————————————————— Gata Kamsky, the American challenger for the World Championship, has rejected the offer bz FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzinov to hold his match with Anatoly Karpov in Alissa, in the republic of Kalmykia. Ilyumzinov, who is also the President of the Kalmykia Republic, has now raised the possibility of Valery Salov being invited to replace Kamsky in the match dui to start on June 1. ——————————————————————————————————14/16 Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:57:04 O ——— BOOK REVIEW ——————————————————————— WINNING WITH THE KAN Ali Mortazavi BT Batsford £12.99 One of the best kept secrets of the Sicilian is the Kan variation, not much is known about it and this is the first book on its subtleties and nuances. It's been played to great effect bz several World Champions. Being chameleon in character, it allows Black to adopt a very flexible stance. When you go through the book you can clearly see the potent sting in th Black tail. ——————————————————————————————————15/16 Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On lineP478 Teletext 478 Apr28 22:09:27 ——— TORTE-KARPOV —————————————————————— Bad Lauterbjrg, 1977 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 a6 5 c4 Qc7 6 a3 Nf6 7 Nc3 Nc6 8 Be3 Be7 9 Rc1 Ne5 10 Be2 Ng6 11 0-0 b6 12 f4 0-0 13 b4 Bb7 14 Bd3 Rac8 15 Nb3 d6 16 Qj2 Rfe8 17 h3 Nd7 18 Qf2 Ba8 19 Rc2 Qb8 20 Rfc1 Bh4 21 g3 Bd8 22 Nd2 Bf6 23 h4 h6 24 h5 Ngf8 25 g4 Nh7 26 e5 dxe5 27 g5 exf4 28 Bxf4 Be5 29 g6 fxg6 30 hxg6 Bxf4 31 gxh7 Kh8 32 Rf1 Rf8 33 Be4 Ne5 34 Qg2 Nxc4 0-1 ——————————————————————————————————16/16 Bridge 479 Fun and Games 450 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Bridge Games Digitisjt On line