Ulster Chess Union News: November 1997

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New club for Omagh?

The UCU has been contacted by David Brogan of Omagh who is keen to get some over the board chess going in the Omagh area. David can be contacted at 15 Hawthorne Road, Ballinamullan, Omagh, BT79 7ND, Telephone 01662-241114. If you know of any players in the area please let them or David know. Maybe your club would be interested in a friendly match against Omagh? If David gets enough players together he would be keen to play a few matches. Again, please contact him.

Results

Irish Team Championship lst North Belfast 13, 2nd Crumlin 11, 3rd Malachians 7, 4th Waterford 5.

Monarch Assurance Congress Alexander Baburin has won the 6th Monarch Assurance Congress in the Isle of Man (obviously the practice he got in his Belfast simul has stood to him well!). Baburin won with a round to spare in a field more than half of which were GMs or IMs. Alexander Baburin (gm) 8/11; Mark Hebden (gm), Eran Liss (gm) 6/11; David Alberto (im), Joseph Gallagher (gm), Andrew Ledger (im), Igors Rausis (gm), Matthew Sadler (gm), Christopher Ward (gm) 5.5/11.

League line-up 97/98

Division 1      Division 2     Division 3
----------      ----------     ----------
Civil Service   Bangor A       Bangor C
CIYMS A         Bangor B       Carrick
Fisherwick A    Fisherwick B   CIYMS B
Newtownards     Magherafelt    Fisherwick C
N Belfast A     NorTel         Post Office
Malachians      Shorts A       Shorts B
N Belfast B     St Agnes A     St Agnes B

How to beat a GM

This is how Bryan Kelly won against 5th seed Boris Avrukh in the World under-20 championships this summer: Bryan Kelly (2390) v's Boris Avrukh (2550)

1. d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2. c2-c4 g7-g6 3. Nb1-c3 d7-d5 4. Ng1-f3 Bf8-g7 5. Bc1-g5 Nf6-e4 6. c4xd5 Ne4xg5 7. Nf3xg5 e7-e6 8. Ng5-f3 e6xd5 9. e2-e3 O-O 10. Bf1-d3 c7-c6 11. O-O Qd8-e7 12. Ra1-b1 Bc8-g4 13. h2-h3 Bg4-e6 14. Qd1-c2 Nb8-d7 15. Nc3-e2 f7-f5 16. b2-b4 a7-a6 17. a2-a4 Ra8-c8 18. Rf1-c1 g6-g5 19. Nf3-d2 Kg8-h8 20. f2-f4 g5-g4 21. h3xg4 f5xg4 22. g2-g3 Nd7-f6 23. Kg1-f2 Rf8-e8 24. Qc2-c5 Qe7-d7 25. Qc5-c2 Qd7-e7 26. Qc2-c5 Qe7-d7 27. Qc5-c2 Be6-g8 28. Rb1-b3 Bg7-f8 29. Qc2-b1 Bf8-d6 30. Rc1-h1 Rc8-c7 31. Bd3-f5 Qd7-e7 32. Rh1-h4 Bd6xb4 33. Nd2-f1 a6-a5 34. Bf5xg4 Nf6-e4 35. Kf2-g2 Qe7-f6 36. Bg4-f3 b7-b6 37. Rh4-h1 c6-c5 38. g3-g4 c5-c4 39. Rb3-b2 c4-c3 40. Rb2-c2 Ne4-d6 41. Qb1-c1 Qf6-g6 42. Ne2-g3 Re8-f8 43. g4-g5 Qg6-e8 44. Rc2-a2 Nd6-c4 45. Kg2-f2 Rc7-e7 46. Rh1-h6 Nc4-d2 47. Rh6xb6 Re7-e6 48. Rb6xe6 Bg8xe6 49. Nf1xd2 c3xd2 50. Qc1-d1 Be6-h3 51. Ra2xd2 Bb4xd2 52. Qd1xd2 Qe8xa4 53. Bf3xd5 Rf8-b8 54. Ng3-e2 Qa4-a1 55. Qd2-d3 Qa1-f1 56. Kf2-g3 Bh3-d7 57. Qd3-a6 Qf1-h3 58. Kg3-f2 1-0.

Indicative Chess Calendar 97/98

A lot of UCU dates have been confirmed since last month. I've spoken to as many organisers as I can to put this calendar together. Bold entries show events I was able to confirm. The rest were drawn up by comparison with last year. I will list definite dates as they become available.

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