Hrað-Skák - 26.10.1988, Side 3

HRAÐ-SKAK
Publisher:
ICELANDIC CHESS MAGAZINE
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JÓHANN ÞÓRIR JÓNSSON
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EINAR H. GUÐMUNDSSON
JÓHANN ÞÓRIR JÓNSSON
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JENS ORMSLEV
SIGURJÓN JÓHANNSSON
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TheWorldCup
The World Champion Kasparov became the winner of the
World Cup Chess Tournament tonight after a breathtaking last
round. The spectators filled the hall like never before and it
was almost impossible to move from one place to another.
Well, to chess. All attention was focused on two games,
Kasparov-Niko/ic and Spassky-Beljavsky. The World Champ-
ion played boldly for a win with white but was always looking
with one eye on the other game. Spassky employed the same
variation in the Ruy Lopez as against Nikolic earlier in the
tournament, and just like there got a good position out of the
opening. Beljavsky looked rather nervous but this opening
could hardly have surprised him, anyway his pieces became
rather tangled. During this Kasparov went hunting with his
queen and Nikolic got counterchances which seemed to secure
a draw. Kasparov looked disappointed. All of a sudden
Spassky sacrificed a knight and Beljavsky’s position looked
critica/. Kasparov looked closely and was seen watching the
other game while his clock was running. When Spassky played
a brilliant 27th move he immediately agreed on a draw with
Nikolic. The spectators could now grasp that Beljavsky’s posit-
ion was hopeless and Spassky had only to finish the job. He
did so in 41 moves but the game could have been much shorter
because of Beljavsky’s hopeless position. The irony of all this
was that this was Spassky’s first win in the tournament.
As cou/d be expected, all other games remained in the shadow
ancl indeecl some were quickly drawn. These were Portisch-
Speelman, Hjartarson-Andersson, Soko/ov-Yousupov and Tal-
Ehlvest. Pétursson lost to Ribli who finally managed to win a
game. Too bad. Sax won Korchnoi with the black pieces which
confirms the bad form Korchnoi is in.
Nunn and Timman decided to play chess, Timman using the
French defense. After a harcl fight where Nunn was a pawn up
in a knight ending the game was drawn.
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