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THE WEEKLY KNIGHT
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(for November 21, 1992)
The Nordic Championship, played in Ostersund, Sweden from 27
July through 7 August, was also considered to be a FIDE Zonal
qualifying tournament for the Nordic region. Given the number
of strong players present in Iceland and the Scandinavian
countries, it was hardly surprising that the event was a
dogfight to the very end.
Despite the absence of two of the region's top stars, Curt
Hansen from Denmark (billed as the next Bent Larsen), and
Sweden's perennial candidate, Ulf Anderssen, there was still
plenty of talent on hand. In fact, the two slots in a future
Interzonals were still up in the air during the last round.
The eventual winner was the defending Nordic Champion and the
tournament's highest rated player, GM Simen Agdestein from
Norway. His 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss for a 6.5 out of 9
score proved good enough for clear first, one-half point
better than Sweden's GM Ferdinand Hellers and Iceland's
highest rated player (and one time World Championship
Candidate), Johann Hjartarson. Both finished undefeated and
will fight it out in a playoff for the second Interzonal
position.
Of the remaining 15 entrants, probably the most disappointing
results were achieved by the Great Dane himself, Bent Larsen,
who finished in 14th place and Jonny Hector, Sweden's newest
GM, who's had a good year on the tournament circuit despite a
16th place finish here.
Hjartarson's win while three pawns down against the Swedish
GM Ernst typified the competitive spirit exhibited by most of
the participants in the event.
White: T.Ernst Black: J.Hjartarson Sicilian
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Qc7
7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Bf4 Ng4 12.Rac1 Ne5
13.Rfd1 Nbc6 14.b3 Qe7 15.Bb1 Rb8 16.Kh1 b6 17.Bg5 f6 18.Be3
Kh8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Nc6 21.Be3 f5 22.Qd2 Rd8 23.f3 Ne5
24.Bg5 Bf6 25.Bxf6+ Qxf6 26.Qd4 Kg7 27.Na4 Nf7 28.Qe3 fxe4
29.Bxe4 b5 30.Qa7 Bb7 31.Bxb7 bxa4 32.bxa4 Qe7 33.Rb1 a5
34.Qd4+ Qf6 35.Rb5 Qxd4 36.Rxd4 Kf6 37.f4 Rd7 38.Bc6 Rdd8
39.h3 Rbc8 40.Rb6 Rb8 41.Ra6 Rb1+ 42.Kh2 Rc8 43.Bb5 Rb2
44.Rxa5 h5 45.Ra7 g5 46.fxg5+ Nxg5 47.Rxd6 Nf3+ 48.Kg3 Ne5
49.Raa6 Kg5 50.Rd1 Rg8 51.Rf1 h4+ 52.Kh2 Kh5 53.Kh1 Rgxg2
54.Be8+ Kg5 55.Rg1 Rg3 56.Rxg3+ hxg3 57.Ra5 Kf4 58.Bh5 Rb1+
59.Kg2 Nxc4 0-1
Glenn Budzinski
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