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THE WEEKLY KNIGHT
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(for October 2, 1993)
Thirty-six year old English GM Jonathan Speelman has won the
Lloyd's Bank Masters tournament for the second year in a row.
In so doing, he became the first player in the event's 17
year history to capture the title on two separate occasions--
not to mention the fact that he did it in back-to-back years.
Although his name is seldom in the headlines anymore, not
long ago Speelman made it to the semifinals of the World
Championship Candidates' Matches. He was also considered to
be England's best player until only a few years ago when he
was surpassed in rating by Short, Adams and Hodgson.
Concurrent with his decline in the English pecking order has
been a noticeable inconsistency in his play, as well.
But at Lloyd's Bank, it's been business as usual for
Speelman. His impressive winning score of 8.5-1.5, consisting
of 7 wins, 3 draws and no losses, placed him one-half point
ahead of English GMs Tony Miles and John Nunn, while Dutch
Champion and upcoming Candidates' Match opponent of Gata
Kamsky, Paul van der Sterren, finished alone in fourth at
7.5-2.5.
A massive logjam of 16 players tied for fifth at 7-3: GMs
Adams, Conquest, Flear, Norwood and Plaskett, all from
England; Krasenkov and Naumkin, two Russian GMs; Yugoslavian
GM Mitkov; English IMs Arkell, Kumaran, Levitt and Wells; IM
Obukhov from Russia and Thipsay from India; Georgian Republic
WGM Arakhamia and an untitled player from Kazakhstan,
Tkachiev.
Curiously, the tournament drew the exact number of
participants as last year--226.
Speelman's critical final round victory over fellow
Englishman Glenn Flear vaulted him into the winner's circle.
The turning point in the game was probably the timely
sacrifice of the "e" pawn, enabling the white queen to be
powerfully posted on the e5 square. Another "Spielmann"--
Rudolf--would've called such a move a "vacating" sacrifice.
White: J.Speelman Black: G.Flear Queen's Gambit Dec.
1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nbd2 Qa5
7.a3 dc4 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe2 h6 12.Bf6 gf6
13.Rfc1 a6 14.Rc2 Be7 15.b4 a5 16.Rb1 ab4 17.ab4 Ra4
18.Rcb2 Qa7 19.g3 Ra3 20.Ne4 Nb6 21.Rc1 Na4 22.Rbc2 f5
23.Nc5 Nc5 24.bc5 Bf6 25.e4 fe4 26.Be4 Ke7 27.Ne5 Be5
28.de5 Rd8 29.Rd2 Ra1 30.Bb1 Qa3 31.Rcd1 Rd5 32.Rd5 ed5
33.e6 fe6 34.Qe5 Bc8 35.Qd6 Kf7 36.Qc7 Kf6 37.Qc8 Qa8
38.Qc7 Ra4 39.Re1 1-0
Glenn Budzinski
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