CAPE TOWN HERITAGE CHESS FESTIVAL 20 – 26 MARCH 2017

COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET

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CONTENTS

Page Introduction 3 Foreword by David Gluckman 4 Festival Programme 5 Memories of a Chess Career by Elan Rabinowitz 7 Elite Section Tournament Report by Mark Rubery 10 IM Watu Kobese Simultaneous Exhibition 20 Official Dinner at Posticino Restaurant 21 Dr Lyndon Bouah’s Keynote Address 22 Leonard Reitstein Lecture of SA Chess History 25 Memories of the Cape Town Chess Scene in the 1980s by David Gluckman 27 Memories of Growing Up in the Soweto Chess Scene and my Father by Watu Kobese 29 Reflections on the 1990s by Dr Lyndon Bouah 30 A Memoir of SA Chess History in the Latter Part of the 20th Century by Eddie Price 37 Tournament Results 41 Closing Ceremony 42 Elite Section Game Scores 44 Cape Town Chess Club 1885 – 1985 Centenary Festival Brochure 48 Cape Town Chess Club 1885 – 1985 Centenary Crossword 57

The battle of the women international masters – Anzel Laubscher v Khadidja Latreche Steel

Cover photo: The Festival tournament winners namely Daud Amini (Blitz), Dione Goredema (Youth), IM Watu Kobese (Elite), WIM Khadidja Latreche Steel (Ladies), Mark Lewis (Seniors) accompanied by Dr Lyndon Bouah

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INTRODUCTION

Cape Town Chess Club (established 1885) is the oldest chess club in South Africa and the second oldest in the Southern Hemisphere. The Club has been the leader in chess activity in the Cape Town inner city and surrounding areas for the 131 years of its existence. The Club hosted the Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival during March 2017 to celebrate:

The longevity of the Club and its prominence in South African chess.

25 years since chess was unified in South Africa and South Africa readmitted to the World Chess Federation.

To celebrate that the Club then played the first friendly match to signal unity against Bellville South Chess Club.

To celebrate that two Club members were among the joint winners of the historic Unity Tournament held at the time.

To commemorate the life and service of our immediate Past President of 20 years, the late Elan Rabinowitz.

To pay tribute to our Lifetime Honorary Member, Leonard Reitstein, as he approaches his 90th birthday.

Seniors Rapid participants

Front row – Istvan Gyongy, Benny Levin and Grahame Pearson all representing Cape Town Chess Club Back row – Andrew Southey, Mark Lewis and Stephen Galleid

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FOREWORD

South Africa and Cape Town both have a rich chess heritage. Sometimes it is important to celebrate and commemorate that heritage. Most local tournaments will be forgotten in time, but I suspect the Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival 2017 will be remembered as one of those most important occasions in South African and Cape Town chess history. The Festival also affords us the opportunity to reflect on the past and commemorate that past before it is too late. This commemorative booklet hopefully captures some of that history – particularly around the unity process of the early 1990s that resulted in the formation of Chessa and South Africa’s re-admittance to international chess. There might well be many differing recollections of this history. It is not my place to comment on or amend the various authors’ recollections. Rather I have tried to include a few different perspectives (whether politically correct or otherwise) so that readers themselves can form their own views on what actually transpired. There is inevitably a Cape Town bias in a production such as this, and hopefully this booklet will motivate other regions, cities and clubs to record their own histories which are all part of South Africa’s chess heritage. Cape Town Chess Club last hosted a major chess festival in 1985 when we celebrated our Club’s centenary. As far as I am aware, only two of the original brochures produced for that festival still exist. In order to preserve that important part of the Club’s heritage, we include as annexures within this 2017 commemorative booklet both that 1985 Centenary Brochure as well a crossword puzzle that was especially composed to celebrate that milestone. Our sincere gratitude to the Western Cape Government’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, and Dr Lyndon Bouah in particular, without whom this Festival would not have taken place. I hope readers enjoy this commemorative booklet and it inspires future generations to serve South African chess well. David Gluckman President Cape Town Chess Club April 2017

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FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Elite Section http://www.chess-results.com/tnr268515.aspx?lan=1&art=2&wi=821

Round 1 at 18h00 on Monday 20 March

Round 2 at 09h00 on Tuesday 21 March

Round 3 at 15h00 on Tuesday 21 March

Round 4 at 18h00 on Friday 24 March

Round 5 at 18h00 on Saturday 25 March

Round 6 at 09h00 on Sunday 26 March

Round 7 at 15h00 on Sunday 26 March Seniors Rapid http://www.chess-results.com/tnr268908.aspx?lan=1&art=2&wi=821

Round 1 at 19h30 on Monday 20 March

Round 2 at 20h30 on Monday 20 March

Round 3 at 15h30 on Tuesday 21 March

Round 4 at 16h30 on Tuesday 21 March

Round 5 at 17h30 on Tuesday 21 March Ladies & Youth Rapid http://www.chess-results.com/tnr269447.aspx?lan=1&art=2&wi=821 -

Round 1 at 10h00 on Sunday 26 March

Round 2 at 11h00 on Sunday 26 March

Round 3 at 12h00 on Sunday 26 March

Round 4 at 14h00 on Sunday 26 March

Round 5 at 15h00 on Sunday 26 March

Round 6 at 16h00 on Sunday 26 March

Round 7 at 17h00 on Sunday 26 March Simultaneous Exhibition by IM Watu Kobese

20h00 on Tuesday 21 March

Official dinner (by invitation only) - 19h00 on Wednesday 22 March

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Leonard Reitstein Lecture on SA Chess History 20h00 on Thursday 23 March

Primary Schools Challenge

09h00 on Sunday 26 March Blitz Tournament

12h00 on Sunday 26 March Closing Ceremony and Prize-giving 19h00 on Sunday 26 March TIME CONTROLS: Elite Section (Fide and Chessa rated) 90-90 + 30 second increments from move 1 Seniors and Ladies & Youth Rapids (Chessa rated) 15–15 + 10 second increments from move 1 Blitz Tournament 3-3 + 2 second increments from move 1 CHIEF ARBITER: Ricardo Minnaar ORGANISERS: David Gluckman (Chief Organiser) Reuben Salimu (Primary Schools Challenge & Blitz Tournament) Ilse Joubert (Finance) VENUES: Ellerton Primary School, Green Point for Monday and Tuesday activities Western Cape Bridge Centre, Green Point for Thursday to Sunday activities Checkers Centre, Sea Point for Primary Schools challenge and Blitz Tournament

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MEMORIES OF A CHESS CAREER By Elan Rabinowitz

It seems appropriate to include in this booklet this address by the late Elan Rabinowitz from when he was awarded a Legend of Western Cape Sports Award in 2014.

Elan Rabinowitz 1957-2015

Neither of my parents played chess at all but my 2 older brothers played very much on a casual/social level. When I was approximately 10 years old, my oldest brother decided he wanted some variation in his opponents and taught me the moves. I learnt the moves fairly quickly but none of us took it particularly seriously. We played on a fairly basic level but quite enjoyed the game. I continued to play on this basis until 1972 when I was 15 years old and in Standard 8 (Grade 10). This was the year that the eccentric and reclusive Bobby Fischer caught the imagination of the entire chess world. It was the days of the cold war when Russia totally dominated world chess. The top 8 out of 10 players in the world were Russian and they completely dominated before Fischer, completely on his own and with virtually no meaningful assistance from anyone, rose to become probably the greatest chess player who ever lived at the time. He was challenging Russian world champion Boris Spassky for the world championship and amazingly was the favourite to win the world title. The dynamics of the situation caught the imagination of the chess world. Fischer was determined to make chess a highly respected sport and used all sorts of tactics to do so. At the time, he not only caught the imagination of top chess players worldwide but also hundreds of thousands of young players who took to the game. Even the Russians respected him greatly. I was one of them and soon devoted more time to studying chess than I did to my schoolwork. My chess improved from a fairly poor social player to a rated player playing at top schools level as well as joining the Cape Town Chess Club through the encouragement of the then Chairman of the club, Simmy Lewis (who incidentally passed away a few weeks ago). The game soon became an obsession for me and many of my contemporaries. I featured fairly well at school level as well as senior level. My playing career was not remarkable but I did win the Cape Town Chess Club Championship, Inter-schools League (twice) and came second in the WP Open Junior Championships. Chess really enriched my life at a young age and taught me many things including the value of sustained concentration, how to win and lose graciously, and how to work in a team environment. The Cape Town Chess Club was the only club in the vicinity of my home and met twice a week at that stage. I went to the club at least one of the evenings every week and sometime two.

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In 1973 to 1974, I captained the Herzlia High School team which won the Western Province’s school league both of these years. In about 1977 I came to the realization that despite Bobby Fischer’s efforts, chess was not going to be a great way to earn a living and I gave the game up and concentrated on my studies for about 8 years until about 1985. One unfortunate but somewhat amusing incident occurred at the club premises in the mid 70’s. Simmy Lewis was still fairly active at the club and he was a strong opponent of the apartheid government at the time. For some reason the government of the day’s obsession with not allowing inter-racial sport did not really extend to chess. Probably because it was not a sport that was very much in the limelight. Simmy had long stated that we had some members of colour playing at the club and that we would never allow the government to destroy that. The club received a letter of warning from government telling us that we were acting illegally by playing with people of other races and allowing them to be members of the club. Simmy not only ignored the letter but also arranged a friendly challenge match against the Athlone club. A day or two before the match, he received a tip off that the police intended raiding the club during the match. Simmy was undeterred and insisted we continue with the match. He was however acquainted with my parents and did contact me personally and told me not to come to the club because there might be trouble and felt that I, as a schoolboy, should not get involved and I should stay at home. This was all I needed to hear to encourage me to be at the club and play. When Simmy saw me, he suggested I go home. I informed him respectfully that I had been selected for the team and I intended to play. The match started quite peacefully without any hint of any problems to come but halfway through the match, a crowd of burly policemen entered the club and ordered us to stop playing immediately. Simmy tried to reason with them and told them we were not doing anything illegal at all. All we were doing was playing a game of chess with one player on each side of the table and we continued playing somewhat nervously. The head of the police delegation advised us that we would all be arrested and started to take down the names of all the people participating. The policemen themselves were trying to intimidate us by taking down our names and warning us and telling us that there would be severe consequences to our breaking the law. Simmy was quite upset and got even more upset when one of the policemen was badgering me and warning me to stop. He went up to the policeman and told him that I was merely a young schoolboy and he must please leave me out of it. The policeman responded by saying that my age did not matter as I was acting against the law and in the same manner as all the other players and was liable to be arrested. Simmy very politely and quietly said to the policeman – “Please sir do not do that. Do you know what it is like to have to tell a Jewish mother that her son has been arrested?” Needless to say, the humour was lost on the policeman. However, we did have something of a moral victory in that they took down the names (strangely only of the Athlone players and nobody else) and told them that they would not make a scene at the club but would be pressing charges. No-one ever heard of the charges or the incident again and the club continued to play non-racial chess with anybody who wished to participate.

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In 1985 after I finished my studies, I decided to rejoin the Cape Town Chess Club and once again became a very active member. After a year or two of this, Geoff Taylor, who had been Chairman of the club for a number of years and had run it singlehandedly, took very ill. One of the senior members of the club, Len Reitstein, who had more or less retired from the game, called a few of the more loyal and active members of the club in Stephen Tooke, Charles de Villiers, Nick Barnett and myself and told us that Geoff Taylor was not in a position to continue running the club and that it was now time for us to take over the reins. I assumed the position of Secretary and Treasurer whilst Stephen Tooke, Charles de Villiers and Nick Barnett took turns at being Chairman. The club itself is the oldest club in South Africa by far having being formed in 1885. It has had many ups and downs caused firstly by us constantly losing our premises and having to find alternative premises, and also through declining membership which is something I think most of the clubs in the Western Cape suffer from. But of late, the situation has stabilised and improved tremendously. It is my firm belief that to have a successful club, one has to have 2 main features:

1. One has to have a decent and regular premises. 2. One has to have a designated club night and for each week the club must ensure that it is open

without fail so that members in the vicinity could decide that they want to play casual chess at the last minute without notice to anybody and they would get a game.

This I believe has been the success of the Cape Town Chess Club and numerous other clubs and it is especially pleasing that in the last year or two, Cape Town Chess Club membership participation has increased substantially. This has also been greatly enhanced by IM David Gluckman’s introduction of 5 top juniors to the club all of whom have been featuring at the top senior level despite them having joined the club at the age of 9 / 10 years old. I have no doubt that they will take the club well into the future in good health. Another milestone of the club and Chess Western Province, was the successful unification of the various chess bodies at the time of South Africa’s transformation. In 1991 / 1992 with most sporting codes either unifying or working towards unification, two strong committees were formed, one representing previously disadvantaged communities and one representing the previously advantaged community. Myself, Nick Barnett and Charles de Villiers were asked to represent the now defunct South African Chess Federation in unity talks with the two other bodies making up the previously disadvantaged community. Our job was not without unnecessary opposition and hindrances but fortunately despite some senior administrators being somewhat obstructive, the unification process was successful. In no time, South Africa was accepted back into the fold and had representative teams at the Olympiad and African Championship. Despite on numerous occasions trying to find somebody to take over from me as Chairman of the club, I have remained Chairman and chief bottle washer for 20 years. I am hoping to find a successor soon but it really does not make a difference. All these years of being part of keeping the club going, surviving ups and downs and living through successes and failures has been a wonderful journey and I am really delighted not only at the Cape Town Chess Club but also at Western Province chess in general. When I say success, I do not only mean success in provincial tournaments etc. , I mean we have grown as a chess playing community with tremendous participation in tournaments and league by so many enthusiastic players in the true spirit of how chess should be played.

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ELITE SECTION TOURNAMENT REPORT By Mark Rubery

This report is based on Mark’s chess columns that were published in

various national newspapers between 10 April and 19 April 2017.

Towards the end of last month the Cape Town Chess Club staged the Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival in honour of the club’s 132 years of existence- making it the second oldest chess club in the southern hemisphere (behind Melbourne). The Festival held simultaneous exhibitions, lectures, blitz events for seniors, ladies and juniors as well as an evening of speeches. Here David Gluckman detailed his playing career whilst growing up in Cape Town, Watu Kobese described what it was like for a young black player at the height of the Apartheid era and Lyndon Bouah gave his view on the unity process that ultimately allowed us back into the international chess community. From my perspective this dialogue was both captivating and revealing, but judge for yourself as the whole evening was captured for posterity and will soon be available to view on YouTube. The main focal point of the Festival was the Elite Tournament that your writer was invited to. This was an eight player round robin Elo rated event and had an interesting mix of youth and experience. The time control was (a speedy) 90 min + 30 seconds increment for the whole game.

Elite Section participants Charles de Villiers, Shabier Bhawoodien, Calvin Klaasen,

Ricardo Minnaar (Chief Arbiter), Mark Rubery, Watu Kobese, Keegan Agulhas, Paul Gluckman, Deon Solomons and David Gluckman (Cape Town Chess Club President)

Round 1 W Kobese 1-0 P Gluckman M Rubery 0-1 C De Villiers K Agulhas 0-1 S Bhawoodien C Klaasen ½-½ D Solomons The tournament favourite, Watu Kobese began with a powerful attack in his pet Velimirovic variation and won in short order. I played a lackadaisical opening as White and entered a difficult 2 N v 2 B ending as early as move 23. After taking a poisoned pawn one of the knights quickly perished. Bhawoodien brushed aside an optimistic piece

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sacrifice and quickly obtained an overwhelming position. The newest member of the Olympiad squad, Klaasen, had a decent edge against Solomons before letting him escape with a draw Kobese,W - Gluckman,P [B86] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Bb3 0–0 8.g4 Nc6 9.g5 Nd7 10.Rg1 a6 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc5 13.Qh5 g6? (In this very dangerous position Black should try 13…Nxb3 14 axb3 g6 15 Qh6 e5 16 Be3 f5 with a complex position) 14.Qh6 e5 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Rg3 c4 17.Bxc4 Bb4 18.Bd5 Qb6 19.Rd1 Bd7? (19… Be6 20 Rdd3 f6 with chances to resist) 20.Rdd3 Rad8

21.Rh3! Bxh3 22.Rxh3 Bxc3+ 23.Kf1 1–0 Rubery,M - De Villiers,C [B06] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 0–0 6.0–0 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.c3 e5 9.dxe5?! (9 h3 is more relevant)…Nxe5 10.h3 Nxc4 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nd4 Rae8 15.Rfe1 Bd7 16.Qd3 Qg5 17.Re3 Re7 18.Rae1 Rfe8 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Qd5?! (A bad decision; if only because it clarifies the position making it easy for Charles to play in his usual time trouble)…Qxd5 21.exd5 Rxe3 22.Rxe3 Rxe3 23.Nxe3 (23 fxe3!?)… Kf8 24.Kf1 f5 25.Ke1 c6 26.Nc4 cxd5 27.Nxd6? (27 Ne3 with some prospects of holding had to be entertained)…b6! (Oops!) 28.a4 a6 29.a5 Ke7 0–1

Dr Lyndon Bouah makes the ceremonial first move in Rubery – De Villiers to officially open the Festival.

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Round 2 D Solomon 0-1 W Kobese P Gluckman ½-½ M Rubery S Bhawoodien 0-1 C De Villiers K Agulhas 0-1 C Klaasen Scores: 1st-2nd Kobese and De Villiers 2/2 3rd Klaasen 1½ 4th Bhawoodien 1 5th-7th Gluckman, Rubery and Solomons ½ 8th Agulhas 0 Kobese slowly equalized with Black and then won material in the middlegame. Gluckman played a positional line against my Sicilian Najdorf and a balanced ending was soon reached. De Villiers caught his opponent’s king in the middle of the board and finished off with a crisp attack. Agulhas’ opening strategy was too ambitious and he was soon repulsed with dire consequences. Bhawoodien,S - De Villiers,C [B07] 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.Ne2 c6 5.c4 Qb6 6.Nbc3 Nbd7 7.d5 Be7 8.Rb1 a5 9.Na4 Qd8 10.dxc6?! (10 Nec3 gives White a comfortable space advantage)…bxc6 11.b3 d5 (With a lead in development Black hastens to open up the position) 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.exd5 Bb4+ 14.Kf2? (unnecessary. 14 Nec3 was still equal)…e4 15.a3 Bd6 16.Nd4 exf3 17.Qe1+ Ne5 (Now White is in dire straits) 18.Bb5+ Bd7 19.gxf3 0–0 20.Kg2 Re8 21.Qd1 Nxd5 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Ne2 Ng6 (Beginning the final assault- there is now no hope for the Bhawoodien’s king)

24.Re1 Nh4+ 25.Kf2 Qh3 26.Nf4 Nxf4 27.Re4 Qxh2+ 28.Kf1 Qg2+ 29.Ke1 Nxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Qxf3 0–1 Agulhas,K - Klaasen,C [B45] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.N1c3 Bb4 7.Nd6+?! (A dubious alternative to the main line that begins with 7 a3)…Ke7 8.Bf4 e5 9.Nf5+ Kf8 10.Bg5 d5! 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Bxf6 Qxd1+ (Ironically the exchange of queens further exposes the vulnerability of the white king) 13.Kxd1 Bxf5 14.Bh4 f6 15.Kc1 Nd4 16.Bd3 Rc8 17.Kd2 e4 18.Bf1 Rd8 19.Kc1 Rc8 20.Kd2 Kf7 21.a3 Rhd8 22.axb4 Nb3+ 23.Ke3 Nxa1 and 0-1 on move 62.

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Mark Rubery v Paul Gluckman watched by Keegan Agulhas.

Round 3 W Kobese 1-0 K Agulhas M Rubery 1-0 D Solomons C De Villiers ½-½ P Gluckman C Klaasen ½-½ S Bhawoodien Scores: 1st Kobese 3/3 2nd De Villiers 2½ 3rd Klaasen 2 4th-5th Bhawoodien and Rubery 1½ 6th Gluckman 1 7th Solomons ½ 8th Agulhas 0 Kobese played another sharp Sicilian again one of the two youngsters in the field and registered a crushing victory- although it must be said that Black had chances of resisting. I built up a massive position against Solomons Pirc and should have wrapped it up by move 20 but errors crept and I only reeled in the point after almost 80 moves. Gluckman comfortably held De Villiers to a draw in a Grunfeld Defence, whilst Bhawoodien had his opponent on the ropes but could not finish him off. Rubery,M - Solomons,D [B12] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Qc7 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg1 a6 9.Bd3 b5 10.Qe2 d5 11.h3 Nh6 12.g4 a5 13.Be3 Na6 14.a3 e6 15.0–0 Bf8 16.Qf2 Ng8 17.f5 Bd7 18.Qh4 (18 fxg6 hxg6 19 Ng5! and Black collapses. However, I had something flashier in mind)…Be7 19.fxg6! fxg6 (19…Bxh4 20 g7 Bf6 21 gxf6 Qg3+ 22 Kh1 Qxh3+ 23 Nh2 leads to a picturesque position) 20.Bxg6+ hxg6 21.Qxh8 0–0–0 22.Qg7 c5 23.Ne2 cxd4 24.Nexd4 Bc5 25.c3 a4 26.Bg5 Re8 27.Qxg6 Ne7 28.Qd3 Bb6 29.Kg2 Qc5 30.Bf6 Rg8 31.Bxe7 Qxe7 32.Nxb5 Nc5 33.Qe2 Ne4 34.Nd6+ Nxd6 35.exd6 Qxd6 36.Rae1 Bc7 37.Qe5 Qb6 38.Qe2 Qd6 39.Kh1 Rh8 40.Qg2 Bb5 41.Rf2 Qf4 42.Ne5 Rxh3+ 43.Qxh3 Qxf2 44.Qe3 Qh4+ (44…Qxb2! Is almost equal and a testament to how White has frittered away his position) 45.Kg2 Bxe5 46.Qxe5 Qxg4+ 47.Kf2 Qh4+ 48.Kf3 Qh3+ 49.Kf2 Qh4+ 50.Qg3 Qf6+ 51.Kg1 Kd7 52.Re3 Qf1+ 53.Kh2 Qf6 54.Rf3 Qh6+ 55.Kg2 Kc6 56.Re3 Qf6 57.Qe5 Qg6+ 58.Kf2 Qf7+ 59.Kg3 Qg6+ 60.Kf4 Qh6+ 61.Kg4 Qg6+ 62.Qg5 Qf7 63.Qe5 Qg6+ 64.Kf4 Qf7+ 65.Kg5 Qg8+ 66.Kf6 Qf8+ 67.Kxe6 Qe8+ 68.Kf6 Qh8+ 69.Kg6 Qg8+ 70.Qg7 Qxg7+ 71.Kxg7 Kc5 72.Rf3 Bc4 73.Rf4 Bb3 74.Kf6 Bc2 75.Ke5 Bb3 76.Rb4 Bc2 77.Rb8 Be4 78.Rc8+ Kb5 79.c4+ 1–0

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Kobese,W - Agulhas,K [B84] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0–0 d6 8.f4 Be7 9.Be3 0–0 10.Kh1 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nfd7 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Qg4 Rfe8? (After 17…f5 Black might even be for preference here) 18.Bh6 Bf8 (18…g6 19 Ne4 Bf8 20 Qf3! with too many threats)

19.Rxf7! Kxf7 20.Rf1+ Nf6 (20…Kg8 21 Rxf8+! leads to mate) 21.exf6 (More accurate was 21 Bxg7! Bxg7 22 exf6 Bf8 23 Ne4)… gxf6? (21…gxh6 22 Qh5+ Kg8 23 f7+ Kh8 24 fxe8=Q Rxe8 25 Ne4 Rd8 after which White is only a little better) 22.Ne4 Bxh6 23.Rxf6+ Ke7 24.Rxh6 Kd8 25.Rxh7 Re7 26.Qg5 Raa7 27.Rh8+ Kd7 28.Nc5+ Kd6 29.Rd8+ Rad7 30.Nxd7 Rxd7 31.Qd2+ Ke7 32.Rxd7+ Qxd7 33.Qxd7+ Kxd7 and soon 1–0 Round 4 C Klaasen 0-1 W Kobese K Agulhas ½-½ M Rubery D Solomons 1-0 C De Villiers S Bhawoodien 1-0 P Gluckman Scores: 1st Kobese 4/4 2nd -3rd De Villiers and Bhawoodien 2½ 4th-5th Klaasen and Rubery 2 6th-7th Gluckman and Solomons 1½ 8th Agulhas ½ Klaasen imposed his positional game on the leader and built up a winning position before crumbling in the mutual time pressure. I had the worse of the opening and the better of the endgame before arriving at a fair conclusion. In an error strewn game, De Villiers was the last to falter, and even after winning Solomons was clearly not impressed with the encounter. Bhawoodien conjured up a dangerous attack against a young opponent who is still slightly in awe of ‘Dr Shabs’.

Round 4 in progress with the Calvin Klaasen v Watu Kobese game being closely observed by Grahame Pearson

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Klaasen,C - Kobese,W [E62] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0–0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0–0 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 (The Lesser Simagin is a rarely played line in the Kings Indian) 8.Ne1 Qc8 9.Nd3 Bh3 10.e4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Na6 12.f3 Nc7 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rc1 f5 15.Qd2 Rf7 16.f4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf6 18.Ng5 Rf8 19.Nf2 b5 20.b3 Rb8 21.d5!? cxd5 (21…bxc4 22 bxc4 cxd5 23 Bxa7 is about equal) 22.c5! Qb7 23.c6 Qa6 24.Bd4 e6 25.Rfe1 Rbe8 26.Qb4 h6 27.Nf3 Rd8 28.Qc3 Kf7 (After some deft probing by Klaasen the black position is beginning to buckle) 29.Qc2 Rg8 30.Re2 Bh8 31.Rce1 b4 32.g4 (32 Bxf6 Bxf6 33 Ng4 Bg7 34 f5! gxf5 35 Rxe6! and White crashes through)… Rde8 33.Qd2 Qxc6 34.g5 Ne4 35.Nxe4 dxe4 36.Rxe4 h5 37.Bxh8 Rxh8 38.Qd4? (The simple 38 Rc4 Qb6 39 Rxb4 would suffice. Now Black is back in the game)…Nd5 39.Kg3 Rhf8 40.Qxa7+ Re7 41.Qd4 Ra8 42.Nd2 Rxa2 43.Nc4 Ra8 44.Rc1 Kg8 45.Rce1 Rae8 46.Qd3 Kh7 47.Qd4 Rf7 48.h3 Ne7 49.Qd2 Nf5+ 50.Kh2 e5!

51.fxe5 (51 Qxb4 Ref8 52 Nd2 Nd4 leaves Black in complete control)…d5 (The pendulum has swung completely in Kobese’s favour) 52.e6 Rfe7 53.Ne5 Qd6 54.R4e2 Rxe6 55.Qf4 d4 56.Nxg6 Rxe2+ 57.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 0–1 Bhawoodien,S - Gluckman,P [B30] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.d3 Nge7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Ne7 (Keeping the symmetry with 10…Nd4 was an alternative) 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rb1 a5 (12…f5 is more active) 13.Qd2 b5 14.Ne1 Bd7 15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 Rc8 17.f5?! (Seeking attacking chances at all costs)… gxf5 18.Bh6 fxe4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.dxe4 b4 21.Nd3 Ng6 22.Rbe1 Bb5 (22…c4 23 Nf4 Qh4! is clearly better for Black. The move played is clearly well motivated-good N v bad B- but now White can take aim at the weakened kingside) 23.Re3 Bxd3 24.Rxd3 Qe7 25.Rh3 Rh8 (Giving up a pawn with 25 …h5! 26 Rxh5 Rh8 stifles White’s ambitions) 26.Qh6+ Kg8 27.Rhf3 Rc7 28.Rf6 Qe5 29.h4 Qg3 30.h5 Nh4 31.R1f2 Rd7 32.R6f5 (A nice touch even though the computer is screaming for 32 e5!)…Nxf5 33.Rxf5 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qh4+ 35.Bh3 f6 36.Rf4 Rg7 37.Rxh4 1–0 Round 5 W Kobese 0-1 S Bhawoodien M Rubery 0-1 C Klaasen P Gluckman ½-½ D Solomons C De Villiers 1-0 K Agulhas Scores: 1st Kobese 4/5 2nd-3rd De Villiers and Bhawoodien 3½ 4th Klaasen 3 5th-6th Rubery and Solomons 2 7th Gluckman 1½ 8th Agulhas ½ Bhawoodien upset the leader in a game full of personal drama. Having wiped out his opponents with 1 e4 thus far, Watu opened with 1 Nf3 which elicited a remark of dissatisfaction from his opponent. While in a complex middlegame both players got up and posed for a photograph like comrades in arms. Suddenly Bhawoodien emerged a good pawn ahead in the ending and then theatrically got a couple of black queens from the neighbouring boards in ready for their coronation. All that aside his technique was sufficient to register a significant victory over a tough opponent. I got in a tangle in a theoretical line of the c3 Sicilian, but managed to get some counterplay only to fall under a vicious attack by Klaasen’s Q + N. De Villiers was still a pawn ahead in a

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Benko Gambit before his opponent blundered a piece. Solomon’s Pirc Defence again showed its resilience and he drew with ease. Kobese,W (2375) - Bhawoodien,S (2016) [A05] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0–0 5.Be2 b6 6.0–0 Bb7 7.c4 Re8 8.Qc2 c5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Bc3 d5 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Qb2 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Qf5 15.Nbd2 b5! (Kobese has allowed his opponent to get the murky positions he thrives in)

Position after 15 ...b5!

16.e4 Qh5 17.e5 b4! (With an advantage to Black) 18.Bd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Ng4 20.Re1 Rad8 21.Qf4 e6 22.Ne4 (22 h3 Nxf2! 23 Kxf2 Bh6 24 Ne4 Bxf4 25 Nf6+ Kh8 26 Nxh5 Bxf4 is a slightly lesser evil for Black)…Nxe5 23.Nfg5 h6 (23…Bxe4! 24 Nxe4 Nxc4 is a clear route to victory) 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Qg4 (25…Qxh2+!) 26.Bf1 hxg5 27.Rxe5 Rd5 28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.Rc1 Qf4 30.Qxf4 gxf4 (And from hereon Bhawoodien wraps up the ending with a steady hand) 31.f3 a5 32.Bb5 Re7 33.Kf2 Kg7 34.g3 fxg3+ 35.hxg3 Kf6 36.Rc5 Ke5 37.Ba4 Ra7 38.Rc8 Kd6 39.Rd8+ Kc7 40.Rf8 Kb6 41.f4 Rc7 42.g4 f5 43.g5 Rc3 44.Rf6 Rf3+ 45.Ke2 Rxf4 46.Rxg6 Kc5 47.Rh6 Rg4 48.g6 f4 49.Be8 Kd4 50.Rh7 f3+ 51.Kf1 Be4 52.Re7 Rg2 53.Bb5 Rxg6

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Rubery,M (2252) - Klaasen,C (2224) [B22] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Qe2 0–0 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qc7 13.Qe4 Rd8! 14.Bd3?! (14 Re1 g6 15 Bg5 as played in Esserman v Anand 2016, was sufficient to draw with the former world champion)…g6 15.Re1 b6 16.Bf4 Bb7 17.Qe3 Na5 18.Rac1 Qc6 19.Bf1 Nc4 20.Qe2 Rac8 21.Rcd1 Na5 22.Ng5!? Rxd1 23.Rxd1 h6 24.Nf3 Bf8 25.Qd2 (25 Nb5 Qxc3 26 Nxe6! fxe6 27 Qg4 with decent chances eluded me at the time)… Qxc3 26.Bxh6 Bxh6 27.Qxh6 Bxf3 28.Rd3 Qa1 29.gxf3 Qxe5 30.f4 Qg7 31.Qg5 Nc6 32.Rd7 Rf8 33.Kg2 a5 34.a4 (34 Bd3 was more to the point)…Nd4 35.Rb7? Nf5 36.Rxb6 Qd4 37.Rb5 Qe4+ 38.Kg1 Qxa4 39.h4 Nd4 (And all resistance crumbles) 40.Rxa5 Nf3+ 41.Kh1 Qe4 42.Qg2 Qxf4 43.h5 Qh4+ 44.Qh3 Qxf2 45.Qg2 Qh4+ 46.Qh3 Qxh3+ 47.Bxh3 Kg7 48.hxg6 Kxg6 49.Kg2 Ng5 50.Bg4 f5 51.Be2 Rc8 52.Ra6 Kf6 53.Bd1 Rc3 54.Rb6 f4 0–1 Round 6 S Bhawoodien 0-1 D Solomons C Klaasen 1-0 C De Villiers W Kobese 1-0 M Rubery K Agulhas 0-1 P Gluckman Scores: 1st Kobese 5/6 2nd Klaasen 4 3rd-4th De Villiers and Bhawoodien 3½ 5th Solomons 3 6th Gluckman 2½ 7th Rubery 2 8th Agulhas ½ Kobese made use of his tremendous development to finish me off with an attractive combination. Klaasen out-manoeuvred his experienced opponent, winning exchange and soon after the game. In a sharp Benoni position Bhawoodien chose the wrong way to win a pawn and soon had to part with a piece. The clash between the two youngsters saw Gluckman essay the O’ Kelly Variation of the Sicilian (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 a6!?) and his provocative play was rewarded with a better ending which he confidently clinched. Kobese,W (2375) - Rubery,M (2252) [B01] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Qa4+?! c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bc5 (It would appear my choice of opening is vindicated as Black has an easy game…for the moment) 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Nxd4 Qxd4 9.Be2 Bd7!? (Simply 9…0-0 is equal, but I felt I could do better and thus prepared to send my queen on a fool’s errand) 10.Qa3 Qe4 11.f3 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Be3! e5 (13...Qg2 14.Rg1 Qxh2 15.Nc3 is pleasant for White) 14.Nc3 Nd4 15.0–0–0 Nxe2+ 16.Nxe2 Qe6 17.Nc3! Qxc4 18.Rhe1 Bc6?? (Black is still in the game after 18...Be6 whilst the suicidal text move is beautifully punished) 19.Bh6! Nd7 (19…gxh6 20 Rxe5+) 20.Bxg7 Rg8 21.Bf6 Qe6 22.Rd6 (With the writing clearly on the wall I whispered to my opponent “This is beginning to look like Morphy v Duke of Brunswick”)… Qf5

23.Rxe5+! (Someone on Facebook said Black should have resigned here and got the following laconic response from GM Nigel Short- “Why?”)… Nxe5 24.Rd8+! Rxd8 25.Qe7# 1-0

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Bhawoodien,S (2016) - Solomons,D (2130) [E81] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Bd2 a6 9.Bd3 Qd8 10.a4 e6 11.Nge2 exd5 12.cxd5 Re8 13.0–0 Nbd7 14.Kh1 Rb8 15.Rb1 Ne5 16.Bc2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4 Bd7 19.Qe1 Nc4 20.Bc1 cxb4 21.Rxb4 Qc7 (Solomon has played the opening with great verve and could have got a commanding position with 21...Qa5! 22.Rb1 b4 23.Nd1 Qc5) 22.Bd3 Qc5 23.Na4 Qa7 24.Nb2 Rec8 25.Bxc4? (25.Nxc4 bxc4 26.Bxc4 leaves White a clear pawn up) 25...bxc4 26.Nxc4 Rxb4 27.Qxb4 Qa6! (This resource wins material) 28.Bf4 Qxc4 29.Qxc4 Rxc4 30.Bxd6 Rc2 31.Nd4 Rd2 32.Nb3 Rb2 33.Nc5 Bb5 34.Ra1 h5 35.h4 Rc2 36.Rb1 Ne8 37.Be7 Be5! (Black finishes with a flourish) 38.g3 Be2 39.Rb3 Bd4 40.d6 Rc1+ 41.Kg2 Bf1+ 42.Kh2 Rc2+ 43.Kh1 Bg2+ 44.Kh2 Bxf3+ 45.Kh3 Bg4# 0–1

Charles de Villiers celebrated his 64th

birthday with all other players. The organisers arranged a cake for this chessically significant milestone!

Round 7

C De Villiers ½-½ W Kobese P Gluckman ½-½ C Klaasen M Rubery 1-0 S Bhawoodien D Solomons 0-1 K Agulhas Final Scores: 1st Kobese 5½/7 2nd Klaasen 4½ 3rd De Villiers 4 4th Bhawoodien 3½ 5th-7th Solomons, Rubery and Gluckman 3 8th Agulhas 1½ De Villiers used oceans of time in the opening but was rewarded by obtaining an overwhelming position. However, after winning a clear exchange he blundered it back and a relieved Kobese quickly steered the game to a draw. Gluckman played a quiet line against the Sicilian and seemed content to hold a member of the Olympiad squad to a draw. I got an early initiative from the Bishops Opening and when Black dropped a key pawn his position collapsed. In a fluctuating encounter Agulhas held his nerve in time pressure to register his first win of the event.

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De Villiers,C (2211) - Kobese,W (2375) [A01] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0–0 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nc3 e4 (A rare departure from the usual 7…Nc6) 8.Nd4 Re8 9.0–0 c6 10.Nc2 Qa5 (Watu is ambitious as always) 11.Ne3 Qh5 12.d3 d5?! (12...Ng4! 13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.Qd2 exd3 15.exd3 is about equal) 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.dxe4 dxe4 15.Qc2 Bh3 16.Bxh3! Qxh3 17.Ncd5 Nbd7 18.Nf4 Qh6 19.Qc7 Qg5 20.Qxb7 Nc5 21.Qb5 a6 22.Qa5 Rac8 23.Rac1 (23.h4 Qh6 24.Rac1 Ncd7 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Qxa6 is a simpler route to victory)…Nh5 24.h4 Qe7 25.Ned5 Qa7 26.Bxg7 Nxf4 27.Nf6+ Kxg7 28.Nxe8+ Rxe8 29.Qxc5 Nxe2+ 30.Kh2 Qd7

31.Qe3? (Heartbreak for the veteran who celebrated his 64th birthday the previous day. Of course after 31.Rcd1 Qg4 32.Qe3 White wins easily) 31...Nxc1 (Heaven knows, we all make mistakes. That's life - and chess. – Woody Allen) 32.Rxc1 Qd3 33.Rc6 Re5 34.Qxd3 exd3 35.Rd6 Re2 36.Kg2 Rxa2 ½-½ Rubery,M (2252) - Bhawoodien,S (2016) [C54] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.Nbd2 0–0 8.0–0 Be6 (8…a6 is the preferred choice here) 9.Nc4 b5 10.Ne3 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Rb8 12.Nf5 d5 13.Qc2 Re8 14.a4 a6 15.axb5 axb5 16.Ra6 Rb6 17.Rxb6 Bxb6 18.N3h4 Ne7 19.Nxe7+ Rxe7 20.Nf5 Re6 21.Qe2 Nh7 (21…Qa8!?) 22.h4 Nf8 23.Qf3 (23 exd5 Qxd5 24 Qg4! g6 25 h5 is very good for White)… c6? 24.Qg3 Rg6 25.Qxe5 Bc7 26.Ne7+ Kh7 27.Qf5! Qxe7 28.h5 Qh4 29.hxg6+ fxg6 30.Qh3 Qf6 31.exd5 cxd5 32.Re1 d4 33.Qf3 Qd6 34.g3 Ne6 35.Qe4 Ng5 36.Bxg5 hxg5 37.Kg2 dxc3 38.Rh1+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Qf8 40.Rh8+ 1–0 Thus Watu Kobese registered another tournament triumph although he would be the first to admit he was not at his imperious best at times. Klaasen consolidated his position as one of our leading players and certainly was not flattered by his score. The chess legend that is Charles De Villiers still retains his passion and also his considerable ability for the game.

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IM WATU KOBESE SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION Tuesday 21 March 2017

This exhibition was limited to 20 players on a first come first served basis, and no players rated above 1900 were allowed to participate.

Cape Town Chess Club stalwart Benny Levin played impressively and was the only player to defeat Watu.

Young Liam Ohlson was the last to finish and was awarded the Most Interesting Game prize.

Kobese, W – Levin B 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Bb3 Ne5 11.h4 h5 12.g4 Rc8 13.0-0-0 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.gxh5 Nxh5 16.Nde2 Be6 17.Bh6 b5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rhg1 b4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rxh4 22.Kb1 Rh8 23.Qg5 Rh2 24.Nd4 Qd7 25.Rde1 Kf8 26.Nc6 e6 27.Nxb4 e5 28.Nc6 Nf4

29.Nb4 a5 30.Nc6 Nxd5 31.Nxe5 dxe5 32.Qxe5 Qc6 33.Rc1 R8h5 34.Qd4 Nb4 35.c3 Rd5 36.Qf4 Rdd2 37.Qb8+ Qe8

38.Qxe8+ Kxe8 39.Rce1+ Kf8 40.cxb4 Rxb2+ 41.Ka1 Rxa2+ 42.Kb1 axb4 0-1

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OFFICIAL DINNER AT POSTICINO RESTAURANT, SEA PONT Wednesday 22 March 2017

The attendees were Reginald Sinden, Howard Goldberg, Mark Rubery, David Gluckman, Jonathan Gluckman, Mark Lewis, Benny Levin, Grahame Pearson, Dawn Beerman, Omar Esau, Maxwell Solomon, Charles De Villiers, Leslie London, Deon Solomons, Reuben Salimu, Ellen Salimu, Ilse Joubert, Lyndon Bouah, Denise Frick, Marcelle Agulhas, Shabier Bhawoodien and Roland Willenberg.

The 1992 Manila Olympiad team were all present – in reverse board order left to right – Maxwell Solomon, Dr Lyndon Bouah, David Gluckman, Charles de Villiers and Dr Deon Solomons (missing Watu Kobese)

Six Presidents of Chess Western Province were present – the more recent to the left –Dr Deon Solomons, David Gluckman, Eldo Smart, Dr Lyndon Bouah, Roland Willenberg and Andre van Reenen

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DR LYNDON BOUAH'S KEYNOTE ADDRESS

AT THE OFFICIAL DINNER FOR THE CAPE TOWN HERITAGE CHESS FESTIVAL 2017

Dr Bouah gets ready to address the officials with Chessa President Eldo Smart to his left and Chessa Secretary Marcelle Agulhas to his right. Andre van Reenen listens attentively.

The President of Chess South Africa, Mr Eldo Smart and members of his executive, the former president of Chess South Africa, Mr Andre Van Reenen, the South African women's chess champion Women International Master Dr Denise Frick, The President of Chess Western Cape Mr Mark Lewis and members of his executive, the President of Cape Town Chess Club International Master David Gluckman and his executive and members of Cape Town Chess Club, the President of Chess Western Province, Dr Deon Solomons, fellow Olympians gathered here today, ladies and gentleman, on behalf of the Western Cape Provincial Government and in particular the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, I welcome you here to celebrate the 132nd anniversary of the founding of Cape Town Chess Club. When IM David Gluckman approached me with the idea of hosting this festival to celebrate the longevity of Cape Town Chess Club I did not hesitate for a single moment. My department consists of many units and one of those is the Heritage unit. I have come to value and appreciate heritage because it teaches us about our history and who we are. Heritage is defined as something that is of long standing and is passed down from generation to generation. Cape Town Chess Club at its young age of 132 is an example of the heritage of chess in Cape Town, the Western Cape, South Africa and Africa. Mr Leonard Reitstein states on page ten of his interesting book, a History of Chess in South Africa (2003), that Cape Town Chess Club is the oldest chess club in the country, boasting an uninterrupted existence since its foundation on 19 March 1885. It is recorded that Melbourne chess club is the oldest

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in the Southern Hemisphere having been formed in 1866 with Cape Town Chess Club being the second oldest. Cape Town Chess Club was a dynamic club. It had members of high rank in its membership and was always situated around the centre of Cape Town. Reitstein records that in the June 1941 edition of the Cape Times, a Mr Charles Murray, recalled that the Cape Town Chess Club was situated at the top of Adderley Street and that Mr WP Schreiner, the then Prime Minister of the Cape Colony often used to drop in for a few minutes to watch play with interest. The Cape Town Chess Club was an ambitious chess club and soon set itself the task of organising the first South African Open Championship. The first one was held in 1892 and was held in Burg Street at the Metropolitan Hall. I drive past this building every day on my way to work and the store Food Lovers Market is now situated there. The event started on 16 April 1892. The event organised by Cape Town was of course a spectacular one. The tournament was opened by the Bishop of Cape Town and Reitstein recorded that others on the platform included General Cameron, the officer commanding the local British forces and the Surveyor General Leo Marquard. A letter from his excellency the Governor was read. Prize money amounted to £ 80 with first prize being £25. The club also organised the second SA Open in 1897. In 1907 Cape Town Chess Club was responsible for initiating the union of clubs to be known as Western Province. The other clubs were Woodstock Chess Club, YMCA and Tokai. They met and formed the union with Mr HM Boddy as the first President. The first league was also held that same year which was won by Cape Town. Cape Town Chess Club then became the first ever Western Province champions. In 1908 and 1909 the club retained its championship title but in 1910 YMCA won with Cape Town second. I noted in my research that in the first year of the league that there were five players and as the league progressed they moved to 8 players. It seems the modern day WP league may yet learn from our predecessors. It is thus interesting to reflect that the WP Union and League is this year 110 years old! The league was however not consistently held but well done Cape Town Chess Club for having won those first three editions of the WP League. I have noticed that a chess club called the Civil Service also entered and I may have to consider regathering those forces! Mr Lew Leppan in his fascinating book the South African Book of Records (1999) notes that the first Living Pieces game took place between Rondebosch and Cape Town Chess Club on the Grand Parade in 1888. In 1985 Cape Town Chess Club celebrated its centenary year and invited speakers such as Mr Simmy Lewis, Mr Nick Barnett and Mr Leonard Reitstein. A similar chess festival was held such as the present one and the South African Chess player (May 1985: 39) records that a certain Charles De Villiers beat a young David Gluckman in the speed Handicap tournament and won the princely sum of R60. A gala evening was held at the end of the festival at which prizes were presented by the then president of the SA Chess Federation Mr Eddie Price. Mr Dieter Morschel played the wind quintet at the event. I have noticed that Charles is yet again competing just as he did 32 years ago. I may have to request my colleagues to also declare Charles a living chess heritage! In 1991 Cape Town Chess Club led the progressive elements of the establishment SA chess federation when in August 1991 it agreed to play a match against a combined Bellville South- UWC chess team in Bellville South. That match was the forerunner of unity in South Africa. The dynamism of Cape Town Chess Club when it organised the first SA Open in 1892 was thus complemented 100 years later when it contributed to the discussions to form a unified WP chess body in 1992. Cape Town Chess Club went on to win the WP League a number of times thus building on their initial triple success in those early years of the 20th century.

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We, of course, cannot end the evening without mentioning the late chairperson of Cape Town Chess Club, Mr Elan Rabinowitz. He was for many years the face of Cape Town Chess Club. With his calm demeanour and attention to detail he was able to provide invaluable counsel at all the WP Council meetings. He would invariably arrive with his black briefcase and take a seat towards the back of the hall. He contributed fiercely and in 1997 when Chess Western Province was going through some dark times he led the discussions to ensure that the gains of unity were protected and that we could prosper as a union. To Elan your memory and hard work will forever be remembered at Cape Town Chess Club and by Chess Western Province. I wish all the participants well in their various events this week. I have noted that the youthful Mark Lewis clinched the Seniors section of Heritage Festival. Congrats to Mr Lewis who was also awarded the Lifetime achiever award earlier this month. I have seen many Olympian players competing in the various events this week and all having a good time. Cape Town Chess Club we salute you and on behalf of the Western Cape Provincial Government we thank you for contributing to the heritage of chess and sport in the Western Cape and South Africa and to our vision as the Department of Cultural Affairs of being a socially inclusive, creative, active and connected Western Cape. I thank you. Regards Dr Lyndon Bouah Chief Director : Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport

Charles de Villiers, Howard Goldberg and Mark Rubery listen attentively – Reuben Salimu in the background.

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Leonard Reitstein Lecture on SA Chess History Thursday 23 March 2017

PROGRAMME: 1. IM David Gluckman on “Memories of the Cape Town chess scene in the 1980s” 2. IM Watu Kobese on “Memories of growing up in the Soweto chess scene and my father”. 3. Dr Lyndon Bouah on “Reflections on the 1990s"

Dr Lyndon Bouah, Leonard Reitstein, IM Watu Kobese and IM David Gluckman at the Leonard Reitstein History of Chess in South Africa lecture. The Cape Town Chess Club minute book, and Leonard Reitstein’s 3 published books on South African chess history are in the foreground.

"Leonard Reitstein was in the 1970's truly South Africa's Mr Chess, with a background as player, correspondence player, organiser (including a stint as President of the SA Chess Federation), chess book collector, author, and above all, editor and publisher of the South African Chessplayer." Former SA champion David Friedgood's Foreword to "A History of CHESS in South Africa".

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South African Olympiad Team captains.

Mr Leonard Reitstein was captain at Munich 1958, Tel Aviv 1964 and Havana 1966. Dr Lyndon Bouah was captain at Bled 2002, Calvia 2004, Tromso 2014 and Baku 2016.

This art work, celebrating 30 years of the South African Chessplayer, takes pride of place in the Reitstein home.

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MEMORIES OF THE CAPE TOWN CHESS SCENE IN THE 1980s By David Gluckman

I spoke off the cuff so those who seek a complete version of my lecture should watch the YouTube video recording. The lecture covered the period 1980 to 1987 after which I relocated to Johannesburg. Some of the highlights included:

The wonderous talent of Roger Schackis who at age 19 won a strong 1980 WP Closed with a full house 11/11 score.

The Oudemeester 1980 nationwide knock-out challenge which to this day remains by far the biggest tournament ever held in South Africa in terms of number of participants.

The arrival and dominance of Charles de Villiers (back from studying in France) at both the 1980 SA Open and the 1981 SA Closed.

The emergence of my contemporary Donald Macfarlane as the strongest ever South African junior – SA Closed participant at age 13, SA Closed runner-up at age 15, SA Closed champion at 17 and a victory against Vishy Anand being some of his many accomplishments.

The Sunday mornings at Leonard Reitstein’s house playing blitz against strong older players such as Kenneth Kirby, Jacques Sadan and Arnold Rubinsztein (not to mention my coach Howard Goldberg).

My stint as the Cape Times chess correspondent covering the early K v K matches.

CAPSA players playing under non de plumes in SACF events and vice versa.

Recollections of the Cape Town Chess Club’s 1985 Centenary Festival.

The South African Chessplayer that chronicled so much of the above.

And many more tales ...

South Africa played against a team comprising 3 world champions namely Petrosian, Botvinnik and Spassky. Non-playing team captain, Leonard Reitstein, observes (centre top).

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I recounted the story that when Kenneth Kirby purchased around 20 photographs of his game against Botvinnik from the South Africa v USSR match at the 1964 Chess Olympiad, his teammates quipped “I wonder how many photographs Botvinnik ordered”. I also told how KGB files released decades later revealed that this match almost did not take place – at the last moment Botvinnik decided to enter the playing hall and the others obediently followed The Patriach. I also demonstrated my favourite tournament game. Not that my play was particularly sound, but it’s a good indication of my style at a time of vast improvement (I was rated 1400 two years earlier and would be rated 2042 within 6 months of this game). This was against Neville Verlander – up to that point regarded as the number 2 emerging schoolboy after Donald Macfarlane (who was far ahead rated around 2300). This was played shortly before my 16th birthday – perhaps on 12 April 1982 as a recall Ewan Kromhout having to abandon his game to attend the birth of his son Alexander! Verlander,N (1925) - Gluckman,D (1890) [A40] Eastern Province Open, 1982 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.d5 Nf6 6.Bd3 exd5 7.exd5 c6 8.dxc6 Nxc6 9.Nge2 Ne5 10.0-0 Nfg4 11.h3 Qh4 12.Bf5 h5 13.Nd4 Bc5 14.Nce2 g6 15.Bc2 g5 16.Qd2

16...Nf3+ 17.Nxf3 Bxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 19.Kh1 Bxf3 0-1

Neville Verlander contemplates his 11

th move against David Gluckman

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MEMORIES OF GROWING UP IN THE SOWETO CHESS SCENE AND MY FATHER By Watu Kobese

I spoke off the cuff so those who seek a complete version of my lecture should watch the YouTube video recording. Some memories I reflected upon in my lecture included:

Chess popularity in Soweto after the match of the century. Many of the Soweto chess players had been draughts players before this match, and had a natural feel for games even though they did not know too much chess theory.

My early events and a Port Elizabeth trip as an 8-year-old when I couldn’t comprehend why I was being hauled off a beach when innocently playing with my white South Transvaal teammates.

Memorable characters within the Soweto chess scene such as ‘Fish and Chips’, the Dhlalisa family and their impact, and also Mr Phatho and his influence.

Various racially motivated negative events and the reasons behind the creation of the Central Transvaal Chess Union.

A brief history of my father.

The story of how Central Transvaal Chess Union’s thrashing of Orange Free State at junior level resulted in one of their white players, who later became a close friend, being forced to re-evaluate his entire life view and his upbringing.

The Standard Bank chess tournament in Soweto which for some years was the best organised and strongest open event in the country. Later the tournament moved to Wits University when not all felt safe travelling into Soweto.

The Dhalisa family and various friends used to gather under a tree to play chess. A strict hierarchy was observed – one could not simply challenge Ismail Dhlalisa being the strongest player in Soweto, but rather had to work one’s way up a ladder system with various tricky players along the way to stop one’s ascent. I never made it to the top of the ladder, and hence never had the opportunity to challenge Ismail Dhlalisa. But he had good understanding and a natural flair for the game as evidenced by the following win over the 1985 SA Closed joint champion. Wolpe,C - Dhlalisa,I Twins Open, Johannesburg, 1980 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.e5 Bxc3 5.dxc3 Ng8 6.Qg4 Kf8 7.h4 h5 8.Qf4 d6 9.Nf3 Nh6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.0-0-0 Nf5 12.Bd3 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Qe7 14.Rhf1 Rh6 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Be4 e5 17.Qg3 Be6 18.c5 Bxa2 19.cxd6 Rxd6 20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Qxe5

22... Qd3 23.Nd2 Rd8 24.Rf2 Bb3 25.Qf5 Qxe3 0-1

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REFLECTIONS ON THE 1990s By Dr Lyndon Bouah

Any reflection on the 1990s must be preceded by setting the scene from the 1980s. The 1980s was a tough one in South Africa and was characterised by strife in all communities around South Africa. I started playing chess in September 1986 with my first official game being played in 1987. I was at the Bethelsdorp Senior Secondary School in Port Elizabeth. Chess was split between the establishment South African Chess Federation and the black South African Chess Association. All of us knew that to become strong at chess you needed to beat the players from Cape Town and Western Province because the strength of chess was in Cape Town. The first time I qualified for the EP Senior team (b) was in 1987 and I was selected to play in East London. At this event Mr Andre Van Reenen changed the name of the South African Chess Association to Capsa which stood for Chess Association of the People of South Africa. I spent the month of March 1987 preparing for this event with Dr Cornelius Thomas, Mr Jannie Saffier and Mr Samuel Gertse. We used some opening books and analysed a few games. Concern was expressed at what opening to play against a certain Shabier Bhawoodien who was considered a menace on the circuit! I played and in round one I met a player called Andrew Martin from a certain well known chess club called Steinitz Chess Club. Against my Sicilian he essayed the Morra Gambit and on move 23 I had to resign as his pieces were overwhelming. So not a great debut. I then went on to beat Ashley Schuller and lose to Rodney Williams who became the WP Senior champion in 2001. Over the next three years I competed in the Capsa Open which was held in 1988 (won by Deon Solomons) , 1989 won by Rashaad Ward in Durban and Malcolm Fredericks in 1990. He beat me on board one in the final round. At the school level things were at revolutionary level. WP schools had won the national championships since inception. The first recorded black schools championship was 1982 with the following winners.

1982 : Shaun Willenberg (WP ) and Nazeem Samie (EP) 1984 : Dr Deon Solomons (WP ) 1986 : Dr Nazeem Mustapha (WP) 1988 : Mr Winston Dalpat ( EP ) 1989 : Dr Lyndon Bouah ( EP) 1990 : Dr Lyndon Bouah (EP) 1991 : Shane Bassett (EP ) 1992 : Lionel Gallant ( EP )

The SA Schools championship in 1988 in Johannesburg represented a new turn of events when the team from Eastern Province (which consisted of five players from Bethelsdorp Senior Secondary and Allistair Chapman from Arcadia) beat the powerful Western Province contingent. This surprised many players In Cape Town and many years later Roland Willenberg told me that they all were shocked when they received the news that Western Province schools had lost their mantle as national champions and that Eastern Province had captured the coveted Individual title as well. In 1989 the EP juggernaut continued and was becoming unstoppable with us capturing the national championship in Paarl with myself beating my fellow EP player Conrad Blignaut in the process. In 1990 we continued to defend our title in Port Elizabeth and I retained my National Schools title. In 1991 Shane Bassett continued the winning of the individual championship! Lionel Gallant from Port Elizabeth won in 1992. So this meant that the national individuals’ schools title was held by the same school,

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Bethelsdorp Senior Secondary school for five years!!! Interestingly Winston, Shane and Lionel all resided in an area called Salt Lake in Port Elizabeth. I joined the University of the Western Cape in 1991 as a law student. When I arrived there I found that the UWC chess club had ceased to exist. The club had played in Worcester in 1989 under the banner of Satisco (South African tertiary Institutions Sports Council) and had in fact won the individual championship that year through David Hartzenberg. I knew many of the chess players that joined UWC and I soon took the lead in setting up the Tuesday meetings of the chess club. In my first week at UWC, I met Berte Van Wyk again after I had met him for the first time in 1989 when he organised the Capsa Closed that was held at Bellville South Library. Berte was the person that changed the chess landscape in South Africa. In the 1989 Capsa Closed Dr Deon Solomons won and I ended second. In February 1991, I participated in my second Capsa Closed and again ended second with Mr Gordon Lawrence. (Incidentally it took me 25 years to play Gordon again and this time I beat him with the Kings Indian Defence, albeit a difficult game). In 1991 I joined Bellville South Chess Club in addition to UWC. This meant that every Tuesday evening I travelled to the library to play chess there after lunchtime of chess with UWC. At the time the negotiations between the African National Congress and the National Party government was continuing at various levels. The ANC then made a request that sport bodies should start talking to their counterparts. Berte who was a committed comrade then initiated discussions with our establishment counterparts. Various meetings were held and I remember travelling to Tokai to meet with Nick Barnett and others. The discussions took many twists and turns and I was surprised when I found out that the President of the SA Chess Federation Professor Nick Pretorius was actually working in the Hellenic Greek department in the B block building of UWC. In those first three months at UWC many discussions took place that would shape chess and myself. In April 1991 the Western Province league commenced at Modderdam High School in Bonteheuwel. At this league event Mr Andre Van Reenen publicly chastised Mr Berte Van Wyk and banned UWC and Bellville South from further participation in the WP League. This banning then resulted in the unity talks receiving a new impetus. In June 1991 Berte convened a meeting at Bellville South Library at which various chess figures from the White establishment body was present with ourselves who had in the meantime formed ourselves into the South African Chess Congress (Saccon). Immediately after being banned from participating in WP we proceeded with development throughout the Western Cape and the country. Mr Henry Uithaler from Eastern Province agreed to become part of the Saccon and various overtures were made by Boland and other figures. Mr Virgil Fritz who was a third year student at UWC and I then proceeded with development work. We travelled to Elsies River, Kraaifontein, the Athlone School for the Blind, Kuils River and various other places to promote chess. This was very rewarding work and this was where I made the acquaintance of many chess players and administrators. Berte handled the negotiations and on occasion I would assist where necessary.

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One of the outcomes of the June summit was that a friendly match would be organised between Cape Town Chess Club and a Bellville South - UWC team. The date agreed upon was 28 August 1991. The scene was set for the very first meeting between two chess bodies. On that day the following results were tallied: Cape Town Chess Club on the left and Bellville- South/ UWC on the right.

1. Charles De Villiers 0-1 Lyndon Bouah 2. Howard Goldberg 1-0 Virgil Fritz 3. Nick Barnett 1-0 Edwin November 4. Andrew Mendelson 1-0 Samuel Leenderts 5. Frans Vergeest 1-0 Gavin Blaauw 6. Nathan Geffen 1-0 Gabriel Campher 7. Bennie Levin 1-0 Berte Van Wyk 8. Graeme West 1-0 Rucien Kuhn 9. Konrad Van Zyl Smit ½-½ Franky Stevens 10. Ulrich Bosenberg 1-0 Christo Loff 11. Jerome Poggenpoel 1-0 Selwyn Watkins 12. Eustace Moses 0-1 Saleem Dawood 13. Louis Van Zyl 1-0 F. Adams

Final score: Cape Town 10½ vs Bellville South / UWC 2½. The newspapers carried the headline the next few days that the SA Chess Champion had suffered a surprise upset. As I was from Port Elizabeth (now Nelson Mandela Bay) Berte requested that I organise a similar match against Port Elizabeth chess club upon my return home from university. Henry Uithaler and I agreed to this and following discussions at the home of John Preece a date was agreed upon. At this historic meeting I again played board one and this time I drew with Ewan Kromhout who was leading his troops. To the surprise of many Port Elizabeth chess club members, Alekhine chess club from the Northern areas of Port Elizabeth easily defeated their more illustrious opponents. I was thus privileged to have been part of the first two unity matches in this country in 1991. In December 1991 the first Unity Chess Tournament was held with players coming from all over South Africa. David Gluckman, Deon Solomons and Jonathan Gluckman ended joint first.

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UNIVERSITY CHESS From 1991 a new organisation called the South African Tertiary Institution Sports Union (Satisu) was established and started having events across the country from July 1991. We travelled to Medunsa in Soshanguve , the second one was in Durban was in 1992 and Durban 1993. UWC dominated all the events as we had a strong team consisting of talented players from all over the country and of course many top players from across the Western Cape. The University sector had not yet unified and in April 1994 I represented UWC at a meeting in Port Elizabeth where the university sector unified. Ussa was formed in April and in 1994 Matthew Cherschish of Wits became the first champion when I had to travel to Moscow to compete in the Olympiad there and could not play. In 1995 I easily retained my title and UWC was once again university champions having won straight from 1991 to 1995 with me winning the four championships that I contested. One of my personal highlights was the annual sportsperson award held at the university. In 1992 I became the first chess player to become the University of the Western Cape sportsperson of the year. (Incidentally I had won the 1988 and 1989 Bethelsdorp Senior Secondary School sportsperson of the year award). In subsequent years at UWC, Kenny and Shane Willenberg would also win this coveted title. The university scene was a vibrant one with players becoming firm friends on and off the board. Many players became Protea players and the Ussa events became very popular. I am glad to see that these days universities are sending teams to African and FIDE events. One highlight in the early 1990s was the visit by former World Champion Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov to the University of the Western Cape. Karpov was a guest of the History department of the UWC and I was very pleased to meet him. He was at that stage the strongest player to have ever visited Cape Town and South Africa. I was very privileged to receive a scholarship from him to study chess for a few months in Sweden in 1996. CLUB CHESS The club scene was a very vibrant one in Cape Town. As soon as unity was announced in 1992 it was agreed that a unified league would be formed. The University of Cape Town won the first league organised by Chess Western Province. I competed and enjoyed playing in the league that year. It was fantastic to see the league receive a new impetus when Steinitz won the league in 1993 in what would later become a string of victories. The league was contested in the South and Northern parts of Cape Town. In those days Roland Willenberg was the league organiser and one of my favourite memories was when we called him to report UWC had beaten False Bay 4-1. He asked us to repeat the score because False Bay had Dieter Morschel and a few other strong played but the combined efforts of a young UWC side beat them in False Bay at the tennis club. So before emails we called Roland at his home in Belhar and whoever answered would diligently take the score! The league has come a long way now that www.chess-results assists us. The league I believe is a highlight and I sincerely hope that one day we could have that honours board that will highlight the league champions.

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CHESSA AND FIDE The undoubted highlight of the early 1990s was the readmission of South African chess to FIDE in 1992. This happened on 22 June 1992 and this June will be the 25th year back in international chess. In February 1992 FIDE sent a four person delegation to South Africa to determine how ready South Africa was for unity. After hearing the views of a range of organisations the Commission on South Africa proposed that South Africa be allowed back into international chess.

Fide delegation lunch meeting with South African chess officials in Johannesburg

Arthur Kobese, Eddie Price, Jerome Bibuld, Jack Mohale, Welcome Phatho and Emmanuel Omuku.

Fide delegation head Emmanuel Omuku signs the fact-finding mission report to Fide

together with delegation member Jerome Bibuld – David Gluckman observes.

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So on 2 June 1992 a team consisting of Deon Solomons, Charles De Villiers, David Gluckman, Lyndon Bouah, Maxwell Solomon with Captain Mark Levitt and President Berte Van Wyk travelled to the Philippines via Hong Kong. Watu Kobese had been chosen but did not make Manila. We stayed a few days in Hong Kong because at that stage there was no Philippines embassy in South Africa. We had to apply for our visas in Hong Kong. It was heady times and we were very happy to arrive in Manila. In round one we were paired against Argentina led by Grandmaster Daniel Campora. I played against the guy who would become the world junior champion, Pablo Zarnicki, and had him against the ropes but could not defeat him. He later beat me in time scramble. I scored fifty percent and qualified for a candidate master title which was awarded to me years later. So I was the first South African to qualify for a title but not to get it. I was awarded the candidate master title years later. The first player was to the best of my knowledge was David Gluckman who became an international master when he won the zonals in Botswana in 1993. Caroline Bijoux became the first woman international master in 1993.

6 June 1992 – a historic day – after 18 years of isolation, South Africa’s match against Argentina is underway.

The Olympiad was an overwhelming experience and it is something to be cherished by all players. It is a special place and I made friends with many people. The current FIDE CEO Nigel Freeman took us for dinner in 1992 in Hong Kong. I met Malcolm Pein and Stewart Reuben in 1992 and of course we met other famous players such as Grandmaster Gulko, Seirawan, Gufeld, Shirov and others. It is of course very interesting that Charles De Villiers was in the last Olympiad team in 1974 and of course he was now 18 years later again in the team. Charles went on to represent South Africa again in 1994 and 1998. Of course the team to the Olympiad was not without criticism. Some people from a certain section of the chess community questioned why people such as Lyndon Bouah and Maxwell Solomon were in the team. They believed that we were not strong enough to be in the team. The principles of unity and representation were not clearly understood by these critics of transformation. In 1993 the SA Closed was held in Cape Town and Maxwell and I came last in the event. This of course fuelled the views of these doubting Thomas's but in 1994 we played trials to be in the 1994 Olympiad team. The top fourteen players in the country were invited and I was very pleased when Maxwell and I qualified with him in fifth position and me in fourth. I scored 6 wins, 6 draws and one loss. This time the critics were silenced and never again did we hear from them.

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The Olympiad in 1994 was a tough one for me. I scored badly as I simply didn't prepare well because of my exams. I felt I had let the team down but I felt worse for Charles who just missed an outright international master title when one of his opponents didn't pitch in one of the matches. An interesting aside that many South Africans don't know is that chess was the second code to play internationally. The first one was cricket which competed in March 1992 in the World Cup which South Africa lost in the semi finals when they had to score 22 off one ball. South African chess then became the second code. By the way, Mr Eldo Smart, those players from 1992 and 1994 still have not been awarded their blazers promised by Chessa. Maybe we can in this 25th year of readmission and seeing that next year will be the 60th year of Olympiad participation remedy this oversight. There is of course much to debate about the first five years of the unity discussions. Many players boycotted the first Unity tournament held at Bishops in 1991 because they didn't believe that we should be playing with our white counterparts without first having the vote. We however believed differently and wanted to normalise society. I travelled with my Eastern Province players to the event and we also for good measure brought two of our white colleagues with us in the combi. One of them was Dr Lloyd Hill who plays for Stellenbosch. Dr Omar Esau will later this year also present a lecture on schools unity because of course there were many discussions on the schools front with the first unified schools event taking place at Bellville College in 1995. Interesting to note was the fact that Grandmaster Kenny Solomon won his first national event (the under 16) event in 1995. In 1993 Kenny Solomon and I travelled to Johannesburg together to compete in the trials for the African Junior Championships. Anthony Levy and I won the event and qualified to play in Kenya. Kenny did not make the cut but was very pleased that we flew back (with Comair) rather than take the bus that we took coming back. We stayed with my uncle in Riverlea who took us to Highgate shopping centre. And in this huge Johannesburg who should we bump into but Dr Shabier Bhawoodien. He of course invited himself to my uncle’s house in Riverlea where we played chess till the late evening! In December that year I came second in the African junior championship in Kenya. This was my first sojourn in Africa and I quite enjoyed travelling. There are, of course, many tales to tell in a later lecture but for tonight I think I have whetted the appetite of the audience. I wish to thank Cape Town Chess Club for making this lecture possible. I am available for questions. Dr Lyndon Bouah Candidate Master

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A MEMOIR OF SOUTH AFRICAN CHESS HISTORY IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY By Eddie Price

Eddie Price has been a key figure of the South African chess scene for more than half a century, and has made outstanding contributions to the country’s chess culture in multiple ways. Eddie has won the South African Open, has represented South Africa in the Chess Olympiad, served as President of the South African Chess Federation, as an International Arbiter, as our delegate at Fide Congresses besides having been a prolific tournament organiser and coach. Eddie was invited as a special guest to the Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival 2017, but was unable to accept the invitation owing to health issues. Nonetheless he volunteered to write this piece for the Festival’s Commemorative Booklet. Preamble This note has nothing to do with my chess career or chess tournaments that took place but focuses rather on the chess-political events and individuals I had the privilege of living through and meeting from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s. I was never a good historian, not making notes of dates and places (nor books I read or movies I saw!), and so apologise in advance for any errors and/or omissions. I must further apologise that I have made no attempt for this to be a “scholarly” document. It is just my personal recollection of what I think were significant meetings and events in which I was involved. A final apology is for what might be perceived by some as bias in my interpretation of events – I am confident that my view is correct, but then again, who knows. I am grateful to Elise Steenkamp (one- time Secretary-General, and prominent South African organiser - in fact she is South Africa’s only International Organiser that I know of); and Dr Lyndon Bouah (a top South African player, competing in the Manila and Moscow Olympiads of 1992 and 1994; and many subsequent top-level events) for some of the facts below. I am also grateful to David Gluckman for stimulating my interest in composing this memoir. He is to be congratulated on having put together the chess contribution to the Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival.

Leonard Reitstein did a great job of chronicling our chess history. Unfortunately he limited himself to the period up to the mid-20th century. For decades after that he edited the local magazine (The South African Chess Player) and was well-placed to continue the work but, sadly, chose not to. When the SACP ceased publication, it left an unfortunate gap on the local scene – a gap that has never been filled despite the efforts of a few strong players, whom I shall tactfully omit to name, who managed to produce a magazine for just a few months before giving up. As a result there is very little documented about South African chess after 1940 unless one is fortunate enough to have a collection of SACPs I had the privilege of living through a politically interesting period in South African chess. It coincided with a politically interesting period in South Africa! From around 1950 until around 1990 our country was racially divided and its laws were based on the Apartheid system. Between 1990 and 1994 South Africa transformed into a fully-fledged democracy and had a new government in place. Division and

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unification in chess took place over a somewhat longer period – decades, in fact - but by the mid-1990s South African chess was unified and democratic. I first became active in chess in the late 1960s. My friend and mentor was the late Kurt Dreyer, a top player and administrator. I shall be forever in his debt. The national governing chess body at that time was called the South African Chess Federation (SACF). It was recognised by the Government and consequently by the international chess body FIDE (Federation International des Echecs – now often called the World Chess Federation). In spite of existing in South Africa the SACF was, and remained, a completely non-racial body. I was unaware of any Black chess-players at first but there were definitely members of all other race groups involved in administration and competition at all levels. Things changed radically in the early 1970s. The Fischer-Spassky match in 1972 caused an explosion of interest in chess in Johannesburg (and probably elsewhere in the country). I remember well Vic Southern – Chairman of the Johannesburg Chess Club at the time (and more recently Mayor of Swanleigh in England!) giving open-air public lectures to packed crowds at the giant chess-board in Joubert Park on Sunday mornings during the match. The spectators included at least 50% Black players and because of this the Johannesburg Chess Club (JCC) immediately moved its Thursday-evening venue from the Johannesburg Public Library to a more non-racial venue (the Skyline Hotel in Hillbrow). Not surprisingly its membership complexion changed dramatically! It would be inappropriate not to give a tribute here to the JCC. I think it was one of the best-run clubs in the world, and it filled my Thursday evenings with fun and excitement – lectures, tournaments, matches and the like. It had very strong players, narrowly winning a telephone match with Cape Town Chess Club (the oldest club in the country, and traditionally one of the strongest). The fact that the JCC fizzled out in the 1990s was a sad loss to the local chess scene. Its place in Johannesburg chess was replaced to some extent by large numbers of local weekend tournaments. Maybe the otherwise welcome addition of television in 1976 had something to do with this change? By the early 1970s the SACF scene had also changed dramatically. Arthur Kobese (retired from the postal service in Port Elizabeth) had relocated to Soweto. He was one of the best-ever South African chess organisers and administrators (staging, among others, an annual Open event in Soweto, sponsored by Standard Bank), becoming eventually a member of the SACF Council. Around the same time the SACF became aware of a tremendous forum of discontent based mainly in the Western Cape. They called themselves South African Chess Association (SACA), later changing to CAPSA (Chess Association for the People of South Africa). I heard (though I never had the privilege of actually seeing the material) that they had compiled a collection of race-based horror stories relating to our chess history. I know of two (that actually had totally different outcomes - one good, the other bad). One was about a prize-winner in what was then known as the Natal Open. He was not White and the organiser took him aside after the tournament, gave him his prize, and indicated that unfortunately he could not attend the prize-giving because liquor was going to be served and this would violate the Liquor Laws of that time! The obvious solution to this problem, and one which had been adopted many times in Johannesburg, would have been to have decided simply not to serve liquor at the prize-giving! The other was about the West Rand Open, which was being held in a school hall one weekend. The principal happened to come past the tournament and saw, to his horror, that some players were not White. He indicated his displeasure to the organiser (Willie op’t Hoff, I think). The tournament was promptly moved to another venue! SACA/CAPSA were vitriolically opposed to the “white, racist” SACF (which was in fact neither white nor racist, and the horror-stories above were not SACF events!) and flexed their muscles successfully on the international stage. They prevented South Africa Chess from being represented internationally for the best part of 20 years. The late Mildred Wolpe (then Secretary of the SACF - it would sound better if I said

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Secretary General, but that was not the title) and I (then President) met with them at a “secret” meeting at a coffee-shop in Cape Town in an unsuccessful attempt to find common ground and a civilised way forward. Unfortunately I do not remember the names of the 2 or 3 Capetonians who were at this meeting. When Mildred passed away after a short illness at a relatively young age, it was a great loss to South African chess (and to me personally – she was a wonderful friend). She had been a great Secretary, probably the best the SACF ever had. She was survived by her husband Russell and their 5 children. The oldest, Clyde, was joint SA champion in 1985 and is now pretty-much full-time occupied running GoForChess, an organisation specialising in chess education and events. Their younger son, Bruce, picked up a school’s title and the youngest daughter Marda won a national primary schools event. The oldest girl, Aurora, was a competent player, as I learned one night when she assisted at a televised phone-in match between the South African public and the visiting Argentinean Grandmaster Miguel Quinteros. Shortly after the unsuccessful Cape Town secret meeting Mildred and I attended a FIDE Congress in Austria (it may have been 1984?) as part of an effort to resist international sanctions against South Africa. An American gentleman, Jerome Bibuld, was so infuriated by our presence at a cocktail party (hosted by the then FIDE President, Florencio Campomanes) that he stormed out in a fury. I had met Mr Campomanes a few years earlier at a late night get-together at the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg. He was in South Africa (probably at CAPSA’s instigation) to “judge” the situation here. I remember somewhat naively protesting that the ban on South African Chess was not “fair” because we were doing nothing wrong and shouldn’t be held accountable for government policies the SACF did not control or support. I pointed out that we were definitely non-racial and, in fact, had many more Black members than CAPSA. I remember pretty-much verbatim his answer: “Mr Price, fairness has nothing to do with it. South Africa will be banned for a period of time and eventually restored to international participation.” He was right, and how sad for us and fairness of the “judicial” process! A while later, on sabbatical at Cornell University in upstate New York, I was invited by the United States Chess Federation to attend a meeting in Florida and present South Africa’s case. I pointed out again that there had never been even the hint of a racist clause in the SACF constitution. I admitted that within its ranks there were a few chess clubs which were racially restricted (some because their venues e.g. public libraries, had restrictions) but that these were outnumbered by “open” clubs. I said that what we were pleading for was “no secondary sanctions”. We accepted, reluctantly, that South Africa teams could not compete internationally but we were hopeful that individuals from South Africa would be allowed to compete overseas, and that foreign nationals could visit our shores to compete in chess tournaments without facing sanctions back home or internationally. Jerome Bibuld remained the international voice of CAPSA and a bitter enemy of the SACF till the mid-1990s. In 2004 he was invited to be chief arbiter at an SA Open in Cape Town. I don’t know any details but I do recall that he was reported to have been very nasty to Graham Attwood – one of our most respected arbiters. I met Bibuld later in Johannesburg and he was very friendly to me. I asked him what had caused his change-of-heart and he said that South Africa was now a democracy and our chess was unified and so there was no longer any need for him to fight the good fight. His work was done! I met him once also in New York City where he treated me to coffee. By the early 1990s the changing local political scene (with Nelson Mandela released, and the ANC unbanned) caused FIDE to allow us back into the 1992 Manila Olympiad. Our last previous Olympiad had been in 1974 (I believe Charles de Villiers, one of our strongest-ever players, represented South Africa in both!). In 1996 Arthur Kobese became President of the new unified national chess body called Chess

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South Africa (Chessa). He was a most capable and charismatic leader and administrator, and for a while, I think, President of FIDE Zone 4.3 (Southern Africa). It was a great privilege to me to step in as Executive Director of Chessa to assist him. We were good friends and often travelled together for chess, both in Africa (Botswana, Rwanda, and Egypt come to mind) and abroad to FIDE congresses. His death in 2010 was a sad blow to me personally and a great loss to South African chess. [I didn’t always succeed in helping him, though. Once, when some friction had developed between him and Tom Salverda (a local chess writer), I got them together for coffee and tried, unsuccessfully, to restore peace.] The opportunity for unity in South African chess had begun with the formation of a break-away body within CAPSA called the South African Chess Congress (SACCON) under Dr Berte van Wyk. (Interestingly, not much later, SACCON seemed to disappear from the scene – perhaps its work, too, was done!) The SACF seized the opportunity and serious peace-talks began. I remember a “video-conference” attended by big-wigs from Johannesburg and Cape Town. Although the video-conference itself was not particularly productive the peace-process was by then in full swing and agreement was ultimately reached in 1995 with the adoption of a new democratic constitution (orchestrated mainly by Professor Johan van den Bergh from the University of Natal in Durban). The process culminated in a historic meeting in Johannesburg on 26th January 1996 presided over by Lakhdar Mazous (then President of what is now the Africa Chess Union). I am not very good with dates generally but this one I remember well because it was my birthday! South African chess was unified in January 1996, and has remained so ever since, up till and including today (March 2017).

Fide delegation member Rupert Jones (Botswana) plays a friendly game against Eddie Price

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival - Elite Section

Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points

1 Kobese, Watu 2375 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 5½

2 Klaasen, Calvin 2224 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4½

3 De Villiers, Charles 2211 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 4

4 Bhawoodien, Shabier 2016 1 ½ 0 * 0 1 0 1 3½

5-7 Rubery, Mark 2252 0 0 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ 3

5-7 Gluckman, Paul 1956 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 3

5-7 Solomons, Deon 2130 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ * 0 3

8 Agulhas, Keegan 1880 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1½

Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival - Seniors Section (over age 50)

Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points

1 Lewis, Mark 1879 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 4½

2-4 Pearson, Grahame 1655 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 3

2-4 Levin, Benny 1717 0 0 * 1 1 1 3

2-4 Galleid, Stephen 1626 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 3

5 Southey, Andrew 1766 0 0 0 0 * 1 1

6 Gyongy, Istvan 1512 0 ½ 0 0 0 * ½

Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival - Ladies & Youth Rapid

Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points

1 Latreche Steel, Khadidja 1839 * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 5½

2 Goredema, Dione 1768 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 4½

3 Selkirk, Rebecca 1680 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 4

4-5 Joubert, Dantelle 1572 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 0 2½

4-5 Laubscher, Anzel 1827 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 2½

6-7 Amato, Nathan 1345 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1

6-7 Baxter, David 1642 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1

Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival – Blitz Leading Scores

Rank Name Rating Points

1 Amini, Daud 2039 9½ /11

2 Baloyi, Siphiwe 1946 9

3 James, Michael 2017 8

4 Khuphwathea, Paul 1842 6

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CLOSING CEREMONY Sunday 26 March 2017

The Cape Town Heritage Chess Festival 2017 concluded with a magnificent prize-giving function. Lorraine Rabinowitz (widow) and Bradley Rabinowitz (son) presented the Elan Rabinowitz Memorial permanent trophies to the various tournament winners.

Lorraine Rabinowitz, Watu Kobese, David Gluckman and Dr Lyndon Bouah

All the participants were given autographed copies of Leonard Reitstein’s books on South African chess as momentos to remember the Festival. Various speeches were made before Dr Lyndon Bouah officially closed the week long Festival on behalf of the sponsors being the Western Cape Government's Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport.

Their work done, organisers Reuben Salimu and David Gluckman relax playing some friendly blitz games

– Ladies champion Khadidja Latreche Steel is in the background.

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A beaming champion IM Watu Kobese holding the Elan Rabinowitz Memorial Elite Section trophy.

Benny Levin won 2 prizes – a medal for the Seniors Rapid and a book for defeating Watu Kobese in the simultaneous event.

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ELITE SECTION GAME SCORES Rubery,M (2252) - De Villiers,C (2211) [B06] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 0-0 6.0-0 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.c3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.h3 Nxc4 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nd4 Rae8 15.Rfe1 Bd7 16.Qd3 Qg5 17.Re3 Re7 18.Rae1 Rfe8 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Qd5 Qxd5 21.exd5 Rxe3 22.Rxe3 Rxe3 23.Nxe3 Kf8 24.Kf1 f5 25.Ke1 c6 26.Nc4 cxd5 27.Nxd6 b6 28.a4 a6 29.a5 Ke7 0-1 Klaasen,C (2224) - Solomons,D (2130) [B08] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 a6 6.0-0 0-0 7.h3 b5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.e6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Nf6 11.Bf3 c6 12.Re1 b4 13.Na4 Qa5 14.c4 bxc3 15.Nxc3 Ra7 16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.Rxe6 Qf5 18.Re2 Kh8 19.Be3 Rc7 20.Rc1 Nbd7 21.Rec2 Nb6 22.Qe2 Nfd5 23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxa6 Bxd4 26.Rd2 e5 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Qb6 Rcf7 29.Qxd4+ Qxd4 ½-½ Agulhas,K (1880) - Bhawoodien,S (2016) [C77] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 9.h3 Bb7 10.Rd1 d5 11.d3 h6 12.Nbd2 d4 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.g4 Na5 15.Bc2 Nh7 16.Ng3 g6 17.Kg2 c5 18.Rh1 Qd7 19.g5 h5 20.Nxh5 gxh5 21.Nh4 f5 22.Kh2 fxe4 23.dxe4 c4 24.Qf3 Bg7 25.cxd4 Rf8 26.Nf5 exd4 27.g6 Nf6 28.Bd2 d3 29.Rae1 dxc2 30.Bxa5 Qd3 31.Re3 Qd7 32.Bc3 Qe6 33.Nxg7 Kxg7 34.Qxh5 Rh8 35.Qg5 Rh6 36.Rf3 Rf8 37.Bb4 Rfh8 38.Qxf6+ Qxf6 39.Rxf6 Rxh3+ 40.Kg2 Kxf6 41.Bc3+ Rxc3 42.bxc3 Bxe4+ 43.f3 Bxg6 0-1 Kobese,W (2375) - Gluckman,P (1956) [B86] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Bb3 0-0 8.g4 Nc6 9.g5 Nd7 10.Rg1 a6 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc5 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 e5 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Rg3 c4 17.Bxc4 Bb4 18.Bd5 Qb6 19.Rd1 Bd7 20.Rdd3 Rad8 21.Rh3 Bxh3 22.Rxh3 Bxc3+ 23.Kf1 1-0 Gluckman,P (1956) - Rubery,M (2252) [B96] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.e5 h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Qxd6 Bxd6 13.g3 f5 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.0-0-0 0-0-0 16.Na4 c5 17.Bxb7+ Kxb7 18.Rd3 Kc6 19.b3 h5 20.Nb2 h4 21.Rhd1 hxg3 22.hxg3 Bc7 23.Nc4 Rxd3 24.Rxd3 f6 25.Re3 Kd5 26.Rd3+ Kc6 27.Re3 Kd5 ½-½ Agulhas,K (1880) - Klaasen,C (2224) [B45] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.N1c3 Bb4 7.Nd6+ Ke7 8.Bf4 e5 9.Nf5+ Kf8 10.Bg5 d5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Bxf6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bxf5 14.Bh4 f6 15.Kc1 Nd4 16.Bd3 Rc8 17.Kd2 e4 18.Bf1 Rd8 19.Kc1 Rc8 20.Kd2 Kf7 21.a3 Rhd8 22.axb4 Nb3+ 23.Ke3 Nxa1 24.Bc4+ Rxc4 25.Rxa1 Rxb4 26.Ra2 a6 27.Bg3 Rc4 28.h4 Bc8 29.Ra4 Rxa4 30.Nxa4 Bd7 31.Nc3 Bc6 32.Ne2 Rd1 33.Nd4 Re1+ 34.Kf4 Rg1 35.Nxc6 bxc6 36.Kxe4 Rxg2 37.Kd4 f5 38.Ke5 g6 39.c4 Ke7 40.b4 Rg1 41.Kd4 h6 42.Kc5 Kd7 43.Kb6 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Be5 Re1 46.Bf6 g4 47.Kxa6 Re2 48.Bh4 Re4 49.b5 Rxc4 50.b6 Ra4+ 51.Kb7 c5 52.Bf6 c4 53.Kb8 Kc6 54.Bd4 c3 55.Bxc3 Kxb6 56.Kc8 Kc6 57.Kd8 Ra7 58.Ke8 Kd5 59.Bb4 Rb7 60.Be1 Ke4 61.Bc3 Kf3 62.Bd4 f4 0-1 Bhawoodien,S (2016) - De Villiers,C (2211) [B07] 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.Ne2 c6 5.c4 Qb6 6.Nbc3 Nbd7 7.d5 Be7 8.Rb1 a5 9.Na4 Qd8 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b3 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.exd5 Bb4+ 14.Kf2 e4 15.a3 Bd6 16.Nd4 exf3 17.Qe1+ Ne5 18.Bb5+ Bd7 19.gxf3 0-0 20.Kg2 Re8 21.Qd1 Nxd5 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Ne2 Ng6 24.Re1 Nh4+ 25.Kf2 Qh3 26.Nf4 Nxf4 27.Re4 Qxh2+ 28.Kf1 Qg2+ 29.Ke1 Nxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Qxf3 0-1 Solomons,D (2130) - Kobese,W (2375) [A06] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d4 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Bd3 Rc7 12.Qe2 Qa8 13.Bb1 dxc4 14.bxc4 Rd8 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Nb3 Rcd7 17.a3 Qb8 18.h3 Ba8 19.Qc2 e5 20.Ng5 Rb7 21.Ba2 h6 22.Nf3 e4 23.Nfd2 Ne5 24.Bc3 Rbd7 25.Ba5 Re8 26.Rb1 Qc8 27.Bc3 Qc7 28.Ba5 Qd6 29.Rfd1 Qe6 30.Nf1 Rd3 31.Nc1 Rxa3 32.Bc7 Nd3 33.Nxd3 exd3 34.Qb2 Rxa2 35.Qxa2 Qc6 36.f3 Qxc7 37.Rxd3 a5 38.Ra1 Bd8 39.Qd2 Bc6 40.Rd1 Be7 41.Qc3 a4 42.Qd2 Nh7 43.e4 Bf6 44.Kh1 Bd4 45.Ne3 Ng5 46.Nf5 Ne6 47.Ra3 Rd8 48.Rd3 Rb8 49.Qc1 Kh7 50.Re1 Rb4 51.e5 Bxe5 52.Qc2 Rb2 53.Qc1 Bf6 54.Nd6 Rb3 55.Rdd1 Nd4 56.Ne4 Bxe4 57.Rxe4 g6 58.Re8 a3 59.Ra8 Ne2 60.Qc2 Rb2 0-1

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Kobese,W (2375) - Agulhas,K (1880) [B84] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0-0 d6 8.f4 Be7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Kh1 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nfd7 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Qg4 Rfe8 18.Bh6 Bf8 19.Rxf7 Kxf7 20.Rf1+ Nf6 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Ne4 Bxh6 23.Rxf6+ Ke7 24.Rxh6 Kd8 25.Rxh7 Re7 26.Qg5 Raa7 27.Rh8+ Kd7 28.Nc5+ Kd6 29.Rd8+ Rad7 30.Nxd7 Rxd7 31.Qd2+ Ke7 32.Rxd7+ Qxd7 33.Qxd7+ Kxd7 34.Kg1 Kd6 35.Kf2 Ke5 36.Ke3 Kf5 37.h4 Kg4 38.g3 1-0 De Villiers,C (2211) - Gluckman,P (1956) [D85] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.e5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bd5 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Rfd1 f6 16.exf6 exf6 17.Bf4 g5 18.Be3 Ne7 19.h4 g4 20.Ne1 f5 21.Nd3 Be4 22.Rbc1 Rxc1 23.Qxc1 Bxd3 24.Rxd3 Nd5 25.Bg5 Qd6 26.Qa3 Qd7 27.Qb3 Kh8 28.Rd1 h6 29.Bc1 Rd8 30.Bc4 Qe6 31.a4 Qe4 32.Bd3 Qe6 33.Bc4 Qe4 ½-½ Klaasen,C (2224) - Bhawoodien,S (2016) [B38] 1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.f3 a6 12.Kh1 Re8 13.Rfc1 Qa5 14.a3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Be6 16.b4 Qh5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e6 19.dxe6 Rxe6 20.Rd1 Bh6 21.Qa2 Bf4 22.Bg1 Qh4 23.Bd3 Be5 24.Rab1 Nh5 25.g4 Nf4 26.Bf1 Nh3 27.Qg2 Nxg1 28.Kxg1 Rf6 29.Qf2 Qg5 30.Rd5 Qf4 31.h3 Kg7 32.Re1 b6 33.Re4 Qc1 34.Qe3 Rxc4 35.Qxc1 Rxc1 36.Rd3 g5 37.Kg2 Re6 38.Be2 Re7 39.Rd1 Rc2 40.Kf1 a5 41.Rc4 Rxc4 42.Bxc4 Rc7 43.Bd5 Rc2 44.bxa5 bxa5 45.Rb1 Rd2 46.Rb5 Bc3 47.a4 Bb4 48.Bc4 Kf6 49.Rf5+ ½-½ Rubery,M (2252) - Solomons,D (2130) [B12] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Qc7 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg1 a6 9.Bd3 b5 10.Qe2 d5 11.h3 Nh6 12.g4 a5 13.Be3 Na6 14.a3 e6 15.0-0 Bf8 16.Qf2 Ng8 17.f5 Bd7 18.Qh4 Be7 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Bxg6+ hxg6 21.Qxh8 0-0-0 22.Qg7 c5 23.Ne2 cxd4 24.Nexd4 Bc5 25.c3 a4 26.Bg5 Re8 27.Qxg6 Ne7 28.Qd3 Bb6 29.Kg2 Qc5 30.Bf6 Rg8 31.Bxe7 Qxe7 32.Nxb5 Nc5 33.Qe2 Ne4 34.Nd6+ Nxd6 35.exd6 Qxd6 36.Rae1 Bc7 37.Qe5 Qb6 38.Qe2 Qd6 39.Kh1 Rh8 40.Qg2 Bb5 41.Rf2 Qf4 42.Ne5 Rxh3+ 43.Qxh3 Qxf2 44.Qe3 Qh4+ 45.Kg2 Bxe5 46.Qxe5 Qxg4+ 47.Kf2 Qh4+ 48.Kf3 Qh3+ 49.Kf2 Qh4+ 50.Qg3 Qf6+ 51.Kg1 Kd7 52.Re3 Qf1+ 53.Kh2 Qf6 54.Rf3 Qh6+ 55.Kg2 Kc6 56.Re3 Qf6 57.Qe5 Qg6+ 58.Kf2 Qf7+ 59.Kg3 Qg6+ 60.Kf4 Qh6+ 61.Kg4 Qg6+ 62.Qg5 Qf7 63.Qe5 Qg6+ 64.Kf4 Qf7+ 65.Kg5 Qg8+ 66.Kf6 Qf8+ 67.Kxe6 Qe8+ 68.Kf6 Qh8+ 69.Kg6 Qg8+ 70.Qg7 Qxg7+ 71.Kxg7 Kc5 72.Rf3 Bc4 73.Rf4 Bb3 74.Kf6 Bc2 75.Ke5 Bb3 76.Rb4 Bc2 77.Rb8 Be4 78.Rc8+ Kb5 79.c4+ 1-0 Klaasen,C (2224) - Kobese,W (2375) [E62] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 Qc8 9.Nd3 Bh3 10.e4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Na6 12.f3 Nc7 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rc1 f5 15.Qd2 Rf7 16.f4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf6 18.Ng5 Rf8 19.Nf2 b5 20.b3 Rb8 21.d5 cxd5 22.c5 Qb7 23.c6 Qa6 24.Bd4 e6 25.Rfe1 Rbe8 26.Qb4 h6 27.Nf3 Rd8 28.Qc3 Kf7 29.Qc2 Rg8 30.Re2 Bh8 31.Rce1 b4 32.g4 Rde8 33.Qd2 Qxc6 34.g5 Ne4 35.Nxe4 dxe4 36.Rxe4 h5 37.Bxh8 Rxh8 38.Qd4 Nd5 39.Kg3 Rhf8 40.Qxa7+ Re7 41.Qd4 Ra8 42.Nd2 Rxa2 43.Nc4 Ra8 44.Rc1 Kg8 45.Rce1 Rae8 46.Qd3 Kh7 47.Qd4 Rf7 48.h3 Ne7 49.Qd2 Nf5+ 50.Kh2 e5 51.fxe5 d5 52.e6 Rfe7 53.Ne5 Qd6 54.R4e2 Rxe6 55.Qf4 d4 56.Nxg6 Rxe2+ 57.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 0-1 Solomons,D (2130) - De Villiers,C (2211) [A37] 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.e4 Nge7 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 d6 9.Rb1 b6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Bf4 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Bd2 f5 16.f4 Rac8 17.b3 Kh8 18.a4 Ng8 19.Nc1 Rce8 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Na2 Bh6 22.Nb4 Bxd2 23.Qxd2 f4 24.gxf4 exf4 25.Rf1 g5 26.Nd5 Qd6 27.h3 Qe5 28.a5 Bxd5 29.cxd5 Rc8 30.axb6 axb6 31.Rbc1 h5 32.Rc6 Rxc6 33.dxc6 g4 34.Qb4 Rf7 35.Qc4 Qg7 36.h4 f3 37.e5 Re7 38.Qxd4 fxg2 39.Rf5 Qg6 40.e6+ Kh7 41.Re5 Qf6 42.Rxh5+ Kg6 43.Qxg4+ 1-0 Agulhas,K (1880) - Rubery,M (2252) [B60] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.f4 Bd7 8.Nb3 b5 9.Qf3 b4 10.Nd5 e6 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Bh4 Be7 13.0-0-0 a5 14.Bb5 Qc7 15.Ba4 Rc8 16.Rd2 Nb8 17.Bxd7+ Nxd7 18.Nd4 a4 19.Kb1 a3 20.b3 Qc3 21.Qxc3 Rxc3 22.Nb5 Rc6 23.Rhd1 Nc5 24.Nxd6+ Bxd6 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Nxe4 27.Rd4 Nc3+ 28.Ka1 Ke7 29.Be1 Nd5 30.Kb1 Rb8 31.Kc1 f5 32.Bd2 Kd6 33.c4 bxc3 34.Bxc3 f6 35.Kd2 e5 36.fxe5+ fxe5 37.Ra4 Nxc3 38.Kxc3 Rg8 39.g3 h5 40.Kd3 Rg4 41.Ra6+ Kd5 42.Rh6 f4 43.gxf4 Rxf4 44.Ra6 Rf3+ 45.Ke2 Rh3 46.Rxa3 Rxh2+ 47.Ke3 Rh3+ 48.Ke2 ½-½

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Bhawoodien,S (2016) - Gluckman,P (1956) [B30] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.d3 Nge7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Ne7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rb1 a5 13.Qd2 b5 14.Ne1 Bd7 15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 Rc8 17.f5 gxf5 18.Bh6 fxe4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.dxe4 b4 21.Nd3 Ng6 22.Rbe1 Bb5 23.Re3 Bxd3 24.Rxd3 Qe7 25.Rh3 Rh8 26.Qh6+ Kg8 27.Rhf3 Rc7 28.Rf6 Qe5 29.h4 Qg3 30.h5 Nh4 31.R1f2 Rd7 32.R6f5 Nxf5 33.Rxf5 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qh4+ 35.Bh3 f6 36.Rf4 Rg7 37.Rxh4 1-0 Kobese,W (2375) - Bhawoodien,S (2016) [A05] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.c4 Re8 8.Qc2 c5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Bc3 d5 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Qb2 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Qf5 15.Nbd2 b5 16.e4 Qh5 17.e5 b4 18.Bd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Ng4 20.Re1 Rad8 21.Qf4 e6 22.Ne4 Nxe5 23.Nfg5 h6 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Qg4 26.Bf1 hxg5 27.Rxe5 Rd5 28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.Rc1 Qf4 30.Qxf4 gxf4 31.f3 a5 32.Bb5 Re7 33.Kf2 Kg7 34.g3 fxg3+ 35.hxg3 Kf6 36.Rc5 Ke5 37.Ba4 Ra7 38.Rc8 Kd6 39.Rd8+ Kc7 40.Rf8 Kb6 41.f4 Rc7 42.g4 f5 43.g5 Rc3 44.Rf6 Rf3+ 45.Ke2 Rxf4 46.Rxg6 Kc5 47.Rh6 Rg4 48.g6 f4 49.Be8 Kd4 50.Rh7 f3+ 51.Kf1 Be4 52.Re7 Rg2 53.Bb5 Rxg6 0-1 Rubery,M (2252) - Klaasen,C (2224) [B22] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qe2 0-0 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qc7 13.Qe4 Rd8 14.Bd3 g6 15.Re1 b6 16.Bf4 Bb7 17.Qe3 Na5 18.Rac1 Qc6 19.Bf1 Nc4 20.Qe2 Rac8 21.Rcd1 Na5 22.Ng5 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 h6 24.Nf3 Bf8 25.Qd2 Qxc3 26.Bxh6 Bxh6 27.Qxh6 Bxf3 28.Rd3 Qa1 29.gxf3 Qxe5 30.f4 Qg7 31.Qg5 Nc6 32.Rd7 Rf8 33.Kg2 a5 34.a4 Nd4 35.Rb7 Nf5 36.Rxb6 Qd4 37.Rb5 Qe4+ 38.Kg1 Qxa4 39.h4 Nd4 40.Rxa5 Nf3+ 41.Kh1 Qe4 42.Qg2 Qxf4 43.h5 Qh4+ 44.Qh3 Qxf2 45.Qg2 Qh4+ 46.Qh3 Qxh3+ 47.Bxh3 Kg7 48.hxg6 Kxg6 49.Kg2 Ng5 50.Bg4 f5 51.Be2 Rc8 52.Ra6 Kf6 53.Bd1 Rc3 54.Rb6 f4 0-1 Gluckman,P (1956) - Solomons,D (2130) [B06] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bd3 Nd7 5.0-0 e5 6.c3 Ngf6 7.Re1 0-0 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 h6 10.h3 Nh5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bf1 Qe7 13.Be3 Nc5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.Qd5 Qe7 16.Rad1 Nf4 17.Qb3 Qf6 18.c4 Re8 19.Nb5 Ne6 20.Qe3 Bf8 21.c5 Bxc5 22.Qxh6 Bf8 23.Qc1 c6 24.Nd6 Bxd6 ½-½ De Villiers,C (2211) - Agulhas,K (1880) [A59] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 0-0 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.a4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Qe2 Rfc8 15.Rab1 c4 16.Be3 Qa6 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.f3 Rcb8 19.Rhd1 Rb7 20.b4 cxb3 21.Qxa6 Rxa6 22.Rxb3 Nc4 23.Bg1 Rxb3 24.Nxb3 Nd7 25.Nd4 Nc5 26.Rb1 Bf6 27.Rb4 Ne5 28.Kf1 Kg7 29.Ke2 Ned3 30.Rb5 Nc1+ 31.Kd2 Bxd4 32.Bxd4+ 1-0 Bhawoodien,S (2016) - Solomons,D (2130) [E81] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Bd2 a6 9.Bd3 Qd8 10.a4 e6 11.Nge2 exd5 12.cxd5 Re8 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.Kh1 Rb8 15.Rb1 Ne5 16.Bc2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4 Bd7 19.Qe1 Nc4 20.Bc1 cxb4 21.Rxb4 Qc7 22.Bd3 Qc5 23.Na4 Qa7 24.Nb2 Rec8 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.Nxc4 Rxb4 27.Qxb4 Qa6 28.Bf4 Qxc4 29.Qxc4 Rxc4 30.Bxd6 Rc2 31.Nd4 Rd2 32.Nb3 Rb2 33.Nc5 Bb5 34.Ra1 h5 35.h4 Rc2 36.Rb1 Ne8 37.Be7 Be5 38.g3 Be2 39.Rb3 Bd4 40.d6 Rc1+ 41.Kg2 Bf1+ 42.Kh2 Rc2+ 43.Kh1 Bg2+ 44.Kh2 Bxf3+ 45.Kh3 Bg4# 0-1 Klaasen,C (2224) - De Villiers,C (2211) [B37] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 8.Be2 Nd7 9.Bd2 a5 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Ne3 0-0 12.f3 Nd4 13.Re1 Be5 14.Bf1 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Ned5 e6 17.Nf4 Bd7 18.Be3 Nc6 19.Qd2 Qe7 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Nh3 Bc8 22.Bg5 Qg7 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Qg5 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Qxg5 27.Nxg5 Kg7 28.Nh3 Kf6 29.Nf4 Ne5 30.Kg1 Na4 31.Nh5+ Ke7 32.f4 Nc6 33.Ng3 Kd7 34.Re3 b6 35.Rb1 Kc7 36.Ne2 Nb8 37.Nd4 Nc5 38.Rh3 Rd7 39.Re1 Rg7 40.Rhe3 Nba6 41.g3 Rg6 42.Bg2 Kd7 43.Rb1 Kc7 44.Nb5+ Kd7 45.Rd1 1-0 Kobese,W (2375) - Rubery,M (2252) [B01] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Qa4+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Nxd4 Qxd4 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Qa3 Qe4 11.f3 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Be3 e5 14.Nc3 Nd4 15.0-0-0 Nxe2+ 16.Nxe2 Qe6 17.Nc3 Qxc4 18.Rhe1 Bc6 19.Bh6 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Rg8 21.Bf6 Qe6 22.Rd6 Qf5 23.Rxe5+ Nxe5 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Qe7# 1-0

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