Chess
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Your support makes all the difference.THERE ARE several stronger chess nations overall, but the champion per capita is Iceland, which from a population of just over 275,000 boasts no fewer than nine grandmasters.
Three of them took part in the Icelandic Championship, held in Reykjavik from 31 August to 11 September. Two were tied first equal - Hannes Stefansson and Helgi Gretarsson, who both made 9.5/11 and will be playing off for the title. The other scores were: Vidarsson and Hardarson 6.5; Throstur Thorhallsson, the third grandmaster, just 6 - a bad result for him; Gunnarsson, Bjarnason, Bjornsson, Einarsson and Kjartansson 4.5; Bjorn Thorfinnsson 3 and Bragi Thorfinnsson 2.5.
This long, hard game between the two winners was in the penultimate round. Black's two bishops gave him the advantage in the ending but the board became "too small" and at the end Gretarsson escaped to a theoretical draw.
White: Helgi Gretarsson Black: Hannes Stefansson
Queen's Indian Defence
1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nf3 b6
4 Bf4 Bb7
5 e3 Be7
6 h3 c5
7 dxc5 bxc5
8 Be2 Qb6
9 Nc3 0-0
10 0-0 Na6
11 Qb3 d6
12 Rfd1 Rfd8
13 Rd2 Qxb3
14 axb3 Nc7
15 Bd3 h6
16 Bc2 Na6
17 Rad1 Nb4
18 Bb1 d5
19 cxd5 exd5
20 Ne5 a5
21 Na4 Ba6
22 Nd3 c4
23 bxc4 dxc4
24 Ndc5 Rxd2
25 Rxd2 Bb5
26 Nc3 Bc6
27 N5a4 Rd8
28 Rxd8+ Bxd8
29 Kf1 Nd3
30 Bd6 Nd5
31 Nxd5 Bxd5
32 f3 Bc6
33 Bxd3 cxd3
34 Nc3 Bb6
35 Kf2 f6
36 h4 g5
37 hxg5 hxg5
38 Bh2 Bc5
39 Bc7 a4
40 Ba5 Kf7
41 g4 Ke6
42 Nb1 f5
43 gxf5+ Kxf5
44 Nd2 g4
45 fxg4+ Kxg4
46 Nc4 Be4
47 Ne5+ Kf5
48 Nc4 Bd5
49 Nd2 Be7
50 Bc3 Bh4+
51 Kf1 Kg4
52 Be5 Bf3
53 Kg1 Bd1
54 Kg2 Be1
55 Bc3 Be2
56 Bb4 Kf5
57 Bc3 Ke6
58 Kg1 Kd5
59 e4+ Ke6
60 Kg2 Kf7
61 Nb1 Bxc3
62 Nxc3 d2
63 Kf2 d1Q
64 Nxd1 Bxd1
65 Ke3 Ke6
66 Kd2 Bb3
67 Kc3 Ba2
68 Kc2 Ke5
69 b4 axb3+
70 Kb2 Kxe4
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