World Junior Report
by Michael Steadman
Terada, Y. - Steadman, Michael VR
World Junior Chp 1979
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Luckily he did not play any funny lines as I was not prepared for them 4...Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O The first indication of the Marshall although it can still transpose, usually ...d6 is played 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Terada declined the other two games with 9.d4 but this is no problem after ...exd4 9...Nxd5 10.Nxe5 White could still decline but his acceptance was welcome as he was tactically sponged in his last two Marshalls 10...Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 There are a few alternatives but not nearly as satisfactory 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 (14.h3? Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qxh3 and White must play either 16 f4 or 16 Re5 to stave off mate ) 14...Qh3 15.Qd3 Bg4 This forces the transposition into Spassky's Variation, the critical line 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Be3 (17.Bd1? Bxd1 18.Rxd1 f5 is clearly better for Black ) 17...Rae8 18.Nd2 Re6 19.Bd1?
































































Moves are clickable
A mistake at last! better moves are 19 a4, 19 Bxd5 or 19 Qg2 19...Bxd1 20.Raxd1 f5! This is almost certainly winning already 21.Nb3 Alternatives lose just as quickly, eg (21.c4 bxc4 22.Qxc4 Kh8 23.Nf1 f4 ) ( or 21.Qe2 Qg6 22.Kh1 f4 23.gxf4 Nxf4 24.Qf1 Nd3 25.Qg2 Qh5 26.Nf1 Rxe3 27.Nxe3 Rxf2 28.Rxd3 Rxg2 29.Kxg2 Qg6+ 0-1, Boucchecter-Spassky 1964 ) 21...f4 22.Bxf4? Nxf4 23.Rxe6 Nxe6 24.f4 Nxf4 0-1
Steadman, Michael VR - Karp, Michael
World Junior Chp 1979
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qa5 8.dxc5 Qxc5 9.Ne2 b5 10.Qd3 Qb6 11.Be3 Bc5 12.Ned4 b4 13.a3 bxa3 14.bxa3? ( I totally missed 14.b4 which looks to be quite a reasonable reply - complete blindness to good moves ) 14...Rb8 15.Be2 O-O ( Perhaps 15...h6 preparing this is better ) 16.Ng5 g6
































































Moves are clickable
17.h4 ( Obviously 17.Kf2 is better so as to keep the queen out of b2; there is no hurry to crash open the black king - it won't go away ) 17...Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Qb2 19.Rd1 (19.Kf2 Bxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Ba6 and ) (19.O-O Bxd4+ 20.cxd4 Rb3 are both clearly better for Black ) 19...Rb3 20.h5 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 I agreed a draw because I could not see one of the lines right through. ( Analysis runs 21.Qxd4 Qxc3+ 22.Qxc3 Rxc3 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Kd2 Rc7 (forced) 25.Rh6 (25.Rh7 allows 25...f6 ) 25...Re8 26.Rdh1 and there are two possibilities 26...Nf8 ( 1) 26...Nf8 27.Rh8+ Kg7 28.Nh7 Kxh8 29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Nxe8+ Kg8 31.Nxc7 winning ) ( or 2) 26...Kf8 27.Rh8+ Ke7 28.R8h7 Rf8 29.Rg7 Nc5 30.Rhh7 Ke8 31.Bb5+ Bd7 32.Nxf7 (this is the move I missed) and again White probably wins - [Interactive edition editor in 2018 it's a forced draw- 32...Ne4+ 33.Ke3 Rxf7 34.Rxf7 Rc3+ 35.Bd3 Bb5 36.f5 Rxd3+ 37.Kf4 Rd1 38.fxe6 Rf1+ 39.Ke3 Re1+ 40.Kd4 Rd1+ 41.Ke3 etc] ) ) 1/2-1/2
Douven, Rudy C - Seirawan, Yasser
Wch U18 1979
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nc3 a6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.b3 Nc6 14.Nf3 Qb7 15.Bb2 Nb4 16.Qb1 b5 17.a3 Nc6 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 d6 21.Kg1 Rfc8 22.h4 Na5 23.Qd3 h6 24.Rac1 d5 25.g4 Nc6 26.b4 Nd8
































































Moves are clickable
27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5 Qd7 29.Kg2 f5 30.Qd4 Bd6 31.Qh4 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Qf7 33.Rh1 Qg6 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Bxg7 Rxa3 36.Bb2 e5 37.Rh7+ Ke6 38.Rh6 1-0
Seirawan, Yasser - Barbero, Gerardo F
Wch U18 1979
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 a5 8.b4 axb4 9.axb4 Rxa1 10.Qxa1 e4 11.b5 exf3 12.bxc6 bxc6 13.gxf3 O-O 14.Bb2 Ne8 15.Bd3 Qh4 16.Ke2
































































Moves are clickable
16...c5 17.Qa8 Nd6 18.Rg1 f6 19.Qd5+ Kh8 20.Qxc5 Qxh2 21.Rg3 h5 22.Rxg7 Kxg7 23.Qg5+ Kf7 24.Qxf6+ Ke8 25.Bg6+ Nf7 26.Be5 1-0