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WHITBY'FREE PRESS,* WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 . 1986 PAGE 25 Witby chess pl ayer lead s regional tournament The reglonal 1986 Agincourt, West 1111, Pickering, Ajax, Whlt- by, Oshawa (AWH- PAWO) Invitational Chess Championsblp, a double roundrobin tour- nament made Up of AWHPAWO -residents and. non-residents ranging in .strength from Ciass E Up to Class B has reached its mid- point with Michael Szilagyl of Whitby, vice- president (Internai Af- faime) of the regional AWHPAWO Chess Association, solldly in fi-st place with a 4."-.5 (90 percent) score. Daniel L. Allen (Oshawa), John W. Puusa (West Hill1) and Garey D. Armstrong <Scarborough) are tied for wlth a 1½h-3½ <30 percent) score and a newcomer to the tour- nament chess circuit, Julio C. Araoz (Scar- borough) is alone in last place with a 0-5 (0 per- cent) score. SMr. Puusa, secretary- treasurer of the association, praised the play of Mr. Szilagyi to this point,,in particular the attention paid to safety by avoiding dubious, speculative moves and to an often ingenious manoeuvring of his chess pieces. Mr. Puusa placed Szilagyi's general style of play in the mold of that prac- ticed by Cuban Jose Raoul Capablanca, World Chess Champion from 1921-1927. However, Puusa went on to describe the one controversial aspect of Mr. Szilagyi's playing style: his preference for Knlghts over Bisbops. "Theoretically speak- lng, the Bishop la of greater value than the Knight in most types of positions appearing on the chessboard. Gi-an- ted that there are excep- tions, but the point to be made in this light is that Michael invariably prefers Knights to Bishops and trades his Bishops for his opponen- ts' Knigbts, thus leaving bis own Knights in play for as long as possible. This characterlstic of his play is in keeping with the school of thought on this topic promoted by Mikhail Ivanovicb Chigorin, the leading chessplayer of Tsarist Russia at the turn of the century and a two time contender for the World Chiess Cham- pionsbip. A current sup- porter of this "1chessical ideology", if you like, but in a watered down forai is International Grandmaster Vassily V. Smyslov, World Chess Champion from 1957- 1958 and who at the present time is 65 years of age and still one of the world's best chessplayers. He tends to weigh the relative values of the Bishop and the Knight respectively and on a game-by- game, posltion-by- poiin basis. He doesn't want to be en- curnbered by a rigid school of tbinking, one way or the other. But Michael Szilagyi la clearly a supporter of the principles of Chigorin, witbout fail, in this regard." explained Mr. Puusa. While the Szilagylan style of play has been ridiculed by some, Mr. Puusa noted that Mr. Szilagyi has had bis share of successes with it. Infact, Mr. Puusa noted his own dismal results against Mr. Szilagyi, wbom he has beaten only once in a tournament game. "I have developed some foi-m of -a- psychological complex against Michael since we* began playing against one another in tournament competition starting in 1983. Michael pîsys a patient, positional and manoeuvring sort of game, while mny own style of play could be described best as im- patiently erratic and tactical, laugbed Puusa. "My record» against Michael so far s one win, seven losses and two ties. My most recent loss was in the' though: Don't play toc> hall of this Invitational first hall of this tour- tactlcafly or dubiously Tournament, I hope to nament in which 1 againt Michael calmi down and play a played the somewhat Szlagyi or your head less tactical and more dublous Latvian Gambit wil be handed to you on posittonal game againat with the black pieces. I a silver platter in short Michael." was totally crushedi I orderl In the second Individuals interested learned something in the tournament ac- tivitles of the AWH- PAWO Chess Association are invited to phone 284-586 (West HMI) or 725-468 (Oshawa). Astin grand opening At the corner of Oshawa's Taunton and Thornton Roads, buge coloûrful banners beckon you to enter the lush and. wonderful world of Astin Garden ,,;Centre. 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