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| Ramayrat defeats Frias |
Then on August 27, 1986, GM Georgy Agzamov finished playing in a tournament in Sevastopol and decided to go swimming. He took shortcut and fell off a cliff and became trapped.
People heard him yelling for help, but he was too far down the steep cliff and a rescue crew had to be called. By the time they reached him he had died. He was only 31 years old. He was Uzbekistan's first GM and at one time he was ranked number 8 in the world.
Finally, on December 30, 1986, WIM Venka Asenova died in Bulgaria. She was made an Honorary WGM in 1986.
Besides Agzamov becoming Uzbekistan's first GM, there were other firsts that year. Susan Polgar became the first woman to qualify for the men's World Championship.
In 1986, Jeff Sarwer (born May 14, 1978) won the first boys world under-10 World Youth Championship in Puerto Rico.
You can read an interview with with him by Jennifer Shahade HERE.
Also, in 1986, his sister, Julia, won the first girls world under-10 World Youth Championship. After that, I don't now what happened to her.
The same year donations from a local player named Nathan Sills and the American Chess Foundation along with Miz Brown's Country Kitchen Restaurant donating the playing site, a small international tournament in San Francisco was made possible.
IM Cris Ramayrat (born May 17, 1958) of the Philippines captured first place with an undefeated score and earned the princely sum of $1,000, or over $2,400 in today's dollars. For their 2nd and 3rd place finish Whitehead and Winslow earned a little money and their second of the required three IM norms.
Jay Whitehead (October 12, 1961 - October 4, 2011), who was awarded his IM title in 1986, passed away from cancer only a few days before his 50th birthday.
Sometime before 1984 Whitehead had joined the Hare Krishna sect.
Besides being an excellent chess talent, he was also an excellent backgammon player. At some point before his 30th birthday Whitehead gave up tournament play, but for the last 20 years of his life he was devoted to historical research on chess and collected games from prior to 1867 which were recorded in a database as part of his project on the Definitive Work on Chess History in Progress.
Elliot Winslow (born May 16, 1982) gained his IM title in 1986 and today is active and plays on Chess.com
Final standings:
1) Chris Ramayrat 7.0-2.0
2) Jay Whitehead 6.5-2.5
3) Elliot Winslow 6.0-3.0
4) Victor Frias 5.0-4.0
5-6) Peter Biyiasis and Paul Whitehead 4.0-5.0
7-9) David Strauss, Avinash Awate and Richard Lobo 3.5-5.5
10) Guillermo Rey 2.0-7.0
In the following game Ramayrat showed sharp, adventurous play in his defeat of the Chilean IM Victor Frias.
Chris Ramayrat–Victor Frias1–0A58San Francisco International1986Stockfish 14.1
Benko Gambit 1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 xa6 6.c3 g6
Now white generally plays 7.Nf3, 7.e4 or less often 7.g3.Ramayrat's 7.f4
enjoyed a brief flurry of popularity in 1974-1975 and then virtually
disappeared, but he had come prepared with a new way to supercharge it. 7.f4 d6 8.f3 g7 9.e4 xf1 10.xf1 0-0 11.e5 Previously, white had always
sought to get his K into safety by castling artificially with 11.Kb2 and 12.
Kg1. Instead, Ramayrat attacks at once with this double-edged move. dxe5 12.fxe5 The only way that Frias can avoid getting the worst of it is if he can
demonstrate that the white center is overextended. It's possible, but not the
way he tried to do it. g4 12...fd7 this invites white to make a sharp
reply 13.e6 but it's the safest way for black to equalize. fxe6 and
equality is assured. 14.dxe6 14.g5 This is more complicated, but it also
results in equal chances. xf1+! 15.xf1 f8+ 16.g1 d4+ 17.h1 exd5 18.xd5 Threatens to win with Nc7. c6 And now ...Qf5 would win. 19.e3 14...b6 15.xd8 xd8 16.g5! c6 ...Nd5 is the strong threat. 17.f7! d4 18.h6+! 12...fd7 13.e6 e5 This
was suggested, but it's a very poor suggestion! 13...fxe6 and Black is
okay. 14.dxe6 b6 14.xe5 xe5 15.h6 and black either loses the
exchange after 15...f6 or even worse, after g7 16.exf7+ xf7 17.xf7 xf7 18.f3+ g8 19.xg7 xg7 20.0-0-0 black is left with a very poor game. 13.e2± c7 14.d6 14.f4
This looks inviting, but it's wrong because after d7 15.0-0-0 15.d6
This move is simply awful! exd6 16.e6 16.exd6 16.e6 -2.40 xc3+ 17.bxc3 a5 and black has a winning attack. 16...fe8 17.g5 f5 18.h3 ge5 and black is much better. 15...gxe5 black has equalized. 14...b7 Under the circumstances this is the best move. 14...exd6 15.e4 xh2 16.xh2 c6 17.d5 a5+ 18.d2 b5 19.g4 xe5 20.gf6+ h8 21.h1 xf6 22.xf6 g7 23.g5 h8 24.0-0-0 a6 25.xd6 xd6 26.xe5 Black resigned.
Garcia Palermo,C (2550)-Herndl,H (2345) Vienna 1986 15.h3 h6 16.dxe7 e8 16...xe7 17.g4 Better was 17.Qe4 c6 18.f4 b4 19.f2 h8 20.a3 c6
White is better and went on to win. Schlemermeyer,W-Geisler,R Germany 1987 17.g5 f5 18.b5 c8 18...xb5 18...Qc8 2.95 is even worse. 19.xb5 a6 20.0-0-0 h6 21.xh6 xh6 22.d7 and with threats like Ng5 and Nd6 white
has a won game. 19.e4 c6 This position is quite complicated. 20.g4 20.xc5 and the fortunes change after h6 21.f6 xf6 22.exf6 Black is
winning. For example... cxe7 23.fxe7 xe7+ 24.f2 b8 25.c4 xb2+ 26.g1 xg2+ 27.xg2 e3+ 20.d6 This allows black to equalize. xd6 21.exd6 e6+ 22.f2 xd6 23.ac1 d4 24.xd4 xd4+ 20.c1 This is even better
than the move Ramayrat played. a5 21.c4 cxe7 22.d2 a6 23.fg5 f8 24.xf7 and now if xf7 25.g5 Both Rs are attacked. h6 26.xf7 e6 27.xe6 xe6 28.g4 d4 28...xf7 29.gxf5 xe5+ 30.d1 xf5 31.c3 with a
winning position. 29.xc5 20...fxe7 21.d6 This allows black to
equalize. 21.xc5 This hasty move loses. a5 22.c4 xe5 23.xe5 d5 24.c1 xe5+ 25.f2 xg5 26.b4 c7 27.bxa5 h2+ 28.e1 e5+ and wins 21.f6 keeps a slight advantage after d8 22.xg7 xg7 23.xc5 21...b8 22.c4 White could also keep the chances equal by trading Qs, but the text move,
which should result in no more than equality, also baits trap. 22.xc5
This is unplayable because after a5 23.f2 xe5 24.xe8 g3 White loses
his Q. 22...xe5 23.xe5 A truly amazing position! White is a piece up,
so how does black establish material equality? xd6 Not with
this! 23...xe5 Not with this! 24.xf7+ h8 25.f6+ xf6 26.xf6+ g8 27.e6+ h8 28.f7+ g8 29.g5+ h8 30.f6+ g8 31.f7+ h8 32.xh7# 23...xb2 The answer is that black does not concern himself with regaining
the piece, but counterattacks. 24.xf7+ h8 25.f6 f5 26.xg7+ 26.xf5 xa1+ 27.f2 xa2+ 28.g3 xf7 29.exf7+ g8 30.xe8 xe8 31.d6 e6 32.xc5 xf6 33.c8+ g7 34.c7+ e7 35.f3 xd6 36.xe7+ drawn 26...xg7 27.f8+ xf8 28.ef7+ xf7 29.xf7+ g8 30.h6+ h8 31.f7+ etc. 24.xf7+ h8 Black resigned. 24...h8 White wins gobs of material. 25.xe8+ xe8 26.f7+ g8 27.xd6 b8 28.xe7 1–0
"Also, in 1986, his sister, Julia, won the first girls world under-10 World Youth Championship. After that, I don't now what happened to her."
ReplyDeleteThis article gives some background:
https://ethicscasestudies.mediaschool.indiana.edu/cases/naming-newsmakers/minor-infraction.html
(American) football allows ties. US Naval Academy coach Tom Hamilton (1905-1994) is credited with saying, “Ties are like kissing your sister.”
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