One of the attractions of playing in a zonal is the opportunity to (a) score either an IM or FM title or (b) have a really good time at a holiday resort. Sometimes you can even try for both although trying for one usually reduces your chances of the other.
In the following game PNG No.1 Stuart Fancy upsets one of the tournament favourites in Round 1 of the last Zonal held in Fiji. Sadly for Stuart it got much harder after this, and so Plan A was a no go. But there was always Plan B.
Fancy,S (2209) - Depasquale,C (2335) [A36]
Oceania zt Warwick Fiji FIJ (1), 06.05.2002
1.e4 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.Nge2 Nbc6 7.d3 0-0 8.h4 Nd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bg5 Qa5+ 14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 h6 16.Bxd5 hxg5 17.hxg5 Rd8 18.Nf4 Bf5 19.Rhe1 Rd7 20.f3 Bf8 21.a3 Be7 22.Be4 Bxe4 23.dxe4 Bxg5 24.Kd3 Bxf4 25.gxf4 Kf8 26.Rac1 Ke7 27.Rh1 Rad8 28.Rc5 Rd6 29.Rh7 Rb6 30.Rc7+ Rd7 31.Rxf7+ Kxf7 32.Rxd7+ Ke6 33.Rxd4 Rxb2 34.Rb4 Rf2 35.Ke3 Ra2 36.Ra4 a6 37.Ra5 Rb2 38.a4 Ra2 39.Re5+ Kf6 40.a5 Ra3+ 41.Kf2 Ra2+ 42.Kg3 Rb2 43.Rd5 Rb1 44.f5 g5 45.Rd6+ Kf7 46.Kg4 Rg1+ 47.Kh5 Rg3 48.Rb6 1-0
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One should have been there... At least the weather seems to be MUCH better than the weather in Copenhagen...
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