Praia da Rocha 1969

David N.L. Levy, born in England but resident in Scotland, represented Scotland at this Zonal in Portugal, held October 20-November 16.

Photo: David Levy at the Siegen Olympiad 1970.

This was a very successful event for Levy; he was unbeaten and achieved his International Master norm as a result of this performance. Hartston of England just missed his IM title by one point.

Levy wrote a detailed report for Chess, in which he was very critical of the organisation. Many players were affected by the conditions, including problems with meals. Fatigue was another factor, so typical of these long tournaments of that period.

J. Cordovil - D.N.L. Levy [B20]
Praia da Rocha 1969, Zonal (2)

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6 4.f4 e5 5.Bb5 exf4 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Nc3 Ng6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qb6 11.0-0-0 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Rhf1 Be7 14.Kb1 g5 15.h4 Bg4 16.Nf3 h6 17.Ne2 f6 18.Ned4 Kf7 19.Rd2 Rac8 20.c4 a6 21.g3 c5 22.Nxe5+ dxe5 23.Nc2 Rcd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Kc1 Ke6 28.Na3 Be2 29.Rh1 f3 30.Nc2 f2 0-1

D.N.L. Levy - J. Feller [C44]
Praia da Rocha 1969, Zonal (5)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nxc3 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Be7 11.0-0 Bf6 12.e5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Qxa7 Rc8 15.Qe3 Nf6 16.f4 Ng4 17.Qe2 Bd4+ 18.Kh1 Nf6 19.Ne4 0-0 20.Ng5 e5 21.f5 c5 22.Ne6 Rf7 23.Bg5 d5 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.h3 Rb8 26.Rab1 Qa7 27.b3 e4 28.Rbd1 Rf7 29.Qh5 h6 30.f6 Bxf6 31.Qxd5 Qxa2 32.Qxe4 Rxb3 33.Rxf6 Rxf6 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.Ng5+ hxg5 36.Qe8# 1-0

J. Durao -D.N.L. Levy [B74]
Praia da Rocha 1969, Zonal (6)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.Qe1 a5 12.Nd4 Nxe4 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bb5 Bxc3 15.Bxc6 Bxe1 16.Bxb7 Bd2 17.Bd4 f5 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.Rf3 Rc8 20.c3 a4 21.g3 Rb8 22.b4 axb3 23.axb3 Bxb3 24.Ra7 Kf7 25.Rc7 Bc2 26.Rf1 Rb3 27.Ra1 Bxc3 28.Bxc3 Rxc3 29.Rd7 Nf6 30.Rd8 Be4 31.Kf2 Rc2+ 32.Ke1 Rxh2 33.Ra7 Rh3 34.Kf2 Ng4+ 35.Kf1 Bf3 36.Ke1 Rh2 37.Rdd7 Re2+ 38.Kf1 Ne3+ 0-1

W. Hartston - D.N.L. Levy [A96]
Praia da Rocha 1969, Zonal (13)

1.d4 f5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.c4 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 a5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Nxe4 fxe4 10.Ne1 d5 11.f3 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.d5 exf3 14.Nxf3 Qe8 15.Bb2 Nd7 16.Kh1 Qh5 17.e3 Bd6 18.Nd2 Rxf1+ 19.Nxf1 Qh6 20.Qd2 Nc5 21.e4 Qh5 22.Qe3 Bh3 23.Nd2 Rf8 24.Nf3 Nd7 25.Ba3 Bxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 28.Kxf3 Bxa3 29.Rb1 b6 30.Rf1 Nf6 31.g4 Kf7 32.Ke3 Bc5+ 33.Kd3 Ke7 34.h3 Bd4 35.Rh1 Nd7 36.Ke2 Nf8 37.h4 Ng6 38.Kf3 Nf4 39.Rd1 Bc5 40.h5 a4 41.Rh1 Kf6 42.Rd1 a3 43.Rd2 Nh3 44.Kg3 Nf2 45.Kf3 Kg5 46.Rc2 g6 47.hxg6 Kxg6 48.Rc1 Kg5 49.Rg1 Nxe4 50.Rh1 Nf6 51.Kg3 h6 52.Rf1 Ne4+ 53.Kg2 Nf2 54.Kg3 e4 55.d6 cxd6 0-1

Sources:
Chess 1969, November 20, p 86/7.
Chessbase
Siegen Chess Olympiad, by Keene and Levy.

Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland