John Zastapilo

[GrahamStuart]

I am sorry to inform you that John Zastapilo passed away on 11th February 2024. John played in the Southampton Chess League in the mid 1980's through to the early 2000''s. In addition John enjoyed competing in weekend chess congresses throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, with Exeter, Frome and Weymouth being perhaps the most memorable. John moved to the Netherlands in 2006 and then onto Belgium.

His close friend David Culliford has written a chess-specific obituary:

https://hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/joh ... -obituary/

[John Townsend]

He was born in the Cardiff area in the first quarter of 1952 (source: FreeBMD).

[GrahamStuart]

We knew that John had played and defeated a young David Howell at the Portsmouth Chess Congress in 1999 which John had fond memories of. One of our club members (Peter Eales) visited the The Norway Chess 2024 Tournament this weekend and spoke to David Howell, as to if he had the scoresheet. David did and kindly supplied the game. As well as friends of John now being able to see this game, this also reflects on David Howell, who took the time to find the game (I understand he may have had to ask his Mother to look at his old scorebooks) and supply.

This is very much appreciated by friends of John.

[Event "Portsmouth Minor 1999"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.02.21"] [Round "5"] [Board "90"] [White "Howell, David"] [Black "Zastapilo, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "104"] [BlackElo "119"] [PlyCount "127"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.03.27"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 {(3)} Nc6 {(15)} 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 e6 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qf4 12. Rg1 {(18)} Qxh2 {(42)} 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Qa4 a6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qxc6 Nb4 18. Qa4 {(35)} Nd3+ {(62)} 19. Kd2 Nxc5 20. Qc4 Qxf2+ 21. Ne2 Qxf3 22. Rac1 Qd5 23. Qc2 Qb7 24. Ke1 {(50)} Ne4 {(80)} 25. Rg4 Bb4+ 26. Kf1 Nd2+ 27. Kg1 h5 28. Rf4 Rd7 29. a3 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 {(61)} Ne1 {(90)} 31. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 32. Kxe1 h4 33. Rf2 g5 34. Qd3 g4 35. Rh2 g3 36. Nxg3 {(71)} c5 {(100)} 37. Ne4 Rxd4 38. Nd6+ Kb8 39. Nxb7 Rxd3 40. Nxc5 {(79)} Rd5 {(3) Time control, presume this is 3 min left?} 41. Nxa6+ Kb7 42. Nb4 Rxe5+ 43. Kf2 h3 44. Nd3 Rd5 45. Ke3 Rb5 46. Kf3 f6 47. a4 Rb3 48. Ke2 Kc6 49. a5 Kb5 50. a6 Kc4 51. Nf2 Rxb2+ 52. Kf3 Ra2 53. a7 Rxa7 54. Nxh3 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Rhxh3 56. Rxh3 Rxh3 57. Kxh3 Kd3 58. Kg4 e5 59. Kf3 f5 60. Kf2 Kd2 61. Kf3 e4+ 62. Kf2 e3+ 63. Kf1 e2+ 64. Kf2 0-1