sergey karjakin (russia) norway supreme masters champion
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Issue # 1- 19 – June 1, 2013
Sergey Karjakin (Russia) Norway Supreme Masters Champion
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Table of Contents Page Articles, etc. FIDE July 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women ) 14 Canadian Olympiad Selection Rating List 24 Canadian Olympiad Selection Rating List – Women 25 FIDE July 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings ( Open/Women ) 26 The “Games of the Centuries” Series – The Evergreen Game 66 Malmsten on Chess – Chess Crossword 69 Teaching Classic Games of Chess - Use the King to Get the King 71 Ken’s Chess Trivia 76 TCN Readers’ Lead Article 79 TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” 79 TCN Readers Have Questions 79 TCN Readers’ Feedback 79 TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 80 Tournament Reports Supreme Masters (Norway GM Tournament) 4 European Individual Championship 11 Sunningdale Open, England 13 Chicago Open, USA 13 CMA Chess Challenge Championship 22 Ontario Open, Ottawa 33 Toronto Closed 37 Keres Memorial, Vancouver 55 Calgary International 56 Organizations with News Reports Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 22 Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) 40 Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 41 Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 45 Aurora Chess Club 47 Ajax Chess Club 50 Hamilton City Chess Club 51 Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 51 British Columbia Chess Federation (BCCF) 56
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Tournament Notices Guelph Pre-summer Pro-Am 80 K-W Team Tournament 81 Aurora Summer Open 81 Canadian Youth Chess Championships 82 Canadian Open 83 Community Bulletin Board 84 NOTE re GAME ANALYSIS I use Fritz 13 in my game analysis. My research, using Fritz for many years, establishes that Fritz 13 evaluates 1.e4, 1.d4, and 1.Nf3 as a “ slight “ advantage to White, whereas historically, these positions were generally considered equal. Many still dispute this evaluation. Though W has "initiative", some/many ( ? ) feel Bl., with best play, equalizes. But in my research on the three W openings where Fritz gives +/= after W's first move, Bl. never should equalize, as long as W does not make a mistake (a general operational principle). And true enough, even into the middlegame of my " perfect " games, Bl. remains +/=!!. So the computer has now convinced me to switch camps, where I used to believe in " Black equality ". However, it may be that the "horizon effect" will yet establish equality for Black when the "perfect game" is taken far enough. But, since I am using Fritz 13, I therefore follow its lead, and so have felt it necessary to make some note re these first moves. In the past, I gave this explanation above in annotations to these three first moves. But, for regular readers of my analyzed games, I know this annotation became irksome; but people who are new, come to my analyzed games on the TCN Website, or where a TCN newsletter has been forwarded to them, and, for them, an explanation of this unusual Fritz 13 feature is required, to understand what I am doing. However, I agree with some readers who suggested a general explanation would be preferable to the annotation in every game starting with these three moves ( which is most of them ). I appreciate my repeat readers' patience ‘til this change. I therefore began using this other format of a general explanation after the table of contents, to explain this interesting computer phenomenon ( and not insert it into the actual annotated game ). In the game score, I will just note the symbolic and numerical evaluation by Fritz on these first moves. I hope this small change improved the quality of TCN for all subscribers.
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INTERNATIONAL Supreme Masters Tournament (Norwegian GM Super Tournament) (adapted from TWIC) The Norway Chess Super Tournament (they now seems to be calling it the Supreme Masters on the official website) took place mostly in Sandnes (single rounds in Bryne, Sor Hidle and Stavanger) 8th to 18th May 2013. There were 10 players: Magnus Carlsen (Norway – highest rated player), Peter Svidler (Russia, replacing Kramnik), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Viswanathan Anand (India – 15th and current World Champion), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Wang Hao (China) and Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)
The tournament was won by Sergey Karjakin with 6/9 pts..
Sergey started the tournament off with 4 straight wins. Here is his Rd. 4 win
against Aronian (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
Aronian, L (2813) − Karjakin, Sergey (2767) [E15] Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (4), 12.05.2013
1.d4² 0.34 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 [5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5²] 5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Bg2 c6 [8...Nc6 9.0-0 d5²] 9.e4 [9.Ne5 d5 10.0-0 dxc4 11.Be3 (11.Bf4?! Bb4=) 11...cxb3 12.axb3 Nd5²] 9...d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Bf4 Na5 14.Rc1 Ba3 [14...Rc8 15.Qe2 Ba3²] 15.Rb1 Bb4 16.Na4 Ne4 17.a3 Be7 18.cxd5 exd5 19.b4 Nc6 20.Rc1?!= [20.f3 Nd6 21.Nc5! bxc5 22.bxc5 Nxe5 23.cxd6 Bxd6 24.Bxe5 Ba6²] 20...Rc8 21.Bh3 f5 22.f3 Nd6 23.Qd3 Nxe5?!² [23...Bg5 24.Bxg5 Qxg5=] 24.dxe5 Rxc1 [24...Nc4 25.Bxf5 Rxf5 26.Qxf5
g5²] 25.Bxc1?!= [25.Rxc1 Nc4 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Qxf5 g5²] 25...Nc4 26.f4 b5 27.Nc3?∓ for the
first time in the game, Sergey gets the advantage, a "clear" advantage [27.Nc5 Bxc5+ 28.bxc5
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d4=] 27...Qb6+?∓ [27...d4 28.Ne2 Qd5∓] 28.Rf2 d4 29.Ne2 Rd8 30.Qxf5 Levon goes up a P
30...d3 31.Qe6+ Kf8 32.Qf5+?!-+ Sergey gets a "winning" advantage [32.Qxb6 axb6 33.Nc3 d2∓]
32...Ke8 33.Qxh7?-+ − 3.36 [33.e6 Rd6 34.Nc3 d2-+ − 1.88] 33...d2 34.Bxd2 Rxd2 Sergey is up
B vs 3 P's 35.e6 Rd1+ 36.Bf1 Qxe6 Sergey is up B vs 2 P's 37.Qh5+ Kf8?-+ − 3.95 [37...g6
38.Qxb5+ Bc6-+ − 4.79] 38.Nc3?-+ − 8.75 [38.Qh8+ Kf7 39.Qh5+ g6-+ − 4.26] 38...Qc6-+ − 9.08 0-1
Another interesting game occurred in Rd. 4, when Hikaru, with Black, defeated Vishy. Here is that game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
Anand, V (2783) − Nakamura, Hi (2775) [C78] Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (4), 12.05.2013
1.e4² 0.35 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4?!= [4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Qd6²] 4...Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5?!² [6...Bd6 7.d3 Bb7=] 7.c3?!= [7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6²] 7...d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Re1 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Qe2 Ng4?!² [14...Qc7 15.h3 h6=]
15.Nf1 Be6 16.Ng5?!= [16.h3 Bc4 17.Qd2 Nxe3 18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.Nxe3 Bc7²] 16...Nxe3?!² [16...Bc8 17.Rad1 Qe7=] 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Nxe3 c4 19.Qh5 Qc7 20.Ng4?!= [20.a4?! Rf8 21.Qg4
Qf7=; 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.a4 Rf8²] 20...Rf8 21.Re2 Rad8 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Bxd1 Rd8?!² [23...Qd6 24.Bc2 Nc6=] 24.Bc2?!= [24.Rd2 g6 25.Nh6+ Kf8²] 24...b4?± Vishy gets a "clear"
advantage [24...Nc6 25.h3 Qd6 26.Nh2 Qf8=] 25.cxb4?= Vishy loses the advantage [25.Rd2 Nc6
26.Ba4 bxc3 27.bxc3 Rf8±] 25...Nc6 26.Ba4?!³ for the first time in the game, Hikaru gets the
advantage [26.Rd2 Nd4 27.Ne3 Rf8=] 26...Nxb4 27.Qxe5 Vishy goes up a P 27...Qe7 28.Qh5 [28.Qc3 Nd3 29.Qxc4 Nf4³] 28...Nxa2?!= material equality [28...Rf8 29.g3 Nd3³] 29.g3?-+ Hikaru
gets a "winning" advantage [29.Ne5 g6 30.Qg4 Qd6=] 29...Nc1 30.Rc2 Nd3 31.e5 Rf8 32.Rxc4?-+ − 2.60 [32.Bc6 Rf5 33.Qe8+ Qxe8 34.Bxe8 h5+− − 1.75] 32...Bxf2+ 33.Kg2 Bc5 the
safe squares around the K are diminishing 34.Bc6?-+ − 3.57 [34.Kh3 Rf5 35.Qe8+ Qxe8 36.Bxe8
h5 the N is trapped 37.Ne3 Bxe3-+ − 2.23] 34...Rf5 35.Qh4-+ − 3.66 [35.Qe8+ Qxe8 36.Bxe8 Kf8
37.Rxc5 (37.Bc6?? Ne1+ 38.Kh3 Rh5#) 37...Nxc5 38.Bc6 h5-+ − 4.28] 35...Ne1+ 36.Kh3 Qf7
XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+k+( 7+-+-+qzpp' 6p+L+p+-+& 5+-vl-zPr+-% 4-+R+-+NwQ$ 3+-+-+-zPK# 2-zP-+-+-zP" 1+-+-sn-+-! xabcdefghy 37.Rxc5?-+ − 8.88 Vishy is up a B, but his Q is trapped [37.Rf4 Be7 38.Nh6+! gxh6 39.Qg4+ Kh8
40.Rxf5 exf5 41.Qd1 Qe6-+ − 4.58] 37...Rh5 38.Bg2 Rxh4+ 39.gxh4 Hikaru is up Q vs R + B
39...Qf5-+ − 10.88 0-1
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In Rd. 5, Magnus stopped Sergey’s streak. But Sergey was still in first, leading by a full point. Carlsen pulled into a tie for second. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
Karjakin, Sergey (2767) − Carlsen, M (2868) [C95] Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (5), 13.05.2013
1.e4² 0.35 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4?!= [4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bg4²] 4...Nf6 5.0-0 Be7?!² [5...Bd6 6.Nc3 b5=] 6.Re1?!= [6.Nc3 b5 7.Bb3 0-0²] 6...b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8?!² [9...Qd7 10.Bc2 h6=] 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 [11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Qc7²] 11...Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.axb5 axb5 17.b4 Qc7 18.Bb2 Ra8 19.Rad1?!= [19.Rxa8
Rxa8 20.c4 bxc4 21.Bxc4 exd4 22.Bxd4 Re8²] 19...Nb6?± Sergey gets a "clear" advantage
[19...g6 20.Qb3 Bh6=] 20.c4 bxc4 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 h6 23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Bc3 Ba6 25.Bb3 c5 26.Qb2 c4 27.Ba4 Re6 28.Nxe5 Sergey goes up a P 28...Bb7 29.Bc2?!² [29.Bb5 Be7
30.Bxc4 Rxe5 31.Bxf7+ Kxf7 32.Bxe5 Qb6±] 29...Rae8 30.f4 Bd6 31.Kh2?³ for the first time in
the game, Magnus gets the advantage [31.Re3 g5 32.g3 gxf4 33.gxf4 Kh7²] 31...Nh5 32.g3 f6 33.Ng6?!∓ Magnus gets a "clear" advantage [33.Rxd6 Rxd6 34.Ng4 (34.Nxc4?! Rc6 35.Bb3 Kh8∓) 34...Qd7³]
XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+r+k+( 7+lwq-+-zp-' 6-+-vlrzpNzp& 5+-+-+-+n% 4-zPp+PzP-+$ 3+-vL-+-zPP# 2-wQL+-+-mK" 1+-+RtR-+-! xabcdefghy
33...Nxf4! nice sac 34.Rxd6! a sound exchange sac [34.gxf4?? Bxf4+ 35.Kh1 (35.Nxf4? Qxf4+ 36.Kh1 Qg3-+ − 5.30) 35...Rxe4! 36.Bxe4 Rxe4 37.Kg1 (37.Rxe4?? Bxe4+ 38.Qg2 Bxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Bh2-+ − 8.48) 37...Be3+ 38.Rxe3 Rxe3 39.Qh2 Qxh2+ 40.Kxh2 Rxc3-+ − 3.28 Magnus
would be up 2 P's] 34...Nxg6! material equality [34...Qxd6?? 35.Nxf4 R6e7+−] 35.Rxe6 Rxe6 36.Bd4 [36.b5 h5 37.Qc1 Qb6∓] 36...f5 37.e5 Nxe5! nice sac; Magnus goes up a P 38.Bxe5 Sergey is up B vs P 38...Qc6 Magnus threatens mate 39.Rg1?-+ − 3.21 [39.Be4! fxe4 40.Re3
Re7-+ − 2.11] 39...Qd5 again threatening mate 40.Bxf5?-+ − 5.64 [40.Bd1 Rxe5 41.Qa2 Re3-+ −
3.59] 40...Rxe5 Material equality 41.Bg4 h5 42.Bd1 − 9.26 [42.Rd1? Qe4 43.Bc8 Bxc8 44.Rd8+
Kf7 45.Qf2+ Rf5-+ − 11.75; 42.Be2? h4 43.Qa2 Kh8-+ − 14.76] 42...c3?-+ − 7.62 [42...h4
43.gxh4 Qf7-+ − 8.78] 43.Qf2 Rf5 44.Qe3?-+ − 13.82 [44.Qe2 Qf7 45.Rg2 Bxg2 46.Kxg2 Qd5+
47.Kg1 Re5-+ − 8.00] 44...Qf7?-+ − 8.04 [44...h4 45.Bc2 Re5-+ − 18.04] 45.g4 Re5 46.Qd4??-+ mate in 17 moves [46.Bb3 Rxe3 47.Bxf7+ Kxf7-+ − 11.90] 46...Qc7-+ mate in 15 moves 0-1
In Rd. 6, Magnus ground out a win against Teimour, to pull within ½ pt. of Sergey, alone in second. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
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Carlsen, Magnus (2868) − Radjabov, Teimour (2745) [A35] Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (6.4), 14.05.2013
1.c4= c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b3 Bg4 11.Bb2 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Ba7 14.Ne2 Qd6?!² [14...Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qd6=]
15.Be5?!= [15.Ne5 Rfc8 16.Re1 Bh5²] 15...Qe7 16.Ned4 Bxf3?!² [16...c5 17.Nc6 Qe8=] 17.Nxf3 Rfc8 18.Qd3 [18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qc2 g6²] 18...a5 [18...Ne4 19.Bb2 Qd7²] 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Rc2 Rd8 21.Rfc1 c5 22.e4 Qg6 23.Re1 dxe4 24.Qxe4 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 Rd1+ 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Nxe1 Rd8 28.Kf1 a4 29.bxa4?!= Magnus goes up a P [29.Ke2 Re8+ 30.Kd2 axb3 31.axb3 c4²]
29...Rd4 30.a5 Ra4 31.Rd2 Kf8 32.Nd3 f6 33.Nb2 Rxa5 material equality 34.Nc4 Ra4 35.Rc2 Ke7 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Kd3 Kd5?!² [37...Bb8 38.Re2+ Kf5=] 38.a3 h5 39.h3?!= [39.g3 g5 40.Rc1
f5²] 39...h4 40.Rc1 g6 41.Rc2 [41.f4 f5 42.Rc2 Ra6=] 41...g5 42.Rc1 Ra6 43.Re1 Bb8 44.Re7 Bf4 45.Kc3 f5?!² [45...Be5+ 46.Kb3 Kd4=] 46.Kb3 g4 [46...Rc6 47.Rd7+ Ke6²] 47.a4 gxh3?!± Magnus gets a "clear" advantage [47...Re6 48.Rd7+ Kc6²] 48.gxh3 Rg6 49.a5 Rg1 50.a6 Rb1+ 51.Kc3?= [51.Ka2 Rb4 (51...Rb8?! 52.a7 Kxc4 53.axb8Q Bxb8+−) 52.Ne3+ Bxe3 53.Rxe3 Rb8±]
51...Rc1+ 52.Kd3 Rd1+ 53.Ke2 Ra1 54.Nb6+ Kd6 55.Rg7 Kc6?!² [55...Ra2+ 56.Kf3 Be5=]
56.Rg6+ Kb5 57.Nd5 Be5?+− Magnus gets a "winning" advantage [57...Ra2+ 58.Kf3 Bd2²]
58.Rb6+ Kc4 59.Ne3+ Kc3 60.f4 Bd4 61.Nxf5 Magnus goes up a P 61...c4 62.Rc6 Rh1?+− 3.10
[62...Bg1 63.Ne3 Kb4+− 1.75] 63.Nd6 Rh2+ 64.Kf3 Kd3 65.Rxc4 Rxh3+ 66.Kg4 Rh1 67.Ra4 Bf2?+− 6.63 [67...Ba7 68.Ra3+ Ke2+− 5.41] 68.Ra3++− 7.49 1-0
In Rd. 7, Vishy moved up into a 2-way tie for third with Levon, by defeating Teimour. He makes it look easy. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
Radjabov, T (2745) − Anand, V (2783) [E04] Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (7), 15.05.2013
1.d4² 0.34 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3?!= [4.Nc3²] 4...dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxc4 Bc6 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Rc8 10.Be3 b5 11.Qd3 b4 12.Nb1 c4 13.Qc2 Be7 14.a3 b3 15.Qc1 Nb6 16.Nc3 Nfd5 17.Bd2 0-0 18.Ne5?!³ [18.Re1 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Na4=] 18...Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Na4 21.Re1?!∓ Vishy gets a "clear" advantage [21.f3 f5 22.Qd2 Bf6³] 21...f5 22.f3 [22.Rb1 Qd5+ 23.f3 Bd6∓] 22...Bg5 23.e3 [23.f4 Bf6 24.Nf3 Qd5∓] 23...Bf6 24.e4 Bxe5 25.dxe5 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Qd3 [26...Nxc3 27.Qxc3 Qd3∓] 27.Re3 Qd5 28.Qe1 Rfd8 29.Rc1?!-+ Vishy gets a
"winning" advantage [29.Qe2 Qb5 30.Rb1 Rd3∓] 29...Qb5 30.Rd1 30...Rd3 31.Rexd3 cxd3 32.Bd4?-+ − 6.25 [32.Qd2 Nxc3 33.Rc1 Qxe5 34.Qxd3 Rc5-+ − 2.64] 32...Qc4 33.Be3?-+ − 7.61
[33.Qg1 Rd8 34.Be3 Nxb2-+ − 6.10] 33...Nxb2 Vishy goes up a P 34.Rc1?-+ − 10.83 [34.Rd2
Na4 35.Qd1 Rd8-+ − 8.61] 34...d2-+ − 10.83 0-1
In Rd. 8 (Friday, May 17), a big upset occurred as Wang Hao defeated Magnus. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
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Carlsen, Magnus (2868) − Wang, Hao (2743) [A30] Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (8.4), 17.05.2013
Hao
1.c4= c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 [3...g6=] 4.d3 [4.e3 Nf6 5.Be2 d5=] 4...d6 5.a3 a5?!² [5...Be7 6.g3
Nf6=] 6.g3 Nge7 7.Bg2 g6?!± Magnus gets an early "clear" advantage [7...Nf5 8.Ng5 Be7²]
8.Bg5?!² [8.h4 h5 9.Ng5 Bg7±] 8...Bg7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Rb1 [12.Bd5
Bg4 13.Nde4 a4²] 12...Rfc8 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.b4?!= [14.Ne4 b5 15.Ndc3 (15.Nec3?! b4=) 15...b4²] 14...axb4 15.axb4 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 cxb4 Hao goes up a P 17.Ne4 Rc7 18.Qd2 Kh8 19.Ra1 Rb8 20.Rfb1 h6 [20...f5 21.Ng5 Bh6=] 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rxb4 material equality 22...d5 23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Nd6 e4 25.Ra6 exd3 26.exd3 Kh7 27.Kg2 dxc4 28.dxc4 Rd7 29.c5 Bf8 [29...Be5 30.f3 Bxd6 31.Rxc6 Rb7 32.cxd6 Rb2=] 30.Rb6 [30.Ra1 Qb3 31.h3 Bxd6 32.Rd1 Kg7
33.Qd4+ f6 34.cxd6 c5=] 30...Qc7 31.Rb3 Qa7 32.Rc3?!³ for the first time in the game, Hao gets
the advantage [32.Rf3 Qxc5 33.Rxf7+ Rxf7 34.Nxf7 Qf5=] 32...Bxd6 33.cxd6 Qa5 34.h4 Rxd6 Hao goes up a P 35.Qe3 Qd5+ 36.Qf3 h5 37.Qxd5 cxd5 38.Kf3 Kg7 39.Rc7 Kf6 40.Ke3 Ra6 41.Rd7 Ke6 42.Rb7 Ra3+ 43.Kf4 Ra4+ 44.Ke3 Re4+ 45.Kd3 Re1 46.Rb6+ Kf5 47.Rb7 f6 [47...Kf6 48.Rb5 Re5³] 48.Rd7 Re5 49.f3 Ke6 50.Rg7 g5 51.Rh7 g4?!= [51...Rf5 52.f4 gxh4
53.gxh4 Rxf4 54.Rxh5 f5³] 52.fxg4 hxg4 53.Rg7 f5 54.Rg6+ Kf7 55.Ra6 Re1 56.Kd2?∓ Hao
gets a "clear" advantage [56.h5 Re6 57.Ra7+ Kf6=] 56...Rg1 57.Ra3 Rg2+ 58.Ke1 Kf6 59.Kf1 Rc2 60.Ra6+ Ke5 61.h5 Rh2 62.h6 d4 63.Kg1 Rh3 64.Kg2?!-+ Hao gets a "winning" advantage
[64.Kf2 d3 65.Ra5+ Kd4∓] 64...d3 65.Ra5+?-+ − 8.02 [65.Kf2 d2 66.Ra5+ Ke4-+ − 4.47] 65...Kd4 66.Ra4+ − 8.02 [66.Kf2 Rxh6 67.Ra4+ Kc3-+ − 8.06] 66...Kc3 67.Ra6 − 8.02 [67.Ra3+ Kc2
68.Ra2+ Kb3-+ − 7.89] 67...d2 68.Rc6+ Kd3 69.Rd6+ Kc2 70.Rc6+ Kd1 71.Rd6 − 7.97
[71.Rg6? f4 72.Rxg4 Rxh6 (72...Rxg3+?? 73.Rxg3 Ke2=) 73.Rxf4 Rd6-+ − 9.03] 71...f4 72.gxf4 material equality 72...Ke2 73.Re6+ Re3 74.Rxe3+??-+ mate in 21 moves [74.Rd6 d1Q 75.Rxd1
Kxd1 76.h7 Rh3-+ − 9.63] 74...Kxe3 75.h7 d1Q 76.h8Q Qf3+ 77.Kg1 Qf2+ 78.Kh1 Qf1+ 79.Kh2
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Position after 79.Kh2 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-wQ( 7+-+-+-+-' 6-+-+-+-+& 5+-+-+-+-% 4-+-+-zPp+$ 3+-+-mk-+-# 2-+-+-+-mK" 1+-+-+q+-! xabcdefghy g3+!-+ Magnus resigned. He will lose his Q and get mated 80.Kxg3 Qg1+ 81.Kh4 Qh1+ 82.Kg5 Qxh8-+ would be mate in 9 moves 0-1
In Rd. 9, Hao did it again – he upset Vishy. Here is that game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
Wang, Hao (2743) − Anand, Viswanathan (2783) [A34] Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (9.4), 18.05.2013
1.c4= c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxc6 [9.Qb3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 0-0=] 9...bxc6 10.Na4 [10.Nxd5?! cxd5 11.Bb5+ Kf8³] 10...0-0 [10...Qc7
11.Bd2 0-0=] 11.0-0 Bf5 12.g4 Be6 13.e4 Nb4 14.Nc5 Bxa2?± Vishy goes up a P [14...Qc8?
15.h3 Qb8±; 14...Qxd1 15.Rxd1 Nc2 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Rb1 Bd4=] 15.Qa4 Qd4 16.Qa5 Rfd8?!+− Hao gets a "winning" advantage [16...Be5 17.Rd1 Bxh2+ 18.Kg2 Bc7±] 17.Kg2?+− 1.83 [17.Rd1
Qxd1+ 18.Bxd1 Rxd1+ 19.Kg2 Nc2+− 4.90] 17...Bc4 18.Rd1 Bxe2 1.93 [18...Nd3? 19.Bxd3
Qf6+− 4.03; 18...Qe5?? 19.Rxd8+ Bf8 20.Rxa8+− mate in 25 moves] 19.Rxd4 Rxd4 Hao is up Q
vs R + B + P 20.Be3 Rc4 21.Re1 Bxg4 Hao is up Q vs R + B + 2 P's 22.b3 Rxc5! a good
exchange sac, but not good enough to get Vishy out of trouble 23.Bxc5 Hao is up Q vs B + N + 2
P's 23...Nd3 24.Re3 Nxc5 25.Qxc5 e5 26.Rd3 Rc8 27.Qxa7 Hao is up Q vs 2 B's + P 27...Bf8 28.Qb7 c5 29.Rd5 f6 30.Rd2 Re8 31.Ra2 Re7 32.Qb6 Rf7 33.f3 Bh5 4.07 34.Ra8 Kg7
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Position after 34….Kg7 XABCDEFGHY 8R+-+-vl-+( 7+-+-+rmkp' 6-wQ-+-zpp+& 5+-zp-zp-+l% 4-+-+P+-+$ 3+P+-+P+-# 2-+-+-+KzP" 1+-+-+-+-! xabcdefghy 35.Rxf8 4.21 an exchange sac to reduce pieces and maximize the promotion of the passed P
[35.Qd8 Kg8 36.Qd5 Kg7+− 4.23] 35...Rxf8 36.Qxc5 Hao is up Q (and has a passed P) vs R + B
36...g5 37.b4 Ra8 38.b5+− 5.04 1-0
Here is the final cross-table:.
Supreme Masters 2013 Sandnes NOR (NOR), 8-18 v 2013 cat. XXI (2766)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2767 * 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 2891
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2868 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5½ 2835
3. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2775 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2845
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2769 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5 2809
5. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2804
6. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2783 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 1 5 2807
7. Wang, Hao g CHN 2743 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 4½ 2769
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8. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2793 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 4 2720
9. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2745 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 3 2643
10. Hammer, Jon Ludvig g NOR 2608 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1½ 2511
14th European Individual Championship 2013
(adapted from TWIC) The 14th European Individual Championships took place in Legnica, Poland, the 5th to 16th May 2013. Of the 286 players, some of the top ones are: Dmitry Jakovenko, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Areshchenko, Vladimir Akopian, Anton Korobov, Pavel Eljanov, Baadur Jobava, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Evgeny Alekseev, Ivan Cheparinov, Alexander Moiseenko, David Navara, Zoltan Almasi etc. There are 16 World Cup places up for grabs. It is the strongest Swiss system tournament in the year, and the numbers say it all: twelve players are rated 2700 or more, 38 of the world’s top 100 players are participating.
The winner was Alexander Moiseenko, on tie-break, with 8/11 pts..
Tied with him in first were: Evgeny Alekseev, Evgeny Romanov, Alexander G Beliavsky, Constantin Lupulescu, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Sergei Movsesian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Aleksey Dreev and Hrant Melkumyan.
After four rounds, only one player had managed to keep a perfect score: Alexander Moiseenko (2698) with 4.0/4. By the second last round 10, Moiseenko
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had held onto his lead. Here were the top players going into the final Rd. 11 (there were 23 players tied for fourth with 7/10 pts.):
14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL Sun 5th May 2013 - Thu 16th May 2013 Leading Round 10 (of 11) Standings:
Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 TB3
1 MOISEENKO Alexander GM UKR 2698 8.0 2636 59.0 59.5
2 ALEKSEEV Evgeny GM RUS 2700 7.5 2631 59.5 63.5
3 LUPULESCU Constantin GM ROU 2634 7.5 2615 57.5 62.5
In the final Rd. 11, Moiseenko could not manage to take clear first with a win or draw. He lost to Nepomniachtchi. There is an interesting ending with 4 queens on the board. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2710) − Moiseenko, Alexander (2698) [B30] 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL (11.1), 16.05.2013
[Armstrong, Robert] 1.e4² 0.35 1...c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3?!= [5.d3 Ne7 6.h4 h5²] 5...Ne7?!² [5...Be7 6.d3 Qc7=] 6.Bb2 f6 7.Nh4 e5?!± Ian gets an early "clear" advantage [7...Qc7 8.d3
(8.Qh5+?! g6 9.Qe2 Bg7=) 8...d5²] 8.f4 d6 9.0-0 Be6 10.fxe5?!² [10.Na3 exf4 11.Rxf4 Ng6±]
10...dxe5 11.Kh1 [11.Na3 Ng6 12.Qh5 Bf7²] 11...Qd7 12.d3 Nc8 13.Nc3 Be7?!± [13...Bd6?!
14.Qh5+ Qf7±; 13...Nb6 14.Qh5+ Qf7²] 14.Qh5+ Bf7 15.Qf3 0-0 16.Nf5 Nd6 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Na4 Nb5 19.Qf2 c4 20.dxc4 Ian goes up a P 20...Nc7 21.Bc1 Ne6 22.Be3 Rfd8 23.Rad1 Bg6 24.Bc5?!² [24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Qc7±] 24...Qe8 25.Nc3 Rxd1?!± [25...Bh5 26.Rxd8
Qxd8²] 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Be3 a6 29.h3 h6 30.Qe2 Qa5 31.Qd3 Kh7 32.Kh2 Qb4 33.Kg3 Qa5 34.Kf2 Qb4 35.Ke2 Qa5 36.Kd1?= [36.Qd2 Qa3 37.Kf3 Qb2±] 36...Qb4?± [36...Nf4
37.Bxf4 exf4=] 37.Kc1 Qa3+?!+− Ian gets a "winning" advantage [37...Nf4 38.Bxf4 exf4±] 38.Kb1 Qa5 39.Kb2 Nf4?+− 6.30 [39...Qc7 40.c5 Qc8+− 1.63]
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Position after 39…Nf4? XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 7+-+-+-zpk' 6p+p+-zplzp& 5wq-+-zp-+-% 4-+P+Psn-+$ 3+PsNQvL-+P# 2PmKP+-+P+" 1+-+-+-+-! xabcdefghy
40.Qd2?+− 1.60 [40.Qd6 trapping the Q 40...Ne6! allowing the Q to escape a) 40...Nxg2??
41.Bf2 Qxc3+ (41...c5? 42.Bxc5+− 11.75) 42.Kxc3 Bxe4+− 10.93; b) 40...c5?? 41.Bxc5 Bxe4
42.b4+− 11.11; 41.Qxe6 Qc7+− 6.38] 40...Qc7 41.c5 Ne6 42.Qd3 Qc8 43.Na4 Nf4 44.Bxf4 exf4 45.Nc3 a5 46.Qd6 f3 47.gxf3 Qxh3 48.Qxc6 Qxf3 49.Qd7 Bh5 50.c6 Bg4 51.Nd5 h5 52.Qf7 h4?+− 3.04 [52...Qf2 53.c7 Qd4+ 54.c3 Qe5+− 1.71] 53.c7 Qf2 54.c8Q Bxc8 55.Qh5+ Kg8 56.Qe8+ Kh7 57.Qxc8 Ian is up an N 57...f5?+− 4.29 [57...Qd4+ 58.Nc3 Qe5+− 2.79] 58.exf5 Ian is up N + P 58...h3?+− 6.25 [58...Qd4+ 59.Nc3 Qg4+− 4.08] 59.f6 h2 60.Qh3+ Kg8 61.Qg4?+− 5.49 [61.Qe6+ Kh7 62.Qe4+ Kh6+− 7.88] 61...Qg1 62.Qe6+ Kh7 63.f7 h1Q 64.f8Q Qc1+ 65.Kc3 Qa1+ 6.68 [65...Qhe1+ 66.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 67.Kb2 Qe5+ 68.Nc3 g5+− 6.50] 66.Kc4 Qh4+??+− leads to mate in 7 moves [66...Qhf1+ 67.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 68.Kc5 Qf2+ 69.Kb5 Qxc2+−
7.76] 67.Kb5+− Alexander resigned. It is mate 67...Qa4+ 68.Kxa4 Qd4+ 69.c4 Qf6 70.Nxf6+ Kg6 71.Ne4+ Kh5 72.Qh8# 1-0
Sunningdale Open, England Canadian IM Aman Hambleton took first place in a recent tournament in England, with a performance rating of 2783!! Congratulations Aman. Rank Name Flags Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 IM Hambleton, Aman Canada 6.5 CAN M 2468 2783 +2.14 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
2 GM Hebden, Mark L Leicester 5.5 ENG M 2537 2572 +0.40 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1
3 GM Williams, Simon K 5.0 ENG M 2511 2454 -0.22 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
4 IM Sarakauskas, Gediminas Guildford 5.0 LTU M 2421 2321 -0.66 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
5 IM Bates, Richard A Hackney 5.0 ENG M 2376 2345 -0.05 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1
22nd Chicago Open Canadian IM Edward Porper of Alberta came 4th/5th at the recent Chicago Open, and there were 21 GM’s participating in the large field. He also scored a GM norm . After a "slow" 2 rounds with lower opponents pairings he managed to get 6.5/9 (average of
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opponents = 2491) and a 2627 performance. http://www.chicagoopen.net/ He only needed a draw in the last round against GM Conrad Holt but mated him. http://monroi.com/watch/embed.php?game_id=94230
Also congrats to Canadian FM Michael Kleinman who scored an IM norm with 4.5/9
FIDE June 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Open/Women’s Open
Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ), # 1 for most of 2010 & 2011, all of 2012 , and all of 2013 so far, the youngest player ever to hold this position, and the highest rated human ever, sits with a rating of 2864 (has a peak rating of 2872 – is it really possible he may one day be the first to break the 2900 barrier? The second player over 2800 is Armenian Levon Aronian, at 2813. 14th World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) is in third, rated 2803. [ Garry Kasparov ( Russia ), 13th World Champion, retired March, 2005, was the first player to break 2800 ( peak rating - July 1999 – 2851 – 2nd highest rated player ever ); Kramnik was the second player; Veselin Topalov, 2005 FIDE World Champion, was the third; Viswanathan Anand, 15th and current World Champion was the fourth; Magnus Carlsen was the fifth; and Levon Aronian is the sixth. ]. Besides these 3 in the 2800’s, there are 44 players in the 2700’s ( same as last list ).
The top players are ( birth date of younger players [Under 22 yrs. as of Jan. 1 or born in or after 1991] in brackets, after country ) :
# 1 : Magnus Carlsen (Norway), rated 2864;
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# 2 : Levon Aronian ( Armenia ) – rated 2813;
# 3 : Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), 14th World Champion, rated 2803.
# 4: Viswanathan Anand ( India ), 15th and current World Champion, rated 2786;
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# 5/6: Hikaru Nakamura ( USA ), rated 2784 (up from # 7).
# 5/6: Veselin Topalov ( Bulgaria ), rated 2784 (down 9 pts.);
# 7: Sergey Karjakin (Russia), rated 2782 (up 15 pts.);
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# 8: Alexander Grischuk (Russia), rated 2779.
# 9: Fabiano Caruana (Italy – 1992), rated 2774 .
# 10 : Alexander Morozevich (Russia), rated 2760).
# 51 : Judit Polgar ( Hungary ), the strongest women’s player in the world, with 2696 ( over 2700 from October – December, 2012 lists – last time before that was on the July/12 list ) – ( in 2005, she was in the top 10 with a rating of 2735. She has taken
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periods off to have children and had dropped below 2700 for a while, before going back over 2700 again for a while). .
Some other past World Champions/FIDE World Champions still in the top 100, and their current ratings are : # 16: 2002 FIDE World Champion, Ruslan Ponomariov ( Ukraine ) at 2743; # 49 : 2004 FIDE World Champion, Rustam Kasimdzhanov ( Uzbekistan ) at 2699 (down from 29) .
Here are the younger ( Under 22 as of Jan. 1 ) players we’re watching - not in the
top ten, but in the top 30, ( birth date in brackets after country )[ note: “ juniors “ = U 20 yrs. as of Jan. 1 ]:
# 21 : Anish Giri ( Netherlands – 1994 ) – 2734. # 29 : Le Quang Liem (Vietnam – 1991 – Vietnamese surname first) -2712. Women
Four women have broken the 2600 barrier: first: GM Judit Polgar ( Hungary ) – also only woman to break 2700; second: Humpy Koneru ( India ); third: Hou Yifan ( Chinese surname first ) – former Women’s World Champion and 2013 Women’s Championship Challenger, against Women’s Champion Anna Ushenina ( Russia ) ); fourth: Anna Muzychuk ( Slovenia ).
The top 10 women in the world are : # 1 : GM Judit Polgar ( Hungary ) – 2696 ( first woman player in history to break 2700; peaked at 2735 in the July 1, 2005 rating list; was back in the 2700 club briefly on the July/12 list, after a number of years in the 2600’s; dropped down again, and was briefly back again from Oct. – Dec./12 );
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# 2 : GM Humpy Koneru ( India ) – 2597;
# 3 : GM Hou Yifan ( China – 1994 ) – 2617 – (18 years old )
# 4 : IM Anna Muzychuk ( Slovenia ) -2593 (up 8 pts.).
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# 5 : GM Zhao Xue ( China ) – 2565;
# 6 : GM Nana Dzagnidze ( Georgia ) – 2550 (up 5 pts.);
# 7: WGM Ju Wenjun (China), rated 2544.
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# 8 : GM Kateryna Lagno ( Ukraine ) – 2542 (down 6 pts.);
# 9: IM Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) – rated 2531 (first time in top 10);
# 10: GM Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) – rated 2531
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NATIONAL Organizations Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC )
Website: http://www.chess.ca/ Chess Discussion Forum: http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2 (by TCN Liaison for CFC, Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator) The CFC Annual General Meeting will be on-line again this year, and will start Monda, June 10. Go to the CFC Forums page to find the meeting room (http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/forum.php) . The first part is the meeting of the outgoing CFC Governors. The second part is the meeting of the incoming CFC Governors. At this part, the new CFC Executive, Officers, etc. will be elected/appointed. There will also be planning for the 2013-4 year. Come and see your tax dollars at work. Tournament Reports (Note: if you play in a tournament, and have a good game, send it on for us to consider publishing with our tournament report) 2013 CMA Canadian Chess Challenge Championships This tournament was played on the Victoria Day weekend in Ottawa, and is the result of play-downs throughout the country over the last while. The format is championships by Grade, and is carried out also as a team tournament for each province. 112 juniors made it to the finals. Here are the final team standings:
Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Totals
Ontario ON 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Quebec QC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8
British Columbia BC 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
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Alberta AB 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
New Brunswick NB 0.5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 4
Newfoundland and Labrador NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Nova Scotia NS 0.5 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 1 0 3
Manitoba MB 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 1 0 0.5 2.5
Saskatchewan SK 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 1 1.5
Prince Edward Island PE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Here are the winners by Grade:
Player Standings Grade 1
1st Lucian Wu (BC) 9 pts
2nd Nameer Issani (ON)
8 pts
3rd Khino Angelo Tolentino (AB)
6.5 pts
4th Tony Cai (QC) 5 pts
5th Alexander Loukine (MB)
4 pts
5th Alex LeBlanc (NB)
4 pts
5th Seamus MacEachern (PE)
4 pts
8th Alexander Brown (NS)
2.5 pts
9th Sebastian Locke (NL)
2 pts
10th --- (SK) 0 pts
Grade 2 1st Qiuyu Huang (QC) 9
pts
2nd Patrick Huang (BC)
8 pts
3rd Andi Superceanu (AB)
6.5 pts
4th David Gan (ON) 6 pts
5th Alexandre Xavier-LeBlanc (NB)
5.5 pts
6th Itay Amrom (MB) 3 pts
6th Peter Dormody (NL)
3 pts
8th Jerjis Kapra (NS) 2 pts
9th Connor Pierce (PE)
1 pts
9th Anastasia Sasata (SK)
1 pts
Grade 3 1st Ian Zhao (AB) 7
pts
1st Victor Zheng (BC)
7 pts
1st Nicholas Vettese (ON)
7 pts
4th Robert Liu (QC) 5.5 pts
4th Alexander Sasata (SK)
5.5 pts
6th Joshua Huston-Earle (MB)
4 pts
7th Norman Chen (NL)
3.5 pts
7th Arnab Kundu (PE)
3.5 pts
9th Terry Michaud (NB)
1 pts
9th Callum Brown (NS)
1 pts
Grade 4 1st Kaixin Wang (AB) 8.5
pts
2nd Wenyang Ming (ON) 8 pts
3rd Ethan Low (BC) 7.5 pts
4th Ziyu Guan (QC) 6 pts5th Daniel Wei (SK) 5 pts
6th Thomas Myatt (NB)
2.5 pts
6th Karla Lynn McCallum (PE)
2.5 pts
8th Brett Russell (NL) 2 pts
9th Ethan Eckert (MB)
1.5 pts
9th Benjamin Koshi (NS)
1.5 pts
Grade 5
1st Ma�li-Jade Ouellet (QC)
9 pts
2nd Yue Tong Zhao (ON)
8 pts
3rd Derek Ma (MB) 6.5 pts
4th Benjamin Lortie (SK)
5 pts
5th Sahejpreet Singh (NS)
4.5 pts
6th Xingbo Huang (NL)
4 pts
7th Jeff Wang (AB) 3.5 pts
8th Brian Butchart (BC)
3 pts
9th Leonardo Cui (NB)
1 pts
Grade 6 1st Kevin Wan (ON) 9
pts
2nd Ananda Saha (QC)
7.5 pts
3rd Matthew Geng (BC)
7 pts
4th Chenxi Wu (AB) 5 pts
4th Lucas Dorrance (NS)
5 pts
6th SoumyaDeep Chowdhury (PE)
3.5 pts
6th Andrew Li (SK) 3.5 pts
8th Adam Makarov (NB)
2.5 pts
9th Ryan Pickard (NL) 2 pts
Grade 7 1st Sam Song (NB) 8.5
pts
1st Qiyu Zhou (ON) 8.5 pts
3rd Kelly Wang (QC) 7 pts
4th Nathan Shao (BC)
5.5 pts
5th Jamil Kassam (AB)
4.5 pts
6th Gary McKeown (NL)
4 pts
7th Kate He (NS) 3 pts
8th Alexander Iomdina (MB)
2.5 pts
9th Avram Tcherni (SK)
1.5 pts
Grade 8 1st Razvan Preotu
(ON) 9
pts
2nd Zong Yang Yu (QC)
8 pts
3rd Adam Rahemtulla (BC)
7 pts
4th Nathaniel Schrader (NB)
6 pts
5th Andrew Dawson (NL)
4.5 pts
6th Joseph Kassouf (PE)
3 pts
7th Collin Harrison (AB)
2.5 pts
7th Johnny Ye (NS) 2.5 pts
7th Kaeden Hanishewsky
2.5 pts
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10th Ian Kerr (PE) 0.5 pts
10th William DeFehr (MB)
0 pts
10th Jack Ronahan-Wood (PE)
0 pts
(SK)
10th Yuchuan Li (MB) 0 pts
Grade 9 1st Adam Dorrance
(NS) 8
pts
2nd Mark Plotkin (ON)
7 pts
3rd Xinyu (Bob) Feng (NB)
6.5 pts
4th Jeremy Hui (BC) 6 pts
5th Ryne Swift (MB) 5 pts
5th Nicholas Johnson (QC)
5 pts
7th Emerich (Jimmy) Bartha (SK)
2.5 pts
8th David McCullough (AB)
2 pts
8th Sandy MacDonald (PE)
2 pts
10th Brody McKeown (NL)
1 pts
Grade 10 1st James Fu (ON) 9
pts
2nd Zhao Yang Luo (QC)
8 pts
3rd YueKai Wang (AB)
7 pts
4th Andrew Quinton Lee (BC)
5.5 pts
5th Christopher Qiu (NL)
4.5 pts
6th Nicolas Robichaud (NB)
4 pts
7th Jeremy Peters (NS)
3.5 pts
8th Iain Crowell (PE) 2.5 pts
9th Joshua Pechawis (SK)
1 pts
10th Robert Harris (MB)
0 pts
Grade 11 1st Tanraj Sohal
(BC) 8
pts
2nd Joey (Zi Yi) Qin (ON)
7.5 pts
3rd Forest M. Guo (QC)
7 pts
4thRegina-Veronicka Kalaydina (AB)
6 pts
5th Peter Meng (NB) 4.5 pts
6th Leor Wasserman (MB)
4 pts
6th Matthew Bendzsa (NL)
4 pts
8th Shang-Chen Tsai (NS)
2 pts
8th Nigel Reynoldson (SK)
2 pts
10th Ian Hink (PE) 0 pts
Grade 12 1st Michael Ivanov
(ON) 8.5 pts
1st Nikita Kraiouchkine (QC)
8.5 pts
3rd David Zhang (AB) 6.5 pts
4th Gustav Baron (MB)
6 pts
5th Justin Drover (NL) 5.5 pts
6th Fred Lu (NS) 3 pts
7th Nicholas Peters (BC)
2.5 pts
8th Zachary Lintott (SK)
2 pts
9th Logan Laplace (NB)
1.5 pts
10th Ryan Drew (PE) 1 pts
Articles, etc.
Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings - National
Olympiad starts August 1, 2014 Highest ratings starting February 2, 2013 Ratings for June 1, 2013 Players Title FIDE Canadian Average Games Eligibility Placement Why Not Eligible Kovalyov Anton GM 2606 2638 2622 0 No 1 Argentina Bluvshtein Mark GM 2590 2632 2611 0 No 2 Not enough games Sambuev Bator GM 2519 2696 2608 ≥20 Yes 3 Hansen Eric GM 2577 2592 2585 ≥20 Yes 4 Spraggett Kevin GM 2577 2571 2574 10 Yes 5 Lesiege Alexandre GM 2528 2577 2553 0 No 6 Not enough games Charbonneau Pascal GM 2505 2585 2545 0 No 7 Not enough games Noritsyn Nikolay IM 2467 2612 2540 ≥20 Yes 8 Tyomkin Dimitri GM 2489 2570 2530 9 No 9 Not enough games Hambleton Aman IM 2472 2584 2528 ≥20 Yes 10 Gerzhoy Leonid IM 2469 2571 2520 0 No 11 Not enough games Krnan Tomas IM 2416 2568 2492 5 No 12 Not enough games Zugic Igor IM 2462 2516 2489 0 No 13 Not enough games Samsonkin Artem IM 2410 2564 2487 5 No 14 Not enough games Roussel-Roozmon Thomas GM 2476 2478 2477 0 No 15 Not enough games Cheng Bindi IM 2409 2517 2463 ≥20 Yes 16 Porper Edward IM 2424 2501 2463 18 Yes 17 Panjwani Raja IM 2409 2517 2463 8 No 18 Not enough games
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Teplitsky Yan IM 2448 2473 2461 0 No 19 Not enough games Quan Zhe IM 2431 2462 2447 0 No 20 Not enough games Hergott Deen IM 2385 2474 2430 0 No 21 Not enough games Wang Richard IM 2382 2476 2429 ≥20 Yes 22 Thavandiran Shiyam FM 2338 2514 2426 0 No 23 Not enough games Hebert Jean IM 2387 2451 2419 7 No 24 Not enough games Doroshenko Maxim FM 2336 2482 2409 0 No 25 Not enough games Tayar Jonathan IM 2344 2462 2403 0 No 26 Not enough games Qin Joey 2284 2466 2375 5 No 27 Not enough games Preotu Razvan 2248 2484 2366 ≥20 28 Sapozhnikov Roman FM 2292 2411 2352 18 Yes 29
Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings - Women
Olympiad starts August 1, 2014 Highest ratings starting February 2, 2013 Ratings for June 1, 2013 Players Title FIDE Canadian Average Games Eligibility Placement Why Not Eligible Yuan Yuanling WM 2220 2336 2278 5 No 1 Not enough games Khoudgarian Natalia WM 2136 2284 2210 0 No 2 Not enough games Starr Nava WM 2175 2138 2157 0 No 3 Not enough games Peng Jackie WF 2011 2227 2119 ≥20 Yes 4 Khaziyeva Dinara WM 2115 2110 2113 0 No 5 Not enough games Charest Johanne WM 2088 2111 2100 0 No 6 Not enough games Kazakevich Anastasia 2033 2113 2073 5 No 7 Not enough games Kagramanov Dina WM 2067 2076 2072 0 No 8 Not enough games Benggawan Amanda WFM 2062 2064 2063 0 No 9 Not enough games Barron Irina WF 2043 2063 2053 0 No 10 Not enough games Belc Daniela WF 2044 2054 2049 0 No 11 Not enough games Botez Alexandra WCM 2024 2065 2045 6 No 12 Not enough games Smith Hazel WF 2037 2051 2044 0 No 13 Not enough games Zhoy Qiyu 1895 2177 2036 ≥20 Yes 14 Agbabishvili Lali 1958 2111 2035 17 Yes 15 Orlova Yelizaveta WCM 1942 2119 2031 10 Yes 16 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 1989 2014 2002 0 No 17 Not enough games Charbonneau Anne 2006 1973 1990 0 No 18 Not enough games Du Jasmine 1885 2084 1985 0 No 19 Not enough games Roy Miriam 1985 1971 1978 0 No 20 Not enough games Kalaydina Regina 1958 1962 1960 0 No 21 Not enough games Yun Chang 1897 2004 1951 0 No 22 Not enough games Xiao Alice 1866 1959 1913 12 Yes 23 Kagramanov Dalia 1868 1935 1902 0 No 24 Not enough games Xiong Sonya 1864 1845 1855 0 No 25 Not enough games
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FIDE June 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings - Open/Women’s
The 10 highest FIDE rated Canadians ( active in the last 24 months, internationally or in Canada ) are :
# 1 : GM Eric Hansen at 2577. (second time in # 1!);
# 2 : GM Kevin Spraggett, 4 times Canadian Champion ( last in 1996 ), at 2568 ( has been over 2600 ) – now playing out of Portugal – excellent staying power, given he was 58 years old on Nov. 10, 2012;
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# 3. GM Bator Sambuev at 2519 – 2012 Canadian Champion (& 2011 ) – up 17 pts.;
# 4 : GM Pascal Charbonneau, 2002 & 2004 Canadian Champion, at 2505 – now working in USA;
# 5 : GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon at 2476.
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# 6: IM Leonid Gerzhoy, rated 2469 (has been over 2500);
# 7: IM Nikolay Noritsyn at 2466.
# 8 – IM Aman Hambleton, rated 2461 (down 7 pts.);
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# 9 – IM Zhe Quan, rated 2431;
# 10 – IM Edward Porper, rated 2424.
There are two Canadian GM’s with another federation : 18 year old GM Wesley So ( Philippines citizen; plays for that federation; Canadian permanent resident ) at 2705 ( # 44 in the world) – the top-rated Canadian!; GM Anton Kovalyov ( citizen of the Ukraine; Canadian permanent resident; plays for Argentina ) at 2606 ( briefly went into the 2500’s from Sept. – Nov./12 ) ( he has now started the process to change federations to Canada, but there is a waiting period ).
There is one previously inactive GM, Dimitri Tyomkin ( his last rated game in Canada was August 2005 ; and after playing only 2 FIDE rated games in Europe between Jan. 1, 2006 and the end of 2010, in 2011/2/3 Dimitri has played a few games for teams in the Spanish Team Championships; he is rated 2473 ). Canada has 3 inactive GM’s : Mark Bluvshtein (had been over 2600), Alexander Le Siege; and Duncan Suttles.
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The top 10 FIDE rated Canadian women players are ( active in the last 24 months, internationally or in Canada ) :
# 1 : WIM Yuanling Yuan ( 1994 ) at 2220 ( currently at university in USA ) ;.
# 2 : WIM Natalia Khoudgarian, current 2012 Canadian Women’s Champion ( and 2006, 2007 & 2011 ), at 2136.
# 3 : WFM Dina Kagramanov, 2009 Canadian Women’s Champion, at 2067;
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# 4 : WFM Daniela Belc, at 2044; ( no file picture ) # 5 : WCM Alexandra Botez, at 2024.
# 6 : Anastasia Kazakevich, rated 2019 (down 14 pts.);
# 7: WFM Jackie Peng at 2011;.
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# 8 : Iulia Lacau-Rodean, rated 1989;
# 9: Myriam Roy, rated 1985;
# 10 : Regina Veronika Kalaydina, rated 1958.
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There are 6 inactive Canadian WIM’s : Nava Starr; Vesma Baltgailis; Johanne Charest; Dinara Khaziyeva; Diane Mongeau, Smilja Vujosevic. The highest FIDE-rated Canadian woman is WFM Valeriya Gansvind, at 2246, who plays for another federation - Estonia. Another highly rated Canadian woman in Hong Kong, who plays under the Canadian flag, is WFM Yamei Wang, rated 2045 ( but since 2004 she’s only played infrequently in Hong Kong, against one opponent 1866, and a few others in the 1700’s ). Provincial Tournaments & Chess Clubs/Organizations
TCN offers chess clubs and chess organizations a “ news section ”. As a club/organization accepts, TCN is developing “TCN Liaisons” in these groups in Toronto, the GTA and beyond, whereby one member at each club/organization will take responsibility for submitting their news to TCN on a regular basis for this section. For clubs, this will include club games from club tournaments when possible. We have 3 chess organizations and 9 clubs now with news sections of the newsletter opened for them. We hope to slowly increase this number as time passes. We also intend to extend coverage outside of Ontario, our starting province.
If you are in a club, or know someone in another club, and think the club might like to take out a news section, please have them contact us to discuss it – we are trying to present a format where chess organizations can promote themselves, and chess.
We also hope to develop ongoing relationships with GTA (and beyond) tournament organizers, so they will consider sending in reports and some of the more interesting games from their tournaments. Depending on time available, TCN will try to annotate some of the unannotated games submitted by organizers and clubs. Depending on time available, TCN will try to annotate some of the unannotated games submitted by organizers and clubs. ONTARIO Tournament Reports (Note: if you play in a tournament, and have a good game, send it on for us to consider publishing with our tournament report) Ontario Open This premier tournament of the OCA was played on the Victoria Day Weekend in Ottawa. Here are the section winners.
Masters Section 1st with 5.5 : Bator Sambuev 2nd with 3.5 : David Gordon
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3rd with 3.0 : Roman Sapozhnikov, Victor Plotkin, Michael Humphreys, Kevin Pacey, Jackie Peng U2200 Section 1st with 5.0 : William Doubleday 2nd/3rd with 4.0 : Wenlu Yu, Francesco Dunne, Danail Donev U1900 Section 1st with 4.5 : Ryan Yang 2nd/3rd with 4.0 : Alex Danilov, John Erickson, Daniel Molev U1600 Section 1st with 6.0 : Richard Guo 2nd with 4.5 : Nathan Farrant-Diaz 3rd with 4.0 : Richard Moulton, Srikanth Rapaka, John Brown
IA Aris Marghetis was the organizer/arbiter.
Some Games:
U 1600 Section
Ken Kurkowski, Scarborough CC member, and columnist for this TCN, was about 5th rated in the U 1600 section. But he was half a point out of the money. Here is a hard-fought draw he played (Annotations by Ken Kurkowski, using Fritz):
(2) Kurkowski, Ken − Marshall, Eric [D05] Ontario Open U1600 Ottawa (5), 20.05.2013
[Kurkowski and Fritz 13 (40s)]
D05: Colle System with ...e6 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.b3 The Colle−Zukertort System. White
prepares to deploy his bishops on d3 and b2. 4...Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Nbd2 0-0 last book move 9.Re1 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 [Weaker is 12.Rxe4 Bb7 13.Re3
cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5∓] 12...Rb8 13.c4 Bb7 14.Qd2 [14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Qe2 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4
17.Nxd4 Nc5²] 14...cxd4= 15.Nxd4 With the centre opened up, the game enters a tactical phase
for the next few moves. [15.Bxb7!? Rxb7 16.Bxd4= (16.Nxd4? Nb8 17.Re4 Nc6-+) ] 15...Nc5³ 16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.Rad1 Rd7 At this point, with my Knight pinned, I was starting to feel quite
uncomfortable. 18.f4 Qb8 [18...Qc8 19.Qe3∓] 19.Qf2 [¹19.Qe3 Qc8 20.h4∓] 19...Bxd4 [¹19...Qc8∓] 20.Bxd4= Rfd8 21.Be5 I find a way to neutralize Black's d−file pressure. 21...Qb7 22.Rxd7 Qxd7?? letting the wind out of his own sails (Fritz) [22...Rxd7 23.Qe3 Nd3 24.Re2 Nxe5
25.Qxe5=] 23.Qe2?? there were better ways to keep up the pressure (Fritz). The thing is, I had
spent the last few moves trying to defend against my opponent's threats and it was not easy to
suddenly shift to offence! [¹23.Qh4 Threatening to infiltrate on the dark squares. 23...Qd2
24.Bc3+−] 23...Qd2 24.Kf1 Qxe2+ [24...Kf8 25.Qxd2 Rxd2 26.Re2 Rd1+ 27.Re1=] 25.Kxe2² Kf8 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 This ending looks pretty equal, but the complications are not yet over...
27...Ke7 28.Ke2 f6 29.Bb8 a6 30.Ke3 [30.Bc7 b5²] 30...Kd7= Here I started to think that my
Bishop was in serious trouble. 31.b4 Nb7 32.Kd4?? White lets it slip away (Fritz) [¹32.Ke4=
avoiding the threatened fork on c6, was much better] 32...Nd8-+ 33.b5 axb5 34.cxb5 Nb7 [34...Nf7 might be the shorter path (Fritz) but my opponent was intent on hunting down my B.
35.Ke4-+]
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Position after 34…Nb7 XABCDEFGHY 8-vL-+-+-+( 7+n+k+-+p' 6-zp-+pzpp+& 5+P+-+-+-% 4-+-mK-zP-+$ 3+-+-+-+-# 2P+-+-+PzP" 1+-+-+-+-! xabcdefghy
35.a4? [¹35.f5!? e5+ 36.Kd5 gxf5 37.g3-+] 35...Kc8-+ 36.Ba7? [36.f5 Kxb8 37.fxe6-+] 36...Kc7 37.Kc4 Nd6+ [¹37...Na5+!? and Black can already relax (Fritz) 38.Kc3 Kb7-+] 38.Kb4 Kb7 [¹38...Nc8!? keeps an even firmer grip (Fritz) 39.Bxb6+ Nxb6 40.g3-+] 39.Bxb6 My only hope is
to create a diversion with the two connected passers. 39...Kxb6 40.a5+ Kc7 41.Kc5 Ne4+ [41...Nb7+ 42.Kb4-+ e5 43.fxe5 fxe5 with the following possibilities: 44.a6 (44.b6+ Kc6) 44...Nd6
45.Kc5 Nc8 46.Kd5 Kb6 47.Kxe5 Kxb5 48.Kf6 Kxa6 49.Kg7 Kb6 50.Kxh7] 42.Kd4 Nd6 [42...Nf2
43.Kc4-+] 43.Kc5 Ne4+ 44.Kd4 Nd6?? Finding nothing better, my opponent forces the draw by
repetition, to my great relief! [¹44...Nd2 would have given Black a clear advantage (Fritz), but I
guess my opponent was too concerned about my passed pawns. 45.Kc5 Nb3+ 46.Kb4 Nc1-+]
45.Kc5= One of a couple of lucky escapes for me at the Ontario Open! ½-½
U 1900 Section
Aurora CC/Scarborough CC member Doug Gillis
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played in the U 1600 section, and was the bottom rated. Here is his one win, in the final round (Annotations by Chessmaster):
Flitton, David ,1627 − Gillis, Doug ,1614 [A03]
Ontario Open; Ottawa (6), 20.05.2013
Notes by Chessmaster. 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.b3 Bxf3 This moves seems playable. 4.exf3 [4.gxf3? e6 With the threat of 5... Q−h4+ etc; ] 4...Nf6 5.Bb2 e6 6.d4 There are other possible
moves; [6.f5 Bd6 (6...Qd7) 7.fxe6 Qe7 8.Be2 (8.Bb5+ c6) 8...Qxe6 (8...fxe6) 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1
(10.Nc3) 10...Re8 11.Nc3 Qe5 12.g3 Nc6 13.Kg2 d4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bd3 Ba3 16.Bxa3 Qa5
17.Bxe4 (17.Rxe4 Qxa3 18.Qe2 Red8 19.Re1 g6 20.Bc4 a6 21.Rf4 Rd7 22.Re4 Kg7 23.Re8 Rad8 24.Qe4 Rxe8 25.Qxe8 Re7 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Qxe7 Nxe7 −/+ .05;) 17...Qxa3 18.c3 Qd6
+/− .05;; 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 c5 (7...0-0) 8.Nc3 Nc6 (8...0-0) 9.Qe2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Kb1 b5
12.Rhe1 Qc7 13.a4 d4 14.Ne4 bxa4 15.f5 (15.bxa4 Rfb8!) 15...exf5 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.f4 Rab8
18.Qxa6 axb3 19.c3 Qa5 20.Qxa5 Nxa5 21.Bd5 Rfc8 −/+ 1.65;; 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Bc3 0-0-0 12.Qc2 Nd4 13.Qd3 Qh5 14.Bxd4 Bc5 15.Rc1 Rxd4
16.Qc3 Bb6 −/+ 1.25;; 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Bc3 0-0-0
12.Qc2 Nd4 13.Qd3 Qh5 14.Bxd4 Bc5 15.Qc3 Bb6 −/+ 1.25;; 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bc5
9.Ne2 Qd6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Qd3 Ba5+ 12.Kf2 a6 13.a4 0-0 −/+.70;] 6...Bb4+ [6...Bd6 7.Qd2] 7.c3 [7.Nd2] 7...Bd6 8.g3 0-0 9.Nd2 [9.Bg2 c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Na3 Qb6 12.Nc2 a5 −/+ .35;; 9.Qd3 c5
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Na3 Nc6 12.0-0-0 a6 13.Nc2 b5 14.Bg2 Qc7 15.Kb1 Rac8 16.Ne3 −/+ .15;; 9.b4
a5 10.a3 Nbd7 11.Nd2 axb4 12.cxb4 Nb6 13.Rc1 −/+ .10;] 9...c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b4? [11.Qe2
Nc6 12.0-0-0 Qb6 13.Kb1 a5 14.Qb5 Qa7 15.Bd3 Rac8 16.Rhe1 Rfe8 17.Re2 −/+ .30;] 11...Be7 [11...Qb6! 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Nb3 Bd6 14.Rd1 Nc6 15.Qf2 Nxb4 16.Ra1 (16.Qxb6 axb6
(16...Nc2+?? 17.Kd2 axb6 18.Kxc2 Rxa2 19.Ra1 Rxa1 20.Bxa1 Ra8 21.Bb2 +/− 1.80) )
16...Qxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Nc2 18.Rc1 Na3 19.Nd2 b5 −/+ 1.50;] 12.a4?! [12.a3] 12...d4 13.Ne4 While
the text seems reasonable, CM says that White had a number of other choices as well. [13.b5
dxc3 14.Bxc3 Nbd7 15.Nc4 Nd5 16.Bd4 Bc5 17.a5 Qe7 18.Bb2 Rad8 −/+ 1.15;; 13.Qc2 Nd5
14.cxd4 Bxb4 15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 f5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Qd3 Rad8 20.0-0 Nxd4
21.Nc4 Bc5 22.Kh1 Nxf3 23.Qxf3 (23.Qxd5 exd5) 23...Qxc4 24.Qxb7 Rd7! 25.Qf3 (25.Qxd7?? Qe4+ 0-1;) 25...Rd3 26.Qb7 Rf7! Same theme. 27.Qg2 −/+ .40;(27.Qxf7?? Qd5+!! 0-1;) ; 13.cxd4
Bxb4 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.0-0 Nxd4 16.Rb1 Qd5 17.Ne4 Rad8 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Be4 Qc4! Black's
threatens 20... Nxe2+ winning White's Queen. 20.Rf2 Bc5 The same threat of 21... N−e2+
winning White's Queen is again in place 21.Kh1 f5 22.Bxb7 Nb3 23.Qe2 Qxa4 24.Rg2 −/+ .40;]
13...dxc3 14.Bxc3 Nd5 15.Qb3 [15.Bd2 Bxb4 16.Bxb4 Nxb4 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 +/− 1.10;] 15...Qb6 16.Be2? [16.Bd2 Bxb4 17.Bxb4 Nc6 18.a5 Qxb4+ 19.Qxb4 Ncxb4 20.Rd1 Rac8 −/+ 1.70;]
16...Nxb4?! [16...Nxc3! 17.Nxc3 Bxb4 18.Kf1 (18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Kf1 Qe3 20.Kg2 Rxc3 21.Rxc3 Qxc3 22.Qxc3 Bxc3 23.Rc1 Bb4 24.Rc8+ Bf8 25.Bd3 f5! 26.g4 g6 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Bc4 Kf7 29.Bxe6+ Kxe6 30.Rxf8 b6 31.Kg3 a6 32.Kh4 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Kg5 b4 35.Rf6+ Kd5 36.Rxf5+ Kc4 37.Rf7 Ra5+ 38.f5 b3 39.Rb7 Rb5 40.Rc7+ Kd3 −/+ 6.15;; 18.Rb1 Bxc3+ 19.Qxc3 Qxb1+) 18...Qd4 19.Nd1 Qxa1 20.Qxb4 Nc6 21.Qxb7 Qxa4 −/+ 4.10;] 17.a5?? [17.Qb2 N8c6 18.Kf1
(18.Bxg7 e5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Nc2+ 21.Kf1 Ne3+!! (21...Nxa1 22.Qxe7) 22.Ke1 Bb4+
23.Nd2 Rfe8 24.Qb5 Nc2+ 25.Kf1 Nxa1 26.Ne4 Qxb5 27.Bxb5 Red8 −/+ 5.20;) 18...f6 19.Kg2
Nd5 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Bd2 −/+ 1.00;]
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Position after 17.a5?? XABCDEFGHY 8rsn-+-trk+( 7zpp+-vlpzpp' 6-wq-+p+-+& 5zP-+-+-+-% 4-sn-+NzP-+$ 3+QvL-+PzP-# 2-+-+L+-zP" 1tR-+-mK-+R! xabcdefghy
17...Nd3+!! White resigns. Since computers never resign, here is a sample continuation by CM.
[17...Nd3+ 18.Bxd3 Qxb3 19.Rb1 Qd5 20.Ke2 f5 21.Nd2 Rc8 22.Rb5 Qxb5 23.Bxb5 Rxc3 24.Bc4
Nc6 25.Bxe6+ Kf8 26.Bd5 Rd8 27.Bxc6 Rc2 28.Rd1 bxc6 −/+ 12.00; White is helpless against
29... B−b4; ] 0-1
GREATER TORONTO AREA Toronto Closed Chess Championship Championship Section
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The Toronto Closed Chess Championship is an eight-player Round-Robin tournament that will decide the 2013 Toronto Chess Champion. Sanctioned by the Greater Toronto Chess League, it is hosted once again this year at Annex Chess Club.
The leader after 5 rounds is Michael Song, former Scarborough CC junior – has only given up one draw. Here are the standings after 5 rounds:
# 2013 Toronto Closed
CFC FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tot
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Championship
1 Vladimir Birarov 2242 2166 × 0 ½ 1 0 1 2.5
2 FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2411 2535 1 × ½ 1 0 1 3.5
3 FM Michael Barron 2265 2179 ½ ½ × 1 ½ 2.5
4 Lorne Yee 2259 2191 0 0 × 0 0 0.0
5 Michael Song 2354 2189 1 1 × ½ 1 1 4.5
6 FM Victor Plotkin 2390 2214 0 1 ½ × 1 1 3.5
7 FM Michael Humphreys 2286 2150 1 ½ 0 0 × 1.5
8 Stephan Tonakanian 2136 1939 0 0 0 0 × 0.0
Toronto Closed Reserves Section
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This is an eight player round robin as well. The winner gains entry into next year’s Toronto Closed Championship Section. Leading after 5 rounds is Mark Plotkin, with 5 straight wins. Here are the standings after 5 rounds:
# 2013 Toronto Closed Reserves CFC FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tot
1 Chris Udrea 1952 0 × 1 0 ½ ½ 1 3.0
2 Roderigo Oliveira 1937 0 0 × 0 1 0 1 2.0
3 Mark Plotkin 2193 1928 1 1 × 1 1 1 5.0
4 Pepin Manalo 1841 1756 ½ 0 × 0 0 ½ 1.0
5 David Southam 2179 2101 ½ 1 × 1 1 ½ 4.0
6 Dmitry Chernik 1889 1938 0 1 0 × ½ 0 1.5
7 Zehn Nasir 2188 1889 1 0 ½ 0 ½ × 2.0
8 Miroslav Stefanovic 1949 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 × 1.5
(photos and info from Annex CC website)
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Chess Organization News From the GTCL Perspective
- The Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) has a 6 person executive and currently a 9 person board of directors (can be larger)
- Coordinating chess in the Greater Toronto Area (Toronto, Halton, Peel, York & Durham)
- Website: http://www.torontochess.org/drupal/
(by Editor: for TCN Liaison for GTCL, Egis Zeromskis; from e-mail by GTCL President, Michael Barron) Here is the finalized list of GTCL Elections for CFC Governor (9): 1. Michael Barron 2. Ilia Bluvshtein 3. Marcus Wilker, 4. Egidijus Zeromskis 5. Evgeni Tobolovsky 6. Bob Armstrong 7. Nikolay Noritsyn 8. Chris Field 9. Bindi Cheng Also, the Regional OCA Vice-President from GTCL is Evgeni Tobolovsky
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Chess Institute of Canada
Photo Credit: Jordynn Colosi At the Chess Institute of Canada, we bring chess to life! ( by Jessica Yared, TCN Liaison for CIC ) - no news report filed Chess Club News TORONTO Scarborough Chess Club News
Meets Thursdays – 7:00 – 10:45 PM Location: Birkdale Community Centre, 1299 Ellesmere Road (between Midland Ave. and Brimley Road)
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SCC e – mail : [email protected] SCC Website : http://www.ScarboroughChessClub.ca
(by Ken Kurkowski, TCN Liaison for SCC)
SCC Championship
Congratulations to Steve Laughlin, our 2013 Club Champion!
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He and Dave Southam
Dave
both finished with 7.5 points out of 9, but the tie-break (using the Sonneborn-Berger formula) went in favour of Steve.
Dean Ward was the clear winner of the 1400+ section with 7.0 points. By virtue of his victory in this tournament, Dean automatically qualifies for the wildcard spot in the 2014 club championship. Trailing Dean at 6.5 points were Chris Udrea and Michael Li. Several players -- Lui Morra, Ken Kurkowski, Harry Zhao and Sankar Govindarajan, trailed the leaders with 6.0 points.
Like the 1400+ section, the U1400 section had a clear winner, junior member Nicholas Vettese, who finished with 7.5 points. Tied at 7 points were Thomas Shen and Michael Wang. SCC Spring Swiss Another successful season at Scarborough Chess Club is nearing its end, with the five-round Spring Swiss. Note that on June 6, the tournament will be suspended for a week to make way for an Active Chess tournament.
Games: From the Club Championship Southam, David − Picana, Andrew [E70] SCC Championship Toronto (9), 16.05.2013
[Fritz 13 (40s)] 500MB, Fritz13.ctg, HPDV7−3060CA−PC
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Andrew (2011-2 Champion)
1.d4 [1.e4] 1...Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 0-0 7.h3 e5 8.Nge2 Na6 9.Bg5 last book move 9...h6 [9...Nb4!?= is worth consideration]
10.Be3± Nc7 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.g4 a6 13.Ng3 Ng8 14.0-0-0 [14.b4!? cxb4
15.Na4±] 14...b5² Trying to unravel the pawn chain 15.Kb1 bxc4 16.Bxc4 Black
has a cramped position. The bishop feels good on c4 16...Rb8 17.Qe2 White has
an active position 17...Qd7 [17...Qh4 18.Rdg1=] 18.g5 Nb5 19.Nxb5 axb5 20.Bd3 c4 Black threatens to win material: c4xd3 21.Bc2 Ba6 22.b4 cxb3 23.Bxb3 Rfc8 [23...Ra8 24.h4 b4 25.Qf3²] 24.h4 Ra8 25.gxh6 [25.h5!? b4
26.Qb2±] 25...b4² 26.Qd2 Bf8 27.Rc1 Qb5 [27...Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 Nf6 29.Qc6
Qxc6 30.dxc6 Bd3+ 31.Ka1 Bxh6 32.Bxh6 Kxh6 33.Rd1±] 28.Rxc8 [28.Rc6!?±]
28...Rxc8² 29.h5 Rc3 The rook dominates 30.hxg6+ fxg6 31.Rc1 [31.Bc2 Nf6
32.f3 Qa5²] 31...Qd3+ [31...Qa5 32.Rxc3 bxc3 33.Qc2=] 32.Qxd3² Bxd3+ 33.Kb2 Rxc1 Black has a mate threat 34.Kxc1 Bxh6 A minor pieces endgame
occured. 35.Kd2 Bb5 36.Bc2 Nf6 37.Bxh6 Kxh6 38.Bd3 White threatens to win
material: Bd3xb5 38...Bd7 39.f3 Consolidates g4 39...Nh5 Black threatens to win
material: Nh5xg3 40.Nf1 Nf6 41.Ne3 Kg5 42.Nc2 White threatens to win
material: Nc2xb4 42...Kf4 43.Be2 g5 44.Nxb4 g4 45.fxg4 [45.Nd3+!? Kg5
46.Ke3²] 45...Nxe4+= 46.Kc2 Ke3 Black threatens to win material: Ke3xe2
[Worse is 46...Bxg4 47.Nd3+ Kg3 48.Bxg4 Kxg4 49.a4±] 47.Bd3 Bxg4 48.Bxe4 [48.a4!?³ looks like a viable alternative] 48...Kxe4∓ 49.Kc3 Bd7 50.Kb3 Kd4 51.a4 Kc5 52.a5 Bc8 53.Kc3 ½-½
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Annex Chess Club News
Meets Monday evenings Location: 918 Bathurst St., Toronto (north of the Bathurst Subway Station) Annex CC website: http://annexchessclub.com/ (by TCN Liaison for Annex CC, Marcus Wilker)
(written after our Issue date, on the publication date, June 3) Our ACC Spring Fling wrapped up on May 13. Winners were Tyler Longo (in the Crown section),Adrian Chin (in U1800), and Bradley Yee (in U1400). Congratulations, winners! Then, May 24 long weekend, a contingent from the Annex Chess Club took a road trip to the Ontario Open and had a memorable stay. Thank you to the organizers in Ottawa! Back at the club, we're now under way with our ACC Backyard Barbecue. Round 2 is tonight, Monday June 3, at 7:30 pm. Meanwhile, the Toronto Closed is coming to a close with the last round tonight (and a few make-up games next week). It's been an honour to host all these fine players. See the club website for results and posted games. We'll keep the club sizzling all summer long, as we continue to be open on Monday evenings with tournament and casual chess. We should also be featuring a simul and lecture by GM Elshan Moradiabadi soon. Stay tuned for details. Enjoy the summer, and don't stop playing!
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Willowdale Chess Club News Meetings: Tuesday, 7:00 – 10:00 PM (generally casual play) Location: Earl Bales Community Centre (Bathurst St./Sheppard Ave.) (by TCN Liaison, Mike Ivanov )
- no news report filed HALTON Burlington Chess Club News Meetings - Tuesday evenings Website: http://www.burlingtonchessclub.com/ Email: [email protected] Location: The Red Cross Building 262 Guelph Line Burlington, ON L7R 3K7 (Southwest corner of Guelph Line and 1st Street) For juniors : the Burlington Junior Chess Club – Wednesdays - at Robert Bateman High School, 5151 New Street (near Appleby Line). Check website for details. - Burlington CC is still deciding whether to appoint a replacement TCN Liaison for the club; so no news report is filed for this Issue. PEEL Mississauga Chess Club News
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Website: www.mississaugachessclub.ca Email: [email protected] Location: U of T – Mississauga Campus (see website for map) Adult club: Thursdays, 8-11pm, Faculty Lounge, Room 3141 Junior club: Thursdays, 6:45 – 8pm, Spiegel Hall
- MCC is still deciding whether to appoint a replacement TCN Liaison for the club; so no news report is filed for this Issue. YORK Aurora Chess Club News
Meetings: Mondays in the Cafeteria of Aurora High School, from 6pm until 10:30pm!
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Website: www.aurorachessclub.ca For info: contact founder, Graeme Knight : [email protected] (by Editor; post by TCN Liaison for Aurora CC, Graeme Knight, on Aurora CC Website)
Club Rapid: May 27th 2013 The May 27th Rapid was a club-rated event. Club ratings listed are unofficial, and for use by Aurora Chess Club members only. They in no way reflect official CFC or FIDE ratings. You can use them to gauge your personal improvement (or demise) within the club. Ratings are rounded to the nearest whole number. Final Ranking Rank S No. Name Rtg. 1.Rd. 2.Rd. 3.Rd. 4.Rd. 5.Rd. Pts BH. 1 4 Jerry Wasserman 2000 27 b 1 9 w 1 3 b ½ 6 w 1 7 b 1 4½ 15 2 2 Dave MacLeod 2117 19 b 1 4 w 1 18 b 1 7 w 1 3 b ½ 4½ 15 3 1 Egis Zeromskis 2246 10 w 1 16 b 1 1 w ½ 8 b 1 2 w ½ 4 17½ 4 12 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam 1479 24 w 1 2 b 0 25 w 1 10 b 1 13 w 1 4 13½ 5 8 Bernie Prost 1620 34 b 1 28 w 1 6 b 0 12 w 1 11 b 1 4 11 6 5 Mickey Stein 1903 31 w ½ 17 b 1 5 w 1 1 b 0 16 w 1 3½ 14½ 7 3 Sergey Noritsyn 2013 22 w 1 11 b 1 8 w 1 2 b 0 1 w 0 3 17
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8 6 Andy Kaniak 1708 12 b 1 15 w 1 7 b 0 3 w 0 20 b 1 3 15 9 16 George Chen 1291 14 w 1 1 b 0 21 w 1 13 b 0 22 w 1 3 15 10 17 Brian Warburton 1285 3 b 0 32 w 1 20 b 1 4 w 0 17 b 1 3 13½ 11 15 Steve McGowan 1337 20 b 1 7 w 0 28 b 1 18 w 1 5 w 0 3 12½ 12 22 Michael Blair 1200 8 w 0 29 b 1 30 w 1 5 b 0 24 w 1 3 12 13 7 Tom Bozinoski 1686 15 w 0 34 b 1 26 b 1 9 w 1 4 b 0 3 11½ 14 31 John Inglis 1034 9 b 0 27 w 1 19 b 1 17 w 0 18 b 1 3 11 15 23 Aidan Mo 1200 13 b 1 8 b 0 16 w ½ 23 w 1 - - 0 2½ 14 16 13 Radu Lupan 1405 32 b 1 3 w 0 15 b ½ 26 w 1 6 b 0 2½ 13 17 10 Zdravko Barbarich 1542 26 b ½ 6 w 0 31 b 1 14 b 1 10 w 0 2½ 12 18 9 William Hall 1590 25 w 1 21 b 1 2 w 0 11 b 0 14 w 0 2 14½ 19 18 Alisher Kishkimbayev 1233 2 w 0 24 b 1 14 w 0 21 b 0 26 b 1 2 13 20 30 Bill Pressman 1126 11 w 0 22 b 1 10 w 0 25 b 1 8 w 0 2 12½ 21 29 Simon Kang 1155 23 b 1 18 w 0 9 b 0 19 w 1 - - 0 2 12 22 19 Richard Zhu 1226 7 b 0 20 w 0 32 b 1 30 w 1 9 b 0 2 10½
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23 14 Graeme Knight 1369 21 w 0 25 b 0 34 w 1 15 b 0 31 w 1 2 8 24 27 Shankar Sethuraman 1200 4 b 0 19 w 0 27 b 1 31 w ½ 12 b 0 1½ 11½ 25 25 Rob Nikifork 1200 18 b 0 23 w 1 4 b 0 20 w 0 27 b ½ 1½ 11½ 26 26 Colin Ruan 1200 17 w ½ 31 b 1 13 w 0 16 b 0 19 w 0 1½ 11 27 20 Bob Girard 1211 1 w 0 14 b 0 24 w 0 34 b 1 25 w ½ 1½ 10½ 28 32 Nick Zhu 974 - - 1 5 b 0 11 w 0 - - 0 - - 0 1 13½ 29 33 Kevin Zhu 966 - - 0 12 w 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 1 11½ 30 34 Ren Qiu Chen 895 - - 0 - - 1 12 b 0 22 b 0 - - 0 1 11½ 31 21 Ivan Noritsyn 1202 6 b ½ 26 w 0 17 w 0 24 b ½ 23 b 0 1 11 32 28 Dorian Kang 1193 16 w 0 10 b 0 22 w 0 - - 1 - - 0 1 10 33 11 Dave Love 1522 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 34 w 1 1 9 34 24 Jayden Nikifork 1200 5 w 0 13 w 0 23 b 0 27 w 0 33 b 0 0 13½ DURHAM Ajax Chess Club News
- meet every 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of the month - 7:00-8:30 pm for juniors and adults play up to 11:00 pm. - location: 115 Ritchie Ave, Ajax - currently, tournaments are not CFC-rated: no club members have CFC
membership
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- For further information, contact David Ho at [email protected] ( from TCN Liaison for Ajax CC, David Ho) - David advised there were no meetings on May 24 or May 31 – so there will be no news report this Issue. Next meeting, Friday, June 6. SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO Chess Club News Hamilton City Chess Club News Meetings: Friday Nights Website: http://chesshamilton.mygamesonline.org/news.php Email: [email protected] Location: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School 1715 Main Street East (near Parkdale) Hamilton, Ontario (by TCN Liaison for Hamilton City CC, Michel Vasquez) The May Series was won by Doug Bailey, Raymond Singh, and Bob Gillanders with 3.5 points each. The last day to meet at the school site is Friday, June 14. We are still looking for a new place to meet. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club News
Meetings: Tuesdays – regular meeting
Sunday afternoons – Youth Club
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Location: Kitchener City Hall ( located in the heart of downtown Kitchener at 200 King Street West ), the 'Conestoga Room' behind the rotunda on the main floor, and in the 'Learning Room' on the 2nd Floor.
Website: www.kwchessclub.com/ ( by TCN Liaison for K-W CC, Kai Gauer )
Tournament Results
2013 Twin City Open
Date Director Region Type
2013-05-21 Ed G. Thompson ON R
# Player Old Perf New High Results Total
1 Sundar, Avinaash 2137 2221 2156 2254 =0 +8 +19 +5 +2 =3 5.0
2 Raats, Dan 1914 2047 1977 2135 +15 +4 +3 +7 -1 +9 5.0
3 Klarner, William 2039 2050 2046 2248 +16 +12 -2 +9 +5 =1 4.5
4 Milinkovic, Mate 1699 1943 1788 1817 +18 -2 +17 -0 +12 +7 4.0
5 Forsyth, Garrett 1935 1869 1936 1969 +14 =0 +6 -1 -3 +15 3.5
6 Elez, Matija 1949 1863 1929 1949 +17 =19 -5 +13 -7 +12 3.5
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7 Li, Hongyi 1878 1842 1883 1986 +21 +10 =0 -2 +6 -4 3.5
8 McClelland, Tom 1829 1784 1822 2000 =0 -1 +14 -12 +0 =11 3.0
9 Knechtel, Tim 1678 1768 1699 2087 -10 +13 +15 -3 +17 -2 3.0
10 Hassain, Mahmud 2052 1908 2037 2120 +9 -7 =0 -0 -0 +13 2.5
11 Brammall, Stuart 2001 1900 1996 2010 =0 =0 -0 -0 +14 =8 2.5
12 Piccinin, Mario 1827 1648 1804 1895 +23 -3 =0 +8 -4 -6 2.5
13 Deline, Ralph 1768 1617 1745 2089 =0 -9 +16 -6 +21 -10 2.5
14 Dragasanu, George 1570 1565 1566 1815 -5 +18 -8 +21 -11 =22 2.5
15 Gauer, Kai 1252 1476 1278 1357 -2 +20 -9 =16 +23 -5 2.5
16 Forsyth, Barry 1610 1329 1558 1681 -3 =23 -13 =15 =20 +21 2.5
17 Hammarstrom, Orjan 1583 1487 1565 1723 -6 +21 -4 +18 -9 -0 2.0
18 Nikolic, Miroljub 0 1314 1314 5 -4 -14 +20 -17 -0 +23 2.0
19 Kiss, Istvan 1789 1695 1792 2083 +20 =6 -1 -0 -0 -0 1.5
20 Kong, Aaron 900 1254 998 18 -19 -15 -18 +23 =16 -0 1.5
21 Zheng, Ethan 1194 1322 1198 1216 -7 -17 +23 -14 -13 -16 1.0
22 Thompson, Ed G. 1519 1570 1521 1545 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 =14 0.5
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23 Williamson, James 1122 1033 1084 1637 -12 =16 -21 -20 -15 -18 0.5
So Avinaash Sundar beat Dan Raats in one of the later rounds, but Dan beat Bill Klarner to stop him from getting any chances to tie. Only the first 2 tie for 1st. Clear 3rd place Milinkovic didn't want to play Klarner, and the TD almost threw him out of the tournament before assigning him (only) a 0 point bye for it (the tournament had a number of byes to that point and the TD was a bit upset that Mahmud, Tony and Mario may have expected 1/2 point byes - ok, some did have legitimate requests there). Kai almost beat Dan in round 1, but a loss didn't affect any expected future pairings. Newly minted Waterloo resident Stuart Brammall also decided to join our club for the purposes of donating more rating points! -- advertisements -- Guelph Pre-Summer Pro-Am June 1-2, 2013 Room 442, Guelph University Centre 5 Round Swiss in 3 Sections: FIDE Rated Pro, FIDE Rated U2000, U1600 Players may play up if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor. Cost is $20, proceeds to the Olympic Fund. Round Times: Saturday 10:am, 2:00pm, 6:00pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:30pm Time Control: Round 1 G/60 +30 sec, Rounds 2-5 G/90 + 30 sec Entry Fees: Pro Section $60, others $40. Late Fee: $10.00 on site Half Point Byes: in rounds 1-4 may be requested in advance [email protected] --
June 15 - KW Team Challenge - Active tournament
5 rounds for teams of 4 players
Teams are paired in Swiss System
Individual games rated by CFC
Time Control: 25 min + 10 s Bronstein CFC rated active tournament
-- new club in town -- 7:00 pm every Thursday at the Victoria Park Senior's Centre 150 Albert St. W., FERGUS, Ontario
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Contact info: Louie David at (519) 843-4445 [email protected] You'd want to be on the south side of the 2 river roads, but there is a crossing to Broderick's and other food along an old main road for shoppers on the other side of the rapids. It's up by the track in my old hometown. Neighboring Elora used to get an event going at the mill a couple of years ago until renovations completed this year. Maybe another tournament would return. Fergus is about 20 minutes drive north east or north west of Waterloo and Guelph areas, depending on which way the 401 might take them. http://ralphsattic.blogspot.ca/ - the past Canadian senior champ wanted me to put a plug in for his blog. He, Hans, Ralph and Tim Knechtel were able to drop by and meet the guys. If you check the blog, you can see some pictures ! -- Our club night is an executive meeting and non-tournament night on May 28. Then we decide if we're doing regular rated quads or an active registration for the following summer weeks. British Columbia Tournaments (Note: if you play in a tournament, and have a good game, send it on for us to consider publishing with our tournament report)
Keres Memorial
Played May 18-20, 2013, this was a 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss. There were $4000 in prizes guaranteed. 98 players participated.
The winners were:
Open
1st IM Georgi Orlov 2nd IM Raymond Kaufman 3rd Jack Cheng U2200 Alexandra Botez, Ryan Lo, Matthew Herdin U2000 1st Joe Soliven 2nd Hiva Menbari
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U1800 Marionito Jose U1600 1st Anderson Yee 2nd Clement Cheng, Lahiru Jayaweera U1400 Paula Brewster Unrated Navid Samiei
Full Cross-tables: http://www3.telus.net/public/swright2/Keres2013.html
(winners from CFC Newsfeed – Felix Dumont)
Organizations
British Columbia Chess Federation (BCCF) Annual General Meeting
This annual meeting was held during the Keres Memorial. The incoming board is: President: Alonso Campos Past President: Roger Patterson Treasurer: Paul Leblanc Secretary: Lyle Craver VP Island Mark Dutton Junior Coordinator: Maxim Doroshenko (post meeting news: probable VP Northern John Niksic) CFC Governors :
Paul Leblanc, Lyle Craver, Mark Dutton, Alonso Campos, Valer Demian
(information from CFC Newsfeed – Felix Dumont) Alberta Tournament Reports (Note: if you play in a tournament, and have a good game, send it on for us to consider publishing with our tournament report) Calgary International Website: http://www.calgaryinternationalchessclassic.com/International.html
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Dates: May 14 - 20 Site: Best Western Village Park Inn, 1804 Crowchild Trail NW Format: 9 round swiss, CFC/FIDE rated Norms: GM/IM norms possible Byes: Byes are not allowed for those seeking norms. All byes are 0 points Time Control: 40/90, Game in 30 + 30 seconds from move 1 Special Rule: No agreed draws before move 30 Arbiter: Ali Razzaq, FA Chief Organizer: Jim Daniluk The 20 players were:
The winner was Wesley So with a run-away 8/9 pts. It might be noted that although Wesley is a citizen of the Philippines, and plays for that country, he is also a Canadian permanent resident.
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Wesley Canadian GM Eric Hansen finished in a 3-way tie for second with Robin Van
Kampen and Victor Mikhalevski, with 6/9 pts..
Eric Canadian IM Edward Porper also did quite well, coming 5th/6th, with 5.5/9 pts..
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In Rd. 2, Wesley defeated Victor in a key game between GM’s. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): So, Wesley (2701) − Mikhalevski, Victor (2551) [D90] 2013 Calgary International Calgary, Alberta (2), 15.05.2013
1.d4² 0.34 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+?!= [5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 h6²] 5...Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 0-0 8.Bf4 Na6 9.e4 c5 10.e5?!³ for the first time in the game, Victor gets the
advantage [10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5=] 10...Be6
XABCDEFGHY 8r+-wq-trk+( 7zpp+-zppvlp' 6n+-+lsnp+& 5+-zp-zP-+-% 4-+QzP-vL-+$ 3+-sN-+N+-# 2PzP-+-zPPzP" 1tR-+-mKL+R! xabcdefghy 11.exf6!! a sound, amazing Q−sac [11.Qa4 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5³] 11...Bxc4 taking the offered Q
12.fxg7 Kxg7 13.Bxc4 cxd4 Victor is up Q + 2 P's vs 2 B's + N 14.Rd1?!∓ Victor gets a "clear"
advantage [14.0-0-0 Qa5 15.Rxd4 Rfd8³] 14...Qa5 15.Be5+ [15.Rxd4 Rad8 16.Rxd8 Rxd8∓]
15...f6 16.Bxd4 Victor is up Q + P vs 2 B's + N 16...Rfd8 17.0-0 e5 18.Be3 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rc1 [20.Rxd8 Qxd8 21.Bxa7 Nb4∓] 20...Nb4 [20...Nc5 21.h3 a6∓] 21.Ne4 [21.Nd2 Nd3
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22.Rc2 g5∓] 21...Nxa2 Victor is up Q + 2 P's vs 2 B's +N 22.Re1 Nb4 23.Nc5 Nc2 24.Nxb7 Victor is up Q + P vs 2 B's + N 24...Qb4 25.Nxd8 Qxc4 Wesley is up R + B + N vs Q + P
[25...Nxe1 26.b3 Qc3∓ Victor would be up Q + P vs 2 B's + N] 26.Rc1 Qd5?= Victor has lost his
advantage [26...Qd3 27.Ne6+ Kf7∓] 27.Ne6+ Kf7 28.Bd2?!³ [28.Nc7 Qb3 29.Bxa7 g5=] 28...Qb3 29.Nd8+ Ke8 30.Nb7 Qxb2 Wesley is up R + B + N vs Q + 2P's 31.Nd6+ Ke7 32.Nc4 Qa2 33.Ne3?!∓ Victor gets back a "clear" advantage [33.Na5 e4 34.Ne1 Nd4³] 33...Nxe3 34.Bxe3 a5 35.Nd2 a4 36.h4 Qd5?!³ [36...Qb2 37.Nc4 Qb5∓] 37.Rc5 Qd3 38.Ra5 Qc2 39.Kh2 h5 40.f3 Qd3 41.Bh6 Qd4 42.Ne4 Qb4??+− for the first time since the early opening, Wesley gets the
advantage, a "winning" advantage [42...f5 43.Bg5+ Ke8³] 43.Bd2?² Wesley is losing his
advantage [43.Ra7+ Kd8 44.Bd2 Qd4+−] 43...Qd4 44.Bc3 Qe3 45.Bd2 Qd4 46.Be1 Kf7?!± [46...f5 47.Bc3 Qc4²] 47.Bf2 Qb4?!+− 3.82 Wesley gets a "winning" advantage again [47...Qb2
48.Rxa4 f5±] 48.Ra7+ Ke8?+− 15.21 [48...Ke6 49.Rxa4! Qe7+− 3.89(49...Qxa4?? 50.Nc5+ Kf5 51.Nxa4 Ke6+− 8.56) ] 49.Nxf6+ Wesley is up R + B + N vs Q + P 49...Kd8?+− 19.83 [49...Kf8
50.Bc5+ Qxc5 51.Nd7+ Ke7 52.Nxc5+ Kd6 53.Ne4+ Kc6+− 15.83] 50.Ra8++− 19.51 Victor
resigned. Now Victor loses his Q 50...Kc7 51.Nd5+ Kb7 52.Ra7+ Kc6 53.Nxb4+ Kb5+− 20.57 1-0
For Wesley’s Rd. 3 game, see Eric’s games below. In Rd. 4, two of the three co-leaders, Wesley and Robin van Kampen, both GM’s.,
met on board one. Wesley came out the winner in a Pirc Defence, and so took first alone, with 3.5 /4 pts., since Eric drew with Victor. Here is Wesley’s game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
So, Wesley (2705) − Van Kampen, Robin (2580) [B09] 2013 Calgary International Calgary, Alberta (4), 16.05.2013
[Armstrong, Robert] 1.e4² 0.35 1...d6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.f4 Austrian Attack against the Pirc Defence 4...Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5?!= [7.0-0 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.d5 Nd4²] 7...dxe5 8.fxe5 Nh5?!² [8...Nd5 9.0-0
Bg4=] 9.Be3 Bg4 10.Be2 f6 11.exf6 exf6 Wesley gets a "clear" advantage [11...Nxf6 12.Qd2
Nd5²] 12.0-0 [12.Qd2 Ne7 13.0-0-0 Re8²] 12...Ne7?!± Wesley gets a "clear" advantage [12...f5
13.Qd2 f4²] 13.Re1?!² [13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.h3 Bd7±] 13...Kh8 14.h3 Be6 15.Nd2 Ng3 16.Bf2 Ngf5 17.Nb3 Bg8 18.Bf3 Nc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nc5 Qd6 21.N3e4 Qd5 22.b3 Rae8 23.Qd3 Nd6 24.Nc3 Qf5 25.Qxf5 Nxf5 26.N3a4 h5 27.Na6 Rd8 28.c3 Rf7?!+− Wesley gets a "winning"
advantage [28...Bh6 29.Nxc7 Rc8±] 29.Nb4 Rd6 30.Nc5 a5 31.Nbd3 Bh6 32.Rad1 [32.Nb7
Rdd7 33.Ndc5 Rde7+−] 32...Rd8 33.g4 Nd6 34.c4 hxg4 35.hxg4 Rh7 36.Kg2 Bf7 1.47 [36...Ra8
37.Bg3 a4+− 1.49] 37.Bg3 Re8 38.Rxe8+ Nxe8 39.Be1 Be3 40.Bc3 f5 41.Ne5 Nf6 42.Re1 f4 43.g5 Ne8 44.Ng4 f3+ 45.Kxf3 Bxg5 46.Bxa5 Wesley goes up a P 46...Kg8 47.Ne5 Rh2 3.34
48.Re2 Rh4 49.Nxc6 Wesley goes up 2 P's 49...Rf4+ 50.Kg2 Rg4+ 51.Kf1 Nd6 52.Rg2?+− 3.07
[52.Ne6 Bf6 53.Bxc7 Ne4+− 4.96]
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Position after 52.Rg2? XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+k+( 7+-zp-+l+-' 6-+Nsn-+p+& 5vL-sN-+-vl-% 4-+PzP-+r+$ 3+P+-+-+-# 2P+-+-+R+" 1+-+-+K+-! xabcdefghy
52...Nxc4! Wesley is up a P 53.Rxg4 [53.bxc4?? Bxc4+ 54.Kf2 Rxg2+ 55.Kxg2 Bd5+ 56.Kf2
Bxc6 57.Bxc7 Kf7=] 53...Ne3+ 54.Ke2 Nxg4 55.Bxc7+− 3.05 Wesley is up 2 P's again 1-0
In Rd. 5, Wesley played Adarsh, who was tied for second, with Eric. Wesley won. Here is that game: Jayakumar, Adarsh (2336) − So, Wesley (2705) [E04] 2013 Calgary International Calgary, Alberta (5), 17.05.2013
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 b5 11.b3 Ncb4 12.Qd2 cxb3 13.axb3 Bb7 14.Rc1 0-0 15.Rc5 Nc6 16.Qc1 Qd7 17.Nbd2 b4 18.Qc2 f6 19.Ne1 Nce7 20.Nd3 Bc6 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Nxb4 Ra7 23.Rxa6 Rxa6 24.Nxa6 Ra8 25.Nxc7 Ra1+ 26.Nb1 Bc6 27.e4 Qxc7 28.d5 exd5 29.exd5 Nxd5 30.Rxc6 Rxb1+ 31.Kg2 Qb7 0-1
In Rd. 6, Wesley drew with Canadian IM Edward Porper. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): So, Wesley (2705) − Porper, Edward (2423) [D31] 2013 Calgary International Calgary, Alberta (6), 18.05.2013
1.d4² 0.34 1...d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 Edward goes up the gambitted P [4...Nf6 5.e3
Bd6 6.Bd3 0-0²] 5.e3 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 material equality 11...b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Nd2 Qc7 16.Bc2 e5 17.f3?!= [17.d5?! Nb6 18.Bb3 Nfd7=; 17.Rc1 Rfe8 18.d5 Qd6²] 17...Rfc8?!² [17...h6 18.Rf2 Rfe8=]
18.Re1 [18.Bd3 Rd8 19.Rf2 g6²] 18...h6 [18...Re8 19.Bb3 Re6²] 19.Bb3 Re8 20.Qc2 exd4 21.exd4 Bc6 22.Ne4?!= [22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Qd1 Qf4²] 22...Qa7 23.Ba4 Bxa4 24.Qxa4 Nxe4 25.Rxe4?!³ for the first time in the game, Edward gets the advantage [25.fxe4 Nf8 26.Qb3 Ne6=]
25...Rxe4 26.fxe4 Ne5 27.Qc2 27...a4 28.c5 28...Ng4 29.h3 Nf6 30.Qc4 Nxe4 31.Qxb4 Rb8 32.Qa3 Qd7³ ½-½
In Rd. 7, Wesley defeated GM Eugene Perelshteyn.
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In Rd. 8, Wesley defeated Canadian FM Jason Cao (former 10-year old World Champion). In Rd. 9, Wesley defeated Canadian IM Richard Wang, and Wesley finished first. Here is the final cross-table:
The strongest Canadian player was new Alberta GM Eric Hansen (2577). So we watched his progress. In Rd. 1, he defeated NM Rob Gardiner (2217). In Rd. 2 , he defeated Can. IM Richard Wang (2365). Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Hansen, Eric (2577) − Wang, Richard (2365) [A40] 2013 Calgary International Calgary, Alberta (2), 15.05.2013
1.e4² 0.35 1...c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4?!= [3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6²] 3...Bg7 4.d4 Qb6?!² [4...cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6=] 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4?!± Eric gets an early "clear"
advantage [7...d6 8.0-0 0-0²] 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.bxc3 0-0 10.h3 Ne5 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Qd4 [12.Nd4?!
d6 13.f4 Ned7²] 12...Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Qxd4 14.cxd4 d6 15.Rab1?!² [15.Rfd1 e5 16.Be3 Nc6±]
15...e5 16.c5?!= [16.Rfd1 b6 17.dxe5 (17.c5 dxc5 18.dxc5 Nc6 19.cxb6 axb6²) 17...dxe5²]
16...dxc5 17.dxc5 Nc6 18.Be2 Nd4 19.Bd3 Rb8?!² [19...Re7 20.Bg5 Rd7=] 20.Rfc1?!= [20.f4
Be6 21.fxe5 Bxa2 22.Rb2 Be6²] 20...Bd7 21.Be3 Bc6 22.f3 Rbd8 23.Bc4 Kg7 24.Rd1 Nc2 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bc1 Rd1+ 27.Kf2 Nd4??+− a blunder that at this level should have been
seeable; Eric gets a "winning" advantage [27...Rd4 28.Bb5 Kf6=]
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Position after 27…Nd4?? XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 7zpp+-+pmkp' 6-+l+-+p+& 5+-zP-zp-+-% 4-+LsnP+-+$ 3+-+-+P+P# 2P+-+-mKP+" 1+RvLr+-+-! xabcdefghy
28.Bh6+! nice sac, winning the exchange 28...Kxh6 29.Rxd1 Eric is up the exchange 29...Kg7 30.Ke3 g5 31.Bd5 Kf6 32.Rb1+− 4.50 1-0
In Rd. 3, he (2577) drew his co-leader (he was tied for first), GM Wesley So (2705). This left him in a 3-way tie for first with Wesley and Robin van Kampen. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Hansen, Eric (2577) − So, Wesley (2705) [B40] 2013 Calgary International Calgary, Alberta (3), 15.05.2013
1.e4² 0.35 1...c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3?!= [3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Be2 Nf6²] 3...d5 [3...Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6=] 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 [5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.d4 Nf6=] 5...Nf6 6.Bg2 [6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Nc3 Be7=] 6...Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.dxc5 [9.a3 Re8 10.dxc5 Bxc5=] 9...Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ne1 Bf5 15.Nd3 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Re1 Qc5 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Rac8 20.Rxd4 Qxc2 21.Qxc2 Rxc2 22.Rb4 b6 23.a4 g6 24.a5 bxa5 25.Rxa5 Rc1+ 26.Kg2 Rc7 27.Rba4 Rb8 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Rxa7 Rxb2 30.Ra8+ Kg7= ½-½
In Rd. 4, on board 2, Eric (2577) drew against Victor (2551). This left him in a tie for 2nd/3rd with FM Adarsh Jayakumar, each with 3/ 4 pts.. In Rd. 5, Eric played Robin (2580) and they drew. Here is the game: Van Kampen, Robin (2580) − Hansen, Eric (2577) [B81] 2013 Calgary International Calgary, Alberta (5), 17.05.2013
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 Nc6 9.Bg2 g6 10.Qe2 gxf5 11.exf5 Rg8 12.h3 h5 13.Bf3 Bh6 14.0-0-0 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Kf8 16.Kb1 Nd4 17.Qh6+ Rg7 18.Qh8+ Rg8 19.Qh6+ Rg7 20.Qh8+ Rg8 21.Qh6+ Rg7 22.Qh8+ Rg8 23.Qh6+ ½-½
In Rd. 6, Eric (2577) drew with GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2517). In Rd. 7, Eric lost against Canadian IM Edward Porper (2423). In Rd. 8, Eric defeated Behrooz Ebrahim-Shirazi (2063).
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In Rd. 9, Eric defeated Canadian NM Alex Yam (2283), to finish in a 3-way tie for second, with 6/9 pts..
• There was also a 5-round swiss Reserves Section. Here is the cross-table: •
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There was also a Blitz event. Here is the cross-table:
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TCN Readers’ Section The Games of the Century Series – The Evergreen Game Introduction In this series, which we are presenting every first of the month Issue for the next while, TCN presents those truly spectacular games, that are in the running for the title of “Games of the Century” – 19th, 20th, and 21st. We are presenting over a number of Issues:
1. The Immortal Game (Issue # 1-17) 2. The Evergreen Game (this Issue) 3. The Game of the Century (20th) 4. The Kasparov Immortal Game 5. The Anand Immortal Game
If you have a truly great game which is widely known as pretty spectacular, not on our list, send in the pgn, and if you analyze it, all the better. We’ll add it to our list and name you as the contributor.
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The Game
We are looking initially at games from the 19th century. The second game of our series is “The Evergreen Game”. (from Wikipedia) This is a famous chess game played in Berlin in 1852 between Adolf Anderssen and Jean Dufresne. Adolf Anderssen was one of the strongest players of his time, and was considered by many to be the world champion after winning the London 1851 tournament. Jean Dufresne, a popular author of chess books, was considered a master of lesser but still considerable skill. This was an informal game, like the Immortal Game Anderssen had played the year before.. Wilhelm Steinitz later described the game as the "evergreen in Anderssen's laurel wreath", thus giving this game its name. The German word Immergrün (Evergreen), used by Steinitz, refers to a specific evergreen plant, called Periwinkle (Vinca) in English. The symbolic meaning is expressed in the French translation, the "Forever Young Game" (La Toujours Jeune). The Game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 This is the Evans Gambit, a popular opening in the 19th century and still seen occasionally today. White gives up material to gain an advantage in development. 4... Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. 0-0 d3?! This isn't considered to be a good response; alternatives include 7...dxc3 or 7...d6. 8. Qb3!? This immediately attacks the f7-pawn, but FIDE Master Graham Burgess suggests 8.Re1 instead (Burgess, Nunn & Emms 2004:20). 8... Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 White's e5-pawn cannot be taken; if 9...Nxe5, then 10.Re1 d6 11.Qa4+, forking the king and bishop to win a piece. 10. Re1! Nge7 11. Ba3 b5?! Rather than defending his own position, Black offers a counter-sacrifice to activate his a8-rook with tempo. Burgess suggests 11...a6 instead, to allow the b-pawn to advance later with tempo (Burgess, Nunn & Emms 2004:21).
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12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb6 Black cannot castle here because 14. Bxe7 would win a piece, as the knight on c6 cannot simultaneously protect the knight on e7 and the bishop on a5. 14. Nbd2 Bb7? 15. Ne4 Qf5? 16. Bxd3 Qh5 17. Nf6+!? This is a beautiful sacrifice, although Burgess notes that 17.Ng3 Qh6 18.Bc1 Qe6 19.Bc4 wins material in a much simpler way (Burgess, Nunn & Emms 2004:21–22). The Chessmaster computer program annotation says "this [sacrifice] is not without danger, as Black now obtains an open g-file for counterplay." 17... gxf6 18. exf6 Rg8 19. Rad1! Qxf3? After 19...Qxf3, the black queen cannot be captured because the rook on g8 pins the white pawn on g2 (see diagram). Black now threatens to take either on f2 or g2, both major threats to the white king, but Anderssen has a shattering resource available. 20. Rxe7+! Nxe7? The passive alternative 20...Kd8 does hold longer, but White is better after 21.Rxd7+ Kc8 22.Rd8+ Kxd8 (22...Rxd8 23.gxf3) 23.Bf5+ (Chessmaster gives 23.Be2+) Qxd1+ 24.Qxd1+ Nd4 25.g3. 21. Qxd7+!! Kxd7 22. Bf5++ Double checks like this move are powerful because they force the king to move. Here it is decisive. 22... Ke8 22...Kc6 loses to 23.Bd7# (checkmate). 23. Bd7+ Kf8 If 23...Kd8, then either 24.Bxe7 or 24.fxe7 are mate. 24. Bxe7# 1–0 Savielly Tartakower said, "A combination second to none in the literature of the game." (Tartakower & du Mont 1975:35). Ed. – TCN Games Database has only my analysis
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Malmsten on Chess ( by part-time columnist, Erik Malmsten )
Chess Crossword - Theme: Canadian Players Last Issue gave you the crossword to play. So here now is the completed crossword! [Ed. - How far did you get? How many did you get right? Let us know and we’ll publish those who gave it a shot, and how far they got.] A M A N A M O S C L A D N O N A R O L O T R I B E A E V T O D D H A Z E L N V A L I D S P O T D A Y E O S E M E R G E T O M B E T A O R E A N T O N M I L E S Z E N R I O T B A T O R S E E K G E M T I R E D B E N K O O C A I N K S P E T T E S T E D B A N Z U K E R I C E S T E R E K O P E C O V I C Y S K I N O N E R I G A E T U I D E W Y P E E L D E E N ACROSS 1 aman, IM Aman Hambleton
DOWN 1 anand, GM Vishy Anand
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5 amos, IM Bruce Amos 9 clad 13 nona, GM Nona Gaprindashvili 14 rolo 15 tribe 16 ae, United Arab Emirates 17 todd, FM Todd Southam 18 hazel, WFM Hazel Smith 19 valid 21 spot 23 day, IM Lawrence Day 24 eos, Canon 25 emerge 29 tom, IM Tom O'Donnell 30 beta 32 ore (hours) 33 anton, GM Anton Kovalyov 36 miles, GM Tony Miles 37 zen 38 riot 39 Bator, GM Bator Sabuev 40 seek 41gem, Global Ed-Med Supplies 42 tired 43 benko, GM Pal Benko 44 oca, Ontario Chess Ass'n 45 inks 46 pet 47 tested 49 ban 50 zuk, FM Robert Zuk 52 eric, GM Eric Hansen 54 ester 56 kopec, IM Danny Kopec 59 ovic, GM Bozidar Ivanovic 61 sk, Saskatchewan 62 inone (mate in one) 63 riga, GM Mikhail Tal 64 etui 66 dewy 67 peel 68 deen, IM Deen Hergott
2 moe, Moe Moss 3 an, Netherlands Antilles 4 nava, WIM Nava Starr 5 artiom, IM Artiom Samsonkin 6 moods 7 old 8 sods 9 crate 10 liz, WCM Liza Orlova 11abe, GM Abe Yanofsky 12 del 15 thomas, GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon 19 vy, Vladimir Vysotsky 20 leon, IM Leon Piasetski 22 peter, GM Peter Biyiasas 26 rozen, GM Eduardas Rozentalis 27 greek, IM Ilias Kourkounakis 28 eenko, GM Alex Moiseenko 29 tot, Bora Tot 30 bites, www.chessbites.com 31 elod, Elod Macskasy 33 argot 34 niece 35 tomas, IM Tomas Krnan 36 mark, GM Mark Bluvshtein 39 bindi, IM Bindi Cheng 40 set 42 tierce 43 bent, GM Bent Larsen 46 pascal, GM Pascal Charbonneau 48 Teeny Duchamp 49 beige 50 zr, zirconium 51 kevin, GM Kevin Spraggett 53 corp 55 eye 56 kid, King's Indian Defence 57 one, One Night in Bangkok 58 pow 60 vie 61sue, GM Susan Polgar 65 te, tellurium
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Teaching Classic Games of Chess: by Columnist FM Hans Jung, chess coordinator, City of Kitchener, Ontario.
Introduction This series of columns is for the lover of great, exciting games of chess. It is constructed as a guide for chess teachers and students at all levels of chess (beyond beginner) to provide short, enjoyable “teaching” games. The mostly tournament games are models of perfect play and highlight the abilities of one piece coordinating with other pieces. These models illuminate the mind and provide guiding examples at critical points of a chess player's play. What I understood a long time ago in my own learning path in chess is that playing through the best games of the great masters stirs a feeling inside which I now identify as a passion for the beauty and excitement of exceptional chess ideas. This is the path to the love of chess. The true chess lover seeks those ideas and absorbs them. Everything else is a quick fix or poor simulation. The mind becomes bored with repetition of technical ideas and poor imitation. However, these great games never fail to awaken the passion for the beauty of chess! This collection of quality games was a long process of collecting teaching chess games and, initially, just committing them to memory. After years of frustration in constantly looking up most of the games in obscure, old-fashioned chess books and often dealing with old, stilted annotations (if indeed there were any annotations at all at critical points of these games!), I decided the only way to relieve these frustrations was to write my own annotations. A major feature of this column is that the important ideas and turning points, as well as major tactical and strategic themes, are pointed out and identified both for the teacher and the student. This enables clear identification for further research. Nowhere else in chess literature have I found this clear, listed identification of strategic and tactical themes. Every game shows the excitement and beauty of a unique conception — a marvellous idea of coordination of pieces brought to fruition in an exciting finish of perfection by the hand of a master. Chess players, at their most enthusiastic, speak of brilliant games they
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recall and sparkling ideas forever lodged in their subconscious. I hope you will find the game presentations illuminating and enjoyable. Game 10 — Use the King to Get the King Rohland – Jung Ontario Open – Ottawa 1978 The author chose one of his own games that shows the role of the king as a support piece as the king becomes active in the late middlegame. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+l+k+-tr0 9zpp+n+pzpp0 9-+p+psn-+0 9wq-+p+-vL-0 9-vlPzP-+-+0 9+-sN-zP-+-0 9PzP-sN-zPPzP0 9tR-+QmKL+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 10.1 The Cambridge Springs Defence puts pressure on White through the pin of the knight on c3 and active counterplay in the center. I chose this 100 year-old defence as a surprise (oldie but goodie!) for my opponent (Michael Rohland, Canadian Junior Champion, rated in the top 20 in Canada) who was very well prepared with modern opening theory. 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Ndxe4 Recent games have shown that 9. Ncxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 e5 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 is the best way out of the pin. 9... dxe4 10. Bf4 e5!
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XIIIIIIIIY 9r+l+k+-tr0 9zpp+n+pzpp0 9-+p+-+-+0 9wq-+-zp-+-0 9-vlPzPpvL-+0 9+-sN-zP-+-0 9PzPQ+-zPPzP0 9tR-+-mKL+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 10.2 A pawn lever that opens up the center. 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Rc1 12. Qxe4?? Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 (13. Ke2 Bxb2) 13... Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 Qb2+ followed by Qxa1+ and f6 guarding the knight. 12... Bf5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Be2 O-O-O! Castling with an eye on the open d-file. 16. O-O Bxc3! XIIIIIIIIY 9-+ktr-+-tr0 9zpp+-+pzpp0 9-+p+-+-+0 9wq-+-+l+-0 9-+P+p+-+0 9zP-vl-zP-+-0 9-zPQ+LzPPzP0 9+-tR-+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 10.3 White's natural developing moves have led to this position. The piece exchange wrecks White's queenside pawn structure because of his weak second rank! 17. bxc3 The natural 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 Rd2 loses a pawn (the seventh rank!). 17... Rd6
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No hurry to play 17... Qxa3 as White’s crippled pawns are not going away and I didn't want to give possible attacking chances on my king after 18. Ra1 Qc5 19. Rfb1 Rd7 20. Qa4. 18. Rfd1 Rhd8 Doubling rooks on the only open file. 19. Rd4? Last chance to save the pawn on a3 with 19. Qb2 or 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. a4. 19... Qxa3 After this the passed a-pawn makes this a winning ending for Black. 20. Rcd1 Kc7 21. Bf3 XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-tr-+-+0 9zppmk-+pzpp0 9-+ptr-+-+0 9+-+-+l+-0 9-+PtRp+-+0 9wq-zP-zPL+-0 9-+Q+-zPPzP0 9+-+R+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 10.4 Using the pin Qc2 — e4 — Bf5 to try to win the e-pawn. 21... c5! The tickler — a nasty pawn lever! Forcing the exchange of rooks and allowing Black’s king to come to the defence of the e4-pawn because of the threat of back-rank checkmate. 21... exf3? 22. Qxf5 fxg2? 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Qxf7+ allows too much counterplay. 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 23. Bxe4?? Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bxe4. 23... Kxd6 24. h4 Not A) 24. Bxe4?? Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qa1+. B) 24. g4?? Qa1+ 25. Qd1+ Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Be6 and White has to give up his bishop to stop the a-pawn from queening. Black then captures the c-pawns to queen his c-pawn. 24... Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Ke5
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XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0 9zpp+-+pzpp0 9-+-+-+-+0 9+-zp-mkl+-0 9-+P+p+-zP0 9+-zP-zPL+-0 9-+Q+-zPPmK0 9wq-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 10.5 26. Bxe4? 26. g4! saves White’s game (the power of the tickler): A) 26... Bg6? 27.Qd2 Qa6 (27... exf3?? 28. Qd5+ Kf6 29. Qd6 mate) 28. Qd5+ Kf6 29. Bg2 wins for White. B) 26... Qf1 27. Bg2 (27. gxf5?? exf3 mates) Qd3 28. Qa4 Bxg4 29. Qxa7 Qxc4 30. Qb8+ draws. C) 26... h5! a) 27. Bxe4 Qh1+ 28. Bxh1 Bxc2 29. Bxb7 a5 and the passed a-pawn will win. b) 27. gxf5 exf3 28. Qd3 Qa6 29. Qd5+ Kf6 XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0 9zpp+-+pzp-0 9q+-+-mk-+0 9+-zpQ+P+p0 9-+P+-+-zP0 9+-zP-zPp+-0 9-+-+-zP-mK0 9+-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy subDiagram # 10.6 i) 30. Qxc5 Qb6 31. Qxb6+ axb6 32. Kg3 Kxf5 33. Kxf3 Ke5 34. Ke2 f6 35. f3 Kd6 36. Kd3 g5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. e4 Ke5 39. Ke3 h4 40. Ke2 Kf4 41. Kf2 g4 wins. ii) 30. Qxf3 Qd6+ 31. Kg1 Qd7 32.e4 g6 (32... a5? 33.e5+ Ke7 (33. .. Kxe5?? 34. Qg3+ Kf6 35. Qg5+ Ke5 36. f6+) 34. f6+ gxf6 35. Qxf6+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ draws) 33. Qf4 gxf5 34. Qg5+ Ke5 the position is complicated with White having chances of perpetual check. 26... Bxe4 27. f4+ Kf5 28. g4+ Kxg4 29. Qxe4 Qb2+ 30. Kg1 Kg3!
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XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0 9zpp+-+pzpp0 9-+-+-+-+0 9+-zp-+-+-0 9-+P+QzP-zP0 9+-zP-zP-mk-0 9-wq-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 10.7 And the king supports the queen giving checkmate on f2 or h2! There is no defence. White resigned. 0-1 Review of Game 10 Strategic Themes Tactical Themes Pin of the knight on c3 (note after move 7... Bb4). Active play in the center (note after 10... e5). Open file and targets on the seventh rank (note after 15...O-O-O, 16... Bxc3, 18... Rhd8, 21... c5). Wrecking queenside pawn structure and creating a passed a-pawn with 16... Bxc3. King as a supporting piece from move 20... Kc7 to the end of the game.
Pin - Qa5 - Bb4 - Nc3 - Ke1 (notes from 6... Qa5 through to move 16... Bxc3). Pawn lever to open center (note after move 10... e5). The pin Qc2 - e4 - Bf5 becomes the central focus of the game (moves 21 to 26). Move 21... c5 the tickler forcing rook exchanges and allowing the king to become a support piece. Back rank checkmate threat (notes move 21 - 26). Checkmate on the seventh rank (moves 26 - 30). Ticker opening up counterplay (move 26 note, 26. g4). Checkmating the king in the center (move 26 note 26... Bg6?). Pawn levers (moves 27. f4+ and 28. g4+) to remove the defender (the king) but opening up the king position.
Ken’s Chess Trivia (questions/presentations researched by columnist Ken Kurkowski,
Scarborough CC Treasurer, and TCN Liaison for SCC)
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Last Issue’s Chess Trivia was the Question: The Lucena Position (with King, Rook and [non-rook] Pawn on the seventh rank versus King and Rook) was named for Spanish chess writer Luis Ramirez de Lucena, but who actually published this famous study first?
The Answer is: Alessandro Salvio
Here is the research from Pino Verde, our winner:
"The so-called Lucena position is named after the Spaniard Luis Ramírez de Lucena, although is
something of a misnomer, because the position does not in fact appear in his book on
chess, Repetición de Amores e Arte de Axedrez (1497). It does appear, however, in Alessandro
Salvio's Il Puttino (1634), a romance on the career of the chess player Leonardo da Cutri".
TCN Bragging Rights:
We have a winner! SCC member, Pino Verde, winner of last Issue’s quiz and a regular winner of the old Scarborough newsletter trivia quizzes, sent in the right answer and gets his second win in the TCN Quiz! Pino gets the Issue # 1-18 Bragging Rights. Congratulations. Also, “Honourable Mention” goes to New Brunswick CFC Governor, Ken Craft, who also got the right answer, but apparently didn’t have as good running shoes as Pino.
New Conditions for TCN Trivia/Release Date
One of our readers, New Brunswick CFC Governor, Ken Craft, raised with us the fairness of the Trivia Contest to ALL subscribers. The problem he had was geographical.- on the east coast, subscribers are in bed sleeping at the usual release time of the Issue (usually between 10 – 11:59 PM on the night before the publication date). Ken Kurkowski, our trivia master chimed in that there were also possible regular conflicts for some with bed-times, work, school, etc. So we are going to change the rules in the interest of fairness. Anyone who answers correctly within 24 hours of the release of the Issue (whenever that might be), will be considered a winner (there can be co-winners) and each will be awarded one point!! This will then figure into the “New TCN Chess Trivia Grand Prix”, which is explained below. We hope that everyone agrees this is a beneficial change. In fact, Ken C raised this issue once before, but at the time, TCN did not have a solution, and thought that rotating release times would be difficult to keep track of, and there would still be some who could complain, so we delayed dealing with the point. It was Ken C who came up with this reasonable solution, and TCN will try it!
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The TCN Chess Trivia Grand Prix Ed.: Our original intention with this feature, was to keep track of the winners each Issue from Jan. 1/13. The player with the most wins by and including the Dec. 15/13 Issue wins the prize – bragging rights + Picture published + a few biographical chess facts – in the Jan. 1/14 Issue. However, as noted above, we are taking steps to make the contest fairer for our subscribers who have varying schedules and live across Canada. As such we will now declare the GRAND PRIX WINNER for the First Part of 2013, Michael von Keitz, CFC Executive Director!
Congratulations Michael. The Bragging Rights are yours!! This format of the Grand Prix will now be ended. Michael von Keitz – 4 – Jan. 15/ Feb. 1/ March 1/April 1. Pino Verde – 2 – May 1/May 15. Rick Garel – 2 – Jan. 1/ Feb. 15. Mario Moran-Venegas – 1 – April 15. No Winner – 1 – March 15 The “NEW” TCN Chess Trivia Grand Prix Starting with the June 1 Issue, the new format of points will be started. The points will be cumulated throughout the rest of the year to and including the Dec. 15/13 Issue, and the one with the most points will be declared the winner in the Jan. 1/14 Issue! In the case of a tie, TCN will declare co-winners (no tie-break by : bingo machine, roulette wheel, coin toss, names in a hat or Armageddon game!). Today’s Trivia Question is : Q: What is the opening sequence 1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. Qf3 ( a variation of the Modern Defence) sometimes called?
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You can use any resource available to answer the question ! Just find it fast and send it in as fast as you can, by e-mail, to Ken: [email protected] The first correct e-mail received wins, and gets bragging rights. Also, we will publish the honoured winner’s name in the next newsletter, along with a few details they provide as to their chess experience ( if they wish ), along with the researched answer. Thanks for playing !! Chess History is fun !! Also write Ken if you have any chess trivia questions or presentations you’d like him to consider for his column. We will give credit to the author if we use your suggestion. TCN Readers’ Lead Article Besides you intrepid editor writing lead articles from time to time, TCN extends an ongoing invitation to freelancers to submit topical chess articles for our lead article. Send on your article and we’ll review it with you, with a view to using it ( we may suggest some editing, but generally very minor ). You will get full credit in the publication. We will also post a bit of personal information on the freelancer, if they are agreeable. TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings” This column invites readers to submit situations where they unexpectedly have come upon a “chess theme” (e.g. in advertising, big outside chess sets, etc.) TCN Readers Have Questions This column invites readers to submit to TCN any type of chess question they wish (e.g. What does FIDE stand for?), and TCN will try to find the answer. TCN Readers’ Feedback Scarborough Chess Club member, Martin Maister,
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is currently travelling outside the country. So he kindly wrote as follows: Bob: In Amsterdam now. Does not stop me enjoying your newsletter! (Does stop me coming to the [Scarborough Chess] Club though!) Martin Also, New Brunswick CFC Governor, Ken Craft, wrote in with particular mention of Ken Kurkowski’s trivia column: “Thanks, guys. I really appreciate all you do for Canadian Chess. The trivia contest is lots of fun. It’s actually the first item I turn to when I open the email.” Thanks to our readers for their positive feedback! Of course, keep it coming! LOL TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column Got a chess issue that has been bothering you for a while? Got a favourite chess topic that you’ve always wanted to share with other chess players? Read something in TCN that you profoundly agreed with, or maybe (surely not !) disagreed with? We are very open to publishing freelance articles and comments from our readers. Drop us a line, and we’ll read it over, and let you know if we’d like to use it. Also, if you would like us to cover some topic, send us your idea, and we’ll see if we can write something up on it. Finally, we love to hear from our readers on how we’re doing, good, bad or indifferent. Drop a line to the editor, and give us your suggestions, comments and general feedback. Tournament Notices Guelph Pre-Summer Pro-Am June 1-2, 2013 Room 442, Guelph University Centre 5 Round Swiss in 3 Sections: FIDE Rated Pro, FIDE Rated U2000, U1600 Players may play up if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor. Cost is $20, proceeds to the Olympic Fund. Round Times: Saturday 10:am, 2:00pm, 6:00pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:30pm Time Control: Round 1 G/60 +30 sec, Rounds 2-5 G/90 + 30 sec Entry Fees: Pro Section $60, others $40. Late Fee: $10.00 on site Half Point Byes: in rounds 1-4 may be requested in advance Prizes: $55 per Pro player returned as prizes.
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Trophies awarded in other sections Register: Mail to TD Hal Bond, 205 – 105 Conroy Crescent, Guelph, ON N1G 2V5, email [email protected], or cash on site from 8:30-9:30 am Saturday. Players registering after 9:30 Saturday may not receive a swiss pairing in first round. Equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer K-W Team Challenge
Active tournament
Saturday, June 15
5 rounds for teams of 4 players
Teams are paired in Swiss System
Individual games rated by CFC
Time Control: 25 min + 10 s Bronstein CFC rated active tournament
For more details: K-WCC Website: www.kwchessclub.com/ 2013 Aurora Summer Open – Advance Notice July 6-7, 2013 The Royal Canadian Legion, 89 Industrial Parkway North, Aurora, Ontario L4G 4C4. 5 Rounds Swiss, CFC rated. The CFC membership is required. 3 Sections: Open, U2000, U1600 Round Times: Saturday 10am, 2pm, 6pm, Sunday 10am, 2:30pm Time Control: Round 1 G/60 min + 30 sec/move, Rounds 2 - 5 G/90 min + 30 sec/move. Entry fees: $55. Late fee: $10 on site. IM/GM: free entry. To avoid late fee, pre-register before Thursday 4th July. To play up: $15 play-up fee if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor. Prizes: $1500+ (based on entries). Pre-Registration: by email [email protected] Registration: Cheques payable to Aurora Chess Club and mailed to 53 Twelve Oaks Drive, Aurora, Ontario, L4G 6J4, or cash on site from 8:30 - 9:30am Saturday. Light refreshments provided. Chess Sets provided for play. Bring a set for analysis/blitz/bughouse.
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PLEASE BRING A CLOCK. Half Point Byes: two byes may be requested in advance for Rounds 1-4. Directions, restaurants, discounted hotels, local facilities, and other details will be announced at a later date.
2013 Canadian Youth Chess Championships – Advance Notice July 10-13, 2013. Ottawa, ON National Hotel and Suites Ottawa ($95/night, when reserved with code "GMCOCC" before June 15, 2013)
Toll free: 1-855-238-6001 1-855-238-6001 FREE (ask for in house Group reservations) E-mail: [email protected] Rounds: 6 rounds July 10: Rds.1-2: 10am, 4pm July 11: Rds.3-4: 10am, 4pm July 12: Rds. 5-6: 10am, 4pm July 13: Tie-breaks, and fun event TBD (blitz, simul): 10 am TC: 90m + 30s Sections: U8 Open and Girls U10 Open and Girls U12 Open and Girls U14 Open and Girls U16 Open and Girls U18 Open and Girls Sections with fewer than 8 players may be combined at the TD’s discretion. Entry Fee: $225 before June 16, 2013 $250 after June 15, 2013. $150 of the entry fee is collected on behalf of the CFC and used by the CFC to fund the travel costs of the section winner to the WYCC in accordance with the rules established by the CFC. Prizes:
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Winners represent Canada at the 2013 World Youth Chess Championship in Al-Ain, UAE, December 17-29, 2013, Winners' travel expenses to be offset by CFC as stated under "Entry Fee". Canadian Open 2013 – Advance Notice July 13-20, 2013. Ottawa, ON. National Hotel and Suites Ottawa ($95/night, when reserved with code "GMCOCC" before June 15, 2013)
Toll free: 1-855-238-6001 1-855-238-6001 FREE (ask for in house Group reservations) E-mail: [email protected] 9 Rounds Swiss, one section Rounds: Rd.1 - Saturday, July 13; 4:30 p.m.. Rd.2 - Sunday, July 14; 10:30 a.m. Rd.3 - Sunday, July 14; 6:30 p.m. Rd.4-8 - Monday-Friday, July 15-19; 6:30 p.m. Rd.9 - Saturday, July 20; 10:30 a.m. TC: 40/90 + G/30 + 30 sec increment from move 1 Prize Fund (expected): $25,000 Entry Fee: $200 before April 1, 2013 $225 before June 15, 2013 $250 June 15 - July 1 $275 on site Free entry for GMs and IM’s if arranged with Aman Hambleton TD: IA Aris Marghetis
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Prize Fund (expected)*: $25,000 Section Prizes: U2400, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, Unrated Special Prizes: Top female, Veteran (60+), Junior (U18), Biggest Upset *based on 200 CYCC entries and 200 CO entries. As a model, expect something like the following, which is the prize breakdown from the 2007 Canadian Open: Open (14000) - 56% 1st - 5000 2nd - 3000 3rd - 2000 4th - 1200 5th-8th 700 each Class Prizes (9000) 36% U2400 - 1200, 700, 450 U2200 - 1100, 600, 325 U2000 - 950, 450, 300 U1800 - 700, 400, 275 U1600 - 600, 300, 250 Unrated - 250, 150 Special Prizes (2000) - 8% Women's - 400, 200 Junior (-18) - 400, 200 Senior (60+) - 400, 200 Largest Upset 200
Community Bulletin Board Queens & Kings Juniors Chess School - group classes and private coaching - contact: Mike McArthur - [email protected] Seneca Hill Chess Club - Small group lessons and weekly tournaments - North York and Markham/Richmond Hill -http://senecahillchess.com
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Bob’s LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=hb_tab_pro_top CCCS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Chess-Consulting-Service/164065437044857 Volunteers: TCN is a chess community based, volunteer run e-newsletter. No one is paid. TCN wants to thank all its volunteers who donate their time to chess promotion: Ken Kurkowski, full-time columnist (and also Scarborough CC TCN Liaison); Hans Jung, full-time columnist; Erik Malmsten, part-time columnist; Marcus Wilker, Annex CC TCN Liaison; Mike Ivanov, Willowdale CC TCN Liaison; Graeme Knight, Aurora CC TCN Liaison; David Ho, Ajax CC TCN Liaison; Kai Gauer, Kitchener-Waterloo CC TCN Liaison; Egis Zeromskis, GTCL TCN Liaison; Jessica Yared, Chess Institute of Canada TCN Liaison; Michel Vasquez, Hamilton City Chess Club TCN Liaison; former TCN Liaisons: Bob Gillanders; various freelancers who have provided articles free: Phil Haley, Maurice Smith, Harmony Zhu, Yuanling Yuan, Zoltan Sarosy, Erwin Casareno, Andre Zybura, Hedi Stroempl, and others; Steve Karpik, technical support; another helpful technical maintainer who asks to remain anonymous; and your editor, Bob Armstrong (also Chess Federation of Canada TCN Liaison). Thanks to all for helping to promote chess and contributing to making TCN such a successful e-newsletter.