Issue # 1-16, April 15, 2013 - The Chess Federation of Canada

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“Chess IS Life!” – GM Bobby Fischer
Issue # 1- 16 – April 15, 2013
The Current and 15th World Chess Champion:
Viswanathan Anand (India)
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Table of Contents
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Articles, etc.
Anand on the 2013 Candidate’s Tournament
Anand – Carlsen : Nov. World Championship - Venue Posing Some Problems
The World Youth Chess Championships and Women’s Chess
Titled Players – World and Country Sampling
UN Watch to Honor Garry Kasparov
USA GM Robert Byrne – RIP
Canadian GM Eric Hansen to Go Professional
Women's Chess Promotion
Canadian Olympiad Team Selection Rating List
Canadian Women’s Olympiad Team Selection Rating List
Teaching Classic Games of Chess – The Art of Pawn Promotion
Ken’s Chess Trivia
TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings”
TCN Readers Have Questions
TCN Readers’ Feedback
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column
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Tournament Reports
GTCL Cup – Rapid Teams’ Tournament
Guelph Spring Pro-Am
Alberta Closed
Grand Pacific Open, BC.
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Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC )
Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL )
Chess Institute of Canada ( CIC )
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC )
Annex Chess Club ( ACC )
Willowdale Chess Club ( WCC )
Aurora Chess Club
Ajax Chess Club
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club
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Tournament Notices
Toronto Closed Championship
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Oriole Chess Club Simul – Hambleton
Ontario Girls Chess Championship
2013 Toronto Youth Championship (CYCC Qualifier)
2013 Aurora Summer Open
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Community Bulletin Board
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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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Anand on the 2013 Candidates’ Tournament!
On April 3, Viswanathan Anand (India), 15th and current World Chess Champion,
answered a series of questions on the Candidates’ Tournament, just concluded on April 1,
won by Norwegian, Magnus Carlsen, highest rated human ever. Magnus thus becomes
the 2013 Challenger for the title in November, 2013.
Here is the article from the Indian Express:
Q: Did you find yourself caught up in the excitement of the Candidates tournament,
staying up late following the games?
Yeah, very much. It has been maybe the best ever Candidates tournament in history. At
least I wasn't there during the ones in the 60s. During those days you couldn't follow it
live. We can't compare different eras. But still, by any yardstick the unpredictability, the
fact that anything could have happened till the last day, till the last hour in fact, makes
this simply an unbelievable tournament.
I managed to catch most of the games. I didn't need to stay up late because most had
ended by midnight and I was able to go to sleep. Depended also on whether the results
were known. I didn't catch Vlady (Kramnik) resigning, but I knew he was going to. The
position was that hopeless and I knew (Vassily) Ivanchuk was not going to spoil that .
For the first three or four days I began to think, 'wow am I going to play (Levon)
Aronian?' — not in the sense of making plans but in your mind wandering kind of way.
Then very firmly, Magnus (Carlsen) got a grip on the tournament, and it looked settled
until the amazing 12th round — when Kramnik won and Magnus lost. When I went to
sleep I thought Magnus has saved it. That was one day I had missed this twist. When I
woke up I read the headline: 'Kramnik takes the lead' and I thought it was impossible.
Then I realized Magnus had actually lost the game. So many twists and turns and it kept
everybody on the edge of their seats.
Kramnik losing out on the tie-break rule was quite tragic.
At the moment I feel unbelievably sympathetic towards Vlady. It was not like I was
rooting for him as my opponent, but by round 13 I felt he was the one who deserved to
win and his chess had impressed me the most. He had really changed his chess and style
for the event. Magnus was doing what he always does and being very good at it. He is
simply an unbelievable player. But Vlady was doing unbelievable stuff on the board,
coming up every day with new ideas, playing brilliantly. He is in the 30s and he has been
the most successful in fighting this...Younger players tend to have more energy...And I
felt some sympathy, almost like a brother from my generation kind of a thing. The fact
that with the tiebreak rules, he had to play outside of his comfort zone. He was so much
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in control in the first 13 games and in the 14th you can only understand the context, that
he had to take unreasonable risks. The tragedy of the tournament is in some sense
Kramnik, not that Magnus didn't deserve to win, but if Vlady had pulled it off, he would
have proven something.
Q: Would it have been better to decide the tournament with match play between the tied
players, or maybe rapid games instead of a tie-break rule?
Both of them were very distracted yesterday (Monday), not just playing their own games
but playing the other one too. It's not the ideal way to play chess. Even if Vlady was half
a point behind, they still would have had to do that, look nervously at each other, but I do
feel it's crazy that two people tied on the same score and it is decided by something which
is essentially a lottery. Sometimes it happens. Before a tournament starts you don't split
hairs on a minor detail while getting ready for it. You could see maybe why nobody paid
attention to it, but it turned out to be crucial.. My point is not that it is unfair, it was
perfectly fair once everyone knew it in advance. My point is that it is not ideal. That's the
distinction I want to make. It felt a bit silly, in the end getting decided by the number of
wins.
Q: Gratifying to know that pressure could get to somebody like Carlsen as well?
He is human as well. That is clear. Yesterday, I really felt for the participants, both
Magnus and Vlady. Both of them had played incredibly well and it happens sometimes
that there is room only for one guy. Something that maybe I will think of three months
down the line, or in the next cycle.
Q: You said Kramnik has succeeded in changing his game to compete against the
younger generation. Could the same be said of you as well?
It is no secret that I have struggled a bit in the last two years, and I've not been as
successful doing it as Vlady. I am trying very hard, and this year the results have been a
bit more positive and I feel at least that I'm back on the right track and though I haven't
equaled those guys, but we are all trying to change and keep up with Magnus and Levon,
who are huge talents.
Q: Are labels like 'favourites' used with any meaning only by fans or do people on the
inside consider things along those terms too? Is there a favourite going into the match?
I think that's what makes sport interesting. Before a tournament starts, you try to predict
the result in a sense, and see if reality matches it. I have to say that most people who look
at the two of us will conclude that Magnus is the outright favourite. I'm cool with that. It
doesn't really worry me. I'm fully aware of the magnitude of the task facing me, and
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Magnus' rank and rating speak for themselves. Having said that I don't feel any obligation
to follow the predictions. That's what we are playing the match for. To have a chance to
write our own script.
Q: How different will this be from your previous WCC matches?
Firstly, he is not from my generation. There is a difference in age and outlook. When I
played Kramnik, Topalov and Gelfand, I read them in a certain way. And even then, I
thought that if I end up playing Vlady this time, it would be a different Vlady from the
one I played before. He (Carlsen) is from a different generation and Carlsen is also one of
the most talented players from any generation. He will be ridiculously difficult to play
against, yeah.
Q: Is the venue for the final just an incidental detail?
To some extent it is. Once it is announced you just get ready to play there. I am more
focused on getting my stock in order. Getting to know what I am going to play, my
approach against him. If it's India then I will have to take into account the pressure and
things like that, but for most part you just get on with the chess.
Q: Agon is attempting to introduce biometrics into chess in an attempt to make it
interactive. Would you be OK with getting wired-up for the final?
I am somewhat indifferent to be honest. Usually before tournaments I am just focused on
the game. If it works, I will go for it, but I don't have an opinion on it. For a World
Championship, I would like to think about it. If there are some trials and we can use the
feedback, we will probably give it a think.
Q: The stretch that leads up to the WCC has you playing tournaments, a few where you
could face Carlsen. How difficult is that?
I am used to it. You are juggling stuff, but when you are playing the tournament, you are
playing it. Occasionally you use tournaments to test things out. The best way to play a
WC match is to play the tournaments well. You have to build up your confidence. You
want to go there in a positive frame of mind. Two to three months before the match you
stop everything else.
Q: The final is being viewed as a generational shift, passing of the baton. Do you think of
it that way?
It's there in the back of your head somewhere, but once the match starts you tend to focus
on making good moves than worry about what you are representing or what it is
supposed to be about.
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Ed. – FIDE Announced Match Location: Chennai, India – Match - November (6th to
26th).
http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/182016...players-elated
Also interesting: In chess we revere our champions for their match-playing
ability, even when they may be quite down the rating list!
TCN Survey: Who do you think will win the upcoming Nov/13 world championship
match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. And why?? Write in and give
us your vote – we’ll publish your prediction and analysis.
Invitation:
TCN encourages 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.
INTERNATIONAL
Anand – Carlsen : Nov. World Championship - Venue Posing Some Problems
Leonard Barden in The Guardian, Friday, April 12:
Chennai, formerly Madras, has proclaimed an early victory in what promised to be a
protracted global struggle to stage the eagerly awaited Vishy Anand v Magnus Carlsen
world championship match in November. Chennai is Anand's home city, whose Tamil
Nadu government announced a $3.5m budget for the series.
Chennai was the under-bidder for Anand v Boris Gelfand staged in Moscow last year,
and Fide, the international chess body, promised India first refusal for 2013 without any
bidding process. Organizational and other costs mean that the prize fund for the players
will struggle to equal the $2.5m of Anand v Gelfand, a far less exciting match.
The Agon firm and its US boss Andrew Paulson, who are officially in charge of the
commercial rights to Anand v Carlsen, said earlier that their preferred location was New
York but that there was also interest from Miami, St Tropez, Paris, and Tromso. The
Norwegian town is already hosting the 2013 World Cup and the 2014 world team
Olympiad.
Team Carlsen is unlikely to be content with playing on Indian soil, as the 22-year-old
challenger has no experience of competing in hot climates. The world No 1 could refuse
to sign the contract, while Chennai's preemptive strike may also be countered by a
significantly higher bid from one or more of its rivals. Fide is potentially at loggerheads
with Agon.…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013...hy-anand-chess
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The World Youth Chess Championships and Women’s Chess
The following article was recently posted on the Facebook page of the Cooperative Chess
Coalition (CCC) - http://www.facebook.com/groups/cooperativechesscoalition/ - and is
somewhat provocative:
WYCC/WYCC Qualifiers
In the Judeo-Christian context, God rested on the 7th day of the week. However, CCC has
chosen the 7th day of the month to work - to explore “moderate chess reform”!!
CCC presents another of its “ 7th day chess reform issues “! (Of course, real life may
intervene to push our post a bit before or after the 7th). Here we investigate “ possible “
moderate chess reform actions – these may be at the international/FIDE level, or at the
national federation level, or at the local level (re chess clubs, tournament organization,
etc.). Whether they are to be pursued by CCC is dependent on the general response to the
“ reform posts “. Have your say!! Post a comment!
(If you have an issue you’d like debated, send us an e-mail (
[email protected] ) and if possible, insert a summary of your
arguments. We’ll use them, alone, or in the context of one of our own posts. )
Girls’ Chess & the WYCC
Currently, FIDE runs the World Youth Chess Championships in two parallel
tournaments: the “open” tournament; the “girls’” tournament. And because they do this,
many national federations choose their top three representatives to all the age/gender
sections in the very same, parallel tournaments, way.
Is there a problem with this??
I think so. And it goes directly to the issue of “women’s chess”. FIDE, and
national federations, all mouth the goal of increasing the no. of women in chess, both
internationally and nationally. And they claim to hope to develop “female role models”
who will promote the game to women, and attract more women to take up the game.
Is the parallel and separate Girls’ WYCC helpful in this cause?? I say “NO”.
Why not?? Well the problem is the dilemma this system puts all junior girls in.
What is the dilemma? The dilemma is that they must choose between two competing
systems. They may be good enough to challenge boys for first place in the “open”
sections. But they may have greater odds of winning in the weaker “girls’ section”.
Which do they choose? Statistics show that overwhelmingly, even the good girl players
choose the “girls’ section”. Though there is definitely more status in winning an “open
section world championship”, if the odds are better in the “girls’ section”, there is a
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tremendous pressure on them, and often from their parents, to not enter the “open”
section.
And how does this play out in the national WYCC Qualifier tournaments. Well, in
Canada, the problem is mainly the bursaries. Girls may need the financial assistance to go
to the WYCC of winning a national title. And so the pressure is on to go into the weaker
“girls’ section”, where the chances of winning are much higher.
Why is this a problem? The answer is progress in women’s chess. And the need
for “girls’ role models”. What is needed most is girls’ winning “open section titles”. This
is the best proof of women’s progress in chess at the junior girl level. And the girl winner
will be celebrated for winning the “difficult” title. But sadly this is not happening, nor is
it going to happen, given the FIDE system. The strong girls in their age categories are
NOT PLAYING in the “open” section. As the slogan for lotteries goes: “You can’t win,
if you don’t play!” So how then, are we going to develop a presentation to the public of
girls’ progress in chess…in competition with boys?? None are winning, because none are
playing. So we have no good, positive role models to present to the public. And no one
can blame the girls for their choice – when the whole attractiveness is with the “girls’
system”, it is pretty irresistible.
So what is the solution? I propose that FIDE eliminate the junior girls’ age section
separate tournaments, but not the titles. Let all girls play in the “open” section. Suddenly
the odds of girls winning world championships skyrockets. And the top finishing girl in
each section, can still be awarded the title of U xx Girls’ World Champion. And if they
won the “open” title, they win both titles!!
If FIDE did this, the national federations would follow suit with their WYCC
qualifiers. And women’s chess around the world would progress, and their would be
good girl champion role models to present to the world mainstream media.
An idea worth debate at the highest levels of FIDE, I believe.
If you have opinions, one way or the other, on this chess reform proposal, come
post a “comment” and state your position and reasons. Let’s have a debate first here
within CCC – Chess Posts of Interest. Then “Likes” can spread the debate into their own
countries. Can we start a world debate on this??
Bob Armstrong, CCC Member (Canada)
In my opinion, the benefits of one WYCC section would be:
1. Girls will be getting a clear message that they are equal to boys, when they play in one
section with them for the “open” championship. The message is that you, girl, CAN
WIN!
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2. Like in any tournament, you improve by playing better players than yourself. In the
open section, the opposition will be much stronger than in the former weaker girls
sections. The chance of improvement goes up.
3. The girls, should they win, will get much more mainstream coverage, to compliment
them on their hard work on chess, than they would winning the former “girls’” title.
4. Society benefits, because the integrated section, with girls actually playing, not there
just being the theoretical option for girls to play (never taken up), concretely shows the
confidence of the chess community in the potential of girl chess players to win integrated
titles.
5. Boys will develop more respect for girl chess players, by seeing that they are skilled
players, like themselves, in actually playing them (and sometimes losing).
6. Girls will know that by playing in the integrated sections, they are advancing the cause
of women’s chess, and being an encouragement to other girls that they too can do it.
7. “Future Publicity” value of this in the mainstream media should not be dismissed or
underestimated.
What do you TCN readers think of this proposal, analysis and alleged benefits..
Send in your views/arguments, and we’ll post them so they can be shared by our other
readers. Let’s start a discussion on “women’s chess”!
Titled Players – World and Country Sampling
It is interesting to see how Russia’s historical chess dominance, now gives it such
a high percentage of world titles. Canada does fair favourably against what might be
considered a “peer” country, Australia.
CAN AUS USA GER
GM 9 4 76 79
IM 33 21 114 232
FM 76 41 301 727
RUS
206
489
979
WGM 0 1 10 16
WIM 9 11 21 35
45
95
WFM 10 11 26 61
322
World
1402
3228
6297
279
651
1197
(stats compiled by Quebec CFC Governor, Hugh Brodie)
UN Watch to Honor Garry Kasparov
Russian political dissident, human rights hero and former world chess champion,
Garry Kasparov, will receive the 2013 Morris B. Abram Human Rights Award in
Geneva on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at a gala dinner marking UN Watch's 20th
anniversary. UN Watch is an independent, international organization, providing an
oversight function with respect to the United Nations. The event will be held in Geneva's
historic Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues, site of the first assembly of the League of
Nations in 1920.
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Kasparov has been on out-spoken critic of the Russian Putin Government, a figure
in the Russian opposition, been involved in public anti-government demonstrations, and
has been arrested a number of times for alleged anti-government activities.
"UN Watch has decided to grant the Morris B. Abram Human Rights Award to Garry
Kasparov for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in Russia," said
executive director Hillel Neuer. "Mr. Kasparov is not only one of the world's smartest men, he is
also among its bravest."
UN Watch's annual human rights prize is named after the esteemed U.S. civil rights
advocate, diplomat and United Nations delegate who founded the watchdog NGO in 1993.
Ed. – On Saturday, April 13, Garry Kasparov celebrated his 50th birthday. The 13th
World Chess Champion, who won the crown in 1985, at 22, by beating Anatoly Karpov
in a match in Moscow, quit chess in March 2005 to pursue a political career in Russia, as
noted above.
Here is the Kasparov game called “The Kasparov Immortal Game”., played at
Wijk an Zee in 1999, against Veselin Topalov (Kasparov as white) – Annotations by Bob
Armstrong, using Fritz:
Garry Kasparov (2812) − Veselin Topalov (2700) [B06]
Hoogovens A Tournament Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 20.01.1999
1.e4² 0.35 1...d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 b5 7.Nge2?!= [7.a3 Nbd7 8.Bd3
0-0²] 7...Nbd7 8.Bh6 Bxh6 9.Qxh6 Bb7 10.a3 e5?!² [10...a5 11.Nd1 Qb6= (11...e5?!²) ] 11.0-00?!= [11.dxe5 dxe5 12.0-0-0 Qe7²] 11...Qe7?!² [11...a5 12.dxe5 Nxe5=] 12.Kb1 a6?!± Garry
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gets a "clear" advantage [12...a5 13.dxe5 Nxe5²] 13.Nc1?!² [13.g4 c5 14.dxc5 (14.d5?! Nb6²)
14...Nxc5±] 13...0-0-0 14.Nb3 [14.Be2 Kb8 15.Nb3 exd4 16.Rxd4 Nc5²] 14...exd4 15.Rxd4 c5
16.Rd1 Nb6?!± [16...Ne5 17.Qe3 Kb8²] 17.g3?= [17.Qh4 Kb8 18.Qf2 Nbd7±] 17...Kb8?!²
[17...d5 18.Bh3+ Kb8=] 18.Na5?!= [18.g4 Ka8 19.Qf4 Rhe8²] 18...Ba8?!² [18...d5 19.Nxb7
Kxb7=] 19.Bh3?!= Garry has lost his advantage [19.Qf4 Rhe8 20.Bh3 Nh5²] 19...d5 20.Qf4+
Ka7 21.Rhe1 d4 22.Nd5?!³ for the first time in the game, Veselin gets the advantage [22.Ne2?!
Nc4 23.Nxc4 bxc4³; 22.Na2 Rhe8 23.Nc1 Na4=] 22...Nbxd5 23.exd5 Qd6
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8l+-tr-+-tr(
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3zP-+-+PzPL#
2-zPP+-+-zP"
1+K+RtR-+-!
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24.Rxd4! a double R−sac aiming to win the K [24.Nc6+ Bxc6 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.dxc6 Kb6 27.Re7
Rxc6 28.Rxf7 Re8³] 24...cxd4?± taking the R is the losing move; Veselin is up R vs P, but Garry
has a "clear" advantage [24...Kb6 25.b4 Qxf4 26.Rxf4 Nxd5 27.Rxf7 cxb4 28.axb4 Nxb4³]
25.Re7+! offering the second R in exchange for the mate 25...Kb6 [25...Qxe7?? 26.Qxd4+ Kb8
27.Qb6+ Bb7 28.Nc6+ Ka8 29.Qa7#] 26.Qxd4+ Kxa5 Veselin is up R + N vs 2 P's 27.b4+ Ka4
28.Qc3 Qxd5 Veselin is up R + N vs P 29.Ra7 Bb7 30.Rxb7! offering an exchange sac for a
mate 30...Qc4 [30...Qxb7??+− 31.Qb3#; 30...Rhe8?? 31.Rb6 Ra8 32.Bf1 Rec8+−] 31.Qxf6
Veselin is up the exchange, but Garry has a P compensation, and a mate threat 31...Kxa3??+−
Veselin is up the exchange but he seals his fate; Garry gets a "winning" advantage [31...Rd1+
32.Kb2 Ra8±] 32.Qxa6+ Kxb4 33.c3+ Kxc3 Veselin is up the exchange + P, but is lost. 34.Qa1+
Kd2 35.Qb2+ Kd1 36.Bf1 the Q is attacked, but can't move 36...Rd2 [36...Qe6?? 37.Qc1#]
37.Rd7! R + B for Q + R − good deal 37...Rxd7 38.Bxc4 bxc4 39.Qxh8 Garry is up Q vs R + P
39...Rd3 40.Qa8 c3 41.Qa4+ Ke1 42.f4 f5?+− 6.79 [42...Rd2 43.h4 f5+− 5.30] 43.Kc1 Rd2
44.Qa7+− 7.76 1-0
USA GM Robert Byrne – RIP
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Robert Byrne, Amsterdam 1969
(from Wikipedia) Robert Eugene Byrne (April 20, 1928 - April 12, 2013) was a leading
American chess player, a Grandmaster, and a chess author. He won the U.S.
Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974. Byrne
represented the United States nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1952 to 1976 and won
seven medals. He was the chess columnist from 1972 to 2006 for the New York Times,
which ran his final column (a recounting of his 1952 victory over David Bronstein) on
November 12, 2006.[1] Byrne worked as a university professor for many years, before
becoming a chess professional in the early 1970s.
NATIONAL
Canadian GM Eric Hansen to Go Professional
On April 10 on CMA Chesstalk, Eric stated:
“Hopefully I'll be able to announce some exciting news regarding my chess plans soon. I
can confirm that I won't be returning to school this fall and will continue to focus on
being a professional player.”
My guess is that to do this, Eric has garnered some sponsors – playing chess
professionally is expensive, with travelling, accommodation, registration fees where
required, etc.. GM Mark Bluvshtein was able to accomplish this for his “year of
professional chess”, before he retired.
Best of luck, Eric!!
Women's Chess Promotion
An idea has surfaced as to how women, with male support, could raise money at "open"
weekend tournaments, for women's chess promotion:
1. Women’s entry fees go into a women's chess promotion pot;
2. We figure out how much of an entry fee goes to tournament expenses, less prizes;
3. We then calculate what % of the women’s pot has to be contributed to the general pot
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to help cover all non-prize expenses;
4. If a woman wins a prize, she is paid from the women’s pot;
5. The balance of funds are given to a group specifically formed to raise funds to promote
women's chess and to implement concrete programs.
The argument is that at this time women are generally under-represented numerically in
tournaments, and for historical reasons have not achieved the rating levels of males. So
nearly all prizes are won by males.
So it is preferable to have part of women's registration fees going to women’s chess
promotion, rather than male-won tournament prizes.
Any thoughts on this?
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)
Women’s National Master/Women’s National Candidate Master
At the recently concluded CFC Spring Governors’ On-line Meeting, a passed motion
created the new CFC titles: Women’s National Master (2100); Women’s National
Candidate Master (1900). There was some debate about the helpfulness of these titles to
the progress of women’s chess in Canada. The mover of the motion, CFC Governor from
Windsor, Vlad Drkulec, Masters’ Representative, posted in favour of this motion,
seconded by the CFC Women’s Coordinator, Iulia Lacau-Rodean:
“This is the current usual cutoff range for qualification for the Canadian woman's
Olympiad team. The hope is that this would encourage more women and girls to
continue to participate in chess for a longer period of time and also to give
recognition to the women and girls who have attained this level of performance in
Canadian chess.
Currently in Canada we do not have the level of female representation in chess
tournaments and CFC membership that are seen in the United States. My
observations in Windsor are that the level of chess interest in girls is about the same
as that of boys but over time they become discouraged from playing by the
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observation that there are few other girls playing. It is hoped by making the top
Canadian women more visible by offering this recognition that girls will continue
playing chess in an effort to attain the additional titles and achieve similar
recognition as the top titles.
Initially I thought to offer intermediate titles which would require norms in the 2200
level range for the WNM title and 2000 range for the WNCM title but after
consultations with my co-sponsor and with governors have amended the levels to
where they are attainable by Canada's top women and girls (Ed.: 2100 & 1900).
Once the WNM title was set it made sense to make the WNCM title levels two
hundred points below the higher title to be consistent with all of our other titles. For
the most part implementation of this would merely require editing the web page that
currently lists the NCM title holders to include the title Woman National Master and
the web page that currently lists the class A titled players to include the Woman
National Candidate Master title. Women that wish a printed certificate could ask for
one for the usual charge with the Women's National Master title certificate being
offered for free as is the usual practice for the National Master title.”
Our TCN Liaison for Scarborough CC, Ken Kurkowski, nicely analyzed the two sides of
the debate on this motion:
“With this issue there are two approaches, the Principled and the Pragmatic.
The Principled argument accepts that women cannot compete with men on equal
terms in physical sports, but finds the idea that women are 'inferior' in mainly
intellectual pursuits to be offensive. Hence the view that women's titles and separate
competitions in chess are inappropriate.
The Pragmatic view (mine) is that, for whatever reason (and this is an entirely
separate debate!) there are far fewer strong female chessplayers than male. If we
eliminate separate treatment, high level chess would become like motor sports, with
a handful of women (e.g. Danica Patrick in NASCAR) competing against a large
majority of men. Is that what we want? Why not do something to encourage more
women to compete (and CONTINUE competing), while still allowing (and
encouraging!) the most ambitious and talented ones to compete alongside the men?”
As a CFC Governor, I posted the explanation of my vote as follows:
“I am favourable towards "Women-only" tournaments, as I am towards Seniors-only
tournaments, and junior-only tournaments. There is no reason they cannot co-exist
alongside the "open" tournaments. And we do see that most, if not all, active
Canadian women players, play the vast majority of their games in the "open"
tournaments. And as such, they may be successful in achieving "open" titles, such as
the Canadian "National Master" title.
What I have posted against, is a whole separate, parallel Women's System,
fundamentally identified by "women's titles", similar to "open titles", but achievable
with a substantially lower performance.
However, having said that, so long as we do have women's titles, supported by the
majority it seems clear, it seems to me these new women's titles will give women,
especially fast-improving girls, something to shoot for, and some recognition of their
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improving level of play. I think they will be seen by women as milestones of value,
the same way some players value the fairly low achievement "Class A"
certificates/titles (like me).
On the motion, however, I abstained, because, as Ken Kurkowski has so nicely put it
above, I am on the side of the "Principled" argument, and don't believe in the
women's titles. So I thought it best to leave it to those who support this separate,
parallel women's system, to determine how to "improve" it.”
Do you have a view on this argument? Did the governors do the right thing creating these
two new “women’s” titles? Write me, Bob Armstrong, CFC Liaison, here at TCN and I’ll
post your comments, for other readers to consider.
Articles
Canadian Olympiad Team Selection Ratings List – National
Olympiad starts August 1, 2014
Highest ratings starting February 2, 2013
Ratings for April 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 2513 2696 2605 ≥20 Yes 3
Hansen Eric GM 2576 2588 2582 18 Yes 4
Spraggett Kevin GM 2577 2571 2574 0 No 5 Not enough games
Lesiege Alexandre GM 2528 2577 2553 0 No 6 Not enough games
Charbonneau Pascal GM 2505 2585 2545 0 No 7 Not enough games
Hambleton Aman IM 2472 2584 2528 ≥20 Yes 8
Tyomkin Dimitri GM 2486 2570 2528 0 No 9 Not enough games
Noritsyn Nikolay IM 2457 2586 2522 10 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 0 No 14 Not enough games
Roussel-Roozmon Thomas GM 2476 2478 2477 0 No 15 Not enough games
Cheng Bindi IM 2409 2517 2463 15 Yes 16
Panjwani Raja IM 2407 2517 2462 0 No 17 Not enough games
Teplitsky Yan IM 2448 2473 2461 0 No 18 Not enough games
Porper Edward IM 2418 2494 2456 13 Yes 19
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 18 Yes 22
Thavandiran Shiyam FM 2338 2514 2426 0 No 23 Not enough games
Hebert Jean IM 2387 2451 2419 5 No 24 Not enough games
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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
Sapozhnikov Roman FM 2292 2411 2352 5 No 28 Not enough games
Notes:
1. Castellanos has been removed because he has not applied to change federations.
2. A typo in Gerzhoy's CFC rating has been fixed.
Canadian Olympiad Team Selection Ratings List - Women
Olympiad starts August 1, 2014
Highest ratings starting February 2, 2013
Ratings for April 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
Khaziyeva Dinara WM 2115 2110 2113 0 No 4 Not enough games
Peng Jackie WF 2001 2217 2109 ≥20 Yes 5
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
Smith Hazel WF 2037 2051 2044 0 No 12 Not enough games
Agbabishvili Lali 1958 2111 2035 14 Yes 13
Orlova Yelizaveta WCM 1942 2119 2031 10 Yes 14
Botez Alexandra WCM 2024 2038 2031 0 No 15 Not enough games
Zhou Qiyu 1866 2177 2022 16 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
Kagramanov Dalia 1868 1935 1902 0 No 23 Not enough games
Xiao Alice 1854 1859 1857 0 No 24 Not enough games
Xiong Sonya 1864 1845 1855 0 No 25 Not enough games
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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
GREATER TORONTO AREA
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)
GTCL Cup – Rapid Teams’ Tournament
This annual GTCL competition involves 4-player (reserve optional) teams, both
club and pick-up. There is an over 1800 average winner, and an U 1800 average winner.
It was played at the Annex CC on Monday night, April 8 from 7 PM - midnight. It
attracted 16 teams ( 9 1800 & over; 7 U 1800) and involved over 65 players.
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Photo by Egis Zeromskis
Here were the final standings:
#
Team Name
1
Hart House
2
Chess
Academy
Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
+W8
+B4
+W5
+B6
+W2
3
3
2.5
3.5
2.5
+B9
-W6
+B13 +W5
-B1
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3
20
3
4
5
Knights of
Chess
Meatheads
Willowdale
3
1
+W11
-B5
4
1.5
+B12
-W1
4
1
+B14 +W3
4
6
Annex 1
+W13 +B2
4
7
Aurora
Annex
Juniors
3
-B1
2
3.5
=W8 +B15
2
3.5
+B14 +W7
1.5
+B7
+B6
4
3
-B1
-B2
=W9
1.5
0.5
2
+B15
-W1
-W4
3
0.5
1
-B4
-
0
0
3
+W12 =B3
3.5
4
4
=W15 =W9 +B10
2
8
2.5
4
=W9 +B10
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2.5
3
2
3
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1
9 King of Kings -W2
1
4
2
=B7 +W12 =B8
2
4
10 Isolated Pawn +B16 -W15 -W7
3
11
12
13
14
Titans
CCC
Commandos
Annex
Warriors
Blackmar
-B3
1
1
4
=B5
2
2
+B14
-W8
2.5
0
-W14 =B16 +W13 +W15
0
1
2
-W4
-B8
-B9
0
1
0
-B6
2
+W16 -W2
0
3.5
-W5
+B11
0
3
2.5
2
2.5
-B11 -W12
1
2
2.5
+W16 +B13
2.5
2.5
1
1.5
-W4 -W10 =B16
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22
Diemers
15
16
Ruthless
Lions
Drop-Ins
0
3
0
1.5
2
=B7
+B10
-W6
-W3
-B11
2
3
1
0.5
1.5
-W10 -B13 =W11 -B12 =W14
1
0.5
2
1.5
1.5
1
2
Here are the 2013 final U 1800 Standings:
First : Titans - 2.5
Second/Third - Isolated Pawn ( Scarborough Juniors) - 2 (second on tie-break - 7.5 game
points); CCC Commandos - 2 (third on tie-break - 5 game points ).
Fourth/Fifth: Ruthless Lions - 1.5 ( fourth on tie-break - 8 game points); Blackmar
Diemers - 1.5 (fifth on tie-break - 6.5 game points)
Sixth/Seventh - Drop-ins - 1 (sixth on tie-break - 7 game points); Annex Warriors - 1
(seventh on tie-break - 6 game points).
A good time playing and socializing was had by all. Thanks to GTCL and Annex
CC!
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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)
GTCL 2013-4 Annual General Meeting
Saturday, April 20th, 2013 - from 10 am to 1 pm.
In the Library, first floor, SW corner Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (GOMT),
86 Overlea Blvd., between Don Mills and Thorncliffe turn North at William Morgan
Drive, turn East and through the gates.
Draft Agenda
1. Announcements
2. Executive Reports:
...a. Tournament Coordinator
...b. Director of Communications
...c. Secretary
...d. Treasurer
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...e. Vice-President
...f. Outgoing President
3. GTCL Awards
4. Elections of 2012-2013 GTCL Executive and three Directors at Large
5. Elections of Regional OCA Vice-President
6. Nominations for CFC/ OCA Governors
7. 2013-2014 Budget
8. 2013-2014 GTCL Tournaments
9. New Items
Details at http://torontochess.org/drupal/blog/2013_gtcl_annual_general_meeting
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 )
Chess, Sports and Arts Summer Camp: Register today!
The Chess Institute of Canada is pleased to announce that registration for our Chess,
Sports and Arts Summer Camp is now available on our website!
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Camp Director, Tal Granite, has over two decades of experience teaching kids. He always
creates an exciting curriculum that spans a variety of activities – not just chess. This
guarantees campers a well-rounded, fun and exciting experience. On any given day
campers may be involved in chess lessons and tournaments, using chess sensor boards,
playing any one of a number of ball games, learning martial arts led by a guest black belt,
creating a unique arts and crafts project, swimming, playing capture the flag, making a
movie and much more!
Find out more or register now!
For upcoming events with the Chess Institute of Canada, visit our website:
www.chessinstitute.ca.
Join the CIC’s mailing list so that you’re always notified about our upcoming camps and
tournaments. (http://www.chessinstitute.ca/news/join-our-mailing-list/)
Chess Club News
TORONTO
Scarborough Chess Club News
Meets Thursdays – 7:00 – 10:45 PM
Location: Birkdale Community Ctre, 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 Club Championship
Three rounds have now completed. In the Championship Round-Robin David Southam is
off to a good start with 3 wins. In the 1400+ section, your correspondent shares the early
lead with six others at 2.5 out of 3. Thomas Shen and Nicholas Vettese top the U1400
section with perfect scores.
Games:
Dattani, Dinesh (1393) − Graham, John (1444) [A40]
SCC Club Championship 1400+ (1), 21.03.2013
[Fritz 13 (90s)]
Dinesh
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A40: Unusual replies to d4 1.d4 b6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 last book move. last book
move 3...Nc6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Ne5 DDD: Plan is to create Black double
pawns on the c file, and to divert the d pawn. 6...Qc8 7.Nxc6 dxc6 [7...Bxc6
8.Bxc6 dxc6²] 8.h3 [8.c4 h5²] 8...Bd6 [8...c5!? 9.e4 Bxe4 10.Bxe4 Nxe4³] 9.Nc3
[¹9.e4!? Be7 10.e5±] 9...0-0 10.Bg5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bd2 [12.c4 Bxg5
13.Nxg5 Nf6²] 12...Ba6 [¹12...Rd8!?³ is the best option Black has] 13.Rc1² f5
14.Ng5 h6 15.Nf3 Bd6 [15...Bb7 16.c4 Nf6 17.c5±] 16.Ne5 [¹16.c4!? Nf6 17.c5
bxc5 18.dxc5+−] 16...Bxe5² 17.dxe5 White has the pair of bishops 17...Qe8
[17...Ne7!?²] 18.c4± Ne7 19.f4 [19.Qb3 Bb7±] 19...Bb7 [19...Rd8 20.Qc2±]
20.Qb3± DDD: plan is to play c5 in the future. 20...Rd8 21.Bb4 Rf7 22.Rfd1
Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 a5 [23...Ba6 24.Be1 c5 25.Kf2±] 24.Bxa5! Deflection: b6
24...Qa8 [24...bxa5 25.Qxb7 Clearance Deflection Pinning] 25.Be1 [25.Bb4!? g5
26.Bd2 Rg7 27.fxg5 hxg5+−] 25...c5 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Rd8+ Rf8 28.Rd7 Ng6
[28...Re8 29.Qf3 Qc8 30.Rd2±] 29.Bf2 [29.Qf3 Qc8 30.Qc6 Rf7+−] 29...Qc6
30.Qd3 Rf7 [30...Ra8 31.a3±] 31.Rxf7 [31.Rd8+ Rf8+−] 31...Kxf7± 32.h4 Nf8
33.h5 Qd7 [33...Qa4 34.a3+−; 33...Qa4 34.a3+−] 34.Qxd7++− Nxd7 35.Kg2 g6
36.hxg6+ Kxg6 37.Kf3 h5 38.a3 Nb8 39.e4 Nc6 40.Be1 Nd4+ 41.Ke3 Nc2+
42.Kd2 Nxe1 43.exf5+?? White is ruining his position. weakening the position
[43.Kxe1 fxe4 44.Ke2+−; 43.Kxe1 fxe4 44.Ke2+−] 43...Kxf5= 44.Kxe1 A pawn
endgame occurred. 44...c6?? spoils everything [¹44...h4 this is the best bet to
save the position 45.gxh4 Kxf4=; ¹44...h4 this is the best bet to save the position
45.gxh4 Kxf4 46.Kd2=] 45.Kf2+− Kg4 46.Kg2 b5 47.b3 Kf5 DDD: White misses
48. a4! 48.Kh3 [48.Kf3 Kg6 49.a4 h4 50.gxh4 Kh5 51.cxb5 cxb5 52.axb5 Kxh4
53.b6 Kh5 54.b7 Kg6 55.b8Q Kf7 56.Qd6 c4 57.bxc4 Kg7 58.Qd7+ Kf8 59.Qxe6
Kg7 60.Qd7+ Kg6 61.f5+ Kg5 62.Qg7+ Kh5 63.Qg6+ Kh4 64.Qg4#] 48...Ke4
49.Kh4 Kd4 50.Kxh5 bxc4 51.bxc4 Kxc4 52.f5! a forceful and devastating end
52...Kd5 [52...exf5 53.e6 Passed pawn; ∆52...−− 53.fxe6 Wins material] 53.f6 c4
54.f7 DDD: Black resigns. 1-0
Krupka, David − Southam, David [A90]
SCC Championship RR (1), 21.03.2013
[Fritz 13 (40s)]
Dave
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A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6) 1.d4 e6
2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.0-0 Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Nc3 0-0 last book
move 9.c5 White threatens to win material: c5xd6 [9.Bg5!?²] 9...Bc7= 10.b4 Ne4
Black threatens to win material: Ne4xc3 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.Bf4 [12.Rb1!?=] 12...e5
13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 [Not 15.Bxe4 fxe4 (15...dxe4?! 16.Bxe5
Qxe5 17.Kg2³) 16.Bxe5 Qxe5-+] 15...Qxe5 16.Rac1 Be6 17.a3 Rae8 [17...a5
18.b5³] 18.e3= Bf7 [18...Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.Rxc3=] 19.Ne2² g5 20.Qd3 Bg6
Black prepares f4 21.Qd4 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 The knight likes it on d4 22...f4 23.exf4
gxf4 24.f3 White threatens to win material: f3xe4. 24...Nd2 25.Rfe1 Nc4 Black
threatens to win material: Nc4xa3. Black can be proud of that piece 26.Ne6
White threatens to win material: Ne6xf8 26...Rf6 [¹26...Rf7!? has some apparent
merit 27.Nxf4 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Nxa3=] 27.Nxf4± Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Nxa3 29.Ra1
Nb5 30.Bf1 a6 31.Bxb5 [Less advisable is 31.Nxg6 hxg6 32.Bxb5 axb5 33.Ra8+
Kg7=] 31...axb5 32.Ra8+ Kg7 33.Rd8 Rf7 34.Kf2 Re7 35.Ne2 Kf7 [35...h5
36.Nd4±] 36.Rd6 [36.g4 Bd3 37.Nd4 Bb1+−] 36...Bd3 37.Nd4 Bc4 [37...Ke8
38.g4+−] 38.Rh6 [38.g4 Bd3+−] 38...Bd3± 39.Rd6 Bg6 [39...Bc4 40.g4+−]
40.Ne2 [40.g4 Re8+−] 40...Kg7 [40...Bd3 41.Nf4 Bf5±] 41.Nf4 Bf7 42.Ne2 Bg6
43.Nf4 Twofold repetition 43...Kf7 [43...Bf7!?² is worthy of consideration] 44.h4
Bc2 45.h5 Bb3 [45...Bf5 46.g4 Bd7 47.g5+−] 46.Rh6 [46.Ne2 Bc4 47.Nd4 Bd3+−
] 46...Kg7 [46...Bc2 47.g4±] 47.Re6+− Rd7 48.Re1?? White is ruining his
position [¹48.Ne2+− and the scales tip in favour of White] 48...d4 [48...d4
49.Nd3 Kf6=] 0-1
Pino Verde − Sam Sharpe [C44]
SCC− Championship RR (2), 28.03.2013
Pino
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d3 Nc6 3.e4 e5 4.c3 Be7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 d5 7.Nbd2 Re8 8.0-0 a5
9.a4 Bc5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.d4 Bxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4
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15.Be3 f5 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Rad1 Nb4 18.d5 Rxe5 19.d6 cxd6 20.Bd4 Be6
21.Qe3 Nc2 22.Qf4 Nxd4 23.Rxd4 Qe7 24.Rfd1 Ra6 25.Bf1 Rb6 26.Qxe5 dxe5
27.Rd8+ Bg8 28.Bc4 h6 29.Bxg8 Rxb2 30.Be6+ Kh7 31.Bxf5+ g6 32.R1d7 Qg7
33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Bxe4 Rb4 35.Rd7+ Kf6 36.f3 Rxa4 37.Rxb7 Ra2 38.Rb6+
Ke7 39.Rxg6 h5 40.Rg5 Ra1+ 41.Kg2 Ra2+ 42.Kh3 Kd6 43.Rxh5 a4 44.Rh6+
Ke7 45.Kg4 a3 46.h4 Rd2 47.Ra6 a2 48.h5 Rh2 49.Kg5 Kf8 50.Bd5 Rg2 51.Kf6
Ke8 52.g4 1-0
David Southam − Pino Verde [E94]
SCC−Championship RR (3), 04.04.2013
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 c6 7.0-0 e5 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 Re8 10.d5 Nc5 11.Qc2 cxd5 12.cxd5 a6 13.b4 Ncd7 14.Nd2 b5 15.Nb3
Nb6 16.Na5 Bd7 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Qd2 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.f3 Nh5 21.a3 f5
22.Nc6 Bxc6 23.dxc6 f4 24.Qd5+ Kh8 25.Bf2 Nf6 26.Qxc4 Qc7 27.Nd5 Nxd5
28.Qxd5 Rb8 29.Rc4 Rb5 30.Qd2 Rd8 31.a4 d5 32.axb5 dxc4 33.b6 Qc8 34.b7
Qc7 35.Qxd8+ Qxd8 36.Ba7 Bf8 37.b8Q 1-0
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)
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It's a busy time in Toronto chess, and our ACC players are making the most of it. Last
Monday, we enjoyed hosting the GTCL Cup, and several ACC teams participated - in
both categories, Championship and U1800. Last Friday, several of our young ACC
players were among the top seeds in the Toronto Secondary School Chess Championship.
And this Monday, we have Round One of the Toronto Closed, as well as the start of our
own ACC Spring Fling Swiss. It's great to see so much chess in the city!
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 )
The Willowdale chess club team competed in the recent GTCL cup last Monday.
Putting up 2.5 match points, they only lost to Hart house and Chess academy, drawing the
"King of Kings" and prevailing over "The knights of chess" as well as the "Blackmar
Diemers".
In other news, the Willowdale club championship ended this Thursday with an
unexpected ending. While Michael Barron, the winner, swept the field with 5 out of 5,
the second place was fought for vigorously. In the end, everyone stole a point from
everyone and as it turned out, a three-way tie for 2nd place occurred. Alexander
Strugach, Stephan Tonakanian and yours truly got 2.5/5, trailing the leader by a full 2.5
points.
As always, newcomers to our club are welcome.
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
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(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.
(by TCN Liaison for Burlington CC, Bob Gillanders)
- no news report filed.
PEEL
Mississauga Chess Club News
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
(by TCN Liaison for Mississauga CC, Bob Gillanders)
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- no news report filed.
YORK
Aurora Chess Club News
Meetings: Mondays in the Cafeteria of Aurora High School, from 6pm until 10:30pm!
Website: www.aurorachessclub.ca
For info: contact founder, Graeme Knight : [email protected]
(by TCN Liaison for Aurora CC, Graeme Knight)
We’ve hit fifty members! Wowa! That’s not bad for small-town-Aurora! In all my
wildest dreams I never thought that we would ever be able to build a club that was
attractive to so many chess players. We’re only just learning the ins-and-outs of club
maintenance and the nuances of running an organization, but so far it’s going pretty well.
Monday 8th April saw the start of our second CFC rated event. This particular six week
Swiss will be fought out by twenty seven players of varying skill. The first round was an
interesting fight between high and low rated players and Monday’s Round 2 will see
more balance in the pairings. We briefly announced that Spring 2014 will see a Club
Championship – a CFC rated Round Robin for all to enjoy.
Competitive Chess is by far the most sought after pursuit in the club. Our Rapids are
bringing in thirty or more players and our second CFC Tournament shows there is wind
in the sails of this particular ship – all we need is momentum to drive forward for the
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2014 season. The start of this tour de force, is the recently announced Aurora Summer
Open which will be held over the weekend of July 6th/7th. An encouraging sign of
potential success was the pre-registration of our first player – an International Master.
Several other players have signed up and we’ll continue to market the event right up until
the day it starts.
We have a new website – almost – due to be released shortly and while the initial content
will be sparse, our set up promises an easier time for adding banners, pages, galleries,
videos, and other wonderful media. The work of the volunteers is never done, and the
club is starting to reap the reward of building a large community of chess players.
After a culmination of many late nights and several weeks, we're proud to announce the
new Aurora Chess Club Website. We hope that this site will help us grow into 2014 and
beyond. Our development team has tested the new site as much as possible, but there will
always be wrinkles - let us know if you have any comments, thoughts, find any errors, etc
etc.. Our URL is: www.aurorachessclub.ca.
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
For further information, contact David Ho at [email protected]
( from TCN Liaison for Ajax CC, David Ho)
We just had a blindfold demo that has got to be one of the most unique events ever and
will probably not be duplicated in the future. FM Hans Jung came all the way down from
Kitchener to visit our chess club this past Saturday to perform a multi blindfold demo.
He played against 6 club members (elo ranging from 1600 - 2000) blindfolded. The
venue ..... in a dental office. Yes you read right. The Whitby Dental Centre had the
honor and privilege of hosting this event. Hans lost 2, won 2 and drew 2. We were going
to pump some nitrous oxide (laughing gas) into the office to see if we could throw off his
games but decided not to (the blindfold couldn't stop him, so the nitrous wouldn't help
much either). The Dental office was chosen because the restaurant beside could not have
sustained this 4 hour event without interruption from dinner reservations.
Everyone was amazed at this tremendous feat of chess mastery. The great Philidor would
have been impressed. Hans was very personable and a true asset to our chess
community. His record to date is playing an exhibition against 26 players in a blindfold
simul.
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SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO
Tournaments
Guelph Spring Pro-Am
April 6-7, 2013
Peter Clark Hall, Guelph University Centre
5 Round Swiss;
3 Sections: FIDE Rated Pro, FIDE Rated U2000, U1600
Top Finishers:
Pro Section:
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2585 W8 W21 W6 W4 D2 4.5
2 Razvan Preotu 2445 W11 D6 W14 W3 D1 4.0
3 IM Bindi Cheng 2517 H--- W13 W9 L2 W10 3.5
4 IM Artiom Samsonkin 2564 W19 D9 W10 L1 W13 3.5
5 FM Victor Plotkin 2390 D14 D15 W11 D6 W9 3.5
Here is a critical game between two of the top contenders (Annotations by Bob
Armstrong, using Fritz):
Noritsyn, Nikolay (2585) − Samsonkin, Artiom (2564) [C00]
Guelph Spring Pro−Am 2013 Guelph (4), 07.04.2013
1.e4² 0.35 1...e6 2.Qe2?!= [2.d4²] 2...c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 d5 6.0-0 dxe4 7.Qxe4 g6
[7...Nd5?! 8.Rd1 Be7²; 7...Nf5 8.Na3 Be7=] 8.Qc4 Nf5 9.b3?!³ for the first time in the game,
Artiom gets the advantage [9.Nc3 Be7 10.b3 0-0=] 9...Bg7 10.Nc3 b6 11.d4
11...0-0?!=
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[11...Na5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Rd1 Bb7³] 12.Bg5 f6 [12...Qd7 13.dxc5 Na5 14.Qb4 Nc6 15.Qc4
Na5=] 13.Bd2 Nd6 14.Qd3?!³ [14.Qa4 Bd7 15.dxc5 bxc5=] 14...Nb4 15.Qe2 e5 16.Ne4 Ba6
17.c4 Nxe4 18.Bxb4 Bb7?!= [18...f5 19.dxc5 bxc5³] 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Ba3 Qa5 21.Bb2 Rad8
22.Qe1?!³ [22.Nxe5! Rd2 23.Qe1 fxe5 24.Rd1 Qd8 25.Rxd2 Nxd2 26.Bxb7 Qd3=] 22...Qc7
23.Qe3?!∓ Artiom gets a "clear" advantage [23.Rd1 Nd6 24.Nd2 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Qc6+ 26.Kg1
Nf5³] 23...Nd6 24.Ba3 e4 25.Nh4 g5?² Nikolay gets back the advantage [25...f5 26.Rad1 Bd4
27.Rxd4 f4 28.Qc3 cxd4 29.Qxd4 Nc8∓]
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26.Qxc5! leaving the N attacked; Nikolay goes up a P 26...Qxc5 27.Bxc5 gxh4 Artiom is
temporarily up N vs P 28.Rad1 Nf5?± Nikolay gets a "clear" advantage [28...Nf7 29.Bxf8 Bxf8
30.Rxd8 Nxd8²] 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 Nikolay is up R + P vs B + N [29...Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Bxf8±] 30.Rd7
Bc6 31.Rc7 Ba8 32.Rxa7 Nikolay is up R + 2 P's (3 passed, connected P's) vs B + N 32...Nd4
33.Rd1 Nf3+?!+− Nikolay gets a "winning" advantage [33...Nc6 34.Rxa8 Rxa8 35.Bxe4 Ra6
36.Rd6 Nb4 37.Rxa6 Nxa6 38.gxh4 Bf8±] 34.Bxf3 exf3 35.Rad7 hxg3 36.hxg3 Bc6 37.Rd8
Be8?+− 5.07 [37...Be4 38.b4 Kf7+− 2.83] 38.a4 f5 39.a5 Bf6?+− 8.16 [39...Bc6 40.a6 f4+− 9.42]
40.Rc8 f4 41.a6 fxg3 Nikolay is up R + P vs 2 B's 42.a7+− 10.56 the aP is going to score a
touchdown! 1-0
U 2000 Section
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Jeffrey Xu 1949 W28 W14 W13 W2 D3 4.5
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Jeffrey on left
2 Alexandre Michelashvili 1741 W31 W23 W4 L1 W8 4.0
3 Richard Chen 1866 W29 D8 W9 D4 D1 3.5
4 Michael von Keitz 1839 W25 W24 L2 D3 W10 3.5
5 Jason Cai 1741 L9 W25 W30 W14 D7 3.5
6 Mario Piccinin 1811 L24 W19 W27 D8 W15 3.5
7 Constance Wang 1556 W21 L13 W20 W22 D5 3.5
U 1600
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Daniel Denbok 1465 W11 W10 W6 D2 W7 4.5
2 Radu Lupan 1375 W13 W5 D7 D1 W8 4.0
3 Bruce Hurst 1293 W14 H--- H--- D5 W9 3.5
4 Giuseppe Del Duca 1459 H--- W18 H--- D7 W6 3.5
5 Kai Gauer 1236 W21 L2 W18 D3 W10 3.5
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Photo by James Williamson
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 CC, Bob Gillanders)
- no news report filed.
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 )
For our Tuesday night club schedule click Club Schedule.
The club is organizing a tournament this coming weekend, and one in June – see below:
_______________________________________________________________________
Spring Active Open Tournament: Saturday April 20, 2013
Five rounds, Swiss-style Chess Tournament. Registration 9:30 am
Learning Room Time Control 25 min + 10 s Bronstein
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
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Alberta
Tournaments
Alberta Closed
This 6-player round-robin was played March 29 – 31 at the Calgary Chess Club.
Participants >> http://calgarychess.com/WORDPRESS/?page_id=3101
Winner >> GM Eric Hansen with 4/5 pts. (gave up 2 draws). Congratulations Eric!
Final Standings
# Name/CFC Rating (FIDE Rating)
Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Pos
6 GM Eric Hansen
B
2588 132475
(2557) (2606771)
0.5
1 W
1.5
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2.5
2 W
3.5
5B
4.0
3
1st
4.0
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2 IM Edward Porper
2494 136955
W
(2418) (2801604)
3 NM Alex Yam
2380 138357
W
(2275) (2608251)
1 IM Richard Wang
2460 142949
(2376) (2608243)
0.5
B
(2357) (2013428)
4 NM Vladislav Rekhson
2136 135072
0.5
W
5 FM Vladimir Pechenkin
2428 135188
1.0
0.0
B
(2093) (2606232)
0.5
5B
2.0
4B
1.0
6W
0.5
2 W
0.5
3 B
0.5
1 W
6W
2.0
5 W
3.0
1B
2.0
2B
2.0
3 W
0.5
3B
1.5
4 B
1.5
6 W
1.5
5B
0.5
0.5
3B
4
3.5
2 W
3.5
6
2.5
4B
5
1.0
4th-5th
2.0
1
2.0
1 W
3rd
2.5
2.0
6 W
2nd
4th-5th
2.0
2
6th
1.0
From: http://calgarychess.com/WORDPRESS/?page_id=3254
Alongside the Closed, an Open Reserves section took place. National Masters Rob
Gardner and Daniel Kazmaier shared first with 4/5. Full results are available here:
http://calgarychess.com/WORDPRESS/?page_id=2603
British Columbia
Tournaments
Grand Pacific Open
Dates: March 29-April 1( Easter Weekend )
Location: Hotel Grand Pacific, Victoria BC.
Type: 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss in two sections – Open; U 1800.
Prizes: $5000 in prizes guaranteed.
Participation: Roughly 105 players took part in the main event with players from four
different countries, four provinces, and five US states.
Prize Winners:
Open Section:
$1150+Trophy + qualification to next BC Closed: FM Jack Yoos
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Jack Yoos with his trophy. (photo: BlueGiraffe photography)
Here is one of Jack’s wins, over legendary Canadian IM Lawrence Day
(Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
Yoos, Jack − Day, Lawrence [C29]
Grand Pacific Open Victoria, BC (5), 31.03.2013
1.e4² 0.35 1...e5 2.f4?³ Fritz is not enamoured of the King's Gambit [2.Nf3²] 2...d5?!= [2...exf4
3.Nf3 Nf6³] 3.exd5 exf4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6?!² [5...c6 6.d4 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6=] 6.d4 Bg4?!±
Jack gets an early "clear" advantage [6...c6 7.dxc6 Nxc6 8.Nge2 f3 9.gxf3 Bd6²] 7.Be2?!² [7.Nf3
c6 8.h3 Bh5±] 7...Bf5?!± [7...h5 8.Bxf4 Bb4²] 8.Bxf4 Jack goes up a P 8...Bb4 [8...Nxd5 9.Nxd5
Qxd5±] 9.Bg5 Nbd7 [9...Qxd5 10.Bxf6 gxf6±] 10.Bf3?= [10.Nf3 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6±] 10...0-0
[10...h6 11.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxf6=] 11.Nge2 h6 12.Bd2 [12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.0-0 Re8=] 12...Nb6
13.0-0 Nc4?!² [13...Re8 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 Qd7=] 14.Bc1?!= [14.b3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Re8²]
14...Re8?!² [14...Qe7 15.Ng3 Bg6=] 15.a3 Bf8 16.b3 Nd6?!± [16...Nb6 17.Nf4 Qd7²] 17.Ng3
Bh7 18.Na4 [18.Be2 Nde4 19.Ncxe4 Nxe4±] 18...g5 19.Nc5 Bg7 20.Bb2 Qc8?!+− Jack gets a
"winning" advantage [20...b6 21.Nd3 g4±] 21.Nh5 Nxh5 22.Bxh5 Re7 23.Nd3?!± [23.Rc1?! c6
24.Qf3 (24.Bf3 cxd5 25.Bxd5 Qc7±) 24...b6±; 23.Qd2 a5 24.Rac1 b6+−] 23...b6?!+− [23...c6
24.dxc6 Qxc6±] 24.Ne5 f6 25.Nc6 Re4 26.Bf3 Re8 27.c4 Qd7 28.Bg4 f5 29.Bh5 Re4 30.Bf3
Ree8 31.Be2 f4 32.Bg4 Bf5 33.Bh5 Re3 34.Ne5 Qe7 35.Re1 Rxe1+ 36.Qxe1 Kh7 37.Qe2
Rf8?+− 3.51 [37...Bf6 38.Re1 Qg7+− 2.75] 38.Re1 Ne8 39.Ng4?!± [39.Ng6 Qxe2 40.Nxf8+ Bxf8
41.Bxe2 Nf6+−] 39...Qxe2 40.Rxe2 Nf6 41.Nxf6+ Bxf6 42.h3 Kg7 43.Bg4 Bd3 44.Re6 Bg6?!+−
[44...Bc2 45.Rc6 Rf7±] 45.Rc6 Rf7 46.d6 cxd6 47.Rxd6 h5 48.Be6 Rb7 49.b4 Be8 50.Bc8
Rc7?+− 2.81 [50...Re7 51.Re6 Rxe6 52.Bxe6 Kf8+− 1.70] 51.Be6?!± [51.Bxa6 Re7 52.Kf1
Bg6+−] 51...Be7?!+− 4.58 a blunder; loses 2 P's [51...Rb7 52.h4 gxh4+− 1.63] 52.Rxb6 Jack
goes up 2 P's (connected & passed) 52...Bf6 53.Rxa6+− 4.71 Jack is up 3 P's (4 connected &
passed) 1-0
2nd-3rd ($575 each) NM Alfred Pechisker , NM Tanraj S Sohal ($575 each)
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U2100 (within section)
On Tiebreak 1st - $170+Trophy: Matthew Herdin
2nd-5th: $170 each: Jingzhou [Peter] Lai, John Doknjas, Jeremy Hui, Robert North
Top Women (Courtesy of Goddess Chess)(within section)
1st: $80 WGM Katerina Rohonyan ,
2nd-3rd $65 each: WFM Chouchanik Airapetian, Becca Lampman
4th-5th: $45 each Alice Huanyi Xiao and Joanne Foote
U1800 Section:
1st: $425+Trophy: Duncan Haines
2nd $325 Sean Blanchard
U1500 (within section)
1st $350+Trophy: Kevin Low
2nd $250 Conrad Burgert
( 3 below – within section)
Top Unrated - (Highest score in either section) $100 Peter Kenyon
Biggest Upset $100 Patrick Huang (628 points)
Top Woman $20 (Donated by Laurence Cohen) Ashley Tapp
Side Events: free if you played in the main event and included:
1. Grand Pacific Active - March 29 - G/25min+5 sec increment – won by Tanraj
Sohal
2. Midnight Blitz with $100 in prizes - March 30 - G/5min, 5 double round Swiss –
won by Janak Awatramani.
3. Grand Pacific Bughouse - April 1 - G/5min, 5 round Swiss – still to be reported
Website: www.grandpacificopen.com
Official Photographer Photos:
http://bluegiraffephoto.zenfolio.com/grandpacificopen
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TCN Readers’ Section
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.
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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
recall and sparkling ideas forever lodged in their subconscious. I hope you will find the
game presentations illuminating and enjoyable.
Game 7 — Art of Pawn Promotion
McDonnell – La Bourdonnais
London, England, 1834
Francois Andre Philidor, Guillaume Le Breton Deschappelles, Louis Charles Mahe de La
Bourdonnais, and Pierre Charles Fournier De Saint Amant were the four great masters
from France who dominated the chessworld for almost 100 years (1750 – 1843). They
each played many brilliant games and found amazing tactics but were also great masters
of strategy. I consider this game the greatest passed pawn endgame of all time!
1. e4 c5
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Diagram # 7.1
This move (c5) is the beginning of the most popular opening in chess, the Sicilian Defence. More
tournament games of chess start with the Sicilian Defence than any other opening. It is also one of the
oldest openings.
Chess openings are usually named after countries or regions (Sicilian originated in Sicily, the southernmost
region of Italy) or cities or famous players who invented them or played them more often than anyone else.
Openings developed first in Italy and Spain, and then later in Great Britain, France, Holland, Germany,
Russia, and the rest of Europe. Only much later did the world beyond Europe get credit for opening
discoveries.
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4
A pawn lever to open the center and which leads to an “Open Sicilian” with lots of piece play.
3... cxd4
4. Nxd4
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Diagram # 7.2
One reason why this is a popular opening is that the knight is developed before the bishop which is a
principle often expounded by the old masters. Old opening books written by the best players over a
hundred years ago were inflexible in their belief that beginners must follow this “knights before bishops”
developing principle. Notice also that both White and Black have only moved central pawns to develop the
pieces (bishops and queens) behind those pawns. The knight on d4 which is attacked by the knight on c6 is
guarded by the queen on d1. These are the beginning elements of piece coordination.
4... e5!
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Diagram # 7.3
The tickler — a pawn move to remove the knight from the center and to start building Black's pawn center.
(A tickler is an irritating pawn move attacking a piece and usually forcing it to move to a less advantageous
square.)
5. Nxc6?
White is helping Black build his pawn center. After this capture Black’s c6-pawn will support the pawn
move d5 and Black will have his pawn center.
5... bxc6
6. Bc4?
More logical would have been pawn to c4 to make it difficult for Black to make his pawn center.
6... Nf6
7. Bg5 Be7
8. Qe2
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8. Nc3 is better as it prevents the lever d5 for Black. For example: 8...d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. exd5 and White
wins an important center pawn.
8... d5!
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Diagram # 7.4
9. Bxf6
9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 and the center is Black’s.
9... Bxf6
10. Bb3 O-O
11. O-O a5!
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Diagram # 7.5
A clever move threatening both to trap the bishop on b3 with pawn a4 (on the next move) and win an
exchange with the X-ray attack after bishop to a6. (An X-ray attack is the opposite of a pin. In a pin the
lesser piece in front can't move or the greater piece behind will be lost. In an X-ray attack if the greater
piece in front moves the lesser one behind will be lost.)
12. exd5 cxd5
13. Rd1 d4
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Diagram # 7.6
Notice that although Black has “won” the center (which is an advantage), White has pressure on the center
and Black needs to develop his pieces before he will have better play.
14. c4?
Kasparov considers 14.c4 to be the decisive mistake, but it leads to complications that make the game very
exciting and interesting.
Although White now gets a passed pawn, Black's connected passed center d-pawn is more of an advantage.
As you will see in the game the passed d-pawn is a permanent advantage and Black is well on the way to a
winning position. Be careful before you move pawns, they can never move backwards!
More solid is 14. Nd2 a4 15. Bc4 a3 16.b3 Bb7. An interesting alternative is 14. Nc3.
14... Qb6
15. Bc2 Bb7
16. Nd2 Rae8!
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+rtrk+0
9+l+-+pzpp0
9-wq-+-vl-+0
9zp-+-zp-+-0
9-+Pzp-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPLsNQzPPzP0
9tR-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.7
The f8-rook should stay on the f-file to help the f-pawn lever (as we see played later in the game).
Black does not concern himself with tricks and develops all his pieces! 16... Qxb2? 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rab1 e4
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxb2 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Rfe8 and Black has no advantage.
17. Ne4 Bd8
“Saving” the two bishops. The two bishops (opposing a bishop and knight) are a considerable advantage
when there is open play on both sides of the board.
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18. c5 Qc6
19. f3
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-vlrtrk+0
9+l+-+pzpp0
9-+q+-+-+0
9zp-zP-zp-+-0
9-+-zpN+-+0
9+-+-+P+-0
9PzPL+Q+PzP0
9tR-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.8
Blocking the vulnerable diagonal a8 to h1 (Black was threatening checkmate on g2 if the knight moved),
supporting the knight and White is now threatening knight to d6.
19... Be7
20. Rac1 f5!
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+rtrk+0
9+l+-vl-zpp0
9-+q+-+-+0
9zp-zP-zpp+-0
9-+-zpN+-+0
9+-+-+P+-0
9PzPL+Q+PzP0
9+-tRR+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.9
Black starts action in the center with a tickler against the knight.
21. Qc4+ Kh8
22. Ba4
White was attracted to this X-ray attack and now wins the exchange (winning a rook for a bishop or
knight). Did Black miss this idea?
The Zwischenzug (intermediate move) 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Ba4 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxe8 (or 25. Rxc5
Re7 26. Rxa5 Rd8 ) 25...Bd6 26.Bc6 Ba6 and an interesting endgame results where Black eventually will
attempt to push the central pawns.
22... Qh6
23. Bxe8
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XIIIIIIIIY Y
9-+-+Ltr-mk0
9+l+-vl-zpp0
9-+-+-+-wq0
9zp-zP-zpp+-0
9-+QzpN+-+0
9+-+-+P+-0
9PzP-+-+PzP0
9+-tRR+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.10
Here the Zwischenzug 23. Nd6 only changes Black's attacking idea:
23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxe8 Bc7
A) 25. Qb3 Ba6 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 e4 28. g3 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Bxg3.
B) 25. c6 Bc8 (the mis-timing of the e4 lever leads with best play to a draw! 25...e4?! 26. cxb7 Qxh2+ 27.
Kf1 exf3 28. gxf3 Bg3 29. Qxd4 Rxe8 30. Rd3!) 26. Bh5 (26. Bd7 e4 27. Bxc8 d3) Qxh5 27. Qc5 Re8 28.
Qa7 Qf7 29. Kh1 Qe7 30. f4 Qd6.
23... fxe4!!
No, Black did not miss the loss of the exchange. He has seen deeper!! The center pawns now start their
action!
24. c6 exf3?
An inaccuracy allowing a good defence by the rook. Better is 24... Qe3+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kf1?? exf3 26. g3 e4
27. Re1 Qh6 28. Rxe4 Ba6 29. Qxa6 Qxc1+ mates) exf3 26. Rf1 fxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qe4+ 28. Kg1 Rxe8 29.
cxb7 Qxb7.
25. Rc2
White has a strong passed pawn of his own, but has to be careful! 25. cxb7?? Qe3+ 26. Kh1 fxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Rf2+ 28. Kg1 Rc2+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg2 checkmate.
25... Qe3+
26. Kh1??
A natural move but also a blunder returning the favour. 26. Rf2 should successfully defend. A sample line
is: 26... fxg2 27. Qe2 Ba6 (27... Qxe2? 28. Rxe2 Ba6 29. Rxe5 Rf1+ 30. Kxg2 Rxc1 31. Rxe7) 28. Qxe3
dxe3 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Rc1! e2 31. Bh5 g6 32. Bxe2 Bxe2 33. c7 Ba6 34. c8=Q Bxc8 35. Rxc8 Kg7 36.
Kxg2 and White is winning.
26... Bc8
27. Bd7
A) 27. Bh5 f2 28. Qf1 d3 29. Rcd2 e4.
B) 27. Bf7 Bf5 28. Rcd2 (28. Rcc1?? fxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bh3+ 30. Kh1 Qe4+ 31. Kg2 Qg2#) Bb4.
27... f2
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XIIIIIIIIY
9-+l+-tr-mk0
9+-+Lvl-zpp0
9-+P+-+-+0
9zp-+-zp-+-0
9-+Qzp-+-+0
9+-+-wq-+-0
9PzPR+-zpPzP0
9+-+R+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.11
"Passed pawns must be pushed!" (threatening Qe1+), but 27... d3! is actually better 28. Qxd3 Qxd3 29.
Rxd3 f2 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. g3 Rf8 32. Rd5 Rd8.
28. Rf1
28. Bxc8?? Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qxd1 30. Qxd1 f1=Q+ 31. Qxf1 Rxf1 checkmate.
Also losing is 28. Qf1 Ba6 29. Rxf2 (29. Qxa6?? Qe1+) Qxf2 (29... Bxf1?? 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31.Rxf1 and
c7) 30. Qxa6 e4 31. c7 Qc2 32. Bg4 Qxc7 33. Rxd4 Qb6 (remove the defender) 34. Qc4 Qb4 35. g3 Qe1+
36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37. Kh3 Qg1 38. Qc8+ Bf8 39. Kh4 Qxh2+ 40. Bh3 Rf3 41. Qb8 g5+ 42. Kg4 h5+
XIIIIIIIIY
9-wQ-+-vl-mk0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-+-+-zpp0
9-+-tRp+K+0
9+-+-+rzPL0
9PzP-+-+-wq0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Sub-diagram # 7.12
43. Kxg5 Rxg3+ winning the queen or checkmating the king.
28... d3!
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+l+-tr-mk0
9+-+Lvl-zpp0
9-+P+-+-+0
9zp-+-zp-+-0
9-+Q+-+-+0
9+-+pwq-+-0
9PzPR+-zpPzP0
9+-+-+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.13
29. Rc3
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Interesting is 29. Bxc8 dxc2 30. Ba6 Qc5 and White should be able to defend with:
31. Qxc5 Bxc5 32. Bd3 e4! (deflection) 33. Bxc2 e3 34. Bd3 Rc8 35. Rc1 (35. Bb5? Rxc6 36. Bxc6?? e2)
Rxc6 36. g3 and the bishops of opposite colour and the soon to be active White king helps White's
defensive chances greatly.
29... Bxd7
30. cxd7
30. Rxd3?
A) 30... Qe2 31. Rc3 Bg4 32. c7! Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Bc8 (33... Be2? 34. Rxf2!! Rxf2 35. c8=Q+ Rf8 36. Rc1!
and White keeps the queen.) 34. Rc2 Bh4 35. h3 (35. g3?? Bb7+) e4 36. g3 Bxg3 37. Kg2 Bh4 38. Rcxf2
Bxf2 39. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Bxh3 and Black’s kingside pawns should be able to promote.
B) 30... Be6! remove the defender 31. Qc2 Qc5 32. Rd2 Qb5 33. Rdd1 Bxa2 34. c7 Rc8 35. Rxf2 Bb3 36.
Qf5 Rxc7!
30... e4!
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-tr-mk0
9+-+Pvl-zpp0
9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-+-+-+-0
9-+Q+p+-+0
9+-tRpwq-+-0
9PzP-+-zpPzP0
9+-+-+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.14
31. Qc8 Bd8
31...Rd8 32. Rcc1 d2 33. Rcd1 Qf4 34. Qc3 e3 35. Qc6 (35. Rxd2 Bd6 36. Rxd6 e2) 35...e2 36. Qf3 Bd6
37. Qxf4 Bxf4 38.g3 e1=Q.
32. Qc4
A) 32. Qxd8?? Rxd8 33. Rc8 Qg5 34. Rxf2 Kg8! and the connected passed d- and e-pawns will end the
battle when they promote to queens.
B) 32. Qc5 Qxc5 (forced) 33. Rxc5 e3 34. Re5 e2 35. Rxf2 Kg8 36. Re8 e1=Q+ 37. Rxe1 Rxf2 38. Kg1
Rf6.
32... Qe1
33. Rc1
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XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-vl-tr-mk0
9+-+P+-zpp0
9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-+-+-+-0
9-+Q+p+-+0
9+-+p+-+-0
9PzP-+-zpPzP0
9+-tR-wqR+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.15
33... d2!
A powerful passed pawn connector (actually a tickler!).
34. Qc5
Answered by a checkmate threat!
34... Rg8
35. Rd1 e3!
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-vl-+rmk0
9+-+P+-zpp0
9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-wQ-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-zp-+-0
9PzP-zp-zpPzP0
9+-+RwqR+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.16
Three connected passed pawns ready to queen!
36. Qc3 Qxd1
To set up . . .
37. Rxd1 e2!!
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XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-vl-+rmk0
9+-+P+-zpp0
9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-wQ-+-+-0
9PzP-zppzpPzP0
9+-+R+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Diagram # 7.17
Three beautiful queen candidates standing in a row! White, of course, resigned. This is my favourite
endgame of all time! One of the greatest creative and artistic games of all time. The computer evaluation
leading to the final position is the highest numerical evaluation of a position that the author has ever seen. It
would be a good tactical exercise to input the moves of this game into a strong computer chess analysis
program and study the interesting tactical lines the computer program comes up with. Fascinating tactics
(and very complicated positions!) throughout this game.
Kasparov says about the final position, "This position, where the small pawns were victorious over the
enemy, was so surprising that it seemed like a fairy tale and I was unable to live without chess after seeing
it[6 years old]. I have admired this position ever since."
0-1
Review of Game 7
Strategic Themes
Opening principles in the
"Open" Sicilian Defence.
Building the pawn center.
Connected passed pawn in the
center.
Saving the two bishops.
How to put passed pawns in
motion.
Pushing passed pawns.
Tactical Themes
Moves 3. d4 and 8.... d5 - pawn levers creating play in the center.
Move 4.... e5 the tickler.
Move 11.... a5 rook pawn lever with a double threat.
Move 20.... f5 the tickler.
Move 22. Ba4 winning the exchange.
Moves 23.... fxe4, 24. c6, 24.... exf3 Zwischenzug (intermediate move) also breaking
open the king position.
Moves 32... Qe1, 33... d2, 36.... Qxd1, and 37.... e2 setting up and removal of the
defender.
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Ken’s Chess Trivia
(questions/presentations researched by columnist Ken Kurkowski,
Scarborough CC Treasurer, and TCN Liaison for SCC)
Last Issue’s Chess Trivia was the Question:
A world championship candidates’ match was once decided via a spin of a roulette
wheel. Who were the players involved, and who was the (lucky) winner?
The Answer is:
There are two correct answers to this question! Initially I only had one of the two in my
trivia bank. Anyone guessing either of the two would be a winner. Here are the two
answers:
A: Nana Ioseliani vs Zsuza Polgar: Ioseliani went through to play in the women's world
championship thanks to the spin of the roulette wheel after they were tied at the end of
the match - well, that's what you get when you decide to play the match in Monte Carlo!
(source: The Week In Chess, 2000)
B: Dr. R. Huebner vs. V. Smyslov: In 1983 Huebner and Smyslov could have used rapid
games to decide their tied match, but it was not mandatory and Smyslov refused. Not
surprising, as he was much older than his opponent and likely would have been at a
disadvantage in the faster games. Smyslov won at the spin of a roulette wheel.
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Particularly unfortunate, given Huebner's prior withdrawals from the Candidates
Tournament in 1971 and 1980, but I gather that he had a temperamental streak similar to
Fischer's, so it may have been for the best. Definitely a man on that mythical short list of
"best players never to be World Champion."
TCN Bragging Rights:
New CFC Executive Director in waiting, and past CFC President, Michael von Keitz,
submitted the second answer above, at the time that I had only the first answer. On
researching, I found he was totally correct. So Michael gets the Issue # 1-15 Bragging
Rights. Congratulations. And this extends his lead in the 2013 TCN Trivia Grand Prix.
Honourable Mention goes to New Brunswick CFC Governor Ken Craft, who got the right
answer B, but came in well after Michael.
The TCN Chess Trivia Grand Prix
Ed.: We will 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.
Michael von Keitz – 4 – Jan. 15/ Feb. 1/ March 1/April 1.
Rick Garel – 2 – Jan. 1/ Feb. 15.
No Winner – 1 – March 15
Today’s Trivia Question is:
Q: A Zonal tournament was once decided using a bingo machine. Name the Tournament
(i.e. country/zone) and the lucky winner.
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.
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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
SCC member Dinesh Dattani commented on the quality of the newspaper, since
its inception on Sept. 1/12:
“The quality of this newsletter has improved and it's noticeable!. Congratulations!
Also, I liked Hedi's contribution.” ( Hedi Stroempl volunteered our lead article in Issue #
1-15).
Thanks to our readers who encourage us to keep on trucking!
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column
Got a chess issue that has been bothering you for a while? Got a favourite chess
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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.
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Tournament Notices
2013 Toronto Closed Championship
Starts TODAY!
April 15 to June 10, 2013
GTCL Event: The Toronto Closed is sanctioned by the Greater Toronto Chess League,
which also pays rating fees and provides the trophy
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Championship Format: an 8-player round robin comprised of the highest rated Toronto
players who apply - but the defending Toronto Champion and the 2012 Reserve winner
qualify automatically
Reserve Section: eight additional players – and the winner qualifies for next year’s
Championship
Time Control: game in 90 minutes, with a 30-second increment from move one
CFC & FIDE-rated: Championship section rated by the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC)
and the World Chess Federation (FIDE)
Chief Arbiter: Alex Ferreira
Prizes (based on 16 players):
o First Place – $400 and trophy
o Second Place – $200
o Reserve 1st – $180 and qualify for next year
o Reserve 2nd – $100
Entry Deadline: Entries
must be received online or at
Annex Chess Club by April 1 @
7:00 pm Location
Annex Chess Club @
918 Bathurst
just north of Bloor (near
Bathurst subway)
•first set of lights north of
Bloor
•one block from Bathurst
subway
Game Time
Monday nights @ 7:30 pm
Entry Fee
seven rounds, April 15 to June 10
$90 ($10 discount for ACC members) up-todate CFC membership is required
Oriole CC Simul – Can. IM Aman Hambleton
IM Aman Hambleton is coming to Oriole again. Here is a link to the Simul given by Aman at
Oriole last June.
Aman's performance then became the focus of the whole Canadian chess community. Within the
past few months, he has a dramatic improvement. He was awarded the IM (International Master)
title and he has won 5 IM and 1 GM (Grand Master) norms. He has a rocketing jump FIDE
rating from 2226 to 2472.
We are proud to present another simul exhibition given by IM Aman Hambleton on April 28,
2013.
The main reason to host this simul at Oriole again because both the participants and Aman
enjoyed the last one very much. Aman is selected by Chess Federation of Canada as the official
representative to the Continental tournament in Bolivia in May (6th-15th) where he can win a
spot to the World Cup knockout tournament in Norway August 2013. We are proud and happy to
sponsor one of the strongest Canadian players.
Like last time, we will first have our regular Sunday tournament at 1:00. IM Aman Hambleton
will present the awards of the tournament at 3:15. Then we start the simul at 3:30. The fee for the
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simul is $10, pay on site. The gross income of the regular tournament and simul will go to the
fund.
To register for the regular tournament on April 28, please use the regular webform as usual.
To register for the simul, please use webform
at http://senecahillchess.com/2013/02/07/fundraising-simul-at-oriole-april-2013/. It is limited
to 24 players.
Ontario Girls’ Chess Championship – Advance Notice
Sunday, May 12th, 2013 - the 11th year of the OGCC!
New location
University of Toronto (Mississauga Campus)
3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Faculty Lounge, 3rd floor
Visit website for directions: www.mississaugachessclub.ca
Entry fee: $25 per player.
5 round Swiss pairings, Time control: 25 minutes each.
Sections: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18
(Sections will be combined where numbers warrant)
Trophies will be awarded to top 3 girls in each section.
As a bonus feature this year, this is a qualifying tournament for the Canadian Youth
Chess Championship. Players achieving a score of 2.5 or better will qualify (subject to
approval of the CFC Youth Coordinator) to participate in the CYCC in Ottawa in July
2013.
To register, please email [email protected] by midnight on May 9th. Space is
limited, so please register early. Late fee is $5.
Players please check in between 12-12:30pm to confirm registration and to pay entry
fees. Rounds starting at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm.
Presentation of trophies: 6:15-6:30pm.
Tournament Director: Bob Gillanders
CFC and CMA rated.
Parking: $6 all day Sunday flat rate.
Side events for siblings and parents
Light refreshments provided.
Visit www.miltonchess.ca for further details.
2013 Toronto Youth Championship (CYCC Qualifier) – Advance Notice
Date: May 19, 2013 (U8, U10, U12, U14,U16,U18 - Boys and Girls)
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City: Toronto, Ontario
Contact: Yuri(Iuri) Lebedev: [email protected]
Place: Finch subway Station, 5635 Yonge Street, Suites 201-202, Toronto,M2M 3S9.
Please, note that TTC parking is free on Sundays.
Rds: 5
Round Times: 2:00pm, 3:05pm, 4:10pm, 5:30pm and 6:35pm
Type: Swiss or Round Robin depending on the number of players in the groups
TC: G/30
EF: $25 before April 15; $30 before May 6; $40 cash only (on-site)
Prizes: Medals will be awarded for top 3 finishers in each section. This is a qualifying
tournament for the 2013 Canadian Youth Chess Championships. Players achieving a
score of 2.5 or better will qualify (subject to approval of the CFC Youth coordinator) to
participate in the 2013 CYCC in Ottawa in July 2013.
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/theknightsofchess/home
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.
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.
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