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THE “Independent” Voice for Canadian Chess Covering Toronto Chess News and Beyond! www.TorontoChessNews.com “Chess IS Life!” – GM Bobby Fischer Issue # 1- 12 – February 15, 2013 Erwin Casareno – 2012 Mississauga CC Champion
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THE “Independent” Voice for Canadian Chess Covering Toronto Chess News and Beyond!
www.TorontoChessNews.com
“Chess IS Life!” – GM Bobby Fischer
Issue # 1- 12 – February 15, 2013 Erwin Casareno – 2012 Mississauga CC Champion
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Table of Contents Page Articles, etc. A Bit of History: 2012 Mississauga Chess Club Championship 4 Canadian Chess Player of the Year – Hansen 11 Interesting Canadian Chess Personalities – Maurice Smith 13 RIP – John W. Chidley-Hill 22 Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Morphy’s Noble Checkmate 54 Ken’s Chess Trivia 60 TCN Readers Have Questions 62 TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 62 Tournaments Moscow Open, Russia 7 Guelph Winter Pro-Am 23 GTCL Premier League 26 British Columbia Open 54 Organizations with News Reports Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 12 Greater Toronto Chess League (GTCL) 30 Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 31 Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 39 Burlington Chess Club 42 Mississauga Chess Club 43 Aurora Chess Club 49 Hamilton City Chess Club 50 Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 52 Tournament Notices Hart House Reading Week Open 62 Willowdale Chess Club Championship 64 Community Bulletin Board 64
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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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A Bit of History: 2012 Mississauga Chess Club Championship Ed: For quite a while, the Mississauga Chess Club, was a small club in the outer reaches of the GTA. NO MORE. With its recent growth in adult membership, and an astounding growth in their junior club, MCC has become the largest club in Canada! The article below deals with the 2012 MCC Championship. NM Erwin Casareno, formerly of my club in Toronto, the Scarborough CC, attempted to send me his report/article at the end of last year, but somehow it got lost in cyberspace, and we both only realized this when chatting recently about TCN. So we thought that the lead article this Issue would be a little bit of modern history of the largest club in Canada.
By NM Erwin Casareno
This year’s [ 2012 ] club championship has been unusually strong due to the participation of several strong masters and experts who are under rated. Hard fought draws were common in addition to upsets scored by unrated and lower rated players. The 45 player field is a nice combination of junior and senior players.
Having failed in his first attempt in 2008 (won by Kevin Chung), Erwin returns to finally capture the title. This tournament has been pretty difficult for Erwin, having played in only 2 tournaments in 2012. . In the first 5 games he played, his positions were difficult to play and drifted into doubtful positions. He could have been in trouble with John Young in round 1 but escaped with a mating attack. In round 2, Erwin snatched a pawn from Yimang Yang in the opening but his refusal to exchange queens in the middle game led to a losing position in the endgame. Only his iron nerves held the draw when Yimang got into severe time trouble. In round 3, former CFC President Bob Gillanders used GM Hikaru Nakamura’s 4.b4 !? line against the Scandinavian defense, sacrificing a pawn but putting heavy mental burden on Erwin. Bob played strong moves, recovered the pawn and even got a winning position. Time pressure on Bob saved the point when Erwin uncorked a winning queen sacrifice late in the game. In round 4, Kurtis Chong 2113 got a pawn in the opening of a King’s gambit but does not want Erwin to get piece activity. The game became interesting when Kurtis decided to sacrifice his queen for 3 pieces to keep Erwin’s king in the middle. Kurtis could have extracted the point but severe time pressure forced him to offer a draw ( that was rejected when he has only 4 minutes left) . Erwin could have tried to flag him down but not a good idea from sportsmanship point of view Instead Erwin offered the draw with Kurtis having only 90 seconds on his clock. In round 5, Shankar Balakrisnan 1928 essayed the Danish-Morra gambit in the Sicilian to Erwin’s pleasant surprise. With a 2 pawn advantage, all Erwin did was play defense all night. There was no need to attack. Balakrisnan was not able to create the attack to justify the 2 pawns sacrificed, was under severe time pressure and lost on both time and position.
After 5 rounds, Owen Qian 2025 (CFC) was the clear leader with 4.5, followed by Erwin Casareno 2205 (MCC) and Nikola Brajkovic 2158 (CFC). The champion was predicted to come from this group as the other big guns are tied at 3.5 points. The pairings for the final round was 1. Qian – Casareno 2. Arandia 2163 (MCC) – Brajkovic 2158. If Owen wins, he is absolute champion. If Owen draws, he could be tied with
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Brajkovic. So from the point of view of Erwin, 2 things need to happen: 1. Beat Qian and 2. Arandia beat Brajkovic.
Erwin mentally prepared to play the English opening as White but was surprised to play the black pieces in round 6. Remembering Owen only needing a draw, he decided to answer 1.d4 with 1. …d6, a super flexible defense which does not expose pieces too much – thus avoiding early piece exchanges. This game is presented below.
Qian ,Owen (2025) - Casareno, Erwin (2205) 2012 Mississauga CC Championships (Round 6 Board 1), 18.10.2012 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.b4 Nb6 9.Qd3 d5 10.cxd5 Nfxd5 11.a3 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.e4 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Na4 15.Qe3 Be6 16.Rb1 b5 17.Bd2 Ra6 18.Bb4 Bc4 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Rd8 22.Rbc1 e6 ( Erwin was playing faster than usual that he only saw 22….Nb2 after he has played e6). 23.Rc2 Nb6 24.Rdc1 Nc4 (Owen correctly saw the immediately elimination of this well-posted black knight gives him equality)25.Rxc4 bxc4 26.Rxc4 Qb6 27.Kg2 Qb5 28.Qc3 h6 29.e5(a hasty pawn advance that gives black a big advantage. Better is 29.Qc2 or Bc5. Owen was playing fast) Bf8 30.Bxf8 Kxf8 31.Qc1 Kg7 32.Rb4 (32.Qf4 will be answered by 32….Rf8 33.Rb4 Qd3)Qd3 33.Qf4 Qf5 34.Qc1 g5 35.h3 c5 36.g4 Qd3 37.Rb7 Kg6 (37…Rxa3 is best) 38.h4 (38.Nh4+ gxh4 39.Qf4 gives White a draw by perpetual check but Black is not forced to capture the knight. 38….Kg7 preserves the win after 39.Nf3 Rxa3 40.Nxg5 hxg5 41.Qxg5+ Qg6 42.Qxd8 Qe4+ leads to a mating attack.) Qe4 39.Kg3 (39.h5+ does not change white’s destiny Kg7 and the 2 black threats still stands)Qxb7(Owen has 45 minutes while I have 32 minutes, but the time will not be a factor in this game as the result was decided on the board) 40.hxg5 Qe7 41.Qb1+ Kg7 42.gxh6+ Kxh6 43.d5 Rxd5 44.Qh1+ Kg7 45.Qh5 Rxa3 46.Kg2 Rxf3 47.Kxf3 f6 0–1
Here is the final crosstable:
Results (top 20 of 45): 2012 Mississauga Chess Club Championship # Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Erwin Casareno 2205 2203 W16 D13 W8 D3 W7 W5 5.0
$60 + Champion's trophy
2 Henry E Arandia 2163 2156 W17 W27 D12 L5 W8 W6 4.5 $30
3 Kurtis Chong 2113 2109 W31 W21 D5 D1 D13 W12 4.5 $30
4 Vincent Chow 2012 2005 W18 D14 L20 W23 W22 W11 4.5
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5 Owen Qian 1842 1901 W32 W23 D3 W2 W12 L1 4.5 $50 + Under 2000 trophy
6 Nikola Brajkovic 2158 2148 H--- W42 D13 W20 W10 L2 4.0
7 Shankar Balakrishnan 1928 1919 L23 W32 W14 W28 L1 W13 4.0 $30
8 Robert Gillanders 1773 1796 W33 W10 L1 W16 L2 W17 4.0
9 Jose Cabioc 1764 1786 H--- H--- U--- W32 W20 W16 4.0
10 Jordan Spencer unr. 1875 W15 L8 W31 W27 L6 W20 4.0 Under 1700
trophy
11 Thair Sabbagh 2145 2119 W30 D20 W19 L12 W14 L4 3.5
12 Ferdinand Supsup 1892 1902 W24 W22 D2 W11 L5 L3 3.5
13 Yimang Yang 1761 1798 W36 D1 D6 W17 D3 L7 3.5
14 Dinny Wang 1609 1635 W40 D4 L7 W36 L11 W21 3.5 $50
15 Paul Roschman 1605 1593 L10 H--- W41 D26 H--- D23 3.0
16 John Young 1497 1507 L1 W33 W37 L8 W23 L9 3.0
17 Mark Biong 1497 1508 L2 W39 W38 L13 W29 L8 3.0 $30
18 Immanuel Huang 1404 1415 L4 W25 L27 F31 W39 W34 3.0
19 Rashad Hussain unr. 1571 H--- W35 L11 L22 D34 W31 3.0
20 Florian Bergeron 1709 1722 W25 D11 W4 L6 L9 L10 2.5
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INTERNATIONAL The Moscow Open
The Moscow Open took place 2nd to 10th February 2013. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) was the top seed in the A-Group. It was 9 rounds, and there were 227 players. There were also a large number of other sections with a huge number of competitors.
Nepomniachtchi had to settle for 2nd place on tie-break with 8 other players ( with 7/9 pts.) behind sole winner Boris Savchenko ( the only joint leader to win in the final round - vs Pavel Ponkratov), who had 7.5/9 pts.
. Boris At the half way point ( after 5/9 rds. ), 8 players were tied for first (no perfect scores), including Nepomniachtchi:
Moscow Open A 2013 Moscow RUS Sat 2nd Feb 2013 - Sun 10th Feb 2013 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Mamedov Rauf GM AZE 2651 4.5 17.5 4 14.5
2 Ibragimov Ildar GM USA 2555 4.5 16.0 4 14.5
3 Nepomniachtchi Ian GM RUS 2703 4.5 16.0 4 13.0
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4 Ponkratov Pavel GM RUS 2584 4.5 15.0 4 14.5
5 Kokarev Dmitry GM RUS 2635 4.5 15.0 4 13.5
6 Kovalenko Igor GM UKR 2586 4.5 15.0 4 13.0
7 Adhiban B. GM IND 2547 4.5 14.5 4 14.5
8 Maletin Pavel GM RUS 2571 4.5 14.5 4 13
With 2 rounds to go there were 3 co-leaders, and 14 players ½ pt. back ( including Nepomniachtchi):
Moscow Open A 2013 Moscow RUS Sat 2nd Feb 2013 - Sun 10th Feb 2013 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Kokarev Dmitry GM RUS 2635 6.0 31.5 5 25.0
2 Ponkratov Pavel GM RUS 2584 6.0 31.0 5 26.0
3 Savchenko Boris GM RUS 2584 6.0 30.5 5 23.0
4 Adhiban B. GM IND 2547 5.5 34.0 4 25.0
5 Nepomniachtchi Ian GM RUS 2703 5.5 34.0 4 23.5
6 Mamedov Rauf GM AZE 2651 5.5 32.5 4 25.0
7 Kovalenko Igor GM UKR 2586 5.5 32.0 5 23.0
8 Matinian Nikita IM RUS 2460 5.5 31.5 4 22.5
9 Sandipan Chanda GM IND 2590 5.5 31.0 5 23.5
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10 Ganguly Surya Shekhar GM IND 2626 5.5 30.5 5 22.5
11 Maletin Pavel GM RUS 2571 5.5 30.0 4 24.0
12 Guseinov Gadir GM AZE 2623 5.5 29.5 4 22.0
13 Khairullin Ildar GM RUS 2650 5.5 29.0 4 22.0
14 Kovalev Vladislav IM BLR 2500 5.5 28.5 5 21.5
15 Smirnov Pavel GM RUS 2618 5.5 28.0 5 21.5
16 Goganov Aleksey IM RUS 2550 5.5 26.0 5 22.5
17 Gabrielian Artur GM RUS 2579 5.5 25.5 5 18.5
With 1 rd. to go ( 8 rounds completed ), there was a 7-way tie for first, and
Nepomniachtchi had climbed to the top of the leader board.
Moscow Open A 2013 Moscow RUS Sat 2nd Feb 2013 - Sun 10th Feb 2013 Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Nepomniachtchi Ian GM RUS 2703 6.5 44.5 5 30.0
2 Maletin Pavel GM RUS 2571 6.5 42.0 5 30.5
3 Mamedov Rauf GM AZE 2651 6.5 41.0 5 31.5
4 Savchenko Boris GM RUS 2584 6.5 41.0 5 29.5
5 Kokarev Dmitry GM RUS 2635 6.5 40.5 5 31.5
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6 Khairullin Ildar GM RUS 2650 6.5 38.0 5 28.5
7 Smirnov Pavel GM RUS 2618 6.5 36.0 6 28.0
Here were the top finishers:
Moscow Open A 2013 Moscow RUS Sat 2nd Feb 2013 - Sun 10th Feb 2013 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Savchenko Boris GM RUS 2584 7.5 51.5 6 37.0
2 Nepomniachtchi Ian GM RUS 2703 7.0 56.5 5 37.0
3 Maletin Pavel GM RUS 2571 7.0 54.0 5 37.5
4 Mamedov Rauf GM AZE 2651 7.0 51.5 5 38.5
5 Kokarev Dmitry GM RUS 2635 7.0 50.5 5 38.5
6 Iturrizaga Eduardo GM VEN 2646 7.0 49.5 6 33.5
7 Sandipan Chanda GM IND 2590 7.0 49.0 6 36.5
8 Matinian Nikita IM RUS 2460 7.0 49.0 5 35.5
9 Khairullin Ildar GM RUS 2650 7.0 48.5 5 35.5
10 Smirnov Pavel GM RUS 2618 7.0 45.5 6 35.0
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NATIONAL 2012 Canadian Chess Player of the Year – Hansen
For a number of years now, Toronto chess historian and organizer, David Cohen, has established a private award, Canadian Chess Player of the Year. It is a vote by Canadian chess journalists. A few years ago, David also introduced a “fan ballot” – the winner gets one vote added to the journalists’ votes. Grandmaster Eric Hansen of Alberta is the 2012 Canadian Chess Player of the Year! Eric also won the Fan Ballot.
In the overall vote, International Master Aman Hambleton finished second, Canadian Champion Grandmaster Bator Sambuev was third and Canadian Junior Champion International Master Richard Wang was fourth. Player accomplishments in 2012 and past winners: http://www.canadianchess.info/canadi...layerYear.html
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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 10th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girl's Invitational from July 20-25, 2013 at Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri ( where Susan has her “ Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence “ - SPICE ) is the most prestigious all-girls event in the US with over $200,000 in scholarships and prizes. This is an event for US girls only. However, Ms. Polgar has gone out of her way to make an exception, and to invite Canadian WFM Jackie Peng to play. In 2012 Jackie became the second youngest player ever to play on the Canadian Women’s Olympiad team. Congratulations Jackie! FIDE Website for tournament regulations: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/6793-10th-annual-susan-polgar-foundation-girls-invitational.html As well, she was interviewed on CBC TV News Toronto on Wednesday, Jan. 2/13. Please see the link below: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Toronto/CBC+News%3A+Toronto+at+6%3A00/ID/2322706332/ Chess ‘n Math Association ( CMA ) National Scholastic Chess Organization Website: http://chess-math.org/ ( by TCN Liaison for CMA, Francis Rodrigues, CMA Toronto Regional Coordinator)
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- CMA decided in November, 2012 to take out this news section, but circumstances have been busy for Francis since then, and the first report has not yet been filed. Profiles Interesting Canadian Chess Personalities
This is a new series TCN started in Issue # 1-4, where, from time to time ( we are trying for every 15th of the month Issue ), we will introduce Canadian chess personalities, past and present, in some detail, and, if possible, have them present to our readers their chess profile in their own words. Alternatively, we may have biographies of them from available public and private sources. Prior Personalities Presented are: Howard Ridout; Zoltan Sarosy; Harmony Zhu; and Phil Haley. We are pleased to continue our series with the introduction of Maurice Smith
The first time I really remember playing chess was in my high school in Blackpool England where I was born. I was on the school team. Chess is much more popular in England than in North America so I probably thought I was pretty good being on the team. Then when I was a teenager all my family packed up and came to Canada. Of course I did not know anyone and had no one to play chess with. So chess was forgotten until 1976. That year I noticed a brochure that Scarborough Parks and Recreation sent out twice a year describing all the activities that Scarborough had. I saw Scarborough Chess Club and decided to join thinking I will be good at that. Well, of course I was not very good at all. Then one day after another loss to an opponent we began chatting. I asked him what else he did other than play chess. He said that was all that he did. I looked around the room and I thought no wonder I keep losing, all they do is play chess! Well, I did not want to be like that, I wanted to spend time doing other things as well. So at the end of the year I decided not to go back.
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However, I really missed it a lot. The intensity between two people having a contest sitting within inches of each other and the mind games involved was just too much to resist. So I decided to go back and study books, get some private lessons and be as good as I could be and still do other things. It worked! Well, very gradually, in January 1997, in my last tournament I had a performance rating of 2053 and a published rating of 1967. It will not be long before I am over 2000 I thought. But then came the other side of chess, chess administration and chess politics and everything changed. Before I go into that part I do want to mention the late John Kohlfurst. A wonderful person who was the first person I met there and who ran the Club. A very warm and down to earth person who brought a case of beer into the Hall on Sunday afternoons when we played. He only charged enough to cover the cost. We had many relaxing games there!
When I started playing chess at the Club, I told myself no more volunteering. I had been president of a Bowling League, Group Committee Chairman of the Boy Scouts, a soccer coach and referee when we did not get paid, and also a Big Brother. So I told myself that chess was just for playing and enjoying. Then in 1988 there was a dispute at the Club. It involved the decision making of the Executive. There was a meeting with eight members of the Club who wanted to do something about it. We discussed the problems and what we could do. Finally that part was settled, so the next question was, who would be the spokesperson, who would be the leader? I looked around the room and it became quieter than a chess tournament. I thought “Oh no, Oh no.” and reluctantly I raised my hand. The rest as they say, is history, but it has been an interesting history so let me tell you something about it.
The result of that meeting was that I used my influence to put in a new President at the next election. He was a really nice guy, well liked. However, it turned out that he really did not have a good idea of how to be the President. Well, I got him in so it was up to me to get him out. The only way to do that was in the next election run for President myself. This I did, and I won. At the time the Scarborough Chess Club played in the cafeteria of W.A. Porter Collegiate. We were open Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Sunday was the busiest day, we had a regular CFC rated tournament in the afternoon, a five minute speed tournament at 5.00 p.m. And a fifteen minute tournament when that was over. So we went from 1.00 p.m to 11.00 p.m. We always seemed to be short of Tournament Directors so I studied up on all the rules and took the CFC TD course which they had at the time. I passed that easily and started running the tournaments.
One of those years we had the Toronto Championship at the Club on Sundays, so I was running four different tournaments the same day! The five minute speed was the most intense with many very high rated players. I remember Ian Findlay, the late Bryon Nickoloff, the late Michael Schleifer and many others. You really had to be on your toes. My way of handling a dispute was to listen to the complainant, then his opponent, any witnesses, make my decision and then walk away from it. Do not second guess yourself and do not hang around to hear any more complaints. I learnt that from being a soccer referee. You only have one guess, everyone else has two.
Many things followed from being President of the Scarborough Club. I became President of the Greater Toronto Chess League, Treasurer of the Ontario Chess Association and then President. It was around 1990 that I became Governor of the Chess Federation Of Canada. For the CFC I was Publicity Coordinator, Vice President,
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President for three years, Past President, FIDE Representative and Zonal President, Treasurer and the last one was acting Secretary two years ago. I chaired the Annual Meeting a record ten times, many times because the President at the time never showed up!
Going back to the Ontario Chess Association, when I started as Treasurer, Yves Farges was President and Alex Knox was the Secretary. Yves was a man of ideas, in a way ideally suited to be president. However, he was always going away, he had a business in Vancouver and he always seemed to be taking trips without telling anyone. At a meeting he would come up with what seemed like good ideas but let them hang. Consequently Alex tried to get hold of Yves to find out how to follow up but he could never find him. It drove Alex crazy. An example of this was the 1988 Canadian Open in Scarborough.
Yves was the main organizer and tournament Director. I was an Assistant. Computer pairings had not come into effect so we used pairing cards and made the pairings by hand. Well, I think it was the fourth round, and I came into the back room in the morning and Yves had all the pairing cards laid out on the tables, although the pairings had not been made. Yves said, “Well, there they are, all the cards are there, you just have to make the pairings.” I said “Well, what are you going to do?” Yves said “I am leaving now.” I said “what time will you be back?' He said, “I won't be, I am off to Vancouver, Good Luck.” and with that he walked out the door. I was left wondering if there would be room on the plane for me!
The first time I was a Governor and attended the Annual Meeting it was an eye opener for me. The processing of proxies took about an hour and then we had reports and discussions on the reports, then motions were made and often a lot of wrangling back and forth. As a rookie I took it all in and did not say much until the end of the second day and it was asked is there any other business. I said I had an item and asked the Chair the late Nathan Divinsky why don't we have the Chess Olympiad in Toronto; it would create a lot of interest. Nathan looked me in the eye and said “Well, do you have six million dollars, because that is what it would cost.” It pretty well shut me up for the rest of the Meeting. Still, I made up for it in later years when I learned a lot more and became Vice President and then President.
During my time as President I wrote to the Federal Government through my M.P. Describing the chess scene in Canada and how we were one of the few Countries in the world without Government funding. My presentation went all the way to Sheila Copps who was Heritage Minister at the time. It came back to me with the explanation that chess was not regarded as either an art or a sport by the Liberal Government and therefore fell through the cracks and there would be no funding. I tried one more avenue and succeeded. I gave my presentation to the Canadian Sports Committee (I am not sure if that was exactly the name and I know it was changed later. Anyway, it is the Committee who are in charge of funding for amateur sports in Canada.) Chess was accepted as a sport in one of the many categories that the Committee had.
Subsequently I went to their Annual Meeting in Edmonton to see how much money we could get. Right at the start of the meeting the chairperson said that only the sports that had the chance to get the most Olympic medals would get any funding. Well, so much for that idea. The man sitting next to me asked “What sport do you represent?” I
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said “Chess.” He said “Chess???” and looked at me as if I was an alien from outer space. He never spoke to me again the whole meeting!
There was a lot of infighting between the Governors during my time as President and I found it very disheartening. It got quite personal at times. I made the comment that chess was a sport but chess politics was a blood sport. I thought we should all try and work together for the good of chess. Most of our discussions were through the Governors Letters which came out about eight times a year. One time I showed my wife them just so she could see what was going on. After reading a bit her only comment was “You guys are nuts!” I was inclined to agree with her.
One good thing that was created during this time was the CYCC, the Canadian Youth Chess Championships. I believe the original concept was mine but the ones that did the most of the work were the Junior Coordinator from B.C. Joshua Kashet and Troy Vail in the CFC Office. They organized the whole thing with me butting in here and there with “that won't work” or “why don't we try this.” Of course the rules keep being changed every year just like our rules for our Olympic team. The Governors can't resist from tinkering with them.
While I was President, our FIDE Representative and Zonal President, Phil Haley mentioned that he was thinking of retiring and maybe I would like to replace him one day. The FIDE Annual Meeting and Chess Olympiad were in Istanbul in 2000. I agreed to go to Istanbul and take in some of the Meetings. My daughter Marilyn who loves travelling and is an adventurer wanted to go with me. So we decided to go and have a good time. I could write pages about Istanbul, but I will try and be brief.
We met Phil Haley and his wife Betty June there and we attended a couple of meetings. One was specifically for drug testing in chess. Marilyn was confused by this. She asked what would they test for-coffee? I must admit I did not spend much time on the FIDE meetings but I did go to the Olympiad and Marilyn and I explored Istanbul. This city is the only place in the world on two continents. The Straits of Bosphorus separate the Europe and Asia sides of the city. We took a boat ride through the Straits from the Sea of Marmora to the Black Sea. Absolutely beautiful. We stopped on the Asian side at a restaurant and there you were to pick out a fish from the tons of them on display and they cook it for you. When they bring it to your table you notice the head is still on. So you get a big fish, a little salad and that is it. The fish was good and of course fresh, but I made the mistake of not asking the cost before we ordered. When I did the exchange from Turkish Lira to Canadian dollars it came to $140 for two lunches! O.k. They saw us coming. Still it did not spoil a wonderful trip.
Other places we saw, were the astoundingly beautiful Blue Mosque, the seventh century Haghia Sofia which was the largest church in Christendom for 700 years, the breathtaking Topkapi Palace with an unbelievable hoard of riches and jewels. Perhaps the most fascinating place was the Grand Bazaar which is entirely covered and extends for forty blocks, so try and imagine that. The art of haggling reaches new heights in there, some people love that, me not so much. Istanbul is a gathering place where east meets west. The young people want to be western and wear jeans and t- shirts. Older people wear traditional Middle East garb, mostly black. Just about everyone spoke English though. There was more English spoken there than Montreal!
One evening, Marilyn said she wanted to do something. I asked her what. She said let's go out and do something. She said a movie would be o.k. I said that it would all
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be in Turkish so we would not understand it. She said we should be able to tell from what was going on the screen. So we walked along Istiklal Cadessi which was one of the main streets and entirely cobblestoned so that it was for pedestrians only. There were bars, restaurants and theatres and the street was packed with people. We finally found a place showing U571 a movie about a German submarine captured by Americans and then being hunted by both the Germans and Americans. We really got lucky because it was shown in English with Turkish sub titles. It was as if they knew we were coming.
In the middle of the movie there was a big explosion in the submarine and then shown on the screen was a big jar of Nescafe coffee. I said to Marilyn, “What a dumb place for a commercial.” She said ” Dad, they have an intermission here.” So I learn something every day. Actually, it was a pretty good idea. On the last day we were there, the hotel we were staying in along with a few of the chess teams had a farewell party for us. There were many Turkish delicacies which were all very nice although I am not sure what most of them were. After eating and drinking we were entertained by a belly dancer. When I think of her all I can say is WOW.
So I will move on, there was a man playing an accordion and singing songs in English and he was joined by a really attractive young woman in a black leather dress who sang songs in Turkish and English. She looked to be in her late twenties. I found out later she was 17 years old, had a job and was doing this part time. A really funny and entertaining part was when the accordionist asked which chess teams were there and one group at the back of the room said they were the Welsh team. So he started playing and singing Tom Jones songs. I remember Delilah and Green, Green Grass of Home. So during Delilah he asked the Welsh team to join in the chorus My My My Delilah, Why Why Why Delilah. So they did and so did I and I thought to myself is this really happening? Am I really in Istanbul singing with the Welshmen? Maybe I just had too much to drink. The evening finally ended when I had my arms around a couple of Turkish girls who were the organizers and we were dancing to what I don't know. All I can remember is Marilyn saying “Take it easy, Dad.”
Well, that was Istanbul. The next year after three years As CFC President I did not run again for the position and spent a year as the Past President. The year after I let myself be nominated for FIDE Representative and Zonal President. I was acclaimed and I found out that the next FIDE Annual Meeting and Chess Olympiad were to be in Bled, Slovenia. Slovenia is in the northwest corner of what was once Yugoslavia. It is a small but beautiful Country and was the first one to break away from communism when Yugoslavia split up. The people are very natural, warm and friendly. Bled is in the Julien Alps in the north just east of Italy and south of Austria. It sits in a valley and you can see the snow-capped Alps all around. There is a small lake there, I walked around it and it was about four miles. In the middle of the lake there is an island with a church on it. You can only reach the island by gondola. You would have to see the setting to understand the beauty of it.
This time I was alone and attending the FIDE Annual Meeting from the beginning. It was to start at 10.00 a.m. I rushed to get there on time and arrived five minutes early. I did not need to rush. The Meeting did not start until around 10.30. President Ilyumzhinov gave his address to the Assembly in Russian and it was translated in English. Then Garry Kasparov was introduced and spent a long time making a
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presentation. It was then 12.15 p.m. There would be a coffee break. At 1.00 p.m. everyone filtered back. Then we were told it was lunchtime until 3.00 p.m. So really there was only two hours of real business until 5.00 p.m., when we broke up. Looking at the agenda I thought how are we going to get through everything the next day. Well, the way they got through everything was just to rush it all through. I was not impressed at all to say the least. I visited the Olympiad on occasion and was thrilled to see all the players from over a hundred Countries from around the world.
One interesting happening that took place was that Kevin Spraggett Canada's highest rated player and many times a member of Canada's Olympic Team came to visit me. I asked Kevin if he would rewrite the Canadian Rules for our Olympic Team as they were really out of date. This was one Section of the Handbook which is in effect the Constitution of the Chess Federation Of Canada. Kevin said he would and afterwards I went over it and mentioned that a few items would not be accepted by the Governors. So these were changed and we made the Motion at the next C FC Annual Meeting and they were accepted. Of course since then they seem to get changed almost every year.
Getting back to FIDE I found that many Representatives from Asian and African Nations bowed down to President Ilyumzhinov as if he was a King. There was a tremendous amount of political stuff going on. It was an election year and in my welcoming bag I received a cap, pen, shirt and a watch all with the President's picture on them. The only thing I have left is the watch and it does not work. In the end the President was acclaimed as his opponent dropped out. So the bottom line there is that I was very disappointed with FIDE but loved Bled and the people. I would go back there anytime.
On the way back there was a stopover of four hours in Frankfurt, Germany. In the airport was a casino! Great, something to pass the time away as airports can be so boring. I found an electronic roulette wheel. There were eight positions around it each with a display of buttons for all the numbers and red and black and all the combinations. There was a slot to put your euros and then you could make your wager. After two hours I was up quite a bit. I got up, stretched and wondered what to do next. My rule at casinos has always been quit while you are ahead. Well, I could not think of anything else to do so I started again. Well, I lost all I had won plus what I started with. I learnt my lesson, but still it was a fun way to pass the time.
The next year the FIDE Meetings were in Greece. They were in a resort in a peninsula that runs for about fifty miles into the Aegean Sea. This was not the Annual Meeting. That is every two years. These were several different meetings to conduct all kinds of FIDE business. This year they were being held in conjunction with the WYCC. The World Youth Chess Championships. So there were a lot of people there. We had two four star hotels and one five star hotel. From my room I could see the sea. On the first day I went for a walk and found a riding academy, a go-kart track, many bars and night clubs and all were closed. I could not understand this so I went to a small general store that was open across from the hotel. An elderly man was behind the counter. I asked him why it seemed like a ghost town. He said that it was a resort and that in the middle of October, which it was, everything closes up for the season. I said “Well, when do you go then?” He replied “When you go, I go.” So it actually was quite quiet there. However, I was able to go in the Aegean and the water was fairly warm for October. I even sunbathed on the beach. I attended the meetings I was supposed to go to. I found that
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these were poorly conducted as well. Often whoever was the chairperson would go off the subject with someone and then others would start talking to each other. It was really quite bad. I gave one speech to the America Continental Meeting that had to be translated into Spanish. All the Representatives from the South American Countries spoke Spanish and little else. I tried to explain to them why Canada did not bid on any of the tournaments like all the Pan-Ams because we had no Government funding. I am not sure how they took it. The chairperson thanked me and that was that. By the time it all ended I was getting rather sick of FIDE. All the political stuff and they could not even run a decent meeting. I had to get up at 3.00 a.m. to make sure I got the bus to go to Thessalonika. That was about an hour trip, then there was another hour wait for the plane to Athens. Then there was about a four hour wait for the Olympic Airlines flight to Toronto. A really long flight, it stopped at Montreal on the way. It was eighteen hours of travelling. It cost me $3,000 of my own money. I said to myself that is it. I will not run for FIDE representative and Zonal President again. Before I finish with FIDE I must mention that Phil Haley who had the positions for many years before me was extremely well respected by all the FIDE Representatives. Phil always spoke his mind and called things the way he saw them even if it ruffled some feathers which it often did. To be thought of so highly by everyone was an honour that Phil richly deserved. Phil was a tough act to follow.
So that was it, since then I was CFC Treasurer for a year and acting Secretary for a year. The last five years I have been President of the Scarborough Chess Club again. I have seen our Club grow and grow from a low of around twenty members a few years ago to over one hundred now. We are also proud to have around 40% Juniors which augurs well for the future.
Apart from chess I worked twenty eight years for Canada Trust. I had three different positions there; I was Manager, Office Services, a Property Management Officer and an operational auditor auditing the car dealerships we financed. All very interesting positions with some travel around Ontario involved. I seem to be busier now than when I was working. On Monday I play poker, Tuesday I play hearts at the Legion, Wednesday I teach chess to senior citizens at a Community Centre. Also on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays I teach chess at a private Montessori school. Then on Thursday it is the Scarborough Chess Club. When anyone asks me what I do on the weekend, I say that I prepare for next week.
There is much more that I could add but I think that covers a lot. Chess has brought travel to many places I might never have visited. It has also introduced me to many new friends. I have played tournament chess in seven Provinces and in seven States. They say if you can play chess you have a friend anywhere in the world. Some of my best chess friends are right here at the Scarborough Chess Club. All the Executive who have been with me in the past and also the current Executive plus all the many veterans in the Club who I have known for many years. To all my chess friends I say “Keep chess in your life and life in your chess.”
Thanks to Bob Armstrong for inviting me to give a background of my chess life.
[ Ed. ] Here are a few of Maurice’s favourite games he submitted. The first has Maurice sacking both B’s (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using
Fritz):
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Smith, Maurice − Perez, Michael [D06] Scarborough CC Swiss Toronto, Ont., 17.02.2005
Intro by Maurice Smith − Mike Perez and Peter Zlatanov were buddies who played at the
Scarborough Club for a few years. They were getting quite strong before they left and liked to
play original, sharp moves. The game against Mike features some surprising exchanges in the
middle game{surprising not necessarily meaning good!} The computer will probably say it was all
wrong, but it was fun to play and even Mike said so. Computers never have any fun anyway. It
ends with a little combo including a bishop sacrifice. 1.d4² 0.34 1...d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3?!= (depth
22) [(1) 3.Nf3² (depth 22); (2) first choice is 3.cxd5² (depth 22) 3...c6! a gambit 4.dxc6 Nxc6² W
would be up a P; (3) 3.e3?!= (depth 22)] 3...h6?± Maurice gets an early " clear " advantage [(1)
3...e6?! 4.Nf3 Bb4² (depth 20)(4...Nc6²) ; (2) 3...dxc4 4.e4 e5=] 4.Nf3?!² [4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3
6.bxc3 e5±] 4...Bf5?+− Loses 2 P's; Maurice gets a " winning " advantage [4...e6 5.g3 Bd6²]
5.Bf4?² Maurice misses winning 2 P's [5.Qb3 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qxb7 Nbd7 8.Nxd5 Bd6+− 1.55
W would be up 2 P's] 5...c6 [5...Nc6 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.Bxe5 dxc4²] 6.h3 [6.e3 e6 7.Qb3 (7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Bb4²) 7...Qb6²] 6...e6 7.e3 Bb4 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Rc1?!= Maurice loses his advantage
[9.Qb3 Qb6 10.cxd5 cxd5²] 9...Qa5?!² [9...Nxc3 10.bxc3 Ba3=] 10.Qb3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd7?!± [11...b5 12.Be2 0-0²] 12.0-0 0-0?!+− Maurice gets back a " winning " advantage. [12...Bxc3
13.Qxb7 0-0 14.bxc3 Nb6±] 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.a3 b5?+− 5.38 [14...Bd2 15.Nxd2 Qxd2+− 3.00]
15.Bxe6! Nice sac; Maurice goes up a P 15...Bxf3+− 5.46 [15...fxe6? 16.Qxe6+ Kh8 17.axb4
Bd5 18.Qxd7 Qd8+− 8.50 Maurice would be up N + 2 P's] 16.axb4?+− 4.19 [16.Bxd7 Qd8 17.Bf5
Be2 18.Qxb4 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 a5+− 6.26 Maurice would be up 2 B's + P vs R] 16...Qd8 17.gxf3 fxe6 18.Qxe6+ Maurice goes up 2 P's 18...Kh8 19.Kh2?+− 2.95 Maurice should win the free P
[19.Qxc6 a6 20.Qb7 Nf6+− 4.60] 19...Rf6 20.Qe4 Rc8 21.Rg1 Nb6?+− 6.24 [21...Qf8 22.Ra1
Re8+− 3.75] 22.Be5 Rf7?+− 9.42 [22...Nd5 23.Bxf6 Qxf6+− 7.38] 23.Qg6?+− 9.44 Maurice
misses the lengthy computer mating line [23.Rg6 Qd5 24.Rxh6+ Kg8 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.e4 Qxe5+
27.dxe5 gxh6 28.Qxh6+ Ke8+− mat in 19 moves] 23...Qd7 24.Qxh6+ Maurice goes up 3 P's
24...Kg8 25.Rg2 Nc4
XABCDEFGHY 8-+r+-+k+( 7zp-+q+rzp-' 6-+p+-+-wQ& 5+p+-vL-+-% 4-zPnzP-+-+$ 3+-+-zPP+P# 2-zP-+-zPRmK" 1+-tR-+-+-! xabcdefghy 26.Bxg7! a sac; looking to win back the c8R 26...Rxg7 27.Rxg7+ Qxg7 Maurice has 4 P's vs N
28.Qe6+ Kh7 29.Qxc8 Maurice is up the exchange + 4 P's 29...Nd2?+− 16.12 [29...Qg6 30.Qd7+
Kh8 31.Qe7 Qd6+ 32.Qxd6 Nxd6 33.Rxc6 Nf5+− 15.06] 30.Qf5+?+− 14.12 Maurice should just
win the free P, the N and mate [30.Qxc6 Qf7 31.Qc2+ Kg7 32.Rg1+ Kf6 33.Qxd2 Qh5+− mate in
20 moves] 30...Kh8??+− leads to mate in 10 moves [30...Qg6 31.Qf4 Nc4+− 14.61] 31.Qh5+?+− 19.14 missing the mate [31.Rxc6 Nxf3+ 32.Qxf3 Qg5 33.Qf8+ Kh7 34.Rc7+ Qe7 35.Qf5+ Kg7
36.Rxe7+ Kh6 37.Rh7#] 31...Qh7 32.Qxh7+?+− 13.96 missing the lengthy mating line but a
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practical move to win the ending. [32.Qe8+ Qg8 33.Qe5+ Qg7 34.Qf4 Nb3+− mate in 15 moves]
32...Kxh7 33.Kg3-+ 15.34 1-0
In the second game, Maurice ends with a nice sac/mate threat, winning the Q. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Zlatanov, Peter − Smith, Maurice [B78] Scarborough CC Swiss Toronto, Ont., 11.10.2007
Intro by Maurice Smith − Peter's game was a short one both in the number of moves and the time
taken. Peter zipped through the Sicilian opening in a couple of minutes as if to get the book stuff
out of the way before initiating any fireworks. However he missed black's 14th move. His 13th
would have been better with g4 or even h5 right away. Anyway, I give this because it shows how
one wrong move in an opening sequence can alter the whole game. Plus I categorize Mike and
Peter together and also for my last move, not too difficult to see, but I still get a kick out of playing
it over. 1.e4² 0.35 1...c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Bd7 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 [9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.0-0 0-0²] 9...0-0 10.0-0-0 [10.Nxc6?! Bxc6 11.0-0 Rc8=] 10...Rc8 11.h4??-+ losing a piece; Maurice gets a " winning " advantage [11.Be2 a6 12.g4 b5²]
11...Ne5??² Maurice misses winning the B [11...Nxd4 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.Bxd4 Qa5-+ − 3.07
Maurice would be up B vs P] 12.Bb3 Nc4?!± [12...h5 13.Kb1 Re8²] 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.Bh6??-+ losing 2 minors for a R [14.Qd3 Rc8 15.g4 h5±] 14...Rxd4! nice sac 15.Qxd4 Bxh6+ Maurice is
up 2 B's vs R 16.Kb1 Bg7 17.Qxa7 Maurice is up 2 B's vs R + P 17...Qc7 [17...Bc6 18.Ne2 Qc7-
+] 18.g4 Rc8 19.Rd2?!-+ − 2.13 [19.h5 Be6 20.h6 Bh8-+ − 1.63] 19...e6?!∓ [19...Be6 20.h5 Nd7-
+] 20.Qe3 h5 21.Qg5?-+ − 3.30 [21.g5 Ne8 22.Rhd1 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Qxc3 24.bxc3 Rxc3-+ − 1.93]
21...Qb6 22.Ne2??-+ − 15.81 a blunder, setting up a nice Bl tactic [22.e5 dxe5 23.gxh5 Rxc3
24.h6 Rxf3 25.hxg7 Rf5-+ − 3.94]
XABCDEFGHY 8-+r+-+k+( 7+p+l+pvl-' 6-wq-zppsnp+& 5+-+-+-wQp% 4-+-+P+PzP$ 3+-+-+P+-# 2PzPPtRN+-+" 1+K+-+-+R! xabcdefghy
22...Nxe4! threatening mate and the Q & R. Peter resigned. The game could have continued
23.c3 Nxg5 24.hxg5 Bc6-+ − 16.79 0-1
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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 4 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 RIP – John W. Chidley-Hill
John on left The chess community was recently saddened by the passing of well-known tournament player, 59 year old, John W. Chidley-Hill. His funeral was Saturday, Feb. 9.
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There are many tributes from his chess friends and acquaintances on the CMA Chesstalk: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2 . The picture painted is of a true gentleman, friendly, voluntarily helpful, wise, and passionate about his chess. He will be missed. Tournament Reports Guelph Winter Pro-Am This 5 round swiss in three sections, organized by Hal Bond ( also arbiter ), played Feb. 9-10, drew 95 players, after the worst snowstorm the day before that the GTA has seen in 5 years! Here were the Pro Section winners: SwissSys Standings. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot 1 IM Bindi Cheng 2481 W16 W8 D6 W15 W2 4.5 2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2586 W10 W13 W5 W3 L1 4.0 3 Razvan Preotu 2361 W12 W9 W4 L2 W15 4.0 4 GM Bator Sambuev 2675 W24 W23 L3 W6 W9 4.0 Hal noted the wonderful numerical pattern: 1 IM Bindi Cheng 2481 W16 W8 D6 W15 W2 4.5 2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn L1 3 Razvan Preotu L2 4 GM Bator Sambuev L3 Here are the other section top finishers: SwissSys Standings. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot 1 Richard Yam 1828 W28 W15 W10 W12 W6 5.0 2 Michael von Keitz 1679 W22 W18 D6 W13 W5 4.5 3 Ralph Deline 1703 W30 D8 D7 W15 W10 4.0 4 Hikmet Bosnac 1613 W21 W13 L5 W25 W12 4.0 SwissSys Standings. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot 1 Richard Guo 1548 W14 W19 W13 W5 D2 4.5 2 Daniel Denbok 1421 W8 W15 W4 D3 D1 4.0 3 Raymond Franke 1515 H--- W9 W16 D2 W7 4.0 4 Peter Downie 1160 W24 W6 L2 W13 W11 4.0
Our Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club TCN Liaison, Kai Gauer, was playing in the tournament, and he forwarded 2 games to us ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ):
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Derraugh, Geordie − Sambuev, Bator [C01] Guelph Winter Pro−Am ( Pro Section) Guelph, Ont. (5), 10.02.2013
Bator
1.e4² 0.35 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5?!= [3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7²] 3...exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.0-0 Bg4 7.c3 Qd7 8.Nbd2 [8.Na3 Bxa3 9.bxa3 Nge7=] 8...0-0-0 [8...Nge7 9.Re1 0-0=] 9.b4 Re8?± Geordie gets a " clear " advantage [9...Bf5 10.Bxf5 Qxf5²] 10.a4?!² [10.b5 Nce7 11.c4 dxc4
12.Nxc4 Nf6±] 10...Nge7 [10...Bf5 11.Bxf5 Qxf5²] 11.Qc2?!= Geordie loses his advantage [11.a5
Bf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5²] 11...Ng6 [11...Bf5 12.Ne1 Nd8=] 12.Re1?∓ Bator gets a " clear " advantage
[12.h3? Bxh3 13.gxh3 Nce7 14.Ne5 Qxh3∓; 12.b5 Na5 13.h3 Be6=] 12...Nf4 13.Bf1 Re6?= Bator
loses his advantage [13...Bf5 14.Qd1 Rxe1 15.Nxe1 Re8³] 14.b5 [14.Rxe6 Qxe6 15.Ba3 (15.g3?! Ne2+ 16.Bxe2 Qxe2³) 15...Bf5=] 14...Ne7 [14...Rxe1 15.Nxe1 Na5=] 15.b6?∓ Sacking the P to
open lines to the Bl K, but the compensation is unclear; Bator gets back a " clear " advantage
[15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Rg6=] 15...cxb6 Bator goes up a P 16.c4 [16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Nfg6∓]
16...Rxe1 17.Nxe1 Bc7 [17...Kb8 18.cxd5 Bc7∓] 18.Nb3?!-+ Bator gets a " winning " advantage
[18.Ndf3 Kb8 (18...Nc6?! 19.Bxf4 Bxf4 20.Nd3 Bxf3 21.Nxf4 Be4³) 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Nfg6∓]
18...Bf5 19.Qc3 dxc4 Bator goes up 2 P's 20.Bxf4 Nd5 21.Qxc4 Bator is up a P again 21...Nxf4 22.Nf3 Be6 23.Qc2 Kb8 24.Nbd2 Bd5 25.Rc1 f6?!∓ [25...Bc6 26.g3 Bxa4 27.Qe4 Ng6-+]
26.Bb5 Qf7 27.Ne4?!-+ [27.g3 Nh3+ 28.Kg2 Ng5∓] 27...a6 28.Bf1 Re8 29.Nfd2 Re7 30.Ng3 g6 31.Nc4 Qe6 32.Qd2 h5 33.Ne3 h4 34.Ne2 Qd6 35.Nxf4 Qxf4 36.g3 hxg3 37.hxg3 Qg5 38.Bg2?-+ − 3.93 [38.Rc3 f5 39.Qc1 Bf3-+ − 1.92] 38...Bxg2 39.Kxg2
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Position after 39.Kxg2 XABCDEFGHY 8-mk-+-+-+( 7+pvl-tr-+-' 6pzp-+-zpp+& 5+-+-+-wq-% 4P+-zP-+-+$ 3+-+-sN-zP-# 2-+-wQ-zPK+" 1+-tR-+-+-! xabcdefghy Bxg3! nice sac; Bator goes up 2 P's. 40.fxg3?-+ − 8.12 [40.Rc3 Bd6+ 41.Kf1 Bb4-+ − 4.32]
40...Rxe3 41.Qf2 Qd5+ 42.Kh2 − 12.28 [42.Kg1 Rf3 43.Qe1 Qxd4+ 44.Kg2 Rd3-+ − 11.76]
42...Qh5+?-+ − 11.71 [42...Re7 43.Kg1 Rh7-+ − 13.38] 43.Kg1 Re2 44.Qf4+ Ka7 45.Kf1??-+ mate in 6 moves [45.Qf2 Rxf2 46.Kxf2 Qf5+-+ − 13.73] 45...Ra2 46.Qe4 Qh3+ 47.Ke1 Qxg3+ 48.Kd1 Qg1+-+ mate in 2 moves 0-1
Dougherty, Michael − Ferreira, Alex [C24] Guelph Winter Pro−Am ( Pro Section) Guelph, Ont., 09.02.2013
Mike 1.e4² 0.35 1...e5 2.Bc4?!= [2.Nf3²] 2...Nf6 3.d4?!³ [3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3
dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd6=] 3...exd4 Alex goes up a P 4.Nf3 Nxe4?!= [4...Nc6 5.Ng5 (5.e5?! Ng4=) 5...Ne5³] 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 c6 [6...Be7 7.Bg5 0-0=] 7.Bg5 [7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0=] 7...d5 8.0-0-0 Be7 9.Rhe1 [9.Bd3?! h6 10.Qh4 0-0³] 9...Be6 10.Qh4 10...Nbd7 11.Bd3 h6
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Position after 11…h6 XABCDEFGHY 8r+-wqk+-tr( 7zpp+nvlpzp-' 6-+p+lsn-zp& 5+-+p+-vL-% 4-+-+-+-wQ$ 3+-sNL+N+-# 2PzPP+-zPPzP" 1+-mKRtR-+-! xabcdefghy 12.Rxe6?!³ a not totally sound exchange sac [12.Nd4 Nc5 13.Bf5 Rf8=] 12...fxe6 Alex is up the
exchange + P 13.Bg6+ Kf8 14.Qh3 Ne8?!= [14...Bd6 15.Qxe6 Qe7³] 15.Be3?!³ [15.Bd2 Nc7
16.Bf4 Nf6=] 15...Nc7?!= [15...Bf6 16.Qxe6 Qe7³] 16.Bf4 e5?+− seems to be giving up the P for
nothing. Mike gets a " winning " advantage [16...Bb4 17.Ne2 a5=] 17.Bxe5 Alex is up the
exchange 17...Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Qd6 19.f4 Bf6 20.Ne4?+− 1.96 [20.Qh5 Qb4 21.Qf5 Qd6+− 2.76]
20...Qe7 21.Nd7+ Kg8 22.Nexf6+?!± [22.Ndxf6+ gxf6 23.Ng3 Qe3+ 24.Kb1 Ne6+−] 22...gxf6 23.Qf5?!² Mike is losing his advantage [23.Bf5 h5 24.Qg3+ Qg7±] 23...Qe3+?+− 1.64 Mike gets
back a " winning " advantage [23...Kg7? 24.Qg4 Rhg8+− 1.57; 23...Qe6 24.Bh7+! Kf7
(24...Rxh7?! 25.Nxf6+ Kg7 26.Qxh7+ Kxf6 27.Qxc7 Rg8±) 25.Ne5+ Ke7²] 24.Kb1 Qe6 25.Bh7+ Kf7?+− 6.47 [25...Rxh7 26.Nxf6+ Kg7 27.Qxh7+ Kxf6 28.Qxc7 Rg8+− 1.75] 26.Qg6+ Ke7 27.Nc5 Rag8?+− 10.17 [27...Qf7 28.Re1+ Ne6 29.Rxe6+ Qxe6 30.Nxe6 Kxe6+− 7.54] 28.Bxg8 Qxg8 material equality, but Alex is lost 29.Re1+ Kd8??+− leads to mate [29...Ne6 30.Qf5 Kd6
31.Nxe6 Qf7+− 13.45] 30.Qf5+− mate in 23 moves 1-0
2013 GTCL Premier League This is an 8-team league that plays the weekly matches at the Willowdale CC in
Earl Bales Community Centre in north Toronto. A team is made up of four players, with some reserves named as possible replacements.
Here are the individual members of the teams:
1. Chess Academy: Nikolay Noritsyn 2598 Michael Song 2322 Nikita Gusev 2309 Konstantin Semianiuk 2219 James Fu 2127 Sergey Noritsyn 1924 2. Willowdale:
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Alex Rabinovich IM (no CFC rating, FIDE 2423) Michael Barron FM 2268 Michael Kimelman 2219 Vladimir Semyonov 2030 Alexander Strugach 1964 Dmitry Chernik 1929 (captain) 3. Knights of Chess: Victor Plotkin - 2350 Vladimir Birarov - 2273 Mike Ivanov - 2266 Mark Plotkin - 2161 one reserve may be added later on. 4. Hart House: Xu, Haizhou - 2320 Derraugh, Geordie - 2221 Ferreira, Alex - 2081 Yu, Jonathan - 2046 Roller, Robert – 1880
5. Annex: Michael Humphreys, FM - 2270 (captain) Pavel Peev - 2213 Tyler Longo - 2065 Daniel Wiebe - 2057 Zehn Nasir – 1931
6. Aurora Egidijus Zeromskis, 2244 David MacLeod, 2137 Yuan Chen Zhang, 2082 Jerry Wasserman, 1996 Patrick Yu, 1754 Bernie Prost, 1649 Stephen Yu, 1325 Radu Lupan, 1229 7. Phantoms
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Dante Zuniga, 2210 Erwin Casareno, 2110 Ruperto Frilles, 2034 Isaiah Vergara, 1907 Mickey Stein, 1890 8. GGY ( corporation club ) 5 geeks & techies
Photo by Egis Zeromskis Round 5 results
Code:
1 Knights 1 : 3 Academy 2 Willowdale 3 : 1 Annex 3 Hart 3 : 1 Aurora 4 GGY ½ : 3½ Phantoms
Academy beat their main opponents and moved into the clear first place. Two more rounds to play.
Round 6 on 2013/02/12 at 18:30
Bo. 8 Chess Academy of Canada
Rtg - 7 Phantoms Rtg 3 : 1
1.1 FM Gusev, Nikita 2309 - Zuniga, Dante 2210 0 - 1 1.2 Song, Michael 2322 - Tonakanian, Stephan 2107 1 - 0 1.3 Semianiuk, Konstantin 2219 - Frilles, Ruperto 2034 1 - 0 1.4 Fu, James 2127 - Vergara, Isaiah 1907 1 - 0
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Bo. 1 Aurora Chess Club Rtg - 6 GGY Rtg 2½:1½2.1 Zeromskis, Egidijus 2244 - Udrea, Chris 0 ½ - ½2.2 Zhang, Yuanchen 2082 - Krasnosheky, Valery 0 1 - 0 2.3 Macleod, David 2137 - Perelstein , Alex 0 1 - 0 2.4 Kaniak, Andrew 1726 - Ju , Daniel 0 0 - 1
Bo. 2 Annex Chess Club Rtg - 5 Hart House Chess Club
Rtg ½ :3½
3.1 FM Humphreys, Michael 2269 - Xu, Haizhou 2320 0 - 1 3.2 Peev, Pavel 2227 - Derraugh, Geordie 2248 0 - 1 3.3 Shebetah, Wajdy 2144 - Ferreira, Alex T. 2071 0 - 1 3.4 Longo, Tyler 2095 - Roller, Robert 1880 ½ - ½
Bo. 3 Knights of Chess Rtg - 4 Willowdale Chess Club
Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 FM Plotkin, Victor 2350 - FM Barron, Michael 2268 ½ - ½4.2 Birarov, Vladimir 2273 - Kimelman, Michael 2219 0 - 1 4.3 Ivanov, Mike 2266 - Semyonov, Vladimir 2030 1 - 0 4.4 Plotkin, Mark 2161 - Chernik, Dmitry 1923 1 - 0
Standings after 6 rounds:
1 Chess Academy of Canada * 3 3 3 4 3½ 3 12 19.5 0 2 Knights of Chess 1 * 2½ 3 3 3 4 10 16.5 0 3 Willowdale Chess Club 1½ * 1 2½ 3 4 4 8 16.0 0 4 Hart House Chess Club 1 3 * 1 3½ 3 4 8 15.5 0 5 Phantoms 1 1 1½ 3 * 2 3½ 5 12.0 0 6 Annex Chess Club 0 1 1 ½ 2 * 3½ 3 8.0 0 7 Aurora Chess Club ½ 1 0 1 ½ * 2½ 2 5.5 0 8 GGY 1 0 0 0 ½ 1½ * 0 3.0 0 Chess Organization News From the GTCL Perspective
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- 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 TCN Liaison for GTCL, Egis Zeromskis) GTCL Premier League report: Rounds results: R5 http://www.chess-results.com/tnr89121.aspx?art=3&rd=5&lan=1&wi=821 R6 http://www.chess-results.com/tnr89121.aspx?art=3&rd=6&lan=1&wi=821 Tournament standings http://www.chess-results.com/tnr89121.aspx?art=0&lan=1&wi=821 Chess Academy of Canada won all matches though not all games :) The last round is just after the Family Day on February 19 with these pairings 1 Willowdale - Academy 2 Hart House - Knights 3 GGY - Annex 4 Phantoms - Aurora All matches are important for the final team placements. Chess Institute of Canada
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Photo Credit: Jordynn Colosi At the Chess Institute of Canada, we bring chess to life! ( by Jessica Yared, TCN Liaison for CIC ) - reported no news report for this Issue. 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)
Jack Frost Swiss under way
This year’s Jack Frost tournament certainly earned its name! The last two rounds were both impacted by winter storms, with many members having to take byes. Congratulations to those who managed to make it through all the snow!
A new five-round tournament begins next week. Final results: 1800+ - David Southam, Andrew Picana 4.00; Wenyang Ming, Sam Sharpe 3.0 Under 1800 - 1st Emanuel Pantazi 5.00 (perfect score!); Patrick Huang, Grisha Crnilovic 4.00 Under 1400 - Yi Deng 5.00 (another perfect score!); Nameer Issani, Harigaran Balendra, Qing Ming 4.0
Games from the Jack Frost Swiss Round 4
Armstrong, Robert J. (1618) − Graham, John (1499) [D07] Scarborough CC Jack Frost (U1800) Toronto (4), 31.01.2013
[Armstrong, Robert]
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Bob
1.d4² 0.29 1...e6 2.c4 d5 3.e3?!= [3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4²] 3...Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6?!² [4...c5 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.exd4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6=] 5.Bd3 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Nb4 8.Be2 b6 9.a3 Na6?!± I get a " clear " advantage [9...Nc6 10.b4 Bb7²] 10.b4 c5 11.b5?!² [11.bxc5 bxc5 12.Ne5 Nc7±] 11...cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Nc6 Qc7 14.Nxe7+?= [14.cxd5 exd5 (14...Nxd5?! 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Bb2 Be6±) 15.Nxd5
Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Bf6²] 14...Qxe7 15.cxd5 Rd8 16.Bf3 Bb7 17.e4 exd5 18.exd5 Qe5 19.Bb2 Nxd5?!² [19...Qg5 20.Re1 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Re5 Bxf3
23.Qxf3 Qg6=] 20.Qc2?³ For the first time in the game, John gets the advantage
[20.Na4 Qc7² (20...Qg5?! 21.Nxc5 bxc5± (21...Ne3?! 22.Qxd8+ Rxd8 23.Nxb7 Nxf1 24.Nxd8 Nxh2 25.Kxh2 Qd2+−) ) 21.Nxc5 bxc5²] 20...Qc7?!= [20...Qg5
21.Rae1 Nf4³] 21.Rad1?!³ [21.Ne2 Nf4 22.Nxf4 Qxf4 23.Bxb7 Nxb7=]
21...Nxc3?!= [21...Ne6 22.Be4 Nxc3 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Bxh7+ Kh8 25.Bxc3
Rc8³] 22.Qxc3 f6 23.Qc4+ Qf7 24.Qg4?!³ [24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Bh5+ g6 26.Be2
Kg7=] 24...Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Rac8 26.Rfe1 Rxd1?!= [26...Qb3 27.Qxb3+ Nxb3
28.Rxd8+ Rxd8³] 27.Rxd1 h6 28.h3 Kh8 [28...Qb3 29.Qg4 Qe6 30.Qb4 Qe4=]
29.Qf4 Qb3 30.Rd2 can't protect everything attacked 30...Qxb5?!² John goes up
a P [30...Kg8 31.Qg4 Qe6=]
XABCDEFGHY 8-+r+-+-mk( 7zp-+-+-zp-' 6-zp-+-zp-zp& 5+qsn-+-+-% 4-+-+-wQ-+$ 3zP-+-+-+P# 2-vL-tR-zPP+" 1+-+-+-mK-! xabcdefghy 31.Bxf6! nice sac; material equality 31...Ne6??+− John stumbles after a well−
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played game to here; wrong defence; I get a " winning " advantage, and will go
up a P ( the pin ) [31...Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qg6 33.Ba1 Ne6²; 31...gxf6?? 32.Qxf6+
(32.Qxh6+? Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kf8 34.Qxf6+ Ke8 35.Qh8+ (35.Qe5+? Kf7+− 7.39) 35...Ke7 36.Qxc8 Ne6+− 8.09) 32...Kg8 33.Rd4 Qd7 34.Rxd7 Nxd7 35.Qe6+ Kf8
36.Qxd7 Re8+− 10.92] 32.Qxh6+! I go up a P 32...Kg8 33.Qg6 Qe8?+− 2.57
[33...Rf8 34.Bc3 Qf5+− 1.61] 34.Qg4 Kf7?+− 3.78 [34...Qf7 35.Be5 Rc1+ 36.Kh2
Rc6+− 2.89] 35.Bb2?+− 3.24 [35.Bxg7! Rc1+ 36.Kh2 Qb8+ 37.f4 Qxf4+
38.Qxf4+ Nxf4 39.Bh6 Rf1+− 3.89 I would be up a P] 35...Qb5 John had 5 min.
left, and I had17 min. 36.Qd1?+− 1.81 [36.a4 Qc4 37.Qf5+ Ke7 38.Ba3+ Rc5+−
5.16] 36...Kg8 37.Qg4 Kf7?+− 5.08 [37...Re8 38.Kh2 Qc6+− 2.95] 38.Qf3+?+− 1.97 [38.a4 Qc4 39.Qf5+ Ke7 40.Ba3+ Rc5+− 4.99] 38...Kg8 John had 3 min.
left, and I had 12 min.. 39.Qe4 Re8 40.Qe2?!± trying to win on time, by getting
rid of threats, and then just playing out the clock [40.a4 Qb3 41.Kh2 a5+−]
40...Qc6?!+− 2.09 [40...Qxe2 41.Rxe2 Kf7±] 41.Qg4 Kf7 John had about 1/2
min. left; I had 8 min.. 42.Re2 a5 43.Qf5++− 2.56 John flagged before making
his 43 rd move 1-0
Laughlin, Steve − Sharpe, Sam [C52] SCC Jack Frost Swiss 1800+ (4), 31.01.2013
[Fritz 13 (40s)]
Sam C52: Evans Gambit Accepted: 5 c3 Ba5 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Ng5 Ne5 9.Bxf7+ Nxf7 10.Nxf7 Kxf7 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qxa5 last book move 12...c6?? forfeits the advantage [¹12...d5
and Black can hope to live 13.cxd4 dxe4=] 13.Qe5+− d6 [13...Re8 14.Bg5 d5
15.Qf6+ (15.cxd4?! dxe4 16.Re1 Qd5²; 15.Qxd4?! dxe4 16.Qxd8 Rxd8=) 15...Kg8 16.Bh6+−] 14.Qf4+ Ke8 [14...Kg7 15.Qh6+ Kg8 16.cxd4 d5+−] 15.cxd4 Rf8 16.Qh4 Rf7 17.Nc3 [17.Nd2!? Qa5+−] 17...Kf8 18.Bh6+ Kg8 19.Rad1 [19.Bg5 Qc7±] 19...Qa5 [19...Be6 20.Bg5 Bc4 21.Rfe1±] 20.Bg5 [20.Bd2!?±]
20...Qxc3 21.Bxe7 d5 22.exd5 [22.e5 Qc2±] 22...cxd5² 23.Rfe1 Bf5 24.Re3 White threatens to win material: Re3xc3 24...Qc2 Black has a mate threat
25.Rde1 Re8 [25...Qxa2 26.f3 Bd7 27.Bc5²] 26.g4 White threatens to win
material: g4xf5 [26.Bd6 Be6 27.h3± (27.Rxe6?? Rxe6 28.Be5 Qxa2-+) ] 26...Be4
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27.Bd6 [27.Bf6 Qxa2 28.g5 Ref8=] 27...Qc6?? throwing away the advantage
[¹27...Rc8∓] 28.Be5 The white bishop is well posted. [28.Qg3 Rc8=] 28...Rc8 29.Qh6 Qd7 Black threatens to win material: Qd7xg4 30.Qg5 Black king safety
improved [30.Qh3 Rcf8 31.f4 Rc8=] 30...Rc2 31.Bg3 [¹31.Bf4 Rf8 32.f3=]
31...Kg7?? forfeits the clear win [31...Qc8!?∓] 32.h4 [¹32.f3+− finishes off the
opponent] 32...h6 Black threatens to win material: h6xg5 [32...Kg8 33.a4 b6∓
(‹33...Qxa4 34.f3 Qxd4 35.fxe4 dxe4 36.Qe5 Qxe5 37.Bxe5±) ] 33.Qe5+= Kh7
Position after 33…Kh7 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 7zpp+q+r+k' 6-+-+-+pzp& 5+-+pwQ-+-% 4-+-zPl+PzP$ 3+-+-tR-vL-# 2P+r+-zP-+" 1+-+-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy 34.h5?? White gets more space [¹34.Rxe4 was much better 34...dxe4 35.Qxe4
Rxa2 36.h5=] 34...Qxg4-+ 35.Rxe4 dxe4 36.Rxe4 Rc1+ [¹36...Qd1+!? seems
even better 37.Re1 Qxh5 38.Qxh5 gxh5 39.a3-+] 37.Kg2 [37.Kh2 Qxh5+
38.Qxh5 gxh5 39.d5-+] 37...Qf3+ [37...Qf3+ 38.Kh3 Rh1#] 0-1
Crnilovic, Grisha − Smith, Maurice [B21] SCC Jack Frost Swiss U1800 (4), 31.01.2013
[Fritz 13 (40s)] B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit 1.e4 d6 2.f4 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 last book move 5...Nxd4 [5...Qb6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Nd2=] 6.Qxd4² Black
has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8 6...Qc7 [¹6...Nf6!?² is
worth looking at] 7.Nc3+− Bd7 8.Bc4 Rc8 9.Bb3 a6 10.Nd5 Qc5 11.Qxc5 dxc5 12.0-0?? throwing away the advantage [¹12.Nb6!? Rd8 13.Nxd7 Rxd7 14.Kf2±]
12...e6 Black threatens to win material: e6xd5 [12...c4 13.Nb6 cxb3 14.Nxc8
Bxc8 15.axb3∓] 13.Nb6 [13.Ne3=]
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Position after 13.Nb6 ABCDEFGHY 8-+r+kvlntr( 7+p+l+pzpp' 6psN-+p+-+& 5+-zp-+-+-% 4-+-+PzP-+$ 3+L+-+-+-# 2PzPP+-+PzP" 1tR-vL-+RmK-! xabcdefghy 13...Rd8?? Black is ruining his position [¹13...c4 14.Nxc4 Bb5∓] 14.Nxd7 Rxd7 15.a4 Ne7 16.Be3 White threatens to win material: Be3xc5 16...Nc6 17.f5 White
gains space 17...e5 [17...exf5!? 18.Rxf5 f6±] 18.c3 Be7 19.Rad1 Rd8 [19...Rf8
20.Ba2±] 20.Rxd8++− Nxd8 21.Rd1 f6 [21...Nc6 22.Bc4+−] 22.Rd5 b6 [22...g6
23.g3+−] 23.a5! Deflection: c5 23...c4? [23...bxa5 24.Ba4+ Double
attack(24.Bxc5 Deflection) ; ∆23...−− 24.axb6 Wins material] 24.Bxc4 b5 25.Ba2 Nc6 Black prepares b4 26.Bb6 b4 [26...g6+− what else?] 27.Bc4 bxc3 28.bxc3 Nb8 29.Bc7 Nd7 [29...Nc6 cannot change what is in store for White 30.Bxa6 0-0
31.Bc4+−] 30.Bxa6 Bc5+ [30...Nc5 does not solve anything 31.Bb5+ Kf7
32.Bc4+−] 31.Kf1 1-0
Huang, Patrick − Liang, Phillip [B21] (4), 31.01.2013
[Fritz 13 (40s)] B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bf4 a6 last book move 7.Be2 d6 Black is behind in development 8.0-0 Black has a cramped position 8...Nf6 9.Qc2 Be7 Black is behind in development.
10.Rfd1 Qc7 White has a very active position [10...0-0 11.Rd2=] 11.Rac1 [¹11.Qd3²] 11...Ne5?? there were better ways to keep up the pressure [¹11...0-
0!?= looks like a viable alternative] 12.Nxe5 [12.Bxe5!? dxe5 13.Qa4+ Kf8
14.Nb5±] 12...dxe5± 13.Qa4+ Kf8? [¹13...Bd7!? 14.Rxd7 Qxd7±] 14.Nd5 [¹14.Nb5!? keeps an even firmer grip 14...Qb8 15.Nc7 exf4 16.Nxa8 Qxa8
17.Qc4+−] 14...Qd7 15.Qxd7 Nxd7 16.Nc7 Rb8 17.Be3 b6 18.Nxa6 [18.Bxa6!?
Nc5 19.Bxc8 Rxc8 20.Nb5+−] 18...Bxa6± 19.Bxa6 Nc5 20.Be2 f6? [20...Nxe4
21.Bxb6 Nf6 22.Ba5±] 21.Bxc5?? White lets it slip away [21.f3!? and White can
already relax 21...Kf7 22.b4 Nb7+−] 21...Bxc5? [¹21...bxc5 and Black could well
hope to play on 22.Bc4 Kf7²] 22.Rd7+− Re8 23.Bb5 [¹23.b4 Bxb4 24.Rc6+−]
23...h5?? causes further problems for ? [¹23...g5±] 24.b4!+− a convincing end
24...Bxb4 [24...Bxb4 25.Rcc7 Combination; ∆24...−− 25.bxc5 Wins material]
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25.Rcc7 Be7 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Rc8+ Kf7 28.Rxh8 Rc7 29.g3 Rc2 [29...h4 is
not the saving move 30.Rb8 h3 31.Bf1+−] 30.a4 f5 [30...Rc7 cannot undo what
has already been done 31.Rb8+−] 31.exf5 exf5 32.Rb8 Ke6 [32...e4 doesn't get
the cat off the tree 33.Rxb6 Rc1+ 34.Kg2+−] 33.Rxb6+ Kd5 34.Kf1 [34.Rg6
keeps an even firmer grip 34...Rc7+−] 34...Rc1+ [34...f4 does not improve
anything 35.Rg6 f3 36.Ke1+−] 35.Ke2 [35.Kg2 might be the shorter path 35...Rc2
36.Be8 e4 37.Bf7+ Kd4 38.Rd6+ Ke5 39.Re6+ Kd5+−] 35...Ra1 [35...Rc2+
doesn't do any good 36.Ke1+−] 36.Rb8 [36.Rg6 seems even better 36...Ra2+
37.Kf1 Rc2 38.Rxg7 f4+−] 36...Kc5 [36...h4 doesn't improve anything 37.Rd8+
Ke6 38.gxh4 Ra2+ 39.Kf1 Ra1+ 40.Kg2+−] 37.Rg8 Kd4 38.Rd8+ Kc5 39.Rd1 [39.Rd7!? and White can already relax 39...Ra2+ 40.Kf1 g5+−] 39...Ra2+ 40.Rd2 Ra1 [40...Ra3 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 41.h4+−] 41.Kd3 [¹41.Rd7!? makes it even easier for White 41...Rh1 42.h4 g6+−] 41...g5 [41...Ra3+ does not save the day 42.Kc2+−] 42.Rc2+ Kb4 [42...Kd6+− what
else?] 43.Rc4+ Ka5 [43...Kb3 does not help much 44.Rc5 Re1 45.Kd2+−]
44.Rc5 Re1 [44...Rd1+ hardly improves anything 45.Ke2 Rh1 46.h4+−] 45.Kd2 Ra1 [45...Rh1 cannot change what is in store for White 46.Rxe5 Ra1 47.Rxf5+−]
46.Rxe5 Ra2+ 47.Ke1 Ra1+ 48.Ke2 Ra2+ 49.Kf1 Rd2 [49...Ra1+ does not solve
anything 50.Kg2+−] 50.Rxf5 Rd6 51.Rxg5 Rh6 52.Be8+ Kb4 53.Rxh5 Rxh5 54.Bxh5 Kxa4 [54...Kc5 doesn't get the bull off the ice 55.a5 Kb5 56.h4 Ka6
57.Be2+ Ka7 58.h5 Kb7 59.h6 Kc7 60.h7 Kd6 61.h8Q Kd5 62.Qd8+ Ke5 63.Bc4
Kf5 64.Qe7 Kg6 65.Bd3+ Kh6 66.Qf6+ Kh5 67.Be2#] 55.f4 [55.Be2 Ka3 56.f4
Kb2 57.f5 Kb3 58.f6 Kb4 59.Bf3 Ka4 60.Kf2 Kb5 61.f7 Kb6 62.f8Q Kb5 63.Qf5+
Kb4 64.Qe5 Kc4 65.Qa5 Kd4 66.Qb4+ Ke5 67.Qb6 Kf5 68.Qd6 Kg5 69.h4+ Kf5
70.g4#] 1-0
Round 5 Here’s one from the winner of the U1800 section (and new SCC member): Michelashvili, Andrei − Pantazi, Emanuel [B07] SCC Jack Frost Swiss U1800 (5), 07.02.2013
[Fritz 13 (40s)] B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.h3 c6 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 last book move 8...b5 9.a3 Bb7 Black
has a cramped position 10.Re1 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 White has an
active position. 13.Bc5 Re8 14.a4 White threatens to win material: a4xb5
14...Nd7 15.Ba3 a6 16.Be2 Nf6 17.Qxd8 Raxd8 18.Rad1 Bf8 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.f3 Covers g4 20...b4 Black threatens to win material: b4xc3 [20...Nh5 21.axb5
axb5 22.Na2=] 21.Nb1 Nd7 22.Nd2 Nc5 23.b3 Prevents intrusion on a4 23...Ne6 24.Nc4 White threatens to win material: Nc4xe5 24...Nd4 25.Bd3 f6 26.Kf2 c5 27.Ne3 Re7 28.Nc4 Red7 29.Ne3 [29.Nb6 Rc7=] 29...Nxb3³ Deflection: d3
30.Bxa6 [30.cxb3 Rxd3 Overloading Deflection Discovered attack] 30...Bxa6 [30...Nd4 31.Bb5 Rd6 32.Rb1³] 31.cxb3= Rd2+ 32.Kg3 R2d3 Black threatens to
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win material: Rd3xb3 [32...Rxd1!? is worth consideration 33.Rxd1 Rxd1 34.Nxd1
c4 35.bxc4 Ke7=] 33.Rb1 Bb7
XABCDEFGHY 8-+-tr-mk-+( 7+l+-+-+p' 6-+-+-zpp+& 5+-zp-zp-+-% 4Pzp-+P+-+$ 3+P+rsNPmKP# 2-+-+-+P+" 1+R+-tR-+-! xabcdefghy 34.Red1?? gives the opponent counter−play [¹34.Rbc1= and White could well
hope to play on] 34...Bxe4-+ 35.Re1?? the final mistake, not that it matters
anymore [¹35.Rxd3 Rxd3 36.fxe4 Rxe3+ 37.Kf2-+] 35...Rxe3! Deflection:
b1[35...Rxe3 36.Rxe3 Bxb1-+] 0-1
Not all games are won in the opening or middlegame. Here Bob scores a point from an even position thanks to some good endgame technique. Maister, Martin (1639) − Armstrong, Robert J. (1618) [A10] Scarborough CC Jack Frost (U1800) Toronto (5), 07.02.2013
[Armstrong, Robert] 1.c4= f5?!² [1...e5=] 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.0-0 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6² this could be considered the end of the opening phase 9.Nxc6?!= [9.Bg5 h6 10.Bf4 g5²] 9...bxc6 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 Qe8?!² [11...d5 12.Qd4 Bd6=]
12.Qc2?!= [12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Bxe4 d5²] 12...Qh5 13.e3 Rab8 14.Rad1 Rfd8?!² [14...d5 15.Ne2 e5=] 15.Ne2 Qh6 16.Be5??-+ a blunder −
losing the B on the mate threat. I get a " winning " advantage [16.Bc1 Qh5 17.Nf4
Qf7²] 16...d6??= I miss winning the B! I lose my advantage [16...Ng4! 17.h3
Nxe5-+] 17.Bb2 c5?!² [17...d5 18.Nd4 Bd6 19.Nxe6 Ng4 20.h3 Nxe3 21.Qe2
Qxe6 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Qxe3 Qxe3 24.fxe3 g6=] 18.Bc1?!= [18.Nf4 e5 19.Bd5+
Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Qg6²] 18...g5?² [18...Ng4 19.h3 Be4 20.Qd2
Ne5=] 19.f3 [19.Bxb7 Rxb7 20.f3 Qg6²] 19...Qg6 20.Nc3 h5 [20...d5²]
21.Qe2?!= [21.e4 fxe4 22.Qe2 d5²] 21...g4 22.fxg4 hxg4 23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.Qg2 Rbd7?!² [24...Rc7?!²; 24...Rb6 25.Bb2 Rf8²] 25.Bb2 [25.Qc6 Bf8 26.e4 Nxe4
27.Nxe4 fxe4²] 25...d5 26.cxd5 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Qc2?!= [29.Qe2 Qh6 30.Bc3 Rd7²] 29...Bg5 30.Qc3 Qh6 31.Re1 Kf7 32.b4?-+ For the
first time in the game ( other than Martin's blunder ), I get the advantage, and it is
a " winning " one. I should win the dP. [32.Bc1 Qf6 33.Qc2 Qe5=]
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Position after 32.b4? XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 7zp-+-+k+-' 6-+-+p+-wq& 5+-zpr+pvl-% 4-zP-+-+p+$ 3+-wQ-zP-zP-# 2PvL-+-+-zP" 1+-+-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy 32...Bf6??= I miss winning the P and lose my advantage [32...cxb4 33.Qxb4
Bxe3+ 34.Kh1 Bb6-+ I would be up a P] 33.Qxf6+ Qxf6 34.Bxf6 Kxf6 35.bxc5?∓ I get a " clear " advantage [35.e4 fxe4 36.bxc5 Rxc5 37.Rxe4 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc2+
39.Kg1 Kf5 40.Rf4+ Kg5 41.Ra4 Rc7=] 35...Rxc5 36.Re2?!-+ I get a " winning "
advantage for the third time. [36.e4 Re5 37.Re3 Rxe4 38.Ra3 Re1+ 39.Kf2 Rh1
40.Kg2 Rc1 41.Rxa7 Rc2+ 42.Kg1 Rb2∓] 36...Ke5 37.Kf2 − 1.98 [37.e4 fxe4
38.Kf2 Rc3-+ − 2.46] 37...Ke4 38.Rb2 a5 39.Ke2 − 2.11 [39.Rd2? e5 40.Re2
a4-+ − 4.54] 39...Rc1 40.a3?-+ − 6.65 − let's me get control of the second rank
[40.Kd2 Rc8 41.Kd1 Rc3-+ − 2.30] 40...Rh1 41.Rb5?-+ − 7.42 [41.Rb6 Rxh2+
42.Kd1 e5-+ − 6.53] 41...Rxh2+ I go up a P 42.Kf1 − 7.54 [42.Kd1 Rg2 43.Rxa5
Rxg3-+ − 7.13] 42...Kxe3 43.Rxa5 Kf3 threatening mate 44.Kg1??-+ leads to
mate [44.Ke1 Kxg3 45.Kd1 f4-+ − 14.79] 44...Kxg3 I go up 2 P's. I had 11 min.
left, and Martin had 13 min.. 45.Rb5 [45.Ra7 f4 46.Kf1 f3-+ Mate in 38 moves]
45...f4 this P is a winner! 46.Rg5 mate in 25 moves [46.Rb4 Ra2 47.Rb1 f3-+
mate in 28 moves] 46...Ra2 47.Kf1 f3 48.Ke1?-+ mate in 4 moves [48.Re5 Rh2
49.Ke1 f2+ 50.Ke2 Rh1-+ mate in 17 moves] 48...f2+ 49.Kf1 Ra1+ slightly slower
mate [49...Kf3 50.Rc5 Ra1+ 51.Rc1 Rxc1#] 50.Ke2 f1Q+-+ mate in 4 moves.
Martin resigned. The mate is 51.Kd2 Qc1+ 52.Kd3 Rxa3+ 53.Kd4 Qc3+ 54.Ke4 Ra4# 0-1
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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) We've got our 2013 ACC Championship under way, with 14 players - including 4 masters and 5 experts - in the Championship section. The large combined Reserve section (U1800) has 30 players and an 1100-point rating range. In the first round this past Monday, the Reserve section saw a slate of underdogs-versus-favourites games, at about a 400-point rating differential. So the pairing sheet had pretty alternating 1s and 0s at the end of the night. The Championship section, however, saw a couple of big upsets as David Cohen defeated expert Tyler Longo, and Bill Evans took down master Pavel Peev. Among the winners, defending 2012 Club Champion Michael Humphreys scored a full point against Rhys Goldstein to stay in the leader group. See the three games, below. Complete results are at http://annexchessclub.com/2013/02/2013-club-championship/ [Event "ACC Championship"] [Site "Toronto"] [Date "2013.02.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Rhys Goldstein"] [Black "Michael Humphreys"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E21"] [White Elo "2022"] [Black Elo "2281"] [Event Country "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. O-O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. f3 Qc7 11. e3 d6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Nf5 exf4 14. Nxd6+ Kf8 15. c5 b5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa5 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxa2 21. Nc4 g6 22. Qd6+ Kg8 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Qd4+ f6 25. Rd1 fxe3 26. Nxe3 Re8 27. Rd2 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Ra2+ 29. Kd3 Qb1+ 0-1 [Event "ACC Championship"] [Site "Toronto"] [Date "2013.02.11"] [Round "1"]
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[White "Evans, Bill"] [Black "Peev, Pavel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A57"] [White Elo "1989"] [Black Elo "2226"] [PlyCount "47"] [Event Country "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 axb5 8. Bxb5 Qa5 9. Nge2 Nxe4 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nf4 g5 12. dxe6 gxf4 13. exd7+ Kd8 14. Bxf4 Rg8 15. f3 Be7 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Bc7+ Kxc7 21. Qf4+ e5 22. Qxf3 Nbxd7 23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. Qe6 1-0 [Event "ACC Championship"] [Site "Toronto"] [Date "2013.02.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Longo, Tyler"] [Black "Cohen, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A49"] [White Elo "2071"] [Black Elo "1823"] [PlyCount "92"] [Event Country "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c5 8. e3 Rb8 9. O-O b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. a5 Qc7 12. axb6 axb6 13. Qe2 Ra8 14. Nc4 Rxa1 15.Rxa1 Ra8 16. Na3 Qb8 17. Rd1 Ra7 18. c4 Ne4 19. Qc2 Qa8 20. Nb5 Ra2 21. Rb1 Ndf6 22. d5 Bc8 23. Nh4 Ng5 24. f4 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Bg4 26. e4 Ne8 27. Nc3 Ra5 28. Qd2 Bd4 29. Nd1 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 Ra1 31. Bxh3 Rxd1+ 32. Kg2 Rxd2+ 33. Rxd2 Bxh3+ 34. Kxh3 Nf6 35. e5 Ne4 36. Re2 Nc3 37. Re3 Qa1 38. exd6 exd6 39. f5 Qf1+ 40.Ng2 Qxf5+ 41. g4 Qf6 42. Nh4 Qf1+ 43. Ng2 Nd1 44. Re1 Qf3+ 45. Kh4 Qxg2 46.Rxd1 Qxh2+ 0-1 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 ) - reported no news report for this Issue.
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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. (by TCN Liaison for Burlington CC, Bob Gillanders) The club championship concluded this week, and the results can be summed up as "Revenge of the Old Geezers!" Three club seniors will share the honours of Club Champion for 2013. They are Mike Pejovic, Stan Percival, and Carlos Zubieta. Congratulations gentlemen, well played.
SwissSys Standings. Burlington Club Championship 2013
# Name ID Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Mike Pejovic 106982 1708 1729 W12 W13 W7 D4 D5 4.0
2 Stan Percival 100049 1693 1732 H--- H--- W13 W9 W4 4.0
3 Carlos Zubieta 149510 1628 1674 W6 L4 W16 W11 W13 4.0
4 Paul Roschman 113055 1767 1772 W14 W3 W5 D1 L2 3.5
5 Louay Sakka 151262 1675 1686 W19 W16 L4 W7 D1 3.5
6 Eugene Hua 154197 1492 1514 L3 D19 W20 W10 D9 3.0
7 Giuseppe Del Duca 147289 1340 1405 W9 W20 L1 L5 W14 3.0
8 Robert Gillanders 108202 1718 1716 L16 W12 D11 W19 U--- 2.5
9 Joe Finelli 140379 1596 1568 L7 W14 W18 L2 D6 2.5
10 Ed Heijm 147288 1286 1325 D20 L11 W19 L6 W18 2.5
11 Joe T Ellis 101459 1902 1869 H--- W10 D8 L3 U--- 2.0
12 Justin Swaine 154383 1525 1520 L1 L8 L14 W20 W16 2.0
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13 Larry Popa 129950 1511 1498 W18 L1 L2 W17 L3 2.0
14 Rf Puschke 108329 1494 1477 L4 L9 W12 W18 L7 2.0
15 Gary Hua 154420 1467 1479 H--- U--- W17 U--- U--- 1.5
16 Mark Cutler 150478 1445 1444 W8 L5 L3 H--- L12 1.5
17 Bob Turnbull unr. 1367 H--- U--- L15 L13 W20 1.5
18 Richard Marais 154280 1189 1166 L13 B--- L9 L14 L10 1.0
19 Benito Surya 153755 1542 1495 L5 D6 L10 L8 U--- 0.5
20 James E Lehmann 105108 1525 1435 D10 L7 L6 L12 L17 0.5
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
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(by TCN Liaison for Mississauga CC, Bob Gillanders)
After 4 rounds of the Viktar Chuprys Memorial, Vincent Chow leads the pack with a perfect score. Can he hold onto his lead? It would seem now that Shankar has taken over as tournament director, Vincent can focus on the game. Despite the snowstorm last Thursday, attendance for round 4 was high.
We can't however say the same for the junior club as only 32 kids braved the snow for their lowest turnout in years.
The Mississauga YCC Qualifier has now been rated by both the CFC and CMA. Here is the tournament report. Tournament report - Mississauga YCC Qualifier 2013
Thank you to all the players, volunteers, and parents for making this years' Qualifier such a success. We had 72 players in 4 sections, up from 52 last year. We had 12 girls in total compete. Unfortunately that was not enough for girls sections, as well there were very few kids over 14, so they were folded into the U14 section.
As I was summarizing the results, I was dumbstruck at the symmetry of the mathematics. Participation was exactly 50/50, 36 players from the Mississauga Junior Chess Club and 36 players from outside the club. Players with a score of 2.5 qualify for the CYCC, and exactly half (18) from the Mississauga club qualified, and exactly 2/3 (24) from outside the club qualified. Of the 12 girls participating, exactly half (6) were from the Mississauga club and exactly half (6) were from outside the club. Again, exactly half (6) of the girls qualified, 2/3 (4) from the Mississauga club and 1/3 (2) from outside the club. Some of those stats on qualification may change as we await approval from the authorities, as well I will be requesting that 2 additional kids qualify under special circumstances. My apologies if I have bored everyone with all this math, but as a student of mathematics, I found it fascinating! Now, to congratulate our medal winners: U8 open & girls Nameer Issani - Gold Aahil Noorali - Silver Nicholas Wu - Bronze Helena Zhang - Gold (girls) Mysha Gilani - Silver (girls)
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U10 open & girls Eugene Hua - Gold Benito Surya - Silver Arhant Washimkar - Silver Kylie Tan - Gold (girls) Janani Kathirkamar - Silver (girls) Sasha Chertkow - Bronze (girls) U12 open & girls Kenro Oyama - Gold Jarrow Nocon - Silver Ningsong Shen - Silver James Wang - Silver Allyson Xu - Gold (girls) U14 & U16 & U18, open & girls Lan Qian - Gold Stanley Wu - Bronze Atharva Washimkar - Bronze Andrei Korcsak - Bronze YueYang Jiang - Bronze Vaanie Kathirkamar - Gold (girls) (those Bronze medals really be Silver, but we ran out of Silver medals, sorry guys)
The complete cross tables are available on our website. If anyone is puzzled about the ratings we used, we used the players highest rating of: Mississauga club rating, CFC regular rating, CFC Quick rating, and CMA rating.
Finally and most important, I want to thank the volunteer crew that helped me stage this event. They were Paul Roschman, Garvin Nunes, Lynda Lei, and Shankar Balakrishnan. Thanks, Bob Gillanders Tournament Director
SwissSys Standings. Mississauga CYCC qualifier 2013: U8
# Name ID Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Nameer Issani 154796 1299 1330 W15 W2 W3 W5 W4 5.0
2 Aahil Noorali 155015 1038 1058 W10 L1 W11 W9 W5 4.0
3 Nicholas Wu 154991 1088 1087 W13 W6 L1 D7 W11 3.5
4 Aidan Mo 152785 1191 1167 W9 W7 L5 W6 L1 3.0
5 Max England 1017 1029 W12 W11 W4 L1 L2 3.0
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6 Mateo Kulic 155012 917 929 W14 L3 W8 L4 W7 3.0
7 Matthew Tang 153756 882 881 W16 L4 W15 D3 L6 2.5
8 Kevin Wu 154200 813 791 L11 W12 L6 W15 D9 2.5
9 Owen Liu 152952 541 564 L4 W16 W13 L2 D8 2.5
10 Helena Zhang 412 423 L2 L15 D16 W13 W14 2.5
11 Mysha Gilani 155004 841 835 W8 L5 L2 W12 L3 2.0
12 Xavier Ryel 392 423 L5 L8 W14 L11 W15 2.0
13 Soma Magyar 428 398 L3 D14 L9 L10 W16 1.5
14 Daniel Nagvib 236 239 L6 D13 L12 W16 L10 1.5
15 Justin Greco 153671 725 679 L1 W10 L7 L8 L12 1.0
16 Alexei Cheryachukin unr. 179 L7 L9 D10 L14 L13 0.5
SwissSys Standings. Mississauga CYCC qualifier 2013: U10
# Name ID Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Eugene Hua 154197 1516 1541 W10 W14 W5 W7 W3 5.0
2 Benito Surya 153755 1542 1512 L8 W21 W13 W16 W7 4.0
3 Arhant Washimkar 153286 1480 1478 W11 W6 W8 W5 L1 4.0
4 Kylie Tan 153607 1132 1125 W16 L7 W11 W8 W6 4.0
5 Nicholas Vettese 154199 1329 1321 W9 W15 L1 L3 W12 3.0
6 Kyle Sava 155065 982 983 W18 L3 W9 W17 L4 3.0
7 Bruce Cao 150182 865 917 W22 W4 W12 L1 L2 3.0
8 Janani Kathirkamar 153963 838 894 W2 W10 L3 L4 W13 3.0
9 Benett Luo 153749 816 813 L5 W19 L6 W18 W17 3.0
10 Justin Nocon 780 787 L1 L8 W22 W21 W16 3.0
11 William Liu 154485 760 771 L3 W18 L4 W20 W19 3.0
12 Sasha Chertkow 152233 1073 1049 W20 D13 L7 W14 L5 2.5
13 Adrian D'Souza 851 862 W23 D12 L2 W15 L8 2.5
14 Shuhan Dai 153835 1024 983 W21 L1 L16 L12 W22 2.0
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15 David Xu 153761 893 845 W19 L5 L17 L13 W23 2.0
16 Kevin Sun 645 669 L4 W22 W14 L2 L10 2.0
17 Daniel Jiang 431 456 H--- H--- W15 L6 L9 2.0
18 Melinda DaSilva 401 427 L6 L11 W23 L9 W21 2.0
19 DeAndre Odysanya 343 351 L15 L9 B--- W23 L11 2.0
20 Rosaleen Ryel 586 547 L12 D23 L21 L11 B--- 1.5
21 Csenge Magyar 550 536 L14 L2 W20 L10 L18 1.0
22 Jacob Alway unr. 428 L7 L16 L10 B--- L14 1.0
23 Sylvia Liu unr. 294 L13 D20 L18 L19 L15 0.5 SwissSys Standings. Mississauga CYCC qualifier 2013: U12
# Name ID Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Kenro Oyama 678 763 D8 W9 W13 W14 W3 4.5
2 Jarrow Nocon 883 911 W9 W4 W14 L3 W8 4.0
3 Ningsong Shen 148904 806 838 W17 W15 W5 W2 L1 4.0
4 James Wang 702 788 W6 L2 W16 W11 W5 4.0
5 Allyson Xu 153760 994 973 B--- W13 L3 W8 L4 3.0
6 Joseph Wu 154193 921 880 L4 W17 W10 L9 W13 3.0
7 Rishi Keny 446 514 L13 L16 W15 W12 W14 3.0
8 Matthew Chertkow 152227 1138 1087 D1 W11 W12 L5 L2 2.5
9 Nixshan Babu 545 551 L2 L1 B--- W6 D10 2.5
10 Rares Hogiu 326 358 L12 B--- L6 W15 D9 2.5
11 Henushan Balachandran 153980 912 863 L15 L8 W17 L4 W16 2.0
12 Matthew Fernandes 154188 826 778 W10 L14 L8 L7 W17 2.0
13 Naren Sothinathan 154184 781 761 W7 L5 L1 W16 L6 2.0
14 Eric Luan 154194 728 711 W16 W12 L2 L1 L7 2.0
15 Januston 568 543 W11 L3 L7 L10 B--- 2.0
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Nicholas
16 Clark Wang 154258 738 686 L14 W7 L4 L13 L11 1.0
17 Nicholas Alway unr. 466 L3 L6 L11 B--- L12 1.0 SwissSys Standings. Mississauga CYCC qualifier 2013: U14 & U16 & U18
# Name ID Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Lan Qian unr. 1293 W5 L7 W10 W11 W3 4.0
2 Stanley Wu 153578 1540 1528 D14 W10 L3 W13 W6 3.5
3 Atharva Washimkar 153285 1519 1517 W15 D4 W2 W6 L1 3.5
4 Andrei Korcsak 154181 1161 1191 W12 D3 W8 L7 W10 3.5
5 YueYang Jiang 141091 1140 1169 L1 W14 D13 W9 W7 3.5
6 Daniel Muntaner 151140 1567 1544 W9 W8 W7 L3 L2 3.0
7 Jerick Siemeon 148946 1366 1354 W16 W1 L6 W4 L5 3.0
8 Shesan Balachandran 153740 1223 1206 W11 L6 L4 W15 W12 3.0
9 Vaanie Kathirkamar 153745 945 938 L6 W16 D14 L5 W11 2.5
10 Matt Pereira 154178 731 735 X--- L2 L1 W16 L4 2.0
11 Youssef Nagvib 509 533 L8 B--- W12 L1 L9 2.0
12 Patrick Mihalcea unr. 828 L4 W15 L11 W14 L8 2.0
13 Jonathan Jiang unr. 1140 H--- H--- D5 L2 F15 1.5
14 Muralidhar Andoorveedu 148884 876 842 D2 L5 D9 L12 L16 1.0
15 Jerry Yang 154190 771 761 L3 L12 W16 L8 F13 1.0
16 Vaishavi Sathyanoorthi 533 544 L7 L9 L15 L10 W14 1.0
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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)
Aurora Chess Club has successfully finished its first CFC rated tournament! This is quite a landmark for a club that was only started in November of last year. The 5-Week Swiss Tournament turned into a 6-Weeker due to popular demand!
Twenty four players of varying strengths battled it out for the long six week haul. Every week saw elation from some players and down trodden emotions and tears from others. But I hope that every player who participated in the tournament would agree that the club as a whole handled its first formal event with admirable style. Congratulations go to Sergey Noritsyn for an inspired performance!
I certainly cannot take for granted the work that a Tournament Director and workforce put into running such an event. For me personally, it was not only a baptism of fire, but an incredible learning experience that will ultimately mean upcoming tournaments will go from strength to strength and become a more professional and slickly run affair.
We’ll be working toward our April Swiss in the coming weeks and in the meantime will be plying the mileage with further club-rated Rapids. These promise to be fun bouts with a lot of participants battling several rounds with shorter time controls in a single evening.
Results for the January Swiss can be found here: http://www.aurorachessclub.ca/?page_id=1461
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What was great about this event is that we were able to run a casual Round Robin even each week for Aurora Chess Club members not participating. This semi-formality is starting to help club member’s chess improve without them noticing! Several of the younger members have shown inspiring form and obvious improvement through the weeks.
Exciting events coming soon include: A simul with IM Bindi Cheng: http://www.aurorachessclub.ca/?p=1596 An April CFC-rated Swiss. Lots of Rapids! 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) - reported no club meeting this past Friday, Feb. 8, so no news report for this Issue.. However we are meeting this Friday, Feb. 15 ( too late for this Issue ), and can report on it next Issue.. 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 CC, Bob Gillanders) The club was forced to close on February 8th due to the snow storm. Club President Garvin Nunes had planned to postpone round 4 of the Low Budget Winter Special but keep the club open for casual play, but a phone call Friday afternoon found that the
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school board had indeed closed the school. Round 4 will thus go ahead this Friday, Feb 14th. Well, we finally got approval (at least over the phone) for our site rental on March 23-24th for the Hamilton Winter Open. For those with tight budgets, we again are offering an insanely low entry fee of $10 (after discount) for the U1600 section. ____________________________ Hamilton Winter Open 2013 The Hamilton City Chess Club presents a 5 round Swiss on March 23 & 24 Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School 1715 Main Street East Hamilton, Ontario Schedule: Please Confirm Your Registration March 23 at 9:00 am (Players arriving after 9:20 may NOT be paired for round 1) Game Times Saturday - 9:30 am, 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm Sunday - 11:00 am and 4:00 pm Sections and Prizes Top Guns, U2000 and U1600 Top Guns and U2000 will play for cash prizes U1600 will play for trophies To play in the top guns section you must be 1900 or higher To play in the U2000 section you must be 1500 or higher Please Note: Unrated players are not eligible for the U2000 prize (Unrated players may play in the Top Guns or U1600 section) Fees: Top Guns and U2000 $45.00 U1600 $15.00 cash only Email us by Friday March 22 to receive $5.00 discount Titled Players who commit to playing by March 1st will receive a major discount CFC membership required Time Control: All Games 80 minutes with a 30 second Increment Rules And Equipment: Bring Chess sets, Boards & Digital Clocks Please turn off your cell phones TD rulings based on the CFC Handbook are final Questions, Concerns and Pre-Registration Email us at: [email protected]
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Also visit our website: chesshamilton.mygamesonline.org Organizers: Garvin Nunes, Bob Gillanders, Michel Vasquez, Joe Ellis, Gordon Gooding This is a SWOCL grand prix event Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club News
Meetings: Tuesdays – regular meeting
Sunday afternoons – Youth Club
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 Editor/TCN Liaison for K-W CC, Kai Gauer )
A number of Kitchener-Waterloo members made the trek to Guelph, to Hal Bond’s Guelph Winter Pro-Am for the Feb. 9-10 weekend. The event attracted more than 90 players, including the current Canadian Champion, Bator Sambuev. Below is a picture of one of the top boards playing, with Sambuev looking on. At the table further back on the right are Rob Gashgarian and K-W CC member, Mate Milinkovic.
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Left Table: Nikolay Noritsyn on left; Bindi Cheng on right; Sambuev in Black; Gashgarian (closer) & Milinkovic (at back) at table on right back. Kitchener will also be the site of an upcoming weekend tournament ( all details not yet decided ):
Date: March 9, 10, 2013 Place: Kitchener City Hall, 200 King St, Kitchener, ON Rounds: 5 Swiss Time Control :
Round 1 – Game in 60 min plus 30 s: Fischer Rounds 2-5-Game in 90 min plus 30 s Fischer
Information: Email: [email protected] If you have any questions, please contact Ralph Deline at
this email address.
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British Columbia
Tournaments British Columbia Open Dates: February 9-11, 2013 City: Richmond, BC Place: Executive Plaza Hotel, 7311 Westminster Hwy Rds: 5 Type: Swiss. – in 2 sections TC: Game in 90 minutes with a 30 second increment Registrants: 79 players. Top Finishers – Premier Section:: 1. Tanraj S. Sohal 2205 - 5 pts. - $ 600 2. Alfred Pechisker 2242 - 4.5 pts. $ 300 3. Jack [kun] Cheng 2222 – 4 pts. 4. James Chan 2160 – 4 pts. 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.
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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 recall and sparkling ideas forever lodged in their subconscious. I hope you will find the game presentations illuminating and enjoyable. Game 3 — Morphy’s Noble Checkmate
Morphy – Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard Paris Opera Box Game, 1858
One hundred years before Bobby Fischer became a grandmaster and dazzled the world with his brilliant chess games, a remarkable American chess genius, Paul Morphy,
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became known as the best player in the world. Paul was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, across the Gulf of Mexico from Havana, Cuba (one of the chess centers of the world). By 1850, already by age 12, Paul had shown examples of brilliant play but it wasn't until 1857 that he decided to travel and show the world his remarkable skills at chess. First he won the American Chess Championships and then he travelled to Europe and took on the world's best.
The game below is not against one of the best, but against French royalty and although played at the opera (likely The Barber of Seville) with all its distractions, it is considered even 150 years later as one of the greatest teaching games of all time (a classic model of quick but complete development of all major and minor pieces with the target of Black’s king caught in the center). 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 In France at that time chess players were still under the influence of the teachings of Philidor (the great 18th century chess player who expounded that pawns were the soul of chess and that a solid pawn structure in the center leads to advantage) so Philidor's Defence is a fitting choice here. 3. d4 Bg4 XIIIIIIIIY 9rsn-wqkvlntr0 9zppzp-+pzpp0 9-+-zp-+-+0 9+-+-zp-+-0 9-+-zPP+l+0 9+-+-+N+-0 9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9tRNvLQmKL+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 3.1 This move is rather rash but is explained by Black wanting to exchange the dangerous knight on f3. A better alternative is 3... Nd7 which defends the e5-pawn and keeps the position closed. It takes Morphy's genius to show why Bg4 is not good. 4. dxe5! This forcing move helps White’s queen come into play quickly. If 4... dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nxe5 wins a pawn, threatens a knight fork on f7, and speeds up White's development. 4... Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Threatening checkmate on f7 already. 6... Nf6 7. Qb3
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With an attack on b7 and f7. 7... Qe7 XIIIIIIIIY 9rsn-+kvl-tr0 9zppzp-wqpzpp0 9-+-+-sn-+0 9+-+-zp-+-0 9-+L+P+-+0 9+Q+-+-+-0 9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9tRNvL-mK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 3.2 7... Qd7? 8. Qxb7 Qc6 9. Bb5. 8. Nc3! This move raises the game to the highest level of play. White chooses not to take the b7-pawn in order to complete his development. If 8. Qxb7 Qb4+ and after the queen exchange White has won a pawn but is no longer ahead in development and must play a long endgame. A better version of the 8. Qxb7 idea is the move 8. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (remove the defender) 9. Qxb7 that wins Black’s rook in the corner. However after 9... Bc5 Black has counterattacks on f2. Morphy's Nc3 does not allow a counterattack, keeps White’s king safe, and continues smooth development. 8... c6 XIIIIIIIIY 9rsn-+kvl-tr0 9zpp+-wqpzpp0 9-+p+-sn-+0 9+-+-zp-+-0 9-+L+P+-+0 9+QsN-+-+-0 9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9tR-vL-mK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 3.3 9. Bg5 Develop and pin! The awkward position of Black’s queen defending f7 stops kingside development and makes development extremely difficult.
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9... b5! XIIIIIIIIY 9rsn-+kvl-tr0 9zp-+-wqpzpp0 9-+p+-sn-+0 9+p+-zp-vL-0 9-+L+P+-+0 9+QsN-+-+-0 9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9tR-+-mK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 3.4 A resourceful move. Black wants to push away the bishop on c4 and free up his queen from defending f7. If the bishop retreats then Black can play Qb4 trading queens with an almost equal game. 10. Nxb5! cxb5 This knight sacrifice allows an attack on Black’s king. Black could choose to trade queens here with 10... Qb4+ 11. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 12. c3 cxb5 13. Bxb5+ Nbd7 14. cxb4 Rb8 (14... Nxe4? 15. Bc6!) 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. a3 and White's queenside pawn majority (eventually leading to a passed pawn) means that Black would be defending a poor position. Thankfully Black doesn’t exchange queens and we get to see the wonderful game continuation. 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-+kvl-tr0 9zp-+nwqpzpp0 9-+-+-sn-+0 9+L+-zp-vL-0 9-+-+P+-+0 9+Q+-+-+-0 9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9tR-+-mK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 3.5 11... Kd8 12. O-O-O+ Kc8 (12... Kc7 13. Rd3! and Rhd1 finishes development and keeps the attack going) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd5 wins the rook in the corner, or 14. Rd3 keeps the attack going. 12. O-O-O! White's two pinning bishops means that White has five active pieces versus Black's one active piece. Far worse, Black’s king is caught in the center and Morphy demonstrates a crisp finish to the game.
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12... Rd8 XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-trkvl-tr0 9zp-+nwqpzpp0 9-+-+-sn-+0 9+L+-zp-vL-0 9-+-+P+-+0 9+Q+-+-+-0 9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9+-mKR+-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 3.6 13. Rxd7! This rook sacrifice removes a defender and allows the rook on h1 to target the d7-square with decisive pressure. 13... Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 14... Qb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (not 15... Qxb3?? 16. Bxd7#) 16. Bxd7+ Kd8 17. Bc6+ Kc7 18. Rd7+ Kc8 (Kxc6 19. Qd5+) 19. Qh3! keeps the checkmating attack going. 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15... Qxd7 loses the queen to the rook on d1. If 15... Kd8 16. Qb8+ Ke7 17. Qe8# is much better than 16. BxQ. 16. Qb8+! XIIIIIIIIY 9-wQ-+kvl-tr0 9zp-+n+pzpp0 9-+-+q+-+0 9+-+-zp-vL-0 9-+-+P+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0 9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9+-mKR+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram # 3.7 The final queen sacrifice to breakthrough for checkmate. Note how important the knight sacrifice, the rook sacrifice, and the queen sacrifice were to continuing Morphy's king attack. 16... Nxb8 17. Rd8# 1-0
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Review of Game 3 Strategic Themes Tactical Themes White's play from move 6 onwards is an excellent example of finding and sticking to the same game plan throughout the game. White chooses to develop all the pieces to coordinate in the attack of Black’s king. All moves and tactical ideas are played with this game plan in mind. Black's strategy is defence. After 3... Bg4 and White's forcing replies Black must constantly think about defence. 7.... Qe7 defended against the double threat against f7 and b7 by threatening to exchange queens on b4 and playing a difficult endgame (although with some chances). 8.... c6 is a good defensive pawn move keeping the knight on c3 out of d5 and b5, and also protecting the b7-pawn with the queen. 9... b5 challenges White’s bishop on c4 hoping that it will retreat. This would have worked against most players of that time period. After 10. Nxb5 the sacrifice of the knight allows all White’s pieces to come into play. The following moves are a good model of finishing a checkmate attack.
Move 3. d4 a pawn lever attacking Black’s center pawn. Move 3... Bg4 pins the knight on f3. Move 4. dxe5 threatening the queen exchange (if Black plays 4... dxe5 than 5. Qxd8+) and removing the pin to setup a knight fork on e5 (fork of f7 and Bg4). Move 4.... Bxf3 a forced defensive exchange (avoids loss of material). Move 6. Bc4 threatening checkmate on f7. Move 6... Nf6 blocking the checkmate on f7. Move 7. Qb3 a queen fork indirectly threatening f7 and b7. Move 9. Bg5 pinning the knight on f6 and preparing 0-0-0 (queenside castles). Move 9... b5 an attacking pawn lever trying to force the bishop on c4 to retreat. Move 10. Nxb5 a knight sacrifice to setup the bishop attack (11. Bb5+). Move 13. Rxd7 a rook sacrifice to remove a defender and help develop the rook on f1. Move 15. Bxd7+ removing a defender and opening up White’s queen. Move 16. Qb8+ a queen sacrifice forcing checkmate on d8.
Ken’s Chess Trivia (questions/presentations researched by columnist Ken Kurkowski,
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Scarborough CC Treasurer, and TCN Liaison for SCC) Last Issue’s Chess Trivia was the Question: Who made the following quote? “ In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant solution. In chess, if anybody claims he is better than I, I can checkmate him.”
The Answer is:
Emanuel Lasker, former World Champion ( note: not his brother, Edward Lasker )
TCN Bragging Rights:
Michael von Keitz, CFC President, was runner-up for the Jan. 1/13 Issue Quiz, won the Jan. 15 Issue Quiz, and now has stretched his streak to 2 consecutive by winning the Feb. 1 Quiz. He gets that Issue’s bragging rights!. Past Trivia Quiz Master, Rick Garel, New Brunswick CFC Governor, Ken Craft, Dan Kishy and Edmund Santos of the Philippines also sent in the right answer, but too late. They get “ Honourable Mention “.
The TCN Chess Trivia Grand Prix Ed.: This is a new prize Ken has added to his column for 2013 ( at the suggestion of the esteemed President of the CFC, Michael von Keitz, who just happens to immediately become the leader!! LOL). 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. We know this is definitely ratcheting up the pressure and stress associated with this column of TCN, but we believe in our readers, and believe they can handle it!! Michael von Keitz – 2 – Jan. 15/ Feb. 1. Rick Garel – 1 – Jan. 1. Today’s Trivia Question is: Who said ? “A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe that you have an advantage, and the third … when you know you're going to lose !” 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]
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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 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’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 Hart House Reading Week Open
February 22nd, 23rd, 24th (Fri, Sat, Sun) Debates & Music Rooms, 2nd Floor, Hart House, University of Toronto
7 Hart House Circle Style: 5 round Swiss in 4 sections: Open & U2200 (FIDE Rated),
U1900 & U1600 Rounds: 6pm Friday, 10am & 4pm Saturday & Sunday Time Control: 120 mins + 30 sec increment for Open & U2200 Sections; 30
moves in 90 minutes, with 1 hour added after move 30 for U1900 & U1600 Sections
Registration: In advance by February 20th by cheque or email. Registrants after February 20th are not guaranteed to be paired
Round 1.
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In advance (arrival by February 20th) by mail to: Hart House Chess Club – 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto,
ON M5S 3H3 Make cheque payable to Hart House Chess Club. No postdated
cheques please. Email registration to [email protected] (by February 20th
– otherwise considered late). Email registrants must arrive onsite before 5:30pm February 22nd to pay or will be charged onsite fee.
Membership: Registrants must be current CFC members or bring payment prior to playing.
Entry Fees: $70 in advance, $90 cash only on site. Extra $20 to play up each section.
Free for players new to CFC rated tournaments, eligible for prizes in Open Section only.
Discounts: $10 less for juniors (born after Feb. 22nd, 1995), seniors (60+), women, FM’s and University of Toronto students (show ID card). One discount per player. Free for IMs by February 15th, $60 afterwards, $80 on-site.
Byes: Maximum of 2 in rounds 1-4 if requested in advance. Hart House: 10 minute walk Southeast from St. George subway station or 5 minute walk
Southwest from Museum subway station.
PRIZES: $5,000 (Based on 110 players)
1st place in Open Section - $800 minimum Guaranteed! Prize distribution
Open U2300 U2200 U1900 U1600 Team 1 $1000 $250 $300 $300 $300 $400 2 $700 $250 $250 $250 3 $400 $200 $200 $200
Other Info: Please bring chess sets and clocks.
For parking and access information, please visit our website.
Website: http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen Organizer: Alex Ferreira, Hart House Chess Club Arbiter: Bryan Lamb
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2013 Willowdale Chess Club Championship ( NOTE: Willowdale CC opens their club championship up to outside players! ) This will be an eight player round-robin tournament comprising of the eight highest rated players who apply. In addition there will be up to 3 reserve sections according to the CFC rating. Location: Willowdale Chess Club 4169 Bathurst St. (Earl Bales Community Centre at the Earl Bales Park near Bathurst and Sheppard intersection) When: February 26 - April 9, every Tuesday at 6:30 PM Schedule: 7 rounds will be played February 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9. Time control: 60 min. per game + 30 sec. per move increment Entry fee: 60$ per person Prizes: 75% of entry fees returned as prizes. For 8 players section: $180, $120, $60. Registration: Please call Fred Kormendi at (416) 223-0126 The deadline for entries will be 9 pm Tuesday, February 19 at the Willowdale Chess Club, where the draw for positions will take place. All sections will be CFC rated. CFC membership is required. Community Bulletin Board Queens & Kings Juniors Chess School - group classes and private coaching - contact: Mike McArthur - [email protected] [ if you would like to add your chess school, club or private coaching to our free bulletin board, just contact us.] ________________________________________________________________________ NOTES: A - Contact Bob Armstrong, editor. , at Canadian Chess Consulting Service ([email protected]) to :
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