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En Passant No 153 � December 1998 1

EN PASSANTDecember 1998 No.153 décembre 1998

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8 The Canadian team in Elista at the 33rd Chess Olympiad.From left to right: GM Alexandre Lesi�ge, ÒLadislavÓ (TeamSponsor), Bairta Tserenova (Translator), GM Kevin Spraggett,Kirsan Iljumzhinov (FIDE President), IM Lawrence Day, IMBryon Nickoloff and IM Deen Hergott

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7 C.F.C. GovernorÕs Listing

18 Komputer Korner reviews ChessMaster 6000

20 Guest author Tony Ficzere talks about ÒAttack, Attack,AttackÓ in a lively edition of GM Factory

23 Philip Jurgens brings us another selection of Quiz positions

25 IM Deen Hergott presents Part II of his selection of favoritebooks for the ApprenticeÕs Workshop

30 FM Irwin Lipnowski reports on the 33rd CapablancaMemorial with an excellent selection of games, and photosby Cecil Rosner

38 Across Canada

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Editorial

LettersStouffville, ONThe town of Whitchurch-Stouffville,pop. 18500, is located 40 km north ofToronto and boasts a country-stylecharm on the edge of the big city.Sited in the town center is MemorialPark which includes an outdoorswimming pool, ball diamond, lawn-bowling green, and tennis court.

A grand opening was held onSeptember 19th, 1998 of the newMemorial Park picnic pavilion, whichwas constructed by the StouffvilleLion's Club in partnership with theTown of Whitchurch-Stouffville andother local sponsors.

And the Stouffville Giant Chess Setmade its debut!

Several weeks earlier, ChessFederation of Canada memberMichael Kennedy had approachedthe LionÕs Club project organizers

with the idea of incorporating a 16foot square giant chess board intothe inlaid brick flooring of theproposed 40 x 80 foot pavilion.They agreed to the concept andconstruction work began soonthereafter.

For the chess pieces Mr. Kennedydesigned a set of 32 flat disks (1 footsquare, 1/2 inch high) from onesheet of 4 x 8 foot premiumlaminated plywood. The disks werepainted with a base coat of eitherwhite or black and stencilled withthe appropriate two-dimensionalchess piece logo. The disks werestencilled on one side only Ð playersmay use the flip side for checkers.Total cost was only $250 Ð wellbelow the cost of commerciallyavailable giant 3D sets. Funding wasgenerously provided by the MayorÕsYouth Fund.

The disks are stored at the locallibrary (two minutes away by foot)and can be signed out by librarymembers in the same manner as abook or video. The disks are easilystacked and transported via a two-wheel pull trolley.

According to Mr. Kennedy: ÒIt seemsto me that interest in chess has beenincreasing recently in the Stouffvillecommunity, particularly amongst ouryouth. I expect that the Giant ChessSet will become an attractive focalpoint in the park and provide theframework for future exciting chessactivity here in Stouffville. I amdelighted to say that the disks havealready been booked a week inadvance by interested parties!Ó

Michael [email protected]

The first thing our readers will noticeabout this issue of En Passantmagazine is the completely reviseddesign and layout. It had been myintention to present the new formattogether with my first issue as neweditor, but in the end time would notpermit the completion of the newtemplate for the October issue.

For the benefit of those among youwho may be concerned about thepotential financial cost of such aredesign, I would like to assure youthat the Chess Federation of Canadaincurred essentially no expensewhatsoever Ñ I am able to make useof an existing, customized softwaretoolset that I regularly utilize in avariety of other publishing projects.

A brief acknowledgment: En Passantmagazine has a namesake in thenewsletter of the N§rresundby ChessClub in Aalborg, Denmark. Its editor,Eric Bentzen, kindly allowed me tomake use of several chess imageswhich now help dress up the newlayout of our magazine.

The bulk of this issue features anextensive, if preliminary article onthe 33rd Chess Olympiad, held lastmonth in Elista Ñ which we expect

to follow up with annotated gamesfrom the players and personalinsights from Canadian Olympiadteam member, IM Deen Hergott, inthe February issue.

Readers who are connected to theInternet and keep up with variousnews reports about chess events andpolitics, have no doubt beenfollowing with interest recent storiesabout FIDEÕs apparent plans toenforce copyright on the publicationof chess games. According to variousreports, the following took placeduring the FIDE General Assembly:

ÒThere was a long report by Tabbaneon copyright which was endorsed bythe General Assembly. He publishedthe opinions of some French lawyerswho, apparently unaware of theprecedents established by FischerÕsattempts in the 60s, decided thatgames, even against computers,were copyrightableÖÓ In essence,FIDE plans to demand payment fromany company making money fromthe publication of chess games,while free-of-charge broadcasts bypress and media companies will beexempt. ÒAt first FIDE plans torecover fees and, if necessary, to file

lawsuits Ñ but later wants to handover collection to fee recoverycompanies in each country. Feeswould be split 35% for the recoverycompany, 35% for players, 10% forFIDE, 10% for the organizer and 10%for the hosting Federation.Ó

In the opinion of this editor, such anaction by FIDE would not serve theinterest of the chess community thatelected them: The free availability ofvast amounts of chess informationon the Internet and elsewhere inrecent years has helped popularizeour game on many levels. Theimplementation of various Òpay-for-useÓ schemes only serves tosabotage this trend.

However, it is very important toacknowledge the value of variousnotes or annotations to games. Thesealways have been, and shouldcontinue to be, copyrightable bytheir authors. It is a shame that somany of the players we admire havefew means of generating an income.

As a vehicle for generating revenue,limiting access and placing copyrighton chess games cannot be the rightanswer.

Knut Neven


Pointe Claire, QuebecThought IÕd let you know that youslipped a bogus answer in in the GMFactory puzzles page. For Number 3,you give

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1.¼b1 ÒBlackÕs only response is1Ö½xc5 which allows 2.¼xb7#.ÓBlack can improve, of course, byplaying 1Öºc7 and I feel confidentthat plenty of readers out therewould continue 2.¼xb6 ºxb6 3.½a3¼c8 4.»b3 ¼c2 when Black can hangon for a long while and if Whitecharitably loses his f- and g-pawns,may even go on to glorious comefrom behind victory!

Better than 1.¼b1 (although still notbest) is 1.¼d7. After 1Öºc7 2.¼xc7¼b8 3.»c6+ ¾a8 4.½xb6 it is matenext move, for a decisive mate infive.

The best move which illustrates thatthe pin is a mighty sword indeed, is1.»c6+! bxc6 2.¼d7+! ºc7 3.¼xc7+!(as with the »c6, the ¼c7 is inedibleto her majesty because of the pin tohis majesty) 3...¾b8 4.½xb6#. Fourforcing checks, to each of whichBlack has only one legal reply,culminating in mate. Surely even themost positionally minded playermust crave such a finish!

Of course, when working withyoung people it is important toemphasize that after such a victoryone should be gracious and gentle;clearly, it is unsporting to jump overthe table, wrestle your adversary tothe ground, and stand on their chestwhilst splitting the air with abloodcurdling victory yell Ñ this sortof behavior could give chess a badname as well as causing theauthorities to lay assault charges, notto mention ruffling the feathers ofthe defeated player Ö

I made many such mistakes duringthe year I edited a schoolchildrenÕschess magazine. My suggestion, after

flagellating with limp linguini theresponsible party for this mistake,would be to always include onebogus answer as a sort of contest, forwhich you could have a monthlydraw and give out, say, a twentydollar gift certificate to the winner ofa draw among the correct answers.Of course, if they find two you mighthave to double the prize Ö

Frank Teuton

Arnprior, ONChess, like life, is full of triumphsand disappointments. Every chessplayer learns that soon enough. Mybiggest triumph was achieving adraw with former World Champion,Boris Spassky, in a simultaneousexhibition in Ottawa. Thedisappointment associated with itoccurred when IM Deen Hergottwrote about my success in hisweekly newspaper column, but thepaper mistakenly printed the columnon a Sunday instead of the usualSaturday, so few people even saw it!

In the last Renfrew Open reported inEn Passant October 1998, I hadsuccess in defeating, for the first timein my life, a Master. I followed up bydefeating another in the next roundÑ all while directing the tournament!

Imagine my disappointment when Iread your Across Canada report andfound you had attributed my successto the organizer, Peter Naish, whonever even played a game in thetournament.

I hope you will take steps to correctthe error. I offer my first Master scalpas proof of my victory.

Notes by

Herg Langer

Langer, HerbCote, Jacques

Renfrew op, 1998Queen Pawn D00

1.d4 d5 2.f4 ºf5 3.»f3 e6 4.e3ºd6 5.ºe2 »d7 6.0-0 ½e77.ºd2 »gf6 8.»e5

Only now, so that any capture mustbe made with the bishop and tempois lost when the knight at f6 moves.

8Öh5 9.h3 0-0-0 10.c4 »e4 11.c5ºxe5 12.fxe5 ½g5 13.¼f3 f614.exf6

A sad decision! In trying to keep thecenter closed, the wing in front ofthe king is opened.

14Ö»dxf6?

Much better is capturing with thepawn, when the opening of the g-filespells big trouble White.

15.½a4 »g3 16.ºa6

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16Ö»fe4 17.c6!

Suddenly, it is Black who appears tobe lost!

17Öºxh3 18.ºxb7+ ¾b8 19.½a6ºxg2 20.ºc8 »e2+ 21.¾h2½h4+ 22.¾xg2 ½g4+ 23.¾f1½xf3+ 24.¾e1 ½f2+ 25.¾d1½f1+ 26.¾c2 »d6 27.ºb7 ½f5+28.¾b3 ½f3 29.»c3 »xc330.ºxc3

If the pawn captures, there appearsto be no way to maintain a rook onb1 to finish off the Black king.Taking with the bishop loses a pawnbut builds a fortress.

30Ö½xe3 31.¼e1 ½h3 32.½a4»c4 33.½b5 ¼df8!

This vacates the square d8 so theBlack king can flee. Now mate is nolonger looming quite as large.

34.a4 ¼f2 35.ºa6+ »b6 36.a5½f5 37.axb6 cxb6 38.ºb7 ½f739.¼a1 e5 40.½a6 exd4 41.½xa7+¾c7 42.ºxd4 ¼f3+ 43.¾a2 ¾d644.½xb6 h4 45.c7+ ¾d7 46.½c6+Ø.

Herb Langer

NoticeChris Field of Toronto is no

longer on a Chess Federationof Canada blacklist. All moniesowing to the C.F.C. have been

paid with interest.


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British Columbia

Bridge Centre Active Swiss Series

Date: November 21; December 5, 19Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776

East Broadway, VancouverRds: 4Type: Active SwissTimes: 10, 1, 3, 5TC: SD/55EF: $20; free Masters, Sr., Jr.Prizes: $$BENReg: 09:00Ð10:00 at siteOrg: Mark Barnes, (604)534Ð1789,

[email protected]

UBC Tuesday NightNovember/December 1998

Date: November 17, 24; December 1,8, 15

Place: UBC Student Union Building,Room 211, Vancouver

Rds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 7 / 6:30 / 6:30 / 6:30 / 6:30TC: 40/90, SD/60EF: $15, $12 UBC CC members, $8

Jr., free Masters and thosejoining CFC/BCCF for first time

Prizes: $$BENReg: 18:30Ð19:00 November 17Org: Lyle Craver (604)980Ð2040Misc: Bye 1Ð4

Burns Lake

Date: November 21Ð22Place: Lakes District Secondary School,

Burns LakeRds: 5Type: Adult & Jr. Regular Swiss. Cd.

Active RR or Swiss, dependingon entries.

TC: Adult and Jr. 30/60, SD/60. Cd.SD/30

Times: Adult/Jr. 9, 1:30, 6:30 / 9, 1:30;Cd. 9:15, 10:30, 11:45, 1:45, 3,4:15 / 10:30, asap

Reg: 08:15Ð08:45 at siteEF: $5.00 + CFC membership or

$5.00 + one time tournamentfee; Adult $10; Jr. and Cd. $4

Prizes: Medals for Adult, Jr., Cd.Org: Doreen Loseth (250)692Ð3983 H

(250)692Ð7733 LDDS, MaryWarko (250)698Ð7422

The Vancouver Christmas Open

Date: December 19Ð20Place: Bridge Club, 2776 East

Brodway, VancouverRds: 4Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10:30, 4:30 / 10, 3:30TC: 30/90, SD/60

EF: $25; $20 Jr.; free 2350+Prizes: 60% of entriesReg: 09:30Ð10:15 at siteOrg: Luc Poitras (604)430Ð4535

[email protected]

BC Amateur Championship

Date: December 21Ð22Place: Kamloops Senior Secondary

School, Cafeteria, 821 MunroStreet, Kamloops

Rds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9:20, 2, 7 / 9:20, 2:20TC: 40/90, SD/60EF: $25, $20 Sr., $5 Jr. $10 late fee

after December 8.Reg: 08:30Ð09:00 at site, or by mail to

Kamloops High Chess Club, 821Munro Street, Kamloops, BC,V2C 6E9

Misc: Bye 1-4

Vancouver Year End Open

Date: December 27Ð30Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776

KamloopsGrand Prix

The events below all share thefollowing information unless

stated otherwise.

Place: Kamloops SeniorSecondary School,Cafeteria, 821 MunroStreet

Rds: 4Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9:05, 12, 3:10, 6:30TC: 30/60, SD/30EF: Adult $15, Sr. $10, Jr.

$5Reg: 08:30Ð08:45 at siteOrg: George Hara, 821

Munro Street,Kamloops, BC, V2C6E9. (604)376Ð8776

[email protected]

Grand Prix ScheduleGP#3 November 28

GP#4 See BC Amateur

GP#5 January 23

GP#6 February 20

GP#7 March 20

GP#8 April 2

GP#9 May 15

GP#10 See Canadian Amateur


East Broadway, VancouverRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 5 / 11, 5 / 5 / 5TC: 40/90 SD/60EF: $30; $18 Masters, Sr., Jr.,

womenPrizes: $$BENReg: 16:00Ð17:00 at siteOrg: Mark Barnes (604)534Ð1789

[email protected]: Later start times for rds. 4Ð5 may

be requested with registration

1999 Canadian AmateurChampionship (U2200)

Date: July 1Ð3, 1999Place: Kamloops Senior Secondary

School, Cafeteria, 821 MunroStreet, Kamloops

Rds: 8Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, 2:30, 7 / 9, 1:30, 6 / 9, 1:30TC: 30/75, SD/60EF: $30, Sr. $20, Jr. $10 by January

1; $40, Sr. $30, Jr. $15 by March1; $50, Sr. $35, Jr. $20 by June1; $70, Sr. $40, Jr. $30 thereafter

Reg: 09:00Ð09:30 at site, or by mail toKamloops High Chess Club, 821Munro Street, Kamloops, BC,V2C 6E9

Misc: August 98 rating list used todetermine eligibility

Alberta

ECC John Tournaments

Date: Monday nightsPlace: Edmonton Chess ClubRds: 4Type: Active SwissEF: $2Reg: 18:30-19:15 at siteOrg: John Quiring (403)468Ð9173

Words Books Active

Date: U2000, 1st Saturday of eachmonth. U1700, 3rd Saturday ofeach month

Place: Words Books and CappuccinoBar, 1715 17th Ave. SW, Calgary

Rds: 5Type: Active SwissTimes: 10Ð4:30TC: SD/30EF: $7Reg: 09:30Ð10:00 at siteOrg: Rook St. Peter (403)244Ð4239,

Tedge [email protected]

2nd Annual Rockies Challenge

Date: December 6Place: QueenÕs Bakery & Cafe, Hinton-

Valley DistrictRds: 4Type: Active Swiss

Times: 10, 11, 1, 2TC: SD/30EF: $20 Adult, $10 Jr., Sr., womenPrizes: $$BENReg: 09:00Ð09:45 at siteOrg: Peter Bundscherer

(403)865Ð5050

Weekend Before Christmas Open

Date: December 19Ð20Place: Edmonton Chess Club, Suite

114A, 10440Ð108 AvenueType: Regular SwissReg: 09:00Ð10:00 Saturday (for two-

day events)Misc: Players under 14 years have

option of paying $5 with noprize eligibility

Org: Ford Wong (403)481Ð6474,David Ottosen [email protected]

Hinton Foothills Classic

Date: February 12Ð14, 1999Place: Crestwood Hotel, HintonRds: 4Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, asap, asap / 9TC: 30/90, SD/30EF: $25; $10 Jr., Sr.Prizes: $$BENOrg: Brian Goude (403)865Ð7745,

Piotr Rajski (403)865Ð3822Misc: Crestwood Hotel

1Ð800Ð661Ð7288

2nd Annual Hinton Foothills Classic

Date: February 13Ð14, 1999Place: Crestwood Hotel, Highway 16,

Hinton-Hill DistrictRds: 4Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, asap, asap / 9TC: 30/90, SD/30EF: $25; $10 Jr., Sr., womenPrizes: 2 x $$BEN (entries matched by

Crestwood Hotel) + $$G200(sponsored by WeldwoodCanada) + trophy.

Reg: 09:00Ð09:45 at siteOrg: Brian Goude (403)865Ð7745,

Piotr Rajski (403)865Ð3822Misc: Crestwood Hotel

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Ontario

Kitchener KW Fall Open

Date: November 20Ð22Place: Cameron Heights Collegiate,

301 Charles Street E., KitchenerRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 6:30 / 9, 3 / 9, 3TC: 30/90, SD/60EF: Open $35, U2000 $30, U1600

$25, $10 less for Jr. & Sr.,Masters free, $10 late fee after

November 13Prizes: $$BENReg: 17:30Ð18:15 at siteOrg: Brian Clarke, 132 Martinglen

Crescent, Kitchener, ON, N2E2A2, (519)742Ð2423

Misc: Bye 1Ð4. No phone entries.SWOCL Grand Prix event

Cornwall Open

Date: November 21Ð22Place: Days Inn Complex, 1541

Vincent Massay Drive,Cornwall, (613)937Ð3535

Rds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9, 2, 7 / 9:30, 2:30TC: 30/90, SD/60EF: $35; late fee $5 after November

18. $20 U1500 & UR Section;$20 Under 17 years old; $20Amateur (no prizes)

Prizes: $$BENReg: Raymond Lacroix, 41 Kingslea

Crescent, Cornwall, ON, K6H6J2, (613)938Ð7377, http://ingleside.glen-net.ca/cap/gp

Toronto Christmas Day Open

Date: December 26Ð30Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,

111 Carlton Street, TorontoRds: 5Style: Regular SwissTimes: 6:30 / 6:30 / 6:30 / 7 / 7TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $50 advance entry; $10 late fee.

Amateur $15 in U1600 (noprizes); less $10 for IM, Jr., Sr.,new CFC members, and 2400+

Sec: Open with U2200, U2000,U1800, U1600 with UR

Reg: 4:00Ð6:15 at site. Cash only atsite, no phone entries. Makecheques payable and mail toShivaharan Thurairasah, 72Peppertree Drive, West Hill,ON, M1C 1Y9

Org: Shivaharan Thurairasah(416)281Ð[email protected], VojinVujosevic, (416)929Ð[email protected]

Misc: Bye 1-4

Hamilton New Year Active

Date: January 2, 1999Place: YMCA, 79 James Street SouthTimes: 10 / asapRds: 5Type: Active SwissTC: SD/30EF: $18; $16 over 1999; $13 rated

U1400; $13 Sr., Jr; less $5 forHCCC members

Sec: Open, U1600Prizes: $$BENReg: 09:00-09:45 at site or in advance

(save $2) to Hamilton City CC,c/o 144 Grant Avenue,


17th Annual EOCAGrand Prix1998-1999

First, Second and Third prizesgo to the players who

accumulate the most points inthe Open sections of seven

events.

Other prizes are won by thoseaccumulating the most pointsin all events, in any section.

Rating category is determinedby established rating appearingin the 1998 Annual Rating List.

Unrated, provisionally rated,not on 1998 Rating List, etc. areeligible for the Unestablished

Rating prize.

Best Overall Total is open toall, and is in addition to any

other prize won.

First: $617Second: $317Third: $2171950-2199: $2171700-1949: $217U1700: $217Unestablished: $117Best Overall Total: $117Total Prizes: $2036

Grand Prix Schedule4. Cornwall Open

R. LacroixNovember 21Ð22

5. R.A. Winter OpenTerry FlemingJanuary 16Ð17

6. Kingston OpenR. HutchinsonFebruary 13Ð14

7. R.A. Spring OpenDoug BurgessMarch 20Ð21

8. Arnprior OpenHerb Langer

May 1Ð2

9. Eastern Ontario OpenDoug Burgess

June 12Ð13

Hamilton, ON, L8N 2X7Org: Hamilton City CCMisc: Bye 1-4, annual Blitz event free

to entrants

RA Winter Open

Date: January 16Ð17, 1999Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside

Drive, OttawaRds: 5Sec: Open, U2100, U1900, U1600Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9, 2, 7 / 9:30, 2:30TC: Rds. 1-4 30/80, SD/60; Rd. 5 30/

90, SD/60EF: $35 + $5 per section Òplayed

upÓ, RA CC members deduct $5,born after Jan.17, 1981 deduct$5, $15 for amateurs (noteligible for prizes or anydeductions (U1600 only)

Reg: 08:30 at site, cash only, add$10. Or mail to Terry Fleming, 2Qualicum Street, Nepean, ON,K2H 7G8

Misc: Bye 1-3, NS, NC

London Winter Blizzard

Date: January 23Ð24, 1999Place: 650 Elizabeth St. (near Oxford &

Adelaide St. N), LondonRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, 2, 7 / 10, asapTC: Rds. 1Ð2, SD/120; Rds. 3Ð5, 30/

90, SD/60EF: $35, $25 Jr.; less $5 for FCCA

members. Amateur entry of $10only for Jr. U1500. Late fee $10at site

Sec: Open, U1700 (pending entries)Prizes: $$BENReg: Cheques payable to FCCA, to

Gerry Litchfield, 629 JasonCrescent, London, ON, N6J 3E5

Misc: Bye 1-4. Cash only at site.SWOCL Grand Prix event

Hamilton Super Active

Date: January 30, 1999Place: Hamilton Bridge Centre, 554

Main Street East at Myrtle.Times: 10:30 / asapRds: 5Type: Active SwissTC: SD/30EF: $18; $16 over 1999; $13 U1400;

$13 for Sr., Jr.; less $5 for HCCCmembers

Sec: Open, U1600Prizes: $$BENReg: 09:45-10:15 at site or in advance

(save $2) to Hamilton City CC,c/o 144 Grant Avenue,Hamilton, ON, L8N 2X7

Org: Hamilton City CCMisc: Bye 1Ð4. http://www.hwcn.org/

link/hccc

Kingston Open

Date: February 13Ð14, 1999Place: QueenÕs University, John

Deutsch Centre (NE corner ofUnion Street and UniversityAvenue, Kingston

Rds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9:30, 2:30, 7:30 / 9:30, 2:30TC: 30/90, SD/60EF: Open $34; U1950 $30; U1600

$26; Sr., Jr. less $10; IMs free.Late fee $5 after February 7.

Sec: Open, U1950, U1600Prizes: $$BENReg: 08:00 at site, or to Rob

Hutchinson, 109 York Street,Kingston, ON, K7K 1P9

Org: Rob Hutchinson as above, or(613)544Ð3515

Misc: Bye 1Ð3, EOCA Grand Prixevent. Bring sets and clocks

Kitchener KW Winter Open

Date: February 19Ð21, 1999Place: Cameron Heights Collegiate,

301 Charles Street E., KitchenerRds: 5Type: Regular SwissSec: Open, U2000, U1600Times: 6:30 / 9:30, 3 / 9:30, 3 or asapTC: 30/90, SD/60EF: Open $35, U2000 $30, U1600

$25, $10 less for Jr. & Sr.,Masters free, $10 late fee afterFebruary 12

Prizes: $$BENReg: 17:30Ð18:15 at siteOrg: Tim Knechtel. Cheques payable

to Albert Den-Otter, 11 HermiePlace, Kitchener, ON, N2H 4X9,(519)744Ð5213

Misc: Bye 1Ð4. No phone entries,cash only at site

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Open

Date: November 13Ð15Place: Wandyn Hotel, 50 North Street,

BridgewaterRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 7 / 9:30, 2:30 / 9, 2:30TC: 30/90, SD/60EF: $25; $10 for Jr., Sr., 2200+Prizes: $$BENReg: 18:00-19:00 at siteMisc: Steve Saunders 624Ð9361 H,

634Ð8811 W

Bluenose Chess Club Championship

Date: February 19Ð22, 1999Place: Dalhousie University SUB,

Halifax NS, Room 224Ð226Rds: 5Type: Regular SwissTC: 30/90, SD/60

Times: 6:30 / 10, 4 / 10, 4EF: $25; $20 Jr., Sr., disabled; free

entry for new CFC membersSec: Open, U1700Prizes: $$BENReg: 18:00Ð18:30 at siteOrg: Kim Tufts (902)453Ð1624,

[email protected]


CFC Governor�s ListingDavid Kenney, 28 BrookfieldAvenue, Dartmouth, NS, B2V 1V1

OntarioDenis Allan, 225 Sanitorium Road,Hamilton, ON, L9C 1Z4

Stephen Ball, 2070 Corry Street,Ottawa, ON, K1G 2M5

Derrick Bessette, 51 Lovell Street,North Bay, ON, P1A 3R7

Peter Boross-Harmer, 416Davisville Avenue, Toronto, ON,M4S 1H6

Les Bunning, 204 Ð 110 BearbrookRoad, Gloucester, ON, K1B 5R2

Doug Burgess, 1955 Cardinal Court,Gloucester, ON, K1J 8J7

Samuel Carr, 509 Nassau Cres,Sarnia, ON, N7S 4H8

Anthony Cheron, 18 HighviewAvenue, Downsview, ON, M3M 1C4

Tony Ficzere, 58 WoodlawnAvenue, Brantford, ON, N3V 1B1

Terry Fleming, 2 Qualicum Street,Nepean, ON, K2H 7G8

Philip G. Haley, #513 Ð 215 TheDonway West, North York, ON,M3B 3P5

Brian Hartman, 281 OnondagaTownline Road, Caledonia, ON,N3W 2G9

Deen Hergott, 60 Ð 222 MacLarenStreet, Ottawa, ON, K2P 0L6

Martin Jaeger, #1201 Ð 755 YorkMills Road, North York, ON,M3B 1X5

Lembit Joselin, #1112, 1 MasseySquare, Toronto, ON, M4C 5L4

Alexander N. Knox, 27 HolfordCrescent, Scarborough, ON, M1T 1L9

Roger Langen, 4 Sword Street,Toronto, ON, M5A 3N2

Herb Langer, 30 Mulvihill Street,Arnprior, ON, K7S 3E4

Ron Langill, 37 Mayfield Avenue,Waterloo, ON, N2J 4K1

Mon-Fai Lee, 1742 Hyde Park Road,London, ON, N6H 5L7

Liana MacMillan, c/o LimacEnterprises, PO Box 149, Flesherton,ON, N0C 1E0

Dan Majstorovic, 8 WenlockCrescent, London, ON, N6G 3B6

Richard Martin, 1103 Ð 100Observatory Lane, Richmond Hill,ON, L4C 1T4

Ari Mendrinos, 11 Eccleston Drive,#110, Toronto, ON, M4A 1K2

Miles Obradovich, 700 Ð 390 BayStreet, Toronto, ON, M5H 2Y2

John W. Puusa, 39 Cockburn Drive,West Hill, ON, M1C 2T1

John Rutherford, PO Box 967,Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 4X8

Maurice Smith, 34 IlfracombeCrescent, Scarborough, ON, M1R 3R8

Kevin Spraggett, c/o Mark, 139Walmer Road, Toronto, ON,M5R 2X8

Gordon Taylor, 1971 St. LaurentBlvd #909A, Ottawa, ON, K1G 3P8

Brad Thomson, 208 Ð 3360 PaulAnka Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1V 9S2

Shivaharan Thurairasah, 72Pepper Tree Drive, West Hill, ON,M1C 1Y9

Vojin Vujosevic, 110 WellesleyStreet East, #301, Toronto, ON,M4Y 1J1

Robert N. Webb, 25 Ross Street,Smiths Falls, ON, K7A 4V7

QuebecHugh Brodie, 737 Ð 7400Sherbrooke West, Montreal, PQ,H4B 1R8

Gilles Groleau, 1 Ð 10 Deauville,Hull, PQ, J8Z 3C7

Francois Leveille, 4897 Mayfair,Montreal, PQ, H4V 2E6

Diane Mongeau, 425 Smith, StÐJean,PQ, J3B 8G6

SaskatchewanGeorge Huczek, 617 Ð 11th AvenueEast, Prince Albert, SK, S6V 2M7

Steven Siciliano, 8 Young Crescent,Saskatoon, SK, S7J 2L4

Yukon TerritoriesBob Bowerman, 65 Green Crescent,Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 4R8

AlbertaGrant Brown, BÐ202, 20 BerkeleyPlace, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 4W1

Steve Hansen, 1603 Ð 2nd StreetNW, Calgary, AB, T2M 2W2

David Ottosen, 809Ð9910 104thStreet, Edmonton, AB, T5K 0Z4

John Quiring, 6011 94A Avenue,Edmonton, AB, T6B 0Y7

Walter Watson, #302, 312 Ð 6Avenue NE, Calgary, AB, T2E 0L9

Ford Wong, 17536 Ð 55th Avenue,Edmonton, AB, T6M 1C9

British ColumbiaFrancisco Cabanas, 3196 West 14thAvenue, Vancouver, BC, V6K 2Y1

Lyle Craver, 4797 Hoskins Road,North Vancouver, BC, V7K 2R3

Toni Deline, Box 93588 NelsonPark RPO, Vancouver, BC, V6E 4L7

Nathan Divinsky, 5689 McMasterRoad, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1K1

Yves Farges, 410 Bury Lane,Vancouver, BC, V7S 1K3

Joshua Keshet, 429 West 18thAvenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2A9

Peter Stockhausen, 25 Ð 4800Trimaran Drive, Richmond, BC, V7E4Y7

Lynn Stringer, 4984 Georgia ParkTerrace, Victoria, BC, V8Y 2B9

ManitobaJustin Gushuliak, Box 109, 116Forest Hill Road, East St. Paul, MB,R2E 0H6

Cecil Rosner, 169 Forrest ParkDrive, Winnipeg, MB, R2V 2R9

Manfred Schulz, 19 Harbour Bay,Winnipeg, MB, R3T 5G6

New BrunswickJacques Blanchette, 552 Breau St,Dieppe, NB, E1A 5N8

Jacques Brun, Site 1, BOITE 46,RR#1, Shediac, NB, E0A 3G0

Nova ScotiaGlenn Charlton, 3055 Olivet StreetApt. 506, Halifax, NS, B3L 3Z8


lower boards experienced a generalproblem with noise, especiallyaround the time controls. Theheating in the building also provedto be unreliable, which had animpact in some of the rounds whenplayers preferred to finish quicklyrather than stay in the cold.

The Olympiad was widely touted asthe first Electronic Olympiad byFIDE. Dutch software publisherTASC had been brought in to do theelectronic boards for the event,although the chaos surrounding thelast-minute preparations of thevenue for play did not allow for thisto happen in the early stages of theevent.

The Olympiad was won by theRussian first team after a tough battlewith the Americans. Only with a3.5Ð0.5 victory against theNetherlands in the final round didthe Russians take gold. TheAmericans, who had a half pointlead going into the final round,could only draw against China.

IM Deen Hergott will be reportingagain with annotated games and aCanadian perspective in theFebruary issue of En Passant. Towhet your appetites, we present thecomplete Canadian Olympiadpairings and games:

Round 1Canada 4Ð0 Uganda

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Opio, StevenGM 2560 Ø 2180

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Bisereko, GGM 2525 Ø UNR

Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Hsubuga, GIM 2410 Ø UNR

Hergott, Deen Ð Kakumba, UIM 2370 Ø UNR

The first round of the Olympiadgenerally sees mismatched pairingsand the favorites get off to goodstarts. In the MenÕs OlympiadEnglandÕs 2.5Ð1.5 result is not reallygood enough, nor is the NetherlandÕs2-2 draw against Scotland. In thewomenÕs event lowly rated Latvia ispaired with China in the first roundlosing 2Ð1.

Canada has little trouble dispatchingUganda with a clean 4Ð0 openingresult.

Spraggett, KevinOpio, Steven

Elista ol (1), 1998French: Rubinstein C10

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.»c3 dxe4 4.»xe4ºd7 5.c4 ºc6 6.»c3 »f6 7.ºe3 »e48.»f3 »xc3 9.bxc3 ºe4 10.ºd3ºxd3 11.½xd3 ºe7 12.¼b1 ½c813.d5 b6 14.O-O O-O 15.¼fe1 ¼d816.½e4 c6 17.ºf4 »a6 18.dxe6 ½xe619.½xe6 fxe6 20.¼xe6 ºf6 21.ºg5ºxg5 22.»xg5 h6 23.»e4 ¼e824.¼xe8+ ¼xe8 25.¼e1 ¼e5 26.f4¼a5 27.»d6 g6 28.¼e8+ ¾g729.¼e7+ ¾f6 30.¼xa7 »c5 31.»e8+¾f5 32.¼f7+ ¾e6 33.¼g7 ¾f5 34.¾f2¾xf4 35.g3+ ¾f5 36.»d6+ ¾f637.»e8+ ¾f5 38.¾e3 ¼xa2 39.»d6+¾f6 40.»e8+ ¾f5 41.g4+ ¾g5 42.h4+¾xg4 43.¼xg6+ ¾xh4 44.¼xh6+ ¾g545.¼xc6 ¼c2 46.¼xb6 ¼xc3+ 47.¾d4»a4 48.¼a6 ¼a3 49.»d6 ¾f4 50.»e4

The opening ceremony for the 33rdChess Olympiad took place onSaturday, September 26th in thecapital of the Russian Republic ofKalmykia, and was opened by FIDEand Kalmykian President KirsanIljumzhinov. The play itself gotunderway three days later at theChess Palace, the originally intendedvenue, and ended on Monday,October 12th.

Initial Internet reports from theplaying site seriously questioned ifthe venue would be ready in time.The organizers too must havebelieved this at one point, becausethey initially made some alternativearrangements for the first round, butonce they committed to playing inthe Chess Palace did everything tomake it happen. Both Chess City andChess Palace remain incomplete, butthe event was able to go ahead inany case.

Accomodations for the players andofficials have varied from the verygood to the pretty average. Therehave been mixed reports about theSanatorium where the officials arestaying Ñ American Carol Jareckiseems to have been reasonablyhappy, while British Arbiter HarryLamb returned home immediately,calling the conditions disgusting.

Playing conditions graduallyimproved throughout the week. Thetop boards were moved from acatwalk to a rather crowded andstuffy room, but conditionsimproved dramatically when guardswere put at the entrance to restrictaccess. The rest of the players on the

Elista, Kalmykia1998

33rd OlympiadPlayer FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 AR TPR

Spraggett, Kevin 2560 1 = = 1 = 0 0 1 = 0 1 2497 2533

Lesi�ge, Alexandre 2525 1 0 1 0 1 = = 1 1 = 1 0 = 2467 2559

Nickoloff, Bryon 2410 1 = 0 1 0 = 1 0 = = 2437 2437

Hergott, Deen 2370 1 = 1 = = = = 0 = 0 = 2458 2458

Day, Lawrence 2355 0 0 1 0 1F 0 1 2425 2292

FIDE = Elo rating, AR = Average Elo rating of opponents, TPR = Performance rating


¼a2 51.¼a8 ¾f3 52.¼f8+ ¾g4 53.»c3¼d2+ 54.¾e3 »xc3 55.¼f4+ Ø.

Bisereko, GLesiége, Alexandre

Elista ol (1), 1998Cambridge Springs D52

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.»c3 »f6 4.»f3 e65.ºg5 »bd7 6.e3 ½a5 7.ºxf6 »xf68.a3 »e4 9.¼c1 ºd6 10.ºd3 f5 11.O-O ½d8 12.c5 ºc7 13.»d2 e5 14.ºxe4fxe4 15.½h5+ g6 16.½h6 exd417.exd4 ½f6

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Nickoloff, BryonHsubuga, G

Elista ol (1), 1998Slav: Exchange D13

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.ºf4»c6 5.»c3 e6 6.e3 »f6 7.ºd3 ºe78.h3 O-O 9.»f3 »e8 10.¼c1 »d611.O-O f5 12.»e5 ºd7 13.»xd7½xd7 14.ºxd6 ½xd6 15.»a4 Ö(remaining moves unavailable) Ø.

Kakumba, UHergott, Deen

Elista ol (1), 1998Sicilian: La Bourdonnais B33

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.»xd4e5 5.»b3 »f6 6.»c3 ºb4 7.f3 d58.exd5 »xd5 9.ºd2 »xc3 10.bxc3ºa3 11.ºd3 ½h4+ 12.¾e2 0-013.½e1 ½e7 14.½g3 ºe6 15.¼he1 f516.ºg5 ½f7 17.¼ab1 e4 18.ºb5 f419.½h4 h6 20.ºxh6 ½g6 21.½g5½xh6 22.½xh6 gxh6 23.ºxc6 ºc4+24.¾f2 e3+ 25.¾g1 bxc6 26.»a5 ºb5

27.¼b3 ºc5 28.c4 ºa4 29.¼b7 e2+30.¾h1 ¼ad8 31.¼bb1 ºxc2 32.¼bc1¼d1 33.»b3 ºxb3 34.axb3 ¼xc1 Ù.

Round 2Canada 1Ð3 Sweden

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Andersson, UlfGM 2525 Ù GM 2645

Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Agrest, EvgenyIM 2410 Ú GM 2545

Hergott, Deen Ð Brynell, StellanIM 2370 Ú GM 2485

Day, Lawrence Ð Hall, JesperIM 2355 Ù GM 2485

China draws with the Ukraine 2Ð2 toshow they would be a competitiveteam in this Olympiad, and Indiaalso holds a fairly strong Russia 2team. The Netherlands lose 2.5Ð1.5to Bangladesh. Argentina and theUSA share the lead on 7.5 points atthis early stage. Yugoslavia leads thewomenÕs Olympiad.

Lesiége, AlexandreAndersson, Ulf

Elista ol (2), 1998Queen�s Gambit D66

1.d4 e6 2.c4 »f6 3.»c3 d5 4.ºg5 ºe75.e3 »bd7 6.»f3 O-O 7.¼c1 c68.ºd3 h6 9.ºh4 dxc4 10.ºxc4 b511.ºd3 a6 12.e4 »xe4 13.ºxe4ºxh4 14.ºxc6 ¼a7 15.O-O ºe7

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16.d5 »f6 17.½d4 ¼c7 18.¼fd1 exd519.»xd5 »xd5 20.½xd5 ºe6 21.½e4½c8 22.»d4 ¼d8 23.»xe6 ¼xd1+24.¼xd1 ¼xc6 25.»f4 ¼c1 26.½e1¼xd1 27.½xd1 ½c4 28.»d5 ºc529.b3 ½e4 30.g3 h5 31.»f4 g632.½e2 ½xe2 33.»xe2 ¾f8 34.¾f1¾e7 35.f3 ¾d6 36.¾e1 ºe3 37.¾d1¾c5 38.¾c2 ºf2 39.¾c3 h4 40.g4ºe1+ 41.¾d3 ºa5 42.h3 ºc7 43.»d4¾d5 44.»e2 ºe5 45.¾e3 a5 46.¾d3¾c5 47.¾e4 ºg7 48.¾d3 ¾b449.¾c2 ¾a3 50.¾b1 a4 51.bxa4 bxa452.»f4 ¾b4 53.¾c2 ¾c4 54.»e2 ºe555.¾d2 ºc7 56.¾c2 ºa5 57.f4 ºb4

58.»g1 ¾d4 59.»f3+ ¾e4 60.»g5+¾xf4 61.»xf7 ¾g3 Ù.

Agrest, EvgenyNickoloff, Bryon

Elista ol (2), 1998Queen�s Gambit: Exchange D35

1.c4 e6 2.»c3 d5 3.d4 »f6 4.cxd5exd5 5.ºg5 c6 6.e3 ºf5 7.½f3 ºg68.ºxf6 ½xf6 9.½xf6 gxf6 10.h4 »d711.h5 ºf5 12.¾d2 ¼g8 13.g3 ºe614.ºd3 f5 15.»ge2 »f6 16.»f4 ºd617.¼h3 ¼g5 18.¼ah1 ¾e7 19.f3 ¼ag820.»ce2 ºd7 21.¾e1 ¾d8 22.¾f2 h623.ºc2 ¼e8 24.¼h4 ¼e7 25.»g2 ¼e826.»gf4 ¼eg8 27.¼4h2 ¾e7 28.¼g2ºe6 29.¼h4 ºc8 30.»c1 »e831.»cd3 ¾f6 32.¼g1 »c7 33.»e2¼5g7 34.¼hh1 »e6 35.b4 b6 36.ºa4ºb7 37.a3 c5 38.bxc5 bxc5 39.dxc5»xc5 40.»xc5 ºxc5 41.¼b1 ºa842.¼b3 ºd6 43.¼h3 ¼c8 44.¼d3¼gg8 45.¼h1 ¼gd8 46.¼hd1 ºc547.»f4 d4 48.exd4 ºb6 49.ºb3 ¼d650.¾g2 ºb7 51.¾h3 ¼cd8 52.d5 ¼c853.ºa4 ºa6 54.¼b3 ¼c5 55.¼b4 ¼c356.¼b3 ¼c5 57.¼b4 ¼c3 58.¼b3 ¾e5Ú.

Hergott, DeenBrynell, Stellan

Elista ol (2), 1998Reti A07

1.»f3 d5 2.g3 »c6 3.ºg2 e5 4.d3 »f65.O-O ºe7 6.c3 a5 7.»bd2 O-O8.½c2 h6 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 ºe611.¼d1 ½b8 12.»f1 ¼d8 13.¼xd8+½xd8 14.b3 ºc5 15.ºe3 ½e7 16.¼d1ºxe3 17.»xe3 Ú.

Hall, JesperDay, Lawrence

Elista ol (2), 1998King Pawn C46

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.»c3 d6 4.d4 ºe75.ºe2 »f6 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 ¼e8 8.d5»b8 9.a4 ¼f8 10.ºe3 »e8 11.½d2 g612.ºh6 »g7 13.»g5 »d7 14.a5 a615.¾h2 ½e8 16.¼ae1 b6 17.axb6cxb6 18.g3 b5 19.f4 ¼b8 20.»f3 ºd821.fxe5 dxe5 22.»d1 ¼b6 23.b3 ºe724.»f2 ºd6 25.»d3 ½e7 26.c4 »c527.»xc5 ºxc5 28. cxb5 axb5 29.¼c1ºb4 30.½e3 ¼b7 31.¼fd1 ¼d832.¼c6 »e8 33.»e1 »d6 34.»d3 ºa535.ºf3 ºd7 36.¼a6 ºc7 37.»c5¼bb8 38.¼c1 ¼a8


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Round 3Canada 2.5Ð1.5 Slovenia

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Beliavsky, AlexanderGM 2560 Ú GM 2645

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Mohr, GeorgGM 2525 Ø GM 2470

Hergott, Deen Ð Pavasovic, DukoIM 2370 Ø IM 2475

Day, Lawrence Ð Tratar, MarkoIM 2355 Ù IM 2450

The Americans beat Argentina2.5Ð1.5 in the top clash of the day,setting up a critical round fourpairing with the Russia 1 team. In thewomenÕs event VietnamÕs 3Ð0 winagainst Georgia is a major shockresult.

Beliavsky, AlexanderSpraggett, Kevin

Elista ol (3), 1998Dutch: Leningrad A88

1.d4 f5 2.g3 »f6 3.ºg2 g6 4.»f3 ºg75.c4 O-O 6.»c3 d6 7.O-O c6 8.¼b1»e4 9.»xe4 fxe4 10.»d2 d5 11.e3ºe6 12.b4 b5 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.a4bxa4 15.½xa4 »d7 16.½a2 ºf717.ºb2 e5 18.½a1 ½e7 19.»b3 »b620.»a5 ºe8 21.dxe5 ºb5 22.¼fd1¼ac8 23.¼bc1 ½xb4 24.ºc3 ½e725.ºh3 ºd7 26.ºxd7 ½xd7 27.ºd4½e6 28.¼xc8 ¼xc8 29.»b3 »d730.½xa7 ºxe5 31.½a5 »f6 32.ºxe5½xe5 33.½a6 ¼f8 34.»d4 »g435.¼d2 »f6 36.½c6 ¼b8 37.¾g2 ¼e838.¼a2 ¼f8 39.h3 ½e8 40.½d6 ½f741.»e6 ¼e8 42.¼a6 ½e7 43.»c7½xd6 44.¼xd6 ¼e7 45.»xd5 »xd546.¼xd5 h5 47.h4 ¾g7 48.¼g5 ¾h649.g4 hxg4 50.¼xg4 ¼e5 51.¾f1 ¾h5

52.¼f4 ¼e6 53.¾e2 ¼e5 54.¾e1 ¾h655.¾d2 ¼f5 56.¾c3 ¼xf4 57.exf4¾h5 58.¾d4 ¾xh4 59.¾xe4 ¾g460.¾e3 ¾h3 61.¾f3 ¾h2 62.¾e3 ¾g263.¾e2 ¾h3 64.¾d3 Ú.

Lesiége, AlexandreMohr, Georg

Elista ol (3), 1998English A25

1.c4 e5 2.»c3 »c6 3.g3 g6 4.ºg2ºg7 5.d3 d6 6.¼b1 a5 7.a3 f5 8.e3»f6 9.»ge2 ºe6 10.»d5 ºf7 11.»ec3O-O 12.O-O ¼b8 13.½a4 »d7 14.b4axb4 15.axb4 »e7 16.b5 »xd517.»xd5 »c5 18.½c2 ½d7 19.ºa3¾h8 20.¼fd1 ¼fe8 21.b6 c6 22.»c7¼ec8 23.d4 exd4 24.exd4 »e425.ºxe4 fxe4 26.d5 cxd5 27.cxd5 g528.½xe4 ºg6 29.½e6 ¼d8 30.¼bc1ºe5 31.½xd7 ¼xd7 32.ºb4 ¾g733.»e6+ ¾f6 34.f4 gxf4 35.gxf4 ºb236.¼c7 ¼xc7 37.bxc7 ¼g8 38.¾f2ºf5 39.ºxd6 ºxe6 40.dxe6 ¾xe641.ºc5 Ø.

Pavasovic, DukoHergott, Deen

Elista ol (3), 1998Pirc B07

1.e4 g6 2.d4 ºg7 3.»c3 d6 4.»f3 »f65.ºe3 c6 6.½d2 b5 7.ºd3 O-O8.ºh6 ºg4 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 »fd711.e6 ºxf3 12.ºxg7 ¾xg7 13.gxf3»e5 14.O-O-O »xd3+ 15.cxd3 b416.»e4 ½d5 17.½xb4 ½xe6 18.½c3+¾g8 19.h4 h5 20.¼hg1 »d7 21.¼g5»f6 22.¼dg1 ¼ab8 23.»xf6+ exf624.¼xh5 ¼fd8 25.¼a5 ¼b5 26.¼xa7¼dd5 27.d4 ½d6 28.½e3 ¾g7 29.½e4¼dc5+ 30.¾b1 ¼f5 31.½e8

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Day, LawrenceTratar, Marko

Elista ol (3), 1998Sicilian: Closed B25

1.e4 c5 2.»c3 »c6 3.g3 g6 4.ºg2ºg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.»f3 »ge7 8.O-O O-O 9.ºe3 »d4 10.¼b1 »ec611.»e2 ½a5 12.a3 ½a4 13.»exd4cxd4 14.ºd2 a5 15.c4 ½xd1 16.¼fxd1a4 17.b4 axb3 18.¼xb3 ¼d8 19.»e1»b8 20.»c2 »d7 21.ºb4 ¼a6 22.¼a1e5 23.f5 »c5 24.ºxc5 dxc5 25.g4ºh6 26.¼ab1 ¼dd6 27.¾f2 ºd228.¾e2 ºf4 29.h3 ¾f8 30.¼a1 ¼db631.¼ab1 ¼xb3 32.¼xb3 ¾e7 33.¼b1¾d6 34.ºf3 ¾c6 35.¼b5 ºg5 36.¼b1¼b6 37.¼xb6+ ¾xb6 38.¾f1 ºd739.ºd1 ¾a5 40.»e1 ºc1 41.¾e2 b642.h4 ºa4 43.ºc2 ºf4 44.¾d1 ºd745.»f3 gxf5 46.gxf5 f6 47.»d2 ºe848.»f1 ºa4 49.h5 h6 50.»d2 ºxc2+51.¾xc2 ºxd2 52.¾b3 Ù.

Round 4Canada 1Ð3 Cuba

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Nogueiras, JesusGM 2560 Ú GM 2510

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Vera, ReynaldoGM 2525 Ù GM 2510

Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Becerra Rivero, JulioIM 2410 Ù GM 2485

Hergott, Deen Ð De la Paz, FrankIM 2370 Ú FM 2470

The Russia 1 and 2 teams take thelead after Russia 1 beats theAmericans by the smallest possible2.5Ð1.5 margin. At this stage in theevent, the top contenders haveestablished their position at the topof the pairing chart.

Romania leads by a point from therest of the field in the womenÕsevent.

Spraggett, KevinNogueiras, Jesus

Elista ol (4), 1998French: Exchange C01

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.»c3 ºb4 4.exd5exd5 5.ºd3 »e7 6.½h5 c5 7.dxc5»d7 8.»ge2 »xc5 9.ºb5+ ºd7 10.O-O O-O 11.ºe3 ºf5 12.ºxc5 ºxc513.ºd3 ºxd3 14.cxd3 ½d7 15.d4ºb6 16.¼ad1 ¼ad8 17.¼d3 ¼fe818.¼fd1 Ú.


Vera, ReynaldoLesiége, Alexandre

Elista ol (4), 1998Queen�s Gambit: Accepted D26

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 »f6 4.ºxc4 e65.»f3 c5 6.½e2 a6 7.dxc5 ºxc5 8.O-O ½c7 9.b3 »bd7 10.ºb2 ºd611.¼c1 ½b8 12.»bd2 b5 13.ºd3 ºb714.a4 b4 15.¼c2 O-O 16.¼ac1 ¼d817.h3 »e5 18.»xe5 ºxe5 19.ºxe5½xe5 20.¼c7 ¼ab8 21.e4 h6 22.»f3½f4 23.g3 ½d6 24.ºb1 ºa8 25.½e3»d7 26.½a7 f5 27.½e3 e5 28.exf5½d5 29.¾g2 »f6 30.¼7c5 ½b731.¼xe5 ¼e8 32.¼cc5 ¾f8 33.ºd3»d7 34.ºe4 »xe5 35.ºxb7 »xf336.ºxf3 ¼xe3 37.fxe3 Ø.

Nickoloff, BryonBecerra Rivero, Julio

Elista ol (4), 1998King�s Indian: Classical E92

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.e4 O-O5.»f3 d6 6.ºe2 e5 7.ºe3 h6 8.O-O»g4 9.ºc1 »c6 10.d5 »e7 11.»e1 f512.ºxg4 fxg4 13.ºe3 b6 14.b4 g515.a4 a5 16.bxa5 bxa5 17.c5 »g618.»b5 ¼f7 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.¼c1 ºf821.¼c6 ºd7 22.»d3 ½f6 23.»b2ºxc6 24.dxc6 ¼c8 25.c7 ½e6 26.ºb6d5 27.exd5 ½xb6 28.d6 »f4 29.½xg4h5 30.½xc8 ½c6 Ù.

De la Paz, FrankHergott, Deen

Elista ol (4), 1998French: Rubinstein C10

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.»d2 dxe4 4.»xe4»d7 5.»f3 »gf6 6.»xf6+ »xf6 7.ºd3c5 8.dxc5 ºxc5 9.ºg5 ½c7 10.O-Ob6 11.½e2 ºb7 12.ºb5+ ¾f813.¼ad1 ºd6

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14.¼xd6 ½xd6 15.¼d1 »d5 16.c4 a617.cxd5 axb5 18.dxe6 ½xe6 19.½xe6

fxe6 20.»e5 ºd5 21.¼c1 h6 22.ºe3¼h7 23.¼c7 ¾g8 24.»g6 ºe425.»e7+ ¾f8 26.f3 g5 27.ºxb6 ºb128.ºc5 ¾e8 29.¼b7 ºxa2 30.¾f2ºb1 31.¾e3 ¼d8 32.¼a7 ¼d3+33.¾e2 ¼d7 34.¼a8+ ¼d8 35.¼a7¼d7 36.¼a8+ ¼d8 37.¼a7 ºd3+38.¾e3 ºc2 39.b4 ¼d3+ 40.¾e2 ¼d741.¼a8+ ¼d8 42.¼a7 e5 43.¾e3¼d3+ 44.¾f2 ¼d2+ 45.¾e3 ¼d3+46.¾f2 ¼d7 47.¼a8+ ¼d8 48.¼a2¼d2+ 49.¾e3 ¼d3+ 50.¾f2 ¼d2+Ú.

Round 5Canada 4Ð0 Puerto Rico

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Sosa, LGM 2560 Ø 2225

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Ortiz, WaldemarGM 2525 Ø 2125

Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Freyre, JorgeIM 2410 Ø 2215

Day, Lawrence Ð Santa Torres, JuanIM 2355 Ø 2250

After an almost freakish but deserved4Ð0 drubbing of the hapless Dutch,the Americans catapult themselvesinto the lead once again. Such ascore between major chess playingnations is a rarity indeed. China andRomania now lead the womenÕsevent.

Sosa, LSpraggett, Kevin


1.e4 c5 2.»c3 e6 3.»f3 a6 4.g3 ½c75.ºg2 d6 6.O-O »f6 7.d3 »c6 8.h3ºe7 9.»h2 b5 10.f4 ºb7 11.»e2 ¼d812.g4 d5 13.e5 »d7 14.c3 d4 15.»f3dxc3 16.bxc3 »b6 17.½c2

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17Öh5 18.gxh5 ½d7 19.¼d1 ¼xh520.»g3 ¼h8 21.½e2 »a4 22.ºb2 b423.½c2 »xb2 24.½xb2 bxc3 25.½xc3»b4 26.a3 ºxf3 27.ºxf3 »d5 28.½d2¼xh3 29.¾g2 ¼h4 30.»e2 »xf4+31.»xf4 ºg5 32.¼h1 ºxf4 33.½a5

½e7 34.½a4+ ¼d7 35.¼ag1 ½g5+36.¾f1 ¼xh1 37.ºxh1 ºg3 38.¼xg3½xg3 39.ºc6 ½xd3+ 40.¾e1 ½e3+41.¾f1 ½d3+ 42.¾e1 ½d2+ 43.¾f1¾e7 44.ºxd7 ½xd7 45.½xa6 ½d1+46.¾g2 ½d5+ Ù.

Lesiége, AlexandreOrtiz, Waldemar

Elista ol (5), 1998Anti-Benoni Gambit A31

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 c5 3.»f3 cxd4 4.»xd4e5 5.»b5 d5 6.cxd5 ºc5 7.e3 a68.»5c3 O-O 9.a3 e4 10.»d2 ¼e811.ºe2 ºf5 12.b4 ºd6 13.»c4 b514.»xd6 ½xd6 15.ºb2 »bd7 16.g4ºg6 17.g5 Ø.

Freyre, JorgeNickoloff, Bryon

Elista ol (5), 1998Reti A07

1.»f3 d5 2.g3 »f6 3.ºg2 c6 4.d3 ºf55.b3 e6 6.ºb2 h6 7.O-O ºe7 8.»bd2O-O 9.e3 a5 10.½e2 a4 11.a3 axb312.cxb3 »bd7 13.e4 ºh7 14.exd5exd5 15.d4 ¼e8 16.»e5 ºd6 17.f4»b6 18.h3 ºc7 19.¾h2 »c8 20.¼fc1»d6 21.b4 »fe4 22.»xe4 »xe423.½h5 ¼e7 24.a4 f6 25.»g6 ¼e626.»h4 ½d6 27.»f5 ½xb4 28.ºa3½d2

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29.»e7+ ¼xe7 30.ºxe7 »xg3 31.½d1½xf4 32.¾g1 ½e3+ Ù.

Day, LawrenceSanta Torres, Juan

Elista ol (5), 1998Sicilian: Grand Prix Attack B21

1.e4 c5 2.f4 »c6 3.»f3 g6 4.ºb5 ºg75.ºxc6 bxc6 6.d3 »f6 7.»c3 O-O8.O-O d5 9.e5 »d7 10.¼e1 »b611.h3 c4 12.d4 ½c7 13.ºe3 ºd714.½d2 a5 15.a4 ¼fb8 16.b3 ¼b717.¼ec1 ½b8 18.½e1 ½a7 19.»d2


½a6 20.»d1 ¼bb8 21.ºf2 ¼a722.»e3 cxb3 23.»xb3 ½c8 24.½f1»a8 25.ºe1 e6 26.»c5 ºe8 27.ºh4»c7 28.»g4 »a6 29.»f6+ ºxf630.ºxf6 »xc5 31.dxc5 ¼ab7 32.½e1¼b4 33.c3 ¼b2 34.¼ab1 ½b735.¼xb2 ½xb2 36.¾h2 ºd7 37.½e3d4 38.cxd4 ¼b3 39.½e1 h5 40.½xa5¼b8 41.¼d1 ºe8 42.½d2 ºd743.½xb2 ¼xb2 44.¾g3 ºc8 45.¾h4ºa6 46.g3 ¾f8 47.a5 ¾e8 48.g4 ¼a249.gxh5 gxh5 50.¼g1 ¾f8 51.¼g5ºe2 52.¼g2 Ø.

Round 6Canada 1.5Ð2.5 England

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Adams, MichaelGM 2560 Ú GM 2715

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Short, NigelGM 2525 Ú GM 2670

Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Sadler, MatthewIM 2410 Ù GM 2660

Hergott, Deen Ð Miles, AnthonyIM 2370 Ú GM 2590

The Americans beat Georgia 2.5Ð1.5while Russia 1 manages a 3Ð1 win tomove to within half a point. In thewomenÕs event China moves a pointand a half clear of the field.

Adams, MichaelSpraggett, Kevin

Elista ol (6), 1998Sicilian: Kan B42

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.»xd4 a65.ºd3 ½c7 6.O-O »f6 7.½e2 d6 8.c4ºe7 9.»c3 O-O 10.¾h1 »bd7 11.f4b6 12.ºd2 ¼e8 13.¼ae1 »c5 14.e5»xd3 15.½xd3 »d7 16.exd6 ½xd617.»e4 ½c7 18.f5 »c5 19.½f3 »xe420.½xe4 ºb7 21.½g4 exf5 22.»xf5ºf6 23.b3 ¾h8 24.ºf4 ½d7 25.h3¼e6 26.¼xe6 fxe6 27.»d6 ºc628.¼e1 ¼f8 29.¼xe6 b5 30.c5 ºd431.b4 ¾g8 32.ºe3 ºd5 33.ºxd4ºxe6 34.½g3 ºd5 35.¾h2 h6 36.a3ºc6 Ú.

Lesiége, AlexandreShort, Nigel

Elista ol (6), 1998Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein E43

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3 b65.ºd3 ºb7 6.»f3 O-O 7.O-O ºxc38.bxc3 c5 9.»d2 »c6 10.e4 cxd411.cxd4 »xd4 12.e5 »e8 13.ºa3 d614.¼e1 f5 15.ºf1 ½g5 16.exd6 ¼d817.»e4 fxe4 18.½xd4 »f6 19.h3 »d720.¼e3 e5 21.½b2 ºc6 22.g3 »c5

23.ºxc5 bxc5 24.¼d1 ½f6 25.ºg2¼xd6 26.¼xd6 ½xd6 27.½e2 ½d428.ºxe4 ºxe4 29.¼xe4 ¼xf2 30.½xf2½xe4 31.½xc5 ½f5 Ú.

Sadler, MatthewNickoloff, Bryon


1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3 O-O 5.ºd3 d5 6.»f3 c5 7.O-O b68.cxd5 exd5 9.»e5 ¼e8 10.ºb5 ¼e611.»e2 a6 12.ºa4 c4 13.»g3 ºb714.f4 b5 15.ºc2 »bd7 16.ºd2 ºf817.½f3 ½c7 18.ºf5 ¼ee8 19.»h5 ºc620.ºa5 ½b7 21.a3 ºe7

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22.»xg7 ¾xg7 23.½g3+ ¾f8 24.½h4ºd6 25.g4 ¾e7 26.g5 ¼g8 27.¾h1»e8 28.g6+ »ef6 29.gxh7 ¼h830.¼g1 ¼af8 31.¼g7 ¾e8 32.¼ag1ºe7 33.»xf7 ¼xf7 34.ºg6 »f835.ºxf7+ ¾d7 36.½h3+ Ø.

Hergott, DeenMiles, Anthony

Elista ol (6), 1998Queen Pawn A43

1.d4 »f6 2.»f3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.ºg5 ºb75.ºxf6 exf6 6.a4 a6 7.e4 ½b6 8.axb5axb5 9.¼xa8 ºxa8 10.»c3 b4 11.»b5ºe7 12.ºc4 O-O 13.O-O d6 14.c3bxc3 15.bxc3 »d7 16.½a4 ½d817.¼b1 »b6 18.½b3 »xc4 19.½xc4½d7 20.½d3 ºb7 21.¼a1 ¼a822.¼xa8+ ºxa8 23.c4 ºb7 24.h3 g625.»d2 ºc8 26.½c3 ½e8 Ú.

Round 7Canada 1.5Ð2.5 Croatia

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Kozul, ZdenkoGM 2560 Ù GM 2570

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Lalic, BogdanGM 2525 Ú GM 2560

Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Zelcic, RobertIM 2410 Ú GM 2585

Hergott, Deen Ð Rogic, DavorIM 2370 Ú IM 2460

BulgariaÕs win against Russia 1 is thesurprise of the day. The USA leadsby half a point from them as the restof the field closes up.

Spraggett, KevinKozul, Zdenko

Elista ol (7), 1998Anti - King�s Indian A15

1.»f3 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 ºg7 4.ºb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.ºg2 e5 7.d3 ¼e8 8.O-Oc6 9.½c2 »a6 10.a3 ºf5 11.e4 ºg412.»bd2 ½c8 13.¼fe1 ºh3

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14.b4 ºxg2 15.¾xg2 »h5 16.d4 ½g417.¾h1 exd4 18.ºxd4 ºxd4 19.»xd4»c7 20.½d3 ¼e7 21.b5 cxb5 22.»xb5»xb5 23.cxb5 ¼ae8 24.½xd6 ¼d725.½b4 ¼ed8 26.»f1 »g7 27.¼e3»e6 28.f3 ½h5 29.¾g2 ¼d4 30.½b2½g5 31.a4 ½xe3 32.»xe3 ¼d2+33.½xd2 ¼xd2+ 34.¾g1 »d4 35.¼f1¼a2 36.f4 ¼xa4 37.¼d1 ¾g7 38.e5 h539.¾f1 b6 40.»d5 »xb5 41.»f6 ¼d442.¼c1 ¼d8 43.h3 »d4 44.¼c7 a545.¼a7 »e6 46.h4 »c5 47.¾e2 a448.¾e3 b5 49.¼a5 b4 50.¼xc5 ¼a851.»d5 b3 52.e6 a3 53.¼c7 a254.¼xf7+ ¾h6 55.»f6 ¼h8 56.¼a7 b257.g4 hxg4 58.»xg4+ ¾h5 59.»f6+¾xh4 60.¼xa2 b1½ 61.¼h2+ ¾g362.¼xh8 ½b3+ 63.¾d4 ½b2+ 64.¾d5½xf6 65.¼h7 ½f5+ 66.¾d6 ½xf4+67.¾d5 ½f5+ 68.¾d6 ½d3+ 69.¾e5½c3+ 70.¾d5 ¾f4 71.¼f7+ ¾g572.¼d7 ½e3 73.¼f7 ¾h6 74.¾d6½d4+ 75.¾e7 g5 76.¼f8 ½a7+77.¾e8 ¾g6 78.¾d8 ½b8+ 79.¾e7½c7+ Ù.

Lalic, BogdanLesiége, Alexandre

Elista ol (7), 1998Nimzo-Indian: Classical E32

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.½c2O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 »e4 7.ºd3 c58.cxd5 exd5 9.»ge2 »c6 10.O-O ºf511.»xe4 dxe4 12.ºxe4 »xd4


13.»xd4 ºxe4 14.½xe4 ½xd415.½xb7 Ú.

Nickoloff, BryonZelcic, Robert


1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3 c55.»ge2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 ºe78.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 ºc5 10.b4 ºb611.»a4 ¼e8 12.»xb6 axb6 13.d6 »c614.g3 »e4 15.ºb2 »e5 16.ºg2 »c417.½d4 »xb2 18.½xb2 »xd6 19.O-O»c4 20.½d4 ¼xe2 21.½xc4 ¼e722.¼fd1 d6 23.¼d4 g6 24.½d3 ºf525.½d2 ¼d7 26.¼d1 ¼xa3 27.ºxb7¼xb7 28.¼xd6 ½c7 29.¼d8+ ¾g730.½d4+ f6 31.g4 ¼h3 32.¼d6 ºe633.¼e1 ½c3 Ú.

Rogic, DavorHergott, Deen

Elista ol (7), 1998Modern B06

1.e4 g6 2.d4 ºg7 3.»c3 d6 4.ºe3 a65.a4 »c6 6.h3 e5 7.»f3 exd4 8.»xd4ºd7 9.g3 »f6 10.ºg2 ½c8 11.»xc6bxc6 12.e5 dxe5 13.ºc5 ºf8 14.½f3ºxc5 15.½xf6 O-O 16.»e4 ºb4+17.c3 ºd6 18.¼d1 ¼b8 19.»xd6 cxd620.½xd6 ºe6 21.¼d2 c5 22.ºd5ºxd5 23.½xd5 ¼d8 24.½xd8+ ½xd825.¼xd8+ ¼xd8 26.¾e2 ¼b8 27.¼b1c4 28.¾e3 f5 29.¼d1 ¼xb2 30.¼d8+¾f7 31.¼c8 ¼a2 32.¼xc4 a5 33.¼c5Ú.

Round 8Canada 1.5Ð2.5 Bosnia-

HerzegovinaSpraggett, Kevin Ð Nikolic, Predrag

GM 2560 Ù GM 2640Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Sokolov, Ivan

GM 2525 Ø GM 2600Hergott, Deen Ð Kurajica, Bojan

IM 2370 Ú GM 2570Day, Lawrence Ð Dizdarevic, Emir

IM 2355 Ù GM 2530

The Americans lead by half a pointfrom Russia 1. The remainingcontending teams from Bulgaria,France, England and Russia 2 are afurther half point behind as the racefor the medals tightens up.

China now looks sure to win thegold in the womenÕs event,increasing their lead to a nearinsurmountable 3.5 points.

Nikolic, PredragSpraggett, Kevin

Elista ol (8), 1998Queen�s Indian E15

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»f3 b6 4.g3 ºa65.»bd2 ºb4 6.½c2 ºb7 7.ºg2 ºe48.½b3 ºxd2+ 9.ºxd2 O-O 10.O-Od6 11.¼fd1 »bd7 12.¼ac1 ¼e813.ºh3 h6 14.ºe3 c5 15.dxc5 »xc516.½c3 ½e7 17.b4 »b7 18.»d4 ¼ec819.½d2 d5 20.f3 ºh7 21.cxd5 »xd522.b5 »xe3 23.½xe3 ¼xc1 24.¼xc1»c5 25.»c6 ½c7 26.ºg2 a6 27.f4 ¼e828.a4 axb5 29.a5 »a4 30.a6 »c531.a7 ¾h8 32.½e5 Ø.

Lesiége, AlexandreSokolov, Ivan


1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3 b65.ºd3 ºb7 6.»f3 O-O 7.O-O c58.»a4 »a6 9.a3 ºa5 10.b3 ½e711.ºb2 ¼ac8 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 d6

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14.»h4 »xd5 15.»f5 ½g5 16.h4½xg2+ 17.¾xg2 »xe3+ 18.¾h2 »xd119.¼axd1 Ø.

Kurajica, BojanHergott, Deen

Elista ol (8), 1998Queen Pawn A48

1.d4 c5 2.e3 »f6 3.»f3 g6 4.c3 b65.a4 ºg7 6.a5 O-O 7.½b3 bxa58.½a3 cxd4 9.exd4 »c6 10.»bd2 ¼e811.ºe2 e5 12.dxe5 »g4 13.O-O»gxe5 14.»xe5 ¼xe5 15.ºd3 d516.»f3 ¼e6 17.¼d1 ½b6 18.ºf1 d419.ºc4 dxc3 20.bxc3 ¼e8 21.ºxf7+¾xf7 22.»g5+ ¾g8 23.½a2+ ºe624.»xe6 »b4 25.cxb4 ½xe626.½xe6+ ¼xe6 27.¼xa5 ºc3 28.¼a4¼e4 29.ºa3 ¼ae8 30.g3 ¼e1+31.¼xe1 ¼xe1+ 32.¾g2 ¼a1 33.¼xa7

ºxb4 34.¼g7+ ¾xg7 35.ºb2+ ¾f736.ºxa1 h5 37.f4 ¾e6 38.¾f3 ¾f539.h3 ºc5 40.g4+ hxg4+ 41.hxg4+¾e6 42.f5+ gxf5 43.gxf5+ ¾xf5 Ú.

Day, LawrenceDizdarevic, Emir

Elista ol (8), 1998Caro Kann: Advance B12

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 ºf5 4.h4 ½b65.g4 ºd7 6.h5 e6 7.f4 c5 8.c3 »c69.»f3 ¼c8 10.dxc5 ºxc5 11.¼h2 f612.ºd3 fxe5 13.fxe5 »h6 14.¼g2ºe3 15.»a3 O-O 16.½e2 ºxc117.¼xc1 ¼f4 18.»g5 ¼cf8 19.¼c2¼f1+ 20.½xf1 ¼xf1+ 21.¾xf1 ½e322.ºxh7+ ¾h8 23.ºg6 ½xg5 24.¼gf2¾g8 25.»b5 »xe5 26.»d4 »xg627.hxg6 »xg4 28.¼f7 »e3+ Ù.

Board MedalsMen�s Olympiad

Board 1Al Modiakhi (QAT) 7.5/8

Mueller (NAM) 7.5/9Azmaiparashvili (GEO) 8/10

Board 2Aikhoje (NGR) 6.5/8Lputian (ARM) 8/11

Aleksandrov (BLR) 8.5/12Dervishi (ALB) 8.5/12

Board 3Vera (CUB) 7/9

Srurua (GEO) 7.5/10Grivas (GRE) 7.5/10

Board 4Gadhi (YEM) 8.5

Morozevich (RUS) 8/10Aderito (ANG) 7/9

Board 5Muir (SCO) 6/7

Kostenko (KAZ) 7.5/10DeFirmian (USA) 6/8Kaminski (POL) 6/8Giacco (ARG) 6/8

Board 6Avrukh (ISR) 8/10

Ponomariov (UKR) 7/9Hillarp Persson (SWE) 7.5/10


Round 9Canada 4Ð0 Ecuador

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Munoz, HugoGM 2560 Ø 2290

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Fierro Baquero,Martha

GM 2525 Ø WIM 2240Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Alarcon, Cesar

IM 2410 Ø 2135Day, Lawrence Ð Mieles Viteri, Eduardo

IM 2355 ØF UNR

With less than half of the scheduleremaining in the Olympiad, theAmericans on 24.5 points once againlead by half a point from Russia 1and 2. The Ukraine is on 23.5 andBulgaria, France, England, Hungary,Romania, Armenia and Germany area further half point behind.

The Chinese women stay 3 pointsclear from Georgia in the womenÕsOlympiad to maintain a comfortablelead.

Spraggett, KevinMunoz, Hugo

Elista ol (9), 1998King�s Indian Attack A08

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 e6 3.d3 »c6 4.g3 g65.ºg2 ºg7 6.O-O »ge7 7.c3 d58.»bd2 O-O 9.¼e1 b6 10.exd5 exd511.»b3 h6 12.a4 a5 13.d4 c4 14.»bd2ºg4 15.b3 cxb3 16.½xb3 ¼b817.ºa3 ¼e8 18.»f1 ½d7 19.»e3 ºe620.¼e2 ¼ec8 21.¼ee1 »f5 22.»xf5gxf5 23.ºc1 »e7 24.ºf4 ¼a8 25.h4»g6 26.ºd2 ½c7 27.¼eb1 ¼ab828.h5 »f8 29.ºf4 ½d8 30.»e5 »h731.»d3 ¼a8 32.ºd2 ¼c6 33.½b5¼ac8 34.»f4 »f6 35.f3 »e8 36.½e2½d7 37.¼e1 ¼d6 38.ºf1 ºf6 39.½h2ºg5 40.ºb5 ½e7 41.¼ab1 »g742.¼b3 ½d8 43.ºd3 ºd7 44.¼a3 ½f845.¼a2 ¼e8 46.¼f1 ¼c8 47.¼b1 ½e848.¼e1 ½f8 49.ºf1 ¼e8 50.¼c1 ¼c851.ºa6 ¼c7 52.¼e1 ½d8 53.¾h1 ºc654.ºd3 ¼e7 55.¼g1 ½e8 56.ºc2 ¾h857.ºb3 ¼d8 58.¼f1 ¾g8 59.¾g1 ¼d660.¼aa1 »e6 61.ºc1 ¼d8 62.»xe6¼xe6 63.f4 ºe7 64.½h3 ¼f6 65.¼e1½d7 66.ºc2 ºd6 67.¼e5 ½c768.ºd2 ¼e8 69.ºxf5 ºxe5 70.fxe5¼xf5 71.½xf5 ºd7 72.½f3 ½c673.¼f1 ½e6 74.ºxh6 ½xh6 75.½xf7+¾h8 76.½xd7 ½e3+ 77.¾g2 ½e2+78.¼f2 ½e4+ 79.¾h2 ¼g8 80.½f5½e3 81.½f4 Ø.

Fierro Baquero, MarthaLesiége, Alexandre

Elista ol (9), 1998Sicilian: Moscow B52

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.ºb5+ ºd7 4.a4»c6 5.O-O a6 6.ºc4 »f6 7.¼e1 ºg48.c3 e6 9.h3 ºh5 10.d3 ºe7 11.»bd2d5 12.exd5 »xd5 13.»f1 O-O 14.»g3ºg6 15.»e4 ½c7 16.ºg5 ºxg517.»fxg5 »a5 18.½e2 ¼ad8 19.¼ad1½c6 20.»f3 »xc4 21.dxc4 »f422.½e3 ¼xd1 Ù.

Nickoloff, BryonAlarcon, Cesar

Elista ol (9), 1998King�s Indian: Gligoric E94

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.e4 d65.ºe2 O-O 6.»f3 e5 7.ºe3 »a6 8.O-O c6 9.d5 c5 10.»e1 »d7 11.»d3½e7 12.½d2 »c7 13.¼ab1 f5 14.exf5gxf5 15.f4 e4 16.»f2 b5 17.»xb5»xb5 18.cxb5 »b6

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19.b3 ½f7 20.¼fd1 ºb7 21.a4 ¾h822.a5 »d7 23.ºc4 ¼g8 24.b4 ¼ac825.g3 ºf6 26.bxc5 »xc5 27.ºd4¼ge8 28.¼e1 ½g7 29.ºxf6 ½xf630.¼e3 »a4 31.¼b4 ½a1+ 32.»d1¾g8 33.¼e1 »c5 34.a6 ºa8 35.»e3½f6 36.ºf1 ¼f8 37.b6 axb6 38.¼xb6»a4 39.¼b4 ½c3 40.¼d1 ½xd241.¼xd2 ¼c3 42.¾f2 ¼a3 43.ºc4¾g7 44.¼a2 ¼xa2+ 45.ºxa2 »c546.ºc4 ¾f6 47.¼b6 ¼d8 48.»c2 h549.»d4 »a4 50.¼b3 »c5 51.¼b4ºxd5 52.a7 ºb7 53.¼xb7 »xb754.ºd5 ¼a8 55.»b5 ¼xa7 56.»xa7»c5 57.»c8 »d3+ 58.¾e3 »b459.ºb3 d5 60.»b6 Ø.

Mieles Viteri, EduardoDay, Lawrence

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Round 10Canada 1Ð3 Georgia

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Azmaiparashvili,Zurab

GM 2560 Ú GM 2655Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Giorgadze, Giorgi

GM 2525 Ú GM 2610Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Sturua, Zurab

IM 2410 Ù GM 2600Hergott, Deen Ð Bagaturov, Giorgi

IM 2370 Ù FM 2540

Russia 1 takes the lead after a 3Ð1beating of the Ukraine. TheAmericans are held by Russia 2.Russia 2 are in third and England infourth. In the womenÕs event ChinaÕslead is cut to two points after theylose to Georgia 2Ð1.

Spraggett, KevinAzmaiparashvili, Zurab

Elista ol (10), 1998Ruy Lopez: Smyslov C60

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 g6 4.c3 d65.d4 ºd7 6.½b3 »a5 7.ºxd7+ ½xd78.½c2 ºg7 9.O-O »c6 10.¼d1 »ge711.dxe5 »xe5 12.»xe5 ºxe5 13.»d2ºg7 14.»f3 O-O 15.e5 »f5 16.exd6»xd6 17.ºf4 ½c6 18.ºxd6 cxd619.¼d2 ¼fe8 20.¼ad1 ¼e6 21.¼e2Ú.

Giorgadze, GiorgiLesiége, Alexandre


1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3 O-O 5.ºd3 d5 6.»f3 c5 7.O-O »c6 8.a3ºxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.ºxc4 ½c711.ºb2 e5 12.dxe5 »xe5 13.ºe2¼d8 14.½c2 »fg4 15.»xe5 ½xe516.g3

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¼ad8 27.ºxf3 ¼d2 28.½xd2 ¼xd229.¾xd2 ½xf2+ 30.ºe2 h5 31.c4 ½g232.¼f1 f6 33.¼f4 ½h2 34.ºd4 h435.¼g4 ¾f7 36.¾e1 h3 37.ºf3 g538.ºe4 ½a2 39.¼g3 h2 40.¼h3 g441.¼h7+ ¾e6 42.¼h6 g3 43.¼xf6+¾e7 44.¼h6 ½f2+ 45.¾d1 g2 Ú.

Nickoloff, BryonSturua, Zurab


1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3 O-O 5.ºd3 c5 6.d5 ºxc3+ 7.bxc3 d68.»f3 h6 9.dxe6 ºxe6 10.»d2 »c611.e4 »d7 12.O-O »de5 13.ºe2 »a514.½a4 b6 15.f4 »g4 16.»b3 ºd717.½a3 »c6 18.½b2 ¼c8 19.h3 »f620.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 »xe5 22.ºf4 »g623.ºh2 ¼e8 24.¼ad1 ½e7 25.ºd3»e5 26.»c1 »xd3 27.»xd3 ½e3+28.¾h1 ºc6 29.»f4 ¼cd8 30.½b3»e4 Ù.

Bagaturov, GiorgiHergott, Deen

Elista ol (10), 1998Slav: Lundin D47

1.c4 c6 2.»f3 d5 3.e3 »f6 4.»c3 e65.d4 »bd7 6.ºd3 dxc4 7.ºxc4 b58.ºd3 b4 9.»e4 ºb7 10.»xf6+ gxf611.e4 c5 12.O-O cxd4 13.»xd4 a614.ºe3 »c5 15.ºc2 ºd6 16.½h5 ¼g817.¼fd1 ½e7 18.¼ac1 O-O-O 19.ºa4ºxe4 20.f3 ºd5 21.ºc6 ºe522.ºxd5 ¼xd5 23.»c6 ¼xd1+24.¼xd1 ½c7 25.»xe5 fxe5 26.¼c1Ø.

Round 11Canada 2Ð2 Iceland

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Stefansson, HannesGM 2560 Ù GM 2560

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Thorhalsson,Throstur

GM 2525 Ø GM 2495Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Gretarsson, Helgi

IM 2410 Ú FM 2480Hergott, Deen Ð Gunnarsson, Jon

IM 2370 Ú 2445

The Americans come back to beatEngland 3Ð1 to take a half point leadagain from Russia 1, with Russia 2another half point behind. Theremaining two rounds of the twoweek event promise to beexceptionally interesting,considering the number of teams stillin contention for the medals.

Stefansson, HannesSpraggett, Kevin

Elista ol (11), 1998Pirc: Four Pawns B06

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.f4 a65.»f3 b5 6.ºd3 »d7 7.a4 b4 8.»e2c5 9.c3 bxc3 10.bxc3 e6 11.h4 »e712.h5 cxd4 13.cxd4 »f6 14.e5 »fd515.»g5 »f5 16.»e4 O-O 17.½b3 a5

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18.g4 dxe5 19.fxe5 »xd4 20.»xd4»b4 21.ºb2 ºxe5 22.¼d1 ºxd423.ºc4 »c6 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.ºxe6+¾h8 26.¼xd4 »xd4 27.½d5 Ø.

Lesiége, AlexandreThorhallsson, Throstur

Elista ol (11), 1998Nimzo-Indian: Karpov E54

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 d55.»c3 e6 6.»f3 ºb4 7.ºd3 dxc48.ºxc4 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.»e5 ºb711.ºg5 ºe7 12.¼e1 »c6

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13.ºa6 ½c8 14.½f3 »a5 15.ºxb7½xb7 16.½xb7 »xb7 17.»c6 ºd618.ºxf6 gxf6 19.d5 exd5 20.»xd5¾g7 21.¼ad1 ¼fe8 22.¼xe8 ¼xe823.¾f1 ¼c8 24.»xa7 ¼c2 25.»e3 ¼c526.b4 ¼h5 27.g4 ¼xh2 28.¾g1 ºf429.»f5+ ¾g6 30.¼d7 h5 31.»c6 hxg432.»ce7+ ¾g5 33.¼xb7 ¼h3 34.¼xb6¼a3 35.»d6 g3 36.»e4+ ¾g4 37.¼xf6¼xa2 38.»d5 ºb8 39.»e3+ ¾h540.fxg3 Ø.

Gretarsson, HelgiNickoloff, Bryon


1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»f3 b6 4.ºf4 ºb75.e3 ºe7 6.h3 c5 7.»c3 cxd4 8.»xd4O-O 9.»db5 »e8 10.½d2 »a611.¼d1 ºc6 12.»d6 »ac7 13.b4ºxd6 14.ºxd6 »xd6 15.½xd6 »e816.½d4 d6 17.e4 ½g5 18.½d2 ½g619.f3 ½g3+ 20.½f2 ½e5 21.½d4½g3+ 22.½f2 ½e5 23.½d4 ½g3+24.½f2 Ú.

Hergott, DeenGunnarsson, Jon

Elista ol (11), 1998King�s Indian: Petrosian E92

1.»f3 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.ºe2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.ºg5»a6 9.»d2 ½e8 10.O-O h6 11.ºh4»h7 12.a3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.ºh5½d7 15.b4 e4 16.½b3 ºd4 17.¼ad1½g7 18.»e2 ºf6 19.ºg3 ºd7 20.c5axb4 21.axb4 ºg5 22.»f4 »f623.ºe2 dxc5 24.b5 »b4 25.d6+ ¾h726.»e6 ºxe6 27.½xe6 »fd5 28.ºe5½g6 29.½xg6+ ¾xg6 30.dxc7 ¼a231.ºc4 ¼xd2 32.h4 »b6 33.hxg5»xc4 34.¼xd2 »d3 35.¼xd3 exd336.ºc3 ¼c8 37.¼d1 d2 38.ºxd2»xd2 39.¼xd2 ¼xc7 40.gxh6 ¾xh641.¾f1 ¾g5 42.¾e2 ¾f4 43.¼d8¼e7+ 44.¾d3 ¼g7 45.¾c4 ¼xg246.¾xc5 ¼xf2 47.¼d7 ¼c2+ 48.¾b6¾g3 Ú.

Round 12Canada 0.5Ð3.5 Argentina

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Sorokin, MaximGM 2525 Ù GM 2570

Nickoloff, Bryon Ð Ricardo, PabloIM 2410 Ú GM 2545

Hergott, Deen Ð Hoffman, AlejandroIM 2370 Ù GM 2525

Day, Lawrence Ð Spangenberg, HugoIM 2355 Ù GM 2520

After this penultimate round theAmericans lead Russia 1 by half apoint going into the final round.Both teams win 3Ð1 today to set up agrand finale. Can the Americansprevail against the Chinese, or wouldthe Russians be able to squeeze anextra point from the Dutch toovertake the leaders in the homestretch?


¾f8 19.f5 ½e8 20.½e1 ºb5 21.¼f2»d7 22.»d5 ºe5+ 23.¾h1 ¼c824.ºh6+ ¾g8 25.f6 »xf6 26.»xf6+ºxf6 27.¼xf6 ½e5 28.½f2 ½xb229.¼xf7 ½a1+ 30.¾h2 ½e5+ 31.¾g1½a1+ 32.ºf1 ½xf1+ 33.½xf1 ºxf134.¼g7+ ¾h8 35.¾xf1 a5 36.¼e7 a437.ºc1 ¾g8 38.¾e2 b5 39.ºb2 ¼a840.¼xc7 a3 41.ºa1 Ø.

Day, LawrenceSpangenberg, Hugo


1.e4 c5 2.»c3 »c6 3.g3 g6 4.ºg2ºg7 5.d3 e5 6.»h3 »ge7 7.O-O d68.f4 O-O 9.f5 gxf5 10.exf5 f6 11.g4 d512.»e2 ºd7 13.c4 dxc4 14.dxc4 ºe815.»f2 ½xd1 16.¼xd1 ¼b8 17.»e4»d4 18.»2c3 b6 19.¼b1 h5 20.h3¾h7 21.ºe3 ¼d8 22.a3 ºf7 23.ºf1»g8 24.ºd3 ºh6 25.ºf2 »f3+26.¾g2 »d2 27.g5 »xb1 28.g6+ ¾h829.gxf7 »xc3 30.»xc3 ¼xf7 31.»d5»e7 32.ºe4 »xd5 33.ºxd5 ¼fd734.a4 e4 35.¼e1 ¼g7+ 36.¾f1 ¼e837.¼xe4 ¼xe4 38.ºxe4 ºc1 39.b3ºb2 40.a5 ºd4 41.axb6 ºxf242.bxa7 ¼xa7 43.¾xf2 ¼a3 44.¾g3¼xb3+ 45.¾h4 ¾g7 46.¾xh5 ¼xh3+47.¾g4 ¼c3 48.ºd5 ¼d3 49.ºe6¼d4+ 50.¾f3 ¾h6 51.¾e3 ¾g552.¾f3 ¼f4+ 53.¾g3 ¼xf5 Ù.

Round 13Canada 3Ð1 Peru

Spraggett, Kevin Ð Urday, HenryGM 2560 Ø GM 2475

Lesi�ge, Alexandre Ð Oblitas,Carlomagno

GM 2525 Ú FM 2420Hergott, Deen Ð Belli, MarioIM 2370 Ú FM 2380

Day, Lawrence Ð Garcia, JavierIM 2355 Ø 2315

The final round witnesses theRussians destroy the Dutch 3.5Ð0.5and take the gold ahead of the USAwho had led much of the way. TheAmericans, not helped by an inferiortie-break, could only draw 2Ð2 withChina. It was an exciting final roundwhen it became clear early on thatRussia was doing well on all boards.In a mighty struggle Peter Svidlerbeat Jan Timman who, after asomewhat superior middlegame,eventually cracked to leave hisbishop en-prise. The Ukraine takesbronze just above the IsraeliÕs on tie-break. The womenÕs Olympiad was

Sorokin, MaximLesiége, Alexandre

Elista ol (12), 1998English: Symmetrical A35

1.»f3 c5 2.c4 »f6 3.»c3 »c6 4.g3 d55.d4 dxc4 6.d5 »b4 7.e4 e6 8.ºxc4exd5 9.exd5 ºd6 10.a3 »a6 11.½e2+½e7 12.½xe7+ ¾xe7 13.O-O ¼d814.»b5 ºb8 15.»g5 ¾f8 16.d6 ºd717.a4 ºe8 18.ºf4 h6 19.»f3 ºxb520.axb5 »b4 21.¼ad1 a6 22.bxa6bxa6 23.»e5 ¼e8 24.»xf7 ¼a725.»e5 g5 26.d7 ¼d8 27.»f7 ¼dxd728.ºxb8 ¼xf7 29.ºxf7 ¼b7 30.ºd6+¾xf7 31.ºxc5 »c6 32.¼fe1 ¼xb233.¼d6 »b8 Ø.

Nickoloff, BryonRicardo, Pablo


1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»f3 b6 4.g3 ºb75.ºg2 ºe7 6.»c3 O-O 7.½c2 d58.cxd5 »xd5 9.O-O »a6 10.¼d1 c511.dxc5 »xc5 12.»e1 f5 13.b4 »a614.»xd5 ºxd5 15.ºxd5 exd5 16.a3½c8 17.ºb2 ½c4 18.½d3 ½xd319.»xd3 ¼ac8 20.¼d2 »c7 21.¼ad1a5 22.h4 axb4 23.»xb4 f4 24.ºe5fxg3 25.ºxg3 ºc5 26.¼d3 ¼f7 27.e3¼a8 28.»xd5 »xd5 29.¼xd5 ¼xa330.¼d8+ ¼f8 31.¼xf8+ ¾xf8 32.¼d7¼a4 33.¾g2 ¼e4 34.¾f3 Ú.

Hoffman, AlejandroHergott, Deen

Elista ol (12), 1998Pirc B07

1.g3 g6 2.ºg2 ºg7 3.d4 »f6 4.e4 d65.»e2 O-O 6.»bc3 e5 7.h3 »c68.ºe3 exd4 9.»xd4 ºd7 10.O-O ¼e811.a4 a6 12.a5 ½c8 13.¾h2

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won convincingly by China ahead ofRussia 1 and Georgia.

Spraggett, KevinUrday, Henry

Elista ol (13), 1998English A21

1.c4 e5 2.»c3 »c6 3.g3 g6 4.ºg2ºg7 5.e4 d6 6.»ge2 h5 7.h4 ºg4 8.f3ºe6 9.d3 ½d7 10.»d5 f5 11.ºg5 »d812.exf5 ºxf5 13.½d2 »e6 14.ºe3»e7 15.»xe7 ½xe7 16.O-O O-O17.¼ae1 ¼ae8 18.»c3 ½d7 19.»e4 a620.¾h2 c6 21.b3 d5 22.cxd5 cxd523.½d1 ¼c8 24.»f2 »d4 25.ºxd4exd4 26.f4 ¼c3 27.½f3 ¼d8 28.ºh3¼c2 29.ºxf5 ½xf5 30.¼e2 ¼dc831.¼fe1 ¾f8 32.¾g2 b5 33.»h3 ¼8c334.»f2 ¼c8 35.¼d1 ¼xe2 36.½xe2¼e8 37.½d2 ¼e3 38.½a5 ½c8 39.½b6¾f7 40.½d6 ½e6 41.½c7+ ¾g842.¼c1 ¼e2 43.¼c2 ¼xc2 44.½xc2ºf6 45.½c5 ¾g7 46.½c7+ ¾g847.¾f1 ºg7 48.½d8+ ¾h7 49.¾g2ºf6 50.½c7+ ¾g8 51.½c2 ¾g752.»h3 ½e3 53.»g1 ¾f7 54.»f3 ¾g755.½d2 ½e6 56.½f2 ½f5 57.½c2 ¾h658.»g5 ºg7 59.¾f2 ºf6 60.½c7 ºg761.»f7+ ¾h7 62.»g5+ ¾h6 63.½c2ºf6 64.»f7+ ¾h7 65.½c7 ºg766.»e5 ½h3 67.»f3 ½f5 68.»e1 ½e669.½c1 ºf6 70.»f3 ½f5 71.½d2 ºg772.a4 bxa4 73.bxa4 ºf6 74.½c2 ¾h675.»g5 a5 76.½b3 ºg7 77.½b5 ºf678.»f7+ ¾h7 79.½b7 ºg7 80.»e5½e6 81.½f7 ½a6 82.f5 gxf5 83.½xf5+¾g8 84.½f7+ ¾h8 85.»g6+ ¾h786.»f8+ ¾h8 87.»e6 ºe5 Ø.

Oblitas, CarlomagnoLesiége, Alexandre

Elista ol (13), 1998Slav: Exchange D10

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.»c3 »f6 4.cxd5cxd5 5.ºf4 ½b6 6.½d2 »c6 7.e3 ºf58.f3 e6 9.g4 ºg6 10.ºb5 a611.ºxc6+ bxc6 12.»ge2 »d7 13.ºg3c5 14.»f4 cxd4 15.exd4 ºd6 16.O-Oºxf4 17.ºxf4 h5 18.h3 O-O 19.¾g2¼fc8 20.¼fc1 ¼c4 21.»e2 ¼ac822.¼c3 ¼xc3 23.»xc3 ¼c4 24.ºe3½b4 25.¼c1 ¾h7 26.b3 ¼c6 27.»a4½xd2+ 28.ºxd2 ¼xc1 29.ºxc1 f630.f4 hxg4 31.hxg4 ¾g8 32.¾f2 ¾f733.ºb2 ºb1 34.»c3 ºd3 35.¾e3 ºf136.»a4 ¾e7 37.»c5 »xc5 38.dxc5¾d7 39.g5 fxg5 40.fxg5 g6 41.¾f4¾c6 42.ºd4 ºd3 43.¾e5 ºb1 44.a3ºc2 45.b4 ¾d7 46.¾f6 ºd3 47.a4¾c6 48.¾xe6 ºc2 49.¾f6 ºd3


33rd Chess Olympiad, Elista, KalmykiaMen�s Final Standings

38. Egypt 2839. Kirghizistan 27.540. Estonia 27.541. Italy 27.542. Canada 27.543. Azerbadjan 27.544. Finland 27.545. Albania 27.546. Macedonia 27.547. Tadjikistan 27.548. Brazil 27.549. Mongolia 27.550. Austria 2751. Island 2752. IBCA 2753. Bangladesh 26.554. Belgium 26.555. Vietnam 26.556. New-Zealand 26.557. Colombia 2658. Ireland 2659. Iran 2660. Luxembourg 2661. Chile 2662. Angola 2663. Australia 25.564. Peru 25.565. Venezuela 25.566. Scotland 25.567. Portugal 25.568. Wales 25.569. Nigeria 25.570. Turkey 2571. Turkmenistan 24.572. Feroe Islands 24.573. Iraq 24.574. Malaisia 24

1. Russia 1 35.52. U.S.A. 34.53. Ukraine 32.54. Israel 32.55. China 31.56. Germany 31.57. Georgia 31.58. Russia 2 319. Hungary 31

10. Romania 30.511. England 30.512. Netherlands 30.513. Belarus 30.514. Latvia 30.515. Poland 30.516. Armenia 3017. Bulgaria 3018. Yugoslavia 3019. Kazakhstan 3020. Sweden 29.521. Czech Republic 29.522. Lithuania 29.523. Slovenia 29.524. Cuba 2925. Croatia 2926. France 28.527. Uzbekistan 28.528. Argentina 28.529. Spain 28.530. Bosnia 28.531. Switzerland 28.532. Russia 3 28.533. India 28.534. Mexico 28.535. Philippines 2836. Greece 2837. Moldavia 28

75. U.A.E. 2476. Puerto Rico 2477. Andorra 2478. Jamaica 2479. Ecuador 23.580. South Africa 23.581. Zimbabwe 23.582. Russia 4 23.583. Kenya 23.584. Yemen 2385. Bolivia 2386. Libya 2387. Cyprus 2388. Singapore 2389. Qatar 22.590. Tobago 22.591. Salvador 22.592. Japan 22.593. Uganda 22.594. Lebanon 2295. Palestine 2296. San Marino 2297. Honduras 2298. Nicaragua 21.599. Barbade 21.5

100. Macau 21.5101. Botswana 21102. Malta 20.5103. Namibia 20.5104. Mali 20.5105. Jersey 20106. Afghanistan 20107. Neth. Antilles 19108. Guernsey 18.5109. Seychelles 18110. Virgin Islands 3

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Hergott, DeenBelli, Mario

Elista ol (13), 1998Old Indian A53

1.»f3 »f6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 ºg4 4.»c3»bd7 5.e4 e5 6.ºe2 ºe7 7.ºe3 O-O8.O-O c6 9.d5 c5 10.»e1 ºxe211.½xe2 »e8 12.g3 ºg5 13.»g2Ú.

Garcia, JavierDay, Lawrence

Elista ol (13), 1998Chigorin D02

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Komputerby Alan Tomalty

Korner

You can create a new TBG format dBor use the 440,000 game dB thatcomes with the program. If you wantto add or delete games from the440,000 game base you will have tocopy it from the CDrom to your harddrive and take off the read-onlyproperty in Explorer. After deletinggames you can optimize your dB,which will physically delete thegames and at the same time adjustheader and opening key indices.You can now search databases on a5x3 field header matrix with ÒorÓparameters. You can adjust theappearance of game headers in thegames list and you can choose toadd or delete which game headersyou want. Fischer time controls of upto 999 second increments arepossible.

There is a new 3D board, which nowincludes turn lights to tell the userwhose turn it is to move.

IM Josh Waitzkin has added more ofhis deeply annotated games and Icannot say enough about how goodthese are. They are simply the besttutorials available outside of a reallife personal coach. The chess tutorhas been completely revamped andimproved. It now has fourteensections explaining different parts ofthe game. Almost all of the tutorialshave PV moving piece board analysiswith audio, ghosted pieces andarrows explaining key piecetrajectories. Ghosted pieces are keypieces that are temporarily faded soas to point out important concepts inthe tutorial. Tutorials are presentedin logical beginner to novice orderand the final section on John NunnÕsbrain teasers will tax even the mindsMasters.

Direct access to ChessMaster Live isincorporated and the web site is nowup and running. This is based onMPlayer software that allows you totalk directly to your opponentthrough your computerÕsmicrophone.

The newly updated chess engineThe King 2.61 is presently indeedone of the strongest engines versushuman opponents, especially atlonger time controls. The previousversion, ChessMaster 5500, ispresently winning the ÒKK Kup 2Ó.The strongest suggested enginesettings now are:

Opening Book:mentor.obk

Style:Attacker/Defender -15Strength of Play 100Randomness of Play 0Book Depth 100Selective Search 10Contempt for Draw 0.0Transposition Table and DeepThinking should never be off

Positional:Material/Position 20Control of Center 90Mobility 115King Safety 160Passed Pawns 105Pawns Weakness 125

Material:Queen 10.0Rook 5.5Bishop 3.5Knight 3.3Pawn 1.1

As with all software here is a list ofthe faults:

The opening book editor isunchanged and is basically a joke.Among itÕs many faults is that you donot get a board position whileediting. It is a separate program thatcomes with ChessMaster 6000 and isnot even mentioned in the manual.One can only hope that ChessMaster7000 will improve on this. There isno way to get the Thinking Window(PVs and score evaluation) to work ifyou are in player vs player mode.

The program is a bit unstable in thatthe tutorials sometimes quit halfwaythrough, and exiting by the X-box inthe top right hand corner willsometimes cause a crash. There is noway to simply drag the boardwindow to make a larger size, thishas to be set in the Environmentmenu. Occasionally the pieces willnot adjust properly to the new boardsize. The seconds per move limit isstill a measly 999 seconds.

The program still lacks a trulyintelligent mouse whereby theprogram makes a decision on whichpiece will move if you click only onthe ÒtoÓ square. This is implementedonly at a rudimentary level. Settingup positions is unnecessarilycumbersome and lacks the basicfunctionality of many otherprograms.

ChessMaster 6000patched versionThe 7th version of the worldÕs topselling chess software for Windows95/98 has been released and finallyhas an editable database. In fact, thecompany has already released apatch at their web site, datedSeptember 28, 1998. The interfacehas a new look, replacing the darkbrown with a much more pleasinggreyish-blue background. There arenew tutorials, annotated instructivegames, and the coach window has astatistics function showing theopening score percentages. You nowcan play rated games against all ofthe programÕs personalities, whichthe program tracks in a separatedatabase. There is a new 440,000game database which allows you toimport games in PGN format, or youchoose to convert the PGN gamesinto CMG (ChessMaster) format ifthere is more than one game in thePGN file. The database screen isdivided into three areas. The toparea shows you a small board with amove list to the right. Below that isthe list of dB game headers. Yousimply double click on a game andthe top part of the screen will reflectthe game. You can choose to returnto the main screen with the currentgame and board position.

At the bottom of the database screenis an ECO-like screen showing theopening book moves which you cannavigate through via on screencontrol buttons. You can click on theKeys Stats menu which will tell youabout the number of subkeys andgames, the average ELO for eachcolor in the subkey, game results,ECO code, and opening name.


The quick entry feature does notseem to work fully. This is thefeature that allows the user to clickon the ÒfromÓ square or ÒtoÓ squarefor moving the piece. Clicking on theÒtoÓ square works but not the ÒfromÓsquare, contrary to the manual.There are no take back or moveforward buttons. The user has toeither press CTRL-T or go to one ofthe top menus. There is no infovoice in the Database Screen nor inthe Brain Teasers tutorial. There isno index in the paper manual. Thereseems to be a useless column in thedatabase headers that contain a small4x4 chessboard icon for each game.

You cannot save a game directly to aTBG database within ChessMaster6000. You have to save your gamesto PGN files and then import thosegames into the database. SinceChessMaster 6000Õs interpretation ofPGN will save variations, but will notlet you play through them on theboard, saving them is useless. Youcannot convert a CMG file to PGNformat even though you can convertthe other way. However, since onlyCMG files can contain alternate linesand evaluations, it is not possible tostore annotated games in your CMdatabases. PGN rules allow alternatelines but since CMG files cannot beimported into your ChessMaster 6000databases, you cannot get yourannotated games into them. Whenyou import PGN games into aChessMaster 6000 (TBG) database,the alternate lines show up only onthe small database board but youcannot play through those variations.If you import a PGN game into thedB, you cannot play through thevariations except for the main line.

Importing a huge number of PGNgames into a database is too slow.Exported PGN games cannot be readby external programs until they havebeen renamed so that allpunctuation is gone except for thePGN extension.

The game move lists do notrecognize transpositions nor do theyrecognize that a duplicate move hasbeen made as an alternative. I mustadmit that no chess program thatallows alternatives in the move listhas solved this, but Fritz 5 and Junior5 supply a tree view that catches alltranspositions. However,ChessMaster 6000 does not have aneditable tree. There is no Replace

Game feature and thus once a gameis in a dB you have no way ofchanging the game header infounless you save the game under anew heading and import this newPGN saved game and then delete theold game.

The PGN dialog box that shows thegame headers for imported games isnot large enough. It should expandto fit the entire screen. There is nooption in the Auto Annotate featureto do only analysis for one side.

Interestingly, some openingcommentaries have been deletedfrom the program, as in the ModernDefense for example. The replay ofthe Auto Annotate alternate PVs istoo fast.

The current user name shouldalways be presented in a drop downpick list for the name of either colorÕsopponent. Sometimes it is necessaryto type oneÕs own login name in thegame details.

If you save a game to an existingPGN file, CM6000 will overwite thefile. You cannot save game detailslike round number and player Elo.EPD files are not supported eventhough text files and FEN are.

The coach part of the manual has notbeen updated to reflect the statsfeature mentioned above. There isno drag and drop capabilityappending databases, and no picklist of previously opened databases.

None of the tutorials allow you toskip some of the material. You haveto go through each tutorial in thesequence supplied on page one.

Practice openings lines should bemuch more in-depth, too many areone movers. When inside one of thetutorials, one should always be ableto tell which one it is. You are forcedto keep pressing continue each timea page is finished in the tutorials,which gets cumbersome becausemost of the tutorials are laid out suchthat only one line or move appearson a page!

Smartboard has been dropped as aconnection and there are no otherPC board drivers available. If thesliding pieces on screen are in slowmode, they are often too slow for theaudio analysis in the replay of AutoAnnotation. The tutorials should letthe user make a choice by moving apiece on the board, rather than

clicking buttons. Piece Òdrag anddropÓ is a bit too cumbersome.Changing notation only changes it inthe Move List Window, while ThinkLines always stays in coordinatenotation. There is no search bymaterial, theme, negatives, orcombination of header and position.Searches can only be done on lastnames. There is no symbol pick listfor annotating a game yourself.

You cannot delete variations in themove list. ChessMaster 6000 will notresign. The non-standard Windowsinterface does not allow the font sizeof the menus to be changed. Themaximum move number is 513 ply.

Tutorial commentary should be infigurine notation and should be in alarger font. The program will crash inseveral places in the tutorials if auser executes a move.

Too many times Hint Commentary isjust a repeat of the actual movecommentary that shows on the nextpage. Force move often does notwork. There is no endgametablebase support. The King enginecannot checkmate with bishop andknight.

There is an extensive list of mistakesin the tutorials, including the Strategytutorial, the Seirawan tutorial, andthe Brain Teasers tutorial. It seemsthat the program was not beta testedand the patch fixed very few of thetutorial faults. However, thisprogram despite the above flaws issimply the best value for money tonon-tournament chess players.ChessMaster software has maturedconsiderably and ChessMaster 6000with its low discount price istremendous value for money. Forthis reason, ChessMaster 6000 isawarded a Komputer Korner GoldMedal for its value in features tonon-tournament players and for itsengine strength.

For tournament or correspondenceplayers the lack of thinking inplayer-player mode and itÕs pooropening book editor are serioushandicaps. For those users whosimply want to play a tremendouslystrong program for a very cheapprice, ChessMaster 6000 is the bestdeal on the market. If and whenMindscape fixes the mistakes in thetutorials, they will be awarded threemore Gold Medals for the teachingcategories.


GMF A C T O R Y

by guest authorTony Ficzere

Attack, Attack, Attack!My motto in chess is attack! It isgood to attack in chess. I donÕt wantto take the spotlight off defence, butin general you will win more gameswith an attacking style. Besides, it ismore fun! Of course I donÕt meanthat you should go out there andthrow your pieces around the boardin reckless abandon, in fact I meanthe opposite. Have purpose withyour moves, and try to be aggressive.You may not always win (whodoes?) but you will develop yourstyle towards attack, and you mayeven become a feared player.

The best way I can demonstrate thisis with some of my own games. I amnot a chess master. At best I am agood ÒAÓ class player. In the firstgame I play an aggressive openingagainst a player who was higherrated than me by perhaps 100 points.Remember, a rating is only anumber, and you should not letratings influence your game toomuch. I usually donÕt look at ratingswhen playing a game. I save that forafter the game. Of course you willknow the strength of your opponentin many games, but often inweekend swiss tournaments, youwill face a new player who you donot know.

I have placed diagrams about every 5moves or so. I suggest you try toplay without the aid of set andpieces. This is good practice as it willsharpen your ability to visualise atthe board.

Notes by

Tony Ficzere

Ficzere, TonyKobes, James

Burlington Open, 1996Dutch A84

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.e4

In exchange for the e-pawn, I get tobring my pieces out quickly on openlines. Quick development, and openlines are necessary weapons for theattacking player.

3Öfxe4

Black gets the e-pawn, and aftercastling his rook will be on the openf-file. It can be dangerous to sacrificea center pawn. White must playaggressively.

4.»c3 »f6 5.ºg5 ºb4

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Black intends on keeping the pawnby placing a pin on the knight thatattacks it.

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10.»e4!

When I castled, I broke the pinbetween my king and myopponentÕs bishop. Now my knightis able to move to a more aggressivesquare. On e4, the knight attacks theBlack »/f6 for a second time.Currently the Black knight is pinnedto the queen. Black can survive thisminor invasion, but at the cost ofweakening his position. I could haverecaptured the pawn-d4 but thoughtit was too passive, and might allowmy opponent the chance to steal theinitiative with moves like 10Öºc5followed by 11Ö½b6. Being anattacking player, I like to keep theinitiative.

10Ö»c6 11.»xf6+ gxf6 12.ºh6¼f7

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Black seems to have weathered thestorm, in fact he is up two pawns(ones I have sacrificed). On thenegative side, the Black king is opento attack as the g-file is now open,and the White pieces have greatermobility than the Black ones. Youmust be careful when you sacrificematerial because if your attack fails,you will be at a greater risk of losingsince you will be down material. Ageneral rule of thumb when you areup material is to exchange offmaterial so that your advantage canbe realised. That way, when all theexchanging is done, you are left withyour extra material. If you couldimagine the position now with all


the pieces off, and just the kings andpawns, Black would probably bewinning as his two extra pawnswould give him a better chance tocreate a queen. Remember thoughthat this is a general rule, and youcanÕt apply this to every position in agame of chess. Otherwise, chesswould be a much simpler game andnot nearly as interesting!

13.»g5!

A bold move! I must keep up theattack here. If I start to play passivelynow, I will lose. Black canÕt take theknight here because of the followingvariations; 13Öfxg5 14.¼xf7 ¾xf715.½h5+ ¾g8 16.ºxg5 ºe7 (if16Ö»e7, then 17.½xh7+ ¾f818.½h8+) 17.ºxh7+ ¾h8 18.ºg6+¾g8 19.½h7+ ¾f8 20.½f7#.

13Öºf8 14.»xf7 ¾xf7

Now I have won the exchange. IcanÕt get too excited yet as myopponent still has the two pawnsthat I sacrificed early. From amaterial point of view, the game isabout equal. However, from apositional one, White is in favor ashe has the attack! Watch whathappens now when the queen entersthe game.

15.½h5+ ¾e7

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16.¼xf6!

Of course Black canÕt take the rookwith his king because of 17.ºg5+winning the queen.

16Öºxh6 17.¼f7+!

I donÕt have to take the bishop rightaway, preferring this check tocontinue my attack. You must not acttoo quickly when playing. I learneda long time ago that it is good to siton your hands, donÕt make the firstmove that pops into your head! Icould have taken the bishop herefirst, and still had a better game, butthe text move is more aggressive.

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18.c5+

The idea here was that after the kingmoves to c7, when I recapture thebishop on h6 I now have anotherthreat, namely 20.½xe6 takingadvantage of the pinned pawn ond7. Note that if the Black knight wasgone, mate would soon follow with½e5 and ½d6#.

18Ö¾c7 19.½xh6 b6

Black must do something to get thisbishop out and into the fight. It isalmost as if Black is playing twopieces down as both his rook andbishop arenÕt developed. White hasonly to bring the queen rook intobattle.

20.½xe6 bxc5

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21.ºe4!

A simple idea. I am up material now,so why not exchange pieces. I amalso eliminating another defender.

21Öºb7 22.ºxc6 ºxc6 23.½e5+¾b6

I think 23Ö¾b7 is safer. Now I get tothrow another punch.

24.b4!

Attack, Attack, Attack! If Black takesthe pawn with 24Öcxb4, then thequeen captures on d4 with check,and the attack continues. I can alsoopen the b-file for my remainingrook so that it may join in the attackif necessary.

24Ö½h4

Finally, the Black queen joins in thefight, but it is too late. Black has runout of good moves by this time.

25.½xc5+ ¾b7 26.b5!

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Another piece must drop, or Blackgets mated. Black resigns.

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This game was instructive from anattacking point of view, as Blackmissed several opportunities todefend in a psychologically difficultposition. It pays to look ahead in agame, because you can often setlittle traps for your opponent. In thenext game, my opponent thinks he iswinning a pawn only to discover thathe is losing his king! Once again, Iattacked right from the beginning. Ofcourse this does not automaticallywin the game, but my opponentbecame unnerved and was not ableto come up with the right defence. Achess game involves much morethan playing moves. After all, youare playing another person!

Notes by

Tony Ficzere

Ficzere, TonyErickson, John

Brantford Chess Club, 1996Sicilian: Smith Morra B21

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc34.ºc4 cxb2 5.ºxb2

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LetÕs take a good look at thisposition. White has sacrificed twopawns. What has he got in return?Both bishops occupy open linesacross the center of the board. The c-file is fully open, and the d-file is halfopen. WhiteÕs queen has threeavenues from which to join in thegame. White is only two moves fromcastling, while Black has notdeveloped a single piece. Thequestion at this point is: ÒDoesWhiteÕs lead in development justifythe sacrifice of two pawns?Ó

5Öe6 6.»f3 »f6 7.»bd2 ºc58.O-O »c6

Better here is simply 8Öd6 and thenasty hole is occupied, at the sametime giving some scope to thebishop on c8. WhiteÕs plan is to finda way to take advantage of the holeon d6.

9.e5

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Attack! Pushing the »/f6 and freeingup e4 for my knight. A drawback isthat it temporarily blocks thediagonal for my Black squaredbishop.

9Ö»g4

9Ö»d5 might have been a better try.True, I could then exchange theknight for my bishop and double theBlack pawns on the d-file. The d-pawns would then become targets.In return, Black would eliminate oneof my attacking pieces. If you are upmaterial, while under attack, acommon theme is to Òsac backÓ yourextra material to defend. It is alsogood to get rid of your opponentÕsattacking pieces. Doing this reducesthe attackerÕs chances. By the sametoken, the attacker will work toeliminate his or her opponentÕsdefending pieces, in turn making theattacking pieces more ferocious.

10.»e4 ½b6?

Black seems to think he has anattack going on f2. This is a bad plan

because as long as my knightoccupies e4, the f2 square will bedefended adequately. There is noeasy way to dislodge this knightthanks to the pawn on e5. A betterplan would have been to play thebishop to e7 where it could helpdefend vital squares. The text movejust gives White a target.

11.¼b1

The natural move. Black must movehis queen.

11Ö½a5

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12.h3!

And this is where my devious planbegins. Where will Black place theknight? Will he take the pawn? Whatwould happen if he doesnÕt? I ask alot of questions!

12Ö»gxe5

Better might have been placing theknight on h6 where it could haveeventually gone to f5 at the righttime. I can see what Black wasthinking here. He thought that afterall the exchanges on e5 that hewould also pick up the pawn on f2giving him 4 pawns for the piece. Letus see what happens then.

13.»xe5 »xe5 14.ºxe5

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14Öºxf2+?

And here it is. It appears that Blackwins yet another pawn with thismove. A closer look at the positionand you will see more.The problem

is that by taking the f-pawn, Blackhas given White a half open f-file.After Black recaptures the bishop one5 with his queen, he is subject to anattack on f7 by the White knight androok. The »/e4 radiates tremendouspower! Black has a difficult positionhere. If instead he had castled, therefollows 14ÖO-O 15.»f6+ ¾h8 (if15Ögxf6, then mate follows after thequeen check) 16.½h5 h6 17.»xd7 f6.Had Black tried to push the º off e5with 14Öf6, then 15.½h5+ g616.»xf6+ ¾e7 17.½g5. Black shouldhave tried 14Öºf8 where he wouldhave had 3 pawns for the piece. Itwould be hard to say what mighthave happened then. One thing forsure, the game would not haveended so violently.

15.¼xf2 »xe5 16.»d6+ ¾e7

No better was 16Ö¾f8 17.»xf7 ½c518.»xh8+ ¾g8 19.½f3 h6 20.½f7+¾xh8 21.½f8+ ½xf8 22.¼xf8+ ¾h723.ºd3+ g6 24.¼f7+ ¾g8 25.ºxg6.

17.¼xf7+ ¾d8

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White wins the queen.

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21.¼xb7! Ø.


No doubt there were many mistakesby my opponents. Could it havebeen because I played aggressive?

You wonÕt always end up getting thepoint. Sometimes you will fall on therocks and make the biggest mistakean attacker can make. You mightoverextend yourself, and find thatyou have nothing left, but a lostgame. Overextending is another wayof saying you played out your attack.

Quiz Positionswith Philip Jurgens

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4. White wins.V. and M. Platov 1909

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5. Black wins.Vaganian-Planinc

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6. White wins.Planinc-Gerenski

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8. White wins.Planinc-Marangunic

ÒThe game gives us a satisfaction thatlife denies us. And for the chessplayer, the success which crowns hiswork, the great dispeller of sorrows,is named combination.Ó

Emanuel Lasker

Quiz Solutions are on the next page.

What is left behind is a mop upoperation for your opponent. He orshe happily pick up the weakpawns, or attacks the king you leftundefended.

Attacking play works. The greatMikhail Tal was one of my favouriteplayers. He used to play some of themost frightening attacks, withsacrifices ruling the day. It wasnÕtuntil after the game that mistakes

were found in his play. He didnÕt justsac randomly. He would usually pickthe most complicated sacrificialvariation in his games, making hisopponents uncomfortable andnervous. Under such circumstances itis very difficult to find the correctcontinuation. Like Tal, I say ÒYoucan have the post-mortem, and IÕlltake the full point!Ó

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1. White wins.Moravec 1949

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2. White wins.Grigoriev 1931

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3. White wins.M.S. Liburkin 1931


Studies1. J. Moravec, Svobodn Slovo, 19491.¾e7 (the hasty 1.¼b8? ¼d7+ letsBlack off the hook) 1Ö¼a8 (1Ö¼h8/g8? 2.¼b8!«) 2.¾d7 ¼f8 (2Ö¾xa7is fatal after 3.¾c7 while 2Ö¼xa7+ isthe main line) 3.¼f2! (stops Ö¼f7+)3Ö¼a8 (3Ö¼h8/g8 4.¾c7 ¼a85.¼a2+ ¾b5 6.¾b7«) 4.¾c7¼xa7+ 5.¾c6 ¾a5 6.¼a2+ and thedual threats of promotion and mateoverwhelm the Black forces.

2. N.D. Grigoriev, 1931The direct attack on BlackÕs pawnsleads to 1.¾f7? g5 2.¾g7 ¾b3 3.¾xh7¾c4 4.¾g6 g4 5.¾f5 ¾d5 6.¾xg4¾e6 7.¾g5 ¾f7 and an automaticdraw. White must capture the pawnsunder more favorable circumstances.1.h4! (the pawn rockets towards theeighth rank and prevents animmediate Ög5) 1Öh5 (if 1Öh6 2.h5¾b3 3.¾f7 or 1Ö¾b3 2.¾f7 ¾c43.¾xg7 h5 4.¾g6 ¾d5 5.¾xh5 ¾e66.¾g6 ¾e7 7.¾g7«) 2.¾f8! (thepoint of taking the dark square pathto the pawn rather than is to keepthe a2Ðg8 diagonal open so that after2Ög5 and 3.hxg5 WhiteÕs pawnqueens with check) 2Ög6 3.¾e7!(here too 3.¾f7/g7 g5 4.hxg5 h4leads to a draw) 3Ög5 (or 3Ö¾b34.¾f6«) 4.hxg5 h4 5.g6 h3 6.g7h2 7.g8½+ ¾a3 8.½g2«. Thepractical player learns to notice andcapitalize on such geometricopportunities.

3. M.S. Liburkin, First Prize 64, 1930The battle centers around c6.1.¼c7+ ¾b8 (leads to the win of thec-pawn. After 1Ö¾a8 2.¾d4 wins)2.¼b7+ ¾a8 3.ºe8! (discovers anattack on the knight) 3Ö»xc64.¼xb6 (White threatens ºxc6 and¼a6+. 4Ö¾a7 fails to 5.¼b1 and6.¼a1) 4Ö»b4! (an ingeniousresource that attacks the offensivebishop, guards against 5.¼a6+ andthreatens Ö»d5+) 5.ºf7! (after5.¼xb4? ºxe8 Black secures a drawwith precise play) 5Öºe8! (thepoint of this energetic diversion isthat if WhiteÕs bishop retreats, Blacksolves his problems by Ö»c6)6.¾xb4 ºxf7 7.¼h6! (Whitethreatens ¼h8+ and ¼h7) 7Öºd58.¾c5! (WhiteÕs king moves up withtempo. BlackÕs drawing chances are

real if BlackÕs king can escape fromthe corner) 8Öºg2 (the diagonal a2-g8 is mined, and 8Öºb7 is met by9.¾b6 ¾b8 10.¼h8+) 9.¾b6«. Thefirst six moves feature some fine cutand thrust play, followed by a briefepisode of domination and mate.

4. V. & M. Platov, First Prize RigaerTageblatt, 19091.ºf6 d4 2.»e2! a1½ 3.»c1!!(indirectly protects the knight andthreatens 4.ºg5#. 3.ºxd4+ ½xd44.»xd4 ¾xd4 5.¾f4 ¾xd3 6.¾g5 ¾e47.¾h6 ¾f5 8.¾xh7 ¾f6! only draws)3Ö½a5 (after 3Öh6 4.ºe5 mate canonly be averted by 4Ö½xc1 5.ºf4+or 4Ö¾d2 5.»b3+) 4.ºxd4+!¾xd4/d2 5.»b3+ and wins. Classiccooperation between bishop andknight.

Planinc CombinationsTurn back the calendar almost thirtyyears to June 1969. In Ljubljana, theFirst Vidmar Memorial was beingcontested by ten Grandmasters andthree International Masters includingGligoric, Unzicker, Matanovic, andGheorghiu. Also playing was anamateur Master named Albin Planinc,a turner by trade who worked in thelocal bicycle factory. He shunned thefascination of his contemporaryYugoslav Masters with chessinformation systems such as theChess Informants. He was a highlyoriginal and romantic player whopreferred his old books andconsidered it his sacred duty not toplay what others played.

The Yugoslav public were thrilled towitness their local favourite boldlyand successfully challenging the IMswith sharp and unconventionalideas. Four rounds before thetournamentÕs end, Planinc hadsecured the IM title, but his eyeswere fixed on higher aspirations. Heplayed every game to win. His lastround victory gave him first prizeand caused a sensation in the chessworld. An untitled player hadoutstripped ten grandmasters!

Difficult situations and opponentsinspired him to play brilliant chess.Yet he was also capable of losingone game after another to virtually

unknown players. His unorthodoxapproach to chess yielded extremelyuneven results.

5. Vaganian Ð Planinc, Hastings1974/5Planinc unveils a standard rooksacrifice to divert the enemy queenwhile guarding his knight andstopping ºd3+. 1Öºf5! 2.½xa8½d6+ 3.¾c1 (after 3.¾c3 Black has3Ö½xd1 4.ºc4! »e1! 5.¼xe1! ½xe1+with a winning endgame. Vaganianlikely missed BlackÕs next shot)3Ö»a1!! 4.½xb7 (4.b4? »b3+5.¾b2 ½d2+ 6.¾xb3 ½c2#)4Ö½c7+! Ù.

6. Planinc Ð Gerenski, Varna 1970Can White capitalize on his lead indevelopment? 1.»c7+! (a startlingsacrifice to open lines of attack)1Ö½xc7 (1Ö¾e7 2.¼e5+ ½xe53.½d7+) 2.¼xc5! (a move thateliminates a defender, opens the h3-c8 diagonal, and deflects BlackÕsqueen) 2Ö½e7 (2Ö½xc5 3.½d7+ ¾f84.¼f1+ ¾g8 5.½f7#) 3.¼e5! ½xe54.½d7+ Ø. Planinc cleverlycombines mate threats with theexploitation of BlackÕs overloadedqueen.

7. Ljubojevic Ð Planinc, Vrsac 1971BlackÕs rooks and bishops all applypressure against the enemy kingÕsfortress. 1Öºxf3 2.¼xf3 (2.gxf3?allows 2Ö¼d2! followed by Ö¼gg2)2Ö¼d1+ 3.¾h2 ºg1+ 4.¾h1 ¼g7!(a crucial gain of tempo, the rook isuntouchable) 5.½h8+ (5.½c2 ¼gd7leaves White paralyzed) 5Ö¾b76.¼d3 (6.g4 ¼xg4!? Ljubojevic)6Ö¼e1! 7.g3 ºd4+! 8.¾h2 (8.¾g2?¼xg3+) 8Ö¼ge7! Ù. White has noanswer to 9Öºxh8 and 9Ö¼7e2+.

8. Planinc Ð Marangunic, NoviTravnik 1969White cracks open the g- and h-fileswith 1.½xg6! hxg6 2.¼xg6 »h6(2Ö¾h7? is ghastly because of 3.exf5followed by ¼xh5) 3.¼xh5 ¼f74.¼gxh6+ ¾g7 5.¼h7+ ¾g8 (otherking moves lose more quickly; e.g.5Ö¾f6 6.¼5h6+ ¾g5 7.f4+ ¾xf48.¼xf7; or 5Ö¾g6 6.exf5+ ¼xf57.ºd3 e6 8.dxe6 ¾f6 9.ºxf5)6.¼h8+ ¾g7 7.¼5h7+ ¾g68.exf5+ ¼xf5 9.¼xd8 ¼xd810.ºd3 ¾xh7 11.ºxf5+ ¾g712.»xb5 ¾f6 13.ºg4«.

Quiz Solutionswith Philip Jurgens


Apprentice�sWorkshop

with IM Deen Hergott

The Top 10Part IIJust in time for the holidays, theremaining picks for my ÒTop TenÓlist Ð unhappy buyers shouldforward their vitriol [email protected], as I suspect theBusiness Office will have their handsfull for the next few weeks! And,naturally, if one of my choicescauses your rating to jump severalhundred points, donÕt hesitate todrop me a message of thanks.

Seriously, even though not everyonehas the same taste, all of the bookson my list are excellent examples ofwhat the market has to offer thediscerning buyer. I hope that thereader derives as much pleasurefrom their chess library as I have,and my personal best wishes for theholidays to all!

All punctuation and comments aremine, unless otherwise credited.

6. The Test of Time, GarryKasparov, Pergamon Press

Again, a game collection from one ofa handful of World Champions.KasparovÕs match books on hisvarious KÐK encounters are alsosensational, but this collection, hisfirst big publication, holds a specialplace in my library. Covering theperiod 1978Ð1984, from his firstGrandmaster encounter to hisCandidateÕs Match win over VassilySmyslov, Kasparov writes withcandor and passion, and brings tolife his early career on the road tothe World Championship.

I first saw Kasparov at the WorldStudent Team Championship inGraz, Austria in 1981 Ñ he was onlyeighteen years old. This was still fouryears before he reached the summitin his quest for the World

Championship, but he was alreadyphenomenally strong, and scored astaggering 9/10 on board one. TheCanadians actually faced the USSR inthis event, and Robert Morrison, ourboard one, who was playing quiterespectably throughout, wasmercilessly dispatched in hisencounter with Kasparov Ñ alongwith nearly everyone else!

I managed the only half-point for theteam in a nervous, short draw withGM Alexander Kochiev Ñ nervousbecause my experience vs. GMs wasrather limited at this early point inmy playing career, and I had notfared so well in the tournament,scoring 2.5/8 on board five.

KasparovÕs win over fellow GM,Jaime Sunye Neto of Brazil, was oneof the most fantastic games I haveever witnessed, and his notes seemto indicate that he derived greatcreative satisfaction from it as well.As he quotes in the introduction, ÒAcollection of annotated gamesusually expresses a playerÕs creativebeliefs.Ó This game, and its notes, arebut a single window of insight into,without doubt, one of the greatestchess minds of the 20th century:

Notes by

Deen Hergott

Sunye Neto, JaimeKasparov, Gary

Graz Wch tt student, 1981Tarrasch Defence D32

1.»f3 »f6 2.c4 c5 3.»c3 e6 4.e3»c6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.ºb5ºd6 8.dxc5 ºxc5 9.0-0 0-010.b3 ºg4 11.ºb2 ¼c8 12.¼c1ºd6 13.ºe2 ºb8 14.»b5 »e415.»bd4 ¼e8 16.h3 ºxf317.»xf3 ½d6 18.½d3 »g519.¼fd1 ¼cd8 20.¾f1 »e4 21.a3

a6 22.½c2 ºa7 23.ºd3 ½e724.¼e1 ¼d6 25.b4 ¼e6 26.b5axb5 27.ºxb5 h6 28.¼cd1 ¼d829.½b3 ½d6 30.a4 ºc5 31.¼e2b6 32.¾g1 »e7 33.»d4 ¼g634.ºd3 ½d7

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Fast forward to BlackÕs 34th move,where White must begin to defendagainst direct threats to his king.

Kasparov himself indicates that with35.f3! »g3 36.ºxg6 »xe2+ 37.»xe2»xg6 White can maintain roughequality. But Sunye wants to avoidthe slightest weakness of his kingÕspawnshelter, allowing Black to stepup the pressure. The followingpunctuation and comments areKasparovÕs:

35.¾h1?! »f5! 36.ºxe4?

ÒÖ a serious mistake, after whichBlackÕs advantage becomesappreciable. It was essential toeliminate the Black cavalry by36.»xf5 ½xf5 37.ºxe4 ½xe4 38.f3when Black has only a minimaladvantage.Ó

36Ödxe4 37.¼ed2 »h4! 38.»e6

ÒÖ in the event of the prepared38.»f3 an unpleasant surpriseawaited him in 38Öexf3! 39.¼xd7fxg2+ 40.¾g1 »f3#!Ó

This is the first of many exquisitemating patterns hidden in theintricate variations of KasparovÕsattack.

38Ö½xd2 39.¼xd2 ¼xd2 40.»f4¼g5 41.¾g1

ÒHere I had to seal my move, and theunexpectedness of it served as anoverture of the most beautifulcombination that I have ever createdon the chessboard.Ó

41Ö»f3+! 42.¾f1

The dear reader can refer to the finaldiagram to see what happens after42.¾h1.


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ÒThe acceptance of the sacrifice isforced Ö 43.»e2 »h2+ 44.¾e1 ¼xg245.½xe3 »f3+ 46.¾f1 ¼g1+!! 47.»xg1¼d1+.Ó

43Ö¼dxg2! 44.½c3! ¼h2 45.»e2¾h7! 46.½c8?!

Sunye Neto prevents the threat of46Ö¼gg2 but overlooks somethingelse. Best was 46.½b4! even thoughKasparov claims a win in this case aswell with 46Öf5! 47.½b5 f4! 48.½b4»d2+ 49.½xd2 ¼h1+ 50.¾f2 f3!when the f-pawn finally has its way.

46Ö¼h1+ 47.¾f2 »d2!

ÒAfter 48.»g3 ¼h2+ 49.¾e1 »f3+50.¾f1 ¼xb2 it is pointless to playon.Ó

Ù.

Spectacular chess, but some of theunplayed lines are equallyincredible. If White had chosen42.¾h1 instead of the gamecontinuation, Kasparov hadsomething even more stunningprepared: Again Black begins with42Öºxe3!! 43.fxe3 ¼dxg2!! 44.»xg2and now the quiet 44Ö¼g3! whenWhite is defenceless despite being afull queen ahead!

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A picture is worth a thousand words;I certainly have nothing to add.

7. Modern Chess Strategy, LudekPachman, Dover.

Despite being written in descriptive(a.k.a. dinosaur) notation, thismiddlegame work remains one ofmy early favorites, and my dog-earedcopy is testament to many re-readings. In fact, the copy I nowown is a second one, the first havingbeen lost when a friend I loaned it toaccidentally dropped it into afireplace Ñ or so the story goes!

I enjoyed this work for manyreasons: Its portability as a singlevolume, very practical on trips toout-of-town events, the breakdownof material into logical andaccessible topics, the dozens ofexamples from actual play with fulland partial gamescores, and lucidcommentary by GM Pachman; andput simply, its readability. Euwe andKramerÕs two volume work, TheMiddle Game, is a close second forthis genre of book. Both areexcellent, largely for the reasons Ihave outlined above, whereas abook like My System, which isbrilliant in its own right, is muchmore difficult for many because of itsarchaic and unusual language. Chesscan be hard work, so I donÕt advisethe reader to ignore a book becauseof its difficulty Ñ but PachmanÕsbook may prove a more relaxedintroduction to the same generaltopic.

A good example of PachmanÕschoice and breakdown of material ishis section on the minority attack.After a general discussion of thetopic, in which he astutely points outthat this particular strategic device isnot limited to only the QueenÕsGambit (the Caro-Kann, for example,also shares the relevant pawnstructure), he discusses three specificpoints of interest: A) Struggle forControl of c4, B) The Advance Öb7-b5 by Black, and C) The Change inPawn Formation.

A quick look at point B):

Notes by

Deen Hergott

Pachman, LudekAverbakh, Yury

Saltsjobaden, 1952Queen's Gambit D38

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.»f3 »f6 4.ºg5ºb4+ 5.»c3 h6 6.ºxf6 ½xf67.cxd5 exd5 8.¼c1 0-0 9.a3

ºxc3+ 10.¼xc3 c6 11.e3 ¼e812.ºe2 a5! 13.0-0 ºg4 14.b4axb4 15.axb4 »d7 16.½b3

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16Öb5!

ÒThe right moment for this advance;with this move Black equalizes.Ó

17.¼fc1 ¼e6 18.½b2 ºxf3!19.ºxf3 »b6 20.¼a3 ¼ee821.¼xa8 ¼xa8 22.¼a1 ½d8 23.h3Ú.

Notes by

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FilipJezek

Marianske Lazne, 1951Queen�s Gambit D36

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 »f6 4.cxd5exd5 5.ºg5 ºe7 6.e3 c6 7.½c2»bd7 8.ºd3 »f8 9.»f3 »e610.ºxf6 ºxf6 11.0-0 g6 12.b4 0-0 13.»a4 a6 14.»c5 ½e7 15.¼ab1»g7 16.a4

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16Öb5

ÒBlackÕs plan to control c4 and takehis knight there is in itselfstrategically quite sound.Unfortunately it falls throughtacticallyÖÓ

17.»d2 »f5 18.»2b3 »d619.¼a1 ºd7 20.¼a2 »c4 21.¼fa1¼ab8 22.axb5 axb5 23.¼a7 ¼fd824.¼1a6


ÒThe penetration of the White rookscompletely cripples BlackÕsposition.Ó

24Ö½e8 25.¼c7 ºe7 26.¼6a7ºxc5 27.»xc5 »b6 28.»xd7¼xd7 29.¼xd7 »xd7 30.½xc6»b6 31.½xe8+ ¼xe8 32.¼b7 »c433.¼xb5

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ÒBlack is now quite lost; the game,however, dragged on for anothertwenty moves.Ó

With these two examples asillustration, Pachman then proceedsto discuss the advance Öb7-b5 interms of appropriate conditions andrequirements. To play Öb5successfully, the following pointsshould be considered:

Ò1) Black must have the possibility ofactively defending the weak pawnon c6.

2) He must be in a position tooccupy the open a-file, or at leastneutralize WhiteÕs pressure there.

3) He must have prospects of aspeedy occupation of c4 with hisknight, or in exceptional cases, hisbishop.Ó

In the light of these comments, wecan see why Black succeeded in thefirst example and failed in thesecond.

Some complaints will be directedagainst the datedness of PachmanÕsmaterial, which was published in1963, and his didactic approach. Aswith all books, I feel it is necessaryto attempt to view the materialpresented objectively and withoutbias Ñ if you disagree with some ofthe material presented, so be it. Afterall, it is only there to provide youwith some basic knowledge as wellas some guidelines on how tostructure your thoughts on chess.The game has not intrinsicallychanged since the 1960Õs, but forthose who firmly believe that currenttheory must be better, it would not

hurt to create a survey of recentgames and compare your findingswith PachmanÕs of 30-odd years ago.Too lazy? Then, donÕt complainÖ

8. RetiÕs Best Games of Chess,Richard Reti and HarryGolombek, Dover.

Arguably, this games collection willbe one whose inclusion many willquestion. In my defense, all I can sayis that this list is a personal one, andthose who have followed my chessdevelopment over the years willhave noticed a fondness for RetiÕsOpening 1.»f3. Reti himself was theauthor of some great books, ModernIdeas in Chess and Masters of theChessboard, which made the firstpart of this article, so it only followsthat I would investigate his games.This book, and a subsequent studyof Flank Openings, a superblyresearched opening monograph of1.»f3 and associated systems byBritish GM Raymond Keene, led to alifelong respect and interest in thisopening scheme.

RetiÕs life was sadly and tragically cutshort by scarlet fever at the age offorty, but in his 20-year playingcareer, he played more games thansome of his contemporaries did intheir entire lives. Rightfullyconsidered a pioneer of many ideasin the Hypermodern School of chess,Reti not only established 1.»f3 as alegitimate opening, but used it inmany important games, and refinedits ideas so well that it became afearsome weapon in his handsagainst the very best players of theday.

One of his most artistic wins, and agame which I have never ceased tofind beautiful for its simplicity andartistry, is his celebrated victoryagainst Efim Bogoljubow from theNew York tournament of 1924:

Notes by

Deen Hergott

Reti, RichardBogoljubow, Efim

New York, 1924Reti Opening E01

1.»f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 »f6 4.ºg2ºd6 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 ¼e8 7.ºb2»bd7 8.d4 c6 9.»bd2 »e410.»xe4 dxe4 11.»e5 f5 12.f3

exf3 13.ºxf3 ½c7 14.»xd7ºxd7 15.e4

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Despite initial development on theflanks, White has an obvious centralsuperiority in the diagram. Blackmust play for 15Öe5 or Öc5 tochallenge White, but Reti showsWhiteÕs position to be advantageousin any case. Still, it is surprising howquickly BlackÕs game becomescritical.

15Öe5 16.c5 ºf8 17.½c2 exd418.exf5 ¼ad8 19.ºh5 ¼e520.ºxd4 ¼xf5 21.¼xf5 ºxf522.½xf5 ¼xd4 23.¼f1 ¼d8

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The first time I saw this combinationI was floored by its elegance. It isnot difficult to imagine overlooking itunder the pressure of tournamentplay conditions.

24.ºf7+ ¾h8 25.ºe8!! Ø.

9. Endgame Strategy, MikhailShereshevsky, Pergamon Press.

I have always enjoyed the endgamein chess, and fortunately there havebeen many excellent bookspublished on the subject. Naturally,there has been much attentionplaced on pure research into theendgame, and some fantasticreference books have appeared overthe years, some of these by suchgreats as Yuri Averbakh and VassilySmyslov. But these are hardlydigestible for the average humanbeing.


Recently, there have been a numberof instructional and highly readablebooks published on the endgame:several titles by English GM JonathanSpeelman, Exploring the Endgameby Peter Griffiths, and a recentvolume by prolific American authorGM Andy Soltis. The authorsÕ wish, Iimagine, was to make a largelyignored part of the game moreaccessible and enjoyable.

ShereshevskyÕs book more closelyfits the bill of an instructional,practical reference than a theoreticalwork. In ShereshevskyÕs own words,it is Òan attempt to study andsystematize certain basic practicalprinciples of the playing of chessendings.Ó As a well-known trainer,and one of ByelorussiaÕs strongestplayers, Shereshevsky has developeda system of endgame study, andWestern readers have been given arare and valuable opportunity tolearn from it and improve theirtechnique.

The contents of the book have beenbroken down into chapters, many ofwhich attempt to illustrate a keyendgame concept through completegames and game fragments. Some ofthese, Òdo not hurryÓ or Òtheprinciple of two weaknessesÓ, forexample, are so descriptive and sowell illustrated, that I regularly try toincorporate them into my thinkingduring my chess games.

In his chapter on Òthe two bishopsÓ,Shereshevsky begins by explaininghow the presence of two bishopsversus two other minor pieces oftenconfers a decisive advantage on theholder of the bishop pair in theendgame. Their long range canprove extremely useful in supportingkey pawn advances on the flanks,and using the abovementionedprinciple of Òthe two weaknessesÓ,there is often a decisivebreakthrough on one of the wings.

He concludes the chapter byshowing the connection betweencertain opening systems and theirassociated endgames. In particular,he discusses a line of the KingÕsIndian Defense which was popularat the end of the 1970Õs, namely theAverbakh Variation.

In the following two games, firstnote the similarity of the endgames,and secondly, how Black took the

lessons learned from a loss and usedthem to produce a later success:

Notes by

Deen Hergott

Polugaevsky, LevUhlmann, Wolfgang

Amsterdam, 1970King's Indian: Averbakh E75

1.c4 »f6 2.»c3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4ºg7 5.ºe2 0-0 6.ºg5 c5 7.d5 e68.½d2 exd5 9.exd5 ¼e8 10.»f3ºg4 11.0-0 »bd7 12.h3 ºxf313.ºxf3 a6 14.a4 ½e7 15.¼ae1½f8 16.ºd1 ¼xe1 17.¼xe1 ¼e818.¼xe8 ½xe8 19.ºc2 »b6 20.b3»bd7 21.ºf4 ½e7 22.½e2 ¾f823.½xe7+ ¾xe7

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24.a5!

ÒÖthe envelopment of theopponentÕs position begins from thewings. Were Black himself tosucceed in playing Öa5, WhiteÕswinning chances would be sharplyreduced.Ó

24Öh5 25.ºd2 »e8 26.g3 ºd427.¾g2 »g7 28.f4 »f5 29.»d1»h6 30.¾f3 f5 31.ºd3 ¾d832.»e3 ¾e7 33.»c2 ºb2 34.¾e3»f6 35.»e1

ÒBlack is deprived of the slightestcounterplay, and Polugaevskyskillfully combines the strengtheningof his position with action accordingto the principle Ôdo not hurryÕÓ.

35Öºd4+ 36.¾f3 ºb2 37.»g2»d7 38.»h4 ¾f6 39.¾e3 »f740.ºc2 ºa1 41.¾e2 ºb2 42.ºe1ºa1 43.g4!

ÒThe bishops break free, smashingall obstacles in their path.Ó

43Öhxg4 44.hxg4 fxg4 45.»xg6¾g7 46.»h4 ¾f8 47.ºf5 »f648.ºc8 »d8 49.»f5 »h5 50.ºd2ºd4 51.»xd4 Ø.

A model game by Polugaevsky, andone which was to serve Uhlmannvery well during the next few years,but from the White side of thevariation!

Notes by

Deen Hergott

Uhlmann, WolfgangAndersson, Ulf

Skopje ol, 1972King's Indian: Averbakh E74

1.c4 g6 2.d4 ºg7 3.»c3 d6 4.e4»f6 5.ºe2 0-0 6.ºg5 c5 7.d5 h68.ºf4 ½a5 9.ºd2 e6 10.»f3 exd511.exd5 a6 12.a4 ½c7 13.0-0 ºg414.a5 »bd7 15.h3 ºxf3 16.ºxf3¼fe8 17.½a4 »e5 18.ºe2 ¼e719.¼fe1 ¼ae8 20.ºf1 ¾h721.¼e2 »ed7 22.¼ae1 ¼xe223.¼xe2 ¼xe2 24.ºxe2 »e825.ºd1 ºe5 26.ºc2 ½d8 27.½a1½e7 28.½e1 »df6 29.¾f1 »g830.b3 ¾g7 31.f4 ºf6 32.½xe7ºxe7

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Compare this diagram with that inthe previous game. The lesson hadbeen learned, and Uhlmann winsvery quickly, this time with a strongpawn breakthrough on thequeenside.

33.b4! cxb4 34.»a4 »gf635.»b6! ºd8?

As the author points out, it wasessential to ensure a strongpoint onc5 for BlackÕs knight with 35Öb3!36.ºxb3 »e4 though White is stillbetter.

36.ºxb4 ºxb6 37.axb6 ¾f838.c5!!

Very nice. The bishops will havetheir say.

38Ö»d7 39.c6! bxc6 40.b7! cxd541.ºa4 »b8 42.ºxe8 ¾xe843.ºxd6 Ø.


10. ZOOM 001: Zero Hour forOperative Opening Models, BentLarsen and Steffen Zeuthen,Dansk Skakforlag/Skakhuset.

WhatÕs this, an opening book? Well,yes, but a rather unusual one, as onemight gather from the title!

A subtitle for the book on the flyleafsums up the co-authorÕs intentadmirably: Òa minimax system Ñminimum of book knowledge,maximum of understanding; apowerful way of thinking chess Ñpattern recognitionÓ. Ironically, thesevery notions embody my ownphilosophy when it comes toopening study in chess Ñ hey,maybe thatÕs why I like this book somuch!

What exactly is ZOOM 001? It ismany things, as the authors attemptto explain, but here are a few teasersat an exact definition, taken from thepreface:

ÒZOOM 001:

1) is a study of twenty modernGrandmastersÕ utilization of theGr�nfeld Indian Structure in theperiod 1966Ð1978Ö

2) is a masterfile for thinkingÖ

3) is pattern recognitionÖ

4) is a new way of thinking chessÖ

5) provides the key Ñ a key to theconstruction of an ÒopeningÓrepertoire which is all-round, viable,and excitingÖ

6) deals with all the phases of thegame Ñ opening, middlegame, andendgame.Ó

ZOOM 001 contains 451 games fromthe period mentioned above, andincluding games from suchluminaries as GMs Bent Larsen,Robert Fischer, Victor Korchnoi,Lajos Portisch and Vassily Smyslov. Itdeals largely with the Gr�nfeldDefence, but shows how a similarpawn structure and middlegamestrategy can be seen in the CatalanOpening, the Scandanavian, andAlekhineÕs Defence, to name a few.

The games are lightly peppered withLarsenÕs notes, mainly anecdotal, andmost containing a fair bit of wisdom.Certainly, the way the games arepresented, one is not consciouslyaware that something is beinglearned Ñ I found I was enjoyingmyself far too much to believe that Iwas also acquiring useful

knowledge! HereÕs a sample of whatone can expect to find:

Notes by

Deen Hergott

Gheorghiu, FlorianJansa, Vlastimil

Sochi, 1976Grünfeld D91

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 d5 4.»f3ºg7 5.ºg5 »e4 6.ºh4 c5 7.cxd5»xc3 8.bxc3 ½xd5 9.e3 »c610.ºe2 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.dxe5½a5+ 13.½d2 ½xd2+ 14.¾xd2»xe5 15.¼ab1 0-0 16.»d4

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ÒTake a good look at this position!!White is better! If you donÕt believethat, then try to play it with the Blackpieces! What are you going to doabout »/d4? What are you going todo about your queenside? Jansadefends brilliantly! Then he loses arook ending which might have beensaved. The theoretician will nowlook for a variation saving half apoint Ñ the practical player willlook for improvements in theopening! The fact is that chess is acomplicated game Ñ if you donÕthave the nerves made for this game,then start playing poker Ñ it isquicker and you may even make afortune.Ó

I have played poker, and concludedthat I just donÕt have the right kind offace. IÕll agree that chess is acomplicated alternative, but IÕll stickwith it Ñ I prefer to know whatcards my opponents are holding!

16Ö»c6 17.»xc6 bxc6 18.¼hc1ºe6 19.ºc4 ¼fe8 20.¼b7 ºf821.f4 c5 22.e4 ¼eb8 23.¼xb8¼xb8 24.ºxe6 fxe6 25.ºf2 ¼b426.¾d3 ¼a4 27.ºxc5 ¼xa228.ºxf8 ¾xf8 29.¾d4 ¾e730.¼c7+ ¾d6 31.¼xh7 ¼d2+32.¾e3 ¼xg2 33.¼xa7 ¼xh234.e5+ ¾d5 35.¼d7+ ¾c5 36.¼d6

¼g2 37.¼xe6 g5 38.f5 ¾d539.¼e7 ¼g3+ 40.¾f2 ¼g4 41.f6Ø.

Of course, the evolution of chesstheory has continued unabated sincethe 70Õs, and at an increasinglyalarming rate. But the ideas andunderstanding of chess are more orless the same Ñ certainly, they donÕtchange nearly as quickly as theevaluation of the hottest openingschemes. Chess understanding is farmore valuable than any oneparticular novelty, so if youÕrehoping to improve your game withthe latest ÒMega MemoryÓ cassette, Istrongly suggest a different tack!

There is much to be learned fromthis highly original work, as with myother nine choices Ñ I wish yougood reading and the best of successin your game!

Cream of the CropThe addition of any of the titles

on IM Deen HergottÕs list offavorite books to your ownchess library cannot be a

wrong move!

Check with the CFC BusinessOffice about the availability of

the following books:

1) The Life and Games ofMikhail Tal, Mikhail Tal, RHM

Press

2) Masters of the Chessboard,Richard Reti, G. Bell and Sons

Ltd.

3) My 60 Memorable Games,Bobby Fischer, Faber and

Faber

4) Zurich International ChessTournament 1953, David

Bronstein, Dover

5) The Art of Chess Analysis,Jan Timman, RHM Press

6) The Test of Time, GarryKasparov, Pergamon Press

7) Modern Chess Strategy,Ludek Pachman, Dover

8) RetiÕs Best Games of Chess,Richard Reti and Harry

Golombek, Dover

9) Endgame Strategy, MikhailShereshevsky, Pergamon Press

10) ZOOM 001: Zero Hour forOperative Opening Models,

Bent Larsen and SteffenZeuthen, Dansk Skakforlag/

Skakhuset


YourMan in

Havanaby Irwin Lipnowski

The occasion was the 33rd

Capablanca Memorial

Tournament, held at Hotel

Panamericano from May 7

to 22. The CFC invited ten

Masters who did not have

IM titles to indicate their

interest in competing in

Havana and, in the end, I

was the only one who was

willing and able to accept

the invitation.

I was very fortunate indeed to beaccompanied by my good friendCecil Rosner Ð chess Master,journalist, CFC Governor, and chesstournament organizer extraordinaireof three outstanding Canadian OpenChampionships in Winnipeg Ðwhose moral support andcompanionship were of enormousvalue. His excellent articles on thistournament and about chess in Cubaare forthcoming in Chess Life andNew In Chess.

Since the Capablanca MemorialTournament is CubaÕs premier event,success in this event is extremelyimportant for Cuban chessprofessionals, all of whom aspire torepresent their country abroad.Given the dire economic hardshipsin Cuba, the opportunity for a CubanMaster to travel abroad and to bringhome some American dollars ishighly prized, and the competition isfierce.

The tournament was divided in foursections. The Category XII EliteGroup with a GM norm of 6.5 pointsout of 11 games, featured GMsRobert H�bner and Klaus Bischoff ofGermany, Ivan Morovic of Chile,Tony Miles of England, SimonAgdestein of Norway, 15-year-oldEtienne Bacrot of France, the near-GM Yaacov Zilberman of Israel whoachieved his third GM norm in tyingfor first to third with Robert H�bnerand Ivan Morovic, as well as Cuban

GMs Jesus Nogueiras, ReynaldoVera, Julio Becerra, Borges, andWalter Arencibia.

The Premier Group was a CategoryVIII tournament with fourteencompetitors, including four GMs ÐFranco Zenon and Juan Bellon fromSpain, Henrik Teske from Germanyand Roman Hernandez from Cuba,and with one exception, the restbeing IMs. I was in the thirdstrongest group, Master Group I, aCategory V tournament with anaverage rating of 2368. The winneron tie-break, Lenier Dominguez, wasan untitled 14-year-old Cuban whose2340 rating was misleadingly low.His ability and talent were evident ashe coasted to an IM norm and I haveno doubt that he will soon becomeCubaÕs youngest GM. The leadingCuban female chess Masters were inMaster Group II, and they are quitestrong.

I drew the number 8 which gave metwo consecutive Blacks against twoof the eventual co-winners and Iproceeded to lose both games Ð thefirst one on time and the second oneby misplaying the opening terribly.Those who are morbidly curious canfind my very brief second game onthe internet.

Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

De la Paz, FrankLipnowski, Irwin

Havana Capablanca mem (1)1998

Sicilian: Taimanov B48

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 e6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 a6 5.»c3 ½c7 6.ºd3»f6 7.0-0 »c6 8.ºe3 ºe7

Correct here is 8Ö»e5 withapproximate equality. The textcontinuation simply loses a tempoand leaves Black struggling toequalize the game.

9.f4

If Black now plays 9Öºc5 thenWhite replies not with 10.»ce2 »g4but instead 10.ºe2 with a slightadvantage for White.

9Ö»xd4 10.ºxd4 ºc5 11.ºxc5½xc5+ 12.¾h1 d6 13.½f3 0-014.¼ae1

Ivan Morovic

Yaacov Zilberman

Robert Hübner


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WhiteÕs moves are all simple andgood. I was burning time trying todecide how to meet WhiteÕs threat of15.e5. I considered both 14Öe5 and14Ö»d7. If 14Öe5 were met by15.fxe5 then after 15Ö½xe5 16.»d5Black can equalize with 16Ö»g4 (butnot 16Ö»xd5? because after 17.exd5½xb2 18.½xf7+). However, I rejected14Öe5 because of 15.f5 b5 16.g4 b417.g5! or 16Öh6 17.h4 leaves Blackwith a very passive position.

14Ö»d7 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5»xe5 17.ºxh7+ ¾xh7 18.½h5+¾g8 19.»e4

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Now Black is in imminent danger ofgetting mated. WhiteÕs knight mayjump to g5 or f6, the rook may swingover to the g- or h-file. But thesimple 19.¼xe5 may be betterbecause of my defensive resource.

19Ö½xc2!

The only move! Now 20.»g5 is nothreat since the Black queen coverssquare h7.

20.¼f2

If the Black queen leaves the b1-h7diagonal, 21.»g5 wins easily. SoWhite wins the Black queen, andalthough Black establishes materialequality, I am still struggling to holdthe position.

20Ö½d3 21.¼d2 ½xd2 22.»xd2f6

The pillar of BlackÕs defense is hissecure and centralized knight on e5.

23.»e4 b6!

The only move I could find tomobilize BlackÕs pieces. It allows¼a7 and keeps the White knight outof c5. Instead 23Öºd7 runs into24.»c5.

24.¼e3 ¼a7 25.¼h3 ¼d7

Not 25Ö¼c7 because White winswith 26.½h8+ ¾f7 27.»d6+ ¾e7 (or27Ö¾g6 28.½h5#) 28.½xg7+ ¾xd629.½xf8+.

26.¾g1 ºb7 27.»c3 ¼d2

My first threat in the game. I think Ihave equalized at this point.

28.½h7+

The most efficient way to meet mythreat on g2 is to defend bythreatening my g7.

28Ö¾f7 29.¼g3 ¼g8 30.b3 ¾f8

An unnecessarily passive move.Much better is 30Öb5 31.a3 (toprevent b4) 31Öºd5 (FletcherBaragarÕs suggestion) and after32.»xd5 ¼xd5 Black should not lose.

31.h3 b5 32.a3 ºc6 33.»e4

White threatens 34.»xf6 thus forcingmy reply.

33Öºxe4 34.½xe4 ¼d6 35.¼c3

Black lost on time.

Ø.

My rather lame excuse is that I foundthe Russian clock somewhatdeceptive, believing that I still had afew minutes left. The Cuban officialcalled ÒtimeÓ the instant the flagdropped.

In round three, I finally got on thescoreboard with a win over an IMfrom the Dominican Republic.

Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

Lipnowski, IrwinHernandez, Gustavo


Philidor C41

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 d6 3.d4 »d7 4.ºc4c6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.»g5 »h6 7.0-0ºc5

If 7Öºe7? White wins with 8.»e6fxe6 9.ºxh6 gxh6 10.½h5+ ¾f811.ºxe6 ½e8 12.½xh6#. YaacovZilberman told me after the gamethat this trap was known more than a

hundred years ago, although Irediscovered it over the board!

8.½h5 ½e7?

Correct is 8Ö»f6 when Black is closeto equal.

9.»e6

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I enjoyed the expressions on thefaces of the players who happenedto glance at this position. Of course,9Ö»f6 loses to 10.»xg7+ and11.½xh6.

9Ö¼g8

There is no good move for Black. Iwould have been tempted to resignif I were Black in such a position.

10.»c7+ ¾d8

Since Black is a whole rook down,why does he not resign? In fact,since WhiteÕs knight at a8 is toast,Black is effectively only an exchangedown. Although objectively Black islost, with a lead in development, asomewhat misplaced White queen,and many pieces on the board, Blackstill has a practical, albeit very slim,chance to survive.

11.»xa8 b5 12.ºb3 »f6 13.½h4»hg4

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14.h3

This forcing move may not be best.Perhaps 14.ºg5 h6 15.ºxf6 issimplest. Also 14.»c3 may be better.

14Ög5 15.½g3


15.ºxg5 is playable, although thetext also wins.

15Ö»xf2

Of course, 15Ö»xe4 is refuted by16.½d3+.

16.¼xf2 »xe4 17.½d3+ ½d6?

Much better is 17Ö½d7 againstwhich White must find ZilbermanÕs18.ºe3! if he wishes to avoid thecomplications arising from 18.½xe4½d1+ 19.¾h2. Here 19Öºxf2 can bemet by 20.½d3+ while 19Ö½xc1 canbe met by 20.¼d2+.

Question: If now 20Öºd7 does21.¼xd7+ ¾xd7 22.½f5+ winquickly?

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This exercise is addressed to you,dear reader, not Fritz 5! Since I amunable to monitor whether yourcomputer is being used, I shall relyupon the honor system.

Incidentally, in this variation, theÒdeadÓ knight on a8 performs animportant function in controlling c7and preventing the flight of BlackÕsking, demonstrating the importantprinciple that on occasion, ÒdeadÓpieces become truly dead only afterthey are transported to anotherworld off the board.

18.½xd6+

Although this move is adequate,18.ºe3 is a stronger, albeit much lessobvious move.

18Ö»xd6 19.¾f1 ºxf2 20.¾xf2ºb7 21.»c3 ºxa8 22.ºe3 ¼g6

This is an all-purpose move. Itunpins the f-pawn and prepares toadvance to f5, while protecting theknight on d6 from WhiteÕs possible¼d1 and ºc5.

23.g4 ¾c7 24.¾e2 f5 25.gxf5»xf5 26.»e4 »d4+ 27.¾d3 ¼h628.»xg5 ¼d6 29.ºxd4 exd430.»e4 ¼h6 31.¾xd4 ¼h432.¾e5 ¼xh3 33.¼g1 ¾b634.¼g8 ºb7 35.»d6 ºa636.¼b8+ ¾c7 37.¼a8 ¼h5+38.»f5 ºb7 39.¼f8

I could have grabbed the a-pawnand after 39Ö¾b6 retreated my rookto a3. But with one move to the timecontrol, I decided to play veryconservatively.

39Ö¼h2 40.»e3 h5 41.¼f7+ ¾b642.ºe6 a5 43.¼f3 ¼e2 44.ºf5¼e1 45.¾d6 a4

Black is dreaming about winningone of my pawns.

46.c4 ¼c1

To prevent 47.c5+.

47.¼f1

This destroys any hopes Black mighthave had.

47Ö¼xf1 48.c5+ ¾a5 49.»xf1¾b4 50.ºe6 a3 51.bxa3+ ¾xa352.¾c7 ºa8 53.»g3 h4 54.»e4h3 55.ºxh3 ¾xa2 56.¾b8 Ø.

The next game was to be my best inthe tournament. My opponentrecently tied for first place in theNew York Open Masters Section,where he easily achieved an IMnorm. In other words, he isconsiderably stronger than he wouldappear to be in this game.

Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

Clavijo, JorgeLipnowski, Irwin


Nimzo Indian: Hübner E41

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb44.»f3 c5 5.e3 »c6 6.ºd3 ºxc3+

The H�bner variation which seemedto be a particularly appropriate lineto play with GM Robert H�bnerseated only a few feet away.

7.bxc3 d6 8.0-0 e5 9.»d2 0-0

Winning the pawn on d4 seemed toodangerous. WhiteÕs bishop pair willpoint menacingly in the direction ofthe Black king.

10.d5 »e7 11.½c2 »g6 12.¼e1

Much better is 12.f3 followedpossibly by 13.g4 but the chancesappear to be balanced.

12Ö»g4

Launching a kingside attack whichsucceeds because of a fewinaccuracies by White.

13.»f1 f5 14.f3 »h6 15.»g3 ½h4

Suddenly Black has massed a sizableforce for a possible kingside attack.

16.¼e2

To meet the threat of 16Öf4.

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16Öe4!

This leads to a forced win for Black.

17.fxe4 »g4 18.»f1 fxe419.ºxe4 ¼xf1+! 20.¾xf1 »xh2+

This is more accurate than 20Ö½xh2since WhiteÕs king might head for thehills a.k.a. the queen side by 21.g3.

21.¾g1 »g4

Threatening mate in two.

22.¼f2Irwin Lipnowski – Gustavo Hernandez


ItÕs over. There are no good movesleft for White.

22Ö»xf2 23.ºxg6

Forced, since the bishop on e4would be en prise after 23.½xf2.

23Ö»g4

Threatening 24Ö½e1# as well as thebishop on g6, forcing WhiteÕs reply.

24.ºd3 ½e1+ 25.ºf1 ½g3!

This prevents 26.g3 and entombs theWhite king.

26.ºd3 ºd7

BlackÕs plan couldnÕt be simpler:bring the rook to f8 followed by½h2#. If 27.ºxh7+ ¾h8 Blackthreatens 28Ö½e1#. If Whiteprevents this with 28.ºd2 then28Ö¼f8 threatens 29Ö½h2#.

Ù.

After emerging from the openingwith a lost position in round fiveagainst Lenier Dominguez, the 14-year-old co-winner of thetournament, my next win wasagainst Alexis Cabrera, who achievedthe IM norm but trailed the co-winners by one-half point. Since mySicilian Defence had produced nopoints, I decided to play theCanadian way.

Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

Cabrera, AlexisLipnowski, Irwin


Pirc B06

1.e4 g6 2.d4 ºg7 3.»c3 d6 4.ºg5

This move has become quite popularin the past few years, particularlydue to the influence of some EnglishGMs.

4Ö »c6

This move seems logical, since d4 isunprotected. Also possible is 4Öc5although after 5.dxc5 not 5Öºxc3+6.bxc3 ½a5 7.½d4! as GM JulianHodgson played against me in theCanadian Open in Winnipeg in 1994.Incidentally, my Cuban opponenthad apparently done his homework,as he mentioned my game againstHodgson in our post mortemdiscussion. Instead 5Ö½a5immediately is playable.

5.»ge2 h6

Forcing White to commit the bishopto h4 or e3, since 6.ºf4 allows6Ö»xd4 7.»xd4 e5.

6.ºh4 »f6 7.d5 »e5 8.f4 »c49.½d3

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9Ö»xb2!?

Playing the very move that Whitethought he had prevented. AlthoughI now believe that it is an unsoundsac, it certainly had shock value andsucceeded in this game.

10.½b5+ c6 11.½xb2 »xe4

12Ö½a5 is refuted by 13.ºxf6 andBlack has a pawn for a piece.

12.½a3?

This only seems strong, since itmeets BlackÕs dual threats of 12Ö½a5and 12Ö»xc3 13.»xc3 ½b6 and if14.½xb6 ºxc3+ while if 14.0-0-0then ½e3+ regaining the piece withinterest. BlackÕs speculative sacrificecan be refuted by 12.0-0-0 since12Ö½a5 can be met by 13.ºe1 and13Öb5 can be met by 14.½b3. Theratio of Black attackers to Whitedefenders is too low to promise asuccessful attack.

12Ö½b6!

With the powerful threat of 13Ö½e3.

13.»xe4

White returns the material to create acounter attack.

13Öºxa1 14.»xd6+ exd615.½xd6 g5 16.fxg5 ½a5+

The seemingly crushing 16Ö½e3with the threat of 17Öºc3+ 18.¾d1½d2# is refuted by 17.dxc6.

17.c3 ºxc3+ 18.¾f2 ½b4

Forcing a trade of queens with atechnical win for Black. If instead19Öºe1+ 20.¾f3 ºxh4 21.½e5+gives White some practical chances.The text forces a trade of queens.

19.½g3??

Allowing a sudden finish.

19Öºe1+ Ù.

My next win, against Spanish MasterIsmael Teran was a rather brutalstruggle.

Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

Lipnowski, IrwinTeran, Ismael

Havana Capablanca mem1998

Benoni: Czech A56

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 a6

Similar to an idea of RomanDzindzichashviliÕs who had playedÖa6 on the second move.

4.a4

Good alternatives are 4.»f3 and4.»d2.

4Öe5

Transposing into the Czech Benoniwith the difference that Black hascommitted himself to a6 and Whitehas played a4. Is this significant?Possibly. Black foregoes thepossibility of Ö»a6 followed byÖ»c7 although the kingÕs knightmight land on c7 via e8 while thequeenÕs knight travels to g8 via d7and f6.

Black remains alert to the possibilityof trading his ÒbadÓ bishop at e7 forWhiteÕs ÒgoodÓ black-square bishopby means of Öºg5. White may bereluctant to castle queenside in viewof the weakened pawn structure andBlack sacrificing a pawn to openlines with Öb5.

5.»c3 d6 6.e4 ºe7 7.a5

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This is really committal. Agdesteinseemed to like the move, ZilbermandidnÕt. I am now inclined to agreewith Zilberman.

7Ö0-0 8.»f3 »e8 9.h3 g6 10.ºh6»g7 11.g4


The immediate battle is over controlof f5.

11Ö»d7 12.ºd3 »f6 13.½d2

With the a-pawn on a2 instead of a5,I would certainly have played13.½e2 leaving d2 for my knight. Mymove is intended to allow my queento protect the pawn on a5 after myknight heads for b6 via a4, and atimely exchange of BlackÕs ÒgoodÓbishop on c8.

13Ö¾h8 14.»a4 »g8 15.»b6¼b8 16.ºe3 f5 17.gxf5 gxf518.»xc8 ¼xc8 19.½c2 »f6

White has all the chances after 19Öf420.ºd2 since WhiteÕs king would besafe on e2, the open g-file favorsWhite, and a timely break with b4 isin the offing.

20.exf5

Interesting is 20.»g5 h6 21.h4.

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20Öe4!

Thematic and strong. For the price ofa pawn, Black exposes the Whiteking which is trapped in the center.

21.ºxe4 »xe4 22.½xe4 ºf623.¾e2!

The safest square for the White king.Moves like 23.¼a2 are too slow.

23Ö½d7 24.¼hg1 ¼ce8 25.½g4½xf5 26.½xf5 »xf5

Black threatens 27Ö»d4+ winning apiece.

27.»g5

Threatening to sink his knight at e6.

27Ö»d4+ 28.¾d3 ºxg5 29.¼xg5¼f3 30.¼e1

Of course not 30.¼g3 since30Ö¼exe3+ 31.fxe3 ¼xg3 wins apiece. The alternative I considered is30.b4 »f5 31.¼xf5 ¼xf5 32.bxc5 dxc533.ºxc5 with better chances forWhite, but not an obvious win. Themove played threatens 31.¼g3 andmore distant threats involve the

unprotected Black rook on e8 and apossible check by the bishop on d4.

30Ö¼xh3 31.¼g3

Threatening 32.ºxd4+.

31Ö¼xg3 32.fxg3 ¾g8 33.¼f1»b3 34.¼f6 »xa5

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Defending against 35.¼xd6 becauseof 35Ö¼xe3+ 36.¾xe3 »xc4+ and37Ö»xd6.

35.ºf4?

In time trouble, I considered onlythis move which squanders WhiteÕsadvantage, allowing Black toequalize with his next move. Thecorrect way to play is first to play35.ºd2! »b3 and only then 36.ºf4.This finesse would relieve thepressure on c4.

35Öb5 36.cxb5 axb5 37.ºxd6¾g7 38.¼f5 ¾g6 39.g4 c4+40.¾d2 ¼e4 41.¼f4 »b3+ 42.¾c3¼e2 43.ºc7

If instead 43.ºa3 with a view toguarding b2 while trying to attackthe b5 pawn with ¾b4, White mightlose. The move played attempts tosupport the d-pawn.

43Ö»c5 44.d6 »a4+?

This is a misguided attempt to win.Simply 44Ö»d7 maintains equality.

45.¾d4 ¼xb2 46.¾d5 ¼d2+47.¼d4 c3 48.d7 c2 49.d8½¼xd4+ 50.¾xd4 c1½

WhiteÕs entire army is ideally located.This is one example of harmoniousco-operation between WhiteÕsqueen, bishop, and remaining pawn.

51.½g8+ ¾h6 52.½f8+ ¾g653.½g8+

Gaining time on the clock.

53Ö¾h6

Not 53Ö¾f6 54.ºd8#.

54.½f8+ ¾g6

Not 54Ö¾g5 55.½f5+ and if 55Ö¾h456.½h5# while if 55Ö¾h6 56.ºf4+wins the queen.

Now hereÕs a second challenge.Without the aid of a computer, canyou demonstrate a forced win forWhite from this position?

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If 59Ö¾g8 60.½f8# and if 59Ö¾h660.½f6#.

60.½e8+ ¾h6 61.ºf8+ ¾g562.½h5+

After 62Ö¾f6 63.½f5# while 62Ö¾f4drops the queen.

Ø.

Probably my most exciting loss wasto L. Bruzon, a young Cuban Masterwho seemed about 15-years-old.

Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

Bruzon, LLipnowski, Irwin


Pirc B07

1.e4 g6 2.d4 ºg7 3.»c3 d6 4.ºe3»c6 5.½d2 »f6 6.f3 e5 7.d5

If 7.»ge2 d5! gives Black theadvantage.

7Ö»e7

Interesting is 7Ö»d4. If 8.ºxd4 exd49.½xd4 0-0 Black has compensationfor the pawn in the form of a lead indevelopment and the beautifulblack-squared bishop. When Ishowed H�bner the position after7Ö»d4 his immediate suggestionwas 8.»d1 a6 9.c3 »b5 10.a4 »a711.½f2 b6 12.a5 with a bigadvantage. However, 8Öc6 may bean improvement over 8Öa6. Yetanother alternative to the moved


played is 7Ö»b8 to re-deploy theknight on d7.

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Black is at least equal. The bishopon g6 is powerful and the pawn onf3 is weak. I could simply doublerooks here, and if White decides toeliminate his weak f-pawn byplaying f4, BlackÕs knight will securethe e5 square and the bishop on g7will come to life. However, I decidedto exert pressure immediately on theweak pawn.

18Ö»h5 19.¼dg1 »f4 20.ºxf4¼xf4 21.a3 ¼af8 22.»ce4 ¼xf3

Black has a winning position but, asI learned to my sorrow, White stillhas a few tricks left.

23.»g5 ºh6

Black would welcome an exchangeof the black-squared bishop forWhiteÕs knight on g5.

24.h4 ¼3f4?!

Perhaps a better alternative is theunusual 24Ö½g4 as suggested byYanofsky, placing the queen on thesame open file as the doubled Whiterooks. My original plan was to playthe simple 24Öºxg5 since 25.hxg5leaves White without play while25.½xg5 ¼f2 26.h5 ºxc2+ 27.¾c1leaves Black with a winning twopawn advantage. Why, then, did I tryto improve upon this line with24Ö¼3f4? First, it threatens 25Öºxg5to close the g-file. It also threatens25Ö¼xh4. Finally, the psychologicalrationale was that my opponent hadonly about two minutes left to reachmove 40 while I had about fiveminutes. I thought my move wouldplace more pressure on him thanwould 24Öºxg5 and there weresome cheap tricks involving theindirectly pinned White queen on

d2. Indeed, because of the latterfactor, I believed that I hadprevented White from playing 25.h5.Little did I realize that my opponenthad nerves of steelÖ

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25.h5!

A move with incredible shock-value.White plays precisely the move that Ithought I had prevented! Suddenly, Ilost my balance and began tounravel, as I realized that WhiteÕsqueen might be poisoned. 25Öºxg526.hxg6 ¼f1+ 27.»xf1 ºxd2 28.g7+½xg7 29.¼xg7 when 29Ö¼xf1+leaves Black fighting for a draw.

25Öºe8

Wrong again. Better is 25Öºf5.

26.»e6 ¼g8 27.»xf4 ºxf428.»f5! ¼f8 29.»h6! ºf730.»xf7+ ½xf7 31.½e2 ºh632.c4 ½f5+ 33.¾a2 e4

Probably accelerating BlackÕs defeat,but both flags were now hanging,and I was still reeling from hisknightÕs bold incursions on moves 28and 29, which struck like bolts oflightning, and by the sudden reversalin our fortunes. How could he playwith so much composure and sostrongly with only seconds left onhis clock? In short, I was freakingout!

34.½c2 ½e5 35.¼g4 e3 36.½g2½e8 37. ¼e4 ½f7 38.½g4 b5?

Desperate for counterplay and withmy flag hanging, I overlookedWhiteÕs reply.

39.¼e6 ºf4 40.cxb5 ºe5 41.½e4½xh5 42.½xe3 ½h2 43.¼b1 ½h544.¼e7 ºf6 45.¼xc7 ½xd5+46.½b3 ½d4 47.¼h1 Ø.

The French sensation, GM EtienneBacrot, scored ÒonlyÓ 5 points ineleven games in the Elite group.Immediately after the tournament, henarrowly defeated Robert H�bner3.5Ð2.5 in their six game match. Inthe following game, he

overestimated his position andoverlooked a brilliant move thatallowed Black to win.

Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

Bacrot, EtienneZilberman, Yaacov


Queen�s Gambit: Accepted D24

1.d4 d5 2.»f3 »f6 3.c4 dxc44.»c3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 »d5 7.a4e6 8.axb5 »b6

This is all theory.

9.ºe2 ºb7 10.bxa6 ¼xa611.¼xa6 »xa6 12.0-0 ºe713.ºxc4 »xc4 14.½a4+ ½d715.½xc4 »b4 16.¼d1 0-0 17.ºg5ºxf3 18.ºxe7 ½xe7 19.gxf3 ¼d820.¾f1 h6 21.¾e2 »d5 22.»xd5¼xd5

Although White has an extra pawn,the position is equal Ñ as Zilbermandescribed it, Òdynamically balanced.Ó

23.¼d3 ½d8 24.b4 ½b8 25.¼a3?

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Allowing a far from obvious tacticalshot.

25Ö c5!! 26.dxc5

Of course 26.bxc5 loses immediatelyto 26Ö½b2+.

26Ö½xe5+ 27.¼e3 ½b2+ 28.¾f1¼d4 29.½b5 ¼d2 30.¼e2 ½b1+31.¼e1 ½c2 32.½b8+

If 32.¼e2 ½d1+ 33.¼e1 ½xf3threatening mate at f2 and h1.

32Ö¾h7 33.½f4 ¼xf2+ 34.¾g1¼g2+ 35.¾h1 ½f2 36.½e4+ ¼g6Ù.

Simen Agdestein did not have agood tournament. He was seededthird, but lost to Julio Becerra from awinning position, allowed IvanMorovic to escape with a draw whenAgdestein had a clear win, and


decided to reject Yaacov ZilbermanÕstacit offer of a draw by repetitiononly to lose.

For those who may not know,Agdestein was a professional soccerplayer on the Norwegian nationalteam until a knee injury forced himto retire. He was also the youngestGM at eighteen until the likes ofPeter Leko, Judith Polgar andEtienne Bacrot came along. He jokedthat age eighteen ÒthenÓ wasequivalent to age thirteen today,given the inflation in GM titles. Muchas I would like to share the blamewith others, before acceptingAgdesteinÕs invitation to accompanyhim on a tour to del Rios on the freeday, I should have consulted theschedule and I would havediscovered that only the Elite grouphad a free day. We embarked on ourjourney at 7:30 am and returned tothe Hotel Panamericano at 7:00 pm. Ihad inadvertently forfeited the gameto one of the tail-enders, EmilePupo. The organizers were quiteconcerned about my mysteriousdisappearance and I apologized toall and sundry for my losing blunder.

A curiosity about Norwegian namesthat Agdestein related: the nameÒOdd StrangeÓ would, in Norway, beconsidered neither odd nor strange.Strange but true.

Incidentally, H�bner remarked thatthe only known Òperfect gameÓ wasone in which Black appears at theboard at the appointed hour, startsWhiteÕs clock, and wins on time afterWhite fails to appear before onehour elapses. If colors were reversedwith Black losing on time, Whitewould have had to make his firstmove, and we do not know what theÒperfectÓ first move for White is.

Here is AgdesteinÕs demoralizing lossto Julio Becerra from the secondround. It allowed Becerra to hold onto the lead until the last round.

Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

Agdestein, SimenBecerra, Julio


King�s Indian: Sämisch E81

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.e4d6 5.f3 0-0 6.ºg5 a6 7.»ge2

»bd7 8.»c1 c6 9.a4 e5 10.d5 h611.ºe3 cxd5 12.cxd5 »e813.ºe2 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.0-0½f6 16.a5 ½g6 17.¾h1 ºf6 18.f4»g7 19.»a4 ºd8 20.b4 h521.¼a2 e4 22.ºd4 »f6 23.»b6ºxb6 24.axb6 ºd7 25.¼a3 »g426.h3 ¼ac8 27.hxg4 fxg4

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Now it is absolutely essential forWhite to kill the Black knight by28.ºxg7 before it becomes amonster on f5. Unfortunately forAgdestein, he could not bringhimself to part with the lovelybishop on d4, but there was noalternative.

28.¼e3? »f5 29.½d2 ½f7 30.ºa1½e7 31.g3 h4 32.ºd1 hxg333.¾g2 ¼f7 34.¼h1 ¼h7 35.¼c3¼xc3 36.ºxc3 e3 37.½c2 e238.½xe2 »e3+ 39.¾g1 ¼xh1+40.¾xh1 ½h4+ 41.¾g1 g2 Ù.

The next game between Agdesteinand Zilberman is in the best traditionof the Soviet School of Chess.

Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

Agdestein, SimenZilberman, Yaacov


Queen�s Gambit: Accepted D25

1.d4 d5 2.»f3 »f6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3g6

Zilberman does not generally playthe Gr�nfeld Defence because hedislikes playing against the ExchangeVariation. By adopting a variation ofthe QueenÕs Gambit Acceptedintroduced by Smyslov, the gametransposes into a variation of theGr�nfeld with which he feelscomfortable.

5.ºxc4 ºg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.h3 »fd78.a3 »b6 9.ºa2 »a6 10.»c3 c611.e4 »c7 12.ºf4 »e6 13.ºe3

»c7 14.ºf4 »e6 15.ºe3 »c716.½d2

On 16.ºf4 Black would repeatmoves with 16Ö»e6 since 16Öºe6 ismet by 17.ºxc7 ½xc7 18.ºxe6 whenWhite is certainly much better. Butnow White overplays his hand andloses.

16Öºe6 17.b3?!

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An ugly move, but consistent withWhite striving for more thanequality.

17Öf5!

Seizing the initiative.

18.»g5 ¾h8 19.»xe6 »xe620.d5

Despite this direct attack upon theBlack knight, it refuses to budgefrom its post for the next ninemoves!

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The money game occurred in the lastround between the two players whowere having the tournament of theirlife. Julio Becerra lead the field byhalf a point and a victory wouldclinch clear first. Yaacov Zilbermanneeded a draw to get his third andfinal GM norm and a win to tie forfirst place.

Becerra pressed for a win in order tofinish clear first, and later overlookeda draw that would have allowed himto tie for first. Alas, he ultimately lost.For Yaacov Zilberman, the thrill ofvictory Ñ and for Julio Becerra, theagony of defeat.


Notes by

Irwin Lipnowski

Zilberman, YaacovBecerra, Julio


King�s Indian: Classical E92

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24Öe4 25.ºd4 e3

Becerra has a definitive affinity forpawns on his opponentÕs third rank.

26.»b3 ºe8 27.»a5 ºf4 28.¼a1ºg3+ 29.¾d1 ºe5 30.ºxe5½xe5 31.¼xa4 ºxa4 32.½xa4½d4+ 33.¾e1 ½c3+ 34.¾f1 b635.»b3 ½c2 36.g3 ¼xc4 37.½a1¼xb4 38.»d4 ½d2 39.»e6 »xe640.dxe6 ½c2 41.e7 ¾f7 42.½a6¼b2 43.¼h2 ¾xe7 44.¾g1 ½d245.¼g2 ½e1+ 46.¾h2 f4 47.½d3¾d7 48.¾h3 ½h1+ 49.¼h2 ½g150.gxf4 b5 51.½d5 ¾c7 52.½d1½xd1 53.ºxd1 ¼b1 54.ºc2 ¼b255.¼g2 d5 56.ºd3 ¼b4 57.¾g3d4 58.ºxg6 ¾d6 59.ºc2 ¼b2

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60.f5 b4 61.ºd3 ¼b3 62.ºc2 ¼c3

63.ºd1 ¾e5 64.f6 ¾xf6 65.¾f4¼c1 66.ºc2 ¼f1 67.ºd3 ¼h168.¼g6+ ¾f7 69.¼b6 ¼xh4+70.¾g3 ¼h1 71.¼xb4 h4+72.¾g2 ¼d1 73.¼xd4 ¼d2+74.¾h3 ¼f2 75.¾g4 Ø.

Had I not lost two games on time Ðto La Paz and Luis Valdez Ð inalmost equal positions, forfeited agame to Pupo, lost an easily drawngame against Felix Gomez in mycounterproductive and foolisheffort to win, my score would, bythe laws of simple arithmetic,certainly have been morerespective. Of course, while on thesubject of excuses, I should not failto mention that I also suffered froma cold during most of thetournament Ñ rememberBlackburneÕs comment, ÒI neverbeat a healthy man!Ó.

For the benefit of those who areunfamiliar with the story about aloyal fan of Tartakower whoinquired about his abysmalperformance of 0Ð5, Tartakowerproceeded to rationalize his firstfour losses by recounting fourdifferent ailments that afflicted himsuccessively; a headache in his firstgame, a toothache in the second, abackache in the third and a bout ofdizziness in the fourth. ÒAs for thefifth game,Ó remarked Tartakower,Òwhat do you expect Ð that I shouldwin all my games?Ó

To render my account of eventsmore balanced, I should admit thatI was fortunate that Ismael Teranwas unwilling to settle for a drawand that I managed to salvage adraw in a hopeless position in thelast round against Jesus Baron ofSpain.

At the closing ceremony attendedby FIDE President KirsanIlyumzhinov, I sat across the tablefrom German Grandmaster RobertH�bner who had been presentedwith a cheque for US$1,000 andwith two trophies for placing firston a tie-break. I asked him wherehe stores all this hardware and heexplained that he has no trophies,since his apartment houses morethan 4000 books. What he does isvisit the nearest harbor to disposeof the trophies. I asked him why hesimply does not decline thetrophies, and he explained thattournament organizers generallybecome offended by his refusal to

accept their coveted trophies. Isuggested that if he really planned tothrow his trophies into the sea, Iwould be willing to save him the tripto the harbor by taking them toCanada. He said he was extremelygrateful for my kind offer; it wassuch a relief for him not to have toattend to the trophiesÕ disposal. Itold him that since these were histrophies and he, not I, had earnedthem, I would hold them in trust forhim and would relinquish them tohim whenever he might choose toexercise his property rights. Heassured me that there was anabsolutely zero chance that hewould want to reclaim them in thislifetime. Notwithstanding thisassurance, I am holding H�bnerÕstrophies in trust for him, just in casehe changes his mind.

Although my performance wassomewhat worse than it could have,should have, might have been Ñ Ihad a truly wonderful time in Cuba,enjoying the splendid hospitality ofthe Cuban people in general, and thechess organizers in particular.

I think I learned something in chessterms from the experience, and I feelprivileged and grateful for theopportunity I had to representCanada in such an interesting eventaway from home.

If any of you have the resources totravel abroad, I would stronglyrecommend Cuba for such a visit.You will enjoy the warm hospitalityand a pleasantly warm climatethroughout the year, whilesupporting a country thatdesperately needs foreign currencyto survive the American embargo.

Julio Becerra


Across Canada

BC

British Columbia

UBC September Tuesday Night

A clean sweep for former co-BCChampion Mayo Fuentebella. Theturning point was FuentebellaÕsround four defeat of SergeiSokourinski, who had never lost agame in Canada, in a closely foughtending. Second prize was shared byJohn Hallam and Stephen Wright,while the U1800 prize was splitbetween Lyle Craver and Peter Broz,and the U1700 prize divided amongSteve Fowler, Peter Devries and newBC WomenÕs Champion Alice Esleva.

TD: Lyle Craver

AB

Alberta

Words Calgary October U2000 Active

WeÕre back! After a two monthsbreak, the Words tournaments haveresumed. In the U2000, fifteen-year-old Eric Tam held off a strongchallenge from John Redes to finishfirst with 4.5/5 in a twelve playerfield. Tam defeated Redes in roundthree, and then drew with ColinChrumka before defeating TomMcKay in the last round. Redesdefeated top seed Steve Sauve andthen Chrumka in the last two roundsto finish half a point back. Sauve,Chrumka, and impressive 15-year-old Mark Driscoll each finished at arespectable three points.

TD/Rep: Walter Watson

Words Calgary October U1699 Active

This tournament came right down tothe wire. Brian Miller led the wayto the critical fourth round with threestraight wins. But here he had to faceJonathan Bjornson, second placerunner-up of the U2000 at WordsBooks Championship two weeksearlier. Brian was defeated, givingthe lead to Jonathan. A win in roundfive would clinch the trophy forJonathan, but this was not to betoday as Mike Smith dropped him tothe mat in solid knockout fashion.

With this upset, a best out of threespeed chess playoff loomed betweenTom McKay and Brian Miller, thatsaw Brian come out on top. We mustmention that third place was sharedbetween Jonathan Bjornson andMike Smith. Thanks for all theparticipants who made this event apleasure to direct.

TD/Rep: Tedge Davies

Calgary Chess Club Fall Class

The Fall Class Tournament consistedof three six-player Round Robins andone eleven-player Swiss.

In Section 1, top-rated AndrewLapides led with 4/4 going into thelast round, but blundered his queento lowest-rated John Parrott in analready inferior position to give Johna stunning victory. The prize winnerswere John Parrott, AndrewLapides and John Ferrar.

Section 2 was a four player battle,and when the last pawn was pushed,Max Carcamo and John Rajchelwith 3.5/5 points just edged outSteve Hansen and Rod Weis. Thekey game was CarcamoÕs last roundmarathon win over Weis.

All three last round games in Section3 were drawn. That gave top seedsKim Nguyen and Steve Sauve a firstplace tie with 3.5/5, and put DougBoyd in third with 3 points.

Jack King was the triumphantwinner of the Swiss Section. His 4.5/5 gave him a one point margin oversecond place Ted Borowski. Theremaining prize winners were KevinWard, Rob Wills and CarolynMcMaster. My appreciation andmany thanks go to Aaron Ryner for

playing a couple of rounds so that IdidnÕt have to give anyone a forcedbye.


Grande Prairie Fall Active

Larry Stutzman once again won theGrande Prairie Fall Active with 3.5/4.This first event in the Peace CountryGrand Prix was attended by thirteen.James Chiba of the home club andAlex Phimester of Peace River sharedthe U1700 prize. Chip Boyer ofDawson was Top Junior and ScottBoyer second in the Junior Section.

TD/Rep: Phil Lefkowitz

Alberta Chess Association Over/Under 1800

It was most definitively the best oftimes. The players in the Over/Under1800 came to fight. In fact, thetournament must have set some kindof record when out of fifteen lastround games there was not a singledraw in the crowd!

In the Over 1800, Dale Haessel tiedfor first, while posting 4/5 againstopponents who all scored over 50%in the tournament. Fellow MasterArthur Odachowski joined him bydefeating top seed Robert Gardner.

Elsewhere Warrick Walker earnedthe Best Game prize against RoyYearwood, Chris Kuczaj wentundefeated and drew with bothtournament leaders, and JimFlemming upset two 2100+ playersto push his rating back over 2000where it belongs.

In the Under 1800, top seed JoeSantbergen gave up only a draw toBrian Miller in scoring 4.5/5 to gainfirst prize. Thirteen-year-old AlecMills gained clear second with 4/5and Verne Taerum impressed with3.5, while Eric Tam, Frank Knoll andMike Smith tied for fourth.

We were glad to welcome one out-of-province player, Byron Olson ofKimberly, and ivite him and others toplay in future Alberta tournaments.



Notes by

Warrick Walker

Yearwood, RoyWalker, Warrick

Alberta Over/Under 1800,1998

Dutch A81

1.d4 d6 2.»f3 f5 3.g3 »f6 4.ºg2g6 5.c4 ºg7 6.»c3 0-0 7.h3

White wants to play ºe3 and soprevents Ö»g4. I believe Roy wasplanning to bring a rook to d1 andpush his pawn to c5 in hopes ofexploiting a pin on the d-file. Thiswould also enable him to try tobreak up the Black center. Instead ofthe text, both 7.0-0 and 7.ºg5 weregood alternatives.

7Öc6 8.ºe3 ½c7

A possible try instead of the text was8Ö»e4.

9.½b3

IÕm not fond of this move, althoughmy computer, Fritz, also chose it inthis position. IÕm just not sure whatthe queen is doing here after BlackÕsreply.

I expected 9.½c2 followed bymoving both rooks to the queensideand b4-b5 with interesting play.

9Ö¾h8 10.d5?! e5 11.dxe6 ºxe612.»d4

12.»g5 is somewhat better.

12Öºg8

My bishop likes it here. LetÕs brieflyassess the position Ñ both sideshave the same number of piecesdeveloped, but itÕs clear that BlackÕsare more effective. WhiteÕs queen istemporarily pinned and the »/d4 is alittle shaky. The º/g2 is biting ongranite and the º/e3 doesnÕt havemuch to do. As well, the White kingis still in the center.

Black is threatening Ö»bd7 attackingc4 and thereby gaining time. All ofthese factors allow Black to pressahead with the following attack.

13.½a4 »bd7 14.b3

The c-pawn had to be defended, butthis weakens c3 and the long blackdiagonal. The White queen looksvery lonely.

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Moving the bishop doesnÕt helpbecause of Ö»c5 followed by Ö»fe4exposing the weakness of d4. Bestwas 15.0-0 but White will be underpressure for some time. Roy choosesa different method. He sees thatmoving the bishop would also letBlack play Ö»d3+ due to the pin onthe e-file. By playing ¼d1 he protectsd4 and stops the check. However, heeither overlooked or underestimatedBlackÕs reply.

15Ö¼xe3! 16.fxe3 »h5 17.g4»g3 18.¼g1 »c5 19.½a3 ½e720.¾d2

White has better than this, althoughnot by much, in 20.½c1 ¼e8 21.ºxc6(21.gxf5 ½xe3 22.½xe3 ¼xe3)21Öbxc6 22.¼xg3 ½h4 23.¾f2 ºe524.¼dg1 f4 25.exf4 ºxd4+ 26.¾g2ºxg1 27.½xg1 ½f6.

20Ö¼e8 21.»c2 ½e5 22.b4

A futile attempt to defend the thirdrank laterally. If White tries 22.»b1then 22Öf4 23.ºf3 fxe3+ 24.¾c1 b525.cxb5 cxb5 26.b4 »a4 27.¼d3 ¼c8.

22Ö»d7

Black could have played 22Ö½xc3+23.½xc3 »ce4+ 24.ºxe4 »xe4+25.¾d3 »xc3 with a winningposition, but I wanted to keep thepieces on as long as possible as theWhite king is very close to beingmated. Besides, White canÕt improvehis position so there is no need torush. With his next move Roy forcesthis same liquidation of material butin a slightly better form for me.

23.¾c1

Or 23.»b1 »b6 24.½xa7 »xc4+25.¾e1 ½b2 winning.

23Ö½xc3 24.½xc3 »xe2+25.¾d2 »xc3 26.¼df1 fxg427.»d4 »e4+ 28.ºxe4 ¼xe429.¼xg4 ¼xg4 30.hxg4 ºxc431.¼g1 ¾g8 32.a3 »e5 33.¾c3ºd5 34.¾d2 c5 35.e4 cxd436.exd5 »f3+ 37.¾d3 »xg1 Ù.

Medicine Hat

The Medicine Hat Chess Club waspleased to host eighteen participantsat this yearÕs tournament Ñ five localplayers, six from Calgary, five fromEdmonton, and two fromSaskatchewan. First place by a fullpoint was Gerald Fielding of SwiftCurrent at 4.5/5. Second place wasMicah Hughey on tiebreak.

Notes by

Bill Taylor

Fielding, GeraldTaylor, William

Medicine Hat op (2), 1998Queen's Gambit: Exchange D36

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»f3 d5 4.cxd5exd5 5.»c3 c6 6.ºg5 ºe7 7.½c2ºe6

7Öºg4 looks reasonable.

8.e3 »bd7 9.ºd3 h6 10.ºh4½c7?

A significant mistake. White canimmediately play 11.ºg3 whenBlack canÕt reply 11Öºd6 because of12.»b5! Better is 10Ög5 11.ºg3 »h512.0-0 »xg3 13.fxg3.

11.0-0 ºd6

11Öa6 was necessary first to preventthe »b5 intrusion.

12.¼fc1 0-0-0??

Castling into disaster, and alreadythe game losing move!

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13.»b5! ½b8

13Öcxb5 loses to 14.½b3 ºc515.ºxf6 gxf6 (15Ö»xf6 16.¼xc5)16.dxc5 a6 17.a4.

14.»xd6+ ½xd6 15.ºg3 ½b416.½xc6+!! bxc6 17.ºa6+ ½b718.¼xc6# Ø.

A brilliant finish and amplepunishment for the 12th move.

TD: Bill Taylor; Org: Medicine Hat CC


MB

Manitoba

Albert Boxer Classic

Albert Boxer has been a fixture onthe local chess scene for decades.When chess club member FrancisTrueman came up with the idea ofnaming an annual tournament in hishonor, not a voice was raised inprotest.

The result was the annual AlbertBoxer Classic, held every Labour Dayat the Winnipeg Chess Centre. At thisyearÕs event, Albert surveyed thegames like a proud father inspectinghis first-born child. In the end, twodeserving winners emerged, but notbefore some rocky play along theway.

Fletcher Baragar, one of ManitobaÕstop Masters, had a comfortablematerial advantage in his gameagainst 10-year-old Justin Gushuliakin one game. But Justin doesnÕt giveup, and his complications in timepressure led to BaragarÕs flag falling.

Top-ranked Kevin Gentes,meanwhile, conceded two draws tolower-rated players to make for anexciting finish as the players headedinto the finla round.

Gentes defeated Doug Hare ofMinneapolis, while JustinÕs luck ranout against veteran Aron Kaptsan.Gentes and Kaptsan shared firstplace with 5 points, while SuneAndersen was clear third and topExpert with 4.5.

JustinÕs efforts didnÕt go unrewarded.He shared top A-class prize withDale Gustafson of Minneapolis andTony Boron of Winnipeg. DannyAvena was top Class B, while Top Cwent to Xia Yanchong, BennetCharter and Sean Walker.

Rep: Cecil Rosner

ON

Ontario

Concordia Fall Active

Eight club players took part in thisevent. Scott Kuehl outdistanced thecompetition, losing only to GordOlheiser in the final round to takefirst place with 4 points. AlbertRundstedler and Tom McClellandtied for second place with threepoints each.

TD/Rep: Tim Knechtel

KWCC Summer Double Round Robin

This club summer event attracted arecord twenty-five players for around robin event at the K-W ChessClub. Unfortunately, several playershad difficulties finishing their gamesand so a summer event stretchedinto the fall. In Group 1, Istvan Kissand Rasim Bajramovic placed firstand second with 5 and 4.5 points.

Group 2 featured a tie for first placebetween John Duralia and KarlDangberg with 4 points. RyanHadley and Dick Riedstra placedfirst and second in Group 3 with 4.5and 3.5 points. In Group 4, DerekBarnes edged out Grant Roeddingfor first place with 4.5 points toGrantÕs 4 points.

Mark Fitzgerald beat out AndreiCostache and Matan Prilleltenskyin Group 5. Group 6 showcasedMike Swart who placed first with6.5 points over Tim Harvey with 5.5points. Everyone enjoyed thisinformal format which allowedplayers to play without taking byesfor their summer vacations.


KWCC Fall Active

Fourteen players participated in thisclub Active event. Scott Kuehl,Steve Thorvaldson and RadisavCokorillo all tied for first place withfour points. Brian Clarke and MikeStreiter tied for top U1600.


Blue Mountain Active

This picturesque site attracted thirtychess enthusiasts to the BlueMountain ski resort. 4.5/5 was themagic score for Jura Ochkoos towin first place. Tied for second placewith 4 points were Warren Duttonand Stefanie Chu. Andre Zyburacaptured the top U1800 prize with3.5 points.

In the U1600 Section, AmandaBenggawan ate up the competitionwith a perfect 5/5 score to take firstplace. Michael Vasovic and unratedJeremy Cone tied for second placewith 3.5 points. Top U1400 prizewent to Dave Pearson with 3. Hopeto see you all again in 1999 at thecolorful Blue Mountain ski resortnear Collingwood.

Org: Liana MacMillan; TD/Rep: TimKnechtel

Toronto Macedonian

Notes by

Andrew Cooper

Cooper, AndrewMitrovic, Bojana

Toronto Macedonian 1998Queen Pawn D02

1.d4 d5 2.»f3 ºg4

My first opportunity to test this linein tournament play. I have aprepared line here.

3.»e5 »f6

A very sensible move.

4.»c3 ºf5

Not consistent Ö I am a tempo downbecause e3 isnÕt in this variation so Ihave to play h3 first.

5.h3 h6 6.g4 ºg6

Instead 6Öºh7 would be muchbetter and avoids the coming mess.

7.ºg2

I want to guard e4.

7Öe6

Very good. The pin of the darksquare bishop canÕt be allowed.

8.a3 ºd6 9.»xg6 fxg6 10.½d3!

This is a home made line, learnt inbattle from dozens of fast late nightgamesÖ

10Ö¾f7

Depressing. I now want to play e4and actually contemplated playing it


now, but decided itÕs better to tuckthe king in for the night.

11.ºd2 »c6 12.O-O-O g5 13.e4

LetÕs party.

13Ödxe4 14.»xe4 ¼f8

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Here an idea came to me intuitively:The central break d4-d5 will opendangerous lines of attack against theexposed enemy king. The sacrificeon g5 results in a pin on the »/f6 toallow the central pawn break.Judging from similar positions inGrandmaster play with a strandedking stuck in the center, I shouldexpect to regain my material at somepoint, owing to my lasting threatsagainst the enemy king. LetÕs see ifitÕs true.

15.»xg5+ hxg5 16.ºxg5 ¾g817.d5 »e5 18.½b3

Now threatening to take on e6followed by a wicked discoveredcheck.

18Öc6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.½xe6+»f7

I thought on this move for half anhour. Obviously I canÕt take thebishop, but I finally came up withthe following counterplay: ºxc6 isnecessary to reorganize the pin onBlackÕs king along the long diagonal.

21.ºxc6 ¼c8 22.ºd5 ½c723.ºb3 ºf4+ 24.ºxf4 ½xf4+Ú.

I offered a draw for two reasons.First, I was tired and doubted Iwould be able to win, even thoughfour pawns are theoretically goodcompensation for the piece sacrifice.SunTzu helped here Ñ you have toknow yourself in order to avoiddefeat. My second reason was honor.My opponent, a 12-year-old girl andthe daughter of a strong YugoslavMaster, had been looking in bleakdespair for some time. I didnÕt wantto crush her spirit. She was delightedby the draw, so it was a good choice.

Concordia Summer Round Robin

This eight player club Round Robinfeatured lots of fighting chess asshown by the low scores. ScottKuehl wound up in first place with5.5 points when no one else seemedto want it. Tim Knechtel came insecond with 4.5 points. Tieing forthird place with 4 points were GordOlheiser, Albert Runstedler and AlexToolsie.

Notes by

Scott Kuehl

Kuehl,ScottRunstedler,A

Concordia, 1998Catalan E04

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.ºg2dxc4 5.»f3 »c6 6.½a4 ºb4+7.ºd2 ºxd2+

7Öºe7 is also possible.

8.»bxd2 0-0 9.½xc4 ½d5 10.0-0a5!?

10Ö½xc4 11.»xc4 ºd7 is safer.

11.e3 ¼a6 12.¼fc1?

12.¼ac1 was better.

12Ö¼b6 13.»e5

I should have continued with 13.b3first, but I like tactics too!

13Ö»xe5 14.½xc7 ½d8!

14Ö½d6 15.½xc8 »c6 16.»c4 is riskyfor Black.

15.½xe5 ¼xb2 16.»c4 ¼xf2!?

16Ö»g4! looks better.

17.½d6!

Of course 17.¾xf2 loses to 17Ö»g4+with a royal fork.

17Ö¼xg2+

17Ö¼e2 18.½xd8 ¼xd8 19.ºf3 winsthe rook, or 17Ö¼f5 18.½xd8 ¼xd819.»d6! and 17Ö½xd6 18.»xd6 alllook bad for Black!

18.¾xg2 b5?

18Ö»d7 allows Black to keep thequeens on the board. After the dusthas settled, White is up an exchange,but has three pawn islands todefend. So White tries to keep Blacktoo busy to find time to attack hisweak pawn islands.

19.½xd8 ºb7+ 20.¾g1 ¼xd821.»xa5 ºe4 22.»c6 ¼a823.»a7 b4 24.¼c8+ ¼xc825.»xc8 »d5 26.»d6 f5?

This was probably BlackÕs losingmove. Much better was 26Öºd3keeping his bishop.

27.»xe4 fxe4 28.¾f2 h5

Black still thinks he can draw andplays accordingly.

29.a4 bxa3 30.¼xa3 ¾f7 31.¼a8¾g6 32.¼f8 »f6 33.h3 ¾f534.¾e2 ¾g5?

WhiteÕs winning plan is to infiltratevia the queenside with his king,giving back the exchange ifnecessary to eventually zugzwangBlack to win the d-pawn.

BlackÕs best defense involves gettinghis knight to g5 to hold on to his e-pawns and to try to create a passedpawn on the kingside with 34Öe5!35.dxe5 ¾xe5 36.¼f7 g5 37.¼xf6¾xf6 38.¾d2 ¾e5 39.¾c3 ¾d540.¾b4; or 34Ög5 35.¾d2 h4 36.gxh4gxh4.

35.¾d2 ¾g6 36.¼d8 ¾g5 37.¼d6¾f5 38.¾c3 »d5+?

Better was 38Ög5 39.¾c4 g4 40.h4.

39.¼xd5+! exd5 40.¾b4 ¾e641.¾c5 g5 42.¾c6 ¾f5 43.¾xd5Ø.


KW Fall Active

The Open Section attracted anexcellent turnout of thirty-twoplayers. Jura Ochkoos won clearfirst with 4.5/5 points. Istvan Kisstook second with 4/5. BohdanRyzycki won top U1800 at 3/5.

In the U1600 section Ryan Hadleywon clear first with 4.5/5, whileAlexandra Benggawan ended up insecond with 4/5. Paul Devisser tooktop Unrated at 2.5/5.

Rep: Albert Den-Otter

R.A. Chess Club O�Keefe

Fifty players, including ten Masters,did battle in this yearÕs edition of theR.A. Chess ClubÕs OÕKeefeTournament, a six round, singlesection Swiss event. ProsantoSarkar played very consistentlythroughout and took clear first placewith 5.5 points. The only blemish onSarkarÕs record was a fifth rounddraw with Maher Saleh, whofinished alone in second place with5. Kevin Pacey, Mackenzie Hardieand Charles Gould followed with4.5 points.


Another player who turned in anotable performance was youngMichael Handelman, rated at only1861, who drew all three Masters hewas paired against.

TD: John Armstrong

NS

Nova Scotia

Halifax Labour Day Open

Halifax saw another eight roundevent with this yearÕs Labour DayOpen. A very good total of 41players took part, including playersfrom all three Maritime provinces.First place was shared by RobertVilleneuve and Antoni Wysocki,both with 6.5/8. Third place wasMike Eldridge with 6.

Suprisingly, many of the games onthe top boards were quite short,often with one player making amistake in a sharp position, as aÒtake no prisonersÓ attitude prevailedthroughout. Here are a couple ofexamples by the first place finishers:

Wysocki, AntoniGulati, Justin

Halifax op (4) 1998Modern Defense A42

1.c4 g6 2.d4 ºg7 3.e4 d6 4.»c3»c6 5.d5 »d4 6.ºe3 c5 7.»ge2½b6 8.»xd4 cxd4 9.»a4 ½a5+10.ºd2 ½c7 11.c5! dxc5

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12.Rc1

[An interesting alternative to thecommonly played 12.ºb5+ as in, for

example, Wassin Ð Boutchkov, olblind, 1996 which continued12Öºd7 13.ºxd7+ ½xd7 14.»xc5½b5 15.¼c1 »f6 16.b4 0-0 17.a4 ½e818.f3 b6 19.»d3 ¼c8 20.0-0 ¼xc121.ºxc1 e6 22.d6 »d7 23.b5 ½b824.ºa3 ¼c8 25.f4 e5 26.f5 »c527.fxg6 hxg6 28.»xc5 bxc5 29.d7¼c7 30.½b3 Ø. Ed.]

12Öb6 13.b4 ½e5 14.ºb5+ ¾f815.O-O! cxb4? 16.½c2 f5??17.½c6 Ø.

Notes by

Steve Saunders

Villeneuve, RobertSaunders, Steve

Halifax op (7) 1998Sicilian: Polugaevsky B96

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 »f6 5.»c3 a6 6.ºg5 e67.f4 b5

The Polugayevsky Variation isperhaps the sharpest line in thehighly complex and tactical SicilianNajdorf.

8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 ½c7 10.½e2

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The other main line begins with10.exf6 ½e5+ 11.ºe2 ½xg5 12.ºf3Ra7 13.»c6 »xc6 14.ºxc6+ ºd715.fxg7 ½e5+ 16.ºe4 ºxg7 17.½e2b4 18.»d1 ºb5 and gives Black aninitiative, more space and the twobishops. Black eventually won sucha game in Gulati Ð Saunders,Charlottetown 1998.

10Ö»fd7 11.O-O-O ºb7 12.½g4

After 12.½h5 g6 13.½h4 ºg714.ºxb5 O-O 15.ºxd7 »xd716.Rhe1 ºxg2 17.ºh6 ºxh6+18.½xh6 »xe5 19.Rg1 ºd5 20.Rg3Rac8 21.»xd5 exd5 22.c3 Rce823.Rdg1 Black has achieved awinning advantage, although heeventually fell victim to a perpetualcheck in Maillet Ð Saunders, NewBrunswick op 1998.

12Ö½xe5 13.ºd3

This is one of the newer theoreticallines which Rob Villeneuve said hestudied the night before.

13Öºc5

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A dubious novelty that leads to aquick defeat. Analysis by John Nunnin ÒThe Complete Najdorf 6.ºg5ÖÓand by former CorrespondenceWorld Champion Grigory Sanakoevand M. Chetverik shows that BlackÕsbest chances lie with 13Öh6 14.ºh4g5 leading to some very tacticalpositions.

14.»xe6 fxe6 15.Rhe1 h516.ºg6+ ¾f8 17.½h4 ½c718.Rf1+ »f6 19.ºxf6 ¾g820.Rd8+ ºf8 21.Rxf8+ Ø.

TD: Kim Tufts; Org: Albert Ede

PE

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown YCA Active #2

Justin Gulati grabbed another firstplace finish, as David Paulowich fella tempo short of winning the kingand pawn ending. That drawenabled Justin to finish 1/2 pointahead of Fred McKim. Scott Landrytook top Junior and Adam Caseytook Most Improved. Many thanks tothe Dieppe contingent for comingover. Ten played.

In the twenty-three player ScholasticDivision there was another threeway tie, this time between JaredPower, Peter St.Martin and MartinDeGuire, who all finished at 4/5.

TD/Rep: Fred McKim; Org: PEI YCA


Charlottetown Active Match

Scott LandryÕs victory over AdamCasey gave him the second PrinceEdward Island spot in the upcomingMaritime/Atlantic JuniorChampionship. He joins PrinceEdward IslandÕs other representative,Aaron Cooper.

TD: Fred McKim

Atlantic Junior

15-year-old Tyler Reddy of Halifax,Nova Scotia became the 1998Atlantic Junior Champion with ascore of 4.5/5. Second place went tofellow Nova Scotian Jason Kenney,who scored 4. This yearÕs eventfeatured the participation ofNewfoundland players for the firsttime in nearly a decade.

TD: Justin Gulati; Org/Rep: Fred McKim

Prince Edward IslandYouth Chess Association Active #4

Another good turnout from Monctonresulted in an eight player event.CharlottetownÕs Justin Gulati hadlittle trouble securing first place witha perfect 5/5. Second went to ScottLandry with 4/5, while BenoitDeGuire took the top U1500 at 3/5.

TD: Justin Gulati; Rep: Fred McKim

Charlottetown PEI Open

Alvah Mayo flexed his muscles andput a 200 point rating bulge to gooduse to take the 1998 Prince EdwardIsland Open with a score of 4.5/5.Second place went to DavidPaulowich with 4, while lowestrated Alick Tsui captured the MostImproved prize.

TD: Alvah Mayo; Org/Rep: Fred McKim

PQ

Quebec

Outaouais Open

From October 23Ð25 the OutaouaisOpen attracted an impressive field of111 players from Quebec, Ontario,Prince Edward Island,Newfoundland and Georgia (former

USSR) to compete for the $2,000prize fund in the very comfortableMaison du Citoyen in Hull. Eightplayers had CFC ratings above 2300.This most important regulartournament in the Ottawa-Hull area,which is also part of the EOCAGrand Prix and Tour du Quebec, thisyear drew the support of the city ofHull and was sponsored by CorelCorporation, the ChessÕn and MathAssociation and the Ramada PlazaHotel.

All prizes for Juniors and Cadetswere generously provided byChessÕn and Math. We are quiteproud that a total of twenty youngplayers participated in varioussections of the event, which is a veryhigh number for a tournament of oursize.

IM Deen Hergott of Ottawa, whohas just returned from the Olympiadin Elista as a member of theCanadian national team, played withinspiration and finished in clear firstplace at 4.5 with his last round winover George Sikharulidze of Tbilisi,Georgia. Miladin Djerkovic ofOttawa and Junior Lefong Hua of St-Laurent tied for second place with 4points. Canadian Junior ChampionDanny Goldenberg of Montrealwon the Top Junior prize in theOpen Section.

In the U2000 Section, G�raldMichaud of Chaöteauguay and GillesAngers of Quebec City tied for firstplace with 4.5. Tied for third placewere Khaled Abou-Chakra, JulieTrottier, Charles Gould, R�miMarineau, and Alex Danilov. OlivierTessier won Top Junior, whileLefongÕs brother Lethyn Hua tookTop Cadet.

In the U1500 Section St�phaneLegault was in first with 4.5 points,followed by Ralf Macgrady, AshrafAsfour, Luc Villeneuve, and FrancoisMassouli�. Eric Lawson finished TopCadet.

A summary of the event with anumber of selected games can befound at our web site located athttp://www.mygale.org/~leoqc/Leo/

I would like to warmly thank allthose who contributed to the successof this terrific event with theirenthusiasm and hard work!

Rep: Hubert Séguin

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Top Rating ListsThese lists include current members that have been rated in a CFC event within the last twelve months

Top Canadians1. Spraggett, Kevin ON 26452. Lesiege, Alexandre PQ 26003. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 25264. Hebert, Jean PQ 25245. Livshits, Ron ON 25166. Teplitsky, Yan ON 25157. Hergott, Deen ON 25088. Linskiy, Oleg PQ 24759. Kapetanovic, Armin ON 2469

10. Schulte, Oliver AB 245711. Khassanov, Marat PQ 245312. Schleifer, Michael PQ 245213. Teodoro IV, Eduardo ON 244614. O'Donnell, Tom ON 244515. Findlay, Ian ON 243116. Hartman, Brian ON 243117. Mikanovic, Goran PQ 243018. Day, Lawrence ON 242819. Spraggett, Grant ON 242520. Zugic, Igor ON 242021. Ochkoos, Jura ON 241922. Ross, David PQ 241923. Vukadinov, Milan ON 240624. Yoos, John C. MB 240525. Allan, Denis ON 239526. Basanta, Gary BC 239427. Cummings, David ON 238828. Gentes, Kevin MB 238729. Berry, Jonathan BC 238330. Duong, Thanh Nha PQ 238331. Milicevic, Goran ON 238132. Leveille, Francois PQ 237933. Johnstone, Glenn ON 237834. Taylor, Gordon ON 237635. Levtchouk, George PQ 237536. Olszewski, Piotr ON 236837. Awate, Avinash ON 236838. Williams, Paul D. ON 236139. Vranesic, Zvonko ON 236140. Tipu, Vincent ON 236041. Huber, Gregory AB 235742. Hua, Lefong PQ 235543. Charbonneau, Pascal PQ 235444. Goldenberg, Danny PQ 235345. Ho, Andrew BC 235246. McGarrett, Ian ON 235147. Mihaljevic, Josip ON 235048. Ross, Paul BC 234849. Reeve, Jeff PQ 234750. Milat, Marcel BC 234751. Fullbrook, Nigel AB 234252. Djerkovic, Miladin ON 234153. Ilic, Stanimir ON 234054. Lipnowski, Irwin MB 233655. Milicevic, Dragoljub BC 233656. Filipovich, David ON 233457. Fuentebella, Mayo BC 233258. Sasata, Robert SK 233159. Saleh, Maher ON 233060. McArthur, Mike ON 232861. Moussa, Alaa-Eddine PQ 232362. Glinert, Stephen ON 232263. Gardner, Robert J. AB 232164. Mitrovic, Milan ON 232065. Zuk, Bob BC 2317

66. Marquez, Danilo ON 231667. Adam, Valerian BC 231568. Dougherty, Michael ON 231569. Kiviaho, Robert ON 231470. Crisan, Ioan ON 231171. Haessel, Dale AB 230972. Ristovic, Nenad AB 230873. Krupka, David ON 230774. Girard, Robin PQ 230575. Neven, Knut SK 230576. Horton, Joe NB 230577. Moisan-Plante, MO PQ 230478. Khoudgarian, Natalia ON 230479. South, Robert AB 230380. Golts, Roman ON 230281. Valdizon, Armando ON 230082. Hallam, John BC 2300

Top FIDE1. Spraggett, Kevin ON 25602. Lesiege, Alexandre PQ 25253. Kapetanovic, Armin ON 24654. Teplitsky, Yan ON 24605. Hebert, Jean PQ 24606. Pelts, Roman ON 24307. Marantz, Michael ON 24208. Suttles, Duncan BC 24209. Yanofsky, Abe MB 2410

10. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 241011. Hartman, Brian ON 240512. Teodoro IV, Eduardo ON 240013. Alipayo, Rodulfo ON 238014. Linskiy, Oleg PQ 237515. Milicevic, Goran ON 237016. Hergott, Deen ON 237017. Cummings, David ON 237018. O'Donnell, Tom ON 236519. Barbeau, Sylvain PQ 236520. MacPhail, John ON 2365

Top Women1. Khoudgarian, Natalia ON 23042. Starr, Nava ON 22613. Belc, Daniela ON 22294. Charest, Johanne PQ 20925. Leger, Manon PQ 20876. Apostolov, Penka PQ 20457. Mongeau, Diane PQ 20298. Vujosevic, Smilja ON 20179. Chu, Stefanie ON 1993

10. Baltgailis, Vesma ON 1979

Top Juniors1. Teodoro IV, Eduardo 20 ON 24462. Zugic, Igor 17 ON 24203. Hua, Lefong 16 PQ 23554. Charbonneau, Pascal 15 PQ 23545. Goldenberg, Danny 18 PQ 23536. Ho, Andrew 15 BC 23527. Glinert, Stephen 14 ON 23228. Golts, Roman 16 ON 23029. Lou, Meng 19 ON 2292

10. Divljan, Igor 12 ON 225511. Filion, Charles 19 PQ 2243

12. Peredun, Andrew 18 ON 223313. Chu, Christopher 20 ON 223114. Allen, Graham 20 ON 221915. Marshall, Peter 19 ON 2206

Top Cadets1. Hua, Lefong 16 PQ 23552. Charbonneau, Pascal 15 PQ 23543. Ho, Andrew 15 BC 23524. Glinert, Stephen 14 ON 23225. Golts, Roman 16 ON 23026. Divljan, Igor 12 ON 22557. Moskvitch, Andrey 16 PQ 21208. Hacat, Kevork 15 ON 21189. Reddy, Tyler 14 NS 2094

10. Joshi, Anand 15 ON 209011. Zambo, Viktor 13 ON 207312. Henson, Joshua 15 MB 207113. Fleischmann, Michael 16 ON 204114. Rolfe, Warrick 14 ON 203615. Gottlieb, Jonathan 14 PQ 2030

Top ActiveRatings

1. Hergott, Deen ON 25282. Hartman, Brian ON 25173. Day, Lawrence ON 25144. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 25065. Livshits, Ron ON 24676. Teodoro IV, Eduardo ON 24477. Koliada, Timour ON 24438. Basanta, Gary BC 24039. Ochkoos, Jura ON 2394

10. Milicevic, Goran ON 237911. McTavish, David ON 236712. Crisan, Ioan ON 236213. Dougherty, Michael ON 2360

Most Active1. Gerry Litchfield ON 552. Steve Demmery ON 463. Danny Goldenberg PQ 384. Alvah Mayo NS 375. Francis Trueman MB 366. Ashish Gulati PE 367. Charles Gould PQ 368. Christian Collins ON 359. Marat Khassanov PQ 34

10. Miladin Djerkovic ON 3211. Maurice Smith ON 3212. Robert J. Gardner AB 3113. Micah Hughey AB 3114. Robert D. Brewster BC 3015. Christopher Field ON 3016. Jacques Cote PQ 2917. Chris Takov ON 2818. Stijn DeKerpel ON 2819. Deen Hergott ON 2820. Lefong Hua PQ 2821. Hee Seid BC 2722. Pascal Charbonneau PQ 2723. Kenneth Callaghan ON 2724. Eric Wenaas PQ 2725. Tony Verma NB 27


Regular Ratings

AlbertaCFC# Name Rtng High

111585 Allen, Ted 1613 1636103801 Anderson, John 1533 1533123306 Anderson, Ashton 1604 10122826 Armani, Jeff 727 8108017 Aspler, Gerald 2059 2072123316 Banks, Dave xxxx 4108990 Barrett, Patrick 1430 21108876 Baunok, Zoltan 2149 2200107595 Bertrand, Daryl xxxx 1926105484 Bjornson, Jonathan 1660 1660120659 Blundell, Scott 1727 1801121267 Booth, Shandy xxxx 10120375 Borowski, Ted 1553 1634122776 Boyd, Doug 1751 15111135 Brazeau, Robert 1778 1778107545 Brown, Grant 2071 2133122305 Bundscherer, Peter 1103 12104327 Campbell, Duncan 1592 1609105508 Campbell, Gordon 2077 2160102451 Carcamo, Max 1958 2000122822 Chaffey, Bruce 1050 7102956 Chiba, James 1551 19122824 Chojnacki, Ted 1256 6112298 Chrumka, Colin 1851 1851112570 Clark, Chris 1427 1474120745 Clark, Alan 1883 2026123504 Croissant, Taylor 1148 4106511 Danglapen, Leo 1995 2093105606 Daniluk, Jim 2077 2193109618 Davies, Robert 1722 1748106814 Davies, Jordan 1832 1873107487 Day, Jonathan 1714 1740103550 Demers, Christopher 2270 2270108124 Dewindt, Cor 1668 1813112180 Dinelle, Robert 1604 21103726 Doo, Alvin 1744 1828104965 Elberhardt, Gary xxxx 14121190 Eshleman, Brandon 1365 14101758 Faust, Steven xxxx 1910106228 Ferrar, John 2200 2314104237 Ficko, Brady 2011 2025102103 Flemming, James 2046 2056103643 Fullbrook, Nigel 2342 2350107004 Gallinger, Jeremiah 1528 1529108323 Gardner, Robert J. 2321 2387106034 Gauthier, Paul 1416 1416121808 Gibson, Vince 1432 20100353 Gomboc, Dave 2125 2144102428 Gomes, Alan 1934 1973121140 Goude, Brian 1873 1957109051 Grumic, Sasha 2219 2276112476 Haessel, Dale 2309 2310123256 Hall, Chris 1465 5105644 Hansen, Steve 1853 1855121091 Harris, Greg 1761 4122495 Haynes, Nicolas 1599 1599123580 Hkung, Josiah 1473 4109370 Huang, Jeff 1716 1778109674 Huber, Gregory 2357 2385109502 Hughey, Micah 2133 2133120533 Jarvis, Jim 1544 1544121765 Jeserich, Tobias 1730 1741104063 Jewlal, Derrick 1882 1901123503 Jones, John 1401 4105241 Karpa, Tom 1644 1700121625 Kazakevich, Anastasia1541 1551122426 Kazakevich, Alexander1637 1637102969 King, J. G. 1564 1564121301 Kirchner, Kieran 1300 18101659 Kish, Joe W. xxxx 1645120194 Knoll, Frank 1703 21123258 Kostka, Dan 1073 2110542 Kroeker, Brad 1644 1690101953 Kuczaj, Chris 2152 2169121783 Lapides, Paul 1499 1499122675 Lapides, Andrew 2289 2289105577 Lauterwald, Kurt 1559 1600122934 Leduc, James 1653 5103595 Lefkowitz, Phil 1698 1800103945 Lovi, Aaron 1806 1806111831 Luyben, Norm 1707 1753110115 Macfarlane, Don 1468 1570

110787 Macnab, John 1627 1738107844 Maric, Victor 2246 21110784 Martin, Keith 1495 1495101022 McKay, Tom 1602 1697120082 McMaster, Carolyn 1442 1448123582 Michaux, Aaron 1244 5112716 Miller, Chris 1552 1552102547 Miller, Brian 1694 1727107744 Mills, Alec 1659 1659101874 Milne, Arthur 1927 2068123323 Milward, Dave 1333 3104136 Min, Andre 1824 1824123012 Mostafa, Ashraf 1361 1361109973 Nazarian, Farzan 2095 2161109724 Newton, Geoff 2075 2105111962 Nguyen, Kim 1827 1899122764 Nielsen, Brad 1514 11122982 Nystrom, Kurtis 1660 1683100265 Ockert, Gary 1526 1526108406 Odachowski, Arthur 2229 2304120246 Olson, Erik 1583 1583120174 Olson, Hans 1882 1882104728 Ottosen, David 2070 2191105047 Panteluk, Steven 1835 1835103046 Parrott, F. John 2237 2237107746 Perron, Sean 2203 2210123257 Pivovarov, Juraj 1340 8123480 Plana, Dominador 1472 6104195 Podolchak, Nick 1639 1700110580 Prosser, Larry 1696 1725106052 Quiring, John 1956 2078122706 Radovic, Zoran 2118 24106812 Rajchel, John 1893 1931111232 Rajski, Piotr 1770 1770123657 Ramirez, Camilo 1170 3106711 Regimbald, Adrien 1662 1751120784 Remoroza, Alvin 1905 1986104422 Rusk, William 1619 1700120197 Ryan, Jeff 1161 7122861 Ryner, Aaron 1298 7121763 Santbergen, Joseph 1859 15111041 Sauve, Steve 1779 1798100243 Schaeffer, Jonathan 2206 2248105680 Scherer, Gerhard 1535 1600122668 Schneider, Wolfgang 1093 6106738 Schulte, Oliver 2457 2462109293 Shefer, Dmitri 1830 1859120858 Smith, Mike 1435 1440122825 Smith, Rod 1062 4123581 Smith, Andrew 1040 4102314 South, Fred 2263 2300104745 Stefanyshyn, Jerry 1562 1675123486 Sterr, Josh 1226 9121623 Stone, Stephen 1336 13107048 Szulski, Adam 1666 1735101575 Taerum, Verne 1672 1673111298 Tam, Eric 1749 1749100070 Taylor, William 2004 2011122065 Toth, Brian 1826 6122564 Trepanier, Tim 1468 8101734 Ustina, Greg 1819 1819123395 Valeroso, Bert 1569 5105520 Verlik, Val 1584 1704106498 Vermette, Chris 1793 1802102148 Walker, Warrick 2233 2246105139 Walkley, Frank 1670 1670112618 Ward, Kevin 1520 5101495 Watson, Walter 2051 2071107355 Weis, Rodney 1863 1919101736 Willis, Bradley J. 2100 2133105779 Wills, Rob 1467 1468122823 Wolniewicz, Tomasz 808 7100276 Wong, Ford 1972 2040102743 Yearwood, Roy 2222 2286109094 Zaradic, Tony 1746 1746

British ColumbiaCFC# Name Rtng High

122883 Alcombrack, Chelsea 521 15110160 Aquino, Manfrei 2031 2031104388 Atkinson, Gavin 1481 1578123690 Balasubramaniam, N. 316 5100238 Barnes, Mark 1687 1831107235 Bates, Josh 1771 1898106921 Becherer, Michael 1627 1733120994 Becherer, Matthew 1348 1348120995 Becherer, Ross 1319 1319120610 Belleau, David 1886 1886110388 Bennett, Natasha 1301 24120131 Beqo, Lorena 1165 1203103833 Boyer, Scott 1423 1545105840 Boyer, Chip 1174 1208103284 Brewster, Robert D. 2085 2200111754 Brien, Jacqueline 1581 1635101468 Broz, Peter 1738 1800123569 Bytchkova, Alina 996 4100283 Cabanas, Francisco 2079 2248107241 Cachelin, Justin 1949 1993120408 Campbell, Tom 1639 1765120650 Caouette, Gerald 1370 1370120552 Carlisle, Michael 1988 2025123210 Chen, Jim 1669 10123699 Cheng, Lesley 863 5120825 Cheng, Louis 1653 1718123691 Cheng, Andrea 245 4123700 Chiang, Jessica 200 4123701 Chien, Samantha 200 4103158 Chis, Sinziana 1123 1260121446 Chow, Carmen 577 18108625 Chua, Samuel 1802 1802123702 Cimolai, Marnai 302 4123721 Clouston, Daniel 947 4104013 Cody, Philip 1673 1800123709 Cook, Emily 479 3100314 Craver, Lyle 1758 1906123393 Crudo, Christopher 1804 4122169 Currie, Jason 1432 21

111363 Daswani, Benedict 1415 1439110120 Davies, Alex 2099 2149110614 Davies, Lucas 1646 1707122884 Davies, Noam 984 984107723 Dayan, Yoni 1252 1395107711 Dayan, Daniel 1345 1360107269 Daykin, Harold 1414 1414100267 De Wolf, Robert 1898 1900106424 Deline, Toni 1997 1997101919 Demers, Darwin 1628 1628108072 Devries, Peter 1694 24106458 Diemecke, Pablo 1892 1892123703 Dunn, Hilary 773 5107163 Eslava, Alice 1633 1633108064 Fekete, Charles 1823 1964109715 Ferguson, Jim 2216 2313121234 Fowler, Steve 1782 1782123710 Frass, Stephanie 340 5101723 Friesen, Mike 1842 1924106298 Friesen, Mark 1744 1861112641 Friesen, David 1498 1505110228 Friesen, James P. 1600 1748104947 Fuentebella, Mayo 2332 2332111178 Gardner, David 2055 2067103649 Gaudry, Gil 1608 1700112560 Gelbart, Michael 1177 1234123205 Gill, Gurpreet 1396 5122351 Glusica, Momir 2024 2086110906 Goldstein, Rhys 1800 1800123638 Goodman, David 1239 6123238 Goutor, Evgeni 1764 10121339 Goutor, Yaroslav 1575 1575121338 Goutor, Valentina 1468 1471102000 Grebenyuk, Alex 1369 1372111380 Grebenyuk, Michael 1490 1558110908 Grey, Wayne 1620 1691101879 Hallam, John 2300 2323103261 Hamanishi, Neil 1880 2015107504 Hansen, Niels 1486 1571105611 Hara, George 1886 2052112064 Harding, Michael 1836 1900112311 Harris, Philip 1999 2043108381 Harris, John 1621 1709123711 Hauer, Alyssa 396 4121695 Henrey, Michael 1162 1189121694 Henrey, Andrew 1307 1379123704 Heppenstall, Lara 712 5108423 Higgs, Ian 1960 2003121071 Hladek, David 1979 2037123693 Hockstra-Atwood, L. 651 5123237 Hossack, Katie 1249 2111679 Ilginnis, Hans 1649 1649108459 James, Mark 1430 1432110092 James, Terry 1659 1664111852 Jay, Joe 1634 1697123082 Jiganchine, Roman 1994 20121106 Johnson, Brent xxxx 16108082 Jones, Cliff 1753 1861120077 Jose, Marionito xxxx 1883120241 Juverdeanu, Mircea 1297 1334123722 Kao, Leo 1539 5123692 Kao, Amy 1203 4121305 Kerek, Peter 1574 1574103255 Keshet, Ilan 1278 1393123236 Kim, Samuel 1235 6123235 Kim, Hannah 1305 6109405 Kindret, Mike 1867 1900104177 Kleiman, Bram 1293 1304110075 Kojic, Stefan 1287 1289104683 Kovacs, George 1762 1819100242 Kruger, Benjamin R. 1938 2100102462 Krys, Christopher 1630 1718111002 Krys, Richard 1287 1308102841 Krys, Mark 1886 1950101530 Krzyzowski, Ernest 1996 2000120304 Lane, Travis 1892 1894106064 Lee, Jason 1791 1795122196 Lepsoe, Michael 1410 24103912 Leutschaft, Martin 2147 2147123228 Lewis, Graham 1407 10123392 Lindelauf, Justin 1777 5123464 Lizardo, C.J. 1654 5123463 Lui, Kai xxxx 5123694 Lum, Katrina 200 4123705 MacKenzie, Heather 808 5123695 Mackenzie, Shelley 879 5109234 Martinovsky, Ian 2223 2223113123 McCusky, Louis 1554 1556123696 McKay, Laurie 646 5112021 McLaren, Sean 2014 2014123706 McMillan, Tec 200 5123697 McMillan, Randi 200 4120735 McNichol, Paul 1722 1742104893 McPherson, Tristram 2086 2086101550 Medalen, David 1851 2042103657 Meharg, Bruce 1923 1923111432 Meldrum, Sean 1384 1476111116 Mennie, Mark 1971 2004120075 Milicevic, Dragoljub 2336 2345105939 Miller, Max 1668 1717110536 Miller, Amy-Marie 909 8123445 Moisseev, Dimitri xxxx 11106767 Monteith, Don 1924 1924111020 Monteith, Clinton 1191 16111039 Monteith, Palmer 759 18101014 Moore, David 1985 2100101144 Moore, Harry xxxx 2308122396 Morgan, Steve 1811 22120553 Mould, Jason 1338 18107627 Nathani, Kaleim 1784 1833104004 Nathani, Adam 1207 1235111262 Nenzen, Birger xxxx 19105750 Neufahrt, Gerhard 2227 2227104786 Neufeld, John D. 1990 2007100318 Niksic, John 2150 2200106910 North, Robert 1989 2100109818 Olson, Byron 1576 1605104330 Pechisker, Alfred 2188 2188

122886 Peterson, James 1335 1335123698 Petruk, Caitlan 580 5108831 Pildysh, Rostyslav 1581 1601108125 Pitts, Matthew 1722 1722100259 Planas, Rodolfo 1709 1809103074 Poitras, Luc 2204 2300108824 Pourbahrami, Vandad 1055 23111443 Prokopowicz, Monika 1219 1278120565 Quinn, Micah 1491 1501120135 Raymundo, Lenny-Vi xxxx 9104948 Reaville, Mike 1853 1853123707 Rekart, Emma 779 5111132 Remedios, Russell 2112 2171109752 Rollier, Deano 1832 1890106541 Sadoway, Steven 1889 1889123373 Saldanha, Daniel 1923 11120405 Saunders, Jeremiah 1420 21101161 Sauve, Ronald 1915 1915122519 Sedlock, Jim 1641 9103673 Seid, Hee 2223 2278123712 Shang, Alice 746 3108937 Shaw, Julia 942 23120564 Shishkina, Olya 1897 1897121515 Shishkina, Alla 1074 11123312 Silverberg, Daniel xxxx 5101448 Small, Hugh 1770 1834121615 Smith, Hailey 645 8123432 Sokourinski, Sergei 2376 10102833 Spears, Nicholas xxxx 2239106383 Spicer, Chris 1993 2018110554 Stanford, Mike 1868 1868100331 Steinke, Wally 1726 1839112313 Stephens, Desmond 1664 1674100346 Stockhausen, Peter 1605 1728107035 Strazhnik, Mikhail 1764 1782100205 Stringer, Lynn 1596 1700123689 Tang, Laureen 1194 5123723 Tang, Edward 1349 5100325 Taylor, James 1743 1800107829 Taylor, Nicholas 1854 2100120394 Thornton, David 1742 1742123708 To, Gloria 200 4100277 Veszely, Frank 2086 2106120237 Wang, Fei 1370 1398120239 Wang, Yamei 1579 1601106902 Ward, Roderick 2057 2063109904 Weinrath, Ted 1592 1592122520 Wetterlind, Jason 1611 10107142 Whitman, Alan 1722 1800110849 Wilson, John 1569 1612120829 Wong, Lincole 1300 1315101237 Wong, Samuel 1959 1959109090 Wright, Anthony 1663 1700108715 Wright, Stephen 2258 2343123313 Young, Mike xxxx 5123314 Young, David xxxx 5105701 Zingeler, Peter 1603 1603

ManitobaCFC# Name Rtng High

120820 Andersen, Sune xxxx 2065107743 Avena, Danny 1794 1794102014 Baragar, Fletcher 2285 2382104874 Barg, Andrew 1797 1907110941 Bays, Derek 1510 1517101126 Boron, Anthony 1856 1918120822 Charter, Bennet 1452 1452111275 Clark, Airyn 1156 11108502 Cummer, Jeff 1839 1882106887 Czarny, Keith 1701 1739111806 Czypinski, Jaroslaw 2006 2046120764 Eason, Bruce 1257 11123383 Eldridge, Mark 1295 8105641 Gannon, Keith 1708 1725106382 Gantzert, Rene 1698 1700112445 Gentes, Kevin 2387 2395107847 Gibbons, Lorne 1332 1415107069 Gibbons, Michael 2041 2079120178 Gushuliak, Justin 2015 2015111177 Hassain, Mahmud 1916 2019109975 Hellsten, Ole 2004 2058104596 Henson, Joshua 2071 2140109230 Herkert, Dean 1817 1827109971 Huggan, Philippe 1632 1640112549 Kaptsan, Aron 2181 2300102391 Khedkar, Jay S. 1913 2038108919 Klokow, John 1758 1852103588 Kollar, Frank 2245 2300105482 Kuryliw, Ray 1949 1949121045 Lange, John 1425 23121761 Lasker, Justin 1219 13102783 Lauritson, Jim 2016 2077105352 Lipnowski, Michael 1666 1682105377 Lipnowski, Samuel 1927 1927100128 Lipnowski, Irwin 2336 2400107190 Lukic, Luka 1937 2047109208 Magyar, Peter 1490 1490109197 Matwychuk, Norman 1380 1380103189 Milord, Frank 1725 1739104799 Moffat, Ron 1669 1713112475 Nikulin, Alexander 2140 2140108926 Ott, Richard 1493 1572122736 Pearce, Thomas 1753 8105326 Piche, Travis 1553 1573112499 Piche, Jeremie 1609 1747121132 Pratt, Robert 1285 23104122 Proulx, Roy 1522 1591103428 Prystenski, Arthur 2223 2300123576 Rampersad, Chris 1165 2103105 Rasmussen, Barry 2259 2259104699 Remillard, John 1569 1732109227 Repa, Jason 1933 1960108577 Roque, Rodolfo 1997 2051123575 Sadov, Serge 2046 8106687 Schulz, Waldemar 2084 2084106493 Schulz, Manfred 1906 2030110840 Sekhar, Ganesan 1925 1967

104557 Shpan, Mike 1752 1824123577 Sutherland, David 1180 2110008 Taylor, Gordon 1662 1716107111 Thomlison, Gary 1893 1893103193 Trueman, Francis 1503 1537109884 Walker, Sean 1515 1533111477 Walker, Erin 1748 1781120176 Weijs, Harry 1640 1640101872 Williams, Brian 1775 1799

New BrunswickCFC# Name Rtng High

123544 Allard-Bourque, Remi 802 4107246 Arsenault, Normand 1796 1796107763 Blanchette, Jacques 1862 1961106172 Bogavac, Milic 1903 1951109835 Bordage, Don 1572 1620104373 Boudreau, Pierre 1412 1486103047 Bowes, Richard 1996 2000113027 Boyce, Brian 1856 1872108718 Breau, Robert 1896 2137103962 Britt, Don 1703 6100253 Brun, Jacques 1878 1878108103 Carr, Terry 1866 1876102452 Cliche, Philippe 1930 2100106930 Cole, Don 1563 1607111760 Davis, Neil 2106 2172121511 Deveau, Justin 1118 1136108120 DiDiodato, Robert 2190 2200112947 Doucet, Daniel 1799 1835112674 Doucette, Raymond 1534 1726102718 Duff, Ken 1806 2000108882 Duivenvoorden, H. 1779 1900110149 Fournier, Donald 1873 1937104228 Frenette, Franco 1834 1850109507 Fyffe, Larry 1685 1693121364 Girouard, Mathieu 1066 6107764 Grant, Hector 1601 1705104152 Guignard, Michael 1967 2012108799 Harris, Joe 1519 1600109799 Hebert, Rodrigue 1949 2000108109 Hensel, George 1792 1792121586 Hettigama, Thusitha 1979 1979112692 Howarth, Anthony 2286 2294107073 Jobin, Sylvain 1695 1695120429 Johnson, Kyle 1429 1429121367 Johnson, Ghislaine 1386 1386107179 Jones, Phil 1829 1900108430 Kapadia, Ronak 1645 1645108418 Kapadia, Reena 1561 1566120130 King, Peter 1474 1541107009 Knappic, Pascal 1886 1886121684 Laforest, Gilles 1496 1546110291 Laforge, Renaud 1557 1557121683 Lambert, Pierre 1939 8110255 Larmer, Robert 1814 1847105234 Laverty, Guario 1703 1711109003 Legacy, Leo 1475 1641112095 Leger, Yvon 1664 1693103780 Losier, Pierre 1555 1637109325 MacDonald, Jonathan 2119 2273112745 Maillet, Randy 2087 2112104793 Malley, Clarence 1645 1676110482 Marks, Reginald 1560 1560103904 Maund, Chris 1347 1416121678 McDermott, Sean 1421 10123543 Melanson, Michel 1220 4108737 Mills, Ken 1791 1823102176 Murphy, Wayne 1825 1882123608 Nason, Derek 1245 5111808 Ossinger, Brian 1634 1733104837 Riordon, Jason 1747 1749106788 Robichaud, Martin 1870 1899109026 Rocca, John 1856 1920112865 Ross, Bill xxxx 1676105415 Ross, Robert 1369 1476121366 Sadeghi, Sam 1363 4120898 Salamat, Saied 1793 20110147 St.Pierre, Jean-Marie 1713 1721103466 Taylor, Blair 1930 2000123070 Tremblay, Rebecca 1154 8123071 Tremblay, Eric 1462 18105827 Trofimencoff, Pierre 1817 1900122790 Verma, Tony 1863 1965105980 Webb, Ian 1643 1725104469 Woodman, George 1863 1876120145 Woodman, Gordon 1346 1350

NewfoundlandCFC# Name Rtng High

122390 Aylward, Stephen 769 7122243 Barbour, Les 958 23121195 Barbour, Stephen xxxx 1124109439 Bobbitt, Neil xxxx 23120932 Carayanniotis, Jason 442 8122950 Drover, Mark 274 20113054 Eagen, Daniel 730 8122392 Eddy, Rick 962 12122391 Grumer, Eugene 1486 12103209 Harris, Stephen 1728 1752123729 Keats, Jason 1190 5123317 Killoran, Sandenn 837 3122246 Lebedev, Alexander 1338 1339103278 Martin Jr., Ed 1590 1613121087 Oliver, Brian 1179 16121202 Panjwani, Raja xxxx 23122954 Panjwani, Dilip 1120 15120806 Simpson, Malcolm 538 14122283 Simpson, Griffin 358 7121200 Stenback, Matthew 822 10122248 Swinton, Michael 1339 20103802 Tsui, Alick 1176 1250110990 Tsui, Edwin 1302 1302121192 Wang, Michael xxxx 1281122967 Wiseman, Shane 834 10

Nova Scotia

The following lists containplayers who have beenrated in CFC events withinthe last four months.CFC# column containsthe playerÕs CFC number.Name column has theplayerÕs Last, First name.Rtng column has thememberÕs current rating.If the rating is xxxx thenthe person has an expiredmembership. Highcolumn has the hghestrating we have for thismember. If the number isless than 25 it indicatesthat the member has aprovisional rating and it isthe number of games he/she has played.


CFC# Name Rtng High

104592 Armstrong, Brad 1829 1900105503 Beals, George 1601 1767108248 Bernard, Gilbert 1869 1887106461 Bezanson, Garnet 1385 1387110332 Boyle, Phil 1588 1609106633 Brennan, Jim 1910 1918108219 Burgess, Brian 1811 1872103179 Cashin, Ken 1634 1661103015 Charlton, Glenn 2182 2182122990 Childs, Aaron 1663 14103844 Clarke, Aubrey 1658 1720105493 Cooke, Ray 1666 1666109008 Cordes, John 1620 1708108039 Cosman, Tom 2065 2103108964 Davies, Cedric 2028 2061104190 Diggins, Patrick 1449 1600108860 Drummond, Carlos 1784 1784105141 Ede, Albert 1847 1860104341 Eldridge, Michael 2033 2033109707 Fleury, Bruce 1787 1793102948 Furrow, Matthew 1627 1628101536 Gates, David 1547 1634109838 Gibson, Jamie 1850 1891110980 Hayward, James L.W. 1796 1900104593 Hynes, John A. 1589 1700104771 Karis, Steve 1702 1702110204 Kenney, Jason 2025 2025120195 Kenney, Bryan 1146 1146103040 Kenney, David 1973 1988102829 Kimber, David 1379 1393108446 Klapstein, John 1770 1770101867 Kustudic, Dusan 1825 1918107133 LeBlanc, Gerard 1945 1974123143 Livingstone, James 1297 12105681 Lomond, Gerald 2118 2118123310 MacDonald, Charles 1515 5108891 MacLean, John 1443 1451123307 MacPhee, Shawn 1312 11123434 Mahendranathan, P. 1532 7105142 Mayo, Alvah 2055 2154100093 McCarthy, David 1325 1373123311 McCarty, Edward 1237 4120927 McGrath, Brian 1600 1601120833 Morin-Ben Abdallah, J. 867 6100212 Naugler, Rex 1931 1931123376 Ng, Gary 1686 7123309 Osmond, Greta 1131 4100079 Pentz, Brian 1975 2100106253 Phillips, Fred 1878 1878104589 Phillips, Gary 1843 1854106289 Poirier, David 1751 1773106766 Pye, Vincent 1308 1308111124 Reddy, Tyler 2094 2094103353 Saunders, Stephen 2060 2072106636 Scallion, Calvin 1742 1784109017 Shea, Joseph 1576 1587122493 Tonks, Trevor 1173 14102861 Toth, Steve 1447 1555104815 Urquhart, Ed 2215 2229120430 Usborne, Scott 1121 5101504 Uuetoa, Harold 1716 1765101284 Villeneuve, Robert 2168 2200123433 Weagle, Donald 1242 7108575 Wysocki, Antoni 2117 2117

OntarioCFC# Name Rtng High

103079 Ablona, Claudio 1669 1855111173 Ablona, Aaron 1561 1567107642 Abt, Michael 1824 1862123274 Agabekian, Konstantin1668 2106896 Ahmad, Niaz xxxx 5121483 Akbarian, Vahe 1797 1860109442 Alaton, Isak 1840 1840122879 Ali, Abdelman 1374 12120631 Aliev, Inara 993 993120206 Allan, George xxxx 1535112687 Allen, Graham 2219 2219108984 Allum, J.A.E. 1747 1812107100 Alvarez, Alfonso 1719 1805110109 Arabacioglu, Murat 2101 22103766 Archibald, Colin B. 1671 1715123268 Arkadiusz, Musiata xxxx 5103145 Armstrong, Don 1743 1765100092 Armstrong, John 2277 2326100034 Armstrong, Robert J. 1699 1800110365 Armstrong, Wayne 1419 1449101203 Arseneau, Peter 1937 1990123251 Arulsubramaniam, A. 819 5121346 Asfour, Ashraf 1342 1342121549 Asghari Shekhy, A. 1829 2001120202 Ash, Brian 1427 1427122004 Ashbourne, Craig 664 3102698 Atayde, Merlin 1640 1784120878 Azoulay, Eli 1712 1721120266 Badal, Mark 1463 1463108153 Baglien, Brandon 1497 20110417 Bajramovic, Rasim 2022 2024123152 Balboa, Manuel 1787 16110464 Balcombe, Darren 1532 24102436 Baltgailis, Vesma 1979 2002107393 Barankin, Garry 2087 2102108147 Barber, Dave 1621 1703107304 Barclay, Wayne 2269 2300108853 Barnes, Everton 1766 1827121157 Barnes, Derek 1667 1667106269 Bartkiw, Bohdan 1266 1400112759 Basran, Jagdeep 1635 1635121161 Baxter, Ward 1572 1618107819 Beatty, K. Michael 1841 1982108170 Beisheim, Carl xxxx 2002107265 Bellgrau, Marion 1920 1920109793 Bellomo, Joe 1676 1931107301 Benggawan, Undriadi 1884 2007120637 Benggawan, Alex. 1497 1512120636 Benggawan, Amanda 1881 1881

103293 Bergeron, Florian 2054 2133112590 Berman, Corey 1563 1563110630 Berson, Jordan 2097 2100109422 Bertelsen, Chris 1581 1600122759 Bertrand, Michael 1359 15110641 Bessette, Derrick 1875 1955112578 Bhapkar, Vishram 2073 2073122935 Biro, Zoltan 1391 16123498 Bishop, Ian 841 5101163 Blackman, Gord 1827 1937109783 Blanchette, Rene 1250 7101245 Bloch, Peter 1433 1500106248 Boehmer, Kris 2163 2202123042 Bojovic, Gavrilo xxxx 15111830 Bond, Hal 1969 2021103523 Bortolotti, Guido 1857 1987110877 Boucher, Mark 1528 1621107747 Bozinoski, Tom 1951 2000106495 Braithwaite, Ken 1956 10123150 Brajovic, Spasoje 2080 11108842 Brewster, Kirk 1860 1959102666 Brice, Ron 2111 2247120661 Brooks, Jeff 1119 1119120327 Brott, Tom 1729 1729102882 Brown, John R. 1707 1970105225 Brown, David Gerald 1545 1545123255 Brown, Charlene 443 5112468 Bruce, Mitch 1830 1868112638 Bruvelaitis, Milton 1754 1843106292 Bruziewicz, Andrew 2100 2100100046 Bunning, Les 1951 2100101613 Burgess, Doug 1964 1974120627 Burke, Evelyn xxxx 21122839 Burshtein, Tim 1582 14110977 Buscar, Michael 1954 2003107907 Cadamov, Angel 2024 2024108519 Cafengiu, Greg 1949 2034108909 Callaghan, Kenneth 1582 1588123245 Cameron, Jamaal 1372 5123637 Cameron, Bruce 1373 6101324 Campbell, Brett 2291 2388109977 Canham, Cecil 1659 1813123450 Carlos, Tobar 2000 5108396 Carr, Malcolm 1663 1746106875 Carr, Samuel 1720 1812123429 Castillo, Israel 1046 8120758 Cejvan, Sadik 1288 1288107346 Chamberland, Luc 2006 2006109109 Chan, Wilson 1460 1460123250 Chan, Edmond 912 5123266 Chan, Evan 1513 8104052 Chatzilias, Alexis 2212 2212123683 Cheng, Joshua 391 4123684 Cheng, Eva 609 4121485 Cheng, Clement 1303 24121110 Cheng, Alfonso 875 14107197 Cheron, Anthony 1933 2024109677 Chien, Danny 1558 1558120236 Chien, Robert 1417 1417120899 Chin, Serena 1394 1394108273 Chiroiu, Patricia 1797 1868105296 Chobanov, Gabriel 1809 1946123262 Chouvaev, Mikhail 1726 4123685 Chow, Elbert 249 5110210 Chu, Christopher 2231 2231112146 Chu, Stefanie 1993 2086109384 Chuderski, Jan 1651 1785105738 Chyurlia, Jerome 1754 1875123411 Clairmont, Prentis 1078 4123264 Clark, Doug 1247 5106389 Clarke, Brian 1585 1628105333 Clayton, William J. 1683 1843122932 Clayton, Charles 1307 11100234 Cohen, David 2050 2050110578 Coleman, Mike 2179 2179107872 Coleman, John 1976 1976111166 Collins, Christian 2183 2232108236 Cooper, Andrew 1433 1534107987 Cope, Ray 1651 1732102019 Cormier, Mike 2173 2173109046 Corvo, Paul 1738 1959123451 Cosio, Abriol 1613 6110995 Costache, Andrei 1364 19110316 Cote, Richard 1833 1868111622 Cozens, Dave 1470 1470120958 Craggs, Michael 1648 1648123495 Creighton, Andy 1639 6109456 Crisan, Ioan 2311 2313103526 Crnilovic, Greg 1823 1840107041 Cukic, Mirko 1890 1890112054 Cunningham, Cliff 1893 1893120615 Dabrowski, Andrew 1708 1708105206 Daez, Noel 2152 2236120629 Dai, Jason 1575 1575102589 Daku, Zoltan 1704 1800123668 Daljeet, Nikhil 421 5123618 Dalla Ave, George 1420 4123155 Dancer, Marcus 1645 16107299 Dangberg, Karl 1879 1879101895 Danilov, Alex 1950 2100103652 Das, Sudip xxxx 2009104503 Davidson, Michael 1689 1772110073 Dawe, Wayne 1304 19101024 Day, Lawrence 2428 2510123454 De Boer, Andrian 1308 6107492 De Peiza, Anson 2114 2128113030 DeBoer, Bernard 1385 12123666 Degasperis, Adam 200 5102011 DeKerpel, Stijn 2054 2107109477 Demmery, Steve 2060 2162110803 Den-Otter, Albert 1598 1647107110 Denning, Ron 1745 24100170 Devenport, Martin 2267 2300123550 Devisser, Paul 1364 8120020 Dimnik, Pavel 1755 1755109214 Divljan, Igor 2255 2255101065 Djerkovic, Miladin 2341 2402105728 Dobrishman, Liat 1886 1968

113089 Dobrynin, Ilia 1856 1924123667 Doobay, Ravi 949 5120426 Doria, Frank 1265 1284101619 Dougherty, Douglas 2041 2100100294 Dougherty, Michael 2315 2363106524 Douglas, Mike 1699 1770106747 Duggan, Jason 1689 1689107773 Dumas, George 1494 1516103373 Dumontelle, Joe 1945 1945108750 Dunn, David 2108 2183111907 Duong, Brian 1959 1988104387 Duppa, Miroslav 2070 2200105998 Duralia, John 1826 1915106571 Dutton, Warren R. 2063 2257100317 Dutton, Mark S. 1936 2100103383 Dwyer, Doug 1707 1733112792 Dydak, Mateusz 2015 2100107233 Eberle, Mark 1781 1857106718 Eggert, Clemens 1519 1570110299 Egorov, Michael 1865 1868112382 Elieff, Kosta 2024 2300108293 Ellis, John 1714 1848101459 Ellis, Joe T. 1900 1900104650 Elsakka, Hyssam 1693 1866120647 Epp, Jonathan 1559 6123385 Epp, Dustin 1499 4103011 Erickson, John 1752 1752123679 Esty, Tyler 200 4103309 Evans, Bill 2105 2300101981 Fabris, Al 1893 1987102888 Faludi, Steven 1690 1693123321 Farmer, Helmut 1507 6102753 Fazekas, Sandor 1646 1860110743 Ferencz, Joseph 1640 1745120797 Ferrari, Nicolas 1107 20123382 Ferreira, Fernando 1740 5108098 Field, Christopher 1599 1599103521 Filipovich, David 2334 2340105001 Findlay, Dave 1805 1879123479 Findley, Adam 1211 4122745 Fittler, David 1673 8122718 Fitzgerald, Mark 1329 14112619 Fleischmann, Michael 2041 2048100055 Fleming, Terry 1864 2003122479 Fleming, Alan 1462 16105301 Fletcher, David 1449 1449106391 Fleury, Jordan 1431 1432108498 Flitton, David 2004 2004104431 Fodor, John 2037 2093102389 Fortney, Brian 1825 1924108748 Fournier, Ron 1934 1934122972 Fournier, James 1479 13106109 Franke, Raymond 1752 1752109170 Friendly, John 1726 1747104235 Friis, Torben 1795 1928102447 Frilles, Ruperto 2187 2302103390 Furlic, Mijo 1719 1906102942 Furstner, Nandor 2108 2147102701 Gaffney, Kevin 1566 1566108043 Gagne, Marc 1421 1500122439 Gagnon, Justin 1381 5108999 Gandolfi, Fred 2204 2210123384 Geley, Shawn 1307 6120136 George, Allan 1771 1853120118 Ghobrial, Danny 1209 1209110983 Gilchrist, Raymond 1656 1660108202 Gillanders, Robert 1907 2140111022 Gillis, Doug 1772 1849122659 Giroux, Dave 1682 22103711 Glinert, Stephen 2322 2336123170 Goldner, John xxxx 15102943 Golebiewski, John xxxx 1700104325 Golebiewski, Sofie xxxx 1728109888 Golts, Diana 1672 1672103597 Golts, Roman 2302 2321106629 Gordon, David 2184 2255123725 Gourley, Marny 1032 3111014 Gravara, Dragutin 1793 1831108028 Grayson, Henry xxxx 1726112192 Green, John 1072 13108197 Guidi, Steve 2041 2080122962 Gumama-Hillyard, A. 977 9106023 Gunabalasingam, P. 1826 1849123263 Guttman, Richard 1527 24112613 Hacat, Kevork 2118 2118104833 Hadley, Ryan 1715 1715107542 Hajsaniuk, Andrew 1488 1502100027 Haley, Philip G. 1964 2005122832 Hall, Matthew 491 5109737 Hallett, Doran 1941 1941104804 Handelman, Danny 1692 1756104591 Handelman, Michael 1901 1942123147 Hang, John 1620 15109113 Hanna, Raoul 1766 1766106963 Hardie, Mackenzie 2044 2062123386 Harding, Jeff 1229 4111196 Hardy, John 1374 22104354 Harkes, Lewis 2182 2205123381 Harley, Zenon 915 3110832 Harvey, Maurice 1547 1592123136 Harvey, Tim 1409 13121486 Hasratian, Arshak 878 15109911 Hatfield, Ed 1836 1836112199 Hay, Thomas 1181 1191122340 Hayman, Colin 1418 10106156 Haziprodromu, Sam 2061 2187105200 Henry, David 1950 2088101426 Hentschel, Joachim 2067 2314106436 Hergott, Deen 2508 2580100156 Hewitt, William 1706 1706122758 Highley-Wilson, Kyan 817 12108908 Hillyard, Larry 1728 1756121115 Ho, Jeffrey 822 10123135 Hoch, Doug 1244 10100239 Hodson, Richard 2134 2148107184 Holmes, Michael J 1748 13103578 Horvat, Miro 2130 2130106551 Howard, Allan 1730 1857

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111057 Beauregard, JL. 1640 1677111875 Cooper, Aaron 1999 2035112954 Ferguson, Brian 1695 1800110208 Gulati, Ashish 2061 2159111891 Keunecke, Ed 1690 1774102875 Landry, Scott 1387 1423100145 McKim, Fred 2040 2132120120 McMillan, Andrew 1886 1886123390 Parker, Nathalie 1047 6121861 Paulowich, David 1875 1875

QuebecCFC# Name Rtng High

123742 Abou-Chakra, Khaled 2186 5105161 Abreu Cordero, Jose xxxx 2183123422 Anderson, Brad 1477 8101258 Angers, Gilles 2033 2085101210 Apostolov, Penka 2045 2105123360 Archambault, Serge 1800 13102413 Arsenault, Michel 1983 2008109160 Bachand Fleurent, J. 1967 1967122040 Beauchamp, RP. xxxx 14103849 Beaulieu, Eric 2205 22107936 Beauregard, Guy 1613 1613120278 Belanger, Martin 1115 15104030 Belanger, Jacques 2064 2121106737 Beriault, Sylvain 1520 1520123737 Bernatchez, Dan 1567 5101034 Bevand, Larry 1937 1942110993 Bilodeau, Victor 1788 1788123351 Boileau, Samuel 1814 8109782 Bolduc, Jacques 1581 1581103565 Bouchard, Jean Marc xxxx 17100101 Brodie, Hugh 1990 2100109371 Caceres Cortes, Julio xxxx 18101380 Carrier, Claude 2031 2045123337 Carrier, Guillaume xxxx 7102578 Champetier, Serge xxxx 1952113051 Charbonneau, AM. 1655 1658109843 Charbonneau, Alain 1959 2029108065 Charbonneau, Pascal 2354 2354106999 Charest, Johanne 2092 2142113099 Christian, Mark 1461 5102908 Clement, Michel 2075 2090104967 Cloutier, Richard 1751 10103250 Constantineau, Yvan xxxx 2128107405 Cormos, Eugene 2171 2187104397 Cossette, Daniel 2152 2204103228 Cote, Jacques 2095 2318112376 Courval, Francois xxxx 1913108401 Couture, Gerard 1688 18109091 Danis, Jacques 1736 1793121228 Davidian, David xxxx 16102679 DeBellefeuille, Paul 1618 16109665 Desjardins, Andre xxxx 2272123367 Dion, Jean Francois xxxx 8107805 Drolet, Stephane xxxx 2118122423 Dumesnil, Etienne xxxx 15107950 Duong, Thanh Nha 2383 2383120269 Duquette, Patrick 1984 2010108237 Fillion, Steve xxxx 2160107620 Fortin, Marc 1935 2059108633 Fortin, Frederique 1815 1875106453 Frappier, Clement xxxx 1888103577 Gagnon, Michel 2149 2149103399 Gagnon, Fabien 2042 2066121233 Galoustov, Karen 1810 1831123416 Gaspariants, Garry 2355 8123739 Gauthier, Luc 1805 5101277 Gilbert, Erick 1888 1900104203 Gladu, Pierre xxxx 2257110490 Goldenberg, Danny 2353 2388101700 Gottlieb, Jonathan 2030 2131110526 Gould, Charles 2088 2105122422 Gravel, Simon xxxx 15102539 Groleau, Gilles 2052 2200123276 Hagan, Jeff 1517 17122034 Hagopian, Christian 1986 9108647 Hastie, Robert 2031 2031101280 Hebert, Jean 2524 2534120274 Hebert, Yves 1319 1319104160 Hould, Richard 1386 1500106736 Hua, Lethyn 1529 1529111469 Hua, Lefong 2355 2355104380 Jaques, Wray 1340 1404104363 Jodoin, Pierre 1883 2000106802 Keep, Richard 1742 1756121232 Khassanov, Marat 2453 2496122023 Khaziyeva, Dinara 1800 1800120763 Korovine, Michael 1679 24101285 Lacroix, Serge 2185 2206123744 Langlais, Daniel 2010 5110358 Larochelle, Martial 2253 2282102939 Laurin, Jacques 2044 2096100337 Laurin, Marcel 1925 1978102780 Lavergne, Daniel 1601 1801102581 LeBeau, Gilbert xxxx 2034120279 Legare, Yves 1395 1395107017 Legault, Stephane 1514 1514103128 Leimanis, Andris 1931 2000104158 Lemieux, Richard 1668 1668120287 Lemieux, Benoit 804 14103439 Leriche, Felix 2240 2294106923 Lesiege, Alexandre 2600 2603

107085 Leveille, Francois 2379 2442120275 Levesque, Andre 1338 1338120046 Levesque, Claude 1942 12103097 Levtchouk, George 2375 2375107396 Linskiy, Oleg 2475 2475120108 Luksza, Arkadiusz xxxx 2211106039 Mahabir, Hugh 2072 2109107237 Maisonneuve, Paul 1704 1801123736 Marineau, Remi 2009 5110460 Matteau, Pierre xxxx 1865121275 McDonough, Jonathan xxxx 23123740 Menard, Marc 1235 4100246 Michaud, Gerald 2102 2102122024 Mogilevsky, Olga 1880 1880102974 Mongeau, Diane 2029 2045123359 Mongeau, Melissa 1417 8102523 Morin, Gaetan 1787 1787109288 Morin, Jean-Pascal 1987 13107464 Morin, Louis 1978 2022122045 Norton, Michel 878 9109366 O'Connor, Michael 1951 1951123328 Ouellet, Pierre 2035 8106922 Paradis, Francine 1664 1705110544 Petit, Raymond 1978 9123418 Phillips, Ray 2129 8101378 Piche, Guy 1807 1834123417 Pnevmonidis, Pantelis 2298 9123347 Poinlane, Philippe 1924 8103928 Poulin, Maurice xxxx 2111101347 Prahov, Valentin xxxx 2245103400 Reeve, Jeff xxxx 2400110815 Regnier, Alain xxxx 2185123419 Rosen, Matthew 1927 8109836 Rouleau, Paul 1992 1992107948 Roy, Roger 1820 1901105905 Saint-Amand, Paul 2176 2191123297 Sarra-Bournet, Marc xxxx 9106803 Scantland, Patrick 1610 1637103553 Schleifer, Michael 2452 2490101881 Seguin, Rene xxxx 14107078 Senecal, Jean-Pierre 1744 1817107402 Shvab, Boris 1800 14123358 Simard, Jole 1794 8103327 Solunac, Steve 1782 1782107038 Solunac, Sasha 2122 2152111541 Soudre, Nicolas 2130 2183123420 St-Onge, Roland 1591 8123421 Stewart, Ron 1519 8106058 Sullivan, Neil 2095 2100123738 Tessier, Olivier 1928 5102205 Thibault, Mario 1956 1978123412 Tremblay, Sylvain xxxx 9110232 Trottier, Julie 1910 14101307 Trottier, Yves 1759 22120270 Vandal, Eric 1496 10120109 Wenaas, Eric 2248 2248111572 Weston, Paul 2078 2078123415 Wolrich, Charles 2354 9

SaskatchewanCFC# Name Rtng High

107342 Bishop, Tom 1930 1930104604 Bist, Kent 1708 1806112107 Chin, Garrett 2019 2030106881 Dimmock, Steve 1736 16101860 Fielding, Gerald 2259 2259102445 Gareau, Rob 1581 1581108707 Knapper, Brian 2022 2022104221 Kowalczyk, Tony 1951 2008106601 Ma, Xiao 1885 1894111065 Sasata, Robert 2331 2331121773 Sturge, Terry 1640 11121771 Tootoosis, Harvey 1817 1817120389 Vaidyanathan, P. 1471 1471123366 Vivier, Christian 1977 8

Yukon TerritoryCFC# Name Rtng High

101153 Bowerman, Bob 2166 2166109874 Winberg, Jim 1837 1837

ForeignCFC# Name Rtng High

107290 Acosta, Mariano 2253 2260112292 Amigues, Emmanuel 2107 2107123296 Archangelsky, Mikhail xxxx 2383123290 Asyiguzhin, Radik xxxx 10123340 Betaneli, Alex 2331 2331121212 Blair, David 2013 15123298 Boor, Carl xxxx 10121144 Brown, Roderick W 2147 18121222 Burnett, Ronald xxxx 2453123342 Butler, Lawrence D. 2019 8101340 Calton, Bill 2260 2260110371 Ceterski, Justin 1927 1927108265 Ceterski, Tom 2022 2022110372 Ceterski, Martha 1421 1421108807 Ceterski, Kenny 1613 1613120036 Ciaffone, Bob xxxx 24123362 Cooper, James 1935 6123299 Cuartas, Carlos xxxx 2301123327 Curdo, John 2331 2331122618 Davis, Barry 2352 5123338 Demir, Suavi Ali 2171 8123326 Dondis, Harold 1595 8123300 Drozdov, Igor xxxx 2471123295 Elfert, Aleksandr xxxx 2211123365 Ellis, James 2289 9104564 Farley, Dr. Rawle 1935 1935123334 Fedorowicz, John xxxx 2547121210 Feldman, Steve 2335 18108811 Ferguson, Peter 2210 2321123330 Fernandez, Daniel 2143 2143123331 Fernandez, Lorenzo 1850 6108673 Foord, Allan 1674 1743123355 Gamback, Bjorn 2178 2232

123160 Garcia, Gildardo 2499 2500123413 Gligoric, Svetozar 2560 9123341 Granik, David 1699 8103437 Gustafson, Dale 1996 2031108884 Hare, Doug 2142 23123363 Hartman, Errol 1694 8110471 Heyer, Jon 2146 22123364 Hummel, Patrick 2307 2307101337 Imai, Toshio 1760 1807123332 Ivanov, Alexander xxxx 2532123343 Jackson, Rich 2210 2210121143 Johnston, Robert J xxxx 19120048 Kamberi, Sonny 2308 24123333 Kosic, Dragan 2524 2524120965 Kudrin, Sergey xxxx 2583102260 Lee, Jack 2227 2247123455 Livschitz, Louiza 987 5123291 Maslov, Denis xxxx 9123288 Massimo, Rick 1936 7110329 Morabito, Matthew 1954 1992123414 Nataf, Igor 2580 9122547 Noble, Matthew xxxx 10121125 Nogueiras, Jesus xxxx 2577123357 Olson, David 2059 6123292 Onoprienko, Elena xxxx 10123301 Oratovsky, Michael xxxx 2502110863 Pitre, H. G. 2012 2078123302 Prokopchuk, Evgeny xxxx 2521120049 Rajlich, Vasik 2376 2376123293 Reutskii, Sergei xxxx 10121217 Rosenberg, Steve 1898 16123303 Sanakooev, Grigory xxxx 2318121214 Serper, Grigory xxxx 2556109083 Setterberg, Bertil 1549 12123350 Shapiro, Dan 2300 2300111560 Stokes, Torbian 1788 11123294 Tanskii, Alexandre xxxx 2300121207 Targonski, Stan 2159 17123304 Tyomkin, Dimitri xxxx 2515112099 Whitehead, Jay xxxx 2500105626 Yermolinsky, Alexey xxxx 2610123335 Zaderman, Yuri 2309 2309

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Active Ratings

Yukon TerritoryCFC# Name Rtng High

123609 Bonjour, Nelson xxxx 5123570 Martinescu, Mike 1018 5

AlbertaCFC# Name Rtng High

123306 Anderson, Ashton 1545 6108846 Beesley, Scott 1648 11102424 Beingessner, Andrew 1483 1557105484 Bjornson, Jonathan 1654 1654122860 Bolinger, Isaac 1226 10110558 Booth, Glenn 1722 1800120375 Borowski, Ted 1443 1609122776 Boyd, Doug 1462 15101519 Campbell, Stephen xxxx 1531122857 Chang, Matthew 850 10108292 Chi, Jonathan 1119 1119123601 Chi, Megan 200 5102956 Chiba, James 1538 18112298 Chrumka, Colin 1780 1828120745 Clark, Alan 1905 1912107487 Day, Jonathan 1888 15106163 Deimert, Elroy 1597 14123560 Deimert, David 988 3103550 Demers, Christopher 2172 2172108124 Dewindt, Cor 1550 1600103726 Doo, Alvin 1631 22121088 Driscoll, Mark 1496 1496106228 Ferrar, John 2131 2131104237 Ficko, Brady 1824 1824120299 Flodberg, Jason 1436 1580103643 Fullbrook, Nigel 2306 2315107004 Gallinger, Jeremiah 1505 1509108323 Gardner, Robert J. 2276 2300106034 Gauthier, Paul 1377 15100353 Gomboc, Dave 2039 2039102428 Gomes, Alan 1913 1913123305 Grublke, Charles xxxx 6105644 Hansen, Steve 1632 1691122495 Haynes, Nicolas 1368 1368120317 Hinton, Robin 1002 15121765 Jeserich, Tobias 1652 10122426 Kazakevich, Alex. 1529 6121625 Kazakevich, Ana. 1259 1259121301 Kirchner, Kieran 1255 1277112697 Kirvan, Helen 827 1000103786 Kiyawasew, Anne xxxx 5123258 Kostka, Dan 1154 9101953 Kuczaj, Chris 1971 1971121783 Lapides, Paul 1427 1427122675 Lapides, Andrew 2237 17122934 Leduc, James 1589 4103595 Lefkowitz, Phil 1772 1851111160 Leung, Lenny 1593 1600121303 Li, Zhuoran 1330 1330123462 Lui, Matthew 961 10111831 Luyben, Norm 1691 1736110115 Macfarlane, Don 1471 1567111989 Macfie, Bob 1504 1590107831 Mayo, Scott 1076 1229106162 McGinnis, Paul T. 1570 1573111917 McIntosh, Danny 1190 1190101022 McKay, Tom 1684 1684120082 McMaster, Carolyn 1448 1496123459 McNie, Stephan 599 10112716 Miller, Chris 1284 7102547 Miller, Brian 1596 1596107744 Mills, Alec 1583 1583123323 Milward, Dave 1549 18104136 Min, Andre 1855 1861123647 Morris, Steve 1039 5123012 Mostafa, Ashraf 891 4109973 Nazarian, Farzan 2016 2100109724 Newton, Geoff 1761 1761121343 Ng, Mitchell 1037 1065111962 Nguyen, Kim 1719 1719122764 Nielsen, Brad 1336 20122982 Nystrom, Kurtis 1588 6100265 Ockert, Gary 1515 1616108406 Odachowski, Arthur 2114 2114104728 Ottosen, David 1937 1937103046 Parrott, F. John 2097 2149123603 Pasca, Jonathan 703 5123458 Pettinato, Michael 943 8109595 Phimester, Alex 1405 1405123257 Pivovarov, Juraj 1490 11123602 Pop, John 952 5101588 Pradzinski, Tim 1849 20103675 Proulx, Martin 1817 1891122706 Radovic, Zoran 1840 6106812 Rajchel, John 1717 1720120149 Redes, John 1796 1796104508 Reuter, Gerhard 1693 11110382 Reuter, Nils 1094 1094110140 Ristovic, Nenad 2362 24122861 Ryner, Aaron 1550 11121763 Santbergen, Joseph 1978 22109301 Sarango, Francisco 1091 14111041 Sauve, Steve 1782 1803122858 Shahpouri, Majid 1933 5120858 Smith, Mike 1545 1640

120289 Sorgard, Graham 1728 1728123604 Stadnyk, Leighton 427 3123605 Stadnyk, Mathew 618 4123460 Sun, Ke 1179 10111298 Tam, Eric 1825 1825123646 Tobin, Shane 1388 5122204 Ugorji, Olivia 1731 1731123395 Valeroso, Bert 1602 5122324 Vanderzee, Ron 1597 20106498 Vermette, Chris 1846 1877102148 Walker, Warrick 2104 2104112618 Ward, Kevin 1513 1522101495 Watson, Walter 1863 1883107355 Weis, Rodney 1736 1882123461 Williamson, Ben 905 10122933 Wong, Andrew 801 9102743 Yearwood, Roy 2115 2115103689 Zwirner, Walter 1969 16

British ColumbiaCFC# Name Rtng High

122883 Alcombrack, Chelsea 713 5121445 Almasan, Ovidiu 1252 5111963 Ariel, Aaron 393 5110005 Atkinson, Neil 1241 5100238 Barnes, Mark 1626 1633123561 Bell, Andre 670 5110388 Bennett, Natasha 1573 5120215 Biggar, Nathaniel 1023 9103833 Boyer, Scott 1388 1435105840 Boyer, Chip 1205 1234123569 Bytchkova, Alina 828 5120552 Carlisle, Michael 1767 8103155 Chis, Liviu 977 5102074 Chow, Vincent 1861 1861122884 Davies, Noam 1465 5106424 Deline, Toni 1730 1730108072 Devries, Peter 1778 6108064 Fekete, Charles 1652 1900123213 Fell, AJ 200 4123040 Forman, Ken 1121 6109352 Fox, Joel 794 5123465 Franklin, Myles 996 6123562 Gallagher, Evan 229 5111178 Gardner, David 1986 21101879 Hallam, John 2156 2156123566 Halmaghi, Cristi 828 5123565 Halmaghi, Horatio 1434 5103261 Hamanishi, Neil 1636 1774121069 Harutyunyan, Ararat 1809 4121695 Henrey, Michael 1639 5109320 Herriot, John xxxx 11111260 Hornby, Seth xxxx 16123485 Hwang, Joon 1259 7120371 Jain, Sean 1337 5122078 Kang, Julian 388 5120242 Kelly, Joseph 932 5123041 Kerry, James 1599 6123629 Kirk, Adam 1188 3108816 Kleiman, Avi 580 9123563 Kootenhayoo, Perry 406 5123464 Lizardo, C.J. 1474 13123463 Lui, Kai xxxx 16113123 McCusky, Louis 1322 1348101550 Medalen, David 1611 19103101 Miller, Andrew 1032 9110536 Miller, Amy-Marie 896 9123630 Miller, Bobby 1019 4123445 Moisseev, Dimitri xxxx 16122396 Morgan, Steve 1650 10123567 Nasonov, Yan 488 2107627 Nathani, Kaleim 1652 6123195 Nuttall, David 1244 5108824 Pourbahrami, Vandad 893 5123211 Saintonge, Darren 672 5123104 Sally, James 588 4103673 Seid, Hee 2105 2196110550 Service, Christina 1250 14106383 Spicer, Chris 1776 1776110554 Stanford, Mike 1570 1570100205 Stringer, Lynn 1559 1584103030 Stutzman, Larry 1875 1900120436 Sum, Peter 989 5123564 Tang, Tiffany 676 5123631 Tassel, Ben 450 4122778 Timcke, James 1017 5107889 Valdivieso, Guillermo 1792 12123106 Wee, Michael 566 5106226 Wong, Travis 1022 9123632 Wright, Brandon 879 4

New BrunswickCFC# Name Rtng High

123544 Allard-Bourque, Remi 959 5109835 Bordage, Don 1529 1548113027 Boyce, Brian 2079 6106930 Cole, Don 1425 1508111760 Davis, Neil 2057 2072123224 Deguire, Benoit 1181 15123574 DeGuire, Martin 580 3108589 Deguire, Paul 1490 10121511 Deveau, Justin 920 13112674 Doucette, Raymond 1521 1527102718 Duff, Ken 1684 1900109507 Fyffe, Larry 1612 1622121364 Girouard, Mathieu 1049 23107764 Grant, Hector 1567 1631109799 Hebert, Rodrigue 1752 1804120429 Johnson, Kyle 1079 1126121367 Johnson, Ghislaine 1167 1167108430 Kapadia, Ronak 1614 1621107009 Knappic, Pascal xxxx 1756121684 Laforest, Gilles 1375 23123543 Melanson, Michel 833 15108737 Mills, Ken 1756 1756111808 Ossinger, Brian 1554 1601104837 Riordon, Jason 1462 1462

106788 Robichaud, Martin 1600 1600103466 Taylor, Blair 1876 1876105827 Trofimencoff, Pierre 1891 1937

OntarioCFC# Name Rtng High

122879 Ali, Abdelman 1691 1696101172 Amodeo, Paul 1649 22103145 Armstrong, Don 1642 1642110365 Armstrong, Wayne 1342 1345106356 Armstrong, Dale 1051 5121549 Asghari Shekhy, A. 1815 17122004 Ashbourne, Craig 1412 12120878 Azoulay, Eli 1579 5120266 Badal, Mark 1446 17108153 Baglien, Brandon xxxx 1657110417 Bajramovic, Rasim 2002 2002120161 Bambrick, James 1669 1680108147 Barber, Dave 1493 5106106 Beckwith, Paul H. 2067 2101101681 Beetles, Brian 1525 1566105061 Belzberg, Sid 2097 2127120637 Benggawan, Alex. 1385 1405120636 Benggawan, Amanda 1615 1615107301 Benggawan, Undriadi 1738 1738122797 Berda, Jeffrey 1136 4107329 Bramo, Valbona 1896 5120661 Brooks, Jeff 1220 6109255 Brusset, Jean-Louis 1673 1737112638 Bruvelaitis, Milton 1590 1788122839 Burshtein, Tim 1450 10110977 Buscar, Michael 1927 1948108909 Callaghan, Kenneth J 1531 17123429 Castillo, Israel 653 4120758 Cejvan, Sadik 1666 6121485 Cheng, Clement 1418 5107197 Cheron, Anthony 1982 2049110210 Chu, Christopher 2069 2069112146 Chu, Stefanie 2052 2052106389 Clarke, Brian 1533 1533122720 Coelho, Jose 1739 4123549 Cokorillo, Radisav 2046 5110578 Coleman, Mike 1980 13123600 Cone, Jeremy 1658 5108236 Cooper, Andrew 1261 17110316 Cote, Richard 1822 9123439 Courtney, Brian 1055 10121659 Courtney, Al 1622 10120958 Craggs, Michael 1999 5123495 Creighton, Andy 1312 5101349 Crowley, Gerry 1814 1845123618 Dalla Ave, George 1432 3107299 Dangberg, Karl 1739 1805113030 DeBoer, Bernard 1584 17109477 Demmery, Steve 1967 1978110803 Den-Otter, Albert 1543 1674123550 Devisser, Paul 1319 10105728 Dobrishman, Liat 1880 1880100294 Dougherty, Michael 2360 2366106524 Douglas, Mike 1423 20121431 Dronyk, B. J. 883 21103373 Dumontelle, Joe 1906 13100317 Dutton, Mark S. 1775 1913106571 Dutton, Warren R. 2185 2189110299 Egorov, Michael 1779 1779106512 Ehrman, Carl 2117 2174112382 Elieff, Kosta 2191 2271123385 Epp, Dustin 1163 5120647 Epp, Jonathan 1470 1492103011 Erickson, John 1730 1793103309 Evans, Bill 2112 2112101981 Fabris, Al 1681 1800123321 Farmer, Helmut 1157 5102753 Fazekas, Sandor 1914 2000102366 Ferner, Wolfgang 1945 2000104137 Ficzere, Tony 1813 1816108098 Field, Christopher 1470 15105001 Findlay, Dave 1692 1708107539 Finkenzeller, Aaron 1683 1683122745 Fittler, David 1794 11122718 Fitzgerald, Mark 1325 9122479 Fleming, Alan 1351 8108498 Flitton, David 1308 11111695 Fragakos, Angelo xxxx 1993111383 Gallant, Lloyd 1908 1915108999 Gandolfi, Fred 1599 14123384 Geley, Shawn 1460 10110983 Gilchrist, Raymond 1544 17108202 Gillanders, Robert 1935 1962102943 Golebiewski, John xxxx 1803104325 Golebiewski, Sofie xxxx 1872108197 Guidi, Steve 1873 1873106023 Gunabalasingam, P. 1839 20104833 Hadley, Ryan 1472 20105867 Hall, Milo 1390 13123386 Harding, Jeff 1737 5109911 Hatfield, Ed 1768 24101100 Heldman, Nile 1537 1567105731 Hendon, Lee 1457 23105200 Henry, David 1949 1978111858 Heseltine-Nutch, K. 1563 1640122758 Highley-Wilson, Kyan 912 3122757 Highley-Wilson, Leah 570 5123135 Hoch, Doug 709 5106551 Howard, Allan 1700 1777123505 Hung, Joshua 406 3107357 Hush, John 1759 24120796 Hush, Ben 1405 18100293 Hutchinson, Alan R. 1431 9105228 Ibrahim, Ismail 1739 1739100030 Jackson, David 2076 2183122470 Jaimungal, Curt 1132 11107581 Joseph, Steve 1689 1756106044 Jurjans, Martin 1388 1388122514 Jurjans, Dagan 537 8106002 Kearley, Jim 1854 21110185 Kennedy, Max xxxx 21

109935 Kennel, Stephen 1666 1800106126 Khan, Zamir 2024 2024109861 King, Lou 1867 1895101198 Kiss, Istvan 1969 1989106376 Knechtel, Tim 1837 2000120759 Knezevic, Adam 1462 22100336 Knox, Alexander N. 1746 1746110732 Kuehl, Scott 2057 2078109493 Kumpula, Allan 1597 1597106974 Lamb, Bryan 2025 2025123379 Lambe, Mark 1732 2122919 Landry, Raymond 1439 3104634 Laszlo, Lucas 1280 17105108 Lehmann, James E. 1508 1538113017 Liles, Kerry 1746 3100355 Litchfield, Gerry 1679 1777123227 Livshits, Vitaly 1575 5102042 Livshits, Ron 2467 2468105767 Lopez, Oscar 2093 2128123190 Love, Roberts 1337 5101820 Lukasek II, Ladislav 1981 2008111073 Macaranas, Jose T 1860 1860109694 MacMillan, Liana 1467 1467101824 Maister, Martin 1696 12122440 Maric, Gordana 1652 16122455 Maric, Bosco 2329 11112152 Marshall, Scott 1795 1817103429 Martin, Carl 1906 1937100298 McClelland, Tom 1815 1900106266 McGrahan, Steve 2056 2067110766 McTavish, David 2367 2367121270 Mehta, Gy 1952 9121781 Miaco, Trifelino 1884 9121321 Mills, Matthew xxxx 3104248 Mitchell, Joe 1261 5108272 Moffat, Andrei 2095 2095122106 Morgan, Bryan 920 4121505 Morgan, Allan 1837 6106574 Mucignat, Ermanno 1853 2000123545 Murphy, William J. 841 4105904 Newman, Harold 1441 1441100042 Nock, David 1671 1795122761 Nowicki, Greg 1139 9102646 Nunes, Garvin 1589 21121335 Nunes, Paulo 1444 3120159 Nurmi, Kari 1574 16104561 Obrovac, Zvonko 1744 23102669 Ochkoos, Jura 2394 2409101400 Olheiser, Gordon 2060 2102107005 Ooms, Albert 1024 21120081 Pak, David 1692 1692104263 Palmer, William 1884 1890122511 Patterson, Jarius 981 12120349 Pavez, Monica 1302 20123636 Paxton, Chad 1603 4123156 Pearson, Dave 1573 5105677 Peiman, Jason 1776 5106982 Pejovic, Mike 1689 21123428 Peterson, Jason 1358 1120803 Phares, Adam 1175 8104880 Pierre, Rolland 1653 1763109445 Pope, John 1792 1792113065 Prilleltensky, Matan 1380 1380109859 Puri, Vinny 2295 15108329 Puschke, R.F. 1641 1786107964 Rabethge, Brad 1766 1800102221 Rachar, Sean 1319 23120227 Reynolds, Derek 1509 1515111115 Richardson, Ross 1990 15105991 Riedstra, Richard F. 1508 1559109327 Rivas, Edgar 1764 1764103350 Roberts, Lawrence 1914 2000111209 Roller, Robert 1532 21101799 Rowles, Christopher 1692 1812106041 Rudge, Allan 1391 15111463 Ruiz, Richard 1871 1908100198 Runstedler, Albert 1815 1939102198 Rutherford, John 1541 1649111803 Ryzycki, Bohdan 1805 1822112780 Samano, Beto 1869 1914104545 Schwartz, Lorne 1810 1810107823 Sengupta, Oveek 1596 1620120619 Siddeley, Hugh 1838 22120099 Sidorski, Steven xxxx 1665101793 Smith, Maurice 1719 1767123272 Smith, Andrew James 1258 5100333 Smith, Brian 1747 1800102297 Solis, Jaime 1987 2001123265 Solodar, Yevgeni 2283 5105764 Soriano, Romeo E. 1883 1883110428 Stachiw, Ryan xxxx 4109058 Stachiw, James 1480 1480123652 Stagno, Diego 1137 4105861 Starr, Sasha 2195 2254123607 Stone, Sean 1012 5108689 Stonkus, Raymond J 1839 1911109057 Strehlow, Chris 1711 1711123547 Streiter Jr., Michael 1671 5123548 Sun, John 1355 5112423 Surlan, Dan 2203 2203123551 Swart, Michael 1182 5121237 Taherkhani, Majid 1947 10101371 Takov, Chris 1921 2116112575 Teodoro, Roderick 2156 2295108777 Teplitsky, Yan 2636 16106474 Termeer, Ted 1494 1692122409 Thomas, Dan 2197 6106110 Thorvardson, Steve 1933 1933103841 Thurairasah, Shiv. 1744 1744102803 Tillotson, Ken xxxx 13110864 Tomlinson, John B 1605 1666110282 Toolsie, Alexander xxxx 1706123436 Truong, Huy 787 5123437 Truong, William 1150 5103420 Van de Ven, Anthony 1913 2000123260 Van de Ven, Kiah 938 3112806 Van Dusen, Eric 1903 1903100219 Van Weeren, H. 1524 1524

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