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THE Independent Voice for Canadian Chess Covering Toronto Chess News and Beyond!
www.TorontoChessNews.com
Chess IS Life! GM Bobby Fischer
Issue # 1- 21 July 1, 2013
Happy Canada Day!!
http://www.torontochessnews.com/
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Table of Contents Page Articles, etc. The Worlds Youngest FM!! 19 FIDE July 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women ) 21 Canadian IM Bindi Cheng Narrowly misses GM Norm! 30 Malmsten on Chess Chess at the CNE Part 1: Canadian Championships 1930s 31 Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings - National 40 Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings Women 41 FIDE July 1, 2013 Regular Rating List Canadian Rankings ( Open/Women ) 42 BC Girls Chess Foundation 80 The Games of the Century Series The Game of the Century (20th) 81 Teaching Classic Games of Chess - Hungarian Knights 88 Kens Chess Trivia 92 TCN Readers Lead Article Invitation 95 TCN Readers Chess Sightings 95 TCN Readers Have Questions 95 TCN Readers Feedback 95 TCNs Readers Opinion Column 96 Tournament Reports 8th Tal Memorial, Russia 4 2013 IV Int. Chess Festival Forni di Sopra, Italy 12 2013-4 FIDE Womens Grand Prix # 2 (Dilijan), Armenia 12 1st Geneva Masters, Switzerland 15 Geneva Open A 18 Kitchener-Waterloo Team Tournament 58 The University of Waterloo Weekend Summer Semester Open 67 Eastern Ontario Open, Ottawa 72 8th Annual Edmonton International 74 2013 New Brunswick Open, Campellton 81 Organizations with News Reports Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 29 Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) 51 Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) 55 Aurora Chess Club 56 Ajax Chess Club 58 Hamilton City Chess Club 69
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Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 69 Tournament Notices Aurora Summer Open 96 GM Elshan Moradiabadi (Iranian GM) Lecture & Simul 97 Canadian Youth Chess Championships 97 Canadian Open 98 Kitchener Chess Festival Can. Amateur/Can. Seniors 100 Mississauga Open 103 Toronto Labour Day Open 104 Community Bulletin Board 104 NOTE re GAME ANALYSIS I use Fritz 13 in my game analysis. My research, using Fritz for many years, establishes that Fritz 13 evaluates 1.e4, 1.d4, and 1.Nf3 as a slight advantage to White, whereas historically, these positions were generally considered equal. Many still dispute this evaluation. Though W has "initiative", some/many ( ? ) feel Bl., with best play, equalizes. But in my research on the three W openings where Fritz gives +/= after W's first move, Bl never should equalize, as long as W does not make a mistake (a general operational principle). And true enough, even into the middlegame of my " perfect " games, Bl. remains +/=!!. So the computer has now convinced me to switch camps, where I used to believe in " Black equality ". However, it may be that the "horizon effect" will yet establish equality for Black when the "perfect game" is taken far enough. But, since I am using Fritz 13, I therefore follow its lead, and so have felt it necessary to make some note re these first moves. In the past, I gave this explanation above in annotations to these three first moves. But, for regular readers of my analyzed games, I know this annotation became irksome; but people who are new, come to my analyzed games on the TCN Website, or where a TCN newsletter has been forwarded to them, and, for them, an explanation of this unusual Fritz 13 feature is required, to understand what I am doing. However, I agree with some readers who suggested a general explanation would be preferable to the annotation in every game starting with these three moves ( which is most of them ). I appreciate my repeat readers' patience til this change. I therefore began using this other format of a general explanation after the table of contents, to explain this interesting computer phenomenon ( and not insert it into the actual annotated game ). In the game score, I will just note the symbolic and numerical evaluation by Fritz on these first moves. I hope this small change improved the quality of TCN for all subscribers.
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INTERNATIONAL 8th Tal Memorial, Russia
The 8th Tal Memorial tournament took place 12th June (opening ceremony) to 24th June 2013. 10 players (9 rds.): Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2013 World Championship Challenger), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 14th World Champion), Sergey Karjakin (Russia, winner of the recent Norway Supreme Masters tournament), Viswanathan Anand (India, 15th and current world champion), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), Hikaru Nakamura (USA, and highest rated player in the Americas), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Boris Gelfand (Israel, and loser of the most recent world championship match) and Dmitry Andreikin (Russia).
In order to draw number placing for the cross-table, a blitz tournament was held. The time limit was 3 minutes + 2 second increments. There were generous prizes for the Blitz: 1. 5000 euro; 2. 3000 euro; 3. 2000 euro and so on.
The final results were:
1. Nakamura 7/10 2. Anand 6.5/10 3. Kramnik 5.5/10 4. Carlsen 4.5/10 5. Gelfand 4.5/10 6. Mamedyarov 4/10 7. Andreikin 4/10 8. Karjakin 3.5/10
9. Morozevich 3/10 10. Caruana 2.5/10
After the blitz tournament, the players were asked on stage one by one to tell the arbiter which lot number they preferred for the main tournament. Nakamura could go first, and he picked 5. Anand chose 2, and then Kramnik surprisingly went for lot number 7, which means he will have five black games and four white. The Russian confirmed to ChessVibes that he did this because of the tiebreak rules in the tournament; the first and most important rule is number games played with the black pieces... Gelfand chose 3, Carlsen 4, Andreikin 1, Mamedyarov 6, Karjakin 8, Morozevich 10 and for Caruana number 9 was left.
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The tournament winner was last world championship match loser, Boris Gelfand, with 6/9 pts..
The four Russian players managed only 2 wins between them all!! Russian
dominance is fading quickly. In Rd. 1, Fabiano
defeated World Champion Vishy,
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to go into a 3-way tie for first with Magnus and Shakhriyar. Here is his game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Anand, V (2786) Caruana, F (2774) [C88] 8th Tal Mem Moscow RUS (1), 13.06.2013 1.e4 0.35 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4?!= [4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6] 4...Nf6 5.0-0 Be7?! [5...Bc5?! 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 (6...b5?! 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Bb3 0-0; 6...Nxe4?! 7.Qe2 Nxe5 8.Qxe4 Qe7) 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6; 5...Bd6 6.Nc3 0-0=] 6.Re1?!= [6.Nc3 b5 7.Bb3 0-0] 6...b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d5?! [9...Bc5 10.Nc3 Re8=] 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2?!= [11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 Nf6] 11...f6 12.c3 Kh8 13.Bc2 Qd7 14.Nb3 a5 15.a4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Ncb4?! [16...Nb6 17.Rh4 f5=] 17.Rxa5 Vishy goes up a P 17...Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Nb6 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Nbd2 g5?! Vishy gets a "clear" advantage [20...c5 21.Ne4 Rd8] 21.Nh2?= [21.d4 g4 22.hxg4 Qxg4] 21...Rd8 22.d4 exd4 23.cxd4 Bb4 24.Re2?! for the first time in the game, Fabiano gets the advantage [24.Ng4 Nd5 25.Rd1 Qc6=] 24...Qxd4 material equality 25.Ndf1?! Fabiano gets a "clear" advantage [25.Ng4 Qd5 26.Re4 Nd7] 25...Qc5 26.Qxc5 Bxc5 27.Rc2 Bd6 28.Ng4 Kg7 29.Bd2 Kg6 30.Nge3 f5 31.Nc4 Nxc4 32.Rxc4 Ra8?! [32...Re8 33.Rc1 f4] 33.Rc1 f4 34.Bc3 h5?! 35.Nd2 Bd5 36.f3?! [36.Nf3 c6 37.Ne5+ Kf5] 36...Bc5+ 37.Kf1 Be3 38.Ke2 Bc4+ 39.Ke1?!-+ Fabiano gets a "winning" advantage [39.Kd1 Bd3 40.Bb4 Ra2] 39...Re8 40.Kd1 Bxd2 41.Kxd2 Re2+ 42.Kd1 Rxg2 Fabiano goes up a P 43.Bd4 Be2+ 44.Ke1 Bxf3 45.Rxc7 Re2+ 46.Kf1 Rh2 47.Rg7+ Kf5 48.Be5??-+ 7.92 blundering the B [48.Ra7 Rxh3 49.Ra5+ Ke4-+ 4.17] 48...Kxe5-+ 11.42 Fabiano is up a B 0-1
In Rd. 2, Hikaru
handed Vladimir
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his second consecutive defeat of the tournament (as commentator Peter Svidler said when have we ever seen Kramnik start a tournament with 0-2??). Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Kramnik, V (2803) Nakamura, Hi (2784) [E67] 8th Tal Mem Moscow RUS (2), 14.06.2013 1.c4= Nf6 [1...e5=] 2.Nc3 g6?! [2...e5 3.Nf3 Nc6=] 3.g3?!= [3.d4 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7] 3...Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.d4 d6?! [5...c5 6.d5 d6=] 6.Nf3 Nbd7 [6...c5 7.dxc5 dxc5; 6...Nc6 7.0-0 Bf5] 7.0-0 e5 8.b3 Re8 9.e4?!= [9.e3 c6 10.Bb2 exd4 11.exd4 Nb6] 9...c6 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.f3 Qe7?! [12...Nfd7 13.Qc2 Ne5= (13...Qa5?!; 13...a5?!) ] 13.Re1?!= [13.Rc1 a5 14.Qd2 Nfd7] 13...a5?! [13...Nfd7 14.f4 a5=] 14.Qc2?!= [14.Qd2 a4 15.Rad1 axb3 16.axb3 Bd7] 14...Be6?! [14...Nfd7 15.Rad1 h5=] 15.Rad1 a4?! Vlad gets a "clear" advantage [15...Rad8 16.Nxe6 Qxe6; 15...Bd7 16.Bf4 Rad8; 15...Nfd7 16.Qd2 Nf8] 16.b4 Ncd7 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Nxa4 Vlad goes up a P 18...Ne5 19.c5 Qc4?!+ Vlad gets a "winning" advantage [19...dxc5 20.Bxc5 b5] 20.Qb3 dxc5 material equality 21.Nb6?! [21.f4 Rxa4 22.Qxa4 Nd3+] 21...Qxb3 22.axb3 Rad8?!+ [22...Ra3 23.f4 cxb4 24.fxe5 Ng4] 23.bxc5 Vlad goes up a P again 23...Nfd7 24.Na4?! [24.Nxd7 Nxd7 25.Kf2 Bc3+] 24...Nf8 25.Rd6 Ne6 26.Red1 [26.Kf1 Bf8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8] 26...Ra8 27.h3?! Vlad is losing his advantage [27.Bf4 f5 28.Bxe5 Bxe5] 27...Nc4 [27...Bf8 28.f4 Nc4!] 28.bxc4 Rxa4 29.Rd7?!= Vlad has lost his advantage [29.Rb1?! Be5 30.Rxb7! Bxg3! 31.Rxc6 Rxc4 32.Rcb6 Rc3 33.Rb3 Rxc5=; 29.Bf1 Ra3 30.Kf2 Ra2+ 31.Be2 Bf8] 29...Rb4 30.f4 Bf8 31.Kh2 Bxc5 material equality 32.Bc1?! for the first time in the game, Hikaru gets the advantage [32.Bd2 Rxc4 33.Rxb7 Rd8=] 32...Ra8 33.f5 [33.Bd2 Rb3 34.Bc1 Bf2] 33...Nf8 34.R7d3 Rxc4 Hikaru goes up a P 35.Bh6 Be7 36.R1d2?! Hikaru gets a "clear" advantage [36.g4 f6 37.Kg3 b5] 36...b5 37.Rf3 b4 38.e5?!-+ Hikaru gets a "winning" advantage [38.Rfd3 Bf6 39.Bf4 Re8] 38...gxf5 39.Rxf5 Ng6 40.Rdf2 Bf8 41.Bg5 b3 42.Rxf7 material equality 42...Rb8 43.Bf1 Rc3 44.e6?-+ 4.64 [44.R7f3 Rxf3 45.Bc4+ Kh8 46.Rxf3 b2-+ 2.64] 44...b2 45.Bf6 b1Q 46.Bxc3 Hikaru is up Q vs R + P 46...Qb3 47.R7f3 Bc5?-+ 2.72 [47...Qxe6 48.Re3! Qd5-+ 4.96(48...Qxe3?? 49.Bc4+ Qe6 50.Bxe6#) ] 48.Rb2 Qxb2+! 49.Bxb2 Rxb2+ Hikaru is up N vs P 50.Bg2 3.71 [50.Kh1 Ne5 51.Rf4 Kg7-+ 3.37] 50...Be7 51.h4 Re2 52.Rc3 c5 53.Kh3 Kg7 54.Bd5 Ne5 55.g4 Ng6 56.Rf3?-+ 9.18 [56.Kg3 Bd6+ 57.Kf3 Rd2-+ 5.25] 56...Bd6 57.Rf7+ Kh8 58.g5 58...Rh2+ 59.Kg4-+ 9.21 0-1
After Rd. 3, there was a four-way log jam in first, with 2/3 pts.: Boris, Hikaru, Fabiano and Shakhriyar.
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In Rd. 5 (June 18), Magnus defeated Vishy in 29 moves! As well, with 3.5 pts., Boris and Hikaru were left in first place. Here is Magnus game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Carlsen, Magnus (2864) Anand, Viswanathan (2786) [E46] 8th Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (5.2), 18.06.2013
Magnus 1.d4 0.34 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3?!= [3.Nf3] 3...Bb4 (verified depth 23) 4.e3 0-0 (verified depth 23) [4...b6 5.Nf3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 0-0=] 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nd7 9.g3 b6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.Bb4 Nf6 13.0-0 Re8 14.Rc1 c6 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Re1 Qd6?! [16...Ne4 17.Nf4 Qd6=] 17.Nf4 Bc8 [17...Ne4 18.Qa4 f5] 18.Qa4 Rc7?! Magnus gets a "clear" advantage [18...Bb7 19.Nd3 h6] 19.f3 Be6 [19...g5 20.Nd3 a5] 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Qd7?!+ Magnus gets a "winning" advantage [21...b5 22.Qb4 Qxb4 23.axb4 Rac8]
XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+-+k+( 7zp-trq+pzpp' 6-zpp+lsn-+& 5+-+-+-+-% 4Q+-zPPsN-+$ 3zP-+-+-zP-# 2-zP-+-+LzP" 1+-tR-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy 22.d5! a nice temporary Psac 22...cxd5 Vishy goes up a P 23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Bh3 Kh8 26.e5 1.73 [26.Bxe6 Rdd8 27.e5 Ne4+ 1.83] 26...Ng8 27.Bxe6 material equality 27...Rdd8 28.Rc7 d4 29.Bd7+ 2.72 Magnus has the passed eP, and Vishy will lose the dP 1-0
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In Rd. 6, Hikaru defeated Vishy (having a tough tournament before his upcoming WCC match), and took sole possession of first, with Boris a half-point behind. Here is Hikarus win (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):
Anand, Viswanathan (2786) Nakamura, Hikaru (2784) [C60] 8th Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (6.4), 19.06.2013 1.e4 0.35 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 [3...Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5] 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Ne7 9.h3 0-0 10.Nc3 h6?! Vishy gets a "clear" advantage [10...Be6 11.Re1 Qd6] 11.Qb3?! [11.Bf4 f5 12.Qb3+ Kh7] 11...g5 [11...Qd6 12.Qc2 Be6] 12.Rd1 b6 13.a4 a5 14.Be3 Ng6?! [14...Qd6 15.h4 g4] 15.d5 c5 16.Nb5 g4 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.Bd2?! [18.Bc1 Qd7 19.d6 c4=] 18...Qd7 19.Rac1?!= [19.Re1 c6 20.dxc6 Qxc6] 19...c6 20.dxc6 Qxc6 21.Bc3?! for the first time in the game, Hikaru gets the advantage. [21.Re1 Rae8 22.Qe3 Bxb2=] 21...Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rad8?!= [22...Nf4 23.Rd6 Qc8] 23.Rxd8? Hikaru gets a "clear" advantage [23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Kf1 Qe6=] 23...Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Qd5 Qxd5 27.exd5 Bxc3 28.bxc3 28...Ne5?! [28...Kf8 29.Nd6 Nf4] 29.Nd6 Kf8?!= [29...Nxf3+ 30.Kf1 Ne5]
XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-mk-+( 7+-+-+p+-' 6-zp-sN-+-zp& 5zp-zpPsn-+-% 4P+-+-+-+$ 3+-zP-+P+-# 2-+-+-zP-+" 1+-+-+-mK-! xabcdefghy 30.Kh2??-+ Hikaru gets a "winning" advantage [30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Nc8+ Kd7 32.Nxb6+ Kd6=] 30...Ke7 31.Nc8+ 2.25 [31.Nf5+ Kd7 32.f4 Nc4-+ 1.71] 31...Kd7 32.Nxb6+ Vishy goes up a P 32...Kc7 33.f4 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Nd2?-+ 1.56 [34...Ne1+ 35.Kf1 Kxb6 36.Kxe1 c4-+ 10.45] 35.Na8+ Kb7 36.d6 Kc6 37.Nc7 Kxd6 material equality 38.Nb5+ 2.43 [38.Ne8+ Ke7 39.Ng7 Ne4-+ 1.82] 38...Kd5 39.Kg3 Kc4?-+ 1.63 [39...Nc4 40.f3 Nb6-+ 2.65; 39...Ne4+ 40.Kg4 c4-+ 2.86] 40.Nd6+ 2.25 [40.f3 f6 41.f5 Kb3-+ 1.75; 40.f5 f6 41.Kf4 Kd3-+ 1.72] 40...Kxc3 41.Nxf7 c4 42.f5 Kd4 43.Nd6 Ke5 44.Nb5 Kxf5 Hikaru goes up a P 45.f3 h5-+ 3.63 0-1
In Rd. 7, the two top players met, and Boris defeated Hikaru, to take sole possession of first. Hikaru remained alone in second. Here is Boris win (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Nakamura, Hikaru (2784) Gelfand, Boris (2755) [B33] 8th Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7.2), 21.06.2013 1.e4 0.35 1...c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4?!= [3.Bb5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7] 3...cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 [7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7=] 7...a6 8.Na3 b5?! [8...Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6=] 9.Bxf6 gxf6 [9...Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8] 10.Nd5 f5 11.c4?!= [11.Bd3 Be6 12.0-0 Bg7] 11...b4 12.Nc2 fxe4
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Boris goes up a P 13.g3 Bg7?! [13...h5 14.Bg2 f5=] 14.Bg2 0-0 15.Bxe4 material equality 15...Rb8 16.b3 [16.Bg2 f5 17.0-0 e4] 16...f5 17.Bg2 e4 [17...f4 18.Be4 Qg5] 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.0-0 Qxa2 Boris goes up a P again 20.Nde3 [20.Nf4 Bb7 21.f3 exf3 22.Bxf3 Be5] 20...Qa5 [20...Bb7 21.Qxd6 Qa5] 21.Qxd6 material equality again 21...Rf6 22.Qf4 Qe5 23.Qxe5 Nxe5 24.Nd5 Rf7 25.Ncxb4?!= [25.f3 exf3 26.Bxf3 a5] 25...a5 26.Nc2 Rfb7 27.Nce3 Nc6 28.c5 Rxb3 Boris goes up a P again 29.Nb6?! for the first time in the game, Boris gets the advantage [29.Rxb3 Rxb3 30.g4 fxg4 31.Bxe4 Rb8=] 29...Rxb1 30.Rxb1 Be6 31.Bf1 Bd4?!= [31...a4 32.Bc4 Bxc4 33.Nexc4 Bd4] 32.Rb5 Kf7 33.Nec4? Boris gets a "clear" advantage [33.Kg2 Kg6 34.Be2 Kf6=] 33...Kg7 34.Nd6 Kf6?! [34...Be5 35.Ndc4 Bc3] 35.Na4?! [35.h4 Bxc5 36.Rxc5 Rxb6] 35...e3 36.fxe3 Bxe3+ 37.Kg2 Bd5+ 38.Kh3 Rxb5 39.Bxb5 Ne5 40.Nc3?!-+ Boris gets a "winning' advantage [40.Nb6 Be6 41.Ne8+ Ke7] 40...Bf3 41.Be2 Bxe2 42.Nd5+?-+ 5.01 [42.Nxe2 Bxc5 43.Nb7 Bb4-+ 3.06] 42...Kg5 43.Nxe3 Ng4?-+ 3.24 [43...Bf3 44.c6 Ng4 threatens mate on f2 45.Nf7+ Kh5 46.Nd1! preventing the f2 mate 46...Bxc6-+ 8.27(46...Bxd1? 47.Kg2 (47.c7?? Bf3 48.c8Q Nf2#) 47...Ne3+ 48.Kf2 Nd5-+ 4.13) ]
XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 7+-+-+-+p' 6-+-sN-+-+& 5zp-zP-+pmk-% 4-+-+-+n+$ 3+-+-sN-zPK# 2-+-+l+-zP" 1+-+-+-+-! xabcdefghy 44.Kg2! 4.18 [44.Nxg4?? Bf1#; 44.Nexf5?? Bf1#; 44.Ndxf5?? Bf3 threatens mate on f2 45.Nd1 Bxd1-+ 10.46] 44...Nxe3+ Boris goes up a B 45.Kf2 Nc4?-+ 3.49[45...a4 46.h4+ Kh5 47.c6 Ba6-+ 7.97] 0-1
In Rd. 8, Magnus defeated Hikaru. So Gelfand remained in first, but now Magnus was alone in second, pt. back. Here is Magnus win:
Carlsen, Magnus (2864) Nakamura, Hikaru (2784) [A13] 8th Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (8.5), 22.06.2013 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 a6 10.Ne5 Qb6 11.Be3 c5 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.d5 e5 14.a4 b4 15.Nd2 Bd6 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.f4 0-0 18.Rac1 exf4 19.Bxf4 Bxf4 20.gxf4 a5 21.e4 Rae8 22.e5 Ba6 23.Rfe1 Kh8 24.Nd6 Re7 25.Qe3 Qd8 26.b3 g5 27.Kh1 Qb8 28.Qf2 gxf4 29.Qxf4 Bd3 30.Re3 Bg6 31.Rf1 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Qxd6 33.Re8 Qxf4 34.Rxf8+ Kg7 35.Rxf4 Kxf8 36.d6 Ne5 37.Bf1 Bc2 38.Bb5 f5 39.Kg2 c4 40.Bxc4 Be4+ 41.Kg3 Nxc4 42.bxc4 Ke8 43.c5 Bc6 44.Rxf5 Bxa4 45.Re5+ Kd8 46.Re7 Bc6 47.Rc7 1-0
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In Rd. 9, Boris and Magnus both drew, and so they remained with Boris first ( 6/9 pts.), Magnus pt. back alone in second with 5.5 pts..
(left to right) Boris & Magnus Here is the final crosstable:
8th Tal Mem Moscow (RUS), 13-24 vi 2013 cat. XXII (2777)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2755 * 1 1 1 6 2904
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2864 * 0 1 1 1 5 2847
3. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2774 0 1 * 0 1 1 5 2820
4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2753 * 1 5 2823
5. Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2713 * 1 5 2827
6. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2784 0 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 1 4 2776
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7. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2782 0 * 4 2733
8. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2760 0 0 1 * 0 3 2699
9. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 0 0 0 1 * 3 2696
10. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2803 0 0 0 * 3 2649
2013 IV Int. Chess Festival Forni di Sopra, Italy
Canadian IM Aman Hambleton tied for first after regular play, with 7/9 pts.. He came second on tie-break. Canadian Elias Oussedik also played finished with 4/9 pts.. Here are the top three finishers:
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 IM Dvirnyy Danyyil ITA 2540 7.0 49.5 54.0 41.75 24042 IM Hambleton Aman CAN 2461 7.0 47.0 51.5 38.25 23593 IM D'amore Carlo ITA 2485 6.5 46.0 50.5 35.25 2374
2013-4 FIDE Womens Grand Prix # 2 (Dilijan), Armenia
This is the 2nd tournament of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series 2013/2014. It ran from the15th - 29th of June 2013. It was a 12-player round robin in Dilijan, Armenia, with an average rating of 2505. The Grand Prix will be a series of six tournaments held over two years (2013-14). The 18 top world players are selected to compete in these tournaments. Each tournament will have 12 players playing over a schedule of fifteen days. The winner of the Grand Prix series at the end of 2014 will play the Womens World Champion in the third quarter of 2015 in a ten game match for the Womens World Championship title. Here are the players in this Dilijan Grand Prix # 2: Koneru, Humpy IND 2597 Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2593 Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2550 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2531 Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2531
http://chess-results.com/tnr103783.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=ITA&flag=30&wi=821&snr=1http://chess-results.com/tnr103783.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=CAN&flag=30&wi=821&snr=9http://chess-results.com/tnr103783.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=ITA&flag=30&wi=821&snr=6
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Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS 2526 Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 2511 Ushenina, Anna UKR 2499 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2492 Danielian, Elina ARM 2475 Girya, Olga RUS 2436 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs MGL 2316 In round six, Indian GM Humpy Koneru defeated Anna Muzychuk. In round seven, Humpy beat former women's world champion Antoaneta Stefanova with the black pieces. Her main rival, Anna Muzychuk, also won, defeating Nana Dzagnidze. In round eight both top seeds drew, leaving Humpy, whose performance was 2710, with a half-point lead. The same happened in Rd. 9. In Rd. 10, the first and second place leaders met Humpy and Anna drew So Anna remained in second, pt. behind Humpy. But Viktorija Cmilyte beat reigning women's world champion Anna Ushenina, while Antoaneta Stefanova took a full point from Olga Girya, so they moved closer to the leaders. Humpy Koneru was victorious in her final game at Dilijan Women's GP to win by a full point over A. Muzychuk, who could only draw. So the key game in this tournament was the Rd. 6 win of Humpy over Anna, which decided the winner. So Humpy adds to her points in the Grand Prix race to see who will be the 2014 Challenger for the Womens World Chess Championship. Here are the updated Womens Grand Prix standings:
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Women's Grand Prix Standings after the second stage.
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1st Geneva Masters, Switzerland
(adapted from TWIC) The 1st Geneva Chess Masters took place 26th to 30th June 2013. 8 players in two groups qualify for a knock-out phase. Games 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. In the initial phase two groups of four players play two game matches and play-offs (ie these matches can't be tied) produce points to go into an all-play-all table. If the score is still equal, the match proceeds with two blitz games (4 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move). Finally, if necessary, an Armageddon game is played with Black having one minute less on the clock but with draw odds. The top two in each group go through to the final phase. The semi-finals were played on Saturday, June 29th and the grande finale on Sunday, June 30th.
Group A: Round 1: Vladimir Kramnik (Russia 14th World Champion) vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan). Shakhriyar defeated Vlad. Judit Polgar (Hungary highest rated female player ever) vs Yannick Pelletier (France).Yannick defeated Judit. Round 2: Judit vs Vlad Vlad won Shakhriyar vs Yannick - Shakhriyar won
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Rd. 3: Judit vs Shakhriyar Shakhriyar won. Vlad Yannick Vlad won. Here is the final cross-table:
Geneva Masters GpA Geneva SUI Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 Pts TB1
1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2753 * 1 1 1 3 8
2 Kramnik, Vladimir 2803 0 * 1 1 2 5
2 Pelletier, Yannick 2574 0 0 * 1 1 4
4 Polgar, Judit 2696 0 0 0 * 0 1
Group B:
Round 1:
Hikaru Nakamura (USA highest rated player in the Americas) vs Romain Edouard (France). Hikaru defeated Romain.
Etienne Bacrot (France) vs Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia former Womens World Champion). Etienne defeated Alexandra.
Round 2: Hikaru vs Alexandra Hikaru won. Etienne vs Romain Etienne won. Round 3: Hikaru vs Etienne Hikaru won. Alexandra vs Romain Alexandra won. Here is the final cross-table:
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Geneva Masters GpB Geneva SUI Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Sun 30th Jun 2013 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 Pts TB1
1 Nakamura, Hikaru 2784 * 1 1 1 3 8
2 Bacrot, Etienne 2725 0 * 1 1 2 6
3 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2489 0 0 * 1 1 3
4 Edouard, Romain 2666 0 0 0 * 0 1
4 players
Semi-Finals: Shakhriyar vs Etienne: won by Shakhriyar, but had to go to tie-break. Vladimir vs Hikaru: won by Vlad, but had to go to tie-break. Final:
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
defeated Vladimir Kramnik in the final on Sunday, June 30, by winning game 1 and drawing the second.
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Geneva Open A Two 9-round opens were played simultaneously with the Geneva Masters. Open A had 43 players and started at the beginning of the week of June 23. Playing in it was the fast-improving Canadian IM Aman Hambleton, and Elias Oussedik.
GMs Cornette and Bauer shared 1st-2nd with 8/9. IM Hambleton was clear 3rd with 6.5/9! Congratulations Aman! Elias had a strong 2194 performance to end with 4.5/9. After two consecutive wins in the first two rounds, Aman was in a 9-way tie for first. After 4 rounds, he had 3/ 4 pts. and was in a 2-way tie for fourth, one point out of first. Aman won in Rd. 5: 4 5 IM Hambleton Aman 2461 3 1 - 0 3 Skouvaklis Alexis 2166 20 This put Aman in a 3-way tie for third, with 4/5 pts., 1 pt. behind the leader, GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2578who had had 5 straight wins. In Rd. 6, Aman won again on Bd. 2: 2 5 IM Hambleton Aman 2461 4 1 - 0 4 GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2576 3 In Rd. 7, Aman lost to a strong French GM, again on Bd. 2: 2 1 GM Bauer Christian 2637 5 1 - 0 5 IM Hambleton Aman 2461 5 In Rd. 8, Aman drew on Bd. 3. In Rd. 9, Aman defeated a WGM: 3 5 IM Hambleton Aman 2461 5 1 - 0 5 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2264 12 This clinched sole third for Aman. Here are the top finishers:
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Rg. Name FED ELO Pts. Dep.1 Dep.2 Dep.3 1 GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2578 8.0 42.0 55.5 2724 2 GM Bauer Christian FRA 2637 8.0 39.0 54.5 2730 3 IM Hambleton Aman CAN 2461 6.5 35.0 53.5 2455 4 GM Cherniaev Alexander RUS 2447 6.0 33.5 51.5 2427 5 IM Manea Alexandru ROU 2389 6.0 30.0 48.5 2423 6 WGM Mamedjarova Turkan AZE 2249 6.0 29.0 49.0 2339
The Worlds Youngest FM!!
Fide Master Alekhine Nouri
(from PhilStar.com) MANILA, Philippines - Boys at seven spend most of their
time with their PS3s or PCs and tabs voraciously playing Candy Crush or Temple Run. But not youthful Fide Master Alekhine Nouri, who allocates a huge majority of his day handling chess pieces and mastering moves and immersing in chess books.
Our daily routine features 10 hours of training; no computer games, no TV. We only ease up on Sundays, the chess prodigys father and personal coach Hamed Nouri said in Filipino.
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Only two years since first picking up the chess pieces, Alekhine bore the fruit of his perseverance by earning an outright FM title with his victory in the Open 8-under category of the recent 14th ASEAN + Age Group Chess Championships 2013 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Alekhine, who was named after the great Russian world titlist Alexander Alekhine, thus became the youngest Filipino FM
Fide Master at seven (in comparison, GM Wesley So became an FM when he was 11, although it took him three years to get a GM title).
Siya ang youngest Fide Master in the world ngayon (Hes the youngest FM in the world today, actually), said GM Jayson Gonzales, the National Chess Federation of the Philippines executive director, when the delegation paid Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richie Garcia a courtesy call yesterday.
Pangarap ko po maging Super Grand Master at world champion (Its my dream to reach super GM status and be a world champion), said Alekhine, who accounted for four of the 24 gold medals Phl won in Chiang Mai. The Pinoy chessers brought home a total of 65 medals.
Like Nouri, Allaney Jia Doroy (girls 12-U) , Samantha Glo Revita (girls14-U) and Shania Mae Mendoza (girls 16-U) also gained their outright Woman Fide Master (WFM) titles.
Alekhine used to tag along his father Hamed to a chess club in their province, Escalante, Negros Occidental, when he was five years old. The boy liked the game very much that it was him who asked Hamed, a Fide Master himself, to go to the club.
He scored a big fat egg in his first three tournaments but that didnt deter the incoming Grade 1 pupil at FEU-FERN from pursuing his dreams. By 2012, Alekhine, now based in Taguig, was already winning both local and international age group chessfests.
After the Thailand meet, Alekhine is set to vie in the Asian Youth Chess Championships 2013 in Sari, Iran from June 19-27.
If he sustains his focus and train hard continuously, I think he has a chance of winning in Iran), said Hamed, who quit his job to give his sons chess career his full attention, in Filipino.
[Ed. Alekhine does not yet have a FIDE rating, though he is a registered player. It may be that he has not yet been able to comply with the FIDE rating standards. I dont believe he can just get a FIDE rating because he won the FM title.]
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FIDE July 1, 2013 Regular Rating List Open/Womens Open
Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ), # 1 for most of 2010 & 2011, all of 2012 , and all of 2013 so far, the youngest player ever to hold this position, and the highest rated human ever, sits with a rating of 2862 (had a peak rating of 2872 is it really possible he may one day be the first to break the 2900 barrier?). The second player over 2800 is Armenian Levon Aronian, at 2813. [ Garry Kasparov ( Russia ), 13th World Champion, retired March, 2005, was the first player to break 2800 ( peak rating - July 1999 2851 2nd highest rated player ever ); Kramnik was the second player; Veselin Topalov, 2005 FIDE World Champion, was the third; Viswanathan Anand, 15th and current World Champion was the fourth; Magnus Carlsen was the fifth; and Levon Aronian is the sixth. ]. Besides these 2 in the 2800s, there are 44 players in the 2700s ( same as last list ).
The top players are ( birth date of younger players [Under 22 yrs. as of Jan. 1 or born in or after 1991] in brackets, after country ) :
# 1 : Magnus Carlsen (Norway), rated 2862;
# 2 : Levon Aronian ( Armenia ) rated 2813;
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# 3: Fabiano Caruana (Italy 1992), rated 2774 (up from # 9 gained 22 points!!) .
# 4 : Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), 14th World Champion, rated 2784.
# 5: Alexander Grischuk (Russia), rated 2780.
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# 6: Sergey Karjakin (Russia), rated 2776;
# 7: Hikaru Nakamura ( USA ), rated 2775..
# 8: Viswanathan Anand ( India ), 15th and current World Champion, rated 2775 (down from # 4; lost 11 points);
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# 9: Boris Gelfand (Israel), 2012 World Championship Challenger, rated 2773 (back in the top 10 again).
# 10: Veselin Topalov ( Bulgaria ), rated 2767 (down 17 pts.);
# 52 : Judit Polgar ( Hungary ), the strongest womens player in the world, with 2696 ( over 2700 from October December, 2012 lists last time before that was on the July/12 list ) ( in 2005, she was in the top 10 with a rating of 2735. She has taken periods off to have children and had dropped below 2700 for a while, before going back over 2700 again for a while). .
Some other past World Champions/FIDE World Champions still in the top 100, and their current ratings are : # 14: 2002 FIDE World Champion, Ruslan Ponomariov ( Ukraine ) at 2756; # 48 : 2004 FIDE World Champion, Rustam Kasimdzhanov ( Uzbekistan ) at 2699.
Here are the younger ( Under 22 as of Jan. 1 ) players were watching - not in the
top ten, but in the top 30, ( birth date in brackets after country )[ note: juniors = U 20 yrs. as of Jan. 1 ]:
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# 20 : Anish Giri ( Netherlands 1994 ) 2734. # 30 : Ding Liren (China 1992 Chinese surname first) - 2734. Women
Four women have broken the 2600 barrier: first: GM Judit Polgar ( Hungary ) also only woman to break 2700; second: Humpy Koneru ( India ); third: Hou Yifan ( Chinese surname first ) former Womens World Champion and 2013 Womens Championship Challenger, against Womens Champion Anna Ushenina ( Ukraine ) ); fourth: Anna Muzychuk ( Slovenia ).
The top 10 women in the world are : # 1 : GM Judit Polgar ( Hungary ) 2696 ( first woman player in history to break 2700; peaked at 2735 in the July 1, 2005 rating list; was back in the 2700 club briefly on the July/12 list, after a number of years in the 2600s; dropped down again, and was briefly back again from Oct. Dec./12 );
# 2 : GM Humpy Koneru ( India ) 2607 (back over 2600 gained 10 points);
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# 3 : GM Hou Yifan ( China 1994 ) 2600 (18 years old )
# 4 : IM Anna Muzychuk ( Slovenia ) -2594.
# 5: GM Nana Dzagnidze ( Georgia ) 2558 (up 8 pts.);
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# 5 : GM Zhao Xue ( China ) 2553 (down 12 points);
# 7: GM Kateryna Lagno ( Ukraine ) 2542;
# 8: WGM Ju Wenjun (China), rated 2531 (down 13 points).
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# 9: GM Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia), rated 2531;
# 10: GM Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) rated 2528
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NATIONAL Organizations Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC )
Website: http://www.chess.ca/ Chess Discussion Forum: http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2 (by TCN Liaison for CFC, Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator) The CFC AGM ran from June 17-30 on-line, and was open to the public (for viewing only) http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?45-2013-CFC-Annual-General-Meeting-Incoming-Governors . It ran in two parts simultaneously Outgoing Governors AGM; Incoming Governors AGM. Voting on positions closed at 6:00 PM EDT on June 24 at the Incoming Governors AGM. Here are the new 2013-4 personnel:
4.1 President Vlad Drkulec (now CFC Governor-at-Large; also still currently Masters Representative) * 4.2 Vice-President Simon Ong (Alberta CFC Governor) 4.3 Secretary Lyle Craver (BC CFC Governor) 4.4 Treasurer Fred McKim (PEI CFC Governor)
4.4.1 Past President Mark Dutton (CFC Governor-at-Large) 4.5 Youth Coordinator Frank Lee (now CFC Governor-at-Large) 4.6 FIDE Representative Hal Bond (Ont./SWOCL CFC Governor) 4.7 Womens Coordinator Liza Orlova (now CFC Governor-at-Large) 4.8 Rating Auditor Paul Leblanc (BC CFC Governor) 4.9 Public Relations Coordinator Bob Armstrong (Ont./GTCL CFC Governor) 4.10 Fund Raising Officer vacant 4.11 Tournament Coordinator Richard Berube (now CFC Governor-at-Large) * 6.1 Chess Foundation of Canada Trustees - Four year terms (some in process): Paul Leblanc, Hans Jung, Lynn Stringer, Micah Hughey. 6.2 Chess Foundation of Canada Trustees - One year term: Hugh Brodie
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* 6.3 Kalev Pugi Fund Committee: Lyle Craver, Patrick McDonald, Valer Demian * 6.4 National Appeals Committee: Mark Dutton, Aris Marghetis, Simon Ong, Ilia Bluvshtein and Lyle Craver.
Voting on 7 motions took place in the incoming governors AGM on Wed., June 26 to June 30. Only 2 were defeated. Canadian IM Bindi Cheng Narrowly misses GM Norm!
Congratulations to IM Bindi Cheng. He got 2nd place in the DC Open (June 27 July 1 Virginia, USA), with 7/9.
But he just missed a GM norm. Unfortunately, the organizers gave him 7 US players when the limit is 6 from any one federation. He would have gotten an 8 round norm as he didn't even have to beat or draw Conrad in the last round Bindi had already performed over 2600. And unfortunately, the tournament was not able to be designated a super-swiss, where, if there are at least 20 foreign players, it doesn't matter against who you played. Again, unfortunately, some of the foreign IM's and GM's withdrew hence the tournament only had 8 IM's and GM's foreign when 10 are needed to make it a super swiss.
Other Canadians: IM Leonid Gerzhoy did well too with 5/9; FM Michael Kleinman 4.5; Yuanchen Zhang and James Chan, with 4.
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Malmsten on Chess ( by part-time columnist, Erik Malmsten )
Chess at the CNE Part 1: Canadian Championships 1930s
The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) along Lakeshore has been an annual summer event since 1879. It started as an industrial exhibition, a place where manufacturers displayed their latest products. It was the first to be lit by electricity and have streetcars with an electrical line overhead. They have hosted a few big chess events over the years.
In 1934 the CNE list of attractions included an exhibit from India and Ceylon (for the first time), a daily rodeo, a floor for 2,000 couples to dance to Duke Ellington, a police horse musical ride, a display on Hollywood film making, diving demonstrations, a rowing race, a tug of war championship, a homing pigeon race, vocal competitions, a model aeroplane show, and famous visiting chess players.
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The Canadian Chess Championship was a Toronto Centennial event and the players had a civic reception at City Hall. Games were played on the CNE's mezzanine of the Automotive Building, above the new cars for sale some with radios! Children enjoyed pressing the car horns. Tournament Director Malcolm Sim in his Telegram column claims the tournament was viewed by thousands, more people than any other chess event in America. The CNE averaged over 110,000 visitors a day, despite nine days with rain.
The Championship was very competitive with Martin, 24, the defending Champion, just returning from finishing last in the Syracuse Jubilee international masters tourney, won by Reshevsky. Other previous champions were Morrison (5), Fox (4), and Harvey (1 tie for first). Opsahl was the Canadian Correspondence Champion, Whitfield a previous winner. Belson, Toronto Champion, had warmed up playing in the Western C. A. Championship in Chicago, won by Fine and Reshevsky. Blumin had tied Eastman for several Toronto Championships and was now the Montreal Champion.
Alexander Mogle, Manitoba Champion, and Abraham Helman from Winnipeg had to cancel at the last minute, Louis Richard of Montreal didn't make it, and Sydney Gale felt too rusty to play.
As there were too many adjournments (played the next morning) the time control was increased from 18 to 20 moves per hour (mph). With many adjournments at the start of the last day it wasn't clear who was in first. Belson won his adjournments over
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Morrison and Opsahl and became the Champion at midnight, drawing (in a better position) with Fox after 5.5 hours of play.
Organizer and CCF Treasurer Bernard Freedman awarded the Gentleman Champion the Drewry Cup and prizes to six other players. Toronto CC President Charles Crompton also awarded Belson a gold watch. John Harold Belson (Belczinsky), 28, was born in Helsinski, Finland, and won the Canadian Championship again in 1946. His Brilliancy Prize win against A. E. Santasiere, Milwaukee, 1935, was published in A Treasury of British Chess Masterpieces by Fred Reinfeld. He worked as a body mechanic on cars and was also an expert at bridge. In 1950 the Gambit CC, 577 Jarvis St., unveiled a memorial portrait.
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1934 Dominion Championship
1. J. Harry Belson Toronto 10-2 2. J. Stuart Morrison Toronto 9.5 3. Maurice Fox Montreal 8.5 Boris Blumin Montreal 8.5 5. Robert E. Martin Toronto 7.5 6. Haakon Opsahl Temiskaming 7 Charles Crompton Toronto 7 8. David R. Swales Toronto 6.5 9. Kenneth Whitfield Galt 4.5 10. Redpath Drummond Toronto 3.5 11. John B. Harvey Montreal 2.5 12. J. Berger Toronto 2 13. Charles F. Craddock Toronto 1 (James W. Moncur Hamilton 0-3)
Morrison started off 8-0 but he must have been fatigued in the final rounds. He got his wayward rook trapped by Swales; in time trouble against Fox, he missed the win; and even with Berger, being up a rook for a cemented bishop before his opponent blundered a pawn. Chess historians sometimes refer to J. S. Morrison as John, but as articles referred to him as Stuart, he probably went by his second name. Morrison, 45, won his first Toronto and Canadian Championships in 1910 and played in several international tournaments.
1934 is one of the few years with zero games in Hugh Brodie's Canadian database, so I've transcribed the 17 games from the Telegram column. Six of these games were also published in the first issue of Dudley Le Dain's The Canadian Chessner. Fred W. Watson's Canadian Section of Chess Review published Morrison .5-.5 Fox, Belson 1-0 Drummond, and the upset Whitfield 1-0 Belson (A photo and win of Belson over Martin was published earlier in the year). Belson 1-0 Drummond was also published in Yanofsky's 100 Years of Chess in Canada. Harold W. Jordan of Moosejaw, CCF Vice-President, donated a brilliancy prize and Vera Menchik, women's world champion, selected Fox 1-0 Harvey was it published anywhere?
The shortest games were 17 moves: Berger 0-1 Fox and Whitfield 1-0 Harvey, a 2-piece sac for mate. Close was Belson 1-0 Drummond, Staunton Gambit 19 moves. The longest game was Blumin .5-.5 Martin, 136 moves, 11:35 hours; Blumin missed an earlier win and played out Q + RP vs. Q. Martin had a second adjournment scheduled immediately after and, although better, agreed to a draw with Fox without playing. The craziest game was Berger 0-1 Blumin; Berger was crushing but couldn't find the mate, several 3-time repetition draws declined to be claimed by both players, and Berger, up two rooks to a bishop, fell into a mate.
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Swales, David Harvey, John
28. Qd2 ... XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-tr-+0 9+-trl+-mk-0 9-zpp+-wq-zp0 9+-+ntRp+-0 9-+-zP-snp+0 9zP-+-+NsN-0 9LzP-wQ-zPPzP0 9+-+-tR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Should Black capture the knight on f3?
Morrison, Stuart Fox, Maurice
26. Re1 Qd7 XIIIIIIIIY 9-tr-+-vl-mk0 9+-+q+Pzp-0 9-+-zp-+-zp0 9+-+Q+-+-0 9-zp-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+P0 9-zP-vL-+P+0 9+-+-tR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Should White capture the pawn on b4?
Morrison, Stuart Crompton, Charles
19. Nbd4 Na5
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XIIIIIIIIY 9-+r+k+-tr0 9+p+-wqpzp-0 9p+-+p+p+0 9sn-+pzP-+-0 9l+-sN-+Q+0 9zP-zP-+N+-0 9-zP-+RzPPzP0 9tR-+-+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy White to move and win.
Berger, F. Blumin, Boris
45. Qc8+ Kd6 XIIIIIIIIY 9-+Q+-+-+0 9zp-+-+R+-0 9-+-mkr+-+0 9+-+p+-+P0 9lzp-+p+-+0 9+-wqL+-+-0 9P+-tRK+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy White to move and win.
Rea B. Hayes of Oakwood CC, 18, won $35 for first in the Intermediate Section over 16 others. Albert Breckles won the playoff over K. Davies, both of the Boys' Rotary Club, for the boys' championship over 6 others. Freedman believed that chess was Better for the lads on winter evenings than going to gangster films.
The rapid-transit tournament, 10 seconds a move, had 60 players in two sections. In the top section Sydney E. Gale, 1920 Canadian Champion, won the playoff ahead of
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Blumin, Fox and Craddock. In the lower section Howard F. Ridout, 19, won ahead of Hayes, B. Blumberg, and M. Allen.
Later in the year Samuel Reshevsky, 23, gave a simul at the Royal York, +28=5-0. The Star on Nov. 27 quoted Reshevsky: Canadians lack the necessary power of concentration to become chessmasters, he said, and do not seem to have the proper temperament to reach the front rank in the game.
Fox won the 1935 Championship in Montreal despite losses to Blumin and Belson. The CCF [CFC] published a tournament book, edited by Le Dain, and 50 games are in Brodie's Canadian database.
Toronto organizers wanted to repeat the success of 1934 and brought chess back to the CNE again in 1936. Bernard Freedman brought in 11-year-old boy wonder Abie Yanofsky from Winnipeg but made a mistake in having him play in the Senior Boys and Major tournaments (defeating Keith Kern in the playoff), only losing 1 game, rather than in the Canadian Championship. The week before the tournament every night a different player gave a simul at the CNE; Yanofsky scored +17=0-5, losses partly due to being up way past his bedtime. Gale had the highest score +23=0-1.
The Toronto CC had a summer practice tournament and Belson recovered from an early lost to Swales to win, 6.5-1.5. Fox and Drummond came from the Masters Tournament in Philadelphia, won by Israel Horowitz. Hayes and Drummond were U of T Champions and Drummond was also a Correspondence Champion.
Blumin lost only to Belson in the first round (misplaying the White side of a Nimzo-Indian), while Belson, Fox, and Morrison all lost two games. Belson's last round game with Opsahl went 73 moves, over 7 hours. White won 31 games, Black 30, and there were only 5 draws. Jordan was ill and forfeited 2 games. Freedman was raising donations for a $500 prize fund, $100 first prize. Trophies and prizes were given out at the closing banquet by the new CCF President Charles Crompton, only 22, who later became the Star chess columnist in 1940.
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Blumin, born in Leningrad in 1907, came to Toronto in 1924, and moved to Montreal in 1931, working for Eaton's. In 1937 he successfully defended his title in Quebec City and later moved to New York City and was an active member of the Manhattan CC. In the 1938 ACF Congress in Boston he finished third, defeating the winner Israel Horowitz in the endgame. In the 1941 US Open in St. Louis he finished fourth, drawing the winner Reuben Fine, and in 1950 had a 2351 rating.
1936 Dominion Championship
1. Boris Blumin Montreal 10-1 2. Maurice Fox Montreal 9 Harry Belson Toronto 9 J. Stuart Morrison Toronto 9 5. Haakon Opsahl Temiskaming 5.5 Redpath Drummond Toronto 5.5 7. Jules Thrien Quebec 5 8. A. Schaffer Toronto 4
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9. Rea B. Hayes Toronto 3 10. Charles Cradock Toronto 2.5 11. Harold W. Jordan Moose Jaw 2 12. William N. Wilson London 1.5 [full crosstable at www3.telus.net/public/swright2/canchs1.html]
The Rapid Transit had 30 players in five sections won by Breckles, Crompton, Fox, I. Griffin, and Yanofsky. A second night had 54 players in nine groups and in one Opsahl defeated Yanofsky. K. Black won the Junior Boys Tournament directed by Watson. At the end Quebec City Champion Thrien, 28, gave a blindfold display, scoring +5=1-0.
Blumin 0-1 Belson and Opsahl 0-1 Drummond were published in Chess Review. Three games made it into Yanofsky's book. Rea B. Hayes edited the tournament book with 34 games annotated by the players, games in the Canadian database.
Blumin, Boris Morrison, Stuart Budapest Gambit
31. Qe3 Rfe8? XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-trr+k+0 9+pzp-+qzp-0 9p+nzpl+-zp0 9+-snN+-+-0 9-+P+P+-+0 9+-zP-wQPvL-0 9P+-+L+PzP0 9+-+RtR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy White to play and win.
Fox, Maurice Blumin, Boris French Defence
26. Bg5 Qe7 to a3
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XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-trk+0 9zp-+l+pzp-0 9-+-+p+n+0 9+-+pzPnvLQ0 9-+pzP-+-+0 9wq-zP-+N+-0 9Ptr-+L+-zP0 9tR-+-+-tRK0 xiiiiiiiiy Who's winning this one?
Later in the year Horowitz gave a simult in St. Andrew's Church, +23=1-2, losing to Belson and Kerns, drawing Morrison.
The CNE was closed during WWII and the automotive building was the site for chess in the 1950 and 1970s.
Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings - National Olympiad starts August 1, 2014 Highest ratings starting February 2, 2013 Ratings for July 1, 2013 Players Title FIDE Canadian Average Games Eligibility Placement Why Not Eligible Kovalyov Anton GM 2606 2638 2622 0 No 1 Argentina Sambuev Bator GM 2530 2696 2613 20 Yes 3 Bluvshtein Mark GM 2590 2632 2611 0 No 2 Not enough games Hansen Eric GM 2581 2598 2590 20 Yes 4 Spraggett Kevin GM 2577 2571 2574 10 Yes 5 Lesiege Alexandre GM 2528 2577 2553 0 No 6 Not enough games Charbonneau Pascal GM 2505 2585 2545 0 No 7 Not enough games Noritsyn Nikolay IM 2467 2612 2540 20 Yes 8 Hambleton Aman IM 2480 2584 2532 20 Yes 10 Tyomkin Dimitri GM 2489 2570 2530 9 No 9 Not enough games Gerzhoy Leonid IM 2469 2571 2520 18 Yes 11 Krnan Tomas IM 2416 2568 2492 5 No 12 Not enough games Zugic Igor IM 2462 2516 2489 0 No 13 Not enough games Samsonkin Artem IM 2410 2564 2487 5 No 14 Not enough games
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Porper Edward IM 2453 2502 2478 20 Yes 17 Roussel-Roozmon Thomas GM 2476 2478 2477 0 No 15 Not enough games Cheng Bindi IM 2409 2517 2463 20 Yes 16 Panjwani Raja IM 2409 2517 2463 8 No 18 Not enough games Teplitsky Yan IM 2448 2473 2461 0 No 19 Not enough games Quan Zhe IM 2431 2462 2447 0 No 20 Not enough games Hergott Deen IM 2385 2474 2430 0 No 21 Not enough games Wang Richard IM 2382 2476 2429 20 Yes 22 Thavandiran Shiyam FM 2338 2514 2426 5 No 23 Not enough games Hebert Jean IM 2387 2451 2419 12 Yes 24 Doroshenko Maxim FM 2336 2482 2409 0 No 25 Not enough games Tayar Jonathan IM 2344 2462 2403 0 No 26 Not enough games Preotu Razvan 2277 2506 2392 20 Yes 28 Qin Joey 2284 2466 2375 8 No 27 Not enough games Sapozhnikov Roman FM 2292 2411 2352 20 Yes 29 Canadian Olympiad Selection Ratings - Women Olympiad starts August 1, 2014 Highest ratings starting February 2, 2013 Ratings for July 1, 2013 Players Title FIDE Canadian Average Games Eligibility Placement Why Not Eligible Yuan Yuanling WM 2220 2336 2278 9 No 1 Not enough games Khoudgarian Natalia WM 2136 2284 2210 0 No 2 Not enough games Starr Nava WM 2175 2138 2157 0 No 3 Not enough games Peng Jackie WF 2035 2227 2131 20 Yes 4 Khaziyeva Dinara WM 2115 2110 2113 0 No 5 Not enough games Charest Johanne WM 2088 2111 2100 0 No 6 Not enough games Kazakevich Anastasia 2033 2113 2073 5 No 7 Not enough games Kagramanov Dina WM 2067 2076 2072 0 No 8 Not enough games Benggawan Amanda WFM 2062 2064 2063 0 No 9 Not enough games Botez Alexandra WCM 2040 2065 2053 6 No 12 Not enough games Barron Irina WF 2043 2063 2053 0 No 10 Not enough games Belc Daniela WF 2044 2054 2049 0 No 11 Not enough games Smith Hazel WF 2037 2051 2044 0 No 13 Not enough games Zhou Qiyu 1902 2177 2040 20 Yes 14 Agbabishvili Lali 1958 2111 2035 17 Yes 15 Orlova Yelizaveta WCM 1942 2119 2031 10 Yes 16 Lacau-Rodean Iulia 1989 2014 2002 0 No 17 Not enough games Charbonneau Anne 2006 1973 1990 0 No 18 Not enough games Du Jasmine 1885 2084 1985 0 No 19 Not enough games Roy Miriam 1985 1971 1978 0 No 20 Not enough games Kalaydina Regina 1958 1962 1960 0 No 21 Not enough games Yun Chang 1897 2004 1951 0 No 22 Not enough games Xiao Alice 1874 1959 1917 12 Yes 23 Kagramanov Dalia 1868 1935 1902 0 No 24 Not enough games Xiong Sonya 1864 1845 1855 0 No 25 Not enough games
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FIDE April 1, 2013 Regular Rating List Canadian Rankings - Open/Womens
The 10 highest FIDE rated Canadians ( active in the last 24 months, internationally or in Canada ) are :
# 1 : GM Eric Hansen at 2581. (up 3 points);
# 2 : GM Kevin Spraggett, 4 times Canadian Champion ( last in 1996 ), at 2568 ( has been over 2600 ) now playing out of Portugal excellent staying power, given he was 58 years old on Nov. 10, 2012;
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# 3. GM Bator Sambuev at 2530 2012 Canadian Champion (& 2011 ) up 21 pts.;
# 4 : GM Pascal Charbonneau, 2002 & 2004 Canadian Champion, at 2505 now working in USA;
# 5 : GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon at 2476.
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# 6 IM Aman Hambleton, rated 2461 (up from # 8; gained 19 pts.);
# 7: IM Leonid Gerzhoy, rated 2462 (has been over 2500);
# 8: IM Nikolay Noritsyn at 2459.
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# 9 IM Zhe Quan, rated 2431;
# 10 IM Edward Porper, rated 2453 (up 29 pts. !!).
There are two Canadian GMs with another federation : 18 year old GM Wesley So ( Philippines citizen; plays for that federation; Canadian permanent resident ) at 2708 ( # 38 in the world; up from # 44) the top-rated Canadian!; GM Anton Kovalyov ( citizen of the Ukraine; Canadian permanent resident; plays for Argentina ) at 2606 ( briefly went into the 2500s from Sept. Nov./12 ) ( he has now started the process to change federations to Canada, but there is a waiting period ).
There is one previously inactive GM, Dimitri Tyomkin ( his last rated game in Canada was August 2005 ; and after playing only 2 FIDE rated games in Europe between Jan. 1, 2006 and the end of 2010, in 2011/2/3 Dimitri has played a few games for teams in the Spanish Team Championships; he is rated 2473 ). Canada has 3 inactive GMs : Mark Bluvshtein (had been over 2600), Alexander Le Siege; and Duncan Suttles.
The top 10 FIDE rated Canadian women players are ( active in the last 24 months, internationally or in Canada ) :
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# 1 : WIM Yuanling Yuan ( 1994 ) at 2220 ( currently at university in USA ) ;.
# 2 : WIM Natalia Khoudgarian, current 2012 Canadian Womens Champion ( and 2006, 2007 & 2011 ), at 2136.
# 3 : WFM Dina Kagramanov, 2009 Canadian Womens Champion, at 2067;
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# 4 : WFM Daniela Belc, at 2044; ( no file picture ) # 5 : WCM Alexandra Botez, at 2040 (up 16 pts.!).
# 6: WFM Jackie Peng at 2035 ( up 24 pts.!);.
# 7 : Anastasia Kazakevich, rated 2019;
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# 8 : Iulia Lacau-Rodean, rated 1989;
# 9: Myriam Roy, rated 1985;
# 10 : Regina Veronika Kalaydina, rated 1958.
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There are 6 inactive Canadian WIMs : Nava Starr; Vesma Baltgailis; Johanne
Charest; Dinara Khaziyeva; Diane Mongeau, Smilja Vujosevic. The highest FIDE-rated Canadian woman is WFM Valeriya Gansvind, at 2246, who plays for another federation - Estonia. Another highly rated Canadian woman in Hong Kong, who plays under the Canadian flag, is WFM Yamei Wang, rated 2045 ( but since 2004 shes only played infrequently in Hong Kong, against one opponent 1866, and a few others in the 1700s ). Provincial Tournaments & Chess Clubs/Organizations
TCN offers chess clubs and chess organizations a news section . As a club/organization accepts, TCN is developing TCN Liaisons in these groups in Toronto, the GTA and beyond, whereby one member at each club/organization will take responsibility for submitting their news to TCN on a regular basis for this section. For clubs, this will include club games from club tournaments when possible. We have 3 chess organizations and 9 clubs now with news sections of the newsletter opened for them. We hope to slowly increase this number as time passes. We also intend to extend coverage outside of Ontario, our starting province.
If you are in a club, or know someone in another club, and think the club might like to take out a news section, please have them contact us to discuss it we are trying to present a format where chess organizations can promote themselves, and chess.
We also hope to develop ongoing relationships with GTA (and beyond) tournament organizers, so they will consider sending in reports and some of the more interesting games from their tournaments. Depending on time available, TCN will try to annotate some of the unannotated games submitted by organizers and clubs. Depending on time available, TCN will try to annotate some of the unannotated games submitted by organizers and clubs. ONTARIO GREATER TORONTO AREA Chess Organization News From the GTCL Perspective
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- The Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) has a 6 person executive and
currently a 9 person board of directors (can be larger) - Coordinating chess in the Greater Toronto Area (Toronto, Halton, Peel, York &
Durham) - Website: http://www.torontochess.org/drupal/
(by TCN Liaison for GTCL, Egis Zeromskis) - no news report filed Chess Institute of Canada
Photo Credit: Jordynn Colosi At the Chess Institute of Canada, we bring chess to life! ( by Jessica Yared, TCN Liaison for CIC ) - no news report filed Chess Club News TORONTO
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Scarborough Chess Club News
Meets Thursdays 7:00 10:45 PM Location: Birkdale Community Ctre, 1299 Ellesmere Road (between Midland Ave. and Brimley Road)
SCC e mail : [email protected] SCC Website : http://www.ScarboroughChessClub.ca
(by Ken Kurkowski, TCN Liaison for SCC)
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SCC Spring Into Summer Swiss Scarborough Chess Club has concluded another successful season. We have close to 100 members and most of these come out to our weekly tournament nights. Juniors have become an ever more prominent part of our membership, almost 50%. Its hard to believe that less than ten years ago the Clubs very existence was in serious jeopardy! In the concluding 5-round Spring into Summer Swiss, Erwin Casareno, Michael Li and Mario Moran-Venegas tied for first in the top (1800+) section with 3.5 points each. Martin Maister topped the U1800 section with 4.5; Doug Gillis, junior girl Varshini Paraparan and Jim Paterson tied for second with 4.0. Leading the way in the U1400 was Richard Morrison with 5.0 followed by Dee Wu with 4.0. Games Ming, Wenyang Southam, David [A08] SCC Spring into Summer Swiss 1800+ (4), 20.06.2013
Dave 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.g3 Bd6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.Ngf3 Nbc6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nh4 f6 9.f4 Bc7 10.f5 Rb8 11.c3 b6 12.Qf3 Ne5 13.Qe2 Ba6 14.fxe6 Bxd3 15.Qh5 Bxf1 16.Nxf1 d4 17.Bh3 g6 18.Qh6 N7c6 19.g4 Qe7 20.Nf5 gxf5 21.Ng3 Nf3+ 22.Kf2 Bxg3+ 23.Kxf3 Bd6 24.gxf5 Kh8 25.Bd2 Rg8 26.Rf1 Rbd8 27.Ke2 dxc3 28.Bxc3 Be5 29.Rf3 Qg7 30.Qh5 Qg5 31.Qf7 Rg7 32.Rd3 Rxf7 33.exf7 Qh5+ 34.Kf2 Qxf7 35.Rf3 Bxc3 36.Rxc3 Rd2+ 37.Ke3 Rxh2 38.Bf1 Rxb2 39.Bc4 Qc7 40.Be2 Qg3+ 41.Bf3 Ne5 42.Rxc5 bxc5 0-1 Cai, Jason Picana, Andrew [C06] SCC Spring into Summer Swiss 1800+ (4), 20.06.2013 [Fritz 13 (40s)]
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Andrew C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.0-0 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nf3 last book move. White threatens to win material: Nf3xd4 11...Qb4 Black's piece can't move: c8 [11...Qb6!?= is noteworthy] 12.a3 White threatens to win material: a3xb4 12...Qc5 [12...Qg4 13.Bg5 Nc5 14.h3] 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Qa4 Qd8 15.Rac1 Be7 16.Qc2 [16.Qg4 Kf8] 16...h6 Prevents intrusion on g5 [16...h5 17.h3] 17.Bxa7 [17.Qa4!?] 17...b6 Black has a cramped position 18.Bb5 A comfortable square for the white bishop [18.Qc6 and White can hope to survive 18...Rxa7 19.Qxc8] 18...0-0 19.Qc7 Bc5 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.b4 Rxa7 22.bxc5 [22.Bxd7!? Bxd7 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Rxc5 Rxa3 25.Rb1] 22...Nxc5 23.Rc3 [23.Ra1 Bb7-+] 23...Ba6 24.Nd4 Bxb5 25.Nxb5 Ra5 26.Nd4 [26.Nd6 f6 27.Rb1 fxe5 28.Rxb6 d4-+] 26...Ra4 27.Rd1 Rda8 28.Nb5 R8a5 29.Rb1 Re4 30.Re3 [30.f3 Rxe5 31.Nd4 Ra8-+] 30...Rxe3 31.fxe3 Nd7 32.Nd4 [32.Kf1-+ is the last straw] 32...Rxa3 33.Kf2 Nxe5 34.h3 Nc4 35.Re1 Ra2+ 36.Kf3 [36.Re2 cannot undo what has already been done 36...Rxe2+ 37.Kxe2 Kf8-+] 36...e5 37.Nf5 [37.Nb5 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 37...e4+ 38.Kg3 Rd2-+] 37...Kh7 38.Ne7 Rd2 Black intends d4 39.g4 f6 [39...b5 and Black can already relax 40.Nc6-+] 40.e4 [40.h4-+ desperation] 40...Rd3+ 41.Kg2 [41.Kf2 doesn't improve anything 41...d4 42.h4 Re3-+] 41...d4 42.Nd5 Rd2+ [42...Ra3 might be the shorter path 43.Rc1 Ra2+ 44.Kg3-+] 43.Kf3 Ra2 44.h4 Kg6 45.Ne7+ Kf7 46.Nd5 b5 47.h5 [47.g5 cannot change what is in store for White 47...Ra3+ 48.Kg2 fxg5 49.Rf1+ Ke6 50.hxg5 hxg5-+] 47...Ra4 [47...Nd2+ and the result of the game is clear: Black will win 48.Kg3 Rb2 49.g5 hxg5 50.Kg4-+] 48.Ke2 Ra2+ 49.Kf3 Nd2+ 50.Kg3 Rb2 51.Nb6 [51.Re2 hardly improves anything 51...d3 52.Re1 Nxe4+ 53.Kf3 Nd2+ 54.Ke3 Nc4+ 55.Kxd3 Rd2+ 56.Kc3 Rxd5-+] 51...b4 52.Nd7 b3 53.Nc5 Rc2 54.Nd3 Rc3 [54...Rc3 55.Kf2 Rxd3 56.Rg1 Nxe4+ 57.Ke2 Re3+ 58.Kd1 Nc3+ 59.Kd2 e4 60.Re1 Rxe1 61.Kxe1 b2
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62.g5 b1Q+ 63.Kf2 e3+ 64.Kg2 hxg5 65.Kg3 Qg1+ 66.Kh3 Qh1+ 67.Kg3 Ne2+ 68.Kg4 Qg2+ 69.Kf5 Qf3#] 0-1 Li, William (1339) Dattani, Dinesh (1412) [C50] SCC Spring into Summer Swiss U1800 (4), 20.06.2013 [Fritz 13 (90s)] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Be3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 0-0 last book move. last book move 7.Nbd2 [7.0-0 d6=] 7...h6 Secures g5 8.0-0 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 White has a cramped position 10.Qe2 Be6 11.c3 Prevents intrusion on b4 11...Qd6 Black has an active position 12.Ne4 DDD: Oversight on White's part. 12...Qd7 [12...Qe7 13.b4] 13.Nc5 Qd6 DDD: A silly move as it gives White a tempo after the next move. Qe7 was better. [13...Qe7!? is an interesting idea 14.Nxb7 a5 15.Bxd5 Bxd5] 14.Nxb7+ Qe7 15.d4 [15.Bxd5 Bxd5 16.e4 Be6+] 15...Nxe3 16.Qxe3 [16.Bxe6!? Nxf1 17.Bb3+] 16...Bxc4 17.Rfe1 Rab8 18.Nc5 Here comes the goalgetter [18.b3 would allow White to play on 18...Bd5 19.Nc5 Bxf3 20.Qxf3] 18...Rxb2 19.Nxe5 [19.Nd2!? should be considered 19...Be6 20.Nf3] 19...Nxe5 20.dxe5? [20.Qxe5 Qxe5 21.Rxe5-+] 20...Bd5-+ 21.Ne4 f5?? DDD: White thought of Qxe5, but was afraid of Nf6+ followed by loss of "unprotected" Qe5!. Chess blindness, as gxf6 wins the N and protects the Qe5, or even Qxf6 wins the N. Fritz: Black loses the upper hand [21...Qxe5 Black had this great chance 22.Nf2 Qxe3 23.Rxe3 Rfb8-+] 22.exf6 Qxe4 23.Qxe4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Rxf6 25.Rf1 Rxf1+ [25...Rd6!?; 25...Rd6!?] 26.Kxf1= Rxa2 Black has a new passed pawn: a7 27.Re8+ [27.Rc4 Kf7=] 27...Kh7 28.Rc8 Rc2 29.Rxc7 a5 30.Ra7 White threatens to win material: Ra7xa5 30...Rxc3 31.Rxa5 Kg6 32.Kf2 Rc6 33.Kf3 Rf6+ 34.Ke3 Rf5 35.Rxf5 Kxf5 36.h3 h5 37.Kd4 g5 38.g3 Kf6 39.g4 h4 40.Ke4 Kg6 41.Ke5 Kf7 DDD: Black resigns. 1-0 Devam Chokshi Bhushan Deshpande[C55] SCC Spring into Summer Swiss U1400 (4), 20.06.2013 [Fritz 13 (40s)] C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 h6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.0-0 Nf6 6.h3 last book move 6...a6 Controls b5 7.d4 b5 [7...exd4 8.Nxd4 Be7] 8.Bb3?? forfeits the advantage [8.Bxf7+!? Kxf7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nxe5+ Kg8 11.Nxc6 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Nxe4 13.Nxe4+] 8...Bb7 [8...Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Nd5= (10.Qxd4? c5 11.Qe3 c4-+) ] 9.Re1 [9.a4 b4 10.Nd5] 9...Na5? [9...Nxd4!? deserves consideration 10.Nxd4 exd4=] 10.Bd5 [10.dxe5!? Nxb3 11.axb3 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1] 10...c6 11.Bb3 [11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 cxd5 13.exd5 Be7 a) 13...Nxd5?? 14.Nc6+ Be7 15.Nxd8 (15.Nxd5?! succumbs to 15...Nxc6 16.Bf4 Rc8) 15...Rxd8 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxe7+ Kxe7 18.Qe1+ Be6 19.Qxa5+; b) 13...Bxd5?? 14.Nc6+ Be6 15.Nxd8 (15.Qxd8+?! Rxd8 16.Nxa5 Bb4) 15...Rxd8 16.Qf3+; ] 11...Nxb3 [11...Qc7!?=] 12.axb3 exd4 [12...Qc7!? must be considered] 13.Nxd4+ Be7
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14.Nf5 0-0 15.e5 [15.Bf4!? Ne8 16.Qd3+] 15...dxe5 16.Qxd8 [16.Qf3!? Bc8 17.Nxh6+ Kh8 18.Nf5 (18.Qxc6?! Rb8 19.Rd1 Qb6 20.Qxb6 Rxb6=) 18...Bxf5 19.Qxf5] 16...Bxd8= [16...Raxd8?? 17.Nxe7+ Kh7 18.Rxe5+] 17.Nd6 Rb8 [17...Bc8!? has some apparent merit 18.Nxc8 Rxc8 19.Rxa6 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5=] 18.Nxb7 [18.Rxe5? would be great except for 18...Bc7 19.Nxb7 Bxe5-+] 18...Rxb7 19.Rxa6 b4 [19...Rb6 20.Rxb6 Bxb6 21.Rxe5] 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Bf6 [21...Re8!? 22.Rxc6 f5] 22.Rxc6+ Rd8 23.Be3 [23.Bxh6!? Be7 24.Rg4+] 23...Rd1+ 24.Kh2 Rb1? [24...Be7 25.Rec4 (25.Rxe5?! Bd6 26.Rxd6 Rxd6=) ] 25.Bc5 [25.Bxh6 gxh6 26.Rxf6 Rxb2+] 25...Rxb2 26.Rxb4 Rd7 27.Rd6?? White threatens to win material: Rd6xd7. not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game [27.Bd6+] 27...Rxc2?? gives the opponent counterplay. [27...Rxd6 the only rescuing move 28.Bxd6 Rxc2=] 28.Rxd7+ Rxc5 29.Rb8+ [29.g3 and White can already relax 29...Rc2 30.Kg1 Rc3+] 29...Kh7 30.Rxf7 e4 [30...Kg6 does not improve anything 31.Rbb7+] 31.Ra8 [31.Re8 makes it even easier for White 31...Rb5+] 31...Rb5 32.Ra3 Bb2 33.Ra4 Be5+ [33...e3 is not the saving move 34.fxe3 Rxb3 35.Re7+] 34.g3 Rxb3 35.Rxe4 Bf6 36.Rf4 Kg6 37.Rd7 Rb2 38.Kg2 Ra2 39.Rd6 Ra5 40.h4 Rb5 [40...Kf7 hardly improves anything 41.Rb4+] 41.g4 Kf7 42.Rf5 [42.h5+ secures the point] 42...Rxf5 43.gxf5 1-0
Annex Chess Club News
Meets Monday evenings Location: 918 Bathurst St., Toronto (north of the Bathurst Subway Station) Annex CC website: http://annexchessclub.com/ (by TCN Liaison for Annex CC, Marcus Wilker)
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Annex Chess Club was closed on July 1, but we're starting the summer off with a bang this coming Monday, July 8. GM Elshan Moradiabadi, Iran's number-one player, is visiting Toronto and will be stopping in at our club on Monday night to give a simultaneous exhibition and a chess lecture. We would like to welcome chess players and friends from around the city to join us in welcoming Elshan to Toronto. Tickets are on sale online and will also be available at the door. It's $45 to play a game against GM Moradi, and only $5 to attend as a spectator to see his lecture and watch the games. There are discounts for ACC members. Doors open at 6:30, and we'll get the event started at 7:30. Be sure to arrive by 7:00 if you'd like to play in the simul. Here's the link for online ticket purchase. Hope to see you all on Monday night! http://guestli.st/168915 Happy Canada Day from Annex Chess Club! Willowdale Chess Club News Meetings: Tuesday, 7:00 10:00 PM (generally casual play) Location: Earl Bales Community Centre (Bathurst St./Sheppard Ave.) (by TCN Liaison, Mike Ivanov )
- no news report filed YORK Aurora Chess Club News
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Meetings: Mondays in the Cafeteria of Aurora High School, from 6pm until 10:30pm! Website: www.aurorachessclub.ca For info: contact founder, Graeme Knight : [email protected] (by TCN Liaison for Aurora CC, Graeme Knight)
The Aurora Summer Open on July 6/7 is starting to look promising! With 50 entrants and the prize fund being increased to $2000, we look like we are well and truly on our way to having a really fun weekend. Just yesterday the club executive headed to our playing facility (The Canadian Royal Legion on Industrial Parkway) to plan positioning of tables and chairs. The playing hall is huge and more than fits our needs. Of course the addition of a pub on the second floor helped calm our nerves. A quick walk toward Wellington Road and we were having a lovely lunch on The Station Tap House and Grill. We cant say thank you enough to our sponsors. Without them Im not sure our small club could have made this event happen. You still have time to register should you wish to. Details can be found on the club website at: www.aurorachessclub.ca. Two weeks ago the club moved into its summer facility. St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Aurora was kind enough to provide us with a wonderful playing area until we can regroup at Aurora High School for the Fall season. After a meet and greet we headed into a 15-minute Rapid. For the next six weeks we are holding a club-rated tournament with quite an interesting format! The time control is 45 minutes and each board plays two games (one as white, one as black). Weve split the players into two groups by club rating. This tournament is a new format for the club, and proving popular. With 35 club members registered to play (summer is slow its soccer season), the games are truly afoot. We were somewhat worried that we would be able to find a facility to play chess in during the summer season, but the extra expense and the time spent looking for a location was certainly worth it. Our chess community continues to flourish and the social aspects of the club seem to improve every week. Were very happy to have welcomed some new members and can only hope that the Aurora Summer Open entices more locals to participate in the club! So come and support us on July 6/7 at the Aurora Summer Open we think that this tournament will be very enjoyable for all who intend and we will be doing our utmost to make sure that everything goes smoothly for each and every player during the weekend.
http://www.aurorachessclub.ca/mailto:[email protected]://www.aurorachessclub.ca/
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DURHAM Ajax Chess Club News
- meet every 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of the month - 7:00-8:30 pm for juniors and adults play up to 11:00 pm. - location: 115 Ritchie Ave, Ajax - currently, tournaments are not CFC-rated: no club members have CFC
membership - For further information, contact David Ho at [email protected]
( by TCN Liaison for Ajax CC, David Ho) Ajax chess club is taking the summer off and won't resume till September SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO Tournaments Kitchener-Waterloo Team Tournament
The winning Team Team Milton (from left): Bob Gillanders; Gordon Gooding; Razvan Preotu; Shiyam Thavandiran (Photo by Ralph Deline)
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Team Milton swept with 5/5, the key being the penultimate round match-up
against the defending champions. Victor held onto a draw on Board 1 against Shiyam and Mark won against Bob. However, Michael Song and Vladimir Birarov were overpowered by Razvan and Gordon Gooding. This was the only round were Team Milton faced suspense as in all other 4 rounds they won on both Boards 1 and 2, guaranteeing a team win. Champions of Southwestern Ontario: Team Milton Shiyam, Razvan, Gordon Gooding, Bob Gillanders Co- Runners up: Anything But That Andrew Peredun, Bill Klarner, Shawn Phillips, Dennis Shamroni Past Champions, Co-Runners up: Knights of Chess Victor Plotkin, Michael Song, Vladimir Birarov, Mark Plotkin Board Performers: Board 1: Shiyam; Victor 4.5 Board 2: Razvan 5 Board 3: Shawn Phillips 5 Board 4: Tony Bao 5 The highest record attendance was 73 players; this tournament came close with 70.
SwissSys Standings. Team 2013: Team
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Milton Backward Pawns 2200 W12 W10 W6 W3 W4 5.0
2 Anything But That 2000 L4 W8 W13 W10 W5 4.0
3 Knights Chess 2000 W8 W7 W11 L1 W9 4.0
4 Go ahead Mate my day 1800 W2 W12 W5 D9 L1 3.5
5 Chess Masters 2000 W16 W15 L4 W6 L2 3.0
6 Asian Powers 1900 W17 W9 L1 L5 W14 3.0
7 Concordia Club 1900 W14 L3 L9 W17 W11 3.0
8 Team Float to Top 1800 L3 L2 W16 B--- W10 3.0
9 Kitchener Waterloo CC 2200 W11 L6 W7 D4 L3 2.5
10 Kitchener Knightmares 1900 W13 L1 W14 L2 L8 2.0
11 Chessclub Brantford 1900 L9 W17 L3 W13 L7 2.0
12 Fork You 1800 L1 L4 W15 L14 W16 2.0
13 Kitchener SpartaKiss 1700 L10 W16 L2 L11 B--- 2.0
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14 Blazing Young Guns 1700 L7 B--- L10 W12 L6 2.0
15 Team Last Minute 1700 B--- L5 L12 L16 W17 2.0
16 Great Sacs London 1800 L5 L13 L8 W15 L12 1.0
17 King and Queens Stratford 1700 L6 L11 B--- L7 L15 1.0
[the team event's cross-table doesn't appear on the CFC webpages; only the individuals' cross-table scores do - so Kai Gauer sent TCN the team cross-table.
Here is a somewhat incomplete list of teams and team members, in so far as Kai Gauer could cobble them together in the time he had:
Milton Backward Pawns Robert Gillanders, Gordon Gooding, Razvan Preotu, Shiyamalen Thavandiran
******* Knights of Chess
Vladimir Birarov, Michael Song, Victor Plotkin, in front, Mark Plotkin *******
Kitchener Waterloo Chess Club Hans Jung, Karoly Szalay, Dave Raheb, Hongyi (Tony) Li
******* Kitchener Spartakiss
John Jordan, Kai Gauer, Tim Knechtel, Istvan Kiss *******
Chessclub Brantford Adam Cormier, Kari Nurmi, Lee Hendon, Chris Osborne
******* Team Float to Top
Andre Zybura, George Dragasanu, Michael Dougherty, in front Tyler Ensor *******
Blazing Young Guns Eugene Hua, Benito Surya, Kylie Tan, Mathanhe Kaneshalingam
******* Kings and Queens of Stratford
Thomas Verny, Barry Dickson, Tarsem Mohan and Duncan McPherson *******
Bruce Highcock, ---, Hugo Ortiz, --- *******
Asian Powers Richard Chen, Davy Zhao, Jason Cai and Wenyang Ming
******* Jeffery Xu, Joey Zhong, Yinshi Li, Terry Song
******* ---, Steve Demmery, ---, --- (a London team)
*******
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Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo, Richard Glew, Don Gareau, Edgar Sabata *******
Kitchener Knightmares Mario Piccinin, Mate Milinkovic, Matija Elez, Dan Raats
******* Anything But That
Andrew Peredun, William Klarner, Shawn Phillips, in front Dennis Shamroni *******
Concordia Club Gord Olheiser, Steve Humphreys, Andie Lehman, Albert Runstedler
Ralph Deline has got some great team photos, so check out http://ralphsattic.blogspot.ca/
SwissSys Standings. KWCC Team Championship http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201306051
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Razvan Preotu 146124 2329 W53 W38 W49 W8 W47 5.0
2 Shawn Phillips 137068 1914 W29 W50 W64 W32 W26 5.0
3 Tony Bohan Bao 149351 1878 W23 W45 W33 W22 W42 5.0
4 Shiyam Thavandiran 127431 2501 W61 W37 W21 D5 W18 4.5
5 Victor Plotkin 142063 2339 W13 W19 W15 D4 W58 4.5
6 Gordon Gooding 108832 2091 W24 W43 W25 W28 D29 4.5
7 Yinshi Li 145175 1654 D16 W62 W47 W25 W20 4.5
8 Michael Song 144236 2299 W30 W39 W41 L1 W12 4.0
9 Mark Plotkin 141086 2017 W52 W10 W66 W42 L22 4.0
10 Albert Runstedler 100198 1954 W69 L9 W22 W56 W66 4.0
11 Andrew Peredun 101770 2329 D18 L13 W40 W37 W27 3.5
12 Hans Jung 100182 2295 W41 D49 W39 W47 L8 3.5
13 Michael Dougherty 100294 2290 L5 W11 W48 H--- W43 3.5
14 David Raheb 120954 2250 W44 L25 D17 W29 W28 3.5
15 Adam Cormier 149091 2080 W58 W57 L5 W34 D19 3.5
16 Hugo Ortiz 103144 1624 D7 D64 W50 W67 D53 3.5
17 Andrew Lehman 104130 1613 W54 L28 D14 W68 W44 3.5
18 Kevin Gibson 134920 2164 D11 W61 D27 W58 L4 3.0
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19 Gordon Olheiser 101400 2069 W55 L5 D58 W57 D15 3.0
20 William Klarner 107467 2047 L47 W30 W31 W38 L7 3.0
21 Richard Chen 148271 2009 W57 D58 L4 D27 W46 3.0
22 Hongyi Li 139599 1943 W66 W36 L10 L3 W9 3.0
23 Dennis Shamroni 149741 1714 L3 W52 L34 W43 W33 3.0
24 Don Gareau 104173 1658 L6 L29 W70 W69 W63 3.0
25 Wenyang Ming 150565 1652 W68 W14 L6 L7 W69 3.0
26 Joey Zhong 151234 1564 W63 W70 L29 W49 L2 3.0
27 Terry Song 9101506 unr. W48 W35 D18 D21 L11 3.0
28 Vladimir Biranov 9103250 unr. W50 W17 W44 L6 L14 3.0
29 Steve Demmery 109477 2071 L2 W24 W26 L14 D6 2.5
30 Andre Zybura 107851 1924 L8 L20 W63 H--- W37 2.5
31 Istvan Kiss 101198 1919 L37 W63 L20 W41 H--- 2.5
32 Mario Piccinin 149970 1851 W34 D42 W54 L2 L50 2.5
33 Jeffrey Xu 148513 1694 W65 D67 L3 W36 L23 2.5
34 Tim Knechtel 106376 1684 L32 W65 W23 L15 H--- 2.5
35 Michael von Keitz 128800 1639 B--- L27 D61 L48 W68 2.5
36 Jason Cai 153768 1372 W56 L22 D42 L33 W54 2.5
37 Dan Raats 129944 2019 W31 L4 W55 L11 L30 2.0
38 Matija Elez 149560 1922 D40 L1 D46 L20 W52 2.0
39 Stephen Humphreys 101207 1827 W46 L8 L12 W51 L41 2.0
40 John Jordan 104534 1819 D38 W48 L11 L44 H--- 2.0
41 Kari Nurmi 120159 1778 L12 W51 L8 L31 W39 2.0
42 Robert Gillanders 108202 1774 W45 D32 D36 L9 L3 2.0
43 Mate Milinkovic 135164 1756 W64 L6 W69 L23 L13 2.0
44 Lee Hendon 105731 1739 L14 W68 L28 W40 L17 2.0
45 Chris Foster 153179 1458 L42 L3 W62 L54 W65 2.0
46 Eugene Hua 154197 1209 L39 H--- D38 W61 L21 2.0
47 Mike Coleman 110578 2048 W20 D53 L7 L12 L1 1.5
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48 Bruce Highcock 145659 1804 L27 L40 L13 W35 D61 1.5
49 Davy Zhao 148512 1700 L51 D12 L1 L26 W55 1.5
50 George Dragasanu 125528 1644 L28 L2 L16 H--- W32 1.5
51 Thomas R Verny 146760 1614 W49 L41 H--- L39 L60 1.5
52 Tyler Ensor 145637 1595 L9 L23 W65 H--- L38 1.5
53 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo 153225 1535 L1 D47 D67 L55 D16 1.5
54 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam 149319 1355 L17 H--- L32 W45 L36 1.5
55 Benito Surya 153755 1225 L19 H--- L37 W53 L49 1.5
56 Duncan McPherson unr. L36 W66 H--- L10 L62 1.5
57 Tarsem Mohan unr. L21 L15 H--- L19 W67 1.5
58 Karoly Szalay 134902 2392 L15 D21 D19 L18 L5 1.0
59 Keith Wight 102934 2105 B--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
60 Mahmud Hassain 111177 1893 U--- U--- U--- U--- W51 1.0
61 Richard Glew 128756 1818 L4 L18 D35 L46 D48 1.0
62 Danny Predojevic 109088 1513 U--- L7 L45 L65 W56 1.0
63 John Hush 107357 1437 L26 L31 L30 W70 L24 1.0
64 Kai Gauer 137273 1366 L43 D16 L2 L66 H--- 1.0
65 Edgar Zapata 151237 1253 L33 L34 L52 W62 L45 1.0
66 Christopher Osborne 113031 1245 L22 L56 L9 W64 L10 1.0
67 Bill Xu 150199 857 U--- D33 D53 L16 L57 1.0
68 Barry Dicks 151173 1202 L25 L44 H--- L17 L35 0.5
69 Kylie Tan 153607 1120 L10 H--- L43 L24 L25 0.5
70 Angie Little unr. U--- L26 L24 L63 U--- 0.0
Report by Kai Gauer, Kitchener-Waterloo TCN Liaison - Our Kitchener SpartaKiss (pun in honour of Istvan, Timmie originally wanted the Trojan type name) didn't do so well. Hans was having a fun time being paired down on board 1 due to the rest of his team, but the team didn't get a break like they did in previous years. Peredun school of chess couldnt pick a name at first, and tried to think about changing it to "anything but that" - Peredun's words to me when I registered the team: so that's what they got.
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2.5 or more points won the round for a team of 4. otherwise, if tied, the tie-break system of 6-5-4-3 for boards 1-2-3-4 for wins determined the tie-breaks (the 6-5-4-3 clause didn't affect pairings or float tie-breaks to the next round). A team with due white pairing sat down first, and 1-2-3-4 got w-b-b, in any choice of order. it was the case that the due black board 1 team sat down, in any order as well - for their team choice. Clock settings were the Ed Thompson favourite 25/player+(Bronstein)10seconds/move rate x 5 rounds. Some Nice Pics (by TCNs Roving Reporter, Kai Gauer):
(Gauer)Gooding vs Demmery wound up a draw and was one of the last to finish. The clocks were set to Fischer mode instead of the DGT North American time control of the Bronstein equivalent to add a max of 10 seconds/move beforehand, and so TD Thompson needed a minute or 2 to adjust the clock settings. Demmery objected that he might play for different tricks in the rook and pawn ending if the clocks stayed in Fischer mode, but asked for it to be changed. In the background, Shiyam on board 1, table 1, finished the 3rd game of their table of round 5.
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(Gauer)left-hand side player, second up the row is 5/5 Shawn Phillips, playing for "anything but that".
(Gauer) a few youth even came in for reserve pairings, but Thompson was able to find a team for almost everyone.
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(Gauer) the honky-tonk pairing system for tie-breaks left Tony Li's team (Hans Jung, etc) dreaming about engraving their name on the foreground trophy.
(Gauer) Razvan (2nd on left) looked to be down a rook earlier on, but Stockfish reveals the truth from board 2: Razvan's threat is a mate in 4 (don't know if he actually played it that way) against the white London player. The foreground game of Shiyam at that point also looked about equal.
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Left front: Hans Jung; right front: Victor Plotkin
The University of Waterloo Weekend Summer Semester Open (By Kai Gauer, TCN Roving Reporter!) The university had a 4 round swiss with 11 players. Mate Milinkovic won the event, and Ralph Deline took a bye or 2 to do some tournament director duties. Time control was 90/player+30seconds/Fischer.
(Gauer) James Williamson (likes the earmuffs) vs Don Gareau.
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(Gauer) Ellen at the foreground table plays a past Canadian seniors champion, Ralph Deline.
(Gauer) A student fills a game in against winner mate Milinkovic, while Ralph thinks about his game against the Windsor youth family (back). Rachel and Ellen were practicing for the Canadian youth chess championships coming up soon in Ottawa.
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Chess Club News Hamilton City Chess Club News Meetings: Friday Nights Website: http://chesshamilton.mygamesonline.org/news.php Email: [email protected] Location: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School 1715 Main Street East (near Parkdale) Hamilton, Ontario (by TCN Liaison for Hamilton City CC, Michel Vasquez) The Hamilton City Chess Club is in its new location - 871 Upper Ottawa Street - nearest cross-street is Ottawa and Mohawk. It's a nice place...second round is finished but we're opened to late comers! Parking off the asphalt please. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club News
Meetings: Tuesdays regular meeting
Tuesday night: 6:00 7:30 PM Youth Club
Location: Kitchener City Hall ( located in the heart of downtown Kitchener at 200 King Street West ), the 'Conestoga Room' behind the rotunda on the main floor, and in the 'Learning Room' on the 2nd Floor.
Website: www.kwchessclub.com/
http://chesshamilton.mygamesonline.org/news.phpmailto:[email protected]://www.kwchessclub.com/
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( by TCN Liaison for K-W CC, Kai Gauer )
2013 KWCC June Quick Date Director Region Type 2013-06-18 Ed G. Thompson ON A # Player Old Perf New High Results Total
1 Elez, Matija 1893 2162 2016 2016 +6 +12 +11 +4 +2 5.0
2 Mohan, Tarsem 1605 2000 1803 8 =0 +18 +14 +11 -1 3.5
3 Li, Hongyi 1929 1991 1940 1943 =0 +8 -4 +12 +11 3.5
4 Klarner, William 2039 1921 2021 2147 +17 =14 +3 -1 +7 3.5
5 Clarke, Brian 1554 1826 1587 1589 -11 =0 =0 +20 +12 3.0
6 Forsyth, Barry 1536 1649 1559 1667 -1 -13 +8 +18 +21 3.0
7 Gareau, Don 1663 1725 1672 1861 =0 +15 -12 +16 -4 2.5
8 Knechtel, Tim 1693 1522 1665 1895 =18 -3 -6 +21 +19 2.5
9 Phillips, Shawn 2010 2046 2013 2013 =0 =0 -0 -0 +20 2.0 10 Forsyth, Garrett 1868 1760 1869 1869 +19 =0 =0 -0 -0 2.0 11 Piccinin, Mario 1820 1626 1787 1918 +5 +16 -1 -2 -3 2.0
12 Verny, Thomas R. 1611 1622 1611 1614 +13 -1 +7 -3 -5 2.0
13 Kong, Aaron 0 1472 1472 5 -12 +6 =20 =19 -18 2.0
14 Milinkovic, Mate 1736 1675 1735 1756 +21 =4 -2 -0 -0 1.5
15 Hassain, Mahmud 1898 1634 1878 1981 =0 -7 +18 -0 -0 1.5
16 Gauer, Kai 1351 1578 1408 1408 +20 -11 =17 -7 -0 1.5
17 Ensor, Tyler 1583 1524 1574 1659 -4 +21 =16 -0 -0 1.5
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18 Nikolic, Miroljub 1752 1487 1605 9 =8 -2 -15 -6 +13 1.5
19 Williamson, James 1360 1412 1363 1391 -10 -20 +21 =13 -8 1.5
20 Dragasanu, George 1646 1389 1593 1732 -16 +19 =13 -5 -9 1.5
21 Subedi, Rohit 0 1182 1182 5 -14 -17 -19 -8 -6 0.0 ------------------------------------
http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201306051&key=130622 Newcomer to the club is Tarsem Mohan, and he seems to be on a bit of a roll. Until the last round that is, as Matija Elez made a clean sweep of 5/5 in the 25/player+(Bronstein)10seconds/move active, ahead 1.5 points of the tying 2nd-4th squad at 3.5! Kitchener this year appears to NOT no longer be still seeking bids for the Canadian Closed 2013 (open to others to bid on), or the Canadian women's zonal 2013. A carful of Kitchener guys invaded the Chicago Open May 23-27. Ralph Delines blog tells more: http://ralphsattic.blogspot.ca/#!/2013/05/chicago-op
