Last updated November 16, 1997
Photograph 1: Above Ian MacMullin, Dartmouth plays Robin Thorsen, Truro for the Under 10 years old championship!
Despite the big snow storm, the Nova Scotia Youth Chess Festival was held Saturday November 15, 1997 at Carrefour du Grand Havre, the French Language Grade School in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The tournament was organized in categories by age. These categories were under 10, under 12, under 14 and under 18 years of age as of January 1, 1998.
Thirty-nine young Nova Scotians took part.
Qualifiers
Qualifiers for the next leg (the Maritime Final at the Universite du
Moncton on Sat Dec 6) in each age group were:
U18
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 1.Chris Capstick x 0 1 0 0 0 1 2.Cheryl Porter 1 x 1 0 0 0 2 3.Todd Parker 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 4.Tyler Reddy 1 1 1 x 1 1 5 5.Matthew Furrow 1 1 1 0 x 1/2 3.5 6.Jason Kenney 1 1 1 0 1/2 x 3.5 note: Matthew defeated Jason in a playoff for the second spot.U14
Player 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1.Bassam Mathara +2 +8 -3 +5 +9 4 2.Patrick Roy -1 +4 +7 +9 +3 4 3.Brian Pentz +4 +5 +1 =8 -2 3.5 4.Jason Dillman -3 -2 -4 -6 +0 1 5.Ian Mahar +6 -3 +4 -1 -8 2 6.Bryan Kenney -5 -9 +0 +4 -7 2 7.Justin Bujold -8 +0 -2 +0 +6 3 8.Jarrett Gabriel +7 -1 +9 =3 +5 3.5 9.Joseph Cooper +0 +6 -8 -2 -1 2 note: Patrick Roy defeated Bassam Mathara to finish first. Both boys qualified.U12
Player 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1.Afzal Hassan -2 -1 -16 -17 -7 0 2.Melissa Fischer +1 -14 +18 +3 -10 3 3.Jonathan Kenney -4 +1 -9 =18 =17 2 4.Conrad Burke +3 -15 -10 +16 -12 2 5.Tracy Westhaver =6 -10 +7 +13 -15 2.5 6.Joseph Nasrallah =5 -12 -13 -7 +16 1.5 7.Audrey Perrault -8 -11 -5 +6 +1 2 8.Anthony Federico +7 +18 +15 +10 +14 5 9.Marc-Andre Chavy -10 +16 +3 -14 -11 2 10.Gary Ng +9 +5 +4 -8 +2 4 11.Tristan deBoer -12 +7 +17 -2 +9 3 12.Kendall Atwater +11 +6 -14 -15 +4 3 13.Andrew Bethune -14 =17 +6 -5 -18 1.5 14.Alex Livingston +13 +2 +12 +9 -8 4 15.Jeffrey Veniot +16 +4 -8 +12 +5 4 16.Aaron Moloci -15 -9 +1 -4 -6 1 17.Jake Spinney -18 =13 -11 -1 =3 2 18.Andrew Seymour +17 -8 -2 =3 +13 2.5U10
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 1.Robin Thorsen x 1 1 1 1/2 1 4.5 2.Alex Beauregard 0 x 0 0 0 0 0 3.Kyle Myers 0 1 x 0 1 1 3 4.Joel Morin 0 1 1 x 0 1 3 5.Ian MacMullin 1/2 1 0 1 x 1 3.5 6.Daryl Dillman 0 1 0 0 0 x 1
Photographs
Here are some photographs of the tournament taken by Steve Saunders with an Epson PhotoPC Digital Camera.
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Some young people can't get enough chess! Between rounds, at lunch time, any time! Here at lunch time, some of the young chess enthusiasts played on the floors of Carrefour du Grand Havre! Hey guys - you could use the table! Guys?
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Photograph 6: The over 18 year old section featured very competitive chess!
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Photograph 9:Ian MacMullin, Dartmouth plays Robin Thorsen, Truro for the Under 10 years old championship! Just look at the intensity.
Photograph 10:Ian MacMullin, Dartmouth plays Robin Thorsen, Truro for the Under 10 years old championship! Robin moves! Both are very promising young chess players!
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David Cunningham who was one of the adults who helped with the Nova Scotia Youth Chess Festival tournament provides some pointers to Bassam Mathara.
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Photograph 13: Brian Kenney takes on another opponent.
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The first place, Robin Thorsen, Truro (right) and second place Ian MacMullin, Dartmouth (left) finishers in the under 10 years old section. Both are outstanding young players. Standing behind is the Tournament director, Kim Tufts.
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Under 12 years old 1.Anthony Federico, Halifax (Halifax Grammar) won first with .Alex Livingston, Halifax (Halifax Grammar) Gary Ng, Dartmouth (Ian Forsythe) Jeffrey Veniot, Halifax (Oxford) tied for second. There was plenty of tough competition! Standing behind is the Tournament director, Kim Tufts.
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Patrick Roy, Dartmouth (Ecole-du-Carrefour) won first by the narrowest of margins by tie break over Bassam Mathara, Bedford (Bedford Jr High). A hard fought battle by both. Congratulations! Standing behind is the Tournament director, Kim Tufts.
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Tyler Reddy, the 1997 Nova Scotia Junior and Cadet Champion won the Under 18 year old section with Mathew Furrow placing second.
Carrefour du Grand Havre also hosted a french language book sale the same day - along with a cafe. Both parents and children enjoyed the food service!
Many thanks to the tournament director, Kim Tufts an169@chebucto.ns.ca and to Carrefour du Grand Havre for hosting this fine tournament.
What's Next?
Qualifiers in each age group can go on to the Maritime regional final in Moncton NB on December 6:
Université de Moncton
Jeanne-de-Valois Building
Room B-219
Moncton
Registration 9:30-10:30
Organizer: Hector Grant
From there successful participants may qualify for the National Championships! Note that the Youth Chess Festiveal organizers have renamed the age categories "mosquito", "pee wee", "bantam" and "minor"--along with "cadet" and "junior" that the Canadian Chess Federation oversees. For details please see the Canadian Youth Chess Festival Regulations.
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