1997 Maritime Open Report
1997 Maritime Open Report
National Chess Master, Ed Urquhart of St. Mary's University swept the Maritime Open Chess Tournament over the Thanksgiving weekend at Dalhousie University in Halifax with six wins and allowing only two draws. Nova Scotia dominated gruelling eight round event that brought 48 masters, experts and hopefuls together from all three Maritime Provinces.
RIGHT: Justin Gulati and Ed Urquhart review their seventh round his game while others watch. Bruce Fleury is seated looking at the camera.
Mr. Urquhart has had an outstanding chess year. He obtained the Chess Master title, won several tournaments and lead the Nova Scotia Chess Team to victory in an interprovincial match with New Brunswick while studying at St. Mary's University. His strong tactical play is feared by many!
LEFT: Cedric Davies (left) takes on Ed Urquhart (right) in the last round while the Maritime Junior Champion, Justin Gulati looks on.
Young Cedric Davies of Halifax surprised many with a strong second place finish with 6 1/2 out of eight, beating many more experienced opponents, including a win and draw against two chess masters. Mr. Davies, 18, who is in his first year of university at St. Mary's, still qualifies as a junior. He's clearly a promising star for youth chess in the provincewhich needs to do better on the National scene.
LEFT: National Master Anthony Howarth of St. John NB (facing us) was held to a draw by Mike Eldridge (with his back to us) in the seventh round as former Maritime Open Champion Ken Duff looks on.
Chess veteran Mr. Michael Eldridge of Falmouth, a former Nova Scotian champion, was a clear third with six points out of a possible eight, a credit with strong strategical style. It's reported that this result coupled with a match result will power Mike's rating over 2000 - in the expert zone. Congratulations Mike.
RIGHT: Steve Duffy and David Kenney concentrate on their endgame after most players finished in the seventh round.
Chess is the most challenging of mind sports. An eight round weekend chess tournament is a novelty in Nova Scotia, requiring physical and mental endurance. "It's similar to writing eight college final exams in four days," said Nova Scotia Chess Association president, Mr. Steve Saunders, of Blockhouse. "Many people did not have the stamina to play all eight rounds well." Certainly some of the early leaders fell back in later rounds and it was some of the younger players that powered ahead!
LEFT: A turning point in the tournament occurred on Board One in Round 5 when Ed Urquhart (right) successfully defended against a daring sacrifical attack by the then tournament leader, Alvah Mayo(left) while the chess fans look on! With this success, Urquhart took the lead and never looked back.
The organizers, Mr. Albert Ede of Sackville and Mr. Jim Brennan of Halifax were pleased with the participation.
There are still several open tournaments in the Nova Scotia this year - the Halifax Open November 7-9 and Truro Open on November 22-23. Young people will be interested in the Canadian Youth Chess Festival Regional Championship on November 15 at Carrefour de Grand Havre in Dartmouth in conjunction with the Canada's Chess'n Math Association. Contact Kim Tufts (902)-423-9274 for details. Other youth tournaments will be held November 1, 29 and December 13 at the same location.
Surname T ACF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sco
1. HOWARTH,A 2294 W21 W14 W12 L4 L9 W18 D19 D11 5.0
2. URQUHART,E 2216 W22 D13 W19 W26 W4 W6 W5 D9 7.0
3. MCKIM,F 2132 W23 L16 D20 W32 W29 L19 W10 D12 5.0
4. MAYO,A 2067 W24 W15 W18 W1 L2 L9 L11 W20 5.0
5. GULATI,J 1994 W25 L18 W23 W33 W11 W7 L2 D6 5.5
6. KENNEY,D 1969 W27 D17 BYE W16 D7 L2 W13 D5 5.5
7. SAUNDERS,S 1949 W28 W20 D16 W13 D6 L5 W21 L19 5.0
8. DUFF ,K 1916 L29 W25 D28 W48 D* L21 D24 D26 4.0
9. DAVIES,C 1898 0.5 D48 W22 W18 W1 W4 W12 D2 6.5
10. ARMSTRONG,B 1892 1.0 L29 D30 W32 W28 L3 D24 4.0
11. HAKE ,P 1885 W30 L12 W43 W15 L5 W23 W4 D1 5.5
12. BRENNAN ,J 1857 W31 W11 L1 D19 W20 W26 L9 D3 5.0
13. DUFFY,S 1848 W32 D2 W34 L7 D21 W14 L6 D29 4.5
14. FRENETTE,F 1846 W35 L1 W24 L29 W25 L13 W30 D18 4.5
15. PHILLIPS,F 1840 W36 L4 W30 L11 D24 D29 W25 D21 4.5
16. REDDY,T 1832 W37 W3 D7 L6 L26 D31 W33 W23 5.0
17. BURGESS,B 1813 W38 D6 1.5
18. EDE,A 1801 W39 W5 L4 L9 W33 L1 W31 D14 4.5
19. ELDRIDGE,M 1787 W41 W29 L2 D12 W28 W3 D1 W7 6.0
20. DRUMMOND,C 1780 W42 L7 D3 W31 L12 D30 W35 L4 4.0
21. HAYWARD,J 1779 L1 D32 W40 W34 D13 W8 L7 D15 4.5
22. PHILLIPS,G 1749 L2 W38 L9 L37 W47 D34 W48 D32 4.0
23. FLEURY,B 1724 L3 W35 L5 W41 W37 L11 W34 L16 4.0
24. KLAPSTEIN,J 1712 L4 W41 L14 W42 D15 D* D8 D10 4.0
25. KEUNECKE,E 1710 L5 L8 W39 W43 L14 W42 L15 L* 3.0
26. UUETOA,H 1709 0.5 W40 W48 L2 W16 L12 L29 D8 4.0
27. BEALS,G 1692 L6 L43 L41 L47 W39 W45 W36 L34 3.0
28. BERNARD,G 1690 L7 W39 D8 W36 L19 L10 L32 W47 3.5
29. KO,K 1674 W8 L19 W10 W14 L3 D15 W26 D13 5.0
30. POIRIER,D 1649 L11 W42 L15 D10 W38 D20 L14 W35 4.0
31. LEGACY,L 1628 L12 D36 W45 L20 W40 D16 L18 L42 3.0
32. GATES,D 1602 L13 D21 W46 L3 L10 W47 W28 D22 4.0
33. TOTH,S 1542 0.5 W45 D* L5 L18 W37 L16 W43 4.0
34. KENNEY,J 1525 0.5 W47 L13 L21 W48 D22 L23 W27 4.0
35. DIGGINS,P 1491 L14 L23 L42 W39 W43 W46 L20 L30 3.0
36. SHEA,J 1467 L15 D31 W47 L28 D* D* L27 W38 3.5
37. MACLEAN,J 1404 L16 D* D* W22 L23 L33 L42 W41 3.0
38. KAADOU,N 1397 L17 L22 D* W45 L30 D* L43 L36 2.0
39. CONLEY,M 1384 L18 L28 L25 L35 L27 BYE W45 L46 2.0
40. KIMBER,D 1380 0.5 L26 L21 W46 L31 L48 L41 W45 2.5
41. LANDRY,S 1373 L19 L24 W27 L23 L42 L43 W40 L37 2.0
42. MCGRATH,B 1350 L20 L30 W35 L24 W41 L25 W37 W31 4.0
43. PEEL,N 1256 L48 W27 L11 L25 L35 W41 W38 L33 3.0
44. MAHAR,I 1100 0.5 D* 1.0
45. KENNEY ,B 1059 0.5 L33 L31 L38 L46 L27 L39 L40 0.5
46. GESHELIN,I 830 0.5 D* L32 L40 W45 L35 L47 W39 3.0
47. TANG,C 0.5 L34 L36 W27 L22 L32 W46 L28 2.5
48. HENSEL,G 1670 W43 D9 L26 L8 L34 W40 L22 D* 3.0
SwissPerfect 2.4
Final Standings (Round 8)
Maritime Open
Surname T Elo ACF Club Sco Progr Ws Buch MBuch Berger Rp
1 URQUHART,Ed (2) 2216 Bluenose 7.0 32.0 6 41.0 30.5 35.50 2217
2 DAVIES,Cedric (9) 1898 Bluenose 6.5 28.0 5 33.5 26.5 28.50 2260
3 ELDRIDGE,Michael (19) 1787 Wolfville 6.0 26.5 5 37.5 28.5 25.50 2088
4-6 KENNEY,David (6) 1969 Bluenose 5.5 27.0 3 38.5 28.5 22.50 2008
GULATI,Justin (5) 1994 Charlottetown 5.5 26.5 5 39.0 28.5 24.25 1991
HAKE ,Paul (11) 1885 Bluenose 5.5 24.5 5 36.0 27.5 23.00 1994
7-13 MAYO,Alvah (4) 2067 Pictou 5.0 27.0 5 41.0 30.0 22.00 2023
SAUNDERS,Steve (7) 1949 Lunenburg 5.0 27.0 4 38.5 29.0 21.75 1930
HOWARTH,Anthony (1) 2294 Saint John 5.0 25.5 4 41.5 30.5 24.25 1968
BRENNAN ,Jim (12) 1857 Bluenose 5.0 25.0 4 39.0 29.5 22.00 1984
KO,Kyung-Oh (29) 1674 Bluenose 5.0 23.0 4 36.5 26.5 21.00 1966
MCKIM,Fred (3) 2132 Charlottetown 5.0 22.5 4 37.0 27.0 21.50 1869
REDDY,Tyler (16) 1832 Bluenose 5.0 22.5 4 33.5 25.0 20.00 1852
14-18 DUFFY,Stephen (13) 1848 Bluenose 4.5 23.0 3 39.5 28.5 20.75 1863
EDE,Albert (18) 1801 Sackville 4.5 21.5 4 35.5 27.0 16.75 1874
FRENETTE,Franco (14) 1846 Bathurst 4.5 20.5 4 33.5 25.5 16.25 1815
PHILLIPS,Fred (15) 1840 Cambridge 4.5 20.0 3 35.0 26.0 17.25 1786
HAYWARD,Jim (21) 1779 4.5 20.0 3 33.5 26.0 17.00 1833
19-30 UUETOA,Harold (26) 1709 Bluenose 4.0 21.5 3 31.5 24.5 12.50 1789
DRUMMOND,Carlos (20) 1780 Bluenose 4.0 19.5 3 34.0 26.0 14.50 1765
DUFF ,Ken (8) 1916 SaintJohn 4.0 18.5 2 27.5 22.5 11.75 1706
FLEURY,Bruce (23) 1724 New Glasgow 4.0 18.0 4 33.0 25.5 12.00 1705
TOTH,Steve (33) 1542 Bluenose 4.0 18.0 3 21.5 16.0 6.50 1558
KENNEY,Jason (34) 1525 Bluenose 4.0 17.5 3 25.5 21.0 10.50 1687
KLAPSTEIN,John (24) 1712 Bluenose 4.0 17.0 2 28.0 23.0 12.25 1755
ARMSTRONG,Brad (10) 1892 Wolfville 4.0 17.0 2 25.5 20.5 11.50 1743
POIRIER,David (30) 1649 Bluenose 4.0 16.0 3 31.5 24.0 13.00 1685
PHILLIPS,Gary (22) 1749 Bluenose 4.0 15.0 3 32.0 23.0 11.50 1623
GATES,David (32) 1602 Bluenose 4.0 15.0 3 31.0 23.5 13.25 1687
MCGRATH,Brian (42) 1350 Bluenose 4.0 13.0 4 26.5 20.5 11.00 1593
31-32 BERNARD,Gilbert (28) 1690 Whycocomagh 3.5 16.0 3 31.0 23.0 10.00 1612
SHEA,Joseph (36) 1467 Bluenose 3.5 14.0 2 18.5 14.0 6.00 1500
33-40 LEGACY,Leo (31) 1628 Bathurst 3.0 15.0 2 29.0 23.5 7.25 1489
HENSEL,George (48) 1670 3.0 15.0 2 28.0 21.5 8.75 1531
KEUNECKE,Ed (25) 1710 Chrlottetown 3.0 14.0 3 27.5 22.0 9.00 1605
MACLEAN,John (37) 1404 3.0 12.5 2 23.0 18.0 6.00 1470
GESHELIN,Igor (46) 830 Bluenose 3.0 12.5 2 14.5 10.5 2.50 1191
DIGGINS,Patrick (35) 1491 Bluenose 3.0 12.0 3 28.5 22.0 8.00 1413
PEEL,Noreen (43) 1256 Cambridge 3.0 12.0 3 26.0 18.5 7.00 1490
BEALS,George (27) 1692 Bluenose 3.0 9.0 3 23.0 17.0 6.00 1405
41-42 TANG,Chakman (47) 2.5 11.0 2 25.0 21.0 6.00 1350
KIMBER,Dave (40) 1380 Bluenose 2.5 10.0 2 20.0 15.5 3.50 1287
43-45 KAADOU,Nassim (38) 1397 Bluenose 2.0 9.5 1 19.5 15.0 0.50 1226
LANDRY,Scott (41) 1373 Charlottetown 2.0 8.0 2 29.5 21.0 5.50 1345
CONLEY,Mike (39) 1384 Shubenacadie 2.0 5.0 1 25.0 20.0 4.50 1169
46 BURGESS,Brian (17) 1813 Lunenburg 1.5 11.5 1 7.5 2.0 4.75 1876
47 MAHAR,Ian (44) 1100 Bluenose 1.0 7.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.00
48 KENNEY ,Bryan (45) 1059 Bluenose 0.5 4.0 0 19.5 15.5 0.00 375
Cross tables and standings provided by Jim Brennan the tournament director.
Webmaster's Note: The tournament is very well organized thanks to the hard work Albert Ede and Jim Brennan. Albert Ede thanked everyone for coming and gave a special thanks to the NB Chess Association for making this tournament possible. There's a good representation from all three Maritime Provinces with a few short of 50 participants.
One final note, as part of his original plan for this tournament, Albert Ede is organizing a Sackville Chess Club. If you are interested in this club, please contact:
Albert Ede (Organizer)
59 Brook St
Sackville NS B4E 1C1
Telephone 902-865-5856
Sorry, Albert doesn't have an internet address.
To leave a comment to the person who maintains this file, send email to nschess@chebucto.ns.ca