BLUENOSE CHESS CLUB SECTIONAL CHESS CHESS TOURNAMENT FALL 1997

Updated December 16, 1997 for results until December 2, 1997

The Bluenose Sectional is a Round Robin Chess tournament held Monday nights, 7:00 P.M., at the Bluenose Chess Club in the Student Union Building of Dalhousie University. The report that follows is based upon notes mainly by Kim Tufts on the CHESS-NS E-mail Mail List.

ROUNDS

The format is a double round robin tournament:

		  Mon Oct 27:	1 vs 4, 2 vs 3
		  Mon Nov  3:	4 vs 3, 1 vs 2
		  Mon Nov 10:   2 vs 4, 3 vs 1
		  Mon Nov 17:   4 vs 1, 3 vs 2
                  Mon Nov 24:   3 vs 4, 2 vs 1
		  Mon Dec  1:   4 vs 2, 1 vs 3

CROSS-TABLES

Final Standing as reported December 16, 1997:

Section A
Player		PTR	Old	1	2	3	4	Total
1.Albert Ede	1828	1821	x/x	0/1	.5/1	.5/1	4
2.Kim Tufts	1825	1825	1/0	x/x	.5/1	.5/1	3.5
3.Kyung-oh Ko	1786	1792	.5/0	1/0	x/x	1/0	2.5
4.Gary Phillips	1717	1693	.5/0	.5/0	1/0	x/x	2

Section B
Player		PTR	Old	1	2	3	4	Total
1.Matthew Furrow 1626	1606	x/x	0/0	1/1	1/0	3
2.Jason Kenney	1596	1709	1/1	x/x	1/1	1/1	6
3.Steve Toth	1556	1506	0/0	0/0	x/x	1/1	2
4.Pat Diggins	1485	1460	1/0	0/0	0/0	x/x	1

Section C
Player		PTR	Old	1	2	3	4	Total
1.Mark Ziubinski 1473	1473	x/x	.5/1	.5/1	1/1	5
2.Phil Boyle	1450	1472	0/.5	x/x	1/1	1/1	4.5
3.Brian McGrath	1468	1472	0/.5	0/0	x/x	1/1	2.5
4.D.Cunningham	new	unr	0/0	0/0	0/0	x/x	0

On Tuesday, December 16, 1997 Kim Tufts an169@chebucto.ns.ca wrote on CHESS-NS Mail List:

Bluenose Sectional

After what seemed forever, the Bluenose Fall Sectional finally concluded last night. Many players feel such events offer more competitive and realistic approximations of a player's strength than weekend swisses, and from the results a case could be made that this was borne out.

A Section

Albert Ede finished first, making fewer blunders and generally playing a more determined game than his opponents. My results were mixed, winning three miniatures with Black only to score a miserable 0.5/3 with white, despite being better from the opening in every game! Kyung's games always seemed double-edged, risky affairs. Fast improving though his results will only get better. Gary played too fast and made more blunders than usual.

B Section

With 6-0 Jason Kenney outclassed his section easily, displaying a much better tactical sense with maturing positional play. Coupled with other recent results, Jason's rating will have gone up over 300 points since August! Matthew and Pat Diggins both lost games that they needn't have, while Steve Toth's unorthodox style threw off his opponents.

C Section

Mark Ziubinski redeemed himself with a fine result (in the last sectional Mark scored only 1/6!). Phil Boyle and Brian McGrath were competitive as most games were very close. David Cunningham gained a lot of experience and was not overwhelmed as his score suggests. An affable group, the players frequently played at home if scheduling became a problem.

GAMES

Kim Tufts writess, "Albert and I played an interesting game, one rarely seen over-the-board as the position was quite chaotic. It wasn't exactly faultless and the end was marred by time trouble but was fairly entertaining :)"

Albert Ede (1828) - Kim Tufts (1825) Latvian Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5!? 3.Bc4 fxe4 (entering the most complex line where white will give up a piece for a bunch of pawns) 4.Nxe5 d5 (Qg5!? is also possible though riskier) 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Nxg6 hxg6 7.Qxh8 (safer was Qxg6+) 7...Kf7! (a thematic idea in this opening. Black will try to trap the white queen!) 8.Qd4 Nf6!? (Be6 is preferred. We were both out of book now.) 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Qa4? (probably a mistake as it allows Bc5..Qh4..Nd4..etc with an attack on the king but I didn't play that anyway :) 10...Bd6 11.c3 Qe7 12.h3? (far too slow) 12...Ne5 (Big plus black) 13.Qd1 Nd3+ 14.Bxd3 exd3+ 15.Kf1 Bd7 16.Qf3 Re8! 17.g3 Bf5 18.Qd1 Qe2+ (played after about twenty minutes of trying to talk myself out of playing it.) 19.Qxe2 dxe2+ 20.Ke1 Bd3 21.Rg1 Ne4 22.b4 c5? 23.Ba3 Bc4?! 24.bxc5 Bxc5 25.d4 Ng5 (Finally. This would have won at anytime in the last three moves.) 26.Nd2? (Not much left anyway..) 26..Bxa3 27.Nxc4? Nf3#

Kim Tufts comments, "Not exactly an artistic success by either player but livelier than most games :)"

Contact Kim Tufts at 423-9274 or an169@chebucto.ns.ca

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