THE 1998 NOVA SCOTIA
CLOSED CHESS
TOURNAMENT RESULTS

April 24, 25, 26, 1998
St. Mary's University, Halifax NS

Charlton and Mayo Tie for First in 1998!

Glenn Charlton of Halifax and Alvah Mayo of Westville in Pictou County scored 3 ˝ points in 5 games for first place tie in a tightly contested 1998 Nova Scotia Closed Chess Championship at St. Mary's University in Halifax that ended Sunday, April 26, 1996. At least five players were in the running for first place in the final round!

Photograph left - Looks like another Caro-Kan openning! Glen Charlton (right) takes on Cedric Davies. Click on the image for a larger picture (left).

Photograph (right) of some of the participants in the Nova Scotia Closed. Left to right Gerald Lomond, Cedric Davies (playing), David Kenney (standing), Antoni Wysocki (standing), Ed Urquhart (playing), Jim Mathers (standing) and Rob Villeneuve (sitting). Click on the picture for a larger image.

The best in the province participated in the three-day five-round tournament St. Mary's University. Competition was fierce and many five-hour battles ended draws. Five players were still contesting the championship in the last round Sunday night. Jim Mathers and Cedric Davies, both from Halifax finished with 3 points out of 5 for 3rd-4th place.

Photograph left - the 1996 Nova Scotia Closed Champion, Jim Mathers, of Halifax takes on Mike Eldridge from Falmouth in Round 1. Click on the image for a larger view.

Either Mr. Charlton or Mr. Mayo could represent Nova Scotia at the Atlantic Closed Chess Championship in Charlottetown this summer. The Atlantic Closed usually leads to establishing a regional representative for the Canadian Closed. The Canadian Closed event sends one chess player to the world chess championship governed by FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs, the world body governing organized chess). But, FIDE's formula for the world championship is currently in a state of flux. Consequently the lead up determining the hopefuls is as well.

The Nova Scotia Closed was held as a Chess Federation of Canada rated, 5-round swiss-pairing tournament, April 24 to 26, at Sub building's Cafeteria St. Mary's University, in Halifax. Entrants qualified qualify based upon their Chess Federation of Canada ratings.

1998 NOVA SCOTIA CLOSED CROSS TABLE

				r1	r2	r3	r3	r4		total
1.	Ed Urquhart	2228	=0	-8	+12	=0	withdrew	2.0 
2.	Glenn Charlton	2152	=8	+9	+7	=4	=5		3.5
3.	Damir Miletic	2131	-9(F)	w	w	w	w		0.0
4.	Jim Mathers	2103	+10	-7	+6	=2	=9		3.0
5.	Gerald Lomond	2073	+11	=6	=8	-9	=2		2.5
6.	Antoni Wysocki	2050	+12	=5	-4	=10	=7		2.5
7.	Cedric Davies	2049	+13	+4	-2	=8	=6		3.0
8.	Steve Saunders	2022	=2	+1	=5	=7	-12		2.5
9.	Alvah Mayo 	2005	+3(F)	-2	+10	+5	=4		3.5	
10.	Mike Eldridge	1972	-4	+13	-9	=6	-11		1.5	
11.	Tyler Reddy	1957	-5	-12	-13	+0	+10		2.0	
12.	David Kenney	1916	-6	+11	-1	=13	+8		2.5
13.	Jason Kenney	1817	-7	-10	+11	=12	+0		2.5

Games from the 1998 Nova Scotia Closed in PGN (Portable Game Notation) format..

Many thanks to Ed Urquhart and David Kenney for organizing and directing the tournament.

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