Nova Scotia Chess News #5

April 1996

INSIDE

1 NS Closed

4 Kasparov-DeepBlue

5 Bluenose Championship

7 Internet Chess

9 Tournaments

written and compiled by Kim Tufts

As I write this plans are underway to host the Maritime Open in Halifax, tentatively June 29-July 1st. It is a significant undertaking and we will need volunteers to bring it off successfully. I've decided to organize the event--get the ball rolling, as it were--but do not want any more esponsibility/workload. Someone will -or at least should- secure sponsorship as we are envisioning a $500 guaranteed 1st prize. Others will have to direct the tournament, keep the finances, do the mailing/advertising, and the assorted other details. The anticipated plan is to run it with Open and U1800 (perhaps U1600 as well) sections, not as a traditional Open as such. We expect some resistance to this idea but so be it...More news on this later, especially if you receive this in the mail.

Nova Scotia Closed

The Nova Scotia Closed was played January 19-21 in Halifax at Saint Mary's. Run as a 5 Round Swiss, it was to have 12 players but unfortunately only 11 players could attend as Mike Eldridge, then Brad Armstrong both had to cancel at the last minute. The players were vying for an opportunity to play in the Atlantic Closed (to be held in Halifax May 18-20 I believe) with the winner earning a spot in the Canadian Closed.

The results from the event look predictable as the four highest rated players all qualifed with 3.5. In reality though most games were hard fought. In round 1, Brian Pentz defeated Rob Villeneuve after Rob blundered a pawn with an inexplicable eigth move and was unable to hold the draw in the ensuing endgame. Round 2 saw better games but no upsets. In round 3 Mathers massacred Urquhart's attempt at an Evan's Gambit. Villeneuve and Urquhart drew a tense game in round 4, making both their chances at qualifying difficult. Thus, round 5 had Mathers-Charlton draw a fairly quiet game while Urquhart-Pentz slugged away. After having survived the all-out attack through some careful defence Pentz blundered, abruptly ending the game. Kenney-Villeneuve had Rob miscue a passed pawn necessitating a sudden-death decision, ie a flag game.

Here are a few of the more interesting or pivotal games:

Pentz, B (2007) -Villeneuve,R (2189) Rd 1 King Pawn
1.e4 e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Be2 d6 5.0-0 f5 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.ef Bf5 8.Nc3 d5?? 9.Ne5 Ne5 10.d4 Bd6 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Nd5 Qh6 13.de5 Be5 14.f4 Bd6 15.Bh5+ Kd8 16.Ne3 Bd7 17.Bg4 Rf8 18.Bd7 Kd7 19.Qg4+ Qe6 20.Rad1 Rae8 21.g3 Qg4 22.Ng4 Re2 23.Rf2 Rf2 24.Nf2 Re8 25.Kf1 Kc6 26.Re1 Rf8 27.Ne4 h6 28.Nd6 Kd6 29.Kg2 Rf5 30.Kf3 Ra5 31.a3 Rb5 32.b3 Rc5 33.c4 b5? 34.cb Rb5 35.Re3 g5 36.fg Rg5 37.Kf4 Rb5 38.g5 Rb8 39.h4 f8+ 40.Kg3 Rg8 41.Rf3 Ke6 42.Rf5 Rb8 43.b4 Rb6 44.Rh5 Kf7 45.Rc5 c6 46.Kf4 Kf6 47.g5+ hg 48.hg Kg6 49.Re5 Kf7 50.Kf5 Rb7 51.Rc5 Rc7 52.b5 Rb7 53.bc Rb7 54.Re5 Ke7 55.g6 Kd8 56.Kf6 (1-0)

Mathers,J (2107) - Lomond,G (2030) Rd 2 Sicilian
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d6 4.Bb5+ Nd7 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bd7 Bd7 7.e5 Ne7 8.Ne4 Nf5 9.ed Rc8 10.b3 Rc6 11.d3 Nd6 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Bb2 Nf5 14.0-0 0-0 15.Kh1 Nd4 16.Nd4 cd 17.Qf2 Be4 18.de Bc5 19.Rad1 Qa5 20.a3 Ba7 21.Qd2 Qc7 22.Rc1 Rfd8 23.Rf3 Qc6 24.Qe1 Qb5 25.f5 Qe5 26.Qh4 Bc5 27.f6 g6 28.Rh3 h5 29.Rg3 Kh7 30.Rf1 Qd6 (Bf8!?) 31.Rg5 Qf8 32.Bc1 Qh8 33.Rf3 (g4) Kg8 34.g4 d3 35.cd Bd4 36.Be3 Bf6 37.Rg6+! fg 38.Rf6 Qg7? (Rd3) 39.Qg5 Kh7 40.gh Rd3 41.e5? (Rg6!) Rd1+ 42.Kg2 Rg8? (Rc2) 43.Kf3 (Rf7! winning) Rf1+ 44.Bf2 (Ke4!!) Qh6 (=) 45.hg+ Rg6 46.Rg6 Qg6 47.Qh4+ Kg7 48.Ke2 Rb1 49.Qe7+ Qf7 50.Qg5+ Kh7 51.Qh4+ Kg7 52.Qg5+ Qg6 53.Qe7+ Qg6 54.Qf8+ Kh5 55.Qh8+ Qh6 56.Qe8+ Qg6 57.Qh8+ (1/2-1/2)

Urquhart,E (2135) - Mathers,J (2107) Rd 3 Evan's Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Bf7+ Kf8 9.Qa4 b6 10.Qa5 Kf7 11.Qb5 Bd7 12.Qd3 Bf6 13.0-0 Ne7 14.Bg5 Ng6 15.Bf6 gf 16.de fe 17.Rd1 Be6 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Qf3 Rg8 20.Rd2 Qh4 21.Kh1 Rg6 22.Na3 Rag8 23.Rd3 Rg2 24.Ng2 Rg2 25.Qg2 Ng2 26.Kg2 Qe4+ 27.Rf3+ Ke7 28.Nb1 Bd5 29.Nd2 Qg4+ 30.Kf1 Bf3 (0-1)

Villeneuve,R (2189) - Urquhart,E (2135) Rd 4 Caro-Kann
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Bd7 6.h5 c5 7.dc5 e6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.f4 Bc5 10.Bc5 Qc5 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.Nf3 a6 13.Na3 Nge7 14.c3 0-0-0 15.b4 Qb6 16.b5 Nb8 17.ba6 Na6 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.Qb2 Nc5 20.Nd4 Kb8 21.Nac2 Bc8 22.Nb4 Ka8 23.Nbc6 Nc6 24.Nc6 Qa4 25.Nd8 Qe4+ 26.Kd2 Qf4+ 27.Ke1 Qe4+ 28.Kd2 (1/2-1/2)

Urquhart,E (2135) - Pentz, B (2007) Rd 5 Pirc
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 0-0 6.0-0-0 c6 7.Bh6 b5 8.Bg7 Kg7 9.Bd3 b4 10.Nce2 a5 11.f4 Ba6 12.Ng3 Qb6 13.Ba6 Na6 14.f5 c5 15.e5 Nf8! 16.h4 cd 17.f6+ ef 18.ef Nf6 19.h5 d5 20.Qg5 Qe6 21.Kb1 Qg4! 22.Qg4 Ng4 23.Nh3 Rad8 24.Rd4 Nf6 25.Rf4 Rd6 26.Rhf1 h6 27.hg hg 28.Re1 Ne4?? 29.Ne4 Re6 30.Rf8 Rf8 31.Rf1+ Kg7 32.Nf2 (1-0)

  Player 		Rating	New	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Total	Finish
  1.Jim Mathers		2107	2123	+10	=9	+2	=5	=3	3.5	1st*
  2.Ed Urquhart		2135	2149	+7	+6	-1	=4	+5	3.5	1
  3.Glenn Charlton	2078	2089	=11	=5	+7	+8	=1	3.5	1
  4.Rob Villeneuve	2189	2180	-5	+11	+6	=2	+10	3.5	1
  5.Brian Pentz		2007	2055	+4	=3	+9	=1	-2	3	5th
  6.Antoni Wysocki	2040	2018	+0	-2	-4	+7	=8	2.5	6
  7.Alvah Mayo		1878	1889	-2	+10	-3	-6	+11	2	7-8
  8.Jim Brennan		1813	1830	-9	=0	+11	-3	=6	2	7-8
  9.Gerald Lomond	2040	2023	+8	=1	-5	-0	-0	1.5	9-10
10.David Kenney	1874	1866	-1	-7	=0	+11	-4	1.5	9-10
11.Tom Cosman	1867	1825	=3	-4	-8	-10	-7	0.5	11
* Mathers declared 1st on tie-break. Mathers, Urquhart and Villeneuve will play in the Atlantic Closed.

The Maritime Cadet was played January 13th at the University of Moncton. Hector Grant organized and directed. The players were Eric Bertrand NB (1774); Franco Frenette NB (1610); Julien Chaput NB (1547); Patrick Goguen NB (1512); Jordan Fleury NS (1363); and Donovan Westhaver NS (1361). Eric Bertrand won but Jordan finished 2nd on tie-break, winning two clutch 15 minute playoff games. Here is one of Jordan's key wins:

Jordan Fleury (1363) -Franco Franette (1610) Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc6 dc6 5.d3 Bd6 6.0-0 h6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be3 Nf6 10.a3 0-0 11.Rb1 Qe7 12.b4 Nh7 13.Na4 b6 14.c4 Qf6 15.c5 b5 16.Nc3 Be7 17.Re1 Ng5 18.Bg5 hg5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Kg2 Kh7 21.Rh1 Rh8 22.Rh2 Kg8 23.Qd2 Qf4 24.Qf4 ef4 25.Ne5 Bf6 26.Ng6 fg6 27.Rb3 Kf7 28.f3 Rad8 29.Ne2 Rd7 30.Rh1 Ra8 31.Rc1 a5 32.Rd1 ab4 33.ab4 Rdd8 34.d4 Ra2 35.Kf1 Rh8 36.e5 Be7 37.Ng1 Ke6 38.Ke1 Kd5 39.Rc3 Rb2 40.Rcd3 Rb4 41.Rdd2 Ra8 42.Ne2 Rh8 43.Ng1 Rd8 44.Ne2 Rb1+ 45.Kf2 Ra8 46.Nc3+ Kc4 47.Nb1 b4 48.Rd1 Ra1 49.Ke2 Kd5 50.Nc3+ Kc4 51.Ra1 bc3 52.Rc1 Kd5 53.Rcc3 Bd8 54.Ra3 Be7 55.Ra7 Bd8 56.Ra8 Be7 57.Re8 Ke7 58.Re7 Ke7 59.Ra3 Ke6 60.Ra8 Kd5 61.Rc8 (1-0)

Its always good to hear from Nova Scotia players who keep in contact even when they move away. [Incidentally, if this awful prospect should befall you we will keep you on the mailing list for the newsletter if you can provide a new address.] Many of you probably read Paul LeBlanc's wonderful note in the Dec. issue of "EnPassant". Paul is now stationed in Toronto. Both he and Wylie Johnson frequent the Parliament Chess Club, a downtown club which meets at the Primrose Hotel, the sight of most major Toronto tournaments. Brian Burgess passed on a bulletin he received from Wylie. In it contained the folowing games from their Club Championship:

Paul LeBlanc (2115) - Miroslav Janes (2073) Dutch Defence
1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 c6 6.0-0 Be7 7.d4 d5 8.Qb3 Nbd7 9.Bf4 0-0 10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 Nd7 12.Rad1 Ne5 13.de Qb6 14.Rd2 Qc7 15.cd ed 16.Bd5+ Kh8 17.Bf3 Qe5 18.Rfd1 g5 19.e3 f4 20.ef gf 21.Re2 Qg7 22.Rde1 fg?? 23.Re7 gf+ 24.Kf2 Rf3+ 25.Kf3 Qg4+ 26.Ke3 Qg5+ 27.Kd4 Qd2+ 28.Kc4 Qf4+ 29.R1e4 Qd6 30.Re8+ Kg7 31.R4e7+ Kh6 32.Ne4 Qf4 33.Qg3 Qf1+ 34.Kc3 Qc1+ 35.Kb3 Qd1+ 36.Ka3 (1-0)

Wylie was a bit unlucky not to get a better result in the following game as he had his opponent on the ropes with the fearsome From:

Jay Bidal (2097) - Wylie Johnson (1635) Bird's Opening, From Gambit
1.f4 e5 2.fe d6 3.ed Bd6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 0-0 6.d3 Re8 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.e4 Nh2! 9.Rh2 Bg3+ 10.Rf2 Bg4 11.Be3 f5! 12.Bg2 Nc6?! 13.Qd2 Qd6?! 14.ef?! (0-0-0 or Nb5 both look better) Bf5 15.Ne2 Bf2+ 16.Bf2 Qe6? 17.Nfd4 Nd4 18.Bd4 Rad8 (Bg4) 19.Bf2 Bg4 20.Be4 Qf6 (Qe4+?! doesn't work) 21.Nc3 a6 22.Be3 b5 23.Bg5 Qd4 24.Qg2 (Qh2 winning) h5 (Bf3!) 25.Bd8 Qe3+ 26.Ne2 Rd8 27.Qf2 Qg5 28.Qf4 Qh4+ 29.Kd2 c5 30.Rf1 Qe7 31.Nc3 c4 32.Nd5 Qe6 33.Qg5 Qd6 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.Ng4 (Qg6) hg 36.Qh4+ Qh6+ 37.Qh6+ gh 38.Rf6 cd 39.cd a5 40.Rh6+ Kg7 41.Rg6+ Kf7 42.Rg4 Rd6 43.Rg5 Rb6 44.Kc3 (1-0) (Notes by Kim Tufts)

I also noticed Peter Arseneau captured the U2000 prize recently at a tournament at Carleton University. Peter, Dave Currie, and Stephen Harris are frequent players on the Free Internet Chess Server as well (FICS). They are: "Nogginhead", "Currie", and "Sgh" respectively.

Chess at The Seahorse

The weekend of Feb 2-4 saw a number of chess players gather down at Cafe Mokka in Halifax. The idea seems to have been hatched by David Kimber and Greg Giffin. Dave Poirier won the event. Beginning April 2nd and every Tuesday night hereafter we're planning to have an informal chess night at The Seahorse. Bring your sets and clocks for blitz or a casual longer game. The idea is to make the game more public.

Kasparov vs DeepBlue

As "En Passant" provides a fairly detailed review of this important match I'll keep my own comments brief. The first round loss was a shock but Kasparov played very badly, realizing his loss, was merely trying to make it look good for the tremendous audience around the world. The second game saw him rebound, displaying a marvelous technical ability while the computer looked like a...well..a computer. The next two games saw Kasparov misplay the 3rd, then DeepBlue outplayed him,I think, in game 4, its only really impressive game. In game 5 Kasparov offered a draw, perhaps as a joke, knowing full well that the computer would not accept any offers so the operators were obliged to refuse and Kasparov won . The final game Kasparov won with ease, making the computer look silly.

Much of the debate centred on whether this was important, either for chess or the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). For chess, yes as a spectacle, a promotional event. For AI I doubt it. Although the computer is undoubtedly very strong it showed little or no evidence of long range strategic planning. Hence the argument that it was "thinking" seems to me especially spurious.

Game 1 Feb 10/96 DeepBlue-GM Kasparov
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.ed Qd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Be3 cd 10.cd Bb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Ne5 Be2 15.Qe2 0-0 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Bg5 Bb6 18.Bf6 gf6 19.Nc4 Rfd8 20.Nb6 ab6 21.Rfd1 f5 22.Qe3 Qf6 23.d5 Rd5 24.Rd5 ed5 25.b3 Kh8 26.Qb6 Rg8 27.Qc5 d4 28.Nd6 f4 29.Nb7 Ne5 30.Qd5 f3 31.g3 Nd3 32.Rc7 Re8 33.Nd6 Re1 34.Kh2 Nf2 35.Nf7 Kg7 36.Ng5 Kh6 37.Rh7 (1-0)

Game 2 Feb 11/96 GM Kasparov-DeepBlue
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.0-0 Nf6 6.c4 dc 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cd4 9.Nac4 Bc5 10.Qb3 0-0 11.Qb7 Rb8 12.Qf3 Nb5 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Nc6 Bc6 15.Qc6 e5 16.Rb1 Rb6 17.Qa4 Qb8 18.Bg5 Be7 19.b4 Bb4 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Qd7 Qd8 22.Qa7 Rb8 23.Qa4 Bc3 24.Rb8 Qb8 25.Be4 Qc7 26.Qa6 Kg7 27.Qd3 Rb8 28.Bh7 Rb2 29.Be4 Ra2 30.h4 Qc8 31.Qf3 Ra1 32.Ra1 Ba1 33.Qh5 Qh8 34.Qg4 Kf8 35.Qc8 Kg7 36.Qg4 Kf8 37.Bd5 Ke7 38.Bc6 Kf8 39.Bd5 Ke7 40.Qf3 Bc3 41.Bc4 Qc8 42.Qd5 Qe6 43.Qb5 Qd7 44.Qc5+ Qd6 45.Qa7+ Qd7 46.Qa8 Qc7 47.Qa3 Qd6 48.Qa2 f5 49.Bf7 e4 50.Bh5 Qf6 51.Qa3+ Kd7 52.Qa7+ Kd8 53.Qb8+ Kd7 54.Be8+ Ke7 55.Bb5 Bd2 56.Qc7 Kf8 57.Bc4 Bc3 58.Kg2 Bc1 59.Kf1 Bc3 60.f4 ef 61.ef Bd2 62.f4 Ke8 63.Qc8+ Ke7 64.Qc5+ Kd8 65.Bd3 Be3 66.Qf5 Qc6 67.Qf8+ Kc7 68.Qe7+ Kb8 69.Bf5+ Kc8 70.Qc8+ Kb7 71.Qd7+ Qd7 72.Bd7 Kc7 73.Bb5 (1-0)

Game 3 Feb 13/96 DeepBlue-GM Kasparov
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.ed5 Qd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Be3 cd4 9.cd4 Bb4 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Ne5 Be2 13.Qe2 Bc3 14.bc3 Ne5 15.Bf4 Nf3 16.Qf3 Qd5 17.Qd3 Rac8 18.Rfc1 Qc4 19.Qc4 Rc4 20.Rcb1 b6 21.Bb8 Ra4 22.Rb4 Ra5 23.Rc4 0-0 24.Bd6 Ra8 25.Rc6 b5 26.Kf1 Ra4 27.Rb1 a6 28.Ke2 h5 29.Kd3 Rd8 30.Be7 Rd7 31.Bf6 gf6 32.Rb3 Kg7 33.Ke3 e5 34.g3 ed+ 35.cd4 Re7+ 36.Kf3 Rd6 37.Rd3 Rad4 38.Rd4 Rd4 39.Ra6 b5 (1/2-1/2)

Game 4 Feb 14/96 GM Kasparov-DeepBlue
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 de 8.Ne4 Ne4 9.Be4 0-0 10.0-0 h6 11.Bc2 e5 12.Re1 ed 13.Qd4 Bc5 14.Qc3 a5 15.a3 Nf6 16.Be3 Be3 17.Re3 Bg4 18.Ne5 Re8 19.Rae1 Be6 20.f4 Qc8 21.h3 b5 22.f5 Bc4 23.Nc4 bc4 24.Re8 Ne8 25.Re4 Nf6 26.Rc4 Nd5 27.Qe5 Qd7 28.Rg4 f6 29.Qd4 Kh7 30.Re4 Rd8 31.Kh1 Qc7 32.Qf2 Qb8 33.Ba4 c5 34.Bb5 c4 35.Rc4 Nb4 36.Bf3 Nd3 37.Qh4 Qb2 38.Qg3 Qa3 39.Rc7 Qf8 40.Ra7 Ne5 41.Ra5 Qf7 42.Re5 fe5 43.Qe5 Re8 44.Qf4 Qf6 45.Bh5 Rf8 46.Bg6+ Kh8 47.Qc7 Qd4 48.Kh2 Ra8 49.Bh5 Qf6 50.Bg6 Rg8 (1/2-1/2)

Game 5 Feb 16/96 DeepBlue-GM Kasparov
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 ed 5.Nd4 Bb4 6.Nc6 bc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.ed cd 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.Rae1 Re8 13.Ne2 h6 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Nd4 Bg4 16.Qg3 Bf4 17.Qf4 Qb6 18.c4 Bd7 19.cd cd 20.Re8 Re8 21.Qd2 Ne4 22.Be4 de4 23.b3 Rd8 24.b3 Rd8 25.Qc3 f5! 26.Rd1 Be6! 27.Qe3 Bf7 28.Qc3 f4 29.Rd2 Qf6 30.g3 Rd5! 31.a3 Kh7 32.Kg2 Qe5 33.f3 e3 34.Rd3 e2! 35.gf3 e1(Q) 36.fe5 Qc3 37.Rc3 Rd4 38.b4 Bc4 39.Kf2 g5 40.Re3 Be6 41.Rc3 Bc4 42.Re3 Rd2+ 43.Ke1 Rd3 44.Kf2 Kg6 45.Rd3 Bd3 46.Ke3 Bc2 47.Kd4 Kf5 48.Kd5 (0-1)

Game 6 Feb 17/96 GM Kasparov-DeepBlue
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.e3 c5 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 cd4 8.ed4 Be7 9.Rc1 0-0 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.0-0 Nh5 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Bb1 Bd6 14.g3 Ng6 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Nd7 Qd7 17.Nf3 Bb4 18.Re3 Rd8 19.h4 Ne7 20.a3 Ba5 21.b4 Bc7 22.c5 Re8 23.Qd3 g6 24.Re2 Nf5 25.Bc3 h5 26.b5 Nce7 27.Bd2 Kg7 28.a4 Ra8? 29.a5 a6 30.b6 Bb8 31.Bc2 Nc6 32.Ba4 Re7 33.Bc3 Ne5 34.de5 Qa4 35.Nd4 Nd4 36.Qd4 Qd7 37.Bd2 Re8 38.Bg5 Rc8 39.Bf6+ Kh7 40.c6! bc 41.Qc5 Kh6 42.Rb2 Qb7 43.Rb4 (1-0)

23rd Bluenose Championship

Rob Villeneuve captured his second NS chess event. Ed Urquhart placed second The top U1900 player was Alvah Mayo. The U1700 section was really up for grabs as two players with ratings below 1500 tied for 1st! Christian Rose and Alex Fraser both scored 4.5. There was a very fine turnout of 50 players for this years event, my only complaint the relative absence of expert rated players. Of particular note was Allan Googoo's upset win over Jim Mathers. Murray Copage also had a fine tournament.

Bluenose Chess Club Championship		March 1-3, Dalhousie University	
Open Section		Rating	Perf	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Total
  1.Rob Villeneuve	2189	2224	+5	+4	=2	+3	+11	4.5
  2.Ed Urquhart		2135	2211	+11	+7	=1	+10	=3	4
  3.Alvah Mayo		1878	2107	+18	+8	+14	-1	=2	3.5
  4.David Kenney		1874	1930	+13	-1	=11	+15	=5	3
  5.Fred Phillips		1820	1986	-1	+13	=7	+14	=4	3
  6.Harold Uuetoa	1668	1947	=17	-10	+18	=7	+12	3
  7.Brad Armstrong	1868	1813	+9	-2	=5	=6	=8	2.5
  8.Allan Googoo		1762	1904	+10	-3	=17	=11	=7	2.5
  9.Gary Phillips		1680	1767	-7	=0	=12	=13	+15	2.5
10.Jim Mathers		2107	1827	-8	+6	+15	-2	-0	2
11.Jim Brennan		1813	1858	-2	+18	=4	=8	-1	2
12.Eric Bertrand (NB)	1772	1702	=0	-14	=9	+17	-6	2
13.Gilbert Bernard	1685	1702	-4	-5	=16	=9	+17	2
14.Ashish Gulati (PEI)	1920	1723	=15	+12	-3	-5	-0	2
15.Joe Clair		1742	1727	=14	+17	-10	-4	-9	1.5
16.Kim Tufts		1683	1908	-0	-0	=13	+18	-0	1.5
17.Jim Hayward		1854	1505	=6	-15	=8	-7	-13	1
18.Albert Ede		1732	1360	-3	-11	-6	-16	+0	1

U1700 Section		Rating	Perf	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Total
  1.Christian Rose		1474	1954	+4	+20	+10	=0	+6	4.5
  2.Alex Fraser		1441	1967	+9	=0	+17	+10	+7	4.5
  3.John Klapstein		1607	1635	-6	+26	+21	+18	+8	4
  4.Bill Pettipas		1662	1643	-1	=19	+28	+24	+14	3.5
  5.Cedric Davies		1606	1542	-18	+29	+23	=12	+17	3.5
  6.Murray Copage	1350	1740	+3	+15	+12	=8	-1	3.5
  7.David Gates		1512	1656	=19	+27	+11	+13	-2	3.5
  8.George Hensel	1683	1571	+28	+14	+13	=6	-3	3
  9.Beorge Beals		1620	1504	-2	+29	+16	-14	+21	3
10.David Poirier		1617	1512	+21	+16	-1	-2	+22	3
11.Greg Giffen		1600	1540	+22	=17	-7	=0	+24	3
12.Ed McKearney	1563	1488	+30	+18	-6	=5	=13	3
13.Ken Cashin		1556	1608	+26	+32	=8	-7	=12	3
14.Pat Diggins		1543	1613	+31	-8	+19	+9	-4	3
15.Mark Ziubinski	1577	1316	+29	-6	-24	+31	=18	2.5
16.Ross Young		1524	1487	+24	-10	-9	+26	=19	2.5
17.Jonathan Bjornson	1520	1407	+33	=11	-2	+27	-5	2.5
18.David Kimber		1328	1588	+5	-12	+20	-3	=15	2.5
19.John Cordes		unr	1566	=7	=4	-14	+20	=16	2.5
20.Brad Poulette		1587	1317	+23	-1	-18	-19	+27	2
21.Steve Toth		1412	1410	-10	+22	-3	+25	-9	2
22.Jason Kenney		1308	1345	-11	-21	+29	+23	-10	2
23.Stephen Marche	unr	1360	-20	+25	-5	-22	+28	2
24.Tim Hennigar		unr	1392	-16	+33	+15	-4	-11	2
25.Ed Honneyman	unr	1261	-32	-23	+30	-21	+29	2
26.Andy Van Slyke	unr	1180	-13	-3	+33	-16	=0	1.5
27.Jacques Bertrand	1382	1224	=0	-7	+31	-17	-20	1.5
28.Mike Conley		1511	1167	-8	-31	-4	+30	-23	1
29.Ernest Dingle	unr	1121	-15	-9	-22	+33	-25	1
30.Bill McGee		unr	1134	-12	-5	-25	-28	+33	1
31.Noreen Peel		unr	1236	-14	+28	-27	-15	-0	1
32.Kim Tufts		1683	1410	+25	-13	-0	-0	-0	1
33.Stephen Duncan  	unr	  905	-17	-24	-26	-29	-31	0

Bluenose Sectional Event

The Bluenose Club ran a 5 section double RR event throughout January and February. Full tournament length CFC rated games (30/90 , SD 1) were played. The event proved quite popular so we will be doing a similar one in the summer. The winners in each section were: (A) Rob Villeneuve ; (B1) Gary Phillips ; (B2) Christian Rose; (C) Tim Hennigar; (K) Matthew Furrow.

A Section						C Section
Rob Villeneuve		2189	3/4			Tim Hennigar		unr	5.5/6
Alvah Mayo		1878	2.5			John Cordes		unr	4.5
Jim Brennan		1813	0.5			Steve Toth		1412	2
							Al Rybcyn		unr	0
B1 Section
Gary Phillips		1674	4/6			K Section
Cedric Davies		1606	3.5			Matthew Furrow	1543	6
Kim Tufts		1683	3			Jason Kenney		1308	3
Dave Poirier		1617	1.5			Donovan Westhaver	1345	3
							Ian Mahar		1067	0
B2 Section
Christian Rose		1474	4/6
John Klapstein		1607	3
Mark Ziubinski	1577	3
Ken Cashin		1556	2

Villeneuve,R (2189) - Mayo,A (1878) Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.d4 cd4 5.Nd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.f3 Nf6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.0-0-0 Rfc8 13.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bc4 Rc4 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.h5 Rac8 17.hg6 hg6? (fg6) 18.Bh6 Bh8 19.Bf8! Rf8 20.Rh8! Kh8 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Nd5! Nd5 23.Rh1 Nf6 24.Qh8#

Mayo, A (1878) - Villeneuve,R (2189) French Winawer
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bc3 6.bc3 b6 7.Nf3 Ba6 8.Bd2 Ne7 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.cd3 c5 11.0-0 Nbc6 12.dc5 bc5 13.d4 c4 14.Qc2 Na5 15.Bc1 0-0 16.Ng5 Ng6 17.f4 h6 18.Nh3 f5 19.ef6ep Rf6 20.Be3 Ne7 21.Rae1 Rb8 22.g4 Rb3 23.g5 Rg6 24.Bc1 Nf5 25.Nf2 Qa4 26.Ng4 Nc6 27.Re6! Re6 28.Qf5 Rd6 29.gh6 Ne7 30.h7+ Kh8 31.Qf8+ Kh7 32.Qe7 Rg6 33.Qh4+ Kg8 34.f5 Rd6 35.f6 (1-0)

Brennan,J (1813) - Mayo,A (1878) Modern
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6!? (d5) 5.e4 0-0 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Bc4 e5 8.de5 Ne5 9.Ne5 de5 10.Qb3 c6 11.a4 Qc7 12.0-0 Re8 13.Rad1 Be6 14.f3 h6 15.Be3 Nh5?! (b6=) 16.Rf2! Nf4 17.Be6 Re6(Ne6?!) 18.Nc4 b6 19.Rfd2 Qe7 20.g3 Nh3+ 21.Kg2 Ng5 22.h4! Nh7 23.Rd7 Qf6? 24.Rd3 (f4!) Bf8 25.Qd1 (f4 was still good) g5!? 26.Nd6 Bd6 27.R3d6 gh4 28.Re6 fe6 (=) 29.f4?? Qg6 30.Qf3 Rf8 (Nf6 was also good) 31.g4? (Kh2) h5 (ok, but ef4 was winning, eg Bf4?? e5; Bd4 Ng5, etc) 32.f5 ef5 33.ef5 Qg4+ (33....hg4? 34.fg6 gf3+ is a draw) 34.Qg4+ hg4 35.Ra7 Rf5 36.Bb6 h3+ 37.Kh2 Ng5 38.Rd7 Nf3? (Rf3 winning. Now a draw is justified as g3 is impossible.) 39.Kg3 h2 40.Rd1 Rf4 41.a5 Ra4 42.Rh1 Kf7 43.b4 Ke6 44.Kg4 e4 45.Kf4 Kd5 46.Bc5 Ra2 47.c4+ Kc4 48.Ke4 Nd2+ 49.Kf4 Nb3 50.Bd6 Kd5 51.Be7 Rc2 52.Kg3 Nd4 53.Bc5 Nb3 54.Be7 Nd4 55.Bc5 Ne6 56.Be7 Nd4 57.Bc5 (1/2-1/2, by repetition)

Cordes, J (unr) - Hennigar,T (unr) Pirc
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 0-0 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 b5 8.Bb3 Nbd7 9.a3 Nb6 10.Bh6 Ne8 11.Bg7 Ng7 12.Qh6 Nd7 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.e5? (h4!) Nf5 15.Qh3 Nd4 16.Bf7+ Rf7 17.Nf7 Bh3 18.Nd8 Nc2+ 19.Kd2 Na1 (An interesting position. Black has 3 pieces enprise, though white is down a bishop and a pawn.) 20.Nc6? (gh3 with a probable draw.) Bg2 21.Ne7+ Kf7 22.Ra1 de5 23.Ng6 hg6 24.Nb5 Rd8+ 25.Nc3 Ne4+ 26.Kb4 a6 27.Nc7 Rd2 28.b3 Nf2 29.Na6 e4 30.Kc3 e3 31.Re1 Nd1+? [31...Ne4+ 32.Ke4 e2 33.Nb4 Bf3 34.Nd3 Kf6 35.Nc1 Rd1 36.Ne2 Re1 wins] 32.Kc4 Bd5+ 33.Kb4 e2? [33...Rd3 34.Nc5 Rd4+ 35.Kb5 Bf3 wins] 34.Nc5 Nb2 35.Kc3 Rd1 36.Re2 Rc1+ 37.Rc2 Nd1+ 38.Kd2 Rc2+ 39.Kc2 Nf2 40.b4 Ne4 41.Nb3 Ng5 42.b5 Nf3 43.b6 Nh2 44.Nc5 g5 45.b7 Bb7 46.Nb7 g4 47.Kd3 g3 48.Ke2 Ng4 49.Kf3 Ke7 50.a4 g2 51.Kg2 Ne3+ 52.Kf3 Nc4 53.Ke4 Nd6+ 54.Nd6 Kd6 55.Kd4 Kc6 (1/2-1/2) Notes by J.Cordes

Dartmouth Library Children's Chess Tournament

Roy Yetman organized a very successful children's chess tournament on March 9th. Over 50 children participated. I was pleasantly surprised at the turnout and commend Roy for his efforts. We're always looking for interested volunteers, parents, or school officials to help organize kids events. Nova Scotia and our school system in particular lags behind other provinces, really rather negligent I think.

	 The winners were:	Advanced Section	Donovan Westhaver, Dartmouth
				Novice Section		Jay Potter, Dartmouth

Internet Chess

Chess on the Internet is huge. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of sites to choose from: chess servers via telnet; homepages for business and personal use on the web; on-line magazines; ftp sites for games, books, pictures, equipment; daily chess news from all major tournaments around the world, etc etc. Its also possible to "watch" the moves being played as in the Kasparov-DeepBlue match when thousands kept track of the moves around the world in real time.

Of the many servers around the world--perhaps a hundred or more--there are two main ones:

Note: For the links above to work your browser must be configured to find the directory and executable file of a telnet software program on your machine!

FICS is free. ICC is the Internet Chess Club and costs $50/yr to register ($25 for students). Basically, both allow you to play chess with other players around the world almost instantaneously. After downloading some connection software (free) you can play just as would on your home computer. Its quite easy. If you want more information on this you can email me or other players.

Our homepage continues to swell and improve. Online now for two months we've had over 400 hits to the site. And I and Steve Saunders have both received email from some players around the world asking us various questions. Most of the credit goes to Steve on this one as it was his initaitive which brought it about. Our site is on the Chebucto Freenet at Dalhousie :

http://chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/NSChess/nschess.html

We're now linked to both the CFC homepage and the new Chess-n-Math Homepage. They are at:

I'd like to take to take this opportunity to thank the Chebucto Community Network (http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/) in Halifax for kindly hosting the Nova Scotia Chess WWW pages. Its a free community service, but they are looking for our support. You can show your support by getting an inexpensive but limited connection to the internet ($12/yr). To do this call 494-8006 with a modem (emulate at VT-100 terminal with your computer--this should be automatic but check if you have problems) or call 494-2449 voice. They don't provide graphic capability, but you do get an email account and thus could send mail around the world very cheaply. Or even play email chess!

I'd also like to personally thank Steve Saunders for his work on our web page and his continued maintenance of it.

I would also like to get more email addresses from players in Nova Scotia. The ones I do have:


Kim Tufts  		nstn1286@fox.nstn.ca		
Steve Saunders		ssaunder@fox.nstn.ca
Ed Urquhart		e_urquha@tuna.stmarys.ca
Alvah Mayo		a_mayo@tuna.stmarys.ca
Manvinder Singh		m_singh@bass.stmarys.ca
Gary Phillips		nstn4250@fox.nstn.ca
Jim Brennan		jbrennan@fox.nstn.ca
Christian Rose		butthead@mail.atcon.com
John Klapstein		jklapste@is.dal.ca
Alex Fraser		jafraser@is.dal.ca
Jonathan Bjornson	x94avh@juliet.stfx.ca
John Cordes		john@JCordes.Phys.Dal.Ca
Dave Poirier		ac911@chebucto.ns.ca
Dave Braten		an526@chebucto.ns.ca
Arthur Grant		nstn4167@fox.nstn.ca
John Paterson		jgpaters@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca

Others:


Troy Vail		info@chesscanada.org			CFC info
Brad Thomson		sales@chesscanada.org			CFC sales
Larry Bevand		bevand@odyssee.net			Chess-n-Math
Lillian Beltaos		lillian.beltaos@msvu.ca			Mount St Vincent
Jonathan Berry		jberry@bbssd68.nanaimo.bc.ca		CFC Governor
Fred McKim		e89z@UnbSJ.CA/fam@unbsj.ca		New Brunswick
Ken Duff		duff@nbnet.ca				New Brunswick

Provincial Chess Challenge

Nova Scotia's Scholastic Chess Championship was played Saturday April 6th at Carrefour du Grand Havre in Dartmouth. A total of eighty-nine (89) kids took part. I'd like to thank all the parents and volunteers who helped, and especially Louise Poulin whose school hosted the event. I expect next year to focus solely on childrens events so this was of particular personal interest as well. The twelve grade winners were:

Grade 1		David McDonald	Colby Village Elem.	(Dartmouth)
Grade 2		Joel Morin		Carrefour		(Dartmouth)
Grade 3		Kirk Sutherland		Carrefour		(Dartmouth)
Grade 4		Andrew Seymour	New Minas Elem.	(New Minas)
Grade 5		Ian Mahar		Sir Charles Tupper	(Halifax)
Grade 6		Jordan Fleury		St Andrews Cons.	(Antigonish)
Grade 7		Tyler Reddy		Prince Arthur		(Dartmouth)
Grade 8		Donovan Westhaver	Carrefour		(Dartmouth)
Grade 9		Matthew Furrow		Halifax Grammar		(Halifax)
Grade 10	Mike Conley		Hants East Rural	(Shubenacadie)
Grade 11	Cedric Davies		Queen Elizabeth		(Halifax)
Grade 12	Charles Verge		CEC			(Truro)

Tournaments

New Brunswick Open May 31-June 2 Bathurst,NB

N.B.C.C. (cafeteria), Younghill Dr 5 Rd SS Rds 7/9, 6/9,3:30 TC 40/2, SD 1 EF $25 Reg: Fri 5:6:30 pm $$Ben Con: Leo Legacy, (506) 783-3121 (Con Kim Tufts at 423-9274 if interested)

North Bay Open August 7-11 North Bay, ONT

Open 9 Rd Swiss, other sections 8 Rd Swiss Ef $80 (see En Passant for full details. Canada's best tournament! Contact Kim Tufts at 423-9274 for NS players travelling to North Bay)

For the more fanatical, the World Open is being held July 1-7 (most sections) in Philadelphia, while the Canadian Open runs from July 13-21 in Calgary.

Alvah Mayo recently returned from the New York Open. Alvah, by quirk of fate, found himself in the U2200 (Expert) section rather than the Class "A" section he'd intended to play in. He did score 3.5/7 however and complained of not winning games that were drawn, scoring a Petrosian-like +1=5-1.

EnPassant new issue

The new magazine format and size of "En Passant" is a very welcome and long overdue change. The greater costs for producing and mailing this magazine seemed to have been the stumbling block for change, a rather misguided amd reactionary view in my opinion, but the CFC functions rather precariously on a small budget. In recent years "En Passant" has undergone many changes, modernizing the look and content of the magazine. I can only think that this will help attract people to organized chess. I've noticed too that some magazine stores are now retailing "En Passant" such as Atlantic News on Queen St in Halifax. My only complaint with the new isssue was the rather unappealing cover.

If you have tournament announcements, chess club news or chess information that you would like to see posted in this newsletter or on our web page send it to Kim Tufts (nstn1286@fox.nstn.ca) and/or Steve Saunders (ssaunder@ fox.nstn.ns.ca). If you're not online, use Steve's snail mail address:

Steve Saunders
RR1
Blockhouse, NS
B0J 1E0
(902) 624-9361

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