Nova Scotia Chess News

August 95

Written and compiled by Kim Tufts

The previous newsletter was very well received and we hope to continue to send them out on a regular basis. Unfortunately the cost is prohibitive for us to send to all players each time. Therefore players who are deemed active are much more likely to receive the newsletter than those players who do not take part in tournaments. If you are one of the latter but would like to have the newsletter mailed to you please contact me or other contacts in the Bluenose Club.

New Brunswick-Nova Scotia Match May 27-28 Moncton, NB

New Brunswick                   Nova Scotia
1. Joe Horton         2363      1. Ed Uquhart       2148 
2. Jonathan MacDonald 2157      2. Jim Mathers      2105
3. Anthony Howarth    2175      3. Paul LeBlanc          2067
4. Fred McKim         2066      4. Gerald Lomond    2023           
       Ave. 2190                     2086

Round 1                         Round 2
Horton - Lomond        1-0      Horton - LeBlanc         0-1
MacDonald - LeBlanc    0-1      MacDonald - Lomond  1-0
Howarth - Mathers     .5-.5          Howarth - Urquhart  0-1  
McKim - Urquhart  1-0      McKim - Mathers          .5-.5
            2.5-1.5                       1.5-2.5

Round 3                         Round 4                  Final
Score
Horton - Mathers      1-0       Horton - Urquhart        1-0  NB  8.5      NS  7.5     
MacDonald - Urquhart  .5-.5          MacDonald - Mathers .5-.5
Howarth - Lomond 0-1       Howarth - LeBlanc   0-1
McKim - LeBlanc       1-0       McKim - Lomond      .5-.5
            2.5-1.5                       2-2

A commendable result for Nova Scotia, especially considering the rating difference. Paul LeBlanc in particular gained about 80 rating points.

G7 Chess

During the G7 circus events of some importance were actually taking place. One such event was the Global Interactive Chess Tournament. The idea was to have one man and one woman representing each of the member G7 countries and Russia play as a team in an elimination tournament via the Internet. Largely inspired by Lillian Beltaos at Mount Saint Vincent, FIDE was attracted to the idea and contacted the various countries for representatives. After a lot of last minute planning all countries were able to join. The opening ceremony was attended by various officials from Mount Saint Vincent, FIDE's Casto Abundo and Jim Enman representing the CFC. In the draw for 1st round pairing Canada drew Russia and everyone groaned... The next morning, after numerous foul-ups, play began. The idea to relay the games from Bedford to downtown Halifax didn't work too well and so by the time we began seeing games Manon Leger already had a lost position against Russia in the women's game. Deen Hergott didn't fare too well either against Simagin, a last minute fill-in for Bareev, and that was that for Canada. The time control used was 25 minutes with a 10 second increment to compensate for lag. This proved to be ineffective against some very poor connections, especially in Japan, so some games had to be restarted. France and Germany almost started an international incident as accusations and counter accusations flew back and forth. After much wrangling Germany won when Lutz drew with Lautier. England lost to the US when IM Mortavazi (a last minute replacement for GM Daniel King) seemed to miscalculate a very good sacrifice against Gennady Sagalchik.

The semi-finals were relatively easy for both Russia and Germany so the final was much anticipated. Svetlana Matveeva won handily against Anke Koglin of Germany. Bareev, needing only a draw, played passively against Christopher Lutz who attacked brilliantly with Black. Lutz was winning but ran into killer lag and eventually flagged in a winning position. Protests were filed but to no avail as the rules stated that lag couldn't be used as an excuse for flagging. Still, an anti-climax to be sure.

Ed Urquhart helped out with commentary during the three day event. Kim Tufts got drafted to do some impromtu technical service as well. Media coverage was good if totally superficial as both ATV and CBC sent reporters to cover the story. (A new opening: the Colleen 1.e4 e5 2.g4 ). Many thanks to all who brought the event about and perhaps next year we'll see more games.

Dalhousie Summer Open

The Open drew only 31 players and no players over 1900 which I initially found disappointing. As the tournament wore on though these special circumstances made for some very competitive chess and an enjoyable tournament.

Alvah Mayo, Jim Brennan and newcomer Nedzad Brkic tied for first at 4/5. Jonathan Bjornson had 4.5 for first and Bill Pettipas had 4 in the U1500 section. Jonathan also won the draw prize in the U1500. Jim Enman won the prize in the Open.

Dalhousie Summer Open June 23-25

Open             Rating    Perf 1    2    3    4    5    Total
 1. Gary Phillips          1832 1570 -10  +12  -17  -16  +7   2
 2. Alvah Mayo        1828 2024 +11  +10  =5   +9   =8   4
 3. Manvinder Singh        1815 1748 -13  +15  -11  +7   =0   2.5
 4. Werner DeJong          1813 1715 +14  =13  -9   =0   +17  3
 5. Fred Phillips          1805 1746 +15  +16  =2   -8   -11  2.5
 6. John Paterson          1792 1650 -16  -11  =15  +18  +12  2.5
 7. Albert Ede        1767 1337 -17  -18  +19  -3   -1   1
 8. Jim Brennan       1733 1902 +18  =17  +13  +5   =2   4
 9. Yadviga Gawetski       1730 1743 +19  =0   +4   -2   =14  3
10. George Beals      1670 1780 +1   -2   =14  +12  =16  3
11. Nedzad Brkic      unr  1983 -2   +6   +3   +17  +5   4
12. Mike Earle        1649 1582 =0   -1   +18  -10f -6   1.5
13. Ed McKearney      1642 1633 +3   =4   -8   -14  =15  2 
14. Jim Enman         1602 1717 -4   +19  =10  +13  =9   3
15. Harold Uuetoa          1600 1596 -5   -3   =6   +19  =13  2
16. Kim Tufts         1585 1875 +6   -5   =0   +1   =10  3
17. Gilbert Bernard        1478 1825 +7   =8   +1   -11  -4   2.5
18. Pat  Diggins      1433 1574 -8   +7   -12  -6   +19  2
19. David Kimber      1328 1226 -9   -14  -7   -15f -18  0

U1500 Section
 1. David Poirier          1466 1493 +7   -9   +10  =6   +3   3.5
 2. Christian Rose         1449 1296 +8   -10  =7   -11  -5   1.5
 3. Phil Boyle        1436 1197 -9   -7   +12  +8   -1   2
 4. Donald Goudge          1423 1154 -10  -8   -11  +12  +7   2
 5. Ken Cashin        1388 1369 -11  +12  +8   -9   +2   3
 6. Bill Pettipas          1368 1536 +12  +5   =9   =1   +10  4
 7. Murray Copage          1350 1270 -1   +3   =2   -10  -4   1.5
 8. Alexei Abrahams        1320 1266 -2   +4   -5   -3   +12  2
 9. Jonathan Bjornson 1265 1649 +3   +1   =6   +5   +11  4.5
10. Cedric Davies          unr  1508 +4   +2   -1   +7   -6   3
11. Daniel Haran      unr  1459 +5   -6   +4   +2   -9   3
12. David Bleakney         unr   987 -6   -5   -3   -4   -8   0

Chess Tournaments

North Bay International Aug 3-6, 8 Rd Swiss --- There are at least 6 NS players driving up, perhaps more. If you're interested contact Kim Tufts at 425-8551.

Pictou County Chess Championship Sept. 2-4 , 5 Rd Swiss Westville, NS (outside New Glasgow) Contact Alvah Mayo at 396-4669 for further details.

The next Halifax tournament after the NS Open July 28-30 will probably be either Thanksgiving or Remembrance Day weekend.

Haddon Hall

A few of us recently travelled to Chester on Sunday July 9th to take part in the Haddon Hall Inn Chess Tournament. While the event was an informal one of quick chess the playing site was anything but. The games were played in a restored Victorian summer home with a rather spectacular view of Chester Basin. Some games were played in a private dining salon, others were played in a den appropriately called the "Moose Room", as two large Moose heads eyed the proceedings. The championship game was played outside on a 12 foot board with chainsaw carved wooden pieces. Antoni Wysocki vanquished the other players who provided no serious opposition. Antoni then parlayed his winnings into treating his fellows to some gorgeous entrees of shrimp, scallops and pates de fois gras, capping the meal with a rich dark chocolate cheesecake and raspberry sauce. Many thanks to Cynthia O'Connell of Haddon Hall for organizing the event and also Mr Wysocki for his magnanimous gesture. There may be another such event later in the year.

Clocks --- The Bluenose Club's new policy on lending clocks during tournaments is to lend them to the novice section first, with the commonsensical idea that players in the higher sections should already have acquired a clock for personal use. It's a bit like always going to play baseball without a glove. Buy a clock and stop being annoying.

Children's Chess --- Roy Yetman has been running a chess program for kids at the Dartmouth library on Saturday afternoons since May 20. A surprising number continue to show up. Expect to see more children play in the CFC tournaments. Contact Roy Yetman at 464-9888 for more details.

Magazines --- The Daily Grind has begun to stock "Inside Chess" and perhaps "New in Chess" after months of indifference. The costs for all magazines are outrageous ( nearly $6 for sleepy old "Chess Life") but sometimes you break down...

Rating Lists --- The CFC now makes available to all TD's rating lists available by fax. I've tried it and it actually works. A very good idea.

Advertising --- I'd previously mentioned our intention to put the Bluenose Club on the Chebucto freenet, and by association, to the CFC homepage of the World Wide Web of the Internet. This should be on line by September.

--- Other ideas include a regular column in the Dalhousie Gazette and more community announcements on CKDU.

--- St Mary's will likely be starting a chess club this fall.

--- We intend to increase our CFC membership by 50% in the next 12 months.

More computer news next issue and a few surprises for the fall.

Games

Alvah Mayo (1743) - Michael Fleishman (1821) Ontario Open, Rd 1 5-22-95

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 Na5 8.c3 Nb3 9.ab c5 10.d3 Bb7 11.Be3 Be7 12.Nbd2 0-0 13.Nf1 c4 14.Ng3 Qc7 15.Qd2 Ng4 16.Nf5 Ne3 17.Qe3 Bf6?! 18.b4 Rad8 19.d4 Rfe8 20.d5 Bc8 21.N3h4 h6 22.h3 Bg5 23.Qg3 g6 24.Ne3 Qe7 25.Nf3 Bf4 26.Qh4 g5? 27.Qh5 Be3 28.Re3 Kh7 29.Nh2 Rg8 30.Rf3 Rf8 31.Ng4 Rg6 32.Ne3 f6 33.Nf5 Qc7 34.h4 Rfg8?! 35.hg fg 36.Nxh6! Rxh6 37.Rf7+ Rg7 38.Rc7 Rh5 39.Rc8 Rg6 40.Ra6 Rgh6 41.Rc7+ Kg6 42.Rd6# 1-0

GM Evgeny Bareev (2660) - GM Christopher Lutz (2580) G7 Virtual Chess Championship 6-16-95

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Rb1 Nf6 6.d3 0-0 7.b4?! d6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.e3 Bg7 11.Nge2 f5 12.Nd5? Nb8! 13.b5 c6! 14.bc6 bc6 15.Ndc3 f4! 16.Be4? fe3 17.fe3 Be6 18.Qb3 Nd7 19.Bc6 Nc5 20.Qc2 Rc8 21.Bg2 e4 22.Ne4 Ne4 23.Be4 d5! 24.Bg2 dc4 25.d4 Bf5 26.e4 Bg4 27.Rf1 Qa5 28.Qd2 Rf1 29.Bf1 c3 30.Qc2 Bd7 (At this point Black's flag falls due to Internet lag. A masterful display by Lutz though the game was drawn by Bareev's offer and the rules of the event.) 1/2-1/2

Yadviga Gawetski (1730) - Werner DeJong (1813) Dalhousie Summer Open, Rd 3 6-25-95

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.Bd3?! (This line has had a bad reputation since McCutcheon beat Steinitz in 1885!) ... h6 6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Nf3 0-0 8.e5 Bc3+ 9.bc3 Qe7 10.0-0 c5 11.Ne1 c4 12.Be2 b5 (b6) 13.f4 b4? 14.Bh5!? bc3 15.Rf3 Qh4 16.g4!! g6 17.Ng2 Qd8 18.Rg3 gh5 19.g5! Qd7 (Nc6) 20.Qh5 Kh7? 21.Nh4 (g6) Rh8 22.g6+ (Resigns, as mate follows soon after 23.gf Kg8 24.Ng6+ Kf7 25.Nh8+ , etc) 1-0

Send your notices, information, etc or anything you'd like to see published in this newsletter to Kim Tufts, 6312 Chebucto Rd, Halifax, NS B3L 1K8. I'd especially like to see more games being sent in.

To leave a comment to the person who maintains this file, send email to nschess@chebucto.ns.ca