Nova Scotia Chess News

Nova Scotia Chess Association

The Nova Scotia Chess Association Annual General Meeting was held at 4:48 p.m. Sunday, May 23, in Howe Hall of Dalhousie University, Halifax at the Nova Scotia Open Chess Tournament. Twenty-nine members of the association were present and signed a list (see below). Steve Saunders chaired the meeting.

Steve Saunders explained that, as printed in the January 1999 Nova Scotia Chess Newsletter, the Directors had agreed that the Nova Scotia Chess Association Annual General Meeting be held in conjunction with the Nova Scotia Open Chess Tournament. He also explained that this approach is consistent the terms of the incorporation papers for the Association with the Province of Nova Scotia. These papers turned up at the 1998 Labour Day Open in Halifax.

Brian Burgess motioned that we accept the minutes of the last meeting on November 13, 1998 as printed in the Nova Scotia Chess Newsletter. Seconded by Bruce Fleury and passed unanimously.

Steve Saunders made the following financial report prepared by David Kenney available to the members for their review.

"The following financial statement has been prepared for the period September 1, 1998 to May 18, 1999 and is based partly on info provided by Gordon Giacomin who looked after the books until about January 15, 1999. I understand the fiscal year for the Association runs from September 1 to August 31, so the following statement is for a partial year. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please write."

NOVA SCOTIA CHESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 
SEPT. 1, 1998 TO MAY 18, 1999

Cash, Opening Balance at Sept. 1, 1998	$834.62

Receipts:
Three Payments from the CFC for 
Provincial Dues		$501.50
Donation Received	25.00
Interest Earned on Bank Account	0.16
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	526.66

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	$1,361.28
Disbursements:
Cost of Newsletter #13	$127.47
Cost of Newsletter #14	123.85
Tyler Reddy  (Atlantic Junior)	50.00
Jason Kenney  (Atlantic Junior)	50.00
Bank Charges	0.60
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	351.92
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Cash, Ending Balance at May 18, 1999	$1,009.36

Lloyd Lombard motioned that we accept the financial report and Rob Villeneuve seconded the motion. It passed unanimously. (Minutes continued on page #2)

Inside This Issue 2 Bluenose Chess Club Championship
4 Novs Scotia Youth Chess Champ
5 Eastern Kings Chess Club Champ.
6 Top "50" List / Chess Problems
7 Lunnenburg County Open
7 Nova Scotia Closed
10 Canadian Schoolastic National Champ.
10 Nova Scotia Open
(Minutes continued from page #1) Gilbert Bernard motioned that chess tournament organizers in Nova Scotia should be asked to voluntarily give one dollar for each entrant in their chess tournaments to a special fund managed by the NSCA treasurer. The fund would be used to help send Provincial Champions (overall, by age, grade etc.) to the National Championships. The motion was seconded by Bruce Fleury, and passed unanimously.

A slate of directors for the association was nominated:

David Kenney (Dartmouth), Steve Saunders (Blockhouse, Lunenburg County), Glenn Charlton (Halifax), Alvah Mayo (Westville, Pictou County), Kim Tufts (Halifax), and Allan Googoo (Eskasoni, Cape Breton)

Lloyd Lombard motioned that the nominations be closed and that the six nominees be declared our new directors. Joseph Shea seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

Gilbert Bernard motioned that the meeting be adjourned. Seconded by Albert Ede, passed unanimously. The meeting ended at 5:00 p.m.

Present were Gilbert Bernard, Allen Googoo, Robert Villeneuve, Lloyd Lombard, Brian Burgess, Prem Mahendranathan, James Kempt, George Beals, Michael G. Eldridge, Don Weagle, John MacLean, Stephen LeBlanc, Andrzej Palak, John Klapstein, Darril Spencer, Gary Phillips, Joseph Shea, Yadviga Gawetski, Steve Karis, Joe Shea, Alvah Mayo, Bruce Fleury, Nick Crowley, Lewis Brown, Kevin Priest, Albert Ede, Darren Crowley, Brad Armstrong and Steve Saunders.

1999 Falmouth Invitational

1999 Falmouth Invitational  (Finish Date: 1999/02/04)
No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	Results	Total
1.	Mayo, Alvah	2058	2073	2061	X	X	X	X	0	=	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.5
2.	Eldridge, Michael	1998	2003	1999	1	=	0	0	X	X	X	X	1	1	1	0	4.5
3.	Ede, Albert	1847	1828	1843	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2.0

Report by: Kim Tufts

This year's championship - the 25th played at Dalhousie- was won by Ed Urquhart and Jason Kenney, marking the first time co-winners were declared and also that a father and son had their names engraved on the prestigious Bluenose Cup (Dave in 1979 and 1982). A total of 41 players in two sections (Open and U1700) took part.

The tournament started off interestingly in room 224-226 of the SUB before moving to the Green Room for the weekend. The games in the Open section were surprisingly long with few under four hours duration. In the end the Experts prevailed for the most part with only a couple of draws given. Jason Kenney pulled a rabbit out of his hat to win against Ed Keunecke. Number two seed Rob Villeneuve withdrew after the first round citing schedule conflicts.

Saturday's rounds went about as expected also. The Green Room proved popular. I'd had misgivings about moving there but it's been improved with better lighting and carpeting. We were also given much better tables than our previous foray a few years ago, which helped immensely. Many thanks to the SUB staff and Shelly Brown of their Reservations Department.

Don Weagle won the draw prize, an instructional piece of software called "Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess". Mr Weagle related that he had just won $175 in the Super 7 the night before so I guess he had an abundance of luck that weekend!

The only other mysteries of the day were a sudden ice-storm which made the roads treacherous for the morning round, and made pairings interesting. And in the evening Ed Urquhart took a bye to calm a flu. He'd return on Sunday, much to the consternation of his opponents.

Round 4 would see Ed defeat Alvah Mayo in an interesting kingside attack, the pawns frozen with Ed playing an early g4. An instructive and interesting game. Other noteworthy games were Cosman-Kenney and Gulati-Davies.

The last round would be something of an anticlimax as Ed would grind down Justin in what looked to be an even game, a mistake near the end turning it in Ed's favour. Jason would defeat Alvah in a Dragon pretty handily. The U1700 section was won by Jim Gilks with a perfect 5-0 score. Jim didn't seem to be in any trouble in any of his games although he did have to work to defeat Garrett Keddy, who finished clear second. Other prize winners the top U1900 finishers, Brad Armstrong, Albert Ede and Yadviga Gawetski. Many thanks to all who came out and hope to see you next millenium!

1999 Bluenose Chess Club Championship Open
Open Section

No.	 NAME	Old	Perf	New	R1	R2	r3	R4	R5	Total	Prov
  1.	Urquhart, Ed	2215	2409	2230	W15	W5	D0	W4	W3	4.5	NS
  2.	Kenney, Jason	1992	2285	2086	W17	D3	W5	W16	W4	4.5	NS
  3.	Gulati, Ashish	2061	2172	2083	W10	D2	W7	W6	L1	3.5	PE 
  4.	Mayo, Alvah	2061	2086	2066	W14	W8	W6	L1	L2	3.0	NS
  5.	Kenney, David	2016	2054	2024	W20	L1	L2	W15	W16	3.0	NS
  6.	Davies, Cedric	2028	2013	2025	W22	W9	L4	L3	W10	3.0	NS
  7.	Saunders, Stephen	2011	1976	2005	D13	W18	L3	W9	D8	3.0	NS
  8.	Eldridge, Michael	1999	1952	1990	W12	L4	D10	W13	D7	3.0	NS
  9.	Phillips, Fred	1944	1939	1943	W21	L6	W20	L7	W14	3.0	NS
10.	Armstrong, Brad	1815	1924	1837	L3	W17	D8	W11	L6	2.5	NS
11.	Ede, Albert	1843	1849	1842	L19	W22	D13	L10	W18	2.5	NS
12.	Gawetski, Yadviga	1712	1821	1734	L8	L14	W22	W20	D13	2.5	NS
13.	Poirier, David	1763	1833	1777	D7	D16	D11	L8	D12	2.0	NS
14.	Hayward, James L.W	1796	1802	1797	L4	W12	L16	W21	L9	2.0	NS
15.	Phillips, Gary	1898	1796	1876	L1	L20	W17	L5	W21	2.0	NS
16.	Cosman, Tom	1999	1776	1955	D18	D13	W14	L2	L5	2.0	NS
17.	Keunecke, Ed	1690	1771	1707	L2	L10	L15	W22	W20	2.0	PE
18.	Uuetoa, Harold	1715	1687	1710	D16	L7	D21	D0	L11	1.5	NS
19.	Villeneuve, Robert	2168	2243	2172	W11	L0	L0	L0	L0	1.0	NS
20.	Fleury, Bruce	1765	1612	1735	L5	W15	L9	L12	L17	1.0	NS
21.	Karis, Steve	1694	1538	1670	L9	D0	D18	L14	L15	1.0	NS
22.	Drummond, Carlos	1784	1418	1725	L6	L11	L12	L17	W0	1.0	NS

Under 1700 Section  - 1999 Bluenose Chess Club Championship

No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total	Prov
  1.	Gilks, James	1617	1935	1701	W20	W5	W7	W2	W3	5.0	NS
  2. Keddy, Garrett	1592	1777	1645	W8	W10	W11	L1	W7	4.0	NS
  3. Hynes, John A.	1577	1707	1608	W13	D4	W10	W5	L1	3.5	NS
  4. Cashin, Ken	1599	1683	1621	W18	D3	L5	W9	W8	3.5	NS
  5. Ng, Gary	1686	1557	1634	W14	L1	W4	L3	W11	3.0	NS
  6. Mercer, Jason	1358	1525	1404	L11	W9	W12	L7	W16	3.0	NS
  7. Mahendranathan, P. J.	1535	1493	1531	W19	W13	L1	W6	L2	3.0	NS
  8. Gabriel, Jarrett	      0	1485	1489	L2	W19	W16	W11	L4	3.0	NS
  9. LeBlanc, Stephen	1711	1425	1663	D12	L6	W15	L4	W14	2.5	NS
10. Lombard, Lloyd	1519	1306	1474	W16	L2	L3	D14	W12	 2.5	NS
11. McGrath, Brian	1557	1462	1544	W6	W15	L2	L8	L5	2.0	NS
12. Saunders, Robin	1324	1385	1342	D9	D0	L6	W13	L10	2.0	NS
13. Weagle, Donald	1350	1255	1328	L3	L7	W19	L12	W18	2.0	NS
14. Spencer, David	      0	1236	1244	L5	L16	W18	D10	L9	1.5	NS
15. Beals, George	1583	1205	1530	D0	L11	L9	L18	W19	1.5	NS
16. Livingston, Alex	1000	1144	1086	L10	W14	L8	D19	L6	1.5	NS
17. Karis, Steve	1670	1606	1673	L0	W18	L0	L0	L0	1.0	NS
18. Palak, Andrzej	      0	1202	1206	L4	 L17	L14	W15	L13	1.0	NS
19. Robarts, Curtis	1146	1083	1134	L7	L8	L13	D16	L15	0.5	NS
20. Kaadou, Nassim	1284	1217	1282	L1	L0	L0	L0	L0	0.0	NS

The following are a few of the more interesting games played during the 1999 Bluenose Chess Club Championship.

White "Justin Gulati" Elo "2061"
Black "Ed Urquhart" Elo "2215"
Result "0-1" French Defence

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. b3 Bd7 8. Be2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Ne2 Na7 15. a4 Nc6 16. Rc1 h6 17. Ng3 Kf8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Nc3 Ba3 21. Rb1 Kg7 22. Nb5 Bb4 23. Bd2 Be7 24. Qe1 g5 25. Qe3 f4 26. Qe2 g4 27. Ne1 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxa5 Qe4 30. Qd1 Bf5 31. Rc1 d4 32. Bc7 Bb4 33. Rc4 Bc3 34. f3 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 h5 36. Nc2 Qd3 37. Na3 Qxd1 38. Rxd1 Be6 39. Bd6 Bxc4 40. Nxc4 Rxc4 41. bxc4 Ra8 42. fxg4 hxg4 43. h3 gxh3 44. gxh3 Rxa4 45. c5 f3 46. Kh2 f2 47. Kg2 Ra2 48. Rd3 Re2 49. Kf1 Re3 50. Rxe3 dxe3 51. Ke2 Bd4 0-1
White "Tom Cosman" Elo "1999"
Black "Jason Kenney" Elo "1992"
Result "0-1" Benko Gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. e4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Rb8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Be3 Qb6 17. Bb3 Ne5 18. h3 Qc7 19. f4 c4 20. fxe5 cxb3 21. exd6 exd6 22. Rac1 bxa2 23. Nxa2 Qe7 24. Nc3 Bd7 25. Qd2 Rb3 26. Rc2 Rfb8 27. Bd4 Bxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxb2 29. Rcf2 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Be8 31. Qd4 a5 32. Ra1 Rb4 33. Qd1 Qa7+ 34. Kh1 Qc5 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Qc2 Rc4 37. Qb2 a4 38. Na2 a3 39. Qa1 Rc2 40. Nc3 Rb2 41. Na4 Qf2 42. Rg1 Bxa4 43. Qxa3 Bd7 44. Qxd6 Bxh3 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qg5 f6 0-1

White "Jason Kenney" Elo "1992"
Black "Alvah Mayo" Elo "2060"
Result "1-0" Sicilian Defence

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h5 Nxh5 13. O-O-O Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nde2 Re8 17. e5 Nxg4 18. fxg4 Bxe5 19. Bd4 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxg4 21. Rdg1 h5 22. Nde2 e6 23. Ne4 f5 24. Qh6 fxe4 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Rxg4 1-0

White "Justin Gulati" Elo "2061"
Black "Cedric Davies" Elo "2028"
Result "1-0" Caro-Kann Defence

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. b4 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Re3 Bd7 15. Ne5 Ne7 16. g4 Bc6 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd7 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Rh3 f5 23. Rxh7+ 1-0

White "Saunders, Steve" Elo "2014"
Black "Gulati, Justin" Elo "2061"
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nge2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ng3 f5 13. a3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f4 15. Nf1 Bg4 16. Bg6 Rf8 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. O-O-O Nd7 20. Qd3 Rf6 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 c5 23. Kb1 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Ne5 25. Nd2 Rd6 26. Qa4 Ng4 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Qe2 Ne3 29. Rc1 Rad8 30. Nc4 Qxe4+ 31. Ka2 Rd4 32. Nxe3 fxe3 33. Rhe1 Rd3 34. g3 b5 35. Rc3 Rxc3 36. bxc3 Rd2+ 37. Qxd2 Qc4+ 0-1

White "David Kenney" Elo "2016"
Black "Tom Cosman" Elo "1999"
Result "1-0"

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. b3 Nf8 10. f4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. Be3 a6 14. d5 c5 15. f5 b5 16. g4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Reb8 18. Ng3 Rb4 19. Rc1 N6d7 20. g5 f6 21. h4 Qd8 22. Qh5 Qe8 23. Qg4 Rab8 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rff2 a4 26. Bh3 a3 27. Bc1 Ra4 28. Rg2 Rbb4 29. Nh5 Qf7 30. g6 hxg6 31. fxg6 Qe8 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Qh5 Rxc4 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Be6+ 1-0

Nova Scotia Youth Chess Championship

The winners of the 1999 Provincial Youth Chess Champions for each age category are as follows: Under 18 - Jason Kenney (Dartmouth); Under 14 - Gary Ng (Dartmouth); Under 12 - Robin Thorsen (Truro); and Under 10 - Stefan Behme (Dartmouth). The Nova Scotia Chess Association congratulates all of the new Provincial Youth Champions as well as the other competitors for participating in this event. Since Tyler Reddy won the NS Cadet Championship, only a few months ago, he will be considered to be the Under 16 Champion and will be offered the U16 spot, representing NS in the National Championship.

 

CYCC Nova Scotia Under 18 Provincial Championship
No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	Results			Total
1.	Kenney, Jason	2086	1865	2074	X	=	1	1	2.5
2.	Furrow, Matthew	1627	1751	1640	=	X	1	0	1.5
3.	Gabriel, Jarrett	1489	1638	1547	0	0	X	1	1.0
4.	Candow, John	      0	1619	1620	0	1	0	X	1.0

CYCC Nova Scotia Under 14 Provincial Championship
No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	Results				Total
1.	Ng, Gary	1634	1543	1613	X	1	1	1	1	4.0
2.	Atlin, Michael	1144	1466	1247	0	X	1	1	1	3.0
3.	Cooper, Joseph	      0	1100	1104	0	0	X	1	0	1.0
4.	Robarts, Curtis	1134	1094	1129	0	0	0	X	1	1.0
5.	Kenney, Bryan	1213	1075	1194	0	0	1	0	X	1.0

CYCC Nova Scotia Under 12 Provincial Championship
No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	Results					Total
1.	Thorsen, Robin	  846	1377	1077	X	1	1	1	=	1	4.5
2.	Livingston, Alex	1086	1169	1126	0	X	1	=	1	1	3.5
3.	Chavy-MacDonald, M.     0	1096	1098	0	0	X	1	1	1	3.0
4.	Buranyi, James	      0	1016	1032	0	=	0	X	1	1	2.5
5.	Johnson, Alex	      0	  856	  898	=	0	0	0	X	1	1.5
6.	Fenton, Paul	      0	  616	  698	0	0	0	0	0	X	0.0

CYCC Nova Scotia Under 10 Provincial Championship 
No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	Results					Total
1.	Stuart, Geoffrey	      0	1244	1213	X	0	1	1	1	1	4.0
2.	Behme, Stefan	1020	1240	1140	1	X	1	1	0	1	4.0
3.	Chavy-Waddy, Julien	      0	1084	1080	0	0	X	1	1	1	3.0
4.	Landry, Spencer	      0	  924	  947	0	0	0	X	1	1	2.0
5.	Osburn, Brennen	      0	  924	  947	0	1	0	0	X	1	2.0
6.	Thompson, Kendall	      0	  604	  680	0	0	0	0	0	X	0.0

Eastern Kings Chess Club Championship

Eastern Kings Chess Club Championship
No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	Results								Total
1.	Lomond, Gerald	2125	2091	2130	X	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7.0
2.	Kustudic, Dusan	1825	1978	1874	0	X	=	1	1	0	1	1	1	5.5
3.	Armstrong, Brad	1837	1927	1865	0	=	X	=	1	=	1	=	1	5.0
4.	Gibson, Jamie	1832	1828	1831	0	0	=	X	=	0	1	1	1	4.0
5.	Cosman, Tom	1955	1812	1911	1	0	0	=	X	1	0	=	1	4.0
6.	Phillips, Fred	1943	1846	1916	0	1	=	1	0	X	0	1	-	3.5
7.	Scallion, Calvin	1742	1761	1746	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	=	-	2.5
8.	Hynes, John A.	1608	1706	1631	0	0	=	0	=	0	=	X	1	2.5
9.	Ross, Ian	1585	1464	1547	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	X	0.0

Proposed Nova Scotia vs New Brunswick / P.E.I. Match

The following "Top 50" list contains the names of current CFC members who have played in at least one CFC rated event during the last two years. Inactive players have now been dropped from this list regardless of their current CFC membership status. The Junior list also contains only current CFC members. It does not include any individuals who did not purchase a CFC membership for at least one year.

CFC TOP "50" NS LIST

	Name			Rating	 Active
  1.	Teichmann, Erik		2362	------
  2.	Urquhart, Ed		2198	1768
  3.	Charlton, Glenn		2184	1935
  4.	Lomond, Gerald		2182	2057
  5.	Reddy, Tyler		2174	1669
  6.	Villeneuve, Robert		2153	1928
  7.	Wysocki, Antoni		2117	1834
  8.	Mayo, Alvah		2104	1652
  9.	Mathers, Jim		2082	2021
10.	Kenney, Jason		2068	1461
11.	Saunders, Stephen		2065	1708
12.	Davies, Cedric		2012	1606
13.	Kenney, David		2011	1679
14.	Pentz, Brian		1972	1905
15.	Eldridge, Michael		1965	1843
16.	LeBlanc, Gerald		1945	1811
17.	Naugler, Rex		1922	1901
18.	Phillips, Fred		1916	1790
19	Cosman, Tom		1911	1786
20.	Brennan, Jim		1910	1744
21.	Klapstein, John		1883	1503
22.	Kustudic, Dusan		1874	1744
23.	Bernard, Gilbert		1873	1375
24.	Burgess, Brian		1866	1772
25.	Phillips, Gary		1862	1586
26.	Duffy, Stephen		1859	1758
27.	Gibson, Jamie		1831	------
28.	Tufts, Kim			1830	1607
29.	Poirier, David		1811	1368
30.	Ko, Kyung-Oh		1807	1313
31.	Van Ryswyk, Tony		1805	1805
32.	Ede, Albert		1804	1549
33.	LeBlanc, Stephen		1803	------
34.	Steele, Leighton		1802	1738
35.	Hayward, James		1796	1645
36	Armstrong, Brad		1772	1688
37.	Googoo, Allan		1768	1742
38	Scallion, Calvin		1746	1737
39.	Gawetski, Yadviga	1654	1617
40.	Drummond, Carlos		1725	1468
41.	Fleury, Bruce		1731	1368
42.	Uuotoa, Harold	1719	1633
43.	Pettipas, Bill		1679	1491
44.	Hynes, John		1667	1684
45.	Young, Ross		1667	1423
46.	Cooke, Ray		1666	1432
47.	Childs, Aaron		1663	------
48.	Cashin, Ken	1650	1473
49.	Keddy, Garrett	1645	1199
50.	Karis, Steve	1644	1626

CFC TOP "16" NS JUNIORS

	Name			Rating	 Active
  1.	Reddy, Tyler		2174	1669
  2.	Kenney, Jason		2068	1461
  3.	Furrow, Mathew		1640	1419
  4.	Ng, Gary			1613	-----
  5	Gabriel, Jarrett		1481	1385
  6.	Michael, Atlin		1247	------
..7	Brown, Chris		1231	------
  8.	Kenney, Bryan		1202	  934
  9.	Behume, Stefan		1185	------
10.	Robarts, Curtis		1138	------
11.	Kenney, Jonathan		1126	-----
12.	Livingston, Alex		1126	-----
13.	Crowley, Nick		1092	------
14.	Federico, Anthony		  996	1014
15.	Landry, Spencer		  947	------
16.	Wong, Justin		  907	------

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Lunenburg County Open

The Lunenburg Chess Club hosted it's third Lunenburg County Chess Championship on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, April 23, 24, 25, 1999, at the Wandlyn Inn in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Congratulations to the winners - Tyler Reddy and Alvah Mayo in the Open section and Andrjez Palak in the Under 1400 section!

The tournament had many highlights! Gilbert Bernard had a particularlly good result, beating one master and and drawing with two experts!

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Lunenburg County Open
Open Section
No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total	Prov
  1.	Reddy, Tyler	2124	2208	2141	W12	W7	D5	D2	W4	4.0	NS
  2.	Mayo, Alvah	2066	2160	2092	W14	W9	D3	D1	W5	4.0	NS
  3.	Gulati, Ashish	2085	2129	2093	D4	W6	D2	D5	W8	3.5	PE
  4.	Bernard, Gilbert	1832	2094	1882	D3	W18	D7	W13	L1	3.0	NS
  5.	McKim, Fred	2102	2034	2093	W17	W11	D1	D3	L2	3.0	PE
  6.	Duff, Ken	1839	1924	1852	D0	L3	W15	D12	W13	3.0	NB
  7.	Bowes, Richard	1975	1905	1963	W13	L1	D4	W11	D12	3.0	NB
  8.	Saunders, Stephen	2005	1874	1997	W19	D0	D0	W9	L3	3.0	NS
  9. Hutchinson, Bob	1448	1846	1553	W10	L2	W14	L8	W16	3.0	NS
10.	Cashin, Ken	1621	1762	1650	L9	L12	W19	W15	W14	3.0	NS
11.	Hynes, John A.	1631	1842	1667	W16	L5	D12	L7	W17	2.5	NS
12.	Burgess, Brian	1865	1838	1860	L1	W10	D11	D6	D7	2.5	NS
13.	Keunecke, Ed	1674	1757	1691	L7	W15	W17	L4	L6	2.0	PE
14.	Fleury, Bruce	1735	1622	1713	L2	W16	L9	W17	L10	2.0	NS
15.	Karis, Steve	1673	1480	1642	D0	L13	L6	L10	W19	1.5	NS
16.	Mercer, Jason	1404	1426	1410	L11	L14	D0	W19	L9	1.5	NS
17.	Armstrong, Brad	1865	1505	1793	L5	W19	L13	L14	L11	1.0	NS
18.	Charlton, Glenn	2212	1432	2197	D0	L4	D0	L0	L0	1.0	NS
19.	Doucette, Raymond	1584	1314	1526	L8	L17	L10	L16	L15	0.0	NB


Lunenburg County Open
U1400 A Section
No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total	Prov
  1.	Palak, Andrzej	1206	1503	1361	W5	L3	W6	W4	W7	4.0	NS
  2.	Kenney, Bryan	1175	1373	1213	D0	W7	L5	W9	W3	3.5	NS
  3.	Bezanson, Garnet	1384	1398	1390	D0	W1	D4	W5	L2	3.0	NS
  4.	Grant, Arthur	1388	1285	1377	W9	W6	D3	L1	D8	3.0	NS
  5.	Crowley, Darren	      0	1266	1268	L1	W8	W2	L3	D0	2.5	NS
  6.	Crowley, Nick	      0	1203	1207	W8	L4	L1	D0	W9	2.5	NS
  7.	Kenney, Jonathan	1131	1033	1113	D0	L2	W9	D8	L1	2.0	NS
  8.	Robarts, Curtis	1148	1044	1138	L6	L5	D0	D7	D4	1.5	NS
  9.	Wong, Justin	1003	  820	  926	L4	D0	L7	L2	L6	0.5	NS

NOVA SCOTIA CLOSED

There were a lot of hard fought battles in this event, evidenced by the small number of draws. It seems everyone was in a fighting spirit and were willing to risk "going down in flames" rather that settle for a draw. When the dust finally settled, Gerald Lomond of Wolfville came out on top with a score of 4/5. Gerald, the only player to go undefeated, gave up only two draws to Ed Urquhart and Glenn Charlton. Tyler Reddy of Dartmouth placed second only 1/2 point behind the winner. Steve Saunders from Blockhouse, who also went undefeated, placed first in the smaller "B Section" event.

The Nova Scotia Chess Association would like to congratulate Gerald Lomond, our new Nova Scotia Chess Champion for 1999. In addition, we would like to thank Glenn Charlton for organizing this event, Ed Urquhart for locating the tournament site, and to Saint Mary's University for providing the elaborate playing site. In addition, we would also like to thank David Kenney for being the Tournament Director for this annual event and to the spectators who showed up to encourage the participants.

Nova Scotia Closed
"A Section"
No.	Name	Old	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total 
1.	Gerald Lomond	2130	X	1	1/2	1	1	1/2	4.0
2.	Tyler Reddy	2141	0	X	1	1/2	1	1	3.5
3.	Glenn Charlton	2197	1/2	0	X	1	0	1	2.5
4.	Alvah Mayo	2092	0	1/2	0	X	1	1	2.5
5.	Jim Mathers	2110	0	0	1	0	X	NP	1.0
6.	Ed Urquhart	2230	1/2	0	0	0	NP	X	0.5
NP=game not played

Nova Scotia Closed
"B Section"
No.	Name	Old	1	2	3	4	Total 
1.	Steve Saunders	1997	X	1/2	1	1	2.5
2.	Jason Kenney	2074	1/2	X	1	0	1.5
3.	David Kenney	2024	0	1	0	1	1.0
4.	Cedric Davies	2025	0	0	X	1	1.0

[White "Ed Urquhart"]
[Black "Tyler Reddy"]
[Result "0-1"] London System
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. O-O c5 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Bh2 Bb7 11. b4 Ne4 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e5 15. Bb5 e4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Re6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. c4 d4 21. Qa5 Rc6 22. Rab1 Ba6 23. e6 fxe6 24. Be5 d3 25. Bb2 Re8 26. Qc3 e5 27. f4 exf3 {ep} 28. Rxd3 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. gxf3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Qf5 32. e4 Qg5+ 33. Kf2 Rd8 34. Bc1 Qh4+ 35. Kg2 Bc8 36. f4 exf4 37. Rb3 Rd1 38. Qe5 Rxc1 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kh6 41. Rf3 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[White "Ed Urquhart"]
[Black "Glenn Charlton"]
[Result "0-1"] Closed Sicilian Defence
1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. g4 f5 11. h3 b5 12. Qe1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 b4 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Rc1 b3 19. c4 b2 20. Rb1 fxe4 21. Bxe4 d5 22. Bg2 dxc4 23. Nc3 Rb6 24. Be3 cxd3 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. Na4 Qd6 27. Qd2 Nd5 28. Be4 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Nxb2 Ne2 32. Bf3 Nc3 33. Re1 e5 34. Nd1 e4 35. Nxc3 exf3 36. Nd1 Bd4 37. Rf1 d2 38. Rxf3 Be2 39. Kg2 Bxd1 40. Rd3 Bc3 0-1

[White "Glenn Charlton"]
[Black "Alvah Mayo"]
[Result "1-0"] Sicilian Defence - Grand Prix Attack
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. e5 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. b4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Qg4 Qc7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qh4 gxf6 20. exf6 Bd6 21. Rf3 e5 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. Qg8+ Kd7 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. f7 Bb7 30. Qg4+ Ke7 31. Qf5 1-0

[White "Tyler Reddy"]
[Black "Glenn Charlton"]
[Result "1-0"] English
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 e4 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Ba3 g5 13. Qd2 g4 14. Nce2 Bh6 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. exf4 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 gxf3 18. Bb2 Qf7 19. Qc3 Qh5 20. h4 a6 21. b4 b5 22. Nc6 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qg4 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Qxc7 Bd7 26. Nxf5 Qh3 27. Ne3 Rfc8 (Black lost on time) 1-0

[White "Glenn Charlton"]
[Black "Jim Mathers"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d5 Ne5 8. g4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bg6 10. O-O-O e5 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Qg2 Be7 13. Kb1 a6 14. Be2 h6 15. h4 c5 16. g5 h5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qc7 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Ne2 O-O-O 22. Ng3 c4 23. Bxh5 Rxh5 24. Nxh5 Bxh5 25. Rdf1 Kb8 26. Rh3 Qa5 27. Qh2 Bd6 28. Rg3 f5 0-1

[White "Tyler Reddy"]
[Black "Jim Mathers"]
[Result "1-0"] English
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. Kh2 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Ng3 Ne8 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Be4 Rf8 18. Nd5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. f5 Bh6 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qh5 Ne7 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Qg5 Rf7 28. f6 Ng6 29. Bxg6 1-0

[White "Glenn Charlton"]
[Black "Gerald Lomond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"] Caro-Kann Defence
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Kh1 g6 9. e5 d5 10. exd6 {ep} Bxd6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. d3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Rd8 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Be3 Qb7 18. e5 Rd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rxd7 Bxg2+ 21. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxd7 23. Kf3 c4 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Ke8 27. Kd2 Kd7 28. Kc3 Kc6 29. b3 Kd5 30. bxc4+ bxc4 31. Bf2 Bc5 32. Be1 Ba3 33. Bf2 Bc5 34. Be1 a5 35. Kd2 Bb4+ 36. c3 Bc5 37. Ke2 Ke4 38. Bd2 Bg1 39. h4 h5 40. a4 Bc5 41. Bc1 Bb6 42. Bd2 Bc5 43. Bc1 Bb6 44. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[White "Alvah Mayo"]
[Black "Tyler Reddy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"] London System
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O Re8 9. Qc2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb5 Nxe5 12. Bxe8 Ng6 13. Ba4 Ba6 14. dxc5 Nxf4 15. cxb6 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Qxb6 17. Rae1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rc8 20. Nb1 Qa6 21. Kg1 Ne4 22. Bb3 f5 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Nd2 Nb5 25. Qd3 Qa5 26. c4 Nd6 27. Rc2 dxc4 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Rd8 30. Qf1 Qe5 31. g3 1/2-1/2

[White "Jim Mathers"]
[Black "Alvah Mayo"]
[Result "0-1"] Pirc Defence
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3 e5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Re8 11. f4 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f5 Bb7 14. g4 b4 15. Na4 c5 16. Ng3 Red8 17. Qf2 Rac8 18. Rad1 Ba6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. g5 Bxf1 21. gxf6 Bxg2 22. fxg7 Bxh3 23. Bg5 Kxg7 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qxc5 Qb6 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Ne2 Bg4 30. Nc1 Bd1 31. Nd3 Bxc2 32. Nxe5 Bxe4 33. Nd7 Bb1 34. Nxb6 Bxa2 35. Nd7 h5 36. Kh2 g5 37. Kg3 h4+ 38. Kf2 Kh6 39. Ne5 Be6 40. Nd3 b3 41. Kf3 Bf5 42. Nc5 Bc2 43. Ne6 Bd1+ 44. Kg2 g4 45. Kh2 Kh5 46. Nf4+ Kg5 47.Ng2 g3+ 48. Kg1 0-1

[White "Jim Mathers"]
[Black "Gerald Lomond"]
[Result "0-1"] Sicilian Defence
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Be3 e6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 12. Kh1 Nf6 13. e5 Qc6 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nd6 f5 17. Rf3 Rab8 18. c3 Ba8 19. Bc2 Nb6 20. a4 Nc4 21. axb5 axb5 22. b3 Nxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Rd3 Qc7 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. b4 Rf6 27. Qf2 Rg6 28. Rg3 Rxg3 29. hxg3 Rf8 30. Qd4 Bd5 31. Bd3 Qc6 32. Rd2 Ra8 33. Bxf5 Bxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 exf5 36. g4 fxg4 37. Kg3 0-1

[White "Gerald Lomond"]
[Black "Ed Urquhart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"] Caro-Kann Defence
1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nxd5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Ba3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c4 Rfd8 16. d5 Na5 17. Qb4 Rac8 18. Rc1 Ba6 19. c5 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Bxc5 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxd5 24. Bxa7 Nc6 25. Be3 Ne5 26. Nd2 Kg7 27. h3 Nd3 28. Nf1 Nb2 29. Bd2 e6 30. Ne3 Rb5 31. Ng4 Bd4 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Nxe3 Nd3 34. Rd2 Nc1 35. a4 Rb4 36. Rc2 Rb1 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Nc4 Nb3 39. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[White "Alvah Mayo"]
[Black "Gerald Lomond"]
[Result "0-1"] Nimzo Indian Defence
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. f3 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. O-O e5 13. e4 Nf8 14. Bf2 N6d7 15. Qd2 Ng6 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bc8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Qc2 Re7 22. g4 N8h7 23. h4 e4 24. Bxe4 Rae8 25. Bd2 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. fxe4 Qc6 28. Rf4 Nf6 29. Qd3 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. Be1 Nf6 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Ne4 35. g6 fxg6 36. fxg6 Ng5 37. Kg2 Ne6 38. Kf3 Nf8 39. Ke4 Nxg6 40. Kd5 Ne7+ 41. Ke6 Nc6 42. Kd7 Na5 43. Kxc7 Nxc4 44. Kb7 a5 45. Ka6 Nxa3 46. Kxb6 a4 47. Ka5 Nc2 0-1

[White "Gerald Lomond"]
[Black "Tyler Reddy"]
[Result "1-0"] French Defence - Exchange Variation
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 c6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd4 Bxe2 11. Ndxe2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qb6 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. h4 Re7 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qa5 22. Kf1 Qc7 23. g3 Ne5 24. Qe2 Ng6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. a4 Kf8 27. Nd1 Qd7 28. Kg2 Qf5 29. Qe3 a6 30. Qc5+ Kg8 31. Ne3 Qe5 32. a5 Nd7 33. Qb4 d4 34. Nc4 Qd5+ 35. Kg1 c5 36. Qe1 Nf6 37. Qe5 Qxe5 38. Nxe5 Kf8 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Nc4 Nd5 42. Nd2 Nb4 43. Kd1 Kd5 44. Nc4 Ke6 45. Kd2 Nc6 46. Ke2 Ne5 47. Nd2 Kd5 48. Nc4 Nxc4 49. dxc4+ Ke4 50. f3+ Ke5 51. Kd3 Kf5 52. b4 cxb4 53. Kxd4 Ke6 54. Kc5 Kd7 55. Kb6 Kc8 56. c5 Kb8 57. c6 bxc6 58. Kxc6 Ka7 59. Kc7 f6 60. f4 f5 1-0

[White "Ed Urquhart"]
[Black "Alvah Mayo"]
[Result "0-1"] Closed Sicilian
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Kh1 d5 10. Bd2 b5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. h3 d4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. g4 f5 15. e5 Nd5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Ng3 Bh6 18. Nh5 Kh8 19. h4 Nce7 20. Ng5 Qd7 21. Ng3 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Rf7 23. Qh5 Ng6 24. Ne2 Rg8 25. Kg1 Qe7 26. Kf2 h6 27. Rh1 Rh7 28. gxh6 Ngxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rg4 31. Bg3 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 Bxh1 33. Rxh1 Nd5 34. Ng1 Qg5 35. Qxg5 Rxg5 36. Ne2 Rg6 37. Nf4 Rgxh6 38. Rg1 Nxf4 39. Bxf4 Rh4 40. Kf3 Rg4 41. Rxg4 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Kg8 43. Kf3 Rh1 44. c3 Rf1+ 45. Ke4 Re1+ 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. cxd4 cxd4 48. b3 Ke7 49. a4 Kd7 50. axb5 axb5 51. b4 Kc6 52. Kf2 Rb1 53. Kf3 Kd5 54. Bd2 Kxe5 55. Bf4+ Kd5 56. Bd2 e5 57. Ke2 e4 58. dxe4+ Kxe4 59. Be1 d3+ 60. Kd2 Rxb4 61. Bg3 Rc4 62. Kd1 b4 63. Bd6 b3 64. Ba3 Ke3 65. Bc1+ Rxc1+ 66. Kxc1 0-1

The Canadian Chess Challenge

The NS team edged out Manitoba in the last round with Tyler Reddy's win over Joshua Henson of Manitoba. It was a dramatic finish as Nova Scotia with 36.5 points played Manitoba who also had 36.5 points going into the last round. Tyler Reddy's game was the last to finish with the score tied at 5.5 - 5.5. Tyler only needed a draw in his game to place 1st in Grade 10, but he decided to decline Joshua Henson's offer of a draw to help the NS team. If Tyler drew his game, NS would have finished tied with Manitoba in 7th-8th place. However, if Tyler was able to win, the NS team would be pushed one point ahead of Manatoba and into 7th place. I believe everyone appreciated the extra effort Tyler Reddy made to help the team and were glad that he won this important game.

The NS Chess Association would like to congratulate all members of the NS team for their contribution to the team's success this year. Special congratulations go to Tyler Reddy (8/9) who won the 1st place trophy for Grade 10, Garry Ng (7/9) who won the 2nd place trophy for Grade 7 and to Robin Thorsen (5/9) who won the 3rd place trophy for Grade 5. In addition we would also like to congratulate Jeff Coakley for winning the oustanding contribution award for his work with the Nova Scotia Schoolastic Chess Association. Jeff and the other members of the NSSCA executive have done an excellent job of developing and promoting chess at the schoolastic level during the last year.

The final standings:
1.	Ontario	88.0	  6.	Nfld.	45.5
2	Quebec	84.5	  7	Nova Scotia	43.0
3	B. C.	71.0	  8	Manatoba	42.0
4	Alberta	58.5	  9	Sask.	33.5
5	N.B.	47.0	10.	P.E.I.	27.0

Grade 1 Spencer Landry Grade 7 Gary Ng
Grade2 Brennen Osburn Grade 8 Michael Atlin
Grade 3 Sean Currell Grade 9 John Candow
Grade 4 Stefan Behme Grade 10 Tyler Reddy
Grade 5 Robin Thorsen Grade 11 Jason Kenney
Grade 6 Alex Livingston Grade 12 Mathew Furrow

NOVA SCOTIA OPEN - May 21-24, 1999

Nova Scotia Open

No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total	Prov
  1.	Teichmann, Erik	2365	2259	2362	W4	W9	W8	D2	D3	W17	W6	W12	7.0	NS
  2.	Mayo, Alvah	2087	2125	2104	W28	W11	W10	D1	W14	D3	D12	D8	6.0	NS
  3.	Bowes, Richard	1960	2123	2042	W40	W20	W17	W6	D1	D2	W8	L4	6.0	NB
  4.	LeBlanc, C. Stephen	1663	1967	1803	L1	W25	W22	L5	W31	W10	W27	W3	6.0
NS
  5.	Klapstein, John	1870	1882	1883	W39	W24	L6	W4	D8	D7	D0	W14	5.5	NS
  6.	Verma, Tony	1863	1842	1890	D0	W34	W5	L3	W36	W9	L1	W13	5.5	NB
Nova Scotia Open  (continued)
No.	NAME	Old	Perf	New	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total	Prov
  7.	Bernard, Gilbert	1893	1795	1873	L24	W26	W21	L27	W23	D5	W20	W15	5.5
NS
  8.	Saunders, Stephen	2073	2030	2065	W13	W27	L1	W19	D5	W12	L3	D2	5.0	NS
  9.	Burgess, Brian	1860	1871	1866	W26	L1	W28	L17	W21	L6	W24	W20	5.0	NS
10.	Phillips, Gary	1876	1802	1862	W22	W31	L2	W20	L17	L4	W18	W21	5.0	NS
11.	Poirier, David	1806	1797	1811	W41	L2	W13	L12	D0	D0	W28	W22	5.0	NS
12.	Eldridge, Michael	1990	1835	1965	L31	W39	W18	W11	W27	L8	D2	L1	4.5	NS
13.	Beals, George	1530	1721	1587	L8	W33	L11	D38	W37	W36	W30	L6	4.5	NS
14.	Uuetoa, Harold	1710	1706	1719	D0	W42	W29	W36	L2	D0	D15	L5	4.5	NS
15.	Googoo, Allan	1785	1664	1768	D0	D0	D0	W29	D18	W24	D14	L7	4.5	NS
16.	Mercer, Jason	1410	1613	1478	D0	L37	D38	D0	L30	W40	W36	W23	4.5	NS
17.	Villeneuve, Robert	2172	2058	2153	W21	W19	L3	W9	W10	L1	L0	L0	4.0	NS
18.	Kimber, David	1379	1795	1533	D0	W30	L12	W37	D15	D27	L10	D28	4.0	NS
19.	Ede, Albert	1842	1701	1804	W25	L17	W32	L8	W28	L20	L22	W30	4.0	NS
20.	Fleury, Bruce	1731	1692	1731	W35	L3	W24	L10	W32	W19	L7	L9	4.0	NS
21.	Karis, Steve	1642	1650	1644	L17	W41	L7	W22	L9	W26	W33	L10	4.0	NS
22.	Palak, Andrzej	1361	1587	1467	L10	W35	L4	L21	W42	W32	W19	L11	4.0	NS
23.	Walker, Myles	      0	1559	1563	D0	L29	W42	W30	L7	D0	W37	L16	4.0	NS
24.	Tang, Chakman	1371	1551	1471	W7	L5	L20	W34	W29	L15	L9	W33	4.0	NS
25.	Weagle, Donald	1328	1477	1380	L19	L4	W35	L28	W41	L33	W40	W31	4.0	NS
26.	Maund, Chris	1301	1352	1321	L9	L7	L33	W42	W34	L21	W38	W35	4.0	NB
27.	Armstrong, Brad	1793	1688	1772	W33	L8	W31	W7	L12	D18	L4	L0	3.5	NS
28.	Shea, Joseph	1623	1601	1612	L2	W40	L9	W25	L19	W31	L11	D18	3.5	NS
29.	Kempt, James	1423	1520	1469	D0	W23	L14	L15	L24	L37	W42	W36	3.5	NS
30.	Gawetski, Yadviga	1734	1308	1654	D0	L18	W34	L23	W16	W38	L13	L19	3.5
NS
31.	Lombard, Lloyd	1474	1424	1470	W12	L10	L27	W33	L4	L28	W34	L25	3.0	NS
32.	Gabriel, Jarrett	1547	1379	1481	D0	D0	L19	W39	L20	L22	L35	W37	3.0	NS
33.	Crowley, Darren	1268	1373	1342	L27	L13	W26	L31	W39	W25	L21	L24	3.0
NS
34.	Carayanniotis, Jason	  580	1284	  680	W0	L6	L30	L24	L26	W42	L31	W38
3.0	NF
35.	Carayanniotis, George	1033	1242	1152	L20	L22	L25	L41	W0	W39	W32	L26
3.0	NF
36.	Mahendranathan, P.J.	1531	1400	1498	D0	W38	W37	L14	L6	L13	L16	L29	2.5
NS
37.	Brown, Lewis R.	1767	1302	1633	D38	W16	L36	L18	L13	W29	L23	L32	2.5
NS
38.	Spencer, David	1244	1261	1254	D37	L36	D16	D13	W40	L30	L26	L34	2.5	NS
39.	Priest, Kevin	1341	1232	1300	L5	L12	W41	L32	L33	L35	D0	D0	2.0	NS
40.	MacLean, John	1431	1178	1369	L3	L28	D0	D0	L38	L16	L25	W42	2.0	NS
41.	Livingstone, James	1286	1206	1266	L11	L21	L39	W35	L25	L0	L0	L0	1.0
NS
42.	Crowley, Nick	1288	  942	1092	D0	L14	L23	L26	L22	L34	L29	L40	0.5	NS

1999 LABOUR DAY OPEN

September 3 - 6, 1999

Location:		Common Room , Technical University of NS (TUNS), 1360
Barrington St., Halifax, NS
Format:		Eight Round Swiss,  30 / 90 followed by sudden death in one
hour
Entry Fee:		Adults $40;  Juniors / Seniors / Disabled $35,  Cadets  Under
16 $25   (Deduct $5 if you register before Aug. 19)
		Free Entry if purchasing a one-year CFC Membership for the first time.
Contact		Albert Ede, 59 Brook St. Lower Sackville, NS B4E 1C1  -  (902)
865-5856
Registration:		Friday, September 3, 1999 at 9:00 am - 11:00 am.
Byes		Up to two byes (excluding round#8) will be available if requested at
time of registration.
Schedule of Rounds:	Friday 12:00pm & 6:00pm, Saturday 11:00am & 5:00pm,
Sunday 11:00am & 5:00pm, Monday  9:00am & 3:00pm
Prizes (Based on 50 players)	1st - $500, 2nd - $250, 3rd - $125, U1900 -
$125, U1700 - $125, U1500 - $125

SHEARWATER SUMMER OPEN

August 21-22, 1999

Location:		Flight Deck Social Centre, CFB Shearwater, Dartmouth, NS
Format:		Five-Round Swiss  Rd#1 Game in 90 minutes, Rds#2-5  30/ 90
followed by sudden death in one hour 
Entry Fee:		$20,  ($15 for Juniors & Seniors), or $10 Amateur (Not
eligible for cash prizes)
		Free Entry if purchasing a one-year CFC Membership for the first time.
Contact		Joseph Shea (902) 469-5672 or e-mail j.g.shea@ns.sympatico.ca
Registration:		Saturday  August 21 at 8:30 - 9:15am
Byes		One 1/2 point bye available for rounds 1-4 if requested at time of
registration.
Schedule of Rounds:	Saturday 9:30am , 1:00pm & 6:00pm, Sunday 9:30am &
3:00pm.
Prizes 			(Prizes will depend on number of participants

UNAMA'KI OPEN

June 18-20, 1999

Location:		Waycobah First Nation High School, Whycocomagh, Cape Breton
Format:		Five-Round Swiss   30/ 90 followed by sudden death in one hour 
Entry Fee:		$25  ($20 for Students, Seniors, Disabled, and Juniors)
		Free Entry if purchasing a one-year CFC Membership for the first time.
Contact		Gilbert Bernard (902) 756-3333 or e-mail
gil.bernard@ns.sympatico.ca
Registration:		Friday June 18, 6:00 - 6:30pm
Byes		Up to two byes excluding round#8 will be available if requested at
time of registration.
Schedule of Rounds:	Friday 7:00pm, Saturday 10:00am & 5:00pm, Sunday
9:00am & 3:00pm.
Prizes 			(Prizes will depend on number of participants)  Open Section 1st
/ Trophy / Cash, Sectional prizes will also 
			depend on entries.

1999 CANADA DAY OPEN

July 1-4, 1999

Location:			Common Room , Technical University of NS (TUNS), Barrington
St., Halifax, NS
Format:			Eight Round Swiss, 30/90 followed by sudden death in one hour
Entry Fee:			Adults $40;   Juniors / Seniors /  Disabled $35,  Cadets 
Under 16 $25
			Free Entry if purchasing a one-year CFC Membership for the first
time.
Contact			Albert Ede, 59 Brook St. Lower Sackville, NS B4E 1C1  -  (902)
865-5856
Registration:			Thursday, July 1 at 9:00 am - 11:00 am.
Byes			Up to two byes excluding round#8 will be available if requested at
time of registration.
Schedule of Rounds:		Thurs. 12:00pm, Thurs. 6:00pm, Fri. 11:00am, Fri.
5:00pm, Sat. 11:00am, Sat. 5:00pm, 
			Sun.  9:00am, and Sun. 3:00pm
Prizes (Based on 50 players)		1st - $500, 2nd - $250, 3rd - $125, U1900 -
$125, U1700 - $125, U1500 - $125

Upcoming Events:

July 1-4 Canada Day Open, 8-Rd Swiss, Common Room, Technical University of NS, Barrington St., Halifax. Contact: Albert Ede

Aug. 13-15 NS vs NB/PEI Team Match, format has yet to be determined, for info contact E. Urquhart

Aug. 21-22 Shearwater Summer Open, 5-Rd Swiss, Flight Deck Social Centre, CFB Shearwater, Dartmouth, NS Contact Joseph Shea

Sept. 3-6 Labour Day Open, 8-Rd Swiss - Common Room, Technical University of NS, Barrington St., Halifax. Contact: Albert Ede

Answer to Chess Problems:

Problem #1 1.Rxh6+ gxh6 [1...Kxh6 2. Qg5+ Kh7 3. Qh4+ Nh5 4. Qxh5 mate] 2. Qg8+ Nxg8 3. Bf5 mate.

Problem #2. 1. Qg6 fxg6 2. Rxg7+ Kf8 or Kh8 3. Nxg6 mate.

How to get information on chess in Nova Scotia

Web Site: http://www.chebucto.ns.dal.ca/Recreation/NSChess/nschess.html

Nova Scotia Chess Association

June 1999 Volume 15
12 Nova Scotia Chess News

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