Chairman Steve Saunders Vice-Chairman Kim Tufts Secretary-Treasurer David Kenney Director at Large Allan Googoo CFC Governor Glenn Charlton CFC Governor Alvah MayoDavid Kenney has also agreed to be the editor for the "Nova Scotia Chess News" newsletter for the balance of this term. (It would be appreciated if tournament organizers / directors send a short report on their event with any interesting games to the newsletter editor.)
The Canadian Youth Chess Championship is a tournament which is run in five sections: Under18, Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, and Under 10. This year's final will be held in Edmonton. The top three boys and top three girls in each age section from every Provincial Canadian Youth Chess Championship tournament will be invited to participate in the National Championship.
Congratulations Tyler for another outstanding result. A game from this event is provided on page 2.
Inside This Issue
2 Top "50" List / Chess Problems
3 Unama'ki Open
3 Canada Day Open
4 Veranda Open
4 Shearwater Summer Open
6 NS vs NB & PEI Team Match
7 Labour Day Open
CFC TOP "50" NS LIST
(as of October 5, 1999) Name Rating Active 1. Teichmann, Erik 2326 ------ 2. Urquhart, Ed 2202 1768 3. Lomond, Gerald 2182 2057 4 Reddy, Tyler 2168 1669 5. Charlton, Glenn 2162 1935 6. Villeneuve, Robert 2127 1928 7. Mathers, Jim 2118 2021 8. Saunders, Stephen 2070 1708 9. Pentz, Brian 2066 1905 10. Mayo, Alvah 2062 1652 11. Kenney, David 2004 1679 12. Kenney, Jason 1985 1461 13. Brennan, Jim 1962 1744 14. LeBlanc, Gerald 1957 1811 15. Burgess, Brian 1952 1772 16. Naugler, Rex 1926 1901 17. Eldridge, Michael 1916 1843 18. Phillips, Fred 1916 1790 19. Cosman, Tom 1911 1786 20. Kustudic, Dusan 1874 1744 21. Bernard, Gilbert 1871 1375 22. Klapstein, John 1868 1503 23. Duffy, Stephen 1859 1758 24. Clair, Joe 1837 1768 25. Gibson, Jamie 1831 ------ 26. Poirier, David 1828 1368 27. Drummond, Carlos 1812 1468 28. Ko, Kyung-Oh 1807 1313 29. Steele, Leighton 1802 1738 30. Ede, Albert 1795 1549 31. Uuotoa, Harold 1766 1633 32. Armstrong, Brad 1764 1688 33. Googoo, Allan 1760 1742 34. Fleury, Bruce 1756 1368 35. Karis, Steve 1737 1626 36. Ng, Gary 1734 ------ 37. LeBlanc, Stephen 1733 ------ 38. Gilks, James 1718 1454 39. Cashin, Ken 1685 1473 40. Pettipas, Bill 1679 1491 41. Hynes, John 1667 1684 42. Young, Ross 1667 1423 43. Cooke, Ray 1666 1432 44. Gawetski, Yadviga 1664 1617 45. Keddy, Garrett 1645 1199 46. Morariu, Eduard 1644 ------ 47. Furrow, Mathew 1640 1419 48. Cordes, John 1620 1185 49. Boyle, Phil 1617 1317 50. McKearney, Ed 1605 1530CFC TOP "16" NS JUNIORS
Name Rating Active 1. Reddy, Tyler 2168 1669 2. Kenney, Jason 1985 1461 3. Ng, Gary 1734 ----- 4. Furrow, Mathew 1640 1419 5. Gabriel, Jarrett 1504 1385 6. Brown, Chris 1231 ------ 7. Kenney, Bryan 1183 934 8. Robarts, Curtis 1138 ------ 9. Kenney, Jonathan 1126 ----- 10. Livingston, Alex 1096 ----- 11. Crowley, Nick 1050 ------ 12. Federico, Anthony 996 1014 13. Landry, Spencer 947 ------ 14. Wong, Justin 907 ------
Chess Problem #1 Chess Problem #2
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1999 Canadian Closed Round "2" Result "1/2-1/2"1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3 e5 9. h3 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qb6+ 13. Kh2 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Na4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Qd2 Rf8 19. Bh6 Nf6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 Rf7 22. Qc3 d5 23. Rxb7 d4 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qb2 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Nd5 Bf5 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. g4 Rxa2 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Kg3 Ke5 32. Bxc6 Rd2 33. Rf3 f4+ 34. Kh4 Re2 35. Kh5 Kf5 36. Be4+ Rxe4 37. dxe4+ Kxe4 38. Rb3 d3 39. Rxb6 f3 40. Re6+ Kf4 41. Re1 f2 42. Ra1 d2 43. c5 Kf3 44. c6 Ke2 45. c7 f1=Q 46. Rxf1 Kxf1 47. c8=Q d1=Q+ 48. Kh6 Kg2 49. Qf5 Qf3 50. Qxf3+ Kxf3 51. h4 Kg4 52. h5 Kh4 1/2-1/2
Eldridge vs Mayo vs Armstrong No. NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1. Mayo, Alvah 2043 2165 2062 X X = 1 1 1 3.5 2. Eldridge, Michael 1892 2041 1916 = 0 X X 1 1 2.5 3. Armstrong, Brad 1838 1568 1796 0 0 0 0 X X 0.0 Eldridge vs Armstrong No. NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1. Armstrong, Brad 1788 1965 1838 L2 L2 L2 L2 W2 W2 W2 W2 4.0 2. Eldridge, Michael 1965 1788 1915 W1 W1 W1 W1 L1 L1 L1 L1 4.0 Ede vs Poirier No. NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1. Poirier, David 1811 2104 1858 D2 W2 W2 W2 3.5 2. Ede, Albert 1804 1511 1757 D1 L1 L1 L1 0.5
Unama ki Open No . NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov 1. Gulati, Ashish 2092 2176 2111 W2 D4 W3 W6 W7 L0 4.5 PE 2. Bernard, Gilbert 1855 1972 1884 L1 D3 W9 W5 W4 L0 3.5 NS 3. LeBlanc, Gerard 1945 1958 1957 W8 D2 L1 W4 W6 L0 3.5 NS 4. Mayo, Alvah 2011 1855 1984 W6 D1 W7 L3 L2 W5 3.5 NS 5. MacLean, John 1369 1710 1410 W9 D0 D0 L2 W8 L4 3.0 NS 6. Fleury, Bruce 1700 1724 1704 L4 W9 W8 L1 L3 L0 2.0 NS 7. Googoo, Allan 1768 1678 1760 D0 D0 L4 W8 L1 L0 2.0 NS 8. Crowley, Darren 1342 1296 1331 L3 D0 L6 L7 L5 L0 0.5 NS 9. Clarke, Aubrey 1642 1241 1595 L5 L6 L2 L0 L0 L0 0.0 NS
Spaghetti Closed No. NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov 1. Mayo, Alvah 2044 1883 2011 X X 0 0 1 1 1 1 4.0 NS 2. Feng, Jason 1669 2444 1727 1 1 X X - - - - 2.0 BC 3. Bernard, Gilbert 1849 1888 1855 0 0 - - X X 1 1 2.0 NS 4. Fleury, Bruce 1731 1547 1700 0 0 - - 0 0 X X 0.0 NS
* Alvah Mayo came in 2nd in the U2000 section of the Financial Concepts Group International Open held in North Bay.
* Alvah Mayo placed 2nd in the Prince Edward Island Open held in Charlottetown. Harold Uuetoa and Jim Gilks tied for 5th place.
In the Under 1700 section, Robin Lindsay placed first with a 6.5/8 score. Ed McKearney and Gary Ng tied for 2nd-3rd place with 6.0 points.
OPEN SECTION No. NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov 1. Teichmann, Erik 2362 2332 2368 W10 W2 W4 W9 W5 W3 D11 W12 7.5 NS 2. Burgess, Brian 1866 2055 1952 W23 L1 W16 W30 W9 D4 W10 D5 6.0 NS 3. Saunders, Stephen 2083 2016 2089 W26 W24 D0 D0 D19 L1 W13 W9 5.5 NS 4. Mayo, Alvah 1984 2016 1992 W21 W15 L1 W11 D10 D2 D5 D13 5.0 NS 5. Davies, Cedric 2012 2013 2012 W17 W25 L9 W18 L1 W15 D4 D2 5.0 NS 6. Bernard, Gilbert 1884 1921 1900 D0 D0 D0 W29 D15 L9 W20 W10 5.0 NS 7. Fleury, Bruce 1704 1821 1739 L9 L23 W31 W24 W8 L11 W26 W18 5.0 NS 8. Verma, Tony 1938 1793 1902 D0 D16 L19 W25 L7 W30 W21 W15 5.0 NB 9. Gulati, Ashish 2111 2017 2084 W7 W18 W5 L1 L2 W6 D12 L3 4.5 PE 10. Drummond, Carlos 1725 1954 1817 L1 W31 W14 W20 D4 W19 L2 L6 4.5 NS 11. Kenney, David 2011 1947 2004 D19 W22 W30 L4 D12 W7 D1 L0 4.5 NS 12. Bowes, Richard 2064 1874 2023 W31 L30 W21 D15 D11 W17 D9 L1 4.5 NB 13. Phillips, Gary 1862 1688 1821 L24 W26 W0 L19 W30 W21 L3 D4 4.5 NS 14. Kenney, Jason 2068 1675 1981 L25 W27 L10 D16 W23 L20 W24 W19 4.5 NS 15. Armstrong, Brad 1772 1801 1788 W29 L4 W22 D12 D6 L5 W17 L8 4.0 NS 16. Doucette, Raymond 1645 1766 1682 D20 D8 L2 D14 W27 L18 W23 D21 4.0 NB 17. Cashin, Ken 1650 1727 1670 L5 W29 D0 W23 D20 L12 L15 W26 4.0 NS 18. Ede, Albert 1757 1690 1740 W28 L9 W24 L5 L21 W16 W19 L7 4.0 NS 19. Karis, Steve 1644 1871 1740 D11 D20 W8 W13 D3 L10 L18 L14 3.5 NS 20. Tufts, Randy 1925 1774 1883 D16 D19 W25 L10 D17 W14 L6 L0 3.5 ON 21. Uuetoa, Harold 1719 1716 1722 L4 W28 L12 W22 W18 L13 L8 D16 3.5 NS 22. McGillivary, Mike 1666 1591 1602 D0 L11 L15 L21 W31 L26 W27 W25 3.5 NS 23. Kimber, David 1533 1574 1544 L2 W7 D27 L17 L14 W28 L16 W30 3.5 NS 24. MacLean, John 1410 1658 1443 W13 L3 L18 L7 D0 D0 L14 W28 3.0 NS 25. LeBlanc, C. Stephen 1803 1630 1758 W14 L5 L20 L8 L26 W27 W30 L22 3.0 NS 26. Gabriel, Jarrett 1481 1540 1508 L3 L13 D28 D27 W25 W22 L7 L17 3.0 NS 27. Spencer, David 1250 1437 1318 D0 L14 D23 D26 L16 L25 L22 W29 2.5 NS 28. MacNeil, Danny 0 1269 1273 L18 L21 D26 L31 W29 L23 W0 L24 2.5 NS 29. Morariu, Eduard 0 1270 1274 L15 L17 D0 L6 L28 D0 W31 L27 2.0 NS 30. Palak, Andrzej 1467 1582 1474 D0 W12 L11 L2 L13 L8 L25 L23 1.5 NS 31. Mahendranathan, P.J. 1498 1340 1460 L2 L10 L7 W28 L22 D0 L29 L0 1.5 NS Canada Day Open UNDER 1700 SECTION No. NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov 1. Lindsay, Robin 1246 1491 1369 W6 W2 W12 W4 L3 D9 W5 W7 6.5 NS 2. McKearney, Ed 1610 1552 1605 W11 L1 D10 W5 W12 W4 D3 W9 6.0 NS 3. Ng, Gary 1613 1518 1593 D0 D0 D4 W7 W1 W12 D2 W6 6.0 NS 4. Beals, George 1587 1436 1567 D0 W5 D3 L1 W10 L2 W9 W8 5.0 NS 5. Dunphy, Bruce 0 1245 1255 W7 L4 W11 L2 W13 W10 L1 W14 5.0 NS 6. Dunphy, Andrew 0 1056 1068 L1 L9 W14 L8 W7 W13 W12 L3 4.0 NS 7. Crowley, Nick 1092 952 1050 L5 D10 W8 L3 L6 W14 W11 L1 3.5 NS 8. Currell, Sean 0 943 955 L16 W14 L7 W6 L9 W11 D13 L4 3.5 NS 9. Livingstone, James 1266 1228 1272 L15 W6 W13 L12 W8 D1 L4 L2 3.5 NS 10. Kenney, Bryan 1202 1221 1220 D17 D7 D2 W11 L4 L5 W14 L0 3.5 NS 11. Crowley, Darren 1331 758 1167 L2 W0 L5 L10 W14 L8 L7 W13 3.0 NS 12. Weagle, Donald 1380 1103 1343 W14 W13 L1 W9 L2 L3 L6 L0 3.0 NS 13. Currell, Mike 0 575 585 W0 L12 L9 L14 L5 L6 D8 L11 1.5 NS 14. Currell, Sarah 0 617 629 L12 L8 L6 W13 L11 L7 L10 L5 1.0 NS 15. McGillivary, Mike 0 1666 1666 W9 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 1.0 NS 16. Blank, Blank 0 1014 1016 W8 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 1.0 17. Spencer, David 1254 1202 1250 D10 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 0.5 NS
Alvah Mayo with a score of 4.5/5 won the 1999 Shearwater Summer Open held on the August 21-22 weekend. A total of thirty-one people participated in this year's event which included players from New Brunswick (2), Prince Edward Island (2), and Ontario (1). In addition to the "out of Province" players, there were also participants from various locations through out Nova Scotia including the Valley (4), Cape Breton (1), Bridgewater (2) and Westville.
Rob Villeneuve, Jim Brennan, Harold Jew all tied for second place with a 4/5 score. The top U1800 prize was shared between Harold Uuetoa and Ken Cashin. both with 3/5 scores. The top U1400 prize was won by Robin Lindsay (2.5/5) with Joe Nearing (2/5) placing second in this section category. The door prize was won by Ian Burton.
Joseph Shea, the tournament organizer, would like to thank all of the participants who helped to make this the most successful Shearwater tournament (so far). In addition, Joseph would also like to wish a warm welcome to the four new members who joined our chess community during this event.
All the participants would like to thank Joeseph Shea for organizing this tournament and providing an excellent playing site as well as for providing the "Barbecue" which was an added attraction this year.
Here is an interesting game from Round 3 in which Jim Brennan faced the Dutch Defence played by Steve Saunders. The game is annotated by Jim Brennan who writes:
Here is my best game of the tournament. The game has been played before at least up to move 11 as in the MCO note following a correspondence game from 1969. I gave my queen for two pieces and two huge connected passers. Steve found what was probably the best line from a practical standpoint going for some very dangerous counterplay by giving back material immediately. I believe the sac is sound though regardless and the computer sees a clear advantage for white after a few minutes. Over the board I wasn't certain of the win until I made the time control and had untangled my pieces even though I figured from the get go it must be good. I have to mention at the very end I entirely missed my a pawn was hanging with check and my heart skipped a beat before I realized It was a good "sac".
White: Jim Brennan 1910
Black: Steve Saunders 2083
Result "1-0" Dutch Defence
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4
{Steve and I have played this a few times before. It seems I always get
white against him}
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nxe4 f5
{according to MCO, this follows a correspondence game
Sumichev-Shaposhnikov 1969 up to move 11}
9. Ng3
{this move, while provoking blacks setup, leaves the knight somewhat
stranded for most of the game}
9. ... g6 10. O-O-O Bh6+ 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 d6 13. h4 Bg7 14. Qd2 h5 15.
Nd4
{heading for e6}
15. ... Kh7
{this move seems unnecessary and could be the cause of black's problems}
16. Bc4!
{it seems odd at first to play behind the pawn}
16. ... c5 17. Ne6
{not being distracted by 17.dxc6ep winning a pawn but giving over the
initiative to black}
17. ... Bxe6 18. dxe6 Ne5
{this is probably blacks best, because 18...Qf6 c3 19.Nd8 Qd6 is clearly
better for white - it may be that Black was already on the road to ruin}
19. fxe5!?
{some people thought I had blundered here but they say sometimes it's best
to fall into the trap. Of course white probably holds a small edge after
a bishop move but things are not so clear as again winning the d pawn will
give black play}
19. ... Bh6 20. exd6 Bxd2+ 21. Rxd2
{and so the crucial position white gets two pieces and two killer
connected passed pawns. It wasn't that difficult to play into this line as
I only calculated one win of material before deciding to play the sac. If
21...re8 22.e7 Qd7 23.Bf7 was all I needed to see knowing there was
probably
better}
21. ... b5!
{several spectators questioned this move but I think that practically this
was a very good move as white must play very carefully. In fact I don't
think I defended against the counterplay perfectly in the game}
22. e7 Qa5 23. exf8=Q Rxf8 24. Be6 c4 25. a3
{the critical position for blacks counterplay. After extensive analysis I
believe the move 25.c3 is more accurate than the text}
25. ... c3?!
26. Rd5 Qb6 27. Rd3 b4 28. a4!
28. ... Rd8 29. Rhd1 cxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Qc5 31. Bb3 Rd7 32. R1d2 Qe5+ 33. Ka2
a5 34. Ne2 Qe4 35. Rd4
35. ... Qxg2 36. Nf4 Qc6 37. Ne6 Kh6 38. Ng5 Kg7 39. Be6
39. ... Qxa4+ 40. Kb1 Rd8 41. Bb3 Qb5 42. Ne6+ 1-0
In Round 1, N.S. jumped out to an early lead with the white pieces 3-2.
The top two boards for both teams won and Jim Mathers took the board 3
match up. Some of the games looked a little shaky, especially my win over
Justin. If not for a last minute exchange sacrifice and a little time
pressure, things may have been different.
Round 2 brought about some blood as the 2 number one rated players went
head to head. Erik Teichmann played a Dutch Stonewall against Anthony's
usual kingside fianchetto set up. Erik later told me that he hadn't
played the stonewall in nearly 20 years and did not remember a lot of the
theory. The game itself was a classic positional game but towards the
end, Anthony was able to turn black's kingside attack back and use the
open H file to deadly effect. Anthony then proceeded to whoa the crowd
with a Queen sacrifice which turned out to be the winning shot. However,
this seemed to be a mute point sine N.S. showed that they were deep by
still winning the round 3-2.
Round 3 saw the alliance hold back N.S. too a 2.5 - 2.5 tie. Anthony and
I played a game that resembled chess but it's one that neither of us would
care to remember. I was struggling a bit with my openings and had an
inferior game after 15 moves. I then had to use lots of time to find good
moves in a difficult position in order to stay alive. In the end, I had
roughly 11 moves to make in about 2 minutes, but had achieved a position
where if I play correctly, a draw should arise. Anthony then a little
disappointed with the turn around started to play dubiously and pushed his
pawn to h5 which was horrible. Unfortunately for me, I didn't find the
refutation until the post mortem which Anthony himself blurted out as soon
as the game finished. ( it was Rf1)...Erik looked like a cold blooded
killer against Fred with nearly 7 pieces attacking his King. To Fred's
credit, what do you
Round 4 was the round of horror for N.S. I remember driving in to the
site feeling pretty confident about winning the match by an optimistic 4
point margin. However, due to some scheduling conflicts, Erik forfeited
round 4 and could not play round 5. As the organizer, I had too find a
substitute during my game with McKim to fill in Erik's spot for round 5.
One phone call to Governor David Kenney resulted in him coming to Nova
Scotia's aid by getting his son Jason to sub in. After the Sunday morning
extravaganza was over the alliance had drawn to even terms and N.S. was
without there big gun.
In round 5, the tension was high amongst the N.S. players, especially when
Alvah Mayo had blundered a piece in the opening against Richard Bowes.
Although to Alvah's credit, he was pretty fatigued after taking second in
North Bay and the drive to and from is always hellish. I would recommend
that next year Mr. Mayo save his air miles and fly up.
The alliance now had a 1 point lead in the early stages of round 5. N.S.
was down to 4 games remaining when Pentz had achieved a better opening
against Howarth and a draw resulted. A big achievement for Brian and N.S.
considering the way Anthony was playing. Now, it was down to just 3
against 3 with the alliance up by one. Jason overlooked dropping a pawn
to Justin on e5 and it looked like he would just lose. All they needed
was 1 out of 3 to clinch at least a tie and 1.5 /3 to win it all. My
game against MacDonald was pretty even early on and a draw could have been
very easily the outcome. Jim Mathers was in a real slug fest with Fred
and yielded the only real winning chances out of the 3 of us. Tension was
really starting to build and N.S. didn't have much time left. At this
point, N.S. seemed to use the pressure to their advantage and all the
remaining 3 games were advantage N.S.!? Jonathan MacDonald made one mistake during the whole game which turned out to be fatal. Jason was a bit fortunate that Justin's win of the e5 pawn was a dubious nature since he was able to achieve all kinds of piece play. Mathers was able to resist Fred's Kignts on his third and was a up a passed d pawn. N.S. needed at least 2/3 to tie th match was even with Jim and I remaining. A few hours would pass with Fred and Jonathan fighting hard to hold N.S. off. then, Jim was queening his pawn and there was little Fred could do but resign. Fred seemed to be a little tired from our previous game which went about 7 hours with all of the delays.
The focus then switched to MacDonald - Urquhart where all we needed was a
draw for the victory. Although , I was already up 3 pawns and the win was
clear as long as I was careful. Soon to follow, Jonathan gave in after a
long fight. N.S won the round 3.5/1.5 to win the match 13.5 - 11.5,
making N.S. back to back champs.
I would like to thank all of the players for coming and holding in there
for a highly competitive match. In the last 4 matches, the results are
extremely close leaving N.S. up 2-1-1 in total. I will be looking forward
to number 5 most likely to be held in NB or PEI somewhere.
3... g6
4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3
5... Nf6 6. e5
6... Nfd7 7. f4 Clamp! Clamp!
7... b6 8. Nf3 e6
9. Nce2
9... Ba6 10. g3 c5 11. c3 Be2 12. Be2
12... c4?!
13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Rf2 b5 15. g4 Qb6?!
16. f5??
16... Nde5 17. Ne5
17... Be5 18. fe fe 19. a4!
19... Bd6
20. ab Qb5 21. Rb1
21... Na5 22. b4 Nc6
23. Bg5
23... Be7 24. Be7 Ne7 25. Qf1
25... 0-0-0
26. Ra1 Nc6
27. Bd1 One step to the left.
27... Kb8 defending a7 some more and clearing c8.
28. Rf7 Qb6 29. Ba4
29... Rc8 Now I think just Qf6 right away, and white has achieved his
optimal piece placement, more or less. There are many latent threats,
aside from the direct Qe6. Also white's bishop is definitely an asset that
could come in handy. For example Re8 looks forced, and after Bc6 Rc6 Rh7
is an improvement on the game, as e5? is met by Qf7+-
30. Bc6 Rc6 31. Qf6 Rhc8 32. Rh7
32... Rc8c7 33. Qg6 e5!?
34. Qe8+ Kb7 35. Rc7+ Qc7 36. Qe5 (gobble gobble!) 36....Qd7 (Qe5 de is
winning for white easily)
37. h3 Re6 38. Qf5 Qd6 39. Qf3 (No draw!) Rf6 40. Qg2 Re6 41. Ra5 Re4
Now white needs to find a way to win... pressure on d5 doesn't amount to
anything, or does it?
42. Qf2 threatening Qf7+ and checking until Qxd5 (with check!) is possible
(or something better, of course... ra6+, etc. ;-)
42... Rf4? 43. Rd5!
43... Qh6 this makes it much easier.
44. Qg2 Kb6 45. Rd7 1-0
Here are some of the other games played during the NS vs NB/PEI Match.
Bowes-Urquhart
Gulati-Mathers
Howarth-Mathers
Howarth-Teichmann
MacDonald-Pentz
MacDonald-Urquhart
Mathers-MacDonald
Mayo-Howarth
Mayo-MacDonald
Mayo-McKim
Pentz-Gulati
Pentz-McKim
Pentz - Howarth
Teichmann-Bowes
Urquhart-Gulati
Urquhart-Howarth
Oct. 16-17 Shearwater Fall Open, 5-Rd Swiss, Flight Deck Social Centre,
CFB Shearwater, Dartmouth, NS Contact:David Kenney
Nov. 12-14 Remembrance Day Open, 5-Rd Swiss, Room 227, DAL SUB, University
Ave. Halifax Contact Kim Tufts 453-1624
Nov. 12-14 Maritime/Atlantic Junior Championship Contact: David Kenney
462-7455
Feb. 25-27 Bluenose Chess Club Open, 5-Rd Swiss, Room 227, DAL SUB,
University Ave. Halifax Contact David Kenney 462-7455
Mar. 24-26 Halifax Open, 5-Rd Swiss, Cole Harbour Place, Dartmouth,
Contact David Kenney 462-7455
Apr. 14-16 Lunenburg County Open, 5-Rd Swiss, Wandyln Inn, Bridgewater.
Contact Steve Saunders 624-9361
Answer to Chess Problems:
Problem #1 1. Qxh6+ gxh6 2. g7+ Kh7 3. gxf8=N+ Kh8 4. Rg8 checkmate.
Problem #2 1. Nf4! Ke5 2. Qe6+ Kxf4 3. Be3++ or 1. ...Ke7 2. Bd8+ Kd6 3.
Qd5++ or 1. ...Kxc6 2. Qb3 Kd6 / Kd7 3. Qe6++
Web Site:
http://www.chebucto.ns.dal.ca/Recreation/NSChess/nschess.html
{now blacks play is gone}
{g3 was possible but not critical as black is lost now - this move is
perhaps a little speedier}
{Rc4 was also very strong. I guess there are many ways now}
Shearwater Summer Open
No. NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov
1. Mayo, Alvah 2011 2134 2043 W20 W9 W5 W12 D2 4.5 NS
2. Villeneuve, Robert 2125 2111 2127 W14 W4 W8 D3 D1 4.0 NS
3. Brennan, Jim 1910 2039 1962 W28 W24 W18 D2 D6 4.0 NS
4. Jew, Harold 1909 1808 1913 W30 L2 W25 W19 W9 4.0 ON
5. Gulati, Ashish 2018 1980 2014 W27 W11 L1 D7 W12 3.5 PE
6. Kenney, Jason 2000 1892 1985 W22 L12 W15 W11 D3 3.5 NS
7. McMillan, Andrew 1878 1860 1890 W31 L18 W24 D5 W13 3.5 PE
8. Eldridge, Michael 1915 1747 1892 W25 W15 L2 L9 W14 3.0 NS
9. Cashin, Ken 1698 1742 1719 W29 L1 W17 W8 L4 3.0 NS
10. Uuetoa, Harold 1756 1682 1742 L24 L13 W27 W16 W22 3.0 NS
11. Klapstein, John 1883 1674 1868 W26 L5 W20 L6 W19 3.0 NS
12. Ede, Albert 1740 1839 1761 W17 W6 D13 L1 L5 2.5 NS
13. Karis, Steve 1740 1712 1737 D0 W10 D12 D21 L7 2.5 NS
14. Shea, Joseph 1612 1679 1618 L2 W23 D0 W30 L8 2.5 NS
15. Boyle, Phil 1617 1620 1617 W21 L8 L6 W25 D17 2.5 NS
16. Gawetski, Yadviga 1667 1615 1664 D0 D0 D0 L10 W21 2.5 NS
17. Lindsay, Robin 1369 1610 1424 L12 W22 L9 W20 D15 2.5 NS
18. Saunders, Stephen 2089 1900 2074 W19 W7 L3 L0 L0 2.0 NS
19. Grant, Hector 1511 1631 1523 L18 W30 W23 L4 L11 2.0 NB
20. Palak, Andrzej 1489 1530 1495 L1 W31 L11 L17 W27 2.0 NS
21. Nearing, Joe 0 1474 1474 L15 W28 D0 D13 L16 2.0 NS
22 Gabriel, Jarrett 1508 1448 1504 L6 L17 W26 W24 L10 2.0 NS
23. MacLean, John 1456 1182 1425 D0 L14 L19 D26 W29 2.0 NS
24. Nuschke, Alex 0 1507 1507 W10 L3 L7 L22 D25 1.5 NS
25. Burton, Andrew 1285 1440 1300 L8 W29 L4 L15 D24 1.5 NS
26. Burton, Ian 655 1371 953 L11 D27 L22 D23 D30 1.5 NS
27. Laforest, Gilles 1587 1294 1545 L5 D26 L10 W29 L 20 1.5 NB
28. Livingstone, James 1272 1377 1279 L3 L21 W31 L0 L0 1.0 NS
29. Currell, Sean 955 1209 1053 L9 L25 W30 L27 L23 1.0 NS
30. Kenney, Bryan 1220 1088 1183 L4 L19 L29 L14 D26 0.5 NS
31. Fraser, Andrew 0 1146 1146 L7 L20 L28 L0 L0 0.0 NS
NS vs NB & PEI Team Match
Report by Ed Urquhart
The Inter Provincial match between Nova Scotia and NB/PEI took place at
Saint Mary's University from August 13 - 15 in the new and elite Sobey's
Building. The room was complete with A/C and we even had a white board to
post the results after each round. The players seemed to be eager and
there was a lot of ex-provincial champions present for both teams.
NS vs NB and PEI
No. NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov
1. Howarth, Anthony 2279 2386 2290 W11 W6 W4 D3 D2 4.0 NB
2. Pentz, Brian 2016 2263 2066 L5 W7 W9 W8 D1 3.5 NS
3. Mathers, James 2082 2263 2118 W7 D9 D8 D1 W5 3.5 NS
4. Urquhart, Ed 2198 2183 2194 W9 W8 L1 L5 W7 3.0 NS
5. McKim, Fred 2109 2146 2116 W2 D11 L6 W4 L3 2.5 PE
6. Teichmann, Erik 2368 2118 2349 W8 L1 W5 L7 L0 2.0 NS
7. MacDonald, Jonathan 2065 2066 2065 L3 L2 W11 W6 L4 2.0 NB
8. Bowes, Richard 2018 1986 2011 L6 L4 D3 L2 W11 1.5 NB
9. Gulati, Ashish 2045 1909 2018 L4 D3 L2 W11 L10 1.5 PE
10. Kenney, Jason 1981 2445 2000 L0 L0 L0 L0 W9 1.0 NS
11. Mayo, Alvah 2068 1783 2011 L1 D5 L7 L9 L8 0.5 NS
Jason Kenney (NS) - Justin Gulati (PEI)
Nova Scotia - New Brunswick Match
Annotated by Jason Kenney
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3!?
I don't like this move as much as I did in the past, but I figured that I
knew this move the best, so...
An interesting choice, but probably not the best. The line given in theory
books is 3... de 4. fe e5 5. Nf3 Be6.
J. Kenney - Davies continued something like 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. 0-0
Ne7 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Qh5? (Qf3!) g6 11. Qf3 f6 12. Ne6 Ne6 13. Bc4
White's gonna try to play this like a Yugoslav attack as in the dragon,
unless black does something drastic. I think white should have a slight
advantage after perfect play by both sides. But nobody's perfect. ;-)
Change of plan. White plays the space-game.
If 8... Ba6 right away, 9. e6! and Ng5 and black is in mucho trouble.
Anticipating Ba6, white needs his light squared B. Otherwise black will
have more time to try to gut my queenside. I don't want that. Also, c3 is
now possible to secure my bind.
White's triangle of power will prevail!
Black's moment of truth. He closes lines on the queenside. I think that cd
cd at least discourages an f5 by white, but then black's king is almost
committed to g8 if he wants his rook to get into play.
A scrappy move. h5 is a try, although white just responds with h3, and
ignores it. Black will need to get to white's b2/b3 square(s), or hit
back with .f6 which looks extremely risky due to white's firepower on the
kingside. Instead, the best way to get counterplay is by putting a knight
on a4. Therefore Nb6! intending Na4 must be better, as black's b4 doesn't
need any more preparation. After the correct Qd2 by white, black is
surely going to get routed on the kingside. Black won't have anything
tangible on the queenside, so the best he'll be able to do is to flee with
his king, but then he can just sit while white improves his pieces.
Too hasty. The point of Qb6 is that it holds up f5 for one move, assuming
white thinks about his move. Oops! Now the game gets really
interesting.
(de? Qe3 is worse than the game, as almost all his pieces are stuck, and
e5 will fall the next move)
White threatens ab splitting his pawns and a5! decoying a guard... a5 Na5
de Qe3 Ra5, etc.
Bg7 is worse as then a Rf7 by white will come with tempo, and Bg5 can only
be answered by h5 and g5 (ugh!).
Trying to clear up the issue on the queenside... black can't allow b3.
Now the situation on the queenside is clear. as black's king will either
stay in the center, or end up on the queenside, it's useful to have some
outposts in the vicinity... a5!
This bishop is crap. let's get rid of it.
More efficiency. Clears d1 for the bishop so it can get to a4, where it
will really be unappreciated. Also, prepares Rf7 and Qf6 with
infiltration. g5? allowing Nf5 is not a good idea.
A clear target to focus on now. Actually, it's the only target that I can
see clearly nowadays;
He must not have liked allowing me Ra5-c5 ;-)
I was in a bit of time trouble here. I wish I had some more time for my
next move.
White takes a time out to get some material back, and with his superior
pawn structure, should be winning the ending assuming he can defend c3
adequately.
Maybe a blunder, I'm not sure if black gave up the pawn intentionally to
get some activity back or just forget about the fork.
Deflection! I thought about this for while before I played it. The reason
for my long thought was a) Do I want to allow a Queen ending? I've never
really studied Queen endings at all, and didn't want to figure it out with
25 minutes left on my clock, but then I decided that I should be able to
trade queens real quick somehow. b) the rook ending after Rf2 Rd6 Rc2 when
black's c-pawn could become dangerous. But after considering it for way
too long, I realized that it wasn't anything to worry about.
White continues 45... Kb5 forced! 46. Qd5+ Ka4 47. Qc4 and Ra7 is a tough
one to meet... (a6 Rd5 and there is no way to stop Ra5, a5 ba+ Ka3 Qb4+
Ka2 Rb7 is also el finito).
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. h3 Bf5
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Qd3 g6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. b3 Nd7 14.
Bb2 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Nc3 b5 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Qd2 Nf6
20. Rb1 b4 21. c4 bxc3 22. Nxc3 Bb4 23. Qd3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Ne4 25. Rc1 Re6
26. Bb2 Nfd6 27. Qc2 Nf5 28. g4 Ne7 29. Ne5 f6 30. Nd3 Qc7 31. Ba3 Nc8 32.
Nc5 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Ne7 34. Qc2 Kf7 35. Qd2 g5 36. Rc2 Ng6 37. Bc1 Nf4 38.
Qc3 Ne2+ 39. Rxe2 Rxe2 40. a3 Qe7 41. Be3 Qe4 0-1
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e5 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. f4 Nc6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 d6
8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Nh6 10. Re1 dxe5 11. Qd5 Qe7 12. Nxe5 O-O-O 13. Be3 Nxe5
14. Bxa7 c6 15. Qd4 cxb5 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. fxe Qc6 18. Nb6+ Kc7 19. Nd5+
1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. h3 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Rb1 Ne7 14.
e4 Bc6 15. Ne2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 f5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. c4 fxe4 19. g4 Nc6 20.
Bxe4 Qf6 21. Rd2 Rae8 22. Nxc6 Rxe4 23. Nb4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Nd5
Qg3+ 26. Rg2 Qf3 27. Qd4 h6 28. Kh2 Bc6 29. Ne7+ Kh7 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O c6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Ne1 d5 8.
Nd3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. h4 Bf6 12. Nfe5 Na6 13. c3 Rc8 14. Qa4
g5 15. hxg5 Bxg5 16. Bf3 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qd6 18. Kg2 Rc7 19. Rh1 Rf6 20. Rh5
b5 21. Qa5 b4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rg5+ Kf8 24. e3 c5 25. Rh1 bxc3 26. bxc3
cxd4 27. cxd4 Qb4 28. Qxc7 Nxc7 29. Rxh7 Ke8 30. Rxc7 Kd8 31. Nxe6+ Rxe6
32. Rd7+ Kc8 33. Rg8+ Re8 34. Rxe8# {White mates} 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+
8. Kxd1 Rd8+ 9. Ke1 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Rxd5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bc4 Rd8 13. Ng5 e6
14. Kf2 h6 15. Nf3 b6 16. g4 Bb7 17. Rhd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8
20. Nd4 a6 21. b4 b5 22. Bb3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Ba7 Bf8 25. c3 Bh1 26.
Ke3 Be7 27. Bc2 Bd5 28. a3 Kf8 29. Kd4 Bh4 30. Ke3 Be1 31. Bd4 Ke8 32. Be4
Bxe4 33. Kxe4 Bd2 34. Be3 Bxc3 35. f5 g5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Bxh6 h3 38. Bf4
Bb2 39. g5 Bxa3 40. g6 fxg6 41. fxg6 Bxb4 42. Kf3 Kf8 43. Kg4 Bc3 44. Kh5
b4 45. Kh6 Kg8 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 O-O
8. c3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6
14. Bc2 Qd5 15. f3 Ba6 16. Be4 Bxe2 17. Bxd5 Bxf1 18. Bxa8 Bxg2 19. Be4
Nxe4 20. Kxg2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rd8 22. Be3 Rd5 23. a4 g6 24. Kf2 h5 25. Ke2
Be5 26. f4 Bc7 27. c4 Rd7 28. b4 e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Rg1 f6 31. c5 bxc5
32. bxc5 Kf7 33. a5 Ke6 34. c6 Rc7 35. Rc1 Kd5 36. Kf3 a6 37. Rd1+ Kxc6
38. Ke4 Bxg3 39. Rb1 Rb7 40. Rc1+ Kd6 41. Bc5+ Ke6 42. Bd4 Rd7 43. Rc6+
Rd6 44. Rc1 f5+ 45. Kd3 Bf2 46. Re1+ Kf7 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Rb8
8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Qh4 e6 11. f5 exf5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 Ng4 15. Qf4 Rxb2 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. h3 Ne5 18. g4 Rxc2 19. gxf5 Nxf3+
20. Rxf3 Qf6 21. fxg6 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Rxc3 23. Raf1 f6 24. R1f3 Ra3 25. h4
Kg7 26. h5 Rxa2 27. Re4 f5 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. h6 Rb8 30. Rxf5 Ra4 31. Rg5
Ra2 32. h7+ 1-0
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 b5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
Bf4 f6 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Qd2 b4 11. Nd1 Bg7 12. O-O d6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bh6
e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. c4 h6 18. Ne3 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Ne4 20. Qc2
Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Qe4 Nd4 23. Bg4 Rae8 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4+ Qf6 26.
Qxa7+ Re7 27. Qb6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Bxg4 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c3 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Re8 10. Ne5 Nf8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Nef3 f5 15. Kh1 c5 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. g4 Kf7 19. gxf5 exf5 20.
Rg1 Rh8 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Rg3 Rh6 23. Rag1 Rah8 24. Nf1 Rg8 25. Rh3 Rgh8 26.
Rhg3 c4 27. Bb1 Qe8 28. Qg2 g5 29. Bxf5 Qa4 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Qf3 Ke8 32.
Bb1 Bd6 33. R3g2 Bc8 34. Rd2 g4 35. Qxd5 Qd7 36. Be4 Rh5 37. Qxc4 b5 38.
Qd3 Kd8 39. Ng3 Rh3 40. Bf5 Qxf5 41. e4 Qh7 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3
Be7 8. d4 d5 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Rd8 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Nc5
Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Nd5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 f5 19.
g4 g5 20. gxf5 gxh4 21. fxe6 Nf6 22. Nxh4 Rg8+ 23. Kf1 Rg5 24. b4 Ke7 25.
Nf3 Rd5 26. Re1 Nxb4 27. Rb1 Nc6 28. Rxb7+ Kxe6 29. Rc7 Rxc5 30. Nd4+ Kd6
31. Rf7 Nd7 32. Nb3 Rh5 33. Kg2 Nb4 34. a4 Nc6 35. Nd2 Rh4 36. f3 Nce5 37.
Rh7 Ra4 38. Rxh6+ Kd5 39. Ne4 Kd4 40. Nd6 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 a5 42. h4 a4 43. h5
Kd5 1/2-1/2
1. f4 c5 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qe1 Qc7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Bd1 Bg4 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. a4 Rhe8 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Ne5 Bxd1 14.
Qxd1 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. Nb5 Bh6 18. Qe2 d4 19. e4 Bxd2
20. Qxd2 Ng4 21. g3 Qh5 22. Rxf7 g5 23. Raf1 Qg6 24. Qa5 Qa6 25. Qc7+ Ka8
26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nc7+ Ka7 28. Nxa6 Kxa6 29. Rxe7 Ne3 30. Rf6+ b6 31.
Rff7 Ra8 32. c3 Nd1 33. cxd4 Nxb2 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Rf6+ Ka5 36. Rb7 Nxd3
37. Rfb6 Nb4 38. Rb5+ Kxa4 39. Rxc5 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. Re1 Rad8 11. Nf1 d4 12. c4 h6 13. a3 a5 14. b3 Nh7
15. N1d2 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Bf1 Bc5 20. Bb2 e4
21. dxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Nd2 Bg6 24. Bg2 Ne5 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Nf3
Rxd5 27. Nh4 Bh7 28. cxd5 g5 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rg8+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 32. Re2
Be4+ 33. Rxe4 Nf2# {Black mates} 0-1
1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. Nf3 dxe5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Qe2 O-O 7. d3 Nc6
8. Bg5 Bg4 9. c3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nd8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne6 13. Bh4 c6 14.
Rf1 b5 15. Bb3 Rad8 16. Bc2 Qd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Nf4 1/2-1/2
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. Bb5 e6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Rfe8 13. Qg3 Rf8
14. Ne5 Ne8 15. Qh3 Bd6 16. Rae1 Rc8 17. e4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd7 19. f5 Kh8
20. fxe6 1-0
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. b3 Qd7 8.
h3 Nge7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 d5 11. a3 Rad8 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O-O d4 14. exd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 c5 17. Kb1 b5 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. h4 Rb8 20. Ka2 a5
21. Rb1 Qa7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Rfd8 24. Rhe1 Rbc8 25. Re2 a4 26. bxa4
b4 27. Rbe1 Bf6 28. Re6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Bg7 30. d6 Rb8 31. Bd5 Kh8 32. Bb3
Qb6 33. d7 Qc7 34. Qe2 Qxd7 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Re7 Qd6 37. Ba3 Rxb3 38.
Kxb3 Qd5+ 39. Kb2 Rb8+ 40. Kc1 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 Qc6 42. Rxg7 Qd5 43. Qe7 Qa2+
44. Kd1 1-0
1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Bc4 c6 4. d3 d6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Qf3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7
8. Bf4 a5 9. Ba2 Nh5 10. g3 Rb8 11. Qg2 b5 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Be3 Nc5 14.
h4 b4 15. Nd1 b3 16. Bxc5 bxc2 17. Ba3 cxd1=Q+ 18. Rxd1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6
20. Rd2 Qb6 21. O-O Bd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Kh2 Rb3 24. Rfd1 e5 25. Kg1 Kg7
26. Kh2 Rf7 27. Qf1 Nf6 28. Qe2 h5 29. f3 g5 30. hxg5 Nh7 31. f4 exf4 32.
Qxh5 fxg3+ 33. Kh3 Qe3 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Kg2 Nxg5 37. Qh6+ Ke8
38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Qh5 Rf2+ 40. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 0-1LABOUR DAY OPEN
FM Erik Teichmann won the Labour Day Open, held at TUNS, with a score of
6.5/8 and earned the $300 first place prize. Going undefeated, and
drawing against Urquhart, Mayo and Ede, Eric finished the tournament 1/2
point ahead of Ed Urquhart (6/8) who placed second earning $150. Alvah
Mayo placed third with 5.5/8 winning $100. The Under 1900 prize of $100
was won by Gary Phillips. Gary Ng won the Under 1700 prize of $100. Many
thanks are extended to tournament organizer Albert Ede for organizing this
event. Congratulations are also extended to FM Eric Teichmann for winning
another local tournament.
Labour Day Open
No NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov
1. Teichmann, Erik 2349 2131 2336 W17 W9 W6 W5 W10 D2 D3 D7 6.5 NS
2. Urquhart, Ed 2194 2159 2202 W4 D0 W13 D0 W8 D1 W10 D3 6.0 NS
3. Mayo, Alvah 2062 2021 2062 W14 D5 L11 W25 W7 W6 D1 D2 5.5 NS
4. Ng, Gary 1593 1938 1734 L2 W24 W19 D13 W17 W8 D6 D0 5.5 NS
5. Phillips, Gary 1821 1938 1858 W20 D3 W22 L1 W18 L10 W13 W11 5.5 NS
6. Gulati, Ashish 2014 1937 2001 W27 W7 L1 W17 W11 L3 D4 D0 5.0 PE
7. Ede, Albert 1761 1838 1795 W32 L6 W16 W27 L3 D13 W12 D1 5.0 NS
8. Drummond, Carlos 1817 1799 1812 D10 W19 W25 D11 L2 L4 W17 W18 5.0
NS
9. Armstrong, Brad 1796 1668 1764 W24 L1 L10 D16 D19 W23 W14 W15 5.0
NS
10. Morariu, Eduard 1274 1922 1644 D8 W18 W9 W15 L1 W5 L2 L12 4.5 NS
11. Uuetoa, Harold 1742 1823 1766 D0 W23 W3 D8 L6 D12 W22 L5 4.5 NS
12. Gilks, James 1709 1761 1718 D0 D0 D0 D0 W27 D11 L7 W10 4.5 NS
13. McMillan, Andrew 1890 1741 1857 W21 W16 L2 D4 W15 D7 L5 D0 4.5 PE
14. Johnson, Kyle 1545 1565 1547 L3 L20 W24 W30 D23 W19 L9 W21 4.5 NB
15. Beals, George 1567 1663 1595 D0 W30 W26 L10 L13 W25 D18 L9 4.0 NS
16. Lindsay, Robin 1424 1628 1500 W34 L13 L7 D9 W26 L22 D20 W23 4.0 NS
17. LeBlanc, C. Stephen 1758 1624 1733 L1 W31 W20 L6 L4 W27 L8 W22 4.0
NS
18. Cashin, Ken 1719 1552 1685 D0 L10 W29 W26 L5 W21 D15 L8 4.0 NS
19. MacNeil, Danny 1273 1518 1396 W0 L8 L4 W20 D9 L14 D26 W27 4.0 NS
20. Livingstone, James 1279 1454 1327 L5 W14 L17 L19 W30 D29 D16 W0 4.0
NS
21. MacLean, John 1425 1467 1433 L13 D0 D0 W28 D22 L18 W24 L14 3.5 NS
22. Shea, Joseph 1618 1454 1582 D0 W29 L5 D23 D21 W16 L11 L17 3.5 NS
23. Spencer, David 1318 1442 1354 D0 L11 W31 D22 D14 L9 W25 L16 3.5 NS
24. Burton, Andrew 1300 1351 1317 L9 L4 L14 W31 W28 D0 L21 W30 3.5 NS
25. Kimber, David 1544 1324 1507 D0 W33 L8 L3 W29 L15 L23 W28 3.5 NS
26. Gabriel, Jarrett 1504 1301 1466 D0 W0 L15 L18 L16 D30 D19 W32 3.5
NS
27. Palak, Andrzej 1495 1376 1469 L6 W32 W28 L7 L12 L17 W29 L19 3.0 NS
28. Cooper, Jim 0 1123 1127 D0 D0 L27 L21 L24 W31 W32 L25 3.0 NS
29. Currell, Sean 1053 1142 1088 D0 L22 L18 W32 L25 D20 L27 D31 2.5 NS
30. McGrath, Brian 1544 1111 1448 D0 L15 D32 L14 L20 D26 W31 L24 2.5 NS
31. Currell, Mike 585 1059 828 D0 L17 L23 L24 W32 L28 L30 D29 2.0
NS
32. Burton, Ian 953 947 957 L7 L27 D30 L29 L31 D0 L28 L26 1.0
NS
33. Currell, Sarah 629 1144 686 D0 L25 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 0.5 NS
34. Poirier, David 1858 1024 1828 L16 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 0.0 NS
REMEMBERANCE DAY OPEN
November 12 - 14, 1999
Location: Dalhousie University Student Union Building - Room 227,
University Ave. Halifax
Format: Two Sections: Expert/Master Section and a Class Open Section
Five-Round Swiss 30/ 90 followed by sudden death in one hour
Entry Fee: $30 (subtract $5 for seniors/disabled) $15 juniors.
(note: add $10 for class players (U2000) who wish to play in the expert
section)
Free Entry if purchasing a one-year CFC Membership for the first
time.
Contact Kim Tufts at 453-1624 / kimtufts@istar.ca for further
information.
Registration: Friday November 12 at 6:00PM at the site.
Schedule of Rounds: Fri day 6:45; Saturday 10:00 / 4:00; Sunday 10:00 /
4:00.
Prizes (Prizes will depend on number of participants
BLUENOSE CHESS CLUB OPEN
February 25 - 27, 2000
Location: Dalhousie University Student Union Building - Room 227,
University Ave. Halifax
Format: Two Sections: Open Section and U1800 Section
Five-Round Swiss 30/ 90 followed by sudden death in one hour
Entry Fee: $30 ( $25 for seniors/disabled ) ( $15 juniors ).
Free Entry if purchasing a one-year CFC Membership for the first
time.
Contact David Kenney (902) 462-7455 or e-mail dkenney@accesscable.net
Registration: Friday February 25 at 5:00 - 5:45PM at the site.
Schedule of Rounds: Fri day 6:15; Saturday 10:00 / 4:00; Sunday 10:00 /
3:30.
Prizes (Prizes will depend on number of participants)
HALIFAX OPEN
March 24 - 26, 2000
Location: Westphal Room, Cole Harbour Place, Forrest Hills Parkway,
Dartmouth, NS (New tournament site!)
Format: Two Sections: Open Section and U1800 Section
Five-Round Swiss 30/ 90 followed by sudden death in one hour
Entry Fee: $30 ( $25 for seniors/disabled ) ( $15 juniors ).
Free Entry if purchasing a one-year CFC Membership for the first
time.
Contact David Kenney (902) 462-7455 or e-mail dkenney@accesscable.net
Registration: Friday March 24 at 5:00 - 5:30 PM at the site.
Schedule of Rounds: Fri day 6:00; Saturday 10:00 / 4:00; Sunday 10:00 /
4:00.
Prizes (Prizes will depend on number of participants)
SHEARWATER FALL OPEN
October 16 - 17, 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 David Kenney (902) 462-7455 or e-mail dkenney@accesscable.net
Registration: Saturday October 16 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
NOVA SCOTIA JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
October 16 - 17, 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: $15 for Juniors (Tournament is Open to all Juniors under 20
years of age)
Free Entry if purchasing a one-year CFC Membership for the first time.
Contact David Kenney (902) 462-7455 or e-mail dkenney@accesscable.net
Registration: Saturday October 16 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 Trophy for 1st Place, Other prizes will depend on number of
participants
The top two finishers will be invited to represent Nova Scotia in the
Atlantic/Maritime Junior Championship being held
in Halifax in November.
Upcoming Events:
Oct. 16-17 Nova Scotia Junior Championship, 5-Rd Swiss, Flight Deck Social
Centre, CFB Shearwater, Open to Juniors Under 20
years of age, Contact:David Kenney 462-7455How to get information on chess in Nova Scotia
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chess-ns".Nova Scotia Chess Association
Chairman: Steve Saunders phone: 624-9361 e-mail: ssaunder@fox.nstn.ca
Vice-Chairman: Kim Tufts phone: 453-1624 e-mail: nstn1286@fox.nstn.ca
Secretary-Treasurer: David Kenney phone: 462-7455 e-mail:
dkenney@ns.sympatico.ca
Director Allan Googoo phone:
CFC Governors for NS:
Glenn Charlton phone: 453-9631
Alvah Mayo e-mail: mayo@north.nsis.com
October 1999 Volume 16
12 Nova Scotia Chess News