Nova Scotia Chess News

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Nova Scotia Chess Association

NSCA Annual General Meeting - Minutes of meeting

Members Present:

Steve Saunders, George Beals, David Kenney, Robin Lindsay, Laurie Parker, Steve McLeod, Harold Uuetoa, Georgina Tarrant, Prem Mahendranathan, Albert Ede, Alex Nuschka, David Poirier, Alex Priest, Harry McLeave, Robin Saunders, Brian McKay, Danny MacNeil, Matt Molloy, David Spencer, Eric Newman.

Steve Saunders, Chairman of the Nova Scotia Chess Association (NSCA), called the meeting to order at 4:00pm on Saturday May 18, 2002. In his opening remarks, Mr. Saunders explained that according to the charter for the NSCA, a General Meeting must be held on at least an annual basis to elect the Directors who will be given the responsibility for managing the NSCA for the next twelve months. Once the Directors have been selected, they will decide among themselves what “officer positions” they will assume for the duration of their term. Officer positions available include Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, CFC Governors (two available for NS), and Cape Breton representative. In addition any new business that a member wishes to raise may be added to the agenda.

Steve Saunders then asked David Kenney, Secretary-Treasurer NSCA, to present a brief financial report. David Kenney then proceeded to present a Statement of Receipts and Disbursements covering the period from May 17, 2001 to May 17, 2002 explaining each line item. During the presentation, David explained to the membership that the major expenditures for last year were for the purchase of two annual trophies. The two trophies, one purchased for The Nova Scotia Open and the other for The Nova Scotia Closed, cost $575 in total. The NSCA received $980 in total receipts last year for which the provincial association membership fee collected by the CFC ($673) represents the majority of the total funds received. As of May 17, the NSCA had a bank balance of $1,339. An opportunity was then provided for any member to ask any questions concerning the financial report.

Steve Saunders then asked for motions to have the financial report accepted as presented. Laurie Parker made a motion to have the treasurer’s financial report accepted. The motion was seconded by Eric Newman.

Steve Saunders then proceeded to ask the membership for nominations of members who would be willing to serve as Directors for the next twelve months. Several members made a motion to nominate all of the current Directors who served during the previous twelve month period. The nominations include the following individuals: Steve Saunders, David Kenney, Albert Ede, Alvah Mayo, Gilbert Bernard, and Michael Eldridge. Steve Saunders then nominated Eric Newman to serve as a Director. Since there were no further nominations being made, Steve Saunders called for an end to the nominations. After a brief discussion concerning the nominated individuals, some of whom were not present at the time of the meeting, the membership decided to proclaim all the nominated individuals as Directors assuming that they agree to serve the NSCA.

Steve then asked the membership if they had any new business. Since no new business was presented by the membership, Steve Saunders thanked everyone for their participation and declared the meeting closed. The general meeting was concluded at approximately 4:20pm.

Minutes prepared by: David Kenney

Inside This Issue

2 Top “50” List / Chess Problems

3 NS Closed Chess Championship

6 Cole Harbour Winter Open

7 Lunenburg County Open

8 Atlantic Native Closed

8 Halifax Regional School Board Tournament

9 Nova Scotia Open

10 Tournament Advertisements

11 Other Chess News

12 Upcoming Tournament Schedule

TOP “50” NS LIST

(as of June 16, 2002)

		Regular	Active
		Rating	Rating
1.	Reddy, Tyler	2205	1924
2.	Mayo, Alvah	2185	1652
3.	Charlton, Glenn	2182	1935
4.	Lomond, Gerald	2182	2057
5.	Villeneuve, Robert	2109	1928
6.	Gonzalez-Cueto, Jose	2098	0
7.	Wysocki, Antoni	2085	1834
8.	Beed, Brian	2078	2055
9.	Kenney, Jason	2077	1461
10.	Klapstein, John	2055	1583
11.	Saunders, Stephen	2047	1708
12.	Giacomin, Gordon	2002	2064
13.	Cooper, John	1992	1992
14.	Ng, Gary	1968	1870
15.	Kenney, David	1958	1685
16.	Pentz, Brian	1952	1905
17.	LeBlanc, Gerard	1946	1811
18.	Kustudic, Dusan	1906	1744
19.	Naugler, Rex	1904	1901
20.	Burgess, Brian	1894	1772
21.	MacDonald, Troy	1890	1794
22.	Cosman, Tom	1884	1786
23.	Bernard, Gilbert	1866	1375
24.	Duffy, Stephen	1859	1758
25.	Clair, Joe	1854	1768
26.	Eldridge, Michael G.	1834	1843
27.	Poirier, David	1828	1450
28.	Laneuville, Jimmy	1820	0
29.	Van Ryswyk, Tony	1805	1805
30.	Steele, Leighton	1802	1738
31.	Phillips, Fred	1797	1790
32.	Drummond, Carlos	1775	1468
33.	Clair, Jordan	1767	0
34.	Tarrant, Georgina	1761	0
35.	Ede, Albert	1751	1549
36.	Berkman, Brian	1740	1714
37.	Armstrong, Brad	1739	1688
38.	Phillips, Gary	1739	1636
39.	Karis, Steve	1737	1626
40.	Parker, Laurie	1729	1753
41.	Candow, John	1724	1375
42.	Poulette, Bradley	1687	0
43.	Nuschke, Alex	1682	0
44.	Fleury, Bruce	1680	1368
45.	Uuetoa, Harold	1680	1542
46.	Boyle, Phil	1679	1414
47.	Pettipas, Bill	1679	1463
48.	Johnson, Greg	1677	1649
49.	Ormston, Ron	1677	1702
50.	Cashin, Ken	1669	1396

TOP “10” NS JUNIORS

		Regular	Active
	Name	Rating	Rating
1.	Reddy, Tyler	2205	1924
2.	Kenney, Jason	2017	1461
3.	Ng, Gary	1968	1870
4.	Candow, John	1724	1375
5.	Dunphy, Andrew	1593	1557
6.	Livingston, Alex	1556	1128
7.	McCleave, Harry	1546	0
8.	Gabriel, Jarrett	1545	1321
9.	Penney, Mark	1479	1016
10.	Jivalian, Raffi	1407	0

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REPORTS ON COMPLETED EVENTS

dartmouth chess club u1800 tournament – january 2002

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Cashin, Ken	1565	1775	1635	1719	X X 1 = 1 1 0 1 0 =	5.0
2	Boyle, Phil	1719	1737	1722	1749	0 = X X 0 = 1 1 1 1	5.0
3	Uuetoa, Harold	1677	1697	1683	1806	0 0 1 = X X 0 1 1 1	4.5
4	Ede, Albert	1734	1633	1699	1860	1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1 1	4.0
5	Newman, Eric	1571	1424	1526	1605	1 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X	1.5

nova scotia closed chess championship – january 2002

The 2002 Nova Scotia Chess Championship was held at Cole Harbour Place located in the Cole Harbour area of the City of Halifax. The tournament, played over the January 25-27 weekend, was held at the same venue as the Cole Harbour Winter Open. This provided an opportunity for players in the Open tournament to be able to watch the games from the Closed tournament while they were in progress.

At the end of the round robin event, Alvah Mayo and Glenn Charlton tied for first place when both finished with 3.5 points. In order to determine who would be named Nova Scotia Champion and win the right to represent the province at the Canadian Chess Championship Zonal tournament, a tie-breaking system was used. After the first three tie-breaking systems used, based on their individual performances against their opponents, still resulted in a tie a final single game with a 15 minute “sudden death” time control was used to break the tie.

The final playoff game proved to be an exciting encounter between these two players as the gathered crowd of spectators looked on. Glenn Charlton sacrificed a pawn in the early part of the game in order to get a lead in development and a small positional advantage. As the game progressed, Alvah Mayo was forced to give up significant material in order to stop Glenn’s strong and determined attack on the Kingside. However, while Glenn was up a queen for perhaps a minor piece and in the process of hunting down Alvah’s King, the flag on Glenn’s clock “dropped”. Alvah, although down in material, was able to successfully shelter his King until time ran out for Glenn. Congratulations Alvah on having an exciting finish to this year’s tournament and for being named Nova Scotia Chess Champion for 2002.

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Mayo, Alvah	2144	2251	2164	2213	X = = = 1 1	3.5
2	Charlton, Glenn	2167	2246	2182	2212	= X = = 1 1	3.5
3	Villeneuve, Robert	2091	2181	2109	2200	= = X = = 1	3.0
4	Kenney, Jason	2010	2037	2017	2086	= = = X 0 =	2.0
5	Wysocki, Antoni	2101	2019	2085	2120	0 0 = 1 X =	2.0
6	Saunders, Stephen	2084	1863	2040	2145	0 0 0 = = X	1.0

Here are a few games from the NS Closed.

Jason Kenney (2010) – Alvah Mayo (2144)
(annotations provided by Jason Kenney)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
Unexpected. Probably played to avoid any preparation on my part. But I didn't have any time to prepare anything at all for this tournament.
3. Nc3 d5
Even more unexpected.
4. cd ed 5. Bg5 c6
I thought for a long time here, trying to remember how the lines after e3 Bf5!? Qf3 Qb6 went. I remember white was supposed to come out a bit better at some point. (There's a famous game where both kings end up on f3, f6, white's marching there voluntarily to give him the advantage in 5 more moves : ) I also spent time trying to remember what to play
if black plays the other try to get a bishop on f5 after my next move...
6. Qc2 Nbd7
Ok. 6. ... g6 e4 Bf5 Qd2 has been played before, when white tries to make the bishop on f5 look silly by played f3, g4, seeing as how it no longer as the g6 square. Kasparov beat up on Short once in that line.
7. e3 Qa5?!
Black seems to be full of surprises today. I don't understand the point behind this move, maybe looking at the undefended Bg5, but I'm not going to push e4 anytime soon. I don't get it.
8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nge2 0-0
Ok, now white needs a plan. There are usually three: 0-0-0 and mate down gh files (unless black gives white something to bite onto on the q-side), 0-0, with e4 (maybe prepared by f3 first if black dallies around...) or pushing the ab pawns with a minority attack.
10. f3 h6
f3 is my flexible move, if black plays h6 or something, I might consider 0-0-0 more... (eg, h6 right now, h4 is a possible response for white, as the B can't be taken.) but it's risky. I don't remember if he played h6 or c5 first, but in any case I think I decided on more solid play.
11. Bh4 c5 12. 0-0 Re8 13. Bf2
Ok. Now he's committed to exchange on d4, and giving me an IQP to play against. Otherwise he can't develop his pieces, as playing ...c4?? would be a mistake. Then white will play e4 with great effect and will be able to generate lots of threats and kingside play quickly.
13. ... a6 14. Rfe1 b5
I played Rfe1 to support e3, and to give my Ne2 the f1 square if necessary. to guard h2 with weakening my king too much... Otherwise Qc7 Ng3 h5! is a problem (Bg3? Rxe3). Now b4 will be a problem ( I want to keep my Nc3 where it is, it's my best piece right now : )
15. a3 Qc7
Correctly avoiding something else b4! ab ab Qxb4 Rfb1 with a trapped queen.
16. dxc5 Nxc5
Bxh2+!? Kh1 Nxc5?? g3 wins me a bishop, otherwise b4 gives me a big pawn on c5, although my weakened kingside isn't to be underestimated, but it's another game.
17. Ng3 Nxd3!?
That knight looked pretty good where it was, and by B was actually in the way of play against d5.
18. Qxd3 Qc4 19. Qd2?! Be6
Probably Red1 is better.
20. Rac1 Qb3
This turns out better then I thought it would, but I agree with fritz about Qh4 being better...
21. Nge2 b4!
Oops, I missed that one.
22. ab Qxb4 23. Nd4 Bd7
I don't see why black wants to keep that B either, but whatever.
24. Nc2? Qb8
Oops, I missed that one too.
25. g3 Be6
I really didn't want to have to play that. By my knight is looking pretty stupid on c2 right now.
26. Nd4 Bd7
Black is being stubborn about his B, and I should have taken advantage of that fact and played Ne2-f4 either now or before.
27. Kg2 Re5!?
Ok, I guess his intention is to go Rh5, but assuming he's given 3 moves, I still don't see an idea.
28. g4 Re8
Maybe it was better to tempt him into playing Rh5 first.
29. Bg3? Bxg3 (=)
With a draw offer. My B was looking pretty sickly behind those e and g pawns. As fritz points out, Bh4! is much better, as after gh Bg3, there will either be a nasty B on g3 to deal with, or a weak pawn on h6 to have to baby sit.
30. hg Qe5
Missed that move too. I though I would have time for Rh1, with g5 ideas.
31. Kf2 (=)
Re-offering the draw, and he accepts, as now h5 gh Nh5, and after I protect g3, all my pieces are stuck defending everything. Which incidentally means black has nothing left to attack..
1/2 - 1/2

Jason Kenney (2010) - Antoni Wysocki (2101)

(annotations provided by Jason Kenney)

1. e4 c6
Surprise and surprise. I was expecting to get beat up in french. I had a bit of hope when I saw c6 come out. Maybe he thought I had booked up in a line in the french or something. I was actually just intending to avoid a certain opening which works out much better after d4 c4 e4 pawn formations then those without c4, and my opening trans-positional possibilities don't currently let me avoid that.
2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6
I've played this twice before, against Gary Ng and against Gulati, and won both games.
4. Nc3 Nf6
Gary played Bb4 here.
5. Bg5
Be3 may be better. I played e5 against Glati, but I don't particularly relish french positions and playing e5 would guarantee I get one. Unfortunately, it turns out that Bg5 does too, however playing e5 right away would avoid the trade of black B's.
5. ... Be7 6. Qd2
If something silly like Nge2 was played, Nxe4! wins a pawn, due to Nxc3 hitting my Q. Now Nxe4?? Bxe7 Nxd2 Bxd8 and black is just down a piece, because he didn't take my Nc3 in the process.
6. ... 0-0 7. 0-0-0 b5
I was thinking that I would play 0-0-0 first, as I didn't see a useful move for black to make in the meantime. But as soon as he played this, I thought "crap!, that's a very useful move". 7. ... Nxe4? now that isn't so hot, because I have a Bg5 "sting at the end of the tail" after Nxf1
8. e5 Nfd7
As much as I hate to play e5, I couldn't see any way for white to favourably make use of the center situation, if he still wants to use the rest of his pieces.
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. f4
Now that I've played e5, I need to support it. and if my king was over on g1, it'd me much happier about played moves like dxc5 and a4 : ) Doh.
10. ... Nb6 11. Bd3
maybe Nf3 is better if I want to play Bxc4. (which I do). I had a neat idea in mind. Although perhaps it wasn't a particularly bright idea. But neat anyway.
11. ... a5 12. Rdf1! b4
Rdf1! was my bright idea. I'll give a ! for time effort I spent coming up with it. It allows me to play Nd1, which defends all probable points of attack on my king. Like b2 will be the major one if the b-file opens.
13. Nd1 a4 14. Ne3??
Nf3 or g4 are both better. If I had a bright idea to put a knight on d1, why didn't I leave it there? you may ask. Well, I'm asking myself the same thing... : ) Sigh.. stupid impulsiveness. It gets me every time.
14. ... b3 15. cb ab 16. a3 c5 17. Nf3 Nc6
Well, white is pretty much busted here, as he's about 10 tempo's behind on the kingside..., but I managed to make a good fight of it anyway.
18. Ng5!?
What else? Fritz says I should play dxc5, but anyone who knows how I play chess, knows that passive defense is to be avoided at any cost in my games : )
18. ... h6 19. Nh7!
In for a penny, in for a pound?
19. ... cxd 20. Ng4
No thank you, I will not be bought off with an exchange.
20. ... Nc4
Again, fritz thinks taking the exchange this time is better then last time (I don't see how it could possibly think that... but anyway), but it's still a losing venture.
21. Qf2 Rd8
Yes, I know I had my chance. You can keep your rook! See how much good it does you on d8! But Qf2 or Qe2? who knows? I have ten minutes left for ten moves here. And a tough choice to make. Where does that knight go? f6 or h6?
22. Ngf6+?
Well I tried. As Alvah said after the game "just don't take *anything*". Which quite correct. gf?? Qg3+ Kh8 ef +-
As it turns out, Ngxh6+ is a better choice, and we found lots of scary lines for black, but he should make through.. probably best is just Kh8, and again white has a horrible time trying to break through somehow. After gh white has several good attacking tries, based on a quick rook lift to g3 or h3, and an untouchable Nf6 and a weak h6 pawn. Of course
black has a counterattack beginning with Rxa3 that probably guarantees him a perpetual check.
22. ... Kh8 23. Qh4
Idea, Qh5, Nxf7 with more threats. What else? I have about 4 minutes to make it move 30.
23. ... Rxa3!
I expected Nxb2, but rxa3 amounts to the same thing, only with a Nc4 jumping in, instead of a R sliding down to a2/a1 Rxa3 is probably stronger.
24. Ng5 Ra1+
Did I think about taking that rook? Not for a second! : )
25. Bb1 Nb4 26. Qh5 Na2+ [d3 forced mate quickly]
27. Ke1 Rxb1+ 28. Ke2 Rxb2+ 29. Kf3 Rf8
0 - 1
Anton explained after the game to a junior from the other tournament why he didn't played Nd2+: "If your opponent is in time trouble, a lot of the time, it's better to leave forcing moves like that in reserve, and make them use more of their time to try to find a useful move". I was thinking the same thing at this point, and decided I didn't feel like trying to find a useful move : )

I admit, I was expecting a mauling, as my score against Anton (almost entirely blitz, I don't think I've played him a tournament game before) was particularly abysmal. I think we've probably played about 30 blitz games at tournaments he came to check out, with me losing at least 25 of them : )

Glenn Charlton (2167) - Jason Kenney (2010)
(annotations provided by Jason Kenney)

I think the last time I played Glenn in a tournament, I resigned on move 8, and the time before that I resigned around move 20 because I couldn't prevent mate. I don't think things could go much worse then they have in the past.

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (interesting)
3. ... Nd4!?
This *seems* like the most natural move..
4. Bc4 g6!?
Maybe this is the culprit
5. Nf3!
Uh.. what's going on here? Black's position seems very precarious all of a sudden! Why does he always make me look silly? : ) I was having the two previous games come back into my mind about now : )
5. ... Bg7 6. Nxd4 cd 7. Qf3 Nf6 8. Ne2
Fritz likes e5 here. I honestly didn't consider that move past e5 c3 0-0 0-0 and if d6, h3 makes black's game look fairly dumb. Fritz can be pretty kooky at times.
8. ... d5!
I missed the simpler solution of Qc7/Qa5 wth d5 black is mostly out of the woods, but not completely
9. exd Bg4
the point, black catches up in development. Bb5+ instead is ok, but nothing special.
10. Qb3 Bxe2 11. Kxe2
This move looks funny, but Fritz also thinks it's the only way for white o keep any advantage. That must say something for ..d5 then : )
11. ... 0-0 12. d3
Pawn grabbing with your king on e2 takes balls of steel.
12. ... Qd7 13. Re1 a6
I had in mind simply play Rd8, Re8 and Nxd5 getting my pawn back, but Bb5 at some point is unpleasant. So a6 threatens to trap the B, so I can prevent it with tempo.
14. a4 Rad8!?
But I missed a strong continuation pointed out by Glenn after the game: Qg4+ Kf1 Qh4 h3 (otherwise Ng4 forks two pawns) I got here, and didn't see anything else, but g5! intending g4 ripping his kingside open might be decisive! if f3 h5! and there are lots of openings lines, while he cannot use his B or Q anyway to defend even taking on b7 doesn't help because the d5 pawn cuts off any attempt to make a beeline for f3. Unfortunately Fritz spoils our fun by taking on e7 and playing d6 to get e8 covered.
15. Kf1 h6
Nxd5 immediately is also possible, as the active rook that will end up on c2 will give some compensation for the pawn. (Being a pawn down and active is a lot easier to draw then being equal pawns and passive in rook endgames I've found)
16. Bf4 Re8 17. Be5 Nxd5 (=)
All the minor pieces get swapped off, leaving about 0 winning chances for either side
1/2 - 1/2

cole harbour winter Open – january 2002

This tournament which was held at the same time and location as the Nova Scotia Closed had a disappointing turnout of only eighteen players. The bright and spacious playing site at Cole Harbour Place can easily accommodate 70 players and has many features including free parking, a luncheon canteen, and plenty of restaurants nearby. The players all seem to enjoy this site and I would encourage everyone to come out to the next event scheduled to be held here in November.

The tournament ended in a five way tie for first place. At the end Albert Ede, David Kenney, Troy MacDonald, David Poirier, and Harold Uuetoa all finished with 3.5 points in this five round swiss. It was especially nice to have Troy MacDonald return to competitive chess as he has not played in a tournament in Nova Scotia for an extended period of time. There was also a three-way tie for the Under 1500 prize between Harry McLeave, Steve McLeod, and Peter Richard. I would like to thank all the players who came out and participated in this event.

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Ede, Albert	1699	1882	1737	1860	W 11 W 3 D 4 L 2 W 10	3.5
2	Kenney, David	2012	1870	1991	2024	W 10 D 9 D 7 W 1 D 3	3.5
3	MacDonald, Troy	1889	1863	1890	1900	W 15 L 1 W 14 W 4 D 2	3.5
4	Poirier, David	1843	1855	1847	1915	W 14 W 5 D 1 L 3 W 6	3.5
5	Uuetoa, Harold	1683	1708	1700	1806	W 17 L 4 D 15 W 16 W 9	3.5
6	Tarrant, Georgina	1768	1809	1774	1774	D 0 W 8 D 9 W 7 L 4	3.0
7	Cashin, Ken	1635	1691	1647	1719	W 13 D 0 D 2 L 6 W 11	3.0
8	Gabriel, Jarrett	1560	1466	1559	1587	W 18 L 6 L 11 W 14 W 16	3.0
9	Parker, Laurie	1796	1638	1772	1796	W 12 D 2 D 6 D 11 L 5	2.5
10	Spencer, David	1533	1622	1545	1555	L 2 D 0 W 13 W 15 L 1	2.5
11	McLeod, Steve	1335	1501	1375	1375	L 1 W 18 W 8 D 9 L 7	2.5
12	McCleave, Harry	1476	1322	1394	9	L 9 D 13 L 16 W 17 W 15	2.5
13	Richard, Peter D.	0	1244	1250	5	L 7 D 12 L 10 W 18 W 17	2.5
14	McKay, Brian	1499	1311	1436	14	L 4 W 17 L 3 L 8 W 18	2.0
15	Newman, Eric	1526	1455	1512	1605	L 3 W 16 D 5 L 10 L 12	1.5
16	Livingstone, James	1575	1341	1539	1654	D 0 L 15 W 12 L 5 L 8	1.5
17	Bourgault, Daniel	0	993	1001	5	L 5 L 14 W 18 L 12 L 13	1.0
18	Parker, Daniel	0	808	814	5	L 8 L 11 L 17 L 13 L 14	0.0

Bluenose Chess Club OPen Championship – Feb 2002

The tournament was run in two sections, an Open Section and an Under 1700 Section. Gary Ng was the surprise winner of the Open Section ending the tournament with 4.5 points in this five-round event. Gary went undefeated in the tournament drawing with third place finisher David Poirier and defeating NS Closed Champion Alvah Mayo along the way to victory. Congratulations Gary on your outstanding performance and for winning one of Nova Scotia's top tournaments! Alvah Mayo placed second with a 4.0 points and David Poirier ended in third place with 3.5 points in the Open Section.

Gary Joudrey won the Under 1700 Section also with 4.5 points. Jean-Pierre Senecal from Quebec placed second with 4.0 points. The Top Under 1400 prize was spent between Harry McCleave and Daniel MacNeil who both finished with 2.5 points.

Open Section

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Ng, Gary	1909	2122	1967	1967	W 12 W 9 W 2 D 3 W 5	4.5
2	Mayo, Alvah	2164	2066	2154	2213	W 11 W 10 L 1 W 4 W 3	4.0
3	Poirier, David	1847	1957	1870	1915	W 5 W 7 W 8 D 1 L 2	3.5
4	Cashin, Ken	1647	1944	1689	1719	D 8 D 0 W 12 L 2 W 10	3.0
5	Nuschke, Alex	1675	1878	1733	1733	L 3 W 13 W 10 W 8 L 1	3.0
6	Armstrong, Brad	1748	1693	1739	1900	D 0 L 8 D 9 W 14 W 7	3.0
7	Dunphy, Andrew	1465	1735	1523	1523	W 13 L 3 D 0 W 9 L 6	2.5
8	Tarrant, Georgina	1774	1728	1764	1774	D 4 W 6 L 3 L 5 W 13	2.5
9	McKearney, Ed	1622	1676	1632	1731	W 15 L 1 D 6 L 7 W 14	2.5
10	Ede, Albert	1737	1660	1717	1860	W 14 L 2 L 5 W 12 L 4	2.0
11	Kenney, David	1991	1764	1982	2024	L 2 D 0 D 0 D 0 L 0	1.5
12	Uuetoa, Harold	1700	1501	1668	1806	L 1 W 14 L 4 L 10 D 0	1.5
13	Boyle, Phil	1722	1407	1671	1749	L 7 L 5 W 14 D 0 L 8	1.5
14	Newman, Eric	1512	1306	1472	1605	L 10 L 12 L 13 L 6 L 9	0.0
15	Candow, John	1745	1222	1724	1858	L 9 L 0 L 0 L 0 L 0	0.0

Under 1700 Section

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Joudrey, Gary	1541	1696	1583	1583	W 9 D 3 W 2 W 6 W 7	4.5
2	Senecal, Jean-Pierre	1528	1629	1552	1817	W 10 W 6 L 1 W 3 W 5	4.0
3	McCleave, Harry	1394	1503	1435	14	W 5 D 1 W 8 L 2 L 4	2.5
4	MacNeil, Danny	1393	1314	1383	1383	L 7 D 10 L 5 W 9 W 3	2.5
5	Priest, Alex	0	1396	1398	5	L 3 W 9 W 4 L 8 L 2	2.0
6	McLeod, Steve	1375	1375	1377	1377	W 8 L 2 W 7 L 1 L 9	2.0
7	Bourgault, Daniel	1001	1354	1178	10	W 4 L 8 L 6 W 10 L 1	2.0
8	Gilks, James	1664	1347	1622	1718	L 6 W 7 L 3 W 5 L 0	2.0
9	Saunders, Robin	1362	1301	1352	1396	L 1 L 5 W 10 L 4 W 6	2.0
10	Cooper, Jim	1198	1065	1178	1221	L 2 D 4 L 9 L 7 L 0	0.5
11	McKay, Brian	1436	0	1436	1499	D 0 L 0 L 0 L 0 L 0	0.5

The three Amigos - march 2002

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Eldridge, Michael	1905	1717	1877	2058	X X = 0 1 1	2.5
2	Spencer, David	1545	1797	1597	1597	= 1 X X = 0	2.0
3	Cashin, Ken	1689	1625	1679	1719	0 0 = 1 X X	1.5

seventh annual children’s chess tournament – march 9, 2002

Report by Don Bidgood

The annual junior chess tournament held at the Alderney Gate Public Library is co-sponsored by both the Dartmouth Junior Chess Club and the Alderney Gate Public Library. This year’s tournament attracted a total of seventy seven competitors. The tournament is organized in three sections: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.

Advanced Section:
First Prize: Chris Felix, Dartmouth High; Second Prize: Harry McCleave, Prince Andrew High.
There were nine competitors in this section.

Intermediate Section:
First Prize: Shane Wang, Duc d'Anville; Second Prize: Max Rau-Chaplin, Halifax Grammar.
There were thirty competitors in the Intermediate Section.

Beginner Section:

First Prize: Dylan Jewers, Portland Estates Elementary; Second Prize: Stephen Vezina, Joseph Giles
Thirty eight competitors entered the Beginner section.

Lunenburg County Open – April 2002

Report by TD/TO Steve Saunders

The Lunenburg County Open was somewhat smaller this year, but was still competitive with players from across Nova Scotia and even one from PEI. Alvah Mayo of Westville NS won, only ceding half a point with in a draw with Aaron Cooper of Charlottetown. Aaron Cooper tied with a new CFC Member Jose Gonzales-Custo of Halifax, formerly from Cuba.

Young Andrew Dunphy of Halifax won the "rated under 1700 prize" while Jerry Pittman of Liverpool returned to chess after a long absence to take second. Gary Ng of Port Hawksbury won the Junior prize.

The players enjoyed the excellent facilities at the Wandlyn Hotel and the hospitality of Nova Scoita's south shore.

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Mayo, Alvah	2097	2274	2135	2213	W 10 W 3 W 4 W 5 D 2	4.5
2	Cooper, Aaron	2166	2155	2164	2195	D 5 W 6 D 3 W 4 D 1	3.5
3	Gonzalez-Cueto, Jose A	0	2098	2098	5	W 11 L 1 D 2 W 8 W 6	3.5
4	Ng, Gary	1967	1945	1968	1968	W 7 W 8 L 1 L 2 W 9	3.0
5	Bernard, Gilbert	1833	1914	1850	1900	D 2 W 12 W 8 L 1 D 7	3.0
6	Kenney, David	1982	1874	1970	2024	D 0 L 2 W 10 W 7 L 3	2.5
7	Dunphy, Andrew	1523	1798	1593	1593	L 4 W 11 W 9 L 6 D 5	2.5
8	Eldridge, Michael G.	1888	1771	1864	2058	W 9 L 4 L 5 L 3 W 10	2.0
9	Pittman, Jerry	0	1649	1649	5	L 8 W 10 L 7 W 11 L 4	2.0
10	Fleury, Bruce	1707	1582	1680	1805	L 1 L 9 L 6 W 12 L 8	1.0
11	Gabriel, Jarrett	1559	1492	1545	1587	L 3 L 7 W 12 L 9 L 0	1.0
12	Livingstone, James Brian	1496	1300	1472	1654	D 0 L 5 L 11 L 10 D 0	1.0

atlantic native closed – April 2002

Gilbert Bernard successfully defended his title by winning this year’s event with a 4.0/5.0 result. Gilbert managed to regain the lead after losing his second round game with Gary Phillips. Bradley Poulette and Joe Clair both tied for second place by finishing with 3.5 points.

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Bernard, Gilbert	1829	1808	1833	1900	W 6 L 5 W 2 W 8 W 4	4.0
2	Poulette, Bradley	1596	1885	1687	1687	D 3 W 6 L 1 W 5 W 7	3.5
3	Clair, Joe	1862	1819	1854	1862	D 2 W 7 W 5 L 4 W 6	3.5
4	Clair, Jordan	0	1766	1767	5	L 5 W 8 W 7 W 3 L 1	3.0
5	Phillips, Gary	1730	1738	1739	1898	W 4 W 1 L 3 L 2 W 8	3.0
6	Paul, Garrett	1518	1499	1515	20	L 1 L 2 W 8 D 7 L 3	1.5
7	Paul, Jarrod	1687	1435	1644	1687	W 8 L 3 L 4 D 6 L 2	1.5
8	Doucette, Daniel S.	0	1230	1234	5	L 7 L 4 L 6 L 1 L 5	0.0

Halifax Regional School Board Chess Tournament

The Halifax Regional School Board holds an annual team chess tournament for schools located in it’s jurisdiction. The 2002 tournament was won by Astral Drive Junior High School located in the Cole Harbour area of the city. Here are the results of the individual boards on each team.

Board #1

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Tot
1	Richardson, Mark	1218	1099	1198	21	W 3 W 4 W 7 L 6 W 8	4.0
2	Tan, Shah	0	1034	1042	5	W 7 D 6 L 5 W 3 W 4	3.5
3	Brannan, Travis	1132	963	1105	24	L 1 W 5 W 8 L 2 W 6	3.0
4	Curran, Martin	986	958	980	10	W 8 L 1 W 6 W 7 L 2	3.0
5	Isnor, Chad	0	934	942	5	L 6 L 3 W 2 W 8 W 7	3.0
6	Kenney, Jonathan	1194	1053	1176	1194	W 5 D 2 L 4 W 1 L 3	2.5
7	Bajona, Richard	0	593	603	5	L 2 W 8 L 1 L 4 L 5	1.0
8	Grimes, Brandon	0	473	483	5	L 4 L 7 L 3 L 5 L 1	0.0

Board #2

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Tot
1	Smith, Christopher	1143	1581	1303	1303	W 3 W 5 W 6 W 2 W 8	5.0
2	Aucoin, Patrick	1158	1287	1231	10	W 8 L 6 W 4 L 1 W 7	3.0
3	Head, Jarret	0	1269	1266	5	L 1 W 8 L 5 W 7 W 4	3.0
4	Ryerson, Keith	0	1130	1152	5	W 5 W 7 L 2 L 6 L 3	2.0
5	Stawitz, Ben	0	1127	1147	5	L 4 L 1 W 3 L 8 W 6	2.0
6	Barrett, Kyle	1291	1100	1204	10	L 7 W 2 L 1 W 4 L 5	2.0
7	Shiels, Luke	0	1050	1085	5	W 6 L 4 D 8 L 3 L 2	1.5
8	Kang, Mickey	0	1020	1058	5	L 2 L 3 D 7 W 5 L 1	1.5

Board #3

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Tot
1	Wight, Andrew	1177	1607	1402	10	W 3 W 8 W 2 W 5 W 4	5.0
2	MacDougall, Aaron	1193	1444	1329	10	W 7 W 5 L 1 W 6 W 8	4.0
3	Burnett, Kyle	0	1275	1273	5	L 1 W 4 W 8 L 7 W 6	3.0
4	Hanko, Scott	0	1204	1213	5	D 5 L 3 W 7 W 8 L 1	2.5
5	Kendall, Joseph	1243	1194	1229	10	D 4 L 2 W 6 L 1 W 7	2.5
6	Penwell, Ed	0	967	1016	5	L 8 W 7 L 5 L 2 L 3	1.0
7	Tucker, Devon	0	967	1016	5	L 2 L 6 L 4 W 3 L 5	1.0
8	Abunaameh, Shaker	0	954	1005	5	W 6 L 1 L 3 L 4 L 2	1.0

Board #4

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Tot
1	Bernier, Devon	1043	1442	1253	10	W 8 W 6 D 3 W 5 W 7	4.5
2	Toner, Nathan	0	1366	1340	5	W 3 L 4 W 7 W 8 W 5	4.0
3	Solomon, Geoffrey	1032	1284	1112	18	L 2 W 7 D 1 W 6 W 4	3.5
4	Sommerville, Campbell	0	1122	1137	5	L 6 W 2 D 8 W 7 L 3	2.5
5	Cass, Chantal	0	1044	1072	5	L 7 W 8 W 6 L 1 L 2	2.0
6	Dyke, Tyler	1127	1025	1086	10	W 4 L 1 L 5 L 3 W 8	2.0
7	Bogdanov, Stefan	0	865	923	5	W 5 L 3 L 2 L 4 L 1	1.0
8	Fair, Robert	0	804	872	5	L 1 L 5 D 4 L 2 L 6	0.5

Nova Scotia Open – may 2002

The Nova Scotia Open, held during the May 17-20 Victoria Day weekend, ended in a tie between Jason Kenney and Alvah Mayo who both finished with 7.0 points in this eight round tournament. Steve Saunders placed third with 5.5 points.

#	Name	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Tot
1	Kenney, Jason	2017	2165	2077	2086	W 25 W 7 W 2 D 4 W 3 D 5 W 8 W 10	7.0
2	Mayo, Alvah	2168	2155	2185	2213	W 14 W 20 L 1 W 6 W 10 W 4 W 3 W 5	7.0
3	Saunders, Stephen	2040	2012	2047	2145	D 0 W 22 W 18 W 13 L 1 W 11 L 2 W 4	5.5
4	Gulati, Ashish (Justin)	2156	2009	2127	2159	W 23 W 10 W 5 D 1 D 0 L 2 W 11 L 3	5.0
5	Kenney, David	1970	1872	1958	2024	W 21 W 12 L 4 W 16 W 20 D 1 D 10 L 2	5.0
6	Keddy, Garrett	1569	1739	1612	1632	D 0 W 29 W 28 L 2 L 8 W 19 D 9 W 16	5.0
7	Lindsay, Robin	1646	1737	1668	1668	W 27 L 1 W 26 L 10 W 21 W 18 D 0 D 0	5.0
8	Poirier, David	1846	1733	1828	1915	D 0 D 0 L 21 W 24 W 6 W 13 L 1 W 12	5.0
9	McKay, Brian	1436	1545	1476	21	D 0 L 18 L 16 W 29 W 22 W 25 D 6 W 17	5.0
10	Ede, Albert	1709	1858	1751	1860	W 15 L 4 W 27 W 7 L 2 W 20 D 5 L 1	4.5
11	Tarrant, Georgina	1764	1747	1761	1774	W 17 D 0 L 13 W 22 W 18 L 3 L 4 W 21	4.5
12	McCleave, Harry	1435	1735	1546	22	W 28 L 5 L 20 W 27 D 25 W 14 W 13 L 8	4.5
13	Uuetoa, Harold	1668	1709	1680	1806	D 0 W 24 W 11 L 3 D 0 L 8 L 12 W 18	4.0
14	Bjornson, Jonathan	1610	1574	1596	1671	L 2 L 21 D 23 D 0 W 24 L 12 W 19 W 22	4.0
15	MacLean, John	1384	1565	1425	1499	L 10 L 28 D 0 D 0 W 23 L 21 W 26 W 25	4.0
16	Mahendranathan, Prememdesan	1334	1558	1383	1498	D 0 D 0 W 9 L 5 L 19 W 24 W 21 L 6	4.0
17	MacNeill, Danny	1383	1502	1427	1427	L 11 D 25 L 24 D 23 W 26 W 27 W 20 L 9	4.0
18	Nuschke, Alex	1733	1562	1682	1733	D 22 W 9 L 3 W 19 L 11 L 7 W 25 L 13	3.5
19	Beals, George	1534	1437	1517	1767	D 0 D 0 D 0 L 18 W 16 L 6 L 14 W 26	3.5
20	Parker, Laurie	1772	1598	1729	1796	W 26 L 2 W 12 W 21 L 5 L 10 L 17 L 0	3.0
21	Newman, Eric	1472	1566	1493	1605	L 5 W 14 W 8 L 20 L 7 W 15 L 16 L 11	3.0
22	McLeod, Steve	1377	1507	1403	1403	D 18 L 3 W 29 L 11 L 9 D 0 W 23 L 14	3.0
23	Spencer, David	1597	1311	1518	1597	L 4 L 26 D 14 D 17 L 15 W 0 L 22 W 29	3.0
24	Priest, Kevin	1300	1382	1327	20	D 0 L 13 W 17 L 8 L 14 L 16 W 29 L 0	2.5
25	Molloy, Matt	0	1381	1387	7	L 1 D 17 D 0 W 26 D 12 L 9 L 18 L 15	2.5
26	Priest, Alex	1398	1292	1337	13	L 20 W 23 L 7 L 25 L 17 W 29 L 15 L 19	2.0
27	Saunders, Robin	1352	1243	1332	1396	L 7 W 0 L 10 L 12 W 29 L 17 L 0 L 0	2.0
28	Eldridge, Michael G.	1889	1366	1834	2058	L 12 W 15 L 6 L 0 L 0 L 0 L 0 L 0	1.0
29	Richard, Peter D.	1250	1033	1129	12	D 0 L 6 L 22 L 9 L 27 L 26 L 24 L 23	0.5

Jason Kenney – Steve Saunders (NS Open 2002)

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0–0 6. 0–0 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. e3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. c5 e4 13. Nd2 dxc5 14. Bxc5 b6 15. Ba3 Ba6 16. c4 Na5 17. Qa4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. Bb4 Qc6 20. Qa3 Bf8 21. c5 Bd3 22. Rbc1 Nb7 23. Qxd3 1-0

David Kenney – Jason Kenney (NS Open 2002)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 d6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Be2 0–0 6.c4 c5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.h3 b6 9.0–0 h6 10.Bh4 Bb7 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nd2 g5 13.Bg3 Ng6 14.f4 Nh7 15.Qc2 Bc8 16.Rae1 Bd7 17.f5 Ne5 18.e4 a6 19.Nf3 Qb8 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bf2 b5 22.b3 Nf6 23.Nd1 Qb7 24.Ne3 b4 25.Rc1 a5 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.Bxg4 a4 28.Be3 axb3 29.axb3 Ra3 30.Rf2 Rfa8 31.Rb1 R8a7 32.Rff1 Ra2 33.Qd3 Qa8 34.h4 f6 35.hxg5 fxg5 36.Bh5 Ra1 37.Bg6 Rxb1 38.Rxb1 Ra1 39.Qd1 Kg7 40.Rxa1 Bxa1 41.Bh5 Qa2 42.Be2 Be5 43.Bd3 Qa1 44.Qxa1 Bxa1 45.Bc2 Kf6 46.g4 Ke5 47.Kg2 Be8 48.Bd1 Kxe4 49.Bc1 Kd3 50.Kf2 ½ - ½

Tournament Director Albert Ede presenting the Nova Scotia Open Trophy to Jason Kenney and Alvah Mayo.

Nova Scotia Open tournament site at TUNS.

UPCOMING CHESS TOURNAMENTS

HALIFAX LABOUR DAY OPEN

Date: August 30, 31, September 1, 2, 2002 Place: Common Room, TUNS, Halifax NS Tournament Site: Common Room of TUNS (Technical University of NS Campus of Dalhousie), 1360 Barrington St., Halifax, NS Type: 8 round Swiss Pairings CFC Rated (Up to 3 byes allowed) Time Control: 30 moves in 90 minutes, sudden death in 60 minutes Entry Fee: $40 adult, $35 seniors and juniors, $25 cadets under 16 years old. ($5 discount to those registering and paying by check or money order to Albert Ede by August 9,, 2002.) Those joining the CFC for the very first time pay only CFC dues. Tournament Organizer: Albert Ede, 59 Brook Street, Lower Sackville, NS, B4E 1C1 (Phone 865-5856. Registration: In advance or Friday August 30 between 10-11 am Times of Rounds: Friday 12 noon Round 1; Friday 6 pm Round 2; Saturday 10 am Round 3; Saturday 4 pm Round 4; Sunday 10 am Round 5; Sunday 4 pm Round 6; Monday 10 am Round 7; Monday 3:30 pm Round 8 Prizes: Cash prizes for Open, under 1700 and under 1500 depending upon the number of players. Other: Please bring chess sets and clocks. No smoking in the playing site room.

COLE HARBOUR FALL OPEN

Date: October 25, 26, 27, 2002 Place: Cole Harbour Place (Westphal Room), 51 Forrest Hills Parkway, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Rds: 5 Type: Swiss Times: Round #1 Oct. 25 at 6:30pm; Round #2 Oct. 26 at 10:00am; Round #3 Oct. 26 at 4:00pm; Round #4 Oct. 27 at 10:00am; Round #5 Oct. 27 at 4:00pm TC: 30 moves in 90 minutes then sudden death in one hour. EF: Adults $30; Seniors $25; Juniors $15 Prizes: Based on entry fees minus tournament expenses. Reg: Please register at the site on October 25 between 5:15pm and 6:15pm

Misc: For further info contact David Kenney (Tournament Organizer & Director) by e-mail at dkenney@accesscable.net or by phone (902) 462-7455. Please bring your set and clock. There will be no smoking allowed in the playing hall. Bluenose Chess Club members for 2002 receive a $5 discount from entry fees.

DARTMOUTH OPEN

Date: November 29 to December 1, 2002 Place: Cole Harbour Place (Westphal Room), 51 Forrest Hills Parkway, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Rds: 5 Type: Swiss Times: Round #1 Nov. 29 at 6:30pm; Round #2 Nov. 30 at 10:00am; Round #3 Nov. 30 at 4:00pm; Round #4 Dec. 1 at 10:00am; Round #5 Dec. 1 at 4:00pm TC: 30 moves in 90 minutes then sudden death in one hour. EF: Adults $30; Seniors $25; Juniors $15 Prizes: Based on entry fees minus tournament expenses. Reg: Please register at the site on November 29 between 5:15pm and 6:15pm Misc: For further info contact David Kenney (Tournament Organizer & Director) by e-mail at dkenney@accesscable.net or by phone (902) 462-7455. Please bring your set and clock. There will be no smoking allowed in the playing hall. Bluenose Chess Club members for 2002 receive a $5 discount from entry fees.

BLUENOSE CHESS CLUB MONTHLY BLITZ TOURNAMENTS

The Bluenose Chess Club hosts a monthly blitz tournament at the club’s meeting room at the Dalhousie Student Union Building. The 5-minute blitz tournaments are held the first Monday night of every month (except holiday Mondays) in room 307 of the DAL SUB located on University Avenue in Halifax. The tournaments are open to everyone and there are no entry fees. If you wish to enter, please register at the Bluenose by 6:15pm on the day of the tournament. Please note that due to the DAL SUB closing early during the summer months, the Club will be only meeting from 6:00pm to 9:00 pm during the May to August period. In September, the Bluenose will be again be open from 6:00pm to 11:00pm on Monday evenings.

Canadian Youth Chess Championships

The 2002 Canadian Youth Chess Championship will be held in Montreal at Bishop Mountain Hall of McGill University on July 9 – 12.

Other Chess News

· Alvah Mayo and Michael Eldridge played an eight game match in January 2002 with Alvah winning with a score of 6.5 to Michael’s score of 1.5 points. Alvah went undefeated but allowed Michael to draw three games.

· Michael Eldridge and Jamie Gibson played a six game match in March 2002. At the conclusion Michael finished with 4.0 points while Jamie ended with 2.0 points.

· Albert Ede and Phil Boyle played a four game match which ended in a tie as both players finished with 2.0 points.

· Astral Drive Junior High School won the Akerley Zone Halifax Regional School Board Junior High Chess Team Tournament. Jonathan Kenney played on Board #1 for the Astral Drive School team consisting of four players.

· The Nova Scholastic Chess Team placed seventh at the Chess & Math association National Finals held in St. John’s Newfoundland during the Victoria day weekend in May. The NS team included Gary Ng, John Candow, Andrew Dunphy, Alex Livingston, and Sean Currell, who have all played in our CFC rated tournaments during the past few years. Gary Ng placed second in Grade 10 and Andrew Snyder who also played on the NS team placed third in his grade level.

Here are a few more of the games from the NS Closed Chess Championship.

Glenn Charlton (2167) – Alvah Mayo (2144)

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 a6 9.0–0 Nf6 10.Bh6 d6 11.h3 Qc7 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Rad1 Nc4 14.Qc1 Bd7 15.Nd2 Nb6 16.Rfe1 ½ - ½

Robert Villeneuve (2091) – Antoni Wysocki (2101)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Nb5 Qc5 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.b3 a6 14.Be3 Qe5 15.Nd4 Bc5 16.f4 Qe4 17.Bd3 Qd5 18.Bc4 Qe4 ½ - ½

Antoni Wysocki (2101) – Alvah Mayo (2144)

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nge2 0–0 8.Rb1 Bd7 9.0–0 Ne8 10.f4 Nc7 11.Be3 Ne6 12.a3 Ned4 13.h3 a5 14.g4 e6 15.Ng3 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nh5 Rf7 18.g5 Be8 19.Re1 Bh8 20.Bf2 Rd7 21.Kh1 Bf7 22.Bh4 Bxh5 23.Qxh5 Qe8 24.Qd1 Bg7 25.Nd5 Ra6 26.b3 Ne7 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.gxf6 Ng6 29.Qh5 Qf7 30.Bg5 a4 31.bxa4 Rxa4 32.Qd1 Rxa3 33.Ra1 Rxa1 34.Qxa1 Qf8 35.Rxe6 Nxe6 36.Bd5 Kf7 37.Qe1 Qe8 38.Qe2 h6 39.Bxh6 Kxf6 40.h4 Re7 41.Qh5 Ngxf4 42.Bg5+ Nxg5 43.hxg5+ Ke5 44.Qh2 Qh5 0 - 1

Alvah Mayo (2144) – Steve Saunders (2084)

1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.0–0 0–0 7.Rb1 e5 8.d3 Nc6 9.Bd2 h6 10.b4 g5 11.b5 Ne7 12.Ne1 f4 13.Nc2 Qe8 14.Nb4 Qh5 15.Nbd5 Nexd5 16.Nxd5 Bh3 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Bxb7 Raf8 19.f3 Bxf1 20.Qxf1 fxg3 21.hxg3 g4 22.Kg2 Qh3+ 23.Kf2 gxf3 ??? 24.Qxh3 fxe2+ 25.Kxe2 Rf2+ 26.Kd1 1 – 0

Upcoming Tournament Schedule for Nova Scotia:

July 13-21 Canadian Open , Cégep du Vieux-Montreal (255 Ontario St, Montreal, Quebec)

July 26-28 PEI Open, Charlottetown, PEI, Contact Fred McKim for info (902) 894-4171

Aug. 30-Sep. 2 Halifax Labour Day, TUNS Campus of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Contact Albert Ede

Oct. 25-27 Cole Harbour Winter Open, Cole Harbour Place, Dartmouth. Contact David Kenney 462-7455

Nov. 29-Dec.1 Dartmouth Open, Cole Harbour Place (Westphal Rm), Dartmouth. Contact David Kenney 462-7455

Answer to Chess Problems:

Problem #1 1. Re5+ Kh6 2. Qh4+ Kg7 3. Qxh7+ Kxf6 4. Qh8++

Problem #2 1. a3! (waiting for black to move beyond the e4 square) Bc6 to a8 2. Nce4 Rxe4 3. Qf3++ or 2. …Bxe4 3. Ne6++ or 2. …Re3

3. dxe3++. Other moves by black also lead to mate.

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Nova Scotia Chess Association

Chairman: Steve Saunders phone: 624-9361 e-mail: ssaunder@.ca.inter.net

Vice-Chairman: Albert Ede phone: 865-5856

Secretary-Treasurer: David Kenney phone: 462-7455 e-mail: dkenney@accesscable.net

Director: Michael Eldridge phone: 798-2474

Director (Cape Breton): Gilbert Bernard phone: 756-3333 e-mail: gil.bernard@ns.sympatico.ca

Director: Alvah Mayo phone: e-mail: a_mayo@stmarys.ca

Director: Eric Newman phone:

CFC Governors for NS:

Gilbert Bernard phone: 453-9631 e-mail: gil.bernard@ns.sympatico.ca

Alvah Mayo phone: e-mail: a_mayo@stmarys.ca