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Nova Scotia Chess News

Developments

Naturally this increase has forced us to reconsider any change in NS dues, currently $5 per year. A proposal to increase these dues did not garner sufficient support at the NS Open (though may be put forward for 1998) and will not go ahead in 1997. Although the motion received a 14-4 vote in favour of increasing fees by $5, a majority of players abstained (forty were present), mentioning that they would like a further explanation on what the fee increase would be for. Other players mentioned that the fee increase may dissuade new players from joining the CFC, specifically juniors.

I had thought that the previous newsletters were reasonably clear on the specifics of the fee increase but perhaps further explanation is warranted. At present, of the $35 a CFC membership costs $5 goes to the NS Chess Association (the same for Juniors,etc.). To be blunt, this is not really sufficient to justify this newsletter or actually do very much in the way of promoting chess in our province. Hence, what does get done is through volunteer effort or by coincidence. For example, this newsletter is currently mailed to all players at a cost of between $125-140 per mailing (with Bluenose players given it at the club). The cost is then shared between the tournaments and the NS Chess Association, which in effect means the tournament players subsidize the newsletter. It would be much cheaper to get rid of the newsletter completely and only target active tournament players with notices. I think though the newsletter serves a vital link for all players and maintains interest so it will continue. I would however take exception with any players who expect the newsletter at a certain time or mailing. When we can afford it we will send it. Although the present system is not perfect we'll continue to make do with what we have, which also means more people will be expected to step forward to carry some of the load and improve chess in our province.

Here are a few examples of what I mean by promotional events:

(a) Rob Villeneuve and Ed Urquhart have agreed to play a 6 game match under tournament conditions at the Bluenose club throughout January and February. The match is being sponsored by the Bluenose Club and the New Glasgow club to the tune of $100, winner take all.

(b) We're considering promoting an event at the Maritime Science Fiction Festival in April. A room will cost us $85. The benefit will be that more than a thousand people will be exposed to chess, many of whom might even consider playing. The downside is it costs $85.

(c) David Kenney told me that the Bluenose Club once sponsored a simul by Boris Spassky when he was the World Champion. I don't think we can afford Garry Kasparov but there are many strong players out there and a simul is always good for publicity.

Anyway, these are just a few ideas. I'm sure others will come up with more and cheaper ones. I would also like to improve this newsletter and donate more money to the freenet who provide us with a great service.

Tournament Reports

Bluenose News

Thanksgiving Open

In the U1800 section George Beals claimed 1st place by teaching a few lessons to his younger competitors. A very good turnout of 38 players in what seemed to be a well run tournament.

Open Section
Player             Rating    Rd1  Rd2  Rd3  Rd4  Rd5  Total     
1.Robert Villeneuve     2200 =11  +23  +5   =3   +6   4
2.Ed Urquhart        	2179 +12  =6   +18  +4   =3   4
3.Glenn Charlton        2101 +13  +8   +4   =1   =2   4
4.Alvah Mayo       	1987 +14  +9   -3   -2   =17  2.5
5.Steve Saunders        1921 +16  +10  -1   +23  =7   3.5
6.Mike Eldridge         1896 +17  =2   =24  =10  -1   3
7.David Kenney          1881 =18  =11  =14  +24  =5   3
8.Brad Armstrong   	1873 +19  -3   =17  =16  -11  2
9.Brian Burgess         1871 +21  -4   =16  -17  +18  2.5
10.Paul Hake       	1838 +22  -5   +11  =6   +14  3.5
11.Jim Hayward          1777 =1   =7   -10  +21  +8   3
12.Jamie Gibson         1770 -2   -24  -15  =20  =22  1
13.Harold Uuetoa   	1752 -3   -17  +19  +15  +16  3
14.Cedric Davies        1747 -4   +19  =7   +18  -10  2.5
15.Tim Hennigar         1688 -23  -21  +12  -13  +20  2
16.Albert Ede      	1672 -5   +22  =9   =8   -13  2
17.Gilbert Bernard 	1670 -6   +13  =8   +9   =4   3
18.Dave Poirier         1610 =7   +20  -2   -14  -9   1.5
19.Tyler Reddy          1602 -8   -14  -13  +22  +21  2
20.John MacLean         1438 =0   -18  -23  =12  -15  1
21.Garnet Bezanson 	1387 -9   +15  =0   -11  -19  1.5
22.David Kimber         1380 -10  -16  -0   -19  =12  0.5
23.Duane Thomas    	1367 +15  -1   +20  -5   -24  2
24.Brian Berkman   	unr  =0   +12  =6   -7   +23  3

U1800 Section
1.George Beals          1693 +8   +6   +3   +4   =2   4.5
2.Christian Rose        1667 -9   +14  =0   +12  =1   3
3.John Klapstein        1645 +10  +7   -1   +8   =6   3.5
4.Charles Culver        1645 +11  +9   -7   -1   -8   2
5.John Hynes       	1603 -12  +10  -8   +11  +9   3
6.Ken Cashin       	1577 +13  -1   +9   +7   =3   3.5
7.Pat Diggins      	1570 +14  -3   +4   -6   =12  2.5
8.David Gates      	1569 -1   +13  +5   -3   +4   3
9.Matthew Furrow   	1565 +2   -4   -6   +10  -5   2
10.Steve Toth      	1449 -3   -5   +11  -9   =0   2
11.Mike Conley          1380 -4   +12  -10  -5   +13  2
12.Jason Kenney         1325 +5   -11  +15  -2   =7   2.5
13.Robin Lindsay   	unr  -6   -8   +14  =0   -11  2
14.Robert Lanctot  	unr  -7   -2   -13f -0   -0   0
15.David Kimber         1380 -0   -0   -12  -0   -0   0    

Ed Urquhart (2179) - Glenn Charlton (2101)

Rd5 English A20

Alvah Mayo (1987) -Ed Urquhart (2179)

Rd 4 Grunfeld D71

Steve Saunders (1921) - Paul Hake (1838)

Rd 2 Kings Indian E81

John Klapstein (1645) - Ken Cashin (1577)

Rd 5 Pirc B07

Glenn Charlton (2101) - Rob Villeneuve (2200)

Rd 4 Nimzowitsch B00

Brad Armstrong (1873)- Gilbert Bernard (1670)

Rd 3 Caro-Kann B19

Christian Rose (1667) - George Beals (1693)

Rd 5 Sicilian-Alapin B30

David Kimber (1380) - Jason Kenney (1325)

Rd 3 English

An interesting precursor to Urquhart-Charlton occurred back in August at the Maritime Open:

Ed Urquhart - Glenn Charlton

Rd 4 English A20

Nova Scotia Open

In the Maritime Junior, Justin Gulati of PEI survived some scary moments to win and represent our region at the Canadian Junior.

Player             Rating    Rd1  Rd2  Rd3  Rd4  Rd5  Total
1.Robert Villeneuve     2200 +15  +9   +6   =2   =3   4
2.Jim Mathers      	2112 +16  =13  +32  =1   =4   3.5
3.Antoni Wysocki   	2018 +17  =14  +25  +8   =1   4
4.Alvah Mayo       	1987 +18  +24  =8   =7   =2   3.5
5.Steve Saunders        1921 =19  -32  +29  +17  -9   2.5
6.David Kenney          1881 +20  +26  -1   =13  +11  3.5
7.Paul Hake        	1838 +21  =25  +14  =4   =31  3.5
8.Fred Phillips         1840 +22  +29  =4   -3   =13  3
9.Brian Burgess         1871 +23  -1   =17  +22  +5   3.5
10.Gilbert Bernard 	1670 -24f -0   -0   -0   -0   0
11.Harold Uuetoa   	1752 -25  +20  =24  +12  -6   2.5
12.Lewis Brown          1715 -26  +21  =27  -11  -22  1.5
13.Gary Phillips        1695 +27  =2   =31  =6   =8   3
14.George Beals         1693 +28  =3   -7   -27  -19  1.5
15.Bill Pettipas        1676 -1   =22  +19  -32  =17  2
16.Albert Ede      	1672 -2   +23  +26  -31  +21  3
17.Charles Culver       1645 -3   +28  =9   -5   =15  2
18.Tim Hennigar         1688 -4   -27  -22  -19  -28  0
19.Dave Poirier         1610 =5   -31  -15  +18  +14  2.5
20.John Hynes      	1603 -6   -11  +28  -26  -24  1
21.Tyler Reddy          1602 -7   -12  +23  +29  -16  2
22.Ken Cashin      	1577 -8   =15  +18  -9   +12  2.5
23.Pat Diggins          1570 -9   -16  -21  =28  -29  0.5
24.David Gates          1569 +10  -4   =11  -25  +20  2.5
25.Murray Copage   	1567 +11  =7   -3   +24  -32  2.5
26.Ed McKearney    	1555 +12  -6   -16  +20  -27  2
27.Ross Young      	1535 -13  +18  =12  +14  +26  3.5
28.Jonathan Bjornson    1514 -14  -17  -20  =23  +18  1.5
29.Kyung Oh-Ko          unr  +30  -8   -5   -21  +23  2
30.Franco Frenette 	1714 -29  -0   -0   -0   -0   0
31.Glenn Charlton  	2101 =0   +19  =13  +16  =7   3.5
32.Brad Armstrong  	1873 =0   +5   -2   +15  +25  3.5

U1500 Section
1.Steve Toth       	1449 -6   =4   +2   +9   +3   3.5
2.Jacques Bertrand 	1435 =0   -8   -1   -6   -5   0.5
3.Jason Kenney          1325 +7   -5   +6   =4   -1   2.5
4.Noreen Peel      	1156 +8   =6   +5   =3   =7   3.5
5.Ralph Finck      	unr  +9   +3   -4   -7   +2   3
6.Nassim Kaddou         unr  +1   =0   -3   +2   +9   3.5
7.Robin Lindsay         unr  -3   +9   +8   +5   =4   3.5
8.Robin Saunders        unr  -4   +2   -7   -0   -0   1
9.Andrew Wilson         unr  -5   -7   +0   -1   -6   1


Few games were submitted from the NS Open. The opening of this one isn't all that interesting or well-played
but the finish is first rate:


Fred Phillips (1840) - Ken Cashin (1577)                                       Pirc
1.e4 d6  2.d4 Nf6  3.Nc3 g6  4.Nf3 Bg7  5.Bd3 0-0  6.0-0 Nc6  7.a3 Bd7   8.d5 Nb8  9.Be3 e6 
10.de6 Be6  11.Qd2 Bg4  12.Nd4 c5  13.Ne2 Nc6  14.f3 Be6  15.Ng3 a6  16.Rad1 Qc7  17.Bh6
Rfd8  18.Bg7 Kg7  19.Be2 b5  20.Nd5 Bd5  21.ed5 Nd4  22.c4 Rde8  23.Bd3 Re7  24.f4 Rae8 
25.f5 bc4  26.Bc4 Qc8  27.fg6 hg6 diagram   28.Rf6! Kf6  29.Nh5! gh5  30.Qh6 Ke5 31.Qg7
f6 (31.Re1? Ne2 r)  32.Qg3 Ke4  33.Re1 Ne2  34.Re2 Kf5  35.Bd3 Re4  36.Rf2#



White to play and win!




Junior Chess
    The following lists events which were organized specifically for players under 20 years of age. We
should all encourage more young people to play. I've also listed some players who are willing to teach and some
computer products I feel will be of benefit.
 
NS Cadet Active, Dalhousie. 10/27/96.
Player             	Old  Perf New  Rd1  Rd2  Rd3  Rd4  Total
1.Jordan Fleury         unr  1703 1711 +4   +2   +3   +7   4
2.Matthew Furrow   	1367 1564 1409 +6   -1   +5   +3   3
3.Donovan Westhaver     1296 1331 1315 +5   +7   -1   -2   2
4.Narsa Chelluri        1199 1186 1203 -1   =0   +7   -6   1.5
5.Tyler Reddy      	1271 1178 1242 -3   +6   -2   =0   1.5
6.Jason Kenney          1272 1146 1215 -2   -5   =0   +4   1.5
7.Bryan Kenney          unr  883  889  =0   -3   -4   -1   0.5

NS Junior Active, Dalhousie. 11/3/96.
Player             	Old  Perf      New  Rd1  Rd2  Rd3  Rd4  Total
1.Alex Fraser      	1426 1528 1460 +4   =2   +6   +5   3.5
2.Cedric Davies         1615 1393 1564 +3   =1   +5   =4   3
3.Mike Conley      	unr  1199 1207 -2   =5   =4   +6   2
4.Jason Kenney          1215 1192 1214 -1   +6   =3   =2   2
5.Tyler Reddy      	1242 1092 1200 +6   =3   -2   -1   1.5
6.Jason Wishcombe  	unr  784  792  -5   -4   -1   -3   0

Maritime Junior, Dalhousie. Nov 9-10, 1996.
Player             	Old  Perf New  1    2    3    4    5    Total
1.Justin Gulati, PEI    2004 1844 2004 X    =    1    1    0    2.5
2.Cedric Davies, NS     1747 1809 1759 =    X    =    0    1    2
3.Franco Frenette,NB    1748 1808 1760 0    =    X    1    =    2
4.Eric Bertrand,NB 	1870 1778 1857 0    1    0    X    1    2
5.Alex Fraser,NS        1612 1742 1633 1    0    =    0    X    1.5


Justin Gulati (2004) - Franco Frenette (1748)
Rd 2                    Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5  2.Nf3 Nc6  3.Bb5 a6  4.Ba4 Nf6 
5.0-0 Be7  6.Re1 b5  7.Bb3 d6  8.h3 Na5 
9.d4 Nb3  10.ab3 ed4  11.Nd4 0-0  12.Nb5
Bh3  13.Nc7 Qc7  14.gh3 Nd7  15.Nc3 Bf6 
16.Nd5 Qd8  17.Nf6 Qf6  18.Re3 Qg6 
19.Rg3 Qe6  20.Qd4 f6  21.Bh6 Rf7  22.Rd1
Nc5  23.f3 Nb7  24.Qd5 Qd5  25.Rd5 Rc8
(draw offer,declined)  26.Rg2 Rc5  27.Rc5 dc5 
28.Be3 Rd7  29.Rd2 Rd2  30.Bd2 Kf7 
31.Kf2 Ke6  32.Ke3 Nd6  33.f4 Nb5  34.Kd3
h5  35.Be3 Nd4  36.Bd4 cd4  37.Kd4 g5 
38.Ke3 Kd6??  39.e5! fe5  40.fg5 Ke7 
41.Ke4 Ke6  42.c4     (1-0)


Justin Gulati (2004) - Alex Fraser (1612)
Rd 4               Bishop's Opening
1.e4 e5  2.Bc4 Nc6  3.Nc3 Nf6  4.d3 h6 
5.f4 d6  6.f5 Be7  7.a3 Nd4  8.Nf3 Ne5 
9.ef5 Bf5  10.0-0 Qd7  11.Nd5 0-0-0 
12.Ne5 de5  13.Ne7 Qe7  14.Rf5 Qc5 
15.Kh1 Qc4  16.Qe2 Qc6  17.Re5 Rde8 
18.Bf4 Re5  19.Qe5 Re8  20.Qa5 Re2  21.Rg1
Rc2  22.Qa7 b6  23.Qa6 Kb8  24.d4 Ne4 
25.Be3 Rb2  26.Rc1 Qb5  27.Qb5 Rb5 
28.Bf4 Nd6  29.h3 Ra5  30.Bd6 cd6  31.Rc6
Ra3  32.d5 Ra1  33.Kh2 Rb1  34.Rd6 Kc7 
35.Rc6 Kd7  36.Kg3 b5  37.Kf4 b4  38.Rb6
b3  39.Ke4 b2  40.Kd3 Rd1  41.Kc2 b1=Q 
42.Rb1 Rb1  43.Kb1 Kd6  44.Kc2 Kd5  45.Kd3
f5  46.Ke3 g5  47.g3 Kc4  48.h4 Kc3  49.g4
f4  50.Ke4 Kd2  51.h5 Ke2  52.Kf5 Kf3 
53.Kg6 Kg4  54.Kh6 f3  55.Kg6 f2  56.h6
f1=Q  57.Kg7 Qh1     (0-1)


At the Canadian Junior, played over Christmas
break in Edmonton, Andrew Ho (2277)
of BC defeated Danny Goldenberg (2355) of
Quebec in a play-off to win. At only 12, Ho is our
youngest Junior champion since Alexandre LeSiege.
Justin Gulati finished with 3.5/11, holding his own
against the experts while losing to the masters.


Canadian Youth Chess Festival
     For the past couple of years the Chess n'
Math Association has organized a Canada wide
tournament based on age categories, as well as the
Scholastic grades competiton in the spring. The
competition leads to the World Youth Chess
Festival. The categories were under 10, under 12,
under 14 and under 18 years of age (the CFC still
runs the Cadet championship, ie U16, and the Junior
championship, U20).

     The NS final was played at Carrefour du
Grand Havre in Dartmouth on November 2nd.
Numbers were down significantly this year, roughly
half from last year, as only 33 kids took part. The
following players qualified for the next stage:



U18     Cedric Davies, Halifax; Matthew Furrow,Halifax; Donovan Westhaver,Dartmouth
U14     Tyler Reddy, Dartmouth
U12     Tristan deBoer, Truro; Ian Mahar, Halifax
U10     Igor Geshelin, Dartmouth; Joel Morin-     Abdallah, Dartmouth

The Maritime finals were played December 9th in
Dieppe, NB. Players who did especially well were
Matthew Furrow who qualified for the Nationals by
defeating Cedric Davies in a play-off; Tyler Reddy
and Igor Geshelin did well also,placing in the top
three in their divisions. Congratulations Matthew!


Tutoring 
    Some players are now teaching, a
laudable pursuit as it certainly speeds up the
progress of anyone trying to learn the fundamentals
of good chess. Rates are negotiable but are usually
commensurate with music lessons,etc.

Ed Urquhart 423-5370/ e-urquha@tuna.stmarys.ca

Rob Villeneuve 425-3182/ villener@is2.dal.ca


Chess Products
   For players with a computer the
following products are all highly recommended.
(note: I'm listing them for PC's with a minimum
486/33 Mhz, CD-ROM, 8 megs of Ram.)
 

Chessmaster 5000  Still the best all around
program for novice to expert strength. On a pentium
based computer it will play at about FIDE Master
strength. Lots of features (bells and whistles) plus a
modest database of 30,000 games. Readily available
for around $60.


Xtreme Chess     Probably hard to find except by
mail, its a Fritz4 based program stripped down and
made super affordable. Stronger than Chessmaster
5000 it doesn't have anywhere near the graphics but
contains a similar database. Its also $60 but thats
US. Fritz4 is roughly $140 US.


Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess   A really good
program to teach novices and intermediate players
all they will have know to progress to expert
strength. Highly recommended for children
although any adult will benefit also. Future Shop  
are selling this nationwide for around $50.


Chess For Dummies     A really good book for all
aspects of improving your chess, especially
informative on internet chess. David Kenney gives it
two thumbs up, way up! :)
In the ho-hum category, Kasparov's Talking
Coach is a stand-alone chess game which offers
hints, strategy (ie threatened pieces), in Mr
Kasparov's voice. Apparently it has a special feature
"j'adoube" for errors  against teenage girls. Retails
for $79.95 US.


Antigonish Open   
 
Antigonish, January 2-4/97

The first tournament in recent memory to take place in Antigonish was held on January 3,4 & 5 at the Wandlyn
Inn. Sixteen players representing all the chess hotbeds of NS as well as John Hanson from Saint John, who was
visiting family nearby, participated.

The upsets started in the first round, with Steve Saunders flagging in a winning position against Bruce Fleury, and
they continued in the second and third rounds with Joe Clair besting Alvah Mayo and Tom Cosman after being
down material in each game. After defeating Joe in their fourth round match, Cedric Davies needed only a draw to
claim sole first place. However, the redoubtable Tom Cosman held tough under time pressure to pull himself and
Joe, who defeated Bradley Poulette in the last round, into a three way tie for first. The aforementioned Brad won
the U1700 prize outright.
              -report by Jonathan Bjornson


Jonathan received many plaudits for his fine work organizing and directing. He also introduced the use of a swiss pairing
program into practice which produced top quality cross-tables and headache-free pairings. Kudos to Jonathan for his
initiative, which will hopefully inspire others.

Player             Rating    Rd1  Rd2  Rd3  Rd4  Rd5  Total
1.Alvah Mayo       	1972 +9   -6   +10  =2   +8   3.5
2.Steve Saunders        1932 -10  +13  +3   =1   +11  3.5
3.John Hanson, NB  	1815 +11  =8   -2   -12  -0   1.5
4.Jim Hayward      	1798 +12  -7   -11  =8   -10  1.5
5.Tom Cosman       	1791 +13  +10  -6   +11  +7   4
6.Joe Clair        	1741 +14  +1   +5   -7   +12  4
7.Cedric Davies         1741 +15  +4   +8   +6   -5   4
8.Gilbert Bernard       1669 +16  =3   -7   =4   -1   2
9.Andrew Wallbank  	1660 -1   +14  -12  +13  -0   2
10.Bruce Fleury         1612 +2   -5   -1   =0   +4   2.5
11.Ken Cashin      	1577 -3   +16  +4   -5   -2   2
12.Bradley Poulette     1558 -4   +15  +9   +3   -6   3
13.Jonathan Bjornson    1499 -5   -2   +14  -9   +16  2
14.Josh Hanlon          1193 -6   -9   -13  +16  +15  2
15.Christopher Jones    unr  -7   -12  -16  =0   -14  0.5
16.Darren Whitty        unr  -8   -11  +15  -14  -13  1

I'd like to put more games by the players in their
own words but space limitations preclude that.
Instead I'll feature one game in each newsletter with
complete notes. This is probably the most
instructive way to learn for all players. More games
from the event are on the website. 


Jim Hayward (1798) - Cedric Davies (1741)
Rd 2                    Nimzo Indian, E43
1.d4 Nf6  2.c4 e6  3.Nc3 Bb4  4.e3 b6  5.Bd3 Bb7  6.f3
d6  (I don't know much theory but I think I should have
taken the knight first, if I intended d6. That way I have
compensation in the form of doubled pawns against losing
the bishop pair.)  7.Ne2 0-0  8.a3 Bc3  9.Nc3 Nbd7  10.0-0 Qe7  11.e4?  (Hayward didn't like this move
afterwards either. The d4 pawn is a little loose and
now the d3 bishop is a big giant pawn. Remember, I
want things closed because of my knights which
influences my further play. Believe it or not, I was
already having fantasies about a light-squared
bishop ending.)  11...c5  12.Be3 Rac8  13.Qe2 Rfd8 
14.Rad1 a5 (Hayward said he didn't like this move, but it
is simply a prophylactic measure against a possible b4,
plus gaining space and putting another pawn of mine on a
dark square.)  15.Qf2 e5 (This is the move which closes
up the position (remember knights) and I think I should
have played it earlier. While analyzing with Rob
Villeneuve at the club he made the repeated suggestion
that white play f4 before black got in e5.)  16.d5 Nf8 
17.f4? (This loses his good Bishop.I was expecting a
move like h3. After this I have a clear edge whereas before
it was hard to tell if either of us did.)  17..Ng4  18.Qg3
Ne3  19.Qe3 ef4  20.Rf4 Ng6  21.Rf5 Rf8 (I reposition
my forces before occupying the important strong point e5.
I think that might be a mistake, as Rob pointed out the
possiblity of white saccing a pawn with e5 to open up the
line for his Bishop.)  22.Rdf1 Rce8  23.Re1 Bc8  24.Rf2
Bd7  25.b3 Qd8 (I decided on occupation with a Rook
rather than the Knight. I thought that I could then swing
over my Rook and maybe attack white's kingside.) 
26.Qg3 Re5  27.Ref1 Qg5  (An emotional reaction, not
based on logic but on the ticking clock. In hindsight I
think it would have been better to keep the Queens on and
have a possible attack. Qe7 is good threatening Rg5.) 
28.Ne2 Bg4  29.Nf4  (White could try 29.Rf5!?, again
another suggestion of Rob's. This hadn't even entered my
mind in the game and we would have been in for some
messy complications.)  29...Nf4   30.Rf4 Bh5  31.Qg5 
(Here I was offered a draw but I wanted to play on to see
what would happen. I had been studying my BCE earlier
(Ed. Batsford Chess Endings), but what good would that
be if I always accepted draws!?)  31..Rg5  32.Re1 Re5 
33.g4?!  (I'm still not sure about this move. I think I
would give it a question mark but its only on intuition.
The bad points are that it puts another pawn on a light
square and the weaker side shouldn't be pushing pawns.) 
33...Bg6  34.Kf2 Rfe8   35.Kf3 R8e7  36.Re2 Kf8  (Here
I looked hard for a way in which I would break through
while Hayward was thinking. I was ready to accept a draw
when he played h4 which I didn't think was such a hot
move, so I played on.)  37.h4 f6  38.h5 Be8  39.Rf5 Bd7 
40.Re5 fe5  41.Rg2 Rf7  42.Ke3 Rf4  43.Be2 Ke7  (I
wanted to play a4 but was concerned about him playing
his rook to the b-file (after ba4 Ba4 Bd3) winning the b6
pawn and having a passed a pawn. After Ke7 I now
threaten a4 whereas in some lines I can protect b6 with
my King.)  44.Rf2  (Here I thought Hayward should have
played a4 and ruled out the possible play for me on the
queenside. He can wait a turn to offer the Rook trade.) 
44..Rf2  45.Kf2 Kf6?  (Now I should play a4 on this or
the next move and have my light squared Bishop come in
and feast on white's pawns. I played them both rather
hastily and realized too late.)  46.Kg3 Kg5  47.a4  (There,
that finally ends that nasty a4 business. Even though all of
his pawns are on light squares the position, though far
from easy, is drawn because of the lack of entry squares.
My plan is to trade the kingside pawns where I get my
Bishop on h5 and force a favourable trade of Bishops or
enter his position. Now we come to an interesting ending
of which I spent a considerable time analyzing.)  47...Be8 
48.Bf3 g6  49.hg6 Bg6  50.Bg2 h5  51.Bh1!  (This is
the point which should give white the draw. If I take the
pawn he can just move his Bishop between h1 and g2 and
there is no way I can enter his position.) 51...h4? 
(Although it is still drawn, Be8 which I thought from
analysis on Sunday morning won, but found out later with
Rob that it still only drew, is a better try.)  52.Kf3?? 
(This is the losing blunder. Hayward did play this rather
quickly, after 5 hours of tough play, which demonstrates
only too tragically that the work of hours can be gone in
an instant by a moment of of inattention or oversiught.
Now the win is easy. With Kh3 he could have drawn. A
possible winning attempt by me going 53...Kh8 54.Bg2! -Bf3 goes into winning lines which I analyze later- Bd7 
55.Bf3 Kf4  the only winning try 56.Bd1 Ke4  57.Kh4
Kd3  58.g5 e4  59.g6 Be8  60.Bh5 whites resource, and he
is the one who wins.)  53...Be8  54.Bg2 Bd7  55.Kf2 Bg4 
56.Bg4 Kg4     (0-1)
     

(Later I thought that if I had played 51..Be8 I would
have won by forcing Bf3. This is the winning line I
mentioned above, going something like this 52...h4 
53.Kh3 Kf4 (Now my Bishop stops the pawn better by
being on the e8-h5 diagonal.)  54.Bd1 Ke4  55.Kh4 Kf4!
(To stop a kingmarch through the g5 square.)  56.g5 e4 
57.Bh5 e3! And wins. My asumption was wrong however
because 51..Be8 does not force 52.Bf3. Instead 52.Bg2!
(Notice he can never take my h-pawn while I can retake
with the Bishop.) Bd7  53.gh5 Kh5  54.Bh3!  (Although
simple this is what I hadn't considered until Rob pointed
it out. If I take the Bishop he retakes and gains the
opposition. I've tried other things with triangulation, etc.,
but nothing seems to work. If you find anything
interesting  e-mail me (Ed. ad989@ccn.ca.dal.ca). I'd like
to thank Rob Villeneuve and Antoni Wysocki for helping
me analyze at the club. As usual I enjoy strategic plans
rather than combative attacks and so I trust thoughts rather
than long pieces of analysis, which is why I had so little in
my annotations.)

-Notes by Cedric Davies


Joe Clair (1741) - Alvah Mayo (1972)
Rd 2                    Sicilian B20
1.e4 c5  2.Bc4 Nc6  3.c3 Nf6  4.d3 d6  5.Bg5
Qb6  6.Qd2 Ne5  7.Bb3 c4!  8.Bf6? Nd3! 
9.Kf1 gf6  10.Ba4 Bd7  11.Bd7 Kd7  12.Na3
Qc5  13.b4 Qc6  14.f3 h5  15.Ne2 Bh6 
16.Qc2 Qa6  17.Nb1 Qb6  18.Nd4 Nb4 
19.Qa4 Nc6  20.Na3? Qa5  21.Qa5 Na5 
22.Kf2 a6  23.Rab1 b5  24.Rhd1 Rab8 
25.Nac2 Nb7  26.Nb4 Nc5  27.Nf5 Bf8 
28.Nd5 Nd3  29.Kf1 Kd8  30.Nd4 Kd7 
31.Ne3 Bh6  32.Nd5 Rb7  33.Nf5 Bf8  34.g3
e6!  35.Nf6 Kc8  36.Ne3 Bg7  37.e5 Bf6 
38.ef6 Rh6  39.f4 Rf6  40.Kg2 d5  41.Nc2
Rg6?! (e5)  42.Rf1 Kd8  43.a4 Ke8  44.f5
Rg5  45.f6 Rb6?!  46.ab5 ab5  47.Ra1 Rb8 
48.Ra7 Nc5  49.Re7 Kf8  50.Rc7 Ne4 
51.Nd4 Ra8??  52.Ra1!! Re8  53.Ra7 Nc3?? 
(Rg6)  54.Rf7 Kg8  55.Rh7 Kf8  56.f7     (1-0)
-notes provided by Alvah Mayo



Miscellaneous Items

NS Chess History - The CFC has asked us for a
complete history of chess in the province to be
published in "En Passant" at a later date. I've asked
David Kenney to look into this. You can reach Dave
at 462-7455 or e-mail at ap367@chebucto.ns.ca


Chess.net - A new Free Chess Server is making an
impression. You can reach them by telnet-ing to
chess.net 5000. Largely a vehicle for American
GM's to earn a living giving lessons or selling
instructional videos it also provides live on-line
broadcast of chess events from around the world,
for example the recent Super GM tournament in Las
Palmas. Alvah Mayo has scored some videos there
by winning some blitz events and had a chance to
ask a Mr Karpov some questions. ("Do you prefer
mousse or gel?" I think was one of them.)


Simuls - From The Daily News Oct. 29/96:
Guelph, Ont (CP) - Robert Hamilton's speed and
stamina have earned him a place in the record
books. The 34-year-old set a world record Saturday
for the most consecutive chess games played - 703.
When asked why he stopped there, Hamilton
replied: "I'm not a sadist."


Bluenose Sectional - Beginning January 20th and
running concurrently with the Villeneuve-Urquhart
match the club has organized 4 player double round-robin CFC rated events. Three sections are now
filled but if anyone is interested we may have
another section beginning Feb 3rd. E-mail Kim
Tufts at an169@chebucto.ns.ca or phone (best
between 12-4 pm) at 423-9274.


Match Predictions - To stir up more interest for the
Villeneuve - Urquhart match we held a vote over the
listserv on who players thought would win. As of
Jan.20th the results stood at Villeneuve 9, four votes
for a drawn match, and 7 votes for Urquhart. Most
players predicted a close match, with 3.5-2.5 often
cited. As an added enticement we offered one free
entry to the Bluenose Championship for whomever
had the right prediction (eg, if 5 were right they
would each receive $5 off their entry fee. If 2, each
would get $12.50 off.).


Saint John News - Fred McKim has moved to
Charlottetown. One of the region's longtime chess
organizers, Fred's experience and commitment to
the game will leave a vacuum in Saint John Chess.
This coupled with the recent closing of the Chess
Centre and rather sparse turnouts for Saint John
tournaments do not bode well. Perhaps though Saint
John's loss will be Charlottetown's gain.


Former NS Players - Peter Arseneau and Anil
Goel have been sending me some e-mail, asking
about players and happenings here. Both have
expressed admiration for our website and would like
to contact other players to renew acquaintances (or
settle some scores via e-mail chess :) You can reach
Peter at Peter.Arseneau@kan.lmcda.lmco.com 
Anil may be reched at Anil@getn.net


Website - Our site has had nearly 2400 hits in the
past year, a mark only reflecting graphics-based
hits. In December it had nearly 500 total hits, which
include text-based hits. By extrapolation, more
people are visiting the site through freenets and the
like than by commercial internet servers. Its likely
than that we had more than 4000 total hits to our
site in 1996 from players around the world.


Listserv -Presently we have 38 subscribers to our
listserv from around the Maritimes. Basically a
listserv is a kind of "party-line" for e-mail
messages. To subscribe simply send an e-mail
message to majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca and include
as your message "subscribe chess-ns".



Tournaments

Bluenose Chess Club Championship  (Feb 21-23)  Played at Saint Marys University in Halifax at the Student
Union Building, room 301. 5 Rd Swiss with Open and U1700 Sections. Registration is Friday night between
5:30 and 6:00. Rounds are at 6:30 on Friday night and 10:00 am and 4:00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday.
Entry Fee is $25 for the Open section, $20 for the U1700 Section, with a $5 discount for students,seniors and a
$10 discount for cadets (u16). Time controls are 30/90, SD 1. For more information consult the enclosed
tournament notice or contact Jim Brennan at 455-2289 or jbrennan@fox.nstn.ca.
  

Lunenburg County Chess Championship (March 14-16) Played at the Wandlyn Inn in Bridgewater. 5 Round
Swiss, Open format. Registration is Friday night between 5:00 and 6:00. Rounds are at 6:00 Friday night, and
10:00 am and 4:00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. 1/2 point byes are available. Entry Fees are $25 and only
$10 for Juniors and Seniors. CFC membership required. For more information contact Steve Saunders at 624-9361 (h)/ 634-8811 (w) or via e-mail at ssaunder@fox.nstn.ca or saundrs@natsea.ca. The Wandlyn also offers a
special rate of $55. Contact them at (902) 543-7131. Take exit 12 into Bridgewater.


Dal Actives - (tentative) I'm considering holding Sunday afternoon active tournaments at Dal throughout
February and March. The idea is to introduce more children to tournament chess as a prelude to the Provincial
final. There would also be a CFC rated section. Contact Kim Tufts at 423-9274 or 
an169@chebucto.ns.ca for more
info. The entry fee would be $7 and prizes would be split amongst the participants.


Dartmouth Library Children's Chess Tournament - (date TBA but probably Sat March 15) Last year over
kids participated. Contact Roy Yetman at 464-9888 for more details.

Chocolate Lake Spring Break Chess Tournament - (date TBA but probably Wednesday March 12) Contact
the Chocolate Lake Centre or e-mail Wayne Jay at waynej@city.halifax.ns.ca for more details.


NS Provincial Chess Challenge - Held Saturday March 29th at Carrefour du Grand Havre in Dartmouth. a
grades competition to select the NS team to represent NS at the National Finals in Montreal. All grades from 1-12 will be competing with over 100 hundred children expected. Contact Kim Tufts an169@chebucto.ns.ca for chess questions at 423-9274 or e-mail at an169@chebucto.ns.ca. Or call the school at 435-6203 for directions.


Canadian Chess Challenge -  (May 18-19) in Montreal. Contact Kim Tufts an169@chebucto.ns.ca here or Larry Bevand in Montreal
at bevand@odysee.net. Or go directly to the Chess n' Math website for more details.


To reach Chess Nova Scotia you can contact myself an169@chebucto.ns.ca, Steve Saunders (web site manager)  ssaunder@fox.nstn.ca, or Jim Brennan jbrennan@fox.nstn.ca with
news, questions, etc. You might also find what you're looking for at our website. Either address
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/NSChess/nschess.html  or
http://chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/NSChess/nschess.html will get you there. If you still can't find it try asking using the listserv at chess-ns@chebucto.ns.ca. And if all else fails theres always the phone. The next newsletter should be out in mid April, but don't hold me to that.
                    
Regards,


Kim Tufts.

an169@chebucto.ns.ca



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