Great Taste Coffe Shop Actives

The Great Taste Coffee Shop located on Spring Garden Road in Halifax sponsored a number of Sunday afternoon (game in 30 minutes) active chess tournaments this winter. These four round tournaments have been very popular with the players who have turned out in surprising numbers. The active tournaments are starting to become a bit of a tradition here in Halifax. Many thanks to Jerry MacKinlay and the staff at The Great Taste Coffee Shop for providing the site.

Active #1 was held on January 18 and attracted 32 players who competed in this two-section tournament. Tyler Reddy won the Open Section with 3.5 points. Gerald Lomond placed second with 3.0 points.

The Under 1500 Section was won by John Klapstein with 3.5 points. Tied for second with 3.0 points were Jason Kenney, Isaac Saney, Brian McGrath, and Duane Thomas.

Active #2 was held on February 1 with 29 players in competition. In the Open Section, there was a three-way tie for first. Antoni Wysocki, Ed Urquhart and Alvah Mayo all ended up with 3.0 points after Alvah tripped up Ed in the 4th round.

The Under 1600 Section was won by Ken Cashin with 3.5 points. Tied for second with 3.0 points were R. Young, Jason Kenney, D. Poirier, and John Cordes.

Active #3 was held on March 16 with 16 players in attendance. The winner of this event was Jim Brennan who ended up with 3.5 points at the end of this four round event. Tied for second with 3.0 points were Tyler Reddy and David Kenney.

Active #4 was held the day after the NS Blitz Championship on May 17 with 21 players in attendance. In the open section Fred McKim and Anthony Howorth tied for 1st -2nd place with a 3.5 score for this five round event. John Klapstein placed 3rd with 3.0 points. Gilbert Bernard with 3.5 points won the U1500 section. Phil Boyle and Ken Kashin tied for 2nd - third place.

Atlantic Native Championship

This year's tournament held on March 27-29 in Eskasoni, Cape Breton and attracted six competitors. Gary Phillips of Halifax who ended up winning four games and drawing only one opponent in this round robin event won the tournament. Joe Clair from Cape Breton placed second winning four games and losing only one game to the tournament winner. I understand next year's tournament will be held in Cambridge, NS as the winner of this tournament received the right to host the event in the following year.

Late Breaking News: Toronto International Open

Tyler Reddy has just returned from playing in the Toronto International Open Chess Tournament where he played in the U2300 section obtaining a 4-3 result. I understand Tyler may gain about 146 points for his result, which would make him Nova Scotia's newest "Candidate Master", or Expert. He beat Milan Trbic (2148), Ted Kret (2145), Brian Profit (2137), and Barry Thorvardson (2183). He lost to Tom Schmidt (2169), Felix Leriche (2294), and to Christopher Chu (2230). Congratulations Tyler for your outstanding performance against very strong opposition.

Cape Breton Regional Championship

It appears, after almost a dormant state of about five years, chess activity has begun again in Cape Breton ! During the last five years, there have only been a few isolated chess tournaments held in CB. However, within the past twelve months there have been at least five events held on the island with more to come.

The Cape Breton Regional Muncipality Open was held on January 17-18 in Sydney and attracted eighteen competitors. At the end, the two highest rated players, Damir Miletic (formerly from Bosnia) and Alvah Mayo tied for first with "3.5" points in this four round tournament. Mato Miletic (Damir's father), Gerald LeBlanc and Greg Johnson finished with "3.0" points.

Miletic,M (unr) - LeBlanc,G (1971)
Cape Breton Regional Municipality Open, Jan. 17, 1998
"Annotated by Gerald LeBlanc"

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.Bd3!? Nb4 9.0-0 [9.Be2] 9...Nxd3 10.Qxd3 Ng6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.h3 0-0 13.a3 a6 14.b4 f6 15.Rfe1 fxe5 16.dxe5 [16.Nxe5 Be8] 16...Rxf3 17.gxf3 8.Bd3!? Nb4 9.0-0 [9.Be2] 9...Nxd3 10.Qxd3 Ng6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.h3 0-0 13.a3 a6 14.b4 f6 15.Rfe1 fxe5 16.dxe5 [16.Nxe5 Be8] 16...Rxf3 17.gxf3 Nh4 [17...Nxe5!? 18.Qd1 Bf6] 18.Bf4 Bc6 19.Bg3 Qe8? [19...Nf5 20.Ne2 Bh4] 20.Ne2 [20.Bxh4! Bxh4 21.Ne2 and Nd4 . . . with edge to white.] 20...Bb5 21.Qe3 Nf5 22.Qf4 g5! 23.Qd2 [23.Qg4?? h5] 23...Qh5 24.Kg2 Rf8 25.Ng1 Nh4+ 26.Bxh4 Qxh4 27.Rad1 h5 [27...Rf4 28.Ne2 Bxe2 29.Qxe2!+-] 28.Ne2? g4! [28...Rxf3? 29.Ng3! (29.Kxf3?? Qxh3+ 30.Ng3 g4+ 31.Kf4 Qh4 32.Ne4 Qh2+! 33.Ke3 Bg5+! 34.Nxg5 Qxe5+) 29...g4 30.Rh1 Bg5 31.Qc2!+-] 29.hxg4 Rxf3 30.Ng3 Qxg4 31.Rh1 h4 32.Rh3 hxg3 33.fxg3 Rd3 34.Qc2 Qf3+ 35.Kh2 Bc4 [35...Qxd1?! 36.Qc8+] 36.Rg1 Bg5 37.Rg2 Be3 38.Rh4 b5 39.a4 Bg5 40.Rh3 Be3 41.axb5 axb5 42.Rh4 Qxg2+ 43.Kxg2 Rd2+ 44.Qxd2 Bxd2 45.Kf3 Bxb4 and black won. 0-1

LeBlanc,G (1971) - Miletic,D (2022)
Cape Breton Regional Municipality Open
"Annotated by Gerald LeBlanc"

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.b3?! It's probably wrong to play for a Q-side fianchetto in this position, as black can set up the V formation c5, d6, e5 to block out the Q-Bishop with White's knight already developed on f3, it's doubtful white can gain anything from the weakness of the 'd5' square. 3...Nc6 4.Bb2 d5 5.c4? Thoughtless play. With 5.e3! White effectively limits black's choices, and keeps the option of Bb5 despite having played g3. e.g. 5.. .Bg4 6.Bb5! Rc8 7.h3 Bh5?! 8g4 Bg6 9.Ne5 with advantage. Against 5...e6, white can play a normal Reti with 6.c4 and Bg2 or a Nimzovich attack with 6.Bb5. 5...d4 6.d3 e5 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 Naively expecting black to do the same. An interesting idea for white is to play e4 with the point that if black doesn't capture en passant, he has no advantage. Therefore, after 8.e4 de3 e.p. 9. fe3 e4 10.de4 Qd1+ 11.Kxd1 Nxe4 12.Nf1, whites position, although difficult, may be tenable. White can also better prepare e4 with 8.Na3. 8...Bg4 9.Na3 Blacks attacking potential is such that he already can consider sacrificial continuations. [9.h3? h5!? 10.hxg4 hxg4 (A) 11.Nfd2 e4 12.Nxe4 (12.Bxe4!? Nxe4 13.Nxe4 f5 14.Ned2 Rh3 15.Kg2 Kd7 16.Rh1 Qh8) 12...Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Qd7 14.Kg2 f5 15.Bd5 Nb4; (B) hxg4 A) 11.Nfd2 e4 12.Nxe4 (12.Bxe4!? Nxe4 13.Nxe4 f5 14.Ned2 Rh3 15.Kg2 Kd7 16.Rh1 Qh8) 12...Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Qd7 14.Kg2 f5 15.Bd5 Nb4; B) 11.Nh2 11...e4! 12.dxe4 Qd6! 13.Bc1 Ne5!? 14.Bf4 0-0-0] 9...Qd7 10.Nc2 Bh3 11.Re1?? White has to play 11.e3 immediately when he may still make a fight of it. 11...Bxg2 12.Kxg2 h5 13.e3 If white tries to keep lines closed with 13.h4, black plays ...Ng4, ...f6 ...g5 13...h4 14.exd4? Of course 14.Nxh4?? g5 loses quickly but 14.gxh4 isn't so clear. Anyway, it's the last possible try. 14...hxg3 15.h4 gxf2 16.Rxe5 Forced and that's why 11.Re1?? was a blunder. White could play dxe5 if the rook weren't en prise. The e-pawn must be captured. If 16.Rh1 Qg4+ 17.Kxf2e4! 16...Qg4+ 17.Kxf2 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nh5 19.Qh1 Qg3+ 20.Ke3 Qf4+ 21.Kf2 Qg3+ 22.Ke3 0-0-0 23.Rg1 [23.Bc1 Nf4! Threatens not only ...Rxd3+ ... Bxh4, but ... Bg5!] 23...Qf4+ 24.Kf2 Rxd3 25.Qh3+ Kb8 26.Bc1 Against 26.Rg4 the reply is still ...Bxh4+ [26.Rg4 Bxh4+] 26...Bxh4+ 27.Ke2 Qe4+ 0-1

Cape Breton Regional Municipality Open

1998 DARTMOUTH LIBRARY YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT
Saturday, March 14, 1998

The second annual Dartmouth Library Youth Chess Tournament held at the Alderney Gate Library in Dartmouth was a big hit with all the kids that participated. In all, 85 children took part in this year's event, 30 in the beginner section, 39 in the novice section, and 16 in the advanced section. I would like to thank all the local merchants who contributed to the children's goodie bags as all the kids received something at the end of the tournament.. A special thank-you goes out to Roy and Bette Yetman; Don Bidgood; Tyler and Shirley Reddy; David Kenney; and the staff at the library for all their hard work arranging and co-ordinating this tournament and the prizes.

Glen Charlton, a candidate master from Halifax emerged the winner of the Lunenburg County Open held in Bridgewater on the April 17-19 weekend. A total of 37 serious chess enthusiasts, an increase from 27 last year, took part in the three day event.

Glenn Charlton took the lead in the last round of the tournament by defeating Damir Miletic of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Mr. Miletic is an immigrant from Croitia where he played in world class chess tournaments until the outbreak of civil war there. Mr. Miletic later described the game as "equally balanced" but missed a 3-move check mate combination found by Mr. Charlton.

Damir Miletic defeated the Maritime Open Champion and Canadian Chess Master Ed Urquhart, a St. Mary's University student, a round earlier. Mr. Miletic and Mr. Urquhart tied for second place overall with Oh Ko Kyung of Halifax. Here is a list of the class/prize winners:

RATED UNDER 1800
First: Oh Ko Kyong 4.0 points
Second: Jim Hayward 3.5 points

RATED UNDER 1600
First: Joseph Shea 3.0 points
Second: Bob Hutchinson, Jason Mercer, Saide Sayah 2.5 points

UNRATED:
First: Wang Ko Kyong 2.0 points
Second: Jeremy Brown, Curtis Robarts 1.0 points
Top Junior: Cedric Davies 3.5 points
Top: Senior: Bob Hutchinson and Harold Uuetoa. 2.5 points

Miletic, D - Charlton, G

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Nxd7 Nxd7 9. c3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13. Qe2 Bf5 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qd7 18. Qd5 e6 19. Qxc5 19... Qd1+ 20. Bf1 Bd3 21. Qc8+ Bf8 22. h3 Qxf1+ 23. Kh2 Be4 24. f3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qe2+ 26. Kh1 Qxf3+ 0-1

Eastern King's Round Robin

Tom Cosman and Gerald Lomond tied for first in the Eastern Kings Round Robin tournament both scoring 6-1 in this eight player event. Jamie Gibson placed third with a 5-2 score.

Results From Recent Matches

Eldridge vs Gibson Match
Finish Date: 1998/04/29 Ref#: 35063 Prov: NS Type: R

Eldridge vs Kustudic Match

Cosman vs Gibson Match

Bluenose Chess Club Active Tournaments

Bluenose Active #1 held on January 5 with Tyler Reddy winning the first Bluenose Chess Club Active Tournament of 1998 with a perfect 3-0 score, upsetting veteran David Kenney along the way.

Bluenose Active #2 was held on January 12 and attracted 10 players. Jim Brennan captured first place with Tyler Reddy winning "Most Improved".

Bluenose Active #3 was held on January 26 with fourteen people entering this tournament. Jim Brennan captured first place with Jason Kenney winning "Most Improved".

Bluenose Active #4 was held on February 2 with a small turnout of seven players. David Kenney was the winner of this event after a bizarre time scamble with Bill Pettipas where both players dropped pieces.

Bluenose Active #5 was held on February 9 with a turnout of ten players. Jim Brennan was the winner of this event scoring 3 points in this event.

Bluenose Chess Club Championship

The 1998 Bluenose Chess Club Championship was held on the February 13-15 weekend at Dalhousie University. Justin Gulati of PEI won the tournament ending up with 4.5 points in the open section of this five round swiss tournament. Damir Miletic of Sydney was second with 4.0 points.

In the U1800 section Lewis Brown cruised to 4-0 before a last round draw to claim clear first. The U1600 section had Brian McGrath and first time player Robert Croxen share first with 4/5.

Simul at Chapter's

Ed Urquhart donated his time to help the Bluenose Chess Club and the Nova Scotia Chess Association promote chess in Nova Scotia by putting on a simultaneous exhibition at the Chapter's Bookstore on Sunday March 15.

During the simul, which ran from about 12:30 to 4:00pm, Ed took on 30 opponents, winning 26, drawing one, and losing only three games. Jason Kenney, Alex Fraser, and one other person who I did not know were the lucky people who managed to obtain victories against Ed. Chapter's gave them all a book of their choice for winning their respective games. Ed did not have "easy" opponents in the simul as numerous "seasoned veterans" from the local chess scene showed up to challenge the Maritime Open Champion.

Chapter's provided ten large tables located down the center aisle for the simul. This location gave us maximum visibility with the large number of Sunday afternoon visitors to the store. The simul was the first thing anyone would see after coming in the front door. Chapter's also set up an excellent display of chess books around the simul and displayed our listing of Chess Clubs in Nova Scotia as well as our recommended chess book list. Full page posters containing info on the Bluenose Chess Club were displayed and handed out to anyone who was interested in knowing where to find the club. At the end of the day, I believe everyone enjoyed the simul and the chance to play Nova Scotia's highest rated player.

I would again like to thank Ed Urquhart, on behalf of the Nova Scotia Chess Association, for helping us promote chess in the province and for putting on a very professional simul. I would also like to thank Chapter's Bookstore for allowing us to have a simul at their store and for providing the book prizes.

Bluenose vs. Eastern Kings Match
Report by Kim Tufts:

The Bluenose Club of Halifax welcomed the Eastern Kings of Wolfville to a match in February. Featuring accelerated time controls the games on all eight boards were hard fought though not error free affairs. The Bluenose Club avenged an earlier loss some time ago with a 5-3 decision. A rematch is in the works. Home field seems to be the determining factor so far.

Chess Problems

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Nova Scotia Closed

This year's Nova Scotia Closed was held on April 24-26 at St. Mary's University. Although this tournament had a number of last minute cancellations, a few unexpected "bye" requests and a "no show" from one player, the competitors enjoyed the high level of competition at this event. At the end, Glenn Charlton and Alvah Mayo finished tied for first, both having a "3.5" point score. Jim Mathers ended the tournament with a "3.0" points. Jason Kenney kindly agreed to play some rounds in the tournament when it was necessary to even out the field to prevent having any unnecessary "byes" handed out by the TD. I believe all the players enjoyed this weekend of chess. Thanks goes to Ed Urquhart for taking the time to organize this year's event.

The following games are some of the more interesting encounters during the tournament.

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 exd4 6. Bxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. b3 a5 13. a4 Nfd7 14. Bd3 f5 15. Nge2 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Nxd3+ 17. Qd3 Qg5 18. Nd5? Ne5 19. Qe3 Qxg2 20. Ng3 Nxf3+ 21. Ke2 Bxd5 22. cxd5 fxe4 23. Nxe4? Ng5 0-1

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bg2 Bd7 9. O-O Rb8 10. h3 O-O 11. g4 Nd4 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 14. Qe1 Nd7 15. g5 b5 16. b3 e5 17. Qg3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bg2 Ng6 21. Be3 f6 22. h4 b4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 fxg5 25. hxg5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Ra8 27. Be4 Ne5 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qh3+ ½-½

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Rd3 e5 16. Nde2 Qxe3+ 17. Rxe3 Bh6 0-1

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 e6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Ba4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Be7 ½-½

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rfe1 Bb7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bc4 Nf8 14. Ba2 e5 15. dxe5 ½-½

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. O-O Nh6?! 8. dxc5 Bc5 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. b4 Bf8?! 11. a4 Qc7 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Na3 Rdf8 15. Rac1 Kb8 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nd6 f5 18. b5 Na5 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qb6 21. Red1 Rhg8 22. Ba2 Bc8 23. Nd4 Bh8 24. Be6 Be6 25. Ne6 1-0

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Nd5 d6 6. d3 h6 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd5 9. Bxd5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc4 Bg5 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Qa5 Qxa5 15. Nxa5 Bd7 16. Rae1 Rab8 17. Nc4 Re6 18. b3 f6 19. f3 ½-½

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 (5. e5) 5... cxd5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. f4 a6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Nf3 b5 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Kh1 Ne7 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Bg1 h5 17. Bd3 Bh6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Nf8 21. Qd2 Ng6 22. Ne2 (22. a4) 22... h4 23. Nf4 h3 24. Nxh3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Nf4 O-O-O 27. Rfc1+ Kb8 28. b4 Rh4 29. Bf2 Rg4 30. Kg1 f6 31. gxf6 Ba8 32. Rc2 Rdg8 33. Bg3 Qb7 34. Rf1 Qd7 35. Rfc1 d3 36. Qxd3 Qa7+ 37. Kh1 Bb7 38. f7 Rxg3 39. Qd6+ Ka8 40. f8=Q+ Rxf8 41. Qxf8+ Qb8 42. Qxb8+ Kxb8 43. hxg3 Be4 44. Rc7 a5 45. bxa5 b4 46. Re7 Ba8 47. Rd1 Bb7 48. Rd8+ Ka7 49. Rdd7 b3 50. Rxb7+ Ka8 51. Ra7+ Kb8 52. Reb7+ 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Bg5 g6 15. Bh6 (15. b4) 15... Re8 16. Rad1 c5 17. dxc5 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Be4 19. Rc3 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Bxc5 21. b4 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rd2 Red8 24. Rfd1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 a5 26. Kf1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. b5 Rc1 30. Ne5 Ke8 31. Rd6 Rc2+ 32. Ke3 Rxf2 33. Rxe6+ (33. Rxb6 Rxg2 34. Rb8+ Ke7 35. b6) 33... fxe6 34. Kxf2 Nd7 35. Nd3 Ke7 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Kd4 e5+ 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. Nf2 Ke6 40. h3 Kf5 41. g4+ Ke6 42. h4 h6 43. Nd1 Nd7 44. Nf2 Nc5 45. Nd1 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Nc3 Kf5 48. Kf3 ½-½ Davies, Cedric - Saunders, Steve

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nh6 9. c3 dxc3 10. dxc3 O-O 11. Be3 d5 12. Nd4 Ng4 13. Qe2 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5+ 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rb8 19. Rb1 b6 20. Kd2 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rb3 Rc8 23. Kd3 Rc6 24. Rc1 Rbc7 25. c4 Rd7 26. Kc3 Re6 27. Rd1 Rc7 28. Kd3 Rec6 29. Rc3 e6 30. Rdc1 Kf8 31. a4 Ke7 ½-½

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. Bg5 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Qd2 Na6 11. Ne1 Nc7 12. a4 Bd7 13. Bh6 b6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 a6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxa4 18. f5 Bd7 19. fxg6 Qxg6 20. Ng5 Rae8 21. Nd3 h6 22. Nh3 Bxh3 23. Bxh3 Qg5 24. Nf4 Ng4 25. Rxa6 e5 26. Ra7 Re7 27. Rxc7 exf4 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Bxg4 fxg3 30. hxg3 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qe4 32. Qc3+ Kg6 33. Bf3 Qf5 34. Kg2 h5 35. Qe3 Qc2+ 36. Qe2 Qb3 37. Bxh5+ Kg5 38. Qg4+ Kf6 39. Qf3+ 1-0

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d3 Nf6 5. e4 Nc6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Nce2 Qc7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be3 Rad8 11. h3 Bf3 12. Bf3 b6 13. c3 e5 14. d4 ef 15. gf Rfe8 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. Rae1 Ne7 18. Kg2 f5 19. Ng3 fe 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Qc4 d5 23. Qd3 c4 24. Qc2 Neg8 25.f5 Ne7 26. fg Ng6 27. Nf5 Ne4 28. Bc1 Qd7 29. Be4 Re4 30. Re4 de 31. Qe4 Re8 32. Qg4 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 Bf6 34. Ng3 Nh4 35. Rf2 Re1+ 36. Nf1 Re8 37. Ne3 Qd8 38. Kf1 Qe7 39. Bd2 Rg8 40. Qf4 Bg7 41. Qf7 Qe4 42. Qc5 Bh6 43. d5 Qh8+ 44. Ke2 Qh3 45. Qe4 Ng6 46. Nf5 Qh5+ 47. Kd3 Qh3+ 48. Kc2 Bd2 49. Qd4 1-0

Lomond, Davies, Kenney, Wysocki, Urquart, Mathers and Villeneuve analyse a position. [apr30_02.jpg: 35k]	Charlton vs. Davies [apr_30_03.jpg: 44k]

1998 ATLANTIC OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT
August 1-3 Charlottetown, P.E.I.

* Please note this event is being held simultaneously with the six player Atlantic Closed.
* For further info, please contact Fred McKim (902) 368-0547 (work) or (902) 894-4171 (home)

UNAMA'KI OPEN
June 26-28, Whycocomach, Cape Breton, N.S.

* For further info, please contact Gilbert Bernard (902) 756-3333 (home)

Chocolate Lake Children's Tournament

The Chocolate Lake Recreation Centre's annual Children's Tournament was held on March 18, over the "Spring Break". In all, 21 children participated in this two section event. In the Over 10 Section, 1st prize (on tie-break) went to Gary Ng, with Daniel Borden placing 2nd, and Shannon O'Connell coming in3rd. In the Under 10 Section 1st place went to Stefan Behme, Adam Alcolado placed 2nd (on tie-break) and Evan Jobb ended up in 3rd place.

NS Chess Challenge

A smaller than usual group (31) took part in the 1988 NS Chess Challenge but the majority of the serious players competed. Interestingly all the kids from grades 1-7 were first time winners for their grades. Unfortunately no one from grade nine showed up to compete. The winners of each grade were entitled to represent NS at the National finals being held in Winnipeg.

Cobequid Open

The Cobequid Open was held on April 4-5 at the Cobequid Education Centre located inTruro. Mike Elderidge won the Open Section with a 5-0 score. Alvah Mayo placed second at 4-1. Terry Thorsen and Brian Mcgrath split the U1600 section.

NS Blitz Championship

The first NS Blitz Championship held in quite a few years was held at Dalhousie University on Saturday May 16. Although this event attracted a significant number of the higher rated players in the Maritimes, only 16 players showed up to participate and pay the $10 entry fee. The tournament was run as a double ten round swiss with players playing one game with each color against their opponent in every round.

At the end, Anthony Howarth and Ed Urquhart tied for first place as expected with 17.5 points. Howarth clobbered Urquhart in their individual encounter, with Ed managing to get a single draw. However, Ed battled back, mowing down the opposition while Howath later lost one game each to Fred McKim and then David Kenney. Jason Kenney, with 9.5 points, had a very good event, finishing higher than anyone else rated under 2000. Prizes went to Howarth and Urquhart for finishing tied for 1st -2nd ,U2000 prizes went to Jim Brennan and David Kenney, and the U1800 to Jason Kenney. Many thanks to the PEI contingent for making this a very strong blitz event.

Answers to Chess Problems

Problem #1         1. Kd6 d2 2. Kc7 d1=Q 3. Ra6+ bxa6 4. b6+ Ka8 5. b7+ Ka7 6. b8=Q mate

Problem #2         1. Qxe5+ Qe6 [ 1…Nxe5 2. Rd8 mate ] 2. Nf6+ gxf6+ 3. Qxe6+ fxe6 4. Bh5 mate