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Positions (1996-97) :
President Kim Tufts...not returning
Governors Alvah Mayo...not returning
Jim Enman...not returning
Newsletter Kim Tufts...not returning
Website Steve Saunders, manager
Jim Brennan, assistant
Listserv Steve Saunders, manager
Advertising Steve Saunders
Treasurer Gordon Giacomin
Youth Kim Tufts
Cedric Davies, assistant
Bluenose Club Jim Brennan
Kim Tufts
Alex Fraser
Those positions marked "not returning" are more likely to be voted upon, though all are open to nomination or review. Personally, I think the guys running the website, listserv, treasurer are doing a great job! The guy in charge of Youth could pull up his socks a bit though. President I've done this for about three years now, overseeing chess in the province. Its probably a good time for someone else.
Newsletter My contribution to the chess scene. I've written them for two years. With the Internet they are much easier to gather information for than before, so someone familiar with the chess scene with an eagerness to write (a necessity) and intelligibly (obviously not always a prerequisite) on chess in Nova Scotia should put their name forward.
Governors Neither of our present governors will be returning (Jim Enman for prior committments; Alvah Mayo for disciplinary reasons-more on this in a bit). With a recent surge in membership, NS is now entitled to three governors. When I solicited for candidates on the listserv I arrived at the following names:
Steve Saunders
Jim Brennan
Ed Urquhart
Jim Hayward
David Kenney
Tom Cosman
Glenn Charlton
Jonathan Bjornson
Steve Saunders and Jim Brennan are reluctant, albeit worthy choices. Jonathan Bjornson is moving out of province soon and took his name off. As did Jim Hayward. With mixed feelings, I've decided to add my name to the list. I'm no fan of politics either, and frankly reading the Governor's Letter always gave me a headache but I was pursuaded in Montreal that more spokespeople are needed to clarify the CFC's position on youth chess so thats where my chief interest in becoming a governor again resides.
To vote: Write me at Kim Tufts, 3-2476 Creighton St, Halifax, NS B3K 3S1 (423-9274) or e-mail at mailto:an169@chebucto.ns.ca. Or register your opinions over the listserv at chess-ns@chebucto.ns.ca
In early April Alvah finally made full restitution and is no longer blacklisted. Since the matter was not one of theft but merely of gross slackery Alvah has mentioned to me he feels his removal as a governor unwarranted.
I strongly disagree.
In NS with so few positions of responsibly any hint of impropriety reflects badly on us all. New members were inconvienced while present members were not sent in their renewals, didn't receive issues of "En Passant" or have their ratings updated. None of this is acceptable. Alvah's defence on this matter that CFC regulations gave up to three (3) months for tournament reports to be sent in. (That was true then but has since been changed to one (1) month.) I reminded him that this deadline is for events to be rated at all and is just before they seek other recourse. In any event, common sense was not used and an unnecessary amount of animosity was created. Simply, all this was caused by a willful disregard for others. The matter of bouncing cheques was never satisfactorily explained either. I was told it was a family matter and that Alvah wasn't responsible. I agreed with that assessment and that is when I contacted the CFC. Suffice to say, as the one ultimately responsible for sending in funds to the CFC this was just embarrasingly handled.
Alvah was relieved of his governorship as a consequence of these events. In NS everything a person does related to chess has to be taken into consideration. We don't expect perfection from anyone but simple acknowledgement of others would have gone a long way to avoiding much of this. I'm still not sure if my argument has been grasped but I assume rescinding a governorship will get my point across.
I received zero comments approving of Alvah's behaviour through the listserv, private e-mail and in conversation but two people (of sixteen responses) wondered if his removal as a Governor was justified and whether I had overstepped my authority. Feel free to voice your opinion as part of the elections.
The Rated Under 1700 section was won by Alex Fraser with 4.5/5. In a key game David Gates and Alex missed mutual forced wins and Alex eventually won. John Klapstein finished second with 4/5 again being good as well as lucky winning against Aaron Cooper (PEI) when Aaron missed a win in time pressure and fell to a cute tactic by John. Jason Kenney wonthe U1500 prize with 3/5.
-Jim Brennan
Many thanks to Jim Brennan for organizing and directing and Ed Urquhart for getting the playing site.
Player Old Perf New rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 total 1.Gerald Lomond 2081 2176 2103 +15 +6 =2 +11 +5 4.5 2.Robert Villeneuve 2190 2072 2179 =21 +22 =1 +12 +6 4 3.Stephen Saunders 1899 1933 1909 +10 =12 =5 =4 +11 3.5 4.David Kenney 1886 1925 1897 +16 =11 =8 =3 +12 3.5 5.John Cordes 1743 2020 1811 =14 +13 =3 +19 -1 3 6.Tom Cosman 1882 1945 1898 +17 -1 +22 +8 -2 3 7.Alvah Mayo 1953 1838 1933 +23 =8 -11 =13 +15 3 8.Gary Phillips 1773 1835 1791 +20 =7 =4 -6 +16 3 9.Brian Burgess 1860 1786 1854 -11 +18 =20 +14 =13 3 10.Albert Ede 1714 1783 1731 -3 -16 +23 +20 +19 3 11.Ed Keunecke (PEI) 1662 1936 1743 +9 =4 +7 -1 -3 2.5 12.Cedric Davies 1804 1918 1828 +18 =3 +14 -2 -4 2.5 13.Brad Armstrong 1886 1813 1876 +0 -5 +17 =7 =9 2.5 14.Justin Gulati (PEI) 1997 1716 1955 =5 +21 -12 -9 +20 2.5 15.Gilbert Bernard 1745 1773 1754 -1 -19 +21 +22 -7 2 16.Kim Tufts 1686 1689 1690 -4 +10 -19 +17 -7 2 17.Ken Cashin 1636 1685 1649 -6 +23 -13 -16 +22 2 18.Tyler Reddy 1603 1684 1627 -12 -9 =0 =21 +23 2 19.Mike Eldridge 1838 1638 1801 -22 +15 +16 -5 -10 2 20.David Kimber 1368 1536 1380 -8 +0 =9 -10 -14 1.5 21.Jamie Gibson 1747 1688 1736 =2 -14 -15 =18 -0 1 22.Kyung Oh Ko 1669 1618 1654 +19 -2 -6 -15 -17 1 23.George Beals 1725 1331 1664 -7 -17 -10 +0 -18f 1
1.Alex Fraser 1633 1886 1714 +14 +16 +2 +7 =4 4.5 2.John Klapstein 1664 1852 1717 +10 +6 -1 +11 +7 4 3.Matthew Furrow 1545 1802 1607 =0 +8 +6 -4 +10 3.5 4.Steve Karis 1693 1718 1701 +9 +11 -7 +3 =1 3.5 5.Jason Kenney 1379 1575 1436 +8 -7 +16 -10 +14 3 6.Aaron Cooper (PEI) 1710 1575 1700 +17 -2 -3 +16 +11 3 7.David Gates 1596 1552 1602 +15 +5 +4 -1 -2 3 8.Garrett Keddy 1646 1376 1521 -5 -3 +17 +14 +13 3 9.Nassim Kaddou 1542 1235 1397 -4 =0 =12 +17 +15 3 10.Jonathan Bjornson 1494 1378 1479 -2 +12 =14 +5 -3 2.5 11.Ross Young 1626 1414 1595 +12 -4 +13 -2 -6 2 12.Andrew Wilson 810 1319 1073 -11 -10 =9 =0 +17 2 13.Ralph Finck 1365 1309 1347 -16 +17 -11 +15 -8 2 14.Robin Saunders 1175 1274 1247 -1 +15 =10 -8 -5 1.5 15.Kevin Priest new 990 998 -7 -14 +0 -13 -9 1 16.Murray Copage 1638 1315 1588 +13 -1 -5 -6 -0 1 17.Mark Kenney new 1002 1012 -6 -13 -8 -9 -12 0
Second seeded Rob Villeneuve and Lunenburg County resident Brian Burgess tied for second with 4. David Kenney, Jim Brennan and Bruce Fleury won the "under 1900" prize, Jonathan Bjornson won the "under 1600" prize and Arthur Grant won the "unrated" prize. We recognized Steve Toth and Ian Ross as the top seniors and Cedric Davies as the top junior with small cash prizes. A total of 27 participants took part, more then we had anticipated! Ages ranged from 10 to 81! We want to thank everyone who took part and thank our sponsors! It was a very successful first tournament! Not everybody could win, but everybody seemed to have a good time!
- report by Steve "Exclam!" Saunders
Many thanks to Steve Saunders for organizing, directing and promoting the event. Steve also generated a fair amount of local media interest which translated into new CFC members. Good work Steve!!
Player Old Perf New rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 total 1.Ed Urquhart 2192 2217 2205 +20 +9 +4 =2 +10 4.5 2.Robert Villeneuve 2179 2114 2175 +18 +7 +8 =1 =6 4 3.Brian Burgess 1854 1857 1859 +15 -5 +12 +16 +9 4 4.David Kenney 1897 1941 1911 +12 +13 -1 +18 =7 3.5 5.Bruce Fleury 1672 1900 1745 +25 +3 =10 -6 +14 3.5 6.Stephen Saunders 1909 1900 1913 +23 -8 +15 +5 =2 3.5 7.Jim Brennan 1830 1891 1851 +19 -2 +17 +13 =4 3.5 8.Mike Eldridge 1801 1865 1819 +22 +6 -2 -10 +15 3 9.Cedric Davies 1828 1787 1828 +17 -1 +19 +11 -3 3 10.Alvah Mayo 1933 1773 1919 =16 +26 =5 +8 -1 3 11.Bill Pettipas 1675 1647 1674 =24 +14 =16 -9 +17 3 12.Jonathan Bjornson 1479 1622 1510 -4 +27 -3 +26 +18 3 13.Jim Hayward 1762 1610 1754 +27 -4 +25 -7 +16 3 14.Gilbert Bernard 1754 1521 1715 =21 -11 +24 +23 -5 2.5 15.Steve Toth 1530 1637 1555 -3 +22 -6 +20 -8 2 16.Ian Ross 1577 1624 1591 =10 +24 =11 -3 -13 2 17.Jordan Fleury 1379 1604 1432 -9 +20 -7 +19 -11 2 18.Tyler Reddy 1640 1564 1623 -2 +21 +26 -4 -12 2 19.Jason Kenney 1436 1475 1445 -7 +23 -9 -17 +26 2 20.Ken Cashin 1649 1448 1612 -1 -17 +21 -15 +27 2 21.Arthur Grant unr 1444 1454 =14 -18 -20 +25 =22 2 22.Garnet Bezanson 1374 1418 1382 -8 -15 =0 +24 =21 2 23.Pat Diggins 1517 1329 1486 -6 -19 +27 -14 =25 1.5 24.Bob Hutchison unr 1295 1303 =11 -16 -14 -22 +0 1.5 25.Bryan Kenney unr 1252 1260 -5 +0 -13 -21 =23 1.5 26.Jason Mercer unr 1222 1230 +0 -10 -18 -12 -19 1 27.Mark Kenney 1012 1202 1104 -13 -12 -23 +0 -20 1
(Note *: PTR means the last published rating before the event began.)Section "A"
Player Ptr* Old Perf New Results Total 1.David Kenney 1881 1911 2083 1956 x/x =/= 1/= 1/- 3.5/5 2.Antoni Wysocki 2028 2028 2037 2030 =/= x/x 1/= 1/- 3.5/5 3.Jim Brennan 1830 1851 1867 1857 0/= 0/= x/x 1/- 2/5 4.Brian Burgess 1871 1859 1530 1822 0/- 0/- 0/- x/x 0/3
David Kenney and Antoni Wysocki shared first. Dave played the best chess but Antoni was the luckiest, surviving three games he might have lost. Brian Burgess withdrew halfway through the event, distracted by an illness in his family, his chess was not up to his usual standard. I recommended to Dave that he reread Vukovic's Art of Attack or start eating more red meat after witnessing some of his games! :)
Player PTR Old Perf New Results Total 1.Gary Phillips 1695 1791 1976 1854 x/x 0/= 1/1 1/1 4.5/6 2.Cedric Davies 1747 1828 1897 1848 1/= x/x 0/= 1/1 4/6 3.Kim Tufts 1686 1690 1877 1755 0/0 1/= x/x 1/1 3.5/6 4.John Cordes 1743 1811 1370 1708 0/0 0/0 0/0 x/x 0/6Gary Phillips won this section by playing the most consistent chess and also by being the luckiest. As a whole, the games were not very good at all, seemingly played by nervous players.
Player PTR Old Perf New Results Total 1.John Klapstein 1645 1717 1789 1731 x/x 1/= 1/0 -/- 2.5/4 2.Kyung-Oh Ko 1669 1654 1683 1674 0/= x/x 1/0 1/- 2.5/5 3.Alex Fraser 1633 1714 1691 1712 0/1 0/1 x/x -/- 2/4 4.Tim Hennigar 1683 1552 1254 1541 -/- 0/- -/- x/x 0/1A very evenly matched section. John Klapstein had the best result against the next two players so won. Tim Hennigardisappeared after a dismal game against Kyung and hasn't been seen since.
Player PTR Old Perf New Results Total 1.Matthew Furrow 1550 1607 1674 1626 x/x 1/0 1/0 1/1 4/6 2.Tyler Reddy 1602 1627 1667 1640 1/0 x/x 1/0 1/1 4/6 3.Steve Toth 1449 1452 1659 1530 1/0 1/0 x/x 1/= 3.5/6 4.Mark Ziubinski 1542 1542 1229 1473 0/0 0/0 0/= x/x 0.5/6The cadets Matthew Furrow and Tyler Reddy shared first place. Steve Toth saw his rating jump quite a bit with a good result. Mark Ziubinski lost inexplicably from better or equal positions a number of times.
Robert Villeneuve - Ed Urquhart Match
The players obligingly posted their games, with annotations soon after completion on our listserv, chess-ns@chebucto.ns.ca. These postings sparked lively debates, sometimes on the match games, more often on peripheral questions on such things as what constituted a master, rating differences between the provinces, etc. Before the match predictions were sent in on the likely outcome, most predicting a close match, with Villeneuve the slight favourite based on greater theoretical knowledge. Others cited Urquhart's pragmatism and street-fighter instincts as equalising. [The final tally was Villeneuve 9 votes, Urquhart 7, with three votes for a drawn match. Winning predictions were given by Manvinder Singh, Murray Copage, and John Hanson of NB. Each will be given $10 off on their entry fee to the NS Open.] And naturally a few side bets were placed.
The games did not disappoint as they were real fighting chess, much to both players credit, with only a single draw. All games were played on the Dalhousie campus in Halifax. Time control used was 30 moves in 90 minutes followed by sudden-death in 1 hour. Annotations are bracketed.
Game 1 - Rob plays a bad French and Ed attacks well.
Ed Urquhart (2192) - Robert Villeneuve (2190)
1/26/97 French - Advance
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.a3 a5!? 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Be2 Bb5 8.O-O Be2 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh6 11.Rd1 a4? (c4) 12.c4! Qa6 13.Nc3 Qc4 14.Qc4 dc4 15.d5! Nd4 16.Bd4 cd4 17.Nd4 Bc5! 18.de6 O-O- 19.ef7+ Rf7 20.Ne4 Bb6 21.Nf3 Rf4 22.Nd6 Nf5! 23.Nf5 Rf5 24.Rd7! Ba5 25.Rd1?! c3! 26.bc3 Bc3 27.e6 Re8 28.R1d3 Rb5 29.g3 Bf6 30.R3d6 Rb3 31.Kg2 h6! 32.Nd2 Ra3 33.Rb7 Ra2 34.Ne4 a3?! (Be5) 35.Nf6 gf6 36.Rdd7 Re6?? 37.Rb8+ (1-0) (Urquhart)
Game 2 - Another French, this time Ed misplays a sharp theoretical line where White wins the exchange in the opening at the risk of trapping his Queen. With no pressure against the Queen the win was a technical exercise for Rob.
Robert Villeneuve (2190) - Ed Urquhart (2192)
2/3/97 French - Winawer
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bc3 6.bc3 b6 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Ba6 9.Ba6 Na6 10.Ne2 Nb8 11.Nf4 Nc6 12.Ne6 Qe6 13.Qg7 Qg6 14.Qh8 Qg2? (Dueball - Halfdanarsson 1977, 15.Rf1 O-O-O 16.Qh7 Qe4+ 17.Be3 Qc2 18.Rc1 Qe4 19.Ke2, 1-0) 15.Rf1 O-O-O 16.Qh7 Qe4 17.Be3 Nge7 18.O-O-O Qf3 19.Rd3?! (Rg1) Rg8 20.Re1 Kb7 21.Qh4 Rg4 22.Bg5 Rh4 23.Rf3 Rh2 24.Rg1 Kc8 25.Be7 Ne7 26.Rg7 Kd8 27.Kd2 Rh1 28.Kd3 c5 (if Ra1?, Rh3-Rh8+,R8h7 wins the N) 29.Kd2 Rh4 30.Ke3 Rh1 31.Rfg3 Rh4 32.Rf7 Re4+ 33.Kd3 Rf4 34.Rgg7 Rf2 (threatens f4 followed by c4+ mate) 35.dc5 Rf3+ 36.Ke2 Rh3 37.Re7 (1-0) (Villeneuve)
Game 3 - An Italian game with Urquhart getting away with an opening liberty. Ed sacrificed the exchange to gain time to defend and unsettle the game. He later outplayed Rob in the middlegame and was better at the end though the game was drawn. A moral victory for Ed but also a very bad game for Rob.
Ed Urquhart (2192) - Robert Villeneuve (2190)
2/9/97 Italian Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 d6 7.b4?! (h3) Bg4 8.Qb3?! Bf3 9.gf3 Nh5 10.Kh1 Bg5 11.Be3!? Bf4 12.Bf4 Nf4 13.Nd2 Qh4 14.Qd1 Kh8! 15.Rg1 Nh3 16.Qe2! Ng1 17.Rg1 Ne7 18.Rg4 Qh6?! 19.f4! ef4 20.Nf3 Ng6 21.d4 Rae8 22.Ng5 Re7 23.Qd3! c6 24.Rg1! Qh4?! 25.Qf3 f5?! 26.Bd3! fe4 27.Be4 d5 28.Bc2 Rfe8? (Rf6) 29.Nh7! Nf8 30.Rg4 Qh6 31.Ng5 Ng6 32.Bg6 Qg6 33.Qf4 Kg8 (1/2-1/2) (Urquhart)
Game 4 - A messy affair.Villeneuve might have lost early on but Urquhart erred in his defence of a rash attack. Mutual blunders suggested nerves were beginning to play a part. Urquhart later misplayed the endgame after refusing a draw and lost. Villeneuve made some comments on his opponent's endgame technique that were not well taken, which later served as an incentive.
Robert Villeneuve (2179) - Ed Urquhart (2192)
3/2/97 French - Rubinstein
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7?! 8.Bd3?! a6 9.0-0 f6?! 10.Ng5?! Nf8 11.Qh5?? g6 12.Bg6+ hg6?? 13.Qh8 fg5 14.dc5 g4! 15.Rad1? (15.a3!? d4 16.Rad1 0-0-0!? 17.b4...b5 r) 15...Qa5! 16.Bd2 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Bd7 18.Be1 O-O-O 19.Bf2 Qa5?! 20.a3 g5!? 21.f5 Ng6 22.Qh6 Nh4!? 23.Bh4 gh4 24.f6 Bf8 25.Qh4 Ne5 26.f7! Bc6 27.Qf6 d4 28.b4?! (Ne2..Nf4) Qc7 29.Ne2 d3 30.cd3 Nd3 31.Qe6+ Kb8 32.Qe3 Qd6 33.Kg1 Bh6 34.Qd3 Qd3 35.Rd3 Rd3 36.f8(Q)+ Bf8 37.Rf8+ Ka7? 38.Rf4 Rd2 39.Kf2 Bb5 40.Re4 Ra2 41.Re3? (Ke1) Kb6 42.Ke1 Be2 43.Re2 Ra3 44.Re4 g3?! 45.h4!? Ra2 46.Kf1 Rf2+ 47.Kg1 a5?? 48.ba5+ Ka5 49.Rg4! b5 50.Rg3 Rf4? 51.h5 b4 52.h6 Rf8 53.Rg7 Kb6 54.h7 Rh8 55.Kf2 Kc6 56.Ke3! Kd5 57.Kf4 b3 58.Kf5 b3 58.Kf5 b2 59.Rb7 Rh7 60.Rb2 Rh5?! 61.Kg6 Rh2 62.Rb5+?! Ke4?! 63.g4 Kf4 64.g5 Rh8 65.Kg7 Rh5 66.Kf6! Ke4 67.Rb2 Rh8 68.Kg7 Rc8 69.Rf2 Ke5 70.g6 Ke6 71.Kh7 Rc3 72.Rh2 Kf6 73.g7 Rc7 74.Kh8 (1-0) (Villeneuve)
Game 5 - A Petroff which proved not to be an inspired psychological choice as Villeneuve found himself with a lost game after only 15 moves, and later admitted he felt like resigning early on. Bolstered by the opening and subsequent mistakes, Urquhart dispatched the game very efficiently.
Ed Urquhart (2205) - Robert Villeneuve (2175)
3/23/97 Petroff
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6!? 3.Bc4 Ne4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Ne5 d5 6.Bb3 Bd6 7.d4 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 9.Bg5! c5? (c6) 10.Bf6 gf6?? 11.Ng4! c4 12.Ba4 Nc6 13.Nc3 a6 14.Nd5! Bg4! 15.Qg4+ Kh8 16.Bc6 bc6 17.Ne3 Rg8 18.Qh4 Rb8 19.Nc4 Rb4 20.b3 Rb5 21.Nd6 Qd6 22.g3 Rbg5 23.Qe4 Rg4 24.f4! h5 25.c3! h4 26.Qf5!! Qe6 27.Qe6 fe6 28.Kf2! hg3+ 29.hg3 Rgg7 30.Rh1+ Kg8 31.Rh3 Kf7 32.Re1 Rg8 33.Re3! R4g7 34.Rh5 f5 35.Rh6 Re8 36.Re5 Reg8 37.Ree6! Rg3?? 38.Rhf6+ (1-0) (Urquhart)
Game 6 - An English, the only game not to open e4. Tactics dominated with Urquhart sacrificing the exchange to gain a decisive passed pawn. Villeneuve fought hard to draw but later analysis confirmed a lost game. Urquhart sacced a rook to finish and gain a 3 passer pawn chain and the match was over.
Robert Villeneuve (2175) - Ed Urquhart (2205)
4/6/97 English
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 d4 5.Ng5 Be7 6.Nh3 (Nd5!?) Nf6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Nf4 c6 9.e3 Na6 10.h4 Nc7 11.Be2!? (Qb3) Ne6 12.b4 Nf4 13.Bf4 Be6 14.Rb1 Ng4 15.g3 (d5) h5 16.a4 Bf6 17.c5 dc5 18.bc5 Rf7! 19.Kf1?! (O-O) Qa5 20.Qd2? (Qc2) b6! 21.Bd6 Rd8 22.cb6 ab6 23.Bb4 Qa7 24.Qc2 Rfd7 25.Ba3 Bf7 (=/q) 26.Qb2 c5! 27.Qb6 cd4 28.Qa7 Ra7 29.Bg4 hg4 30.Bc5?! dc3! 31.Ba7 c2 (u) 32.Rc1 Bb3 33.Bd4 Bd4 34.ed4 Rd4 35.Ke2 (a5! was a better try to draw) Ba4 36.Ra1 Bb5+ 37.Ke3! Rd3+ 38.Kf4 Rf3+ 39.Kg5 Rf2 40.h5 Be8!? 41.Ra8 (Ra7) 42.Rc8 Rd2 43.Rc1 Ba4 44.Rc4 (Rc5!? was a better try, envisioning saccing a R for the pawns. It didn't work with best play but would have posed more questions of Ed.) Rd1 45.R1c2 Bc2 46.Rc2 Ke6 47.Rf2 Rd3 48.Kg6 (if Rf5, then Rd5 is an easy win) Rf3 49.Ra2 Rg3 50.Kg7 Rh3 51.h6 e3 52.h7 Rh7! (f4?? 53.Ra6+ and Rh6 winning) 53.Kh7 f4 54.Kg6 f3 (0-1) (Urquhart)
Old Perf New Results Total
Ed Urquhart 2192 2242 2214 1 0 = 0 1 1 3.5
Robert Villeneuve 2190 2138 2166 0 1 = 1 0 0 2.5
I'd like to thank the players for their courage in sharing this match with the rest of us. Both players displayed fine fighting spirit and sportsmanship over the board in what were undoubtedly trying circumstances. Although there was some acrimony after the match it was not a product of any untoward behaviour by the players but rather arose out of I feel the natural expression of duress after a difficult match. And I assume the player upset by the finish will not harbour any ill will towards others who had negligible affect on the outcome.
Cape Breton Chess
Cape Breton seems to be making a real comeback with recent events and the upcoming Unama'ki Open (the Mi'kmaq word
for Cape Breton) in Whycocomagh June 27-29. This is all to the good in my opinion. Here are a couple of events:
Player Old Perf New Results Total 1.Gerald LeBlanc 1888 1794 1888 x/x 1/= 1/= 1/1 5.0/6 2.Larry Boutilier 1536 1712 1598 0/= x/x 1/0 1/1 3.5/6 3.Aubrey Clarke 1613 1619 1618 0/= 0/1 x/x =/1 3.0/6 4.John MacLean 1434 1346 1410 0/0 0/0 =/1 x/x 0.5/6 TD: Larry Boutilier
Player Old Perf New rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 Total 1.Joe Clair 1793 1858 1811 -3 +7 +8 +5 +2 4 2.Gilbert Bernard 1715 1829 1741 =6 +8 +5 +4 -1 3.5 3.James Augustine 1683 1817 1714 +1 =5 -4 +7 +8 3.5 4.Allan Googoo 1800 1739 1793 =8 +6 +3 -2 +7 3.5 5.Greg Johnson 1649 1609 1644 +7 =3 -2 -1 +6 2.5 6.Stephen Francis new 1457 1467 =2 -4 -7 +8 -5 1.5 7.Alfred Alex new 1395 1405 -5 -1 +6 -3 -4 1 8.Thomas Poulette 1647 1370 1595 =4 -2 -1 -6 -3 0.5 TD: Gilbert Bernard
Through Larry Boutilier in Sydney Forks Chess NS agreed to purchase CFC memberships for Damir Miletic and his father Mato. Damir Miletic is a 27 year old Bosnian refugee. Both are sponsored in Canada by a church group in the Sydney area. Damir is said to be about 2300 FIDE while his father is of Class A or B strength. Damir speaks very little English so anyone who can converse in Bosnian would be an asset should he play in Halifax. Nedzad Brkic still lives in Dartmouth I think but has been away from chess for a while. Dusan Kustudic might be pursuaded to come to Halifax also. I spoke with a number of veteran chess players on this matter and all thought it was a good idea to pursue. I also mentioned to the CFC office that other smaller centres might consider such welcoming gestures.
GM Garry Kasparov vs DeepBlue II
The most important chess match since Spassky -
Fischer in 1972, it recieved an enormous amount of press
and television coverage worldwide. Held in New York
and sponsored by the mega corporation IBM, more
interest (hype) was generated than in last year's contest.
The games were difficult to assess. Kasparov played much weaker chess than usual but the computer seemed much stronger than last year. Still, Kasparov's diffident opening play- especially with white- was hardly testing. Or as he put it , "I admit I was probably too optimistic at the start of the match. I was following the conventional wisdom when playing computers of playing ugly' openings [non-theoretical] to avoid early confrontation, to accumulate positional advantages and then I was confident that my calculation would stay at a high level once the confrontation occurred."
This strategy worked in game 1 when the computer "played like a computer", making moves like Qa5, Bc7, h6, and g5 and not taking at f3 with the Bishop. It also used a fixed time per move which it stopped for the second game. Stylistically, DeepBlue changed radically for game 2.
GM Kasparov - DeepBlue
Sat 5/3/97 Game 1 Kings Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.b3 Nd7 4.Bb2 e6 5.Bg2 Ngf6 6.O-O c6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.h3 Bh5 10.e3 h6 11.Qe1 Qa5 12.a3 Bc7 13.Nh4 g5 14.Nhf3 e5 15.e4 Rfe8 16.Nh2 Qb6 17.Qc1 a5 18.Re1 Bd6 19.Ndf1 de4 20.de4 Bc5 21.Ne3 Rad8 22.Nhf1 g4 23.hg4 Ng4 24.f3 Ne3 25.Ne3 Be7 26.Kh1 Bg5 27.Re2 a4 28.b4 f5 29.ef5 e4 30.f4 Be2 31.fg5 Ne5 32.g6 Bf3 33.Bc3 Qb5 34.Qf1 Qf1+ 35.Rf1 h5 36.Kg1 Kf8 37.Bh3 b5 38.Kf2 Kg7 39.g4 Kh6 40.Rg1 hg4 41.Bg4 Bg4 42.Ng4+ Ng4+ 43.Rg4 Rd5 44.f6 Rd1 45.g7 (1-0)
Kasparov plays passively and DeepBlue accumulates advantages. An odd game though which was difficult to understand. Why did the computer play 35.Bxd6 and then reject 36.Qb6 which seemed to be winning? It later allowed 45...Qe3 which would have forced a perpetual. Kasparov resigned too quickly and the match was tied.
DeepBlue - GM Kasparov
Sun 5/4/97 Game 2 Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.b3 Nc6 16.d5 Ne7 17.Be3 Ng6 18.Qd2 Nh7 19.a4 Nh4 20.Nh4 Qh4 21.Qe2 Qd8 22.b4 Qc7 23.Rec1 c4 24.Ra3 Rec8 25.Rca1 Qd8 26.f4 Nf6 27.fe5 de5 28.Qf1 Ne8 29.Qf2 Nd6 30.Bb6 Qe8 31.R3a2 Be7 32.Bc5 Bf8 33.Nf5 Bf5 34.ef5 f6 35.Bd6 Bd6 36.ab5 ab5 37.Be4 Ra2 38.Qa2 Qd7 39.Qa7 Rc7 40.Qb6 Rb7 41.Ra8+ Kf7 42.Qa6 Qc7 43.Qc6 Qb6+ 44.Kf1 Rb8 45.Ra6 (1-0)
Kasparov thought 9.b4 was much better than Ng5?, giving him more space. He gave a long line 9.b4 e4 10.de4 Bc4 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Nd5 Be6 13.b5 Ne5 14.a4 Bd8 15.f4 Ng4 16.Nc4 as much better for white.
GM Kasparov - DeepBlue
Tues 5/6/97 Game 3 Silly
1.d3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Be6 8.O-O Qd7 9.Ng5 Bf5 10.e4 Bg4 11.f3 Bh5 12.Nh3 Nd4 13.Nf2 h6 14.Be3 c5 15.b4 b6 16.Rb1 Kh8 17.Rb2 a6 18.bc5 bc5 19.Bh3 Qc7 20.Bg4 Bg6 21.f4 ef4 22.gf4 Qa5 23.Bd2 Qa3 24.Ra2 Qb3 25.f5 Qd1 26.Bd1 Bh7 27.Nh3 Rfb8 28.Nf4 Bd8 29.Nfd5 Nc6 30.Bf4 Ne5 31.Ba4 Nd5 32.Nd5 a5 33.Bb5 Ra7 34.Kg2 g5 35.Be5+ de5 36.f6 Bg6 37.h4 gh4 38.Kh3 Kg8 39.Kh4 Kh7 40.Kg4 Bc7 41.Nc7 Rc7 42.Ra5 Rd8 43.Rf3 Kh8 44.Kh4 Kg8 45.Ra3 Kh8 46.Ra6 Kh7 47.Ra3 Kh8 48.Ra6 (draw)
A very good game. Kasparov says that 30....Qxe3? was bad because exchanging Queens was not a good idea, recommending 30...Rf7 with a strong game. He also later praised DeepBlue's defensive technique.
DeepBlue - GM Kasparov
Wed 5/7/97 Game 4 Pirc
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Bd3 e6 7.Qe2 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e5 Nfd7 10.Be7 Qe7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Bg6 hg6 13.h4 Na6 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Rdg1 Nc7 16.Kb1 f6 17.ef6 Qf6 18.Rg3 Rde8 19.Re1 Rhf8 20.Nd1 e5 21.Nd1 e5 22.a3 Ne6 23.Nc3 Ndc5 24.b4 Nd7 25.Qd3 Qf7 26.b5 Ndc5 27.Qe3 Qf4 28.bc6 bc6 29.Rd1 Nc7 30.Ka1 Qe3 31.fe3 Rf7 32.Rh3 Ref8 33.Nd4 Rf2 34.Rb1 Rg2 35.Nce2 Rg4 36.Ne6+ Ne6 37.Nd4 Nd4 38.ed4 Rd4 39.Rg1 Rc4 40.Rg6 Rc2 41.Rg7+ Kb6 42.Rb3+ Kc5 43.Ra7 Rf1+ 44.Rb1 Rff2 45.Rb4 Rc1+ 46.Rb1 Rcc2 47.Rb4 Rc1+ 48.Rb1 Rb1+ 49.Kb1 Re2 50.Re7 Rh2 51.Rh7 Kc4 52.Rc7 c5 53.e6 Rh4 54.e7 Re4 55.a4 Kb3 56.Kc1 (1/2-1/2)
Likely the best game of the match. Kasparov seemed to be winning before 35.Bd5?! in a back and forth affair. 37...Nb5! was very impressive.
GM Kasparov - DeepBlue
Sat 5/10/97 Game 5 Kings Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.h3 Bf3 5.Bf3 c6 6.d3 e6 7.e4 Ne5 8.Bg2 de4 9.Be4 Nf6 10.Bg2 Bb4+ 11.Nd2 h5 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.c3 Be7 14.d4 Ng6 15.h4 e5 16.Nf3 ed4 17.Nd4 O-O-O 18.Bg5 Ng4 19.O-O-O Rhe8 20.Qc2 Kb8 21.Kb1 Bg5 22.hg5 N6e5 23.Rhe1 c5 24.Nf3 Rd1+ 25.Rd1 Nc4 26.Qa4 Rd8 27.Re1 Nb6 28.Qc2 Qd6 29.c4 Qg6 30.Qg6 fg6 31.b3 Nf2 32.Re6 Kc7 33.Rg6 Rd7 34.Nh4 Nc8 35.Bd5 Nd6 36.Re6 Nb5 37.cb5 Rd5 38.Rg6 Rd7 39.Nf5 Ne4 40.Ng7 Rd1+ 41.Kc2 Rd2+ 42.Kc1 Ra2 43.Nh5 Nd2 44.Nf4 Nb3+ 45.Kb1 Rd2 46.Re6 c4 47.Re3 Kb6 48.g6 Kb5 49.g7 Kb4 (1/2-1/2)
An inexplicable game. Kasparov blunders into a known theoretical line with 7...h6? and the computer attacks mercilessly. Kasparov resigns up material but with nearly a hopeless position after only 63 minutes play. Turning on CNN to find the game already over I was left disgusted.
DeepBlue - GM Kasparov
Sun 5/11/97 Game 6 Caro-Kann
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 de4 4.Ne4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 h6? 8.Ne6! Qe7 9.O-O fe6 10.Bg6+ Kd8 11.Bf4 b5 12.a4 Bb7 13.Re1 Nd5 14.Bg3 Kc8 15.ab5 cb5 16.Qd3 Bc6 17.Bf5 ef5 18.Re7 Be7 19.c4 (1-0)
So what is to be made of this match? Some have speculated that it was fixed from the outset, either with or without IBM's consent. Despite being wildy speculative and slanderous I think the match begs more questions than it answers and some accusations are worth pursuing. For instance, IBM's stock rose 3.6% immediately after the match, an enormous sum of money, many hundreds of times their investment in this match. Garry Kasparov would also profit by a return match. And of course by losing more interest in chess will be engendered, especially in the USA. My opinion that Kasparov is a nasty piece of work with good intentions (the promotion of chess) has not changed with the outcome of this match.
Advanced
1st Jason Kenney
2nd Jarrett Gabriel
Novice
1st Alex Livingston
2nd Jo‰l Morin
Beginner
1st Chris Witters
2nd Stefan Behme
Grade 1 1st Stefan Bjornson Antigonish 2nd Kristian Bjornson Antigonish Grade 2 1st Ian MacMullin Dartmouth 2nd Matthew Herzberger Grade 3 1st Chris Witters Eastern Passage 2nd Alan Sawatzky Dartmouth Grade 4 1st Igor Geshelin Dartmouth 2nd Alex Livingston Halifax Grade 5 1st Anthony Federico Halifax 2nd Daniel Mudry Halifax Grade 6 1st Ian Mahar Halifax 2nd Kyle Bragg Annapolis Royal Grade 7 1st Jarrett Gabriel Dartmouth 2nd Chris Woodin Dartmouth Grade 8 1st Tyler Reddy Dartmouth 2nd Jamie Cory Grade 9 1st Jason Kenney Dartmouth 2nd Donovan Westhaver Dartmouth Grade 10 1st Matthew Furrow Halifax 2nd Robert Croxen Dartmouth Grade 11 1st Billy McGee Enfield 2nd Mike Conley Shubenacadie Grade 12 1st Cedric Davies Halifax 2nd Charles Verge Truro ====================================================
Quebec won the event as expected as Ontario did not field nearly as strong a team as in the previous two years. BC and Alberta seemed to be stronger. The smaller provinces seemed to be a little weaker as Newfoundland, PEI and Mantoba dropped their scores significantly. NS did not improve its score which was a little disappointing. Some of the kids looked a little overwhelmed. Poor results against Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and especially PEI didn't help as the promise of 8th place disappeared.
On a brighter note, Tyler Reddy tied for 2nd in his grade, eventually settling for 3rd after a blitz playoff. Tyler also won most valuable player for the event. I think this team has more talent than others that I've been associated with and needs only more experience at a higher level of chess and also a little coaching/study. I expect next year NS will improve markedly. Personal highlights of the weekend include going to the local chess clubs/shops; playing blitz at the Specialiste and meeting Jean H‚bert, Oleg Linsky, Marc Ghannoum and others; touring downtown Montreal with the Kenney's, seeing old Montreal, eating the smoked meat sandwiches at Dunn's, and generally being a tourist in what is a great if decaying city.
Standings 1995 1996 1997
Quebec 83 88 91
Ontario 84 94.5 83
British Columbia 61 59.5 68.5
Alberta 53.5 46 62
Newfoundland 55 56 46
New Brunswick 50.5 44 44.5
Saskatchewan 33 39 42.5
Manitoba 47.5 42 42.5
PEI 40.5 38.5 30.5
Nova Scotia 32 32.5 29.5
Grade 1 Nigel Sharp AB 8.5/9
Stefan Bjornson NS 0.5/9 (10th)
Grade 2 Jean-Philippe Matheiu QC 9
Ian MacMullin NS 2.5 (8th)
Grade 3 Clement Ouellet-Leveille QC 9
Chris Witters NS 2.5 (7th)
Grade 4 Stephen Hazeltine AB 7.5
Igor Geshelin NS 3.5 (7th tie)
Grade 5 Haoyuan Wang ON 9
Anthony Federico NS 0.5 (10th)
Grade 6 Viktor Zambo ON 7.5
Ian Mahar NS 1.5 (8th)
Grade 7 Marc-Andre Laframboise QC 9
Jarrett Gabriel NS 0 (10th)
Grade 8 Stefanie Chu ON 7
Tyler Reddy NS 6 (2nd tie)
Grade 9 Roman Golts ON 8.5
Jason Kenney NS 3 (8th)
Grade 10 Igor Zugic ON 8
Matthew Furrow NS 3 (7th)
Grade 11 Andrew Ho BC 9
Billy McGee NS 1.5 (9th)
Grade 12 Martin Oberrauch AB 9
Cedric Davies NS 5 (4th tie)
Player Old Perf New Results Total 1.Dusan Kustudic 1830 2012 1918 x 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 5.5 2.Gerald Lomond 2103 1916 2070 0 x 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.0 3.Brad Armstrong 1876 1891 1892 1 1 x 0 1 0 = 1 4.5 4.Calvin Scallion 1741 1853 1783 0 0 1 x 0 1 1 1 4.0 5.Tom Cosman 1900 1774 1877 0 0 0 1 x = 1 1 3.5 6.Jamie Gibson 1718 1742 1729 = 0 1 0 = x 0 1 3.0 7.Michael Eldridge 1819 1671 1787 0 0 = 0 0 1 x 1 2.5 8.Dan Lefler 1328 1455 1321 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TD: Tom Cosman
Nova Scotia vs. New Brunswick
This year marked the first time in recent memory that
Nova Scotia won the inter-provincial rivalry. In a very
hard fought contest Nova Scotia emerged with a 13.5 to
11.5 victory. Things went off without a hitch and I
enjoyed one of my easiest times as TD/Arbiter. All players
were professional as well as gentlemen while still fighting
fiercely over the board. On several occassions I felt the
pressure and intensity of the games even as a spectator and
could tell there was more at stake then personal victories.
This has become a great team rivalry with a lot of pride at
stake. The last game finished was indicative of the whole
match. Anthony Howarth as white against Ed Urquhart,
both national masters with some history between them,
traded advantages as time pressure became an issue and
tremendous fight and character was shown with the final
result a draw after Ed defended tenaciously for 40 moves.
Team Match 1997
Saint Mary's University, May 17-19
- report by Jim Brennan
"The win was very satisfying," said Nova Scotia team
captain and National Master Ed Urquhart of Pictou
County. "Nova Scotia tied with New Brunswick once
before, and lost another year, when New Brunswick had a
very powerfil team. This win was special."
Glenn Charlton of Halifax, who played the second board
for Nova Scotia, achieved the top score of four points.
Charlton is close to being recognized as a national chess
master as a result of his performance."
- from
The Daily News, May 22/97
Robert Breau (2053) - Antoni Wysocki (2030)
Rd1 Scandanavian
1.e4 d5 2.ed5 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.de6 Be6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.d3 O-O-O 9.a3? Rhe8 10.Be3 Bf5 11.Rd1 Be3 12.fe3 Qe3 13.Qe3 Re3+ 14.Kd2 Ree8 15.h3? Nh5 16.Ne2 Bd3 17.Ke1?? (0-1)
Glenn Charlton (2110) - Richard Papenhausen (2014)
Rd2 Closed Sicilian
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 e6 8.e5 d5 9.Bc6 bc6? 10.Na4 Qa5 11.c4 Bf8 12.b3 Nh6 13.Ba3 Nf5 14.Qe1 Qe1 15.Rae1 Nd4 16.Bc5 Nc2 17.Re2 Na3 18.Bf8 Rf8 19.Nc5 Rb8 20.Ng5 Bc8 21.Nh7 Rh8 22.Nf6+ Ke7 23.g3 a5 24.h4 Rb6 25.Kf2 Ba6 26.Nfd7 Bc4 27.Nb6 (1-0)
Antoni Wysocki (2030) - Anthony Howarth (2256)
Rd 2 Sokolsky
1.b4 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.c4 a5 8.a3 e5 9.d3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 Nh5 12.Nc3 f5 13.Nb5 g5 14.c5 g4 15.cd6 c6 16.Nc7 gf3 17.Bf3 Nhf6 18.Ne6 Qe8 19.Nf8 Qf8 20.Qb3+ Qf7 21.Qa3 Bf8 22.b5 c5 23.Qa8 Nb6 24.Qa7 Nfd7 25.Bb7 Bb7 26.Qb7 Bd6 27.Bc3 Nd5 28.Bd2 f4 29.Ra1 N7b6 30.Qc6 Qd7 31.Ra8+ Kf7 32.Rh8 Qc6 33.bc6 Kg7 34.Re8 Kf7 35.Rd8 Bc7 36.Rh8 Kg7 37.Re8 Kf7 38.Rh8 (1/2-1/2)
Richard Papenhausen (2014) - Ed Urquhart (2214)
Rd 3 Grunfeld
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cd5 Nd5 5.e4 Nc3 6.e4 Nc3 7.Bc4 c5 8.Be3 O-O 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.O-O cd4 11.cd4 Na5 12.Bd3 b6 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.Qa4 e6 15.Rc2 Rc8 16.Rfc1 Rc2 17.Rc2 Qh4 18.Ng3 f5 19.ef5 ef5 20.f4 Qd8 21.Bc4+ Kh8 22.Bf1 Qd6 23.a3 Rd8 24.Ne2 Ba6 25.Qb4 Qd7 26.d5 Qd5 27.Rd2 Qa8 28.Bd4 Bd4+ 29.Rd4 Rd4 30.Qd4+ Kg8 31.Nc3 Bf1 32.Kf1 Qc6 33.Qd8+ Kf7 34.Nd5 Qe6 35.Qc7+ Kf8 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qc7+ Kh6 38.Qd8 Qf7 39.Qg5+ Kg7 40.Qd8 Nb7 41.Qe7 Qe7 42.Ne7 Nd6 43.Ke2 Kf7 44.Nc6 Nc8 45.Kd3 Ke6 46.Kd4 Kd6 47.Ne5 Ne7 48.Nc4+ Ne6 49.Ne5 a6 50.a4 Nd5 51.Nd3 Kd6 52.g3 Nc7 53.Nb4 b5 54.ab5 ab5 55.Kc3 Nd5+ (0-1)
Alvah Mayo (1889) - Robert Breau (2053)
Rd 5 Closed Sicilian
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 a6 6.a4 d6 7.O-O Bd7 8.d3 e6 9.f5 Nd4 10.Ng5 Nh6 11.fe6 fe6 12.Ne2 Ne2+ 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.c3 Bf6 15.Ne6 Be6 16.Be6 Qe6 17.Bh6 Rg8 18.Qf3 Be7 19.Be3 O-O-O 20.Qf7 Qd7 21.Qh7 Kb8 22.Rf7 Rh8 23.Qg6 Rh4 24.Re7 (1-0)
Anthony Howarth (2256) - Ed Urquhart (2214)
Rd5 English
1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d6 3.c4 f5 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Qe8 9.c5 Qh5 10.cd6 Bd6 11.e4 f4 12.d4 ed4 13.e5 dc3 14.ed6 Bg4 15.Qc3 Nd5 16.Qb3 Nd7 17.Nd4 fg3 18.hg3 Qe5 19.Qc4 Nb6 20.Nc6 Qe6 21.Bd5 Nd5 22.Qd5 bc6 23.Qe6+ Be6 24.Be3 Bd5 25.f4 Rf6 26.Bc5 Rh6 27.Rfe1 Rd8 28.Kf2 Rh2+ 29.Ke3 Rb2 30.Kd4 Rc2 31.Rac1 Ra2 32.Re7 Bf7 33.Rce1 Rd2+ 34.Kc3 Rd5 35.R1e5 Rd1 36.Ra7 Bd5 37.Rae7 Bf7 38.f5 h5 39.Kc2 R1d6 40.Bd6 Rd6 41.Rc7 Rf6 42.Kc3 g6 43.fg6 Rg6 44.Re3 Rd6 45.Kb4 Rf6 46.Kc5 Kg7 47.Rc6 Rf1 48.Rb6 Rf2 49.Kd4 Rf1 50.Rc3 h4 51.gh4 Rf4+ 52.Ke5 Rh4 53.Rg3+ Kf8 54.Rb8+ Ke7 55.Rb7+ Kf8 56.Rf3 Rh5+ 57.Kf6 Rh6+ 58.Kg5 Rh5+ 59.Kg4 Rh7 60.Rf5 Ke8 61.Kf4 Bg6 62.Rb8+ Ke7 63.Rg5 Bf7 64.Ke5 Rh1 65.Rb7+ Ke8 66.Rf5 Bg6 67.Rf4 Rh7 68.Rb6 Bf7 69.Re4 Kd7 70.Rb7+ Kc6 71.Reb4 Rh5+ 72.Kf6 Bd5 73.Rb8 Kc5 74.Rb2 Rh6+ 75.Kg5 Rc6 76.Kf5 Rc7 77.Rc2+ Bc4 78.Rbb2 Rf7+ 79.Ke5 Re7+ 80.Kf6 Rf7+ 81.Kg6 Rf4 82.Rb8 Rd4 83.Kf5 Rd5+ 84.Ke4 Rd4+ (1/2-1/2)
Nova Scotia Old Perf New 1 2 3 4 5 Total
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1.Ed Urquhart 2214 2221 2215 =10 +9 +8 =7 =6 3.5
2.Glenn Charlton 2110 2301 2160 +9 +8 +7 =6 =10 4.0
3.Brian Pentz 2060 1821 2012 -8 =7 -6 =10 -9 1.0
4.Antoni Wysocki 2030 2141 2052 +7 =6 +10 =9 -8 3.0
5.Alvah Mayo 1889 1981 1910 -6 -10 -9 +8 +7 2.0
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New Brunswick 13.5
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6.Anthony Howarth 2256 2221 2250 +5 =4 +3 =2 =1 3.5
7.Robert Breau 2053 1821 2007 -4 =3 -2 =1 -5 1.0
8.Richard Papenhausen 2014 1981 2007 +3 -2 -1 -5 +4 2.0
9.Fred McKim 1995 2061 2008 -2 -1 +5 =4 +3 2.5
10.Bill Buckley 1986 2061 2001 =1 +5 -4 =3 =2 2.5
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11.5
In late news, Cedric Davies ties for first at the North Shore Open in Bathurst. Alvah Mayo 3rd. Upcoming summer events include the Charlottetown Open (June 7-8); Unama'ki Open, Whycocomagh (June 27-28); Loyalist Open, Saint John (July 11-13); North Bay Open (August 5-10); Pictou County Open (August 30-Sept 1).
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