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3 North Bay International Open
Governors: Alvah Mayo (replacing Kim Tufts)
Bluenose Rep: Christian Rose (replacing Manvinder Singh)
Tournaments: Alvah Mayo and Ed Urquhart (replacing Kim Tufts
Juniors: Cedric Davies (assisting
Kim Tufts)
Bluenose Christian Rose
Co-ordinator: (replacing Kim Tufts)
-- A new duty was created called "Advertising and Promotion". Alvah Mayo was seconded and will be in charge of promotional events. Such things as securing sponsorship, linking chess with a charity for special events, holding events in public areas such as bars or coffee houses were discussed.
-- Internet -- We'll be using the net to a great degree this year. A schedule for NS and Bluenose events will be up in September, with much more notice for times./ Anyone wishing to find a ride or perhaps a place to stay will be able to advertise there as well (this includes players from other provinces too by the way). / An email list will be maintained and sent out as news becomes available. At present, over 30 NS players have email addresses. / An Internet match between St John -and perhaps Fredericton- and the Bluenose Club will be held sometime in the fall. / Many more uses for the net will be explored throughout the year.
-- Web Site -- Our site is developing into one of the best, if not the best, chess site in Canada. We're receiving compliments from players around the world. Again, many thanks to Steve Saunders for his tireless work here.
-- Tournaments -- It's hoped we will be able to provide players with a schedule of events for the next 9 months, sometime in late September. This should help all players plan ahead./ The NS Open was discussed as being held Remembrance Day weekend, November 8-10 as a 6 Rd event with Open and U1500 sections./ Single day events in Lunenburg, Wolfville and Truro were mentioned as maintaining or creating interest in those areas. As were matches with the Halifax club.
-- Club news -- Some ideas expressed were lectures or simuls lead by the stronger players. / Another idea was a second club in Halifax at Saint Marys. / It is my impression that there are many more chess players out there. The secret would seem to be in getting these players exposed to the game as a competitive rather than merely a casual activity. To that end we'll be targeting the computer, math and physics clubs at the various universities.
-- Regional contacts -- We've made strides over the past year to increase contact with clubs in St John, Moncton, Fredericton and the Miramachi. Although our efforts are producing some progress the increasing awareness that these areas are at least as disorganized if not more so than our own has been rather eye-opening. We almost never receive notice about tournaments in other areas of the Maritimes, which is quite sad. Email or paper mail is not that expensive folks.
Membership Fee increase -- Perhaps the most contentious issue raised, the idea of increasing fees by $5 from $35 to $40 ($28 to $33 for Jrs) in 1997 was mentioned as a way to increase the NS Chess Association's operating budget, which would in effect double it. The chief reason for the increase is that with more capital we can more actively promote chess.
Newsletter: For example, this newsletter is sent out sporadically and is usually fairly limited in content.We could increase the size, guarantee the times when it is sent out, and probably package it on better quality paper. At present each mailing to NS players costs approximately $100, which 5 or 6 times a year adds up. I've tried to minimize the cost to the Association by including these costs in tournaments like the Bluenose Championship and in others. This hardly seems the best way to do things though in my estimation. Promotional events: Other expenses for the Association are Junior and Cadet events. At present we pay a nominal fee for travel expenses and the entry fees for players who travel out of province to represent NS. We may be able to do more here, perhaps increasing the prizes in the provincial championships./ Any special promotional events which arise such as simuls or such could be better covered.
Voting: This initiative will not be carried out arbitrarily. The players I've spoken with so far about this have been in favour of it. We will have a vote on it at the NS Open in November. If you cannot attend or disagree strongly with it, we encourage you to voice your opinion to either myself Kim Tufts, Steve Saunders or Alvah Mayo. We do not want players to "disappear" because of it.
NS Chess Association Financial Statement: Gordon Giacomin (CMA) will produce an accounting for us of our recent expenses and total funds available. (See page 8)
The winners in the Open section were Glenn Charlton on tie-break over Ed Urquhart, both of NS. Glenn got the trophy but each won $300. Their fourth round game resulted in a very tense draw. Charlton, as Black, pressed Urquhart almost off the board, with Ed having to put 6 pieces on the back rank to avert disaster. Only a central push at just the right moment quelled the attack , regaining some space and levelling the game. Mike Guignard of NB was the top U2000 player with 3.5/5.
Lewis Brown (NS) was the surprising winner in the U1800 section. At 1580, Lewis played solidly, defeating higher rated players three times and was undefeated in the tournament. George Beals (NS) took 2nd.
Renaud Laforge (NB) and Murray Copage (NS) were tops in the U1600 section.
The most improved prize was awarded to Bill Pettipas of Halifax. His rating soared over 300 points in 1995-96. Bill received the new Informant book 640 Golden Games, a collection of the best games of the past 30 years. The August issue of the newsletter was distributed to the players in attendence.
Open Section Rating Perf New Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Total 1.Glenn Charlton NS 2089 2207 2101 +9 +3 +5 =2 =4 4 2.Ed Urquhart NS 2164 2218 2179 =8 +7 +4 =1 +5 4 3.Mike Guignard NB 1907 2096 1959 +6 -1 +8 =4 +7 3.5 4.Justin Gulati PEI 1965 1986 1994 +11 +10 -2 =3 =1 3 5.Steve Saunders NS 1899 2011 1921 +12 +13 -1 +10 -2 3 6.Kim Tufts NS 1685 1740 1697 -3 =0 +12 =11 =10 2.5 7.Alvah Mayo NS 2051 1785 2000 -10 -2 +14 +8 -3 2 8.Brian Burgess NS 1872 1855 1872 =2 =9 -3 -7 +12 2 9.Fred Phillips NS 1868 1720 1868 -1 =8 =10 -12 +14 2 10.Franco Frenette NB 1716 1819 1716 +7 -4 =9 -5 =6 2 11.Gilbert Bernard NS 1691 1789 1705 -4 +14 =0 =6 -0 2 12.Albert Ede NS 1677 1631 1672 -5 =0 -6 +9 -8 1.5 13.Boris Gagnon QUE 2040 1793 2026 +14 -5 -0 -0 -0 1 14.Ed Keunecke PEI 1696 1514 1662 -13 -11 -7 =0 -9f 0.5 U1800 Section Rating Perf New Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Total 1.Lewis Brown NS 1580 1969 1715 +15 +3 +8 +10 =2 4.5 2.George Beals NS 1620 1883 1693 +14 =7 +4 +8 =1 4 3.Jim Hayward NS 1784 1738 1777 =6 -1 +12 +11 +10 3.5 4.John Cordes NS 1693 1782 1743 =11 +6 -2 +13 +5 3.5 5.Cedric Davies NS 1612 1697 1716 +16 -8 +11 +7 -4 3 6.Charles Culver NS 1592 1779 1645 =3 -4 +15 +9 =8 2.5 7.Gary Phillips NS 1715 1604 1695 +13 =2 -10 -5 +12 2.5 8.Ray Cooke NS 1650 1614 1637 +12 +5 -1 -2 =6 2.5 9.John Klapstein NS 1620 1575 1645 =10 =11 =13 -6 +14 2.5 10.Ken Cashin NS 1540 1684 1577 =9 +15 +7 -1 -3 2.5 11.David Poirier NS 1584 1616 1610 =4 =9 -5 -3 +13 2 12.Pat Diggins NS 1572 1536 1570 -8 +14 -3 +16 -7 2 13.Matthew Furrow NS 1585 1461 1565 -7 +16 =9 -4 -11 1.5 14.Leo Legacy NB 1641 1422 1529 -2 -12 =16 +15 -9 1.5 15.John Hynes NS 1679 1291 1603 -1 -10 -6 -14 +16 1 16.David Kimber NS 1393 1301 1380 -5 -13 =14 -12f -15 0.5 U1600 Section Rating Perf New Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Total 1.Murray Copage NS 1514 1688 1567 +15 +13 =3 +10 =5 4 2.Renaud Laforge NB 1399 1663 1541 +16 =4 =5 +12 +3 4 3.Alex Fraser NS 1592 1637 1612 +17 +8 =1 +9 -2 3.5 4.Stephen Marche NS 1470 1569 1521 -9 =2 +11 +14 +10 3.5 5.Garrett Keddy NS unr 1636 1646 +12 =9 =2 +8 =1 3.5 6.John MacLean NS 1429 1478 1438 -7 =0 =0 +16 +9 3 7.Garnet Bezanson NS 1356 1485 1387 +6 -14 -8 +15 +12 3 8.Tyler Reddy NS unr 1562 1602 +10 -3 +7 -5 +14 3 9.Andrew Wallbank NS unr 1495 1505 +4 =5 +14 -3 -6 2.5 10.Joe Harris NB 1445 1310 1493 -8 +17 +16 -1 -4 2 11.Roger Tremblay NB 1309 1203 1266 -14 -12 -4 +13 +16 2 12.Vincent Pye NS 1276 1279 1287 -5 +11 +13 -2 -7 2 13.Peter Khosla NS unr 1099 1107 +0 -1 -12 -11 +17 2 14.Duane Thomas NS unr 1357 1367 +11 +7 -9 -4 -8 2 15.Chris Maund NB 1181 1130 1378 -1 -16 +17 -7 =0 1.5 16.Josh Hanlon NS unr 1183 1193 -2 +15 -10 -6 -11 1 17.Noreen Peel NS 1263 1033 1156 -3 -10 -15 =0 -13 0.5
The winners in the open section were GM Ivan Morovic and GM Patrick Wolff (7/8); IM Alexandre Lesiege, GM Alexander Wojtkiewicz, GM Reynaldo Vera, and IM Sofia Polgar (6.5/8).
Many players from our region took part. All the crosstables from each section are available at the CFC web site. A quick perusal came up with these scores:
Open Billy Peckford 3.5 (formerly of NS) U2200 Paul LeBlanc 4.0 (formerly of NS) U2000 Alvah Mayo 4.5 NS Justin Gulati 5.0 PEI Ben Matheson 3.0 NB Eric Bertrand 3.0 NB U1800 Cedric Davies 5.0 NS Gilbert Bernard 3.0 NS Bruce Fleury 2.5 NS George Hensel 3.5 NS Hector Grant 3.5 NB U1600 Jacques Bertrand 3.0 NB Patrick Goguen 4.0 NB Victor Goguen 3.5 NBSome players were disappointed by their scores. Alvah scored 4/4 with Black only to score a miserable 0.5/4 with White. Gilbert won his first two games only to lose his third from a superior position and could never recover. Perhaps most disappointed was Billy Peckford who started with an IM norm in sight, winning his first, drawing with GM Wolff, defeating FM Ristovic, and drawing IM Day. Then the wheels fell off as he lost a winning game against FM Karklins, and even withdrew later on. Here are some happier moments:
Alvah relayed some other highlights such as meeting Patrick Wolff in the CFC bookstore. And a photo of Gilbert with his arm around Sofia Polgar is said to be in existence (Gilbert is the Deen Hergott of NS chess in that respect!). [Webmaster's note see the North Bay International Open web page pictures on this site!]
Jayson Gonzales of the Phillipines scored an IM norm, a rare feat in a Canadian tournament. And Alaa-Eddine Moussa of Quebec narrowly missed a norm as well.
1996 Canadian National Chess
Championship
Final standings:
1.Spragett 11.5
2.Teplitsky 11
3.Day & Livshits 10.5
5.Nickoloff 9.5
6.Leveille 8.5
7.Hergott 8
8.Baragar 7.5
9.Taylor 7
10.Schleiffer 6.5
11.Gravel & Teodoro 6
13.Jung & Yoos 5
15.Frialde 4.5
16.Horton 2.5
Playe r Prov Old Perf New 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1.Ron Livshits ON 2450 2593 2493 x 1 = 1 0 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 10.5
2.Hans Jung ON 2311 2309 2342 0 x 1 0 1 = = = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 5.0
3.Jack Yoos MB 2406 2330 2383 = 0 x 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 5.0
4.Gordon Taylor ON 2434 2408 2426 0 1 0 x 1 1 0 = 0 1 = = 0 1 = 0 7.0
5.Michael Schlieffer PQ 2439 2381 2422 1 0 1 0 x 1 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 1 0 0 6.5
6.Arniel Frialde AB 2332 2281 2317 0 = 0 0 0 x 0 1 0 0 = = = = 1 0 4.5
7.Lawrence Day ON 2459 2593 2499 = = 1 1 1 1 x = = 1 = 1 0 1 0 0 10.5
8.Deen Hergott ON 2492 2457 2482 = = 0 = 1 0 = x = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 8.0
9.Kevin Spragett ON 2609 2636 2617 = 1 1 1 1 1 = = x 1 = 1 0 1 1 = 11.5
10.Fletcher Baragar MB 2357 2440 2382 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 x 0 1 = 1 1 0 6.5
11.Bryon Nickoloff ON 2473 2538 2493 = 1 1 = 1 = = = = 1 x = 0 = 1 = 9.5
12.Simon Gravel PQ 2452 2353 2422 0 1 1 = = = 0 0 0 0 = x 0 1 1 0 6.0
13.Francois Leveille PQ 2422 2489 2442 = 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 x 0 0 0 8.5
14.Joe Horton NB 2345 2174 2294 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 1 x 0 = 2.5
15.Eduardo Teodoro IV ON 2450 2353 2421 0 1 1 = 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x 0 6.0
16.Yan Teplitsky BC 2519 2615 2548 = = = 1 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 x 11.0
The prizes: 1st $1500 Kevin Spragett
2nd 1000 Yan Teplitsky
3rd 600 Lawrence Day
4th 600 Ron Livshits
5th 300 Bryon Nickoloff
Rounding out the field were:
Stefanie Chu, Diane Mongeau 5.5 Penka Apostolov 4.5 Vesma Baltgailis 4.0 Smilja Vujosevic, Beatrice Wu 2.0 Erin Walker 1.0
As for the game itself...well, the World is apparently full of patzers. Many thanks to Arthur Grant for submitting the game.
Interestingly, this event didn't use sudden-death time controls and only one game went to adjournment. Alvah Mayo noted though that as TD he felt such events were only feasible during long weekends and if there was a demand for it. And perhaps also if there are small enough numbers in each section to avoid unforeseen circumstances, such as Ed having to take a last round bye because of a last minute scheduling change. If you have an opinion on sudden-death controls voice them to the tournament organizers.
Player Rating Perf Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Total 1.Ed Urquhart 2179 2223 +9 +3 +5 +2 +0 5 2.Steve Saunders 1921 1877 +15 =6 +12 -1 +5 3.5 3.Jim Hayward 1777 1889 +10 -1 +6 =8 +9 3.5 4.Andrew Wallbank 1505 1792 +7 =13 -2 +14 +8 3.5 5.Alvah Mayo 1987 1877 +0 +8 -1 +6 -2 3 6.Christian Rose 1667 1668 +12 =2 -3 =9 +13 3 7.Cedric Davies 1747 1610 -4 +14 +13 -5 +12 3 8.Gilbert Bernard 1670 1630 +11 -5 +10 =3 -4 3 9.Bruce Fleury 1609 1640 -1 +15 +12 =6 -3 2.5 10.Jonathan Bjornson 1514 1400 -3 +11 -8 -12 +15 2 11.Duane Thomas 1367 1302 -8 -10 +0 -13 +14 2 12.Josh Hanlon 1193 1434 -6 +0 -9 +10 -7 2 13.John MacLean 1438 1508 =0 =4 -7 +11 -6 2 14.Jordan Fleury 1384 1338 =0 -7 +15 -4 -11 1.5 15.Garnet Bezanson 1387 1170 -2 -9 -14 +0 -10 1
And Ed Urquhart is fast closing in as well. I've also heard from two Masters from Upper Canada who may be relocating to NS in 1997. Things are definitely picking up.
Date Location Description
Sept 21-22 Dieppe NB Junior
Oct 5 St John Fall Tornado
Oct 5 Bathurst Tornado
Oct 12 Moncton Tornado
Oct 12-14 Halifax Thanksgiving Open
Oct 19 Dieppe NB Cadet
Oct 19 Miramachi Tornado
Oct 25-27 St John Dave Clark Memorial
(5 Rd Swiss)
Oct 26 Moncton Tornado
Nov 2 Bathurst Tornado
Nov 8-10 Halifax NS Open
Nov 16 Dartmouth NS RegionalQualifier
for the Youth Chess
Festival
Nov 22-24 Saint John NB Closed
Nov 23-24 Saint John Fall Swiss (5 Rds)
Nov 23 Moncton Tornado
Nov 30 Bathurst Tornado
Dec 7 Moncton Tornado
Dec 7 (tent) St John Tornado
Dec 7 Dieppe (?) Youth Chess
Festival Maritimes
Dec 13-15 Fredericton 5 Rd Swiss ($500)
Dec 14 Miramachi Tornado
Dec 28 Saint John NB Blitz Ch.
note: A "Tornado" is usually a 4 rd event of G60.
Thanks to Fred McKim and Victor Goguen for
providing the details of the NB events. Perhaps
provincial communciation is improving, speaking
of which...
1.Robert Villeneuve 2200 2.Ed Urquhart 2179 3.Jim Mathers 2112 4.Glenn Charlton 2101 5.Gerald Lomond 2081 6.Brian Beed 2078 7.Brian Pentz 2060 8.Antoni Wysocki 2018 9.Gordon Giacomin 2002 10.Alvah Mayo 1987 11.Stephen Saunders 1921 12.Mike Eldridge 1896 13.Rex Naugler 1891 14.David Kenney 1881 15.Brad Armstrong 1878 16.Brian Burgess 1871 17.Stephen Duffy 1848 18.Fred Phillips 1840 19.Paul Hake 1838 20.Jim Brennan 1830 Top 5 Juniors 1.Cedric Davies 1747 2.John Klapstein 1645 3.Alex Fraser 1612 4.Tyler Reddy 1602/6 5.Matthew Furrow 1565 Top 4 Women 1.Yadviga Gawetski 1712 2.Wanda Ernst 1360/5
Cash opening balance, August 1,1995 1218
Receipts, August 1,1995 to July 31,1996
Three payments from CFC 405
Interest less bank charges 2
Disbursements, August 1,1995 to July 31,1996
1995 Maritime Junior 100
1995 NS Open 150
1995 Maritime Cadet 105
1996 Maritime Open 140
Total disbursements 495
Cash, ending balance, July 31, 1996 1130
--statement prepared by Gordon Giacomin, CMA
Note: The above statement does not include room charges for the 1996 Maritime Open ($160). With the
expected expenses for the 1996 NS Open, Maritime Jr and Cadet coming up the anticipated balance will be closer to $800 on Oct 31 rather than $1130. (Kim Tufts)
Just a reminder on how to contact NS Chess:
web site: http://chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/NSChess/nschess.html
listserv: chess-ns@chebucto.ns.ca
NS President: (an169@chebucto.ns.ca (Kim Tufts)
Bluenose Club: butthead@mail.atcon.com (Christian Rose)
mayo@istar.ca (Alvah Mayo)
(see also metro phone numbers and email at the Bluenose site)
web site manager: ssaunder@fox.nstn.ns.ca Steve Saunders, RR1, Blockhouse NS, B0J 1E0 (902) 624-9361
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