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Nova Scotia Chess News
Bad news. The drink machine is winning.
The annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Chess Association (NSCA) will be held on November 15 in Bridgewater at the site of the Nova Scotia Open (Wandlyn Inn Hotel). The meeting will begin at 2:00pm, which is 1/2 hour before the start of the last round of the tournament. The primary purpose of the meeting is to elect officers for the NSCA. All current CFC members in Nova Scotia are welcome to attend to nominate officers and to cast their vote.
In accordance with the constitution of the Nova Scotia Chess Association, which was registered with the Province of Nova Scotia in 1988, we would like to elect officers for the positions of President (or Chairman), Vice-President (or Vice-Chairman) and a Secretary-Treasurer for the coming year. In addition to the above, we would also like to elect the Nova Scotia Governors for the Chess Federation of Canada.
During this meeting, a vote on a format for the next Nova Scotia Closed Chess Championship will also be held. Steve Saunders, President of the Nova Scotia Chess Association would like to propose that the Nova Scotia Closed Chess Championship be held annually, in April, as a six player 5-round weekend round robin tournament.
In order to qualify to compete in this tournament you first must be a current resident of Nova Scotia and have been resident in the province for at least 6 months. The actual six participants will include the previous Nova Scotia Closed Chess Champion and the five highest rated players from the province who are willing to compete. Ratings will be adjusted for qualification purposes using the formula described in the CFC bylaw 810. Of course, alternative proposals will also be considered.
A general discussion on the other annual tournaments in Nova Scotia will also be held during this meeting.
If you have any alternative proposals regarding the format of the Nova Scotia Closed or wish to nominate any candidates to serve as officers for the NSCA, please attend the annual meeting.
The format for the Canadian Closed may be about to be changed. Fred McKim has been discussing this matter with several CFC Officers and believes that when the new rules for the Canadian Closed are introduced, each province will get one spot in the 30 (or more) player swiss event. This would make future Atlantic Closed tournaments for prestige only (like perhaps this year's event). Each province would obviously be responsible for selecting their own representative to the Canadian Closed.
Until we know for sure what's going on, the Atlantic Closed scheduled for the Easter weekend in Saint John will be used to select the representative from the Atlantic Region unless the above changes are implemented. If each province will be able to send at least one representative then a Nova Scotia qualifying event will be held early next year. As soon as any further information is available regarding this matter, we will advise all concerned.
Damir Miletic, won his last tournament in Nova Scotia in convincing fashion, with a perfect 5-0 score in the annual Membertou Chess Open held May 29-31 in Cape Breton. Although only ten players showed up to complete, everyone had an enjoyable time at this tournament. Alvah Mayo and Gerard LeBlanc tied for 2nd-3rd with 3.5 points.
Gerard, playing white against Damir in round 2, ended up with a nice bind on the "d5" square after an interesting opening. However, he later lost the initiative and ended up losing in the end. Alvah played the black side against Damir in round 3. Since this was going to be Alvah’s last crack at Damir for a long time, I understand Alvah was determined the game would not end in a draw. Damir, also out to battle, played the Four Pawns Attack line against the King's Indian. Eventually the position became critical, and rather than sit in a solid yet cramped position, Alvah sacked an exchange to bust open the center. Alvah won a pawn, obtained an advanced passed pawn on c3, and also ended up with a bishop pair.. However, Damir played well and managed to win a pawn back and ground Alvah down for the win.. In round 4, Alvah Mayo’s game with Gerard LeBlanc was drawn after Alvah played the Saemisch variation against Leblanc's King's Indian and castled long.
After he won his last game, Damir gave a farewell speech thanking everyone in Nova Scotia for their hospitality and friendship over the past year. I believe everyone in Nova Scotia would like to wish him all the best with his new home in Mississauga Ontario. Damir will be missed from the local chess scene.
Membertou Chess Open
NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Miletic, Damir 2163 2198 2189 W6 W3 W2 W7 W4 5.0 2.Mayo, Alvah 2087 2009 2078 W4 W10 L1 D3 W6 3.5 3.LeBlanc, Gerard 1936 1985 1953 W9 L1 W6 D2 W7 3.5 4.Poulette, Thomas 1578 1698 1591 L2 D9 W8 W5 L1 2.5 5.MacLean, John 1404 1508 1425 L7 D0 W9 L4 W8 2.5 6.Googoo, Allan 1769 1841 1785 L1 W7 L3 W10 L2 2.0 7.Clarke, Aubrey 1618 1734 1636 W5 L6 W10 L1 L3 2.0 8.Alex, Alfred 1345 1367 1357 L10 W0 L4 W9 L5 2.0 9.Paul, Jarrod 1486 1267 1451 L3 D4 L5 L8 W0 1.5 10.Bernard, Gilbert 1799 1506 1758 W8 L2 L7 L6 L0 1.0
Eastern Kings Chess Club Championship
Gerard Lomond won this year’s Eastern Kings Chess Club Championship scoring 6 points in this nine player round robin event. Alvah Mayo and Tom Cosman both ended up with 5 points sharing the 2nd – 3rd place spots.
Eastern Kings Chess Club Championship
Eastern Kings Chess Club Championship
NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Lomond, Gerald 2066 2066 2070 X = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2.Mayo, Alvah 2078 2072 2076 = X 1 0 = 1 1 1 - 5.0 3.Cosman, Tom 1998 1975 1996 1 0 X = 0 = 1 1 5.0 4.Gibson, Jamie 1861 1942 1891 0 1 = X = 1 0 = 1 4.5 5.Eldridge, Michael 1985 1971 1985 0 = 1 = X 0 1 1 - 4.0 6.Armstrong, Brad 1773 1903 1829 0 0 = 0 1 X 1 = 1 4.0 7.Kustudic, Dusan 1853 1843 1854 = 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 1 3.5 8.Scallion, Calvin 1769 1659 1742 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 X - 1.0 9.Hynes, John A. 1612 1510 1589 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - X 0.0
An experimental "blindfold" chess tournament was organized by Kim Tufts on Sunday July 5 which attracted 14 players. Antoni Wysocki won the event with Jim Brennan coming in second. Most games were played where the higher rated player played "blindfolded" against a "sighted" opponent.
The Unama'ki Chess Tournament was played at the Waycobah First Nation located in Cape Breton on June 26 - 28. Despite the bad weather on the mainland, the weather was fine in Cape Breton for those who chose to camp out on the shores of the Brador lakes. The tournament attracted a lot of the higher rated players in the Region who enjoyed the stiff competition.
Alvah Mayo placed first in the Unama’ki Open with a score of four wins and one loss. The only defeat for Alvah came at the hands of Aaron Cooper in the fourth round. Aaron Cooper, Stephen Saunders, Ashish Gulati, and Gilbert Bernard all tied for 2nd-5th place with 3.5 points.
Here are a few games from this tournament.
White: Mayo, Alvah
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6 4.Bd3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.c3 Nf6 8.Nbd2 Nh5 9.Bg3 (This move gives me the open file and leads to a more unbalanced position than Be3) 9...Nxg3 10.hxg3 Qc7 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.a4?! (this move is dubious. I wanted to provoke Justin into castling into the attack on the kingside, but a3 would have done the job just as well and been a lot less committal. Also, it would prevent a later Nb4 by black) 12...O-O 13.O-O-O Rac8 14.Ng5? (this is a blunder; Kb1 would be more prudent) 14...Nxd4 (this wins a pawn of course, but even better would be Nb4! since after Qb1 Nxd3+ Qxd3 Bf5 and white cannot guard both d4 and a5 with the queen) 15.Qb1 Qa5 16.Rde1 Rxc3+ 17.bxc3 Qxc3+ 18.Bc2 Bxa4 19.Re3 Qc6 (Justin pointed out after the game that Qxe3 is also possible here) 20.Nb3 Nxb3 21.Rxb3 Rc8 22.Kd1 Qc4 23.Nf3 Bxb3 24.Qxb3 Qc5 25.Ne1 b6 26.Nd3 Qd4 27.Rh4 Qa1+ 28.Ke2 Rc3 29.Qb1 Qa4?? (time pressure blunder, as Justin had maybe 30 seconds left to make two moves. If instead Qxb1, then an interesting endgame will be in the offing) 30.Rxa4 Black resigns.
White: Saunders, Steve
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 a6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nf3 Re8 12.O-O Nf6 13.h3 Nbd7 14.Kh1 b6 15.Qc2 Bb7 16.Qf2 Qc7 17.Bd2 c4 18.Bc2 Nc5 19.Rae1 Qd7 20.Qh4 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.e5 Nxd5 23.Ng5 h6 24.Nge4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 dxe5 26.fxe5 Rxe5 27.Nc5 Qc6 28.Nxb7 Qxb7 29.Bc3 Nxc3 30.bxc3 Rae8 31.Rxe5 Rxe5 32.Ra1 Re2 White Resigns.
White: Mayo, Alvah
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 Nc6 4.Be3 d6 5.Nc3 e5 (the whole purpose of this opening by black is to trick white into playing d5, closing the center and giving black an excellent game. In this case, black can transpose to a favourable version of the King's Indian, where he can play f5 before playing Nf6, saving time. However, the flaw with this opening is that if white does NOT push d5, black is behind in development, space, and cannot find an active plan) 6.Nge2 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nge7 8.Be2 f5 9.f3 (also possible here is Nxc6) 9...fxe4 10.fxe4 O-O 11.Rf1 Rxf1+ 12.Kxf1 Qf8+ 13.Kg1 Qf6 14.Nc2 Be6 15.Qd2?! (although this move is adequate, Nd5! gives white an almost winning advantage. The queen and c7 pawn are threatened and the only way to save both is to take the knight. However, if Nxd5 then cxd5 wins a piece; if Bxd5, then cxd5 Ne5 gives white all the play) 15...Rf8 16.Rf1 Qe5 17.Rxf8+ Kxf8 18.Nd5?! (an interesting move. I was displeased that my queenside was under awkward pressure by the B+Q battery, so I chose this pawn sacrifice. In hindsight, it looks bad for white if black takes the b2 pawn) 18...Qxe4?! 19.Nxc7 Bxc4 20.Bf3 Qd3 21.Qf2 Kg8 22.b3 Bf7 23.Ne1 (a GM would be very reluctant to put a piece of his in a self pin like this, but I felt that it was logical. At this point I need to push a kingside pawn to give an escape square anyway so Qb1 will just force me to make a good move. Also, black can gain nothing from the pin) 23...Qb1 24.g4 d5 (played after 8 minutes thought, probably to avoid the threat of Nb5. Black now has 3 minutes to make 6 moves in a complex position) 25.Nb5 d4 26.Bf4 Nd5 27.Bg3 d3 28.Kg2 a6 29.Na3 Qc1 30.Nc4 b5 (making time control with 10 seconds to spare) 31.Nxd3 Qc3 32.Ncb2 Bd4 33.Qe2 Ncb4 34.Be1?? (a colossal blunder which costs me the game. I saw that Be1 Nxd3 should be met by Nxd3 and not by Bxc3 which loses to Nf4+!, but I completely missed the queen sac idea) 34...Nxd3 35.Nxd3 Qxd3!! 36.Qxd3 Nf4+ 37.Kf1 Nxd3 38.Bd2 Kf8 39.Bb7 Nc5 40.Bb4 a5! (he won't even let me pick up a measly pawn! Oh the humanity!) 41.Bxc5 Bxc5 42.Be4 a4 43.Bc2 axb3 44.axb3 Ke7 45.Bd3 b4 46.Bc2 Bd5 47.Ke2 Kf6 48.h4 Ke5 49.h5 gxh5 50.gxh5 Be4 51.Bd1 Kf4 52.Kd2 Bf3 53.Bc2 h6 54.Bg6 Kg5 55.Kd3 Bxh5 56.Kc4 Bxg6 57.Kxc5 Bc2 58.Kxb4 Kf4 59.Kc3 Bxb3 60.Kxb3 h5 White resigns.
White: Leblanc, Gerard
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 (avoiding the Dragon, one of my specialties) 3...Nc6 4.Nbd2 g6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Bg2 Qd7 7.h3 Be6 8.a4 (also possible is Ng5, but neither Gerard nor I care much for this move for white. Such a move wastes time, and puts the d5 square off limits to white. For those who love bishops, they can play this line with Qc8 rather than Qd7 in order to preserve the light squared bishop) 8...h6 9.Nc4 Nf6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.O-O-O Qc7 14.d4?! (opening the position when his king position is weak is not advisable) 14...cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Rac8 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.f4 Qb8 19.Rhe1 d5 20.Qc3 e6 (now black has a very strong center which cannot be broken down by white; this gives black a sizable advantage) 21.Kb1 Re7(also possible is Qb6 to prevent white's next) 22.Qa5 Rb7 23.Be5 Qa8 24.g4 Bf8? (I thought that Bb4, if allowed, wins the queen. However, the queen can run to a6, so the queen is safe) 25.Bxf6 Bb4 26.Qa6 Bxe1 27.Rxe1 c5 28.exd5 Rb6 29.Qe2 exd5 30.Qe7 (an attractive though incorrect try here is Bxd5 Qxd5 Qe8+ where Rxe8 Rxe8+ gets mated, but Bxd5 Qxd5 Qe8+ Kh7! draws) 30...c4 31.Re3 Qc6 32.Bc3 cxb3 33.Qe5 bxc2+ 34.Kc1 (now black has run out of immediate tactical shots and has only two options...Rb1+ and f6. Since Rb1+ should lose easily, then defending with f6 must be played) 34...f6 35.Bxd5+ Kh8 (forced, since any king move to the seventh allows a queen check which loses the black queen for nothing) 36.Qe4 (white chooses to save his queen. The ending after Bxc6 fxe5 is winning for white, but after the game Gerard explained to me that with about 30 minutes left he didn't want to risk choosing an ending where there are still some problems to solve) 36...Qc5 37.g5?? (completely overlooking black's threat, which is easy to do considering the square in question is covered twice) 37...Qa3+ 38.Kxc2 Rb2+!! (forced mate in two) White resigns.
Unama'Ki Open
NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Mayo, Alvah 2106 2191 2123 W8 W4 W3 L2 W6 4.0 2.Cooper, Aaron 1990 2016 1996 W0 D7 D6 W1 D4 3.5 3.Saunders, Stephen 2038 2012 2035 W5 D6 L1 W7 W8 3.5 4.Gulati, Ashish 1968 1969 1976 W9 L1 W7 W8 D2 3.5 5.Bernard, Gilbert 1758 1769 1775 L3 W10 W12 D6 W9 3.5 6.LeBlanc, Gerard 1953 1824 1945 W11 D3 D2 D5 L1 2.5 7.Clarke, Aubrey 1636 1730 1658 W10 D2 L4 L3 W11 2.5 8.Hayward, James 1808 1668 1796 L1 W12 W9 L4 L3 2.0 9.MacDonald, Charles 0 1505 1515 L4 W11 L8 W12 L5 2.0 10.MacLean, John 1425 1337 1415 L7 L5 D0 D11 W12 2.0 11.McCarty, Edward 0 1229 1237 L6 L9 W0 D10 L7 1.5 12.Osmond, Greta 0 1123 1131 W0 L8 L5 L9 L10 1.0
White: Dragan Kosic (2521
Black: Anthony Howarth (2294)
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Bd3 b5 8.h4 h5 9.Ng5 Nb6 10.b3 Nf6 11.f3 a6 12.a4 b4 13.Ne2 a5 14.Rc1 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.c3 bxc3 17.Qxc3 O-O 18.Qxc6 Qb8 19.Kf2 Ra8 20.Qc7 Nbd7 21.Qxb8 Rfxb8 22.Rc3 Ne8 23.Rhc1 Bh6 24.Nh3 Bxe3+ 25.Kxe3 Rb4 26.R1c2 Nef6 27.Rc8+ Rxc8 28.Rxc8+ Kg7 29.Nc1 Nb6 30.Rc2 Nfd7 31.Nf2 Na8 32.Nfd3 Rb7 33.Nb2 d5 34.e5 Nc7 35.Nbd3 Ne6 36.Rc8 f6 37.f4 fxe5 38.fxe5 Ra7 39.Ne2 g5 40.hxg5 Nxg5 41.Nef4 Rb7 42.Nxd5 Rxb3 43.Rc7 Nf8 44.Rxe7+ Kg6 45.Nf4+ Kf5 46.Nxh5 Ra3 47.Ng3+ Kg6 48.Ne4 Nxe4 49.Kxe4 Rxa4 50.Nf4+ Kh6 51.Ra7 Nh7 52.Ra6 Kg7 53.Ne6+ Kg8 54.Kf5 Ra2 55.g4 Rf2+ 56. Kg6 Resigns 1-0
CFC TOP "50" NS LIST
Name Rtg Active
1. Coakley, Jeffrey 2274 2213 *2. Urquhart, Ed 2215 1768
3. Charlton, Glenn 2182 1935
4. Villeneuve, Robert 2168 1928
5. Wysocki, Antoni 2117 1834
6. Mathers, Jim 2110 2021
7. Cosman, Tom 2103 1786
8. Lomond, Gerald 2080 2057
9. Beed, Brian 2078 2055 *
10. Saunders, Stephen 2072 1708
11. Reddy, Tyler 2072 1669
12. Eldridge, Michael 2031 1843
13. Mayo, Alvah 2028 1652
14. Davies, Cedric 2028 1606
15. Kenney, Jason 2007 1461
16. Giacomin, Gordon 2002 2064 *
17. Cooper, John 1992 1992 *
18. Pentz, Brian 1975 1905
19. Kenney, David 1973 1679
20. Paterson, John 1970 1721 *
21. LeBlanc, Gerald 1945 1811
22. Hake, Paul 1940 1972 *
23. Naugler, Rex 1931 1901
24. Brennan, Jim 1910 1744
25. Phillips, Fred 1878 1790
26. Gibson, Jamie 1850 1620
27. Ede, Albert 1849 1549
28. Duffy, Stephen 1859 1758
29. Bernard, Gilbert 1858 1375
30. Phillips, Gary 1843 1586
31. Clair, Joe 1837 1768
32. Tufts, Kim 1830 1607
33. Armstrong, Brad 1829 1688
34. Poirier, David 1751 1368
35. Kustudic, Dusan 1825 1744
36. Singh, Manvinder 1823 1765 *
37. Burgess, Brian 1811 1772
38. Ko, Kyung-Oh 1807 1313
39. Van Ryswyk, Tony 1805 1805 *
40. Steele, Leighton 1802 1738
41. Hayward, James 1796 1645
42. Fleury, Bruce 1787 1368
43. Drummond, Carlos 1784 1468
44. Brown, Lewis 1784 1444
45. Klapstein, John 1770 1503
46. Scallion, Calvin 1742 1737
47. Berkman, Brian 1740 1714
48. Uuotoa, Harold 1716 1633
49. Fraser, Alex 1712 1473
50. Karis, Steve 1702 1626
TOP "10" NS JUNIORS
1. Reddy, Tyler 2072 1669
2. Davies, Cedric 2028 1606
3. Kenney, Jason 2007 1461
4. Ng, Gary 1686 -----
5. Croxen, Robert 1633 -----
6. Furrow, Mathew 1627 1419
7. Kenney, Bryan 1146 934
8. Michael, Atlin 1144 -----
9. Brown, Jeffery 1053 -----
10. Robarts, Curtis 1039 -----
The Nova Scotia Chess Association made a presentation during the Halifax Labour day Open during which an award was made to both Tyler Reddy and Jason Kenney to recognize their outstanding performance during 1998. Both of these players increased their CFC ratings in excess of 400 points during the last year and were therefore named as co-winners of the "Most Improved Player Award for 1998". Tyler was presented with a "gift certificate" for Chapter’s Bookstore while Jason was presented with a "chess clock".
The NS Chess Association presents an award each year for the player who shows the biggest improvement during the last 12 months ending in August.. This year’s co-winners have been entered into Nova Scotia Chess Association's "Virtual Hall of Fame".
Congratulations are extended to both Tyler Reddy and Jason Kenney and I hope the coming year will be even better for these outstanding young players !
During the World Chess Festival held in Saint John during 1988, Gerald Lomand had the rare privilege of playing former World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal (pictured above). Gerald apparently approached Tal shortly after his arrival in Saint John and asked him to play a few games of chess. Tal rewarded his request, I believe the following day, by playing several games with Gerald over an extended period of time and giving him an opportunity to discuss chess issues. I believe most chess players in Atlantic Canada would like to have had an opportunity to play chess with one of the legends of this game. Sadly, this will not be possible as Mikhail Tal died a few years ago.
White to move and win!
White to move and win!
The Shearwater Summer Open proved to be a very enjoyable tournament for
those who chose to participate. The spacious accommodations at the Shearwater "Flight
Deck Social Centre" proved to be very popular with the players. Plenty of free parking
just outside the door and the "donuts" were an added bonus. First time tournament
organizers Joseph Shea and John Klapstein did an exceptional job with the organization and
TD’ing of this fine event. I believe that all the participants would like to express their
appreciation to Joseph and John for taking the time to put on this event and that they will
hopefully hold other events in the future. John MacLean won the door prize, a one year
membership to the CFC. Tournament winner Justin Gulati ended up with 4.5 points which was a
full point ahead of his nearest rivals. Alvah Mayo, Jason Kenney and
Anthony Howarth tied for 2nd-4th place with 3.5 points.
(Note: In order to avoid giving John Maclean a bye in the first round, Alvah
played him a game on Thursday, two days before the tournament. The game counts for
rating for both of them but only counted in tournament standing for Maclean. As a
result Alvah ended up playing six games instead of the five games everyone else played.) In Round 5 action Justin Gulati and Alvah Mayo agreed to a draw in a
closed position coming out of an English opening, where black played a c6-d5-e6 setup.
Anthony Howarth slowly but efficiently ground a game out of David Kenney, Anthony holding
the initiative for most of the game. Jason Kenney fought hard with a Sicilian dragon
position against Cedric Davies, and did manage to pull out a win from Mr. Davies.
Gilbert Bernard managed to draw Fred McKim. Jim Brennen and Steve Saunders played an
interesting game, which started out as a Staunton gambit, with black responding to f3 with
e3, a real pleasure to observe. They drew the game. Shawn MacPhee had a significant lead
in development against John MacLean, but didn't manage to do quite enough with it, and
eventually blundered a piece to a discovered attack.. He later dropped another rook, only
to have his opponent drop it back thinking he had played mate! However, Black still had
enough left to win the endgame. Bryan Kenney and Trevor Tonks played a bizaare game, where
black had tripled pawns, but somehow still had strong chances. White blundered a piece,
but had a solid passed pawn, and in the end did win the game. Mr. Boyle and Mr. Shea played
together in the last round where around move 15, Phil managed to win the exchange and
apparently had a good position until a time scramble, when the players agreed to a draw. (extracted from a report by John Klapstein) Shearwater Summer Open
In Round 4 action Justin Gulati,
playing Black, defeated Steve Saunders with a strong kingside attack. John Cordes played
white against Trevor Tonk's sicilian, while Brian McGrath made good use of a pin in attacking
the king against Bryan Kenney. John MacLean and Gary Phillips enjoyed a double-sided game,
which Gary managed to win in the end. Dr. Livingstone, playing White against Phil Boyle,
managed to pile up on a pinned piece so much that there simply was no defense.
Shearwater Summer Open NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov 1.Gulati, Ashish 1976 2204 2081 W22 W12 W8 W7 D2 L0 4.5 PE 2.Mayo, Alvah 2123 2021 2118 W17 D7 W3 D8 D1 W14 4.5 NS 3.Kenney, Jason 1830 2091 1919 W20 W4 L2 D6 W12 L0 3.5 NS 4.Howarth, Anthony 2250 1899 2214 D5 L3 W16 W9 W11 L0 3.5 NB 5.Bernard, Gilbert 1775 2003 1834 D4 W21 L7 W13 D8 L0 3.0 NS 6.Brennan, Jim 1906 1972 1918 D0 W13 D11 D3 D7 L0 3.0 NS 7.Saunders, Stephen 2035 1943 2023 W16 D2 W5 L1 D6 L0 3.0 NS 8.McKim, Fred 2038 1931 2021 W15 W10 L1 D2 D5 L0 3.0 PE 9.Karis, Steve 1620 1847 1671 L12 W18 W10 L4 W17 L0 3.0 NS 10.Phillips, Gary 1796 1668 1779 W19 L8 L9 W14 W16 L0 3.0 NS 11.Kenney, David 1939 1829 1943 W18 D0 D6 D12 L4 L0 2.5 NS 12.Davies, Cedric 2061 1799 2015 W9 L1 W17 D11 L3 L0 2.5 NS 13.Uuetoa, Harold 1682 1656 1680 D0 L6 W21 L5 W19 L0 2.5 NS 14.MacLean, John 1415 1600 1433 D0 W22 L10 W20 L2 L2 2.5 NS 15.Shea, Joseph 1586 1624 1587 L8 D0 D0 D0 D21 L0 2.0 NS 16.McGrath, Brian 1533 1619 1538 L7 W20 L4 W18 L10 L0 2.0 NS 17.Cordes, John 1630 1588 1620 L2 W23 L12 W22 L9 L0 2.0 NS 18.Kenney, Bryan 1099 1459 1146 L11 L9 W23 L16 W22 L0 2.0 NS 19.Livingstone, James 0 1333 1343 L10 L22 D20 W21 L13 L0 1.5 NS 20.MacPhee, Shawn 0 1316 1326 L3 L16 D19 W23 L14 L0 1.5 NS 21.Boyle, Phil 1609 1294 1561 D0 L5 L13 L19 D15 L0 1.0 NS 22.Tonks, Trevor 1125 1230 1173 L1 W19 L14 L17 L18 L0 1.0 NS 23.McCarthy, David 1373 948 1325 D0 L17 L18 L20 L0 L0 0.5 NS
Honey House Round Robin NAME Old Perf New P1 P2 P3 P4 Total 1.Cosman, Tom 1996 2272 2103 X X 1 = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2.Lomond, Gerald 2070 2114 2080 0 = X X 1 1 1 1 4.5 3.Kustudic, Dusan 1854 1719 1825 0 0 0 0 X X 1 0 1.0 4.Gibson, Jamie 1891 1707 1850 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1.0
This tournament was held courtesy of Rex Naugler and was played at Rex's home overlooking Fancy Lake. Glenn Charlton came away with a perfect 3-0 score. According to Brian Burgess, "Glen whipped the three of us".
Brian swindled a draw out of Rex and after chasing Brian Pentz's king around the board to no avail, he had to take a draw
by repetition. Playing a Modern Defence against Glen, Brian managed to scramble through the time control a pawn down. However, Glen demonstrated why he is just under 2200 by taking advantage of this situation and winning quickly.
Veranda Invitational NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Charlton, Glenn 2164 2310 2182 X 1 1 1 3.0 2.Naugler, Rex 1920 1991 1931 0 X = 1 1.5 3.Burgess, Brian 1797 1899 1811 0 = X = 1.0 4.Pentz, Brian 2013 1694 1975 0 0 = X 0.5
Alvah Mayo recovered from a first round loss to NM Anthony Howarth with four consecutive wins, which was enough to just edge ahead of Howarth for the title of Atlantic Champion. As a result of his win Alvah qualifies for the 1999 Atlantic Closed, the winner of which goes to the next Canadian Closed.
White "Gulati, Justin" WhiteElo "2081"
Black "Saunders, Steve" BlackElo "2023"
Result "0-1" Round "1" Atlantic Closed Championship
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Nc6 Nxc6 14. Bxc6+ Bd7 15. fxg7 Qe5+ 16. Be4 Bxg7 17. Qe2 b4 18. Nd1 Bb5 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Kf2 f5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qf4+ 23. Ke2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rc1 Bh6 27. b3 Rc6 28. Rb1 Rxc2 29. Rb2 Rc1 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Rf1 Rhc8 32. Rf2 R1c5 33. Rb1 Rc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxf2 35. Nxf2 Rc3+ 36. Ke2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rc3+ 38. Ke2 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rxa2 40. Nd3 a5 41. Ne5 Bg7 0-1
White "Gulati, Justin"
Black "Mayo, Alvah"
Result "0-1" Atlantic Closed Championship
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 exf4 10. Bxf4 c6 11. d4 d5 12. Re1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re2 a6 16. Qe1 Re8 17. Qg3 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd7 20. c3 f6 21. b4 Re8 22. Rf1 Re2 23. Qh4 Rxb2 24. h3 Bd3 25. Re1 Rb1 26. Bc1 Bg6 27. g4 Qd5 28. Kf2 Qa2+ 29. Re2 Qa1 30. Bd2 Rf1+ 31. Kg2 Qd1 0-1
1998 Atlantic Closed NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov 1.Mayo, Alvah 2088 2320 2154 X 0 1 1 1 1 4.0 NS 2.Howarth, Anthony 2214 2215 2214 1 X = = = 1 3.5 NB 3.Cooper, Aaron 1974 2183 2035 0 = X = 1 1 3.0 PE 4.Saunders, Stephen 2025 2173 2059 0 = = X 1 1 3.0 NS 5.Gulati, Ashish 2159 1826 2092 0 = 0 0 X = 1.0 PE 6.McKim, Fred 2030 1772 1978 0 0 0 0 = X 0.5 PE
1998 Atlantic Open Championship August 1 - 3
The Atlantic Open Championship was held in Charlottetown , PEI at the same site as the Atlantic Closed. A total of eighteen players from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island came out to compete for the Atlantic Open Champion title. At the end, David Kenney came first with five points and was awarded the title. Jason Kenney ended up in second place, finishing half a point behind his father. Jim Brennan and Andrew McMillan tied for 3rd – 4th spot with four points. Dave Poirier, Ed Keunecke, and Jean Beauregard shared the Top U1800 prize with 3.5 points. The Top U1600 prize went to Don Britt 3.5 points. Top U1400 was shared by Scott Landry and Vincent Pye with 2.5 points.
As a result of his win in this tournament, David Kenney qualifies for the next Atlantic Closed Championship.
White: Gilbert Bernard 1834
Black: David Kenney 1943
1. e4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3. Bc4 d6 4. o-o Nf6 5. Nc3 o-o 6. d3 c5 7. h3 Nc6 8. a3 a6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. c3 Ne6 15. Qd2 b5 16. axb axb 17. Bh6 b4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. d4 bxc 21. bxc Qc7 22. d5 Bd7 23. Rfb1 Rb7 24. Qa2 Rfb8 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Rb1 h6 27. Nd2 f5 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. f3 Bb5 30. Qa5 Qb8 31. Kh2 Kf6 32. Nb1 f4 33. Na3 Bf1 34. Kg1 (If 34. c4 Qb4 35. Qxb4 cxb4 wins for Black. If 34. c4 Qb4 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qxd6 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qg3+ with perpetual check) …Bd3 (Both Kings are open and a perpetual check is available to either side if white goes after a win of the d pawn.)35. Kh2 ˝ - ˝
1998 Atlantic Open Championship
1998 Atlantic Open Championship NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov 1.Kenney, David 1943 1994 1963 W17 D15 D6 W10 W3 W5 5.0 NS 2.Kenney, Jason 1919 1941 1934 W16 L6 W15 W7 D5 W3 4.5 NS 3.Brennan, Jim 1918 1876 1916 W12 W8 W5 W6 L1 L2 4.0 NS 4.McMillan, Andrew 1886 1780 1872 L10 D7 W13 D15 W11 W9 4.0 PE 5.Paulowich, David 1857 1834 1855 W11 W10 L3 W8 D2 L1 3.5 PE 6.Keunecke, Ed 1670 1832 1725 W14 W2 D1 L3 L9 W15 3.5 PE 7.Poirier, David 1772 1765 1773 D9 D4 W17 L2 W10 D8 3.5 NS 8.Beauregard,Jean-Louis 1634 1733 1677 W18 L3 W11 L5 W15 D7 3.5 PE 9.Britt, Don 0 1691 1703 D7 L11 W16 W17 W6 L4 3.5 NB 10.Cashin, Ken 1612 1692 1634 W4 L5 W12 L1 L7 W14 3.0 NS 11.McGrath, Brian 1579 1645 1601 L5 W9 L8 W12 L4 W16 3.0 NS 12.MacLean, John 1433 1417 1432 L3 W14 L10 L11 D17 W18 2.5 NS 13.Landry, Scott 1389 1414 1392 L15 D16 L4 W18 L14 W17 2.5 PE 14.Pye, Vincent 1287 1356 1308 L6 L12 W18 D16 W13 L10 2.5 NS 15.Bernard, Gilbert 1834 1603 1785 W13 D1 L2 D4 L8 L6 2.0 NS 16.Maund, Chris 1394 1350 1383 L2 D13 L9 D14 W18 L11 2.0 NB 17.Legacy, Leo 1473 1344 1447 L1 W18 L7 L9 D12 L13 1.5 NB 18.Parker, Nathalie 0 1035 1047 L8 L17 L14 L13 L16 L12 0.0 NB
The Halifax Labour Day Open was held at the former "Technical University of Nova Scotia" (TUNS) which is now part of Dalhousie University. The spacious room located off Barrington Street in downtown Halifax proved to be a popular location with the participants. Many thanks are extended to Albert Ede for organizing this eight round swiss tournament held over a four day period.
In Round 7 action Robert Villeneuve, playing white, defeated Steve Saunders in a Nadjorf Sicilian Polugayevsky Variation, sacrificing a knight early on in a theoretical position after Steve slipped. Robert remarked "the game was won at home" as he had anticipated this opening and had done some research the night before. Antoni Wysocki, playing white, won an Exchange Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined after Tyler Reddy missed an opportunity to improve an attack, and then dropped a rook. Jason Kenney defeated Mike Guignard with a passed pawn on the seventh and opposite bishop with good ending technique.
In Round 8 action we saw a real crush on board one as Robert Villeneuve won a piece as black playing the Accelerated Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defence on move 24 from a messy position Alvah Mayo underestimated. While on board two Antoni Wysocki defeated Jason Kenney to share 1st prize with Robert Villeneuve. Mike Eldridge claimed third prize with a win over Albert Ede. Carlos Drummond and Bruce Fleury shared the U1900 prize. The U1700 prize went to Steve Karis and the U1500/unrated prize was shared by Prem Mahendranathan and Gary Ng.
There was an amusing draw in this round during which John Klapstein dropped a piece while launching an attack against Fred Phillips, then moved to reach a perpetual check by sacrificing his remaining two rooks.
The Prize Winners were as follows:
1st-2nd Rob Villeneuve and Antoni Wysocki 6.5
3rd Mike Eldridge 6.0
U1900 Carlos Drummond and Bruce Fleury
U1700 Steve Karis 4.5
U1500/unr P. Mahendranathan 4.0
Gary Ng
Here are a few games from this tournament.
Round "7"
White: Villeneuve, Robert Elo 2145
Black Saunders, Steve Elo 2059
Najdorf Sicilian Defence Result "1-0"
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 {the Polugayevsky Variation perhaps the sharpest line in the Najdorf Sicilian Defence } 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 ({The other main line begins} 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Nc6 Nxc6 14. Bxc6+ Bd7 15. fxg7 Qe5+ 16. Be4 Bxg7 17. Qe2 b4 18. Nd1 Bb5 {And with the initiative, space and two bishops black eventually won in 0-1 Gulati,J-Saunders /Atlantic Closed, Charlottetown PEI 1998}) 10... Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qg4 (12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh4 Bg7 14. Bxb5 O-O 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Rhe1 Bxg2 17. Bh6 Bxh6+ 18. Qxh6 Nxe5 19. Rg1 Bd5 20. Rg3 Rac8 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. c3 Rce8 23. Rdg1 {and black achieved a winning advantage but fell victim to a perpetual check in 1/2-1/2 Maillet, R-Saunders,S/NB Open 1998}) 12... Qxe5 13. Bd3 {This is one of the newer lines which Rob Villeneuve said he studied the night before.} 13... Bc5 {A dubious novelity that leads to a quick defeat.} ({Analysis by John Nunn in "The Complete Najdorf 6.Bg5..." and by Grigory Sanakoev (former World Correspondence Champion) and M. Chetverik shows black's best chances lie with} 13... h6 14. Bh4 g5 {.. . leading to some very tactical positions.}) 14. Nxe6! fxe6 15. Rhe1 h5 16. Bg6+ Kf8 17. Qh4 Qc7 18. Rf1+ Nf6 19. Bxf6 Kg8 20. Rd8+ Bf8 21. Rxf8+ 1-0
Round "8"
White: Alvah Mayo Elo 2066
Black: Robert Villeneuve Elo 2155
Sicilian Semi-Accelerated Dragon Result "0-1"
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.NxN dxN 10.QxQ RxQ 11.Bc5 b6 12.Bxe7 Re8 13.Nd5 Bxb2 14.O-O cxNd5 15.Bxd5 RxBe7 16.BxR BxR 17.RxB Bb7 18.BxB RxB 19.f3 Ne3 20.c3 Rc7 21.Rc1 Nc4 22.Rd1 Na3 23.Rc1 Nb5 24.c4 Na3 0-1
Round 3
White: Shea, Joseph Elo 1587
Black: Fleury, Bruce Elo 1793
Nimzo-Indian Result "1-0"
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 {Classical variation of the Nimzo-Indian} 5. Bg5 {Not the usual move but playable - the main line of this variation follows 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2} 5...h6 {Better was 5...dxc4} 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bd7 8. a3 Be7 {Black wants to keep his dark-squared bishop for some reason; however, 8...Bxc3 was the move to make - Black now loses a pawn} 9. cxd5 O-O {Not 9...exd5 10.Nxd5 followed by 11.Nxc7+} 10. Nf3 c6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. h4 {My plan was to carry out a kingside pawn storm with queenside castling - this was also to surprise my opponent} 12...Nd7 13. Bd3 g6 {This move further weakens Black's kingside - better would have been 13...Bg4 trying to relieve some pressure} 14. Ne4 {Forcing the queen to move but my objective in this was to hit the g5 square to open up the kingside} 14...Qg7 15. O-O-O {Now I castle long} 15...Rac8 16. Kb1 b5 {Better was 16...c5 opening up the c-file} 17. Rdg1 a5 18. g4 a4 19. h5 Bb3 20. Qe2 g5 21. Nfxg5!? {I decide to break open the position now} 21...Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. f4 {Black has a slight material advantage but can he stop White's advancing forces?} 23...Qe7 24. g5 Kh8 25. gxh6 f5 26. Rg7 Rf7 27. Rhg1 Rxg7? {Fatal - better was to withhold the exchange and move the Queen} 28. hxg7+ Kg8 29. Bxf5 {Better was 29.h6 but at the time I wanted to tie down Black's forces} 29...Rd8? {The move to make was 29...Be6} 30. h6 Nf6 {This move works just fine but the temporary White Queen sacrifice of 31.Qh5 is beautiful} 31. h7+ Nxh7 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qh5+ {I missed the mate in two of 33.g8=Q+ and 34.Qh5 mate but I saw a forced mate in the text move} 33...Kg8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Qxg8+ Kf6 37. Qg6# 1-0
"Annotated by Joseph Shea"
Round 4
White: Antoni Wysocki Elo
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. c5! dxc5 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 Qe5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. O-O! cxb4? 16. Qc2 f5?? 17. Qc6 Resigns 1-0
Round 4
White: Ray Cooke Elo 1634
Black: Tony Verma Elo 1965
Result "1-0"
e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. h5 g5 18. Rdg1 h6 19. Nd5 Kh7 20. Bb6 Nc7 21. Nxc7 Rxc7 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Kb1 Be7 24. Bg4 Bc6 25. Re1 Rf4 26. Bf5+ Kg7 27. Rh3 Qb6 28. Rhe3 Be8 29. Qe2 Rh4 30. Bg4 Bb5 31. Qd1 Rh2 32. Qf3 Rh4 33. Rh1 Rxh1+ 34. Qxh1 Bc6 35. Qf3 Bf6 36. Qf5 Be8 37. Qe6 Qc6 38. Rc3 Bf7 39. Rxc6 Bxe6 40. Rc7+ Resigns
Round "6"
White: Saunders, Steve Elo 2059
Black: Wysocki, Antoni Elo 2047
English Defence Result "1-0"
Annotated by Steve Saunders
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 {the English Defence} 3. Nc3 (3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 {is more favoured these days.}) 3... Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. d5 {as Antoni pointed out in the postmortem this move is plain bad!} (6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Bg5 fxe4 8. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxe4 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O 13... Qf4 {Sosonko-Keene Haifa Olympiad 1976}) 6... Qf6 ({Antoni saw ghosts in his analysis white does poorly after} 6... fxe4 {for example} 7. Bxe4 Qh4 8. Qd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nf6 10. Bf3 Ba6 11. Qe3+ Kf7 12. Qf4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 d6 16. Nh3 16... h6 {and black went on to win in Whiteley-Keene Cambridge 1976.}) 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bd6 10. f4 a5 ({Better was} 10... Bc5+ 11. Kh1 a5) 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Qb3 Na6 14. dxe6 ({we both thought 13...Na6 was a good move but white could have put the game away with} 14. d6 14... Nc6 (14... cxd6 15. Qxb7) 15. dxc7 {winning}) 14... Rab8 15. Qc2 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 dxe6 18. Rab1 Nf5 19. Nb5 Rbd8 (19... Rb6 {equalizing}) 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21. Qc6 Nb8 22. Qxc5 Nxb5 23. Qxb5 Qg6 24. Qxa5 Qc2 25. Qe1 Qxc4 26. Rdc1 Qb3 27. Qc3 Qb5 28. Qe3 Qd5 29. Nc3 (29. Rxc7 e5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. fxe5 {winning}) 29... Qd6 30. g3 Qb6 31. Qxb6 cxb6 32. Rd1 Nd7 ({A better try was} 32... Nc6) 33. Rd6 Kf7 34. Re1 Rfe8 35. Kf1 h6 36. Nb5 Nf6 37. Rxb6 Rd2 38. Nd6+ 1-0
Halifax Labour Day Open
NAME Old Perf New Results Total Prov 1.Villeneuve, Robert 2145 2208 2168 W14 W21 W18 W13 L2 D6 W4 W8 6.5 NS 2.Wysocki, Antoni 2047 2158 2117 W36 D15 W9 W11 W1 L4 W5 W7 6.5 NS 3.Eldridge, Michael 2021 1992 2031 W30 L13 W29 W31 D5 W11 D6 W15 6.0 NS 4.Saunders, Stephen 2059 2089 2072 D0 W28 D12 W7 W13 W2 L1 D6 5.5 NS 5.Reddy, Tyler 2069 2063 2072 D0 W27 W15 D6 D3 W19 L2 W18 5.5 NS 6.Davies, Cedric 2015 2046 2028 W20 D12 W19 D5 W23 D1 D3 D4 5.5 NS 7.Kenney, Jason 2008 1961 2007 D0 W34 W17 L4 W9 D8 W18 L2 5.0 NS 8.Mayo, Alvah 2066 1942 2028 D9 W23 L13 W17 W12 D7 W10 L1 5.0 NS 9.Drummond, Carlos 1740 1815 1784 D8 W40 L2 W34 L7 D16 W31 W22 5.0 NS 10.Fleury, Bruce 1793 1714 1787 W39 L18 L31 W38 W33 W25 L8 W19 5.0 NS 11.Gulati, Ashish 2081 1950 2050 D17 W22 W16 L2 W14 L3 W12 L0 4.5 PE 12.Phillips, Fred 1826 1946 1878 W32 D6 D4 W18 L8 W13 L11 D14 4.5 NS 13.Phillips, Gary 1779 1907 1843 W38 W3 W8 L1 L4 L12 W30 D16 4.5 NS 14.Klapstein, John 1747 1809 1770 L1 W33 D21 W29 L11 D20 W25 D12 4.5 NS 15.Ede, Albert 1860 1795 1849 W26 D2 L5 W32 L19 W17 W28 L3 4.5 NS 16.Bernard, Gilbert 1887 1757 1858 D0 W24 L11 L30 W35 D9 W20 D13 4.5 NS 17.Karis, Steve 1671 1711 1702 D11 W41 L7 L8 W34 L15 W35 W28 4.5 NS 18.Guignard, Michael 1985 1829 1944 W31 W10 L1 L12 W30 W27 L7 L5 4.0 NB 19.Uuetoa, Harold 1680 1797 1716 D0 W25 L6 W24 W15 L5 D22 L10 4.0 NS 20.Furrow, Matthew 1598 1731 1627 L6 W26 D0 D0 D0 D14 L16 W33 4.0 NS 21.Verma, Tony 1965 1686 1893 W33 L1 D14 L27 L25 W32 W24 D23 4.0 NB 22.Childs, Aaron 1637 1683 1663 D0 L11 W36 D0 W31 D0 D19 L9 4.0 NS 23.Poirier, David 1773 1677 1751 W37 L8 D30 W35 L6 L28 W34 D21 4.0 NS 24.Ng, Gary 0 1672 1686 D0 L16 W28 L19 D32 W33 L21 W30 4.0 NS 25.Mahendranathan, P. 0 1518 1532 D0 L19 D38 W41 W21 L10 L14 W35 4.0 NS 26.Diggins, Patrick 1437 1476 1449 L15 L20 L39 D0 W36 D0 W38 W31 4.0 NS 27.Cooke, Ray 1634 1783 1666 D0 L5 W40 W21 D0 L18 D0 L0 3.5 NS 28.Beals, George 1603 1602 1601 D0 L4 L24 W0 W29 W23 L15 L17 3.5 NS 29.Bezanson, Garnet 1374 1449 1385 D0 W0 L3 L14 L28 L35 W37 W38 3.5 NS 30.McGrath, Brian 1571 1671 1600 L3 W37 D23 W16 L18 D0 L13 L24 3.0 NS 31.Shea, Joseph 1587 1543 1576 L18 W39 W10 L3 L22 W38 L9 L26 3.0 NS 32.MacLean, John 1432 1519 1447 L12 D0 D0 L15 D24 L21 W39 D 34 3.0 NS 33.Gates, David 1567 1486 1547 L21 L14 W37 W39 L10 L24 W36 L20 3.0 NS 34.Kimber, David 1360 1437 1379 D0 L7 W41 L9 L17 W37 L23 D32 3.0 NS 35.Toth, Steve 1456 1405 1447 D0 D0 D0 L23 L16 W29 L17 L25 2.5 NS 36.MacPhee, Shawn 1326 1279 1312 L2 D0 L22 D37 L26 W40 L33 D0 2.5 NS 37.Maund, Chris 1383 1214 1342 L23 L30 L33 D36 W41 L34 L29 W40 2.5 NB 38.Livingstone, James 1343 1240 1297 L13 D0 D25 L10 W39 L31 L26 L29 2.0 NS 39.Weagle, Donald 0 1228 1242 L10 L31 W26 L33 L38 W41 L32 L0 2.0 NS 40.Usborne, Scott 0 1111 1121 D0 L9 L27 L0 D0 L36 W41 L37 2.0 NS 41.Morin-Ben Abdallah, J. 0 855 867 D0 L17 L34 L25 L37 L39 L40 W0 1.5 NS
Eldridge vs Brennan Match Finish Date: 1998/08/20 NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Eldridge, Michael 1985 2049 1995 1 1 0 2.0 2.Brennan, Jim 1916 1852 1910 0 0 1 1.0 Miletic vs LeBlanc Match Finish Date: 1998/05/21 NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Miletic, Damir 2123 2374 2163 1 1 1 1 4.0 2.LeBlanc, Gerard 1974 1723 1936 0 0 0 0 0.0 Paul vs MacLean Match Finish Date: 1998/05/21 NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Paul, Jarrod 1436 1620 1486 1 0 1 1 3.0 2.MacLean, John 1420 1297 1404 0 1 0 0 1.0 Eldridge vs Mayo Match Finish Date: 1998/08/20 NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Eldridge, Michael 1995 2089 2021 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 2.Mayo, Alvah 2089 1995 2066 0 0 0 1 1 1 3.0 Lomond vs Cosman Match Finish Date:1998/09/24 NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Lomond, Gerald 2080 2236 2118 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.0 2.Cosman, Tom 2103 1947 2065 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.0 Eldridge vs Ede Match Finish Date: 1998/09/23 NAME Old Perf New Results Total 1.Eldridge, Michael 2031 2049 2033 1 1 1 1 .5 0 4.5 2.Ede, Albert 1849 1831 1847 0 0 0 0 .5 1 1.5
NOVA SCOTIA OPENNovember 13-15, 1998 Location: Wandlyn Inn Hotel, Bridgewater, N.S. Format: Five Round Swiss Entry Fee: Adults $25; Juniors / Seniors / Over 2200 $10 Registration: Friday, November 13 at 6:00-7:00pm Time Control: 30 moves / 90 minutes followed by sudden death in one hour Schedule of Rounds: Fri. 7:00pm, Sat. 9:30am, Sat. 2:30pm, Sun. 9:00am, Sun. 2:30pm Prize Fund: Based on Entry Fees Received * For further info, please contact Steve Saunders (902) 624-9361 (home) or email: ssaunder@fox.nstn.ca
February 19 – 21, 1999 Format: Five Round Swiss. Open and U1700 sections. Entry Fee: Adults $25; Juniors / Seniors / Disabled $20, Free entry to new CFC members. Registration: Friday February 19 - 6:00pm – 6:30pm at the site. Location: Dalhousie University Student Union Building – Room 224, University Ave., Halifax N.S. Rounds: Friday 6:30pm; Saturday 10:00am / 4:00pm; Sunday 10:00am / 4:00pm Time Control: All rounds will be at 30 moves in 90 minutes followed by sudden death in one hour Prize Fund: Based on the number of entrants. * For further info, please contact Kim Tufts (902) 453-1624 or e-mail: nstn1286@fox.nstn.caBLUENOSE CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
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Answer to Chess Problems:
Problem #1. 1. Rd7 Bxd7 2. Bxh7+ Nxh7 (If …Kh8 3. Nxf7 mate) 3. Qxf7+ Kh8 4. Ng6 mate.
Problem #2. 1. Bxf7+ Kxf7 2. Ne6 Ne5 ( If …Kxe6 3. Qd5+ Kf6 4. Q f5 mate) 3. Nxd8 winning material.
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