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Issue # 13-20 – June 15, 2012

Is Chess “ Played Out “ ? In assessing the recent WCC match on CMA’s ChessTalk, we thought the following posts particularly interesting: May 31, 2012, 07:46 AM #1

Brad Thomson Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 83 Rep Power: 5

Re: WCC 2012: Assessment

Capablanca said chess was played out, but his statement was proven to be premature. Fischer said the same thing, and by then the writing was certainly on the wall. Today, chess IS played out. Not by humans perhaps, but by Houdini and other software programs. It was inevitable that chess would become played out, in essence, once software analyzed chess positions better than humans. And we have passed this threshold. Now, we have a situation where players remember and play as much Houdini as possible, and then seek to exchange, simplify and draw once they are out of their Houdini. They do this, of course, in case their oppenent is still in his Houdini, and might catch them in something as a result. Players do not want to risk thinking when they play chess. It is time for Fischerandom. Things will only continue to get progressively worse if chess persists with the original starting position. Change tends to come slowly, and so I do not expect this shift to take place immediately. But it must come sooner or later, so why prolong the necessary and inevitable?

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Re: Anand is new WC

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Bonham Very well put, Nicolas. The resistance to much needed change is what turns a WC match into a drawfest of the dullest proportions. I do believe that at some point, hopefully very near, the top level players themselves, tiring of the computer engine aspect to chess, will enact the change to chess960 (or FischerRandom). ...

This leads to a very interesting question. On the one hand I tend to agree with the camp that computers definitely help weaker players more than stronger ones and that therefore the best players should do better in a game with no opening preparation such as chess960. On the other hand, perhaps they would no longer be the best players since their ratings now are based in part on the quality of their opening preparation and intelligent use of computers. Perhaps someone outside of the top-10 might be the best at chess960, though I would be amazed if it were someone outside of the 2700 club.

What do you think has been the effect on traditional chess by computers in the last decade? What do you think of the suggestion that it is inevitable that FischerRandom Chess will popularly replace traditional classical chess? Send us your thoughts, we’ll publish them, and maybe we can start a discussion on the “ future of chess “! Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship This tournament of 50 top women players in the world took place in Georgia from May 31 to June3. The winner was former Women’s World Champion, Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria. Here is the final top crosstable: Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2518 8.5 61.5 74.5 27002 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2457 8.0 61.5 74.5 26723 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2589 8.0 60.5 74.5 26304 GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 2546 8.0 57.5 70.5 2639

5 GM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2598 7.5 59.5 70.5 25546 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2508 7.5 53.0 64.0 25637 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2547 7.0 53.0 65.5 2562

Women’s World Blitz Championship This swiss was played in Georgia on June 4 & 5. Here is the final standings at the top: Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Gunina Valentina RUS 2530 13.0 116.0 133.0 2804 2 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2442 10.5 113.0 129.5 2629 3 GM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2598 10.5 110.5 129.5 2612 4 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2457 10.0 113.0 131.5 2583 5 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2518 9.5 114.5 134.5 2559 6 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2547 9.5 112.5 132.0 2543 7 WGM Ding Yixin CHN 2353 9.5 93.0 105.0 2544 Autobiography of William Lombardy ( submitted by freelancer, Erik Malmsten ) American GM Lombardy has self-published Understanding Chess: My System, My Games, My Life available from www.gmlombardy.com.ar. Understanding Chess is a good title as he does have a great understanding of chess positions. He shares over 100 of his games with a mixture of pretty combos and strong strategic wins. Lombardy has the ability to assess that he has the better structure and knows which pieces to exchange – "There is no such thing as an even trade!" – to simplify to a winning endgame. Going through the games with a chess program really shows the strengths and limits of computers. The program would occasionally find stronger tactical moves, say +6 instead of +3, but would often assess a position as equal that Lombardy shows is clearly winning. He writes, "The efficient placement of pieces, not deep calculation, is the essence of successful play" and "analysis is over-rated. It is merely a thought assistant, not a thought creator." Lombardy shares interesting stories such as his childhood in the Bronx in the late 1940s where he played the Jewish old men in the park and joyously received his first chess book. A few years later he would be teaching this other little kid, Bobby Fischer, working on openings together and later be his second in Iceland. Lombardy and Fischer saw Canada's Geza Fuster taken off the train for lack of papers on their way home from the 1958 Interzonal. In the 1960s his time to study and play was limited by seminary school and his work as a Catholic Priest. Why he left the priesthood and later married wasn't discussed in the book. Chessmetrics ranks Lombardy as the 19th top player in the world in 1961, dropping to 53rd in 1978, but still getting wins over Korchnoi and Polugaevsky. He defeated Boris

Spassky on the way to winning the 1960 World Team Championship and the Board 1 Gold Medal with 93%.

Lombardy at right He finished second in the 1961 US Championship and won the US Open in 1963-65-75. He played board 2 at the 1958 Olympiad and scored at the top as a reserve on the teams in 1970 and '76. In the first Canadian Open, Montreal 1956, he tied for first with Larry Evans, regretting a short last-round draw. He won the World Junior, undefeated, in Toronto 1957 (He reveals that the Russian entrant, Smyslov's stepson, had fallen in love with a local sweetheart). In the 1966 Canadian Open in Kingston he tied for second again behind Evans and had a CFC rating of 2588! In the 1973 Montreal International he tied for second behind Duncan Suttles. Not mentioned in the book was his controversial loss there to Toronto junior Victor Dzera; he did mention his conflicts with American organizers and threatening to punch out an Icelandic player/spectator. The book includes games with Canadians Frank Anderson, Paul Vaitonis, Duncan Suttles, Geza Fuster, Theodore Popov, Mark Schulman and Eric Deskin (book says Ian Findlay but is really David Findlay of Scotland). I really like best games books as opposed to complete games, or tournament collections. Lombardy has been a chess teacher for decades and has taught these games to his students and in lectures at the Marshall Chess Club. Students need to learn "how properly to play and understand the facets of the game independently of high-sounding lectures and classes." Like learning a language, total immersion is the best way to learn chess. "Regular review of games, study and practice." One of his basic principles warns that "castling presents subtle dangers.... Not only should one not rush to castle, but should delay that passive maneuver for as long as good judgment relates that there are more urgent, if only slightly better, tasks to accomplish." Lombardy, William - Saidy, Anthony US Championship, New York 1960 [E71] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 h6 9.Be3 exd5 10.exd5 Bf5

11.g4 Be4 12.Be2 Nbd7

Position after 12…Nbd7

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13.Rg1 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 a6 15.Be2 Qa5 16.Kf1 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.Qc2 Qb4 19.Bd2 Qb6 20.h4

Kg8 21.g5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Nh7 23.Rg3 Qd8 24.Kg2 Nhf8 25.Rh1 Bd4 26.Ne4 Qe7 27.Bd3 Bg7

28.Rgh3 Ne5 29.Bc3 f5 30.gxf6 Bxf6 31.f4 Ng4 32.Rg3 Bxc3 33.Qxc3 Qd7 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Rh7+

Nxh7 36.Qxh7+ Kf8 37.Qxd7 Re7 38.Qxg4 1-0

FIDE Presidential Race – 2014 ( from Susan Polgar Blog ) Garry Kasparov

has confirmed to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that he is firmly committed to push FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov out of office. He said he is likely running himself for

Presidency at the next FIDE elections held in Tromsö, Norway, in August 2014, or otherwise, that he will support another candidate. He cites as his main motive the damage done to chess by Ilyumzhinov´s visits to dictators Saddam Hussein, Muammar al Gaddafi and, most recently in late April, to Bashar al Assad. Having supported Bessel Kok in 2006 and, more strongly, Anatoly Karpov in 2010, Kasparov claims to have learned and is already working hard on a long-term campaign. He considers his worldwide efforts to bring chess into schools as a major part of his strategy and as a lead for FIDE to not just focus on chess as a sport but also to establish chess in the education system Chess and the Straight and Narrow There is a saying that you can’t get lost on the straight and narrow. How does that apply to chess? Take a look:

( thanks to Dinesh Dattani for sending this on to us ) Chess in the Library Festival ( press release submitted by founder, and former SCC junior, WIM Yuanling Yuan ) Chess in the Library’s 3rd Annual Chess Festival Press Release Contact: Yuanling Yuan, 416-273-1255; info@chessinthelibrary.com STUDENT-RUN CHESS PROGRAM IN CANADIAN LIBRARIES HOSTS 3rd ANNUAL FESTIVAL Chess in the Library’s THIRD ANNUAL CHESS FESTIVAL will take place on Saturday, June 30th, 2012 from 11:00am to 4:30pm, in the auditorium of the North York Central Library (5120 Yonge Street), to celebrate the organization’s 3 year anniversary.

CITL, run by student volunteers, is an organization that promotes chess by running weekly chess programs in libraries across Canada and even one in the States. The organization was founded in June 2009 by Canada’s number one ranked women chess player—WIM (Woman International Master) Yuanling Yuan, at the age of 16. Over the three years the organization has been running, 31 public libraries have joined the network, 15 of which are in Toronto, including the initial branches Brookbanks, Fairview, Maria A. Shchuka, and Deer Park. Nationwide branches exist in Barrie, Ottawa, Calgary, Newmarket and Victoria as well as an international branch in Washington, D.C. The program is expected to spread to even more locations in the next few months. The festival comprises of a team tournament, a puzzle competition, activities with a giant chess set, as well as a chess simul where Candidate Master Mike Ivanov will simultaneously play 20 players. The best players from each participating CITL library in Toronto and surrounding regions (Newmarket, Barrie, Ottawa, London, Vaughan) will be invited to the exclusive main event – a free tournament (a rare occurrence in Canadian chess). 3 sections of tournament play will be in place: Grade 3 & Under, Grade 6 & Under and Open (for students Grade 12 and Under). Each section will be awarded individual and team trophies, medallions, and chess books, as well as a huge annual trophy for the top team in the Open section. Also present will be Founder and President Yuanling Yuan, Vice-President Gal Gross, Treasurer Aaron Zhang, Director of Communications Vivek Chachcha, and Scarborough Regional Director Kevin Wu, as well as many of the dozens of branch leaders and volunteers that make the program possible. Awards will be given out as well for the organization’s Volunteer of the Year, who will be voted for on-site among several nominees. This is the third installation of the yearly festival. Last two year’s event was highly successful, with over 100 participants attending for a day of chess festivities. Even more participants are expected this year with the expansion of the program and opening of new libraries! For more information on the Chess in the Library organization, please visit our official website at www.chessinthelibrary.com or contact Yuanling Yuan at info@chessinthelibrary.com. Toronto Closed This 10-player round robin was played at the Annex Chess Club from March to June, on consecutive Mondays. IM Artiom Samsonkin won clear first. There was a three-way tie for second: FM Victor Plotkin, junior Master Michael Song ( undefeated; drew with Plotkin in the last round – SCC Junior – Congratulations Michael!! ), and FM Michael Kleinman. English GM Nigel Short – Lecture and Simul in Toronto on June 18

( from Annex CC Website ) Annex Chess Club is proud to present a chess lecture and simultaneous exhibition by English GM Nigel Short.

This January, Nigel won a very strong Tradewise Gibraltar Masters tournament, spoiling an otherwise fantastic tournament for Hou Yifan, who lost to him in a rapid tiebreak playoff.

In April, he won the 12th Bangkok Chess Club Open with 8/9, after which he re-joined the prestigious 2700+ club.

From May 11 to 12, he was in Moscow providing live commentary for the first two rounds of the World Championship match. (See this recent interview for some of his impressions of the match.)

And June 18, on his way to the 7th Edmonton Chess Festival, he is stopping in at Annex Chess Club.

Rick’s Chess Trivia ( questions/presentations researched by columnist Rick Garel,

former SCC Executive, former SCC member, Orillia CC President ) Last Issue’s Chess Trivia was the Question ( submitted by former CFC President & FIDE Representative, and former SCC member, Phil Haley ): . What was the shortest tournament game that ended in stalemate ? Answer : Mario Sibilio vs Sergio Mariotti...Ravenna, Italy, 1982...27 moves Bragging Rights Winner : We had no winner – Phil stumped the world!!

Today’s Trivia Question is:

Two famous chess players from the 1800's were also music critics. Who were they? You can use any resource available to answer the question ! Just find it fast and send it in as fast as you can, by e-mail, to Rick: rickgarel@gmail.com

The first correct e-mail received wins, and gets bragging rights. Also, we will publish the honoured winner’s name in the next newsletter, along with a few details they provide as to their chess experience ( if they wish ), along with the researched answer. Thanks for playing !! Chess History is fun !! Also write Rick if you have any chess trivia questions or presentations you’d like him to consider for his column. We will give credit to the author if we use your suggestion. 2011-2 SCC Club Championship

The SCC Championship is played in three sections : Championship Round Robin; Reserves -1400+ ( with accelerated pairings since it is the larger swiss ) and Reserves - U 1400 ( 1300’s have the right to play up ).The Championship started Thursday, March 22 and runs to May 17.

The Championship Section is a 10-player round robin of the 9 highest rated club members registering, plus the winner of the prior year’s Open Reserves Section ( or the next place finisher in case the winner qualifies by rating or is not playing ). Unfortunately, Master Josh Guo ( 2324 ), last year’s champion, is not returning to defend his title.

Here are the 9 players by rating in the first 9 of 10 spots, and the possible replacements if someone had dropped out ( ratings as of CFC 12/3/21 rating update ):

1. Dave Southam ( 2222 ); 2. Andrew Picana ( 2044 ); 3. Junior Tony Lin ( 2042 – last year’s Reserves winner, but now qualifying by

rating; 4. Ilyas Nasirov ( 2024 ); 5. Dave Krupka ( 2009 ); - subsequent Reserves Qualifier, but now qualifying by

rating. 6. Junior Juliaan Posaratnanathan ( 1944 ); - subsequent Reserves Qualifier, now

qualifying by rating; 7. Junior Joe Bellissimo ( 1916 ); subsequent Reserves Qualifier, now qualifying by

rating; 8. Junior Lin Song ( 1901 – subsequent Reserves Qualifier, but now qualifying by

rating ; 9. Jim Paterson ( 1822 ) 10. Reserves Qualifier ?

1st Replacement – Junior Eric Wang ( 1789 )

2nd Replacement – Junior Yinshi Li ( 1777 ) 3rd Replacement – Scott Huston ( 1758 )

It was a little tricky determining the 10th entry, who is the prior year’s Open Reserve winner ( or replacement on a trickle down method ). Here were the 2011-2 Reserves placings ( those qualifying to # 17 in bold ): SCC Championship 2010-2011: Reserves (1700+) – Standings ( with tie-break ) Name Tony (juntao) Lin Alex T Ferreira Joshua Sherman Kevin Wu David Krupka Lin (xin) Song Sam Sharpe Juliaan Posaratnanathan Mario Moran-Venegas Daniel Wiebe Greg Stavropoulos Stanley Su Arkadiy Ugodnikov Dean Ward Joseph Bellissimo Haqi Al Ganabi Robert J Armstrong Abdolreza Radpey Doug Gillis Lui Morra Jim Paterson Kevin Gaffney Scott Huston Peter Xie Silvano Mesiti John Zhang Ferdinand Cale Stephen [si Yu] Bao William Rutherdale Robert Bzikot Martin Maister Jack Triefeldt Joe Bellomo Of the top 10 placers, 4 already qualified by rating, and 5 were ineligible for failing to meet the activity rule. One declined to play. Thus, going into the playing hall

for Rd. 1, the 10th player was still unknown. Steve Karpik, pairings administrator, had determined who was eligible from # 11 – 16 - one already qualified by rating, 2 were ineligible, 2 declined to play, and one didn’t show for Rd. 1. That left…guess who? Yup, your intrepid editor, Bob Armstrong, who was # 17! …and rated only 1683! But always being up for a challenge, I accepted this suicide mission! It demonstrates the worthwhileness of playing in the 1400+ Reserves, since the qualifier may be found well beyond the top finishers, depending, next year, on who has raised their rating, who is playing, who will commit to the 9-round round robin, etc.

The average rating of this section then, at the start of the tournament, was 1961. This is a substantially weaker championship than last year where the average rating was 2157 and boasted 5 masters.

52 members registered for the Reserves – 1400+. It was headed by 2 experts – Mikhail Egerov; Wajdy Shebetah. There were 7 1300’s who decided to play up in this section.

35 members registered for the Reserves - U 1400. It is interesting to note that the mid-point for the club in this championship is in

the 1400’s. The total registrants is 97, somewhat less than three of our first four tournaments of the season ( in two we broke 100 players, and one got 99 players! ). The winners after the full 9 rounds, are: Championship Section – 1st - 8 pts.( undefeated ) – Expert Andrew Picana ( presented with the trophy on Thursday, June 14 at SCC )

2nd – 6.5 pts. - junior expert Tony Lin ( 1 game in hand – June 28); 3rd - 5.5 pts. – Master Dave Southam

Reserves -1400+ - 1st – 7.5 pts. ( undefeated ) - Expert Mikhail Egorov ( trophy also presented on June 14 );

2nd – 7 pts. – junior Daniel Zotkin;

3rd – 7 pts. - Daniel Wiebe Reserves U 1400 – 1st – 8.5 pts. ( undefeated ) Hamid Azizi;

2nd – 6.5 pts. - junior Yanning Wang; 3rd/ 5th – 5.5 pts. – Bruce Magee; junior Varun Sekar;

junior Thomas Guo.

Games are collected each week (the white score sheet is handed in; the player gets the yellow carbon ) – this is mandatory on all members. But no games of this tournament are to be sent out to members in database format, nor published, until the full tournament has concluded ( this is the SCC policy concerning score sheets, the games database, and the newsletter. If anyone is interested in getting a copy of this policy, just e-mail me at bobarm@sympatico.ca .)

The SCC games database is administered for the club by the SCC Games Database Committee, a volunteer member committee composed, currently, of Ken Kurkowski, Martin Maister, Dinesh Dattani and I ( Bob Armstrong ). Ken and I are “ enterer/annotator’s “. We enter the SCC games each week into the tournament database; also, I analyze or partly analyze a substantial number of the games, and, from time to time, Ken also analyzes a few games for the newsletter and/or the database. Martin and Dinesh are “ annotators “. They each annotate one game per week for the database/newsletter.

As was said, the tournament database will now be sent out to members since the tournament is concluded – in the next week ( it does not contain the games we will be publishing in our coverage of the tournament in the newsletter – these are the best games, and they have been held back for the newsletter ).

Here are, in my opinion, the most interesting ( not necessarily the best ) games from Rd. 2: Championship Section

( Introduction by Martin Maister ) Pepin Manalo and David Krupka

David is at end behind table

played a nice game. Until move 17, the position remained about equal. It is unfortunate that one move really lost the game, White’s 17.b3. After move 17, Pepin played well, but the position itself could not be salvaged. Even when David did not find the official “computer generated forced win” he still played good moves. To realize that 17.b3 loses, really requires computer calculation accuracy. This shows how hard the game can be. Well done to you both for a well played game. Here is the game ( Annotations by Martin Maister, using Fritz ): Manalo, Pepin (1857) − Krupka, David (2009) [B15] SCC Championship Toronto (2), 29.03.2012

599MB, Fritz11.ctg, My Computer 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Nf3 The databases give the two main moves as 6.c3 and 6.Bc4. Fritz chose 6.Nf3. (Evidently both

Pepin and Fritz know better!) 6...Bd6 7.Be3 0-0 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Qd2 a5 10.0-0-0= [10.0-0²

Interesting, Fritz chooses castling King side. Maybe the king is more vulnerable than we realize

on the Queen side. ] 10...Be6 11.c4³ Based on the Fritz choice on move 10, the White King is

more exposed than we realize. Yes, 11.c4 does grip the centre. It also removes the King's shield.

At the correct moment Black can play ..b5 exposing the King more. [11.a3=] 11...Nd7= White

played c4, so Black could then play ..Na6 aiming at b4. [11...Na6 12.c5 Bc7 13.a3 (13.b3 Nb4-+) 13...a4 14.Bc2 (14.Qc3 Ba5∓) 14...Qd5³; 11...Na6 12.a3 b5 13.c5 Bc7∓; 11...Na6 12.a3 b5 if

13.cxb5 cxb5 14.Bxb5 (14.d5 Bd7∓) 14...Rc8+ 15.Kb1 Bb4 16.axb4 (16.Qe2 Qd5-+) 16...Qd5

17.b3 Bf5+ 18.Kb2 Qxb5-+ (Fritz suggestions for Black from move 11 onwards!)] 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.h3 b5= [13...a4 14.a3 Qd7³] 14.c5³ Apparently 13..a4 is better for Black than 13..b5. The

reason is because of 13..b5 14.d5! White must calculate correctly though. [14.d5! cxd5 (14...Bd7 15.dxc6 Bxc6 16.c5 Qb8 17.cxd6+−) 15.c5 (15.cxd5 Rc8-+) 15...Nd7 (15...Be7 16.Bxb5±) 16.c6

(16.cxd6 Rc8-+) 16...Ne5 17.Bxb5 Nxf3 18.gxf3=; 14.d5 bxc4 15.dxe6 cxd3 16.exf7+ Kxf7

17.Qxd3+−] 14...Be7 15.Be4 Bd5 16.Bxd5 Qxd5 (Fritz played the same moves 15 and 16 for

each side!) 17.b3-+ (Unfortunately the losing move) [17.Qb3 Rad8 (17...Qxb3 18.axb3= Bad

pawn structure but saves the King.) 18.Qxd5 (18.Bd2 a4³) 18...Rxd5 (18...cxd5 19.Kc2±) 19.Bd2³] 17...Ne6 18.Rhe1 Qd7∓ [18...f5-+ This is unusual, but the Black Queen was safe in the

middle of a full board. Black could have left it there to help the attack.] 19.Qf5 g6 20.Qe4 Nc7 21.Qd3 b4 22.Qc4 Nd5 23.Rd3 a4 24.Kd2 Bf8 25.Rc1 Qe7 26.g3 Qe4 27.Nh2 [27.Ng1 slightly

better, aiming the e2 square] 27...Qg2 28.Nf1 f5 David is already winning, but Fritz found a win

with 28..axb. [28...axb3 29.axb3 Rxe3!! 30.Rxe3 (30.Nxe3 Qxf2+ 31.Kd1 Bh6-+) 30...Qxf2+

31.Kd3 (31.Kd1 Nxe3+ 32.Nxe3 Qxe3-+; 31.Qe2 Ra2+ 32.Rc2 Rxc2+ 33.Kxc2 Nxe3+-+; 31.Re2 Bh6+-+) 31...Nxe3 32.Nxe3 Bh6-+; 28...axb3 29.Rxb3 (White's best resistance) 29...Rxa2+

30.Rc2 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 Qxf2+ 32.Qe2 (32.Re2 Bh6+-+) 32...Qxe2+ 33.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 34.Kxe2

Rxc2+-+] 29.Re1 f4 30.gxf4 Nxf4 again, ..axb is the fast win. [30...axb3 31.Rxb3 (31.axb3 Ra2+

32.Kd1 (32.Kc1 Nxe3-+) 32...Qf3+ 33.Kc1 Nxe3-+) 31...Rxa2+ 32.Kc1 (32.Kd3 Qe4#) 32...Bh6-+]

31.Kd1 Qf3+ 32.Kc2 Nxd3 33.Qxd3 axb3+ 34.Qxb3 Ra3 35.Qxb4 Rxa2+ 36.Kb3 Qd5+ 37.Kc3 The game record ends here due to time trouble. I do not know what was were played. I do give

the win that Fritz found for Black. 37...Rea8 38.Nd2 [38.Bc1 R8a4] 38...R8a3+ 39.Nb3 Ra4 0-1

Junior Joe Bellissimo

plays simple against Jim Paterson – goes up a P, holds it right ‘til almost the end, and then wins the ending. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Bellissimo, Joseph (1916) − Paterson, Jim (1822) [C42] Scarborough CC Championship( Champ. ) Toronto (2), 29.03.2012

1.e4² 0.38 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted. 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 Petroff Defence 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Qe7?+− loses

the N; Joe gets an early " winning " advantage [5...Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7²] 6.Be2?!± Joe misses

winning the N [6.Nd5 Qd7 7.Qe2 f5 8.d3 c6 9.Nf4 d5 10.Ng5 Qd6 11.dxe4 fxe4+−] 6...Nc6 7.0-0 Nxc3 8.dxc3 Be6 9.Bb5 0-0-0 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Nd4 d5?!+− [12...Bd5 13.Qd3 c5±]

13.Qe2 Kb7 14.Nxe6?!± [14.b4 h5 15.Rb1 Bd6+−] 14...Re8 15.Qg4 Rxe6 16.Be3 c5 17.Rad1 Rd6?!+− [17...h5 18.Qf3 c6±] 18.Qf3?!± [18.Qh5?! c6 19.c4 d4±; 18.Qh4 Be7 19.Qh5 g6+−]

18...c6 19.Bxc5 Joe goes up a P 19...Rf6 20.Qe3 Bxc5?!+− [20...Re6 21.Qd4 Bxc5 22.Qxc5

Rhe8±] 21.Qxc5 Re8 22.Qb4+ Ka8 23.c4 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Re6 25.Qd2 d4 26.c3?!± [26.h3 c5

27.b4 Rb6+−] 26...c5?!+− [26...d3 27.Kf1 Re2±] 27.cxd4 cxd4 28.h3 Rd6 29.c5 Rd5 30.Qb4 Qc6 31.Rxd4 Qxc5 32.Qxc5 Rxc5 33.Rd8+ Kb7 34.Rd7+ Rc7 3.07 [34...Kb6 35.Rxf7 Rc1+

36.Kh2 Rc2+− 2.82] 35.Rxc7+ Kxc7 36.Kf1 Kc6 37.Ke2 Kc5 38.Kd3 a5 39.Kc3 f5 40.b3 g5?-+ 9.53 [40...Kb5 41.h4 g6+− 5.48] 41.a3 h5 10.41 [41...Kd5 42.b4 axb4+ 43.axb4 Kc6+− 10.42;

41...h6 42.b4+ axb4+ 43.axb4+ Kc6+− 10.31] 42.b4+ 42...axb4+ 43.axb4+ Kd5 44.Kd3 h4 12.63 [44...f4 45.f3 Ke5+− 12.49] 45.b5 45...g4?+− 14.04 [45...Ke5 46.Kc4 Kd6+− 12.63] 46.b6 Kc6 47.Ke3 Kxb6 material equality 48.Kf4 gxh3 49.gxh3 1-0

Reserves 1400+ Arkadiy Ugodnikov saw what seemed like a good idea, but he was missing something, which Pino Verde

pointed out to him, and went on to win. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Verde, Pino (1568) − Ugodnikov, Arkadiy (1830) [C54] Scarborough CC Championship ( 1400+ ) Toronto (2), 29.03.2012

1.e4² 0.34 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage for W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted. 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4?!= [3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5²] 3...Bc5 4.c3 [4.d3 Nf6

5.Nc3 h6=] 4...Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.a4 a5 7.Qb3 0-0 8.0-0 Rb8 9.Ng5?!³ [9.h3 Nd7 10.Na3 Nb6=]

9...Qe7 10.Be3 h6?!= [10...Bxe3 11.fxe3 Nd8³] 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Nh4

XABCDEFGHY 8-tr-+-trk+( 7+pzp-wqpzp-' 6-+nzp-sn-zp& 5zp-vl-zp-+-% 4P+L+P+lsN$ 3+QzPPvL-+-# 2-zP-+-zPPzP" 1tRN+-+RmK-! xabcdefghy Nxe4??+− Arkadiy thinks he sees something, and gets fancy; missing the pin, and losing the

exchange and the N; Pino gets a " winning " advantage [12...Kh8 13.Nd2 Nd7=] 13.Ng6 Qf6 14.Nxf8 Kxf8?+− 5.21 [14...Ng5 15.Bxc5 (15.h4?! Nf3+ 16.gxf3 Bh3 17.Nd2 Rxf8 18.Kh2 Bxf1 19.Nxf1 Bxe3 20.fxe3 e4±) 15...dxc5+− 1.75] 15.dxe4 Pino is up R vs P 15...b6 16.Nd2 Ne7 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.f3 Bd7 19.Rad1 Ng6 20.Nb1 Bc6 21.Bb5 Bxb5 22.Qxb5 Nf4 23.Rd2 Qg5 24.Qd7 Ne6 25.Qd3 Re8 26.Re1 Nf4 27.Qe3 Qg6 28.Kh1 Kg8?+− 6.32 [28...Qc6 29.g3 Ne6

30.Na3 Qxa4+− 5.26] 29.g3 Ne6 30.Rg2 Rd8 31.Nd2 f6 32.f4 Qe8 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Nc4 Ng5

35.b3 Qe6 36.Rf1 Nh7 37.Rgf2 Nf6 38.Rxf6! nice exchange sac 38...gxf6 39.Qxh6 PIno is up

an N 39...Rf8??+− 17.87 [39...Kf7 40.Qh7+ Ke8 41.Qxc7 Rd7+− 9.16] 40.Qg6+ Kh8 41.Rf5+− Arkadiy resigned. He must sack his Q to stop mate 1-0

( Annotations below by Martin Maister )

Egorov, Mikhail (2087) − Maister, Martin (1729) Scarborough CC Championship ( 1400+ ) Toronto (2), 29.03.2012

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.0-0 b6 6.dxc5 bxc5 7.e4 0-0= 8.e5 Ng4 9.Be4 Nc6 10.Bf4 Rb8 11.Bxc6 dxc6 12.Qc1 Ba6 13.c4= [13.Rd1 Qc8 14.h3 Be2 15.hxg4 Bxd1 16.Qxd1

Rxb2 17.Qc1²] 13...Rb4 14.b3² f6 15.Rd1 Qc8

XABCDEFGHY 8-+q+-trk+( 7zp-+-zp-vlp' 6l+p+-zpp+& 5+-zp-zP-+-% 4-trP+-vLn+$ 3+P+-+N+-# 2P+-+-zPPzP" 1tRNwQR+-mK-! xabcdefghy 16.Bd2 fxe5 17.Bxb4 cxb4 18.Nbd2² Qf5± I had to play 18..c5 to activate the Bishop. [18...c5

19.h3 (19.Qc2 (control e4) 19...Bb7!²) 19...Nxf2 20.Kxf2 Bb7 21.Kg1 (21.Rb1 e4-+) 21...e4

22.Nh2 (22.Rb1 exf3-+) 22...Bd4+ 23.Kh1 e3∓] 19.Qb1 Qh5 20.h3 Nh6 21.Qe4 Bc8 22.Nh2 Rf4 23.Qxc6 Bxh3 24.gxh3 Qxh3 25.Qa8+ Rf8 26.Qg2 Qh5 27.Ne4 Nf5 28.Ng3 Nxg3 29.fxg3 e4 30.Rd5 g5 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Nxf1 Qg6 33.Qd2 e6 34.Rxg5 Qf6 35.Rg4 h5 36.Rxe4 Qf5 37.Rf4 Qc5+ 38.Qf2 Qd6 39.Nd2 [39.Qxa7] 39...e5 40.Rf5 Bh6 41.Ne4 [41.Rf6] 41...Qd1+ 42.Kg2 Qc1 43.Rf6 Mikhail is winning anyway, but Fritz found a forced win commencing with 43.Nf6+

[43.Nf6+ Kh8 a) 43...Kg7 44.Qxa7+; b) 43...Kf7 44.Qxa7+; c) 43...Kf8 44.Qc5+ Kf7 (44...Kg7 45.Qe7+) 45.Qxa7+; 44.Qxa7 Qc2+ 45.Rf2] 43...Qb1 44.Rg6+ Fritz finds another forced win.

[44.Ng5 Kh8 (44...Qa1 45.Rg6+) 45.Rf8+ Kg7 46.Qf7#] 44...Bg7 45.Qe2 Fritz finds another

forced win! [45.Qf5 Qxa2+ 46.Kh3 Qb2 47.Ng5 Qc3 48.Qc8#; 45.Qf5 Qxa2+ 46.Kh3 Qb1

47.Qe6+ Kf8 (47...Kh8 48.Qe8+ Kh7 49.Ng5#) 48.Qc8+ Kf7 49.Qd7+ Kxg6 50.Qe6+ Kh7

(50...Bf6 51.Qxf6+ Kh7 52.Ng5+ Kg8 53.Qf7+) 51.Ng5+ Kh8 52.Qe8+] 45...h4 46.gxh4 [46.Qg4!]

46...Kf7 47.h5 Qc1 48.Qf2+ Kg8 49.h6 1-0

Here is a nice attack by junior Kevin Yie

against junior girl Sobiga Vyravanathan. Yie, Kevin (1678) − Vyravanathan, Sobiga (1535) [A46] SCC Championship Reserves 1400+ Toronto (2), 29.03.2012

599MB, Fritz11.ctg, My Computer 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.Be2 d6 6.Nbd2 Nh5 7.Bg3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 Bd7 9.Rc1 Bf6 10.c3 Qb8 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Kf1 Qd8 13.Bd3 f5 14.Ned2 Bf6 15.Be2 Qe7 16.Ne1 g6 17.Nd3 Rg8 18.Kg1 b6 19.Nf4 d5 20.Nf3 Kd8 21.Bb5 Na5 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Nd3 Nc4 24.b3 Nd6 25.Nfe5 Bxe5 26.Nxe5 Qg7 27.c4 Ne4 28.cxd5 exd5 29.Qc2 g5 30.Qc6 Rc8 31.Qxd5+ Nd6 32.Nc6+ Ke8 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.Rh6 Re8 35.Rf6+ Nf7 36.Qxf5 Rh8 37.Ne5 Re7 38.Nxf7 Rxf7 39.Qc8+ Ke7 40.Re6# 1-0

Reserves U 1400

( introduction by Dinesh Dattani ) In round 2, in the U1400 section, Richard Feng draws against his much higher-rated opponent, Ari Mendrinos. To be fair, Ari was winning until he blundered his Bishop in the middle game. Both players played aggressively, and both missed winning chances. Feng, Richard (1022) − Mendrinos, Ari (1298) [B12] SCC Championship Reserves U1400 Toronto (2), 29.03.2012

599MB, Fritz11.ctg, My Computer B12: Caro−Kann: Advance Variation B12: Caro−Kann:

Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.0-0 Ng6 last book move. last

book move 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 [8.Ne1 Nf8²] 8...0-0 [8...h5 9.h3²] 9.Qd2 Black has a cramped

position [9.Ne1!? Nh8 10.Qd2±] 9...Nd7 10.Rad1 [10.Ne1 c5 11.g4 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxg4 13.Bxg4

Ndxe5=] 10...f6 DDD: Usually would be considered a castle−weakening move, but in this closed

game, with the a2−g8 diagonal closed, is acceptable. It has the positive effect of undermining

white's center pawns. 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qc7 14.Ng5 Qd7 [14...Ng4 15.g3

Qd7 16.f3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3³] 15.h3 Covers g4 [15.f4 Rae8=] 15...Rae8 [15...e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5

17.Qd4³] 16.Rde1 [16.Ne2 Nh5 17.b3 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 e5∓] 16...Bd6 [16...e5!? should be

investigated more closely 17.dxe5 Nxe5³] 17.f4= Nh5 18.f5?? DDD: Richard gives up a pawn for

no good reason. As Fritz suggests, Ne2 would have defended the P on f4. Fritz: gives the

opponent new chances [¹18.Ne2= would hold out] 18...exf5-+ 19.Nf3 DDD: Richard wastes a

move. There is no need to retreat the N from a good square. Better to let Ari play h6 to get rid of it

− then Richard would have weakened Ari's castled position. [19.Ne2 Nf6-+] 19...Ng3 20.Rf2 Ne4 21.Rfe2 [21.Rff1 Rf6-+] 21...Nxc3 DDD: Ari makes a mistake − the N had a good outpost on e4,

why move it? If Richard plays Nxe4, then fxe4 creates a passed P for Ari. [21...Bf4!? seems even

better 22.h4-+; 21...Bf4!? might be the shorter path 22.Nd1 b5 23.a4 bxa4 24.c4-+] 22.bxc3 [22.Qxc3 h6-+; ¹22.Qxc3 h6 23.Qb3-+] 22...Nf4?? releasing the pressure on the opponent

[¹22...Bg3 makes it even easier for Black 23.Rb1 h6-+; ¹22...Bg3 and the result of the game is

clear: Black will win 23.Rb1-+] 23.Bxf4∓ Rxe2 [Instead of 23...Bxf4 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Rxe8+

Qxe8 26.Qxf5³] 24.Rxe2 Bxf4 25.c4 dxc4 [25...g6 26.cxd5 Qxd5 27.a4∓] 26.Qxc4+ Qd5 DDD:

Ari understandably wants to exchange pieces, since he is a P up. But the exchange is not good

for him − if Richard takes up the offer, then Ari would end up with an isolated P on d5. 27.Qa4 [27.Qxd5+ cxd5 28.Re7 b6 29.Rxa7 Rc8³] 27...a6 28.Re7 Rb8 [28...g5 29.Qb3 (29.Rxb7 g4 30.Ne1 Qe4 31.Qc4+ Kh8-+) 29...Qxb3 30.axb3∓] 29.c4 [29.Qb3 Qxb3 30.axb3 Bg3³] 29...Qd6∓ 30.Re2 h6 31.d5? [¹31.Qb3!? Qd7 32.c5+ Kh7 33.Kf2∓] 31...Rd8 [31...Bg3 32.dxc6 bxc6

33.Qc2-+]

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32.c5? DDD: Richard attacks the Q and also has a discovered attack on the Bf4! Ari is in trouble

− if his Q leaves the diagonal, or captures one of the P's, then the Bf4 will be lost. If he moves the

Q to say, Qb8, then d6! − Richard has a protected passed P, every chess player's dream. But as

often happens, Richard did not see Qxc5+! as Fritz points out. [¹32.Kh1 Bg3 33.Qb3 cxd5

34.Rd2-+] 32...Qxd5?? DDD: Ari misses the Fritz suggestion Qxc5+! [¹32...Qxc5+ and Black

can celebrate victory 33.Kf1 Bg3 34.dxc6 bxc6-+] 33.Qxf4± Qxc5+ 34.Kh2 Qd6 35.Re5 g6? [¹35...Rf8±] 36.Qxh6+− Re8 37.Qe3 [37.Qf4 keeps an even firmer grip 37...Rxe5 38.Qxe5

Qxe5+ 39.Nxe5 g5+−] 37...Rxe5 38.Nxe5 [¹38.Qxe5!? Qxe5+ 39.Nxe5 g5+−] 38...Kg7 39.g3 [39.Kg1 b5+−] 39...Kf6? DDD: Ari should be thinking of the protected passed P on c6 − with c5,

etc. [39...Qe6!? is worth consideration 40.g4 Qxa2+ 41.Kg3 Qe6²] 40.Nc4 [40.Nd3 Qd5 41.Qe2

Kf7+−] 40...Qe6 41.Qc3+ Ke7 42.Qg7+ [¹42.Kg1+−] 42...Qf7?? causes further problems for ?

[42...Kd8!? 43.Qd4+ Kc8 44.Qh8+ Kd7 45.Nb6+ Kc7 46.Na8+ Kd6 47.Qd8+ Ke5±] 43.Qe5+ DDD: Richard misses the Fritz suggestion, with Qxf7, and forking the K and b7 with Nd6!, winning

an important P. [¹43.Qxf7+ ends the debate 43...Kxf7 44.Nd6+ Ke6 45.Nxb7+−] 43...Qe6 44.Qg7+ [¹44.Kg1+−] 44...Qf7?? another step towards the grave [¹44...Ke8 45.Qh8+ Kf7

46.Ne5+ Ke7 47.Qg7+ Kd6 48.Nf7+ Kd5±] 45.Qe5+ Qe6 DDD: Richard is slightly ahead in

material, but Ari has a passed, connected c6 P. Drawn by repetition. ½-½

Daryl Marcelino gets our “ hanging in “ award against junior Leo Lu, who was winning all game, and who, at the end, couldn’t see the solution to his apparent problem,

and Daryl weaseled a draw. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ):

Lu, Leo (918) − Marcelino, Daryl (911) [C40] SCC Championship Reserves U1400 Toronto (2), 29.03.2012

599MB, Fritz11.ctg, My Computer 1.e4² 0.34 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight "

advantage to W. This evaluation is not generally accepted. 1...e5 2.Nf3 Qe7?!± Leo gets an early

" clear " advantage [2...Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5²] 3.Bc4 c6?!+− Leo gets a " winning "

advantage [3...d6 4.d3 Nc6±] 4.d3 b5 5.Bb3 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.d5?!± [7.dxe5 Bxe5 8.Nxe5 Qxe5+−]

7...a5?!+− [7...Qd6 8.0-0 Nf6±] 8.a4 b4?+− 2.76 [8...Qd6 9.0-0 b4+− 1.75] 9.d6 Qd8 10.Ng5 h6?+− 6.48 drops a P and the exchange [10...Nh6 11.Qf3 Qf6+− 1.70] 11.Nxf7 Leo goes up a P

11...Qh4 12.Qf3?+− 5.20 Leo wrongly declines to win the exchange [12.Nxh8 Bxh8 13.Bxg8

Qxe4+ 14.Kf1 Ba6+ 15.Kg1 Be2 16.Qd2 Na6 17.Qxh6 0-0-0+− 7.41] 12...Rh7?+− 7.75 natural

but not best [12...Nf6 13.g4 Rf8 14.Nxe5 Na6 15.Nxg6 Qxg4 16.Qxg4 Nxg4 17.Nxf8 Kxf8+− 5.89]

13.Nxe5?+− 3.00 Leo goes up 2 P's [13.Ng5 Nf6 (13...hxg5?? 14.Qf7+ Kd8 15.Qxg8+ Bf8 16.Qxf8#) 14.g3 Qxg5 15.Bxg5 hxg5+− 8.45] 13...Nf6?+− 10.87 [13...Bxe5 14.Bxg8 Rg7+− 2.82]

14.Nxg6?+− 4.18 Leo goes up 3 P's [14.Bf7+ Kd8 15.Bxg6 Bb7+− 11.33] 14...Qxe4+ Leo is up 2

P's again 15.Qxe4+ Nxe4 16.0-0 Bd4 17.Kh1?+− 1.83 [17.Be3 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Nxc5+− 5.26]

17...Nxf2+ Leo is up 1 P now

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18.Kg1?± [18.Rxf2! Bxf2 19.Nd2 Ba6+− 1.88] 18...Nh3+ 19.Kh1± Daryl offered a draw ( I expect

), and Leo, not seeing the resolution of the problem of repetition of position draw, agreed, though

having in fact a " clear " advantage. ½-½

SCC Spring into Summer Swiss ( Last Tournament of the Season ) This 6-round swiss, ending off our 2011-2 season, started Thursday, May 24. . It will run right through to Thursday, June 28, when the club will close for July and August summer break. It is played in three sections: 1800+; U 1800 ( 1700’s have the right to play up ); and U 1400 ( 1300’s have the right to play up. Registration for the tournament was: 1800+ - 24

U 1800 - 36 U 1400 - 29

This total of 89 is somewhat less than we have had all season so far – averaging in the high 90’s, with the first two tournaments breaking 100! It is generally the case that the registration drops with the onset of the nice weather. But we often pick up players as the tournament goes along, and so the total still may rise a bit.

The leaders after 4 rounds are: 1800+ 1st – 4 pts. – Master Dave Southam 2nd/3rd – 3 pts. – Expert Aaron Wu; Daniel Wiebe U 1800 1st – 4 pts. – junior Kevin Yie 2nd/3rd – 3.5 pts. – Yanchun Zhao; junior Michael Li U 1400 1st/3rd – 3.5 pts. – junior Thomas Guo; junior Wenyang Ming; junior girl Varshini Paraparan

Games are collected each week (the white score sheet is handed in; the player gets the yellow carbon ) – this is mandatory on all members. But no games of this tournament are to be sent out to members in database format, nor published, until the full tournament has concluded ( this is the SCC policy concerning score sheets, the games database, and the newsletter. If anyone is interested in getting a copy of this policy, just e-mail me at bobarm@sympatico.ca .)

The SCC games database is administered for the club by the SCC Games Database Committee, a volunteer member committee composed, currently, of Ken Kurkowski, Martin Maister, Dinesh Dattani and I ( Bob Armstrong ). Ken and I are “ enterer/annotator’s “. We enter the SCC games each week into the tournament database; also, I analyze or partly analyze a substantial number of the games, and, from time to time, Ken also analyzes a few games for the newsletter and/or the database. Martin and Dinesh are “ annotators “. They each annotate one game per week for the database/newsletter.

If you think you might like to apply to join the committee as an “ annotator “, there is a pre-condition that must be met - you enter and annotate your game on computer, with the assistance of a chess program, and have been submitting games to us for 2 months. This allows us to see the quality of the annotations, and the committee reviews them, and then votes whether to accept the applicant onto the committee. You can be a “ class “ player – you don’t have to be one of the top club players. The current members of the committee all consider themselves “ patzers “. But with the aid of our

chess program ( we all use the ChessBase Fritz program ), our annotation quality is increased manyfold. But we do, at the same time, as best we can, add our own personal assessments of how the game is progressing, and what is going on, and we know that our own comments may be limited by our skill level. At the same time however, we understand that “ class “ commentary is easily understandable by “ class “ players, often more so than GM notes. And they are often quite interesting and entertaining. The committee has some fun operating together, and if you think it might be for you, drop us a line ( bobarm@sympatico.ca ).

As was said, the tournament database will be sent out to members once the tournament is concluded ( it does not contain the games we will be publishing in our coverage of the tournament in the newsletter – these are the best games, and they have been held back for the newsletter ).

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Equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer GTCL Cup Team Tournament This will be held at the Annex CC on the evening of June 25. There is the club team section, and the open competition section ( any four players can form a team ). It will be 5 rounds, Game 15/5 sec. increment. Teams are made up of 4 members, and one alternate. In the open section the team must have an average rating of 1800 or under. It is $ 5/player. Registration is from 6:30 - 7:30 PM. Rd. 1 starts sharp at 7:30 PM. They hope to start each subsequent round 45 min. after each prior round. It is expected to finish at about 11:30 PM. Canadian Youth Chess Championships ( By Qualification Only )

Dates: July 3rd to 6th 2012

Location : Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel in Surrey, British Columbia.

Website : http://www.bcjuniorchess.com/cycc-2012/ Canadian Open

49th Annual Canadian Open Chess Tournament July 8 - 13, 2012 Victoria, BC Canada

$15,000 Guaranteed Prize Fund

A 9 Round Swiss with a Guaranteed Prize Fund of $15,000!

Side Events include Simul, Lecture, Blitz and Bughouse Tournaments.

Check www.monroi.com/2012-cocc-home for updates and more information

Playing Site - all events: Hotel Grand Pacific www.hotelgrandpacific.com

2012 Canadian Open – The Main Event Sections. Open (FIDE and CFC rated), U2000 (CFC rated) and U1600 (CFC rated). Time Control: Open section 40/90 then Game/30 all with 30 sec increment: Other sections: Game/120+30 sec. increment. 9 Round Swiss. Round times: Sun. 11:00am, 6:00pm; Mon. 11:00am, 6:00pm; Tues: 11:00am, 6:00pm; Wed. 6:00pm: Thurs. 6:00pm; Fri. 10:00am

Prizes $15,000 Guaranteed Prize Fund! Open Section: $2000/$1600/$1300/$1100/$1000 U2400: $750/$600 U2200 $750/$500 U2000 Section: $750/$600 U1800: $750/$600 U1600 Section: $650/$550 U1400: $650/$550 Top Scoring Unrated (any section) $200. Unrated players are not eligible for section prizes. Entry Fee $175 on or before June 1, 2012, $195 on or before June 29, $215 on site. Registration is by rating section - add $20 for each section you play up. Unrated first time players who are Canadian residents playing in the U1600 section have a one year CFC membership included in entry fee. A Family Discount of 50% of the entry fee is given to the 3rd and higher registered players from one family. Either full CFC membership or tournament membership required.

IM & GMs rated over 2400 FIDE, WGM rated over 2300 FIDE: Free entry if registered on or before June1 and you agree to our non standard 1st round pairing, $100 otherwise [receives a normal Swiss pairing].

Play a GM, IM, or WGM: The pairings for the 1st round games against our marquee players will be sold first come, first served (on line registration only). Any player from any section may place a bid. See the website for full details.

Side Events BBQ, Whale Watching, Simul, Bughouse, Midnight Blitz, Fundraising Workshop, Closing Banquet and more! See Website for details

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All Equipment Provided FIDE and CFC Rated.

The tournament will be held in the

Hotel Grand Pacific 463 Belleville Street, Victoria BC

www.hotelgrandpacific.com We hope to see you at the 49th Annual Canadian Open, held for the first time in Victoria, BC. Bring your family and friends and spend an extra day or two. The Hotel Grand Pacific is offering a great rate of $139/day and is extending the rate for 3 days before and after the event. Reserve your room now at: 1-800-663-7550 (toll free) or 250-386- 0450 or reserve@hotelgrandpacific.com Quote: Canadian Open Chess or JUL12Chess For Information contact cochess2012@gmail.com Organizing Committee Brian Raymer Paul Leblanc Roger Patterson

TD: Mark S. Dutton, IA Toronto International – Advance Notice Presented by the Chess Institute of Canada Dates: July 15-20, 2012 Location: Annex Chess Club, 918 Bathurst St . Type: 7 Rounds Swiss, All Sections FIDE Rated Prizes: $13,500 prize fund, based on 150 players Crown U2200 U1900 U1600 First $4,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 Second $2,000 $500 $500 $500 Third $1,000 $300 $300 $300 Fourth $500 $200 $200 $200 Round Times: 6pm daily. First round 12 noon on Sunday, July 15

Entry fees: Special later early bird rate - $175 until July 14, $200 onsite Registration: please register online using the following link: http://guestli.st/99309 Eligibility: Players must play in section of their CFC rating as published in the July 11, 2012 rating update. Byes: A maximum of 2 half point byes in rounds 1-5 may be requested prior to the start of the first round only. Other requested byes receive zero points. Time Control: G/90 +30 seconds. Forfeit time is 60 minutes after posted start time. Chief Arbiter: IA Aris Marghetis Deputy Arbiters: Rene Preotu, Alex Ferreira Accommodations: Holiday Inn 280 Bloor St. West, Toronto; 1-877-660-8550 Tournament Special - $139.99 per night based on single or double occupancy. Book early and mention the Chess Tournament. Light refreshments available on site, all equipment provided by Organizer For questions about the tournament contact: Hal Bond, halbond@sympatico.ca / 519-822-2162 For questions about registration, contact: Jessica Yared, chessinstituteofcanada@gmail.com / 647-852-2428 Members enjoy an evening at SCC !

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