BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #35

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CARLOS TORRE MEMORIAL

The 16th annual memorial tournament in honour of the great Mexican player Carlos
Torre (1905-1978) was held in Merida, Mexico, from December 12-20.  The format
was somewhat unusual: most participants were entered in a 9-round open Swiss,
but after 6 rounds the top 12 players joined Alexei Dreev, Boris Gelfand, Valery
Filippov, and Liviu-Deter Nisipeanu in a knockout event, while the remaining
players completed the last 3 rounds of the Swiss.  Despite the presence of these
strong GMs, the surprise overall winner of the knockout was Cuban IM Yuniesky
Quezada, while Vadim Milov (appropriately representing Switzerland) won the
Swiss with 7.5/9 - this after qualifying for the knockout, being eliminated in
the 1st round, and then rejoining the Swiss.

There were two Canadian participants, FMs Jonathan Berry and Sebastian Predescu:
Berry, no stranger to Mexico, apparently won by forfeit in the last round for a
final total of 5.5/9, while Predescu won the top junior prize with 5 points.

Villalba Velazquez,A - Berry,J [A81] XVI Carlos Torre Mem Merida MEX (3),14.12.2003

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.c4 Qc7 6.Nc3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.0-0 Bb4 9.Qb3
Na6 10.Nb5 Qe7 11.a3 Bc5 12.Nc3 e4 13.Ne1 Be6 14.Qc2 Qf7 15.b4 Bd4 16.c5 Nc7
17.Bb2 Rd8 18.Rc1 0-0 19.e3 Bb3 20.Qb1 Bxc3 21.Bxc3 Bc4 22.Nc2 Nfd5 23.Ba1 Bxf1
24.Bxf1 Ne6 25.Qb2 Rd7 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Qxd4 Rfd8 28.Bc4 Kf8 29.Qb2 Qe7 30.Qe2 Nf6
31.Bc3 h6 32.b5 Ng4 33.Ba5 Rc8 34.Qb2 Ne5 35.Bb4 Nxc4 36.Rxc4 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Rcd8
38.bxc6 bxc6 39.Bc3 Qf7 40.Qe2 R1d3 41.Rd4 R8xd4 42.Bxd4 Rxa3 43.Qb2 Rb3 44.Qa2
Rb8 45.Qa6 Qb7 46.Qc4 Re8 47.Qa4 Kg8 48.Qc4+ Qf7 49.Qa6 Qd7 50.Qc4+ Kh7 51.Qa6
f4 52.gxf4 Qg4+ 53.Kf1 Qd1+ 54.Kg2 Rb8 55.Qf1 Qf3+ 56.Kg1 Rb3 57.h3 a5 58.Qg2
Rb1+ 59.Kh2 Qxg2+ 60.Kxg2 a4 61.f3 a3 62.fxe4 a2 63.e5 a1Q 64.Bxa1 Rxa1 65.f5
Rc1 66.Kf3 Rxc5 67.Ke4 Rc4+ 68.Kd3 Ra4 69.e6 Kg8 70.e4 Kf8 0-1




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RECENT VANCOUVER EVENTS by Eduardo Azmitia

Vancouver Winter Chess Tournament

Twenty players competed in this tournament.  Ten of these players were adults,
and the other ten were juniors. About seven of players were in the 1000-1500
range, and the rest were in the 1500-2000 range.  The two sections were pooled
together, but by the last round people were paired within their own category.

Mehrdad Yousefzadeh won the upper section by winning all of his games.  Second
place was shared by Edward Tang, Richard Reid, and Peter Yee, all of them got 3
points.

Louis McCusky won the U1500 section with 3 points.  Second place was shared by
four people: Tiffany Tang, Richard Huang, Laura Harper and Lara Heppenstall, all
with 2.

In addition to the prize money, Mehrdad received a copy of Fritz, and Louis a CD
with an edition of ChessBase Magazine.  These prizes were courtesy of
ChessFirst! Enterprises.

This was the first two day tournament that I helped to run.  I enjoyed it, and
it was a good learning experience too.  However, I must say that I found it a
bit tiring , even though I had invaluable help from Katherine Davies and my
father, who deserve a lot of credit.  Still, it was a worthwhile experience.




UBC's "Any Given Sunday" (2)

Hee Seid did it again.  By defeating Mike Miller in the last game of the 8 round
robin, Seid wins another tournament held in the UBC campus.  Seid is probably
the player that have finished first in most of the weekly events held in UBC in
recent years.  His continued participation in weekly tournaments is very
commendable, as he is one of the few players rated over 2000 that does so.
Lower rated players like me, learn a lot from playing with him.  Positions are
as follows: Seid, 5/6
Kostin, 3.5/5
Chan, 3/4
Miller, 2.5/5
Azmitia, 2/6
Jung, 1/6
Gaulin, 1/5
Sum, 0.5/1


6th. Little Mountain Active Chess Tournament

The 6th edition of the Little Mountain Active Tournament was the most
competitive of this season, as many strong players came to participate.  Michael
Yip finished ahead of the pack with four wins and a draw against the second
place, Vas Sladek.  Michael won for his efforts the prize money and a ChessBase
CD courtesy of Chess First! Enterprises.  The tentative positions are as follows
(the result of one game has yet to be decided):

Michael Yip 4.5/5
Vas Sladek 4/5
Don Monteith 3/5
Noam Davies 2/4
Lucas Davies 2/5
Jason Feng 2/5.0
Andrey Kostin 1.5/2
Hee Seid 1.5/5
Evgeni Goutor 1/1
John Prehara 0/2
Eduardo Azmitia 0/3

The overall 1st place for the grand prix was captured by Lucas Davies.  On the
last day of the tournament Lucas and Seid were separated by half a point.  In
the decisive game, Lucas prevailed over Seid, and hence Lucas secured the first
place.  A very well deserved victory by Lucas, who is improving meteorically.
Very special thanks to First Chess Enterprises! for their continued generous
support through donation of prizes and monies.


Inter-Club League
On December 11, the Little Mountain Club prevailed over the Port Coquitlam Club
in their first club league match.  This is a very good win for our team and is a
boost of morale.  The Port Coquitlam Club was the clear favourite.  The PoCo
club tied for 1st place last year, and in this year they have again a very
strong team led by 2003 BC Champion Jack Yoos.  Our team on the other hand has
no previous experience on the league and almost half of our regular players are
under the age of 18!!

At the begining of the match the situation was quite bleak for the Little
Mountaineers as one member of the team got confused with the address and his
game was forfeited for not showing up on time.  However, step by step they were
able to turn things around and the seemingly impossible was achieved.  Below are
the results:

1. B Lucas Davies - W Jack Yoos 0.5-0.5
2. W Vas Sladek - B Drago Milicevic 1-0
3. B Alejandro Diaz - W Robert North 0-1 (Forfeit)
4. W Noam Davies - B Brent McLean 1-0
5. B James Kerry - W Len Molden 0-1
6. W Valentina Goutor - B Don Monteith 0.5-0.5
7. B William Jung - W Clarke Chaney 1-0


Other results can be obtained at www.chessmastery.com/teamresults.html


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B.C. - WASHINGTON MATCH

Here is the final game from the adult match:
Cloy,E - Milicevic,D [A80] BC - WA match Burnaby (10), 06.12.2003

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Re1 c4 9.Bf1
Bb4 10.Nd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.e4 fxe4 13.f3 0-0 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Rxf4
16.Ng5 h6 17.Nh3 Rf6 18.Qd2 Bd7 19.Rab1 Qc7 20.Re3 Raf8 21.Be2 Kh8 22.Rf3 b5
23.Rbf1 Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Rxf3 25.Bxf3 Qd6 26.Nf4 b4 27.cxb4 c3 28.Ng6+ Kg8 29.Qd3
Be8 30.a3 Bxg6 31.Qxg6 Nxd4 32.Bh5 Qe7 33.Qd3 Qh4 34.Qxc3 Qxh5 35.Qxd4 Qe2
36.Qd3 Qe1+ 37.Qf1 Qe3+ 38.Kh1 Qxa3 39.Qe1 e5 40.h3 Qb2 41.Qh4 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+
43.Qxf4 exf4 44.Kg1 Kf7 45.Kf2 Ke6 46.Ke2 g5 47.Kd3 h5 48.Kd4 g4 49.h4 Kd6 50.c3
Ke6 51.Kd3 Ke5 52.Ke2 Ke4 53.Kd2 f3 54.g3 f2 55.Ke2 f1Q+ 56.Kxf1 Ke3 0-1


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THIRTY YEARS AGO by Bruce Harper

Thirty years ago Vancouver Grandmaster Duncan Suttles capped a phenomenal year
by playing in the classic Hastings tournament in England.  This event used to
the one of the outstanding tournaments in the chess calendar, although the most
famous Hastings tournament was probably the one held in 1895.  Suttles had a
reasonable result, but most of his games were very interesting (as usual).
Today's game is a loss, but I don't think it had to be... 

Szabo,L - Suttles,D [A42] Hastings (4), 30.12.1973

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.Nge2 Nh6 7.d5 Ne7 8.f3 f5 9.Qd2
Nf7 10.Nc1 O-O 11.Nd3 c6?!

A difficult move to understand.  White's normal attack in this type of position
is c4-c5xd6, and by playing 11...c6 and 12...cxd5, Black simply saves White
time.  In return, Black at least directs the White attack down a specific
channel, and inhibits White from castling long, but, all things considered,
Black would be better off playing 11...c5 or leaving the c-pawn alone.  In his
notes in Chess Informant 17, Szabo also questions this move, although from his
annotations one gets the impression that White was winning all along.  We'll
return to this theme.

12.Be2 cxd5 13.cxd5 Bd7 14.a4 Kh8

Black doesn't want to close the kingside until White castles.  14...Kh8 clears
g8 for the e7-knight - a maneuver which has become standard today.

15.a5 Ng8 16.O-O f4!?

Beginning what will turn out to be a "near-run thing", as the Iron Duke said of
the battle of Waterloo.  A more conservative alternative was 16...Bh6, trading
off White's bishop, although the e3-bishop would then no longer be a target for
Black's pawns.  Suttles typically tries to keep the position as complex and
sharp as possible.

17.Bf2 g5 18.a6 b6 19.Nb4 h5

Since Black can't defend the queenside, he abandons it and presses on with his
attack.

20.Nc6 Qf6 21.Nb5 g4 22.Nbxa7 Bh6 23.Bxb6 g3

A different mode of attack, possible only when the reply 24.h3 can be met by a
sacrifice on h3.  White understandably prefers to avoid this possibility.

24.Kh1 Qh4 25.Bg1

The critical moment.  White has demolished Black's queenside, but Black's army
is moving towards White's king.  How does Black break in?

25...Ng5?!

The wrong knight.  25...Ng5 threatens 26...Nxe4 27.fxe4 f3, but 25...Nf6! would
have also threatened to take on e4, while leaving Black's other knight on f7,
where it defends d6 and e5.

26.Bd3 Rf6?

But this is the real mistake.  Black had the promising alternative 26...Nf6!,
and if 27.Ne7 Rg8!

Szabo assesses the position as unclear in his notes in Chess Informant, while
Paul Janicki, writing in the January 1974 issue of Chess Canada (based on
comments by Suttles), gives "28.Nxg8 Rxg8, and White is defenceless against
29...Nh3!"

In the Suttles book, there follows two pages of analysis, which I won't give
here.  But I'm interested to know what Bulletin readers think, if they're able
to analyze this position.  Back to the game.

27.Nb5 Rg6

This is the point in which the diagram is placed in Chess Informant.  But what
follows is pretty dull compared to what might have happened had Black not wasted
a tempo.

28.Nxd6 Rxd6 29.Nxe5 Bg7 30.Nxd7 Rxd7 31.Bb5 Rd6 32.Bc6 Ra7 33.e5

Szabo gives this move two exclamation marks.  Janicki's note, derived from
Suttles' comments, appears only after Black's reply: "33...Bxe5 was a better try
to save the game".

33...Rg6 34.d6 Nh3 35.gxh3

Hardly deserving of the exclamation mark given by Szabo.  As we have seen, Black
had to do more than simply win White's queen.

35...g2+ 36.Qxg2 Rxg2 37.Kxg2 Rf7 38.Bd4 Nh6 39.a7 Nf5 40.a8=Q+ Rf8 41.Bf2 Qg5+
42.Kh1 Ng3+ 43.hxg3 fxg3 44.Rg1 h4 45.d7 Qf5 46.Bxg3  1:0

Suttles was especially irritated by this loss because of Szabo's analysis in the
Chess Informant, which proves for the umpteenth time that you shouldn't believe
everything you read.



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VICTORIA CHESS HISTORY
This issue we feature two important figures from Victoria in the early part of
the last century, C.F. Davie and Aaron Gonnason. Davie, Cyril Francis, K.C.
(January 30, 1882 - February 18, 1950)
Born in Victoria, into one of the province's most important political families:
his father, Alexander E.B. Davie, was B.C. premier 1887-1889, while his uncle
Theodore held the same office during the years 1892-1895. Davie studied law at
Ottawa University and was called to the bar in B.C. in 1907.  In 1924 he entered
politics, serving as the Conservative MLA for Cowichan-Newcastle until 1933; for
the last three years of this term he was also Speaker of the House.  From 1929
to 1931 Davie chaired a royal commission on health insurance and maternity
benefits, and became a strong advocate for state health insurance.  After 1933
he retired to private law practice in Duncan.  Davie was the author of Common
Law and Statutory Amendment in Relation to Contributory Negligence in Canada, as
well as a prolific contributor to the Canadian Bar Review.

This literary bent was also evident in Davie's chess activities: he wrote a
chess column in the Victoria Daily Colonist from 1916 until his political career
forced him to hand over the reins to Thomas Piper, and was also a contibutor to
the British Chess Magazine.  It is not known when he learnt to play chess, but
in 1914 Davie took a course of instruction from Piper.  It appears he was a good
student, for two years later he won the first Victoria City Championship by
beating William J. Barker in a match (apparently this also marked the first time
chess clocks were used for a match in Victoria).

However, it was in the field of correspondence chess that Davie made his most
important contributions.  In April 1916 he formed the Canadian Branch of the
Chess Amateur Correspondence League, which ran various tournaments for both
American and Canadian players.  Davie's connection with the league did not last
long: he allowed the CACL (Canadian Branch) to be part of the merger which led
to the formation of the Correspondence Chess League of America in 1917.  He
withdrew from any role in the new organization, on the grounds that since there
were so few players in Western Canada, control would be better exercised from
further east.  Despite this short tenure, he inaugurated the first Canadian
correspondence championship (won by R.W. Worsley of Yorkton, Saskatchewan in),
as recognized and continued now by the Canadian Correspondence Chess
Association.

Piper,T - Davie,C [C32] Victoria, 09.08.1915

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Qxd5 7.Nd2 f5 8.g4 Nc6 9.c3
Be7 10.Bg2 Qf7 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Bxe4 Bh4+ 13.Kf1 0-0 14.h3 Be6 15.Nf3 Bc4 16.Bd3
Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rad8 18.Qc2 Qc4+ 19.Kg2 Rfe8 20.Qb3 Qxb3 21.axb3 Re2+ 22.Kf1 Rf2+
0-1


Davie,C - Barker,W [A03] Victoria ch playoff Victoria (3), 03.1916

1.f4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Bd7 7.0-0 Nb4 8.Nc3 Nxd3
9.cxd3 Bc6 10.Ne2 Be7 11.Qe1 0-0 12.Qg3 Nh5 13.Qh3 g6 14.g4 Ng7 15.Qh6 Bf6
16.Ng5 Re8 17.Qxh7+ Kf8 18.Qh8+ Ke7 19.Bxf6+ Kxf6 20.Nh7+ Ke7 21.Qxg7 Rg8
22.Qf6+ Ke8 23.Qe5 Ke7 24.Qg5+ Kd6 25.Qxd8+ Raxd8 26.Nf6 Rh8 27.g5 Kc7 28.Rac1
b6 29.b4 cxb4 30.Nd4 Kb7 31.Nxc6 1-0


Stickle - Davie,C [C31] CACL (corres), 1916

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.exd5 e4 5.Qe2 f5 6.Qb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qe5+ Qe7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nd7 11.Qxf5 exf3+ 12.Kf2 Qh4+ 13.Kxf3 Bc5 14.Qe4+ Ne7 15.d4
0-0 16.dxc5 Nf5 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Be3 Ng3 19.Bf2 Rae8 20.Qd4 Rxf4+ 21.Qxf4 Ne5+
22.Qxe5 Rxe5 23.Bxg3 Qe4+ 24.Kf2 Rf5+ 25.Kg1 Rg5 0-1


Gonnason, Aaron (November 25, 1865 - December 27, 1938)

Born in Sweden.  Gonnason's family emigrated to America when he was six, where
they mined coal and farmed in Kansas.  In 1883 Aaron and his elder brother
Benjamin departed for the more lucrative possibilities of the Pacific Northwest
lumber industry; after a year in Seattle they settled in Victoria, where they
found employment in a mill.  In 1890 they joined with Joseph J. Lemon to start
their own millwrighting firm, Capital Planing Mills (later Lemon, Gonnason and
Co. Ltd.); Aaron rose to become president of the company, a position he held for
many years.  The company eventually ceased operations in 1958, Aaron and
Benjamin having died within five days of each other twenty years earlier.

Gonnason was a competent club player, but was more important as a benefactor: he
donated two trophies that bore his name.  The first, given in 1921, was a cup
for the Victoria City Championship (the event inaugurated by Davie in 1916), a
trophy which Gonnason himself won in 1922 with a score of 8/10.  This trophy
recently came to light again, and is currently in the possession of your editor:

Gonnason Cup


The inscription on the front reads "Victoria City Amateur Chess Championship -
presented by A. Gonnason, March 1921."  On the rear is a list of the winners:

1921  W.J. Barker
1922  A. Gonnason
1923  L. Partington
1924  W.J. Barker
1925  L. Partington
1926  L. Partington
1927  W.J. Barker
1928  F. Knowles
1929  W.J. Barker
1930  W.J. Barker

The second Gonnason Cup was donated for a provincial inter-city team
championship; beginning in the early 1920's, the trophy was awarded to the
winners of a team match between two cities and was retained for one year, at
which point another city could challenge the trophy holders to a match.  The
last such recorded instance was in May 1962, when the Vancouver City C.C.
retained the Gonnason Cup by defeating both the Vancouver Continental C.C. and
the Prince George C.C. in match play.  Does anyone know of the current
whereabouts of the (Team) Gonnason Cup?

Gonnason,A - Enke,M [C00] 17.02.1923
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 f6 4.d4 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Be3 Qb6 7.b3 a5 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.cxd4
Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Bd7 11.h3 Qc7 12.Nh4 fxe5 13.Qh5+ Kd8 14.Qg5+ Be7 15.Qxg7 Bxh4
16.Qxh8 Nce7 17.dxe5 d4 18.Bf4 Be8 19.Qxh7 Bxf2 20.Kxf2 a4 21.b4 a3 22.Qe4 Nf5
23.Rc1 Qb6 24.Bg5+ Kd7 25.g4 Nfe7 26.Rc4 Ra4 27.Rxd4+ Kc8 28.Be3 Nd5 29.Rc4+ Bc6
30.Bxb6 Nxb6 31.Rxc6+ bxc6 32.Qxc6+ 1-0


Gonnason,A - Enke,M [C00] Victoria city ch? Victoria, 19.01.1925

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bb5 Bd6 6.0-0 Ne7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qc7 9.b4
e5 10.Qd2 0-0 11.Bd3 f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Bxf5 a6 14.Be4 Ra7 15.Qd3 g6 16.Bh6 Rf6
17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Nxf6 Bxf6 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Rad1 Qd8 22.Qd6 Nc6 23.Rfe1
Nd4 24.Nxe5 1-0




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UPCOMING EVENTS

To save space, from now on I will only give basic information for events - date,
place, and type.  Full details for all the events listed here may be found on
the BCCF site, www.chess.bc.ca.

Junior Events

Dec 29-31  Pan American Qualifier, Calgary
Jan 2-6  Canadian Junior, Calgary
Jan 11  Grand Prix # 4, Vancouver
Jan 11  Island Junior Open # 4, Victoria
Jan 18  Shawnigan Lake School
Jan 25  BCIT Junior Open, Burnaby
Jan 31  Elementary Team Championship, Vancouver

For full details see www.chess.bc.ca or http://members.shaw.ca/victoriachess/

Individual Chess Matches

Players interested in participating in rated individual chess matches with other
players of comparable or dissimilar ratings can contact Luis E. Azmitia at
azmitia@interchange.ubc.ca  Please make sure to include in the e-mail: your
name, your rating, type of game preferred (i.e. active), and the rating range of
possible opponents.  Note that the games will be held in the Vancouver area.

Little Mountain's Regular Swiss - January

Dates: January 12, 19, 26 & February 2.
Place: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, 3981 Main St., Vancouver, BC (near King Edward Ave.)
Type: 4-round Swiss

North Shore Open
Dates: Jan 17-18, 2004
Place: Capilano College, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver, BC
Type: 4-round Swiss

Kamloops Grand Prix #1
Date: Jan. 24, 2004
Place: South Kamloops Secondary School Cafeteria, 821 Munro Street, Kamloops,
B.C.
Type: 4-round Swiss

The Long And Winding Road
Date: January 24-25
Place: Fatima Church (315 Walker St. Coquitlam)
Type: Regular 4-round Swiss
Victoria Winter Open
Date: January 24-25, 2004
Place: UVic HSD Bldg., Victoria
Type: 5-round Swiss

Vancouver Class Championships

Date: January 30 - February 1
Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre
Type: 5-round Swiss
Vancouver Saturday Night Chess (1)
Dates: Saturdays February 7, 14, 21, 29 and March 6.
Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776 East Broadway (at Kaslo), Vancouver
Type: 5-round Swiss


Little Mountain's Regular Swiss - February
Dates: February 9, 16, 23 and March 1.
Place: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, 3981 Main St., Vancouver, BC (near King Edward Ave.)
Type: 4-round Swiss

Kelowna Winter Fest

Date: February 14-15th 2004
Place: Sandman Inn, 2130 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna, B.C. Tel: 250-860-6409
Type: 5-round Swiss
Kamloops Grand Prix #2
Date: Feb. 21, 2004
Place: South Kamloops Secondary School Cafeteria, 821 Munro Street, Kamloops, B.C.
Format: 4-round Swiss

Little Mountain's Regular Swiss - March

Dates: March 8, 15, 22 and 29.
Place: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, 3981 Main St., Vancouver, BC (near King Edward Ave.)
Type: 4-round Swiss

Vancouver Saturday Night Chess (2)
Dates: Saturdays March 13, 20, 27, and April 3, and 17
Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776 East Broadway (at Kaslo), Vancouver
Type: 5-round Swiss

Love Me Tender Open

Date: Saturday, March 27, 2004
Place: Fatima Church (315 Walker St. Coquitlam)
Type: Regular 4-round Swiss
Little Mountain's Regular Swiss - April
Dates: April 5, 12, 19 and 26.
Place: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, 3981 Main St., Vancouver, BC (near King Edward Ave.)
Type: 4-round Swiss

Kamloops Grand Prix #3
Date: April 9,10, 2004
Eligibility: for < 2200 only
Place: South Kamloops Secondary School Cafeteria, 821 Munro Street, Kamloops, B.C.
Type: 6-round Swiss

What a wonderful world

Date: Saturday April 24
Location: Fatima Church, Coquitlam (315 Walker st.)
Type: Regular 4-round Swiss

29th Paul Keres Memorial

Date: May 21-24 2004
Location: Croatian Community Centre, Vancouver
Type: 6 or 7-round Swiss
http://www.keresmemorial.com/
Western Canadian Open
Date: July 9-18 2004
Place: Vancouver Airport Conference Resort
Type: 10 round single section Swiss
Kamloops Grand Prix #4
Date: Sept. 18, 2004
Place: South Kamloops Secondary School Cafeteria, 821 Munro Street, Kamloops, B.C.
Type: 4-round Swiss
Kamloops Grand Prix #5
Date: Oct. 23, 2004
Place: South Kamloops Secondary School Cafeteria, 821 Munro Street, Kamloops, B.C.
Type: 4-round Swiss
Kamloops Grand Prix #6
Date: Nov. 20, 2004
Place: South Kamloops Secondary School Cafeteria, 821 Munro Street, Kamloops, B.C.
Type: 4-round Swiss

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