BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #30
BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #30 As usual, submissions are encouraged and most welcome; thank you to all who contributed to this issue. To subscribe, send an e-mail to me (note my new address: swright2@telus.net) or sign up via the BCCF webpage (www.chess.bc.ca); if you no longer wish to receive this bulletin, just let me know. Stephen Wright [back issues of the Bulletin are now available on the BCCF web site: www.chess.bc.ca/newsletters.html] 2003 B.C. CHAMPIONSHIP # Name Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total 1 Jack Yoos 2425 W10 D 6 D 4 W 3 D 2 W 9 W 5 5.5 2 Fanhao Meng 2256 W12 W 7 W 3 D 4 D 1 D 5 D 8 5.0 3 Laszlo Tegzes 2184 W11 W 8 L 2 L 1 W 6 W 4 W 7 5.0 4 Mike Stanford 2200 W15 W13 D 1 D 2 W 7 L 3 D 9 4.5 5 Harry Moore 2275 L 6 D 9 W12 W10 W 8 D 2 L 1 4.0 6 Jesse Bouvier 2140 W 5 D 1 L 8 D 9 L 3 B-- W12 4.0 7 Lucas Davies 2089 W14 L 2 W11 W 8 L 4 W10 L 3 4.0 8 Jonathan Berry 2331 W 9 L 3 W 6 L 7 L 5 W13 D 2 3.5 9 Dragoljub Milicevic 2170 L 8 D 5 W15 D 6 W14 L 1 D 4 3.5 10 Besnik Beqo 2170 L 1 W15 D13 L 5 W11 L 7 B-- 3.5 11 Valentina Goutor 1958 L 3 B-- L 7 D12 L10 W14 D13 3.0 12 Michael Yip 2129 L 2 D14 L 5 D11 B-- W15 L 6 3.0 13 Noam Davies 1903 B-- L 4 D10 L14 W15 L 8 D11 3.0 14 Howard Wu 2208 L 7 D12 H-- W13 L 9 L11 W15 3.0 15 Manfrei Aquino 1995 L 4 L10 L 9 B-- L13 L12 L14 1.0 We are fortunate to have complementary reports from Jonathan Berry and Mike Stanford, plus brief annotations by Jack Yoos to his last round game - thank you all! The rest of the games will be in the next BCBASE Supplement, available soon on the BCCF website (www.chess.bc.ca). Championship Diary by Mike Stanford The BC Closed took place at UVIC in Victoria BC over the Thanksgiving weekend. This year the event was a swiss, and 15 players ranging from 2425-1903 showed up ready to rumble. The time control was 40/2 SD/1. Day 1 (Friday): The tournament started with a bang with every game ending decisively! Notable results: Lucas Davies beat Howard Wu in a game where the person with the advantage changed numerous times! Jesse Bouvier ground out a win vs. Harry Moore. Bouvier,J - Moore,H [B82] BC ch Victoria (1), 10.10.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3 Qc7 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 b5 10.g4 h6 11.Nce2 Bb7 12.Ng3 Nc5 13.0 0 d5 14.e5 Nfe4 15.f5 Nxg3 16.Qxg3 0 0 0 17.b4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Qd7 19.a3 Kb8 20.Ra2 Rc8 21.Raf2 Be7 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Rf7 Rhg8 24.Nf5 Rge8 25.Bd4 Rc7 26.Nd6 Rg8 27.Bc5 Qc6 28.d4 Rd7 29.Qd3 g6 30.Qf3 h5 31.g5 Bxg5 32.Rf8+ Rxf8 33.Qxf8+ Rd8 34.Qf7 Be3+ 35.Kh1 g5 36.Qxe6 Bf4 37.Qf7 Qc7 38.Qxc7+ Kxc7 39.h4 Bc8 40.hxg5 Bxg5 41.Rf7+ Kb8 42.Nxc8 Rxc8 43.Rd7 Rc6 44.Rxd5 Bc1 45.Rd7 Bxa3 46.d5 Rxc5 47.bxc5 Bxc5 48.d6 Ba3 49.e6 Kc8 50.Rc7+ 1 0 Day 2: Unfortunately not every game was decisive on this day, with several draws taking place. But there was one upset: Laszlo Tegzes beat Jonathan Berry. I believe Laszlo was worse (from what I hear), and sacrificed a piece to change the tide! Jack drew Jesse and myself. Harry drew Yip and Dragoljub. Noam drew Beqo! --- This game I watched semi-closely. I felt that Noam's position was a little better for a while, but that he should've played e5 sooner (I believe he traded a knight before playing it). Tegzes,L - Berry,J [B06] BC ch Victoria (2), 11.10.2003 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be3 b5 5.Be2 Nd7 6.Bf3 e5 7.h4 h5 8.Nh3 c6 9.Ng5 Ngf6 10.Be2 Bg7 11.f3 Qe7 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 14.d5 c5 15.a4 b4 16.Nb1 Ne8 17.Bd3 Nc7 18.Qe2 Bh6 19.Nd2 f6 20.Nh3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Rdg8 22.Nc4 g5 23.hxg5 fxg5 24.Nf2 Nf6 25.Be2 Nce8 26.Nd3 Kd8 27.Nxc5 dxc5 28.d6 Qd7 29.Nxe5 Qxa4 30.Kb1 Rg7 31.Qxc5 Nd7 32.Nxd7 Qxd7 33.Qb6+ Kc8 34.Bxa6 Rh6 35.e5 b3 36.cxb3 Qf5+ 37.Bd3 Qxe5 38.d7+ Rxd7 39.Qxh6 Qe3 40.Qg6 Nd6 41.Rhe1 Qb6 42.Qg8+ Kc7 43.Rc1+ Bc6 44.Qxg5 Qxb3 45.Rxc6+ Kxc6 46.Rc1+ Kb6 47.Qe3+ Ka5 48.Rc5+ 1 0 Day 3: Bobby drew me in an interesting Kings Gambit game, Jack beat Tegzes in a Sveshnikov Sicilian, Wu beat Noam, Harry beat Beqo, Jesse drew Dragoljub, Valentina drew Yip(!), and last but certainly not least... Lucas Davies beat Jonathan Berry! The evening round had two of the favourites battling each other, Fanhao Meng and Jack Yoos. I believe Fanhao changed the c3 line he usually plays vs. Jack, and got a strong initiative going. Sadly the game was a draw :(. I played Lucas in the evening. For the longest time I thought I was just getting smoked out of the opening, but after the PM, I'm not so sure. Lucas played a little funky near the critical moments of the game, dropped a pawn, and lost in a R and p(s) endgame. Noam beat Manfrei in the evening. Harry beat Berry. Tegzes beat Bouvier. Dragoljub beat Wu. Beqo beat Valentina. Berry,J - Davies,L [B13] BC ch Victoria (4), 12.10.2003 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Ngf3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qxb7 Rb8 13.Qa6 0 0 14.b4 Rb6 15.Qa4 e5 16.b5 e4 17.bxc6 exf3 18.g4 Re8+ 19.Kf1 Rb2 20.Qd1 Bg6 21.Nxf3 Ne4 22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Rg1 Reb8 24.Nd2 Bd3+ 25.Kg2 Qf4 26.c7 Rf8 27.Re1 Rxd2 28.Qf3 Be4 29.Rxe4 Qxf3+ 30.Kxf3 dxe4+ 31.Kxe4 Rc2 32.Kd3 Rb2 33.d5 Rc8 34.c4 Rxc7 35.d6 Rc6 36.d7 Rd6+ 37.Kc3 Rb8 0 1 Meng,F - Yoos,J [B22] BC ch Victoria (5), 12.10.2003 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 d6 11.0 0 Nd7 12.Ng5 dxe5 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh3 Be7 15.Rfe1 Qd8 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6 Qc7 18.Bb5 Kd8 19.Rad1 a6 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Qxb6+ Qc7 22.Qb3 Rb8 23.c4 Kc8 24.Qg3 Rf8 25.Bh6 Rf5 ½-½ Final day: The last day was really quite interesting. Fanhao and myself were in the lead with 4 points, but top rated Jack Yoos and defending Champion Harry Moore were hot on our tails with 3.5! Fanhao drew Harry in the morning. I got crushed vs. Tegzes. Jack beat Dragoljub. Jonathan beat Noam. Manfrei lost to Michael Yip. Howard lost to... Valentina! She played very well in that game. Lucas beat Beqo in the morning! Lucas is developing into quite the player: after beating Beqo he didn't seem that overjoyed with the result, acting like "It ain't no thang." Won't be long before he becomes strong! Final Round: I was paired vs. Dragoljub, just like last year! The result was also the same, draw. Fanhao was paired vs. Jonathan Berry, draw. Jack vs. Harry was the second game to finish, Jack won. Jesse crushed Michael Yip. Howard vs. Manfrei. Manfrei was having a really rough event, here he was so close to drawing in the endgame, but hung a piece! This was not his tournament. Tegzes (white) vs. Lucas was interesting. I believe Tegzes opened with 1.d4?? but managed to bounce back from the inferior position early on to win the game ;). The two lowest rated players of the event finally faced each other in the last round. Noam vs. Valentina, draw. Moore,H - Yoos,J [E66] BC ch Victoria (7), 13.10.2003 [Yoos] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 Considering the situation, I decided to play more agressively, with a KID. 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 0 0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0 0 a6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 bxc4!? [12...Bh6 13.f4 bxc4 14.bxc4 e5 (14...Ng4 was what I played against Jiri Jirka at the BC Open.) 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Nd5 Rxb2 is the main line.; 12...e5 is also a popular line.] 13.bxc4 e5!? Compared to the main line, this move order is intended to deter dxe6 as the bishop is still on the a1 h8 diagonal. 14.dxe6 Probably a mistake. [14.e4 Bh6 15.Ncb1 Bd7 16.Bc3 Qc7 17.Na3 Nh5 18.Rab1 Rfc8 19.Rfe1 Nb7 20.Rb2 Nd8 21.Reb1 f5 22.Bh3 Rxb2 23.Qxb2 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Rb8 25.Rxb8 Qxb8 26.Qg5 Nf7 27.Qe7 Qd8 28.Qxd8+ Nxd8 29.Nb1 Kf8 - Ferenc Arnold - Jack Yoos, Budapest 1998] 14...Bxe6 15.Na4? Definitely a mistake. This is too ambitious. Black is very dynamic here and so White should keep things buttoned down. [15.Nd1] 15...Qd7! xa4, c4 16.Bc3 [16.a3 Nb3!; 16.Rab1 Rb4] 16...Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Bxc4 18.Rad1 [18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qxc4 Bxa1 20.Rxa1 Rb4] 18...Qe6 19.Rd2 Bh6! 20.Rdd1 [20.f4 Qe3+ 21.Kh1 Ng4 22.Bf3 Be6 23.Rxd6? Nf2+ 24.Kg2 Bh3+] 20...Bxa2 21.Bxf6 Bb3 22.Qc3 Bxa4 23.Bd5 Qxe2 24.Rde1 Qc2 25.Qa1 Bb5 26.Rc1 Qa4 27.Ba2 Qe4! With the threat of Bc6. If 28.Rfe1 then 28...Qf3.[27...Bxf1?? 28.Bxf7+] 0 1 And that was the BC Championship. Special thanks to Lynn for TDing the event and helping many of the players out with billets! Thanks for making this such an enjoyable event! I can't wait to see the games :). So congratulations to Jack Yoos, winning 500 dollars and becoming our new BC Champion! May your year be filled with stunning victories and unbelievable draws ;). Second/third went to Fanhao Meng and Laszlo Tegzes, each scoring 5.0 points. They both played some very good games, and both received 175 bucks for their efforts. Fourth went to me with 4.5 points. What can I say? I was lucky (till someone stopped wishing me luck...). ;) The upset prize (50 dollars) went to Lucas Davies for beating Jonathan Berry. Championship Report by Jonathan Berry Again this year, the BC Championship took place in Victoria as a Swiss System open to players with a sufficiently high rating. Jack Yoos won the Championship for the first time, winning both games on the final day against former champions Drago Milicevic and Harry Moore. Meantime, frontrunner "Bobby" Fanhao Meng could only draw this third and fourth games in a row, falling back to a tie for second with Laszlo Tegzes. As can be seen from the crosstable, the event was competitive, with leading scores similar to those that might have won in an 8-player round robin. Lynn Stringer once again directed and organized, hosting players in her house and driving some home or to the site. Thank you, Lynn! With an odd number of players, almost half of the field, sooner or later, had to receive a bye. It might be a good idea to find a player rated in the high 1900s to make the number even, or to not play if the number was already even. Juniors made their mark, as Howard Wu and I can attest! Lynn said that Lucas Davies won the upset prize for his thoroughly deserved victory over me. A close second might have been to Valentina Goutor for her win over Howard. Is she the first woman even to play in the BC Championship? [No - Mrs. Anna Sharpe, who won the B.C. Women's title in 1947, played in the 1961 B.C. Championship - ed.] There was some criticism of allowing juniors rated as low as 1900 to take part [see below - ed.]. In the 1969 BC Championship, as a 15-year-old player rated about 1900, I qualified when stronger players declined their spots. I scored 4.5 out of 7. Of course it was foolish of the BCCF to waste this valuable spot on ungrateful youth, as I never even became an IM. They should have sent me to comedy school instead. The top junior of course was Fanhao Meng. I had the honour to play against him in the last round. He was well on the way to cleaning my clock when I played a paradoxical move that almost turned the tables. I didn't realize how strong the paradoxical move was until Fanhao showed me some lines after the draw. He would have been a deserving co-champion, but Jack Yoos carried the day, and everyone will agree that we couldn't have a nicer man to be our champion. Before one of the rounds, Lynn Stringer presented a $1,000 bursary from Chess and Math Association to Fanhao Meng for becoming a master at--is he really only 14 years old? Yikes. Well, it's always good to play these kids when they are young because you're not going to get much off them later, he said, remembering his 50% score against Yasser Seirawan at Classical controls. [Fanhao became a master at 14, but is now 15 years old - ed.] It's also good to play when you are old, because losing doesn't hurt so much. Ouch. As mentioned above, there was some controversy over the decision to allow juniors under 1900 to play, also over the lack of advertising of this fact. The actual format of the Championship has also been a point of contention. As a consequence: A committee is being formed to consider all the possible ways to structure and run future B.C. Championships. Thus far Jack Yoos, 2003 B.C. Champion, Lynn Stringer, one of B.C.s most experienced tournament directors, and Bruce Harper have agreed to participate. Discussions will be by e-mail. The committee will submit a report and recommendations to the B.C. Executive before Christmas. If you are interested in taking part, please e-mail Bruce Harper at bruce54321@shaw.ca FALL (ACTIVE) GRAND-PRIX The second component of the Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Active Grand Prix begins tonight (see the tournament listings) - all players, both previous participants and new, are welcome. here are the current Grand Prix standings (remember, there are three more events to go): Poitras, Luc 4.5 Davies, Lucas 3.5 Azmitia, Luis Eduardo 3.0 Kostin, Andrey 3.0 Davies, Noam 2.5 Feng, Jason 2.0 Cooper, Devon 2.0 King, Kyle 1.0 Pickering, Austin 1.0 Sabaratnam, Alex 0.0 THIRTY YEARS AGO . . . by Bruce Harper The B.C. Open used to be held on the Thanksgiving weekend. In 1973, Grandmaster Duncan Suttles won it convincingly. That year he was near the peak of his game and was also very active. Here is his six-hour marathon game with Bob Zuk, at that time one of the province s top players. The notes are take from the Suttles book, although they will be amended to reflect Fritz's discovery of a convincing win for Black which both players overlooked! Can you see it? Zuk,R - Suttles,D [B07] BC op Vancouver (6), 08.10.1973 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 0-0 6.Be2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Re1 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 This system is very solid, and has led to some convincing victories for White, but Suttles has never seemed to have had a problem with it. With his next move, White defends his e4-pawn so he can move his d2-knight. 12.Bf1 Bh6! 13.Nc4 Bxc1 14.Raxc1 Qe7 The exchange of dark-squared bishops has solved all of Black's problems. Now Black, if anyone, has a slight edge, because his bishop is slightly better than its White counterpart. But is one pawn (on e4) fixed on the wrong colour enough? 15.a4?! This move is suspect. While it prevents Black from gaining space on the queenside, it places another pawn on a light square, making White's defensive task that much more difficult. 15...a5 16.f3 Rad8 17.Rcd1 Kg7 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rxd1 20.Qxd1 Bc6 21.b3 Now White has more than half his pawns on light squares, which makes his dark squares somewhat weak. Still, White's bishop has a good diagonal, and White puts up a stiff defence. Black has a lot of work ahead of him. 21...Nd7 22.Qd2 Qc5+ 23.Qf2 Kf6 Centralizing his king. 24.Be2 Ke6 25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.Bd1 f5! Taking advantage of his better piece position, Black forces White to capture, giving Black a superiority in the centre. Even in the endgame, Suttles pays attention to such things. But from White's point of view, he can take comfort from the fact that he has just rid himself of one of the pawns which was restricting his bishop. 27.exf5+ gxf5 28.Kf2 f4! Fixing White's f3-pawn on a light square. 29.g3 Bd5 30.Nd2 h6 31.Bc2 Kf6 32.Kg2 Be6 33.Kf2 h5 34.Kg2 Kg5 35.Kf2 h4 Not so much to trade h-pawns as to weaken the dark squares further so that Black's king can penetrate. In general, each pawn exchange makes the ending that much harder to win, so Black has to be careful. 36.Kg2?! This may be the losing move. Surprisingly 36.g4, retaining the h-pawns, was better, for reasons which will be apparent. 36...hxg3 37.hxg3 Bd5 38.Kf2 Nd7 Now Black will force White to play g4. 39.Kg2 Nf6 40.Kf2 Nh5 41.g4 Nf6 42.Bf5 Bc6 43.Ke2 Bb7 44.Kf2 e4! The moment of truth. Black goes for the breakthrough, but more pawns are traded off in the process. If now 45.Bxe4 Nxe4+ 46.Nxe4 Bxe4 47.fxe4 Kxg4 48.b4 c6 49.bxa5 bxa5 50.c4 c5 and Black wins, as White must then give way with 51.Ke2 (51.Kg2 f3+) 51...f3+ 52.Kf2 Kf4 or 52.Ke3 Kg3 and Black queens first. But in this last line (52.Ke3), had White not allowed the exchange of h-pawns on move 36, Black's King could not penetrate to g3. That's why 36.g4 was better. 45.Nxe4+ Bxe4 46.fxe4 Nxg4+ 47.Kf3 47.Bxg4 transposes into the line given above. 47...Ne5+ 48.Ke2 Kf6 White's bishop is still bad! The win is now fairly straightforward. 49.Bh7 Nf7 50.Kd3 Ke5 51.Bf5 Nd6 52.Bh7 Nb7! 53.b4 Nd6 54.Bg6 c5 55.bxa5 bxa5 56.c4 A sad necessity which doesn't save the game. 56...Nc8 57.Be8 Ne7 58.Bh5 Nc6 0:1 A triumph of Black's dark square strategy. MAX EUWE IN VANCOUVER (17 January 1949) "B.C.'s chess fans called Dr. Max Euwe, of Amsterdam, the 'master' in Alma Academy Monday night. In five hours of brilliant simultaneous play against 50 opponents he proved why. Dr. Euwe, former world chess champion on a demonstration tour, won 43 games. He bowed his king to only W.E.F. Fillery and C.F. Millar, Vancouver, and H. Ostrom, North Vancouver. Draws were forced by B. Arden, North Vancouver, Clarence Carroll, Chilliwack, and R.J. Eminson and G. Panton, Vancouver. Players from all over B.C. sat around the square of tables as bespectacled Dr. Euwe went from one to another, moving his pieces quickly, decisively. B.C. Champion A.M. Helman was among the distinguished players. The tournament finished at 1 a.m. Players noted each move in notebooks beside their boards for future study. Dr. Euwe, one of the 'big five' taking part in the recent world championship at Moscow, was accompanied by Netherlands consul in Vancouver, Mr. Jonkheer F. Coenen van's Gravesloot and his wife. R.A. Douglas, president, B.C. Chess Federation, attended. Canon H.L. Roy was committee chairman." [Vancouver Sun, Tuesday January 18, 1949] Euwe, Max - Craigie, Rolf [D72] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. d5 c6 10. Nbc3 Qe7 11. Qb3 c5 12. a4 Na6 13. a5 Nd7 14. Nb5 Nf6 15. Nec3 Ne8 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. d6 Qe6 20. Qa3 Bd7 21. Nc7 Nxc7 22. dxc7 Rfc8 23. Qxc5 Bc6 24. b4 Bf8 25. Qc3 Bd6 26. Rfc1 Rxc7 27. Qd3 Re7 28. b5 Be8 29. Bf1 Rd7 30. Qc3 Qe7 31. Rab1 Rc7 32. Qd2 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Qxc5 35. Rc1 Qe7 36. a6 Rb8 37. Qc3 bxa6 38. bxa6 Rd8 39. Qc7 Qxc7 40. Rxc7 Rd7 41. Rc8 Re7 42. Bb5 Kf8 43. Ra8 f6 44. Bxe8 Rxe8 45. Rxa7 Kg8 46. Rb7 1-0 Euwe, Max - Eminson, R.H. [E00] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. e5 Re8 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. d5 Nf6 17. Qd3 exd5 18. cxd5 Qd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. h3 Qb7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Rc5 23. Qe3 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qe7 Qa8 26. Qxd6 h6 27. Qe7 Nd5 28. Qd6 Nf6 29. Ne5 Qb7 30. b4 Ne4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd3 g6 33. Nxf7 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 Qxf7+ 35. Kg3 Qxa2 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 Euwe, Max - Fillery, W.E. Frank [E34] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd2 Nxd4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nxf3+ 11. exf3 Bxa4 12. Nxc7+ Ke7 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Ke1 Nf4 17. Bf1 Rd5 18. g3 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Ke2 Bb5 21. Rc7+ Rd7+ 22. Ke3 Rxc7 23. Kd2 Rd7+ 24. Kc1 Bc6 25. Re1 Bxf3 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Kc2 f6 28. f4 Rd5 29. Kc3 e5 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. b4 a6 32. a3 Ke6 0-1 Euwe, Max - Ostrom, Harold [D09] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. Bg2 Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 Rb8 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Ngxe5 12. b5 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Na5 14. Bxd4 Nxc4 15. Bxa7 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Ra8 17. Bd4 Rxa3 18. Rxa3 Nxa3 19. b6 cxb6 20. Bxb6 Nc4 21. Bd4 b5 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. Be4 b4 25. Bb2 b3 26. e3 f5 27. Bf3 Bb4 28. Rd4 Bc3 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rb4 Rc2 31. Kg2 b2 32. Bd1 Rd2 33. Bb3 Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. h3 g6 38. g4 Kc5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. e4 fxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Kc4 42. f4 Kc3 43. Rc7+ Kb3 44. Rb7+ Kc2 45. Rc7+ Kd1 46. Rb7 Kc1 47. f5 b1=Q+ 48. Rxb1+ Kxb1 49. f6 Rf2 50. Ke5 Kc2 51. Ke6 Kd3 52. h4 h5 53. f7 Ke4 54. Ke7 Ke5 55. f8=Q Rxf8 56. Kxf8 Kf5 57. Kf7 Kg4 58. Kf6 Kxh4 0-1 UPCOMING EVENTS Junior Events Oct 19 Grand Prix #2, Vancouver Nov 1 Junior Open, Surrey Nov 7-9 BC Junior Championship, Vancouver Nov 16 Island Junior Open #3, Victoria Nov 23 Grand Prix #3, Vancouver Dec 6 BC - WA Match, BCIT 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. Nick Beqo's Sunday Tournaments Dates: Every Sunday (sunny or rainy), 12:00PM - 6:00PM Location: Bear Creek Park, Surrey, B.C. Further details: www.nickbeqo.com/chess/id125.htm UBC's "Any Given Sunday" (1) Dates: Sundays September 28, October 05, 12, 19, 26 Place: UBC Student Union Building, Room 215; except Sept 28 & Oct 19 (Room 213) Rounds: 5 round Swiss System (one round per week) Time: Rounds 12:00 -17:00 Time Control: 30 moves / 90 minutes, game / 60 minutes Entry Fee: $15.00, $12.00 UBC CC members (available at site), $8.00 juniors, $Free to masters and those joining CFC/BCCF for the first time Registration: 11:45 A.M. Prizes: Based on entries ($$BEN) + Special Prizes courtesy of Chess First! Enterprises www.northshorechess.com TD & Org: Jason Feng (phone 604-723-0215); Eduardo Azmitia: (phone 604-582-5586) e-mail: azmitia@interchange.ubc.ca Misc: ½ pt byes available for rounds 1-4 when requested at least 24 hours before game time (by e-mail or phone to Eduardo) UBC Tuesday Night Swiss October/November Dates: October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4 Place: UBC Student Union Building, Room 215 Rounds: 5 round Swiss System (one round per week) Time: Round 1: a.s.a.p. after 7pm, Rounds 2-5 6:30pm Time Control: 40 moves / 90 minutes, game / 60 minutes Entry Fee: $15.00, $12.00 UBC CC members (available at site), $8.00 juniors, $Free to masters and those joining CFC/BCCF for the first time Registration: 6:30 - 7:00 pm before round 1 Prizes: Based on entries ($$BEN) Org & TD: Lyle Craver (phone 604-980-2040) Misc: ½ pt byes available for rounds 1-4 when requested at least 24 hours before game time (in person or by phone only please) 4th. Little Mountain Active Chess Tournament (Stage 2 of the Fall Grand-Prix) Dates: Wednesdays October 15 & 22 Time: 7:00 P.M (registration at 6:45 P.M.) Place: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, 3981 Main St. Vancouver. (near King Edward Ave.) Entry Fee: $3 non rated section; $10 rated section. Juniors and Seniors always $5. Special discounts for families. TOURNAMENT TYPE: 6 rounds; 30G; Swiss pairings. CATEGORIES: I) Open CFC rated* (open to any player with CFC rating and membership) II) Open non-rated (no restrictions) III) Junior rated GRAND PRIX PRIZES: Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd places of Open rated and U1700. Medals for 1st non-rated and for best juniors. Plus special prizes such as chess software, clocks, sets and gift certificates (Chess First! Enterprises). TOURNAMENT PRIZES: 1st Place of each category gets a free entry for a subsequent stage of the Fall Grand Prix, and a award certificate. Organizers: Eduardo / Luis Azmitia Tel: 604-582-5586; Carmen Miranda Tel: 604- 879- 7104 Misc: Bring clocks and sets if possible. Note: The tournament is organized thanks to the support of Little Mountain Neighbourhood House (http://www.littlemountainneighbourhoodhouse.bc.ca/) and Chess First! Enterprises (www.northshorechess.com) *Visit (www.chess.ca) for details of membership to the Chess Federation of Canada. Kelowna Harvest Fest Chess Tournament 2003 [CFC Rated] Site: Boys and Girls Club 1633 Richter St., Kelowna BC Dates: October 18-19, 2003 Entry Fee for Open: $25.00, $20.00 Srs. $15.00 Juniors (under 18 as of Oct 18th/03 and Seniors over 65.) Entry Fee for Junior Tournament: $ 5.00 Type: 5 Rd. Swiss Open Section also 4 round unrated Junior Tournament Saturday Oct 18th Time Control: 30 moves / 1.5hrs, SD / 1hr Open; game in one hour for Junior Tournament Rounds: Saturday 9:00a.m. and 2:00p.m., and 7:00p.m. ; Sunday 10:00a.m. and 3:00p.m or ASAP. Registration: 8am Oct 18th or by contacting Grant Rice Contact: Grant Rice at 250-979-0009 or email ridebike@okanagan.net Prize Fund: Entry Fees less expenses returned to prize fund. Prizes for Junior Tournament included in expenses Please bring sets and clocks if possible. Stop the Machine FIDE Invitational Date: October 24-26, 2003 Place: Sprott-Shaw College, 2750 Rupert Street, Vancouver, BC Rds: 5 Type: Regular closed 6-player RR, FIDE & CFC rated Times: 6:30pm/10am, 3:30 pm/10am, ASAP TC: 120+30 EF: $50 FIDE rated; $80 FIDE unrated, minimum CFC rating 2000 Prizes: 1st $150 plus ChessBase CD prize Reg: interested FIDE-rated players please e-mail TD/Org:Vas Sladek, chessfm@shaw.ca or call 604-787-4553, 604-982-0611, players must pre-register by October 19, NO onsite registrations. Misc: CFC membership required, no smoking, chess sets and clocks provided Sponsors: Chess First! Enterprises www.northshorechess.com Rethink the Cool Date: October 24-26, 2003 Place: Sprott-Shaw College, 2750 Rupert Street, Vancouver, BC Rds: 5 Type: Regular closed 6-player RR, CFC rated Times: 6:45 pm/10am, 3:30 pm/10am, ASAP TC: 90+30 EF: $30 Prizes: 1st $110 plus ChessBase CD prize Reg: interested players please e-mail TD/Org:Vas Sladek, chessfm@shaw.ca or call 604-787-4553, 604-982-0611, players must pre-register, no onsite registrations. Misc: CFC membership required, no smoking, bring chess sets, clocks provided Sponsors: Chess First! Enterprises www.northshorechess.com UBC's "Any Given Sunday" (2) Dates: Sundays November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Place: UBC Student Union Building, Room 215 Rounds: 5 round Swiss System (one round per week) Time: Rounds 12:00 -17:00 Time Control: 30 moves / 90 minutes, game / 60 minutes Entry Fee: $15.00, $12.00 UBC CC members (available at site), $8.00 juniors, $Free to masters and those joining CFC/BCCF for the first time Registration: 11:45 A.M. Prizes: Based on entries ($$BEN) + Special Prizes courtesy of Chess First! Enterprises www.northshorechess.com TD & Org: Jason Feng (phone 604-723-0215); Eduardo Azmitia: (phone 604-582-5586) e-mail: azmitia@interchange.ubc.ca Misc: ½ pt byes available for rounds 1-4 when requested at least 24 hours before game time (by e-mail or phone to Eduardo) Silver Star Classic: Qualifier for the BC Closed Note: NEW Site: Holiday Inn Express 4716 34th St. Vernon B. C. (one block north of London Drugs and off Hwy 97.) ph 250.550.7777 Dates: Nov 8 & 9, 2003 Entry Fee : $25.00, $20.00 Srs. $15.00 Juniors (under 18) Type: 5 Rd. Swiss Open Section Time Control: 30 moves / 1.5hrs, SD/1hr; Rounds: Saturday 10:00a.m. and 2:30p.m., and 7:30p.m., Sunday 10:00a.m. and 3:00p.m or ASAP. Registration: 9 a.m. Nov. 8 or by contacting Wally Steinke TD & Contact: Wally Steinke 250.545.6677 or email wsteinke@sd22.bc.ca Prize Fund: Entry Fees less expenses returned to prize fund. Please bring sets and clocks; half pt byes available UBC Tuesdy Night Swiss November/December Dates: November 18, 25, December 2, 9, 16 Place: UBC Student Union Building, Room 215 Rounds: 5 round Swiss System (one round per week) Time: Round 1: a.s.a.p. after 7pm, Rounds 2-5 6:30pm Time Control: 40 moves / 90 minutes, game / 60 minutes Entry Fee: $15.00, $12.00 UBC CC members (available at site), $8.00 juniors, $Free to masters and those joining CFC/BCCF for the first time Registration: 6:30 - 7:00 pm before round 1 Prizes: Based on entries ($$BEN) Org & TD: Lyle Craver (phone 604-980-2040) Misc: ½ pt byes available for rounds 1-4 when requested at least 24 hours before game time (in person or by phone only please) 5th. Little Mountain Active Chess Tournament (Stage 3 of the Fall Grand-Prix) Dates: Wednesdays November 19 & 26 Details: see October 15 Active Jack Taylor Memorial Dates: November 22-23, 2003 Place: UVic HSD Bldg. Time Control: 40 moves / 90 minutes, game / 60 minutes Entry Fee: $25.00, $20.00 for Juniors and Seniors Prizes: Based on entries ($BEN) Org & TD: Lynn Stringer (phone 250-658-5207) or email lynnstringer@shaw.ca Misc: Entry fees minus expenses will be returned as prizes Abuse your illusions Date: November 28-30, 2003 Place: Sprott-Shaw College, 2750 Rupert Street, Vancouver, BC Rds: 5 Type: Regular closed 6-player RR, FIDE & CFC rated Times: 6:45 pm/10am, 3:30 pm/10am, ASAP TC: 120+30 EF: $50 FIDE rated; $60 FIDE unrated, $30 for titled players Prizes: 1st $150 plus ChessBase CD prize Reg: interested FIDE-rated players please e-mail TD/Org:Vas Sladek, chessfm@shaw.ca or call 604-787-4553, 604-982-0611, players must pre-register, no onsite registrations. Misc: CFC membership required, no smoking, DGT chess sets and clocks provided Sponsors: Chess First! Enterprises www.northshorechess.com I want everything Date: Saturday November 28-30, 2003 Date: November 28-30, 2003 Place: Sprott-Shaw College, 2750 Rupert Street, Vancouver, BC Rds: 5 Type: Regular closed 6-player RR, CFC rated Times: 6:45 pm/10am, 3:30 pm/10am, ASAP TC: 90+30 EF: $30 Prizes: 1st $110 plus ChessBase CD prize Reg: interested players please e-mail TD/Org:Vas Sladek, chessfm@shaw.ca or call 604-787-4553, 604-982-0611, players must pre-register, no onsite registrations. Misc: CFC membership required, no smoking, bring chess sets, clocks provided Sponsors: Chess First! Enterprises www.northshorechess.com 6th. Little Mountain Active Chess Tournament (Stage 4 -final- of the Fall Grand-Prix) Dates: Wednesdays December 10 & 17 Details: see September 17 Active Kamloops Grand Prix 2004 Details: see the BCCF website Chess First! FIDE Invitational Date: April 8-12, 2004 Type: Regular closed 10-player RR, FIDE & CFC rated Reg: interested FIDE-rated players please e-mail TD/Org:Vas Sladek, chessfm@shaw.ca or call 604-787-4553, 604-982-0611, players must pre-register by April 1, 2004, NO onsite registrations. (Details coming later.)
