Stephen Wright
[back issues of the Bulletin are available on the BC Chess Scene site: www.chessbc.ca/newsletters.html]
We were well cared for, the playing conditions were fine, so we have only ourselves to blame ... actually, Mike performed quite a bit above his FIDE rating, and I was only marginally below. Half a point more would have been above. [Mike scored 4/9, Jonathan 3.5 - ed.]
Golod and Anka deservedly dominated the field. The third star, who was actually rated #2, made nine draws. In the first round I prepared carefully for him, but was surprised in the opening. I gained an advantage and could have gone into an ending a passed pawn ahead but with only opposite bishops it seemed a hopeless
draw, so I tried something else. It wasn't all that great and Andrianov offered a draw. I was moderately happy with that and figured I was a step ahead of the field. How wrong I was! [For the statistically minded, Mr. Andrianov played a total of 132 moves in the tournament, averaging just under 15 moves a game - ed.]
I found that I would look at a position for a long time but still miss something obvious. Sure, it's going to happen in time trouble or in a sudden death finish, but should it happen when you look at a move for 20 minutes? Yikes. Maybe this has been a feature of my play for a long time but I just haven't noticed it.
Thanks to Clark Harmon for a great event, and also to his co-organizer, Emil Anka. Clark and I were the only ones who had played Arthur Dake in tournament games." [Jonathan Berry]
Before I annotate the games I'd just like to say thanks to Clark Harmon for arranging this event, it was without question one of the strongest tournaments I've ever played in! Oh, I'd also like to thank him for letting me play in it!!! 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 [2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 is what Clark has played many times before.] 2...e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 [5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 is actually the kind of stuff I thought he'd play for.(6...b5 looks like more fun though.) ] 5...b6 6.a3 Bb7 7.Bd3 d6 My plan after 5.e3 was to steer the game into a Sicilian Kan-type position. 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.b4 Qc7 [9...cxb4 10.axb4 d5 11.c5 a5 12.bxa5 bxc5 13.Qa4 is a very interesting position for me. Probably a little =, but I like Black's chances here.] 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Rc1 0-0 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.b5 This's a very interesting position. I spent a fair amount of time trying to decide how I should continue. 13...Rad8 [13...Bd6 is stronger than the text 14.h3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Be5 16.bxa6 Rxa6 with a slight advantage for Black.; 13...a5 is probably one of the weaker of the 'decent' looking moves because it'll give Clark all the time he needs to build up an attack on the kingside (since the queenside's locked up).] 14.bxa6 Bxf3 15.gxf3 [15.Qxf3 which, at first glance looks pretty terrible, is actually quite good! I missed move 16 in my calculations. 15...Ne5 16.Qg3! Rxd3 17.Nb5 Qc8=] 15...Qa7 [15...Ne5 looks good, but sadly it loses to 16.Nb5 Qb8 17.a7+-] 16.Qe2 [Better is 16.Qa4 Ra8 (16...Nb8!? 17.Nb5 Qxa6 18.Qxa6 Nxa6 19.Rfd1 g6 20.Be5 Rd7) 17.Nb5 Qxa6 18.Qxa6 Rxa6 19.Rfd1 Rd8 20.Rd2 Nb8 21.Be5 Nc6 22.Bc7 Rd7 23.Rcd1 g6=] 16...Qxa6 17.f4 I believe that this's a good move because White is in a situation where he must act quickly and prevent me from repositioning my pieces too easily and quickly... [17.Nb5!?] 17...g6 [17...Nb8 18.Nb5 Rd7 19.Rcd1 Rfd8 20.f5+=] 18.Qf3 Nh5 19.Rfd1 Qc8 20.e4 Qc6 21.Be2 Ng7 [21...Bf6 is a move I hadn't really thought about because my idea behind these last few moves was to play f5 at some point.] 22.Nb5 Nf6 I don't remember why I wimped out and didn't play f5, I guess I figured this was decent. [22...f5 23.e5 Nb8!?] 23.Bxf6= [23.Bd3 might offer White a few more winning chances.] 23...Bxf6 24.e5 Qxf3 25.Bxf3 Be7 26.Na7 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Nb5 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 I think Black has the better chances in this position, but it's not so easy to win because White has such a strong knight and my bishop is kinda stuck (b and c pawns in the way). 29...Kf8 [29...Nf5 30.Bg4 Nd4 31.Kg2 (31.a4 h5 32.Nxd4 cxd4 33.Be2 f6 34.Kg2=) 31...Nxb5 32.cxb5 c4 33.a4 is likely a draw, but looks like an interesting endgame to try out. I opted to avoid this cause of the drawish look.] 30.Kg2 Ke8 31.Kf3 Kd8 32.Ke4 Ne8 33.Ba4 Bh4 34.Kf3 ½-½
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 Before this game I was really worried about what I'd play vs his Bc5 Kan. Partly because I also play this, but mainly because it's so incredibly strong! ;) 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.f4 d6 9.Qf3 b5 10.Be3 Bb7 11.0-0-0 So I opted to play the structure that Jack Yoos played vs me. 11...Rc8 [11...Qc7 12.g4 Nf6 13.g5 Nd7 14.Kb1 Nb4 15.Rhf1 Yoos-Stanford 2002 BC ch 1/2-1/2] 12.Kb1 Na5!? So Black's last two moves pretty much reveal what he's going for... my king 13.g4 [13.Qg3!? g6 Since he plays the Bc5 line, he'd likely be happy to play this type of structure (and still have the attacking chances.).] 13...Nf6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Qh3 [15.Qh5!? is something that I had briefly considered. 15...g6 16.Qh3 b4 creates some serious complications after... 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Bd4 (18.Bxc4!? Rxc4 19.Nd2 Rc7 20.c4 ± 18...e5 forced 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.fxe5 Bxe4 (20...dxe5? 21.Bxe5+-) 21.exd6 Bxc2+ 22.Ka1 Bxd1 23.Rxd1 Rxd4 24.Nexd4!+- (24.Rxd4 Bxg5 25.Re4+ Kf8 26.Rxb4) 24...Bxd6 25.Nc6 Qc7 26.Qe3+ Ne5 (26...Kf8 27.Qd4) 27.Nxe5 Bxe5 28.Rd5+-] 15...Nxb3 [Better is 15...b4 16.Ne2 Nxb3 17.cxb3 (17.axb3 is actually what I was going to play. 17...Nc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.g6 reaches the previous var, but with axb instead.) 17...Nc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.g6 (19.Nd4 0-0) 19...fxg6 20.Nd4 e5 21.Ne6 Bc8 22.Bc4 Bxe6 23.Bxe6 exf4] 16.axb3 Qa5 After the game Lester told me that he was thinking about doing Rxc should the opportunity present itself, and that is why he played all these moves (Rc8,Na5-b3, Qa5...) 17.g6 Bf6!? [17...fxg6 is what I spent most of my time calculating during the game... 18.Qxe6 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Nd5 Bxd5 (20...Qd8 21.b4 Rc8 22.Rhe1 ± 21.exd5 Rc7 but wasn't sure whether this was a strong enough attack or not. A) 22.Rde1 is what I thought about playing when considering 17.g6 22...Kd8 23.Re3 (23.f5!?) 23...Qb6 24.Rh3 (24.Rhe1 Bh4 25.R1e2 Re7 26.Qh3 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Kc7 and Black should survive this.) 24...Bf6 25.Bxg6 Re7 26.Qg4 Qd4 27.c3 Qf2 28.Qg3 looks pretty good, but I think Black has good drawing chances...; B) 22.Rhg1! a Fritz move. Idea: crack open the g-file with f5. 22...Kd8 23.f5 g5 (23...gxf5?? 24.Rxg7+-) 24.h4, +/-] 18.gxf7+ Kxf7? [18...Ke7 is what I thought he'd play. Now I hadn't decided what course I'd take vs this; but whichever one I chose, I am certain it would involve a sacrifice of some sort. 19.Rhg1 looks like a good try, as it brings the rook out of the light diagonal and into the fray. 19...Rxc3 doesn't look like it works because of... 20.Bd2 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 Qc7 22.e5!+- opening up lines for all my pieces. 22...dxe5 23.Bb4+ Nc5 24.Bxc5+ Kxf7 25.Qd7++-] 19.Nd5 Nc5 [19...g6 Just holding tight looks to be stronger. 20.Rhf1 step 1: point pieces at king, step 2: crush crush crush.] 20.Bxc5+- Bxd5 21.exd5 Rxc5 22.Qxe6+ Kf8 23.Qxd6+ Be7 24.Qe6 Qd8 25.Qxa6 [25.c4!?] 25...b4 [Better, but still losing, is... 25...Rxd5 26.Be2 b4 27.Rxd5 Qxd5 28.Rd1 Qf7 29.Qc8+ Qe8 30.Qf5+ Qf7 31.Qe5+- all Black's pieces are tied up. 31...Bf6 32.Qc5+ Qe7 33.Rd8++-] 26.Bb5 Bd6 27.Rhe1 Kf7 28.Re6 Bxf4 29.Rf1 g5 30.Rd6 1-0
Roper,D (2292) - Berry,J (2255) [C54] Dake mem McMinnville (7), 11.06.2004
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Bb6 7.b4 Ne7 8.Re1 0-0 9.a4 c6 10.Bb3 Ng6 11.Nbd2 Bc7 12.Nf1 Be6 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Bxb3 15.Qxb3 d5 16.Bg5 dxe4 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Ng3 Qe5 19.Ndf5 Rfe8 20.Bh6 Nh4 21.Nxg7 Red8 22.h3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.Qd1 Be7 26.Qd2 Nd5 27.c4 e3 28.Qe2 exf2+ 29.Qxf2 Nxb4 30.Kh1 Bc5 31.Bf4 Qa1+ 32.Qf1 Qxf1+ 0-1
Raptis,N (2262) - Berry,J (2255) [D11] Dake mem McMinnville (9), 13.06.2004
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.c5 Qc7 8.Bf4 Qc8 9.Qa4 Nbd7 10.Bg2 b5 11.cxb6 axb6 12.Qb3 Be7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rfc1 Qa6 15.Nh4 Rfe8 16.Nxf5 exf5 17.f3 b5 18.Qc2 g6 19.e4 fxe4 20.fxe4 b4 21.Nd1 dxe4 22.Qxc6 Qd3 23.Be3 Qe2 24.Bf2 Ra6 25.Bf1 Rxc6 26.Bxe2 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Nd5 28.Bb5 Rd8 29.Ne3 Bg5 30.Bxd7 Bxe3 31.Rc8 Rxc8 32.Bxc8 Bxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Nb6 34.Bb7 f5 35.Bc6 Kf7 36.a4 bxa3 37.bxa3 Ke6 38.a4 Kd6 39.Bb5 Kd5 40.a5 Nc8 41.Ke3 Na7 42.Be8 g5 43.Bf7+ Kd6 44.g4 Ke7 45.Bg8 1-0
Parking: Free parking in the lot just West of St. John's School.
Equipment: Boards and sets will be provided.
Prizes: Donated by Chess First Enterprises - eight prizes in total; maximum four per simul. Prizes go to winners first, then players who draw. Retail values are indicated:
Canadian chess public. Mr. Amaral regularly organizes IM and GM tournaments in Sao Paulo. In June he is running two closed tournaments with IM norms and in July one tournament with GM norms! His web address is: www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/ Perhaps in the future we could have Canadians playing in his tournaments. I see at Mr Amaral's web page that he already has some US players playing this year, so why not Canadians?! Anyway this may be a good opportunity to strengthen the ties between Canadian and Brazilian chess players."
CHESS IN CUBA by Tom Robertson
I'm trying to get a small group of avid chess players to come to Cuba for a week of playing chess
in Havana as well as discovering the countryside and culture. The tour program can be found at
www.ottawachessclub.com or www.cuba1tours.com. The fam trip price is slightly lower than shown on the
program, $1000 + Air. This will be the first of a series of Cuban chess programs planned for
2004/2005. Please pass this information on to local club members and hope to have you along.
Thanks.
Best regards
Tom Robertson
Advantage Associated Travel
Courtenay, B.C.
V9N 8V7
Tel: 250-334-8529
Toll Free: 800-856-4777
Fax: 250-334-8539
Email: tom@cuba1tours.com
Web: www.cuba1tours.com
http://www.chessmastery.com/pocochessclub
I would really appreciate if you can please publicize this URL whenever, whereever, and however you can, as our club is in dire need of members to attend on a regular Thursday basis.
Davie,C - York,J [C39]
1.e4 "Take a trumpet, herald; ride thou unto the horsemen on yon hill: if they would fight with us, bid them come down, or void the field." [Henry V: IV, vii]
1...e5 "The sum of all our answer is but this: we would not seek a battle, as we are; nor, as we are, we say we will not shun it: so tell you master." [Henry V: III, vi]
2.f4 "If guilty dread have left thee so much strength as to take up mine honour s pawn, then stoop!" [Richard II: I, i]
2...exf4 "And I accept the combat willingly." [Henry VI/2: I, iii]
3.Nf3 "To horse, you gallant princes! Straight to horse!" [Henry V: IV, ii]
3...g5 "Let s consult together against this greasy knight." [Merry Wives of Windsor: II, i]
4.h4 "How now, young man! Mean st thou to fight today?" [Troilus and Cressida: V, iii]
4...g4 "Pursue him, ho! Go after!" [King Lear: II, i]
5.Ng5 "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o erleap, for in my way it lies." [Macbeth: I, iv]
5...h6 "...you waste the treasure of your time with a foolish knight." [Twelfth Night: II, v]
6.Nxf7 "For thousand Yorks he shall not hide his head, but boldly stand and front him to his face." [Henry VI/2: V, i]
6...Kxf7 "...the extreme peril of our case, the peace of England and our person s safety, enforced us to his execution." [Richard III: III, v]
7.d4 "We will have vengeance for it, fear thou not." [Romeo and Juliet: III, v]
7...d5 " Tis not sleepy business, but must be looked to speedily and strongly." [Cymbeline: III, v]
8.Bxf4 "The archbishop is the King s hand and tongue, and who dare speak one syllable against him?" [Henry VIII: V, i]
8...dxe4 "Such noble fury in so poor a thing." [Cymbeline: V, v]
9.Bc4+ "An t please your grace, the two great cardinals wait in your presence." [Henry VIII: III, i]
9...Kg7 "I do not like their coming. Now I think on t, they should be good men, their affairs as righteous; but all hoods make not monks." [Henry VIII: III, i]
10.Be5+ "I advise you ... that you read the cardinal s malice and his potency together; to consider further that what his high hatred would effect wants not a minister in his power. You know his nature, that he s revengeful, and I know his sword hath a sharp edge; it s long and t may be said it reached far, and where twill not extend thither he darts." [Henry VIII: I, i]
10...Nf6 "You, Lord Archbishop, whose see is by a civil peace maintained, whose head the silver hand of peace hath touch d, whose white vestments figure innocence the dove and very blessed spirit of peace, wherefore do you so ill translate yourself out of the speech of peace that hears such grace, into the harsh and boisterous tongue of war; turning your books to graves, your ink to blood, your pens to lances, and your tongue divine to a loud trumpet and a point of war?" [Henry IV/2: IV, i]
11.0-0 "Up to the eastern tower whose height commands as subject all the vale, to see the battle." [Troilus and Cressida: I, ii]
11...Be7 "Call forth the holy father." [Richard III: V, i]
12.d5 "Hath no man s dagger here a point for me?" [Much Ado About Nothing: IV, i]
12...Rf8 "Hang out our banners on the outward walls; the cry is still They come : our castle s strength will laugh a siege to scorn." [Macbeth: V, v]
13.Qe2 "I would remove these tedious stumbling-blocks and smooth my way upon their headless necks; and, being a woman, I will not slack to play my part in Fortune s pageant." [Henry VI/2: I, ii]
13...Bc5+ "Look, when the holy legate comes apace, to give us warrant from the hand of heaven, and on our actions set the name of right with holy breath." [John: V, ii]
14.Kh1 "How much, methinks, I could despise this man, but that I am bound in charity against it!" [Henry VIII: III, ii]
14...e3 "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." [Hamlet: II, i]
15.Qd3 "Why appear you with this ridiculous boldness before my lady?" [Twelfth Night: III, iv]
15...h5 "So that, by this, you would not have him die." [Henry VIII: III, i]
16.Rf5 "... there stand I in much peril." [Othello: V, i]
16...Bxf5 "I shall deal with him that henceforth he shall trouble us no more." [Henry VI/2: III, i]
17.Qxf5 "Ay, my lord cardinal, how think you by that? Were it not good your grace could fly to heaven?" [Henry VI/2: II, i]
17...Qe8 "Woman, do what thou canst to save our honours." [Henry VI/1: I, ii]
18.Bd3 "Stand thee by, friar." [Much Ado About Nothing: IV, i]
18...Kg8 "I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it: knavery cannot, sure, hide himself in such reverence." [Much Ado About Nothing: II, i]
19.Qg5+ "No devil will fright thee as much as she." [Love s Labour s Lost: IV, iii]
19...Kh8 "Then come, o God s name, I fear no woman." [Henry VI/1: I, ii]
20.Bxf6+ "Certainly the cardinal is the end of this." [Henry VIII: II, i]
20...Rxf6 "Now, by God s mother, priest, I ll shave your crown for this, or all my fence shall fail." [Henry VI/2: II, i]
21.Qxf6+ "Hamlet, thou art slain; no medicine in the world can do thee good, in thee there is not half an hour of life." [Hamlet: V, ii]
21...Kg8 "Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him." [Henry V: IV, pro]
22.Nc3 "Give me another horse." [Richard III: V, iii]
22...Nd7 "Let s raise the siege. Why live we idly here?" [Henry VI/1: I, ii]
23.Qg5+ "And, when I spy advantage, claim the Crown, for that s the golden mark I seek to hit." [Henry VI/2: I, ii]
23...Kh8 "Foul wrinkled witch, what makest thou in my sight?" [Richard III: I, iii]
24.Qh6+ "I ll do, I ll do, and I ll do." [Macbeth: I, iii]
24...Kg8 "Have done thy charm, thou hateful withered hag!" [Richard III: I, iii]
25.Qh7+ "Here must I kill King Pericles." [Pericles, I, iii]
25...Kf8 "I pray you all, tell me what they deserve that do conspire my death with devilish plots of damned witchcraft, and that have prevailed upon my body with their hellish charms?" [Richard III: III, iv]
26.Rf1+ "But yet, poor Claudio! There is no remedy, come, sir." [Measure for Measure: II, i]
1-0 "All good people, pray for me! I must forsake ye. The last hour of my long weary life is come upon me. Farewell." [Henry VIII: II, i]
Vancouver League: Class Round Robins
In these Round Robins players will grouped according to their class or within a rating spread of no more than 200 or 300 points. The games will take place at the Vancouver Bridge Centre (2776 East Broadway) during the evening on Saturdays and/or Wednesdays. If you are interested in participating on these events please send an e-mail to the following address: azmitia@interchange.ubc.ca
For more information visit: http://www3.telus.net/chessvancouver/
Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776 East Broadway (at Kaslo), Vancouver
Type: 5-round Swiss
Place: Vancouver Airport Conference Resort
Type: 10 round single-section Swiss
Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776 East Broadway (at Kaslo), Vancouver
Type: 5-round Swiss
Place: Sandman Inn, 2130 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna
Type: 5-round Swiss
Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre
Type: 5-round Swiss
