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En Passant No 170 � October 2001 1

EN PASSANTOctober 2001 No.170 octobre 2001

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7 GM Alexandre Lesiege was the king of Canadian chess thissummer by winning a playoff match against Kevin Spraggettfor the Canadian Championship. On the cover with Alexandreare Irwin Lipnowski, Jack Yoos and Michael Schleifer.

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2 Editorial, and Letters to the Editor.

18 Larry Fyffe presents former Canadian Champion Henry Howein short biographical profile.

20 Roger Langen explores the question ÒWhy Old Players Lose?Ó

22 ÒThey Shoot Birds, DonÕt They?Ó recounts Robert WebbÕsexperiences with an opening outside of main line theory.

24 IM Dave Ross recounts GM Alexandre LesiegeÕs first triumphof the summer at the 2nd Annual Montreal International. YvesVaillancourt provides the photography.

36 IM Danny Kopec returns with his ÒRook and Pawn EndingsTestÓ to challenge our readers with a completely new way ofapproaching this important endgame type.

39 IM Michael Schleifer was in Harlem, New York to play in theWilbert Page Memorial International.

42 Across Canada.

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Letters

Editorial

Toronto, ON

I found Jonathan BerryÕs story fromthe August issue of En Passant abouthis problems writing a computerchess program back in 1967 veryinteresting and enjoyable. I faced asimilar predicament eight yearsearlier, in 1959, when I was asked bymy boss, Dr. T.O. Lazarides toinvestigate the feasibility of writing achess program for an IBM 650. After

spending more than 150 hours of myown time, I came to the conclusionthat I needed a computer at least 100times more powerful in order to writea program capable of playing verybasic chess, even without castling anden passant rules.

Years later, in 1964, I met somecomputer gurus at MIT, who told meconfidentially about a project at thePentagon that cost approximately 10

There are several international resultsby Canadian players to report:

GM Peter Acs of Hungary is the 2001B20 World Junior Chess Champion,while WIM Humpy Koneru of India isthe new G20 World Girls ChessChampion. The event was organizedby the Municipality of Peristeri inAthens, the host city of the 2004Olympic Games in Greece, andattracted a record-breaking 150 boysand girls from 56 countries. YaaqovVaingorten of Canada, seeded 66thamong the 89 participants finished ina share of 63rd place at 5.5/13, whilein the Girls event, Bojana Mitrovic,seeded 57th in a field of 60, playedwell to score 6.5/13 and a share of26th place.

Earlier this summer FM StephenGlinert, IM Michael Schleifer and FMPascal Charbonneau were in NewYork to play in the St.JohnÕsUniversity International, the WilbertPage Memorial, and the SmartChessInternational, respectively. IMSchleifer has sent us his report.

Back in Canada, Montreal was thecenter of the chess universe duringthis time, with both the CanadianZonal Championship and the 2ndAnnual Montreal International takingplace in August. Many thanks to GMKevin Spraggett, Michael Lipnowskiand IM Dave Ross for their extendedreports.

As this issue goes to print, the newshas arrived that GM AlexandreLesiege has won the Canadian Zonalplayoff match against GM KevinSpraggett in Brantford, Ontario andthus qualifies to the $3,000,000

million US dollars Ñ roughly 100million in todayÕs funds Ñ andproduced a program capable ofplaying at about 1200 Elo level.

Nicholas Varmazis

US

This year after attending the WorldOpen in Philadelphia I came up tothe Canadian Open with two friends,and was very pleasantly surprised by

Americas Continental Championshiplater this year. Congratulations aredefinitely in order, as Alexandre wasalso the winner of the MontrealInternational earlier in the samemonth!

I have included the raw game scoresfrom the match on the inside frontcover together with an introductorynote from John Hammond of theWorld Chess Network Ñ the peoplewho sponsored the match andprovided live online coverage. A fullreport on the playoff is planned forthe December issue.

While on the subject of online chess, Iwould like to ask our readers to sendus their comments on both positiveand negative experiences they havehad in the internet chess world. Weare planning to include an article oninternet chess in an upcoming issue,and your feedback in this area couldbe very helpful in pointing us in theright direction. How do you feel aboutplaying chess online, and which chessservers provide the best experienceand features? What other chessactivities interest you online, or, whichones donÕt quite hit the mark?

Some interesting discussions tookplace recently in several Canadian andAmerican forums about scholastic andjunior chess programs and the impactthey have had on organized chess inNorth America in general. And whilepeopleÕs opinions on the subject arevaried and often passionate, a fewvery interesting points have beenmade repeatedly:

While in the US, for example, thelargest segment of memberships in

the USCF today are scholastic, thenumber of regular adult membershipshas been declining for a number ofyears. We have, in effect, failedmiserably at retaining these kids afterthey graduate from their scholasticchess careers.

What then, if anything, can we do tomake the transition from scholasticchess to adult chess easier and moreattractive for these children than it isright now? Something in the structureof our current system needs to bechanged if we are to make anypositive gains in this important areaÖ

I personally suspect that for manykids the problem has to do with a lackof suitable social and ÔfunÕ interactionswith their peers beyond the scholasticchess scene. How much ÔfunÕ doesyour average 8-year-old have at anadult chess tournament where gamestake hours instead of minutes, andthereÕs no one around to playdinosaurs with between games? And,by the time they are teenagers, thealmost total absence of females atchess events is way uncool.

On the bright side, larger scholasticnumbers have produced lots of newtalent to replace older generations atthe elite levels of play. Perhaps whatwe have failed to recognize properlyis that Ôelite talentÕ has very differentneeds from the vast majority of juniorplayers who get involved in chess forreasons other than a passion for thegame or winning some cash and afew trophies. For them, our adultchess product fails to meet theirneedsÖ

Knut Neven


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the friendly nature of the people Imet. I also bought a copy of EnPassant and liked it a lot. If only theUSCF could put out a magazine ofsuch high quality!

Ariel Mazzarelli

New York, US

Ed Yetman suggested I might like tosubscribe to En Passant and join theChess Federation of Canada. I havesince then received a number ofissues, and find great pleasure inreading the articles and studying thegames. As a former editor of TheChess Correspondent, I applaude yourformat and commentary.

My own commentary in NOSTalgiaMagazine relates somewhat to yourcommentary regarding the extensiveuse of Swiss format tournaments andlack of Round Robin events, as well asthe replacement of the 40/120 timecontrol with faster options:

ÒTimes have changed since I wasprogram director and organizer in thewestern New York State area in 1967,when the last true invitational RoundRobin event was held in that location.The players in those days reallyseemed to appreciate the format andthe slower time controls, but nowclubs are less in the minds of manyplayers who prefer to just attendweekend Swiss tournaments and careabout nothing but their ratings. Yearsago chess clubs were a home forenthusiasts with a deep esprit decorps and a certain pride to hold amembership in it.Ó

Some years ago Canadians used tofrequent our Lake Ontario Open, andon one particularly late evening I tookone of them, NM Theodorovitch, outto dine at a local restaurant while hewaited for his bus back to Canada. Wehad a very nice chat that eveningabout his chess ideas, and I recallbeing very impressed by his sincerity

in spite of losing a beautiful game tome earlier. His name no longerappears on your rating lists, so Iwonder if one of your readers knowshis whereabouts?

Don Reithel

Montreal, PQ

Overall, En Passant 169 was anexcellent issue. However, there aretwo negative comments I must make:

1) Page 1: the French ÒaoutÓ shouldhave the circumflex over the ÔuÕ andnot over the ÔoÕ.

2) Cover: the two player photos haveno identification, and since theinformation isnÕt given elsewhere inthe magazine a caption would havebeen appropriate.

Hugh Brodie


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A tournament in a small town (under75,000 population) may qualify for anLTIP grant. Write to the CFC for details

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Ontario

DCC Thanksgiving OpenDate: October 6Ð8Place: 1681 Bayview Ave, two blocks

south of Eglinton, aboveChessÕn Match, Toronto

Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 11, 5:30 / 11, 5:30 / 11, 5:30TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $60; $20 late fee after October 5;

less $20 Jr/Sr, titled, women,2400+; GM free

Sec: Open/U2300, U2100/U1900,U1700/UR

Prizes: $$BEN 70%Reg: 09:00Ð09:30 at site; or cheques

to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Dr, Toronto, ON, M4H 1L7by October 1

Org: Mark S. Dutton (416)467Ð9715Misc: Bye 1Ð5, max. 3; http://

www.play.at/duttonchess

Scarborough CC Youth SeriesDate: October 6, 27, November 17,

December 8Place: Scarborough CC, Wexford

Seniors Community Centre,1860 Lawrence Avenue E

Rds: 5Type: Active SwissTimes: 10:30, 11:30, 1, 2, 3TC: G/30EF: $10Prizes: Trophies, medalsReg: 10:00Ð10:30 at site; or cheques

to Scarborough CC, 72 CavehillCrescent, Scarborough, ON,M1R 4P9

Org: Bryan Lamb, (416)391Ð[email protected]

Misc: Open to players U18 on 2001/01/01; lecture and simul afterthe event

DCC Saturday ActivesDate: October 27, November 24,

December 22, January 5Place: 1681 Bayview Ave, two blocks


Rds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 12:30, 1:45, 3, 5, 6:15, 7:30TC: G/30EF: $40; $10 late fee; less $10 Jr/Sr,

women, titled, 2400+Sec: Open, U2000, U1600Prizes: $$BEN 70%Reg: 11:00Ð12:00 at site; or cheques

to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,

Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Dr, Toronto, ON, M4H 1L7

Org: Mark S. Dutton (416)467Ð9715Misc: Bye 1Ð5, max. 3; http://

www.play.at/duttonchess

London Fall HarvestDate: October 27Ð28Place: Best Western Lamplighter Inn,

591 Wellington RoadRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9, 11:15, 2 / 9:30, 1TC: Rd1Ð2 G/60; Rd3Ð4 G/90; Rd5

G/120EF: $30; less $5 Jr/SrPrizes: $$BENOrg: Steve Demmery,

[email protected]: 08:00Ð08:45 at site; or cheques

to Steve Demmery, 1148Viscount Road, London, ON,N6K 1J1; (519)472Ð4007

Misc: Bye 1Ð4, max.2; Maximum of 46participants; bring clocks, sets

Sudbury Fall OpenDate: October 27Ð28Place: Laurentian University, Arts

Building, rooms A304 and A305Rds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9, 1:30, 6:30 / 9:30, 2:30TC: Saturday 30/75, SD 60; Sunday

30/90, SD 60EF: $25; $12 Jr/Sr; $2 women, new

CFC membersPrizes: $$BENReg: 08:10Ð08:40 at siteOrg: Bob Kiviaho, 207 Alice Street,

Sudbury, ON, P3E 5G1,(705)522Ð3158

Misc: Bye 1Ð5

DCC Remembrance Day OpenDate: November 9Ð11Place: 1681 Bayview Ave, two blocks


Rds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 7 / 11, 5:30 / 11, 5:30TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $60; $20 late fee after June 29;

less $20 Jr/Sr, titled, women,2400+; GM free

Sec: Open/U2200, U2000/U1800,U1600/UR


to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Dr, Toronto, ON, M4H 1L7by November 5

Org: Mark S. Dutton (416)467Ð9715


Misc: Bye 1Ð5, max. 3; bring clocks;http://www.play.at/duttonchess

Scarborough 80% ActivesDate: November 23, December 9Place: Committee Rooms 1 & 2,

Scarborough Civic Centre, 150Borough Drive, Scarborough

Rds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 10, 11:10, 12:40, 1:50, 3, 4:10TC: G/30EF: $40; $30 Jr/Sr/Titled; less $10

GTA club members (less $5 Jr/Sr)

Prizes: $$BEN, 80%Reg: 09:15Ð09:45 at site; or cheques

to Scarborough CC, 72 CavehillCrescent, Scarborough, ON,M1R 4P9

Org: Bryan Lamb, (416)391Ð[email protected]

Misc: Bye 1Ð5, max.3

DCC Christmas OpenDate: December 26Ð30Place: 1681 Bayview Ave, two blocks


Rds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 7 / 7 / 7 / 12 / 12TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $60; $20 late fee after December

22; less $20 Jr/Sr, titled, women,2400+; GM free

Sec: Open/U2300, U2100/U1900,U1700/UR


to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Dr, Toronto, ON, M4H 1L7by December 17

Org: Mark S. Dutton (416)467Ð9715Misc: Bye 1Ð5, max. 3

British Columbia

Esquires Coffee HouseDate: Every weekendPlace: Esquires Coffee House, 4300

Kingsway, BurnabyRds: 5Type: Active SwissTimes: Sat. 4, asap; Sun. 1, asapTC: Sat. G/15; Sun. G/30EF: Sat. $5; Sun. $7Misc: Bring sets, clocks

Vancouver Thanksgiving OpenDate: October 6Ð8Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776

East Broadway, Vancouver, BCRds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, 4 / 10, 4 / asapTC: 40/120, SD/60

Dutton Chess ClubToronto Events

Major events share the followingdetails unless noted otherwise.

Place: Dutton Chess Club, 1681Bayview Avenue, 2nd floor

Rds: 6 Sec: 3Type: Regular Swiss

EF: $60; Jr/Sr/Ladies/Titled $40TC: 40/120, SD/60 FIDE rated

Misc: Open to anyone; nomembership required; bring

clocks, sets are provided

Org/TD: Mark S. Dutton(416)467Ð9715, (416)219Ð7933

[email protected]://www.play.at/duttonchess

Weekend Slow Tournaments

Thanksgiving Day OpenOctober 6Ð8

Remembrance Day OpenNovember 9Ð11

Christmas OpenDecember 26Ð30

Active Tournaments

DCC Active Series #16Ð21G/30; 6 rds.; EF $40, Jr/Sr $30

Oct. 27, Nov. 24, Dec. 22, Jan. 5

Place: Dutton Chess Club, 1681Bayview Avenue, 2nd floor

Misc: Adults $150, Jr/Sr $100;join anytime with 1/2 pt. byes!

Mondays

G/15 Events; Open 18:00Ð23:006rds; start at 19:30; EF $10

Wednesdays

40/120, SD/60; start at 18:30

Fall Open Evening SwissOctober 10 to Nov. 7; 5rds

DCC Club ChampionshipNovember 14 to Dec. 19

6rds; two sections

Saturdays

G/5 Blitz; 2 Events each Week7 double rds. Swiss

Times: 13:00 & 16:00 EF: $1070% Prizes; Open to Everyone

Regular Afternoon Events40/120, SD/60; 12:00Ð18:00

Autumn Afternoon EventsSeptember 8, 15, 29; October

13, 20; 5rds

Poppy Open IINovember 3, 17; December 1,

8, 15; 5rds

ScarboroughChess ClubTournament

Schedule

All events have the followinginformation in common unless

noted otherwise.

Place: Scarborough Chess Club,Wexford Seniors CommunityCentre, 1860 Lawrence Ave

Info: [email protected]://webhome.idirect.com/

~blamb

Org: Bryan Lamb(416)391Ð4777

[email protected]

Misc: SCC membershiprequired ($100 Adult, $75 Sr,$50 Jr, $25 U10). Events areCFC rated (CFC membership

required). Entry fees to eventscovered by club membership.Half price for additional familymembers and players from the

same school.

Special Events

Special Open Active EventsDate: November 18 and

December 9Place: Scarborough Civic Centre

(see Coming Events)Type: Active Swiss

EF: $40 ($30 GTA clubmembers); $30 Jr/Sr ($25 GTA

club members)

SCC Blitz ChampionshipDate: October 25Type: Blitz G/5Rds: 10 double

SCC Tuesday Fall ActiveDate: October 23 to 30

Type: Active Swiss G/30Rds: 6

SCC Tuesday Fall 1 HourDate: November 13 to 27Type: Active Swiss G/60

Rds: 6

SCC Club ChampionshipDate: November 1 to

January 10Type: Regular Swiss / RR

30/90, SD/30; Rds: 9

SCC Sunday Winter RRDate: November 4 to

December 23Rds: 5


Junior Chess in BCLower Mainland

2001-2002

Unless otherwise noted, thefollowing events are open to alljunior players at all levels. Prizes

vary, and include trophies,books, gifts, and cash. Some

events qualify the winner(s) forprovincial or national

championships, and while allevents are CFC rated, Juniors

only events do not require CFCmembership.

Playing Sites

VBC: Vancouver Bridge Centre,2776 East Broadway

BCIT: BCIT Student AssociationCampus Centre, 3700 Willingdon

Avenue, Burnaby

Surrey: Bethany NewtonChurch, corner of 148 St & 60

Avenue, Surrey

Org/TD: Katherine Davies(604)266Ð5842 mail-for-

[email protected]; StephenWright (604)221Ð7148

[email protected];www.chess.bc.ca

Event Info

VBC Thanksgiving OpenOctober 6Ð8

VBC Junior OpenOctober 14

Surrey Junior OpenOctober 20

VBC BC Junior ChampionshipNovember 10Ð12

VBC Junior OpenNovember 25

BCIT BCÐWashington MatchDecember 1

VBC Junior Open BlitzDecember 9

BCIT Junior Grade OpenJanuary 27

York House ProvincialInterschool Team (Grades 1-7)

February 2

St.GeorgeÕs School ProvincialInterschool Team (Grades 8-12)

February 23

BCIT VancouverRegional Chess Challenge

March 10

BCIT Provincial Chess ChallengeMarch 30

Victoria CYCC Provincial FinalsMay 5

EF: $30; $20 Jr/Sr; non-CFCmembers add $12

Prizes: $$BENReg: 09:00Ð09:40 at siteOrg: Katherine Davies (604)266Ð5842

Stephen Wright (604)221Ð7148Misc: Bye 1Ð5

BC Active ChampionshipDate: October 27Place: Meeting Room B, YMCA, 955

Burrard Street, VancouverRds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, ASAPTC: G/30EF: $25; less $5 Jr/Sr, women,

MastersPrizes: $$BENReg: 09:00Ð10:00 at siteOrg: Vancouver Chess Club; Dave

(604)588Ð2560

Alberta

ECC John TournamentsDate: Monday nightsPlace: Edmonton Chess ClubRds: 4Type: Active SwissTC: G/30EF: $2Reg: 18:30Ð19:15 at siteOrg: John Quiring (403)468Ð9173

Southern Alberta OpenDate: November 17Ð18Place: Hampton Inn & Suites, 2231

Banff Trail NW, CalgaryRds: 5Type: SwissTimes: TBATC: TBAReg: From 09:00 at siteOrg: Ron Hinds (403)201Ð1653

New Brunswick

Bathurst CRCC TornadoDate: November 10

Research Database 2001

First version was rated worldÕs topmega database by Komputer Korner atWeb Computer Chess Reports

About 2,410,000 games,Virtually no duplication,Clean game headers, Player Elos

For ordering info contact:

[email protected] 306.249.1394

http://members.home.net/kneven/chess/databasing.html

Place: NBCC, Youghall Drive, BathurstRds: 4Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9, 11:30, 2:30, 5TC: G/60EF: $20; $5 Cd; $2 with first time

CFC membershipPrizes: $$BEN

Chess The Hard Way

by D. A. Yanofsky

Diagrams: 354 Pages: 236

Catalogue #: 3449Members Price: $19.95Non-Members Price: $21.95

Chess the Hard Way is about thelife and times of a great CanadianGrandmaster. This selection of 129games gives the reader a pictureof the fighting chess he alwayschampioned throughout his career.Abe Yanofsky was a child prodigy,CanadaÕs first Grandmaster and themost important Canadian chesspersonality of the 20th Century. In1939 he was discovered by thechess world when, at fourteen, heplayed second board for theCanadian team at the ChessOlympiad in Buenos Aires. AbeYanofsky went on to win manytournaments, including a win overWorld Champion Mikhail Botvinnikat Groningen in 1946.


Montreal

apparent, nor are the spectatorsroped off from the playing area. Infact, throughout the event nothingprevented the spectators fromcoming within an armÕs length of theparticipants.Ó

An analysis room was available for theplayers, but this area was in factlocated outside of the bridge club inthe midst of the open hallways of theDecarie Square shopping mall, andusually occupied by shoppers restingor eating. As a result, the players hadto make the best they could of thecommunal atmosphere, which did notat times rule out having to clean offdirty tables.

But perhaps the most trying aspect ofthe event was the new abbreviatedFIDE time control: 75 minutes for thefirst 40 moves plus a 30 secondincrement, followed by a stressful 15minutes plus 30 second increment tofinish the game. This most recentFIDE invention is almost universallydespised, and FIDE may be forced toreturn to a more rational time controlby next year.

KS: ÒA number of oversights by theorganizers are worth mentioning, sothat they wonÕt be repeated in thefuture. First, unfortunately a pre-roundplayersÕ meeting was shrugged off asunnecessary, in spite of the importantrole they can play in clarifyinguncertain rules or peculiarities of thetournament. This time it would havebeen useful to explore the first use ofthe new digital clock in our zonalchampionship, especially since manyof the participants had no experiencewith these units.

Second, the players soon discoveredto their horror that the relatively newand untried Dubov system was to beused for making the round-by-roundpairings. At the very least the newsystem should have been explained

to the players, and perhaps evenvoted on by the participants, if not bythe Executive of the CFC. Apparentlythe Dubov system, unlike most otherpairing systems, is designed toaccurately determine the first fivefinal positions in the classification.However, this is unnecessary inevents with less than several hundredplayers, and especially when only thefirst place finisher is criticallyimportant. Furthermore, many of theparticipants felt that the systemÕs rulesrequire far too many arbitrarydecisions and judgements by the TD.Ó

Jack Yoos, for example, soon becamethe first victim of the shortcomings ofthis fast time control. Jack was in themidst of sweeping Dale Haessel offthe board with a flurry of sacrificialbrilliance when he unknowinglyflagged in the process of making amove on the board!

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Yoos, JackHaessel, Dale

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Several other results from this roundcould also be considered upsets: FMIrwin Lipnowski lost to the underratedMark Ghanoum, and veteran fighterRobert Gardner went down to thecurrent Quebec Junior ChampionThomas Roussel-Roozman. Meanwhileorder was preserved on the top

2001 Canadian

Introduction

This article is the first collaborationbetween GM Kevin Spraggett and themulti-talented Michael Lipnowski, whoprovides the day to day coverage ofthe event. The result is a tournamentreport written from two differentperspectives, and therefore perhapsmore useful than the usual victorÕsfare of ÒI came, I saw, I conqueredÓ.Instead, we have an objective anddetached perspective that only aninterested and discerning spectatorcan provide. Most of what follows isbased on MichaelÕs notes, whereas myown commentary is added here andthere to provide the kind of detail andperspective that can only come fromone right on the front line of battle.

Round 1

At first impression the conditions ofthe tournament are adequate. Thelighting is excellent, the top twomatches have demonstration boards,and washroom facilities are onlymeters from the playing area. Thechairs are comfortable, the tablesspatious, the floor carpeted, thetemperature can be controlled locally,and the players are even treated tofree coffee, juices and munchiesduring the game. So why, might youask, are our top players beingpampered with these luxuries? Theanswer is simple: the tournament siteat Decarie Square is in fact the homeof a local bridge club! However, as isthe case with most things, there aresome problems: the demo boards arethe cheap plastic things popular withthe scholastic lunch hour crowd, whilethe actual paper boards at the gametables surely could at least have beenlaminated on the occasion of thisprestigious event?!

KS: ÒUpon entering the playing room,no orderly arrangement of tables is

Championship and Zonal

The

by GM Kevin Spraggett & Michael Lipnowski


boards, where GMs Spraggett andLesiege, as well as IM MichaelSchleifer, all won with relative ease.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Lesiege, AlexandreGurevich, Artem

Montreal CA zt (1), 2001Nimzo-Indian E45

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3b6 5.»ge2 ºa6 6.a3 ºxc3+7.»xc3 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.ºe2 »c610.a4 »b4 11.0-0 c5 12.ºb2 ½e7

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13.dxc5 bxc5 14.cxd5 ºxe2 15.d6ºxd1 16.dxe7 ¼fe8 17.¼fxd1¼xe7 18.»b5 a6 19.»d6 »e820.¼ac1 »xd6 21.¼xd6 ¼b722.¼xc5 h6 23.h3 »a2 24.¼d3 f625.ºa3 e5 26.¼d2 »b4 27.e4 ¼e828.¼c4 ¼eb8 29.a5 ¾f7 30.¼d6¾g6 31.f3 h5 32.ºxb4 ¼xb433.¼xb4 ¼xb4 34.¼b6 Ø.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Gaspariants, VladimirSpraggett, Kevin

Montreal CA zt (1), 2001Sicilian: Closed B23

1.e4 c5 2.»c3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d3 d45.»ce2 »c6 6.ºh3 g6 7.f4 ºg78.»f3 »ge7 9.0-0 f5 10.g4 0-011.»g3 ½d6!? 12.gxf5 exf5 13.e5½c7 14.c4 dxc3 15.bxc3 ¾h8

15Öb6!

16.»e2 ºe6

16Öb6!².

17.ºg2 ¼ad8 18.»g5 ºg8 19.¼f3»d5 20.¾h1 ¼fe8 21.½g1 b622.ºa3 »a5 23.¼e1 ½d7 24.ºc1

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24Ö»c7 25.c4 »e6 26.»xe6 ºxe627.¼e3 »c6 28.a3 »d4 29.»xd4½xd4 30.¼h3 ½d7 31.ºb2 ¾g832.½f2 ¼e7 33.¼he3 ºf8 34.ºf3¼g7 35.¼g1 b5!² 36.ºc3 bxc437.dxc4 ½a4 38.ºe2 ºe7 39.¼d3¼xd3 40.ºxd3 ½xa3 41.½c2 ½a642.ºf1 ¾f7 43.ºe1 ¼g8 44.h4¼b8 45.h5 ¼g8 46.¾h2 ½a347.¼g3 ½a1 48.½f2 ½d4 49.½f3¼b8 50.hxg6+ hxg6 51.¼h3 ¾g752.ºh4 ¼b2+ 53.ºg2 ºxh454.¼xh4 ºxc4 55.½c6

55.½a8 ¼xg2+ 56.½xg2 ºd557.½g1!.

55Ö½d8 56.¾h3 ¼b3+ 57.ºf3ºd5 Ù.

Round 2

Today would be the only day theplayers will have to contest tworounds, and many of them in factarrived quite late for their game afterthe start time had been changed theday before. Tyler Reddy even wonhis game by forfeit.

On top board Mark Bluvshteinsurprised everyone when GM

Alexandre LesiegeÕs insipid openingleft him playing very conservativelyto reach the draw against the talentedToronto junior.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Bluvshtein, MarkLesiege, Alexandre

Montreal CA zt (2), 2001Slav: Exchange D13

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.»c3»c6 5.»f3 »f6 6.ºf4 a6 7.e3 ºg48.ºe2 e6 9.0-0 ºd6 10.ºxd6½xd6 11.»a4 ºxf3 12.ºxf3 »d713.¼c1 0-0 14.»c5 »xc5 15.¼xc5¼ac8 16.½c2 »a7 17.¼c1 Ú.

On the next board, GM Spraggettthematically infiltrated NM ArthurOdachowskiÕs position to deliver aswift knockout blow and move half apoint ahead of Lesiege on thecrosstable.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Spraggett, KevinOdachowski, Arthur

Montreal CA zt (2), 2001Sicilian: Rauzer B66

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 »f6 5.»c3 »c6 6.ºg5

The famous Rauzer Variation.

6Öe6 7.½d2 a6 8.0-0-0 h6 9.ºe3ºd7

The most popular line today is 9Öºe7although usually they just transpose.

10.f3

I have also played 10.f4 in thisposition, but today the text isconsidered more ambitious.

10Öb5 11.¾b1

This has been ShabalovÕs choice on anumber of occasions, whereasKasparov, Nunn and others prefer11.»xc6 ºxc6 12.»e2!

11Ö»xd4 12.ºxd4 b4 13.»e2 e514.ºe3 a5 15.»c1 ½c7 16.g4ºe7?!

On 16Öºc6!? 17.g5 hxg5 18.ºxg5»d7 19.h4 we have reached acomplex and dynamic position withrelatively equal chances.

17.h4 ¼b8

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Black is playing far too slowly, andprobably underestimating WhiteÕsattacking chances.

18.ºh3! a4 19.g5 hxg5 20.ºxd7+½xd7?!

Better is 20Ö»xd7! 21.hxg5 ¼xh122.¼xh1 g6 23.¼h8+ »f8 with only asmall White advantage.

21.hxg5 »h5 22.»d3! b3 23.cxb3axb3 24.a3 g6 25.»b4!?

The strike 25.»xe5 is obvious, buteven stronger is to continue with myoriginal plan.

25Ö¼g8 26.»d5 ºd8 27.¼c1 f5

As is so often the case in suchposition, this desperate attempt tobreak out of the bind backfires badly.

28.gxf6 »xf6 29.ºg5! »xd530.½xd5 ¼f8 31.ºxd8

Black lost on time, but in view of31.ºxd8 ¼xd8 (or 31Ö¾xd8 32.¼c6¼f6 33.¼h8+) 32.½xb3 he might aswell resign.

Ø.

Since only one player advances to theContinental Championship, thetension in the playing hall is alreadypalpable. Elsewhere Marc Ghanoumshowed masterful strategic skill byoutplaying his young opponentThomas Roussell-Roozman in hisfavorite Caro-Kann.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Ghannoum, MarcRoussel-Roozmon, Thomas

Montreal CA ch (2), 2001Caro-Kann: Exchange B13

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.ºd3»c6 5.c3 »f6 6.ºf4 ºg4 7.½b3½c8 8.»d2 e6 9.»gf3 ºxf310.»xf3 ºe7 11.0-0 0-0 12.¼fe1»h5 13.ºd2 ½c7 14.»e5 »xe515.dxe5 g6 16.g4 »g7 17.ºe3 ºc5

18.ºd4 ¼ac8 19.a4 ºxd4 20.cxd4f5 21.g5 ½e7 22.h4 »h5 23.¼ac1h6 24.½a3 ½xa3 25.bxa3 hxg526.hxg5 ¾f7 27.ºb5 ¾e7 28.¾g2a6 29.ºf1 ¾d7

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30.¼b1 ¼c7 31.¼b6 ¼e8 32.¼eb1¾c8 33.¼1b3 ¼ee7 34.a5 ¾d835.¾f3 ¾e8 36.¾e3 »g7 37.ºe2¾f7 38.¾d2 ¾e8 39.¼h3 ¾f740.¼bb3 ¼e8 41.¼hc3 ¼ee742.¾d3 ¾e8 43.¼c5 ¾d8 44.¼b1¼e8 45.¼h1 ¼g8 46.¼h7 ¾d747.f4 ¼xc5 48.dxc5 ¾c6 49.¾d4»e8 50.ºd1 »g7 51.¼h6 ¾b552.¼xg6 ¾xa5 53.¼f6 ¾b5 54.¼f7¾c6 55.¼e7 b6 56.ºa4+ b557.ºd1 a5 58.¼a7 »e8 59.¼a6+¾d7 60.¼xa5 »c7 61.ºe2 ¾c662.a4 b4 63.¼a7 ¼b8 64.ºb5+»xb5+ 65.axb5+ ¼xb5 66.¼a6+¾b7 67.¼b6+ Ø.

Controversy, however, did make amark on this otherwise peacefulround when Artem Gurevich wasaccused of leaving out a move on hisscoresheet by the TD during thecritical timetrouble phase of his gameagainst Francois Pitre.

The TD insisted that the missingmove had to be filled in with his clockrunning before allowing Artem tocontinue playing. Afterwards it wasdiscovered that Francois was guilty ofadding an extra move rather thanArtem missing one, and so we caneasily argue that the resulting loss oftime and unnerving distractioncontributed to ArtemÕs failure toconvert a clearly superior position forthe full point.

Unfortunately this kind of incidentwould repeat itself numerous timesbefore the end of the tournament,calling into question the competenceof the TD.

Round 3

GM Spraggett scored yet anothervictory, this time by exploiting the

exposure of his opponentÕs kingsidein a complex Sicilian Defense againstthe gifted and dangerous MarcGhanoum.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Ghanoum, MarcSpraggett, Kevin


1.e4 c5 2.»c3 e6 3.f4 a6 4.»f3½c7?!

4Ö»c6 5.g3 b5.

5.g3 »c6 6.ºg2 b5 7.0-0 ºb7 8.d3b4 9.»e2 »f6 10.c4 bxc3 11.»xc3ºe7 12.h3

12.e5 »d5.

12Öd5 13.b3

13.e5 »d7 14.f5!? »dxe5 15.fxe6fxe6 16.ºf4°.

13Ödxe4 14.dxe4 ¼d8 15.ºd2»d4

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16.e5 »xf3+ 17.ºxf3 ºxf318.¼xf3 »d5 19.½e2 »b4 20.¼c1»c6

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21Ö0-0 22.»a4 ¼xd3 23.½xd3¼d8 24.½e3 »d4 25.ºc3 »f526.½f3 h5! 27.¾f2 c4! 28.ºe1½a7+ 29.¾g2 cxb3 30.ºf2 b231.»xb2 ¼d2 32.¼c8+ ¾h733.½xh5+? »h6 34.»d1 ½b7+Ù.

In the meantime, FM Stephen Glinertdemolished IM Schleifer with tworaking bishops, while GM AlexandreLesiege defeated Dragoljub Milicevicin elegant style.


Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Glinert, StephenSchleifer, Michael

Montreal CA ch (3), 2001Petroff C42

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »f6 3.»xe5 d64.»f3 »xe4 5.»c3 »xc3 6.dxc3ºe7 7.ºe3 0-0 8.h3 d5 9.c4 ºe610.»d4 c5 11.»xe6 fxe6 12.cxd5exd5 13.c3 »c6 14.½b3 »a515.½a4 a6 16.¼d1 b5 17.½g4 ½d618.ºd3 ¼ad8 19.0-0 ½f6 20.b4 d421.cxd4 cxb4

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Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Lesiege, AlexandreMilicevic, Dragoljub

Montreal CA zt (3), 2001Dutch: Leningrad A88

1.d4 d6 2.»f3 f5 3.g3 g6 4.ºg2ºg7 5.0-0 »f6 6.c4 0-0 7.»c3 c68.b3 h6 9.ºb2 ½e8 10.d5 c511.»e1 a6 12.»d3 g5

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13.e4 fxe4 14.»xe4 »xe415.ºxg7 ¾xg7 16.ºxe4 ºh317.¼e1 »d7 18.¼e3 »f6 19.ºg2ºg4 20.f3 ºf5 21.½e2 »g822.»f2 ½g6 23.¼e1 ¼ae8 24.ºh3ºxh3 25.»xh3 ¼f6 26.»f2 h527.»e4 ¼f5 28.g4 ¼e5 29.»g3¼xe3 30.½xe3 h4 31.»f5+ ¾f832.½d2 e5 33.dxe6 ¼xe6 34.¼xe6½xe6 35.½xd6+ ¾f7 36.½c7+»e7 37.¾f2 b5 38.h3 bxc439.bxc4 a5 40.½xe7+ ½xe741.»xe7 ¾xe7 42.f4 ¾f6 43.f5 a444.¾e3 ¾e7 45.¾d3 ¾d7 46.¾c3¾d6 47.¾b2 ¾e5 48.¾a3 ¾f449.f6 ¾g3 50.f7 ¾xh3 51.f8½¾xg4 52.½xc5 h3 Ø.

However, the center of attention inthis round was the clash of titansbetween Jack Yoos and IrwinLipnowski on one of the lower boards:both players had been unlucky withthe clock, and now fate would havethem meet to determine last place inthe standings. A complex Sicilianensued, followed by a very elegantending, and a well deserved victoryfor Irwin.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Yoos, JackLipnowski, Irwin

Montreal CA zt (3), 2001Sicilian: Maroczy Bind B42

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 e6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 a6 5.ºd3 »f6 6.0-0 d67.c4 »bd7 8.½e2 g6 9.»c3 ºg710.»f3 0-0 11.¼d1 ½c7 12.ºf4»e5 13.h3 b6 14.¼ac1 ºb7 15.b3¼ac8 16.ºb1 ¼fe8 17.g4 »fd718.»e1 »c5 19.½d2 ºf8 20.ºg3½b8 21.½e3 ºa8 22.ºxe5 dxe523.b4 »b7 24.a3 »d6 25.c5 bxc526.bxc5 »c4 27.½e2 »xa328.ºd3 ¼xc5 29.ºxa6 ½c730.»a2 ½a5 31.ºd3 ¼ec832.¼xc5 ¼xc5 33.½d2 ½xd2

34.¼xd2 »b5 35.¼c2 »d436.¼xc5 ºxc5 37.¾f1 ¾g738.»c1 ¾f6 39.»e2 ¾g5 40.»g1h5 41.gxh5 ¾xh5 42.»gf3 »xf343.»xf3 ºd6 44.¾g2 ºc6 45.¾g3f5 46.»d2 ºb4 47.»c4 ºc348.»d6 ¾g5 49.h4+ ¾f6 50.f3

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KS: ÒTodayÕs unfortunate forfeit losscould have been prevented by theaforementioned playersÕ meeting: hadthe player in question been told thatthere were two rounds on the secondday, then he would surely haveappeared!Ó

Round 4

Much was expected from this roundÕsclash between the GM leaders. WouldLesiege, half a point behind Spraggett,burn his bridges in an all out attemptto unseat his experienced rival? Well,

Irwin Lipnowski

Jack Yoos


the game failed to live up to thehype as the players agreed to a drawafter only two hours of play with mostof the pieces still on the board. Lateron Lesiege was overheard saying thathe didnÕt like his position by the timethe draw offer came from Spraggett,while Kevin thought that he was nolonger better!?

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Spraggett, KevinLesiege, Alexandre

Montreal CA zt (4), 2001Sicilian B50

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.ºc4 »f6 4.d3»c6 5.c3 g6 6.»bd2 ºg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.ºb3 d5 9.¼e1 e6 10.h3 ½c711.»f1 dxe4 12.dxe4 b6 13.½e2ºb7 14.ºc2 e5 15.»3h2

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The draw on top board allowed MaratKhassanov to jump into a tie for thelead with his victory over Ray Phillips,who fell on time in a somewhatinferior position. Francois Pitre alsohad the misfortune to lose on timeagainst Irwin Lipnowski, adding to thegrowing tally of players victimized bythe abbreviated time control. DaleHaessel completely fell apart in timetrouble against Glinert, ruining asuperior position in the process, andproviding his young opponent withthe needed point to join the leadersand a good chance for the IM title.

TodayÕs misdeed by the organizersinvolved pairing FM Irwin Lipnowskiagainst his son Samuel. Normally thisshould happen only when the pairingis absolutely forced, which in this caseit certainly wasnÕt. Fortunately, the TDsaw the logic behind IrwinÕs energeticprotest, and the pairing was changed.

KS: ÒBy this time it was clear thatthere would be no bulletins for

distribution among the players, whichis really an inexplicable omissionconsidering the steep $200 entry fee.Games from the early rounds wereavailable on the internet, but thiswasnÕt carried through to the end, nordid all of the players have therequired online access.

The absence of a scoreboard andindividual name tags at each table inthe tournament hall was alsoannoying, and these important detailsshould have been provided for thebenefit of players and spectatorsalike. But even more disturbingly,nowhere at the playing site did asingle sign indicate that the CanadianChess Championship was takingplace, and so any incidental spectatorswould have absolutely no idea aboutthe prestige or significance of theevent?! The organizers did finallyplace a small sign on the door of theplaying hall with the words CanadaInterzonal 2001 Montreal written infelt pen. And when they realized theirmistake, one of them took anotherfelt pen and scratched out the Interpart of Interzonal, leaving the rest ofthe sign intact. One can hardlyimagine a more impoverished andunimportant impression of thetournament...Ó

Round 5

In a very boring round the top twoplayers predictably ground down theiropponents, while most of the othercontenders drew safely amongstthemselves in the race for the IM title.On second board Marat Khassanovfully took advantage of GlinertÕsbotched opening, while GM Lesiegecreamed Vladimir GaspariantsÕ KingÕsIndian Defense by insightfullyexploiting every trump to hisadvantage. The end of the gamefeatured an elegant coup de gracethat very much pleased Alexandre.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Lesiege, AlexandreGaspariants, Vladimir

Montreal CA zt (5), 2001King's Indian: Classical E94

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 d6 3.»c3 e5 4.»f3»bd7 5.e4 g6 6.ºe2 ºg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.ºe3 c6 9.d5 c5 10.»e1 »e811.g4 f5 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.exf5 »b6

14.¾h1 ºxf5 15.»f3 ¾h8 16.¼g1»f6 17.»h4 ºd7 18.¼g3 ½e719.½g1 ¼g8 20.½g2 ºf8

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21.ºg5 ¼xg5 22.¼xg5 ºh623.¼g6 ºf4 24.¼g1 ½f8 25.¼g7¼e8 26.ºd3 e4 27.»xe4 ºh6 Ø.

The most entertaining game,however, was provided by IrwinLipnowskiÕs brilliant sacrifices againstBob Kiviaho. The CGM tried to holdon to an extra pawn, ultimatelyleaving Irwin with a nearly winningposition until greed reversed thesituation in KiviahoÕs favor.

The Dubov system, by nowsomewhat predictably, produced yetanother set of controversial pairings:everyone present, with the exceptionof the director, felt that Spraggettshould play Khassanov, the secondhighest rated player in the same pointgroup, while Lesiege should be pairedup to Glinert. Just based on rankingsalone the actual pairing seemssuspect, especially since Spraggettand Khassanov are unlikely to playtomorrow given that such a pairingwould give one of them three Whitegames in a row!

The lack of a physical barrier betweenthe top boards and the spectators wasby now also becoming a real point ofconcern and distraction for theplayers, who had to suffer at thehands of too many overly eageronlookers hovering over them.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Spraggett, KevinMikanovic, Goran

Montreal CA zt (5), 2001French: KIA C00

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 e6 3.d3

Last year at the Toronto International Iplayed 3.d4 and got very little from


the opening, and so this time aslightly different approach is in order.

3Ö»c6 4.g3 d5 5.½e2 »f6 6.ºg2ºe7 7.0-0 b6 8.e5 »d7 9.c4 d410.»fd2!

White aims for a Leningrad Dutchstructure with reversed colors, whichhas brought me success in the past.

10Öºb7 11.f4 ½c7 12.»e4 g6!?

Useful prophylaxis, as Black waits tosee how his opponent will deploy hisremaining minor pieces beforedeciding where to put his king.

13.»bd2 a6 14.»f3 b5 15.b3

To this day I am not certain if15.ºd2!? is a better move. Thequestion is whether White has moreto gain from capturing on c4 with hisd/¹ or his b/¹.

15Ö¼b8 16.ºd2 bxc4 17.dxc4!?

Surely White can do better than17.bxc4 ºa8 18.¼ab1 ¼xb1 19.¼xb10-0 followed by 20Ö¼b8 whenanother exchange looks inevitable.After the text, he is ready to put aknight on square/d3.

17Öºa8 18.»e1 a5 19.»d3 »b4

Serious consideration deserves19Öa4!? which is what I expected.However, although BlackÕs choice issomewhat passive, it is also logical.

20.ºxb4

White doesnÕt have to be asked twice:the »/d3 is more valuable than mydark squared bishop.

20Öaxb4 21.a4!

While White would like to play on thekingside one day, he needs to createa second front on the queenside first.

21Öbxa3

Omitting this capture leaves Whitewith a protected passer, and while itis difficult to say if this is enough towin, it is clear that Black would suffer.

22.¼xa3 0-0 23.¼fa1

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23Öºxe4?

I consider this a serious mistakebecause now Black becomes toopassive to defend his queenside.Much better is 23Öºc6! 24.¼a6!?(after 24.»d2!? ¼b7 25.¼a6 ºxg226.½xg2 »b8 27.¼a8 »c6 White isonly moderately better, principallybecause of long term problems withBlackÕs bishop) 24Ö¼b6! (but not24Ö¼xb3 25.¼xc6 ½xc6 26.»f6+)when Black has chances to hold.

24.ºxe4 ¼fc8 25.¼a7 ½d826.¼1a3 ¼c7 27.½a2 »f8 28.¾f1

I remember many games by Petrosianwhere king maneuvers played asignificant role.

28Öh5 29.h4 ½c8 30.¼a8 ½d831.¼xb8 ½xb8 32.¼a8 ½b633.½a4

Note that BlackÕs queen has no goodmoves.

33Ö¾g7 34.¾e2

Since virtually all endings offer Whiteserious winning chances, he can takethe time to simply improve hisposition before taking any action.

34Ö»d7 35.¾d2 »f8 36.¾c2 »d737.¼a6 ½b8 38.ºc6 ½d8 39.ºf3

There is no reason to rush with39.¼a8? »b6! especially since Blackcan do little except wait for the end.

39Ö»f8 40.¼a8 ¼c8 41.¼xc8½xc8 42.½a7 »d7 43.¾b2 »f844.¾b1

BlackÕs queen sneaks out for somecounterplay after 44.½b7!? ½d845.ºc6 ½a5!

44Ö¾g8 45.ºe4

This time 45.½b7!? ½d8 46.ºc6 ½a547.½xe7 ½d2 48.ºe4 ½e2 49.½b7with no annoying counterplay is alsopossible.

45Ö¾g7 46.½b7 ½xb7 47.ºxb7»d7 48.ºc6 »b6

Black has prevented the penetrationof his queenside by WhiteÕs king, buthis opponent has other tries available.

49.¾c2 ¾f8 50.¾d2 ¾g7 51.¾e2¾f8 52.¾f3 ¾g7 53.¾e4 ¾f8

This position is very pleasant to playfor White, since BlackÕs Öf6 breakcreates permanent pawn weaknesseson e6 and g6.

54.ºb5 ¾g7 55.b4!

All very predictable.

55Öcxb4 56.¾xd4 »a8 57.c5 »c7

58.ºc4 ¾f8 59.»xb4

WhiteÕs strategy has netted a pawn,and even though the oppositecolored bishops give Black somedefensive hope, this kind of positionis never easy to defend in practice.

59Ö¾e8 60.ºd3 ¾d7 61.¾c4 ºf862.ºe4 ºe7 63.ºc6+ ¾d8 64.»d3ºf8 65.»f2 ¾e7 66.»e4 ºg767.¾b4 f6

White presses on slowly, and Blackhas realized that passive defense isdoomed.

68.exf6+ ºxf6 69.»xf6 ¾xf670.ºe4!

Decisive.

70Öe5!?

A good practical decision.

71.fxe5+ ¾xe5 72.ºxg6 ¾d473.c6 ¾d5 74.ºxh5 ¾xc6 75.ºf7¾d6 76.g4

More efficient is 76.¾a5! ¾e7 77.¾b6»a8+ 78.¾b7.

76Ö¾e7 77.ºc4 »e8 78.g5 »g779.ºe2

Black does get his draw after 79.¾c5»f5 80.h5 »g3.

79Ö»e6 80.ºg4 »f4 81.¾c5 ¾f782.ºf5 ¾g7 83.¾d4 ¾h8 84.¾e5»h5 85.ºg4 »g7 86.h5 Ø.

Round 6

As it turned out, todayÕs round wasanother rather boring affair, except forthe continued efforts of the TD tomock the players with his usualscoresheet checks and subsequent

Michael Schleifer


game interruptions to correct anydiscrepancies.

Lots of draws on the top boardsincluded IM Michael Schleifer in a dullopposite colored bishop affair againstGM Spraggett, and more of the samein the game GlinertÐBluvshtein.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Schleifer, MichaelSpraggett, Kevin

Montreal CA zt (6), 2001Larsen A01

1.b3 e5 2.ºb2 »c6 3.e3 »f64.ºb5 ºd6 5.»a3 a6 6.ºxc6dxc6 7.»c4 ½e7 8.d4 e4 9.»xd6+cxd6 10.c4 d5 11.c5?!

Michael is only interested in a draw.More ambitious is 11.½c1!? ºe612.ºa3 ½d7 with an unclear position.

11Öh5

Now Black begins to develop aninitiative on the kingside.

12.h4 ºg4 13.½d2 ¼h6 14.f3 ºf515.»e2 ¾f8 16.f4

This move is hardly forced, butreflects my opponentÕs mood.

16Ö¼g6 17.»c3 »g4 18.b4 ¾g819.a4 »h6 20.0-0-0 ºd7 21.a5

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A real surprise. White gives a pawn inorder to limit BlackÕs winning chancesby keeping the position closed. But isthis really the way to play chess?

21Ö»f5 22.½f2 ¼g3 23.¼de1 ¼e8

Also possible is 23Ö¼g4 24.»e2 ¼xh4(or 24Ö»xh4 25.g3 »f3 26.¼xh5»xe1 27.½h2 f5 28.¼h8+ ¾f729.¼xa8) 25.g3 ¼xh1 26.¼xh1 g627.g4 hxg4 28.½h2.

24.¾b1 ¼g4 25.»e2 »xh4 26.¼h2g6 27.»g3 »f5 28.»xf5 ºxf529.¼eh1 ½d7 30.ºc3 f6

Under normal circumstances Blackshould convert his extra pawn in thisposition about six times out of ten.

31.¼g1 ¾f7 32.¾b2 ¼g8 33.¾a3¾e8 34.¾b3 ¾d8 35.¾a3 ¾c836.¾b3 ¾b8 37.¾a3 ¾a8 38.¾b3ºe6 39.¾a3 ºf7 40.ºe1 ½f541.¼f1 ºe8 42.g3 g5 43.fxg5 ½xg544.½d2 ½h6 45.¾a4 ºd7 46.¼fh1¼4g5 47.¼f1 ºg4 48.¼f4 ½g649.¼h1 ºf3 50.¼h3 ½f7 51.½h2ºg4 52.¼h4 ¼8g6 53.¾b3 ½g754.¾c2 ºf3 55.¼h3 ½d7 56.¼hh4½e6 57.¼h3 ½d7 58.¼hh4 ½c759.¼h3 ºg4 60.¼h4 ¾b8 61.½f2ºf3 62.½h2 ¾c8 63.½h3+ ºg464.½h2 ¾d8 65.½f2 ¾e7 66.½h2½d7 67.½h1 ½e6 68.½h2 ºf369.¼h3 ¾f7 70.¼hh4 ¾g7 71.¼h3¼f5 72.¼xf5 ½xf5 73.¼h4 ºg474.½f2 ½xf2+ 75.ºxf2 ¼g576.¾d2 ¼f5 77.¾e1 ¼f3 78.¾f1¾g6 79.¾g2 ¼f5 80.¼h2 ºf3+81.¾g1 ¼g5 82.¾f1 ¼g4 83.¾e1¾g5 84.¾f1 f5 85.¾g1 ¾h686.¾f1 ºd1 87.¾e1 ºa4 88.¾d2ºb5 89.¾e1 ¾g5 90.¾d2 ¾g691.¾e1 ¾g5 92.¾d2 h4 93.¼xh4¼xh4 94.gxh4+ ¾g4 95.h5 ¾xh596.ºg3 ¾g4 Ú.

Alexandre Lesiege kept on trucking invery convincing fashion against MaratKhassanov, who was met with a clearrefutation in a line he had previouslyused to draw with Alexandre.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Lesiege, AlexandreKhassanov, Marat

Montreal CA zt (6), 2001Semi-Slav: Botvinnik D44

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.»f3 »f6 4.»c3e6 5.ºg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h68.ºh4 g5 9.»xg5 hxg5 10.ºxg5»bd7 11.g3 ºb7 12.ºg2 ½c713.exf6 c5 14.d5 ½e5+ 15.½e20-0-0

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NM Robert Hamilton also made someheadway on the leaderboard todaywhen Artem Gurevich squandered alarge advantage in time pressure.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Hamilton, RobertGurevich, Artem

Montreal CA ch (6), 2001Sicilian: Kan B42

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 e6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 a6 5.ºd3 ºc5 6.»b3 ºe77.0-0 d6 8.½e2 »d7 9.c3 »gf610.ºg5 0-0 11.»1d2 ½c7 12.f4¼e8 13.¼ae1 e5 14.»c4 b5 15.»e3exf4 16.»f5 ºf8 17.»bd4 ºb718.ºxf6 »xf6 19.¼xf4 d5

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20.»h6+ gxh6 21.¼xf6 ºg722.½g4 ¾h8 23.e5 ¼xe5 24.¼xe5½xe5 25.¼xf7 ¼e8 26.»f3 h527.½d7 ½e3+ 28.¾h1 ºc829.½xd5 ºg4 30.»g1 ¼g8 31.ºf5¼e8 32.¼a7 ½g5 33.¼f7 ¼d834.½e6 h6 35.h3 ºxf5 36.¼xf5½g3 37.½e2 h4 38.¼f3 ½d639.¼e3 ¾h7 40.»f3 ½d1+41.½xd1 ¼xd1+ 42.¼e1 ¼xe1+43.»xe1 ¾g6 44.¾g1 ¾f5 45.¾f2¾e4 46.¾e2 ºf6 47.»d3 ºe748.»f2+ ¾f4 49.»d3+ ¾e450.»e1 ºg5 51.»f3 ºf6 52.»d2+¾f4 53.»b3 ºe7 54.»d4 ¾e455.g3 ºg5 56.»b3 ºe3 57.»d2+¾f5 58.b3 ºc5 59.a4 ºe7 60.axb5axb5 61.c4 bxc4 62.»xc4 ¾e463.»d2+ ¾f5 64.»f3 ¾e4 65.»e1¾d4 66.¾f3 h5 67.b4 ¾c4 68.b5


¾xb5 69.»d3 ¾c4 70.»f4 ¾d471.»xh5 ¾d3 72.»f4+ ¾d273.»g6 ºd8 74.¾g4 ¾e275.»xh4 Ø.

Round 7

Today the organizers created chaosamong the players when no pairingswere available at the usual onlinelocation with only hours to go beforethe start of the round. Since nearlyeveryone at this level of play likes toprepare for his next opponent,withholding this information from theparticipants is a serious breach ofetiquette. Countless frantic inquirieswith the organizer, Pierre Denomme,finally uncovered that his usual eMailattachment had failed to reach itsintended destination. Why, on earth,he never tried to send it a secondtime none of the players in the eventcould fathom?

But for the players the show must goon. GM Kevin Spraggett slew MaratKhassanov in a classical Ruy Lopez,fathoming deep into the heart of acomplex position and eventuallywinning a piece.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Spraggett, KevinKhassanov, Marat

Montreal CA zt (7), 2001Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall C88

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 a64.ºa4 »f6 5.0-0 ºe7 6.¼e1 b57.ºb3 0-0 8.a4

Along with the later h3 this moveforms the basis of the modernGrandmasterÕs repertoire against theMarshall Attack. White gets very little,but players like Kasparov have shownmany times that the struggle canbecome very intense.

8Ö¼b8

Not as common as 8Öºb7!? 9.d3 butnevertheless quite sound.

9.d3 d6 10.»bd2 h6 11.h3 ¼e8

BlackÕs solid play has given him asatisfactory position.

12.axb5 axb5 13.c3 ºf8 14.»f1ºe6

Quite possible also is 14Öd5!? 15.exd5»xd5 16.d4!? with unclear play, butmy opponent prefers to continuewith his development.

15.ºc2

The exchange 15.ºxe6 ¼xe6 is onlygood enough for equality, while15.d4?! ºxb3 16.½xb3 exd4 leavesWhite with problems defending ¹/e4.

15Ö¼a8?!

Curiously, this move is illogical.

16.¼xa8 ½xa8 17.d4

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17Öexd4?

Marat has overlooked my reply. Hehas to try 17Öºd7! 18.»g3 ½c8(18Ö½b7?! 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.»h5).

18.»xd4!

My opponent gets counterplay after18.cxd4? »b4 19.ºb1 ºa2.

18Ö»xd4 19.cxd4

The fluid center gives White anobvious edge.

19Öc5 20.e5 »d7

WhiteÕs pieces are very active andthreatening after 20Ödxe5 21.dxe5¼d8 22.½e2 ºc4 23.½e3 »d7 (or23Ö»d5 24.½e4 g6 25.e6) 24.½g3.

21.dxc5

Very hard to meet also is 21.exd6!?because then 21Öºxd6? 22.d5 winsmaterial.

21Ö»xc5

Or 21Ödxe5 22.b4.

22.exd6 ½c6 23.ºf4

White is now simply up a pawn and,to make matters worse, Black hasvery little time left and thereforecollapses quickly.

23Ö¼d8 24.b4 »a4? 25.½d3 ºxd6

Not possible is 25Ög6 26.¼xe6 andBlackÕs kingside disintegrates.

26.½h7+ ¾f8 27.½h8+ ¾e728.¼xe6+! ¾xe6 29.½xd8 ºxf430.ºb3+ ¾f5 31.g3 ºg5 32.½d3+¾f6 33.f4 ½c3

And my opponent resigned while Iwas still contemplating mate.

Ø.

GM Alexandre Lesiege, again in anuncomfortable position, offers an earlydraw to a very nervous FM Glinert.Stephen, perhaps shocked by theoffer, declines and goes on to losequickly!

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Glinert, StephenLesiege, Alexandre


1.e4 c5 2.»c3 »c6 3.g3 g6 4.ºg2ºg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.»f3 »ge78.0-0 0-0 9.ºe3 »d4 10.e5 »ef511.ºf2 ºd7 12.»e4 ºc6

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13.»fd2 dxe5 14.fxe5 ºxe5 15.c3»b5 16.»c4 ºg7 17.ºxc5 »e718.»ed6 ºxg2 19.¾xg2 b620.½f3 »xd6 21.ºxd6 b5 22.½b7bxc4 23.ºxe7 ¼b8 24.½xa7 ½d5+25.¾g1 ¼xb2 26.¼f2 ºxc327.dxc4 ºd4 28.cxd5 ºxa729.¼af1 ¼c8 30.d6 ¼xf2 31.¼xf2¼c2 Ù.

On third board Vladimir Gaspariantsbadly outplayed Toronto junior MarkBluvshtein, only to get cheapoed in awinning ending. Next to them, RobertHamilton outlasted Ray Phillips,whose dangerous sacrificial attackproved to be unsound in the end.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Phillips, RayHamilton, Robert

Montreal CA ch (7), 2001Nimzo-Indian E22

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb44.½b3 c5 5.e3 b6 6.ºd3 ºb7 7.f3»c6 8.a3 ºa5 9.»ge2 0-0 10.0-0ºa6 11.¼d1 ¼c8 12.»b5 d513.½a4 ½d7 14.b3 ºb7 15.dxc5


bxc5 16.ºb2 ºd8 17.cxd5 exd518.»g3 ½e6 19.½f4 g6

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Elsewhere IM Michael Schleiferoutcalculated CGM Bob Kiviaho in amessy position, lending credibility tothe motto Ôoutwit, outlast, outplayÕ ofthe TV phenomenon Survivor.

Round 8

Before the start of todayÕs round,perhaps already anticipating someintense criticism, Pierre Denommetried to bribe me for politicalimmunity with a cookie. I declined.Later on, while analyzing a positionwith an imminent promotion, hepulled a queen out of his pocket in anelegant manner so as to emphasize itsintrigue and mystical qualities. Thistime I was more impressed.

Mr. DenommeÕs antics aside, someserious games were already inprogress. Another unknown pairingmystery replaced GM KevinSpraggett on top board with GMAlexandre Lesiege, who made themost of his unexpected promotion bypouncing on a tactical blunder by IMMichael Schleifer.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Schleifer, MichaelLesiege, Alexandre

Montreal CA zt (8), 2001Queen's Gambit E00

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 d5 4.»c3dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.»f3 a6 7.ºxc4 b58.ºa2 ºb7 9.0-0 »bd7 10.½e2ºe7 11.dxc5 ºxc5 12.b4 ºd613.ºb2 ½b8 14.h3 0-0 15.¼ad1¼c8 16.»d4 »e5 17.f4 »c418.ºxc4 bxc4 19.½c2 ¼e8 20.½e2¼c8 21.½c2 ºf8 22.e4 a5 23.b5ºc5 24.e5 »d5 25.»xd5 ºxd526.a4 c3 27.ºc1 ½b7 28.¼fe1ºb6 29.¾h2 ¼c4

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30.»c6 ºxc6 31.bxc6 ½xc632.¼d6 ½c5 33.ºe3 ½xe334.¼xe3 ºxe3 35.½d3 ºxf4+36.g3 ¼cc8 Ù.

Meanwhile, GM Kevin SpraggettdidnÕt seem to mind his newassignment, and clobbered RobertHamilton on the Black side of aBenoni.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Hamilton, RobertSpraggett, Kevin

Montreal CA zt (8), 2001Benoni: Fianchetto A64

1.d4 »f6 2.»f3 e6 3.c4 c5!?

At the last Canadian Zonal I tried3Öb6 against Robert, but had to settlefor a draw soon after he found a wayto trade off all the major pieces.

4.d5 d6 5.»c3 exd5 6.cxd5 g67.g3!?

Less critical than 7.h3!? Only later did Irealize what my opponent had inmind.

7Öºg7 8.ºg2 0-0 9.h3

A more ambitious line for White is9.0-0 a6 10.a4 »bd7 11.ºf4!?

9Ö»bd7 10.0-0 a6 11.a4 ¼e812.»d2 »e5!?

After some thought I decided toprovoke my opponent, since thenormal move 12Ö¼b8 frequentlyleads to a friendly draw after 13.a5 b514.axb6 »xb6 15.»b3 »c4 16.»d2»b6 17.»b3. This, I suspect, is whatmy opponent had in mind all along.Also common today is 12Ö»h5!?

13.½c2

Logical is 13.f4! »ed7 14.e4! but thisrequires far more ambition.

13Ö»h5 14.b3!? f5

Now a real fight with chances for bothsides is hard to avoid.

15.»c4 ¼b8

Hardly attractive for Black, unless hereally wants to go home early, is15Ö»xc4 16.bxc4 ºxc3 17.½xc3¼xe2 18.ºb2.

16.a5 ½e7 17.¼b1 ¼f8

In many lines Black can now play theadvance Öf4-f3. However, Whiteprevents this possibility.

18.ºf3!?

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An original idea, since Black hardlywants to trade his good knight forWhiteÕs useless bishop.

18Öºd7!?

The best move, in spite of thepossible doubled pawns on mykingside.

19.ºb2

The complications after 19.ºxh5!?gxh5 20.h4 (otherwise 20Öh4) 20Öf4!definitely favor Black.

19Öºb5 20.»xe5 ºxe5 21.»xb5axb5 22.½d3 ºxb2 23.¼xb2 b424.e3

Black again has counterplay on thekingside after the exchange 24.ºxh5?!gxh5 25.e3 h4.


24Ö»f6

Only now does Black retreat hisknight: he wants to dominate WhiteÕsbishop.

25.a6 bxa6 26.¼a2 »d7 27.¼xa6»e5 28.½e2 ¼a8 29.¼aa1 ¼xa130.¼xa1 g5! 31.ºg2 f4 32.exf4gxf4 33.½e4 fxg3 34.fxg3

Little chance of success offers 34.f4»g6 35.½xe7 »xe7 as the knight issuperior to the bishop in this pawnstructure.

34Ö¼f7

Black is now clearly better, andalthough White hasnÕt done anythingwrong in particular, his unambitiousplay has left him with an inferiorstructure in the ending.

35.¼a2 ½g5 36.¾h2 ¾g7 37.¼e2h6

Black is in no rush. Besides, I was stilluncertain as to my next few steps.

38.¼c2 h5 39.¼a2

On 39.h4 »g4+ the knight hasincreased its value relative to thebishop.

39Ö¼e7! 40.½b1

Perhaps White should try 40.½f4!?½xf4 41.gxf4 »d3 42.¾g3 ¼e3+.

40Öh4! 41.gxh4 ½f4+ 42.¾h1

Or 42.¾g1 ½g3.

42Ö»d3!

The winning move.

43.ºf1

White cannot stop the creation ofconnected passed pawns for Blackafter 43.½xd3 ¼e1+ 44.ºf1 ½xf1+45.½xf1 ¼xf1+ 46.¾h2 ¼d1 47.¼g2+¾h7 48.¼g5 ¼d3.

43Ö¼e1 44.¼g2+ ¾f8 45.½xd3¼xf1+ 46.¼g1 ¼f3

Mate or the loss of WhiteÕs queen isinevitable.

Ù.

The story of the round, however, wasMark BluvshteinÕs fine positional winon the White side of a Ruy Lopezover his former trainer and mentorJura Ochkoos, which left theyoungster only a point behind theGMs and with a serious shot at an IMtitle in the final round.

KS: ÒA curious incident involving theTD occurred today when he stoppedthe clocks in the YoosÐKiviaho gameafter a dozen moves and demandedthat Kiviaho, who had apparently

omitted a move, correct hisscoresheet at once. This actioninfuriated FM Yoos, who complainedthat the TD has no right to stop theclock during play unless a flagrantviolation of the rules had taken placethat demanded intervention, or one ofthe players asks for TD action. TheTD in turn tried to justify his action Ñwhich he made a practice of once ortwice every round Ñ by stating thathe had the right to stop the clockwhenever a scoresheet infractionoccurred. Jack asked to see the rule,which prompted the TD to begin afrantic search for the mysteriousregulation in an adjacent room.Naturally, he never returned.

In my own experience, I have seenarbiters tell players to record theirmoves and I have seen them takeover this duty during certain timetrouble situations, but I have neverseen anyone stop a game in progressand oblige one of the players tocorrect his scoresheet. This individual,however, made this behavior part ofhis daily routine.

As far as the rules are concerned, aplayer can potentially lose a gamedue to a notation error when hereaches an incorrect time control, andthis sort of thing actually happenswith some regularity in tournamentpractice. I do not believe that a TDcan force a player to keep a perfectscoresheet, nor is it correct toindirectly help a player by informinghim that his scoresheet contains asmall error. Even if such a rule doesexist, which I seriously doubt, then itshould be applied very sparingly,since any stoppage of play during aserious competition can have adisturbing and even catastrophicinfluence on the outcome of thegame. In this case, Jack Yoos wasvisibly upset and shaken by the TDÕsactions.Ó

Round 9

Today the players put everything onthe line in a winner-takes-all scenariothat would greatly reward victory andharshly punish defeat. The GMs hadto win to stay ahead of the pack,while the others needed a full pointfor any possible title chances.

GM Lesiege very quickly reached awinning position against RobertHamilton, whose inferior openingchoice soon cost a full exchange.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Lesiege, AlexandreHamilton, Robert

Montreal CA zt (9), 2001Benoni A70

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.e4d6 5.»f3 0-0 6.h3 c5 7.d5 e68.ºd3 exd5 9.cxd5

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9Öb5 10.ºxb5 »xe4 11.»xe4½a5+ 12.»fd2 ½xb5 13.»xd6¼e8+ 14.»xe8 ½xe8+ 15.½e2½xe2+ 16.¾xe2 ºa6+ 17.¾d1ºb7 18.¼e1 »a6 19.»e4 ºxd520.ºg5 ºxb2 21.¼b1 ºd422.»f6+ ºxf6 23.ºxf6 »b4 24.a3»d3 25.¼e2 ºxg2 26.¾d2 c427.h4 »c5 28.¼be1 »e6 29.¼e5¼c8 30.h5 c3+ 31.¾c1 ¾f832.hxg6 hxg6 33.¼5e3 »f434.ºe5 g5 35.¼g1 c2 36.ºd6+ Ø.

Elsewhere Mark BluvshteinÕs nervesfailed him against GM Spraggett, whoeasily converted the extra materialafter the junior blundered a pawn onthe Black side of a KingÕs IndianAttack.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Spraggett, KevinBluvshtein, Mark

Montreal CA zt (9), 2001King�s Indian Attack A08

1.e4 e6 2.d3

I decided to keep with mytournament strategy of alternatingbetween classical lines and lesserknown alternatives.

2Öc5 3.»f3 »c6 4.g3 g6 5.ºg2ºg7 6.0-0 »ge7 7.c3 d5 8.½e2 h69.h4 b6 10.e5 a5!?

Quickly played, and clearly indicativeof excellent opening preparation.


Montreal Canadian Zonal Championship, August 21-28, 2001

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Perf

1. Spraggett, Kevin g 2531 +7 +14 +11 =2 +8 =6 +4 +10 +3 8.0 26702. Lesiege, Alexandre g 2564 +15 =3 +13 =1 +7 +4 +9 +6 +10 8.0 26753. Bluvshtein, Mark 2303 +19 =2 =24 +22 =5 =9 +7 +20 -1 6.0 23794. Khassanov, Marat f 2363 +28 +25 =27 +5 +9 -2 -1 +11 =6 6.0 23855. Phillips, Ray ---- =6 +29 +20 -4 =3 +8 -10 +9 =12 5.5 23616. Schleifer, Michael m 2369 =5 +18 -9 +19 +27 =1 +25 -2 =4 5.5 22957. Gaspariants, Vladimir f 2305 -1 +31 +30 +10 -2 +13 -3 =21 +8 5.5 23548. Mikanovic, Goran f 2273 +17 =9 =10 +11 -1 -5 +13 +14 -7 5.0 22829. Glinert, Stephen f 2273 +21 =8 +6 +27 -4 =3 -2 -5 +20 5.0 2330

10. Hamilton, Robert f 2307 +23 =13 =8 -7 +29 +15 +5 -1 -2 5.0 228011. Ghanoum, Marc 2192 +16 +24 -1 -8 =30 =20 +26 -4 +22 5.0 227512. Yoos, John f 2360 -27 -20 -16 +32 +17 +19 =14 +25 =5 5.0 216313. Milicevic, Dragoljub 2269 +26 =10 -2 +24 =15 -7 -8 =16 +21 4.5 225614. Odachowski, Arthur 2197 +31 -1 =19 =20 =21 +22 =12 -8 =18 4.5 220815. Gurevich, Artjom 2197 -2 =26 +25 +28 =13 -10 =22 =18 =17 4.5 218216. Lipnowski, Irvin f 2309 -11 -22 +12 +26 -25 =24 =30 =13 +29 4.5 212817. Reddy, Tyler 2084 -8 +23 -22 -21 -12 +28 +31 +24 =15 4.5 217718. Urquhart, Eddie ---- =20 -6 =29 -30 =28 +32 +27 =15 =14 4.5 216219. Lawson, Eric ---- -3 +32 =14 -6 =24 -12 =23 +31 +25 4.5 215020. Ochkoos, Jura 2285 =18 +12 -5 =14 =22 =11 +21 -3 -9 4.0 215221. Chabot, Roland 2225 -9 =28 =26 +17 =14 +27 -20 =7 -13 4.0 215922. Gardner, Robert 2206 -24 +16 +17 -3 =20 -14 =15 +30 -11 4.0 214523. Patterson, Roger ---- -10 -17 =28 -25 +32 -31 =19 +27 +26 4.0 204624. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 2126 +22 -11 =3 -13 =19 =16 =29 -17 =28 3.5 209425. Kiviaho, Robert ---- =29 -4 -15 +23 +16 +30 -6 -12 -19 3.5 209726. Pitre, Francois ---- -13 =15 =21 -16 +31 +29 -11 =28 -23 3.5 207527. Haessel, Dale 2205 +12 +30 =4 -9 -6 -21 -18 -23 +32 3.5 209628. Saint-Amand, Paul 2208 -4 =21 =23 -15 =18 -17 +32 =26 =24 3.5 203029. Kapadia, Ronak ---- =25 -5 =18 +31 -10 -26 =24 +32 -16 3.5 200230. Ramaswamy, Kiran ---- +32 -27 -7 +18 =11 -25 =16 -22 -31 3.0 201031. Lipnowski, Samuel ---- -14 -7 +32 -29 -26 +23 -17 -19 +30 3.0 194032. BYE ---- -30 -19 -31 -12 -23 -18 -28 -29 -27 0.0 ----

11.a4

Normally White prefers 11.»a3 or11.»bd2. However, I have in mind toexploit square/b5.

11Öºa6 12.»a3 0-0 13.¼e1

On 13.»b5 Black reacts with 13Ö»a7!

13Ö¼a7 14.ºf4 ¼d7 15.½d2 d4!

Black gets in this advance at the righttime. White has a small edge after15Ö¾h7?! 16.d4! cxd4 17.»xd4(17.cxd4!?) 17Ö»xd4 18.cxd4 »c619.ºf1 ºxf1 20.¾xf1 »b4 21.»b5.

16.c4

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The wrong approach is 16.ºxh6?!dxc3 17.bxc3 ¼xd3 18.½c1 ºxh619.½xh6 »f5 20.½c1 »ce7 followedby 21Ö»d5 with lots of play for Black.

16Ö»f5?

Based on a serious oversight. Blackgets a normal position after 16Ö¾h7!when White might try a king walk tosquare/b2 followed by a kingsidepawn storm. White has the betterchances, but BlackÕs position is sound.

17.g4 »fe7

Mark initially overlooked that17Ö»xh4 18.»xh4 ½xh4 19.ºxc6costs a piece, even though thewinning process after 19Ö½xg4+20.ºg3 would take a long time giventhe closed nature of the position.

18.ºxh6 »b4 19.ºxg7 ¾xg720.»g5!

This move signals that White hasfound a clear plan to win.

20Ö¼h8 21.½f4 »c8 22.½g3 ¼h623.f4 ¾h8

Similarly 23Ö½h8 24.¾f2 ¼xh425.¼h1 wins for White.

24.¾f2!

Black lacks counterplay, and he canonly wait passively while White plays¼h1 and cracks open the h/file to getto his opponentÕs king.

Ø.

IM Michael Schleifer and FM MaratKhassanov battled through multipleerrors in a sharp opening andeventually reached a draw, while Ray

Phillips could not convert a winningposition against FM Jack Yoos.

Depending on the results of thesubsequent playoff, either MarkBluvshtein will get his IM title and RayPhillips his FM title, or MaratKhassanov will get his IM title andMark Bluvshtein and Ray Phillips willget their FM titles.

GMs Kevin Spraggett and AlexandreLesiege demonstrated their clearsuperiority over the field withidentical 8/9 scores, and after the firsttwo games of their playoff weredrawn another match over fouradditional games has now beenarranged for September 12Ð15 inBrantford, Ontario. The match will bebroadcast online at the World ChessNetwork for a prize fund of $5000,largely due to the efforts of BrianHartman, Philip Haley, Tony Ficzere,John Hammond, Michel Gagne andmany others.

[The game scores from the match canbe found on the inside front cover,together with a few brief notes fromWorld Chess Network representativeJohn Hammond, who has promised areport in time for the Decemberissue. Ed.]


Canadian Chess HistoryHenry Howe, Champion of Canada

by Larry Fyffe

When Dr. Henry Howe sat down onehundred and eleven years ago (1889)to have his picture taken in Montreal,he was in good company. Members ofthe Canadian Chess Association posingfor the group photograph includedfive other former and future nationalchess champions of Canada: sittingacross the chess table from him wasWilliam Hicks (1874 winner) whilestanding behind was the beardedquartet of champions Joseph Ascher(1878), Joseph Shaw (1881), RobertShort (1890), and James Narraway(1893).

Howe, who was born in Guildford,England, and became a resident ofMontreal, won the Canadian nationaltitle at Quebec City in 1877, at theage of 62. Some sources also credithim as co-winner of the 1883 CCAnational championship which washeld in Montreal. In 1872, he defeatedHenry Bird when the famous Englishplayer took on 15 opponents during asimultaneous exhibition while visitingMontreal. Two years later, Dr. Howeplaced fourth with 5.5 points in thenational chess championship atMontreal: first was Hicks with 7,followed by Hurlburt with 6.5 andVon Bokum with 6.

Holder of a Doctorate of Laws, HenryHowe became President of theCanadian Chess Association in 1888,serving as a vice-President the yearprevious. He died in Montreal at theturn of the century. Most of his life,Howe devoted himself to the gameof chess. Le Monde Illustre in 1893,while mentioning the membership ofthe early Montreal Chess Club, noted:ÒJ.W. Shaw, John Stirling, John Barry,John Popham, Doctor Howe, andPrincipal Hicks are the only survivingmembers of the club then.Ó

Like Morphy, Henry Howe viewedchess as a fighting game, andnormally led with 1.e4; with Black, hisreply to this strategy was a nearconsistent 1...e5. Following are twogames from the 1874 tournamentwhich clearly represent HoweÕs styleof play.

Notes by

W. Atkinson

Howe, HenryWhite, John

Montreal, 1874Scotch Defense C45

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 exd44.»xd4

More usually played is the ScotchGambit with 4.ºc4.

4Öºc5

Preferred by some is 4Ö½h4.

5.»xc6 ½f6 6.½e2 ½xc6?

Much better is 6Ödxc6.

7.»c3 d6 8.½f3 a6

Had he played 6Ödxc6 he would nothave been compelled to make thisotherwise useless move.

9.ºd3 »f6 10.h3 ºe6 11.ºd2»d7 12.0-0 »e5 13.½g3 0-0-0!?

Temping White to play 14.½xg7 but13Ö0-0 was better.

14.ºe3 14Ö¼dg8 15.f4 »xd3?

Not good; opening the c/file to theadverse rooks.

16.cxd3 ºxe3+ 17.½xe3 f618.¼ac1 ¾b8

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19.b4?

Why not play 19.»d5 when 19Ö½a4(19Ö½e8 20.»xc7 ½d7 21.»xa6+bxa6 22.½b6+ ½b7 23.½xd6+ ¾a824.¼c6 and wins) 20.¼xc7 ºxd521.½b6 ºc6 (21Ö½b5 22.½xd6 ¼d823.¼d7+) 22.¼c1 ¾a8 23.¼1xc6ought to win for White.

19Ö½d7 20.a4 b6

Best perhaps, but not good enough.

21.b5 a5 22.»e2 ½e7 23.f5 ºd724.»c3 ¼c8 25.»d5 ½d8 26.¼c3!

WhiteÕs attack is now quiteoverwhelming.

26Ög6

He can but wait his doom.

27.fxg6 hxg6 28.¼fc1 g5 29.¼xc7Ø.

Atkinson was chess editor of theSaturday Reader, and a resident ofMontreal.

Notes by

W. Atkinson

Howe, HenryJackson, George

Montreal, 1874Four Knights C55

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »f6 3.»c3 »c64.ºc4

With the move order 2Ö»c6 3.ºc4ºc5 4.d3 »f6 5.»c3 d6 Black couldnot now play 4Ö»xe4 5.»xe4 d5.

4Öºc5 5.0-0? 0-0? 6.d3 d6

The practice of copying the moves ofthe first player usually leads to adrawn game.

7.ºg5 h6 8.ºh4 ºe6 9.ºb3 »d410.h3? c6?

Instead 10Ö½d7 looks better,threatening 11Öºxh3.

11.»h2 ¾h8 12.½d2?

This affords Black the opportunity ofwinning at least a pawn.

12Ö»xb3 13.axb3 »xe4! 14.»xe4½xh4 15.»xc5 dxc5 16.»f3 ½e7?

Stronger is 16Ö½h5.

17.¼ae1

Not 17.»xe5 ºxh3.

17Öf6 18.»h4! ½f7 19.f4 ½h520.»f3 ºd5 21.»h2

Foreseeing the endgame, andremembering the knight is strongerthan the bishop.

21Öexf4 22.½xf4 ¼fe8 23.½g4½xg4 24.»xg4 ºf7 25.¼e3 h526.¼xe8+ ¼xe8 27.»h2 ¼e228.¼f2 ¼e1+ 29.¼f1 ¼xf1+30.¾xf1 g5 31.¾f2 ¾g7 32.»f1 f5


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33.g3 ¾f6 34.»d2 ºe6

Threatening 35Öf4 etc.

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35Öf4+?

Here Black might perhaps have wonthe game by 35Öºd5 and

A) 36.c4 ºg2 37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4¾e5 39.¾f2 (39.»f3+ ºxf3 40.¾xf3a5 and wins) 39Öºh3 40.»f3+ ¾f441.»h2 a5;

B) 36.h4 gxh4 37.gxh4 ¾e5 38.»f1f4+ 39.¾f2 ¾d4 ought to win;

C) 36.¾f2 36Öh4 37.c4 (37.g4 fxg438.hxg4 ¾e5 39.c4 ºe6 40.¾f3 h341.»f1 ¾d4 and wins) 37Öhxg3+38.¾xg3 ºe6 39.¾f3 b6 40.»f1 ¾e5and wins.

36.gxf4 gxf4+ 37.¾xf4 ºxh338.»e4+ ¾e7 39.»xc5 b6 40.»e4ºg4 41.»f2 ºd7 42.¾g5 ºe843.¾f5 ºd7+ 44.¾g5 ºe8

Drawn by repetition.

Ú.

In the above game, Howe shouldhave played 5.d3 when 5Ö0-0 6.ºg5h6 7.h4 hxg5 8.hxg5 »g4 9.g6 »xf210.»xe5 foresees the encounterHermannÐWagerheim, Riga 1897,published in MCO 13.

Al Horowitz in Chess Opening Traps(Coles, 1979) gives an example ofthis theme for the Black pieces: 1.e4e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºc4 ºc5 4.0-0 »f65.d3 d6 6.ºg5 (6Öh6 7.ºh4 g5 8.ºg3h5 (8Ö»h5 HardingÐPorter, St.John1895) 9.»xg5 h4 10.»xf7 hxg311.»xd8 ºg4 12.½d2 »d4 13.h3»e2+ 14.¾h1 ¼xh3+ 15.gxh3 ºf3#Ù AshleyÐTollit, Birmingham 1923)6Öºg4 7.h3 h5 8.hxg4 hxg4 9.»h2?g3 10.»f3 »g4 11.ºxd8 ºxf2+12.¼xf2 gxf2+ 13.¾f1 ¼h1+ 14.¾e2¼xd1 15.»fd2 »d4+ 16.¾xd1 »e3+17.¾c1 »e2# Ù.

So against HoweÕs 5.0-0? Jacksonshould respond 5Öd6 when 6.d3

allows him to aim for 6Öºg4 7.h3 h58.hxg4 hxg4 9.»g5 g3 10.»xf7 »xe4!

Besides being known as one ofCanadaÕs chess champions, HenryHowe will always be remembered forthe infamous Ôfinger slipÕ that hecommitted in the following game:

Notes by

J.B. Cherriman

Lambert, Francois-XavierHowe, Henry

Ottawa, 1875King's Gambit: Kieseritzky C39

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.»f3 g5 4.h4 g45.»e5 h5?

This is not considered a satisfactorydefense. Better is 5Öºg7 or 5Ö»f6.

6.ºc4 »h6?

6Ö¼h7 7.d4 d6 MorphyÐMcConnell,1849. (LF)

7.d4 d6 8.»d3 f3 9.gxf3 gxf3?

The usual move here is 9Öºe7.

10.ºxh6 ºxh6 11.½xf3 ½e712.»c3 ºg4 13.½g3 »d7 14.0-00-0?

This looks very hazardous. We shouldrather have let the f/¹ go, and play14Ö0-0-0 relying upon an attackpresently on the exposed king.

15.»f4 ºg7 16.e5?

At once 16.»g6 would have beenstronger and ought to win.

16Ödxe5 17.»g6 ½b4

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We would have preferred 18.b3.Black cannot safely attempt to savehis rook, and suppose 18Öºe6 then19.»xf8 ºxc4 20.»xd7 ºxf121.¾xf1.

18Ö½xc4 19.»xd7 ½xd4+ 20.½f2½xd7 21.»e4 f5 22.»g5 a523.½c5 b5 24.a4 c6 25.axb5 cxb526.½b6 a4 27.½g6 ¼f8?? 28.½h7#

Black intended 27Ö¼e8 but with thespiteful perversity which sometimesactuates chess pieces, the rook choseto go to f8.

Ø.

For other games involving Howe, seethe article ÒMillennium FilesÓ, from EnPassant 155. In that article, pleasenote the following slight corrections:in the 1882 Canadian Championship,Henderson was clear second; Hickswas equal third with others; and in thegame AlberoniÐEnsor, the Black kingmoved to f8, and not d8.


Why OldPlayersLoseby Roger Langen

At the start of the third round in lastyearÕs Toronto Closed, I complainedto my opponent about arriving forplay with a Ôbrick in my headÕ. JimPatterson, who is retired, offeredstoical sympathy since, after all, thetwo grizzled goats at the event mightbe expected to share a conspiratorialnote or two. Earlier in the tournament,the following ÔaccidentÕ happened.

Notes by

Roger Langen

Langen, RogerTeodoro, Eduardo

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Instead of the correct 43.ºd2! ¼e244.ºc3 ¼xh2+ 45.¾g1 ¼xh6 46.¼g6+¾h7 47.¼g7+ White played

43.ºd4??

You see, in the fifth hour, just aftermaking the time control, older playersare prone to this kind of relaxationlapse. Young Teodoro, of course,cocked his head with that quizzical,elegant boredom of his, blinked owl-like once, and swiftly played

43Öºe5

White went on to lose the rook andpawn ending handily, and Mr.Patterson nodded his head sagely.

Ù.

The ageism of the tournament, if Imay put it that way, was reflected inthe predictions made in the weeklycrosstables which, astonishingly, were

set up like racing forms: at the topwas the ÔphenomÕ Bluvstein, followedby the ÔprodigyÕ Glinert and theÔyoung TurkÕ Peredun. These threewould chase Teodoro to the wire,while the ÔoldieÕ Langen would lose toBluvstein and Glinert, although with adraw against Peredun he should finishsomewhat ahead of the other farmanimals. To be sure, the smart moneywas on the thoroughbreds.

Alas, the predictions proved sound!The little cherubs fluttered to the topwhile the greybeards, sporting neitherlightness nor grace, sank ponderouslyto the bottom. As predicted, I finishedslightly in front of the second group.

Even so, I remained ambitious.Encouraged by a tidy forfeit win overEvans and a narrow victory againstfellow greybeard Patterson, I had mysights set on second place by thetime I met the Ontario JuniorChampion.

Notes by

Roger Langen

Vaingorten, YaqoovLangen, Roger

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37Ö»f2+?? 38.¼xf2

The time trouble blunder is commonenough, but older players, carryingdebt, in-laws, and a full day of work,are much more likely to see ghosts. Inthis particular case, my hallucinationwas 38Ö½e1+ 39.¾h2 ½xf2 with my¼/e8 hanging at the end! Correct andwinning is 37Ö½e1+ 38.¾h2 ½e5+39.¾h1 »b4.

Ø.

It was at this point that I began to askmyself: why do older players lose? Itis conceivable that older playersactually understand the game betterthan their younger opponents, butlose anyway for other reasons.

Younger players also suffer relaxationlapses or hallucinate in time trouble,and there are a number of elite olderplayers whose skills do not diminishwith age. But for most, getting oldermeans making more mistakes.

The reason? Chess is a language andmust be learned young, perhapsideally before age eleven or twelve.At eighteen I was already an ÔoldplayersÕ by the time I learned thegame; with rare exceptions, such latestarters never achieve the fluency inchess that derives from early contact.

My real difficulty, in a sense, is that Iacquired chess as a second language,doomed to life as an outsider with aperpetual adult accent on a playingfield designed for children.

My greater understanding, doggedlydemonstrated through the first hoursof each game, always headed forsenility at the end. Meanwhile, theslick calculating machines across thetable from me salivate and hum as theinevitable time scramble approaches.

A draw with the ÔsolidÕ RoderickTeodoro was followed by moresenility against the young StephenGlinert.

Notes by

Roger Langen

Glinert, StephenLangen, Roger

Toronto ch, 2000Scotch C45

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 exd44.»xd4 ºc5

Avoiding the more fashionable 4Ö»f6.

5.ºe3 ½f6 6.c3 »ge7 7.ºc4 ºb6

Here my opponent crinkled his nose;7Ö0-0 and 8Öºb6 is normal, but doesit make a difference?

8.0-0 0-0 9.f4

Now I crinkled my nose. This cannotbe right, I thought, nor could I find itlater in ECO or in any of the ScotchGame specialty books.

9Öd6 10.¾h1 ºd7 11.»c2 ¼ae8!?

Normally Black plays Ö¼d8 sooner orlater to support Öd5, but againstWhiteÕs unusual move order a pseudogambit is possible.

12.ºxb6 axb6 13.e5 ½h6 14.exd6»f5! 15.½f3 »xd6 16.ºd3


Black has the initiative, but now myopponent starts to calculate anddance. Black surely misses a movesomewhere in the followingsequence.

16Ö»e7!? 17.»e3 »ef5 18.»g4½h4 19.»e5 ºc6 20.½f2

Stephen has relieved the pressure.

20Ö½xf2 21.¼xf2 ºe4 22.»d2 f623.»xe4

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Correct now is 23Öfxe5 24.»xd6»xd6 25.¼af1 e4 26.ºc2 with somepull for Black, but probably not a win.

I was very interested in 24.fxe5??»xe4! 25.ºxe4 »g3+ 26.¾g1 »xe4of course, but I didnÕt really expectmy sandbox opponent to be soaccommodating, in spite of his timeshortage on the clock.

23Ö»xe4??

Whoops! Still drunk with thoughtsabout the winning line, this movereversal and omission of 23Öfxe5 firstis a bad error. Scornful nose crinklingfrom my opponent. I kept my ownoutward composure blank, butinwardly I barked.

24.ºxe4 fxe5 25.ºxb7 Ö

And 42 moves later my opponentradioed Òtimber!Ó I tipped over myking, and was spared the postmortemas it was way past my opponentÕsbedtime.

Ø.

I got some measure of revengeagainst Mory Hunter, who had earlierupset Glinert, followed by yet anotherpairing against a junior. This time itwas 11-year-old Mark Bluvshtein, whothus far was having quite a good run.

But I had him sized up: Mark playstoo quickly, relies on Morphy-likedevelopment, and then usually cashesin solely on tactical errors by theopponent. I would crush his methodwith the dull English opening.

Notes by

Roger Langen

Langen, RogerBluvshtein, Mark

Toronto ch, 2000English A18

1.c4 »f6 2.»c3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5»e4?

Incredible! Is it possible that Whitealready has a winning position?

5.»xe4 dxe4 6.½g4 ½d4? 7.»f3

Only now did my young opponentrealize his mistake.

7Ö½b6 8.½xe4 ºc5

In for a penny, in for a pound.

9.d4 ºb4+ 10.¾d1!

Did Mark miss this?

10Ö»c6?!

Black goes for broke.

11.c5 ½a5 12.a3 ºd7 13.¼b1!ºxc5 14.dxc5 ½xc5 15.ºe3 ½a516.ºd3 0-0-0 17.¾e2 f5 18.½c4!

Another plaintive look from myyoung opponent.

18Öf4?! 19.ºxf4 ¼hf8

Mark has finally completed hisdevelopment, but the game is alreadyover, nÕest-ce pas?

20.ºd2 ½b6 21.ºe3 ½a5

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White has calculated 22.b4 ½xa323.ºc1 ½a4 24.ºc2 ½a6 25.½xa6bxa6 26.ºd3; or the alternative line22.½b5 ½xb5 23.ºxb5 »xe524.ºxd7+ »xd7 25.»g5. Does itmake a difference, I asked myself?Perhaps I should avoid the flashy firstline; the lad is obviously feeling down.

22.½b5??

The crowd gasped and, at the nexttable, Roderick Teodoro scowledmagnificently. My opponent, with hisfather looking on richly amused,

studied the position, gave me asuspect glance, and then played

22Ö»d4+

I took a few heavy minutes to stew inmy own mortification and resigned.Then my opponent deftly indicatedthe winning line I had spared him. Inodded sagaciously, already dwellingon the category of chess blunder Ihad committed this time: thisparticular variety of chess blindnesscould be called LangenÕs glaucoma.

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Thoroughly disheartened afterconverting a possible 7.5/9 score into4.5/9 I lost my remaining two gameswithout a struggle.

The chess gods, however, hadarranged a final surprise for me. Aftermy closing round loss, spectatorBosko Maric came over and askedwhy I had resigned my game againstBluvshtein? Fritz supposedly claimsthat White is still better!?

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Bosko proceeded to show me thesample line 23.»xd4 ºxb5 24.»xb5¼xd3 25.»xa7+ ¾b8 26.¾xd3 ¼d8+27.¾e2 c5 28.¼hc1! and severalalternative variations suggested byPeredun, Maric and myself were alsoworse for Black.

Resignation in a superior position, andnot a time trouble hallucination or areversal of moves or yet another caseof chess blindness, would be thetragic final counterpoint to my play:just plain and simple stupidity!

Mr. Patterson was on hand at the end,with a glint of amusement playing inhis eye. Perhaps he already knewwhat I had only just discovered: anold goat is an old goat, and chess isfor the young.


TheyShootBirdsDon'tThey?by Robert Webb

Chessplayers can sometimes loseconfidence in their abilities. Havingselected openings that suit their style,they play them with the assurancethat superior knowledge brings. Untilthe fateful day, that is, when someonecomes along who knows just a littlebit moreÖ

This is what happened to my favoriteFrench Defense a number of yearsago, and so the selection of 1Öe5 as areplacement followed. Unfortunately,the late Dr. Ken Winterton had verylittle trouble dissecting me withclinical precision in the line 1.e4 e52.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 a6 4.ºxc6 dxc65.0-0 on at least two occasions, andthis prompted me to look for anantidote that could be applied earlier.

I soon began playing the BirdDefense with 3Ö»d4?! What could bebetter: no knight, no capture, andafter 1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 »d4?!4.»xd4 exd4 5.0-0 the º/b5 lookslike a forgotten laundry item on aclothesline, while BlackÕs own ¹/d4prevents the normal development ofWhiteÕs forces with »c3 and d4.

Notes by

Robert Webb

Webb, RobertGarside, Raymond

Bury Easter Congress (3),1965

Ruy Lopez: Bird C61

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 »d4?!4.ºc4 b5?! 5.ºxf7+ ¾xf7 6.»xd4½h4 7.½f3+ »f6 8.»xb5 ºc59.»5c3 ¼f8 10.d3 ¾g8 11.½g3½h5 12.0-0 »g4 13.»d1 »xf214.ºe3 »h3+ 15.gxh3 ¼xf1+16.¾xf1 ½xd1+ 17.¾g2 ºxe318.½xe3 ½xc2+

Unbeknownst to me at the time, weare following ZaitsevÐTimchenko,Moscow 1956, where Black playedthe superior 18Öd6 to keep Whitebottled up. Upon taking up the Birdmyself, I stored the 4Öb5?! idea awayfor possible use.

19.»d2 ½xb2 20.¼f1 ½xa2 Ù.

The subsequent analysis and researchunearthed some interesting historywhen I discovered that no less thanWorld Champion Alexander Alekhine,as well as title contenders DavidBronstein and Siegbert Tarrasch haveemployed the Bird, which countsamong its victims players like AdolfAnderssen.

Notes by

Robert Webb

Anderssen, AdolfLange, Max

Breslau, 1859Ruy Lopez: Bird C61

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 »d44.»xd4 exd4 5.ºc4 »f6 6.e5? d57.ºb3 ºg4 8.f3 »e4 9.0-0 d3!

No doubt several other Black movesdeserve praise, but this move reallystarts BlackÕs marvellous attack.

10.fxg4 ºc5+ 11.¾h1 »g3+12.hxg3 ½g5 13.¼f5

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One scintillating move after another!

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There is something about the habit ofsupporting lost causes Ð some of theopening choices of the late Dutch GMJan Hein Donner spring to mind Ðthat surprise people who donÕt playthe game. I was not to be outdone inthis respect, as defeat followed defeatwith alarming regularity.

Notes by

Robert Webb

Vucko, IgnacWebb, Robert

Toronto op (4), 1985Ruy Lopez: Bird C61

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 »d44.ºc4 ºc5! 5.»xe5? ½g5! 6.»g4

Blackburne is said to have pulled offthe pretty mate 6.»xf7 (6.ºxf7+¾e7) 6Ö½xg2 7.¼f1 (White also loseswith 7.»xh8 »xc2+ 8.¾e2 ½xe4+9.¾f1 ½xh1+ 10.¾e2 »d4+ 11.¾d3½xd1 12.ºf7+ ¾f8) 7Ö½xe4+ 8.ºe2»f3# so many times for money that itbecame known as ÒBlackburneÕsShilling Game.Ó

6Ö»h6?

I was in fact familiar with 6Öd5! 7.h3(Black wins an exchange after 7.ºe2»xe2 8.½xe2 ºxg4 9.½b5+ ºd710.½xc5 ½xg2 11.¼f1 ºh3 12.½b5+c6; while 7.ºxd5 ºxg4 8.f3 »xf3+9.gxf3 ½h4+ 10.¾e2 ½f2+ 11.¾d3ºxf3 12.½f1 ½d4# Ù obviouslyturned out badly for White in thegame BrittonÐMcMahon, Sheffield1996) 7Ödxc4 8.c3 h5! 9.cxd4 ºxd410.»e3 (or 10.d3 ½a5+ 11.ºd2 ½b6)10Öºxe3 11.dxe3 ½xg2 12.¼f1 ºxh313.»d2 0-0-0 and Black wins.

7.»e3 b5 8.ºe2 ºb7 9.d3 »xe210.½xe2 ºxe3 11.ºxe3 ½xg212.½f1 ½xf1+ 13.¼xf1 Ö

And Black went on to lose, largelybecause I let my error on move sixcloud my judgment.

Ø.

I became unable to see the forest forthe trees. My peers were having farmore success experimenting withhealthier systems, while I desperatelyclung to my own ideas: yes, I know,ÒBusted in the Bird!Ó

Since getting the position after 5.0-0was easy, I tried all of BlackÕs fifthmove alternatives except for BirdÕspersonal favorite 5Öh5?! which isintended to keep WhiteÕs queen outof h5 while commencing the stormingof my opponentÕs position.

I think Bird went a bit too far though,when he combined this idea withÖ¾f8 planning to rumble down the h/file with his rook. BlackburneÕs moresensible 5Ö g6 nowadays is combinedwith Ö»e7 and can be a satisfactoryline for Black. In my own games,


however, I found myself with anuncastled king far too often regardlessof which line I played. Apparently,one has to choose the opponent withmore care.

Notes by

Robert Webb

Allan, DenisWebb, Robert

Smiths Falls op (1), 1984Ruy Lopez: Bird C61

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 »d4?!4.»xd4 exd4 5.0-0 c6 6.ºc4 »f67.¼e1 d6 8.d3!

IM Denis Allan plays the Bird himself,and assumes on this occasion that Iam primed with the latest theoreticalrecipes after 8.c3.

8Ö»g4

Denis suggested 8Öºe7!

9.h3 h5?

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If this were any good, a Master wouldnever allow it in the first place.

10.hxg4 hxg4 11.g3 ½f6 12.c3 g513.cxd4 ½h6 14.¾f1 ½h1+15.¾e2 ½f3+ 16.¾d2 ½xf2+17.¼e2 Ø.

By then Jonathan Berry came to myrescue by personally delivering mycopy of Andrew SoltisÕ new treatiseon the Bird at an Ottawa tournament.Armed with valuable new insightsfrom the pages of this excellent book,a somewhat fortunate draw followed.

Notes by

Robert Webb

Hubley, RogerWebb, Robert

Ottawa, 1984Ruy Lopez: Bird C61

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 »d4?!4.»xd4 exd4 5.0-0 c6 6.ºc4 »f6

7.¼e1 d6 8.c3 »g4 9.h3 »e510.d3!

Good for Black is 10.ºf1?! d3 11.f4½b6+ 12.¾h1 h5 13.fxe5 ºg414.½b3 ½f2.

10Ö»xc4 11.dxc4 dxc3 12.»xc3ºe7 13.ºe3

Better is 13.ºf4 with pressure on d6.

13Öºe6

The original game score has beenmislaid, but the moves should becorrect in all essential details, and adraw soon followed.

Ú.

Next came a pleasant win.

Notes by

Robert Webb

Chen, CWebb, Robert

Toronto op (4), 1985Ruy Lopez: Bird C61

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 »d4?!4.ºc4 ºc5!

We are familiar with the idea 4Öb5?!

5.c3

If 5.»xe5 ½g5.

5Ö»xf3+ 6.½xf3 ½f6 7.½e2

In ElsonÐBird, Philadelphia 1876, adraw was agreed after 7.d3 d6 8.ºe3½xf3 9.gxf3 ºxe3 10.fxe3 ºe6 Ú.

Then there is 7.½xf6 »xf6 8.d3 d69.ºg5 h6 10.ºc1 c6 Ø from thegame SmallÐKnecht, Philadelphia1990, and finally 7.½g3 »e7 8.d3 d69.f4 ½g6 10.f5 ½xg3+ 11.hxg3 Øfrom SielaffÐKirchhoff, 1992.

7Ö»e7 8.d3 0-0 9.0-0 d6 10.ºe3»g6 11.»d2 »f4 12.½f3 g5 13.g3g4 14.½d1 »h3+ 15.¾g2 ¾h816.»b3 ºb6 17.d4 ½g6 18.ºd3 f519.exf5 ºxf5 20.»c1 ºe4+ 21.f3ºxf3+ 22.¼xf3 gxf3+ 23.½xf3¼xf3 Ù.

But the defeats continued, just aboutunabated. Oh, there were some wins,of course, but none particularlysatisfying, and I could not be accusedof setting new theoretical trends. Myopponents were also playing theVienna and various classical gambitsystems, and so I finally came toremember why I played the French inthe first place. Enthusiasm for 1Ö e6returned, and has not diminished.

But I still play over Bird gameswhenever I see them, and there is atrace of a tear in the corner of an eyewhen GMs Kupreichik, Tukmakov,Flear and others demonstrate theirsuperior skill with BirdÕs old favorite.

I am still convinced of its viability asan opening idea, although it isperhaps somewhat accident prone,akin to AlbinÕs Counter Gambit andthe Von Hennig-Schara Gambit.

ÒDubious and therefore playableÓon WhiteÕs second move

ÒObvious and therefore dubiousÓon BlackÕs second move

Savielly Gregorovich Tartakower

I will finish with a fine example ofBlackÕs play, traced from an old issueof Chess magazine.

Notes by

Robert Webb

Charlton, KHawes, S

cr, 1977Ruy Lopez: Bird C61

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 »d44.»xd4 exd4 5.0-0 h5?! 6.d3 ºc57.»d2 c6 8.ºc4 d5! 9.exd5 cxd510.ºb3 ºg4 11.½e1+ »e712.ºa4+ ¾f8 13.f3 ºf5 14.¼f2 b515.»b3!? ºd6 16.ºxb5 ½b817.½a5 ºxh2+ 18.¾f1 h419.»xd4 h3 20.»xf5 ºc7 21.½b4h2 22.½xe7+ ¾g8 23.ºc6 h1½+24.¾e2 ºa5 25.c3 ½xc1

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The

The event is special in the sense thatit provides our strongest players withtheir only opportunity to play for aGM norm on Canadian soil. This timenone of our IMs and FMs managedthe required 8/11, but MontrealÕsSylvain Barbeau made his first IMnorm by finishing half a point abovethe required 5.5/11.

Standard Life donated a conferenceroom where the spectators couldwatch the games in comfort, whilejust down the hall live commentarywas provided by local Masters SimonGravel, Francois Leveille and formerCanadian Junior Champion SteveBolduc in a lecture theatre. Thenumber of spectators varied each day,but occasionally came close to onehundred.

Congratulations should go to AndreLanglois and his team for organizing aquality event on a very tight budgetfor two years in a row. Andre hasproven himself to be a man of action,and I believe the chess communityowes him a thank you. By way of abrief introduction of the players, letÕswork our way up the final crosstable:

FM Goran Mikanovic is one ofQuebecÕs top players, and with his2273 FIDE rating was looking for hisfirst IM norm. FM Danny Goldenbergat 2343 is a former Canadian JuniorChampion in search of his second IMnorm. FM Sylvain Barbeau, also aformer Canadian Junior Champion and

Quebec Champion rated at 2365, is aveteran chess trainer from theMontreal area who has recently comeout of retirement in search of his firstIM title norm.

FM Pascal Charbonneau, yet anotherformer Canadian Junior Champion andQuebec Champion and rated at 2405,made a successful debut on CanadaÕsOlympic team last fall by scoring hisfirst IM norm.

IM Irina Krush, at 2421, is the reigningUS WomenÕs Champion, and is

Montreal International, August 2-14, 2001 cat. IX ( 2456)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total Perf

1. Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2564 x = 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 26212. Oral, Tomas g CZE 2540 = x = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = = 7.5 25813. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2554 1 = x = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 7.5 25794. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2588 = 0 = x = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 25765. Turov, Maxim g RUS 2550 = = = = x 1 = = = = 1 1 7.0 25496. Barbeau, Sylvain f CAN 2365 = = = 0 0 x 0 1 = 1 1 1 6.0 25007. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2440 0 0 0 = = 1 x = 1 = 1 = 5.5 24578. Charbonneau, Pascal f CAN 2405 0 = = 0 = 0 = x 1 = 0 1 4.5 23959. Krush, Irina m USA 2421 0 0 = = = = 0 0 x 1 1 0 4.0 2357

10. Mikanovic, Goran f CAN 2273 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 x = 1 3.0 229711. Hebert, Jean m CAN 2427 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = x 1 3.0 228312. Goldenberg, Danny f CAN 2343 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 x 2.5 2255

The Second Montreal

International ended in

victory for local GM and

2000 Canadian Champion

Alexandre Lesiege, who

posted an 8/11 score in

the Catagory IX event.

Alexandre was followed

by a group of players at

7.5/11, including the

young Czech star GM

Tomas Oral, Russian GM

Vladimir Kosyrev, and

Lithuanian GM Eduardas

Rozentalis. The remaining

visiting Russian GM

Maxim Turov finished

another half point back at

7/11.

2001 MontrealInternational

by IM Dave Ross

Alexandre Lesiege


already looking for her second GMnorm at the young age of 17! IM IgorZugic of Toronto is CanadaÕs youngestIM at 2445, and has already scored aGM norm last year that was sadlydisallowed by FIDE. Igor has alsomade his debut on the CanadianOlympic team last fall.

IM Jean Hebert, rated at 2427, hasbeen a member of numerousCanadian Olympic teams, CanadianChampion at age 18, and QuebecChampion too many times to count.Jean is also a well respected author,with the publication of a ChessBaseTraining-CD on the Benoni to hismost recent credit last year.

GM Maxim Turov, rated 2550 fromRostov on Don, came fresh fromwinning the Quebec Open. 20-year-old GM Vladimir Kosyrev, rated 2554,makes his home in Moscow. GMEduardas Rozentalis is from Lithuania,and came to the event as the toprated and most experienced player at2588.

Last yearÕs co-champion GM TomasOral of the Czech Republic is a risingyoung star rated 2540; and finally,young GM Alexandre Lesiege, rated at2564, is already a two-time CanadianChampion, and plays top board onCanadaÕs Olympic team.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Mikanovic, GoranCharbonneau, Pascal

Montreal International (1),2001

Nimzo-Indian: Classical E32

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb44.½c2 0-0 5.a3 ºxc3+ 6.½xc3»e4 7.½c2 f5 8.»h3!?

White prepares for f3 which, if playedimmediately, fails to 8Ö½h4+.

8Ö»c6 9.e3 d6 10.f3 »f6 11.ºe2e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.»f2 a5!

Black has more space and now fightsfor even more territory on thequeenside. The outcome will revolvearound whether or not White canactivate his bishop pair.

14.0-0 ½e7 15.ºd2 ºe6 16.ºd3»d7 17.¼fe1?! a4!

White could have prevented thisrestriction of his queenside with17.b3!? Black has won the openingbattle, but White is still very solid.

18.ºf1 »c5 19.¼ad1 e4 20.f4

Better might be 20.fxe4!? fxe421.ºb4 »xb4 22.axb4 »a6 23.½xe4»xb4 24.½xb7.

20Ö½f7 21.ºb4! b6

Reasonable as well looks 21Ö»xb422.axb4 »b3.

22.ºe2 h6 23.ºxc5 bxc5 24.¼b1»a5 25.¼bc1?

Instead 25.½xa4! ºxc4! 26.ºxc4½xc4 (or 26Ö»xc4 27.½c2) 27.½d7!¼f7 28.½d1 ½e6 29.g4 looks a touchbetter for White.

25Ö¼fb8 26.g4 ¼b3 27.gxf5 ºxf528.½d2 ¾h7 29.¼c3 g5!? 30.fxg5¼g8 31.¼xb3

White has serious problems toresolve, as evidenced for example bythe sequence 31.½d5?! ¼xg5+32.¾h1 ½e7 33.¼xb3 ºh3!; or31.¾h1 ¼xg5 32.¼cc1 »c6! withtremendous play for Black.

31Ö»xb3 32.½d5 ¼xg5+ 33.¾h1½e7

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34.h4??

The omission of 34.¼g1! with equalitycan only be explained by severe timepressure.

34Ö¼g6??

Black wins on the spot with 34Öc6!!35.½xc6 ¼g3.

35.½xf5 ½xh4+ 36.½h3 ½xf237.¼f1 ½g3 38.½d7+ ¼g7 39.½f5+½g6 40.ºg4 »d2!

The ending is very favorable for Blackbecause he has a head start in comingafter his opponentÕs weaknesses.

41.¼f2 »f3?!

A very deeply calculated move, butone that allows a defense on move45. More promising therefore looks41Ö»xc4 42.½xg6+ ¾xg6 43.ºf5+¾f6 44.ºxe4+ ¾e5 45.ºc6 ¼g646.ºxa4 ¼b6 47.b3 »xe3.

42.½xg6+ ¾xg6 43.ºxf3 exf344.¼xf3 ¼d7 45.¾g2?

Strangely this move is a big waste oftime. The right idea is to starthoovering up pawns as quickly aspossible with 45.¼f8! ¼d2 46.¼c8 andnow after

A) 46Ö¼c2 47.¼xc7 ¼xc4 48.¾g2; or

B) 46Ö¼xb2 47.¼xc7 ¼b3 48.¼xc5¼xe3 49.¼c6+ ¾g5 50.¼a6 ¼xa351.c5 ¾f4 52.¼xh6 (only not 52.c6??¾g3) 52Ö¼c3 53.¼a6 a3 54.¾g2 ¾e555.¾f2 ¼h3 56.¾g2; or

C) 46Ö¾g5 47.¼xc7 ¾g4 48.¾g1¾g3 49.¾f1 ¾f3 50.¾e1 ¼xb251.¼xc5 ¾xe3 52.¼e5+ I think Whiteis just hanging on.

45Ö¼d2+ 46.¾g3

The outside passer guarantees Blackan easy win after 46.¼f2 ¼xf2+47.¾xf2 ¾f5.

46Ö¼xb2 47.¾f4 ¼b3 48.¼g3+¾h7 49.¾e5 ¼xa3 50.¾f6 ¼d351.¼g7+ ¾h8 52.¼xc7 ¼d6+53.¾e5 ¼a6 54.¼b7 a3 55.¼b1 a256.¼a1 h5 57.¾d5 ¼a5 58.¾c6 h459.¾b6 ¼a3 60.¾xc5 h3 61.¾b4¼a8 62.c5 ¼b8+ 63.¾a5 h2 64.c6¾g7 65.c7 ¼h8 66.¼h1 ¼a8+67.¾b6 a1½ 68.¼xa1 ¼xa169.c8½ ¼b1+ 70.¾a5 h1½71.½g4+ ¾f6 72.½f4+ ¾e673.½g4+ ¾d6 74.½f4+ ¾c675.½f6+ ¾c7??

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After 75Ö¾b7! there is no perpetualcheck. Pascal told me after the gamethat he thought anything wins here,but unfortunately for him this lapse injudgment throws away the win.

76.½e7+ ¾b8 77.½d6+ ¾c878.½e6+ ¾c7 79.½e7+ ¾c680.½f6+ ¾d5 81.½d4+ ¾e682.½g4+ ¾f6 83.½f4+ ¾g684.½g4+ ¾h6 85.½f4+ ¾h586.½f5+ ¾h4 87.½f2+ ¾h388.½f5+ ¾g3 89.½f4+ ¾g290.½e4+ ¾f2 91.½c2+ ¾xe392.½c3+ ¾e4 93.½c2+ ¾e594.½c3+ ¾d6 95.½f6+ ¾d796.½f7+ ¾c6 97.½e8+ ¾c598.½e3+ ¾c4 99.½e2+ ¾d4


100.½d2+ ¾e4 101.½e2+ ¾f4102.½d2+ ¾e4 103.½e2+ ¾d5104.½d3+ ¾c6 105.½c4+ ¾b7106.½f7+ ¾c6 107.½e6+ ¾c5108.½e3+ ¾d5 109.½d3+ ¾e5110.½c3+ ¾e4 111.½c2+ ¾f4112.½d2+ ¾f3 113.½d3+ ¾g2114.½e4+ ¾h2 115.½f4+ ¾g1116.½e3+ ¾f1 117.½d3+ ¾f2

An incredible game with many errorsand a hard to believe finish.

Ú.

The second round was largely a quietaffair with several draws among theGMs, but also a nice miniature by GMAlexandre Lesiege over Olympicteam mate IM Igor Zugic of Toronto.Irina Krush, in search of her secondGM norm, was outprepared by ourown Olympic team member PascalCharbonneau.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Charbonneau, PascalKrush, Irina


Sicilian: Rauzer B67

1.e4 c5 2.»c3 »c6 3.»f3 d6 4.d4cxd4 5.»xd4 »f6 6.ºg5 e6 7.½d2a6 8.0-0-0 ºd7 9.f4 b5 10.ºxf6gxf6 11.¾b1 ½b6 12.»xc6 ºxc613.½e1 ºe7 14.f5 ½c5 15.ºd3

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Black has an absolutely dismal scorefrom this position in practice, as hisqueenside counter attack rarely getsgoing, and he usually succombs toWhiteÕs initiative long before he canactivate his bishop pair.

15Öa5 16.»e2 e5 17.½g3 ¾f818.½h4 h6 19.¼hf1 a4 20.c3! a3

Also good for White is 20Öd5!? 21.a3dxe4 22.ºxe4 ½c4 23.»g3 ºxa324.bxa3 ½b3+ 25.¾c1 ½xa3+ 26.¾d2¼d8+ 27.ºd3 ¼d6 28.»e4.

21.b3 ¼d8 22.½f2 ¼g8 23.½f3 b424.ºc4 ¼b8 25.¾a1 ¼g7 26.¼d3ºd8 27.ºd5 ºe8 28.c4 ºb629.½h3 ¼h7 30.»g3 ºc6 31.»h5ºd8 32.½g3 ºe7 33.¼fd1 ºxd534.¼xd5 ½a7 35.¾b1 ¼c8 36.¾c2¼c5 37.¼5d3 ¼c8 38.¾d2 ½b7Ø.

FM Danny Goldenberg came veryclose to scoring a major upset againstvisiting Czech GM Tomas Oral.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Goldenberg, DannyOral, Tomas


Sicilian B32

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 ½c7 5.»b5!?

This excursion doesnÕt have a greatreputation, but maybe it is ok.

5Ö½b8 6.ºd3 g6!?

BlackÕs most solid option is 6Öe6 butthe text forces Danny to work forhimself as early as possible.

7.0-0 ºg7 8.f4

The Sicilian partly appeals to higherrated players because it faces Whitewith so many choices. Consider thisposition: should White play c4 or not,where does the º/c1 belong, andshould he spend a tempo on ¾h1?Maybe the solution is to just play onefamiliar method quickly, confidentthat a tactical opportunity will arise!

8Öd6 9.½e1 »f6 10.»d2 0-011.»f3 a6 12.»c3 b5 13.h3 »b414.e5! dxe5 15.fxe5 »d7 16.ºe4ºb7 17.a3 »c6 18.e6!

WhiteÕs inventive play has achieved adefinite initiative, but since Blackreally hasnÕt made any mistakes heshould still be fine.

18Ö»c5 19.»g5

Black has good value for the pawnafter 19.exf7+?! ¼xf7 20.ºd5 e621.ºxe6 »xe6 22.½xe6 ½c8.

19Öfxe6 20.¼xf8+ ½xf8 21.ºe3»xe4 22.»cxe4 »d4

This looks like a safety first move.Every time Black has a chance in thisgame to go after his opponent heprefers instead to retreat. I am curiousto find out what Danny thinks of22Öºxb2 23.½h4 (perhaps 23.»xe6)

23Ö½g7 24.¼f1 »d8 25.»c5 ºd526.»xh7 »f7.

23.c3

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23Öºxe4?

Perhaps Oral lacked the time tocalculate the critical but favorablevariations 23Ö»c2! 24.½h4 h6 25.¼f1(or 25.»xe6 ½f7 26.»xg7 ½xg727.»c5 g5 28.½g4 ½g6 29.»xb7»xa1) 25Ö½xf1+ 26.¾xf1 »xe3+27.¾g1 »f5 28.½e1 hxg5 29.»c5ºd5 30.»xe6 ºxe6 31.½xe6+ ¾h7.

24.cxd4?

White keeps a small advantage after24.ºxd4! ºxd4+ 25.cxd4 ºd526.½h4 ½g7 27.»xe6 ºxe6 28.½e4¼d8 29.½xe6.

24Öºd5 25.½h4 ºh6?

Now the game is a draw. BlackÕs lastchance to win is 25Öh6! 26.»f3 (or26.»e4 g5 27.½g4 h5!) 26Öºxf327.¼f1 (27.gxf3 ½xf3) 27Öºf6.

26.¼f1 ½g7 27.¾h2 ¼f8 28.¼xf8+½xf8 29.¾g1 ºc4 30.¾h2 ºd531.¾g1 ºxg5 32.½xg5 ½f633.½e5 ¾f7 34.ºh6 ºc4 35.¾h2½xe5+ 36.dxe5 Ú.

Jean Hebert

Irina Krush


Notes by

Dave Ross

Krush, IrinaHebert, Jean


Benoni A67

IM Irina Krush didnÕt have too manyhappy moments in this event, buthere she plays a great game to slowlystrangle the former CanadianChampion.

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 c5 4.d5exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.e4 d6 7.f4

There is a school of thought thatbelieves the Benoni is only playablewhen there is already a knight on f3so as to cut out the f4 lines. I aminclined to agree, as the onlysuccessful games for Black I haveseen require him to play like a genius.

7Öºg7 8.ºb5+ »fd7 9.ºd3

More common is 9.a4.

9Ö½h4+ 10.g3 ½d8

This retreat scores considerably worsethan 10Ö½e7 but I am sure Jean hadhis reasons.

11.»f3 0-0 12.0-0 »a6 13.¼e1¼e8 14.ºf1 b6?!

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Better is 14Ö»c7.

15.»b5! »f6 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5»xd5 18.»d6 »dc7 19.ºg5 ½d720.»xe8 ½xe8 21.ºf6

In spite of HebertÕs hard work in theremainder of the game, Irina has nogreat difficulty converting her extramaterial.

21Ö»e6 22.ºg2 ºb7 23.ºxg7»xg7 24.½e2 »b4 25.¼ed1 ¼b826.a3 »c6 27.¼f1 »e6 28.¼f2½e7 29.¼af1 ¼f8 30.½e3 »cd431.»d2 ºxg2 32.¾xg2 ¾g7

More stubborn is 32Ö»f5 33.½e2»ed4 34.½e4.

33.»e4 »d8 34.»d6 »4c6 35.¼e1½e6 36.½f4 »d4 37.½e4 »8c638.½f4 ¾g8 39.»e4 ¾g7 40.»d6»e7 41.½f6+ ¾g8 42.¼ef1 »d543.½xe6 »e3+ 44.¾g1 »xe645.¼e1 »g4 46.¼f3 »g5 47.¼ff1h5 48.¾g2 »e6 49.h3 »h6 50.¼f6»d4 51.e6! fxe6 52.¼xg6+ ¾h753.¼g5 ¼f3 54.¼f1 ¼b3 55.¼f2 h456.gxh4 »hf5 57.»xf5 »xf558.¾h2 a5 59.¼fg2 ¾h6 60.¼g6+¾h5 61.¼xe6 »xh4 62.¼f2 »f3+63.¾g2 »h4+ 64.¾f1 »f3 65.¼f6»g5 66.¼g2 »h7 67.¼f5+ ¾h668.h4 ¼h3 69.¼e5 ¼f3+ 70.¼f2¼b3 71.¼g2 ¼f3+ 72.¾e2 ¼f673.h5 »f8 74.¼f2 Ø.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Barbeau, SylvainCharbonneau, Pascal


Sicilian: Closed B26

1.e4 c5 2.»c3 »c6 3.g3 g6 4.ºg2ºg7 5.d3 d6 6.ºe3 e5

It is not easy for White to get muchagainst this system.

7.½d2 »ge7 8.ºh6?!

This idea cannot be right, since Blackfrequently plays Öe5 on his ownvolition after the exchange of bishops,even with the pawn already on e6.

8Öºxh6 9.½xh6 »d4 10.½d2

White recognizes that he has noattacking chances and returns thequeen to the center.

10Ö½a5 11.f4?!

This advance lands White in sometrouble. Safer is 11.»ge2 ºg412.»xd4 cxd4 13.»b1 ½b6 14.c4dxc3 15.»xc3 0-0 16.0-0 althoughthen White renounces any chances toplay for a win.

11Ö0-0

The alternative 11Öexf4 12.gxf4 ºg4!is surprisingly difficult to meet, sincethe bishop cannot be forced off thed1/h5 diagonal and interferes withWhiteÕs development untilexchanging itself for a knight at theright moment to set up a favorablegood »/d4 versus bad º/g2 situationfor Black.

12.»f3 f5?!

More logical is 12Öºg4 13.0-0 exf414.gxf4 f5 with a Black edge. Afterthe text, White is out of danger.

13.0-0 exf4 14.gxf4 ºd7 15.¼ae1¼ae8 16.e5 dxe5 17.»xe5 ºe618.½f2!

I like this move to unpin »/c3 andprepare a favorable regrouping ofWhiteÕs forces.

18Ö¾g7 19.¼e3 »g8 20.¼fe1 »f621.h3 ½c7

The queen no longer has any businesson the queenside.

22.»c4?! ºf7

White likely thought that he gains anoutpost for his knight on d5 after anexchange on c4 while a Black »/d4can be ejected with the pawnadvance c3. However, the concretevariation 22Öºxc4!? 23.dxc4 ¼xe324.¼xe3 ½d7 25.»d5? (Black also hasa decent position after 25.¼e5 b626.»d5 »c6 27.¼e3) 25Ö»e4! showsthat Black is perfectly fine.

23.a4 b6 24.»e5 a6 25.¾h2 ºg826.»d1 »e6 27.»c3

Perhaps a silent draw offer.

27Ö½d6 28.ºc6 ¼e7 29.ºh1 ¼fe830.»c6 ¼c7 31.»e5 »d4 32.»d1¼ce7?

More promising seems 32Öºd5! or32Öb5!?

33.c3 »e6 34.ºc6 ¼c8 35.ºf3»d5 36.ºxd5 ½xd5 37.½g3 ¼ce838.h4 ¾f8

The retreat into the corner with38Ö¾h8 looks safer.

39.¼1e2!

Offering a poisoned pawn. BlackÕsdefense holds after 39.h5!? gxh540.½h4 ¼g7 41.¼g1 ºf7!

39Ö½b3 40.»f2 ½xa4?

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41.»h3 »g7 42.½g5 ¼e6?

Tougher, although still losing, is42Öºe6 43.b3 ½b5 44.½h6 ¾g845.»g5.

43.b3! h6 44.½xh6 ¼xe5 45.bxa4¼xe3 46.¼xe3 ¼xe3 47.½xg6

A terrific win for Barbeau to set himon course for his first IM norm.

Ø.

There were several decisiveencounters between GMs in roundfour, including the following loss bythe tournament leader.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Lesiege, AlexandreKosyrev,Vladimir


Queen's Gambit: Exchange D35

Here GM Lesiege, by this time aloneat the top of the crosstable with 2.5/3,chooses a variation that becamepopular in the second half of the 90Õs.White forgoes the minority attack infavor of a flexible setup that aims toexpand in the center with theadvance e4.

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.»c3 »f6 4.cxd5exd5 5.ºg5 ºe7 6.e3 0-0 7.ºd3¼e8 8.»ge2 »bd7 9.0-0 »f8

The commentators were wondering ifBlack was delaying Öc6 so as to playÖc5 in one turn at the right moment.

10.½c2 »g6 11.¼ad1 ºe6 12.f3 c613.e4?

White has racked up a fantastic scorewith 13.»g3! in practice. AlexandreÕsmove is straight to the point, butsuffers from a tactical problem.

13Ödxe4 14.fxe4 ½b6!?

The analysis room was expecting14Ö»g4!? 15.ºxe7 ½xe7 16.½d2 c5!?17.d5 when square/e5 falls into thehands of BlackÕs knights.

15.¾h1

With 15.h3!? White can avoid whatfollows, but Black is comfortable inany case.

15Ö»g4! 16.ºxe7 ½c7!!

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17.e5 ½xe7 18.½d2

Entirely misguided is 18.ºxg6 hxg619.½e4 ½h4 20.½f4 g5.

18Ö½h4 19.h3 »f2+ 20.¼xf2½xf2 21.»e4 ½h4 22.»d6

The remainder of the game is a goodexample of the hard work required tobeat a strong player even afterachieving a winning position.

22Ö¼e7 23.¼f1 ¼f8 24.¾h2 ¼d725.ºxg6 hxg6 26.»c3 ½e727.½f4 ºd5 28.½g3 ½e6 29.¼f2b5 30.a3 ¼xd6!?

This is of course unnecessary, but wehave to consider the fast time controlin BlackÕs practical decision to go for aposition with an extra pawn andabsolutely no losing chances.

31.exd6 ¼d8 32.¼e2 ½xd633.¼e8+ ¾h7 34.½xd6 ¼xd635.»xd5 ¼xd5 36.¼c8 ¼d6 37.b4

Alexandre makes his stand in a rookand pawn ending, hoping that thecliche Ôall rook endings are drawnÕapplies to this particular case.However, KosyrevÕs technique isflawless.

37Ög5 38.¼c7 ¾g6 39.¾g3 f640.¾f2 ¼xd4 41.¼xa7 ¼c4 42.g4¼c2+ 43.¾f3 ¼c3+ 44.¾g2 f545.gxf5+ ¾xf5 46.¼f7+ ¾g6

47.¼c7 ¼c4 48.¾g3 ¾h5 49.¼c8

No better is the defensive try49.¼xg7 ¼c3+ 50.¾g2 ¼xa3.

49Ö¼c3+ 50.¾g2 ¼xa3 51.¼xc6¼b3 52.¼c7 ¾h6 53.¼c6+ g654.¼c7 ¼xb4 55.¾g3 ¼b3+56.¾g4 ¼b1 57.¼b7 ¼b4+ 58.¾g3g4!

It is necessary to play this move withthe rook on b4. In the analysis roomany attempts to advance quickly withthe b/¹ failed miserably.

59.h4 g5 60.¼b8 gxh4+ 61.¾xh4¾g7 62.¼b6 ¾f7 63.¾g3 ¾e764.¼c6 ¼c4 Ù.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Oral, TomasRozentalis, Eduardas


Petroff C43

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »f6 3.d4 »xe44.ºd3 d5 5.»xe5 »d7 6.»c3!?

An interesting and simple developingmove that happily accepts doubledpawns in exchange for removingBlackÕs »/e4.

6Ö»xe5 7.dxe5 ºb4 8.0-0!

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The point of WhiteÕs conception.

8Öºxc3

WhiteÕs perfect 7/7 score in mydatabase after 8Ö»xc3? 9.bxc3 ºxc310.¼b1 (or 10.ºa3) looks convincing.

9.bxc3 »c5?!

This attempt to improve on the oldermove 9Ö0-0 fails.

10.ºa3 b6 11.ºxc5 bxc5 12.c4! d4

I have not found a satisfactory optionfor Black, as for example 12Öºe613.cxd5 ½xd5 14.½e2 is pretty bad.

13.½f3 ºd7 14.½d5 0-0 15.½xc5ºe6 16.ºe4 ¼b8 17.f4 ¼e8 18.f5

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Eduardas Rozentalis


Maxim Turov

ºc8 19.f6 ºb7 20.ºxb7 ¼xb721.¼ad1 ¼b6 22.¼xd4 ½c8 23.h3½e6 24.½xc7 ¼c6 25.½d7 g626.¼fd1 ½xd7 27.¼xd7 ¼ce628.¼1d5 h6 29.c5 g5 30.¼xa7¼xe5 31.¼xe5 ¼xe5 32.c6 ¼c533.c7 ¾h7 34.a4 Ø.

GM Maxim Turov finished thetournament at 7/11, half a point backof the group sharing second place, byplaying solidly with three wins andeight draws. In round five he wins anice technical game from FM Barbeau.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Barbeau, SylvainTurov, Maxim


Caro-Kann: Panov D42

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4»f6 5.»c3 e6 6.»f3 ºe7 7.cxd5»xd5 8.ºd3 »c6 9.0-0 0-010.¼e1 ºf6 11.ºe4 »ce7 12.½d3h6 13.»e5 »xc3 14.½xc3 »f515.ºe3 »xe3

Both sides have played the movesrecommended by theory, and we arefollowing TopalovÐKarpov, Linares1995, which continued 15Öa5!?

16.¼xe3?!

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This is a dubious attempt to improveon 16.½xe3 ½b6 or 16.fxe3 ¼b8.

16Ö½b6 17.¼d1 ¼d8 18.¼ed3ºd7 19.»xd7 ¼xd7 20.½d2

It is time for White to admit failureand bail into a very drawish positionwith 20.½b3.

20Ö½d6 21.d5 e5

The danger for White lies in themobilization of his opponentÕspotentially dangerous 4-3 kingsidepawn majority, whereas his ownqueenside majority isnÕt goinganywhere.

22.¼c3 ºg5 23.½c2 g6 24.½a4ºd8 25.½a3 ºb6 26.½xd6 ¼xd627.g4! ¼f8 28.¾g2 ¾g7 29.ºc2¼fd8 30.ºb3 e4 31.¼dc1 f532.gxf5 gxf5 33.¼g3+ ¾f6 34.f4?¼6d7 35.h3 ºc7 36.¼f1 ¼g737.¼xg7 ¾xg7 38.¾g3 ¾f6

This ending is sheer pain for White.

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This was not a good tournament forformer Canadian Champion IM JeanHebert, who won only two games.Jean certainly doesnÕt need me oranyone else to make excuses for him,but his demanding daytime activitiesmust have exacted a toll on hisnightly play. Here he loses a wellplayed game to the talented youngToronto IM Igor Zugic.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Zugic, IgorHebert, Jean


Queen's Indian E15

1.c4 »f6 2.»f3 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3ºa6 5.b3 ºb4+ 6.ºd2 ºe7 7.ºg2c6 8.ºc3 d5 9.»bd2 »bd7 10.0-0¼c8 11.¼e1

White removes the rook from theinfluence of º/a6 and prepares theadvance e4.

11Öc5 12.¼c1 0-0 13.cxd5 exd5!?

Black has equalized without anydifficulty, and shows his fighting spiritby preferring the text over 13Ö»xd5!?14.ºb2 cxd4 15.»xd4 »c5. To JeanÕscredit he consistently chose complexand interesting paths in his games,knowing very well that he wasnÕt athis best.

14.ºb2 ¼e8 15.dxc5 ºxc5

From now on White has to payattention to tactics surrounding thevulnerable ¹/f2.

16.ºh3 ¼c7 17.a3! ºf8!?

This retreat seems rather co-operative, but the alternative17Ö»e4!? (or 17Öºd6!?) 18.e3 »df619.b4 ºe7 isnÕt any better.

18.»d4 »e5 19.¼xc7 ½xc720.½b1

Black has enough piece activity tocompensate for the ¹/d5 weakness.

20Ö½d8 21.¼d1 ºc5 22.e3 ºd323.½a1 ºf8?!

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Better is 23Ö»e4!?

24.»e6!?

Calmer options like 24.ºg2 and24.¼c1 may be just as good. IgorÕschoice strengthens BlackÕs centralpawn formation, but it is also true thatWhite finds a new convenient targetin ¹/e6. While the position is roughlylevel, it is nonetheless easier to playfor White.

24Öfxe6 25.ºxe5 a5

White is also a little better after25Öºd6 26.¼c1 ½d7 27.½c3 ºa6.

26.¼c1 ºc5 27.½c3 ºb5 28.b4axb4 29.axb4 ºd6 30.½d4 ¾f7?

This move gets Black into realtrouble. Instead 30Öºxe5 31.½xe5½e7 32.¼c7 (32.¼c8!? ½xb4)32Ö½xb4 33.ºxe6+ ¾h8 34.½g5¼e7 35.¼xe7 ½xe7 should hold.

31.f4 ¼e7 32.e4!

Sylvain Barbeau


White finds a way to force a nearwinning ending.

32Öºxe5 33.fxe5 »e8 34.»f3 h635.exd5 ½xd5 36.½xd5 exd537.»d4 ºc4 38.¼e1 g6 39.ºd7»f6

Or 39Ö»g7 40.e6+ ¾f6 41.¼e3!

40.ºe6+ ¼xe6 41.»xe6 ¾xe642.exf6+ ¾xf6 43.¾f2 ¾f5 44.¾e3¾g4 45.¾d4 h5 46.¼e6 g547.¼xb6 ¾h3 48.¼h6 ºe2 49.¾e3Ø.

In round five GMs Tomas Oral andVladimir Kosyrev pull into the lead at3.5/5, while Montreal FM DannyGoldenberg delivers the point in afine attacking game against thestruggling American IM Irina Krush.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Krush, IrinaGoldenberg, Danny


King's Indian: Classical E99

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.e4d6 5.»f3 0-0 6.ºe2 e5 7.0-0 »c68.d5 »e7 9.»e1 »d7 10.»d3 f511.ºd2 »f6 12.f3 ¾h8 13.c5 f4

So the race is on, and it looks to melike White should arrive first.However, the reason these lines areso popular for Black is that WhiteÕsattack on the queenside isnÕt nearly asmuch fun to prosecute as thepotential tactics surrounding the huntfor WhiteÕs king on the other wing.

14.cxd6 cxd6 15.½c2 g5 16.»f2»g6 17.»b5

Until this new move we have beenfollowing ChristiansenÐPetersen,Aalborg 1992.

17Ö»e8 18.¼fc1 ¼f7 19.a4 ºf820.a5 h5 21.¼a3!

I like this move, because a rook onthe third rank can be very useful indefending the other side of the board.

21Ö»h4 22.»xa7 ºd7 23.»b5 g4

Black has invested a pawn andunleashed the classic attack againstWhiteÕs king. Who is right?

24.fxg4 f3 25.gxf3 ºxb5 26.ºxb5»xf3+ 27.¾g2

IrinaÕs choice looks fine, but afterreading the two volume set onPetrosianÕs games I am inclined to

prefer the exchange sacrifice27.¼xf3!? ¼xf3 28.g5.

27Ö»d4 28.½c4 ¼xf2+ 29.¾xf2½h4+ 30.¾g1 »f6!?

Black fails with 30Ö½xg4+ 31.¼g3»f3+ 32.¾h1 »xd2 33.¼xg4 »xc434.¼g5.

31.ºe1 ½xg4+ 32.¼g3 ½f433.¼d1 h4 34.¼g2 »g4 35.¼xd4!?½e3+ 36.¾h1 h3

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37.¼d1??

This error turns the tables completely.With 37.¼g3! ½xe1+ 38.½f1 ½xf1+39.ºxf1 exd4 40.¼xg4 ¼xa5 41.¼g3White keeps her advantage.

37Öhxg2+ 38.¾xg2 ½f4 39.ºg3»e3+ 40.¾g1 ½f3 41.½e2 ½xe242.ºxe2 »xd1 43.ºxd1 ¼xa544.¾f1 ¼a2 45.b3 ¼b2 46.h4 ºe747.ºf2 ¾g7 48.ºg3 ºd8 49.ºf2¾g6 50.¾e1 ºa5+ 51.¾f1 ºc352.h5+ ¾g7 53.ºe3 ¼h2 54.ºg4ºd2 55.ºb6 ¾h6 56.ºc7 ¾g557.ºf5 ºb4 58.ºd8+ ¾f4 Ù.

In round seven Alexandre Lesiegecatches up to fellow GMs Kosyrevand Oral with his second of threeconsecutive wins, and IM Hebertscores a smooth win to seriouslydamage Pascal CharbonneauÕsambitions for an IM norm.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Charbonneau, PascalHebert, Jean


Sicilian: Alapin B22

1.e4 c5 2.c3 »f6 3.e5 »d5 4.»f3e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 b6 7.»c3»xc3 8.bxc3 ½c7 9.ºd2 ºb710.ºd3 d6 11.0-0 »d7 12.»g5dxe5 13.½h5 g6 14.½h4?!N

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At first I thought that this verydubious novelty in place of thenormal 14.½h3 was a typo?!

14Öºe7 15.¼ae1 ºxg5 16.ºxg5f5 17.½h6 ¾f7 18.dxe5 »xe519.½h3?

Better, though still very bleak, is19.ºf4 »g4 20.ºxc7 »xh6 21.ºc4.

19Ö»xd3 20.½xd3 h6 21.ºf4½c6 22.½h3 ºa6 23.c4 ºxc424.¼c1 ½e4 25.½g3 g5 26.ºe5ºxf1 27.¼c7+ ¾g6 28.¼g7+ ¾h529.½h3+ ½h4 30.½b3 ½g431.¾xf1 ¼hc8 32.ºc7 ¼xc733.¼xc7 ¼d8 34.f3 ½f4 35.¼c4½d2 36.g4+ ¾h4 37.gxf5+ ¾h3

Pascal Charbonneau

Danny Goldenberg

Goran Mikanovic


38.fxe6 ½g2+ 39.¾e1 ½d2+40.¾f1 ½g2+ 41.¾e1 ½g1+42.¾e2 ½xh2+ 43.¾e1 ½d2+44.¾f1 ¼d3 Ù.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Mikanovic, GoranLesiege, Alexandre


Catalan D31

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 c6 4.»f3dxc4 5.g3 »d7 6.ºg2 »gf6 7.0-0b5 8.»e5?!

This move is an uncommon andunpromising alternative to the normal8.e4 which Alexandre used to score ahuge win in LesiegeÐKhenkin,Koszalin MK Cafe 1999.

8Ö»xe5 9.dxe5 »d5 10.»e4 ºb711.a4 a6

I wonder if Black has time for 11Öh6.

12.ºg5 ½b6 13.a5 ½a7 14.»d6+!

A good try in a difficult position.

14Öºxd6 15.exd6 h6 16.ºc1

Here 16.ºd2!? c5 17.e4 »f6 18.¼e1looks unclear.

16Ö0-0-0

Maybe this isnÕt the best move, butunderstandably Black wants toremove his king from the center.After 16Öc5!? (but not 16Öf5? 17.e4!fxe4 18.½g4) 17.e4 »f6 18.¼e1 Blackagain has to make a decision about hisking, and now 18Ö0-0 (or 18Ö0-0-019.½c2) 19.e5 »d7 20.½g4 ¾h7looks a little better for Black.

17.e4 »f6 18.e5

More promising for White looks18.ºe3!? c5? (18Ö½b8!? 19.e5 »d720.½g4 leaves White with goodcompensation for the pawn) 19.f3ºc6 20.b3 cxb3 21.½xb3 »d722.¼ac1.

18Ö»d7 19.¼e1?!

Better is 19.½h5!

19Öc5 20.f3 ºd5 21.ºd2 ½b7

Now that Black has consolidated hisposition, WhiteÕs compensation isbecoming rather nebulous.

22.½e2 ½c6 23.¼ac1 ¾b7 24.¼f1h5 25.¼f2

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25Öh4 26.g4 f6!

Undermining WhiteÕs center pawns inthis way is the quickest way for Blackto force his advantage.

27.f4 ºxg2 28.¼xg2 fxe5 29.fxe5¼df8 30.¼e1 ¼f3 31.ºg5?? h332.¼f2 ¼xf2 33.½xf2 ¼f8 34.½c2»xe5 Ù.

GM Eduardas Rozentalis of Lithuaniacame into the tournament as thehighest rated contestant at 2588, andwhile his loss to GM Tomas Oralstopped him from catching up toLesiege, he finished the event with arun of 3/4 and in a tie for secondplace at 7.5/11.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Rozentalis, EduardasBarbeau, Sylvain


Ruy Lopez C64

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 ºc54.d3

The only critical test of BlackÕs setupis the alternative 4.c3.

4Ö»d4

The limited amount of availabletheory on this position suggests that4Ö»ge7 may be BlackÕs best option.

5.»xd4 ºxd4 6.»d2 c6 7.ºa4 d68.»f3 ºb6 9.h3 »e7 10.0-0 0-011.c3 »g6 12.d4

Black has equalized.

12Öh6 13.¼e1 ½f6 14.ºb3 »f415.ºxf4 ½xf4 16.a4 a5?!

Simpler appears 16Öexd4!? 17.a5 ºc518.cxd4 ºb4 19.¼e3 (or 19.½c1½xc1 20.¼exc1 ºd7) 19Öºd7 20.¼a4c5 21.¼a1.

17.ºc4 ½f6 18.¼e3 ¼e8?

Clearly better is 18Öºe6!? (or even18Öºc7 19.½b3 ¼a7) 19.ºxe6 ½xe6.

19.½b3 ºa7 20.¼d1

Possible also is 20.»xe5 dxe5 21.¼f3½d8 22.ºxf7+ ¾h7 23.ºxe8 ½xe824.d5 when it is hard to see howBlackÕs bishop can get active.

20Ö½e7 21.¼ed3 ¼f8!?

Black has fiddled with his rook longenough to let his opponent take overcontrol of the d/file.

22.¼e1 ¼b8

An improvement is 22Öexd4!?23.cxd4 (23.»xd4? d5) 23Öºd7.

23.½d1 ºb6

Not so bad seems 23Öb5!? 24.axb5cxb5 25.ºd5 ºd7.

24.½d2 ºc7 25.b4 ¾h8 26.b5ºb6?

BlackÕs position rapidly deterioratesafter this. Much better looks 26Öf5!27.dxe5 (or 27.¼de3 fxe4 28.¼xe4ºxh3 29.»xe5 dxe5 30.gxh3 ½d631.b6! ºxb6 32.¼xe5; or 27.exf5 e428.d5 cxb5 29.ºxb5 ½f6 30.¼xe4ºxf5 31.¼f4 g5 32.¼xf5 ½xf533.¼e3°) 27Ödxe5 28.bxc6 bxc629.¼de3 ºb6 30.¼3e2 fxe4 31.¼xe4ºxh3.

27.bxc6 bxc6 28.dxe5 dxe529.¼d6 ¾h7 30.¼xc6 ¼d8 31.ºd5ºd7 32.¼c4 f6 33.½c2 g5 34.»h2ºc5 35.½e2 ¾g6?

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36.¼xc5! ½xc5 37.½h5+ ¾h7

White mates after 37Ö¾xh5?? 38.ºf7+¾h4 39.»f3# but now a very nicefinish also follows.

38.½f7+ ¾h8 39.½xf6+ ¾h740.»f3 ¼f8 41.½xe5 ¼bc8 42.¼b1¼fe8 43.½f6 ¼f8 44.½a6 ½xc345.½d6 ½c7 46.½e7+ ¾h847.»e5 Ø.

The following draw against hardpressing IM Irina Krush clinched FMBarbeauÕs first IM norm. Sylvain wasalso the top Canadian finisher behindthe tournament winner.


Notes by

Dave Ross

Krush, IrinaBarbeau, Sylvain


Ruy Lopez C72

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 a64.ºa4 d6 5.0-0 ºg4 6.c3 ½f6 7.d3»ge7

Here 7Öºxf3?! 8.½xf3 ½xf3 9.gxf3looks wrong since White has thebishop pair and can force f4.

8.»bd2 g5 9.h3 h5 10.hxg4 hxg411.¼e1 gxf3 12.½xf3

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Although the h/file offers somecounterplay for Black, WhiteÕs king iscompletely safe, and Irina has a smalladvantage due to her superior pawnstructure. If necessary, her king canalways take a stroll to the queenside.

12Ö½g6 13.ºd1

Definitely worse is 13.»f1?! g414.½g3 ½h7 15.½h2 ½g8 16.½g3½h7 with a repetition.

13Ö»d8 14.g3 »e6 15.»c4 0-0-016.»e3 ºg7 17.»f5 ºf618.»xe7+ ºxe7 19.½f5 ½h620.¾f1 ¾b8 21.ºg4 »g7 22.½f3

Very promising for White looks22.½xf7!? ºf6 23.½d5 ½h2 24.ºe3»h5 25.¾e2 »xg3+ 26.¾d2.

22Öd5! 23.ºe3 ½g6 24.¾g2 ¼hf825.ºf5 »xf5 26.½xf5 ½xf527.exf5 f6 28.¼h1 ¼h8 29.¾f3¾c8 30.¾g4 ¾d7 31.c4 d4 32.ºd2¼dg8 33.b4 c6 34.a4 ¼a8 35.¼ab1ºd6 36.¾f3 ºe7 37.¼a1 ºd638.¾g4 ºe7 39.¼ac1 ¼ac8 40.¾f3¼a8 41.¾e4 ºd6 42.¼b1 ¼ac843.b5 cxb5 44.¼xh8 ¼xh845.axb5 axb5 46.cxb5 ºc547.¾d5 ºb6 48.ºb4 g4 49.¼a1¼h5 50.¾e4 ¼h2 51.¼a2 ¼h152.¼b2 ¼d1 53.ºd2 ¼f1 54.ºb4¼d1

In retrospect, WhiteÕs only real chancewas 22.½xf7 since the ending alwayslooked fine for Black. CongratulationsSylvain!

Ú.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Zugic, IgorKrush, Irina


Sicilian: Grand Prix B21

1.e4 c5 2.f4!? d5 3.exd5 ½xd5?!

Black has done well with 3Ö»f6!

4.»c3 ½d8 5.»f3 »c6 6.ºb5ºd7 7.½e2

More popular is 7.0-0.

7Ö»d4N

I cannot find any examples of thisidea. Black is already behind indevelopment, so it looks suspicious tomove a piece for the second time.

8.»xd4 cxd4 9.»e4 ºxb510.½xb5+ ½d7 11.½xd7+ ¾xd712.c4!? dxc3 13.dxc3 »f614.»xf6+ gxf6 15.ºe3

Irina has to feel uncomfortable here,given her inferior pawn structure andpotential safety issues with her king.

15Öe5?! 16.0-0 ºh6 17.¼f3 ¼he818.¼d1+ ¾c6 19.¾f2 ¼e7 20.¼h3!ºxf4 21.ºxf4 exf4 22.¼xh7 ¼g823.¼h4 ¼ge8 24.¼xf4 ¼e2+25.¾f1 ¼xb2 26.¼xf6+ ¾c527.¼f2 ¼xf2+ 28.¾xf2

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Black is helpless against the advanceof WhiteÕs h/¹.

28Ö¼e7 29.¼d4 b5 30.h4 ¼e631.¼f4 ¼a6 32.¼xf7 ¼xa2+33.¾g1 a5 34.h5 a4 35.h6 ¼e236.h7 ¼e8 37.g4 a3 38.g5 Ø.

In spite of his uneven play, a win byPascal in the following game wouldstill qualify him for an IM norm. GMRozentalis, however, elegantlydeflects all of PascalÕs attempts towork up an attack.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Charbonneau, PascalRozentalis, Eduardas


French: Rubinstein C10

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.»c3 dxe44.»xe4 ºd7 5.»f3 ºc6 6.ºd3»d7 7.0-0 ºxe4 8.ºxe4 c6

The position now resembles a Caro-Kann with slightly better chances forWhite because of the bishop pair andextra space. Black remains very solidthough, and therefore a tough nut tocrack.

9.c4 »gf6 10.ºc2 ºd6 11.b3 0-012.ºb2 ½c7 13.½e2 ¼fe8 14.»e5»f8 15.h4 c5!

Black strikes in the center beforeWhiteÕs initiative can develop.

16.h5 cxd4 17.ºxd4 »8d7!

The next step in neutralizing WhiteÕschances is to trade off any potentialattackers.

18.»xd7 »xd7 19.¼ad1 ºe520.½e4?

More promising looks 20.ºxe5 »xe521.¼fe1 »c6 22.h6 g6.

20Öf5 21.ºxe5 »xe5 22.½f4 ½b823.c5 »f7 24.½c4

Vladimir Kosyrev

Igor Zugic


White can also try to mobilize hisqueenside majority in the endgamewith 24.½xb8 ¼axb8 25.b4.

24Ö»e5 25.½c3 ½c7

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From this point on GM RozentalisÕtechnique takes over.

26.b4 ¼ac8 27.ºb3 »g4 28.½h3½f4 29.a3 ¼e7 30.¼d6 ¾f731.ºd1?! »f6 32.½e3? ½xe333.fxe3 g6 34.hxg6+ hxg6 35.ºf3¼cc7 36.¼fd1 »d7 37.¾f2

A step in the wrong direction is37.ºxb7 »xc5 38.ºf3.

37Ö»e5 38.ºe2 ¾f6 39.¼h1 ¼ed7

40.¼hd1 ¼xd6 41.¼xd6 ¾e742.ºb5?

An unfortunate oversight that costsPascal the game.

42Öb6! 43.ºe2 bxc5 44.bxc5 a545.¼a6 ¼xc5 46.a4 g5 47.¼b6 ¼c248.¾e1 »c4 49.¼b3 ¼c1+ 50.¾f2»d6 51.ºf3 g4 Ù.

With the following solid draw IM JeanHebert prevented GM Tomas Oralfrom catching up to Lesiege for ashare of first place.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Hebert, JeanOral, Tomas


English A37

1.»f3 c5 2.c4 »c6 3.»c3 e5 4.g3g6 5.ºg2 ºg7 6.d3 »ge7 7.ºg5h6 8.ºxe7 »xe7 9.»d2 0-010.¼b1 d6 11.0-0 ¼b8 12.½c1

»c6 13.a3 a5 14.e3 ºe6 15.h3½d7 16.¾h2 ¾h7 17.½c2 f5 18.f4¼fe8 19.½a4 exf4 20.gxf4 g521.»f3 gxf4 22.exf4 »d4 23.½d1ºf7 24.½d2 ½e7 25.¼be1 »xf3+26.ºxf3 ½h4 27.¼xe8 ¼xe828.»b5 ½e7 29.¼f2 b6 30.a4 ½d831.¼e2 ºf6 32.¼xe8 ºxe833.½e2 ºxb5 34.axb5 ½e735.½xe7+ ºxe7 Ú.

A quick look at the final crosstablereveals very few decisive gamesbetween the GMs, which makessense statistically given the proximityof their ratings. As a result, the eventreally consisted of two differentgroups: GMs trying to rack up themost wins against weaker opposition,and those looking for title norms.Sylvain Barbeau was the only playerto make an IM norm this time, but the8/11 GM norm was well out of reachfor this crop of IMs. Eventually thiswill become possible as well, but Ithink that for some years to come wewill likely see only IM norms from ourplayers at events like this.

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The Rook and PawnEndings TestA New Way to Look at and LearnRook and Pawn Endings

by Danny Kopec and Hal Terrie

Here we are specifically concernedwith rook and multi-pawn endingswhere one side has a definitiveadvantage, but not in terms ofmaterial. The advantage in all casesmanifests itself in a combination ofthree possible factors: better rook,better pawns, or better king. Correctplay in each case is a combinationwhich transforms a single type ofadvantage into two or even all threetypes of advantages!

General rook and pawn endings canbe categorized as follows, with theÒType of AdvantageÓ indicating whichpieces play the most significant roles:

Category Type of Advantage

0 None1 ¼ + ¹ + ¾2 ¼ + ¹3 ¹ + ¾4 ¼ + ¾5 ¼6 ¹7 ¾

For purposes of discussion here allpositions have material equality, andthe following methods or stages canbe identified to transform one type ofadvantage into two or even threeadvantages: a better rook ties up theopposing rook (Category 5), then theking comes in for help (Category 4),and finally the pawns are advanced tocreate a passed pawn or, in somecases, material is won (Category 1).

In another example, an initial pawnadvantage, say, a passed pawn exists(Category 6), then the rook movesbehind the passed pawn and forces itscounterpart into a defensive positionin front of the pawn (Category 2), andfinally the king comes in for decisivehelp (Category 1).

Ultimately the goal of the superiorside is to achieve a Category 1 typeof position. In many cases not allthree advantages need to be presentto win, but such a demonstration isusually sufficient to get even the

strongest players to resign, andagainst weaker players it is a surerecipe for making progress (bridging)from one superior position to another.

One of the important underlyingprinciples of this approach is that youshould never give up or trade anexisting advantage for another, unlessyou can win decisive material orcalculate a forced win. The mostdifficult cases to evaluate are oftenthose where the opponent has anactive rook, since here the game caneasily deteriorate into a race ofpicking off weak pawns or hurtlingpassed pawns towards their destiny.Logically then, winning a pawn at theexpense of giving your opponent anactive rook is usually not worth thetrouble, unless the subsequent race isa Òno contestÓ affair!

The real idea behind our approach isto provide a clear and goal-orientedway to build steadily upon existingadvantages, and thus progressivelylimiting your opponentÕs options. SoletÕs look at a few examples fromeach of the discussed Categories.

Notes by

Danny Kopec

Bernstein, OssipForgacz

Coburg, 1904Ü��Ü�ÜÝÜíÜÝÜÝ��ÝÜÝÜÝôáÜ��ÜÝÜáêÝÜá��ÝÜáÞÝòÝÞ��ÜÝÞÝÜÝÞÝ��ÝÜÝÜÝÜÝÜ��ÜÝÜÝÜÝÜÝ��ÝÜÝÜÝÜÝÜ�Ü��Ü

1. White to move.

Category 1 (better ¼ + ¹ + ¾)

WhiteÕs pawns are better because hisopponent lacks space, and he usesAverbakh and SmyslovÕs method ofthe Òwidening bridgeÓ (from theirbook Rook Endings) to win as follows:

1.g5 hxg5 2.¾xg5 ¼d7 3.h6 gxh6+4.¼xh6 ¾g7 5.¼g6+ ¾f7 6.¾f5¼a7

White also wins on 6Ö¼d8 7.¼h6 ¾g78.¼f6! ¼d7 9.¾e6 ¼a7 (or 9Ö¼d810.¼f7+ ¾g6 11.¼d7) 10.¼f4 ¼a6

This article, which is based on thethird chapter of Test and EvaluateYour Chess: a knowledge-basedapproach by Kopec and Terrie,Hypermodern Press 1997, introducesa new way to look at all multi-pawnrook endings. We can estimate frompractical experience that rook andpawn endings occur in about one outof six games between equal strengthplayers, and therefore they representessential endgame knowledge.

The theory of rook and pawn endingsis usually approached by talking aboutconcepts such as active rooks andkings, favorable pawn structures,rooks behind passed pawns, and soon. But what does it all mean? Far toooften writers and students alike are fartoo interested in finding individualbest moves, as opposed to definingand understanding the pervasive ordominant themes in a given position.That, in fact, is our purpose here: topresent and identify the three majorand pervasive concepts whichhierarchically define the status andcorrect play of all general rook andmulti-pawn endings.

We can hardly talk about the bestmove in any chess position until wecan demonstrate that we understand itfirst!? There are static features toexamine; including material balance,king safety, piece activity, and anyidentifiable strengths or weaknesses,such as specific pawn structures andpiece configurations. Next we canconsider strong individual moves andcombinations which may force atransformation to a superior position.

In other words, a position can first beviewed from a strategical, long-termperspective, and then from a tactical,short-term perspective. The bridgebetween the two can be defined as acombination, which in turn can bedeemed to fall into four categories:combinations to force mate, gainmaterial, force a draw, or improveoneÕs position.


11.¼f7+ ¾g6 12.¼c7 ¼a4 (or 12Ö¼b613.¼c6 ¼b4 14.¾xd6 ¼xc4 15.¼xc5)13.¾xd6 ¼xc4 14.¼xc5.

7.¼h6 ¾g7 8.¼xd6 ¼a4 9.¾e6¼xc4 10.¼c6

Notes by

Danny Kopec

Marshall, FrankChigorin, Mikhail

Barmen, 1905Ü��Ü�ÜÝÜÝÜÝÜÝ��ÝÜÝÜÝôáà��àÝÜÝÜáÜÝ��ÝàÝÜÝÜÝÜ��ÜÝìßÜßÜÝ��ßÜÝÜóÜßÜ��ÜëÜÝÜÝÜß��ÝÜÝÜÝÜÝÜ�Ü��Ü

2. Black to move

Category 2 (better ¼ + ¹)

1Ö¾e6!

Wrong is 1Ö¼c3+ 2.¾e4 ¼xa3 3.¾d5when WhiteÕs d/¹ becomes strong.Instead, Black first improves his king,and later achieves a Category 1.

Notes by

Danny Kopec

Pillsbury, HarryJanowski

Budapest, 1896Ü��Ü�ÜÝÜÝÜÝÜÝ��áÜÝÜÝÜÝà��ÜÝÜÝÜÝìÝ��ÝÜÝÜëàÝÜ��ÜÝàõÜßÜÝ��ßÜÝÜÝòßÜ��ÜÝÜÝÜÝÜß��ÝÜÝÜÝÜÝÜ�Ü��Ü

3. Black to move

Category 3 (better ¾ + ¹)

Here Black can go astray with 1Ö¼c62.¾e2 c3 3.¾d1 etc, whereas

1Ö¼a6!

soon forces White to resign becausewe have reached another Category 1.

Notes by

Danny Kopec

Finegold, JKopec, Danny

Philadelphia World op, 1975Ü��Ü�ÜÝÜÝÜÝÜÝ��ÝÜÝÜÝàÝÜ��àÝôÝàÝàÝ��ÝÜÝÜÝÜÝà��ÞóÜÝÜßÜÝ��ÝÜßÜÝìßÜ��ÜÝÜÝêÝÜß��ÝÜÝÜÝÜÝÜ�Ü��Ü

4. Black to move

Category 4 (better ¼ + ¾)

BlackÕs king is better because it keepsWhiteÕs rook out of his position whilealso restricting the opponentÕs king.BlackÕs rook is also more active.

1Öh4!

This lever adds the better pawnstructure to BlackÕs other advantages.

2.¼g2 h3 3.¼d2 ¼f1

Black threatens with Ö¼g1-g2 andeventually went on to win with twopassed pawns on the h/ and e/files. Itis noteworthy that even thoughWhiteÕs king advanced to win ¹/a6the maneuver proved so arduous thatit was not a factor in the outcome.

Notes by

Danny Kopec

Danny Kopec, 1995

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5. White to move

Category 5 (better ¼)

BlackÕs rook is tied to the defense ofhis ¹/a5, allowing his opponent toobtain the better king and pawns.

1.¾g4

to be followed by the pawn movesh5 and f4 is strongest, or White cansimply play 1.f4 exf4 2.gxf4 ¼e8 3.e5with similar consequences.

Notes by

Danny Kopec

Schlechter, CarlRubinstein, Akiba

San Sebastian, 1912Ü��Ü�ÜÝÜÝÜÝÜÝ��áÜÝÜõàÝÜ��ÜáìÝÜÝàÝ��ÝÜÝÜÝÜÝà��ÜÝÜÝÜÝÜÝ��ÝÜßÜßÜÝÜ��ÞßÜÝÜÝÜß��ÝòÝÜÝÜëÜ�Ü��Ü

6. Black to move

Category 6 (better ¹)

Rubinstein demonstrates how tohandle a structural advantage, whichhere consists of three pawn islands forWhite and only two for Black.

1Ö¼e6!

Now WhiteÕs rook is tied to thedefense of his weak pawns, and Blackcan follow up with Ö¼e4 and Ö¼h4 tofurther increase the superiority of hisrook. Later on this allows Black toactivate his king and begin advancingwith his pawns. Frequently, attackinga weak pawn with your rook is a sureway to achieve the better rook, whichis an important step in winning.

Notes by

Danny Kopec

Danny Kopec, 1992

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7. White to move


Category 7 (better ¾)

White has a markedly better king,which means that almost any openingof the position or the exchange ofrooks leads to an easy win.

1.¼e2

White threatens to open the positionwith 2.e4 and Black has no way toprevent the opening of at least onefile in the center or on the kingside.

1Öf5 2.¼g2! g6 3.g5

White finally and decisively opens afile for his rook.

Notes by

Danny Kopec

Hans Kmoch

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8. Black to move.

Category 0

It is critical for Black to immediatelyneutralize WhiteÕs advantage ofhaving a rook on the 7th rank.

1Ög6

Black ensures that he can follow upwith 2Ö¾f8 and 3Ö¾e8 to eject therook from the 7th rank. Afterwards hecan challenge White on the d/file.

Notes by

Danny Kopec

Danny Kopec, 1995

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9. Black to move.

Category 0

This position represents a completelydifferent kind of Category 0 than ourlast example, because here Blackmust achieve dynamic equality viacounterplay from an active rook. Thehopelessly passive approach 1Ö¼b8?is clearly insufficient.

1Ö¼c8

Instead 1Ög3 2.¼xb6 ¼c8 3.¼c6 ¼b84.¼c3 wins for White.

2.¼xb6 ¼c1+ 3.¾h2 ¼c2 4.¼xd6¾g7!

Black prevents 5.¼h6 which wouldhelp to eliminate BlackÕs main trumpof advancing with his g/ and h/¹s.After the text, BlackÕs active rook andkingside pawns compensate for thematerial deficit.

5.¼c6 ¼xf2 6.¾g1

Black threatened 6Öh3.

6Ö¼b2 7.¼c4 g3 8.¾f1 ¼f2+9.¾e1 ¼xg2 10.¼xh4 f5 11.¼h3

White must deal with the dangerousg/¹ before doing anything else, sincefor example 11.d6? ¼g1+ 12.¾e2 g213.¾f2 ¼h1 wins for Black.

11Ö¾f6

Also equal is 11Ö¼g1+ 12.¾e2 g213.¾f2 ¼h1 14.¼g3+.

12.¾f1 f2+ 13.¾g1 b2 14.¼xg3¼xb3 15.¾f2 ¾e5 Ú.

And now a final example from myown tournament practice.

Notes by

Danny Kopec

BierkensKopec, Danny

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Black is winning because of hiscontrol of the only open file, his moreactive king, and his opponentÕs weakand blockaded d/¹.

21.¼b4 b5 22.a4 ¼c4

Now 23.¼b3 b4 is strong for Black.

23.¼xc4 bxc4

The structural transformations haveleft White with a weak and backwardb/¹ in addition to his over exposed d/¹. According to our classification, wehave now reached a Category 3.

24.¼c1 ¼c8 25.¾f1 ¾xd6?!

More accurate here may have been25Ö¼c6! to prevent 26.b3 which ifplayed after the text leads to 26Ö¼b827.bxc4 ¾c5 28.¼c1 ¼b7 and anending very similar to our earlierexample against Finegold.

26.¾e2 ¼c7 27.¾d2 ¾c5 28.¾c3¼b7

Again Black is prepared for WhiteÕsnatural attempts at activity, and itclearly helps that Black has the extrapawn as an important bargaining chip!

29.¼d1 ¼b3+ 30.¾c2 ¼d3!

The resulting king and pawn endingoffers no hope for White.

31.¼e1 ¾b4 32.¼e4 ¾c5 33.¼e5+¼d5 34.¼e4 a5

Black temporizes to emphasize hisopponentÕs helplessness. The b/¹ isbackward, and the a/¹ is doomed.

35.¾c3 ¼d3+ 36.¾c2 ¾d5 37.¼g4g6 38.¼g5+ e5

An advantage of type Category 1means that Black needs to have abetter ¾ + ¼ + ¹. And since Black hasessentially met these prerequisites itremains for him to do somethingabout the activity of WhiteÕs rook toconvince the opponent to resign.

39.h4 h6 40.¼g4 ¼d4

WhiteÕs rook has few moves, butcertainly cannot be exchanged either.

41.¼g3

Naturally here White would like tosee 41Ö¼xh4 but Black has a muchmore cruel and deadly move planned.

41Ö¼f4!

Black has a Category 1 with an extrapawn, so White could already resignwith a clear conscience.

42.f3 ¼xh4 43.¾c3 g5 44.b4 cxb345.¾xb3 f5 46.f4 ¼xf4 47.¼d3+¼d4 48.¼c3 ¼b4+ 49.¾a3 e450.¼c8 e3 51.¼a8 ¼e4 52.¼xa5+¾c4 Ù.


New York

a combination of resourcefulness andluck kept me in contention for topspot until round seven when I playedan absolutely horrible game, losingfirst a pawn and then an exchange. Inthe end, though I had been optimisticabout at least tying for first, Imanaged instead to register arespectable sporting result. Whatfollows are some interesting gamesfrom the tournament.

Notes by

Michael Schleifer

Schleifer, MichaelSimutowe, Amon

New YorkWilbert Paige mem (1), 2001Ü��Ü�ìíÜÝÜÝôÝ��ÝÜÝäÝàáÜ��ÜÝÜÝèñÜá��ÝÜÝàÝÜÝÜ��àÝàÝÜãÜÝ��ïÜÝÜßÜÝÜ��ÞßêÝæßÞß��ÝÜÝÜÝêóÜ�Ü��Ü

21Öd4?

Amon may have thought that thisliquidation leads to a favorable ending,but there turns out to be a tiny hole inhis calculationsÖ

22.ºxc4 ºxc4 23.¼xc4 dxe3

24.fxe3 ½xb2? 25.¼c8+! ¾h726.½xb2 ¼xb2 27.¼xa8 ¼xa228.»d5 »e5 29.»c3 ¼a3 30.»xa4¼xe3 31.»c5 ¾g6 32.¼a4 ¼c333.»e4 ¼c2 34.»g3 h5 35.h3 »c436.¼a6+ f6 37.¼c6 Ø.

Notes by

Michael Schleifer

Solomon, KennethSchleifer, Michael

New YorkWilbert Paige mem (3), 2001

Nimzo-Indian: Classical E38

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb44.½c2

This continuation is popular today,and Black reacts by giving up thebishop pair in exchange for goodpiece play and harmoniousdevelopment.

4Öc5 5.dxc5 »a6 6.a3 ºxc3+7.½xc3 »xc5 8.»f3 a5

Black stakes a claim on thequeenside.

9.ºg5 h6!?

I spent some time examining theending after 10.ºxf6 ½xf6 11.½xf6gxf6 and decided that Black has atleast equality. WhiteÕs slightlyweakened queenside offers Blackchances to take over the initiativewith ideas like Öºd7 followed byopening the b/file.

10.ºh4 a4 11.»d2 d6 12.e3 e513.f3 0-0 14.ºe2 ºe6 15.ºxf6

This exchange seems premature,since Black has more freedom withouthaving to worry about the pin on hisknight.

15Ö½xf6 16.0-0 ½e7

Black sidesteps possible complicationsafter 17.f4.

17.f4?

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New York, Wilbert Page Memorial, 2001 cat. IV

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Total

1. Muhammad, Stephen 2307 x = 1 = 0 1 1 1 = 1 6.5

2. Schleifer, Michael 2389 = x = = 1 0 1 = 1 1 6

3. Kobese, Watu 2373 0 = x = = 1 = 1 1 1 6

4. Morrison, William 2381 = = = x = = = 1 = 1 5.5

5. Solomon, Kenneth 2290 1 0 = = x 1 1 0 = = 5

6. Rogers, Norman 2279 0 1 0 = 0 x 1 1 1 = 5

7. Simutowe, Amon 2470 0 0 = = 0 0 x 1 1 1 4

8. Simpson, Ronald 2296 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 x 1 1 3.5

9. Nsubuga, Grace 2264 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 x 1 2.5

10. Colding, Ernest 2258 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 x 1

by IM Michael Schleifer

It all started with a call from NewYork organizer Gerry Bilbud askingme if I would be interested to play inan upcoming tournament. Not justany tournament, but the Wilbert PaigeMemorial; the first internationaltournament ever held in Harlem, andthe strongest event in which all theparticipants are of relatively recentAfrican descent.

I must admit that I had mixed feelingsabout playing at first, but in the endthe prospect of meeting new faces,the opportunity to play a FIDE ratedevent, combined with an appropriateappearance fee meant I was off toNew York!

From the start list two people deservespecial mention. Amon Simutoweclearly stood out as the highest ratedplayer in the field, but as thetournament progressed it becameclear that he was not in good form,and he lost four times. In our firstround encounter the effects of a longbus trip could be seen on my play,and only an ill-timed pawn breakthrew away AmonÕs advantage later inthe game, followed by an oversightthat cost a whole rook. Such a start toan event surely had a negativeinfluence on the rest of histournament. Also notable is thewinner, Stephen Muhammad, whoproved to be a difficult man to beat,and whose solid positional styleearned him 6/9 and an IM norm.

In spite of being in relatively poorform right from the start of the event,

Wilbert Paige Memorial


Played anyway!? But this impetuousadvance without my queen on f6 thisis a positional blunder that hands thee/file and a very strong initiative overto Black.

17Öexf4 18.exf4 ºf5 19.ºf3 ¼fe8

White has problems posting a rook tothe e/file, because Black will trade hisqueen for two rooks with dangerousthreats.

20.g4?!

My opponent impatiently goes forcomplications.

20Öºd3 21.¼f2 ½e3 22.f5 ¼e5

Black takes the sting out of a possiblef6 push, and may triple majors on thee/file later.

23.¼d1 ¼a6!?

Black changes course. From here therook defends ¹/d6 and adds pressureon WhiteÕs game via the b/file.

24.¾g2 ¼b6 25.ºd5 ¼e8 26.»f3¼b3 27.½d4 ºe2

At this point Black can force afavorable simplification that leads to adecisive invasion with his knight.

28.¼d2 ºxf3+ 29.ºxf3 »d330.½xe3 ¼xe3 31.¼f1 »e1+32.¼xe1 ¼xe1 33.¼xd6 ¼xb2+34.¾g3 ¼b3 35.¾f2 ¼e7 36.¼d8+¾h7 37.ºd5 ¼xa3 38.¼f8 ¼b339.c5 ¼b2+ 40.¾f3 a3 41.¼a8 ¼d742.¾e4 ¼e7+ 43.¾d4 ¼d7 44.¾e4¼e2+ 45.¾f3 ¼xh2 46.c6 bxc647.ºc4 ¼c2 Ø.

Notes by

Michael Schleifer

Colding, ErnestMorrison, William

New YorkWilbert Paige mem (4), 2001

Ruy Lopez: Exchange C69

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 a64.ºxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 ºg47.c3 ºd6 8.h3 ºh5 9.ºe3 »h610.»bd2 ½e7 11.dxe5 fxe512.½b3 b6 13.»g5 »f7 14.»e6»d8 15.»xd8 ½xd8 16.»c4 ºf717.»xd6+ ½xd6 18.½d1 ½g619.½g4 ½xg4 20.hxg4 0-0-021.¼fe1 ¼d3 22.f3 a5 23.g5 a424.a3 ¼hd8 25.¾f2 ¾b7 26.¼h1ºg8 27.¼ae1 ¾a6 28.g3 ¾b5 29.f4¾c4 30.¾f3 ¾b3 31.¼h2 ¼d132.¼ee2 ¼f1+ 33.¾g4 ¼dd134.¾f5 ¼d8 35.¾g4 ¼dd1 36.f5 c537.¼d2 ¼de1 38.ºf2 ¼d1 39.ºe3g6 40.¼xd1 ¼xd1 41.f6 ¼f142.ºf2

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And finally a nice effort from thewinner.

Notes by

Michael Schleifer

Muhammad, StephenSimutowe, Amon

New YorkWilbert Paige mem, 2001

Queen Pawn A48

1.d4 »f6 2.»f3 g6 3.ºf4 ºg7 4.e3d6 5.h3 0-0 6.ºe2 c6 7.0-0 »bd78.c4 »h5 9.ºh2 e5 10.»c3 ½e711.¼e1 f5 12.ºf1 ¾h8 13.¼c1 b614.b4 ºb7

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15.c5 dxc5 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.dxe5f4 18.e6 »b6 19.exf4 »xf420.»e5 »xe6 21.½g4 ¼ae822.»e4 »f4 23.ºxf4 ºxe524.ºxe5+ ½xe5 25.»xc5 ½f626.¼xe8 ½xf2+ 27.¾h1 ¼xe828.»xb7 »d5 29.»d6 ¼e330.½c8+ ¾g7 31.½xc6 »f432.½d7+ ¾f6 33.½f7+ ¾g534.¼c5+ ¾h4 35.½f6+ Ø.

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John Nunn's Puzzle Book

by John Nunn

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Most chess puzzle books put youin an artificial situation: you aretold a combination exists, what thetheme is and what you arerequired to achieve. This one isdifferent. In a real game situation,a player may sometimes need tofind a combination. On the otherhand he may need to reject atactical idea and simply find agood positional move. Thepuzzles in this book put youprecisely in that situationÖ


Across Canada

BC

British Columbia

Kelowna Summerfest

The Kelowna Summerfest attracted31 players in spite of temperatures inthe 37C range. Five players camefrom Calgary, two more fromEdmonton, one from Victoria, and onefrom far away Chicago!

First place went to CalgaryÕs RoyYearwood with 4.5/5, drawing onlywith Ron Hinds who shared secondplace with Ian Higgs at 4/5.

TD/Rep: Lynn Stringer

SK

Saskatchewan

Summer Chess Camp

On the initiative of Heather Trueman,and with the help of the Varsity View

Community Association, twentyyoungsters signed up this summer fora week long chess camp run by NMKnut Neven. The final day took thegroup to one of the local shoppingmalls for an exhibition game with lifesized ÒhumanÓ pieces, which attracteda large crowd of curious onlookers,but, as usual, no media attention?!

Several of the kids, ranging in agefrom six to fourteen, had previousplaying experience at variousscholastic events, but most werenewcomers to tournament play whenwe decided to run a last-minute ratedevent on the penultimate day of thecamp. After four rounds, EricBortolotti and Eric Fahie emergedwith perfect scores to share top spot,but it was clear that many of the otherkids were also playing well andfigured in the final standings! While,for example, Holly Hudson andNicholas Carverhill were the youngestparticipants, they still gave theiropponents many tough andinteresting games.

A big thank you goes to HeatherTrueman, since there would havebeen no camp without her tirelesswork. Many parents have let us knowthat they are interested in developingchess in their schools, so I am hopefulthat this camp marked the beginningof a chess revival in Saskatchewan!

Org: Heather Trueman;TD/Rep: Knut Neven

ON

Ontario

Guelph Summer Pro-Am

Robert Hamilton cruised throughthe competition to capture first placein the Pro Section with 4.5/5, leavingKeith Wight, Steve Demmery andSteve Joseph tied for second. TheU2000 Section was won convincinglywith an undeafeated 4/5 by Tim

Knechtel, whose style oftenproduces interesting games.

The U1700 Section was dominated byyoung players Adam Aspinal in firstwith 4.5/5, followed in a share forsecond by David Paadimeister, RonLeblanc, Justin McDonald and NattyDeshpande.

Gillanders, BobKnechtel, Tim

GuelphSummer ProAm, 2001

King's Indian A42

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.e4»c6 5.ºe3 e5 6.d5 »ce7 7.»ge2f5 8.f3 f4 9.ºf2 b6 10.»c1 »f611.a3 g5 12.¼b1 h5 13.b4 »g614.c5 g4 15.ºb5+ ¾f7 16.ºc6¼b8 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.»d3 h419.¾d2 ºh6 20.a4 g3 21.ºe1 h3

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22.½e2 hxg2 23.½xg2 »h424.½e2 »xf3+ 25.½xf3 ºg426.½xg4 »xg4 27.hxg3 f3+28.¾c2 ºe3 29.ºd2 ºxd230.¾xd2 ½g5+ 31.¾c2 ¼h2+32.¾b3 ¼bh8 33.¼hf1 ½e334.¼bd1 f2 35.»b2 ½xg3 36.»c4¾e7 37.ºb5 ¼8h3 38.¼c1 ½f439.¾b2 »e3 40.»xe3 ½xe341.ºe2 ½d4 42.b5 ½b4+ Ù.

TD/Rep: Hal Bond

Toronto DCC Canada Day Open

David Raheb emerged as the clearwinner in the Open Section after sixrounds at the Canada Day Open withan impressive 5/6 final score. Half apoint behind at 4.5/6 was BarryThorvardson in second place.

In the U2000 Section Omid Nemati,Olya Shishkina and RobertSherman shared first place with 4.5/

Roy Yearwood


6, while Ted Cushing convincinglywon the U1600 Section with 5.5/6and a full point ahead of AdamAspinall and Andrew Pastor in ashare of second place.

TD/Org/Rep: Mark S. Dutton

DCC Simcoe Day Open

96 players contested this yearÕsedition of the Simcoe Day Open, withIM Michael Schleifer and FMs JuraOchkoos and Stephen Glinertemerging on top in the Open Sectionat 4.5/6. Irakli Vadachkoriyaoutdistanced the field by half a pointwith 5/6 in the U2100 Section, whileAllan Howard, John Colucci andHassan Hassan also posted identical5/6 top scores in the U1700 Section.


DCC July Sizzler Active

Milan Mitrovic managed 5/6 to winthe Open Section of the July SizzlerActive, while Patricia Ho overcame arating disadvantage of severalhundred points in the U1600 Sectionto finish on top with 5/6.


Concordia Club Active

Steve JosephÕs first attempt at runninga tournament was expertly assisted byTim Knechtel. Dan Wagner won hisfirst event in fifteen years at our clubwith a final 3.5/5 to share top spotwith Mahmud Hassain.

TD/Rep: Steve Joseph

Renfrew Open

Late August brought out players fromas far away as North Bay, Hamiltonand New Brunswick to kick off theEOCA Grand Prix. In the OpenSection Michel Arsenault outlasted apack including IM Tom OÕDonnell,NM Miladin Djerkovic, Patrick Kirbyand Mineau Voloaca, while SebastianPredescu and Emil Smilovici sharedthe Top U2050 prize ahead of RonBrice. In the U1650 Section MarcSeguin finished in front of LucasThung and Peter Naish.

Congratulations and a big thank youto the people behind the scenes whohave made this 20th edition of theEOCA Grand Prix possible!

TD/Org/Rep: Peter Naish

10th Canadian Women�s Championship

Canadian WIM Nava Starr is thewinner of the Canadian WomenÕsChampionship Ñ also the 2001WomenÕs Championship for FIDEZone 2.2 Ñ held in Toronto at thebeginning of August. Her final andnear perfect tally of 5.5/6 was NavaÕseighth national championship, whichputs her in the rare company ofMaurice Fox and GM Abe Yanofsky,who have also won eight nationaltitles. GM Kevin Spraggett has arecord eight Canadian Open titles tohis credit.

Starr thus qualifies to the AmericasWomenÕs Continental Championshiplater this year in Venezuela, alongwith young second place finisherAmanda Benggawan (4/6), whodefeated WFM Stefanie Chu on time

in a thrilling sudden death tiebreaker.Of particular interest to the spectatorswere the many upsets posted by the12 junior players in the field of 18participants, including a defeat ofWIM Vesma Baltgailis on time by 9-year-old Hazel Smith!

Baltgailis, VesmaStarr, Nava

Toronto CA ch f (2), 2001English A25

1.c4 e5 2.g3 »c6 3.ºg2 f5 4.e3»f6 5.»c3 g6 6.»ge2 ºg7 7.0-00-0 8.d4 e4 9.»f4 d6 10.b3 ½e811.h4 a6 12.ºb2 ºd7 13.»ce2 h614.d5 »e5 15.»d4 »fg4 16.¼b1g5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.»fe6 ½h519.¼e1 ºxe6 20.»xe6 ½h2+21.¾f1

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21Ö»f3 22.ºxg7 ½g1+ 23.¾e2½xf2# Ù.

TD/Org/Rep: David Cohen

DCC SaturdaySpring Into Summer II

Robert Sherman scored a stunning4/4 to win the event ahead of TroyHerrick at 3.5/4 and LukacsBeaudry at 3/4.


DCC Days of Summer

Lukas Beaudry, Robert Shermanand Alina Sviridovitch finished in ashare of top spot at the Dutton ChessClub Days of Summer Afternoon Swisstournament.


DCC Summer Active

David Filipovich took home thebiggest share of the prize fund at theSummer Active by finishing half apoint ahead of Vincentiu Tipu insecond place.

TD/Org/Rep: Mark S. DuttonNava Starr

David Raheb


Kingston Simultaneous Exhibition

IM Dave Ross recently held asimultaneous exhibition in Kingston,which attracted about 25 players.Interestingly and sportingly, heoffered to play either color, and so Ichose to go with White.

Notes by

Peter Sibbald

Sibbald, PeterRoss, David

Kingston sim, 2001French: Winawer C18

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e5 c55.a3 ºxc3+ 6.bxc3 »e7 7.½g4 0-0

Quite playable of course, andfortunately something familiar that Ihave played myself with Black.

8.f4

I do not like getting my positionsmashed as White against the French,and so this odd-looking move tobolster my center makes some sense.

8Ö½a5 9.ºd2 ½a4 10.ºd3 cxd411.»e2 »bc6 12.0-0 dxc3

Dave has managed to destroy mycenter in any case, although Whitehas completed his development andenjoys a safe king together with someprospective chances on the kingside.Here 13.»xc3 »xe5 is good for Black!

13.ºxc3 b6

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Black wants to trade his bad bishopwith 14Öºa6.

14.¼f3 »f5 15.¼h3 »ce7

Dave has sensed the danger andbegins to regroup his forces for thedefense of his kingside.

16.ºb4 ½d7 17.ºxf5 »xf518.ºxf8 ¾xf8 19.¼xh7 ½c720.»d4 ½c5 21.¼d1 ¾e8 22.¾h1»xd4 23.½xg7 ¾d7 24.½xf7+¾c6 25.½e8+ Ø.

Rep: Peter Sibbald

DCC Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer II

Robert Sherman won the event inclear first place ahead of FredHenderson and Warren Dutton ina share for second.


Toronto Labour Day Open

The 11th annual Toronto MacedonianLabour Day Open drew 140 playersin five sections, including last minuteentries by GM Kevin Spraggett andIM Bryon Nickoloff to make this yearÕsOpen Section one of the strongestever. Other notable participantsincluded IM Ron Livshits, FMs IanFindlay, Frank Pushkedra and HansJung, as well as NMs Jura Ochkoos,David Filipovich, Michael Dougherty,Ted Kret, Rob Gardner and JuanTorres. Among the top juniors presentwere Hao Yuan Wang, MinheaVoloaca, Sheng Jun Xu, David Raheb,Christian Stevens, Michael Buscar,Amanda Benggawan, and DinaKagramanov.

Indeed, the junior players didnÕt waitlong to produce several notableupsets, with Hao Yuan Wang winningover IM Livshits and Christian Stevensbeating FM Jung in round one.

By the end of the penultimate roundGM Spraggett, after settling for drawsin the two previous rounds, had beencaught by Ochkoos in a tie for first at4/5, followed closely by Nickoloff,Dougherty, Filipovich, Findlay, andJung. In the final round most of theimportant games ended with draws,except for SpraggettÕs win overFindlay in a tense game that wentdown to the wire for both players insudden death. The full point clinchedfirst place for Spraggett, ahead ofOchkoos in second, followed byNickoloff, Livshits, Pushkedra, Voloaca,Dougherty and Filipovich.

The class sections were also wellattended and hard fought, andincluded more entries from several ofour top scholastic players. In theU2200 Section Evgeni Miller tookclear first with 5/6 ahead of Kit Ng,Ang Meng and Ruperto Frilles, whileMike Williams, Richard Marks andRaja Panjwani tied for top spot inthe U2000 Section.

David Kitchicappo and NickLancia jointly won the U1800 Sectionat 5/6 ahead of John Brown, LarryLuiting and junior player Allen Pauricin a tie for third at 4.5/6. Unrated

player Henry Arandia won his firstfive games to cruise to victory with5.5/6 in the U1600 Section, followedby Ari Mendrinos, Sheldon Pimentel,Jeffrey Yu, Michael Kop and Yin PakLam at 4/6. Waqas Iqbal, who hadentered as an amateur player, wasineligible for a prize in spite of thesame score!

Org: Randy Moysoski, MCC;TD/Rep: Bryan Lamb

PE

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown Atlantic Invitational

A stunning performance by 4th seedAaron Cooper landed him in a tiefor first with IM Tom OÕDonnell at4.5/5 in this tough round robin event.Third went to Alvah Mayo, who wastwo full points behind the leaders. Aspecial thanks to Tom for travellingdown our way again this year.

TD/Org/Rep: Fred McKim

Charlottetown UPEI Invitational

Anthony Howarth repeated hisvictory from 1998, the only othertime this event was held. The fieldwas exactly the same, but felt muchmore competitive this time around.Wait until 2004 for the third edition!

TD/Org/Rep: Fred McKim

NS

Nova Scotia

Unamaki Open

IM Tom OÕDonnell continued hisdomination over the maritime playersby winning this yearÕs edition of theUnamaki Open with a near perfect5.5/6, ahead of Steve Saunders andAaron Cooper in second place at


4.5/6. After his superb performance atthe Charlottetown Invitational, Aaronappears poised to become our nextmaritime NM. The U1800 prize wentto Jarrod Paul at 3/6, while SteveMacLeod took the U1600 moneywith 2/6.

Mayo, AlvahCooper, Aaron

Unamaki op, 2001Queen Pawn D01

1.d4 »f6 2.»c3 d5 3.ºg5 ºf5 4.f3»c6 5.e4 dxe4 6.ºxf6 exf6 7.fxe4ºg6 8.ºb5 ºb4 9.½d3 ½e7 10.0-0-0 0-0 11.»d5 ½d6 12.½c4 ºa513.ºxc6 bxc6 14.½xc6 ¼fe815.½xd6 cxd6 16.»f3 ºxe417.»f4 ¼ac8 18.c3 d5 19.¾d2ºc7 20.»d3 ºd6 21.¼hf1 g522.g3 ¾g7 23.»fe1 ¾g6 24.b4 h525.»c5 ¼h8 26.¼f2 h4 27.g4 h328.»d7 ºf4+ 29.¼xf4 gxf430.»c5 ¾g5 31.c4 ¼he8 32.»xe4+¼xe4 33.c5 ¼xd4+ 34.»d3 ¼e835.¼c1 ¼e3 36.¼c3

NunnÕs Chess Openings - NCO

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Pages: 544


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Top Rating ListsThese lists include current members that have been rated in a CFC event within the last twelve months

Top Canadians1. Spraggett, Kevin ON 26452. Lesiege, Alexandre PQ 26333. Teplitsky, Yan ON 25414. Linskiy, Oleg PQ 25035. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 24986. Hebert, Jean PQ 24877. Cummings, David ON 24878. Hergott, Deen ON 24859. Day, Lawrence ON 2484

10. Zugic, Igor ON 245711. Schulte, Oliver BC 245412. O'Donnell, Tom ON 245313. Charbonneau, Pascal PQ 245114. Schleifer, Michael PQ 245115. Livshits, Ron ON 244116. Khassanov, Marat PQ 243617. Barbeau, Sylvain PQ 243218. Findlay, Ian ON 242319. Teodoro IV, Eduardo D. ON 241320. Hamilton, Robert ON 241221. Milicevic, Goran ON 241222. Yoos, John C. BC 241023. Basanta, Gary BC 241024. Ross, David PQ 239725. Allan, Denis ON 239326. Glinert, Stephen ON 238827. Duong, Thanh Nha PQ 238528. Ochkoos, Jura ON 238229. Gravel, Simon PQ 238130. Berry, Jonathan BC 237931. Gentes, Kevin MB 237432. Mikanovic, Goran PQ 237233. Leveille, Francois PQ 236034. Olszewski, Piotr ON 235935. Taylor, Gordon ON 235736. Hua, Lefong PQ 235537. Dougherty, Michael ON 235538. Bermejo, Julian NB 234939. Harper, Bruce BC 234640. Valdizon, Armando ON 233741. Mitrovic, Milan ON 233442. Bluvshtein, Mark ON 233343. Filipovich, David ON 233344. Crisan, Ioan ON 233045. Milicevic, Dragoljub BC 232346. Huber, Gregory AB 232347. Goldenberg, Danny PQ 232248. Phillips, Ray PQ 232149. Reeve, Jeff AB 231950. Williams, Paul D. ON 231751. Lipnowski, Irwin MB 231252. Pacey, Kevin ON 231153. Saleh, Maher ON 231054. Baiguildine, Ilias ON 231055. Neven, Knut SK 230956. Vujic, Branimir ON 230857. Odachowski, Arthur AB 230758. Howarth, Anthony PE 230459. Scoones, Dan BC 230260. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij ON 2300

Top FIDE1. Lesiege, Alexandre PQ 25642. Spraggett, Kevin ON 2526

3. Kapetanovic, Armin ON 24494. Teplitsky, Yan ON 24475. Zugic, Igor ON 24406. Hebert, Jean PQ 24277. Suttles, Duncan BC 24208. Marantz, Michael ON 24209. Pelts, Roman ON 2417

10. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 241411. Linskiy, Oleg PQ 241212. Yanofsky, Abe MB 241013. Charbonneau, Pascal PQ 240714. Hartman, Brian ON 240515. Schulte, Oliver BC 239716. Hergott, Deen ON 239017. Teodoro IV, Eduardo D. ON 238718. Alipayo, Rodulfo ON 238019. Milicevic, Goran ON 237520. Schleifer, Michael PQ 237421. Cummings, David ON 236922. Day, Lawrence ON 236723. MacPhail, John ON 236524. Barbeau, Sylvain PQ 236525. Khassanov, Marat PQ 2363

Top Women1. Starr, Nava ON 22752. Mitrovic, Bojana ON 21473. Belc, Daniela ON 21384. Chu, Stefanie ON 20955. Bryskine, Marina ON 20606. Benggawan, Amanda ON 20437. Leger, Manon PQ 20358. Kagramanov, Dina ON 20209. Strassman, Swantje PQ 2010

10. Chiroiu, Patricia ON 2002

Top U201. Zugic, Igor 20 ON 24572. Charbonneau, Pascal 18 PQ 24513. Glinert, Stephen 17 ON 23884. Hua, Lefong 19 PQ 23555. Bluvshtein, Mark 13 ON 23336. Gurevich, Artem 18 ON 22977. Voloaca, Mihnea 20 ON 22888. Golts, Roman 19 ON 22689. Jiganchine, Roman 19 BC 2253

10. Vaingorten, Yaaqov 20 ON 2250

Top U181. Charbonneau, Pascal 18 PQ 24512. Glinert, Stephen 17 ON 23883. Bluvshtein, Mark 13 ON 23334. Gurevich, Artem 18 ON 22975. Raheb, David 18 ON 22466. Hacat, Kevork 18 ON 22457. Divljan, Igor 15 ON 22118. Reddy, Tyler 17 NS 22059. Miller, Evgeni 16 ON 2190

10. Wang, HaoYuan 15 ON 2188

Top U161. Bluvshtein, Mark 13 ON 23332. Divljan, Igor 15 ON 2211

3. Miller, Evgeni 16 ON 21904. Wang, HaoYuan 15 ON 21885. Lentini, Joseph 16 ON 21666. Roussel-Roozmon, T 13 PQ 21517. Stevens, Christian 14 ON 21228. Gushuliak, Justin 14 MB 21209. Kapadia, Ronak 16 NB 2110

10. Cai, Allan 16 ON 2103

Top U141. Bluvshtein, Mark 13 ON 23332. Roussel-Roozmon, T 13 PQ 21513. Stevens, Christian 14 ON 21224. Gushuliak, Justin 14 MB 21205. Buscar, Michael 14 ON 21036. Feoktistov, Dmitri 14 PQ 19947. Davies, Lucas 13 BC 19888. Predescu, Sebastian 13 ON 19819. Vadachkoriya, Irakli 11 ON 1978

10. Lee, Jason 14 BC 1952

Top U121. Vadachkoriya, Irakli 11 ON 19782. Panjwani, Raja 11 ON 19463. Hier, David 9 ON 17864. Eshleman, Brandon 10 AB 17835. Goutor, Valentina 12 BC 17836. Peterson, James 11 BC 17587. Sviridovitch, Alina 9 ON 17548. Pauric, Allen 12 ON 17509. Smith, Hazel 10 ON 1735

10. Yu, Jonathan 12 ON 1720

Top U101. Hier, David 9 ON 17862. Eshleman, Brandon 10 AB 17833. Sviridovitch, Alina 9 ON 17544. Smith, Hazel 10 ON 17355. Thavandiran, Shiyam 9 ON 17006. Davies, Noam 10 BC 16607. McDonald, Justin 10 ON 15878. Yu, Jeffrey 10 ON 14969. Pauric, Denis 10 ON 1488

10. Dembowski, Mitchell 10 ON 1458

Top Active Ratings1. Spraggett, Kevin ON 25432. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 25353. Hergott, Deen ON 25314. Hartman, Brian ON 25205. Day, Lawrence ON 25086. Schleifer, Michael PQ 24887. O'Donnell, Tom ON 24698. Livshits, Ron ON 24119. Basanta, Gary BC 2397

10. Milicevic, Goran ON 238511. Mitrovic, Milan ON 236312. McTavish, David ON 236013. Zugic, Igor ON 235914. Crisan, Ioan ON 235815. Dougherty, Michael ON 235116. Allan, Denis ON 234117. Spraggett, Grant ON 2332


Regular Ratings

AlbertaCFC# Name Rtng High103801 Anderson, John 1670 1736123306 Anderson, Ashton 1829 1839128141 Beebe, Greg 1652 1728107595 Bertrand, Daryl 1902 1963106248 Boehmer, Kris 2198 2207107545 Brown, Grant 2087 2133130348 Campbell, Neil 1755 14129688 Campbell, Steve 1536 15120411 Canal, Richard 1506 1506108292 Chi, Jonathan 1698 1698123601 Chi, Megan 1295 1295112298 Chrumka, Colin 1668 1851112570 Clark, Chris 1538 1538120745 Clark, Alan xxxx 2055125761 Clark, Casey 1633 1633125775 Cole, Mark 1282 1301105606 Daniluk, Jim 2098 2193109618 Davies, Robert 1744 1748107487 Day, Jonathan 1753 1917123560 Deimert, David 1336 1336106163 Deimert, Elroy 1722 1783108124 Dewindt, Cor 1456 1813131383 Dinca, Cornelia 1417 5131384 Dinca, Tudor 1265 5121190 Eshleman, Brandon 1783 1783121620 Eshleman, Lucas 1164 1164108648 Farn, Casey 1269 1338101758 Faust, Steven 1850 1910102103 Flemming, James 1969 2056108323 Gardner, Robert J. 2264 2387131244 Gilkison, Chris 1401 10100353 Gomboc, Dave 2029 2144129401 Graham, William 1455 1455131257 Green, John 1817 5112476 Haessel, Dale 2241 2310130002 Hamblin, Steven 1521 1521122495 Haynes, Nicolas 1946 1999111653 Heagle, George 1818 1846106102 Hinds, Dr. Ronald 2085 2109121097 Hinds, Riana 1265 1331123872 Hudson, Richard xxxx 1687109502 Hughey, Micah 2187 2198111589 Ibach, Horst 1413 1413107156 Jones, Frank 1881 1935127461 Kaminski, Victor 1217 22130786 Kaminski, Thomas 1212 12131260 Kaminski, Lucas xxxx 10131285 Karmali, Hafiz xxxx 3121625 Kazakevich, Anastasia 1690 1690122426 Kazakevich, Alexander 1717 1794131382 Kazmeier, Daniel 1479 4130918 Kluyts, Clifton Simon xxxx 8108707 Knapper, Brian 2038 2074105924 Knight, Eugene xxxx 1700128825 Krasznai, Roland 1491 20127128 Kuwair, Martin 1866 1866125942 Lacroix, Peter 1684 1740110043 Litwiller, Robert 1408 1423110115 Macfarlane, Don xxxx 1670111989 Macfie, Bob 1655 1736110787 Macnab, John 1698 1738101022 McKay, Tom 1482 1743112716 Miller, Chris 1512 1569102547 Miller, Brian 1770 1909101874 Milne, Arthur 1925 2068123323 Milward, Dave 1723 1797111962 Nguyen, Kim 2049 2114108406 Odachowski, Arthur 2307 2336101694 Palcic, Branko 1483 1800129905 Paolini, Rick 1302 21125599 Papez, Peter xxxx 20123257 Pivovarov, Juraj 1749 1848104195 Podolchak, Nick 1637 1700131259 Pradhan, Sarah 906 14131258 Pradhan, Faruq 1044 15131213 Pua, Richard 1811 4106052 Quiring, John 1896 2078106711 Regimbald, Adrien 1763 1771127787 Robertson, Archie 1867 1932125943 Rock, Dawn 1616 1617122861 Ryner, Aaron xxxx 1670131245 Saga, Greg 1289 5129403 Schaefer, David 1237 19120858 Smith, Mike 1565 1711120289 Sorgard, Graham 1796 22128379 Stark, Mark 1675 1675123460 Sun, Ke 1409 24101575 Taerum, Verne 1660 1673111298 Tam, Eric 1938 1938127550 Tassone, Adam 1774 1851

100070 Taylor, William 1908 2022124092 Tinio, Alfredo 2010 10105520 Verlik, Val xxxx 1704112618 Ward, Kevin 1723 1817107355 Weis, Rodney 1826 1935127483 Wihnon, Jason 1576 1591102410 Yamach, Ahmet 1827 1900102743 Yearwood, Roy 2144 2286127783 Yewchuk, Simon 1656 1682

British ColumbiaCFC# Name Rtng High104388 Atkinson, Gavin xxxx 1840110005 Atkinson, Neil xxxx 1094131267 Barabana, Parish 1516 5123780 Bau, Lawrence xxxx 1619130289 Behnam, Vahabpour xxxx 10123093 Belmoro, Jeffrey xxxx 548101468 Broz, Peter 1694 1804130111 Buttar, Ahmed xxxx 10128705 Callow, Dylan 868 875104730 Caluza, Juni 1905 1911120408 Campbell, Tom 1652 1765124453 Campbell, Jamie 1551 1577123111 Canning, Patrick xxxx 794124901 Chao, Jonathan xxxx 16130476 Chao, Alan xxxx 19125849 Chee, Colleen xxxx 1155126558 Chee, Justin xxxx 1006125848 Chen, Mary xxxx 1053131332 Chen, Jiang xxxx 4126274 Chen, Daniel xxxx 774123699 Cheng, Lesley xxxx 1212123691 Cheng, Andrea xxxx 1105120825 Cheng, Louis xxxx 1829126920 Chou, Winston xxxx 750130451 Chou, Irene xxxx 13129756 Chou, Mason xxxx 650123094 Chow, Philip xxxx 871120437 Chow, Nathan Yongxu xxxx 1261106001 Chranowski, Rick 1880 2000104013 Cody, Philip 1613 1800100314 Craver, Lyle 1734 1906111363 Daswani, Benedict 1675 1682110646 Davidson, Brian xxxx 1853110614 Davies, Lucas 1988 1996122884 Davies, Noam 1660 1660101919 Demers, Darwin 1596 1691108072 Devries, Peter 1752 1814104911 Feng, Jason 1658 1894109715 Ferguson, Jim 2215 2313103643 Fullbrook, Nigel 2254 2373121338 Goutor, Valentina 1783 1818121339 Goutor, Yaroslav 1619 1728123238 Goutor, Evgeni 1612 1702128479 Graw, David 1368 16130359 Hanna, Josh xxxx 5129322 Harper, Laura xxxx 1010129675 Harper, Jamie xxxx 1050108423 Higgs, Ian 1815 2003131334 Ho, Winston xxxx 5130923 Hua, Peter xxxx 15108082 Jones, Cliff 1713 1878130342 Katunar, Chad 987 9103255 Keshet, Ilan xxxx 1412104177 Kleiman, Bram xxxx 1318108816 Kleiman, Avi xxxx 705130453 Koo, Ryan xxxx 9129985 Koo, Christopher xxxx 18131335 Kuzeljevic, Costa xxxx 2123808 Labik, Petr xxxx 1819126565 Lai, Carrie xxxx 799126552 Lam, Athena xxxx 865126589 Lam, Gregory xxxx 646104186 LeBlanc, Paul 2043 2136106064 Lee, Jason 1952 1990130543 Lepse, Mike xxxx 7131255 Lukasik, Mike xxxx 4128550 Mackie, Parsa xxxx 19120490 Madderom, Pat xxxx 10131256 McCarthy, Greg xxxx 5113123 McCusky, Louis 1548 1628128397 McKay Jefferson, Matt 897 897120735 McNichol, Paul 1642 1742103657 Meharg, Bruce 1852 1929127900 Meng, Fanhao (Bobby) 1944 1944120075 Milicevic, Dragoljub 2323 2353125566 Mok, Justin xxxx 1257101014 Moore, David 1909 2100107627 Nathani, Kaleim 1882 1966125377 Nguyen, Sophie xxxx 880108705 Nishida, Harold 1978 2085130292 Nogayev, Glen xxxx 10106910 North, Robert 2141 2141109818 Olson, Byron 1434 1605104330 Pechisker, Alfred 2096 2244126279 Petchenov, Andrew xxxx 1252131254 Phonchiangkwong, Simon xxxx 5100259 Planas, Rodolfo 1545 1809103074 Poitras, Luc 2199 2300111443 Prokopowicz, Monika xxxx 1278127866 Rasmussen, Marshall xxxx 20124834 Reid, Alexander 1388 1420125846 Reid, Brianna 839 908105615 Reil, Allan 1565 1583128828 Rice, Grant xxxx 4129836 Roy Therrien, Louis xxxx 12128477 Ruelland, Geoffrey 1726 23129734 Shenker, Michael 1148 1150129830 Spilberg, Shai xxxx 15131268 Steif, Jonathan xxxx 15100331 Steinke, Wally 1669 1839103750 Sullivan, Brian 1796 1796120436 Sum, Peter 1461 1500123564 Tang, Tiffany xxxx 1345123723 Tang, Edward 1783 1834126602 Townsend, Jonah xxxx 617123845 Trandafir, Stefan xxxx 1210101209 Trotter, Don 1685 1717129834 Tsang, William xxxx 19125378 Van, Joseph xxxx 688100277 Veszely, Frank 1925 2106120239 Wang, Yamei 1826 1826107142 Whitman, Alan xxxx 1800110849 Wilson, John 1842 1854131333 Wong, Brad xxxx 5129884 Wooder, Jack xxxx 945129490 Xiong, Kevin 931 24101701 Yee, Peter 1897 2023107994 Yoos, John C. 2410 2483124832 Young, Bryan 1218 1218126574 Young, Alisa 980 980128249 Yu, Danny 1304 1304

The following lists containplayers who have beenrated in CFC events withinthe last four months (acomplete rating list andcrosstables are available at

www.chess.caCFC# column contains theplayerÕs CFC number.Name column has theplayerÕs Last, First name.Rtng column has thememberÕs current rating. Ifthe rating is xxxx then theperson has an expiredmembership. High columnhas the hghest rating wehave for this member. Ifthe number is less than 25it indicates that themember has a provisionalrating and it is the numberof games he/she hasplayed.

130921 Zhang, Harvey xxxx 7126281 Zhang, Hans xxxx 956101537 Zuk, Bob 2235 2317

ManitobaCFC# Name Rtng High120822 Charter, Bennet 1827 1827108023 Curtis, Rory xxxx 1704107847 Gibbons, Lorne 1311 1446107168 Greenberg, Harley 1721 1779101470 Kernested, Gavin 1322 1407102391 Khedkar, Jay S. xxxx 2038130938 Kotecha, Rajiv 1214 1131214 Kwiatek, Jordan 1204 8125472 Lafreniere, Adrian 1738 1748105377 Lipnowski, Samuel 2048 2090105352 Lipnowski, Michael 1798 1798100128 Lipnowski, Irwin 2312 2400103189 Milord, Frank 1725 1796104799 Moffat, Ron 1730 1763127554 Mu, Yuchen 1613 18112475 Nikouline, Alexandre 2084 2140130986 Pilotte, Richard 1365 1365104122 Proulx, Roy 1716 1725104699 Remillard, John 1617 1732131012 Santelices, Philip 1357 9106687 Schulz, Waldemar xxxx 2095127559 Strub, Michael 1844 1844131365 Szabo, Frank 1194 7110008 Taylor, Gordon xxxx 1716121137 Tetrault, Claude 1408 1408103193 Trueman, Francis xxxx 1564125311 Vincent, Trevor xxxx 1530120176 Weijs, Harry 1513 1667

New BrunswickCFC# Name Rtng High128835 Arbeau, Nathan 1504 17107246 Arsenault, Normand 1513 1796104373 Boudreau, Pierre 1389 1486103047 Bowes, Richard 2053 2067128788 Bradley, Patrick 1389 19100253 Brun, Jacques 1798 1905130266 Chiasson, Marc 1530 13102452 Cliche, Philippe 1919 2100106930 Cole, Don 1482 1607126207 Comeau, Georges 1819 19125176 Couture, Marc 1415 1415106361 Craft, Ken 1773 1785111760 Davis, Neil 2012 2172121511 Deveau, Justin 1571 1571112674 Doucette, Raymond 1755 1758102718 Duff, Ken 1685 2000125556 Godin, Robert 1433 1433131008 Good, Shane 1562 12107764 Grant, Hector 1516 1705108109 Hensel, George 1626 1792129513 Hill, Rod 1911 1911129597 Hutchinson, Jason xxxx 876121367 Johnson, Ghislaine 1308 1386120429 Johnson, Kyle 1710 1815108430 Kapadia, Ronak 2110 2127107009 Knappic, Pascal 1851 1888121684 Laforest, Gilles 1510 1639121683 Lambert, Pierre 1806 1902109003 Legacy, Leo xxxx 1641103780 Losier, Pierre 1424 1637109325 MacDonald, Jonathan 2107 2273101920 Mallais, Daniel 1908 2008110482 Marks, Reginald 1551 1579126624 Mathew, Litt 1206 1206103904 Maund, Chris 1225 1421108737 Mills, Ken xxxx 1953111808 Ossinger, Brian 1639 1733107532 Peters, Michael 1757 1757109435 Phi, Tan-Trao xxxx 1464128121 Richard, Andy 1776 1776104579 Smith, Jody 1711 1830106620 Stephen, Corey 1893 2000109891 Sullivan, Andrew 2027 2100124419 Taylor, David 1409 1437123071 Tremblay, Eric A.B. 1459 1472103901 Tremblay, Roger J.A. 1401 1432103405 Wilson, Brian 1899 1903

NewfoundlandCFC# Name Rtng High121195 Barbour, Stephen 1683 1800122243 Barbour, Les xxxx 1410120932 Carayanniotis, Jason 1480 1511124182 Carayanniotis, George 1415 1459125265 Crockwell, Shawn 1132 1134104218 Deal, Peter 1701 1753129711 Dervisevic, Nihad 1961 1961103678 Dunn, Paul 1493 1596122391 Grumer, Eugene 1773 1773129362 Hammond, Daryl 1699 1699105580 Hanlon, Scott G. 1928 1928104077 Joshi, Anand xxxx 2118107651 Joshi, Nikhil xxxx 1853125284 King, Ryne 1496 1552129955 Manuel, Mike 1563 17125730 Martin, Steve 1669 1783121087 Oliver, Brian 1565 1657104859 Quinlan, John 1384 1457110197 Smith, Andrew xxxx 2000125289 Sullivan, Michael 1699 1703103802 Tsui, Alick 1475 1585110990 Tsui, Edwin 1849 1879109425 Watson, Michael 1815 1837131373 Whiffen, Bruce 1540 5125727 White, Chris 1432 1479122967 Wiseman, Shane 1579 1579121199 Woodworth, Claire 1565 1604121198 Woodworth, Steven 1481 1577

Nova ScotiaCFC# Name Rtng High104592 Armstrong, Brad 1764 1900105503 Beals, George 1565 1767108248 Bernard, Gilbert 1829 1900108219 Burgess, Brian 1894 1952125118 Candow, John 1858 1858103015 Charlton, Glenn 2167 2212125798 Cooper, Jim 1198 1221108860 Drummond, Carlos 1775 1851105141 Ede, Albert 1723 1860104341 Eldridge, Michael 1891 2058109707 Fleury, Bruce 1707 1805120900 Gabriel, Jarrett 1560 1587

104320 Gilks, James 1680 1718110198 Keddy, Garrett 1569 1632103040 Kenney, David 1999 2024110204 Kenney, Jason 2031 2086108446 Klapstein, John 2055 2057120340 Lindsay, Robin 1600 1660123143 Livingstone, James Brian 1587 1654108891 MacLean, John 1332 1499123434 Mahendranathan, Prem xxxx 1498105142 Mayo, Alvah 2175 2213120927 McGrath, Brian 1473 1601102363 McKearney, Ed 1622 1731110037 McKinnon, Paul 1622 20129546 Mcleod, Steve 1460 18120649 Mercer, Jason 1578 1578100212 Naugler, Rex 1904 1931129544 Newman, Eric 1505 1505123376 Ng, Gary 1883 1883125712 Nuschke, Alex 1713 1713124179 Palak, Andrzej 1413 1495130636 Paul, Garrett 1518 15121635 Paul, Jarrod 1687 1687100079 Pentz, Brian 1952 2100104589 Phillips, Gary 1730 1898106289 Poirier, David 1894 1915111124 Reddy, Tyler 2205 2205103353 Saunders, Stephen 2107 2145120336 Saunders, Robin 1396 1396124479 Spencer, David 1533 1555130358 Tarrant, Georgina 1830 12104815 Urquhart, Ed 2227 2233101504 Uuetoa, Harold 1685 1806108575 Wysocki, Antoni 2108 2120

OntarioCFC# Name Rtng High107642 Abt, Michael 1621 1862123274 Agabekian, Konstantin 1943 1943131170 Ahmed, Mohammad xxxx 10107100 Alvarez, Alfonso 1640 1805130426 Anderson, Jake 983 14124988 Andronache, Victor 1378 1390126834 Andronache, Daniel xxxx 1170131061 Antony, Teddy 860 8131385 Arandia, Henry E. xxxx 6125622 Armstrong, Leslie 1158 15125571 Armstrong, Tavish 1338 1422100034 Armstrong, Robert J. 1820 1911101203 Arseneau, Peter 1841 1990128063 Aspinall, Adam 1594 1594128012 Atebati, Arman xxxx 1453102436 Baltgailis, Vesma 1933 2002128239 Barabas, Istvan 1546 1546105732 Barbatbun, John 1486 1543107304 Barclay, Wayne 2226 2300107592 Barclay, Douglas 1493 1534102855 Basciano, Peter 2055 2083129626 Bates, Josh 1896 10107819 Beatty, Michael 1860 1982105210 Beaubien, Robert 1853 1912126054 Beaudry, Lukas 2038 2060121686 Belc, Daniela 2138 2281109793 Bellomo, Joe 1738 1934120637 Benggawan, Alexandra 1826 1826120636 Benggawan, Amanda 2043 2043103293 Bergeron, Florian 1965 2133131173 Berrospi, Alfredo xxxx 9128601 Biswal, Bagala 1103 13125272 Biswall, Divyajyoti 1186 1186125271 Biswall, Devyani 880 880102671 Bloom, Daniel 1563 1563125934 Bluvshtein, Ilia 2127 2146125709 Bluvshtein, Mark 2333 2333131059 Boehnke, Thorston E 778 3111830 Bond, Hal 1894 2021108790 Boross-Harmer, Peter 2064 2150103523 Bortolotti, Guido 1738 1987111452 Bourque, Lionel 1492 1621107194 Bowers, David 1930 2041107747 Bozinoski, Tom 1854 2000127807 Brestoiu, Doina 2040 22102666 Brice, Ron 2032 2247102882 Brown, John R. 1817 1970129628 Browne, Jon 756 10126209 Bryskine, Marina 2060 2118100046 Bunning, Les 1850 2100101613 Burgess, Doug 1722 1974110977 Buscar, Michael 2103 2149105619 Buzdon, Paul 1515 1691128242 Cadamov, Kosta xxxx 2126888 Cai, Allan 2103 2122102214 Cairns, James 1770 1869112795 Catona, Dan 1836 1950131250 Chan, Kenny 1135 5106335 Chang, Martin 1827 1829108642 Charland, Roger 1445 1489104052 Chatzilias, Alexis 2200 2239102074 Chow, Vincent 2081 2124112146 Chu, Stefanie 2095 2106109384 Chuderski, Jan 1600 1785105738 Chyurlia, Jerome 1654 1875129430 Claude, Jason xxxx 1079120423 Colvin, Ted xxxx 1706131028 Commodaro, Angelo 1188 4129395 Cooke, Tanya 1302 1342126311 Cooke, Matthew 1654 1780102378 Coppin, Wayne 2052 2114110316 Cote, Richard 1671 1868111622 Cozens, Dave 1397 1486123161 Cummings, David 2487 2487111942 Cunningham, Jim 1699 1804129683 Cushing, Ted 1611 19127060 Cushway, Galen xxxx 1322107299 Dangberg, Karl 1701 1879124513 D'Araujo, Stuart 1636 11111980 Darbyson, Roy 1277 1277102011 DeKerpel, Stijn 2162 2194105261 DeLugt, Gerald 1803 1861109477 Demmery, Steve 2122 2174110803 Den Otter, Albert 1488 1647131034 Deshpande, Nathaniel 1371 8101065 Djerkovic, Miladin 2283 2402105728 Dobrishman, Liat 1849 1968109006 Doucette, Patrick 1865 1865100294 Dougherty, Michael 2355 2368106524 Douglas, Mike xxxx 1858113062 Draak, Jan 1270 1350125994 Dubeau, Jason 1845 1858103208 Dumas, Matt 1696 1889103373 Dumontelle, Joe 1800 1993111907 Duong, Brian xxxx 2011106571 Dutton, Warren Richard 1882 2257112792 Dydak, Mateusz 1945 2100

110299 Egorov, Mikhail 1943 2063101459 Ellis, Joe T. 1952 1957104650 Elsakka, Hyssam 1538 1866103011 Erickson, John 1773 1807103309 Evans, Bill 2057 2300101981 Fabris, Al xxxx 1987111839 Fairbairn, Stephen 2022 2067131284 Farlo, Martin 1484 8101805 Fiedler, Brian 2201 2300108098 Field, Christopher 1427 1636103521 Filipovich, David 2333 2370101737 Findlay, Ian 2423 2435112308 Fleming, Derrick 1699 1774126498 Friedman, Alexander 1983 2024102447 Frilles, Ruperto 2121 2302130869 Fulmyk, Michal 1416 11126508 Fulmyk, Pavel 1695 23122439 Gagnon, Justin 1768 1783123492 Galka, Mike 1476 1540104173 Gareau, Don xxxx 1700105218 Garel, Richard 1926 2049131241 Geaman, Horia 2079 6105416 Gebhardt, David 1792 1989107754 Gibson, Kris 1786 1879110983 Gilchrist, Raymond 1527 1660108202 Gillanders, Robert 1809 2140111022 Gillis, Doug 1673 1849103711 Glinert, Stephen 2388 2388103597 Golts, Roman 2268 2321131063 Gomes, Dan 1079 16102579 Gordon, Dave 1831 1915123493 Graydon, Mike 1376 1386110824 Grebenc, John 1707 1787101012 Gregorz, Ralph 1999 2218102884 Grinbergs, Daniel 1690 1749131247 Gu, Liwen 918 5106023 Gunabalasingam, Pradeep 1801 1849125839 Gurevich, Artem 2297 2338126242 Gurr, David 1508 1508123263 Guttman, Richard 1825 1825104833 Hadley, Ryan 1844 1867100027 Haley, Philip G. 1876 2005105867 Hall, Milo 1402 1455102629 Hamilton, Robert 2412 2417104591 Handelman, Michael 1964 1980101040 Hargreaves, Chris 1503 1608126055 Hassan, Hassan 1662 1702106156 Haziprodromu, Sam 1968 2187129504 HemmatiBarogh, Yashar 2047 2047129639 HemmatiBorogh, Ghodrat 1699 16102107 Henderson, Fred 1884 1905105731 Hendon, Lee 1543 1549127769 Henry, Liam 1686 1759126647 Herrick, Troy 1685 1692125002 Hier, David 1786 1786127655 Ho, Martin 1397 1397128343 Ho, Patricia 1324 1349107184 Holmes, Michael J 1820 1820106551 Howard, Allan 1701 1857107565 Hubley, Roger 2075 2100112242 Hurley, Paul 2191 2206112109 Hurst, Bruce 1505 1580102054 Husic, Elvis 1988 2031112983 Hutchison, Rob 1872 1974105228 Ibrahim, Ismail 1894 2036125434 Iqbal, Waqas 1409 24104380 Jaques, Wray 1193 1404102872 Jarve, Jaak 1740 1900108115 Jew, Harold 1874 1988104694 Johnson, Wylie xxxx 1669127185 Jordan, Harry G. 1560 1560107581 Joseph, Steve 1801 1999130928 Juan, Charles xxxx 21125031 Juma, Sadiq xxxx 17100182 Jung, Hans 2291 2346106715 Kagramanov, Dina 2020 2020128151 Karpati, Leslie 1070 1124109746 Karpik, Steve 1537 1579108036 Kathiramalainat, Kandiah 1616 1800131041 Kavilman, Robert 1173 10105620 Kekely, John xxxx 1903107850 Kirby, Patrick 2216 2228111465 Kitchicappo, David 1911 1911102232 Kiviaho, Robert 2297 2334106376 Knechtel, Tim 1842 2087100336 Knox, Alexander N. 1681 1853129709 Kop, Michael 1441 1441105549 Kret, Ted 2219 2266104537 Kurkowski, Ken 1672 1900128368 Lai, Matthew xxxx 23125755 Lam, Kit 1501 20126891 Lam, Yin Pak 1507 1507106974 Lamb, Bryan 2201 2350127519 Lambruschini, Alex 1527 1557101595 Lancia, Nicholas 1830 1914129708 Landerby, Don N 1197 1197100319 Langer, Herb 1664 1991127656 Lankage, Dinush xxxx 24108998 Laughlin, Steve 2054 2114103606 Laurico, James xxxx 1911125681 Lebedev, Iuri 2061 22129463 LeBlanc, Ron 1567 1567105747 Lemay, Francois 1779 1800120122 Leung, Victor 1879 1879125731 Leung, Kevin 1586 1731130806 Lipson, Alex 1098 1098100355 Litchfield, Gerry 1810 1854130843 Liu, Shao Nan 870 17131040 Livingstone, Ryan 1159 8102042 Livshits, Ron 2441 2536128186 Loeb, Kurt 1506 1572107201 London, John 1764 1773123190 Love, Robert 1623 1701131036 Lu, David 925 16110214 Lucki, Arnie 1973 2100109393 Luiting, Larry 1820 1958125903 Ma, Daniel 1310 1337129627 MacDonald, Jason 1030 9128146 MacLeod, Neil 1603 1603104111 MacLeod, Steven 2077 2174120061 MacLeod, Brian 1892 1939129952 MacNevin, Dave 1288 11131252 Mahendran, Rajiv 437 4131246 Mahendran, Sajiv 1084 5112277 Manalo, Pepin 1924 1971107391 Marghetis, Aris 1940 2048122440 Maric, Gordana 1714 1731109180 Marks, Richard 1935 2000103806 Martens, Bill 1545 1610104319 McCarthy, William S. 1551 1671129816 McCaw, Mike 1805 12127490 McDonald, Justin 1587 1587125585 McGilly, Craig 1273 1332


131251 McKernan, Melissa 481 5100297 Mendrinos, Ari 1506 1763112053 Meng, Ang xxxx 2214107489 Mesiti, Silvano 1607 1930125006 Miller, Russell 1037 1042127534 Miller, Evgeni 2190 2190103626 Mitrovic, Bojana 2147 2171123445 Moisseev, Dmitri 1905 1971108896 Morra, Lui 1669 1963106826 Morrison, Kyle 1478 1530108702 Moses, John 1602 1737109430 Mugford, Chris 1694 1702125537 Mustafa, Vasile 1765 1765106173 Nadeau, Richard 1737 1802109428 Naish, Peter J. 1645 1656130990 Nelson, Reuben xxxx 12130676 Nemati, Omid 1813 20101676 Ng, Kit-Sun 2162 2162103659 Nickoloff, Bryon 2498 2536108201 Nickoloff, Steve 1888 1912102646 Nunes, Garvin 1784 1901104561 Obrovac, Zvonko 2014 2066102669 Ochkoos, Jura 2382 2437106245 O'Donnell, Tom 2453 2500106011 Ogden, Steve 1175 1340131299 Oke, Isdin 1048 4102500 Orloff, Irv 1243 1600122609 Paadmeister, David 1601 20103715 Pacey, Kevin 2311 2347121545 Page, Peter 1344 1474127560 Palmer, Jordan 1756 1788113023 Palozzi, Sebastian 1328 19106856 Palsson, Halldor Peter 2161 2244107543 Pancer, Jeff 1248 1400121202 Panjwani, Raja 1946 2004122954 Panjwani, Dilip 1675 1715127183 Papp, Leslie 1650 1650101329 Parisi, Joe 1633 1928102652 Parker, Laurie 1796 1796127521 Pastor, Andrew 1437 1437102570 Paterson, Jim 1914 2127103043 Patterson, Roger 2197 2305106406 Paulsen, Lorenzo 1585 1664101816 Pauric, Ivan 2051 2126122285 Pauric, Allen 1750 1750128599 Pauric, Denis 1488 1514131058 Pentland, Ralph 1418 11111539 Perez, Sergio 1563 22107646 Perovic, Bozidar 2037 2108111407 Philip, Andrew 1733 2032125815 Picana, Andrew 2052 2072122604 Piggott, Scott 1455 1586120959 Pimentel, Sheldon xxxx 1758131328 Plante, Michel 1841 8110001 Plaxton, Dave 1868 1900108062 Pleau, Derek 1954 2010109167 Polywkan, Roman 1359 1454124943 Poon, Dora 1206 1231129950 Popa, Larry 1726 13129359 Power, Alan 1218 1219102775 Predescu, Sebastian 1981 2099122905 Prinoski, Michael 1656 13104903 Puiras, Jarmo 1908 1908108329 Puschke, R.F. 1682 1890101150 Pushkedra, Frank 2280 2337107964 Rabethge, Brad 1944 1980129810 Rabinovitch, Marty 1216 10120954 Raheb, David 2246 2262101082 Ramzi, Murtadha 1637 1900106977 Rapoport, Alex 2076 2142122971 Requadt, Guenter 1319 1425125247 Revich, Dan 1669 1707111115 Richardson, Ross 1957 2078111268 Robinson, Kenneth C. 1939 2040124206 Rodina, Nataliya 1916 2009120383 Rolavs, Andre 1822 2003111945 Rolfe, Warrick 2122 2185113055 Roschman, Paul 1693 1693101799 Rowles, Christopher 1853 1910125766 Rubanovski, Vladimir 2051 2071111463 Ruiz, Richard 2162 2181100198 Runstedler, Albert 1911 2092102198 Rutherford, John xxxx 1625111803 Ryzycki, Bohdan 2001 2001127525 Sadler, Craig 1302 1302108545 Salomaa, Markku 1840 1872106569 Schofield, Mike 1749 1785108609 Schumacher, Albin 1634 1700123223 Seguin, Marc 1683 1718111320 Serbanescu, Natasa 1850 1900121329 Shah, Omaray M. 1892 1912109017 Shea, Joseph 1696 1696105109 Sherman, Robert 1967 2004120564 Shishkina, Olya 1912 2026128459 Shulman, Cory 1309 19128458 Shulman, Lorne 1442 15107719 Shura, Leonard 1161 23102717 Sibbald, Peter R. 2033 2081120619 Siddeley, Hugh xxxx 1923109808 Simic, Dusan 2224 2309131248 Sithamparapillai, Arjun 829 5131249 Sithamparapillai, Arun 901 5130823 Sivakumaran, Arunan xxxx 18129341 Sliwa, Jozef 1476 14111290 Smilovici, Emil 1961 2075125546 Smith, Hazel 1735 1766101793 Smith, Maurice 1689 1967125620 Smith, Duncan 1398 14102297 Solis, Jaime 1974 2011123265 Solodar, Yevgeni 2098 2159102535 Southam, David 2143 2347106383 Spicer, Christopher 1987 2018105153 Spraggett, Kevin 2645 2665123789 Srinivasan, Gajana 1854 1898128153 Stala, Henryk 1557 1683105860 Starr, Nava 2275 2275105861 Starr, Sasha 2156 2247120171 Stevens, Christian 2122 2122108689 Stonkus, Raymond J 1963 2072110035 Strojevs, Alexander 1836 1942108550 Super, Russell xxxx 1800126093 Sviridovitch, Alina 1754 1781126201 Sviridovitch, Slava 1886 2002106730 Syed, Ali 1821 1918108802 Szatmary, Alex 1927 1972101371 Takov, Chris 1763 2087121114 Tam, Timothy 1550 1559128650 Tarnowka, Edward 1606 1606124501 Teh, Kevin 1662 1674129962 Tellier, Raymond 1469 1469106474 Termeer, Ted 1590 1721125772 Tester, Cory 1111 1111124866 Tester, Dean 1826 1826

127423 Thavandiran, Nimalan 1615 1757127431 Thavandiran, Shiyam 1700 1725110020 Thiede, Gunther 1725 1772123874 Thomson, Matt 1971 1974131282 Thung, Lucas 1851 5110864 Tomlinson, John B 1629 1911127772 Tong, Steven 1332 1332102615 Torres, Jose Francisco 1931 24131320 Torres, John Carlos 2098 5129406 Transky, Paul 1270 1270126908 Tremblay, Benoit 1279 7111224 Tremblay, Brent 1699 1814125708 Uwland, Jaco 1300 1359126202 Vadachkoriya, Irakli 1978 2042125532 Vaingorten, Yaaqov 2250 2326107974 Vassanji, Anil 1918 2081102877 Vaydin, Mike 1699 1820130929 Velasques, Gilbert xxxx 16101858 Veltmann, Alfred 1812 2002102604 Veltmann, Martin 2002 2300102372 Venning, Ron 1633 1855107979 Vera, Jesus 1440 1675108688 Verde, Pino 1835 2014122790 Verma, Tony 1797 2030112840 Verma, Rajan 1786 1900131209 Vicente, Roberto 1548 10122286 Vincent, Rob 1744 1910120516 Voloaca, Mihnea 2288 2288128800 VonKeitz, Michael 1424 22129411 Vukovic, Vladimir 1666 21101142 Wagner, Dan 1615 1776109358 Walker, Trevor 1789 2000126316 Wan, Michael 1443 1459121192 Wang, Michael 1867 1867105702 Wang, HaoYuan 2188 2188100304 Warren, Robert 1615 1700100074 Webb, Robert N. 1820 1938108288 Wesingi, Brice 1578 1800112769 Whissell, Mavros 1434 18102934 Wight, Keith 2192 2208106290 Williams, Mike 1994 2013103265 Wing, Richard 1789 1978127541 Wiratunga, Sheran 1388 1422122512 Wong, Wylon 1740 1777126475 Woolner, Nicholas 1298 14110260 Xu, Sheng-Jun 2105 2201131035 Yam, Richard 1355 16100255 Yee, Lorne 2232 2285126132 Yu, Jeffrey 1496 1496126131 Yu, Jonathan 1720 1720101317 Zagar, Milan 1892 2135102172 Zimninski, Nick 1827 2022121546 Zlatkoff, Rob 1645 1645

Prince Edward IslandCFC# Name Rtng High111875 Cooper, Aaron 2166 2195110208 Gulati, Ashish (Justin) 2084 2159112692 Howarth, Anthony 2304 2313101288 MacKean, Peter 2114 2161100145 McKim, Fred 2085 2132

QuebecCFC# Name Rtng High101258 Angers, Gilles 1954 2085102413 Arsenault, Michel 2147 2147131329 Audet-Bouchard, Nicolas 2188 8125747 Bannon, Eric 2216 16105882 Barbeau, Sylvain 2432 2432128277 Beaulieu, Pierre 2049 17103849 Beaulieu, Eric 2198 2198104030 Belanger, Jacques 2038 2121102959 Bolduc, Steve 2173 2200104782 Bowles, Charles 1712 1746100101 Brodie, Hugh 1897 2100101973 Chabot, Roland 2201 2201123021 Chevalier, Francois xxxx 10131242 Colucci, John 1846 6103250 Constantineau, Yvan 2123 2128131327 Dubuc, Gabriel xxxx 6125456 Feoktistov, Dmitri 1994 1994108237 Fillion, Steve 2150 2189131326 Fortier, Marc-Andre xxxx 8122734 Gaspariants, Vladimir 2266 2266111592 Ghannoum, Marc xxxx 2209110490 Goldenberg, Danny xxxx 2388104705 Grondin, Jean-Philippe 2223 2223127505 Gulko, Andrei 2143 18111469 Hua, Lefong 2355 2400106802 Keep, Richard 1812 1818121232 Khassanov, Marat 2436 2496122023 Khaziyeva, Dinara 1959 2009100337 Laurin, Marcel 1916 1978102780 Lavergne, Daniel 1776 1808123478 Lawson, Eric 2149 2149125452 Lawson, Jonathan 1551 1561100144 Lemieux, Serge 1547 1547106923 Lesiege, Alexandre 2633 2633120275 Levesque, Andre xxxx 1472107396 Linskiy, Oleg 2503 2508120108 Luksza, Arkadiusz 2233 2233107237 Maisonneuve, Paul 1668 1801125461 Masse, Hugues 2130 2130100246 Michaud, Gerald 2056 2102120107 Mikanovic, Goran 2372 2434105653 Moisan-Plante, Marc 2249 2304101986 Morrison, Hugh 1417 1600122702 Ouellet-Leveille, Clement 1838 1838123418 Phillips, Ray 2321 2321120045 Pitre, Francois 2124 2170103928 Poulin, Maurice 2125 2125101347 Prahov, Valentin 2234 2245126039 Ramaswamy, Kiran 1940 1940120203 Ramaswamy, Kishor 1887 1923105065 Robichaud, Louis 1853 2100105274 Ross, David 2397 2439122701 Roussel-Roozmon, T 2151 2154111075 Roy, Alain 2053 2053105905 Saint-Amand, Paul 2218 2245100103 Sauve, Richard 2001 2001103553 Schleifer, Michael 2451 2491107078 Senecal, Jean-Pierre 1599 1817111541 Soudre, Nicolas 2145 2189106058 Sullivan, Neil 2176 2176123738 Tessier-Desrosiers, Olivier 2057 2057102205 Thibault, Mario 1860 1978110232 Trottier, Julie 1920 1973101307 Trottier, Yves 1847 1882100179 Turcot, Jean 1483 1483112806 Van Dusen, Eric 1789 1942123745 Villeneuve, Luc 1678 1706

SaskatchewanCFC# Name Rtng High125384 Amundson, Kristofor xxxx 8131339 Bortolotti, Eric xxxx 4131349 Carverhill, Nicholas xxxx 4127125 Fahie, Eric xxxx 4131348 Frith, Mason xxxx 4131342 Fulton, Michael xxxx 4131353 Gignac, Eric xxxx 4131344 Gunn, Jamie xxxx 4131352 Horlick, Nicholas xxxx 4131341 Hudson, Holly xxxx 4131337 Moncrief, Robin xxxx 4131340 Moore, Desmond xxxx 4131345 Moshynskyy, Anton xxxx 4131350 Robblee, Mitchell xxxx 4131351 Robblee, Janna xxxx 4131346 Sidhu, Shaunvir xxxx 4108447 Tuason, Alfred 1544 1596131343 Wang, Andy xxxx 4131336 Williams, Jason xxxx 4

Yukon TerritoryCFC# Name Rtng High101153 Bowerman, Bob xxxx 2166

ForeignCFC# Name Rtng High131205 Berman, Daniel xxxx 5131202 Christiansen, Larry xxxx 10123299 Cuartas, Carlos xxxx 2302131381 Cuculea, Elena xxxx 6125579 Day, Chris 1786 18131294 Facas, Norman W xxxx 4131204 Fischdick, Gisela xxxx 10128272 Gilman, Arkadi 2215 2237103437 Gustafson, Dale 1823 2031131291 Hart, Jason T xxxx 4120055 Hathaway, John 2091 2091131295 Hollingsworth, Alec R xxxx 1101337 Imai, Toshio 1483 1807131290 Klein, Jeffrey S xxxx 3120762 Kleist, Carol 1590 1615108384 Kleist, Frederick 2203 2203131287 Lopez, Nelson xxxx 4131292 Ludwinski, Daniel xxxx 4128098 Mazock, Michael 2193 2212131206 Mazzarelli, Ariel xxxx 5131207 Miles, Anthony xxxx 10131289 Miller, Andrew J xxxx 4110329 Morabito, Matthew 1974 2003125627 Mulyar, Michal xxxx 2434131330 Oral, Thomas 2729 9131208 Robertson, Matt xxxx 5104611 Rozentalis, Eduardas 2649 2649131288 Shing, Philip xxxx 4131293 Thode, Eric D xxxx 4131322 Turov, Maxim 2797 9131324 Voskanyan, Vahagn 2227 9

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AlbertaCFC# Name Rtng High120375 Borowski, Ted 1526 1609129688 Campbell, Steve 1230 6125775 Cole, Mark 1080 6106102 Hinds, Dr. Ronald 1957 2005121097 Hinds, Riana 1184 1184110043 Litwiller, Robert 1460 1460101022 McKay, Tom 1562 1705103760 McPherson, Wilf xxxx 8101874 Milne, Arthur 1957 2127111962 Nguyen, Kim 1782 1782122861 Ryner, Aaron xxxx 22121763 Santbergen, Joseph 1975 1975101495 Watson, Walter 1910 1922102743 Yearwood, Roy 2081 2115

British ColumbiaCFC# Name Rtng High102226 Brown, Richard 1695 14129974 Perrault, Mark xxxx 19101193 Sladek, Vaclav 1809 1809107829 Taylor, Nicholas 1861 1861

ManitobaCFC# Name Rtng High107847 Gibbons, Lorne 1326 1355107168 Greenberg, Harley 1624 14131214 Kwiatek, Jordan 1409 4125472 Lafreniere, Adrian 1377 13103189 Milord, Frank 1525 12112475 Nikouline, Alexandre 1800 9130986 Pilotte, Richard 706 4104122 Proulx, Roy 1435 9104699 Remillard, John 1267 4131216 Rist, Joshua 1175 4131012 Santelices, Philip 1383 4106687 Schulz, Waldemar xxxx 1917131365 Szabo, Frank 1276 4110008 Taylor, Gordon xxxx 4121352 Tetrault, Charles 1335 4121137 Tetrault, Claude 1113 4103193 Trueman, Francis xxxx 24125311 Vincent, Trevor xxxx 13120176 Weijs, Harry 1394 8

Nova ScotiaCFC# Name Rtng High111124 Reddy, Tyler 1844 1844

OntarioCFC# Name Rtng High123274 Agabekian, Konstantin 1786 1790108568 Atwood, Cliff xxxx 1381120636 Benggawan, Amanda 1581 1727120637 Benggawan, Alexandra 1574 1648125709 Bluvshtein, Mark 2255 2292108790 Boross-Harmer, Peter 1957 2098131243 Boross-Harmer, Alexandra 732 4103523 Bortolotti, Guido 1785 1912111626 Bos, Peter 1710 1710131367 Briere, Robert xxxx 2126209 Bryskine, Marina 1971 1980131274 Buczkowski, Alec 1246 3105619 Buzdon, Paul 1569 1593112795 Catona, Dan 1917 6123266 Chan, Evan 1588 1669107875 Chau, Andrew 1492 12109384 Chuderski, Jan 1608 1703106389 Clarke, Brian 1495 1589126311 Cooke, Matthew 1451 1451131271 Cooper, Michael 2012 4107299 Dangberg, Karl 1679 1805104844 DeCastro, Dan 1752 1827109477 Demmery, Steve 2115 2162110803 Den Otter, Albert 1439 1674125528 Dragusanu, George 1242 1258125994 Dubeau, Jason 1595 10100317 Dutton, Mark S. 1892 1913106571 Dutton, Warren Richard 2051 2195101459 Ellis, Joe T. 1926 1955103011 Erickson, John 1869 1900111839 Fairbairn, Stephen 2023 2045102366 Ferner, Wolfgang 1925 2000104137 Ficzere, Tony 1786 1816108098 Field, Christopher 1565 1592131273 Field, Douglas 1434 4103521 Filipovich, David 2209 2209128426 Finnie, Matt 1238 5108498 Flitton, David 1421 15128427 Forsyth, Garrett 1336 20125485 Forsyth, Barry 1502 15112426 Gashgarian, Rob 1750 1780123384 Geley, Shawn 1428 1428125612 Gonnet, Emmanuel 1491 17105393 Greco, Marco A. 1613 1700104833 Hadley, Ryan 1707 1738100027 Haley, Philip G. 1747 1900106362 Hammond, John 1943 1971127596 Harrigan, Ben 1403 1403102700 Hartman, Brian 2520 2522123136 Harvey, Tim 1513 1557111177 Hassain, Mahmud 1778 20106156 Haziprodromu, Sam 1982 2169129504 HemmatiBarogh, Yashar 1862 1883102107 Henderson, Fred 1755 1783105731 Hendon, Lee 1496 1511127769 Henry, Liam 1784 1784125002 Hier, David 1600 1603128343 Ho, Patricia 1748 6127655 Ho, Martin 1275 6105422 Hollo, Peter 1653 1800105228 Ibrahim, Ismail 1944 2016107581 Joseph, Steve 1729 1888106715 Kagramanov, Dina 1838 1852124895 Kain, Andrew 1341 24

101422 Kempner, Andrew 1962 2032101198 Kiss, Istvan 1933 1989106376 Knechtel, Tim 1727 1846128149 Koopman, James xxxx 12129709 Kop, Michael 1582 1582130988 Kruse, Scott 996 5131331 Kudelka, Ivan 1701 7106974 Lamb, Bryan 2036 2122108998 Laughlin, Steve 1899 1920129463 LeBlanc, Ron 1273 16130843 Liu, Shao Nan 962 5102042 Livshits, Ron 2411 2468110214 Lucki, Arnie 1890 2010100196 Malmsten, Erik 2007 2007131272 Maurer, Steve 1833 5100298 McClelland, Tom 1709 1900125585 McGilly, Craig 1291 1291102892 McGowan, Alan 1859 10106713 McKillop, Peter 1676 13110766 McTavish, David 2360 2368102310 Mitrovic, Milan 2363 2400103626 Mitrovic, Bojana 1894 1897105464 Montano, Angel 1504 1612129975 Moore, Mike xxxx 14122103 Nozari, Nosrat 1751 1855121335 Nunes, Paulo 1438 1438102669 Ochkoos, Jura 2312 2409131275 Orihuela, Oliver Quinones 200102500 Orloff, Irv 1344 19127560 Palmer, Jordan 1522 1534101770 Peredun, Andrew 2110 2110107646 Perovic, Bozidar 1960 1999106479 Petkovic, Zarko M. 1923 2011125815 Picana, Andrew 2059 2112129459 Plotnikov, Vladimir 1771 1771127773 Prajza, John 1393 6125043 Prajza, Justin 1522 6101150 Pushkedra, Frank 2260 15127287 Pyykka, John xxxx 5107964 Rabethge, Brad 1737 1800120300 Radulovic, Dusko 2290 10120954 Raheb, David 2085 2085108279 Rakhinshteyn, Fima 2110 2200101082 Ramzi, Murtadha 1591 20111115 Richardson, Ross 1880 1896120383 Rolavs, Andre 1797 1797101799 Rowles, Christopher 1675 1812111463 Ruiz, Richard 2075 2118100198 Runstedler, Albert 1785 1939102198 Rutherford, John xxxx 1649111803 Ryzycki, Bohdan 1778 1822128487 Sadler, Kirk 990 5126142 Sharma, Rahul xxxx 12105109 Sherman, Robert 1752 1752127801 Shyr, Jonathan 923 923127799 Shyr, Aaron 1125 22127800 Shyr, Justin 1049 22130823 Sivakumaran, Arunan xxxx 6125546 Smith, Hazel 1342 17106383 Spicer, Christopher 1836 1869105153 Spraggett, Kevin 2543 2543123789 Srinivasan, Gajana 1799 1799128153 Stala, Henryk 1605 1605120171 Stevens, Christian 2036 2036111468 Stroud, Mike 2228 2228127431 Thavandiran, Shiyam 1722 17127423 Thavandiran, Nimalan 1543 10106868 Thompson, Ed G. 1330 1404123874 Thomson, Matt 1826 1826101079 Tipu, Vincentiu 2294 2321131184 Tohme, George 1056 11130972 Tolton, Martin 1174 9131320 Torres, John Carlos 2122 5131321 Torres, John Joseph xxxx 5131304 Tripp, Mark 1566 9128356 Turner, Matt 970 9131386 Turner, Bev xxxx 2128357 Turner, Scott 1092 9102136 Ungor, Imre 1727 1778102986 Urbanc, Peter 1864 1899120384 Urbanc, Lea xxxx 1409126202 Vadachkoriya, Irakli 2004 2081120087 Van Leeuwen, John 1531 5107165 VanHulsen, Tom 1549 8107974 Vassanji, Anil 1789 23108688 Verde, Pino 1616 1658122790 Verma, Tony 1882 1947131023 Victorio, Jay xxxx 24101891 Vlasov, John 1825 1859125697 Vujic, Branimir 2329 2348101142 Wagner, Dan 1672 1672126316 Wan, Michael 1547 18102934 Wight, Keith 2008 2187126131 Yu, Jonathan 1546 12126132 Yu, Jeffrey 1390 18101317 Zagar, Milan 1977 2140

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Olympic Fund Update

Lesiege, AlexandreSokolov, Ivan

Elista ol (8), 1998Queen's Indian E43

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It was their hope to set an examplefor other organizers and otherevents to follow suit in helpingraise much needed revenues forour Olympic program, and we planto publish the names of theorganizers and events that do so infuture editions of the magazine.

Every two years the Chess Federation of Canada sends our very bestplayers to represent Canada at the Chess Olympiad. Among all ofthe national and international events funded by the CFC each andevery year, this is the most prestigious and by far the mostexpensive. The Olympiad is frequently hosted in distant locales, andthus funding travel expenses for our teams represents aconsiderable burden for such a small organization.

We can all be proud of our successes at the Olympiads, and weshould also be grateful to those individuals who have lent theirsupport by making a donation to our Olympic Fund. It is with yourhelp that we are able to continue to fund our internationalparticipation and programs!

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Grand Prix

First, second and third prizes go to the playerswho accumuate the most points in the Open

sections of seven events.Other prizes are won by those accumulating themost points in all events, in any section. Ratingcategory is determined by established rating atthe time of their first tournament in the current

Grand Prix. All others are eligible for theUnestablished Rating prize.

Grand Prix Schedule1. Renfrew Open P.Naish August 25Ð26

2. Ottawa Open D.Burgess September 22Ð233. Outaouais Open H.Seguin November 2Ð4

4. Seaway Valley Open R.Lacroix November 17Ð185. R.A. Winter Open T.Fleming January 12Ð136. Kingston Open R.Hutchinson February 9Ð107. R.A. Spring Open D.Burgess March 23Ð24

8. MacIntosh Open R. Lacroix April 6Ð79. Arnprior Open M.Wasmund May 4Ð5

10. Eastern Ontario Open D.Burgess June 8Ð9

Grand Prix Prizes

First Prize: $420Second Prize: $220Third Prize: $1201950Ð2199 $2001700Ð1949 $200Under 1700 $200Unestablished Rating: $120Total Prizes: $1480

Grand Prix Winners

1982-83 Kevin Spraggett1983-84 Stephen Ball1984-85 Brian Hartman1985-86 Gordon Taylor1986-87 Brian Hartman1987-88 John Armstrong & Glenn Johnstone1988-89 Deen Hergott1989-90 Deen Hergott1990-91 Deen Hergott1991-92 Deen Hergott1992-93 Deen Hergott1993-94 Gordon Taylor1994-95 Gordon Taylor1995-96 Glenn Johnstone1996-97 Deen Hergott1997-98 Deen Hergott & Michael Schleifer1998-99 Deen Hergott1999-00 Tom OÕDonnell & Deen Hergott2000Ð01 Miladin Djerkovic

20th Annual

CanadianZonal PlayoffAs chess players from across Canadaand the world converged to watchlive on the internet, GM AlexandreLesiege claimed the CanadianChampionship title in Brantford,Ontario in a thrilling playoff matchagainst GM Kevin Spraggett by amargin of 2.5Ð0.5.

But only a week before the match,and mere hours before a blitz playoffwas scheduled to resume followingthe Canadian Closed, IM BrianHartman had invited the World ChessNetwork to sponsor the event. Actingwith vision and determination, Brianturned his formidable organizationalabilities to the task of creating a firstclass match in a mere seven days.

Dale Kirton and Serge Archambaultimmediately acted decisively andswiftly to arrange for the CFC to co-sponsor the event, and efficientlyplunged into the task of addressingthe myriad details necessary toachieve a title match on such shortnotice. Phil Haley, in turn, wasted notime in convincing FIDE to extendthe deadline for reporting the resultsof the match.

In Brantford, Tony Ficzere offered upa playing site replete with internetaccess and toiled far into the nightcreating a premier venue assisted bythe team of Frank Hughes, RobGashgarian and Lee Hendon.

To Alexandre, we extend ourcongratulations. To those whocontributed so much to making thismatch such a brilliant success, weoffer our admiration and thanks.

John F.C. HammondWorld Chess Network

Lesiege, AlexandreSpraggett, Kevin

Brantford CA chplayoff (1), 2001

Queen�s Gambit Declined D37

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºe7 4.»f3»f6 5.ºf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5ºxc5 8.cxd5 »xd5 9.»xd5 exd510.a3 »c6 11.ºd3 ½e7 12.0-0ºg4 13.h3 ºxf3 14.½xf3 ¼ad815.¼ac1 ºd6 16.ºb5 ºxf417.½xf4 »e5 18.¼fd1 a6 19.ºe2¼d6 20.¼c5 ¼fd8 21.½f5 g622.½f4 ¼6d7 23.b4 f6 24.h4 h525.g3 ¾g7 26.¾g2 ½e6 27.ºf3¾h7 28.½d4 »c6 29.½d3 »e530.½c2 ¾g7 31.¼d4 »c6 32.¼f4»e5 33.½c3 ¼d6 34.¼c7+ ¼6d735.¼d4 »xf3 36.¾xf3 ¼xc737.½xc7+ ¼d7 38.½c2 ¾f739.¾g2 f5 40.½c5 ¾g7 41.½c8½e7 42.½c3 ¾h7 43.½c5 ½e644.a4 ¾g7 45.b5 axb5 46.axb5¾f7 47.¼a4 ½e7 48.½c3 ½f649.½b4 ½e7 50.½f4 ½d6 51.½h6½f8 52.½xf8+ ¾xf8 53.¾f3 ¾e754.¾f4 ¾d6 55.¾g5 ¾c5 56.¾xg6¾xb5 57.¼d4 ¾c5 58.¾xh5 b559.¾g6 b4 60.h5 b3 61.h6 ¼d862.h7 b2 63.¼d1 ¾c4 64.¾xf5¾c3 65.g4 ¾c2 66.¼h1 ¼h867.¾g6 Ø.

Spraggett, KevinLesiege, Alexandre


Semi-Tarrasch D41

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd54.cxd5 »f6 5.»c3 »xd5 6.»f3 e67.ºc4 ºe7 8.0-0 0-0 9.d4 »c610.¼e1 a6 11.a4 »cb4 12.»e5 b613.»xd5 exd5 14.ºb3 ºe615.ºd2 ¼c8 16.ºc3 »c6 17.»xc6¼xc6 18.½d3 a5 19.¼e3 ºf620.¼ae1 g6 21.½b5 ¼d6 22.g3½d7 23.½xd7 ºxd7 24.h4 h525.¾g2 ¼c8 26.f3 ¾f8 27.¼d1 ¼e628.¼xe6 ºxe6 29.¼e1 ¼d8 30.¾f2¾e7 31.¼d1 ¾d6 32.¼d3 ºf533.¼d1 ¼e8 34.¼e1 ¼xe1 35.¾xe1ºg7 36.¾e2 ºc8 Ú.

Lesiege, AlexandreSpraggett, Kevin


Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein E58

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e30-0 5.ºd3 d5 6.»f3 c5 7.0-0 »c68.a3 ºxc3 9.bxc3 ½c7 10.cxd5exd5 11.»h4 ½a5 12.ºd2 »e413.ºe1 c4 14.ºc2 ½d8 15.g3 ºh316.»g2 f5 17.f3 »d6 18.ºd2 ½d719.¾h1 ¼ae8 20.¼g1 ºxg2+21.¼xg2 ¼e6 22.½g1 g6 23.¼f1¼ef6 24.ºd1 »a5 25.g4 fxg426.¼xg4 »b3 27.ºe1 »c1 28.ºh4¼e6 29.e4 »d3 30.exd5 ¼ee831.¼xg6+ hxg6 32.½xg6+ ¾h833.¼g1 »f5 34.½h5+ Ø.

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