English GM Nigel Short Can. Open Champion

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1 THE Independent Voice for Canadian Chess Covering and Beyond! Chess IS Life! GM Bobby Fischer Issue # 1-23 August 15, 2013 English GM Nigel Short Can. Open Champion

2 2 Articles, etc. Table of Contents Page FIDE August 1, 2013 Regular Rating List Open/Women 23 Can. Olympiad Selection Ratings - National 65 Can. Olympiad Selection Ratings Women s 66 Canadian Junior Players in Top 50 in the World 66 Canadian Girl Wins USA Chess Scholarship 68 Malmsten on Chess - Chess at the CNE Part 3: Spassky FIDE August 1, 2013 Regular Rating List Canadian Open/Women 77 Teaching Classic Games of Chess Double Knight Sacrifice Jung 98 Ken s Chess Trivia 103 TCN Readers Lead Article Invitation 106 TCN Readers Chess Sightings 107 TCN Readers Have Questions 107 TCN Readers Feedback 107 TCN s Readers Opinion Column Smith 107 Tournament Reports FIDE World Chess Cup, Norway FIDE Grand Prix # 5 (Beijing) 8 46 th Biel Chess Festival, Switzerland 17 Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund, Germany th British Chess Championships USA Open, St. Louis 22 Canadian Open, Ottawa 35 Canadian Seniors Championship, Kitchener 49 Canadian Amateur Championships, Kitchener CYCC Tie-breaks, Ottawa 64 Quebec Open, Montreal 93 Maritime Open, PEI 97 Organizations with News Reports Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) 31 Aurora Chess Club 89 Hamilton City Chess Club 91 Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club 91

3 3 Tournament Notices Mississauga Open 108 Toronto Labour Day Open 110 Community Bulletin Board 111 NOTE re GAME ANALYSIS I use Fritz 13 in my game analysis. My research, using Fritz for many years, establishes that Fritz 13 evaluates 1.e4, 1.d4, and 1.Nf3 as a slight advantage to White, whereas historically, these positions were generally considered equal. Many still dispute this evaluation. Though W has "initiative", some/many (? ) feel Bl., with best play, equalizes. But in my research on the three W openings where Fritz gives +/= after W's first move, Bl never should equalize, as long as W does not make a mistake (a general operational principle). And true enough, even into the middlegame of my " perfect " games, Bl. remains +/=!!. So the computer has now convinced me to switch camps, where I used to believe in " Black equality ". However, it may be that the "horizon effect" will yet establish equality for Black when the "perfect game" is taken far enough. But, since I am using Fritz 13, I therefore follow its lead, and so have felt it necessary to make some note re these first moves. In the past, I gave this explanation above in annotations to these three first moves. But, for regular readers of my analyzed games, I know this annotation became irksome; but people who are new, come to my analyzed games on the TCN Website, or where a TCN newsletter has been forwarded to them, and, for them, an explanation of this unusual Fritz 13 feature is required, to understand what I am doing. However, I agree with some readers who suggested a general explanation would be preferable to the annotation in every game starting with these three moves ( which is most of them ). I appreciate my repeat readers' patience til this change. I therefore began using this other format of a general explanation after the table of contents, to explain this interesting computer phenomenon ( and not insert it into the actual annotated game ). In the game score, I will just note the symbolic and numerical evaluation by Fritz on these first moves. I hope this small change improved the quality of TCN for all subscribers.

4 4 INTERNATIONAL Tournaments 2013 World Chess Cup This tournament of 128 of the world s best players in a knockout format is being held in Tromso, Norway. Rd. 1 took place Sunday, Aug. 11 & Mon. Aug. 12. Rd. # 1 Two upsets were Judit Polgar (Hungary), highest rated woman player, losing against Cuban GM Isan Reynaldo Ortiz. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) was knocked out by 14-year-old Wei Yi (China). Two surprises were Anna Ushenina (Ukraine), Women s World Champion, beating Peter Svidler (Russia) in Game # 2, to take it into tie-breaks, where she then lost, and former Women s World Champion, Hou Yifan, drawing both games against Alexei Shirov, and then losing on tie-break. Canadian Participation: Canadian Champion, GM Bator Sambuev, won in Game # 1 against the higher-rated and well-known Alexander Morozevich (Russia), with an unsound R-sac, but Alexander later blundered. But Alexander won Game # 2, to force it into tie-breaks.

5 5 Here is the tie-break system: two (2) tie-break games with 25 minutes for each player with an addition of 10 seconds after each move; 2 games with a time control of 10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment after each move; 2 games with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment after each move. If still there is no winner, one sudden-death game will be played. In the tie-break, Alexander won Here are the two games, and the winning tie-break game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Game # 1: Sambuev, Bator (2524) Morozevich, Alexander (2739) [D87] FIDE World Cup 2013 Tromso NOR (1.16), [Armstrong, Robert ] 1.d4² Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 Grunfeld Defence 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc Ne2 c Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 b6 12.h4 Bb7 13.h5 e6 [13...Rad8 14.h6 Bf6²] 14.hxg6?!= [14.h6 Bh8 15.Nf4 (15.Bg5 Qd7²) 15...Na5²] 14...hxg6 15.Nf4 Na5 16.Bd3 e5 17.Nh3 Rad8?!² [17...exd4 18.cxd4 c4 19.Qg4 Rfd8=] 18.d5 c4 19.Bc2 Bc8 20.g4?!= [20.Rb1 Bxh3 21.gxh3 Qe7²] 20...Nb7?!² [20...Bf6 21.Kg2 Kg7=] 21.Kg2 Nd6 22.g5 [22.Rh1 f6 23.a4 Rde8²] 22...Rfe8 [22...Nb5 23.Ba4 Nd6²] 23.Rh1 Kf8 24.Ng1?!= [24.f3 Ke7 25.f4 Kf8²] 24...Ke7 25.Rh7 [25.Nf3 Rh8 26.Nh4 Rh5=] 25...Rh8 26.Rxg7 Bator goes up a B 26...Ne8 [26...Kf8 27.f4 Kxg7=] 27.Rxf7+?!³ wrong P; a slightly unsound sac [27.Rxg6! fxg6 28.Qf3 Rh4=] 27...Kxf7 Alexander is up the exchange, but Bator has a P compensation 28.f4?-+ Alexander gets a "winning" advantage [28.Kf1 Kg8 29.Qf3 Qe7 ] 28...Kg8 29.Qf Qh7 30.Kf1 Ng7 31.Ke1 Rf8 32.Kd2 exf4 Alexander is up the exchange 33.Bf2 Qh2 34.Rf1 Rh4?! [34...Rh5 35.Qe2 Qg2-+] 35.e5 Rg4 36.e6 Rxg5 Alexander is up the exchange + P 37.Kc1 Bb7 38.Be4 Qh5 39.e7 Re8 40.d6 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+r+k+( 7zpl+-zP-sn-' 6-zp-zP-+p+& trq% 4-+p+Lzp-+$ 3+-zP-+Q+-# 2P+-+-vL-+" 1+-mK-+RsN-! xabcdefghy Qxf3??+ a blunder; Bator gets a "winning" advantage [40...Bxe4 41.Qxe4 Rd5 ] 41.Nxf3 Bxe4 42.Nxg5 Alexander is up a P, but Bator has 2 connected, passed P's, one on the 7th and one on the 6th 42...Bc6 43.Bd4 Nf5 44.Be5 Rc8? [44...Nxe7 45.dxe7 Rxe ] 45.Rf2? [45.d7 Nxe7 46.dxc8Q+ Nxc ] 45...Nh6??+ leads to mate [45...Nxd6 46.Bxd6 Bd ] 46.Rxf4 material equality 46...Bd7?+ mate in 5 moves [46...Nf5 47.Rxc4 Nxd6 48.Bxd6 Re8+ mate in 11 moves] 47.Ne4?? missing the mate [47.Rf6 Bf5 48.d7 Rb8 49.Rf8+ Rxf8 50.exf8Q+ Kxf8 51.d8Q#] 47...Bf5??+ mate in 38 moves [47...Nf5 48.Nf6+ Kf7 49.Nxd7 Ke6 50.Rxf5 Kxd (50...gxf5?? 51.Nf8+ Kf7 52.d7 Re8 53.d8Q Rxe7 54.Bd6+

6 6 mate in 8 moves) ] 48.Rh4 Ng4??+ mate in 2 moves [48...Kf7 49.Rxh6 Ke6+ mate in 32 moves] 49.Rh8+ Kf7 50.Ng5# 1-0 Game # 2: Morozevich, Alexander (2739) Sambuev, Bator (2524) [D41] FIDE World Cup 2013 Tromso NOR (2.16), [Armstrong, Robert] 1.c4= e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5?!² [4...Nc6?! 5.e3 Be7²; 4...Bb4 5.Bd2 dxc4=] 5.cxd5 Nxd5 [5...cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd5²] 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd Bc4 [11.Rc1 b6 12.Bb5 Bb7²] 11...Nd b6 13.Rfe1?!² Bb7 14.a4 Rc8 15.Bb5 Nb8 16.Rad1 Qd6 17.d5 e5?!± Alexander gets a "clear" advantage [17...exd5 18.e5 Qe7²] 18.Qb2 f6 19.Nd2 Rfd8 20.h4 Rc5?!+ Alexander gets a "winning" advantage [20...Qc5 21.Rc1 Qd6±] 21.Nc4 Qf8 22.Ne3 Ba6 23.Rd3 [23.Qe2 Bc8 24.h5 Nd7+ ] 23...Bc8 24.Red1?!± [24.Ra1 Na6 25.Qb3 Kh8+ ] 24...Qd6?!+ [24...Qf7 25.Qa3 Bd7±] 25.h5 Qf8 26.d6?!± [26.Qe2 g6 27.Qf3 f5+ ] 26...Be6 27.d7 Bf7?!+ [27...Qf7 28.Rd6 h6±] 28.h6 g6 29.Rd6 Qe7 30.a5 Be6? [30...Rc7 31.f4 Rdxd7 32.Bxd7 Nxd ] 31.axb6 axb6 32.Ba4 b5 33.Bb3 Bxb3 34.Qxb3+ Qf7? [34...Kh8 35.Qe6 Qf8 (35...Qxe6? 36.Rxe6 Rcc8 (36...Nxd7?? 37.Rxd7! Rcc8+ Mate in 17 moves) 37.dxc8Q Rxc8 38.Rxf6 Kg ) 36.Nd5 b ; 34...Kf8? 35.Re6 Rc3 36.Rxe7 Rxb3 37.Rxh7 Rxd7 38.Rh8+ Ke7 39.Rxb8 Rxd1+ 40.Nxd1 Rb1 41.h7 Rxd1+ 42.Kh2 Rd8 43.Rxd8 Kxd8 44.h8Q+ Ke ] 35.Nd5? [35.Re6 Kf8 36.Ng4 Nxd7 37.Nxf6 b ] 35...Kh8 36.Rxf Alexander goes up a P 36...Qg8 37.Qg3 Nxd7 material equality 38.Rd6 Qf8??+ mate in 27 moves [38...Rxd5? 39.R1xd5 Qe ; 38...Rf8?? 39.Rxd7 Qe6+ mate in 22 moves; 38...Qf7 39.Rxd7 Qxd7 40.Qxe5+ Kg8 41.Nf6+ Kf7 42.Rxd7+ Rxd7 43.Qxc5 Kxf ] 39.Nf6?? missing the mating line [39.Rxd7! Re8 (39...Rxd7?? 40.Qxe5+ Kg8 41.Qe6+ Kh8 (41...Rf7?? 42.Nf6+ Kh8 43.Qxf7! Qxf7 44.Rd8+ Qf8 45.Rxf8#) 42.Qxd7 Rc4+ mate in 4 moves) 40.Nc7 Kg8+ mate in 15 moves] 39...Rc1 40.Qd [40.Rxc1? Qxd6 41.Nxd7 Qxd7 42.Qxe5+ Kg ] 40...Rdc8 41.Nxd7 Alexander goes up an N 41...Qxh6? 6.25 [41...Rxd Qxd1 Qxh6 43.Nxe5 Qc ] 42.Nxe5 Qf4??+ mate in 10 moves [42...Rxd1+ 43.Qxd1 Qc ] 43.Rd8+?? missing the mating line again [43.Nxg6+! Kg8 (43...hxg6 44.Qd4+ Kh7 45.Rd7+ Kh6 46.Qg7+ Kh5 47.R7d5+ Qf5 48.Rxf5+ gxf5 49.Qh7+ Kg5 50.f4+ Kg4 51.Qxf5+ Kg3 52.Qg5#) 44.Nxf4 Rf8 mate in 7 moves] 43...Rxd8 44.Qxd8+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ Kg8 46.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 47.Kh2 Qf4+ 48.Kh3 Qxf2??+ mate in 17 moves [48...Qf8 49.Qe6+ Kg7 50.Kg3 Qf6 6.33] 49.Ng4+ mate in 12 moves 1-0 Tie break Rapid Game # 1: Sambuev, Bator (2530) Morozevich, Alexander (2736) [D03] World Cup 2013 Tromso (3.16), d4² Nf6 2.Nf3?!= verified depth 20 [2.Nc3²] 2...g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 [3...Ne4 4.Bf4 Bg7= (4...d5?!²) ] 4.Nbd2 [4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 0-0=] 4...d5 5.e Be2 Nbd7?!² [6...h6 7.Bh4 Be6=] c5 8.c3 b6 9.Qa4 Bb7 10.Rfd1 a6 11.Qa3?!= [11.h3 Nh5 12.Ne1 Qe8=] 11...h6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Rac1 b5 14.h3 Re8 15.Bg3 c4?!² [15...Qb6 16.Bh2 Rf8=] 16.b3 Nb6 17.Ne5 Nfd7 18.Ndf3 Nf6 19.Nd2 Nfd7 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.bxc4 dxc4 22.Bf3?!= [22.Qb2 Nb6 23.Qc2 Bc6²] 22...Bxf3 23.Nxf3 Qb6 24.e4 [24.Qb2 e5 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 Bxe5=] 24...Qb7 25.Re1 Nf6 [25...e5 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Nxe5 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Rxe5=] 26.Nd2 Nh5 27.Bh2 e5 28.g4? for the first time in the game, Alexander gets the advantage, a "clear" advantage [28.d5 Nf6 29.Rb1 Nd7=] 28...exd4! [28...Nf6? 29.Bxe5 h5±] 29.gxh5 dxc3 Bator is up N vs 2 P's 30.Nf1 b4 31.Qa5?!-+ Alexander gets a "winning" advantage [31.Rb1 a5 32.Qa4 Rxe4 ] 31...Qb5 32.Qxb5 axb5 33.e5 b3 34.Rxc3 Bator is up N vs P 34...b4

7 7 Position after 34 b4 XABCDEFGHY 8-+r+r+k+( pvl-' pzp& 5+-+-zP-+P% 4-zpp+-+-+$ 3+ptR-+-+P# 2P+-+-zP-vL" 1+-+-tRNmK-! xabcdefghy 35.Rxc Bator decides to sac to stop the P's [35.Rce3? bxa2 36.Nd2 Red ] 35...Rxc4 36.axb3 Alexander is up the exchange, but Bator has a P compensation 36...Rc3 37.hxg6 fxg6 38.Nd2 Rd3 39.Re2 Kf7 40.Kg2 Ke6 41.Ne4 Rc8 42.h4 Rxb3 Alexander is up the exchange 43.f4? [43.Nd6 Rc6 44.Re4 Rb ] 43...Rd3? [43...Ra3 44.Bg1 b ] 44.Bg1? [44.h5 gxh5 45.Nd6 Rb ] 44...Bf8 45.h5 gxh5 Alexander is up the exchange + P 46.Ng3 b3 47.f5+ Kd5 48.Nxh5? Alexander is up the exchange again [48.Nf1 h4 49.e6 Rc ] 48...Rc2 49.Nf4+ Kc The other Canadian GM playing, Eric Hansen (qualified through the Americas Continental Championship),

8 8 was defeated in Rd. 1 by Vladimir Malakhov, Here is the losing game: Malakhov, Vladimir (2707) Hansen, Eric (2584) [A05] FIDE World Cup 2013 Tromso NOR (1.31), Nf3² Nf6 2.g3?!= [2.d4 d5 3.c4 dxc4²] 2...g6 3.b3?!³ [3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 d5=] 3...Bg7 4.Bb c4 c6?!= [5...d5 6.Bg2 Nc6³] 6.Bg2 d Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nbd7?!² [9...Qd7 10.h4 d4=] 10.d4 Ne4 11.Nc3 Ndf6 12.Qd3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd7 14.Bg2?!= [14.Kg2 Qe6 15.Rac1 Ne4²] 14...Ne4?!² [14...Qe6 15.Rac1 Rac8=] 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qxe4 Qxh3 17.Qxe7?!= Vlad goes up a P [17.Rad1 e6 18.Rd3 Rfd8²] 17...Rae8 18.Qxb7 Vlad goes up 2 P's 18...Re3! XABCDEFGHY trk+( 7zpQ+-+pvlp' 6-+p+-+p+& % 4-+PzP-+-+$ 3+PvL-tr-zPq# 2P+-+PzP-+" 1tR-+-+RmK-! xabcdefghy 19.Qxc6?!³ refusing the draw, and sacking the B [19.fxe3 Qxg3+ 20.Kh1 Qh3+ 21.Kg1 Qg3+=; 19.Bb2 Rxg3+ 20.fxg3 Qxg3+ 21.Kh1 Qh3+ 22.Kg1 Qg3+=] 19...Rxc3 Vlad has 3 P's vs B 20.e3 Bh6?!= [20...Qg4 21.c5 Rd3³] 21.Qh1 Qxh1+ 22.Kxh1 Rc2 23.Kg1 Rd8 [23...Re8 24.c5 Kf8=] 24.c5 Kf8 25.b4 Ke7 26.b5 Ke6 27.a4 Kd5?± Vlad gets a "clear" advantage [27...Kd7 28.a5 Bg5=] 28.a5 a6?!+ Vlad gets a "winning" advantage [28...Bg5 29.Rfc1 Rb2±] 29.b6?² Vlad is losing his advantage [29.bxa6 Bg5 30.Rfb1 Ra8+ ] 29...Kc6 30.Rfb1 Kb7?+ Vlad gets back a "winning" advantage [30...Bg7 31.b7 Kc7²] 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Rxc1 Kc6 33.Rb1 Rb8 34.Kf1 f5 [34...Bf8 35.Ke2 Kb7+ ] 35.Ke2 Bg7 36.Kd3 Rd8? [36...Bf6? 37.Kc4 Bd ; 36...Bf8 37.Kc4 Kb ] 37.Kc4? [37.b7 Kc7 38.Rb6 h ] 37...h [37...Kb7 38.d5 Kb ] 38.Rd1? [38.b7 Kc7 39.Rb6 Rb ] 38...Rd5? [38...Kb7 39.d5 Be ] 39.f3? [39.b7 Rd8 40.Rb1 Kc ] 39...g5 40.e Thanks to both Bator and Eric for so admirably representing Canada! FIDE Grand Prix # 5 (Beijing) (Adapted from TWIC) The FIDE Grand Prix # 5 (Beijing) took place 4th to 16th July Opening ceremony 3rd July. Players: Boris Gelfand (Israel), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Gata Kamsky USA), Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Hao Wang

9 9 (China), Yue Wang (China - replacing Teimour Radjabov). The prize fund to be shared by the players is 170,000 EUR. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the event with 7/11 half a point clear of Alexander Grischuk. Mamedyarov moves second in the Grand Prix and if the calculations of Mark Crowther of TWIC are correct, only a Caruana or Grischuk win in the final Grand Prix (venue formerly Paris but now not known) can deny him a Candidates place. Veselin Topalov's final round win gave him a share of third place which means victory in the Grand Prix series and that he is the first qualifier for the 2014 Candidates. In Rd. 2, Sergey beat Hao to move to 2/2, alone in first. The remaining games on the second day were drawn, leaving Alexander and Veselin tied 2 nd /3 rd. Here is Sergey s game. (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Karjakin, Sergey (2776) Wang Hao (2752) [B09] FIDE GP Beijing Beijing CHN (2), e4² d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Austrian Attack in the Pirc Defence 4...Bg7 5.Bd3 [5.Nf Be2 c5²] 5...e5 [5...Nc6 6.Nf3 0-0²] 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Nf3 exf4 8.Bxf Qd2 Nc Be6 11.h3 Nd7 12.Bg5 Bf6?!± Sergey gets a "clear" advantage [12...f6 13.Bf4 Nce5²] 13.h4 h5 [13...Qe7 14.Bb5 Qc5±] 14.Qf4 [14.Bb5 Bxg5 15.hxg5 Qe7±] 14...Bxg5 15.hxg5 Qe7 16.Bb5 Nb6?!+ Sergey gets a "winning" advantage [16...Qc5 17.Bxc6 Qxc6±] 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne5 Nc4 19.Nxc4 Bxc4 20.g4 Rab8 21.gxh5 Sergey goes up a P 21...Qb4 22.Rd4?!± [22.Na4! Qe7 (22...Qxa4?? 23.hxg6 Qxc2+ 24.Kxc2 Bb3+ 25.Kb1 Rfd8 26.axb3 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 mate in 4 moves) 23.Qh4 Kg ] 22...Qxb2+ material equality 23.Kd2 Rfd8?! [23...Rbd8 24.Qf6 Rxd4+ 25.Qxd4 c5±] 24.Qf6 Rxd4+ 25.Qxd4 Qb6 26.Qxc4 Sergey is up an N 26...Rd [26...Qf2+ 27.Qe2 Qg ] 27.Kc1 Rd4 28.Qe2 Qc5 29.Nb1 Qxg5+ Sergey is up N vs P 30.Nd Standings after Round Three Karjakin 3 Mamedyarov 2 Grischuk 2 Topalov 2

10 10 Giri 1.5 Wang Yue 1.5 Leko 1.5 Kamsky 1 Ivanchuk 1 Morozevich 1 Wang Hao 1 Gelfand.5 In Rd. 5, Alexander G. defeated Shakhriyar to take over second place. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Grischuk, A (2780) Mamedyarov, S (2761) [A29] FIDE GP Beijing Beijing CHN (5), c4= Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb Be7 8.a d3 Be6 10.Be3 Nd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qa4 Re8 13.Rac1 a6 14.Rfd1 Bf8 15.Rc3 h6 16.Rdc1 both players have maintained equality from the start to here 16...Rc8?!² [16...Rb8 17.Nh4 g6=] 17.Bh3 Rb8 18.Bf5 g6 19.Be Bxe4 [19...f5²; 19...Qd7²] 20.dxe4 Qd7 21.Kg2 Qe6 22.b4 Qg4 23.Qc2 Qe6 24.Qa4 Qg4 25.Qc2 Qe6 26.h3 g5 27.Qa4 Qg6 [27...Red8 28.R1c2 Nd4²] 28.Nd2 Rbd8 29.Rxc6 [29.b5 Nd4 30.bxa6 Qxa6 31.Qxa6 bxa6 32.Rxc7 Nxe2²] 29...bxc6 30.Rxc6 Alexander goes up a P 30...Re6 31.Rc4 h5 32.Nf3?!= [32.Qc2 c6 33.Nb3 Be7²] 32...Be7 33.Nd2 g4 [33...Kg7 34.Qc2 c6=] 34.h4 Bf8?!² [34...Rdd6 35.Nf1 Kh7=] 35.Qc2 c6 36.Nf1 Red6?!± Alexander gets a "clear" advantage [36...Rc8 37.Bg5 Rd6²] 37.Bg5?!² [37.Bc5 Re6 38.Ne3 Kh7±] 37...R8d7 38.Be3 Re6 39.Rc3 Rd8 40.Nd2 Bg7?!± [40...Ra8 41.Nb3 Kh7²] 41.Rc5 Bf8 42.Ra5 c5 43.bxc5 Alexander goes up 2 P's 43...Rc6 44.Ra4 Qe6 45.Rc4 Rc7 46.Nb3 Qc6 47.a4 Rb8 48.Qc3 Qe6 49.Nc1 Rb2?!+ This loses another P. Alexander gets a "winning" advantage [49...f6 50.a5 Rc6±] 50.Qxb2 Qxc4 51.Qxe5 Alexander goes up 3 P's 51...Rc6? [51...Rd7 52.Nd3 Qe ] 52.Qd5? [52.Bd4 Rh6 53.Nd3 Qxa ] 52...Qxa4 Alexander is up 2 P's 53.Nd3 Re6 54.Bd4 Bg7 55.e5?!± [55.Bxg7 Kxg7 56.Ne5 Qe8+ ] 55...Bh6?!+ [55...Qc6 56.e4 Qe8±] 56.Nf4 Bxf4 57.gxf4 Qc2 58.e4 Qd1 59.f5 Re8? [59...Qf3+ 60.Kg1 Qd1+ 61.Kh2 g3+ 62.fxg3 Re ] 60.e6 Qf3+ 61.Kg Standings after Round 5 ( Tues., July 9) Sergey still in clear first Karjakin 4 Grischuk 3.5 Mamedyarov 3 Topalov 3 Giri 3 Leko 2.5 Ivanchuk 2.5 Morozevich 2.5 Wang Yue 2.5 Wang Hao 1.5 Gelfand 1 Kamsky 1

11 11 In Rd. 6 (Wed., July 10), Shakhriyar defeated the leader, Sergey. Thus Alexander, Sergey and Shakhriyar were tied for first. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Karjakin, Sergey (2776) Mamedyarov, S (2761) [C42] FIDE GP Beijing Beijing CHN (6), e4² e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3?!= [7.Bd Bf6²] 7...Nc6 [ Bc4 Nc6=] 8.Qd2 Be Qd7 10.Kb1 h6 11.h3 a6 12.g4 h5 13.gxh5 (verified depth 22) [13.g5 Ne5 14.Nd4 (14.Bg2?! Qc6²) 14...Bd5=] 13...Rxh5 14.Rg1?!³ [14.Be2 Rh8 15.Nd =] 14...Bf6 15.Bg Bxf6 gxf6 17.h4 Ne5 18.Qe3 Kb8 19.b3?! Shakhriyar gets a "clear" advantage [19.Be2 Re8 20.Qd4 Nc6³] 19...Bg4 20.Be2 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rxh4 Shakhriyar goes up a P 22.Bg2 Qf5?!³ [22...Re8 23.c4 Qf5 ] 23.Rd4 Rg4?!= [23...Rh2 24.Rb4 d5³] 24.Rxg4 Nxg4 25.Qd4?-+ Shakhriyar gets a "winning" advantage [25.Qh3 Re8 26.Bxb7! Re2=] 25...Qxf2 Shakhriyar goes up 2 P's 26.Qxf2 Nxf2 27.Rf1 Ng4 28.Bh3 Ne5 29.Rxf6 Shakhriyar is up 1 P 29...c6 30.Rf2 Rg8 31.c4 Rg3 32.Bf5 Kc7 33.Rh2 Rf3 34.Rh5 a5?! [34...b5 35.cxb5 axb5-+] 35.Kb2 Rg3 36.Rh7 Kb6 37.Bc8 Rg8 38.Bf5 Kc5 39.Rh4 Rg2 40.Rf4 Rg3 41.Bc8 b6 42.a3 Rf3 43.Rxf3 Nxf3 44.Kc3 d5 45.b4+ axb4+ 46.axb4+ Kd6 47.cxd5 cxd5 48.Kd3 Ne5+ 49.Ke3 Nc6 50.c3 Ke5 51.Kd3 Ne7 52.Bb7 Nf5 53.Bc8 Nd6 54.Bg4 f5 55.Bf3 f4 56.Bh5 Nc4 57.Bf3 Ne3 58.Be2 Ng2 59.Bg4 Ne3 [59...Kd6 60.Kd4 Ne3 ] 60.Be2 Nc4 [60...Ke6 61.Bf3 Kd6 ] 61.Bf3 Nd6 [61...Na3 62.Ke2 Nb5 ] 62.Bh5 Ne4 63.c4 d4?!³ Shakhriyar is losing his advantage [63...dxc4+ 64.Kxc4 Nd6+±] 64.Bf3 Ng5 65.Bg4?-+ Shakhriyar gets back a "winning" advantage [65.Bh1 Ne6 66.Bc6 Nc7²] 65...f3 66.c5 f2 67.Ke2 bxc5 68.bxc5 Kf4 69.c6 Kg3 70.c7 Kg2 71.c8Q f1q+ So both Q's are back on the board, and Shakhriyar is still up a passed P (last one on the board). Can he queen it? 72.Kd2 Ne4+ 73.Kc2 d3+ 74.Kb2? [74.Kb3 Qb1+ 75.Ka3 Qa1+ 76.Kb3 Nd2+ 77.Kb4 Qd4+ 78.Kb5 Ne ] 74...Kg3? [74...Qf2+ 75.Ka3 Qa ] 75.Qf5 Qg2+?! [75...Qe1 76.Qf3+ Kh4 77.Qxd3 Qb4+-+] 76.Ka3 Qh1?= Shakhriyar has lost his advantage. It is now a draw. [76...Nf2 77.Bh5 Qa8+ ] 77.Bd1 Qxd1 78.Qxe4 Qe2 79.Qg6+ Kf2 80.Qf6+ Qf3 81.Qd4+ Ke2 82.Qe5+ Kf2 83.Qd4+ Kf1 84.Qa1+ Kg2 85.Qg7+ Qg3 86.Qb7+ Kf2 87.Kb2 Ke2 88.Qe4+ Qe3 89.Qg2+ Qf2 90.Qe4+ Kd2 91.Kb3??-+ a blunder the losing move. Shakhriyar gets back his "winning" advantage [91.Qb7 Ke2 92.Qc6 d2=] 91...Qb6+ 92.Kc4 Qa6+ 93.Kb3??-+ leads to mate [93.Kb4 Kc2 94.Qd5 Qb ] 93...Qb5+ 94.Ka2?-+ mate in 8 moves [94.Ka3 Kc3 95.Qe1+ Kc2 96.Qb4 Qxb4+ 97.Kxb4 d2-+ mate in 11 moves] 94...Kc3 95.Qe1+ Kc2-+ mate in 5 moves 0-1 In Rd. 7, Sergey lost and Alexander G and Shakhriyar won, leaving them now tied for first. Here is Alexander G s win over Yue (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Grischuk, A (2780) Wang Yue (2705) [A07] FIDE GP Beijing Beijing CHN (6), Nf3² d5 2.g3?!= [2.d4²] 2...Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 [3...c Nc6=] [4.d4 g6 5.c4 dxc4=] 4...g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nbd e4 a5 8.a4 Bg4 9.e5 Nfd7 10.d4 c5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 cxd4 Yue goes up a P 13.e6?!³ [13.Qxd4 e6 14.Bf4 h6=] 13...fxe6 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Re1 Ra6 16.c3 Nbd7 17.Be3 Kh8?!= [17...Ne5 18.Nb5 Qc8³] 18.Nb5 Qc8 19.Rc1 [19.Qc2 Ne5 20.Rad1 Kg8=] 19...Rd8?² [19...Ne5 20.Re2 Kg8=] 20.b4 [20.Re2 Ne5 21.b3 Nf7²] 20...Ne4 21.c4 axb4 22.cxd5 Nc3 23.Nxc3 bxc3?!± Alexander gets a "clear" advantage [23...Bxc3 24.Bd4+ Nf6²] 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4+ e5 26.Qb4 Qc5 27.Qxc5 Nxc5 28.Rxc3 material equality 28...Nd7 29.Re4?!² [29.Rc7 Rxa4 30.Rxb7 Kg8±] 29...Rd6 30.Rc7 b6 31.Re1 Kg7?!± [31...Kg8 32.Bf1 Kf7²] 32.f4 exf4 33.Rxe7+ Kf6 34.Rxh7 fxg3 35.Rc3 Ne5 36.Rxg3 Alexander goes up a P 36...Rc8 37.Rh4?!² [37.Re3?! Rc4 38.Ra3 Rd4²; 37.Rb3?! Rc4 38.Ra7 Nd7²; 37.Ra3 Rc4 38.Rh8 Nd7±]

12 Rc4?!± [37...Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Rc2²] 38.Rxc4 Nxc4 39.Kf2 g5 40.Rg4 Ne5 41.Rd4 Ng6 42.Kg3 Ke5 43.Rg4 Kf6 44.Rc4 Ne7 45.Rc3 Kg7 46.Rd3 Rh6?!+ Alexander gets a "winning" advantage [46...Kf6 47.Kg4 Nf5±] 47.Kg4 Kf6 48.d6 Rh4+ 49.Kg3 Nf5+ 50.Kf3?!± [50.Kf2 Rf4+ 51.Ke2 Nd4+ 52.Kd2 Ne6+ ] 50...Nd4+ 51.Kf2 Ne6 52.d7 Ke7 53.Bc6 Nd8?!+ [53...Rd4 54.Re3 Kf6±] 54.Bb5 g4 55.hxg4 Rxg4 56.Rh3 Kd6 57.Rc3 Rb4 58.Ke3 Ke7 59.Rc8 XABCDEFGHY 8-+Rsn-+-+( 7+-+Pmk-+-' 6-zp-+-+-+& 5+L+-+-+-% 4Ptr-+-+-+$ 3+-+-mK-+-# " ! xabcdefghy Rxb5?? the losing move, though the game was already in trouble an unsound exchange sac [59...Rb1 60.Kf3 Rd ] 60.axb5 Kxd7 Alexander is up the exchange 61.Rb8 Kc7 62.Ra8 Ne6 63.Ke4 Kd6 64.Rc8 Nc5+ 65.Kd4 Nb3+ 66.Kc3 Na5 67.Rh8 Kc5 68.Rh5+ Kd6 69.Rg5 Kc7 70.Kd4 Nb3+ 71.Kd5 Na5 72.Rg7+ Kc Kd6 Kb8??+ leads to mate [73...Nc4+ 74.Kc6 Kd ] 74.Rc7 Ka8 75.Rc8+ Kb7 76.Kd Ka7 77.Kc7+ mate in 30 moves 1-0 In Rd. 9 (Sun., July 14), Shakhriyar defeated Anish. Here is that game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2761) Giri, Anish (2734) [D90] FIDE GP Beijing Beijing CHN (9.5), d4² Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+?!= [5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5²] 5...Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc Bf4 c6 9.e4 b5 10.Qb3 c5?!² [10...Qa5 11.Bd2 b4=] 11.dxc5 Shakhriyar goes up a P 11...Qa5 12.Bd2 b4 13.Nd5 Nc6 14.Bd3 [14.Qc4 Rad8 15.Nxb4 Nxb4 16.Bxb4 Qc7²] 14...Be6 15.Ng5?³ for the first time in the game, Anish gets the advantage [ Rad8 16.Bc4 Nxe4 17.Nxe7+ Nxe7 18.Bxb4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qa4²] 15...Rad8??+ Shakhriyar gets a "winning" advantage [15...Bxd5 16.exd5 Ne5³] 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Nxb4 Shakhriyar goes up 2 P's 17...Nd4 18.Qc4 Nd Nc6 Qxc5 20.Nxd8 Shakhriyar is up R + P 20...Ne5? [20...Rxd8 21.Bf4 Qxc4 22.Bxc4 Nc2+ 23.Ke2 Nxa1 24.Bxe6+ Kf8 25.Rd1 Nc2 26.Bc7 Nd4+ 27.Rxd4 Bxd4 28.Bxd8 Nc Shakhriyar would be up 2 P's] 21.Nxe6 Shakhriyar is up R + 2 P's 21...Qd6

13 13 Position after 21 Qd6 XABCDEFGHY trk+( 7zp-+-zp-vlp' 6-+-wqN+p+& 5+-+-sn-+-% 4-+QsnP+-+$ 3+-+L+-+-# 2PzP-vL-zPPzP" 1tR-+-mK-+R! xabcdefghy 22.Nxd4+! a Q sac 22...Nxc4 23.Bxc4+ Shakhriyar is up R + B + N + 2 P's vs Q 23...Kh8 24.Ne6 Rc8 25.Bd5 Bxb2 Shakhriyar is up R + B + N + P vs Q 26.Rb1 Rc2? [26...Bc3 27.Bxc3+ Rxc h ] 27.Rxb2?? an unsound exchange sac [27.Kd1 Rxd2+ 28.Kxd2 Bf Shakhriyar would be up 2 R's + N + P vs Q] 27...Rxb2 Shakhriyar is up 2 B's + N + P vs Q 28.Bc3+ Kg In Rd. 10, Alexander M defeated the leader, Shakhriyar. Here is that game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Morozevich, Alexander (2736) Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2761) [D78] FIDE GP Beijing Beijing CHN (10.3), Nf3² Nf6 2.c4?!= [2.d4²] 2...g6?!² [2...Nc6 3.d4 e6=] 3.g3?!= [3.Nc3?! c5 4.e4 (4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6=) 4...Bg7=; 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5²] 3...Bg7 4.Bg d4 c6 [5...c5 6.d5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qa6=] d5 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Qd5?!² [8...Na6 9.Nc3 Be6=] 9.Nbd2?!= [9.Qa4 Qd8 10.Nc3 Nbd7²] 9...Qxc4 10.Nxc4 Be6?!² [10...Nbd7 11.Rd1 Nb6=] 11.b3 Bd5 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Rac1 Nbd7 14.Na5 Rab8 15.Rfd1 Bf8?!± Alexander gets a "clear" advantage [15...Bh6 16.e3 Nf8²] 16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 e6 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Nec4 Ke7 20.b4 Rec8 21.a3 g5 22.Nb2?!² [22.f3 g4 23.e4 b6±] 22...Ne8 23.Nd3 f5 [23...Nd6 24.Nb3 Rd8²] 24.h4 g4 25.Nf4 Nef6 26.Rc2 Nd5 27.Nd3 Rf8 28.e3 Rfe8 29.Re1 N5f6 30.Rb1 Rec8 31.Rbc1 Rd8?!± [31...Nb6 32.Nc5 Rc7²] 32.a4 Ne4?!+ Alexander gets a "winning" advantage [32...Rh8 33.b5 cxb5 34.axb5 Nd5±] 33.b5 cxb5 Shakhriyar goes up a P 34.Rc7 Nd6 35.Nc5 bxa4? Shakhriyar goes up 2 P's [35...Ne8 36.Rxb7 Rxb7 37.Nc6+ Kf6 38.Nxb7 Rc8 39.axb5 Rc ] 36.Ncxb7 Shakhriyar is up a P 36...Nxb7 37.Nxb7 Rf8 38.R1c6 Rf7 39.Nc5 Ke8 40.Rxe6+ material equality 40...Kd8 41.Rec Shakhriyar resigned. He must lose material 41...Ke8 42.Nxa4 Nf6 43.Rc5 Rxc7 44.Rxc7 a6 45.Ra7 Ne4 46.Rxh7 Rb4+ Alexander would be up 2 P's, with 2 passed P's to Shakhriyar's 1 passed P 1-0 In the final Rd. 11, Veselin defeated Alexander M, to tie for third and guarantee himself a place in the 2014 Candidates Tournament. Here is that game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Topalov, Veselin (2767) Morozevich, Alexander (2736) [C41]

14 14 FIDE GP Beijing Beijing CHN (11.5), e4² d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 [4...exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7²] 5.Bc4 [5.Be2 Be ²] 5...Be a4 [7.h3 c6 8.Re1 b5²] 7...c6 8.Re1 a5 [8...h6 9.a5 Re8²] 9.h3 Nb6 10.Bb3 Nfd7 11.Be3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Qf3 Nxb3 14.cxb3 Be6?!± Veselin gets a "clear" advantage [14...Nd7 15.Rad1 Ne5²] 15.Rad1 Nd7 16.Qg3 Ne5 17.Re2 Ng6 18.f4?!² [18.Nf5 Bxb3 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Rxd6 Be6±] 18...c5?!± [18...Bd7 19.Bf2 f5²] 19.Nf5?!² [19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qg4 Qc8±] 19...Bxb3 Alexander goes up a P 20.Rdd2 Rc8?!± [20...b6 21.Rf2 Qb8±] 21.Rf2 Kh8 22.h4 Rg8?!+ Veselin gets a "winning" advantage [22...Bxh4 23.Nxh4 Qxh4 24.Qxh4 Nxh4±] 23.h5 Nf8 XABCDEFGHY 8-+rwq-snrmk( 7+p+-vlpzpp' 6-+-zp-+-+& 5zp-zp-+N+P% 4P+-+PzP-+$ 3+lsN-vL-wQ-# 2-zP-tR-tRP+" mK-! xabcdefghy 24.Nxd6! an N sac; material equality 24...Bxd6 Alexander is up a B, but the B is pinned 25.e5?!± [25.Nb5 Rc6 26.e5 f6+ ] 25...f5?!+ [25...Qe8 26.Rxd6 Bxa4±] 26.Rxd6 material equality 26...Qe8 27.Qh3 Be6 28.Rfd2 h6 29.Nb5 Nd7 30.Qf3 b6? [30...Nf8 31.Rb6 Rb ] 31.Qd1 Nf8 32.Rxb6 Veselin goes up a P 32...Qe7 33.Qf3 Nd7 34.Rb7 Rb8 35.Ra7 Rgd8 36.Rd6 Qf7 37.Nc7 Bc4 38.e6 Qe7 39.Rxd7 Veselin is up N + P 39...Rxd7 40.exd7 Qxd7 Veselin is up an N 41.Nb5 Qe6 42.Qg Here is the final cross-table: FIDE GP Beijing Beijing CHN Thu 4th Jul Tue 16th Jul 2013 Leading Final Round 11 Standings: Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2761 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ Topalov, Veselin GM BUL ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 ½ 31.75

15 15 4 Leko, Peter GM HUN 2737 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 ½ Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2½ Wang, Yue GM CHN 2705 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1½ Morozevich, Alexander GM RUS ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5½ Giri, Anish GM NED ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 5½ Gelfand, Boris GM ISR 2773 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 5 1½ Wang, Hao GM CHN ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ * 0 5 ½ Kamsky, Gata GM USA 2763 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * 3½ players Here are the updated Grand Prix standings after 5 events: Name Fed Criteria London 2012 Tashkent 2012 Zug 2013 Thess Beijing 2013 (Paris 2013) Best 3 total Topalov BUL Rating Mamedyarov AZE Rating Grischuk RUS World Cup x 315 Caruana ITA FIDE President x 305

16 16 Morozevich RUS AGON Karjakin RUS Rating x 255 Wang Hao CHN AGON x 240 Ponomariov UKR World Cup x 235 Leko HUN AGON Dominguez CUB AGON x 225 Nakamura USA Rating x 215 Kamsky USA Replacement Gelfand ISR Match x 200 Kasimdzhanov UZB AGON Giri NED AGON x 130 Svidler RUS World Cup x 95 Ivanchuk UKR World Cup x 95 Wang Yue CHN Replacement Adams ENG Replacement Bacrot FRA Replacement Radjabov AZE AGON 20 x 20

17 17 46 th Biel Chess Festival, Switzerland. (adapted from TWIC) The 46th Biel Chess Festival 2013 took place 22nd July to 2nd August The main GM event took place in honour of Olivier Breisacher the organizer who died just after last year's event. Indeed it has been a sad year for the event with the loss of Hans Suri, Lucio Barvas and Rino Castagna who were all closely associated with the tournament. The 6 players in the double round-robin were: Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia); Etienne Bacrot (France); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France); Richard Rapport (Hungary); Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine); Ding Liren (China). In the last round, Maxime defeated Liren to make a 4-way tie for first after regular play. So there was a 4 way play off Fri. Aug.2 (Semi-Final 5m+2spm; Final 15m+10spm). Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Liren Ding 2-0 in a blitz (5 min. + 2 seconds per move) semi-final and Alexander Moiseenko in a rapid (15 min seconds per move) final to win the first Breisacher Memorial as part of the 46th Biel Chess Festival. Final Here is Maxime s win in the rapid final, game 1, against Alexander (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2719) Moiseenko, Alexander (2699) [B30] Breisacher Memorial Playoff Biel SUI (2.1), e4² c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3?!= [3.Bb5²] 3...d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bf5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Bc4 Qa5 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Nc4 Qd5?!² [13...Qc7 14.Qe =] 14.Qe2 Be7?!± Maxime gets a "clear" advantage [14...f6 15.f4 b5²]

18 18 15.Nxe5 Maxime goes up a P 15...Nxe5 16.Qxe5 Qxg2 material equality 17.Qb5+ Kf Qg5+ 19.Qxg5 Bxg5+ 20.Kc2 Be7?!+ Maxime gets a "winning" advantage [20...b6 21.Rhg1 f6±] 21.Rhe1?!± [21.Be3 b6 22.Rd7 g5+ ] 21...f6?! [21...b6 22.Bxg7+! (22.Be5 Rg8±) 22...Kxg7 23.Rxe7 Rhe8±] 22.Bxa7 Maxime goes up a P again 22...Rd8? [22...Rxa7 23.Rd7 Bc5 24.Rd8+ Kf7 25.Rxh8 Bxf ] XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+-mk-tr( 7vLp+-vl-zpp' zp-+& % $ 3+-zP-+-+-# 2PzPK+-zP-zP" 1+-+RtR-+-! xabcdefghy 23.Bc5! Alexander resigned. He must lose material 23...Rxd1 24.Bxe7+ Kf7 25.Kxd1 Rc8+ Maxime would be up B + P 1-0 Standings: 1st Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 2nd Alexander Moiseenko, 3rd Etienne Bacrot (on Sonneborn-Berger from Ding), 4th Ding Liren, 5th Ian Nepomniachtchi and 6th Richard Rapport. Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund, Germany After 6 rounds, both Vladimir Kramnik, 14 th World Champion, and Michael Adams, top English player, had 5 points. They met in the final round 9. Adams leading by ½ pt.. Mickey won the 41st Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund after playing a quick draw with Vladimir in Sunday's final round. The 41-year-old Englishman finished on 7/9 (TPR 2923) which was half a point more than Vladimir Kramnik ( who had won ten times in Dortmund, but not in 2012 and not in 2013).

19 19 Mickey Adams Here is Michael s round 3 win against Italian Fabiano Caruana, no. 3 in the world (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Caruana, Fabiano (2796) Adams, Michael (2740) [C67] 41st GM Dortmund GER (3.4), e4² e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Bd7 [9...Be6 10.g4 Ne7²] 10.Rd1 Kc8?!± Fabiano gets a "clear" advantage [10...Ke8 11.Nc3 Be7²] 11.g4 Ne7 12.Ng5 Be8 13.f4?!² [13.Nc3 b6 14.e6 fxe6 15.Nxe6 Bf7±] 13...h5 14.Kf2 b6 15.f5 Kb7 16.Nc3 [16.c4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6²] 16...hxg4 [16...Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5²] 17.hxg4 Rh2+?!± [17...Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Bf4 (19.Rxd5? Rh1 20.Kg2 Bc6 21.Kxh1 Bxd5+ 22.Kh2 f6³) 19...Be7²] 18.Kg3 Rxc2 Mickey goes up a P 19.Nh7?!² [19.e6 f6 20.Nh7 Ng6! 21.Nxf8 Nxf8±] 19...c5 20.Nxf8?!= Fabiano is up N vs P [20.e6 fxe6 21.Nxf8 exf5²] 20...Bc6 21.f6? for the first time in the game, Mickey gets the advantage, a "clear" advantage [21.Nd7 Rg2+ 22.Kf4 Rg8=] 21...Rg2+ 22.Kf4?!-+ Mickey gets a "winning" advantage [22.Kh3 gxf6 23.Bh6 f5 ] 22...gxf6 [22...Rxf8?! 23.fxe7 Re8±] 23.exf6 Rf2+ 24.Ke Rxf6 Fabiano is up N vs 2 P's 25.Nh7 Rf3+ 26.Kd2 Rd8+ 27.Kc2 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-tr-+-+( 7zpkzp-snp+N' 6-zpl+-+-+& 5+-zp-+-+-% P+$ 3+-sN-+r+-# 2PzPK+-+-+" 1tR-vLR+-+-! xabcdefghy

20 20 Rxc3+! nice sac 28.bxc Fabiano is up R vs 2 P's compensation [28.Kxc3 Rxd ] 28...Ba4+ 29.Kb2 Rxd1 Mickey is up 2 P's 30.Bg Nc6 31.Rxd1 Bxd1 32.Bf4 Bxg4 Mickey is up 3 P's 33.Nf6 Bf3 34.Ne8 Na5 35.Nxc7 Mickey is up 2 P's 35...Bc6 36.Kc2 Kc8 37.Kd3 Kd7 38.Kc2 Nc4 39.Na6 Bb7 40.Nb8+ Kc8 41.Kd3 b Here is the final cross-table: 41st GM Dortmund (GER), 26 vii-4 viii 2013 cat. XIX (2709) Adams, Michael g ENG 2740 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2784 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER ½ 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ Meier, Georg g GER 2610 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ Caruana, Fabiano g ITA ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 ½ Wang, Hao g CHN ½ 0 ½ 1 1 * Khenkin, Igor g GER ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 3½ Fridman, Daniel g GER 2629 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ *

21 th British Chess Championships 2013 The 100th British Chess Championships took place 29th July to 10th August The winner was David Howell, with 9.5/11, With one round to go, he had already won the Championship.. Here were the top players after 10/11 rounds (from chessgames.com): 100th British Championship Tournament David Howell 9/10 (+8-0 =2) [view games] Mark Hebden Gawain Jones Yang-Fan Zhou Bogdan Lalic Glenn Flear Peter K Wells Stephen Gordon Keith Arkell Gyula Meszaros Daniel Gormally Richard J Palliser Alexander Longson Ameet Ghasi Dietmar Kolbus Jonathan Hawkins Charles H Storey Jean-Luc Weller Andrew P Horton Richard A Bates John Emms Marcus R Harvey Christopher Ward Simon Kim Williams Jack Rudd Daniel Howard Fernandez Simon J B Knott Dominic Mackle 7.5/10 (+5-0 =5) [view games] 7.5/10 (+5-0 =5) [view games] 7/10 (+5-1 =4) [view games] 7/10 (+4-0 =6) [view games] 7/10 (+5-1 =4) [view games] 7/10 (+6-2 =2) [view games] 7/10 (+5-1 =4) [view games] 7/10 (+6-2 =2) [view games] 7/10 (+5-1 =4) [view games] 7/10 (+7-3 =0) [view games] 6.5/10 (+5-2 =3) [view games] 6.5/10 (+4-1 =5) [view games] 6.5/10 (+5-2 =3) [view games] 6/10 (+3-1 =6) [view games] 6/10 (+4-2 =4) [view games] 6/10 (+5-3 =2) [view games] 6/10 (+4-2 =4) [view games] 6/10 (+5-3 =2) [view games] 6/10 (+5-3 =2) [view games] 6/10 (+3-1 =6) [view games] 6/10 (+4-2 =4) [view games] 6/10 (+5-3 =2) [view games] 6/10 (+5-3 =2) [view games] 6/10 (+6-4 =0) [view games] 6/10 (+6-4 =0) [view games] 6/10 (+4-2 =4) [view games] 6/10 (+5-3 =2) [view games]

22 22 Neil Carr 6/10 (+5-3 =2) [view games] (107 players total; 79 players not shown. Click here for longer list.) Here are the final top finishers: 100th ch-gbr 2013 Torquay ENG Sun 28th Jul Sat 10th Aug 2013 Leading Final Round 11 Standings: Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts TPR 1 Howell, David W L GM ENG ½ 1 ½ ½ Jones, Gawain C B GM ENG ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ Hebden, Mark L GM ENG ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ Gordon, Stephen J GM ENG ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ Gormally, Daniel W GM ENG ½ Lalic, Bogdan GM CRO ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ Wells, Peter K GM ENG ½ ½ 1 ½ Zhou, Yang-Fan IM ENG ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ Flear, Glenn C GM ENG 2456 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ Arkell, Keith C GM ENG ½ ½ ½ USA Open, St. Louis Going into the last round, Alex Lenderman led with 7.5/8, and 5 were tied for 2 nd /5 th with 7/8. Overall winners were GMs Julio Sadorra and Joshua Friedel and IM Mackenzie Molner on 8.0/9, with Friedel taking the US Open title on tie-break.. Tournament Website:

23 23 Articles FIDE August 1, 2013 Regular Rating List Open/Women s Open Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ), # 1 for most of 2010 & 2011, all of 2012, and all of 2013 so far (now the player with the most # 1 s), the youngest player ever to hold this position, and the highest rated human ever, sits with a rating of 2862 (had a peak rating of 2872 is it really possible he may one day be the first to break the 2900 barrier?). The second player over 2800 is Armenian Levon Aronian, at [ Garry Kasparov ( Russia ), 13 th World Champion, retired March, 2005, was the first player to break 2800 ( peak rating - July nd highest rated player ever ); Kramnik was the second player; Veselin Topalov, 2005 FIDE World Champion, was the third; Viswanathan Anand, 15 th and current World Champion was the fourth; Magnus Carlsen was the fifth; and Levon Aronian is the sixth. ]. Besides these 2 in the 2800 s, there are 44 players in the 2700 s ( same as last list ). The top players are ( birth date of younger players [Under 22 yrs. as of Jan. 1 = born in or after 1991] in brackets, after country ) : # 1 : Magnus Carlsen (Norway), rated 2862;

24 24 # 2 : Levon Aronian ( Armenia ) rated 2813; # 3: Fabiano Caruana (Italy 1992), rated 2796 (up 22 points!!). # 4: Alexander Grischuk (Russia), rated 2780.

25 25 # 5 : Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), 14 th World Champion, rated # 6: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), rated 2775 (up 14 points); # 7: Viswanathan Anand ( India ), 15 th and current World Champion, rated 2775 (up from # 8);

26 26 # 8: Sergey Karjakin (Russia), rated 2772; # 9: Hikaru Nakamura ( USA ), rated # 10: Veselin Topalov ( Bulgaria ), rated 2769;

27 27 # 54 : Judit Polgar ( Hungary ), the strongest women s player in the world, with 2696 ( over 2700 from October December, 2012 lists last time before that was on the July/12 list ) ( in 2005, she was in the top 10 with a rating of She has taken periods off to have children and had dropped below 2700 for a while, before going back over 2700 again for a while).. Some other past World Champions/FIDE World Champions still in the top 100, and their current ratings are : # 13: 2002 FIDE World Champion, Ruslan Ponomariov ( Ukraine ) at 2756; # 47 : 2004 FIDE World Champion, Rustam Kasimdzhanov ( Uzbekistan ) at Here are the younger ( Under 22 as of Jan. 1 ) players we re watching - not in the top ten, but in the top 30, ( birth date in brackets after country )[ note: juniors = U 20 yrs. as of Jan. 1 ]: # 20 : Anish Giri ( Netherlands 1994 ) # 28 : Ding Liren (China 1992 Chinese surname first) 2718 (lost 16 pts.).. Women Four women have broken the 2600 barrier: first: GM Judit Polgar ( Hungary ) also only woman to break 2700; second: Humpy Koneru ( India ); third: Hou Yifan ( Chinese surname first ) former Women s World Champion and 2013 Women s Championship Challenger, against Women s Champion Anna Ushenina ( Ukraine ) ); fourth: Anna Muzychuk ( Slovenia ). The top 10 women in the world are : # 1 : GM Judit Polgar ( Hungary ), rated 2696 ( first woman player in history to break 2700; peaked at 2735 in the July 1, 2005 rating list; was back in the 2700 club briefly on the July/12 list, after a number of years in the 2600 s; dropped down again, and was briefly back again from Oct. Dec./12 );

28 28 # 2 : GM Hou Yifan ( China 1994 ), rated 2600; # 3: GM Humpy Koneru ( India ) 2607; # 4 : IM Anna Muzychuk ( Slovenia )

29 29 # 5: GM Nana Dzagnidze ( Georgia ) 2569 (up 11 pts.); # 6: GM Zhao Xue ( China ) 2562 (up 9 points); # 7: GM Kateryna Lagno ( Ukraine ) 2542;

30 30 # 8: WGM Ju Wenjun (China), rated # 9: GM Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia), rated 2531; # 10: GM Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) rated 2528

31 31 NATIONAL Organizations Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) Website: Chess Discussion Forum: (by TCN Liaison for CFC, Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator) CFC Governors 1. Provincial Rep. Governors Vacancy (YT entitled to1 governor - vacant; NWT and Nunavut have no members and so are not entitled to a governor) Note all executive who are provincial representative governors or past presidents, except President and Past President, remain such. AB 5 Rick Pedersen Simon Ong (Vice-President) Vlad Rekhson Terry Seehagen Edward Porper BC 5 Lyle Craver (Secretary) Peter Yee Paul Leblanc (Rating Auditor) Alonso Campos Valer Demian MB 2 Ken Einarsson Steven de Groot NB 2 Ken Craft George Hensel NL 1 Alick Tsui

32 32 NS 1 Chris Felix NU 0 NWT 0 ON 19: GTCL 9 Michael Barron Ilia Bluvshtein Egis Zeromskis Marcus Wilker Evgeni Tobolovsky Bob Armstrong (Public Relations Coordinator) Nikolay Noritsyn Chris Field Bindi Cheng SWOCL 5 Lee Hendon Chris Mallon Garvin Nunes Patrick McDonald Hal Bond (FIDE Rep) EOCA 4 Aris Marghetis William Doubleday Garland Best David Gordon NOCL 1 (updated) Ellen Nadeau PEI 1 Fred McKim QC 3 Hugh Brodie Felix Dumont Marc Poulin SK 1 Robert Sasata YT 0 ( Vacant 1 ) 2. Governors at large vacancies A - Executive 3

33 33 President Vladimir Drkulec Immediate Past President Mark Dutton Youth Coordinator Frank Lee B. Non-Executive Officers vacancy Masters' Representative Deen Hergott Women's Coordinator Liza Orlova Tournament Coordinator Richard Berube Director of Fund-raising vacant; ( Note: Public Relations Coordinator ( Armstrong ) and Rating Auditor ( Leblanc ) are prov. reps.)

34 34 C Other Organizations vacancy Chess Foundation of Canada - Lynn Stringer Canadian Correspondence Chess Association - vacant D - Canadian Champion and Runner-Up 2 Bator Sambuev Anton Kovalyov E Former CFC Presidents ( some Life Governors ) 12 ( i ) Life Governors 9 Phil Haley Les Bunning Terry Fleming Francisco Cabanas Peter Stockhausen Maurice Smith Yves Farges Halldor Palsson Bruce D Thomas ( ii ) Presidents in the past 5 years ( Excluding the Past President ) vacancy holds the governor-at-large position of Past President vacant (Michael von Keitz declined to hold the position) Bob Gillanders Eric Van Dusen David Lavin 3. Total Governors vacancies Note: You can see from the above: 1. There are 9 former president life governors ( 2 consecutive term presidents, or appointed ); 2. The President, when elected, is no longer a Provincial Representative governor on becoming president, he becomes a governor-at-large. He has the power to appoint a replacement governor for himself from his home Province, if elected as a Provincial Rep initially. This list is complete as of 13/08/09. Tournament Reports (Note: if you play in a tournament, and have a good game, send it on for us to consider publishing with our tournament report)

35 35 Canadian Open GM Nigel Short (ENG) and GM Eric Hansen finished with 7.5/9, with the title going to GM Nigel Short on tie-breaks. 1st GM Nigel Short (7.5/9) $4000 2nd GM Eric Hansen (7.5/9) $4000 =3rd-7th (7/9) ($1060 each) GM Ivan Sokolov, GM Lazaro Bruzon, IM Aman Hambleton,

36 36 IM Edward Porper, IM Arthur Calugar =8th-14 (6.5/9) ($100 each) GM Elshan Moradiabadi, GM Bator Sambuev, IM Artiom Samsonkin, IM Raja Panjwani, GM Ioan Cristian Chirila, GM Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez, IM Keaton Kiewra, Rodney Perez Garcia U2400 1st (6.5/9) ($1200) FM Roman Sapozhnikov =2nd-7th (6/9) ($190 each) FM Kevel Oliva Castaneda, Evgeny Miller, FM Michael Dougherty, Kevin Pacey, Victor Plotkin, Alex Yam U2200 1st-2nd (6/9) $850 each Stijn De Kerpel, Agastya Kalra 3rd-7th (5.5/9) $55 each Digeng Du Steve Demmery Yevgeni Nahutin Ramon J Cova James Chan NB: Qiyu Zhou tied with 5.5/9, but is was eligible for a more valuable prize. U2000 1st-2nd (5.5/9) $700 each

37 37 Saeid Sadeghi Dmitry Chernik 3rd-10th (4.5/9) $40 Jeremy Hui James Currie Gordon Giacomin Adam Adriaanse Max Gedajlovic Amos Kuttner Mateusz Dydak Paul Leblanc U1800 1st-3rd (4.5/9) $458 each Nathan Farrnt-Diaz Guy Piche Matt Morabito U1600 1st-3rd (4/9) $383 Edward Selling Jill Ding Rinna Yu UNRATED 1st (4.5/9) $250 Vitaliy Matytsyn 2nd (2.5/9) $150 Ken Douglas WOMEN 1st (5.5/9) $400 Qiyu Zhou

38 38 2nd (5/9) $200 WCM Alexandra Botez JUNIORS (U18) 1st (6.5/9) $400 IM Richard Wang 2nd (6/9) $200 Michael Song SENIOR (+60) 1st-2nd (5.5/9) $300 each William Doubleday IM Leon Piasetski Top Prize Section Games In Rd. 3, James Fu upset Can. IM Bindi Cheng. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Fu, James (2257) Cheng, Bindi (2516) [B25] Canadian Open 2013 Ottawa (3), e4² c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3?!= [3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6²] 3...Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc Nf6 6.Nc Re1 d6 8.d3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Rb8 11.Bg2 Nd7 12.Nd5 e6 13.Ne3 b5 14.a4?!³ [14.e5 d5 15.f4 Rc8=] 14...b4 15.Nc4 Nb6 16.Nxb6?! Bindi gets a "clear" advantage [16.Nd2 Nd4 17.Rf1 Qd7³] 16...Qxb6 17.Rb b3?= [17...Qa5 18.Bf4 Rfd8 ] 18.c3 Qa5 [18...Qa6 19.Bf4 Ne5=] 19.Bf4 e5 20.Be3 Qxa4 Bindi goes up a P 21.Ra1 Qb5 22.Ra3 a5 23.Bf1 Qb6 24.Qg4 Kh8 25.Be2?!³ [25.Qe2 Rb7 26.Qd2 Rfb8=] 25...f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Qh4 f4 28.gxf4 exf4 29.Bxf4 material equality 29...Nb4 30.d4 [30.Rd1 Nc2 31.Ra4 Qc6³] 30...Rbe8 31.Bd Rg8 [31...Bf6? 32.Qh6 Rg8+ 33.Bg4 Bg7³] 32.Kh2 Qc6 33.f3?-+ Bindi gets a "winning" advantage [33.Bg5 cxd4 34.cxb4 Re4³] 33...cxd4 34.Rxa5 d3??+ a blunder into an attack; James gets a "winning" advantage, after being down all game. [34...d5 35.Kh1 dxc3 36.Bxc3 Bxc3 37.bxc3 Nc2-+] 35.Rh5?= James has lost his advantage [35.Bxd3 Nxd3 36.Rh5 Be5+ 37.Rexe5! Rg7 38.Rxh7+ Rxh7 39.Qf6+ Rg7+ ] 35...Be5+ 36.Kh1 Rg7 37.Bd1 Nc2 38.Re4 Rf7 39.Rh6 Qa8 40.Qh5 Ree7?!² [40...Ref8 41.Rg6! Rf5 42.Qh4 Rxf3 43.Bxf3 Rxf3=] 41.Rg6

39 39 Position after 41.Rg6 XABCDEFGHY 8q+-+-+-mk( 7+-+-trr+p' 6-+-zp-+R+& 5+-+-vl-+Q% 4-+-+R+-+$ 3+pzPp+P+P# 2-zPnvL-+-+" 1+-+L+-+K! xabcdefghy Qa1?+ James gets a "winning" advantage [41...Qf8 42.Reg4 Bg7²] 42.Reg4?!± [42.f4 Bg7 43.Rxe7 Rxe7 44.Rxd6 Rf7!+ ] 42...Bg7?!+ [42...Rf8 43.Rg1 Qa8±] 43.Rg1 Ne1? [43...Qa6 44.Bh6 Qa ] 44.Bxb3 James goes up a P 44...Re5??+ leads to mate. [44...Qa8 45.Bxf7 Rxf7 46.Rxe1 Rxf ] 45.Qg4? missing the mating line [45.Qh6! Rg5 46.R6xg5 Qa8+ mate in 12 moves] 45...hxg6 46.Bxf7 Qa8 47.Rxe James is up B + P 1-0 In Rd. 4, Eric beat GM Reynaldo Vera of Cuba. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Hansen, Eric (2587) Vera, Reynaldo (2514) [B52] Canadian Open Ottawa (4), [Event "Canadian Open [Site "Ottawa"] [Date " [Round "4"] [White "Hansen, Eric"] [Black "Vera, Reynaldo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2587"] [BlackElo "2514"] [PlyCount "79"] [SourceDate " e4² c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.f Be3 Nc e6 12.Rc1 Rfd8 13.Kh1?!= [13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Nxc6 bxc6²] 13...Ne5?!² [13...Rac8 14.Nxc6 bxc6=] 14.Qe2 [14.b3 Rac8 15.Qe2 a6²] 14...d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.f4 Nc6 17.e5 Ng4?!± Eric gets a "clear" advantage [17...Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Ne4²] 18.Nxc6?!² [18.Bg1 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Nh6±] 18...bxc6 19.Bg1 Re8 20.Na4 h5?!± [20...Bf8 21.Qa6 Rec8²] 21.Qa6 Rec8 [21...Rac8 22.Nc5 Qe7±] 22.Nc5 Qe7 23.Nb3 c5?!+ Eric gets a "winning" advantage [23...Qd7 24.Na5 c5±] 24.Rxc5 Eric goes up a P 24...Rxc5 25.Bxc5 Qd7 26.Bg1 Rc8 27.Nc5 Qe8 28.Qd3 Bf8 29.Nb3 Qa4 30.Qxd5 Eric goes up 2 P's 30...Qa6 31.Rd1 Rc2 32.Rd2 Rc4 33.h3 Nh6 34.Nd4 Rc1 35.Kh2 Qf Nf3 Bc5? [36...Nf5 37.e6 Bd ] 37.Qd8+ Kh7??+ leads to mate [37...Bf8 38.e6 Re1 39.exf7+ Nxf7 40.Qf6 Be7 41.Qxg6+ Kf ] 38.Ng5+ Kg7 39.Ne6+?? missing the mate [39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Rd8+ Bf8 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 42.Ne6+ Ke8 43.Qd8#]

40 40 Position after 39.Ne6+?? XABCDEFGHY 8-+-wQ-+-+( 7zp-+-+pmk-' 6-+-+N+psn& 5+-vl-zP-+p% zP-+$ P# 2PzP-tR-+PmK" 1+-tr-+qvL-! xabcdefghy 39...fxe6??+ Reynaldo is up N vs 2 P's, but gives Eric back a mate [39...Kh7 40.Bxc5 Qh1+ 41.Kg3 Nf5+ 42.Kf3 Qf1+ 43.Bf2 Qa (43...fxe6? 44.Rd7+ Ng7 45.Qe7 Qd1+ 46.Rxd1 Rxd ) ] 40.Qf6++ Reynaldo resigned. It is mate 40...Kh7 41.Rd7+ Be7 42.Rxe7+ Nf7 43.Rxf7+ Kh6 44.Qg7# 1-0 In Rd. 5, the two eventual winners, Nigel and Eric, drew. Here is that game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Short, Nigel (2697) Hansen, Eric (2587) [C47] Canadian Open 2013 Ottawa (5), e4² e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3?!= [3.Bb5²] 3...Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 0-0?!² [8...cxd =] 9.0-0?!= [9.dxc6 Re8+ 10.Be3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Ng4²] 9...cxd5 10.h3 c6 11.Qf3 Bd6 12.Bf4 Rb8 13.b3 Qc7?!² [13...Rb7 14.Rae1 Bxf4 15.Qxf4 Re7=] 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rad1?!= [15.Qg3 Qxg3 16.fxg3 Re8²] 15...Re8 16.Na4 Be6 17.Rfe1 c5 18.Bf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 g6 20.Qf3 Nd7 21.Re2 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Nb6 23.Nb2 Qf6 24.c4 dxc4?!² [24...Rd8 25.g3 Kg7=] 25.Nxc4 Nxc4 26.Qxc4 Qe5 27.g3 Rb4 28.Qd5 Qe2 29.Rd2 Qe1+ 30.Kg2 Re4 31.Rd3 Re5 32.Qc4 Rf5 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Qc2 Qe7 35.Qc3+ Rf6 36.Rd2 Qe4+ 37.f3 Qb4 38.Rc2?!= [38.Qc2 Re6 39.Qb2+ f6²] 38...Qxc3 39.Rxc3 Ra6 40.a4 Rb6 41.g4 Kf6?!² [41...Rc6 42.Kg3 Kf6=] 42.Rxc5 Rxb3 43.Rc7 a6 44.Rc6+ Kg7?!± Nigel gets a "clear" advantage [44...Ke5 45.Rxa6 f5²] 45.Rxa6 Nigel goes up a P 45...g5 46.Ra5 h6 47.Rf5 Ra3 48.a5 Ra2+ 49.Kg3 Kg6 50.h4 f6 51.h5+ Kg7 52.Rb5 Kg8 53.Rb8+ Kg7 54.Rb7+ Kg8 55.Ra7 Kh8 56.Ra8+ Kg7 57.Ra7+ [57.Ra6 Kf7 58.Ra7+ Kg8±] 57...Kh8 58.Rf7 Rxa5 59.Rxf6 Kg7 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Re6 Ra2 62.Re1 Kg7 63.Rf1?!² [63.Re7+ Kg8 64.Rc7 Rd2±] 63...Ra3 64.Rf2 Rb3 65.Rd2 Ra3?!± [65...Rb6 66.Ra2 Kf6²] 66.Kf2?!² [66.Rd7+ Kg8 67.Rb7 Ra8±] 66...Ra7?!± [66...Ra6 67.Rd8 Re6²] 67.Rd4?!² [67.Rd6 Rb7 68.Rg6+ Kh7±] 67...Re7?!± [67...Ra6 68.Ke3 Re6+²] 68.Re4 Ra7 69.Re6 Ra3 70.Ke2 Rb3 71.Re7+ Kg8 72.Rd7 Ra3 73.Rd3?!² [73.Rc7 Ra2+ 74.Kd3 Ra3+±] 73...Ra6 74.Ke3 Re6+?!± [74...Kg7 75.Ke4 Kf6²] 75.Kd4 Re7 76.Rc3 Kg7 77.Rc8?!² [77.Rc6 Rf7 78.Ke4 Re7+±] 77...Rf7 78.Ke4 Rf4+?!± [78...Re7+ 79.Kd3 Rd7+²] 79.Ke3 Rf7 80.Re8 Ra7 81.Ke4?!² [81.Re6 Ra3+ 82.Kf2 Ra2+±] 81...Ra4+ 82.Kd5 Ra5+ 83.Ke6?!± [83.Kd4 Ra4+ 84.Ke5 Ra5+²] 83...Ra6+ 84.Kf5 Rf6+ 85.Ke4 Rf4+ [85...Kf7 86.Rh8 Rf4+±] 86.Ke3 Ra4 87.Re7+ Kg8 88.Rd7 Rf4± ½-½ As well in Rd. 5, Can. IM Aman Hambleton

41 41 drew GM Lazaro Bruzon of Cuba. Here is that game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Hambleton, Aman (2580) Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (2758) [E32] Canadian Open 2013 Ottawa (5), d4² Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3?!= [3.Nf3²] 3...Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nbd7?!² [6...Nc6 7.Nf3 0-0=] 7.f3?³ [7.g3 c5 8.Nf3 b6²] 7...e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.e Bg5 Re8 11.Ne2?! Lazaro gets a "clear" advantage [11.h4 Be6 12.Nh3 h6³] 11...Nxe4! Lazaro goes up a P 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bxc7 material equality 13...Nxe2 14.Kxe2 Be6 15.Kf2 Bxc4 16.Bxd6 Bxf1 17.Bxe5 Bxg2 Lazaro goes up a P 18.Rhe1 Bh3 19.Bd4 Red8 20.Rad1 h6 21.Rg1 f6 22.Be3 h5 [22...Rxd1 23.Rxd1 b6 ] 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rc1 a6 25.Rc7 b5 26.Rc6 Ra8?!³ [26...Bc8 27.Kg3 Kh7 ] 27.Rc7 Bf5 28.h4 Kh7 29.Ra7 Rc8 30.Bd4 Rc6 31.Bc3 [31.b4 Rd6 (31...Re6?! 32.Bc5 Kh6=) 32.Bc5 Rd2+³] 31...Bd3 32.Rd7?! [32.Bb4 Rc2+ 33.Ke3 Bc4³] 32...Bc4 33.Bb4 Be6?!³ [33...Kh6 34.f4 Be6 ] 34.Rd6?! Rc2+ 35.Rd2 Rc1 36.Bc3 Rh1 37.Rd4 Kg6 38.Kg2 Rb1 39.Re4 Bd5 40.Re1 Rxe1 41.Bxe1 Kf5 42.Kf2 g5 43.Ke3 Bb3 44.Bf2 Bd1 45.Be1 Ke6 46.f4 gxh4 47.Bxh4 Kf5 48.Kf2 Bb3 49.Kg3 a5 50.Kf3 Bd5+ 51.Kg3 a4 52.Kh2 ½-½ Also in Rd. 5, Can. IM Richard Wang,

42 42 defeated GM Walter Arencibia of Cuba. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Arencibia, Walter (2610) Wang, Richard (2484) [B53] Canadian Open 2013 Ottawa (5), e4² c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4?!= [7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6²] 7...Nf6 8.Nc3 g Bg7 10.Qd Nd4 Rc8 12.b3 Nd7 13.Bb2 a6 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Nc5 16.Qe2 Rfe8 [16...e6 17.Rc2 Rc7=] 17.Rc2 e6 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Nb1 b5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.e5 bxc4 22.exd6 Rd8 23.b4? Richard gets a "clear" advantage [23.Rxc4 Rcxd6 24.Rxd6 Rxd6=] 23...Qxb4 24.Rxc4 Qb6 25.Rcd4?!-+ Richard gets a "winning" advantage [25.Rdc1 Rdxd6 26.g3 Nd7 ] 25...f6 26.d7 Rc7 27.Rd6 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-tr-+-+( 7+-trP+-mkp' 6pwq-tRpzpp+& 5+-sn-+-+-% $ # 2P+-+QzPPzP" 1+N+R+-mK-! xabcdefghy Rcxd7! Richard goes up a P 28.Rxb [28.Rxd7+ Rxd7 29.Rxd7+ Nxd ] 28...Rxd1+ 29.Qf1 e5 30.f3 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Rd [31...Rd1+ 32.Ke2 Rg ] 32.Ke2 Rb7 33.Rxb7+ Nxb7 34.Kd3 Kf7 35.Kc4 Ke6 36.Nc3 f5 37.Nd5 Kd6 38.Nb4 Nc5 39.Nd5 Na4 40.Nf6 Nb6+ 41.Kb3 h6 42.g4 Ke7? [42...Ke6 43.g5 hxg5 44.Nh7 g ] 43.Ng8+ Kf7 44.Nxh6+ material equality 44...Kg7 45.g5 Nd5 46.Kc4 Nf4 47.h4 Ng2 48.Kd5?! [48.h5 Ne1 49.Kd5 Nxf3 50.hxg6 Kxg6 51.Nxf5 Kxf5 3.14] 48...Nxh4 49.Kxe5 Nxf3+ Richard goes up a P again 50.Kf4 Nd4 51.Ke5 Nc6+ 52.Kd Nb4 53.a a5 54.Kc5 Nc2? [54...Nd3+ 55.Kd4 Nb ] 55.Kd5 Ne3+ 56.Ke6? [56.Ke5 Nc4+ 57.Ke6 Nb ] 56...f In Rd. 6, Eric defeated GM Elshan Moradiabadi of Iran. Here is the game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Hansen, Eric (2587) Moradiabadi, Elshan (2557) [C65] 2013 Canadian Open Ottawa (6.2), e4² e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3?!= [4.0-0 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 a6 7.Be2 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6²] 4...Bc5 5.c d6 7.h3 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Re1 Re8 10.Nbd2 d5?!² [10...h6 11.d4 Bb6=] 11.Nb3?!= [11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 dxe4 13.dxc5 exf3 14.Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.Qxf3 Be6²] 11...Bf8?!² [11...Bd6 12.c4 dxc4 13.dxc4 c5=] 12.exd5?!= [12.Bg5 Qd6 13.Na5 Rb8²; 12.Bd2 Rb8 13.exd5 Qxd5²] 12...Qxd5 13.c4 Qd6 14.Be3 Nd7 15.d4 [15.Qe2 a5 16.Nbd2 Qe6=] 15...e4 16.Nfd2 a5 17.a4 f5 18.c5 Qe6 19.Bf4 Nf6 20.Be5?!³ For the first time in the game, Elshan gets

43 43 the advantage [20.Bxc7 Nd5 21.Be5 Nb4=] 20...Nd5?!= [20...Qf7 21.f3 exf3 22.Qxf3 Be6³] 21.Nc4 Qg6 22.Qd2 Be7 23.Ra3?!³ [23.Nbxa5 Bg5 24.Qe2 Ba6=] 23...Bg5 24.Qe2 Bf4?!= [24...f4 25.Qxe4 Bf5³] 25.Nbxa5?!³ Eric goes up a P [25.Qc2 Bxe5 26.Nxe5 Qh6=] 25...Bxe5 26.dxe5 Nf4 27.Qf1 Ba6 28.Rg3 Qe6 29.b3 Rad8 30.f3 Nd3?!= [30...Rf8 31.Kh2 Nd3³] XABCDEFGHY 8-+-trr+k+( 7+-zp-+-zpp' 6l+p+q+-+& 5sN-zP-zPp+-% 4P+N+p+-+$ 3+P+n+PtRP# P+" 1+-+-tRQmK-! xabcdefghy 31.fxe4! Eric goes up 2 P's [31.Rd1? f4 (31...Nxe5? 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.fxe4 Nxc4 34.Nxc4 Qxe4=) 32.Rg4 (32.Rg5?! Nb2-+) 32...Nxe5 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Rxf4 exf3 35.gxf3 Rd3 ] 31...Nxe1 32.Qxe1 Elshan is up the exchange, but Eric has 2 P's compensation 32...fxe4 33.Qxe Qd5 34.Qf5 Qxc5+ 35.Kh2 Bxc4 Elshan is up R vs P 36.Nb7 Be6??+ blundering the Q; Eric gets a "winning" advantage [36...Qe7 37.Nxd8 Bd5 38.Nb7 c5=] 37.Rxg7+! nice sac 37...Kxg7 Elshan is up 2 R's vs 2 P's 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Nxc5 Eric has Q + 2 P's vs 2 R's 39...Bd5 40.e6 Rb8? [40...Rc8 41.a5 Ra8 42.a6 Rad ] 41.Qg5+? [41.Qf7+ Kh8 42.Nd7 Bxe6 43.Qf6+ Kg8 44.Nxb8 Rxb8 45.Qxe6+ Kf ] 41...Kh8 42.Qe5+? [42.Nd7 Rxe6 (42...Rbd8?? 43.Qf6+ Kg8 44.Qf7+ Kh8 45.Nf6 Be4 46.Nh5 Re7 47.Qxe7 Rg8 48.Qf6+ Rg7 49.Qxg7#) 43.Nxb8 Rg ] 42...Kg8 43.Qxc7?+ 6.46[43.Qg3+ Kh8 44.Nd7 Rxe6 45.Nxb8 Rg ] 1-0 In Rd. 8, the eventual winner, Nigel, helped his cause with a win over Moradiabadi. Here is that game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Short, Nigel D (2697) Moradiabadi, Elshan (2557) [D55] 2013 Canadian Open Ottawa (8), c4= e6?!² [1...e5=] 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 [5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Nc6²] 5...h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e Rc1?!= [8.Qb3 c5 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 exd5 11.Qxd5 Nc6 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Nxc6 bxc6²] 8...Nc6 9.a3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Ne c5 [12...Be6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 c5=] 13.h3 [13.b3?! Bg4 14.dxc5 bxc5=; 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Be6=] 13...Be6 14.Bb1 Rc8 15.Qa4 a5 16.Rfd1 c4 17.e4 g6 18.e5 Bg7 19.Qc2 Qd7?!² [19...Bd7 20.a4 Nc6=] 20.a4 Nc6 21.Qd2 Na7 22.Re1 b5 23.axb5 Nxb5 24.Na4 Qa7 25.Bc2 Rfe8 26.Ra1 Bf8 27.Nc3 Nc7?!± Nigel gets a "clear" advantage [27...Nxc3 28.bxc3 Rb8²] 28.Ra2 Qb6 29.Rea1 Ra8 30.Ne2?!² [30.Na4 Qb7 31.Nc5 Qb4±] 30...Qb4?!± [30...Bd7 31.Rb1 a4²] 31.Qe3 Reb8 32.Nf4?!² [32.h4 Bg4 33.Qf4 h5±] 32...Qe7?+ Nigel gets a "winning" advantage [32...Bd7 33.Nh2 h5²] 33.b3 cxb3 34.Bxb3 Rb5 35.Bc2 Qb4 36.Ra4 Qe7 37.Bd3 Rb3 38.Rxa5 Nigel goes up a P 38...Rxa5 39.Rxa5 Qb4 40.Ra1 Bf5 41.Qc1 Rc3 42.Qd1 Ne6

44 44 Position after 42.Ne6 XABCDEFGHY vlk+( p+-' 6-+-+n+pzp& 5+-+pzPl+-% 4-wq-zP-sN-+$ 3+-trL+N+P# zPP+" 1tR-+Q+-mK-! xabcdefghy 43.Nxd5! offering the B [43.Rb1?! Qa3 44.Bxf5 Nxf4±] 43...Rxd3 Elshan is up B vs 2 P's 44.Nxb4?!± [44.Qxd3 Bxd3 45.Nxb4 Bxb Nigel would be up R + 2 P's vs 2 B's] 44...Rxd1+ 45.Rxd1 Bxb4 Nigel is up R + 2 P's vs 2 B's 46.d5 Nf8 47.Nd4 Bd7 48.Nc6 Bc3 49.Rc1 Bb2 50.Rc2 Ba1 51.f4 Kg7 52.g4 h5 53.Nb8 Ba4 54.Rc7 Kg8? [54...Bd4+ 55.Kh2 Bb ] 55.Kh2 Bd4? [55...Bb3 56.d6 hxg4 57.hxg4 g ] 56.Rc In Rd. 9, unfortunately, Eric met Aman (they are good friends and will be sharing a residence in Spain as they advance their chess careers), and they drew. Here is that game (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz): Hambleton, Aman (2580) Hansen, Eric (2587) [D85] 2013 Canadian Open Ottawa (9.2), d4² Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2?!= [5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7²] 5...Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3?!² [6...Nb6 7.Be3 0-0=] 7.Bxc Qd2 c5 [8...Qd6 9.Be2 Qc6²] 9.d5 e6 10.Bc4 [10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Bc4 exd5 12.Bxd5 Nc6²] 10...exd5 [10...Bxc3 11.bxc3 exd5 12.Bxd5 Nc6²] 11.Bxd5 Nd7 12.Nf3?!= [12.Bxg7 Kxg Nb6²] 12...Nf Nxd5 14.exd5 Qd6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qc3+ Kg8 17.Ne5 Re8 18.Rfe1

45 45 Position after 18.Rfe1 XABCDEFGHY 8r+l+r+k+( 7zpp+-+p+p' 6-+-wq-+p+& 5+-zpPsN-+-% $ 3+-wQ-+-+-# 2PzP-+-zPPzP" 1tR-+-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy Qxd5= Eric goes up a P but it is now a draw by repetition [18...Bf5?! 19.g4 Bd7²] 19.Rad1 Qxa2 Eric goes up 2 P's [19...Qe6?? 20.Nxg6! hxg6 (20...Qxg6?? 21.Rxe8#) 21.Rxe6 Bxe6 22.Qxc5 Bxa Aman would be up Q vs R + B] 20.Ra1 Qd5 21.Rad1 Qa2 22.Ra1 Qd5 23.Rad1 Qa2= ½-½ U 1600 Prize Section Games: Although I try to control myself on publishing my own games (editor conflict of interest?), I (Bob Armstrong) have two wins that are somewhat tactical, and I think they will be enjoyable to go over. As well I have a loss to junior David Itkin, where he executes a nice R for P sac. Here they are (Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz):

46 46 - a nice B-sac Zhou, Aiden (1136) Armstrong, Robert (1590) [B08] Canadian Open Ottawa (6), e4² g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nxe4 (depth 21 Fritz' 1st choice) 6.Bxf7+ [6.Nxe4 d5 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Bxe4 0-0²] 6...Kxf7 7.Nxe4 Re8 (verified depth 19) [7...Rf8 8.h4 Kg8² (depth 20)] Kg8 9.c3 d5 10.Ng3?!= [10.Nc5 b6 11.Nd3 Nc6²] 10...Nc6 11.Re1?!³ [11.h3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5=] 11...e5?!= [11...Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 e5³] 12.Be3?!³ [12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Rxe5=] 12...e4 13.Nd2 Ne7?!= [13...Qd6 14.Ne2 a5³] 14.b4?!³ [14.Qb3 a5 15.a4 (15.Ngxe4?? a4 16.Qa3 dxe4-+) 15...Kh8= (15...c6!! 16.Ngxe4! h6+ ) ] 14...Nf5 15.Nxf5 Bxf5 16.Nb3 b6 17.a4 Rf8 18.a5 Qh4 19.Qd2 Qh5 20.h3 XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+-trk+( 7zp-zp-+-vlp' 6-zp-+-+p+& 5zP-+p+l+q% 4-zP-zPp+-+$ 3+NzP-vL-+P# 2-+-wQ-zPP+" 1tR-+-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy Bxh3! a sound sac [20...Rf7 21.Qa2 (21.g4?? Qxh3 22.Qe2 (22.gxf5? Rxf5 23.Qd1 Rh5 24.Qxh5 gxh ) 22...Bxg4 23.Qf1 Qh ) 21...Be6³] 21.gxh3 Aiden is up B vs P 21...Rf3! to stop f3 or f4, and W freeing up his defences 22.Qe2 Bf8?² wrong follow up [22...Qh4 23.Qf1 Rxh3 24.Qg2 Rf8³] 23.Nd2 Qxh3! offering an exchange sac 24.Nxf3??-+ Aiden wrongly decides he can get away with winning the exchange; the losing move. [24.Qf1 Qf5 25.axb6 cxb6 26.Nxf3 exf3²] 24...exf3 25.Qxf3! [25.Qf1?? Qg4+ 26.Kh1 Bd6 27.Bf4 Bxf4 28.Re8+ Rxe8 29.axb6 Qh4+ 30.Qh3 Qxh3+ 31.Kg1 Qg2#] 25...Qxf3 I am up Q + P vs R 26.axb6 cxb6 27.Ra6? [27.Bd2 Bd6 28.Re3 Qg4+ 29.Kf1 Bf ] 27...Bd [27...Re8? 28.Bd2 Rxe1+ 29.Bxe1 Qd1 30.Kg2 (30.Kf1?? Qd3+ 31.Kg1 Qxa ) 30...Qxe ] 28.Rea1??- + leads to mate. This cannot be "seen" by Fritz from this distance too far ahead to calculate; but it is known by reverse projection Rf8! looking to continue the mating plan [28...Qh3? 29.Rxa7 Bh2+ 30.Kh1 Bb8+ 31.Kg1 Rxa ] 29.Rxa7 I am now up Q vs R 29...Rf5! [29...h5? 30.Ra8 h4 31.Kf1 h3 32.Ke1 h ] 30.Ra8+ Bf8 keeping to the mating line 31.Rxf8+! an unfortunate necessary exchange sac, which doesn't alter Aiden's fate. [31.Kf1?? Qxe3 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8-+ mate in 8 moves.] 31...Kxf8 I am up Q vs B; mate in 28 moves [31...Rxf8 32.b5 Rf5-+ mate in 25 moves] 32.Ra8+ Ke7 33.Ra Ke6 mate in 23 moves [33...Kf6 34.Rxh7 Rh5-+ mate in 19 moves] 34.Rxh7 I am up Q vs B + P 34...Rh5 35.Rxh5 gxh5 36.Kh2?-+ mate in 4 moves [36.Bf4 h4 37.Kf1 h3 38.Ke1 Qxf4-+ mate in 6 moves] 36...h4 37.Kg1 h3 38.Kf1 h2?-+ not concentrating much at this point, I miss the one move mate! [38...Qd1#] 39.Ke1 h1q+ 40.Kd2 Qhd1# 0-1

47 47 - a miniature, with a nice R-sac, though not decisive Armstrong, Robert (1590) Douglas, Ken [E81] Canadian Open Ottawa (7), d4² d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3?!= King's Indian Defence Samish Line [5.Nf3²] Be3 Nbd7 7.g4!? not one of Fritz' top 4 choices, but playable [Fritz' 1st choice 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qc2 c5=; Fritz' 2nd choice 7.Qd2 c5 8.Nge2 a5=] 7...e5 8.d5 Kh8?± I've got Ken thinking defensive now; I get a "clear" advantage. My attack will have wings! [8...Nc5 9.h4 h5= the right defence] 9.Nge2 [9.h4 h5 10.g5 Ng8±] 9...Re8 [9...Nc5 10.Ng3 a5±; 9...h5 10.h4! hxg4 (depth 19) 11.h5! Kg8±] 10.Ng3 Ng8?!+ too passive for the building pressure; I get a "winning" advantage [10...Nc5 11.h4 a5±] 11.h4 a6 12.Qd2 Nf8? [12...h Nc ] 13.h5 Nd7 14.hxg6?! [ Ne7 15.Kb1 Kg ; 14.Qh2 g5 15.h6 Bf ] 14...fxg6 15.Bd3?! [15.g5 Re7 16.Qf2 (depth 22) 16...Rf ] 15...Rf [15...Nc5 16.Be2 Bd ] ?² sacking the fp and looking for an R sac on h7, and then bringing the second R to the h file; but an inferior plan. I am losing my advantage. [16.Qh2 h6 17.Be2 Rf4!+ 2.17] 16...Rf7? wrongly playing defensive [16...Rxf3 17.Rdg1 Nc5²] 17.Rh3?!± [17.Be2 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Bxb5 Rxf ] 17...Rxf3 Ken goes up a P XABCDEFGHY 8r+lwq-+nmk( 7+pzpn+-vlp' 6p+-zp-+p+& 5+-+Pzp-+-% 4-+P+P+P+$ 3+-sNLvLrsNR# 2PzP-wQ-+-+" 1+-mKR+-+-! xabcdefghy 18.Rxh7+! +/ a sound sac! Ken may have prematurely resigned (??), thinking he was mated or must lose material (and I thought so too ). But W only has a "clear" advantage, and winning may still be difficult [18.Be2 Rf7 19.Kb1 Bf8±]. The game could have continued 18...Kxh7 Ken would be up a R 19.Rh1+ Nh6 20.Bxh6 I would be down the exchange 20...Bf6 [20...Qf8 21.Bxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nf5+! gxf5 I would be down a R 23.Qg5+ Kf7 24.Rh7+ Ke8 25.Be2 fxe4 26.Bxf3 Qf4+ 27.Qxf4 exf4 28.Bxe4 Ne5± material equality] 21.Kc2 no B move, leading to a discovered check, is helpful 21...Nc5 W has 2 pieces hanging! 22.Be2 Rxg3 23.Bf4+ Kg7 24.Bxg3 Bg5± material equality a nice R-sac by David: Itkin, David (2173) Armstrong, Robert J. (1590) [B08] Canadian Open Ottawa (1), e4² g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be3 0-0 [5...Ng4 6.Bg5 c5 (6...h6?! 7.Bh4 0-0±) ] 6.Qd2 a6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Be2 e exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.f3 Ne5 12.Rad1 Be6?!± David gets a "clear" advantage [12...Bd7 13.Bg5 Nc6²] 13.b3?!² [13.Nxe6 Rxe6 14.g4 Nc6±] 13...Qd7?!±

48 48 [13...Bd7 14.b4 b6²] 14.Bg5 Kh8 15.Kh1?!² [15.Qf4 Nh5 16.Qe3 f5±] 15...Ng8?+ David gets a "winning" advantage [15...Nc6 16.Nxe6 Qxe6²] 16.f4 Nc6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.e5 d5 19.Bg4?² David is losing his advantage [19.Ne4! Qc8 20.Nf6 Rf8+ ] 19...Nge7?+ David gets back a "winning" advantage [19...Nh6 20.Bf3 Nf7²] 20.Ne4! h6? [20...b6? 21.Nf6 Bxf6 22.exf6 Nf ; 20...Nf5 21.Bxf5 exf ] 21.Nf6? [21.Nc5 Qd8 22.Nxe6 Qc ] 21...Bxf6 22.Bxf6+ Kh7 23.Rf3 Ng8 24.Rh3 Nce7 25.Qf2 [25.c4 Nxf6 26.exf6 Ng8+ ] 25...Nxf6 I am up an N XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+r+-+( 7+pzpqsn-+k' 6p+-+psnpzp& 5+-+pzP-+-% 4P+-+-zPL+$ 3+P+-+-+R# 2-+P+-wQPzP" 1+-+R+-+K! xabcdefghy 26.Rxh6+! A sound R sac; I am up N vs P [26.exf6? Ng8 27.Qh4 Rf8=] 26...Kxh6 I am up R + N vs P 27.exf6 I am up R vs P again 27...g [27...Kh7 28.Qh4+ Kg8 29.Qh6 Nf5 30.Qxg6+ Kf ; 27...Nf5? 28.Bxf5 Kh7 (28...gxf5?? 29.Qh4+ Kg6 30.Qg5+ Kh7 31.Rd3 Kh8 32.Rh3+ Qh7 33.Qg7#) 29.Qh4+ Kg8 30.Bxg6 Rf ; 27...Ng8?? 28.Qh4#] 28.fxg5+ I am up R vs 2 P (connected and passed) 28...Kg6 29.f7 Nf5! [29...Rf8?? 30.Qf6+ Kh7 31.Qh6#] 30.fxe8Q+ Rxe8 David is up a P (2 connected & passed) 31.c4 d4 32.Bxf5+ exf5 33.Rxd4 David goes up 2 P's 33...Re [33...Qxd4? 34.Qxd4 Re1+ 35.Qg1 Rxg1+ 36.Kxg1 Kxg ] 34.Qxe1 Qxd4 35.h4 Qd3? [35...Kf7 36.a5 b ] 36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.Qe5+ Kg6 38.Kh2 Kh5 39.Qg3? [39.g3? Qf1 40.Qe8+ Kg4 41.Qe3 Kh ; 39.g6 Kxg6 40.Qg3+ Qxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Kh ] 39...Qd4? [39...Qd8 40.g6 f4 41.Qxf4 Kxg ] 40.g6 Kh6 41.g7? [41.Qg5+ Kg7 42.h5 Kf8 43.g7+ Kg ] 41...Qxg7 David is up a P 42.Qxg7+ Kxg7 43.Kg

49 49 Canadian Senior's 2013 Championship - The Fourth Annual (left to right, back row): John Ellis, Russell Super, Pierre Maheux, Bradley Willis, Doug Gillis, Thomas Verny, Bill Doubleday, Ralph Deline, Andre Zybura; (front) Petr Helis, Istvan Kiss, Richard Glew (2 players missing) This Canadian championship was played at the Kitchener City Hall from August 2-5, 2013, and was a swiss of 7 rounds. Time control was Game/ sec.. The winner represents Canada (free room and board) at the World Seniors. The winner was Istvan Kiss he has indicated he intends to attend the World Seniors to represent Canada congratulations Istvan. Here are some comments by K-W Member, Kai Gauer, who is TCN s roving reporter for many SWOCL tournaments: The Canadian Seniors Championship event attracted 14 players ( up 27% in attendance from last year s 11 contestants, and more than double from 2 years ago). Possibly the marathon event format of hosting the slightly longer 7 rounds is attracting interest in the players in being able to be frequently paired fairly near to their running performance rating. An interesting calculation for the inquiring reader may be to calculate R(perf.) R(perf. Opp.), for each round, and compare the variability to other sectioned swisses. Here is a game from the tournament (Ralph is a former Can. Seniors Champion):

50 50 Deline, Ralph Solis, Jaime [C45] Canadian Seniors' Championship Aurora, Ontario, e4² e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4?!= [3.Bb5²] 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6?!² [4...Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5=] 5.Be3?!= [5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nge7²] 5...Bc5 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc Qd2?!³ [8.0-0 d6 9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.Bxc5 dxc5=] 8...h6?!= [8...Ne5 9.Be2 d5³] Bb6?!² [9...Ne5 10.Qe2 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 b6=] 10.f4?!= [10.Na3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.cxd4 d5²] 10...d6?!² [10...d5 11.e5 Qg6=] 11.Qf2?!= [11.Na3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Be6²] 11...Bd7?!² [11...Rd8 12.Bb3 d5=] 12.Nd2 Rac8 13.Rad1 Bg4 14.Rde1 Nd8? Ralph gets a "winning" advantage [14...Rcd8? 15.f5 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.cxd4 Bh ; 14...Rfd8 15.h3 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.cxd4 Bd7²] 15.f5 d5 16.exd5 Ralph goes up a P 16...c5? [16...Re8 17.Ne4 Qe ] 17.dxc6? [17.Ne4 Qe5 18.Bf4 Qxe4 19.Rxe4 cxd4 20.b3 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Bxf5 22.Re7 dxc ] 17...Ndxc6 18.Ne4 Qe5 19.Bf4? [19.f6 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Rxc4 21.Bxe5 Bxf2+ 22.Rxf2 Nd5 23.fxg7 Rfc ] 19...Bxd4 20.cxd4 Qxf5?? blunder material equality, but loses the exchange [20...Qxd4 21.Nd6 Qxf2+ 22.Rxf2 Rcd ] 21.Nd6 Qf6 22.Nxc8 Bxc8 Ralph is up the exchange 23.Be3? [23.d5 Na5 24.Bc7 Nxc4 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.Rxe7 Kg ] 23...Nf5 24.d5? [24.Bd3 Ncxd4 25.Bxd4 Nxd4 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Rxf6 Kg ] 24...Nce7? [24...Ne5 25.Be2 Nxe3 26.Qxe3 Qd ] 25.Bc5 Re8? [25...Ng6 26.Bxf8 Nxf ] 26.d6 the e7n is pinned 26...b Ba3 Be [27...a6? 28.Qxb6 Kh ] 28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.dxe Ralph is up a R 29...Qf7 30.Qe [30.Qc2 g6 31.Qc6 Nxe7 32.Qxe6 Qxe6 33.Rxe6 a ] 30...Qf [30...g6? 31.g4 h5 32.Rd1 hxg ] 31.Qxe6+ Ralph is up R + P (passed and on the 7th rank) 31...Qxe6 32.Rxe6 Kf7? [32...Nxe7 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 34.Bxe7 Kh ] 33.Re5? [33.Rc6 g6 34.g4 h ] 33...g6 34.g4 Kf6??+ leads to mate [34...a5?? 35.gxf5 Kf6 36.Re6+ Kf7+ mate in 21 moves; 34...b5 35.gxf5 g ] 35.Re2? missing the mating line [35.gxf5 h5 36.Re6+ Kg7+ mate in 14 moves] 35...Kg5??+ mate in 26 moves [35...h5 36.gxf5 gxf ] 36.gxf5 gxf5 Ralph is up R + B 37.Ref2 Kf6 38.Rxf5+ Ralph is up R + B + P (passed and on the 7th rank) 38...Ke6 39.Rf6+ Kd7 40.Rd1+ Kc7 41.Rf8 Rxe7 42.Bxe7 Ralph is up 2 R's + B (is it not time for a resignation?) 42...a5 43.a4 h5 44.Rfd8 Kc6 45.Rc1+ Kb7 46.Bd6 b5 47.Rc7+ Kb6 48.Rb8++ Jaime finally resigned. It is mate 48...Ka6 49.axb5# 1-0 Here is the final cross-table: # Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[P] 1 Istvan Kiss D4 L6 W14 W5 W2 D3 W William G Doubleday W10 W5 D8 W3 L1 D4 W Ralph Deline W7 D4 W6 L2 W8 D1 W Bradley J Willis D1 D3 W9 D8 D6 D2 W Ian Finlay W12 L2 D10 L1 W14 W6 W Richard Glew H W1 L3 W10 D4 L5 W Petr Helis L3 D11 W12 D13 W10 W8 L Andre Zybura W11 W9 D2 D4 L3 L7 D Pierre Maheux W14 L8 L4 D12 W13 D11 L Thomas R Verny L2 W13 D5 L6 L7 W12 L Jaime Solis L8 D7 D13 D14 D12 D9 L

51 51 12 John W Ellis L5 D14 L7 D9 D11 L10 D Doug Gillis H L10 D11 D7 L9 D14 L Russell Super L9 D12 L1 D11 L5 D13 L Jaime Solis deep in thought

52 52 Ian Finlay (left) Russell Super (right) Istvan Kiss (Kitchener) left Plays Petr Helis (Toronto) on board 1 in round 7! Bradley Willis (Edmonton) left plays Thomas Verny (Stratford), board 4, round 7.

53 53 Photos: by K-WCC Website: More Pictures (Deline): Canadian Amateur Championships Played at the same time as the Canadian Seniors, this Canadian championship was played at the Kitchener City Hall from August 2 - August 5, 2013, and was a swiss of 7 rounds. 92 players took part in four sections. Time control was Game/ sec.. Here are the final standings in the 4 sections Canadian Amateur Over 2000 Section # Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[P] 1 Konstantin Semianiuk W7 D10 W9 D2 W4 D3 D Digeng Du D5 W13 W10 D1 D9 D6 D Jackie Peng L9 W7 D12 W14 W10 D1 D Andrew Peredun H D6 W11 D9 L1 W10 W Geordie Derraugh D2 D12 W15 L10 D6 W14 W Gordon Olheiser H D4 D8 W12 D5 D2 D Guannan Terry Song L1 L3 B W15 W11 W9 L Brian Profit B L9 D6 D11 L12 W15 W Michael Humphreys W3 W8 L1 D4 D2 L7 D Adam Cormier W15 D1 L2 W5 L3 L4 B Simon Gladstone H W14 L4 D8 L7 B D Dmitry Chernik H D5 D3 L6 W8 L13 W Yuetong [Davy] Zhao H L2 L14 B H W12 L Aaron Both H L11 W13 L3 W15 L5 L Wenlu Yu L10 B L5 L7 L14 L8 L Here are some games from this section, submitted by Kai Gauer of the K-WCC (not in the games database): Digeng Du vs Konstantin Semianiuk 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 (black had 2 wins with 8... e5: f6.nc3.g6.nf3.bg7.h3.o-

54 54 O.Be3.c6.a4.Qa5.Qd2.e5&nodes= but an improvement in the opening might have been 1-0, 2001 with 8... b5 or else earlier deviations back to shorter opening variations might be necessary) 9. Be2 e5 10. O O Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 Qb4 13. b3 Nb6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Ng5 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Qe3 Re7 19. Rd2 Nf4 20. g3 Nxh Kg2 Nf gxf4 exf4 23. Qxf4 Qxc3 24. Rfd1 Rae8 25. Rd8 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rd7 h5 29. Rxb7 Bd4 30. Rd7 Bc5 31. Rc7 Rd8 32. Bxe6+ Kh8 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 Bd4 35. f4 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Bb7 c5 38. e5 g5 39. fxg5 Bxe5 40. Ke4 Bd4 41. Kd5 Kg6 42. Kc4 Be3 43. Kb5 c4 44. Kxc4 Kxg5 45. Kd5 Kf4 46. b4 Bd2 47. Kc6 Ke5 48. Kxb6 Bxb4 49. Kb5 Bd2 50. c4 Kd6 51. c5+ Kc7 52. Bf3 h4 53. a5 Kb8 54. Kb6 Bg5 55. a6 Bd Kc6 h3 57. Kd7 Ba5 58. Bh1 Ka7 59. Bb7 1/2-1/2 Jackie Peng vs Michael Humphreys 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O O O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Rde1 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Rd8 19. Bc3 b5 ( instead saw and eventually 0-1 as well) 20. b3 O O 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. g4 bxc4 23. bxc4 c5 24. g5 hxg5 25. h6 gxh6 26. f4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Ng4 28. Rc2 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bd4 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxh6 gxf4 33. Rg2+ Rg5 34. Rxg5+ fxg5 35. Rg6+ Kf7 36. Rxg5 Rc8 0-1 Peredun vs Semianiuk 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O O Be7 9. Bg5 O O 10. Re1 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Ba2 Nd5 13. Bxe7 (follows for instance) Ndxe7 14. Re3 Ng6 15. etc {black eventually overpowers white's choice of a transposition to an IQP Nimzo-Indian in about 50 moves} 0-1 Canadian Amateur Over 1600 Section # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[P] 1 Jeffrey Xu 1868 W26 D7 W8 W13 W2 W5 D Hanyuan Ye 1875 H W10 W7 W18 L1 W13 W Yury Cheryachukin 1674 H W6 L13 W9 W8 D7 D Hugh Siddeley 1928 L7 W11 W10 W5 L13 D15 W Robert Li 1793 W20 D13 W19 L4 W12 L1 W Mate Milinkovic 1780 D18 L3 W21 W19 D14 D16 W Jason Cai 1747 W4 D1 L2 W22 W17 D3 L Robert Bzikot 1874 W27 W22 L1 D12 L3 W17 D Robert Gillanders 1794 H D16 D22 L3 D24 W20 W

55 55 10 Richard Guo 1714 W23 L2 L4 W27 L15 W21 W Sasha Chuchin 1764 L13 L4 W27 W21 W18 D14 D Alex Kitaygorodsky 1810 L22 W27 W16 D8 L5 D18 W Vladimir Drkulec 1987 W11 D5 W3 L1 W4 L2 L Mario Piccinin 1923 D16 H H W24 D6 D11 L Eric Song 1754 H L18 D24 W23 W10 D4 L Corin Schneider 1741 D14 D9 L12 W25 W20 D6 L Eugene Hua 1798 W21 D19 L18 W20 L7 L8 W David Flitton 1605 D6 W15 W17 L2 L11 D12 L Rachel Tao 1628 W25 D17 L5 L6 W22 D23 L Mark Brauer 1631 L5 B W23 L17 L16 L9 W Constance Wang 1636 L17 W25 L6 L11 W26 L10 W Tim Knechtel 1655 W12 L8 D9 L7 L19 W25 L Michael Von Keitz 1919 L10 W26 L20 L15 W25 D19 L Louay Sakka 1682 H H D15 L14 D9 U U Don Gareau 1782 L19 L21 W26 L16 L23 L22 W Harmony Zhu 1676 L1 L23 L25 B L21 W27 L Benito Surya 1695 L8 L12 L11 L10 B L26 L Again, a game/comment submitted by Kai (Annotations by Bob Armstrong): Piccinin, Mario al Sakka, Louay [B07] Canadian Amateur Champ. (Over 1600) Kitchener, Ontario, f4= d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e4 Bg4?!² [3...Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7=] 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d3?!= [5.d4 Bg7 6.Be3 e6²] 5...Nf6 6.c3 Bg Qd7 8.a Nbd2 h5 10.b4 Nh7?!± Mario gets a "clear" advantage [10...h4 11.b5 Na5²] 11.Qb3 Bxf3?!+ Mario gets a "winning" advantage [11...h4 12.d4 Nf6±] 12.Nxf3 e5 13.a5 a6 14.b5 axb5 15.Qxb5 exf4 Louay goes up a P 16.Rb1 Qe7? [16...Rdg8 17.Qxb7+ Kd ]

56 56 Position after 16 Qe7? XABCDEFGHY 8-+ktr-+-tr( 7+pzp-wqpvln' 6-+nzp-+p+& 5zPQ+-+-+p% 4-+-+Pzp-+$ 3+-zPP+N+-# 2-+-+L+PzP" 1+RvL-+RmK-! xabcdefghy 17.a6 Bxc3? Louay goes up 2 P's [17...Kd7 18.axb7 Qe ; 17...bxa6? 18.Qxc6 Qe ] 18.axb7+ Louay is up a P 18...Kd7 19.Bb2 Bxb2 20.Rxb2 Ke6?! abandoning the pinned N [20...Qf6?! 21.d4 Ke7 22.Qxc6 Ng ; 20...Rb8 21.Nd4 Qe5 22.Qxc6+ Ke7 23.Qxc7+ Kf ] 21.Qxc6 Mario is up B (with a passed P on the 7th rank) vs P 21...Qd7? [21...Rb8 22.Qc4+ Kd ] 22.Nd4+ Ke7 23.Rxf4 Mario is up a B 23...Rhf8??+ leads to mate [23...Rhe8 24.Bd1 Ng ] 24.b8Q?? missing the mating line [24.Qd5 f5 25.exf5 g5+ mate in 19 moves] 24...Rxb8 Mario is up B vs P 25.Rxb8 Rxb8? Mario is up B vs P, and now will win Louay's Q [25...Qxc6 26.Nxc6+ Ke6 27.Rxf8 Nxf Mario would be up R + B vs P] 26.Rxf7+! nice sac to win the Q; Mario will be up Q + B vs R 1-0 Gauer: Louay had to miss the first few rounds, but had paid and was consequently entered into the tournament. Mr Piccinin (former K-WCC President) seems to think that an ideal set-up to combat the so-called Rat set-up with the Bird s is pawns at: a2, b2, c3, d3, e4, f4 so it appears that white is very happy in this opening. Louay was originally mistakenly seeded into 2 (! before corrections were made) other sections, including the section in the 2nd round. Based on my luck (after I had withdrawn due to bad luck in not being able to reconstruct a position for my opponent - based off of a bad score sheet), I may have been more well off in instead accepting that 1st round original pairing if it had been rated. It is unfortunate to see that he had to withdrawal, but only 3 players total decided to call it quits early! Canadian Amateur Over 1200 Section # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[P] 1 Kristen Li 1476 W16 D2 W5 W3 W14 W7 W Gary Hua 1574 W9 D1 W14 W15 W3 W8 D Dennis Shamroni 1464 W6 W10 W17 L1 L2 W14 W

57 57 4 Nicholas Vettese 1524 L14 W20 D7 D5 W18 W15 D James Mourgelas 1306 H W18 L1 D4 W20 D9 W Lee Hendon 1567 L3 D22 W11 W17 L8 W20 W Avery Jones 1395 H D8 D4 W19 W10 L1 L Henry Zhang 1363 D11 D7 D19 W22 W6 L2 L David Fletcher 1471 L2 W16 W22 L14 W17 D5 L George Dragasanu 1566 W20 L3 D15 D18 L7 D12 W Barry Forsyth 1558 D8 L17 L6 W13 L12 W16 W Dinesh Dattani 1386 H L15 L13 H W11 D10 W Janet Peng 1517 L17 L21 W12 L11 D22 W19 W Richard Morrison 1357 W4 W19 L2 W9 L1 L3 L Aahil Noor Ali 1236 H W12 D10 L2 W19 L4 L Manojh Sivapathasundaram 1221 L1 L9 L20 B W21 L11 W Robin Johnston 1347 W13 W11 L3 L6 L9 D18 L Adam Gaisinsky 1400 H L5 W21 D10 L4 D17 L John R Brown 1501 W21 L14 D8 L7 L15 L13 W Joey Befurt 1414 L10 L4 W16 W21 L5 L6 L Ethan Zheng 1247 L19 W13 L18 L20 L16 W22 L Kylie Tan 1228 H D6 L9 L8 D13 L21 L Dinesh Dattani,

58 58 playing in this section, won this interesting game, that sees a couple of nice tactical themes (Annotations by Dinesh, using Fritz): Dattani, Dinesh (1386) Zheng, Ethan (1247) [B32] Kitchener Chess Festival (7), B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 last book move 6.Be2 d5 [6...Nf6 7.Qd3 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 0-0=] 7.c3 Controls b4 [¹7.exd5!? and White is still in the game 7...Qxd =] 7...Nf6³ 8.Nd2 Bc5 [8...dxe4?! 9.Qa4 e3 10.fxe3=] 9.Bf3 [9.exd5 cxd5 10.Nb3 Bb6 ] Bb7 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Nb3 [12.Re1 Bf8³] 12...Bb6 13.Bg5 Qd6 [¹13...h6!? 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 ( 14...gxf6 15.Rfd1²) ] 14.Rad1= Rad8 [14...d4 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nc5=] 15.c4² DDD: Threatening c5! 15...Qe6 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Bxf6 DDD: Removed one defender of d5 square Qxf6 DDD: And another, else Black loses the R or doubles K side pawns. 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 White can be proud of that piece 19...Rc8? [19...Rxd5 20.cxd5 e4 21.Nc5=] 20.Nd2 [20.c5 Bc7+ ] 20...Bd4 The black bishop on an outpost [20...Qe6!? should be investigated more closely 21.Qb3 Rb8²] 21.b3 Red8 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Qe4 [23.b4 Qa6±] 23...Qe6 24.Qf3 [24.Nf3!?±] 24...Bb6 [24...f5 25.Rb1=] 25.Nb1 [25.Ne4!? should be considered 25...f5 26.Qh3²] 25...e4= 26.Qe2 e3 [26...Qe5!?= must be considered] 27.fxe3± DDD: 27. f3 was considered thwarts Black's ambitions by closing the lines to the White K, but at the cost of long term headaches of the Black p on e3, with no hope of getting rid of it easily Bxe3+ 28.Kh1 Qh6 [28...Qe5!?±] 29.Qf3+ DDD: The Rd8 cannot leave last rank, in light of Qa8 mate. Also, attack on the f7 pawn f6 30.Rd1 [30.Nc3 Bc5+ ] 30...Re8 [30...Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Kf8 32.Nc3±] 31.Qd5+ [31.Nc3 Qf4+ ] 31...Kh8 [31...Kf8 32.Qd6+ Kf7 33.Nc3±] XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+r+-mk( 7zp-+-+-zpp' zp-wq& 5+-+Q+-+-% 4-+P+-+-+$ 3+P+-vl-+-# 2P+-+-+PzP" 1+N+R+-+K! xabcdefghy 32.Qe6 DDD: First of the two Q sacs resulting in Black getting mated. [32.Qf7 Qg6 33.Qxg6 hxg6+ ] 32...Rg8 [32...Qh5!? 33.g4 Rxe6 34.gxh5 Kg8±] 33.Nc3 [¹33.g3+ ] 33...Qf4?? simply worsens the situation [¹33...Bf4 34.Qh3 Qxh3 35.gxh3 Be5+ ] 34.Nd5 Rd8 35.Qxe3 DDD: NxQf4 is greedy and loses at once: Rxd1 mate!. NxBe3 also loses Rxd1, Nxd1, Qf1 mate!. [35.Nxe3?? Rxd1+ 36.Nxd1 Qf1#] 35...Qd6 [35...Qxe3 is no salvation 36.Nxe3 Rxd1+ 37.Nxd1+ ] 36.Re1 a5 [%tqu "","","",Qe8+,"",10] [36...Qd7+ otherwise it's curtains at once]

59 59 Position after 36 a5 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-tr-+-mk( zpp' 6-+-wq-zp-+& 5zp-+N+-+-% 4-+P+-+-+$ 3+P+-wQ-+-# 2P+-+-+PzP" 1+-+-tR-+K! xabcdefghy 37.Qe8+! DDD: The second queen sac Qf8 [37...Rxe8 38.Rxe8+ Mate attack] 38.Qxf8+ Rxf8 39.h3 [39.c5 keeps an even firmer grip 39...f5+ ] 39...Ra8 [39...h6 is still a small chance 40.c5 Rc8 41.Rc1+ ] 40.Rc1 a4 41.b4 h6 42.c5 Kg8 43.c6 Kf8 44.c7 Rc8 45.Nb6 DDD: Black resigns. 1-0 : Here is another game from this section, submitted by Kai James Mourgelas vs

60 60 Nicholas Vettese (Photos by Egis Zeromskis) (Annotations by Bob Armstrong): Mourgelas, James Vettese, Nicholas [E00] Canadian Amateur Champ. (Over 1200) Kitchener, Ontario, d4² d5 2.c4 e6 3.a3?!= [3.Nc3²; 3.Nf3²] 3...Nf6 4.Nc3 c6?!² [4...c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qa4+ Nbd7 7.Qxd4 Bc5=] 5.Bg5?!= [5.Nf3?! dxc4 6.e4 b5=; 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nc6²] 5...h6?!² [5...dxc4 6.e3 (6.e4?! b5³) 6...b5=] 6.Bh4?³ [6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Be7²] 6...Be7?² [6...dxc4 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 b5³] 7.e Nf3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Re a6 [10...b6 11.cxd5 exd5²] 11.Rc1 [11.Qc2 b6 12.Bg3 (12.e4 Nxe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Bb7²) 12...Bb7²] 11...b5 12.cxd5 exd5 [12...cxd5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7²] 13.Bg3 [13.Qc2 Bb7 14.Ne2 Nb6²] 13...Bf8 [13...c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5²] 14.Re1 Ne4 15.Ne2?!= [15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 f5²] 15...Nxg3?!² [15...Bb7 16.Nc3 c5=] 16.Nxg3 Qb6 17.Bb1 Bd6?!± James gets a "clear" advantage [17...Bb7?! 18.Qc2 g6± (18...Nf6?!+ ) ; 17...b4 18.Qa4 bxa3 19.bxa3 Qb5²] 18.Qc2 Nf6 19.Nf5?= [19.Qxc6 Qxc6 20.Rxc6 Bb8±] 19...Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Rac8?!² [20...Re6 21.Re2 g6=] 21.Ba2?!= [21.Ne5 Rc7 22.Red1 Re6²] 21...Rc7 22.Re2 Ne4 23.Nd2 Nxd2 24.Rxd2 Re6 25.Bb1 Rg6?± [25...g6 26.Qf3 b4=] 26.Qf3?!² [26.g3 a5 27.Bd3 b4±] 26...Rf6 27.Qh5² ½-½ Canadian Amateur Rookie Section # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[P] 1 Ellen Tao 1151 W23 W19 D11 W17 D7 W8 W Lynda Lei unr. W7 D4 W3 L8 W9 W12 W Jaden Michno 1012 H W6 L2 W20 W11 W7 W Aaron Kong 1013 W20 D2 W5 W9 D8 W15 L Catherine Li 1151 H W22 L4 D6 D13 W17 W

61 61 6 James Tan unr. H L3 W10 D5 W24 D11 W Matthew Tang 1031 L2 W26 W25 W19 D1 L3 W Rebecca Zhang 1157 W10 W13 D9 W2 D4 L1 L Matthew Chertkow 998 W16 W12 D8 L4 L2 D10 W Sid Gandhi unr. L8 D16 L6 W14 W19 D9 W David Xu 966 W24 W15 D1 D18 L3 D6 L Howard Xu unr. W18 L9 D15 W22 W17 L2 L Allyson Xu 982 W25 L8 L17 W26 D5 W18 L Soroush Ghodsi 1012 D21 L17 L19 L10 B W23 W Peter Downie 1160 W27 L11 D12 W16 W18 L4 L Gian Racca unr. L9 D10 W26 L15 W22 W25 L Haotong Hazel Guo 951 H W14 W13 L1 L12 L5 D Sasha Chertkow 988 L12 B W20 D11 L15 L13 D Brandon Kong 783 W28 L1 W14 L7 L10 W24 L Andrew Moses unr. L4 W24 L18 L3 D23 W22 L Andrew Nichols unr. D14 U U U U W26 W Rahul Gangolli 975 H L5 W23 L12 L16 L20 W Ahmed Hussain unr. L1 L25 L22 B D L14 W Dieter Whittingham unr. L11 L20 B W25 L6 L19 L Steve Vettese unr. L13 W23 L7 L24 W26 L16 L Roger Guo 636 H L7 L16 L13 L25 L21 L Bill Chang 1027 L15 U U U U U U Kai Gauer 1185 L19 U U U U U U Team Standings XuVeZhYe R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Jeffrey Xu O Nicholas Vettese O Yuetong Zhao O Hanyuan Ye O Peredunes Chess Academy R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Andrew Peredun O Dennis Shamroni O

62 62 Souroush Ghodsi Rookie Jaden Michno Rookie DeDuKiHe R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Geordie Derraugh O Digeng Du O Alex Kitaygorodsky O Lee Hendon O Kitchener Knightmares R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Ralph Deline Seniors Istvan Kiss Seniors Mario Piccinin O Peter Downie Rookie NoName5 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Vlad Drkulec O Brian Profit O Simon Gladstone O Bob Gillanders O A Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Bill Doubleday Seniors Andre Zybura Seniors Michael von Keitz O Adam Cormier O Tricky Knights R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Corin Schneider O Mark Brauer O Terry Song O Aaron Both O The Mates R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Ian Finlay Seniors Pierre Maheaux Seniors Tim Knechtel O Robin Johnson O Amazing Knights R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total

63 63 Benito Surya O Manojh Sivapathasundaram O Matthew Tang Rookie Jason Cai O GrandPatzers R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Michael Humphreys O Hugh Siddeley O Robert Bzikot O NoNames R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total John R. Brown O John W. Ellis Seniors Jaime Solis Seniors Don Gareau O Friday Knights R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Adam Gaisinsky O Henry Zhang O Family Standings Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Kristen Li O Catherine Li Rookie Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Eugene Hua O Gary Hua O Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Konstantin Semianiuk O Petr Helis Seniors Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Linda Lei Rookie Howard Xu Rookie

64 64 David Xu Rookie Allyson Xu Rookie Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Rachel Tao O Ellen Tao Rookie Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Aaron Kong Rookie Brandon Kong Rookie Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Janet Peng O Jackie Peng O Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Matthew Chertkow Rookie Sasha Chertkow Rookie Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Kylie Tan O James Tan Rookie Name Section R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Hazel Guo Rookie Roger Guo Rookie By Kai Gauer The Kitchener Chess Festival also included a Blitz Tournament: Finally, a 7-round open swiss blitz attracted 3 dozen players on Saturday night. Two sections had more than 2 dozen players each (more than what the weekly club night attracts on many nights) CYCC Tie-Break Results U 8 Open Rowan James defeated Jonathan Zhao to take third. U 8 Girls Mysha Gilani and Claire Radin, by agreement, shared second.

65 65 U 10 Open 2. Rohan Talukdar 3. Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux ( Thomas Guo and Kai Richardson finished out of the top 3) U 10 Girls - 2. Allison Tsypin 3. Cindy Qiao (Kylie Tan finished out of the top 3). U 12 Open - 1. Kevin Wan 2. Yuanchen Zhang 3. Jeffrey Xu (Daniel Zotkin finished out of the top 3). U 12 Girls An Nguyen came third (Yekta Saremi and Constance Wang finished out of the top 3). U 14 Open - 1. Jason Cao 2. John Doknjas 3. Wenlu Yu (Ananda Saha finished out of the top 3) U 14 Girls - 2= Erica Forshaw, Rachel Tao (by agreement, Erica and Rachel chose to share 2nd) U 16 Open - 1. Adam Dorrance 2. Agastya Kalra 3. Richard Wang, Ryan Lo U 16 Girls - 1. Rebecca Giblon 2. Joanne Foote U 18 Open Nikita Kraiouchkine third (David Itkin, Michael Ivanov, Mate Marinkovic and Konstantin Semianiuk finished out of the top 3) U 18 Girls - 1. Alice Huanyi Xiao 2. Alexandra Botez 3. Regina-Veronicka Kalaydina Articles Olympiad Selection Ratings - National Code: Olympiad starts August 1, 2014 Highest ratings starting February 2, 2013 Ratings for August 1, 2013 Players Title FIDE CAN AVE Games Elig Place WNE Kovalyov A GM No 1 Argentina Sambuev B GM Yes 2 Bluvshtein M GM No 3 NEG Hansen E GM Yes 4 Spraggett K GM Yes 5 Hambleton A IM Yes 6 Lesiege A GM No 7 NEG Charbonneau P GM No 8 NEG Noritsyn N IM Yes 9 Tyomkin D GM No 10 NEG Gerzhoy L IM Yes 11 Krnan T IM Yes 12 Samsonkin A IM Yes 13 Zugic I IM No 14 NEG Porper E IM Yes 15 Panjwani R IM Yes 16

66 66 Roussel-R. T GM No 17 NEG Cheng B IM Yes 18 Teplitsky Y IM No 19 NEG Wang R IM Yes 20 Quan Z IM No 21 NEG Thavandiran S FM Yes 22 Olympiad Selection Ratings - Women Code: Olympiad starts August 1, 2014 Highest ratings starting February 2, 2013 Ratings for August 1, 2013 Players Title FIDE CAN AVE Games Elig Place WNE Yuan Y WM Yes 1 Khoudgarian N WM No 2 NEG Starr N WM No 3 NEG Botez A WCM Yes 4 Peng J WF Yes 5 Khaziyeva D WM No 6 NEG Charest J WM No 7 NEG Kazakevich A No 8 NEG Kagramanov Di WM No 9 NEG Benggawan A WFM No 10 NEG Zhou Q Yes 11 Barron I WF No 12 NEG Belc D WF No 13 NEG Smith H WF No 14 NEG Agbabishvili L Yes 15 Orlova Y WCM Yes 16 Lacau-Rodean I No 17 NEG Charbonneau A No 18 NEG Du J No 19 NEG Roy M No 20 NEG Kalaydina R No 21 NEG Yun C No 22 NEG Xiao A Yes 23 Kagramanov Da No 24 NEG Xiong S No 25 NEG NOTE: Regina-Veronicka Kalaydina (FIDE ; CFC unavailable til membership renewed) is missing from the list because her CFC membership expired after the July CYCC. She will renew for the NAYCC. Her eligibility will be YES. She has already played 11 games this year. Canadian junior players in top 50 in the World (post by Andrei Botez on CMA s Chesstalk) Based on [FIDE] August rating, Canada has 6 players that are in top 50 in their age/gender sections:

67 67 #1 Preotu, Razvan U-14 Rank (active players): 16 #2 Wang, Richard - IM U-16 Rank (active players): 18 (see picture earlier Can. Op. Report) #3 Zhang, Yuanchen U-12 Rank (active players): 26 #4 Song, Michael U-14 Rank (active players): 28

68 68 #5 Zhou, Qiyu Female U-14 Rank (active players): 35 #6 Awatramani, Janak U-14 Rank (active players): 37 (no file picture) Just as a note, looks like under 8 and under 10 players are not ranked (even if they have a FIDE rating) Canadian Girl Wins USA Chess Scholarship

69 69 Posted by Andrei Botez on CFC Chess News: At this tournament [the10th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational Chess Championship - July 21 to 25], there were 5 Canadians [the first time top girls invited from outside USA].: Jackie Peng 4.5/6 (also tied for 1st in Puzzle competition with 20/20) Alexandra Botez 4.5/6 Andrea Botez 4/6 (also tied for 1st in Puzzle competition with 20/20 and tied for 1st in under 13 section) Sasha Konovalenko 3.5/6 Janet Peng 3/6 After the tournament Susan Polgar and Webster University [of St. Louis, USA] offered both Jackie and Alexandra a scholarship. Junior Girl Jackie Peng is a former Canadian Women s Olympiad Team member. There were 61 players in total in her section. Jackie finished fourth place overall, with 4.5/6, and received a $52K Webster University Scholarship, which she accepted! Alexandra Botez declined the scholarship, since she already has won one previously to a different USA university. Congratulations Jackie and Alexandra! Jackie with Susan Polgar Alexandra

70 70 Malmsten on Chess ( by part-time columnist, Erik Malmsten ) Chess at the CNE Part 3: Spassky 1971 When I was a child, I attended the CNE every year. My mom often worked there and I have a few times as well. The Food Building was my favourite building as they presented new foods and free samples. The only rides I liked were the bumper cars or go-karts because I was in control. The only game I liked was the fish pond because there always was a prize. In the buildings one could buy interesting things from around the world and I cherished my Russian hand puppets, Newfoundland penny, and orange JOFA hockey stick. At the Hockey Hall of Fame I got Ken Dryden's autograph. At the Grandstand I found Jack Kochman's Hell Drivers circling on two side wheels interesting. In 1971 there was a special Quebec Pavilion, Western Rodeo Show and a free concert by Lighthouse. The CNE had big spectacles: Aquarama water skiers, Horse Show, Air Show, the Bob Hope Show, concerts like chum-chart topper the Osmonds or the Jackson 5, and nightly fireworks. In 1969 Walter [Vlad] Dobrich, soon to be the new Star chess columnist, gave a simul at the USSR Bazaar, Coliseum East Annex, scoring +46=1-0, having a close game with an unnamed 14-year old. And again in 1970 outdoors near the Dufferin gate +39=3-8. I saw that one. Anybody recognize any of the players in the photos?

71 71 The CNE Open on Labour Day 1971 was in the Leisure Time Pavilion, the new name for the Automotive Building. Near musical organ sales and golf games. The CNE had donated $2,000. The entry fee of $20, $10 unrated, included a 3-day pass to the CNE (worth $4.50). It was unexpectedly popular and more tables had to be found delaying the first round two hours. There were 247 players including the PDP computer, rated The largest and strongest weekend tournament in Canadian history, all in one section. A month earlier the US Open had 400 players won by Walter Browne and Larry Evans, 10-2.

72 72 Tournament organizer Dobrich promoted the event at the Canadian Open in Vancouver; bringing back 30 players to Toronto, including Boris Spassky how often does one get to play a World Champion! Likely the only time a World Champion has played in a weekend swiss. The Telegram quoted Victor Dzera, 18, My first grand master. Dzera was ranked the 17th top junior in Canada and these days has been playing in the World Opens. Another junior, Ray Stone, wrote in the Windsor Star, Spassky was pleasant and interesting in conversation. His English is excellent. Throughout the tournament he remained cool and imperturbable. Spassky had been to Canada before for the Winnipeg Grandmaster Tournament in 1967.

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74 74 Spassky tied with Hans Rees for first in the Canadian Open, 9-1. Here he didn't win after drawing with Lawrence Day of Ottawa, only tying for third with IM Leslie Witt who defeated Day in the last round. $1,500 first and second prize were split between 43- years-old New Yorkers GMs Pal Benko and Robert Byrne 6-0. Benko defeated the top two Canadians: Bruce Amos and Zvonko Vranesic. The latter game was an important theoretical battle which made it into his books The Benko Gambit 1973 and Pal Benko: my life, games, and compositions Byrne took off Ivan Theodorovitch and Denis Allan; two of his games were published in Horowitz's New York Times column and he got

75 75 married five days after the tournament. Byrne later became the New York Times columnist, lost a Candidates Match to Spassky in 1974 and died earlier this year. GM Arthur Bisguier lost to Jean Delva (1962), and GM Walter Browne (2500) only had 3.5 (the same as Joe Smolij). John Wright 4.5 won top junior, Peter Nurmi 3.5 top under 16, Stephen Boyd 4 Top C class, and Toronto High School Champion Mike Williams 4 (1657) defeated Toronto Closed co-champion George Kuprejanov (2255). Other top juniors were with 4.5 Peter Matsi; with 4: Mohan Rajagopal, Sam Kleinplatz, Victor Dzera and Ray Stone; with 3.5 Dave MacLeod, Harry Kaminker and John [Childey-] Hill. And a new kid Bryon Nickoloff 2. Ruth Cardosa of Brazil won the women's prize with 4. Among the large Montreal contingent were Leslie Witt 5.5; Jacques Labelle and Leo Williams 5; Ignas Zalys and Robert Lebel 4.5; Eric Leimanis and Andris Leimanis 4; and Gilles Angers, Hugh Brodie and Larry Bevand 3.

76 76 The new Chess Canada magazine published six games. Spassky didn't play crushing chess and played a horrible blunder against York student Harry Posner. Day, Lawrence Spassky, Boris 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wqr lsn-mkp0 9pzpnzp-+p+0 9+-zp-+psN PzP sNP PzPPwQ-+LzP tRRmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy White has the advantage. Lipnowski, Irwin Browne, Walter 25. Rf2... XIIIIIIIIY tr lsn-mkp0 9-+-zp-zp zp-zpPzp-0 9qzp-snP+NsN0 9+-+P+-zP-0 9rzPP+-tRLzP0 9+-wQ-tR-+K0 xiiiiiiiiy Who's winning this one?

77 77 Chess Life and Review published two games in an article by Manhattan CC Champion Arthur Feuerstein. He enjoyed the clean and safe city. Bowerman, Robert Feuerstein, Arthur 33. Rxh8+ Kg5 XIIIIIIIIY tR0 9+-+pwQ wqlzP-zpp+0 9zp-+-+-mk zp P+-+-zP-0 9P+r+-+LzP0 9tR-+-+-+K0 xiiiiiiiiy White is up a rook but Black has strong threats. Ed. - I played in this 1971 CNE Weekend Swiss. Two memories: 1. Spassky sometimes would come down into the hall and roam around randomly looking at games. At one point in one of my games, I looked up to see him staring at our position! 2. In that tournament, I played my first IM - USA Donald Byrne (brother of GM Robert). He had been having a bad tournament, obviously, if he was playing me! I lasted equal material to the 40 move time control. Then we adjourned to seal the next move in the envelope. I saw I was going to lose a P. I was somewhat embarrassed to think I might drag him back the next day to play the adjournment, and then he'd just win. So, I guess out of some kind of respect, I decided to resign, rather than seal. All true - to the best of my recollection (which admittedly has become somewhat creaky with old age). FIDE August 1, 2013 Regular Rating List Canadian Rankings - Open/Women s The 10 highest FIDE rated Canadians ( active in the last 24 months, internationally or in Canada ) are :

78 78 # 1 : GM Eric Hansen at (up 3 points); # 2 : GM Kevin Spraggett, 4 times Canadian Champion ( last in 1996 ), at 2568 ( has been over 2600 ) now playing out of Portugal excellent staying power, given he was 58 years old on Nov. 10, 2012;

79 79 # 3. GM Bator Sambuev at Canadian Champion (& 2011 ) down 6 pts.; # 4 : GM Pascal Charbonneau, 2002 & 2004 Canadian Champion, at 2505 now working in USA; # 5 IM Aman Hambleton, rated 2500 (up 39 pts.!!.);

80 80 # 6 : GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon at # 7: IM Leonid Gerzhoy, rated 2466 (has been over 2500); # 8: IM Nikolay Noritsyn at 2459.

81 81 # 9 IM Edward Porper, rated # 10: Tomas Krnan, rated There are two Canadian GM s with another federation : 18 year old GM Wesley So ( Philippines citizen; plays for that federation; Canadian permanent resident ) at 2710 ( # 34 in the world) the top-rated Canadian!; GM Anton Kovalyov ( citizen of the Ukraine; Canadian permanent resident; plays for Argentina ) at 2606 ( briefly went into the 2500 s from Sept. Nov./12 ) ( he has now started the process to change federations to Canada, but there is a waiting period ). There is one previously inactive GM, Dimitri Tyomkin ( his last rated game in Canada was August 2005 ; and after playing only 2 FIDE rated games in Europe between Jan. 1, 2006 and the end of 2010, in 2011/2/3 Dimitri has played a few games for teams in the Spanish Team Championships; he is rated 2473 ). Canada has 3 inactive GM s : Mark Bluvshtein (had been over 2600), Alexander Le Siege; and Duncan Suttles.

82 82 The top 10 FIDE rated Canadian women players are ( active in the last 24 months, internationally or in Canada ) : # 1 : WIM Yuanling Yuan ( 1994 ) at 2201 (down 19 pts.; currently at university in USA ) ;. # 2 : WIM Natalia Khoudgarian, current 2012 Canadian Women s Champion ( and 2006, 2007 & 2011 ), at # 3 : WCM Alexandra Botez, at 2076 (up 30 pts.!).

83 83 # 4 : WFM Daniela Belc, at 2044; ( no file picture ) # 5 : Anastasia Kazakevich, rated 2019; # 6: WFM Jackie Peng at 2012( down 23 pts.!);.

84 84 # 7 : Iulia Lacau-Rodean, rated 1989; # 8: Myriam Roy, rated 1985; # 9: Regina Veronika Kalaydina, rated 1958.

85 85 # 10: Yelizaveta Orlova, rated There are 6 inactive Canadian WIM s : Nava Starr; Vesma Baltgailis; Johanne Charest; Dinara Khaziyeva; Diane Mongeau, Smilja Vujosevic. The highest FIDE-rated Canadian woman is WFM Valeriya Gansvind, at 2246, who plays for another federation - Estonia. Another highly rated Canadian woman in Hong Kong, who plays under the Canadian flag, is WFM Yamei Wang, rated 2045 ( but since 2004 she s only played infrequently in Hong Kong, against one opponent 1866, and a few others in the 1700 s ). Provincial Tournaments & Chess Clubs/Organizations TCN offers chess clubs and chess organizations a news section. As a club/organization accepts, TCN is developing TCN Liaisons in these groups in Toronto, the GTA and beyond, whereby one member at each club/organization will take responsibility for submitting their news to TCN on a regular basis for this section. For clubs, this will include club games from club tournaments when possible. We have 3 chess organizations and 9 clubs now with news sections of the newsletter opened for them. We hope to slowly increase this number as time passes. We also intend to extend coverage outside of Ontario, our starting province. If you are in a club, or know someone in another club, and think the club might like to take out a news section, please have them contact us to discuss it we are trying to present a format where chess organizations can promote themselves, and chess. We also hope to develop ongoing relationships with GTA (and beyond) tournament organizers, so they will consider sending in reports and some of the more interesting games from their tournaments. Depending on time available, TCN will try to annotate some of the unannotated games submitted by organizers and clubs. Depending on time available, TCN will try to annotate some of the unannotated games submitted by organizers and clubs.

86 86 ONTARIO GREATER TORONTO AREA Tournament Reports (Note: if you play in a tournament, and have a good game, send it on for us to consider publishing with our tournament report) (tournament name) Chess Organization News From the GTCL Perspective - The Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) has a 6 person executive and currently a 9 person board of directors (can be larger) - Coordinating chess in the Greater Toronto Area (Toronto, Halton, Peel, York & Durham) - Website: (by TCN Liaison for GTCL, Egis Zeromskis) - no news report filed Chess Institute of Canada

87 87 Photo Credit: Jordynn Colosi At the Chess Institute of Canada, we bring chess to life! ( by Jessica Yared, TCN Liaison for CIC ) CIC won t have any news for the summer, so our next submission won t be until mid- August or beginning of September at the earliest. Chess Club News TORONTO Scarborough Chess Club News Meets Thursdays 7:00 10:45 PM Location: Birkdale Community Ctre, 1299 Ellesmere Road (between Midland Ave. and Brimley Road)

88 88 SCC e mail : [email protected] SCC Website : (by Ken Kurkowski, TCN Liaison for SCC) Scarborough Chess Club is taking the summer off (closed July & August) and won't resume til September Annex Chess Club News Meets Monday evenings Location: 918 Bathurst St., Toronto (north of the Bathurst Subway Station) Annex CC website: (by TCN Liaison for Annex CC, Marcus Wilker)

89 89 - no news report filed Willowdale Chess Club News Meetings: Tuesday, 7:00 10:00 PM (generally casual play) Location: Earl Bales Community Centre (Bathurst St./Sheppard Ave.) (by TCN Liaison, Mike Ivanov ). I haven't been at the club lately so no report from us since most of the members are gone for the holidays YORK Aurora Chess Club News Meetings: Mondays in the Cafeteria of Aurora High School, from 6pm until 10:30pm! Website: For info: contact founder, Graeme Knight : [email protected] (by TCN Liaison for Aurora CC, Graeme Knight)

90 90 Summer for AuCC has been a ying and yang journey of club-rated tournament and forfeits in said tournament. The July 6 week re-match came to a conclusion with its final round last night. Results will be posted soon, but it s clear that the top players are those who didn t head to cottage country on the spur of the moment. It s interesting to observe the summer habit of a chess player. Some play consistently and attend the many tournaments that there are, and others grumble about their game getting weaker and not being able to beat kids. Is there a pattern? The rematch took an interesting format 45 minutes per side, and two games in an evening. I ve never heard the club so quiet! After two more sessions in our summer facility, I m very happy to announce that we will once again be at Aurora High School. September 9 th will start strong with a Welcome and a Rapid. Although the schedule hasn t been posted yet, we are likely to have a quick CFC rated tournament as a warm up before the Aurora Fall Open!! Given the success of the Summer Open, we have decided to host another weekend event as soon as physically possible. We have some pre-registered big-guns in the top section already and lower sections are starting to fill up. We can only hope that October 19 th /20 th will be as successful as our tournament this past July. It seems to be a great deal of work for those involved, but it is also a fantastic feeling to give back to the chess playing community. Those who started the AuCC did so after grumblings of not enough chess. So it s only right and proper that they now swallow their words and make chess happen! We ve had a number of members ask for more CFC rated tournaments within the club last year we managed two but this year? Who knows we can only hope that they happen often and that we can drive forward with our commitment to competition! DURHAM Ajax Chess Club News - meet every 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of the month - 7:00-8:30 pm for juniors and adults play up to 11:00 pm. - location: 115 Ritchie Ave, Ajax - currently, tournaments are not CFC-rated: no club members have CFC membership - For further information, contact David Ho at [email protected] ( by TCN Liaison for Ajax CC, David Ho)

91 91 Ajax chess club is taking the summer off and won't resume til September SOUTH-WESTERN ONTARIO Chess Club News Hamilton City Chess Club News Meetings: Friday Nights Website: Location: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School 1715 Main Street East (near Parkdale) Hamilton, Ontario (by TCN Liaison for Hamilton City CC, Michel Vasquez) Damir Baizhiyenov has won the Hamilton Summer Series 2013! His score was 4 out of 5. Congratulations also goes to Alex Friedman who came second place with 3.5. The fourth round of the current tournament will be this Friday. Our local master was upset by Bob Gillanders in the third round. We are preparing for the Mississauga Open, August Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club News

92 92 Meetings: Tuesdays regular meeting Tuesday night: 6:00 7:30 PM Youth Club Location: Kitchener City Hall ( located in the heart of downtown Kitchener at 200 King Street West ), the 'Conestoga Room' behind the rotunda on the main floor, and in the 'Learning Room' on the 2nd Floor. Website: ( by TCN Liaison for K-W CC, Kai Gauer ) From K-WCC club organizer, Ralph Deline: People have been asking for a FIDE rated tournament so we are moving in that direction. Mark this on your calendar. If successful we will continue with FIDE rated tournaments in the future and likely expand to a FIDE rated tournament in the spring or early summer. It's up to you. If you want FIDE rated tournaments, spread the word, attend, and most of all, have fun. Kitchener-Waterloo Labour Day Open Date: 31 August & 1,2 September 2013 Location: Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Ontario Type: 6 round Swiss, 2 games/day Sections: Open, U2100, will be FIDE and CFC rated. U1900, U1600 will be CFC rated only. TC: 90 minutes + 30 sec (Fischer), Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 10:00 am and 3 pm, Entry Fee: Titled Players are free if pre-registered 3 weeks prior to tournament, otherwise $35. All others pay $70 but if pre-registered by 30 August there is a $10 discount. Juniors and seniors pay $60 with no further discounts. Juniors are those who are still under 18 years of age by 31 December Seniors are

93 93 those who are 60 years of age by 31 December Byes permitted for rounds 1-3 if notified in advance. Registration: by Contact Ralph and please include "KW Labour Day Open Open" in the "Subject" heading so it will not get deleted as junk mail. Or registration at the door at 9:00-9:30 on Saturday (cash only) Note: To play up a level, you must be within 100 rating points and pay an extra $20 that will go towards the Olympiad fund. CFC Membership req'd. Chess sets and clocks provided. Quebec Quebec Open This tournament is one of the biggest in Canada, and was played in Montreal from July GM s were registered. There were 55 players in the top Invitational Section. There were 4 Canadians in the top 9 finishers, the highest being GM Anton Kovalyov of Quebec, who finished 2 nd /4 th with 6.5/9, ½ pt. behind the winner, Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzon. Here is the Quebec organizer report: The favorite, GM Lazaro Bruzon (7/9, $4000), from Cuba,

94 94 won the Invitational Section, the strongest ever in a Quebec Open (+2350 average FIDE rating). He finished half a point ahead of two other undefeated grandmasters, Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania-$1583) and Elshan Moradiabadi (Iran- $1083). On the last round, the latter two drew on the first board while Bruzon beat IM Gerzhoy (5,5/9) in a very high-stake game Bruzon needed to win to secure the tournament whereas Gerzhoy needed to draw to obtain his Grandmaster title (he already had all the requirements, missing only one norm). GM Anton Kovalyov (6,5/9) [Ed. Can. Permanent resident; Ukraine citizen, currently playing for Argentina in process of changing federation to Canada] shared the second place ($833) with Rozentalis and Moradiabadi, adding up the Gowlings Prize (best player from Quebec $1500). Although many norms were missed by a few performance points, FM Aleksandr Ostrovsky (US) was the only one to secure his IM norm. His 5/9 score against 5 GMs and 4 IM s is very impressive. He is not the only one who played well against titled players. IM s Aman Hambleton (see picture earlier Can. Op. report) and Bindi Cheng

95 95 both scored 2,5/4 against GMs. IM s Raja Panjwani (2,5/5) and Richard Wang (1,5/3) held their own, as well as IM Arthur Calugar and Razvan Preotu, who respectively scalped Kovalyov and Sambuev (1st round). In the other sections : ( complete standings ) Open : Thierry Libersan (7/9, $1000) got 3,5 points out of his last four games, pulling himself ahead of the experienced master Arkadiusz Luksza (6,5/9, $550) and the young James Fu (6,5/9, $550). U2000 : Roman Sarrazin-Gendron (7/9, $800), who managed to create himself a fullpoint lead after seven games, collapsed and only salvaged half a point in his last two games. However, it was enough to secure the first place, half a point ahead of second place finishers Jonathan Turcotte and Alexis Langlois-Rémillard (6,5/9, $400). U1700 : This section ended with a three-way tie for the first place. David Zhou (who won the U1800 World Open) and Yang Tian Jiao Shi share the first place with Sam Selmani, who finished the tournament with 5 wins in a row. They win $400. U1300 : Alain Ouimet (7,5/9, $400) won all the 7 games he played (two byes, including a zero point one). Runner-ups Zi Yu Gan and Pierre Dimov both scored 7/9 and earned $250. Side Events Blitz Tournament : GM Anton Kovalyov and IM Bindi Cheng share the first prize, half a point ahead of Bruzon. 71 players participated. Here is the head of the standings :

96 96 1. GM Anton Kovalyov 10/12 350$ 2. IM Bindi Cheng 10/12-350$ 3. GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista 9,5/12 200$ 4. GM Reynaldo Vera 9/12 50$ 5. IM Mackenzie Molner 9/12 50$ Bughouse tournament : 12 teams played in the first Quebec Bughouse Championship. It was a 5 double rounds tournament with no guaranteed prizes, and it is a success for a first edition : 1. IM Bindi Cheng and IM Arthur Calugar (120$ from registration fees), 8/10 2. IM Aman Hambleton and GM Eric Hansen, 8/10 (lost tie-breaks) 3. FM Lefong Hua and GM Ioan Cristian Chirila, 7/10 4. IM Richard Wang and Ryan Lo, 7/10 Arencibia Simul. : Cuban GM Walter Arencibia gave a simul on July 22, against 15 players. Only one managed to draw ; Christine Gao, who also got the only draw at the Canadian Open s simul (against Reynaldo Vera). Mini-COQ : This small four rounds tournament took place on the first weekend on the Quebec Open. 1st : Jeroen Struben 4/4 - $300. 2nd : Roman Sarrazin-Gendron and Sang Kil Kay, 3,5/4 - $150 Pictures and Games Rene Preotu took wonderful pictures of the venue : Alan Luo, one of the best North American pianists of his age category, played a Haydn sonata before the 9th round : All the games from the invitational section : Here were the top finishers: R k. Name Rt FE g D 1.R d 2.R d 3.R d 4.R d 5.R d 6.R d 7.R d 8.R d 9.R d TB 1 TB 2 TB 3 1 G M Bruzon Batista Lazaro 268 CU 9 B 26w ½ 36b 1 33w 1 25b 1 5w1 3b ½ 4w ½ 2b ½ 10w G M Rozentali s Eduardas 261 LT 9 U 36w ½ 52b 1 22w 1 8b1 11w ½ 4b ½ 9w1 1w ½ 3b ½ G M Moradia badi IRI 35b 1 15w ½ 16b ½ 23 w1 14b 1 1w ½ 10b ½ 7w1 2w ½

97 97 Elshan 4 G M Kovalyov Anton 260 AR 6 G 34b 0 44w 1 31b 1 18 w1 6b1 2w ½ 1b ½ 17w 1 5b ½ G M Sulskis Sarunas 255 LT 9 U 30w 1 23b 1 13w 1 6w ½ 1b0 19w 1 7b ½ 10b ½ 4w ½ G M Sokolov Ivan 265 NE 0 D 31b 1 9w1 10w ½ 5b ½ 4w0 12b ½ 8w ½ 33b 1 15w IM Hamblet on Aman 248 CA 0 N 46w 1 8b ½ 27w 1 10b 0 21w 1 13b 1 5w ½ 3b0 17b IM Cheng Bindi 240 CA 6 N 37b 1 7w ½ 17b 1 2w 0 19b 0 28w 1 6b ½ 18w 1 20b IM Panjwani Raja 240 CA 9 N 39w 1 6b0 50w ½ 38b 1 27w 1 20w 1 2b0 11b 1 14w ½ Prince Edward Island Maritime Open (report by Fred McKim) Turnout of 29 players in Charlottetown this past weekend (July 26-28). Accelerated pairings were used for the first two rounds with 16 (1) and 13 (0). Regular pairings were resumed for round 3. 1st - Elias Oussedik (4/5) $250. Draws with Tom (Rd4) and Justin (Rd5). 2nd&3rd - Tom O'Donnell, Joe Horton, Adam Dorrance, Justin Gulati, Jason Manley, and Zach Burrows (3.5) $41.67 each.

98 98 Top Under Chris Felix and Anthony Banks (3.5) $50 each. Top Under Kyle Creamer, Ryan Sowa, Dennis Bradbury, and Ed Keunecke (2.5) $25 each. Top Under Iain Crowell (3) $100. I am hoping to have the results submitted to the CFC office in time for this week's rating update. Go to on Thursday to check out your new rating and the crosstable of the event. If you don't know how to do this drop me a line and I will send you the exact link when the ratings are done. Next year's Maritime Open will most likely be in New Brunswick, back on the traditional Thanksgiving weekend. TCN Readers Section Teaching Classic Games of Chess: by Columnist FM Hans Jung, chess coordinator, City of Kitchener, Ontario. Introduction This series of columns is for the lover of great, exciting games of chess. It is constructed as a guide for chess teachers and students at all levels of chess (beyond beginner) to provide short, enjoyable teaching games. The mostly tournament games are models of perfect play and highlight the abilities of one piece coordinating with other pieces. These models illuminate the mind and provide guiding examples at critical points of a chess player's play. What I understood a long time ago in my own learning path in chess is that playing through the best games of the great masters stirs a feeling inside which I now identify as a passion for the beauty and excitement of exceptional chess ideas. This is the path to the love of chess. The true chess lover seeks those ideas and absorbs them. Everything else is a quick fix or poor simulation. The mind becomes bored with repetition of technical ideas

99 99 and poor imitation. However, these great games never fail to awaken the passion for the beauty of chess! This collection of quality games was a long process of collecting teaching chess games and, initially, just committing them to memory. After years of frustration in constantly looking up most of the games in obscure, old-fashioned chess books and often dealing with old, stilted annotations (if indeed there were any annotations at all at critical points of these games!), I decided the only way to relieve these frustrations was to write my own annotations. A major feature of this column is that the important ideas and turning points, as well as major tactical and strategic themes, are pointed out and identified both for the teacher and the student. This enables clear identification for further research. Nowhere else in chess literature have I found this clear, listed identification of strategic and tactical themes. Every game shows the excitement and beauty of a unique conception a marvellous idea of coordination of pieces brought to fruition in an exciting finish of perfection by the hand of a master. Chess players, at their most enthusiastic, speak of brilliant games they recall and sparkling ideas forever lodged in their subconscious. I hope you will find the game presentations illuminating and enjoyable. Game 13 Double Knight Sacrifice Dandridge Kreiman Chicago, Illinois, USA, Nf3 Developing the knight first. This move does not stand alone, becoming a part of many complicated opening systems. (It has been often labelled as a quality waiting move, waiting for Black to show a developing idea.) 1... c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+lwqkvl-tr0 9zpp+p+pzpp0 9-+n+psn zp P sN-zPN+-0 9PzP-zP-zPPzP0 9tR-vLQmKL+R0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram 13.1

100 100 The opening is now a Symmetrical English position (note both sides are developed exactly the same). 5. d4 White chooses to challenge the center first with the d-pawn lever. Black soon follows with the same lever cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+lwq-trk+0 9zpp+-vlpzpp0 9-+n+p n zP sNL+N+-0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram 13.2 Black now has an isolated pawn on d4 as a target to aim for; White has more freedom for the pieces. 10. a3 A quality waiting move to see where Black will try to direct the play Bf6 11. Re1 b6 If Nxd4?? 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4 Black s king position is crippled and bishops of opposite colour with queens on the board means excellent attacking chances on Black s king. 12. Bb1 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+lwq-trk+0 9zp-+-+pzpp0 9-zpn+pvl n zP zP-sN-+N+-0 9-zP-+-zPPzP0 9tRLvLQtR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram Bb7?

101 101 Natural but careless. Black had the opportunity to play Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wq-trk+0 9zpl+-+pzpp0 9-zpn+pvl zP zP-zP-+N zPPzP0 9tRLvLQtR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy subdiagram 13.4 Followed by Rc8 and Na5 with lasting pressure against the c- and d-pawns. Those pawns are called hanging pawns in chess because from Black's point of view they are on open files with easy access by the rooks and so there will always be pressure on them. 13. Ne4! XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wq-trk+0 9zpl+-+pzpp0 9-zpn+pvl n zPN+-+0 9zP-+-+N+-0 9-zP-+-zPPzP0 9tRLvLQtR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram 13.5 Now White takes over the play (called the initiative in chess) where White's pieces will always be threatening first and forcing Black on the defensive Be7 14. Qd3 g6 15. b4 Nf6 16. Neg5 Rc8 17. Ra2! A nice way of developing the rook to doubling up on the e-file (also the quickest way) Qd6 18. Rae2 Nd8 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Qh3

102 102 XIIIIIIIIY 9-+rsn-trk+0 9zpl+-vlp+p0 9-zp-+psnp qsN-sN-0 9-zP-zP zP-+-+-+Q RzPPzP0 9+LvL-tR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram 13.6 The Queen defends checkmate. White has placed his knights on good squares and is aiming for a kingside checkmate. (Remove the defending knight on f6 and Qxh7 is checkmate.) Rc3! If Qxd4?? 21. Bb2 Qf4 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Bxf6 Rf7 24. Bxg6. However Black finds this resourceful rook move causing White problems. 21. Be3? Now a comedy of errors results. If 21. Qxc3?? of course Qxg2 checkmate. Or 21. f3 Qxd Kh1 Rxc1 23, Rxc1 Qf4 loses a piece. So 21. Re3 is the most logical Qd6? The simple Rxa3 is possible. 22. Ng4 h5! Defending and Black is suddenly winning. 22. Qh6 Re8 23. Nxh7! XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-snr+k+0 9zpl+-vlp+N0 9-zp-wqpsnpwQ sN zP-zP zP-tr-vL RzPPzP0 9+L+-tR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram Nxh7 24. Nxf7! Removing the pawn defence so that Nxf7

103 Qxg6+! XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+r+k+0 9zpl+-vln+n0 9-zp-wqp+Q zP-zP zP-tr-vL RzPPzP0 9+L+-tR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy Diagram is possible Kf8 26. Bh6+ Black resigned. If Nxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kf7 (27... Kg8 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Bg6+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qf7#) 28. Bg6+ Kg8 (28... Kf6 29. Bh5+ Kf5 30. g4#) 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qf7#. 1-0 Review of Game 13 Strategic Themes Opening idea of Nf3. Play in symmetrical opening positions (try to challenge the center first with a pawn lever make sure it works tactically). Creating an isolated pawn target (planning). Creating hanging pawns note after Bb7 Playing with active pieces notes after 13. Re4 and 17. Ra2. Goal of kingside attack notes after 20. Qh3 and from 23. Nxh7 to 25. Qxg6+. Tactical Themes Overlooking threats notes after 21. Be3. Double knight sacrifice setting up checkmate notes from 23. Nxh7 onwards. Ken s Chess Trivia (questions/presentations researched by columnist Ken Kurkowski,

104 104 Scarborough CC Treasurer, and TCN Liaison for SCC) Rules for the TCN Trivia Quiz In order to be fair to ALL subscribers, anyone who answers correctly within 24 hours of the release of the Issue (whenever that might be), will be considered a winner (there can be co-winners) and each will be awarded one point!!. The problem we are meeting with this is the regular unavailability of some subscribers when there was a regular newsletter release time some simply could not get to the Issue immediately problems were geographical - on the east coast, subscribers are in bed sleeping at the usual release time of the Issue (usually between 10 11:59 PM on the night before the publication date) and the problem of conflicting fixed schedules - regular bed-times, work, school, etc. See below for the cumulative TCN Chess Trivia Grand Prix. Last Issue s Chess Trivia was the Question: An opponent of a well-known GM was about to Queen his pawn in a couple of moves and, in preparation for doing so, grabbed a Queen from a neighbouring board. The GM got upset and proceeded to grab the Queen and toss it away. Who was the GM in question? The Answer is: U.S. GM Walter Browne ( Source: Chess Canada 1971) TCN Bragging Rights: I managed to stump the hordes of TCN readers with this one! No winner. The TCN Chess Trivia Grand Prix TCN will keep track of the points of the winners/co-winners each Issue from June 1/13 to and including Dec. 15/13. The player with the most points at the end of the year, wins! In the case of a tie, TCN will declare co-winners (no tie-break by : bingo machine, roulette wheel, coin toss, names in a hat or Armageddon game!).the Winner(s) will get TCN Bragging Rights (very valuable) + Picture published + a few autobiographical chess facts, if the winner is willing the winner will be announced in the Jan. 1/14 Issue. Here are the ongoing standings: Pino Verde, Scarborough CC member 3 June 1; 15; July 1.

105 105 Ken Craft, New Brunswick CFC Governor 3 June 1; 15; July 1. Hugh Brodie, Quebec CFC Governor 1 July 1.

106 106 Michael von Keitz, CFC Executive Director, and past CFC President 1 June 1; No Winner 1 July 15. Today s Trivia Question is : On the annual CFC rating list in 1961 there were only 6 masters, i.e. over 2300 (the then standard) - who were they? You can use any resource available to answer the question! Just find and submit it within 24 hours and send it in before the 24 hour deadline, by , to Ken: [email protected]. The Winner s/co-winners names will be posted in the next Issue, along with any personal chess autobiographical details (one or two) they might wish to provide. Thanks for playing!! Chess History is fun!! Also write Ken if you have any chess trivia questions or presentations you d like him to consider for his column. We will give credit to the author if we use your suggestion. TCN Readers Lead Article Invitation Besides you intrepid editor writing lead articles from time to time, TCN extends an ongoing invitation to freelancers to submit topical chess articles for our lead article. Send on your article and we ll review it with you, with a view to using it ( we may suggest some editing, but generally very minor ). You will get full credit in the publication. We will also post a bit of personal information on the freelancer, if they are agreeable.

107 107 TCN Readers Chess Sightings This column invites readers to submit situations where they unexpectedly have come upon a chess theme (e.g. in advertising, big outside chess sets, etc.) TCN Readers Have Questions This column invites readers to submit to TCN any type of chess question they wish (e.g. What does FIDE stand for?), and TCN will try to find the answer. TCN Readers Feedback Issue: Former Scarborough CC member, Ron Venning, kindly wrote in after the July 15 Always enjoy your monthly magazine; thanks for all that you do for the Canadian chess scene, Thanks Ron always helps to know we are doing good things with the content of the newsletter. ( TCN welcomes your feedback compliments or constructive criticisms.} TCN s Readers Opinion Column Last Issue, our lead article concerned the FIDE Zero Tolerance Rule, on being late for a game. Former CFC President, and former CFC FIDE Rep., Maurice Smith, Photo by Dinesh Dattani

108 108 was moved by our article, to toss his own opinion into the hopper. Here is what he wrote us: I read with interest your article on FIDE's zero tolerance policy. Their position is that if a player is late for a tournament game he is automatically forfeited even if he misses the starting time by just a few minutes. I am sure that this policy comes right from the top people at FIDE. When I was FIDE Rep. for Canada for a few years about ten years ago now, I listened to President Ilyumzhinov's speeches and he had a vision. This vision was that mind games would replace physical games such as soccer, hockey, basketball etc. and people would watch games such as chess on television. Players would wear suits and ties {male players anyway} and everything would be first class. So I can see how any player being late would be strictly dealt with. I thought then, and I think so now that this is an unreachable goal and it is not realistic. Mind games do not capture the imagination of most people. They still and will always I believe like the excitement of physical games. While chess has come a long way in the last century, the number of actual tournament players worldwide is minimal. In Canada we have around 2,000 out of 33 million people. There are more girls registered for soccer in Scarborough than all tournament chess players in Canada. The present system of forfeiting a player if he is one hour late is reasonable in my opinion. The recent Canadian Open had a thirty minute deadline. I can live with that. Zero tolerance is good when it concerns drunk drivers. For chess players, I believe FIDE should lighten up a bit. Has Maurice got it right? What do you think? Let us know and we ll publish your opinion to keep the debate going! Ed.: Got a chess issue that has been bothering you for a while? Got a favourite chess topic that you ve always wanted to share with other chess players? Read something in TCN that you profoundly agreed with, or maybe (surely not!) disagreed with? We are very open to publishing freelance articles and comments from our readers. Drop us a line, and we ll read it over, and let you know if we d like to use it. Also, if you would like us to cover some topic, send us your idea, and we ll see if we can write something up on it. Finally, we love to hear from our readers on how we re doing, good, bad or indifferent. Drop a line to the editor, and give us your suggestions, comments and general feedback. Tournament Notices Mississauga Open 2013 August $2000 dollars minimum in guaranteed prizes! Mississauga and Hamilton Chess Clubs presents a 5 round Swiss on August 24 & 25

109 109 University Of Toronto, Mississauga Campus 3359 Mississauga Road, Faculty Lounge, 3rd Floor Mississauga, Ontario Schedule: Please Confirm Your Registration Saturday August 24 at 9:00 am (Players arriving after 9:20 may NOT be paired for round 1) Game Times Saturday - 9:30 am, 2:00 pm and 6:30 pm Sunday - 11:00 am and 4:00 pm Sections and Prizes $2000 minimum in guaranteed prizes!! Sections will be: Top Guns, U2000 and U1600 Top Guns and U2000 will play for cash prizes U1600 will play for trophies To play in the top guns section you must be 1900 or higher To play in the U2000 section you must be 1500 or higher Please Note: Unrated players are not eligible for the U2000 prize (Unrated players may play in the Top Guns or U1600 section if they want to be eligible for prizes) Fees: Top Guns and U2000 $55.00 U1600 $25.00 cash only us by August 23 to receive $5.00 discount Titled Players who commit to playing by August 11th will receive a major discount Please note that parking on campus is 6 dollars per day CFC membership required Time Control: Round 1, Rounds Rules And Equipment: Although we will provide some equipment please bring your Chess sets, Boards & Digital Clocks Just in Case Please turn off your cell phones TD rulings based on the CFC/Fide Handbook are final Questions, Concerns and Pre-Registration us at: [email protected] Visit our Chess Talk thread for the latest info: Organizers: Garvin Nunes, Bob Gillanders, Paul Roschman

110 110 Toronto Labour Day Open August 31-September 2, 2013 (Sat, Sun, Mon) At the Macedonian Community Centre, 76 Overlea Blvd, Toronto Style: Rounds: 6 round Swiss in 5 sections: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800, U AM & 5 PM Saturday & Sunday, 10 AM & 4 PM Monday Time Control: 40/2, SD/1 for all sections. Registration: by mail to Bryan Lamb, 95 Ferncliffe Crescent, Markham Ontario, L3S 4N6 or by to [email protected]. Membership: Registrants must be current CFC members or renew before playing. Entry Fees: $80 with advance notice, $100 cash only on site. Playing Up a Players within 100 points of section floor play up at no charge. Section: Otherwise, an extra $10 per 100 rating points (max. 300 pts total) Discounts: $20 less: junior (under 18) senior (60+), women, FM $30 less for IM. One discount per player. Byes: Maximum of 2 in rounds 1-5 if requested in advance. Byes requested during event are 0-point. PRIZES: $7,000 (Based on 150 players) 1 st place in Open Section - $800 minimum Guaranteed! Prize distribution: Open U2300 U2200 U2000 U1800 U $1200 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 2 $800 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 3 $600 $200 $200 $200 $200 4 $300 Other Info: Please bring chess sets and clocks. Plenty of free parking. Organizer: Macedonian Chess Club at St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Church T.D.: Bryan Lamb

111 111 Community Bulletin Board Queens & Kings Juniors Chess School - group classes and private coaching - contact: Mike McArthur - [email protected] Seneca Hill Chess Club - Small group lessons and weekly tournaments - North York and Markham/Richmond Hill - [ if you would like to add your chess school, club or private coaching to our free bulletin board, just contact us.] NOTES: A - Contact Bob Armstrong, editor., at Canadian Chess Consulting Service ([email protected]) to : 1. Be added to the free list; 2. Submit content (fact, opinion, criticism, recommendations!). B The opinions expressed here are those of the editor, and not necessarily those of Canadian Chess Consulting Service; C - To review this newsletter after it has been deleted, or some of the archived newsletters, visit our own TCN official website at: D Please notify us if you wish to be removed from the free subscription list.. Editor: Bob Armstrong. Publisher: Canadian Chess Consulting Service. Canadian Chess Consulting Service Coordinator: Bob Armstrong

112 112 Bob s LinkedIn: CCCS Facebook: Volunteers: TCN is a chess community based, volunteer run e-newsletter. No one is paid. TCN wants to thank all its volunteers who donate their time to chess promotion: Ken Kurkowski, full-time columnist (and also Scarborough CC TCN Liaison); Hans Jung, full-time columnist; Erik Malmsten, part-time columnist; Marcus Wilker, Annex CC TCN Liaison; Mike Ivanov, Willowdale CC TCN Liaison; Graeme Knight, Aurora CC TCN Liaison; David Ho, Ajax CC TCN Liaison; Kai Gauer, Kitchener-Waterloo CC TCN Liaison; Egis Zeromskis, GTCL TCN Liaison; Jessica Yared, Chess Institute of Canada TCN Liaison; Michel Vasquez, Hamilton City Chess Club TCN Liaison; former TCN Liaisons: Bob Gillanders; various freelancers who have provided articles free: Phil Haley, Maurice Smith, Harmony Zhu, Yuanling Yuan, Zoltan Sarosy, Erwin Casareno, Andre Zybura, Hedi Stroempl, and others; Steve Karpik, technical support; another helpful technical maintainer who asks to remain anonymous; and your editor, Bob Armstrong (also Chess Federation of Canada TCN Liaison). Thanks to all for helping to promote chess and contributing to making TCN such a successful e-newsletter.