Wednesday, March 31, 2010

2010 Winnipeg FIDE Futurity # 2 has been CFC rated

I take a break with a 40-50 rating point lead over Kaptsan and Khedkar and look what happens.
They rocket past me with dominating performances.

# Name

Old

Perf

New

High

Results Tot
1
Khedkar, Jay S. 
1986 
2296 
2063 
2066
 X 0 1 1 1 1 
4.0
2
Kaptsan, Aron 
2001 
2293 
2063 
2300
 1 X = = 1 1 
4.0
3
Lipnowski, Samuel 
2244 
2084 
2232 
2294
 0 = X 1 1 = 
3.0
4
Zaczek, Jonathon 
2116 
2030 
2101 
2126
 0 = 0 X 1 1 
2.5
5
Lauritson, Jim 
1901 
1833 
1892 
2077
 0 0 0 0 X 1 
1.0
6
Melamedoff, Gustavo 
2017 
1730 
1964 
2048
 0 0 = 0 0 X 
0.5

FIDE Futurity #3 is scheduled for the 5 Tuesdays in June. FIDE rated players and
high-rated (>1900) non-FIDE rated players please contact me (chessmanitoba at gmail dot com) if interested in playing. I am preparing the details and they will be published soon.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

2010 Spring Active Tournament

16 players are competing in the third round as I write - (I would have played if we had an odd number - where is Zaczek when you need him ?)

Round One - Nikouline hung a back rank mate to Michael Pang, when Alex was winning on the board and the clock. Schulz missed a mate in one (that required moving his queen one square) against Jamie Campbell and lost on time.

Round Two - Nothing special to note, other than Lipic holding Kaptsan to a draw.

Round Three - "Another blunder, another draw", sighed Kaptsan after his game with Czypinski.
Several draws have left Arvin Dawa with 3, Czypinski with 2.5, and 4 players with 2, including Jamie Campbell who upset Saul Magnusson.

Round Four - Arvin Dawa and Jaro Czypinski drew, while Kaptsan beat Campbell, and Igal Raichman beat Alex Nikouline. Dawa won the tournament with 3.5, Czypinski, Kaptsan and Igal finished with 3 points.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

2010 Spring Active Tournament - Tuesday

2010 Spring Active Tournament March 30


2010 Spring Active Tournament

4 rounds at Game/ 25 Time Control

(each player has 25 minutes)

Tuesday, March 30, 2010
ROOM 4CM42 - University of Winnipeg

Registration starts at 6:35 PM - Closes at 6:50 PM sharp

First Round 7 pm sharp

Entry Fee: $ 10
CFC Membership not required.

This tournament will be rated as a MCA active event.

(Please note that 2 FIDE Futurity games will be played in the same room - your cooperation in minimizing disturbance between rounds is appreciated !)

Manitoba Active Ratings

After one event, the Kent Oliver Memorial.
Going forward, if the player does not have a MCA Active rating, the CFC regular rating will be used.

Name Old Perf. New Change
Boron, Anthony 2038 2048 2040 +2
Crawford, Gary 1430 1615 1466 +36
Czypinski, Jaroslaw 1932 1804 1907 -25
De Groot, Steven 1801 1829 1806 +5
Gannon, Keith 1576 1678 1597 +21
Green, Jim 1792 1965 1838 +46
Greenberg, Harley 1741 1700 1733 -8
Iomdina, Bella 1775 1755 1772 -3
Joven, Perfecto 1830 2074 1882 +52
Kaptsan, Aron 1998 2127 2025 +27
Li, Devon 0 1567 1567 ----
Lipic, Stephen 1799 2138 1812 +13
Lipnowski, Samuel 2254 2218 2251 -3
Magnusson, Saul 1751 1839 1769 +18
Manicdao, Tomas 1738 1751 1749 +11
Melamedoff, Gustavo 2017 1916 1998 -19
Mousseau, Chuck 1900 1551 1846 -54
Nikouline, Alexandre 2121 2007 2100 -21
Ott, Richard 1601 1317 1554 -47
Pottinger, Carl 1766 1871 1785 +19
Rutter, Blair 1883 1879 1881 -2
Schulz, Manfred 1875 1717 1842 -33
Swift, Ryne 1776 1677 1755 -21
Trueman, Francis 1499 1367 1470 -29
Yung, Dustin 1182 1254 1172 -10
Zaczek, Jonathon 2112 2410 2173 +61

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

2010 March TNT has been rated

See the Crosstable here

(Note: Trueman-Einarsson was played and rated, but was not the official pairing in the tournament prizes- Trueman won on forfeit, and Einarsson was the house player)

Congratulations to the following who achieved new high ratings:

Stephen Lipic 1842
Ken Einarsson 1819
Steven de Groot 1818
Cory Letain 1649
Sashika Kumaragamage 1386

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle March 13, 2010

From the Saturday Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 3 (Shinkman)
1.Kg5

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Gustavo Melamedoff to launch book !

McNally Robinson Booksellers
Presents
Gustavo Melamedoff
Launching
Amigos Al Cuadrado



Thursday March 11, 7:00
Grant Park in the Travel Alcove


Gustavo Melamedoff was born in Buenos Aires and immigrated to Winnipeg in 2003. He is, among other things, a chemist, a teacher, a chess player, a poet, and now a novelist. The novelty of his new life and the nostalgia for his old life is evident in his poetry and other writings. Amigos Al Cuadrado, written in Spanish, is his first novel.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle, February 27, 2010

from the Saturday Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 3 (Howard)

1.c6

Monday, March 1, 2010

Schulz and Khedkar are now FIDE rated

The 2010 FIDE Futurity # 1 has been rated by the World Chess Federation (FIDE)
Waldemar Schulz's first rating is 2021; Jay Khedkar is 1951.

FIDE high ratings were achieved by:
Jeff Babb 2170 (+20)
Anthony Boron 1964 (+24)

Jonathon Zaczek is at 2119, and 81-yr old Aron Kaptsan at 2106.

Jim Lauritson will attempt to complete the requirements for his first rating by playing in the 2010 FIDE Futurity # 2 starting Tuesday.