AY 2010 Pre-Registrations as of July 27

		CFC	FIDE
Zaczek	Jonathon	2189	2066
Nikouline	Alex	2122
Schulz	Waldemar	2066	2021
Raihman	Igal	2015	1974
Rutter	Blair	1942
Swift	Ryne	1794

  

2010 July TNT has been rated

2010 July TNT has been rated

Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak ratings:

Rolando Bince 2160
Richard Ott 1716
Steven de Groot 1830
Michael Pang 1706
and Justin Lin starts with a provisional rating of 1512

I hope you also notice who had the second highest performance rating after the winner Jeff Babb. :-)

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 17, 2010

from the Winnipeg Free Press

 White to mate in 2 (Blake)
1. Qe2

2010 Canadian Open - Round 8 videoblog - by Nikachu

See it here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkn0TBvDuwI

Caution - Coarse language !


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2010 Manitoba Championship has been rated

The 2010 Manitoba Championship has been  rated.
Congratulations to the repeating champion Trevor Vincent, who also gained 25 rating points to achieve a new peak of 2329 !

Jonathan Zaczek is now at 2189 after getting so tantalizingly close to Master after the Canadian Open (2199)

Arvin Dawa also has a new high at 2186.

(PS - Dezheng Kong, now of BC, gained 106 points at the Canadian Open to now sit at 2089)

Canadian Open - Round 7 - Video Blog by Nikachu

See it here

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2010 Canadian Open Round 9

Another great day for the players we are following:
FM Jack Yoos defeated GM Harikrishna (2678)  to end at 7
FM Kevin Gentes drew GM Friedel to finish at 6
Zaczek won to finish at 6
Kong won to finish at 6
Wiebe Lipic lost to finish at 4.5
Lipic lost to finish at 3.5

I haven't seen the prize award list, but I would think Yoos got himself around $1,500, while Zaczek and Kong probably cashed for a little over $200.

2010 Canadian Open Round 8

Yoos won - 6.0
Gentes drew with IM Gerzhoy - 5.5
Zaczek lost - 5.0
Kong lost - 5.0
Wiebe drew - 4.5
Lipic lost - 3.5

2010 Canadian Open Round 7 results

Great day for the Manitobans and ex-Manitobans !

Yoos Draw 5
Gentes Win 5
Zaczek Win 5
Kong Draw 5
Wiebe Win 4
Lipic Win 3.5


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2010 Canadian Open Round 7

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8th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial Chess Tournament September 3-5, 2010

2010 Canadian Open Round 6 Videoblog - by Nikachu

Round 6 Videoblog

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 3, 2010

From the Saturday Winnipeg Free Press

 White to mate in 3 (Wurzburg)

1. Qd5

2010 Canadian Open Round 6

Yoos drew - 4.5
Kong beat a master - 4.5
Gentes won - 4.0
Zaczel lost - 4.0
Wiebe won - 3
Lipic lost - 2.5

2010 Canadian Open Round 5 - videoblog by Nikachu

2010 Canadian Open Round 5 Magic the Gathering  - videoblog by Nikachu


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2010 Canadian Open Round 5

Zaczek will never get an easier pairing with 3 out of 4 in a large open.
The accelerated pairings used have messed up the tourney, and the following is one piece of evidence.





I may as well add FM Jack Yoos to the coverage




So after 5 rounds

Zaczek and Yoos have 4
Kong won in Rd 5 and has 3.5
Gentes drew and has 3
Lipic drew and has 2.5
Wiebe lost and has 2

Canadian Open - Rounds 3 and 4 - Video Blog by Nikachu

Warning: Some coarse language

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-gKSqOw0qQ

Canadian Open - Round 4

Zazcek won - now with 3 points
Lipic lost - 2
Gentes won - 2.5
Wiebe won - 2
Kong lost to IM Mulyar (join the club, I lost to him in 2005)- now with 2.5

Canadian Open - Round 3

Huge draw by Kong tonight vs Pechenkin 2432 !



Zazcek wins !




Lipic won, Gentes drew, Wiebe lost.

Canadian Open - Round 2 - Video Blog by Nikachu

Restricted 18 and over only
Coarse Language

Mark Bluvshtein simul
Stephen is a 1.f4 player in case you hadn't guessed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVpLwAL-ceg

Canadian Open Round 2

Best I can tell from the Round 3 pairings is that in Round 2:

Zaczek won
Lipic lost
Gentes, Kong, and Wiebe won.

Canadian Open - Round 1 - Video Blog by Nikachu

Jonathon says
"Hopefully I can make one every day. My first game was one of the very last to finish so I got no footage of the playing hall or kibitzers"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arfFQRVs--U

Canadian Open Round 1

We will be following the two Manitobans at the event, Jonathon Zaczek and Stephen Lipic; as well as former Manitobans Kevin Gentes, Daniel Wiebe, and Dezheng Kong. (Please let me know if I missed anyone).

Here is how they faired:
Zaczek lost to Joey Qin (2340)
Lipic beat (1711)
Gentes lost to GM Malaniuk (2556)
Wiebe lost to Erwin Casereno (2105)
Kong beat Dan Rotaru (1900)

The 2010 Las Vegas Chronicles - Part 1

Ok - I think the statute of limitations has passed - we can now reveal what happened at the National Open.
We start with a pre-tournament event, the simuls...
Jonathon Zaczek was the only player to defeat GM Akobian.
(Thanks to Jim Green for sending the pgn.) Jim Green lost to Anna Zatonskih, but received an autographed copy of Chess Life.

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Photo: Chris Bird

2010 July TNT starts July 6

Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42
4CM42 <-click here for map

4 rounds - July 6, 13, 20, 27 - (This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 4 rounds)

Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

Tuesday Night Tournaments are held every month of the year, (except for November and December when things are organized a little differently).

There is one game per week.

All of the TNTs are Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a time control of G /120 minutes [Each player has 2 hours to complete their moves, the game will be be 4 hours maximum]

The TNTs are typically 4 round events (one game for 4 consecutive Tuesdays in the month).

Start time is 7:00 pm and the TD will confirm costs

( $ 15 entry fee, and CFC membership required[$ 20 for a one-tournament membership or $ 53 for the entire year])

Registration for tournament -July 6 - approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm

Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm. (If you think you may be late, please send an email to
chessmanitoba 'at' gmail.com) before 5 pm (you can try later, but the wireless access at the U may be problematic)

Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 4CM42
4CM42 <-click here for map

This is very near our old room of 5L24 and is in fact on the same floor.

Easiest way to get there is the same way to 5L24 - take the elevator at the north end (Ellice) to the 5th Floor(if that Elevator is operating) Otherwise, there is an elevator just to the west of the Bookstore.

Our goal is to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - June 19, 2010

from the Saturday Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Bottacchi)

Ok - give it a shot - you will never find an easier one. 1. Nd4