Thursday, March 31, 2011

2011 March Tournaments Rated

The 2011 March TNT and the 2011 Winnipeg FIDE Futurity 5 have been rated by the CFC

Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak ratings:

Carl Pottinger 1903
Stephen Lipic 1876
Jim Green 1826
Gary Campbell 1729
Bruce Reimer 1663
Damola Afolabi 1507 (Provisional)

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Manitoba Active Ratings

Name Active Rating MCA Membership expiry
Billous, Simon 1386
Bince, Rolando 2124
Boron, Anthony 1979
Burstow, John 2293 31-Jan-12
Campbell, Jamie 1646
Crawford, Gary 1466
Currie, James 1916
Czypinski, Jaroslaw 1927
Dawa, Arvin 2091
De Groot, Steven 1800
Evans, Brian 1599
Gannon, Keith 1590
Gibson, Kris 1814
Green, Aaron 2001
Green, Jim 1838
Greenberg, Harley 1771
Iomdina, Alex 1435
Iomdina, Bella 1890 23-Jan-11
Joven, Perfecto 1891
Kaptsan, Aron 2075
Klusa, Lawrence 1339 31-Jan-12
Klusa, Mark 1557 31-Jan-12
Kohalmi, Andy 1635
Lauritson, Jim 1878
Letain, Cory 1631
Li, Devon 1567
Li, Henry 1410
Lipic, Stephen 1874
Lipnowski, Samuel 2252
Magnusson, Saul 1793
Manicdao, Tomas 1773
Melamedoff, Gustavo 1961
Melven, John 1548
Milord, Frank 1646
Milward, Dave 1713
Mousseau, Chuck 1846
Nikouline, Alexandre 2075
Ochate, Edward 1521
Ott, Richard 1446
Pang, Charles 1800
Pang, Michael 1781
Pottinger, Carl 1817
Raihman, David 1498
Raihman, Igal 1988
Remillard, John 1548
Repa, Jason 2024
Rutter, Blair 1851
Samson, Larry 1761 23-Jan-11
Schulz, Manfred 1842
Schulz, Waldemar 1969
Schwartz, Leah 1141
Swift, Ryne 1778
Trueman, Francis 1550
Van Wyk, Joseph 2054
Villeneuve, Justin 1292
Vincent, Trevor 2318
Wasserman, Arie 1727
Wasserman, Jerry 1973
Wasserman, Leor 1789
Wolchock, Theo 1605
Yung, Dustin 1172
Zaczek, Jonathon 2188

Friday, March 18, 2011

Zaczek in Poland

Chess Pictures from his trip over Christmas 2010

Groningen 1946 - 1996 Reunion

Another great find by Gustavo Melamedoff ! ( He told me about it a few weeks ago)
For those that don't know what this is about, in 1946 a famous chess tournament was held in Groningen.
In a sensational result, Abe Yanofsky defeated Botvinnik in their individual game.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_1946_chess_tournament

In 1996, the surviving participants met for a reunion.

If you are short of time I would refer you
1:30 - some shots of Yanofsky



Here you can see Yanofsky kibitzing at 12:45


Part 3 has some Yanofsky pics and footage from 3:30 to 9:00, and again at 13:00


Part 4 - focusing on Najdorf
Watch the speed of his analysis around the seven minute mark.  Not bad for an 86 year old.
Yanofsky poses for a group shot starting around 10:00

I thought I saw an interview with Yanofsky in one of these earlier, but know I can't seem to find it.
If you see it, please leave a comment.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Endgame debuts on Showcase

http://www.showcase.ca/endgame/


After witnessing the murder of his fiancée, former World Chess Champion Arkady Balagan develops a debilitating case of agoraphobia. Unable to leave his hotel and running out of money, the arrogant and charismatic Russian inadvertently becomes a detective - using his fierce analytical skills to solve baffling crimes.ing the murder of his fiancée, former World Chess Champion Arkady Balagan develops a debilitating case of agoraphobia. Unable to leave his hotel and running out of money, the arrogant and charismatic Russian inadvertently becomes a detective - using his fierce analytical skills to solve baffling crimes.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - February 26, 2011

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 3 (Cheney)
1. Ba8 !

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

2011 FIDE Futurity # 5

The following will comprise FIDE Futurity # 5

FIDE players
Gustavo Melamedoff
Aron Kaptsan
Waldemar Schulz
Jim Lauritson

Non-FIDE Players (each with one 3-game result thus far)
Carl Pottinger
Jim Green


# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Carl Pottinger W    6 W    2 B    3 W    4 B    5
2 Jim Lauritson W    5 B    1 W    6 W    3 B    4
3 Jim Green W    4 B    5 W    1 B    2 W    6
4 Gustavo Melamedoff B    3 B    6 W    5 B    1 W    2
5 Waldemar Schulz B    2 W    3 B    4 B    6 W    1
6 Aron Kaptsan B    1 W    4 B    2 W    5 B    3


Pairings for Round 1. 2011 Winnipeg FIDE Futurity # 5
Bd White Black
1 Carl Pottinger  (1832) 1 Aron Kaptsan  (2011)  0
2 Jim Lauritson  (1990) Waldemar Schulz  (2046)
3 Jim Green  (1822) Gustavo Melamedoff  (2130)



Pairings for Round 2. 2011 Winnipeg FIDE Futurity # 5
Bd White Black
1 Aron Kaptsan  (2011) Gustavo Melamedoff  (2130)
2 Waldemar Schulz  (2046) Jim Green  (1822)
3 Carl Pottinger  (1832) Jim Lauritson  (1990)



Pairings for Round 3. 2011 Winnipeg FIDE Futurity # 5: 2011
Bd White Black
1 Jim Lauritson  (1990) Aron Kaptsan  (2011)
2 Jim Green  (1822) Carl Pottinger  (1832)
3 Gustavo Melamedoff  (2130) Waldemar Schulz  (2046)



Pairings for Round 4. 2011 Winnipeg FIDE Futurity # 5: 2011
Bd White Black
1 Aron Kaptsan  (2011) Waldemar Schulz  (2046)
2 Carl Pottinger  (1832) Gustavo Melamedoff  (2130)
3 Jim Lauritson  (1990) Jim Green  (1822)



Pairings for Round 5. 2011 Winnipeg FIDE Futurity # 5
Bd White Black
1 Jim Green  (1822) Aron Kaptsan  (2011)
2 Gustavo Melamedoff  (2130) Jim Lauritson  (1990)
3 Waldemar Schulz  (2046) Carl Pottinger  (1832)

Lipic and Melamedoff in da House !

The House of FIDE ratings that is:

On February 28, they officially became FIDE rated:

http://ratings.fide.com/seek.phtml?idcode=&name=melamedoff&offset=0

http://ratings.fide.com/seek.phtml?idcode=&name=lipic&offset=0