tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31524844354513998392024-03-18T23:00:36.841-05:00Chess ManitobaA blog for Chess activities in Manitoba, particularly Chess in WinnipegChess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.comBlogger1158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-242757044497644982023-12-30T01:00:00.002-06:002023-12-31T09:42:11.568-06:0050 Years Ago... on December 29, 1973some future blogger was awarded first place in a chess tournament (1973 Winnipeg High School Chess Tournament) . How time flies !<br />
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From the Winnipeg Free Press, December 31, 1973, pg. 3. <br />
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was quite fortunate that the best player that year, Jeff Babb, was
upset by Chris Cooley sometime in a middle round. Thus I didn't have to
play Jeff, and I beat Cooley in the 8th and final round. I scored 6.5
-1.5 (3 draws) and if I recall correctly I was awarded the trophy on tiebreak
over Paul O'Leary and Jeff Babb. I also seem to recall there were over 80 players (84 apparently from the clipping below).<br />
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According
to my recopied scoresheets there were 3 rounds on each of the 27th and
28th, 2 rounds on the 29th. The draws were with the still active John
Remillard, Richard Lindsay, and J. Bradford.<br />
I do remember Eric Jefferson, who I think was also the TD, giving me a ride from Tec Voc (the tournament site) to the Free Press (which was on Carlton then ) for the photos.<br />
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I have posted the games <a href="http://www.chessmanitoba.org/Games/1973hs.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I had been playing seriously for about 2 years - (of interest my scorebook shows that I just returned from the the Santa Claus Open in Hibbing, MN - I caught a ride with several other local players - more on that later) starting sometime in Grade 9 after getting tired of being the victim of Scholar's Mate on the odd occasion that someone (Steven Ward) brought out a board in the school library.<br />
I recall having studied (amongst others) Reuben Fine's 'Basic Chess Endings', Euwe's 'Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur' and playing over games from Keene's 'Flank Openings', and Chess Canada magazine.<br />
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John's team from St. Paul's had the highest team score - I don't recall how the team score was determined, it may have been the total of the top 4 players.<br />
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Below are the individual results (scores, tiebreak) - players from the same school did not play each other.<br />
I didn't appreciate it at the time, but hats off to the TD . It couldn't have been easy doing the pairings.<br />
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<br />Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-55231497307005091442023-08-25T20:56:00.005-05:002023-08-25T20:56:53.239-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 19, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">From the Winnipeg Free Press</span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-29178361574612597322023-08-25T20:55:00.004-05:002023-08-25T20:55:57.996-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 5, 2023<p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="text-align: center;">From the Winnipeg Free Press</span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-63239836789391710832023-08-25T20:54:00.004-05:002023-08-25T21:14:05.360-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 22, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">From the Winnipeg Free Press</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRlxhHv9E-4TioJwtwp-1RQilDCfLqZo-XhsF5e7ZvmqPG-a-JdmCvQJf1pcgNOi4QNETIM0gHjM0A_CYSOS20kes7LDeNgSvFja9VnN7W-kbyfqQ7e_utawEMi79zOU9uQPaqBGVZnO-tS5CV-hVA-yITRGFDt3xoGuvVMwE_geY5XYXObmBjrC58qZU/s356/Cecil%20July%2022%20Soby.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRlxhHv9E-4TioJwtwp-1RQilDCfLqZo-XhsF5e7ZvmqPG-a-JdmCvQJf1pcgNOi4QNETIM0gHjM0A_CYSOS20kes7LDeNgSvFja9VnN7W-kbyfqQ7e_utawEMi79zOU9uQPaqBGVZnO-tS5CV-hVA-yITRGFDt3xoGuvVMwE_geY5XYXObmBjrC58qZU/s320/Cecil%20July%2022%20Soby.JPG" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Soby)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-57886304066540083622023-08-25T20:53:00.007-05:002023-08-25T21:12:36.376-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - July 8, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">From the Winnipeg Free Press</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gYa9pSJYWKLrqh_Lwd4ca61Y7QX7dd6CFyQOO_q7kZWDZR1zJ_tR9mwfNDWTY90JGQzjudbGFromOzVZPSGq_DsOInba11dQtRp1z7z-ixOTg7xB20jww-j-wgLdFgyi-RoPsQ7giaTnw3HAyk5T7Fm8HujiL39f2Sxn56dly57DDvpA3C-bJtE9dIfy/s351/Cecil_July_8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gYa9pSJYWKLrqh_Lwd4ca61Y7QX7dd6CFyQOO_q7kZWDZR1zJ_tR9mwfNDWTY90JGQzjudbGFromOzVZPSGq_DsOInba11dQtRp1z7z-ixOTg7xB20jww-j-wgLdFgyi-RoPsQ7giaTnw3HAyk5T7Fm8HujiL39f2Sxn56dly57DDvpA3C-bJtE9dIfy/s320/Cecil_July_8.JPG" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Sparke)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: white;">1.Nf4</span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-21084046149842340592023-08-25T20:52:00.003-05:002023-08-25T20:52:24.523-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - June 24, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">From the Winnipeg Free Press</span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-81234773294268096932023-08-25T20:51:00.002-05:002023-08-25T20:51:15.377-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - June 10, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">From the Winnipeg Free Press</span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-26833474149317797032023-08-25T20:50:00.000-05:002023-08-25T20:50:00.066-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - May 27, 2023<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="text-align: center;">From the Winnipeg Free Press</span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-59840586815928629442023-08-25T20:48:00.001-05:002023-08-25T20:48:19.532-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - May 13, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">From the Winnipeg Free Press</span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-44998659292916028502023-08-25T20:46:00.003-05:002023-08-25T20:46:49.828-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - April 29, 2023<p> <span style="text-align: center;">From the Winnipeg Free Press</span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-78314936968374496262023-08-25T20:45:00.004-05:002023-08-25T20:45:34.318-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - April 15, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> From the Winnipeg Free Press</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-1343969594895828822023-08-25T20:44:00.000-05:002023-08-25T20:44:35.612-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - April 1, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-92061094928544799942023-08-25T20:32:00.002-05:002023-08-25T20:35:51.455-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - March 18, 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> from the Winnipeg Free Press<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVf9jtnwyMo2s3sOGucAmcZqGnXjotekUQmJbARAQzETrKqe1zEHxFtGaA7O9XRXtr2VSMPpxwShrO-MlrYxMVkIGMm9t9ZMgy1yqeyX3GUh8WJVUnWXNf0LcD13dCpzc1OXN9-ruRFAXN4LslT5SXPA0l7e5CZ49oC7CwwLCM3uGWrmwMwhDSjJ0NUoU/s348/cecil_Mar%2018_2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVf9jtnwyMo2s3sOGucAmcZqGnXjotekUQmJbARAQzETrKqe1zEHxFtGaA7O9XRXtr2VSMPpxwShrO-MlrYxMVkIGMm9t9ZMgy1yqeyX3GUh8WJVUnWXNf0LcD13dCpzc1OXN9-ruRFAXN4LslT5SXPA0l7e5CZ49oC7CwwLCM3uGWrmwMwhDSjJ0NUoU/s320/cecil_Mar%2018_2023.JPG" width="307" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Guidelli)</td></tr></tbody></table>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-12883519561561248402023-08-25T20:27:00.002-05:002023-08-25T20:37:03.048-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - March 4, 2023<p> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4F0632jTRQTViQPW4-wxKEMUiqryYaPceV0m1CQVJgiW3HBTV4EIX0k100CKzt80Dhob91oTmCoeTt4QEogL8r-Kf-AojaHx_1Bsl-SWOg33bhFgdsvLk88mkndvOpib_xm1ynantt0wLth-x6XMN8NLEfJPj2SuZfXBf0f_mmMHK1nHcSCSRiSvYjXsd/s334/cecil_Mar_4_larsen+Previous%20Qd8.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4F0632jTRQTViQPW4-wxKEMUiqryYaPceV0m1CQVJgiW3HBTV4EIX0k100CKzt80Dhob91oTmCoeTt4QEogL8r-Kf-AojaHx_1Bsl-SWOg33bhFgdsvLk88mkndvOpib_xm1ynantt0wLth-x6XMN8NLEfJPj2SuZfXBf0f_mmMHK1nHcSCSRiSvYjXsd/s320/cecil_Mar_4_larsen+Previous%20Qd8.JPG" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Larsen)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">1. Nd8</span></div>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-65022796634863160952023-02-20T11:48:00.005-06:002023-08-25T20:31:41.032-05:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - Saturday, February 18, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_dLs7ZamIN3cEbH4nqEOM-5QsgTvnGlyn9bKbkf2xGd0Wvid_uj_ujz2xq-a4ObH581OALEGkhyRGfwrhp0ydmTUTZTck5vBAsh74qig5Z_BvRGeJvxCOFzbfszqqgqtVMV0NH_pzbRcpRyf-lh5rJ7uM1JiuZOjaS7u3OqcIwgOjAVRPxAqsHkt0g/s409/Cecil_Feb_20_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_dLs7ZamIN3cEbH4nqEOM-5QsgTvnGlyn9bKbkf2xGd0Wvid_uj_ujz2xq-a4ObH581OALEGkhyRGfwrhp0ydmTUTZTck5vBAsh74qig5Z_BvRGeJvxCOFzbfszqqgqtVMV0NH_pzbRcpRyf-lh5rJ7uM1JiuZOjaS7u3OqcIwgOjAVRPxAqsHkt0g/s320/Cecil_Feb_20_2023.JPG" width="307" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in two (Albert)</td></tr></tbody></table>1. Qd8<div><span style="color: white;">d8</span></div>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-51647440547283560412023-02-08T22:43:00.007-06:002023-02-08T22:43:49.195-06:00John Sheridan 1941- 2022 <p> </p><p>Some old-timers may remember John from the late 70s, early 80s at the Winnipeg Chess Centre (Cornish Library).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFDhO0iU9ZUqiqi4vMr2LMG_28shn6fxYCoUrn1Ke407s3qLKmW78BfGb-Z4ul0ssub-iFBUNl5SA6_qCkrlsVnT1F4iDoLbKZppjNREk9V6qmeW6KMa-EGeWfo-whsRi2tbQedZBsT1WJNt5ExMzUUcN-ZtYkKYWrtOSojMR9Wrsa3IXXf_4DCVKZQ/s834/Sheridan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="195" height="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFDhO0iU9ZUqiqi4vMr2LMG_28shn6fxYCoUrn1Ke407s3qLKmW78BfGb-Z4ul0ssub-iFBUNl5SA6_qCkrlsVnT1F4iDoLbKZppjNREk9V6qmeW6KMa-EGeWfo-whsRi2tbQedZBsT1WJNt5ExMzUUcN-ZtYkKYWrtOSojMR9Wrsa3IXXf_4DCVKZQ/w201-h858/Sheridan.JPG" width="201" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-20549805120301815172023-02-08T19:42:00.011-06:002023-02-20T11:47:18.522-06:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - Saturday, February 4, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJp8uyD74LPdSM715CvRBW_hV85zdejPlMy-MdJsVKvcHnHNUeXB0u0LOqRk8AEUHxqhzr5tJO-W6xbS2eKU2eFO9iZ_7F2330jvNZBSAcmqMNJsnejo7e_jR6GZ95Bi6Mrfn-zcPzSrEuJ8Toxvkf3x0J6LHKnfF8Bf3BBRiDHH9w-k_PZ_lBJV7vg/s368/Cecil_Feb_4%202023.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="351" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJp8uyD74LPdSM715CvRBW_hV85zdejPlMy-MdJsVKvcHnHNUeXB0u0LOqRk8AEUHxqhzr5tJO-W6xbS2eKU2eFO9iZ_7F2330jvNZBSAcmqMNJsnejo7e_jR6GZ95Bi6Mrfn-zcPzSrEuJ8Toxvkf3x0J6LHKnfF8Bf3BBRiDHH9w-k_PZ_lBJV7vg/s320/Cecil_Feb_4%202023.JPG" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Larsen)<br />1. Nc4</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-38057074472057554052023-02-08T19:42:00.009-06:002023-02-08T19:59:44.939-06:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - Saturday, January 21, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUjr1UGqaI1C9DkUJB6lNFrVV3eABLsOKF37dtHMB3tJvbm1JhShJu4yro-W4doTSt7L4Oy4N5hefTjS7Dg1RVmTNB36m7zfrVPux2TrJkLoK1PX-cRMxmOxVWsLtMdvNe5AOPZ6BNj6IWKdmb1cIcBk3YYIXg2Wz1N3pYO4lwG0a9CRUxhD4Ci1tEA/s417/Cecil_Jan_21_2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="394" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUjr1UGqaI1C9DkUJB6lNFrVV3eABLsOKF37dtHMB3tJvbm1JhShJu4yro-W4doTSt7L4Oy4N5hefTjS7Dg1RVmTNB36m7zfrVPux2TrJkLoK1PX-cRMxmOxVWsLtMdvNe5AOPZ6BNj6IWKdmb1cIcBk3YYIXg2Wz1N3pYO4lwG0a9CRUxhD4Ci1tEA/s320/Cecil_Jan_21_2023.JPG" width="302" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Dobbs)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">1. Qf5</span></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-18636121936147365882023-02-08T19:41:00.005-06:002023-02-27T14:28:48.606-06:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - Saturday, January 7, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnnjjKL0dJ5AjBZQ16kZ3V_K8xoNcbHdwcQVPR3LghkdBU9no1Fy1DvSFle_980bE3H5DVgo0w7JM9jK6uPNuP1WnfmyFCgl682FOtrwi5ZM7DKbkYsEj_0vGAcFbioIlIyz4SUn3y8GKLWk0Vc2hjHc5nOsfi738mfYH8ztUd3VJ3BIKt7UzvkjO_A/s404/Cecil_Jan_7_%202023.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="387" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnnjjKL0dJ5AjBZQ16kZ3V_K8xoNcbHdwcQVPR3LghkdBU9no1Fy1DvSFle_980bE3H5DVgo0w7JM9jK6uPNuP1WnfmyFCgl682FOtrwi5ZM7DKbkYsEj_0vGAcFbioIlIyz4SUn3y8GKLWk0Vc2hjHc5nOsfi738mfYH8ztUd3VJ3BIKt7UzvkjO_A/s320/Cecil_Jan_7_%202023.JPG" width="307" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Wainwright)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span>1. e3</span></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-39567038034141761862023-02-08T19:40:00.006-06:002023-02-08T19:54:39.102-06:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - December 24, 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFGbHTbZCCpeEP4m3yIr-kulg89IT_IqjCtkqxT5ODakxCTWJ2ppPilDp9XaFktCRwcZ-3rsjtPVtKlMzArzS7J-v73vfpvtbYyVy1PprsusXateV0SjZ_pU1fydmSzAHPed8Ps0t26zumhllD3byP2wJktyQCZP61EGXbBriAaHxkaDcweL07JENRg/s415/cecil_Dec_24_rinaldini_previous%20qg3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFGbHTbZCCpeEP4m3yIr-kulg89IT_IqjCtkqxT5ODakxCTWJ2ppPilDp9XaFktCRwcZ-3rsjtPVtKlMzArzS7J-v73vfpvtbYyVy1PprsusXateV0SjZ_pU1fydmSzAHPed8Ps0t26zumhllD3byP2wJktyQCZP61EGXbBriAaHxkaDcweL07JENRg/s320/cecil_Dec_24_rinaldini_previous%20qg3.JPG" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Rinaldini)<br /><span style="color: white;">1. Ne4</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-49448312447592644842022-12-14T23:44:00.002-06:002023-02-08T19:49:53.907-06:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - December 10, 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gB8typOTVoinvt7NQ_ousQoKpihwBDHl_vhYnUkxVPQ14VAAIlq5nHhctNSWCD9K6P5EGkjCy_GiI4QLrNtOrMrq8KTXGPKULVeBUlGc1inv-r0nDtHnXjQbTnPFjSIDouK_lllxBTeWluOmtiuLPtEOHTMVce-K5fnNT1qnTqZ8p1AGJ06WHbCUgQ/s408/cecil_westbury_prev.%20c4.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gB8typOTVoinvt7NQ_ousQoKpihwBDHl_vhYnUkxVPQ14VAAIlq5nHhctNSWCD9K6P5EGkjCy_GiI4QLrNtOrMrq8KTXGPKULVeBUlGc1inv-r0nDtHnXjQbTnPFjSIDouK_lllxBTeWluOmtiuLPtEOHTMVce-K5fnNT1qnTqZ8p1AGJ06WHbCUgQ/s320/cecil_westbury_prev.%20c4.JPG" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Westbury)<br />1. Qg3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-88726615082100819412022-12-03T00:34:00.002-06:002022-12-12T23:50:07.052-06:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - November 26, 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRURkIK77Xy_x1_e77MTu02gNgA2zSfIK_UqcGIRwTqVIEMx21Vg4oJoxrs94fm3iqpSB8-i_ugD4Z6XfB10T8-jr1w9rZWTYSvXK_zbtOV_6c9r_bwWaHM_s2IwICnHGNSWtYhDDkpsmV9VPIwm_xSs_qFNYLzXvGEpbRCIqTx1TXRDqHT1bmDdxCGw/s405/cECIL_nOV_26_tHOMSON.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="392" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRURkIK77Xy_x1_e77MTu02gNgA2zSfIK_UqcGIRwTqVIEMx21Vg4oJoxrs94fm3iqpSB8-i_ugD4Z6XfB10T8-jr1w9rZWTYSvXK_zbtOV_6c9r_bwWaHM_s2IwICnHGNSWtYhDDkpsmV9VPIwm_xSs_qFNYLzXvGEpbRCIqTx1TXRDqHT1bmDdxCGw/s320/cECIL_nOV_26_tHOMSON.JPG" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and mate in 2 (Thomson)<br />1. c4</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-84540155485100070062022-12-03T00:31:00.003-06:002022-12-03T00:31:22.583-06:00CFC has rated the November Rapid and Jay Khedkar Memorial<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h2></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2022 November 26 Rapid</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202211124" style="border: 0px; color: #0b91ea; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202211124</a></p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2022 Jay Khedkar Memorial</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202211108" style="border: 0px; color: #0b91ea; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202211108</a></p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FIDE updates ratings once per month – this tournament will be rated by FIDE at the end of December.</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FIDE has rated the 2022 November 26 Rapid</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=309367&t=1" style="border: 0px; color: #0b91ea; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=309367&t=1</a></p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Only a few players had rating changes – those players had existing FIDE standard ratings and played other FIDE rated players in the tournament. If an unrated player scores zero (against FIDE rated players) in their first event this score is<br />disregarded. It appears that 10 unrated FIDE players scored at least a point against FIDE rated players, so they are on their way to getting in the 5 games against FIDE rared opponents;</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Per FIDE rule 7.14:<br />A rating for a player new to the list shall be published when it is based on 5 games against (FIDE) rated opponents. This need not be met in one tournament.<br />Results from other tournaments played within consecutive rating periods of not more than 26 months are pooled to obtain the initial rating.</p></div>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-68911015697788746972022-12-03T00:30:00.003-06:002022-12-03T00:30:45.334-06:002022 December TNT (TuesdayNightTournament) starts Tuesday, December 6<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://chess.chessmanitoba.org/?p=4699" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Permalink to 2022 December TNT (TuesdayNightTournament) starts Tuesday, December 6">2022 December TNT (TuesdayNightTournament) starts Tuesday, December 6</a></h2></header><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2022 December TNT Tournament One Section – CFC and <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FIDE</strong> Standard Rated Event $ 25 entry fee – Prizes tbd.</p><h2 style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 24px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Location: <b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Canadian Mennonite University (600 Shaftesbury Boulevard)</b></span></h2><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Room D33 (map and direction and important information <a href="https://chess.chessmanitoba.org/?page_id=4538" style="border: 0px; color: #0b91ea; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://chess.chessmanitoba.org/?page_id=4538</a> <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Free Parking !</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CFC Membership required. <span style="border: 0px; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pre-registration is strongly recommended as capacity will be limited.</strong></span></p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4 rounds – 1 game on each Tuesday December 6, 13, 20, 27– (This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 4 rounds) (Players may take up to 1 half-point and any number of zero-point byes.)</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Half-point byes for round 4 must be requested before Round 2. Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp. FIDE Zero tolerance rule not in effect (After the first round, you will not forfeited if you are late, but will lose after 1 hour of being late).</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There is one game per week. This tournament is a Swiss (pairing) style tournaments with a time control of G /90 minutes plus a five-second increment from move 1. The games will be be approx. 3 hours maximum</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Start time is 7:00 pm -$ 25 entry fee and CFC membership required. All players must be CFC members (can be obtained during registration on-site)[$ 20 for a one-tournament adult membership or $ 25 for 12 months- new adult members pay $ 0 for a twelve-month CFC membership, ]Junior (under 20) members pay $ 10 for a one-tournament membership, $ 17 for a twelve-month CFC membership, new junior members pay only $ 0 for a twelve month CFC membership, or $ 0 for a one-tournament membership].</p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On site Registration for tournament (if capacity has not been reached through pre-registration) -Tuesday, December 6 – approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.</p></div>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152484435451399839.post-67104766731461003942022-11-16T09:42:00.002-06:002022-12-03T00:32:23.754-06:00Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - November 12, 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> from the Winnipeg Free Press</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhmhF3ebDgV3Kz9cI9Sj966u_1P3E5uQGFNNk2Jk0ICFQoqaiV_LY26dFCf_OYfDzjoCMyPWzCOUQHd1-rGJOndYnLgiKqhhz2oot-yZv1cx71sCpf-udg1_6VQPsitb9uz1S4yeK6m-kbGgmXwaWeMj8gAiRDWu7m3fCHsgSwNWGKxcTHAmc1hLNJg/s410/Cecil_Nov_12.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhmhF3ebDgV3Kz9cI9Sj966u_1P3E5uQGFNNk2Jk0ICFQoqaiV_LY26dFCf_OYfDzjoCMyPWzCOUQHd1-rGJOndYnLgiKqhhz2oot-yZv1cx71sCpf-udg1_6VQPsitb9uz1S4yeK6m-kbGgmXwaWeMj8gAiRDWu7m3fCHsgSwNWGKxcTHAmc1hLNJg/s320/Cecil_Nov_12.JPG" width="307" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White to move and Mate in 2 (Seilberger)<br /><b><br /><span>1. Bg8</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow", Sans; font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow", Sans; font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><a class="entity" href="https://www.yacpdb.org/#entity/person/Seilberger,%20Johann%20Joseph%20Petrus%20Adrianus" style="display: inline-block;"><span style="color: white;">Seilberger, Johann Joseph Petrus Adrianus</span></a></h2><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans Narrow", Sans; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;"> Nov 1919</span></div></div><br /><p><br /></p>Chess Manitobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006952115441250236noreply@blogger.com0