Monday, May 31, 2010

June 2010 TNT starts June 1

4 rounds - June 1,8, 15, 22 - (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 -June 1 approximately 6:35 pm to 6:50 pm
Registration will be cut off at 6:50 pm.
Our goal is to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

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.

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

2010 May TNT has been rated by the CFC

See the crosstable here

Congratulations to the following who achieved new high ratings:

Leor Wasserman 1738
Richard Ott 1700

and to Jeff Babb who has reentered the Master class at 2206 , with his highest rating in 9 years.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Who was that man ?

Several players asked me last Tuesday and again on Saturday, "Who was that young man that visited us".

It was local (but currently inactive) player John Burstow. Apart from being one of the top players in Manitoba for several decades, he also was deemed the 1963 Canadian Junior Champion (a mere 47 years ago) as the Top junior at 1962 Canadian Open Championship and was Canada's representative at the 1963 World Junior Championship.

If you were wondering how strong John and Fletcher Baragar were near their peak periods, take a look at this crosstable (the Canadians were grossly underrated in those days-look who they drew or defeated - very impressive):

From (http://www3.telus.net/public/swright2/vanicc.html)
FIDE Open

Vancouver, August 19811234567890
1Miles, Tony2593W18W24D13D11W9D19W5W3L2W77.5
2Suttles, Duncan2557W4L11W25W13W15L5D8W14W1W37.5
3Seirawan, Yasser2601D8D5W22W32W11W6W19L1W12L27.0
4Assmann, Thomas2240L2W30W17W26L6W32L16W23W18W87.0
5Taylor, Gordon2302W28D3D7D12W24W2L1W8D9D66.5
6Harper, Bruce2331L 0W12D19L15W4L3W9D7D14D56.0
7Donaldson, John2323W32D10D5L19W13W14D12D6W11L16.0
8Burstow, John2150D3L14W33W35W10W9D2L5W24L46.0
9Day, Lawrence2438D10W16W26W21L1L8L6W15D5W196.0
10Weber, Peter2200D9D7D12W27L8D18W26W32L17W206.0
11Baragar, Fletcher2241W20W2D14D1L3L12D15W16L7W175.5
12Cramling, Pia2235W30L6D10D5W16W11D7D13L3D145.5
13Zuk, Bob2222W17W21D1L2L7W15L14D12W19D165.5
14Piasetski, Leon2398W23W8D11D24D19L7W13L2D6D125.5
15Hund, Barbara2221D25D22W16W6L2L13D11L9W23W245.5
16Hawkes, Rob2254W31L9L15W18L12W21W4L11W27D135.5
17Forbes, Gerry1982L13W36L4W29W27W23L24D18W10L115.5
18Pupols, Viktors2318L1D20W35L16W26D10W32D17L4W255.5
19Macskasy, Elod2225W34W33D6W7D14D1L3D24L13L95.0
20Dougherty, Mike2021L11D18L24W36L25W22D30W26W21L105.0

1234567890
21Ferguson, Bobby1946W29L13W23L9L32L16W35W25L20W315.0
22Szabo Jr., Alex2002W36D15L3D28L23L20D31D33W26W 05.0
23Brown, Paul2062L14W34L21W25W22L17W27L4L15W285.0
24Berry, Jonathan2302D33L1W20D14L5W25W17D19L8L154.5
25O'Donnell, Tom2003D15W35L2L23W20L24W28L21W31L184.5
26Farges, Yves2003W35W27L9L4L18W28L10L20L22W 04.0
27Ellis, Steve1948W37L26W28L10L17W34L23W30L16L294.0
28Dimitrijevic, D2147L5W29L27D22D34L26L25W35W30L234.0
29Barclay, Wayne2153L21L28L34L17W35L30W36L31W32W274.0
30Kurtovic, Tom2139L12L4L32W33D31W29D20L27L28D353.5
31Petras, Mike1981L16L32D36D34D30D33D22W29L25L213.5
32Skulsky, Ian2041L7W31W30L3W21L4L18L10L29L 03.0
33Dubisch, Ralph1943D24L19L8L30W36D31D34D22L 0L 03.0
34Wilson, Steve1957L19L23W29D31D28L27D33L36L 0L 02.5
35Day, Angela1736L26L25L18L8L29D36L21L28W 0D302.0
36Phipps, Bill1789L22L17D31L20L33D35L29W34L 0L 02.0
37Rudolph, Alexey1873L27L 0L 0L 0L 0L 0L 0L 0L 0L 00.0
Source: 51-24

The third installment of the 1981 Vancouver Chess Congress was a FIDE-rated International Swiss, limited to players rated above 2000 (or juniors above 1900). Held in the Henry Angus Building at UBC, the tournament was originally scheduled for eleven rounds, but with only thirty-eight players entered this was changed to ten rounds and a rest day. The event saw the return to tournament chess of Duncan Suttles, who had not played since 1976. However, he faced tough competition from England number one Tony Miles and new U.S. champion Yasser Seirawan, along with IMs Leon Piasetski and Lawrence Day and other hungry hopefuls.

After eight rounds the three grandmasters were ahead of the pack: Miles (6.5) had just taken over the lead by beating Seirawan (6) while Suttles (5.5) was third. In round nine Suttles beat Miles and Seirawan won, leaving Yasser in the lead by half a point going into the last round. This saw the completion of the Cinderella story as Suttles beat Seirawan to tie for first with Tony Miles, who ground down John Donaldson; each scored 7.5. Seirawan tied for third with the unheralded young German Thomas Assmann, while current B.C. Champion Gordon Taylor was all alone in fifth place with 6.5. Gordon's result was sufficient for an IM norm, while Bruce Harper, Fletcher Baragar, and Elod Macskasy made FM norms and Pia Cramling an IGM norm.

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Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - May 8, 2010

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 3 (Berd)

Very difficult.

1. Re7 Nxd2 2. Qb1 !! Nxb1 3. Be6#
1. Re7 Bxe7 2. Be6+ Kxg2 3. Qf1#
1. Re7 Rxe7 2. Qxh7+ Kxg2 3.Qh2#



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2010 Albert Boxer Memorial has been rated by the CFC

Open
Under 1800

Congratulations to the following who achieved new rating highs:

Arvin Dawa 2176
Perfecto Joven 1932
Stephen Lipic 1874
Richard Ott 1686
Gary Crawford 1476
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Selling a few Chess Books

Your blogger is selling a few chess books
If any local players are interested in any, please send me an email at chessmanitoba@gmail.com
First come, first serve.
10% of proceeds go to funding FIDE rating fees.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Albert Boxer Memorial this weekend May 14-16

Albert Boxer Memorial - 5 round Swiss System Tournament
In Two Sections
Open - FIDE rated and CFC rated - Top Manitoban qualifies for 2011 Manitoba Closed
U1800 - CFC rated

University of Winnipeg - Room 5L24
Time Control - Game - 2 hours (each player)

Rounds at:
Friday, May 14 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 15, 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 16, 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Registration closes 6:50 p.m. Friday, May 14 [if you wish to join the tourney on Saturday with a half round bye for the first round - registration will close 9:45 a.m Saturday]

Entry fee: $ 20 - [$ 5 discount for over age 60, or under 19]
Chess Federation of Canada membership required.
Prizes based on entries after expenses.

Top Manitoban determined by cascading tie-breaks if necessary:
Head-to-Head within tournament (if only two winners) (Black draw = win)
Cumulative Score
Modified Median

Inquiries email chessmanitoba at gmail dot com
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FIDE Futurity # 2 rated by FIDE

I forgot to mention this on May 1. See results here
Unfortunately, the non-FIDE rated players - Jim Lauritson and Gustavo Melamedoff did not achieve FIDE rateable results.

Of the 4 FIDE players in the tournament
Here are their new ratings and change in rating:

Jay Khedkar 1983 +32
Aron Kaptsan 2113 +7
Jonathon Zaczek 2092 -27
Sam Lipnowski 2220 -10

FIDE Futurity # 3 is scheduled for June. I have sent an invite to the active FIDE players and those that are likely candidates, but if I missed you and may be interested, please send me an email at chessmanitoba at gmail dot com. Free entry for FIDE rated players, but you must be a CFC member.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - April 24, 2010

from the Winnipeg Free Press

White to mate in 2 (Beers)





So, I tried several engines on the problem - no go.. they all select mates in 3.
The answer is 1. Bg8
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Manitoba Closed 2010 Championship

Update:
The following qualifiers have confirmed their participation (at least tentatively) for the 8 -player knockout: Trevor Vincent, Paolo Araullo, Jay Khedkar, Sam Lipnowski.
Rolando Bince has declined, and Kevin Gentes is believed to be residing in Ontario.
Igal Raihman qualified on the weekend
That means at least 3 spots will be filled from the May 5.rating list.
The top 3 on the rating list who have played at least 8 CFC games since Jan 1, 2009 are
Jeff Babb
Arvin Dawa
Jonathon Zaczek

If all of the above accept, the pairings and brackets will be this:
#Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3
1




8



4

5




2


7


3



6



1. Trevor Vincent (2304)
8. Igal Raihman (2036)

4. Paolo Araullo (2187)
5. Arvin Dawa (2135)

2. Sam Lipnowski (2220)
7. Jay Khedkar (2063)

3. Jeff Babb (2193)
6. Jonathon Zaczek (2096)

I will be contacting the players to confirm their participation. Then I will provide the players with the opponent's email. The opponents will then try to arrange the time and place of their games.
(Keep in mind that Tuesdays at the same time as the TNT games provides a controlled environment).
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Manitoba Closed 2010 Championship

8 player knockout (lose a round and you are eliminated)

$ 10 entry fee

CFC rated - CFC Membership required

First prize $ 50 , qualification to 2011 Manitoba Championship, and long-lasting fame.
Second prize $ 30


3 rounds of 2 game matches to be played at G/120 , no increment.
Tiebreaks at 2 games at G - 25 plus 10 second increment. Further tiebreaks at Blitz 5 minutes plus 3 sec increment


Matches to be played at player's mutual convenience (they will submit dates they have agreed to / are available)

approximately:
Round 1 - Approx May 6 - June 7
Round 2 - Approx June 8 - July 15
Final -Approx Jul 15 - Aug 15

(I would prefer that these days be compressed - but I don't think there is any hurry for 2010. 2011 will be a different story.)
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2010 May Qualifier has been rated

2010 May Qualifier has been rated by the CFC

Congratulations to the following how have achieved new rating highs

Igal Raihman 2036
James Atem 1874
Richard Ott 1648
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Sunday, May 2, 2010

2010 May TNT starts May 4

4 rounds - May 4, 11, 18, 25 - (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 -May 4 - 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)

Our goal is to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

2010 MB Championship Qualifier - Igal Raihman wins

10 players competed for the last non-rating qualification spot in the forthcoming 2010 Manitoba Championships.

First round results -
1. Zaczek- Melamedoff DRAW
2. Kaptsan - Atem 0-1
3. Jim Green - Boron 0-1
4. Aaron Green - Leor Wasserman 1-0
5. Ott - Igal Raihman 0-1

Second round results -
1. Boron -Igal Raihman 0-1
2. Atem - Aaron Green 1-0
3. Zaczek - Kaptsan DRAW
4. Wasserman - Melamedoff - 0-1
5. Ott - Jim Green 0-1

So after 2 rounds, the surprise leaders were Igal Raichman and James Atem.
They met in Round 3.

Third round results
1. Igal Raihman - Atem 1-0
2. Melamedoff - Boron 1-0
3. Aaron Green - Zaczek DRAW
4. Kaptsan - Leor Wasserman 1-0

Melamedoff needed to win in the 4th round to claim the Qualifying spot

Fourth round results
1. Igal Raihman - Melamedoff 1-0
2. Atem - Zaczek 0-1
3. Jim Green - Kaptsan 1-0
4. Boron - Aaron Green 1-0
5. Leor Wasserman - Ott 0-1

So Igal Raihman wins the Qualifier with 4-0 !
Congratulations, Igal !
Second with 2.5 were Gustavo Melamedoff, Jonathon Zaczek, and Jim Green.

Stay tuned after Wednesday's new CFC ratings are published to see who qualifies from the rating list.
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