Bulletin #92

BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #92

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VANCOUVER REGIONAL CHESS CHALLENGE

This event took place at BCIT on March 25; ninety-two players participated. The prize winners were as follows:

Grade 2

1 Harrison Lee
2 Jacob Jensen

3 Izaac Stevens/Lawrence Luong/So Yeon Hwangbo/Gregory Sastrawidjaya

Grade 3

1 Alex Sabaratnam
2 Donovan Zhao

3 Algerd Karavai/Frank Cheng/Trevor Passey

Grade 4

1 Owen Chen
2 Bryant Vergara

3 Kyle Zheng

Grade 5

1 Jack Cheng
2 Alexandra Botez

3 Vera Tardos

Grade 6

1 Foster Tom
2 Jing Lang Xu
3 Jakab Tardos

Grade 7

1 Marko Mitrovic/Angelo Graffos/Joshua Ryu

Grade 8

1 Onkar Bagri

Grade 9

1 Vlad Gaciu
2 Ritik Looned

Grade 10

1 Bindi Cheng
2 Clyde Chen
3 Patrick Canning

Grade 11

1 Imran Khan
2 George Li/Daniel Hoong
3 Christopher Szekeres

Grade 12

1 Lucas Davies
2 Joel Fox

This tournament also has a team component, in that players from the same school can combine their best scores (top five for elementary, top four for secondary) towards a school trophy. The elementary trophy was won by Nightingale school with 16.5 points, ahead of OLPH. Alpha Secondary from Burnaby won the secondary trophy with 8 points, John Oliver was second.

Many thanks to those who helped out, including Katherine Davies, Elizabeth Towers, Andrei Botez, and Gabi Gaciu; the TD was Stephen Wright.

CIUDAD DE DOS HERMANAS

Now in its seventh year, this open on-line tournament took place March 17-25 via the facilities of the Internet Chess Club. Entry to the event was free, including a complimentary 7-day ICC account for those who did not already possess one. Two qualifying sections per day were held on the first six days of the tournament (March 17-22), followed by a 32-player knockout final. The qualifying sections were held as 12-round Swisses, and players were allowed to enter as many sections as they wished. All games were played at a time control of 4 minutes plus a 1 second increment per move.

The tournament attracted over two thousand entries, including a number from Canada. As far as I can tell there were two participants from B.C., Jonathan Berry ("tiq") and Brad Booker ("Bythebook") - my apologies if I missed anyone else. Their results were as follows:

Bythebook 18B 7.5 40/286

The final 32 players included 23 GMs, with 11 players rated over 2600. The eventual winner was German GM Fabian Doettling, who won 1800 Euros for his efforts, ahead of such luminaries as Baadur Jobava, Bu Xiangzhi, Tigran Petrosian (no, a different one), Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Magnus Carlsen, Sergei Movsesian, Gata Kamsky, Hikaru Nakamura, and Eljanov Pavel.

Further details, along with all the games, can be found at http://www.doshermanas.net/aje_7torneo.asp

tiq - LuckyBoy888 [B07] S17A Internet Chess Club (1), 17.03.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 g6 6.0–0 Bg7 7.Re1 Ngf6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 0–0 10.d4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1 12.Bxd1 Ng4 13.Bf4 h5 14.Nd2 Bf5 15.h3 Nh6 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 Rad8 18.Bf3 Nf5 19.Bg5 f6 20.exf6 exf6 21.Bf4 Nh4 22.Be2 Rfe8 23.Bc4+ Kf8 24.Rae1 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 g5 27.Be3 b6 28.Re6 Nf5 29.Rxb6 Nxe3 30.fxe3 f5 31.Kg3 Be5+ 32.Kf3 Rd2 33.g4 fxg4+ 34.hxg4 h4 35.Rh6 Rxb2 36.Ke4 Bg3 37.Kf5 Rf2+ 38.Kxg5 Rf3 39.Kg6 Rxe3 40.g5 Rxc3 41.Bxa6 Ra3 42.Bc4 Ra4 43.Bb3 Ra6+ 44.Kh7 Rxh6+ 45.gxh6 h3 46.Bd5 h2 47.a4 c4 48.a5 c3 49.a6 Bf2 50.Kg6 c2 51.h7 Bd4 52.a7 Bxa7 53.h8Q+ Ke7 54.Qf6+ Kd7 55.Qe6+ Kc7 56.Qe5+ Kb6 57.Qe6+ Kc5 58.Qc6+ Kd4 59.Qxc2 h1Q 60.Bxh1 time 1-0

vandersexxx (2239) - Bythebook (2016) [B11] S18B Internet Chess Club (10), 18.03.2006

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.d4 Bd6 7.c3 0–0 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.0–0 Re8 10.h3 Bh5 11.Be2 Nd7 12.Re1 Nf8 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.Qb3 Bb8 16.Nf1 Qc7 17.Bf3 Bd3 18.g3 Ne6 19.c4 Bf5 20.Bg2 Qd7 21.d5 cxd5 22.cxd5 Ng5 23.Bxg5 fxg5 24.Kh2 h5 25.Ne3 Bg6 26.Kg1 Be4 27.Bxe4 Rxe4 28.Rac1 Rce8 29.Kg2 h4 30.Nc2 hxg3 31.fxg3 Re2+ 32.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 33.Kf3 Rd2 34.Ne3 Qxh3 35.Rg1 Qh2 36.Rf1 Qxg3+ 37.Ke4 Qe5+ 38.Kf3 g4+ 39.Kxg4 Qe4+ 40.Rf4 Qxf4+ 41.Kh3 Qg3# 0-1

tiq - PVenegas [B52] S20B Internet Chess Club (7), 20.03.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0 g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Be3 Nc6 11.f3 Rfc8 12.b3 Qd8 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Rfc1 Ne5 15.a3 a6 16.Qe2 Rab8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 b5 19.b4 Qd8 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Qxb5 Rc3 23.Bf2 Nd3 24.Ne2 Rb3 25.Bb6 Qc8 26.Rf1 Qc2 27.Nd4 Bxd4+ 28.Bxd4 Qc8 29.Ra1 Nf4 30.Kf1 f6 31.Qc6 Qf5 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.Qxe7+ Kh6 34.Qf8+ Kh5 35.g4+ 1-0

tiq - DrFritz [C78] S21A Internet Chess Club (8), 21.03.2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d3 Bg4 10.Be3 h6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qe2 g5 13.Nd5 g4 14.Nh2 Rg8 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.hxg4 Bg6 17.axb5 axb5 18.c3 Qh4 19.Ra6 Nd8 20.Rfa1 h5 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Ra8 Rxa8 23.Rxa8 hxg4 24.Qxg4 Qf6 25.Qf3 Qg7 26.Ng4 Ke7 27.Ra7 Ne6 28.Bxe6 Kxe6 29.Rxc7 Bh5 30.Qf5+ Kd6 31.Qd7# 1-0

tiq - ViljandiMS [B40] S21A Internet Chess Club (12), 21.03.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0–0 Ne7 7.d3 Nbc6 8.Be3 d6 9.Qd2 h6 10.Nh4 e5 11.f4 Be6 12.f5 g5 13.fxe6 gxh4 14.Rxf7 Rg8 15.Raf1 hxg3 16.hxg3 Qa5 17.Nd5 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Nxd5 19.exd5 Nd4 20.c3 Nb5 21.a4 O-O-O 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ra1 Kb8 24.Ra5 Rdf8 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Rxb5 Bf6 27.Bxh6 Rg8 28.Kf2 1-0

Haakon - Bythebook [B10] S21B Internet Chess Club (4), 21.03.2006

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Ne5 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Nxd7 Qxd7 7.d4 a6 8.Be2 e6 9.0–0 Nf6 10.c3 Be7 11.Nd2 0–0 12.f4 g6 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.Bd3 Nd6 16.Qg4 b5 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Nxg6 fxg6 19.Qxg6+ Kh8 20.Rf3 Nf5 21.Rh3+ Bh4 22.g3 Qf7 23.Qg4 Qg7 24.Qe2 Rae8 25.Kh1 Kg8 26.gxh4 Rf6 27.Bd2 Rg6 28.Qf2 Kf7 29.h5 Rg4 30.h6 Qg6 31.h7 Rh8 32.Re1 Rxh7 33.Rxh7+ Qxh7 34.Qe2 Ng3+ 35.Kg2 Nxe2+ 36.Kf2 Qxh2+ 0-1

NORTH SHORE OPEN by Vas Sladek

There was a decent twenty player turnout for the North Shore Open. A booking problem forced the organizers to schedule three rounds for Saturday.

BC junior star Louie Jiang won the event with 4/4 and will now enjoy a full year of fun with his new ICC membership; four players tied for second. Louie had some help in round four when top-ranked Eduardo Moura pressed for a win and blundered by exchanging his light bishop. Eduardo considers it his worst-ever blunder!?

Arik Milner collected new chess pieces from Chess First! Enterprises, www.chessfirst.com for winning top junior. Thank you to sponsors Schlockbuster, North Shore's alternative movie rental place, and ICC, www.chessclub.com. Joe Oszvald directed. Event pictures are posted under 'Picture Gallery' on www.chessfirst.com.

Botez,A - Arcand,C [D15] North Shore op (1), 18.03.2006

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 e6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.f4 0-0 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Qf3 Ne8 12.Qh3 Ndf6 13.0-0 g6 14.Qh6 b5 15.Rf3 Nh5 16.Rh3 Bxg5 17.fxg5 f5 18.gxf6 Qxf6 19.Rxh5 Qf2+ 20.Kh1 Ra7 21.Nxg6 Rf6

22.Ne7+ Rxe7 23.Bxh7+ Kf7 24.Bg8+ Kxg8 25.Qh8+ Kf7 26.Rh7+ Kg6 27.Rh6+ Kf7 28.Rh7+ Kg6 29.Rh6+ Kf7 ½-½

Jiang,L - Moura,E [C10] North Shore op (4), 19.03.2006

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Be7 8.Bf4 0-0 9.Bd3 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Re1 c5 12.Bc2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Qd5 14.Nf3 Qxd1 15.Raxd1 Rfd8 16.Ne5 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.Nc4 Bd5 20.Ne3 Bxa2 21.b3 Nd7 22.Bd6 Bf6 23.Nd1 Nc5 24.Bxc5 bxc5 25.c4 a5 26.Ne3 Bd4 27.Kf1 Bxe3 28.fxe3 a4 29.bxa4 Bxc4+ 30.Ke1 Kf8 31.Kd2 Ke7 32.Kc3 Ba6 33.Bd3 Bb7 34.g3 f5 35.Bb5 Kd6 36.a5 g5 37.a6 Bd5 38.Bc4 Kc6 39.Bd3 Kb6 40.Bc4 h6 41.Bd3 e5 42.Bxf5 Kxa6 43.Bd3+ Kb6 44.Be2 Kc6 45.Bg4 Kd6 46.Bf5 Ke7 47.Bd3 Ke6 48.Bg6 Kf6 49.Bh7 Be6 50.Be4 Ke7 51.Bd3 Bd5 52.Bf5 Kf6 53.e4 Bf7 54.Kd3 Ke7 55.Kc3 Kd6 56.Bh7 Kc6 57.Bf5 Kb5 58.Bd7+ Kb6 59.Bf5 Kc6 60.Bh7 Bh5 61.Bf5 Kd6 62.Kc4 Be2+ 63.Kc3 Bf1 64.Bh7 Bh3 65.Kc4 Be6+ 66.Kc3 Ke7 67.Bg6 Kf6 68.Bh5 Bf7 69.Bxf7 Kxf7 70.Kc4 g4 71.Kxc5 Ke6 72.Kc6 Ke7 73.Kd5 Kf6 74.Kd6 h5 75.Kd5 1-0

2006 B.C. CHAMPIONSHIP

It has been decided to postone this year's B.C. Championship, originally scheduled for the Easter weekend, until the fall - watch for it on the Thanksgiving Day weekend in October.

UNRATED SUNDAY ACTIVE

When: 4:30-9:30 pm, every sunday
Where: Nice Cafe, 154 East 8th, Vancouver
Type: 5-round Swiss

Time control: 30 minutes per person
Entry fee: $8 ($3 to the restaurant)

This is unrated tourney
Please bring chess sets and clocks and all other equipment .

For further information, email xramis1@yahoo.ca

SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION

with FIDE Master Goran Ivankovic, FIDE 2257. This is your chance to take on a titled player and enjoy a fun evening at the North Vancouver chess club!!

Place: North Vancouver Chess Club, 945 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver

Date: May 10/2006 (Wednesday)

Prizes: first player to defeat and first player to draw Goran

Registration: 16 spots available by pre-registration ONLY, please register by phoning or e-mailing Vas at 604-562-3736, chessfm@telus.net

1) all score sheet duplicates must be turned in to organizer Vas Sladek

2) chess sets provided

3)chess club drop-in fee is included in the $5 simul fee

31st PAUL KERES MEMORIAL

Dates Friday, May 19 to Monday, May 22, 2006

Location Hungarian Cultural Centre, 728 Kingsway, Vancouver BC

Sections Open, Under 2000, Under 1600

Time Control 40/120, SD/60

Rounds Open: 7 Rounds; U2000, U1600: 6 Rounds

Round Times Friday 5:30 (Open Section only); 11:30, 5:30 / 10, 4 / 9, 3 or ASAP

Prizes Based on entries. Unrated players may play in any section, but are only eligible for prizes if they play in the Open section. Unrated players who place in the other sections will have their entry fee returned.

Entry Fees (Open / U2000 / U1600)

Before or on March 31, 2006 $110 / $95 / $80

Before or on May 12, 2006 $130 / $110 / $90

At site $150 / $125 / $100

Discounts Born after May 20, 1986: 50% (proof of date of birth required)

Born before May 20, 1941: 50% (proof of date of birth required)

FIDE rated players w/o Titles 25%

FIDE Titled Players Free entry

Surcharge $25 extra for those players who wish to play in the Open Section, but who have a lifetime highest rating under 2000

Registration please mail cheques (payable to BCCF) to: British Columbia Chess Federation, PO Box 15548, Vancouver, BC V6B 5B3

On-site Open Section: Friday, May 19, 3:00 to 5:00 pm

U2000 and U1600: Friday, May 19, 3:00 to 10:00 pm, Saturday, May 20, 9:00 to 9:30 am

Those registering after the respective deadlines (5:00 pm Friday for the Open, 9:30 am Saturday for the other sections) will receive pot-luck pairings or a half-point bye in the first round

Miscellaneous CFC rated, Open Section also FIDE rated; half-point byes may be requested for all but the last round; sets and boards provided, please bring clocks. The BCCF Annual General Meeting will be held at 9:00 am on Saturday, May 20

Contact Stephen Wright, swright2@telus.net , (604) 221-7148

Apr. 15 Provincial Chess Challenge, BCIT

For full details for the events below, see www.chess.bc.ca

UBC Tuesday Night Swiss

Date: Tuesdays - next game February 21

Location: Room 213, Student Union Building, UBC

Format: 5-round Swiss

Time control: 2 hours sudden death

Time: 6:30 sharp

Entry fees: $20 for adults, $15 for juniors and UBC club members, $12 under 1100 (excluding unrated)

TD info.: Aaron Cosenza, 604 327-4714, xramis1@yahoo.ca

Worker's Memorial

Dates: April 14-15

Place: Village Square, Kamloops

Type: 6-round Swiss

Place: 945 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver

Paul Keres Memorial

Place: Hungarian Cultural Centre, 728 Kingsway, Vancouver

Type: 7- or 6-round Swiss