Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - August 29, 2009

From the Saturday Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in 2
(Jacob Funk)

Okay solvers, this is an easy one, I found it within a minute. All the clues are quite transparent.
1. Bb3

September TNT starts Tuesday, September 1

September TNT starts September 1 4 rounds - September 1, 15, 22, 29 - (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. Note that there is no game on September 8. 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) Registration for tournament - August 4 - approximately 6:40 pm to 6:50 pm Please note that we intend to start the first round at 7:00 p.m. sharp. Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 5L24 Contact: Lorne Gibbons, TD

August TNT has been rated

August TNT has been rated:

Congratulations to the following who have achieved new rating highs:
Jonathon Zaczek 2125
Ken Einarsson 1800
Ryne Swift 1802
Michael Pang 1679 (+67 !)
Gary Crawford 1439 (+54)
Steven de Groot 1690
Saul Magnusson 1578
Justin Villeneuve 1356 provisonal

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle August 15, 2009

From the Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, August 15, 2009

White to mate in 2 (Jacob Funk)

Solutions: Apparently there is a 'cook', unless I got the position wrong.

Stephen in the comments hit on both of them but rejected 1. Nf3 because of 1...Nc6, but then 2.Bxf7#

But 1. Rxc3 apparently mates in two also.

1. Nf3

August 2009 TNT Standings after 3 rounds

#	Name	Rtng		Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	Aron Kaptsan	2027		W25	W23	W12	3.0
2	Myron Kernetsky	2009		D29	W17	W15	2.5
3	Jay S Khedkar	2008		W30	D8	W16	2.5
4	Igal Raihman	1905		H---	W29	W20	2.5
5	Blair Rutter	1810		D20	W18	W19	2.5
6	Aaron Green	1779		W26	W9	H---	2.5
7	Ryne Swift	1779		H---	W14	W21	2.5
8	Jonathon Zaczek	2121		H---	D3	W23	2.0
9	Rolando Bince	2086		W24	L6	W26	2.0
10	Jim Lauritson	1939		L19	W32	W27	2.0
11	Waldemar Schulz	2027		D18	L15	W29	1.5
12	Anthony Boron	2015		W28	D19	L1	1.5
13	Harley Greenberg	1782		L21	W33	H---	1.5
14	John Klokow	1774		D31	L7	W28	1.5
15	Ken Einarsson	1768		H---	W11	L2	1.5
16	Arie Wasserman	1698		W33	H---	L3	1.5
17	Steven De Groot	1680		H---	L2	W30	1.5
18	Keith Czarny	1626		D11	L5	W31	1.5
19	Michael Pang	1612		W10	D12	L5	1.5
20	Brian Evans	1579		D5	W31	L4	1.5
21	Saul Magnusson	1564		W13	H---	L7	1.5
22	Lorne Gibbons	1238		H---	D30	H---	1.5
23	Stephen Lipic	1717		W27	L1	L8	1.0
24	Clifford Goodman	1678		L9	L26	W32	1.0
25	Gary Campbell	1651		L1	L27	W33	1.0
26	Richard Ott	1483		L6	W24	L9	1.0
27	Gary Crawford	1385		L23	W25	L10	1.0
28	Leor Wasserman	1650		L12	H---	L14	0.5
29	Frank Milord	1647		D2	L4	L11	0.5
30	Cory Letain	1622		L3	D22	L17	0.5
31	Keer Keer	1433		D14	L20	L18	0.5
32	Alex Iomdina	unr.		H---	L10	L24	0.5
33	Justin Villeneuve	1306		L16	L13	L25	0.0

August 2009 TNT Round 3 Results

There is a glitch with the chessmanitoba.com server so I will post results here.

No draws ! No upsets ! Boron disappointed the rest of the pack with 1.5 by failing to stop Kaptsan who now sits alone 3-0. It will likely be Khedkar's task next week to create a tie for first.
The August auditions for "So You Think You Can Play Chess", conclude on August 25.

Bd		Res	White		Black	Res
1		0	Anthony Boron		Aron Kaptsan	1
2		0	Ken Einarsson		M Kernetsky	1
3		1	Jay S Khedkar		Arie Wasserman	0
4		0	Brian Evans		Igal Raihman	1
5		1	Blair Rutter		Michael Pang	0
6		1	Ryne Swift		Saul Magnusson	0
7		0	Stephen Lipic		Jonathon Zaczek	1
8		0	Richard Ott		Rolando Bince	1
9		0	Gary Crawford		Jim Lauritson	1
10		1	Waldemar Schulz		Frank Milord	0
11		0	Leor Wasserman		John Klokow	1
12		1	Steven De Groot		Cory Letain	0
13		0	Keer Keer		Keith Czarny	1
14		0	Alex Iomdina		Clifford Goodman	1
15		1	Gary Campbell		Justin Villeneuve	0
		½	Lorne Gibbons		BYE
		½	Aaron Green		BYE
		½	Harley Greenberg		BYE

Please send your games ! Early thanks to Michael Pang, Blair Rutter, Steven De Groot, and John Klokow !

Canadian Closed Round 9

Dwight has informed me that Trevor drew with Black against Keith MacKinnon.
So 4-5 in a very tough and experienced crowd. A very credible result.
Trevor's FIDE rating is estimated to be 2131 on the September list.

Canadian Closed Round 8

Dwight has informed me that Trevor lost to Hambleton.

Canadian Closed Round 7

Trevor is back to 50 % with a win over Liam Henry.
2 rounds to go. He has White vs. Aman Hambleton (2234) Saturday.


[Event "Canadian Closed 2009"]
[Date "2009.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Henry, Liam"]
[Black "Vincent, Trevor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5.
Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12.
f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bc5 Bb7 16. Nd6 Bd5 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. h3 Nh6
19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxc5 21. g4 Rac8 22. Bd3 d6 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Nd6 Ne7 25.
Bf5 Rcd8 26. g5 Rxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Bg4 d4 29. Re1 Rd8 30. f5 Nd5 31. c3 Ne3
32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Kb1 Qf4 34. a3 Qxg5 35. Qa5 h5 36. h4 Qf6 37. Bh3 Rc8 0-1

18. h3 appears to be the first new move. White with 25. Bf5 allows Trevor to preserve the exchange for a move, when he gives it back under favourable circumstances. The rest is easy for a player of Trevor's caliber.

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle

From the Winnipeg Free Press, August 1, 2009

White to mate in 3 (Dobbs)

I didn't have time to look at this, but the answer is 1.Ra4. I am quite confident I would NOT have found it.
1. Ra4 Kf5 2. Ra5 d3 3. Nd6#
1. Ra4 Kf5 2. Ra5 Ke4 3. Nd6#
1. Ra4 d3 2.Ne3 Kxe5 3.Bf4#

Canadian Closed Round 6

In the second last game to finish, Trevor lost to FM Hans Jung(2140)
Friday he plays Black against Liam Henry.

Canadian Closed Round 5

Trevor lost - I will post game later, with some help from Rybka.
Tayar -Vincent
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 Nf6 9.Bc4 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxe4 11.Bb6 Qg5 12.Nc7 Kd7 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.O-O d5 16.c4 d4 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bd6 19.f4 exf4 20.cxd4 f3 21.Rxf3 Rhf8 22.Rh3 Rf4 23.Rd3 Ke7 24.c5 Bc7 25.Bxc7 Rxc7 26.d5 exd5 27.Rxd5 Rf5 28.Rxf5 1-0

15...d5 looks like a new move, but 17...Nxc3 may be a problem...the silicon beast prefers 17...Nf6, as in the game Black's centre gets busted up and his king is stuck in the middle. But White apparently missed some moves to grab a big advantage, and Trevor is close to equalizing after 27...Qf6 instead of 27...Rf5??

Canadian Closed Round 4

Trevor defeated Calugar to move to a fine 2.5 - 1.5, only .5 behind the six leaders.

He gets a stern test Wednesday with Black against FM Jonathan Tayar (2436).

Canadian Closed - Round 3

T. Kaminski - Trevor Vincent DRAW

Dwight Vincent reports:

Game was tough and very sharp (Stonewall Dutch) with the younger (and much improved) of the Kaminski brothers from Calgary. Trevor was in a positional situation he didn't like for most of the game. However he managed to pull out a draw in the endgame. It was a very tense game for both players with a weird pattern of pawns in the middlegame.

Round 4, Trevor will have White against Arthur Calugar (2262)

Canadian Closed - Round 2

Trevor defeated Qin.
Trevor has Black against Thomas Kaminski (2183) in Round 3 Monday.

Canadian Closed

We will be following the Canadian Closed in Guelph where Manitoba champion Trevor Vincent had Black against IM Artiom Samsonkin (2584) in today's Round 1.

Trevor's father Dwight says, "Trevor played Samsonkin, the 2nd highest rated player. It went the full 5 hours and Trevor resigned with about 20 seconds on his clock in an endgame position he thought wasn't great.
This is a very strong tournament in everyone's agreement. So far it's being
run very well in my opinion."

Note: I see the gamescore overlapping at the right - I will attempt to fix.



[Event "Canadian Closed"]
[Site "Canada"]
[Date ""]
[Round "1"]
[White "Artiom Samsonkin"]
[Black "Trevor Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
[EventDate ""]
[TimeSpend "18181"]


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.a4 a6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.d3 d5 8.Ba2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.f4 f5 14.Re1 Qd6 15.Qf3 Rd8 16.Re5 Be6 17.Qe2 Kf7 18.g4 g6 19.gxf5 gxf5 20.Qh5 Kg7 21.Bd2 Bf6 22.Kh1 Rg8 23.Rae1 Bd7 24.R5e2 Kh8 25.Qf3 Bh4 26.Rf1 Bxa4 27.Bxd5 Rad8 28.c4 Rg6 29.Re5 Qd7 30.Bb4 Bf6 31.Re6 Qg7 32.Ree1 Bh4 33.Re5 Bf6 34.Re2 Rg8 35.Rg2 Rxg2 36.Qxg2 Qxg2 37.Bxg2 Bc2 38.Rf3 Re8 39.Bf1 b6 40.Rf2 Bd1 41.Bd6 Kg8 42.b4 Kf7 43.Ra2 Re6 44.Bc7 Bf3 45.Kg1 Rc6 46.Kf2 Rxc7 47.Kxf3 Ra7 48.Bh3 Be7 49.c5 bxc5 50.b5 a5 51.Bxf5 h6 52.Bc8 Bd8 53.Ke4 Bb6 54.Kd5 Rc7 55.Be6 Kf6 56.Kd6 Rb7 57.f5 Rb8 58.Rg2 Rd8 59.Kc6 Rb8 60.Rg8 1-0

Trevor survived early pressure and equalizes after tripling on the g-file. Rybka didn't like 45...Rc6, preferring 45...Bh4, keeping the White king at home. In the game, the king quickly becomes White's best piece.

Sunday Trevor has White against Joey Qin (2240)

"Johnny" sighting

I was perusing the US Open standings today when I came across a listing for
FM Glenn Johnstone. "Johnny" is about three years younger than me; he was a regular in the Winnipeg tournaments in the late seventies and beyond. He got really strong / and moved to Ontario a long time ago. He appears to have returned to chess and resurfaced in Kentucky or thereabouts.

August TNT starts August 4

August TNT starts August 4

4 rounds - August 4, 11, 18, 25 - (This is not a knockout tournament, players will play all 4 rounds)

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) Registration for tournament - August 4 - approximately 6:40 pm to 6:50 pm Location: University of Winnipeg - Rm 5L24 Contact: Lorne Gibbons, TD

35 years ago today...

I (and several hundred others, there were over 600 players in 2 sections) were playing in Round 8 of the 1974 Canadian Open in Montreal.
I was rummaging about in my basement today and came across the tournament brochure and related material.



My opponent in Round 8 was Peter Tamburro Jr., who is still active in chess circles in New Jersey.
The documents indicate that entry fee was $ 12, and one could stay at the University of Montreal residence for $ 20 / week !!! (of course that is where most of us stayed).
Several Manitobans made the trip including; John Burstow, Cecil Rosner, Neil Kirton, Jeff Babb, Scott Cleghorn, Ferd Bernjack, Ron Sloboda, Eric Jefferson, Harold Poustie, and Barry Rasmussen(who had to withdraw early if I recall correctly). Results below from Chess Canada magazine. (click for larger image)



GM Kevin Spraggett has provided some additional commentary at
http://kevinspraggett.blogspot.com/2009/08/1974-canadian-open-great-tournament.html

2 days remaining for Yanofsky early registration DISCOUNT

Early registration deadline quickly approaching. 2 days left

Lorne Gibbons will take your early entry at the U of W Tuesday night (room 5L24), or contact him at 222-0855.

Entry Fee: Entry Fee: $ 60
Juniors (under 18 years of age) - Seniors (over 60 years of age)- $ 50

$ 10 discount for entry by Tuesday, August 4, 2009