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Official Newsletter of the Chess Federation of Canada Dear Readers, Let me introduce to you January 2012

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January 2012

From the Editor

Its a New Years issue, and new is a buzzword for this month. To start with, our magazine welcomes new members: no less than four old-new and completely new authors have come on board for 2012. Among them are experienced and knowledgeable historians, a writer who specializes in wedding chess and humour, a pretty (and) ambitious upcoming journalist. The cover tells a fuller story.

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2011 World Youth Chess Championships by IM Deen Hergott Interview with Nikolay Norytsin: Young and Daring
by Nicka Kalaydina

We are disclosing now some of our trumps but one or two of those are still up our long sleevesjust to make sure you have something to look forward to. May the upcoming year be great for chess, successful for our chess players and simply happy for every good soul.

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Offbeat Praxis: Bird's Opening

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Coachs Corner
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A Founding Father from Canada By Stephen Wright Tal's first visit to Canada
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2011 World Youth Chess Championships

by Deen Hergott
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of about 70,000. It is considered by many to be the largest hydro-thermal resort in the world. They came from far and wide for the 2011 edition of the World Youth Chess Championship, with Canada sending 40 youths, nearly double the size of our contingent in recent years. None of this year's representatives managed to equal Jason Cao's fantastic Gold medal achievement of 2010 first overall in the Under-10 Open category - but we did have four top ten placings, and brought home yet another medal for the third year running (Richard Wang took Bronze in the Under-12 in Antalya, Turkey in 2009). It should be noted that the only other time Canada managed to capture gold was in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1986, when the brother-sister duo of Jeff and Julia Sarwer managed to each win Gold in the Under-10 Open and Girls respectively. Michael Song, of North York, Ontario, captured Bronze, finishing 3rd of 133 players, in the Under-12 Open. All of our reps in this category had promising tournaments. Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte of Montreal, Quebec started with a bang with four straight wins. After two draws in rounds 5 and 6, he was equal with Michael heading into round 7. Unfortunately, he couldn't keep up the pace and lost some complex games against higher-ranked seeds in the final stretch. Razvan Preotu of Burlington, Ontario also scored a very respectable 5.5/9. Other top Canadian finishers were Taylor Zhang of Richmond Hill, Ontario, who finished 5th of 56 in the Under-8 Girls despite a pre-event seed of 54th. She won her last four games, the final ninth round against the 3rd ranked seed from Hungary.

In 1951, a British chess enthusiast and former Correspondence Chess champion, William RitsonMorry, brought something special to the chess world in the form of the inaugural World Junior Chess Championship. The first event was held in Birmingham, England, and was held every two years until 1973, when it became an annual affair. The event has always been a strong one, and in its history has produced four winners that later went on to become World Champion: Boris Spassky (Antwerp, 1955), Anatoly Karpov (Stockholm, 1969), Garry Kasparov (Dortmund, 1980), and Viswanathan Anand (Baguio, 1987). The event has become so strong that winning it confers an automatic GM title. Sixty years later, the World Junior is still a fixture in our chess calendar, but the idea of measuring chess achievement among our international youths through organized tournaments has expanded drastically. First there was the formation of the World Cadet Chess Championship, for players under 17. There were three years from 1974 to 1976 where an unofficial version of the event took place before FIDE took charge in 1977 and ran it under similar conditions to the World Junior on an annual basis. In 1981, they changed the age cutoff to Under-16 and added a separate section for Girls.

Yuanchen Zhang of Markham, Ontario finished 9th of 121 in the Under-10 Open, losing only two games, one In 1979, International Year of the Child, a World's Children Chess Cup was held for players under 14. This to the number one Russian seed. And Richard Wang, of Edmonton, Alberta, finished 10th of 132 in the Underevent was also held in 1980, 1981 and 1984. In 1985, 14 Open, slightly ahead of his expectations, nipping the World Youth Chess Festival was formed, and Russian IM Mikhail Antipov for a draw in the fifth sections for Under-10, Under-12 and Under-18 were round. added. In 1989, the Cadet Championship was brought into the Youth Festival, and all five age categories, Under-10 through Under-18 were held together. Some years the organization chose to hold the Cadet in a separate location, but by 1997 the name of the event was changed once again, this time to the World Youth Chess Championship, and all categories were held concurrently. In 2006, an Under-8 category was created, and it has remained through the present day. ******** In late November, eleven hundred and twenty young hopefuls from across the globe descended on the Brazilian city of Caldas Novas, roughly 800 kilometers northwest of Rio de Janeiro, and boasting a population
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Two of our oldest players, Loren Brigham Laceste, of North Vancouver, BC, (Under-18 Open) and Liza Orlova, of Toronto, (Under-18 Girls), held material advantage against GM opposition in their respective sections, but eventually went on to lose. Nerves and experience count at all levels of this game, but certainly reaching this point against such lofty opposition is no mean achievement and a positive and encouraging sign for the future. The tournament continues to grow in prestige and in strength. The Under-16 and Under-18 categories regularly field GM-strength players, and the Under-14 is topping 2400 FIDE. Even the youngest categories are fielding players that are pushing the Expert level of 2000. The vast majority of our contingent finished ahead of

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their pre-tournament ranking, and this is clearly a sign for optimism for those looking towards the future of chess in Canada. Congratulations to all of our players! ********* I was provided with a surplus of links and information concerning this huge event from a variety of sources. Andrew Giblon referred me to a number of useful webpages as well as a long list of names of volunteers, parents, coaches, and so on. I'm sure you all contributed in your individual ways to the success of the event.

of children at younger ages, but what factors contribute to the development and eventual formation of true superstars? Are there signs to watch for, and ways to develop recognized talent into something tangible? After some thought, I think there are two significant and mitigating factors beyond the obvious precondition of talent. On a very general level, one could argue that any player's development, whether a child or an adult, is going to be based on two things: talent and hard work.

Talent, the more I think about it, has to be a given. It doesn't really matter how hard someone works at something, if they are lacking some real talent in their field, there will be a performance ceiling that will be A team blog was put together and maintained by Robert met and not likely exceeded. Hard work will generally Song, Michael's father, at: be rewarded, but only up to a point - then something else is needed. http://wycc2011canada.blogspot.com/. For photos and information outside the scope of this article, I would On a more specific level, I think there are two very recommend the interested reader to take a look. There important considerations that will make or break a are also hundreds of games available for download from player's development: drive and opportunity. the first seven rounds at http://chess-results.com/ Drive can be observed in many situations. Hard work tnr58159.aspx?lan=1, as well as final results in all certainly falls under the umbrella of "drive" - mastering sections. Unfortunately, the organizers never got around an opening system, analyzing your own games in an to posting games from the final two rounds, so I missed objective self-critical light, searching for ways to out on some key battles for this report. control "time trouble" problems. There are countless Holly Lin took an outstanding photo of our proud team Canada decked out in red and white - a pretty happy bunch from the looks of it, and rightly so! areas one can work on self-improvement. But there are other aspects of "drive" as well - developing a "killer instinct" or "will to win", saving difficult positions as a defender, setting aside a certain amount of time per day And thanks to our Editor, Edward Porper, for this to study. Creating performance goals and striving to assignment. It's been a few years since I played as a Junior, but my Cadet and Junior years were some of the achieve them. Two young players in my personal most formative ones. Again, kudos to all of our players, history that made phenomenal strides forward on their way to master level and beyond were Todd Southam and much continued success in the future! and Alexandre Lesige - both of these players had that special something that took the ordinary and made it extraordinary. As a young player, my personal development as a chess player was typical. Six month stretches of nothing much happening on the ratings front, and than a sudden burst of activity - what some refer to as a "quantum leap". I didn't really understand why I suddenly went from 1800 to 2000, or from 2000 to 2200, but I think it was largely due to this idea of "drive" - I was passionate about all aspects of chess, and worked at it pretty much constantly. ********** One of the more intriguing aspects of this report was to consider not only the current state of youth chess in 2011, but also to consider the trends of youth chess and contrast them with chess in the adult population. Chess achievements are occurring at younger and younger ages with each passing year. The highest-rated player in the world today, GM Magnus Carlsen, is only 21 years old! Events like the WYCC and all of the national qualifiers have certainly led to the involvement
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The second criterion of opportunity is also hugely important. There is nothing better for the development of your game than to play against better players, and play often. It's not surprising that the higher-rated chessplayers generally come from larger population centres it's just a numbers game. More players, more events. More events, more opportunity to improve your game. And tougher opponents. When I started playing events in Toronto (I grew up in Kitchener-Waterloo, a little over an hour West), and faced my first master strength competition, my rating and my chess knowledge improved dramatically. When I started playing internationally, my FIDE rating went

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4th place. In Round 8 Michael played against the 2nd seed, from India, and lost. One remarkable thing I noticed when looking over games from this event is how theoretically grounded players are even when down to the lower age groups in this case U-12. Unless it's purely a question of inherent talent, I think this is what most adult chess-players face when they hit Seventeen players in this section were rated above 2000 Michael was one of them, 12th seed at the beginning a ceiling - a basic lack of drive. And there's nothing wrong with that - you just have to recognize it for what of the event. The text is an option to 8... exd5. On the immediate pawn capture, White has the interesting try it is. Nothing comes for free. 9.e3+ f8 10.f4, exploiting his control of the e6 ******* square. In the game, White tries to exploit Black's So, how do these philosophic meanderings relate to the tempo by massing forces at the d5square. WYCC and youth chess in general? 9.h3!? exd5 10.f4 up, and eventually, after a lot of invested time and energy, I managed to achieve my IM title. I haven't summoned up the necessary drive and motivation to work on a GM title...yet (laughing). Well, I think it's important to recognize whether a child is genuinely interested in chess, and if so, then to provide the necessary opportunities for their love of the game to flourish. Or if it's just one of many passing fancies. International chess could be just what is needed to kickstart a seriously motivated child, and the WYCC provides a rare and valuable opportunity at a very young age - there are countless examples of World Champions at all age levels since the formation of the WYCC that have gone on to become strong GMs. And then there are 10...0-0! those that don't - again it's all a question of personal We are still in theory, but this active continuation is drive and opportunity. very much in the style of the Grunfeld. If White On a national level, formally organized chess programs captures on d5, simply ...c6, chasing the knight, will and instruction (a good example is Chess 'n Math, regain the pawn on d4. founded in Quebec) has produced a number of strong 11.e3 e8 youth players that achieved success at an international This pins the epawn and again defends the material level - Alexandre Lesige, Pascal Charbonneau, and Thomas Roozmon-Roussel are some notable examples. balance through tactics. 12.0-0-0 Provincial associations can organize and run events to help provide opportunities as well as fiscal assistance as An aggressive decision, playing for opposite flank needed. Private coaching can be hugely beneficial, to attack. nurture and encourage, and to offer the maturity of an 12...c6 13.d3 d7 14.h4 f6 15.f3 adult's approach that may be missing initially with younger children. With technology today, online lessons Controlling the e4square. can be done just about anywhere in the world at any 15...h5 time if face-to-face is not an option. In this respect, Probably a decent choice, though Black could try ...b5 opportunity has made leaps and bounds since I started straight away. The text looks sensible though, hoping playing chess in 1977. The Internet and abundance of chess information at one's fingertips these days provide to slow down g2g4 and also providing the dark squared bishop with possibilities along the h6c1 enormous opportunity to anyone so motivated. diagonal, particularly with e3 now weakened. I hope the WYCC continues for many years, and will 16.g3 b5 17.he1 prove instrumental in producing some of Canada's future chess stars. Let's take a look at some of the highlights from this year's competition: Lorparizangeneh,Shahin (2175) - Song,Michael (2032) [A00] World Youth Chess Championship - U 12 Op Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil (7), 24.11.2011 1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 d5 4.f3 g7 5.g5 e4 6.cxd5 xg5 7.xg5 e6 8.d2 h6 This game was played in Round 7. Michael's opponent was the 5th seed, from Iran. He eventually finished in
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Perhaps eyeing d4 to forestall an e3e4 advance, but 31.a1? this looks too slow. The queen would be more active on This hands Black a free tempo. Of course White cannot a5, in conjunction with a timely ...b4 advance. capture twice on g6 because of the checkmate on b2, 18.b1! but the simple 31. hxg6 fxg6 32.f4! looks pretty unpleasant. I can only speculate that White was A useful move, clearing the c1-square for a rook to exert pressure along the halfopen cfile. White has a concerned about a trade of Queens and wanted to "avoid" ...e4. tiny edge. 18...b7 19.c2?! Lining up on g6, but it's not clear a piece sacrifice will amount to much there. The time could have been used more profitably preparing g3g4, now that the bishop has left that diagonal, or even more speculatively 19.g4!? is worth considering: 19...hxg4 20.fxg4 xg4 21.h5, with some initiative. Note that ...b4 can always be met by the irritating /c3a4 now, hitting the queen and heading for the lovely square c5. 19...ac8 Black has profited by the last pair of moves more than White. 20.f1 ed8 21.d3 f8 Covering c5. 22.h3 c7 23.e2 31...e8 Capturing on e3 (with or without an initial exchange on h5) is a complex alternative with no clear refutation. 32.hxg6 fxg6 33.d4?! Right piece, but again 33.f4! is more challenging to Black. 33...g5 34.h5 keeps some edge. 33...e4! Absolutely! With the gpawn more secure, Black should not hesitate to take up this lovely post with his centralized queen. 34.f2 Keeping in touch with d4 and e1 to avoid a ...xd4 tactic. 34...a5 35.h4 e7

Black could try 35...xd4 36.exd4 xd4, but his airy 23.g4 is definitely worth considering again. White is King position gives White ample counterplay. The playing a bit hesitantly on the side, given that Black text looks to maintain control for a bit longer. is not really set up for fast counterplay on the other 36.g5 e4 37.h2 flank yet. An oversight? Or a trap gone wrong? 37.f2 is better, 23...c8 24.xc8 cxc8 25.c1 d7 26.c5 but after 37...a4, say, Black is the only one that seems I like 26.ef4 here, and if 26...c5 27. xd5 is a bit to be making any progress. complicated but should be better for White. A knight on f4 hits a lot of sensitive points in Black's camp: d5, h5 and g6. The idea of g3g4 comes into play again as well. With the closing of the cfile, Black has one less positional concern. White gains the strong d4square, but Black's bishop gains the long diagonal as well. 26...xc5 27.dxc5 c7 28.g4 Finally! Black must tread carefully now as his King is going to be more exposed than White's. 28...hxg4 29.fxg4 e5 30.h5! 37...xd4 38.h1 xb2+! Maybe this is what White overlooked. Now Black opens up White's King to reach a very good endgame. 39.xb2 e5 Queens come off after all. Michael plays the remainder of the game very well. A pawn up against four isolated pawns, White's task is daunting at best.

30...g7 Black faced a tough decision. 30...g5, 30...gxh5, or something else. White has some advantage now. 30...e4 was also a thought, although the endgame is not so easy for Black.
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40.xe5? The dreaded 40th move. Now Black wins a 2nd pawn. 40.h6 or 40.d4!? are better, with clear plus for Black. 40...xe5 41.h6 xg5 42.ch1 f7 43.h7+ e6 44.a7 a4 45.hh7 f5 46.ae7 g2 47.hf7+ g4 48.f4+ g5 49.e5+ h6 50.f6 g7 51.f1 c7 52.e6 a3! Creates back rank mating threats. 53.b1 b2+ 54.a1 g2 55.b1 b4 56.d6 e7 57.xc6 xe3 Progress. The c5pawn is not enough counterplay against a second active rook. 58.b6 b2+ 59.c1 c3+ 60.d1 b1+ 61.e2 b2+ 62.d1 b1+ 63.e2 xf1 Spotting the easiest way to win. 64.xf1 b3! Black's side pawns will cost White his rook after 65.axb3 a2 66.a6 c1+ and 67...a1=. 0-1 Williams,Justus D (2186) - Wang,Richard (2256) [A00] World Youth Chess Championship - U 14 Op Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil (4), 20.11.2011

always bad for White once Black has put the frook on c8 because ...f8 is available. 15...xd4+ 16.xd4 xd5 17.exd5

17...b5!? 18.cxb5 c2 19.e4! xa2 20.xa2 xa2 21.xe7 e5 Black's activity looks sufficient for equality. White tries to hang on to some material, but his king position is insecure. 22.f1 xb3 23.xd6 c4 24.c6 The only move to play for advantage. 24.xc4 xc4+ 25.g1 xb5 26.c6 is just equal. 24...e3+ 25.g1 d8 26.d3 b4! 27.f2 27...e1+ had to be stopped. 27...f5 28.g4?!

This deals with ...h4+ ideas, but is very committal. With the dpawn neatly blockaded, and several holes to deal with in the White position, I doubt very much if 1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.f3!? A canny move order that has been tried occasionally by Black is worse. In many ways his position is easier to play despite the pawn deficit. elite players to avoid particular Open Sicilian variations. Wang had essayed the Dragon earlier in the event the most likely occurrence now will be a Maroczy Bind setup against the Accelerated Dragon. 5...g6 6.c4 c6 7.e3 g7 8.c3 0-0 9.e2 xd4 There are many transpositional move orders in this variation, but the text avoids the White option of keeping knights on the board after 9...d7 10.c2!?, say. 10.xd4 a5 11.0-0 d7 12.d2 This is typical, but not strictly necessary. Typically 9...d7 is played, after which 10.d2 is the main line. Here, perhaps White could play for an immediate side advance with a3 and b4, or ab1!? and b4. 12...fc8 13.fd1 e6 32.a7?! b5?! Likely some time pressure, or at least an effort to gain some time on the clock through repetition. 28...d6 29.c7 e8 30.xa7 xb5 31.d7 d6

33.d7 d6 34.a7?! Another possibility is 13...a6, angling for a ...b5 break The toughest move is probably 34.f1, simply while Black's bishop remains on d7. The drawback is the weakening of the b6square while Black's knight is removing the bishop from the influence of Black's rook. The f3pawn is adequately covered by White's unable to offer support from d7. rook. Chances appear roughly balanced. Black has 14.b3 d7 15.d5 decent darksquared compensation and should not be White is playing the position solidly if rather worse. unambitiously. The exchange of minor pieces leads to a 34...f4! very comfortable position for Black with a decent Finally hitting on the right idea. Now we see why knight against a potentially bad lightsquared bishop. Note that a line like 15...xd2 16.xe7+? is virtually White would like to have the bishop on f1. If time
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pressure was a factor, this would be nasty move to face 15...h5!? with little time. Also sharp. Black tries to stir up some action before White gets fully mobilized. 35.e3 xh2+ 36.e1 c8 37.a6?? 16.3h2 hxg4 17.hxg4 h7 Having won his pawn back and owning an initiative, there is no question that the advantage has swung in Highlighting the vulnerability of the dark squares. Black's favour. The text move, however, ends the game 18.g3 g6 19.h6 fe8 20.d2 immediately. Chances look roughly balanced. White has a bit of 37...g1+ space but no clear way forward. Black's pieces are White did not bother with 38.d2 c1+ 39.d3 c3#. keeping an eye on the critical squares. Here I like 0-1 20...b7, with a view to improving Black's worst piece. 20...d8 Also OK, though now White could consider 21.b4!? as there is not as much pressure against the c3pawn. 21.f4 Reasonably consistent, although I personally think Black's strategy is looking more successful than White's here. Black has a nice lock on the side dark square complex. 21...exf4 22.xf4 g5?!

De Filomeno,Simone (2299) - Pouya,Idani (2427) [C97] World Youth Chess Championship - U 16 Op Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil (6), 23.11.2011

This is tempting, but is overplaying Black's hand to some degree. Had Black seen the strong alternative in This category was won by the only GM, Peruvian Jorge 22...f6!, I'm certain that would have been the move played. With 23...e7 to follow if necessary (say after Cori, with an impressive 7.5/9. 2nd place went to an 23. f1), Black beautiful control of the key e5square Iranian IM, Idani Pouya, ahead of the top seed from and can claim some edge. Note that 22...f6 23.xd6? Armenia. Technology has made the world a truly e5 wins on the spot. And attempts to regain control of global medium in so many ways, and one can expect the dark squares with /h2f3 will typically hang the talent to flourish anywhere these days. White is an g4pawn to a timely ...g5! Italian FIDE Master. 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6 5.0-0 e7 6.e1 b5 7.b3 0-0 8.h3 d6 9.c3 a5 Another potential AntiMarshall system, but now we have transposed into one of the oldest variants of the Closed Lopez, the Chigorin. 10.c2 c5 11.d4 c7 12.bd2 d7 13.f1 ac8 14.d5 An important moment, closing the centre. White had to decide how to meet the intended 14...cxd4, when the c2 bishop would be hanging. Now Black makes sure that his knight will not get stranded on a poor square. 14...c4 15.g4 26.g2 I don't envy White's choice between this and 26. h1. The position is exceedingly sharp with many variations to consider. Black has lots of possible tempi to gain: ...c5, ...f2+, ...h4. And combinations of all of the above as well. As happens so often, it is typically easier to play with the initiative, down material, than it is to accurately weather the storm. This is partly why Mikhail Tal was such a successful player in wild, tactical melees. White's big error, in any case, hasn't happened yet.
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23.xg5 xg5 24.xd6 b7 Sending the White queen in the wrong direction, but is this tactical adventure worth two pawns? 25.xa6 h3+

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26...f4+ Black had a decent alternative in 26...c5 27.d6 b7, making an implicit draw offer. After 28.b4 f4+ 29.h1 h4, the game continues. White should be a bit better I think. 27.f3?

18.axb4 cxb4 19.e3 The principal try, although Carlsen tried 19.d4!? against Dutch GM Jan Smeets in last year's Corus tournament. After 19...c6 20.b6+ axb6 21.dxc6 xc6 (with the afile open, it is far too risky to allow a White pawn to reach b7) 22.g4, and White eventually won. 19...xd5 20.xd5 xd5 21.e2 c6 22.fc1 b7

This proves to be asking too much. Again the simple retreat 27.h1 should give some advantage, but it's easy to get lost in such positions. 27.h1 c5 28.d6 This position has been reached before in praxis, fd3 although 22...e5 is more common. This game was played in Round 7. White is top seed, from Russia, the 27...c5! 28.a7 only GM in her group, Black is 3rd seed, from White no longer has the d6square available due to the Hungary. Kashlinskaya had already played her main discovered attack with ...xg4+. rival a few rounds earlier and won, so she appeared to 28...h4 29.xf4 xh2 30.e2 h4 be in excellent shape with 5.5/6 to capture her section. With Black's initiative still on fire, it's not surprising 23.xc4?? d1+! that White doesn't survive to the time control. A wellknown and welldisguised tactical motif that 31.g1 xg4 32.f2 f5+ 33.e3 xe4 34.xe4 xe4+! many fine players have fallen for. The point is simply to distract the guard of White's queen, or failing that to pick off the a1-rook as an xray: 24.xd1 xc4 wins, Mate coming soon. or 24.g2 xc4 25.xc4 xa1. White had no option 35.d2 h6+ 36.d1 g4+ 37.xg4 h1+ but to resign. Clearly 23. xc4 was the way to go, and Mate on d1 unstoppable. after 23...e5 24.b3! keeps the game complex. A sad finish indeed, but also a cautionary tale to beware the 0-1 dangers of too much theory. Black may very well have Kashlinskaya,Alina (2377) - Papp,Petra (2265) [D44] chosen her 22nd, ...b7, with this trick in mind. White World Youth Chess Championship - U 18 Girls Caldas when on to finish 2nd in her event, but could no longer Novas - Goias - Brasil (7), 24.11.2011 catch her rival, who finished with 8/9. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.c3 f6 4.f3 e6 5.g5 h6 6.h4!? 0-1 This gambit has featured at the highest levels in recent Ter-Sahakyan,Samvel (2556) - Handler,Lukas (2327) years and is a relative of the sharp Botvinnik system. In [C88] this game, we see a direct transposition into the World Youth Chess Championship - U 18 Op aforementioned theory. 6...dxc4 The true gambit line is 6...g5 7.g3 dxc4 8.e4 b5, with sharp play. 7.e4 b5 8.e5 g5 9.xg5 hxg5 10.xg5 bd7 11.exf6 b7 Black is down a pawn here as well, but this variation has been analyzed for decades. In fact the whole game is theoretical up to the second last move! 12.g3 c5 13.d5 b6 14.g2 0-0-0 15.0-0 b4 16.a4 b5 17.a3 b8 Not the only move, but it has been tried.

Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil (3), 20.11.2011

This section was won by the top seed, an Armenian GM. Here he faces an Austrian FM 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6 5.0-0 e7 6.e1 b5 7.b3 d6 8.a3 I am not typically a Lopez player for either colour, so I'll deign to the expert's wisdom on this line. Superficially it appears to be a quiet line, designed to maintain the Lopez bishop on the a2g8 diagonal. 8...0-0 9.d3 b7 10.bd2 h6 11.f1 e8 12.g3 A typical maneuver to bring the queen's knight to the side. White is waiting until his pieces are posted
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properly before breaking in the centre. 12...f8 13.c3 d5 Black decides to go for it first, but this appears to be premature. White has a tiny edge in any case. 14.exd5 xd5 15.d4 A bit awkward to meet, as Black's queen is tied to the d5knight and so 15...exd4 is ruled out. 15...d6 This overlooks a nifty tactical resource. 16.e4 d7

time, and this activation is the first of many moves in the right direction. 24...ab8 25.g5! Hitting e4 and f7, and introducing some overloading themes into the tactical mix. 25...g6 26.xe8 xe8 27.h4

This rather blunt advance proves highly embarrassing to deal with. The threat is simply h4h5, when the age old weakness of f7 collapses. 27...e5 17.xh6! Yikes! 17...gxh6 18.xd5 and a fork on f6 is looming. To Black's credit, he doesn't panic and collapse. 17...exd4 18.d2?! 18.g5 (or even 18. c1!? possibly) keep more pressure on Black's game by leaving the dfile unobstructed. By allowing Black to keep his dpawn, the position becomes rather unclear. 18...d3 19.c4 bxc4 20.xc4 b6! This looks to be a strong centralizing resource at first glance, to meet 28.h5 with 28...xg5, but White is able to redeploy his forces to powerful effect. A similar idea to the move chosen is 28...d6!!, when 28.h5 runs into 29...e5, threatening mate in 2. After 28...d6 29.xf7+!? xf7 30.xd3 is a curious line, when White's threats after 30...e5 31.g3, say, seem sufficient to regain material or force perpetual, but may not be enough to demonstrate any significant advantage.

28.c3 f5 29.g4! Black is fighting. It's not clear that White is even better With the bishop pair now aimed directly at Black's any longer. King, you can imagine that White was very much in his 21.a2 d4 22.xd4 xe4 element now. 22...xe4, intending to double, also looks fine for 29...f4 30.d2 e5 31.h5 d6 32.f3 Black. An important difference, defending against the mating 23.f3 c5?! threat. Black's out of tricks now. 32...xb2 33.xf7+ h8 34.hxg6! 34...xa1+ 35.g2, and mate follows on the hfile. 1-0
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While the idea of offering pawn support to the lonely d3pawn is admirable, this move actually loosens Black's grip on the position. The GM exploits the matter with some highly energetic play over the next few moves. 24.a5! The bishop on d2 hasn't been too impressive for some
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Interview with Nikolay Norytsin: Young and Daring

NK: Im sure its every chess players dream come true! Not to mention that ever since the Olympiad, youve been on the rise. Just this summer, you paved your way into Canadian Chess History with an outstanding result in the Quebec Invitational, which you won with a whopping 7 out of 9 score. NN: What can I say, I did my best. NK: Well congratulations on doing your best! Your exceptional results were very impressive, but also somewhat unexpected -it seems as though youve risen from the ashes after a few years of mediocre results and some upsetting tournaments. Lets go back to the Canadian Zonals in Guelph in August 2009, for example, where you lost 50 FIDE rating points and finished in the lower half of the tournament. NN: Definitely not my best performance.

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By Nicka Kalaydina

NK: It seems as though it served as a turning point in your career, because ever since then, youve been reaching new heights in the chess world. So tell me, Photo credit: the Kalaydins Nikolay, how did your performance in Guelph affect you? Did it serve as a wake-up call which pushed you I am honored to be in the presence of, not only one of to put more focus on chess? the most accomplished chess players in Canada, but also a talented poet and dedicated coach, Nikolay Norytsin. NN: Like you said, it was a very upsetting tournament NK: Hi Nikolay, how are you today? NN: Good, thanks. What about you? NK: Well, aside from being honored that Im interviewing one of Canadas most promising chess players - I guess Im pretty good. NN: I honestly dont think of myself as that great. NK: Modesty is an important virtue, but I have to admit, youve had a very successful season so far! For starters, you climbed your way onto the podium for the best players in Canada. With an almost 80 point rating increase since last year, you now share second place for the top players in Canada. And if thats not impressive enough, you were also selected to represent Canada on the mens Olympic team at the Olympiad in Khanty Mansyisk, in 2010! NN: I was very fortunate to have the privilege of fighting under the Canadian flag at the Olympiad. It was an experience of a lifetime and a dream come true. for me. I tried to win every game regardless of the position, which eventually, caused me so many losses. I mean, I would have a drawn position but out of thirst for victory, I would do something reckless and lose the game. As to the second part of your question, Guelph didnt really influence me in terms of pushing me to focus on chess. It just taught me that you have to approach every position with a leveled- head. NK: And how did you recover from your losses in Guelph? NN: Well, I just kept telling myself that life goes on. You win some battles, you lose some battles. But the most important thing is to keep playing. NK: Its clear that youre a fighter. But did you ever think of giving up chess? NN: No. Never. NK: Not even once? NN: Okay, well maybe once (laughs). I hit a dead end
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in my career when I was like 10 years old. I was the top NK: Anyways, did you like coaching? seed in a tournament in Israel, but I ended up 3rd -which was disappointing enough to force me into questioning NN: Yes it was a very nice experience because I felt my future in chess. like I was doing something special for Canada. But it was also very interesting as Ive never coached so many kids at once! NK: Wow. I could never imagine a world of chess without Nikolay NorytsinHowever, a lot of aspiring, young chess players are often faced with the same question: does the road come to an end after a bad tournament? Would you like to share some advice for people who might have been in the same spot as you? NN: Just be more logical about how you handle your emotions. Analyze why your mistakes happened and what the reason for your mistakes was. NK: What a wise and mature thing to say. No wonder you served as one of the team coaches at the WYCC in Brazil, this November! NK: It mustve been chaotic, especially since you were also looking after your younger sibling, Sergey. Being the older brother, did you feel like one of those overstressed parents who lash out at their kid for unsatisfying results? NN: Yes, I actually felt like a real chess dadeven though Im not a dad (laughs)! But it wasnt just Sergey I was worried about. There were 40 other kids who I was supporting and cheering for. So, I was basically a chess parent for 40 kids.

NK: Im guessing you felt like a big brother to the team NN: Im proud to say that we had the biggest delegation because youre the oldest child of four in your family. ever, with over 60 people bearing the Canadian flag this Did you teach all of your siblings to play chess? year. NK: Thats right; I was one of those flag bearers except I lost my flag by the second round. NN: (laughs) NK: So was this your first time in Brazil, or in South America for that matter? How did you like Brazil? NN: For starters, I dont really get out of Canada much. So yes, it was my first time in Brazil but I didnt get to see much of it. The weather was okayI didnt really like the humid weather but then again, I dont like extremes. NN: My first student was my sister when I was 10 years old. But as you can imagine, it didnt go so well. Were siblings after all, its like were engineered to fight each other from birth. As for Sergey, my dad started teaching him when he was young, but I took over when Sergey reached a more advanced level. NK: Sergey has a lot to live up to. Do you think your accomplishments are putting too much pressure on him? NN: Well, honestly, I dont think I have very special accomplishments. In fact, I think he will accomplish much more than I have. So, in that way, I dont think Sergey sees me as a role model. Hes too young for that anyways! He doesnt worry so much about his resultswell at least not yet

NK: Are you kidding me? I miss Brazilian weather already! No snow, no cold, no blizzards that imprison NK: Do you find yourself pushing your students, or you in your house and force you to shovel mountains of siblings, to reach the goals you may have not achieved snow the next morning in your youth? NN: Jeezwhere do you live, the North Pole? NK: Calgary - and no, contrary to popular belief, WE DONT LIVE IN IGLOOS! NN: (laughs) not like I was going to ask NK: Your philosophical views on chess must come from the fact that youre a poet and writer as well. Is
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NN: Yes I believe I do. The first example that comes to mind is my brother, Sergey, whom I push because I dont want him to repeat my mistakes. I always teach him that hard work is the only way you can get anywhere in life. Occasionally, when he doesnt listen, I force him because I know that he will thank me later.

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poetry and writing just a hobby or are you planning to make a living out of it? NN: First of all, after having read many great books written by talented authors, I do not think Im any good at all. Second, I am in favor of the anti-copyright movement, so I do not see myself selling copies of my to-be-written-books. At present, all I will ever write will be put on the internet for public view, because I believe knowledge and information should be free. NK: In case you ever doubt your writing abilities, know that, even (my favorite author) F Scott Fitzgerald, didnt think writing was that easy with the quote: Not only must I conjure up words to dress my thoughts, but I must also conjure up thoughts worthy of being dressed. from The Great Gatsby. Do you see any resemblances in writing and chess in your life?

theory. NK: Considering everything that you said, how do you go about teaching your students? NN: It really depends on the student. If my student wants to learn theory, Ill learn along with them! In the case of a younger student, I like to show them the rare beauties in chess. Although they may not fully understand them, it makes them love the game. NK: In my opinion, evoking a sense of passion and love for chess in a student is very important. In fact, this approach to chess instruction, that avoids shoving theory down ones thought, can revolutionize chess as a whole. Consequently, during our preface before the interview, you described yourself as wanting to be revolutionary. How do you want to achieve that through chess?

NN: I see them as two different things that are in no way connected to each other. For me, chess is a science NN: Well, in the chess world, Im already a governor and a sport rather that a work of art. Besides, nowadays, you rarely even get to see the true beauty of for the Chess Federation of Canada. I dont have much time to make a difference for now, but I promise that I chess. will try. NK: Thats true, especially now that chess players are relying on recent technological advances such as Rybka and Houdini. However, I couldnt help but notice that you have a very unique taste in opening repertoires that stray from the lines of conformity. Is this, perhaps, your way of being poetic, or creative, in a chess game? NN: Well, I try to make the game more interesting and therefore, more enjoyable. In fact, playing the same thing over and over game just gets boring after a while! Although its true that I try to be creative, chess is a sport and I do what I can to win. NK: You also said that your life long dream was to become World Chess Champion. Is this a thing of the past or do you still plan on achieving that goal? NN: This was a very big, general goal that was more of a dream actually. But since Im not doing chess professionally for the moment, I dont expect it to come true. NK: What are your plans in life in terms of education, career and chess?

NK: So are your unique openings just an extension of NN: I want to focus on education before anything else. your creativity, or is there a strategical approach behind Next year, I want to go to university and study your choices as well? psychology perhaps, which has always been an interest of mine. As for chess, I want to have the honor of playing on the Canadian Olympic team again. I also NN: Very often I play specific openings that my want to become a Grand Master butthats not opponents will be uncomfortable with. But other than happening for the moment (laughs) that, its all creativity. NK: What do you think is more important in chess, creativity or playing by the book? NK: Like the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, once said: If you dont expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.

NN: Whatever it takes to win, of course! I will admit NK: Obviously, chess has been an important part of that theory is important (and maybe I dont know as much of it as the next person) but so is creativity. If all your life. it takes to win is memorizing some theory - Ill learn my
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NN: The most important part of my life.

Recently I have seen something similar happen at the World Youth. One of our players always plays the Sveshnikov as Black, and this is what we were NK: The same goes for a lot of young chess players. preparing all day. Later that day he talked to his However, many of them are very shy of the fact that personal coach, who recommended him to play 1. ..e5, they play chess. In fact, when they are asked about their because his opponent plays some dubious line in the hobbies, few confess to playing chess professionally! Scotch. At the game, after having seen that our player Have you ever been shy about chess being the most played an opening he doesnt play at all, the White important part of your life? player chose the Ruy Lopez and won quickly because of Blacks blunder in the opening .I had all day been preparing a specific line against 3.b5 but forgot to NN: In all honesty, yes I have. In my teenage years, notably when I was in grade eight, I was a bit shy. But look at anything specific against 3.c3, which Eduardas also employs at times. as I grew up, I stopped caring about what people thought about me. The funny thing is that when I 3...f6 4.g3 c5 5.g2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.0-0 stopped being scared of admitting that Im a chess At this point, I was already out of theory. player, people actually started thinking that chess was cool. Besides, once they learned about all the amazing 7...e6!? places I got to visit, they became jealous! Im proud of The idea of this move is to try to make use of the fact what I do. that White already castled, and Black has yet to do it. It also takes the opponent out of theory. (the game RozentalisPrusikin, for which I had seen the analysis, NK: Thats very inspiring. Good thing the interview but completely forgot it during the game for some has ended on a positive note. Thank you, Nikolay, for reason , went: 7...h6 8.d5 xd5 9.exd5 d4 10.d2 taking the time out of your busy schedule to share your a7 11.c3 f5 12.b3 h5 with good play for black). thoughts. 8.e2 NN: No problem, it was my pleasure.

White's main idea in this line is to either prepare d4 or f4. The latter seems too slow now, since Black is obviously preparing to castle to the other side. during As I logged off my Skype account, I knew that this was the game for some reason e2 is the logical solution, not the last I would hear from Nikolay Norytsin. In fact, since the d5 square has been taken away from White. (White could also try the preventive 8.h3 but after Im sure he will revolutionize the world in one way or 8...h6 9.e3 d7 10.h2 0-0 Black has at least another. Maybe he will publish his to-be-written equalized novel and become the next Stephen King. Or, who knows, maybe he will blow us all way with winning the 8...d7 9.c3 World Chess Champion title. And I couldnt say it any After 9.d4 exd4 10.fxd4 0-0 11.e3 ae8 the position better than Oscar Wilde: Expecting the unexpected is approximately equal. Black has no problems.; after shows a thoroughly modern intellect. 9.g5 he can play similar to the game, or just castle queenside. Below are several Nikolays games annotated by himself Eduardas Rozentalis (2571) - Nikolay Noritsyn (2425) [C26] Quebec open Montreal, Canada (5), 26.07.2011 Coming in to this game, I felt optimistic and worried at the same time, as I beat Eduardas in the last round of Canadian Open 2010. Of course, Eduardas wanted a revenge. 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 I chose an opening I do not usually play. In tournaments with one game per day, especially when there is lots of time for preparation, it is a sin not to use the time to think of something which will surprise the opponent. 3.c3 9...h3 Black had to do something about d4d5, and also it is good to trade White's bishop, as the king's position gets weakened. 10.g5 10.d4 a7 11.d3 xg2 12.xg2 g4! 10...xg2 11.xg2 g4 Only one of many possibilities. Perhaps Black is ok even if White ruins his pawn structure, but I tried to play positionally safe, meanwhile inviting my opponent to tactical complications. This move also makes f5 possible, if White does not make an active move. 12.d4 b6 12...a7 has its own advantages and disadvantages.. it is always hard to decide in these cases which one is better.
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13.h3 h6 14.h4!? Eduardas accepts the challenge. After 14.c1 f6 15.d3 exd4 16.cxd4 d5 17.e5 e4 18.c3 g5! Black might have an advantage.; 14.e3 xe3+ 15.fxe3 0-0-0= 14...g5 15.hxg4 xg4 since the bishop on h4 is trapped, Black does not have to take it right away. 15...gxh4 16.xh4 xg4 17.f3 d7 18.f5 is a bit better for White. 16.d5 White is forced to open up Black's bishop, since otherwise he can not defend his centre pawns. 16...e7 16...b8 17.c2 d7 is no good because of 18.h2 h5 19.g4 17.a4+ f8 17...d8 18.h1 g8 is also interesting, but too unusual 18.h1 g7 The position has stabilized a bit. In a human opinion, Black seems to have better pieces ( on b6, while White's queen is away from the kingside) and an easier game. Of course, the computer says that it is dead equal...

take the f2 pawn not with the queen or even rook, but with the bishop!

21...af8! Threatening a checkmate. White must take the exchange. Upon a closer view after the game, I discovered that Black is also better after 21...xf2+ 22.h3 f7 23.d7 (23.h4 exd5 24.exd5 hf8 25.af1 offers white better chances for resistance) 23...he8 24.f6+ g6 25.xf7+ xf7 22.xf8+ 22.af1 f7 23.h4 exd5 24.exd5 e4-+ 22...xf8 23.af1 23.hf1 xf2 24.d1 xe4+ 25.h2 f3 with mate; 23.d1 xf2+ 24.h3 xe4 25.g4+ xg4+ 26.xg4 exd5 was probably objectively best, but even here White is completely lost ,with no hope.] 23...f3+ 24.h3 xf2! 25.hg1 b5! 25...h5+ 26.g2 xg1 27.d7+ would be unfortunate. Black has to stop d7. 26.xa6 26.d1 xd1 27.xd1 xg1 28.xg1 exd5-+ 26...h5+ 27.g2 e2 Black has to be very precise. 27...xg1 28.xf8 h2+ 29.f1! would save the day for White.

19.xg5?

28.h3 This move loses the game, but forces Black to find a and only now very nice combination. Eduardas must have missed 28...xg1 black's 21st move. Perhaps the best for him was 19.ae1 after which 19...g6 20.c2 af8 21.eg1 f5 0-1 leads to a completely unclear. position 19...xe2 White' hoped for 19...hxg5 20.f3 h5 21.g4 g6 22.f2 with a better position 20.e6+ Too late to change anything now, as after 20.h3 g6 White is much worse 20...fxe6 21.xe7 A critical position. I felt that there must be something strong here. The queen and the bishop will not mate alone, so Black must think about getting his rooks into play, hence the text. The calculation is not very hard here. It was important to understand that Black needs to Nikolay Noritsyn (2584) Bator Sambuev (2750) [C02] Canadian Championship Guelph, Ont. (8), 10.05.2011 I was trailing the leaders, but with a win in this game, I had some chances to play for the Canadian champion title, which I value a lot. 1.e4 I try to play something new each game against Bator. I have not tried this first move against him before this game. 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 I did not have any particular knowledge about this line,

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except for general plans for both sides. 3...c5 4.c3 c6 5.f3 b6 6.a3 h6 7.b4 cxd4 8.xh6 Having about 15 minutes to prepare before the game started, I briefly looked at this position with my slow computer, that showed a plus for White...During the game I played the opening moves fast, trying to convince my opponent that I have something "prepared". 8...gxh6 9.cxd4 d7 With the idea of playing c8, after which the on b1 will have problems entering the game..For me this meant that logically, I must play 10.c3

Black is trying to play very safe. This gives me some long term compensation for the pawn. 15.c3 Trying again for the c5 square. 15...a5 Entry denied. 16.b1 c6 17.c1 I am, of course, still secretly playing for a win, but Bator would never accept a draw here. 17...0-0 18.d3 I simply slowly improve my pieces position and hope for the best. I actually have lots of experience in games where I blundered a pawn in the opening, for example, Noritsyn MacPhail Guelph, 2005. 18...b6 Forcing white's next move, and defending against the b1-d3 idea. 18...c4 would be more forcing but also more committing. Black is playing it safe. 19.b1 19.b1 c7 20.d3 fc8 19...d8 20.e2 It is important to keep making little annoying threats, short term or long term. The knight is going to h5. 20...f6 Black is trying to neutralize White's play. Objectively, Black should be better after 20...b5 21.f4 c4 22.h5 e7 but White has some play on the kingside 21.exf6 xf6 22.g3 e8 23.e1 Around this point, I felt that I have full compensation for the pawn. 23...b5 24.a4 It is important to get rid of the weak pawn on a3. 24...b6 25.axb5 axb5 26.e5 c4 27.f3 Time trouble. I planned to play 27.e2 but realized it is a very committing move, so I decided to go back. 27...xd4?! (27...xe5!? 28.dxe5 f4 29.xb5 xb5 30.xb5 a7 31.b2 fc4; 27...f8!) 28.g4

to "keep" the advantage that the computer promised to me. 10...xb4 After this move, which was played fast, I realized that I was a clown. Should've found this refutation in a book of openings, or let the computer run a little longer.. After 50 minutes of mostly cursing myself, I started playing as if nothing happened. 11.e2 the lines after 11.axb4 are mostly useless, as it is clear Black must be winning because of the pin. For example: 11...xb4 12.b3 c8 13.c1 a5 14.d2 a4 15.b2 0-0 16.d3 c7 17.g1 f6! 18.f4 fxe5 19.fxe5 b6 20.a1 xd4. Too many times have I been beaten by Bator like that. It is better to play down material then up against him. 11...c8!

27...g6 28.b3 cf8 At first, Bator plays very precise. after 11...c6 12.0-0 Now Black always has an idea to sacrifice the I would have some compensation for the pawn, as exchange..I did not try to stop it because it would make Black's kingside pawns are weak, and I am ahead in the game even more imbalanced. development. But I do not get to have even that.. 29.e2 a5 30.eb1 d6 31.h3 a7 32.1b2 h8 12.c1 c6 33.a2 b6 34.ab2 now, after 12...a5 13.0-0 xa3 White is just down It is hard for Black to make any progress. Hence the two pawns. exchange sacrifice, especially considering my time trouble. 13.0-0 a6 14.b1 On every move, there are several alternatives for white, 34...xf3 35.gxf3 but It is important to keep making moves fast, as I am Black seems to have an advantage, but probably there really down on time. 14.a4 a7 15.c5 xd4] is no win. 14...g7 35...xd3
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35...xd4 36.xg6 hxg6 37.xe6 xb2 38.xb2 c5 39.a2; 35...xd4 36.xe6 xd3 37.xd6 c4 38. g2 xb3 39.xb3 d1 40.a3 36.xd3 c4 37.b1 xd4 38.g2 successfully missing Black's idea..which turned out to be a good thing. (38.db3!)38...e5 A very committing move. Black loses the b5 pawn, and if White does not get mated, he will for the first time in the game be ahead in material. 38...b4 39.db3 c5 , and it is difficult for White to defend. 39.db3 g6 40.xb5

threatening a lethal f8, I felt as if the game was over. Black tries his last trick.. 57...e4

somehow I managed not to blunder anything before the move 40. 58.f8+?? 40...d8 After this the championship was over for me. 58.f4 Black's attack looks strong at first sight, but White can survive with the help of the b3 rook. 44...h5 45.xf4 xf4 46.gb3 e5 47.c5= 45.f3 Now Black needs to be very precise not to get a worse position. Bator was not ready for another reversal in this game. 45...e4 46.bb3 g8 59.e5 xe5 60.xe5 e3 61.xd4 exf2 62.xf2 would eventually win, but I was very excited and wanted to finish the game fast. 58...g7 59.f5 xf8 60.d7+ g8 61.xd4 e8 62.h4 g4 63.g1 e6 64.e3 f6 65.h5 f3 66. h2 xe3 67.fxe3 f7 68.h3 f6 69.g4 e5 70.e2 g8+ 71.h3 g5 72.g3 d5 73.h4 g8 74.h3 f8 75.g4 e5 76.e2 f3 77.d4 xe3 78.c6+ d5 79.e7+ c4 80.f5 f3 81.xh6 f8 82.f5 xf5 83.xf5 e3 84.g5 e2 85.h6 e1 86. xh7 e4+ 87.g7 g4+ 0-1 Alexander Martchenko (2227) Nikolay Noritsyn (2425) [B42] Quebec open Montreal, Canada (3), 24.07.2011 1.e4 c5 2.f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 a6 5.d3 e7!? 46...c8?? A weird looking move but that is why I like it. Inspired by GM Vadim Milov, who played it against me back in 2007, not very successfully.

41.e2 e5 42.f1 g5 43.f4! xf4 44.g3 f5

A blunder after a very long thought. This happens very 6.e3 often when a desire to win takes precedence over Probably the immediate 6.0-0 is better, as White does objectivity 46...c2 47.xf4 xf4 48.e2 c6=] not yet know where the will go from c1. 6...bc6 47.be3! 7.c3 d5!? Would be interesting Now white is winning. 6...bc6 7.c3 e5!? 47...f5 48.xe5 xe5 49.xf4 [ even better is 49.xf4 ] 49...g8 50.a4 h5 51.a3 e5 52.f3 g6 53.f5 a6 54.e3 Black is, of course, dead lost, but has some hope because of White's weak kings position and limited number of pawns. After a very long game and tiring defence, as well as many reversals..it is hard to keep making the best moves. 54...e8 55.g2 55.c5! winning a pawn 55...d4 56.f3 g6+ 57.g3 Having finally consolidated my position, and

I decided that since White has wasted time to play c3, I can do it too. 8.e2 8.xc6 bxc6!? was the idea. 9.0-0 g6 10.d2 e7 and I like Black's setup; 8.f3 d5 and the knight on f3 looks awkward because of a threat of 9..de followed by f5 and e4. Perhaps the best for White is 8.b3 where 8...d5= should be ok for Black. 8...d5 9.0-0 f5!? !??? Black is really behind in development...but instead of getting the pieces out, I decided to complicate the game even more. [the obvious 9...dxe4 10.xe4 xd1 11.xd1 f5 12.c2 e6 13.b3= would be sufficient to
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equalize the chances, and probably best objectively.; Another interesting choice was 9...g6 10.d2 (10.b3 g7 11.d2 0-0 12.ad1 b5) 10...f5!? 10.exf5 White decides to give up the centre. [10.f3!? dxe4 (10...e6!?) 11.fxe4 f4 12.f2 g6 13.c4 is about equal; 10.exd5?! xd5 emphasizes White's problem with the e3 10...xf5 10...xf5 is another perfectly normal alternative. Actually, there are a lot of possibilities here for both sides, and it is very hard to decide what is the best. 11.g3 xd3 12.xd3 g6 13.d2 g7= 11.g3!?

16.dxe4 xe3+ 17.h1 h6 Black is better because of the open nature of the position, which will eventually make the bishop pair very strong. 17...e7!? is probably a bit stronger. 18.d2 xd2 19.xd2 c5?! 19...g6! 20.f3 The best was 20.ae1! he8 21.h5 g4 22.xg7 xe1 23.xe1 f8 24.e8 e7 25.h3 h4 26.c1. This very long line goes on and on, and is probably equal. 20...he8 21.ad1 g6 22.g5 g8 Black consolidated. White, being unhappy with his position, tries a tactical shot that does not work.

23.f7 d7 White decides to give up the bishop to try to get the pieces out as fast as possible. There are lots of options in this position. Just to show some of the possible plans for both sides: 11.xf5 xf5 12.f4 (12.g3 e6 (12...g6) ) 12...e4 13.d2 f6 (13...e7 14.g3 00=) 14.b3 0-0-0= 11...xe3 12.fxe3 e4! It is funny that while the king is exposed in the centre, and none of the pieces are developed yet, Black keeps playing with his centre pawns. [12...g6!? is also possible, and leads to completely different positions. 13.c2 13.h5+ is of no use to White. 13...g6; 13.e2 is probably worse then the text 13...e6

24.xd5? d8 An elegant refutation. White loses material. 25.xd8

the knight will be trapped on this square. The best for White was 25.c4 xf7 26.xf7 xf7 and it is not There are no more pawn moves, so I decided to get my clear if this is a win for Black or a draw. (25...xf7. 26 e4 with some counterchances Editor) pieces out. 14.d2 25...xd5 26.xd5 xd5 27.c4 xc4 28.c1 xd8 14.c4!? dxc4 (14...c5) 15.d2 c7 16.dxe4 e5 is 0-1 unclear 14...b6 15.b3 Mikkel Antonsen (2471) Nikolay Noritsyn (2414) [A40] Chess Olympiad KhantyMansiysk RUS (5), 25.09.2010 This was a team chess game, which is very different from tournament games. In any match, the general plan is to win as White and draw as Black. Unfortunately, I am not exactly a safe player, and I do not have a safe repertoire as Black. This is something I have to work on. This simplifies the position, and gives black a small advantage. 15...0-0-0 15...xe3+ 16.h1 d8!? was best according to the computer. This would also be in line with the previous unusual play style however I simply did not see this idea, and maybe it was fortunate, because after 17.h5 h6 18.f4 White can get some dangerous play. 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 this is a very positionally risky opening. 3.a3!? A grandmaster move which is the most annoying for e6 b6 players. Generally, Black hopes for 3.e4 in this line, as it gives him an obvious target to attack White's centre 3...b7 4.c3 d6?!
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Jokes aside, this move was actually prepared by me and approved by our team captain Yury Ochkoos. [the usual move is 4...f5 which I played myself in a game against Jean Hebert earlier that year. My opponent would probably prepare against this, so I tried to be the first to surprise . 5.e4

If White wanted to reposition his knight to f5, then his previous move is a waste of time. White thought he is in no danger. 14...e7 15.b1 Warning Black against castling queenside. White can still attack by pushing the apawn, sacrificing the c pawn, etc.

Generally, White must be better in these structures, but 15...c5 Black can not be a lot worse, and there is a lot of room Playing safe chess. for mistakes, both tactical and positional, for both 16.e2 f4 17.xc5?! sides. Black is happy to trade White's bishop. 5...d7 6.f3 6.f3 g6 7.e3 g7 8.d3 c5 9.ge2 e7 is a different kind of game. 6...g6 6...h6 showing my intentions of playing g5 is probably premature. for example: 7.d3 g5 8.e3 g7 9.h4 g4 10.d2 h5 11.e2 e7 12.0-0-0 7.e2 g7 17...dxc5 18.f1

18.g4! h5 19.f5 g4! would be interesting. 18...h5! Taking the g4 square away from White. 19.a4+ 8.0-0?! Not really a mistake, but this allows me to go on with my h6g5 plan. Having castled kingside, White will not try to attack the pawns with h4, so Black is safe. It is surprising how many strong chess players castle needlessly. 8.e3!? Was a better option. 8...h6 9.e1 Looking at my opponents games, I discovered that he really likes to play e1 and f1 in king's Indian positions. This is a major reason why I played this variation. After 9.d5 Black can play similar to the game 9...xc3 10.bxc3 (10.dxe6 fxe6 11.bxc3 e5) 10...e5 (10...gf6!? 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.e5 dxe5 13.c2 f7) White started feeling uncomfortable, and wanted to swap queens. 19...d7 Again, playing it safe. 19...d8 20.e3 c8 21.c6 b8 and there is nothing decisive for White, but this can not be good.; 19...f8 20.e3 c8 21.f1 d6 22.c2 is another normal continuation of the game. 20.xd7+ xd7 21.d1 After this white offered a draw. But I felt that I could play here with no risk, and continued. 21...d6 22.g3 g6 23.e3 c8 24.a4 e7

This is a provocation. Probably, Black can not win the game without White's help. Black can keep pushing the 9...e7 10.f1 g5 kingside pawns, eventually play ...f5, maybe prepare ...b5. But as long as White is precise, it should Black's idea is to play g6, and then there are a number of ideas including e7 and 0-0-0. White's plan be a draw. is not as easy to find. 11.d5? A positional mistake. 11...xc3! 12.bxc3 e5 Now White has no play on the queen side. Somehow I managed to get a very safe position as Black. Exactly what my goal as a team player was... 13.e3 g6 14.d2
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25.f4?! and White falls for it.. 25...gxf4 26.gxf4 g8+ 27.h1 g6 I could actually have played the stronger 27...exf4 but honestly did not even consider it, for practical reasons. 28.e5+ xe5 29.g4+ (29.g2+ d6 30.xf4 f5) 29...d6 30.f6 looks strong, but 30...g4 31.e4+ e5 there is nothing White can really do 28.f5 White is also worse after 28.fxe5+ xe5 28...f4 a better pawn structure, king, and pieces make the evaluation easy: Black is better. 29.g1 d7 30.xd7 xd7 31.xg8?! 31.be1 would provide for more resistance. 31...a6 etc 31...xg8 32.b2 e7 missing the immediate h3. 33.d2 d7

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Offbeat Praxis: Bird's Opening

By NM Kevin Pacey

xf6 14.xd5 Black would have compensation following 14...g5) 11...d6 11...e4 12.g2 d7 was a good alternative. 12.b1 ab8 13.d2

.Photo credit: Halldor Palsson 13.g2 exf4 (if 13...e4 14.g4=)

The following article highlights several of my games involving the offbeat Bird's Opening. I invite the reader to follow my interpretation of this opening as one of the players, and as a master and annotator at present. The first game of this article shows a success for Black, who was allowed a thematic ...e5 break early on against a Leningrad Dutch Reversed setup by White. Meleg,Michael (1955) - Pacey,Kevin (2041) [A03] Labour Day Open (Toronto) (4), 04.09.1983 13...e4 14.g2 c5

1.g3
There are many ways to reach Bird's Opening lines besides with this first move and 1.f4 itself (which can permit the From Gambit after 1...e5), including by the often maligned moves 1.c3, 1.d3 and 1.e3. 1...d5 2.g2 f6 3.f4 c6 4.f3 g4

15.h1 If 15.h3 Black should have no qualms about playing 15...h5 15...e7 16.dxe4 Michael decides to compromise his pawn structure even more, in a bid to free his game. 16.c4 exd3 17.cxd3 dxc4 16...dxe4 Unnecessarily offering a pawn. 16...xe4 17.d4 a5 18.a4?! It was best to accept the epawn. 18.xe4 c5 19.d3 bd8 20.c4 xe4 21.xe4 18...c6 19.c4 d5

5.d3 Better in my opinion is 5.d4 d7 as in ZwaigMiles, Hastings 1976, and now 6.e5 instead of 6.h3. 5...xf3 C Ceding the bishop pair in return for the ...e5 break. 6.xf3 6.exf3 e6 6...e5 7.c3 b4 8.a3?! Essentially wasting a tempo. Now White isn't even equal. 8...xc3+ 9.bxc3 0-0 Already here or next move just ...e4 would clearly demonstrate a slight edge. 10.0-0 10.fxe5 xe5 11.g2 c6 10...e8 An inaccuracy that White fails to exploit. 11.e3 [11.fxe5 xe5= (after 11...xe5 12.g5 c6 13.xf6 19...a6 20.b5 White would be only slightly worse after 20.e2 or 20.b3 according to Fritz. 20...a6 21.c4 e6 22.b3 22.c5 22...a5 Now Black is clearly winning. 23.c3 xc4 24.b4 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.d4 b6 27.xb6 xb6 28.d1 d6 29.xd6 xd6 30.d4 a8 31.h3 Better is 31.g1 but it's almost academic.
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31...a1 32.d1 d5 33.xd5 xc1+ 34.g2 xc2+ 35.g1 f8 36.d7 b4 37.d1 e7 38.a4 a2 39.b3 e2 0-1 In the remaining games of this article, I won playing on the White side of Bird's Opening lines. The following game, as well as the next, feature the Stonewall Attack Pacey,Kevin (2338) - Saleh,Maher (2235) [D00] RA Chess Club Championship (Ottawa) (6), 10.02.1994 1.d4 f6 2.e3 g6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 g7 5.f3 0-0 6.0-0 c5 7.c3 Establishing the Stonewall Attack formation, which can also be reached via 1.f4. 7...b6

advancing his fpawn soon, but that proves to be not much of a concession here. Instead b2b3 here or next move was a good alternative. 14...d6 15.h3 b8 16.g4

16...c6

16...d7!? could be answered by 17.f3 7...b6 8.bd2 f5 (V.RagozinMakogonov, USSR 1940) is evaluated as equal by ECO. However, White is 17.e1 a tempo up on a line of the Stonewall Dutch that's 17.f3!? might have kept more life in the position. considered satisfactory for Black in at least some 17...f5 books, so there may be room for debate. 17...f5 18.e4 dxe4 19.xe4 h8 20.dxc5 8.bd2 a6 9.xa6 xa6 10.e2 c8 18.gxf6 xf6 19.xf6+ Correct is 19.e4 xe4 (or 19...dxe4) with approximate equality. 19...xf6 20.dxc5 Not much better is 20.e4 f7 20...bxc5 21.e4 dxe4 21...f7 22.b3 e7 when White is struggling to equalize. White is a tempo up on a Stonewall Dutch position that's playable, if not equal, for Black. With a move in hand (Black's queen would be on b7 now, in the Stonewall Dutch line, with colours reversed), I had few qualms about stationing a knight aggressively in the centre, though b2b3 was possible here even though the enemy queen is still on the cfile. 11.e5 Here 11.e4= would take advantage of Black's queen not being on b7, but with White I hoped for more than slightly sterile equality, which would result if Black then initiated exchanges. 11...e6 A plan that has been used with the queen on b7 (i.e. in a Stonewall Dutch, with colours reversed) would be 11...c7 12.g4 (In this exact position, better is 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.e4) 12...ce8 13.g5 e4 14.xe4 dxe4 15.d2 d6 intending ...f6 followed by ...f7, but in this exact position the Black queen still being on c8 works in his favour since she has a nice view of the kingside, especially since h2h4 would otherwise be on the agenda for White. 12.g4 b7 13.g5 e8 14.f3 Trying to attack, or to at least provoke Black into 22.xe4 xe4 23.xe4 b8 [23...d8 24.d3 xd3 25.xd3=] 24.b3 e7 24...a6= 25.xb7 xb7 26.e3 c7 26...d5= 27.c4 f5 28.d1

28...ff7?! Starting here Maher makes a number of miscues in the ending, whereas White's next move is his only clearly significant inaccuracy in the final phase. Better was 28...xe3 which leads to a drawish ending.. 29.f2?!

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29.f2 29...h5?! Now even double rook endings favour White to some degree. 29...xe3= 30.e2 g7 Here or next move ...xe3 was still interesting. 31.f3 Likewise here or next move f2 was still interesting. 31...c6 32.d8 xe3 33.xe3 a6 34.d2 f6 34...f5 35.e4 g5 36.fxg5 xg5 35.e4 c7 35...a3!? intending ...a5a4 was an alternative. 36.g3 b6 37.g5 a6?? Dropping a pawn, after which Black is clearly lost. 38.dg2 g7 39.xc5 d6 40.cg5 d1 41.g1 d2 42.5g2 xg2 43.xg2 d7 44.c5 d1 45.c2 e1+ 46.d4 f1 47.c6 d1+ 48.e4 d8 49.b4 e7 50.b5 c8 51.e5 d8 52.a4 d5+ 53.e4 d8 54.c7+ c8 55.c6 f5 56.xe6 xc7 57.xg6 c5 58.c6+ xc6 59.bxc6 xc6 60.f5 d6 61.a5 1-0 The next game involves another Stonewall Attack reached via 1.d4, in which Black gets in ...e5, but allows White an even stronger e3e4 soon after (3) Pacey,Kevin (2277) Yip,Michael (2027) [D00] Eastern Ontario Open (Ottawa) (4), 15.06.1997

10...e6 11.h3 dxe5 12.fxe5 f5 Unnecessarily giving White the choice of not capturing on f6 with the pawn. 13.exf6 Here 13.b3 is probably wiser. 13...xf6 Not a mistake, but the ensuing exchange of rooks hurts Black after a subsequent error, as f7 is left less well guarded. 14.xf6 xf6 15.f3 e5 Now Michael seems to be at least equal. 16.g3

16...g7?! 16...e7 17.e4 when after the strongest moves 17...dxe4 18.xe4 Black will be up a pawn (though White has some nebulous compensation) after 18...cxd4 (18...exd4 19.g5 is okay for White)

17.e4! dxe4 1.d4 d5 2.e3 f6 3.d3 g6 4.d2 g7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 0-0 It was better to play 17...cxd4 though White gains the 7.gf3 c6 upper hand after 18.exd5 e7 19.cxd4 exd4 20.g5 7...b6 8.e2 b7 9.0-0 e4 (TartakowerTeichmann, f5 21.c4; No better is 17...exd4 18.exd5 dxc3 Teplice Schonau 1922) is given as equal by MCO-15, 19.dxc6 cxb2 20.xb2 xb2 21.e1+ though this may be debatable since White is a tempo up on Dutch Defence lines that are considered interesting 18.c4+ h8 19.g5 xg5 20.xg5 Fritz considers White to be winning now. for Black. 8.0-0 c7 9.e5 20...f5 21.h4 f8 22.h6 At best this will repeat the position. Just taking on c5 without trading queens is winning (Fritz). 22...f6 23.xf6+ 23.g5 g7 24.dxc5 23...xf6 24.dxc5 g5? Zeitnot. Better was 24...Be6, with a large disadvantage. 25.xg5+ g6 26.h4 h3 27.g3 g4 28.b4 1-0 9...d7 9...b8 as in RocasNajdorf, Mar del Plata 1946 may be preferable. 10.f3 The other standard queen maneuver with e1, intending h4, seems better, with hindsight. The last game of this article features the kind of attack that Bird's Opening players dream of. (4) Pacey,Kevin (2257) Gordon,David (2209) [A02] Blackburn Open (Blackburn Hamlet) (4), 12.12.2004 1.f4 b6 My choice of first move paid off immediately in that
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David spent several minutes to decide upon his reply. Afterwards he admitted that (probably like most players) he had neglected to study the Bird's Opening properly. His selection of an immediate queenside fianchetto discourages White from adopting a reversed Leningrad Dutch setup (i.e. with g2g3). 2.b3 A White queenside fianchetto is a good reply to Black's.

This central advance may appear to be highly disruptive at first glance, but White's attack is simply too powerful. In the event of 15...h5 White crashes through after 16.gxh5 xh5 17.xf7 xf7 18.f5 g8 (18...exf5 19.xf5+) 19.fxe6+ 16.f5! h5

16...e4 is the move Black would dearly love to play, but it is refuted by 17.xd5! d4 (17...xd5 18.xe4 d7 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.xf6+; 17...exf3 18.xf6+ 2...b7 3.b2 c5 4.e3 e6 5.f3 f6 6.d3 e7 7.0-0 0 xf6 19.xh7+ f8 20.xf6+; 17...h5 18.xf6+ xf6 19.xf6 exf3 20.gxh5+) 18.xf6+ xf6 -0 8.c3 c6 9.a3 d5 19.xh7+ f8 20.xd4 cxd4 21.xe4+ dxe3 Black decides to grab more space, and now we have a 22.e6+ fxe6 23.xd7 xd7 24.fxe6 type of middlegame with White having the sort of 17.gxh5 kingside attacking chances that many Bird players would relish. 10.e1 Probably better is the more thematic 10.e2 followed by transferring the knight to g3 (and possibly later to h5), intending e5 or even f4f5 at some point. 10...c8 11.g3 11.h4 can be answered by 11...e4 12.h3 f5 11...c7? By this point it was essential to take measures against at least one of the White bishops bearing down on Black's kingside. [11...a5 12.e5? c4 13.bxc4 dxc4 and the pawn on d2 drops. 12.h3 Now Black's position is precarious. Rather than immediately advance a pawn in front of his king he plays a move which gives it a way to flee towards the centre. 12...fd8 13.g4! 13.b5 followed by xf6 and then xh7+ wins a pawn, but I did not wish to surrender the bishop pair while also forcing Black's king to gratefully abandon its castle. In the post mortem David said that he missed this possibility, but agreed that Black was at least surviving here. 13...g6 14.g5! 14.g5 should be met by 14...h5 (14...e8? 15.xg6 fxg6 (15...hxg6 16.xd5 exd5 17.h8#) 16.xe6+ f8 17.e5+) 14...d7 14...e5 15.fxe5 xe5 16.b5 b8 17.xf6+ 15.f3! e5 17...xh5 17...gxh5 18.g3 f8 19.h7+ xh7 20.xh5 g5 a) 20...e8 21.xh7 d6 22.g7 (also winning is 22.g8+ ) 22...f6 23.e2+; b) 20...e4 21.xd5 xd5 22.c4+; 21.xh7 f6 22.h8+ f7 (22...e7 23.g7+ e8 24.xg5+ fxg5 25.g8+ e7 26.f6+) 23.h5+ e7 24.xg5! fxg5 25.f6++ >; 17...e4 18.hxg6 e5 (18...exf3 19.xf7+) 19.gxf7+ xf7 20.e6 exf3 21.g3++ 18.xf7+ e4 19.xe4 dxe4 19...d4 is best, but quite hopeless. 20.c4 Stronger is 20.fxg6! xh3 21.h6# 20...exf3 21.e5+ d5 22.xg6 xc4 23.bxc4 f2+ This sacrifice proves to be useless, but it doesn't matter. 24.xf2 f6 If 24...xd2+ 25.e1 xc2 then 26.g4 25.xf6 xf6 26.d3 According to Fritz 26.Rg1 is better since after my chosen move Black should have preferred . ..f7. 26.g1 f7 27.h6 g8 28.h8+ 26...g7 27.g1 g8 Here Black lost on time. 1-0

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It might take an experienced player to see through the whole combination but even a beginner is able to realize that 1.h4 has no alternative. Otherwise White would have to resign after a couple of useless checks 1...xh4 This is also a must. After 1...f5 2.e7 White inevitably checkmates or wins the but now White seems as helpless as before 2.g8+!! Obviously 2.g2 h3+ 3.g1 h1# would bring White no relief 2...xg8 Suddenly Black has no choice unless he is infatuated with a smothered mate! 2...xg8 3.f7# 3.e7+ that doesn't leave Black too much choice 3...h8 4.f7+ As well as that ... 4...xf7 5.c8+ Not too many White's pieces are left on the board but one of them is about to checkmate Black's king 5...f8 6.xf8# Lets now try to understand what actually happened in this game. Blacks moves have been forced throughout the fragment so, obviously the initial position is winning for White. But why did he make those particular moves in this particular order? I already mentioned that the first move was necessary to prevent a checkmate but couldnt White launch an immediate attack instead - for instance, to check the king with his queen on the very first move? We can see that it was impossible: the very rules of the games prevent queens from jumping over rooks or any other pieces. The diagonal was blocked, and Whites first move was necessary to unblock it while attacking Blacks queen and stopping it from getting too close to Whites own

Majesty. Exactly the same happened on the next move: White could have moved his knight to e7 but without g8+ this move would have produced no effect as the king would have remained in the safe h8 nest. The queen check was necessary to entice the monarch to where the knight was able to greet it with a check. For the same obvious reason, White had to wait with his 4th move until the king has returned to the corner. As for the rooks check, it was not possible as long as Blacks rook was guarding the 8th rank. It had to be distracted from there before White could create any threat along this rank. And even that alone wouldnt have sufficed had Blacks queen remained on h3 as while there it would keep an eye on the vital c8 square! Its only now that we can properly appreciate the full scope of Whites only check-less move in this fragment: the rook not only prevented the checkmate but also unblocked the diagonal for its own queen and distracted the opponents one from a particular square. To sum up the first part of the analysis, I must mention that the concepts in bold (distraction, enticement and unblocking) together with elimination of a key defender and blocking constitute the basic set of tactical means serving to expose the opponents weaknesses. Its important to understand that no such means will work if there is nothing to expose. If we return to the starting position of the exercise and put the g7 pawn to g6, White might resign right away: Blacks king will simply take all the offerings and snug on g7. The already familiar to us air-deprivation of the king is Blacks main weakness in the given position, and his plight is aggravated by the miserable state of his queenside. The rook on a8 is as bad as non-existent, and the b8 knight is actually worse than that! Had it been non -existent, the rook in question would have controlled the 8th rank, and Whites final blow could have never happened. In other words, the under-protected 8th rank is Blacks second major weakness, and symbolically its caused by yet another weakness the undeveloped queen-side. Those weaknesses are the very reasons White is justified even to start looking for a tactical solution. We have therefore to learn first and foremost, how to recognize weaknesses and classify them. Lets start from an unusual, even though a pretty straightforward case

1.d6!!
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Both kings are so exposed that White's extrapawn doesn't even count. And neither a straightforward approach 1.xg4+ xg4+ 2.xg4 f5 and Black has more than sufficient counterplay; nor an attempt to grab a piece 1.xg4 b6+ leaves him any realistic hope to score a full point. After the text, though, Black has no choice 1...xd6 2.xg4+ f7 3.xg7+ xg7 4.f5+

2.f5! The tried to cut the line between the and its victim so it has to be asked to leave 2...xf5 3.xf6 10

In this case, Whites decision-making process was facilitated by Blacks pawn-structure: it was easy to concentrate on the f6 pawn which would remain weak 10 even if there were no tactical opportunity based on the and it's not easy to understand, why. He had to take the geometry of the board. Both Whites knight-jumps to rook to get out of a pin - is any pin a weakness, then? f5 and h5 were based on the kings position on g7 He took the queen and remained with a full queen and the king couldnt leave without abandoning the against a knight - how can it possibly be bad?! And yet miserable pawn to its fate. This potential victim is a Black winds up in a totally hopeless position. Since permanent weakness as opposed to geometry of the there is no obvious reason for it, one might be tempted board weaknesses that are always temporary. Yet to describe this combination as a lucky strike, a when the latter is caused by the former as is the case complete coincidence. Essentially it is true but with one in question it takes significantly more time to get rid important correction: these coincidences are inbuilt in even of this more fleeting danger. and intrinsic of the game because of its geometrical To sum up, on the most general level we might speak of nature. When a geometrical pattern is distinct (two or two main types of weaknesses permanent (strategic) more major pieces are located on the same rank, file, diagonal or within a simultaneous reach of a knight), the and temporary (tactical). It is logical to assume that tactical means are used to exploit tactical weaknesses very geometry of the chess board may become a and it is true in many cases. Yet, as we have just seen, weakness - even though an extremely temporary in more complex cases tactics and strategy intertwine: (fleeting!) one. Here is another telling example: tactical blows are based on a sound strategic foundation. The following home-exercises should help you to start getting acquainted with different types and sub-types of weaknesses and corresponding means that allow to take advantage of them

In this case the geometry of the board is not Black's only weakness: a pawn on "f6" is poorly protected and it faces a lot of pressure. Yet White doesn't seem to be able to increase this pressure to make it decisive as his is being out of the team effort at the moment 1.h3 This allegedly quiet move turns out to be much more poisonous than it looks 1...e6 Suddenly it becomes clear that the can't retreat just anywhere: White's seemingly passive covers quite a lot of territory and significantly restricts the 's options. For instance, 1...e2 loses to 2.f2 and Black's wanderer is forced off the key "d1-h5" diagonal; An attempt to cover the pawn before retreating the : 1...e6 falls short because of an elegant 2.hxg4 xd6 3.f5+ and the awakens just in Black to move time to take advantage of the first "geometry of the board" opportunity; Obviously 1...c8 will be met with Your solutions are most welcome at a direct assault 2.xf6 because now the "h5" is not sherlok7@gmail.com under the 's control any more 2...xf6 3.h5+
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Defense, which you will recall is 1. e4 e5 2. f3 f6. It is an injustice to the memory of Damiano that this opening is christened with his name. In my leisure at By C.D.H. Doyle, CBE. my duties I found myself free to examine long forgotten works on the game. Damiano did not condone (The University of Old South Wales recently forwarded this opening, but contemned it! Yet somehow in the this manuscript to us. Mr. Doyle served for thirty years wayward paths of human memory it became associated as the secretary of the King's Bridge Chess Club, with him, and custom is too heavy a weight to lift from London. He passed away in 1909; his date of birth is that man's reputation. You no doubt learned in your not known. He left a series of pen portraits of players schoolboy days that White gains a clear edge by one famous, infamous, and unknown. As the faculty edits his many ready means. The rejoinder 2...f6 is so execrable works, his memoirs will appear here as soon as they that no sane man plays it. Left alone it blocks the become available. It appeared originally in the Yetman advance of the Black king's knight to his most mobile Brothers Descriptive Chess Magazine; it has been post; thus the experienced player, master or amateur, translated into algebraic for a Canadian audience. This knows that simple moves like 3. c4 and 3. c3 will article is copyrighted by Edward H. Yetman, III give White a choice game. 3. d4 can also be essayed, as copyright 2012.--ed.) Black can hardly riposte with 3...exd4, acquiescing to White's grip on the center. Sharpest of all of course is 3. xe5, where Black cannot capture the venturesome knighterrant with 3...fxe5, as White commences a violent attack with 4. h5+. So against 3. xe5 Black finds himself reduced to either accepting the pawn Photo credit: Steve Farmer deficit or developing his queen early, as 3...e7.4. f3 xe4+ regains the pawn. 5.e2 gives White such a Rudy Michard went beyond the stereotype of the fine starting game that Black hopes may already be eccentric chess player. Indeed, he might be the most forlorn at this early juncture of the game mad man ever to haunt a chess club. Individualistic The appalling danger of accepting the Damiano Grand beyond the most remote outpost of eccentricity, his Gambit received master treatment as far back as Greco lunatic ways penetrated even into his game. Michard, in 1620. He gives this 'game'--probably an analysis, once his mind fastened on a strange and deviant idea, never let go of his odd fancy. Here is a typical instance. really--against some chap unwise enough to leap before looking: Once he read a book on household economy, and, possessed by the ideal of the most efficient use of his Greco,Gioacchino - NN [C40] income, commenced to save every penny possible. He Europe 1620 would shave his head on the first day of every even numbered month, and his beard on the first day of every 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.xe5 fxe5 4.h5+ e7 4...g6 fails to 5.xe5 followed by 6. xh8see the odd numbered month. Thus for the first few days of next game every even numbered month he would be full-bearded whilst his head would be bald as an egg. For the first 5.xe5+ f7 6.c4+ g6 7.f5+ h6 8.d4+ g5 9.h4 few days of every odd month his chin sported not a g7 10.f7+ h6 11.hxg5# visible whisker yet his head was covered with a 1-0 silvering thatch of thick hair. Why did he do this, you Even earlier Ruy Lopez won this gamelet from may ask? Because, he would reply, this way he Leonardo: economised on the cost of razors and haircuts. A member of the club objected that an even greater Lopez,Ruy - Leonardo,G. [C40] savings could be effected by never shaving at all. Rome, 1560 Michard replied that such a course was not economy, but penny-pinching, as health benefits were to be gained 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.xe5 fxe5 4.h5+ g6 by periodic depilations. (These 'economies' proved A fatal move. worthless to him, as he inherited a great fortune on the 5.xe5+ e7 6.xh8 f6 7.d4 f7 8.c4+ d5 death of his great-uncle Wackford Michard, who 9.xd5+ xd5 prospered in patent medicines.) A similar obsession 1-0 came over him regarding the game of chess. He stumbled across a pair of maxims in Steinitz's column. Not a jot of this deterred Michard, poor fellow. He One concerned the control of the center (I forget the would spend hours at the club taking on every member exact wording, though Michard never did), and the old in turn, attempting to demonstrate that square wheels saw of Philidor about pawns being "the soul of chess." turned as well as round ones. The only good that ever Michard then became solidly convinced that the best came of his sad obsession lay in his generous wagering. defence to 1.e4 was the longdiscredited Damiano's He would always stake half-a-crown and thus lose it,

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enriching the White player thereby. Many an impecunious master, such as Mason, could recoup his losses elsewhere by making a day's journey to King's Bridge. This is not to say that Michard did not have his dog's day. Unwary, unskillful or incautious players found themselves in the toils of his poorly woven nets. Here is an example: Lord Chesterdown,Albert - Michard,Rudy [C40] King's Bridge Club Championship, London, 1902 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.c3 c6 4.e2 b4 5.a3 xc3 6.dxc3 In his notes Michard wrote: "A cardinal neglect of the center! He should capture with the knight's pawn." 6...d6

Bakerly,Charles - Michard,Rudy [C40] Correspondence Championship of England, 1902 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.c3 b4 4.d5 Mr. Bakerly, once the postal and overtheboard champion of the Isle of Man, favoured this knight manuever in many a diverse opening. Michard claimed it gave Black the better game, as the White queen's pawn became pinned. 4...c6 5.a3 a5 6.b5 ge7 7.xc6 dxc6 In his game with Lord Chesterdown, Michard claimed this capture neglected the center. In this game (which he analysed endlessly in our presence during the postal contest) he challenged us to find "a more celerious method of freeing a bishop."

Michard told me once, "Such a center can never be 8.xe7 xe7 9.b4 b6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d3 a5 12.d2 overthrown, except by the idiocy of the second player." axb4 13.axb4 xa1 14.xa1 g4 15.h4 f5 16.xf5 xf5 17.exf5 xf5 7.0-0 c5 8.d3 e6 9.d1 e7 Michard would chortle at this move whenever he replayed the game for a neophyte. "The king is a fighting piece!" he would cry, "he need not skulk in a medieval tower!" 10.c4 c6 11.c3 d4 12.f1 f5 13.xd4 Lord Chesterdown, alas, served as Her Majesty's military observer at the Battle of Adowa in 1896. He suffered a kick to the head from a calmly recalcitrant camel laden with claret, and his wits never recovered. Everyone can see that 13.g5 + is unpleasant for Black to endure. 13...exd4 14.g3 f8 15.d3 g6 16.f4 d7 "Advancing by a lateral movement!" boasted Michard after the game. 17.g5 Four moves too late, good Lord Chesterdown sees it. Now, of course, it is utterly without point. 17...f6 18.f3 e8 19.h4 h5 20.exf5 xf5 Incomprehensibly, Michard walks into the fork, and Lord Chesterdown does not see it. More incomprehensible play follows. 21.e1 Lord Chesterdown's wits fail him again: 21. xf5 xf5, 22. g4 xf3, 23. f1 wins the Black knight. 21...xd3 22.cxd3 f5 23.e4 e6 24.ae1 he8 25.b4 b6 26.f1 e5 27.h3 Mr. Bakerly took this game too lightly in my opinion, and he failed to exploit the weakened Black pawns. 18.a8+ f8 19.xb7 f6 20.e1 h5 21.a6 h4 22.c4+ h8 23.g3 A wretched weakening of White's king's field. 23...hxg3 24.hxg3 f3 25.h4+ g8 26.c4+ f7 27.e4 xg3+ Michard gleefully gloated over his opponent's grave gaffe. 28.g2 xg2+ 29.xg2 f8 30.c3 f5 31.f3 g5+ 32.h3 e3 33.e1 f4 34.h4 g2 35.xe5 g5+ 36.h3 Advancing the king looks advisable. 36...g3+ 37.h2 xf3+ 38.xf4 xf4 Attacking the knight's pawn with e5 might draw this. 39.e6 f2+ 40.g3 xc2 41.g4 f7 42.e4 f6 43.d4 c4 0-1 This was followed by an expedition to the limits of the bearable: Perry, R.N,Admiral Robert - Michard,Rudy [C40] London Amateur Championship, 1902 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.c3 c6 "My own invention!" was Michard's claim. He forgot that he previously considered 3...c6 to be the premier response.

Another product of the kick of that damned Abyssinian 4.c4 ge7 "The interconnexion of the knights is a sound defensive camel. method as old as Cozio," he asserted in his notes. "Only 27...xh3 28.gxh3 xg5+ 29.f2 xe4 30.fxe4 f4 the dullest wit can fail to perceive the power of such a 31.h4 h5 32.g3 xd3 33.f7+ e6 34.xa7 e5 connexion." 35.bxc5 dxc5 36.a4 xc4 37.a6 d3 38.a8 b2 0-1 5.d3 g6 Then there was this atrocious enterprise which plumbed "Skillful breaking of such a connexion, in pursuit of a greater good, is the hallmark of the master." Thankfully new depths of the turgid: I am the only one to have read these notes.
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6.e3 d6 7.0-0 b4 "To provoke the enemy pawns into giving injudicious attentions to the fleet steed, leading them on to destruction." 8.b5+ d7 9.d4 c6 "Establishing the singular pawn formation of the Damiano, with pawns at ..c6, ...d6, and ...f6." 10.c4 e7 11.a3 "Anticipating the coming attack on his queen's pawn, Black doubles up the pawn's guard." 11...a6 12.d5 b5 13.d3 cxd5 14.exd5 The recapture with the knight would be more damaging. 14...d8 15.xb5 xb5 16.xb5 e4 White, having boldly accepted Black's gambit pawn, now comes under a violent attack." It is my opinion that Michard missed his calling, and should have read law and become a barrister. With his love of lost causes and his peerless gift of sophistry, he could have saved many a wretch from the hangman's noose.

"Flank development of the knight is as effective as flank development of the bishop, though the knight is routed through f7 for defence of the center." 5.0-0 c6 6.d3 e7 7.d5 d6 "The advanced queen's knight will soon be attacked by the puissant Black pawns." 8.e3 xe3 "White, foreseeing the pawn avalanche that would sweep his pieces from the center, wisely retreats before they can begin their forward march." 9.xe3 e7 10.d4 exd4 11.xd4 xd4 12.xd4 e5 13.xe5+ fxe5 "Black now enjoys a majority of central pawns." On this Michard is accurate. 14.f4 exf4 15.xf4 d6 16.d4 f8 17.xf8+ xf8 18.f1+ e7 19.g4 xg4 20.f7+ e8 21.f4 c6 and White Resigns.

01 (N.B. White's resignation is certainly premature. It was only after Michard's death that I discovered the reason. 17.fd4 c8 18.xd6+ Major de Georges did not play this game; he had been posted to the interior of the country a few days prior to A sadly regrettable lapse by the Admiral, who the game. At the last moment the Bombay Club pressed overestimated the power of his pawns. one Ramdas Sundh Singh into service. Mr. Singh, it 18...xd6 19.b5 b8 20.c4 0-0 21.xa7 f5 transpired, was a local businessman who entered the "Black disdains the capture of the king rook's pawn as a club entirely by mistake on the evening the event was to matter of no consequence." Winning two pieces for the be played. Importuned upon to take the Major's place, rook with .21..xa7, xa7 xa7 is also of no he resigned because his wife appeared and reminded consequence to a player of Michard's stamp. him of his family duties.) 22.c6 xb2 23.g5 c3 24.e7 xe7 25.xe7+ Sometimes I wondered if other members deliberately xe7 played badly in order to mollify him; he was, after all, a source of revenue for impecunious enthusiasts. Other White's oversight does merit this consideration: it times I marvelled at his capacity for public humiliation shortens the game. and defeat, which, in justice to his memory, I must 26.c1 xa3 27.a1 c5 28.a2 xc4 29.a1 c5 record that he accepted in good grace in the finest 30.xa6 xa6 31.c1 d4 32.d1 a1 33.xd4 tradition of British sportsmanship. Such games as these xd4 34.xa1 xa1 35.h4 c8 must have tried his nerves greatly: and White Resigns. Bovine,Ernest - Michard,Rudy [C40] 0-1 Consolation Game, King's Bridge Champ., 1902 Such victories might be tolerable to the rest of us were 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.c3 h6 4.c4 c6 5.d4 b4 they but strokes of lightning in an otherwise dull day. 6.xe5 fxe5 7.xh6 gxh6 8.h5+ f8 9.f7# But no, Michard made such hay as he could of such Simply indescribable. poor gleaning, boasting of his victories and claiming that the corner had at last been turned, and now we 10 would see the revolution. "I predict that in twenty years Ruggles, Vincent - Michard, Rudy [C40] all the great masters will be playing my analysis," he London County Amateur, 1901 bragged after one such 'triumph.' He never tired of showing us this achievement, which he termed his 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.c3 c5 "brilliancy," only because it was the shortest of his few Novel play, for as Tchigorin says, 'Games do not repeat wins: themselves from opening to mate.' Alas, in this game de Georges (Bombay Chess Club, Major Reginald Michard (King's Bridge Club), Rudy [C40] Telegraph Match 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.c4 c5 4.c3 h6 fortune did not favour the brave." Poor Michard! He often confused mediocrity with audacity. 4.c4 b6 5.d3 b7 6.0-0 g6 7.e1 f5 8.exf5 gxf5 9.xe5 e7 10.f7+ f8 11.h6#
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1-0 Prince Kandeldatz - Michard, Rudy [C40] Club Game, 1901 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.c4 c5 4.c3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.xd4 d7 7.e3 c6 8.f5 xf5 9.exf5 b4 10.h5+ g6 11.fxg6 and Black Resigns. Yet another confusion, this time of soundness with unsoundness. 1-0 This game was a match between the members of the King's Bridge Chess Club and the Ambassadors to the Court of St. James de Montillo (Kingdom of Spain), Alejandro Michard (King's Bridge), Rudy [C40] King's Bridge vs. Ambassadors, 1899 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.c4 c5 4.xe5 fxe5 Michard knew full well that the queen check would be fatal, but having put his head so often into the lion's mouth he could not free himself from the habit. 5.h5+ g6 6.xe5+ e7 7.xh8 xe4+ "With the queen now out of play I hope to generate play along the diagonals." Hope springs eternal.

It became common gossip at the club that this loss would put Michard out of the Damiano business for good. But no, he came back the next day and sat through this horror. It lasted for an eternity, consuming a great quantity of lamp oil Ho,Jack Son - Michard,Rudy [C40] King's Bridge Stakes Match, 1902 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.d4 d6 4.b5+ c6 5.c4 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.b5+ d7 Of course, 8.dxe5 fxe5, 9.xd5 wins a pawn. Mr. Ho, while the leading mahjongg player in London (or indeed the British Isles) enjoyed only a fair grasp of chess. 8.0-0 a6 9.a4 e4 10.e2 b5 11.b3 b6 12.c3 e7 13.d2 g6 14.e3 g5 Inexplicable. 15.e2 h6 16.g3 0-0 17.h5 g4 18.g3 a5 19.c3 a4 20.d1 xd1 21.xd1 c4 22.xc4 bxc4 23.f3 f5 Incredibly, Black owns the better game. 24.fxe4 f4 25.f3 fxg3 26.xg3 dxe4 27.h3 f5 28.f1 g7 Leaving the bishop undefended.

29.xf8+ xf8 30.g4 e8 31.xg5 xg5 32.xg5 e3 8.e2 e6 9.c3 d6 10.d4 b4 11.g5 d7 12.0-0 33.d5+ f7 34.g5 h6 35.xh6 e2 36.e1 e6 xc3 13.bxc3 c6 14.g4 d5 15.fe1+ f8 16.e7+ 37.d2 f6 38.h3 f1+ 39.h2 xe1 40.xe1 e7 e8 17.f6+ f7 18.g7# Beyond belief. Simply 40...f1 wins at once. 1-0 41.g1 e3+ 42.h1 d3 43.g1 d1 44.f2 a3 Frankiln (Pennsylvania CC),Benjamin - Michard 45.bxa3 h5 46.xe2 xe2+ 47.xe2 f6 (King's Bridge),Rudy [C40] Black is lost. Michard could not have played this more Team Cable Match, 1901 wretchedly if he tried. 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.c4 e7 "Another innovation which we hope will revive the prospects of this line." Hope springs even beyond eternity. 4.d4 c6 5.dxe5 b5 6.exf6 gxf6 7.d3 d6 8.0-0 b7 9.f4 d5 10.d4 g8 11.e6 d7 12.c7+ d8 13.xa8 and Black Resigns. 48.g4 d5 49.d2 g7 50.a4 b6 51.a5 a8 52.e3 h6 53.f3 g5 54.g3 c7 55.h4+ g6 56.h5+ g5 57.a4 h6 58.h4 h7 59.g5 d5 60.a6 xc3 61.a7 a2 62.a8 c3 63.e4+ h8 64.c2 g8 65.xa2+ and Black Resigns. Mr. Ho did conduct the endgame competently. 1-0

Defeats only served to harden Michard's determination to revive this old chess hoax. We all hoped that one day 1-0 a crushing defeat would end his presumption and free Franz Herbert, Landgrave of Styria - Michard, him from illusion, as did Don Quixote's last unhorsing. Rudy [C40] We should have tumbled to the reality of his psyche, King's Bridge Chess Club, 1901 that only a great 'success' would liberate him from his 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.xe5 fxe5 4.h5+ g6 5.xe5+ e7 folly. This chance came with the visit of the great Russian Master Emanuel Schiffers to the club. Schiffers 6.xh8 f6 7.d3 d5 8.h6 suffered the misfortune to be 'mafficked' by ruffians, and Black Resigns. Yes, he played into this directly. who relieved him of bankroll and watch shortly after his Many times. arrival in London. Needing some ready cash, he came to 1-0 the King's Bridge club to win some capital from Michard. After several forgettable wins, Schiffers and (13) Ho,Jack Son - Michard,Rudy [C40] Michard produced this singular composition King's Bridge Chess Club, 1902 Schiffers,Emanuel - Michard,Rudy [C40] 1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.xe5 fxe5 4.h5+ e7 5.xe5+ Stakes Game, King's Bridge CC St Petersburg, 1902 f7 6.c4+ and Black Resigns. 1-0
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to write up his definitive analysis of the Damiano's "Were Black to proceed with 4...xe4+ 5.e2 d6 6.0-0 Defense, as this game 'proved' his theories. Alas, that magnum opus never saw the printer's devil. c6 Black's pawns along the third rank give him a solid Michard read of some Western American towns where slice of the center. Regrettably, White may cross this pedestrians always had the right-of-way. Convinced of plan with e2, forcing an exchange. Black employs the rightness of the idea, he began to walk boldly this variation for the purpose of evading such an before onrushing traffic. He met his end when he exchange." injudiciously defended his man-made idea against the 5.d3 dxe4 6.dxe4 xe4+ laws of physics; he did this by stepping in front of a "If White chooses to take off the queens Black's control careening beer wagon loaded with hogsheads of of his king's four square awards him a superior pilsner. The consequences are better left unimagined position." Michard omits that White's development lead than described. outweighs Black's 'control'. True to himself to the very last, Michard had willed his 7.e2 c6 8.0-0 d7 9.c3 g6 A grotesque blunder, but Black finds amazing resources. 10.e5 xe5 11.h5 0-0-0 12.xg6 hxg6 "Whilst Black endures a weakness in power, his advantage in sheer number of pieces gives him fair chances." 13.e2 d6 14.e4 f3+ A genuine moment of inspiration. If 15. xf3, then 15...xh2+, 16. h1 g3+ forces the draw. 15.gxf3 xh2+ 16.g2 h3+ 17.h1 e5 18.g1 h2+ 19.h1 e5 20.e1 g4+ 21.g1 xf3 fortune to the King's Bridge Club, with the proviso that his money be used to promote his favourite defence. We used these funds to sponsor 'blitz' tournaments for which we levied no entrance fee. We added in special prizes for players who found themselves at the mercy of pairings which saddled them with extra Black games. When the money was exhausted the Damiano's Defense vanished forever from the halls of the King's Bridge Chess Club.

1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.xe5 e7 4.f3 d5

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At this moment every club member held his breath. A draw would prove tolerablebut if Michard were to mate Schiffers we knew that Michard's boasting would never be still. Nowhere in chess literature, though, can one find a better illustration of the power of the bishops. 22.g3 e7 23.e3 c6 24.xa7 b6 25.e3 f5 26.f4 xg3 I considered this a blundersurely the Black bishop is superior. 27.fxe5 h1+ 28.f2 h2+ 29.xg3 dh8 30.a6+ b8 31.xb6 g2+ 32.f4 h4+ 33.e3 h3+ 34.f4 h4+ Draw Agreed. If White tries 34. e3 h3+ 35.d4, then 34...d2+, 35. c5 xc2+, 36. b4 xb2+, 37. a5 a3 is mate. Not forced, but unpromising. Michard, justly proud of his accomplishment, announced his retirement from club play, as he intended
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The City of London Chess Club team which fought a team from Yorkshire in a radio match, played December 18th, 1897. The umpire was Leopold Hoffer (standing, second from the left), Joseph Blackburne was the referee (standing at the right), Dr. Smith is seated, Photo Credit: Romy Cooper second from the right. On the evidence of this photo he was a large, imposing man. As a chess player Dr. Smith was a strong amateur who was bested by the lower echelon of professional masters. For example, Smith often played in the British

A Founding Father from Canada

By Stephen Wright

Championship but nearly always in one of the minor sections; he played several times at Hastings but never in the Premier. The Minor "Tourney" of the 1899 London International is typical - Smith scored 50% to finish seventh out of twelve, behind the likes of Marshall, Marco, and Mieses. A long-time member of According to obituaries in the British Chess Magazine the City of London Chess Club (he joined in 1887), (BCM) and the [London] Times, Doctor Stephen Francis Smith won its championship in 1895 and placed second Smith died in London on May 12th, 1928, at age sixtyin 1905-06. His best individual games were wins seven. This would place his date of birth around 1861. against a young Max Euwe in the 1919 Hastings Census records give his place of birth as Ontario, Victory Congress and Vera Menchik at Hastings 1927Canada; he had a younger sister who was born in 28; at his worst he suffered from the tactical oversights Seaforth in 1870. It is almost certain his father was the which John Nunn states were a common feature of Doctor William R. Smith of Seaforth who played in play in that era. the first completed Canadian Championship in 1873, Dr. Smith's first B.C. mention was in the [Vancouver] making it through to the third round before being Daily News Advertiser of December 6th, 1914, which eliminated by eventual winner Albert Ensor; presumably young Stephen's introduction to chess was noted he would give a simultaneous exhibition on the via family circles. Sometime in the mid-1870s the following Wednesday at the Vancouver Chess Club. Smith family emigrated to London, England. Following Smith went on to win the club championship in the spring of 1915, along with giving a lecture on endings in his father's profession Smith trained as a doctor, eventually becoming a Member of the Royal College of (February 2nd) and drawing with Frank Marshall in a Surgeons and a Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Society, Vancouver simul by the latter on February 17th. After the normal qualifications to be a general practitioner at this he seems to have left the province: there is no the time. However, census records describe both Smith further mention of his presence in local sources. (A and his father as homeopathic medical practitioners, this number of later sources, e.g., the BCM in 1925, refer at a time when considerable friction and antagonism to Smith as the B.C. Champion for 1915, but this existed between the traditional medical community and appears to be a fishermans tale of chess exploits homeopathy. stemming from his win of the Vancouver CC Little else is known for certain about the rest of Smith's championship in 1915. The first B.C. Championship did not take place until the following year and was won life; his profession would have made him a man of means, which allowed him to travel fairly frequently in by John M. Ewing). later life. He visited both Ostende and Paris for However, this does not end his association with Canada. tournaments, and seems to have left the British Isles for At the end of 1920 the BCM reported that a match for much of the duration of World War One. This time he the "championship of Canada has been arranged appears to have spent in North America. Perhaps he between Sidney E. Gale, the Canadian champion, and still had family in Ontario, but it is known Smith was in Dr. S.F. Smith, late champion of Vancouver and exCanada is known as one of the fifteen founding nations of FIDE, with one S.F. Smith signing the organizations 1924 draft constitution on Canadas behalf. But who exactly was S.F. Smith, and how did he come to be representing this country in Paris in 1924? Vancouver from late 1914 till at least April 1915, and was also in Southern California in 1917. champion of the City of London Chess Club, England." The match was to be the best score out of nine games, draws excluded. Gale lived in Hamilton; if Dr. Smith still had relatives in Ontario, this may explain how the Photo Credit: match came to take place. In any event, the match was British Chess Magazine, January, abandoned after each player had scored one victory, 1898 "Mr. Gale being obliged to withdraw because of business reasons." (Victoria Daily Colonist, February 6th, 1921) In 1924, in conjunction with the Olympic Games in
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Paris, a chess team event was organized. Unlike future chess Olympiads, this event followed the ideals and organization of the Olympic Games: only nonprofessionals were allowed to take part, and everyone competed as an individual, the number of players on a "team" being variable. Dr. Smith played in the tournament as the sole representative of Canada; he scored only one draw in his qualifying group, but did respectably well in the Consolation Final (4.5/8). The winner of the Championship Final was Hermanis Matisons of Latvia (see OlimpBase). During the event meetings and discussions took place with regard to the formation of an International Chess Body. The Federation was duly inaugurated at the end of the Paris tournament, with fifteen countries signing the roll on July 20th, 1924 as first members; Dr. Smith signed on behalf of Canada. The other countries were Argentina, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia (see Edward Winters The History of FIDE for further details). The first president was Dr. Alexander Rueb of Holland, who lost to Smith in the Consolation Final. So by whose authority did Dr. Smith represent Canada at the formation of FIDE? Based on the scant sources currently available, apparently his own. Despite having lived over half his life in England Smith still competed in Paris as a Canadianthe line dividing the nations of the commonwealth has always tended to be blurry. By comparison, William Pollock had only spent a short time in Montreal when he represented Canada at Hastings 1895. Winter has noted that the Paris meeting was improperly planned and occurred largely as the result of a moment of enthusiasm; one can well imagine Dr. Smith stepping forth, possibly on the spur of the moment, as a signatory for the country of his birth. He seems to have done this on his own initiative no evidence has come to light that he was acting as an agent for, or under the authority of, the Canadian Chess Association. For example Malcolm Sim, who was secretary of the CCA at the time and who presumably would have been aware of such an official undertaking, makes no mention of Smith in his Toronto Evening Telegram chess column. Hopefully additional research will shed more light on these questions, but for the moment it appears that Canada owes its initial place in FIDE to a doctors son from the village of Seaforth, Ontario, who appropriately enough was likely a spectator at the first (completed) Canadian Championship.

Reports from the Times that are Gone

Written and copyright 2011 by David Cohen

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Tal's first visit to Canada

Terre des Hommes, Montreal, 1979 was a 10 player double-round robin, 1979.04.11-05.06. Former World Champion Mikhail Tal shared first with reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov. Afterwards, they went on to Toronto for a chess exhibition. Tal also co-wrote the book "Montreal 1979: Tournament of Stars". Here is the first place game for the beauty prizes, offered by organizer Roger Lemelin Round "10" White "Spassky, Boris" Black "Tal, Mikhail" Result "0-1"

1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 b6 4.e3 b7 5.d3 d5 6.b3 d6 7.0-0 0-0 8.b2 bd7 9.bd2 e7 10.c1 ad8 11.c2 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.c3 fe8 15.fd1 d4 16.exd4 cxd4

17.a5 e5 18.xe5 xe5 19.c4 d5 20.d2 xh2+ 21.xh2 h5+ 22.g1 g4 White is in a mating net. 0-1 http://www.canadianchess.info/ c a n a d i a n c h e s s h i s t o r y / CanadianChessTopics.html#MTL79 http://www.canadianchess.info/articles/ SponsorCanadianChessApGWorldCh.html

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It is easy to see that this overview does not leave too many contenders for the highest honours. One of only two players who can be fully content with his performance in London is Hikaru Nakamura. The American top-tenner has recently been pretty volatile, and consequently he had a lot to prove in London. Even his extreme motivation was not enough to cope with his nemesis, Carlsen but it could have become that very intangible that saw the American past Aronian and Anand both of whom he dismissed rather than simply beat. Nakamura,Hi (2758) - Aronian,L (2802) [D31] 3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (2), 04.12.2011 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 e7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.f4 c6 6.e3 f5 7.ge2 d7 8.g3 g6 9.e2 b6 10.e5 f6 11.h4 h6 12.h5 h7 13.d3 0-0 14.xh7+ xh7 15.c2+ h8 16.f5 c4 17.b3 xe5 18.dxe5 g4 19.f4 d7 20.0-0-0 f6 21.e4 fxe5

After a stormy fall teeming with super-elite, highquality individual and team tournaments, the chess world seems to have slowed down a bit. Apart from the Women Team World Championship that will be covered in the next issue, there was only one really major tournament in December -

London Chess

Classic. It featured a rather motley field consisting of five top-ten players (including the first 4 highestrated players in the world) and four local participants. Obviously, all English players are still very strong GMs but, with all due respect, it has to be said that right now none of them can be considered on par with the world 22.e2 f6 23.h4 exf4 24.g6+ g8 25.xf8 xf8 super-elite. 26.exd5 cxd5 27.d3 d8 28.b1 c5 29.hf1 e3 Unfortunately for the Englishmen, this interrelation of 30.g3 d4 31.gxf4 e7 32.de1 d7 33.d1 d5 chess strength was duly reflected in the final cross-table. 34.xe3 dxe3 35.c1 d8 36.f5 e8 37.fe1 b6 38.a3 h8 39.b2 a5 40.c4 f6 41.e5 f8 Three out of four local GMs had a truly abysmal 42.xe3 b5 43.d4 b4 44.a4 xd4 45.xd4 xh5 tournament as all of them combined managed to win 46.e5 xf4 47.xa5 e6 48.d2 g5 49.a6 f6+ only one(!) game out of 24. Another English player, 50.a2 e5 51.b2 xb2+ 52.xb2 f4 53.xh6+ Luke McShane, has every reason to be more satisfied g7 54.d6 with his performance: he scored three victories and came 4th with a very commendable +2. Yet even he 1-0 managed to beat only his countrymen but none of the imposing guests. That said, some of those guests will, in all probability, try to forget their winter visit to London as soon as possible. If one were to judge by the final table alone, Aronian and Anand could be incidentally mistaken for identical twins, if not one and the same person because their results are carbon-copies of each other! Both beat Short, lost to Nakamura and drew every other gamenot a result the numbers 2 and 3 in the world would possibly be proud of. While the World Champion has to keep his cards very close to his chest because of the looming duel against Boris Gelfand in May, 2012, Levon Aronian seems to have recently Photo Credit: Ray Morris-Hill played too much chess . It is hard to say if that is also http://www.londonchessclassic.com/photos.classic_r2_0412.htm the case with Magnus Carlsen. On the one hand, the Prodigy has not lost a game and was the only one who managed to beat the resurgent Nakamuraon the other Anand,V (2811) - Nakamura,Hi (2758) [E97] hand, Carlsen failed to beat Short, and that half-a-point 3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (4), 06.12.2011 made a difference between himself and the tournament 1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.e2 winner.
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e5 7.0-0 c6 8.d5 e7 9.b4 e8 10.c5 f5 11.d2 f6 12.a4 g5 13.c4 h6 14.f3 f4 15.a3 g6 16.b5 dxc5 17.xc5 f7 18.a5 h5 19.b6 g4 20.b5 cxb6 21.axb6 g3 22.h1 f8 23.d6 a6 24.c7 b8 25.a5 h8 26.c4 g7 27.e6 xe6 28.xe6 gxh2 29.c4 e8 30.d5 h4 31.f2 h3 32.gxh3 c8 33.a5 h4 34. xh2 d7 35.b4 g3 36.f1 h5 37.a3

provided for an utterly entertaining game McShane,L (2671) - Kramnik,V (2800) [C65] 3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (8), 11.12.2011 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 f6 4.d3 c5 5.xc6 dxc6 6.b3 g4 7.bd2 d7 8.b2 f6 9.f1 f8 10.h3 xf3 11.xf3 e6 12.e3 d7 13.h4 a5 14.a4 0-0 15.h5 xe3 16.xe3 c5 17.h3 c6 18.0-0 f4 19.h2 e8 20.h6 g5 21.g3 e6

a5 38.e1 xc4 39.xc4 xd6 40.xa5 c5 41.e2 xb6 42.b5 d4 43.d1 xf2 44.xf2 xf3+ 45.xf3 xf3 46.b1 g6 47.xb7 f6 48.b8+ h7 22.f4 gxf4 23.gxf4 xf4 24.xf4 exf4 25.f2 f7 49.b7+ h6 26.h5 e6 27.xc5 h8 28.c4 e8 29.h1 d7 0-1 30.b5 e6 31.xd7 xd7 32.g1 c6 33.f3 d8 34.g5 f8 35.g2 g8 36.h2 g1 37.d4 f1+ 38. g4 f3 39.d5 d6 40.c4 g8 41.c5 f5+ 42.xf5 g6 43.d4 d1 44.e3 g2 45.h3 f2 46.xf2 xf2+ 47.e6 f7 48.d6 c6 49.e5 f8 50.h2 g1 51.b4 axb4 52.b2 g5+ 53.e6 g6+ 54.e5 xh6 55.a5 h5+ 56.e6 h6+ 57.e5 h5+ 58.e6 e8 59.a6 h6+ 60.e5 bxa6 61.xb4 a7 62.b8+ f7 63.c8 e6+ 64.f5 a5 65.h8 f6+ 66.e5 g7 67.c8 a4 68.xc6 a3 69.d7 a2 0-1
Photo Credit: Ray Morris-Hill http://www.londonchessclassic.com/photos.classic_r2_0412.htm

This outstanding feat sky-rocketed Nakamura to the 2nd place, but half-a-point behind the eventual winner, Vladimir Kramnik from Russia. Kramnik was evidently thriving on the tournaments uneven field that allowed him to do exactly what had to be done, nothing more. He drew all four game against his fellow top-tenners and beat every Englishman that crosses his path!
Fully expected in both cases, no surprisesyet this rather routine result sufficed Kramnik to claim the 1st place at the London Chess Classic While Kramniks result may be seen as routine, at least one of his victories was definitely not so. McShane who was sharing the top spot with Kramnik before the penultimate round went a long way to get rid of his more acclaimed opponent. Kramniks position looked very dangerous for most part of the game, to say the leastand yet his experience prevailed. Fortune did not favour the brave this time but McShanes bravery
Photo Credit: Ray Morris-Hill http://www.londonchessclassic.com/photos.classic_r2_0412.htm

The Classic cross-table and round-by-round results as well as a lot of additional information about other events that took place in Olympia Conference Centre at the beginning of December, can be found at the tournaments official website: http:// www.londonchessclassic.com/index.htm

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Across Canada
Chess Federation of Canada reports:
CFC has recently launched a new website (see p. 41) and once again we publish Treasurer Fred McKims explanations how it all works now" Web sites have become complicated over the years. People now can go to college to learn just how a web site should look and feel to the user. The look of our website has some standard features to it. CYCC team's blog from the WYCC). 3) Recent Photos (NEW): Pictures of Canadian players in the news (recently we've been featuring players from the WYCC). It has a link to the photo gallery (in progress).

4) Latest News: Shows snippets of three latest news pieces (right now CFC Public Relations Director Bob There are menus, blocks, widgets in various areas of the page, and what might seem daunting at first, I'm going Armstrong and I are writing these, but we'd be open to try and break down. to others). Click on article to open up whole news piece. Older pieces are available through the News Menu. While this is not exactly new, I think the frequency of I) Across the top are the menus of the website. They updating and ability to classify news and archive news direct you to various content areas. is important. II) Down the side of the web page are a number of The right hand column are called widgets widgets that may stand on their own or perform a search or have a visual aspect, etc. 1) Check your rating: You can enter either a name (* allowed as a wild card) or a membership number. III) Along the bottom we have a few more clickable blocks that take you to a specific spot on the web site. 2) Newsletter (NEW): Shows the latest newsletter cover. You can click here to get to the newsletter Items 1-3 are on all of the web site screens. archives. IV) So the rest of the area, basically the middle of the screen, is what is known as the content or body. First off let's consider the body of the front page. This consists of the leftmost two columns of information found up on typing chess.ca 1) About Us: Brief description and a link to the membership page. 3) Equipment store: Takes you directly to the equipment store. 4) Crosstables: Allows you to go directly to the crosstables section. 5) Puzzle (NEW): Thanks to chessgames.com we have a puzzle of the day. 6) Search: allows you to search for something at the website (for instance, name, location, etc).

2) Upcoming Tournaments: Shows either National events or Other (major) events depending if you press the toggle (< or >). It also has a link to the complete full Top Menu upcoming CFC event section and can have special features (for instance, right now we have a link to the 1) About Us: More information about the CFC
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2) Store: Allows you to go to the equipment or book store or buy a CFC membership. Eventually we should be able ot expand upon this to collect tournament registrations, etc. 3) Ratings: Sections for ratings, cross-tables, info on the rating system and fees, etc. Players can be selected by name or Top player searches can be done, with variables such as province, age, membership status (NEW), activity status (NEW), etc. Cross-tables can now be searched by province, name (NEW), dates, etc. 4) Player Information: Sections for upcoming tournaments, chess clubs, chess associations (NEW), chess instructors (NEW), list of national title holders (NEW). 5) CFC Information: Sections for Membership costs, Governors listing, CFC Handbook, Governors Letters, Listing of titled Arbiters and organizers (NEW), link to FIDE, volunteer opportunities, upcoming National events open for bidding (NEW). 6) Who's Who (NEW). Brand new feature to the web site: List of current champions, biographies for players organized by GM, IM, FM, etc, general biographies mixing historical and current champions. Most of the starting biographies were arranged through David Cohen's excellent site. 7) History (NEW). Sections for general history, listings of all Canadian Championship tournaments (Open, Closed, Women's, Junior, Youth, etc), results of Canadians at open & Women's World Championship events, and Olympiads. 8) Miscellaneous: Photo galleries and videos (still in progress), downloading resources, school chess, FAQ, links. 9) News: Has all of the news storied sorted by categories (CFC Post, The Week in Chess, Across Canada, etc). Also at the top you can find the English/French toggle. Unfortunately the French side of the database is not very developed at the moment. Bottom menu 1) Media: Photo gallery and videos (still in progress) 2) Discussion Board: Takes you to the CFC Forum

3) Contact Info "Somehow early last fall the development of the CFC website fell into my lap. From the awarding of the contract, to the design, to the new material we've added, to adding news reports and front page pictures - it's all been a blast. Even the fact that we came in way behind schedule, seems but a distant memory now."

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Alberta
A traditional WBX (Week Before Christmas) Team tournament took place on December 17-18 unsurprisingly, a week before Christmas! Four teams (each consists of 3 players and one possible reserve) participated, and The Road Warriors came first with 13/18 and a huge margin over the second place, Two Ricks and Arny, who scored but 9,5/18. Individual boards were won by Rob Gardner (board 1), Aaron Sequillion (board 2) and Phil Holmstrom (board 3). Most genuine and expressive photos from the tournament can be found at http://www.flickr.com/ photos/72396996@N04/?saved=1
Photos and report are provided by Ali Razzag

g5 36.b6 b8 37.c5+ d8 38.e2 g3 39.f1 g6 40.g2 e1 41.h3 f2 42.e4 e5 43.g2 e3 44.f1 exd4 45.e2 g1 46.d3 h2 47.xd4 f5 48.e5 g4 49.fxg4 fxg4 50.e6 g1+ 51.d5 xc5 52.xc5 e7 53.d5 g3 54.f1 g5 55.e5 g4 56.g2 e8 57.f6 10 A cross-table with complete results can be viewed at the SJCC Website http://v8nu74s71s31g374r7ssn017uloss3c1vr3s.unbf.ca/ ~duff/index.html JOE BOYD WINS SAINT JOHN FALL OPEN The Saint John Fall Open drew a disappointing number of four players, but the players who showed up were not disappointed in the play and seemed to enjoy having Sunday off. The Open was a runway win for Joe Boyd, who won all three of his games. The other three, Jordan

New Brunswick
ELIAS OUSSEDIK WINS NB CLOSED

Stackhouse, Larry Fyffe, and myself, had to be content This was an active chess weekend in Saint John. The with one win each, which allowed each of us to claim New Brunswick Closed and the Saint John Fall Open we had tied for second place. were played simultaneously in the Colonial Inn. Five of Reports by Ken Duff the best players in New Brunswick signed up to play in the Closed and a local player not yet but soon to be highly rated agreed to fill the sixth slot for the roundrobin. Listed in order of rating, the six players were Elias Oussedik, Bill Bogle, Jonathan MacDonald, Jason A strong Hart House Holidays Open took place

Ontario

Manley, Neil Davis, and Sam Song. After four rounds, Elias Oussedik and Bill Bogle were tied for the lead with three points each. In the final round, however, Bill fell victim to the clock against Sam Song, while Elias eked out a win against Jonathan MacDonald. So Elias is the New Brunswick Champion for the second year in a row and for the third time altogether. He lost only to Neil Davis.

between December 16 and 18 in Toronto. Bator Sambuev came first with an impressive 4,5/5 and cashed in $1000. Leonid Gerzhoy and Artiom Samsonkin shared 2nd with 4/5, each earned $550. Full results can be found at http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php? t=6053

Photo credit: Fred McKim Photo credit: Erik Malmsten

Oussedik,Elias (2192) - Manley,Jason (2049) [D12] 2011 NB Closed (2), 26.11.2011 1.d4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.e3 f5 4.c4 c6 5.b3 b6 6.c3 xb3 7.axb3 e6 8.c5 bd7 9.b4 e7 10.b5 0-0 11.b4 e4 12.d2 fc8 13.e2 f6 14.h4 g6 15.xg6 hxg6 16.xe4 dxe4 17.c4 f7 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.e2 b8 20.hb1 a6 21.b2 c7 22.ba2 ca7 23.c3 d8 24.f3 exf3+ 25.gxf3 c7 26.d3 d7 27.xa6 xa6 28.xa6 xa6 29.xa6 xh2 30.b7 b8 31.b5 cxb5 32.a5 e7 33.c6 xc6 34.xc6 d6 35.xb5

Quebec
MILITARY CHESS IN QUEBEC CITY
On the last week-end of November Officer-Cadets of Royal Military College Chess Club were visiting Quebec military chess players for a team match. It was the first time such a match between bases was

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organized, and the aim was to build friendship among military chess players and promote chess in the Canadian Forces. A 6 games rotation tournament was won by Quebec players, 18-15 The 4th Canadian Forces Chess Championship (4-6 May 2012) and the 2014 NATO Chess Championship will also be held at the Citadelle de Qubec. For information on military chess in Canada, contact CFchess@chess.com.

The 9th annual vote was conducted by a poll of Canadian Chess Journalists. One ballot is reserved for voting by chess fans. In the Fan Ballot, the winner is Melissa Giblon of Thornhill, Ontario. Giblon won the Canadian Girls Under 12 Chess Championship with a perfect score in July. Second place went to Nikolay Noritsyn of Richmond Hill, Ontario, winner of the Quebec Open Chess Championship in July. He was followed by Bluvshtein in third place. Past winners: http://www.canadianchess.info/canadianchesshistory/ CanadianChessPlayerYear.html#WINNERS Canadian Chess Player accomplishments in 2011: http://www.canadianchess.info/canadianchesshistory/ CanadianChessPlayerYear.html#2011

Board 1

Private Guillaume Mnard (Royal 22 Regiment) facing Officer-Cadet Flix Lavoir (Royal Military College).

Coming Events
Canadian Junior Championship
The Calgary Junior Chess Club, Calgary Chess Club, and Alberta Chess Association would like to extend an invitation to you to attend this years prestigious event, held at Calgary, AB, between January 5 8 , 2012 at the Calgary Chess Club. Updated information will be provided on this website as additional details become confirmed. Introduction by Michael von Keitz, President of the CFC:

The Teams The two teams in front of the Citadelle main door with Mcpl Brian Murray, the tournament director (5th from the left) and our special guest, Jelani Ghiacy, the outgoing president of Kandahar Military Chess Club (9th from the left).

Since 1970, the Canadian Junior Championship has been a flagship event on the Chess Federation of Canadas calendar. Pictures and report sent by Major Rgis Bellemare Attracting the best junior talent in the country, it not only serves to determine our undisputed junior champion, but also to qualify that champion to the World Junior Championship. A number of former participants have even gone on to later win the Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship, a tradition one can only hope is continued by this years crop. More importantly, remember that some of the best players ever, not the least of which being Bobby Fischer, used their 2011 Canadian Chess Player of the Year is Grandmaster national junior championship as a stepping stone in their rise Mark Bluvshtein of Toronto, Ontario, the fourth time he to prominence. Best of luck to all participants this year!

2011 Canadian Chess Player of the Year

has won this honour. The highlight of Bluvshtein's year of international competitions was his tie for first place in the Pan-American Chess Championship in April. Second place in the voting was taken by Grandmaster Bator Sambuev of Montreal, Quebec, who won the Canadian Chess Championship in May, thereby setting a record for the highest ever Chess Federation of Canada rating by a Canadian. Third place was earned by Michael Song of Toronto, Ontario for his Bronze Medal at the World Under-12 Chess Championship in November.
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49th Annual Canadian Open

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Quebec Junior Championship

(February 10-11-12) Swiss system, 5 rounds, 2 sections (Open, -1500), for FQE members aged 19 and less on January 1, 2012 Time Control :90 min/game with 30 sec increment PRIZE FUND: 2500$ Tournament location : Jean-de-Brebeuf College3200 Cote Ste. Catherine Montreal, QC Entry fee :40$ for Open Section, 25$ for -1500. Payment by check to Quebec Chess Federation, P. O. Box 1000, Station M. Montreal (QC) H1V 3R2. Contact: Quebec Chess Federation info@fqechecs.qc.ca (514) 252-3034 Website :Fdration qubcoise des checs

Alberta
Sectional Chess Tournament
Organizer & Tournament Director: Tony Ficzere tonyficzere@gmail.com Each section will be a 6 player round robin All sections will be CFC rated CFC membership is required and can be purchased on site The top two sections will be FIDE rated Rating list of January 18, 2012 will be used to determine rank The highest of CFC/FIDE ratings will be used to determine rank If two or more players have identical ratings, peak CFC/ FIDE ratings will be used to determine ran Absolutely NO BYES available! Prize Fund Thanks to a generous sponsor, the prize fund this year will be considerably enhanced $3,000 plus sum of entries less $5 per player ACA dues! Guaranteed! Prize money will be distributed equally between all sections For example, if 24 players, minimum prize fund of $900 per section (1st $450, 2nd $300, 3rd $150) Prize fund based on 48 players (maximum players allowed) $500 per section (1st $250, 2nd $150, 3rd $100) Unrated and provisionally rated players can win no more than $150 Note: CFC provisional ratings count as unrated. All provisional and unrated players will be placed in sections at the Tournament Directors discretion. Estimated ratings may be used Extra prizes in chess merchandise will be given out as door prizes. One door prize per section ($500 will be divided between all sections). Each door prize winner may purchase any chess merchandise they like from any vendor anywhere on the planet! Time Control Round 1 will be Game in 90 minutes + 30 second increment from move 1 Rounds 2-5 will be Game in 110 minutes + 30 second increment from move 1

British Columbia
BC Active Championship 2012
Date: Saturday January 28 and Sunday January 29, 2012 Location: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776 East Broadway (at Kaslo), Vancouver Rounds: 7 Round Times: Saturday Rd1: 11:00 Rd2 1:00 Lunch Rd3: 4:00 Rd4: 6:00 Sunday Rd 5 11:00 Lunch Rd6 1:30 Rd7 3:30 Type: Regular Swiss. Time Controls: G/40 + 10 sec. increments or G/45. Entry Fee: $40 (If email by Thursday January 26th or $45 on site) Prizes: 1st $400 (The 1st Prize is guaranteed) 2nd $300 3rd $150 BU2100 $125 BU1900 $125 BU1700 $125 Upset $50 Based on 35 entries. The Vancouver Active rating will be used or the CFC regular Registration: On site at 10:00am or contact Luc Poitras at (778) 846-0496. Save $5 on registrtion by email me your registration. Email: lucque@shaw.ca Bring your chess set and clock if you have one. No membership required For complete information on chess in BC visit
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Canadian Chess News Schedule Round 1: Friday, January 20, 7pm Round 2: Saturday, January 21, 10am Round 3: Saturday, January 21, 4pm Round 4: Sunday, January 22, 10am Round 5: Sunday, January 22, 4pm or asap Live Broadcast We will broadcast all games from the top section on this website via DGT! We will also provide a pgn viewer and make as many games available as possible Registration Advanced registration only! Registration is limited to the first 48 paid players. No refund on cancellations after December 31, 2011. Only paid entries will show up on the advanced registration list which will be published on this website and updated as players enter. Register any Tuesday/Thursday evening or Saturday afternoon at the Calgary Chess Club. Early bird registration is $30 until December 31st, 2011 and $35 from January 1st, 2012 until registration closes on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Cheques must be made payable to the Calgary Chess Club and mailed to: Calgary Chess Club #274-3359 27 St N.E. Calgary, AB, T1Y 5E4 For more info, contact tournament organizer, Tony Ficzere by email at tonyficzere@gmail.com Drawing of Lots The drawing of lots for each complete section will be done randomly on Wednesday, January 18 using SwissSys software and will be posted on the Standings & Results page no later than Thursday, January 19 by 10pm (may be available by Wednesday, January 18) Other Info A limited number of billets will be available. Contact organizer to arrange your billet All equipment supplied Round by round reporting will be available on both the Calgary Chess Club and Edmonton Chess Club Yahoo Newsgroup websites Sponsored by Alberta Chess Association and the Calgary Chess Club, plus a generous sponsor who wishes to remain anonymous This is a Road Warrior Event!

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Qin, Zi Yi (Joey) Kraiouchkine, Nikita Gusev, Nikita Zhang, David Semianiuk, Konstantin Sohal, Tanraj S. Inigo, Aquino Kaminski, Thomas Itkin, David Ivanov, Mike

Age
15 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 15 16

Prov
ON QC ON AB ON BC ON AB ON ON

Rtg
2339 2321 2270 2227 2207 2204 2186 2182 2141 2130

1 Yuan, Yuanling ON 2 Gansvind, Valeria BC 3 Khoudgarian, Natalia ON 4 Peng, Jackie ON 5 Kagramanov, Dina ON 6 Orlova, Yelizaveta ON 7 Belc, Daniela ON 8 Agbabishvili, Lali ON 9 Botez, Alexandra BC 10 Roy, Myriam QC 11 Lacau-Rodean, Iulia ON 12 Zhou, Qiyu ON 13 Kalaydina, Regina-Veronicka AB 14 Kagramanov, Dalia ON 15 Serbanescu, Natasa ON 16 Yun, Chang QC 17 Vasiloi, Nadejda ON 18 Xiao, Alice BC 19 Fang, Tina ON 20 Todd, Adie AB

2328 2309 2278 2130 2076 2071 2054 2041 2028 2004 1979 1953 1947 1935 1869 1847 1798 1782 1705 1657

Top Under-14 # Name

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Age

Prov
AB MB ON ON ON ON BC ON ON NS

Rtg
2306 2238 2178 2130 2052 2048 2020 2002 1968 1964

Top Under-20
#

Name

Age Prov
19 20 19 19 19 19 20 19 20 20 QC ON AB ON ON ON NB ON ON NS

Rtg
2654 2639 2594 2479 2405 2309 2214 2172 2032 2024

Wang, Richard 13 Li, Kevin 14 Fu, James 14 Peng, Jackie 13 Lin, Tony (Juntao) 13 Knox, Christopher 14 Lo, Ryan 14 Plotkin, Mark 13 Kalra, Agastya 14 Dorrance, Adam 13

Top Under-12 # Name Age

12 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 11 11

1 Kovalyov, Anton 2 Noritsyn, Nikolay 3 Hansen, Eric 4 Thavandiran, Shiyam 5 Hambleton, Aman 6 Chung, Kevin 7 Oussedik, Elias 8 Pace, Christopher 9 McDonald, Justin 10 Martin, Brendan

Prov
ON ON BC QC BC BC QC ON AB ON

Rtg
2194 2184 2124 2105 2063 2053 1960 1953 1932 1903

Top Under-18 #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 Preotu, Razvan 2 Song, Michael 3 Kong, Dezheng 4 Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta 5 Doknjas, John 6 Cao, Jason 7 Zhu, Hong Rui 8 Zhou, Qiyu 9 Kassam, Jamil F. 10 Bellissimo, Joseph

Name
Sapozhnikov, Roman Martchenko, Alexander Kleinman, Michael Calugar, Arthur Yuan, Yuanling Gelis, Paul Laceste, Loren Brigham Sundar, Avinaash Gibson, Kevin Miller, David

Age Prov
17 18 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 17 ON ON ON ON ON ON BC ON ON AB

Rtg
2501 2412 2408 2377 2328 2251 2238 2224 2187 2101 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Zhang, Yuanchen Wan, Kevin Chen, Richard Zotkin, Daniel Noritsyn, Sergey Wolchock, Theo Zhao, Yue Tong (Davy) Liu, Jiaxin Yie, Kevin Yi-Xiao Doknjas, Joshua 10 10 10 10 8 9 9 10 9 9 ON ON ON ON ON MB ON ON ON BC 2022 1931 1761 1714 1714 1700 1677 1599 1573 1473

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Alberta
CFC# 122879 111585 145857 105243 152958 152307 152961 126054 128141 148040 103443 142452 151200 150292 152917 109804 146339 151537 120375 111135 153149 152394 134314 144570 129419 152959 150021 153160 151673 149079 105606 109618 141520 151005 146402 153026 111604 149876 137895 147716 104137 104952 139691 152295 152301 108323 139341 145861 153157 109051 112476 147880 111666 122495 111653 149078 112225 152960 109502 153150 152117 137884 152938 141148 149800 107385 145881 153230 131382 153025 101768 152287 151747 148645 150588 147840 152305 150441 149423 144557 139833 153008 138804 152895 101022 145860 152289 102359 150440 102547 145711 Name Ali, Abdelmanan Allen, Ted Amasaib, Magdi Asquith, Tom Atabayev, Derek Babiuk, Wayne Bachnak, Wissam Beaudry, Lukas Beebe, Greg Bellemare, Regis Bentley, Bill Berndtsson, Kurt Bezjack, Robert Blyznyuk, Vladimir Bodnar, Paul Booker, Brad Borger, Rock Borja, Manuel Borowski, Ted Brazeau, Robert Bulbrook, Patrick Bustos, Jyaree (Chantel) Cacho, Belly Cai, Tony Caughlin, Wade Chen, William Chenetsov, Makar Chenetsov, Masha Clapham, John Daher, Nayef Daniluk, Jim Davies, Robert Davies, Jack Davis-Imhof, Peter De Guzman, Jeff Anthony Dizon, Arth Dunn, Garth Ebrahim-Shirazi, Behrooz Ejack, Stephen Evans, Phil Ficzere, Tony Fitzgerald, Jerry Frier, Ken Gagne, Rachael Gagne, Hope Gardner, Robert J. 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Arzumanyan, Aram Basko, Yauheni Bates, Darren Botez, Alexandra Botez, Andrea Brewster, Paula Broz, Peter Burgert, Conrad Butchart, Kevin Butchart, Brian Cader, Sarah Cader, Adam Campos, Eugenio Alonso Cao, Jason Catona, Dan Chan, Brandon Jun-Ho Chan, James Chen, Harrison Chen, Daniel Chen, Philip Chen, Thomas Chen, Samuel Cheng, Jack (Kun) Cheng, Bindi Cheng, Clement Cheng, Tony Chiang, Berthold Chung, Jerry Coats, Tania Coats, Sebastian Cosenza, Aaron Cui, Karl (Lizhe) Daswani, Benedict Datcu-Romano, Andrew Datcu-Romano, Anca Datcu-Romano, Irena Datcu-Romano, Alex Davidson, Brian Dawson, Jeffrey De, Mila Ding, Jill Ding, Dazhong Doknjas, John Doknjas, Neil Doknjas, Joshua Dong, Jackie Doroshenko, Maxim Dou, Benjamen Dou, Alex Du, Daniel Dutton, Mark S. Enns, Edward Erichsen, Dan Escandor, Manuel Omana Fedorov, Daniel Feeley, Philip Foote, Joanne Franks, Jeremy Fu, Cassidy Fuentebella, Mayo Gaitan, Jose Luis Galvez, Alexis David Ganea, Mihai Gansvind, Valeria Gates, Logan Gedajlovic, Max Geng, Tian Tian Geng, Matthew Geng, Li Goldblatt, Taylor Goldstein, Rhys Goodman, Kevin Hamm, Robert Han, Lionel Hanany, Liam Hayer, Gopal Singh He, Roy Herdin, Matthew Hou, Frank How, Brian Hoyer, Andrew Hu, Dalong Hu, Kevin Huang, Patrick Hui, Jeremy Ifti, Pirro Ingram, Richard Jang, Simon Jang, Milton Javid, Mavaddat Jayaweera, Lahiru Jessa, Omar Jiale Wang, Alex 1923 1299 1741 2028 892 867 1535 1300 689 684 522 428 1860 2053 1870 200 1998 988 1002 1171 648 1105 2026 2506 1420 1188 1360 962 200 200 xxxx 1286 2015 799 xxxx 669 1014 1765 1286 796 1317 679 2063 904 1473 600 2512 759 824 892 1943 1116 2083 1713 391 xxxx 1534 334 916 2318 1737 1184 1578 2309 396 1162 1500 1199 1483 426 2022 xxxx 1567 1577 1055 1491 1039 1822 xxxx 555 1370 747 1096 761 1826 596 2009 737 728 1821 1146 1509 1339 6 1328 1810 2087 892 867 1804 1300 23 13 5 5 2084 2064 1950 4 2086 12 12 1226 648 1105 2064 2533 1451 1207 1540 20 5 5 1485 1310 2154 873 1816 669 1108 1853 1286 5 1317 14 2097 934 1538 23 14 759 824 892 2100 1472 2083 1824 5 1394 1598 5 929 2348 6 4 1578 2351 19 8 1548 1199 21 5 2024 2029 1721 1577 1075 22 14 1822 1104 555 1370 747 1096 761 1848 5 2088 5 10 1825 1170 1509 6

British Columbia
CFC# 153161 153136 146408 120112 152742 153133 Name Achari, Darcy Ang, Jan Ericsson Ang, Iain Angelvette, Duane Anjum, Naveed Aquino, Jonathan Rtng 1538 494 xxxx 1655 1657 721 High 10 10 1315 1795 21 10

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New Brunswick
CFC# 139583 136818 105067 151759 135268 100253 150290 144055 111875 153035 110492 111760 103285 121511 102718 150291 109507 107785 108109 129513 150628 136792 153002 153003 109325 136791 103904 111808 125337 148257 148258 152648 151278 136817 103466 Name Balabhaskaran, Vishnu Blanchette, Andre Bogle, Bill Boulter, Nathan Boyd, Joseph Brun, Jacques Caissie, Sebastien Carson, Cody Cooper, Aaron Creamer, Kyle Davidson, Logan Davis, Neil Desforges, Jean Deveau, Justin Duff, Ken Fowlie, Mark Fyffe, Larry Haggarty, Don Hensel, George Hill, Rod Kippers, Alex Landry, Francois-Guillaume Latour, Philippe Latour, Simon MacDonald, Jonathan Manley, Jason Maund, Chris Ossinger, Brian Oussedik, Elias Robichaud, Nicolas Robichaud, Alexandre Song, Sam Stackhouse, Jordan St-Coeur, Patric Taylor, Blair Rtng 1286 1075 2139 1244 1796 1624 xxxx xxxx 2243 1290 1742 2003 2156 1926 1766 xxxx 1651 xxxx 1708 1989 1512 xxxx 1251 1457 2119 2052 1439 1570 2214 1518 1336 1823 1594 989 1828 High 1286 8 2290 23 1814 1905 1099 6 2243 7 22 2172 2221 1926 2000 1261 1710 1235 1792 2019 18 1662 5 5 2273 2090 1472 1733 2219 1518 1336 1823 1594 1007 2000

Manitoba
CFC# 150773 153214 102141 152320 108289 101126 152957 146063 111659 144924 111806 137876 152934 152325 152324 106554 141720 111910 105641 136888 105246 142429 107168 152653 153131 149935 140950 112549 152956 101127 108919 102783 106957 152654 152422 145479 105377 153158 125303 148441 136900 103189 123323 152424 112822 103336 112475 140818 108926 143100 112185 152986 124202 104122 131407 104699 109227 132113 106687 152423 143093 141963 103193 147727 125311 139153 149820 135589 Name Afolabi, Damola Amrom, Ron Babb, Jeff Baron, Cody Bince, Rolando Boron, Anthony Bryson, Pierce Campbell, Gary Cleto, Sam Crawford, Gary Czypinski, Jaroslaw de Groot, Steven Delos Santos, Christopher Eckert, Alixaendra Eckert, Ethan Einarsson, Ken Evans, Brian Ford, Stephen Gannon, Keith Goodman, Clifford Green, Jim Green, Aaron Greenberg, Harley Gregoryanz, Philipp Gudmundsson, Gunnar Iomdina, Alex Joven, Perfecto Kaptsan, Aron Kasprick, Devin Kernetsky, Myron Klokow, John Lauritson, Jim Le Dorze, Phil Leaden, Bruce Li, Kevin Lipic, Stephen Lipnowski, Samuel Maas, Jason Magnusson, Saul Manicdao, Tomas Melamedoff, Gustavo Milord, Frank Milward, Dave Moncal, Nilo Mousseau, Chuck Mundwiler, Les Nikouline, Alexandre Oberton, Daniel Ott, Richard Pang, Michael Penner, Wesley Platt, Alex Pottinger, Carl Proulx, Roy Reimer, Bruce Remillard, John Repa, Jason Rutter, Blair Schulz, Waldemar Schwartz, Leah Swift, Ryne Trinidad, Kris Trueman, Francis Villeneuve, Justin Vincent, Trevor Wasserman, Leor Wolchock, Theo Zaczek, Jonathon Rtng 1516 1323 2201 1403 2126 2054 1196 1720 1961 1495 1990 1848 1919 465 797 1751 1508 1575 1603 xxxx 1817 1988 1714 1383 1886 1471 1973 1943 1685 1991 1824 2045 1608 1497 2238 1829 2263 1271 1788 1749 2117 1654 1720 2101 1720 2072 2068 1979 xxxx 1835 xxxx xxxx 1869 xxxx 1537 1583 1987 1895 2035 1224 1785 xxxx 1523 1211 2365 xxxx 1700 2291 High 1545 2 2257 1403 2160 2060 5 1735 1992 1495 2046 1848 1919 6 6 1819 1632 1675 1725 1694 1851 2021 1890 13 4 1471 2014 2300 5 2079 1852 2077 1627 1497 2238 1876 2294 5 1804 1749 2141 1796 1797 2101 1900 2100 2149 2039 1728 1835 1838 4 1920 1809 1672 1732 2035 1958 2132 19 1836 1642 1566 1246 2365 1861 1700 2300

Newfoundland
CFC# 142313 129711 152633 138355 104065 153028 149130 125730 121087 120840 152980 151670 103802 Name Bradbury, Dennis Dervisevic, Nihad Doyle, James El-Gohary, Samir Hewson, Mike Kowsari, Mohammed Reza Leonard, Anthony Martin, Steve Oliver, Brian Ozon, Blair R. Parker, Anton Prosser, John Tsui, Alick Rtng xxxx 2012 1745 1495 1388 1491 2013 xxxx 1509 1868 1936 1700 1449 High 1683 2019 1745 1647 1420 6 2021 1948 1657 2 4 1700 1593

Nova Scotia
CFC# 110332 103179 103015 141191 146650 142425 126660 123470 100299 104320 133850 110204 103040 108891 130912 151263 153034 144576 105142 130004 102363 100212 129544 100079 106289 101504 108575 Name Boyle, Philip Cashin, Sean (Ken) Charlton, Glenn Dorrance, Adam Du, Howard Du, Jasmine Felix, Chris Ferreira, Paulo Giacomin, Gordon Gilks, James Gonzalez-Cueto, Jose A Kenney, Jason Kenney, David MacLean, John MacLean, Donald MacNeil, Conrad Mah, Harry Martin, Brendan Mayo, Alvah McKay, Brian McKearney, Ed Naugler, Rex Newman, Eric Pentz, Brian Poirier, David Uuetoa, Harold Wysocki, Antoni P. Rtng 1643 1707 2053 1964 1533 2124 1942 1895 2061 1853 2077 2198 1942 1302 1647 1507 1520 2024 2025 1866 1673 1781 1720 1921 1842 1770 2196 High 1749 1781 2212 1974 1676 2124 1942 1931 2063 1859 2078 2205 2024 1499 1660 1507 7 2024 2213 1975 1731 1931 1823 2100 1915 1806 2204

Ontario
CFC# 151181 152910 103713 134333 107642 152922 Name Abbarin, Shabnam Abbarin, Hooshang Abou-Nassif, Ahmad Abrahams, Daniel Abt, Michael Adamson, Evan Rtng 1298 1434 xxxx 2162 1578 821 High 1331 1434 1879 2171 1862 7

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CFC# 145887 136404 144042 144232 112954 110208 111891 101288 100145 121861 139366 149076 Name Bangla, Venu Banks, Anthony Crowell, Iain Drew, Ryan Ferguson, Brian Gulati, Justin Keunecke, Ed MacKean, Peter McKim, Fred Paulowich, David Rainnie, Aaron Waddell, Gordon Rtng 1099 xxxx 1292 1190 1688 2135 1613 2049 1937 1801 1454 xxxx High 1099 2046 1347 1248 1800 2213 1774 2161 2132 1890 1454 3

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CFC# 109653 105909 105882 138940 128277 148299 153352 152968 105187 152967 139710 111867 102959 100101 134206 109371 125421 101380 142306 123021 148376 148237 108401 148408 131936 107805 148330 112792 144445 112389 142032 105070 151216 101089 148301 108936 123170 102539 148294 127505 151350 139723 148358 101280 152992 148263 133987 121232 142449 135223 151870 153350 110358 121273 100337 144425 102581 100144 144456 103912 107085 122046 120108 146420 152919 146419 125461 153348 153347 125749 Name Arsenault, Nicolas Auger, Bertrand Barbeau, Sylvain Barre, Michel Beaulieu, Pierre Beladel, Brahim Belanger, Andre Bergeron, Carl Bergeron, Pascal Bergeron, Rene Berube, Antoine Bleau, John Bolduc, Steve Brodie, Hugh Brunet, Guy Caceres Cortes, Julio Caire, Francois Carrier, Claude Castellanos, Renier Chevalier, Francois Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta Cote-Lalumiere, Tristan Couture, Gerard Cvetkovic, Simeon Desjardins, Michel Drolet, Stephane Dumont, Felix Dydak, Mateusz Fareh, Youness Forget, Luc Forget, David Gagnon, Serge Gao, Catherine Gauthier, Denis Gelet, Seymour Giroux, Robert Goldner, John Groleau, Gilles Gueorguiev, Valentin Gulko, Andrei Guo, Forest Hajiyev, Elshad He, Shao Hang Hebert, Jean Hirth, Julien Hou, Louisa Qian Qian Jiang, Louie Khassanov, Marat Kovalyov, Anton Kraiouchkine, Nikita Landry, Guillaume Langelier, Frederic Larochelle, Martial Laurain, Guy Laurin, Marcel Le Duin, Thierry LeBeau, Gilbert Lemieux, Serge Lepine, Cedric Leutschaft, Martin Leveille, Francois Libersan, Thierry Luksza, Arkadiusz Luo, Zhao Yang Luo, JiaYu Luo, Alan Masse, Hugues Menard, Guillaume Mercier, Patrick Papineau, Daniel Rtng 2218 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 1721 xxxx 1929 2292 1863 xxxx xxxx 2203 2154 2488 1676 2105 xxxx 1612 1780 2035 xxxx 1962 1975 xxxx xxxx 2087 2115 886 xxxx xxxx 1876 xxxx 1969 xxxx xxxx 1791 xxxx xxxx 2472 1776 1483 xxxx xxxx 2654 2321 1279 1107 2241 xxxx 1800 2009 xxxx 1621 xxxx 2143 2367 xxxx xxxx 1900 843 1249 2308 xxxx xxxx xxxx High 2268 1922 2460 17 2035 18 6 8 2094 9 2238 1929 2292 2100 1550 2079 2211 2162 2498 1676 2105 1843 1612 1800 2094 2129 1962 2100 2138 2032 2095 2145 14 1962 14 1935 1942 2200 12 2228 12 2130 15 2534 5 1483 2388 2496 2654 2367 16 6 2282 2212 1978 2113 2034 1621 1861 2163 2442 2116 2233 1931 12 1285 2329 6 6 1909

Foreign
CFC# 152945 107290 139697 134344 146922 152989 152988 152931 105569 152925 110398 150883 148279 149885 149884 151296 123334 142432 146303 144462 152904 131761 152965 152972 131419 152990 152970 152944 152928 134160 148217 152927 137005 110329 125627 152930 126336 138011 152932 110863 152926 152626 152628 152627 152929 104611 152991 105603 151211 150020 150019 152924 143973 152465 Name Abrahamyan, Tatev Acosta, Mariano A. Aird, Ian Arencibia, Walter Barrios, Felix Bashkansky, Noami Bashkansky, Ethan Baumgartner, Christopher Benjamin, Joel Bojkov, Dejan Castaneda, Nelson Cohen, Lawrence Cornette, Matthieu Eng, Rachael Eng, Randel Enkhamar, Galbadrakh Fedorowicz, John Peter Golod, Vitali Graif, William Jamshed, Musa Johnson, Perry Vishal Kaufman, Raymond Khashper, Arkady Kleiman, Jake Krush, Irina L'Ami, Alina Le Roux, Jean-Pierre Lee, Mason Shao Hong Macak, Stefan Malveau, Cedric Melekhina, Alisa Meszaros, Michal Mikhalevski, Victor Morabito, Matthew Mulyar, Michael Opaska, Michael Perelshteyn, Eugene Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manuel Pieri, Enzo Pitre, H. G. Regan, Kenneth W. Renteria, Rolando Renteria, Alejandro Renteria, Manuela Reshef, Omer Rozentalis, Eduardas Schott, Guido Shabalov, Alexander Song, Edward Sowa, Ryan Sowa, Aidan Strugach, Leonid Vavrak, Peter Wong, Lawrence Rtng 2355 2167 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 1866 2640 xxxx 2356 1999 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 1779 xxxx 1825 2268 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 755 xxxx xxxx 2297 xxxx xxxx 1986 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 1843 xxxx 2273 1416 1679 xxxx xxxx xxxx 2601 1785 xxxx xxxx xxxx 2498 xxxx High 2355 2260 2070 2618 2190 6 6 1866 2659 2564 2406 2026 2634 11 11 2199 2547 2582 1779 1850 13 2268 2124 2375 2493 2368 2535 6 2391 1934 2297 2418 2664 2046 2434 2001 2557 2480 1734 2078 2409 2289 1433 1743 2205 2649 2191 2630 21 17 18 2324 13 7

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Nakamura,Hi (2758) - Aronian,L (2802) [D31]

Anand,V (2811) - Nakamura,Hi (2758) [E97]

McShane,L (2671) - Kramnik,V (2800) [C65]

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