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Issue # 13-24 – August 15, 2012

2012 Canadian Closed/ Women’s Closed Championships The 9 round swiss Closed/Zonal was recently played in Montreal, Quebec. Here is the result: Canadian Closed Champion – GM Bator Sambuev ( was defending champion ) – 8.5/9 pts. – undefeated

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As the winner, he will get $ 2000 for his participation to the World Cup in Tromso, Norway in 2013. As a result of point totals in the Closed, our newest Canadian IM is Richard Wang of Alberta, and our two new Canadian FM’s are Nikita Gusev and Michael Humphreys of Ontario. The Canadian Women’s Closed/Zonal was a 10-player round-robin, played at the same time and place as the Closed: Canadian Women’s Closed Champion – WIM Natalia Khoudgarian ( was defending champion ) – 8.5/9 pts. – undefeated.

. As the winner, she will get $ 1000 for her participation to the 2012 Women’s world championship in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia on Nov. 9- Dec. 3 – a 64-player Knockout. Here are the top finishers in each tournament: Closed: Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts.1 GM SAMBUEV Bator CAN 2523 QC 8.52 GM KOVALYOV Anton CAN 2605 QC 7.03 IM NORITSYN Nikolay CAN 2472 ON 6.0

IM GERZHOY Leonid CAN 2448 ON 6.0

FM WANG Richard CAN 2338 AB 6.0 CM GUSEV Nikita CAN 2117 ON 6.0 Women’s Closed: Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts.1 WIM KHOUDGARIAN Natalia CAN 2158 ON 8.52 AGBABISHVILI Lali CAN 1925 ON 7.0

ROY Myriam CAN 1982 QC 7.0 Scarborough CC Goes Mobile! ( by SCC Website Administrator, Steve Karpik ) According to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, it was found that almost 90 percent of U.S. adults own a cell phone and as of April 2012, more than half of them (55 percent) use their phone to surf the Internet from time-to-time — up from 31 percent in 2009. Even more significant is the fact that about 17 percent of all American adult cell phone owners rely on smartphones almost exclusively for their Internet browsing. Figures for Canada are likely very similar. In other parts of the world, like India and other rapidly developing nations, access to the Internet using mobile devices is even more prevalent. So why does this matter to a chess club like the SCC? The Internet is an important communication tool for organizations like the Scarborough Chess Club. Our website is essential both for communicating with existing club members and to attract new members. The club website is often the source of first contact for many individuals who join the SCC. Up until recently having a website that works well on a desktop computer or laptop was more than sufficient but with the explosion in mobile Internet usage, a mobile-friendly website is almost a necessity. In response to these changing times, I’m happy to announce that the Scarborough Chess Club has a new mobile-friendly website. Now if you visit www.scarboroughchessclub.ca using your iPhone, Android phone or Blackberry, you will be re-directed to a special mobile-friendly version of the SCC website. At the present time, the mobile website has basic club information but over the next few weeks and months new features will be added to make the mobile version of the SCC website even more useful. So from now on if you visit the SCC website with your desktop computer or laptop, you’ll get the same website you’ve been seeing for several years. However, if you use your smartphone, you’ll arrive at a site that looks like the accompanying screenshot.

Be sure to visit www.scarboroughchessclub.ca on your smartphone and give me feedback about how the mobile site looks and what you think (Steve Karpik : skarpik@sympatico.ca ). Russian Championships

Dima Andreikin

won his 1st Russian Championship! He took a quick final round draw in the tiebreakers against Vladimir Potkin. Has the next generation of Russian talent arrived? He is the only player U 22 years old in the World rankings from 11-30!

GM Natalia Pogonina ( who has a very good website – http://pogonina.com/index.php?lang=english ) won the Women’s title.

Biel Chess Festival, Switzerland

( adapted from TWIC ) The Biel Chess Festival took place from 23rd July to 2nd August. Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ) returned to defend the title he won last year. Alexander Morozevich ( Russia ) also returned to an event where he has seen much success but he lost his first two games and then became so ill he was forced to withdraw and Viktor Bologan ( Russia ) stepped in to play the games he was supposed to play. Hikaru Nakamura ( USA ), Wang Hao ( China ), Etienne Bacrot ( France ) and Anish Giri ( Netherlands ) were the other players in this 6 player 10 round Double Round Robin.

The winner was Wang Hao ( China ),

based on the Bilbao scoring system ( win = 3 pts.; draw = 1 pt.; loss = 0 pts. ). Under normal scoring, Magnus would have won. Former two-time Canadian champion, IM Jean Hebert, weighed in on the CMA ChessTalk discussion board, critical of the Bilbao system ( the “ soccer “ system ): “ Six wins, one draw and three losses are better than four wins, six draws and no loss ? A 2858 performance is better than Carlsen's 2878 ? Unless the ELO system is declared obsolete and meaningless, I don't believe in this. I don't believe in a system that produces controversial winners. “ Do you agree with Jean, or with the international organizers who imposed the alternate scoring system. The alleged purpose of the Bilboa system is to encourage more “ fighting “ games, played ‘til the last dog is hung, and fewer draws. Here is the final round win by Wang over Giri, that clinched him the title ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Wang, Hao (2739) − Giri, Anish (2696) [A15] 45th Biel GM Biel SUI (10), 02.08.2012

1.Nf3² 0.29 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted. Many feel W has " initiative ", but Bl. can equalize. 1...Nf6 2.c4?!= ( verified

depth 25 ) [2.d4²] 2...g6?!² [2...c5 3.Nc3 Nc6=] 3.Nc3?!= ( verified depth 22 ) [3.d4 c5 4.d5 d6²]

3...d5?!² [3...c5 4.g3 d6=] 4.Qa4+?!= [4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Bg7²]

4...Bd7 [4...Nc6 5.d4 Bg7=] 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6?!² [6...Nc6 7.d4 Be6=] 7.d4 ( depth 20 )

[7.Ne5?! Be6 8.Qb4 b5=] 7...b5 8.Qb3 c5 [8...Nc6 9.e4 Bg4²] 9.dxc5 Hao goes up a P 9...Bg7 10.e4 0-0 [10...Be6 11.Qc2 Qc7²] 11.Be2 Be6 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.Be3?!= [13.c6 Nb8 14.e5 Ng4²]

13...Rc8 [13...Qc7?! 14.Rc1 Ng4²] 14.Rd1 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nxc5 material equality

17.0-0 a5?!² [17...Nce4 18.Qb3 Qd6=] 18.Bb5 Nce4 19.Bc6 Qc7 [19...Nd6 20.Qb3 Qc7²]

20.Rc1 Nd6 21.Qe2?!= [21.Qd3?! Nf5 22.Rc4 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Qd6=; 21.Qb3 Nf5 22.h3 Nxe3

23.Qxe3 Rfd8=] 21...Nf5 22.Bc5?!³ For the first time in the game, Anish gets the advantage

[22.g3 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 Ng4=] 22...Bh6?² [22...Rfd8 23.Qa6 Nd7³] 23.Rc2?!= [23.Rc4 Rfd8

24.Rd1 e6²] 23...Rfd8 24.Rd1 e6?+− Hao gets a " winning " advantage [24...Bg7 25.h3 e6=]

25.dxe6 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 fxe6 27.Ba4 Qd8?+− 2.54 [27...Qb7 28.Bb3 Re8+− 1.79] 28.Qe2 Ng7 29.Ne5

XABCDEFGHY 8-+rwq-+k+( 7+-+-+-snp' 6-+-+psnpvl& 5zp-vL-sN-+-% 4Lzp-+-+-+$ 3+-+-+-+-# 2PzPR+QzPPzP" 1+-+-+-mK-! xabcdefghy Ne4?+− 3.25 [29...Nd5 30.Qf3 Bf4+− 2.43] 30.Nc6 threatening the fork on e7 30...Rxc6 31.Bxc6 Hao is up the exchange 31...Nxc5 32.Rxc5+− 3.52 1-0

Here is the final standings:

45th Biel GM Biel SUI Sat 21st Jul 2012 - Fri 3rd Aug 2012 Leading Final Round 10 Standings:

Rk Name FED Rtg Gms Pts

1 Wang Hao CHN 2739 10 19

2 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2837 10 18

3 Anish Giri NED 2696 10 16

4 Hikaru Nakamura USA 2778 10 16

5 Etienne Bacrot FRA 2713 10 7

6 Victor Bologan MDA 2732 8 4

Canadian Amateur Chess Championships

This 7 round swiss in five sections was played Aug. 3-6 at Kitchener, Ontario, and attracted 83 players. The Champions are: Over 2000 – Roman Sapozhnikov of Richmond Hill, Ont. – 5.5/7 pts. ( undefeated ); Over 1600 – Owen Qian of Mississauga, Ont. – 6/7 pts. ( undefeated ): Over 1200 – Wenyang Ming ( SCC Junior ) of Markham, Ont. - 5.5/7 pts. Rookie – Gary Hua of Waterdown, Ont., and Mathanhe Kaneshalingam ( SCC Junior ) of Stouffville, Ont. – 5.5 pts. – both undefeated

Canadian Seniors Chess Championship

This 7 round swiss was played Aug. 3-6 at Kitchener, Ontario, and attracted 11 players. The defending champion, Ralph Deline was back to defend his title. The new Canadian Seniors Champion, undefeated, with 6.5/7 pts. is Andre Zybura of Kitchener. He wins the right to represent Canada at the FIDE World Senior Championship Dinesh’s Chess Humour ( by columnist/SCC member, Dinesh Dattani )

Rick’s Chess Trivia ( questions/presentations researched by columnist Rick Garel,

former SCC Executive, former SCC member, Orillia CC President ) Last Issue’s Chess Trivia was the Question: . A Novel called, Six Days of the Condor used quotations from which chess author to introduce some of its chapters?

Answer : James Grady's 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor used quotations from Reinfeld's 1959 The Complete Chess Course as introductions to three of its chapters. Bragging Rights Winner : Rick stumped our subscribers with this one! No winner.

Today’s Trivia Question is: Who set the record for non stop chess? You can use any resource available to answer the question ! Just find it fast and send it in as fast as you can, by e-mail, to Rick: rickgarel@gmail.com

The first correct e-mail received wins, and gets bragging rights. Also, we will publish the honoured winner’s name in the next newsletter, along with a few details they provide as to their chess experience ( if they wish ), along with the researched answer. Thanks for playing !! Chess History is fun !!

Also write Rick if you have any chess trivia questions or presentations you’d like him to consider for his column. We will give credit to the author if we use your suggestion. 2011-2 SCC Club Championship

The SCC Championship is played in three sections : Championship Round Robin; Reserves -1400+ ( with accelerated pairings since it is the larger swiss ) and Reserves - U 1400 ( 1300’s have the right to play up ).The Championship started Thursday, March 22 and ran to May 17.

The Championship Section is a 10-player round robin of the 9 highest rated club members registering, plus the winner of the prior year’s Open Reserves Section ( or the next place finisher in case the winner qualifies by rating or is not playing ). Unfortunately, Master Josh Guo ( 2324 ), last year’s champion, is not returning to defend his title.

Here are the 9 players by rating in the first 9 of 10 spots, and the possible replacements if someone had dropped out ( ratings as of CFC 12/3/21 rating update ):

1. Dave Southam ( 2222 ); 2. Andrew Picana ( 2044 ); 3. Junior Tony Lin ( 2042 – last year’s Reserves winner, but now qualifying by

rating; 4. Ilyas Nasirov ( 2024 ); 5. Dave Krupka ( 2009 ); - subsequent Reserves Qualifier, but now qualifying by

rating. 6. Junior Juliaan Posaratnanathan ( 1944 ); - subsequent Reserves Qualifier, now

qualifying by rating; 7. Junior Joe Bellissimo ( 1916 ); subsequent Reserves Qualifier, now qualifying by

rating; 8. Junior Lin Song ( 1901 – subsequent Reserves Qualifier, but now qualifying by

rating ; 9. Jim Paterson ( 1822 ) 10. Reserves Qualifier ?

1st Replacement – Junior Eric Wang ( 1789 ) 2nd Replacement – Junior Yinshi Li ( 1777 ) 3rd Replacement – Scott Huston ( 1758 )

It was a little tricky determining the 10th entry, who is the prior year’s Open Reserve winner ( or replacement on a trickle down method ). Here were the 2011-2 Reserves placings ( those qualifying to # 17 in bold ): SCC Championship 2010-2011: Reserves (1700+) – Standings ( with tie-break ) Name Tony (juntao) Lin Alex T Ferreira

Joshua Sherman Kevin Wu David Krupka Lin (xin) Song Sam Sharpe Juliaan Posaratnanathan Mario Moran-Venegas Daniel Wiebe Greg Stavropoulos Stanley Su Arkadiy Ugodnikov Dean Ward Joseph Bellissimo Haqi Al Ganabi Robert J Armstrong Abdolreza Radpey Doug Gillis Lui Morra Jim Paterson Kevin Gaffney Scott Huston Peter Xie Silvano Mesiti John Zhang Ferdinand Cale Stephen [si Yu] Bao William Rutherdale Robert Bzikot Martin Maister Jack Triefeldt Joe Bellomo Of the top 10 placers, 4 already qualified by rating, and 5 were ineligible for failing to meet the activity rule. One declined to play. Thus, going into the playing hall for Rd. 1, the 10th player was still unknown. Steve Karpik, pairings administrator, had determined who was eligible from # 11 – 16 - one already qualified by rating, 2 were ineligible, 2 declined to play, and one didn’t show for Rd. 1. That left…guess who? Yup, your intrepid editor, Bob Armstrong, who was # 17! …and rated only 1683! But always being up for a challenge, I accepted this suicide mission! It demonstrates the worthwhileness of playing in the 1400+ Reserves, since the qualifier may be found well beyond the top finishers, depending, next year, on who has raised their rating, who is playing, who will commit to the 9-round round robin, etc.

The average rating of this section then, at the start of the tournament, was 1961. This is a substantially weaker championship than last year where the average rating was 2157 and boasted 5 masters.

52 members registered for the Reserves – 1400+. It was headed by 2 experts – Mikhail Egerov; Wajdy Shebetah. There were 7 1300’s who decided to play up in this section.

35 members registered for the Reserves - U 1400. It is interesting to note that the mid-point for the club in this championship is in

the 1400’s. The total registrants is 97, somewhat less than our first four tournaments of the season ( in two we broke 100 players, and one got 99 players! ). After completion of the full 9 rounds, the winners are: Championship Section – 1st - 8 pts.( undefeated ) – Expert Andrew Picana ( presented with the trophy on Thursday, June 14 at SCC )

2nd – 7.5 pts. - junior expert Tony Lin ; 3rd - 5.5 pts. – Master Dave Southam

Reserves -1400+ - 1st – 7.5 pts. ( undefeated ) - Expert Mikhail Egorov ( trophy also presented on June 14 );

2nd – 7 pts. – junior Daniel Zotkin; 3rd – 7 pts. - Daniel Wiebe

Reserves U 1400 – 1st – 8.5 pts. ( undefeated ) Hamid Azizi ( presented with the trophy on Thursday, June 14 at SCC );

2nd – 6.5 pts. - junior Yanning Wang; 3rd/ 5th – 5.5 pts. – Bruce Magee; junior Varun Sekar;

junior Thomas Guo.

Games are collected each week (the white score sheet is handed in; the player gets the yellow carbon ) – this is mandatory on all members. But no games of this tournament are to be sent out to members in database format, nor published, until the full tournament has concluded ( this is the SCC policy concerning score sheets, the games database, and the newsletter. If anyone is interested in getting a copy of this policy, just e-mail me at bobarm@sympatico.ca .)

The SCC games database is administered for the club by the SCC Games Database Committee, a volunteer member committee composed, currently, of Ken Kurkowski, Martin Maister, Dinesh Dattani and I ( Bob Armstrong ). Ken and I are “ enterer/annotator’s “. We enter the SCC games each week into the tournament database; also, I analyze or partly analyze a substantial number of the games, and, from time to time, Ken also analyzes a few games for the newsletter and/or the database. Martin and Dinesh are “ annotators “. They each annotate one game per week for the database/newsletter.

As was said, the tournament database has now be sent out to members since the tournament is concluded ( it does not contain the games we will be publishing in our coverage of the tournament in the newsletter – these are the best games, and they have been held back for the newsletter ). There was a short delay in sending out the database, as the Executive, at the request of an SCC junior playing in the CYCC ( July 3-6 ) in Vancouver, had directed the SCC Games Database Committee, not to publish the database ‘til the conclusion of the CYCC ( after July 6 ).

Here are, in my opinion, the most interesting ( not necessarily the best ) games from Rd. 6: Championship Round-Robin

( Introduction by Martin Maister ) White’s pieces did not always find the right squares e.g. 25.Qc2 and 28.Qb4 which helped Black. Black’s great 29th move was the

clincher! A nice game full of action. Well done junior Juliaan Posaratnanathan and junior Lin Song!

Here is the game ( Annotations by Martin Maister, using Fritz ): Posaratnanathan, Juliaan − Song, Lin [B33] Scarborough CC Champ Toronto, 26.04.2012

] B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 a6 10.Na3 Nd7 11.Be2 Be7 12.Nc4 Nb6 13.a5 Nxc4 14.Bxc4 Bg5= Interesting! Fritz played 14..Bf5, yet both ..Bf5 and ..Bg5 were given virtually

exactly equal. 15.0-0 Bxc1 16.Qxc1 [if 16.Rxc1 Qxa5 17.Qe2 0-0∓] 16...0-0 17.Qe3 Bf5= 18.c3 Rc8 (until now, the position was constantly within a few hundreths of units from exact equality.

White's 19th move will change this. 19.Ra4∓ This allows Black to win a pawn. [¹19.Be2= (0.00)

19...−−] 19...Rc5∓ 20.Rfa1 Bd7 21.Rb4 Qc7³ [even better is 21...Rxa5 22.Rxa5 Qxa5 23.Rxb7

(23.h3 b5∓) 23...Qa1+ 24.Bf1 Bb5-+] 22.Bd3 f5³ Black should take that pawn to keep the

advantage. [22...Rxa5 23.Rxa5 Qxa5 24.h4∓ (24.Rxb7? does not save the pawn 24...Qa1+ 25.Bf1 Bb5 26.Rxb5 axb5-+) 24...Bc8∓] 23.Rb1∓ This restricts the rook. [23.c4 f4 24.Qe2 g6³]

23...f4 [23...Rc8 24.Bc2∓] 24.Qe2³ g6 Consolidates f5 [if 24...Rxd5 25.Bc4 Be6 26.Bxd5²]

25.Qc2∓ I am not sure what the Queen does here. [25.Ra1! Kg7 (‹25...Rxd5 26.Bc4 Be6 27.Qe4±) 26.Rc4 Rxc4 (‹26...Rxa5 27.Rxc7 Rxa1+ 28.Qf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1±) 27.Bxc4 Qc5³]

25...Be8= [¹25...Bc8!?∓ The squares c8 and e8 for the B is the difference of clear advantage and

equality. On c8, that one B loses freedom. In return, all the other Black pieces gain freedom.]

26.Qb3= Rf7= (0.00) [Inferior is 26...Qxa5 27.Rxb7 Rc8 28.Be2±] 27.Rb6?∓ Black will likely win a

pawn anyway. With Ra1, the White pieces become very active and the position becomes unclear.

[¹27.Ra1= and White can hope to survive; 27.Ra1 Rxa5 28.Rxa5 (28.Re1 b5∓) 28...Qxa5

29.Rxb7 e4 30.Bf1 (30.Bxe4 Qa1+-+) 30...e3 31.Qb6 (31.fxe3 Qc5 (31...fxe3 32.Rxf7 Kxf7

(32...Bxf7 33.Qb8+±) 33.Qb7+±) 32.Rxf7 (32.Kh1 fxe3³) 32...Bxf7 33.Bxa6 Bxd5= (33...Qxd5 34.Qxd5 Bxd5 35.exf4+−) 34.Qb5 Qxe3+ (34...fxe3 35.Qxc5 dxc5=; 34...Qxb5 35.Bxb5 fxe3 36.Kf1²) 35.Kf1 Qd2=) 31...exf2+ 32.Kxf2 (32.Kh1 Qa1-+) 32...Qxd5 33.Bxa6=] 27...Rxa5∓ 28.Qb4?-+ [¹28.Rb4!?∓ With Rb4, the R is more active.] 28...Rc5-+ 29.c4 Playing 29.c4 would

be strategically great, had it not been for the startling ..Bb5 response. [29.Ra1-+]

Position after 29.c4 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+l+k+( 7+pwq-+r+p' 6ptR-zp-+p+& 5+-trPzp-+-% 4-wQP+-zp-+$ 3+-+L+-+-# 2-zP-+-zPPzP" 1+R+-+-mK-! xabcdefghy

29...Bb5!! The rook is entombed! 30.Rxb5 (best move for White) [30.cxb5 Qxb6-+] 30...axb5 31.cxb5 [if 31.b3 e4 32.Bxe4 (32.Bf1 e3-+) 32...bxc4-+] 31...Rc1+ 32.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33.Bf1 Qc5 34.Qa4 [if 34.Qxc5 dxc5 35.Bc4 Kg7-+] 34...b6 35.Qa8+ Kg7 36.b3 e4 37.Qc6 [if 37.Qa1+ Kh6

38.Bc4 e3-+] 37...e3 [37...Rc7!? seems even better 38.Qxc5 (38.Qa8 e3-+) 38...Rxc5 39.f3 exf3

40.gxf3 Rxd5 41.Kf2-+] 38.Qxc5 dxc5 39.Bc4 Kf6 40.Kf1 Ke5 41.Ke2 Kd4 42.g3 [42.Kf3 White

lasts slightly longer by delaying ..f3] 42...f3+ 43.Ke1 [if 43.Kf1 e2+ 44.Ke1 Ra7 Ding Dong the

King is dead.] 43...e2 [43...Ra7 44.fxe3+ (44.Kd1 Kc3 45.Bd3 (45..Kxd3 is too simple for a

computer!) 45...Ra1+ 46.Bb1 Rxb1#) 44...Kxe3 45.Kd1 Ra1+ 46.Kc2 Ra2+ 47.Kc3 (47.Kd1 f2-+) 47...Re2!!-+] 44.h3 Ra7 [44...Ra7 45.Bxe2 fxe2 46.Kxe2 Kc3-+] 0-1 About the middle of the game, Jim Paterson

got a “ clear “ advantage against Master Dave Southam,

but he couldn’t enhance his position, and near the end was losing his advantage. A draw resulted. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ):

Southam, David (2222) − Paterson, Jim (1822) [D10] Scarborough CC Champ ( Champ Sec. ) Toronto (6), 26.04.2012

[A2 − Armstrong, Robert] 1.d4² 0.29 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted. 1...d5 2.c4 ( verified depth 26 ) 2...Bf5?!± Dave gets an early " clear "

advantage [2...e6 3.Nc3 Nf6²] 3.Nc3?!² [3.Qb3 Nd7 4.cxd5 Nb6±] 3...Nf6?!± [3...e6 4.Nf3 Nc6²]

4.Bf4?= [4.Qb3 e6 5.Qxb7 Nbd7±] 4...c6?!² [4...Nc6 5.Nf3 e6=] 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 [6.e3?! Nbd7

7.Nf3 h6²] 6...Qxb3 7.axb3 Nbd7 8.b4 h6 [8...Ne4 9.Nf3 f6²] 9.h3?!= [9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4²]

9...g5 10.Bh2 Bg7 [10...Ne4?! 11.Nf3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bg7²] 11.e3 Ne4 [11...0-0 12.b5 cxb5 13.g4

Bh7²] 12.Nf3 Nxc3?!² [12...0-0 13.Be2 Rfe8=] 13.bxc3 0-0 14.b5?³ for the first time in the game,

Jim gets the advantage [14.Be2 a5 15.Rxa5 Rxa5 16.bxa5 Ra8²] 14...Nxc5! nice sac 15.bxc6 [15.dxc5? Bxc3+ 16.Kd1 Bxa1-+] 15...bxc6 16.Ne5?!∓ Jim gets a " clear " advantage [16.dxc5?

Bxc3+ 17.Kd1 Bxa1-+; 16.h4 g4 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 f6³] 16...Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Nd3+ 18.Bxd3 Bxd3 19.Kd2 Bb5 20.Ra5 f6 21.Bg3 a6 22.f3 Rfd8 23.e4 dxe4?!³ [23...Kf7 24.Re1 c5∓] 24.fxe4 e5 25.Ke3?!∓ [25.Rc1 Rd7 26.Bf2 Rad8³] 25...exd4+ 26.cxd4 Ra7 27.Ra2 Rad7 28.Rd1 Re7 29.Rf2 Rde8 30.e5 fxe5?= Jim loses his advantage [30...Rf7 31.Rb2 f5∓] 31.dxe5 c5 32.Rd6 Re6 33.Rf6?!³ [33.Rxe6?! Rxe6 34.Rc2 Kf7 35.Ke4 Bc6+³; 33.Rd5 c4 34.Kd4 Rf8=] 33...Rxf6 34.Rxf6 Kg7 35.Rb6 c4 36.Rb7+ Kg6³ ½-½

Reserves 1400+ Junior girl Jiaxin ( Dora ) Liu,

got a nice attack against your intrepid editor, Bob Armstrong, and finished it off in style with a R-sac/mate. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Liu, Jiaxin (1544) − Armstrong, Robert J. (1683) [B27] Scarborough CC Champ ( Reserves 1400+ ) Toronto (6), 26.04.2012

1.e4² 0.34 Fritz evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage for W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted. 1...g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6?!± Dora gets an early " clear "

advantage [4...cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6²] 5.d5 Nd4 6.Bc4?!² [6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Qb6±] 6...d6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 b6?!± [8...e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6²] 9.0-0 Rb8?!+− Dora gets a " winning " advantage [9...Nxf3+

10.Qxf3 Nf6±] 10.Be3?!± [10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qd3 Ra8+−] 10...Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Bxc3?!+− [11...Nf6

12.Be2 Qc7±] 12.bxc3 b5 13.Rab1 Bd7 14.axb5 axb5 15.Be2 Qc7 16.Qg3?!± [16.c4 b4 17.Ra1

Nf6+−] 16...Nf6 17.Bf3 0-0 18.Bg5 Rfe8 19.Qf4 [19.Bf4 e5 20.dxe6 Rxe6±] 19...Kg7 20.Bh6+ [20.Rfe1 Ng8 21.Qd2 Ra8±] 20...Kh8 21.Bg5 [21.Qe3 Ra8 22.Bf4 Ra4±] 21...Kg7 22.g4?= Dora has lost her advantage [22.Rfe1 Ng8 23.Qd2 Ra8±] 22...h5??+− the losing move − here the

best defence is NOT offence! [22...Ra8 23.Bh6+ Kg8=] 23.Bh6+ Kg8 24.gxh5 Dora goes up a P

24...Bxh3?+− 5.01 material equality [24...Qa5 25.hxg6 fxg6+− 1.90] 25.Rfe1?+− 1.95 [25.hxg6

fxg6 26.Qg3 Kf7 27.Qxh3 Qc8+− 5.07] 25...Qd7?+− 3.64 [25...Bc8 26.Qg5 Nh7 27.Qg3 g5

28.Be2 (28.Bxg5?? Kh8 29.Bg2 Rg8 30.f4 f6-+) 28...Kh8+− 1.42] 26.Kh2 26...Bg4+− 4.52

[26...Ng4+ 27.Kg3 Ne5+− 3.79] 27.hxg6! fxg6+− 5.98 [27...Bxf3?? 28.Rg1 Bg4 29.Qg5 Kh8

30.gxf7 Rg8 31.fxg8Q+ Rxg8 32.Qh4 Nh5+− 12.46] 28.Rg1 Bxf3??+− leads to mate [28...Rf8

29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.Bxg4 Nxg4+ 31.Qxg4 Rxf2+ 32.Kg3 Qxg4+ 33.Kxg4 Kg7+− 7.07] 29.Rxg6+ I am

up B vs P, and am lost 29...Kh7 30.Rg7+?+− 6.17 missing the mating line [30.Rbg1 Qg4

31.R1xg4 Rg8 32.Rg7+ Rxg7 33.Rxg7+ Kh8 34.Qg5 Ng4+ 35.Kg3 Bxe4 36.Rh7+ Bxh7 37.Qg7#]

30...Kh8 31.Qxf3 Dora is up a P 31...Rf8?+− 10.13 [31...Rg8 32.Qxf6 exf6 33.Rxd7 Rbe8+−

7.08] 32.Qg2?+− 6.66 [32.Rbg1 Rg8 33.Qf4 Qe8 34.R1g5 Qh5+ 35.Rxh5 Nxh5 36.Rxg8+ Rxg8

37.Qf7 Nf6+− 13.93] 32...Qe8??+− missed this one totally; leads to mate in 2 moves [32...Ng4+

33.Qxg4 Qxg4 34.Rxg4 Rf7+− 7.73]

Position after 32….Qe8??

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33.Rh7+! nice mating sac 33...Kxh7 34.Qg7# 1-0

Scott Huston gets a nice sac offer, winning a P, and then an attack that mates, against Sujeev Mahendran. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Mahendran, Sujeev (1609) − Huston, Scott (1756) [E21] SCC Championship Reserves 1400+ Toronto (6), 26.04.2012

599MB, Fritz11.ctg, My Computer 1.d4² 0.29 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight "

advantage to W. This evaluation is not generally accepted. 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 ( verified depth

24 ) [3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7²] 3...Bb4 4.Bd2 0-0 5.Nf3 b6?!= [5...c5²; 5...Nc6 6.Qc2 d6²] 6.e3 Bb7 7.Be2 [7.Bd3 d6 8.Qc2 Nbd7=] 7...c5 8.Na4?!³ [8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6=] 8...Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne4 10.Qc2 d6?!= [10...cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qg5³] 11.0-0 f5 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.h3?!³ [13.Nxe4 Bxe4

14.Qd2 Qe7=] 13...Ng5?² [13...Ndf6 14.Rad1 Qe8³] 14.Nh2??-+ Scott gets a " winning "

advantage [14.Nxg5 Qxg5 15.d5 exd5 16.Bf3 Nf6²]

Position after 14.Nh2?? XABCDEFGHY 8r+-wq-trk+( 7zpl+n+-zpp' 6-zp-zpp+-+& 5+-zp-+psn-% 4-+PzP-+-+$ 3+-sN-zP-+P# 2PzPQ+LzPPsN" 1tR-+-+RmK-! xabcdefghy

14...Nxh3+! nice sac; Scott goes up a P 15.Kh1 − 2.21 [15.gxh3 cxd4 (15...Qg5+ 16.Bg4 fxg4 17.hxg4 Nf6-+ − 2.23) 16.exd4 Qg5+ 17.Bg4 fxg4 18.hxg4 Rf4-+ − 2.13] 15...cxd4 16.exd4 Nf4?-+ − 1.54 [16...e5 17.Bf3 e4 18.gxh3 exf3-+ − 2.33] 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 e5 [18...Qf6?! 19.Kg1

Qh6∓; 18...Rf6 19.Kg1 Qe8-+] 19.Qd2 g5?³ Scott is losing his advantage [19...Qe8 20.g3 Qh5+

21.Nh2 Ng6-+] 20.g3 g4 21.gxf4?-+ Scott gets back a " winning " advantage [21.Nh4 a6 22.dxe5

dxe5³] 21...gxf3 22.Rg1+ Kh8 23.Rg5 Qf6 24.Rh5 Rg8 25.Nd5 Qf7 26.Rh2 Rg4 27.Rg1?-+ −

4.25 [27.dxe5 dxe5 28.Rd1 Rag8-+ − 2.33] 27...Rxg1+ 28.Kxg1 Qg7+ 29.Kf1??-+ mate in 3

moves [29.Kh1 exd4 30.Qc1 Rg8 31.Qf1 Re8-+ − 7.75] 29...Rg8-+ White resigned. It is mate

30.Rxh7+ Qxh7 31.fxe5 Qh1# 0-1 Here is a nice win by an up and coming junior, Joey Zhong, over his higher-rated opponent, veteran Dean Ward. Joey’s current rating is now 1803! Here is the game: Ward, Dean (1725) − Zhong, Joey (1566) [D31] SCC Championship Reserves 1400+ Toronto (6), 26.04.2012

[B3] 599MB, Fritz11.ctg, My Computer 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Nge2 0-0 8.0-0 Ng4 9.h3 Nh2 10.Re1 Qg5 11.Nf4 Qh6 12.Kxh2 g5 13.Kg1 gxf4 14.exf4 Qg7 15.Qh5 f5 16.Be3 Nd7 17.Kf1 Kh8 18.Re2 Nf6 19.Qg5 Qf7 20.f3 Rg8 21.Qh4 Nh5 22.Ke1 Ng3 23.Bf2 Nxe2 24.Nxe2 Be7 25.Qh6 Bd7 26.g4 Rae8 27.Bh4 Bxh4+ 28.Qxh4 Re3 29.Kd2 Rge8 30.Rf1 Qg7 31.Qf2 c5 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Kxe3 Qh6 34.Rh1 fxg4 35.fxg4 Bxg4 36.dxc5 Qe6+ 37.Kf2 Bxe2 38.Bxe2 d4 39.Rd1 Qe3+ 40.Ke1 Qxf4 41.Rd3 Qc1+ 42.Bd1 Qxb2 43.Bb3 Qc1+ 44.Ke2 Qxc5 45.Rg3 h6 46.Rg8+ Kh7 47.Rd8 Qe5+ 48.Kd3 Qe3+ 49.Kc2 Qc3+ 50.Kd1 Qe3 51.Kc2 Qe2+ 52.Kc1 d3 53.Rxd3 Qxd3 54.Bc2 Qxc2+ 55.Kxc2 Kg6 56.Kd3 Kg5 57.Ke4 Kh4 58.Kf5 h5 59.Kg6 b5 60.a3 a5 White resigned. 0-1

Reserves U 1400 ( Introduction by Dinesh Dattani ) In round 6, in the U1400 section, junior girl Varshini Paraparan wins a fine 22-move “miniature” (typically a mate in less than 30 moves), game against junior Lawrence Roy. Lawrence had a good position, and also winning chances, but makes one bad move – when his queen is threatened, he tries to put it to safety, instead of attacking Varshini’s queen in return. This by the way, is another

mistake that lower-rated people make – when your piece is threatened, see if you can make a threat equal to or greater than your opponents’. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Roy, Lawrence (1020) − Paraparan, Varshini (1141) [C48] Scarborough CC Champ ( Reserves U1400 ) Toronto (6), 26.04.2012

C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.0-0 Nf6 7.d3 0-0 last book move 8.Re1 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bd2 Re8 11.Qe2 h6 Prevents intrusion on g5 12.Rad1 Re6 [12...Nd7 13.Be3³] 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.d4 [14.Ne2 Qf6

15.Ng3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 c5=] 14...exd4?? DDD: Varshini misses a tactic − Bxf3!

removing the defender, Nf3, of d4, and also, if White wants to avoid doubling the p's, then the

second defender, the Qe3, is also distracted. [¹14...Bxf3 15.Qxf3 exd4-+] 15.Nxd4= Rg6 16.g4 DDD: if g4 was played to capture the Bh5, then Lawrence has not realized that the g4 p is pinned!

[¹16.Nce2 Ne5 17.Kf1=] 16...Qh4?? Black has let it slip away [¹16...Ne5 17.Kf1 Nxg4 18.hxg4

Bxg4∓] 17.Nf5+− Qf6 [17...Rxg4+ 18.Kf1 Qg5 19.hxg4 Qxg4 20.Nxd6 cxd6+−] 18.Ng3 [¹18.Kf1

and the result of the game is clear: White will win 18...Rxg4 19.hxg4 Bxg4 20.Ne2+− (20.Nxd6?! cxd6 21.Ra1 Qh4+−) ] 18...Bxg4= 19.hxg4 Rxg4 20.Nce2 Bc5

XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+-+k+( 7+pzpn+pzp-' 6p+p+-wq-zp& 5+-vl-+-+-% 4-+-+P+r+$ 3+-+-wQ-sN-# 2PzPPvLNzP-+" 1+-+RtR-mK-! xabcdefghy 21.Qd3?? DDD: Interesting to note, how this single move by Lawrence loses the game. As Fritz

points out, Bc3 had to be played, after which Lawrence would have an edge. [¹21.Bc3 had to be

tried to avoid defeat 21...Bxe3 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.fxe3 Nxe4 24.Kh2²] 21...Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 Rh4# DDD: Mate comes suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere. 0-1 Junior Wenyang Ming got a ferocious attack out of the early middle game against Michael Magee, and forced Michael to sac his Q. Wenyang went on to win. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Ming, Wenyang (1269) − Magee, Michael (950) [B52] Scarborough CC Champ ( Reserves U1400 ) Toronto (6), 26.04.2012

1.e4² 0.34 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted − many feel W has only " initiative ", and Black can equalize.. 1...c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Be3?!= [8.0-0 Ngf6 9.a4 0-0²]

8...Ngf6 9.f4 e6?± Wenyang gets a " clear " advantage [9...Rc8 10.Qf3 0-0=] 10.Ndb5 d5?!+−

Wenyang gets a " winning " advantage [10...0-0 11.Nxd6 Ne8±] 11.exd5?+− 1.81 [11.e5 Nh5

12.Nd6+ Kf8+− 3.05] 11...exd5 12.Nxd5?!± Wenyang goes up a P [12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Nxd5+ Kxd6

14.Nxf6+ Kc7+− 2.06] 12...Qa5+?!+− [12...0-0 13.0-0 a6±] 13.Bd2

XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+k+-tr( 7zpp+n+pvlp' 6-+-+-snp+& 5wqN+N+-+-% 4-+-+-zP-+$ 3+-+-+-+-# 2PzPPvL-+PzP" 1tR-+QmK-+R! xabcdefghy Qd8?+− 11.69 losing the Q [13...Qa4 14.Ndc7+ Kd8 15.0-0 Rc8+− 1.77] 14.Nbc7+ Kf8 15.Bb4+ Kg8 16.Ne7+ Qxe7+ 17.Bxe7 Wenyang is up Q + P vs N 17...Rc8 18.Nb5?+− 6.25 losing the B

[18.Qd6 h6 19.f5 g5+− 12.31] 18...Re8 19.0-0 Rxe7 Wenyang is up Q + P vs B + N 20.Re1 Rxe1+ 21.Qxe1 a6 7.98 [21...Bf8 22.Rd1 Kg7+− 7.54] 22.Nd6 b5?+− 12.86 allows the Q to

penetrate and attack [22...Bf8 23.Nxb7 Nc5+− 8.29] 23.Qe7 h5 24.Qxf7+ Wenyang is up Q + 2

P's vs B + N 24...Kh7 25.f5 gxf5 26.Nxf5 Rg8 27.Re1 Kh8??+− leads to mate [27...Nf8 28.Re8

Kh8+− 25.52] 28.Re7+− mate in 12 moves 1-0

SCC Spring into Summer Swiss ( Last Tournament of the Season ) This 6-round swiss, ended off our 2011-2 season; it started Thursday, May 24. . It ran right through to Thursday, June 28, when the club closed for the July and August summer break. It is played in three sections: 1800+; U 1800 ( 1700’s have the right to play up ); and U 1400 ( 1300’s have the right to play up ). Registration for the tournament was: 1800+ - 22 U 1800 - 34 U 1400 - 29

This total of 85 is somewhat less than we have had all season so far – averaging in the high 90’s, with the first two tournaments breaking 100!

The winners after the full 6 rounds are: 1800+ 1st – 4.5 pts. - Expert Aaron Wu

2nd/4th – 4 pts. – Master Dave Southam; Junior Lin Song; Sam Sharpe U 1800 1st – 5.5 pts. ( undefeated ) - junior Michael Li 2nd – 4.5 pts. – junior Kevin Yie 3rd/9th – 4 pts. – Silvano Mesiti; junior girl Jiaxin ( Dora ) Liu; Martin Maister; Yanchun Zhao; junior Tan Guo; William Rutherdale; junior Benjamin Lin. U 1400 1st – 5.5 pts ( undefeated ) – junior Wenyang Ming 2nd – 5 pts. ( undefeated ) – junior Thomas Guo 3rd – 5 pts. – junior Daniel Liu

Games are collected each week (the white score sheet is handed in; the player gets the yellow carbon ) – this is mandatory on all members. But no games of this tournament are to be sent out to members in database format, nor published, until the full tournament has concluded ( this is the SCC policy concerning score sheets, the games database, and the newsletter. If anyone is interested in getting a copy of this policy, just e-mail me at bobarm@sympatico.ca .)

The SCC games database is administered for the club by the SCC Games Database Committee, a volunteer member committee composed, currently, of Ken Kurkowski, Martin Maister, Dinesh Dattani and I ( Bob Armstrong ). Ken and I are “ enterer/annotator’s “. We enter the SCC games each week into the tournament database; also, I analyze or partly analyze a substantial number of the games, and, from time to time, Ken also analyzes a few games for the newsletter and/or the database. Martin and Dinesh are “ annotators “. They each annotate one game per week for the database/newsletter.

If you think you might like to apply to join the committee as an “ annotator “, there is a pre-condition that must be met - you enter and annotate your game on computer, with the assistance of a chess program, and have been submitting games to us for 2 months. This allows us to see the quality of the annotations, and the committee reviews them, and then votes whether to accept the applicant onto the committee. You can be a “ class “ player – you don’t have to be one of the top club players. The current members of the committee all consider themselves “ patzers “. But with the aid of our chess program ( we all use the ChessBase Fritz program ), our annotation quality is increased manyfold. But we do, at the same time, as best we can, add our own personal assessments of how the game is progressing, and what is going on, and we know that our own comments may be limited by our skill level. At the same time however, we understand that “ class “ commentary is easily understandable by “ class “ players, often more so than GM notes. And they are often quite interesting and entertaining. The committee has some fun operating together, and if you think it might be for you, drop us a line ( bobarm@sympatico.ca ).

As was said, the tournament database will be sent out to members shortly ( vacations are interfering a bit in getting the last round entered ) now that the tournament

is concluded ( it does not contain the games we will be publishing in our coverage of the tournament in the newsletter – these are the best games, and they have been held back for the newsletter ). But there was also a short delay, as the Executive, at the request of an SCC junior playing in the CYCC ( July 3-6 ) in Vancouver, had directed the SCC Games Database Committee, not to publish the database ‘til the conclusion of the CYCC ( after July 6 ).

Here are some of the most interesting ( not necessarily the best ) games from Rd. 4: 1800+ Junior Joey Zhong had the advantage the first half of the game against Sam Sharpe, ‘til he tried an unsound sac. Sam then took over, including a nice R-sac attack against Joey’s K, which eventually ended winning his Q, and leading to mate. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Sharpe, Sam (1957) − Zhong, Joey (1784) Scarborough CC Spring/Summer ( 1800+ ) Toronto (4), 14.06.2012

[Armstrong, Robert] 1.e4² 0.34 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted. 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5?!= [3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6²] 3...c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 [6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7=] 6...Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 [7...c4?! 8.Bxh6 gxh6²] 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Bb2 [9.Be3=] 9...Bd7 10.Be2?!³ [10.g4 Nh6 11.h3 Rc8=] 10...Be7 11.0-0 h5 12.Qd2?!∓ Joey gets a "

clear " advantage [12.b5?! Na5 13.Nc3 Rc8∓; 12.Qd3 g5 13.b5 Na5³] 12...0-0-0?± Sam gets a "

clear " advantage [12...g5 13.Rd1 g4∓] 13.Bc3 a6 14.Rc1?= Sam loses his advantage [14.a4

Bxb4 15.a5 Bxc3 16.Nxc3 Qc7±] 14...Kb8 15.Rc2?-+ Joey gets a " winning " advantage [15.a4

Bxb4 16.a5 Bxc3 17.Nxc3 Qa7=] 15...g5 16.Rb2 g4 17.b5 gxf3?= [17...axb5 18.Ng5 Rhg8-+]

18.bxc6?∓ [18.bxa6! Qc7 19.Rxb7+ Qxb7 20.axb7 fxe2 21.Qxe2 Ka7=] 18...Qxc6 19.Bxf3 Rdg8 20.Be2 f6?!³ Joey is losing his advantage [20...Rg5 21.Bb4 Rc8∓] 21.Ba5 Nxd4?± an unsound

sac; Sam gets a " clear " advantage [21...Ka8 22.Rb6 (22.Rc2? Qa4-+) 22...Qa4³] 22.Qxd4 Sam

is up N vs P 22...Qc1+ 23.Bd1 Qg5?!+− 4.55 [23...Rg4?! 24.Qd2 Rc8+− 2.09; 23...fxe5

24.Qxe5+ Ka8±] 24.f4 Qh4

XABCDEFGHY 8-mk-+-+rtr( 7+p+lvl-+-' 6p+-+pzp-+& 5vL-+pzP-+p% 4-+-wQ-zP-wq$ 3zP-+-+-+-# 2-tR-+-+PzP" 1tRN+L+-mK-! xabcdefghy

25.Rxb7+! nice sac; blows the K wide−open 25...Kxb7 Joey is up the exchange 26.Qb6+ Ka8 27.Qxa6+ Joey is up the exchange, but Sam has a P compensation 27...Kb8 28.Qb6+ Ka8 29.Ra2 Bc8?+− 8.29 [29...Bc5+ 30.Qxc5 Rc8+− 6.32] 30.Rb2 Rxg2+??+− a desperate unsound

sac−attack; Bl gets mated in 15 moves [30...Bc5+ 31.Qxc5 Rh7+− 11.56] 31.Rxg2?+− 6.03 Sam

is up an N, but he misses the mate [31.Kxg2 Rg8+ 32.Kh1 Bb4 33.Bxb4 Qf2 34.Rxf2 Rd8 35.Bc5

Rd7 36.Rb2 Rb7 37.Qa5+ Kb8 38.Bd6#] 31...Qxf4 Sam is up N vs P 32.Bb4 Bd8??+− mate in

25 moves [32...Bxb4 33.axb4 Qc4+− 10.52] 33.Qc6+ Bb7 34.Qa4+ Kb8 35.Bd6+ Bc7 36.Bxc7+ Kxc7 37.Qxf4+− mate in 16 moves 1-0 ( Introduction by Martin Maister ) This was not an easy game with so much tactics. (It is easy for me to find the wins/opportunities etc using the computer! If I could do it over the board, that would be a different story!) Around move 24, Black gave White a key tempo which eventually triumphed for White. Well done Pino Verde

and Joe Bellomo! Here is the game ( Annotations by Martin Maister ): Verde, Pino (1766) - Bellomo, Joe (1710) [B22] Scarborough CC Spring/Summer ( 1800+ ) Toronto (4), 14.06.2012

B22: Sicilian: 2 c3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.0-0 e6 6.d3N The two main

databases moves, played virtually equally are 6.d3 and 6.d4 6...Nge7 7.Bg5 h6² [7...d5=] 8.Be3 b6 9.Na3= For the next few moves, Fritz kept wanting White to play d4 for an advantage or Black

to play ..d5 to secure equality. On move 14, is when White took that golden moment! [9.d4²]

9...d6 10.Qd2 [10.d4] 10...a6 [10...d5] 11.Nc2² [11.d4 cxd4 (11...0-0 12.Bxh6+−) 12.Nxd4 Bb7±

(12...Nxd4 13.Bxd4±) 13.Nc4±] 11...Bb7 12.Rfe1= [12.d4²] 12...Qc7 13.Rac1 Rd8 14.d4= Na7 15.d5 exd5= 16.exd5 Nxd5 This is unusual but taking with the Bisop on d5 is better. I presume to

pressure f3 if White tries Bxa6. [16...Bxd5 17.Bxa6 (17.Bf4 Nac6=) 17...Bxf3 18.gxf3 b5 19.a4

bxa4 20.Ra1 Nac6 21.Rxa4 0-0 22.Bxh6 Ra8=] 17.Bc4= [17.Bxa6 0-0 18.Bxb7 Nxe3 19.Nxe3

(19.fxe3?! Qxb7 20.e4 Rfe8³; 19.Rxe3?! Qxb7 20.Rd3 Nc6²) 19...Qxb7 20.a4² The Fritz

suggestion to take advantage of Black's 16..Nxd5.] 17...Ne7³ 18.Bf4 b5 19.Bd5∓ Be2 is

preferred. Keep a good Bishop! [19.Be2 g5 20.Bg3 0-0 21.Rcd1³] 19...Bxd5∓ 20.Qxd5 0-0 21.Qd2 g5 22.Bxg5-+ The sac is not sound. [¹22.Bg3!? f5 23.h4∓] 22...hxg5-+ 23.Qxg5 Ng6 24.h4? [¹24.Qh5 Rfe8 (24...Ne5 25.Ng5²) 25.Ne3∓] 24...d5? Gives White back the tempo and

back into the game. [¹24...Ne5-+ (Black gains the advantage. White's h4 took an important

tempo, here White cannot respond ..Ne5 with Ng5.)] 25.h5² Qf4? Allows White to trade to a great

game. [¹25...Nf4 would keep Black in the game 26.h6 f6²] 26.hxg6+− fxg6 27.Qxg6 [even better

for White is ¹27.Qxf4!? Rxf4 28.Ng5+−] 27...Rd6± 28.Qh5 Nc6 29.Rcd1 Ne5?? I think Black

missed White's response Rxe5 [¹29...d4 30.cxd4 cxd4±]

Position after 29…Ne5?? XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-trk+( 7+-+-+-vl-' 6p+-tr-+-+& 5+pzppsn-+Q% 4-+-+-wq-+$ 3+-zP-+N+-# 2PzPN+-zPP+" 1+-+RtR-mK-! xabcdefghy

30.Rxe5!+− [if 30.Nxe5?? Qxf2+ 31.Kh1 Rh6 (31...Qxc2?! 32.Ng4 Qh7 33.Qxh7+ Kxh7 34.Kg1³) 32.Qxh6 Bxh6 33.Rxd5 Qxc2-+] 30...Bxe5 31.Qxe5 Rg6 [if 31...Qxe5 32.Nxe5 a5 (32...Re8 33.f4+−) 33.Nf3+−] 32.Qxd5+ Rf7 [if 32...Kg7 33.Qh5 (33.Qxc5 succumbs to 33...Rxg2+ 34.Kf1 Qxf3³) 33...Qg4 34.Qxg4 Rxg4 35.Ne3+−] 33.Nce1 [33.Qxc5 is impossible 33...Rxg2+ 34.Kxg2

(34.Kf1 Qxf3-+) 34...Qxf3+ 35.Kf1 (35.Kh2 Rh7+-+) 35...Qxd1+ 36.Ne1 Qg4³] 33...Kh7 34.Qh5+ Kg7 35.Rd8 Rh6 36.Qxc5 Fritz also took that pawn! 36...Qc1 [36...Rf5 37.Qc8 Rf8 38.Rxf8 Qxf8

39.Qg4+ Kh8+− 40.Nh4 Qg8 (40...Qd8 41.Nf5 Rh7 42.Qe4) 41.Qd4+ Kh7 42.Nef3+−] 37.Qd4+ I give the Fritz win commencing with 37.Qe5+ [37.Qe5+ Rhf6 (37...Kh7 38.Rh8+ Kg6 39.Rg8+; 37...Kg6 38.Rg8+; 37...Rff6 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.Qe4+ Rf5 40.Qe8+) 38.Ng5 Kh6 39.Nxf7+ Kg7

(39...Kg6 40.Nh8+ Kg7 41.Rd7+) 40.Ng5 Qxg5 (40...Qd1 41.Ne6+ Kf7 (41...Kg6 42.Qg5+ Kf7

(42...Kh7 43.Qg7#) 43.Qg8+ Ke7 44.Qe8#) 42.Rf8+ Ke7 43.Qxf6+) 41.Qxg5+ Kh7 (41...Rg6 42.Qe7+ Kh6 43.Rh8#; 41...Kf7 42.Qg8+ Ke7 43.Qe8#) 42.Qxf6 a5 43.Rh8#] 37...Rhf6 38.Qg4+! Fritz agrees 38...Rg6 39.Rg8+! Kxg8 40.Qxg6+ Rg7 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qh5+ Kg8 43.Qd5+ [43.Qe5 Fritz agrees that 43.Qd5+ wins but defenitely prefers 43.Qe5. This would requre great

calculation ] 43...Kh8 44.Qd2 Qb1 [44...Qxd2 is no salvation 45.Nxd2 Rf7 46.Nef3+−] 45.Qd8+ Rg8 46.Qf6+ Rg7 [46...Kh7 does not improve anything 47.Qh4+ Kg7 48.Qe7+ Kh8 (48...Kg6 49.Nh4+ Kh6 50.Kh2) 49.Qe5+ Kh7 (49...Rg7 50.Ng5) 50.Nd4+−] 47.Qh6+ Kg8 48.Qe6+ Kh7 49.g3 Qc1 50.Kg2 Qb1 [50...Qxb2 offers slightly more resistance 51.Qe4+ Kg8 (51...Kh8

52.Qe8+ Kh7 (52...Rg8 53.Qh5+ Kg7 54.Ne5) 53.Qh5+ Kg8 54.Ng5) 52.Qd5+ Kh7 (52...Kf8 53.Qd8+ Kf7 54.Ne5+) 53.Qh5+ Kg8 54.Ng5 Rxg5 (54...Qxc3 55.Qe8#; 54...Re7 55.Qg6+ Kf8 56.Qf5+) 55.Qxg5+ Kf7 56.Qd5+ Ke7 57.Qb7+ Kd8 58.Qxa6 Qxc3 (58...Qe2 59.Nf3) 59.Qd6+

Ke8 (59...Kc8 60.Nd3) 60.Nf3+−] 51.b4 Qc1 52.Qxa6 Qxc3 53.Qxb5 Qc8 54.Nd3 Rg6 55.Qh5+ Rh6 56.Ng5+ Kg7 57.Qf7+ agreed! 57...Kh8 58.Ne5? OOPS. I am sure that Ne5 would generally

be an excellent move. The proverbial "BUT"...but it allows Black to force a draw. Hidden, but

black does draw! [¹58.Qf3 Kg7 59.b5 Qb8+− (59...Rf6 60.Nf4) 60.Qf7+] 58...Qa8+ Black missed

the forced draw. [¹58...Rh2+! 59.Kxh2 Qh3+ 60.Kxh3 draw(60.Kg1 Qh1+ draw) ; 58...Rh2+

59.Kf1 (59.Kg1 Rh1+; 59.Kf3 Rxf2+ 60.Kxf2 Qc2+) 59...Rh1+ 60.Ke2 (60.Kg2 Rh2+) 60...Re1+

61.Kf3 (61.Kd3 Re3+) 61...Re3+ 62.Kg2 (62.Kxe3 Qc3+ 63.Nd3 Qd4+; 62.fxe3 Qg4+) 62...Rxg3+

63.fxg3 (63.Kxg3 Qg4+ draw; 63.Kf1 Qc1+ 64.Ke2 Qc2+ 65.Ke1 Rg1#; 63.Kh1 Qc1+ 64.Kh2 Qg1#) 63...Qh3+ 64.Kf2 Qxg3+ 65.Kf1 (65.Ke2 Qxe5+ draw) 65...Qh3+ 66.Kf2 Qg3+ draw]

59.f3+− Qg8 60.Qxg8+ [The Fritz win: 60.Qa7 Rf6 (no other safe square for R) 61.Qe7 Rb6

(61...Rh6 62.Nef7+ Kg7 63.Nxh6+ Kxh6 64.Qf6+ Kh5 65.g4+ Kh4 66.Qh6#; 61...Qf8 62.Qh7#) 62.Ngf7+ Kh7+− (62...Kg7 63.Nd6+ Kh8 (63...Kh6 64.Nf5+ Kh5 65.Qh4#) 64.Qh4+ Qh7 (64...Kg7 65.Nf5+ Kf8 66.Qe7#) 65.Qd8+ Qg8 (65...Kg7 66.Ne8+ Kf8 (66...Kh6 67.Qh4#) 67.Nf6+)

66.Nef7+ Kg7 (66...Kh7 67.Qh4+ Kg6 68.Qh6#) 67.Qg5+ Kf8 (67...Kh7 68.Qh6#) 68.Qf6) 63.Nd7

Qg7 (63...Rg6 64.Nf8+) 64.Nxb6+−] 60...Kxg8 61.a4 Rb6 62.b5 1-0

U 1800

Junior Kevin Yie

dominates this game against veteran Silvano Mesiti, ending up with Q + B vs 2 R’s. The win gave Kevin sole possession of first place. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ):

Yie, Kevin (1657) − Mesiti, Silvano (1549) [D02] Scarborough CC Spring/Summer ( U 1800 ) Toronto (4), 14.06.2012

1.d4² 0.29 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted. 1...d5 2.Nf3 [2.c4²] 2...Nc6 3.Bf4?!= ( depth 22 ) [3.c4 e6 4.a3 Be7²] 3...Nf6 4.e3 Nh5?!² [4...g6 5.h3 Bg7=] 5.Bg3 h6 [5...Bg4 6.Bh4 Nf6²; 5...g6 6.Bh4 Nf6²; 5...Nxg3 6.hxg3

Bf5²] 6.Bh4?!= [6.Be5 e6 7.Bd3 Bb4+²] 6...Nf6?!² [6...g5 7.Bg3 Be6=] 7.Nbd2 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.Be2 [9.c4 e6 10.cxd5 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qxd5²] 9...Nxg3 10.hxg3 Qd6?± Kevin gets a " clear "

advantage [10...Bg7 11.c4 Qd6²] 11.Nxg5! Kevin goes up a P 11...Bg7 [11...hxg5?? 12.Rxh8

Bf5+−] 12.Ngf3 Bf5 13.c3 0-0-0 14.a4 e5?!+− Kevin gets a " winning " advantage [14...h5 15.Nb3

Nb8±] 15.Kf1?!± [15.a5 exd4 (15...a6 16.Nb3 exd4 17.exd4 Qf6+− 1.49) 16.exd4 a6+− 1.57]

15...exd4 16.cxd4 Nb4 [16...Kb8 17.a5 a6±] 17.Qb3 Bc2 [17...a5 18.Qc3 Rhe8±] 18.Qc3 a6?!+− [18...a5 19.Ne5 Qe7±] 19.Rc1?!± [19.a5 h5 20.Ne5 Rdf8+−] 19...Bxa4 material equality

20.Qa3?!² Kevin is losing his advantage [20.Ra1 Be8 21.Kg1 Kb8±] 20...Bc2?!± [20...Be8

21.Kg1 Kb8²] 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Qb6 23.Rh4 Be4?!+− Kevin gets back a " winning "

advantage [23...a5 24.Rf4 h5±] 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Rxe4 Kevin goes up a P again 25...a5 26.Rcc4?+− 1.65 [26.Rf4 Rhe8 27.Rxf7 Rxe5+− 2.63] 26...Kb8

Position after 26…Kb6 XABCDEFGHY 8-mk-tr-+-tr( 7+pzp-+p+-' 6-wq-+-+-zp& 5zp-+-zP-+-% 4-snR+R+-+$ 3wQ-+-zP-zP-# 2-zP-+LzPP+" 1+-+-+K+-! xabcdefghy 27.Rxb4! 1.48 an interesting and sound exchange sac [27.Rf4 Rhf8 28.Kg1 Qb5+− 1.92]

27...axb4 28.Rxb4 1.79 Silvano is up the exchange, but Kevin has 2 P's compensation

28...Qa7?+− 7.55 [28...Qe6 29.Bf3 c6+− 1.89] 29.Ra4 Qxa4 [29...Qb6?? 30.Ra8#] 30.Qxa4 Kevin is up Q + B + 2 P's vs 2 R's 30...c6?+− 10.09 [30...Rhe8 31.f4 Re6+− 8.46] 31.f4?+− 7.48

[31.Qf4 Ka7 32.Bh5 f6+− 12.06] 31...Kc7?+− 11.21 [31...Rd7 32.Qa2 Re8+− 7.92] 32.Qc4?+− 8.17 [32.Bc4 Rh7 33.e6 f5+− 13.39] 32...Rhf8 33.e6 fxe6 34.Qxe6 Rh8 8.96 [34...Rfe8 35.Qxh6

Rxe3+− 8.91] 35.f5 Rde8 36.Qb3?+− 7.67 [36.Qc4 Kb8 37.Qf4+ Ka7+− 9.85] 36...h5?+− 10.12

[36...Re5 37.Bg4 Rd5+− 9.08; 36...Rhf8 37.g4 Rf6+− 9.00] 37.f6?+− 8.51 [37.Bxh5 Ra8 38.f6

Ra1+ 39.Ke2 Ra5+− 11.97] 37...h4?+− 10.59 [37...Rhf8 38.f7 Re5+− 9.42] 38.gxh4 Kevin is up

Q + B + 3 P's vs 2 R's 38...Ref8?+− 12.41 [38...Rhf8 39.f7 Re7+− 11.13] 39.f7?+− 11.09 [39.Qe6

Re8 40.Qg4 b5+− 13.58] 39...Rxh4 Kevin is up Q + B + 2 P's vs 2 R's 40.Qc3?+− 5.36 [40.Qe6

Kb6 41.Qe7 Rh1+ 42.Kf2 Rhh8+− 13.63] 40...Rh2?+− 14.93 [40...Rxf7+ 41.Kg1 Ra4+− 5.76]

41.g4?+− 3.58 Kevin misses winning a R [41.Qa5+ Kd6 42.Qb4+ c5 43.Qf4+ Ke7 44.Qxh2

Kxf7+− 21.31] 41...Kb8?+− 18.51 [41...Rxf7+ 42.Ke1 Rff2+− 4.33] 42.g5?+− 5.38 again Kevin

misses winning the R [42.Qe5+ Ka8 43.Qe8+ Rxe8 44.fxe8Q+ Ka7+− 23.43] 42...Rh1+??+− leads to mate [42...Rxf7+ 43.Ke1 Rff2+− 6.78] 43.Kg2 Rfh8 leads to mate in 22 moves [43...Rxf7

44.Qe5+ Rc7 45.Kxh1 b5+− mate in 18 moves] 44.g6?+− mate in 28 moves [44.Qe5+ Ka7

45.Qc5+ Ka8 46.f8Q+ Rxf8 47.Qxf8+ Ka7+− mate in 8 moves] 44...R8h2+ 45.Kg3 Rxe2?+− mate in 3 moves [45...Rh8 46.g7 R8h3+ 47.Kg4 Rh4+ 48.Kg5 Rg1+ white mates in 12 moves]

46.g7?+− mate in 15 moves [46.Qe5+ Kc8 47.f8Q+ Kd7 48.Qed6#] 46...Rhh2 47.g8Q++− mate

in 4 moves − only have 1 carbon scoresheet − moves hard to read − illegible at this point − Kevin

mated on move 54. 1-0

After being up material, and having the advantage right through the whole game, Lui Morra allowed Yanchun Zhao a counter-attack on his K that ended in a mate. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ); Morra, Lui (1694) − Zhao, Yanchun (1459) [B33] Scarborough CC Spring/Summer ( U 1800 ) Toronto (4), 14.06.2012

1.e4² 0.34 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted. 1...c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4?!= [3.Bb5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7²] 3...cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 (

verified depth 20 ) [ 4...e5 5.Nxc6 bxc6=] 5.Nc3 ( depth 23 ) 5...e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 [7.Nd5

Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7=] 7...a6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Na3 b5?!² [9...Rg8?! 10.Nd5 f5²; 9...f5 10.Bd3 fxe4

11.Bxe4 Nd4=] 10.Nd5 Be6?!± Lui gets a " clear " advantage [10...f5 11.Bd3 Be6²] 11.c3 Be7?!+− [11...Bg7 12.Nc2 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5±] 12.Nc2 f5 13.a4 Bxd5?+− 2.69 [13...Rb8 14.exf5

Bxf5 15.axb5 axb5+− 1.71; 13...bxa4 14.exf5 Bxf5+− 1.55] 14.Qxd5 Na7 4.50 [14...Kd7 15.axb5

axb5 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Bxb5 Kc7+− 4.55] 15.axb5 0-0 16.bxa6 Lui goes up 2 P's 16...f4 17.Be2 Qb6 18.b4 Rab8 19.c4 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.b5 Na7 22.Nb4 Kh8 23.Nd5 Bd8 24.0-0 f5 25.exf5 Rxf5 26.Bg4 Rg5 27.Bf3 h5?+− 7.18 [27...Kg7 28.h4 Rg6+− 6.31] 28.Rfc1?+− 5.52

[28.b6 Rxb6 29.Nxb6 Bxb6+− 7.06] 28...h4 29.h3 Rg6 30.Nb4 Bb6 31.Bb7 Bc5 32.Nd5?+− 4.56

[32.Nc6 Re8 33.Nxa7 Bxa7+− 6.29] 32...f3 33.b6?+− 3.51 [33.Ra2 Rxg2+ 34.Kh1 e4+− 5.03]

33...Rxg2+ Lui is up a P 34.Kh1 Rxf2 material equality 35.bxa7 Bxa7 Lui is up N vs P

36.Nb4?+− 2.42 [36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Rxf1 f2+− 5.29] 36...Rg8

XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+rmk( 7vlL+-+-+-' 6P+-zp-+-+& 5+-+-zp-+-% 4-sNP+-+-zp$ 3+-+-+p+P# 2-+-+-tr-+" 1tR-tR-+-+K! xabcdefghy 37.Rg1??-+ For the first time in the game, Yanchun gets the advantage, a " winning " advantage.

[37.Rf1 Rxf1+ 38.Rxf1 f2+−] 37...Rg3 38.Bc8 Re2 39.Rxg3??-+ leads to mate in 4 moves. It is

likely Lui was in time trouble at this point [39.Rge1 Rxe1+ 40.Rxe1 f2 41.Nd3 Rg1+ 42.Kh2 fxe1Q

43.Nxe1 Rxe1-+ − 10.25] 39...hxg3 40.Nc6 [40.c5 Bxc5 41.a7 Rh2#] 40...Rh2# 0-1

U 1400 Daryl Marcelino was winning in the first half of the game against junior Edward Wang, ‘til he dropped an N. Then both had winning chances in the second half, but Edward got a mate. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ):

Marcelino, Daryl (975) − Wang, Edward (1105) [B12] SCC Spring into Summer Swiss U1400 Toronto (4), 14.06.2012

599MB, Fritz11.ctg, My Computer 1.e4² 0.34 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight "

advantage to W. This evaluation is not generally accepted. 1...c6?!± Caro−Kann Defence; not

favoured by Fritz; Daryl gets an immediate " clear " advantage [1...e5²] 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bg4?!+− Daryl gets a " winning " advantage [5...Nh6 6.Nc3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Na6±] 6.0-0?!± [6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Na6+−] 6...Bg7?!+− [6...Nh6 7.Nbd2 Nd7±] 7.h3?!± [7.Nbd2 e6 8.h3 Bf5

9.Bxf5 gxf5+−] 7...Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nd7 9.Nc3 e6 10.Qe3?!² Daryl is losing his advantage [10.Ne2

Nh6 11.Ng3 0-0±] 10...Ne7 11.f4 [11.Ne2 c5 12.c3 Rc8²] 11...f5?!± [11...Nf5 12.Qf2 Bf8²]

12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Qxe6?³ for the first time in the game, Edward gets the advantage [13.a4 Qc7

14.a5 0-0-0±] 13...Bxd4+ 14.Be3?-+ Edward gets a " winning " advantage [14.Kh1 Nc5 15.Qe2

0-0³] 14...Qb6??² [14...Nf8 15.Bxd4 Nxe6 16.Bxh8 Nf5-+] 15.Na4??∓ a case where a strong

counter−attack does not do the trick [15.Bf2?! Nc5 16.Qe2 Bxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Kd7=; 15.Bxd4 Qxd4+

16.Kh2 Qf6²] 15...Bxe3+ Edward goes up an N 16.Kh2?!-+ [16.Kh1 Nf8 17.Nxb6 Nxe6 18.Nxa8

Bxf4∓] 16...Qd4 17.Rae1 Bxf4+ Edward is up N + P 18.g3 Be5??+− trapping his Q; Daryl gets

back a " winning " advantage [18...Bg5 19.h4 Qxa4 20.hxg5 0-0-0-+]

XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+k+-tr( 7zpp+nsn-+p' 6-+p+Q+p+& 5+-+pvl-+-% 4N+-wq-+-+$ 3+-+L+-zPP# 2PzPP+-+-mK" 1+-+-tRR+-! xabcdefghy

19.Rf7??-+ failing to win the Q; Edward gets back a " winning " move [19.Rf4! Qxf4 (19...Bxf4?? 20.Qxe7#) 20.gxf4 Bxf4+ 21.Kh1 Bg5+−] 19...Qb4?-+ − 1.51 [19...0-0-0 20.Rxe5 Qxe5 21.Qxe7

Qxe7 22.Rxe7 Rde8-+ − 4.74] 20.Rxh7?-+ − 9.54 this will lose a R; Edward is up an N [20.Rxe5

Nxe5 21.c3 Qxb2+ 22.Nxb2 Nxf7-+ − 1.46] 20...Rxh7 21.Bxg6+?-+ − 14.60 [21.Rxe5 Nxe5

22.Qxe5 Kf7-+ − 11.46] 21...Kd8 22.Bxh7??-+ leads to loss of R & mate; Edward is up N vs P

[22.Rxe5 Nxe5 23.c3 Qg4 24.Qxg4 Nxg4+ 25.Kg2 Ne3+ 26.Kf2 Nxg6 27.Kxe3 Rxh3-+ − 16.30]

22...Qd2+ 23.Kg1 Qxe1+ Edward is up R + N vs P 24.Kg2 Qe2+ 25.Kg1 Bd4+-+ White

resigned. It is mate. 26.Qe3 Bxe3+ 27.Kh1 Qf1+ 28.Kh2 Qg1# 0-1

Junior girl Varshini Paraparan nicely outplays her stronger junior opponent, Harigaran Balendra. Here is the game ( Annotations by Bob Armstrong, using Fritz ): Balendra, Harigaran (1256) − Paraparan, Varshini (1170) [B07] Scarborough CC Spring/Summer ( U 1400 ) Toronto (4), 14.06.2012

1.e4² 0.34 Fritz 13 evaluates the position as a " slight " advantage to W. This evaluation is not

generally accepted. 1...d6?!± Hari gets an early " clear " advantage; Fritz is not enamoured of

this defence [1...e5²] 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 [3...e6 4.Bd3 e5±] 4.g3?= [4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 d5±] 4...Bg7 5.Bg2 c6?!² [5...0-0 6.Nge2 c5=] 6.h3 0-0 7.Nge2?!= [7.Nf3 Na6 8.0-0 Qb6²] 7...e5 8.Bg5 h6?!² [8...Qb6 9.Rb1 Qc7=] 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Qd2 Kh7?!± [10...Nb6 11.b3 d5²] 11.0-0-0 b5 12.a3?= Hari loses his advantage [12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd6 Bb7±] 12...a5 13.Na2 [13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bf3

(14.Qd6 b4=) 14...b4=] 13...Bb7 14.Kb1?∓ for the first time in the game, Varshini gets the

advantage, a " clear " advantage [14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Qxd6 Qxd6 16.Rxd6 Nc4=] 14...Nb6?!³ [14...exd4 15.Bxd4 c5∓] 15.dxe5 Nc4 16.Qd3 dxe5?² [16...Nd7 17.f4 dxe5 18.Bf2 Ndb6³]

17.Bc1?-+ Varshini gets a " winning " advantage [17.Bc5 Qc7 18.Bxf8 Bxf8²] 17...Ba6?³ [17...Qe7 18.Qb3 Ba6-+] 18.Qc3?-+ [18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Rd3 Bf8³] 18...Qc7 19.g4 Nd6?² [19...c5?! 20.Qf3 Qc6∓; 19...Qb6 20.Ng3 Rfb8-+] 20.Ng3?³ [20.Qxe5 Nfxe4 21.Qf4 Rae8²]

20...Rfe8?² [20...b4 21.axb4 Bc4³] 21.Rhe1?∓ [21.g5 hxg5 22.Bxg5 b4²] 21...c5 22.Be3?!-+ [22.g5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 b4∓] 22...Rac8?² [22...Nc4 23.Bf1 b4-+] 23.f4?-+ [23.Qxc5 Qxc5 24.Bxc5

Nc4²] 23...exf4?-+ -1.88 [23...Nc4 24.fxe5 b4-+ − 4.24] 24.Bxf4

Position after 24.Bxf4 XABCDEFGHY 8-+r+r+-+( 7+-wq-+pvlk' 6l+-sn-snpzp& 5zppzp-+-+-% 4-+-+PvLP+$ 3zP-wQ-+-sNP# 2NzPP+-+L+" 1+K+RtR-+-! xabcdefghy Nfxe4??± Varshini misses winning the Q; Varshini goes up a P; Hari gets a " clear " advantage

[24...Nd5! 25.Rxd5! (25.Qf3? Nxf4 26.Qxf4 Be5 27.Qf3 Nc4 28.Nf5 Nxb2 29.Nd6 Bxd6 30.Kxb2 b4-+ − 4.11) 25...Bxc3 26.Nxc3 Re6-+ − 2.45] 25.Qd3?∓ [25.Nxe4 Bxc3 26.Bxd6 Qa7 27.Naxc3

Kg7±] 25...Nf2 26.Bxd6?!-+ Hari is up N vs P [26.Qxd6 Qxd6 27.Bxd6 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 Rcd8∓]

26...Nxd3 27.Rxe8??-+ −9.60 failing to win Varshini's Q; Hari is up Q vs R + N [27.Bxc7 Rxe1

28.Rxe1 Nxe1 29.Bxa5 Nxg2-+ −8.03] 27...Qxd6 28.Rxd3 Qf6 29.c3?-+ − 15.44 [29.Nc3 Rxe8

30.Nge4 Rxe4 31.Bxe4 b4-+ − 14.86] 29...Rxe8 Varshini is up Q + P vs N 30.Rf3 − 18.73

[30.Ne4?? Qf4 31.Rd1 Rxe4 32.Rf1 Qe3 33.Bxe4? Qxe4+ 34.Ka1 b4-+ mate in 13 moves;

30.Nc1 b4 31.Rf3 Qg5-+ − 21.83] 30...Qe6?-+ − 16.81 [30...Qd6 31.Nc1 Re1-+ − 22.99] 31.Rf1?-+ − 20.80 [31.Nc1? b4 32.Kc2 Qd5-+ −22.67; 31.a4?? b4 32.g5 Qe1+-+ mate in 13 moves;

31.Bf1 Bb7 32.Rd3 Qe1+ 33.Nc1 Re7-+ − 18.45] 31...b4 32.axb4 − 28.18 [32.Nc1? Bxf1 33.Be4

bxc3-+ − 31.18] 32...Bxf1?-+ − 23.34 [32...Bd3+ 33.Ka1 Bxf1-+ − 28.26] 33.Nxf1 Varshini is up Q

+ R vs 2 N's − there is no need to analyze further. Varshini just goes on to win. 33...Qe1+ 34.Nc1 Re2 35.Bf3 Rf2 36.Be2 Rxe2 37.Ng3 Qxg3 38.Nxe2 Qd3+ 39.Ka2 Qxe2 40.bxa5 Bxc3 41.Kb3 Qxb2+ 42.Kc4 Qb4+ 43.Kd3 Qd4+ 44.Kc2 Bxa5 45.g5 Qc3+ 46.Kb1 Qd2 47.gxh6 Bc3 48.h4 Qb2# 0-1

Here is a strong attack by junior Varun Sekar against junior Leo Lu. Here is the game:

Sekar, Varun (1262) − Lu, Leo (868) [C56] SCC Spring Into Summer Swiss U1400 Toronto (4), 14.06.2012

[C3] 599MB, Fritz11.ctg, My Computer 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Bc5 6.e5 Ng4 7.Bg5 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.Re1+ Kf8 10.Qe2 d5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Kf7 13.Nh4 Rg8 14.Qh5+ Kf8 15.Qxh7 Rg7 16.Qh8+ Rg8 17.Qh6+ Rg7 18.Bg6 Ne5 19.Nd2 Nxg6 20.Nxg6+ Kf7 21.Nh8+ Kg8 22.Qh5 Bd7 23.Ng6 Be8 24.Qh8+ Kf7 25.Nf4 Rg8 26.Qh5+ Rg6 27.Qxg6+ Kf8 28.Ne6+ Ke7 29.Nxd8+ Kd7 30.Qxe8+ Kd6 31.Qe6# 1-0 A Wild Game – For Analysis SCC member Martin Maister

made up the following wild game ( lots of errors ), just to see what Fritz would do with it on full analysis. You may find it and the annotations interesting. Here is the game ( Annotated by Fritz ): MM1 − MM2 [A00] 60m/60+60m/60+30m Toronto, 06.08.2012

A00: Irregular Openings 1.f3 [¹1.d4!?² would keep White alive] 1...e5∓ 2.g4?? causes further

problems for ? [¹2.Nc3∓] 2...d5 [2...Qh4#] 3.a3?? leading to a quick end [3.Nh3 Qh4+ 4.Nf2-+]

3...Qg5 [3...Qh4#] 4.h4∓ Nc6?? throws away the game [4...Qd8 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4∓] 5.Nc3 [¹5.hxg5 and White takes home the point 5...Be6 6.e3+−] 5...Qd8∓ 6.Bh3? [6.d3 Be6-+] 6...Nf6 [¹6...Qxh4+!? makes it even easier for Black 7.Kf1 Be6 8.b4-+] 7.e3 [7.g5!? Nh5 8.d3∓] 7...d4-+ 8.Nge2?? the final mistake, not that it matters anymore [¹8.exd4 Nxd4 9.Bg2-+] 8...dxc3 9.0-0 [9.dxc3 a last effort to resist the inevitable 9...Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1-+] 9...h5 10.d4 [10.dxc3 does not

win a prize 10...Bd6-+] 10...hxg4 11.d5 [11.dxe5 doesn't change the outcome of the game

11...Nd7 12.e6 gxh3 13.exd7+ Bxd7 14.Nxc3 Qxh4-+] 11...Nxd5 12.Nxc3 g3 13.Nb1 Nb8 [13...Qxh4 14.Qe2 Nf4 15.exf4 Bc5+ 16.Be3 Bxe3+ 17.Qxe3 Qxh3 18.Qxe5+ Nxe5 19.fxe5

Qh2#] 14.Rf2 Ne7 [14...Qxh4 15.Kf1 Bxh3+ 16.Ke2 gxf2 17.Nd2 Bc5 18.Kd3 Nxe3 19.Ne4 Qd8+

20.Nd6+ Qxd6+ 21.Kc3 Nxd1+ 22.Kb3 Qb6+ 23.Ka2 Nc3+ 24.bxc3 Be6+ 25.c4 Bxc4#] 15.Bf1 [15.Qxd8+ doesn't get the cat off the tree 15...Kxd8 16.Rd2+ Bd7-+] 15...Ng8 [¹15...gxf2+ keeps

an even firmer grip 16.Kxf2 Qxd1-+] 16.Rh2 [16.Qxd8+ is not much help 16...Kxd8 17.Rd2+ Ke8-

+] 16...e4 [16...gxh2+ 17.Kh1 Qxd1 18.Nd2 Qe1 19.f4 Qxe3 20.Nf3 Qxf3+ 21.Bg2 Qd1+ 22.Kxh2

Rxh4+ 23.Kg3 Qe1+ 24.Kf3 e4#] 17.Rh1 [17.Qxd8+ doesn't do any good 17...Kxd8 18.Rg2-+]

17...Qd2 [17...Qxd1 18.Nd2 exf3 19.h5 Bc5 20.Ne4 Qxc1 21.Nd6+ cxd6 22.Rh2 Qxe3+ 23.Rf2

Qxf2+ 24.Kh1 Qh2#] 18.a4 [¹18.Bxd2 and White has reached his goal 18...Nf6 19.Nc3+−]

18...Qf2# 0-1

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7 Hart House Circle Style: 6 round Swiss in 4 sections: Open & U2200 (FIDE Rated),

U1900 & U1600 Rounds: 10am & 4pm Saturday, Sunday & Monday Time Control: 120 mins + 30 sec increment for Open & U2200 Sections; 30

moves in 90 minutes, with 1 hr added after move 30 for U1900 & U1600 Sections

Registration: In advance by August 30th by cheque or email. Registrants after August 30th are not guaranteed to be paired

Round 1. In advance (arrival by August 30th) by mail to: Hart House Chess Club – 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto,

ON M5S 3H3 Make cheque payable to Hart House Chess Club. No postdated

cheques please. Email registration to hhchess@utoronto.ca (by August 30th – otherwise considered late). Email registrants must arrive onsite before 9:30am September 1st to pay or will be charged onsite fee.

Membership: Registrants must be current CFC members or bring payment prior to playing.

Entry Fees: $70 in advance, $90 cash only on site. Extra $20 to play up each section. FREE for players new to CFC rated tournaments Discounts: $10 less for juniors (born after Sept 1st, 1994), seniors (60+),

women, FM’s and University of Toronto students (show ID card). One discount per player. FREE for IMs & WGM’s before August 25th, $60 afterwards, $80

on-site. Byes: Maximum of 2 in rounds 1-4 if requested in advance. Hart House: 10 minute walk Southeast from St. George subway station or 5 minute walk

Southwest from Museum subway station.

PRIZES: $7,000 (Based on 140 players)

1st place in Open Section - $1000 minimum Guaranteed! Prize distribution

Open U2300 U2200 U1900 U1600 Team 1 $1400 $350 $500 $500 $500 $400 2 $1000 $350 $350 $350 3 $700 $200 $200 $200

Other Info: Please bring chess sets and clocks.

For parking and access information please visit our website. Website: http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen Organizer: Alex Ferreira, Hart House Chess Club Arbiters: Chief Arbiter: Geordie Derraugh, Deputy Arbiter: Bryan Lamb Members enjoy an evening at SCC !

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