EN PASSANT - Calgary Chess · 11 Jim Ferguson recalls a remarkable Misha Tal in his article on an equally remarkable feat in ÒSomething to Prove: Mikhail TalÕs 86 Game Unbeaten

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18 Daniel Abraham Yanofsky passed away on March 5, 2000.ÒLet us now praise famous men... All these were honored intheir generations, and were the glory of their times.ÓEcclesiasticus

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2 Executive DirectorÕs Message, and Letters to the Editor.

11 Jim Ferguson recalls a remarkable Misha Tal in his article onan equally remarkable feat in ÒSomething to Prove: MikhailTalÕs 86 Game Unbeaten StreakÓ. DonÕt forget to take thequiz Jim includes to sharpen your tactical skills!

22 This time ÒThe Pan-American Chess ChampionshipsÓ werebrought to Toronto by capable organizers Bryan Lamb andChris Chu, who report on the ups-and-downs of an excitingevent. IMs Yan Teplitsky and Michael Schleifer, as well asFrank Dixon, Vincent Tipu, John Upper and Patrick Kirbyanalyze an excellent crop of games!

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Letters

Executive Director�s Message

Ottawa, ONI would like to congratulate you onthe fine work you have done withthe look and layout of the magazine.En Passant has never been asvisually satisfying as it is today. Keepup the good work.

I would also like to mention thatmany of my fellow members havecomplained to me about the contentof the magazine, citing a lack ofannotated Master games, regularcontributors, and articles forintermediate players. Some peoplehave linked these concerns to thenew editor and to the separation ofEn Passant from the duties of theCFC Office staff. I do not think this istrue, because an editor can onlywork with what he has in hand. IfMasters are unwilling to contributetheir work, there is not much aneditor can do, other than invitesubmissions. A better alternative forchess players across the country is toencourage local Masters and thosewith a flair for writing to contributeto the magazine. Perhaps the CFCneeds to reevaluate how much theypay for articles to ensure that therates they offer are competitive withother chess magazines. Withcooperation and a sound plan, I amconfident that the contents of En

For those members of the CFC thatare not familiar with me, I was hiredin 1992 as Technical Director andthen became Executive Director in1997. I have decided to leave theCFC to focus on a career in computerprogramming, and I leave the CFC inthe very capable hands of DavidMiriguay and would advise theorganization to do everything in itspower to keep him.

Instead of droning on about thechanges I have seen over my eightyears with the CFC and what I see instore for the future, I would like totake this opportunity to thank thosepeople who helped me during mytime here.

Stephen Ball and Jonathan Berry:Their procedures and software gaveme an excellent base to grow on.

Passant can match its attractiveappearance in the near future.

Jim Ferguson

Kitchener, ONThe following position occurred in atournament game I played today.

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In the game I played 1Ö¼g4 and lost.I suggest, without analysis, that1Ö¼a8 draws. What do you think?

[With 1Ö¼d4 Black forces the drawimmediately, e.g. 2.¼a6+ ¾e53.¼e6+ ¾xf5 4.¼d6 ¾e5 5.¼e6+¾xd5 6.¼xf6. There are alternatives,but everything draws trivially. Ed.]

With fifteen minutes left on the clockto my opponentÕs half hour in asudden death situation I informedthe TD that I would be requesting anadjudication some time after the fiveminute mark had been reached. The

TD then briefly stopped at the boardat the five minute mark and left twominutes later. Then, with twominutes left, I began looking overmy shoulder wondering where hewas, but he never returned. Isubsequently blundered and lost,and I believe that my loss was aresult of these distractions. Myquestion is this: should I have beenawarded a draw, and if so, when?

[Sudden death time controls havecaused much confusion and led tomany similar ÒuglyÓ scenes, but inmy mind there is no question thatthe TD acted appropriately in thiscase. Here is why:

LetÕs establish first that today there isno such thing anymore as anadjudication or adjournment in atournament game. What you can dois claim a draw in a sudden deathsituation when your opponent isplaying on purely to win the gameon time. In order for your claim to beaccepted however, you have toshow that the game is a forced drawor that it is a technical draw basedon known theory. It also helps ifyour scoresheet is complete anddemonstrates that your opponenthas Ònot made any progressÓ.

It would have been nice if the TDhad supervised your time troubleperiod, but he is not obligated to do

Tony Ficzere: For his training when Istarted and later his assistance withmultiple projects.

Hal Bond: For the freedom toimplement new programs andprocedures.

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Derrick Bessette and Ron Smith:Who proved what chess in Canadacan accomplish.

John Quiring: For his tireless workduring his tenure as CFC Secretary.

Francisco Cabanas: Who helped toshow me the other side of things andwas very helpful in my early years asExecutive Director.

Knut Neven: Who effortlessly andefficiently took over the productionof En Passant magazine.

Michael Yip: Who has given the CFCand myself more than our moniesworth as auditor and financialadvisor. Not to mention his manyhours of book reviews.

Peter Stockhausen: WhoÕs businesssense and professionalism I oftencalled on as a neutral observer whenI felt that I was too close to theproblem at hand.

David Miriguay: Who proved thatwhile good help is hard to find,when it does comes along, the workenvironment is a much better place.

Troy Vail


so. Your proper course of actionwould have been to stop the clocksbefore you run out of time, and thensummon the TD to make your drawclaim. At that time you would havehad to demonstrate something likethe drawing line I indicated above.However, since you apparently didnot really know how to draw thisposition based on your own movesuggestion, the TD should in facthave rejected your claim. It is onething to believe that a position isdrawn, and it is another to prove it.The playing strength of the players isalso taken into account in a situationwhen there remain practical chancesfor the stronger side to win.

You should try not to let this sort ofthing rattle or distract you during thegame. If you know what the properprocedures and your rights as aplayer are, you donÕt need to dependon the presence of a TD. Ed.]

Steve Joseph

Oakville, ONMr. BrandsonÕs letter in yourFebruary issue aroused memories inmy ageing and not always reliablememory. Vera Menchik was amember of the West London ChessClub, which met every Saturdayafternoon in Kensington, WestLondon, England. As I remember it,the actual meeting place was theConservative Party localheadquarters on Stratford Road.

When I arrived one Saturdayafternoon, I heard Sir GeorgeThomas telling the club secretarythat Mrs. Stevenson (Vera Menchik)had been killed by a flying bomb. Hesuggested that the ClubChampionship, in which both he andVera Menchik were playing, shouldbe cancelled. This was done at once.

I remember being told that Mrs.Stevenson was sheltering in thebasement of her house when itreceived a direct hit by a V1 (flying

bomb). In Britain, we called the V1sÒbuzz bombsÓ, and the Americanscalled them ÒdoodlebugsÓ.

Vera Menchik was Mrs. StevensonÕsprofessional chess name. She was avery pleasant, popular, motherly sortof person, and I was astounded tolearn from Mr. BrandsonÕs letter thatshe died at the age of only 35.

Because of the war, the WestLondon Chess Club had manyillustrious members and visitors. SirGeorge Thomas was a toweringfigure in every sense, as he was anex-British Champion, a Wimbledontennis player, an author of a book onBadminton, and a baronet.

Jacques Mieses was an old man ofabout eighty years who IÕm afraidhad fallen on hard times. SaviellyTartakower was also with us for ashort time. He played the whole clubsimultaneously, and with greatsuccess. I, of course, lost.

J.A.E. Allum

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Coming EventsThe Coming Events advertising section

is brought to you by theChess Federation of Canada.

Note: This is free for allCFC-Rated events.

Players: When you enter by mail,include your name, address, CFC

number, expiry date, rating and datepublished (if you are entering your first

CFC event, you are probably anunrated player), and birthdate if youare a junior Ð all with your entry fee.

CFC membership is required in thesetournaments except where indicated. Ifyou buy a CFC membership with your

entry, obtain a receipt from theorganizer. Please bring your chesspieces, boards and clocks. Unless

stated otherwise all tournaments areNon-Smoking and No Computers.

SummaryDate: Dates of the event

Place: Location of the event

Rds: Number of rounds

Type: Rating type either Regular orActive and either Swiss orRound Robin (RR)

Times: Round times, Ò/Ó = next day

TC: Time Controls, SD meansSudden Death Ð all remainingmoves in fixed time

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Chess Club; S Smoking allowed.

Organizers of CFC-rated events shouldsend notices to: The CFC, 2212

Gladwin Crescent, EÐ1, Ottawa, ON,K1B 5N1 by the 25th of each evennumbered month (e.g., February).Notices must state the name of theorganizer and whether smoking is

allowed. A prize fund is considered tobe guaranteed by the organizer unless

explicitly stated otherwise.

A tournament in a small town (under75,000 population) may qualify for anLTIP grant. Write to the CFC for details

of this program.

Ontario

Guelph Spring OpenDate: April 8Ð9Place: Room 332, Guelph University

CentreRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9, 2, 7TC: 30/85, SD/60EF: $35; less $10 Jr./Sr.; $10 late fee

after April 5Sec: Open, U2000, U1700Prizes: $$BENReg: Until 08:45 at site; or cheques to

Hal Bond, 39 SouthamptonStreet, Guelph, ON, N1H 5N3

Org: Hal Bond (519)822Ð2162,[email protected]

Misc: Bye 1Ð3; bring sets, clocks;SWOCL Grand Prix event

Scarborough April ActiveDate: April 15Place: Scarborough CC, Wexford

Collegiate, 1176 Pharmacy Ave.Rds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 1, 2:30, 3:45, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45TC: G/30EF: $30; less $5 Jr./Sr.Prizes: $$BEN 75%Reg: 11:00Ð12:30 at site; or cheques

payable to Scarborough ChessClub, 250 Cassandra Blvd. Apt#330, Don Mills, ON, M3A 1T9

Org: Bryan Lamb (416)391Ð[email protected]

Toronto Open ChampionshipDate: April 21Ð23Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,

111 Carlton Street, TorontoRds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $70; $20 late fee after April 20;

less $20 Jr./Sr., women, titledplayers and 2400+

Sec: Open/U2300, U2100, U1700,U1900, U1500/UR

Prizes: $$BENReg: 08:30Ð09:30 at site; or cheques

to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7 by April 17

Org: Mark S. Dutton, (416)467Ð9715,[email protected]

Misc: Bye 1Ð5 max. 3; top sectionFIDE rated; brings sets, clocks;special rate at Best WesternPrimrose Hotel 1Ð800Ð268Ð8082

DCC Wednesday Mayflower SwissDate: May 3 to June 7Place: 1681 Bayview Avenue, 2nd

floor above ChessÕn Match,Toronto

Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 6:30TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: Free with DCC membershipPrizes: N/AReg: 18:00Ð18:30 at site; or cheques

to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7

Org: Mark S. Dutton (416)467Ð9715Misc: http://www.play.at/duttonchess

DCC Saturday Spring into Summer SwissDate: May 6 to June 24Place: 1681 Bayview Avenue, 2nd


Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 12TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: Free with DCC membershipPrizes: N/AReg: 18:00Ð18:30 at site; or cheques



Scarborough Youth Tournaments #9 & #10Date: May 6, June 3Place: Scarborough Chess Club,

Wexford Collegiate, 1176Pharmacy Ave.

Rds: 5Type: Active Swiss (open to U18 as of

January 1, 2000Times: 11:15, 12:20, 1:30, 2:50, 4TC: G/30EF: $10; less $3 SCC junior

membersPrizes: SCC/CFC memberships,

trophies, medalsReg: 10:15Ð11:00 at site; or cheques

payable to Scarborough CC, 250Cassandra Blvd, Apt #330, DonMills, ON, M3A 1T9

Org: Bryan Lamb, (416)391Ð[email protected]

Arnprior OpenDate: May 6Ð7Place: Arnprior Civic Centre, James St.Rds: 5Type: Regular Swiss


Times: 9, 2, 7 / 9, 2TC: 30/90, SD/60EF: $30; less $5 Jr./Sr.; $10 late feeSec: Open, U2000, U1600Prizes: $$BENReg: Miles Wasmund, RR#1,

Braeside, ON, K0A 1G0Misc: TD: Herb Langer; no digital

clocks

Ontario High School ChampionshipDate: May 12Ð14Place: New College, University of

TorontoRds: Championship 5, Intermediate

& Beginner 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: Championship 1, 7 / 9, 3 / 9;

Intermediate & Beginner 1, 7 /9, 2, 7 / 9

TC: Championship Rds. 1Ð2 G/120,Rds. 3Ð5 30/90, SD/60;Intermediate G/120; BeginnerG/90

EF: $20; $10 late fee after April 20Sec: Open, Intermediate U1500 &

UR, Beginner U1100 & URPrizes: Individual and team prizesReg: Cheques to Ontario High

School Chess Championship, c/o Stephen Leacock CI, 2450Birchmount Rd, Agincourt, ON,M1T 2M5 by April 20

Org: Christopher Field(416)926Ð0033, [email protected]

Misc: If a school has three or moreplayers in the same section,they are eligible for specialteam prizes. If a school has atleast one player in each section,it will be eligible for thecombined team prizes

London Spring ThunderDate: May 13Ð14Place: 650 Elizabeth Street (near

Oxford & Adelaide), LondonRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, 2, 7 / 10, asapTC: Rds.1Ð2, SD/120; Rds.3Ð5, 30/

90, SD/60EF: $30, $10 amateur entrySec: Open, U1700Prizes: $$BENReg: Cheques to FCCA, Gerry

Litchfield, 1010Ð1105 JalnaBlvd., London, ON, N6E 2S9

Misc: Bye 1Ð4

Ontario OpenDate: May 20Ð22Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,

111 Carlton St. (at Jarvis St.),Toronto

Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $70; $20 late fee; less $20 Jr./

Sr., 2400+, titled & women; freefor GM

Sec: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800,U1600 & UR


to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7 by May 15

Org: Mark S. Dutton (416)467Ð9715,[email protected]

Misc: Bye 1Ð5, max. 3; Top Section isFIDE rated; GTCL & OCAsanctioned event; bring sets andclocks; special rates at BestWestern 1Ð800Ð268Ð8082

Sarnia Chemical Valley OpenDate: June 2Ð4Place: Room A208, Lambton College,

1457 London Road, SarniaRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 6:30 / 10, 4 / 9, 3TC: 30/90 SD 60EF: Open $40; U2000 $35; U1600

$30; less $10 Jr./Sr.; $10 late feeafter May 31

Sec: Open, U2000, U1600 oradjusted according to entries

Prizes: $$BENReg: Cheques to Samuel Carr, 509

Nassau Crescent, Sarnia, ON,N7S 4H8

Org: Samuel Carr (519)383Ð7202Misc: Byes 1Ð4; SWOCL Grand Prix;

dorm rooms at $10/night

DCC Wednesday Summer SwissDate: June 14 to July 19Place: 1681 Bayview Avenue, 2nd





Toronto Father�s Day OpenDate: June 16Ð18Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,

111 Carlton Street, TorontoRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 7 / 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $60; $20 late fee after June 15;

less $20 Jr./Sr., women, titledplayers and 2400+

Sec: Open/U2300, U2100, U1900,

ScarboroughChess ClubTournament

ScheduleAll events have the following

information in common unlessnoted otherwise.

Place: Scarborough ChessClub, Wexford Collegiate, 1176

Pharmacy Avenue,Scarborough, ON

Club Hours: Sundays12:30Ð20:30 (games at 13:00),Tuesdays 18:30Ð23:00 (games

at 19:00), Thursdays18:30Ð23:00 (games at 19:00)

Org: Bryan Lamb(416)391Ð4777

[email protected]

Misc: Scarborough Chess Clubmembership required ($100/yrAdult, $75/yr Jr. & Sr.). Events

are CFC-rated (CFCmembership required). Entry

fees to events covered by clubmembership

Special Events:

Thursday Evening EventsTC: 30/75, SD/30

Times: 7, one game per week

Sunday Afternoon EventsTC: 40/120, SD/60

Times: 1, one game per week

Ongoing Blitz TournamentsSundays: G/5, $10 at 17:00

Tuesdays: G/15, $10 at 19:00

SCC Spring Round RobinDate: April 2 to May 14

Type: Regular Round RobinRds: 5

April ActiveDate: April 15

Type: 6 round Active SwissTime: 13:00

Members Only ActiveDate: May 7

Type: 6 round Active SwissTime: 13:00

SCC Summer Round RobinDate: May 11 to June 15

Type: Regular Round RobinRds: 5

SCC Summer SwissDate: May 28 to July 9Type: Regular Swiss

Rds: 5


U1700, U1500/URPrizes: $$BENReg: 17:00Ð18:30 at site; or cheques

to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7 by June 12


Misc: Bye 1Ð4 max. 2; brings sets,clocks; special rate at BestWestern Primrose Hotel1Ð800Ð268Ð8082

Canada Day OpenDate: July 1Ð3Place: 1681 Bayview Ave., two blocks

south of Eglinton, aboveChessÕn Math, Toronto

Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTC: 40/120, SD/60Times: 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30EF: $60; $20 late fee; less $20 Jr./

Sr., women, titled players,2400+; GMs free

Sec: Open, U2000, U1600Prizes: $$BENReg: 08:30Ð09:30 at site, or cheques

to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7 by June 26


Misc: Bye 1Ð5, max. 3; top sectionFIDE rated; bring sets, clocks

DCC Saturday Summer Sizzler SwissDate: July 8 to August 12Place: 1681 Bayview Avenue, 2nd


Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 12TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: Free with DCC membershipPrizes: N/AReg: 18:00Ð18:30 at site; or cheques



DCC Wednesday Days of Summer SwissDate: July 19 to August 30Place: 1681 Bayview Avenue, 2nd



to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,

Dutton ChessY2K Toronto EventsAll events have the following

information in common unlessnoted otherwise.

Place: Best Western PrimroseHotel, 111 Carlton Street (at

Jarvis Street), Toronto

Rds: 5 Type: Regular Swiss

TC: 40/120, SD/60

Org: Mark S. Dutton(416)467Ð9715,

[email protected], http://www.play.at/duttonchess

Misc: GTCL sanctioned

Events:

Toronto Open ChampionshipApril 21Ð23; 6 rds.

Ontario OpenMay 20Ð22; 6 rds.

FatherÕs Day OpenJune 16Ð18

Canada Day OpenJuly 1Ð3; 6 rds.; at DCC

Simcoe Day OpenAugust 5Ð7; 6 rds.; at DCC

Toronto Summer InternationalAugust 16Ð20; 9 rds.

$G15,000; FIDE rated

Thanksgiving OpenOctober 7Ð9; 6 rds. FIDE rated

Place: Dutton Chess Club,1681 Bayview Ave., 2nd floor

Misc: Adults $99, Jr./Sr. $69;join anytime with byes!

Mondays:

G/15 Events6rds.; starting at 19:30; EF $10

Wednesdays:

40/120, SD/60; starting at 18:30

Mayflower SwissMay 3 to June 7

Summer SwissJune 14 to July 19

Saturdays:

G/5 Blitz Events7 double rds. Swiss

Times: 13:00 & 16:00 EF: $10

Spring Into Summer Swiss40/120, SD/60; 12:00Ð18:00

May 6 to June 24

Summer Sizzle Swiss40/120, SD/60; 12:00Ð18:00

July 8 to August 12

Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7


Simcoe Day OpenDate: August 5Ð7Place: 1681 Bayview Ave., two blocks

south of Eglinton, aboveChessÕn Math, Toronto

Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTC: 40/120, SD/60Times: 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30EF: $60; $20 late fee; less $20 Jr./

Sr., women, titled players,2400+; GMs free

Sec: Open, U2100, U1700Prizes: $$BENReg: 08:30Ð09:30 at site, or cheques

to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7 by July 31


Misc: Bye 1Ð5, max. 3; top sectionFIDE rated; bring sets andclocks

Toronto Summer InternationalDate: August 16Ð20Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,

111 Carlton Street, TorontoRds: 9Type: Regular SwissTimes: 7 / 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30

/ 10, 4:30TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $100 by June 1, $125 by August

1, $150 thereafter; GMs freeSec: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800,

U1600, U1400/URPrizes: $$G15,000Reg: Cheques to Mark S. Dutton,

Suite 3910, Leaside Towers, 95Thorncliffe Park Drive, Toronto,ON, M4H 1L7


Misc: Bye 1Ð8 max. 4; top sectionFIDE rated; brings sets, clocks;special rate at Best WesternPrimrose Hotel 1Ð800Ð268Ð8082

DCC Saturday Actives #5, #6, #7, #8, #9Date: August 26, September 23,

October 21, November 25,December 23

Place: 1681 Bayview Avenue, 2ndfloor above ChessÕn Match,Toronto

Rds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 12:30, 1:45, 3, 5, 6:15, 7:30TC: G/30EF: $40; $10 late fee; less $10 Jr./

Sr., women, titled, 2400+Prizes: $$BEN


Reg: 18:00Ð18:30 at site; or chequesto Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7


DCC Wednesday Back to School SwissDate: September 6 to October 4Place: 1681 Bayview Avenue, 2nd





Toronto Thanksgiving OpenDate: October 7Ð9Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,


Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $70; $20 late fee; less $20 Jr./


Sec: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800,U1600 & UR


to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7 by October 2


Misc: Bye 1Ð5, max. 3; GTCLsanctioned event; bring sets andclocks; special rates at BestWestern 1Ð800Ð268Ð8082

DCC Wednesday Autumn SwissDate: October 11 Ð November 8Place: 1681 Bayview Avenue, 2nd




Junior Chess in BC Lower Mainland 1999-2000Organized by the British Columbia Chess Federation (BCCF). Prizes,

books, gifts, and/or trophies and/or certificates for participants. Eventsmay qualify winners to participate in provincial and national events.Rated by the Chess Federation of Canada. Unless otherwise stated,

events are open to all junior players at all playing levels.

Details for all Vancouver, Surrey, and JCC Junior Open events:

Rds: 5 minimum Type: Regular Swiss TC: At TD discretion

Sec: 3 maximum Reg: Until 09:40 at the site

Times: Start at 10 or asap, finish between 3 and 5

EF: $13 CFC members, $25 all others (incl. $13 CFC ParticipatingMembership), unless noted otherwise

Prizes: Trophies, prizes, books, or cash guaranteed for 1st and 2ndplaces in each section

Org: Richard Krys 986Ð6216, Joshua Keshet 873Ð0957, Katherine Davies266Ð5842, Stephen Miller 299Ð4203 (BCIT events), or Harold Daykin

597Ð6488 (Surrey and Fraser Valley events)

Misc: Bye 1Ð5. Interested chess promoters: We will be glad to assistwith the arrangement of more events anywhere in the Lower Mainland,as well as special events in schools. BCCF web site at www.chess.bc.ca

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marked his 85th consecutive gamewithout a defeat.

Bobby Fischer withdrew fromtournament chess after beatingSpassky in the summer of 1972. ButTal kept playing. His obsession withchess was legendary. He playedchess whenever he could: majorinternational tournaments, Sovietteam tournaments, exhibition games,simuls, and blitz games against allcomers. Even when he was beingtreated for chronic liver problems, hewould usually escape from thehospital to the nearest chess club assoon as the doctors werenÕt looking!After Viljandi, Tal went to play in asmall tournament in Sukhumi. Asidefrom the usual contingent ofestablished Soviet GMs like Kholmovand Taimanov, this tournamentfeatured some notable youngerplayers like the rising Soviet starsBeliavsky and Savon, the WestGerman Robert H�bner, and a youngCanadian master named DuncanSuttles. After a modest start of 3.5/6,Tal had White against Suttles in theseventh round. Especially dangerousas Black, SuttlesÕ unorthodox

openings and daring play wouldhelp him to become CanadaÕssecond grandmaster in the followingyear.

Notes by

Jim Ferguson

Tal, MikhailSuttles, Duncan

Sukhumi, 1972Modern B07

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.»f3 ºg7 4.ºc4c6

Suttles was one of the worldÕsleading exponents of the ModernDefence in the sixties and earlyseventies, adding valuable new ideasto the theory of the opening. Manyplayers of the day questioned thevalidity of SuttlesÕ ideas, but it didnot stop him from terrorizing theNorth American chess scene. Today,the Modern is a frequent guest ininternational events since it allowsflexible, fighting chess from the earlystages of play.

5.ºb3 »f6 6.»bd2 0-0 7.0-0ºg4

Black has numerous options here:7Öd5, 7Öc5, 7Öb5, 7Ö»a6, etc.However, as noted in the second ofKhalifmanÕs two volume collection ofTalÕs games, trying for Öe5immediately doesnÕt work out wellafter 7Ö»bd7 8.¼e1 e5 9.»c4 whenWhite has a considerable edge.

8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 »d5 10.h3ºxf3?!

After this exchange, BlackÕs positionis passive. A better try is 10Öºf511.¼e1 ½c7 12.»f1 »d7 13.½e2 a5with chances for both sides, asplayed in BrunnerÐGallagher, Biel1994.

Mikhail Tal

by Jim Ferguson

In the summer of 1972, Mikhail Talwas playing in a small tournament inViljandi, Estonia. The ÒMagician fromRigaÓ was always a big favorite inEstonia. His imaginative games andhis boundless enthusiasm pleasedthe chess crazy Estonians nearly asmuch as the creations of their owngenius, Paul Keres. Despite the tensebattle for first place that haddeveloped between Mikhail Tal andMark Dvoretsky, the chess fans inEstonia were preoccupied byanother battle. When Tal skipped abeat and lost in the tenth roundagainst the relatively unknownmaster Uusi, local chess enthusiastsprobably hardly even noticed thatDvoretsky had virtually locked upfirst prize. Like the rest of the world,Estonians were following everymove of the Fischer-Spassky match,which had become as much a clashof ideologies as a battle for theWorld Chess Championship. It hadbeen twelve years since Tal haddefeated the mighty Botvinnik tobecome the youngest WorldChampion in history. By this time hewas plagued by health problems, hisresults were more erratic than ever,and he had not even been selectedto play on the most recent SovietOlympic Team. Not even his mostloyal fan could have guessed thatwith his last three wins in Viljandi,Tal would begin what is arguably thegreatest streak in chess history. Eightmonths later, Tal returned to Estoniato win a strong event in Tallinn.When he drew with Bronstein in thelast round to clinch first place, 1.5points ahead of Polugaevsky, it

To Prove:Mikhail Tal's

86 GameUnbeaten Streak


11.»xf3 e6 12.½e2 ½c7 13.¼e1»d7 14.c4 »e7 15.ºg5 ¼fe816.¼ad1 a5

White has come out of the openingwith a powerful ¹/e5, a spaceadvantage, and better pieceplacement. BlackÕs position remainssolid, and with his last move theCanadian Master initiates somequeenside counterplay.

17.ºa4 »c5 18.ºc2 ¼ad8 19.a3¼xd1

The textbook cure for a crampedposition Ð wholesale exchanges.

20.¼xd1 »d7

Perhaps 20Ö¼d8 aiming to exchangethe other pair of rooks is a better try,since 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 »a6 doesnot appear to offer White very much.

21.ºf4 »b6 22.ºd2 ¼a8 23.ºc3c5 24.ºe4 »a4 25.ºe1 »c6

Grabbing a pawn with 25Öºxe5 isrisky, since after 26.½c2 »xb2(26Ö»b6 27.»xe5 ½xe5 28.ºxb7¼b8 29.ºxa5! wins) 27.¼b1 ºg728.¼xb2 ºxb2 29.½xb2 Black is leftwith weak dark squares around hisking. For instance, 29Ö»c6 30.ºxc6½xc6 31.½f6 and Black has bigproblems that are not resolved by31Öe5. Best appears to be 25Ö»b6challenging White to find a way tocrack BlackÕs solid position.

26.ºxc6 ½xc6

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27.ºxa5!! ¼xa5 28.¼d8+ ºf829.½d2 ½c7

The best defence. Other tries losemore quickly: 29Ö»b6 30.½h6(30.½xa5 is slower) 30Ö»d7 31.»g5and Black is mated; or 29Ö½b630.¼c8 (also winning for White are30.¼e8 ¾g7 31.½g5; and 30.½d7½xb2 31.½e7 ½c1+ 32.¾h2 ½h633.»g5 ½g7 34.»e4!) 30Ö¾g731.½d7 ½xb2 32.½d8 and Whitewins according to Khalifman.

30.¼e8 ¾g7 31.½g5 ¼a7

29.dxe6 fxe6 30.ºc4 d5 31.exd5b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.ºb3 exd534.ºxd5+ ¾h8 35.ºc5 ½c736.¼xe8+ ¼xe8 37.ºf7 ¼d838.½a7 ½c6

Black has to keep the queens on inorder to generate counterplayagainst WhiteÕs king. Otherwise,Savon will have little troubleconverting his extra pawn.

39.½e7 ¼a8

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40.¼f1?!

The rook is poorly placed here. Morelogical is 40.¾g2 to preserve goodwinning chances. But even better is40.¼d1! ½xf3 (40Ö½c8 is safer, butafter 41.¼d6 it is hard to find a gooddefense for Black) 41.¼d8+ »g842.¼xa8 ½xa8 43.½e8 (Khalifman)and after the queen trade Whitepicks up the ¹/b5 and should win.

40Öºf8 41.½e3 ºxc5

Tal wisely aims for a dynamicposition where his material deficit isless important than the fact that eachside has a passed pawn.

42.bxc5 ¼c8 43.¼c1 ¾g7 44.ºb3¼e8 45.½c3 ¼e2

BlackÕs position keeps improving. Inspite of his active rook and passedpawn, TalÕs nemesis still possessesbetter winning chances due to hisbetter minor piece and extra pawn.

46.ºd1 b4 47.½d4

Perhaps White should try 47.½xb4½xf3 48.ºxe2 ½e3+ 49.¾f1 ½xc1+50.¾g2 when it becomes easier toadvance the passed pawn, althoughWhiteÕs king is more susceptible toharrassment by the enemy lady.

47Ö¼e1+ 48.¾f2 ½e6 49.½d2¼h1 50.¾g2 ¼e1 51.¾f2 ¼h152.¾g2 ¼e1 53.c6 »d5 54.¾f2

Khalifman gives 54.½d4+ ¾f755.½a7+ ¾f6 56.¾f2 as winning forWhite. However, analysis of thisposition by Ottawa Masters

On 31Öh6 White has 32.½f6+ ¾g833.»h4 (Khalifman) and the sac ong6 wins. If 31Ö¼a6 with the idea ofguarding against »g5 and »xe6, then32.½f6+ ¾g8 33.»g5 and »h7decides the game.

32.½f6+ ¾g8 33.»g5 ½d7

Black gives up his queen to surviveuntil time control, but the outcome isno longer in doubt.

34.¼d8 b6 35.¼xd7 ¼xd7 36.b3ºg7 37.½f3 h6 38.½a8+ ºf839.»e4 ¼d1+ 40.¾h2 »b2 Ø.

In the very next round, Tal had Blackagainst the reigning SovietChampion, Savon. In their eightprevious encounters, Vladimir hadwon the only two decisive games.The tradition was to continue, andTal was rather fortunate to bring hisunbeaten streak to eleven gamesÖ

Notes by

Jim Ferguson

Savon, VladimirTal, Mikhail

Sukhumi, 1972Sicilian: Maroczy B36

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 d6 5.c4 »f6 6.»c3 g67.f3 »xd4 8.½xd4 ºg7 9.ºe3 0-0 10.½d2 ½a5 11.a3

More common is 11.¼c1 but theSoviet ChampionÕs move gains spaceon the queenside and is also good.

11Öºe6 12.b4 ½d8 13.¼c1 ¼c814.»b5 a6 15.»d4 ºd7 16.ºe2½c7 17.0-0 ¼fd8 18.¼fe1

White has a typical Maroczy Bindspace advantage, and Black is notpoised to play the standard remediesÖf5 or Öb5 anytime soon. Thesecond playerÕs game is still quitedefensible and even after Savonadvantageously repositions hispieces over the next few moves, hedoes not achieve anything tangible.

18Ö½b8 19.»b3 ºa4 20.½a2»d7 21.ºf1 ½c7 22.»d4 »f623.»e2 ºd7 24.»c3 ¼e8 25.a4ºe6 26.»d5 ºxd5 27.cxd5 ½b828.g3 e6?

Black is in no real danger until afterthe text move, which unnecessarilycreates targets for WhiteÕs pieces. Abetter course of action is toexchange both pairs of rooks inorder to reduce the pressure.


Djerkovic, Hum and Fergusondemontrates that Black is ok after56Ö»c3! and, for example 57.½d4+¾f7 58.ºb3 (58.c7? »xd1+ 59.¾g2½e2+ 60.¾h3 »f2+ and White mustgive up his queen to avert mate)58Ö¼e2+ 59.¾f1 ½xb3.

The alternative 54.c7 only draws, asBlack gets perpetual after 54Ö»e3+55.½xe3 ½xe3 56.c8½ ½d2+ 57.¾h3½h6+.

54Ö¼h1 55.½d4+ ¾h6 56.½h4+¾g7 57.½d4+ ¾h6 58.½d2+ g559.¾g2 ¼xd1 60.¼xd1 »e3+

A curious thing happened at aroundthis moment in the game. As Taldescribes in his book, SavonÕs flagfell about one minute early due to adefective clock. The arbiter was justabout to record a win on time forBlack when Tal, not wishing atainted victory, immediately made amove, thereby making the timecontrol! That was the final ÒwinningtryÓ left in the position. The gameconcluded peacefully afterÖ

61.¾g1 »xd1 62.h4 ¾g663.½xd1 ½xc6 64.½b1+ ¾h665.½xb4 ½xf3 66.½d6+ ¾h567.½e5 h6 68.hxg5 hxg5 69.¾h2Ú.

After this close call, Tal picked upthe pace by winning five of his nextseven games to finish at 11/15, halfof a point clear of Savon. Merely twoweeks later, Tal found himself backin action at the 20th Chess Olympiadin Skopje, where Misha cleaned upon board four for the powerfulSoviet team. He was instrumental inthe USSRÕs narrow victory overHungary, and his score of twelvewins and four draws would win thegold medal for his board. It alsobrought his unbeaten streak to 34games. In many of his games, TalÕsopposition was simply outclassed.Here is one example from the finalsagainst a promising young Dutchplayer named Jan Timman:

Notes by

Jim Ferguson

Tal, MikhailTimman, Jan

Skopje ol, 1972Pirc B07

1.»f3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 »f64.»bd2 ºg7 5.ºc4 0-0 6.½e2 c67.ºb3 ºg4 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5

»d5 10.0-0 »d7 11.h3 ºf512.¼e1 ½c7 13.»f1 ¼ad8 14.»g3ºe6 15.½e4 ¼fe8 16.½h4 f617.ºh6 »xe5

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Quiz #1:Can you spot TalÕs winning

combination?

After the Olympiad, Tal joined othertop Soviet players in Baku for the40th USSR Championship. Many ofthe elite were missing, but thetwenty-two player field includedmany notable GMs. Players likeBronstein, Tukmakov, Balashov, anddefending champion Savon werehungry for the title of SovietChampion. Tal caught on fire afterdraws in his first six games andcaptured first, two points clear ofTukmakov. En route to a tournamentvictory which marked 55 gameswithout a loss, Misha did away withan old nemesis by a pretty tacticalshot:

Notes by

Jim Ferguson

Tal, MikhailSavon, Vladimir

SU ch, 1972QGD: Exchange D35

1.c4 e6 2.»c3 d5 3.d4 »f6 4.cxd5exd5 5.ºg5 ºe7 6.e3 0-0 7.ºd3»bd7 8.»f3 ¼e8 9.0-0 »f810.½c2 ºe6 11.»e5 »6d712.ºf4 »xe5 13.ºxe5 c6 14.»a4f6 15.ºg3 ºf7 16.b4 ºd617.¼ab1 ºxg3 18.hxg3 a619.»c5 ¼e7 20.a4 ¼c7 21.¼fc1½e7 22.¼b3 g6 23.¼c3 ¼ac8

Tal has played carefully against whatmust have been a psychologicallydifficult opponent for him, to reachthis rather harmless looking position.

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Quiz #2:How can Tal put an end to his

personal winless streak againstSavon?

TalÕs first tournament of 1973 wasthe traditional event in Wijk aan Zee.A mixed field of experienced GMs,like Najdorf and Szabo, and risingtalents, such as Ljubojevic andAndersson, made the tournamentparticularly tight. In the end, TalÕs10.5/15 edged out Balashov by half apoint, followed by their compatriotVasiukov in third with 9/15. A merethree points separated the top elevenfinishers! TalÕs games with the otherSoviets were short draws, and hisstreak was never in jeopardythroughout the event. Few playerscan match Misha in wide openpositions, such as in the followinghumorous encounter.

Notes by

Jim Ferguson

Tal, MikhailDonner, Jan

Wijk aan Zee, 1973English A31

1.c4 c5 2.»f3 »f6 3.»c3 »c64.d4 cxd4 5.»xd4 d5!?

Donner has played this move severaltimes without much success. Tryingto copy WhiteÕs moves in an openposition, especially against Tal, islike playing with a loaded gun.

6.½a4

A cautious way of gaining a smallpositional edge is 6.cxd5 »xd57.»xc6 bxc6 8.ºd2 as played byPortisch against Donner a few yearsearlier. That game continued8Ö»xc3?! (better is the solid 8Öe6)9.ºxc3 ½xd1+ 10.¼xd1 f6 11.g3 andBlack has no tangible compensationfor his weak ¹/c6.


6Ö½b6

Also possible is TimmanÕs suggestionof 6Öe6 7.cxd5 »xd5 8.»xc6 bxc69.½xc6+ ºd7 and Black hasconsiderable activity for his pawn.

7.»db5 e6 8.ºf4 e5 9.cxd5 exf410.½xf4 »b4 11.»c7+ ¾d812.»xa8 ½a5 13.0-0-0?!

After the game, Tal found a betterway for White to play in 13.¼d1!»xa2 14.¼a1! ºb4 15.¼xa2 ºxc3+16.bxc3 ½xa2 17.»c7. DespiteWhiteÕs neglected kingside troops,his advanced ¹/d5 and active queenand knight have his opponent tiedup in knots.

13Ö½c5 14.e4 »xa2+ 15.¾c2»xc3 16.bxc3 ºd6 17.e5

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One has the feeling that BlackÕsposition is about to crumble. In fact,there are a number of surprisingresources in this position.

17Ö»xd5 18.½c4

The natural 18.¼xd5 ½xd5 19.exd6becomes very murky after 19Ö½a2+20.¾d3 (the king does not want tobe stuck on the back rank here assome combination of Ö¼e8 andÖºe6 or Öºd7 is going to be toostrong for WhiteÕs undevelopedpieces) 20Öºf5+! 21.¾d4 (21.½xf5??½b1+; or 21.¾e3 ¼e8+ and Blackhas full compensation) 21Ö½a4+22.ºc4 b5 and in this unbalancedposition, Khalifman gives thecourageous 23.¾e5 (23.½xf5 doesnÕtwork out well after 23Ö½xc4+24.¾e3 ¼e8+ 25.¾f3 ¼e6 and adeath in the royal family isimminent) 23Ö¼e8+ 24.¾xf5 ½c2+25.¾g4 ¼e4 26.ºd5 ¼xf4+ 27.¾xf4and Black has drawing chances dueto WhiteÕs exposed monarch andpoorly coordinated pieces.

18Öºf5+ 19.¾d2 ½xf2+ 20.ºe2½e3+?

An amazing resource here is 20Öºc5!threatening Öºe3 mate, thus forcing

21.¾c1 (since 21.½xd5+ ¾c8 22.¼df1loses for White after 22Ö½e3+23.¾d1 ¼d8 24.½xd8+ ¾xd8 25.¼xf5½xc3 26.¼hf1 ºe3; and no better is21.¼df1 ½e3+ 22.¾e1 »xc3) andnow Khalifman suggests a draw hereafter 21Öºa3+ 22.¾d2 ºc5 but Blackmay still have an advantage after22Öºe6.

21.¾e1 ºxe5

21Öºc5 no longer works because of22.¼xd5+.

22.¼xd5+ ¾e7 23.»c7 ºxc3+24.¾d1 ºe4 25.ºf3 Ø.

Some people said that Bobby Fischerdid not play any more serious chessafter becoming World Championbecause he was afraid to lose.Perhaps Fischer was really just afraidof playing against Mikhail Tal! Afterall, Tal did have a winning recordagainst Fischer.

And after his victory in Wijk aan Zee,Tal was undefeated in an amazingseventy consecutive tournamentgames. The sceptic might say thatTalÕs streak was tainted by a lack ofgames against the worldÕs elite, eventhough his tournament victorieswere ahead of professionalGrandmasters.

True, Sukhumi and Wijk aan Zee didnot feature any truly eliteGrandmasters at their peak. Yes, Talhad been relegated to fourth boardon the Soviet team, shielded by histeammates from the upper echelonof non-Soviet GMs. And of course,the best Soviet players, such asPetrosian, Korchnoi, Spassky,Polugaevsky, and Keres werenoticeably absent from the SovietChampionship. But the doubts of Talsceptics everywhere were put to restafter the next stop on MishaÕstournament circuit.

The sixteen player field of the 1973Tallinn tournament boasted formerWorld Champions Tal and Spassky,as well as super GMs Keres,Bronstein, and Polugaevsky. Ablistering score of 12/15 brought firstplace for Tal, one and a half pointsahead of Polugaevsky. GrandmastersBronstein, Keres, Spassky, andBalashov were tied for third with 9/15. TalÕs victory over Spassky is oneof the greatest masterpieces in theLatvian artistÕs portfolio, and a gamethat every chess fan should studyintensively.

Notes by

Jim Ferguson

Spassky, BorisTal, Mikhail

Tallinn, 1973Nimzo-Indian E30

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Quiz #3:How did Tal cash in on his raking

bishops?

Not even the local hero was sparedthe brunt of TalÕs attacking prowess:

Notes by

Jim Ferguson

Tal, MikhailKeres, Paul

Tallinn, 1973Ruy Lopez C75

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 a64.ºa4 d6 5.0-0 ºd7

Keres was a lifelong proponent ofthe Black side of the Ruy Lopez.Never sticking to one particularvariation, he contributed a great dealto the theory of the entire opening.The Steinitz Defence Deferred is verysolid, and a good choice againstplayers who like to attack.

6.c3 »ge7 7.d4 »g6 8.¼e1

The most principled path is 8.d5 »b89.c4 ºe7 10.»c3 0-0 11.ºxd7 »xd7


and White has greater board roomand the better bishop. A recentexample is Van der WielÐShort,Amsterdam 1991, which continued12.½c2 »h4 13.»xh4 ºxh4 14.b4ºg5 15.¼b1 ºxc1 16.¼fxc1².

8Öºe7 9.»bd2 h6 10.»f1 ºg511.ºe3 ºxe3 12.»xe3 0-013.ºc2 ¼e8 14.½d2 ¼c8 15.g3½f6

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16.»d5

More solid is 16.½e2 but after16Öºh3 White cannot claim muchadvantage. The text is a typical Talsacrifice which immediatelyintensifies the struggle.

16Ö½xf3 17.ºd1 »h4 18.gxh4½h3 19.»f6+! ¾h8

Analysis by Keres after the gameshowed that Black survives theattack after 19Ögxf6 20.½xh6 exd421.¾h1 »e5! 22.¼g1+ ºg4 23.¼g3½f1+ when White has nothing betterthan a repetition.

20.»xe8 ¼xe8 21.h5 ºg4 22.½e3½xh5 23.¾h1 ºxd1 24.¼axd1½h4 25.½f3 ¾g8 26.¼e3 ¼f827.½g3 ½e7?!

Black overlooks the strength ofWhiteÕs next move. Necessary is27Ö½f6.

28.f4 exf4 29.½xf4

With only a pawn for the Exchange,Keres could not have been happyabout TalÕs strong center and semi-open files on the kingside.

29Ö¼e8 30.¼g1 ¾h7 31.¼g4 »d832.e5 d5?! 33.¼h3 ½f8 34.¼f3¾h8 35.½f5 ½e7 36.b4 ¼f837.½h5 »e6 38.¼f6! ¾h739.½f5+ ¾h8

Hopeless is 39Ög6 40.¼gxg6 fxg641.½xg6+ ¾h8 42.½xh6+ ¾g843.¼xe6.

40.½h5 ¾h7 41.¼h4 ¾g842.½g4 »g5 43.¼hxh6! »e4

A better defence is offered by43Ögxh6 44.¼xh6 f6 (44Öf5 45.¼g6+¾f7 46.½h5; or 44Ö¼e8 45.¼f6 wins)45.¼xf6 ½g7 46.¼xf8+ ¾xf8 47.½c8+¾f7 48.½xb7 and White gets a fourthpawn for his knight and should win.

44.½h5 gxh6 45.¼xh6 Ø.

Two more tasty Latvian morsels fromthe portfolio:

Notes by

Jim Ferguson

Westerinen, HeikkiTal, Mikhail

Tallinn, 1973Sicilian B40

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 e6 3.b3 »f6 4.e5»d5 5.ºb2 ºe7 6.c4 »c7 7.»c3f6 8.»e4 fxe5 9.»xe5 0-0 10.d4cxd4 11.½xd4 ºb4+ 12.¾d1 d613.»d3 e5 14.½e3 ºa5 15.½g5½d7 16.¾c2 ½c6 17.f3 ºf518.»g3 ºg6 19.¼c1 »ba620.ºa3 »b5 21.¾b2 »xa322.½e3 »b4 23.¾xa3

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Quiz #4:How did Tal put the White

monarch out of his misery?

Notes by

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Tal, MikhailPribyl

Tallinn, 1972Grunfeld: Fianchetto A38

1.»f3 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 d54.cxd5 »xd5 5.g3 ºg7 6.ºg2 0-07.0-0 c5 8.»xd5 ½xd5 9.d3 »c610.ºe3 ºxb2 11.¼b1 ºf612.½a4 ½d7 13.ºxc5 »d414.½d1 »xf3+ 15.ºxf3 ¼b816.ºxa7 ¼a8 17.ºe3 ¼xa218.½b3 ¼a5 19.¼fc1 h5 20.ºh6¼e8 21.ºd2 ¼a8 22.ºe4 ½a4

23.½d5 ½a2 24.ºf4 ½xd525.ºxd5 e5 26.ºd2 ¼e7 27.¼b6¾g7 28.h4 ¼d7 29.ºe4 ºe730.¼c4 ºd6 31.ºc3 f6 32.ºb2¼b8 33.d4 exd4 34.¼xd4 ºe735.¼d5 ¼xd5 36.ºxd5 ºd837.¼b3 b5 38.¼e3 ºb7 39.ºb3ºc6 40.¼e6 ºd7 41.¼d6 ¼b742.e4 ºe7 43.¼a6 ºe8 44.e5 f545.¼a8 ºc6 46.¼c8 ºf3 47.¼c3ºe2 48.ºd5 ¼d7

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Quiz #5:What is the shortest path to the

promised land?

After Tallinn, the chess world wasonce again mentioning Tal as apossible World Championshipchallenger. Immediately followingthe event, Tal brought his streak to86 games before losing twice toBalashov in a Soviet teamtournament in Moscow. This was asign of things to come, as erraticplay, possibly brought on by hischronic health problems, landed Talin a tie for eighth place in theLeningrad Interzonal, which was notgood enough to make theCandidates Matches.

Was TalÕs streak the greatest of alltime? Certainly Capablanca shouldbe mentioned, as he went severalyears without losing a single game.However, the Cuban WorldChampion played infrequently andagainst weaker opposition. Also, hislongest undefeated streak wasnowhere near 86 games.

Karpov and Kasparov have bothmanaged lengthy undefeated streaks(their string of draws in their firstmatch is remarkable on its own) butI donÕt believe either of them haveeclipsed 86 games. In recent timesKramnik has lost infrequently, andhe may break the 100 game markone day.

One thing is certain Ð this streak iscertainly not the longest in the


history of top level chess. In late1973, after his setback in Leningrad,Tal started another streak whichlasted 95 tournament games! True,Tal played weaker opposition andwas not as sharp during this secondstreak, but it definitely lasted longer.

Of course, Bobby FischerÕsconsecutive victory streak of 20games (or 21, depending on howyou count) has to be considered. It ishard to put an undefeated streakalongside a consecutive victorystreak, but a few observations can bemade. FischerÕs opposition wasstronger on average, and his scorewas 100%. However, there werepsychological factors that causedFischerÕs opponents to disdain cleardraws in some of the games (i.e.when you are far behind in a match,you have to win at all costs). A fairconclusion might be to say that thestreaks belong in their own separatecategories.

How did Tal manage this amazingrun of games, and what could onelearn from it? Tal played theopenings very soundly, often leavingwell-trodden paths and postponingthe fight until the middlegame. Andnaturally, no outright blunders werecommitted by Tal during thesegames. When he did make a mistakeor found himself in a bad position,he fought energetically and did notlose his objectivity in the way ayounger Tal might have done.

Also, Tal must have been in a verygood frame of mind during thestreak. Maybe it was due to the factthat he played frequently, andalways in chess crazy countries likethe USSR, the Netherlands, orYugoslavia. Or perhaps it was due tohis desire to show the world that hewas not quite dead yet! It is veryimportant to play with something toprove.

This is perhaps why Fischerwithdrew from chess; because hedidnÕt feel he had anything left toprove. And it is possible that TalÕsdeath in 1992 brought Fischer out ofretirement to prove that he was notdead yet!

Here is the last game in TalÕs streak,against another brilliant chess artistwho is far from dead, DavidBronstein:

Notes by

Jim Ferguson

Tal, MikhailBronstein, David

Match Tournament, 1973Pirc B07

1.e4 d6 2.d4 »f6 3.»c3 g6 4.ºg5c6 5.»f3 ºg7 6.½d2 ºg4

Better is 6Ö0-0 even though it playsinto WhiteÕs setup. A recent exampleis AdamsÐShirov, Dos Hermanas1995, which continued 7.ºh6 b58.ºd3 ºg4 9.ºxg7 ¾xg7 10.e5 dxe511.dxe5 »fd7 12.½e3 and White hasgood attacking chances.

7.0-0-0 h6 8.ºe3 b5

Since Black is unable to castle for themoment, 8Öd5 seems logical to takeback some of the center. Forinstance, after 9.ºd3 (9.e5 »e4 looksok for Black) 9Ödxe4 10.»xe4 »bd7Black has a playable position.

9.ºd3 a6 10.¼de1 »fd7 11.e5!?

A typical Tal sacrifice. White keeps aclear edge after safer moves like11.¾b1 or 11.h3 but Tal wants more.

11Öd5?

With 11Öºxf3 12.e6 ºd5 (on12Öºxg2 13.¼hg1 ºf3 14.exf7+ ¾xf715.ºxg6+ ¾f8 16.¼g3 followed by¼eg1 White has compensation forthe piece) 13.»xd5 cxd5 14.exd7+»xd7 we reach a difficult position toassess.

12.»h4

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Other moves do not stop WhiteÕsimpending sacrifice on g6. Forinstance, 12Öe6 13.»xg6 fxg614.ºxg6+ ¾f8 (14Ö¾e7 also looksbad after 15.h3 ºf5 16.ºxf5 exf517.ºg5+ hxg5 18.½xg5+ ¾e819.½xg7) 15.h3 ºf5 16.ºxf5 exf517.½d3 and White picks up a thirdpawn for the piece and keeps the

initiative; or 12Öºe6 13.»xg6 fxg614.ºxg6+ ¾f8 15.f4 followed by16.f5 with a big attack.

13.»xg6 fxg6 14.ºxg6+ ¾f815.»xd5 »c6 16.f3 ºe6 17.»f4ºg8 18.½d3 e6 19.½e4 »e7

If 19Ö¼c8 then 20.d5 is very strong:20Ö»cxe5 (20Öexd5 21.½f5+ ¾e722.ºf2 and the threat of ºh4 wins;or 20Ö»e7 21.»xe6+ ºxe6 22.dxe6»xe5 23.ºxc5! and 24.½f4 decidesthe game) 21.dxe6 »b6 22.»h5 ºf623.½f5 »d5 24.e7+ and BlackÕsposition crumbles.

20.¼d1 ½b8 21.»h5 »d522.dxc5 ½xe5

White simply has too many threats;and while BronsteinÕs last move is ablunder, his position is beyondsalvation. Black can try 22Öºxe523.c6 and now

A) 23Ö»7f6 24.ºc5+ »e7 (24Öºd625.»xf6 »xf6 26.½e5) 25.½h4; or

B) 23Ö»7b6 24.ºc5+ »e7 (24Öºd625.½e5) 25.ºxe7+ ¾xe7 26.½b4+ºd6 27.½h4+ mates; or

C) 23Ö»5f6 24.½b4+.

Alternatively, there is 22Ö»xe523.ºd4 (Khalifman gives 23.¼xd5exd5 24.½f5+ but this is lessaccurate) 23Ö»f6 24.ºxe5 »xe425.ºxb8 ¼xb8 26.fxe4 with an easywin; or 22Ö»xe3 23.¼xd7.

23.ºd4 ½g5+

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24.f4

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Enough is enough!

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The Quiz Solutions are on thefollowing page!


Quiz #1:

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White wins by 18.¼xe5! fxe519.»g5 and now Timman tried19Öºf6 but after 20.»xe6 heresigned Ø because of 20Öºxh421.»xc7 and White gets the ¼/e8also. Other tries for Black are

A) 19Öºf5 20.ºxg7 ¾xg7 21.»xf5+gxf5 22.½xh7+ and mate next move;

B) 19Ö½c8 20.ºxg7 ¾xg7 21.½xh7+¾f8 22.½h8+ ºg8 23.½h6#; and

C) 19Öºc8 20.ºxg7 ¾xg7 21.½xh7+¾f6 22.»3e4+ ¾f5 23.g4+ ¾f424.½h4 winning.

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After 24.»xb7! ¼xb7 25.ºxa6BlackÕs queenside disintegrates. Thegame continued 25Ö¼a8 25.ºxb7½xb7 26.½b3 ¼a6 27.b5! cxb528.¼c7! ½b6 29.axb5 and Blackdid not last must longer Ö Ø.

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Tal found the beautiful 29Öºxf2+!!and now 30.¾xf2 is forced sinceafter 30.¾f1 ½f5 the discoveredcheck wins. The game continued30Ö½f6+ 31.¾e1 ½e5+ andBlackÕs attack is very strong. After thegame, Tal found a clearer win with30Ö½f5+ 31.¾g1 ½e4! and the threatof 32Ö½h1+ and 33Ö¼f7+ cannot bemet.

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23Öºxd3 24.ºxd3 ½a6! andWhite resigned Ù because thethreat of 25Öºb6 cannot be met, e.g.25.¾b2 ºb6 26.½e2 ½xa2+ 27.¾c3ºd4+ 28.¾xb4 a5+ 29.¾b5 ½xb3#.

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49.e6!! ¼xd5 50.¼c8+ (muchstronger than going after the rookwith 50.¼c5+ ¾f8 51.¼xd5 ºc4! andBlack is still fighting) 50Öºf651.¼c7+ ¾g8 52.ºxf6 and Blackresigned Ø.


He had remarkable success in manyworlds. Abe Yanofsky was ours to beproud of.

ÒLet us now praise famous men...All these were honored in their

generations, and were the glory oftheir times.Ó

Ecclesiasticus

Abe Yanofsky, who died on March 5,moved and lived with remarkablesuccess in several worlds. He was achild prodigy in the realm of chess:he was the British, North Americanand Canadian Champion Ð the lattereight times Ð and, in 1964, the firstGrandmaster in Canada and, indeed,the Commonwealth. He was amember of the Order of Canada, alongtime practising lawyer, aQueenÕs Counsel, a prime mover inestablishing Seven Oaks Hospital, amayor of West Kildonan, and alongtime Winnipeg city councillor.

At his funeral, one of the speakersreported that for all the honors,distinctions and achievements thathad come AbeÕs way, he consideredhis success over the then WorldChampion in 1946, when Abe wasbarely in his 20s, to be his highestmoment. Indeed, his success and hisstature in the rarefied world ofinternational chess wereextraordinary, and his feats the stuffof legend. Yet he wore his honorslightly Ð indeed, with extrememodesty.

To the larger world outsideWinnipeg and Canada, he was achess Grandmaster and in that worldhe put Winnipeg on the map. Yet hisinternational renown, in soquintessentially cerebral an activityas chess, was coupled with whatmany would regard as thequintessentially parochial andhumdrum life of a municipalpolitician. As a local politician, hemay not have been quite theequivalent of a Grandmaster, but hewas an arresting figure nonetheless.

He possessed the intelligence,knowledge and canniness to havebeen a political figure of

considerable power, but though hewas influential and highly respected,his ego seemed not to require thathe be seen as powerful or, indeed,that he be much in the limelight atall. My experience, in fact, was thathis natural instinct was to encouragethe achievements of others.

Shortly after I was elected to council,I found myself on a committeereviewing the bylaws governing theoperation of group homes, chieflyfor those with mental disabilities.This was an issue with which I wasutterly unacquainted prior to myelection, but through publicrepresentation to the committee, Ibecame persuaded that much in theexisting or proposed amendments tothe bylaws was discriminatory,unjust and based on ignorance of theactual circumstances of those wholived in these homes. Even as Ipublicly expressed my reservations,as a freshly minted councillor, I wascautioned against expecting muchchange in the face of what seemedvery conservative and highlyentrenched views.

Enter Abe Yanofsky, perhapscouncilÕs most thoughtfulconservative. He offered advice Ðpolicy, legal and strategic; and heoffered his support, which provedunwavering. At no time did he takecharge: rather he encouraged theyounger newcomer to carry the ball

and take whatever credit mightaccrue. Thus, did he help effect animportant change in policy andpractice, even as he mentored andassisted a new and junior colleague.

In other ways, his influence wasmore subtle. Though he had, beforethe coming of Unicity, been mayor ofone of the suburban municipalities,he came to the new Unicity council acommitted advocate of Winnipeg asone city. Pearl McGonigal, who wasto serve as deputy mayor in the early1980s, observed that Abe Yanofsky,by example, taught many of hiscolleagues to move beyondparochialism.

Though temperamentally,instinctively and fiscally aconservative, he enjoyeduncommonly good relations acrossthe whole political spectrum. Amongthe vast assemblage who attendedhis funeral were a large group of citycouncillors Ð nearly enough for aquorum, indeed Ð who served withAbe in the 1970s and 1980s.Predictably, they reflected a widearray of political persuasions,testimony to the courtesy and even-handedness that was the hallmark ofhis dealings with all his colleagues.And yet, he never struck one as fullyÒone of the boysÓ; though he clearlyunderstood the political realitiesassociated with governance andlegislative bodies, he was not a manfor the easy joviality that often goeswith elastic principles andpromiscuous deal-making.

He struck one as infinitely moreinterested in principle thanpersonalities, and in policy morethan politics. The closest I everheard him come to criticizing acolleague came when, in privateconversation, Abe Ð ever the fiscalconservative Ð characterized anotheras a ÒspenderÓ by which, he meant,someone more concerned withproviding a service than with its cost.He was fair, he was courteous, hewas immensely knowledgeable Ðparticularly about civic finance Ð andendlessly willing to share hisknowledge and understanding, evenwith the most obtuse of colleagues.

Daniel Abraham Yanofsky (1925-2000)

Daniel Abraham Yanofsky(1925-2000)


To politics, as to chess, he brought aformidable intelligence, patience andunflappability. No one to whom Ihave spoken this week can recallhim losing his temper or speaking inanger; no one can recall himcomplaining about decisions onwhich he was on the losing end or inany way commenting on thepersonal disappointments that are aninevitable part of political life. He

seemed to view successes andsetbacks with equal serenity. Hepossessed grace. He was a man ofintegrity and, ever the gentleman,was a civil and a civilizing influencein a field of endeavor where suchtraits are not always found inabundance. And he was ours to beproud of.

William Neville

This is quite a shock to me! Iexpected it one day, but many yearsaway...

Abe was an example to us all. Softspoken, careful in his choice ofwords, never an unkind word aboutanyone, always sincere and helpful.

Though a great name in chess, I wasalways more impressed with how hecarried himself. Always with dignity,class and respect. Whether he wonor lost, you could never tell by howhe spoke in the postmortem.

Canada has lost someoneirreplaceable. His achievements,both in chess and outside of it, arenothing short of remarkable. I amproud merely to have met him.

My condolences to his family.

Kevin Spraggett

Abe Yanofsky died this morning aftera prolonged battle with cancer andcongestive heart failure. He wouldhave been 75 in three weeks.

Abe was CanadaÕs first grandmasterand the most important Canadianchess personality of the 20th century.He was born in Brody, Poland in1925, settling in Canada with hisfamily when he was just eightmonths old. He learned chess at theage of eight, after he and his fathersaw a chess board and pieces on salefor one dollar in the PeopleÕs BookStore window on Main Street inWinnipeg.

ÒLittle Aby,Ó as the local newspaperscalled him, was a child prodigy. Atthe age of eleven he was invited tothe CNE in Toronto where he tookon 22 players in a simultaneousexhibition. He won seventeen andlost five. At twelve, Abe becameManitoba Champion and placedfourth in the DominionChampionship. He eventually woneight Canadian Championships.

At fourteen, Abe was picked to playsecond board for the Canadian teamat the Chess Olympiad in BuenosAires. He was the youngest player inthe event and he achieved an 85 percent score, earning attention from allthe great players around the world.In Graham BurgessÕ recent book,Chess Highlights of the 20th Century,YanofskyÕs spectacular win overDulanto in the 1939 Olympiad ispresented as a central highlight ofthe year.

Abe went on to many tournamentsuccesses over the years, including amemorable win over the then WorldChampion Mikhail Botvinnik atGroningen in 1946. During hisstudies in Oxford, he found time towin the British championship. In1964, he became the first

Professor William Neville is aWinnipeg writer whose columnappears in the Winnipeg Free Presson Fridays. It is reprinted here withpersonal permission from Dr.Neville, as it appeared on Friday,March 10, 2000.

Grandmaster in the BritishCommonwealth.

Outside of chess, Abe was active inhis legal career and as a municipalpolitician. A former mayor of theWinnipeg suburb of West Kildonan,he went on to serve as a councillorin Winnipeg, and for many years waschairman of the cityÕs financecommittee.

In recent years, Abe suffered fromboth cancer and heart disease. Heentered hospital December 8 aftersuffering a broken hip, but his otherhealth problems prolonged his stay.Despite a determined effort to returnhome, he lost his fight this morning.He was predeceased by his brotherHarry, his legal partner and a notablechess player as well.

A month ago, after learning that theWinnipeg Chess Centre was infinancial trouble, Abe wrote a letteroffering support, and included afinancial contribution to the cause.He said that because of hishospitalization, ÒI cannot offer youmuch in the way of help, however, Iwould at a later date be willing tocontact some of the people I knowat city hall if you feel that it wouldbe helpful.Ó

In his professional career, Abe was aQueenÕs Counsel. And because of hiscontributions to the world of chess,the Canadian government presentedhim with the Order of Canada.

Cecil Rosner

En Passant will include an article onthe life and accomplishments of AbeYanofsky in our June issue. We askthat anyone who would like to makea small contribution to this article,perhaps a game or story orphotograph, contact the editor KnutNeven, or the writers Cecil Rosnerand Irwin Lipnowski before the endof April.

Knut [email protected]

Cecil [email protected]

Irwin [email protected]

2000 Canadian Open

Date: July 8th to July 16th, 2000.Place: University of Alberta Conference Centre (“Lister Hall”), Edmonton, Alberta.Format: 10-round Swiss, one section; CFC and FIDE rated.Time Controls: 40/120, 20/60, SD/30.Entry Fees: $105 before 2000/05/31; $125 at the site.

Discounts:IMs and GMs free; Juniors (U20) 50% off; FIDE rated 25% off.Organizers: Grant Brown, Chair (780) 433-1505, [email protected]

David Ottosen, vice-Chair (780) 425-1584, [email protected]: John Quiring, Ford Wong, Peter Alderton, Adrien Regimbald, and Brad Willis.

Website: http://members.home.net/cdnopen2000. E-mail to: [email protected]: Send name, address, CFC number, phone, email, birth date (juniors only), and advance-

bye requests, along with a cheque payable to the Chess Federation of Canada, to: CFC,2212 Gladwin Crescent, Unit E1, Ottawa, Ontario. K1B 5N1. Phone (613) 733-2844; fax(613) 733-5209. [email protected]. (See the entry form on the next page.)

Note: Boards will be provided; please bring your sets and clocks.

Accommodations — Package Deals

All package deals below include your entry fee, 9 nights accommodation, a “2000 Canadian Open” T-shirt,closing ceremonies banquet, and a tournament book mailed to your home address. (No substitutions.)

Dorm rooms: Located next to the tournament site. Each room has 2 single beds, 2 desks, 2 wardrobes, and 2bureaus. There are common bathrooms and a common kitchen on each floor.Double occupancy ( per person): $370 before May 31; $390 after May 31.Single occupancy:$470 before May 31; $490 after May 31.

Hotel Suites: Located three blocks from the tournament site. They contain a bedroom with queen-sized bed, aliving-room area with queen-sized sofa-bed, kitchenette, and private bath. Laundry facilities are available.Double occupancy (per person):$620 before May 31; $640 after May 31.Single occupancy:$1020 before May 31; $1040 after May 31.Family rates: Pay the single-occupancy rate above and have your partner and (up to) two children stay withyou for no extra charge! (If others in your family wish to play as well, simply pay their entry fees.)

Discounts on package deals: Juniors $50; FIDE $25.Note: Parking and tennis courts next to the tournament site are available, as are passes for all University ofAlberta recreational facilities.

All prices quoted here are in Canadian funds, and are fully refundable up to May 31, 2000.

Prize Fund $20,000(based on 200 entries)

Open U 2400 U2200 U2000 U1800 U1600U1400 /

Unrated

First 3000 500 1000 1000 800 700 400

Second 2000 300 800 750 600 500 300

Third 1500 600 500 400 350 200

Fourth 1000 400 350 300 250

Fifth 750 250

Sixth 500

100% of entries go to the prize fund !!No player may win a prize more than one category below his or her all-time high CFC rating.

Schedule of EventsOn-site Registration (at Lister Hall) July 7, 18:00 – 22:00 Round 1: July 8, 16:00

July 8, 10:00 – 14:00 Round 2: July 9, 10:00CFC Annual General Meeting July 10, 9:00 Round 3: July 9, 17:30

(…continued) July 11, 9:00 Round 4: July 10, 18:00GM Peter Wells Simultaneous Exhibition July 11, 13:00 Round 5: July 11, 18:00GM Joel Benjamin Lecture July 12, 13:00 Round 6: July 12, 18:00Canadian Open Speed Chess Tourney July 13, 13:00 Round 7: July 13, 18:00Canadian “Bughouse” Championship July 14, 13:00 Round 8: July 14, 18:00

Round 9: July 15, 12:00Closing Ceremonies & Banquet July 16, 17:00 Round 10: July 16, 10:00

Interview / Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why did you want to organize a Canadian Open?GB: It certainly helps to have a group of experienced and comp-etent chess organizers here in Edmonton. So when substantialfinancial support was made available for such a tournament bythe Edmonton Chess Cluband theAlberta Chess Association, Iknew we could put we could put on a first-class event.Q: What is the organizing committee doing differently fromprevious years?GB: Recently, Opens have been unaffordable for many chessplayers. Accommodation rates approaching $100.00 per nightare quite reasonable for fine hotels, but many chess playerscannot even consider such an expense. As our playing site, wechose the University of Alberta, which gives us the best of bothworlds. Players who want the more luxurious accommodationscan stay at the Campus Tower Suite Hotel, which is just a fiveminute walk from the tournament site. And more budget-conscious players can stay right at the site in the Universitydorms, which provide comfortable, spartan living conditions.Q: Tell us about the playing site.GB: The University Of Alberta has a conference centre which isideal for chess tournaments. The two main playing rooms areside by side, and are both carpeted, air-conditioned and well-lit.We can seat about 210 players in these two rooms, and we havenumerous additional rooms nearby if more players show up.Q: I heard that Joel Lautier was going to play in the 2000 Open,but changed his plans.GB: Yes, we were very excited to have a player of GM Lautier’sstrength agree to come. Unfortunately, a major tournament inFrance changed their schedule to conflict with ours, so he senthis regrets. Similarly, we had agreed to terms with GM VladimirEpishin, (FIDE 2667), but he subsequently found he waseligible to play in a World Championship qualifying tournamentat the same time. Of course we are disappointed that these

players will not be coming, but we fully understand that suchthings do happen.

However, you can be certain that we will have at least 6 or 7Grandmasters, and 5 or more International Masters at the 2000Open. We are deliberately choosing players who havesomething special to offer, besides their fantastic chess playing.(See the back cover for a brief account of our featured players.)Q: Will I get a chance to play a GM or IM?GB: Yes, it is an open swiss-system tournament in one sectionso a few players, by the luck of the pairings, will get the chanceof a lifetime to play a titled player. Norms are a possibility, too.Q: I noticed that the prize fund of $20,000.00 isn’t guaranteed.GB: Like many large tournaments, the 2000 Open prize funddepends on the number of entries. But we can guaranteesomething that very few Canadian Opens have ever done: 100%of entries will go to the prize fund. I would add that ourprojection of 200 players is quite reasonable, based on previoustournament participation in western Canada, plus the CanadianYouth Chess Championships occurring in the three dayspreceding the Open. We already have xx advance entries!Q: What is there to do in and near Edmonton during the Open,especially for family members who don’t play?GB: Everyone knows about the world’s biggest mall, WestEdmonton Mall. Edmonton’s beautiful river-valley parks,accessible in minutes from the tournament site, contain over 150miles of trails for walking, biking, and roller-blading. The 2000Canadian Open coincides with Edmonton’s International StreetPerformers Festival, and Klondike Days begins the week afterthe tournament. Calgary’s famous Stampede also coincides withthe Open, and the gorgeous Rockie Mountains (including Banffand Jasper National Parks, Lake Louise, and the Columbia IceFields) are less than a 4-hour drive away. Make it a greatvacation for the whole family!

Registration Form

Last name ____________________________________ First Name ____________________________ CFC # ______________

Address _______________________________ City ______________________ Province _________ Postal Code ___________

Phone ____________________ E-mail _______________________________ T-shirt size (if buying package deal) ___________

Birth date (if Junior) __________________________ Advance byes (rounds) ___________________________________________

Air Canada offers discounts on flights to the 2000 Canadian Open. See our web site, or contact us or the CFC, for more information.


The EventsThis year marked a very specialoccurrence of the Pan-AmericanChampionships as the event was bidon and brought to Toronto byorganizers Chris Chu and BryanLamb, who were assisted during thetournament by TDs Ernie and JoanSchlich, Ignac Vucko and Bill Evans,as well as Chief Arbiter Tim Redman.

This was the first year the Pan-American Championships would beheld in Canada since 1984, and wewould like to thank Hart House staffmembers Linda Offman, David Cook,Christine Campbell, Laney Marshall,Margaret Hancock, Ken Brocklehurstand Jennifer Faulkner for theirinvaluable help in organizing thismajor event. Edwin Wong deservescredit for his webpage design, and alarge cast of assistants including EricJohnson, Michel Meijer, GlennPetersen, Larry Bevand, Troy Vail,David Miriguay, Jeff Coakley, KnutNeven, Maurice Smith, Richard Ruizand Mark Dutton also helped greatlyin making this yearÕs event a success.

The Pan-American Championshipsare comprised of three separateevents, the Pan-Am Open, the Pan-am Scholastic, and the Pan-AmIntercollegiate. The highlycompetitive Intercollegiatetournament is dubbed ÒThe World

Series of College ChessÓ andnormally draws University andCollege teams from all over NorthAmerica and South America. ForChris and myself our previousexperiences were in Baltimore 1996,Bowling Green 1997, and Dallas1998. In all cases the University ofToronto sent fairly strong teams withhigh expectations, but more oftenthan not returned with rather mixedresults. This year would see us notonly host the event but make aserious bid to win the trophy. Ourtop team was strengthened by theaddition of IM Yan Teplitsky on topboard, followed by Paul Williams,Peter Olszewski, Vincent Tipu, andalternate David Krupka.

A hallmark of the University ofToronto Chess Club is that it hasperhaps the greatest depth of chesstalent of any University in NorthAmerica, despite the fact that it lacksa method of directly enticing strongplayers with chess scholarships, as isthe case for example with theUniversity of Texas at Dallas andUMBC. We collect chess talentsimply by being the largestUniversity in the largest city inCanada, and typically send threeteams to compete abroad. This yearÕshome turf advantage allowed us tofield five teams, even though Chrisand I declined to play in view of ourorganizational duties.

Among the titled players in the eventwere GM Yuri Shulman, IM Yan

Teplitsky, IM Bryon Nickoloff, IMMichael Schleifer, IM Ron Livshits,IM David Cummings, IM Igor Zugic,FM Florin Felecan, FM EugenePerelshteyn, FM Henry Wang, FMDmitry Zilberstein, FM DannyGoldenberg, FM William Morrison,FM Stephen Glinert, WFM StefanieChu, and FM Brett Campbell.

Before sharing the details of whatactually transpired, I would like tosay a few words about the task oforganizing such a major event. Asidefrom the usual varied tournamentpreparations and advertisingschedules, we also constructed awebpage with the help of Universityof Toronto team member EdwinWong, and even designed a customevent logo. Special lodgingarrangements for out of town teamswere made with the Best WesternPrimrose Hotel, and numerous pressreleases helped advertise our eventboth locally and internationally. As itturned out, we were pleasantlysurprised at the amount of mediacoverage. Most notably, we got apicture of the event in the TorontoStar, an article in the National Post,two television spots on CFTO-TV, aswell as coverage by 680AM News,the Canadian University Press, andthe Ming Pao, a Toronto Chinesenewspaper.

From an organizer's standpoint, weunfortunately had to wrestle withseveral problems. Our initial andidealistic wish to run the eventwithout political interference provedto be impossible to achieve.Competitive issues between the CFCand the Toronto Chess Shop madethe sale of books and equipment at

The

1999 Pan-AmericanChampionships

Hart House Chess ClubUniversity of Toronto

by Brian Lamb


the site difficult, and the polarizednature of chess organization inToronto created many unnecessarydifficulties for us. It is unfortunatethat such problems persist, and thatsome of these people cannot seemto be able to work together moreamicably.

Problematic as well was anunexpectedly high turnout for theevent at over 340 players, whichmakes it the best-attended Torontotournament in a long time. Eventregistration was taxed to the limit asa result, but the tournamentnevertheless got under way afteronly a reasonably short delay.

Much more annoying than this wasthe theft of my laptop computer onthe third day of the event. Apart fromthe replacement expense, we wereforced to painstakingly reconstructthe data for both the Open andScholastic sections, a tedious task forwhose accomplishment Ignac Vuckois mainly responsible.

On the positive side the Open eventattracted no less than ten titledplayers, including IMs BryonNickoloff, Ron Livshits, MichaelSchleifer and David Cummings, plusanother dozen or so Masters ratedabove 2300. The tournament wouldconclude in grand style with a five-way-tie for first between Livshits,Nickoloff, Schleifer, Goran Milicevicand Miladin Djerkovic. A strongshowing by junior players resulted ina further tie for 6thÐ8th placebetween Danny Goldenberg, PascalCharbonneau and Kevork Hacat.

The other winners to share the totalprize fund of about $4600 wereOmar Garcia and Yevgeni Solodar(U2200); Arash Asghari-Shekhy, IliaBluvshtein, and Undriadi

Benggawan, (U2000); Ian Ollers(U1800); Marina Bryskine (UNR);Slava Sviridovitch, Khoa Phung, andReynaldo Enero (U1600).

The Pan-American Scholastic eventdrew over sixty players and featureda special four year scholarship to theUniversity of Texas at Dallas, thusmaking it the largest prize at anyCanadian chess tournament ever!Topped by FM Stephen Glinert, theToronto contingent of ArtemGurevich, Nataliya Rodina andHaoyuan Wang was joined by astrong team from New YorkStuyvesant High School composed ofAlex Averbukh, Elina Grobermanand Aleksey Itkin. Glinert held off adetermined Gurevich in the finalround to clinch first place by half apoint. A five-way-tie for secondplace left Gurevich, Averbukh,Wang, Groberman, and Itkin towatch Stephen receive the covetedtop prize from the President of theUniversity of Texas at Dallas! Goodperformances were also registeredby Nataliya Rodina, MatthewHerzberg and Oleg Ivrii.

On the evening of the second day ofactivities, 39 players registered in thePan-American Blitz Championship.IM Igor Zugic set a blistering pacewith his 6/6 score, followed closelybehind by IM Michael Schleifer whohad dropped one game to MichaelAigner of Stanford. Schleifer thendefeated Zugic 2Ð0 to join BerkeleyÕsDavid Pruess and Aigner in firstplace. However, in the next tworounds Zugic would defeat bothAigner and Pruess 2Ð0, whileSchleifer could only split his matcheswith Pruess and Arthur Traldi. In thefinal round Zugic would cruise totop spot with a 1.5Ð.5 margin over

Nico Michaelis, but the real surprisecame when Alex Averbukh, who wasa contender for the top prize in theScholastic event, won 2Ð0 overSchleifer to share second place alongwith Traldi!

And finally, the Pan-AmericanIntercollegiate drew 31 teams fromas far west as California and as farsouth as Peru. Canada was well-represented by five teams from theUniversity of Toronto, and teamsfrom the University of WesternOntario, QueenÕs University,Waterloo University, LavalUniversity, and QuebecÕs CollegeMerici. Among the perennialheavyweights in order of averagerating were the University ofMaryland Baltimore County (FlorinFelecan, Eugene Perelshteyn andWilliam Morrison), the University ofToronto ÒAÓ (Yan Teplitsky, PaulWilliams, Peter Olszewski, VinceTipu and David Krupka) and theUniversity of Texas at Dallas (led byGM Yuri Shulman).

Top-ranked UMBC indeed prevailedin top spot after drawing theirpenultimate round encounter withthe University of Texas, followed bya narrow win in the final roundagainst the Univeristy of Toronto.The University of Texas, tied withUMBC before the last round, couldonly manage a tie with the Universityof California at Berkeley to end insecond place.

After a promising start, the TorontoÒAÓ team crashed horribly against theUniversity of Texas in round four,when only Yan TeplitskyÕs lonelydraw avoided a clean sweep. Thisultimately led to a final sixth roundshowdown with top seed UMBC,

Queens “A” (clockwise from top left): CaptainIsmail Ibrahim, Frank Min, John Upper, PatrickKirby, Coach Frank Dixon

University of Texas at Dallas (left to right): Andrew Whatley, unknown coach, AndreyDokuchayev, unknown coach [organizers Bryan Lamb and Chris Chu]


which we lost by the narrow marginof 2.5Ð1.5. Thus Toronto ÒAÓ wasshut out of the top ten, adisappointing result no doubt, butone that perhaps does not accuratelyreflect the degree to which theUniversity of Toronto was involvedin the determination of the finaloutcomes.

Also of note is the result of QueenÕsUniversity ÒAÓ, who finished aheadof University of Toronto ÒAÓ with 4/6to claim top Canadian braggingrights, in spite of losing theirindividual match against U of T.

All in all we had a successful event,and the many months of hard workand preparation that had gone intojust four days of chess were worth itin the end. For us, this opportunityto be part of a once-in-a-lifetimeevent of this nature could not bepassed up!

And finally, I would like to take thisopportunity to extend a thank youalso to the participants of the event,because it was they who ultimatelymade this a memorable experiencewith a high level of play andsportsmanship.

In the car on our way home Ð afterthe prizes had been distributed andthe tournament site was once againdeserted Ð the question Òwas it worthit?Ó was answered quite accidentallyas we stumbled across a news reportof the tournament results on one ofthe local radio stations. We listenedin silence for those brief moments,and once it had ended, there was nolonger any doubt about the answerto our question!

Notes by Frank DixonThe Pan-American IntercollegiateChampionship is open to anyCollege or University team in theWestern Hemisphere, and at the startof the event most people believedtop honors would go to one of threevery strong, all-Master teams: TheUniversity of Maryland at BaltimoreCounty (AR 2413), The University ofToronto ÒAÓ (AR 2396), and TheUniversity of Texas at Dallas (AR2364). All three could probably giveat least half of the worldÕs nationalteams a real good tilt.

As coach of the rival CanadianQueenÕs University team, a non-contender for the championship, Imust confess that I hoped for a

Toronto victory. Toronto has anamazing record of success in theevent, with a total of six victories,and they had entered five teams thistime.

But it soon became apparent thatthere were problems with the bigVarsity Blue machine, as they couldonly draw against lower-rankedStanford in round three, followed bya disastrous .5Ð3.5 loss to rival Texasin round four to end theirchampionship hopes. Furtherhumiliation was added for thestruggling Toronto teams whenQueenÕs University, ranked only 13thout of 31 teams, claimed braggingrights as the top Canadian team withtheir final tally of 4 match points andtied for sixth overall.

Toronto ÒAÓ was indeed very strongon paper, but several players provedto be badly out of form, under-achieving performance ratings nearly400 points below their current Elos.Perhaps some form of Universityadministrative supervision is neededfor the Toronto chess program, suchas Maryland and Texas had, toachieve their potential in this event.

Young FM Stephen Glinert ofToronto, a grade 11 student atUniversity of Toronto Schools, wonthe Scholastic event with animpressive 5.5/6 to collect a four-year scholarship to the University ofTexas at Dallas. At approximatelyUSD$90,000 this is one of the biggestprizes ever offered in NorthAmerican chess at any level!

To the credit of the organizers theevent received excellent mediacoverage, with several Torontopapers featuring photos, and localTV visited the playing hall. A littledisappointing and discouraginghowever was to see no teams fromnearby Ryerson Polytechnical

University (13,000 students, locatedfour blocks from the site), or YorkUniversity (30,000 students, locatedin Toronto) at the event.

Now on to the money. If onecompares other competitiveUniversity team activities to chess,itÕs clear that chess must be the onlyone where one can win money; inthis case, CDN$1,500 for the winningteam. I think this is wrong, and thatif the Pan-Ams are to develop, theyhave to evolve into a varsity sport,run by the Universities and Collegesthemselves, rather than by studentgroups. With so many of our youngschoolchildren playing chess, thePan-Ams could boom in the future.But an entry fee of CDN$180 perteam creates a sour taste for many,when only the teams at the very topreceive any real rewards.

Unfortunate in my opinion was theconspicuous absence of University ofToronto players at the awardsceremonies. Poor sportsmanship, IÕmafraid. And as I write this in earlyMarch, nearly ten weeks after theevent, no further games have beenadded to the tournament website, inspite of several personal offers tolend a hand in deciphering andposting gamescores.

Why did QueenÕs, seeded only 13th,do so well!? As World ChampionMikhail Tal noted, in team events, ahigh rating is only part, and often theless important part, of success. Imust admit that I had some doubtsas to how we would do, particularlyas several of our regular teammembers were unavailable to playthis year. As coach, I spent sometime with each player to offerencouragement, as well assomething to focus on to maximizetheir effort. We won the matches wewere supposed to win, and, like

Harvard University (left to right): Jacob Chudnovsky, Lu Yin, Shearwood McClelland, Harish Bhat[organizers Bryan Lamb and Chris Chu]


Toronto, met two of the top threeteams for a similarly difficultschedule.

My criticisms are not meant as apersonal indictment of theorganizers, but are intended only topoint out areas for possible futureimprovement. If they generate somecontroversy, so much the better!Here is one more idea: It would benice if the CFC could recognize thepotential of university chess with theassignment of a governor to thisarea, similar to the efforts of theUSCF in recent years.

The BattleRound 1

In the Pan-American Open event,Nickoloff, Schleifer, Livshits,Cummings, Milicevic, Vujic,Djerkovic, Charbonneau,Goldenberg, Mitrovic, Filipovich,Dougherty, Ochkoos, Golts andRositsan all live up to their toprankings and set the pace with firstround wins.

In the Intercollegiate event, top seedUMBC beats Berkeley ÒBÓ in the topmatch.

Round 2

In the Open event only Ochkoos,Mitrovic and Rositsan remain withperfect scores, while many of theother favorites shed half points.

In the Intercollegiate UMBC defeatsWestern Ontario ÒAÓ, while Texasdowns QueenÕs ÒAÓ and Harvardtakes out the University of Waterloo.

Round 3

In the Open tournament, Livshitsbeats Rositsan, Ochkoos draws withMitrovic, Nickoloff wins overGoldenberg, and Schleifer drawswith Djerkovic, while Charbonneaugrabs a share of the lead with a winover Warrick Rolfe.

In the Intercollegiate event Texascontinues its winning ways at theexpense of Harvard, and UMBCremains on the stage with a victoryover Berkeley ÒAÓ on the strength ofFM MorrisonÕs win over NM CharlesGelman in a razor-sharp tacticalbattle.

Notes by

Frank Dixon

Gelman, CharlesMorrison, William

Toronto PanAm ch tt (3), 1999Scotch: Goring Gambit C44

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3dxc3 5.ºc4 ½f6!?

Gelman decides to go right afterMorrison with this sharp gambit,which shouldnÕt be taken lightlyalthough current theory claims asmall Black advantage. The linenumbers among its victims GMMikhail Tal, YukhtmanÐTal, TbilisiSU ch 1959, at a time when he wastwice defending Soviet Champion.With the surprising 5Ö½f6!? Blackthreatens to win a once after 6Öcxb2.

6.ºg5

Another test of BlackÕs audaciousidea is 6.e5!? »xe5 (6Ö½g6 7.»g5»h6 8.»xc3 ºb4 9.0-0) 7.½e2 d6(7Öºb4 8.bxc3 ºd6!?) 8.»xc3 c69.ºg5 ½g6 10.0-0-0 with a massivedevelopment lead for the twopawns.

6Ö½g6 7.»xc3 ºb4! 8.0-0 ºxc39.bxc3 »h6 10.½d2 f6 11.ºf4 d612.¼fe1

White has some compensation forhis pawn, although perhaps 12.¼ae1is more precise. Together with ¾g1-h1 it would slow down the kind ofcounterplay Black gets in the game.BlackÕs logical reaction would simplybe to castle long, away from thecentral pressure, with a completelydifferent stategic battle.

12Ö»e5 13.ºxe5 fxe5 14.»g5¼f8 15.g3 »g4! 16.f4!? exf417.gxf4 h6 18.e5!? d5!

Black wisely keeps the e-file closed.

19.½xd5 hxg5 20.e6! gxf4!

Black decides to accept the pieceand sets up a potentially deadly g-file discovery, which characterizesthe rest of the game.

21.ºb5+ c6 22.ºxc6+! bxc623.½xc6+ ¾e7 24.½c5+

After 24.½xa8 »e3+ 25.¾h1 ºxe626.½xa7+ ¾e8 27.½b8+ WhiteshouldnÕt lose, but he tries for more.

24Ö¾e8 25.½c6+ ¾e7 26.½c5+¾f6!

Black spurns the perpetual in hisopponentÕs time pressure.

27.½xf8+ ¾g5 28.¼ab1

Not 28.e7?? ½b6+! 29.¾h1 (29.¾g2½f2+ 30.¾h3 ½xh2#) ºb7+ mates.

28Ö»e3!

With his king also obstructing the g-file, Black threatens to renew thediscovery by moving it out of theway. On 28Ö½c2 White can drawwith 29.½xg7+ since 29Ö¾f5?? failsto 30.½h7+ picking up the queen.

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29.¾f2??

Catastrophic. White now gets cutdown by a nasty but by no meansdifficult-to-see tactic. He absolutelyhad to play 29.½f7! to challengeBlackÕs queen immediately. Thegame then looks essentially level:

A) 29Ö½c2 30.¼b5+ »f5 (forced,since 30Ö¾h4?? 31.½h5#; 30Ö¾h6??31.½h5#) 31.½xg7+ ¾h5 32.½h7+=;

B)29Öºa6 30.½xg6+ ¾xg6 31.¾f2ºc4 32.¼g1+ ¾f6 33.¼b7=;

C) 29Ö½xf7 30.exf7 ºe6 31.¼b7ºxa2 32.¾f2 ¼f8 33.¼g1+ ¾f634.¼xa7 ºxf7=.

29Ö½c2+ 30.¼e2 ½xe2+!31.¾xe2 ºa6+ Ù.

Notes by

Frank Dixon

Dixon, FrankBluvshtein, Mark

Toronto PanAm op (3), 1999French: Winawer C19

This game followed my first-everdraw against a titled player, whenFM Brett Campbell lost the thread ofa better position in time pressure inround two. Now facing one ofCanadaÕs brightest young Masters, Ihad a chance to do even better.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e5c5 5.a3 ºxc3+ 6.bxc3 »e7 7.»f3ºd7 8.ºe2


This move earns various ratings inthe chess literature, and thealternatives are:

A) 8.dxc5 opens the position rightaway, as played for example in DeFirmianÐRemlinger, Los Angeles1993, which continued 8.dxc5 ºa49.¼b1 »d7 10.¼xb7 »xc5 11.¼b4½a5 12.ºd2 0-0 13.ºe2 ºc6 14.½c1and now 14Ö»e4 would have beenequal according to John Watson; and

B) 8.ºd3 expending a tempo toprovoke 8Öc4 9.ºe2 ºa4 10.0-0»bc6=.

The text, seemingly rarely played,keeps WhiteÕs options open and thecentral situation flexible.

8Öºa4

A unique way to solve the problemof the bad French bishop, Blackplays on WhiteÕs omission of theusual a3-a4 advance. Instead 8Ö»bc6returns to main lines.

9.0-0 »bc6

VasiukovÐHedge, New Delhi 1987,saw 9Ö½c7 10.¼a2 (10.ºd3 c411.ºe2 h6 12.»h4 »g6 is equalaccording to Psakhis; while 10.dxc5»d7 11.»e3 »f5 12.ºd4 »xc513.ºxc5 ½xc5 was also level inPritchettÐHubner, DE BL 1985)10Ö»d7 11.»g5 h6 12.»h3 0-0-013.»f4 ¾b8 14.¼e1 ¼c8 15.ºd3 »c616.¼b2 ¾a8 which John Watsongives as unclear.

10.¼b1 ½d7 11.h4!?

WhiteÕs idea, popular in otherWinawer lines during the lastdecade, is to try to create darksquare weaknesses on BlackÕskingside in the absence of BlackÕsdark squared bishop. Normally thisadvance is played when White hasnot yet castled, but even here theidea is not without bite. Black willsoon have to disclose where hewants to leave his king, which makesit easier for White to choose aneffective middlegame plan.

11Ö¼c8 12.h5 h6

Black cannot allow the furtheradvance 13.h6 crippling his kingside.

13.¼e1 »a5!

Black plans the nasty 14Öcxd415.cxd4 ºxc2!

14.¼b2 b5?!

During the game I was moreconcerned with 14Ö0-0! when15.dxc5 ¼xc5 16.½d4 ¼fc8! 17.½g4

¾h8! leads nowhere, as 18.ºxh6?gxh6 19.½f4 »g8! wins for Black.White would have to settle for16.ºe3 ¼xc3 17.ºxa7 ¼fc8 18.»d4»c4! (not 18Ö¼xa3? 19.»b5! ºxb520.ºxb5 »ec6 21.ºc5! ¼c3 22.ºb4!winning) 19.ºxc4 ¼8xc4 20.½b1!with chances for both sides in a verysharp position.

15.dxc5!³

White opens the position and hopesto capitalize on his space advantageand better development. The vacatedsquare-d4 will serve as a transferpoint for his pieces.

15Ö¼xc5 16.½d4 ¼c7!

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On the more aggressive 16Ö½c7!?White intended to sacrifice a pawnfor active play. During the game mycalculations focused on the thematicopening of the position for mybishops and against BlackÕs kingafter 17.½g4 ¾f8 18.ºe3 ¼xc319.ºxb5 and now, for example

A) 19Öºxc2 20.»d4! (intending21.½f4 followed by 22.»xe6+)20Ö¾g8! 21.»xe6! fxe6 22.½xe6+¾f8 (22Ö¾h7 23.¼xc2 ¼xc2 24.ºd3+wins) 23.ºd4! ¼xa3 24.¼c1! ºf5!?25.¼xc7 ºxe6 26.ºc5! ¼a1+ 27.¾h2and White regains his piece whilecontinuing his attack;

B) 19Ö¼xc2 20.¼xc2 ºxc2 (not20Ö½xc2? 21.¼c1 ½b3 22.»d4!; or21Ö½e4!? 22.½xe4 dxe4 23.ºxa4exf3 24.¼c7!) 21.»d4 (21.¼c1 »b3!)21Ö»b3!? 22.»xc2 ½xc2 23.ºa4 ½c424.½xc4 dxc4 25.ºb5±;

C) 19Öºxb5 20.¼xb5 (intending21.ºd2) 20Ö¼xa3? 21.¼eb1 »ac6(21Ö»ec6 22.ºc5+) 22.¼b7 ½d823.ºc5 ¼a6 24.ºd6 ¼b6 25.¼1xb6axb6 26.½h4! ¾e8 27.»d4! f628.»xe6! and White wins.

Black probably has improvements,but he is definitely struggling on thedefensive.

17.½g4! ¾f8

BlackÕs king is forced to take a strollsince 17Ö¼g8? or 17Ö0-0? fails to18.ºxh6 and 17Ö¼xc3? meets with18.½xg7 ¼f8 19.ºxh6. Now BlackÕs¼/h8 will be out of play for a longtime.

18.»d4 »c4!

Not 18Ö¼xc3? 19.ºd2!

19.ºxc4 ¼xc4 20.½f3!?

White gets out of the pin on theknight and sets up threats along thef-file and against ¹/e6.

20Ö»c6! 21.»b3!

Black has an easy game after21.»xc6 and even worse is 21.»xb5?!»xe5! The text stirs the pot andprepares 22.ºe3 ¼xc3? 23.ºc5+¼xc5 24.»xc5± as well as relievingthe pressure against ¹/c2.

21Öºxb3?!

Black should try to get his kingÕsrook into play with 21Ö¾e7!? 22.ºe3(perhaps 22.½g3!?) 22Ö¼a8!? (or22Ö¼c8!?) since he looks to be doingfine after 23.ºc5+ ¾e8 24.ºd6 ¼c825.»c5!? ¼xc5! 26.ºxc5 »xe5!27.¼xe5 (27.½e3? »c4!) 27Ö¼xc5when he has freed his position for aminimal material investment.

22.cxb3 ¼e4!? 23.¼xe4 dxe424.½e2

Certainly not 24.½xe4? ½d1+winning the bishop.

24Ö»xe5 25.¼d2!

Complicated is 25.ºf4!? »d3 (after25Öf6 or 25Ö»c6 White retains aclear edge with 26.½xe4) 26.¼d2!?»xf4 27.¼xd7 »xe2+ 28.¾f1 ¾g8(apparently forced since 28Ö»xc3?loses to 29.¼d8+; and 28Ö¾e8? failsto 29.¼xa7 ¼f8 30.¾xe2) and Whiteis probably winning the rook endingafter 29.¼xa7.

However, this is not the whole story,since 26.¼d2!? can also be met by26Öf5!? as pointed out later byPatrick Kirby, when Black probablysurvives after 27.f3 ½c6 28.ºe3 ¾f7.

25Ö½c7 26.½xe4!±

Much worse is 26.½xb5 »d3! BlackÕsreply is forced, because of back rankthreats such as 27.½a8+.

26Ö¾e7

Not 26Ö½xc3?? 27.¼c2!

27.a4! f6?

I expected 27Öf5! to more effectivelymeet the threat 28.ºa3+.


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28.½b4+

Short of time, White plays the movehe had in mind against 27Öf5! anddoes not examine the new situationcarefully enough. White can score aknockout punch with 28.ºa3+! ¾f729.f4! and, for example:

A) 29Ö½b6+? 30.¾h1 »c6 (30Ö»g4?31.½g6+) 31.½g6+ ¾g8 32.¼d7 ¼h733.½e8#; or

B) 29Ö½xc3? 30.¼c2 ½a1+ 31.ºc1»d7 32.½g6+ ¾f8 33.¼c8+ ¾e734.½xg7+ ¾d6 35.½xh8«; or

C) 29Ö»d7 30.½g6+! ¾g8 31.¼d6!»f8 32.½d3! bxa4 33.¼d8«; or

D) 29Ö»c6 30.½g6+! ¾g8 31.¼d6!and now 31Ö»e7 32.½d3 »d5 33.c4!»xf4 34.¼d8+ ¾f7 35.¼d7+ ¾e836.¼xc7 »xd3 37.¼c8+; or 31Ö½c832.axb5 »e7 33.½d3 »d5 34.c4! »xf435.¼d8+ ¾f7 36.¼xc8 »xd3 37.¼xh8;or 31Ö»d8 32.axb5 all win handily.All of this is of course very easy tofind at home after the game, but notso simple with the clock ticking anda Master wielding the Black pieces.

28Ö¾f7 29.axb5 ¼d8!? 30.½f4?

Geoff McKay later suggested 30.ºa3!with the point 30Ö¼xd2? 31.½f8#!and 30Ö»d3? 31.¼xd3!

30Ö¼xd2 31.½xd2

White retains a small edge in theendgame with the better 31.ºxd2.

31Ö½c5! 32.c4 »g4!

I had underestimated this. NowBlack has securily blocked WhiteÕspawns, and has nice activity withthreats against ¹/h5 and ¹/f2.

33.½d7+ ¾f8!

Now the perpetual check is forced,since 34.½d2+ ½xh5! is unappealing.

34.½d8+

After the game Mark, who is inGrade 6, told me that he now trainswith IM Yan Teplitsky. And in spiteof a Master rating easily at the top in

his age group, Mark is a very quietand courteous young man, a realgentleman at the board, so differentfrom some of the other juniors I havemet. While this game did not showoff his play at its best, Mark hasrecently beaten several strong andexperienced Masters, includingStephen Glinert, David Filipovich,Vasik Rajlich, and IM Ron Livshits!

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Round 4

With four rounds complete, StephenGlinert posts the only perfect scorein the Scholastic event.

In the Open, Nickoloff defeatsCharbonneau to maintain a share ofthe lead at 3.5/4 with Livshits, whobeat Ochkoos. Half a point back areSchleifer, Milicevic, Djerkovic, DavidCummings, and David Filipovich.

In the Intercollegiate event the battlebetween Texas and Toronto ÒAÓwould have a huge impact on theoutcome of the event. Texas, with aslightly lower average rating at 2363,but aided by full-time coach IM RadeMilovanovic, scored a crushing3.5Ð0.5 victory to effectively endTorontoÕs championship hopes.

Notes by

Frank Dixon

Tipu, VincentDokoutchaev, Andrey

Toronto PanAm ch tt (4), 1999French: Winawer C17

1.»c3!? e6 2.e4 d5 3.d4 ºb4 4.e5c5 5.a3 ºa5

GM Lev Psakhis notes in his book onthe French that this bishop retreat, asopposed to the usual 5Öºxc3+should be christened the ArmenianVariation in honor of Armenian GMsVaganian and Lputian, who haverehabilitated it into a certainpopularity since the early 1980s.

6.b4 cxd4 7.½g4 »e7 8.bxa5dxc3 9.½xg7 ¼g8 10.½xh7 »bc6

The move 10Ö»d7 was refuted inspectacular style in the gameSmyslovÐBotvinnik, Moscow Wch(9) 1954, which continued 11.»f3»f8 12.½d3 ½xa5 13.h4! ºd714.ºg5! ¼c8 15.»d4 »f5 16.¼b1! ¼c417.»xf5 exf5 18.¼xb7 ¼e4+19.½xe4!! dxe4 20.¼b8+ ºc821.ºb5+! ½xb5 22.¼xb5 »e6 23.ºf6¼xg2 24.h5 ºa6 25.h6! Ø.

11.»f3 ½xa5!?

The most famous example of themain line continuation 11Ö½c7 asfavored by Vaganian in recent gamesis FischerÐTal, Leipzig ol 1960. BothWorld Champions chose to includethe game in their respective gamescollections with notes that oftendisagree: after 12.ºb5 ºd7 13.0-0 0-0-0 14.ºg5 »xe5! 15.»xe5 ºxb516.»xf7 ºxf1 17.»xd8 ¼xg5 18.»xe6¼xg2+! 19.¾h1! ½e5 20.¼xf1 ½xe621.¾xg2 ½g4+ the game was drawnby perpetual.

12.ºd3!

A recommendation by Psakhis in hisbook on the French Defense. InsteadDamjanovicÐUdovcic, YU ch 1963,went 12.¼b1 ½c7 (12Öºd7 13.¼xb70-0-0 14.¼b5 ½a4 15.½d3 and Blackhad compensation in IvkovÐJovic,YU ch 1962) 13.ºf4 ºd7 14.ºg3 0-0-0 with level chances.

Very precarious for both sides is12.»g5 ºd7 13.f4 ¼f8 14.¼b1 0-0-015.»xf7 ¼xf7 16.½xf7 ºe8 17.½xe6+ºd7 18.½f6 ºf5 19.ºd3 ºxd320.cxd3 c2+ 21.¼b4 »xb4 22.axb4½xb4+ 23.¾f2 (Van derVormÐTimmer, NL 1986) and now23Ö»c6 would have been unclearaccording to Timmer (ECO).However, in this kind of sharpsequence, an improvement for eitherside can often completely overturnany evaluation.

12Öºd7 13.ºg5!? 0-0-0 14.ºf6?!

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With 14.0-0 ¼h8 15.½g7 White couldfollow the game HazaiÐRaaste,Helsinki 1989, with a secure plus forWhite according to Psakhis. The textre-opens the g-file and allows Blackto fracture his opponentÕs kingsidepawns. I think 14.h4!? is also worthserious consideration; viz. the aboveSmyslovÐBotvinnik game.

The complications after 14.½xf7!?seem to favor Black, who is betterdeveloped and can often utilize his


¹/c3 in the ensuing tacticalskirmishes. Illustrative of the manyinteresting possibilities is 14Ö¼df815.½h5 (15.½h7 ¼xf3! 16.gxf3[16.ºxe7 ¼xg2! 17.½h8+ »d8! 18.0-0-0!? ¼fxf2 planning 19Ö½b6!20.½xd8+ ½xd8 21.ºxd8 ¾xd8]16Ö¼xg5 17.f4 ¼g4) 15Ö½a4! 16.0-0!? ¼h8! 17.ºh6 (17.ºh7 ºe8!18.½h3 »f5 intending 19Öºg6¬)17Öºe8 18.½g5 ¼hg8 19.½h4(19.½c1 ¼xf3!¬; or 19.½e3 ¼xf3!20.½xf3 »xe5 with an attack)19Ö»xe5! 20.½xa4! (20.½xe7? »xf3+!21.¾h1 ½g4! 22.½c5+ ºc6!¬)20Ö»xf3+ 21.¾h1 ºxa4 22.ºxf8¼xf8 23.gxf3 ¼xf3 24.¾g2 ¼f6 withan edge to Black because of hisgreater activity, and in spite of theslight material deficit.

14Ö¼xg2! 15.»h4

What else? 15.¾f1? ¼dg8! 16.½xf7?½c5! wins; or 15.½xf7 ½c5! 16.¼f1¼dg8; but 15.¼g1!? is perhaps best.

15Ö¼g4 16.½xf7 ½c5!

A great post for the queen, fromwhich it can monitor the vital darksquares f2, a3 and e7.

17.h3

This move allows White to castle,but uses a tempo to drive BlackÕsrook to a better square. Black nowtakes over the initiative, whileWhiteÕs heavy pieces remain idle.

17Ö¼f4! 18.0-0

Of course not 18.ºxe7?? ½xf2+19.¾d1 ½d2#.

18Ö»g8!

Instead 18Ö¼g8+ is tempting, butthere is no follow-up.

19.»g6!?

White cannot back out now. 19.½h7or 19.½h5 are met by the simple andeffective 19Ö»xf6 20.exf6 ¼xf6.

19Ö»xe5! 20.»xe5 »xf6!

Not 20Ö¼xf6? 21.»xd7!

21.»xd7 ¼xd7 22.½xe6 »e4!23.½e8+ ¾c7 24.½e5+ ½d6!

Black had all the answers, andWhiteÕs attack is over.

25.½xd6+ ¾xd6 26.ºxe4 ¼xe427.¼fe1?!

Although in a difficult ending, itseems to me that White should retainboth rooks in order to createpractical drawing chances. Althoughmaterial is equal, WhiteÕs gamebecomes virtually unsalvageable

with only a single pair of rooksremaining on the board.

27Ö¼de7 28.¾f1 d4 29.¼xe4¼xe4 30.¼e1 ¼h4! 31.¾g2 b532.¾g3 ¼h7 33.f4 a5 34.¾f3 ¾d535.¼e5+ ¾c4 36.¾e2 ¼xh3 37.f5¼h2+ 38.¾d1 b4!¬

Black wins much as in the game after39.¼xa5 b3! 40.cxb3+ ¾d3 41.¾e1 c2etc.

39.axb4 axb4 40.f6 b3! 41.cxb3+¾d3! 42.¾e1 c2

The finish could be 43.¼c5 c1½+44.¼xc1 ¼h1+ 45.¾f2 ¼xc1 46.f7¼c8.

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Notes by

Michael Schleifer

Schleifer, MichaelRositsan, Boris

Toronto PanAm op (4), 1999Nimzo-Indian D38

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»f3 d5 4.»c3ºb4 5.ºg5 h6 6.ºxf6 ½xf6 7.e3

My opponent has a sharp attackingstyle, so this particular line might justbore him to death!

7Öc5 8.a3

I think that 8.¼c1 is better in thisposition.

8Öcxd4 9.exd4 ºxc3+ 10.bxc3dxc4 11.ºxc4 0-0 12.0-0 »c613.¼e1 ¼d8 14.ºd3 b6 15.ºe4!

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White plays for a strategicallycomplex position where Black willhave to pay some attention to thesafety of his king. In chess it is wellknown that players who love toattack usually hate to defend.

15Öºb7 16.ºxc6 ºxc6 17.»e5ºb7 18.¼e3

BlackÕs structure with two pawnislands vs. his opponentÕs three issuperior, which means that White

must play dynamically or risk fallinginto an inferior ending.

18Ö¼d5?

The only good thing I can say aboutthis move is that it sets a crafty trapthat I almost fell into! On 19.¼f3 nowfollows 19Ö½xe5!! and Blacksimplifies down to a winning rookending.

19.¼g3 ¼b5?

Black plays too optimistically intaking his rook too far away from thefield of action.

20.½c1!

White stops 20Ö¼b2 and threatens21.»g4.

20Ö½f5 21.h3

White guards against any back rankmates and renews the threat of ½h6.

21Ö¾h7 22.a4 ¼b3??

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This rook is going to meet Elvis.

23.»c4!! ºe4 24.»d2 ½d525.¼e3

Of course it is also possible to winthe queen for the rook with 25.c4but the game continuation seemedmore likely to force an immediateresignation!

25Öºf5 26.¼e5 Ø.

Round 5

In the Scholastic section StephenGlinert holds Artem Gurevich to adraw and clinches first place. Topteam in the Scholastic section wasStuyvesant from New York State,whose three members all finished inthe same tie for second.

In the Pan-American Open, Livshitsand Nickoloff agree to an early drawand wait for Michael Schleifer, GoranMilicevic, and Miladin Djerkovic tojoin them for a share of the lead. Thetrophy went to Bryon Nickoloff ontiebreak. Sitting pretty at 3.5/5 werejuniors Goldenberg, Charbonneauand Kevork Hacat.


In the Intercollegiate event, UMBCand Texas battle to a drawn matchand a share of the lead with 4.5/5match points. The tiebreak in thefinal round favors Texas. The biggestupset by QueenÕs University wasscored by John Upper (2109), whoknocked off University of TorontoMaster Paul Williams (2366).

Notes by

John Upper

Williams, PaulUpper, John

Toronto PanAm ch tt (5), 1999Slav D11

1.»f3 »f6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 a65.ºd3 e6 6.»bd2 »bd7

Black chooses a really passivesystem, but one he is familiar with!

7.0-0 ½c7 8.e4 dxe4 9.»xe4»xe4 10.ºxe4 ºe7 11.¼e1 0-0

Anxious to hit TorontoÕs Boxing Daysales, I offered an early draw at thispoint, which I suppose doesnÕtdemonstrate the proper fightingspirit. My plausible-sounding alibi isthat I never expected to play all sixrounds as the alternate board, andgiven the huge rating differencebetween our teams, the outcome ofthis game wasnÕt likely to make adifference in the match result.Unfortunately, White not only has abetter position to exploit and ahigher rating to defend, but his prideto salvage from what he said hadbeen a bad tournament so far. Thedraw offer was declined.

I learned later from Frank Dixon thata somewhat similar position hadoccurred in the first KasparovÐDeepBlue match (4), Philadelphia 1996,which saw 1.»f3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e64.»bd2 »f6 5.e3 »bd7 6.ºd3 ºd67.e4 dxe4 8.»xe4 »xe4 9.ºxe4 0-010.0-0 and was drawn in 50 moves.

12.b3 ºf6 13.ºb2 c5 14.½e2

Perhaps 14.½c2 is more efficient,given that the queen goes to c2 twomoves later.

14Ö¼e8 15.¼ad1 ¼a7

Although this move looks odd, ithelps free the queenside and evenprotects the kingside along theseventh rank.

16.½c2

Instead 16.»e5 threatens ºxh7+ andafter 16Öºxe5 17.dxe5 b6! White hasall the textbook advantages of space,the bishops and an open file, but Ithink Black is ok.

16Ö»f8 17.d5 ºxb2

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18.½xb2

During the game I thought Black wasfine after 18.d6 ½a5 19.½xb2 b520.»e5 ºd7 but here White can infact turn the screws on the kingsidewith 21.¼e3 ¼d8 22.¼g3 »g6(22Ög6? 23.»g4«; 22Öf6 23.»g4»g6 [or 23Ö¾f7 24.½e2 g6 25.¼f3 f526.½b2«] 24.»h6+! gxh6 25.ºxg6e5 26.ºb1+ ¾h8 27.½c1!«) 23.h4 f524.»xg6 hxg6 25.ºf3! (25.¼xg6 ºe826.¼xe6 fxe4 27.d7 ºf7 28.½e5=)25Öºe8 26.b4!!±. Therefore Blackmay have to settle for the morepassive 18Ö½b8 when White shouldstill able to work up an attack withhis opponentÕs queen out of play.

18Öºd7 19.¼e3 exd5 20.cxd5½d6

This blockade is obvious now, but IdidnÕt visualize it even a few movesbefore.

21.»d2 b5 22.½c2 ¼c7 23.ºf3¼xe3 24.fxe3 ½e5 25.½e4 ½g5

Better is 25Ö»g6 when 26.½xe5»xe5 27.d6 »xf3+ 28.»xf3 ¼c8 isabout even.

26.½f4

More testing is 26.d6! ¼c8 27.½e7when Black has to find 27Ö½g6!intending 28Ö¼e8. If instead27Ö½xe7? then 28.dxe7 »e6 29.»e4ºe8 30.»d6 ¼b8 31.»xe8 (or31.ºd5!±) 31Ö¼xe8 32.¼d7 f633.ºd5 ¾f7 34.¼d6 ¼xe7 35.¼xa6creates an amusing bind.

26Ö½xf4 27.exf4 c4 28.d6 ¼c829.ºb7 ¼b8 30.ºxa6?!

Time trouble!? Both sides had fourminutes to reach move 40.

30Ö¼b6 31.ºxb5 ºxb5 32.bxc4

ºc6?!

Better is 32Öºa4 33.»b3 »d7.

33.»b3 »d7 34.c5 ¼a6 35.»d4¾f8 36.¼d2 ¾e8?

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37.¾f2?

White passes up a seventh rank rookinvasion and steps onto a squarewhich later allows a nasty knightfork. During the game I thought that37.¼e2+ ¾f8 38.¼e7 ºa4 was goodfor Black, but 39.c6 ºxc6 40.»xc6¼xc6 41.¼xd7 ¾e8 leaves Whitewith the better end of a probablydrawn endgame. On 37Ö¾d8 (or37Ö¾f8 38.¼e7 »xc5 39.¼c7 ºe840.¼xc5 ¼xd6±) 38.¼e7 »xc5(38Öºd5 39.c6 ºxc6 40.¼xf7 ºd541.¼xg7 »f6 42.g4³) 39.¼c7 ºxg240.¼xc5 ¼xd6 is equal.

37Ö»xc5 38.¼c2 »e4+! 39.¾e3¼a3+ 40.»b3 ¾d7 41.g4 »xd642.¾d4 ¼a4+!? 43.¾c5? ¾c7!

White resigns, since 44Ö»b7 or44Ö»e4 will mate. The real lessonhere, I suspect, is that you alwayshave a chance to win if youropponent blunders once more thanyou do.

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Notes by

Frank Dixon

Allen, GrahamTovar, Carlos

Toronto PanAm ch tt (5), 1999Benoni / King's Indian A56

The Peruvian Champions fromUniversidad Catolica del Perutravelled the farthest and had thebiggest cultural and climaticadjustments to make, but wereamong the fiercest competitors andfinished solidly in eight place, aheadof their tenth seed going into theevent.


Here CatolicaÕs board one, who hadearlier given IM Yan Teplitsky ofToronto a tremedous battle, nearlytakes off NM Graham Allen ofWaterloo.

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 c5 3.e3

Faced with an unknown opponent,White elects to avoid heavytheoretical lines such as the ModernBenoni and the Benko Gambit.

3Ög6 4.»f3 ºg7 5.ºd3 d6 6.0-00-0 7.»c3 »c6 8.d5 »b8 9.h3 a610.e4 e5 11.ºe3 ºd7 12.a4 a5

The game has now turned into anon-theoretical KingÕs Indianformation with a blocked center,sending play towards the flanks.WhiteÕs relatively passive play hasbrought him no opening advantage.

13.½d2 »a6 14.»e1 »b4 15.f4½c7 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.½f2 b618.ºg5 »e8!?

Black offers a thematic Exchangesacrifice which, if accepted, leaveshim with the two bishops and darksquare dominance.

19.ºe7 »d6 20.ºxf8 ¼xf8 21.b3½d8 22.½e2 ½g5! 23.¾h1 f524.»c2 ½h4 25.»xb4 axb426.»b5?!

This knight should be transferred tothe kingside for defensive duty, as itaccomplishes little on b5 for theremainder of the game.

26Öfxe4! 27.¼xf8+ ºxf8 28.ºc2»f5!

Black has a nice initiative for theExchange. WhiteÕs hopes lie withgritty defence and the possiblerealization of his passed d/¹ in theendgame.

29.¾g1 ºh6 30.½e1 ºe3+31.¾h2 ºf4+ 32.¾g1 ºe3+

33.¾h2 ºf2! 34.½xe4 ½g3+35.¾h1 »h4 36.d6 ºxh3!

Clearly this sacrifice cannot beaccepted, as mate follows after37.gxh3? ½f3+.

37.½d5+ ¾g7 38.ºe4 ºg439.½b7+ ¾h6 40.½e7 ºf541.ºd5 ºe3 42.d7 ºf4 43.¾g1ºe3+ 44.¾h1 ºf4 45.¾g1 »xg2!46.ºxg2 ºe4 47.½f8+ ¾h548.¼a2

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48Ö½e1+

Both players were already extremelylow on time, and therefore missedmy post-mortem suggestion of48Ö½h2+! which, as it turns out, iscompletely winning:

A) 49.¾f2 ½xg2+ 50.¾e1 ½xa2 (butnot 50Öºg3+ 51.¼f2!!) 51.½xf4!?(51.d8½ ºg3+ 52.¾d1 ½c2#)51Öexf4 52.d8½ ½xb3¬; or

B) 49.¾f1 ºd3+ 50.¼e2 (50.¾e1½g1+ mates; as does 50.¾f2 ½g3+51.¾g1 ½e1+ 52.ºf1 ½xf1#)50Öºxe2+ 51.¾xe2 ½xg2+ 52.¾e1½d2+ 53.¾f1 ½xd7¬.

49.ºf1 ½g3+ 50.ºg2 ½e1+51.ºf1 ½g3+ Ú.

Notes by

Frank Dixon

Whatley, AndrewMorrison, William

Toronto PanAm ch tt (5), 1999Torre Attack D03

1.d4 »f6 2.»f3 e6 3.ºg5 d5 4.e3ºe7 5.»bd2 b6 6.c3 0-0 7.ºd3c5 8.»e5 ºb7 9.ºxf6 ºxf610.»df3 ºa6 11.h4!? ºxd312.½xd3 ºxe5 13.»g5! g614.dxe5 »c6 15.f4 ½e7 16.0-0-0!?

Also interesting is 16.h5!? »xe5!?(16Öh6 17.hxg6 hxg5?? 18.g7! wins)17.½e2! »d7 18.hxg6 hxg6 (18Öfxg6?19.¼xh7 is strong) 19.0-0-0 »f620.¼h3 with dangerous prospects.

16Öh6 17.»f3 ¾h8 18.¼h3 ¼g819.¼dh1

More flexible is 19.g4!³ to keep aneye on BlackÕs Öd4 break, whilepreparing further kingside action.

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White has lost two important tempi.Better chances are offered by:

A) 20.h5!? g5 (not so good is thecounterattack 20Öd4 21.hxg6 dxc322.¼xh6+ ¾g7 23.¼h7+ ¾f8 24.½e4!)21.fxg5 hxg5 22.h6 ½c7 23.h7 ¼g724.¼h5 »xe5 25.»xe5 ½xe5; or

B) 20.g4!? d4 when the fantasyvariation 21.h5!? dxc3 22.hxg6! ¼xd323.¼xh6+ ¾g7 24.gxf7 ¼f8 25.¼h7+¾g6 26.¼1h6# is pretty but cannotbe forced; while 21.exd4 cxd422.»xd4 ½c5! (22Ö»xd4 23.cxd4½d7 24.¼d1 is a bit better for White)23.½b5! »xd4 24.½xc5 bxc5 25.cxd4¼xd4 looks equal.

20Öa5 21.»h2?!

White plans »g4-f6 but this is tooslow; better is 21.g4. Black nowseizes his chance to counterattackfiercely.

Universidad Catolica del Peru (left to right): Carlos Tovar, Gustavo Shivoma [organizers Bryan Lamband Chris Chu] Igor Bedriana, Nicolas Garcia


21Öd4!² 22.½e4?

This is probably the losing move.Much better is 22.exd4 (the ¼/h3gains access to the queenside)22Öcxd4 23.½b5! ½c5! (23Ödxc3!?24.¼xd8! [only not 24.½xc6? cxb2+!25.¾xb2 ¼xd1 and Black wins]24Öcxb2+ 25.¾xb2 »xd8 26.½xb6 a427.½b5 ½a7=) 24.½xc5 bxc5 25.cxd4»xd4 26.¼e3 (26.»g4? »e2+ 27.¾c2»xf4) 26Öh5!².

22Ödxc3! 23.bxc3

The knight is taboo: 23.½xc6? cxb2+24.¾c2 ¼xd1 and Black wins.

23Ö¼xd1+ 24.¾xd1 ¼d8+25.¾c1

After 25.¾c2 ½d7! is dangerous, butcan WhiteÕs king survive by fleeingto the kingside? Analysis shows hecanÕt; after 25.¾e2 ½d7 26.½c2 Blackinvades with 26Ö½d5! and now

A) 27.¾f2 ½d2+ 28.½xd2 ¼xd2+29.¾f3 ¼xa2; or

B) 27.»f3 ½c4+ 28.¾f2 ¼d3 29.¼h1¼xc3; or

C) 27.¼g3 ½c4+ 28.¾e1 ¼d3; or

D) 27.e4 ½c4+ 28.¾f2 »b4! 29.½b1(29.½b2?? »d3+) 29Ö¼d2+ 30.¾g1»d3; and finally

E) 27.¼f3 ½c4+ 28.¾f2 »b4!(28Ö¼d3 28.e4!) 29.½b1 (29.½b3¼d2+ 30.¾g3 ½e2! mates) 29Ö¼d2+30.¾g3 ½e2 31.½f1 »xa2 all lead tothe same tragic end.

25Öc4! 26.½xc4

On the renewed knight sacrifice26.½xc6? ½a3+ 27.¾c2 ½xa2+28.¾c1 ¼d2! 29.½e8+ ¾g7 mates.

26Ö½a3+ 27.¾c2 a4! 28.»f3»a5! 29.½b4 ½xa2+ 30.½b2½d5!¬ 31.»d4?

White blunders the rook, but therewas no escape in any case. Evenafter WhiteÕs best try 31.½c1! BlackÕsattack is relentless, viz. 31Ö½d3+32.¾b2 »c4+ 33.¾a1 a3! 34.¼h1¼d5! 35.»d4 »d2! 36.¼d1 (36.½xa3¼a5 wins) 36Ö¼xd4! 37.cxd4 »b3+38.¾a2 »xc1+.

31Ö½xg2+ 32.¾b1 ½xh333.½xb6 ½f1+ Ù.

Notes by

P. Kirby & F. Dixon

Kirby, PatrickTeplitsky, Yan

Toronto PanAm ch tt (5), 1999Sicilian: Sozin B57

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.d4 »f6 4.»c3cxd4 5.»xd4 »c6 6.ºc4 ½b6

FD: Bobby Fischer, a great exponentof the Sozin with 6.ºc4 called thisGM BenkoÕs Òroguish moveÓ, andsaid there was apparently norefutation. The line has becomepopular recently, and NCO devotes afull page to it, including no fewerthan six games by GM Kramnik.

Black avoids a great many preparedvariations, and while we can arrive atindependent positions, it is alsopossible and common to transposeto well known systems from theScheveningen and Najdorf.

7.»b3

FD: The test is apparently 7.»db5 a68.ºe3 ½a5 9.»d4 »e5 10.»b3 ½c7and now IvanchukÐKramnik, Parisactive 1995, went 11.ºe2 e6 12.f4»c4 13.ºxc4 ½xc4 14.½f3 ºd7 15.0-0-0 ¼c8 which NCO gives as unclear.

7Öe6 8.0-0 a6 9.ºe3 ½c7 10.¾h1

FD: A recent Canadian example is10.a4 b6 11.f4 ºe7 12.ºe2 0-0 13.g4d5!? 14.e5 »d7 15.¼f3 »c5 16.»d4ºb7 17.¼h3 f6 18.ºd3 g6 19.»xe6Ú ValdizonÐOÕDonnell, Kingstonop (5), 2000. Although there iscertainly everything still to play forhere, this draw allowed IM TomOÕDonnell to clinch a tie for firstplace with IM Deen Hergott.

10Öb5 11.ºd3 ºe7 12.f4 0-013.½f3 »d7

PK: Faced with very strongopposition in this event, I realizedthat guys like GM Yuri Shulman andIM Yan Teplitsky really play a verydifferent game compared to usamateurs. They try to create dynamicchances all the time, while the rest ofus fumble along trying to followsome established pattern of attack ordefense. Pure defensive play againstthese guys is a dead end, and so Idecided to play as actively aspossible in this encounter.TeplitskyÕs excellent defensive playand timely counterattack illustratesvery well how becoming a really

strong player requires hard workboth at home and at the board.

14.½g3 ¾h8 15.¼f2 »c5 16.¼af1»b4 17.ºd4 f6

PK: In one of the games from hismatch with Kasparov, Anand, in asimilar position, played e5 to quicklyobtain a decisive advantage, viz. 1.e4c5 2.»f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.»xd4 »f65.»c3 a6 6.ºe2 e6 7.0-0 ºe7 8.a4»c6 9.ºe3 0-0 10.f4 ½c7 11.¾h1 ¼e812.ºd3 »b4 13.a5 ºd7 14.»f3 ºc6?15.ºb6 ½c8 16.½e1! »d7 17.ºd4»c5? with a similar configuration ofBlack knights to our game. Anandcontinued 18.½g3 f6 19.e5! ¼f820.ºxc5? (20.exf6! ºxf6 21.ºxh7+!!wins on the spot) and the game wasdrawn in 36 moves,AnandÐKasparov, New York m (3),1995 (see EP#135, Dec. 1995).

However, in this case the e5 advancedoesnÕt work. 18.e5 »cxd3! (hittingthe ¼/f2) 19.cxd3 (in the Anandgame 19.exf6 would have beendecisive) 19Ödxe5 20.fxe5 f5 with agood game for Black.

18.»c1 ºb7 19.a3 »c6 20.ºe3b4 21.axb4 »xb4 22.f5 »cxd323.»xd3 »xd3 24.cxd3 e525.½h4

PK: Checkmate is what itÕs all about,and so I cannot criticize this move.But after the game I concluded that25.d4!? deserves consideration. After25Öexd4 26.ºxd4 there is no Blackknight coming to e5, WhiteÕs pieceshave a target on d6, and potentialoutposts on d5 and e6.

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PK: White tries to play h4 followedby g4-g5 but there is no way to makethis plan work. Better is thestraightforward 26.¼f3 ºf8 27.¼h3h6 28.g4 d5 29.g5 fxg5 30.ºxg5 andthe threat of f6 gives White apalpable initiative.


26Öºf8 27.g4 d5 28.g5

PK: As good as anything. On 28.ºb6½d7 29.h4 dxe4 30.dxe4 ºb4 31.g5fxg5 32.hxg5 g6! Black is clearlybetter, since if I take on g6 he tradesrooks, then takes on c3, and finallywins my e/¹ with check.

28Öfxg5 29.ºxg5 dxe4 30.»xe4

PK: Pretty nice for Black looks30.dxe4 ºb4 since my pieces will bebusy defending my e/¹ instead ofattacking his king.

30Ö½d7 31.h4?

PK: White overlooks mate. After31.¼f3 itÕs still a game.

31Ö½xd3! 32.¾h2

PK: On 32.½xf7 ½h3+ 33.¾g1 ºxe4mates.

32Ö¾g8 33.»g3 ¼c8 34.¼d1½b3 35.¼fd2? ºf3! Ù.

Round 6

The long-anticipated match betweenUMBC and the University of Torontotakes place in the final round, whileTexas faces off against BerkeleyÕs ÒAÓteam. Both matches look close, asTeplitsky is better against Felecan,Williams worse against Perelshteyn,and Olszewski is holding his ownagainst William Morrison. VincentTipuÕs game against Anton DelMundo becomes violent as Tipusacrifices material to open linesagainst his opponentÕs king, but hegoes down after missing a winningsequence. In the end Olszewski andMorrison would draw, Teplitskywins over Felecan, while Perelshteyngrinds down Williams in an endingto give the match to UMBC.

Meanwhile, one of the games in theTexasÐBerkeley match suddenlygoes horribly wrong when the Texasplayer drops a rook to anunexpected but devastating tacticfrom what appeared to be a betterposition. This left GM Shulmanpressing hard for the win against FMZilberstein, but he finally had toconcede the draw with only minutesleft in sudden death.

Thus, UMBC took the championshipwith a match record of 5.5Ð0.5,followed by Texas in second placewith 5Ð1. A truly exciting finish!Unfortunately for the University ofToronto, none of its five teams couldcrack the top ten in the finalstandings.

Notes by

Yan Teplitsky

Teplitsky, YanFelecan, Florin

Toronto PanAm ch tt (6), 1999Kings Indian E92

This game was played in the decisivematch between the University ofToronto and the eventual Pan-American champions, UMBC.

1.»f3 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg74.e4

This move order allows White toavoid the Gr�nfeldÖ

4Öd6 5.d4 0-0 6.ºe2 e5

I hesitated for a while before playingmy next move, as my primaryweapon in this position is 7.0-0 toreturn to the main lines. However,having seen some my opponentÕsgames it seemed to me that he isstronger in tactical play than inpositional play. ThereforeÖ

7.d5 a5

BlackÕs most flexible continuation.7Ö»bd7 has been tried a few timeswithout much success.

8.h4!?

A strange move that was first playedby French GM Bachiar Kouatly in agame against Kasparov some tenyears ago. Kasparov won beautifullyand the line was all but forgotten,although I think itÕs an interesting, ifnot the objectively strongest, way forWhite to avoid the main theoreticallines and retain a small but lastingadvantage. I would be much morecareful about playing this line if ithad been used by Kouatly to crushKasparov!

8Ö»a6

Probably best. The alternative 8Öh59.ºg5 merely transposes to a line of

the Petrosian Variation which isfavorable for White, since Black hasno counterplay on the kingside ascompared to 8.ºg5 h6 9.ºh4 »a610.»d2 h5 11.ºg5 ½e8 12.h4; andafter 8Öºg4 9.ºe3 followed by »d2White has a very pleasant positionviz. BlackÕs inferior º/g7.

9.»d2!?

Another unusual White move for thistype of position, but he has tocontinue his play on the kingside. Areasonable try is 9.»g5!? and, forexample 9Öh6 10.»h3 »c5 11.½c2although I donÕt like the »/h3 toomuch.

9Öh5?

This move is a definite mistake.Black essentially locks the kingside,thus depriving himself of allcounterplay. Now, even if Black isable to play Öf5 without droppingthe ¹/h5 it is still very hard for himto develop a serious attack.

Kasparov played 9Ö»c5 againstKouatly, and after 10.g4 a4 11.h5gxh5! 12.g5 (12.gxh5 ºh6 givesWhite nothing) 12Ö»g4 13.»f1 f514.f3 »f2!! 15.¾xf2 fxe4 proceededto win in a very convincing manner.I donÕt think Kouatly played the bestmoves though, so I was ready toplay this lineÖ

10.»f1 »c5 11.ºg5

The kingside is essentially locked.

11Ö½e8 12.»d2

WhiteÕs knight maneuvers looksomewhat strange, but despite losingtwo tempi White has been able toeffectively deprive Black of hiscounterplay on the kingside. Now hecan concentrate on his own play.

12Öºd7

Black has to guard square-b5.

13.f3!

IM Yan Teplitsky - FM Florin Felecan


This seems illogical since White letsBlack play Öf5 (the ¹/h5 is not underattack anymore) but White has tofree his pieces from the defense of¹/e4. 13.½c2 allows Öf5 as well.

13Ö»h7 14.ºe3 f5 15.»b3!

White is fighting enemy number one,the »/c5, and Black is faced with adifficult decision.

15Öb6?

With this move Black ruins hisqueenside forever. The alternative15Ö»a4! (15Ö»xb3 is bad becauseBlack is in trouble after 16.axb3!threatening both b4 and c5) asplayed by Istratescu against me atthe Erevan Olympiad is probablybest. That game continued 16.»xa4ºxa4 17.g4 hxg4? (17Öfxg4 18.fxg4»f6 is likely BlackÕs best try, though Istill prefer White) 18.fxg4 fxe419.g5!± (cutting the »/h7 and º/g7out of the game) 19Ö¼f4! 20.½d2! b6and now White got greedy with21.ºxf4?? when instead the simple21.0-0-0 followed by ¼dg1 and ºg4would have been much moreunpleasant for Black.

16.»xc5 bxc5 17.ºd3

Visually, BlackÕs position does notlook that bad, but it is in fact ratherdesperate! BlackÕs main problem isthat he is totally deprived of anycounterplay, and White can proceedto bother him on both sides.

17Öa4!?

An interesting move. Black furtherweakens his pawn structure, but triesto scare White a bit on thequeenside. Another point is toprevent WhiteÕs possible planconsisting of a4, »b5 and ºd2 whenBlackÕs pawns are in trouble. Thisplan would be especially efficient ifWhite can force Black to close thekingside with Öf4.

18.½c2

White continues his development,and targets the ¹/f5 en route.

18Ö½f7

Black has to connect his rookssomehow. The try 18Ö¼b8 doesnÕtaccomplish anything after thecircumspect 19.0-0-0 when Whitekeeps the option of »b5 for later.

Black would have an excellent gameafter the less careful 19.»b5 ºxb520.cxb5 fxe4! 21.fxe4 (here 21.ºxe4½xb5 22.ºxg6 »f6 also looks goodfor Black) 21Ö¼xb5! 22.ºxb5 ½xb5

since White has a hard timedefending his pawn weaknesses.

19.0-0-0

White isnÕt afraid of any ghosts, sincehe can always play »b5 to stopBlack on the queenside.

19Ö¾h8!

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Black is struggling to find somecounterplay, and this is his best try.For a while I couldnÕt understand thepurpose of this move, but then Iasked myself what I would do if Iwere in BlackÕs shoes: his mainproblem is that White can alwaysplay »b5 to close the queenside andfurther weaken the ¹/a4, whileBlackÕs »/h7 and º/g7 are totallyout of play.

Not much can be done about the º/g7 but it would be nice if the knightcould be brought to the queenside.The road there goes through f6however, and that means the ¹/f5 ishanging, or is it? On the immediate19Ö»f6 20.exf5 gxf5 21.ºxf5 »xd522.ºh7+ White is winning. However,if BlackÕs king were on h8 this linewouldnÕt work! Therefore:

20.ºd2!!±

White prevents 20Ö»f6 since thebishop would no longer hang on e3.Besides, the º/d2 may be useful onthe queenside. The alternate retreat20.ºf2 is a grave mistake however,since the bishop has little to do hereand would merely let BlackÕs bishopout to h6. From now on BlackÕsgame goes downhillÖ

20Ö¼g8?!

I am not sure about the idea behindthis move, since Black can neverplay Ög5 anyway because this wouldmerely open the h-file for the ¼/h1.

21.¼df1!

White threatens 22.g4.

21Öf4

As much as Black hates to make thismove, there is little choice.

22.½d1!

The ¹/a4 provides a new target.There is a sense of desperation nowover BlackÕs position, as he has nocounterplay whatsoever.

22Ö¼gb8

What else to do?

23.¼fg1

White prepares g4.

23Ö¼b7 24.g4

Of course White does not want toopen the diagonal for BlackÕs º/g7with 24.g3.

24Öhxg4 25.fxg4 g5?

This move is a tactical oversight, butBlackÕs game is hopeless in any case.

26.hxg5 ¾g8 27.g6! ½xg628.ºxf4!« »g5

After 28Öexf4 29.e5 Black is ruined.

29.ºe3 a3 30.b3 ¼f8 31.¼f1 ¼xf132.¼xf1 ºh6 33.¾c2!

A safe and multipurpose timescramble move. White avoids anytricks on the long diagonal, defendsthe bishop Òjust in caseÓ, andprepares square-c1 for the queen.

33Ö¼b8 34.½c1 ¼f8 35.¼xf8+

Here 35.¼f5 looks very good too, butI wanted to avoid all possiblecomplications.

35Ö¾xf8 36.½xa3 »f3 37.½c1»d4+ 38.¾b2 ºxe3 39.½xe3½xg4 40.½f2+

The time scramble is over and so areBlackÕs hopesÖ

40Ö¾e7 41.a4 ½h3 42.ºf1?

The bishop has nothing to do here.

42Ö½h1 43.a5 ºc8 44.ºd3

The bishop is needed on c2 todefend the king.

44Ö½h3 45.ºc2 ºa6 46.»e2½h8 47.»g3

Of course there will be no exchangeon d4.

47Ö¾d8 48.»f5 ¾c8 49.½h4½e8

Black obviously cannot exchange onh4, as sooner or later White breaksthrough on the queenside.

50.½h6!

This move seals BlackÕs fate as itprevents both Ö¾b8 and Ö¾b7 whilerestraining BlackÕs queen.


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50Ö¾b7

The tactics are simple and pretty, viz.50Ö¾b8 51.»xd6«; or 50Ö½d751.»xd4 exd4 52.e5«.

51.½xd6! »xf5 52.½c6+ ½xc653.dxc6+ ¾xc6 54.exf5 Ø.

Notes by

Vincent Tipu

Del Mundo, AntonTipu, Vincent

Toronto PanAm ch tt (6), 1999QGD: Chigorin D07

This game provides a perfectillustration of the strengths andlimitations of a purely intuitiveapproach to chess; that is, withoutthe proper evaluation of a position,and the calculation of only thesimplest variations. This approachseems to suit me, especially inconjunction with the contemplativeinertia into which IÕve fallen lately.

1.»f3 »c6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 ºg44.»c3

The theoretical 4.cxd5 is moreambitious and probably better, as forexample 4Öºxf3 5.gxf3 (after 5.dxc6ºxc6 6.»c3 e6 7.e4 ºb4 8.f3 ½h49.g3 ½f6 followed by Ö0-0-0 I quitelike Black) 5Ö½xd5 6.e3 e5 7.»c3ºb4 8.ºd2 and White has a slightadvantage.

4Öe6 5.e3 »f6 6.cxd5 exd57.ºb5

The position is probably equal after7.½b3 ¼b8.

7Öºd6 8.h3 ºxf3

Also playable is 8Öºd7 but not8Öºh5? 9.g4 ºg6 10.»e5 and Whitewins a pawn; or 8Öºe6 9.»e5 withan annoying initiative.

9.½xf3 a6 10.ºd3

White achieves a long-term initiativeon the queenside after 10.ºxc6+

bxc6 followed by ºd2, ¼c1 and»a4-c5. Black can probably findenough compensation on thekingside, but this type of position iseasier to play as White.

10Ö0-0 11.0-0 »b4 12.ºf5 c513.dxc5

One can reject instantly any attemptsto win the ¹/d5 since Black gets toomuch play, for example 13.a3 »c614.»xd5?! »xd5 15.½xd5 cxd416.exd4 ¼e8 17.ºe4 ºf8.

[I would consider 15Öºh2+ to be aconvincing refutation! Ed.]

13Öºxc5 14.0-0 g6!?

A very ambitious idea that is theresult of an overly optimisticevaluation of the position. Black seesthe correct piece configuration toaim for, but he shouldnÕt weaken thecrucial square-f6. Black should becontent with a dynamic equality after14Ö¼e8 15.¼fd1 »c6 followed byÖ»e5 and perhaps Ö»c4.

15.ºb1 »c6 16.¼d1 ¼e8?

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Black should have played 16Ö»e5and hope that his activity is sufficientcompensation for the isolated pawn.

17.»e2??

A strategical blunder that loses byforce. White seems to win a pawnwith 17.»xd5! ½xd5 (after 17Ö»xd5?!18.ºc3 and 19.e4 WhiteÕs advantageis overwhelming) 18.½xf6 becausethe ÒwinningÓ 18Öºb4? is refuted bythe fabulous 19.ºxg6!! and thealternatives 18Ö¼e6 or 18Ö»e5 donot give adequate compensation.

17Ö»e5 18.½f4 »c4!

Black prevents 19.½a4 and eyes theimportant squares e3, d2 and b2.

19.ºc3!

WhiteÕs best chance, since 19.ºc1?»h5 20.½h2 leaves White with nocounterchances whatsoever.

19Ö»h5 20.½f3 »xe3

If this move is not good, then BlackÕsadvantage is illusoryÖ

21.¼d3

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21Ö»xg2!

All of the geometrical motifs in thisposition work in BlackÕs favor, andhe wins easily after 22.½xg2 ¼xe223.¼xd5 ¼xf2; or 22.¾xg2 ¼xe223.¼xd5 ¼xf2+; or 22.½xd5 ºxf2+followed by 23Ö½xd5 and 24Ö¼xe2.White plays the only move that giveshim any practical chances:

22.¼xd5! »h4 23.½d3

Here Black can win in ugly andrather lengthy fashion without theneed for further subtleties, viz.23Ö½b6 24.¼xh5 gxh5 25.½xh7+¾f8 26.½h8+ ¾e7 27.½e5+ ¾d7!28.½d5+ ¾c8 but the text is stronger.

23Öºxf2+! 24.¾f1!

24.¾xf2 ¼xe2+ wins in the ending;but after the text I saw only

A) 24Ö½xd5 25.½xd5 ¼xe2 and nowthe prosaic 26.½xh5 (26.ºe5? losesto the pretty 26Ö¼e8!) draws; but

B) after 24Ö½c7! 27.¼xh5 ½h2 theinvasion on h2 proves to beoverwhelming, viz. 28.¼xh4 ºxh429.½f3 ¼xe2 Ù.

24Ö½b6?? 25.¼xh5 gxh5

Even 25Ö¼ad8 should lose after26.¼d5 ¼xd5 (26Ö½c6 27.»f4«)27.½xd5 ¼d8 28.½xd8+ ½xd829.¾xf2 ½d1 30.b3 although thiswould have been the lesser evil.

26.½xh7+ ¾f8 27.½h8+ ¾e728.½e5+ ¾d8

Similarly hopeless are 28Ö¾f829.½g7+ ¾e7 30.½g5+ ¾d7 31.ºf5+;and 28Ö¾d7 29.ºf5+.

29.½f6+!

Whoops! This is what Black missed.

29Ö½xf6 30.ºxf6+ ¾c7 31.¾xf2»g6 32.ºf5 b5 33.¼c1+ ¾b634.ºd4+ ¾a5 35.a3 ¼ad8 36.b4+¾a4 37.ºc3 »e5 38.ºc2+ Ø.


Across Canada

BC

British Columbia

Victoria MacAdam MemorialMike Carlisle won the tournamentwith 4.5/5, drawing only withsecond place winner MikeStanford. Top honors in the ÒAÓSection were split between IanHiggs, Dmitri Moiseev and RickChranowski with 3.5/5 points each.Lynn Stringer was Top ÒBÓ, Top ÒCÓJustin Hardy, and Top ÒDÓ RossBecherer. Mitchell Sherrin won theTop Unrated prize.

TD/Rep: Lynn Stringer

UBC Tuesday Night SwissIn spite of a lengthy disruption dueto a snowstorm in round two, upand coming junior RomanJiganchine staged a clean sweep at5/5 to defeat all of his main rivals.Meanwhile Charles Fekete posted asolid performance to take the U1800Section after losing only to ExpertsSean McLaren and FranciscoCabanas.

TD & Report: Lyle Craver

Victoria Open

Notes by

Rick Chranowski

Chranowski, RickMoore, Harry

Victoria op, 2000Various A00

1.»c3!

This interesting alternative makes thethousands of memorized openingmoves my opponents rely oncompletely useless!

1Öd5 2.e4 d4 3.»ce2 e5 4.f4 exf45.»xf4 »f6 6.d3 ºb4+ 7.ºd2ºxd2+ 8.½xd2 0-0 9.h3 »h5

An interesting pawn sacrifice forrapid development and an attack.

10.»xh5 ½h4+ 11.½f2 ½xh512.½xd4

White decides to accept hisopponentÕs dangerous offering.

12Ö»c6 13.½f2 f5 14.ºe2

On 14.d4 fxe4?? 15.ºc4+ Black loseshis queen.

14Ö½e8 15.»f3

White returns material to finish hisdevelopment.

15Öfxe4 16.dxe4 ½xe4 17.0-0½xc2 18.¼ac1 ½g6

But thatÕs enough! Now 18Ö½xb2??19.ºc4+ wins BlackÕs queen.

19.½h4 ºe6 20.a3 ¼ae8 21.ºb5ºd5 22.ºc4 ºxc4 23.½xc4+¾h8 24.¼f2!

White guards the second rank andprepares to double rooks!

24Ö½f5 25.¼cf1 ½e4

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26.»e5!!

Like a ferocious octopus this knighttakes over the entire board. A movemy hero, the immortal Paul Keres,would have made.

[26.»g5! is even stronger. Ed.]

26Ö¼xf2 27.½xe4 ¼xf1+28.¾xf1 ¼xe5 29.½f3 ¾g830.½b3+ ¾f8 31.½xb7 ¼f5+32.¾g1 ¼f6 33.½xc7 a5 34.b4!

WhiteÕs advancing pawns will claimeither BlackÕs knight or rook.

34Öaxb4 35.axb4 »xb4 36.½b8+¾f7 37.½xb4 ¾g6 38.½e4+ ¾h639.½h4+ ¾g6

A small ½ vs. ¼ endgame lessonfollows!

40.g4 h6 41.½h5+ ¾h7 42.¾g2

¼b6 43.½f5+ ¾h8 44.h4 ¼b2+45.¾g1 ¼b6 46.g5 ¼b8 47.¾h2¼b2+ 48.¾g3 ¼b3+ 49.¾g4 ¼b4+50.¾h5 ¼b6 51.½f8+ ¾h7 52.g6+

On 52Ö¼xg6 White plays 53.½f5!

52Ö¼xg6 Ø.

Kelowna WinterfestA last round draw with GerryNeufahrt secured clear first place forCarl Storey in the KelownaWinterfest, while Alex Davies had tosettle for second. Top gun RickChranowski split the top class prizewith Neufahrt, Greg Bishop finishedTop U1800, and Peter Labik playedextremely well to win the U1700Class with 3.5/5. Altogether 22players met in Kelowna for whatagain proved to be a most relaxedand enjoyable tournament.

TD/Rep: David Moore

UBC Tuesday Night FebruaryMost notable among severaloutstanding performances at thisevent was Rhys GoldsteinÕs score of4.5/5, yielding only a draw in thefinal round to Alfred Pechisker. TopU1800 was shared by TavishMcDonell and Charles Fekete at 3/5.The former would have posted aneven more impressive result, had hebeen able to put away Kryjak andPechisker.

TD/Rep: Lyle Craver

AB

Alberta

Grande Prairie Trumpeter Classic17 players came to witness JohnQuiring and Ford Wong ofEdmonton share first place at 4/5 inthe Open Section. James Chibaruined Paul McGinnisÕ chances tojoin the two Edmonton players at thetop, when he beat his fellow home


club member in the final round. Pauldid however take first in the U1625Section at 3/5, and James won theU1800 Section with 3.5/5. Thanksespecially to all those who drove along way in very cold weather tomake this an excellent tournament.

TD/Org/Rep: Phil Lefkowitz

Calgary Closed

Notes by

Art Milne

Nazarian, FarzanMilne, Art

Calgary ch “B”, 2000French: Exchange C01

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd54.ºd3 »c6

I play against the French ExchangeVariation with every intention ofwinning, as does Farzan!

5.c3 ºd6 6.f4!?

Farzan introduces his patented planof controlling square-e5 togetherwith a ÒbigÓ º/d3 and followed by»e5 to pressure BlackÕs position.

6Ö»ge7

Here the knight is more flexible one7 than on f6, where it impedes theadvance of ¹/f7 to f6 or f5.

7.»f3 ºg4!

Black avoids 7Öºf5? 8.ºxf5 »xf59.½b3! and instead places everypossible obstacle in the path ofWhiteÕs occupation of square-e5 witha knight.

8.0-0 f5!

In the face of the threat 8Ö0-0?9.ºxh7+« Black finds it necessaryto shut down WhiteÕs º/d3 on theb1-h7 diagonal, even at the cost ofceding square-e5 to a White knight.

9.½e1

The need to protect ¹/f4 stands inthe way of the more direct try9.»bd2.

9Öºxf3 10.¼xf3 ½d7

After 10Ö0-0?! 11.½e6+ is annoying.Ostensibly, Black keeps hisopponent guessing as to which sidehe will castle on, although it wasevident to me during the game thatthe kingside is the only viableoption.

11.»d2 0-0 12.¼f1

White has expended two uselesstempi on rook moves, and there isno question that the right planconsists of a prompt transfer of »/d2to e5 via f3.

12Ö»g6

Black lures yet another White pawnonto a dark square.

13.g3 ¼ae8 14.½d1!

Ultimately square-a4 is valuable forBlackÕs queen in mounting an attackon WhiteÕs center. WhiteÕs flexiblemove now controls this square, andalso keeps an eye on square-h5.

14Ö»d8!

Black aims to pressure WhiteÕs centerwith 15Öc5 and 16Ö»e6 where Ö»e6is preferable to Ö»c6 since Blackretains the option of recapturing onc5 with a knight, thus retaining hisvaluable king bishop and reservingc6 for the »/e7.

15.»f3 c5 16.»e5

I think Farzan is of the view thatonce a White knight reaches e5 thegame is essentially over!

16Ö½c7

BlackÕs queen is tied to the defenseof square-d7 against a knightincursion as, for example, the move16Ö½b6 to pressure d4 is verboten.

17.½h5 »e7

The only move. Black returns thetempo he gained earlier to place theknight on the best square to defendd5, f5, g6 and, as it turns out, theking!

18.ºd2 g6

Black further supports ¹/f5. Theslight weakening of the dark squaresaround the king is insignificant, aslong as WhiteÕs queen bishopremains sheltered behind its ownpawns.

19.½f3! »e6 20.ºe3 ¼b8

Since clearly nothing is happeningon the clogged e-file, Black preparesto open lines on the queenside.

21.¼ac1 b5 22.b3 c4

Black doesnÕt see any advantage inmaintaining the tension in the centerany longer. After for example22Ö¼fd8 23.ºb1! the advance c4allows White to seal the queensideadvantageously with 24.b4!

23.ºc2 ½a5!?

Black sacrifices the Exchange inreturn for a pawn and the removal ofWhiteÕs strong »/e5.

24.»d7

Instead 24.»c6! discomforts Blacksince 24Ö»xc6 25.½xd5 leaves threeminor minor pieces hanging.

[It seems that here 25Ö¼be8 and forexample 26.½xd6 ½xc3 27.¼fe1»exd4 28.ºe4 (28.ºxf5 ¼xe3)28Ö½xe1+ (or 28Ö»c2) is perfectlyfine for Black. Ed.]

24Ö½xa2 25.bxc4 bxc426.»xf8?!

WhatÕs the hurry, the fork wonÕt runaway? On the other hand, WhiteÕsgame is no bed of roses thanks to hisimpotent º/e3 and inactive rooks.Play after 26.ºb1 ½b3 27.ºd2 ºa328.¼ce1 »c7 is probably level sinceWhite cannot invade on the e-fileand Black is free to advance his a/¹.

26Ö¾xf8 27.g4?!

With the laudable aim of softeningup the light squares around BlackÕsking, but White doesnÕt have time forthis. Better is 27.ºb1 ½b3 28.ºd2with play similar to the note above.

27Öºa3!

A Dorfman move. Anything elsegives White a definite plus.

28.ºb1

Black has a distinct advantage after28.¼a1 ½xc2 29.¼xa3 ¼b3 30.¼xa7½xc3 because White has problemsdefending ¹/d4.

28Ö½b3 29.¼ce1 ½xc3

Now Black has full compensation.

30.gxf5 »xd4 31.½h3

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White establishes a clear plus with31.ºxd4 ½xd4+ 32.¾h1 ¼b3 33.½e2ºb4 34.¼d1 ½f6 35.fxg6 as theposition starts to open up around hisopponentÕs king.

31Ögxf5!!


Much better than either 31Ö»dxf5 or31Ö»exf5. BlackÕs knights are ideallyplaced for attack and defense, as forexample 32.½xh7 »f3+ wins backthe Exchange with interest.

32.½h6+ ¾g8 33.¾h1 ¼b6!

A nice rook lift to transfer the heavypiece to the kingside for defensiveduty on the g-file.

34.¼g1+ ¼g6 35.ºxd4?? ½f3+Ù.

Calgary Words Feast of ChampionsBrilliant play by Norm Luyben andTed Borowski in early games wasnot enough to prevent Rich Canalfrom capturing top spot at 6.5/8 inthe end. At the other end of thecrosstable Stephen Campbell andRichard Hudson battled it out for lastplace.

TD: Tedge Davies; Rep: StephenCampbell

ON

Ontario

DCC Winter 2000 Swiss9-year-old Irakli Vadachkoriyawon his first Canadian tournamentwith 4.5/6 at this sixteen playerevent. Irakli already owns aprovisional Active rating of 2091 andwill now post an established ratingover 1600 on the next rating list!

TD/Org/Rep: Mark S. Dutton

Toronto GTCL Blitz Qualifier at DCCEduardo Teodoro took a first roundbye and proceeded to score 13.5/18to earn his number one seed into theToronto GTCL Blitz Final event. Thisfirst of two qualifying eventsattracted 28 players, and producedsix players that would go on to thefinals. Goran Milicevic was alone insecond, followed by MichaelDougherty, Branimir Vujic andAndrew Peredun. A playoff betweenSam Haziprodromu, Ang Meng andNorth Toronto junior MichaelFleischmann was won byHaziprodromu to determine the sixth

finalist. Milan Trbic won the U2000prize, followed by Ross Richardson.


Toronto GTCL Blitz Qualifier at SCCTwenty-four players entered thisevent for a chance to qualify to thefinals by finishing in the top six. Therunaway winner at 15.5/20 was IMIgor Zugic, followed by RoderickTeodoro, Lorne Yee, Josip Terzic,Ian Martin and Sasha Starr. Alsoamong the top players were YuriOchkoos and Branimir Vujic. TheClass prize winners were VasileMustafa and Phil Haley.

TD/Org/Rep: Bryan Lamb

Toronto GTCL Blitz FinalGoran Milicevic scored anincredible 19.5/22 to capture firstplace well ahead of IM Igor Zugic at15.5/22 in second place, andEduardo Teodoro in third at 13.5/22. Players in the final had qualifiedin two previous events at the DuttonChess Club and Scarborough ChessClub, and received free entry plus a$300 prize fund donated jointly bythe GTCL, SCC and DCC.


Toronto Valentine's Day OpenIM David Cummings scored fourconsecutive wins after a first roundbye to win the Toronto ValentineÕsDay Open. 19-year-old AndrewPeredun also finished in the moneywith 4/5, followed by BranimirVujic and 11-year-old MarkBluvshtein who scored 3.5/5 toshare top honors in the U2300.

Ilia Bluvshtein dominated theU2100 Section with a perfect 5/5,followed by junior Joseph Lentini insecond, and Marina Bryskine in thirdplace. Tony Verma and SlavaSviridovitch split the U1900 Sectionat 4.5/5, while junior Angel Xia, IanOllers and regular Donald Prattscored 3/5 to share third place.

The Under 1700 Section was sharedby Toshio Imai and AlfonsoAlvarez at 4/5, followed byRaymond Cope and 9-year-old IrakliVadachkoriya. The U1500 Sectionalso produced a tie, this timebetween Brendan Duggan and JanDraak, who were closely followedby newcomer Igor Khomyn whowon the Top Unrated prize.


Kingston Whig-Standard ChampionshipGeoff McKay won this traditionalevent, sponsored by the Whig-Standard newspaper since the mid-1950s. McKay scored 6.5/8, but justbarely survived his games againstrunners-up Frank Dixon andPatrick Kirby. Dixon led going intothe last round, but as White declinedan early draw offer from Kirby, onlyto go on to lose. James Worrall, inhis first rated event, and Frank Mintied for the U1700 prize, while theFrankenstein prize for the biggestupset went to new player JohnLukezich, who defeated LorenzPaulsen.

TD/Rep: Frank Dixon

Kingston Lawrence Day SimulThis wonderful exhibition by IMLawrence Day attracted 33challengers. Lawrence recalled fondmemories of KingstonÕs 1966Canadian Open, where he won TopJunior and a trip to Jerusalem for the1967 World Junior! Lawrence seemedto be in a fun-loving and generousmood, as he played sharply in allgames, allowing lots of play, drawingsix games, and losing five games intotal to Peter Sibbald, Patrick Kirby,Jay Serdula, Rob Hutchison, andJohn Barbatbun! Thank you,Lawrence!

Notes by

Frank Dixon

Day, LawrenceDixon, Frank

Kingston sim 1999French: Chigorin C00

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.½e2 »c6 4.»f3g6

The game has transposed to aChigorin French. DayÐBaragar,Hamilton CA ch 1994, went 4Ö¼b8?!5.»a3 a6 6.c3 b5 7.»c2 »f6 8.d3 ºe79.g3?! (Day suggested 9.g4! »xg410.½g2 ºh4+ in his notes) 9Ö0-010.ºh3 b4 11.c4 b3 12.axb3 ¼xb313.0-0 d5 (see EP#128, Oct. 1994).

The first and most important thing torealize when playing Lawrence isthat there is no way to slide into amain line position at move fifteen,because he just doesnÕt play thatway. In a previous simul in 1978, Iwas most distressed when I couldnÕtget one of my pet Sicilian Najdorf


lines, and lost in about twentymoves. Now, with more experiencein strange lines, I felt I had a betterchance.

5.c3

DayÐKuligowski, New York 1981,went 5.»a3 a6 6.c3 b5 7.»c2 »f68.g3 d5 9.e5 »d7 10.d4 ¼b811.ºh3³ (ECO). Lawrence is one ofthe worldÕs leading authorities onthis variation, and I learned later thathe had picked it up from his mentorIM Feodor Bohatirchuk (1892Ð1984),who apparently used to travel toRussian tournaments with MikhailChigorin (1850Ð1908) himself afterthe turn of the century. Bohatirchuk,who had excellent results in severalof the early Soviet Championshipsduring the 1920s and a plus scoreagainst Botvinnik, had to flee hishomeland after World War II, andultimately settled in Ottawa wherehe worked as a research scientist.Probably of GM strength, he neverreceived this title because, accordingto Mark Taimanov in his book onSoviet Championships, all of hisearly games were deleted from thedatabases in the former SovietUnion. Young Lawrence Day wasjust getting into chess afterBohatirchuk moved to Ottawa.

5Öºg7!? 6.»a3 a6 7.»c4!

The knight is heading for d6. Blackhas already made too many pawnmoves, and I had to look very hardfor a saving idea in this difficultposition.

7Öd6 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 b5!?10.»d6+ ¾f8 11.d4

Black threatened 11Ö»xe5 and if12.»xc8 »xf3+ 13.½xf3 ¼xc8.

11Öcxd4 12.cxd4 »xd4!

This is it! Black recovers the pieceafter 13.»xd4 ½h4+ 14.g3 ½xd4when 15.ºf4 (15.ºg2 ºxe5! 16.ºxa8½xd6=) 15Ö»e7 16.ºg2 ¼b8 17.¼d1½b4+ 18.¾f2 »f5 leads to a gamewith mutual chances. LawrencedidnÕt look surprised however, andtook only a few seconds to reply.

13.½e4! »xf3+ 14.½xf3 ¼a7!

The rook covers the mate on f7.Black had seen this far at moveseven, but he isnÕt out of the woodsyet!

15.ºe3! ºxe5!

Forced, since 15Ö¼c7? losesimmediately to 16.ºc5!

16.»xc8!

On 16.ºxa7 ½xd6 17.¼d1 ½b4+18.¾f2 ¾g7! holds the balance in aposition where Black is happy withtwo pawns for the Exchange and thedisappearance of the terrible »/d6.

16Ö¼c7! 17.»b6

Not 17.ºb6? ½h4+ and 18.g3 ½b4+19.¾f2 ½xb2+ 20.ºe2 ¼xc8 wins.

17Ö½h4+ 18.g3 ½b4+ 19.¾f2½xb2+ 20.ºe2 ¾g7!

Although 20Ö½xa1? 21.¼xa1 ºxa1looks tempting, White quicklydestroys BlackÕs position startingwith 22.½a8+.

21.¼ab1 ½xa2 22.½e4 ¼c2!?

The alternative 22Öºf6 does notlook appetizing after 23.ºd4 and so Itook another pass here. I wasconsidering the text when PeterSibbald, playing next to me, alsosuggested it. Black regains his pieceshortly, but loses control of thea1Ðh8 diagonal.

23.½xe5+ f6! 24.½d4! ¼xe2+25.¾f3 »h6 26.¼a1

Of course not 26.ºxh6+ ¾xh627.½xf6?? ¼f2+.

26Ö½b2

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Here Lawrence accepted my drawoffer. Perhaps Black should play on,as he has four pawns for his piece.White needs to be careful, and thereare a number of tricky possibilities:

A) 27.½d7+ »f7 28.½xe6? (perhapsjust 28.ºh6+ ¾xh6 29.½xf7)28Ö»e5+! 29.¾e4 (29.¾f4 g5+30.¾f5 ½c2#) 29Ö½c2+ 30.¾d4¼d8+ 31.»d5 ½c4#;

B) 27.½xb2 ¼xb2 28.¼xa6 ¼d8! andWhite has some trouble getting hisknight back into play after 29.¼a7+»f7 30.¼c1 (again perhaps 30.ºh6+¾xh6 31.¼xf7) 30Ö¾g8 31.¼cc7?»e5+! 32.¾e4 ¼b4+ 33.ºd4 ¼dxd4+34.¾e3 ¼d3+ 35.¾e2 ¼b2+ 36.¾e1»f3+ 37.¾f1 ¼d1#.

However, more sensible play byWhite should lead to equality, and asLawrence was efficiently polishingoff several of my compatriots by thistime, I thought that a draw would bethe sensible finish for me. Lawrencelater agreed that this game was veryinteresting; and for a short draw itcertainly contained quite a lot ofexcitement!

Ú.

Rep: Frank Dixon

Scarborough Chess Club Year 2000 ActiveThe January edition of our monthlyActive tournaments drew 28 players,who would find Milan Mitrovicalone in first place with a perfectscore after five rounds. However, inthe last round Michael Doughertywon over Mitrovic to pull into a tiefor top spot at 5/6. Finishing with4.5/6 were Milan Zagar and FaizurRahman. Other sectional winnerswere Ted Kret, Nikola Brajkovic,Fima Rakhinshteyn, Brian McLeodand Bojana Mitrovic.


Scarborough Chess Club Winter ActiveIn February a large crowd of 35players witnessed SCC Secretary IanMartin triumph over rivals IoanCrisan and Yuri Ochkoos to score5.5/6 for first place. Tied for secondat 4.5/6 were Branimir Vujic, ArtemGurevich, Andrew Peredun, MichaelBuscar and Stefan Nastase. Otherprize winners were Joe Pe, JoeBellomo, Lukas Beaudry, GordanaMaric, Brice Wesingi and RobertArmstrong.


Scarborough Youth #6A dozen youngsters came out to theScarborough Chess Club at the endof January to participate in this eventdesigned for beginning tointermediate players with ratingsbelow 1600. For the second event ina row, the winner with a score of 4/5, was Hazel Smith. Tied for secondat 3.5/5 were Jeffrey Yu, MitchellDembowski, and Matthew Cooke.Thanks to all who participated!


Scarborough Youth #7Unfortunately, due to schedulingdifficulties, this event coincided withthe popular Canadian Youth


Championships Qualifier inAgincourt, and thus drew only sevenparticipants. Shawn Sauve and RajaPanjwani dominated the event at5.5/6. In third place was Inara Aliev,while the Grade 4Ð6 medal was wonby Michael Vandenberk.


John Allan Memorial ActiveThe tournament started off with anupset when Joseph Lentini, whorepresented Canada in the Oropesadel Mar World Youth Chess Festival,defeated Master Hans Jung. Josephin turn would lose to local playerKirk Brewster, but when JungÕscomeback would falter in the lastround against Doran Hallett, Josephclinched top spot with 4/5. Hallettclaimed the U1800 prize at 3.5/5.

TD/Org/Rep: Keith Wight

Scarborough Chess Club ChampionshipThis event, normally a Round Robin,was converted to a Swiss format forthe special commemoration of theScarborough Chess ClubÕs 40th yearof operations. In the ChampionshipSection Bryan Lamb and Bill Evansended in a tie at 5.5/8, but Bryanwould win the Championship ontiebreak. Jim Paterson and FloranteAlcaide split third place.

In the Reserve Championship LuiMorra and Andre Rolavs tied fortop spot at 7/8, and were declaredco-champions. ÒBÓ Class was wonjointly by Mike Douglas and RobertArmstrong, while Lukas Beaudrytook top ÒCÓ Class honors. Thanks toeveryone who helped make thisevent a great success!


Thunder Bay Tournament of ChampionsSean McKayÕs Chess Club is pleasedto announce that Thunder Bay isplaying CFC-rated chess again.Twenty-two enthusiastic combatantstook part in the inaugauralTournament of Champions, and hadto concede victory to London MasterDavid McTavish at 4.5/6. He wasfollowed in second place by RobertMoline at 4/6, who we congratulatefor achieving his long-time goal ofbecoming a chess Expert. In the ÒBÓSection, Thunder Bay native ErnestKatainen dismantled the oppositionto score a perfect 5/5!

TD/Org/Rep: Sean McKay

SCC Sunday Winter Round RobinEach of the six-player sections wasextremely competitive, and did notproduce any run-away winners. Theindividual section winners wereAndre Rolavs with 3.5/5, ChrisTakov also with 3.5/5, AriMendrinos again at 3.5/5, andFrank Tebbs with 4/5.


Toronto January Winter OpenIM David Cummings won in thelast round over leader BranimirVujic to join a three way tie at 4/5for first place with Ontario JuniorChampion Yaaqov Vaingorten.Meanwhile Andrew Pereduncaptured the U2300 prize with his3.5/5 score. The Open Sectionfeatured no less than fourteen topjuniors, including Kevork Hacat whoknocked off Ron Livshits in thesecond round of this 73 player event.

The U2100 Section was wonconvincingly by junior Derek Pleau,who in spite of playing up a sectionfinished a full point ahead of secondplace finishers Michael Winans andSam Haziprodromu. Scott Hare splitthe U1900 Section with RichardWing, followed by juniors Angel Xiaand Christopher Parker in thirdplace. In the U1700 Section SlavaSviridovitch posted the only perfectscore in the tournament, clearlyahead of junior Lukas Beaudry insecond place, and 10-year-oldJonathan Yu and Merlin Atayde in ashare for third. Ted Termeer wonthe U1500 Section ahead of JesusVera and Brendan Duggan.


Toronto Class ChampionshipBranimir Vujic scored 4/5 to winthe Master Section of the 2000Toronto Class Championship aheadof young Mark Bluvshtein, whoshared second place with fellowjunior Roman Golts and IM DavidCummings. Bluvshtein played allthree IMs in the event, drawing withMichael Schleifer and Cummings,and winning over Ron Livshits!

The U2200 Section was sharedbetween Marina Bryskine andArtem Gurevich at 4/5, followed by13-year-old Dina Kagramanov andVladimir Rubanovski. Olya Shiskinascored 4.5/5 to win the U2000

Section ahead of David Millar andStefan Nastase.

Joe-Mari Pe came out on top in theU1800 Section, followed by juniorEric Lawson, Donald Pratt, AliceLaimer, and Greg Crnilovic in a fourway tie for second place. The U1600Class was dominated by 9-year-oldIrakli Vadachkoriya who scored animpressive 4.5/5, just ahead ofveteran Richard Riedstra in secondplace. Newcomer Perfecto Aleawon the U1400 Section at 4.5/5 towin the Top Unrated prize.

Bluvshtein, MarkLivshits, Ron

Toronto Class ch (1), 2000Sicilian: Najdorf B82

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 »f6 5.»c3 a6 6.f4 e67.ºe3 ½c7 8.a4 b6 9.ºe2 ºb710.ºf3 »bd7 11.0-0 ºe7 12.½e2¼c8 13.g4 »c5 14.ºf2 g6 15.g5»fd7

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TD/Org/Rep: Mark and Christine Dutton

DCC New Millennium Wednesday SwissNew GTCL President Peter Boross-Harmer and Ignac Vucko finishedin a tie for first place in thisWednesday evening event thatattracted 22 players. Followingclosely behind in a tie for third placewere Warren Dutton, Ken Kurkowskiand Chris Benson, all with 3.5/5.


Notes by

P. Boross-Harmer

Vucko, IgnacBoross-Harmer, Peter

Toronto Millennium, 2000Queen Pawn D02

Prior to the start of the game Iexpected Ignac to play somethingrelatively safe since he was a fullpoint ahead of the field. Then again,he is known for his tactics andattacking style.

1.»f3 d5 2.d4 »f6 3.g3 ºg4

Black leaves the books at the earliestconvenience.

4.ºg2 e6 5.0-0 ºd6 6.c4 c6 7.c5ºc7 8.½b3 b6 9.a4 »bd7

Instead 9Ö»a6 is probably better.

10.cxb6 axb6 11.½c2 c5 12.dxc5ºf5 13.½c3 bxc5 14.ºg5 0-015.»bd2 ºa5 16.½e3

This cannot be a good spot for thequeen.

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17Ö»g4 18.½f4 f6

Black wins a piece.

19.ºh4 g5 20.ºxg5

Here 20.»xg5 is far more active.

20Öfxg5 21.½xg5+ ¾h8 22.h3¼g8 23.½h4 »gf6 24.g4 »xg4

Black returns the material for activeplay.

25.hxg4 ¼xg4 26.½e7

WhiteÕs queen really should nottravel so far from the king.

26Ö¼ag8 27.½xd7 ¼xg2+28.¾h1 ºxd2 29.»xd2 ½b4

Much more lethal is 29Öe5.

30.»f3 ½f4 31.½e7 ºe4 32.½h4½xh4+ 33.»xh4 ¼2g4+ Ù.


Burlington Mark Irish MemorialIt was with great sadness that welearned of the death of Mark Irish,long a member of the BurlingtonChess Club. Mark was anenthusiastic and helpful person, andwill be missed by all of us. The MarkIrish Memorial was won by R.F.Puschke, who demonstratedenviable survival skills. NewcomerAlex Friedman is making a goodimpression, and Jim Lehmann wasunlucky not to do better.

TD/Org/Rep: Raymond Stonkus

Toronto ClosedThe Championship Section saw thereturn of Eduardo Teodoro, whoscored 10/11 to claim first prizeahead of his brother RoderickTeodoro and junior Mark Bluvshteinin second place. The Reserve Sectionended in a tie between WarrenDutton, Rolf Stoltefuss and BojanaMitrovic, all at 7.5/11.

TD/Org/Rep: Mark & Christine Dutton

DCC Wednesday Cabin FeverKen Kurkowski and David Millartied for first with 4.5/6 at the twentyplayer Wednesday Evening ÒCabinFeverÓ Swiss, followed a half pointbehind by Nosrat Nozari and PeterBoross-Harmer.


PQ

Quebec

Championnat Ouvert de l�Estrie

Notes by

Michael Schleifer

Gravel, SimonSchleifer, Michael

Championnat Ouvert del'Estrie, 2000Various B27

This contest was the critical pairingof the tournament between the twohighest rated players.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6

Played because I was in anaggressive mood, the game is alreadyinteresting!

3.»f3 ºb7 4.ºd3 c5 5.0-0

After the game Simon told me that hethought 5.c3 is a better move here,and I agree with him. After 5.c3White retains his space advantage.

5Öcxd4 6.»xd4 »c6 7.»xc6ºxc6 8.c4

White plays to restrain Black, whichis a natural reaction in suchpositions. Here 8.»c3 to aim formore rapid piece development isalso possible.

8Öºc5

Black has very ambitious plans.

9.»c3 ½h4!?

This move serves two purposes byputting pressure on ¹/e4 andpreventing Simon from playing hisqueen to g4!

10.½f3?

White plays too nonchalantly. Thequeen is badly placed on the h1Ða8diagonal, and would be morecomfortable on e2.

10Ö»f6 11.ºf4? 0-0 12.¼ad1?

By now the alert reader must becurious and wonder why White stillhas a playable position after threemistakes in a row? The answer to thisquestion is twofold:

A) WhiteÕs errors may not have beenlarge enough for Black to claim aforced win, but they do show asignificant misappraisal of theposition; and

B) BlackÕs next move demonstratesthat WhiteÕs position is not as solidas it appears to be. As a matter offact, White spends the rest of thegame trying to save his inferiorposition.

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13.ºg3 ½g5!

The most exact move, threatening14Öf5. WhiteÕs reply is forced.

14.ºe2 »xg3 15.½xg3 ½xg316.hxg3 f5

The outcome of the game largelydepends on BlackÕs ability to exploithis opponentÕs weakness on f2.

17.ºf3 f4 18.gxf4?

Why allow the f-file to be openend?Here 8.g4 is better.

18Ö¼xf4 19.»e2 ¼f7 20.»d4 e521.»xc6 dxc6

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Simon has succeeded in simplifyingthe position, but unfortunately forhim the weakness at f2 persists.

22.ºg4 ¼f6 23.¼d2 ºd4 24.ºf5?!

After 24.¾h2! followed f2-f3 I cannotfind a win for Black.

24Ö¾f8

Played with the intention of puttingmy king on c5, ready to answer b3with an advance of my a/¹ to pryopen the a-file.

25.g3 g6 26.ºg4 ¾e7 27.¾g2 h528.ºd1 a5 29.¼e1 ¼af8 30.¼ee2g5 31.¼c2 g4

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Black takes the opportunity toreduce his opponent to utterpassivity by fixing ¹/f2 permanently.

32.¼ed2 ¼8f7!

Now BlackÕs king goes to g5 to helpopen the h-file.

33.¾f1 ¾f8 34.¾g2 ¾g7 35.¼e2¾g6 36.¼cd2 ¾g5 37.ºa4 h438.gxh4+ ¾xh4 39.a3 ¾g540.¼c2 ¼h6 41.¼c1 ¼f3

Also winning is 41Ö¼fh7.

42.¼d1 ¼fh3 43.¼g1 ¼h2+44.¾f1 ¼f6 45.ºxc6

White has had enough and decidesto fall on his own sword. After45.¼g2 ¼h1+ 46.¼g1 ¼xg1+ 47.¾g1g3 Black wins.

45Ö¼hxf2+ 46.¼xf2 ¼xf2+47.¾e1 ¼f6 Ù.

NS

Nova Scotia

Bluenose OpenThe annual Bluenose Chess ClubOpen attracted a total of 34participants. In the Open Section,Justin Gulati and Ilias Baiguildinebattled head to head for the durationof the event, and both ended at 4/5.Alvah Mayo was also in contentionthroughout, but faltered in the lastround by losing to Baiguildine. Tiedwith Mayo for third place were GaryPhilips and John Klapstein.

In the U1800 Section, RobinLindsay swept his opposition for aperfect 5/5. Jim Cooper and ChrisFelix tied for second, while SeanCurell and Mark Penney split theTop Junior prize with 2/5 scores.

TD/Org/Rep: David Kenney

PE

Prince Edward Island

Summerside PEIYCA January ActiveJustin Gulati was back in form tocapture his second Active win of theseason with a commanding twopoint lead over the rest of the field.Fred McKim, David Paulowich, NickQuigley, and Phil Bruneau wereclose behind. Ten played.

In the ten player Scholastic Section,Jessie Judson took first prize aheadof Adam Casey and David Parker.

TD/Org/Rep: Fred McKim

PEI Closed ChampionshipAnthony Howarth captured the PEIClosed with a perfect 5/5 score,followed in second place by JustinGulati at 4/5. Two-time defendingchampion Fred McKim had to settlefor third place.

Rep: Fred McKim

Charlottetown PEIYCA March ActiveDavid Paulowich racked up aperfect score in the March Active,followed by Phil Bruneau in secondplace, while Curtis Doyle took theMost Improved prize. Theconcurrent Scholastic Section endedin a three way tie between DavidParker, Nick MacDonald, andBrandon Watters at 5/6.

TD/Org/Rep: Fred McKim

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Olympic Fund Update

Lesiege, AlexandreSokolov, Ivan

Elista ol (8), 1998Queen's Indian E43

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3b6 5.ºd3 ºb7 6.»f3 0-0 7.0-0 c58.»a4 »a6 9.a3 ºa5 10.b3 ½e711.ºb2 ¼ac8 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5d6

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Top Rating ListsThese lists include current members that have been rated in a CFC event within the last twelve months

Top Canadians1. Spraggett, Kevin ON 26532. Lesiege, Alexandre PQ 26153. Teplitsky, Yan ON 25464. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 25215. Linskiy, Oleg PQ 25066. Livshits, Ron ON 25057. Hebert, Jean PQ 24918. Hergott, Deen ON 24889. Cummings, David ON 2464

10. O'Donnell, Tom ON 246111. Day, Lawrence ON 245912. Zugic, Igor ON 245313. Schulte, Oliver AB 245314. Yoos, John C. BC 245015. Teodoro IV, Eduardo D. ON 244116. Ross, David PQ 243917. Duong, Thanh Nha PQ 243318. Pelts, Roman ON 243319. Mikanovic, Goran PQ 242020. Schleifer, Michael PQ 241321. Khassanov, Marat PQ 241322. Milicevic, Goran ON 241223. Hamilton, Robert ON 239724. Gravel, Simon PQ 239225. Basanta, Gary BC 238926. Allan, Denis ON 238627. Spraggett, Grant ON 237828. Charbonneau, Pascal PQ 237729. Levtchouk, George PQ 237330. Hua, Lefong PQ 236831. Leveille, Francois PQ 236832. Berry, Jonathan BC 236633. Huber, Gregory AB 236534. Taylor, Gordon ON 236435. Olszewski, Piotr ON 236136. Lipnowski, Irwin MB 236137. Milat, Marcel BC 235738. Ochkoos, Jura ON 235539. Glinert, Stephen ON 235540. Gusinjac, Gzim ON 235341. Ristovic, Nenad AB 234642. Fuentebella, Mayo BC 234443. Gentes, Kevin MB 234244. Filipovich, David ON 234245. Valdizon, Armando ON 234146. Djerkovic, Miladin ON 234047. Dougherty, Michael ON 233848. Reeve, Jeff PQ 233849. Fullbrook, Nigel AB 233750. Teichmann, Erik NS 233651. Sasata, Robert SK 233052. Pushkedra, Frank ON 232853. Kiviaho, Robert ON 232154. Vujic, Branimir ON 232155. Williams, Paul D. ON 231756. Goldenberg, Danny PQ 231757. Pacey, Kevin ON 231558. Gardner, Robert J. AB 231459. Milicevic, Dragoljub BC 231360. South, Robert AB 231261. Crisan, Ioan ON 231162. Bluvshtein, Mark ON 231063. Neven, Knut SK 230964. Mitrovic, Milan ON 230365. Moffat, Andrei ON 2302

66. Scoones, Dan BC 230267. Peredun, Andrew ON 230168. Storey, Carl BC 2300

Top FIDE1. Lesiege, Alexandre PQ 25822. Spraggett, Kevin ON 25293. Hebert, Jean PQ 24624. Kapetanovic, Armin ON 24495. Teplitsky, Yan ON 24426. Marantz, Michael ON 24207. Suttles, Duncan BC 24208. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 24209. Pelts, Roman ON 2417

10. Linskiy, Oleg PQ 241211. Yanofsky, Abe MB 241012. Hartman, Brian ON 240513. Teodoro IV, Eduardo D. ON 240114. Zugic, Igor ON 239615. Hergott, Deen ON 239016. Alipayo, Rodulfo ON 238017. Duong, Thanh Nha PQ 238018. Yoos, John C. BC 237119. Ross, David PQ 236820. Cummings, David ON 236721. Barbeau, Sylvain PQ 236522. MacPhail, John ON 236523. Teichmann, Erik NS 236524. O'Donnell, Tom ON 236225. Schleifer, Michael PQ 2360

Top Women1. Belc, Daniela ON 21942. Charest, Johanne PQ 21113. Chu, Stefanie ON 20764. Mitrovic, Bojana ON 20675. Leger, Manon PQ 20356. Shishkina, Olya ON 20267. Apostolov, Penka PQ 20228. Chiroiu, Patricia ON 20029. Kagramanov, Dina ON 1969

10. Baltgailis, Vesma ON 1968

Top U201. Zugic, Igor 19 ON 24532. Charbonneau, Pascal 17 PQ 23773. Hua, Lefong 18 PQ 23684. Glinert, Stephen 16 ON 23555. Goldenberg, Danny 20 PQ 23176. Bluvshtein, Mark 12 ON 23107. Peredun, Andrew 20 ON 23018. Golts, Roman 18 ON 22889. Vaingorten, Yaaqov 19 ON 2256

10. Divljan, Igor 14 ON 2210

Top U181. Charbonneau, Pascal 17 PQ 23772. Hua, Lefong 18 PQ 23683. Glinert, Stephen 16 ON 23554. Bluvshtein, Mark 12 ON 23105. Golts, Roman 18 ON 22886. Divljan, Igor 14 ON 22107. Hacat, Kevork 17 ON 22018. Jiganchine, Roman 18 BC 2200

Top U161. Glinert, Stephen 16 ON 23552. Bluvshtein, Mark 12 ON 23103. Divljan, Igor 14 ON 22104. Reddy, Tyler 16 NS 21855. Gottlieb, Jonathan 16 PQ 21476. Rolfe, Warrick 16 ON 21397. Zambo, Viktor 15 ON 21328. Xu, Sheng-Jun 16 ON 2129

Top U141. Bluvshtein, Mark 12 ON 23102. Divljan, Igor 14 ON 22103. Gushuliak, Justin 13 MB 20974. Roussel-Roozmon, T. 12 PQ 20845. Wang, Hao Yuan 14 ON 20556. Predescu, Sebastian 12 ON 20497. Buscar, Michael 13 ON 20068. Kagramanov, Dina 14 ON 1969

Top U121. Bluvshtein, Mark 12 ON 23102. Roussel-Roozmon, T. 12 PQ 20843. Predescu, Sebastian 12 ON 20494. Roncal, Justin 12 ON 17605. Davies, Lucas 12 BC 17596. Peterson, James 10 BC 17537. Goutor, Valentina 11 BC 17448. Vadachkoriya, Irakli 10 ON 1707

Top U101. Peterson, James 10 BC 17532. Vadachkoriya, Irakli 10 ON 17073. Jacobs, Chaim-Akiva 10 ON 16204. Smith, Hazel 9 ON 15115. Davies, Noam 9 BC 14896. Sviridovitch, Alina 8 ON 14207. Tam, Timothy 10 ON 13848. Panjwani, Raja 10 ON 1382

Top ActiveRatings

1. Teplitsky, Yan ON 25762. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 25353. Day, Lawrence ON 25044. Schleifer, Michael PQ 24955. Livshits, Ron ON 24456. Teodoro IV, Eduardo D. ON 24027. Milicevic, Goran ON 24008. Basanta, Gary BC 23859. Dougherty, Michael ON 2368

10. Mitrovic, Milan ON 236511. McTavish, David ON 236012. Crisan, Ioan ON 235813. Allan, Denis ON 234114. Zugic, Igor ON 232315. Ochkoos, Jura ON 230916. Tipu, Vincent ON 230617. Huber, Gregory AB 230318. Fullbrook, Nigel AB 229219. Haessel, Dale AB 2291


Regular Ratings

AlbertaCFC# Name Rtng High102887 Alderton, Peter 1545 1762123306 Anderson, Ashton 1839 1839103801 Anderson, John 1730 1730102424 Beingessner, Andrew 1729 1772120610 Belleau, David 1888 1929103443 Bentley, Bill 1869 2000105484 Bjornson, Jonathan 1611 1671106248 Boehmer, Kris 2140 2202120375 Borowski, Ted 1682 1682102719 Buitendyk, Theo 1703 1703111058 Bukowski, George 1657 1657125876 Campbell, John 1399 4108292 Chi, Jonathan 1105 1105102956 Chiba, James 1750 1761112298 Chrumka, Colin 1774 1851125761 Clark, Casey 1560 11120745 Clark, Alan 1940 2026125775 Cole, Mark 1246 11126087 Contos, Vaclav 2106 11105606 Daniluk, Jim 2071 2193109618 Davies, Robert 1634 1748107487 Day, Jonathan 1836 1917125911 Dean, Earl 1204 14121149 Dean, Tim 1852 1963106163 Deimert, Elroy 1713 1729123560 Deimert, David 1232 4108124 Dewindt, Cor 1587 1813106228 Ferrar, John 2189 2314102103 Flemming, James 1977 2056103643 Fullbrook, Nigel 2337 2373108323 Gardner, Robert J. 2314 2387100353 Gomboc, Dave 1982 2144112476 Haessel, Dale 2230 2310105644 Hansen, Steve 1796 1855121091 Harris, Greg 1787 10122495 Haynes, Nicolas 1770 1770106102 Hinds, Dr. Ronald 2060 2100121097 Hinds, Riana 1191 1191109674 Huber, Gregory 2365 2385109502 Hughey, Micah 2050 2133121765 Jeserich, Tobias 1595 1741110040 Johnson, Dean 1557 1557121625 Kazakevich, Anastasia 1596 1637122426 Kazakevich, Alexander 1680 1702121301 Kirchner, Kieran 1317 24120194 Knoll, Frank 1698 23110542 Kroeker, Brad 1734 1734101953 Kuczaj, Chris 2083 2171127128 Kuwair, Martin xxxx 4125942 Lacroix, Peter 1350 14121783 Lapides, Paul 1683 1753122675 Lapides, Andrew 2275 2326103595 Lefkowitz, Phil 1731 1800121303 Li, Zhuoran 1478 16107443 Ludwig, David 1651 1700110115 Macfarlane, Don 1457 1570111989 Macfie, Bob 1673 1736126197 Martin, Charles 1268 3110784 Martin, Keith 1514 1514106162 McGinnis, Paul T. 1666 1666101022 McKay, Tom 1637 1697120082 McMaster, Carolyn 1556 1592102547 Miller, Brian 1827 1854101874 Milne, Arthur 1934 2068123323 Milward, Dave 1695 1736126256 Mrvos, Nebojsa 2032 6111962 Nguyen, Kim 1843 1899122982 Nystrom, Kurtis 1672 1788108406 Odachowski, Arthur 2291 2304120174 Olson, Hans 2022 2082104728 Ottosen, David 2224 2237101694 Palcic, Branko 1694 1800123257 Pivovarov, Juraj 1604 1619101588 Pradzinski, Tim 1888 1989106052 Quiring, John 1976 2078106812 Rajchel, John xxxx 1931125943 Rock, Dawn 1129 14121763 Santbergen, Joseph 1770 23126271 Skrzypniak, George 1648 5120858 Smith, Mike 1694 1694

104745 Stefanyshyn, Jerry 1573 1675123486 Sterr, Josh 1531 1531101575 Taerum, Verne 1608 1673125691 Thompson, Brent 1381 17101473 Thompson, Kevin 1767 1767113112 Titley, Brian 1676 9122564 Trepanier, Tim 1472 16123395 Valeroso, Bert 1627 1702111433 Van Ieperen, Taco xxxx 1900105520 Verlik, Val 1544 1704110246 Viminitz, Paul 1703 1710102148 Walker, Warrick xxxx 2246112618 Ward, Kevin 1689 1817107355 Weis, Rodney 1904 1935100276 Wong, Ford 1931 2040102743 Yearwood, Roy 2176 2286

British ColumbiaCFC# Name Rtng High109863 Aartsen, Keith 1406 1419127036 Ahn, Danny 475 5103059 Alfoldy, Andy xxxx 1911123846 Allen, Bryan 943 15126923 Allen, Brtiney 944 5126273 Almarines, Frolan 472 5126466 Alward, John 1352 3126645 Andjelic, Andrea 779 4126530 Ang, Jervin 758 5125371 Angsuwarangsee, Par xxxx 10110160 Aquino, Manfrei 1927 2031126544 Ardagh, Katherine 200 5126585 Arumugan, Sutharsan 891 5126586 Assalone , Anthony 677 5104388 Atkinson, Gavin 1773 1801110005 Atkinson, Neil 997 1094126914 Auger, Andrew 210 4127019 Auger-Lange, J. 911 5125762 Aylward, Natasha Nichole 626 626124220 Aylward, Zachary xxxx 1259125756 Balasubramaniam, N 666 666123690 Balasubramaniam, N 953 953124005 Barkman, Daniel 1578 1579100238 Barnes, Mark 1606 1831127029 Baron, Jonathan 859 5126545 Barrett, David 200 5126769 Barter, Joel 777 5123838 Barzan, Christian 1616 1616102357 Basanta, Gary 2389 2400124308 Bates, Darren 1649 1685124072 Batisse, Norman 1266 5126557 Batsford, Graydon 656 10123779 Bau, Jonathan 1344 1390123780 Bau, Lawrence 1546 1546120995 Becherer, Ross 1378 1396124355 Beddoes, Richard 1749 1796126682 Bedwell, Fraser 543 2123093 Belmoro, Jeffrey 412 412125511 Bermudez, Justin 333 10104010 Berrocoso, Tony 2088 2100126095 Bishop, Greg 1823 9126913 Bishop, Cassius 610 4123855 Bone, Jeffrey 1048 1049109804 Booker, Brad 2090 2300112791 Bouffard, James 1509 1509123076 Bouvier, Jesse 2020 21123856 Bowles, Malcolm 861 913126785 Brace, Jesse 577 5126212 Brandt, Josh xxxx 20126068 Brennan, Terryk 1137 4126679 Breviere, Naomi 353 4123839 Brimm, Dan xxxx 10122965 Brodie, Graham 1266 1286104994 Bronstein, Sam 1695 1695101468 Broz, Peter 1650 1804125446 Bujoreanu, Catalin 979 10126768 Burton, Spencer 738 5100283 Cabanas, Francisco 2067 2248107241 Cachelin, Justin 1929 1993104730 Caluza, Juni 1844 1900120408 Campbell, Tom 1553 1765123111 Canning, Patrick 712 712120650 Caouette, Gerald 1401 1401126213 Carere, Mike 1031 1031120552 Carlisle, Michael 2027 2157126772 Cecco, Julian 683 10126762 Chalmers, Callan 793 10126697 Chan, Cleo 760 10126546 Chan, Larry 579 5126547 Chandler, Graham 200 5104349 Chapman, Dan 1407 15127131 Charlie, Evan 815 5126558 Chee, Justin 851 5125849 Chee, Colleen 831 831126594 Chee, Kathleen 753 9126274 Chen, Daniel 520 5125848 Chen, Mary 915 15123699 Cheng, Lesley xxxx 15120825 Cheng, Louis 1727 1813126524 Cheng, Paul 759 4123691 Cheng, Andrea xxxx 14123848 Chhor, Kelly xxxx 15126575 Chiang, Justin 510 5126033 Chiang, Berthold 1505 14126525 Chiang, Raymond 832 5123075 Chicoine, Avery 1514 20103158 Chis, Sinziana 1239 1316103155 Chis, Liviu 1158 1184126920 Chou, Winston 608 5125376 Chow, Thomas 999 999125915 Chow, Siuhon 1142 12120437 Chow, Nathan Yongxu 1187 1229126535 Chow, Lorretta 349 5126559 Chow, Jessica 370 5126607 Chow, Venessa 928 5106001 Chranowski, Rick 1968 2000126576 Chuang, Jeremy 649 5123702 Cimolai, Marnai xxxx 14120215 Clarke, Nathaniel xxxx 20127138 Cletheroe, Kelvin 1417 5

The following lists containplayers who have beenrated in CFC events withinthe last four months (acomplete rating list andcrosstables are available at

www.chess.caCFC# column containsthe playerÕs CFC number.Name column has theplayerÕs Last, First name.Rtng column has thememberÕs current rating.If the rating is xxxx thenthe person has an expiredmembership. Highcolumn has the hghestrating we have for thismember. If the number isless than 25 it indicatesthat the member has aprovisional rating and it isthe number of games he/she has played.

123721 Clouston, Daniel 1047 1059104013 Cody, Philip 1704 1800107375 Coertze, Tim 1559 1559126536 Cook, Christopher 287 5124376 Cook, Zarrid xxxx 19126788 Cook, Jeff 577 5126560 Cook, Matthew 901 5127028 Coombes, Gareth 952 5126561 Copland, Trevor 866 5126537 Copland, Kevin 595 5100314 Craver, Lyle 1777 1906103960 Currell, Norman xxxx 12126220 Currie, Zachary 745 10123875 Currie, Robert 1405 1405126703 Daniels, Justin 751 10111363 Daswani, Benedict 1546 1546110646 Davidson, Brian xxxx 1742110614 Davies, Lucas 1759 1779122884 Davies, Noam 1489 1550110120 Davies, Alex 2233 2233123850 Dawson, Kate xxxx 5107723 Dayan, Yoni xxxx 1395107711 Dayan, Daniel 1313 1383107269 Daykin, Harold 1392 1418122174 de Hoog, Neil 799 24127024 Defrane, Nadine 546 5106424 Deline, Toni 2121 2121101919 Demers, Darwin 1617 1691108072 Devries, Peter 1727 1791126484 Ding, Yayi xxxx 10126771 Domian, Nardini 777 5126562 Duncan, Kyle 593 5123703 Dunn, Hilary xxxx 15126702 Dunn, Steve 658 5126926 Dunstan, Shara 797 5125999 Eddy, Myler 815 9102863 Ellis, Chris xxxx 1660126919 Erick, Ruby 604 5123095 Espiratu, Celine 275 275126795 Eusehil, Joel 406 3124854 Fathers, Patrick 652 14108064 Fekete, Charles 1781 1964104911 Feng, Jason 1776 1894127033 Fernandez, Daniel 840 4125916 Fleming, Balin 1562 1562123040 Forman, Ken 1824 17126538 Forster, Paul 471 5126563 Forster, Marc 837 6122165 Forsyth, Bruce 1382 1382109352 Fox, Joel 970 1195126578 Franklin, Elliott 386 10125914 Friesen, Ronald 1593 1593112641 Friesen, David 1621 1621126579 Fukuhara, Richard 680 5124836 Gait, Andrew 955 20124835 Gait, Joshua 986 19123562 Gallagher, Evan xxxx 10125850 Gao, Mamie xxxx 10126580 Gaspar, Vedian 632 5112560 Gelbart, Michael 1201 1234126136 George, George 695 5125089 German, Wade 1557 4125986 Ghanipour, Pejman 1794 4126791 Gibur, Madison 606 3125693 Giesbrecht, Peter 1063 5126927 Girard, Jonathan 549 4123783 Glum, Matthew xxxx 16126601 Glum, Rebekah 823 5122351 Glusica, Momir 1768 2086126640 Gorgevik, Kristijan 932 15126794 Gosh, Elliot 406 3126782 Gosh, Vincent 688 3123238 Goutor, Evgeni 1732 24121338 Goutor, Valentina 1744 1752121339 Goutor, Yaroslav 1568 1728126069 Grady, Jocelyn xxxx 21127034 Grant, Rachael 716 5126548 Green, Alex 200 5110908 Grey, Wayne 1641 1691126577 Gronotte, Josh 400 10126928 Gunn, Callan 491 5127038 Gurgal, Colin 378 4123841 Guze, Matthew 719 15126528 Ha, Leon 1053 10101879 Hallam, John 2230 2323127037 Halsall, Nick 473 4103261 Hamanishi, Neil 1836 2015125985 Hamida, Tarek 950 3126784 Hammond, Erin 577 5107504 Hansen, Niels 1465 1571126676 Hansen, Levi 512 3125356 Hardie, Derek 1598 12125539 Hardy, Justin 1634 1634112513 Haukenfrers, Dale 2214 2214121694 Henrey, Andrew 1326 1379121695 Henrey, Michael xxxx 1213126789 Henson, Linda 437 2126761 Hergt, Sheldon 1034 10127040 Hergt, Quinton 334 5125938 Herman, Andrew 908 10108423 Higgs, Ian 1832 2003121071 Hladek, David 2079 2103126587 Hoang, Wayne 917 5126793 Holmes, Tyler 443 5109482 Holubowicz, Kazimziercz 1688 1823126549 Hoong, Daniel 373 5111260 Hornby, Seth xxxx 24102299 Horning, Ira 1338 1367110429 Hoshizaki, Dale 2027 2100126781 Houston, Sam 643 5126550 Hsi, Brian 552 5126275 Huang, Edward 550 5126695 Huang, Chris 1038 10126922 Huntsberger, Dylan 1040 4111679 Ilginnis, Hans xxxx 1649125971 Illig, Ray 1120 3126276 Inclan, Danilo L. Jr 545 10126595 Inclan, Quincy 823 5127025 Ishizaki, Lisa 255 5125416 Ivankovic, Goran 1968 1986

125609 Jaksic, Aleksandar 1614 5126501 Jambalos, Emmanuel 1814 6127031 Jani, Harish 553 5126678 Jefferson, Jordan 546 9126551 Jefferson, Ralph 462 14126221 Jeong, Max 896 896123793 Jiang, Xin 2090 2103123082 Jiganchine, Roman 2200 2200126777 Johnson, Andrew 631 5126596 Johnson, James 674 3123851 Johnson, Shara xxxx 14126564 Johnson, Chris 611 5127023 Johnson, Liam 808 5126775 Jones, Phillip 710 5108082 Jones, Cliff 1850 1861123858 Jordan, Ellis xxxx 780120077 Jose, Marionito 1877 1892120241 Juverdeanu, Mircea xxxx 1371125760 Kalagehdrah, Vanathy xxxx 9123098 Karakas, Aram 829 829126917 Kelieff, Joseph 814 5124316 Kelly, Patrick 1545 1545120242 Kelly, Joseph 802 1004124360 Kelly, Liam 872 872126219 Kelly-Butler, Jade 282 4106659 Ker, Paul 1204 1259123041 Kerry, James 1944 15103255 Keshet, Ilan 1375 1393126683 Khan, Sher 934 5123784 Khayat, Nadine xxxx 21126000 Kikstra, Henk 1718 5109405 Kindret, Mike 1768 1900108816 Kleiman, Avi 688 688104177 Kleiman, Bram 1241 1318126486 Kobylarz, Thomas xxxx 10126485 Kobylarz, Marek xxxx 10126488 Kobylarz, Janek xxxx 9110075 Kojic, Stefan 1176 1289120324 Kostadinov, George 2188 2297126057 Kostic, Miodrag 1324 14104683 Kovacs, George 1798 1819103810 Kozak, Zoya 1262 20104499 Kryjak, Waldemar 2058 2058111002 Krys, Richard 1317 1317102462 Krys, Christopher 1707 1742102841 Krys, Mark 1842 1950126677 Kubamski, Jacob 1154 5126680 Kubamski, Michael 826 5126526 Kuo, David 1103 5126773 Kursh, Kyle 710 5126539 Kwan, Nicholas 767 5126588 Kwan, Matthew 653 5124649 Kwok, Shing 1323 8123808 Labik, Peter 1717 14126565 Lai, Carrie 644 5126529 Lai, Benjamin 1081 5126642 Laine, Evan 946 15126552 Lam, Athena 200 5104559 Lam, Brian 981 981126589 Lam, Gregory 622 5123100 Lambert, Robert 303 303100289 Lancaster, Johnny 1733 1800126681 Lazimer, Michael 921 10127026 Leach, Amanda 209 4126467 Ledwith, Philip 1222 4125514 Lee, Kenneth 607 15106064 Lee, Jason 1880 1931126218 Lee, Gabrielle xxxx 9101054 Legaspi, Ritchie xxxx 9125735 Leku, Eset 1713 11126522 Lemonaious, Alanzo 1218 5122196 Lepsoe, Michael 1492 1492124361 Lim, Ryan xxxx 15123392 Lindelauf, Justin 1488 24126700 Litman, Graham 723 3124020 Litster, Marissa 1226 14124398 Litster, Stefan 1381 22126590 Liu, Andrew 977 5123463 Liu, Kai 1724 1728110351 Long, Hugh 1928 1928102303 Loseth, Tim 1052 1076123694 Lum, Katrina xxxx 13126470 Luries, Zeral 1376 1126297 Lutter, Nicolas 729 14123778 Lyakh, Alexey 1607 1782126924 Lyall, Graeme 745 5126693 Lyle, Adam 712 5126704 Lyle, Hanna 376 4126597 Ma, Nathan 831 10126540 Ma, Geoffrey 526 10127132 Ma, Tessa 468 5126581 MacAulley, Stevens 354 4100164 Macdonald, Hugh K.M. 1590 1600122647 MacFadyen, Stephen 829 15105327 MacKay, Stuart 1387 1500122651 Majewski, Michael 1306 1352124431 Makowichuk, John 1883 11125845 Malone, Christina xxxx 14126516 Manrique, Joel 1221 5125982 Manzer, Karl xxxx 4126277 Marayag, Lady-Daise 200 5126278 Marayag, Marc-Edward 521 10121341 Martinescu, Mike 1002 1084126531 Martin-Fox, Ben 632 5113123 McCusky, Louis 1551 1628126566 McDonald, Michael 682 15126792 McDonald, Bryan 468 4125983 McDonell, Tavish 1582 9126925 McGowan, Mallory 632 4112021 McLaren, Sean 2080 2131110535 McLean, Jimmy xxxx 1375126567 McMillan, Brock 761 5124728 McPhee, David 906 18104893 McPherson, Tristram 2105 2105126598 McTaggart, Michael 500 5126553 McTaggart, James 200 5124364 Meadows, Nathan xxxx 14101550 Medalen, David 1848 2042106573 Medina, Mark xxxx 1502126921 Melen, Katie 543 5

113007 Melesko, Chris 1538 17125380 Merat, Sean 1058 10126554 Miele, Christopher 538 5104727 Milat, Marcel 2357 2372120075 Milicevic, Dragoljub 2313 2345105939 Miller, Max 1598 1717126555 Miller, Noah 1007 5110536 Miller, Amy-Marie 1110 1110108774 Miller, Stephen 1347 1347126774 Mintenko, Nicholas 710 5121697 Mocanu, Valentin xxxx 1043123445 Moisseev, Dimitri 1954 1971125566 Mok, Justin 1077 20126532 Molter, Phillip 891 5106767 Monteith, Don 1860 1924101014 Moore, David 1973 2100124223 Moore, Brenden xxxx 20101144 Moore, Harry xxxx 2308126763 Moore, Wyatt 739 10122396 Morgan, Steve 1830 1863123860 Morrison, Dan 1727 1740127021 Motherwell, T. 471 4100224 Mueller, Wilf 1438 1500127027 Naccarato, Lou 341 1123567 Nasonov, Yan 1212 1221107627 Nathani, Kaleim 1945 1966126156 Nathon, Dave 1504 5105750 Neufahrt, Gerhard 2134 2227104786 Neufeld, John D. 1890 2007125377 Nguyen, Sophie 679 679126523 Nguyen, Truman 599 5120554 Nguyen, Trieu 1142 1186127030 Nguyen, Tony 641 5125907 Nisbet, Bob xxxx 15124378 Norris, Henry xxxx 15124377 Norris, Sam xxxx 20106910 North, Robert 1993 2100122068 Novotny, Mike 1282 7126568 Oaken, Quinn 482 10127039 Oldroyd, Matt 662 5109818 Olson, Byron 1514 1605126468 O'Neil, Angela 871 3120252 Osthoff, Dieter 1610 20126541 Panam, Ahtousa 200 3125479 Pangilinan, Emmanuel 1816 9105682 Parker, Glenn 1487 1581126155 Parlee, Brandon 1079 9126786 Pavie, Trevor 577 5104330 Pechisker, Alfred 2185 2244122820 Pelcher, Jonathan 978 23126643 Perras, Dane 408 5126279 Petchenov, Andrew 662 19122886 Peterson, James 1753 1753126599 Phan, Christine 485 4127133 Pierce, Adam 911 5108831 Pildysh, Rostyslav 1474 1601126764 Pilon, Jordon 876 10108125 Pitts, Matthew 1852 1870100259 Planas, Rodolfo 1620 1809103074 Poitras, Luc 2185 2300105227 Prabhakaran, Aarthi 840 863104016 Prabhakaran, Sugumar 1226 1265111443 Prokopowicz, Monika 1126 1278122819 Quiring, Justin 985 19126533 Rath, Suzanne 1177 5125517 Ravindran, Sivatharan 425 20126641 Raymer, Evan 788 15104948 Reaville, Mike 1905 1933125846 Reid, Brianna xxxx 10124834 Reid, Alexander 1105 1126111132 Remedios, Russell 2050 2171125518 Ren, Owen 868 10126790 Reynolds, Kimberley 606 3126280 Rezansoff, Nadya 290 10123853 Rialp, Nicole xxxx 20127134 Roche, Florian 1084 5120218 Roebuck, Graham xxxx 20106022 Roebuck, Scott xxxx 1382124226 Rosenberg, Priya 882 20124225 Rosenberg, Karia xxxx 871126001 Rosset, Steve 1491 5127020 Ruffolo, Jovann 880 5126770 Rusk, David 782 10126066 Rycroft, Sean 993 993106541 Sadoway, Steven 1968 2026110084 Sadoway, Graham 1198 1198123211 Saintonge, Darren 565 565123104 Sally, James 558 558126214 Sargeant, Colin xxxx 10126215 Sargeant, Geoff 681 5125905 Sargent, Graeme 1256 20126582 Schiewe, James 552 5126591 Schiewe, Christopher 802 4125970 Schmeisser, Alex 1073 5126067 Scott, Danny 969 5124021 Seads, Jesse 1204 1205126783 Sebelius, Liam 643 5122519 Sedlock, Jim 1614 15110550 Service, Christina xxxx 880123712 Shang, Alice 846 18126765 Sherman, Amanda 676 9126481 Sherrin, Mitchell 1392 8126592 Si, Robert 957 10123036 Sial, Ahsan xxxx 24127032 Sidhu, Rajbir 343 5124409 Sieben, Perry 657 19123844 Sieben, Alois 827 827124314 Siglos, Tyrone 1083 1122125420 Siglos, Teresa 986 12125568 Silley, Monty xxxx 22126569 Silva, Aljandro 479 5126542 Simion, Andrei 244 5126778 Simpson-Bison, Taylor 740 4126766 Singh, Ajit 550 10126776 Singh, Himat 598 10126779 Skinner, Jake 643 5101193 Sladek, Vaclav 2000 2000126003 Slambor, Jan 1215 4107409 Slambor, Jiri 1805 1829101448 Small, Hugh 1675 1834


121615 Smith, Hailey xxxx 18124365 Sojonky, Joel xxxx 8124380 St Gelais, Tiffany xxxx 9110554 Stanford, Mike 2005 2005100331 Steinke, Wally 1731 1839126002 Steinmetz, Fred 911 5126699 Stewart, Helene 804 10126798 Stockel, Herman xxxx 5100346 Stockhausen, Peter 1668 1735126644 Stokkeland, Caleb 200 5104289 Storey, Carl 2300 2307100205 Stringer, Lynn 1627 1700126502 Stuart, Jon 1348 4103030 Stutzman, Larry 1851 1910103750 Sullivan, Brian 1733 1769120436 Sum, Peter 1196 1234127137 Symes, Abigail 414 7126570 Szumylo, Cori 371 5124669 Tai, Johnny xxxx 8127041 Tandy, Ryan 375 5123564 Tang, Tiffany 1032 1032123723 Tang, Edward 1555 1555126606 Tang, Mandy 200 5123631 Tassel, Ben 843 843107829 Taylor, Nicholas 1899 2100100325 Taylor, James 1714 1800126780 Thomson, Connor 643 5126701 Thomson, Brenden 500 4124433 Tofsrud, Shaun 595 23126469 Tomecek, Pascal 1086 1126602 Townsend, Jonah 663 5123105 Tran, Ashli 227 24123845 Trandafir, Stefan 1112 1155101209 Trotter, Don 1710 1717126639 Tsang, Bonita 286 5126521 Tsui, Michael 1303 5126527 Tsui, William 1143 5125397 Vakili, Annie 1078 12125378 Van, Joseph 553 20126480 Van Pelts, Ezekiel 1170 3105021 Vanderleeden, Han 1588 20123877 Vaughan, Kevin 643 7124315 Vipond, Anthony 1585 1585123805 Virk, Narinder xxxx 1119126097 Vowles, Greg xxxx 4126583 Wai, Timothy 639 5120237 Wang, Fei 1582 1587120239 Wang, Yamei 1663 1663126571 Ward, Ben 717 10125246 Ward, Hilton 1354 1354120587 Warko, Andrew 1466 1492126487 Warner, Matthew xxxx 15126216 Wasser, Reuben 694 14103853 Wasser, Jacob 1456 1456126593 Watanabe, Tiga 768 5126915 Webster, Kirsten 946 5123106 Wee, Michael 792 792122520 Wetterlind, Jason 1653 16107142 Whitman, Alan 1686 1800126600 Wiggins, Mitchell 821 4126584 Wiggins, Sean 473 4126767 Wild, Joshua 817 9111246 Williams, David xxxx 1595106287 Williamson, Jason 1987 2100110849 Wilson, John 1752 1752123863 Wilson, Scott xxxx 23127035 Windjack, Christopher 786 4126296 Winkelmans, Paul 1061 15102664 Wolfman, Yasha 908 995101237 Wong, Samuel 2082 2097126694 Wong, Scott 956 10126918 Wong, Steven 806 5126787 Wood, Jacob 706 3111941 Woodward, Greg 1983 2041108715 Wright, Stephen 2238 2343126217 Wylie, Megan 200 4126556 Xiao, Christopher 200 5126692 Xin, Chen 1436 5126534 Xu, Zheng 1011 4123807 Yee, Michael 826 826101701 Yee, Peter 2005 2023126572 Yee, Geoffrey 321 4126573 Yoo, Michelle 472 5107994 Yoos, John C. 2450 2483124357 Young, Eric xxxx 15126574 Young, Alisa 456 5124832 Young, Bryan 857 24127022 Young, Anita 678 5126543 Yuen, Kathy 549 10102642 Zamorano, Alex 1692 1828124668 Zantak, Mark xxxx 9126281 Zhang, Hans 834 10126916 Zhu, Kevin 951 5123910 Ziegler, Kevin xxxx 670101537 Zuk, Bob 2284 2317

ManitobaCFC# Name Rtng High120096 Alexiuk, Mark 1313 12102141 Babb, Jeff 2223 2257110941 Bays, Derek 1513 1549101126 Boron, Anthony 1865 1918125989 Bura, Rene 1332 1120822 Charter, Bennet 1705 1705111659 Cleto, Sam 1831 1992111806 Czypinski, Jaroslaw 1972 2046125471 Gable, Reid 1370 16105641 Gannon, Keith 1594 1725112445 Gentes, Kevin 2342 2395107847 Gibbons, Lorne 1356 1446107754 Gibson, Kris 1830 1879107168 Greenberg, Harley 1750 1779120178 Gushuliak, Justin 2097 2118121031 Haapamaki, Eric 1761 1761102670 Hanrahan, Nigel 1710 1735112549 Kaptsan, Aron 2090 2300102391 Khedkar, Jay S. 1939 2038109416 Kirton, Dale 2262 2300108919 Klokow, John 1748 1852

125472 Lafreniere, Adrian 1688 1738112446 Langner, David 2261 2277121761 Lasker, Justin 1215 1223107190 Lukic, Luka 1934 2047109208 Magyar, Peter 1535 1558123828 Medes, Bartek 1570 1599103189 Milord, Frank 1754 1782125988 Moffat, Brian 1225 4104799 Moffat, Ron 1755 1763112475 Nikoulin, Alexander 2116 2140108926 Ott, Richard 1482 1572123648 Park, Kent 1732 17121132 Pratt, Robert 1336 1360104122 Proulx, Roy 1722 1722103105 Rasmussen, Barry 2229 2269104699 Remillard, John 1556 1732109227 Repa, Jason 1933 1960123575 Sadov, Serge 2070 2073106687 Schulz, Waldemar 2037 2095106493 Schulz, Manfred 1939 2030110840 Sekhar, Ganesan 1913 1967120094 Sitar, Scott 1335 21103193 Trueman, Francis 1510 1564120176 Weijs, Harry 1533 1667102002 Wierda, John 1820 1889120248 Xia, Yanchong 1788 1814

New BrunswickCFC# Name Rtng High107246 Arsenault, Normand 1570 1796102063 Assaff, David 1941 1941126235 Aubie-Couture, Jeremir 767 5125336 Bastarache, Matt 1132 15126120 Bent, Alex 710 4125343 Berkane, Yanice 739 9126829 Bermejo, Julian 1877 4110522 Bhandari, Ashish 1108 9126092 Blagirev, Dima 1166 5106172 Bogavac, Milic 1961 1961126124 Bone, Mike 1053 5109835 Bordage, Don 1566 1620125173 Bordage, Samuel xxxx 24104373 Boudreau, Pierre 1367 1486125313 Boudreau, Remi 1019 19103047 Bowes, Richard 2005 2064113027 Boyce, Brian 1797 1872108718 Breau, Robert 2062 2137100253 Brun, Jacques 1789 1905108103 Carr, Terry 1884 1884106930 Cole, Don 1484 1607125331 Cormier, Jean-Francois 826 10111760 Davis, Neil 2051 2172126125 Debertin, Allan 1160 4123224 Deguire, Benoit 1253 1261123574 DeGuire, Martin 1029 14126078 Deslauriers, Jean-P 1111 5121511 Deveau, Justin 1355 1367126123 Dobbelsteyn, Mike 1345 4112947 Doucet, Daniel 1756 1835112674 Doucette, Raymond 1601 1726102718 Duff, Ken 1807 2000108882 Duivenvoorden, Hubert 1733 1900124897 Elmajian, Emmanuel 1121 18126112 Fairweather, Andrew 587 4104228 Frenette, Franco 1773 1967109507 Fyffe, Larry 1710 1710125332 Gaudet, Remi 732 9126240 Gionet, Jeffrey 1120 5121364 Girouard, Mathieu 1208 1219125556 Godin, Robert 1304 1304107486 Godsoe, Cliff 1823 1828121685 Goguen, Michelle 1014 10126121 Gorman, Mike 865 4107764 Grant, Hector 1535 1705105843 Grover, Brian 1835 1944104152 Guignard, Michael 2051 2091125180 Hache, Thierry 1236 14111207 Hache, Sonny 1383 23107785 Haggarty, Don 1140 1235126118 Harriety, Arron 630 4108799 Harris, Joe 1562 1600125167 Harris, Ray 947 12109799 Hebert, Rodrigue 1933 2000108109 Hensel, George 1696 1792107073 Jobin, Sylvain 1586 1695121367 Johnson, Ghislaine 1320 1386120429 Johnson, Kyle 1565 1610126077 Johnson, Marc 570 4126076 Johnson, Serge 1107 13108430 Kapadia, Ronak 1877 1877120130 King, Peter 1541 1582126115 Lacey, Joel 680 4121684 Laforest, Gilles 1574 1639121683 Lambert, Pierre 1882 1902126075 Landry, Justin 669 5125344 Laplante, Marc Andre 821 9126119 Lavigne-Theriault, Fran 907 4126211 Leblanc, Stephan 1313 1109003 Legacy, Leo 1575 1641112095 Leger, Yvon 1610 1693126071 Levesque, Ghislain 1085 17126080 Lirette, Joshua 430 4126110 Locke, Jared 840 4102536 Loomer, Frank 1741 1748125972 Lord, Andrew 1306 10123196 Losier, Francis Hebert 1332 1332103780 Losier, Pierre 1580 1637109325 MacDonald, Jonathan 2096 2273126083 Madden, Dylan 921 5101920 Mallais, Daniel 1912 2008104793 Malley, Clarence 1620 1676125184 Maltais, Michael 1337 1337110482 Marks, Reginald 1493 1560126111 Mathew, Litt 1000 4103904 Maund, Chris 1410 1417126236 McGraw, Keith 1233 5126237 McGraw, Crystal 1124 3126238 Melanson, Cory 1222 7123543 Melanson, Michel 1182 1297

108737 Mills, Ken 1813 1842126241 Moris, Daniel 986 5110191 Nechita, Andrei 1327 13111808 Ossinger, Brian 1572 1733125335 Otis, Justin 497 9100315 Papenhausen, Richard 1996 2018125186 Pelletier, Miguel 1560 1560126127 Pierce, Billy 587 4125316 Poirier, Mathieu 956 10126081 Poirier, Rosanna 977 5126084 Poirier, Mario 984 5126126 Raye, Stephen 748 4109452 Reebs, Stephan 1703 1703104837 Riordon, Jason 1779 1921126082 Rioux, Margo 730 1106788 Robichaud, Martin 1960 1999120904 Robichaud, Nick 1684 1713109026 Rocca, John 1880 1920121366 Sadeghi, Sam 1129 14125329 Sadeghi, Cirous 951 10126079 Squires, Chad 627 4109891 Sullivan, Andrew 2034 2100126122 Tatton, Dave 753 4124419 Taylor, David 1280 20126116 Thomson, Kalem 870 4103666 Torrie, John 2097 2136125147 Tremblay, Jonah 908 9123070 Tremblay, Rebecca 1142 24103901 Tremblay, Roger 1411 1432123071 Tremblay, Eric 1376 1472126239 Trevors, Mark 1386 5105827 Trofimencoff, Pierre 1848 1900126113 Vihvelin, Hugo 870 4109315 Vihvelin, Tom 1607 1695126114 Vihvelin, Derek 937 5126085 Wallace, Fraser 616 5126117 Waycott, Craig 778 4104469 Woodman, George 1941 1941

NewfoundlandCFC# Name Rtng High125280 Alacoque, Daniel xxxx 10126171 Andrews, Tyler 413 5126270 Aziz, Daniel 1005 4122243 Barbour, Les 1024 1024125274 Barbour, Kevin xxxx 16121195 Barbour, Stephen 1293 1295125271 Biswall, Devyani xxxx 10125272 Biswall, Divyajyoti xxxx 10125228 Boland, Steven xxxx 10126165 Brown, Andrew 496 5125276 Buckingham, Aaron xxxx 14125290 Buckley, Peter xxxx 13126262 Bursey, Evan 701 4126266 Bursey, Gabriel 695 6120932 Carayanniotis, Jason 864 864124182 Carayanniotis, George 1137 20125728 Chen, Zening 542 16126179 Coish, Brian xxxx 7104218 Deal, Peter 1183 1224104072 Dollimount, Kyrl 1350 1350126169 Dunn, Rory 320 5126164 Elkins, Zachary xxxx 9125227 Faour, David xxxx 858126178 Green, Beth 418 3122391 Grumer, Eugene 1422 1422126268 Hennessey, Connor 504 5113038 Herritt, Brent xxxx 16126267 Hornell, David xxxx 10126159 House, Louis 664 5126163 House, Thomas 774 11126261 Houston, Neil 745 5126258 Houston, Sean xxxx 10126172 Johnson-Hartley, Shane 254 4126162 Jones, Ryan xxxx 9104077 Joshi, Anand 2047 2118107651 Joshi, Nikhil 1651 1782126176 Kennedy, Mark 712 5125284 King, Ryne 710 710126259 King, Brandon xxxx 8126269 Logan, Ross 490 5125407 Lui, Ming 1290 1319126174 Lynn, Bobby 253 4122952 Malone, Christopher 553 553121203 Malone, Derek 1079 22125729 Martin, Rick 1250 16125730 Martin, Steve 1158 22122387 McKenzie, Michael 866 898126446 McKenzie, Stephen 271 6122388 McKenzie, David 867 12126177 Miller, Daniel 1370 3126161 Molyneux, Joey 306 3125277 Morey, Jarod xxxx 10124084 Myler, Sid 1016 13126157 Myles, Andrew 484 5126181 Newhook, Amy 890 4121087 Oliver, Brian 1261 1285126265 Ormsby, Scott xxxx 10126260 Ormsby, Alanna xxxx 8126180 Patey, David xxxx 7126175 Penton, Joel 200 2126173 Power, Patrick 200 4125230 Price, John xxxx 810126263 Price, Myfanwy 437 4125229 Price, Christina xxxx 15126158 Pye, Jeremy xxxx 10125285 Ransom, Zachary xxxx 20126264 Redmond, Luke 437 4126182 Rideout, Crystal xxxx 8123124 Rogers, Kyle xxxx 21126166 Ryan, Daniel xxxx 9125234 Simms, Jesse xxxx 9122283 Simpson, Griffin xxxx 23126170 Snow, John 519 5125289 Sullivan, Michael 1124 22126479 Tharathan, Rohan xxxx 4126184 Timothy, David xxxx 4123927 Toope, Adam xxxx 17110990 Tsui, Edwin 1488 1590

103802 Tsui, Alick 1075 1250109425 Watson, Michael 1148 1148125727 White, Chris 816 11126183 Will, Francois 200 3122967 Wiseman, Shane 1183 1225121198 Woodworth, Steven 1009 1009121199 Woodworth, Claire 905 905126160 Young, Matthew 434 5

Nova ScotiaCFC# Name Rtng High104592 Armstrong, Brad 1763 1900124248 Behme, Stefan xxxx 20108248 Bernard, Gilbert 1851 1900110332 Boyle, Phil 1638 1641126656 Brannan, Travis xxxx 6106633 Brennan, Jim 1947 1962108219 Burgess, Brian 1923 1952125118 Candow, John xxxx 9103179 Cashin, Ken 1696 1719103015 Charlton, Glenn 2178 2212125798 Cooper, Jim 1197 20125363 Crowley, Darren 1210 1244125672 Currell, Sean 1158 1158108860 Drummond, Carlos 1831 1831125675 Dunphy, Andrew 1162 13125676 Dunphy, Callum 830 15105141 Ede, Albert 1771 1860126062 El-din, Alaa 1784 5104341 Eldridge, Michael 1936 2051113103 Federico, Anthony 1029 13126660 Felix , Chris 1078 10109707 Fleury, Bruce 1719 1805101724 Fraser, Alex 1730 1730120900 Gabriel, Jarrett 1526 1526126654 Hebb, Aaron xxxx 5126661 Inglis, Rodney xxxx 6126004 Joudrey, Gary 1481 10123642 Kenney, Jonathan 1109 24126006 Kenney, Krista 742 5103040 Kenney, David 1967 2024120195 Kenney, Bryan 1169 1224110204 Kenney, Jason 1890 2086102829 Kimber, David 1441 1544108446 Klapstein, John 1850 1883126014 Laneuville, Kevin 1045 7126007 Lanoska, Alex 1084 9126005 Lanoska, Mark 1478 3124480 LeBlanc, C. Stephen 1730 1803120340 Lindsay, Robin 1550 1560106811 Livingston, Alex 1184 1184123143 Livingstone, James Brian 1437 1437103690 Lombard, Lloyd 1487 1487108891 MacLean, John 1446 1499126657 MacMullin, Ian xxxx 5125677 MacNeil, Danny 1355 18105142 Mayo, Alvah 2173 2173110037 McKinnon, Paul 1584 13120649 Mercer, Jason 1469 1478125678 Morariu, Eduard 1726 1726125711 Nearing, Joe 1327 8123376 Ng, Gary 1740 1740125712 Nuschke, Alex 1603 20126061 Nuschke, Michael 1646 4125125 Osburn, Brennen xxxx 10124179 Palak, Andrzej 1468 1495126655 Penney, Mark 1261 10104589 Phillips, Gary 1864 1898106253 Phillips, Fred 1881 1944106289 Poirier, David 1835 1858111124 Reddy, Tyler 2185 2185122931 Robarts, Curtis 1114 1148126659 Rogers, Grant xxxx 5103353 Saunders, Stephen 2048 2109109017 Shea, Joseph 1644 1644126662 Smith, Corey xxxx 6126658 Smith, Christopher xxxx 6124479 Spencer, David 1435 1435125124 Stuart, Geoffrey xxxx 11102861 Toth, Steve 1385 1555104815 Urquhart, Ed 2206 2230101504 Uuetoa, Harold 1783 1806101284 Villeneuve, Robert 2130 2200

OntarioCFC# Name Rtng High107642 Abt, Michael 1665 1862125614 Acayan, Raymund 1426 14126012 Acheson, Mark 1358 10126013 Addley, Matthew 911 4123274 Agabekian, Konstantin 1831 1831126958 Albert, Tammy Lin 564 7106553 Alcaide, Florante 2121 2200127130 Alea, Perfecto 1505 5127118 Alexander, Donald 1236 7127119 Alexander, Andrew 791 8120631 Aliev, Inara 1281 1319126842 Allan, Cao xxxx 6126954 Allard, Alex 868 4112687 Allen, Graham 2201 2225108984 Allum, J.A.E. 1711 1812126423 Alvardo, Juan 2109 5107100 Alvarez, Alfonso 1649 1805125812 Amato, Brad 1531 3126943 Anderson, Larissa 341 5124988 Andronache, Victor xxxx 17126834 Andronache, Daniel xxxx 6127090 Angus, Kevin 679 7126886 Anthony-Roh, Seung-H xxxx 6110109 Arabacioglu, Murat 2102 2130106356 Armstrong, Dale 1478 1478103145 Armstrong, Don 1580 1765125571 Armstrong, Tavish 1122 18110365 Armstrong, Wayne 1467 1583100034 Armstrong, Robert J. 1797 1800101203 Arseneau, Peter 1931 1990127139 Asan, Buhari 1898 4121549 Asghari Shekhy, Arash 1956 2025120202 Ash, Brian 1444 1477

102698 Atayde, Merlin 1704 1784112022 Atkinson, Harold 1801 1856120266 Badal, Mark 1540 1567125521 Baiguildine, Ilias 2293 2296126435 Bailey, Keno 548 5110464 Balcombe, Darren 1522 1522121230 Baljeu, Alan 2027 2027102436 Baltgailis, Vesma 1968 2002120161 Bambrick, James 1664 1683105732 Barbatbun, John 1450 1543108147 Barber, Dave 1726 1779127095 Barley, Lizzy 653 7126964 Barnabe, Jake 764 7127066 Bartley, Julia 369 6109148 Bates, Kyle 1737 1737124420 Baxter, Shawn 1400 5121161 Baxter, Ward 1534 1618105210 Beaubien, Robert 1767 1767126054 Beaudry, Lukas 1775 1775108170 Beisheim, Carl 1997 2002121686 Belc, Daniela 2194 2281107265 Bellgrau, Marion 1982 1982109793 Bellomo, Joe 1822 1934120636 Benggawan, Amanda 1875 1984107301 Benggawan, Undriadi 1941 2007120637 Benggawan, Alexandra 1574 1650126838 Benin, Ronen xxxx 6110150 Benson, Chris 1928 2025103293 Bergeron, Florian 1938 2133112590 Berman, Corey 1727 1776110630 Berson, Jordan 2159 2161103050 Best, Garland 1542 1600125997 Blanchard, Simon 1624 7125934 Bluvshtein, Ilia 2126 23125709 Bluvshtein, Mark 2310 2310127100 Bolan, Joshua 743 5125488 Bolton, William 1190 11111830 Bond, Hal 1961 2021127140 Boreh, Michael 1500 4110947 Boronka, Joseph 1655 19108790 Boross-Harmer, Peter 2018 2150103523 Bortolotti, Guido 1770 1987126873 Boudreau, Jason xxxx 5111452 Bourque, Lionel 1372 20120980 Bowers, Roger 1700 1700107747 Bozinoski, Tom 1958 2000127114 Bradshaw, Eric 737 7126507 Brady, Dave xxxx 5102666 Brice, Ron 2075 2247126442 Brock, Ashley xxxx 6126441 Brock, Melissa xxxx 8126134 Brock, Adam 950 4102882 Brown, John R. 1730 1970109255 Brusset, Jean-Louis 1371 1392112638 Bruvelaitis, Milton 1615 1843127092 Bryan, Nicholas 754 7126209 Bryskine, Marina 2118 2118120345 Buckley, Matthias 1482 1510123153 Bulyaki, Kal 1184 1184100046 Bunning, Les 1840 2100101613 Burgess, Doug 1880 1974125432 Burke, Jim 1526 8110977 Buscar, Michael 2006 2018123535 Bushell, Bernie xxxx 1549127101 Butzer, Stefan 743 5105619 Buzdon, Paul 1623 1691125710 Bytyqi, Gezim 2068 10107907 Cadamov, Angel 2006 2046121776 Cai, Christopher 1585 1588126888 Cai, Allan xxxx 6102214 Cairns, James 1798 1869108909 Callaghan, Kenneth J 1487 1588101324 Campbell, Brett 2229 2388109977 Canham, Cecil 1599 1813125090 Cappiello, Tom 992 22108396 Carr, Malcolm 1620 1746125838 Cassel, Daniel 1596 11125980 Cesaroni, Kristofer 345 5123521 Chamberland, Pierre 1235 9125084 Chan, Leo 1514 19121112 Chan, Jonathan 1040124515 Chan, York 1317 19125466 Chan, Michael xxxx 10123266 Chan, Evan 1559 1559126861 Chan, Zacchaeus xxxx 6126414 Chan, Peter 1318 6125705 Chan, Walter H. 1884 12125769 Chartand, Chris 1482 3121110 Cheng, Alfonso 1391 1391107197 Cheron, Anthony 2012 2024126418 Cheung, Andrea 1169 5126900 Cheung, Alvin 1029 6105987 Cheyne, Chris 1426 15103479 Cheyne, Robert 2076 2114108273 Chiroiu, Patricia 2002 2002127074 Chislett, Sage 877 8126833 Chiu, Lily xxxx 6126854 Chiu, Edward xxxx 6124932 Chong, William 1186 1186124931 Chong, James xxxx 12123903 Chopra, Amit 371 15126860 Chow, Kevin xxxx 6112146 Chu, Stefanie 2076 2086126417 Chu, Mathew 1080 12109384 Chuderski, Jan 1623 1785126826 Chuquihuara, Joshua xxxx 6105738 Chyurlia, Jerome 1766 1875109127 Clark, Paul 1292 1435123264 Clark, Doug 1502 1502127107 Clark, Thomas 1114 7106389 Clarke, Brian 1538 1628105333 Clayton, William J. 1762 1843104041 Coe, Larry 1882 1900126243 Coe, Mathew 977 4100234 Cohen, David 1966 2067123549 Cokorillo, Radisav 2196 18107872 Coleman, John 1928 1976120423 Colvin, Ted 1626 1626123762 Conrad, Randy 506 506103305 Conroy, Stephen 1628 1700


126311 Cooke, Matthew 1151 11108236 Cooper, Andrew 1470 1534107987 Cope, Ray 1568 1732124587 Copeland, Bradley xxxx 17126503 Corrigan, Alan 1365 4109046 Corvo, Paul 1813 1959127116 Cox, Bobby 1236 7113056 Coxhead, Randall 1405 1428127073 Crapp, Arielle 523 6111286 Critchley, Don 1273 22103526 Crnilovic, Greg 1817 1840101349 Crowley, Gerry 1922 2020126837 Cuayatto, Carlos xxxx 6125618 Cuevas, Vincent 1549 15123161 Cummings, David 2464 2464126844 Da Silva, Matthew xxxx 6122940 Dadula, Danny xxxx 1314126962 Dafoe, Erik 755 6120629 Dai, Jason 1962 1988102589 Daku, Zoltan 1716 1800123618 Dalla Ave, George 1586 1591107299 Dangberg, Karl 1805 1879101895 Danilov, Alex 1861 2100124513 D'Araujo, Stuart 1621 9122365 Dasko, Martin xxxx 1221126859 Davis, Ryan xxxx 6105512 Dawson, Don 1761 1800121299 Day, Arthur xxxx 13126432 de Castro, Alex 551 3109777 De Jesus, Enrique 1971 2054124403 Deakin, John 1461 17104176 Dean, Andrew 1994 2025126305 Dearborn, Mark 1210 5104844 DeCastro, Dan 1891 2000102011 DeKerpel, Stijn 2031 2161127045 Del Rio, Austin 1555 5103637 Delane, Ross A. 1322 7125783 Delane Jr., Ross J. 1587 5105261 DeLugt, Gerald 1837 1861125547 Dembowski, Mitchell 1369 1375109477 Demmery, Steve 2153 2174110803 Den-Otter, Albert 1577 1647124570 Derziotis, Michael xxxx 22103285 Desforges, Jean 2217 2217126960 Desjardin, Michel 1041 6104632 Despotovic, Andrija 2047 2047100170 Devenport, Martin 2253 2300123550 Devisser, Paul 1525 1525127087 Dickerson, Tyler 579 7112775 Dickson, Kirk 1345 1416104296 Dickson, Raymond 1822 1822125936 Didomenico, Stefano 1156 8124262 Dimitrijevic, Milorad 2351 15109214 Divljan, Igor 2210 2255104754 Dixon, Frank 2070 2090101065 Djerkovic, Miladin 2340 2402127096 Dobson, Kelly 953 7126824 Donan, Eduardo 1319 6126312 Doubrough, Joe 861 5109006 Doucette, Patrick 1684 1684100294 Dougherty, Michael 2338 2368106524 Douglas, Mike xxxx 1858126939 Dow, Benjamin 812 6123319 Downs, Steve 1444 8113062 Draak, Jan 1322 1328125528 Dragusanu, George 1395 13125994 Dubeau, Jason xxxx 15125682 Duggan, Brendan 1489 1526103373 Dumontelle, Joe 1844 1993126869 Dunbar, Kevin xxxx 6111907 Duong, Brian 1981 2011105998 Duralia, John 1771 1915126203 Dutton, Christine 1046 8125573 Dutton, Janice 1127 7106571 Dutton, Warren Richard 2047 2257106324 Duval, Kirk 1904 1947112792 Dydak, Mateusz 1990 2100124999 Dylewska, Sandra xxxx 16102279 Eckert, Frank 1997 2020127113 Eddy, Ben 936 7110299 Egorov, Michael 1952 2046106512 Ehrman, Carl 2174 2202126848 Ellie, Abhishek xxxx 6108293 Ellis, John 1785 1848101459 Ellis, Joe T. 1848 1900126845 Emann, Samantha xxxx 6126313 Enero, Reynaldo 1792 5126510 Eracles, Yianni xxxx 4103011 Erickson, John 1717 1789124612 Evans, Brittany xxxx 14103309 Evans, Bill 2140 2300124625 Evans, Tom 1257 1257101981 Fabris, Al 1808 1987101722 Fan, Yibing 1828 20126830 Farid, Russan xxxx 6104809 Ferderber, Harold 1804 1804110743 Ferencz, Joseph 1496 1745109715 Ferguson, Jim 2231 2313127112 Ferri, Ben 737 7108098 Field, Christopher 1443 1636126851 Fiering, Colin xxxx 5111305 Filipkowski, Adam 1821 1971103521 Filipovich, David 2342 2370105001 Findlay, Dave 1828 1879107539 Finkenzeller, Aaron 1755 1787122745 Fittler, David 1525 12127082 Flamminio, Hailey 487 8112619 Fleischmann, Michael 2052 2052122479 Fleming, Alan 1549 1549112308 Fleming, Derrick 1664 1731100055 Fleming, Terry 1744 2003108498 Flitton, David 1861 2004101828 Folsl, Walter 1613 1619126108 Fournier, Jordan 900 6125025 Francispragasam, Nichi xxxx 20125062 Francispragasam, Mario 1251 1251106109 Franke, Raymond 1713 1769126498 Friedman, Alexander xxxx 3109170 Friendly, John 1724 1814123621 Friendly, Brooke xxxx 1468

104235 Friis, Torben 1714 1928102447 Frilles, Ruperto 2170 2302102942 Furstner, Nandor 2098 2147126877 Gaffney, Emonn xxxx 6122439 Gagnon, Justin 1732 1732120219 Gajic, Steve 1840 1937123492 Galka, Mike 1529 1540126422 Garcia, Omar 2468 5105218 Garel, Richard 1882 2049108027 Gasparac, Marijan 1991 2036124454 Gayman, Ian 1541 1542105416 Gebhardt, David 1932 1977123384 Geley, Shawn 1475 11126627 Gelowitz, Mark A. 826 5120136 George, Allan xxxx 1853112337 Gideon, Joseph 1890 2000110983 Gilchrist, Raymond 1619 1660108202 Gillanders, Robert 1834 2140126957 Giroux, Kelly 469 6126942 Glesson, Jenny 510 5103711 Glinert, Stephen 2355 2355107605 Godbout, Joseph 1946 1946126855 Golad, Slava xxxx 6104325 Golebiewski, Sofie 1622 1728109888 Golts, Diana 1764 1772103597 Golts, Roman 2288 2321102579 Gordon, Dave 1877 1915106629 Gordon, David 2196 2255126302 Graham, Neil 1171 5123493 Graydon, Mike 1322 1386110824 Grebenc, John 1734 1787127088 Grech, Jacqueline 1128 7127068 Grech, Kaila 1014 7103612 Green, Peter xxxx 1847102884 Grinbergs, Daniel 1673 1703126406 Groberman, Elina 2055 2055126835 Gryn, Max xxxx 6122962 Gumama-Hillyard, Ab 1225 1225105318 Guo, Josh 2202 2256125839 Gurevich, Artem 2168 2168126242 Gurr, David 1514 14125692 Gusinjac, Gzim 2353 2353112613 Hacat, Kevork 2201 2230104833 Hadley, Ryan 1820 1866126306 Hahn, Bernt 1668 1668126436 Haksar, Jay 806 3126437 Haksar, Ravi 735 3104591 Handelman, Michael 1901 1942104804 Handelman, Danny 1665 1756127094 Handley, Allyssa 553 7109113 Hanna, Raoul 1861 1951106963 Hardie, Mackenzie 1828 2062109623 Harding, Doug 1559 1650123559 Hare, Scott 1949 1961101040 Hargreaves, Chris 1567 1608104354 Harkes, Lewis 2088 2236126307 Harley, Eric 1528 5127081 Hart, Kyle 921 9110832 Harvey, Maurice 1498 1592123136 Harvey, Tim 1473 1493127093 Harvey, Tim 804 7126393 Hasan, Shahzad 1236 6111177 Hassain, Mahmud 1983 2019126055 Hassan, Hassan 1553 18110105 Hassan-Gordon, Tariq 1803 1824127070 Hayes, Samuel 657 8106156 Haziprodromu, Sam 2042 2187101100 Heldman, Nile 1470 1531126959 Hempinstall, Steven 964 7105731 Hendon, Lee 1513 1513105200 Henry, David 1914 2088101426 Hentschel, Joachim 2104 2314106436 Hergott, Deen 2488 2580111719 Heringer, Chris 2142 2233126963 Hernandez, Edwin 664 7126647 Herrick, Troy 1643 8126408 Herzberg, Matthew 1534 6125002 Hier, David 1379 1379125701 Higgins, Jason 638 7122758 Highley-Wilson, Kyan 878 893122757 Highley-Wilson, Leah 850 850126103 Hill, Jason 1484 10108908 Hillyard, Larry 1512 1756121115 Ho, Jeffrey 982 993127071 Ho, Elgin 648 7123135 Hoch, Doug 1431 1431107184 Holmes, Michael J 1818 1818120380 Holowaty, Alex 1274 11127106 Hope, Lise 814 7126949 Hopkins, Amanda 464 7103578 Horvat, Miro 2060 2130126889 Hossain, Mahamoud xxxx 6126089 Hosseini, Saeed 1587 3126944 Houle, Mattew 468 4106551 Howard, Allan 1719 1857126872 Hsieh, Melvin xxxx 6122382 Huang, Kelvin xxxx 10124809 Huang, Tony 1091 10124810 Huang, Benny 922 11105297 Huband, Ken 1812 1964127105 Hubel, Chris 1064 7107565 Hubley, Roger 2004 2100123677 Hui, Katrina 1212 1252124976 Hui, Edwin xxxx 17123678 Hui, Jack 799 807109011 Hum, Peter 2191 2300123505 Hung, Joshua 788 788126476 Hunt, Chris 1521 5121116 Hunter, Mory 2042 2059127079 Hunter, Devin 960 9112242 Hurley, Paul 2177 2177112109 Hurst, Bruce 1517 1580102054 Husic, Elvis 1935 2031112983 Hutchison, Rob 1863 1974126373 Huynh, Wilson 1128 6105228 Ibrahim, Ismail 1946 1956122801 Iqbal, Shan 1553 1661126407 Ivrii, Oleg 1799 6120795 Iwinski, Tom 1471 1471100030 Jackson, David 2240 2302

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123874 Thomson, Matt 1752 9106110 Thorvardson, Steve 2038 2088103841 Thurairasah, Shivaharan 1744 1877126102 Thurlow, Mike 1097 3126856 Tillo, Joseph xxxx 6101079 Tipu, Vincent 2275 2383105023 Toh, Andy 1276 8126901 Tolentino, Noel xxxx 5126875 Tolnai, David xxxx 5112353 Tomalty, Alan 1694 2000110864 Tomlinson, John B 1707 1911123669 Tong, Michael xxxx 900110282 Toolsie, Alexander 1792 1896126952 Torre, Mark 1064 7112885 Towsley, Dan 1690 1713120634 Tran, Mike xxxx 16126413 Tran, William 1619 5111224 Tremblay, Brent 1631 1814123437 Truong, William xxxx 10123436 Truong, Huy xxxx 11107368 Tuca, Tony xxxx 12124498 Tursman, Richard 1766 15125770 Tweedy, Chris 1052 1101925 Upper, John xxxx 2109127091 Upton, Josh 1154 7125708 Uwland, Jaco 1297 1359126202 Vadachkoriya, Irakli 1707 1707120618 Vaidyanath, Rahul 1551 1619126946 Vail, Alyssa 501 5126950 Vail, Jessica 698 6125532 Vaingorten, Yaaqov 2256 2256125491 Vaithianathan, Kajan xxxx 23101864 Valdizon, Armando 2341 2341111795 Van Adel, Steven 1940 2145103420 Van de Ven, Anthony 2016 2025106830 Van der Velde, W. H. 1933 1940126847 Van Seters, Alexander xxxx 5120086 Van Spyk, Aiken 1711 1723125056 Vandenberk, Paul xxxx 1060126509 Vandenberk, Michael xxxx 10104269 Vandermeer, Ben 1792 1919124396 VanderWillik, Ben 1449 15107974 Vassanji, Anil 1993 2081101858 Veltmann, Alfred 1763 2002102372 Venning, Ron 1654 1855126430 Ventaktaraman, Ashwin 922 5107979 Vera, Jesus 1519 1675122790 Verma, Tony 1952 1965124243 Veron, Elvis 1663 23107520 Villagracia, Ruben 1652 1657122286 Vincent, Rob 1675 1698126315 Vinimitz, Sasha 1681 5124342 Vivas, Fabio 1591 1591120516 Voloaca, Mihnea 2194 2251126823 Volodrimer, Ghisyev 694 5106693 Vucko, Ignac 1911 2165125697 Vujic, Branimir 2321 2321120071 Wallbank, Andrew 1812 1820126316 Wan, Michael 1241 5121192 Wang, Michael 1766 1766105702 Wang, Hao Yuan 2055 2114126892 Wang, Tony xxxx 6103753 Wannamaker, David 1649 1793126222 Warcop, Tyler 1208 5127018 Ward, Gerald xxxx 5100304 Warren, Robert 1641 1700125955 Wassenaar, Daniel 1158 7100074 Webb, Robert N. 1873 1938108288 Wesingi, Brice 1667 1800121463 Wettengl, Willi 1533 1538127103 Whiteway, Cameron 1010 5102934 Wight, Keith 2142 2208110348 Williams, Paul D. 2317 2390105942 Williamson, James 1500 1637126945 Willis, Erik 910 5127086 Wills, Jana 778 7126301 Wilson, Brian 1808 5123761 Wilton, Taylor 822 822103265 Wing, Richard 1930 1978127075 Wing, Dylan 586 9110257 Wojciechowski, Filip 1801 1813123676 Wong, Jordan Andrew 1157 1218111913 Wong, Edwin 1934 1934109682 Wong, Jack 1798 1799126308 Wong, Allen 1444 6123675 Wong, Brandon 1142 1142122512 Wong, Wylon 1573 1597127043 Wong, Jordan Lawrence 598 4111044 Wood, Adrian 1482 1531109506 Wood, Bryan 1565 1600126475 Woolner, Nicolas 1421 9126504 Worrall, James 1742 7126128 Wright, Stuart 1583 10126129 Wright, Jeremy 1262 10124805 Xia, Angel 1782 1782110260 Xu, Sheng-Jun 2129 2201126334 Yagnow, Luke 1542 6126828 Yan, Hao Lin xxxx 6126894 Yang, Adam xxxx 6123377 Young, Trevor 1511 15123378 Young, Andrew 1543 20126132 Yu, Jeffrey 1365 1365126131 Yu, Jonathan 1429 1448126431 Yung, Wilfred 791 6126938 Zacconi, Nicholas 964 7126937 Zacconi, Matt 755 6101317 Zagar, Milan xxxx 2135107387 Zakrajsek, Aljosa 1985 2088126314 Zapatel, Richel 1689 5125087 Zhao, Jacky 1425 10125904 Zheng, San San 1014 11109603 Zimmer, Antonin 1991 1991121546 Zlatkoff, Rob 1481 1482120850 Zlobec, Srdan 2109 2143109524 Zmijowskyj, Tim 1881 1881103094 Zoccano, John 1738 1822104898 Zugic, Igor 2453 2453107851 Zybura, Andre 2078 2078

Prince Edward IslandCFC# Name Rtng High126800 Berger, Stefan 898 6104781 Bruneau, Philippe 1551 1551123488 Casey, Adam 1083 20124055 Desroches, Chris xxxx 18125216 Doyle, Curtis 990 21126805 Duschesne, Paul 686 7126807 George, Devin 751 11110208 Gulati, Ashish 2153 2159112692 Howarth, Anthony 2299 2299126809 Jay, Mitchell A. 295 5126801 Jay, Mitchell E. 254 6125217 Judson, Jessy 1102 1102102875 Landry, Scott 1395 1423126806 Larsen, Alex 295 5125207 MacKenzie, Nicholas 484 15100145 McKim, Fred 2082 2132109557 Parker, Ian 1102 11121861 Paulowich, David 1777 1890106600 Quigley, Nick 1434 1434122368 Shetty, Vidhath xxxx 8126804 St. Jean, Conner 788 4126803 Stahlbaum, Kevyn 468 4126808 Starling, Kayla 628 4126802 Walsh, Thomas 200 6125220 Willis, Jessica xxxx 10

QuebecCFC# Name Rtng High101258 Angers, Gilles 2041 2085102413 Arsenault, Michel 1981 2008105909 Auger, Bertrand xxxx 1892109160 Bachand-Fleurent, Julien 1985 2027126304 Beaudion, Yannick 1543 5120268 Beaudoin, Stephane xxxx 9120278 Belanger, Martin xxxx 20103240 Bergeron, Michel xxxx 1816110993 Bilodeau, Victor 1842 1882126040 Bouchard, Alexandre 922 5126042 Brault, Stephan 880 4100101 Brodie, Hugh 1968 2100125637 Brouilland, Mathieu xxxx 13123743 Bussiere, Denis xxxx 10101380 Carrier, Claude 2077 2077109843 Charbonneau, Alain 1996 2092108065 Charbonneau, Pascal 2377 2385113099 Christian, Mark 1400 19104967 Cloutier, Richard xxxx 15126309 Coderre, Nicolas 1156 5107405 Cormos, Eugene xxxx 2187126035 Corriveau, Phillipe xxxx 5103228 Cote, Jacques 2152 2318109091 Danis, Jacques 1765 1793123353 Desmarais, Emanual xxxx 1956121304 Dufour, Guillaume xxxx 5122035 Duplessis, Jean Roch xxxx 10120269 Duquette, Patrick xxxx 2010126303 Fillion, Nicolas 1313 5126038 Francoeur, Francois 1871 5103399 Gagnon, Fabien 2112 2122110490 Goldenberg, Danny 2317 2388101700 Gottlieb, Jonathan 2147 2147110526 Gould, Charles 2021 2186111771 Gravel, Simon xxxx 2452102539 Groleau, Gilles 2058 2200101280 Hebert, Jean 2491 2534104160 Hould, Richard 1405 1500105317 Hua, Chinh 1499 23111469 Hua, Lefong 2368 2370106736 Hua, Lethyn xxxx 1593105287 Jolicoeur, Alain 1914 1952121232 Khassanov, Marat 2413 2496122023 Khaziyeva, Dinara 1912 1932101285 Lacroix, Serge 2112 2206109739 Lacroix, Michel 1653 1653126041 Larochelle, Louis 1144 5110358 Larochelle, Martial 2207 2282102939 Laurin, Jacques 1937 2096102780 Lavergne, Daniel 1654 1801123478 Lawson, Eric 1714 1714125452 Lawson, Jonathan xxxx 9107017 Legault, Stephane 1595 1595111938 Leger, Manon 2035 2120104158 Lemieux, Richard 1780 1860106923 Lesiege, Alexandre 2615 2618120275 Levesque, Andre 1437 1437125461 Masse, Hugues xxxx 9125795 McAlpin, John Francis 1844 5123740 Menard, Marc 1466 9125742 Michoura, Mikhail xxxx 14120107 Mikanovic, Goran 2420 2434122024 Mogilevsky, Olga 1819 1889126043 Morelli, Adamo 818 5109288 Morin, Jean-Pascal xxxx 1984107464 Morin, Louis xxxx 2022123741 Moss, Laurent xxxx 2199109130 Myre, Eric 1959 14109579 Ouellet, Michel 1623 6124456 Paduano, Gennaro 1919 21125749 Papineau, Daniel 1724 14120273 Paquette, Jean-Guy 1290 15110740 Perecowicz, Jonathan xxxx 19110245 Pescarus, Dana 1577 15126300 Pescarus, Radu 2003 2003126037 Pierre, Hebert 1023 1126039 Ramaswamy, Kiran 1714 9120203 Ramaswany, Kishor 1518 18111745 Rashev, Nick 2107 2152109836 Rouleau, Paul xxxx 2002126034 Rousseau, Robert 1546 2122701 Roussel-Roozmon, T 2084 2084105905 Saint-Amand, Paul 2200 2219100103 Sauve, Richard 1948 1948106803 Scantland, Patrick 1650 1650103553 Schleifer, Michael xxxx 2491107078 Senecal, Jean-Pierre 1652 1817107402 Shvab, Boris xxxx 18

125645 Simard, Francois xxxx 13123358 Simard, Jole xxxx 13126036 Smith, Danny 1569 5104735 St.Pierre, Benoit xxxx 16125745 Strassman, Swantje 2088 18102205 Thibault, Mario 1930 1978107885 Trottier, Stephane 2119 2176110232 Trottier, Julie 1918 1918101307 Trottier, Yves xxxx 1879112806 Van Dusen, Eric 1942 1942

SaskatchewanCFC# Name Rtng High108707 Knapper, Brian 2050 2067

Yukon TerritoryCFC# Name Rtng High109874 Winberg, Jim 1750 1837

ForeignCFC# Name Rtng High126353 Abramian, Armen 200126360 Aigner, Michael 2052 2052126425 Asher, Don 999 4126387 Ashton, Jeffrey 2169 2169126427 Austin, Frederick 1138 4126342 Avalos, Carlos 1973 1973126405 Averbukh, Alex 2133 2133126352 Bar-Tzur, Gavriel 1066 6126379 Bedriana, Igor 1875 1875126420 Berthoud, Kevin 1429 4126434 Berthoud, Kent 953 4126426 Berthoud, Eric 1148 3126433 Berthout, Kyle 1209 4126364 Bhat, Harish 1961 1961126320 Blekherman, Gregor 2144 2144126350 Carroll, Franklin 1576 4126368 Cawthon, Michael 1164 3126349 Chubukov, Victor 1838 1838126325 Chudnovsky, Jacob 2345 2345126404 Dean-Kaqamura, Ben 2132 2132126383 del Mundo, Anton 2256 2256126321 Della - Selva, James 2098 2098126375 Dokuchayev, Andrey 2261 2261126391 Drosdoff, David 1448 6126388 Ezeocha, Adindu 1808 1808126324 Felecan, Florin 2377 2377126372 Fewel, Nathan 1901 1901126359 Fletcher, Adam 1741 6108673 Foord, Allan 1627 1743126357 Garcia, Nicolas 1928 1928126327 Gasis, Joey 2018 2018126355 Gelman, Charles 2273 2273126330 Gross, Matthew 2088 2088103437 Gustafson, Dale 1970 2031120055 Hathaway, John 2129 18126392 Hendrickx, Mark 1450 3126402 Hevey, David xxxx 4126400 Hottenstein, Boyd 880 6126363 Hudec, Carl 1697 6126381 Hudson, Matt 1722 6126343 Ilfeld, Etan 2173 2173101337 Imai, Toshio 1652 1807126428 Itkin, Aleksey 1819 1819126382 Jahedi, Salar 1736 1736126346 Juodeikis, Monroe Ged 1589 6126344 Kaltman, Michael 1659 1659126328 Kamat, Komal 1835 1835126053 Khomeriki, Giorgi 2339 5126398 Law, Peter 965 3126410 Livshits, Louiza 1561 6126409 Loberant, Raphael 1705 1705126323 Lopes, William 2213 2213126384 Malkiel, Daniel 1872 1872126395 Martinez, Alexia 1210 5126369 Marts, Bradley 1400 6126339 McClelland, Shear 2187 2187126361 Mercado, Julius 1789 1789110329 Morabito, Matthew 1887 2003126354 Morrison, William 2378 2378126351 Moulton, Charles 1086 6126365 Nowland, Seneca 1681 1681126385 Ong, Diana 1578 6103005 Orlov, Georgi 2608 2614126370 Owens, Scott D. 1361 5126376 Pecora, David 2070 2070126348 Perchach, Kurt 1407 6126336 Perelshteyn, Eugen 2442 2442126345 Perez, Jose Rafael 1710 6126362 Phelps, David 1637 6123157 Pratt, Donald 1744 1744113065 Prilleltensky, Isaac 1569 1578126338 Pruess, David 2240 2240126288 Randall, Paul A. 2302 3126378 Riordan, Charles 1966 1966126377 Rozenvasser, Antho 2179 2179126390 Ruggiero, Michael 1235 5126366 Salazar, Jaime 1299 5126386 Sawakis, Molly 1548 6126403 Sherman, Alan xxxx 1774126331 Shin, David 1916 1916126337 Shiroma, Gustavo 2093 2093126335 Shmachkov, Igor 1569 1569126318 Shulman, Yuri 2556 2556126367 Singh, Carolyn 1350 6126389 Singhal, Sachin 1650 1650126396 Smith, Bryan 2296 2296126340 Steele, David 2065 2065126329 Szafran, Martin 1735 1735126358 Titus, Frank 1829 1829126333 Tovar, Carlos 2021 2021126326 Traldi, Arthur 2094 2094126341 Tsibulevsky, Mikhail 2035 2035126374 Tsvetkov, Leonid 2213 6126322 Wang, Philip 2302 2302126411 Wang, Henrey 1445 6126356 Whatley, Andrew 2292 2292126332 Willis, Charles 1556 5

123169 Winans, Michael 2078 11126397 Yin, Lu 1831 1831126347 Ziane, Noureddine 2190 2190126319 Zilberstein, Dmitr 2344 2344102172 Zimninski, Nick 1929 2022

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AlbertaCFC# Name Rtng High123306 Anderson, Ashton 1762 1776103801 Anderson, John 1623 6125093 Balla, John 771 7105484 Bjornson, Jonathan 1644 1682120375 Borowski, Ted 1568 1609122776 Boyd, Doug 1497 20126008 Brown, Ian 1514 4102719 Buitendyk, Theo 1571 17126458 Burak, Sophia xxxx 4101519 Campbell, Stephen 1426 1531120411 Canal, Richard 1604 1604108292 Chi, Jonathan 1228 1228102956 Chiba, James 1636 1653112298 Chrumka, Colin 1720 1828125761 Clark, Casey 1467 4107487 Day, Jonathan 1764 24121149 Dean, Tim 1768 18106163 Deimert, Elroy 1572 21123560 Deimert, David 1250 7108124 Dewindt, Cor 1559 1600103726 Doo, Alvin 1614 1614120299 Flodberg, Jason 1563 1580103643 Fullbrook, Nigel 2292 2315105644 Hansen, Steve 1638 1711122495 Haynes, Nicolas 1514 1514121097 Hinds, Riana 1186 20123872 Hudson, Richard xxxx 1412109502 Hughey, Micah 1847 24121765 Jeserich, Tobias 1625 15110040 Johnson, Dean 1517 16121625 Kazakevich, Anastasia 1325 1325120194 Knoll, Frank 1532 1788124459 Kucharski, Evan 662 662125942 Lacroix, Peter 1519 9103595 Lefkowitz, Phil 1707 1851121303 Li, Zhuoran 1394 1402123462 Lui, Matthew 1096 1096111831 Luyben, Norm 1601 1736126197 Martin, Charles 1231 1125668 McDonald, Luke J. 701 10120082 McMaster, Carolyn 1437 1496123323 Milward, Dave 1623 1623126299 Mioc, Alex 1017 2126459 Ng, Myron xxxx 4121343 Ng, Mitchell xxxx 1065120812 Nobleman, Josh xxxx 1060122982 Nystrom, Kurtis 1672 15104728 Ottosen, David 1995 1995125943 Rock, Dawn 1116 8105680 Scherer, Gerhard 1583 1672106341 Scherer, Max xxxx 14124742 Shukuda, Jason 926 926120858 Smith, Mike 1553 1640123605 Stadnyk, Mathew 578 15

123604 Stadnyk, Leighton 471 12124063 Stainer, Joel 1415 1415101473 Thompson, Kevin 1525 20103593 Turner, Cliff J. 1686 8123395 Valeroso, Bert 1639 1686105520 Verlik, Val 1566 1637112618 Ward, Kevin 1619 1619107355 Weis, Rodney 1803 1882123461 Williamson, Ben 912 912126101 Yngvason, Daniel 361 8120291 Zinner, Gabor 1208 9

British ColumbiaCFC# Name Rtng High122210 Alipour, Iraj 1420 16126653 Alipour Birgani, Farhad 1474 5126652 Alipour Birgani, Farokh 1755 7122964 Armatage, Kyle 941 941104388 Atkinson, Gavin 1914 10123690 Balasubramaniam, N 1003 3125756 Balasubramaniam, N 1189 3100238 Barnes, Mark 1556 1633102357 Basanta, Gary 2385 2403124308 Bates, Darren 1254 5124072 Batisse, Norman 960 9124355 Beddoes, Richard 1665 3123791 Bernhardt, Travis 923 7103833 Boyer, Scott 1383 1435105840 Boyer, Chip 1158 1234126234 Campbell, Clayton 1436 4107783 Campbell, Dale 1424 11120408 Campbell, Tom 1403 14120552 Carlisle, Michael 1867 1867126033 Chiang, Berthold 1360 20103155 Chis, Liviu 1120 10103158 Chis, Sinziana 1465 10106001 Chranowski, Rick 1955 1955125947 Chu, Jimmy 1249 5111363 Daswani, Benedict 1589 5106424 Deline, Toni 1799 1799108072 Devries, Peter 1692 12104911 Feng, Jason 1645 1700123040 Forman, Ken 1428 18122172 Forsyth, Brendan 858 858122171 Forsyth, Gavin 507 507121234 Fowler, Stephen 1462 22125089 German, Wade 1054 5125986 Ghanipour, Pejman 1139 3123205 Gill, Gurpreet 1402 13110906 Goldstein, Rhys 1853 5123882 Greening, Corbin 200 22101879 Hallam, John 2195 2195103261 Hamanishi, Neil 1637 1774125985 Hamida, Tarek 940 3125372 Hsu, James xxxx 5125609 Jaksic, Aleksandar 1976 5123793 Jiang, Xin 1782 5120077 Jose, Marionito 1746 1772125760 Kalagehdrah, Vanathy xxxx 3100221 Kanester, Jim 1731 1811123041 Kerry, James 1701 11106295 Keshet, Joshua 1632 1643102841 Krys, Mark 1525 15126909 Landers, Dale 1259 6123876 Le, Jamie 235 22126467 Ledwith, Philip 1633 3108084 Lester-Smith, Stephen 1073 5125981 Lister, Curtis 1858 6123778 Lyakh, Alexey 1447 5107531 MacTavish, Grant 2047 2047124509 Manouchehiian, Salar 1085 4125982 Manzer, Karl 1588 3121341 Martinescu, Mike 1179 10113123 McCusky, Louis 1306 1348125983 McDonell, Tavish 1063 5101550 Medalen, David 1570 1572120075 Milicevic, Dragoljub 2085 2112123881 Miller, Rene 326 22105939 Miller, Max 1390 15125566 Mok, Justin 1153 5106767 Monteith, Don 1643 1643122396 Morgan, Steve 1569 15107627 Nathani, Kaleim 1721 19120592 Nguyen, Vinh 594 594125408 Pearce, Kenneth 963 3126138 Pettigrew, Juston 200 12123885 Posselt, Marc 200 22104016 Prabhakaran, Sugumar 1429 5105227 Prabhakaran, Aarthi 1141 5111443 Prokopowicz, Monika 1448 5111132 Remedios, Russell 1868 1884122817 Rutledge, Brian 529 12106541 Sadoway, Steven 1894 1894126515 Shirazi, Ali 1422 10124409 Sieben, Perry 1168 4123844 Sieben, Alois 1400 4111374 Skoczylas, Slawomir 1566 10123432 Sokourinski, Sergei 2125 10102833 Spears, Nicholas 2112 2200103030 Stutzman, Larry 1930 1935120436 Sum, Peter 1224 16123723 Tang, Edward 1587 10123564 Tang, Tiffany 1004 10100325 Taylor, James 1629 24126139 Toews, Alex 229 12120079 Turgeon, Guy 1776 6123877 Vaughan, Kevin 200 22126137 Whitwell, Adam 329 12106287 Williamson, Jason 1799 1800110849 Wilson, John 1719 10

ManitobaCFC# Name Rtng High105641 Gannon, Keith 1547 1633107754 Gibson, Kris 1722 18123575 Sadov, Serge 2025 5106687 Schulz, Waldemar 1883 1917103193 Trueman, Francis 1291 16120248 Xia, Yanchong 1636 9

New BrunswickCFC# Name Rtng High107246 Arsenault, Normand 1502 1554103047 Bowes, Richard 1852 22108718 Breau, Robert 1939 1941100253 Brun, Jacques 1615 1772109657 Cartwright, Joseph 1643 1700106930 Cole, Don 1413 1508110492 Davidson, Logan 1303 1303111760 Davis, Neil 2061 2072123224 Deguire, Benoit 1169 1176121511 Deveau, Justin 1045 1045107486 Godsoe, Cliff 1752 1752121367 Johnson, Ghislaine 1138 1175120429 Johnson, Kyle 1420 1420126076 Johnson, Serge 857 10108430 Kapadia, Ronak 1690 1690121684 Laforest, Gilles 1407 1407103904 Maund, Chris 918 12123543 Melanson, Michel 971 971100315 Papenhausen, Richard 1627 1700104837 Riordon, Jason 1657 1657120904 Robichaud, Nick 1331 18109891 Sullivan, Andrew 2014 2019103901 Tremblay, Roger 1104 13

OntarioCFC# Name Rtng High107642 Abt, Michael 1661 1687126013 Addley, Matthew 1313 3123274 Agabekian, Konstantin 1667 1756106553 Alcaide, Florante 2234 2246100342 Allan, Denis 2341 2353125603 Amann, Max 951 6109089 Amann, Greg 1182 18110365 Armstrong, Wayne 1288 1368125571 Armstrong, Tavish 1168 17100034 Armstrong, Robert J. 1607 1656125622 Armstrong, Leslie 936 11101203 Arseneau, Peter 1764 1816121549 Asghari Shekhy, Arash 1872 1879123152 Balboa, Manuel xxxx 6126054 Beaudry, Lukas 1790 12106106 Beckwith, Paul H. 2055 2101121686 Belc, Daniela 1929 1952109793 Bellomo, Joe 1720 1834120637 Benggawan, Alexandra 1453 1521107301 Benggawan, Undriadi 1805 1805120636 Benggawan, Amanda 1599 1727122797 Berda, Jeffrey 1394 17110630 Berson, Jordan 2116 2116125709 Bluvshtein, Mark 2382 6123042 Bojovic, Gavrilo 1957 1957108790 Boross-Harmer, Peter 2094 2098103523 Bortolotti, Guido 1897 1912120980 Bowers, Roger 1449 2107747 Bozinoski, Tom 1702 1754112136 Brajkovic, Nikola 2183 2219108842 Brewster, Kirk 1937 1937102666 Brice, Ron 1981 2100126209 Bryskine, Marina 2041 12123153 Bulyaki, Kal 1274 21100046 Bunning, Les 1893 2100101613 Burgess, Doug 1824 1900110977 Buscar, Michael 2065 2069108909 Callaghan, Kenneth J 1406 1512126210 Carter, John 1641 12123266 Chan, Evan 1621 1621121110 Cheng, Alfonso 1473 6109384 Chuderski, Jan 1654 1703105738 Chyurlia, Jerome 1776 1776106389 Clarke, Brian 1493 1589100234 Cohen, David 1967 1967123549 Cokorillo, Radisav 1970 1970109456 Crisan, Ioan 2358 2390103526 Crnilovic, Greg 1830 23102589 Daku, Zoltan 1801 1840123618 Dalla Ave, George 1476 11107299 Dangberg, Karl 1741 1805124403 Deakin, John 1370 12102011 DeKerpel, Stijn 1967 2011125547 Dembowski, Mitchell 1153 17110803 Den-Otter, Albert 1494 1674100170 Devenport, Martin 2251 2301123550 Devisser, Paul 1493 1493100294 Dougherty, Michael 2368 2376125528 Dragusanu, George 1012 10125682 Duggan, Brendan 1138 8106571 Dutton, Warren Richard 2067 2195125575 Dutton, Lucas 783 783110299 Egorov, Michael 1892 1911101459 Ellis, Joe T. 1891 1955103011 Erickson, John 1777 1793103309 Evans, Bill 2144 2144101981 Fabris, Al 1680 1800111839 Fairbairn, Stephen 2001 2045104137 Ficzere, Tony 1805 1816103521 Filipovich, David 2139 2173107176 Fintas, Randy 1624 8100055 Fleming, Terry 1808 1877122479 Fleming, Alan 1437 1439126498 Friedman, Alexander xxxx 3104235 Friis, Torben 1699 1699102447 Frilles, Ruperto 2118 2250126508 Fulmyk, Paul 1452 5120219 Gajic, Steve 1725 10124454 Gayman, Ian 1639 1639108202 Gillanders, Robert 1812 1962111022 Gillis, Doug 1638 1722106528 Gomes, Jose 1909 2033102884 Grinbergs, Daniel 1618 1649122962 Gumama-Hillyard, Abu 1526 3125839 Gurevich, Artem 2159 12125692 Gusinjac, Gzim 2301 5104833 Hadley, Ryan 1545 1547100027 Haley, Philip G. 1706 1900109737 Hallett, Doran 1798 1831125685 Hancas, Marius 1986 10

109113 Hanna, Raoul 1868 12123559 Hare, Scott 1654 23110832 Harvey, Maurice 1361 1361110105 Hassan-Gordon, Tariq 1716 23122340 Hayman, Colin 1363 4105731 Hendon, Lee 1429 1511126103 Hill, Jason 1309 5108908 Hillyard, Larry 1302 17121115 Ho, Jeffrey 1193 7105422 Hollo, Peter 1724 1800107184 Holmes, Michael J 1678 16126089 Hosseini, Saeed 1699 11123677 Hui, Katrina 1509 4123678 Hui, Jack 1395 3106205 Jando, Edmond 1649 1649120626 Janicki, Slavek 1781 1781121325 Janicki, Jozef 1344 1344124816 Joag, Vineet 1375 11107581 Joseph, Steve 1750 1888100182 Jung, Hans 2229 2323126499 Kacic, Mladen 1137 6125361 Kaplan, Youri 1335 1335111284 Kasimov, Nechemia xxxx 16101422 Kempner, Andrew 1973 2032100320 Kotsilidis, John 1668 14105549 Kret, Ted 1954 2162109158 Kristjanson, Scott 1716 21104537 Kurkowski, Ken 1622 1700102419 Laimer, Alice 1657 1805106974 Lamb, Bryan 2017 2122108998 Laughlin, Steve 2020 6112068 Lawless, David 1948 2008111318 Le, Ken 1739 1780105108 Lehmann, James E. 1592 1592121831 Lentini, Joseph 1878 1878113017 Liles, Kerry 1646 7123227 Livshits, Vitaly 1746 23108038 Louie, Kim 1723 1723110214 Lucki, Arnie 1894 2010125903 Ma, Daniel 1063 10123180 Mack, Jamie 1608 15120061 MacLeod, Brian 1707 22104111 MacLeod, Steven 2086 2131112732 Maenpaa, David 1652 1672112277 Manalo, Pepin 1867 1887125562 Marasigan, Sesinando 1886 18107391 Marghetis, Aris 1849 1849122440 Maric, Gordana 1702 1707106665 Marshall, Peter 1994 1994102498 Martin, Ian 2241 2265121347 Massoulie, Francois 1163 8100298 McClelland, Tom 1763 1900106266 McGrahan, Steve 1910 2067125825 McGuire, Paul 959 10121270 Mehta, Gy 1923 1951121864 Mestnik, Steve xxxx 16107418 Mian, Muhammad Z. 1820 1965125874 Michaelis, Nico 2151 22124203 Miletic, Dusan 2314 6103982 Milne, Reg 1878 1878102310 Mitrovic, Milan 2365 2400103626 Mitrovic, Bojana 1740 1740120428 Moors, Henry A. 1608 1640106826 Morrison, Kyle 1425 1425106342 Moysoski, Randy 1945 2061125406 Mross, Lazo 1122 15125537 Mustafa, Vasile 1972 24126905 Natase, Stefan xxxx 6121335 Nunes, Paulo 1344 17112040 Oates, Eric 1679 16104561 Obrovac, Zvonko 1976 1976102669 Ochkoos, Jura 2309 2409102746 Oldland, Ray 1655 16107005 Ooms, Albert 1041 1041103715 Pacey, Kevin 2240 2270121545 Page, Peter 1438 13106856 Palsson, Halldor Peter 2123 2126125813 Parikh, Jugal 1147 11104721 Patton, Mark 1583 1583126610 Pe, Joe Mari 2198 5122223 Peev, Pavel 1897 24106982 Pejovic, Mike 1692 1699101770 Peredun, Andrew 2040 16122604 Piggott, Scott 1303 21123186 Pisanski, Peter 1255 9100078 Pochmursky, Joe 1581 1601125074 Poon, Douglas xxxx 6126186 Poplawski, Matthew 1114 3108329 Puschke, R.F. 1716 1786124124 Radovic, Aleksandar 1701 6122415 Rahman, Faizur 1755 18108279 Rakhinshteyn, Fima 2131 2200100257 Raletich, George 1899 2000101958 Reid, Daniel 1271 22120227 Reynolds, Derek 1458 1515111115 Richardson, Ross 1896 1896100053 Rodgers, R.F. 1918 1992113055 Roschman, Paul 1624 14103199 Rositsan, Boris 2271 2369101799 Rowles, Christopher 1758 1812125766 Rubanovski, Vladimir 2014 18111463 Ruiz, Richard 2056 2071110752 Saleh, Maher 2237 2306108545 Salomaa, Markku 1954 6106615 Sarkar, Prosanto 2264 2271104545 Schwartz, Lorne 1774 1810111713 Secours, Andre 1330 24123223 Seguin, Marc 1611 10123727 Sequillion, Aaron xxxx 1439121329 Shah, Omaray M. 1916 1916125969 Sharma, Mohit K 960 6126142 Sharma, Rahul 1312 6120619 Siddeley, Hugh 1757 1763108869 Siegel, Andre 1552 1578109808 Simic, Dusan 2089 10123265 Solodar, Yevgeni 2059 2079120171 Stevens, Christian 1823 1823125968 Stoltefuss, Rolf 1855 6108689 Stonkus, Raymond J 1806 1911107059 Streiter, Michael 1539 22

126201 Sviridovitch, Slava 1541 6126093 Sviridovitch, Alina 1316 6123551 Swart, Michael 1450 22106730 Syed, Ali 1702 1702121114 Tam, Timothy 1171 20126295 Tan, Paul 1338 6123670 Tan, Samantha 1168 5124501 Teh, Kevin 1340 24112575 Teodoro, Roderick 2089 2295112698 Teodoro IV, Eduardo D. 2402 2450107314 Teram, Eli 1088 13106474 Termeer, Ted 1481 1692110020 Thiede, Gunther 1627 2106868 Thompson, Ed G. 1387 24123874 Thomson, Matt 1646 1646106110 Thorvardson, Steve 1962 1962101072 Thorvardson, Barry 1997 2030120209 Thorvardson, Craig 1544 1544103841 Thurairasah, Shivaharan 1744 1853126102 Thurlow, Mike 1168 4101079 Tipu, Vincent 2306 2321110282 Toolsie, Alexander 1732 1758102820 Trbic, Milan xxxx 2141111224 Tremblay, Brent 1604 1604120254 Trkulja, Mladen 1844 1856124498 Tursman, Richard 1501 17102986 Urbanc, Peter 1869 1899120384 Urbanc, Lea 1392 9125708 Uwland, Jaco 1577 1126202 Vadachkoriya, Irakli 2091 5112660 Vanderlee, Chris 1539 1600101858 Veltmann, Alfred 1787 1900102372 Venning, Ron 1571 1698107979 Vera, Jesus 1576 1622122790 Verma, Tony 1606 6120516 Voloaca, Mihnea 2261 16106693 Vucko, Ignac 2058 2143125697 Vujic, Branimir 2249 18105702 Wang, Hao Yuan 1929 1929108288 Wesingi, Brice 1598 1600121463 Wettengl, Willi 1317 1317105028 White, Randy 1835 1962102934 Wight, Keith 2093 2187111913 Wong, Edwin 1453 15123676 Wong, Jordan Andrew 1205 8123675 Wong, Brandon 1436 11124805 Xia, Angel 1502 6101317 Zagar, Milan xxxx 2140107387 Zakrajsek, Aljosa 2012 2012110755 Zambo, Viktor 2045 2045125904 Zheng, San San 1454 18120850 Zlobec, Srdan xxxx 2209104898 Zugic, Igor 2323 2323107851 Zybura, Andre 1948 1948

Prince Edward IslandCFC# Name Rtng High104781 Bruneau, Philippe 1570 1570123488 Casey, Adam 1242 1280125216 Doyle, Curtis 1165 24106527 England, Michael 1614 1715112954 Ferguson, Brian 1710 1768109893 Gallant, Eric 1296 1446110208 Gulati, Ashish 2127 2127125217 Judson, Jessy 1167 1181102875 Landry, Scott 1575 1617125207 MacKenzie, Nicholas 1036 4127143 Mahar, Matt 1021 5109360 Marzari, Italo 1617 1636100145 McKim, Fred 1976 2051109557 Parker, Ian 1407 1407108960 Parker, Kim 1585 20121861 Paulowich, David 1804 1804106600 Quigley, Nick 1608 1608126628 Quinn, Alexander 1010 4120187 Wright, Danny 1130 9

QuebecCFC# Name Rtng High125967 Laflamme, Jean-Philippe 1821 6112806 Van Dusen, Eric 1854 1935

ForeignCFC# Name Rtng High126053 Khomeriki, Giorgi 2515 6123282 Lipscomb, J.Andrew 1251 6125984 Melde, Volker 1733 4113065 Prilleltensky, Isaac 1456 1456102172 Zimninski, Nick 1810 1821

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