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En Passant No 159 � December 1999 1

EN PASSANTDecember 1999 No.159 décembre 1999

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30 Tony Ficzere reports on the recent Canadian ChessChampionship. The event featured a new format andproduced a new and deserving Canadian Champion.

inside...

2 Editorial, and Letters to the Editor

10 The Las Vegas FIDE World Championship paired our ownKevin Spraggett against Alex Yermolinsky of the US. PhilipHaley reports, and Kevin Spraggett annotates two games.

14 FIDE Reports by Philip Haley

15 World Champion Garry Kasparov wins his game against theÒRest of the WorldÓ and Microsoft sets a new internet record.

16 ÒA Tale of Three Cities: The 1895 Pacific Cable MatchesÓ byStephen Wright provides a glimpse at Òinternet chessÓ as itwas played 100 years ago.

19 ÒPlayers AnnotateÓ. A selection of annotated games from thelast year for instruction and entertainment.

26 Test your Chess EQ in ÒMinding Your Chessboard MannersÓby Gregory Harris. How does your Ethical Quotient stack up?

40 Across Canada

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EditorialI have now come to end of my firstyear as editor of our magazine, andin looking ahead to the newmillennium this is as good a time asany to begin a dialogue with youabout your thoughts on ourpublication. Before I do so however,I would like to thank Troy Vail andDavid Miriguay at the CFC Office inOttawa for their excellent support, aswell as the CFC Executive for theirdecision and trust to put themagazine into my hands.

Every so often En Passant magazine,by way of a survey, has asked itsreadership for feedback on thecontent and the appearance of ournational publication. The last ofthese surveys was published someconsiderable time before my tenurebegan, but this time I would like totry something else. Rather thanprovide you with a list of perhapsrather limited choices to expressyour thoughts, a more ÒfreeformÓapproach to make your voices heardseems in order. A note on a piece ofpaper, an email, or even a phone callto me directly is what I am lookingfor from you. Let me know what youlike and donÕt like, here is yourchance!

To get the ball rolling, here are someof my own thoughts about themagazine and how to possibly makeit better, and I even have a fewquestions for youÖ

Broadly speaking, En Passantmagazine has a mandate to bringnews about Canadian chess tomembers of the Chess Federation ofCanada. Traditionally this means thatcertain sections of the magazine areÒrequiredÓ, such as Coming Events,current Rating Lists and AcrossCanada. And indeed, these sectionsstill tend to be the most frequentlyread pages by our membership.

However, times have certainlychanged with the proliferation ofeasily accessible information on theinternet. The Chess Federation ofCanada now routinely makes currentrating and upcoming tournamentinformation available at theirwebsite, and thus the duplication ofsuch information in the magazine isseen as redundant by some of ourmembers. On the other hand, I think

that the deletion of Rating Lists andComing Events from the pages of themagazine does a disservice to a largeportion of our membership. We arethen in effect saying that peoplewithout access to a computer andthe internet are Òsecond classcitizensÓ, and surely thatÕs not fair, oreven the intent of people whowould like to free up this space inthe magazine for other uses!?

Another issue, and one that everyeditor has to wrestle with time andtime again, is to successfully enlistthe collaboration of a regular stableof quality contributors. If players,particularly strong ones, simply donot write for the magazine, then itgoes to reason that our readers haveto settle for submissions by ÒlesserlightsÓ. Maybe a good place to start isfor you to tell your favorite Masterthat you would like to see him or herwrite an article for the magazine!

A particularly contentious issueclosely related to the last one is thatof players who receive financial aidor sponsorship from the CFC torepresent Canada at national orinternational events. Should theseplayers be Òobligated in exchangeÓto submit a report or annotatedgames? Once again opinions on thematter differ widely, but bothsupporters and detractors have validpoints in favor and against such apolicy. For the record, I respectfullyabstain from casting my vote or evenstating my opinion. On the onehand, players who represent us atsuch events have rightfully earnedtheir spots and do not Òowe usÓanything. On the other hand, playersare still paid for submitting suchreports and annotations, and it reallyisnÕt so unreasonable to ask for thenotes to one or two games so thatour members can read about theexploits of our best playersÖ

There are no simple and easyanswers to questions like this, butthat is precisely the reason for thiseditorial! Reader input is as valuableas anything in suggesting what goesin the magazine, and what futuredirection or policies might be inorder. Changes cannot happenovernight, but I can promise you thatwe will take every thoughtfulcomment and suggestion seriously.

Keep in mind that no magazine canmeet the needs of everyone all of thetime. Our members Ð factors likegeographical location, age, rating,education and income aside Ð differwidely in their expectations of ourmagazine. It is not likely for examplethat a Master from Ontario wouldenjoy the same article that appeals toa 12-year-old beginner from NewBrunswick, or a C-Class player fromSaskatchewanÖ

Regional representation in themagazine is another difficult issue.Naturally the larger provinces willdominate the Across Canada andComing Events sections of themagazine because they simply offermore tournaments. And while I donÕtthink anyone has a problem with thisin principle, the idea of institutingsome sort of quota system to dishout column inches really strikes meas overkill.

Hopefully I havenÕt given anyone theimpression that I do not want to talkabout specific articles that appear inthe magazine! As best as possible, Itry to include something of interestto most types of players in everyissue, although I am sure that attimes one or another segment of thereadership feels left out. Among themost popular articles from the lastyear were Irwin LipnowskiÕs reporton the 33rd Capablanca Memorial inHavana, Robert SasataÕs two articlesaimed at tactics for the intermediateplayer, and the perennially favoriteMasterÕs Forum selections.Unfortunately IM Deen Hergott nolonger writes his very popularcolumn ÒApprenticeÕs WorkshopÓ forus, and Alan Tomalty has also retiredfrom his ÒKomputer KornerÓ reviews.

If you see something you like in themagazine, do let us know. Samegoes for material you donÕt like. Tellus exactly what you like or dislikeabout it. Was the article too long, toodifficult, or the topic simply boring;or perhaps the author really caughtyour attention and you actuallylearned something valuable!

And finally, let me end this lasteditorial of the millennium bywishing everyone a Merry Christmasand a terrific New Year!

Knut Neven


Letters

Adult Junior Jr. Part. FamilyAnnual Membership CFC Prov $$ CFC Prov $$ CFC Prov $$ CFC Prov $$Alberta 33 5 38 22 3 25 10 1 11 16.50 2.50 19British Columbia 33 12 45 22 3 25 10 3 13 16.50 6 22.50Manitoba 33 20 53 22 10 32 10 3 13 16.50 10 26.50New Brunswick 33 3 36 22 2 24 10 2 12 16.50 1.50 18Newfoundland 33 3 36 22 2 24 10 2 12 16.50 1.50 18Nova Scotia 33 7 40 22 3 25 10 3 13 16.50 2.50 19Northwest Territories 33 0 33 22 0 22 10 0 10 16.50 0 16.50Ontario 33 7 40 22 3 25 10 2 12 16.50 3.50 20Prince Edward Island 33 0 33 22 0 22 10 0 10 16.50 0 16.50Quebec 33 0 33 22 0 22 10 0 10 16.50 0 16.50Saskatchewan 33 10 43 22 7 29 10 0 10 16.50 5 21.50Yukon 33 0 33 22 0 22 10 0 10 16.50 0 16.50Foreign 33 0 33 22 0 22 10 0 10 16.50 0 16.50

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Family Memberships: the first member pays the Adult fee in the $$column. Each other member at the same address pays the Family fee in the

$$ column.

Life Membership rates depend on age: 30 & under $660; 31Ð40 $577.50;41Ð50 $495; 51Ð60 $412.50; 61 and over $330. Provincial dues are not

included in Life rates. Supply proof of age if over 30.

Victoria, BCIt struck me that the web report ofthe Canadian Closed might be takento suggest that Lawrence Day was abit of a spoiler in the last round byhis early draw offer to Lesiege,which, of course, put the nail inKevin SpraggettÕs coffin so far as anychance of a first place finish wasconcerned.

It may be common knowledge now,but I doubt if those on site knew thatLawrenceÕs mother, here in Victoria,entered into the final stages of a 10-year-fight with cancer not long ago.During the week of the Closed theend was obvious, and she died onSeptember 10, just one day after thelast round. I think most would feel itunderstandable if he did not relish

the thought of a playoff Ð which, hadhe been able to force it, might verywell have been a three way tie, for IdonÕt think anyone would underratethe effort that might have beenexpected from Kevin had it lookedas though there was a chance of a tieif he got the full point.

About this time last year, LawrenceDay was here to visit his folks anddropped into the Victoria ChessClub. That evening, as I do from timeto time, I took some of the schoolkids I work with to the club. Theunfortunate thing about the VictoriaChess Club, and most other clubs, isthat the best players stick pretty welltogether. It is seldom that one canfind a player higher than A-Class,and there arenÕt too many of those,

who will take time to sit down with akid. That night, Lawrence spent hiswhole time with the youngsters untilthey left, and when I called the nextday to say I thought it had been aclass act, he just said that when hewas a youngster, guys like FrankAnderson spent a lot of time withhim. Would that more of our Expertsand Masters had that type ofmemory!

PS: I remember a 17-year-old FrankAnderson dragging his crutchespainfully up the three flights of stairsto the attic location of TorontoÕs oldGambit Club, where, indeed, he wasnot above a game with a woodpusher.

Jack Jeffrey


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Note: This is free for allCFC-Rated events.

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

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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.

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

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

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Ontario

Toronto PI Active ChampionshipDate: November 25Ð27Place: MenÕs Fragrance Department,

The Bay, Queen StreetRds: 6 (4 qualification, 2 finals)Type: Active KnockoutTimes: 12, 4 / 12, 4 / 2, 5TC: G/30EF: $10Prizes: $$BENReg: Cheques to Mark S. Dutton,

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

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

Scarborough Christmas ActiveDate: December 12Place: Scarborough CC, Wexford

Collegiate, 1176 Pharmacy Ave.Rds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 1, 2:30, 3:45, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45TC: G/30EF: $25; $5 late fee; less $5 Jr./Sr.Prizes: $$BENReg: 11:00Ð12:30 at site; or cheques

to Scarborough Chess Club, 250Cassandra Blvd Apt # 330, DonMills, ON, M3A 1T9

Org: Bryan Lamb (416)391Ð4777,[email protected]

Scarborough Youth Tournaments #5, 6, 7Dates: Dec. 18, Jan. 29, Feb. 26Place: Scarborough CC, Wexford

Collegiate, 1176 Pharmacy Ave.Rds: 5Type: Swiss, open to Jr.Times: 11:15, 12:20, 1:30, 2:50, 4TC: G/30EF: $10Prizes: Scarborough CC and CFC

memberships, trophies andmedals

Reg: 10:15Ð10:45 at site; or chequesto Scarborough Chess Club, 250Cassandra Blvd, Apt#330, DonMills, ON, M3A 1T9

Org: Bryan Lamb, (416)391Ð4777,[email protected]

Pan-American OpenDate: December 26Ð28Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,

111 Carlton Street, TorontoRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 6 / 9:30, 4:30 / 10, 5TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $50; $10 late fee; less $10 Jr./

Sr., women, 2400+Sec: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800,

U1600/URPrizes: Open Section $$G1550; others

$$BENReg: 14:00Ð17:00 at site; or cheques

to Hart House CC, 7 Hart HouseCircle, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H3

Org: University of Toronto HartHouse CC; Bryan Lamb,(416)391Ð4777,[email protected]

Misc: Bye 1Ð4; Open Section FIDErated; special rate at BestWestern Primrose Hotel1Ð800Ð268Ð8082

Pan-American Intercollegiate TeamChampionship

Date: December 26Ð29Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,

111 Carlton Street, TorontoRds: 6Type: Regular Team SwissTimes: 6 / 9:30, 4:30 / 10, 5 / 9TC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $185 for first team, $155 for

each subsequent team fromsame school; $30 late fee at site

Prizes: $$G3700 and trophiesReg: 14:00Ð17:00 at site; or cheques


Org: University of Toronto HartHouse CC; Chris [email protected]; orBryan Lamb (416)391Ð4777,[email protected]

Misc: Teams of 4 players with up to 2alternates. Players must be auniversity undergraduate orgraduate student, registered forthe Fall 1999 or Spring 2000term. Teams must certify playereligibility. FIDE, CFC and USCFrated; special rate at BestWestern Primrose Hotel1Ð800Ð268Ð8082

Pan-American Scholastic ChampionshipDate: December 26Ð28Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,

111 Carlton Street, TorontoRds: 6Type: Team-modified Individual SwissTimes: 6 / 9:30, 1, 4:30 / 10, 1:30TC: G/90EF: $20; $25 at sitePrizes: Trophies to top 10 individuals

and top 5 teamsReg: 14:00Ð17:00 at site; or cheques


Org: University of Toronto HartHouse CC; Bryan Lamb


(416)391Ð4777,[email protected]

Misc: Open to any scholastic player;special rate at Best WesternPrimrose Hotel 1Ð800Ð268Ð8082

WindsorDate: December 27Ð28Place: Windsor Association for the

Deaf, 1082 Wyandotte Street E.Rds: 4Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10:30, asap / 10:30, asapTC: 35/90, SD 60EF: $25; less $10 for Jr., Windsor CC

members, out of town playersPrizes: $$BENReg: Until 10:00 at siteOrg: John Coleman, 7534 St. Rose

Avenue, Windsor, ON, N8S1Y7, (519)974Ð9147,[email protected]

January Winter OpenDate: January 14Ð16Place: 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 January

13; less $20 Jr./Sr., women,titled players and 2400+

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

Prizes: $$BENReg: 17:00Ð18:30 at site; or cheques

to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7 by January 10

Org: Mark S. Dutton,[email protected]; http://play.at/duttonchess

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

Scarborough Year 2000 ActiveDate: January 22Place: Scarborough CC, Wexford

Collegiate, 1176 Pharmacy Ave.Rds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 1, 2:30, 3:45, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45TC: G/30EF: $25; $5 late fee; less $5 Jr./Sr.Prizes: $$BENReg: 11:00Ð12:30 at site; or cheques



Hamilton Team Active Super ChallengeDate: January 29Place: YMCA , 79 James Street S.

Times: 10:45Rds: 4Type: Team Active SwissTC: SD/30EF: $40 per team of four players,

average rating <=1850Prizes: Team and board trophiesReg: 10:00Ð10:30 at site; or cheques

to Hamilton City CC, c/o 144Grant Ave, Hamilton, ON, L8N2X7 by January 25 (save $5)

Org: Hamilton City CCMisc: Byes 1Ð3; http://

www.hwcn.org/link/hccc

St.Valentine's Day OpenDate: February 4Ð6Place: Best Western Primrose Hotel,

111 Carlton Street, TorontoRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTC: 40/120, SD/60Times: 7 / 10, 4:30 / 10, 4:30EF: $60; $20 late fee after February

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

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


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

Org: Mark S. Dutton,[email protected]

Misc: Byes 1Ð4 max. 2; special rate atBest Western Primrose Hotel1Ð800Ð268Ð8082

Toronto Closed ChampionshipDate: February 9 Ð March 8 (Mon/

Wed/Fri)Place: 1681 Bayview Ave., two blocks

south of Eglinton, aboveChessÕn Math, Toronto

Rds: 11Type: Regular RRTC: 40/120, SD/60Times: 6EF: $60Sec: Championship, ReservePrizes: $$G1440Reg: Cheques to Mark S. Dutton,

Suite 3910, Leaside Towers, 95Thorncliffe Park Drive, Toronto,ON, M4H 1L7 by February 4


Misc: Top section FIDE rated

Scarborough Winter ActiveDate: February 20Place: Scarborough CC, Wexford

Collegiate, 1176 Pharmacy Ave.Rds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 1, 2:30, 3:45, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45TC: G/30EF: $25; $5 late fee; less $5 Jr./Sr.

Scarborough ChessClub Tournament

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 begin at13:00), Tuesdays 18:30Ð23:00

(games begin at 19:00),Thursdays 18:30Ð23:00 (games

begin 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

Winter RRDate: Nov. 28 to Jan. 30

Rds: 5Type: Regular RR

December ActiveDate: December 12

Rds: 5Type: Active Swiss

Times: 1

SCC Millenium RRDate: Jan. 27 to Feb. 24

Rds: 5Type: Regular RR

SCC Millenium SwissDate: Feb. 13 to Mar. 26

Rds: 5Type: Regular Swiss

Year 2000 ActiveDate: January 22

Rds: 6Type: Active Swiss

Times: 1

Winter ActiveDate: February 20Type: Active Swiss

Rds: 6Times: 1





Toronto Class ChampionshipDate: March 10Ð12Place: 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 March 9;

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

Sec: Masters, Experts, U2000, U1800,U1600, U1400/UR


to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7 by March 6


Misc: Byes 1Ð4 max. 2; top sectionFIDE rated; brings sets, clocks;special rate at Best WesternPrimrose Hotel 1-800Ð268Ð8082

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

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;


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


to Mark S. Dutton, Suite 3910,

Dutton ChessToronto Events

Year 2000All 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

Events:

January Winter OpenJanuary 14Ð16

St. ValentineÕs Day OpenFebruary 4Ð6

Toronto Class ChampionshipMarch 10Ð12

G.T.C.L. sanctioned event

Toronto Open ChampionshipApril 21Ð23; 6 rds.

G.T.C.L. sanctioned event

Toronto Victoria Day OpenMay 20Ð22; 6 rds.

G.T.C.L. sanction pending

All events have the followinginformation in common unless

noted otherwise.

Place: Dutton Chess Club,1681 Bayview Avenue

Mondays:

G/15 events starting at 19:30EF: $10

Wednesdays:

New Millenium SwissJanuary 5 to February 2

Cabin Fever SwissFebruary 9 to March 15

Spring SwissMarch 22 Ð April 26

Mayflower SwissMay 3 Ð June 7

Saturdays:

New Millenium ActiveJanuary 8; Active Series #4

Winter 2000 SwissJanuary 22 Ð March 4

Spring Fever SwissMarch 18 Ð April 29

Spring Into Summer SwissMay 6 Ð June 24

Leaside Towers, 95 ThorncliffePark Drive, Toronto, ON, M4H1L7 by April 17


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

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

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;


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


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


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


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

British Columbia

Vancouver YMCA SwissDate: December 3, 10; January 7, 14Place: YMCA, 955 Burrard Street,

VancouverRds: 4 (one round per night)Type: Regular SwissTimes: 7:30TC: G/80EF: $15Reg: 19:00Ð19:30 at siteOrg: Dave Hunter (604)588Ð2560Misc: Bye max. 2

Christmas ClassicDate: December 10Ð12Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776

E. Broadway, VancouverRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 7 / 10:30, 5 / 9:30, asapTC: 40/120, SD/60EF: $35; $25 Jr./Sr., Masters; 50%

new CFC membersPrizes: $$BENReg: 18:30Ð19:00 at siteOrg: BCCF; Chris Spicer

(604)688Ð4253Misc: Bye 1Ð4 max. 2

Boxing Day Bash ActiveDate: December 28Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776

E. Broadway, VancouverRds: 5Type: Active SwissTimes: 11, 12:15, 2, 3:15, 4:30TC: G/30EF: $20; $15 Jr./Sr., Masters; 50% off

new CFC membersPrizes: $$BENReg: 10:30Ð11:00 at site

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

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Grand Prix Winners1982-83 Kevin Spraggett; 1983-84 Stephen Ball; 1984-85 Brian Hartman; 1985-86 Gordon

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Most chess puzzle books put youin an artificial situation: you aretold a combination exists, whatthe theme is and what you arerequired to achieve. This one isdifferent. In a real game situation,a player may sometimes need tofind a combination. On the otherhand he may need to reject atactical idea and simply find agood positional move, whateverit may be. The puzzles in thisbook put you precisely in thatsituationÖ


I was appointed to the AppealsCommittee for the WorldChampionship in Las Vegas, alongwith Florencio Campomanes of thePhilippines and Bolat Asanov ofKazakhstan. Georgios Makropoulos,Deputy President of FIDE andChairman of the WorldChampionship OrganizingCommittee would have been theChairman of the Appeals Committee,but for unexplained reasons he didnot come to Las Vegas and IsraelGelfer of Israel took his place.

I had just arrived when I was advisedthat there was already an Appeal andan immediate meeting of the

Appeals Committee had beenscheduled. The Appeal was fromGrandmasters Krasenkov andFedorov, who were the highest ratedplayers starting in round one. Twoplayers who had been scheduled tostart in round two decided not toplay, and they were directly replacedby two reserve players. Krasenkovand Federov argued that they shouldbe the ones now starting in roundtwo, and the Appeals Committeeunanimously supported their appeal.GM Milov of Switzerland was one ofthe reserve players who had beentold he would start in round two, butwas now relegated to start in roundone. He did not show up for his firstgame and was forfeited. Heappealed, and once again theAppeals Committee unanimously

supported his appeal to cancel theforfeit. These were the only appealsof the whole event, so that althoughan Appeals Committee wasabsolutely essential due to the largeprize fund, we only had to beavailable throughout the event andhad no further work to do.

Geurt Gijssen of the Netherlands wasthe Chief Arbiter and did anoutstanding job in maintaining agood atmosphere and seeing thatpotential problems were avoided. Atthe conclusion of the event hecommented on the fact that therehad been no problems, and gavegreat credit to Bobby Fischer for the

invention of the Fischer clock whichessentially eliminated time scrambleproblems. Time controls were 40/100, followed by 20/50, and thenSD/10. The key factor however isthat each player receives anadidtional 30 seconds for everymove played.

It had been said that both PremierGorbachev and Juan AntonioSamaranch would attend theopening ceremony, but neither waspresent. The opening ceremony atmost major FIDE events is usuallyspectacular, and everyone felt thatLas Vegas would be particularlygrand. Although entertaining, it fellconsiderably short of expectations.The highlight was the tenor, ZurabSotkilava of the Bolshoi Theatre,who was introduced as the worldÕsfourth greatest tenor. For the rest, theprogram was rather slow andincluded an incongruous fashionshow of models wearing fur coats Ñan odd spectacle in the middle ofsummer and in front of a group ofchess players! The audience wasseated at tables in the CircusMaximus theatre with a piece of cakeand a glass of champagne at eachplace. It was announced that the

Las Vegas FIDE Wch KO

For anyone interested in

attending an event of this

kind I would suggest that

the earlier rounds, where

there are many games, are

more interesting than the

final itself, even though it

is here that the title is at

stake. Spectators should

be armed with a good pair

of opera glasses so that

the display of a number of

games can be watched

from one seat.

TheLas Vegas FIDE Wch KO 1999

Elo 1 2 3 4 Total

Yermolinsky, Alex 2585 = = = 1 2=

Spraggett, Kevin 2520 = = = 0 1=Las VegasFIDE World Championshipby Philip Haley, FIDE Representative and Zonal President


next World Championship would bein Hong Kong, but later I learnedthat Dortmund and Sun City werealso possible sites, and that adecision will be made in November.

At a press conference of PresidentIlyumzhinov, I asked why theWomenÕs World Championshipknockout event scheduled forMoldova had been cancelled at sucha late date. President Ilyumzhinovresponded that this was due tofinancial problems in Moldova. Ithen pointed out that CanadaÕsrepresentative Johanne Charest andher mother had purchased costly airtransportation, and that Johanne hadbeen planning on taking part in thisevent for a long time. I noted thatthere had also been seriousproblems with the scheduling of theWorld Championship and of theWomenÕs World Championshipmatch, and that while I was nottrying to be critical of FIDE, higherpriority should be given to the needsof the players. President Ilyumzhinovwas somewhat disturbed by thiscomment and replied with what DonSchultz referred to as a low blow andsuggested that Canada was welcometo organize the event. I wassurprised that not a single personfrom the press or from any nationalorganization publicly supported myposition, and questions quicklyturned to other matters.

There was very little local publicityfor the event, which took place in asmall ballroom on the third floor. Atthe base of the two long escalatorsleading from the main floor to thethird floor, several small signs invitedthe public to the World ChessChampionship. These signs wereovershadowed by larger ones for ameeting of the Operative Plastersand Cement Workers International.Few of the hotelÕs thousands ofemployees knew the World ChessChampionship was taking place attheir venue. I went to the SportsBook and asked at the counter forthe odds on Kramnik, Kamsky andShirov. They looked at me withbewilderment and finally asked ifthese were golfers!

The long and narrow playing hallwas set up with three rows of chesstables, and screens behind them towhich the moves were automaticallytransferred. In the early roundsseveral boards had to share each

screen, which made the displayshard to read at times. Disconcertingas well was a fifteen second delaybetween when the move was madeon the board and when it wouldappear on the screen, particularly if asequence of moves took placequickly. Not only this, but sometimesthe display position was incorrect, ashappened for example in theKramnikÐAdams game where afternineteen moves, Adams had an extrarook but no king! More than oncethe display would show the wrongresult. Fortunately larger and moresatisfactory displays to eliminatethese problems were used in laterrounds.

Free admission helped attract aroundone hundred spectators to the eventin the early rounds, but this numberdwindled as the event progressed.The semi-finals and the finals cost$10 to attend, and provided a muchimproved seating arrangement withexcellent visibility from all seats.However, by this time the number ofspectators was exceedingly low,sometimes numbering only fifteen toforty at any one time.

At the previous World Championshipknockout event in Groningen a largecommentary room staffed withseveral GMs provided an excellentdiscussion forum for spectators andpress alike. Here there was nocommentary room, but insteadearphones could be rented for $5per session to listen to commentaryby Yasser Seirawan and LarryChristiansen, and later by WalterBrowne and Valery Salov. In generalthe audiences were very quiet andthe playing conditions good, butoccasionally the arbiters would haveto ask spectators to turn down thevolume on their headsets. The eventalso lacked a skittles or analysisroom, and sadly no side events ofany kind were scheduled.

The chess itself was highlyentertaining, and virtually everygame was hard fought. I usuallyfollowed the games in thetournament room itself, but also onscreens in the press room. Nisipeanuwas probably the greatest surprise ofthe tournament. As he continued toadvance, Yasser Seirawan askedLarry Christiansen Òwho is thisNisipeanu?Ó Christiansen replied Òwewill have to read his horoscope fortoday!Ó

After the games I would usuallyattend the press conferences of theplayers, which were sometimes quiteinteresting. Almost everyone spokewell of the event, and althoughvarious suggestions for changes weremade, the players recognized that ingeneral the present format wasexcellent. I found the winner andnew World Champion, AlexanderKhalifman, to be very well spoken ashe expressed his observations in asincere and well considered way.Interestingly, before the last event inGroningen started, Kevin Spraggetttold me to Òkeep an eye onAlexander Khalifman, he could winthe whole thing.Ó Although he didnot win in Groningen, he did so herein Las Vegas, and it speaks well forKevinÕs insight particularly when oneconsiders the many strong players inattendance.

Notes by

Kevin Spraggett

Spraggett, KevinYermolinsky, Alexander

Las Vegas Wch KO, 1999Grünfeld D94

1.d4

It was a difficult choice to decideupon this move. Many of thealternative ÒstrategiesÓ seemedneither better nor worse. Personalchoice in chess is the secret to eithersuccess or failureÖ

1Ö»f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 d5

Not such a big surprise, as Yermousually either tries this or the KingÕsIndian Defense. I have to admit, nowthat the match is over, that I washoping for the KingÕs Indian. Butalas, again that darned personalchoice thingÖ

4.»f3 ºg7 5.e3

Last year during a training sessionwith Tony Miles we explored thismodest move.

5Ö0-0 6.b4

Tony expressed his thoughts thatthis move is clearly a pre-requisitefor White if he wants to achieveanything in this lineÖ

6Öb6!?

Again the most critical move. Thequiet 6Öc6 7.ºb2 ºg4 8.½b3 ºxf39.gxf3 e6÷ leads to a drawish position,


and was explored in an earlier gameof mine with the talented youngsterIgor Zugic back in Canada.

7.½b3 ºb7!?

Not the usual reply in this position.Against 7Öc5!? the book move8.»xd5! (the boring 8.bxc5 bxc59.cxd5 leads to equality) 8Ö»xd59.cxd5 cxd4! (not 9Öcxb4 10.e4!)leads to MilesÕ improvement 10.e4!which may very well change theevaluation of this line. White standsbetter, as Tony demonstrated to mein a number of unofficial gamesÖ

8.ºb2

8.c5!? a5 gives Black counterplay.

8Ödxc4 9.ºxc4 ºxf3!?

This move is not forced of course,but does create concrete problemsfor both sides to solve.

10.gxf3 »bd7 11.0-0

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Now, several months after the match,I feel that 11.¼d1!? could be playedinstead. White has two bishops anda strong pawn center, and 11Öc512.dxc5 bxc5 13.b5! is a little betterfor White.

11Öc5 12.¼fd1?!

After this move Black can equalizethe game. During the game I missedBlackÕs defense, and only laterrealized the differenceÖ The wholepoint, as we will see, is that Blackwill be able to get rid of his ÒuselessÓqueenÕs rook. Instead 12.dxc5! bxc513.b5! ½c7 14.¼ad1 leaves White ontop. Quite simply, the two bishopsand central pawn mass outweigh anycounterchances that Black maydevelop.

12Ö½c8! 13.ºe2

13.dxc5 »e5 14.ºe2 ½h3! with Blackcounterplay.

13Öa5!

White has the initiative after13Öcxb4?! 14.½xb4 e5 15.¼ac1.

14.a3 axb4! 15.axb4 ¼xa116.ºxa1 cxd4 17.¼xd4

Now my rook will have to lose timeto find a safer position.

17Ö»e5 18.½d1 ½f5! 19.b5

To tell the truth, I wasnÕt sure how tocontinue if I allow Black to playÖ»c6 and so I decided to eliminate itfrom the agenda altogether.

19Ö»ed7!

With the simple plan of Ö»c5 andÖ¼a8 when Black is actually better!

20.»d5!

After this the game becomes a drawby repetition, and since this was thefirst game of the match neitherplayer wanted to risk an accident.

20Ö½e6 21.»f4 ½f5 22.»d5

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Yermolinsky, AlexanderSpraggett, Kevin

Las Vegas Wch KO, 1999King�s Indian: Classical E94

1.d4

Again that old personal choicethingÖ

1Ö»f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7

Ah! I am not into that ÒcopyingÓthing. To be honest, I have againtaken up my old vice and hadprepared my opening to this gamevery thoroughly.

4.e4 d6 5.»f3 0-0 6.ºe2 e5 7.0-0c6!?

One of the original moves when thisvariation first first made its debut inthe 40s and 50s. I had seen someCroatian Grandmasters experimentwith this move recently and wantedto try something interestingÖ

8.¼e1

The critical test of the line isprobably 8.d5!? YermolinskyÕs moveis good and solid however, andavoids any prepared work.

8Öexd4 9.»xd4 ¼e8 10.ºf1

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On 10.f3?! d5! Black has counterplay;while 10.½c2 leaves Black the option10Ö»g4.

10Ö»g4

This maneuver is nowadays quite therage in many similar positions.

11.h3 ½b6 12.hxg4 ½xd4 13.g5

All this has been played before, andis recognized as best play for bothsides.

13Ö½xd1!?

In the first play-off game I variedwith 13Ö½e5 but failed to equalizeafter some very impressive play byYermolinsky. Today my opinion isthat this line is more risky for Blackthan White.

14.¼xd1 ºe5

As I was sitting at my board, awaitingmy opponentÕs move, I became wor-ried about »a4 with the idea of f4and taking on d6. The more I lookedat it, the less I liked my position.However, Yermolinsky played theusual moveÖ

15.ºe3

15.»a4!? »d7 16.f4 ºg7 17.¼xd6¼xe4 with some counterplay.

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16.¼ac1

But here 16.»a4! is very strong, andat the hotel later that night I couldnot find a reply to satisfy me. In anumber of lines White gives up anexchange, but gets tremendouspressure for it. For example 16Öa6(16Öf6 17.f4; 16Ö»b6 17.ºxb6 axb618.»xb6±) 17.f4 ºg7 18.¼xd6 ¼xe419.»b6 »xb6 20.¼d8+ ºf821.ºxb6±.

16Öf6= 17.f4

After the match was over,Yermolinsky told me that in the play-offs he intended to play the simple17.gxf6 followed by f3 and then Òseehow things developÓ. However,having done my homework andhaving spotted the »a4 idea, I wasnÕtable to take this chance.

17Öºxc3 18.¼xc3 fxg5 19.¼xd6gxf4 20.ºxf4 »c5

All this has been played before, butYermolinskyÕs next move is verygood. Up until now this position hasbeen thought of as at least equal forBlack, but at the board I would soonrealize that it was at least equal forWhite!

21.ºd3!

Unclear is 21.¼e3 ºg4 22.e5 a5.

21Öºg4

This took a long time. If 21Ö»xe4?22.ºxe4 ¼xe4 23.¼d8+ ¾f7 24.ºg5;or 21Ö»xd3 22.¼cxd3 ºe6!? 23.¼b3.

22.e5 »xd3 23.¼cxd3 c5!

The correct idea. Black will fix hispawns on the dark squares, and adraw should be inevitable. However,I had used up most of my time bynow, and drawing a drawn positionwas not going to be such a simpletaskÖ

24.b3 ¼ac8 25.¼e3 ¼c7 26.ºg5ºe6 27.¼ed3 ºf5 28.¼3d5 b6

29.ºf6 h6

This gives some maneuvering roomfor BlackÕs king.

30.¾f2 ¾f7 31.¾f3 ºe6 32.¼d1

Of course, if he had left the rook ond5 I wouldnÕt have dared taken it.My plan is to expand on the kingsidewhere I have some advantage.

32Ög5 33.g4 ¾g6 34.¾g3 ¼h7

Here we both have a few minutesleft on the clock, and the position isquite equal. The next few moves areembarrassing to both players.

35.¼c6

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35Öh5?

35Öºd7! equalizes after 36.¼cd6(36.¼c7 ºxg4 37.¼xh7 ºxd138.¼g7+ ¾f5) 36Öºe6.

36.gxh5+

36.¼d8!±.

36Ö¼xh5 37.¼c7 ¼h3+ 38.¾g2¼h7

A sober decision. Black cuts hislosses, sheds a pawn, and achievesan easily drawn positon.

39.¼xh7 ¾xh7 40.ºxg5 ¾g641.ºf6 ¾f5 42.¾f3 ¼g8 43.¼h1ºf7! 44.a4 ºe8!

Now Black is threatening to invade.

45.¼h3 ºc6+ 46.¾e3 ¼g247.¼h5+ ¾g6 48.¼h8 ¾f5

49.¼h5+ ¾g6 50.¼h4 ¼g3+51.¾f4 ¼f3+ 52.¾g4 ¼f1 53.¼h8¼g1+ 54.¾f4 ¼f1+ 55.¾g3 ¼g1+56.¾f2 ¼g2+ 57.¾e3 ¾f5 58.¼h3¼b2 59.¼h5+ ¾e6 60.¼h7 ¾f5!

Only not 60Ö¼xb3+ 61.¾f4±.

61.¼h5+ ¾e6 Ú.

[Follows the two play-off games thatwould decide the match. Ed.]

Spraggett, KevinYermolinsky, Alexander

Las Vegas Wch KO, 1999Grünfeld: Fianchetto D73

1.c4 »f6 2.»c3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.»f3ºg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.»xd4 d5 7.cxd5»xd5 8.ºg2 »xc3 9.bxc3 0-010.0-0 »c6 11.ºe3 ºd7 12.½b3»a5 13.½b4 ¼c8 14.¼fd1 ¼c415.½b2 ½c7 16.»b5 ºxb517.½xb5 a6 18.½b6 ½xb619.ºxb6 ¼a4 20.¼d3 ºf621.ºxa5 ¼xa5 22.ºxb7 ¼a323.¼c1 ¼xa2 24.c4 ¼b8 25.ºf3a5 26.c5 ¼c8 27.¼d7 ºe528.¼xe7 ºd6 29.¼xf7 ¾xf730.ºd5+ ¾f6 31.ºxa2 ¼xc532.¼d1 ºe7 33.ºd5 a4 34.e4 ¼c235.f4 g5 36.e5+ ¾f5 37.ºg8 ¼b238.ºxh7+ ¾e6 39.¼e1 gxf440.gxf4 a3 41.¼a1 ºc5+ 42.¾h1¼f2 43.¼c1 ºe3 44.¼c6+ ¾d745.¼d6+ ¾c7 46.ºg8 ºxf447.¼f6 ¼xh2+ 48.¾g1 ºxe5Ú.

Yermolinsky, AlexanderSpraggett, Kevin

Las Vegas Wch KO, 1999King�s Indian: Classical E94

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.e4d6 5.»f3 0-0 6.ºe2 e5 7.0-0 c68.¼e1 exd4 9.»xd4 ¼e8 10.ºf1»g4 11.h3 ½b6 12.hxg4 ½xd413.g5 ½e5 14.ºe3 »d7 15.½d2½e7 16.¼ad1 »c5 17.f3 ºe518.b4 »d7 19.f4 ºg7 20.ºd4 f621.gxf6 »xf6 22.c5 dxc5 23.ºxc5½f7 24.e5 »h5 25.»e4 ½xf426.»d6 ºe6 27.»xe8 ¼xe828.½xf4 »xf4 29.ºd6 a6 30.a4ºb3 31.¼a1 g5 32.b5 axb533.axb5 »g6 34.¼a7 »xe535.¼xb7 »f3+ 36.gxf3 ¼xe137.bxc6 ºd4+ 38.¾g2 ºe639.¼e7 Ø.

Spraggett - Yermolinsky


Philip HaleyFIDEReportsby Philip G. HaleyFIDE Representativeand Zonal President

Report on the FIDECongress in Doha, Qatar,October 1-7, 1999In the absence of President KirsanIlyumzhinov, who had beentemporarily hospitalized with a highfever, the recent meetings of theFIDE Executive Board and theGeneral Assembly in Doha, Qatarwere chaired by Deputy PresidentGeorgios Makropoulos of Greece.The beautiful Sheraton Doha,situated right on the Arabian Gulf,provided the finest conferencefacilities I have ever seen.

In my capacity as CanadaÕs FIDErepresentative, I have traveled tomany interesting places that Inormally would not have had theopportunity to see. On the otherhand, the locations of recentmeetings in such far off places asBrazil, Russia, Armenia, Moldova andQatar have been very costly, as Ihave always paid for my ownexpenses.

The main objective of the meetingwas to agree on changes in the FIDEstatutes to specifically address (a) therequirements of the InternationalOlympic Committee on the finalsettlement of disputes by

International Sports Federations atthe Court of Arbitration for Sports inLausanne and (b) the rules ondoping and use of prohibitedsubstances in sports events. Both ofthese points are conditionedprecedents for the recognition ofFIDE as an International SportsFederation. In respect to the lattersubject a Medical Commission wasappointed for discussion of thissubject with the appropriate officialsof the IOC, and it is not clear at thistime as to what drugs should beforbidden. It should be noted that itmay take from seven to nine yearsbefore chess is included as an officialOlympic discipline, but PresidentIlyumzhinov deserves great credit forthe progress he has made infurthering discussions with the IOC.

FIDE treasurer David Jarrett ofEngland, drew attention to the factthat FIDE relies heavily on its incomefrom the World Championship, andthat he expects the cash flowposition of FIDE to improve by theend of the month. By that time theWorld Chess Foundation Ð a creationof President Ilyumzhinov Ð will havesettled the outstanding loan fromFIDE, as well as FIDEÕs 20% incomefrom the prize fund of the WorldChampionship. Mr. Israel Gelfer ofIsrael, reporting on behalf of theVerification Committee, praised theFIDE President for his financialcontributions in support of FIDE, butat the same time mentioned that thearrears of SFr. 478,000 owed to FIDEby the World Chess Foundationcould affect the functioning of FIDE.

GM Anatoly Karpov is suing FIDE fortwo million Swiss francs on thealleged grounds that he and FIDEhad not agreed on the dates of theevent. FIDE is counter suing Mr.Karpov. The case will be heard bythe Court of Arbitration for Sports inLausanne. We were shown copies ofan agreement signed by AnatolyKarpov and Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and

were duly advised that thepostponements of the WorldChampionship in Las Vegas resultedfrom the fact that PresidentIlyumzhinov leaned over backwardsin his efforts to ensure KarpovÕsparticipation. The General Assemblyendorsed the ExecutiveÕs actionsrelative to the lawsuit in progress.

The Hungarian Chess Federationprotested the substitution of Ms.Alisa Galliamova for Zsuzsa Polgar inthe recently concluded WomenÕsWorld Championship match.Executive Director EmmanuelOmuku, gave a detailed review ofthe background of this problem, andthe actions of the Presidential Boardwere endorsed. The US ChessFederation asked whether Ms. Polgarhad initiated a lawsuit against FIDE,and the response was that althoughthe Executive had read in the pressthat such a lawsuit was in the offing,to this point in time, the Executivehave not been advised of such alawsuit.

Future World Championships in theknockout format will be held in thelast week of November and the firstthree weeks of December on ayearly basis. Beijing, Dortmund,Hong Kong and Sun City haveexpressed interest in the next event,and bids will be opened by thePresidential Board meeting in Parisin November on the occasion of the75th Anniversary of FIDE. CFCPresident Maurice Smith and I will beattending the celebration ceremoniesin Paris.

The Presidential Board will considerthe possible simultaneous hosting ofthe World Championship and theWomenÕs World Championshipstarting in the year 2000. There wasgeneral agreement on the need forthe dates of the World ChessChampionship to be fixed on apermanent basis, so as to avoid anyconflicts between the WorldChampionship and other events.

I pointed out to the meeting thatthere is a strong tendency in thepress and elsewhere to refer to theWorld Championship as the FIDEWorld Championship and the WorldChampion as the FIDE WorldChampion, and that this weakens themeaning of the event and of the title.The implication is that there isanother World Championship andanother World Champion. IThe Americas: Solis (Mexico), Kelleher (USA), Barrera (El Salvador), Sunye Neto (Brazil), Haley (Canada)


emphasized that we should alwaysrefer to our event as the WorldChampionship and to AlexanderKhalifman as the World Champion.There was general agreement on thispoint.

The Turkish Chess Federation willhost the 2000 Chess Olympiad andthe 71st FIDE Congress in Istanbul.

The World Youth U10, U12, U14,U16 and U18 will once again be heldin Oropesa del Mar, Spain in the year2000. The World Juniors and GirlsChampionships for 2000 will be heldin Armenia from September 17 toOctober 20, 2000.

The 72nd FIDE Congress will be heldin Hammamet, Tunisia in the year2001. The Slovenian ChessFederation will host the 2002 ChessOlympiad and the 73rd FIDECongress in Bled.

Mr. Artiom Tarasov, President ofFIDE Commerce PLC, reviewed hisplans for the celebration of the 75th

Anniversary of FIDE in Paris inNovember of this year. He alsooutlined work underway aimed atdeveloping sources of funding forFIDE. He has very optimistic goalswhich may not be realistic, but todate he has spent a significantamount of his own money on thisproject. Mr.Gelfer, on behalf of theVerification Committee, had earlierunderlined the need for theclarification of the contractualrelationship between FIDE, theWorld Chess Foundation and FIDECommerce PLC, and this matter willbe addressed by the PresidentialBoard.

At the meeting of the Americas, Iexpressed concern that titles mightbe undergoing devaluation as aresult of the number of titles beingwon in Swiss system sub-zonals, andin particular mentioned the recentMexican sub-zonal. I was advisedthat the unusually large number ofparticipants receiving the IM and FM

title here partly stemmed from thefact that all except one IM titleholder had apparently informallyboycotted the event, and secondlyfrom the fact that the ratings of manyof the Mexican players werebelieved to be too low. I was alsotold that the new IM title holdersscored exactly as many points as theonly IM participating in the event,and that those winning a title in thisevent were deserving of it. Finally,President Pedro Barrera of ElSalvador stated that in a sub-zonalheld in his country, not a single titlewas won. I noted that we require aminimum rating of 2250 in theCanadian zonal. This was our firstSwiss zonal, and even in our casemore IM and FM title results wereachieved than has been the case inthe past. Similar to the Mexican sub-zonal, a number of our existing IMtitle holders did not participate.

Kasparov vs. the Rest of the WorldWorld Champion Garry Kasparovhas claimed victory on move 62 ofhis game against ÒThe Rest of theWorldÓ. Led by Etienne Bacrot,Florin Felecan, Irina Krush andElisabeth P�htz the world teammanaged to present Kasparov with aformidable challenge over the courseof the four months long match,which attracted more than threemillion visitors from 75 countries tobecome one of the largest interactivegaming events in history.

Notes by

Knut Neven

Kasparov, GarryRest of the World

Internet Match, 1999Sicilian B52

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.ºb5+ ºd74.ºxd7+ ½xd7 5.c4 »c6 6.»c3»f6 7.0-0 g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.»xd4ºg7 10.»de2 ½e6N

A courageous Irina Krush noveltythat puts Kasparov on the defensivein a highly dynamic position.

11.»d5 ½xe4 12.»c7+ ¾d713.»xa8 ½xc4 14.»b6+ axb6

15.»c3 ¼a8 16.a4 »e4 17.»xe4½xe4 18.½b3 f5

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Very aggressive, although Kasparoveventually manages to findcounterplay with his queen.

19.ºg5 ½b4 20.½f7 ºe5 21.h3¼xa4 22.¼xa4 ½xa4 23.½xh7ºxb2 24.½xg6 ½e4 25.½f7 ºd426.½b3 f4 27.½f7 ºe5 28.h4

Garry spurns a draw by repetition.

28Öb5 29.h5 ½c4 30.½f5+ ½e631.½xe6+ ¾xe6 32.g3 fxg333.fxg3 b4 34.ºf4 ºd4+ 35.¾h1b3 36.g4 ¾d5 37.g5 e6

In a difficult position Òthe worldÓrecovers with a deft maneuver toreturn the knight to the kingside intime to stop KasparovÕs pawns.

38.h6 »e7 39.¼d1 e5 40.ºe3¾c4 41.ºxd4 exd4 42.¾g2 b243.¾f3 ¾c3 44.h7 »g6 45.¾e4¾c2 46.¼h1 d3 47.¾f5 b1½48.¼xb1 ¾xb1 49.¾xg6 d250.h8½ d1½ 51.½h7 b5

Although Òthe worldÓ has found thecorrect queen ending, here 51Ö¾a1provides the clearest path to thedraw according to various observers.BlackÕs guiding motif should be theliquidation of his pawns, which onlystand in the way of a successfulperpetual check!

52.¾f6+ ¾b2 53.½h2+ ¾a154.½f4 b4 55.½xb4 ½f3+ 56.¾g7d5 57.½d4+ ¾b1 58.g6 ½e4

Controversy surrounding votestuffing and move selection arose onthis move when the alternative58ÖQf5 would have offered betterdefensive chances. However,Kasparov has demonstrated a winagainst this move as well, and addedcommentary that Òthis position hasmore to do with geometry andmathematics than chess. It is hard tobring logic to bear on this position.Ó

59.½g1+ ¾b2 60.½f2+ ¾c161.¾f6 d4 62.g7 Ø.


A Tale of Three Cities:The 1895

Pacific Cable Matches

Schwengers had emigrated toVictoria from Prussia in 1887, andhad scored a victory over LouisPaulsen at D�sseldorf 1863. Neitherof his sons had much impact on thechess world, but Bernhard laterbecame Canadian Singles TennisChampion in 1911Ð1912.

Originally from Sweden, AaronGonnason (1865Ð1938) was aprominent personage in Victoriachess circles for many years. Hedonated at least two trophies bearinghis name, one for the Victoria CityChampionship, which he himselfwon in 1922, the other for anintercity provincial teamchampionship. The final member ofthe team was English born Dr.Griffith Hands (1837Ð1924), a class 2player at the Victoria club.

The San Francisco players were allmembers of the Mechanics Institute;the best known among themsometime San Francisco and Statechampion Dr. Walter R. Lovegrove(1869Ð1956).

PropagandaThe San Franciscans regarded theircity as the chess center of the Pacific,and assumed that the unknownCanadians would put up scantresistance. This overly confidentview was expounded by the SanFrancisco Chronicle: ÒLovegrove orQuiroga may strike terror into theheart of the north by some brilliantcombination beyond the scope ofthe ordinary mortal, but within thereach of genius.Ó By contrast, theVictorians were quietly confident intheir English stars: ÒIt is safe topredict that Victoria will not takesecond honors in the match, andthough our American cousins arejubilant over an anticipated easytriumph, a surprise may be in storefor them.Ó (Victoria Daily Colonist).

One of the players remarked thatÒIÕm not afraid of San Francisco, butof the man from New York.Ó Areference to Wilhelm Steinitz and hisrecently published Modern ChessInstruction Part 2, accessible to theSan Francisco players, but apparentlynot yet available in Victoria. Even a

by Stephen Wright

(©The San Francisco Chronicle,Reprinted with Permission).

San Francisco vs. VictoriaThe year was 1895. The chess worldwas buzzing about the internationalcable match between the ManhattanChess Club and a team in London,England, which took place on March9. One interested observer was Mr.W. Christie, manager of the CPRTelegraph Company in Victoria,British Columbia. Deciding that thiswould be an excellent way toadvertise his company, he offeredthe Victoria Chess Club free use ofthe telegraph for a match with SanFrancisco players. After negotiationsan agreement was reached to play atwo-game match. Each team wouldconsist of players in consultation oneach board. The match subsequentlytook place on the night of May 31,1895.

The PlayersForemost among the Victoria teamwere two Englishmen, Thomas H.Piper (1857Ð1938) and James R.Hunnex (1854Ð1938). Their arrivalfrom London in 1894 had led to anupswing in the fortunes of theVictoria Chess Club. Piper had oncebeaten the English Champion JosephBlackburne, and could fairly claim tobe the strongest player on the Westcoast. In 1896 he defeated JosephBabson, the former president of theMontreal Chess Club, in a match bythe score of 7Ð2. Hunnex played in afew events in 1895, but thereafterseems to have retired fromcompetitive chess, although he wasan honorary Vice President of the BCChess Federation in 1916.

Three of the other Victoria playerswere from the same family: Peter J.A.Schwengers (1844Ð1898) and hissons Conrad (1874Ð1954) andBernhard (1880Ð1946). Peter


hundred years ago players wereconcerned about keeping up withthe latest theory!

The games(All annotations first published in theProvince newspaper).

Notes by

Thomas H.Piper

CITY San FranciscoCITY Victoria

telex m, 1895French: Classical C13

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.»c3 »f6 4.ºg5ºe7 5.ºxf6 ºxf6 6.e5 ºe77.½g4 O-O 8.ºd3 c5 9.½h3 h610.»f3

Better is 10.f4 followed by O-O-O.

10Ö»c6 11.dxc5 ºxc5 12.O-O

Against the spirit of the opening,which calls for O-O-O and a rapidadvance of the kingside pawns.

12Öf5

Closing an important diagonal andfreeing BlackÕs game.

13.a3 a6 14.b4

Objectionable on general principles,as it leaves the queenside weak.

14Öºa7 15.¼ae1 ºd7 16.¼e2¼c8

Giving Black a clear superiority.Compare the previous note.

17.»b1 b5

Paralysing WhiteÕs queenside.

18.¾h1 »e7 19.»g1

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Imitating his Grace of York, whoÒmarched his army up a hill, thenmarched it down again.Ó

19Öºc6

A forcible reply to WhiteÕs last move;the two bishops threaten to rake theboard.

20.f4 d4 21.½h4

A tacit confession of failure in theattack.

21Ö»d5 22.½xd8 ¼fxd8 23.»d2»e3

The most potent square the knightcould occupy.

24.¼c1 g5

Which rudely shoves the White eggoff the wall. Vain were now theefforts of Òall the kingÕs horses andall the kingÕs men.Ó

25.fxg5 hxg5 26.»h3 g4

Tempting the White knight to enterthe Cretan maze at g5, whence hewould never emerge.

27.»f4 ¾f7 28.»f1 »d529.»xd5 ºxd5 30.¾g1 ¼c331.¼a1 ºe4 32.a4 ºxd3 33.cxd3¼d7 34.axb5 axb5 35.»g3

Threatening 36.»xf5.

35Ö¾e7 36.¼ea2 ºb8 37.»e2¼xd3 38.»f4 ¼e3 39.¼d2 ºxe540.»d3 ºd6 41.¼a6 e5 42.g3 e4

White gracefully resigns. TheBradford Attack has, it is true, beenplayed in first class tournaments, butthe continuation selected by White attheir tenth move was decidelyinferior; besides quod licet jovi, nonlicet bovi.

Ù.

Notes by

Thomas H. Piper

CITY VictoriaCITY San Francisco

telex m, 1895Queen�s Gambit Declined D37

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6

If Black takes the offered pawn hecannot maintain it as in the KingÕsGambit, e.g. 2Ödxc4 3.e3 b5 4.a4 c65.axb5 cxb5 6.½f3 winning a piece.

3.»c3 »f6 4.»f3 »c6

This is a violation of the basicprinciple of the closed game, whichenjoins an advance of the c/¹ beforeplaying the knight.

5.e3 ºe7 6.ºe2

We prefer 6.c5. If Black attempts tobreak the chain of pawns by 6Öb6White answers 7.ºb5 ºd7 8.½a4»b8 9.c6 ºc8 10.»e5 and White hasa splendidly developed game. He

should castle kingside and attempt tobreak through on the queenside.

6Öb6 7.O-O

The last move of the Black alliesgives White the chance to open astrong attack, herewith 7.cxd5 exd58.ºb5 ºd7 9.½a4 »b8 10.»e5 ºxb511.½xb5+ with a powerful attack.

7ÖO-O 8.b3 ºb7 9.ºb2 a610.¼c1 ¼c8 11.ºd3 ºd6 12.cxd5exd5 13.ºf5 ¼a8 14.»e2 »e715.ºd3 »e4 16.ºxe4

Two bishops are stronger than twoknights or than bishop and knight,therefore we disapprove of thisexchange and advise 16.»d2. If then16Öf5 17.f3 with the superior game;but if Black plays 16Ö»f5 17.»xe4dxe4 18.ºb1 ½h4 19.»g3 we likeWhiteÕs game.

16Ödxe4 17.»d2 »g6 18.»c4 f519.»xd6 ½xd6 20.g3 ¼ad821.½c2 ¼d7 22.¼fd1 ¼fd823.»c3 »e7 24.½e2 ½h6 25.¼d2»c6 26.¼cd1 ¾h8 27.a3 ¼d628.»b1 »e7 29.»c3 »d530.»xd5 ºxd5 31.¼c1 c6 32.¼c3b5 33.¼c5

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33Ö½g5 34.½d1 ¼h6 35.½c2½g4 36.f4

Black threatened 36Öf4 followed byÖf3 and Ö½h3. If however Whiteplays 37.exf4 then 37Ö½h3.

36Öexf3 37.¼f2 ¼e6 38.½c3¼de8 39.¼xd5 cxd5 40.¼c2 f441.exf4 ¼e1+ 42.¾f2 ¼1e2+ Ù.

Piper cited the lack of adequatepreparation time and the absence ofseveral of VictoriaÕs stronger playersas reasons for the defeat on boardtwo, but no doubt a major factor wassheer fatigue. Despite a theoreticaltime limit of ten minutes a move, thegames started at 18:30 on Fridayevening and did not end until 06:44and 07:15 respectively the followingSaturday morning!


San Franciscovs.VancouverThe San Francisco players wereeager for a rematch at the earliestopportunity, but this was notpossible for the Victorians due to theholiday season. Into the breachstepped Vancouver, where theoriginal match had been followedwith great interest. Not to beoutdone by their island neighbors,players from Vancouver arranged toplay a similar match with SanFrancisco, which took place on thenight of June 14, 1895.

Unfortunately the Vancouver playerswere considerably weaker than theirVictoria counterparts; this, coupledwith the fact that the San Franciscoplayers were unlikely tounderestimate their opposition asecond time, led to easy victory forthe Americans in both games.

CITY San FranciscoCITY Vancouver

telex m, 1895French: Exchange C01

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd54.»f3 »f6 5.ºd3 ºd6 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 b6 8.ºg5 ºe7 9.¼e1»bd7 10.ºb5 ¼e8 11.ºc6 ¼b812.ºxf6 ºxf6 13.¼xe8+ ½xe814.»c3 ºb7 15.ºxb7 ¼xb716.»xd5 ºd8 17.½d3 c6 18.¼e1½f8 19.½a6 ¼b8 20.½xa7 cxd521.½xd7 ºf6 22.½xd5 h6 23.a4½b4 24.½e4 ¼d8 25.¼d1 ¾f826.h3 ¼e8 27.½h7 ½c3 28.d5ºe5 29.d6 ºxd6 30.¼xd6 ½c731.¼d1 f6 32.»h4 Ø.

As Piper wrote in the Province: ÒWedo not think the game calls for notes.The student cannot fail to be struckwith the very superior skill of theWhite practitioners.Ó

Notes by

Thomas H. Piper

CITY VancouverCITY San Francisco

telex m, 1895Scotch C44

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 exd44.ºc4 ºc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 ºg4

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7.ºe2

CookÕs Synopsis gives 7.½b3 ºxf38.ºxf7+ ¾f8 9.ºxg8 ¼xg8 10.gxf3 g511.½d5 ½d7 12.b4 ºb6 13.ºb2 d3and Black is considered to have thebetter game.

7Ödxc3 8.»xc3 »ge7 9.»g5ºxe2 10.»xe2 h6 11.»f3 O-O12.b3 f5 13.»g3

Why not a plan with ºb2 and ½d3to develop the queenÕs rook, whosefate reminds us of ÒdejectedMarianneÕs at the moated grange.Ó

13Öfxe4 14.»xe4 ºb6 15.»g3½d7 16.h3 ¼f7 17.a3 ¼af818.¾h2 »g6 19.¼a2 »f420.ºxf4 ¼xf4 21.¼e2 »d422.»xd4 ºxd4 23.f3 ½f724.¼fe1 ºe5 25.¼e4 c6 26.¼xe5dxe5 27.¼xe5 ¼e8 28.¼e4 ¼fxe429.»xe4 ½c7+ 30.¾h1 ¼d831.½c2 ½d7 32.½c4+ ½d533.½b4 b6 34.½e7 ½d7 35.½h4½d1+ 36.¾h2 ¼f8 37.½e7 ½xb338.½xa7 c5 39.½a6 ¼d8 40.½a7½e6 41.½a4 ½e5+ 42.¾h1 b543.½c2 c4 44.½c1 ¾h8 45.¾g1¼d3 Ù.

Jubilant at their victory, the SanFranciscans wanted more than everto rectify their initial setback, andsent a belligerent telegram toVictoria: ÒYou ought never to let itremain a tie. Either be the Star Clubor else surrender. Lovegrove says hewould like to have another whack atPiper, but will have to wait tillVictoria has trained up for the Starsof the West.Ó Piper responded viathe Province in tongue in cheekfashion: ÒStars of the West is good,and we Ôpale our ineffectual fireÕ. Weacknowledge ourselves to be but, asit were, a rushlight burning dimly inthe presence of a luminary emittingan utterly overpowering anddazzling effulgence.Ó Eventuallyarrangements were made for arematch on three boards to beplayed on November 1, 1895, but atthe last minute San Francisco foundthe date unacceptable and the matchwas postponed indefinitely.Regrettably, as far as I can tell therematch never did take place.


Players AnnotateA Selection of Annotated Games from the last Year

contains exactly zero of his games!Normally I would play 3.c4 but witha half point advantage going into thelast round, I decided to play it saferthan usual.

3Öd6 4.ºg5 »f6 5.»bd2 »bd76.e4 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.ºc4!?

White usually reserves this square forthe »/d2 but White has another idea,which is to play against thedevelopment of the º/c8.

8Ö0-0 9.0-0 c6 10.a4 ½c7 11.a5h6

I prefer 11Ö»c5 for Black, intending12Öºe6. White has a tiny advantage,but nothing more.

12.ºh4 ¾h7 13.b4 »h5!

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Black has to make room to defend¹/f7. His play has been provocativeover the past few moves, andconfirmed my suspicion that he wasnot going to willingly accept apeaceful outcome.

14.½b3?!

Perhaps a bit artificial, as myopponent skilfully demonstratesover the next few moves. Veryinteresting is 14.ºe7 ¼e8 15.ºg5!?(not 15.ºxf7? ¼xe7 16.ºxg6+ ¾xg617.»h4+ which leads nowhere)when Black can accept the piece, butmust also then accept a perpetualcheck! If Black plays otherwise, ¹/f7requires extra attention after15Ö»df6 16.½b3 ºe6 17.ºxe6 ¼xe618.¼fd1 with a small advantage forWhite. If instead 16Ö¼f8 or 16Ö¼e7White again attains a riskless plus byaiming for square-c5 with 17.ºe3.

Another possibility is the flexible14.h3!? with the idea of denyingsquare-g4 to BlackÕs minor pieces. Iwas a bit reluctant to play this

without the immediate option ofdefense with ºc4-f1 against plansinvolving Ö»f4 but it was probably areasonable alternative.

14Ö»df6 15.ºg3 »e8! 16.½a2½e7 17.ºb3 »d6

Black is better coordinated and holdsa small edge. White still has hisqueenside spatial advantage, butmust prepare for an eventual Öf5.

18.¼fe1 ºg4!

I expected this, partly because itunderlines the fact that my strategyof containing this bishop has notworked out too well!

19.h3!? ºxf3 20.»xf3 »xg321.fxg3

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21Öf5!?

A critical decision, after which thegame blows wide open. Surely this isthe most consequent move, but italso opens up lines against BlackÕsposition.

22.exf5 ¼xf5?!

Complicated, but I expected 22Ögxf5to maintain control of e4. Perhapsbest of all is 22Ö»xf5!? 23.g4 »d624.»d4 with a complex position,where BlackÕs e/¹ looks to balancehis other weaknesses and give him asmall edge.

23.¼e3!?

In hindsight, I now prefer a possibleinvasion of e6 with 23.»d4! whenWhite looks to be in control again.While I considered 23.»d4 I did missthat it contains a strong positionalthreat in 24.a6! to unglue BlackÕsqueenside. Black may have to seekrefuge in 23Ö¼g5!? and hope to forcea perpetual (24.g4 e4!).

23Öe4 24.¼ae1 ¼e8 25.ºc2 ½f7

Over the course of the last year or sowe have received a number ofinteresting annotated games, whichfor one reason or another couldnÕtbe included in previous editions ofthe magazine. Most of the time theyarrived after a given publicationdeadline, or perhaps a report fromsoneone else to go with the game(s)never arrivedÖ

As I am sure our readers will agree, itwould be a shame to forget aboutthese games altogether, and so Ihave put together a selection of themfor your enjoyment here. Hopefullytheir authors will forgive me the longpublication delay, but at least yourcheques are in the mail!

Notes by

Deen Hergott

Hergott, DeenSikharulidze, George

Outaouais op (5), 1998Modern A48

The Outaouais Open has becomeone of the most successful weekendevents in the region over the pastfew years, largely due to the effortsof Hubert Seguin and Gilles Groleau.Thanks to a fabulous playing site atthe Maison de Citoyen in Hull, thisyearÕs event was one of the best yet.When asked to annotate a gamefrom the event, I was reluctant at firstto include this particular game,because of its terribly uneven play.However, from a competitivestandpoint, its failings would make ita more interesting candidate than apurely one-sided affair. Last-roundgames are often the most stressful,and fatique certainly played a part inthis case. Our time scrambleessentially determined the outcomeof the tournament.

1.»f3 g6 2.d4 ºg7 3.c3

A quiet system, hoping to maintain asmall but controlled advantage in thecoming middlegame. I knew thatSikharulidze is a reasonable player,having coached the Georgian menÕsteam at the 1992 Manila Olympiad,but was less clear on what type ofplayer he might be. My database


I wasted valuable time on 25Öexf3just to convince myself that I wasnÕtallowing a brilliancy. After 26.ºxf5½xe3 27.¼xe3 ¼xe3 28.ºc2! Whiteavoids the tempo on his queen andlooks to be out of danger. Down tofive minutes, Black understandablyaims for some simplification, butobjectively this should also reduceany significant winning chancesÖ

26.½xf7 ¼xf7 27.»d2

White more or less levels theposition with 27.ºxe4 »xe4 28.¼xe4¼xe4 29.¼xe4 ºxc3 30.¼c4 and nowagain 31.a6! Black can keep onequeenside pawn, but will have greatdifficulty mobilizing it.

27Ö»f5 28.¼xe4 ¼d8! 29.»b1»xg3 30.¼e7?!

30.¼e6! planning a5Ða6 gives Whiteall the chances. I went on autopilothere, with less than ten seconds forfour or five moves at one point. Thequality of the game disintegratesrapidly until time control is passed.

30Ö¼d7 31.¼xd7 ¼xd7 32.¾f2»f5 33.g4 »e7 34.¼e6! ¾g8!

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Finally I hit the right idea, only tomeet with a nasty shock in timepressure. Now 35.ºxg6?? »xg636.¼xg6 ¾f7 wins my rook, butnevertheless White has a brilliantresource at his disposal in the movehe has failed to play for most of thegame Ñ after 35.a6! ¾f7 36.axb7¼xb7 37.¼d6 White retains theinitiative.

35.¾e2?! ¾f7 36.¼e4?!

36.¼e3 is considerably better thanthe text.

36Ö»d5 37.c4??

Atrocious. The clock is taking its tolland the quality of play hasdeteriorated rapidly in the last fewmoves!

37Ö»xb4 38.¼f4+ ¾e7??

Both players missed the simple38Öºf6 to keep a clear extra pawnfor Black.

39.ºxg6 ºe5?! 40.¼f7+ ¾d641.¼xd7+ ¾xd7 42.»d2 ¾e7

After reconstructing the game to thisposition, both players now had onehour to finish the game. Whitestands a bit worse with his tenderqueenside pawns, but with best playthe game is still likely drawn.Fortunately for me, a draw was oflittle use to Black in the finalstandings, and he played to keep hiswinning chances alive.

43.»b3 ¾d6 44.c5+!? ¾e6!?45.¾e3 »d5+ 46.¾e4 »f6+47.¾d3 ¾d7?!

Objectively, Black should admit thata win is now unlikely, and play forliquidation of the queenside pawnswith an eventual Öb6. Instead, hedrifts into difficulties by allowingWhite to utilize his 2Ð1 kingsidepawn majority.

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54.a6!

What a joy to finally play this move!The queenside pawns spell troublefor Black now that White hasestablished a permanent advantagewith his passed ¹/g6. With only twominutes of sudden death remainingfor Black, his position goes downhillquickly. Many spectators wereamazed that White can win with onlyopposite colored bishops remaining,but once BlackÕs queenside pawnsare immobilized, White essentiallyholds a two pawn advantage!

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Notes by

Lawrence Day

Day, LawrenceO'Donnell, Tom

Toronto Canada Day (5),1998

Sicilian B21

1.e4 c5 2. f4 »c6 3.»f3 g6 4.ºb5»d4!?

This was NickoloffÕs solution to thisvariation back in speed tournamentsat the Toronto Chess Club in theearly 80s. It avoids 4Öºg7 5.ºxc6leaving Black with awkward pawnsregardless how he recaptures.

5.»xd4 cxd4 6.c4!?

Prepared fifteen years ago, but thiswas my first chance to play it.Needless to say I had forgotten anyparticular analysis.

6Öºg7 7.d3 e6 8.»d2 »e79.½f3!? 0-0

Maybe this could be delayed. Placingthe king in such a closed positiongives the opponent a target for longterm strategy. Needing a win I waseager to attack.

10.g4 d5! 11.h4 a6

Trying to trap º/b5 with 11Ö½a5fails to 12.a3 a6 13.b4 and White hassecured a retreat square.

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Sniffing a chance for clear first prizeTom plays to win also, as Nickoloffand Zugic had just agreed to a shortdraw on the board beside us. Afterthe normal continuation 12Ödxe413.dxe4 f5 14.gxf5 gxf5 15.e5 play isroughly balanced, with the mainstrategic question being whetherBlackÕs passed ¹/d4 is strong orweak.

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Certainly here 15Ödxe4 16.dxe4 ºb7would give this bishop a more activefuture.

16.e5 f6 17.exf6 ¼xf6 18.0-0 e5?

This is a blunder, but I didnÕt see thebust 19.»c4! when 19Ödxc4 20.½xb7clearly favors White. Better here is18Ö½c7 or 18Ö½b6 to guard º/b7.

19.»b3? ½b4 20.½d1 ¼af821.ºd2 ½d6 22.½e1!

The threat against e7 pins ¹/e5.

22Ö¼6f7 23.ºb4 ½e6?

Necessary is 23Ö½d8 to avoid whatfollows.

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Now Black loses the exchange since25Ö½c8 allows 26.ºd7Ðe6 and25Ö½b6 allows 26.»d7.

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Both players made mistakes in thisgame, but that is not usual when theplay is so complicated and thestrategic questions novel.

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Notes by

Lawrence Day

Day, LawrenceGlinert, Stephen

North Bay op, 1998Pirc B09

1.e4 d6 2.f4 »f6 3.»c3 g6 4.»f3ºg7 5.ºe2 0-0 6.0-0 c6!?

Adventuresome. Of course 6Öc5 is aClosed Sicilian. But after WhiteÕs nextmove we get an unusual variation ofthe Pirc.

7.d4

White accepts the challenge.

7Öb5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 »d510.»e4

Due to WhiteÕs pawn center Black issomewhat cramped, and it thereforemakes sense to avoid exchanges. Bythe same logic Black might considersimply 10Öºg4 or 10Öºf5!? first,simply to trade a piece.

10Ö½b6 11.h3

No second chances.

11Ö»d7

Threatening ¹/e5.

12.¾h1 ºb7 13.a4! a6 14.a5

The pawn is somewhat exposedhere Ð in fact, Black aims to win it Ðbut the point is to further crampBlackÕs position by denying hisknights square-b6.

14Ö½c7 15.½e1 c5 16.c3 ¼ac8?!

Black prepares to target ¹/a5 withÖ»d7Ðb8Ðc6 but White gets plentyfor the gambit simply by maximizinghis activity.

17.cxd4 18.cxd4 »b8 19.ºd2»c6 20.¼c1 b4 21.¼c5! ½d822.½h4 f6 23.¼fc1!

Faced with the threat 24.¼xd5 ½xd525.ºc4 Black takes the pawn.

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24.»fg5!

The storm breaks.

24Öfxg5 25.»xg5 h5

Also unsatisfactory is 25Öh6 26.»e6½b6 27.»xg7 ¾xg7 28.½xh6+ ¾f729.½h7+ ¾e8 30.½xg6+ and the »/a5 gets unhinged.

26.ºxg6 ¼xc5 27.¼xc5 ¼f1+28.¾h2 ½b8

The most complex defense, but thegame is hopeless.

29.ºh7+ ¾h8 30.ºe4 »f631.¼xa5 ºxe4 32.»xe4 ½d833.exf6 ½xa5 34.fxg7+ ¾g835.½xe7 ½f5 36.ºh6 Ø.

Notes by

Lawrence Day

Day, LawrenceRajlich, Vasik

North Bay op, 1998Vienna C26

1.e4 e5 2.»c3 »f6 3.g3 ºc54.ºg2 0-0 5.d3

Maybe not the most accurate moveorder.

5Öc6 6.»ge2

6.»f3 also makes sense. After a longthink Black comes up with ashocker.

6Ö»g4!?

This looks like a caveman move, butit is not so easy to deal with.

7.0-0 f5 8.d4

Necessary, despite the tempo loss.

8Öexd4 9.»a4!

After 9.»xd4 ºxd4 10.½xd4 fxe411.»xe4 d5 Black is fine.

9Öd6!

Instead 9Öd3 10.»xc5 dxe2 11.½xe2is pleasant for White.

10.»xd4 fxe4 11.ºxe4 ¼xf2!??

Here 11Öºxd4 is quite necessary,although the reason why is not easyto see!

12.¼xf2 »xf2 13.¾xf2 ½f6+14.¾e3 ºg4

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Sometimes chess can be extremelyparadoxical. Here I looked at 15.½d3»d7 and Black is doing fine, while15.½d2 is worse. Hence I figured Ihad to play 15.½xg4 even though itallows perpetual check.

The winning move, pointed out byRajlich after the game, is to giveaway WhiteÕs only well placed piecewith 15.ºxh7+! The point is thatafter 15Ö¾xh7 16.½xg4 ½e5+17.½e4+ is a crosscheck, while after


16Ö»d7 17.»xc5 »xc5 18.½f5+ thequeens come off. Black can try15.ºxh7+ ¾h8 but his position isquite lost.

15.½xg4? ½xd4+ 16.¾e2 ½f2+

Not 16Ö½xa4?? 17.ºxh7+ winningthe queen.

17.¾d1 ½g1+ 18.¾d2 ½d4+19.¾e2 ½f2+

A draw by perpetual check follows.Ironically, I usually donÕt playthrough short draws when looking attournament games, since there isnever enough action!

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Notes by

David Filipovich

Segovia, JavierFilipovich, David

Toronto op (2), 1998Semi-Tarrasch D41

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd54.cxd5 »f6 5.»c3

Also good is 5.½a4+ or 5.ºb5+ withchances to trip Black up on the lightsquares, and keeping the extra ¹/d5at least temporarily.

5Ö»xd5 6.ºc4 e6 7.d4 »c68.»f3 ºb4?!

Had I known that that my opponentfrom Detroit was significantly under-rated, I probably would have playedthe more solid 8Öºe7 to keep aneye on my kingside. Unknownst tome at the time, this would transposeto a common line of the Semi-Tarrasch Variation of the QueenÕsGambit Declined.

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WhiteÕs pieces are well posted for akingside attack. His light squaredbishop may be able to transfer to theb1Ðh7 diagonal via ºb3Ðc2, and he

retains the option of a setup withh2Ðh4 and ¾f1.

9Ö0-0 10.0-0 ºxc3

Also possible are 10Ö»ce7, 10Ö»f6or 10Öºe7 though White is stillbetter.

11.bxc3 »a5 12.ºb5?

This only helps Black develop.Instead 12.ºb3 »xb3 13.axb3 leavesWhite with a nice spatial advantage,and Black without good prospectsfor activation.

12Öºd7 13.»g5 »f6 14.ºxd7½xd7 15.ºf4

Continuing the kingside attack bygetting a rook to the third rank mayseem dangerous, but after 15.f4 ¼ac816.¼f3 ½d5 17.¼h3 ½f5 Black is fine.

15Öh6

Black deals with the threat 15.ºe5.

16.»f3 ¼ac8

First we restrain, as per Nimzovich.

17.¼fe1 »d5 18.ºd2 »c4

Next we blockade, as per Nimzovich.

19.»e5 ½c7 20.»xc4 ½xc421.½f3

Here 21.½g3 fails to 21Ö»xc322.ºxh6 ½xd4.

21Öb5

Lastly we destroy, as per Nimzovich.

22.¼e5 »xc3!

So much for Nimzovich. Clearly,storm clouds are brewing on BlackÕskingside. I believe that 22Ö»xc3merits an Ô!Õ not because it is the bestmove on the board, which it isnÕt,but for pragmatic reasons. I had inmind one of KarpovÕs rules of thumbfrom How Karpov Wins by EdmarMednis, which states that a betterendgame is to be preferred over abetter middlegame. Added incentivefor choosing simple over complexwas provided by my approachingtime shortage. Nevertheless,continuing in Nimzovich mode with22Öb4!! is best. After3.½g3 (of course23.cxb4 loses the farm to 23Ö½xd4and if 23.½g4 then 23Öf5 followedby 24Ö¼f6 gives Black a big plus)23Ö¾h7 24.¼h5 »xc3 (not 24Öbxc3?which loses to the spectacular25.ºxh6!) with a large Blackadvantage.

23.ºxc3 ½xc3 24.½xc3 ¼xc325.¼xb5 ¼d8 26.¼a5

On 26.¼d1 Black plays 26Ö¼xd4anyway.

26Ö¼xd4 27.¼xa7 ¼d2 28.a3¼cc2 29.¼f1 g5 30.h4

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30Ö¼a2??

Ughh! Black has a good plan inmind, but his execution is sloppy. Tomaximize his winning chances Blackintends to place rooks at a2 and e2,followed by the advance Öe5Ðe4when White will be forced to play¼e7 to stop Öe3. Then Black takesthe hanging a/¹, doubles his rooksagain on the 7th rank, and finallyplays Öf5Ðf4 to force through the Öe3push. This plan could have startedlast move with 29Ö¼a2 or now after30Ö¾g7. Instead, a big pawn isblundered away for nothing.

31.hxg5 hxg5 32.¼a5 ¾f833.¼xg5 ¼xa3 34.¼b5 ¼aa235.¼bb1 ¾e7 36.¼a1??

White returns the 30Ö¼a2?? gift withinterest. With 36.¼bd1 White forcesthe exchange of a pair of rooks Ð ora ÒperpetualÓ on the rook Ð to leavethe position bone dry drawn.

36Ö¼xf2!

The resulting ending is very difficultfor White to hold.

37.¼xf2 ¼xa1+ 38.¾h2 e539.¾g3 ¾e6 40.¾g4 ¼a8 41.¼b2f5+ 42.¾f3 ¼a3+ 43.¾f2 f444.¼b6+ ¾f5 45.¼b8?

45.¼b5 offers more resistance, butafter 45Ö¼c3! 46.¼a5 ¾e4 Blackcontinues to make progress. Apossible continuation is 47.¼a4+¾d5! (not 47Ö¾d3 48.¾f3) 48.¼a5+¾d4 49.¼a4+ ¼c4 50.¼a8 e451.¼d8+ ¾c3 52.¼f8 ¾d3! and Blackpresses his advantage home.

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52Öf3

Familiarity with the famous ¼ vs.¼+¹ Philidor position allowed me toplay this move quickly andconfidently. The defending Philidorside is able to draw by playing hisrook to his 8th rank as soon as theenemy pawn reaches the third rank,thereby gaining a perpetual checkfrom behind. Here White doesnÕthave time to play ¼a8 due to backrank mate threats.

53.gxf3 ¾xf3 54.¾e1 ¼b3 55.¾f1¼b2 56.¾g1 ¼g2+ 57.¾f1

Or 57.¾h1 ¼g8¬.

57Öe3¬ 58.¼a3 ¼d2 59.¾e1¼h2 60.¾d1 ¼h1+ 61.¾c2 ¾f262.¼a8 e2

And finally, a brief game of snakesand ladders.

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Notes by

A. Odachowski

Odachowski, ArthurFullbrook, Nigel

Northern Alberta ch (5), 1999English A22

1.c4

The English opening has served mewell over the years, and itÕs theperfect setup to put Nigel to sleep.

1Ö»f6 2.»c3 e5 3.g3 ºb4 4.ºg20-0 5.e4 ºxc3 6.dxc3

Also possible of course is 6.bxc3.

6Öd6 7.»e2 b6

7Öºe6 is probably better.

8.0-0 ºb7

Putting the pressure on ¹/c4 with8Öºa6 is better.

9.½c2 »bd7 10.f3 h6

With first place on the line I decidedto reject the obligatory draw offer.

11.ºe3 a5 12.g4!?

Nigel was sufficiently drowsy by thisstage in the game.

12Ö»h7 13.»g3 »c5

Perhaps 13Ö»g5!?

14.»f5 ºc8

The bishop is doing a lot oftravelling. Possible is 14Ö»e6.

15.¼ad1 a4 16.¾h1

A weird option is 16.f4.

16Öºe6

16Öºxf5 17.exf5! brings WhiteÕsbishops into the action.

17.½e2 ¼a5?

This is no good, but I have a thingfor strange rook maneuvers too!

18.¼g1 f6 19.h4 ¾h8?!

I expected something like 19Ö¾f7.

20.ºf1 ¼f7 21.¼d2 ½f8 22.½d1

A sneaky move, which I like betterthan 22.½e1.

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Black suffers from a complete lack ofcounterplay.

23Öºxf5

Better chances for successfulresistance are offered by 23Ög5although 24.¼g3 (interesting also is24.»xh6 ½xh6 25.hxg5 ½g7 26.g6½xg6 27.¼h6 ½g7 28.g5 with a bigmess) 24Öºxf5 looks much better forWhite. One of the many lines goes25.exf5 ¼g7 26.¼gh3 ½g8 27.ºd3»c5 28.ºc2 ½xc4 29.hxg5 hxg530.ºxg5 with lots of fun.

24.exf5 »d8 25.ºd3 d5 26.cxd5

Nenad Ristovic recommends 26.g5!to cut down on BlackÕs counterplay.I was not too concerned about the d-file during the game.

26Ö¼xd5 27.½c2 ¼fd7 28.ºe4¼5d6 29.g5« fxg5 30.hxg5 a331.bxa3

White does not like foreign objectsnear his first rank.

31Öhxg5 32.f6!

I almost played this move instantly,but used thirty minutes just to makesureÖ

32Ög6 33.ºxg6

33.ºxg5 »f7 34.ºe3« is objectivelystronger.

33Ö½xf6

Or 33Ö½g8 34.ºxh7 ¼xh7 35.¼xg5.

34.ºe4 »e6

Or 34Ö¼g7 35.¼g3.

35.¼h3!

But not 35.ºxh7? ½xf3+.

35Ög4

On 35Ö»f4 comes the reply 36.ºxf4.BlackÕs best here is 35Ö»ef8.

36.¼xg4

36.¼h6 wins too.

36Ö¼d1+?!

Better 36Ö»ef8.

37.¾h2 »f4??

Black is still lost after 37Ö»ef838.ºg5 ½e6 (or 38Ö½xg5 39.¼xg5¼7d2+ 40.½xd2 ¼xd2+ 41.¾g3)39.ºxh7 »xh7 40.¼h6.

38.ºxh7

Much prettier is 38.½xd1!

38Ö»xh3

Nigel decides to end the game. ItÕsinteresting that all of our pastencounters have ended withhelpmates.

39.¼g8# Ø.

Notes by

Steven Fairbairn

Fairbairn, StevenMinev, Nikolay

Reno US op (2), 1999Sicilian: Rauzer B60

1.e4

I recently switched from 1.d4. I usedto subscribe to the theory of playingthe same openings all the time, butfound that it can lead to stagnant andstereotyped play. I played 1.e4 in myjunior years, and it hasnÕt been toohard to go back, apart from wipingall the dust off those 1.e4 books IhavenÕt opened for years.

1Öc5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 cxd4


4.»xd4 »f6 5.»c3 d6 6.ºg5½b6

One of the MasterÕs favoriteweapons, the sideline. I had seenthis before, but never really studiedit. 6Öºd7 and 6Öe6 are the mostcommon moves, but there is nothingwrong with the text and it left me onmy own. When I switched firstmoves I spent more time studyingthings like where the pieces aresupposed to be, rather than trying tomemorize entire systems. Below GMlevel, I think openings are probablythe least important part of the game.

7.»b3 e6 8.½d2 a6 9.0-0-0 ½c7

For you opening addicts, 9Öºd7 hasalso been played here.

10.ºxf6

John NunnÕs Beating the Sicilian 2gives 10.¾b1 b5 11.½f4 »d712.ºxb5 axb5 13.»xb5 ½b814.»xd6+ ºxd6 15.½xd6 ½xd616.¼xd6 »ce5 as unclear in Van derWielÐSpraggett, Wijk aan Zee 1985. Iwas not familiar with this line duringthe game and decided to steer thegame into a structure I have alwaysbeen interested in playing witheither color.

10Ögxf6 11.¾b1 ºd7 12.f4

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This is the standard way to putpressure on BlackÕs compact center.His two bishops, open g-file andqueenside attacking potential givehim compensation for the doubledpawns.

12Ö0-0-0

I expected 12Öh5 here, but Minevplayed something that caught me offguard. In most of the games I haveseen with this line, Black sheltersbehind his central pawn mass andshoves the queenside pawns up theboard as Fischer did in his match vs.Spassky. That now becomes moreproblematic. Perhaps here Black islooking for a quieter game, and it

occurred to me afterwards that thiscould possibly have been a strategicdraw on his part to avoid an earlypairing against a strong GM.

13.f5

Perhaps 13.ºe2 intending ºh5 isbetter.

13Öh5 14.ºe2 ¾b8 15.¼hf1 ºe716.»d4

It seems logical to reactivate thisknight, since queenside activity byBlack is a remote possibility.

16Ö»xd4 17.½xd4 ½c5

Another surprising move for me.Black quite often tries to plantsomething on e5 in this variation, butthen White usually has theopportunity to go into an endingwhich should not be worse. On theother hand itÕs difficult to findanything better for Black.

18.½xc5 dxc5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.e5

It didnÕt take me too long to decideon this. White wants to activate hisbishop and square-f3 seems like thebest place. The ¹/e5 looks a bitvulnerable, but itÕs surprisingly hardto get at. The constricted nature ofthe position makes it difficult forBlack to use his two bishops.

20Öf5

Since 20Öfxe5 is answered by 21.¼f7Black has little choice here anddidnÕt think very long.

21.ºf3 h4 22.¼fe1 ºe8

Apparently Black doesnÕt wantWhiteÕs bishop to occupy the h5Ðe8diagonal on the inevitable exchangeof rooks, but BlackÕs light squaredbishop now becomes a tall pawn.

23.»e2

WhiteÕs plan is to maneuver to f4 andworry ¹/e6.

23Öºf7 24.»f4 ¼xd1+ 25.¼xd1¼d8 26.¼xd8+ ºxd8 27.c4

IÕm not convinced I made the bestmove here, but WhiteÕs aim is tomuzzle his opponentÕs dark squaredbishop by blocking his queensidepawn structure.

27Öºg5 28.g3 hxg3 29.hxg3 ¾c7

Judging that the bishop ending afterthe exchange on f4 would becheerless for Black.

30.¾c2 b5 31.b3 bxc4 32.bxc4¾b6 33.¾b3 ºh6 34.¾c3 ºg7

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Here Minev offered a draw which Iaccepted as I saw nothing betterthan repeating with 35.»d3 ºh636.»f4 etc. I was happy to have heldan advantage throughout the game,and while it would have been nice todo more with my small edge, a drawwith Minev would probably only bea disappointment to a handful ofCanadian players like Spraggett,Lesiege, and Hergott et. al.

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Notes by

Steven Fairbairn

Denker, ArnoldFairbairn, Steven

Reno US op (7), 1999Grünfeld: Exchange D94

I was thrilled about this pairing andcouldnÕt get out of my mind thatDenker, who has played againstsome of the all time greats, is theoldest and lowest rated GM in theworld at roughly Elo 2300. However,as the game progressed I was tochange my mind about my opponentdramatically. This was probably thebest and maybe the only chance Iwould ever get beat a GM.Unfortunately I couldnÕt get thatthought out of my head, but youÕllsee what happens. By the way, asmall tip, if you want to get a gamepublished in En Passant, it doesnÕthurt to play on the editorÕs weaknessfor all things Gr�nfeld!

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 d5 4.»f3ºg7 5.e3 0-0 6.cxd5 »xd5 7.ºc4»xc3 8.bxc3 c5

The Gr�nfeld has many exciting anduncompromising lines, but it alsohas a number of wimpy lines whereWhite keeps the draw in hand anddoesnÕt take any chances. Denkerplays one of the latter. The KeresVariation isnÕt terribly threatening,but Black must play carefully.


9.0-0 ½c7 10.ºe2

Black is probably fully equal here,and 10.½e2 can be considered betterthan DenkerÕs choice which simplyplaces the bishop on a less activesquare.

10Öb6 11.ºa3 ºb7 12.¼c1 ¼d813.½b3 »c6

I rejected 13Ö»d7 because I wasworried White would relocate hisbishop to b2 and start pushing his a/¹. In that case the knight is betterplaced on c6 where it controlssquare-a5. My instincts told me thatlosing ¹/c5 would not cause Blackany worries and offer sufficientcompensation.

14.dxc5

It goes without saying that I wassurprised by this.

14Öbxc5 15.ºxc5 »e5

Originally I only considered thevariation 15Ö»a5 16.½b4 ¼d517.ºxe7 »c6 to win a piece, butthrough some halucinationoverlooked that White simply plays16.½a3 instead of 16.½b4. I felt that15Ö»e5 is also good, but relegated itto second choice. After making mybelated discovery, I eventuallyreturned to plan B.

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A nasty blunder, although I didnÕtappreciate the severity until about aweek after the game. Best is 16.ºa3although Black has 16Ö»g4 with thethreat 17Öºxf3 when 17.g3 ½c6leaves Black with compensationalong the h1Ða8 diagonal. One of thepossible shots is 18Ö¼d2.

16Ö»xf3+

Black returns the favor, as 16Ö»g4wins because of the double threat17Öºxf3 followed by 18Ö½h2# and18Öe5 winning a piece. I wasanxious to restore the materialbalance and didnÕt look at 16Ö»g4too closely, although I did notice the

Öe5 Òwin a pieceÓ theme. The move16Ö»g4 only came to me on theToronto subway of all places, and Iactually missed it not only during thegame, but after analyzing this gameat length for this article!

17.ºxf3 ºxf3 18.ºxg7

Forced, since 18.gxf3 e5 wins a piecefor Black.

18Öºxg2 19.¾xg2 ¾xg720.¼fd1

Now things started to get nasty offthe board as well. With his clockrunning Denker offered a draw andwent on to say that although hethought his position was better, hewanted to go to the casino. All ofthis was said in a ÒnormalÓ tone ofvoice which disturbed the players atthe adjoining boards. I quietlyreplied that I wanted to think abouthis draw offer for a few minutes, towhich he quickly responded in arather hostile tone of voice that ÒIthink too muchÓ, and that he wouldnow continue to play.

I was quite frankly surprised that aGM of his stature would display suchrude and unsportsmanlike behavior,and I probably should have gone tothe TD to lodge a complaint.However, since I was not in anydanger on the board I decided toavoid a noisy dispute. Unfortunatelythe incident left me unsettled, and Iallowed White to get some realwinning chances. The TD told meafter the game that Denker had noright to rescind his draw offer beforeI make my next move.

20Ö½c6+ 21.¾g1 ¼ab8?!

After the simple 21Ö¼xd1+ 22.¼xd1¼c8 followed by 23Ö½c4 Whitecannot make any further progress.

22.¼xd8

For some reason it never occurred tome that the queen vs two rookending would be attractive for White.I went into it because I figured theweak light squares around his kingwould give me an easy perpetual.

Here it makes less sense to play22Ö¼xd8 because I would be atempo down from the previous line.

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At this point Denker vigorouslypunched his clock and saidtriumphantly ÒIÕm no longer playingfor a draw.Ó Cheap theatrics aside, Istill didnÕt see that I had much to beworried about, although this provedto be an almost fatal mistake.

26Ö½e2 27.c4 ½g4+ 28.¾f1½h3+ 29.¾e1 ½xh2 30.c5 ½h1+31.¾e2 ½h5+ 32.f3 ½e5

Black decides to centralize his queenand await events. Unappealing is32Ö½h2+ 33.¾d3 when it takesBlack time to re-establish the checks.

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33.f4

But this makes it easy. Black also hasa perpetual after 33.c6 ½h2+ sinceWhiteÕs king cannot cross over the c-file without dropping ¹/c5.

However, the critical move I foundpost mortem is 33.¼ab1. Amazinglythis quiet move makes life difficultfor Black. While I have not been ableto come to a conclusive evaluationof the resulting variations, I thinkthat WhiteÕs winning chances arebetter than BlackÕs drawing hopes.

33Ö½h5+ 34.¾f2 ½h2+

At this point Denker offered a drawsince he can no longer escape thechecks.

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Minding Your

alarm about the decline ofsportsmanship in the Royal Game.Consider, after all, the thousands andthousands of amiable club contestsand weekend tournaments playedyearly across the country. Still, it maybe worth asking: are amateur idealsof fair play disappearing? Should thespoilsports playing chess on theInternet really be viewed as minersÕcanaries, portending a new age ofchessboard incivility?

Rogues' GalleryMaybe thereÕs nothing to get workedup about. Unsporting conduct at thechessboard certainly wasnÕt inventedin the digital age. One of the earliestexamples comes from the famousSpanish bishop himself, Ruy Lopez,who in 1561 wrote, ÒArrange theboard so that it reflects the light intoyour opponentÕs eyes.Ó Not exactly ashining example of fair play.

Napoleon, an amateur chess playerwho made his name in a differentfield of conquest, frequentlyinvented illegal moves whenever hefound himself in a losing position.ÒThe great strategic genius,Ó EdwardLasker wrote in The Adventure ofChess, Òwas a vain, cruel, selfish, andvulgar opportunist.Ó

One of the more famous pre-20thcentury chessboard indiscretionsoccurred at the 1895 Hastingstournament, at which the GermanMaster Kurt Von Bardelebenforeshadowed todayÕs Internetpractice of disconnecting in a losingposition. In a game against WilhelmSteinitz, Von Bardeleben recognizedon his 25th move that SteinitzÕscombination would prove decisive.He got up from the chessboard andleft the room, letting his clock rundown instead of resigning. Steinitzwas still awarded a brilliancy prize.

Two Minutes forMisbehavingIn the modern era weÕve seenprofessional chess beset withbehind-the-scenes maneuvering andorganizational bickering that mayhave more in common withprofessional wrestling. Misbehaviorin many other sports has followed asimilar path.

Dennis McKerlie, D.Phil., aphilosophy professor at theUniversity of Calgary who specializesin ethics, says higher stakes inprofessional sport have contributed

ÒThat wemay thereforebe induced morefrequently to choosethis beneficialamusement in preferenceof others Ö everycircumstance that may increasethe pleasure of it should beregarded; and every action or wordthat is unfair, disrespectful, or that inany way may give uneasiness,should be avoided, as contrary to theimmediate intention of both theparties, which is to pass the timeagreeably.Ó

Benjamin Franklin, The Morals ofChess, 1786

IÕm having a disagreeable time onone of the Internet chess servers. IÕmlosing to a nine-year-old fromMichigan who clearly hasnÕt heard ofBenjamin FranklinÕs essay of twocenturies ago. In the course of amercifully short game, he lets loosewith a few keybursts of profanitythat would make Larry Flynt blush. Iadopt a calm demeanor, havinglearned long ago that this kind ofbait is not worth rising to. ÒI thinkyou should go tell your parentsyouÕre using language like that,Ó Isuggest. ÒF*** you,Ó he types back.ÒThey already know. Hehehe.Ó Somuch for The Morals of Chess, 1999.

Of course, one unsupervised nine-year-old, empowered by mouse andmodem, is no reason to sound an

ChessboardManners

by Gregory Harris


to an erosion of the ideals of fairplay. ÒBehavior that 100 years agowould have been out of place is nowtolerated and accepted,Ó McKerliesays. For example, many athletesnow willingly take the so-calledprofessional foul, in which a playerwill deliberately commit an infractionand accept the consequences, suchas taking a penalty to stop abreakaway. Amateur competitors,following sportsmanship ideals,would remain above that.

ÒHistorically, the amateur idealoriginated in the education system,ÓMcKerlie notes. ÒThere was thethought that sport is training forsomething more important Ð life. Theidea is that if you buy into thesportsmanship ideal, youÕll be lesslikely to cheat as a businessman, forexample, or you wonÕt pass offsomeone elseÕs ideas as your own.Ó

Playing by the RulesBenjamin Franklin thought chesscould teach lessons for life aboutforesight, circumspection, cautionand perseverance. None would bemeaningful, however, withoutscrupulous adherence to the rules.ÒIf the game is not to be playedrigorously, according to the rulesbefore mentioned, then moderateyour desire of victory over youradversary, and be pleased with oneover yourself,Ó Franklin wrote.

Some observers sayideals of fair play are

under siege.

Those who direct tournaments allhave stories to tell about rulesloosely observed. Walter Watson,president of the Alberta ChessAssociation and a tournamentdirector for the last five years, saysthe most flagrant violation he recallswas when a player in a time crunchreceived a running tally from a friendof how many moves he had left tomake his time control. ÒIt was quiteblatant, actually,Ó Watson recalls. Bythe time he realized what washappening the damage had beendone; and when he confronted thetwo players they played innocent.

Other TD peeves include exultantwinners and poor losers, and the

whining that often occurs overpairings. He notes that even inamateur play the stakes haveincreased: prize money has gone upand players often invest significantamounts of time in preparing fortournaments. Still, Watson says thatmore often than not itÕs a pleasure towork with the players.

When the Going getsToughSometimes though, questionablebehavior leads to unpleasantness. Anincident at an Alberta tournament afew months ago resulted in a playerwithdrawing, charges of poorsportsmanship, and bad feelings allaround. According to the AlbertaChess Report newsletter, oneplayerÕs offer of a draw was rejectedand he subsequently lost on time insudden death. The tournamentdirector stated later that, given theposition, he would have awardedthe player the draw had the claimbeen brought to him. The losingplayer then withdrew from thetournament, which unfairlydisadvantaged some players, thoughnot to the extent it might have. Bothplayers were criticized for theirconduct.

The debacle prompted Grant Brown,D.Phil., outgoing ACR editor and adirector of the Alberta ChessAssociation, to write an editorial onsportsmanship in the Augustnewsletter. ÒSportsmanship is theideal of ÔamateurÕ competitions:amateurs are supposed to be playingfor the love of the game, and not forextrinsic reasons such as money orstatus,Ó Brown wrote. ÒOf course,peopleÕs motivations are rarely pure.Chess players at all levels play formany reasons including prizemoney, ego gratification, ratingpoints and titles, and so on. Butsportsmanship should always be thepredominate at our level, since whenit does not, incivilities can beexpected to erupt.Ó

The next GenerationSo how do young players, like mytrash talking friend from Michigan,learn about the ideals ofsportsmanship? Iqbal Nurmohamed,president of the Calgary Junior ChessClub, says the 40Ð70 kids whoregularly participate in their club

tournaments are quite well behaved.Before each event, organizers have alittle talk with the players, who rangein age from Grade 12 on down,about how they should conductthemselves.

The future of the gamerests with the next

generation.

ÒWe always tell them before atournament to introduce themselvesto the other player and to shakehands,Ó Nurmohamed says. The kidsare asked not to move around a lotor make noise while playing, andtheyÕre told to shake hands againafterwards and say Ôgood game.ÕÒThe problem we have actually hadhas not been the kids," Nurmohamedsays. ÒItÕs the parents.ÓUnsportsmanlike parental conductincludes glaring at a childÕsopponent, or making a big sceneafter the child wins. About a year agoa memo was sent to parents thatoutlined appropriate behavior. ÒWetry to tell them that itÕs a friendlytournament,Ó Nurmohamed says.

Play SafeAlthough it may be up to players toeducate themselves about the rules,tournament directors could aid theirown cause by elucidating the finerpoints whenever the opportunityarises. At tournaments thereÕs alwaysa copy of the CFC Handbook near athand for quick reference; the rulesare also available for perusal atwww.chesscanada.org/rules.htm.

Observing the unwritten rules,however, is just as important topassing the time agreeably at thechessboard. ÒTreat others the wayyou want to be treated,Ó is thesimple advice of tournament directorWatson. Benjamin Franklin wouldheartily agree. How about you,Michigan?

In the following section, the reader isinvited to test his or her Chess ÒEQÓ,or ÒEthical QuotientÓ. Sometimesrules and regulations we have allread about should guide ouranswers, but for some questions weshould perhaps dig a little deeper todiscover if a spark of the old-fashioned ÒsportsmanshipÓ is still


alive in us! Have fun with the test,you will find the solutions at thebottom of the pageÖ

Test your Chess �EQ�(Ethical Quotient)1. Your opponent has stepped awayfrom the board and is nowhere insight. You pick up a piece to make amove, then realize any move withthat piece will invite disaster. Youshould:

(a) wait and see if anyone noticedthat you touched the piece beforedeciding what to do

(b) say ÒjÕadoubeÓ in a loud voice,then replace the piece and look for abetter move

(c) move the piece anyway

(d) resign the game and sweep allthe pieces to the floor in a dramaticgesture of self-contempt

2. YouÕre playing a rated gameagainst a newcomer to competitivechess who is unfamiliar with the useof chess clocks. You can put heraway with a mate-in-two but yourflag has just fallen. You should:

(a) point out that youÕve just lost ontime and congratulate her

(b) keep playing since itÕs up to herto claim the win on time

(c) point out your flag has fallen, butexplain that Òclub rulesÓ say that thefirst person who uses up their timecan add 10 minutes to their clock

(d) grudgingly concede that youÕvelost on time, but question thereliability of the clock and talkaggressively about the pendingmate-in-two.

3. Your position against a muchstronger player is dead lost and youknow it. You should:

(a) keep playing and try to win ontime

(b) keep playing and try to get astalemate

(c) go home, but let your opponentthink youÕre just going to thewashroom

(d) resign immediately and hope foran instructive postmortem

4. Your position against a muchweaker player is dead lost and youknow it. You should:

(a) keep playing and try to win ontime

(b) keep playing and try to get astalemate

(c) keep playing until the player hasdemonstrated he knows how toconvert the position

(d) resign immediately and hope foran instructive postmortem

5. You dislike the pairing youÕvereceived with another player. Youshould:

(a) publicly question thecompetence of the tournamentdirector

(b) withdraw from the tournamentand demand a refund of your entryfee

(c) think of it as a learningopportunity

(d) sulk

6. During a tournament a goodfriend of yours is playing on anadjacent board, using one of yourfavorite openings. In a break fromplay he asks you a question abouthis position. You should:

(a) Tell him about the possible linesof play that will be most productive

(b) Be less explicit but still give himsome broad hints

(c) Tell him heÕs on his own andwish him luck

(d) Give him a wedgie on the spot

7. Your opponent has just turneddown your second offer of a draw.You should:

(a) abandon the idea unless theposition changes considerably, orshe offers a draw herself

(b) keep offering a draw wheneveritÕs your turn

(c) panic, since she obviously seessomething you donÕt

(d) roll your eyes and give her apained expression

8. Your opponent, playing Black, islate for a game. The director hasinstructed you to start so youÕvemade your move and started BlackÕsclock. Ten minutes later you noticethe clock has stopped. You should:

(a) get another one and add a fewminutes to BlackÕs time

(b) bring it to the attention of thetournament director

(c) wait until your opponent arrivesand start again

(d) declare yourself the winner

9. Your opponent is distracting youby eating sunflower seeds at theboard. You should:

(a) ask her to stop

(b) ask the tournament director toask her to stop

(c) do something to annoy her

(d) ignore her and play on

10. Your opponent has bronchitisand a distracting cough. You should:

(a) ask them to stop

(b) ask the tournament director toask them to stop

(c) do something to annoy them

(d) ignore them and play on

The correct answers are: 1 (c); 2(a); 3 (d); 4 (c); 5 (c); 6 (c) or (d); 7(a); 8 (b); 9 (a) or (b); 10 (d)

8-10 correct: Congratulations:YouÕre a pleasure to competeagainst.

5-7 correct: Not bad, but you canbe a pain in the you know what.DonÕt forget the golden rule.

0-4 correct: Please forget chess andconsider a career in professionalwrestling.

101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures

by John Nunn

Games: 101 Diagrams: 528Pages: 176


One of the worldÕs finest writerson chess presents his selection ofbrilliant modern games of 25moves or fewer in a new andinnovative format. John Nunnexamines both how the losermight have avoided disaster, andexplains how the winnermanaged to punch home hisadvantage so effectively.


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the convenience and price fit the bill.Airport transportation was providedfor those who needed it, both ways.Several players travelled by plane,some by bus, the majority byautomobile. Once on site, anyonewho needed a ride into town to themovies, grocery store, local pub, orwherever was accommodated by thetransportation crew. This task aloneprovided the greatest challenge forthe organizers in maintaining thesanity of the players, as there waslittle entertainment on site. On thenight before the first round, abarbeque was provided for thosestaying on site.

The first technical problem surfacedas soon as I hooked up my computeron site, only to discover that internetcommunications were at leasttemporarily unavailable. A few dayslater these problems were ironed outwith the help of Larry Bevand, whowould relay my manually transcribedmoves via a cell phone to TomOÕDonnell at chesstalk.com for liveinternet coverage. Soon thereafter Iwas able to email the moves to Tominstead, and eventually we were ableto put together our own websitebroadcast. Towards the end of theevent our efforts became nearly

routine, and to our surprise we wereeven linked from Mark CrowtherÕsThe Week In Chess. Unfortunately byround nine technical problems at ourlocal ISP once again caused aninterruption of our coverage, and wewould like to apologize to our manyfaithful fans.

The tournament was ably directed byRaymond Stonkus, with assistancefrom myself, Rob Gashgarian, andPaul Simon. Paul also providedcommentary in the press room, and alittle during the webcast. I must saythat the players conductedthemselves in exemplary fashion.Nobody complained Ñ an amazingfeat considering this was a Swisstype event Ñ and there was not asingle dispute or appeal. At varioustimes six or seven boards wouldreach time control at once, providingmuch excitement for those involved,but a little nerve racking from a TDspoint of view! Fortunately there werealways enough officials to keep aneye on things, and as a resultproblems were avoided.

Game bulletins were providedshortly after each round for allplayers, and I would like to thankJohn Erickson and Lee Hendon for

Alexandre Lesiege

1999Canadian ChessChampionships

by Tony Ficzere

The 1999 Canadian ChessChampionships were held fromAugust 31 through September 9.Twenty-six players converged onApps Mill Park located just outside ofBrantford, Ontario. The site isactually a childrenÕs camp run by theKiwanis Club, but it proved to be anexcellent spot for chess as well.Although the solitude is good for thesoul, it was also a challenge for theorganizing team, made up of myself,Rob Gashgarian, Frank Hughes andPaul Simon. The closest town isParis, about seven kilometers up theroad. The playing hall was spacious,well lit, carpeted, and very quiet.Perfect for a tournament of thiscaliber. The smoking area is a meretwenty feet away, and actuallyprovides a view of the playing hallthrough large windows. Players weretreated to free refreshments for theduration of the event.

Accommodations for the playerswere provided in the same building,and thus allowed easy and quickaccess for everyone throughout theevent. The rooms were, as oneplayer put it, merely adequate, but


their help in running thedemonstration boards. Spectatorswere roped off only a few feet awayfrom most of the boards, and so theaction could be observed easily bythe crowd. Unfortunately not manyspectators came, mainly due to theseclusion of the site and the lack ofmarketing by yours truly. Budgetconstraints make for difficultdecisions, and our priority was toprovide the best playing conditionspossible. We seemed to succeed inthis, as the players seemed quitepleased with the event.

Among the spectators was BillChurch, who many of you mightremember from the American GrandPrix events he sponsored some yearsago. Only the local press showed,but were positive and accurate intheir articles. I have been to fourdifferent Canadian Closed events inthe past, and I can safely say that thisis one area that needs more work.How do we promote our game tothe public in an effective way?

Each day after the games, playerswere shuttled into town for a littlerest and relaxation. Brantford provedto be quite hospitable, and theHamilton family in particular wasvery gracious to invite everyone to afeast after round five. This wasfollowed by a soccer game in whichNigelÕs big feet played a major role!The rest day allowed the organizing

committee to take part in a speedchess tournament, which clearlyidentified a multitude of goodreasons why we werenÕt playing inthe main event. A special thank youalso goes out to the WentworthÕs fortheir help throughout the event.

Regarding the new CanadianChampionship format, there can beno question that a Round Robin isthe best way to identify the bestplayers. On the other hand, severalpositives about the new format andits limit of fifty players can also beidentified. Firstly, the event is nowopen to a number of players whowould otherwise not be able to gainsuch valuable experience. This is aparticularly important issue for ourlatest crop of talented young players.Secondly, the larger number ofplayers provides for exciting chess.Thirdly, nine rounds is easier tomanage and less expensive thanfifteen. Many in this country watchedwith interest to see if the new formatwould be a success or a failure, and Ibelieve that we achieved the former.

Perhaps in the future, money will notbe the issue. Perhaps someone willcrack the formula for financialsuccess. If they do, I hope that thenew format will stay in place andthat we can eliminate or reduce theentry fee accordingly. There existrelatively few interesting playingopportunities for our strong players

Brantford CA ch 1999

No. Player Prov Elo TPR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

1. Lesiege, Alexandre PQ 2607 2673 W10 W18 W 8 D 3 W 7 W20 D 2 D 9 D 4 7.0 2. Ross, David PQ 2412 2565 D23 D13 W11 D 9 D 6 W22 D 1 W 8 D 3 6.0 3. Spraggett, Kevin ON 2665 2564 W21 D20 W 4 D 1 D 5 W 7 L 8 W10 D 2 6.0 4. Day, Lawrence ON 2439 2554 D17 W23 L 3 D21 W13 D 9 W 6 W14 D 1 6.0 5. Schleifer, Michael PQ 2444 2542 L11 W16 D21 W13 D 3 L 6 W22 W12 W 9 6.0 6. Duong, Thanh Nha PQ 2416 2508 W25 D 9 L 7 W17 D 2 W 5 L 4 W11 W 8 6.0 7. Yoos, John C. BC 2447 2496 W15 D14 W 6 W12 L 1 L 3 L 9 W20 D10 5.0 8. Zugic, Igor ON 2439 2489 W16 W11 L 1 D20 D 9 W14 W 3 L 2 L 6 5.0 9. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 2521 2483 W22 D 6 D20 D 2 D 8 D 4 W 7 D 1 L 5 5.010. Fullbrook, Nigel AB 2326 2401 L 1 D19 L23 W24 W17 W21 W12 L 3 D 7 5.011. Jung, Hans ON 2303 2373 W 5 L 8 L 2 L22 W26 W18 W13 L 6 D14 4.512. Khassanov, Marat PQ 2437 2362 D13 W17 W14 L 7 L20 W15 L10 L 5 W21 4.513. Glinert, Stephen ON 2345 2343 D12 D 2 W18 L 5 L 4 W19 L11 D17 W23 4.514. Berry, Jonathan BC 2373 2328 W24 D 7 L12 D15 W25 L 8 W20 L 4 D11 4.515. Crisan, Ioan ON 2311 2308 L 7 D24 W25 D14 D21 L12 D17 W22 D18 4.516. Pushkedra, Frank ON 2296 2305 L 8 L 5 L26 D19 W23 W25 W21 L18 W20 4.517. Campbell, Brett ON 2252 2302 D 4 L12 W19 L 6 L10 W23 D15 D13 W24 4.518. Allan, Denis ON 2405 2301 W19 L 1 L13 W23 L22 L11 W25 W16 D15 4.519. Reddy, Tyler NS 2140 2215 L18 D10 L17 D16 W24 L13 W26 L21 W25 4.020. Hamilton, Robert ON 2406 2352 W26 D 3 D 9 D 8 W12 L 1 L14 L 7 L16 3.521. Gentes, Kevin MB 2358 2272 L 3 W26 D 5 D 4 D15 L10 L16 W19 L12 3.522. Gardner, Robert J. AB 2336 2216 L 9 L25 W24 W11 W18 L 2 L 5 L15 D26 3.523. Schmidt, Tom ON 2253 2168 D 2 L 4 W10 L18 L16 L17 W24 D26 L13 3.024. Breau, Robert NB 2050 2077 L14 D15 L22 L10 L19 W26 L23 W25 L17 2.525. McKim, Fred PE 2116 2057 L 6 W22 L15 W26 L14 L16 L18 L24 L19 2.026. Harkes, Lewis ON 2186 2029 L20 L21 W16 L25 L11 L24 L19 D23 D22 2.0

in this country, and the introductionof the new format has created aunique opportunity for many ofthem. The fact that three new IMsand six new FMs were produced as aresult of this tournament clearlyshows that our players need anevent like this to develop. As forthose who say this is a Òcheap titleÓ,let them play next year and see ifthey can score the requisite sixpoints. The average rating here was2361 in a field that included twostrong GMs. Not exactly a walk inthe park!

However, there are a number ofimprovements that could be made tothe new format. One problem is thesmall prize fund of only $5,000which provides little incentive fortitled players to participate. Only twoIMs played this year, and I wonder ifany of the three new IMs will returnnext year. Perhaps future organizerscould provide free or reduced entryand accommodations to IMs andGMs Ñ only the GMs received theseperks this time. We should doeverything we can to ensure that thestrongest players continue to takepart in our national championship.

Finally, I would like to congratulateour new Canadian Champion, Mr.Alexandre Lesiege. Alex showedplenty of class, respect and talent toall in his path. His future looksbright. Congratulations also to our


three newly minted IMs, MichaelSchleifer, David Ross, and ThanhNha Duong; as well as our new FMs.

I would also like to thank Mr. KevinSpraggett for his kind words. Kevinis the ultimate gentleman, and issurely CanadaÕs greatest chessambassador. A special thank you toRoy Jones and all those mentionedabove for their hard work anddedication, and to our Sponsors, TheWilliamson Group, Planrite BusinessSolutions, Allstate Insurance, Mr.Water, Wilson Machine, Dr. PaulWentworth, The Brantford andDistrict Association for CommunityLiving, The Brantford Chess Club,and the Ontario Chess Associationwhich came through in the crunch.

My respect goes out to the playerswho slugged it out over the full tendays. I have much respect for all ofthem, and I thank them now for therespect they showed us. The biggestthank you however should go to mylovely wife Kathy, and my twochildren Katie and Cody whoÒsacrificedÓ their dad for the last fewmonthsÖ

Notes by

Tom Schmidt

Schmidt, TomFullbrook, Nigel

Brantford CA ch (3), 1999Sicilian: Dragon Yugoslav B78

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 »f6 5.»c3 g6 6.ºe3 ºg7

Here 6Ö»g4? would be a mistakedue to 7.ºb5+.

7.f3 »c6 8.½d2 0-0

Thus far a standard move sequencefor the Yugoslav Attack. White nowhas several alternatives, the mostpopular being 9.ºc4 and 9.0-0-0.The disadvantage of 9.ºc4 is thatWhite usually spends several tempiplaying ºc4, ºb3 and subsequentlyºxc4 in reply to Black establishing aknight on c4. The advantage of thedeveloping 9.ºc4 is that it hindersBlackÕs central break Öd5 which isgenerally considered to be thestrongest antidote to WhiteÕs comingflank attack with h4Ðh5 etc.

With 9.0-0-0 White saves two tempiif Black proceeds with the standardknight maneuver to c4. However,this gives Black the opportunity to

play the immediate 9Öd5 which is infact recommended by currentopening theory.

9.ºc4 ºd7 10.0-0-0 ¼c8 11.ºb3»e5 12.h4 ½a5

More common here is either 12Ö»c4or 12Öh5. When Black playsÖ½a5 inthese lines, opening theory usuallyrecommends the development of hiskingÕs rook to c8 via the move order10Ö»e5 11.ºb3 ½a5 12.h4 ¼fc8.Vacating square-f8 can be asignificant tactical detail in certainvariations, and is demonstrated inthe note to move 14.

13.¾b1

This standard move not onlyenhances the safety of WhiteÕs king,but threatens 14.»d5 to force BlackÕsqueen back to its original square.

13Ö¼c5?!

Now 14.»d5 can be met with14Ö»xd5 since BlackÕs queen isprotected. A plausible alternative is13Ö»c4 although after 14.ºxc4 ¼xc415.»d5 ½d8 16.»xf6+ ºxf6 17.h5 Ithink WhiteÕs position is preferable.

14.h5 ¼fc8

The awkward position of BlackÕsqueen lets White play 14.h5 withoutthe typical sacrifice of the h/¹ that isso common in these lines of theSicilian Dragon. After 14Ö»xh515.»d5 ½d8 16.g4 »xg4 (16Ö»f617.½h2!) 17.fxg4 ºxg4 18.¼dg1looks good for White. Note that ifBlack had previously developed hiskingÕs rook Ð rather than his queenÕsrook Ð square-f8 would be vacantand thus prevent 15.»d5?! ½xd216.»xe7+? ¾f8 because White losesa piece.

15.hxg6 hxg6

At this point I was trying to find aknight move to exploit a discoveredattack by the bishop on BlackÕs ¼/c5.Unfortunately the best I could comeup with is 16.»de2 which is soundbut not tremendously threatening. Aplausible continuation would be16Ö»c4 17.ºxc4 ¼xc4 18.g4 ºe619.ºd4 with a reasonable position.White threatens 20.ºxf6 ºxf621.»d5 ½xd2 22.»xf6+ exf6 23.¼xd2with a better ending.

Without a convincing way to exploitthe position of BlackÕs rook, Idecided to play 16.ºh6 in order toeliminate the dreaded Dragonbishop. Readers should note that

White can easily get into trouble inthese positions; for example 16.g4 isa mistake after 16Ö¼xc3! 17.bxc3»xf3! 18 »xf3 »xe4 with atremendous Black attack.

16.ºh6 ºh8

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A critical position. Both sides havecompleted development, and needto find an effective and concrete planfor the middlegame.

17.ºf8!?

My initial idea was to play 17.»d5instead. The reply 17Ö½d8 18.ºg5»xd5 19.ºxd5 looks good for Whitewho threatens 20.¼xh8+ ¾xh821.ºxf6+ gxf6 22.½h6+ ¾g8 23.¼h1mating. However, Black instead has17Ö»xd5 18.ºxd5 ½xd2 19.¼xd2 b5without a palpable White advantage.

The idea behind the text move is tosacrifice the rook on h8, followed byquickly taking control of the h-file.Although I saw that Black would

FrankPushkedra

Than Nha Duong


have to return some of the materialand his king would remain underheavy pressure, the ultimateconsequences of the sacrifice wereunclear to me.

However, during the game I missedthe very strong 17.»f5! to put Blackunder heavy pressure. Now 17Ögxf5?is not playable because of 18.½g5+;while 17Ö»c6 18.ºf8 »h5 (18Ö¼xf819.¼xh8+«) 19.¼xh5 gxh5(19Öºxc3 20.½h6 ¼xf5 [or 20Öºf621.½xg6+] 21.exf5«) 20.½g5+ ¾f821.½h6+ ¾g8 22.½g6+ also loses.Even after the better 17Ö½d8 18 ºg5Black still has serious difficultiescountering the threat of ¼xh8+followed by ºxf6+ and ½h6+ with amating attack:

A) 18Ögxf5 19.¼xh8+ ¾xh820.ºxf6+ exf6 21.½h6+ ¾g8 22.¼h1»g6 23.½xg6+; or

B) 18Öºg7 19.»xg7 ¾xg7 20.ºh6+¾g8 21.ºg7; and

C) 18Öºxf5 19.¼xh8+ ¾xh820.ºxf6+ gxf6 21.½h6+ ¾g8 22.¼h1are all disasterous for Black.

17Ö¼xf8

Black is forced to accept the sacrificeas White threatens ¼xh8+ followedby ½h6+ winning immediately.

18.¼xh8+ ¾xh8 19.½h6+ ¾g820.»d5?!

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A strong alternative is 20.¼h1. Forexample 20Ö»h5 21.g4 »c4 (not21Ö»g4 22 ½g6+) 22.ºxc4 ¼xc423.»d5 ½d8 24.gxh5 g5 25.½xg5+with a dangerous attack. Had Iforeseen the strength of BlackÕs 24thmove, I would have played 20.¼h1instead.

20Ö¼xd5

Not 20Ö»xd5? 21.¼h1.

21.ºxd5 e6 22.¼h1 »h5 23.g4exd5 24.gxh5 ¼e8

This holds BlackÕs position. Theintended 25.hxg6 »xg6 26.»f5?

unfortunately meets with 26Öºxf527.exf5 ¼e1+. White can force aperpetual in this line with 26.½h7+¾f8 27.½h6+ ¾e7 28.½g5+ but I wasstill looking for more, in spite of thefact that White really no longer hasany advantage and should besatisfied with a draw.

25.¼g1?!

The idea behind this move is toprepare for f4. The immediate 25.f4»g4 26.½g5 ¼xe4 is good for Black.

25Ö¼e7

Black creates an escape route for hisking via e8 and supports the 7thrank. Now 26.f4 is still met with26Ö»g4 27.½g5 ¼xe4 28.c3 and anunclear position. A strong alternativefor Black is 25Ö½d8! when his kingescapes the checks after 26.hxg6»xg6 (not 26Öfxg6 27.f4) 27.¼xg6+fxg6 28.½xg6+ ¾f8 29.½h6+ ¾f730.½h7+ ¾f6 31.½h6+ ¾e5 32.½g7+¾f4 33.½h6+ ¾g3 with winningchances only for Black.

26.½g5

Again intending 27.f4.

26Ö½d8 27.f4

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27Ö»c6?

This move loses by force. Muchstronger is 27Ö½e8! when Blackreturns the extra piece but retains asolid position with two extra pawnsafter 28.fxe5 ¼xe5 29.½f6 ¼h5.

28.hxg6 f6

28Ö»xd4? 29.gxf7+ leads to mate.

29.½h5

Also strong is 29.½d5+ but I washoping for 29Ö»xd4? 30.¼h1 mating.

29Ö½f8 30.½xd5+ ¾g7 31.¼h1½g8

Not 31Ö¾xg6? 32.½h5+ with mate tofollow.

32.¼h7+

Also strong is 32.½xd6 when both

A) 32Ö½e8 33.»xc6 ¼xe4 (33Öºxc634.¼h7+) 34.»e5 fxe5 35.¼h7+ ¾g836 ½d5+; and

B) 32Öºe6 33.e5 (not 33.»xc6 ¼d7)threatening 34.»f5+ leave Whitewith excellent prospects.

However, the position after 32.½xd6remains complex, while 32.¼h7+forces a relatively simple ending thatis winning for White.

32Ö¾f8 33 ½xg8+ ¾xg834.»xc6 ¼xh7

On 34Ö¼xe4 35.»e7+ ¾f8 36.g7+White queens with check.

35.gxh7+ ¾xh7 36.»a5 b637.»c4 f5

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38.exf5?

Much stronger is 38.»d6 fxe439.»xe4 ¾g6 40.»g3 with two safeextra pawns. After the text Black stillhas room to fight.

38Öd5 39.»e3 d4 40.»d1 ºxf541.»f2 ¾h6 42.¾c1 ¾h5 43.¾d2¾h4 44.c3 dxc3+ 45.¾xc3 ¾g346.»d3 ¾f3 47.¾d4 ºxd3

The pawn ending after this exchangeis clearly lost for Black because hisking is stranded too far from thequeenside. However, after 47Ö¾e248.»b4 followed by ¾e5 the f/¹ willeventually cost Black his bishop.

48.¾xd3 ¾xf4 49.¾d4

The most efficient way for White towin is to go after BlackÕs pawnsimmediately with 49.¾c4 ¾e350.¾b5 ¾d3 51.¾a6 ¾c2 52.b4 ¾c3(52Ö¾b2 53.¾xa7 ¾xa2 54.¾xb6«)53.a3 ¾b3 54.¾xa7 ¾xa3 55.b5 ¾b456.¾xb6«.

During the game I thought that Icould use my king to keep BlackÕsmonarch away from the queenside,advance my pawns in safety, andfinally scoop up BlackÕs pawns toconvert the point. As it turns out, thisis exactly what happens; but we willdiscover further on how this


approach provides Black with adrawing opportunity!

49Ö¾f3 50.a4?

White still has time to return to thecorrect plan with 50.¾c4.

50Ö¾e2 51.b4 ¾d2 52.a5 bxa553.bxa5

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So far everything has gone accordingto plan. However, from this positionBlack has a drawing resource bytrailing WhiteÕs king in such a waythat he can reply to ¾xa7 with animmediate Ö¾c7. WhiteÕs kingremains trapped on the a-file and thegame is drawn.

Black achieves this with 53Ö¾e2when both 54.¾c5 ¾d3 55.¾b5 (or55.a6 ¾e4 56.¾c6 ¾e5 57.¾b7¾d6=) 55Ö¾d4 56.¾a6 ¾c5 57.¾xa7¾c6 58.a6 ¾c7=; or 54.a6 ¾f3 55.¾c5¾e4 56.¾c6 ¾e5 57.¾b7 ¾d658.¾xa7 ¾c7= draw comfortably.

At home my computer immediatelypointed out this resource, and I nowrealize that BlackÕs king is headed inthe wrong direction by trying toattack WhiteÕs pawns from behind.Although really quite elementary,this ending is worth remembering.

53Ö¾c2? 54.¾c4?

Winning for White instead is 54.a6since BlackÕs king will never reachsquare-c7 in time after 54Ö¾b355.¾c5 ¾a4 56.¾c6 ¾b4 57.¾b7¾b5 58.¾xa7 ¾c6 59.¾b8«; or54Ö¾d2 55.¾c5 ¾d3 56.¾c6 ¾d457.¾b7 ¾c5 58.¾xa7 ¾c639.¾b8«.

54Ö¾b2?

54Ö¾d2! draws as described earlierby taking the kingside route.

55.a6

Now itÕs over. Play will conclude asin the lines described in the note to54.a6.

Ø.

Notes by

Hans Jung

Gardner, RobertJung, Hans

Brantford CA ch (4), 1999Philidor: Counter Gambit C41

1.e4 d6 2.d4 e5

LaskerÕs Defence 3.dxe5 dxe54.½xd8+ ¾xd8 5.»f3 f6 6.ºc4 ºc57.»c3 c6 8.0-0 ¾e7 followed soon byÖºe6 is a playable line.

3.»f3 f5

I would like to dedicate this game toAlex Knox, a passionate player ofgambits, since this is as close as IÕvecome to his favorite Latvian Gambitafter 1.e4 e5 2.»f3 f5. This particularvariation is now known as MestelÕsVariation, formerly referred to asPhilidorÕs Counter Gambit.

4.ºc4 »c6

This move of MorphyÕs is the onlyone to hold the center pawnstogether for Black. The main linecurrently is 4Öexd4 5.»g5 »h6 6.0-0»c6 7.¼e1 f4 8.ºxf4 ½f6 9.½d2 »e510.ºe2 ºe7 11.»f3 »xf3+ 12.ºxf3»f7! which looks good for Black, butwith numerous possible alternativesto stray into, MorphyÕs move is stilltempting.

5.»g5 »h6 6.»xh7 »g4!

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7.»xf8 »xh2!?

7Ö¼xf8 is a fully playable pawnsacrifice, as 8.d5 »e7 9.exf5 ºxf510.»c3 a6 followed by Ö½d7 andÖ0-0-0 is good for Black.

Also interesting is 7Ö½f6 8.»e6 ºxe69.ºxe6 »xd4 10.ºxf5 »xh2 11.¼g1g6 12.c3 »c6 13.ºg4 ¼h4 14.ºe2¼xe4 15.f3 ¼h4 followed by Ö0-0-0but I was intrigued by another

possibility, which in exploring lostthe game.

8.»g6!

In this way White gains an importanttempo.

8Ö¼h7

Awkward, but forced.

9.dxe5 fxe4 10.ºe3 »f3+

Black forces his opponentÕs king onan extended walk.

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15Ö½xg6

Black is short of time. Anotherpossibility is 15Öºe2! 16.½g1 (if16.ºxe2 »xe2+ 17.¾b3 »d4+18.¾c3 ½xg6 19.¼xh7 ½xh720.¾xd4 ½f5 with an attack)16Ö½xg6 17.¾xd4 ºxc4 18.¾xc4½e6+ 19.¾b4 c5+ with interestingcomplications.

16.¼xh7 ½xh7 17.¾xd4 ½f5?

BlackÕs last chance is the transfer ofhis queen to the queenside via17Ödxe5+ 18.¾c3 0-0-0 19.»d2 ½h6!The rest is a time scramble.

18.¾c3 ½xe5+ 19.¾b3 d520.ºe2 ºe6 21.a4 0-0-0 22.¾a2d4+ 23.ºc4 d3 24.cxd3 exd325.»d2 ºxc4+ 26.»xc4 ½d527.b3 a6 28.¼d1 b5 29.»b2 d230.½e2 c5 Ø.

Notes by

Dave Ross

Gardner, RobertRoss, Dave

Brantford CA ch (4), 1999Irregular A02

This tournament provided a rareopportunity to compete for the IMtitle. Reaching the required 6/9would be difficult, but perhaps notimpossible. I took the month of


August to prepare physically byrunning every morning, and in factlost 10 lbs. and felt very well beforethe tournament started. I would liketo thank Ole Hellston for loaning mehis cottage by Grand Beach north ofWinnipeg. It proved to be the perfectplace to get my mind and body onthe same page. I would also like tothank Howard Streit, who was kindenough to share his cottage with meand helped get my diet started onthe right track.

By now many of you will know thatI finished undefeated with +3 =6 Ð0to earn the IM title. What isnÕtgenerally known is that I woke upduring the night after round threewith a very high fever and an awfulheadache. I hoped that I would feelbetter in the morning, but in fact Iwas much worse, and played theremaining tournament with whatturned out to be bronchitis. It was astruggle just to get out of bed.

1.f4 b5 2.e4 ºb7 3.d3 e6 4.»f3 c55.g3 »e7 6.ºe3 ½c7 7.ºg2 d68.0-0 g6 9.»bd2 ºg7 10.c3 »d711.h3 a5 12.g4 b4 13.¼c1 bxc314.bxc3 ºa6 15.»e1 ¼b8 16.f5gxf5 17.exf5 exf5 18.gxf5 ¼g819.»e4 »f6 20.¼f2 »xe421.dxe4 ºe5 22.ºf4 ºxf423.¼xf4 ¼b2 24.¼c2 ¼xc225.½xc2 »c6 26.¼h4 ¼g7 27.f6¼g6 28.½f2 h6 29.½f4 »e530.¼xh6 ¼xh6 31.½xh6 ½b632.½d2 ½d8 33.½f4 »d734.½xd6 ½xf6 35.½xf6 »xf636.¾f2 ºc4 37.a3 »d7 38.¾e3¾e7 39.»d3 ¾d6 40.h4 ºxd341.¾xd3 »e5+

To go nine rounds without a lossrequires a little luck Ð unless yourname is Alexandre Lesiege Ð and Ireally have nothing to complainabout in this tournament. Take alook at this position.

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Black has reached a dismal endingafter hanging a pawn in a perfectly

decent position in his earlier timetrouble. Some patience is requiredby White, but he should be able toconvert his advantage. After thegame Robert and I analyzed thecorrect path.

42.¾e3?

Although a bit long, the variation42.¾c2! »c4 43.¾b3 »b6 44.h5 ¾e545.ºf3 ¾f6 46.ºe2 ¾g5 47.¾c2 »d748.¾d3 »e5+ 49.¾e3 f6 50.c4 »f751.e5! »xe5 52.¾e4 »d7 53.¾d5illustrates well WhiteÕs need totemporarily pacify his opponentÕsknight to win. Robert decided tokeep his king active, but amazinglyleaves Black with a narrow path tosave the draw.

42Ö»c4+ 43.¾f4 »xa3 44.e5+¾e7 45.h5 »b5 46.h6 ¾f847.ºd5 »xc3 48.ºc4 ¾g8!49.¾g4 a4 50.ºxf7+

This is the point of WhiteÕs previousplay, but Black is saved by the factthat the rook pawn is on the wrongcolor. Black only has to sacrifice hisknight for the e/¹ to draw.

50Ö¾h7

But not 50Ö¾xf7?? 51.e6+ ¾g6 52.e7¾f7 53.h7«.

51.¾h5 a3 52.ºc4 a2 53.ºxa2»xa2 54.e6 »c3

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Around here Robert realized thatBlackÕs magic knight gets back intime, but unfortunately for him hemissed his last chance to draw intime trouble.

55.e7

After 55.¾g4! »d5 56.¾f5 WhiteÕsking gets back in time to catch theadvancing c/¹.

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Notes by

Robert Gardner

Allan, DenisGardner, Robert

Brantford CA ch (5), 1999Sicilian B50

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.c3 »f6 4.h3»c6 5.ºd3 h6 6.ºc2 g5

Denis seemed to be involved inmostly positional struggles in hisprevious games, and I was hopingthat some sort of caveman approachmight unnerve him. Lawrence Dayinformed me after the game thatDenis has been known to play like acaveman on occasion himself!

I reasoned that Black may be able toget away with the text becauseWhite has played some slow moves,and an outright refutation wouldnÕtbe easy to find.

7.d4 cxd4 8.»xd4

White centralizes his knight andavoids provoking the advance 8Ög4.Against the alternative 8.cxd4 Iprobably would have tried 8Ög4continuing possibly with 9.hxg4ºxg4 10.»c3 with a complexposition in which White seemssomewhat better to me. Interestingas well is M-Chess ProÕs suggestion8Öd5 to fight for part of the center.Now 9.e5 »e4 is fine for Black, since10.ºxe4? dxe4 blunders a centralpawn.

8Öe5

Once again I reasoned that I couldmake an aggressive pawn move dueto WhiteÕs slow play. The downsideis that WhiteÕs knight is pushedtowards a good square on g3.

9.»e2 ºe6 10.»g3 d5

Black rids himself of the backwardpawn and fights for the center.

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11Ö½b6?!

Overlooks WhiteÕs reply. Tworeasonable alternatives are:

A) 11Öd4 could lead to theinteresting 12.0-0 ½c7 when Blackkeeps an eye on e5 after 13.½f3 ºg714.»f5 ºxf5 15.½xf5 0-0.

B) The natural reply to 11Ö»xe4 is12.»dxe4 dxe4. Now

B1) 13.½xd8+ ¼xd8 14.ºxe4removes much of the tension fromthe position, though after the natural14Öºc5 White can still hassle Blackwith 15.h4 since 15Ö¼g8?! 16.hxg5hxg5 17.ºh7 ¼h8 18.»e4 is betterfor White.

[Here the ending after 18Öºe719.ºxg5 ºf5 20.»f6+ ºxf6 21.ºxf6¼xh7 22.¼xh7 ºxh7 23.ºxd3 ¾xd8looks better for Black! Ed.]

B2) If White is feeling aggressive, hecan try 13.½e2 to provoke Black intoa sacrifice with 13Öf5 (13Öºe714.ºxe4 ½d7 15.0-0 0-0-0 intending16Öf5 is another fightingcontinuation) 14.»xf5 ºxf5 15.½h5+¾d7 16.½f7+ »e7 17.ºxg5 hxg518.0-0-0+.

12.½f3

After some thought Black reluctantlydecides to liquidate the center tofacilitate queenside castling.

12Ö»xe4 13.»dxe4 dxe414.ºxe4 0-0-0 15.0-0

Only now, after carrying out my planto castle queenside, did I realize thatWhiteÕs control of the kingside lightsquares makes it difficult for me toadvance my queenside pawns. I hadnot yet envisaged the attack on f2.Waiting for the right opportunity toadvance my pawns with 15Ö¼g8may have been better.

15Öºe7 16.»f5 ºxf5 17.½xf5+¾b8

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18.½xf7

White has reasonable options here,and Denis later told me that he madehis choice at this moment byimagining the regret he would feel ifhe tried something else which didnÕtwork.

18Ö¼hf8 19.½c4?

Correct here is 19.½b3 when19Ö¼xf2? fails to 20.¼xf2 ºc521.½xb6.

After the game, Denis said that helost his sense of danger at this point,and that he believed that when hewas younger, he would never haveoverlooked a threat to an importantpawn such as the ¹/f2.

While both these points may be true,I believe that a likely psychologicalfactor in WhiteÕs error was that thestrategic nature of BlackÕs last fewmoves shrouded the possibility of ashort term tactic. If Black had made amysterious or antipositional move,White would presumably have beenmore alert to tactical threats by hisopponent, though I suppose the lineopening could have served asWhiteÕs cue.

19Ö¼xf2 20.¼xf2 ºc5

Here Black ruled out 20Ö¼d1+because I could not find a goodcontinuation after 21.½f1 ¼xf1+22.¾xf1. Denis hoped for 20Ö¼d1+21.¾h2 ½xf2 22.ºe3 which I had notconsidered, but which looks goodfor White.

21.¾h2

This seems to be the wrong squarefor WhiteÕs king, since Black caneventually play Öºg1 with a tempo-gaining check to pursue a desirablequeen trade. Better is 21.½e2 ºxf2+

22.¾h1 (22.¾h2 transposes to thegame, while 22.½xf2?? fails to22Ö¼d1+ when White can probablycomplete his development).

21Öºxf2 22.½e2 ºc5

Better seems 22Öºg1+ since 23.¾h1½f2 leaves White with no acceptableway to avoid the queen trade, and23.¾g3 exposes WhiteÕs king andperhaps encourages 23Ö¼f8.

23.b4

Once again I suggest 23.¾h1.

23Öºg1+

Frightened by the advancing pawns,I finally decided to aim for the queentrade.

24.¾h1

Perhaps 24.¾g3!?

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25.ºf3

25.½g4 is another interestingsuggestion made by M-Chess Pro,giving 25Öh5 26.½xg5 ½e1 27.ºb2(made possible by the absence ofthe ¹/b2) 27Ö½xe4 28.¼xg1 ½e229.ºc1 and preferring White.

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After the game, Denis felt that thisadvance weakens his pawnstructure, while driving the knight toa good square.

27Ö»e7 28.g4

A natural move to open up a routefor WhiteÕs king, but it makes f4 aninviting square for BlackÕs knight.

28Ö»d5 29.¾g2 ºh4 30.ºd2 e431.¼d1

White hopes to find a draw in theopposite colored bishop ending after31Ö»f4+ 32.ºxf4+ gxf4 33.¼xd8+ºxd8.

31Öe3 32.ºe1

With only six minutes to make timecontrol at move forty, 32.ºc1 wouldhave been more testing for Black. Inreply 32Ö¼f8 seems strong, since33.¼f1 (on 33.¼xd5 ¼f2+ the e/¹decides the game) 33Ö»f4+ 34.¾f3(else 34Ö¼e8) 34Ö»d3+ 35.¾xe3¼xf1 gives Black a materialadvantage, though some workremains to be done.

32Ö»f4+ 33.¾f3

This move loses material. However,33.¾f1 ¼xd1 34.ºxd1 ºxe1 35.¾xe1leaves White very passive. ItÕs hardto believe that WhiteÕs weaknessescan be covered successfully afterBlack centralizes his king.

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Notes by

Dave Ross

Zugic, IgorRoss, Dave

Brantford CA ch (8), 1999King�s Indian: Fianchetto E69

1.d4 d6

I felt that my best chance to beat Igorwas in the endgame after 2.c4 e53.dxe5 dxe5 4.½xd8+ ¾xd8 whichreally gives White nothing.

2.»f3

Oh well, on to plan B.

2Ö»f6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 ºg7 5.ºg2 0-0 6.»c3 »bd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 c69.h3 ½b6

I have studied this positionextensively from WhiteÕs perspective,and it felt good to take the other sidefor a change!

10.c5!?

The sharpest continuation, and mychoice too. The best known game inthis line is a fighting draw betweenShirovÐKasparov, Linares 1993. Sincethen the line has seen severalimprovements, but as we shall see Ihad something different in mind.

10Ödxc5 11.dxe5 »e8 12.e6

White has other tries here too,including 12.½c2 and 12.ºg5.

12Öfxe6 13.»g5 »e5 14.f4 »f715.»xf7 ºd4+

It is a good idea to throw in thischeck, as after the immediaterecapture on f7 BlackÕs º/g7 lookspretty sad after White plays 16.e5.

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17Öºxc3

Not the best move. Kasparov played17Ö»c7 here, but there is a verygood reason why I didnÕt play it! Thelast time I had this position was onthe White side against Igor Ivanovwho calmly chopped the knight.

18Ö½c7 19.h4

Much sharper than 19.½a4 b620.ºe3! ºb7 21.¼ad1 »g7 22.g4¼af8 23.½e4 c4 24.½xc4 c5 25.ºxb7½xb7 26.a4! ¼d7 27.¼xd7 ½xd728.¼f2? (time trouble, but 28.a5 givesWhite some advantage) 28Ö½c629.¼g2 ¼d8 30.¼d2 ¼xd2 31.ºxd2½f3 32.ºe1 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5 0-1from the game RossÐIvanov, Quebecop (7) 1994, but in my opinion notstronger. I just donÕt believe BlackÕsposition is so weak that a directattack is likely to succeed.

19Ö»g7 20.g4 b6 21.½c2 ºb7

Perhaps 21Öºa6!?

22.ºe4 c4

Igor was of the opinion that Whiteshould place a pawn on c4 beforeBlack does, in order to limit thescope of his opponentÕs lightsquared bishop. The danger is that

the bishop just switches to the a6-f1diagonal to put pressure on c4.

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25.g5!?

At first I thought that closing lines toBlackÕs king like this was a verydubious decision, but in retrospect itmay well be necessary to close linesto WhiteÕs king! I was hoping for25.½g6? (intending 26.½h6) but then25Ö½e7! is very strong as 26 ¾g3 isanswered by 26Ö»f5+! Instead25.gxh5 »xh5 26.ºg6 c5! is alsogood for Black.

25Öc5 26.ºg6 ¼d7³ 27.ºe3

Perhaps 27.½e2!?

27Ö¼ad8 28.¼ad1 ½c6 29.¼xd7¼xd7 30.½e2 ¾g8 31.ºc1 ½d5?

Here Black fails to spot the correctidea. I spent a long time calculating31Ö¼d3!? Black has fully adequatecompensation for the exchange, butit struck me as nothing special after32.ºxd3 cxd3 33.½f2 »f5 34.¼g1¾g7 35.a3 ¾g6.

I think the right idea is 31Öb5 to startmobilizing BlackÕs queenside pawns,and my worries about giving his º/c1 something to do are nonsense.

32.ºc2 ½c6 33.f5?

BlackÕs last two moves indicate thathe has no idea how to handle theposition. With time running out itwould have been better to sit tightwith 31.ºe3 when BlackÕs advantageis containable. After the text White isin big trouble.

33Ö»xf5 34.ºxf5 exf5 35.½xc4+½d5

35Ö¾h8 is good too.

36.½xd5+ ºxd5

Or 36Ö¼xd5!?

37.¼xf5 ¼f7?

Time trouble ghosts helped Blackreject 37Öºxa2! with excellentwinning chances.


38.¼f6 ¼xf6 39.exf6 ºxa2 40.g6ºf7

Played with under a minuteremaining on my clock. I felt thatthere is a way for White to draw, butit isnÕt easy to find.

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After the game FM Marat Khassanovanalyzed this position for three hoursuntil he found a draw! UnfortunatelyI canÕt remember his analysis.

42.c4??

Maybe 42.ºg5 a5 43.c4 a4 44.¾g3 a345.ºc1 ¾xf6 46.ºxa3 ¾e5 47.ºb2+¾e4 48.ºf6 is the drawing line Maratshowed me later on.

42Ö¾xf6 43.ºf4 a6 44.¾g3 ¾e645.¾f3 b5 46.cxb5 axb5 47.ºg5¾d5 48.¾e3 b4 49.ºe7 b350.¾d3 c4+ 51.¾c3 ¾e6 52.ºh4¾f5 53.ºg3 ¾e4

Another nice win is 53Ö¾g4 54.ºe5h4 55.¾xc4 ¾f5!

54.ºh4 ¾f4 55.ºf6 ¾f5

A fortunate turn of events! I like theidea of winning with a variation thatearlier cost me a big game, i.e.RossÐIvanov, Quebec op (7) 1994.Ironically, I had an IM norm going atthe time of my loss to Igor!

There has been considerablediscussion about the new CanadianChampionship format, and I wouldlike to state my opinion for therecord. I like the new format, and Ibelieve that it should be open to allplayers over 2200, since that is whatthe CFC defines as a Master. 2250seems a little arbitrary to me. Someobservers have written that they feelit is too easy to get the IM title in thisway, but I think the problem is notwith the format, but with the way itwas implemented this year.

There is no way that existing IMs orGMs should have to pay anything toplay in this tournament, that issimply outrageous. There are also

many who feel that the IM titleshouldnÕt be attainable in a singleevent, but since this is a FIDEregulation it is not fair to dump onthe CFC for this. This format can besuccessful, but it will certainly takesome improvements before the nextzonal takes place.

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Notes by

Marat Khassanov

Khassanov, MaratGentes, Kevin

Brantford CA ch (9), 1999Sicilian: Najdorf B80

1.e4

I studied chess methodically, andwith the help of good coaches, onlyuntil the age of nineteen. Then, Iplayed mostly 1.d4. My return tochess in Canada after a long breakbrought with it a desire to playdifferent openings, but my limitedtheoretical knowledge ofcomplicated systems like the Sicilianwould often result in handicappingmy tournament performances. Onthe other hand, I did play manyinteresting games!

1Öc5 2.»f3

Previously, I would play the veryrare 2.c4, often successfully, to slipout of the clutches of an eruditeopponent! A recent example is 2.c4»c6 3.»c3 g6 4.g3 ºg7 5.ºg2 d66.»ge2 h5 7.d3 h4 8.0-0 hg3 9.hg3»f6 10.ºg5 ¼h5 11.½d2 »e5 12.»d5»d5 13.cd5 ½b6 14.ºf4 ºd715.¼ab1 a5 16.¼fc1 ºg4 17.½e3 ¾d718.f3 ºh3 19.g4 ¼h4 20.ºg3 ¼h721.ºh3 ¼h322.¾g2 ¼ah8 23.b4 ab424.d4 ½a6 25.de5 ºe5 26.f4 ºg727.e5 ½a2 28.½d3 g5 29.¼b4 ¼g330.¾g3 gf4 31.¾g2 ºe5 32.¼b7 ¾c833.¼cb1 f3 34.½f3 ½a8 35.½b3 ¼h236.¾g1 Ø, from the gameKhassanovÐMiezis, Quebec op 1999.

2Öd6 3.d4 cxd4 4.»xd4 »f65.»c3 a6 6.ºe3

However with time, I graduallystarted to play modern theoreticalschemes.

6Öe6

As for me, I prefer the continuation6Ö»g4 7.ºg5 h6 8. ºh4 g5 9.ºg3ºg7 10.ºe2 h5 which gavecounterchances for Black in the

game ShirovÐKasparov, Sarajevo1999.

7.f3 b5

Black can steer the game intoanother variation with 7Öºe7 8.½d20-0 9.0-0-0 »c6 10.g4 »d7 11.h4»xd4 12.ºxd4 b5 13.g5 b4 14.»e2½a5 15.¾b1 as played in XieJunÐGalliamova, m (14) 1999. One ofthe main attractions of this entiresystem for White is that his plan ofattack can be applied in manydifferent branches of the SicilianDefense.

8.½d2 ºb7 9.0-0-0 »bd7 10.g4

AdamsÐFtacnik, Biel 1993, saw10.¾b1 d5 11.exd5 »xd5 12.»xd5ºxd5 13.»e2 ºe7 14.»f4 »f615.½e1 ½c7 16.»xd5 »xd5 17.ºd2¼c8 18.ºd3 0-0 19.½e4 g6 20.h4.

10Öh6 11.h4 b4 12.»a4

The question of where to optimallymove the knight remains urgenteven in present times. Here 12.»ce2d5 13.ºh3 dxe4 14.g5 exf3 threatensto capture »/e2; and 12.»b1 d513.ºh3 g5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.exd5»xd5 16.ºxg5 ½a5 17.ºg2 ¼xh118.¼xh1 ½xa2 19.¼h8 was tested inLekoÐTopalov, Linares 1999.

12Öd5

A good, if standard, Sicilian move.Black did not improve his defensewith 12Öºe7 13.¾b1 d5 14.ºh3 ½a515.b3 dxe4 16.g5 hxg5 17.hxg5 »d518.g6 0-0-0 19.gxf7 »c3+ 20.»xc3bxc3 21.½e2 »c5 22.fxe4 inKorneevÐHerrera, Malaga 1999.

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14Ödxe4N

Previously the continuation 14Ö»c515.g5 »xa4 16.bxa4 »d7 (16Ö½xa417.gxf6 ½xa2 18.»b3 gxf6 19.ºd4)17.g6 e5 18.gxf7+ ¾xf7 19.exd5 exd420.ºxd4 ºd6 21.¼hg1 was tried inNedevÐPalac, Erevan 1996.


I was also aware of 16Öhxg5 17.hxg5¼xh3 18.¼xh3 »d7 19.g6 ½xa420.gxf7+ ¾xf7 21.¾b1 e5 22.»b3¼c8 23.¼h5 d4 24.¼f5+ ¾e8 25.½h2!from TiviakovÐRashkovsky, Linares1999, and although I was present atthe post-mortem of this game, I donÕtremember if anyone found a way toequalize the position for Black.

15.g5 hxg5

Statistically speaking this variationdoes poorly for Black, but it remainsan attractive choice for aggressiveplayers. After all, modern chessopenings are not for weaklings!

16.hxg5 ¼xh3

Black gives away the exchange tofinish his development, and hopesfor compensation. The alternative16Ö»d5 17.»xe6 fxe6 18.fxe4 justleads to a promising attackingposition for White.

17.¼xh3 »d5

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18.g6

After 40 minutes in the tank I stillcouldnÕt bring myself to play18.»xe6 fxe6 19.fxe4 »5f6 20.gxf6»xf6 with a White attack in a verysharp and unclear position.

18Ö»c5

If 18Öe5 19.gxf7+ ¾xf7 20.»f5.

19.fxe4 »xe4

The options are 19Ö»xe3 20.½xe3»xa4 (20Ö»xe4 21.gxf7+ ¾xf722.¼f1+ ¾e7 23.¼hf3) 21.gxf7+ ¾xf722.½f4+ ¾e7 23.¼f3; or 19Ö»xa420.gxf7+ ¾xf7 21.exd5 »c3 22.¼f1+¾e8 (22Ö¾g8 23.½d3) 23.a4 ºxd5(23Ö»xd5 24.»xe6) 24.¼h8.

20.gxf7+ ¾xf7 21.¼f1+ »df622.½e2

Black has a pawn and the bishoppair for the exchange, which is verydangerous when playing on bothflanks. One or two errors will costWhite the game.

22Ö¼d8 23.»f3

With the idea 24.ºb6.

23Ö¼d5 24.ºd4

The turning point of the game, asBlack immediately misses a decisivetactical blow.

24Öºc6?

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After the more stubborn 24Öºd6(planning 25Ö»g3) 25.½e3 and now

A) 25Öºc6 26.¼e1 ºxa4 (or 26Öºd727.ºb6 ½b5 28.»d4; or 26Öe527.ºb6 ½b5 28.¼h8) 27.ºxf6; or

B) 25Öe5 26.ºb6 ½b5 27.¼g1 withthe idea 28.»g5+ White has anapparent advantage.

25.½xe4! »xe4

If 25Öºxa4 26.ºxf6 gxf6 27.bxa4.

26.»e5+

Now BlackÕs king succombs to adirect assault by WhiteÕs heavypieces!

26Ö¾e8 27.¼xf8+ ¾xf8 28.¼h8+¾e7 29.»xc6+ ¾d7 30.»xa5¼xd4

A slow but inevitable death waits forBlack in the endgame after 30Ö¼xa531.ºxg7 ¼g5 32.ºd4.

31.¼h4

Threatening 32.¼xe4.

31Ö¾d6 32.c3 bxc3 33.»xc3¾e5 34.»c6+

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The final stroke in the concert ofWhiteÕs knights!

Some words about the pairings are inorder. The tournament entry list wasannounced in advance, so everyplayer, aware of international pairingrules, could prepare for his firstround opponent. By these rules Iwas supposed to play RobertGardner (2337), but to my greatsurprise my first round adversarywas Stephen Glinert (2336). Thearbiter explained that the correctpairings were not possible becausehis computer program was too old,and that if we round off ratings of2337 and 2336 to 2335, we will all beequals. Following this logic, if myown grandmother had wings shecould fly!

In Swiss system tournaments, thepairings are the most importantthing, and even the final standingscan be affected by these errors.Although I do not have any doubtthat Alexandre Lesiege would winthis tournament anyway Ñ he wastwice as strong as the rest Ñ I simplywant to understand why none of theCFC tournaments I have played infollow internationally establishedrules and regulations? The decisionof a computer should not override orcompromise the integrity oftournament and pairing rules.

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NunnÕs Chess Openings - NCO

by John Nunn et al.

Pages: 544


This is the chess-playerÕs newbible. This single volume coversall chess openings in detail andwill enable every chessplayer,right up to Grandmaster standard,to play the opening withconfidence. The ultimate survivalguide to the chess openingsÖ


Across Canada

BC

British Columbia

Prince Rupert FallJohn Niksic took first place with aperfect 7/7, followed by NicholasTaylor in second at 6/7. Bob Mairfinished third with 5/6.

Rep: Marc Bosse

Victoria Labour Day OpenMasters Jim Ferguson, HarryMoore, and Dan Scoones lived upto advanced billing and finished in athree way tie for first in the VictoriaLabour Day Open, scoring 5/6 tosplit $500 for their efforts. Moore hadto defeat Ferguson in the last roundto produce the tie, while earlierScoones and Moore drew theirindividual game. Jim Fergusonqualifies on tiebreaks for next yearÕsBC Championship.

George Kostadinov finished alone infourth place with 4.5/6. George hadrecently returned from a summer inhis native Bulgaria, where hefinished 40th in a very strong opentournament of 160 players, drawingwith several IMs along the way.

The group on 4/6 included U2000winner Manfrei Aquino and U1600winner Dan Morrison. Dan is oneof several talented new players whoare developing quickly in Victoria.

Mike Becherer, Rick Martinson,and Aurang Atrachi shared theU1800 prize with 3/6, while theUnrated prize went to Eset Leku, aKosovar Albanian refugee who hasrecently moved to Victoria. AlthoughMr. Leku speaks little English, hemanaged to assure me that Òchesshere is very goodÓ!

There is no doubt that the Internethas made the chess world smaller.During our tournament considerableinterest was paid to the CanadianChampionships in Brantford, where

local representatives Jonathan Berryand Jack Yoos were competing, aswell as the Quebec Open, whereVictoria native Jeff Reeve was puttingon a strong performance.

Notes by

Harry Moore

Moore, HarryFerguson, Jim

Victoria Labour Day (2), 1999Queen Pawn A48

1.d4 »f6 2.»f3 g6 3.c3 ºg74.ºg5 0-0 5.»bd2 d6 6.e4

Now White achieves a positionclosely resembling a line of the PircDefense, with the difference thathere his queenÕs bishop isdeveloped. This produces uniquetactical and positional nuances.

6Ö½e8

An interesting move which hasadvantages and drawbacks. Moreorthodox is 6Öc5 or 6Ö»c6.

7.ºc4

One of the problems posed byBlackÕs last move is that itÕs unclearwhere this bishop should go.Positionally solid is 7.ºe2 but Ineeded to win this game.

7Öe5 8.0-0 »c6

Of course the pawn is immune, for if8Öexd4 9.cxd4 »xe4 10.¼e1 ºf511.ºd5 wins for White.

9.¼e1 h6 10.ºh4 »h5 11.»b3ºg4

Forcing White to close the positiondue to pressure on ¹/d4. Possible is11Öexd4 12.»fxd4 with unclear play.

12.d5 »e7 13.»a5

Ideally, White wants to play c4Ðc5 inthis type of position, but here that isclearly impossible. Thus he must tryfor play on the queenside byexploiting the fact that ¹/b7 isunprotected.

13Ö¼b8

If 13Ög5 then 14.ºg3 b6 15.»c6»xc6 16.dxc6 with unclear play.

14.a4 ºf6!

Posing an interesting question forWhite. Should he exchange bishopsor not?

15.ºxf6

Black loses some time hererecapturing, but as a result of theexchange his position is lesscramped. Clearly 15.ºg3 wouldproduce a more complex and murkystruggle.

15Ö»xf6 16.h3

A positional mistake that weakensWhiteÕs ¹/a4. Better is 16.ºb5.

16Öºd7 17.ºf1

White has been thrown on thedefensive, and prepares a plan tocounter BlackÕs natural kingsideexpansion.

17Ö»h5 18.g3 f5 19.exf5 gxf520.ºb5!

With the threat 21.ºxd7 ½xd722.»xe5. The exchange of bishopshelps White somewhat, as BlackÕsbishop is both an excellent attackingand defensive piece.

20Öºxb5 21.axb5 »f6!

This move renders WhiteÕs »/a4 outof play for some time, but ironicallyit will rise again like a phoenix.

22.c4 ½h5 23.»h4 ½g5 24.»b3f4 25.¾g2 fxg3 26.fxg3 ¾h827.½d2 ½g7??

In time trouble Black missed 27Ö¼g828.½g5 hxg5 29.»f3 g4 30.»fd2gxh3+ 31.¾xh3 »f5 with very strongpressure.

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28.»d4!

As vicious as a demented chihuahua!On 28Öexd4 29.¼xe7 wins. Now allof WhiteÕs pieces work in unison todrive home the advantage.


28Ö»h5 29.¼a3 ¼f6 30.»e6 ½g831.¼f3! ½h7!?

Here 31Ö¼xf3 32.½h5 leads to aneasily winning endgame for White.

32.½f2 ¼xf3 33.½xf3 ½c2+34.¼e2 ½xc4 35.¾h2 ½xd5

Against 35Ö.»g7 White wins with36.»xg7 ¾xg7 37.¼f2.

36.»g6+ ¾h7 37.½f7+ Ø.

Rep: Dan Scoones

AB

Alberta

Alberta OpenThirty-eight players witnessedArthur Odachowski dominate thefield and score 5/6 to take clear first.Five players tied for second,including Sasha Grumic, YuriVasylev, Roy Yearwood, DavidOttosen, and Art Milne. Class prizeswere won by a great many people,as is customary in a Ford Wongproduction!

The new ACA Board was elected aswell; with incoming President DavidOttosen, Vice President Rod Weis,Treasurer John Quiring, SecretaryDon Macfarlane, Past PresidentWalter Watson; and Directors FordWong, Peter Alderton, Tom McKay,Nicolas Haynes, Robert Davies, BillTaylor, Adrien Regimbald, and RoyYearwood.

Rep: David Ottosen

Calgary Words Anything <1900A round of golf was the suggested tiebreak method at this event, afterCarolyn McMaster tied with SteveHansen for top spot amidst a busyarray of players. Steve Sauve finishedin second in spite of withdrawingearly, while Bert Valerso and RichardHudson shared third at 3/4.

Carolyn obviously had a plan, and itwas womankind that triumphed onthe golf course to take the trophy!

TD: Tedge Davies

Calgary October Words ActiveSteve Hansen was once againpresented with an opportunty to tiefor first place with JonathonBjornson, which he accomplishedwith a few fancy pawn moves in theendgame. Following on the heels ofCarolyn McMasterÕs success on thegolf course, Jonathon suggested anarm wrestling match to break the tie,an offer which Steve politelydeclined! Instead a speed chessmatch convened to determine awinner, which finally foundJonathon on top after several moregames were initially drawn. BertValerso fell to some fast moves bySteve Campbell, but still capturedsecond place. Colin Chrumka heldon to third place, followed by newarrival Ke Sun in fourth.

TD: Tedge Davies

Medicine Hat OpenTwelve players locked chess hornsin friendly competition at the 5thannual Medicine Hat Open, whichfound the local competitorsoutnumbered 9 to 3 by theiradversaries from Edmonton andCalgary. Chris Kuczaj, a two timechampion, was unable to come dueto other commitments at the lastmoment, but we hope to see himagain next year. This left the dooropen for David Ottosen, who wentundefeated to score 4.5/5. However,he cannot claim a blemish freetournament; as he miracuouslyswindled a win out of JurajPivovarov, who missed severalforced wins and checkmates alongthe way. Dave Gomboc finished asolid second at 3.5/5, alsoundefeated. Third place at 3/5 wasshared by Micah Hughey, Bill Taylor,and Juraj Pivovarov. Young IanTaylor brought up the rear in his firsttournament with a single draw, butstill found it an enjoyable andvaluable experience.

The continuing presence of ÒBigJohnÓ Quiring is an ongoinginspiration to us all, as he is the onlyout-of-towner who has attended allof our tournaments thus far. FordWong lost that distintion this year, asother business has kept him inEdmonton. Free snacks and aninexpensive but much appreciatedlunch was provided with the help ofa number of local sponsors.

TD/Rep: Bill Taylor

Alberta Over 1800

Notes by

Art Milne

Grumic, SashaMilne, Art

Alberta Over 1800, 1999French: Advance C02

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 »e75.a3

White now threatens to obtain aspatial advantage on both sides ofthe board with 6.b4.

5Öc4 6.»d2 h5

Black secures a strong centraloutpost for the knight on f5, in acase where the usual maneuverºd3xf5 is unavailable to White.

7.»gf3 »f5 8.b3

Classical theory stresses theimportance of attacking the base ofthe enemy pawn chain, but hereWhite has no alternative but to attackthe spearhead if he wants to increasethe activity of his pieces.

8Öcxb4 9.c4 dxc4

Exposing an attack on ¹/d4.

10.ºb2

After the game, Sasha expressed theopinion that 10.»xc4 was better forWhite, though in my opinion after10Ö»c6 chances are roughly level.

10Öb5 11.a4

White relied on this move to bust upBlackÕs queenside pawns.

11Öºb4!

With the obvious threat of 12Öc3.

12.½c1

Forced, as 12.¼c1 is met by 12Öa6and White will never recover hispawns.

12Ö½c7!

Black renews his threat to play Öc3.

13.ºc3 ºxc3 14.½xc3 b2!

Black takes further advantage ofWhiteÕs uncoordinated pieces byputting the question to ¼/a1.

15.¼b1 bxa4

Although momentarily weak, thispawn provides Black with a trump inthe endgame.

16.ºxc4 0-0 17.0-0 ºb7

A magnificent diagonal for BlackÕsproblem bishop.


18.¼xb2 »d7 19.¼c1 ¼fc8

Undoubtedly the right idea, asnothing is happening on the f-file.

20.¼bc2 »b6

Now ¹/a4 counts for something.

21.½d3 ½d8 22.ºa2 ¼xc223.¼xc2 ¼c8 24.ºb1 ¼xc225.ºxc2 ½d5!

Centralization!

26.h3

White hopes to activate his batteryalong the b1-h7 diagonal by 27.g4.

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White cannot afford to part with hisqueen, else ¹/a4 becomes too strongfor his minor pieces to handle.

28.½d1 a3 29.ºb3 ½b4 30.»eg5ºd5!

Black secures the advance of hispawn to square-a2, and incidentallystops tactical shots against e6.

31.ºc2 a2 32.»xh4 ½xd4!33.½h5 a1½+ Ù.

Calgary CC Fall Class TournamentThe Fall Class Tournament consistedof three six-player round robinsections and a swiss section withfourteen players. In the top section,Arthur Odachowski scored a last-round endgame win, while AndrewLapides tied for second at 3/5 withJohn Parrott, who is regrettablyleaving us for Saskatoon. Top-ratedJohn Ferrar won the hard foughtsection 2 after a slow start, followedby Art Milne. Bottom rated KimNguyen leader to survive the finalround, as he clinched top spot insection 3 in front of Kevin Ward andSteve Sauve. Section 4 was shared byTed Borowski and Juraj Pivovarovat 4/5. Newcomer Casey Clark tookthe U1500/UR prize with 3/5.

TD/Rep: Walter Watson

MB

Manitoba

Albert Boxer ClassicWinnipegÕs annual Labour Daytournament, named in honor ofoctogenerian and local chess legendAlbert Boxer, featured determinedplay from long-time stalwarts andsparkling play from some of thecityÕs promising juniors. In the end,top seed Fletcher BaragarÕs 4.5/6score was matched by MahmudHassain and rising young starsJoshua Henson and JustinGushuliak.

HassainÕs result was particularlynotable, as his fine performancecame on the eve of his relocation tosouthern Ontario. Mahmud has beenan active club member andtournament participant and he willbe sorely missed. Wes Penner andJim Hemphill led the largecontingent of ÒBÓ Class players,while John Remillard and RobertPratt won the remaining class prizes.

TD: Waldemar Schulz

Winnipeg August Tuesday NightManitobaÕs U14 ChampionYanchong Xia scored a perfect 4/4to impressively win the WinnipegChess CentreÕs August TNT. KrisGibson was the only other entrant tomanage more than two victories inthis very competitive tournament.

Rep: Waldemar Schulz

Winnipeg August ActiveAugustÕs fifth Tuesday was reservedfor an active tournament whichattracted the largest field of anyTuesday event this year. BarryRasmussen defeated FletcherBaragar in the last round to finish at3.5/4 and claim first place by 1/2point over Baragar, Josh Henson,Samuel Lipnowski and Jason Repa.

Rep: Waldemar Schulz

ON

Ontario

Toronto End of Summer Wednesday SwissIgnac Vucko scored 7/8 to takeclear first place in this Dutton ChessClub event. Sam Haziprodromucaptured clear second at 6.5/8, whileWarren Dutton, David Millar, GuidoBortolotti, Ken Kurkowski and TariqHassan-Gordon all tied for third.

TD/Org/Rep: Mark S. Dutton

Toronto Dutton September OpenGM Kevin Spraggett continued hisdomination at the Toronto DuttonSeptember Open with a 4.5/5 scoreto capture his second consecutivefirst place finish in Toronto in thelast three weeks. Kevin outplayedhis opposition with four straightwins over Michael Stroud, JavierSegovia, Vasik Rajlich, and IM RonLivshits; and then settled for a quietlast round draw with Toronto MasterDavid Filipovich to clinch the topprize. Michael Dougherty ofToronto finished alone in secondplace with 4/5, while Gordon Morrellof Kitchener and junior Igor Divljanof Toronto shared the U2300 prize.

The U2100 Section was shared bySam Haziprodromu and juniorBojana Mitrovic, while the U1900Section was captured by TonyVerma, formerly of New Brunswick.The U1700 Section was won byVladimir Rubanovski, a recentarrival from the Ukraine, whilejuniors Christopher Cai and AndrewJames Smith tied with Merlin Ataydeto split second place in this section.


St.Catharines CC Active ChampionshipThe Active Championship wentdown to a tight finish, but ultimatelyfound Rob Savoia on top with afantastic 12.5/15 final tally. Half apoint behind was Keith Wight, and afurther half point back DavidSliwinski, who had won the previousActive tourney.

TD/Org/Rep: Keith Wight


Toronto Dutton Saturday Active #3Dusan Miletic, formerly fromYugoslavia, scored an undefeated5.5/6 to win this Active event, whileNico Michaelis from Germany andToronto junior Viktor Zamboshared second place at 4.5/6.

The U2000 Section saw Milan Zagarand Richard Ruiz on top with 4/6,while Tariq Hassan-Gordon,Robert Armstrong and KenKurkowski shared top spot in theU1800 Section. The U1600 Sectionresulted in a tie between RonVenning and Ted Termeer; and theU1400 Section also finished in a tie,this time between Greg Amann andjuniors Vineet Joag and Kevin Teh.


Scarborough CC Thursday Autumn SwissThe first Thursday event of the1999Ð2000 season, which marks the40th year of operations for the SCC,was attended by 36 players. Theclear winner at 4.5/5 was JoachimHentschel, who surrendered but adraw in the last round to JimPaterson, who finished in a tie forsecond at 4/5 with Tom Bozinoski,Andre Rolavs, and new memberNico Michaelis. The intermediatesection of the event was won by LuiMorra and John Friendly; whilethe novice section was captured byRobert Armstrong.

TD/Org/Rep: Bryan Lamb

Kitchener Fall ActiveRadisav Corkorilo won the OpenSection; and Brian Clarke took ashare of the U1600 Section togetherwith Ian Gayman and MatanPrilleltensky. Brian Clarke and hisExecutive have arranged for largeraccommodations for the KW ChessClub in the new year, and we will bemoving to KitchenerÕs city hall.

Org: KWCC; TD/Rep: Ed Thompson

Halloween Blitz MarathonThe Dutton Chess Club played hostto a Halloween Blitz Marathon whichsaw a total of 28 rounds of Blitzchess take place on Saturdayafternoon over two separate events.Several players actually endured theentire schedule! When the seriousclock pounding had ended,Florante Alcaide of Pickeringemerged in clear first place in thefirst event, while our newest member

Zivomir Masic finished in secondplace in both events. The top scorewas recorded by York Universityprofessor Ian Martin, who lost onlyonce while running up a 12.5/14score!


Saturday Fall SwissUniversity of Waterloo student HughSiddeley, currently on a fallsabbatical, dominated the firstSaturday afternoon tournament at theDutton Chess Club by posting aconvincing 4.5/5, a full point up onsecond place finishers GuidoBortolotti and Warren Dutton.


NB

New Brunswick

Fredericton September OpenMichael Guignard won the eventwith a perfect 5/5. Second placewent to Terry Carr at 3.5/5, whileChris Maund and Justin Deveau tiedfor top spot in the U1600 Section.

TD/Org/Rep: Chris Maund

Fredericton Pumpkin Match IIAndrew Sullivan won the PumpkinMatch II with 4.5/5, and secondplace went to Terry Carr. A threeway tie for the U1600 prize involvedYvon Leger, Kyle Johnson andAndrew Lord, each at 2.5/5.

TD/Org/Rep: Chris Maund

PE

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown Maritime OpenAlvah Mayo posted a perfect 6/6sweep at this yearÕs Maritime Open,

in a performance that included fourExpert victims. The key win turnedout to be his second round defeat ofeventual second place finisherJustin Gulati. Tied for third wereRobert Breau and Fred McKim. Classprizes went to George Woodman,Ken Cashin, Phil Bruneau, JohnMacLean, and James Livingstone.

Rep: Fred McKim

NF

Newfoundland

Newfoundland Junior OpenTen kids took part in the event.Ming Liu came out top with 3.5/4,followed by Stephen Barbour insecond with 3/4. Ming also won thebest performance in our JuniorOpen. Edwin Tsui and Raja Panjwanitied for third.

Rep: Alick Tsui

AmateurÕs Mind, The (2nd Ed.)

by Jeremy Silman

Games: 8 Diagrams: 220Pages: 443


The AmateurÕs Mind takes thestudent on a journey through hisown mind and returns him to thechess board with a wealth ofnew-found knowledge and thepromise of a significant gain instrength. Most amateurs possesserroneous thinking processes thatremain with them throughouttheir chess livesÖ


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 26183. Teplitsky, Yan ON 25454. Livshits, Ron ON 25255. Hebert, Jean PQ 25206. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 25137. Linskiy, Oleg PQ 25068. Hergott, Deen ON 24869. O'Donnell, Tom ON 2484

10. Kapetanovic, Armin ON 246911. Schleifer, Michael PQ 245912. Day, Lawrence ON 245913. Yoos, John C. BC 245814. Schulte, Oliver AB 245315. Zugic, Igor ON 244816. Ross, David PQ 243917. Teodoro IV, Eduardo D. ON 243718. Mikanovic, Goran PQ 243419. Cummings, David ON 243420. Duong, Thanh Nha PQ 243321. Pelts, Roman ON 243322. Hartman, Brian ON 242723. Khassanov, Marat PQ 242224. Vukadinov, Milan ON 240625. Milicevic, Goran ON 240226. Hamilton, Robert ON 239727. Basanta, Gary BC 238628. Allan, Denis ON 238629. Johnstone, Glenn ON 237830. Huber, Gregory AB 237831. Spraggett, Grant ON 237832. Levtchouk, George PQ 237333. Filipovich, David ON 237034. Leveille, Francois PQ 236835. Olszewski, Piotr ON 236736. Williams, Paul D. ON 236637. Berry, Jonathan BC 236638. Hua, Lefong PQ 236539. Taylor, Gordon ON 236440. Lipnowski, Irwin MB 236141. Milat, Marcel BC 236042. Charbonneau, Pascal PQ 235543. Ochkoos, Jura ON 235344. Dougherty, Michael ON 235345. McGarrett, Ian ON 235146. Ristovic, Nenad AB 234647. Fuentebella, Mayo BC 234448. Fullbrook, Nigel AB 234449. Gentes, Kevin MB 234250. Reeve, Jeff PQ 233851. Teichmann, Erik NS 233652. Milicevic, Dragoljub BC 233553. Sasata, Robert SK 233054. McArthur, Mike ON 232855. Glinert, Stephen ON 232156. Pacey, Kevin ON 231957. Valdizon, Armando ON 231858. Kiviaho, Robert ON 231859. Jung, Hans ON 231760. Gardner, Robert J. AB 231561. South, Robert AB 231262. Crisan, Ioan ON 231163. Neven, Knut SK 230964. Goldenberg, Danny PQ 230765. Saleh, Maher ON 2306

66. Simic, Dusan ON 230667. Khoudgarian, Natalia ON 230468. Mitrovic, Milan ON 230469. Scoones, Dan BC 230270. Moffat, Andrei ON 230271. Tipu, Vincent ON 2301

Top FIDE1. Lesiege, Alexandre PQ 25532. Spraggett, Kevin ON 25213. Hebert, Jean PQ 24544. Kapetanovic, Armin ON 24495. Teplitsky, Yan ON 24396. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 24217. Marantz, Michael ON 24208. Suttles, Duncan BC 24209. Pelts, Roman ON 2417

10. Yanofsky, Abe MB 241011. Zugic, Igor ON 240612. Hartman, Brian ON 240513. Teodoro IV, Eduardo D. ON 240114. Hergott, Deen ON 239615. Linskiy, Oleg PQ 238516. Alipayo, Rodulfo ON 238017. Khassanov, Marat PQ 236718. MacPhail, John ON 236519. Barbeau, Sylvain PQ 236520. Teichmann, Erik NS 2365

Top Women1. Khoudgarian, Natalia ON 23042. Belc, Daniela ON 22053. Charest, Johanne PQ 21114. Chu, Stefanie ON 20785. Mongeau, Diane PQ 20296. Apostolov, Penka PQ 20227. Rodina, Nataliya ON 20068. Chiroiu, Patricia ON 20029. Vujosevic, Smilja ON 1980

10. Baltgailis, Vesma ON 1979

Top U201. Zugic, Igor 18 ON 24482. Hua, Lefong 17 PQ 23653. Charbonneau, Pascal 16 PQ 23554. Glinert, Stephen 15 ON 23215. Goldenberg, Danny 19 PQ 23076. Lou, Meng 20 ON 22927. Golts, Roman 17 ON 22828. Peredun, Andrew 19 ON 22609. Filion, Charles 20 PQ 2243

10. Voloaca, Mihnea 18 ON 223311. Divljan, Igor 13 ON 2208

Top U181. Zugic, Igor 18 ON 24482. Hua, Lefong 17 PQ 23653. Charbonneau, Pascal 16 PQ 23554. Glinert, Stephen 15 ON 23215. Golts, Roman 17 ON 22826. Voloaca, Mihnea 18 ON 22337. Divljan, Igor 13 ON 22088. Pechisker, Alfred 18 BC 2201

Top U161. Charbonneau, Pascal 16 PQ 23552. Glinert, Stephen 15 ON 23213. Divljan, Igor 13 ON 22084. Hacat, Kevork 16 ON 21895. Reddy, Tyler 15 NS 21686. Henson, Joshua 16 MB 21497. Zambo, Viktor 14 ON 21328. Raheb, David 16 ON 2125

Top U141. Divljan, Igor 13 ON 22082. Zambo, Viktor 14 ON 21323. Lentini, Joseph 14 ON 21014. Gushuliak, Justin 12 MB 20975. Wong, Samuel 14 BC 20896. Wang, Hao Yuan 13 ON 20487. Fortin, Marc 14 PQ 20298. Rodina, Nataliya 14 ON 2006

Top U121. Gushuliak, Justin 12 MB 20972. Buscar, Michael 12 ON 19993. Roussel-Roozmon, T. 11 PQ 19564. Predescu, Sebastian 11 ON 19285. Stevens, Christian 12 ON 19096. Lee, Jason 12 BC 18457. Roncal, Justin 11 ON 18038. Golts, Diana 12 ON 1766

Top U101. Peterson, James 9 BC 16472. Goutor, Valentina 10 BC 15483. Pauric, Allen 10 ON 15464. Davies, Noam 8 BC 15305. Jacobs, Chaim-Akiva 9 ON 14456. Sharp, Nigel 10 AB 13967. Cheng, Alfonso 10 ON 13848. Deveau, Justin 10 NB 1367

Top ActiveRatings

1. Teplitsky, Yan ON 25762. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 25353. Hergott, Deen ON 25314. Day, Lawrence ON 25045. Schleifer, Michael PQ 24956. Livshits, Ron ON 24457. Koliada, Timour ON 24438. Teodoro IV, Eduardo D. ON 24239. Milicevic, Goran ON 2400

10. Ochkoos, Jura ON 236411. McTavish, David ON 236012. Dougherty, Michael ON 235513. Allan, Denis ON 235314. Mitrovic, Milan ON 233715. Tipu, Vincent ON 232116. Zugic, Igor ON 231917. Rositsan, Boris ON 231818. Sasata, Robert SK 231619. Fullbrook, Nigel AB 230620. Huber, Gregory AB 2303


Regular Ratings

AlbertaCFC# Name Rtng High102887 Alderton, Peter 1596 1762103801 Anderson, John 1691 1710123306 Anderson, Ashton 1708 1737102424 Beingessner, Andrew 1698 1772120610 Belleau, David 1881 1929103443 Bentley, Bill 1875 2000105484 Bjornson, Jonathan 1636 1671108641 Bjornsson, Yngvi 2101 2101106248 Boehmer, Kris 2161 2202120375 Borowski, Ted 1678 1678111135 Brazeau, Robert 1778 1816111306 Brodmann, David 1730 1730102719 Buitendyk, Theo 1668 1668111058 Bukowski, George 1647 1647125470 Caouette, Jules 1495 5108292 Chi, Jonathan 1067 1067125598 Chi, Charlie 1186 4102956 Chiba, James 1761 1761112298 Chrumka, Colin 1774 1851120745 Clark, Alan 1953 2026125761 Clark, Casey 1586 5125775 Cole, Mark 1304 5105606 Daniluk, Jim 2098 2193109618 Davies, Robert 1643 1748107487 Day, Jonathan 1843 1843121149 Dean, Tim 1859 1963125911 Dean, Earl 1283 6103550 Demers, Christopher 2266 2285108124 Dewindt, Cor 1582 1813103726 Doo, Alvin 1746 1828104965 Elberhardt, Gary 1664 19121190 Eshleman, Brandon 1289 1328101758 Faust, Steven 1874 1910106228 Ferrar, John 2163 2314104237 Ficko, Brady 1957 2025102103 Flemming, James 2011 2056103643 Fullbrook, Nigel 2344 2373108323 Gardner, Robert J. 2315 2387105159 Gibney, Eugene 2214 2214100353 Gomboc, Dave 1990 2144123396 Gruhlke, Charles 1477 5109051 Grumic, Sasha 2233 2276112476 Haessel, Dale 2237 2310105644 Hansen, Steve 1802 1855122495 Haynes, Nicolas 1735 1735109370 Huang, Jeff 1733 1785109674 Huber, Gregory 2378 2385109502 Hughey, Micah 2064 2133121765 Jeserich, Tobias 1638 1741104063 Jewlal, Derrick 1908 1908121625 Kazakevich, Anastasia 1637 1637122426 Kazakevich, Alexander 1673 1702102969 King, J. G. 1523 1564101953 Kuczaj, Chris 2052 2171125942 Lacroix, Peter 1298 6102095 Lactin, Derek 1691 1720122675 Lapides, Andrew 2261 2326121783 Lapides, Paul 1713 1753125776 Li, Lionel 1264 5103945 Lovi, Aaron 1721 1806107443 Ludwig, David 1687 1700111831 Luyben, Norm 1687 1753110115 Macfarlane, Don 1481 1570111989 Macfie, Bob 1616 1736110787 Macnab, John 1647 1738101022 McKay, Tom 1626 1697120082 McMaster, Carolyn 1565 1592102359 Mendryk, Wayne 1441 1489107996 Miller, Peter 1811 1811102547 Miller, Brian 1771 1854125658 Miller, Ben xxxx 4107744 Mills, Alec 1591 1659

101874 Milne, Arthur 2035 2068123323 Milward, Dave 1720 1720109724 Newton, Geoff 2029 2105111962 Nguyen, Kim 1842 1899125714 Nivins, Trent 1209 4122982 Nystrom, Kurtis 1773 1788108406 Odachowski, Arthur 2284 2304125659 Oettli, Matt xxxx 4120174 Olson, Hans 1998 2082120246 Olson, Erik 1564 1583104728 Ottosen, David 2212 2212103046 Parrott, F. John 2204 2252125788 Pelayo, Ermelo 1423 4109595 Phimester, Alex 1470 1470123257 Pivovarov, Juraj 1585 1619106052 Quiring, John 1926 2078106812 Rajchel, John 1768 1931106711 Regimbald, Adrien 1644 1751110140 Ristovic, Nenad 2346 2365125943 Rock, Dawn 994 6122861 Ryner, Aaron 1572 1572121763 Santbergen, Joseph 1779 19109301 Sarango, Francisco 1198 18111041 Sauve, Steve 1816 1816103012 Singh, Gurbakhshash 1964 1965120858 Smith, Mike 1624 1641102538 South, Robert xxxx 2328124063 Stainer, Joel 1539 17123486 Sterr, Josh 1458 1468101575 Taerum, Verne 1594 1673100070 Taylor, William 2022 2022125865 Taylor, Ian 1304 4111530 Thimm, Harald 2016 23125691 Thompson, Brent 1227 9109397 Tot, Nandor 2202 2210104167 Usselman, Paul 1969 2100123395 Valeroso, Bert 1665 1702110366 Vasylev, Yuri 2204 2278105520 Verlik, Val 1527 1704112618 Ward, Kevin 1742 1817101495 Watson, Walter 2052 2071107355 Weis, Rodney 1933 1935101736 Willis, Bradley J. 2068 2133100276 Wong, Ford 1894 2040102410 Yamach, Ahmet xxxx 1900102743 Yearwood, Roy 2209 2286

British ColumbiaCFC# Name Rtng High109863 Aartsen, Keith 1406 1419122210 Alipour, Iraj 1646 1646101947 Allan, Philip 1998 2002110160 Aquino, Manfrei 1955 2031103809 Athwal, Terry 1115 1141104388 Atkinson, Gavin 1783 1801110005 Atkinson, Neil 961 1094125733 Atrachi, Aurang 1631 6124220 Aylward, Zachary 769 769125762 Aylward, Natasha Nichole 554 10123690 Balasubramaniam, Nish. 795 20125756 Balasubramaniam, Nish. 396 10100238 Barnes, Mark 1637 1831123838 Barzan, Christian 1556 1556102357 Basanta, Gary 2386 2400107235 Bates, Josh 1746 1898124308 Bates, Darren 1638 1638124236 Bau, Edmund xxxx 11123779 Bau, Jonathan 1346 1390123780 Bau, Lawrence 1450 1459120995 Becherer, Ross 1396 1396106921 Becherer, Michael 1693 1733120994 Becherer, Matthew 1309 1348124355 Beddoes, Richard 1539 1594123791 Bernhardt, Travis 1523 23104010 Berrocoso, Tony 2075 2100100040 Berry, Jonathan 2366 2400106152 Blaauw, Ebe 1438 1600123855 Bone, Jeffrey 851 851109804 Booker, Brad 2078 2300120651 Bosse, Marc 1446 1446123076 Bouvier, Jesse 1984 16122965 Brodie, Graham 1261 20101468 Broz, Peter 1666 1804106768 Bruneau, Gilles 1582 1582123569 Bytchkova, Alina 817 14100283 Cabanas, Francisco 2032 2248107241 Cachelin, Justin 1989 1993105391 Cairns, Rob 1707 1925104730 Caluza, Juni 1815 1900120408 Campbell, Tom 1641 1765124453 Campbell, Jamie 1464 1464123111 Canning, Patrick 633 633120650 Caouette, Gerald 1399 1399120552 Carlisle, Michael 2077 2157125858 Chaitanya, Ishwarya 779 5100340 Chapman, Erik 2021 2066104349 Chapman, Dan 1399 11125757 Chau, Timothy 283 5125849 Chee, Colleen 790 10125848 Chen, Mary 942 10123691 Cheng, Andrea 388 9123699 Cheng, Lesley 818 10120825 Cheng, Louis 1746 1813123075 Chicoine, Avery 1408 10103155 Chis, Liviu 1127 1184103158 Chis, Sinziana 1316 1316106480 Choi, Jonathan 982 1181125512 Choi, David 200 9

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.

102074 Chow, Vincent 2042 2124120437 Chow, Nathan Yongxu xxxx 1229123094 Chow, Philip 328 15125915 Chow, Siuhon 1142 12125376 Chow, Thomas 946 946106001 Chranowski, Rick 1900 2000125947 Chu, Jimmy 1813 5108625 Chua, Samuel 1832 1856125758 Chung, Michael 302 3125859 Chung, Elaine 1099 5123702 Cimolai, Marnai 364 9123721 Clouston, Daniel 1059 1059107375 Coertze, Tim 1533 1533100314 Craver, Lyle 1841 1906111494 Crook, David 1972 2013122169 Currie, Neal 1563 1563123875 Currie, Robert 1341 20111363 Daswani, Benedict 1475 1504110646 Davidson, Brian 1742 1742110614 Davies, Lucas 1754 1755122884 Davies, Noam 1530 1536107269 Daykin, Harold 1392 1418105457 Dekker, Case 1527 1527109581 Desquieu, Philippe 1979 2000108072 Devries, Peter 1739 1739125759 Dhillon, Karen 278 4106458 Diemecke, Pablo 1846 1892123703 Dunn, Hilary 686 10112934 Dynna, Mark 1958 2092107163 Eslava, Alice xxxx 1703108064 Fekete, Charles 1727 1964104911 Feng, Jason 1733 1894109715 Ferguson, Jim 2213 2313108558 Fic, Joe 1247 1327104240 Firor, Jon 1814 1814125916 Fleming, Balin 1564 11122172 Forsyth, Brendan 1238 7122165 Forsyth, Bruce 1264 1264121234 Fowler, Stephen 1965 1965109352 Fox, Joel 1013 1195123465 Franklin, Myles xxxx 1143124310 Franklin, Jason 714 714112641 Friesen, David 1521 1611101723 Friesen, Mike 1828 1924125914 Friesen, Ronald 1488 12104947 Fuentebella, Mayo 2344 2344124836 Gait, Andrew 970 15124835 Gait, Joshua 1017 15125850 Gao, Mamie 200 5111178 Gardner, David 2038 2067103649 Gaudry, Gil 1560 1700104999 Geddes, Bryan 1559 19112560 Gelbart, Michael 1183 1234111013 Gemmell, Ian 1344 1371123205 Gill, Gurpreet 1523 19122351 Glusica, Momir 2022 2086110906 Goldstein, Rhys 1862 1862121339 Goutor, Yaroslav 1627 1728121338 Goutor, Valentina 1548 1580125447 Green, Charlie 1464 10110908 Grey, Wayne 1654 1691123841 Guze, Matthew 639 10101879 Hallam, John 2256 2323123566 Halmaghi, Cristi 642 642123565 Halmaghi, Horatio 1070 1070103261 Hamanishi, Neil 1922 2015107504 Hansen, Niels 1500 1571125734 Hansen, Ryan 1764 5105611 Hara, George 1916 2052125539 Hardy, Justin 1435 1435112311 Harris, Philip 2027 2105121069 Harutyunyan, Ararat 1970 2022112513 Haukenfrers, Dale 2212 2212121695 Henrey, Michael 1147 1213121694 Henrey, Andrew 1285 1379125938 Herman, Andrew 929 5125939 Herman, Eric 908 4108423 Higgs, Ian 1853 2003125909 Hipkin, John xxxx 3121071 Hladek, David 2042 2060121613 Hobbs, Jennifer 298 8123693 Hockstra-Atwood, Liberty 439 16109482 Holubowicz, Kazimziercz xxxx 1823110429 Hoshizaki, Dale 2032 2100122885 Iancu, Victor 898 900125971 Illig, Ray 1120 3125416 Ivankovic, Goran 1936 19120371 Jain, Sean 1227 1249108459 James, Mark 1570 1570125373 Ji, Dawei 833 15123793 Jiang, Xin 2090 2103123082 Jiganchine, Roman 2123 2125108082 Jones, Cliff 1859 1861120077 Jose, Marionito 1843 1892125900 Jose, Jonathan 896 5125917 Juhasz, David 779 6120241 Juverdeanu, Mircea 1303 1371125475 Juverdeanu, Valeriu 1700 17125760 Kalagehdrah, Vanathy 419 4123692 Kao, Amy 1146 1146123722 Kao, Leo 1331 1342123098 Karakas, Aram 689 689120242 Kelly, Joseph 799 1004124316 Kelly, Patrick 1533 19121305 Kerek, Peter 1619 1619103255 Keshet, Ilan 1386 1393123629 Kirk, Adam 1495 1495125540 Kirkland, Simon 1136 9108813 Kleiman, Yarin 664 664

108816 Kleiman, Avi 643 643104177 Kleiman, Bram 1225 1318108707 Knapper, Brian 2020 2057110075 Kojic, Stefan 1235 1289125843 Kolody, Adrienne 272 5120324 Kostadinov, George xxxx 2297103810 Kozak, Zoya 1231 15125473 Kramer, Robert 1592 10125906 Kraus, Bill 1473 5100242 Kruger, Benjamin R. 1972 2100102841 Krys, Mark 1832 1950111002 Krys, Richard 1259 1308102462 Krys, Christopher 1665 1742101530 Krzyzowski, Ernest 1974 2000123842 Kwan, Bosco 1000 1039120304 Lane, Travis 1916 1946106064 Lee, Jason 1845 1881125844 Lee, Samantha 338 5125856 Lee, Katia 200 5125735 Leku, Eset 1632 6122196 Lepsoe, Michael 1457 1468108084 Lester-Smith, Stephen 1525 1525106375 Link, Bruce 1256 20110351 Long, Hugh 1856 1871101173 Loseth, Doreen 1225 15123694 Lum, Katrina 280 9125686 Lyack, Alexy xxxx 1123778 Lyakh, Alexey 1643 1782100164 Macdonald, Hugh K.M. 1555 1600107927 Mair, Bob 1695 1695122651 Majewski, Michael 1293 1352124431 Makowichuk, John 1883 11125845 Malone, Christina 738 5103429 Martin, Carl 2084 2100109593 Martin, Nathan 1352 1410121341 Martinescu, Mike 970 1084109234 Martinovsky, Ian 2215 2261122911 Martinson, Rick 1657 1671125940 Mathon, Dave 1247 3113123 McCusky, Louis 1571 1628123696 McKay, Laurie 623 10125857 McKenzie, Megan 200 5125851 McKenzie, Jenny 200 5112021 McLaren, Sean 2131 2131100266 McLean, Brent 2097 2104120735 McNichol, Paul 1658 1742104893 McPherson, Tristram 2076 2092101550 Medalen, David 1805 2042106573 Medina, Mark 1401 1502111116 Mennie, Mark 1931 2004104727 Milat, Marcel 2360 2372120075 Milicevic, Dragoljub 2335 2345125553 Millar, Greg xxxx 10110536 Miller, Amy-Marie 986 1018108774 Miller, Stephen 1293 1293105939 Miller, Max 1627 1717123445 Moisseev, Dimitri 1916 1971125566 Mok, Justin 1212 5106767 Monteith, Don 1855 1924101144 Moore, Harry 2259 2308123860 Morrison, Dan 1727 1727107627 Nathani, Kaleim 1871 1916109673 Nebel, Rick 1677 1706105750 Neufahrt, Gerhard 2139 2227107811 Neumann, Ralph 1707 1926125852 Ng, Bianca 265 5125377 Nguyen, Sophie 574 20125567 Nieto, Pedro A. 1695 10100318 Niksic, John 2145 2200125907 Nisbet, Bob 1321 5108705 Nishida, Harold 2037 2085104330 Pechisker, Alfred 2201 2244122886 Peterson, James 1647 1647108831 Pildysh, Rostyslav 1509 1601108125 Pitts, Matthew 1870 1870100259 Planas, Rodolfo 1601 1809103074 Poitras, Luc 2204 2300104016 Prabhakaran, Sugumar 1181 1265105227 Prabhakaran, Aarthi 863 863111443 Prokopowicz, Monika 1135 1278107810 Purdy, Warren 1890 1890125517 Ravindran, Sivatharan 222 10104948 Reaville, Mike 1905 1933124834 Reid, Alexander 1126 1126125846 Reid, Brianna 472 5123707 Rekart, Emma 585 10111132 Remedios, Russell 2072 2171106022 Roebuck, Scott xxxx 1370109752 Rollier, Deano 1764 1890120471 Rosnes, Kyle 874 19102481 Rycroft, Don 1806 1825106541 Sadoway, Steven 1982 2002110084 Sadoway, Graham 1015 1015123104 Sally, James 558 558124486 San Juan, Louis 1868 15125970 Schmeisser, Alex 1073 5103414 Scoones, Dan 2302 2302122519 Sedlock, Jim 1614 15103673 Seid, Hee 2141 2278110550 Service, Christina 863 24123712 Shang, Alice 769 13124314 Siglos, Tyrone 1055 1122125420 Siglos, Teresa 916 8125568 Silley, Monty xxxx 22111374 Skoczylas, Slawomir 1698 12105458 Skulsky, Ian 2158 2262107409 Slambor, Jiri 1783 1829101448 Small, Hugh 1705 1834123432 Sokourinski, Sergei 2244 2268

106383 Spicer, Christopher 1985 2018110554 Stanford, Mike 1972 1972100331 Steinke, Wally 1710 1839102032 Stewart, Dave 1748 1748100346 Stockhausen, Peter 1700 1728107035 Strazhnik, Mikhail 1802 1802103750 Sullivan, Brian 1769 1769120436 Sum, Peter 1188 1214123723 Tang, Edward 1331 1347123564 Tang, Tiffany 949 949123689 Tang, Laureen 1081 14105952 Tate, Bill 1979 1979100325 Taylor, James 1742 1800107829 Taylor, Nicholas 1852 2100120394 Thornton, David 1914 1953123708 To, Gloria 301 9125853 To, Sharon 200 5123845 Trandafir, Stefan 1127 1155120079 Turgeon, Guy 1696 15125397 Vakili, Annie 997 8107889 Valdivieso, Guillermo 1849 22105021 Vanderleeden, Han 1525 11100277 Veszely, Frank 1936 2106103640 Vigier, Gerry 2043 2043107550 Villanueva, Rod xxxx 2130123805 Virk, Narinder 1160 21120237 Wang, Fei 1455 1455120239 Wang, Yamei 1625 1625125246 Ward, Hilton 1339 1339120587 Warko, Andrew 1469 1492123106 Wee, Michael 618 618125477 Werth, Guido 1474 12122520 Wetterlind, Jason 1653 16125854 White, Alexandra 200 5112173 Whittlesey, John 1667 1916106287 Williamson, Jason 2083 2100110849 Wilson, John 1752 1752101237 Wong, Samuel 2089 2097120829 Wong, Lincole 1261 1315125855 Wong, Adelina 380 5125847 Wong, Andrea 538 5108715 Wright, Stephen 2232 2343125901 Xu, Charles 724 5112839 Yates, Dave 1948 2000101701 Yee, Peter 1999 2023107994 Yoos, John C. 2458 2458123313 Young, Mike xxxx 12102642 Zamorano, Alex 1755 1828101537 Zuk, Bob 2289 2317

ManitobaCFC# Name Rtng High102141 Babb, Jeff 2230 2257102014 Baragar, Fletcher 2265 2382110941 Bays, Derek 1521 1549120822 Charter, Bennet 1686 1690111659 Cleto, Sam 1916 1992111091 Currie, James 2017 2026106887 Czarny, Keith 1699 1739111806 Czypinski, Jaroslaw 1950 2046108290 Federkevic, Danny 1978 2007125471 Gable, Reid 1370 16105641 Gannon, Keith 1651 1725112445 Gentes, Kevin 2342 2395107847 Gibbons, Lorne 1439 1446107069 Gibbons, Michael 2096 2096107754 Gibson, Kris 1832 1832107168 Greenberg, Harley 1690 1779120178 Gushuliak, Justin 2097 2118121031 Haapamaki, Eric 1759 1759102670 Hanrahan, Nigel 1672 1735111177 Hassain, Mahmud 1959 2019109975 Hellsten, Ole 1979 2058112606 Hemphill, Jim 1683 1683104596 Henson, Joshua 2149 2179109230 Herkert, Dean 1773 1827112549 Kaptsan, Aron 2088 2300101470 Kernested, Gavin 1335 1407102391 Khedkar, Jay S. 1950 2038109416 Kirton, Dale 2234 2300108919 Klokow, John 1719 1852125472 Lafreniere, Adrian 1732 1738121761 Lasker, Justin 1215 1223105352 Lipnowski, Michael xxxx 1682100128 Lipnowski, Irwin 2361 2400105377 Lipnowski, Samuel 2027 2030107190 Lukic, Luka 1933 2047109208 Magyar, Peter 1503 1503123828 Medes, Bartek 1573 1599103189 Milord, Frank 1772 1782104799 Moffat, Ron 1695 1763125988 Moffat, Brian 1225 4112475 Nikulin, Alexander 2085 2140108926 Ott, Richard 1503 1572123648 Park, Kent 1686 13112185 Penner, Wesley 1822 1838105326 Piche, Travis 1510 1573121132 Pratt, Robert 1360 1360103105 Rasmussen, Barry 2226 2269104699 Remillard, John 1603 1732109227 Repa, Jason 1929 1960123575 Sadov, Serge 2073 2073106687 Schulz, Waldemar 2095 2095106493 Schulz, Manfred 1941 2030104557 Shpan, Mike 1732 1824103193 Trueman, Francis 1516 1564109884 Walker, Sean 1499 1535120176 Weijs, Harry 1461 1667


102002 Wierda, John 1777 1889120248 Xia, Yanchong 1768 1814

New BrunswickCFC# Name Rtng High107246 Arsenault, Normand 1633 1796102063 Assaff, David 1859 1904112536 Belliveau, Ronald 1466 1466125581 Benjamin, Trevor 1184 4106172 Bogavac, Milic 1907 1951109835 Bordage, Don 1552 1620125582 Bouchard, Andre 1366 2125313 Boudreau, Remi 1097 15124660 Bourque, Andrew 1132 7103047 Bowes, Richard 1970 2064113027 Boyce, Brian 1824 1872108718 Breau, Robert 2075 2137100253 Brun, Jacques 1849 1905104790 Buckley, Bill 1931 2039108103 Carr, Terry 1884 1884106930 Cole, Don 1493 1607125175 Couture, Philip 1263 20125176 Couture, Marc 1384 19111760 Davis, Neil 2090 2172123224 Deguire, Benoit 1223 1261121511 Deveau, Justin 1367 1367112947 Doucet, Daniel 1792 1835112674 Doucette, Raymond 1636 1726102718 Duff, Ken 1787 2000108882 Duivenvoorden, Hubert 1740 1900124897 Elmajian, Emmanuel 1070 13104228 Frenette, Franco 1907 1967109507 Fyffe, Larry 1677 1693121364 Girouard, Mathieu 1137 13125556 Godin, Robert 1370 19111580 Goguen, Victor 1576 1583112567 Goguen, Patrick 1671 1759107764 Grant, Hector 1523 1705104152 Guignard, Michael 2042 2091107785 Haggarty, Don 1201 1235108799 Harris, Joe 1546 1600108109 Hensel, George 1710 1792112692 Howarth, Anthony 2290 2294120429 Johnson, Kyle 1543 1610108430 Kapadia, Ronak 1785 1787120130 King, Peter 1545 1582107009 Knappic, Pascal 1869 1888121684 Laforest, Gilles 1569 1639121683 Lambert, Pierre 1840 1853109003 Legacy, Leo 1473 1641112095 Leger, Yvon 1595 1693102536 Loomer, Frank 1748 1748125972 Lord, Andrew 1400 4103780 Losier, Pierre 1530 1637123196 Losier, Francis Hebert 1259 1259109325 MacDonald, Jonathan 2065 2273125184 Maltais, Michael 1255 19110482 Marks, Reginald 1502 1560103904 Maund, Chris 1350 1416108737 Mills, Ken 1771 1823111808 Ossinger, Brian 1622 1733125186 Pelletier, Miguel 1394 23104837 Riordon, Jason 1777 1921106788 Robichaud, Martin 1982 1999120904 Robichaud, Nick 1684 1694109026 Rocca, John 1867 1920125736 Soeler, Kraig 1370 6110147 St.Pierre, Jean-Marie 1833 1843109891 Sullivan, Andrew 2034 2100124419 Taylor, David 1316 16123071 Tremblay, Eric 1370 1472123070 Tremblay, Rebecca 1146 20105827 Trofimencoff, Pierre 1830 1900122790 Verma, Tony 1875 1965109315 Vihvelin, Tom 1653 1695105980 Webb, Ian 1631 1725104469 Woodman, George 1933 1933

NewfoundlandCFC# Name Rtng High121195 Barbour, Stephen 1218 1218122243 Barbour, Les 919 967120932 Carayanniotis, Jason 753 753124182 Carayanniotis, George 1173 17125728 Chen, Zening 629 8125875 Chudinov, Sergi 1581 4125265 Crockwell, Shawn 665 23104218 Deal, Peter 1213 1224122392 Eddy, Rick 1001 21125227 Faour, David 894 20125695 Furlong, John 759 4122391 Grumer, Eugene 1419 1419123128 Hayward, Thomas xxxx 441107651 Joshi, Nikhil 1661 1782104077 Joshi, Anand 2021 2118123134 Kavanagh, Ryan 604 10123729 Keats, Jason 1205 9122246 Lebedev, Alexander 1215 1339125407 Lui, Ming 1157 12125696 Mahon, Gary 1175 4122952 Malone, Christopher xxxx 544125730 Martin, Steve 982 9125729 Martin, Rick 1196 9121087 Oliver, Brian 1279 1285122954 Panjwani, Dilip 1384 1384121202 Panjwani, Raja 1186 1292125226 Reynolds, Matthew 465 8124463 Roberts, Granville 1150 16

120806 Simpson, Malcolm 776 776125289 Sullivan, Michael 1166 20122248 Swinton, Michael 1361 1361103802 Tsui, Alick 1111 1250110990 Tsui, Edwin 1521 1590125697 Vujic, Branimir 2271 2271121192 Wang, Michael 1702 1702109425 Watson, Michael 1005 19125727 White, Chris 929 5122967 Wiseman, Shane 1164 1225121199 Woodworth, Claire 816 24121198 Woodworth, Steven 917 24122247 Woodworth, Bob 960 16

Nova ScotiaCFC# Name Rtng High104592 Armstrong, Brad 1764 1900105503 Beals, George xxxx 1767108248 Bernard, Gilbert 1871 1900110332 Boyle, Phil 1617 1641106633 Brennan, Jim 1962 1962108219 Burgess, Brian 1952 1952106351 Burton, Andrew 1317 1317110924 Burton, Ian 957 19103179 Cashin, Ken 1717 1719103015 Charlton, Glenn 2162 2212103844 Clarke, Aubrey 1595 1720125798 Cooper, Jim 1127 6125363 Crowley, Darren 1167 23125364 Crowley, Nick 1050 20125672 Currell, Sean 1088 20125671 Currell, Mike 828 14125673 Currell, Sarah 686 9108964 Davies, Cedric xxxx 2061108860 Drummond, Carlos 1812 1817125674 Dunphy, Bruce 1255 8125675 Dunphy, Andrew 1068 8105141 Ede, Albert 1795 1860104341 Eldridge, Michael 1916 2051109707 Fleury, Bruce 1756 1805125713 Fraser, Andrew 1146 3120900 Gabriel, Jarrett 1466 1504106357 Gawetski, Yadviga 1664 1734104320 Gilks, James 1718 1718107781 Googoo, Allan 1760 1800104771 Karis, Steve 1737 1740110204 Kenney, Jason 1985 2086103040 Kenney, David 2004 2024120195 Kenney, Bryan 1183 1224102829 Kimber, David 1507 1544108446 Klapstein, John 1868 1883107133 LeBlanc, Gerard 1957 1974124480 LeBlanc, C. Stephen 1733 1803120340 Lindsay, Robin 1500 1500106811 Livingston, Alex 1096 18123143 Livingstone, James 1375 1375108891 MacLean, John 1499 1499125677 MacNeil, Danny 1396 14123434 Mahendranathan, Prem 1460 1498101496 Mathers, James 2118 2118105142 Mayo, Alvah 2130 2154125679 McGillivray, Mike 1602 8120927 McGrath, Brian 1448 1601102363 McKearney, Ed 1605 1731125678 Morariu, Eduard 1644 14100212 Naugler, Rex 1926 1931125711 Nearing, Joe 1474 4123376 Ng, Gary 1734 1734125712 Nuschke, Alex 1507 5124179 Palak, Andrzej 1469 1495100079 Pentz, Brian 2066 2100104589 Phillips, Gary 1858 1898106289 Poirier, David 1828 1858111124 Reddy, Tyler 2168 2174103353 Saunders, Stephen 2070 2109109017 Shea, Joseph 1582 1623124479 Spencer, David 1354 1354125427 Teichmann, Erik 2336 2368104815 Urquhart, Ed 2202 2230101504 Uuetoa, Harold 1766 1766101284 Villeneuve, Robert 2127 2200123433 Weagle, Donald 1343 1380

OntarioCFC# Name Rtng High107642 Abt, Michael 1679 1862125614 Acayan, Raymund 1426 14125616 Ademi, Sami 2138 2138123274 Agabekian, Konstantin 1686 23109442 Alaton, Isak 1898 1898106553 Alcaide, Florante 2172 2200120631 Aliev, Inara 1300 1300100342 Allan, Denis 2386 2405108984 Allum, J.A.E. 1792 1812125812 Amato, Brad 1531 3110109 Arabacioglu, Murat 2106 2130103766 Archibald, Colin B. 1664 1726100034 Armstrong, Robert J. 1762 1800110365 Armstrong, Wayne 1523 1583103145 Armstrong, Don 1643 1765125571 Armstrong, Tavish 791 6125622 Armstrong, Leslie 910 5101203 Arseneau, Peter 1949 1990121549 Asghari Shekhy, Arash 1976 2001120202 Ash, Brian 1421 1477102698 Atayde, Merlin 1679 1784100201 Atwell, Jim 1752 1855125545 Azevedo, John 1401 9

105528 Bachmann, Mark 1878 1934120266 Badal, Mark 1530 1540108153 Baglien, Brandon xxxx 1563125521 Baiguildine, Ilias 2231 19107158 Bailey, Timothy 1465 1600123152 Balboa, Manuel xxxx 1954121230 Baljeu, Alan 2001 2001108147 Barber, Dave 1616 1703121157 Barnes, Derek xxxx 1694102855 Basciano, Peter 2083 2083107819 Beatty, K. Michael 1783 1982106106 Beckwith, Paul H. 2235 2318109793 Bellomo, Joe 1800 1934107301 Benggawan, Undriadi 1900 2007120637 Benggawan, Alexandra 1498 1650120779 Benggawan, Audrey xxxx 4120636 Benggawan, Amanda 1902 1984110150 Benson, Chris 1984 2025125667 Berengolts, Isai 2201 10103293 Bergeron, Florian 2012 2133112590 Berman, Corey 1727 1776108516 Bilbey, Brian 1554 1600125578 Blakeley, Barry xxxx 5125934 Bluvshtein, Ilia 1804 3125709 Bluvshtein, Mark 2263 14104245 Bokhout, Peter 2084 2084125488 Bolton, William 1203 10111830 Bond, Hal 1961 2021110947 Boronka, Joseph 1628 16108790 Boross-Harmer, Peter 2079 2150103523 Bortolotti, Guido 1874 1987120980 Bowers, Roger 1601 1601107747 Bozinoski, Tom 1989 2000108842 Brewster, Kirk 1882 1959102666 Brice, Ron 2023 2247101471 Bridge, Geof 1603 1656125597 Brosseau, Francis 1029 2120327 Brott, Tom 1722 1729102882 Brown, John R. 1680 1970112468 Bruce, Mitch 1835 1868112638 Bruvelaitis, Milton 1677 1843120345 Buckley, Matthias 1510 1510123153 Bulyaki, Kal 1036 8100046 Bunning, Les 1912 2100101613 Burgess, Doug 1894 1974125432 Burke, Jim 1716 4110977 Buscar, Michael 1999 2013123535 Bushell, Bernie xxxx 1549105619 Buzdon, Paul 1652 1691125710 Bytyqi, Gezim 2038 5107907 Cadamov, Angel 2003 2046108519 Cafengiu, Greg 2122 2122121776 Cai, Christopher 1588 1588102214 Cairns, James 1777 1869112582 Callaghan, Marcus 1265 13108909 Callaghan, Kenneth J. 1487 1588101324 Campbell, Brett 2262 2388109977 Canham, Cecil 1603 1813125090 Cappiello, Tom 890 7125980 Cesaroni, Kristofer 345 5125536 Chagal, Leonid 1751 9123266 Chan, Evan 1559 1559124515 Chan, York 1310 9125705 Chan, Walter H. 1913 8125769 Chartand, Chris 1482 3104052 Chatzilias, Alexis 2239 2239121110 Cheng, Alfonso 1384 1384111040 Chin, Richard 1272 1294120899 Chin, Serena 1252 1394108273 Chiroiu, Patricia 2002 2002105296 Chobanov, Gabriel 1883 1946123903 Chopra, Amit 371 15112146 Chu, Stefanie 2078 2086110210 Chu, Christopher 2192 2231109384 Chuderski, Jan 1724 1785105738 Chyurlia, Jerome 1782 1875123411 Clairmont, Prentis 1117 17123264 Clark, Doug 1374 9106389 Clarke, Brian 1569 1628122932 Clayton, Charles 1303 1303105333 Clayton, William J. 1769 1843104041 Coe, Larry 1808 1808100234 Cohen, David 2025 2067123549 Cokorillo, Radisav 2218 11107872 Coleman, John 1923 1976120423 Colvin, Ted 1563 1585123762 Conrad, Randy 499 22108236 Cooper, Andrew 1411 1534107987 Cope, Ray 1594 1732102378 Coppin, Wayne xxxx 2012109046 Corvo, Paul 1796 1959110316 Cote, Richard 1789 1868108721 Coulombe, Terry 1793 1793121659 Courtney, Al 1698 18123439 Courtney, Brian 1425 18113056 Coxhead, Randall 1426 24109456 Crisan, Ioan 2311 2313103526 Crnilovic, Greg 1815 1840101349 Crowley, Gerry 1911 2020125618 Cuevas, Vincent 1434 5107041 Cukic, Mirko 1801 1890123161 Cummings, David 2434 2434111942 Cunningham, Jim 1708 1804122940 Dadula, Danny xxxx 1305105206 Daez, Noel 2167 2236120629 Dai, Jason 1930 1930102589 Daku, Zoltan 1702 1800123618 Dalla Ave, George 1541 21107299 Dangberg, Karl 1785 1879

101895 Danilov, Alex 1915 2100101024 Day, Lawrence 2459 2510124403 Deakin, John 1477 10102011 DeKerpel, Stijn 2077 2161103637 Delane, Ross A. 1322 7125783 Delane Jr., Ross J. 1587 5101951 Delaney, Kevin 1901 1958105261 DeLugt, Gerald 1852 1861125547 Dembowski, Mitchell 1311 16109477 Demmery, Steve 2040 2162110803 Den-Otter, Albert 1595 1647123550 Devisser, Paul 1509 1521125936 Didomenico, Stefano 1087 4109214 Divljan, Igor 2208 2255104754 Dixon, Frank 2069 2069101065 Djerkovic, Miladin 2287 2402113089 Dobrynin, Ilia 1819 1924101619 Dougherty, Douglas 1998 2100100294 Dougherty, Michael 2353 2363106524 Douglas, Mike 1775 1858123319 Downs, Steve 1548 5113062 Draak, Jan 1289 1328125994 Dubeau, Jason 1610 5125682 Duggan, Brendan 1438 11103373 Dumontelle, Joe 1906 1993108750 Dunn, David 2138 2183111907 Duong, Brian 2011 2011105998 Duralia, John 1746 1915100317 Dutton, Mark S. 1967 2100106571 Dutton, Warren Richard 1971 2257125573 Dutton, Janice 1113 3103383 Dwyer, Doug 1715 1733110299 Egorov, Michael xxxx 2046106512 Ehrman, Carl 2182 2202101459 Ellis, Joe T. 1886 1900103011 Erickson, John 1751 1789103309 Evans, Bill xxxx 2300101981 Fabris, Al 1848 1987111839 Fairbairn, Stephen 2016 2067110743 Ferencz, Joseph 1563 1745103544 Ferron, Gerry 1432 1432108098 Field, Christopher 1479 1636111305 Filipkowski, Adam 1857 1971103521 Filipovich, David 2370 2370122745 Fittler, David 1611 9112619 Fleischmann, Michael 2018 2048112308 Fleming, Derrick 1660 1731122479 Fleming, Alan 1535 1539100055 Fleming, Terry 1812 2003102389 Fortney, Brian 1746 1924109170 Friendly, John 1761 1814123621 Friendly, Brooke 1437 1437104235 Friis, Torben 1760 1928102447 Frilles, Ruperto 2206 2302102942 Furstner, Nandor 2079 2147123492 Galka, Mike 1496 1499105218 Garel, Richard 1909 2049123546 Gay, Ann K. 895 3124454 Gayman, Ian 1517 1517105416 Gebhardt, David 1879 1924110983 Gilchrist, Raymond 1646 1660108202 Gillanders, Robert 1859 2140111022 Gillis, Doug 1749 1849103711 Glinert, Stephen 2321 2352107605 Godbout, Joseph 1946 1946109888 Golts, Diana 1766 1766103597 Golts, Roman 2282 2321125612 Gonnet, Emmanuel 1718 6108832 Gooding, Gordon 2039 2039102579 Gordon, Dave 1894 1915123493 Graydon, Mike 1353 1386110824 Grebenc, John 1705 1787103612 Green, Peter 1788 1847102884 Grinbergs, Daniel 1673 1703122962 Gumama-Hillyard, Abu. 1124 1152125692 Gusinjac, Gzim 2342 19123263 Guttman, Richard 1673 1673112613 Hacat, Kevork 2189 2189104833 Hadley, Ryan 1852 1863100027 Haley, Philip G. 1858 2005105867 Hall, Milo 1357 1402109737 Hallett, Doran 1945 1968102629 Hamilton, Robert 2397 2406104591 Handelman, Michael 1839 1942104804 Handelman, Danny 1713 1756109113 Hanna, Raoul 1948 1951106963 Hardie, Mackenzie 1896 2062123559 Hare, Scott 1723 1723101040 Hargreaves, Chris 1549 1608104354 Harkes, Lewis 2131 2236108322 Harrison, Jeff 1468 1535110832 Harvey, Maurice 1458 1592123136 Harvey, Tim 1439 1440125684 Hasku, Dashnor 1689 7110105 Hassan-Gordon, Tariq 1814 1824109911 Hatfield, Ed 1807 1838122340 Hayman, Colin 1477 1489106156 Haziprodromu, Sam 2007 2187105200 Henry, David 1929 2088101426 Hentschel, Joachim 2166 2314106436 Hergott, Deen 2486 2580111719 Heringer, Chris 2142 2233111858 Heseltine-Nutch, Kainoa 1490 1622125701 Higgins, Jason 618 4108908 Hillyard, Larry 1553 1756123867 Hipolito, Jayby Rey 1859 18121115 Ho, Jeffrey 944 993123135 Hoch, Doug 1299 1299100239 Hodson, Richard 2130 2148

107184 Holmes, Michael J 1793 1793103578 Horvat, Miro 2064 2130125771 Howard, John xxxx 6107565 Hubley, Roger 1945 2100104957 Huebel, Stephen 1817 1854123678 Hui, Jack 799 807123677 Hui, Katrina 1219 1252109011 Hum, Peter 2195 2300123505 Hung, Joshua 788 788104858 Hunt, Murray 1752 1810121116 Hunter, Mory 1996 2002112242 Hurley, Paul 2147 2160112109 Hurst, Bruce 1517 1580107357 Hush, John 1634 1664102054 Husic, Elvis 1954 2031112983 Hutchison, Rob 1868 1974105228 Ibrahim, Ismail 1952 1956122801 Iqbal, Shan 1583 1661120795 Iwinski, Tom 1336 1336123270 Jacobs, Chaim-Akiva 1445 1445103469 Jacques, Tyler 1859 1893111338 Jagla, Frank 1965 1999106205 Jando, Edmond 1650 1650104380 Jaques, Wray 1259 1404123623 Jekeswaran, Kumana 2173 2181108115 Jew, Harold 1887 1988125520 Jizan, Masoud 1668 13124816 Joag, Vineet 1450 1450107581 Joseph, Steve 1884 1934100182 Jung, Hans 2317 2346106044 Jurjans, Martin 1241 1379106715 Kagramanov, Dina 1915 1932124895 Kain, Andrew 1062 1062125361 Kaplan, Youri 1586 10106028 Kazdan, Charles 2083 2185105620 Kekely, John 1799 1815102619 Kekki, Klaus 1833 2015105995 Kelly, Paul 1747 1760123497 Kelly, Steven 1088 10101422 Kempner, Andrew 1977 2023111936 Kerr, Ian 1270 1278123674 Kerr, Wesley 1057 1113106126 Khan, Zamir 2066 2182107850 Kirby, Patrick 2076 2133101362 Kirton, Neil xxxx 2181123287 Kirton, Greg 1434 16101198 Kiss, Istvan 2016 2083101913 Kitenbergs, Alek 1748 1928106376 Knechtel, Tim 1948 2087120759 Knezevic, Adam 1365 1475100336 Knox, Alexander N. 1764 1853111905 Kocela, Manuel 1396 1396121178 Konakanchi, Krishna 1692 1738123517 Kopcok, Mark 1768 5106932 Kopinch, Miro 1968 1968102599 Kosic, Dusan 1731 1861125707 Kreinine, Victor 1275 9109814 Kreis, Fritz 1471 1554105549 Kret, Ted 2216 2266108817 Kubik, Rob 1688 1754125615 Kulic, Sasa 2267 16104537 Kurkowski, Ken 1845 1900120201 Lackey, Ryan 1424 1424123752 Laitila, Henry 1498 17125755 Lam, Kit 1339 4106974 Lamb, Bryan 2233 2350101595 Lancia, Nicholas 1779 1914122919 Landry, Raymond 1629 20103482 Langen, Roger 2251 2288100319 Langer, Herb 1827 1991104634 Laszlo, Lucas 1848 1848121507 Lau, Daniel 895 895112068 Lawless, David 1998 2157111318 Le, Ken xxxx 1937125681 Lebedev, Iuri 2197 5120977 Lebel, Art 1522 16104186 LeBlanc, Paul xxxx 2136120630 Lee, KaHo 1584 1628121831 Lentini, Joseph 2101 2101102556 Leskowsky, Zoltan 1934 2000105907 Lessard, Bob 1445 1584120122 Leung, Victor xxxx 1718125731 Leung, Kevin 1397 4123904 Leung, Clinton 610 20125535 Levitt, Cameron 1518 9105262 Lidstone, Phil 1674 1938100355 Litchfield, Gerry 1784 1825102042 Livshits, Ron 2525 2536101686 Loadman, Ian xxxx 2217125522 Long, Richard 1058 11108038 Louie, Kim 1777 1862123190 Love, Robert 1571 1612125617 Lozano, Albert L. 1250 10109393 Luiting, Larry 1888 1907123759 Luzius-Vanin, Michael 954 1008125979 Ma, Judith 505 5120978 MacDonald, John 1452 1570112124 MacGrady, Ralf 1523 1551110448 MacGrady, Shelley 1735 1735104111 MacLeod, Steven 2077 2174120061 MacLeod, Brian 1867 1939109694 MacMillan, Liana 1655 1700105147 Maheux, Pierre 2050 2050101824 Maister, Martin 1929 1952123011 Majstorovic, Andrew 1223 1257123763 Mak, Calvin 896 896112277 Manalo, Pepin 1891 1971125503 Manalo, Richard 1324 20125562 Marasigan, Sesinando 1802 8


111933 Marcille, Gord 1890 1959107391 Marghetis, Aris 2037 2037122455 Maric, Bosko 2214 22122440 Maric, Gordana 1669 1717107185 Marinelli, Philip 1681 1700112152 Marshall, Scott 1700 1874106665 Marshall, Peter 2191 2258103806 Martens, Bill 1601 1610107032 Marthi, Bhaskara 2162 2162108940 Masic, Zivomir 1997 2116121347 Massoulie, Francois 1548 1579125613 Mazin, Gary 1470 2124263 Mazin, Alexander 1557 11104319 McCarthy, William S. 1662 1671100298 McClelland, Tom 1911 2000106266 McGrahan, Steve 1939 1995106075 McKay, Geoff 2083 2159106355 McRitchie, Ken 1553 15110766 McTavish, David 2209 2300112655 Mendoza, Pedro Y. 2017 2100100297 Mendrinos, Ari 1517 1763112053 Meng, Ang 2156 2214107489 Mesiti, Silvano 1746 1930120200 Meyer, Kiel 1423 1426125874 Michaelis, Nico 2041 7123188 Michalowski, Lukasz 1888 1888125660 Michawski, M. xxxx 1120541 Miletic, Damir 2220 2220106645 Millar, David 1896 1989108972 Miller, Brian 1624 1624104248 Mitchell, Joe 1431 1453103626 Mitrovic, Bojana 1977 1987120638 Mocharenko, Petro 1454 1454108272 Moffat, Andrei 2302 2321102805 Moorehouse, Daniel 1768 1865120428 Moors, Henry A. 1706 1791108896 Morra, Lui 1837 1900102970 Morrell, Gord 2263 2263106826 Morrison, Kyle 1345 1345101986 Morrison, Hugh 1466 1600109825 Moser, Dorothy 1345 1500108702 Moses, John 1676 1737121779 Moss, Stan xxxx 22121239 Moy, Nicholas xxxx 863125406 Mross, Lazo 1368 6106574 Mucignat, Ermanno 2091 2127102906 Murray, Robert 2250 2321106050 Nagy, Julius 1808 1981108506 Naish, Scott xxxx 1692109428 Naish, Peter J. 1644 1655123664 Narayanan, Arun 837 837125704 Naveh, Utzy 2383 5102685 Neilsen, Steve 1365 12101676 Ng, Kit-Sun 2031 2031120867 Nguyen, Vu 1576 1576103659 Nickoloff, Bryon 2513 2536108201 Nickoloff, Steve 1815 1861125489 Norwood, Tyler 1430 23102646 Nunes, Garvin 1793 1901123894 O'Brien, Luke 1098 10106245 O'Donnell, Tom 2484 2500104561 Obrovac, Zvonko 2058 2066102669 Ochkoos, Jura 2353 2437106011 Ogden, Steve xxxx 1340102746 Oldland, Ray 1705 1726106639 Ollers, Ian 1689 1744106370 Olszewski, Piotr xxxx 2368107005 Ooms, Albert 1237 1300101332 Oparic, Ivan 2109 2109104907 Oraha, Zaki 1723 1907102500 Orloff, Irv 1403 1600103144 Ortiz, Hugo 1701 1713106856 Palsson, Halldor Peter 2204 2244102570 Paterson, Jim 2070 2109103043 Patterson, Roger 2287 2305106406 Paulsen, Lorenzo 1592 1664101816 Pauric, Ivan 2086 2126122285 Pauric, Allen 1546 1552120349 Pavez, Monica 1178 1225122831 Pavez, Sonia 597 597125367 Pavez, Andrea 422 9100307 Pech, Gyula 1697 1759122223 Peev, Pavel 2103 2103101770 Peredun, Andrew 2260 2260107646 Perovic, Bozidar 2034 2108103642 Petreski, Petko 1153 5120803 Phares, Adam 1479 1512111407 Philip, Andrew 1828 2032101917 Phillips, Patrick W. 1931 1935102028 Phillips, Brian J. 1488 1488124208 Phung, Khoa Dang 1510 16104880 Pierre, Rolland 1554 1574124334 Pizzolak, Mark 1421 10108062 Pleau, Derek 1796 1870112028 Poitras, Francois 1675 1729125774 Polczynski, Alex 569 5125773 Polczynski, Sebastian 995 5109167 Polywkan, Roman 1436 1440125074 Poon, Douglas xxxx 16104280 Poulin, Rene 1739 1839101151 Powell, Bryson 2029 2120125091 Powell, Shannon 582 3120006 Predescu, Marian 1534 1596102775 Predescu, Sebastian 1928 1938102736 Pretti, John 1328 1406110701 Pribyl, Tomas 1733 1733113065 Prilleltensky, Matan 1556 1556105444 Profit, Brian 2093 2200103462 Prpic, Goran J. xxxx 2140

104903 Puiras, Jarmo 1879 1900108329 Puschke, R.F. 1744 1890101150 Pushkedra, Frank 2297 2298123764 Quayle, Jamie 724 20107964 Rabethge, Brad 1967 1980110498 Radovic, Slobodan 1781 1781124124 Radovic, Aleksandar 1736 16120954 Raheb, David 2125 2143122415 Rahman, Faizur 1953 23125902 Rainsberger, Joe 1448 2100257 Raletich, George 1833 2100101082 Ramzi, Murtadha 1759 1900106977 Rapoport, Alex 2126 2142109637 Reinwald, John 1416 1447122971 Requadt, Guenter 1388 1425125247 Revich, Dan 1094 8111115 Richardson, Ross 1923 2078105991 Riedstra, Richard F. 1573 1733109327 Rivas, Edgar 1900 1947110012 Riwanto, Hendry 2015 2194111268 Robinson, Kenneth C. 1965 2040106091 Roczniak, Marek 1738 1903100053 Rodgers, R.F. 1956 2200124806 Rodin, Yuriy 1783 16124206 Rodina, Nataliya 2006 2006120383 Rolavs, Andre 1914 2003111945 Rolfe, Warrick 2069 2130111209 Roller, Robert 1962 1994113055 Roschman, Paul 1528 16107313 Rosevear, J.P. 1930 1930103199 Rositsan, Boris 2270 2270125009 Rossi, Michael xxxx 16101799 Rowles, Christopher 1822 1910125586 Ruano, Jonathan 1169 5125766 Rubanovski, Vladimir 1987 16100198 Runstedler, Albert 1944 2092122938 Rutnam, Johann 1743 1743111481 Sabau, Ioan 2037 2037103019 Sackanay, Glen 1966 2026110752 Saleh, Maher 2306 2368112780 Samano, Beto 1721 1900102767 Schmidt, Tom 2238 2253108609 Schumacher, Albin 1643 1700123223 Seguin, Marc 1706 1718107823 Sengupta, Oveek 1738 1761123727 Sequillion, Aaron 1497 1515121329 Shah, Omaray M. 1778 1779120564 Shishkina, Olya xxxx 1971120623 Shum, Kelvin 1591 1619102717 Sibbald, Peter R. 2016 2066120619 Siddeley, Hugh 1875 1875125933 Sidler, Hans 1341 4109808 Simic, Dusan 2306 2309103744 Sit Yee, Mervyn 1775 1775111290 Smilovici, Emil 1959 2075123272 Smith, Andrew James 1680 1708101793 Smith, Maurice 1809 1967125620 Smith, Duncan 1268 5125546 Smith, Hazel 1278 11102297 Solis, Jaime 1863 2011123265 Solodar, Yevgeni 2069 2159105764 Soriano, Romeo E. 2028 2103102535 Southam, David 2125 2347122775 Sperling, Guenter 1597 1631103110 Spraggett, Grant xxxx 2432105153 Spraggett, Kevin 2653 2665125533 Spraggett, Chris 1790 21108627 Stein, Jacob 1706 1731120171 Stevens, Christian 1909 1981108689 Stonkus, Raymond J 2072 2072124659 Stott, Nicholas 1430 5107059 Streiter, Michael 1621 1688110035 Strojevs, Alexander 1889 1942111468 Stroud, Mike 2233 2236110170 Struthers, Matthew 2167 2178109346 Sukoluk, Roger 1837 1978102222 Suller, Lorant 1744 1852112423 Surlan, Dan 2202 2202108802 Szatmary, Alex 1972 1972121237 Taherkhani, Majid 2098 2193101371 Takov, Chris 1771 2087121114 Tam, Timothy 1196 1220125574 Taradash, Brett 1263 3103641 Taylor, Gordon 2364 2456120140 Tebbs, Gary 1591 1693103699 Tebbs, Frank J 1677 1769101786 Tebbs, Frank 1570 1700124501 Teh, Kevin 1499 1499112575 Teodoro, Roderick 2240 2315108777 Teplitsky, Yan 2545 2552107314 Teram, Eli 1388 1539106474 Termeer, Ted 1519 1721124866 Tester, Dean 1596 13111570 Therrien, Michel xxxx 1713111205 Therrien, J.A.Patrick 1676 1800110020 Thiede, Gunther 1700 1772120060 Thomson, Bruce 1739 1739123874 Thomson, Matt 1752 9101072 Thorvardson, Barry 2069 2187120209 Thorvardson, Craig 1570 1570106110 Thorvardson, Steve 2065 2088103841 Thurairasah, Shivaharan 1751 1877125652 Tibbs, Becky 969 8101079 Tipu, Vincent 2301 2383125937 Tomaszewski, Tom 987 4110864 Tomlinson, John B 1750 1911123669 Tong, Michael 847 20110282 Toolsie, Alexander 1844 1896103362 Torok, Alan 2072 2203

125577 Torrie, Mark xxxx 5112885 Towsley, Dan 1690 1713102820 Trbic, Milan xxxx 2182111224 Tremblay, Brent 1516 1814120254 Trkulja, Mladen 1918 1918100344 Tsai, Edmund 1846 1863123261 Tsimakouridze, Elena 1308 1361105494 Tufts, Randy 1883 2100125770 Tweedy, Chris 1052 1102136 Ungor, Imre 1782 1864102986 Urbanc, Peter 1801 1931125708 Uwland, Jaco 1414 11120618 Vaidyanath, Rahul 1619 1619125532 Vaingorten, Yaaqov 2167 14101864 Valdizon, Armando 2318 2324111795 Van Adel, Steven 1961 2145103420 Van de Ven, Anthony 2008 2025123260 Van de Ven, Kiah 830 18120087 Van Leeuwen, John 1538 1574125621 Van Sant, Adam 973 8120086 Van Spyk, Aiken 1677 1723104269 Vandermeer, Ben 1803 1919107974 Vassanji, Anil 1988 2081101858 Veltmann, Alfred 1868 2002102604 Veltmann, Martin 2058 2300102372 Venning, Ron 1728 1855107979 Vera, Jesus 1497 1675108688 Verde, Pino 1884 2014108901 Vezeau, Del 1645 1741103486 Viilep, Guido 1535 1602122286 Vincent, Rob 1639 1698124342 Vivas, Fabio 1579 1579120516 Voloaca, Mihnea 2233 2251106693 Vucko, Ignac 2041 2165105702 Wang, Hao Yuan 2048 2114125862 Wang, Larry 878 5103753 Wannamaker, David 1625 1793100304 Warren, Robert 1654 1700100074 Webb, Robert N. 1890 1938108288 Wesingi, Brice 1657 1800121463 Wettengl, Willi 1494 1494105028 White, Randy 2089 2089125863 Whiteside, Jeff 1089 5102934 Wight, Keith 2135 2208110348 Williams, Paul D. 2366 2390105942 Williamson, James 1589 1637105249 Wilson, Alexander 1576 1576123761 Wilton, Taylor 766 766103265 Wing, Richard 1875 1978111966 Wolfer, Peter 1766 1773123676 Wong, Jordan 1150 1150122512 Wong, Wylon 1536 1597123675 Wong, Brandon 1105 1131109506 Wood, Bryan 1527 1600124805 Xia, Angel 1743 1743110260 Xu, Sheng-Jun 2120 2201100255 Yee, Lorne 2285 2285123377 Young, Trevor 1347 8123378 Young, Andrew 1549 14101317 Zagar, Milan 1985 2135107387 Zakrajsek, Aljosa 1979 2088110755 Zambo, Viktor 2132 2203102172 Zimninski, Nick 1908 2022121546 Zlatkoff, Rob 1477 1477104898 Zugic, Igor 2448 2448107851 Zybura, Andre 1985 2077

Prince Edward IslandCFC# Name Rtng High104781 Bruneau, Philippe 1548 24123488 Casey, Adam 1099 11111875 Cooper, Aaron 1930 2035110208 Gulati, Ashish 2064 2159125217 Judson, Jessy 1146 19111891 Keunecke, Ed 1713 1774100145 McKim, Fred 2098 2132120120 McMillan, Andrew 1857 1890121861 Paulowich, David 1793 1890125215 St. Martin, Peter xxxx 10

QuebecCFC# Name Rtng High102413 Arsenault, Michel 1993 2008125747 Bannon, Eric 1976 7104030 Belanger, Jacques 2053 2121110993 Bilodeau, Victor 1844 1882109782 Bolduc, Jacques 1473 1581102959 Bolduc, Steve xxxx 2200104782 Bowles, Charles 1632 1746100101 Brodie, Hugh 1966 2100125637 Brouilland, Mathieu xxxx 8109371 Caceres Cortes, Julio xxxx 2020125421 Caire, Francois xxxx 8125642 Chagnon, Francois 1563 8108065 Charbonneau, Pascal 2355 2385113051 Charbonneau, Anne-M 1818 1818106999 Charest, Johanne 2111 2142113099 Christian, Mark 1344 10102908 Clement, Michel 2102 2102103228 Cote, Jacques 2115 2318112376 Courval, Francois xxxx 1913109091 Danis, Jacques 1752 1793125649 Deschambeault, Alex. 1910 8109665 Desjardins, Andre xxxx 2272123353 Desmarais, Emanual xxxx 20125748 Destree, Frederic 1907 7122423 Dumesnil, Etienne xxxx 24125739 Dumuchel, Alain 2085 8

107950 Duong, Thanh Nha 2433 2433120269 Duquette, Patrick xxxx 2010125750 Efpraxiadis, Jean 1698 1125456 Feoktistov, Dimitri xxxx 19108237 Fillion, Steve xxxx 2181108633 Fortin, Frederique 1821 1875107620 Fortin, Marc 2029 2059106453 Frappier, Clement xxxx 1962103399 Gagnon, Fabien 2108 2122108040 Gagnon, Boris xxxx 2046111592 Ghannoum, Marc xxxx 2160101277 Gilbert, Erick 1948 1948110490 Goldenberg, Danny 2307 2388123170 Goldner, John 1820 1942101700 Gottlieb, Jonathan 2016 2131110526 Gould, Charles 2094 2186122422 Gravel, Simon xxxx 23102539 Groleau, Gilles 2060 2200104705 Grondin, Jean-Philippe xxxx 2138123276 Hagan, Jeff 1538 1538101280 Hebert, Jean 2520 2534111469 Hua, Lefong 2365 2370106802 Keep, Richard 1818 1818121232 Khassanov, Marat 2422 2496122023 Khaziyeva, Dinara 1932 1932106087 Khudaverdian, Berj 1798 1798101285 Lacroix, Serge 2146 2206110358 Larochelle, Martial 2213 2282121273 Laurain, Guy xxxx 18102939 Laurin, Jacques 1956 2096125746 Laurin, Dominique 1799 9102780 Lavergne, Daniel 1634 1801123478 Lawson, Eric xxxx 23104158 Lemieux, Richard 1842 1860103439 Leriche, Felix xxxx 2294106923 Lesiege, Alexandre 2618 2618125744 Letourneau, Martin 1980 9107085 Leveille, Francois xxxx 2442120275 Levesque, Andre 1414 1414103097 Levtchouk, George 2373 2375125741 Lezaic, Jovan 2089 9107396 Linskiy, Oleg 2506 2506120108 Luksza, Arkadiusz xxxx 2211123736 Marineau, Remi 2107 2107100246 Michaud, Gerald 2077 2102125742 Michoura, Mikhail 2120 9120107 Mikanovic, Goran 2434 2434109288 Morin, Jean-Pascal 1984 1984110488 Moskvitch, Andrey xxxx 2192123741 Moss, Laurent xxxx 17109366 O'Connor, Michael 1982 2034125749 Papineau, Daniel 1647 8125451 Parra, Victor xxxx 9120045 Pitre, Francois 2116 2170103928 Poulin, Maurice xxxx 2111101347 Prahov, Valentin xxxx 2245103400 Reeve, Jeff xxxx 2400110815 Regnier, Alain xxxx 2185123419 Rosen, Matthew xxxx 17105274 Ross, David 2439 2439125640 Ross-Latour, Jeremie xxxx 7122701 Roussel-Roozmon, T. 1956 1956108266 Roy, Guy xxxx 2000107948 Roy, Roger 1846 1901105905 Saint-Amand, Paul 2200 2219125738 Sakr, Nassim 2174 9104038 Sasseville, Jean xxxx 2000106803 Scantland, Patrick 1624 1637103553 Schleifer, Michael 2459 2491125645 Simard, Francois 1849 8111541 Soudre, Nicolas 2180 2183125740 St. James, Sonny 2120 9125745 Strassman, Swantje 2110 11106058 Sullivan, Neil 2147 2147123738 Tessier, Olivier xxxx 17107885 Trottier, Stephane 2116 2176101307 Trottier, Yves xxxx 1841110232 Trottier, Julie 1924 19112806 Van Dusen, Eric 1919 1919120109 Wenaas, Eric 2273 2273111282 Yakobov, Stanislav xxxx 1847

SaskatchewanCFC# Name Rtng High107342 Bishop, Tom 1923 1930107501 Neven, Knut 2309 2327111334 Robertson, Trevor 1266 1347121771 Tootoosis, Harvey 1801 1846108447 Tuason, Alfred 1558 1585

Yukon TerritoryCFC# Name Rtng High101153 Bowerman, Bob 2116 2166109874 Winberg, Jim 1750 1837

ForeignCFC# Name Rtng High125644 Bernardino Jr, Almario xxxx 8123340 Betaneli, Alex xxxx 2331125534 Bjorg, Anna xxxx 11102486 Burge, Jim 1509 1553121222 Burnett, Ronald xxxx 2459125638 Campbell, Bill 1653 6108265 Ceterski, Tom 2012 2022110371 Ceterski, Justin 1975 1975110372 Ceterski, Martha 1485 1485108807 Ceterski, Kenny 1703 1703120036 Ciaffone, Bob 2229 2229

125579 Day, Chris 1587 3125655 Del Pilar, Reynaldo xxxx 2250125128 Dornieden, Manfred xxxx 2231123295 Elfert, Aleksandr xxxx 2211123365 Ellis, James xxxx 18123330 Fernandez, Daniel xxxx 2227123331 Fernandez, Lorenzo 1837 20125650 Ferrer, Manolito 1952 8108673 Foord, Allan 1606 1743103522 Franett, Mike 2136 2136125636 Gradsky, Benjamin 1898 8120054 Gross, Ron 2155 20125482 Gufeld, Eduard 2424 11103437 Gustafson, Dale 1975 2031125635 Hando, Mark 2133 8111401 Harmon, Clark 2291 2291123363 Hartman, Errol 1637 16110471 Heyer, Jon 2124 2124125480 Heyl, Thomas xxxx 2072125508 Heywood, Bill xxxx 10123364 Hummel, Patrick 2317 2317101337 Imai, Toshio 1613 1807125619 Jones, Chris 1170 4125634 Kalinin, Alexander xxxx 2443123178 Karnazes, Alexander 1611 18123177 Karnazes, Zachary 1546 18120762 Kleist, Carol 1607 22108384 Kleist, Frederick 2139 2139125630 Lazarev, Vladimir xxxx 2529125430 Link, Madison 1226 11124525 Mark, Eddie 2354 20125633 Miezis, Normunds xxxx 2527110119 Monahan, Darby 1770 1770110329 Morabito, Matthew 2003 2003125627 Mulyar, Michal 2419 2419125625 Nakamura, Asuka xxxx 2178125626 Nakamura, Hikaru xxxx 2224121125 Nogueiras, Jesus xxxx 2586125641 O'Brien, Patrick J 1578 7125629 O'Donnell, Robert 1958 8123357 Olson, David 2052 13103005 Orlov, Georgi 2614 2614125643 Paragua, Ricardo xxxx 8125653 Paragua, Mark xxxx 2321125632 Paschall, Bill 2313 2313110863 Pitre, H. G. 2035 2078123157 Pratt, Donald xxxx 14120049 Rajlich, Vasik 2353 2376125648 Rigo, Fillippo 996 7125647 Rigo, Caterinia 1140 7125646 Rigo, Gan Francesco 2039 8125631 Safranska, Anda xxxx 2326125483 Saidy, Anthony 2449 10125319 Scholz, Franz-Peter xxxx 2185125501 Seawald, Dennis 2221 14123380 Segovia, Javier 2237 2237109083 Setterberg, Bertil 1599 16125559 Shaham, Elsagav 1441 11125560 Shaham, Joshua 1226 11125561 Shaham, Jonathan 990 10125628 Steigman, A.J. 2230 2230121207 Targonski, Stan 2203 2203105418 Taylor, Tom 1944 1981123304 Tyomkin, Dimitri xxxx 2515121135 Versteeg, Jim 1125 16125624 Weeramantry, Sunil xxxx 2239124808 Williams, Vance 2137 20110866 Zangerle, Karl 1787 14125935 Zaremba, Andrei 2339 5

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AlbertaCFC# Name Rtng High123306 Anderson, Ashton xxxx 1776102424 Beingessner, Andrew 1347 1557105484 Bjornson, Jonathan 1680 1682110558 Booth, Glenn 1713 1800121267 Booth, Shandy 1490 1490120375 Borowski, Ted 1548 1609101519 Campbell, Stephen 1449 1531125778 Chandler, John 863 5108292 Chi, Jonathan 1197 1218123601 Chi, Megan 531 14112298 Chrumka, Colin 1726 1828125761 Clark, Casey 1567 2120745 Clark, Alan 1986 1986105606 Daniluk, Jim 2022 2135121187 Day, John 1049 22121190 Eshleman, Brandon 1368 1427106228 Ferrar, John 2137 2137120299 Flodberg, Jason 1559 1580112476 Haessel, Dale 2291 2300125777 Hamilton, Shae 620 5105644 Hansen, Steve 1711 1711106102 Hinds, Dr.Ronald 1976 2005109674 Huber, Gregory 2303 2303123872 Hudson, Richard 1373 1400125944 Kassamali, Salimah 648 4121625 Kazakevich, Anastasia 1293 1294125895 Kessler, Nina 1112 5121301 Kirchner, Kieran 1202 1277120194 Knoll, Frank 1570 1788125235 Krsek, Miro 1321 10124459 Kucharski, Evan 601 20101953 Kuczaj, Chris 2038 2038121783 Lapides, Paul 1514 1514122675 Lapides, Andrew 2192 2192121303 Li, Zhuoran 1383 1383123462 Lui, Matthew 1092 1092124765 Macdonald, Asher 1409 10110115 Macfarlane, Don 1438 1567124460 Mazo, Aaron 652 6101022 McKay, Tom 1648 1705120082 McMaster, Carolyn 1489 1496125658 Miller, Ben xxxx 4107744 Mills, Alec 1613 1613101874 Milne, Arthur 2011 2127123323 Milward, Dave 1590 1594109973 Nazarian, Farzan 1979 2100121343 Ng, Mitchell 888 1065111962 Nguyen, Kim 1721 1721108406 Odachowski, Arthur 2130 2130120246 Olson, Erik 1320 1339104728 Ottosen, David 1983 1983103046 Parrott, F. John 2023 2149120149 Redes, John xxxx 1880120197 Ryan, Jeff 1094 1095

121344 Ryan, Chris 968 14122861 Ryner, Aaron 1331 19111041 Sauve, Steve 1813 1813124742 Shukuda, Jason 925 19120858 Smith, Mike 1539 1640123604 Stadnyk, Leighton 539 10123605 Stadnyk, Mathew 597 12124063 Stainer, Joel 1400 1402125779 Stewart, Drew 366 4123460 Sun, Ke 1346 1346123395 Valeroso, Bert 1633 1686112618 Ward, Kevin 1612 1613101495 Watson, Walter 1922 1922123461 Williamson, Ben 887 896125589 Wong, Eric 1306 4102743 Yearwood, Roy 2091 2115120291 Zinner, Gabor 1194 5

British ColumbiaCFC# Name Rtng High123883 Anderson, Jason 494 14122964 Armatage, Kyle 932 14125716 Bandstra, John 775 4124072 Batisse, Norman 891 5123791 Bernhardt, Travis 923 7120651 Bosse, Marc 1444 4122965 Brodie, Graham 1436 4120408 Campbell, Tom 1403 14106001 Chranowski, Rick 1822 23125576 Deguara, Jason xxxx 3106424 Deline, Toni 1799 1799108072 Devries, Peter 1692 12104911 Feng, Jason 1644 1700123040 Forman, Ken 1237 12122165 Forsyth, Bruce 1043 4121234 Fowler, Stephen 1517 11125986 Ghanipour, Pejman 1139 3123205 Gill, Gurpreet 1327 8101879 Hallam, John 2098 2166125985 Hamida, Tarek 940 3102299 Horning, Ira 1147 4121305 Kerek, Peter 663 3120304 Lane, Travis 1673 13106064 Lee, Jason 1395 24125981 Lister, Curtis 1858 6101173 Loseth, Doreen 1123 4102303 Loseth, Tim 1168 4107927 Mair, Bob 1381 3124509 Manouchehiian, Salar 1085 4125982 Manzer, Karl 1588 3103429 Martin, Carl 1867 1937125983 McDonell, Tavish 1063 5101550 Medalen, David 1572 1572107627 Nathani, Kaleim 1703 9120592 Nguyen, Vinh xxxx 506120554 Nguyen, Trieu 1337 1340100318 Niksic, John 1988 14100259 Planas, Rodolfo 1561 19107829 Taylor, Nicholas 1861 14100325 Taylor, James 1646 20120587 Warko, Andrew 1566 4

ManitobaCFC# Name Rtng High120096 Alexiuk, Mark 1258 4102014 Baragar, Fletcher 2167 2180110941 Bays, Derek 1372 4120822 Charter, Bennet 1501 9111806 Czypinski, Jaroslaw 1802 21107847 Gibbons, Lorne 1354 1354107754 Gibson, Kris 1716 13104596 Henson, Joshua 1751 18109230 Herkert, Dean 1579 9105377 Lipnowski, Samuel 1470 9109208 Magyar, Peter 1434 7103189 Milord, Frank 1415 4108926 Ott, Richard 1352 1352103105 Rasmussen, Barry 2121 24109227 Repa, Jason 1869 4104557 Shpan, Mike 1555 1592103193 Trueman, Francis 1181 11120248 Xia, Yanchong 1581 4

New BrunswickCFC# Name Rtng High125313 Boudreau, Remi 1167 1124660 Bourque, Andrew 976 7108718 Breau, Robert 1931 1941100253 Brun, Jacques 1673 1772107764 Grant, Hector 1558 1631120429 Johnson, Kyle 1262 1262121684 Laforest, Gilles 1373 1393106326 Lavigne, Allen 1373 1393104837 Riordon, Jason 1644 1644106788 Robichaud, Martin 1653 1653104469 Woodman, George 1750 1826

NewfoundlandCFC# Name Rtng High121195 Barbour, Stephen 745 18122243 Barbour, Les 714 22122954 Panjwani, Dilip 872 892121202 Panjwani, Raja 693 16110990 Tsui, Edwin 1063 1063103802 Tsui, Alick 799 814121192 Wang, Michael 1296 1296

OntarioCFC# Name Rtng High125614 Acayan, Raymund 1258 18125616 Ademi, Sami 2359 12123274 Agabekian, Konstantin 1756 1756106553 Alcaide, Florante 2227 2246107100 Alvarez, Alfonso 1625 11109089 Amann, Greg 1109 12101172 Amodeo, Paul 1599 1599103145 Armstrong, Don 1634 1642100034 Armstrong, Robert J. 1617 1656110365 Armstrong, Wayne 1345 1368125622 Armstrong, Leslie 833 6125571 Armstrong, Tavish 1071 11121549 Asghari Shekhy, Arash 1879 1879125545 Azevedo, John 1007 5120266 Badal, Mark 1504 1519123152 Balboa, Manuel xxxx 6105210 Beaubien, Robert 1646 16106106 Beckwith, Paul H. 2055 2101121686 Belc, Daniela 1952 1952120637 Benggawan, Alexandra 1457 1521120636 Benggawan, Amanda 1605 1727125667 Berengolts, Isai 1839 6110630 Berson, Jordan 2066 2099101245 Bloch, Peter 1353 16111830 Bond, Hal 1831 1906108790 Boross-Harmer, Peter 2094 2098103523 Bortolotti, Guido 1886 1912108842 Brewster, Kirk 1898 1898102666 Brice, Ron 1947 2100120661 Brooks, Jeff 1155 10112638 Bruvelaitis, Milton 1558 1788120345 Buckley, Matthias 1445 13110977 Buscar, Michael 2013 2013108909 Callaghan, Kenneth J. 1465 1512123266 Chan, Evan 1585 1585104052 Chatzilias, Alexis 1945 11106389 Clarke, Brian 1535 1589100234 Cohen, David 1977 24123549 Cokorillo, Radisav 1970 1970108236 Cooper, Andrew 1462 1462110316 Cote, Richard 1717 1717121659 Courtney, Al 1554 16123439 Courtney, Brian 1193 16125618 Cuevas, Vincent 1484 6107299 Dangberg, Karl 1792 1805101024 Day, Lawrence 2504 2514125547 Dembowski, Mitchell 1151 12109477 Demmery, Steve 2095 2095110803 Den-Otter, Albert 1477 1674103285 Desforges, Jean 1970 20123550 Devisser, Paul 1435 1435124262 Dimitrijevic, Milorad 2183 5120020 Dimnik, Pavel 1797 1797100294 Dougherty, Michael 2355 2376113062 Draak, Jan 1393 22125528 Dragusanu, George 1012 10125682 Duggan, Brendan 990 6103373 Dumontelle, Joe 1905 1905106571 Dutton, Warren Richard 1997 2195106197 Dutton, Myles R. 1346 11125573 Dutton, Janice 1032 22125575 Dutton, Lucas 783 783106324 Duval, Kirk 1739 1739110299 Egorov, Michael xxxx 1911101459 Ellis, Joe T. 1906 1955103011 Erickson, John 1769 1793101981 Fabris, Al 1628 1800123660 Ferreira, Jose 1646 18108098 Field, Christopher 1592 1592103521 Filipovich, David 2173 2173122745 Fittler, David 1709 20112308 Fleming, Derrick 1582 1582122479 Fleming, Alan 1439 1439111695 Fragakos, Angelo 1995 2040102447 Frilles, Ruperto 2105 2250102701 Gaffney, Kevin 1487 20125683 Garbala, Dan 1488 6105218 Garel, Richard 1803 1848112426 Gashgarian, Rob 1752 20124454 Gayman, Ian 1464 21106528 Gomes, Jose 1909 2033125612 Gonnet, Emmanuel 1446 6108832 Gooding, Gordon 2064 2064102884 Grinbergs, Daniel 1606 1649112613 Hacat, Kevork 1951 1951104833 Hadley, Ryan 1547 1547109737 Hallett, Doran 1728 1831125685 Hancas, Marius 1999 6123559 Hare, Scott 1658 17104354 Harkes, Lewis 1999 1999123136 Harvey, Tim 1442 15125684 Hasku, Dashnor 2132 6110105 Hassan-Gordon, Tariq 1685 17105731 Hendon, Lee 1414 1511111858 Heseltine-Nutch, Kainoa 1511 1640125002 Hier, David 811 11123135 Hoch, Doug 1163 1163105422 Hollo, Peter 1705 1800106551 Howard, Allan 1641 1777122801 Iqbal, Shan 1518 1528120795 Iwinski, Tom 1266 1266123270 Jacobs, Chaim-Akiva 1261 5121637 Jaglic, Mike 1646 15106205 Jando, Edmond 1637 1637124816 Joag, Vineet 1375 11104694 Johnson, Wylie 1415 16

109239 Johnson, Alexandre 1244 6107581 Joseph, Steve 1770 1888106715 Kagramanov, Dina 1805 24125361 Kaplan, Youri 1076 14101422 Kempner, Andrew 1999 2032111315 Kerec, Rudi 1624 1659106126 Khan, Zamir 2019 2024109418 Kimber, Mathew 1744 19101198 Kiss, Istvan 1879 1989106376 Knechtel, Tim 1785 2000120759 Knezevic, Adam 1563 1563121178 Konakanchi, Krishna 1277 16105549 Kret, Ted 2005 2162104537 Kurkowski, Ken 1622 1700106974 Lamb, Bryan 2090 2122112068 Lawless, David 1955 2008111318 Le, Ken 1763 1780125657 Leeming, Mike 1230 9121831 Lentini, Joseph 1756 1756112408 Lentini, Frank xxxx 9120122 Leung, Victor 1418 1418123227 Livshits, Vitaly 1746 23108038 Louie, Kim 1723 1723122695 Lovi, Wray 1069 4125617 Lozano, Albert L. 1253 12110214 Lucki, Arnie 1919 2010124499 Lui, Tommy 1712 12112732 Maenpaa, David 1652 1672100338 Majstorovic, Dan 1962 2054125562 Marasigan, Sesinando 1936 12107391 Marghetis, Aris 1797 1797112152 Marshall, Scott 1878 1878122006 Marshall, Eric 1307 12102498 Martin, Ian 2221 2265124263 Mazin, Alexander 1403 1403100298 McClelland, Tom 1747 1900106266 McGrahan, Steve 1886 2067125825 McGuire, Paul 959 10112655 Mendoza, Pedro Y. 1948 2009100297 Mendrinos, Ari 1532 1621107418 Mian, Muhammad Z. 1844 1965125874 Michaelis, Nico 2255 6124203 Miletic, Dusan 2314 6121321 Mills, Matthew 1277 9103288 Min, Frank 1238 8104248 Mitchell, Joe 1270 15124815 Mitchell, Christopher 1553 6120638 Mocharenko, Petro 1339 12120428 Moors, Henry A. 1640 1640106826 Morrison, Kyle 1339 17125406 Mross, Lazo 1122 15102906 Murray, Robert 2206 2206113098 Nault, Rod 1256 11122103 Nozari, Nosrat 1802 18121335 Nunes, Paulo 1346 9104561 Obrovac, Zvonko 1944 1950102669 Ochkoos, Jura 2364 2409103144 Ortiz, Hugo 1712 15102066 Palacios, Bobby 2145 2300107543 Pancer, Jeff 1131 22113122 Papagorgiou, John 1325 6125813 Parikh, Jugal 1147 11111977 Parker, Christopher 1719 1748112387 Peckford, Bill 2254 2300108387 Pelts, Roman 2413 20101770 Peredun, Andrew 1950 10107646 Perovic, Bozidar 1968 1968106479 Petkovic, Zarko M. 1987 2011120803 Phares, Adam 1414 16122604 Piggott, Scott 1320 15112621 Pitre, Ron 2037 2074113065 Prilleltensky, Matan 1456 1456105444 Profit, Brian 2007 2007125656 Puddephatt, Tony 1135 5104903 Puiras, Jarmo 1634 12108329 Puschke, R.F. 1727 1786105358 Quesada, Sergio 2030 6101958 Reid, Daniel 1202 16120227 Reynolds, Derek 1496 1515111115 Richardson, Ross 1958 19109327 Rivas, Edgar 1759 1764124806 Rodin, Yuriy 1871 6124206 Rodina, Nataliya 1762 18111209 Roller, Robert 1578 1625113055 Roschman, Paul 1593 9103199 Rositsan, Boris 2318 2369101799 Rowles, Christopher 1780 1812111463 Ruiz, Richard 1984 1994122938 Rutnam, Johann 1689 18111803 Ryzycki, Bohdan 1773 1822112780 Samano, Beto 1944 1944112413 Savoia, Robert 2083 15111713 Secours, Andre 1330 24107823 Sengupta, Oveek 1621 1621123727 Sequillion, Aaron 1439 1439111320 Serbanescu, Natasa 1859 1969121329 Shah, Omaray M. 1879 1904125969 Sharma, Mohit K 960 6105109 Sherman, Robert 1690 1690103744 Sit Yee, Mervyn 1755 1762111970 Sliwinski, David 2013 2013125546 Smith, Hazel 836 6125620 Smith, Duncan 841 5123265 Solodar, Yevgeni 2079 2079102535 Southam, David 2135 2200125968 Stoltefuss, Rolf 1855 6108689 Stonkus, Raymond J 1783 1911124659 Stott, Nicholas 925 6111468 Stroud, Mike 2227 2227

112423 Surlan, Dan 2206 2206121237 Taherkhani, Majid 2019 2027101371 Takov, Chris 1854 2116125574 Taradash, Brett 857 11124501 Teh, Kevin 1288 18108777 Teplitsky, Yan 2576 2576106474 Termeer, Ted 1494 1692106868 Thompson, Ed G. 1387 24123874 Thomson, Matt 1578 20106110 Thorvardson, Steve 1962 1962101079 Tipu, Vincent 2321 2321121639 Tirpak, Josef 1519 16110282 Toolsie, Alexander 1732 1758124332 Travers, Derek 1184 20124333 Travers, Keith 1046 19124455 Tremblay, Jarrett 1805 5124498 Tursman, Richard 1338 6102136 Ungor, Imre 1778 1778102986 Urbanc, Peter 1899 1899120618 Vaidyanath, Rahul 1257 4125532 Vaingorten, Yaaqov 2115 6103420 Van de Ven, Anthony 1877 2000106830 Van der Velde, W. H. 1930 1940125621 Van Sant, Adam 941 11120086 Van Spyk, Aiken 1516 23102372 Venning, Ron 1571 1698107979 Vera, Jesus 1579 1622101891 Vlasov, John 1812 1859106693 Vucko, Ignac 2090 2143105028 White, Randy 1936 1962102934 Wight, Keith 2104 2187122512 Wong, Wylon 1274 1274100255 Yee, Lorne 2229 2231123378 Young, Andrew 1619 5123377 Young, Trevor 1282 4101317 Zagar, Milan 2016 2140107387 Zakrajsek, Aljosa 1970 2003110755 Zambo, Viktor 2045 2045102172 Zimninski, Nick 1810 1821122992 Znottka, Shawn 1047 4103094 Zoccano, John 1719 1764104898 Zugic, Igor 2319 2319107851 Zybura, Andre 1854 1854

Prince Edward IslandCFC# Name Rtng High104781 Bruneau, Philippe 1531 16123488 Casey, Adam 1248 1280102875 Landry, Scott 1565 1617109557 Parker, Ian 1398 24108960 Parker, Kim 1649 15121861 Paulowich, David 1765 1801

QuebecCFC# Name Rtng High125967 Laflamme, Jean-Philippe 1821 6125572 O'Connor, Minnie 968 6109366 O'Connor, Michael 1859 22112806 Van Dusen, Eric 1866 1935

ForeignCFC# Name Rtng High102486 Burge, Jim 1358 13125619 Jones, Chris 1388 12125984 Melde, Volker 1733 4110329 Morabito, Matthew 1883 1931125611 Parham, Bernard xxxx 6

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