Monthly Archives: February 2013
Toronto Chess News: Issue 1-11, Feb 1-2013
Toronto Chess News Torontochessnews
The latest Edition is now out(74 pages). To obtain the pdf/Chess files see Issue # 1-11, February 1, 2013
Articles
Engagement: A Pre-requisite for Chess Reform
FIDE January 1, 2013 Regular Rating List ( Open/Women )
FIDE Jan. 1, 2013 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings ( Open/Women )
Teaching Classic Games of Chess: The Power of the Pin
Ken’s Chess Trivia
TCN Readers Have Questions
TCN Readers’ Feedback
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column
Tournaments
Tata Steel GM A
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival
Candidates’ Double Round-Robin Tournament – Upcoming
GTCL Premier League
Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC )
Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL )
Chess Institute of Canada ( CIC )
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC )
Annex Chess Club ( ACC )
Willowdale Chess Club ( WCC )
Burlington Chess Club
Mississauga Chess Club
Aurora Chess Club
Hamilton City Chess Club
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club
Tournament Notices
Guelph Winter Pro-Am
East Toronto Family Day YCC
Hart House Winter Open
BCCF Bulletin Chess.bc.ca BCCF bulletin
Is also useful for keeping up with Canadian Chess(pdf and chessbase format)
Jeff Tomy(ENG) New Young Talent
Jeff Tomy nominated for British Malayali Young Talent award – Watfordobserver
Tata Steel 2013 Group B Rd11-GM Rapport(HUN)
Here is Rapport’s rd11 with Naiditsch who won a fantastic minor piece ending BN-BN with opposite color bishops.
The game started off with a harmless looking Winawer with 4.ed ed. Then the maneuvering action started with Rapport having his share of the chances.
Position 1
The kingside is closed off. What is the plan for white now?
White to Play
Position 2
White is pushing hard on the queenside. What is the next step?
White to Play
Tata Steel 2013 Group B Rd10-Rapport(HUN)
Here Rapport’s rd10 game. The main feature is the R-R P+ conversion with all the play on the kingside.
Position 1
Black is causing problems with the active rook and it is not so clear how white can or should make progress. What do you suggest for white?
White to Play
Gibraltar Tradewise 2013 Rd10 Standings by Country
From Gibraltarchesscongress 2013
Canada
Piasetski and Fairbairn drew their last games making Piasetski the top Canadian with 5/10.
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| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | IM | Piasetski Leon | 2310 | CAN | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 5 |
| 185 | Fairbairn Stephen | 2021 | CAN | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | |
| 209 | Agbabishvili Lali | 1954 | CAN | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
Fairbairn had a strong tournament with a Rating Performance of 2193 while playing 7 players 2200+ including a GM and 2 IMs. Here is a breakdown by round of his results. Well done!
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| Rd | Title | Name | FIDE | FED | Pts | Result | Rating+/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM | Docx Stefan | 2426 | BEL | 6.5 | s 0 | -1.65 |
| 2 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2518 | SWE | 6.5 | w 0 | -1.65 |
| 3 | Sevillano Leal Julio | 1807 | ESP | 3 | s 1 | 3.45 | |
| 4 | Marttala Thomas | 2217 | SWE | 4.5 | w 1 | 11.25 | |
| 5 | Olhovik Andrei | 2246 | BLR | 5 | s ½ | 4.2 | |
| 6 | FM | Vyparina Matej | 2305 | SVK | 5 | w 0 | -2.4 |
| 7 | CM | Osuna Vega Enrique | 2157 | ESP | 5 | s ½ | 2.7 |
| 8 | Bird Andrew | 2223 | AUS | 5 | w 0 | -3.6 | |
| 9 | Jaunooby Ali R | 2178 | ENG | 4 | s 1 | 10.65 | |
| 10 | IM | Sanchez Castillo Sarai | 2212 | VEN | 4.5 | s ½ | 3.75 |
Hungary
GM Hoang made her first and only draw in the last round to finish with 6.5/10.
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| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2469 | HUN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.5 |
| 91 | WGM | Rudolf Anna | 2312 | HUN | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 |
| 214 | Lochte Szilvia | 1923 | HUN | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 3 |
USA
Kamsky won his last game to finish with 7.5/10.
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| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2740 | USA | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 7.5 |
| 22 | GM | Ehlvest Jaan | 2603 | USA | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 46 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2491 | USA | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 189 | Hutton Jack | 2017 | USA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 226 | Kang Leo J | 1814 | USA | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 3.5 |
England
GM Short finished with 8/10 while Adams was right behind with 7.5/10. FM Lyell lost his last game to finish at 5/10.
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| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2690 | ENG | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 8 |
| 3 | GM | Adams Michael | 2725 | ENG | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7.5 |
| 17 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2632 | ENG | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7 |
| 34 | GM | Gordon Stephen J | 2533 | ENG | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 63 | IM | Houska Jovanka | 2416 | ENG | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 |
| 57 | IM | Zhou Yang-Fan | 2439 | ENG | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 60 | IM | Trent Lawrence | 2429 | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 5.5 |
| 113 | FM | Storey Charles H | 2245 | ENG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 |
| 121 | Spence David J | 2226 | ENG | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5.5 | |
| 73 | IM | Quillan Gary | 2398 | ENG | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 5 |
| 118 | FM | Lyell Mark | 2235 | ENG | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 130 | O`toole George E | 2204 | ENG | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5 | |
| 165 | Mckenna Jason P | 2110 | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 |
Gibraltar Tradewise 2013 Rd 10
Overall Gibraltarchesscongress
Vitiugov Nikita was the overall winner after 4 players finised with 8/10.
From tournament website
‘Congratulations to Nikita Vitiugov, winner of the Tradewise Masters after a thrilling play-off final against Nigel Short. He collects the first prize of £20,000 (€23,320). Congratulations also to Chinese GM Zhao Xue has won the top female prize of £12,000. She drew her game after nearly five hours of play against Vassily Ivanchuk and achieved a score of 7½/10. For the top Masters prize of £20,000 there was a four-way play-off involving Nikita Vitiugov, Nigel Short, Maxine Vachier-Lagrave and Chanda Sandipan.’
Bio
‘Vitiugov is 2006 World Junior Chess Vice-Champion[1] and participant of the Russian Chess Championship (2006[2] and 2007[3]). He was a member of the gold-medal-winning Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship 2009 in Bursa.[4] In 2011, he tied for 1st-3rd with Evgeny Tomashevsky and Le Quang Liem in the Aeroflot Open.’-Wikipedia Nikita_Vitiugov
Vitiugov is also an accomplished author and wrote The French Defence Reloaded(Chess Stars 2012).
‘A completely updated edition which presents a Black repertoire based on the French.
Here are Vitiugov’s own words: “I received, quite unexpectedly, many comments and opinions following the publication of my first book on the French Defence. These were quite varied, both in form and content.
There were renowned experts, who pointed out that some of the variations were not analyzed to perfection. Some meticulous readers looked for, and found (!), possibilities for both sides, which I had omitted in several important, and even not so important, lines.
There were people who criticized my rather ambitious concept, according to which I tried to present the opening the way I saw it, instead of just following the branches of the database. However, there were also some appreciative comments.(more) NIC The_French_Defence_Reloaded
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| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2694 | 8 |
| 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2711 | 8 |
| 3 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2590 | 8 |
| 4 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2690 | 8 |
| 5 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | BUL | 2643 | 7.5 |
| 6 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2725 | 7.5 |
| 7 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2710 | 7.5 |
| 8 | GM | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2740 | 7.5 |
| 9 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2758 | 7.5 |
| GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2688 | 7.5 | |
| 11 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | ESP | 2606 | 7.5 |
| 12 | GM | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2667 | 7.5 |
| 13 | GM | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2554 | 7.5 |
| 14 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2705 | 7 |
| 15 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2632 | 7 |
| 16 | GM | Felgaer Ruben | ARG | 2557 | 7 |
| 17 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2723 | 7 |
| 18 | GM | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2708 | 7 |
| 19 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2516 | 7 |
| 20 | IM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2490 | 7 |
| 21 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | SLO | 2582 | 7 |
| 22 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2684 | 7 |
| 23 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G. | SUI | 2499 | 7 |
| 24 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2629 | 7 |
| 25 | IM | Kuipers Stefan | NED | 2431 | 7 |








