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Toronto Chess News Issue 1-6
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Contents
Every issue comes in PDF format and also has a CBV/PGN database.
Features
The Future of Chess, by Abbey Alo
Interesting Canadian Chess Personalities – Zoltan Sarosy
Malmsten on Chess, by volunteer part-time columnist, Erik Malmsten: Top Toronto Area Players of 1980 Compared with Today
Best Black Defences to 1.e4?, by Bob Armstrong
Rick’s Chess Trivia, by volunteer columnist, Rick Garel
TCN Readers Have QuestionsThe Women’s Chess System – A Response, by Maurice Smith, Scarborough CC President
Tournaments
Women’s World Chess Championship, Russia
World Youth Chess Championships, Slovenia
6th Kings Tournament, Romania
The Battle of Toronto Invitational
The Toronto Junior Championship
The Toronto Women’s Championship
The Toronto Seniors Championship
Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada, by Bob Armstrong, Public Relations Coordinator
Scarborough CC – by Ken Kurkowski
Annex CC – by Marcus Wilker
Willowdale CC – by Michael Barron
Burlington CC – by Bob Gillanders
Mississauga CC – by Bob Gillanders
Aurora CC – by Graeme Knight
Ajax CC – by David Ho
Hamilton City CC – by Bob Gillanders
First Saturday 2012-11
Summary
There were 4 double RRs with the IM group being the only single RR.
FS GM 2012-11: GM Szabo Krisztian won by a clear point with 8/14.
FS IM 2012-11: Liu Guanchu(CHN) won by a clear point with 9/11. FM Kojima Shinya(JPN) did well with 7/11.
FS FMA 2012-11: IM Szalanczy Emil dominated and won clear first with 8/10.
FS FMB 2012-11: FM Mayer Istvan crushed the field with 9/10.
FS FMC 2012-11: Nemeth Otto took clear first with 7.5/10.
FS GM 2012-11
GM Szabo, Krisztian won by a clear point with 8/14. Also of note 13-year old Gledura, Benjamin made an IM norm.
Final Ranking crosstable after 14 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts.
1 GM Szabo Krisztian 2541 HUN *** ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8
2 GM Bakre Tejas 2481 IND ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7
3 GM Varga Zoltan 2456 HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 6.5
4 FM Gledura Benjamin 2336 HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ *** 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6.5
5 IM Hagen Andreas Skytte 2418 DEN 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 *** ½ ½ 0 + 5.5
6 IM Arngrimsson Dagur 2386 ISL 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ *** 1 ½ 5
7 IM Kharous Ernest 2367 RUS 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 – 0 ½ *** 3.5
FS IM 2012-11
Liu Guanchu(CHN) won by a clear point with 9/11. FM Kojima Shinya(JPN) did well with 7/11.
Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts.
1 Liu Guanchu 2233 CHN * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9
2 FM Massoni Michael 2381 FRA 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8
3 FM Kojima Shinya 2339 JPN 0 0 * 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7
4 FM Hou Qiang 2289 CHN ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6
5 IM Kislik Erik Andrew 2413 USA 0 1 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6
6 Aryan Chopra 2051 IND ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.5
7 IM Szeberenyi Adam 2347 HUN 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5
8 FM Holm Sejer 2274 DEN 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 0 4.5
9 IM Wittmann Walter 2245 AUT 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4.5
10 IM Battey Alexander 2362 USA ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 4
11 FM Stigar Petter 2290 NOR ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3.5
FS FMA 2012-11
IM Szalanczy Emil dominated and won clear first with 8/10.
Final Ranking crosstable after 10 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 IM Szalanczy Emil 2237 HUN *** ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8
2 Schenkerik Csaba 2074 HUN ½ 0 *** ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 – 6
3 Farkas Richard 2107 HUN ½ 0 ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5.5
4 Juracsik Jozsef 2157 HUN 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ *** ½ ½ 1 ½ 4.5
5 Egri Laszlo Jr. 2134 HUN 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ *** 1 ½ 4
6 Atnilov Boris 2118 ISR 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ *** 2
FS FMB 2012-11
FM Mayer Istvan crushed the field with 9/10. Not sure what happened with players 5,6.
Final Ranking crosstable after 10 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 FM Mayer Istvan HUN *** 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 + 1 + 9
2 Marcu Simon SVK 0 ½ *** 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 + 1 + 6.5
3 Csetneki Mark HUN 0 ½ 0 ½ *** 0 ½ 1 + + + 5.5
4 Burghardt Michael GER 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ *** 1 0 1 + 5
5 Tessedik Karoly HUN 0 – 1 – 0 – 0 1 *** – – 2
6 Havaskori Laszlo HUN 0 – 0 – – – 0 – + – *** 1
FS FMC 2012-11
Nemeth Otto took clear first with 7.5/10. Local favorite Mihajlova turned in a strong performance with 6/10.
Final Ranking crosstable after 10 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 Nemeth Otto 1790 HUN *** 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
2 Mihajlova Diana 1445 ENG 1 0 *** 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6
3 Merk Andras 1498 HUN 1 0 1 1 *** 0 0 – ½ 1 1 5.5
4 Schmidt Wolfgang 1390 GER ½ 0 1 0 1 1 *** 0 1 ½ 0 5
5 Szalay Tibor 1804 HUN 0 0 0 0 – ½ 1 0 *** 1 1 3.5
6 Szabo Miklos Istvan 1342 HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 *** 1.5
Here is a nice attacking game from the GM group by the winner.
Hagen,Andr (2418) – Szabo,Krisz(2541) [E97]
FSGM Nov 2012 Budapest HUN (6.2), 08.11.2012
Typical mutual attacks are in progress. How doesblack continue? Protect the queenside or charge ahead on the kingside?
Black to Play
World Seniors Ch(CAN players) 2012
5 Canadian players playing. Top scorer is IM Piasetski, Leon(2298) with 1.5/2.
Player overview for CAN
SNo Name Rtg FED 1 2 Pts. Rk. Group
21 IM Piasetski Leon 2298 CAN ½ 1 1.5 30 Open Section
60 Doubleday William G. 2039 CAN 0 1 1.0 64 Open Section
73 Zybura Andre 1977 CAN 0 1 1.0 70 Open Section
89 Finlay Ian 1902 CAN ½ 0 0.5 80 Open Section
105 Maheux Pierre 0 CAN 0 0 0.0 106 Open Section
Pairings of the next round for CAN
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
3 15 38 Gamboa Anibal 2174 1½ 1½ IM Piasetski Leon 2298 21
3 22 22 FM Malmdin Nils-Ake 2296 1 1 Doubleday William G. 2039 60
3 30 44 Rakhimberdiyev Atalyk 2133 1 1 Zybura Andre 1977 73
3 44 72 Baumgarten Werner 1981 ½ ½ Finlay Ian 1902 89
3 53 94 Scholtyssek Werner 1835 0 0 Maheux Pierre 0 105
Results of the last round for CAN
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
2 26 21 IM Piasetski Leon 2298 ½ 1 – 0 ½ Baumgarten Werner 1981 72
2 29 89 Finlay Ian 1902 ½ 0 – 1 ½ IM Archangelsky Mikhail 2197 34
2 40 93 Rave Avraham 1838 0 0 – 1 0 Doubleday William G. 2039 60
2 49 73 Zybura Andre 1977 0 1 – 0 0 Altykenov Toleugali 1589 101
2 53 105 Maheux Pierre 0 0 0 – 1 0 Sokolov Yury 1947 78
Player details for CAN
Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Pts. Res.
IM Piasetski Leon 2298 CAN Pts. 1.5
1 74 Belokopyt Boris 1962 RUS 0.5 s ½
2 72 Baumgarten Werner 1981 GER 0.5 w 1
3 38 Gamboa Anibal 2174 VEN 1.5 s
Doubleday William G. 2039 CAN Pts. 1.0
1 7 GM Jansa Vlastimil 2451 CZE 1.0 w 0
2 93 Rave Avraham 1838 ISR 0.0 s 1
3 22 FM Malmdin Nils-Ake 2296 SWE 1.0 s
Zybura Andre 1977 CAN Pts. 1.0
1 20 IM Filipenko Alexander V 2321 RUS 1.0 s 0
2 101 Altykenov Toleugali 1589 KAZ 0.0 w 1
3 44 Rakhimberdiyev Atalyk 2133 KAZ 1.0 s
Finlay Ian 1902 CAN Pts. 0.5
1 36 IM Zakharchenko Arnold 2194 UKR 1.5 s ½
2 34 IM Archangelsky Mikhail 2197 RUS 1.5 w 0
3 72 Baumgarten Werner 1981 GER 0.5 s
Maheux Pierre 0 CAN Pts. 0.0
1 52 Blaushtain Boris 2092 ISR 1.5 s 0
2 78 Sokolov Yury 1947 RUS 1.0 w 0
3 94 Scholtyssek Werner 1835 GER 0.0 s
IM Wang(CAN) Rd7 WYCC 2012
Here is the Rd7 game that Richard Wang played.
Paravyan,David (2285) – Wang,Richard (2356)
Caro-Kann 4.Nd2 [B12]
WYCC U14 Maribor (7.3), 14.11.2012
The game was very sharp with mutual attacks. White had the initial attack momentum but then the game swung over to black’s favor. Unfortunately black did not captialize and white’s attack trimphed in the end.
How should black play in this very complicated position?
Black to Play
Preotu,R(CAN) WYCC U14 Open
Here is a tough battle with Preotu,Razvan (2086) played in round 2.
Sanal,Vahap (2397) – Preotu,Razvan (2086)
Sicilian Accerated Dragon 8…a5[B35]
WYCC U14 Maribor (2.2), 09.11.2012
Black played a topical sharp line of the Accelerated Dragon but eventually white had lasting pressure from the bishop pair and dark square control. Eventually white built up a winning position in a sharp RRB-RRB ending with opposite color bishops. Just as the win seemed like a formality white faltered and allowed black to come back into an even R-B ending. The tradegy struck and black allowed a transition into a winning(for white) K+P ending. A tough and exiting battle.
Critical Position 1
The position is sharp. How should the queenless attack proceed?
White to Play
Critical Position 2
Black has defended this part of the ending well. What is the right way to exploit the passed pawn duo?
Black to Play
Doknjas,J(CAN 1900) at WYCC 2012 Under 14 Open
Here is a game from Doknjas,J, playing in the under 14 Open group.
Doknjas,John (1900) – Antal,Tibor Kende (2353)
QGD Exchange Variation[D36]
WYCC U14 Maribor (1.6), 08.11.2012
White achieved a normal slight edge but in the RR-RR let the game slip away. Here white was counting on the c-file pin but black slipped away.
Black to Play
GM Hoang(HUN) to 2nd Round in Women’s WCh
GM Hoang(HUN) eliminated Ovod in game two of the first round to advance to round 2.
Hoang Thanh Trang (2470) – Ovod,E (2384) [D11]
FIDE WCh Women World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (1.2), 12.11.2012
Hoang played a strong queenless game and ground out a RB-RB ending for the win.
White to play
WYCC 2012 Under 16 Open Itkin,D(CAN)
This game deserves some kind of prize for dramatic content.
White had the upper hand in the early part of the game and then missed many winning/strong lines. The black came back to also miss multiple chances. Then, very late black blundered and white got a magical lighting strike for a mating attack.
Laurusas,Tomas (2425) – Itkin,David (2058) [A42]
WYCC U16 Maribor (1.5), 08.11.2012
Here is one of the key moments. Black is a piece up in a messy looking position. How should black play?
Black to play
Hungarian Amator Cup 2012-11 Player List
Budapest is the home of bargain priced chess!(well it seems like this if you are Canadian)
Entry Fees
The range for one game/day RRs in Budapest
Rounds Prizes Entry Fee(For FIDE under;2000)
HUF EUR USD CAN
Torokves A 9 Yes 5,500 19.4 25.0 25.0 April,Sept
Frech Karolyi 9 Yes 4,000 14.0 17.7 18.0 June
Amator Cup 9 Yes 5,000 17.8 23.1 22.9 November
First Saturday FM groups(FS) are also monthly see First Saturday Programme 2012-13
Here are the groups as of today.
A-B csoport
Palócz Katalin 1359 759422 A
Deák Tamás 1476 769983 A
Sándor László 1476 759430 A
Kidd Bálint 1424 766402 A
Horváth Zoltán 1541 713139 B
Miklósi Domonkos 1570 756520 B
Szűcs Zoltán 1608 738093 B
Tóth Antal 1608 713180 B
Szőnyi Bence 1635 769304 B
B-C csoport átlag :1725
Pap Károly 1631 745979 B
Bakacs János 1688 766275 B
Dr. Bayer 1700 769274 B
Barla János 1706 737364 C
Zsatkovics Endre 1724 721549 C
Trung Duc Huong 1733 714062 C
Szlenka Attila 1752 770299 C
dr. Hegedus Péter 1760 713945 C
Felméry Tamás 1768 747777 C
Mihály Zoltán 1788 754862 C
C csopor átlag: 1825
Czimer József 1791 723770 C
Szurkos András 1792 769185 C
Polyánszky-Tamási Zoltán 1793 769169 C
Füredi Erik 1794 768871 C
Ábrahám Lajos 1816 158942 C
Sr. Krizsány László 1851 712108 C
Grúz János 1868 703710 C
Rajcsányi Péter 1873 712361 C
Lakat Gyula 1880 705918 C
Nguyen Thán Do 1883 714038 C
D csoport átlag: 1973
Katona József 1922 738670 D
Orfei Rolando 1931 822779 C(ITA)
Szlabey Géza 1932 702277 D
Szili András 1935 735973 D
Zilahi Gábor 1940 708941 D
Nagy László 1958 715867 D
Bubenko József 1967 731420 D
Molnár László 1993 707473 D
Bodrogi Mihály 2076 707040 D
Michael Yip 2085 2601313 D(CAN)
WYCC Under 14 Open IM Wang,R(CAN) Rd4
Here is the game that put IM Richard Wang up to 4-0.
Wang,Richard (2356) – Wu,Christopher (2239) [D30]
WYCC U14 Maribor (4.2), 11.11.2012
This was a tense and far from perfect game. White got a big advantage early and let it slip away. After some tense play, the advantage came back to white and this time there was no mistake as white went over to the attack.
White has an extra pawn but Rf1 and Nd1 are passively placed. How should white play?
White to Play
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