Alberta Chess Report
AlbertaChess ReportPublication of the Alberta Chess Association June, 2006Insults traded as Battle of Alberta nearsWhen the best chessplayersinNorthernAlberta - mostly from thecity which has a teamwhich can reach theStanley Cup finals - prepare for a match againstthe best players inSouthern Alberta - mostlyfrom the city which hasthe corporate bosses rulingovernorthernresources - one can expecta lot of insults to be traded.The good-natured bantering quiets when thecombatants actually sitdown at the chess boardsto each play a two-gamematch in neutral CentralAlberta territory, namelyRed Deer.Although in past years,the Battle of Alberta usually occurred duringAugust, the date this yearis much earlier, July 8.Higher-rated playerswishing to trade pre-battleinsults with their counterparts in the other part ofthe province and to seewho actually gets on eachteam should be pluggedinto the Yahoo mon-Newest GMtours AlbertaGM Pascal CharbonneauPascal Charbonneau isnow a Canadian-bornGrandmaster as well as thecountry’s chess champ.In recognition ofCharbonneau’s successfulquest for the GM title, TheChess’n Math Associationhas arranged a tour of thecountry featuring lecturesand simultaneous displays.In Alberta, the AlbertaChess Association hasUpcoming ACA Tournaments:qKCanada Day OpenJuly 1 - 2 in CalgaryBattle of AlbertaJuly 8 in Red DeerDetails on ACA website:www.albertachess.org/sponsored the GM tour inmid-June with events inGrande Prairie, Edmontonand Calgary.Born May 6, 1983 inMontreal, Charbonneauearned his third GM normearlier this year by winning the Chicago International Tournament.He had received hisfirst GM norms in theearly 2000’s and thengained more experienceand skills, representingCanada in the ChessOlympiad and capturingthe title of Canadian ChessChamp.GM Charbonneau learned chess from his parentsat age 6 and began winning Quebec provincialyouth titles in Grade 2.More recently at the2006 Chess Olympiad, hebeat the world’s numbertwo player, GM VishyAnand.tonchessclub/ for ychess/ for the SouthAndrew Boik whoonce played for the Northbut then became a traitorand switched to the South,issues insults on bothinternet locations, but hasrecently proclaimed thathis work schedule willprevent him from playingthis year.Will the South repeatits 2005 victory or will theNorth once against dominate?The players from eachside are ranked by ChessFederation of Canada(CFC) rating and eachbattles against the sameranked player from theother side.Last year, the Southwon, 14.5-9.5. Previousto that, the North had wonfor three consecutiveyears, taking the 2004 battle with a record-breakingscore of 17.5-6.5.Results of last year’sbattle were:Greg Huber, South,beat Jeff Reeve, 1.5-0.5;Rob Gardner, North,beat Dale Haessel, 1.50.5;Chris Demers, South,shutout Zhichao Li, 2-0;Knut Neven, South,beat Vlad Rekhson, 1.50.5;Sasa Grumic, North,tied Sean Perron, 1-1;Dan Kazmaier, South,tied Zoltan Baunok, 1-1;Ian Lee, South, shutoutAnastasia Kazakevich, 20;Andrew Boik, South,shutout Gerald Aspler, 2-0Nic Haynes, North,beat Alex Yam, 1.5-0.5;Micah Hughey, North,shutout Eric Hansen, 2-0;Tim Dean, North, tiedKirk Duval, 1-1; andChris Kuczaj, South,beat Hafiz Karmali, 1.50.5.It appears this year thatJim Daniluk is organizingthe South’s battle forcesand can be reached atsacrat @shaw.ca whileMicah Hughey is mustering the North’s troops andshould be contacted at:mhughey@hotmail.comJunior Chess growing .Chess Challenge, school programsand more events are increasingenrollment in junior chesswithin Alberta.Details inside this issue’s:Chatter in the Castle
Alberta Chess Report June 2006ACA president delivers annual report 2005Due to the long lapse in publication of the Alberta Chess Report, excerpts from the 2005President’s Report to the Annual ACA Meeting are presented here.President Ford Wong’s ReportAnnual General Meeting - October 9, 2005Alberta ChessAssociationPresidentFord Wong(780) 481-6474, fordie@shaw.caVice-PresidentMicah Hugheymhughey@hotmail.comTreasurerRon Hinds(403) 201-1653, ronald.hinds@shaw.caDirectors:Phil LefkowitzGreg BeebeCarolyn McMasterRichard KaminskiDr. Paul ViminitzRichard PuaVladislav RekhsonJim DanilukRichard CanalThe Alberta Chess Association in partnership with the Alberta Sport, Recreation,Parks and Wildlife Foundation, provides amore active llifestyle to Albertans by providing programs to enhance living throughplaying chess. The ACA greatly acknowledges the support provided by ASRPWFwhich enables the association to delivermany of our programs.2005 was a typical business as usual year with all our core projects getting completed. All theplanned tournaments were completed. This past year there were several highlights:1. Yes, the ACA is still alive and doing things! It may not look like it but we are still around. Thetwo major highlights for 2005 were the ACA Casino and hosting of the 2005 Canadian Open inEdmonton.2. The ACA hosted a Casino in Edmonton. A great big thank you to all our members who volunteered, including Paul Viminitz who drove all the way from Lethbridge and Ron Hinds from Calgary,to help. Of course special thanks go to John Quiring, who was the Casino Co-ordinator. The Casinobrought in approx 78,000.00. The ACA’s next Casino has already been set for Spring 2007.3. The ACA sponsored the very successful 2005 Canadian Open in Edmonton July 9th to 17th.A special thanks go to the organizers; Ford Wong, John Quiring, Peter Alderton, Adrien Regimbald,Bruce Thomas, Micah Hughey and Vlad Rekhson.The ACA contributed 58,000 from casino funds to the event which brought three of the worldstop 20 players: Ivanchuk, Shirov and Bologan, most of Canada's’ elite players: Bluvshtein,Charbonneau, Tyomkin, Roussel-Roozman and several other featured players; Nataf, Krush, Shabalovand Moisieenko. As an unexpected bonus, the event attracted 10 players from India’s Olympic teamwhich included three GMs; Ganguly, Sandipan and and Kunte.The Canadian Open featured simuls by Ivanchuk, Krush, Bologan, Shabalov and Bluvshtein anda lecture by Shirov. Other side events included Chessbase Secret Move, Charles Graves Tie day, Speedchess and Bughouse. The event generated a tremendous amount of publicity throughout the chess worldand in the news. It got front page coverage on the Edmonton Journal as well as television spots. TheCanadian Open 2005 was also co-sponsored by the Edmonton Chess club for approx. 13,000.4. The ACA brought back Grandmaster Alex Yermolinski to play in one of the Edmonton sectional tournaments.5. The Alberta Closed Rules, rewritten in 2004, appeared to be successful as all the participantsappeared to be happy with the new six-player format. Because the ACA’s Casino fell on the Easter longweekend which is normally when the Alberta Open was played, all ACA qualifying events such asNorthern Alberta Open and Alberta Closed had to be moved ahead.6. Paul Viminitz hosted the first ACA sponsored tournament in Lethbridge.7. Tim Pradzinski is getting chess rolling again in Grande Prairie and region. The ACA is nowsponsoring their club meeting nights.8. The ACA, this year underwent a complete audit by the AGLC and everything was found to bein order. A great big thanks to Ron Hinds who provided all the information requested by the provincialgovernment commission and answered all their questions. Everything appears to be in order.9. The ACA sponsored the Alberta Chess Challenge Team (12 players plus one coach) to Ottawa;Andrew Boik to the Canadian Junior in Brantford, Ontario; and our Canadian Youth ChessChampionship representatives - Anastasia Kazakevich, Cornelia Dinca, Victor Kaminski, DhrupadShah and Thomas Kaminski to Victoria, B.C. This year there was no Canadian Closed and it looks likeJeff Reeve, current Alberta Champion, will not be attending any tournament outside Alberta.The ACA currently has a very strong cash position (having filled our coiffures from another Casino thisyear mentioned earlier) and as such, I expect the ACA to loosen its purse strings again with possibly moreequipment to new clubs, full travel support, more books donated to libraries and possibly more funding forjunior training.Publication of an ACR remains a problem. Finding someone with the time and willing to do the workhas been difficult. The ACA is looking at outsourcing as an alternative. Right now the ACA website and several of the Alberta Yahoo talk groups is the only source of communication with our membership.The ACA is still faced with finding volunteers (and reliable ones) to help organize chess in Calgary.TDs have been hard to find. As in 2004, the ACA had to bring in TDs to several tournaments which involvedcovering their travel, food and accommodation expenses. Existing volunteers are there, but have been toobusy to help. The ACA continues to fully support the Calgary Chess club and things are looking up for theCCC as they will be hosting their first casino in 2006. This will be the start towards their own financial stability and independence.Right now, it seems that only a handful of people are keeping the ACA running. In particularly, MicahHughey and Vlad Rekhson in Edmonton and Tim Pradzinski in Grande Prairie. It seems like more energeticand enthusiastic volunteers are needed to inject a bit more life into the association and to share the workload.With the ACA’s strong cash position, it seems that there are many ways to spend money but very few peoplestepping forth to help do the work to get these things done.As president, these past two years have been demanding and very tiresome. The amount of paperworkinvolved seems to grow. Ron Hinds has done a tremendous job as Treasurer, keeping the books in line. Hisis a thankless job and he has helped quite a bit.
Alberta Chess Report June 2006Summary of some 2006 Open TournamentsGrande Prairie holdsanother classic eventLee wins Edmonton titleEdmonton Chess Championship 2006 was a 16player knock-out format in which in order to advance tothe next round, a player had to win a two-game matchagainst his opponent.Vicente Lee won the title of Edmonton Champwith a score of 7 out of a possible 8. He suffered nolosses throughout the tournament.Zhichao Li was runner-up with a 4/8 score.Larry Stutzman won Grande Prairie Chess Club’sannual Trumpeter Classic, scoring 4/5 in the Januaryevent.Sharing second place with 3.5 points each wereTim Pradzinski and Ford Wong.The junior section saw a three-way tie betweenCarter Greber, Tylor Mombourquette and LukeMcDonald. Each claimed a score of 5/6.Edmonton reservesattracts over 40 playersEdmonton Chess Club Reserves 2006 featuredplayers who did not qualify for the EdmontonChampionship or players who were knocked out of thechamp tournament.This swiss format tournament ended up attracting41 players.With a score of 7 out of 8, Rahim Khataw tookfirst place with Micah Hughey and David Ostapchuksharing second place with scores of 6/8.ALBERTACHESS REPORTIn an attempt to get the Alberta ChessReport re-established in a timely fashion, BruceThomas and Richard Pua have put this issuetogether and will gather articles, photos andnotices for the next issue which will come outduring the summer months.Please send items for The Report to: rovingchessnuts@shaw.ca or fax to: (780) 4798363 or mail to: Alberta Chess Report, c/o publisher, 12015 - 76 Street, Edmonton T5B 2C9.Many ACA members will be getting TheReport with full color as pdf files via e-mail. Ifyou wish to get a copy in this format and savemailing and printing costs for the ACA, pleasee-mail a request to: rovingchessnuts@shaw.caVarious ACA members and other chessorganizers around the province will receive bymail, printed copies of The Report which weask that they distribute to other local membersor to members of the public interested in learning more about chess in Alberta.If you wish to talk directly to Thomas orPua about the contents of The Report, phone(780) 554-7280.Items submitted by e-mail should be intext form for articles and photos should be asjpegs or tiffs. The deadline for the next issuewill be July 15, 2006.Compiled by Richard PuaLee wins anotherVICENTELEE Jr.Alberta ChampVincente Lee continued dominating the chessscene with a win in late March of the United BicolanosOpen in Edmonton with a 4.5 out of a possible 5 scorein the open section. Dale Haessel took second with 4/5.In the under 200 section, Hafiz Karmali and ChrisKuczaj tied at 3/5.Under 1700 section winner was Hao Wang with a2/5 score.The Alberta chessscene in early 2006 wasdominated by Edmontonplayer Vicente Lee Jr. whoseemed to be winningCalgary Chess Club’s Closed Championship wastournaments left and right.wonbyDaniel Kazmaier with six points out of a possiIn the six-player roundbleseven.Kazmaier later went on to become the Graderobin Alberta Champion12NationalChamp at the Canadian Chess Challenge.ship 2006 in February, LeeKnutNeventook second in the Calgary Closedtook first place with victowith5.5points,followedby Sean Perron with 4.ries against Knut Neven,IntheCalgaryClosed’sswiss section, ArthurRob Gardner, and DaleMilnewasthetopplayerwitha6/7score while anotherHaessel while drawingsectionoftheeventwascapturedjointlyby Brian MillerGreg Huber and JeffandChrisKuczaj,eachwith5/7scores.Reeve.Huber took secondplace with three winsagainst Gardner, Reeveand Haessel, the drawwith Lee, but a loss toNeven.Neven finished thirdwith a 3.0/5 followed byGardner (2), Reeve (1.5),and Haessel (1).In the Reserves secA group pose from the end of the 2006tion, Nic Haynes took first Northern Alberta Open: (left to right) Ford Wong,place with a 4/5 score, fol- Juraj Pivovarov , Mark Stark, Vicente Lee Jr.,lowed by Micah Hughey Micah Hughey and Arniel Frialde.with 3.5/5.Junior wins Calgary ClosedACA Membership - Help needed to keep updatedIn order to complete Alberta Chess Association membership lists for the mailing of Alberta Chess Reports and for government funding requirements, we needthe co-operation of chess organizers. When you accept a new CFC/ACA membership, please send a copy of the person’s information to the ACA via: rovingchessnuts@ shaw.ca, fax (780) 479-8363. Send the money and original information tothe CFC for processing. If you do not require CFC/ACA membership for your event,we would still like to add your participants to our lists, particularly if you benefit fromACA support. We need to count all actual participants in organized chess events.
Alberta Chess Report June 2006Deliver to:Returned undelivered copies to:Alberta Chess Reportc/o Publisher12015 - 76 Street NWEdmonton, Alberta T5B 2C9Top 20 CFC Rated Players in Alberta(Players who have played during the previous year From Chess Federation of Canda June 9 listingNenad Ristovic, Calgary 2336Gregory Huber, Calgary 2321Sinisa Mitrovic, Calgary 2299Jeff Reeve, Edmonton 2297Arthur Odachowski, Calgary 2282Knut Neven, Calgary 2260Vicente Lee Jr., Edmonton 2257Christopher Demers, Calgary 2254Robert Gardner, Edmonton 2225Dale Haessel, Calgary 2215First Annual KitchenerVictor Kaminski, Calgary 2214Arniel Frialde, Edmonton 2190Sean Perron, Cochrane 2164Daniel Kazmaier, Calgary 2160Andrew Boik, Calgary 2099Roy Yearwood, Calgary 2090Lev Gorelik, Edmonton 2071Taco Van Ieperen, Calgary 2034Anastasia Kazakevich, Edmonton 2025Eric Hansen, Calgary 2023(Ontario)Chess FestivalFeaturing: 2006 Canadian Open, Canadian Youth ChessChampionships,2006 Canadian Junior ChampionshipThis year, the CANADIAN OPEN will be played in 3 sections according to rating. Under 1600 CFC, Under 2000 CFCand Over 1800 CFC (Open section). Dates: July 15 - 23 Format: 9 Round Swiss First Round - all sections 2:00pm July15 , Round 2-9: U2000, U1600 Sections 11:00am daily Crown Section: (FIDE rated) 6:00pm dailyPrizes: 90% of entries returned as prizes, all sections Entry fees: Received by: June 30 - 125, At door - 150Place: Walper Terrace Hotel, 1 King Street West, Kitchener www.walper.comCANADIAN JUNIOR this year will start out as an open tournament to all Canadian Juniors under age 20 (as of Jan. 1, 2006) who arerated 1700 and above. These players will start by playing 4 qualifying rounds at 2 rounds each day July 8 and 9. After playing these 4qualifying rounds, the top 8 will qualify to continue on to the Round Robin portion of the tournament. The Round Robin portion will beplayed along side the CYCC games from July 10 to 13 - 7 rounds to determine Canada's Junior Champion who will represent Canada atthe World Junior (U20) The players that do not qualify to the top 8 (in the event of ties for 8th place, CFC rating will determine tie-breaks),those that qualify by age to play in the CYCC will be offered the chance to then join in the CYCC in their age category with a credit of halftheir Junior entry fee towards their entry fee for the CYCC. ( 75 from the Junior entry fee of 150 will be applied to the 150 entry fee forthe CYCC so the player only has to pay another 75 to enter the CYCC) In the event of one of the top 8 after the qualifying rounds opting out of the Junior Round Robin, his/her spot will be offered to the next player. (9th place, then 10th etc.) The qualifying rounds will beplayed at the Kitchener City Hall and the Round Robin games will be played with the CYCC games at the Walper Terrace Hotel.CANADIAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS determine age category Canadian Champions, July 10 - 13 in a 7-round Swiss format. Entryto the CYCC is restricted to Canadian Citizens, or Landed Immigrants that have had 12 months of continuous residency immediately preceding the tournament. In all there are 10 possible categories by age and gender: Under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 (as of Jan. 1, 2006) in bothboys and girls sections. Based on Registration numbers, some sections may be combined. The top 3 finishers from each section will beinvited to be part of Canada's team to compete at the World Youth Chess Championships (WYCC). The WYCC has the same structureand format as the CYCC. The Top finisher (First place) from each section will have the entire trip to the WYCC paid for him/her - including airfare, and hotel and meals at the WYCC.Complete Details about These Kitchener Chess Festival Events and On-line Registration at:www.chessfest.ca/
Alberta Chess Report June 2006Chatter in the CastleReport on Junior Chess Activities in AlbertaAlbertans win two champ titlesat Nation Chess ChallengeAt the National Chess Challengeheld in Moncton, New Brunswick, May20 to 22, Daniel Kazmaier became theGrade 12 National Champ while EricHansen won the Grade 8 title. Hansenscored 8.5 points in his play against theGrade 8 provincial champs from the nineother provinces, to take a clear first whileKazmaier tied for first with the Manitobaplayer but went on to win the tiebreakgame.Alberta's next best finisher was VladConstantinescu who tied for third at theGrade 5 level and then beat the BritishColumbia player in the tiebreak match.In the Grade 3 competition, RichardWang was not as fortunate as he lost histhird place tiebreak game and ended upfourth as did his Grade 6 brother, Harris.Myron Loke also finished fourth inGrade 4.Overall, the Alberta team finished infifth place, the same as in 2005.Ontario has dominated the event fora number of years and 2006 was noexception although Ontario's point totalwas not as high - only 90 out of a possible 108. Quebec finished in its traditional second spot with 79. Manitoba wasthird with 63.5, followed by BritishColumbia at 58.5.Alberta came in with 52 points forfifth spot while the rest of the field wasNew Brunswick (49.5), Nova Scotia(44.5), Newfoundland/Labrador (42.5),Saskatchewan (42) and Prince EdwardIsland (18.5).While Ontario players again capturemany of the top three trophies, this yearsaw more provinces then ever having ashare in the awards.Provincial Chess'n Math Co-ordinator Bruce Thomas said he was quiteproud of the team's performance since ithad many new faces this year and several of the team's members h
Canada in the Chess Olympiad and capturing the title of Canadian Chess Champ. GM Charbonneau learn-ed chess from his parents at age 6 and began win-ning Quebec provincial youth titles in Grade 2. More recently at the 2006 Chess Olympiad, he beat the world’s number two player, GM Vishy Anand
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Comparing Solitaire Chess to Standard Chess: Solitaire Chess is a single-player logic puzzle, not a chess game. Recreational mathematicians classify it as a “chess task,” meaning that it uses the rules of chess with appropriate adaptations. With Solitaire Chess, the basic piece movements are the same as with standard chess.
Millions of chess games have been recorded from the very beginning of chess history to the last tournaments of top chess players. Meanwhile chess engines have continuously improved up to the point they cannot only beat world chess champion
a chess teacher, Vladimir Pafuutieff, said to me, "Chess Combinations are the punch in chess. You have to develop your chess skills by understanding combinations. Virtually every chess game has a chess combination. You have to learn to recognize when a combination is available and you must land the blow! If you do this you will win a lot of .
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When the elderly play chess, a robotic chess system including a simple and low-cost camera and a small robotic arm can be used to implement an automatic chess-placing system to help the elderly place the chessmen and reduce some chores. People may even play chess with a chess robot that includes the robotic chess system and software for playing.
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