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ACR Color Oct. 8 Pages Alberta ChessPublication of Alberta Chess Association Report • September/October 2006 Lee wins IM title by Richard Pua Vicente Lee Jr. be- comes Alberta’s newest international master by his impressive performance of 6.5 points out of a possible 9 at the Belzberg Invita- tional in Toronto, August 18 -27, which was also the 2006 Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship. This strong tournament featured two Grandmas- ters, seven International Masters, 13 FIDE Masters Vicente Lee Jr. and 43 other participants, masters, Mark Bluvshtein including seven from and Pascal Charbonneau, Alberta. and IM Leonid Gerzhoy. After a slow start of Dale Haessel of Cal- only one point in his first gary finished with 6/9. He three games, Lee turned then participated in a 3- North wins Battle of Alberta his game up a notch by way playoff for a FIDE by Richard Pua to regain the coveted trophy this year, going undefeated over the master title but was unsuc- The annual Battle of Alberta, pitting North’s team captain Micah Hughey felt next six rounds. cessful against Shiyam the best players of the North against the compelled to pull out all the stops in On the way to claiming Thavandiran and Jonathan best players of the South was held in Red acquiring the best possible line-up of the IM title, Lee defeated Tayar. Deer on July 8 and the North squad won players. fellow Edmontonian Jeff Other Alberta players Reeve, FM Goran the event. Continued on Page 2 The other Albertans in Because of the North’s desperation Scores of combatants on Page 2 Mikanovic and Nikolay the event were Robert Noritsyn while drawing Gardner of Edmonton who with FM Nenad Ristovic scored 5/9; Reeve with of Calgary 4.5/9; Victor Kaminski of Upcoming Alberta Chess Association This year’s Canadian Calgary with 4.5/9; FM Closed Champion is IM Ristovic with 3.5/9; FM Open Tournaments Igor Zugic with a score of Gregory Huber of Calgary 7/9. with 3.5/9; and teenager 12thAlberta Annual Open Medicine Championship Hat Open With his score of 6.5/9, Eric Hansen of Calgary October 7, 8 and 9 in Calgary Lee finished in a 4-way tie who was the lowest rated September 16 and 17 for second place with in the tournament but still SouthernCalgary Alberta Sectional Open Canada’s newest Grand- managed a 2.0/9 score. NovemberSeptember 18 and 22, 1923 in and Calgary 24 qWeekendAlberta Before Open Xmas Championsip Team tournamentQ Chatter in the Castle October 7, 8 and 9 in Calgary December 16 and 17 in Edmonton Report on Junior Chess Activities in Alberta See Separate Ads in this issue Inside this issue • September/October 2006 Page 2 lberta Chess Report A Edmonton Chess Club has new board Priority is to fix up new location At its annual meeting held 2006/07 board is: tournaments, previously held September 28 at its new loca- President: Terry Seehagen at Concordia University, are tion, Edmonton Chess Club Vice-president: now being held at ECC. elected officers and directors Vladislav Rekhson It appears the new board’s for the coming year. Treasurer: Breagan Harrop first priority will be renovating Alberta Chess President Micah Hughey Secretary: Bruce Thomas and making the new location stepped down but will remain Directors: Roland Schech, what one member said could as a director. Terry Seehagen Micah Hughey, Richard Pua be the “best chess club in Association is the new president. New facility Canada”. President The club’s four officers Although the club’s new Outgoing treasurer Nic were all acclaimed to their rental location is costing more, Haynes indicated that the Ford Wong positions, but there was an the general agreement at the club’s finances are healthy, (780) 481-6474, [email protected] actual election as there were meeting appeared to indicate largely due to casino funding six candidates for the three that the additional space and which contributes up to Vice-President directorship. layout will serve the club well. $80,000 towards the club Micah Hughey The line-up of the club’s It was noted that most junior every two years. [email protected] R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R Treasurer Ron Hinds Battle of Alberta ... Continued from Page 1 (403) 201-1653, [email protected] The possibility of IM Directors: Nekrasov or FM Ristovic and Battle of Alberta Results: other strong masters signing up South: North: Phil Lefkowitz to play for the South’s “dream Gregory Huber (2325) 1-1 Jeff Reeve (2304) Greg Beebe team” would present team North Knut Neven (2260) 1-1 Vicente Lee (2257) Carolyn McMaster with a difficult challenge. Chris Demers (2254) 1-1 Rob Gardner (2225) However, a number of strong Dale Haessel (2200) 1-1 Zhichao Li (2219) Richard Kaminski players did step up to the boards Sean Perron (2164) 1-1 Werner Wilke (2191) Dr. Paul Viminitz for the North. Daniel Kazmaier (2160) 2-0 Nelson Balbutin (2184) David Ottosen, who now Andrew Boik (2099) 1-1 Sasa Grumic (2097) Richard Pua lives in Costa Rica, volunteered Roy Yearwood (2090) 1-1 Vlad Rekhson (1983) Vladislav Rekhson to play for the North. Austrian Eric Hansen (2023) 0-2 David Ottosen (2077) Jim Daniluk native Werner Wilkie was visit- Pavlos Tomaras (2011) .5-1.5 Nic Haynes (2076) ing Edmonton when Hughey Martin Robichaud (2006) .5-1.5 Micah Hughey (2046) Richard Canal convinced him to wear the Chris Kuczaj (1884) 1-1 Hafiz Karmali (2039) North’s colors. These two play- 11 Points - 13 PointsM ers were added to a core group of northern masters Jeff Reeve, Vicente Lee, Rob can be several months of insults traded between Gardner, Zhichao Li. the combatants even though their respective Despite trailing in the first half of the tour- squads’ players may not be known until a few nament, team North succeeded with a score of days before the event. 13-11, and brought the trophy back to Responsible for organizing the event and Edmonton to gloat over until the 2007 Battle. forming excellent teams of strong players were The date of next year’s Battle is expected North captain Hughey and South captain Jim to be announced early in the year so that there Daniluk. R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R Calgary Chess Club recently Andrew Beingessner - treasurer The Alberta Chess Association in partner- Calgary ship with the Alberta Sport, Recreation, held its annual meeting. Walter Watson - secretary Parks and Wildlife Foundation, provides a After reports from president Bill Bentley - director more active llifestyle to Albertans by pro- Club Jim Daniluk and treasurer Andrew Mark Cole - director viding programs to enhance living through Beingessner, the following were Cashe Erskine - director playing chess. The ACA greatly acknowl- edges the support provided by ASRPWF elects elected for the 2006-2007 year: The first executive meeting which enables the association to deliver Jim Daniluk - president will likely be held on Sunday, many of our programs. leaders Ron Hinds - vice-president October 15. • September/October 2006 Page 3 Alberta Chess Report Active Open highlights Edmonton outdoor chess festival by Richard Pua Under sunny skies and with warm tempera- tures, the first annual Winston Churchill Square Outdoor Chess Festival on August 26 featured 20 players in the open active tournament, 15 juniors in the scholastic tournament and about a dozen casual chess players. With regards to publicity, it was an over- whelming success for chess in Alberta since the tournament was covered on the front page of the next day’s Edmonton Journal. Pre-publicity included an Edmonton Journal columnist saying chess on the square would be more exciting than an Eskimos football game, and another columnist commented that “what’s a public square without chess”. CROSSTABLE - Churchill Square Active Open With regards to the actual tournament, the participants seemed to welcome the opportunity to play outdoors. 1. Frialde, Arniel W11 W6 W5 W10 4.0/4 The event was organized by The Roving ChessNuts and assist- 2. Purewal, Sardul W12 W8 L10 W5 3.0/4 ed by the City of Edmonton and Three Bananas Cafe which served 3. Hughey, Micah D13 W20 D4 D8 2.5/4 discounted food to the players and also donated $40 worth of food 4. Gonzalez, Ivan W14 L10 D3 W19 2.5/4 vouchers which were given out by draw. The winner of the open active section was Arniel Frialde with a 5. Haynes, Nicolas W15 W17 L1 L2 2.0/4 score of 4/4. Sardul Purewal and David Ostapchuk finished in sec- 6. Karmali, Hafiz W16 L1 W14 L0 2.0/4 ond with a 3/4 score each. 7. Beesley, Scott L17 W13 L19 W14 2.0/4 Top junior prize went to David Mrugala with 2.5/4 and the 8. Mrugala, David W18 L2 W17 D3 2.5/4 under 1600 prize was split between Jonathan Mrugala, Derek 9. Pua, Richard Tournament Director Thomas, Harris Wang and Anthony Wu each with a score of 2/4. In the scholastic section, two Manitoban chess playing brothers 10. Ostapchuk, David W19 W4 W2 L1 3.0/4 joined in the festivities and did very well against their Alberta junior 11. Pedersen, Rick L1 W16 D20 D15 2.0/4 opponents. 12. Roberts, Richard L2 L19 L15 L17 0.0/4 Desmond Baron won in section A with a score of 3.5/5.
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