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BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #280 Your editor welcomes any and all submissions - news of upcoming events, tournament reports, and anything else that might be of interest to B.C. players. Thanks to all who contributed to this issue. To subscribe, send me an e-mail ([email protected]) or sign up via the BCCF webpage (www.chess.bc.ca); if you no longer wish to receive this Bulletin, just let me know. Stephen Wright HERE AND THERE News from Budapest Continuing her sojourn in the Hungarian capital, Ashley Tapp has recently played in two events. In the Art Pub Kupa IV (April 17-20), a seven-round sixty plus player Swiss, she scored 3.0 points against mostly higher-rated opposition. Also participating was former Vancouverite Michael Yip, who played "pretty bad" (his words) in reaching 50%. Then in the smaller 3rd Lila Futo (May 2-4) she achieved the same result in a thirty-player mixed field. Ashley and Michael Last issue we reported on the Budapest Spring Open; Chessbase has since published an article on the event by Diana Mihajlova which includes the above photo. It should also be remembered that Michael is a prolific blogger, most notably in this context through the Budapest Chess News blog. Tapp, Ashley - Granicz, Janos [A47] Art Pub Kupa 4th Budapest (3.16), 18.04.2014 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.h3 Nb4 7.Be2 Ne4 8.c3 Nd5 9.Bh2 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Nxd6 11.0–0 0–0 12.Nbd2 f5 13.Ne5 Nf6 14.Qa4 a6 15.Bf3 b5 16.Qc2 Bxf3 17.Ndxf3 Qe8 18.a4 Nde4 19.c4 d6 20.Nd3 Qd7 21.c5 Nd5 22.Rfc1 Rfc8 23.c6 Qe8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Qb3 Ra5 27.Nb4 Nxb4 28.Qxb4 Qa8 29.Qb3 Kf7 30.Rc2 Ra1+ 31.Kh2 Qa5 32.Qd3 Qa2 33.Re2 Qa6 34.Rc2 h6 35.g4 Qa2 36.gxf5 exf5 37.Qxb5 Qb1 38.Qxf5+ Nf6 39.d5 Qh1+ 40.Kg3 g6 41.Qe6+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg8 43.Qxf6 Rg1+ 44.Nxg1 Qxg1+ 45.Kh4 g5+ 46.Kh5 Qd1+ 47.Kxh6 1–0 I Festival Nazari Hotel Corona A (April 15-20) Recently the Nazari chess club of Granada, Spain held an inaugural chess festival in that city's Hotel Corona. The three separate events were two ten-player round robins in which GM and IM norms were respectively available, and a Scheveningen tournament pitting locals against internationals. One of the participants in the GM event was this province's Leon Piasetski; he tied for last in the event with 3.5/9 but still gained rating points. Spanish IM Marcos Camacho Collados was the overall winner with 6.5, while among those tied for second was IM Lawrence Trent, currently better known as a commentator on various web broadcasts. Standings Tournament website Piasetski, Leon - Pilgaard, Kim [D37] I Hotel Nazari GM Granada ESP (6.5), 18.04.2014 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0–0 7.Rc1 b6 8.e3 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2 c5 12.0–0 Nd7 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Nd4 Ne4 15.Qa4 a6 16.Rfd1 b5 17.Qb3 Nc5 18.Qb4 Ne6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bg4 Re8 21.Ne4 Be5 22.Nc5 Bc8 23.f4 Bd6 24.Qd4 Kh8 25.Bf3 Rb8 26.b4 a5 27.a3 axb4 28.axb4 Bd7 29.g3 Qe7 30.e4 Bxc5 31.Qxc5 Qf7 32.Qd6 Rbc8 33.exd5 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 exd5 35.Rc7 Re7 36.Bg4 Bxg4 37.Rxe7 Qf5 38.Qe5 Qb1+ 39.Qe1 Qc2 40.Qa1 Qg6 41.f5 Bxf5 42.Qa8+ Kh7 43.Qxd5 Qb6+ 44.Kg2 Qf6 45.Qe5 Qc6+ 46.Kf2 Qc2+ 47.Qe2 Qc6 48.g4 Bxg4 49.Qe4+ Qxe4 50.Rxe4 Bf5 51.Re5 Bd3 52.Ke3 Bc4 53.Rc5 Bf1 54.Rc1 Bh3 55.Kd4 Bg4 56.Re1 Bf5 57.Re5 Bd7 58.Kc5 1–0 Piasetski, Leon - Cuenca Jimenez, Jose [E90] I Hotel Nazari GM Granada ESP (8.4), 19.04.2014 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Nh2 Qe8 9.Be2 Nf4 10.Bf3 f5 11.g3 Nxh3 12.Bg2 f4 13.Nf3 Nxf2 14.Kxf2 Nd7 15.Ng5 Nf6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 c6 18.Bh3 Qe7 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Qf3 Nh5 21.Bd2 Qh4+ 22.Ke2 Ng3+ 23.Kd3 Nxh1 24.Rxh1 Qf6 25.Kc2 Rae8 26.b3 Rxe6 27.Bxe6+ Qxe6 28.Nd1 b5 29.Nf2 bxc4 30.Qh3 cxb3+ 31.axb3 Qxh3 32.Nxh3 f3 33.Kd3 Rb8 34.b4 c5 35.bxc5 dxc5 36.Rf1 Rb2 37.Bc1 Rb3+ 38.Kc2 Rc3+ 39.Kd2 Rc4 40.Kd3 Rc3+ 41.Kd2 Bd4 42.Bb2 Re3 43.Bxd4 cxd4 44.Ng5 h6 45.Nxf3 Rxe4 46.Ra1 Re7 47.Nxd4 Kg7 48.Ra6 h5 49.Nf3 Rb7 50.Ne5 Rb6 51.Rxa7+ Kh6 52.Nf7+ ½–½ 2 Paul Keres Memorial and BCCF Annual General Meeting As you may be aware, the annual Keres Memorial Tournament is coming up next weekend (there is still time to enter if you have not already done so!). The BCCF Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday May 18 between the third and fourth rounds of the Keres, beginning around 3:00 pm. We encourage you to come out and attend the AGM: the executive for the coming year will be elected, and there will also be opportunity to voice concerns, comments, and ideas about how organized chess is run in B.C. The BCCF is your federation - it is only as strong as those involved in it, your help is needed! There are several proposed amendments to the BCCF constitution which may be found on the BCCF website. INTERMAT (May 3) by Gyan Awatramani The 2014 B.C. vs Washington Scholastic International Match (23rd) was held at the Vancouver Chess School. A match that has been finely poised over the years ended in a landslide victory in Team B.C.’s favour, with the final score of 36-16, the widest margin on record. To be selected to play in this prestigious international match is an achievement in itself for our juniors, and will stand them in good stead. Stylish Umbro T-shirts embossed with the Canadian and U.S. flags were awarded to all team players. Our K-3's, despite being rated below their US counterparts, punched above their weight and added valuable points to the overall scoreline. Toro Hannah-Lee (Kindergarten) won both his games, and will be a force to be reckoned with in the coming years. The higher grades stayed true to form, and dazzled with some bravura performances. It was a first for the Nyamdorj siblings (Davaa-Ochir and Uranchimeg), from Ulan Bator, to represent Team B.C. Other notable perfect scores (2.0/2): Neil Doknjas, Kevin Low, Leo Qu, Luke Pulfer, Joshua Doknjas, Janak Awatramani, Alex Sabaratnam, Davaa-Ochir Nyamdorj, and Tanraj Sohal. [Other B.C. players with a plus score were Max Gedajlovic, Alex Lin, Uranchimeg Nyamdorj, and Ryan Lo, while in reply for Washington Matthew Hwang and Jason Yu had perfect scores and James Soetedjo had a plus score.] It cannot be emphasized enough, that finally it was truly a team effort with every 1/2 point adding to the final score. Incidentally this will be veteran Tanraj Sohal’s last year representing B.C. at the intermat, and he couldn't have asked for a better finish! 3 An endgame that was particularly interesting was that between Max Gedajlovic (2071) and Bryce Tiglon (2235). White won a pawn in the early middle game, but Black defended excellently and managed to achieve this drawn position (diagram). White offered a draw here but Black surprisingly declined and played 58…b5?? 59. b4!! White’s pawn will crash through and queen. 59…bxc4 60.bxc5 c3 61.Ne4 Resigns. There was much post match fanfare, with befitting photo sessions, and the spraying of champagne at the magic moment (courtesy Robert Pulfer) when the coveted trophy was handed over. As predicted it will be here to stay. Celebrations continued at Lynette Buchman’s delightful neighbourhood restaurant Enigma, with a live jazz band dedicating a smooth tune by Stevie Wonder "You are the sunshine of my life" to commemorate this historic win. Another paradigm shift has been in the three training sessions which were all well attended. Special thanks to Robert Pulfer, Vivien Lai, Butch Villavieja, Pavel Trochtchanovitch, Alfred Pechisker, James Chan, Joe Roback, Omar Jessa, Jason Kenney, Richard Ingram, Maxim Doroshenko and GM Melikset Khachiyan. Our sincere thanks to Elliott Neff and his team for their collaborative efforts in making such an event possible. Many thanks to the diligent work, goodwill and support of all members of the Chess community of B.C. who have in some way or form contributed to this emphatic victory, for Team B.C. To the victors go the spoils … Individual results Many more photos Previous matches [Traditionally B.C. has scored well in the upper grades, Washington in the lower, but this paradigm has been breaking down in recent years and certainly wasn't applicable this time round. B.C.'s grades 7-12 scored 8.0/12 in the first round, a healthy plus score, but B.C.'s younger team members demolished their Washington opponents to the tune of 12.0/14, leaving B.C.
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  • Learn from Michal Krasenkow

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    Learn from Michal Krasenkow Michal Krasenkow First edition 2019 by Thinkers Publishing CopyrightFirst © 201 edition9 Michal 2019 Krasenkow by Thinkers Publishing Copyright © 2019 Michal Krasenkow All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a re- trieval systemAll rights or transmittedreserved. No in part any of form this orpublication by any means, may be electronic, reproduced, mechanical, stored in a re- photocopying,trieval recordingsystem or transmittedor otherwise, in anywithout form orthe by prior any means,written electronic, permission mechanical, from the publisher.photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission from the publisher. All sales or enquiries should be directed to Thinkers Publishing, 9850 Landegem. All sales or enquiries should be directed to Thinkers Publishing, 9850 Landegem. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website:Website: www.thinkerspublishing.com www.thinkerspublishing.com ManagingManaging Editor: Romain Editor: RomainEdouard Edouard AssistantAssistant Editor: Daniël Editor: VanheirzeeleDaniël Vanheirzeele Proofreading: David & Sabrina Koetsier, Ian Marks Proofreading: David & Sabrina Koetsier, Ian Marks Software: Hub van de Laar Software: Hub van de Laar Graphic Artist: Philippe Tonnard Graphic Artist: Philippe Tonnard Cover Design: Mieke Mertens Cover Design: Mieke Mertens Typesetting: Mathilde Choisy Typesetting: Mathilde Choisy Production: BESTinGraphics Production: BESTinGraphics ISBN: 9789492510464 ISBN: