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Alberta Chess Report Alberta Chess Report Publication of the Alberta Chess Association April 2013 The Fort McMurray Chess Club has its one year Anniversary! It is now one of the most active Chess Clubs in the Province with a large participation of Women and Juniors! (photo: Jina Burn) Edmonton and Calgary International 2013 editions promise to be some of the best ever! Alberta Juniors play in Regional and Provincial Youth Championships Alberta Chess Report ● April 2013 2 ALBERTA CHESS INSIDE THIS ISSUE REPORT 2013 AB Youth Championship The ACR is published 4 times each year. Pub- New ACA Jr. Program and events lication months are April, June September GM Short is coming back to Edmonton! and December. Contact the editor for submis- Richard Wang wins AB Junior sion deadlines and changes. We want your In Memoriam submissions! We are always looking for arti- GM Hansen destroys the Americas cles on chess as they relate to Alberta. Richard Wang wins Bronze at World’s Alberta Chess Submissions are acceptable in any electronic Club News text form, while pictures can be submitted in 2012 WBX Team Tournament Association the following formats: tiff, jpeg, bmp, gif. 2013 Northern AB Open All articles are written by the editor unless Interview with IM Edward Porper President otherwise credited. 2013 Red Deer Open Rick Pedersen Regional Youth Championships Submit your request by email to: 2012 Edmonton Fall Sectional [email protected] 2012 Southern AB Open Past President Or call 403.970.8032 2012 AB Open Ford Wong Endgame Study by Knut Neven Editor: Vlad Rekhson, #1110 73 Glamis Dr. Visit to 2012 Euro Club Cup Vice-President SW -Calgary, Alberta, T3E 6S9 2013 John Schleinich Memorial Mike Zeggelaar And more… The articles contained in this publication do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the TOURNAMENT ADS Secretary Alberta Chess Association. 30th Trumpeter Classic Jim Daniluk 2013 AB Active ACR Ad Rates 2013 Lethbridge Open Treasurer Advertising in the ACR is an effective way to 1st Fort McMurray Open/ AB Women’s Ali Razzaq promote your business, tournament, or sell 2013 Calgary International chess related articles. This is a great way for 1st AB Seniors Championship chess teachers to get the word out. All ACA CLUB ADS Directors sanctioned tournaments receive free ad space Dale Haessel while non sanctioned or out of province Calgary Chess Club Brad Willis events are subject to ad rates. Grande Prairie Chess Club 2 or more Lethbridge Chess Club David Miller Size 1 issue issues Fort McMurray Chess Club Roy Yearwood Medicine Hat Chess Club Jina Burn Full page $100 $75 per issue Red Deer Chess Club Terry Seehagen Half Page $75 $50 per issue REGULAR LISTINGS Patrick Porter Quarter Page $50 $35 per issue Robert Davies Top CFC & FIDE Rating List Classified $20 $15 per issue Alberta Chess Clubs The Alberta Chess Association in partner- Add $20 layout if you do not provide camera Road Warrior Update ship with the Alberta Sport, Recreation, ready material (does not apply to Classified The ACR is online at Parks and Wildlife Foundation, provides a ads). Add $50 for colour (each issue). The www.albertachess.org more active lifestyle to Albertans by editor reserves the right to edit or refuse any (requires Adobe Acrobat) providing programs to enhance living ads submitted. through playing chess. The ACA greatly Call the ACA by phone acknowledges the support provided by Send your ads by email to [email protected] 403-970-8032 ASRPWF or call 403.970.8032 Email: [email protected] The Alberta Chess Association The ACR is printed by To find out more about chess in Alberta Scan Copy Print visit www.albertachess.org 5529 Gateway Boulevard. NW In Calgary call 403-970-8032 Edmonton AB T6H 2H3 Affiliated with the Phone: 1-888-732-2218 Chess Federation of Canada Fax: 780-436-3141 www.chess.ca 3 Alberta Chess Report ● April 2013 Organizer: Wade Caughlin Email: [email protected] Tournament Website: http://www.gpchessclub.com/trumpeterclassic Estimated Prize fund: $1700, $1000 guaranteed! (Based on $1000 plus 20 paid adults minus,$5 ACA dues). Open 1) $500 (Guaranteed) 2) $300 3) $200 Best under 2000: 1) $240 2) $120 Best under 1700: The Trumpeter Classic is an official ACA Road 1) $220 Sponsored by ACA Warrior event! 2) $120 (prizes may change based on entries). Entry fees: $40 adults, $30 juniors 20 and under. Free: GM/IM/FM CFC Membership required (May be purchased on-site). $43 adults, $28 Jrs. Format: 5 round Swiss. CFC/FIDE rated Time Control: G90+30 seconds. Register: 8:45-9:45 am, June 1. Round times: Saturday-10 am, 2:30 pm, 7 pm Sunday: 9 am, 1:30 pm. Byes: Up to two byes in rounds 1-4 if requested before start. Sponsored by Wade Caughlin Financial and the Alberta Chess Association Alberta Chess Report ● April 2013 4 Alberta Youth Championship By: Vlad Rekhson The 2013 Alberta Youth Championship took place in the Edmonton Chess Club on the weekend of March 2-3. The annual event is played in six different age bound sections of: Under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. The winners of each section received Under 10 section $1000 sponsored by the ACA, towards ticipants, playing in a Round-Robin. First expenses for the trip to Ottawa, for the place was taken by Andre Angelo Tolen- Canadian Youth Championship, scheduled tino from Calgary with 3.5/4. Second was for July. won by David Yao from Edmonton (3/4). IM Richard Wang with Johnny Burn A new feature this year included a special Third went to another Calgarian, Chen Wu second place prize. Second place finishers (2/4). Full results are available at: received $100 towards professional chess 10 participants competed in the u-14 cate- http://albertachess.org/AB%20Youth% coaching, from ACA instructors. gory. The section was tightly contested 20Final%20Standings.pdf The tournament was ran by a first time and ended with a three way tie for first, Arbiter, International Master Edward Por- with all the games among the winners be- IM Richard Wang (2469)-NM David per. Edward did a good job running the ing drawn. This lead to a play-off, after Zhang (2283) event, and helped out some participants by which, Calgarian Diwen Shi took the first Alberta Youth Chess Championship (u-18) going over their games. The event organ- place, Edmontonian Jamil Kassam izer was Harris Wang, who decided to finished second and Calgarian Nicholas d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 concentrate on the organizational aspects Lee finished third. All the winners scored 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. instead of participating in the u-18 section 4/5 in regulation. Rb1 Nc6 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. which he was eligible for. Qxd2 Na5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qc3 f6 14. The tournament itself had a good atten- Qxc5 Kg7 15. O-O Qd6 16. Qc3 b6 17. dance of 40 players. There was a some- Rfe1 e5 18.dxe6 Qe7 19. e5 f5 20. Bd7 what disappointing turnout of Edmonto- Rd8 21. Rbd1 Kg8 22. Qc7 Kf8 nians, as only 13 locals came to play, yet almost all the top players competed. An amazingly great crowd came to the event from Fort-McMurray. Jina Burn did an outstanding job organizing the trip and 13 players travelled south. Of course, the Fort McMurray participants were out- classed by their more experienced counter- Nicholas Lee (u-14) found a unique way to parts from Edmonton and Calgary, but the finish one of his games experience will surely help with their chess development going forward. Cal- The under 16 section had five participants gary had a nice attendance of 12 players, and it was combined with the under 18 while Lethbridge was represented by two section that only had three players, while players. the prizes were contested separately. It started with a huge upset as Tristan Tran The Under 8 section had five players, that 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. Qc1 Bc8 25. Nc6 Nxc6 played in a Round-Robin format. There -Ly defeated IM Richard Wang, after Richard missed a checkmate tactic. Rich- 26. Qxc6 Rb8 27. Rd3 Kg8 28. Red1 Ba6 was no rival to the now veteran of this 29. R3d2 Kf8 30. Rc1 Rbc8 31. Bxc8 section-Ian Zhao. The Calgarian scored a ard made a comeback and finished with 4/5 and first in the u-16 section. Second Rxd2 32. Bxa6 1-0 perfect 4/4. Second was shared by Ed- montonians Alex Tolton and Julian Lau place was taken by Chenxi Zhao from Cal- with 2/4 each. As Alex won their head to gary with 3/5. Third went to Fort head match, he earned the second spot. McMurray, as Rick Du won it by scoring The Under 10 section was the largest of 2/5. Best in the u-18 went to the 2012 the competition with 12 participants. Canadian Junior Champion, NM David Edmontonians won the top three prizes, as Zhang 4/5 (only loss against Richard). Lenard Grossmann won first place with Second went to Jafar Faraji from Lethbrige 4/5. Second was shared by Kaixin Wang (3/5), while third went to Tristan Tran-Ly and Sean Mah with 3.5/5 each. Since their (1/5, but what a point!) head-to-head match was drawn, they had I would like to thank all the participants to play a play-off which was won by for coming to the event and I hope that they had some fun! IM Richard Wang (2013 Can Jr.
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