Chess Canada 2014.11 2 Chess Canada Chess Canada (CCN) is the elec- Chess Canada tronic newsletter of the Chess 2014.11 Next Issue... Federation of Canada. Opinions expressed in it are those of the Features Year in Review credited authors and/or editor, Interview: Qiyu Zhou and do not necessarily reflect Razvan Preotu: On the GM Trail those of the CFC, its Governors, ........................................................ 8 You Gotta See This... agents or employees, living or th dead. 25 NATO Championship Favourte games from 2014 ....................................................... 27 selected & annotated by: subscriptions 99th BC Championship GM Bator Sambuev CCN is distributed by email to ...................................................... 57 CFC members who have submit- IM Jean Hebert ted their email address to the IM Bindi Cheng CFC: Events [email protected] World Senior ...................................... 74 FM Victor Pechenkin Elias Oussedik submissions CHOM ................................................ 79 CCN is looking for contributions: Maritime Open .................................... 91 tournament reports, photos, an- Aurora Fall Open .............................. 101 Coming Soon... notated games. For examples, see this issue or read the 2013.06 Quebec Amateur .............................. 107 Student Issue: anada Appendix for other ideas. · World U16 Teams C suggestions Columns · BC Junior If you have an idea for a story you Upcoming Events .................................... 3 · 2014 Pan-Ams would like to write, email me: Critical Positions ..................................... 5 · Canadian University Ch [email protected] · Nicholas Vetesse Cover: Don’t Look Down hess - John Upper Bishop: ....it’s easy (ya dumb brute): just stay on the dark squares. 2014.11 editor CCN Pawns: ....If I was a Knight I’d just hop over. C King: ...knew it from my first look: he’s not made of the Right Stuff. 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EF: $250 hess Org: IA Hal Bond 2014.11 http://www.chessfest.ca/ C Critical Positions selected by the editor 5 XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY The following diagrams are criti cal positi ons from this issue of Chess 8r+lwq-+k+0 8-+-+-trk+0 8-+-+-+-+0 Canada. You can treat them as ex- 7zp-zp-+-tr-0 7+-+qzp-+-0 7+-+-+-+-0 ercises or as a teaser introducti on 6nzp-zp-sn-vl0 6-+-zp-+-zp0 6-+-+k+-zP0 to what you’ll fi nd this month. 5+N+Pzp-+-0 5+NzpP+l+-0 5+-+-+-+-0 4-zP-+Pzpp+0 4Q+-vl-+pzP0 4r+-+-+-+0 These “criti cal positi ons” can be: 3zP-tR-+-P-0 3+-+-zp-zP-0 3+-+-+RmK-0 • winning combinati ons • surprising tacti cs 2-+-+LsN-zP0 2P+-+-+PmK0 2-+-+-+-+0 • endgames requiring precise play 1+-+QvL-tRK0 1+R+-+R+-0 1+-+-+-+-0 • simple calculati on exercises xabcdefghy xabcdefghy xabcdefghy • variati on-rich middlegames • m o m e n t s w h e n o n e p l a y e r w e n t see: Razvan badly wrong. see: NATO see: NATO XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY The and squares next to 8r+-+k+-tr0 8lmk-vl-+-+0 8-+r+-+k+0 each diagram indicate the player 7+-wqnsnpzpp0 7+n+-+-+-0 7+p+l+-+p0 to move. 6-+pvl-+-+0 6R+-zp-trp+0 6p+-+pwQpvL0 5zpp+p+-+l0 5+-zp-zp-+p0 5+-zppzPnzP-0 4-+-zP-+-+0 4P+N+P+-+0 4-+-+-+-wq0 anada Soluti ons appear in the game anal- ysis in this issue of Chess Canada, 3+-sN-vLN+P0 3+-+P+-zP-0 3+-zPPtR-+-0 C in the red diagrams in the reports 2PzPPwQLzPP+0 2-+-+-zPKzP0 2-zP-+-+LzP0 named under the diagram. Criti - 1+-mK-tR-+R0 1+-+L+-+-0 1+-+-+-mK-0 cal posti ons usually feature signifi - xabcdefghy xabcdefghy xabcdefghy cantly more analyti cal commen- tary than the rest of the game. What happens after ♗xb5!? a)...♗c7 b)...d5 c) something else? hess see: NATO see: NATO see: NATO 2014.11 C 6 XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY 8-+-+-tr-mk0 8-+-+-tr-mk0 8-tr-+-trk+0 8-+r+r+k+0 7+-zpl+-vlp0 7+-zp-+r+p0 7+l+-+-zpp0 7zp-sn-+p+p0 6-+-zp-+p+0 6-+-zp-+pvl0 6pwq-zpPvl-+0 6nzpl+p+p+0 5wQNzpPzp-wq-0 5zp-zpPzp-+-0 5+-+-+-+-0 5wq-+-+-+-0 4P+P+LtrP+0 4P+P+P+P+0 4-sN-sN-+Q+0 4P+-zP-sN-+0 3+P+-+P+P0 3+PsNQ+-+P0 3+PzP-+-vL-0 3+-zPL+PzP-0 2-+-+-+K+0 2-+-+-+-wq0 2-zP-+-+-zP0 2-+QvL-+-zP0 1+-+-tR-+R0 1+K+-+RtR-0 1tR-+-+-mK-0 1+R+-+RmK-0 xabcdefghy xabcdefghy xabcdefghy xabcdefghy Black’s ♕ has no safe squares.