BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #4

Despite the normal publication schedule of two weeks it was decided to 
produce this Bulletin a week early, so that we can bring you news from the 
two tournaments which took place over the holiday weekend.  As usual, your 
editor welcomes any and all submissions for this bulletin - news of upcoming 
events, tournament reports, games, and anything else that might be of 
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Stephen Wright


2002 BC CLOSED

The British Columbia Championship tournament returned to Victoria after an 
eight-year absence, and the local players used their "home" advantage to the 
full by virtual sweeping the top spots.  Winning the championship for the 
second time (the first was in 1990) was Harry Moore, with an undefeated 
5.5/7.  Close behind was former champion Dan Scoones, who matched Moore for 
much of the event but was finally relegated to second place after a loss to 
Yoos and a quick draw with Moore in the last round.  Another local player, 
Mike Stanford, tied for third with Jack Yoos, thus pushing his rating over 
2200 for the first time.  This feat was also accomplished by Nick Beqo, who 
put a severe dent in Yoos' championship hopes by beating him in the first 
round.  Despite being the strongest active player in the province Yoos has 
yet to win the provincial crown - maybe next year he will overcome his "jinx."

The championship was played as a seven-round Swiss, reverting to a format 
last used in 1977.  A total of fifteen players entered the event, played at 
the University of Victoria.  The prize fund was bolstered by a contribution 
from the BCCF and by the fact the University provided the playing site for 
free.  Lynn Stringer directed in her usual tireless manner.

Crosstable: 2002 BC Closed 

Games from the event should be available shortly, but to whet your appetite 
here are two of Mike Stanford's games with his own annotations (thanks again, 
Mike!):

Yoos,J - Stanford,M [B42]
BC Closed (2), 12.10.2002

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 This's the first Kan game I've ever 
played. 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 Basically, the idea of Bc5-e7 is just to kick the 
knight to a less active square.  Hoping this'll give black some advantages in 
the middlegame as a result.   7.Nc3 Qc7 8.f4 d6 9.Qf3 b5 One of the reasons I 
played into this, is cause before the tournament I tried figuring out what to 
play vs. him.  Rejecting one defense after another for 2 reasons.  1:  
Because he was achieving great positions but mainly because of 2:  His 
experience alone could beat me.  In my dbase I could only find 1 game of 
this, so I said to myself, 'why not!?' 10.Be3 Bb7 11.0-0-0 Nf6 12.g4 Nc6 
13.g5 Nd7 14.Kb1 Nb4 After the game I was shocked to hear that he's faced 
this position at least half a dozen times, winning or drawing every game! 
15.Rhf1 Qh3, and Nd4 are both reasonable alternatives, and self explanatory(I 
hope). 15...Nxd3 16.cxd3 Nc5 17.Nd4 [I feared this move 17.Rc1 A) If 
17...Nxb3?? 18.Nd5! Qa5 19.Nc7+ Kf8 (better is 19...Kd7 20.Nxa8 Nxc1 21.Nb6+ 
this looks +/- for white.) 20.axb3 Rc8 21.b4! Qxb4 (21...Qxc7 22.Rxc7 Rxc7 
23.f5+-) 22.f5 e5 (22...f6 23.fxe6+-) 23.f6+-; B) 17...Qd7 Now, I didn't 
calculate all of the Nxb Nd5 variations, all the way through, but I knew that 
they'd lead to a stunning defeat, so I was going to play Qd7.  There may be 
some incredible resource there for black, but I can't see it, and I'm fairly 
certain I wouldn't be able to find one otb. 18.Bd4 Nxb3 19.axb3 0-0 and this 
would've been another game.  But I remember in the post mortem Jack and I 
looked at this a bit, and found a line that was fairly convincing, sadly I 
have since forgotten it.] 17...b4 18.Nce2 d5 19.e5 after the game Jack told 
me that d5 wasn't usually a good move in this variation.  I don't think that 
this's an exception. 19...g6 20.Rc1 Instead of this, maybe white's best try 
would be to play on the kingside with h4 h5.  Then after having gained some 
ground there, move to the Qside. 20...Qd7 21.Rfd1 Rc8 22.Qf2 Qa4 A nice 
little move I played, indirectly protecting the knight with the threat of Qxd 
:) 23.h4 Kd7 24.b3 I think Jack should've delayed this a little bit.  He can 
always play it later, and by not playing it he prevents me from ever playing 
a5.   If he played something(other than b3) and I stupidly played a5, then he 
could trap my Q with b3 Nc2!   of course I wouldn't go into this, but how do 
I make any progress if I can't play a5?! 24...Qa5 25.Nf3 Qb5 26.Ned4 Qb6 
27.Ne1 a5 28.Ndf3 All these knight moves were in anticipation of Ba6. 
28...Ba6 29.Bxc5 Here Jack offered me a draw.  He was low on time and figured 
it's better to be safe than sorry.  At first I questioned why he, a 2440 
player, would offer me a draw in a position like this, but now having looked 
at it more objectively, I see that he would've really been pushing it to try 
and win this game.  Hmmm.  Maybe I shouldn't've accepted?!  only kidding :) 
½-½

Stanford,M - Kostadinov,G [B99]
BC Closed (6), 14.10.2002

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 Nbd7 
9.0-0-0 Be7 10.Qg3 I've never played this before, I went into it thinking 
that George wouldn't expect it (expecting 10.g4) and because his previous 
encounter facing this was a pretty convincing win for white. 10...h6 11.Bh4 
g5 12.fxg5 Nh5 13.Qe3 Qc5 14.Kb1 hxg5 15.Bf2 Ne5 16.Qd2 Qc7 [16...Qa5 a move 
george's employed in the past, I like it.] 17.h4 g4 [17...gxh4 18.Bxh4 Ng3 
19.Bxe7 Rxh1 20.Bf6 I was prepared to go into this, but George doesn't like 
grabbing material.  Maybe he should've, in anycase, he got a fine game.] 18.g3
 already black's lookin alright. 18...Bd7 [18...b5 looks a little better to 
play the bishop on the more active b7 square.  Probably -/+ at this point.] 
19.a3 oh my, this was a really terrible move.  Basically a waiting move that 
doesn't really accomplish much.  i mean, it anticipates b5, but it weakens 
the pawns too much to worry about that sort of thing, since it's not going to 
be dangerous for quite some time. 19...Rc8 20.Be2 Knowing he'd play Nc4, I 
play Be2.  what a waste of another move. 20...Nc4 21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.Rhe1 b5 
23.Qe2 Nf6? a huge mistake. [much better is 23...Qxe2 24.Ndxe2 (24.Rxe2?! 
Bf6  Black's almost won here.) 24...Bc6 -/+] 24.Rd3! Oh how the tides have 
suddenly turned!!!  I was obviously extremely happy with getting this move 
in, since it completely changes evaluation of the position and prepares nice 
little shots like Nf5 24...e5 [interesting is 24...0-0 but that's another 
game. :)] 25.Nb3 Qc7 [In the game, I felt that 25...Be6? 26.Bc5! was winning, 
Hiarcs does not agree.  So I've decided to throw Hiarcs away, since it's 
obviously useless ;).  ] 26.Be3 Be6 27.Nd2 Nd7 28.Nd5?? completely 
overlooking the incredibly obvious tactic of Qxc2!  I tried not to show that 
I had blundered.  But I was almost laughing :) 28...Qxc2+ 29.Ka1 a5 30.Rb3 
Gotta get that pawn back!  just gotta ;) 30...b4 31.Qb5 Bd8 32.axb4 axb4 
33.Qxb4 at some point during these last few moves I think Black should've 
chopped my knight off the board.  It's too strong, not to mention the fact 
that in his next move he could play f5 and start a march. 33...0-0 34.Ra3 Rb8 
35.Qc3 Qxc3 36.Nxc3 played to avoid Bxd 36...Nb6 37.Rd1 Be7 Now I felt that 
black's back in the inferior position.  and I'm happy again :) 38.Ra7 almost 
preventing the cheeky Ra8. 38...Rfe8? [better is 38...Ra8 39.Bxb6 Rxa7+ 
40.Bxa7 Ra8 41.b4 Rxa7+ 42.Kb2 a tough position.  I like black here.  But the 
position sorta looks drawish, i guess. ] 39.Kb1 f5 40.Kc1 wanted K off the 
light diagonal pin. 40...fxe4 41.Ndxe4 Nc4 42.Bg5 I played this move quickly, 
I was pumped and the excitement of the dual time trouble was still in me.  
After I played it I was certain I was won. 42...Ra8?? [Better seems to be 
42...Bxg5+ 43.hxg5 Ra8 44.Nf6+ Kf8 Where the most I could hope for is the 
perp.  Thank you George!] 43.Rxe7 Rxe7 [After Rxd I really wanted black to 
play Ra1, that way I could play the cheesy 43...Ra1+ 44.Kc2!+- *smirk*] 
44.Bxe7 Ra1+ even though Ra8 was ??, it still deserves some praise for 
George's creativeness at generating something from, almost nothing! 45.Kc2 
[If 45.Nb1 which's honestly what I had anticipated playing when looking at my 
Rxd 45...d5 and if 46.Ned2 (46.b3 is interesting.) 46...Bf5 47.Rf1 Nxd2 
48.Kxd2 Bxb1 49.Bd6 and during the game I felt that George had some good 
drawing chances here.] 45...Ne3+ 46.Kd2 Nxd1 47.Nxd1 d5 so I got 2 pieces for 
the rook, all I really have todo is stop those pawn. Then march my pawns. 
48.Ng5 Bd7 49.Bf6 e4 50.Ne3 Ra5 51.Bd4 Rb5 52.Kc3 Kf8 53.h5 1-0


VANCOUVER THANKSGIVING OPEN

Thirty-six players participated in this year's Thanksgiving Open, held at the 
newly-renovated Vancouver Bridge Centre.  Robert North and Fanhao Meng tied 
for first with 5.0/6, a half-point ahead of Alfred Pechisker - all these 
players went through the tournament undefeated.  The under 2000 first prize 
was split between Yamei Wang and Justin Hardy with 4 points each.  Leo Erazo, 
Ben Daswani, Juni Caluza, Charles Fekete and Jason Lee all obtained 3.5 and 
divided the third-place section prize amongst themselves.  The story of the 
tournament in the under 1600 category was twelve year old Tiffany Tang, who 
performed at 500 points above her rating and actually tied for fourth overall 
with 4 points - she gained the first under 1600 prize and 188 rating points 
for her efforts!  Tying for the second place prize were Louis McCusky, 
Richard Gaulin and Jamie Harper.  Katherine Davies took care of the 
organizational details and Stephen Wright directed.

Crosstable: Thanksgiving Open 

Ruelland,G - Tang,T [B79]
Thanksgiving op Vancouver (5), 14.10.2002

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Ne5 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.h4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Nb3 
Qc7 16.h5 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Nxh5 18.Bd4 Rc8 19.g4 Nf6 20.g5 Nh5 21.Rxh5 gxh5 
22.Rh1 a5 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Rxh5 Qxc3 25.Qh2 Rh8 26.Qf4 a4 27.Nc1 Qe1 28.Rh2 a3 
29.Re2 Qb4+ 30.Nb3 Qc3 31.Qc1 Qxf3 32.Re3 Qf4 33.Qe1 Qe5 34.Qc1 Qxg5 0-1


30 YEARS AGO by Bruce Harper

Next month a memorial tournament for Lionel Joyner will be held in Vancouver. 
 Interestingly, it was 30 years ago that Lionel moved to Vancouver from 
Alberta, and in the first round of the 1972 B.C. Open he demolished Ernie 
Krzyzowski in a Nimzoindian.
 
The Samisch variation (4.a3) is out of fashion, and perhaps Black just has 
too many ways to defuse White's attempt to win with a big centre and the two 
bishops.  But if you're going to play this way, it is important for White to 
think of the weak c4-pawn as a gambit pawn, rather than as something worth 
defending.  And since dynamic play is all the rage these days (will Kramnik 
put an end to that?), we may yet see 4.a3 come back into style.
 
In Krzyzowski-Joyner, White mishandled the opening and was destroyed.  First 
he put his queen on a bad square (6.Qc2), with the laudable intention of 
playing e4 (the more promising approach is 6.f3).  Then he switched plans 
with 7.e3, then tried to defend his c4-pawn, losing a tempo with his queen 
(10.Qe2).
 
This was all Joyner needed.  Because White's king was still in the centre, he 
was able to win the c4-pawn and respond to 14.Rc1 not with the mundane 
14...d5, but rather with the sparkling 14...Nxb2!, which wins so much 
material it can hardly be called a sacrifice.  What follows is pure 
slaughter, but Black wins artistically, first getting White to put his knight 
at h1, then chasing White's queen all over the board until it ends up on a 
fatally vulnerable square.  White resigned in view of 26.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27.Kh2 
Rxh1+ 28.Kxh1 Ndf2+ and 29...Bxb5, which leaves Black three pieces and 
several pawns ahead.
 
One of many fine Joyner games to remember in between rounds on the 
Remembrance Day long weekend.

Krzyzowski,E - Joyner,L [E24]
BC op Vancouver (1), 07.10.1972

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.e3 b6 8.Nf3 Ba6 
9.Bd3 Na5 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Bb2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nxc4 14.Rc1 Nxb2 15.Rxc7 
Rxc7 16.0-0 Bxd3 17.Qf3 0-0 18.Ra1 Rc2 19.Nf1 Ne4 20.Ng3 f5 21.Nh1 Rfc8 22.h3 
Be2 23.Qf4 g5 24.Qe5 Nd3 25.Qb5 Rc1+ 0-1


UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming junior events:

October 19 Junior Open, Surrey
October 26 "Check or Treat!" (Victoria)
October 27 Grand Prix # 2, Strathcona Community Centre
November 9-11 BC Junior Closed, Vancouver Bridge Centre
November 14-25 World Youth Chess Championships, Crete
November 17 Island Junior Open - # 3 (Victoria)
November 24 Grand Prix # 3, Vancouver Bridge Centre
November 30 Annual BC - Washington Junior Match, Seattle
December 8 Greater Victoria City Championship

For details visit  British Columbia Chess Federation  or  Greater Victoria 
Junior Chess 

UBC Tuesday Night Swiss - October - November 2002

Dates: October 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, November 5th
Place: UBC Student Union Building, Room 212
Rounds: 5 round Swiss System (one round per week)
Time: Round 1; a.s.a.p. after 7pm, Rounds 2-5; 6:30pm
Time Control: 40 moves / 90 minutes, game / 60 minutes
Entry Fee: $15, $12 UBC CC members (available at site), $8 juniors, $Free to 
masters and those joining CFC/BCCF for the first time
Registration: 6:30 - 7 pm before round 1
Prizes: Based on entries ($$BEN)
Org & TD: Lyle Craver (604)980-2040
Misc: half point byes available for rounds 1-4 when requested at least 24 
hours before game time (in person or by phone only please - no e-mail bye 
requests!) Please bring sets, clocks, etc.

Kelowna Harvest Swiss 

Dates: Oct. 19 & 20, 2002
Type: 5 Round Swiss
Times: 9/2/7; 9/asap
Place: Sandman Inn Kelowna B.C. 2130 Harvey Ave across from Orchard Park Mall 
(250) 860-6409
Entry: $25, $20 Seniors, $15 Juniors Non CFC pay entry + $12
Prizes: BEN
TD & Org Lynn Stringer Wally Steinke & Ian Higgs wsteinke@sd22.bc.ca ph (250) 
545-6677 ianofski@cablelan.net

Burns Lake Fall Open

Date: October 26-27, 2002.
Place: Lakes District Secondary, Burns Lake, BC.
Rds: TBA
Type: Active U16 Section, Regular rated for other sections.
Times: TBA
TC: TBA
Entry Fee: $5.00 + CFC membership
Prizes: Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals in each section.
Organizers: Doreen Loseth: (250) 692-3982 losethd@hotmail.com, Mary Warko: 
(250) 698-7422 m_warko@hotmail.com

Northshorechess.com CM Invitational 

Date: October 26-27, 2002 
Place: New Westminster, BC
Rds: 5 
Type: 6-player RR
Round times: 9, 2, 7/ 9, ASAP
TC: SD 120 
EF: $35 
Prizes: 1st $100 plus Fritz 7 software 
Reg: interested expert players (2000-2199) e-mail chessfm@shaw.ca for 
invitations
TD & Org: Vas Sladek
Misc: no smoking, CFC membership required, one ChessBase magazine EXTRA issue 
to all players completing their schedule 

Lionel Joyner Memorial 

Dates: November 9, 10, 11
Place: Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776 East Broadway (at Kaslo), Vancouver
Rounds: 6
Times: 10/4, 10/4, 10/ASAP
Type: Regular Swiss
TC: 40/120; SD/60
Byes: Rds. 1-5
EF: Adults $30, Juniors & Seniors $20 (non-CFC members add $10)
  **inquire about discounts for the starving &/or unemployed
Prizes: $$ BEN
Registration: At site 9:30 - 9:50 am
TD: Stephen Wright
For more information please call organizers:

Katherine Davies 604-266-5842; e-mail: mail-for-katherine@telus.net
Stephen Wright: 604-221-7148; e-mail: StphWrg@aol.com

Vernon Silver Star (Qualifier to the BC Closed)

Dates:Nov. 9, 10, 11, 2002
Type: 6 Round Swiss
Times: noon/5; 10/4; 9/asap
Place: Village Green Hotel Vernon B.C. 4801 27th St. ph (250) 542-3331
Entry: $30, $25 Seniors, $20 Juniors Non CFC pay entry + $12
Prizes: BEN
TD & Org Wally Steinke wsteinke@sd22.bc.ca ph (250) 545-6677

UBC Tuesday Night Swiss - November - December 2002

Dates: November 12th, 19th, 26th, December 3rd, 10th
Place: UBC Student Union Building, Room 212
Rounds: 5 round Swiss System (one round per week)
Time: Round 1; a.s.a.p. after 7pm, Rounds 2-5; 6:30pm
Time Control: 40 moves / 90 minutes, game / 60 minutes
Entry Fee: $15, $12 UBC CC members (available at site), $8 juniors, $Free to 
masters and those joining CFC/BCCF for the first time
Registration: 6:30 - 7 pm before round 1
Prizes: Based on entries ($$BEN)
Org & TD: Lyle Craver (604)980-2040
Misc: half point byes available for rounds 1-4 when requested at least 24 
hours before game time (in person or by phone only please - no e-mail bye 
requests!) Please bring sets, clocks, etc.

Saturday Chess Fever

Date: Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14
Location: at the Bridge Center 2776 East Broadway, Vancouver
Rds: 5
Type: Regular Swiss, 2 sections Open and Under 1700
Time: Games start at 5:00p.m.
Time Control: 30/90 G/60
Entry Fee: $25, $20 for Juniors and Masters
Prizes: $$ BEN
Org: James Kerry (604) 438-7666 and Luc Poitras (604) 438-0496

Jack Taylor Memorial Tournament

Date: November 23rd and 24th
Type: 5 Round Swiss
Entry Fee: $35 Regular, $25 for Juniors
Prize Fund: 100% of EF minus Expenses
CFC Rated
Time Control 40/90 minutes - SD/1 Hour
Location: University of Victoria, Human & Social Development Building, Room 
A-260
Registration: November 23rd 8:30AM at the site.
Organizer & TD: Lynn Stringer
Contact: Lynn Stringer at lynnstringer@shaw.ca ; Tel (250) 658 5207

Northshorechess.com CM Invitational 

Date: Nov.30-Dec. 1, 2002 
Place: New Westminster, BC
Rds: 5 
Type: 6-player RR
Round times: 9, 2, 7/ 9, ASAP
TC: SD 120 
EF: $35 
Prizes: 1st $100 plus Fritz 7 software 
Reg: interested expert players (2000-2199) e-mail chessfm@shaw.ca for 
invitations
TD & Org: Vas Sladek
Misc: no smoking, CFC membership required, one ChessBase magazine EXTRA issue 
to all players completing their schedule 

Dan MacAdam Memorial Tournament

Date: January 18th and January 19th 2003
Type: 5 Round Swiss
Entry Fee: $35 Regular, $25 for Juniors
Prize Fund: 100% of EF minus Expenses
CFC Rated
Time Control 40/90 minutes - SD/1 Hour
Location: University of Victoria, Human & Social Development Building, Room 
A-260
Registration: January 18th 8:30AM at the site.
Organizer & TD: Lynn Stringer
Contact: Lynn Stringer at lynnstringer@shaw.ca ; Tel (250) 658 5207