Games are being posted

38 of 43 so far in the U1800 section at
the MCA Tournament Results page

or view directly at:
with game viewer

Thanks to Michael Pang, Cory Letain, Steven de Groot, Leah Green, Saul Magnusson, for sending in their games; Alex Nikouline and Blair Rutter for inputting others for this section.

More as the weekend progresses.

54 or so of 67 in the Open Section at
the MCA Tournament Results page

or view directly at:
with game viewer

Thanks to Trevor Vincent, Alex Nikouline, Jonathon Zaczek, Aaron Green, Blair Rutter, Jim Green, John Klokow, Stephen Lipic for sending in their games; Alex Nikouline, Stephen Lipic and Blair Rutter for inputting others for this section.

Section Winners

Open Section Winners

TD Lorne Gibbons, Paolo Araullo, Rolando Bince, Trevor Vincent
photo by Greg Swift


u1800 Winner
Steven de Groot with TD Lorne Gibbons
photo by Greg Swift

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Recording of Game Scores

As many of you know, the game scores of virtually all standard time control games are available in pgn format at the chessmanitoba.com website. This is a great tradition, which requires the cooperation of the players handing in legible scoresheets and volunteers entering the games.
Some players enter their own games and email the pgn file to me or whomever is 'responsible' for the game file.

With the high participation figures at the TNTs this year and the Yanofsky , I am asking on behalf of current and future pgn compilers that the players help out a bit if they can by submitting their games when they are able. For those familiar with programs such as ChessBase or Chess Assistant this is likely not a problem. For others, the following is a relatively simple tool I found:

http://members.shaw.ca/lapides/pgnedit/pgnedit.html

note: it may be sluggish on some older systems

One can enter a game, "save" and then cut and paste the results into an email.
There are some instructions in the upper right of the page referenced above.

Give it a try and email the results to chessmanitoba@gmail.com. Many players have done so since my first request and it has been of great assistance.

Don't worry about details for the header - the names of the two players is enough.

Open Section Final Standings

Trevor Vincent, Paolo Araullo, and Rolando Bince tie for first.

#	Name	Rtng		Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Trevor Vincent	2286		W11	W3	D7	W2	D5	4.0
2	Paolo Araullo	2081		W26	W10	W4	L1	W7	4.0
3	Rolando Bince	2058		W21	L1	W15	W9	W8	4.0
4	Samuel Lipnowski	2285		D14	W13	L2	W17	W11	3.5
5	Kevin Gentes	2250		W20	W18	D9	D7	D1	3.5
6	Anthony Boron	1996		D28	D12	D13	W16	W18	3.5
7	John G Bell	2157		W15	W22	D1	D5	L2	3.0
8	Alexandre Nikouline	2144		L13	W16	W14	W19	L3	3.0
9	Jonathon Zaczek	2125		W17	W19	D5	L3	D10	3.0
10	Waldemar Schulz	1997		W27	L2	D24	W14	D9	3.0
11	Igal Raihman	1893		L1	W21	W22	W18	L4	3.0
12	Sam Cleto	1875		H---	D6	L19	W24	W20	3.0
13	Aaron Green	1836		W8	L4	D6	H---	W19	3.0
14	Brian Thompson	1887		D4	W28	L8	L10	W23	2.5
15	Blair Rutter	1855		L7	W23	L3	D22	W25	2.5
16	James Atem	1826		H---	L8	W25	L6	W24	2.5
17	Ryne Swift	1802		L9	D25	W28	L4	W22	2.5
18	Jay S Khedkar	2034		W24	L5	W27	L11	L6	2.0
19	Daniel Oberton	2020		W25	L9	W12	L8	L13	2.0
20	Jaroslaw Czypinski	1880		L5	L24	W21	W27	L12	2.0
21	Harley Greenberg	1774		L3	L11	L20	B---	X27	2.0
22	Aron Kaptsan	2052		W23	L7	L11	D15	L17	1.5
23	Jim Green	1774		L22	L15	D26	W28	L14	1.5
24	John Klokow	1740		L18	W20	D10	L12	L16	1.5
25	Stephen Lipic	1718		L19	D17	L16	W26	L15	1.5
26	Ken Einarsson	1800		L2	L27	D23	L25	D28	1.0
27	Clifford Goodman	1671		L10	W26	L18	L20	F21	1.0
28	Alfonso Villar	unr.		D6	L14	L17	L23	D26	1.0

Open Section Round 5 results

Rolando Bince and Paolo Araullo won with Black to catch Trevor Vincent.

Bd		Res	White		Black	Res
1		½	Kevin Gentes		Trevor Vincent	½
2		0	John G Bell		Paolo Araullo	1
3		0	Alexandre Nikouline		Rolando Bince	1
4		1	Samuel Lipnowski		Igal Raihman	0
5		½	Jonathon Zaczek		Waldemar Schulz	½
6		0	Jay S Khedkar		Anthony Boron	1
7		0	Daniel Oberton		Aaron Green	1
8		0	Jaroslaw Czypinski		Sam Cleto	1
9		1	Ryne Swift		Aron Kaptsan	0
10		0	Jim Green		Brian Thompson	1
11		1	Blair Rutter		Stephen Lipic	0
12		1	James Atem		John Klokow	0
13		1X	Harley Greenberg		Clifford Goodman	0F
14		½	Ken Einarsson		Alfonso Villar	½

U1800 Standings

Steven de Groot wins with 5-0 !

#	Name		Rtng		Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Steven De Groot		1690		W13	W6	W5	W2	W4	5.0
2	Saul Magnusson		1578		W17	W9	W3	L1	W5	4.0
3	Leor Wasserman		1642		W18	H---	L2	W10	W9	3.5
4	Tomas Manicdao		1724		W11	L5	W15	W8	L1	3.0
5	Michael Pang		1679		W8	W4	L1	W9	L2	3.0
6	Cory Letain		1606		W16	L1	L8	W14	W12	3.0
7	Keith Gannon		1570		L14	W10	L9	W13	W15	3.0
8	Keer Keer		1424		L5	W17	W6	L4	W11	3.0
9	Daniel Raihman		1720		W12	L2	W7	L5	L3	2.0
10	Eugene Knight		1522		D15	L7	W13	L3	D16	2.0
11	Richard Ott		1499		L4	W18	H---	D15	L8	2.0
12	Francis Trueman		1491		L9	L15	W16	W17	L6	2.0
13	Gary Crawford		1439		L1	W16	L10	L7	W17	2.0
14	Lorne Gibbons		1252		W7	U---	U---	L6	W18	2.0
15	Eric Williams		unr.		D10	W12	L4	D11	L7	2.0
16	Leah Green		1224		L6	L13	L12	W18	D10	1.5
17	Edward Enns		1166		L2	L8	W18	L12	L13	1.0
18	Justin Villeneuve		1356		L3	L11	L17	L16	L14	0.0

U 1800 Fifth Round Results

Bd		Res	White		Black	Res
15		1	Steven De Groot		Tomas Manicdao	0
16		0	Michael Pang		Saul Magnusson	1
17		0	Daniel Raihman		Leor Wasserman	1
18		0	Francis Trueman		Cory Letain	1
19		1	Keith Gannon		Eric Williams	0
20		0	Richard Ott		Keer Keer	1
21		½	Eugene Knight		Leah Green	½
22		0	Edward Enns		Gary Crawford	1
23		0	Justin Villeneuve		Lorne Gibbons	1

Third Round Standing and Results

Open Section - Third Round Standings

#	Name	Rtng		Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	Paolo Araullo	2081		W24	W12	W11	3.0
2	Trevor Vincent	2286		W10	W7	D4	2.5
3	Kevin Gentes	2250		W20	W8	D5	2.5
4	John G Bell	2157		W22	W19	D2	2.5
5	Jonathon Zaczek	2125		W17	W9	D3	2.5
6	Alexandre Nikouline	2144		L15	W16	W14	2.0
7	Rolando Bince	2058		W28	L2	W22	2.0
8	Jay S Khedkar	2034		W18	L3	W23	2.0
9	Daniel Oberton	2020		W26	L5	W21	2.0
10	Igal Raihman	1893		L2	W28	W19	2.0
11	Samuel Lipnowski	2285		D14	W15	L1	1.5
12	Waldemar Schulz	1997		W23	L1	D18	1.5
13	Anthony Boron	1996		D27	D21	D15	1.5
14	Brian Thompson	1887		D11	W27	L6	1.5
15	Aaron Green	1836		W6	L11	D13	1.5
16	James Atem	1826		H---	L6	W26	1.5
17	Ryne Swift	1802		L5	D26	W27	1.5
18	John Klokow	1740		L8	W20	D12	1.5
19	Aron Kaptsan	2052		W25	L4	L10	1.0
20	Jaroslaw Czypinski	1880		L3	L18	W28	1.0
21	Sam Cleto	1875		H---	D13	L9	1.0
22	Blair Rutter	1855		L4	W25	L7	1.0
23	Clifford Goodman	1671		L12	W24	L8	1.0
24	Ken Einarsson	1800		L1	L23	D25	0.5
25	Jim Green	1774		L19	L22	D24	0.5
26	Stephen Lipic	1718		L9	D17	L16	0.5
27	Alfonso Villar	unr.		D13	L14	L17	0.5
28	Harley Greenberg	1774		L7	L10	L20	0.0

Third Round Open Results

Paolo continues his fine play from the Canadian Open, by upsetting Sam Lipnowski. Klokow held Schulz in the last game to end.

Bd		Res	White		Black	Res
1		½	John G Bell		Trevor Vincent	½
2		½	Jonathon Zaczek		Kevin Gentes	½
3		1	Paolo Araullo		Samuel Lipnowski	0
4		1	Alexandre Nikouline		Brian Thompson	0
5		1	Rolando Bince		Blair Rutter	0
6		1	Igal Raihman		Aron Kaptsan	0
7		1	Jay S Khedkar		Clifford Goodman	0
8		0	Sam Cleto		Daniel Oberton	1
9		½	Waldemar Schulz		John Klokow	½
10		½	Aaron Green		Anthony Boron	½
11		1	James Atem		Stephen Lipic	0
12		0	Alfonso Villar		Ryne Swift	1
13		1	Jaroslaw Czypinski		Harley Greenberg	0
14		½	Ken Einarsson		Jim Green	½

U 1800

#	Name	Rtng		Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	Steven De Groot	1690		W15	W12	W5	3.0
2	Saul Magnusson	1578		W16	W4	W8	3.0
3	Tomas Manicdao	1724		W10	L5	W11	2.0
4	Daniel Raihman	1720		W14	L2	W13	2.0
5	Michael Pang	1679		W6	W3	L1	2.0
6	Keer Keer	1424		L5	W16	W12	2.0
7	Lorne Gibbons	1252		W13	H---	H---	2.0
8	Leor Wasserman	1642		W18	H---	L2	1.5
9	Eugene Knight	1522		D11	L13	W15	1.5
10	Richard Ott	1499		L3	W18	H---	1.5
11	Eric Williams	unr.		D9	W14	L3	1.5
12	Cory Letain	1606		W19	L1	L6	1.0
13	Keith Gannon	1570		L7	W9	L4	1.0
14	Francis Trueman	1491		L4	L11	W19	1.0
15	Gary Crawford	1439		L1	W19	L9	1.0
16	Edward Enns	1166		L2	L6	W18	1.0
17	Colin Stranc	unr.		H---	H---	U---	1.0
18	Justin Villeneuve	1356		L8	L10	L16	0.0
19	Leah Green	1224		L12	L15	L14	0.0

Second Round Standings

Open Section

Nothing surprising in the second round.

#	Name	Rtng		Rd 1	Rd 2	Tot
1	Trevor Vincent	2286		W15	W9	2.0
2	Kevin Gentes	2250		W25	W11	2.0
3	John G Bell	2157		W17	W10	2.0
4	Jonathon Zaczek	2125		W22	W12	2.0
5	Paolo Araullo	2081		W26	W13	2.0
6	Samuel Lipnowski	2285		D7	W18	1.5
7	Brian Thompson	1887		D6	W24	1.5
8	Alexandre Nikouline	2144		L18	W21	1.0
9	Rolando Bince	2058		W27	L1	1.0
10	Aron Kaptsan	2052		W28	L3	1.0
11	Jay S Khedkar	2034		W19	L2	1.0
12	Daniel Oberton	2020		W23	L4	1.0
13	Waldemar Schulz	1997		W20	L5	1.0
14	Anthony Boron	1996		D24	D16	1.0
15	Igal Raihman	1893		L1	W27	1.0
16	Sam Cleto	1875		H---	D14	1.0
17	Blair Rutter	1855		L3	W28	1.0
18	Aaron Green	1836		W8	L6	1.0
19	John Klokow	1740		L11	W25	1.0
20	Clifford Goodman	1671		L13	W26	1.0
21	James Atem	1826		H---	L8	0.5
22	Ryne Swift	1802		L4	D23	0.5
23	Stephen Lipic	1718		L12	D22	0.5
24	Alfonso Villar	unr.		D14	L7	0.5
25	Jaroslaw Czypinski	1880		L2	L19	0.0
26	Ken Einarsson	1800		L5	L20	0.0
27	Harley Greenberg	1774		L9	L15	0.0
28	Jim Green	1774		L10	L17	0.0

U1800

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Total 1 Steven De Groot 1690 W12 W9 2.0 2 Michael Pang 1679 W13 W7 2.0 3 Saul Magnusson 1578 W19 W8 2.0 4 Leor Wasserman 1642 W17 H--- 1.5 5 Lorne Gibbons 1252 W10 H--- 1.5 6 Eric Williams unr. D15 W16 1.5 7 Tomas Manicdao 1724 W11 L2 1.0 8 Daniel Raihman 1720 W16 L3 1.0 9 Cory Letain 1606 W18 L1 1.0 10 Keith Gannon 1570 L5 W15 1.0 11 Richard Ott 1499 L7 W17 1.0 12 Gary Crawford 1439 L1 W18 1.0 13 Keer Keer 1424 L2 W19 1.0 14 Colin Stranc unr. H--- H--- 1.0 15 Eugene Knight 1522 D6 L10 0.5 16 Francis Trueman 1491 L8 L6 0.0 17 Justin Villeneuve 1356 L4 L11 0.0 18 Leah Green 1224 L9 L12 0.0 19 Edward Enns 1166 L3 L13 0.0

Open Section standings after first round

Surprises included Aaron Green over Alex Nikouline, and Brian Thompson holding Sam Lipnowski to a draw.

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Tot
1	Trevor Vincent	2286	W18	1.0
2	Kevin Gentes	2250	W19	1.0
3	John G Bell	2157	W20	1.0
4	Jonathon Zaczek	2125	W21	1.0
5	Paolo Araullo	2081	W22	1.0
6	Rolando Bince	2058	W23	1.0
7	Aron Kaptsan	2052	W24	1.0
8	Jay S Khedkar	2034	W25	1.0
9	Daniel Oberton	2020	W26	1.0
10	Waldemar Schulz	1997	W27	1.0
11	Aaron Green	1836	W17	1.0
12	Samuel Lipnowski	2285	D14	0.5
13	Anthony Boron	1996	D16	0.5
14	Brian Thompson	1887	D12	0.5
15	James Atem	1826	H---	0.5
16	Alfonso Villar	unr.	D13	0.5
17	Alexandre Nikouline	2144	L11	0.0
18	Igal Raihman	1893	L1	0.0
19	Jaroslaw Czypinski	1880	L2	0.0
20	Blair Rutter	1855	L3	0.0
21	Ryne Swift	1802	L4	0.0
22	Ken Einarsson	1800	L5	0.0
23	Harley Greenberg	1774	L6	0.0
24	Jim Green	1774	L7	0.0
25	John Klokow	1740	L8	0.0
26	Stephen Lipic	1718	L9	0.0
27	Clifford Goodman	1671	L10	0.0

U1800 Standings after Round 1

Lorne Gibbons upset Keith Gannon.
Only 19 players in this section thus far.
See previous post for the possibility to join in at round 2.

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Tot
1	Tomas Manicdao	1724	W13	1.0
2	Daniel Raihman	1720	W14	1.0
3	Steven De Groot	1690	W15	1.0
4	Michael Pang	1679	W16	1.0
5	Leor Wasserman	1642	W17	1.0
6	Cory Letain	1606	W18	1.0
7	Saul Magnusson	1578	W19	1.0
8	Lorne Gibbons	1252	W12	1.0
9	Eugene Knight	1522	D11	0.5
10	Colin Stranc	unr.	H---	0.5
11	Eric Williams	unr.	D9	0.5
12	Keith Gannon	1570	L8	0.0
13	Richard Ott	1499	L1	0.0
14	Francis Trueman	1491	L2	0.0
15	Gary Crawford	1439	L3	0.0
16	Keer Keer	1424	L4	0.0
17	Justin Villeneuve	1356	L5	0.0
18	Leah Green	1224	L6	0.0
19	Edward Enns	1166	L7	0.0

46 currently competing in the Yanofsky Memorial

46 players are currently competing in this year's edition of the Yanofsky Memorial.

You can still join with a first round bye by registering onsite at the University of Winnipeg by
9:45 am Saturday morning.

Please bring your chess clock to AY

The club currently does not have enough digital clocks to cover every board in a tournament of this size, so we ask that we bring your own if you are able.
Time controls are Game/2 hours on Friday night,
For the other 4 rounds: 30 /90, All/1 (30 moves in 90 minutes / Remainder in 60 minutes) for the other 4 rounds.

Thank you.

7th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial Chess Tournament September 4-6, 2009

7th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial Chess Tournament

This tournament is the signature event of the Manitoba Chess Association. It is named in honour of Abe Yanofsky, the first chess player in the British Commonwealth to be awarded the Grandmaster title.
Mr. Yanofsky, who died in 2000, was a prominent Winnipeg lawyer and city councillor.

Dates: Friday, September 4 to Sunday, September 6, 2008
Location: Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
Prize Fund: $ See below
Format: 5 round Swiss System, Two Sections
Open Section
U 1800 Section
Round Times: Friday 7:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m
Time Control: 30 /90, All/1 (30 moves in 90 minutes / Remainder in 60 minutes)
[Note: First round will G /120 minutes]
Entry Fee: Entry Fee: $ 60
Juniors (under 18 years of age) - Seniors (over 60 years of age)- $ 50
$ 10 discount for entry by Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Also second and subsequent entries from immediate family members receive $ 10 discount.

Free entry to FIDE Masters or higher (Entry must be paid up front, but will be refunded after completion (playing) of all five rounds)

CFC Membership also required

Rules to be noted:
Anti-draw rules will be in effect (no agreed draws before move 31)
New FIDE Zero tolerance forfeit rule NOT in effect -old rule in effect; players will not be forfeited for non-attendance until one hour after scheduled start of round.
Half-point byes OK, any of first four rounds, limit 2, must commit before rd 2.

Registration: on site, Friday, September 4 at 6:30 - 6:55 p.m., or in advance -
cheques payable to:
Manitoba Chess Association
c/o Lorne Gibbons
44 Ainsdale Way
Winnipeg, MB R2C 4B4

or see Lorne Gibbons on Tuesday nights at the TNT tournaments.

Prizes: Prizes:
Open Section: 1st $ 750 , 2nd $ 500, 3rd $ 300
Top A Class - $ 250, 175, 75

U 1800 Section 1st $ 250, 2nd $ 150
Top U1600 $ 200, $ 100
Top U1400 $ 125, 75, 50

CFC Newsletter

Tony Ficzere writes:

"Greetings

I would like to wish the organizers the best of luck with the Abe Yanofsky Memorial!

I am the editor of the new CFC newsletter, and if you can find the time, it would be great if you could email me a report on the tournament. Annotated games (pgn format) and pictures are also welcome.

Thanks in advance for your considerations."

I will be looking through the games after tournament, so if you have a game or position that is interesting, please email at chessmanitoba@gmail.com. Also pictures.
Thanks,
Tony Boron