Abe Yanofsky Memorial Chess Tournament

2011 AY U1800 section

2011-08-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

Guest blogger Leslie Mundwiler has compiled (and also entered most of the games) of the U1800 section and provides a round by round review below:

COMMENT ON THE UNDER 1800 SECTION OF THE ABE YANOFSKY

A nice thing about chess is that game scores can tell you a lot about what went on in a tournament. Judging from the scores, there was certainly an interesting dynamic in the Under 1800 section of the 2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial. At the outset there seemed to be at least half a dozen players who could compete for the top prize. The sizeable group of probable contenders for first place might also indicate that first would likely be shared and that 4 points out of 5 games might be enough to win. Things did not turn out that way.

The key game in the opening round on Friday evening, August 5th, was Milward-Trinidad, 0-1. This already served notice that, among the lower-rated players, there was yet another candidate for first. Dave Milward (1746)would have been my pick for "most likely to succeed" in this event, and perhaps he succumbed in the initial round because, in spite of the 1570 rating, his opponent was unexpectedly playing smart, resourceful chess from the get-go. The loss didn't mean that Dave was entirely out of it, although he seemed to sag a bit in round two. He would get a shot in the last round, and on the way there, he had the satisfaction of playing spoiler among the other contenders.

Unlike Milward, the other 1700 players had been more or less inactive in recent rated events. Roy Proulx (1705) took most of the five rounds to hit his stride and had the bad luck to encounter Kris Trinidad in round two, when the rust was still showing; that and a draw with John Remillard (1574) in round three effectively took Proulx out of contention. Tomas Manicdao (1710) was experiencing the same sort of problem--the problem of "playing into form" during a tournament--but had the good fortune to face weaker opposition in the first two rounds. Even a piece up versus Bruce Leaden (1502) in round one, Tomas seemed on the verge of skating into trouble; he was a much different player by tournament's end. Ryne Swift's tournament adventure began, like Tomas's, versus weaker opposition. Although Ryne (1768) had the benefit of Dave Ross's chess camp in early August, the rust hadn't completely disappeared by the weekend of the Yanofsky.

Besides Ryne, Tomas, and Kris, the end of round two saw Gary Campbell (1698) and Theo Wolchock (1683) also with perfect scores. There were still these five contenders and the comeback threat of Dave Milward; there was a long way to go.

Third round was pivotal, with some big changes. One of the most entertaining games of the event was Kris Trinidad's escape from the clutches Chuck Mousseau's Smith-Morra Gambit. Kris's win against a player who, at 1768, was (with Ryne Swift )highest rated in the event clearly established him as a candidate for top spot. But, glorious as this was for Kris, the MCA should ask itself some questions about this pairing. Chuck was a substitute, who would only play this one game in the Under 1800 section. If Kris had played one of the other contenders in round three, the event might have had a very different outcome. Also to be considered: what if Kris had lost to a "non-combatant" for first, who would play none of his competition?

Another critical third-round game was Campbell-Swift, with Gary achieving a classical attack in what is nowadays labeled the QGD/Semi-Slav. Gary was up a pawn and position in the middlegame when he hung a R, but he finished the event with two more wins, putting himself within reach of a share of first if 4 points proved to be enough. Ryne recovered from this fumble and "bit of luck" with a determined push in the last rounds.

Wolchock-Manicdao was also critical in the middle round. Theo built a fine positional advantage through move 27, only to have the thing crumble when he allowed the BQ to reach f3. The game was testimony to Tomas's resilience as a defender. Theo didn't come back from this disappointment, losing his next two games.

In round four Dave Milward was back--"He's back!"--with a win over Tomas Manicdao. They were now, with Gary Campbell, at 3 points, and the value of that would be determined by the really big game of the round, Swift-Trinidad. A win by either of these two would make the chances of the other three dependent upon the tournament leader's losing in round five; and, of course, either Ryne or Kris would be out of contention. Ryne showed a sound sense of tournament strategy by controlling the play, rather than by pressing for a win here. To this stage, Kris's play had been as sharp as anyone's and only a solid positional approach was likely to keep the balance. The players reached an ending with a B and 7 Ps each and concluded a draw.

In the fifth round the key games for determining first place were Trinidad-Manicdao and Milward-Swift, both hard-fought, interesting contests. Tomas picked up pawns here and there and had the endgame in hand, if the endgame could be reached; but the issue was in doubt for Black for a long while. The Milward-Swift game was even more closely fought, coming down to a B vs. N ending, with Black enjoying a convertible Q-side majority and the better K position. It was the best game of the tournament and showed that Ryne was in peak form to take sole possession of first, 4.5/5 points.

2011 AY Memorial Open Section Games Posted

2011-08-15T20:13:00.000-07:00

At Chessmanitoba.com

Big thanks to Les Mundwiler for compiling, and for great cooperation from players Trevor Vincent, Jonathan Zaczek, Gustavo Melamedoff, Christopher Delos Santos, Steven de Groot, Michael Pang, and John Klokow for sending in their games from the Open Section

2011Abe Yanofsky Memorial Phot Gallery

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You are invited to view Greg Swift's photo album: Abe Yanofsky Memorial 2011

Gm Yermolinsky Simultaneous Photos - August 5, 2011

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Photos by Tony Boron

GM Yermolinsky Simul - August 5, 2011

Photos by Greg Swift

You are invited to view Greg Swift's photo album: Yermolinsky Simul

GM Yermolinsky Simul video -August 5, 2011

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from CTV Winnipeg

2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial - Final Results

2011-08-07T18:32:00.000-07:00

GM Alex Yermolinsky handled two of Manitoba's top players the last rounds and won clear first.
Trevor Vincent was held to a draw by Rolando Bince in round 4 which put him a half point of the pace.
That allowed Jeff Babb to tie Trevor as he defeated Rolando Bince in the last game to finish. Babb had lost to GM Yermolinsky in Round 2. Sam Cleto lost in Round 1 to GM Yermolinsky, but managed to score 3.5 to take top U2000.

In the U1800 section, Ryne Swift returned, after tuning up in the week-long Chess Camp, and took top prize with 4.5 points. Tomas Manicdao and Gary Campbell shared 2nd-3rd. Kris Trinidad took U1600 (playing the top 5 rated players!), while Cody Baron and Devin Kasprick shared the U1400 prize.

2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial:

Open Section

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Alex Yermolinsky	2601	W5	W3	D2	W4	W6	4.5	1000.00
2	Trevor Vincent	2347	W15	W9	D1	D10	W8	4.0	225.00
3	Jeff Babb	2151	W16	L1	W19	W9	W10	4.0	225.00
4	Samuel Lipnowski	2261	W23	W12	D6	L1	W11	3.5
5	Sam Cleto	1906	L1	W16	H---	W17	W14	3.5	200.00
6	Jonathon Zaczek	2284	D25	W26	D4	W12	L1	3.0
7	Kevin Li	2181	W21	D13	D14	L8	W19	3.0
8	Gustavo Melamedoff	2124	H---	D19	W15	W7	L2	3.0
9	Nilo Moncal	2102	W24	L2	W23	L3	W20	3.0
10	Rolando Bince	2091	H---	W25	W13	D2	L3	3.0
11	Perfecto Joven	2006	D17	W18	W20	H---	L4	3.0
12	Aaron Green	2010	W27	L4	W21	L6	D15	2.5
13	Anthony Boron	1996	W22	D7	L10	D14	D16	2.5	20.00
14	Jason Repa	1991	H---	W17	D7	D13	L5	2.5	20.00
15	Carl Pottinger	1883	L2	W24	L8	W28	D12	2.5	20.00
16	Christopher Delos Santos	1823	L3	L5	W27	W25	D13	2.5	20.00
17	Steven De Groot	1772	D11	L14	W29	L5	W23	2.5	20.00
18	Harley Greenberg	1685	D19	L11	D25	D29	W24	2.5	20.00
19	Aron Kaptsan	1978	D18	D8	L3	W21	L7	2.0
20	Jaroslaw Czypinski	1964	W29	H---	L11	H---	L9	2.0
21	Michael Pang	1829	L7	W22	L12	L19	W29	2.0
22	Wesley Penner	1744	L13	L21	L24	W27	W25	2.0
23	Alex Lambruschini	1843	L4	W27	L9	D24	L17	1.5
24	John Klokow	1807	L9	L15	W22	D23	L18	1.5
25	Jim Green	1851	D6	L10	D18	L16	L22	1.0
26	Stephen Lipic	1851	H---	L6	H---	U---	U---	1.0
27	Saul Magnusson	1804	L12	L23	L16	L22	W28	1.0
28	Chuck Mousseau	1768	H---	H---	U---	L15	L27	1.0
29	Damola Afolabi	1550	L20	H---	L17	D18	L21	1.0

U1800 Section

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
1	Ryne Swift	1768	W9	W17	W3	D5	W6	4.5	250.00
2	Tomas Manicdao	1710	W12	W20	W10	L6	W5	4.0	75.00
3	Gary Campbell	1698	W13	W14	L1	W10	W9	4.0	75.00
4	Roy Proulx	1705	W8	L5	D9	W11	W10	3.5
5	Kris Trinidad	1570	W6	W4	W16	D1	L2	3.5	200.00
6	Dave Milward	1746	L5	W8	W7	W2	L1	3.0
7	Keith Gannon	1607	L15	W18	L6	W21	W13	3.0
8	Francis Trueman	1447	L4	L6	W14	W12	W11	3.0	100.00
9	John Remillard	1574	L1	W19	D4	W17	L3	2.5
10	Theo Wolchock	1683	W18	W15	L2	L3	L4	2.0
11	Bruce Reimer	1669	L14	W13	W12	L4	L8	2.0
12	Bruce Leaden	1502	L2	W21	L11	L8	W14	2.0
13	Alex Iomdina	1410	L3	L11	W19	W22	L7	2.0
14	Cody Baron	1327	W11	L3	L8	W20	L12	2.0	25.00
15	Devin Kasprick	unr.	W7	L10	W20	U---	U---	2.0	25.00
16	Chuck Mousseau	1768	H---	H---	L5	H---	U---	1.5
17	Clifford Goodman	1638	W19	L1	H---	L9	U---	1.5
18	Leah Schwartz	1343	L10	L7	L21	D19	W22	1.5
19	Justin Villeneuve	1206	L17	L9	L13	D18	W21	1.5
20	Richard Ott	1629	W21	L2	L15	L14	U---	1.0
21	Pierce Bryson	unr.	L20	L12	W18	L7	L19	1.0
22	Charles Pang.	unr.	U---	U---	U---	L13	L18	0.0

2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial Results after 3 rounds and projected 4th Round Pairings.

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As he has done twice before, Trevor Vincent has drawn with a visiting Grandmaster. He and GM Yermolinsky can share 1st-2nd by each winning their last two games. However, Sam Lipnowski and Rolando Bince also have 2.5, and may have something to say about that. Perfecto Joven will likely fall one-half point off the pace as he had scheduled a bye for the 4th round prior to the start of the tournament.

In the U1800 section, Ryne Swift, Thomas Manicdao, and Kris Trinidad lead with 3-0.

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Alex Yermolinsky	B 16	W 6	B 2	W 4
	2601 105626	1.0	2.0	2.5
2	Trevor Vincent	W 17	B 8	W 1	B 9
	2347 125311	1.0	2.0	2.5
3	Jonathon Zaczek	B 18	W 19	B 4	W 10
	2284 135589	0.5	1.5	2.0
4	Samuel Lipnowski	W 20	B 10	W 3	B 1
	2261 105377	1.0	2.0	2.5
5	Kevin Li	B 21	W 12	W 13	B 7
	2181 152422	1.0	1.5	2.0
6	Jeff Babb	W 22	B 1	W 14	B 8
	2151 102141	1.0	1.0	2.0
7	Gustavo Melamedoff	bye	B 14	W 17	W 5
	2124 136900	0.5	1.0	2.0
8	Nilo Moncal	B 23	W 2	B 20	W 6
	2102 152424	1.0	1.0	2.0
9	Rolando Bince	bye	W 18	B 12	W 2
	2091 108289	0.5	1.5	2.5
10	Aaron Green	W 24	W 4	B 21	B 3
	2010 142429	1.0	1.0	2.0
11	Perfecto Joven	B 25	W 27	W 15	bye
	2006 140950	0.5	1.5	2.5
12	Anthony Boron	W 26	B 5	W 9	B 13
	1996 101126	1.0	1.5	1.5
13	Jason Repa	bye	W 25	B 5	W 12
	1991 109227	0.5	1.5	2.0
14	Aron Kaptsan	B 27	W 7	B 6	W 20
	1978 112549	0.5	1.0	1.0
15	Jaroslaw Czypinski	W 28	bye	B 11	bye
	1964 111806	1.0	1.5	1.5
16	Sam Cleto	W 1	B 22	bye	B 25
	1906 111659	0.0	1.0	1.5
17	Carl Pottinger	B 2	W 23	B 7	W 21
	1883 124202	0.0	1.0	1.0
18	Jim Green	W 3	B 9	W 27	B 22
	1851 105246	0.5	0.5	1.0
19	Stephen Lipic	bye	B 3	bye	W 23
	1851 145479	0.5	0.5	1.0
20	Alex Lambruschini	B 4	W 24	W 8	B 14
	1843 127519	0.0	1.0	1.0
21	Michael Pang	W 5	B 26	W 10	B 17
	1829 143100	0.0	1.0	1.0
22	Christopher Delos Santos	B 6	W 16	B 24	W 18
	1823 152934	0.0	0.0	1.0
23	John Klokow	W 8	B 17	W 26	B 19
	1807 108919	0.0	0.0	1.0
24	Saul Magnusson	B 10	B 20	W 22	B 26
	1804 125303	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	Steven De Groot	W 11	B 13	B 28	W 16
	1772 137876	0.5	0.5	1.5
26	Wesley Penner	B 12	W 21	B 23	W 24
	1744 112185	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Harley Greenberg	W 14	B 11	B 18	W 28
	1685 107168	0.5	0.5	1.0
28	Damola Afolabi	B 15	bye	W 25	B 27
	1550 150773	0.0	0.5	0.5

SwissSys Wall Chart. 2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial: 2011 AY U1800 Section

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Chuck Mousseau	bye	bye	W 13	bye
	1768 112822	0.5	1.0	1.0
2	Ryne Swift	B 12	W 9	B 6	W 13
	1768 143093	1.0	2.0	3.0
3	Dave Milward	W 13	B 15	W 11	B 4
	1746 123323	0.0	1.0	2.0
4	Tomas Manicdao	B 14	W 10	B 7	W 3
	1710 148441	1.0	2.0	3.0
5	Roy Proulx	W 15	B 13	W 12	B 9
	1705 104122	1.0	1.0	1.5
6	Gary Campbell	B 16	W 18	W 2	B 21
	1698 146063	1.0	2.0	2.0
7	Theo Wolchock	W 17	B 21	W 4	B 8
	1683 149820	1.0	2.0	2.0
8	Bruce Reimer	B 18	W 16	B 14	W 7
	1669 131407	0.0	1.0	2.0
9	Clifford Goodman	W 19	B 2	bye	W 5
	1638 136888	1.0	1.0	1.5
10	Richard Ott	B 20	B 4	W 21	W 16
	1629 108926	1.0	1.0	1.0
11	Keith Gannon	W 21	B 17	B 3	W 18
	1607 105641	0.0	1.0	1.0
12	John Remillard	W 2	B 19	B 5	W 14
	1574 104699	0.0	1.0	1.5
13	Kris Trinidad	B 3	W 5	B 1	B 2
	1570 141963	1.0	2.0	3.0
14	Bruce Leaden	W 4	B 20	W 8	B 12
	1502 152654	0.0	1.0	1.0
15	Francis Trueman	B 5	W 3	B 18	W 20
	1447 103193	0.0	0.0	1.0
16	Alex Iomdina	W 6	B 8	W 19	B 10
	1410 149935	0.0	0.0	1.0
17	Leah Schwartz	B 7	W 11	W 20	B 19
	1343 152423	0.0	0.0	0.0
18	Cody Baron	W 8	B 6	W 15	B 11
	1327 152320	1.0	1.0	1.0
19	Justin Villeneuve	B 9	W 12	B 16	W 17
	1206 147727	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Pierce Bryson	W 10	W 14	B 17	B 15
	unr.	0.0	0.0	1.0
21	Devin Kasprick	B 11	W 7	B 10	W 6
	unr.	1.0	1.0	2.0

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2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial Standings after 2nd round

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SwissSys Wall Chart. 2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial: 2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial Open

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Alex Yermolinsky	B 16	W 6	B 2
	2601 105626	1.0	2.0
2	Trevor Vincent	W 17	B 8	W 1
	2347 125311	1.0	2.0
3	Jonathon Zaczek	B 18	W 19	B 4
	2284 135589	0.5	1.5
4	Samuel Lipnowski	W 20	B 10	W 3
	2261 105377	1.0	2.0
5	Kevin Li	B 21	W 12	W 13
	2181 152422	1.0	1.5
6	Jeff Babb	W 22	B 1	W 14
	2151 102141	1.0	1.0
7	Gustavo Melamedoff	bye	B 14	W 17
	2124 136900	0.5	1.0
8	Nilo Moncal	B 23	W 2	B 20
	2102 152424	1.0	1.0
9	Rolando Bince	bye	W 18	B 12
	2091 108289	0.5	1.5
10	Aaron Green	W 24	W 4	B 21
	2010 142429	1.0	1.0
11	Perfecto Joven	B 25	W 27	W 15	bye
	2006 140950	0.5	1.5
12	Anthony Boron	W 26	B 5	W 9
	1996 101126	1.0	1.5
13	Jason Repa	bye	W 25	B 5
	1991 109227	0.5	1.5
14	Aron Kaptsan	B 27	W 7	B 6
	1978 112549	0.5	1.0
15	Jaroslaw Czypinski	W 28	bye	B 11	bye
	1964 111806	1.0	1.5
16	Sam Cleto	W 1	B 22	bye
	1906 111659	0.0	1.0
17	Carl Pottinger	B 2	W 23	B 7
	1883 124202	0.0	1.0
18	Jim Green	W 3	B 9	W 27
	1851 105246	0.5	0.5
19	Stephen Lipic	bye	B 3	bye
	1851 145479	0.5	0.5
20	Alex Lambruschini	B 4	W 24	W 8
	1843 127519	0.0	1.0
21	Michael Pang	W 5	B 26	W 10
	1829 143100	0.0	1.0
22	Christopher Delos Santos	B 6	W 16	B 24
	1823 152934	0.0	0.0
23	John Klokow	W 8	B 17	W 26
	1807 108919	0.0	0.0
24	Saul Magnusson	B 10	B 20	W 22
	1804 125303	0.0	0.0
25	Steven De Groot	W 11	B 13	B 28
	1772 137876	0.5	0.5
26	Wesley Penner	B 12	W 21	B 23
	1744 112185	0.0	0.0
27	Harley Greenberg	W 14	B 11	B 18
	1685 107168	0.5	0.5
28	Damola Afolabi	B 15	bye	W 25
	1550 150773	0.0	0.5

2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial - Standings after Round 1

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SwissSys Wall Chart. 2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial: 2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial Open (standings)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Alex Yermolinsky	B 16
	2601 105626	1.0
2	Trevor Vincent	W 17
	2347 125311	1.0
4	Samuel Lipnowski	W 20
	2261 105377	1.0
5	Kevin Li	B 21
	2181 152422	1.0
6	Jeff Babb	W 22
	2151 102141	1.0
8	Nilo Moncal	B 23
	2102 152424	1.0
10	Aaron Green	W 24
	2010 142429	1.0
12	Anthony Boron	W 26
	1996 101126	1.0
15	Jaroslaw Czypinski	W 28	bye		bye
	1964 111806	1.0
3	Jonathon Zaczek	B 18
	2284 135589	0.5
7	Gustavo Melamedoff	bye
	2124 136900	0.5
9	Rolando Bince	bye
	2091 108289	0.5
11	Perfecto Joven	B 25			bye
	2006 140950	0.5
13	Jason Repa	bye
	1991 109227	0.5
14	Aron Kaptsan	B 27
	1978 112549	0.5
18	Jim Green	W 3
	1851 105246	0.5
19	Stephen Lipic	bye
	1851 145479	0.5
25	Steven De Groot	W 11
	1772 137876	0.5
27	Harley Greenberg	W 14
	1685 107168	0.5
16	Sam Cleto	W 1		bye
	1906 111659	0.0
17	Carl Pottinger	B 2
	1883 124202	0.0
20	Alex Lambruschini	B 4
	1843 127519	0.0
21	Michael Pang	W 5
	1829 143100	0.0
22	Christopher Delos Santos	B 6
	1823 152934	0.0
23	John Klokow	W 8
	1807 108919	0.0
24	Saul Magnusson	B 10
	1804 125303	0.0
26	Wesley Penner	B 12
	1744 112185	0.0
28	Damola Afolabi	B 15	bye
	1550 150773	0.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. 2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial: 2011 AY U1800 Section (standings)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
2	Ryne Swift	B 12
	1768 143093	1.0
4	Tomas Manicdao	B 14
	1710 148441	1.0
5	Roy Proulx	W 15
	1705 104122	1.0
6	Gary Campbell	B 16
	1698 146063	1.0
7	Theo Wolchock	W 17
	1683 149820	1.0
9	Clifford Goodman	W 19
	1638 136888	1.0
10	Richard Ott	B 20
	1629 108926	1.0
13	Kris Trinidad	B 3
	1570 141963	1.0
18	Cody Baron	W 8
	1327 152320	1.0
21	Devin Kasprick	B 11
	unr.	1.0
1	Chuck Mousseau	bye
	1768 112822	0.5
3	Dave Milward	W 13
	1746 123323	0.0
8	Bruce Reimer	B 18
	1669 131407	0.0
11	Keith Gannon	W 21
	1607 105641	0.0
12	John Remillard	W 2
	1574 104699	0.0
14	Bruce Leaden	W 4
	1502 152654	0.0
15	Francis Trueman	B 5
	1447 103193	0.0
16	Alex Iomdina	W 6
	1410 149935	0.0
17	Leah Schwartz	B 7
	1343 152423	0.0
19	Justin Villeneuve	B 9
	1206 147727	0.0
20	Pierce Bryson	W 10
	unr.	0.0

2011 Abe Yanofsky Memorial - First Round Results

2011-08-05T21:56:00.000-07:00

	OPEN SECTION
Bd	Res	White	Black	Res
1	0	Sam Cleto (1906)	Alex Yermolinsky (2601)	1
2	1	Trevor Vincent (2347)	Carl Pottinger (1883)	0
3	½	Jim Green (1851)	Jonathon Zaczek (2284)	½
4	1	Samuel Lipnowski (2261)	Alex Lambruschini (1843)	0
5	0	Michael Pang (1829)	Kevin Li (2181)	1
6	1	Jeff Babb (2151)	Christopher Delos Santos (1823)	0
7	0	John Klokow (1807)	Nilo Moncal (2102)	1
8	1	Aaron Green (2010)	Saul Magnusson (1804)	0
9	½	Steven De Groot (1772)	Perfecto Joven (2006)	½
10	1	Anthony Boron (1996)	Wesley Penner (1744)	0
11	½	Harley Greenberg (1685)	Aron Kaptsan (1978)	½
12	1	Jaroslaw Czypinski (1964)	Damola Afolabi (1550)	0
	½	Gustavo Melamedoff (2124)	BYE
	½	Jason Repa (1991)	BYE
	½	Rolando Bince (2091)	BYE
	½	Stephen Lipic (1851)	BYE

	U1800 Section
Bd	Res	White	Black	Res
13	0	John Remillard (1574)	Ryne Swift (1768)	1
14	0	Dave Milward (1746)	Kris Trinidad (1570)	1
15	0	Bruce Leaden (1502)	Tomas Manicdao (1710)	1
16	1	Roy Proulx (1705)	Francis Trueman (1447)	0
17	0	Alex Iomdina (1410)	Gary Campbell (1698)	1
18	1	Theo Wolchock (1683)	Leah Schwartz (1343)	0
19	1	Cody Baron (1327)	Bruce Reimer (1669)	0
20	1	Clifford Goodman (1638)	Justin Villeneuve (1206)	0
21	0	Pierce Bryson (unr.)	Richard Ott (1629)	1
22	0	Keith Gannon (1607)	Devin Kasprick (unr.)	1
	½	Chuck Mousseau (1768)	BYE

Simultaneous Exhibition by Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky - August 5

2011-08-03T18:31:00.000-07:00

GM Alex Yermolinsky will play up to 30 players in a simultaneous exhibition at Portage Place mall - Edmonton Court - starting at noon on Friday, August 5

The fee is $10 per person, please contact Blair Rutter to register.

2011 9th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial Chess Tournament Aug 5 -7

2011-05-20T18:28:00.000-07:00

9th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial Tournament - August 5-7

2011 9th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial Chess Tournament

University of Winnipeg

Convocation Hall

$ 2,500 total Prize Fund Guaranteed !

Soviet-born grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky, a two-time U.S. champion, has already confirmed his attendance. Indications are good that two other grandmasters will also be playing in the open tournament, including a player who used to rank in the top echelons of world chess.

Yanofsky, Canada’s first grandmaster and a prominent Winnipeg lawyer and city councilor, died in 2000. An annual memorial tournament has been held every year since U.S. grandmaster Arthur Bisguier won the first edition in 2003.

Over the years, many strong players have come to Winnipeg to play in the event, including former Canadian champion Kevin Spraggett, Icelandic grandmaster Helgi Olafsson, and Russian grandmaster Sergei Shipov.

Yermolinsky has been a mainstay of the American chess scene since immigrating there about 20 years ago. In addition to winning the national championship and playing on the U.S. Olympiad team, he has authored two critically-acclaimed chess books.

Normally the Yanofsky Memorial is held on or near the Labour Day weekend, but this year’s event will be earlier. It is set for August 5-7 at the University of Winnipeg. The tournament is open to all, and will be held in two sections.

First prize is set at $1,000, and there will be $2,500 in total prizes. Entry fee is $60 ($50 for Juniors), with a $10 discount for early entry (by June 30)
For more information, or to register, contact Blair Rutter at blairrutter@shaw.ca, or call 256-2353, or email chessmanitoba@gmail.com

Format: 5 round Swiss System, Two Sections
Open Section (CFC and FIDE rated)
Under 1800 Section (CFC rated)
Round Times: Friday 7:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m
Time Control: Round 1 G/ 110 ; Round 2-5 Game/90 + 30 second increment
Entry Fee: $ 60
Juniors (under 19 years of age) - $ 50

Free entry to GMs. IMs,and FMs (entry fee will be refunded after completing all 5 round

CFC Membership also required (available on site) Annual Fee - Adults $ 49, Juniors $ 36. (First time members -Adults $ 36, Juniors $ 24)

Registration: On site, Friday, August 5 : 6:30 - 6:50 p.m.

Prize Fund:

Open Section

1st - $ 1,000

2nd - $ 300

3rd - $ 150

U2000

1st - $ 200

2nd - $ 100

U1800 Section

1st - $ 250
2nd - $ 150
U1600
1st - $ 200
2nd - $ 100
U1400
1st - $ 50

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.

Location:

Convocation Hall - 2nd floor of Wesley Hall - University of Winnipeg - Enter via the center of the building below.

Wesley Hall

Convocation Hall

Tournament Information

http://chessmanitoba.blogspot.com/2011/04/9th-annual-abe-yanofsky-memorial.html

Pre-registrants - will be updated continuously

http://www.chessmanitoba.com/tournaments/2011/2011AY.htm

GM Yermolinsky Simultaneous Exhibition -

Friday, August 5 - noon -Portage Place - Edmonton Court

Entry Fee $ 10 - contact blairrutter@shaw.ca

Pictures from GM Yermolinsky Simultaneous Exhibition - October 2010 - Moorhead, MN

2010 Abe Yanofsky Memorial - Final Results

2010-09-05T21:19:00.000-07:00

Jonathon Zaczek continued his fine play of late, winning the 2010 Abe Yanofsky Memorial, giving up only a last round draw to Waldemar Schulz enroute to a 4.5 score. Sam Lipnowski survived against John Klokow in the final round to finish at 4, while Schulz, Arvin Dawa, Aron Kaptsan, and Tony Boron tied for 3rd with 3.5 points.

Klokow and Jim Lauritson split 1st-2nd U2000 prizes with 3 points; Harley Greenberg got 3rd U2000 with 2.5 points.

The U1800 Section was won by Leor Wasserman and Michael Pang. The top U1600 and U1400 prizes were combined and split by Francis Trueman, Sashika Kumaragamage, and Henry Li. Alex Iomdina will be pleasantly surprised when he learns that he won the 2nd U1400 prize.

Thanks to Tournament Director Blair Rutter, the set up crew on Friday afternoon, and all others who helped out.

Thanks in advance in those who will be sending in the pgns of their games ! There were approximately 100 games played over the weekend.

Crosstables can be found here

2010 Abe Yanofsky Memorial - Open Section

2010 Abe Yanofsky Memorial - U1800 Section

2010 Abe Yanofsky Memorial Results after 3 rounds

2010-09-04T17:17:00.000-07:00

Jonathon Zaczek leads the Open with 3 points, while the Wassermans lead the U1800 section with the same score.

http://www.chessmanitoba.com/

Spraggett on Yanofsky

2010-09-04T16:23:00.000-07:00

Abe Yanofsky (March 25,1925-March 5, 2000)
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
http://kevinspraggett.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html#1976983029116963902

Text only - for games and pictures, see the original post

March 5 marked the 10th anniversary of the passing of Abe Yanofsky, 8 time champion of Canada and the Commonwealth's first Grandmaster (when grandmaster meant Grandmaster!). How quickly time runs by us all! As a sign of respect for Abe's chess legacy, a Yanofsky Memorial is taking place this weekend in Winnipeg. Here is the article that I had posted on my blog on March 25.

Abe Yanofsky's name was synonymous with Canadian Chess for a good part of the 20th century. Born in Poland in 1925, his parents moved to Canada before Abe was even 1 year old, settling in Winnipeg. When his father taught him to play chess at age 8 he demonstrated an immense natural talent for the game, and by the time he was 11 years old he was already recognized as a prodigy.

Yanofsky soon became Canada's good-will ambassador for chess

At the age of 11 Yanofsky was invited to play at the Canadian National Exhibition (1936), where he achieved great successes. On his return to Winnipeg he was hailed a hero by the media. Soon afterwards he started to collect chess championships, one after the other.

At the age of 14 , in recognition of his enormous promise, he was chosen to be part of the National Team to the 1939 Olympiad to be held in Buenos Aires. Abe exceeded expectations when he achieved the best score on board number 2! This sparkling talent soon attracted the attention of none other than the World Champion, Alexander Alekhine.

Alekhine saw a great chess future for Yanofsky

In particular, Alekhine was impressed with how the 14 year old lad neatly dispatched the Peruvian Champion Dulanto

Alekhine was so impressed, that he included this example in several of his lectures and in atleast one of his books. The final attack was brilliantly executed by the young Canadian!

With the outbreak of the Second World War, Abe's chess ambitions were put into the background. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944 to 1946. Then for a short period he toured Europe, giving simuls, lectures and playing in tournaments. He achieved great success, quickly establishing himself as the strongest player in the CommonWealth. He even defeated the future World Champion (Botvinnik) in their individual encounter in the 1946 Groningen tournament. Yanofsky soon afterwards returned to his academic studies and became a noted lawyer.

Abe achieved more success than any other Canadian chessplayer had before him, and with the exception of this writer, more than any player since.

The 1946 Groningen International Chess Tournament was the first great chess tournament since before the Second World War. It was considered a type of world championship qualifier. Abe did quite well, considering his youth and inexperience! He finished in 14th position (out of 20) with 8.5 points.

Mikhail Botvinnik was Abe's most famous victim. It took him almost 20 years before he finally levelled the score (in 1964)!

Euwe was always a dangerous adversary. They played in the first round, and a very nervous Yanofsky should have drawn the ending, but a slip gave the Dutchman an opportunity to win. The opposite-colour Bishop ending has been included in virtually every respectable endgame book since!

Yanofsky's efforts to popularize chess were well received wherever he went.

Bobby Fischer found Abe an exceptionally difficult opponent to beat. His personal score was 1.5 points out of 2 games but it took Fischer 112 moves to win!

Although Abe Yanofsky was not interested enough in the game to motivate himself in putting in the dedication necessary to fight to win the World Chess Championship, he remained a top player in the world for a long time. He became a Grandmaster in 1964--the first in the CommonWealth! He won 8 Canadian Chess titles, amongst numerous other championships, and participated on the National Team at the Olympiad 11 times.

Yanofsky was also active in the promotion of chess in Winnipeg, organizing the 1967 Winnipeg International Tournament . He eventually earned the International Arbiter Title (IA). In recognition of Abe's life-long contributions to chess as well as for his civil leadership (Abe was Mayor of a suburb of Winnipeg and an alderman in Winnipeg), he was awarded the Order of Canada in 1972. He remained active in chess right up until his death in 2000, just 3 weeks shy of his 75th birthday.

Abe wrote several excellent books. Apart from the above book, I was impressed with his ''100 years of Canadian Chess'', a wonderful book that I read when I was still in highschool. The book was one of the more popular chess books in the school library.

Yanofsky's style of play in chess can be characterized as logical and pragmatic. Much like his personality, actually! He was always calm and measured. He did not give into speculative or risky play, instead preferring to build up his position on solid and sound principles. He possessed really excellent endgame technique. In this way , many of his best games remind me of Capablanca.

However, Abe was also an excellent tactician, capable of calculating many moves ahead and finding cute combinative ideas. Many of his opponents found this out to their disadvantage.

Dr. Nathan Divinsky, also from Winnipeg and born in the same year as Abe (1925) and a very strong player in his own right, found Yanofsky a very tough adversary. His life-time record in official tournament play is just two draws in 4 games.

I have always been impressed with Abe's knowledge of the French Defence. And especially his skill in handling the delicate positions that often arise and oblige the black player to find hidden counterattacking resources to hold back white's constant attempts to seize the initiative. In my opinion, Abe's finest qualities came to the fore in this opening.

Abe Yanofsky was a great chessplayer. For his many fans, and I include myself in this category, we can only regret that Abe did not try to fight for the World Title. Never the less , his best games are a wonderful collection for any student of the game to study and learn from. Abe's talent and insight into the game was profound. His games showed great skill in playing dynamic and complex positions. His pragamatic style of play and his ability to keep the game clear and logical are characteristic of the greatest champions.

Abe, for Canadians of my generation, bridged the golden age of chess to the present. He met with Capablanca and Alekhine. He conversed with the great Akiba Rubinstein at the latter's home. He played Botvinnik, Spassky and Fischer.

When I first met Abe at the Canadian Championship in Calgary 1975, I enjoyed discussing chess history with him. Abe was able to give first hand accounts of personalities that I previously could only read of in texts. His pleasant personality and natural friendliness will always be remembered fondly by this writer. He encouraged me. Over the following 25 years we dueled several times at national championships and maintained a warm and cordial relationship. He will be missed.

Abe played an offhand game with the great Rubinstein when he first travelled to Europe

Boris Spassky had the highest opinion of Abe

I consider the styles of Capablanca and Yanofsky very similar.

Abe Yanofsky was awarded the Order of Canada in 1972, for services both in and beyond the chess world. His wiki biography can be seen at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Yanofsky

As well, I suggest the reader visit http://www.chess.ca/Yanofsky/yanofsky/biography.html for wonderful tributes and anecdotes of the Canadian legend by people who knew and admired him.

2010 Abe Yanofsky Memorial - First Round Results

2010-09-03T22:15:00.001-07:00

Bd	Res	White	Black	Res
1	1	Samuel Lipnowski (2244)	Gustavo Melamedoff (2002)	0
2	0	Anthony Boron (2000)	Jonathon Zaczek (2228)	1
3	1	Arvin Dawa (2172)	Perfecto Joven (1963)	0
4	1	Jim Lauritson (1910)	Alexandre Nikouline (2149)	0
5	1	Rolando Bince (2132)	Steven De Groot (1830)	0
6	½	Ryne Swift (1802)	Waldemar Schulz (2066)	½
7	½	Aron Kaptsan (2031)	Jim Green (1800)	½
8	1	John Klokow (1744)	Igal Raihman (2015)	0
9	1	Aaron Green (2005)	Clifford Goodman (1622)	0
	½	Stephen Lipic (1821)	BYE
	½	Blair Rutter (1882)	BYE

Bd	Res	White	Black	Res
1	0	Saul Magnusson (1798)	Leor Wasserman (1682)	1
2	0	Keith Gannon (1610)	Bella Iomdina (1775)	1
3	1	Chuck Mousseau (1774)	Bruce Reimer (1600)	0
4	1	Tony Sumanbon (1599)	Carl Pottinger (1766)	0
5	1	Tomas Manicdao (1732)	Francis Trueman (1541)	0
6	0	Sashika Kumaragamage (1392)	Michael Pang (1725)	1
7	1	Dave Milward (1718)	Henry Li (1382)	0
8	0	Justin Villeneuve (1277)	Arie Wasserman (1707)	1
9	1	Richard Ott (1694)	Alex Iomdina (1262)	0
	½	Cory Letain (1607)	BYE

8th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial Chess Tournament September 3-5, 2010

2010-08-29T16:40:00.000-07:00

8th 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 3 to Sunday, September 5, 2010
Location: Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
Prize Fund: $ See below
Format: 5 round Swiss System, Two Sections
Open Section (CFC and FIDE rated)
U 1800 Section (CFC rated)
Round Times: Friday 7:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m
Time Control: Game /120 minutes]
Entry Fee: Entry Fee: $ 40
Juniors (under 19 years of age) - Seniors (over 60 years of age)- $ 35

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 (available on site)

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 3 at 6:30 - 6:50 p.m., or in advance -
cheques payable to:
Manitoba Chess Association
c/o Blair Rutter
76 Newcroft Rd.
Winnipeg, MB R2J 3M8

or see Tony Boron on Tuesday nights at the TNT tournaments.

Prizes:
Prizes will be based on entries -
As of August 31, 2010

Prizes:
Open Section: 1st $ 250 , 2nd $ 140, 3rd $ 80
Top A Class - $ 100, 50, 30

U 1800 Section 1st $ 100, 2nd $ 50
Top U1600 $ 60, $ 30
Top U1400 $ 50, 30

Top Manitoban in the Open Section qualifies for the 2011 Manitoba Championship Candidates Tournament.

AY 2010 Pre-Registrations as of August 24

2010-07-31T09:21:00.001-07:00

31 Players have pre-registered as August 31 ! and there are 6 unregistered tickets at the moment

		CFC	FIDE
Vincent	Trevor	2329	2131
Zaczek	Jonathon	2228	2090
Dawa	Arvin	2172
Nikouline	Alex	2149
Schulz	Waldemar	2066	2021
Kaptsan	Aron	2031	2094
Raihman	Igal	2015	1946
Green	Aaron	2005
Melamedoff	Gustavo	2002
Boron	Anthony	2000	1964
Lauritson	Jim	1910
Rutter	Blair	1882
de Groot	Steven	1830
Lipic	Stephen	1816
Swift	Ryne	1802
Green	Jim	1800

Iomdina	Bella	1775
Pottinger	Carl	1766
Klokow	John	1748
Pang	Michael	1725
Milward	Dave	1718
Ott	Richard	1694
Wasserman	Leor	1682
Goodman	Clifford	1622
Gannon	Keith	1610
Letain	Cory	1607
Reimer	Bruce	1600
Kumaragamage	Sashika	1392
Li	Henry	1388
Villeneuve	Justin	1277
Iomdina	Alexander	1262

Games are being posted

2009-09-23T20:26:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-13T12:12:00.001-07:00

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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2009-09-07T08:52:00.000-07:00

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Recording of Game Scores

2009-09-07T08:48:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-06T20:12:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-06T20:04:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-06T20:01:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-06T19:56:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-05T18:59:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-05T18:40:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-04T22:24:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-04T22:23:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-04T22:21:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-02T22:54:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-02T20:41:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-02T17:41:00.000-07:00

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

2008 Prize Winners

2008-09-18T20:26:00.001-07:00

And here are the prize winners of the tournament:

	Open		U1800
1st		1st-2nd
$750	Trevor Vincent	$200	Aaron Green
2nd		$200	Calvin Webb
$500	Samuel Lipnowski
3rd			U1600
$100	Bradley Willis	1st
$100	Waldemar Schulz	$200	Daniel Barkman
$100	Aron Kaptsan	2nd
		$100	Kris Trinidad
	U2000
1st-2nd			U1400
$215	Daniel Oberton	1st
$215	Jay Khedkar	$125	Tomas Manicdao
3rd		2nd-3rd
$40	Weixi Liu	$65	Isaac Wiebe
$40	Rolando Bince	$65	David Raihman

Trevor Vincent wins AY 2008 !

2008-08-31T18:41:00.001-07:00

Clear first with 4.5. Congratulations !

Crosstable at:

http://www.chessmanitoba.com/tournaments/2008/ay08_open.htm

http://www.chessmanitoba.com/tournaments/2008/ay08_u1800.htm

Round 1 starts

2008-08-29T21:45:00.000-07:00

Just time for a quick report - more detail later.

A total of 54 players have entered the two sections

The Open section is headed by masters Fletcher Baragar, Sam Lipnowski, and Trevor Vincent.
Frequently heard was "I saved a lost position". Among those saying so were Nikouline, Kaptsan (with a draw), Boron.

Clocks

2008-08-27T17:47:00.000-07:00

If you have a chess clock, please bring it to the tourney this weekend.

6th Annual Tournament August 29-31, 2008

2008-08-24T10:06:00.000-07:00

6th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial 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, August 29 to Sunday, August 31, 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 may be G /120 - TBA]
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 5, 2007

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

Anti-draw rules will be in effect (no agreed draws before move 31)

Registration: on site, Friday, August 29 at 6:30 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

Pre-registered as of Aug 21

2008-08-22T17:01:00.000-07:00

1.  Vincent, Trevor            MB        2214
2.  Babb, Jeff                 MB        2131
3.  Nikouline, Alexandre       MB        2088
4.  Schulz, Waldemar           MB        2054
5.  Kaptsan, Aron              MB        2046
6.  Melamedoff, Gustavo        MB        2042
7.  Boron, Anthony             MB        1992
8.  Cleto, Sam                 MB        1927
9.  Araullo, Paolo             MB        1920
10. Rutter, Blair              MB        1875
11. Hogeveen-Rutter, Alexander MB        1870


12. Klokow, John               MB        1764
13. Green, Aaron               MB        1715
14. Green, Jim                 MB        1704
15. Campbell, Gary             MB        1659
16. Goodman, Clifford          MB        1654
17. Wasserman, Arie            MB        1653
18. Araullo, Bernadette        MB        1587
19. Wood, Nathan               MB        1569
20. Letain, Cory               MB        1509
21. Araullo, Marlon            MB        1505
22. Wasserman, Leor            MB        1459
23. Magnusson, Saul            MB        1447
24. Pang, Michael              MB        1436
25. Swift, Ryne                MB        1425
26. Green, Leah                MB        1187
27. Araullo, Katrina           MB        1084

A Yanofsky story

2008-08-21T17:30:00.000-07:00

Jonathan Berry writes from Nanaimo - August 15, 2008

Just an hour ago, Bill Parker, aged 88, was visiting our house. He wanted to see the chess columns that I have clipped over the years, and in flipping through a folder said: "Yanofsky! I played him!" I asked "In a simul?" and Bill replied: "No, in Copenhagen."


Bill was in the Merchant Marine, and circa 1946 (possibly 1947 as Yanofsky played a tournament in Copenhagen in 1947) made a regular run to Copenhagen from his base in Britain.  In those days it took a couple of weeks to unload a ship, and another couple of weeks to fill it up again.  So Bill found it convenient to seek out the chess club wherever he went.  That greatly enlarged the social circle of a footloose young man of 26.  In Copenhagen, Bill was wandering around the chess club, and struck up a conversation with Yanofsky, as they were the only two English speakers in the room.  Yanofsky was playing a Swedish opponent, but was winning the game handily.  While the two were talking, Yanofsky asked if Bill wanted to play a game.  That was the game!  A kind of simul game, but not really a simul game.

Bill remembered that Yanofsky mentioned that he was not feeling well, because he had worms!

About 7 years later, Bill emigrated to Canada, settled in
Nanaimo, became one of the early members of the Nanaimo Chess
Club and played a fair bit of chess... but that was the only
time Bill ever met Yanofsky!

Kong profile from CBC

2007-09-20T21:16:00.000-07:00

A longer profile of Dezheng Kong, eight years old, who tied for first place in the U1800 section.

From CBC Winnipeg, September 20, 2007

Prize winners

2007-09-09T12:51:00.000-07:00

Overall: Scores out of 5

1st. 4.5 points
Sam Lipnowski

2nd/3rd
4 points
Dave Langner

Gustavo Melamedoff

Trevor Vincent

"A" Class:

1st/2nd
3 points
Joseph Van Wyk

Tony Boron

Under 1800:

1st/2nd
4 points
Jordan Kwiatek

Dezheng Kong

Keith Gannon

Under 1600:

1st/2nd
3 points
George Anderson

Aaron Green

Matthew Sigurdson

Albert Tuason

Saul Magnusson

Round 5

2007-09-06T17:45:00.001-07:00

Trevor Vincent Igal Raihman

Lipnowski Langner

Jordan Kwiatek Daniel Raihman

Round 4

2007-09-06T17:44:00.004-07:00

Jordan Kwiatek Dezheng Kong

Alex Nikouline David Langner

Waldemar Schulz Jay Khedkar

Round 3

2007-09-06T17:44:00.003-07:00

Trevor Vincent Daniel Oberton

Sam Lipnowski Alex Nikouline

Round 2

2007-09-06T17:44:00.001-07:00

Sam Cleto Rolando Bince Aron Kaptsan Jeff Babb

Jay Khedkar David Langner Edward Tang

Trevor Vincent Gustavo Melamedoff

Jason Repa

Round 1

2007-09-06T17:43:00.000-07:00

Sam Lipnowski Tony Boron

AY Memorial on TV

2007-09-03T21:07:00.000-07:00

Nigel Hanrahan writes:

Samuel Lipnowski (2281) won the open section with 4.5 points out of 5. Gustavo Melamedoff (1975), David Langner (2261), who came out of a lengthy retirement from over-the-board chess, and Trevor Vincent (2175) were tied at 4/5.

Dezheng Kong, Jordan Kwiatek, and Keith Gannon shared first place in the U1800 section with 4 points. Kong got some media attention as the eight year-old wunderkind of the event. There has already been some local coverage and there should be some national coverage as well this week on the CBC. I had a Yanofsky moment in the event when Dezheng had to be lifted up to mark his win on the results page to the amusement of his mum and gathered onlookers. It would have been funny to get that on TV.

Somewhere, Abe Yanofsky is smiling.

AY results

2007-09-01T22:23:00.000-07:00

Standings and crosstable at

Chessmanitoba.com

AY First Round

2007-09-01T07:17:00.000-07:00

VP of MCA, Harley Greenberg provides opening remarks to the 54+ players.

More participants are expected Saturday and Sunday for the novice tournaments.

Sam Lipnowski won the Blitz

2007-09-01T07:16:00.000-07:00

And also is now top rated for the AY Memorial

Blitz Satellite ! Friday

2007-08-30T10:57:00.000-07:00

Yanofsky Memorial blitz tournament

Written by Blair Rutter

We will be having a special blitz tournament this Friday, August 31 at Merchant Park at noon. The winner will get free entry into the Abe Yanofsky Memorial tournament to be held this upcoming weekend. The highest ranking unrated player in the blitz tournament will also get free entry into either one of the novice tournaments to be held Saturday and Sunday in conjunction with the Yanofsky tournament. Entry in the blitz is free and please show up at least 5 minutes before noon to register. Merchant Park is located on the south side of Portage Ave., between Kennedy and Edmonton Street.

Top Section to be FIDE rated

2007-08-21T10:41:00.000-07:00

We will be submitting the results of the top section for FIDE rating

Also there is a possibility that the first round time control may be G /120

28 Players Pre-registered

2007-08-14T16:47:00.000-07:00

Includes (list will be confirmed on Sunday, August 19)
Fred Gibson
Wiexi Liu
James Atem
Leah Green
Aaron Green
Jim Green
Tony Boron
Aron Kaptsan
Alex Nikouline
Jay Khedkar
Daniel Oberton
Keith Gannon
Daneil Raihman
Igal Raihman
Gary Campbell
Jim Lauritson
Waldemar Schulz
Edward Tang
Saul Magnusson
Jeff Babb
Ryan Swift
Rory Curtis
Gustavo Melamedoff
Trevor Vincent

Tournament Details

2007-07-31T17:42:00.000-07:00

5th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial 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, August 31 to Sunday, September 2, 2007
Location: Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
Prize Fund: $ 4,000 in total (based on entries)
Format: 5 round Swiss System, Two Sections
Open Section [will be submitted for FIDE rating]
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 may be G /120 - TBA]
Entry Fee: $ 60
Juniors (under 18 years of age) - Seniors (over 60 years of age)- $ 50
$ 10 discount for entry by August 7, 2007

CFC Membership also required

Registration: on site, Friday, August 31 at 6:30 p.m., or in advance -
cheques payable to:
Manitoba Chess Association
c/o Lorne Gibbons
44 Ainsdale Way
Winnipeg, MB R2C 4B4

Prizes: (based on entries):
Open Section: 1st $ 1,000 , 2nd $ 700, 3rd $ 500
Top A Class - $ 250, 125

U 1800 Section 1st $ 500, 2nd $ 375
Top U1600 $ 250, $ 100

New for 2007 !: Novice Section

Open to players who have never played in a Chess Federation of Canada event and are unrated.

1 day events on each of Saturday and Sunday. $ 100 in prizes each day ! (Saturday 1st place not eligible for Sunday 1st place prize)

Entry Fee $ 10 per day. Registration at 9:30 a.m. Rounds begin at 10:00 a.m each day.

Winnipeg Free Press article July 21, 2007

2007-07-25T19:10:00.000-07:00

Chess / Cecil Rosner

Sat Jul 21 2007

THE fifth annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial Tournament is set for the University of Winnipeg on Labour Day weekend, and once again it promises to be the biggest event on the local schedule.

The tournament honours Winnipeg's best-known chess personality, Abe Yanofsky, Canada's first grandmaster and an eight-time national champion. He died in 2000, and the memorial tournament has brought together strong players from across town and around the world.

Recently an exhibit of Yanofsky memorabilia was on display outside the mayor's office at city hall. You can catch a glimpse of some of the materials, still on display in a glass case, at the city's archives building on William Avenue. Included is Yanofsky's original scoresheet of his win against Peruvian champion Dulanto in the 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad, one of the century's best-known games.

The Yanofsky Memorial has featured a collection of strong grandmasters over the years, including Kevin Spraggett, Mark Bluvshtein and Sergey Shipov. The very first edition of the memorial featured six grandmasters, and was won by long-time Yanofsky friend and colleague, Arthur Bisguier of the U.S.

This year, with no invited grandmasters, the chances for local players winning big prizes is high. And with an enhanced prizefund of $4,000, interest should be substantial.

The tournament runs Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 in Riddell Hall at the University of Winnipeg. It is a five-round event in two sections (Open and Under 1800). Top prize is $1,000, with many class prizes as well. Entry fee is $60 ($50 for Juniors and Seniors).

This year there is a new wrinkle: two one-day tournaments for complete beginners. If you have never played in a rated tournament, consider this one. On Sept. 1 and 2 there will be separate, one-day events for novices, with $100 prize funds. Entry fee is $10.

Register between 6-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 at Riddell Hall for the main event, or on either Saturday or Sunday at 9:30 a.m. for the novice tournaments.

For further information, contact Blair Rutter at blairrutter@shaw.ca, or go to http://aymemorialchess.blogspot.com, or to www.chessmanitoba.com

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