The Kingston Chess Club: Games Without Notes

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Assorted KCC Member's Games
Kingston Open 1996 (Featuring such strong players as Deen Hergott, Peter Marshall, Glen Johnstone, Gordon Taylor and Miladin Djerkovic.)
Kingston Open 2000 Director's Report
Kingston Open 2001 Director's Report
Kingston Open 2002 Director's Report
Kingston Open 2003 Director's Report
Kingston Whig Standard Open Swiss Report 2002
Raja Panjwani at the Pan-American Junior 2002
Ontario Open Report 2003

Assorted KCC Member's Games

Hergott - Coppin: Colle System (simul 1999)
Benassayag (Fra) - Panjwani (Can): Sicilian- Smith-Morra B21
Coppin - Carter: Sicilian - Smith-Morra Gambit, B21
Barbatbun - Sulek: Sicilian Defence
Murray - Letourneau: Blackmar-Damier Gambit
Hutchison - Jordan: English Opening
deLugt - Coppin: Clarendon Court Defence
Tseitlin (2524) - Dixon: Scandinavian (Simul 2004)
Paulsen - Polywkan: Ruy Lopez, Cozio (2006 Club Championship)

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WHITE: D. Hergott
BLACK: W. Coppin
EVENT: Simul 1999 Kingston
OPENING: Colle System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 h6 8.Bh4 0-0 9.Re1 a6 10.a4 b6 11.e4 de 12.Nxe4 Bb7 13.dc Nxe4 14.c6 Bxc6 15.Bxe4 Rc8 16.Bxc6 Rxc6 17.Nd4 Rc4 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nf5 Qc5 20.Ne3 Rd4 21.Qe2 a5 22.c3 Re4 23.Red1 Ne5 24.Qb5 Rc8 25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.Rd4 f5 27.Re1 Rc4 28.Rd8+ Kf7 29.f3 1-0

WHITE: L. Benassayag (Fra)
BLACK: R. Panjwani (Can)
EVENT: World Under 20 (Boys Under 10) Rd. 1
OPENING: Sicilian, Smith-Morra B21

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bc4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne7 8.e5 Qc7 9.Qd3 Ng6 10.Qd4 Nc6 11.Qd6 Qa5 12.Bd2 Ngxe5 13.Be2 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Qe5 15.Qxe5 Nxe5 16.Bf4 Ng6 17.Bd6 b6 18.Bd3 Bb7 19.Be4 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Rc8 21.Rc1 Rc6 22.Bg3 0-0 23.Ke2 Re8 24.Kf3 Rec8 25.c4 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxc4 27.Rd1 Nf8 28.Bd6 Rc2 29.a3 Ra2 30.Rc1 Rd2 31.Be7 f5! 32.Rc8 fxe4+ 33.Ke3 Kf7 34.Kxd2 Kxe7 35.Ke3 d5 36.Rc7+ Nd7 37.Rxa7 Kd6 38.h4 g6 39.Ra4 Ne5 40.Ra7 h6 41.Kd4 Nc6+ 42.Ke3 Nxa7 43.f3 exf3 44.Kxf3 0-1

WHITE: Wayne Coppin (1996)
BLACK: Steve Carter (1600)
EVENT: Kingston Grand SNAFU 2003
OPENING: Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit, B21

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Be6 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Rhe1 Rd8 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. Bb6 Bd5 18. f3 e6 19. Bd4 Bb4 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Re2 O-O 22. Rc2 a5 23. a3 Bd6 24. Bb6 a4 25. g3 Rb8 26. Rc6 Rdb7 27. Rxd6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. Rd4 Rc6+ 30. Kd2 Rb6 31. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 32. Kc3 Rb8 33. f4 h5 34. h3 Rb1 35. Rd4 Rg1 36. Rd3 1/2-1/2

WHITE: John Barbatbun (1412)
BLACK: Louis Sulek (1229)
EVENT: Kingston Grand SNAFU 2003
OPENING: Sicilian Defence

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. h3 a6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bd5 Bb7 8. a3 e6 9. Ba2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nd4 12. Be3 e5 13. Ne2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Nd7 15. Ng3 Bg5 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Rg1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nb6 19. Qf1 d5 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nh6 Kg7 22. Ng4 f5 23. Nf2 fxe4 24. Ng4 Rxf3 25. Qg2 Qh4 26. Kh2 Bc8 27. Raf1 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Raf8 30. Kg2 Rxe3 31. dxe4 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Rxe4 33. Kh3 c4 34. b3 Re2 35. Bb1 cxb3 36. cxb3 Re3+ 37. Kh4 Rxb3 38. Rd1 Rxa3 39. Rc1 Nc4 40. Rd1 Ne3 41. Rd2 Ra4 42. Kh3 Rxg4 43. Re2 Rg1 44. Rxe3 Rxb1 45. Rxe5 Rh1+ 46. Kg2 Rh5 47. Re7+ Kf6 48. Ra7 Ke5 49. Rxa6 Kd4 50. Rc6 b4 51. Kf1 Re5 0-1

WHITE: Brian Murray (1560)
BLACK: Allen Letourneau (1222)
EVENT: Kingston Grand SNAFU 2003
OPENING: Blackmar-Damier Gambit

1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Nd7 8. Qe2 Nb6 9.Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne5 Qh4 13. Rxf7 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Nd5 15. Qh5 1-0

WHITE: Rob Hutchison (1781)
BLACK: Harry Jordan (1553)
EVENT: Kingston Grand SNAFU 2003
OPENING: English Opening

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. Qd2 Ne4 8. Qc1 e5 9. Be3 Be6 10. f3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Bf2 Rc8 13. e4 d5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. a3 Be3 17. b4 Qa4 18. Ra2 O-O 19. Be2 Rfe8 20. Qd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 e4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd3 Rd4 25. Kc2 Rdxc4+ 26. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 27. Kd3 Rd4+ 28. Kxe3 Rxd5 29. Rc1 f6 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rc7+ Ke6 32. Rxg7 1-0

WHITE: Gerald deLugt (1695)
BLACK: Wayne Coppin (1996)
EVENT: Whig Standard Open 2003
OPENING: Clarendon Court Defence

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. c4 g6 4. Bd2 Bg7 5. Bc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 d6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Na6 9. Qc2 Nb4 10. Bxb4 cxb4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Nc7 15. Qxb4 Na6 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 a6 19. Rab1 e5 20. Nc2 Be6 21. b3 d5 22. cxd5 e4 23. Qe2 Rxc2 24. dxe6 Qxd2 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 0-1

WHITE: Mark Tseitlin (2524)
BLACK: Frank Dixon (1984)
EVENT: Simul. Canadian Open 2004
OPENING: Scandinavian Defence B01

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nd7 8. c4 N5f6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. h3 c5 12. d5 Nf8 13. a4 Qa5 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Bh6 Rad8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc7 19. Rad1 Qf4 20. Ne4 N8d7 21. Qc3 Kg8 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. b4 b6 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Ne5 Ne4 26. Qc2 Qxe5 27. Rxe4 Qd6 28. Rde1 Rb8 29. h4 Qf6 30. R1e2 Rb7 31. g3 Reb8 32. Kg2 Rb2 33. Qd3 R8b3 34. d6 Rxd3 35. dxe7 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Rb8 37. e8=Q+ Rxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kg7 0-1

WHITE: Lorenz Paulsen
BLACK: Roman Polywkan
EVENT: 2006 KCC Club Championship
OPENING: Ruy Lopez, Cozio (C60)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ba4 g6 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. d3 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bg5 Nac6 11. Qd2 d6 12. h4 Bg4 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 1-0

Kingston Open 1996 Director's Report

Selected games courtesy of Frank Dixon

Johnstone - Sibbald: French - Tarrasch, C05
Marshall - McKay: Alekhine's Defence, B02
Hergott - Djerkovic: KID- Classical Bayonet, E97
Johnstone - Taylor: English - Symmetrical, A35

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WHITE: Glenn Johnstone
BLACK: Peter Sibbald
EVENT: Kingston Open 1996 (1)
OPENING: French Def., Tarrasch, C05

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.0-0 Bd6 11.Ng3 0-0 12.b3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.Be3 Rac8 17.Rae1 Qd6 18.f4 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 d4 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Qd3 b5 22.Bxb5 Bxb5 23.Qxb5 dxe3 24.Rxe3 Ng4 25.Rd3 Qf6 26.h3 Nh6 27.Ne4 Qh4 28.Nd6 Rcd8 29.f5 Qe7 30.Qxc5 Nxf5 31.Rxf5 Rxf5 32.Qxf5 Rf8 33.Qe4 Qf6 34.Kh2 h6 35.Nc4 Qa1 36.Ne5 Kg8 37.Ng6 Rf1 38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.Rf8# 1-0

WHITE: Peter Marshall
BLACK: Geoff McKay
EVENT: Kingston Open 1996 (2)
OPENING: Alekhine's Def., B02

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Bc4 Nb6 4.Bb3 d5 5.d4 Bf5 6.Ne2 e6 7.Ng3 Bg6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.0-0 c5 10.c3 Rc8 11.f4 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Nd2 Bd6 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Bxc5 Rxc5 16.Qe2 0-0 17.Qxe6+ Kh8 18.Qe3 Rc7 19.f5 Bf7 20.Rad1 d4 21.cxd4 Re7 22.Qd3 Nbd5 23.Nc4 Ng4 24.Rfe1 Rfe8 25.Rxe7 Rxe7 26.Rc1 Qe8 27.Nd6 Re1+ 28.Nf1 Rxc1 29.Nxe8 Nde3 30.Bxf7 1-0

WHITE: Deen Hergott
BLACK: Miladin Djerkovic
EVENT: Kingston Open 1996 (3)
OPENING: King's Indian Def., Classical, Bayonet, E97

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.bxa5 Rxa5 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Nb3 Ra8 13.a4 f5 14.f3 f4 15.g4 Bf6 16.Ba3 b6 17.a5 Nc5 18.axb6 cxb6 19.Bxc5 Rxa1 20.Qxa1 bxc5 21.Nb5 h5 22.h3 hxg4 23.hxg4 Rf7 24.Qa5 Qf8 25.Rf2 Rh7 26.Bf1 Bh4 27.Rh2 Nf5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.g5 Rh5 30.Qa7 Rxg5+ 31.Kh1 1-0

WHITE: Glenn Johnstone
BLACK: Gordon Taylor
EVENT: Kingston Open 1996 (3)
OPENING: English Op., Symmetrical, A35

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.0-0 Nf6 8.d5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 0-0 11.e4 Ned7 12.Be3 Ne8 13.Qd2 a6 14.a3 e5 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.f4 Nb8 18.e5 dxe5 19.Na4 Qc7 20.Bxc5 Rxf4 21.Qd8 Kf7 22.Qxc7+ Nxc7 23.Nb6 Ra7 24.Bd6 1-0

Kingston Open 2000 Director's Report

TD/Report/Games: Frank Dixon, Organizer: Rob Hutchison

OPEN SECTION

IMs DEEN HERGOTT and TOM O'DONNELL, both of Ottawa, shared first place with 4/5 ahead of a strong field of 19 which included three National Masters and ten Experts. NMs Armando Valdizon and Miladin Djerkovic, along with Junior Prize winner Sebastian Predescu, trailed by half a point at 3.5/5. The play was fierce and uncompromising, and many interesting games were played. Expert Ron Brice of Hamilton knocked off Djerkovic in a first-round nailbiter, and Predescu notched the scalps of Experts Manon Leger, Geoff McKay, and Matthew Struthers to pick up a clutch of rating points.

U1950 SECTION

BOB WEBB of Smiths Falls emerged victorious with 4/5, ahead of former Kingstonian Undriadi Benggawan, now of Toronto, who scored 3.5.

U1600 SECTION

Nine-year-old junior RAJA PANJWANI, a recent arrival to Kingston, scored several upsets to share first place with Fabio Vivas at 4/5.

Selected games courtesy of Frank Dixon

O'Donnell - Leger: Petroff, C42
Djerkovic - Kirby: French - Burn, C11
Arseneau - Gottlieb: Sicilian - Najdorf\Polugaevsky, B95
McKay - Brice: Sicilian - Najdorf, B93
Struthers - Gould: Hungarian Defence, C50
Struthers - Brice: Sicilian - Alapin, B22
Gottlieb - Simic: Pirc Defence, B07
Hergott - Struthers: Catalan - Closed, E07
Simic - Brice: English - Symmetrical, A32
Kirby - O'Donnell: Queen's Gambit - Semi-Slav, D45
Brice - Djerkovic: English- Four Knights, A29
Kirby - Furstner: KID - Classical, E91
Valdizon - McKay: Grunfeld Defence, D94
Leger - Predescu: Caro-Kann - Panov-Botvinnik, B14
Gebhardt - Leger: Petroff Defence, C42
Struthers - Furstner: Sicilian - Alapin, B22
Benggawan - Gebhardt: Caro-Kann - Exchange, B13
Leger - Gould: Ruy Lopez - Moller, C78
Djerkovic - Hergott: Sicilian - Accelerated Dragon, B36

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WHITE: Tom O'Donnell
BLACK: Manon Leger
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (1)
OPENING: Petroff, C42

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bg5 Nxg5 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. Nxg5 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxc7 Rxb2 17. Qxa7 Rxc2 18. h4 Nc5 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qxd7 1-0

WHITE: Miladin Djerkovic
BLACK: Patrick Kirby
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (2)
OPENING: French, Burn, C11

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. a4 0-0 12. 0-0 Nb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Ned2 Bc6 16. c3 Kh8 17. Bc2 f5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qxe7 Rg8 20. Qf6+ Rg7 21. Qxf5 Nc4 22. g3 Nd6 23. Qf6 Kg8 24. Ne5 Bd5 25. Re1 Ne8 26. Qf4 f6 27. Ng4 Kf7 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Nf5 Rg6 30. Ne7 Rg7 31. Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Nxe4 Re7 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. f3 c6 36. Ra1 f5 37. Nc5 Nc7 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Nd3 Kf6 40. f4 h6 41. Ne5 Re6 42. Ra7 1-0

WHITE: Peter Arseneau
BLACK: Jonathan Gottlieb
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (2)
OPENING: Sicilian, Najdorf, Polugaevsky, B95

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. 0-0-0 Bb7 12. Qg4 Qb6 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Be2 h5 15. Qg3 Nc6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Qg6+ Kd8 19. Qxe6 Nd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Rd1 Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bxe4 23. Qf7 Be7 24. e6 Nf6 25. Bc7+ Kxc7 26. Qxe7+ Kc6 27. Qxg7 Nd5 28. Qd7+ Kb6 29. e7 Nxe7 30. Qe6+ Bc6 31. Qxe7 Bxg2 32. Qe3+ Kb7 33. Qe7+ Kb6 34. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Geoff McKay
BLACK: Ron Brice
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (3)
OPENING: Sicilian, Najdorf, B93

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Kh1 0-0 10. Qe1 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Qh4 Re8 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Ng4 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxf7 Bf5 18. Nxh6+ Nxh6 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qxe5 21. Rae1 Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nd5 Rad8 24. Nc7 Rf8 25. Rxe7+ Kh6 26. h3 Bxd3 27. Rfe1 Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bxf1 29. Re1 Bc4 30. b3 Bg8 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Matthew Struthers
BLACK: Charles Gould
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (2)
OPENING: Hungarian Defence, C50

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. 0-0 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 0-0 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Be3 c6 11. c4 cxd5 12. cxd5 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bh5 15. h3 Bg6 16. Qb1 Ncd7 17. Nh4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxh4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 g6 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxa7 Qb5 24. Be3 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Qd3 Be7 27. Rac1 Qd7 28. Qd5 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Kg7 30. Qxe5+ Bf6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rc8 33. Bh6+ Kxh6 34. Rxf6 Rc2 35. Rb6 Rc7 36. a4 Re7 37. b4 Kg7 38. a5 Kh6 39. b5 Kg7 40. g4 Kg8 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. g5 Kg8 43. Kg3 Kg7 44. h4 Rd7 45. f3 Rc7 46. a6 bxa6 47. bxa6 Rc4 48. a7 Ra4 49. Rb7 Ra5 50. Kf4 1-0

WHITE: Matthew Struthers
BLACK: Ron Brice
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (5)
OPENING: Sicilian, Alapin, B22

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bd3 a6 9. Qc2 h6 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. a3 Qb6 12. Na4 Qa7 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bf2 Nxf2 15. Qxf2 Bd7 16. d5 Ne5 17. fxe5 Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bxa4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Kf1 Rac8 21. Rb1 Rc5 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Nd4 Rxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Kf7 25. g3 Ke7 26. Re1 Rh5 27. Nf3 Rc5 28. Re2 Rc1 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 g5 31. g4 Bf4 32. Bc4 Bc6 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. h3 Be5 35. Nc2 Bxb2 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. Ke3 Kc5 38. Bb3 a5 39. Kf3 Bc1 40. Kg3 e5 41. Kf3 Bb5 42. a4 Bc4 43. Na1 Bb2 0-1

WHITE: Jonathan Gottlieb
BLACK: Dusan Simic
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (5)
OPENING: Pirc Defence, B07

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. a4 Bg7 6. Be3 0-0 7. Qd2 d5 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bh6 f6 10. h4 fxe5 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Bf3 d4 16. Nce2 d3 17. Qc3 Nge6 18. g4 dxe2 19. gxf5 Rxf5 20. Nxe2 Kh8 21. b4 Na6 22. Bg4 Qd5 23. 0-0 Ng7 24. Rad1 Qg8 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Ng3 Nxg3 27. Qxg3 Nxb4 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rfd1 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Qe6 31. Rxb7 Qc4 32. Rxa7 Nd5 33. Qf2 Qe4 34. Kh2 Ne3 35. Kg3 Nf5+ 36. Kh2 Ne3 37. Kg3 Nf5+ 38. Kh2 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Deen Hergott
BLACK: Matthew Struthers
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (2)
OPENING: Catalan, Closed, E07

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Rb8 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Ng5 Ng6 16. Nce4 Nd7 17. h4 f5 18. Nd6 Qe7 19. Nxe6 1-0

WHITE: Dusan Simic
BLACK: Ron Brice
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (2)
OPENING: English, Symmetrical, A32

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Qxc3+ 10. Ke2 Na6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rb1 Qe5 13. Rb5 Qc7 14. Rg5 d5 15. Bb2 e5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Kf1 f6 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Ba3+ Kf7 21. Qf3 Qc4+ 22. Kg1 Qb5 23. Qh5+ 1-0

WHITE: Patrick Kirby
BLACK: Tom O'Donnell
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (2)
OPENING: Queen's Gambit, Semi-Slav, D45

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Rc1 0-0 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. f4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bf3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rce1 Bb6 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Rf3 Qe4 24. Qb3 Red8 25. h4 Rdd7 26. a4 h5 27. Ref1 Kh7 28. Kh2 Rd3 29. Re1 Ba5 30. Rg3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qd5 32. Qb4 c5 33. Qa3 Qc4 34. Rc1 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Qxf4+ 36. Kh1 Qxe3 37. Rf1 Rd2 0-1

WHITE: Ron Brice
BLACK: Miladin Djerkovic
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (3)
OPENING: English, Four Knights, A29

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. 0-0 Be6 10. b4 Nd4 11. Rb1 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Qd1 d4 18. Bd2 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Qc1 Qxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Ke1 Kd7 27. Kd1 Kc6 28. Kc2 f5 29. f3 Kd5 30. Kb3 b5 31. Kc2 h5 32. h3 h4 33. g4 fxg4 34. fxg4 e4 35. Bf4 Bf6 36. Bb8 a6 37. Ba7 Be5 38. Bb6 Bg3 39. Ba7 Bf2 40. Bb8 Bg3 41. Ba7 Be5 42. Bb6 e3 43. Kd1 Bg3 44. Ba7 Bc7 45. Bc5 a5 46. Be7 axb4 47. axb4 Ke5 48. Bc5 Kf4 49. Bxd4 Kg3 50. Ke1 Kxh3 51. Kf1 Kxg4 52. Bxg7 Bd6 53. Bc3 h3 54. Kg1 Kf5 55. Kh1 Be5 56. Be1 Bb2 57. Bg3 Be5 58. Kh2 Bxg3+ 59. Kxg3 Ke5 60. Kxh3 Kd4 61. Kg3 Kc3 62. Kf4 Kxb4 63. d4 Kc3 64. d5 b4 65. d6 b3 66. d7 b2 67. d8Q b1Q 68. Qa5+ Qb4 69. Qxb4+ Kxb4 70. Kxe3 Kc5 71. Ke4 Kd6 72. Kf5 Ke7 73. Ke5 Kd7 74. Kf6 Ke8 75. e4 Kf8 76. Ke6 Ke8 77. e5 1-0

WHITE: Patrick Kirby
BLACK: Nandor Furstner
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (5)
OPENING: King's Indian Defence, Classical, E91

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. d5 h6 9. h3 g5 10. Be3 g4 11. Nh2 gxh3 12. g3 Ne5 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qd2 h5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ne4 Qf8 20. Qc2 Nh8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rab1 Kf7 23. Kh2 Rg8 24. b4 b6 25. a4 Bh6 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Rg1 Ng6 28. Bxg6+ Rxg6 29. Rbf1 Bf5 30. Qd2 Bg7 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Armando Valdizon
BLACK: Geoff McKay
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (2)
OPENING: Grunfeld Defence, D94

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c5 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxd4 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Qa4 b5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15. Qxb5 Kxf7 16. 0-0 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be5 Be6 19. a3 Bh6 20. Rfe1 Bb3 21. Bd4 Nd5 22. g3 Rc8 23. Re2 Rc4 24. Be5 Rc2 25. Rxc2 Bxc2 26. Re1 e6 27. f4 Bf8 28. b4 b5 29. Rc1 Bd3 30. Rc8 Bc4 31. Kf2 Be7 32. Rb8 Nf6 33. Ke3 Ng4+ 34. Kd4 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Bf1 36. Rb7 h5 37. a4 bxa4 38. b5 a3 39. b6 Ke8 40. Rb8+ Kd7 41. b7 Kc6 42. Rf8 Bxf8 43. b8Q Bc5+ 44. Kc3 Kd5 45. Qd8+ Kxe5 46. Qg5+ Kd6 47. Qf4+ 1-0

WHITE: Manon Leger
BLACK: Sebastian Predescu
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (2)
OPENING: Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik, B14

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. a3 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. Ba2 Ne7 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bb1 g6 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. Bf4 Nf5 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qb3 24. Ng5 Nd4 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Bc2 Qxb2 27. Qf4 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Rxd1+ 29. Kxe2 Qxc2+ 0-1

WHITE: David Gebhardt
BLACK: Manon Leger
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (3)
OPENING: Petroff Defence, C42

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. Qf1 Nd5 18. Ne4 Bc7 19. g3 Bh3 20. Qd3 Bf5 21. Qf1 b6 22. Qg2 Bg6 23. c4 Ne7 24. Bc3 Nf5 25. Rad1 Rfe8 26. c5 Ne7 27. d5 Nxd5 28. Bb2 bxc5 29. Nxc5 Qc8 30. Ne4 Qg4 31. f3 Bb6+ 32. Kh1 Qc8 33. Qc2 Qf5 34. Qe2 Ba5 35. Rf1 Qc8 36. Rc1 f5 37. Rfd1 Bf7 38. Qc4 fxe4 39. fxe4 Qg4 40. exd5 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Re2 42. Qxe2 Qxe2 43. dxc6 Rxd1+ 44. Rxd1 Bxb3 45. Rd7 Qxb2 46. c7 0-1 (time)

WHITE: Matthew Struthers
BLACK: Nandnor Furstner
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (3)
OPENING: Sicilian, Alapin, B22

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Be3 cxd4 5. Bxd4 e5 6. Bxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. Ne2 a6 11. Ba4 Bc5 12. Rf1 0-0-0 13. Kc1 Nd5 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg3 Rhe8 16. a3 Be7 17. Nd4 g6 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Kc2 f5 20. h4 Bf6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Nc4 f4 23. Bh2 Bxh4 24. g3 Bg5 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Rae1 Re6 28. Nd2 Rde8 29. Nc4 Kc7 30. Rh1 h5 31. Reg1 Rf8 32. Rh2 Nd3 33. Rf1 Ref6 34. Nd2 Rxf2 35. Rfxf2 Rxf2 36. Rh3 Ne5 37. Kd1 e3 38. Rxe3 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Nc4+ 40. Ke2 Nxe3 41. Kxe3 g5 42. c4 Kb6 43. Kd4 h4 44. c5+ Kb5 0-1

WHITE: Amanda Benggawan
BLACK: David Gebhardt
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (4)
OPENING: Caro-Kann, Exchange, B13

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Qb3 Bd7 8. h3 e6 9. Nf3 Na5 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. 0-0 b5 13. a3 Nc4 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Bc2 0-0 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. Bxa4 Rxa4 18. Bg5 Re8 19. f4 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. g4 f6 22. Nf3 b5 23. Rfd1 h6 24. h4 Raa7 25. Rac1 Rab7 26. Rc2 g6 27. Nd2 Nxd2 28. Rcxd2 h5 29. g5 f5 30. Re1 Ra7 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Manon Leger
BLACK: Charles Gould
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (5)
OPENING: Ruy Lopez, Moller, C78

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 Qc8 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Nf1 b4 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Nh4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qb7 19. Bc2 d5 20. Ngf5 dxe4 21. dxe4 Qb6 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Qa1 Bxe3 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Nxe3 Ra8 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. Bb3 Kg8 28. f3 Ra3 29. Rb1 Na5 30. Bd5 Rxc3 31. Nd1 Nxd5 32. Nxc3 Nxc3 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 Nc6 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Ke3 g5 37. Kd3 Nce2 38. Ra2 Nf4+ 39. Kc4 Kg6 40. Ra6+ f6 41. Ra2 Kh5 42. g3 Nfe2 43. Ra7 Nxg3 44. Rxc7 Kg6 45. Kd5 Nge2 46. Rb7 Nxf3 47. Kd6 Nf4 48. Ke7 Nd2 49. Kf8 Ne6+ 50. Ke7 Nxe4 1-0

WHITE: Miladin Djerkovic
BLACK: Deen Hergott
EVENT: Kingston Open 2000 (5)
OPENING: Sicilian, Accelerated Dragon, B36

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bf2 e4 14. fxe4 a4 15. Bc4 Re8 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. O-O Rxe4 18. a3 Rc8 19. Ba2 Re8 20. Qb5 1/2-1/2

Kingston Open 2001 Director's Report

TD/Report/Games: Frank Dixon

OPEN SECTION

CHAMPION: PATRICK KIRBY (4.5/5)
SECOND: NM Mihnea Voloaca (3.5/5)

Kirby drew with highest-rated Master Miladin Djerkovic (2291), a former champion, and defeated Kingston's Whig-Standard champion, Expert Geoff McKay in the last round to capture the title. Master Voloaca overcame a first-round loss to Emil Smilovici, defeated Djerkovic, drew with Kingston's Peter Sibbald, an experienced Expert, in round 4, then won against the ubiquitous Expert Ron Brice in the final round to claim clear second. Kingston's young phenom Raja Panjwani, second-ranked in Canada for 10 years old, and rated 1861, beat Brice (2177) in the first round.

U1800 SECTION

CHAMPIONS: BRUCE LAMOND and MIKE McCRAW (4/5)

This was McCaw's first ever rated event, and he emerged as co-champion. Both he and veteran Lamond were unbeaten. Many upsets led to a real see-saw battle in this section.

Here are the T.D.'s selection of the more interesting games in the weekend event. Enjoy.

Djerkovic - Kirby: Ruy Lopez, Moller, C78
Dixon - Hutchison: Sicilian- Taimanov\Pelikan, B33
Sibbald - Harkes: French, Winawer, Armenian, C17
Voloaca - Djerkovic: Queen's Indian, Petrosian, E12
Webb - Brice: Modern Benoni, A65
Voloaca - McKay: English\Grunfeld, A16

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WHITE: Djerkovic, Miladin (2291)
BLACK: Kirby, Patrick (2150)
EVENT: Kingston Open 2001 (Feb. 10)
OPENING: Ruy Lopez, Moller, C78

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. d5 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Ne7 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Nc5 18. Bc2 b4 19. Nc4 b3 20. Bd3 f5 21. Re3 f4 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Be2 Kh8 24. Bg4 Qb5 25. Be2 f3 26. gxf3 Qd7 27. Kh2 Ng6 28. Rg1 Nf4 29. Bf1 Rf6 30. Rg3 Rh6 31. Ra5 Qe8 32. Ra7 Qd7 33. Qa1 Ncd3 34. Qa5 Rc8 35. Nb6 cxb6 36. Qa6 Qe8 37. Bxd3 Nh5 38. Rg5 Rb8 39. Qb5 Qd8 40. Rg4 Qf8 41. Be2 Nf4 42. Rg3 Nh5 43. Rg4 Nf4 44. Rg3 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Dixon, Frank
BLACK: Hutchison, Rob
EVENT: Kingston Open 2001 (4)
OPENING: Sicilian, Taimanov / Pelikan, B33

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 a6 8. N5c3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O Be6 14. c4 Bg5 15. Nbc3 Rb8 16. a4 Nd4 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bf6 19. Ncd5 Be5 20. Kh1 Qg5 21. Ra3 Bg4 22. Qe1 h5 23. Rf2 h4 24. Bf1 Ne6 25. Nh3 Qd8 26. b4 Nd4 27. Qe3 Ne6 28. Rd3 b6 29. Nhf4 Nxf4 30. Nxf4 Qd7 31. Nd5 Qd8 32. Be2 Be6 33. Bh5 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. c5 Ra8 36. cxd6 Ra1+ 37. Bd1 Bg4 38. Ne7+ Kh7 39. Rfd2 Bf6 40. e5 Bxe7 41. Qe4+ g6 42. Qxg4 Bg5 43. Rc2 Rc1 44. Rxc1 Bxc1 45. Qd4 Bg5 46. Qd5 Qd7 47. Bf3 Rc8 48. Rd1 Rc4 49. e6 Qxe6 50. Qxg5 Rd4 51. Qc1 Qxd6 52. Rxd4 Qxd4 53. Qe1 g5 54. Qe4+ 1-0

WHITE: Sibbald, Peter
BLACK: Harkes, Lewis
EVENT: Kingston Open 2001 (2)
OPENING: French, Winawer, Armenian, C17

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Ng5 Na4 15. Bc1 Nc6 16. Qf4 Nxe5 17. Nxf7 Qc3 18. Qxe5 Kxf7 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Qh5+ g6 21. Qg5 Qf6 22. Qg3 Rhf8 23. Be5 Qd8 24. Qh3 h5 25. Qe3 Be8 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rae1 Rc7 28. Re3 Bb5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rf3+ Ke8 31. Bxg6+ 1-0

WHITE: Voloaca, Mihnea (2220)
BLACK: Djerkovic, Miladin (2290)
EVENT: Kingston Open 2001 (3)
OPENING: Queen's Indian, Petrosian, E12

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 a6 12. Bc6 Qc7 13. O-O Bxc6 14. Nxc6 Bg7 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Qf3 h6 17. Bf4 Qb7 18. Re7 Kg8 19. Rae1 Rf8 20. Qh3 Qc8 21. Bd6 Kh7 22. R7e2 Re8 23. Ne7 Qd8 24. Bf4 Rhf8 25. d6 Nh5 26. Bc1 Nb8 27. g4 Qd7 28. Ncd5 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxh6# 1-0

WHITE: Webb, Robert (1850)
BLACK: Brice, Ron (2180)
EVENT: Kingston Open 2001 (4)
OPENING: Modern Benoni, A65

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. f4 Rb8 14. Ng3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qf3 b4 17. Nce2 Nb6 18. f5 Rf8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Kh1 Qg7 23. Qb3 Bxb2 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Rf3 Be5 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 Ra8 29. Kh2 Ra3 30. Qb1 Nc4 31. e5 Nxe5 32. Ne4 Nd7 33. Qf1 Qe5 34. Ng3 Rxg3 35. Kxg3 g5 0-1

WHITE: Voloaca, Mihnea (2220)
BLACK: McKay, Geoff (2110)
EVENT: Kingston Open 2001 (4)
OPENING: English / Grunfeld, A16

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. e4 Qc5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. d4 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxa4 11. Bxa4 Bg7 12. Bc3 0-0-0 13. Rd1 f6 14. Bb3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Rhe8 17. 0-0 c5 18. Nf3 Bb5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Bc6 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Bc2 Kd7 24. f4 b5 25. b3 h5 26. Kf2 Ke6 27. Kf3 Bf6 28. h4 exf4 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Kxf4 Be8 31. Bd3 a5 32. a3 Bf7 33. Bc2 Be8 34. Bd3 1/2-1/2

Kingston Open 2002 Director's Report

TD/Report/Games: Frank Dixon, Organizer: Rob Hutchison

OPEN SECTION

1st: NM Mihnea Voloaca (Ottawa) 4.5/5
2nd-3rd: NM Patrick Kirby (Kingston), NM Miladin Djerkovic (Ottawa) both scored 3.5/5
Class Prizes (U2050): Milenko Talajic (Ottawa), Jay Serdula (Kingston), and Emil Smilovici (Ottawa) all scored 2/5

Voloaca, with a performance rating of over 2500, defeated the other three Masters (Kirby, Djerkovic, and Ottawa's Peter Hum), also beat Kingston Whig-Standard Champion Geoff McKay, a Candidate Master, and drew only with the tough Candidate Master Ron Brice of Hamilton.

U1900 SECTION

1st-2nd: Bruce Lamond (Brockville) and Rajan Verma (Toronto) both scored 4/5
Class Prizes (U1600): David Ho (Kingston) and Kiel Meyer (Napanee) both scored 3/5.

Both Lamond and Verma were undefeated. Lamond had to survive a crazy time trouble battle with Lucas Radonich (3.5) in round four, where he swindled his opponent with seconds left on his clock, and salvaged a draw. Queen's student David Ho, in his first rated event, performed strongly to claim a class prize.

The T.D.'s selection of some interesting games follow.

de Kerpel - Serdula: English - Symmetrical, A17
Hum - Smilovici: Queen's Gambit - Tarrasch, D34
Raletich - Kirby: Queen's Pawn Game, D02
Hutchison - Brice: English - Symmetrical, A36
Voloaca - McKay: Grunfeld, D70
Predescu - Djerkovic: Scotch, C45
Solari - Dixon: Sicilian - Najdorf/Scheveningen, B85
Serdula - Raletich: Queen's Pawn Game, D02
de Kerpel - Hum: English - Symmetrical, A34
Djerkovic - Talajic: Modern, B06
Brice - Voloaca: English, A30
Kirby - Dixon: Sicilian - Najdorf, English Attack, B90
Djerkovic - de Kerpel: Queen's Gambit - Semi-Slav, D46
Talajic - McKay: Grunfeld - Exchange, D85
Serdula - Smilovici: French - Winawer, C19
Hum - Brice: Modern Benoni, A64
Voloaca - Kirby: Bogo-Indian, B11
Hutchison - Talajic: English, A21
Predescu - Serdula: Four Knights, C47
Dixon - McKay: Alekhine's Defence, B02
Brice - de Kerpel: English\Dutch, A10
Kirby - Hum: Sicilian - Kalashnikov, B32
Voloaca - Djerkovic: Queen's Gambit - Semi-Slav, D47
Hum - Voloaca: Queen's Gambit, D30
de Kerpel - Smilovici: French - Chigorin, C00
Kirby - Predescu: Sicilian - Najdorf, B90
Talajic - Brice: Modern Benoni, A60
Dixon - Djerkovic: Ruy Lopez - Modern Steinitz, Siesta, C74

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WHITE: Stijn De Kerpel
BLACK: Jay Serdula
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (1)
OPENING: English, Symmetrical, A17

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. e4 d6 9. Re1 Nc6 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Rd7 18. b4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bf1 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. h4 Bc6 24. Rc2 Bf3 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Qxf3 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rec1 Rad8 29. Rc8 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 h6 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rc2 Rd7 33. Kf3 Kh7 34. Ke2 Kg6 35. Bc1 Kf5 36. Bd2 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. a4 Rd4 39. Rb2 Ke4 40. a5 Kd5 41. b5 Ra4 42. a6 Bf6 43. Rc2 Bd4 44. Be3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Ra3+ 46. Ke2 Ra5 47. Rb2 1-0

WHITE: Peter Hum
BLACK: Emil Smilovici
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (1)
OPENING: Queen's Gambit, Tarrasch, D34

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Rc1 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Bc5 Bd7 17. a3 Qb5 18. e3 Bf8 19. Qd4 a5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Nb6 Rab8 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc2 Nf6 24. Rfc1 Rfc8 25. Bf3 Qb7 26. Kg2 Qd7 27. Rc5 Qb7 28. R1c2 Qb6 29. Qa4 Qb7 30. Qxa5 Qb3 31. Qd2 Ne4 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33.Qd4 Qd3 34. R5c4 f5 35. Qe5 Rf8 36. Rxc6 Rbd8 37. Rc7 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Rc7+ 1-0

WHITE: George Raletich
BLACK: Patrick Kirby
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (1)
OPENING: Queen's Pawn Game, D02

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. f3 e6 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. e3 Bd6 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. Nd2 0-0 13. Kh1 Bg6 14. Nf2 Rad8 15. Re1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Re2 Bc2 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Qa5 Nc6 21. Qc3 Bg6 22. Nc5 e5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Rce1 exd4 26. exd4 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Bxc5 29. Qb2 d4 30. Bf4 Qc6 31. Qc1 Qd5 32. Re5 Qc6 33. Qxc5 Qxc5 0-1

WHITE: Rob Hutchison
BLACK: Ron Brice
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (1)
OPENING: English, Symmetrical, A36

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Nh3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. e4 h6 9. f3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nd4 11. Rb1 Be6 12. Nf2 Qd7 13. Be3 f5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nb5 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. Qd1 a5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 a4 21. Nd1 Ra6 22. Nc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nxa3 24. Ra1 Nb5 25. c4 Nc7 26. e5 b6 27. Ra3 Rb8 28. d4 cxd4 29. Bxd4 0-1 (time)

WHITE: Mihnea Voloaca
BLACK: Geoff McKay
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (1)
OPENING: Grunfeld, D70

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 cxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd6 15. Bf2 Na6 16. 0-0-0 Rac8 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nge2 Rc7 20. g4 Rcd7 21. h4 Qc5 22. h5 g5 23. h6 Bh8 24. Ng3 Nb4 25. Qf5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc1 Ke7 31. Rc7+ Rd7 32. Nf5+ Kd8 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Kc2 Kc6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Ne7+ Kc5 37. Nf5 Kd5 38. b3 a6 39. b4 b6 40. a4 a5 41. Ne3+ Kc6 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. Kc4 e4 44. fxe4 Kd6 45. Nf5+ Kc6 46. Kd4 Kb6 47. Kd5 Kc7 48.Ke6 1-0

WHITE: Sebastian Predescu
BLACK: Miladin Djerkovic
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (1)
OPENING: Scotch, C45

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Nd2 Nge7 8. f4 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Qf6 11. Bc4 Qxd4 12. Qb3 0-0 13. 0-0-0 d5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 Bg4 17. Rde1 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. d6 cxd6 20. Nxd6 Re6 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 22. Nxb7 Rb8 23. Nc5 Bxa2 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rd3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Ernesto Solari
BLACK: Frank Dixon
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (1)
OPENING: Sicilian, Najdorf/Scheveningen, B85

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. a3 Bd7 11. Kh1 b5 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Nd2 Bc8 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Be2 Qc8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rac1 0-0 22. Bd3 dxe5 23. fxe5 Bc4 24. Qg3 f5 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. h4 Rd4 27. Bg5 Rg4 28. Qe3 Bc5 29. Qf3 Bd5 30. Qe2 h6 31. Be3 Rxg2 32. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Bxe3 34. Rcd1 Qc5 35. Rf3 Qxe5 36. Re1 f4 37. b3 Rd7 38. a4 Qc3 39. Rd1 Rxd3 0-1

WHITE: Jay Serdula
BLACK: George Raletich
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (2)
OPENING: Queen's Pawn Game, D02

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. 0-0 Ngf6 7. c4 e6 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Qb3 b6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Qc2 c5 14. e4 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Bc3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 0-0 18. Bh3 Rc7 19. Bxe6 Qe8 20. Bh3 Nc5 21. Nb5 Rc6 22. a4 Qb8 23. Nd4 Rc7 24. Nf5 f6 25. e5 Bf3 26. Nxh6+ Kh8 27. Qg6 Qe8 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. Nf5 Ne4 30. Rd3 Ng5 31. Bf1 Be4 32. Nd6 Bxd6 33. exd6 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rd8 35. Bg2 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rxd6 37. Re7 Ne6 38. Re3 Nc5 39. Rxa7 Rd8 40. R3e7 Rg8 41. Rec7 Nd3 42. b3 Nc5 43. a5 1-0

WHITE: Stijn De Kerpel
BLACK: Peter Hum
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (2)
OPENING: English, Symmetrical, A34

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nc7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Ne1 Bg4 9. h3 Bf5 10. Kh2 Qd7 11. d3 Bd6 12. Be3 0-0 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Nf3 b6 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Qa4 Nd4 17. Qxd7 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Miladin Djerkovic
BLACK: Milenko Talajic
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (2)
OPENING: Modern, B06

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 b5 8. e5 Nd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. d5 Nce5 11. dxe6 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. 0-0-0+ Ke8 15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Nxb5 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Bxe6 18. Nxc7+ Kf7 19. Nxe5+ Kf6 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Ng4+ Kg7 22. Nxh6 Bxa2+ 23. Kc1 Kxh6 24. b3 c4 25. Kb2 cxb3 26. cxb3 1-0

WHITE: Ron Brice
BLACK: Mihnea Voloaca
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (2)
OPENING: English Opening, A30

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Bb2 d4 7. d3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. e3 e5 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. a3 a5 15. Ng5 Nd7 16. Nge4 Bg6 17. g4 Nd8 18. Bc1 Ne6 19. Nf1 Ndc5 20. Rb1 a4 21. b4 Nb3 22. Rb3 axb3 23. Qb2 h5 24. h3 Bh4 25. Qb3 b6 26. Qd1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Qd7 28. Nh2 Nf4 29. Qf3 f5 30. gxf5 Bh5 31. Ng4 Rf5 32. Bf4 Rf4 33. Nh6 gxh6 34. Qh5 Re7 35. Qh4 Rh4 36.Nf6 Kg7 37. Nd7 Rd7 38. Re5 Ra7 39. Be4 Rg4 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Patrick Kirby
BLACK: Frank Dixon
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (2)
OPENING: Sicilian, Najdorf, English Attack, B90

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. g4 Ne5 11. Kb1 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. Qg2 b4 16. Nce2 g6 17. h5 Nf8 18. b3 Qc7 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nde2 a5 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. Nd3 Rb8 24. f4 a4 25. Rhe1 axb3 26. cxb3 Qa5 27. Nec1 Bc6 28. Qh3 Ra8 29. Nb2 Qc7 30. Bf6 Rc8 31. Nc4 Rd8 32. e5 d5 33. Nd6+ Bxd6 34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Bxd8 Kxd8 36. Nd3 Rg7 37. Ne5 Bb5 38. Rd4 Rc7 39. Qe3 Ke7 40. Rc1 Rb7 41. Qd2 Be8 42. Qc2 Bd7 43. Qh2 Qb6 44. Qb2 Ra7 45. Nd3 1-0

Miladin Djerkovic
BLACK: Stijn De Kerpel
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (3)
OPENING: Queen's Gambit, Semi-Slav, D46

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 h6 12. b3 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. h3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Rad1 b6 18. Be5 Qc5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. Qb2 Ne8 23. Bb1 Bf6 24. Ng4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 f5 27. Ne5 Nd6 28. Nd3 Ne4 29. f3 Nd2 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Rd8 33. Rb2 Kf8 34. b4 Ke7 35. c5 Kf6 36. f4 g5 37. g3 bxc5 38. bxc5 Be4 39. c6 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rg8+ 41. Kf1 Rg7 42. Rb6 a5 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Rxa5 Bxc6 45. Rc5 Ke7 46. Rxc6 Ra7 47. Rc2 Ra4 48. Nc4 h5 49. Ke2 Rb4 50. Rc1 Kd7 51. Kd2 Kc6 52. a3 Rb8 53. Re1 Rc8 54. Rxe6+ Kc5 55. Kc3 1-0

WHITE: Milenko Talajic
BLACK: Geoff McKay
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (3)
OPENING: Grunfeld, Exchange, D85

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 0-0 12. Bc4 Rd8 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Rhd1 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Kc3 Nc6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. f4 Bd7 19. h3 Bc6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 b6 22. g4 Nb7 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rd2 Nd6 25. Kd4 Rc8 26. Kd3 Rc1 27. Bf2 Nb5 28. h4 Rc3+ 29. Ke2 Ra3 30. Ke1 Rf3 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. a4 Nc3 34. d6 Re5+ 35. Kf1 Ne4 36. Re2 exd6 37. Be1 f5 0-1

WHITE: Jay Serdula
BLACK: Emil Smilovici
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (3)
OPENING: French, Winawer, C19

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4 Nbc6 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. 0-0 0-0-0 12. Re1 f6 13. Bf1 f5 14. Qe2 h6 15. Reb1 Kb8 16. Qd1 Rdf8 17. Rb5 Qc7 18. Rab1 Nd8 19. R5b4 g5 20. g3 Bc8 21. Bc1 f4 22. Ba3 Ka8 23. R4b2 Rf7 24. Bd6 Qd7 25. Rb5 Nf5 26. Bc5 fxg3 27. fxg3 Nc6 28. Qe2 g4 29. Nd2 h5 30. a5 a6 31. Rb6 h4 32. Bg2 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ng3 34. Qe1 Nf5 35. Nc4 Nh4 36. Ra6+ bxa6 37. Nxb6+ Kb7 38. Nd7+ Kc7 39. Nf6 Nf3+ 40. Bf3 gxf3 41. Qg3 Na5 42.Bb6+ 1-0

WHITE: Peter Hum
BLACK: Ron Brice
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (3)
OPENING: Modern Benoni, A64

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nf3 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. 0-0 Rb8 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. Bh2 c4 18. Bc2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. g4 Nhf6 21. Nd4 Qc5 22. Nc6 Rb6 23. Bf4 Rc6 24. Be3 Qb4 25. dxc6 Ne5 26. Kg2 Nc6 27. f3 Nd7 28. Rab1 Re6 29. Red1 Nc5 30. Qf2 Nb3 31. Nd5 Qa5 32. Bb6 Qa4 33. Qg1 Qa2 34. Nc7 Re7 35. Nb5 Bb2 36. Qf2 Bg7 37. e5 Nb4 38. Bb3 cxb3 39. Qa2 bxa2 40. Rb4 Be5 41. Bd4 Bf4 42. Nc3 Be6 43. Rb8 g5 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+ 1-0

WHITE: Mihnea Voloaca
BLACK: Patrick Kirby
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (3)
OPENING: Bogo-Indian, E11

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Qc2 d5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. c5 Ne5 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Be2 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nb5 Rab8 20. Rd3 b6 21. Nd6 bxc5 22. Qxc5 e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Rd1 Ng6 26. Qh5 Kg7 27. Bc4 Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Rgd3 Nf4 30. Nf5+ Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Rxb2 34. Qa6 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Rb3+ 37. Kh4 Rb2 38. Kh3 1-0

WHITE: Rob Hutchison
BLACK: Milenko Talajic
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (4)
OPENING: English, A21

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ne7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Bg5 c6 7. Rb1 d6 8. e4 f6 9. Be3 c5 10. b4 b6 11. Nge2 cxb4 12. Rxb4 Nbc6 13. Rb1 Be6 14. 0-0 Qd7 15. Nb5 Rad8 16. a4 Nc8 17. Nec3 Bh3 18. Nd5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rf7 20. Nbc3 Rdf8 21. f4 f5 22. Qd2 Qe6 23. Rbe1 Qd7 24. Qd1 N6e7 25. d4 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Re8 27. Qd3 Rfe7 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bg5 Bxc3 31. Bxe7 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 fxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe7 34. Rf4 Nd6 35. Qf3 Rf7 0-1

WHITE: Sebastian Predescu
BLACK: Jay Serdula
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (4)
OPENING: Four Knights, C47

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bd2 a5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Bb7 12. f4 a4 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 axb3 15. cxb3 c5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Nb1 Bb6 18. Kh1 c4 19. bxc4 Ng4 20. Re2 Nf2+ 21. Kh2 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bc5 23. a4 Qd7 24. Nc3 Ra6 25. Nb5 Qc6 26. Bc3 Re6 27. f5 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. Qg3 g6 30. Re1 1-0

WHITE: Frank Dixon
BLACK: Geoff McKay
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (4)
OPENING: Alekhine's Defence, B02

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nce2 d4 5. d3 Nc5 6. b4 Nca6 7. Nf3 c5 8. bxc5 Nc6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. Bg2 Bxc5 13. f4 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Rd8 15. Ng3 Nab4 16. Qg4 Bf8 17. Ne4 Nxc2 18. Rd1 Qxa2 19. Bc1 N2b4 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxc6+ Nxc6 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. exd6 Qc2 24. Kg2 Kd7 25. Qxh7 Qe2 26. Rd2 Rg8+ 27. Kh2 Qf3 28. Qxf7+ Kc8 29.Qc7# 1-0

WHITE: Ron Brice
BLACK: Stijn De Kerpel
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (4)
OPENING: English / Dutch, A10

1. c4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c6 7. Nge2 0-0 8. h3 fxe4 9. dxe4 Na6 10. Be3 Be6 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bc5 dxc5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Qd8 Rad8 15. g4 Nf4 16.Nxf4 Rxf4 17. Ne2 Rff8 18. f4 b5 19. Rc1 bxc4 20. bxc4 h5 21. g5 Rd3 22. Be4 Rh3 23. Rh3 Bh3 24. Bg6 Bg4 25. e6 Bd4 26. Bf7+ Kg7 27. Nd4 cxd4 28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Rb7 Kf8 30. Rd7 Rd7 31. exd7 Bd7 32. Bh5 c5 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Patrick Kirby
BLACK: Peter Hum
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (4)
OPENING: Sicilian, Kalashnikov, B32

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qd7 13. Nc2 Ng4 14. Bb6 Bg5 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Ne4 Bd8 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Rac1 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. a3 h6 24. Kh1 Qb7 25. Rfe1 Qf7 26. Qf1 Qh5 27. Nc2 Bc4 28. Qf2 Nb3 29. Rcd1 d5 30. Ng3 Qg5 31. Qe3 Qg6 32. Na1 Nxa1 33. Rxa1 Rfe8 34. Qc3 Qe6 35. Qb4 d4 36. Ne4 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Mihnea Voloaca
BLACK: Miladin Djerkovic
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (4)
OPENING: Queen's Gambit, Semi-Slav, D47

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Ndf6 9. h3 Nh6 10. Rxg7 Nf5 11. Rg1 Bb4 12. Bd3 Nd6 13. Nd2 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qh5 17. e4 Bd7 18. Be2 Qh4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Rg4 Qxh3 21. 0-0-0 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Ba3+ 23. Kb1 h5 24. Rg7 0-0-0 25. Rxf7 Rdf8 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qa4 Qf5+ 28. Ka1 Be7 29. Qxa7 Qxf2 30. Bxh5 Qh2 31. c4 b6 32.Qxb6 1-0

WHITE: Peter Hum
BLACK: Mihnea Voloaca
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (5)
OPENING: Queen's Gambit, D30

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Nxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Nce5 O-O 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Bd2 Nbd5 13. a3 Qd6 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. f4 Qb6 17. Bc3 Bxa3 18. Nc4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qb3 20. Bc2 Qb5 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. Nxa3 Qxc3 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Rfc1 Qb6 25. Qd3 g6 26. Nc3 Qc7 27. Nce4 Nd5 28. Qh3 h5 29. Bb3 0-1 (time)

WHITE: Stijn De Kerpel
BLACK: Emil Smilovici
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (5)
OPENING: French, Chigorin, C00

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. h4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. c4 Re8 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rad1 a6 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc5 20. Qd2 e5 21. Bxd5+ Nxd5 22. Rxd5 1-0

WHITE: Patrick Kirby
BLACK: Sebastian Predescu
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (5)
OPENING: Sicilian, Najdorf, B90

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. 0-0-0 Nb6 12. Qg2 Rc8 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 Nfd7 15. f4 Rc3 16. bxc3 Na4 17. Rd3 Bc4 18. g5 Bd3 19.cxd3 Nc3+ 20. Ka1 a5 21. d4 a4 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Bd3 b4 24. Rc1 h5 25. Bc4 exf4 26. Bf4 Qa7 27. Qf2 Nb6 28. g6 Nc4 29. gxf7+ Kf8 30. Nc4 Ne4 31. Qe3 Qb7 32. Re1 d5 33. Ne5 Rh7 34. Qh3 b3 35. Re4 bxa2 36. Ng6+ Kf7 37. Qe6+ 1-0

WHITE: Milenko Talajic
BLACK: Ron Brice
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (5)
OPENING: Modern Benoni, A60

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 d6 8. d5 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. e4 a6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Qc2 e6 14. Rb1 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qd8 17. b3 Re8 18. Bb2 Bb2 19. Qb2 Re5 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Bf3 Re8 22. a3 Nf6 23. b4 Ne4 24. Be4 Re4 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rfc1 Qh4 27. Qc3 Re2 28. Qf3 Qg5 29. g3 a5 30. h4 Qd2 31. Qf6 a4 32. Rf1 Qa2 33. Rb7 Rf8 34. Qxd6 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Frank Dixon
BLACK: Miladin Djerkovic
EVENT: Kingston Open 2002 (5)
OPENING: Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz, Siesta, C74

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bc2 Be7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. g3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Qd7 14. h4 Bg4 15. Qc4+ Rf7 16. Bd1 Raf8 17. Be2 g6 18. 0-0-0 Kg7 19. Qd3 Qe6 20. Qe3 b5 21. Rh2 Nf6 22. c4 b4 23. Re1 a5 24. c5 Bxf3 25. Bc4 d5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. f3 Bxc5 29. Qe2 Bd4 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Qc5+ 0-1

Kingston Open 2003 Director's Report

TD/Report: Frank Dixon, Organizer: Rob Hutchison

TD REPORT

A strong Open group and a good-sized Under 1800 group, totalling 35 players in all, enjoyed the friendly but competitive atmosphere of this annual stop on the EOCA Grand Prix.

In the Open section, young 15-year-old Master Sebastian Predescu of Ottawa triumphed with 4/5, half a point up on NMs Miladin Djerkovic and Peter Hum, also of Ottawa. Predescu beat Djerkovic in round 4, and held the draw against Hum in round 5 in a wild attacking game. Predescu also beat Kingston's champion, 12-year-old Expert Raja Panjwani, as well as defeating Kingston Chess Club President Rob Hutchison in a tough battle. Hutchison held top-rated NM Maher Saleh (2316) to a draw with Black.

In the Under 1800 section, upsets were the rule rather than the exception! Brian MacDonald of Kingston took clear first with 4.5/5, which included a draw in a completely won position where his opponent claimed stalemate, Brian agreed, except that it wasn't stalemate! Three players tied for second at 4 points: Brian Murray and junior Ryan Letourneau, both of Kingston, and junior Robert Hawley of Ottawa. All three of the joint runners-up were rated below 1400, but knocked off many of their higher-rated opponents!

The event saw a reunion between Queen's University chess people, past, present, and future! Rob Hutchison (class of 1974), Frank Dixon (classes of 1980 and 1990), Peter Hum (class of 1984), Maher Saleh (classes of 1988 and 1993), Ismail Ibrahim (class of 2000), Matthew Struthers (class of 2003), Alex Lambruschini (class of 2006), Dilip Panjwani (professor of Medicine), and Raja Panjwani (class of 2012) shared some memories and got caught up!

The event was a success because of cooperation between the Kingston and Queen's University Chess Clubs. The University club obtained the free site, and its President Alex Lambruschini helped Frank Dixon with directing duties. Rob Hutchison served as organizer, while Gerry DeLugt and Jim Cairns assisted with prize determinations.

Thanks to all who played and helped over the weekend! See you next year!

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Kingston Whig Standard Swiss 2002

TD/Report: Frank Dixon

2002 Whig-Standard Prize Winners:

Champion: Raja Panjwani 6.5/8

Raja lost only to Wayne Coppin (see the Annotated Game Panjwani - Coppin: Nimzovitch-Larsen Attack, A01) and drew with Tyler Jacques.

Runners-up: Wayne Coppin and Geoff McKay 6/8

U1700 Champion: Brian MacDonald 5/8

Runner-up: Ryan Letourneau 4.5/8

Frankenstein Prizes:

are by TD's choice, and are awarded based on the biggest upsets in the event. Winners are:

Roman Polywkan

for his win over Rob Hutchison, 1358 defeats 1912

Dilip Panjwani

for his win over Peter Sibbald, 1700 defeats 2001

Best Game Prizes:

TD's awards, selections based on outstanding creativity and fighting spirit. Winners are:

Wayne Coppin

for his win over Geoff McKay (see Annotated Game Coppin - McKay: Alekhine's Defence, B04)

Dave Gordon and Peter Sibbald

together, for their exciting draw (see Annotated Game Gordon - Sibbald: KID - Rubinstein, E70)

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Raja Panjwani at the Pan-American Junior 2002

Panjwani - Again: ECO "A36"
Vargas - Panjwani: ECO "B26"
Panjwani - Flores: ECO "B13"
Needelman - Panjwani: ECO "B34"
Panjwani - Polit: ECO "A36"
Diamant - Panjwani: ECO "B07"
Panjwani - Hess: ECO "C56"

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WHITE: Raja Panjwani
BLACK: Sarkis Again
EVENT: Panamerican Junior 2002, Argentina (1)
OPENING: ECO "A36"

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 Nd4 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bf2 Nec6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Ne2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bc6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. d4 Rfd8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. e5 Re8 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. d6 Qd8 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Qa6 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Bd5 Be6 26. Bc6 Rec8 27. d7 Rd8 28. a4 Bf8 29. Kg2 c4 30. h3 h5 31. Rf3 Bb4 32. Kh2 Kf8 33. Re3 Ke7 34. Re4 Bxd7 35. Bxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Rxc4 Be7 38. g4 Rc8 39. Rd4+ Ke6 40. b4 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 Rb3 43. b5 Rb4 44. Rd3 Rxa4 45. f5+ gxf5 46. gxh5 Rh4 47. Rc3 Bc5 48. Kg3 Rxh5 49. Kf4 Rh4+ 50. Kg5 Re4 51. h4 Be7+ 1-0

WHITE: Johann Vargas
BLACK: Raja Panjwani
EVENT: Panamerican Junior 2002, Argentina (2)
OPENING: ECO "B26"

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O b4 10. Nd1 Qa5 11. f4 Qa4 12. c3 bxc3 13. Ndxc3 Qc2 14. Rab1 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Ba6 16. Nc1 h5 17. h3 e6 18. Re1 Ne7 19. Kf2 Nec6 20. b3 Nc2 21. Rd1 Na3 22. Ra1 Nd4 23. N1e2 Bxd3 24. Rac1 Nxe2 25. Nxe2 Bxe2 26. Kxe2 Bb2 0-1

WHITE: Raja Panjwani
BLACK: Mauricio Flores
EVENT: Panamerican Junior 2002, Argentina (3)
OPENING: ECO "B13"

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. c5 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bh2 Rc8 15. f4 h6 16. b4 Bh7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb8 19. f5 Nc6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qe8 23. a3 Bf6 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. Bd6 Kh8 26. Nf4 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Bf6 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Qg3 Qf7 30. h4 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Gaston Needelman
BLACK: Raja Panjwani
EVENT: Panamerican Junior 2002, Argentina (4)
OPENING: ECO "B34"

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 d6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qd2 Nxb3 16. axb3 f6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Nc7 Rec8 20. Nxa6 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Ne5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Ra7 Qc6 24. Ba5 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. b4 e6 27. Rd1 Bf6 28. Qd3 Be7 29. b3 Rc8 30. c4 bxc4 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. Rb1 Rc8 34. b5 Bd8 35. Bb4 Be7 36. b6 Rb8 37. Bd2 Rb7 38. Kf1 Kf8 39. Ke2 Ke8 40. Kd3 Kd7 41. f3 Bd8 42. Be3 d5 43. f4 exf4 44. Bxf4 Rxb6 45. Ra1 Bc7 46. Ra7 dxe4+ 47. Kd4 Rc6 48. Bxc7 Rxc7 49. Ra2 Kd6 50. Kxe4 Rc4+ 51. Kd3 Rh4 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Ke3 h5 54. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Raja Panjwani
BLACK: Andres Polit
EVENT: Panamerican Junior 2002, Argentina (5)
OPENING: ECO "A36"

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. h4 Nd4 9. h5 Nec6 10. Be3 d6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Ne5 14. f3 f6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rh2 b6 17. Rdh1 Bb7 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Qh6 Qf8 21. Nf4 Kf7 22. Bh3 Ke8 23. Rf1 Bc8 24. Kd2 Bd7 25. Ne2 Ke7 26. f4 Nc6 27. f5 g5 28. Nc3 Qh8 29. Bg4 Qxh6 30. Rxh6 Rf7 31. Bh5 Raf8 32. Bxf7 Rxf7 33. b3 Ne5 34. Nd1 Ng4 35. Rh8 Ne5 36. Ne3 Rg7 37. Rfh1 Nf3+ 38. Kc3 Nd4 39. g4 Nc6 40. Ra8 Kf7 41. fxe6+ Bxe6 42. Nf5 Bxf5 43. exf5 Ke7 44. Re1+ Kd7 45. Re6 Rf7 46. Re4 Kc7 47. Re3 Kd7 48. Ree8 Kc7 49. Rf8 Rxf8 50. Rxf8 Ne5 51. Rxf6 Nxg4 52. Rg6 Ne5 53. Rxg5 a6 54. Rg7+ Kd8 55. d4 {The rest of the gamescore was ilegible. Black resigned on move 66} 1-0

WHITE: Andre Diamant
BLACK: Raja Panjwani
EVENT: Panamerican Junior 2002, Argentina (6)
OPENING: ECO "B07"

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a3 Nbd7 7. f3 a5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Nge2 Nb6 10. O-O Bg7 11. h3 Nfd7 12. f4 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nd1 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nf2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 O-O 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8 24. Qd3 24... Qc6 {(=)} 25. c3 g5 26. g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 Qg6+ 28. Ng3 Qxd3 29. Nxd3 e6 30. Ne4 Bf8 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Kf3 Kg6 33. Kg4 f5+ 34. exf6 Nxf6+ 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. h4 Bd6 37. Nf2 h5+ 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Raja Panjwani
BLACK: Robert Hess
EVENT: Panamerican Junior 2002, Argentina (7)
OPENING: ECO "C56"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf6 Qg6 12. Bxd4 O-O-O 13. c3 Bg4 14. Ng3 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qf6 16. Re4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 g6 19. Rc1 c6 20. Ne2 Bg7 21. b4 Kb8 22. Re7 Rhf8 23. b5 Rde8 24. Rd7 Rxe2 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb1+ Ka8 27. a4 Rb8 28. Rc1 Rd2 29. Rxc6 Bxd4 30. Kg2 Rxf2+ 31. Kg3 Rd2 32. Rxf7 Be5+ 33. f4 Rb3+ 34. Kg4 Rg2+ 35. Kh4 Rxh2+ 36. Kg4 Rg2+ 37. Kh4 Bb8 38. a5 Rb5 39. Kh3 Rg1 40. Kh2 Rg4 41. Kh3 Rxf4 42. Rg7 Rh5+ 43. Kg2 Rg5+ 44. Kh3 Rf1 0-1

Ontario Open Report 2003

TD/Report: Frank Dixon

TD REPORT

Editor's Note: the following is TD Frank Dixon's anticipated final report on the event. We are pleased to post it as received. Frank adds: A record of games from the 2003 Ontario Open tournament, saved by carbon scoresheets, will soon be posted on the Kingston Chess Club's website, and a report for En Passant, including some annotated games, is in progress as well.

Short notice to organize, and several competing tournaments, didn't deter the fun of those 34 players who attended the 2003 Ontario Open in Kingston. There was a decent turnout from right around the province, including the amazing organizer John Rutherford and Shawn Geley, both of Thunder Bay, who made the 22-hour trip by car, armed with free posters for participants, to promote the 2003 Canadian Open in Kapuskasing.

Play was organized in three sections: Open, U2000, and U1600, with six rounds, and a slower time control of 40/120, SD/60, with two rounds per day over the May long Victoria Day weekend. Class prizes and Junior prizes in the U2000 and U1600 stimulated interest right to the end. Differential entry fees by section and age, to encourage junior players, were a hit.

Competitors ranged in age from the 78-year-old Dr. James Cairns, retired RMC economics professor, still a formidable player, past president of the Canadian Correspondence Chess Association, one of the founders of the Kingston Chess Club in 1955, and a co-organizer of the 1966 Canadian Open and 1992 Canadian Closed, both held in Kingston; to the 10-year-old champion girl Yuanling Yuan of Ottawa, already rated over 1500.

A competitive and hard-fought Open group was won by NM Roger Patterson of Ottawa, with 4.5/6, half a point up on the ever-enthusiastic Expert Ron Brice of Hamilton. Patterson beat Brice with a beautiful attack, in the very first round, triumphing over Brice's favourite Najdorf Sicilian, and this proved decisive as far as the championship was concerned. Matthew Struthers of Cambridge and Kingston, a graduate student at Queen's University, a 1993 Canadian Junior competitor, and 1994 OCA Junior Coordinator, who has won all the trophies in Kingston-area chess, was playing his first serious event in several years, but roared out to a perfect 3/3 start, including upset wins over Patterson and over many-time Kingston champion Geoff McKay, before unfortunately having to withdraw due to a family emergency. TD and organizer Frank Dixon, past Kingston and Queen's University champion, filling in as the odd player in round two, surprised veteran Toronto Expert Peter Bokhout with his very own variation in the Black Knights' Tango, winning a spirited counterattacking game.

In the U2000 group, Paul Becker of Kitchener was in scintillating form, as he scored a perfect 6/6 to claim first place. Becker was perhaps a bit fortunate to win in round two, over Francisco de la Parra of Kingston, in a six-hour game where he was under strong pressure most of the time, but Francisco tried a fancy endgame combination which had a hole, and Becker took advantage. Becker's most impressive win was in round three over the Guyanese diplomat Errol Tiwari, currently posted in Ottawa, in a sharp line of the Najdorf Sicilian. Second place was claimed by Dr. Alex Danilov of Ottawa, with 5/6. Alex is the son of the late Dr. George Danilov, many-time Kingston champion through the 1950s and 1960s, who once drew GM Alexander Alekhine in a simultaneous game in Yugoslavia while Alekhine was World Champion. The U1800 Class prizes were shared by Mavros Whissell of Sudbury and Vladimir Epov of Peterborough. Junior prizes were claimed by Glen Barber and Sammy Yao, both of Ottawa, who drew their six-hour last round encounter. The young girl player Yuanling Yuan, also of Ottawa, top-ranked for players under age 10 in Canada, won a wonderful attacking game against Alex Lambruschini, former captain of the Upper Canada College chess team, who is now president of the Queen's University Chess Club.

In the U1600 section, young grade ten student Ryan Laming of Cornwall, playing in his first CFC event, made a perfect score to romp to the title. Second prize was won by Lorenz Paulsen of Kingston. The U1400 Class prize was won by Alex Reid of Gananoque. Michael Chan of Ottawa and Melissa Darbyson of Corbeil won Junior Prizes.

The event was co-organized by the Kingston and Queen's University Chess Clubs, which worked together to secure an excellent site at the University for free. Frank Dixon, CFC Governor, Queen's University chess coach, and Vice-President of the Kingston Club, organized and directed the tournament, on a volunteer basis, and got a few rounds of chess in as well, filling in as the odd player, while not competing for prizes, which he announced in advance.

Generous financial support was provided by the Kingston Chess Club, the Eastern Ontario Chess Association, and the Ontario Chess Association. Thanks very much to all of those groups.

Players were generous in their praise for the organizers, and although it was a fairly small event, everyone had fun, the rounds were competitive and hard-fought, but in a friendly spirit, while there was only one dispute, which was eventually resolved to mutual respect.

Because of organizational difficulties, the Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Chess Association, which is normally held during the Open, was not held this time. Also, due to short notice, the event did not get onto the Grand Prix schedule for the Eastern Ontario Chess Association, a problem which has been remedied for the future by the EOCA in a recent meeting.

Here are the TD's selection of games (some with brief introductions) from the event.

McKay - Bokhout: Sicilian - Lasker-Pelikan-Sveshnikov, B33
Patterson - Brice: Sicilian - Najdorf, B90
Brice - Coppin: English Opening, A21
Bokhout - Dixon: Black Knights' Tango, E20
Becker - Tiwari: Sicilian - Najdorf, B90
Struthers - Patterson: Four Knights - Italian var, C47
McKay - Struthers: King's Gambit Declined, C30
Patterson - McKay: Alekhine's Defence, B04

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WHITE: Geoff McKay
BLACK: Peter Bokhout
EVENT: Ontario Open 2003 (1)
OPENING: Sicilian Defence, Lasker-Pelikan-Sveshnikov var, B33

Geoff McKay was awarded the TD's Best Game of the Tournament prize of $50.00 for this sharp effort. Honourable mention to Roger Patterson for his win over Ron Brice (to be published in En Passant magazine).

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c3 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nc2 Rg8 14. Qh5 Rxg2 15. Nce3 Rg5 16. Qxh7 f4 17. h4 Rg6 18. Nf5 Rb8 19. h5 Rg5 20. Nfxe7 Nxe7 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Rg7 23. Rg1 Ng6 24. Nh7+ Kg8 25. hxg6 f6 26. Qh4 Qc8 27. Nxf6+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Bg8 29. Nh7+ 1-0

WHITE: Roger Patterson
BLACK: Ron Brice
EVENT: Ontario Open 2003 (1)
OPENING: Sicilian Defence, Najdorf var., B90

{Honourable mention for the TD's Best Game of the Tournament prize went to Roger Patterson for this win over Ron Brice (to be published in En Passant magazine).}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Qf2 Be7 16. h4 Ndb6 17. Rd1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nc4 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Bd3 Bd8 21. Qe2 Qe7 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nd2 Ra4 24. Ne4 Rxa2 25. Rh2 Ra4 26. b3 Ra5 27. f4 exf4 28. Nxd6+ Kd7 29. Qxe7+ Bxe7 30. Nxf7 Rf8 31. Ne5+ Kd6 32. Nc6 Ra3 33. Re2 Bd8 34. Re6+ Kc5 35. Nxd8 1-0

WHITE: Ron Brice
BLACK: Wayne Coppin
EVENT: Ontario Open 2003 (4)
OPENING: English Opening, A21

A Special Creative Achievement prize of $20.00 to each player went to Ron Brice and Wayne Coppin for this effort.

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 ed4 5.Qd4 Nc6 6.Qe3 Qe7 7.Nc3 Nb4 8.Qd2 Qd6 9.a3 Qd2 10.Kd2 Na6 11.b4 Be7 12.Nh3 0-0 13.e3 c6 14.Ke2 Nc7 15.Nf4 d6 16.h4 Bd7 17.Bb2 Ng4 18.Rhd1 Ne5 19.c5 Nc4 20.cd6 Bd6 21.Rab1 Rad8 22.Nd3 Be6 23.Bc1 Ne5 24.Ne5 Be5 25.Bb2 Bc4 26.Ke1 Nb5 27.Nb5 Bb2 28.Rb2 Rd1 29.Kd1 Bb5 30.Rd2 g6 31.Rd6 Kg7 32.Kd2 Rf6 33.Rd7 Rf7 34.Rf7 Kf7 35.e4 Kf6 36.Ke3 fe4 37.Be4 b6 38.h5 c5 39.bc5 bc5 40.f4 Bd7 41.hg6 hg6 42.Kf3 Ba4 43.Ke3 Bd7 44.Bf3 Ba4 45.Be2 Bd7 46.Kd2 Bc6 47.Kc3 Bd5 48.Bc4 Bf3 49.Ba6 g5 50.fg5 Kg5 51.Bc8 Bd5 52.Kd3 Kf6 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.g4 Be4 55.Ba6 Bd5 56.a4 Bb3 57.a5 Be6 58.Be2 c4 59.Kd2 Kd4 60.g5 Bf5 61.Bh5 c3 62.Kc1 Ke5 63.Bd1 Kf4 1/2-1/2

WHITE: Peter Bokhout
BLACK: Frank Dixon
EVENT: Ontario Open 2003 (2)
OPENING: Black Knights' Tango, E20

Honourable Mention in the Creative achievment category, including publication in En Passant magazine, went to the following fine counterattacking effort.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e4 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Nf3 Bb4 8.Qc2 f5 9.Bd3 Be6 10.0-0 Be7 11.a3 0-0 12.b4 a6 13.Na4 Qd7 14.Bb2 b5 15.Nc3 Rab8 16.Ne2 g5 17.Bc1 f4 18.Nd2 Rf7 19.f3 Nxd2 20.Bxd2 Nd8 21.Nc1 c6 22.Nb3 Nb7 23.Rfc1 Rc8 24.a4 g4 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra7 gxf3 27.gxf3 Rg7+ 28.Kh1 Bh3 29.Bf1 Bxf1 30.Rxf1 Qh3 31.Rf2 Bh4 32.Bxf4 Bxf2 33.Qxf2 Rf8 34.Bg3 Qf5 35.Nd2 Nd8 36.Rxg7+ Kxg7 37.Bh4 Ne6 38.Bf6+ Kf7 39.Qe3 Ra8 40.Qc3 Qh3 41.Qd3 Ra1+ 42.Nb1 Nf4 0-1

WHITE: Paul Becker
BLACK: Errol Tiwari
EVENT: Ontario Open 2003 (5)
OPENING: Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Var, B90

This fine effort won the Best game, U2000 section. It will be published in En Passant magazine. The TD adds: A nice attacking win by the champion of the U2000 section, Paul Becker of Kitchener, who rolled through with a perfect 6-0 record! His opponent here is the Guyanese diplomat Errol Tiwari, currently posted in Ottawa, who played some nice chess himself, scoring 3/6 in a tough competitive section.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 e6 7.g4 b5 8.g5 Nfd7 9.Be3 Bb7 10.a3 Nc6 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Nc5 13.f3 Bg7 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Ndxb5 axb5 16.Nxb5 Qe7 17.Nxd6+ Kf8 18.Bxc5 Kg8 19.0-0-0 h5 20.f4 Kh7 21.e5 Rhd8 22.Bd3 Ba6 23.Bxa6 Rxa6 24.Qf2 Qc7 25.Ne4 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Na5 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.gxf6 Rc6 29.Bb4 Nc4 30.b3 Nb6 31.Ba5 Kg8 32.Bxb6 Rxb6 33.Kb2 Rc6 34.Rd2 Qa5 35.Qd4 Kh7 36.Qb4 Qa8 37.Qe7 h4 38.Qxf7+ Kh6 39.Qg7+ Kh5 40.h3 1-0

WHITE: Matthew Struthers
BLACK: Roger Patterson
EVENT: Ontario Open 2003 (2)
OPENING: Four Knights Game, Italian var, C47

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 a6 9.a3 Bg4 10.h4 Rg8 11.hg5 hg5 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.c3 Ne6 14.Rh6 Nh5 15.Qd2 c6 16.Nh2 cd5 17.ed5 Neg7 18.Ng4 f5 19.d4 Ba7 20.de5 fg4 21.Rd6 Qc7 22.Qg5 Qc4 23.Qg6+ Kf8 24.e6 Bf2+ 25.Bf2 Qe2+ 26.Ke2 Nf4+ 27.Kd2 Ng6 28.Rd7 Ke8 29.Rb7 Rd8 30.c4 Ne6 31.Re1 1-0

WHITE: Geoff McKay
BLACK: Matthew Struthers
EVENT: Ontario Open 2003 (3)
OPENING: King's Gambit Declined, C30

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Nf3 Nxc4 7.dxc4 exf4 8.Bxf4 Bg4 9.0-0 Be7 10.Qe1 Nh5 11.Be3 Bf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bc5 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 b6 15.Rd1 Qc8 16.Bd4 Qe6 17.Re3 0-0-0 18.Bxe5 Rxd1 19.Nxd1 Qxc4 20.Rc3 Qd5 21.Rxc7+ Kd8 22.Rxa7 Bxe5 23.Nc3 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Re8 25.Nb5 Qd5 26.c4 Qc6 27.Qd1+ Kc8 28.Rc7+ Qxc7 29.Nxc7 Bxc7 30.Qg4+ Re6 31.g3 g6 32.Qf3 Nf6 33.b4 g5 34.a4 g4 35.Qa8+ Kd7 36.c5 bxc5 37.bxc5 Re8 38.Qa6 Nd5 39.Qb5+ Kd8 40.Qd3 Re5 41.Qd4 f6 42.Qd2 Ke7 43.a5 Bb8 44.Qb2 Re1+ 45.Kg2 Ne3+ 46.Kf2 Nd1+ 0-1

WHITE: Roger Patterson
BLACK: Geoff McKay
EVENT: Ontario Open 2003 (4)
OPENING: Alekhine's Defence, B04

A sharp win from the new 2003 Ontario Open champion, NM Roger Patterson of Ottawa, over former Kingston champion Geoff McKay's favourite Alekhine's Defence.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.ed6 cd6 10.Be3 f5 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.Bg4 fg4 13.Qb3 e6 14.c5 dc5 15.dc5 Nd5 16.Ne6 Qe6 17.Nd5 Nc6 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.Qb7 Rab8 20.Qa6 Rb2 21.Nc7 Qf6 22.Rd6 1-0