Abe Yanofsky Memorial Chess Tournament

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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Recording of Game Scores

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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

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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

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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