The Alberta Junior Chess Championship 2011 will be held at Calgary Chess Club on November 5-6. We will have three sections: (1) Championship (2) Reserves and (3) Girls. The Championship section is open to all Alberta juniors regardless of ratings. Winner from this section will recieve ACA sponsorship to the Canadian Junior Chess Championship which will be held in Calgary on Jan 5-8, 2012. The Reserves is open to any Alberta juniors with 1400 CFC rating or below.
Both the Championship and Reserves will be 5 rounds swiss (the girl section will probably be round robin). Time control is Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move.
The deadline to enter this tournament will be on November 1st at 6 P.M. You can pre-register by email to T.D/organizer Simon Ong (simong89 at gmail dot com).
Pre-registered list (players are arranged in no particular order):
1. NM Richard Wang
2. David Zhang
3. David Miller
4. Nicka Kalaydina
5. Tony Cai
6. Krish Singh
7. YueKai Wang
8. Diwen Shi
9. Raymond Ong
10. Jeff Anthony De Guzman
11. Brady Jahraus
12. Nicholas Lee
13. Chenxi Zhao
14. Mark Ting
15. David Yao
16. Zeling Li
17. John Vaganov
18. Derek Zhang
19. Makar Chenetsov
20. Seth Lalla
21. Xuyuan Zhang
22. Kaixin Wang
23. Mickail Hendi
24. Ian Zhao
25. Raphael Libre
26. Lenard Grossmann
27. Daniel Kostek
28. Kaining Lin
29. Chen Wu
30. Wayne Babiuk
31. Zehan Li
32. Rachael Gagne
33. Hope Gagne
34. Jyaree (Chantel) Bustos
35. Jane Wang
All pre-registered players must sign-in from 9:00 a.m. to 9:40 a.m (the latest) at the Calgary Chess Club.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
2011 Alberta Junior Championship & Reserves
All participants must pre-registered by November 1st @ 6 P.M. You may pay your entry fees on site.
The Alberta Junior Championship and Reserve 2011 will be held at Calgary Chess Club on November 5-6, 2011.
Both sections will be 5 rounds swiss. The winner of the "Championship" section will recieve ACA sponsorship to the next Canadian Junior Chess Championship. Cash prizes and/or trophies will be available for both sections.
Time control is Game in 90 minutes + 30 second increments per move. The round times will be 10:00am / 2:30pm / 6:30pm on Saturday and 9:30am / ASAP on Sunday (may change to give time to player to get lunch and dinner).
All byes must be requested before round 1 (with last 2 rounds counting as 0 point bye).
The full details for this tournament can be found on the following website:
https://sites.google.com/site/2011albertajunior/
Sponsors:
Alberta Chess Association
Calgary Chess Club
Calgary Junior Chess Club
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Calgary Youth Chess Championship Report
Calgary Youth Chess Championship Report- Organizers Roy Yearwood T.D Simon Ong
On January 2nd, the 3rd annual Calgary Youth Chess Championship took place at the Calgary Chess Club. There were a total of 17 players participating in the tournament. They were grouped into sections where they battled against players their own age. Winner of each age section will be awarded a medallion, an official Calgary YCC T-shirt, and funding to play at the Alberta Youth Chess Championship. Funding is provided by the Calgary Chess Club.
There were two age sections with one player: Under 8 and Under 18. Even though both of these players won the tournament by default, they played against relatively strong oppositions and performed very well. The Under 8 and Under 18 champions were Ian Zhao and Raymond Ong, respectively. Ian managed to score 2/3 against U10 players, whereas Raymond scored 3/3 against U16 players.
There were 3 players competing in the Under 10 section. The overall winner was John Vaganov, a new player from Russia. John scored flawlessly. The other two players were Albert Lambino and Jonas Alcantara who scored 0/2 and 1/2, respectively.
Winners of the other sections were Diwen Shi (Under 12 Champion), Chenxi Zhao (Under 14 Champion), and Yuekai Wang (Under 16 Champion).
Thanks to all participants for playing the first Calgary tournament of the New Year and congratulation to all the section winners and good luck in Edmonton.
There will be regular chess lesson for youth at the Calgary Chess Club starting January 14th. See Calgary chess club website for details.
Annotations done by NM Roy Yearwood.
YueKai Wang- Tony Cai
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 This is the Shevesnikov variation of the Sicilian. It features the backward pawn on the d-file and the question of whether black will have enough counter-play to compensate for this weakness. 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qd2 Better is Bd3 or c3. 11...Bg5 Diagram
12.Ne3 0–0 13.0–0–0 This is an aggressive plan for white. 13...Qb6 14.h4 Bh6 15.Be2 Be6 16.g4 Bf4 17.Kb1 Na5 18.c3 Rfd8 19.Bf3 Black has comfortable position because of white's inaccuracy on move 11. 19...Nc4 20.Naxc4 Bxc4 21.Nxc4 bxc4 22.Qc2 a5 23.Rdg1 Rdb8 24.g5 Better is a4. 24...Rb7 25.Ka1 a4 26.a3 Rab8 27.Rb1 Diagram
Unfortuately, black lost on time. After Qc5 with the idea of Rb3, black has small but persistant initiative. I guess you have to play theoretical position quickly to avoid time pressure. 1-0
Zeling Li- Nicholas Lee
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bxf7+?? This is a terrible error. White should know better. If you going to play theoretical openings, you should know what to do. 5...Kxf7 6.Qf3+ Ke8 7.Nh3 Nc6 8.e6 dxe6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Qf7+ Kd8 11.0–0?? Qxg5 12.d4 Qf6 13.Qh5 cxd4 14.Bg5 White tries to play like Tal but does not know enough about the principles required to play in this manner. 14...Qg6 15.Qxg6 hxg6 0–1
Stanley Wang-Raymond Ong
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bd6 7.h3 0–0 8.Bd3 Better is Re8. 8...Nbd7 9.0–0 Qc7 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 Qxg3 While black has won a pawn, he has lost some control of his kingside's light squares and control the b1–h7 diagonal. White must act quickly as the pawn plus will soon tell. 14.Re2 Nh5 Better would have been 14. Ne2 in order to transfer the knight to the kingside. Also, it makes way for the pawn to go to c4 for some initiative in the center. 15.Qe1!? Qxe1+ 16.Raxe1 Nf4 17.Re3 Nxd3 18.Rxd3 Nf6 19.Rde3 Better might be Be6 closing e-file. One of the way to win when you're up material is to shut down all of your opponent's counter-play. 19...Rb8 20.Na4 Ne4 This is an easy position for black to play. He can make different mis-steps, but because of his material superiority and pawn plus and solid position, white finds it very hard to make an impression in order to gain counter-play. 21.Ne5 f6 22.Nd3 Bd7 23.Nac5 Bf5 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.c3 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Rfe8 27.Rde3 Kf7 28.g4 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Re8 30.Rxe8 Kxe8 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Ke3 Ke6 33.b4 b6 34.a4 a5 35.bxa5 bxa5 36.Kf3 f5 37.gxf5+ Kxf5 0–1
Diwen Shi-Nicholas Lee
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 This is the Torre attack. This is an excellent opening for white. The former Alberta Champion for youth, Richard Wang, make this a standard part of his opening theory. This opening poses some difficult problems for juniors. 3...c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.e4 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Re1 Rc8 10.Bf1 d5 11.h3 cxd4 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 Better is e5 according to Diwen Shi. 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.e5 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Bg5 16.Nb3 Qd7 17.Bd3 Rc7 18.h4 Be7 Nicholas is outplaying Diwen quite easily thus far. 19.Nd4 f6 20.Qh5 g6? Better is f5. g6 gives white at least a draw, but of course, he wants more. 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Qxg6+ Kh8 23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Re3 Bc5 25.Rg3+ Kf7 An unfortuate turn of events for black. Unfortuately, white's growing inititative starting move 19 has resulted in the loss of a queen. Oh well, sometimes an accident will happen. 26.Rg7+ Ke8 27.Rxd7 Kxd7 28.exf6 e5 White makes good use of the overloaded bishop on c5 to advance his kingside pawns. 29.Nb3 Bd6 30.Qh7+ Ke6 31.Nd4+ exd4 32.Re1+ Be5 33.Qxc7 1–0
On January 2nd, the 3rd annual Calgary Youth Chess Championship took place at the Calgary Chess Club. There were a total of 17 players participating in the tournament. They were grouped into sections where they battled against players their own age. Winner of each age section will be awarded a medallion, an official Calgary YCC T-shirt, and funding to play at the Alberta Youth Chess Championship. Funding is provided by the Calgary Chess Club.
There were two age sections with one player: Under 8 and Under 18. Even though both of these players won the tournament by default, they played against relatively strong oppositions and performed very well. The Under 8 and Under 18 champions were Ian Zhao and Raymond Ong, respectively. Ian managed to score 2/3 against U10 players, whereas Raymond scored 3/3 against U16 players.
There were 3 players competing in the Under 10 section. The overall winner was John Vaganov, a new player from Russia. John scored flawlessly. The other two players were Albert Lambino and Jonas Alcantara who scored 0/2 and 1/2, respectively.
Winners of the other sections were Diwen Shi (Under 12 Champion), Chenxi Zhao (Under 14 Champion), and Yuekai Wang (Under 16 Champion).
Thanks to all participants for playing the first Calgary tournament of the New Year and congratulation to all the section winners and good luck in Edmonton.
There will be regular chess lesson for youth at the Calgary Chess Club starting January 14th. See Calgary chess club website for details.
Annotations done by NM Roy Yearwood.
YueKai Wang- Tony Cai
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 This is the Shevesnikov variation of the Sicilian. It features the backward pawn on the d-file and the question of whether black will have enough counter-play to compensate for this weakness. 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qd2 Better is Bd3 or c3. 11...Bg5 Diagram
12.Ne3 0–0 13.0–0–0 This is an aggressive plan for white. 13...Qb6 14.h4 Bh6 15.Be2 Be6 16.g4 Bf4 17.Kb1 Na5 18.c3 Rfd8 19.Bf3 Black has comfortable position because of white's inaccuracy on move 11. 19...Nc4 20.Naxc4 Bxc4 21.Nxc4 bxc4 22.Qc2 a5 23.Rdg1 Rdb8 24.g5 Better is a4. 24...Rb7 25.Ka1 a4 26.a3 Rab8 27.Rb1 Diagram
Unfortuately, black lost on time. After Qc5 with the idea of Rb3, black has small but persistant initiative. I guess you have to play theoretical position quickly to avoid time pressure. 1-0
Zeling Li- Nicholas Lee
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bxf7+?? This is a terrible error. White should know better. If you going to play theoretical openings, you should know what to do. 5...Kxf7 6.Qf3+ Ke8 7.Nh3 Nc6 8.e6 dxe6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Qf7+ Kd8 11.0–0?? Qxg5 12.d4 Qf6 13.Qh5 cxd4 14.Bg5 White tries to play like Tal but does not know enough about the principles required to play in this manner. 14...Qg6 15.Qxg6 hxg6 0–1
Stanley Wang-Raymond Ong
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bd6 7.h3 0–0 8.Bd3 Better is Re8. 8...Nbd7 9.0–0 Qc7 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 Qxg3 While black has won a pawn, he has lost some control of his kingside's light squares and control the b1–h7 diagonal. White must act quickly as the pawn plus will soon tell. 14.Re2 Nh5 Better would have been 14. Ne2 in order to transfer the knight to the kingside. Also, it makes way for the pawn to go to c4 for some initiative in the center. 15.Qe1!? Qxe1+ 16.Raxe1 Nf4 17.Re3 Nxd3 18.Rxd3 Nf6 19.Rde3 Better might be Be6 closing e-file. One of the way to win when you're up material is to shut down all of your opponent's counter-play. 19...Rb8 20.Na4 Ne4 This is an easy position for black to play. He can make different mis-steps, but because of his material superiority and pawn plus and solid position, white finds it very hard to make an impression in order to gain counter-play. 21.Ne5 f6 22.Nd3 Bd7 23.Nac5 Bf5 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.c3 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Rfe8 27.Rde3 Kf7 28.g4 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Re8 30.Rxe8 Kxe8 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Ke3 Ke6 33.b4 b6 34.a4 a5 35.bxa5 bxa5 36.Kf3 f5 37.gxf5+ Kxf5 0–1
Diwen Shi-Nicholas Lee
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 This is the Torre attack. This is an excellent opening for white. The former Alberta Champion for youth, Richard Wang, make this a standard part of his opening theory. This opening poses some difficult problems for juniors. 3...c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.e4 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Re1 Rc8 10.Bf1 d5 11.h3 cxd4 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 Better is e5 according to Diwen Shi. 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.e5 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Bg5 16.Nb3 Qd7 17.Bd3 Rc7 18.h4 Be7 Nicholas is outplaying Diwen quite easily thus far. 19.Nd4 f6 20.Qh5 g6? Better is f5. g6 gives white at least a draw, but of course, he wants more. 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Qxg6+ Kh8 23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Re3 Bc5 25.Rg3+ Kf7 An unfortuate turn of events for black. Unfortuately, white's growing inititative starting move 19 has resulted in the loss of a queen. Oh well, sometimes an accident will happen. 26.Rg7+ Ke8 27.Rxd7 Kxd7 28.exf6 e5 White makes good use of the overloaded bishop on c5 to advance his kingside pawns. 29.Nb3 Bd6 30.Qh7+ Ke6 31.Nd4+ exd4 32.Re1+ Be5 33.Qxc7 1–0
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