BCCF Bulletin 264 Ready

BCCF Bulletin
Issue 264 just arrived in my mailbox. To follow BC chess-subscribe. 

Here are examples of BC chess Ashley Tapp's Youtube Chanel. 

BC Open 2013
This tournament was run by Victoria Chess - Roger Patterson and Paul Le Blanc. 



Grand Pacific Open 2012

Canadian Junior Championship 2009

A glimpse into the past.

Hart House Summer Open 2009(Video)

I stumbled on this today.

Hart House Open
Video documents the round by round action in the 2009 Hart House Summer Open played in Toronto Canada on July 3,4,5, 2009. The tournament broke the targeted 120 participants, resulting to a successful fund raising campaign.



The winner of the tournament is FM Igor Divljan 2384 scoring 4.5 points in 5 games. This is a FIDE rated event. DOP is B. Lamb.

Kasparov-FM Marc Ghannoum(CAN)

Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov participates in a fundraiser in Naples, Fl. After dispatching 12 patients in a simul, he defeats Marc Ghannoum in a 2-game blitz match

Quick Games with Mate-Youtube

The Quick Mates
Posted on Chesstalk by Hans Jung

Chess: New York City's Trendiest Game

From ChessTalk(Posted by Kerry Liles)

Ashley Tapp-Youtube

Fundraising and Promotion Canadian Style
Ashley Tapp hard at work...




Windsor gets in the Youtube act too
Forest Glade resident Rohan Talukdar, 8.

GM Bator Sambuev Background

Background and Bio
Canadian Champion GM Bator Sambuev is extremely active as a player, participating in virtually every Canadian tournament.

Interview by FM Goldenberg

• Sambuev the teacher.
• Learning to be a teacher.
• Other  topics. 

Bio Data
Sambuev won the 2012 Canadian Closed with 8.5/9.
See CCC2012 and chess-results CCC 2012

Rg.		Name	FED	ELO	Province	Pts.
1	GM	SAMBUEV Bator	CAN	2523	QC	8.5
2	GM	KOVALYOV Anton	CAN	2605	QC	7
3	IM	NORITSYN Nikolay	CAN	2472	ON	6
	IM	GERZHOY Leonid	CAN	2448	ON	6
	FM	WANG Richard	CAN	2338	AB	6
	CM	GUSEV Nikita	CAN	2117	ON	6
7	FM	HAMILTON Robert	CAN	2305	ON	5.5
		QIN Zi Yi (joey)	CAN	2198	ON	5.5
		HUMPHREYS Michael	CAN	2179	ON	5.5
10	IM	HEBERT Jean	CAN	2410	QC	5
	FM	JIANG Louie	CAN	2337	QC	5
	FM	PECHENKIN Vladimir	CAN	2334	AB	5
		KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita	CAN	2204	QC	5
		SONG Michael	CAN	2154	ON	5
15	IM	PANJWANI Raja	CAN	2394	ON	4.5
	FM	MILICEVIC Goran	CAN	2287	ON	4.5
	FM	KHASSANOV Marat	CAN	2273	QC	4.5
		MASSE Hugues	CAN	2232	QC	4.5
		DERRAUGH Geordie	CAN	2097	ON	4.5

From Canadianchess

• 2012 Top rated Canadian at Year-end
• 2012 Represented Canada at Olympiad
• 2012 Canadian Champion
• 2011 Top rated Canadian at Year-end
• 2011 Highest rated Canadian ever with CFC rating of 2753 (May, after Canadian Championship)
• 2011 Canadian Champion
• 2010 Top rated Canadian at Year-end
• 2010 Highest rated Canadian ever with CFC rating of 2726
• 2010 First Canadian with CFC rating of 2700
• 2009-10 Winner, Eastern Ontario Chess Association Grand Prix
• 2007 2nd place, Canadian Open Championship
• 2007 Arrived Canada
• 2006 Awarded Grandmaster title

Giving a Simul

(No description available). 

Quebec Class Ch 2013 fqechecs
Here is a game from Sambuev, the tournament winner with 4.5/5. Second was Hambleton, a young star on the rise.

#	Name	Rating	Pts.
1	SAMBUEV Bator	2576	4.5/5
2	HAMBLETON Aman	2370	4.0
3	KLEINMAN Michael	2288	3.5/5
4	STURT Raven	2283	3.5/4
5	DUMONT Félix	2121	3/5
6	MacKINNON Keith	2316	3/5
7	NICULA Marius	2207	3/5

Sambuev,Bator (2576) - Dumont,Felix (2121) 
King’s Indian 9.Ne1[E99]
Championnat par classe du Québec A Montreal CAN (4.2), 20.01.2013

Position 1
The position is sharp. What do  you recommend for white?

White to Play

30...Kh8

IM Bindi Cheng Barkducky Video

The latest video from IM Bindi Cheng(CAN) on his Barkducky Youtube channel.

Orlova on Youtube

Orlova on Youtube BeautyandChessGeek Channel