A new chess club at the Cowichan Branch of Vancouver Island Regional Library begins on Monday, May 27, 2013. All players, including beginners and children, are welcome. The club will run Monday evenings from 6 to 8 pm sharp.
My chess app has been launched today! You can find it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ches...593013634?mt=8 Levels 1 and 2 are available; level 1 is free, while level 2 is $0.99. More levels to come in the near future!
[Event "Gatineau Open"] [Site "Gatineau, CAN"] [Date "2013.03.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Adriaanse, A"] [Black "Pacey, K"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 a6!? {7...dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 = can occur after 7.Bd3 too.} 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 {9.a4 was possible, when 9...c5 10.Bxc4 transposes to 7...dxc4 etc.} b5 10.Be2 ...
Updated 01-25-2014 at 10:09 PM by Kevin Pacey
[Event "Ottawa Spring Open"] [Site "Ottawa CAN"] [Date "2013.02.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Zhang, Z"] [Black "Pacey, K"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Bd6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bd6 {Reaching a position from the 3...c5 4.exd5 exd5 Tarrasch French where White has in effect played the very quiet move c2-c3 too ...
Updated 01-25-2014 at 10:10 PM by Kevin Pacey
When the smoke cleared top rated GM Gawain Jones (English Chess Champion) captured Hastings with a score of 7.5 / 10. Eight players followed with a score of 7. IM Raja Panjwani withdrew after 8 rounds, but at one time(after 7 rounds) was only 1/2 pt out of 1st. http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/...asters-2012-13