January Vancouver Chess Tournament
During the Christmas holiday I won a chess tournament in Vancouver. The result of this event is published at
http://www.chess.bc.ca/Reports/2012%20Jan%20Active%20Results.pdf
My best game of the tournament was my 3rd one. I beat the BC Champion of 2010. Here what happened, you see the position below. I played the winning move Bishop capture the pawn on g3 which allowed my queen to go to h6 on the next move for a quick checkmate.
Gerard Rinaldi 1943-2012
Gerard was not a chess player as far as I know but a talented singer and comic actor from France and a favorite of mine. I greatly sad of hearing of his passing on March 02nd. Gerard reached fame in the 60' and 70' with his humorist band 'Les Charlots' and many of their movies still make me laugh today.
Summer Chess Camps in July
I run many summer chess camps in the Vanc. mainland again this summer
July 09 to 13 at Capilano College (North Vancouver) info: http://www.capcollege.ca/ce or ce 604.984.4901
July 16 to 20 at West Vancouver info: http://www.sd45.bc.ca/ and click on summercamp
July 23 to 27 at St.George`s School (Vancouver) info:
http://www.summeratstgeorges.ca/
July 30 to August 03 at West Vancouver info: http://www.sd45.bc.ca/ and click on summercamp
Interview for the NorthShore Outlook
I have been interviewed on Tuesday May04th, 2010 by the NorthShore Outlook newspaper. This article was published on May 06th 2 days later.
Luc Poitras grew up in Montreal dreaming of playing for the Habs. But by age 8, he realized he was a much better at chess than hockey. So soon, along with idolizing the hockey greats who skated for the Bleu, Blanc et Rouge he began admiring chess grandmasters, especially a Soviet champion named Igor Ivanov who had defected to Montreal. As it turns out, Poitras made the right career choice. For the past 20 years he has been a professional chess instructor and this summer he will be teaching a week-long chess camp for kids at Capilano University. Poitras, interviewed during the second period intermission of the Canadiens-Penguins game on Tuesday, says kids don’t necessarily need a strong mathematical mind in order to excel in the game. “You have to be patient and always have the desire to find what is the best move on the board.” And, perhaps just as importantly, he says “you need a fighting spirit.” “(Chess) is a sport: you need to be a fighter.” During the chess camp, Poitras teaches kids moves from masters like Bobby Fischer and introduces mind-challenging puzzle games. He also deconstructs opening and endgame moves. Chess campers also get a chance for a sports-activity break during the sessions for kids ages 8 to 12, which run from July 5 to 9 from 12:45 to 3:45 p.m. Cost: $145. For more information, go to Capilano University Continuing Education, www.capilanou.ca.
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http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/northshoreoutlook/community/92894254.html
North Shore Elementary Team Ch. 2012 - Results
A great battle bewteen 8 schools at the North Shore Elementary Chess Ch. 2012. Many really exciting moment and it did finish in a dramatic way in a battle of 3 schools (Cedardale/Collingwood and West Bay). Many surprises too as few new school/team with young rookie chess player (from Broosbank/Capilano and Carisbrooke) did give an hard time to the most experienced players. Bravo to the 43 participants. The tournament was held at Brooksbank school.
RESULTS: 1st West Bay 2nd Cedardale 3rd Collingwood 4th Capilano 5/6 Pauline Johnson & Ridgeview 7th Brooksbank 8th Carisbrooke
RESULTS: 1st West Bay 2nd Cedardale 3rd Collingwood 4th Capilano 5/6 Pauline Johnson & Ridgeview 7th Brooksbank 8th Carisbrooke
All-Girls Junior York House 2012
$281 was raised at lunch for the BC Cancer Foundation thx to the Eirew Family for organizing it.
53 Girls at the Annual Sunday Winter Junior Chess, a new record of participation for girls in a weekend tournament in BC. 30 of these girls were students of York House and 23 from 6 others schools in the Mainland.
WINNERS
SECTION GRADE 2
1st Sarah Murray (Collingwood)
2nd Sofia Westergren (York House)
3rd Sarah Tan (York House)
Grade 1
1st Joyce Tang (York House)
2nd Jane Gordon (York House)
3rd Alycia Lo (York House)
GRADE 4
1st Annika Zhou (York House)
2nd Maggie Chen (York House)
3rd Jean Hong (Cedardale) and Lili Yan (Mulgrave)
Grade 3
1st Iris Lee (Vancouver Christian)
2nd Adelyn Lee (Carisbrooke)
3rd Juliana Angel (Cedardale) and Gemma Selby (Cedardale)
SECTION GRADE 5/6
1st Claire Lin (St-John's)
2nd Stephanie Yang (St-John's)
3rd Pepi Eirew (YorkHouse)
