Chess Manitoba
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A blog for Chess activities in Manitoba, particularly Chess in Winnipeg.
Chess Manitoba
3M ago
some future blogger was awarded first place in a chess tournament (1973 Winnipeg High School Chess Tournament) . How time flies !
From the Winnipeg Free Press, December 31, 1973, pg. 3.
I was quite fortunate that the best player that year, Jeff Babb, was upset by Chris Cooley sometime in a middle round. Thus I didn't have to play Jeff, and I beat Cooley in the 8th and final round. I scored 6.5 -1.5 (3 draws) and if I recall correctly I was awarded the trophy on tiebreak over Paul O'Leary and Jeff Babb. I also seem to recall there were over 80 players (84 apparently from the cli ..read more
Chess Manitoba
7M ago
From the Winnipeg Free Press
White to move and mate in 2 (Sparke)
1.Nf4 ..read more