Annotated Game: Jay Serdula va Wayne Coppin (Apr 16, 2012)

This is an annotated game by the winner of Board 1, Wayne Coppon, against Jay Serdula on Round 4 of the 2012 Peter Sibbald Spring Open. Check it out:

Chess Club Monday April 30th - Circular Chess

According to our Chess Club blog, Monday is: "the Pizza Party. Please come at 6:30 pm to enjoy pizza, fun games, and trophies to be awarded to winners."

On the way out after last Monday's meeting, I commented that in the spirit of "fun games", I should bring my circular chess set!


Circular Chess involves 4 teams of players, each playing with two sets, set up back-to-back, and playing in opposite directions!


This had some people intrigued, and also suggestions that I distribute the rules before Monday night!


Attached are a picture of the board, and a copy of the instruction sheet. - Please note that this game was marketed to teachers under the tradename "Pi",  as an educational resource. The instructions therefore often refer to Pi, students, and a classroom, but I reckon you should be able to adapt to this if you can cope with the rest of the game.

Ontario Chess Challenge 2012

The results for the Ontario Chess Challenge last Sunday April 22 are now posted on the Chess 'N Math ratings website. You can check it out here: http://www.chesstalk.com/elo/pub/scr/tournois.php?no=7894

Peter Sibbald Spring Open - 2012

Congratulations to Wayne Coppin on winning the 2012 Peter Sibbald Spring Open with a score of 4.5/5, a whole point above the second place winners. This is the last tournament of the season. We'll see you at the year-end pizza party. Have a great summer!

#	Name	Rating	Rd. 1 3/19	Rd. 2 3/26	Rd. 3 4/2	Rd. 4 4/16	Rd. 5 4/23	Total
1	Peter Sibbald (2nd)	2084	B+8	W+6	B-4	W+14	B=2	3.5
2	Azroy Kandan (2nd)	1906	W+10	B-5	W+11	B+7	W=1	3.5
3	Jay Serdula	1853	B+11	=BYE	=BYE	W-4	B=6	2.5
4	Wayne Coppin (1st)	1826	W+12	B+7	W+1	B+3	W=5	4.5
5	Sid Anjilvel (2nd)	1685	B+14	W+2	B-6	W+8	B=4	3.5
6	Dave Gordon (2nd)	1684	W+15	B-1	W+5	B+9	W=3	3.5
7	Harry Jordan	1600	B+17	W-4	B+13	W-2	W+10	3.0
8	John Lukezich	1526	W-1	B+15	W+10	B-5	W=9	2.5
9	Jeff Mann	1453	-BYE	W+17	B-14	W-6	B=8	1.5
10	Brian Murray	1443	B-2	W+13	B-8	W+16	B-7	2.0
11	David Chan	1373	W-3	B+16F	B-2	W-13	W+15	2.0
12	Chris Hargreaves	1370	B-4	W-14	B-16	B+15	W+17	2.0
13	Roman Polywkan	1350	W+16	B-10	W-7	B+11	W+14	3.0
14	Alex Chan	1243	W-5	B+12	W+9	B-1	B-13	2.0
15	Arman Azroy	1219	B-6	W-8	B+17	W-12	B-11	1.0
16	David Greenland	1200	B-13	W-11F	W+12	B-10	+BYE	2.0
17	Huxley Anjilvel	1136	W-7	B-9	W-15	+BYE	B-12	1.0

CXR Cross Tables are located here: http://www.cxrchess.com/WC857.html