Lake Superior Chess Association

Ken Ceterski

Sean Nichols

Nathan Kidd

This is the first chess tournament to be held in the Soo for a number of years. It is great to see that Kenn Filikins has established a chess league and has a good core group started in the Soo. The Fall Soo 1998 was an unrated tournament held on Sat. Oct. 24th with a time limit of game in 50 minutes. It was an international event with a number of Canadian players participating. There were four cash prizes awarded: Andrew Peredun (2104), a 18 year old from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, won First Prize with a perfect 4 wins. Terry Rowlinson (also of Sault, ONT) and Rob Roos (Sports Editor from the Sault Evening News and Assistant Director of the Tournament) tied for Second Place. Brian Pahn (a 13 year old from Sault, MI) won the unrated division and played very well.

The league is planning to host two more unrated tournaments before next spring. They run these unrated tournaments with the hope of creating more interest in Chess in the Eastern UP. They may host one in Sault, ONT. Their next 4-round Saturday Tournament will be the end of January or the first of February.

White: Terry Rowlinson (1800)
Black: Andrew Peredun (2100)
Fall Soo Open Round 3 ECO Code A48
Annotation and Notes from Fritz 5.0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Be2 d6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.0-0 c6 out of book 8.c4 Re8 9.Nc3 a6 Covers b5 10.b4 c5 11.bxc5 This push gains space 11...dxc5 12.Rb1 Qa5 13.Qb3 Exerts pressure on the backward pawn 13...Nh5 14.Bh2 cxd4 15.exd4 Nc5 16.Qb4 Qxb4 17.Rxb4 Ne6 18.Nd5 a5 [18...b5 19.g4 Nf6 20.Nb6] 19.Rbb1 Nf6± [19...Ra7 20.Rfe1] 20.Nb6 Ra7 21.Rfd1 Nd7 22.Kf1 Nxb6 23.Rxb6 Rd8 Now all is on d4 24.d5 Nc5 25.Ne5= [25.Rb5!? Nd7 26.Bc7±] 25...Na4 26.Rb3 Bf5 27.Bd3 [27.Re3!?] 27...Bxe5 [27...Nc5!? might be a viable alternative 28.Bxf5 Bxe5 (‹28...gxf5 29.Re3) 29.Bxe5 Nxb3] 28.Bxe5 Nc5 29.Bxf5 [29.Bd4!? is interesting 29...Bxd3+ 30.Rdxd3 Nxd3 31.Bxa7±] 29...Nxb3 30.Bxg6 hxg6 31.axb3 f6= [31...a4 32.bxa4 Rxa4 33.c5] 32.Bc7 Rd7 33.Bb6 Ra8= [33...Ra6 34.c5] 34.c5 [34.Ra1 Ra6 35.Bxa5 e6 36.dxe6 Rxe6=] 34...a4 35.bxa4 Rxa4 36.Ke2 [36.g3 Ra2] 36...Re4+ 37.Kf3 Re5 38.d6 exd6
From here both players were in a time crunch with the "game in 50 minutes" time limit. Both players played quickly without writing down their moves. Black won as White resigned. 0-1

			1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Mark Karki	1174	X	1	1	1	1	4
2	Bob John	1286	0	X	1	1	½	2 ½
3	Gary Gill	1551	0	0	X	1	1	2
4	Laurence Larmie	1036	0	0	0	X	1	1
5	Jim Mitchell	1523	0	½	0	0	X	½

Section 2

No.	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Ken Boyer	1000	X	F0	1	1	1	3
2	Greg Rose	1293	F1	X	0	1	1	3
3	Andy Just	961	0	1	X	F0	1	2
4	John Sleeman	832	0	0	F1	X	1	2
5	Jerry Trewella	589	0	0	0	0	X	0

Dickinson County Scholastic Quads September 26, 1998

Section 1

Section 2

No.	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Andrew Peredun	2104	W4	W5	W2	W6	4
2	Terry Rowlinson	1800	W6	W3	L1	W4	3
3	Robert Roos	1781	W7	L2	W5	B--	3
4	Brad Newman	1500	L1	B--	W6	L2	2
5	Kenn Filkins	1450	B--	L1	L3	W7	2
6	Brian Pahn	unr.	L2	W7	L4	L1	1
7	Tony Fabbri	unr.	L3	L6	B--	L5	1

		1	2	3	4	Total
1	Nathan Larsen	X	1	1	1	3
2	Jake Truitt	0	X	1	½	1½
3	Merrill Dynes	0	0	X	1	1
4	Chien Chen	0	½	0	X	½