2019 Ontario HS Championships underway in Toronto -- upset on board 2!

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  • 2019 Ontario HS Championships underway in Toronto -- upset on board 2!

    The 2019 Ontario HS Championships started this morning at the Pantages Hotel in Toronto. About 150 players are competing in three sections for both team and individual awards. The event was first played in 1968, and every year since. A major upset was scored on board 2, see below.
    Lambert Liu (HTS), 2228 -- Thomas Wong (VPCI), 1767
    2019 Ontario HS Championship, Championship section, Toronto, 2019-04-05, rd. 1
    Italian Game
    (Brief comments by Frank Dixon)
    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.h3 Be6 8.Nbd2 d5 9.O-O dxe4 10.dxe4 Qe7 11.Qe2 Rad8 12.Re1 a6 13.Nf1 Rd7 14.Ng3 h6 15.Nh4 Rfd8 16.Nhf5 Qf8
    (White has shaped the game towards a good Closed Spanish formation, but lags somewhat in development against Black's solid and efficient play.)
    17.Bc2 Ne7 18.Qf3 Nxf5 19.Nxf5 c6 20.Nxh6!? gxh6 21.Qxf6
    (Who will take best advantage of the newly opened g-file!?)
    21...Qg7 22.Qh4 Kh7 23.b4 Rg8!
    (Takes over the initiative, despite the pawn minus.)
    24.g4 Be7! 25.Qh5 c5! 26.bxc5 Bxc5 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Rxe3 Rd2! 29.Bb3 Qf6! 30.Rf1 Rb2 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Kg2 Rf8!
    (Black's attack arrives first.)
    33.g5 Rxf2+ 34.Rxf2+ Qxf2+ 35.Kh1 Qf1+ 36.Kh2 Rf2+ 0-1.
    (Very impressive play from the grade 9 student Thomas Wong!)
    Tournament personnel will provide updates and games here.)

  • #2
    We are smoothly into day 2 of the event, with round 5 in progress for Intermediate and Beginner sections, and round 4 for Championship group. I am gathering a selection of interesting games from the top group for posting here.
    Jefrey Xu (2264, Markham District HS) vs Constance Wu (1968, Victoria Park CI)
    2019 Ontario HS Championship, Toronto, 2019-04-05, Championship section, round 2, board 1
    Sicilian, Kopec System, B50
    Brief comments by Frank Dixon)
    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bd3
    (The Kopec System, developed by the late IM Dr. Danny Kopec. The idea is to not only avoid the heavy theory of many mainline Sicilians, but to transform the game away from the Sicilian altogether, in many lines.)
    3...Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.Bc2 Nf6 6.h3 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.a4 d5!?
    (Perhaps premature, but interesting in any case.)
    10.O-O b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Nf1 d4!? 13.Bg5! Qc7 14.Rc1! a6 15.cxd4 cxd4
    (This opens the c-file with advantage to White. Black's position is cramped, so perhaps 15...Nxd4 is better, creating more space for Black's pieces. Black does well after 16.Nxd4 exd4!? 17.e5 Nd7!, since 18.f4 is met with 18...Qc6! White has other possibilities, of course. White transformed the game into a Closed Spanish setup, which was not Black's intent. Black now has trouble finding an effective middlegame plan.)
    16.Bb3! Qd7 17.N1d2 Nh5 18.Nc4! Qc7 19.Bd2! Qd8 20.Na3 Rc8 21.Bd5! Ba8 22.Nc4 Re8
    (White has a clear advantage due to Black's time-wasting queen moves.)
    23.Qb3! Qc7 24.Nxb6! Bb7
    On 24...Rb8 25.Ba5! and White will pressure f7 and c6.)
    25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc2 1-0.


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    • #3
      Hello: I have several more games from this event, but while playing through the scoresheets after returning home, I have discovered problems with many of them. I am making progress, and as I solve the errors, I will be posting the games to chess5.com. The event was very successful for 2019. Cheers, Frank Dixon, NTD, Kingston, co-Chief Arbiter, 2019 OHSCC.

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