Vancouver Rapid League starts!

​Port Coquitlam Chess Club Team played its round 1 match in the Vancouver Rapid Chess League. We had a new line-up with two players getting their first taste of league play. After winning the first round 2-1, the team fell 2.5-6.5 to Vancouver Chess School Team 1.

​We are still looking for new team members! Please sign up.

​I played in the first round against CM Kevin Low. With a time control of 15 10 it's good to keep it simple. After winning an exchange and finding myself without play, I found the correct solution. Returning the exchange exposed White's pawns.

[Event "Van Rapid League"]
[Site "Columbia College"]
[Date "2016.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "CM Kevin Low"]
[Black "NCM Vas Sladek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Vas,Sladek"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Qb4 {( Qd8 but this
is rapid...)} 7. a3 Qb6 8. Bg2 Bf5 9. Rb1 e6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Qd2
O-O 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. b4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Re2
Rac8 19. Rbe1 Qc6 20. Bh3 Bf6 21. Qd3 Qc4 22. Rd1 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc4 24. c3 Nb6
25. Bd2 Rc6 26. Bg2 Rec8 27. h4 Na4 28. Ree3 Nb2 29. Bf1 Nxd3 30. Bxd3 {
(Black is up an exchange but has no real play)} a6 31. a4 R6c7 32. Re1 Re7 33.
f4 Rec7 34. Kg2 Rxc3 19 {(Finally Black gets this in, the only way to fight.
White's pawns are weak.)} 0-1

L-R: Deivy Bastida, NCM Vas Sladek (Captain), Brent McLean, Evgeni Basko