2017 Bowser Builders Results

The 2017 Bowser Builders Chess Tournament was successfully completed on Sunday at the Bowser Legion Hall starting at 9 o,clock in the morning.  There were 25 contestants from as far as Campbell River to Victoria on the Island and Surrey and Burnaby on the mainland and one contestant returning from New Zealand. 

After four rounds there was a tie for first place between two brothers from Surrey John and Joshua Doknjas.  They played a sudden death blitz round of five minutes each to break the tie.  That game was a draw so they played a second blitz game that the eldest brother John finally won.  There was a tie too for the junior round between William Landstrom and Neil Doknjas.  A blitz game between those two settled Neil Doknjas as the winner of the under 16 section.  Victoria Doknjas won as the top lady in the tournament making a clean sweep of the tournament by the Doknjas family of Surrey.  Organizers wish to thank Bowser Builders for the tournament prizes and many volunteers who helped to set up and take down the tournament equipment and the running of the tournament.

Revenues from this tournament have been used to donate $100 US to the Queen of Katwe College fund in the name of the Bishops of Bowser and Bowser Builders Supply.

Group Photo (Dave and Victoria Doknjas photography)
1. front row left to right: Victoria Jung Doknjas, Jeffrey Harrison, John Doknjas, Mac Snobelen of Bowser Builders, Robert McFetridge, Neil Cruden, Paul Leblanc, Peter Zingeler
2. second row: Mike Standford, Fritz Kreis, Gene Butland, Jack Friesen, Phil Boyle, Roger Patterson, Mark Dutton, Jamie Campbell, Dave Wilson, Frank O'Brien
3. back row: Callum Lehingrat, William Landstrom, Patrick Huang, Neil Doknjas, Joshua Doknjas and Mikayla Faria

     Lucette Fuerst and Gary Russell missing from group photo.

Winners Photo (Dave and Victoria Doknjas photography, Louise Leblanc photographer)  

from left: Dave Doknjas parent, Victoria Jung Doknjas parent and winner of the Ladies trophy and prize, Neil Doknjas winner of the under 16 years section, Joshua Doknjas winner of the second place prize in the regular open section and John Doknjas winner of the first place prize and trophy for the regular open section.  Robert McFetridge presenting from the Bishops of Bowser.    More tournament photos

SwissSys Standings - 9th Bowser Builders Open 2017

Thanks to Mark Dutton for transcription of the final Standings Report and apologies to Mikayla Faria for reversing her names and Fritz Kreis for reversing his vowels again.

Round 1 Board 1 - J. Doknjas v P. Boyle 1-0

An interesting game (black playing king's Indian defense) that ran down to less than 2 minutes on each player's clock.  Time being short was probably a factor for both players but the more experienced player John persevered.

1 d4 nf6  2 c4 g6    3  nc3 bg7  4 e4 0-0  5 nf3 d6  6 be2 e5  7 0-0 nc6  8 be3 a5  9 d5 ne7 10 nd2 h6 11 c5 nh7  12 nc4 f5 13 f3 f4  14 bf2 g5 15 cxd6 cxd6 16 nb6 rb8  17 nxc8  rxc8 18 rc1 nf6  19 nb5 qd7 20 na7 rxc1  21 qxc1 g4 22 bb6 gxf3 23 gxf3  qh3  24 qc7  rf7 25 qxd6 bf8 26 qe6 qh5  27 rf2 kh8  28 kh1 nh7  29 bc7 ng5 30 bxe5+  bg7  31 bxg7+ rxg7 32 qf6 ng6  33 rf1??  qh3?? (missing the winning 33 . . . nxe4 for black).

The Bishops of Bowser and Bowser Builders Supply are hosting the 9th Annual Chess Tournament in Bowser at the Bowser Legion.  As always there will be four rounds with each player having a 45 minute time control and a 5 second increment for each move.  The first round begins at 9 am so get there by 8:30 to check in and find your first opponent.  The other rounds begin at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm.  Awards will be presented immediately after the final round.  Refreshments are available across the highway at TOMM's food village and at the Bean Counter.

You are invited to register for the August 13, 2017 open chess tournament sponsored again by Bowser Builders Supply at the Bowser Legion Hall. Once again our sponsors at Bowser Builders Supply are funding some great prizes from Chess Bazaar in Mohali India. Again this year we have ordered two sets that commemorate Bobby Fischer's achievements in the 1970s.  The first place prize is a Dubrovnik set in boxwood and sheesham that Fischer obtained in Russia that was a replica of the set created for the 9th Chess Olympiad in 1950 in Dubrovnik Croatia.  Fischer was quoted saying it was the best set he had ever played with.  On Bobby Fischer's special request a chess collector provided this chess set for the 1992 Fischer–Spassky rematch held at Sveti Stefan.  The second place set is an ebonized boxwood set in the Reykjavik design used in 1972 tournament.  Both of these sets have 3.75 inch kings and are heavily weighted.  Ladies and Junior winners will receive Conqueror pieces purchased from the Chess Store in Portland.

As always our registration fee is only $20 for early-bird registration to attract top players and club players alike from all over Vancouver Island and overseas too.  After August 5 registration will cost $25 and at the door on the 13th registration will be $30.  Once again we are inviting all ladies and any rated player 2000 and above to play for free.

Local Hospitality

Regarding accommodation, there are many B&Bs and AirB&B in the Bowser area.  I cannot recommend one over any others.  For breakfast the Sandbar Cafe to the south in Qualicum Bay is open on Sunday at 8 am and in Bowser the Brew Cafe (formerly the Bean Counter) is also open at 8 am and they inform me they offer a breakfast sandwich with egg, cheese and ham.

Tournament Publicity in the Local Parksville Qualicum Beach News

Tournament Details

• Sunday August 13 at the Bowser Legion Hall
• Four rounds beginning at 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm
• Time control is G/45 minutes with a 5 second increment for each move (modified Fischer D increment after)
  
• Tournament is unrated and open to all
• Ties will be settled with a 5 minute sudden-death blitz round
• Players will have a 15 minute grace period before the game is forfeited 
  
• We follow the policies of the Victoria Grand Pacific Tournament for refusal of entry, refunds, byes, forfeits, electronics and merchandise.  Please read the FIDE Rules of Rapid Chess Tournaments effective July 1 2017, below or visit the Fide Page.
• Tournament chess clocks are Saitek Competition Pro III.  To learn about the use of this clock please download the manual for this clock.
  
• Tournament Director is Robert McFetridge (NA pending). 
• contact at mcfetridge@shaw.ca for PayPal invoice to register or call at 250 757-8709

please complete this on-line registration

Primary Prizes

Historical Designs Commemorating Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972 and the 19th Chess Olympiad in 1950

 1st Place Prize - Dubrovnik chess pieces in boxwood and sheesham

See the original Dubrovnik pieces

Bobby Fischer talks about the Dubrovnik pieces (includes rant about Jews)

2nd Place Prize - Reykjavik chess pieces in boxwood

Sheesham box included for each set

visit the description of the Dubrovnik set here:     visit the description of the Reykjavik set here:

Prizes are also awarded to the top lady and to the top player 15 years and under.

Plastic weighted Conqueror style pieces from The Chess Store in Portland

Pre-registered Players

FIDE Rules of Rapid Chess

Irregularities and penalties in the FIDE Rules for Rapid Chess are severe.  It is the responsibility of each player to know what constitutes an illegal move.  A single violation reported by an opponent or observed by the arbiter will result in forfeiture of the game.  Your arbiter is responsible to ensure fair play to both players in each game and because the prizes have significant value he has little leeway for interpretation of these rules.  We are aware that a dispute in a Winnipeg tournament was appealed to civil court and decided in favour of the appellant.  Rules will be strictly applied in this tournament (except as in Appendix A.3). Though we have not had significant problems with disputes in previous tournaments we want to take all steps to avoid problems in the future.