Till 111 1178 Page CONWAY a lot to tell Santa Claus vhocume to M Z Bennett school to see if the kids were behaving themselves Ricky assured Santa that he was a very good Chess mess Tilt Our feature close up this week centres around the two time inner of the championship Steven MacLeod Steve has played in ten major tournaments around Toronto and has been in the prfte money three times The following with his house DP When did learn how to play chess 1 learned the moves ten years ago DP In regards to Georgetown players would you rank yourself in the top three Howim Igoingtosoythis I have the highest rating if thai mean anything DP In acquainting yourself with the game of chess what techniques did use I plaid as often as I could and did a lot of reading DP What openings do consider the strongest I like the ng Gambit for v hi te I v on ivory 1 played with it and for black 1 like Ihc and Petroff defenses DP Which tournament do you consider your n SM I would the 1976 Toronto Open because it s ihire when I achieved m best score DP In who is the world best player I would say Fischer I think he would have had he played him DP Whatboarddidjou and whalwis SM I pJaytd board land I had wins and ldraw DP Where would you rate yourself in regards to the system My current rating is 1461 but I expect that to go at least 60 points higher as a result of my recent tournament play DP What your playing style I like pla fairly aggressively and I don I mind giving or two for an attack DP Who do you find harder lo ploy against the older or the younger players The younger players being under I would say the younger players are harder to piny against because they seem to have more knowledge of the game DP What technitiues do you utilise in learning openings SM I tried to my style Then I would grasp the mam idea rather than memorize the DP Are you going to tart playing in the intermediate section rather than the i section and if how long do you expect to remnn playing there I m going to play the intermediate section from This is Steven playing record tournament w 1 inn GOO All Ontario IIS I 1975 1 AllOntario H 1 Dominion Pay Amateur 1976 Knights of Spring I Toronto Open Ontario Open 1 All Ontario Total 10 1 1 percent Campbell BLACK S MacLeod Opening 1 Probably better 12 NfB3 Pg2gG4 Bg7 d3 6 7 Black development is better 11 Ncl Intending and 13 preventing 13 Ncl Bxe5 ID white thought for over half an hour on this move but 10 fg gave teller chances 16 17 fg Zxd3 IB To B3 after this black has no problems but while was in bad time pressure eh 25 gt 1 tleG 29 g5 Now the win is elementary Kxf6 3D White resigns NOTATION A special feature this week is an of the algebraic notation which is Ihe used to record games in this column The ranks the horiTontnl rows on ihc hoard art numbered from 1 to White first rank being number and black first rank number Theflles theverliclcrowsarc lettered from a toh a being the file of the extreme left from white point of view and on the extreme right Thus any square is designated by a combination letter number While king originally stands on and Hack Queen pawn on To describe a move vou the piece king queen B bishop N knight and the square the piece moves to Thus means a knight moves to the square Todescrlbcnpawn give only the square of arrival If a pawn moves to square you say only are designated with an Thus means a bishop captures a piece on the square Pawns ore again the exception Only their respective files are given Thus el means pawn on captures the pawn a This system Is now the most popular way to a game nil over he world the HEP ALP Home of Hatton Hills Build Your Home With Beaver 8 x 12 Patio Deck Go ahead Id I an ittnclivo pit deck It makes a cozy iroi ta barbecues or jusl Stairs and Railings extra 8x8 Sun Deck 109 All Spruce 8x8 Barn Style Wood Shed 00 Here a complete package of all you need to build this good shed Plans and hardware included 17 Beaver Economy Garage Garage for Ihe do yourselfer Packige includes bluepr nib Features Dolly Varden Sidng Front Gable 00 Sdllioback and a sun dock thai yourself Sun bilbo or use il as gursl irci Plans included 50 8x10 Gable style Wood Shed Beaver Cadet Garage 00 All Spruce Same package as Barn shed different sire and styling All hardware and plans included 199 Front Gable Garage with overhang in choice of sizes Dolly ding 669 00 not shown STORE HOURS 9 a Togs a 6 m Sot a rn 316 Stroot E Georgetown