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Ian
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 Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:32 am Post subject: Ian MacKay |
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Older hands will remember Ian MacKay, one of Scotland's top juniors and our top board back in the '80s. Ian seemed set for a promising chess career (FIDE Master, 2300+) and played for Scotland in the 1990 chess olympiad, but dropped out of the game altogether. Well, he’s now playing again, having scored 5½/9 at the recently-finished Canadian Open in Edmonton. He is listed as SCO/BC, 2328, so must be living somewhere in British Columbia and has obviously lost none of his ability.
Nice to see him back at the board. Would be even nicer to see him back at the club! |
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George Thomson
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: Ian MacKay |
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| Ian wrote: |
Older hands will remember Ian MacKay, one of Scotland's top juniors and our top board back in the '80s. Ian seemed set for a promising chess career (FIDE Master, 2300+) and played for Scotland in the 1990 chess olympiad, but dropped out of the game altogether. Well, he’s now playing again, having scored 5½/9 at the recently-finished Canadian Open in Edmonton. He is listed as SCO/BC, 2328, so must be living somewhere in British Columbia and has obviously lost none of his ability.
Nice to see him back at the board. Would be even nicer to see him back at the club! |
I recently played a Canadian chap on the Chess Knot internet site who informed me during our chit chat that it was Ian who had taught him to play. He was delighted to be playing someone from Cumbernauld. |
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ronniewallace
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Ian MacKay |
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| George Thomson wrote: |
I recently played a Canadian chap on the Chess Knot internet site who informed me during our chit chat that it was Ian who had taught him to play. He was delighted to be playing someone from Cumbernauld. |
Seems as though he started up a chess club in Chilliwack from the article below.
| Chilliwack Newsletter wrote: |
The Chilliwack Chess Club completed its "1st Annual Bob Burden Memorial Chess Tournament" yesterday.
The overall winners of the tournament were:
Open Adult Division Champion: Ian Mackay of Yarrow
Open Junior Division Champion: David Mackay (Ian's son)
Ian Mackay a former British Junior Chess Champion displayed his exceptional skills and managed to not lose a single game in the tournament.
It was fitting that his Son David won the Junior Division as he appears to be following in his fathers footsteps.
The top 4 finishers in the Open Adult Division after Ian Mackay were Mike Bilodeau of Yarrow, Tristan Chappell of Chilliwack, Michael Broekhuizen of Greendale and Karoly Dancs of Yarrow.
It should be noted that Karoly Dancs placed 4th in the tournament even after only having competed in half of the tournament as he had to unexpectedly leave which demonstrates his true skill of the game.
Everyone that competed in the tournament ended up being a winner though as they were all treated to a delicious chocolate cake made from scratch by Heidi Bilodeau.
Thanks goes out to all players who participated and the CCC is looking forward to future events and new members.
Chilliwack Chess Club "Memorial For Bob" Tournament
The Chilliwack Chess Club will be holding it's First Annual Bob Burden Memorial
The young-at-heart teaching the young
Tournament this week on Thursday March 12th.
The Chilliwack Chess Club has been active for 1½ years. The club was founded by Ian Mackay and currently run by both Mackay
and Mike Bilodeau and they meet every Thursday night from 6-8pm at the Yarrow Community Hall located at 4670 Community Street in Yarrow.
A player's skill at the game depends on how long they have been studying and playing the game of chess.
"Our players experience with the game of chess varies from 1 year to 40 plus years experience playing chess says Bilodeau,
Club attendance varies he says, "Some nights there are 6 players and other nights a dozen show up. "
Bilodeau reminisces about learning chess from his father, who like many, take the game seriously and relentlessly drilled moves
like the "Ruy Lopez, Queen's Gambit and The Sicilian Defense" into his young head.
If you thought you knew all there was to know about chess, think again. There are hundreds of chess game words and terms.
Bob was an avid chess player that never missed a night of chess since our club was opened. He passed away this year and
is missed by all at the club. Club member Mike Bilodeau says, "The tournament for Bob just came up as he just passed
away and its his birthday so we thought that it only made sense to do it now. Chess was his life and we often can hear
him when we are at the club. He had a great sense of humor so even today after he is no longer with us we can and often
comment about oh Bob would have said this or Bob would have liked this or that. It is scary how quickly someone can leave us.
I have been very lucky in my life and have not had to deal with death often. His passing really hit me hard as it was totally
unexpected. It made me appreciate my family a lot more. I made sure that I said I love you much more often since then.
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I was actually in Chilliwack back in May 2007 as one of my mum's cousins moved there from Coquitlam! |
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George Thomson
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:34 am Post subject: Post subject |
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Far out Ronnie. 
It is amazing how things develope sometimes.
I would not be surprised to learn that his son David was named after our very own David Johnstone. They were good friends throughout school I believe. |
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Ian
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Small world.
Ridiculously small. |
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