BY the time this edition comes out, we will have played six rounds the Bermuda FIDE Rated Tournament at the Chess Club. Once it is completed, every competitor will end up with a FIDE rating. This tournament already has six rated players and four who are not. The rated players, according to the FIDE ratings web site, are:

Phil Shadick: 1935

Bobby Miller: 1869

Sami Lill: 1764

Nigel Chudleigh: 1719

Ezra Turner: 1717

Frank Ming: 1681.

Seeking a FIDE rating from this tournament are Alvin Amore, Gary Cooper, Larry Ebbin and Kumi Bradshaw.

There are a few players who have missed a round, but they can catch up in this “all-play-all”, tournament.

Ezra Turner (pictured) was the winner of the Kemper Memorial Tournament last year. It was unfortunate that he was not able to receive the trophy because the winner a year before left Bermuda taking it with him (it depicted a Viking slaying a dragon and was symbolic of Eric Kemper — a lovely trophy but now long gone.)

Turner also shared a prize in the Under-1800 category in the Bermuda International Open in 2002. He learned how to play chess 20 years ago and has also taken part in a few tournaments at the Chamber of Commerce, where we hold our local club.

Here is one of his games (taken from this FIDE Rated Tournament). It is from round four when he played against Kumi Bradshaw. Bradshaw is playing White and Turner playing Black.

In Diagram 1, Turner could have won a pawn with a decoy 19. . . . Nxf4 20. Qxf4 then Qxh5.

Here in Diagram 2, the same pawn was captured but this time it cost Bradshaw a rook. Also if the rook goes to g3 then the queen is lost with a knight fork Ne2+.

So Bradshaw gave up a rook for a knight.

Kumi Bradshaw - White

Ezra Turner - Blac>

Bermuda FIDE Rated Tournament 2007:

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In last week’s two puzzles White is to move and mates in two. In Puzzle 1, Qxc7 was the key move. Black has nine choices but none stops mate. In Puzzle 2, Bishop moves g3 and Black has five choices but does not stop checkmate.