2023 Victoria Regional, Day Five: Friday, April 21

Brain Warmup Department: Galaxies

For those of you who used to like the puzzles I printed in the old bulletins, here is a link to an online version: one of the puzzles that I used to feature in the old paper Bulletins, but it is easy to play on a computer as well. Not so easy on a tablet or phone, since most of the puzzles require right-clicks, not easily done in a tablet or phone environment. Galaxiesstarts you off with yet another grid of gray cells, with white dots inside cells or on the borders separating them. Your job is to divide the grid into groups of cells so that each group has a symmetric shape (rotating it 180 degrees creates the same shape) and contains only one white dot at the exact centre of the shape. You'll click on the borders between cells to draw in boundaries between groups, and when a new group is created that fits the rules, the group will be coloured white. However, this shape, while fitting the rules, may not be part of the actual solution, and you may have to adjust the shape later to make other groups also fit! Click on the puzzle you want to try at the right (or the caption below) to go to the page with all the instructions you'll need. These puzzles come from Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection (see below) and there are links there to apps for most devices. You can make puzzles of any size and difficulty level!	Easy puzzle (McBruce's time: 0min 41sec)
	Medium puzzle (McBruce's time: 1min 16sec)
	Tricky puzzle (McBruce's time: 2min 1sec)

Friday (Day Five) Event Schedule

Morning Events (8:45am)

Friday Morning Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Morning Side Game Series (4th of 5, ALERT: tomorrow's begins at 10am).

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 2000+, B: 750 - 2000, C: 0 - 750.
Masterpoints: Mostly red points but gold points for overall winners if they play another session in the Morning Side Game Series, and a chance for gold points for individuals whose two best games in the series are good enough to make the series overalls.
Victoria 2019 winners: (20 tables):
A: Lynda Hirst - Charles Burns, Vancouver WA
B: Myra Crone - James Crone, Sylvan Lake AB
C: John Wood, Blaine WA; David McGraham, Vancouver WA

Friday Morning 299er Pairs: Single session pairs game, matchpoint scoring, for players up to 300 masterpoints.

Strat Limits (by pair average) D: 100 - 300, E: 50 - 100, F: 0 - 50. Both members of a pair must have 300 masterpoints or fewer, even if the average is under 300.
Masterpoints: Red points.
Victoria 2019 winners: (199er Pairs, 12 tables):
D: Gary Kaiway, West Vancouver BC; Kenneth Putt, Sooke BC
E: Gillian Mouat - Jo Albinati, Victoria BC
F: Gail Simpson - Christine Simpson, Victoria BC

Afternoon-Evening Events (1:00pm, 7:00pm)

Friday-Saturday Magnolia Knockout Teams (ALERT: continues Saturday at 10:00 and 3:00): Team game, 4-6 players on a team, 24-board knockout matches scored in IMPs. All teams will play a round-robin or Swiss Teams in each bracket on Friday, with the top four teams in each bracket surviving to play two full matches on day two (with few exceptions, semifinal losers must playoff for third place).

Bracketed, by team average into brackets of 6-9 teams.
Masterpoints: Gold points for teams that make it to day two, red points for other day one match awards. Lower brackets may have part-gold, part-red for overalls, based on masterpoints.
Victoria 2019 winners (44 teams in 3 brackets):
Bracket I: Joan Cremin - Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ; Huub Bertens - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI
Bracket II: Ruth Sidebottom - Gerene Albrecht - Siu Wai Fan, Red Deer AB; Christine Seaville, Victoria BC
Bracket III: Mike Amspacher, Vancouver WA; Heather Dolan, Beaverton OR; Eve Jensen, Abbotsford BC; Gordon Sawyer, Seattle WA

Friday Open Pairs: Two session pairs game, matchpoint scoring.

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 4000+, B: 2000 - 4000, C: 0 - 2000.
Masterpoints: Gold points for overalls and some section tops, other awards are red points. Note that you can win points in the first session that are replaced by a higher overall award after the second: you get the greater of your overall award or the sum of the session awards; not both combined.
Victoria 2019 winners (26, 26 tables):
A: Debbie Mineault - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC
B: Debbie Hargreaves - William Harris, Victoria BC
C: Mark Beduz, Calgary AB; Marla Nickerson, Victoria BC

Friday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs: Two session pairs game, matchpoint scoring.

Strat Limits (by pair average) 7: 500 - 750, 5: 300 - 500, 3: 0 - 300. No individuals over 750 points may play in this event, even if the pair average is below 750.
Masterpoints: Gold points for overalls and some section tops, other awards are red points.  Note that you can win points in the first session that are replaced by a higher overall award after the second: you get the greater of your overall award or the sum of the session awards; not both combined.
Victoria 2019 winners (31, 31 tables):
7: Heather McIntosh, Cowichan Bay BC; Frances Newall, Cobble Hill BC
3: Mike Black, Victoria BC; Paul Retallack, Saanich BC
1: Larraine Smith, North Vancouver BC; Irene Dundon, Vancouver BC

Afternoon-only Events (1:00pm)

Friday Afternoon Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Afternoon Side Game Series (4th of 5, ALERT: tomorrow's game starts at 3pm).

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 2000+, B: 750 - 2000, C: 0 - 750.
Masterpoints: Mostly red points but gold points for overall winners if they play another session in the Afternoon Side Game Series, and a chance for gold points for individuals whose two best games in the series are good enough to make the series overalls.
Victoria 2019 winners: (20 tables):
A: Lynda Hirst - Charles Burns, Vancouver WA
B: Myra Crone - James Crone, Sylvan Lake AB
C: John Wood, Blaine WA; David McGraham, Vancouver WA

Friday Afternoon 299er Pairs: Single session pairs game, matchpoint scoring, for players up to 300 masterpoints.

Strat Limits (by pair average) D: 100 - 300, E: 50 - 100, F: 0 - 50. Both members of a pair must have 300 masterpoints or fewer, even if the average is under 300.
Masterpoints: Red points.
Victoria 2019 winners: (199er Pairs, 12 tables):
D: Gary Kaiway, West Vancouver BC; Kenneth Putt, Sooke BC
E: Gillian Mouat - Jo Albinati, Victoria BC
F: Gail Simpson - Christine Simpson, Victoria BC

Evening-only Events (7:00pm)

Friday Evening Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Morning Side Game Series (5th of 5, no evening session on Saturday!).

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 2000+, B: 750 - 2000, C: 0 - 750.
Masterpoints: Mostly red points but gold points for overall winners if they play another session in the Evening Side Game Series, and a chance for gold points for individuals whose two best games in the series are good enough to make the series overalls.
Victoria 2019 winners: (13 tables):
A: David Hu, Richmond BC; Eric Pan, Burnaby BC
B, C: Mary Frances Bishop - Bud Bishop, Delta BC

Evening Side Game Series Winners: Russell Page - Donald Berry, Victoria BC

Other Day Five Winners from Victoria 2019

Changes in the tournament schedule left some of the 2019 event winners out of the list above:

Friday Evening Swiss Teams: (30 teams):
A: Ernie Tradewell - Brian Fraser - Michael Ainsley, Victoria BC; Sheldon Spier, Chemainus BC; tied with Lee Barton - Lucille Barton, Edmonton AB; Cindy Cossey - Glenn Cossey, Innisfail AB
B, C: Lorna Smith, Victoria BC; Bill Brand - Betty Fenton - Larry Fenton, Calgary AB

Masterpoints for all players are updated nightly here first, with everyone's current red and gold point total listed alphabetically below the leaders, before a shorter leaderboard is added to this page.