2023 Victoria Regional, Day Six: Saturday, April 22

Brain Warmup Department: Filling

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. Filling gives you a grid of cells, some of which have digits in them. When the puzzle is solved, all of the cells will have a digit in them, and each cell will be part of a connected group (diagonally adjacent cells are NOT connected) with exactly the same number of cells as the digit. This means that a "1" will be a complete group and not adjacent to any other "1", a "2" will be connected to a second two, a "3" will be part of a 3-cell group, etcetera. Different groups with the same digit in their cells will never be adjacent. Solving strategy: Corners and sides are good places to start, looking for possible groups of cells with the same number. It is rare, but possible, that you will have to add a new group that does not have a cell among the initial hints. 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 56sec)
	Medium puzzle (McBruce's time: 5min 5sec)
	Tricky puzzle (McBruce's time: 5min 26sec)

Saturday (Day Six) Event Schedule

ALERT: Start Times Change to 10am and 3pm Today — NO Evening Session.

Morning-Afternoon Events (10:00pm, 3:00pm)

Saturday Canada Goose Round-Robin Teams: Two session team game, 4-6 players on a team, short matches scored in IMPs. All teams will play a round-robin or Swiss Teams within their bracket.

Bracketed, by team average into brackets of 6-9 teams.
Masterpoints: Gold points for overalls, red points for match awards.  Lower brackets may have part-gold, part-red for overalls, based on masterpoints.
Victoria 2019 winners (50 teams in a Compact Knockout Teams):
Bracket I: Eric Pan - William Ge, Burnaby BC; David Hu - Jack Lee, Richmond BC
Bracket II: Caleb Meyer - Egil Kolsto - Brian Hammerschmidt - Robert Bradford, Victoria BC
Bracket III: Bruce Boan - Peggy Boan, Mill Bay BC; Giff Kassebaum - James Kassebaum, Sonoita AZ
Bracket IV: Darlene Carolsfeld - Marcia Taylor - Maureen Steele, Nanaimo BC; Shirley Charters, Duncan BC

Friday-Saturday Magnolia Knockout Teams (began Friday afternoon): 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

Saturday 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 (22, 22 tables):
A: Constance McAvoy - James McAvoy, Victoria BC
B: Janis Parker - Nick Parker, Delta BC
C: Robert Cheeseman - Jonathan Gage, Victoria BC

Saturday 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 (22, 22 tables):
7: Eleanor Calder - Linda Ellis, Victoria BC
3: Al Romanchuk - Natalie Williams, Victoria BC
1: Gillian Mouat - Jo Albinati, Victoria BC

Morning-only Events (10:00am)

Saturday Morning Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Morning Side Game Series (5th of 5).

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: (14½ tables):
A, B: Susan Foley, Sidney BC; Andrea Miller, Victoria BC
C: Deborah Stewart, Pincher Creek AB; Peggy Pepper, Victoria BC

Morning Side Game Series Winnner: Marv Norden, Peachland BC

Saturday 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, 7 tables):
D, E, F: Lynne Urner - Anne Didmon, Victoria BC

Afternoon-only Events (3:00pm)

Tuesday Afternoon Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Afternoon Side Game Series (5th of 5).

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: (21 tables):
A, B: Debbie Wastle - Delma Murray, Victoria BC
C: Susan Foley, Sidney BC; Andrea Miller, Victoria BC

Afternoon Side Game Series Winnners: Glenn Chee - David Ow, Salinas CA

Saturday 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, 10 tables):
D: Susan Johnson, Sturgeon County AB; Mary Souliere, Edmonton AB
E, F: Barbara Walter - Murray Walter, Swift Current SK; tied with Anne Didmon - Lynne Urner, Victoria BC

Other Day Six Winners from Victoria 2019

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

Saturday Evening Swiss Teams: (26 teams):
A: Keith Dowdall, Victoria BC; Ross Amann, Colts Neck NJ; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Dick Vission, North Saanich BC
B: Clare Christiansen - Mardi Dennis, Oak Harbor WA; Mary Carlson, Marysville WA; Susanne Thomas, Coupeville WA
C: Denis Powers - Jutta Jealouse - Michael Moore - Darrel Jones, Kamloops BC

Friday-Saturday Morning Swiss Teams: (9 teams):
A: Monica Angus - Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC; Jack Lee - Sidney Yang, Richmond BC; William Ge, Burnaby BC
B: John Wolf - David Partridge, Eugene OR; Randy Naef, McMinnville OR; Lawrence Swanson, Monroe WA
C: Sharon McDonald - Phyllis Minielly - Aileen Handyside - Martha Mikalsky, Saskatoon SK

Saturday Evening Side Game: (10 tables):
A, B: Vivian Thickett - Tony Thickett, Powell River BC
C: Margaret Skinner - Esther Wiebe, Victoria BC

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.