2023 Victoria Regional, Day Two: Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Brain Warmup Department: Rectangles

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. Rectangles, gives you a grid of cells, some of which contain numbers; your objective is to divide the grid into rectangles of various sizes so that each rectangle contains exactly one numbered square which is the number of cells in that rectangle. Remember that squares are specific types of rectangles: a '16' could be a 4x4 rectangle. Strategies: look for numbers that can only be one shape; larger such numbers may have only a few ways to fit without overlapping another numbered cell. 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 48sec)
	Medium puzzle (McBruce's time: 0min 46sec)
	Tricky puzzle (McBruce's time: 2min 33sec)

Tuesday (Day Two) Event Schedule

Morning Events (8:45am)

Tuesday Morning Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Morning Side Game Series (1st 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: (15 tables):
A: Ralph Wilhelmi, Olympia WA; Marv Norden, Peachland BC
B, C: Susan Foley, Sidney BC; Peggy Pepper, Victoria BC

Tuesday 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: Ian Gilhooley, Vancouver BC; Karen Tomkins, Burnaby BC
E: Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC; Dolores Johnson, Brentwood Bay BC
F: Gordon Cairns - Jeannette Zagwyn, Powell River BC

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

Tuesday Bald Eagle 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 (72 teams in a traditional Tuesday-Wednesday Knockout Teams):
Bracket I: Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Peter Herold, Namaimo BC
Bracket II: David Todd - Axie Millar - Paul Flanagan, Victoria BC; Barrie Turnham, Comox BC
Bracket III: Paul Reitsma - Roger Taylor - Lorna Tinney - Paul Tinney, Parksville BC
Bracket IV: Jon Preston - Marc Furnemont - Jonathan Gage - Robert Cheeseman, Victoria BC
Bracket V: Don Guichon - Carroll Guichon, White Rock BC; Mary Frances Bishop - Bud Bishop, Delta BC

Monday-Tuesday Cherry Blossom Knockout Teams (began Monday evening): 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 Monday Evening, 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 (37 teams in 3 brackets):
Bracket I: Lee Barton - Lucille Barton, Edmonton AB; Cindy Cossey - Glenn Cossey, Innisfail AB
Bracket II: John Wolf - David Partridge, Eugene OR; Randy Naef, McMinnville OR; Lawrence Swanson, Monroe WA
Bracket III: Joan Borberg, Portland OR; Michele Bonneau - A. Marie Callbeck, Prince Albert SK; Ginny Gainer, Port OR

Tuesday 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 (20, 20 tables):
A: Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Leo Glaser, Lake Country BC
B: Sheldon Spier, Chemainus BC; Michael Ainsley, Victoria BC
C: Gayle Good - Edward Eisner, Victoria BC

Tuesday 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 (27½, 27 tables):
7: Ben Levine - Nicholas Buck, Prince George BC
3: Bill Walter - Christine Walter, Vancouver BC
1: Wendy Webb - Pirjo Holt, Kelowna BC

Afternoon-only Events (1:00pm)

Tuesday Afternoon Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Afternoon Side Game Series (1st 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, C: Heather Erskine - Douglas Smith, Victoria BC

Tuesday 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, E: Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC; Dolores Johnson, Brentwood Bay BC
F: Jeannette Zagwyn - Gordon Cairns, Powell River BC

Evening-only Events (7:00pm)

Tuesday Evening Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Morning Side Game Series (2nd 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 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, B, C: Heather McIntosh, Cowichan Bay BC; Dorothy Whittome, Duncan BC

Other Day Two Winners from Victoria 2019

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

Tuesday Evening Swiss Teams: (25 teams):
A: Gerry McCully - Rhonda Foster, Victoria BC; Ingrid Anderson, Nanaimo BC; Les Fouks, Vancouver BC
B: Siu Wai Fan - Ruth Sidebottom, Red Deer AB; Patricia Desbrisay - Janet Mori, Penticton BC
C: Darlene Allen, Squamish BC; Denise Holst, Courtenay BC; Giff Kassebaum - James Kassebaum, Sonoita AZ

Tuesday Evening 199er Pairs: (6½ tables):
D: Frieda Home, Comox BC; Nigel Williamson, Victoria BC
E: Karen Jensen, White Rock BC; Trudy Merritt, Surrey BC
F: Barbara Walter - Murray Walter, Swift Current SK

Tuesday Afternoon Newcomer 0-20 Pairs: (9 tables):
A: Mary-Jo Morin - Margarita Kishkan, Victoria BC
B, C: Lucile Mears - Jonathan Mears, 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.