2023 Victoria Regional, Day Three: Wednesday, April 19

Brain Warmup Department: Signpost

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. Signpost, gives you a grid of cells with arrows, and some with numbers. Cell #1 is in the top left, and its arrow points to Cell #2, etc., through to the final cell (no arrow) at the bottom right corner. You simply need to find the missing numbers, because although the arrow points to the next cell, it could be adjacent or far away! By dragging the mouse from one cell to the next you connect the cells and the corresponding numbers appear; to delete a wrong number, drag it off of the puzzle. The dots at the lower left of each cell show a cell unconnected to the following cell. You can connect an un-numbered cell to another un-numbered cell and the display will give the chain a series headed by a letter: a, a+1, a+2, until it is connected to a cell with a number later. The "full instructions" link below each puzzle when you click the link has more solving tips and useful aids. 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:1min 6sec)
	Medium puzzle (McBruce's time: 2min 10sec)
	Tricky puzzle (McBruce's time: 10min 46sec)

Wednesday (Day Three) Event Schedule

Morning Events (8:45am)

Wednesday Morning 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 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: (19 tables):
A, B, C: Nicholas Buck - Ben Levine, Prince George BC

Wednesday 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: Jeannette Zagwyn - Gordon Cairns, Powell River BC

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

Wednesday-Thursday Tulip Knockout Teams: 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 Wednesday, 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 (58 teams in 4 brackets):
Bracket I: Gordon Campbell - Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Gartaganis, Calgary AB; Ian Findlay, Banff AB
Bracket II: Marc Maes - Chris Wuerscher - Gamil Tadros - Helen Dillen, Calgary AB
Bracket III: Gerene Albrecht - Mary Abelseth - Ruth Sidebottom - Siu Wai Fan, Red Deer AB
Bracket IV: Janet Mori - Patricia Desbrisay, Penticton BC; Patricia Hartley, West Vancouver BC; Deborah Davy, Gibsons BC

Wednesday 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, B: Sheldon Spier, Chemainus BC; Michael Ainsley, Victoria BC
C: David Lim, Las Vegas NV; Paul Kempling, Chemainus BC

Wednesday 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 (36, 36 tables):
7: Ben Levine - Nicholas Buck, Prince George BC
3: Al Romanchuk - Natalie Williams, Victoria BC
1: Jim Greening - Catherine Mustafa, Victoria BC

Afternoon-only Events (1:00pm)

Wednesday Afternoon Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Afternoon 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 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: (26 tables):
A: Andrea Miller - Ewa Zwicky, Victoria BC
B: Andrew Nalos, Surrey BC; Eda Kadar, Vancouver BC
C: Jennifer Edwards - Dianne Clark, Kelowna BC

Wednesday 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, 16½ tables):
D: Karen Tomkins, Burnaby BC; Ian Gilhooley, Vancouver BC
E, F: Ravi Mehra - David Korican, Victoria BC

Evening-only Events (7:00pm)

Wednesday Evening Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Morning Side Game Series (3rd 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: (15 tables):
A, B: Donald Berry - Russell Page, Victoria BC
C: John Wood, Blaine WA; David McGraham, Vancouver WA

Other Day Three Winners from Victoria 2019

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

Wednesday Evening Swiss Teams: (29 teams):
A: Daniel Lyder, Vancouver BC; Karen Billett - Duncan Smith - Karen Turner, Victoria BC
B: Egil Kolsto - Robert Bradford - Debbie Mineault - Doreen McOrmond, Victoria BC, tied with C winners D Glassford, Chilliwack BC; Brian Sims, Cultus Lake BC; Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA

Wednesday Evening 199er Pairs: (6 tables):
D, E: Ginny Barklow - Anne Notman, Sequim WA, tied with Pushpa Bharani - Anil Bharani, Houston TX
F: John Frank - Sheila Frank, 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.