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Canadians Abroad : Server24 Chess Festival
Three Canadians, GM Eric Hansen, IM Aman Hambleton and Elias Oussedik are playing in the 2nd Server24 Chess Festival, in Ortisei, Italy.So far, GM Eric Hansen is having a good tournament, with 4/5....
View ArticleChess Canada: June issue online here
The CFC Executive approved making the June Chess Canada Newsletter available to everyone. And here it is....Since the E.D. is currently very busy dealing with CFC ratings-database issues, they've let...
View Article2013 World Open
The 41st annual World Open will take place from June 29th to July 7th, in Arlington VA (a few miles from Washington DC).We usually limit ourselves to Canadian tournaments, but numerous Canadians...
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Criminal on the Loose
P. Michalik (2508) - E. Hansen (2539), Groningen Open 2012Aron Nimzowitsch once said, "A passed pawn is a criminal which should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance,...
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Best of the Web: Week 5
Here are our weekly picks!My weekly vote goes to the websites of Mr Zarkon Fischer: Old site and New site. It looks like Mr Fischer is currently building a new website, but between the two links above,...
View ArticleGame of the Week - Harris vs. McLaren
An exciting game from the BC Senior Championship early this year is on the menu this week. The following game is a fight back and forth where the advantage changes hands several times. If you play the...
View ArticleTORO 2013 : Results
TORO 2013Author: Regis BellemareThe TORO (Tounoi Ouvert Regional de l’Outaouais), the Outaouais Regional Open Tournament, was organized in Gatineau from June 7 to June 9. With 97 players in 3 sections,...
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2013 Aurora Summer Open
Where: The Royal Canadian Legion, 89 Industrial Parkway North, Aurora, Ontario L4G 4C4.When: July 6 - 7, 2013. FormatType: 5 Round Swiss, CFC rated. CFC membership is required.Sections: Open, U2000,...
View ArticleCFC AGM - June 17-30, 2013
The CFC Annual General Meeting will be conducted on the CFC discussion board, starting next Monday. This will be open to viewing by all. CFC Members are allowed to address the meeting via any of the...
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Shutting the Back Door
B. Villavieja (2337) – R. Vrana (2201), Paul Keres Memorial, 2012In this position, both kings find themselves under fire from their adversary’s heavy pieces. Black’s last move, 1. … Nf4, was a mistake,...
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25 Hours of Chess-
June 29-30, 2013, in Montreal (Loisirs St-Henri) Place : Des Échecs en plein air- behind Atwater Market, near Lionel-Groulx metro station, Montreal.Schedule : From Saturday at noon to Sunday at 1...
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Best of the Web: Week 6
Hi everyone!This week, John Upper will be following the Tal Memorial, with video and (mostly) English language post-mortems here. The initial page is in Russian, but you can translate it using your...
View ArticleGame of the Week - Hambleton vs. Berson
One of Canada's strongest players of late is my good friend Aman Hambleton. He has been playing all over South America and Europe, but fortunately he has still had time to play here in Canada. The...
View ArticleGame of the Week - Haessel vs. Short
This year's Edmonton International featured its strongest field ever. When I played the event back in 2009, the tournament boasted a 2600+ rated player (Victor Mikhalevski). He was back again this...
View ArticleCanadians at the World Open : Results
A few Canadians played in the World Open (thanks to Hugh Brodie for finding the results).IM Bindi Cheng and IM Leonid Gerzhoy both ended up with 5.5/9 - winning $462.50 each. 6.5 was enough to win the...
View ArticleCCN July 2013 sample: Edmonton Chess Festival
As editor of "Chess Canada", my target is to release each issue by the end of the first week of each month. Sometimes there are significant chess events that end so close to the deadline that I choose...
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Aurora Summer Open Results
IM Nikolay Noritsyn dominated the Open section, beating 5 masters on his way to a perfect 5/5 score, one full point point ahead of WIM Yuanling Yuan, clear second at 4/5In the U2000, Hanyuan Ye is the...
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2013 CYCC
The Canadian Youth Chess Championship has started! This is a record-breaking event with 278 players.You can see all the details and results here :...
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Best of the Web: Week 9
Hi everyone!Let's kick-off this week's batch of suggestions with this funny video showing IM Greg Shahade blundering and losing to an ecstatic and somewhat cocky 10-year old boy. For those of you who...
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