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Baku Olympiad: Results
Results of the 42nd Chess Olympiad. Canadian men with best finish ever...!
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2016 Women's Championship - Updates
The Canadian Women's Championship (Zonal 2.2) runs September 22-25, 2016 at the RA Centre in Ottawa. This sticky features tournament info, pairings and games. UPDATE: Rd.6
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2016 WYCC - Results
Results and medal counts from the 2016 WYCC in Khanty-Mansiysk, which ended October 4, 2016.
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The 2016 World Cadet Chess Championship ended today in Batumi, Georgia. India, the USA and Russia each won multiple medals. Top Canadians were Anthony Atanasov (5th in U8), and Nameer Issani (9th,...
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GOTW: Morozov - Cao, 2016 BC Championship
FM Jason Cao won his third consecutive BC Championship in October, 2016. Jason annotates his fascinating 6th round win over the third seed, Grigoriy Morozov, for the CFC Newsfeed.
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GOTW: Marin - Sambuev, National Capital Open, 2016
The Canadian Game of the Week is Marin - Sambuev, from the 2016 National Capital Open in Ottawa. Elias Oussedik explains how the former Canadian Champion gave up his Queen, avoided a repetition, and...
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Happy Birthday Magnus Carlsen ...and still WC!
Magnus Carlsen celebrated his 26th birthday by winning the four-game tie-breaks over Sergei Karjakin in New York, and so retains his World Championship title.The position is from game 4 of the Rapid...
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Chess Canada - 2016 Olympiad
The latest issue of Chess Canada is here! It's free for everyone, and it's BIG...
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GOTW: Beaulieu - Le Siège, Pere Noel 2016
GM Alexandre Le Siège continued his successful comeback by topping the 2016 Pere Noel tournament in Montreal. Our Canadian Game of the Week features Alex's notes to his round 2 win over Eric Beaulieu....
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GOTW: Kleinman - Qin, CUCC, 2017.
Canada has a new 2500+ CFC-rated player: Joey Qin, who was in crushing form at the 2017 Canadian University Chess Championship. Our Canadian Game of the Week is Kleinman - Qin, annotated by the winner.
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GOTW: Dr.O defangs a Cobra
Elias Oussedik is one of the highest-rated players ever from Eastern Canada. He is currently doing post-graduate work in North Carolina, but is sill serious about chess. For our Canadian Game of the...
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2017 WWCh Rd.1.2: Zhou - Pogonina
Game 2 between Canadian Champion WIM Qiyu Zhou and Russian WGM Natalia Pogonina from the Women's World Championship in Tehran, Iran.
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GOTW: IM Yang vs FM Plotkin, Hart House, 2017.
IM Kaiqi Yang won the 2017 Hart House Reading Week Open with 5.5/6. Our Game of the Week is his round 3 win over FM Victor Plotkin. The diagram only hints at White's accelerated approach to the...
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Tactics: Defeat the Kraken!
Our Canadian Tactic comes from the game between Raven Sturt (Montreal ChessBrahs) and GM Andrey Vovk (Buenos Aires Krakens) from the last round of the PRO Chess League. It's White to play in the diagram.
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GOTW: Hansen - Smirin, TATA Steel, 2017
Our Canadian Game of the Week is GM Eric Hansen's last round win over GM Ilya Smirin at the 2017 TATA Steel Challengers event, with annotations by GM Eric Hansen.
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Tactics: Attack 2 Mate U
This week's Canadian Tactic comes from the first round of the PRO Chess League playoffs. GM Aryam Abreu Delgado of the Miami Champions has just played e4 against GM Razvan Preotu of the Toronto Dragons.
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GOTW: Sambuev - Le Siège, Carnaval 2017
Our Game of the Week is GMs Bator Sambuev vs Alexandre Le Siège, 2017 Tournoi du Carnaval, with notes by GM Sambuev.
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GOTW: Kleinman - Vigorito, 2017
Three Canadians played in the GM/IM Norm Invitational at the Charlotte Chess Centre and Scolastic Academy in South Carolina in March. Our Game of the Week is FM Michael Kleinman's sacrificial win over...
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GOTW: Hambleton - L'Ami, Reykjavik 2017
Our Canadian Game of the Week is IM Aman Hambleton's round 5 win over GM Erwin L'Ami at the 2017 Reykjavik Open, with notes by IM Aman Hambleton.
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2017 PanAmerican Youth: Canadian Results
The 2017 PanAmerican Youth Chess Championship took place in Costa Rica, June 30- July 7, 2017. 19 Canadians played, coming away with 5 individual medals and a bronze for the 3rd best Team result...
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