CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS
JUNE 2015
number 128
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DESPERADOS
SCHOLAR’S MATE
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CONTENTS
CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
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Team Ontario Wins The Gold
Report From Quebec City
DESPERADOS
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Kiril’s Klass
Minimizing What You Lose
GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS
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Summer Camps
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Mort & Marley
Canada Top Ten
Tactics 102
Master Profile
Combo Mombo
News
Mates
Kiril’s Address
Lily’s Puzzler
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Kiril’s Kontest
Maze & Loyd
Regional Top 10’s
Ratings
Top Girls
Tournaments
CMA Meeting
Superfest
Links & Contacts
Chess Notation
Solutions
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o A NA D I A N
oHESS
oHALLENGE
2015 CHAMPIONS
REPORT FROM QUEBEC CITY
The national finals of the 27th annual Canadian
Chess Challenge were held on Victoria Day weekend
at Laval University in Quebec City.
The weather on Saturday morning was perfect for a
horse-drawn carriage tour of the beautiful and historic
walled city. The afternoon blitz tournament was won by
International Master Razvan Preotu (Burlington). And in
the evening, there was a delicious opening banquet.
The competition began Sunday. As usual, a bagpiper
played as the teams marched into the hall carrying
their provincial flags. Following the national anthem, the
players shook hands and started their clocks.
When the last king was mated on Monday afternoon,
Ontario had captured first place for the sixth time in a
row, winning all of their matches and earning eleven
medals, including six golds. Their total score of 95½
points was just shy of the all-time record (97).
As you can see in the photo on page 9, the prizes at
the nationals are trophies. But that doesn’t stop us from
talking as if they were medals, like at the Olympics.
A powerful Quebec team placed second, with eleven
players taking home prizes. Their only loss was a close
7-5 against Ontario in the final round.
British Columbia came third with five players winning
trophies. They won impressively against most teams,
but lost to Ontario 9½-2½ and Quebec 10-2. It was the
first time since 2003 that BC did not win a gold medal.
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2
3
4
5
A NTHONY A TANASOV
R ICHARD Z HENG
N AMEER ISSANI
Q IUYU H UANG *
N ICHOLAS V ETTESE * *
O ntario
Quebec
O ntario
Quebec
6
H ENRY ZHANG
O ntario
7
THEO WOLCHOCK
M anitoba
8
R ICHARD CHEN *
O ntario
9
SAM SONG
Ontario
N ew B runswick
10
RAZVAN PREOTU * *
11
ADAM DORRANCE * ******
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ZHAO YANG LUO *
*
O ntario
N ova S cotia
Quebec
previous national champion
Alberta took fourth place with six team victories. Mark
Ivanescu (Edmonton) won silver in grade 3.
New Brunswick, led by grade 9 champion Sam Song
(Fredericton) captured fifth place for the third year in
a row. They also 3-peated as Top Atlantic Team.
The Most Improved Team was Quebec, who scored
10 more points than 2014. Saskatchewan also did well,
jumping two places in the standings (9th to 7th).
Twelve players went undefeated. Perfect 9-0’s were
posted by Anthony Atanasov (Oakville), Qiuyu Huang
(Montreal), Sam Song, Razvan Preotu, Adam Dorrance
(Cambridge NS), and Zhao Yang Luo (Montreal).
Four 2014 champions returned to defend their title.
Three of them succeeded: Qiuyu Huang, Nicholas
Vettese (Toronto), and Razvan Preotu.
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2015 TEAMS
match individual
ONTARIO
QUEBEC
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ALBERTA
NEW BRUNSWICK
MANITOBA
SASKATCHEWAN
NEWFOUNDLAND
NOVA SCOTIA
PRINCE EDWARD IS.
9
8
7
6
4½
4½
2
2
1½
½
95½
91
73½
59
51½
49½
31½
25½
32
31
A playoff game decided first place in grade 2. Other
grades with ties for prizes were 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12.
Anyone that lost a playoff for third place received a
plaque for fourth place.
There were ten sets of siblings at the tournament, on
six different teams. Like last year, the best results
were by the Dorrance brothers of Nova Scotia: Lucas
(grade 8, 4th place), Adam (grade 11, 1st). Three kids
from the Sasata family (Saskatoon) took part, with big
brother Alexander tying for third place in grade 5.
Prince Edward Island came last in the team standings,
but not in individual points. Jacky Jia (Charlottetown,
grade 7) earned PEI’s first medal in many years.
Seven girls participated. Yi Lin Li (Montreal) won silver
in grade 8. Cynthia Cui (Fredericton) tied for third in
grade 6.
The Most Valuable Player award, given to the player
who scores the highest percentage of points on their
team, went to Adam Dorrance of Nova Scotia. It was
the fourth time in five years that he won the award.
Team Manitoba, wearing blue with a moose logo,
received the $200 first prize for the Best Team Shirt.
PEI was second and Nova Scotia third.
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2 0 1 5 N AT I O N A L C H A M P I O N S
front: Anthony Atanasov, Richard Zheng, Nameer Issani,
Qiuyu Huang, Nicholas Vettese, Henry Zhang.
back: Theo Wolchock, Richard Chen, Sam Song,
Razvan Preotu, Adam Dorrance, Zhao Yang Luo.
BRONZE
SILVER
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Kevin Zhong
QC
Tigran Ghazarian *
ON
Mark Ivanescu
AB
Patrick Wang
BC
S. Rodrigue-Lemieux QC
Ethan Low
BC
Jason Cai
ON
Yi Lin Li
QC
Wei Han Luo
QC
Zong Yang Yu
QC
Jeremy Hui *
BC
Christopher Knox*******ON
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Ron Offengenden
Martin Riquelme
Haruaki Omichi
Max England
Leo Qu
Gabriel Tinica
Jacky Jia
Matthew Geng
Joey Zhong
Diwen Shi
Nicholas Johnson
Nicolas Robichaud
AB
MB
QC
ON
BC
QC
PE
BC
ON
AB
QC
NB
* previous national champion
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The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Award
was presented to Ontario coordinator Leslie Armstrong
(Aurora) for seventeen years of dedicated service to the
Canadian Chess Challenge. We’ll miss you, Leslie.
A bughouse tournament was held after the awards
ceremony on Monday. It’s always a very popular event.
Adam Dorrance and Robert Hamilton came first after
winning a playoff over Lefong Hua and Justin Deveau.
Merci beaucoup to chief organizer and scorekeeper
Christian Lacasse for an excellent show.
The 2016 finals are tentatively scheduled for Regina,
Saskatchewan. We hope to see you there!
2015 MEDALS
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
ONTARIO
QUEBEC
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ALBERTA
NEW BRUNSWICK
MANITOBA
NOVA SCOTIA
PRINCE EDWARD IS.
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3
1
1
1
3
5
3
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
BC vs Nova Scotia
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KIRIL’S
KLASS
DESPERADOS
This lesson is about a tactic
that minimizes material loss.
A desperado was an outlaw of the Old West who would
do anything to escape from people trying to catch him. (The
word ‘desperado’ means someone who is desperate.)
In chess, a desperado is a piece w________w
that is going to be lost. But instead áNdwdw4kd]
of losing it for nothing, you use it à0wdwdp0w]
to take anything you can. Even a ßw0wdndw0]
pawn is better than nothing.
Þdwdwdwdw]
The white knight in diagram #1 Ýwdwdwdwd]
is trapped in the corner and about ÜdwGwdwdw]
to be captured by the black rook. ÛP)wdw)P)]
This makes him a desperado. ÚdwdwdRIw]
1.Nxb6! gives up the knight but wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

leaves White with an extra pawn. w________w
In example #2, White is forked áwdwdrdkg]
by the bishop on d5 and will lose à0w$wdpdw]
material. 1.Rb1 Bxf3 is good for ßwhwdwdw0]
Black and 1.Nd2 loses to 1...Re1+ ÞdwdbdPdw]
2.Nf1 (2.Kh2 Rh1#) 2...Bxb3 .
Ýwdw0wdPd]
But White can save the day with ÜdRdwdNGw]
a desperado. After 1.Rxb6! axb6 Ûwdwdw)wd]
(1...Bxf3? 2.Rb1) 2.Kg2, the game ÚdwdwdwIw]
is equal. (2.Nd2? Re1+ 3.Nf1 Bf3! 
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
causes problems.)
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w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdwdwdk]
ßwdwdp0wd]
Þdwdw0w0w]
ÝwdwdPdwd]
ÜdB4wdN)w]
Ûwdwdw)wd]
ÚdwdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áQdwdw4kd]
àdpdwhp0p]
ßwdqgbdwd]
Þdw0ndwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Ü)w)P)wHw]
ÛwGwHw)P)]
ÚdRdwIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

The white knight and bishop are
forked by the rook in diagram #3.
One of them will be lost. (1.Bd1?
Rc1 or 1.Nd2? Rd3!) This is the
signal to look for a desperado!
1.Bxe6 Rxf3 and 1.Nxe5 Rxb3
each get White one pawn. But
1.Nxg5+! fxg5 2.Bxe6 gets two
pawns for the piece. And two is
even better than one! With all the
pawns on one side of the board,
and a bishop and a pawn for the
rook, White should draw easily.
In example #4, the white queen
entered Black’s camp to capture
a rook on a8, but got trapped. So
now she becomes a desperado.
After 1.Qxf8+! Kxf8, White has
two rooks and two pawns for a
queen, which is a big advantage.
If the queen tries to run, she will have to give herself up
for a minor piece. 1.Qa7 Bb8! 2.Qa8 (2.Qa5 b6!) 2...Nc7
3.Qxb8 (3.Qa5? b6!) 3...Rxb8 or 1.Qa5 b6 2.Qa7 (2.Qa6
Nc7) 2...Nc8 3.Qa6 Nc7.
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w________w
Let’s look next at ways to win árdwdkdrd]
material with desperados.
àdwdwdw0w]
The typical situation is when ßpdw0BgR0]
both players have a piece under Þdp0whwdw]
attack. In example #5, each side ÝwdwdPdwd]
has a rook threatened. Nothing Ü)wHPdwdP]
is gained by 1.Bxg8 Nxg6. But Ûw)Pdwdwd]
White can first grab a bishop ÚdwIRdwdw]
before taking the black rook! 
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
1.Rxf6! gxf6 2.Bxg8.
w________w
In diagram #6, both queens are áwdwdr4kd]
hanging. The position would be à0pdwdp0p]
equal after 1.Rxd6 Rxe4. Since ßwhp1wdwd]
the white queen is about to be Þdwdwdwdw]
taken, she becomes a desperado. ÝwdwdQdwd]
The winning shot is 1.Qxe8!
ÜdPdwdNdP]
If 1...Rxe8 2.Rxd6, White is up ÛPdwdw)Pd]
a rook. Be careful though. The ÚdwdRdRIw]
black queen is also a desperado! 
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
1...Qxd1!?
Now the game is even following 2.Rxd1 Rxe8. But wait
a second. It’s the white queen’s turn again! 2.Qxf8+! is
check and that brings the fun to an end. 2...Kxf8 3.Rxd1.
White is ahead a rook.
Our final diagram is a quiz for you.
w________w
árdw1w4kd]
à0pdwdp0p]
ßwdwgphwd]
Þdb0wHwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
ÜdwHPdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wGQdRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

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Both sides have a piece under attack again. Do you see
how White can win a pawn with a desperado?
So long, partners!
(solution page 53)
MORT and MARLEY
Like most things in life,
chess has its ups and downs.
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canada top ten
KINDERGARTEN
1 HUARD Matheo
2 KOMIAK Jacob
3 KHENI Kush
4 RAYMOND George
5 YU Marcus
6 TANG Jacky
7 FAN Samuel
8 MIKHAEL Pio
9 SOLOMENTSEVA Liliya
10 NOTTAWAY Emery
GRADE 1
1 ZHONG Kevin
2 OFFENGENDEN Ron
3 ATANASOV Anthony
4 WANG Daniel
5 CHANG Alexander
6 SU Ethan
7 XU Daniel
8 HANNAH-LEE Toro
9 TAO Neilson
10 BELIVEAU Mathieu
GRADE 2
1 ZHENG Richard
2 GUIPI BOPALA Prince
3 DINATOLO Zack
4 GHAZARIAN Tigran
5 LIU Kevin
6 ZHAO Jeffrey
7 CHEN Max
8 CHEN Derek
9 QIAN Jason
10 XU Andrew
GRADE 3
1 RUSONIK Max
2 ISSANI Nameer
3 ZHOU Aiden
4 GU Chuyang
5 NOORALI Aahil
6 SHEN Isamel
7 JIANG David
8 WU Lucian
9 KULESHOVA Julia
10 IMOO Joshua
GRADE 4
1 LOW Kevin
2 HUANG Qiuyu
3 HUANG Patrick
4 ENGLAND Max
5 ZHU Harmony
6 DOKNJAS Neil
7 SUPERCEANU Andi
8 ZHAO Jonathan
9 JAMES Rowan
10 CHEN Hao
GRADE 5
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 VETTESE Nicholas
3 ZHONG Wenxuan
4 QU Leo
5 DURETTE Francis
6 LIN Benjamin
7 ZHENG Victor
8 AKOPHYAN Nick
9 MIRABELLI Aidan
10 LIU Lambert
GRADE 6
1 NORITSYN Sergey
2 HUA Eugene
3 MING Wenyang
4 TALUKDAR Rohan
5 PULFER Luke
6 WANG Kaixin
7 RICHARDSON Kai
8 TINICA Gabriel
9 GUO Thomas
10 ZHANG Henry
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926
752
714
677
630
613
607
606
589
587
QC
NL
ON
ON
ON
BC
BC
QC
SK
QC
1305
1266
1237
1214
1173
1085
944
936
897
893
QC
AB
ON
BC
QC
BC
ON
BC
QC
QC
1511
1359
1355
1298
1237
1211
1166
1156
1107
1088
QC
QC
ON
ON
QC
ON
ON
ON
BC
BC
1632
1614
1546
1461
1455
1418
1310
1307
1287
1272
ON
ON
BC
BC
ON
ON
BC
BC
QC
BC
1960
1889
1799
1651
1638
1619
1583
1574
1547
1477
BC
QC
BC
ON
ON
BC
AB
ON
BC
ON
1865
1772
1723
1689
1688
1671
1619
1578
1570
1543
QC
ON
QC
BC
QC
ON
BC
ON
ON
ON
2149
1936
1930
1830
1807
1757
1729
1705
1699
1668
ON
ON
ON
ON
BC
AB
BC
QC
ON
ON
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GRADE 7
1 DOKNJAS Joshua
2 FAN Run Kun
3 GROSSMANN Lenard
4 ZHAO Yue Tong
5 YAO David
6 SU Michael
7 OUELLET Maili-Jade
8 YIE Kevin Yi-Xiao
9 CAI Jason
10 ZHANG Hou Han
GRADE 8
1 ZHANG Yuan Chen
2 CHEN Richard
3 WAN Kevin
4 ZHAO Harry
5 GEDAJLOVIC Max
6 BALENDRA Harigaran
7 XU Jeffrey
8 ZOTKIN Daniel
9 SHEN Chris
10 LI Yi Lin
GRADE 9
1 CAO Jason
2 ZHOU Qiyu
3 BELLISSIMO Joseph
4 SONG Sam
5 LEI Sean
6 ZHONG Joey
7 WANG Eric
8 YU Wenlu
9 KASSAM Jamil
10 LI James
GRADE 10
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 YU Zong Yang
3 SONG Michael
4 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
5 SHI Diwen
6 DOKNJAS John
7 AWATRAMANI Janak
8 ZHU HongRui
9 LI Yinshi
10 KONG Dezhong
G R A D E 11
1 PLOTKIN Mark
2 DORRANCE Adam
3 LIN Tony
4 NASIR Zehn
5 ADRIAANSE Adam
6 HERDIN Mathew
7 SONG Terry
8 PENG Jackie
9 HUI Jeremy
10 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan
GRADE 12
1 WANG Richard
2 KNOX Christopher
3 LI Kevin
4 SEMIANIUK Konstantin
5 LUO Zhao Yang
6 FU James
7 LO Ryan
8 KALRA Agastya
9 NYAMDORJ Davaa-Ohir
10 LEPINE Cedric
HONOUR ROLL
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 YU Zong Yang
3 WANG Richard
4 PLOTKIN Mark
5 KNOX Christopher
6 CAO Jason
7 SONG Michael
8 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
9 DORRANCE Adam
10 SHI Diwen
2233
1959
1912
1889
1854
1849
1814
1788
1783
1674
BC
QC
AB
ON
AB
BC
QC
ON
ON
QC
2304
2285
2266
2127
2113
2093
2046
2008
2008
1906
ON
ON
ON
ON
BC
ON
ON
ON
ON
QC
2439
2249
2239
2236
2221
2166
2058
1890
1854
1755
BC
ON
ON
NB
ON
ON
ON
ON
AB
BC
2654
2517
2425
2371
2329
2320
2227
2218
2217
1980
ON
QC
ON
QC
AB
BC
BC
QC
ON
BC
2456
2352
2291
2236
2202
2200
2168
2086
2050
2020
ON
NS
ON
ON
ON
BC
ON
ON
BC
ON
2484
2439
2326
2272
2219
2218
2180
2173
2129
2118
AB
ON
MB
ON
QC
ON
BC
ON
BC
QC
2654
2517
2484
2456
2439
2439
2425
2371
2352
2329
ON
QC
AB
ON
ON
BC
ON
QC
NS
AB
Scholar’s Mate 128
TA C T I C S 1 0 2
“CHECK & FORK!”
White to play and win material.
solutions page 53

w________w
áwdwdwdkd]
à0pdwdw0p]
ßwgwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdw)rdwd]
ÜdwdwdNdw]
ÛPdwdwdP)]
Údw$wdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdwdkdw4]
àdpdwdp0w]
ßwgwdwdw0]
Þ0wdwdwdw]
Ýw1wdwGwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛPdw!w)P)]
Ú$wdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdkdwdw4]
àdpdwdwdp]
ßpdpdwdpd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýw)wdwdwd]
Üdwdw!wdw]
Ûw)qdwdP)]
ÚdwdwdRdK]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdwdwdwi]
à0p0wdwdp]
ßwdqdwdw0]
Þdw0wdwdw]
ÝwdNdwdwd]
Ü)ndwdwdw]
Ûw)wdQdP)]
Ú$wdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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MIKHAIL CHIGORIN
(1850 - 1908)
C O M B O M O M B O !!
SPOTLIGHT ON PINS
w________w
áwdk4wdw4]
à0p0wdw0p]
ßwgwdw1nd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýw!wdwdwd]
ÜdB)wdwdw]
ÛPdPdw)P)]
Ú$wGwdRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
This creative master from St. Petersburg was the
best Russian player of the nineteenth century.
He played for the world championship twice
against Wilhelm Steinitz, and almost won their
second match at Havana, Cuba in 1892.
Many combos are based on pins. A piece is pinned
when it is attacked and cannot move because the king
or another valuable piece is behind it.
K White wins the exchange (R for B) with 1.Qg4+.
1...Rd7 2.Be6! pins the rook (2...Ne5 3.Bxd7+). And
1...Kb8 allows the x-ray attack 2.Bg5! (2...Qxc3 3.Bxd8)
k But if Black goes first, they mate in 2 by 1...Qxf2+!
2.Rxf2 Rd1#. The rook on f2 is pinned. (2.Kh1 Qxf1#)
“A possible combination lies
hidden in each position.”
CHIGORIN DEFENCE
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6
Famous for sharp tactics and original ideas,
Chigorin believed that knights were better than
bishops. He worked very hard to promote chess
and is known today as “the founder of the
Russian School of Chess”.
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w________ww________w
áwdwdw4kd]áwdk4wdwd]
àdwdqdwgp]à0b0wdpGw]
ßwdwdbdpd]ßw0wgwdw0]
Þ0N0wdpdw]Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwdP0wdwd]Ýwdwdrdwd]
Ü)wdwdw)w]Üdwdw)w)q]
Ûw)Qdw)B)]ÛP)wdQ)w)]
Údwdw$wIw]Údw$RHwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
 WHITE TO MOVE
Win Material
Scholar’s Mate 128
 BLACK TO MOVE
solutions page 53
Mate in 3
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CANADA
AND
WORLD
NEWS
GRAND PRIX
ONTARIO SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The third and final events in the 2015 Grand Prix competition
took place in May at Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa. Anyone who
scored 7½ points out of 15 games in the three tournaments got a
cash prize. A total of $7500 in gift certificates were awarded by
the Chess’n Math Association and split among 121 winners. The
top scorers in each age group were:
MONTREAL
<8 Alexander Chang
Kevin Liu
<10 Richard Zheng
<12 Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
<14 Run Kun Fan
Yu Xiang Pan
Grades K-3
1 Seneca Hill
Isamel Shen
Charlie Song
Angela Lin
Angus Zhang
2 North Agincourt
3 Seventh Street
TORONTO
<8 Anthony Atanasov
<10 Max England
<12 Richard Feng
<14 Kevin Yie
OTTAWA
<8 Dylan Li
<10 David Gan
<12 Svitlana Demchenko
<16 Yang Lu
NEWFOUNDLAND
There were 86 players at the
Newfoundland and Labrador
School Team Championship on
April 25 in St. John’s. The four
winning schools by grade were:
K-3
Mary Queen of Peace
4-6
Cowan Heights
7-9
MacDonald Drive
9-12 Gonzaga
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The 2015 Ontario School Team Chess Championship was played
on May 31st in Toronto. 108 players took part in the event.
The top teams in each section are listed below. Congratulations to
Seneca Hill School for winning the K-6 section for the sixth year
in a row. Wow!
Grades K-6
1 Seneca Hill
Daniel Liu
Benjamin Lin
Hao Chen
Ray Liu
2 Lescon
3 Seneca Hill B
QUEBEC JUNIOR
BORDER WARS
The 24th annual Washington
state vs. British Columbia team
match was held in Bellevue WA
on May 2. Each team has two
students per grade (K-12) and
everyone plays two games. The
Americans won 29-23.
The overall score in the series
is now 13½ - 10½ in favour of
Washington.
Four B.C. players won both
of their games: Nathan Shao,
Robin Yu, Joshua Doknjas, and
Andrew Xu.
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The 2015 Quebec Junior Chess
Championship took place on
April 17-19 in Montreal. The
new champion is 10th grader
HongRui Zhu. He earned the
title by winning a playoff match
against defending champ Zong
Yang Yu. Third place went to
Gabriel Tinica.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
The B.C. Elementary School
Team Chess Championship was
held on May 10 with 27 teams
and 125 players. The winning
team was St. George’s Junior
School (Vancouver), followed
by Marlborough (Burnaby) and
Erma Stephenson (Surrey).
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Grades 7-9
1 Tyrell
Harry Zhao
Constance Wang
Yanning Wang
Jenny Chen
2 MacKenzie
Grades 10-12
1 Thornhill
Mark Plotkin
Rebecca Giblon
Melissa Giblon
Stephen Ye
2 UTS
3 Glenforest
QUEBEC GIRLS
There were 24 players at the
Quebec Girls Championship in
Montreal on April 12. Here are
this year’s champions by grade.
K Lily Ma
1 Annie Li
2
Jenny Yu
3
Yihan Xu
4
Isabelle Wang
5
Caroline Wang
6 Susan Cai
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CANADA
AND PAGE 2 WORLD
NEWS
ONTARIO YOUTH
ALBERTA SCHOOLS
The 2015 North American Youth Chess Championship was held
in Toluca, Mexico on May 27-31. There were 330 players at the
nine round FIDE event, including 11 Canadians. Three of them
placed first in their age group: Cindy Qiao (girls <12), Qiyu Zhou
(girls <18),and Shawn Rodrique-Lemieux (open <12). Very good
news for Shawn. His victory earned him the FIDE Master title!
Other players who finished in the top five of their section were
HongRui Zhu (2nd <16), Max England (5th <10), Joey Qiao (2nd
girls <10), and Rachel Tao (3rd girls <16).
The 2015 Ontario Youth Chess
Championship was played on
May 23-24 at Kitchener City Hall.
149 boys and 38 girls took part.
Here are the top three finishers
in each section.
The third annual Alberta
Schools Chess Championship
was held May 23 in Calgary.
26 teams and 63 players took
part. The winning teams were:
K-3 Webber (Calgary)
4-6 Louis Riel (Calgary)
7-9 St. Elizabeth (Edmonton)
9-12 Old Scona (Edmonton)
ONTARIO - QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
<10
NORTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHESS FESTIVAL
The annual match between the top school teams from Quebec
and Ontario was played on June 6th at Queen’s University in
Kingston. Eighty-five players took part. Ontario placed first in all
three sections this year, with Seneca Hill repeating in K-6.
The top scorers in the ON-QC girls competition were Felicia Xie
(K-3 QC) and Cindy Qiao (grade 4-6 ON).
Grades K-3
1 Seneca Hill
Isamel Shen
Charlie Song
Angus Zhang
Ryan Deng
2 Roslyn
3 Fernand-Seguin
Grades K-6
1 Seneca Hill
Benjamin Lin
Daniel Liu
Hao Chen
Ray Liu
2 Internationale
3 Fernand-Seguin
Grades 7-12
1 U of Toronto Schools
Christopher Knox
Joey Zhong
Kuhan Jeyapragasan
Vlad Nitu
2 Notre-Dame
3 Glenforest
<12
<14
<16
<18
Anthony Atanasov
Eric Ning
Tigran Ghazarian
Jonathan Zhao
Matthew Tang
Nicholas Wu
Nicholas Vettese
Rohan Talukdar
Eugene Hua
Richard Chen
Jeffrey Xu
Jason Cai
Razvan Preotu
Yinshi Li
Joey Zhang
Terry Song
Rebecca Giblon
Zehn Nasir
The winners of the separate girls
sections were:
< 8 Angela Liu
<10 Isamel Shen
<12 Cindy Qiao
<14 Constance Wang
NOVA SCOTIA YOUTH
The Nova Scotia Youth Chess
Championships were held on
April 19th in Halifax, with 38
players. The winners were:
<10 Taim Farhat
<12 Jerjis Kapra
<14 Eric Loty
<16 Brandon MacDonald
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<8
The 2015 Canadian Youth Chess
Championship will take place in
Windsor, Ontario on July 6-9.
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Scholar’s Mate 128
The individual champions were:
K-3 Paul Wang
4-6 Michael Chan
7-9 Patrick Tolentino
9-12 Richard Wang
NOVA SCOTIA TEAM
The 2015 Nova Scotia School
Championship took place on
April 26 in Halifax. A record
86 players participated.
Oxford School won the K-4
and K-6 sections. Park West
was the junior high champion
and Halifax West was the top
high school. Exactly the same
as last year!
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CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
2015 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS
O N TA R I O
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Ron Offengenden
Vishruth Sharma *
Mark Ivanescu
Julian Lau *
Ian Zhao ****
Siddhartha Chitrakar
Jeff Wang
Chenxi Wu
Salar Saheb
Diwen Shi *
Chenxi Zhao
Michael Ludwig
Edmonton
Calgary
Edmonton
Edmonton
Calgary
Edmonton
Calgary
Calgary
Edmonton
Calgary
Calgary
St. Albert
NEW BRUNSWICK
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
William Sonier
Tiger Xu
Alex LeBlanc **
Alexandre X. LeBlanc
Austin LeBlanc
Cynthia Cui *
Leonardo Cui
Ben Yeomans
Sam Song ****
10 Joshua Markarov *
11 Bob Feng ******
12 Nicolas Robichaud
Oakville
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Windsor
Toronto
Ancaster
Toronto
Burlington
Toronto
Toronto
QUEBEC
A L B E R TA
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Anthony Atanasov
Tigran Ghazarian *
Nameer Issani **
Max England
Nicholas Vettese **
Henry Zhang
Jason Cai
Richard Chen
Joey Zhong
Razvan Preotu **
Tony Lin
Christopher Knox *
Fredericton
Moncton
Campbellton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Moncton
Moncton
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Pierrefonds
Kevin Zhong
Richard Zheng *
Montreal
Haruaki Omichi
Montreal
Qiuyu Huang ***
Montreal
S. Rodrigue-Lemieux Montreal
Gabriel Tinica
Montreal
Hou Han Zhang
Ile Bizard
Montreal
Yi Lin Li
Wei Han Luo
Montreal
Montreal
Zong Yang Yu **
Nicholas Johnson *** Montreal
Cedric Lepine
Montreal
SCHOLAR’S MATE
You can write to Kiril the Pawn at:
[email protected]
S A S K AT C H E W A N
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Natasha Sasata
Saskatoon
Sofia Lortie *
Yorkton
Joseph Van der Loo ** Yorkton
Anastasia Sasata ** Saskatoon
Alexander Sasata *
Saskatoon
Daniel Wei **
Saskatoon
Benjamin Lortie ***
Yorkton
Andrew Li **
Regina
Avram Tcherni ********
Regina
David Lett
Saskatoon
Jimmy Bartha *****
Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Agis Daniels
SUPERFEST 2015!
See page 49 for all the info.
AUGUST 21 - 23
Sainte-Adele, Quebec
30 year anniversary of Chess’n Math Association
* champion last year also
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CHESS’N FOOD ASSOCIATION!
Scholar’s Mate 128
Scholar’s Mate 128
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C H E C K M AT E S
WHITE TO MOVE

w________w
áqdw4whwd]
àdb$w0wiw]
ßwdw0wdPd]
Þ0whwdwdw]
Ýw0wdPGwd]
ÜdBdwdPdw]
ÛPdwdwdw!]
ÚdwIwdw$w]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 1

w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdQdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
ÞdwdwdwdN]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛwHwdkdwd]
ÚdwdwdwdK]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw


w________w
w________w
árdw1wgkd]
áwdrdkdw4]
àdb0wdpdn]
à0bdwdpgp]
ßpdn0wdpd]
ßwhwdwdpd]
Þdpdwdwdw]
Þdw0w0wGn]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Ýw1wdPdw)]
ÜdPdQdw)w]
ÜdwHwdPdw]
ÛPGPdw)B)]
ÛP)P!Ndwd]
ÚdwdRdwIw]
ÚdwIRdwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 2
“Wow! Nice move.”
MATE IN 2
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solutions page 53
MATE IN 2

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áwdk4wdw4]
à0bdwdwgp]
ßw0wdwdpd]
Þ1w0wdw)n]
ÝwdwdwGwd]
ÜdQdwdwdw]
ÛP)PdRdPd]
ÚdwIw$wdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 3
Scholar’s Mate 128
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C H E S S ’ N M AT H
A S S O C I AT I O N
Canada’s National Scholastic
Chess Organization
visit our website for information on
TOURNAMENTS
LIL Y ' S P U Z Z L E R
Hi boys and girls!
Harmonius Hound, the
ace chess detective, has
another mystery for us to
investigate.
The diagram position,
with White to play, was
reached in a game after
exactly four turns by each
side. The moves might be
silly, but they were legal.
CLASSES
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Can you solve the C a s e
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Good luck!
www.c hess-ma th.or g
solution page 53
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árhb1kdn4]
à0p0pdpGp]
ßwdwdpdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
ÜdwdPdwdw]
ÛP)PdP)P)]
Ú$NdQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
THIS POSITION
WAS REACHED
AFTER BLACK’S
FOURTH MOVE.
WHAT WERE THE
MOVES?
Check it out!
..
HEY, FRIENDS!
I’VE GOT E-MAIL.
Yo u c a n w r i t e m e a l e t t e r
or enter my contest at:
[email protected]
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Scholar’s Mate 128
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KIRIL' S KONTEST
1
w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdkdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd]
Ú$NGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 2
White to play.
Force checkmate
in two moves.
Can you solve these puzzles?
Send in your answers and
maybe you will win the contest.
The prize is a chess tuque, just
like the ones we’re wearing.
Enter the contest by mailing your solutions to:
[email protected]
Deadline: September 30, 2015
One lucky person will win the drawing for a
“chess tuque” (navy blue acrylic pullover cap
with an embroidered knight insignia).
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2
w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwGwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Ü!wdKdwdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd]
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
TRIPLE LOYD
Place the black king so that:
A. Black is in mate.
B. Black is in stalemate.
C. White has mate in 1
There were 3 correct entries for April’s contest.
1 Mate in 2
1.Ng6+ Kg8 2.Ne7#
2 Triple Loyd
A.Kf8# B.Kh8= C.Kh6 (Qg6#)
The winner of the drawing for a chess tuque is:
Brett Russell of St. John’s, Newfoundland
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K I R I L’ S
O
R
N
E
R
GAME
GAME
OF
OF THE
THE Y
YEAR
EAR
AWARDS
AWARDS
COMBO OF THE YEAR
LIVE FROM CHESSTOWN THEATRE!
It’s the second annual
GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
Here’s the host with the most,
from coast to coast, BIFF the B.
Ping Lee vs. Moe
solution page 53
w________w
áwdwdwdwi]
àdw1wdp4w]
ßwdwdbdw0]
Þ0wdw0wdw]
ÝwhwdQdwd]
ÜdPdPdw$w]
ÛPdrdw)w)]
ÚdKdwdw$w]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
WHITE TO MATE IN 4
“All right, chess fans. Let’s kick things off with a brand
new category, Combo of the Year. Our three finalists are
Lily Pawn, for her brilliant queen sacrifice against the
Duke of Earl; Ping Lee, for an amazing mate in 4 versus
Moe Pawn; and Starry Knight, for his smashing victory over
the Headless Pumpkin. And the winner is ... PING LEE!
“Congratulations, Ping. I wish I could give away my
pieces like that. And not lose! He-he.
“Now we have a real treat for you, folks. It’s Kiril the
Pawn! One of his games is nominated this year, and he’s
here to tell us all about it.
“Take it away, Kiril!”
“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to the show! I’m really glad
to ‘B’ here tonight. He-he.
“We’ve got a lot of special guests and
some great entertainment lined up for
you. So please stick around and ‘check’
it out. He-he.
“I’ll be right back with the first award
after these words from our sponsor.”
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Now, back to Biff!
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Scholar’s Mate 128
Scholar’s Mate 128
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“Hello, everybody! I can’t believe I’m here on stage.
I hope you like my game. It’s against my friend, Falafel
Joe. He runs a little restaurant on wheels by the park.
And he loves to play chess. That’s why me and my pals
hang out there. And, oh yea, we love falafels too!”
K I R I L t h e PA W N
FA L A F E L J O E
White
Black
1. c4
The English Opening.
1.
...
e5
2. Nc3
f5
3. d4
Most masters fianchetto here
by 3.g3 and 4.Bg2, and then
play d3 and Nf3.
w________w
árhb1kgn4]
à0p0p0p0p]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwdPdwdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)w)P)P)]
Ú$NGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
3.
...
e4
Black closes the centre.
After 3...exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6,
I was planning 5.Qe3+ and
6.Nd5. (Also good is 5.Qd2
with b3 and Bb2.)
4.
Nh3
I know this move looks a
little weird, but I thought the
knight would have a great
outpost on f4.
w________w
árhb1kgn4]
à0p0pdw0p]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdpdw]
ÝwdP)pdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdN]
ÛP)wdP)P)]
Ú$wGQIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
4.
5.
...
Bg5
Nf6
Pins the knight, and gets my
bishop out before I push
pawn to e3.
5.
...
c6
Black wants to play ...d5
later and take back with his
c-pawn if I capture it.
6.
Nf4
Be7
Unpinning his knight, and
preparing to castle. Joe is a
real classical player.
7.
e3
0-0
Now 8.Be2 gives White an
edge, since 8...d5? loses a
pawn to 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5
cxd5 11.Ncxd5.
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Scholar’s Mate 128
But I decided to go for a
more tactical position.
8. c5!?
w________w
árhb1w4kd]
à0pdpgw0p]
ßwdpdwhwd]
Þdw)wdpGw]
Ýwdw)pHwd]
ÜdwHw)wdw]
ÛP)wdw)P)]
Ú$wdQIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
8.
9.
...
d5
cxd6 e.p.
Did anybody forget about
taking en passant?
9. . . .
10. Bc4+
Qxd6
The bishop develops with
check, gaining a tempo for
my attack!
10.
...
Kh8
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11.
12.
h4
Castling here is good. But I
remembered something that
Rocky taught me last year:
how to develop a rook by
advancing the h-pawn!
11.
...
b5
w________w
árhbdw4wi]
à0wdwgw0p]
ßwdp1whwd]
ÞdpdwdpGw]
ÝwdB)pHw)]
ÜdwHw)wdw]
ÛP)wdw)Pd]
Ú$wdQIwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
12.
Ng6+!?
WoW! I can hardly believe
I found this move. Black has
to capture the knight. Then
I can blast open the h-file.
Oh, boy!
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13.
...
hxg6
h5!
bxc4?
It’s hard to turn down a
“free B”, but Black should
be more careful. Maybe Joe
got distracted by his other
customers. If he wasn’t so
busy making falafels, he
might have found the best
defence: 13...Kh7! 14.Bxf6
g5! 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Bb3,
with a balanced position.
Taking on h5 loses quickly:
13...Nxh5? 14.Bxe7 Qxe7
15.Qxh5+! gxh5 16.Rxh5#
or 13...gxh5 14.Rxh5+! Nh7
15.Rxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qh5+.
14.
hxg6+
15.
Bxf6
Kg8
Removing a key defender.
15.
...
Rxf6
Scholar’s Mate 128
w________w
árhbdwdkd]
à0wdwgw0w]
ßwdp1w4Pd]
Þdwdwdpdw]
Ýwdp)pdwd]
ÜdwHw)wdw]
ÛP)wdw)Pd]
Ú$wdQIwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
WHITE TO MATE IN 4
16.
Rh8+!
Decoying the black king to
the h-file so my queen can
join the attack with tempo.
(Not 16.Qh5? Rxg6!)
16
...
Kxh8
17.
Qh5+
Kg8
18.
Qh7+
Kf8
19.
Qh8#
“Yippee! That was fun.”
“Thank you, Kiril, for that insightful look into how the
mind of a pawn works. Perhaps I should try eating a
falafel. Do you think it would help my chess? He-he.
“Seriously, folks, I’m just kidding. I don’t even know
what a falafel is. But I do know that it’s time now for the
highlight of the evening, the presentation of the Game of
the Year awards! Are you ready?
“Our nominees this year are
Kiril the Pawn, for a masterful
attack at Falafel Joe’s; Frizoon
LePawn, for her victory against
Rooney Raccoon in Saskatoon;
and Rocky Rook, for his classic
battle with Robo-Pawn at the
Scholar’s Mate reunion. Three
great games by three talented
players.
“So, gals and pals, this is the
moment we’ve all been waiting
for. May I have the envelope,
please?
“First place in the Game of the
Year awards goes to . . .
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. . . FRIZOON LEPAWN!!
“Congratulations! In addition to your deluxe trophy,
you also win the grand prize: a one year trip around
the world for you and your family. You’ll be travelling
in your own private jet, with free limousines, hotels,
and gourmet meals. Plus free passes to all theatres,
amusement parks, zoos, and chess tournaments! And
guess what else? One thousand dollars per week in
spending money! All compliments of Chess Iz Us.
“Ladies and gentlemen, quiet, please! We still have
some other prizes to give out. Second place goes to Kiril
the Pawn, and Rocky Rook comes third. Here are your
trophies, guys. We also have a gift certificate for each of
you. Dinner for two at Falafel Joe’s!
“Well, folks, that wraps things up for tonight. We hope
you enjoyed the show, and the chess. This is Biff the B,
saying I L B C N U !”
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By the way, in case you were wondering, falafels are made
from mashed up chick peas and spices. They’re rolled into
little balls, deep fried, and then served on pita bread with
tomatoes, lettuce, and tasty sauce. Most people like tahini
(sesame sauce) but Joe always uses tzatziki (a Greek dip
of yogurt, cucumber, and garlic). Yum-yum!
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TRIPLE
LOYD
w________w
áwdwdwdNd]
àdwdwdBdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
ÞdwdwHwdw]
ÝwdwGwdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd]
ÚIwdR$wdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
k Place the black king
on the board so that:
A. Black is in checkmate.
B. Black is in stalemate.
C. White has mate in 1.
Team Québec
Chess
maze
Canadian Chess Challenge 2015
w________w
áw$wdwdwd]
àdwdwGwdk]
ßwdwdwdw0]
ÞdBdw4wdw]
Ýwdw4whwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
Ûwdw!wdwd]
ÚdwIw$wHw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
KNIGHT MAZE IN 24
Anokhi, master of the Catalan Opening
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Only the white knight moves. Capture the black king
in twenty-four moves (or less) without taking any
pieces or moving to a square where the knight can
be taken. Black does not get a turn.
solution page 53
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ONTARIO TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN
1 KHENI Kush
2 RAYMOND George
3 YU Marcus
4 SHAMRONI David
5 WANG Nathan
6 MOTOC Santi
7 FARHANGNIA Melody
8 WANG Richard
9 LI Bruce
10 HAN Johnathan
GRADE 1
1 ATANASOV Anthony
2 XU Daniel
3 NING Eric
4 KUMAR Shreyas
5 ETTIBARYAN Hovanes
6 ZHANG Angus
7 CHEN Oliver
8 GAGARIN Leon
9 ZAHIRIEH Luka
10 HARIHARAN Agilan
GRADE 2
1 DINATOLO Zack
2 GHAZARIAN Tigran
3 ZHAO Jeffrey
4 CHEN Max
5 CHEN Derek
6 SHAPIRO Idan
7 LI Dylan
8 NAYAK Anuj
9 LIN Angela
10 XIE Austin
GRADE 3
1 RUSONIK Max
2 ISSANI Nameer
3 NOORALI Aahil
4 SHEN Isamel
5 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan
6 GILANI Mysha
7 JACOBS Michael
8 RADIN Andrew
9 FEDYUSHCHENKO Alexander
10 KANG Dorian
GRADE 4
1 ENGLAND Max
2 ZHU Harmony
3 ZHAO Jonathan
4 CHEN Hao
5 WU Nicholas
6 YUAN Daniel
7 MILHOUTRA Ronith
8 TANG Matthew
9 BIVOL Mateo Adrian
10 GAN David
GRADE 5
1 VETTESE Nicholas
2 LIN Benjamin
3 AKOPHYAN Nick
4 MIRABELLI Aidan
5 LIU Lambert
6 WASHIMKAR Arhant
7 LI Alan
8 YANG Fan
9 YU Daniel
10 TAN Kylie
GRADE 6
1 NORITSYN Sergey
2 HUA Eugene
3 MING Wenyang
4 TALUKDAR Rohan
5 GUO Thomas
6 ZHANG Henry
7 LIU Daniel
8 FENG Richard
9 SURYA Benito
10 TANG Daniel
42
714
677
630
558
533
516
477
467
464
459
1237
944
882
751
746
732
731
703
673
663
1355
1298
1211
1166
1156
1087
1045
994
993
962
1632
1614
1455
1418
1264
1225
1197
1173
1155
1155
1651
1638
1574
1477
1412
1342
1339
1322
1262
1250
1772
1671
1578
1570
1543
1513
1485
1434
1394
1385
2149
1936
1930
1830
1699
1668
1653
1622
1606
1563
GRADE 7
1 ZHAO Yue Tong
2 YIE Kevin
3 CAI Jason
4 XUE Andrew
5 LIANG Hairan
6 ZHANG Zhehai
7 DENG Yi
8 HUANG Immanuel
9 IANSAVITCHOUS James
10 SEKAR Varun
GRADE 8
1 ZHANG Yuan Chen
2 CHEN Richard
3 WAN Kevin
4 ZHAO Harry
5 BALENDRA Harigaran
6 XU Jeffrey
7 ZOTKIN Daniel
8 SHEN Chris
9 SHAMRONI Dennis
10 NGUYEN Duy Thien An
GRADE 9
1 ZHOU Qiyu
2 BELLISSIMO Joseph
3 LEI Sean
4 ZHONG Joey
5 WANG Eric
6 YU Wenlu
7 ZHANG Jeff
8 PENG Janet
9 AGHAMALIAN Derick
10 SONG Eric
GRADE 10
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 SONG Michael
3 LI Yinshi
4 LI Michael
5 KUTTNER Simon
6 YE Hanyuan
7 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre
8 TERRY Joshua
9 MUNTANER Daniel
10 TAO Rachel
G R A D E 11
1 PLOTKIN Mark
2 LIN Tony
3 NASIR Zehn
4 ADRIAANSE Adam
5 SONG Terry
6 PENG Jackie
7 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan
8 ZHANG Kevin Z.
9 SAMETOVA Zhanna
10 LI Robert
GRADE 12
1 KNOX Christopher
2 SEMIANIUK Konstantin
3 FU James
4 KALRA Agastya
5 SUN Mike
6 BOHAN BAO Tony
7 GIBLON Rebecca
8 QIAN Owen
9 JEYAPRAGASAN Kuhan
10 DUKIC Zach
HONOUR ROLL
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 PLOTKIN Mark
3 KNOX Christopher
4 SONG Michael
5 ZHANG Yuan Chen
6 LIN Tony
7 CHEN Richard
8 SEMIANIUK Konstantin
9 WAN Kevin
10 ZHOU Qiyu
QUEBEC TOP TEN
1889
1788
1783
1650
1615
1591
1551
1535
1493
1481
2304
2285
2266
2127
2093
2046
2008
2008
1880
1682
2249
2239
2221
2166
2058
1890
1607
1605
1567
1510
2654
2425
2217
1959
1914
1882
1880
1766
1694
1630
2456
2291
2236
2202
2168
2086
2020
1863
1838
1670
2439
2272
2218
2173
1938
1900
1889
1812
1641
1616
2654
2456
2439
2425
2304
2291
2285
2272
2266
2249
Scholar’s Mate 128
KINDERGARTEN
1 HUARD Matheo
2 MIKHAEL Pio
3 NOTTAWAY Emery
4 LIU Eric
5 YAN Alex Jikai
6 MUSEREAU Esteban
7 LAMONTAGNE Christophe
8 MA Lily
9 DEESEALL Rowan
10 LUO David
GRADE 1
1 ZHONG Kevin
2 CHANG Alexander
3 TAO Neilson
4 BELIVEAU Mathieu
5 LI Ze Yue
6 OMICHI Kevin
7 MEHBOUDI Kurosh
8 CHAPDELAINE Gwynn
9 ST-GELAIS Olivier
10 FERNANDEZ BUSTO Edouard
GRADE 2
1 ZHENG Richard
2 GUIPI BOPALA Prince
3 LIU Kevin
4 SUN Justin
5 LI Zhong Xuan
6 ZHANG Chuhang
7 ZHANG Chen Rui
8 TESSIER Damien
9 CAO Edgar
10 ZHANG William
GRADE 3
1 KULESHOVA Julia
2 OMICHI Haruaki
3 ZHONG Ziyi
4 CAI Tony
5 CHEN Jacques
6 HOWALD Connor
7 MEHBOUDI Soshiyant
8 POULIN Laurent
9 XU Yihan
10 DIMITROV Philippe
GRADE 4
1 HUANG Qiuyu
2 TANAKA Tyler
3 BERCUVITZ Tani
4 YU Daniel
5 WANG Isabelle
6 LIU Owen
7 RASMUSSEN Nicolas
8 RICHARD Leo
9 YAN Alan
10 LU De Feng
GRADE 5
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 ZHONG Wenxuan
3 DURETTE Francis
4 YU Xi Ming
5 LIU Robert
6 SHI Leo
7 ZUO Dustin
8 GRANDMONT Mathias
9 XIE Dazhuo
10 DEMERS Alexis
GRADE 6
1 TINICA Gabriel
2 LAI William
3 TSYPIN Allison
4 ZHAO William
5 GUAN Ziyu
6 KIRYAKOV Marin
7 LIU Julia
8 YANG Muyuan
9 LI Tony
10 CAUCHY-VAILLANCOURT Marek
Scholar’s Mate 128
926
606
587
516
512
480
454
451
440
440
1305
1173
897
893
884
824
809
791
716
715
1511
1359
1237
1027
1019
997
954
934
915
910
1287
1231
1120
1022
999
982
979
973
971
951
1889
1401
1397
1375
1219
1159
1102
1096
1094
1091
1865
1723
1688
1436
1420
1246
1233
1232
1199
1168
1705
1564
1519
1456
1433
1281
1253
1200
1178
1167
GRADE 7
1 FAN Run Kun
2 OUELLET Maili-Jade
3 ZHANG Hou Han
4 TURGEON Yoakim
5 LUO Muhan
6 LU Jasmine
7 LU Daisy
8 PAN Yu Xiang
9 YIP Mattew
10 GAO Catherine
GRADE 8
1 LI Yi Lin
2 SAHA Ananda
3 YANG Eddie
4 ZHANG Evan
5 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu
6 SAINE Zachary
7 ST-CYR Xavier
8 SUN Benjamin
9 HUANG Junhao
10 AUDET Olivier
GRADE 9
1 SHI Linda
2 LUO Wei Han
3 GAO Christine
4 WANG Kelly
5 LUO Alan
6 HE Haley
7 LI Frank
8 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne
9 XIONG Yi Wei
10 TINICA Sabina
GRADE 10
1 YU Zong Yang
2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
3 ZHU HongRui
4 LIU Yu Qing
5 CHANG Michael
6 POIRIER Alexis
7 VOROBEV Alexander
8 NIKULICH Andrey
9 MUNSHI Rubayat
10 LI George
G R A D E 11
1 JOHNSON Nicholas
2 FARAJI Jafar
3 MANAILOIU Dragos
4 GU Sheng-Ming
5 NAZARIAN Ara
6 SAMIKOV Chingis
7 HARRIS Gabriel
8 JALALI Salar
9 TURCOTTE VAN DE RYDT C.
10 ROSCA Maria
GRADE 12
1 LUO Zhao Yang
2 LEPINE Cedric
3 ALCANTARA Maximo
4 SHI Sky
5 LIU Mu Dong
6 XIANG Qun Tian
7 VOLKOV Vladislav
8 PAILLE Jordan
9 LI Jeffrey
10 GUO De Xuan
HONOUR ROLL
1 YU Zong Yang
2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
3 LUO Zhao Yang
4 ZHU HongRui
5 LEPINE Cedric
6 FAN Run Kun
7 JOHNSON Nicholas
8 LIU Yu Qing
9 LI Yi Lin
10 SAHA Ananda
1959
1814
1674
1440
1423
1420
1420
1320
1289
1279
1906
1893
1741
1719
1670
1634
1607
1522
1488
1443
1751
1742
1711
1703
1591
1419
1384
1382
1371
1339
2517
2371
2218
1934
1873
1506
1430
1363
1315
1309
1934
1803
1698
1614
1433
1431
1391
1318
1249
1221
2219
2118
1604
1444
1426
1403
1387
1253
1224
1192
2517
2371
2219
2218
2118
1959
1934
1934
1906
1893
43
ATLANTIC TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN
1 KOMIAK Jacob
2 LEBLANC Zachary
3 RIOUX Cedric
4 RICHARD Miguel
5 POWER Gina
6 BRYAR Felix
7 BENOIT Malik
8 DROUIN Matheo
9 LOTY Emily
10 BRUCE Andrew
GRADE 1
1 MCINTYRE Malcolm
2 LI Joanna
3 SONIER William
4 MALLAIS Simon
5 CORMIER Samuel
6 MALTAIS Jacob
7 BURROWS Breckin
8 STEEVES Gavin
9 DAIGLE Alex
10 YANG Julia
GRADE 2
1 MCINTYRE Duncan
2 PAN Thomas
3 RICHARD Tristan
4 XU Tiger
5 RIOUX Bastien
6 SI Patrick
7 MERRIGAN Alex
8 DICKIE Luke
9 FARHAT Taim
10 CHEN Frank
GRADE 3
1 MACEACHERN Seamus
2 LEBLANC Alex
3 BROWN Alexander
4 CASTONGUAY Ethan
5 CHRISTIANSEN Asher
6 BLANCHETTE Alain
7 LOCKE Sebastian
8 BHATT Tanish
9 LI Sarah-Grace
10 RANJBAR Stephan
GRADE 4
1 KAPRA Jerjis
2 RUSSELL Mark
3 LEBLANC Alexandre X.
4 DORMODY Peter
5 WEI Ronnie
6 LOTY Ezekiel
7 TRAN Nam
8 KEEL Dylen
9 FRANCOEUR Vincent
10 HIGGINS Harris
GRADE 5
1 KUNDU Arnab
2 CHEN Norman
3 BROWN Callum
4 WALSH Ian
5 BLANCHETTE Luc
6 HEFFERTON Harrison
7 DOUCETTE Luc
8 LEBLANC Austin
9 GALLANT Joel
10 ROBICHAUD Brandon
GRADE 6
1 RUSSELL Brett
2 CUI Cynthia
3 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn
4 LOTY Eric
5 LI Kevin
6 MACDONALD Cameron
7 DORNIEDEN Jonas
8 QIU Nicholas
9 BLAISDELL Hunter
10 NAKAYASU Rikuto
44
752
527
466
364
358
358
335
332
322
313
NL
NB
NB
NB
NL
NB
NB
NB
NS
NL
633
600
535
509
477
470
465
462
461
452
PE
NL
NB
NB
NB
NB
PE
NB
NB
NL
875
774
771
742
703
667
645
637
597
585
PE
NL
NB
NB
NB
PE
NL
PE
NS
NL
1043
881
851
797
764
725
711
705
702
683
PE
NB
NS
NB
NS
NB
NL
NL
NL
NB
1171
1164
1138
971
917
889
889
825
800
756
NS
NL
NB
NL
PE
NS
NB
NS
NB
NB
1192
1146
1082
1047
1003
937
882
849
818
795
PE
NL
NS
NL
NB
NL
PE
NB
NB
NB
1378
1317
1195
1118
1070
997
947
896
887
884
NL
NB
PE
NS
NS
PE
NS
NL
PE
NS
GRADE 7
1 JIA Jacky
1572
2 HUANG Xingbo
1383
3 MITTAL Ridhi
1264
4 CUI Leonardo
1135
5 MERRIGAN Daley
1102
6 WEILAND Robin
1030
7 KUNDU Arjun
1021
8 KERR Ian
982
9 GOSSE Daniel
980
10 JIANG Harvey
936
GRADE 8
1 DORRANCE Lucas
1532
2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan
1409
3 PICKARD Ryan
1300
4 CHISLETT Benjamin
1252
5 NAIDAPPUWA-WADUGE Dulhan 1227
6 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep
1163
7 TRAN Quoc
1129
8 LOCKE Miles
1111
9 YEOMANS Ben
1103
10 NOLAN Justin
1097
GRADE 9
1 SONG Sam
2236
2 MCKEOWN Gary
1418
3 MACDONALD Brandon
1328
4 ROBICHAUD Alexandre
1299
5 HE Kate
1191
6 VU Nam
1044
7 NORMAN Bradley
1024
8 ROBERTSON Joel
1021
9 WHITT Sheldon
979
10 VAN HEERDEN Hendrik
974
GRADE 10
1 DAWSON Andrew
1404
2 ANDERSEN Paul
1300
3 SCHRADER Nathaniel
1271
4 MAKAROV Joshua
1262
5 OLDFORD Noah
1244
6 SNELGROVE Stephen
1186
7 GREGORY Liam
1183
8 TIWARI Lal
1179
9 JACKMAN Luke
1120
10 KIM Jong Su
1108
G R A D E 11
1 DORRANCE Adam
2352
2 FENG Bob
1769
3 WANG Lee
1277
4 MCKEOWN Brody
1149
5 WILKS Darius
1102
6 LUDOVICE Diego
1064
7 MASON Matthew
1023
8 KARFOUL Al Mothanna
1007
9 AMIR David
1007
10 CAISSIE Sebastien
994
GRADE 12
1 PETERS Jeremy
1873
2 ROBICHAUD Nicolas
1725
3 QIU Christopher
1652
4 ZHANG MaoMao
1484
5 WANG Jeffrey
1375
6 CROWELL Iain
1262
7 HINK Ian
1182
8 DARCY Matt
1171
9 CHURCHILL Shea
1168
10 BERNIER Thomas
1142
HONOUR ROLL
1 DORRANCE Adam
2352
2 SONG Sam
2236
3 PETERS Jeremy
1873
4 FENG Bob
1769
5 ROBICHAUD Nicolas
1725
6 QIU Christopher
1652
7 JIA Jacky
1572
8 DORRANCE Lucas
1532
9 ZHANG MaoMao
1484
10 MCKEOWN Gary
1418
WESTERN TOP TEN
PE
NL
NL
NB
NL
NB
PE
PE
NL
NL
NS
NL
NL
NL
NS
PE
NS
NL
NB
NL
NB
NL
NS
NB
NS
NB
PE
NB
NL
NL
NL
NL
NB
NB
NL
NL
NL
NS
NL
NB
NS
NB
NS
NL
NS
NS
NS
PE
NB
NB
NS
NB
NL
NL
NS
PE
PE
NS
NL
NB
NS
NB
NS
NB
NB
NL
PE
NS
NL
NL
Scholar’s Mate 128
KINDERGARTEN
1 TANG Jacky
2 FAN Samuel
3 SOLOMENTSEVA Liliya
4 GUO Aaron
5 YANG Ryan
6 KHUBLARYAN Suren
7 MADDIGAN Zander
8 HUANG Nico
9 SONG Ethan
10 MA Hovey
GRADE 1
1 OFFENGENDEN Ron
2 WANG Daniel
3 SU Ethan
4 HANNAH-LEE Toro
5 CHEN Freddy
6 PICHE Zachary
7 HERTZ Denman
8 YU Sophia
9 CHEN Jason
10 GUO Vincent
GRADE 2
1 QIAN Jason
2 XU Andrew
3 RIQUELME Martin
4 SHARMA Vishruth
5 ZHANG Bruce
6 ZHANG Dustin
7 LIU Breanna
8 WU Stanley
9 GUO Veronica
10 ZHU Max
GRADE 3
1 ZHOU Aiden
2 GU Chuyang
3 JIANG David
4 WU Lucian
5 IMOO Joshua
6 LIU Kevin
7 IVANESCU Mark
8 ZHANG Dan
9 TAN Brendan
10 CHEN Noah
GRADE 4
1 LOW Kevin
2 HUANG Patrick
3 DOKNJAS Neil
4 SUPERCEANU Andi
5 JAMES Rowan
6 LAU Julian
7 ZHANG Andy
8 BUTCHART Kevin
9 CHUNG Leo
10 TIAN Sherry
GRADE 5
1 QU Leo
2 ZHENG Victor
3 ZHAO Ian
4 MAH Sean
5 GUO Jim
6 SASATA Alexander
7 DU Daniel
8 WAN Justin
9 KOVAC Adrian
10 REZANIA Kurosh
GRADE 6
1 PULFER Luke
2 WANG Kaixin
3 RICHARDSON Kai
4 CHUNG Alec
5 LOW Ethan
6 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha
7 LIN Kaining
8 LEHINGRAT Callum
9 ZHANG Brian
10 RENY Alex
Scholar’s Mate 128
613
607
589
560
546
520
458
453
437
434
BC
BC
SK
AB
BC
AB
AB
BC
BC
BC
1266
1214
1085
936
881
863
859
836
808
752
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
MB
BC
BC
BC
BC
1107
1088
1008
995
979
977
904
856
799
786
BC
BC
MB
AB
BC
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
1546
1461
1310
1307
1272
1224
1219
1180
1144
1109
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
AB
AB
AB
BC
1960
1799
1619
1583
1547
1470
1389
1339
1325
1306
BC
BC
BC
AB
BC
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
1689
1619
1539
1527
1441
1374
1374
1370
1320
1256
BC
BC
AB
AB
BC
SK
BC
BC
AB
AB
1807
1757
1729
1622
1612
1502
1495
1483
1459
1445
BC
AB
BC
BC
BC
AB
AB
BC
BC
BC
GRADE 7
1 DOKNJAS Joshua
2 GROSSMANN Lenard
3 YAO David
4 SU Michael
5 WOLCHOCK Theo
6 LEONG Ryan
7 MA Derek
8 YU Rinna
9 YU An
10 HAO Robert
GRADE 8
1 GEDAJLOVIC Max
2 ZHENG Maven
3 SHRESTHA Prayus
4 GENG Matthew
5 MCCULLOUGH Ian
6 WU Chenxi
7 HAN Lionel
8 JAYAWEERA Lahiru
9 BREWSTER Paula
10 LI Kevin
GRADE 9
1 CAO Jason
2 KASSAM Jamil
3 LI James
4 NIE Mark
5 SAHEB Salar
6 SHAO Nathan
7 KNOX Nathaniel
8 ZITA Matthew
9 TAPP Ashley
10 YU Robin
GRADE 10
1 SHI Diwen
2 DOKNJAS John
3 AWATRAMANI Janak
4 KONG Dezhong
5 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg
6 HOFFNER Noah
7 LEE Nicholas
8 ZHANG Yutong
9 RAHEMTULLA Adam
10 CHENG Tony
G R A D E 11
1 HERDIN Mathew
2 HUI Jeremy
3 SWIFT Ryne
4 MCCULLOUGH David
5 CUI Karl
6 SITU Dennis
7 ZHAO Chenxi
8 DOBRZANSKI Joseph
9 BARTHA Emerich
10 IOMDINA BASTOS Alexander
GRADE 12
1 WANG Richard
2 LI Kevin
3 LO Ryan
4 NYAMDORJ Davaa-Ohir
5 WU Ray
6 WANG YueKai
7 LAI Jingzhou
8 LUDWIG Michael
9 PANG Michael
10 PERICO Jenry
HONOUR ROLL
1 WANG Richard
2 CAO Jason
3 SHI Diwen
4 LI Kevin
5 DOKNJAS John
6 DOKNJAS Joshua
7 AWATRAMANI Janak
8 HERDIN Mathew
9 LO Ryan
10 NYAMDORJ Davaa-Ohir
2233
1912
1854
1849
1648
1602
1586
1520
1512
1497
BC
AB
AB
BC
MB
BC
MB
BC
BC
BC
2113
1691
1594
1591
1534
1502
1485
1467
1458
1451
BC
BC
AB
BC
AB
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
2439
1854
1755
1715
1699
1697
1672
1660
1633
1631
BC
AB
BC
AB
AB
BC
BC
AB
BC
BC
2329
2320
2227
1980
1913
1806
1683
1492
1482
1426
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
AB
AB
BC
BC
BC
2200
2050
1829
1728
1692
1687
1549
1483
1425
1311
BC
BC
MB
AB
BC
AB
AB
BC
SK
MB
2484
2326
2180
2129
2042
1977
1952
1918
1836
1803
AB
MB
BC
BC
BC
AB
BC
AB
MB
AB
2484
2439
2329
2326
2320
2233
2227
2200
2180
2129
AB
BC
AB
MB
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
45
R AT I N G S
Frizoon LePawn presents
TOP
GIRLS
Scholastic ratings for all players who have taken part
in a CMA tournament during the last three years can
be found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage:
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CANADA
Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will
take you to the ratings page:
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Once on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map of
Canada, you can search ratings by name, province,
age, or grade! You can also see a list of recently
rated tournaments at the bottom of the page. Click
on the tournament to see a crosstable of the event.
For information on how to rate your tournaments:
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Information on
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791
602
601
600
BC
QC
SK
ON
NL
993
904
799
762
681
ON
BC
BC
SK
ON
1418
1287
1225
1055
1053
ON
QC
ON
ON
BC
1638
1306
1219
1213
1119
ON
BC
QC
ON
BC
1385
1269
1195
1178
1159
ON
ON
AB
ON
BC
1549
1519
1389
1362
1317
ON
QC
ON
ON
NB
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GRADE 1
1
YU Sophia
2
CHAPDELAINE Gwynn
3
SASATA Natasha
4
SHARMA Tanishka
5
LI Joanna
GRADE 2
1
LIN Angela
2
LIU Breanna
3
GUO Veronica
4
LORTIE Sofia
5
BANDI Hansika
GRADE 3
1
SHEN Isamel
2
KULESHOVA Julia
3
GILANI Mysha
4
ATANASOVA Rada
5
FAN Elaine
GRADE 4
1
ZHU Harmony
2
TIAN Sherry
3
WANG Isabelle
4
GUO Hazel
5
VAN Anna
GRADE 5
1
TAN Kylie
2
MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi
3
MO Michelle
4
CHERTKOW Sasha
5
ZHAO Cindy Ziyi
GRADE 6
1
DEMCHENKO Svitlana
2
TSYPIN Allison
3
QIAO Cindy
4
ZHANG Taylor
5
CUI Cynthia
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ZHU Harmony
DEMCHENKO Svitlana
TSYPIN Allison
SHEN Isamel
QIAO Cindy
TAN Kylie
ZHANG Taylor
CUI Cynthia
TIAN Sherry
ZHANG Jeannie
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1638
1549
1519
1418
1389
1385
1362
1317
1306
1295
GRADE 7
1
OUELLET Maili-Jade
2
YU Rinna
3
YU An
4
ZHOU Lily
5
PARAPARAN Varshini
GRADE 8
1
LI Yi Lin
2
WANG Constance
3
LIU Dora
4
ZHU Jiarong
5
BREWSTER Paula
GRADE 9
1
ZHOU Qiyu
2
SHI Linda
3
GAO Christine
4
WANG Kelly
5
PENG Janet
GRADE 10
1
NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg
2
TAO Rachel
3
LI Kristen
4
POBERESHNIKOVA Agniya
5
GIBLON Melissa
G R A D E 11
1
PENG Jackie
2
SAMETOVA Zhanna
3
SEDIGHI Nima
4
ROSCA Maria
5
ZHANG Rebecca
GRADE 12
1
GIBLON Rebecca
2
KRAMER Lauren
3
BHATTACHARYYA Samudraneel
4
XIA Linda
5
DAWSON Laura Jane
1814
1520
1512
1473
1462
QC
BC
BC
ON
ON
1906
1570
1527
1507
1458
QC
ON
ON
ON
BC
2249
1751
1711
1703
1605
ON
QC
QC
QC
ON
1913
1630
1468
1462
1375
BC
ON
ON
ON
ON
2086
1838
1259
1221
1145
ON
ON
BC
QC
ON
1889
1194
1181
1143
1115
ON
ON
ON
ON
NL
q CANADIAN QUEENS
ON
ON
QC
ON
ON
ON
ON
NB
BC
ON
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
ZHOU Qiyu
PENG Jackie
NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg
LI Yi Lin
GIBLON Rebecca
SAMETOVA Zhanna
OUELLET Maili-Jade
SHI Linda
GAO Christine
WANG Kelly
2249
2086
1913
1906
1889
1838
1814
1751
1711
1703
ON
ON
BC
QC
ON
ON
QC
QC
QC
QC
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TOURNAMENTS
FOR
KIDS
The Chess'n Math Association holds scholastic
tournaments for kids throughout the school year.
Please check our website in September for the
2015-2016 schedule of events.
Chess’n Math Association
www.chess-math.org
SUPERFEST 2015
AUGUST 21 - 23
Friday - Sunday
at the magnificent resort hotel
Le Chantecler
Sainte-Adele, Quebec
45 minutes north of Montreal in Laurentians
free bus service to and from Montreal for this event
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
CHESS’N MATH ASSOCIATION
September 8
Tuesday 7:00 pm
3423 St. Denis Suite 400 Montreal, Quebec
Parents whose children took part in any events organized by
the Chess ’n Math Association in the 2014-2015 school year
may attend. One vote per family. Agenda includes a review of
the year’s activities and the election of a new executive.
INFORMATION 514 845-8352
Lots to do for the whole family: swimming, horseback
riding, chess, and much more. Something for everyone!
Special Room Rates guaranteed until June 28
$95 per night for up to four people in a room + tax
FIVE ROUND SWISS TOURNAMENT
Time Control: 90 minutes plus 5 second increment
Thirteen sections by school grade: K-12
(grade in 2014-15 school year)
Open to top 50 Canadians in each grade (June 1)
plus invited players from U.S. and other countries
PRIZES: Top five players in each grade receive a
trophy and a gift certificate from Strategy Games.
1st place $100, 2nd place $50, 3rd-5th $20 each
PAST ISSUES OF
SCHOLAR’S MATE
in PDF or DNL format are available at:
ENTRY FEE (varies by date): $45 before June 29
$50 by July 31, $60 by August 15, $75 after August 15
www.chess-math.org/scholarsmate
organized by the
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Click on “PAST ISSUES”.
www.chess-math.org
514 845-8352
[email protected]
Free and fun. What a deal!
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For tournaments and other chess events in your area, visit these websites or contact your local organizer.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ONTARIO
Victoria
Victoria Junior Chess Society
victoriajuniorchess.pbworks.com
Ottawa
Chess’n Math Association
chess-math.org
250 Bank St.
Brian Raymer
[email protected]
Vancouver
Vancouver Chess School
vanchess.ca
Maxim Doroshenko
[email protected]
ALBERTA
Edmonton
Roving Chess Nuts
rovingchessnuts.com
Bruce Thomas
[email protected]
Calgary
Calgary Junior Chess Club
sites.google.com/site/calgaryjunior
chessclub
Paul Gagne
[email protected]
SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatchewan Scholastic Chess
Association
ssca.saskchess.com
Brad Thomson
(613) 565-3662
[email protected]
Toronto
Chess’n Math Association
chess-math.org
701 Mt. Pleasant Rd.
Francis Rodrigues
(416) 488-5506
[email protected]
Toronto
Children Chess Scool of Toronto
chessforchildren.ca
Nathalia Khoudgarian
[email protected]
Toronto
Knights of Chess School
sites.google.com/site/theknights
ofchess
Yuri Lebedev
[email protected]
Seneca Hill
Seneca Hill Chess Club
senecahillchess.com
Corinna Wan
[email protected]
Guelph
Chess Express
chessexpress.ca
Hal Bond
[email protected]
Kitchener
KW Youth Chess Club
psmcd.net/kwycc
Pierre Lambert
[email protected]
NOVA SCOTIA
Nova Scotia Scholastic Chess
Association
nssca.ca
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Windsor
Windsor Chess
windsorchess.com
Vlad Drkulec
[email protected]
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NEW BRUNSWICK
Cornwall
Au Diapason Chess
audiapason.ca
MANITOBA
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Martine Lemaire
(514) 845-8352
Chris Felix
[email protected]
Clifford Labre
[email protected]
Jeremie Piché
[email protected]
Chess’n Math Association
3423 St. Denis, Montreal
chess-math.org
Patrick McDonald
[email protected]
Don MacKinnon
[email protected]
Manitoba Scholastic Chess
Association
scholasticchess.mb.ca
QUEBEC
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PEI Youth Chess Association
peiyca.ca
John McIntyre
[email protected]
NEWFOUNDLAND
NL Scholastic Chess Association
www.chess.nl.ca
Chris Dawson
[email protected]
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* SOLUTIONS *
HOW TO READ A CHESS GAME
It's easy. The board has 8 files
and 8 ranks. Files are the rows
of squares that go up and down.
Each one is named by a small
letter. Ranks are rows that go
sideways. Each one is named
by a number.
Every square also has a name.
The first part is its file and the
second part is its rank. In this
diagram, a white pawn moved
to e4 and a black pawn to e5.
When moves are written down,
the first capital letter shows the
piece which moves. Q is queen.
B is bishop. R is rook. N is used
for knight because the king is K.
If there is no capital letter, that
means a pawn moves.
Next is the square that the
piece moves to. Bc4 says that a
bishop moves to the square c4.
When a piece is captured, an x
is put before the square. Qxf7
means a queen takes on f7.
If a pawn captures, the letter
of the file it starts on is given
first, then an x followed by the
square it takes on. exd5 says a
pawn on the e-file captures on
the square d5.
When two pieces of the same
kind can go to the same spot,
another letter is put after the
piece to show what file it came
from. Rae1 tells us that a rook
on the a-file moves to e1.
If the pieces that can move to
the same spot are on the same
file, then their rank number is
added. N6e4 means the knight
on the 6th rank moves to e4.
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7
6
5
4
3
2
1
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dwdwdwdw
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a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Here are some special symbols:
+
#
e. p.
O-O
O-O-O
1-0
0-1
½-½
!
?
!?
?!
check
checkmate
en passant
castles kingside
castles queenside
white wins
black wins
draw
excellent move
mistake
cool move
weird (weak) move
The game below is written in
algebraic notation. Kiril was
new to chess and fell into an
old trap called Scholar’s Mate !
1.
2.
3.
4.
ROCKY
e4
Qh5
Bc4
Qxf7 #
MATES
KIRIL’S KLASS
1
2
3
#7 1.Nxf7!
1...Rxf7 2.Nxb5
1...Bc6? 2.Nxd8
4
5
1.Qb2#
1.Qd8+ Rxd8 2.Rxd8#
1.Qxg6+ fxg6 2.Bd5#
1...Bg7 2.Qxg7#
1.Kg2 Ke3 2.Qd3#
1...Ke1 2.Qd1#
1.Qh3+ Rd7
2.Re8+ Rxe8 3.Rxe8#
CHESS MAZE
Ng1-f3-h2-f1-g3-h1-f2-d1-c3
-b1-a3-c2-a1-b3-a5-c6-a7
-c8-b6-a8-c7-e8-f6-g8xh6
KIRIL’S KORNER
page 31 (1.Rxg7? Rb2+!)
1.Qh7+! Kxh7
(1...Rxh7 2.Rg8#)
2.Rxg7+ Kh8
3.Rg8+ Kh7
4.R1g7#
TRIPLE LOYD
A. Ke2# B. Kc2=
C. Kd6 (Bb6#)
1 1.Rc8+ Kf7 2.Ng5+ (3.Nxe4)
LILY'S
2 1.Re1+ Kf8 2.Bd6+ (3.Bxb4)
PUZZLER
3 1.Qe6+ Kd8 2.Qf6+ (3.Qxh8)
1.d3 g5
1...Kb8 (or 1...Kc7) 2.Qe5+
2.Bxg5 Bh6
4 1.Qe5+ Kg8 2.Qg3+ (3.Qxb3)
3.Bf6 Bg7
COMBO MOMBO
4.Bxg7 e6
1 1.Rxe6 Qxe6 2.Bd5 (pins Q)
2 1...Qxh2+ 2.Kxh2 Rh4+ 3.Kg1 Rh1#
2.Kf1 Qh1#
TACTICS 101
KIRIL
e5
d6
Nf6 ?
Oh no! Kiril got mated in just
four moves. That was no fun!
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SCHOLAR’S MATE
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Montreal, Quebec
H2X 3L2
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ARF!