CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS
JUNE 2016
number 132
CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
FRIZOON BALLOONS TO SASKATOON
RUSSIAN DEFENCE part 2
SCHOLAR’S MATE
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Report From Regina, Saskatchewan
RUSSIAN DEFENCE part 2
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Kiril’s Klass
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6!
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Kiril’s Kontest
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o A NA D I A N
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oHALLENGE
2016 CHAMPIONS
R E P O R T F R O M R E G I N A , S A S K AT C H E W A N
The 28th annual Canadian Chess Challenge finals were
held on Victoria Day weekend at the University of Regina
in Saskatchewan. The “nationals” have now been held in
every province.
The weather on Saturday was perfect for sightseeing,
but many players spent the afternoon playing in a blitz
tournament, won by Janak Awatramani (Vancouver). In
the evening, there was an opening banquet, followed by
a game of laser tag.
The competition began Sunday morning. As usual, a
bagpiper played as the teams marched into the hall
carrying their provincial flags. After the national anthem,
sung by Don MacKinnon (Saskatoon), the players shook
hands and started their clocks.
When the last king was toppled on Monday afternoon,
Ontario had captured first place by the narrowest of
margins. Just like last year, they won eleven medals,
including six golds. As you can see in the photo on
page 9, the prizes at the nationals are trophies. But we
still talk about them as if they were medals.
Ontario drew their last round match with Quebec, so
the teams each had 8½ points. The tiebreaker was most
individual points, giving the title to Ontario 95½-90.
It was another great year for Team Quebec, with ten
players taking home prizes. But they really missed their
chance against Ontario. They led 6-4 at one point, but
couldn’t manage another half point to get the victory.
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2
3
4
5
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ALEX YAN
A NTHONY A TANASOV *
MAX CHEN
N AMEER ISSANI *
Q IUYU H UANG * *
N ICHOLAS V ETTESE * **
Quebec
O ntario
O ntario
O ntario
Quebec
O ntario
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E UGENE HUA
O ntario
8
M AÏLI-JJ ADE O UELLET *
Quebec
9
R ICHARD CHEN * *
O ntario
10
SAM SONG *
11
JANAK AWATRAMANI **** British C olumbia
12
JEREMY HUI *
*
N ew B runswick
B ritish C olumbia
previous national champion
British Columbia, led by Janak Awatramani and Jeremy
Hui (Burnaby), came third, winning eleven medals, their
most ever. They won impressively against lower teams,
but lost to Ontario 10-2 and Quebec 8½-3½.
Alberta took fourth place with six team points. Vishruth
Sharma (Calgary) won bronze in grade 3.
The Most Improved Team was Saskatchewan, with
11½ more points than 2015. They also finished in fifth
place, a provincial high. Top scorers were Leo Lin (4th,
grade 1) and Alexander Sasata (tied for 3rd, grade 6).
Newfoundland was the Top Atlantic Team, defeating
their main rival New Brunswick 7½-4½ in round 5.
Ten players went undefeated. Perfect 9-0’s were made
by Nicholas Vettese (Toronto), Eugene Hua (Hamilton),
and Richard Chen (Hamilton).
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2016 TEAMS
match individual
ONTARIO
QUEBEC
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ALBERTA
SASKATCHEWAN
MANITOBA
NEWFOUNDLAND
NEW BRUNSWICK
NOVA SCOTIA
PRINCE EDWARD IS.
8½
8½
7
6
4½
4
3
2½
1
0
95½
90
83½
58½
43
39½
40
37
28
25
Eight 2015 champions returned to defend their title. Six
succeeded: Anthony Atanasov (Oakville), Nameer Issani
(Toronto), Qiuyu Huang (Montreal), Nicholas Vettese,
Richard Chen, and Sam Song (Fredericton).
Playoff games decided first place in grades 2, 3, 4, and
11. Grade 11 was a 3-way tie. Other grades with ties for
prizes were 6, 8, 9, 12. Some playoffs were still going on
during the awards ceremony. There were five draws in
grade 3 before Max Chen (Toronto) finally won.
Five sets of siblings took part in the tournament. The
best results were by the Doknjas brothers (Surrey) who
both scored 7 points. Neil placed third in grade 5 and
Joshua second in grade 8.
Five girls participated. Maïli-Jade Ouellet (Montreal)
placed first in grade 8. She was also grade 5 national
champion three years ago. Cynthia Cui (Fredericton)
came fourth in grade 7.
There was a three-way tie for Best Team Shirt between
Newfoundland, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. They will
split the $350 prize fund evenly. A second vote by the
provincial coordinators gave Newfoundland the title.
The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Award
went to the Saskatchewan School Chess Association.
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2 0 1 6 N AT I O N A L C H A M P I O N S
front: Alex Yan, Anthony Atanasov, Nameer Issani,
Qiuyu Huang, Nicholas Vettese. back: Eugene Hua,
Maïli-Jade Ouellet, Richard Chen, Sam Song, Jeremy Hui.
not shown, still in a playoff: Max Chen, Janak Awatramani
BRONZE
SILVER
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Ryan Yang
Kevin Zhong
Richard Zheng *
Haruaki Omichi
Max England
Wenxuan Zhong
Gabriel Tinica
Joshua Doknjas ***
Ananda Saha
Joseph Bellissimo *
Michael Song
Zehn Nasir
BC
QC
QC
QC
ON
QC
QC
BC
QC
ON
ON
ON
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Andrew Ksenych
ON
Daniel Wang
BC
Vishruth Sharma
AB
Lucien Wu *
BC
Neil Doknjas
BC
Leo Qu
BC
Ethan Low
BC
Derek Ma
MB
Matthew Geng
BC
Jason Cao *
BC
Olivier K. Chiku-Ratte QC
Adam Dorrance******** NS
* previous national champion
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The Most Valuable Player, for the fifth time in six years,
was Adam Dorrance of Nova Scotia. He also received a
special plaque and a $1200 scholarship from the Chess’n
Math Association for competing at the nationals twelve
years, winning his grade eight times. Well done, Adam!
A bughouse tournament was held after the awards
ceremony on Monday. Janak Awatramani and Jeremy Hui
placed first in the very popular event.
The 2017 finals will be in Toronto. See you there!
2016 MEDALS
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
ONTARIO
6
4
1
QUEBEC
3
6
1
BRITISH COLUMBIA 2
2
7
NEW BRUNSWICK
1
ALBERTA
1
MANITOBA
1
NOVA SCOTIA
1
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KIRIL’S
KLASS
Here are some sample lines after 5.Nxe5 Nd7:
6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.0-0 Qh4! 8.c4 0-0-0
6.Nc3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Bb4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Be6
6.0-0 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Be2 Be7 9.Nc3 c6
6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Bxe4 dxe4 8.Qxe4 Be6 9.Qxe5 Qd7
10.0-0 0-0-0 (with a lead in development for a pawn)
6.Nxf7!? Kxf7 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Qe2 (8.Qxd5 Ndf6) 8...Kf7
RUSSIAN
DEFENCE
part 2
This lesson looks at the
opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6.
The Russian Defence is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6. Part 1 of
this lesson covered the capture 3.Nxe5. In this class, we
examine other third moves by White.
The move 3.d4 is the Steinitz Variation, named after the
first world champion. See diagram 1. Black gets an okay
position by 3...exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 e.p. Nxd6,
but it’s better to play 3...Nxe4. Then 4.dxe5 d5 is fine
for Black and 4.Nxe5 d6 5.Nf3 d5 transposes to the line
3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5.
After 3...Nxe4, the game usually continues 4.Bd3 d5.
See diagram 2. The position is level following 5.dxe5 Be7
6.0-0 0-0 or 5.Bxe4 dxe4 6.Nxe5 Bd6, so White normally
plays 5.Nxe5. Then 5...Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4! gives White a
small edge, but Black gets an equal game with 5...Nd7.
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árhb1kgw4]
à0p0wdp0p]
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Þdwdp0wdw]
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Ú$NGQIwdR]
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w________w
árhb1kgw4]
à0p0pdp0p]
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Þdwdw0wdw]
ÝwdBdPdwd]
ÜdwdwdNdw]
ÛP)P)w)P)]
Ú$NGQIwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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árhb1kgw4]
à0p0pdw0p]
ßwdwdw0wd]
Þdwdw0wdw]
ÝwdBdwdwd]
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ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wGQIwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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The move 3.Bc4 looks aggressive, but it’s actually not
very good. See diagram 3. After 3...Nxe4! 4.Nxe5 d5,
Black gains a tempo by attacking the bishop, with an
excellent position. (5.Be2 Bd6) (5.Bb5+? c6) (5.Qf3 Be6!)
(5.Bb3 Qg5!?) (5.d3 Nc5 6.Bb3 Nxb3 7.axb3 Bd6)
The gambit 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3?! is tricky but Black keeps
the extra pawn after 4...Nxc3 5.dxc3 f6! See diagram 4.
(6.0-0 d6 7.Be3 c6!) (6.Nh4 g6) (6.Nxe5? fxe5 7.Qh5+ g6
8.Qxe5+ Qe7)
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w________w
árhb1kgw4]
à0p0pdp0p]
ßwdwdwhwd]
Þdwdw0wdw]
ÝwdwdPdwd]
ÜdwHwdNdw]
ÛP)P)w)P)]
Ú$wGQIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árhb1w4kd]
à0p0pdp0p]
ßwdwdwhwd]
ÞdwdwHwdw]
ÝwgwdPdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)P)w)P)]
Ú$wGQIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

MORT and MARLEY
The last move to look at is 3.Nc3, guarding the pawn
on e4. See diagram 5. Black can then transpose to the
Four Knights Game with 3...Nc6 and equal chances.
(4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4) (4.Bb5 Bb4 [or 4...Nd4] 5.0-0 0-0)
(4.Nd5 Nxd5 5.exd5 0-0) (4.Bc4?! Nxe4! 5.Nxe4 d5)
But many players prefer to mix things up with 3...Bb4.
Black is fine following 4.d3 d5 or 4.Bc4 0-0 5.0-0 Nc6.
The main line is 4.Nxe5 0-0! Diagram 6. It is impossible
for White to keep the pawn or get the advantage against
best play by Black. Here are some examples.
5.d3 d5!
6.exd5? Nxd5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Re8 9.d4 f6!
6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Re8 (8.f4 dxe4)
5.Nf3 Re8 (or 5...Bxc3 6.dxc3 Nxe4) 6.d3 d5 (7.e5 d4)
5.Be2 Re8 (or 5...Bxc3 6.dxc3 Nxe4)
6.Nf3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4
6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4
8.Nf4 (or 8.0-0 d5) 8...d6
9.0-0 Nd7 10.c4 Ne5
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Good luck in your games!
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761
756
727
722
642
636
617
592
564
560
ON
ON
NB
BC
ON
ON
ON
QC
ON
ON
1310
1059
1058
950
897
881
852
829
803
766
BC
QC
BC
QC
ON
ON
ON
ON
QC
ON
1602
1528
1474
1263
1248
1223
1180
1166
1135
1131
ON
QC
BC
AB
QC
ON
BC
BC
BC
ON
1768
1679
1537
1500
1387
1349
1307
1263
1218
1207
QC
QC
ON
ON
QC
ON
ON
ON
ON
AB
2199
1919
1644
1585
1565
1561
1490
1472
1410
1342
ON
ON
ON
BC
ON
BC
ON
BC
QC
ON
2133
1984
1818
1759
1724
1657
1637
1590
1547
1499
QC
BC
BC
ON
BC
QC
AB
ON
BC
AB
2302
2235
1904
1858
1804
1741
1695
1691
1671
1604
ON
QC
QC
QC
BC
BC
ON
BC
ON
ON
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6 WANG Kaixin
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8 TINICA Gabriel
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10 LOW Ethan
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2262
2251
2246
1930
1900
1797
1729
1723
1720
1712
ON
ON
ON
ON
BC
AB
BC
QC
BC
BC
2221
2219
2074
1912
1867
1859
1843
1838
1828
1796
BC
QC
QC
AB
BC
ON
ON
AB
BC
ON
2402
2356
2334
2307
2157
2093
2080
2044
2036
2021
ON
ON
ON
BC
ON
ON
ON
ON
QC
ON
2415
2373
2347
2344
2220
2205
2104
2091
1854
1841
BC
ON
NB
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
AB
BC
2658
2523
2513
2512
2466
2348
2285
2240
2219
2181
ON
QC
QC
ON
BC
AB
BC
QC
ON
QC
2437
2335
2317
2266
2248
2202
2200
2118
2115
2053
ON
NS
ON
ON
ON
ON
BC
ON
BC
ON
2658
2523
2513
2512
2466
2437
2415
2402
2373
2356
ON
QC
QC
ON
BC
ON
BC
ON
ON
ON
Scholar’s Mate 132
TA C T I C S 1 0 2
“TAKE AND FORK!”
White to play and win material.
solutions page 55
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Þdw4wdwdw]
Ýwdndwdwd]
ÜdwdwdBdw]
ÛP)wdw)w)]
Údw$wdKdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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w________w
árdwdwdwi]
à0bdwdwgp]
ßw0wdNdpd]
Þdwdwdpdw]
Ýwdw0wdwd]
ÜdBdPdwdP]
ÛPdPdw)Pd]
Údwdw$wIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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w________w
áwdwdwdkd]
àdwdwdpgp]
ßw0r1wdpd]
Þ0wdN0wdw]
ÝQdwdwdwd]
Üdw)wdwdP]
ÛP)wdw)Pd]
Údwdw$wIw]
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w________w
áwdrdwdkd]
à0wdwdwdp]
ßwdwdwdpd]
Þ1w0wdbdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
ÜdwHw!wdP]
ÛP)wdwdPd]
ÚdwdwdRdK]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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ALEXANDER PETROFF
C O M B O M O M B O !!
(1794 - 1867)
SPOTLIGHT ON PAWN FORKS
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àdwdwdw0p]
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Þdpdwdpdw]
Ýwdp)wdwd]
Ü)w)w$wHP]
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ÚdwdwdwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
This civil servant from St. Petersburg was the first
great Russian chess master. He learned to play
when he was four years old and became the city
champion while still a teenager. Although he never
faced the leading masters of western Europe, he
did win several matches against his countrymen
in the mid-1800’s to gain worldwide recognition.
A pawn fork is a tactic where a pawn attacks two
pieces at the same time. When one piece moves, the
pawn captures the other.
k Black can win material immediately with the pawn
fork 1...f4. After 2.Re2 fxg3+, they are up a bishop.
K White to play has the combination 1.Rxe6! Rxe6
2.d5, forking both rooks. White is ahead by a knight
following 2...Re5 3.dxc6. (If 2...f4, then 3.Nf1!)
“Retreating does not mean that the game is lost,
for a defensive position may later become offensive.”
PETROFF DEFENCE (Russian Defence)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
The defence that bears his name has been known
for centuries, but was considered unsound until
a French magazine published analysis by Petroff
(and Carl Jaenisch) in 1842. His instructional book
The Game of Chess was one of the first written
in the Russian language. He also wrote stories
about chess and even a book on checkers!
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w________ww________w
árdw1w4kd]árhwdw4kd]
àdpdwdp0p]à0bdqhp0p]
ßpdpdbdnd]ßw0wdpdwd]
Þdwdwgwdw]ÞdwdpdwGw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]ÝwdwHwdwd]
Üdw)wdw)w]Üdw)w)w)P]
ÛP)QdN)B)]ÛP)Qdw)Bd]
Ú$wGwdRIw]Ú$wdwdRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
 WHITE TO MOVE
Win Material
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 BLACK TO MOVE
solutions page 55
Win Material
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CANADA
AND
WORLD
NEWS
GRAND PRIX
ONTARIO SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The final events in the 2016 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. (5 points out of 10 games in Ottawa.) A total of $7500 in gift
certificates were awarded by the Chess’n Math Association and
split among 135 winners. The top scorers in each age group were:
The 2016 Ontario School Team Chess Championship was played
on May 29th in Toronto. 102 players took part in the event. The top
teams in each section are shown below. Seneca Hill dominated the
two lower sections, winning K-6 for the seventh year in a row!
MONTREAL
<8 Kevin Zhong
<10 Richard Zheng
<12 Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
Qiuyu Huang
<14 Zi Yu Guan
TORONTO
<8 Anthony Atanasov
<10 Max Chen
<12 Nicholas Vettese
<14 Eugene Hua
OTTAWA
<8 Daniel Xu
<10 Matthew Zhu
<12 Licheng Zhou
<16 Svitlana Demchenko
NEWFOUNDLAND
There were 59 players at the
Newfoundland and Labrador
School Team Championship on
April 16 in St. John’s. The four
winning schools by grade were:
K-3
Rennies River
4-6
Vanier
7-9
MacDonald Drive
9-12 Holy Heart of Mary
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Grades K-3
1 Seneca Hill
Angela Lin
Angus Zhang
Ryan Deng
Casey Chen
2 Seneca Hill B
3 North Agincourt
Grades K-6
1 Seneca Hill
Benjamin Lin
Hao Chen
Isamel Shen
Joey Qiao
2 Seneca Hill B
3 Seneca Hill C
QUEBEC JUNIOR
BORDER WARS
The 25th annual Washington
state vs. British Columbia team
match was held in Vancouver
on May 14. Each team has two
students per grade (K-12) and
everyone plays two games. The
Canucks won 32½ -19½ .
The overall score in the series
is now 13½ - 11½ in favour of
Washington.
Ten B.C. players won both of
their games: Nathan Shao, Leo
Qu, Victor Zheng, Kevin Low,
Matthew Geng, Daniel Wang,
Max Gedajlovic, Luke Pulfer,
Codrin Pompas, Jeremy Hui.
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The 2016 Quebec Junior Chess
Championship took place on
April 22-24 in Montreal. The
new champion is 11th grader
Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté. The
runners-up were Zong Yang Yu
and Houji Yao.
Grades 7-9
1 Tyrrell
Daniel Liu
Cindy Qiao
Ray Liu
Yikang Wang
2 Crosby Heights
3 Guardian Angels
Grades 10-12
1 Thornhill
Mark Plotkin
Stephen Ye
Melissa Giblon
Alyssa Rusonik
2 Marc Garneau
3 UTS
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
BRITISH COLUMBIA
The P.E.I. School Chess Team
Championship was held on
April 17 in Charlottetown with
56 players.
The winning schools were:
GRADES K - 4
Spring Park
ELEMENTARY
West Kent
JUNIOR HIGH
Queen Charlotte
HIGH SCHOOL Colonel Gray
The Spring Park K-4 team, led
by Seamus MacEachern, won
all 16 of their games.
The 2016 B.C. Youth Chess
Championships on April 23-24
in Surrey attracted 39 players.
This year’s champions are:
< 8 Daniel Wang
Ethan Song
Ryan Wang (3-way tie)
<10 Chuyang Gu
<12 Neil Doknjas
<14 Joshua Doknjas
<16 James Li
<18 John Doknjas
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CANADA
AND
WORLD
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2016 Quebec School Team Chess Championship was held in
Montreal at Jean de Brebeuf College on April 2-3. The four player
teams were divided into three groups. 268 players took part. The
top three teams in the K-3 and K-6 sections, shown below, qualify
to play in the Quebec-Ontario match at Kingston on June 4. The
winner of the grade 7-11 section was Collège Notre-Dame. All four
team members were girls: Yilin Li, Linda Shi, Christine Gao, and
Sabina Tinica.
Grades K-3
Grades K-6
1 Fernand-Seguin Les Zugzwangs 1 Fernand-Seguin Shredders
Ze Yue Li
Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
Toma Suda Lafontaine
Qiuyu Huang
Annie Le Yi Li
Le Cong Li
Sacha Ramamonjisoa
Yihan Xu
2 La Verendrye Magnus Carlsen 2 Internationale Alpha Blue
3 Laurier Les Diables de Montreal 3 La Verendrye Garry Kasparov
CALGARY SCHOOLS
NOVA SCOTIA TEAM
The 2016 Nova Scotia School
Championship took place on
April 24th in Halifax with 66
players.
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 the last two years! Déjà vu.
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The Calgary School Chess
Championship on April 30th at
Western Canada High School
had 83 participants.
The winning teams were:
PRIMARY
Renert
ELEMENTARY
Louis Riel
JUNIOR HIGH
St. Elizabeth
HIGH SCHOOL Western Canada
Individual city champions were
also crowned.
PRIMARY
Bastian Benner
Ian Zhao
ELEMENTARY
JUNIOR HIGH
Jeff Wang
HIGH SCHOOL Kazi Ashfaq
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NEWS
The next challenger for the title of
World Chess Champion is Sergey
Karjakin. The 26 year old Russian
won the Candidates Tournament
held March 11-28 in Moscow . The
event was a double round robin
between eight of the world’s best
players. First prize was $140,000.
Fifteen years ago Sergey was the
World Under 12 Champion. This
fall he will play a twelve game
match versus Magnus Carlsen for
the ultimate title of undisputed
World Chess Champion. The match
SERGEY KARJAKIN
will be held in New York City with a
Challenger
prize fund of over a million dollars.
Sergey Karjakin is the youngest person to ever become a
grandmaster. He earned the title in 2002 when he was 12 years,
7 months old. That is nine months sooner than anyone else.
Previous record holders include Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and
Judit Polgar. Current champ Magnus Carlsen (Norway), now 25
years old, achieved the title at 13 years, 4 months.
YOUNGEST INTERNATIONAL MASTER
R. Praggnanandhaa, the current World Under 10
Champion from Chennai, India, has become the
youngest International Master ever. At age 10
years, 10 months, he broke the old record, held
by Sergey Karjakin, by over a year!
Three IM norms and a 2400 rating are needed
for the title. “Praggu”, as he is called, completed
the requirements at the International Chess
Festival in Bhubaneswar, India last month.
He was also the 2013 World Under 8 Champion.
What’s next?
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CANADA
AND
WORLD
NEWS
ONTARIO YOUTH
VANCOUVER ISLAND
ONTARIO - QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2016 Ontario Youth Chess
Championship was played on
May 14-15 at Kitchener City Hall.
132 boys and 33 girls took part.
Here are the top three finishers
in each section.
Thirty-nine players attended the
Victoria Youth Championships
on March 26. The winners in
each age group were:
The annual match between the top school teams from Quebec
and Ontario was played on June 4th at Queen’s University in
Kingston. Eighty-nine players took part. Seneca Hill School won
both lower sections, repeating as K-6 champions.
The top scorers in the ON-QC girls competition were Rachel Wang
(K-3 QC) and Hazel Guo (grade 4-6 ON).
<8
Anthony Atanasov
Eric Ning
Noah Yuen
<10 Dorian Kang
Kousihan Balachandran
Zack Dinatolo
<12 Nicholas Vettese
William Shi
Benjamin Lin
<14 Hairan Liang
Henry Zhang
Rohan Talukdar
<16 Caleb Petersen
Harry Zhao
Dennis Shamroni
<18 Rachel Tao
Atharva Washimkar
Agniya Pobereshnikova
The winners of the separate
girls sections were:
< 8 Winnie Zhuang
<10 Angela Lin
<12 Emma He
<14 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam
<8
<10
<12
<14
<18
Sophia Velea
Joshua Imoo
Anna Van
Ryan Leong
Pepi Eirew
ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL
The 49th Ontario High School
Chess Championship was held
at the University of Toronto on
April 22-23 with 128 players.
The individual champion is 9th
grader Richard Chen (Hamilton)
Tony Lin (Toronto) was second
and grade 2 student Anthony
Atanasov (Oakville) came third!
The school team champion is
Bayview Secondary (Toronto).
Runners-up were Victoria Park
(Toronto) and U of T Schools.
NOVA SCOTIA YOUTH
The Nova Scotia Youth Chess
Championships were played on
April 3rd in Halifax, with 30
players. The winners were:
<10 Taim Farhat
<12 Jerjis Kapra
The 2016 Canadian Youth Chess
Championship will take place in
<14 Ridhi Mittal
Windsor, Ontario on July 5-8.
<18 Brandon MacDonald
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Grades K-3
1 Seneca Hill
Angela Lin
Angus Zhang
Ryan Deng
Casey Chen
2 Fernand-Seguin
3 La Verendrye
Grades K-6
1 Seneca Hill
Benjamin Lin
Isamel Shen
Hao Chen
Joey Qiao
2 La Verendrye
3 Seneca Hill B
Grades 7-12
1 Jean de Brebeuf
Ananda Saha
Gabriel Tinica
Rubayat Munshi
Mymanat Mohamed
2 Thornhill
3 Notre-Dame
CHESS OLYMPIAD
QUEBEC GIRLS
The 42nd Chess Olympiad will
be held in Baku, Azerbaijan on
September 1-14. Each nation is
represented by four players, or
five if there is a reserve.
Team Canada
IM Tomas Krnan
ON
GM Evgeny Bareev
ON
GM Anton Kovalyov
QC
GM Eric Hansen
AB
GM Alexandre Lesiege QC
There were 39 players at the
Quebec Girls Championship in
Montreal on April 10. Here are
this year’s champions by grade.
1
Lily Ma
2 Annie Li
3
Rachel Wang
4
Yihan Xu
5
Isabelle Wang
6-9 Cindy Yu
Canadian Women’s Team
Qiyu Zhou
ON
Yuanling Yuan
ON
Alexandra Botez
BC
Maili-Jade Ouellet QC
Lali Agbabishvili
ON
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C H E C K M AT E S
WHITE TO MOVE

w________w
áwdk4Rdwd]
àdpdwdpdw]
ßwdwdwgw4]
Þ!wdwdwdw]
Ýw)wdwdp)]
Üdwdw$bGw]
Ûwdwdw)wI]
Údw1wdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 1

w________w
árdbdkgw4]
à0p0wdp0w]
ßwdndpdw0]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwdQdPdwG]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)q)]
ÚdwIRdwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw


w________w
w________w
áwdr4wdwi]
áwdwdwdkd]
àdwdw$w0w]
à0w$wdwgp]
ßbdwdwdw0]
ßb0wdNdrd]
Þ0wdwdwdw]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýw0w)w!wd]
ÝPdwdwdwd]
ÜdB1wdwGw]
ÜdwdwdRdP]
ÛPdwdw)P)]
Ûw)w4wdPd]
ÚdwdwdwIw]
ÚdwdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 2
“Wow! Nice move.”
MATE IN 2
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MATE IN 2

w________w
áwdw4w4kd]
àdp1wdp0w]
ßwdpdpdwd]
Þ0wdwdwdw]
Ýwdw)wdw$]
Ü)wdBdwdw]
Ûw)Qdw)P)]
ÚdwdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 3
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A S S O C I AT I O N
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Chess Organization
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LIL Y ' S P U Z Z L E R
Hi boys and girls!
This kind of puzzle is
called a “chess rebus”.
The diagram has letters
instead of pieces. It’s
easy to see what they
spell. But what pieces do
they stand for?
solution page 55
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w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
C
Üdwdwdwdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd]
H e h
e S S
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
Each letter is a different kind of piece. For
example, maybe H’s are pawns and E’s are
queens. The capital letters are one colour
(white or black) and the small letters are the
other colour. Figure out all the pieces and
what the last move was. The position must
be legal (reachable in an actual game).
Check it out!
..
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KIRIL' S KONTEST
1
w________w
áwdwdrdwd]
àdwdw0kdw]
ßwdwdpdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwdndwIwd]
Üdwhwdw$w]
Ûwdwdw!w$]
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 3
White to play.
Force checkmate
in three moves.
Can you solve these puzzles?
Send in your answers and
maybe you will win the contest.
The prize is a chess tuque, just
like the ones we’re wearing.
2
w________w
áwdwdw$wd]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwdBdwdNd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛwdNdwdwd]
ÚdwdwdwdK]
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
Enter the contest by mailing your solutions to:
There were 3 correct entries for March’s contest.
[email protected]
1 Mate in 4 1.Rb8+ Kh7 2.Nf8+ Kg8 3.Ng6+
3...Kh7 4.Rh8# or 3...Kf7 4.Rf8#
Deadline: August 31, 2016
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 Triple Loyd
A.Kf8# B.Kh7= C.Kc3 (Rg3#)
The winner of the drawing for a chess tuque is:
Kandara Acharya of Bristol, England
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K I R I L’ S
O
R
N
E
R
FRIZOON
FRIZOON
BALLOONS
BALLOONS T
TO
O
SASKATOON
SASKATOON
This is a story about a girl named Frizoon, and the trip
she took in her hot air balloon. It was a breezy afternoon,
one lazy day in June, when she lifted off easy, like a gentle
typhoon.
She passed the time with a happy tune, followed the wind
and steered by the moon, and before too long, and before
too soon, she had crossed the prairie to Saskatoon.
The landing was smooth for the trusty balloon. Without
a sound, it set down beside a blue lagoon, out near the
boonies, by the new saloon.
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There she was met by a crazy loon, and a goofy clown
called Mr. Buffoon, who proudly saluted and said to
Frizoon, “Welcome, friend, to Saskatoon!”
In a minute or two, or maybe a few, they were all chilling
out inside the saloon. The music was loud, and strange
was the crowd, like a funny scene in a silly cartoon.
The name of the place was the Old Harpoon, and it was
owned by Mr. Buffoon. He was really a rich tycoon. So
drinks were free, if you ordered juice or tea. And the snacks
were tasty too, if you hankered for a prune, or a macaroon.
On the wall hung a picture, in
shades of aqua and maroon, of
the famous dish that ran away
with the spoon.
And standing in the corner was
a handsome baboon, playing the
blues on his bassoon. Someone
said he grew up in Rangoon, and
studied jazz in Cameroon. But
now he grooved in Saskatoon!
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Frizoon took a look around the room, and noticed a
raccoon. Sitting by a chess board, getting rather bored,
he was ready for a game real soon.
So over she walked and then they talked.
“Hi, my name’s Frizoon. How ya doin’?”
He smiled like a cow jumping over the moon. “Hello
Frizoon, I’m Rooney Raccoon!”
F R I Z O O N L e PA W N
Black R O O N E Y R A C C O O N
White
1. e4
The fun begins.
1. . . .
c6
We’ll see who wins.
2. d4
d5
It may not make sense,
but someone called this
the Caro-Koon defence!
3. Nc3
Other lines are 3.e5 Bf5!
and 3.exd5 cxd5.
w________w
árhb1kgn4]
à0pdw0p0p]
ßwdpdwdwd]
Þdwdpdwdw]
Ýwdw)Pdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$NGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
CARO KANN DEFENCE
3.
...
4.
Nxe4
dxe4
Bf5
Two good options are
4...Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 and
4...Nf6!? 5.Nxf6+ gxf6.
w________w
árhw1kgn4]
à0pdw0p0p]
ßwdpdwdwd]
Þdwdwdbdw]
Ýwdw)Ndwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
8. 0 -0
5. Ng3
5.Bd3? Qxd4 and a pawn
is gone.
5.
...
Bg6
The main book line in the
Classical Variation goes
6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5
Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3
e6, with an equal game.
6.
...
Nd7!
The obvious 6...Nf6 gives
white the edge. 7.h4! h6
8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.Qe2
(10...Qxd4? 11.Nxf7!)
7. Bd3
Ngf6
Rooney is in no hurry to
develop the white queen
with 7...Bxd3?! 8.Qxd3.
And he has no worry if
white doubles his pawns
by 8.Bxg6 hxg6, because it
opens the h-file for him.
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The black queen finds a
good diagonal, stopping
9.Bf4 before playing ...e6.
9. Re1
6. Nf3
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Qc7
e6
Rooney is no goonie. He
sees that 9...0-0-0? loses
to 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Ng5!
w________w
árdwdkgw4]
à0p1ndp0p]
ßwdpdphbd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdw)wdwd]
ÜdwdBdNHw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wGQ$wIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
10. Ng5!?
Frizoon was happy with this
trappy move.
More normal would be
10.c4, 10.Ne5, or 10.Bg5.
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10. . . .
Bxd3
The raccoon dodges the
danger this time. 10...h6?
11.Nxe6! fxe6 12.Bxg6+
Best is 10...Bd6.
11. Qxd3
h6?
But now he stumbles into
the snare. He should’ve
taken better care. Black is
fine after 11...Bd6.
w________w
árdwdkgw4]
à0p1ndp0w]
ßwdpdphw0]
ÞdwdwdwHw]
Ýwdw)wdwd]
ÜdwdQdwHw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wGw$wIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
12. Rxe6+!
KABAM! Frizoon sacks a
piece to blast open the
black king. Rooney was
hoping for 12.Nf3 0-0-0, or
12.N5e4 0-0-0, with a good
game.
Another way of blasting
is 12.Nxe6!? fxe6 13.Qg6+
Kd8 14.Rxe6, and Black has
trouble developing.
12. . . .
Be7
The only chance to hold
on. Taking the rook loses
the queen after 12...fxe6?
13.Qg6+! Kd8 14.Nxe6+ or
13...Ke7 14.Qf7+.
And 12...Kd8? 13.Nxf7+
forks the rook on h8.
13. Nf5!
A sharp move by Frizoon
that attacks the g-pawn and
the bishop.
w________w
árdwdkdw4]
à0p1ngp0w]
ßwdpdRhw0]
ÞdwdwdNHw]
Ýwdw)wdwd]
ÜdwdQdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wGwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
13. . . .
Nd5?
Rooney defends e7, and
is still attacking two white
pieces with his pawns!
13...fxe6? 14.Nxg7+ Kd8
15.N5xe6+ Kc8 16.Nxc7 is
another nasty fork.
13...0-0? 14.Nxe7+ Kh8
15.Re3 (15...hxg5? 16.Rh3+)
Least bad is 13...hxg5
14.Rxe7+ Kf8, and Black is
down a pawn in an ugly
position. (15.h3 g6 16.Bxg5!)
Now Frizoon shows why
she has a black belt in
kung fu tactics.
14. Rxe7+!
Giving up the exchange to
clear the e6 square. Do
you see what’s in the air?
14. . . .
Nxe7
15. Nxg7+ Kf8
15...Kd8 allows the same
combination.
16. N7e6+!
One knight is sacked, so
the other knight can fork.
16. . . .
fxe6
17. Nxe6+ Kf7
18. Nxc7
Rac8
White has queen and three
pawns for a rook, but the
raccoon plays on, trying to
win the knight on c7.
19. Qb3+!
20. Ne6+
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Kg7
Kf7
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w________w
áwdrdwdw4] WHITE TO MATE IN 3
à0pdnhkdw] 21. Ng5+!
ßwdpdNdw0]
Þdwdwdwdw] Double check, what the heck!
Ýwdw)wdwd] 21. . . . Ke8
ÜdQdwdwdw] Anything else is 22.Qf7#.
ÛP)Pdw)P)] 22. Qf7+ Kd8
Ú$wGwdwIw] 23. Ne6#
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
What a great game by Frizoon! The baboon was so
moved, he started to croon an old tune, called The Blue
Cocoon, sure to make a young heart swoon.
It wasn’t long before Frizoon had a whole platoon
of friends. But when a gentle monsoon blew cross the
lagoon, she knew, the time to leave was opportune.
The next stop on her trip was the beautiful dunes of
Cancún. And there was just enough room in the trusty
balloon for a little raccoon to come along too!
A crowd gathered in front of the saloon, and when
the clock struck noon, there was one long toot from a
lonely bassoon, and a goofy salute from Mr. Buffoon.
Then everybody shouted, “Bon voyage, Frizoon!”.
And as they drifted towards the moon, you could still
hear Rooney and Frizoon. “Farewell, Saskatoon!”
CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
2016 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS
O N TA R I O
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Andrew Ksenych
Anthony Atanasov *
Max Chen
Nameer Issani ***
Max England *
Nicholas Vettese ***
Eugene Hua
Jason Cai
Richard Chen *
Joseph Bellissimo
Michael Song
Zehn Nasir
A L B E R TA
QUEBEC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Colton Rostoker
Calgary
Anand Chandra
Calgary
Vishruth Sharma **
Calgary
Calgary
Paul Wang
Edmonton
Andi Superceanu
Ian Zhao *****
Calgary
Andrew Xu
Calgary
Jeff Wang *
Calgary
Calgary
Chenxi Wu *
Calgary
Raphael Libre
Diwen Shi **
Calgary
David McCullough Sherwood Park
Toronto
Oakville
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Hamilton
Toronto
Ancaster
Toronto
Thornhill
Toronto
Alex Yan
Verdun
Pierrefonds
Kevin Zhong *
Richard Zheng **
Montreal
Haruaki Omichi *
Montreal
Qiuyu Huang ****
Montreal
Montreal
Wenxuan Zhong
Gabriel Tinica *
Montreal
Maili-Jade Ouellet
Montreal
Montreal
Ananda Saha
Alan Luo
Montreal
Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte Montreal
Nicholas Johnson **** Montreal
NEW BRUNSWICK
S A S K AT C H E W A N
1 Maxence Smith
2 Jeremy Green
3 Tristan Richard
4 Stephen Ranjbar
5 Jacob Tibbo
6 Austin LeBlanc *
7 Cynthia Cui **
8 Leonardo Cui *
9 Ben Yeomans *
10 Sam Song *****
11 Jong Su Kim
12 Isaac Lee
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Fredericton
Moncton
Saskatoon
Leo Lin
Natasha Sasata *
Saskatoon
Brooks Jiang
Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Leonard Carolino
Alexander de Padua Prince Albert
Alexander Sasata ** Saskatoon
Daniel Wei ***
Saskatoon
Ray Dai
Saskatoon
Andrew Li ***
Regina
Avram Tcherni ********* Regina
Jimmy Bartha ******
Saskatoon
* champion last year also
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in twenty-three 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 55
43
ONTARIO TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN
1 GUO Richard
2 MANE Arnav
3 LI Max
4 PAGAYATAN Adrian
5 MOK Yannis
6 BAI Kingsley
7 GEFEN Jacob
8 WANG Miles
9 LI Justin
10 ZHANG Noah
GRADE 1
1 WANG Nathan
2 KSENYCH Andrew
3 ZHUANG Winnie
4 RAYMOND George
5 KHENI Kush
6 MORRISON Daniel
7 MOHAMED Isaiah
8 HAN Johnathan
9 QU Greta
10 CHENG Bill
GRADE 2
1 ATANASOV Anthony
2 XU Daniel
3 NING Eric
4 LI Adam
5 ZHANG Angus
6 ODOEMELAM Daniel
7 QIN Vincent
8 YU Marcus
9 FEDOTOV Dennis
10 WANG Kaison
GRADE 3
1 ZHAO Jeffrey
2 CHEN Max
3 DINATOLO Zack
4 GHAZARIAN Tigran
5 LIN Angela
6 BALACHANDRAN Kousihan
7 ZHU Matthew
8 CHEN Derek
9 SHAPIRO Idan
10 LI Dylan
GRADE 4
1 ISSANI Nameer
2 NOORALI Aahil
3 RUSONIK Max
4 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan
5 SHEN Isamel
6 HU Kyle
7 JACOBS Michael
8 GILANI Mysha
9 KANG Dorian
10 SONG Charlie
GRADE 5
1 ENGLAND Max
2 ZHAO Jonathan
3 CHEN Hao
4 WU Nicholas
5 MO Aidan
6 CHEN Harry
7 MILHOUTRA Ronith
8 ZHAO Jeffrey
9 YUAN Daniel
10 TANG Matthew
GRADE 6
1 VETTESE Nicholas
2 LI Alan
3 LIN Benjamin
4 MIRABELLI Aidan
5 AKOPHYAN Nick
6 WASHIMKAR Arhant
7 LIU Lambert
8 RAIZMAN Ruven
9 YANG Fan
10 YU Daniel
44
761
756
642
636
617
564
560
477
461
449
897
881
852
829
766
715
701
697
694
636
1602
1223
1131
1088
928
905
903
897
881
878
1537
1500
1349
1307
1263
1218
1157
1156
1117
1094
2199
1919
1644
1565
1490
1342
1316
1273
1260
1249
1759
1590
1471
1412
1406
1396
1320
1319
1312
1308
2302
1695
1671
1604
1590
1563
1543
1456
1434
1399
GRADE 7
1 NORITSYN Sergey
2 HUA Eugene
3 TALUKDAR Rohan
4 MING Wenyang
5 LIU Daniel
6 GUO Thomas
7 DEMCHENKO Svitlana
8 FENG Richard
9 ZHANG Henry
10 SURYA Benito
GRADE 8
1 ZHAO Yue Tong
2 CAI Jason
3 YIE Kevin
4 XUE Andrew
5 LUO Ricky
6 JIA Jacky
7 LIANG Hairan
8 PENG Sarah
9 ZHANG Zhehai
10 TRUONG Kyle
GRADE 9
1 CHEN Richard
2 WAN Kevin
3 ZHANG Yuan Chen
4 ZHAO Harry
5 BALENDRA Harigaran
6 XU Jeffrey
7 ZOTKIN Daniel
8 SHAMRONI Dennis
9 SHEN Chris
10 NGUYEN Duy Thien An
GRADE 10
1 BELLISSIMO Joseph
2 ZHOU Qiyu
3 LEI Sean
4 YU Wenlu
5 WANG Eric
6 ZHONG Joey
7 ZHANG Jeff
8 PENG Janet
9 AGHAMALIAN Derick
10 SONG Eric
G R A D E 11
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 HAY Jonathan
GRADE 12
1 PLOTKIN Mark
2 NASIR Zehn
3 LIN Tony
4 SONG Terry
5 ADRIAANSE Adam
6 PENG Jackie
7 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan
8 ZHANG Kevin
9 SAMETOVA Zhanna
10 LI Robert
HONOUR ROLL
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 SONG Michael
3 PLOTKIN Mark
4 CHEN Richard
5 BELLISSIMO Joseph
6 WAN Kevin
7 ZHOU Qiyu
8 ZHANG Yuan Chen
9 NASIR Zehn
10 VETTESE Nicholas
QUEBEC TOP TEN
2262
2251
2246
1930
1700
1699
1698
1680
1656
1625
1859
1843
1796
1682
1668
1649
1648
1638
1591
1581
2402
2356
2334
2157
2093
2080
2044
2021
2008
1682
2373
2344
2220
2205
2104
2091
1619
1591
1574
1510
2658
2512
2219
1937
1912
1882
1880
1766
1750
1738
2437
2317
2266
2248
2202
2118
2053
1863
1838
1670
2658
2512
2437
2402
2373
2356
2344
2334
2317
2302
Scholar’s Mate 132
KINDERGARTEN
1 GEORGESCU Luca
2 AN Jeffrey
3 ROYER Victor
4 RAMAMONJISOA Nikita
5 LIU Yunqi
6 SIROIS Gabrielle
7 CAUTRU Lucas
8 XUAN Evan
9 BENZACAR William
10 YIN Elson
GRADE 1
1 HUARD Matheo
2 YAN Alex
3 MELLON-RUEL Olivier
4 LIU Eric
5 MIKHAEL Pio
6 GUO Wendi
7 MA Lily
8 LI James
9 NOTTAWAY Emery
10 GUO Wenbo
GRADE 2
1 ZHONG Kevin
2 CHANG Alexander
3 OMICHI Kevin
4 BELIVEAU Mathieu
5 LI Ze Yue
6 CHAPDELAINE Gwyn
7 TAO Neilson
8 BELAID Adelene
9 XUE Freddy
10 ROY Benjamin
GRADE 3
1 GUIPI BOPALA Prince
2 ZHENG Richard
3 LIU Kevin
4 ZHANG Chuhang
5 CAO Edgar
6 LI Zhong Xuan
7 CUI Guang Zhu
8 YUEN Lok
9 WANG Rachel
10 ZHANG Chen Rui
GRADE 4
1 OMICHI Haruaki
2 CRACIUN David
3 KULESHOVA Julia
4 ZHONG Ziyi
5 LEI Storm
6 XU Yihan
7 HE Yu Xi
8 GONZALEZ Tristan
9 MEHBOUDI Soshiyant
10 CAI Tony
GRADE 5
1 HUANG Qiuyu
2 TANAKA Tyler
3 YU Daniel Tianqi
4 RICHARD Leo
5 BERCUVITZ Tani
6 LIU Owen
7 WANG Isabelle
8 MOCANU Alexander
9 ARCAND Louis
10 LAROCHE Hugo
GRADE 6
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 ZHONG Wenxuan
3 DURETTE Francis
4 YU Xi Ming
5 LIU Robert
6 SHI Leo
7 GRANDMONT Mathias
8 DEMERS Alexis
9 ZUO Dustin
10 XIE Dazhuo
Scholar’s Mate 132
592
502
486
483
465
458
458
425
425
424
1059
950
803
743
655
643
635
612
606
580
1528
1248
1119
1099
1067
1029
1024
895
848
832
1768
1679
1387
1203
1176
1125
1087
1062
1034
1021
1410
1318
1296
1242
1224
1128
1073
1066
1063
1052
2133
1657
1393
1373
1363
1284
1244
1177
1165
1117
2235
1904
1858
1502
1421
1331
1330
1318
1266
1199
GRADE 7
1 TINICA Gabriel
2 TSYPIN Allison
3 LAI William
4 GUAN Zi Yu
5 ZHAO William
6 YANG Muyuan
7 YU Alec
8 KIRYAKOV Marin
9 LIU Julia
10 STRATULAT Andrei
GRADE 8
1 OUELLET Maili-Jade
2 FAN Run Kun
3 ZHANG Hou Han
4 TURGEON Yoakim
5 LUO Muhan
6 LU Jasmine
7 LU Daisy
8 YIP Mattew
9 DYELL Justin
10 GAO Catherine
GRADE 9
1 SAHA Ananda
2 LI Yi Lin
3 YANG Eddie
4 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu
5 ZHANG Evan
6 SAINE Zachary
7 ST-CYR Xavier
8 SUN Benjamin
9 HUANG Junhao
10 AUDET Olivier
GRADE 10
1 SHI Linda
2 LUO Wei Han
3 WANG Kelly
4 GAO Christine
5 LUO Alan
6 HE Haley
7 LI Frank
8 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne
9 XIONG Yi Wei
10 TINICA Sabina
G R A D E 11
1 YU Zong Yang
2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
3 ZHU Hong Rui
4 LIU Yu Qing
5 CHANG Michael
6 POIRIER Alexis
7 MUNSHI Rubayat
8 VOROBEV Alexander
9 EPURE Doru-Alexandru
10 NIKULICH Andrey
GRADE 12
1 JOHNSON Nicholas
2 YUN Chang
3 FARAJI Jafar
4 MANAILOIU Dragos
5 GU Sheng-Ming
6 BRICHKO Mike
7 NAZARIAN Ara
8 SAMIKOV Chingis
9 JIANG Nathan
10 HARRIS Gabriel
HONOUR ROLL
1 YU Zong Yang
2 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
3 ZHU Hong Rui
4 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
5 OUELLET Maili-Jade
6 LIU Yu Qing
7 HUANG Qiuyu
8 FAN Run Kun
9 SAHA Ananda
10 JOHNSON Nicholas
1723
1589
1564
1520
1436
1367
1344
1268
1253
1228
2219
2074
1674
1423
1423
1420
1420
1289
1286
1268
2036
1898
1739
1728
1724
1724
1607
1522
1488
1455
1768
1718
1703
1690
1636
1419
1384
1382
1371
1347
2523
2513
2240
2181
1873
1506
1435
1430
1412
1363
1980
1870
1803
1698
1614
1442
1433
1431
1381
1375
2523
2513
2240
2235
2219
2181
2133
2074
2036
1980
45
ATLANTIC TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN
1 LEBLANC Zachary
2 THERIAULT Olivier
3 CHAREST Thomas
4 REDWOOD Luke
5 DUNCAN Emilie
6 ZHANG Jun Yan
7 OLIVEIRA Watson
8 MCLAUGHLIN Alexandre
9 ARSENEAULT Jolyanne
10 PICKARD Grace
GRADE 1
1 KOMIAK Jacob
2 VAUTOUR Samuel
3 RIOUX Cedric
4 WANG Andy
5 DAIGLE Xavier
6 SMITH Maxence
7 CORBETT Chase
8 ABOU ASSALI Andreh
9 CORMIER Jonathan
10 CULL Uriah
GRADE 2
1 VO Phu
2 SHEPPARD Jacob
3 SONIER William
4 MCINTYRE Malcolm
5 YANG Julia
6 JIJON Johan
7 GRIFFITHS Riley
8 STEEVES Gavin
9 GREEN Jeremy
10 MALLAIS Simon
GRADE 3
1 PAN Thomas
2 MCINTYRE Duncan
3 XU Tiger
4 DICKIE Luke
5 RICHARD Tristan
6 FARHAT Taim
7 VELICHKOV Martin
8 LAPOINTE Dominic
9 FANG Evan
10 RIOUX Bastien
GRADE 4
1 MACEACHERN Seamus
2 VO An
3 BHATT Tanish
4 LEBLANC Alex
5 FELTER-GONEN Yaron
6 BROWN Alexander
7 BLANCHETTE Alain
8 LOCKE Sebastian
9 RANJBAR Stephan
10 BROCKERVILLE Jacob
GRADE 5
1 LEBLANC Alexandre X.
2 KAPRA Jerjis
3 RUSSELL Mark
4 ZENG Fanreng
5 DORMODY Peter
6 LOTY Ezekiel
7 WEI Ronnie
8 TIBBO Jacob
9 GAO Jiarui
10 KEEL Dylen
GRADE 6
1 KUNDU Arnab
2 CHEN Norman
3 BROWN Callum
4 BLANCHETTE Luc
5 WALSH Ian
6 DOUCETTE Luc
7 HEFFERTON Harrison
8 ROBICHAUD Brandon
9 LEBLANC Austin
10 FARHAT Zein
46
727
462
427
382
338
334
333
332
323
309
NB
NB
NB
NS
NB
NB
NB
NB
NB
NF
748
616
605
585
562
547
504
500
469
422
NF
NB
NB
NS
NB
NB
PE
PE
NB
NF
835
735
645
633
618
617
584
580
556
553
PE
NF
NB
PE
NF
PE
NF
NB
NB
NB
987
875
823
813
809
786
754
753
753
752
NF
PE
NB
PE
NB
NS
NF
NB
NF
NB
1099
949
946
940
893
851
824
822
822
795
PE
PE
NF
NB
NB
NS
NB
NF
NB
NF
1245
1240
1208
1198
1197
1091
1025
991
913
904
NB
NS
NF
NS
NF
NS
PE
NB
NS
NS
1250
1232
1082
1067
1047
1005
999
948
911
837
PE
NF
NS
NB
NF
PE
NF
NB
NB
NS
GRADE 7
1 RUSSELL Brett
2 CUI Cynthia
3 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn
4 LOTY Eric
5 BU Kevin
6 NAKAYASU Rikuto
7 LI Kevin
8 MACDONALD Cameron
9 LLEWELLYN Breanne
10 CAPELLO Jordon
GRADE 8
1 HUANG Xingbo
2 CUI Leonardo
3 MERRIGAN Daley
4 MITTAL Ridhi
5 GOSSE Daniel
6 WEILAND Robin
7 MANNHOLLAND Noah
8 EDWARDS Andrew
9 KERR Ian
10 KUNDU Arjun
GRADE 9
1 DORRANCE Lucas
2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan
3 PICKARD Ryan
4 CHISLETT Benjamin
5 NAIDAPPUWA-WADUGE Dulhan
6 YEOMANS Ben
7 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep
8 TRAN Quoc
9 PETERS Brian
10 LOCKE Miles
GRADE 10
1 SONG Sam
2 MCKEOWN Gary
3 MACDONALD Brandon
4 ROBICHAUD Alexandre
5 HE Kate
6 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack
7 VU Nam
8 ROBERTSON Joel
9 WHITT Sheldon
10 NORMAN Bradley
G R A D E 11
1 DAWSON Andrew
2 OLDFORD Noah
3 TIWARI Lal
4 ANDERSEN Paul
5 SCHRADER Nathaniel
6 MAKAROV Joshua
7 KIM Jong Su
8 SNELGROVE Stephen
9 JACKMAN Luke
10 GREGORY Liam
GRADE 12
1 DORRANCE Adam
2 FENG Bob
3 MCKEOWN Brody
4 WANG Lee
5 WILKS Darius
6 LEE Isaac
7 CHAULK Arrick
8 MASON Matthew
9 LUDOVICE Diego
10 AMIR David
HONOUR ROLL
1 SONG Sam
2 DORRANCE Adam
3 FENG Bob
4 MCKEOWN Gary
5 HUANG Xingbo
6 RUSSELL Brett
7 DORRANCE Lucas
8 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan
9 CUI Leonardo
10 MACDONALD Brandon
WESTERN TOP TEN
1481
1413
1195
1139
1132
1118
1049
999
982
976
NF
NB
PE
NS
PE
NS
NS
PE
NS
NB
1497
1443
1328
1291
1166
1074
997
987
982
979
NF
NB
NF
NS
NF
NB
PE
NF
PE
PE
1471
1471
1390
1287
1283
1239
1228
1218
1166
1134
NS
NF
NF
NF
NS
NB
PE
NS
NS
NF
2347
1515
1436
1330
1315
1182
1065
1021
979
977
NB
NF
NS
NB
NS
PE
NB
NB
NF
PE
1403
1388
1339
1295
1271
1268
1187
1174
1164
1120
NF
NF
NS
NF
NB
NB
NB
NF
NF
NF
2335
1769
1315
1277
1102
1099
1080
1048
1044
1028
NS
NB
NF
NS
NS
NB
NF
NS
NS
NB
2347
2335
1769
1515
1497
1481
1471
1471
1443
1436
NB
NS
NB
NF
NF
NF
NS
NF
NB
NS
Scholar’s Mate 132
KINDERGARTEN
1 POMPAS Codrin
2 ZHENG Ethan
3 GUO BiaoBiao Boyong
4 CHEN George
5 CAMPBELL Leif
6 HOU Ryker
7 ZHENG Ethan
8 XIA Frank
9 PANKEWITZ Owen
10 ZHANG Philip
GRADE 1
1 YANG Ryan
2 SONG Ethan
3 LIN Leo
4 SOLOMENTSEVA Liliya
5 TANG Jacky
6 SHAO Brian
7 LAMWERTZ Ido
8 ROSTOKER Colton
9 LI Toby
10 MA Hovey
GRADE 2
1 WANG Daniel
2 OFFENGENDEN Ron
3 SU Ethan
4 JIANG Eric
5 YU Sophia
6 PICHE Zachary
7 CHANDRA Anand
8 CHEN Jason
9 GUO Vincent
10 HERTZ Denman
GRADE 3
1 SHARMA Vishruth
2 RIQUELME Martin
3 ZHANG Dustin
4 XU Andrew
5 GUO Veronica
6 QIAN Jason
7 HE Matthew
8 WU Stanley
9 LIANG Eugene
10 LIU Breanna
GRADE 4
1 GU Chuyang
2 ZHOU Aiden
3 WU Lucian
4 JIANG David
5 TAN Brendan
6 ZHANG Dan
7 IVANESCU Mark
8 IMOO Joshua
9 WANG Paul
10 TAN Alexander
GRADE 5
1 LOW Kevin
2 HUANG Patrick
3 DOKNJAS Neil
4 SUPERCEANU Andi
5 JAMES Rowan
6 LAU Julian
7 TIAN Sherry
8 ZHANG Andy
9 RUSSO Max
10 BUTCHART Kevin
GRADE 6
1 HEMSTAPAT Andrew
2 QU Leo
3 ZHENG Victor
4 ZHAO Ian
5 DU Daniel
6 GUO Jim
7 MAH Sean
8 SASATA Alexander
9 WAN Justin
10 KOVAC Adrian
Scholar’s Mate 132
722
554
552
487
477
436
400
389
352
342
BC
BC
BC
BC
AB
BC
BC
AB
AB
BC
1310
1058
748
742
735
652
635
634
623
618
BC
BC
SK
SK
BC
BC
MB
AB
AB
BC
1474
1263
1180
1166
1135
1035
963
955
950
940
BC
AB
BC
BC
BC
MB
AB
BC
BC
BC
1207
1184
1177
1172
1058
1054
945
932
920
904
AB
MB
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
1585
1561
1472
1310
1301
1284
1274
1255
1254
1241
BC
BC
BC
BC
AB
AB
AB
BC
AB
AB
1984
1818
1724
1637
1547
1499
1409
1394
1361
1352
BC
BC
BC
AB
BC
AB
BC
BC
MB
BC
1804
1741
1691
1589
1580
1528
1514
1445
1401
1341
BC
BC
BC
AB
BC
BC
AB
SK
BC
AB
GRADE 7
1 PULFER Luke
2 WANG Kaixin
3 RICHARDSON Kai
4 CHUNG Alec
5 LOW Ethan
6 LEHINGRAT Callum
7 LIN Kaining
8 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha
9 RENY Alex
10 WEI Daniel
GRADE 8
1 DOKNJAS Joshua
2 GROSSMANN Lenard
3 LEONG Ryan
4 YAO David
5 SU Michael
6 MA Derek
7 GASPARAC Karlo
8 WOLCHOCK Theo
9 FOX Dylan
10 WANG Jeff
GRADE 9
1 GEDAJLOVIC Max
2 ZHENG Maven
3 GENG Matthew
4 LI Kevin
5 SHRESTHA Prayus
6 WU Chenxi
7 MCCULLOUGH Ian
8 HAN Lionel
9 JAYAWEERA Lahiru
10 BREWSTER Paula
GRADE 10
1 CAO Jason
2 KASSAM Jamil
3 SHAO Nathan
4 ZHU Brandon
5 LI James
6 TAPP Ashley
7 KNOX Nathaniel
8 KAISER Jakob
9 NIE Mark
10 SAHEB Salar
G R A D E 11
1 AWATRAMANI Janak
2 SHI Diwen
3 DOKNJAS John
4 KONG Dezhong
5 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg
6 HOFFNER Noah
7 STANISLUS Allan
8 HUANG Zhonglin
9 LEE Nicholas
10 WEI William
GRADE 12
1 HERDIN Mathew
2 HUI Jeremy
3 SWIFT Ryne
4 CUI Karl
5 SITU Dennis
6 MCCULLOUGH David
7 DESPRES Sebastien
8 YANG Tony
9 PAVLIC Stephen
10 BARTHA Jimmy
HONOUR ROLL
1 AWATRAMANI Janak
2 CAO Jason
3 SHI Diwen
4 GEDAJLOVIC Max
5 DOKNJAS John
6 DOKNJAS Joshua
7 HERDIN Mathew
8 HUI Jeremy
9 LOW Kevin
10 KONG Dezhong
1900
1797
1729
1720
1712
1525
1495
1471
1445
1434
BC
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
AB
AB
BC
SK
2221
1912
1867
1838
1828
1691
1665
1661
1624
1597
BC
AB
BC
AB
BC
MB
AB
MB
BC
AB
2307
1727
1709
1616
1579
1576
1534
1485
1467
1458
BC
BC
BC
BC
AB
AB
AB
BC
BC
BC
2415
1854
1841
1801
1778
1743
1732
1732
1715
1711
BC
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
AB
AB
AB
2466
2348
2285
1980
1906
1806
1742
1731
1683
1682
BC
AB
BC
BC
BC
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
2200
2115
1879
1692
1687
1666
1629
1600
1562
1480
BC
BC
MB
BC
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
SK
2466
2415
2348
2307
2285
2221
2200
2115
1984
1980
BC
BC
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
BC
47
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:
w w w. c h e s s - m a t h . o r g
CANADA
Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will
take you to the ratings page:
w w w. c h e s s - m a t h . o r g / r a t i n g s
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 find a list of recently
rated tournaments under the tournaments tab. Click
on the event ID number to see the crosstable.
For information on how to rate your tournaments:
www.chess-math.org/how-have-your-tournament
www.chess-math.org/how-have-your-tournament s-rated
W I N N I N G C H E S S For Kids
homepage of JEFF COAKLEY
Canadian Chess Master & Author
Information on
Winning Chess
For Kids series:
852
756
742
694
643
ON
ON
SK
ON
QC
1135
878
871
829
810
BC
ON
ON
ON
BC
1263
1058
1034
910
904
ON
BC
QC
ON
BC
1490
1296
1273
1153
1128
ON
QC
ON
ON
QC
1409
1301
1246
1244
999
BC
BC
ON
QC
BC
1338
1247
1204
1202
1195
ON
ON
ON
BC
AB
q P R I N C E S S PA
PA R A D E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Book Descriptions,
Reviews, Errata,
Announcements.
www.coakleychess.com
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GRADE 1 / KINDERGARTEN*
1 ZHUANG Winnie
2 MANE Arnav *
3 SOLOMENTSEVA Liliya
4 QU Greta
5 GUO Wendi
GRADE 2
1 YU Sophia
2 WANG Kaison
3 AI Amy
4 HUA Michelle
5 MOK Gillian
GRADE 3
1 LIN Angela
2 GUO Veronica
3 WANG Rachel
4 POBERESHNIKOVA Faina
5 LIU Breanna
GRADE 4
1 SHEN Isamel
2 KULESHOVA Julia
3 GILANI Mysha
4 VELLANKI Naga
5 XU Yihan
GRADE 5
1 TIAN Sherry
2 VAN Anna
3 GUO Hazel
4 WANG Isabelle
5 TIO Kaitlyn
GRADE 6
1 TAN Kylie
2 HE Emma
3 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi
4 YANG Angelina
5 MO Michelle
Scholar’s Mate 132
SHEN Isamel
TIAN Sherry
TAN Kylie
VAN Anna
KULESHOVA Julia
GILANI Mysha
LIN Angela
HE Emma
GUO Hazel
WANG Isabelle
Scholar’s Mate 132
1490
1409
1338
1301
1296
1273
1263
1247
1246
1244
GRADE 7
1 DEMCHENKO Svitlana
2 TSYPIN Allison
3 QIAO Cindy
4 CUI Cynthia
5 ZHANG Taylor
GRADE 8
1 OUELLET Maili-Jade
2 PENG Sarah
3 YU Rinna
4 YU An
5 ZHOU Lily
GRADE 9
1 LI Yi Lin
2 WANG Constance
3 LIU Dora
4 ZHU Jiarong
5 BREWSTER Paula
GRADE 10
1 ZHOU Qiyu
2 SHI Linda
3 WANG Kelly
4 GAO Christine
5 PENG Janet
G R A D E 11
1 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg
2 TAO Rachel
3 LI Kristen
4 POBERESHNIKOVA Agniya
5 GIBLON Melissa
GRADE 12
1 PENG Jackie
2 YUN Chang
3 SAMETOVA Zhanna
4 TARASUK Kat
5 SEDIGHI Nima
1698
1589
1455
1413
1362
ON
QC
ON
NB
ON
2219
1638
1520
1506
1473
QC
ON
BC
BC
ON
1898
1570
1527
1499
1458
QC
ON
ON
ON
BC
2344
1768
1703
1690
1591
ON
QC
QC
QC
ON
1906
1630
1468
1462
1372
BC
ON
ON
ON
ON
2118
1870
1838
1283
1259
ON
QC
ON
ON
BC
q CANADIAN QUEENS
ON
BC
ON
BC
QC
ON
ON
ON
ON
QC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
ZHOU Qiyu
OUELLET Maili-Jade
PENG Jackie
NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg
LI Yi Lin
YUN Chang
SAMETOVA Zhanna
SHI Linda
WANG Kelly
DEMCHENKO Svitlana
2344
2219
2118
1906
1898
1870
1838
1768
1703
1698
ON
QC
ON
BC
QC
QC
ON
QC
QC
ON
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LILY'S PUZZLER
see pages 29 and 55.
H = king. There must be a king of each colour. H is the
only letter with a capital and lower case.
E = knight. E cannot be a queen, rook, or bishop because
there would be an impossible check. E cannot be a pawn
because there is an ‘e’ on the 1st rank.
S = bishop. S cannot be a queen because there would be
an impossible double check. S cannot be a rook because
then C would be a queen, bishop, or pawn and the king
on g2 would be in an impossible double check. (The last
move would be ...hxg1=R+, so a pawn on f3 would be
black, checking the white king.)
The last move was the promotion ...h2-h1=B+, and the
capital letters are the black pieces.
C = rook. C cannot be a queen or pawn because
there would be an impossible double check.
chess rebus by Andrey Frolkin & Jeff Coakley 2016
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
2016-2017 schedule of events.
Chess’n Math Association
www.chess-math.org
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
CHESS’N MATH ASSOCIATION
September 6
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 2015-2016 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
You can write to Kiril the Pawn at:
[email protected]
PAST ISSUES OF
T OP CANADA grade K -6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
50
Nicholas Vettese
Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
Nameer Issani
Qiuyu Huang
Kevin Low
Aahil Noorali
Wenxuan Zhong
Francis Durette
Patrick Huang
Andrew Hemstapat
2302
2235
2199
2133
1984
1919
1904
1858
1818
1804
ON
QC
ON
QC
BC
ON
QC
QC
BC
BC
Scholar’s Mate 132
SCHOLAR’S MATE
in PDF or DNL format are available at:
www.chess-math.org/scholarsmate
Click on “PAST ISSUES”.
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.
[email protected]
Vancouver
Vancouver Chess School
vanchess.ca
Brad Thomson
(613) 565-3662
[email protected]
ALBERTA
Toronto
Chess’n Math Association
chess-math.org
701 Mt. Pleasant Rd.
Edmonton
Roving Chess Nuts
rovingchessnuts.com
Francis Rodrigues
(416) 488-5506
[email protected]
Bruce Thomas
[email protected]
Toronto
Children Chess Scool of Toronto
chessforchildren.ca
Maxim Doroshenko
[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
Nathalia Khoudgarian
[email protected]
Toronto
Knights of Chess School
sites.google.com/site/theknights
ofchess
Yuri Lebedev
[email protected]
Don MacKinnon
[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
NEW BRUNSWICK
Pierre Lambert
[email protected]
NOVA SCOTIA
Nova Scotia Scholastic Chess
Association
nssca.ca
Cornwall
Au Diapason Chess
audiapason.ca
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Windsor
Windsor Chess
windsorchess.com
Jeremie Piché
[email protected]
Vlad Drkulec
[email protected]
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Martine Lemaire
(514) 845-8352
Chris Felix
[email protected]
Manitoba Scholastic Chess
Association
scholasticchess.mb.ca
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Chess’n Math Association
3423 St. Denis, Montreal
chess-math.org
Patrick McDonald
[email protected]
Clifford Labre
[email protected]
MANITOBA
QUEBEC
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PEI Youth Chess Association
peiyca.ca
Aaron Rainnie
[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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0p0pdp0p
wdwdwdwd
dwdw0wdw
wdwdPdwd
dwdwdwdw
P)P)w)P)
$NGQIBHR
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 #
KIRIL
e5
d6
Nf6 ?
Oh no! Kiril got mated in just
four moves. That was no fun!
Scholar’s Mate 132
MATES
TRIPLE LOYD
1
2
A. Kc6#
B. Ka1=
C. Ke6 (Bg6#)
3
4
5
1.Qf5#
1.Rxg7+ Rxg7 2.Rf8#
1...Kh8 2.Rf8#
1.Qxh6+ gxh6 2.Be5#
1.Qxc6+ bxc6 2.Rd8#
1...Bd7 2.Qxd7#
1.Bh7+ Kh8
2.Bg8+ Kxg8 3.Qh7#
TACTICS 102
1 1.Rxc4 Rxc4 2.Bd5+
2 1.Nxg7 Kxg7 2.Re7+
3 1.Qxc6 Qxc6 2.Ne7+
(better than 1.Ne7+)
4 1.Rxf5 gxf5 2.Qe6+
COMBO MOMBO
1 1.f4 Bc7 2.f5
forking Be6 and Ng6
2 1...f6 2.Bf4 e5
forking Nd4 and Bf4
(or 2.Bh4 g5)
CHESS MAZE
Nb1-c3-e2-g1-h3-g5-h7-f6
-d7-b8-a6-b4-d3-e1-g2-h4
-g6-e7-c8-d6-b7-a5-b3xa1
LILY'S PUZZLER
w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Üdwdwdrdw]
ÛwdwdkHKd]
ÚdwdwdNgb]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
C = rook
White = lower case
H = king
Black = capitals
E = knight
S = bishop last move:...h2-h1=B+
See page 50 for detailed explanation.
Scholar’s Mate 132
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SCHOLAR’S MATE
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