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Tactics: Defending Practice

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 12/23/2013 - 14:39
CFC Newsfeed Tactics, diagram from Chiku-Ratte - COrriveau

Find Black's best defence.

Tactics: Attacking Practice

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 12/16/2013 - 13:14
CFC Newsfeed Tactics, diagram from Gerzhoy - Lenderman

White has more than one way to win in this position from Gerzhoy - Lenderman (Continental Class, 2013). Leonid played the most forcing, but attacking fans might want to find a second way.

Tactics: poisoned or not?

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 12/09/2013 - 18:50

Question: If Black plays ...e6 should White take the pawn on d6?

CCN November Teaser: IMs Winning Abroad

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 12/06/2013 - 16:35

The free preview of the November CCN has samples from feature articles by IM Tomas Krnan and by IM Aman Hambleton.

CCN October Teaser 2: Critical Positions

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 11/11/2013 - 15:08

In case you're still waiting for the October Chess Canada Newsletter, here is a second "teaser": 18 critical positions from the Oct CCN.

CCN October Teaser: NATO Championship

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 17:28

With Remembrance Day coming up, I've chosen a military theme for this month's CCN preview: “Carrying the Flag”, Herb Langer's report on the Canadian Forces team at the 24th NATO Chess Championship.

CCN Sept 2013 Teaser: Sambuev - Preotu, CoQ, 2013

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 09/24/2013 - 12:43

The Sept CCN is finished and should be arriving in your email soon. This month's teaser: Sambuev - Preotu (COQ, 2013), with Razvan's notes.

CCN August 2013 Teaser: Critical Positions

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 00:29

CCN August 2013 Teaser: "Critical Positions": 18 positions to challenge and entertain.

WFM Jackie Peng wins $52K Webster University Scholarship

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 07/31/2013 - 15:33
Jackie Peng and Susan Polgar

WFM Jackie Peng just played at the 10th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational Chess Championship from July 21 to 25 in St Louis.

Jackie finished with 4.5/6 and received a $52K Webster University Scholarship!

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CCN July 2013 sample: Edmonton Chess Festival

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 07/10/2013 - 03:51

To tide you over until the full July CCN is released, here is the illustrated and annotated report on the 2013 Edmonton Chess Festival.

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