Canadian Game of the Week

GOTW: a maneuver against the London System

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 06/29/2020 - 15:08

The diagram comes from the recent Canada-Romania U18 online rapid match.
Find a good plan for Black.

Botez-Demchenko, 2020

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 05/21/2020 - 23:14

The Covid lockdown has (temporariliy?) ended OTB chess events, but there has been a big boom in online chess events. In fact, there has been such an explosion that it has been possible to watch World Champion Magnus Carlsen playing almost every day in tournaments between April 18 to June 3, 2020!

GOTW: Atanasov online

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 03/30/2020 - 01:23

With culture moving indoors, online chess thrives at at safe 6 foot separation. Our Canadian Game(s) of the Week are from Canada's top chess streaming team, and feature our 12-year-old FM Anthony Atanasov. Don't let the eyes fool you: he is ALWAYS looking at your king.

GOTW: Ajith - Papneja, Ont.Jr, 2020

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 23:04

Arul Papneja scored 4.5/5 to claim the title of 2020 Ontario Junior Champion. His second-round win over second-place finisher Aayush Ajith is our Canadian Game of the Week.
From the diagram: should White play Na4 to control the c-file, or centralize with Rfd1 and Bb2, Rac1?

GOTW: Ouellet - Beaulieu, Pere Noel, 2019

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 01/02/2020 - 16:50

Our Canadian Game of the Week features current Canadian Women's Champion Maili-Jade Ouellet as White against NM Eric Beaulieu from the 2019 Pere Noel Swiss in Montreal.
From the Diagram: Black is down a pawn but has both minors developed and Rooks connected; where should Black develop the Rooks?

GOTW: Noritsyn - Vettese, Chess-to-Remember 2019

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 12/16/2019 - 21:25

Our Canadian Game of the Week is IM Nikolay Noritsyn vs FM Nicholas Vettese from the 2019 Chess-to-Remember Rapid in Toronto.
In the diagram White has just played c2-c4; what should Black do?

GOTW: Li - M.Plotkin, 2019

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 13:22

Our Canadian Game of the Week is Li-M.Plotkin, the winner of the Best Game Award at the 2019 Ivy League Challenge held at Hart House at the University of Toronto.
It is White to move in the diagram...

GOTW: Nalbant - Talukdar, U16 Olympiad Turkey, 2019

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 11/09/2019 - 23:22

Our Canadian Game of the Week comes from the 2019 U16 Olympiad in Turkey. FM Rohan Talukdar was Black on board 1 against an IM who has just played a computer-approved Novelty on move 17 (!) in the Najdorf.
Find a sensible plan for Black...

GOTW: Sambuev - Le Siege, Canadian International, 2019

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 10/17/2019 - 17:18

Our Canadian Game of the Week is the final round board 2 pairing between GMs Bator Sambuev and Alexander Le Siege at the Canadian International Championship (October 11-13, 2019, Longueuil).
In the diagram it is Black to play....

2019 World Cup: Bareev eliminated

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 22:22

Canadian Champion GM Evgeny Bareev was eliminated in round 1 of the 2019 World Cup by GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 1.5 - 0.5. Games with full analysis...

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