Canadian Game of the Week

Canada's Next IM: Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté!

Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 23:13

Canada's next International Master will be Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté after he earned his final IM Norm at the 2019 US Masters, which included a win over GM Victor Mikhalevski, annotated below....

GOTW: Y.Zhang - Josh Doknjas, 2019 NAYCC, Kingston

Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 17:28

Our Canadian Game of the Week is the final round board 1 game in the U18 section of the 2019 NAYCC between Yuanchen Zhang and Joshua Doknjas. Both were part of a six-way tie for first, and there was a FIDE IM title on the line...

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GOTW: Ouellet - LeSiege, Longueuil 2019

Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 08/02/2019 - 23:32

The big result from the Quebec Open was from current Canadian Women's Champion WIM Maili-Jade Ouellet, who finished 5th behind the four GMs who won. Our Canadian Game of the Week is WIM Maili-Jade Oullete vs GM Alexandre Le Siege from the second-last round at the 2019 Quebec Open. In the diagram, White has an extra pawn and the move, so it is "just a matter of technique". But which technique?

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GOTW: Talukdar - Barbosa, Philadelphia 2019

Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 07/02/2019 - 19:37

Our Canadian Game of the Week is FM Rohan Talukdar's fascinating 4th round game against Philippino GM Olivier Barbosa. They follow theory for 20 moves in a Caro-Kann when Rohan sacs a Bishop for two pawns. Black doesn't defend the best way, and the game goes to a RRB7 v RBBN5 ending... when Rohan sacs an exchange!

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GOTW: Sambuev - K.Zhong, Ottawa 2019.

Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 16:40

Our Canadian Game of the Week is the final round board 1 game between GM Bator Sambuev and his student Kevin Zhong at the 2019 Eastern Ontario Open. This one has a seriously deep sac...

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GOTW: Noritsyn - Samsonkin, 2019 Zonal

Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 05/25/2019 - 17:47

Our Canadian Game of the Week is the round 6 board 1 pairing between IM Nikolay Noritsyn and IM Artiom Samsonkin at the 2019 Canadian Zonal.
As shown in the diagram, White had the opportunity to play Bxh5. Would that be a good move? What should Black do?

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GOTW: Noritsyn - Hambleton, 2019 Zonal

Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 14:48

Our Canadian Game of the Week is penultimate round board two pairing at the 2019 Canadian Zonal between IM Nikolay Noritsyn and GM Aman Hambleton, annotated by Aman...