Canadian Game of the Week

Game of the Week: Mai,L vs. Dunne,F

Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Sun, 01/17/2016 - 18:36

There were a number of upsets at last week's Canadian University Chess Championships. In my experience, I've found that upsets are often caused by blunders made by the higher opponent - they are rarely the result of being outplayed positionally.

GOTW : Peter Vavrak vs Mark Plotkin (Hart House)

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Wed, 01/06/2016 - 19:00

Here is another game from the recent Hart House Holiday tournament. Black played a pretty accurate game and showed how patience can be extremely important in some positions.

Song, M vs Preotu, R: Hart House Winter Open. GOTW

Submitted by Michael Kleinman on Thu, 12/24/2015 - 13:26

This week, I present to you a game played at the recently concluded Hart House Open. It is an interesting and unclear game where both sides had opportunities to seize the initiative. I hope you enjoy it, and happy holidays!

 

GOTW : Eric Hansen vs David Martins (London FIDE Open)

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Thu, 12/17/2015 - 18:54

This week's game is from the London FIDE Open, in which Eric Hansen tied for 2nd place. Eric carefully positionned all his pieces and prepared a very nice trap for his opponent.

GOTW : Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte vs Hong Rui Zhu (Varennes Open 2015)

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Tue, 12/01/2015 - 16:17

It was not my intention to use two of Olivier's games for the GOTW, but this one could not be overlooked. It's not every day a strong national master loses in 18 moves!

Game of the Week: Oussedik vs. Saunders

Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 19:03

One Maritime chess player making large strides in his chess is my good friend, Elias Oussedik.

GOTW : Jonathan Turcotte vs FM Chiku-Ratté (Varennes 2015)

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sun, 11/15/2015 - 18:31

This week's game is from the Varennes Open Championship, a major tournament in Quebec. This year, there was a guaranteed prize fund of $10 000. This game features a good attempt from an expert to draw a strong FIDE master. While his efforts were unsuccessful, there is a lot to learn from this game.

GOTW: Pere Garriga vs Adam Dorrance. WYCC u18

Submitted by Michael Kleinman on Fri, 11/06/2015 - 17:20

This week, I chose to analyse one of Adam Dorrance's game from the recently concluded WYCC. Adam put in a strong performance and is gaining around 150 fide rating points. I decided to annotate his last round game against a higher rated player. Adam played quite solid, and even outplayed his opponent with the Black pieces and gained some winning chances. Enjoy!

Game of the Week : FM Jason Cao vs Alfred Pechisker (BC Ch.)

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 19:17

This game is extremely tactical and instructive. Both players played a fair amount of good moves, but also quite a lot of mistakes (but that is to be expected in such positions!). I am convinced everybody will love going through it as much as I did.

Game of the Week: FM Milicevic vs. L. Robichaud

Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Mon, 10/19/2015 - 10:23

This year's Montreal Open drew out a number of inactive players, including FM Goran Milicevic. I chose to annotate his last round game against a strong expert of the Montreal chess scene, Louis Robichaud.

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