Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 06/29/2017 - 17:34
The 2017 Canadian Championship (Zonal 2.2) runs June 27-July 1 at Olympic Stadium in Montréal.
The diagram is Black to move from LeSiege - Noritsyn (rd.3).
Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 06/27/2017 - 22:00
The Canadian Championship (Zonal 2.2) started today at Olympic Stadium in Montréal.
Our diagram comes from the round 1 game between IM Aman Hambleton and Roland Chabot. Black to play...
Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 05/31/2017 - 22:49
Last week, Thinkers Publishing released "The Hyper Accelerated Dragon" by Canadian IM Raja Panjwani. I bought it at Strategy Games on Sunday and have been going over it since. Here’s a review and a playable excerpt.
Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 04/22/2017 - 16:50
Two days, two Games of the Week! The photo shows Canadian FM Michael Kleinman explaining his round 5 game to commentator WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni.
Tactics: from the analysis board in the photo, what happens after 18.Nxf8 Qxg2?
Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 16:23
Three Canadians played in the GM/IM Norm Invitational at the Charlotte Chess Centre and Scolastic Academy in South Carolina in March. Our Game of the Week is FM Michael Kleinman's sacrificial win over IM David Vigorito.
Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 03/08/2017 - 19:34
As a small celebration of International Women's Day, here are three miniatures from Canada's three most successful women chess players: Nava Starr, Yuanling Yuan, and Qiyu Zhou.
