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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!

BOTW: 2020.05

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 16:52

Despite over-the-board chess events cancelled world-wide, there is still plenty of interesting chess to watch and play...

QGM Qiyu Zhou: Chessbase DVDs

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 04/24/2020 - 16:20

Chessbase has just released two DVDs recorded by Canadian WGM Qiyu Zhou.
Info and links.

2020 Oakville IM Norm Invitational

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 13:48

Oakville IM Norm Invitational
February 19-23, 2020 in Oakville, ON.

A 10-player RR with the chance for IM Norms. Organized by Elevate My Chess.

Players:

Canadians at Gibraltar 2020

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 01/30/2020 - 23:45

Which is more impressive: and IM Norm, or a perfect score and TPR of 2900+?
Luckily, Canadian chess fans don't have to choose...

2019 Continental Women's Champion: Maili-Jade Ouellet

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 11/26/2019 - 23:01

Canadian WIM Maili-Jade Ouellet won the 2019 FIDE Women's North American Continental Championship in Mexico!
The win earns her the WGM title and qualifies her for the 2020 FIDE Women's World Cup...

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...

2019 U16 Olympiad

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 11/02/2019 - 14:49

The 2019 World Youth Chess Olympiad runs October 28 - November 6 in Corum, Turkey. It is FIDE's annual U16 Team Championship. Standings and links after 5 of 9 rounds...

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 WYCC: Canadian Results

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 10/12/2019 - 14:06

The 2019 World Youth Chess Championship was held October 1-12 in Mumbai, India. Full Canadian results and links...

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