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A new Canadian IM!

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sun, 11/15/2015 - 14:27

Congratulations to Michael Barron, who obtained the IM title following his performance at the Pan Am Senior Championship, &n

2015 WYCC : First 5 rounds

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 19:43

While it is still early to make any predictions, some Canadians are doing quite well at the World Youth Chess Championships. Nameer Issani and Qiyu Zhou both have 4/5, while 6 other Canadians (William Graif, Razvan Preotu, Richard Chen, Nicholas Vettese, Eugene Hua and Aiden Zhou) have 3.5/5.

Team Canada at the 2015 World Youth Chess Championships

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sun, 10/25/2015 - 08:22

Photos by Victoria Doknjas.  The photo was taken in front of the hotel, the Sithonia Hotel on the Porto Carras Grand Resort.

Millionaire Chess Starts Today!

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 16:51

The Millionaire Chess started today. The tournament, famous for guaranteeing a total of $1 million in prizes, will be held from October 8 to October 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A few Canadian players are participating, despite the high entry fees (starting at $880 USD).

Kasparov in Montreal

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Tue, 09/22/2015 - 17:44

Picture : Bernard Labadie (FQE President), Garry Kasparov, Richard Bérubé (FQE Executive Director).

Kovalyov Eliminated

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 09/18/2015 - 07:58

GM Anton Kovalyov drew his second match game against Fabiano Caruana, losing the match 0.5 - 1.5. 

Kovalyov Advances Again!

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 09/15/2015 - 08:16

Canadian GM Anton Kovalyov won his second round match at the World Cup in Baku, defeating former Argentine teammate GM Sandro Mareco: 1.5 - 0.5.

GM Bareev transfers to Canada!

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sat, 09/12/2015 - 05:21

GM Bareev's transfer is now official. He is now the highest rated player in the country, ahead of GM Kovalyov.

GM Bareev, who recently moved to Toronto, intends to focus on teaching, but has already played in some tournaments in Canada, including the 2015 FIDE Kitchener Masters.

Ilyumzhinov to run for FIFA Presidency?

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Mon, 09/07/2015 - 15:11

Andrei Filatov, FIDE vice-president and president of the Russian Chess Federation, has proposed Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the current FIDE president, to run for FIFA presidency.

The current FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, has already stated that he would resign from his position following a corruption scandal.

Invitations for Canadian girls : 2016 Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Fri, 08/21/2015 - 10:43

GM Susan Polgar and Webster University extended invitations for Canadians girls starting next year to participate in “The 13th Annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational” scheduled to take place at Webster University, Saint Louis, Missouri (date will be announced later).

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