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Harmony Zhu : World Champion (U8 Girls) !

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sat, 12/28/2013 - 13:38

Harmony Zhu won her last game and her score of 9/11 was enough to earn the World Champion title (after tiebreaks). Some players mentionned that Harmony is not only a gifted chess player, but also a talented piano player.

2013 WYCC : Comments from IM Hambleton

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Thu, 12/26/2013 - 19:38

Some might have noticed the new look of Canadian Youth Team blog.

Here's some observations from IM Aman Hambleton :

 

2013 World Youth Chess Championships

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Thu, 12/19/2013 - 22:23

41 players from Canada are now in Al-Ain, UAE, in order to compete in the World Youth Chess Championships.

You can follow their results on the tournament website : http://worldyouth2013.com/playerlist/country/38

CCN November Teaser: IMs Winning Abroad

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 12/06/2013 - 16:35

The free preview of the November CCN has samples from feature articles by IM Tomas Krnan and by IM Aman Hambleton.

A New World Champion!

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Fri, 11/22/2013 - 12:42

Magnus Carlsen won his match against Vishy Anand (6.5-3.5) and is now officially the World Champion!

More details on Chessbase or Chessdom.

World Championship : Detailed Article by Michael von Keitz

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Fri, 11/08/2013 - 22:11

Michael von Keitz, former CFC president and the actual CFC executive director, is covering the World Championship in India.

You can see his detailed report of the opening ceremony on Chessbase.

Canadian Youth Chess Team at WYCC 2013

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 23:38

 The Canadian Youth Chess team now has a blog for the 2013 World Youth Chess Championship. All chess players should definitely bookmark it!

Barcelona Casino Masters

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sat, 10/26/2013 - 22:35

GM Eric Hansen is in Barcelona for a very strong round-robin tournament.

Official website (in Catalan)

Canadian players at the 4th Annual Continental Class Championships

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Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sat, 10/12/2013 - 12:06

Five Canadian players are playing in the top section of the Class Championship. Here are their results after 4 rounds :

IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2.5

Oslo Chess International 2013

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Submitted by Frederic Reynaud on Fri, 10/04/2013 - 17:33

Two Canadian players are competing in the Oslo Chess International this week. After 8 rounds, Eric Hansen counts 4.5 points, and Aman Hambleton tallies at 3.5. Best of luck to both of them for the last round of the tournament!

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