Congratulations to Raven Sturt, a McGill student, for his 1st IM norm obtained at the NY International in his hometown.
After seven weeks of play, the Toronto Closed recently came to an end, crowning young star Michael Song who scored 5.5/7, only losing to runner-up FM Roman Sapozhnikov, and drawing against the other runner-up, FM Victor Plotkin. Both finished at 5/7.
Hi everyone,
This week my fellow contributors basically took over my job, since Félix Dumont and John Upper offered two suggestions each!
Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Mon, 06/24/2013 - 22:39
This week's game between Wajdy Shebetah and WNM Liza Orlova from the Hart House Winter Open back in January is one of the most interesting games I have annotated to date. Be sure not to miss it!
D. Southam (2180) – P. Manalo (1845), Annex CC Summer Love 2012
White’s advantage in this position is obvious. With Black’s last move, 1. … f6?, he has only weakened his seventh rank further, allowing for decisive penetration.
Click below for a hint:
The 8th Edmonton International Chess Festival will be held at the Edmonton Chess Club on June 22-July 1st.
The Quebec Chess Federation organizes a small tournament during the Quebec Open, called the ''Mini-COQ'' (COQ = Championnat Ouvert du Québec).
The Montreal Chess Club (CEM) is the biggest chess club in Quebec. Its members meet two times a week at the Strategy Games building on St-Denis St. (Wednesday and Friday) to play one standard game in a monthly rotation tournament. Contact reti@videotron.ca for further information.
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