Canadian Chess Newsfeed

Our Canadian Game of the Week is Li-M.Plotkin, the winner of the Best Game Award at the 2019 Ivy League Challenge held at Hart House at the University of Toronto.
It is White to move in the diagram...

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...

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...

With 33 tournaments across Canada in November and December it's not too cold for chess. Events and links...

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....

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

29 chess tournaments across Canada in October-November 2019. Dates, locations, and links...

Canadian Champion GM Evgeny Bareev was eliminated in round 1 of the 2019 World Cup by GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 1.5 - 0.5. Games with full analysis...

The 128-player knock-out FIDE World Cup is the BIG chess event of 2019, and it runs for over three weeks...

Summer is over, and Winter is coming...
...but there are 27 chess tournaments across Canada in September and October to keep you warm.