Gatineau is a beautiful city in western Quebec. Right across Ottawa, it is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River and only requires a 5 min car ride from its city center.
12 Critical Positions from the 2015.07 issue of Chess Canada.
Aurora Spring Pro-Am 2016: March 19-20, 2016
2 days, 5 rounds, all the details here.
GM Bator Sambuev is 4/4 in terms of Tour du Quebec wins this season. After sweeping the 2015 leg of the season, Sambuev wins the 50th Winter Carnival tournament, held in the timeless capital of Quebec.
"Le Club élite" (the elite club) is a new chess club based in Montreal which focuses on the development of competitive chess players with an FQE rating of over 1600. Membership is $20 per year. (free for masters) Free trial period until March 2016.
The 2016 Zurich Chess Challenge and the 1988 World Chess Festival are this week's Best of the Web.
This year's edition features a $10 000 guaranteed prize fund!
Section A is FIDE-CFC-FQE rated.
GMs Alexandre Lesiège, Eric Hansen, Bator Sambuev and Thomas Roussel-Roozman have already confirmed their participation.
It's White to move in this week's Canadian Tactic from the game Maghami-Kovalyov at the 2015 DC International.
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