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The first round is today, July 17, at 6 PM (Montreal/Toronto time). The tournament is organized by the Quebec Chess Federation in Montreal, in collaboration with the AIDEF (International chess association of French-speaking countries).

Tournament leader IM Leonid Gerzhoy was defeated in the last round by IM Tomas Krnan, who tied for first with GM Eric Hansen and IM Gerzhoy.

CANADA AT 26^th NATO CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN AMSTERDAM

By Regis Bellemare

10 Canadians participated to the 26^th NATO Chess Championship in Amsterdam, 6-10 July 2015.

On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 we have special event planned!

43 players registered for the 2015 Canadian Closed Championship (FIDE Zonal). GMs Hansen and Sambuev (defending champion) will try to qualify for the World Cup, but they might be surprised by one of the 6 IMs!

This year's CYCC was again a big success, thanks to the hard work of Windsor's team of volunteers. Congratulations to the winners, who will be able to represent Canada at the World Youth Chess Championships in Greece!

This week's Canadian Tactic comes from the game P.Vavrak-N.Noritsyn, (Hart House, 2014).
White has sacrificed an exchange to create a dangerous passed pawn on d6. What should Black do?

This week's game is particularly complicated, and both players should not feel bad about the mistakes they made as it seemed like every inaccuracy was enough to turn the tables. Still, I believe readers will enjoy the game.

As a nod to the 4th of July, here is a US-themed Best of the Web, with links to live games from the Biggest and (now) second-richest tournament in the US, as well as ten tips from US GM Sam Shankland on how he went from GM to world's top 100.

There are now 272 registered players for the 2015 CYCC. Surprisingly, the U18G section still has no participant, and the U18 section only has 4.  However, other sections, such as the U12 with 56 players, have numerous strong contenders.