The Canadian sensation of the tournament is, without any doubt, FM Victor Plotkin. He currently has 3.5/6, including one win and three draws against grandmasters!
The 12 Champions of the 2015 CYCC will be on Team Canada as the official Canadian representatives to the 2015 World Youth Chess Championship, Porto Carras, Greece. Here are some qualifiers to the CYCC.
Hart House Reading Week Open
When: February 14, 15, 16 (Saturday, Sunday, Monday)
Where: Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto
The Championnat Ouvert de la Mauricie, held in Trois-Rivière every year in March is back for another (41st!) edition, this year on March 20-22.
Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Mon, 01/26/2015 - 22:14
You'll have to forgive my bias in choosing the following game, but Raven Sturt, McGill's first board at this year's Canadian University Championships won an excellent second-round game with the black pieces handing Joey Qin his only loss of the tournament. You don't want to miss this one.
GM Eric Hansen, GM Kevin Spraggett, FM Victor Plotkin, Jonathan Yu, Lali Agbabishvili and Ian Mahoney are participating in the 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, starting on Tuesday, January 27. This year again, the tournament is extremely strong, with GMs Topalov and Nakamura participating.
Date: Saturday February 21st, 2015
Place: Cornerstone United Church, 203 Grand River Ave-entrance at side of building Brantford
Free parking nearby
I often talked about how difficult it can be, even for older and stronger players, to formulate a plan in a complicated position. It seems like it is common for most players to simply play the most logical moves one after the other, without really having a long-term plan. This game is a good example of that.
The Quebec Youth Chess Championship took place last weekend. 75 players fought for a part of the 10,000$+ prize fund (in CYCC travel expenses and gift certificates).
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