Canadian Chess Newsfeed

The beginning of September marks the return of the chess season in Quebec, as three tournaments in a row will be held on Quebec City and Montreal.

Sometimes the most beautiful move is also the best.
White to play and win...

A brief talk with IM Aman Hambleton, a member of the Canadian Olympic Chess team.

The Canadian Open has now come to an end. Complete reports will be found here soon, as well as in the July issue of the CFC webzine. Until then, we we already have a couple souvenirs from the tournament to post online !

Here are the armaggedon games that crowned GM Tiaviakov as the 2014 Canadian Open Champion :

GM Tiviakov (Netherlands) didn't play in the first round as he had the best tie-breaks, but later defeated GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami from Iran who beat GM Van Kampen (Netherlands) in the first round.

Although neither of the players in this week's game is Canadian, I figured I could get away with showing you this game since it was one of the most exciting games from this year's Canadian Open in Montreal.

For the first time in quite a few years, a Canadian player scored an IM norm at the Canadian Open.

The strongest U14 in the World, IM Samuel Sevian, played against FM Jason Cao from British-Columbia, one of the few Canadians who won the World Champion title in the World Youth Chess Championships.