Submitted by Felix Dumont on Mon, 07/21/2014 - 21:26
Last Sunday, GM Bluvshtein gave a simul in Montreal at the Complexe Desjardins. He defeated 13 opponents in less than 2 hours, giving a nice show to the numerous bypassers.
Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 07/14/2014 - 04:33
Just in time for Canada's largest annual youth chess event -- the CYCC -- comes the Chess Canada report on Canada's second-largest youth chess event: the Chess 'N Math Association's 26th annual Canadian Chess Challenge.
Submitted by Roman Sarrazin-... on Sun, 07/13/2014 - 23:37
The Canadian Youth Chess Championship is now only two days away ! Here are the final pre-tournament announcements from the organizers, the Fédération québécoise des échecs :
Submitted by Felix Dumont on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 21:42
The Laval Open Chess Championship was held from June 20 to June 22 in Laval (near Montréal, QC), with $2700 in prizes. Here's the game that allowed the young Hong Rui Zhu to seize the second place in the top section (behind Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratté, of the same age).
Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 07/07/2014 - 17:59
Whatever Black plays there are contradictory clichées ready-made for the occasion; e.g. "strike while the iron is hot" or "the threat is stronger than the execution"... But knowing chess clichées doesn't help you play chess: analysts can choose clichées, players have to choose moves.
What move should Black play?
