The Montreal Open Championship is now on the web. 

Follow the Canadians playing in the 2014 Tradewise Chess Festival at Gibraltar

The 1957 World Junior Chess Championship, held at Toronto, is now a kibitzable tournament page on Chessgames : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=82996.

From the game between long-time Ottawa master Kevin Pacey and 2013 CYCC U14g champ Qiyu Zhou:
White has more active pieces on the Kingside than Black, but is it enough to justify Bxh7+?

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament (Formerly Wijk Aan Zee) came to an end yesterday, January 25. Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian dominated the competition with a 8/11 score worth a 2911 rating performance.

It might seem somewhat vain, but I've chosen to annotate my last round win from the Canadian University Championship for this week's GOTW. I was finally back in the groove after a bit of a tournament hiatus. The game features a razor-sharp Dragon Yugoslav Attack and I believe that it provides good educational value.

2014 K-W Groundhog Day Quick

Hi everyone,

I hope the first few weeks of 2014 have treated you well, and that you have been working on your chess-related New Year resolutions!