The fifth round of the Senior World Championship is taking place in Opatija, Croatia, from November 11 to November 24.
Hi everyone!
Will chess soon have a new World Champion?
In case you're still waiting for the October Chess Canada Newsletter, here is a second "teaser": 18 critical positions from the Oct CCN.
95 players competed for the impressive $5000 guaranteed prize fund (thanks to no less than 11 sponsors!) of the 2013 Varennes Open (near Montréal). Once again, GM Sambuev dominated the field, ahead of GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon (who withdrew after winning his first game) and IM Eric Lawson.
Michael von Keitz, former CFC president and the actual CFC executive director, is covering the World Championship in India.
You can see his detailed report of the opening ceremony on Chessbase.
The Chess Federation of Canada is looking for organizers for the following tournaments :
1) Canadian Junior (early 2014)
Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Tue, 11/05/2013 - 18:41
There were many interesting games at this year's Montreal Open, and the one I've chosen to consider this week features a veteran player employing a "young man's" opening (the Grunfeld) against Quebec's newest and youngest master. Oh, the irony... just kidding. Enough bad jokes; on to the chess!
The details of the 2014 Keres Memorial have been published! It will be a six round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss (May 17-19), with $4000 in guaranteed prizes.
There will be a lecture by IM Panjwani at the Hart House Chess Club. Here are all the details :
Hi Chess Friends,
The Canadian Youth Chess team now has a blog for the 2013 World Youth Chess Championship. All chess players should definitely bookmark it!
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