Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Wed, 10/09/2013 - 21:16
This week's game features two experienced masters battling it out at a weekly event here in Montreal. A seemingly quiet unorthodox opening leads to some interesting middlegame complications. There are some important lessons about pawn structure to be learned from this one.
Submitted by Felix Dumont on Wed, 10/09/2013 - 20:58
The 2014 Canadian Open Chess Championship and Canadian Youth Chess Championships will be organized in downtown Montreal next summer. At least 600 players are expected in total and the tournaments will be held at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth (*****).
All the details are now available on the tournament website :
Submitted by Frederic Reynaud on Fri, 10/04/2013 - 17:33
Two Canadian players are competing in the Oslo Chess International this week. After 8 rounds, Eric Hansen counts 4.5 points, and Aman Hambleton tallies at 3.5. Best of luck to both of them for the last round of the tournament!
Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Mon, 09/30/2013 - 19:04
This week, Louie Jiang annotates an aggressive game between two young FMs played in the first round of the Quebec Open. The play is very dynamic and features a good win by one of Canada's most promising juniors, FM Jason Cao.
Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sun, 09/29/2013 - 18:47
In this position, GM Caruana (Black) made an enormous mistake. Only one move does not lose for Black. Can you find which one, and why the other moves fail?
Submitted by Keith MacKinnon on Tue, 09/24/2013 - 12:43
This week, we take a look at a short and sweet game from the Alberta Closed this past spring. A tactical flourish in a confusing opening leads to an early mistake by Canada's youngest IM which results in White obtaining a very strong initiative which he eventually converts to the full point.
