Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 23:13
Canada's next International Master will be Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté after he earned his final IM Norm at the 2019 US Masters, which included a win over GM Victor Mikhalevski, annotated below....
Submitted by John Upper on Sun, 07/28/2019 - 18:40
The Quebec Open was held July 20-27, 2019 at the Sandman Hotel in Longeuil. GMs Alexandre Le Siege, Bator Sambuev, Thomas Roussel-Roozmon and Reynaldo Vera of Cuba tied for first. Results and links...
Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 07/11/2019 - 23:23
The 2019 CYCC ran July 6-10 in Regina. It attracted 186 players who competed for the Canadian championships in 12 sections ranging from under 8 to under 18. Full results.
Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 07/02/2019 - 19:37
Our Canadian Game of the Week is FM Rohan Talukdar's fascinating 4th round game against Philippino GM Olivier Barbosa. They follow theory for 20 moves in a Caro-Kann when Rohan sacs a Bishop for two pawns. Black doesn't defend the best way, and the game goes to a RRB7 v RBBN5 ending... when Rohan sacs an exchange!
Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 16:40
Our Canadian Game of the Week is the final round board 1 game between GM Bator Sambuev and his student Kevin Zhong at the 2019 Eastern Ontario Open. This one has a seriously deep sac...
