Tournament Reports

Varennes Open : Results

Submitted by Felix Dumont on Sun, 11/10/2013 - 22:23

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.

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CCN October Teaser: NATO Championship

Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 10/30/2013 - 17:28

With Remembrance Day coming up, I've chosen a military theme for this month's CCN preview: “Carrying the Flag”, Herb Langer's report on the Canadian Forces team at the 24th NATO Chess Championship.

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GM Norm for Raja Panjwani at SPICE Cup !

Submitted by Roman Sarrazin-... on Mon, 10/21/2013 - 00:45

Canadian IM Raja Panjwani obtained his first GM norm at the SPICE Cup, Susan Polgar's tournament. It took place on October 15-19.

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Quebec Par Classe Championship : two games left and a special guest

Submitted by Roman Sarrazin-... on Sun, 10/13/2013 - 22:26

The Elite and Par Classe Championships, the only 7-rounds tournaments of the year, are currently going on in Montreal.

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Rapides de Montréal

Submitted by Felix Dumont on Fri, 10/04/2013 - 19:00

- English version follows -

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CCN Sept 2013 Teaser: Sambuev - Preotu, CoQ, 2013

Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 09/24/2013 - 12:43

The Sept CCN is finished and should be arriving in your email soon. This month's teaser: Sambuev - Preotu (COQ, 2013), with Razvan's notes.

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Montreal Open : results

Submitted by Felix Dumont on Mon, 09/09/2013 - 20:44

The Montreal Open Chess Championship was held last weekend. The turnout was much lower than expected (153 players), but was still reasonable. GM Sambuev completely dominated the tournament, finishing with 5/5.