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Upcoming Events: 2016.12

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 12/05/2016 - 15:06

A typically light December schedule of six events across Canada, as even chess players think of other things during the holidays...

Happy Birthday Magnus Carlsen ...and still WC!

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 11/30/2016 - 21:08

Magnus Carlsen celebrated his 26th birthday by winning the four-game tie-breaks over Sergei Karjakin in New York, and so retains his World Championship title.

The position is from game 4 of the Rapid tie-breaks. Karjakin had been forced to overpress as Black to win and tie the match. Here it is White to move. Can you find the way to end the match in style the way Magnus Carlsen did here as White?

BOTW: 2016.11.18

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 11/18/2016 - 18:03

Houdini Returns from the Dead (sort of), Stockfish 8 released, and the top two computers and humans continue to battle it out in the biggest matches of 2016... in this week's Best of the Web.

GOTW: Marin - Sambuev, National Capital Open, 2016

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 11/16/2016 - 17:27

The Canadian Game of the Week is Marin - Sambuev, from the 2016 National Capital Open in Ottawa.
Elias Oussedik explains how the former Canadian Champion gave up his Queen, avoided a repetition, and still won with R+N vs Q against a 2100+ opponent.

BOTW: 2016.11.07

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 11/07/2016 - 09:59

There's a super-abundance of world class chess this week: with the Carlsen-Karjakin World Championship match being the highest profile, but perhaps only the second-strongest match this week.

GOTW: Morozov - Cao, 2016 BC Championship

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 11/02/2016 - 10:04

FM Jason Cao won his third consecutive BC Championship in October, 2016.
Jason annotates his fascinating 6th round win over the third seed, Grigoriy Morozov, for the CFC Newsfeed.

November 2016 Events

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 14:44

11 chess events from Halifax to Victoria are on the calendar this November.

2016 World Cadet Results

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Submitted by John Upper on Sun, 10/30/2016 - 05:56

The 2016 World Cadet Chess Championship ended today in Batumi, Georgia.
India, the USA and Russia each won multiple medals. Top Canadians were Anthony Atanasov (5th in U8), and Nameer Issani (9th, U10).
Details and links.

2016 WYCC - Results

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 10/04/2016 - 09:38
2016 WYCC Canadian Team

Results and medal counts from the 2016 WYCC in Khanty-Mansiysk, which ended October 4, 2016.

Upcoming Events: October 2016

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 09/30/2016 - 18:16

With 11 tournaments across Canada this month, October is a good time to cash in those air-miles...

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