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JUNE 2019 number 144

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CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE

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3423 St. Denis #400 The perfect time for one more Scholar ’s Mate.
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Congratulations to Team Quebec on winning the
EDIT OR Jeff Coakley Canadian Chess Challenge! It was a great national
I l lustrator Antoine Duff finals in Vancouver. The full report starts on page 6.
photos page 9-10: Lefong Hua, 48: Jennifer Campell,
49: Gaston Chouinard
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 SUMMER S C H O L A R ' S M AT E
JUNE 2019 #144
CHESS CAMPS
TORONTO MONTREAL CONTENTS
July 2 - 5 June 25 - 28
July 15 - 19 July 2 - 5 CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE 6
July 29 - August 2 July 8 - 12 Team Quebec Takes the Gold!
Report From Vancouver
August 12 - 16 July 15 - 19
August 26 - 30 August 12 - 16 THE OUTSIDERS 12
Kiril’s Klass
Church of Transfiguration August 19 - 23 The Advantage Of Outside Passers
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OTTAWA Ki ri l's Korner
July 15 - 19 The Original Muzio Moose Story
July 22 - 26
Summer Camps 4 Provincial CCC 44
August 12 - 16
You Are Here! 5 CCC History 46
August 19 - 23
CMA Ambassadors 16 Maze & Loyd 48
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Mort & Marley 17 Regional Top 10’s 50
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Canada Top Ten 18 Ratings 54
OPEN TO AGES 5 - 14 Tactics 102 19 Top Girls 55
BEGINNERS to RATING 1500 Master Profile 20 Top Canada K-6 56
FULL DAYS 9 am to 5 pm Combo Mombo 21 CMA Meeting 57
HALF DAYS 9 am - 1 pm or 1 - 5 pm News 22 Tournaments 57
groups divided by rating and age Mates 28 Links & Contacts 58
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FEES Kiril’s Address 30 Chess Notation 60
CHESS’ N MATH ASSOCIATION Lily’s Puzzler 31 Solutions 61
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 o A NA D I A N 2019 CHAMPIONS
oHESS 1 N ICOLAS WU B ritish C olumbia

oHALLENGE
2 H UGO G UILLEMETTE Quebec
3 V INCENT CHEN O ntario
4 L EO L IN S askatchewan
REPORT FROM BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA 5 K EVIN ZHONG * Quebec
The 31st annual Canadian Chess Challenge finals took 6 R ICHARD ZHENG * Quebec
place on Victoria Day weekend at the University of BC 7 PAUL WANG Alberta
in Vancouver. As always, each of the ten provinces was
8 S HERRY TIAN British C olumbia
represented by one player in each grade.
Saturday was a fun and sunny day, with families 9 A NDREW HEMSTAPAT B ritish C olumbia
visiting many sites around the city. There was also a 10 ROHAN TALUKDAR O ntario
blitz tournament in the afternoon, won by Richard Chen 11 WILLIAM LI Ontario
(Hamilton). The opening banquet in the evening featured
12 RICHARD CHEN * **** O ntario
excellent food and a piano player.
previous national champion
The competition started on Sunday. While a bagpiper *
played, the teams marched into the hall carrying their
provincial flags. After the national anthem, sung by The home team, British Columbia, beat Alberta 7½-4½
BC grade 8 champion Sherry Tian, the players shook in the last round to place third. They rolled over the lower
hands and the chess battles began. teams, but lost to Ontario 7-5 and Quebec 7½-4½ . Eight
When the last king was mated on Monday afternoon, players won medals, with gold for Nicolas Wu, Sherry
a new champion was crowned. Quebec defeated Ontario Tian, and Andrew Hemstapat (all from Richmond).
7½ - 4½ in the final round to win their first team title since Alberta, led by gold medalist Paul Wang (Calgary),
2009. Nine players earned medals, including three gold came in fourth place for the 21st time.
for Richard Zheng, Kevin Zhong, and Hugo Guillemette The Most Improved Team was Saskatchewan, with 6½
(all from Montreal). more points than 2018. That was enough to place fifth
Team Ontario was a close second, winning their other in the team standings, tying their best ever performance.
matches comfortably. Eleven players took home medals. New Brunswick received the plaque for Top Atlantic
(Actually, they received trophies. We just talk about them Team, scoring a combined 22-14 in their victories
as if they’re medals.) Richard Chen won his grade for the over the other Atlantic provinces.
sixth time, only the tenth player to accomplish that feat. Eight players were undefeated. But just one scored a
Also earning gold were Vincent Chen (Niagara Falls), perfect 9-0: Hugo Guillemette (Montreal) in grade 2.
Rohan Talukdar (Windsor), and William Li (Toronto). Playoff games decided first place in grades 5, 6, 9, 12.
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 match individual
2019 TEAMS
QUEBEC 9 87
ONTARIO 8 88½
BRITISH COLUMBIA 7 84½
ALBERTA 6 66½
SASKATCHEWAN 5 49
MANITOBA 3½ 41½
NEW BRUNSWICK 3 32½
NOVA SCOTIA 2 38
PRINCE EDWARD IS. 1 29½
NEWFOUNDLAND ½ 23

Two of the 2018 champions returned to defend their

titles. Both tied for first place. Richard Chen won in the 2 0 1 9 N AT I O N A L C H A M P I O N S
playoffs and Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux came second.
top: Paul Wang, Sherry Tian, Andrew Hemstapat,
Five sets of siblings took part. The best results were Rohan Talukdar, William Li, Richard Chen
by Martin and Nicolas Riquelme (Brandon MB), each front: Nicolas Wu, Hugo Guillemette, Vincent Chen,
scoring 4 points (in grades 6 and 8). Leo Lin, Kevin Zhong, Richard Zheng
Fifteen girls participated. Sherry Tian placed first in
grade 8. She is only the ninth girl to win her grade at
the nationals. Kate Jiang (Richmond BC) came third in
grade 6. Greta Qu (Mississauga) was fourth in grade 4. SILVER BRONZE
Cynthia Cui (Fredericton) placed fifth in grade 10, Alia 1 Aarush Ajith ON 1 Calix Marchand NS
Myrzaibraimova (Winnipeg) came fifth in grade 2, and 2 Erwin Mok BC 2 Isaac Duanmu ON
3 BiaoBiao Boyong Guo BC 3 Jonathan Wu AB
Maïli-Jade Ouellet (Montreal) tied for fifth in grade 11.
4 Ryan Yang BC 4 Alex Yan * QC
The $200 prize for Best Team Shirt went to Manitoba,
5 Anand Chandra AB 5 Eric Ning ON
with an aliens from outer space theme. It was the 7th
6 Youhe Huang ON 6 Kate Jiang BC
time in 15 years that they won. New Brunswick was 7 Dorian Kang ON 7 Storm Lei QC
second ($100) and Nova Scotia third ($50). 8 Tyler Tanaka QC 8 Jeffrey Zhao ON
The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Award 9 S. Rodrigue-Lemieux** QC 9 Nicholas Vettese **** ON
was presented to the Vancouver Chess School and 10 Gabriel Tinica QC 10 Daniel Wei SK
accepted by tournament organizer Gyan Awatramani. 11 Derek Ma MB 11 Ray Ruiqian SK
The Most Valuable Player was Ryan Pickard (St. John’s, 12 Max Gedajlovic BC 12 Ananda Saha QC
grade 12), scoring 26% of Newfoundland’s points. * previous national champion

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 TEAM Q UEBEC

It’s always great to see former players in the Canadian

Chess Challenge return to the event as team captains or
coordinators. There were seven this year! Lefong Hua
(QC), Jeremie Piché (MB), Tanraj Sohal (BC), Nicolas
Robichaud (NB), Avram Tcherni (SK), John Smith (PE),
and Brandon MacDonald (NS).
A bughouse tournament was held after the awards
ceremony. Tying for first place were Lefong Hua/Tyler
Tanaka and Maïli-Jade Ouellet/Ananda Saha.
The 2019 finals will be in Montreal. See you there!

2019 MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE

ONTARIO 4 3 4
QUEBEC 3 3 3
BRITISH COLUMBIA 3 4 1
ALBERTA 1 1 1
SASKATCHEWAN 1 2
MANITOBA 1
NOVA SCOTIA 1

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THE
KIRIL’S
KLASS
OUTSIDERS
Our topic is the advantage
of an outside passed pawn.
Lots of chess games are won by promoting a pawn.
But getting a pawn to the last rank is not so easy. The
opponent’s pawns are usually in the way! That’s why it is
good to have passed pawns.
A pawn is passed when there are no opposing pawns
ahead of it, either on the same file or on a neighbouring
file. Only the opponent’s pieces (KQRBN) can stop a
“passer” from promoting.
Some passed pawns are worth more than others.
Material is equal in this position and both players have a
passed pawn. But the white a-pawn is better than the
black c-pawn because it is farther from the rest of the
pawns on the f-g-h files. We call the a4 pawn an outside
passed pawn. w________w
Here the “outsider” gives áwdwdwdwd]
White a winning advantage. àdwdwdwdp]
Not because the a-pawn can ßwiwdwdpd]
be queened, but because it can Þdw0wdpdw]
be sacrificed to force the black ÝPdKdw)wd]
king away from the action on Üdwdwdw)w]
the other side of the board. Ûwdwdwdw)]
The game is decided by whose Údwdwdwdw]
king can reach the h-file first. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

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1.a5+! Kxa5 2.Kxc5 Now White has a big head start
when the kings race to the kingside. 2...Ka4 3.Kd5 Kb4
4.Ke5 Kc3 5.Kf6 Kd3 6.Kg7 Ke3 7.Kxh7 and White scores
the point. (Also losing was 1...Kc6 2.a6 Kb6 3.a7!)
Our next diagram is very similar to the first, but there
is an important difference in the position of the pawns.
White has an undefended pawn on the f-file (f2). Black’s
weak point is on the h-file (h7). w________w
So when the kings race to the áwdwdwdwd]
kingside later, White has to go àdwdwdwdp]
further to reach the “finish line”. ßwiwdwdpd]
The difference can be seen in the Þdw0wdpdw]
variation 1.a5+ Kxa5 2.Kxc5 Ka4 ÝPdKdwdwd]
3.Kd5 Kb3 4.Ke5 Kc3 5.Kf6 Kd2 Üdwdwdw)P]
6.Kg7 Ke2 7.Kxh7 (or 7.f4 Kf3) Ûwdwdw)wd]
7...Kxf2 8.Kxg6 Kxg3 and Black Údwdwdwdw]
draws. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

White could still win in that line with 3.f4 Kb3 4.g4 but
a simpler idea is to improve the position of the pawns
before sacking the passed pawn.
Life is good after 1.f4! Ka5 2.Kxc5 Kxa4 3.Kd5 Kb3
4.Ke5 Kc4 5.Kf6 Kd4 6.Kg7 Ke3 7.Kxh7 Kf3 8.Kxg6 Kxg3
9.Kxf5 Kxh3 10.Kg5 1-0.
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 w________w w________w
áwdwdwdwd] áwdwdwdwd] Outside passers are usually an advantage in any kind
àdkdwdwdw] àdwdwiwdp] of endgame, but they are often decisive in pawn endings.
ßwdwdwdw0] ßwdwdwdpd] So one way to win an endgame with other pieces on the
Þ)Kdpdw0P] Þdp0wdpdw] board is to trade down to a pawn ending where you have
Ýwdwdw0Pd] Ýwdwdw)wd] an outside passed pawn. Here are two examples.
w________w w________w
ÜdwdwdPdw] ÜdPdwdw)w] áwdwdRdwd] áqdwdwdwd]
Ûwdwdwdwd] ÛPdwIwdw)] àdwdwdwdp] àdwdwdwdp]
Údwdwdwdw] Údwdwdwdw] ßw4kdwdpd] ßwdkdwdpd]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
 Þdw0wdpdw] Þdw0wdpdw]
Many chess endings are decided by a single tempo.
ÝPdKdw)wd] ÝwdQdw)wd]
So it’s smart to gain as much time as possible when we
Üdwdwdw)w] ÜdPIwdw)w]
give up our passed pawn to start a king race.
Ûwdwdwdw)] Ûwdwdwdw)]
In position 3, advancing 1.a6+ is a big goof. Black has
Údwdwdwdw] Údwdwdwdw]
good drawing chances after 1...Ka7 2.Kc5 (or 2.Ka5 d4!)
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

2...Kxa6 3.Kxd5 Kb5 4.Ke5 Kc4 5.Kf5 Kd4 6.Kg6 Ke3 In position 5, White can win the c-pawn with 1.Rc8+ Kd6
7.Kxh6 Kxf3 8.Kxg5 Kg3 9.h6 f3 10.h7 f2 11.h8=Q f1=Q. 2.Rxc5, but following 2...Rb2, there’s still a lot of work
The ending Q+ P vs. Q is tough to win. to do before the victory party. An extra pawn in a rook
The white king can maximize his lead in the race by ending isn’t always enough. The easy way to score is
leaving the pawn on a5 and going immediately to the to trade rooks with 1.Re6+! Kb7 2.Rxb6 Kxb6, again
kingside. 1.Kc5! Ka6 2.Kxd5 Kxa5 White has gained reaching our original position.
an important tempo. 3.Ke5 Kb4 4.Kf5 Kc4 5.Kg6 Kd3 It’s the same story in diagram 6. Would you rather play
6.Kxh6 Ke3 7.Kxg5 Kxf3 8.h6 Kg3 9.h7 f3 10.h8=Q f2 a long queen ending or simplify into a winning pawn
11.Qh1! 1-0 ending? White to play can force an exchange of queens
There are no passed pawns in position 4, but White has and make an outside passer by 1.Qa4+! Qxa4 2.bxa4.
a “potential outsider” on the a-file. And we know what happens after that.
After 1.a4 bxa4 2.bxa4 Kd6
3.Kc3 Kc6 (or 3...Kd5 4.a5!)
4.Kc4 Kb6, we reach the first
position in this lesson.
White also wins after 1...b4
2.Kd3 Kd6 3.Kc4 Kc6 4.a5.
The game might go 4...h6
5.h4 h5 6.a6 Kb6 7.a7 Kxa7
8.Kxc5 Kb7 9.Kxb4 1-0
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 Chess Excellence Program
2018-2019 MORT and MARLEY
The Chess’n Math Association is proud
to announce a new program, created to
recognize the talent and hard work of
Canadian chessplayers who participate
in CMA events. The “Players of the Year”
will become Chess’n Math Ambassadors
and receive a special jacket with their
name embroidered on the front.
$10,000 in Bursaries
player of the highest female player top 2-20
year (vote) rating of year (vote) rating (draw)
grades K-3
Quebec $200 $100 $100 $100
Ontario $200 $100 $100 $100
West $200 $100 $100 $100
Atlantic + Prairies $200 $100 $100 $100
grades 4-6
Quebec
Ontario
$300
$300
$150
$150
$150
$150
$150
$150
Hey, Marley. These bumper cars sure are fun.
West $300 $150 $150 $150
Atlantic + Prairies $300 $150 $150 $150
You bet, Mort, but can you please
grades 7-12 stop running into me?
Quebec $500 $250 $250 $250
Ontario $500 $250 $250 $250 But I thought that was the goal.
West $500 $250 $250 $250
Atlantic + Prairies $500 $250 $250 $250 No, the goal is for me to run into you.
West = BC AB Atlantic + Prairies = NB NS PE NL SK MB

RULES
To be eligible for any prize, a player must be a Canadian resident and play at
least 25 CMA rated games (30 in ON and QC) between September 1, 2018 You can write to Kiril the Pawn at:
and June 30, 2019. Players who switch provinces during this time are ineligible.
Highest rating determined on June 30, 2019. Only one prize per person.
Nominations for player of the year must be submitted by June 1, 2019. A form
kiril@chess-math.org
will be available on the CMA website. The criteria are exceptional results or
significant improvement, sportsmanship, and model behaviour in the chess Send him a chess position, tell him
community. A biography and reason for nomination must accompany the form.
The voting committee will consist of one representative from each province.
something funny, or just say hello!

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 canada top ten
l
KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
l
TA C T I C S 1 0 2
1 SYED Juveria 636 NS 1 ISSANI Nameer 2271 ON
2 TSUKERMAN Leon 630 QC 2 KANG Dorian 2243 ON “WIN A PAWN!”
3 QIAN Ashley 624 ON 3 RUSONIK Max 2211 ON
4 GHATTAS Samuel 612 QC 4 BUI Alan 2074 ON White to play and win material.
5 CHEN Yuxuan 602 QC 5 NOOR ALI Aahil 1997 ON
6 CHEN Tymon 594 ON 6 WANG Paul 1982 AB solutions page 61
7 LOW Ethan 570 BC 7 GAO Raymond 1814 ON
8 PICHETTE Leo 570 QC 8 CRACIUN David 1774 QC
9 ZHU Forrest 560 BC 9 GU Chuyang 1708 BC
10 YANG Jayden 559 ON 10 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1645 ON
GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 HUANG Justin
2 WU Nicholas
1044 ON
1042 BC
1 HUANG Qiuyu
2 TANAKA Tyler
2459
2351
QC
QC

w________w 
w________w
3 YANG Nathan 1008 BC 3 HUANG Patrick 2234 BC
4 IVANOV-YUAN Maksim
5 MARCHAND Calix
983 QC
945 NS
4 DOKNJAS Neil
5 TIAN Sherry
2123
2119
BC
BC árdwdwdkd] árdwdw4kd]
6 LOPEZ Alejandro
7 AJITH Aarush
8 WEI Zihua
936 QC
934 ON
921 QC
6 RICHARD Leo
7 ZHAO Jeffrey
8 LOW Kevin
2102
1960
1952
QC
ON
BC
à0wdwdp0w] àdp0qdp0w]
9 NGUYEN An
10 GAO Heye
GRADE 2
904 BC
889 ON
9 WU Tony
10 ENGLAND Max
GRADE 9
1908
1906
QC
ON ßw0wdwdw0] ßpdndwdw0]
1 GUILLEMETTE Hugo
2 ZHONG Ryan
1322 QC
1294 ON
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 HEMSTAPAT Andrew
2689
2565
QC
BC
Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdpdwdw]
3 GAO Justin
4 WANG Alan
5 QIN Weixuan
1194 BC
1175 BC
1174 QC
3 VETTESE Nicholas
4 ZHAO Ian
5 DURETTE Francis
2473
2310
2228
ON
AB
QC
ÝPhBdwdbd] Ýwdw)wGwd]
6 WANG Edouard
7 MOK Erwin
1165 QC
1137 BC
6 LIN Benjamin
7 ZHONG Wenxuan
2109
1991
ON
QC ÜdPdwdN)w] Üdw)Qdwdw]
8 HU Richard 1134 QC 8 QU Leo 1882 BC
9 DUVAL Mathieu
10 QU Jayden
1126 QC
1123 BC
9 PAPNEJA Arul
10 ZHENG Victor
1876
1782
ON
BC
Ûwdwdw)K)] ÛP)wdw)P)]
GRADE 3
1 LIU Lucas 1311 QC
2 GEORGESCU-NICOLAU Luca 1259 QC
GRADE 10
1 TALUKDAR Rohan
2 HUA Eugene
2467
2462
ON
ON
ÚdwdRdwdw] Ú$wdw$wIw]
3 TSENG Bradley
4 FENG Benjamin
1255 ON
1182 ON
3 DEMCHENKO Svitlana
4 NORITSYN Sergey
2352
2294
ON
ON
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
5 LAU Joshua 1179 ON 5 ZHANG Henry 2252 ON
6 CHEN Chen 1169 QC 6 GAISINSKY Adam 2234 ON
7 LAU Jayden 1169 ON 7 SURYA Benito 2162 ON
8 GUO Richard 1143 ON 8 TINICA Gabriel 2038 QC
9 CHEN Vincent 1134 ON 9 VASIC Maxim 2026 AB
10 KOFMANSKY Matthew 1119 BC 10 CUI Cynthia 2006 NB
GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 YAN Alex
2 QU Greta
1659 QC
1554 ON
1 DOKNJAS Joshua
2 LIANG Hairan
2428
2353
BC
ON 
w________w 
w________w
3 LIN Leo 1551 SK 3 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2351 QC
4 YANG Ryan
5 SONG Ethan
6 LI James
1540 BC
1494 BC
1417 QC
4 LI William
5 CAI Jason
6 MA Derek
2328
2289
2246
ON
ON
MB
árdwdrdkd] árdrdwdwi]
7 HAN Johnathan
8 JIANG Barron
1379 ON
1359 QC
7 LIU Lambert
8 WOLCHOCK Theo
2228
2214
ON
MB
à0pdndp0w] àdpdwhw0p]
9 WANG Nathan
10 PUREVJAMTS Anu
GRADE 5
1345 ON
1321 AB
9 LI Eric
10 LI Yi Lin
GRADE 12
2150
2144
ON
QC ßwdpdwhw0] ßw0w1w0wd]
1 ZHONG Kevin
2 NING Eric
2361 QC
2259 ON
1 CHEN Richard
2 GEDAJLOVIC Max
2584
2398
ON
BC Þ1wdwdwdw] Þdwdw0wdw]
3 ATANASOV Anthony 2240 ON 3 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2364 ON
4 XU Daniel
5 CHANDRA Anand
2135 ON
2127 AB
4 WAN Kevin
5 SAHA Ananda
2356
2327
ON
QC
Ýwdw)pGwd] ÝPdwdwdbd]
6 WANG Daniel
7 LATORRE Vincent
8 HU Raymond
1751 BC
1600 QC
1566 QC
6 ZHAO Harry
7 XU Jeffrey
8 ZOTKIN Daniel
2252
2246
2240
ON
ON
ON
Ü)wHwdwdw] ÜdPdBdNdw]
9 COAT Sven
10 JIANG Eric
1556 ON
1552 BC
9 HIEBERT Kenji
10 SCHNABEL Bennett
2130
2094
BC
BC Ûw)P!w)P)] ÛwdPdw)P)]
GRADE 6
1 CHEN Max
2 ZHENG Richard
2317 ON
2264 QC
HONOUR ROLL
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 CHEN Richard
2689
2584
QC
ON
Ú$wdw$wIw] Ú$wdQ$wIw]
3 ZHAO Jeffrey
4 LIU Henry
5 HUANG Youhe
2202 ON
1938 ON
1905 ON
3 HEMSTAPAT Andrew
4 VETTESE Nicholas
5 TALUKDAR Rohan
2565
2473
2467
BC
ON
ON
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
6 GUIPI BOPALA Prince 1849 QC 6 HUA Eugene 2462 ON
7 ZHANG Chu Hang 1730 QC 7 HUANG Qiuyu 2459 QC
8 LIU Kevin 1663 QC 8 DOKNJAS Joshua 2428 BC
9 AJITH Aayush 1600 ON 9 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2398 BC
10 SRINIVASAN Hemant 1590 AB 10 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2364 ON

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 PAUL KERES C O M B O M O M B O !!
(1916 - 1975) SPOTLIGHT ON DOUBLE ATTACK
This popular and respected Estonian was one w________w
of the strongest players never to become world áwdrdw4kd]
champion. A title match against Alexander à0wdn1p0w]
Alekhine was proposed in 1938 but it did not ßw0bgpdw0]
take place because of the second World War. Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwdwGwdwd]
ÜdwdBdNdw]
ÛP)wdQ)P)]
Údw$wdRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
A double attack is any move that makes two threats
at the same time. The most common double attack is
the fork. But there are also other kinds, like when we
attack one piece and threaten mate at the same time.
K White wins the exchange by 1.Rxc6! Rxc6 2.Qe4
with the double attack 3.Qh7# and 3.Qxc6.
k Black to play has 1...Bxf3 2.Qxf3 Qh4 with threats
3...Qxh2# and 3...Qxd4 (3.Rfd1 Qxh2+ 4.Kf1 Qh1#).
w________ww________w
“Nobody is born a chessmaster.” áwdrdwdkd]áwdw1wdkd]
KERES DEFENCE à0bdwdp0w]à0pdwdp0p]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ ßw0wdwdw0]ßwdpdwdwd]
KERES ATTACK Sicilian Defence Þdw1wdwdw]Þdwdwdwdw]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4! ÝwdwdP!wd]Ýwdw)whwd]
Known for his classical style, Keres developed ÜdwHwdwdP]Üdwdwdwdw]
into a master by playing postal chess. At age 18, ÛP)wdw)wd]ÛP)w!w)P)]
he was champion of Estonia. His final tournament ÚdwIRdwdw]ÚdwdwdRIw]
victory was in Vancouver, shortly before his death. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
He wrote several chess books, including famous  WHITE TO MOVE  BLACK TO MOVE
works on the opening theory of 1. e4 e5. Win Material solutions page 61 Win Material

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GRAND PRIX ONTARIO SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

The final events in the 2019 Grand Prix competition took place The 2019 Ontario School Team Chess Championship was played
at Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa in May and June. Anyone who on June 2nd in Toronto. 170 players took part in the event. The top
scored 7½ points out of 15 games in the three tournaments got a teams in each section are shown below.
cash prize. A total of $7500 in gift certificates were awarded by
Grades K-3 Grades K-6 Grades 7-9
the Chess’n Math Association and split among 116 winners. The
1 Unionville 1 Zion Heights 1 Zion Heights
top scorers in each age group were:
Jaden Wang Max Chen Jonathan Zhao
MONTREAL Arthur Wang Jeffrey Zhao Michael Wang
<8 Weixuan Qin, Eduoard Wang Cheney Chen Angela Lin Joey Qiao
<10 Eric Liu Tymon Chen Eric Qiu Eric Wang
<12 Chu Hang Zhang 2 Seneca Hill
2 Arbor Glen
<14 Tyler Tanaka Grades 10-12
3 Seneca Hill 3 Wismer
<18 Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux 1 Marc Garneau
TORONTO Harry Zhao
QUEBEC GIRLS
<8 Isaac Duanmu Benjamin Lin
The 2019 Quebec Girls Chess
<10 Daniel Zhang Hshmat Sahak
Championship took place April 7
<12 Anthony Atanasov in Montreal with 57 players. The ALBERTA YOUTH
<14 Vinushan Vijendra new grade champions are: The 2019 Alberta Youth Chess
<18 Shon Lazerev K Julie Anna Craciun Championship was held at Fort
OTTAWA 1 Ruoyu Wang McMurray on April 20-21 with 43
<8 Wayne Sun 2 Myriam Falardeau players. The champions are:
<10 Johnathan Han BORDER WARS
3 Viviane Gong < 8 Matthew Ivanescu
<12 Derek Wang The 28th annual Washington
state vs. British Columbia team 4 Jing Yao Yang <10 Yash Darvekar
<16 Sanjay Ramesh
match was held in Seattle WA 5 Karen Zhao <12 Kevin Qin
NEWFOUNDLAND on May 4. Each team has two 6 Rachel Wang <14 Andi Superceanu
There were 40 players at the students per grade (K-12) and 7 Yihan Xu <16 Francois Marais
Newfoundland and Labrador everyone plays two games. The 8 Isabelle Wang <18 Aditya Raninga
School Team Championship match finished in a 26-26 tie
on April 13 in St. John’s. The this year. The overall score in CANADA CHAMPIONSHIP
winning schools by grade were: the series is tied at 14- 14. The 2019 Canadian Chess Championship took place in Kingston,
K-3 MacDonald Drive Four B.C. players won both Ontario on April 18-22. Thirty-six masters from across the country
4-6 MacDonald Drive of their games: Joshua Doknjas, took part in the nine round tournament. The new champion, with 7½
7-8 St. Paul’s Callum Lehingrat, Alec Chung, points is grandmaster Evgeny Bareev (Toronto). Tying for second
9-12 Gonzaga and Patrick Wang. at 6½ were IM Nikolay Noritsyn and GM Aman Hambleton.

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QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ONTARIO YOUTH QUEBEC JUNIOR

The 2019 Quebec School Team Chess Championship was held The 2019 Ontario Youth Chess The 2019 Quebec Junior Chess
in Montreal at College Jean-de-Brébeuf on March 30-31. The four Championship was played on Championship took place on
player teams were divided into three groups by grade. 420 players May 11-12 in Kitchener with 171 April 26-28 in Montreal with 17
took part. The top three teams in each section qualify to play in participants. Here are the top players. This year’s champion
the annual Quebec-Ontario match at Kingston on June 8. College finishers in each open section. is Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratté.
Jean-de-Brébeuf placed first in the high school section. Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux came
<8 1 Aarush Ajith
Grades K-3 Grades K-6 in second place. Tony Wu and
2 Aaron Mendes
1 Fernand-Seguin Les Baobabs 1 Fernand-Seguin Shredders Maïli-Jade Ouellet were equal
2 Tristan Li
Michel Ding Supreme James Li third.
2 Rae Chen
Chu Fan Fang Annie Li 2 Ryan Zhong
Antoine Roy Toma Lafontaine
QUEBEC JUNIOR GIRLS
2 Justin Huang The 2019 Quebec Junior Girls
Jamie Wang Travis Li
<10 1 Johnathan Han Championship was held in
2 Internationale Le Dream Team 2 Internationale Chess Masters Montreal on April 28 with five
2 Alex Xu
3 La Verendrye Magnus Carlsen 3 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce R2D2 2 Henry Yao players. Allison Tsypin came
first and qualifies for the Susan
CALGARY SCHOOLS <12 1 Austin Xie Polgar Girls Invitational in July
The Calgary School Chess 1 Vishruth Sharma at St. Louis. The runner-up was
Championship on May 25 had 1 Eric Ning Isabelle Wang.
129 participants. <14 1 Jeffrey Zhao
The winning teams were:
ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL
1 Raymond Gao
The 52nd Ontario High School
PRIMARY Renert 3 Savio Benher
Chess Championship was held
ELEMENTARY Renert 3 Vaamanan Mugunthan
April 5-6th in Toronto with 139
JUNIOR HIGH Westmount <16 1 Arhant Washimkar players. The individual champion
HIGH SCHOOL Westmount
2 Lily Zhou for the second time in a row is
Individual city champions were 2 Aidan Mirabelli Henry Zhang (Windsor). There
NOVA SCOTIA also crowned. 2 David Makarczyk was a tie for second place
There were 60 players at the PRIMARY Jonathan Wu between Jeffrey Xu (Markham)
The winners of the separate girls
final Grand Prix tournament in ELEMENTARY Daniel Liu and Adam Gaisinsky (Windsor).
sections were:
Halifax on April 7. The winners JUNIOR HIGH Paul Wang The school team champion is
< 8 Isabelle Guan
for the 2018-2019 season are: HIGH SCHOOL Anand Chandra Vincent Massey SS (Windsor).
<10 Lucy Gao
1. Jerjis Kapra The annual event is organised Marc Garneau CI (Toronto) was
2. Kalen Rookard <12 April Zhong second and Victoria Park CI
by the Calgray Junior Chess
3. Madoc Sullivan Club. Valerie Ruchinskaya (Toronto) came third.
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ONTARIO - QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP QUEBEC YOUTH TORONTO JUNIOR

The annual match between the top school teams from Quebec The 2019 Quebec Youth Chess The 2019 Toronto Junior Chess
and Ontario was held on June 8 at Queen’s University in Kingston. Championships took place on Championship on March 16-17
Eighty-four players took part. Winning teams are listed below. March 1-3 in Montreal, with 50 was won by 6th grade student
In the ON-QC girls match, Ontario won the K-3 section 8-7 and participants in the five round Max Chen. Jeffrey Xu finished
the K-6 section ended in a 7½-7½ tie. The top scorers were event. Here are the champions second and Youhe Huang third.
QC: Rachel Wang, Viviane Gong, ON: Anni Guo, Ashley Qian. and runners-up.
< 8 Hugo Guillemette 5 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Grades K-3 Grades K-6 Grades 7-12 The P.E.I. School Chess Team
1 Unionville 1 Zion Heights 1 Jean-de-Brébeuf Edouard Wang 4
Mathieu Duval 3 Championship was played on
Jaden Wang Max Chen Qiuyu Huang April 14 in Charlottetown with
Arthur Wang Jeffrey Zhao Storm Lei <10 Barron Jiang 4
Lucas Liu 3½ 12 teams taking part. Spring
Cheney Chen Angela Lin Derin Mai Park came first in the K-4 and
Tymon Chen Kevin Dong Le Cong Li L. Georgescu-Nicolau 3½
<12 Raymond Hu 4 K-6 sections for the second
2 Fernand-Seguin 2 Internationale 2 Zion Heights A year in a row. Queen Charlotte
3 Internationale 3 Seneca Hill 3 Zion Heights B Richard Bocan 3½
Prince Guipi Bopala 3 won the junior high title.
WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP <14 Richard Zheng 4½
Women’s world champion Ju Wenjun (China) will defend her Julia Tsukerman 3½
title later this year in a match against Aleksandra Goryachkina Tyler Tanaka 3½
(Russia), who won the Candidates Tournament held in Kazan, <16 S. Rodrigue-Lemieux 4½
Russia from May 29 to June 17. First prize in the event was Gabriel Tinica 3½
50,000 Euros (about $75,000 Canadian). Quiyu Huang 3½
ONTARIO GIRLS <18 Yoakim Turgeon 2
The 2019 Ontario Girls Under 19 Championship was held March 2 (Under 16 & 18 were combined.)
in Oakville with 23 participants. The winner was Michelle Hua. The The 2019 Canadian Youth Chess
victory qualifies her for the Susan Polgar Girls Invitational this July Championships will take place at
in St. Louis, Missouri. Lucy Gao placed second. Regina, Saskatchewan in July. NOVA SCOTIA TEAM
VICTORIA The 2019 Nova Scotia School
The 2019 Victoria High School CALGARY JUNIOR Championship on April 28 in
Chess Championship was held The 2019 Cagary Junior Chess Halifax attracted 119 players.
April 19th at the Grand Pacific Club Championship took place The winners were:
Hotel in Victoria. The winning on June 1 with 20 participants. PRIMARY Park West
team was Mount Douglas HS. The winner was Aditya Raninga. ELEMENTARY LeMarchant
Pacific Christian came second Tying for second were Patrick JUNIOR HIGH Park West
and Claremont third. and Andre Tolentino. HIGH SCHOOL Halifax West
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 C H E C K M AT E S
WHITE TO MOVE solutions page 61


w________w 
w________w 
w________w
árhwdwgw4] áwdwdriwd] áwdwdw4wd]
àdp$wdwdw] àdw$wdpgQ] àdwdwdpip]
ßpdwdwdk0] ßpdwdwdpd] ßpdwdqdpd]
ÞdwdNdpdw] Þdpdwdwdw] Þdpdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdw)] ÝwdwdrGwd] ÝwdnHwdwd]
Üdwdw!wdw] Ü)qdw)wdP] Ü)wdwdwdP]
Ûq)wdw)Pd] ÛwdwdwdPI] ÛwGwdw)Pd]
ÚdwdRdwIw] Údwdwdwdw] ÚdwdRdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 1 MATE IN 2 MATE IN 2

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w________w 
w________w
árhwdRdw4] áwdwdwdkd]
àdpdqdpip] à0Rdwdwdp]
ßpdw0wdw0] ßwdwdwdpd]
ÞdwdNdbdw] ÞdwdN)wdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd] ÝwdPdwdwd]
Ü)wdB!wdw] ÜdwdwdwdP]
Ûw)wdw)Pd] ÛqdwdndPI]
ÚdKdwdwdw] “Wow! Nice move.” Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 2 MATE IN 3
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 KIRIL' S KONTEST
1
w________w w________w
2
áwdw4w4kd] áwdwdwdwd]
àdp1wdp0p] àdwdw)PdK]
ßpdw0wgwd] ßwdw)wdPd]
Þdwdwdwdw] Þdwdw)wdw]
ÝwdPdwdwd] Ýwdwdw)wd]
ÜdPdw$Qdw] Üdwdwdw)P]
ÛPGwdwdP)] Ûwdwdwdwd]
ÚdwdwdwdK] Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Can you solve these puzzles? wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 3 Send in your answers and TRIPLE LOYD
maybe you will win the contest.
White to play. Place the black king so that:
The prize is a set of chess
Force checkmate A. Black is in mate.
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C. White has mate in 1.

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1 Mate in 2 1.Kf4+ Kd4 2.Rc4#
2 Triple Loyd A.Ka8# B.Kc8= C.Kh1 (1.Ra1#)
The winner of the drawing for
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 “Well, yea, I guess you’re right. But

THE
THE MOOSE
MOOSE
K I R I L’ S I know I can do better.”
O The moose was quite sympathetic,

AND
AND THE
THE
R
N “I think you’re right, Gus, would you
E like to play again?”
THE
THE GOOSE
GOOSE
R “I can’t now. I have to go
to work. Maybe Kiril wants
to play.”
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon at the Provincial Park. So the goose headed
The breeze was cool and the sky was full of red maple down the path, waving
leaves slowly floating to the ground. Kiril tried to get one goodbye. “See you later,
to land on his cap! But it wasn’t easy. guys. I’ll be back in a while.”
As he strolled through the woods, Kiril turned to the moose. “I never knew geese had to
Kiril came to a small clearing with work. What does he do?”
picnic tables. He could not believe The moose shook a leaf off his antlers and said. “He
what he saw. It was a moose and a walks around the pond.”
goose. And they were playing chess! Kiril thought that was strange. “You mean his job is
Kiril walked over and introduced walking around the pond?”
himself. “Hi, my name is Kiril. Is it The moose didn’t seem surprised at all. “Yes, somebody
okay if I watch?” has to do it. And Gus is real good at it. Besides, that’s
The goose looked up and grinned.“Sure, Kiril, but I’m about the only thing he knows.”
afraid that the game is almost over.” Kiril was curious. “Do you have a job, Mr. Moose?”
When Kiril saw the position, he could see the end was “Of course, doesn’t everybody? I’m a chess player.”
near. The goose was getting cooked. Most of his pieces Then the moose smiled and started setting up the pieces.
were gone and his king was completely surrounded. Kiril sat down at the table.
The moose moved one of his “Wow, I didn’t know you could
queens and said, “Sorry, Gus, get a job playing chess.”
that looks like mate again. “Sure you can,” the moose
Gus the Goose smiled explained. “But they are hard
but he wasn’t very happy to find. I was lucky. I used to
with himself. “I played like have a job standing around in
a goose.” the woods. Then Old Klondike
The moose shrugged his retired, and I got hired as the
big shoulders. “But you are park chessmoose. Tell me,
a goose.” Kiril, what’s your line of work?”
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 “Gee, Mr. Moose, I don’t have a job. I’m still just a pawn.” 5. 0-0!
“Please, Kiril, call me Muzio. So what do you want to be The Muzio Gambit. Talk
when you grow up?” about brave. The moose is
“Well, I don’t really know yet.” Then Kiril had a funny sacrificing his knight. Is he
idea. “Maybe I’ll be a chessmoose!” crazy or what?
When they stopped laughing, the moose said, “Would w________w
you like to have a game, Kiril?” árhb1kgn4]
“Sure thing, Muzio. I love to play chess.” à0p0pdpdp]
w________w ßwdwdwdwd]
White MUZIO MOOSE árhb1kgn4] 3. Nf3 g5 Þdwdwdwdw]
Black K I R I L t h e PA W N à0p0pdp0p] ÝwdBdP0pd]
Kiril defends the f4-pawn
ßwdwdwdwd] and gets ready to attack ÜdwdwdNdw]
1. e4 e5
Þdwdw0wdw] the white knight with ...g4. ÛP)P)wdP)]
2. f4 ÝwdwdP)wd] w________w Ú$NGQdRIw]
White offers a pawn for Üdwdwdwdw] árhb1kgn4] wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
speedy development and ÛP)P)wdP)] à0p0pdpdp]
a quick attack. Ú$NGQIBHR] ßwdwdwdwd] 5. . . . gxf3

2. ... exf4
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw Þdwdwdw0w] Kiril had that winning
KING’S GAMBIT ÝwdwdP0wd] feeling when he put the
Accepting the challenge. ÜdwdwdNdw] white knight down next to
A safe way to decline the ÛP)P)wdP)] the board.
gambit is 2...Bc5 3.Nf3 d6. Ú$NGQIBdR] 6. Qxf3
(The capture 3.fxe5? would
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw But when he looked back
lose to 3...Qh4+! )
4. Bc4 at his position, he soon saw
the danger. “Uh-oh, I still
The moose is in a hurry to haven’t developed any of
castle. Another good line is my pieces.
4.h4 g4 5.Ne5.
4. ... g4
Brave Kiril charges ahead.
Now 5.Ne5 is met by the
annoying check 5...Qh4+.
More solid was 4...Bg7.
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w________w w________w
10. ... Nh6
árhb1kgn4] árdbdkdw4]
à0p0pdpdp] Kiril brings out his knight à0pGp1pgp]
ßwdwdwdwd] and defends f7. He didn’t ßwdwdwdwh]
Þdwdwdwdw] like putting it at the edge Þdwdw)wdw]
ÝwdBdP0wd] of the board, but 10...Nf6? ÝwdBhwdwd]
ÜdwdwdQdw] loses to 11.Qxd4.
ÜdwdQdwdw]
It’s hard to know what the
ÛP)P)wdP)] ÛP)PdwdP)]
best move is in complicated
Ú$NGwdRIw] positions like this. There are
Ú$NdwdRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw also the following options wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
6. ... Qe7 for Black. 11. ... Qc5
A tricky move which threatens 10...d5!? 11.Bxd5 Qxc7
12.Bxf7+ Kd8 13.c3 Black protects his knight,
a fork by 7...Qc5+. The bishop attacks the bishop on c7,
on f8 is blocked, but Kiril plans 10...Qc5 11.Bxf7+ Ke7 and threatens a powerful
to play it to g7. Best is 6...Qf6. 12.e5!? Qxc7 discovered check. Not bad
[12...Ne6+ 13.Kh1 Nxc7
7. d4 Nc6 for one move.
14.Bxg8 Rxg8 15.Qxh7 ]
White stands well after
8. Bxf4!? 13.Nc3
11...Bxe5?! 12.Bxe5 Qxe5
This is definitely a crazy w________w 11. e5 13.Nc3 0-0 14.Rae1.
moose. He doesn’t even árdbdkdn4] Another pawn is sacked 12. Bd6!
bother to guard his d-pawn à0p0p1pgp] to open more lines. After
(If 8.c3, Black simplifies ßwdwdwdwd] 11...Bxe5?! 12.Be5 Qxe5
with 8...Ne5! 9.dxe5 Qc5+ Þdwdwdwdw] 13.Nc3, Muzio would have
10.Kh1 Qxc4.) ÝwdBhPGwd] a very strong attack.
8. ... Nxd4 ÜdwdQdwdw]
Wins a pawn and gains a ÛP)PdwdP)]
tempo by attacking the Ú$NdwdRIw]
white queen. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
9. Qd3 Bg7 10. Bxc7
Kiril develops a bishop and The moose attack is on!
protects his knight. Against The f-file is open and the
9...Ne6, White keeps things black king has nowhere
complicated with 10.Nc3. to hide.
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 Kiril felt worried again. 13. ... Nhf5?
“Oops, I didn’t see the White’s bishop on d6 is a
moose could go there.” major pain. Kiril wants to
w________w
exchange it by 14...Nxd6.
árdbdkdw4] The plan is good. But the
à0pdpdpgp] move is bad. Do you see
ßwdwGwdwh] why?
Þdw1w)wdw] A stronger defence was
ÝwdBhwdwd] 13...Ne6, when White stays
ÜdwdQdwdw] in charge with 14.Qg3!
ÛP)PdwdP)] w________w
Ú$NdwdRIw] árdbdkdw4]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw à0pdpdpgp]
ßw1wGwdwd]
12. . . . Qb6
Þdwdw)ndw]
The black queen retreats ÝwdBhwdwd]
but she keeps her x-ray ÜdwdQdwdw]
eyes on the white king. ÛP)PdwdP)]
White’s attack rages on Ú$NdwdRdK]
after 12...Nf3+ 13.Kh1 Nxe5 wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
14.Re1! Qf2 15.Nc3.
14. Nc3
13. Kh1
The king wisely steps off WoW! Muzio misses the
the dangerous diagonal. quick win by 14.Rxf5! Nxf5
15.Qxf5 when Black falls
apart after 15...Rf8 16.Qg5
or 15...f6 16.Nc3. Even a
chessmoose doesn’t see
everything!
14. ... Qxb2?
Kiril grabs a pawn and
hopes to trade queens
following 15...Qxc2.
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He should have stuck to 16. ... Nxd4
his plan. 14...Nxd6 15.exd6 Kiril can’t resist taking the
would keep Black in the queen. Now it’s mate in 2.
fight. (15...Qxd6 16.Rae1+
Against 16...Nxd6, Muzio
or 15...0-0 16.Ne4) could play 17.Rab1! Qxc2
18.Qh4+ Kc7 19.Rfc1 with
15. Bxf7+!
a winning position.
There is no stopping the
old mooster.
w________w
árdbdkdw4]
à0pdpdBgp]
ßwdwGwdwd]
Þdwdw)ndw]
Ýwdwhwdwd]
ÜdwHQdwdw]
ÛP1PdwdP)]
Ú$wdwdRdK]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
15. ... Kd8
If Black takes the bishop,
the big finish is 15...Kxf7
16.Rxf5+ Nxf5 17.Qf5+ with
two ways to get mated.
17...Ke8 18.Qh5+ Kd8
19.Qg5+ Ke8 20.Qe7#
17...Kg8 18.Rf1 h6
19.Qg6 Qxc3 20.Rf8#
16. Qxd4!
Hang on to your antlers,
folks. The moose is on
the loose! This time he’s
sacking his queen.
Scholar’s Mate 144 41
 17. Nd5 1-0 Black cannot prevent both
w________w 18.Bc7# and 18.Be7#.
árdbiwdw4]
“It looks like mate, Muzio.
à0pdpdBgp]
I resign. You played great!”
ßwdwGwdwd] “Thanks, Kiril. Would you
ÞdwdN)wdw] like to play again?”
Ýwdwhwdwd] “I wish that I could, but I
Üdwdwdwdw] have to go home now. Here
ÛP1PdwdP)] comes Gus though. Maybe
Ú$wdwdRdK] he wants to play.”
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3 Vincent Chen Niagara Falls 3 Abigail Sorgard ** Churchbridge
3 Jonathan Wu Calgary 3 Zachary LeBlanc ** Moncton
4 Greta Qu ** Mississauga 4 Leo Lin *** Saskatoon
4 Yash Darvekar ** Edmonton 4 Xavier Daigle * Fredericton
5 Eric Ning Markham 5 Greyson de Padua Prince Albert
5 Anand Chandra *** Calgary 5 Jack Allen Riverview
6 Youhe Huang Thornhill 6 Tobias Salkeld Regina
6 Helen Chen Calgary 6 Zen Zahra Edmundston
7 Dorian Kang Aurora 7 Leonard Carolino *** Saskatoon
7 Paul Wang *** Calgary 7 Kiro Veljanovski ** Saint John
8 Jeffrey Zhao * Markham 8 Alexander dePadua***Prince Albert
8 Andi Superceanu *** Edmonton 8 Alexandre X.Leblanc ** Moncton
9 Nicholas Vettese * Toronto 9 Alexander Sasata***** Saskatoon
9 Ian Zhao ******** Calgary 9 Amos Bell Fredericton
10 Rohan Talukdar Windsor 10 Daniel Wei ****** Saskatoon
10 Elon Wang Edmonton 10 Cynthia Cui Fredericton
11 William Li Toronto 11 Ray Dai *** Saskatoon
11 Aditya Raninga * Calgary 11 Leonardo Cui **** Fredericton
12 Richard Chen **** Ancaster 12 Andrew Li ****** Regina
12 Andre Tolentino Calgary 12 Kutay Akcaoz Fredericton

BRITISH COLUMBIA NEWFOUNDLAND QUEBEC

1 Nicholas Wu Richmond
1 Arnaud Jutras Montreal
1 LukePittman St. John’s
2 Erwin Mok Vancouver
2 Hugo Guillemette Blainville
2 Satye McKim * Portugal Cove
3 BiaoBiao Boyong Guo* Richmond 3 Luca Georgescu-Nicolau Montreal
3 Peter Drover St. John’s
4 Ryan Yang Richmond
4 Alex Yan Montreal
4 Millie Janes St. John’s
5 Eric Jiang ** Vancouver
5 Kevin Zhong **** Pierrefonds
5 Alan Salah St. John’s
6 Kate Jiang Vancouver
6 Richard Zheng * Montreal
6 Evan Ze Fang St. John’s
7 Joshua Imoo Surrey
7 Storm Lei Montreal
7 Tanish Bhatt ** St. John’s
8 Sherry Tian Richmond
8 Tyler Tanaka Montreal
8 Peter Dormody St. John’s
9 Andrew Hemstapat Richmond
9 S.Rodrigue-Lemieux ** Montreal
9 Norman Chen **** St. John’s
10 Brian Yang ** Richmond
10 Gabriel Tinica * Montreal
10 Jacob Burton Paradise
11 Joshua Doknjas ********* Surrey 11 Maili-Jade Ouellet * Montreal
11 Daley Merrigan* Corner Brook
12 Max Gedajlovic Vancouver
12 Ananda Saha *** Montreal
12 Ryan Pickard * St. John’s

* champion last year also

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 CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE Canadian Chess Challenge
trivia
THE FIRST 31 Y EARS
In 2011, scoring for the team championship was changed
1989 Ottawa Quebec has been team champion 9 times, from total individual points to team match points.
1990 Ottawa including the first 6 years. They also won
1991 Montreal
in 1997, 2009, 2019. They came in second In 2016, Ontario and Quebec tied for first place with 8½
1992 Montreal match points. Ontario won the title on tiebreak with more
1993 Edmonton place 20 times.
1994 St. John’s
total individual points (95½-90).
Ontario has placed first 22 of the last 25
1995 Toronto 2019 was the first time the second place team scored
1996 Fredericton years. In other years, they were second 6
more individual points than the champion. Quebec had 9
1997 Montreal times and third 3 times (1991-1993).
1998 Winnipeg
match points, 87 individual points. Ontario 8, 88½.
1999 Summerside British Columbia has come in second place
2000 Calgary 5 times (1991-1993, 2000, 2011) and third 20
2001 Toronto
times, including 2014 through 2019. WORLD TOP TEN
2002 St. John’s
2003 Montreal The best ten players on Planet Earth, according to the
Alberta has placed fourth 21 times and fifth World Chess Federation (FIDE) are listed below, showing
2004 Winnipeg
2005 Ottawa 5 times (1994-96, 2005-06). They finished in their country, current rating, and year of birth.
2006 Moncton third place in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2011.
2007 Quebec City 1 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2875 (1990)
2008 Edmonton Saskatchewan came fifth in 2016 and 2019, 2 Fabiano Caruana USA 2819 (1992)
2009 Toronto and sixth in 1998, 2011, and 2018. 3 Liren Ding China 2805 (1992)
2010 Montreal
2011 Victoria Manitoba was third in 2002 and 2006, fourth 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France 2779 (1990)
2012 Halifax 5 Anish Giri Netherlands 2779 (1994)
in 2003 and 2005, and fifth in 1990-91, 2001,
2013 Ottawa
2014 Winnipeg 2004, 2007-12, and 2017-18. 6 Alexander Grischuk Russia 2775 (1983)
2015 Quebec City 6 Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2775 (1990)
2016 Regina New Brunswick came fifth 8 times (1992,
8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2774 (1985)
2017 Toronto 1998-2000, 2013-15) and sixth 14 times. In
2018 St. John’s 1989 they finished in third place! 9 Viswanathan Anand India 2767 (1969)
2019 Vancouver 10 Vladislav Artemiev Russia 2761 (1998)
Nova Scotia came in sixth place in 2005,
2007, and 2008. They were seventh 7 times.
ERRATA. Thanks to Nigel Hanrahan of the Wood Sense Chess Club
Prince Edward Island had its finest moment
in Duncan BC for pointing out two mistakes in Scholar’s Mate 143
in 2017, placing sixth, their best result since
(March 2019, Kiril’s Klass).
coming seventh in 1993.
Page 8, position 4. The white pawn on h5 should be on h4.
Newfoundland has placed fourth 3 times Page 9, position 5. First line should be 1.Ke2 Kb2 2.Kd3 Kb3
(1994-1996) and fifth 3 times. 3.g3 (and not 3.g4).
A revised file with corrections is now available online.
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Cheshire Cat. Occupying the centre. Black does not get a turn. solution page 61

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 ONTARIO TOP TEN QUEBEC TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
1 QIAN Ashley 624 1 ISSANI Nameer 2271 1 TSUKERMAN Leon 630 1 CRACIUN David 1774
2 CHEN Tymon 594 2 KANG Dorian 2243 2 GHATTAS Samuel 612 2 OMICHI Haruaki 1614
3 YANG Jayden 559 3 RUSONIK Max 2211 3 CHEN Yuxuan 602 3 TSUKERMAN Julia 1597
4 JAI Catelyn 514 4 BUI Alan 2074 4 PICHETTE Leo 570 4 LEI Storm 1553
5 ANAND Anirudh 510 5 NOOR ALI Aahil 1997 5 CERICOV David 547 5 HE Jiaqi 1486
6 DHIMOGJIKA Daniel 424 6 GAO Raymond 1814 6 XU Brendan 537 6 WEI Hunter 1412
7 ZHU Elber 424 7 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1645 7 KIRILENKO Anastacia 533 7 ZHONG Ziyi 1355
8 HAN Joshua 385 8 SRINIVAS Atharva 1625 8 WANG Lucas 531 8 SUI Yu Shun 1342
9 ONTIVERAS Lucas 377 9 JACOBS Michael 1620 9 CRACIUN Julie 487 9 FERNANDEZ BUSTO Edouard 1336
10 JIA Lucas 374 10 SHEN Isamel 1465 10 YE Ziyi 479 10 GONZALEZ Tristan 1325
GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 HUANG Justin 1044 1 ZHAO Jeffrey 1960 1 IVANOV-YUAN Maksim 983 1 HUANG Qiuyu 2459
2 AJITH Aarush 934 2 ENGLAND Max 1906 2 LOPEZ Alejandro 936 2 TANAKA Tyler 2351
3 GAO Heye 889 3 ZHAO Jonathan 1620 3 WEI Zihua 921 3 RICHARD Leo 2102
4 TSO Justin 882 4 LI Wing Xiaolong 1515 4 JUTRAS Arnaud 879 4 WU Tony 1908
5 NAIBOGLU Onur 865 5 WANG Michael 1503 5 FANG Johnny 871 5 YU Daniel 1656
6 PURI Ryan 758 6 CHEN Hao 1479 6 JIANG Sicheng 846 6 LAROCHE Hugo 1525
7 WANG William 758 7 MO Aidan 1475 7 TANG-HAN Sean 826 7 HALL Arturo 1485
8 WANG Andy 747 8 CHEN Harry 1452 8 BAI Noah 755 8 WANG Isabelle 1447
9 SIU Marcas 741 9 QIAO Joey 1451 9 CHEN Baige 744 9 BERCUVITZ Tani 1401
10 LI Triston 728 10 WANG Eric 1450 10 FABRIZIO Emanuel 744 10 LIU Owen 1340
GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9
1 ZHONG Ryan 1294 1 VETTESE Nicholas 2473 1 GUILLEMETTE Hugo 1322 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 2689
2 DUANMU Isaac 1110 2 LIN Benjamin 2109 2 QIN Weixuan 1174 2 DURETTE Francis 2228
3 CHEN Rae 1041 3 PAPNEJA Arul 1876 3 WANG Edouard 1165 3 ZHONG Wenxuan 1991
4 ZHU Jeremy 981 4 LI Alan 1687 4 HU Richard 1134 4 YU Xi Ming 1666
5 PAULE Ezekiel 950 5 MIRABELLI Aidan 1653 5 DUVAL Mathieu 1126 5 DEMERS Alexis 1626
6 LIU Zi 940 6 RAIZMAN Ruven 1643 6 LOU Aaron 1000 6 LIU Robert 1422
7 WANG Arthur 901 7 AKOPHYAN Nick 1590 7 WANG Leo 986 7 ZHOU David 1416
8 ISSANI Nameer 899 8 YANG Fan 1589 8 DELAGE GODARD Felix 953 8 HONG Kiwon 1362
9 O'MALLEY Patrick 863 9 WASHIMKAR Arhant 1584 9 EVGENIEV Martin 948 9 WANG Caroline 1334
10 LIU Lawrence 847 10 ZHANG Brighten 1570 10 ZHOU Xiaoran 936 10 ZUO Dustin 1319
GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10
1 TSENG Bradley 1255 1 TALUKDAR Rohan 2467 1 LIU Lucas 1311 1 TINICA Gabriel 2038
2 FENG Benjamin 1182 2 HUA Eugene 2462 2 GEORGESCU-NICOLAU Luca 1259 2 GUAN Zi Yu 1608
3 LAU Joshua 1179 3 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 2352 3 CHEN Chen 1169 3 LAI William 1564
4 LAU Jayden 1169 4 NORITSYN Sergey 2294 4 RAMAMONJISOA Nikita 1117 4 YANG Muyuan 1525
5 GUO Richard 1143 5 ZHANG Henry 2252 5 MURALI Dhruv 1108 5 TSYPIN Allison 1513
6 CHEN Vincent 1134 6 GAISINSKY Adam 2234 6 XIE Fei 1056 6 ZHAO William 1512
7 MANE Arnav 1112 7 SURYA Benito 2162 7 YIN Eric 1055 7 KIRYAKOV Marin 1426
8 PUGACH Daniel 1107 8 FENG Richard 1982 8 ZHANG Michael 1053 8 ROUILLON Maxime 1308
9 LEUNG Joseph 1046 9 LIU Daniel 1978 9 DING Michel 1038 9 CAI Susan 1286
10 ZUO Roger 989 10 MING Wenyang 1888 10 IORDANESCU Victor 1032 10 YU Alec 1284
GRADE 4 G R A D E 11 GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 QU Greta 1554 1 LIANG Hairan 2353 1 YAN Alex 1659 1 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2351
2 HAN Johnathan 1379 2 LI William 2328 2 LI James 1417 2 LI Yi Lin 2144
3 WANG Nathan 1345 3 CAI Jason 2289 3 JIANG Barron 1359 3 ZHANG Hou Han 1744
4 XU Alex 1292 4 LIU Lambert 2228 4 LIU Eric 1246 4 TURGEON Yoakim 1658
5 GAO Lucy 1279 5 LI Eric 2150 5 HARIHARA Vikrant 1233 5 LATREILLE Etienne 1425
6 XIE Daniel 1259 6 FAN Run Kun 2136 6 LI Travis 1199 6 LUO Muhan 1423
7 YANG Larry 1258 7 YIE Kevin 2105 7 FOURNIER William 1182 7 LU Daisy 1420
8 SHI Michael 1238 8 LI Eric 1880 8 HUARD Matheo 1137 8 LU Jasmine 1420
9 LI Gabriel 1222 9 ZHAO Yue Tong 1846 9 MA Lily 1096 9 LI Yi Zhou 1343
10 ZHUANG Winnie 1171 10 PENG Sarah 1764 10 KOT Emanuel 1090 10 SHEN Xin Cheng 1330
GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12
1 NING Eric 2259 1 CHEN Richard 2584 1 ZHONG Kevin 2361 1 SAHA Ananda 2327
2 ATANASOV Anthony 2240 2 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2364 2 LATORRE Vincent 1600 2 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 2044
3 XU Daniel 2135 3 WAN Kevin 2356 3 HU Raymond 1566 3 SAINE Zachary 1923
4 COAT Sven 1556 4 ZHAO Harry 2252 4 CHAPDELAINE Gwyn 1538 4 YANG Eddie 1739
5 QIU James 1540 5 XU Jeffrey 2246 5 CHANG Alexander 1526 5 ZHANG Evan 1729
6 LI Adam 1523 6 ZOTKIN Daniel 2240 6 ADAM Rafael 1511 6 ST-CYR Xavier 1607
7 HUA Michelle 1455 7 BALENDRA Harigaran 2093 7 BOCAN Richard 1461 7 SUN Benjamin 1522
8 ZHONG April 1436 8 SHAMRONI Dennis 2034 8 HE Zekai 1414 8 HUANG Junhao 1488
9 WANG Kaison 1430 9 SHEN Chris 2008 9 RAMAMONJISOA Sacha 1282 9 AUDET Olivier 1455
10 LI Julia 1416 10 RAIZMAN Lev 1741 10 BELIVEAU Mathieu 1275 10 ZHANG Christopher 1382
GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL
1 CHEN Max 2317 1 CHEN Richard 2584 1 ZHENG Richard 2264 1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 2689
2 ZHAO Jeffrey 2202 2 VETTESE Nicholas 2473 2 GUIPI BOPALA Prince 1849 2 HUANG Qiuyu 2459
3 LIU Henry 1938 3 TALUKDAR Rohan 2467 3 ZHANG Chu Hang 1730 3 ZHONG Kevin 2361
4 HUANG Youhe 1905 4 HUA Eugene 2462 4 LIU Kevin 1663 4 TANAKA Tyler 2351
5 AJITH Aayush 1600 5 ZHANG Yuan Chen 2364 5 NAVALA Anthony 1412 5 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2351
6 ZHU Matthew 1588 6 WAN Kevin 2356 6 WANG Rachel 1344 6 SAHA Ananda 2327
7 GHAZARIAN Tigran 1493 7 LIANG Hairan 2353 7 CAO Edgar 1322 7 ZHENG Richard 2264
8 CHENG Adrien 1435 8 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 2352 8 LI Zhongxuan 1295 8 DURETTE Francis 2228
9 CHAN Brendan 1424 9 LI William 2328 9 BEZIN Esteban 1247 9 LI Yi Lin 2144
10 GULEC Andrew 1421 10 CHEN Max 2317 10 PIGOT Mikael 1240 10 RICHARD Leo 2102

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KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7 KINDERGARTEN GRADE 7
1 SYED Juveria 636 NS 1 DENG Tommy 1321 NS 1 LOW Ethan 570 BC 1 WANG Paul 1982 AB
2 ARDLEY Jonah 441 NS 2 BHATT Tanish 1253 NF 2 ZHU Forrest 560 BC 2 GU Chuyang 1708 BC
3 RUEST Gabriel 410 NB 3 UPPAL Neil 1155 NS 3 GONG Leale 551 AB 3 ZHOU Aiden 1584 BC
4 RYAN Andrew 403 NF 4 MACEACHERN Seamus 1141 PE 4 CHANG Steven 550 BC 4 WU Lucian 1563 BC
5 ZHANG Michelle 399 NS 5 XING Leon 1118 PE 5 DU Jayden 448 BC 5 WINDRAM James 1557 AB
6 CORMIER Michael 398 NB 6 KAPADIA Arnav 1065 NS 6 CHEN David 446 BC 6 IVANESCU Mark 1528 AB
7 CAMPBELL Michael 390 NS 7 VELJANOVSKI Kiro 1045 NB 7 GONG Leon 443 BC 7 HUANG Ryan 1493 BC
8 MARTIN Olivier 362 NB 8 CHRISTIANSEN Asher 1044 NS 8 RILEY Tayo 410 AB 8 IMOO Joshua 1479 BC
9 HANDEREK John 350 NS 9 LOCKE Sebastian 1031 NF 9 ZHANG Bryan 398 MB 9 BRAVO Erik 1471 BC
10 GINGRAS Alexis 346 NB 10 GUO Nan 1017 PE 10 ZHANG Steven 398 BC 10 HOEKMAN Samuel 1412 AB
GRADE 1 GRADE 8 GRADE 1 GRADE 8
1 MARCHAND Calix 945 NS 1 KAPRA Jerjis 1591 NS 1 WU Nicholas 1042 BC 1 HUANG Patrick 2234 BC
2 GUO Channing 852 PE 2 LEBLANC Alexandre X. 1436 NB 2 YANG Nathan 1008 BC 2 DOKNJAS Neil 2123 BC
3 CHEN Jason 780 NS 3 GAO Jiarui 1370 NS 3 NGUYEN An 904 BC 3 TIAN Sherry 2119 BC
4 SYED Hamza Ali Ahmed 740 NS 4 RUSSELL Mark 1364 NF 4 JOHNSON Joshua 856 AB 4 LOW Kevin 1952 BC
5 JUSTASON Magnus 598 NB 5 ZENG Fanreng 1198 NS 5 PERLA Manny 806 AB 5 SUPERCEANU Andi 1707 AB
6 PITTMAN Luke 592 NF 6 DORMODY Peter 1180 NF 6 FAN Henry 759 BC 6 RIQUELME Nicolas 1570 MB
7 MING Eric 513 PE 7 LOTY Ezekiel 1155 NS 7 JIN Linus 742 AB 7 JAMES Rowan 1523 BC
8 HU Leon 506 PE 8 NGUYEN Kevin 1136 PE 8 TO Calvin 722 MB 8 LAU Julian 1521 AB
9 EYRES Alex 497 NB 9 STOILOV Vadym 1034 NB 9 YE Oliver 690 BC 9 RUSSO Max 1512 MB
10 GREEY Matthew 452 NF 10 WEI Ronnie 1025 PE 10 JAIMAN Panshul 662 BC 10 YANG Henry 1474 BC
GRADE 2 GRADE 9 GRADE 2 GRADE 9
1 MORRISON Oskar 867 NS 1 KUNDU Arnab 1416 PE 1 GAO Justin 1194 BC 1 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2565 BC
2 GOWDA Ankush 763 PE 2 BLANCHETTE Luc 1132 NB 2 WANG Alan 1175 BC 2 ZHAO Ian 2310 AB
3 LIU Darrin 652 NB 3 CHEN Norman 1100 NF 3 MOK Erwin 1137 BC 3 QU Leo 1882 BC
4 BALAKRISHNAN Shreyas 609 NS 4 BABCOCK Simon 1088 NS 4 QU Jayden 1123 BC 4 ZHENG Victor 1782 BC
5 MCKIM Satya 598 NF 5 BROWN Callum 1082 NS 5 IVANESCU Matthew 1077 AB 5 DU Daniel 1662 BC
6 ROBITAILLE Samuel 587 NB 6 BELL Amos 1072 NB 6 TIAN Eliza 1020 BC 6 NGUYEN KHOI Tran 1599 BC
7 YANG Kathy 541 PE 7 MEMET Ryan 1066 NS 7 GOLCHIN Ryan 980 BC 7 GUO Jim 1528 BC
8 RYAN Fabian 519 NF 8 WALSH Ian 1047 NF 8 WALKER Jarek 931 AB 8 MAH Sean 1514 AB
9 POLSTRA Oliver 504 PE 9 HEO Roy 1017 NB 9 MYRZAIBRAIMOVA Alia 831 MB 9 SASATA Alexander 1512 SK
10 CAISSIE Maxim 501 NB 10 FARHAT Zein 1008 NS 10 TRINH Khoi 830 SK 10 WAN Justin 1401 BC
GRADE 3 GRADE 10 GRADE 3 GRADE 10
1 BOURASSI Sam 895 PE 1 CUI Cynthia 2006 NB 1 KOFMANSKY Matthew 1119 BC 1 VASIC Maxim 2026 AB
2 WANG Sam 857 PE 2 DORNIEDEN Jonas 1574 NS 2 BOROOMAND AryaCyrus 1119 BC 2 PULFER Luke 1900 BC
3 QIU Max 834 PE 3 RUSSELL Brett 1418 NF 3 GUO BiaoBiao Boyong 1101 BC 3 YANG Brian 1892 BC
4 LEBLANC Zachary 824 NB 4 NAKAYASU Rikuto 1233 NS 4 RUSSELL Wesley 1006 BC 4 WEI Daniel 1830 SK
5 MEANEY Luke 741 NS 5 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1195 PE 5 LI Tony 979 BC 5 RICHARDSON Kai 1822 BC
6 WANG Ivan 726 PE 6 BURTON Jacob 1190 NF 6 BI Glenn 978 AB 6 WANG Kaixin 1757 AB
7 XIE Linke 671 NB 7 CAPELLO Jordon 1172 NB 7 YU Ryanbole 962 BC 7 LOW Ethan 1714 BC
8 MITTAL Rachit 670 NS 8 LI Kevin 1103 NS 8 TRAN Tri 955 AB 8 CHUNG Alec 1712 BC
9 GREEY William 660 NF 9 LOTY Eric 1092 NS 9 WU Jonathan 918 AB 9 LIN Kaining 1495 AB
10 LEBLANC Xavier 656 NB 10 LLEWELLYN Breanne 1050 NS 10 MING Jerry 887 AB 10 RENY Alex 1445 BC
GRADE 4 G R A D E 11 GRADE 4 G R A D E 11
1 WANG Andy 1217 NS 1 MERRIGAN Daley 1974 NF 1 LIN Leo 1551 SK 1 DOKNJAS Joshua 2428 BC
2 LIANG Leon 1198 PE 2 HUANG Xingbo 1634 NF 2 YANG Ryan 1540 BC 2 MA Derek 2246 MB
3 ZHANG Brian 1004 NS 3 CUI Leonardo 1510 NB 3 SONG Ethan 1494 BC 3 WOLCHOCK Theo 2214 MB
4 YANG Bella 940 PE 4 CHANDRAKANTH Nandan 1290 NF 4 PUREVJAMTS Anu 1321 AB 4 LEONG Ryan 2023 BC
5 FU Zihe 840 PE 5 ROOKARD Kalen 1280 NS 5 JIN Alexander 1287 BC 5 RANINGA Aditya 2016 AB
6 KOMIAK Jacob 839 NF 6 MITTAL Ridhi 1271 NS 6 ZOU Alex 1189 BC 6 LEHINGRAT Callum 1985 BC
7 GAO Richard 831 PE 7 GOSSE Daniel 1201 NF 7 DARVEKAR Yash 1181 AB 7 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB
8 DAIGLE Xavier 831 NB 8 DUMITRU Robert 1158 NS 8 HUANG Winston 1160 BC 8 SU Michael 1828 BC
9 WEN Kevin 812 NS 9 SUN Tyler 1115 NB 9 HUANG Nico 1143 BC 9 YAO David 1808 AB
10 JANES Millie 804 NF 10 NGUYEN Quang 1108 NB 10 RILEY Kai 1103 AB 10 DAI Ray 1752 SK
GRADE 5 GRADE 12 GRADE 5 GRADE 12
1 YAO Michael 1339 PE 1 PICKARD Ryan 1694 NF 1 CHANDRA Anand 2127 AB 1 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2398 BC
2 SALAH Alan 1017 NF 2 CHISLETT Benjamin 1564 NF 2 WANG Daniel 1751 BC 2 HIEBERT Kenji 2130 BC
3 SHAFI Omar 884 NS 3 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS 3 JIANG Eric 1552 BC 3 SCHNABEL Bennett 2094 BC
4 SHEPPARD Jacob 881 NF 4 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1404 NF 4 WU Nathan 1454 BC 4 BREMNER William 1955 BC
5 ALLEN Jack 876 NB 5 NAIDAPPUWA WADUGE Dulhan 1402 NS 5 LEE Woosung 1412 BC 5 LI Kevin 1763 BC
6 RUSANOVSKIY George 846 NS 6 YEOMANS Ben 1387 NB 6 MOK Gillian 1397 BC 6 ZHENG Maven 1751 BC
7 WINFIELD Jordan 839 NS 7 AKCAOZ Kutay 1231 NB 7 PICHE Zachary 1389 MB 7 GENG Matthew 1694 BC
8 WADLAND Daniel 816 NF 8 TRAN Quoc 1218 NS 8 OFFENGENDEN Ron 1364 AB 8 WU Chenxi 1577 AB
9 NIKMARAM Ryan 804 NB 9 HELDT Nils-Lennart 1208 NS 9 SU Ethan 1322 BC 9 CAO Lucy 1548 AB
10 BOYCE Drala 792 NS 10 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1161 PE 10 YU Sophia 1263 BC 10 TOLENTINO Andre 1545 AB
GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL GRADE 6 HONOUR ROLL
1 SULLIVAN Madoc 1513 NS 1 CUI Cynthia 2006 NB 1 SRINIVASAN Hemant 1590 AB 1 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2565 BC
2 FANG Evan 1129 NF 2 MERRIGAN Daley 1974 NF 2 XU Andrew 1441 BC 2 DOKNJAS Joshua 2428 BC
3 ANWAR Muhammad Ibrahim 1050 NF 3 PICKARD Ryan 1694 NF 3 RIQUELME Martin 1427 MB 3 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2398 BC
4 PAN Thomas 987 NF 4 HUANG Xingbo 1634 NF 4 JIANG Kate 1420 BC 4 ZHAO Ian 2310 AB
5 FARHAT Taim 972 NS 5 KAPRA Jerjis 1591 NS 5 HE Matthew 1382 BC 5 MA Derek 2246 MB
6 MCINTYRE Duncan 952 PE 6 DORNIEDEN Jonas 1574 NS 6 SALKELD Tobias 1278 SK 6 HUANG Patrick 2234 BC
7 PAMUNUWE GEDARA Udan 941 PE 7 CHISLETT Benjamin 1564 NF 7 LIANG Eugene 1256 BC 7 WOLCHOCK Theo 2214 MB
8 WANG Suri 934 PE 8 SULLIVAN Madoc 1513 NS 8 EISENBERG Lucas 1255 BC 8 HIEBERT Kenji 2130 BC
9 FARQUHAR Allister 922 NS 9 CUI Leonardo 1510 NB 9 ZHANG Dustin 1231 AB 9 CHANDRA Anand 2127 AB
10 DICKIE Luke 922 PE 10 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS 10 WU Benjamin 1224 BC 10 DOKNJAS Neil 2123 BC

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Queen’s University
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organized by Chess’n Math Association
Visit www.chess-math.org
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1 Kevin Zhong 2361 QC

2 Max Chen 2317 ON ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
3 Richard Zheng 2264 QC CHESS’N MATH ASSOCIATION
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September 3 Tuesday 7:00 pm
5 Anthony Atanasov 2240 ON
3423 St. Denis Suite 400 Montreal, Quebec
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7 Daniel Xu 2135 ON the Chess ’n Math Association in the 2018-2019 school year
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BRITISH COLUMBIA ONTARIO

Victoria Ottawa
Victoria Junior Chess Society Chess’n Math Association
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vanchess.ca Toronto
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senecahillchess.com 3423 St. Denis, Montreal
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 HOW TO READ A CHESS GAME
It's easy. The board has 8 files
* SOLUTIONS *
and 8 ranks. Files are the rows
8 rhb1kgn4
of squares that go up and down. 7 0p0pdp0p MATES TRIPLE LOYD
Each one is named by a small 6 wdwdwdwd 1 1.Qe8# A. Kf4#
letter. Ranks are rows that go 2 1.Bh6 Bxh6 2.Qh8# B. Kh4=
sideways. Each one is named
5 dwdw0wdw
by a number. 4 wdwdPdwd 1...f5 2.Qxg7# C. Ka8 (Ra5#)
Every square also has a name. 3 dwdwdwdw 1...others 2.Qh8#
The first part is its file and the
2 P)P)w)P) 3 1.Nf5+ Kg8 2.Nh6#
second part is its rank. In this 4 1.Qd4+ Kg6 2.Qg4#
diagram, a white pawn moved 1 $NGQIBHR
to e4 and a black pawn to e5. 1...f6 2.Qxf6#
a b c d e f g h
When moves are written down, 5 1.Nf6+ Kh8 2.Rxh7#
the first capital letter shows the Here are some special symbols: 1...Kf8 2.e6 any 3.Rf7#
piece which moves. Q is queen. + check
B is bishop. R is rook. N is used
# checkmate COMBO MOMBO
for knight because the king is K.
If there is no capital letter, that e. p. en passant 1 1.Rd7 Qc4 (1...Qc6 2.Qxf7+ Kh8 3.Qxg7#) 2.Rxb7
means a pawn moves. O-O castles kingside 2 1...Qg5 2.g3 (2.Qe3 Qxg2#) 2...Nh3+ 3.Kg2 Qxd2
Next is the square that the O-O-O castles queenside
piece moves to. Bc4 says that a 1-0 white wins
CHESS MAZE
bishop moves to the square c4. 0-1 black wins Rd1-d2-h2-h1-g1-g4-f4-f5-b5-b1-a1-a8-c8-c7xe7
When a piece is captured, an x
½-½ draw
is put before the square. Qxf7 LILY'S PUZZLER
means a queen takes on f7. ! excellent move
? mistake
A. add pawns on c4 a7
If a pawn captures, the letter
of the file it starts on is given !? cool move 1.a8=Q/R#
first, then an x followed by the ?! weird (weak) move B. add pawns on b2 e7
square it takes on. exd5 says a 1.e8=Q/B#
pawn on the e-file captures on The game below is written in
the square d5. algebraic notation. Kiril was TACTICS 102
When two pieces of the same new to chess and fell into an 1 1.Bxf7+ Kxf7 2.Ne5+ Ke6
kind can go to the same spot, old trap called Scholar’s Mate !
another letter is put after the
3.Nxg4
ROCKY KIRIL 2 1.Qg3 Rc8 2.Bxh6
piece to show what file it came
1. e4 e5
from. Rae1 tells us that a rook 1...Kh7 2.Bxc7
on the a-file moves to e1. 2. Qh5 d6
If the pieces that can move to
3 1.Nxe4 Qxd2 2.Nxd2
3. Bc4 Nf6 ?
the same spot are on the same 4. Qxf7 #
(1...Nxe4? 2.Qxa5)
file, then their rank number is 4 1.Nxe5 fxe5 2.Qxg4
added. N6e4 means the knight Oh no! Kiril got mated in just
1...Bxd1 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nxd6
on the 6th rank moves to e4. four moves. That was no fun!

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