CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS JUNE 2018 number 140

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CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDSJUNE 2018 number 140

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Greetings from St. John’s, Newfoundland, site ofthis year’s Canadian Chess Challenge nationals.Congratulations to all the champions. Check outthe full report starting on page 6.

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CONTENTSCONTENTS

Summer Camps 4You Are Here! 5CCC Provincials 18Mort & Marley 19Canada Top Ten 20Tactics 102 21Master Profile 22Combo Mombo 23News 24Mates 30Kiril’s Address 32Lily’s Puzzler 33Kiril’s Kontest 34

Women Champs 47CCC Provincials 48NL Team Shirt 49Maze & Loyd 50Regional Top 10’s 52Ratings 56Top Girls 57CMA Meeting 58Top Canada K-6 58Tournaments 59Links & Contacts 60Chess Notation 62Solutions 63


CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE 6National Finals Report From St. John’s, Newfoundland

GIUOCO PIANO 12Kiril’s Klass Italian Game, part 3

CHESS SUMMIT: DAY THREE 36Kiri l's KornerTouchy Topics

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2018 CCHAMPIONS2018 CCHAMPIONS1 JJAYDEN QU BBritish CColumbia2 LLUCAS LIU QQuebec3 EETHAN SONG BBritish CColumbia4 AANTHONY ATANASOV ** OOntario5 MMAX CHEN *** OOntario6 NNAMEER ISSANI **** OOntario7 QQIUYU HHUANG ****** Quebec8 SSHAWN RODRIGUE-LLEMIEUX ** QQuebec9 EEUGENE HUA ** OOntario

10 JOSHUA DOKNJAS **** BBritish CColumbia11 RICHARD CHEN ***** OOntario12 SAM SONG *** NNew BBrunswick

previous national champion*

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A solid Manitoba team won five matches to place fifth,with medals for Derek Ma and Brock Beach (Winnipeg).By the way, the prizes are actually trophies. We just talkabout them as if they’re medals, like at the Olympics. The Most Improved Team was Nova Scotia, with 7 more

points than 2017. New Brunswick jumped three placesin the standings, from 9th to 6th, and received the plaquefor Top Atlantic Team. They scored 19-17 against theother Atlantic provinces, tying their matches versus PEIand Nova Scotia.

Nine players were undefeated. Seven had perfect 9-0’s:Jayden Qu, Lucas Liu (Montreal), Max Chen (Toronto),Anthony Atanasov (Oakville), Richard Chen (Hamilton),Qiuyu Huang, and Sam Song (Saint John).

Playoff games decided first place in grades 8 and 10.

The 30th annual Canadian Chess Challenge finals tookplace on Victoria Day weekend at Memorial Universityin St. John’s. As always, each of the ten provinces wasrepresented by one player in each grade.Saturday was a fun day, with families visiting Signal Hill

and other sites around the city. There was also a blitztournament in the afternoon. The opening banquet in theevening featured a juggler and two very talented hulahoop twirlers.

The competition started on Sunday. While a bagpiperplayed, the teams marched into the hall carrying theirprovincial flags. After the national anthem, the playersshook hands and the chessboard battles began.

When the last king was toppled on Monday afternoon,Ontario had won their ninth straight championship, withnine players earning medals, including five gold. NameerIssani (Toronto) won his grade for the fourth time.

Team Quebec finished a strong second, led by ShawnRodrigue-Lemieux (Montreal) and five-time champ QiuyuHuang (Montreal). Their only loss was to Ontario, 7½-4½.

British Columbia defeated Alberta 8-4 in the final roundto place third. They dominated the lower teams, but lostclose matches to Ontario 7½-4½ and Quebec 7-5. Eightplayers won medals, with gold for Jayden Qu (Surrey),Ethan Song (Burnaby), and Joshua Doknjas.

Alberta came in fourth, and had two silver medalists:Matthew Ivanescu (Edmonton) and Paul Wang (Calgary).

ONTARIO 9 91QUEBEC 8 83BRITISH COLUMBIA 7 82½ALBERTA 6 70MANITOBA 5 48½SASKATCHEWAN 3 42½NEW BRUNSWICK 3 36½NOVA SCOTIA 1½ 32PRINCE EDWARD IS. 1½ 27½NEWFOUNDLAND 1 26½

2018 TEAMS2018 TEAMS match individual

SS II LLVVEERRSS II LLVVEERR1 Matthew Ivanescu AB2 Richard Guo * ON3 Greta Qu * ON4 Kevin Zhong * QC5 Richard Zheng * QC6 Paul Wang AB7 Neil Doknjas BC8 Nicholas Vettese **** ON 9 Brian Yang BC

10 Maïli-Jade Ouellet ** QC11 Ananda Saha QC12 Brock Beach MB

BBRROONNZZEEBBRROONNZZEE1 Jeremy Zhu ON2 BiaoBiao Boyong Guo BC3 Leo Lin SK4 Anand Chandra AB5 Madoc Sullivan NS 6 Luka Spasojevic BC 7 Tony Wu PE 8 Ian Zhao AB 9 Jonas Dornieden NS

10 Derek Ma MB11 William Bremner BC 12 Johnny Burn AB

top: Qiuyu Huang, Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, Eugene Hua, Joshua Doknjas, Richard Chen, Sam Song

front: Jayden Qu, Lucas Liu, Ethan Song, Anthony Atanasov,Max Chen, Nameer Issani

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Eight of the 2017 champions returned to defend theirtitle. Five succeeded: Max Chen, Nameer Issani, QiuyuHuang, Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, and Richard Chen.

Four sets of siblings took part. The best results wereby the Doknjas brothers (Surrey). Joshua placed first ingrade 10 and Neil second in grade 7. Martin and NicolasRiquelme (Brandon, MB) came fourth and sixth.

Ten girls took part. Maïli-Jade Ouellet (Montreal) tiedfor first in grade 10, but lost her playoff game. Greta Qu(Mississauga) came second in grade 3 and Lucy Chao(Edmonton) placed fourth in grade 11.

The $200 prize for Best Team Shirt went to home teamNewfoundland, whose logo was a mighty king-crushingpuffin. See photo page 49. Manitoba was second ($100)and Nova Scotia third ($50).

The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Awardwas presented to Christian Lacasse (Montreal), for hismany years of dedicated work “behind the scenes” atthe Chess Challenge nationals. Setting up the playinghall, hanging banners and scoreboards, producing thetournament booklet, and generally ensuring that theevent always runs smoothly. Merci beaucoup, Christian!


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GOLD SILVER BRONZE2018 MEDALS2018 MEDALS

Avram Tcherni (Regina) was awarded a special plaquefor competing at the Chess Challenge nationals in alltwelve grades. He will also be receiving a $1200 bursaryfrom Chess’n Math Association. Well done, Avram!The Most Valuable Player was bronze medalist Tony Wu

(Charlottetown, grade 7), scoring 25% of PEI’s points.A bughouse tournament was held after the awards

ceremony on Monday. “The Hustlers” (John and JoshuaDoknjas) placed first in the popular event.

The 2018 finals will be in Vancouver. See you there!

TEAM ONTARIO


The Italian Game starts 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4. In thelast lesson, we looked at 3...Nc6. This time we cover theclassical defence 3...Bc5. Diagram 1.

After this bishop move, the opening is called the GiuocoPiano. In Italian, that means “quiet game”. They call itquiet because there are usually no loud sacrifices!

In this position, White has several reasonable moves tochoose from. But not 4.Ng5? Qxg5.

If White feels brave, then the Evans Gambit 4.b4!? is agood try. Diagram 2. The b-pawn is sacrificed for a gain oftempo and a strong centre. A typical line goes 4...Bxb45.c3! Ba5 6.O-O d6 7.d4.

Many people like to play 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 here, or 4.d3Nf6 5.Nc3, which is the same thing. Diagram 3. The whiteposition is all right, but it is not very aggressive. If Whitewants an advantage in a king pawn opening (1.e4 e5),they must play d4 or f4 at some point to attack the blackcentre. In this line, it is hard to push either of these pawns,so Black equalizes easily.

The way to challenge Black is to prepare the advanceof the d-pawn with 4.c3! Diagram 4.

The move 4...d6 is not very good here since it allowsWhite to build up a strong pawn centre with 5.d4! exd46.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O.

Then Black should castle sincewinning the e-pawn by 8...Bxc3?!9.bxc3 Nxe4 leads to trouble after10.d5! Ne7 (10...Ne5 11.Re1)11.Qd4 Nf6 12.Bg5!

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This class concludes our seriesof lessons on the Italian Game.

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Black’s best reply is 4...Nf6. Diagram 5. The knight putspressure on White by attacking e4.

White continues as planned with 5.d4. Diagram 6.Note that attacking f7 by 5.Ng5? is just a waste of time

because Black can defend by castling. Following 5...O-O,White should avoid 6.Bxf7+ Rxf7 7.Nxf7 Kxf7. Tradingknight and bishop for rook and pawn is almost always abad idea early in the game. It leaves White way behindin development.

Bad for Black is 5...Bb6? 6.dxe5 Ng4 (6...Nxe4? 7.Qd5!)7.Bxf7+! Kxf7 8.Ng5+ Kf8 9.Qxg4 Nxe5 10.Qg3.

So the game usually goes 5...exd4 6.cxd4. Diagram 7.

If Black retreats 6...Bb6, White responds 7.Nc3 with thebetter game. (7.e5 gets messy after 7...d5!)

The main line is 6...Bb4+. Diagram 8. Now White has achoice between the daring 7.Nc3 and the safe 7.Bd2.

7.Nc3!? is the Moller Attack. White sacrifices a pawnfor fun and glory. 7...Nxe4 8.O-O! Diagram 9. Black mustwalk a narrow path to stay alive. Here are some lines.8...Nxc3? 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Ba3!

White is winning. 10...Bxa1? 11.Re1+ wins Q10...d6 11.Rc1 Ba5

12.Qa4 a6 13.Bd58...Bxc3 (best) 9.d5!

(Not 9.bxc3? d5!)9...Ne5?! 10.bxc3 Nxc4

11.Qd4! Ncd6 12.Qxg7 Qf6 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 14.Re1+ Kf8 15.Bh6+ Kg8 16.Re5! White wins.

9...Bf6! 10.Re1! Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 A complicated position where White has attackingchances for the sacrificed pawn.

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In case you were wondering, “Giuoco” is pronounced “gee-oak-oh”.

GREETINGS FROM ITALY!


For the sensible folks in the crowd, we recommend thesolid and promising 7.Bd2! Diagram 10.

Now Black trades by 7...Bxd2+. Other moves are worse:7...d6? 8.Bxb4 Nxb4 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.d57...d5?! 8.exd5 Nxd5 (8...Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2) 9.Bxb4 Ncxb4

10.Qb3!7...Nxe4 8.Bxb4 Nxb4 9.Bxf7+! Kxf7 10.Qb3+ d5

11.Ne5+! Ke6 12.Qxb4

White recaptures with 8.Nbxd2, developing a knight andguarding the pawn on e4. Diagram 11.

Black can easily go wrong here with 8...d6?! White getsa clear advantage by 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1. Also weak is8...Nxe4?! 9.d5! Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Ne7 11.d6! with a niceattack for White.

Only the move 8...d5! gives Black a chance for equality.After 9. exd5 Nxd5, the game would be level following10.O-O O-O, but White can keep an edge by attacking theknight on d5 with 10.Qb3! Diagram 12.

Black has several options in this position. Two of themare quite bad.

10...Be6? 11.Qxb7 Na5 12.Bb5+10...Qe7+? 11. Kf1! Threatening Bxd5 and Rae1.

Another line is 10...Na5 11.Qa4+ Nc6 (11...c6 12.Bxd5).White can repeat the position with 12.Qb3 or play for awin by 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 (or 14.Qb3!?).

The best defence is 10...Nce7. Black plans to establisha permanent blockade on d5. Play normally continues11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 c6. Black gives extra support to theknight on d5. 13.Ne4! Diagram 13.

White’s pieces are well placed. The pawn at d4 isstrong and gives the white knights good outposts at e5and c5. The rook on a1 can be activated by pushing thea-pawn or by moving it to one the central files.

Black will try to simplify the game and trade to anending where the isolated d-pawn is weak.

A tough battle is ahead.

So, friends, that concludes our visit to sunny Italy.

“Ciao for now!”

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Hey Mort, this is a bad situation.

Yea, and my arms are getting tired.

So what are we going to do?

I don’t know, Marley. I’ve never fallen off the board before.

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ALBERTALBERTAA1 Matthew Ivanescu * Edmonton2 Ray Jiang Fort MacMurray3 Yash Darvekar * Edmonton4 Anand Chandra ** Calgary5 Hermant Srinivasan Calgary6 Paul Wang ** Calgary7 Andi Superceanu ** Edmonton8 Ian Zhao ******* Calgary9 Maxim Vasic Calgary

10 Aditya Raninga Calgary11 Lucy Chao Edmonton12 Johnny Burn Fort MacMurray

NEWNEW BRUNSWICKBRUNSWICK1 Tony Huang Saint John2 Zachary LeBlanc * Moncton3 Xavier Daigle Fredericton4 Ryan Nikmaram Moncton5 Mohamed Amine Sellal Dieppe6 Kiro Veljanovski * Saint John7 Alexandre X.Leblanc * Moncton8 Luc Blanchette * Dieppe9 Shon Lazarev Fredericton

10 Leonardo Cui *** Fredericton11 Ben Yeomans *** Riverview12 Sam Song ******* Saint John

ONTONTARIOARIO1 Jeremy Zhu Toronto2 Richard Guo * Toronto3 Greta Qu * Mississauga4 Anthony Atanasov *** Oakville5 Max Chen ** Toronto6 Nameer Issani ***** Toronto7 Jeffrey Zhao Markham8 Nicholas Vettese Toronto9 Eugene Hua Hamilton

10 Hairan Liang * Markham11 Richard Chen *** Ancaster12 Joey Zhong Toronto

QUEBECQUEBEC1 Edouard Wang Montreal2 Lucas Liu Montreal3 James Li Montreal4 Kevin Zhong *** Pierrefonds5 Richard Zheng Montreal6 Haruaki Omichi Montreal7 Qiuyu Huang ****** Montreal8 S.Rodrigue-Lemieux * Montreal9 Gabriel Tinica Montreal

10 Maili-Jade Ouellet Montreal11 Ananda Saha ** Montreal12 Linda Shi * Montreal

SASKASASKATCHEWTCHEWANAN1 William Sorgard Churchbridge2 Abigail Sorgard * Churchbridge3 Leo Lin ** Saskatoon4 Oscar Salkeld * Regina5 Jiahe Gu Saskatoon6 Leonard Carolino ** Saskatoon7 Alexander de Padua**Prince Albert8 Alexander Sasata ****Saskatoon9 Daniel Wei ***** Saskatoon

10 Ray Dai ** Saskatoon11 Andrew Li ***** Regina12 Avram Tcherni ***********Regina

* champion last year also

CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE2018 PROVINCIAL2018 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSCHAMPIONS


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10 SCORTEANU Victor 570 QCGRADE 1GRADE 11 QU Jayden 1027 BC2 IVANESCU Matthew 1009 AB3 HU Richard 915 QC4 O'MALLEY Patrick 886 ON5 ZHU Jeremy 854 ON6 SORGARD William 842 SK7 DJUROVICH Ilya 841 QC8 DUANMU Isaac 836 ON9 DELAGE GODARD Felix 824 QC

10 WANG Edouard 823 QCGRADE 2GRADE 21 GUO Richard 1184 ON2 LIU Lucas 1161 QC3 TSENG Bradley 1104 ON4 LAU Joshua 1074 ON5 GEORGESCU-NICOLAU Luca 1065 QC6 BOROOMAND AryaCyrus 1051 BC7 CHEN Chen 1017 QC8 MANE Arnav 999 ON9 PUGACH Daniel 966 ON

10 EISENBERG Colette 958 BCGRADE 3GRADE 31 QU Greta 1521 ON2 YANG Ryan 1512 BC3 SONG Ethan 1508 BC4 YAN Alex 1505 QC5 LI Gabriel 1265 ON6 LI James 1261 QC7 WANG Nathan 1237 ON8 LIN Leo 1230 SK9 GAO Lucy 1193 ON

10 HAN Johnathan 1178 ONGRADE 4GRADE 41 CHANDRA Anand 2094 AB2 XU Daniel 2071 ON3 NING Eric 2055 ON4 ATANASOV Anthony 2014 ON5 ZHONG Kevin 2009 QC6 WANG Daniel 1709 BC7 LI Adam 1528 ON8 CHANG Alexander 1526 QC9 WU Nathan 1522 BC

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10 ZHANG Henry 1463 ONGRADE 6GRADE 61 ISSANI Nameer 2241 ON2 KANG Dorian 2187 ON3 NOOR ALI Aahil 2000 ON4 RUSONIK Max 1965 ON5 GU Chuyang 1773 BC6 CRACIUN David 1681 QC7 JEYAKUMAR Bhavatharshan 1677 ON8 JACOBS Michael 1604 ON9 WU Lucian 1588 BC

10 WANG Paul 1588 AB

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10 WU Tony 1771 PEGRADE 8GRADE 81 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 2533 QC2 VETTESE Nicholas 2380 ON3 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2364 BC4 DURETTE Francis 2196 QC5 LIN Benjamin 2126 ON6 ZHAO Ian 2049 AB7 ZHONG Wenxuan 2007 QC8 QU Leo 1882 BC9 ZHENG Victor 1801 BC

10 MIRABELLI Aidan 1712 ONGRADE 9GRADE 91 HUA Eugene 2451 ON2 TALUKDAR Rohan 2331 ON3 NORITSYN Sergey 2294 ON4 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 2272 ON5 ZHANG Henry 2195 ON6 SURYA Benito 2147 ON7 GAISINSKY Adam 2016 ON8 LIU Daniel 1974 ON9 FENG Richard 1969 ON

10 PULFER Luke 1900 BCGRADE 10GRADE 101 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2384 QC2 DOKNJAS Joshua 2329 BC3 CAI Jason 2289 ON4 LIANG Hairan 2287 ON5 LI William 2282 ON6 FAN Run Kun 2136 ON7 LIU Lambert 2126 ON8 YIE Kevin 2113 ON9 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB

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ll TTTTAAAACCCCTTTTIIIICCCCSSSS 111100002222“FIND the WINNING MOVE!”

White to play and win material.solutions page 63

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CCOOMMBBOO MMOOMMBBOO !!!!

WHITE TO MOVEWin Material

BLACK TO MOVEWin Materialsolutions page 63

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A fork is a tactic where one piece attacks two of theopponent’s pieces at the same time. Great for combos!

White to play sacrifices the exchange to set upthe winning bishop fork. 1.Rb8+ Bf8 2.Rxf8+! Kxf8(2...Kg7 3.Re8) 3.Bd6+ Ke8 4.Bxa3. Up a bishop.

If Black goes first, they can “sack the ex” in thesame way. 1...Rxg3+! 2.fxg3 Bd4+ 3.Kh2 Bxb6.

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SPOTLIGHT ON BISHOP FORKS

CARL SCHLECHTER(1874 - 1918)

This kind and courteous Austrian master tied amatch for the world chess championship againstEmanuel Lasker at Berlin, Germany in 1910. Thenewspapers in his hometown of Vienna declaredhim “Co-Champion of the World”.

“Connected passed pawns are very strong.”SCHLECHTER DEFENCE

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c6

A solid formation, reached by various move orders.

Schlechter’s nickname was The Drawing Master.Because of his quiet positional style, he oftendrew games against other leading players. Heenjoyed composing chess problems and waseditor of the famous Bilguer Handbook of Chess.Tragically, he died of starvation at the end of thefirst World War.


CANADA AND WORLD NEWSGRAND PRIX

The final events in the 2018 Grand Prix competition took placein May at Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa. Anyone who scored7½ points out of 15 games in the three tournaments got a cashprize. A total of $7500 in gift certificates were awarded by theChess’n Math Association and split among 139 winners. The topscorers in each age group were:MONTREAL<8 Lucas Liu

<10 Alex Yan<12 Richard Zheng<14 Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux

Tyler TanakaTORONTO<8 Bradley Tseng

Patrick O’Malley<10 Anthony Atanasov<12 Max Chen<14 Jingchun JiOTTAWA<8 Lucas Zhong

<10 Michael Shi<12 Eric Hu<16 Oswin Ning, Alwin Ning

BORDER WARSThe 27th annual Washington

state vs. British Columbia teammatch was held in Vancouveron May 5. Each team has twostudents per grade (K-12) andeveryone plays two games. TheCanucks won big time this year,33-19. Their third victory in arow. The overall score in theseries is now tied 13½ - 13½ .

Eleven B.C. players won bothof their games: Brandon Zhu,Kate Jiang, Andrew Hemstapat,Victor Zheng, Joshua Doknjas,James Li, Andrew Xu, Kevin Li,Nicholas Wu, Daniel Wang, andChuyang Gu.

NEWFOUNDLANDThere were 47 players at the

Newfoundland and LabradorSchool Team Championshipon April 14 in St. John’s. Thewinning schools by grade were: K-3 Vanier4-6 Vanier7-9 St. Paul’s 9-12 Gonzaga

ONTARIO SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPThe 2018 Ontario School Team Chess Championship was played

on May 27th in Toronto. 161 players took part in the event. The topteams in each section are shown below.

Grades 7-91 Zion Heights

Jonathan ZhaoJoey QiaoWing Xiaolong LiCullen Ye

2 A.Y. Jackson3 Zion Heights

Grades K-31 Arbour Glen

Tony LuHancy JiangRyan WangVeronica Xu

2 Seneca Hill3 Seneca Hill

Grades 10-121 Crossley

John HanslerAnna PlakhutaZachary PasmaLarisa Plakhuta

2 Martin Grove

Grades K-61 Glen Shields

Max RusonikHenry ZhangEthan LinMark Rozin

2 Alexmuir3 Silver Stream

QUEBEC GIRLSThe 2018 Quebec Girls ChessChampionship took place April 8in Montreal with 35 players. Thenew grade champions are:

K Heidi Ramos1 Roya Heck-Zolfaghari2 Viviane Gong3 Lily Ma4 Annie Li5 Ankita Jain6 Anahita Farahdel

CHESS OLYMPIADThe 43rd Chess Olympiad will beheld September 23 to October 6in Batumi, Georgia. That is thecountry in Asia, not the US state.Canada’s “national team” is:

Eric HansenAman HambletonAlexandre LesiégeNikolay NoritsynRazvan Preotu

The Canadian women’s team is:

Svitlana DemchenkoMaïli-Jade OuelletQiyu ZhouAgnieszka Matras ClementLali Agbabishvili


CANADA AND WORLD NEWSQUEBEC JUNIORThe 2018 Quebec Junior Chess

Championship took place onApril 22-23 in Montreal with 18players. The winner was OlivierKenta Chiku-Ratté. Runners-upwere Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieuxand Maïli-Jade Ouellet.

CALGARY SCHOOLSThe Calgary School Chess

Championship on May 27-28attracted 106 participants.

The winning teams were:PRIMARY RenertELEMENTARY RenertJUNIOR HIGH WestmountHIGH SCHOOL Notre DameIndividual city champions were

also crowned.PRIMARY Quentin De BuckELEMENTARY Vishruth SharmaJUNIOR HIGH Maxim VasicHIGH SCHOOL Patrick Tolentino

QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPThe 2018 Quebec School Team Chess Championship was held

in Montreal at College André Grasset on March 24-25. The fourplayer teams were divided into three groups by grade. 321 playerstook part. The top three teams in each section qualify to play inthe annual Quebec-Ontario match at Kingston on June 9. CollegeJean-de-Brébeuf placed first in the high school section. Grades K-3

1 Fernand-Seguin Bruce LiJames LiTravis LiJayson LiAnass Bouras

2 La Verendrye Magnus Carlsen2 Fernand-Seguin Les Petits

Baobabs2 St. Leon de Westmount

Les Romains

Grades K-61 St. Leon de Westmount

Kings BaobabsChu Hang ZhangDaniel Orejuela LiuStorm LeiAayan Memon

2 Fernand-Seguin Shredders3 La Verendrye Garry Kasparov3 Selwyn House Fearsome

Foursome

ONTARIO YOUTH The 2018 Ontario Youth Chess

Championship was played onMay 12-13 at Kitchener City Hall.153 boys and 37 girls took part.Here are the top three finishersin each open section.< 8 Daniel Pugach

Roger ZuoArnav Mane

<10 Anthony AtanasovGreta QuDaniel Yuan

<12 Max ChenYouhe HuangDorian Kang

<14 Nicholas VetteseArul PapnejaArhant Washimkar

<18 William LiEric LiBenito Surya

Greta Qu placed second in theopen <10 section. The winners ofthe separate girls sections were:< 8 Eveleen Kaur<10 Winnie Zhuang<12 Isamel Shen<14 Elena Yang

Jezzel Farkas

The 2018 Canadian Youth ChessChampionship will take place inQuebec City on July 2-5.

ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOLThe 51st Ontario High School

Chess Championship was heldMay 11-12 in Toronto with 156players. The individual championis Henry Zhang (Windsor).Richard Chen (Ancaster) andHairan Liang (Markham) tiedfor second. The school teamchampion is Vincent Massey SS(Windsor). Chaminade College(Toronto) came second andVictoria Park CI (Toronto) third.

NOVA SCOTIAThere were 58 players at thefinal Grand Prix tournament inHalifax on April 8. The winnersfor the 2017-2018 season are:

1. Jonas Dornieden2. Madoc Sullivan3. Jiarui Gao

ONTARIO - QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPThe annual match between the top school teams from Quebec

and Ontario was held on June 9 at Queen’s University in Kingston.Eighty-seven players took part. Winning teams are listed below.

The top scorers in the ON-QC girls competition were Lily Ma(grade 3, QC) and Anahita Farahdel (grade 6, QC).

Grades K-31 Fernand-Seguin

James LiTravis LiJayson LiAnass Bouras

2 St-Leon 3 Arbour Glen

Grades K-61 Glen Shields

Max RusonikHenry ZhangEthan LinMark Rozin

2 Silver Stream3 Alexmuir

Grades 7-121 A.Y. Jackson

Cindy QiaoDaniel Orejuela LiuTiffany YanEthan Truong

2 Jean-de-Brébeuf 3 Crossley

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPWorld chess champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) will defend histitle for the third time this November. The challenger is 25 year oldFabiano Caruana (USA), who won the Candidates Tournament atBerlin, Germany in March. The 12 game match will take place inLondon, England with a prize fund of over a million dollars.

EDMONTONThe Edmonton School GradeChampionships, organized bythe Roving Chess Nuts tookplace on June 3 at GreenfieldHall. Here are this year’s citychampions:grade

1 Scott Tang2 Arthithan Mrallidaran3 Anu Purevjamts4 Ryan Chen5 Michelle Enkhtaivan6 Sam Hoekman7 Pascal LaCroix8 Nathan Thunder9 Elon Wang

WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONThe new women’s world champion is 27 year old Ju Wenjun

from Shanghai, China. She earned the title by defeating 2017champion Tan Zhongyi 5½ to 4½ in a match held May 2-20 inChina. Ju Wenjun earned the grandmaster title in 2014.

CANADA AND WORLD NEWS


PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDThe P.E.I. School Chess TeamChampionship was played onApril 22 in Charlottetown with42 participants. Spring ParkElementary came first in bothsections (K-4 and K-6).

NOVA SCOTIA TEAM The 2018 Nova Scotia School

Championship on April 29thin Halifax had a record 124players. The winners were:PRIMARY St. JosephA.McKayELEMENTARY Sacred HeartJUNIOR HIGH OxfordHIGH SCHOOL Halifax West

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It was the final day of the Chess Summit, and there wasstill lots of work to be done. Reports had to be presented,issues had to be discussed, and decisions had to be made.Major Dooper, the host of the event, hoped that they could

finish everything before lunch. That would leave time in theafternoon for fun and games.The first speaker of the day was Muzio Moose, head of the

committee for players with special needs.

“Good morning, friends. My subject for today is touchmove. For some players, this is a difficult rule to follow.Especially for animals with hoofs instead of hands.”

Dr. Checkle interrupted the moose to make a point.“Yes, I have observed this fact in nature. Many animalsare not psychologically able to obey rules.”

He was about to explain his theory in more detail whenthe Queen of Clubs raised her hand. In a queenly way,she said, “Doctor, please, let Muzio continue.”

The moose tried not to smile. “Thanks, your majesty.Dr. Checkle may be right, but the problem is actuallyphysical. Picking up a chess piece with a hoof is quitetricky. It’s very easy to accidentally drop it on the wrongsquare or touch another piece by mistake.”

Captain Bemo nodded in agreement. “So, Muzio, whatis the solution?”

In case you missed issues 126 and 127, the stories were abouta conference called the Chess Summit. Leaders from aroundthe world gathered at the Lakeside Lodge to discuss importanttopics and make decisions about the game of chess. On dayone, they decided not to change the colour of the pieces. Then,on day two, they voted not to make changes to White’s firstmove. Can you guess what they will not do on day three?

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“Well, Captain, I suggest we form a new committee toinvestigate our options. They can present a report at thenext summit about ways to make the touch move rulemore fair for all players.”

King Octavius liked what he heard. “Excellent idea,Muzio. We’ll put you in charge of the committee. Yourwork in this area is much appreciated.”

It wasn’t exactly what the moose had in mind. But whatcould he say? “Thank you, your majesty.”

After a short break, the Queenof Hearts came to the podium.Everyone was looking forward toher speech on the future of girlschess.

“As most people know, chess isa game where boys and girls canplay together on equal terms. It isnot a sport like hockey or footballwhere size, strength, or speed isimportant.

“So the question is, why do wehave separate competitions justfor girls?

“There are two good reasons. Firstly, it is a way to getmore girls involved in chess. Some girls don’t want toenter a tournament or join a club if most of the playersare boys. But they will come out to events for girls only.

“Secondly, it is natural to hold championships for playersin different categories. For example, by age or by schoolgrade. In the same way, it is very interesting to have girland woman champions.”

The queen took a sip of water and cleared her throat.“But there are two big problems with how girls chess iscurrently organized.

“Number 1, there should not be special titles for girls.

“Awarding titles like woman grandmaster, where therequirements are much less than a normal GM, makesno sense. In fact, it sends the wrong message to girls.This kind of special treatment implies that they are notas good as boys. However, that is clearly not the case.More and more females are successful at all levels ofchess, and the top women masters earn the same titlesas the men. That’s the way it should be.”

The queen paused a moment and then proceeded. “Problem number 2. It is a stupid policy to have a

separate girls championship at the same time as anopen championship. Girls should be able to participatein both events, which should be held on different dates.

“Many girls do not even know that they can play in theopen section. They sign up for the girls section becausethey think that is the only option.

“We must ensure that all girls are aware of their choice.And we need to encourage more girls to participate inthe open championships. A good role model for themis Judit Polgar, the best woman player ever. She alwaysplayed in open sections and avoided girl only events.

“My final recommendation is this. If we want to holdopen and girl championships at the same time, then allplayers, boys and girls, should play in one section. Girlscompete equally for the open prizes, and the girl with thetop score is girl champion. It’s very simple.”

1. d4 The queenliest of openings,“pawn to queen 4”.

1. . . . Nf6The Indian Defence, whichcan take many forms.

2. c4White’s usual second move.

2. . . . e6 3. Nc3

Against 3.Nf3, most playerschoose the Queen's IndianDefence with 3...b6.

3. . . . Bb4

NIMZO-INDIAN

A popular defence, namedafter Latvian grandmasterAron Nimzovich, author ofa famous book called MySystem.

Other options are 3...c54.d5, the Benoni Defence,or 3...d5, transposing tothe Queen’s Gambit.

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Captain Bemo was enjoyinghis blueberry pie, but not hischess position. See diagram.

Spud has more material witha pawn and two minor piecesfor a rook. And he is about towin the pawn at h5. That willgive White a powerful passedpawn on the h-file.

But then the captain had the most extraordinary idea.1. . . . Rxf4! Giving up his rook to create an

unbreakable naval blockade.2. gxf4 f5!

Mr. Potato understood the situationand immediately agreed to a draw.A narrow escape by Captain Bemo.

White has an extra piece butmaking progress is impossible.The black pawns prevent thewhite king from advancing andthe bishop cannot capture anypawns on its own.

Spud could try 3.Bd4!?, andhope for 3...cxd4? 4.Kxd4. Buthe knew Bemo wouldn’t fall forthat. Black just plays 3...Ke6.

Perhaps the most interesting game of the afternoonwas between the Queen of Hearts and King Octavius.The champion of girls chess vs. the man on the throne.


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The Queen of Hearts took her seat, and blushed aseveryone applauded. It was a great speech and a greatway to end the summit.

The next item on the schedule was a fancy luncheon inthe dining hall. After dessert was served, Major Dooperasked Kiril to bring out the chess sets. Let the fun begin!

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7. Bd3 Nc6Against 7...Bb7, White takescontrol of the centre with8.f3! Nc6 9.Ne2 Rc8 10.e4.

8. Nf3 Ba6?! The king’s plan is to gang

up on the pawn at c4 by...Na5 and ...Rc8.

Castling is better, thoughWhite stands well following8...0-0 9.e4.

9. e4

Building a strong centrewith pawn to e4 is often thekey to defeating the Nimzo. Pushing forward with 10.e5is also a threat.

9. . . . cxd4King Octavius swaps pawnsto open the c-file. White hasthe advantage after 9...0-010.e5 or 9...Na5 10.e5.

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4. a3White puts the question tothe bishop. Take or retreat?

4. . . . Bxc3+The bishop is trapped after4...Ba4? 5.b4 Bb6 6.c5!

5. bxc3

5. . . . c5 Striking at the white centre.Also good is 5...0-0.

6. e3The queen strengthens herposition. Taking the c-pawngives Black an easy game.6.dxc5? Qa5!

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16. . . . Nd7There are no good movesfor the king.

16...Kf8 17.Qxf7# 16...Ke6 17.0-0! Rhf8

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17. 0-0Castling at last, activatingthe rook on h1.17. . . . Rac8

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This retreat leads to a fastfinish. Going forwardwith 18...Kf6 forcesWhite to find thefollowing moves.

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21...Kg6 22.Ne7#21...Ke6 22.Qe7+ Kd5

23.Nb4+ Kxd4 24.Qe3#21...g5 22.Qh6+ Qg6

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19. Qd6+ Kg8 Or 19...Ke8 20.Qe7#.

11. . . . Qc8Defending both pieces. Theother way out of the fork is11...Bb7, when White staysin control with 12.cxd5 exd5 13.e5 Ne4 14.0-0.

12. exd5 exd513. Ne5

Attacking the pinned knight.

13. . . . dxc4?White would win the knight

after 13...Bb7 14.cxd5 Nxd515.Bb5 Nde7 16.d5.

Maybe Black can hold onwith 13...b5 14.cxb5 Nxe515.bxa6+ Ned7 16.0-0. Butprobably not.

14. Bf5!Brilliant play by the Queenof Hearts. Other moves giveBlack the better game.

14.Nxc4 0-0!14.Qxc6+ Qxc6

15.Nxc6 cxd3 14.Nxc6 b5! 15.Qc2 Qxc6 14.Bxc4 Bxc4

15.Qxc4 Nxe5

14. . . . Qxf5The advance 14...b5 failsto 15.Bxc8 bxa4 16.Bxa6.

15. Qxc6+ Ke7So that the rook on a8 isguarded by the other rook.

16. Qc7+!The king hunt has begun.


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20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Ng6+!

Even better than 21.Nxf5+

21. . . . Kg8 22. Qf8+! Rxf8 23. Ne7#A royal smothered mate.

King Octavius tipped his crown to the Queen of Hearts.“A beautiful game, your highness. I wish that I could playso well someday.”

As always, the Queen was humble in victory. “You’retoo kind, your majesty.”

The afternoon went by quickly and soon it was timefor the delegates to depart. Before they left, everyonegathered in front of the lodge to say farewell.

Everyone except Kiril. His job was loading the luggagein the back of the bus. The bags were heavy, but he wasproud to be part of the Chess Summit.

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WOMEN WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS

Vera Menchik 1927–44 Russia/ England/Czechoslovakia

Lyudmila Rudenko 1950–53 UkraineElisaveta Bykova * 1953–56 Russia

1958-62 Olga Rubtsova 1956–58 RussiaNona Gaprindashvili 1962–78 GeorgiaMaia Chiburdanidze 1978–91 GeorgiaXie Jun* 1991–96 China

1999-2001 Susan Polgar 1996–99 HungaryZhu Chen 2001–04 ChinaAntoaneta Stefanova 2004–06 BulgariaXu Yuhua 2006–08 ChinaAlexandra Kosteniuk 2008–10 RussiaHou Yifan * 2010–12 China

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Anna Ushenina 2012–13 UkraineMariya Muzychuk 2015–16 UkraineTan Zhongyi 2017–18 ChinaJu Wenjun 2018– China

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KNIGHT MAZE IN 27Only the white knight moves. Capture the black kingin twenty-seven moves (or less) without taking anypieces or moving to a square where the knight canbe taken. Black does not get a turn. solution page 63

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Place the black king on the board so that:

A. Black is in checkmate.B. Black is in stalemate.C. White has mate in 1.

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10 LATREILLE Etienne 1318GRADE 1GRADE 1111 SAHA Ananda 22652 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 20443 LI Yi Lin 18944 SAINE Zachary 18195 ZHANG Evan 17506 YANG Eddie 17397 ST-CYR Xavier 16078 SUN Benjamin 15229 HUANG Junhao 1488

10 AUDET Olivier 1455GRADE 12GRADE 121 SHI Linda 17222 LUO Wei Han 17183 WANG Kelly 17034 GAO Christine 16865 LUO Alan 16366 HE Haley 14197 LI Frank 13848 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne 13829 TINICA Sabina 1379

10 XIONG Yi Wei 1371HONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn 25332 HUANG Qiuyu 24343 OUELLET Maili-Jade 23844 SAHA Ananda 22655 TANAKA Tyler 22216 DURETTE Francis 21967 ZHENG Richard 21458 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu 20449 ZHONG Kevin 2009

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10 HUANG Theo 548 NBGRADE 3GRADE 31 WANG Andy 945 NS2 LIANG Leon 891 PE3 KOMIAK Jacob 860 NF4 ZHANG Brian 814 NS5 JANES Millie 775 NF6 YAN Cindy 774 PE7 DAIGLE Xavier 720 NB8 TIWANA Avner 663 PE9 SHORT George 643 NF

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10 MORSE Caleb 954 NBGRADE 9GRADE 91 DORNIEDEN Jonas 1520 NS2 CUI Cynthia 1464 NB3 RUSSELL Brett 1418 NF4 NAKAYASU Rikuto 1329 NS5 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1195 PE6 CAPELLO Jordon 1187 NB7 LAZAREV Shon 1159 NB8 LI Kevin 1103 NS9 LOTY Eric 1092 NS

10 LLEWELLYN Breanne 1087 NSGRADE 10GRADE 101 MERRIGAN Daley 1526 NF2 HUANG Xingbo 1496 NF3 CUI Leonardo 1477 NB4 MITTAL Ridhi 1288 NS5 CHANDRAKANTH Nandan 1264 NF6 ROOKARD Kalen 1211 NS7 GOSSE Daniel 1201 NF8 SUN Tyler 1115 NB9 NGUYEN Quang 1095 NB

10 WEILAND Robin 1074 NBGRADE 1GRADE 1111 PICKARD Ryan 1541 NF2 CHISLETT Benjamin 1535 NF3 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS4 NAIDAPPUWA WADUGE Dulhan 1440 NS5 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1406 NF6 YEOMANS Ben 1379 NB7 TRAN Quoc 1218 NS8 HELDT Nils-Lennart 1208 NS9 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1166 PE

10 LOCKE Miles 1132 NFGRADE 12GRADE 121 SONG Sam 2472 NB2 MCKEOWN Gary 1596 NF3 MACDONALD Brandon 1415 NS4 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1363 NB5 HE Kate 1320 NS6 WANG Jiaying 1299 NF7 WOOD-RONAHAN Jack 1207 PE8 VAN-HEERDEN Hendrik 1095 NF9 LEBLANC Colin 1072 NB

10 VU Nam 1065 NBHONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 SONG Sam 2472 NB2 WU Tony 1771 PE3 MCKEOWN Gary 1596 NF4 PICKARD Ryan 1541 NF5 CHISLETT Benjamin 1535 NF6 MERRIGAN Daley 1526 NF7 DORNIEDEN Jonas 1520 NS8 HUANG Xingbo 1496 NF9 CUI Leonardo 1477 NB

10 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS

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10 DOROSHENKO Dasha 404 BCGRADE 1GRADE 11 QU Jayden 1027 BC2 IVANESCU Matthew 1009 AB3 SORGARD William 842 SK4 GAO Justin 786 BC5 TIAN Eliza 769 BC6 JIANG William 767 BC7 GOLCHIN Ryan 757 BC8 KOSSEY Oscar 703 AB9 SATURDAY Julie 647 AB

10 MOK Erwin 638 BCGRADE 2GRADE 21 BOROOMAND AryaCyrus 1051 BC2 EISENBERG Colette 958 BC3 GUO BiaoBiao Boyong 931 BC4 KOFMANSKY Matthew 871 BC5 POMPAS Codrin 870 BC6 LI Tony 817 BC7 AMARASINGHE Gisadi 698 MB8 JIANG Ray 693 AB9 MURALLIDARAN Arthithan 686 AB

10 FAY Oliver 686 BCGRADE 3GRADE 31 YANG Ryan 1512 BC2 SONG Ethan 1508 BC3 LIN Leo 1230 SK4 DARVEKAR Yash 1125 AB5 ZOU Alex 1070 BC6 JIN Alexander 1069 BC7 SCHWARTZ Elazar 1035 MB8 PUREVJAMTS Anu 976 AB9 LI Toby 872 AB

10 HUANG Winston 857 BCGRADE 4GRADE 41 CHANDRA Anand 2094 AB2 WANG Daniel 1709 BC3 WU Nathan 1522 BC4 JIANG Eric 1503 BC5 LEE Woosung 1412 BC6 PICHE Zachary 1359 MB7 OFFENGENDEN Ron 1298 AB8 YU Sophia 1263 BC9 MOK Gillian 1228 BC

10 SU Ethan 1180 BCGRADE 5GRADE 51 RIQUELME Martin 1473 MB2 XU Andrew 1431 BC3 SHARMA Vishruth 1341 AB4 SRINIVASAN Hemant 1269 AB5 LIANG Eugene 1256 BC6 EISENBERG Lucas 1250 BC7 ZHANG Dustin 1231 AB8 WU Benjamin 1224 BC9 LIN Felix 1171 SK

10 REZNIKOV Yakov 1162 BCGRADE 6GRADE 61 GU Chuyang 1773 BC2 WU Lucian 1588 BC3 WANG Paul 1588 AB4 ZHOU Aiden 1584 BC5 IVANESCU Mark 1453 AB6 SPASOJEVIC Luka 1452 BC7 TAN Brendan 1410 AB8 WINDRAM James 1379 AB9 JIANG David 1310 BC

10 SUN Elvin 1305 BC

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10 YANG Henry 1436 BCGRADE 8GRADE 81 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2364 BC2 ZHAO Ian 2049 AB3 QU Leo 1882 BC4 ZHENG Victor 1801 BC5 DU Daniel 1662 BC6 GUO Jim 1528 BC7 MAH Sean 1514 AB8 SASATA Alexander 1496 SK9 WAN Justin 1401 BC

10 KOVAC Adrian 1341 ABGRADE 9GRADE 91 PULFER Luke 1900 BC2 RICHARDSON Kai 1884 BC3 YANG Brian 1762 BC4 LOW Ethan 1759 BC5 WANG Kaixin 1717 AB6 CHUNG Alec 1712 BC7 LEHINGRAT Callum 1706 BC8 LIN Kaining 1495 AB9 VASIC Maxim 1468 AB

10 WEI Daniel 1463 SKGRADE 10GRADE 101 DOKNJAS Joshua 2329 BC2 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB3 MA Derek 1856 MB4 LEONG Ryan 1845 BC5 SU Michael 1828 BC6 YAO David 1813 AB7 BOTEZ Andrea 1708 BC8 WANG Jeff 1669 AB9 WOLCHOCK Theo 1655 MB

10 FOX Dylan 1654 BCGRADE 1GRADE 1111 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2338 BC2 SCHNABEL Bennett 2094 BC3 HIEBERT Kenji 2054 BC4 BREMNER William 1929 BC5 ZHENG Maven 1772 BC6 GENG Matthew 1694 BC7 LI Kevin 1691 BC8 WU Chenxi 1577 AB9 CHAO Lucy 1544 AB

10 TOLENTINO Andre 1539 ABGRADE 12GRADE 121 CAO Jason 2423 BC2 ZHU Brandon 2102 BC3 LI James 1968 BC4 BEACH Brock 1924 MB5 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB6 SHAO Nathan 1841 BC7 TAPP Ashley 1743 BC8 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB9 KNOX Nathaniel 1732 BC

10 NIE Mark 1715 ABHONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 CAO Jason 2423 BC2 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2364 BC3 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2338 BC4 DOKNJAS Joshua 2329 BC5 ZHU Brandon 2102 BC6 SCHNABEL Bennett 2094 BC7 CHANDRA Anand 2094 AB8 HIEBERT Kenji 2054 BC9 ZHAO Ian 2049 AB

10 DOKNJAS Neil 2040 BC


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GRADE 6GRADE 61 SHEN Isamel 1451 ON2 TSUKERMAN Julia 1416 QC3 GILANI Mysha 1385 ON4 PLOTKIN Julia 1297 ON5 HE Jiaqi 1290 QC

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It's easy. The board has 8 filesand 8 ranks. Files are the rowsof squares that go up and down.Each one is named by a smallletter. Ranks are rows that gosideways. Each one is namedby a number.Every square also has a name.

The first part is its file and thesecond part is its rank. In thisdiagram, a white pawn movedto e4 and a black pawn to e5.

When moves are written down,the first capital letter shows thepiece which moves. Q is queen.B is bishop. R is rook. N is usedfor knight because the king is K.If there is no capital letter, thatmeans a pawn moves.

Next is the square that thepiece moves to. Bc4 says that abishop moves to the square c4.When a piece is captured, an xis put before the square. Qxf7means a queen takes on f7.

If a pawn captures, the letterof the file it starts on is givenfirst, then an x followed by thesquare it takes on. exd5 says apawn on the e-file captures onthe square d5.

When two pieces of the samekind can go to the same spot,another letter is put after thepiece to show what file it camefrom. Rae1 tells us that a rookon the a-file moves to e1.

If the pieces that can move tothe same spot are on the samefile, then their rank number isadded. N6e4 means the knighton the 6th rank moves to e4.

Here are some special symbols:+ check# checkmate

e. p. en passantO - O castles kingside

O - O - O castles queenside1 - 0 white wins0 - 1 black wins

½ - ½ draw! excellent move? mistake!? cool move?! weird (weak) move

The game below is written inalgebraic notation. Kiril wasnew to chess and fell into anold trap called Scholar’s Mate !

ROCKY KIRIL1. e4 e52. Qh5 d63. Bc4 Nf6?4. Qxf7 #

Oh no! Kiril got mated in justfour moves. That was no fun!

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* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MAMATESTES1 1.Nd6#2 1.Qe8+ Kf7 2.Ne5#3 1.Rf8+ Kxf8 2.Bh6#

1...Kg7 2.Qf7# 4 1.Qxc7+ Kxc7 2.Bxe5#5 1.Rxg7+ Kh8

2.Rg8+ Kxg8 3.Qg1#

COMBOCOMBO MOMBOMOMBO1 1.Nxc6 bxc6

2.Bxc6+ Nd7 3.Bxa8(1...Qd6 2.Nxb4+)

2 1...Qxc5+ 2.Qxc5 Bd4+ 3.Qxd4 Rxd4 (3.Ke2 Bxc5)


LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLER

12 bishops is the max.There are many solutions.

TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYDA. Ka1#B. Kh1=C. Kd6 (Bf6#)

TTACTICSACTICS 1021021 1.Bxc6 Nxc6 2.Nd7 forks Qf6 & Rf82 1.Rxd7 Rxd7 2.Nf6+ forks Kg8 & Rd73 1.Qxd8 Rxd8 2.Ne7+ forks Kg8 & Qc64 1.Rad1 Qc7 2.Rd7 forks Qc7 & Be7

1...Qb6 (or 1...Qb8) 2.Nd7 forks Qb6 & Rf8

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CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS JUNE 2018 number 140