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This lesson is about various ways to mate with Q & N.

QUEEN and KNIGHTMATES

The queen is the most powerful piece. That makes herthe best piece for giving checkmate. But usually she cannot mate alone. She needs help from at least one otherpiece. In this class, we look at how queen and knightwork together to give checkmate.

Diagram #1 shows the most common kind of QN mate.The knight guards the queen, and the queen stands nextto the opposing king, who is on the side of the board.

With White to move, Qc7# is mate. But if it is Black’sturn, then ...Qxh2# is mate. Easy stuff, right?

In diagram #2, after 1.Qf7+! Kh8, it’s the white knightthat delivers mate to the cornered king by 2.Ng6#. Notethat Black survives following 1.Qg6+? Bg7.

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A queen can move like a rook, bishop, king, or pawn.But she cannot move like a knight. The knight has itsown unique way of hopping around the board. This is thereason that queens and knights work so well together.Their moves complement each other.

The next two basic examples show how a queen andknight cooperate with their king to mate in the open field. In diagram #3, White plays 1.Ne7! Then black has three

choices, but none of them stop mate. Take your pick:1...Ke4 2.Qe3# or 1...Kc4 2.Qd5# or 1...a5 2.Qd5#.

There are lots of ways for White to win in diagram #4,but only one mate in 2. 1.Qa3+ Kb5 2.Nd6#. Be carefulnot to stalemate by 1.Qb2 or 1.Kc6 or 1.Nd6.

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Things are trickier with Black to move. The fun starts with1...Nc4+. Surprisingly, it’s “game over” after 2.Kd3 Qe1#,so White plays 2.Ke2. Black continues 2...Qg2+, whenthere is mate in 1 if Black goes to the d-file (3.Kd1 Qd2#or 3.Kd3 Qe1#). Following 3.Ke1, the king gets chaseddown by 3...Qd2+ 4.Kf1 Ne3+ 5.Kg1 Qg2#.

White has a great attacking position in #9. The pawnat e5 is especially strong, keeping black pieces off f6.White crashes through with a bishop sacrifice known asthe “Greek gift”. 1.Bxh7+! Kxg8 Black is also in troublefollowing 1...Kh8 2.Ng5 (2...Rc8 3.Qh5 or 2...g6 3.Qg4).

After 2.Ng5+, Black loses easily by 2...Kh8 3.Qh5+ Kg84.Qh7# or 2...Kh6 3.Nxe6+. A little bit tougher is 2...Kg63.Qd3+! f5 4.exf6+ e.p. Kxf6 5.Rxe6# (or 3...Kh6 4.Qh7#).The usual move is 2...Kg8 whenWhite plays 3.Qh5!, threateningmate on h7. The only reasonabledefence then is 3...Re8, but Whitestill wins by 4.Qxf7+! (better than4.Qh7+ Kf8) 4...Kh8 5.Qh5+ Kg86.Qh7+ Kf8 7.Qh8+ Ke7 8.Qxg7#.

Let’s finish off with one moreproblem for you to solve (#10). It’sBlack to move. So long!


The most famous mate with queen and knight is called“Philidor’s legacy”, named for French master François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795).

Diagram #6 shows how it’s done. First a queen check.1.Qc4+! There is instant mate after 1...Kf8 2.Qf7#, so theblack king goes to the corner. 1...Kh8 2.Nf7+ Kg8. Thena fancy double check, 3.Nh6+! Kh8, following by a coolqueen sacrifice 4.Qg8+! Rxg8, and glory for the knightwith 5.Nf7#. The king, surrounded by his own pieces, isin a smothered mate.

The roles are reversed in diagram #7. This time theknight is sacked and the queen gives mate. 1.Qc8+ Rb82.Nb6+!, forcing a fatal capture. 2...axb6 3.Qa6#

In many mates with Q and N,the queen can be replaced bya rook. See Scholar’s Mate 117for a class on R and N mates.

Diagram #8 comes down to asingle tempo. Whichever sidemoves forces mate.

White plays 1.Qe7+, leavingBlack three unpleasant options:1...Kh6 2.Qh7#, 1...Kh8 2.Qf8#and 1...Kg8 2.Qf7+ Kh8 3.Qf8#(not 3.Qh7+? Qxh7).

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BLACK TO MOVEWin Materialsolutions page 51

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A deflection is a sacrifice which forces an opposingpiece to move and give up its defensive job.

White forks with 1.Ne7+!, sacrificing the knightto deflect the black rook. After 1...Rxe7 2.Qd8+ Kh73.Qxe7, White is up the exchange. (1...Kh7? Nxg6)

Black to move deflects the white rook from itsdefence of the queen by 1...Re1+! It’s game over forWhite following 2.Rxe1 Qxd3 or 2.Kh2 Qh5#.

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BORISBORIS SPSPASSKYASSKY(1937 - )

This popular Russian grandmaster from SaintPetersburg won the World Junior Championshipat age 18. In 1969 he became the tenth worldchess champion by defeating Tigran Petrosian12½-10½ in Moscow.

“The secret of chess: You must know the rulesand you must know when to break them.”

SPASSKY VARIATION (Nimzo-Indian Defence)1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5

Spassky is known for his “universal style”. Thatmeans that he plays well in any kind of position.But he is probably most famous for his loss toBobby Fischer in their 1972 title match in Iceland.The rematch in 1992 earned him 3 million dollars.Spassky left the Soviet Union in 1976 and becamea citizen of France, returning to Russia in 2012.


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QUEBEC GIRLSThe Quebec Junior Girls ChessChampionship was played inMontreal on February 10-12. Thewinner, after a playoff, was 9thgrader Maili-Jade Ouellet. YiLin Li came second, with AllisonTsypin and Rachel Wang tyingfor third.

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CANADIAN UNIVERSITIESThis year’s Canadian UniversityChess Championship was heldat Western University in London,Ontario on January 14-15 withtwenty-four teams. The winnerfor the second year in a rowwas the University of Toronto,led by Christopher Knox, whowon all five of his games.

TORONTO GRAND PRIXThere were 171 players at thesecond Grand Prix tournamentin Toronto on February 12. Fiveof them scored perfect 5-0’s:Max Chen, Anthony Atanasov,Jonathan Zhang, Greta Qu,and Nathan Wang. The thirdand final event, sponsored bythe Chess’n Math Association,is scheduled for May 7. Thetotal prize fund is $3000 in giftcertificates.

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CANADA AND WORLD NEWSNEW YORKThirty-eight Quebec students took part in the 2017 New York State

Scholastic Championship at Saratoga Springs on March 11-12. Thetrip was arranged by the Chess’n Math Association. There was a total of 1151 players in the six round tournament,

which was divided into eleven sections. The Quebec players whofinished in the top ten, winning trophies, are listed here:

Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (5 points, 7th place, high school) Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (4½ points, 10th place, high school)Tyler Tanaka (5 points, 2nd place, K-6)Leo Richard (5 points, 6th place, K-6)

Others with a positive score in the championship sections were: high school elementary

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junior high primaryFrancis Durette (4) Richard Bocan (4)Gabriel Tinica (4) Alex Yan (4)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDThere were 55 players at thePrince Edward Island ProvincialChess Challenge on February26 in Charlottetown. This year’sgrade champions are:

1 Sam Wang2 Leon Liang3 Phu Vo4 Luke Dickie5 An Vo6 Tony Wu7 Arnab Kundu8 Kevin Bu9 Joey Zhou

10 SoumyaDeep Chowdhury11 Jack Ronahan-Wood12 Alan Huang

MANITOBAThe Manitoba Provincial ChessChallenge was held March 12.Congratulations to the winnersin each grade.

1 Yuzhou Lin 2 Elazar Schwartz 3 Zachary Piche 4 Martin Riquelme 5 Diana Furda 6 Max Russo 7 Carter Marshall 8 Ethan Eckert 9 Derek Ma

10 Ethan Lin 11 Brock Beach 12 Mathis Penner

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Newfoundland March 18Nova Scotia March 26Saskatchewan April 1British Columbia April 2Alberta April 8New Brunswick April 22Ontario April 23Quebec April 30

The nationals finals will be heldin Toronto on May 21-22

WOMEN’S WORLDThe new women’s world champion

is 25 year old Tan Zhongyi of China.She won the 64 player knockouttournament held at Tehran, Iran inFebruary, defeating Anna Muzychuk(Ukraine) in the final match.

Tan Zhongyi was the world girlsunder 10 champion in 2000 and 2001,and the under 12 champion in 2002.

Last year’s champion Hou Yifan didnot participate. Several top playersrefused to play because of the waywomen are treated in Iran and therequirement to wear a headscarf.

Canadian champion Qiyu Zhou(Ottawa) was eliminated in round 1.

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Each letter is a different kind of piece. Forexample, maybe E’s are pawns and S’s arequeens. The capital letters are one colour(white or black) and the small letters are theother colour. Figure out all the pieces andwhat the last move was. The position mustbe legal (reachable in an actual game).

This kind of puzzle iscalled a “chess rebus”.The diagram has lettersinstead of pieces. It’seasy to see what theyspell. But what pieces dothey stand for?

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MAMATE IN 2TE IN 2White to play.

Force checkmate in two moves.

Place the black king so that:A. Black is in mate.B. Black is in stalemate.C. White has mate in 1

TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYD

There were 4 correct entries for December’s contest.

1 Mate in 2 1.Rxg6+ Kf8 2.Qd8#1...Kh7 2.Qh5#

2 Triple Loyd A.Ke4# B.Ka4= C.Kc4 (Rc3#)The winner of the drawing for a chess tuque is:

Carter Marshall of Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Enter the contest by mailing your solutions to:

k ir i [email protected]: May 15, 2017

One lucky person will win the drawing for a“chess tuque” (navy blue acrylic pullover cap

with an embroidered knight insignia).

Can you solve these puzzles? Send in your answers and

maybe you will win the contest.The prize is a chess tuque, just

like the ones we’re wearing.

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K I R I L’ SORNER

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This is a tale of loneliness and woe. About a young pawnnamed Lani and the sad life she came to know.

Lani was no ordinary girl. She was born with a specialpower. She could freeze things with a touch of her hand.Nobody knew how it happened. Nobody knew a cure.Hers would be the coldest of worlds.

And cold began at home. Lani’s parents could not affordto pay the heating bill. So they shipped her off to a boringschool for gifted children. She grew up like an orphan, andlearned to live without love.

Luckily, Lani was a clever pawn. In science class, sheinvented a device to control her superpower. With a niftybelt and wristbands, she was able to project and aim herfreezing touch. But this only led to more problems, whenshe practised her skills on the other students. Though there was a positive side. Chilled out Johnny and

frost face Bonnie would definitely think twice before theycalled her a freak again!

Lani’s life at school was miserable. She often dreamtabout leaving. And then one night she did. Lani ran away,looking for freedom and hoping for warmer days.

Trouble followed her. So did the authorities. When theyfinally caught her, the courts sentenced Lani to exile. Shewas banished to the farthest region of the chessboard,the X-file. Cold dismal isolation.

Time passed. Lani lived alone and her heart grew colderwith each wintery day. But she mastered her powers andeventually planned an escape. She also gave herself anew name: ICE-O-LANI !

That wasn’t all. She had a new look. A flashy costumein shades of purple, a lovely match to her naturally bluehair. And for that extra sense of mystery: a dark mask.

When Ice-O-Lani was ready to go, it only took a momentto freeze the security system that kept her prisoner. Onceshe left the X-file, she headed back to civilization. Thatwas bad news for the folks in Chesstown.

She showed no mercy to her opponents, winning everygame she played. Anybody who came close to beatingher was instantly iced with a beam of frost. It’s hard tomake good moves when you’re shivering to the bones.

The authorities gave up trying to catch Ice-O-Lani. Shewas usually two or three steps ahead of them and hertrail was always cold. For better or worse, she was free.

Weeks went by, and things continued to go Ice-O-Lani’sway. Until one day she went too far.

She was playing Biff the B and somehow he got a greatposition. That was bad strategy against Ice-O-Lani. Shegave him a chill, but he didn’t make a mistake. Then shehit him again double strength. Biff had no idea what he wasdoing, but he kept making lucky moves. So Ice-O-Lani lethim have it, full blast. Poor Biff was left standing in a blockof ice. Totally frozen.

This was too much for the folks of Chesstown to bear.Someone had to do something. And that someone wasthe hero of our story. SPIDERPAWN!


Like a fierce wind down Central Avenue, across thesnow-covered rooftops, Spidey swung into action.

It didn’t take long to locate the villain. The slick andslushy streets were mostly deserted. But it was perfectweather for an afternoon stroll by the Queen of Cold,the cool and cruel Ice-O-Lani. Spiderpawn slid in besideher, smiled through his mask, and greeted his foepolitely. “Hello, friend, how about a game of chess?”

Lani turned a cold shoulder, gave him an icy stare, thenwarmed up just enough to say, “Okay, sure.”


5. . . . Nbd76. cxd5

Against 6.Bd3, Spidey wasplanning the Meran Systemwith 6...dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5.

6. . . . cxd5 More common is 6...exd5,opening a diagonal for thequeen bishop. The game isequal following 7.Bd3 Bd68.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 Re8.

7. Bd3 Bd68. 0-0 0-0

No surprises yet. Bishopsare developed. Kings arecastled.

9. e4!? Lani is ready to fight andplays to open the centre.The threat is a pawn forkby 10.e5.

9. . . . dxe410. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4

A pair of exchanges makesthe situation clearer.

White has an isolated pawnon d4. In the middlegame,this “isolani” is a strengthbecause it helps to controlthe centre and gives Whitemore space. However, inan endgame, it becomes aweakness because it can’tbe guarded by other pawns.

A battle of superpowers. 1. d4 d52. c4

Lani’s favourite opening, theQueen’s Gambit.

2. . . . c6

Spidey declines the gambitwith the Slav Defence.

3. Nf3 Nf64. Nc3

Both players develop theirknights towards the centre.

4. ... e6This move makes the gamea Semi-Slav. A normal Slavgoes 4...dxc4 5.a4! Bf5 (or5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e68.axb5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 cxb5).

Black blocks in the bishopon c8 but threatens to takeand keep the gambit pawnby 5...dxc4 and 6...b5.

5. e3Safely protecting c4. Now

5...dxc4 is easily answeredby 6.Bxc4. After 5.Bg5, things can get

wild if Black plays 5...dxc4.For example, 6.e4 b5 7.e5h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5!? hxg510.Bxg5 Nbd7.

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14. . . . Bb5! Skewering queen and rook.On 15.Nc4, Black gets theadvantage with 15...Bxh2+!(16.Kxh2 Qc7+ 17.Kg1 Bxc418.Qc3 Rac8)

15. Qh3!?A cold-blooded trap by the

Queen of Cold. Amazingly,Black loses if he takes herrook! Spidey was just about to

fall for it when his spidersense started to tingle.“Uh-oh, I must be missing

something.”15. . . . Qxd4!And right he was. After

15...Bxf1? 16.Nd7!, Whitewill either win the queenor force mate. 16...Qxd417.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qxh7#(or 16...Nxd7 17.Qxh7#)

16. Bg5The threat is 17.Bxf6 gxf618.Qxh7#.

Ice-O-Lani was worried thather opponent had survivedthis long. So, with a flick ofthe wrist, she zapped himwith a cool ray.

His spider suit was wellinsulated, but our hero stillfelt the chill, and decided toget some extra protection.In a flash, he swung off toa neighbourhood store, andquickly returned, in mittensand tuque.

16. . . . Qxe5Once again, 16...Bxf1? is anawful blunder. 17.Bxf6!

17...gxf6 18.Qxh7#17...g6 18.Qh6!17...h6 18.Qg3

18...g6 19.Bxg6!18...g5 19.Ng4!

So the strategy for eachside is easy to understand.White will aim to keep thegame complicated and gofor an attack. Black will tryto simplify into an ending.

11. . . . Qb6 Better than 11...Nf6 which

allows a pin by 12.Bg5.

12. Bc2 The bishop retreats beforeit is attacked by ...Nf6.

12. . . . Nf613. Qd3

Ice-O-Lani has a plan anda dream. Checkmate on h7!

13. . . . Bd7Spiderpawn finally developsthe bishop, freeing his rookon a8 and threatening thex-ray attack 14...Bb5.

14. Ne5?! A bold move, but not goodagainst accurate defence.Better is 14.Re1.


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Ice-O-Lani was impressedby Spidey’s sense of styleand, reluctantly, by his skillat chess.

Only now did she see hisdefensive plan. 17.Bxf6? ismet by 17...Qxh2+! 18.Qxh2Bxh2+ 19.Kxh2 Bxf1. Blackwill be “up the ex” and twopawns after 20.Rxf1 gxf6 or20.Be7 Rfe8.

17. f4Hoping for a miracle. Whiteis lost but Lani isn’t ready toresign yet. Surprisingly, shedidn’t try zapping him again.Perhaps that’s the miracle.

17. . . . Qd4+Spiderpawn takes controlof the game. White is downa knight and pawn. With alittle care, he knew the endwas near.

18. Rf2 White is also toasted after18.Kh1 Bxf1 19.Bxf6 Bxg2+!20.Kxg2 Qd2+ 21.Kh1 Qxc222.Bc3 (or 20.Qxg2 Qxf6).

18. . . . Bc5!

19. Bxf6 Still playing for mate.

19. . . . Qxf2+Not 19...Qxf6? 20.Qxh7#!

20. Kh1 Qxc2

21. Qg3Shifting her threats to g7.

21. . . . g6Seeking a queen trade by

21...Qg6 is safer but slower.Spiderpawn was in a hurryto get out of the cold.

He wasn’t sure why, buthe also began to think thatmaybe Ice-O-Lani was notas bad as people said. Shewas certainly good at chess.

22. Qh4 Bc623. Qh3The attack on g2 ties the

white queen to its defenceand ends all counterplay.

23. . . . Rad8With a big material plus,Black is willing to give backthe exchange to activate arook. Mate is on the way.

24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Re1 Rd126. Qg3

26. . . . Qxg2+27. Qxg2 Rxe1#For the first time in a long

while, Ice-O-Lani had beendefeated. It didn’t hurt theway she thought it would.

She even congratulatedher opponent. “Nice game,I hope we can play againsomeday.”

Spiderpawn was his usualfriendly self. “Yea, me too.”Then he had a great idea.“Hey, would you like a cupof hot chocolate?”


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That was the kindest thing anyone ever said to her. Shecouldn’t find it in her heart to say no. “Okay, sure.”

So they walked over to the park where some of Spidey’sfriends had a campfire. Lily and Biff the B were there, andthey had plenty of hot chocolate for everybody. Oatmealcookies too.

Our hero was the first to speak. “Hey, guys. I’d like tointroduce you to my new friend. Her name’s Ice-O-Lani.”

Biff was understandably speechless, but Lily knew justwhat to say. “Hi, I’m Lily. Glad to meet you.”

Ice-O-Lani blushed. She wasn’t used to such a warmreception. “I’m glad to meet you too. Please, call me Lani.”

“Okay, Lani, have a seat. Let me get you a cup.”And so, dear readers, this tale ends on a cheerful note.

Another Spiderpawn adventure in the books. Another rayof sunshine on the horizon.

Perhaps Lani will find some love and happiness in thisworld. After all, today she made three friends.


ONTARIO 1.4 83 90 1 3QUEBEC 1.8 79 88 1 4BRITISH COLUMBIA 3.1 65 75 2 5ALBERTA 4.2 55 60 3 7MANITOBA 5.7 46 58 3 8NEW BRUNSWICK 6.0 44 61 3 8NEWFOUNDLAND 6.7 40 56 4 9NOVA SCOTIA 8.2 33 44 6 10SASKATCHEWAN 8.3 34 47 5 10PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 9.6 23 44 7 10

ONTARIO 139 97 41 277 652 12QUEBEC 92 96 66 254 534 12BRITISH COLUMBIA 54 43 61 158 306 11ALBERTA 17 27 49 93 154 6MANITOBA 9 25 26 60 103 4NEW BRUNSWICK 5 15 36 56 81 5NOVA SCOTIA 9 14 10 33 66 3SASKATCHEWAN 5 10 17 32 52 3NEWFOUNDLAND 3 5 24 32 43 4PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 1 2 7 10 14 3

STANDINGS AVERAGE AVERAGE BEST HIGHEST LOWESTPLACE % SCORE % SCORE PLACE PLACE

MOST IMPROVED

MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL WEIGHT* MOST1 YEAR

* GOLD = 3 SILVER = 2 BRONZE =1

CANADIAN CHESSCANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGECHALLENGETEAM STATISTICS

1 9 8 9 - 2 0 1 6

TOTAL GAMES PLAYED 14919TOTAL PLAYERS 3224

MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS ONTARIO 20MOST GOLD ONE YEAR ONTARIO 9

MORE POINTS SCORED1999 Nova Scotia + 25½2012 Nova Scotia + 171997 Alberta + 162011 Saskatchewan + 15½ 2001 Nova Scotia + 14½1993 Manitoba + 131994 Ontario + 12½

BIGGEST JUMP IN STANDINGS1990 Alberta 7th to 4th2005 Nova Scotia 9th to 6th2011 Saskatchewan 9th to 6th1999 Nova Scotia 10th to 7th2002 MB 5th to 3rd2006 MB 5th to 3rd2007 AB 5th to 3rd1993 NL 7th to 5th2015 SK 7th to 5th2000 MB 8th to 6th2009 NB 8th to 6th2012 NB 8th to 6th2013 NL 8th to 6th

2014 MB 8th to 6th1993 PE 9th to 7th2000 SK 9th to 7th2001 NS 9th to 7th2003 NL 9th to 7th2004 SK 9th to 7th2012 NS 9th to 7th2015 SK 9th to 7th

Cheshire Cat. Reflections on the winning move.

Setting the stage for the coming battle. Charlottetown 2017

TRIPLELOYD

Chess maze

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BISHOP MAZE IN 9Only the white bishop moves. Capture the black kingin nine moves (or less) without taking any pieces ormoving to a square where the bishop can be taken.Black does not get a turn. solution page 51

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

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10 LEBLANC Austin 911 NBGRADE 8GRADE 81 BU Kevin 1730 PE2 RUSSELL Brett 1493 NF3 CUI Cynthia 1469 NB4 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1195 PE5 DORNIEDEN Jonas 1167 NS6 LOTY Eric 1154 NS7 NAKAYASU Rikuto 1148 NS8 LI Kevin 1091 NS9 MACDONALD Cameron 999 PE

10 CAPELLO Jordon 985 NBGRADE 9GRADE 91 HUANG Xingbo 1497 NF2 CUI Leonardo 1451 NB3 MERRIGAN Daley 1350 NF4 MITTAL Ridhi 1312 NS5 GOSSE Daniel 1125 NF6 WEILAND Robin 1074 NB7 ZHOU Joey Junhe 1036 PE8 MANNHOLLAND Noah 998 PE9 EDWARDS Andrew 988 NF

10 KERR Ian 982 PEGRADE 10GRADE 101 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1461 NF3 PICKARD Ryan 1364 NF4 CHISLETT Benjamin 1341 NF5 NAIDAPPUWA-WADUGE Dulhan 1324 NS6 YEOMANS Ben 1281 NB7 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep 1238 PE8 TRAN Quoc 1218 NS9 HELDT Nils-Lennart 1208 NS

10 PETERS Brian 1169 NSGRADE 1GRADE 1111 SONG Sam 2359 NB2 MCKEOWN Gary 1615 NF3 MACDONALD Brandon 1492 NS4 ROBICHAUD Alexandre 1330 NB5 HE Kate 1275 NS6 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack 1151 PE7 VAN-HEERDEN Hendrik 1074 NF8 VU Nam 1065 NB9 ROBERTSON Joel 1021 NB

10 XING Peter 1003 PEGRADE 12GRADE 121 DAWSON Andrew 1461 NF2 OLDFORD Noah 1347 NF3 TIWARI Lal 1305 NS4 ANDERSEN Paul 1295 NF5 KIM Jong Su 1277 NB6 SCHRADER Nathaniel 1271 NB7 MAKAROV Joshua 1268 NB8 SNELGROVE Stephen 1181 NF9 JACKMAN Luke 1164 NF

10 GREGORY Liam 1115 NFHONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 SONG Sam 2359 NB2 BU Kevin 1730 PE3 MCKEOWN Gary 1615 NF4 HUANG Xingbo 1497 NF5 RUSSELL Brett 1493 NF6 MACDONALD Brandon 1492 NS7 DORRANCE Lucas 1471 NS8 CUI Cynthia 1469 NB9 DAWSON Andrew 1461 NF

10 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan 1461 NF

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10 ZHENG Ethan 501 BCGRADE 2GRADE 21 YANG Ryan 1415 BC2 SONG Ethan 1283 BC3 SCHWARTZ Elazar 918 MB4 ZOU Alex 829 BC5 JIN Alexander 781 BC6 LI Alan 767 SK7 LIN Leo 748 SK8 SOLOMENTSEVA Liliya 742 SK9 TANG Jacky 735 BC

10 ZHOU Frank 732 BCGRADE 3GRADE 31 WU Nathan 1531 BC2 WANG Daniel 1441 BC3 OFFENGENDEN Ron 1289 AB4 YU Sophia 1250 BC5 JIANG Eric 1215 BC6 SU Ethan 1180 BC7 GUO Vincent 1053 BC8 MOK Gillian 1039 BC9 PICHE Zachary 1031 MB

10 CHEN Freddy 967 BCGRADE 4GRADE 41 XU Andrew 1290 BC2 ZHANG Dustin 1231 AB3 SHARMA Vishruth 1207 AB4 WU Benjamin 1203 BC5 RIQUELME Martin 1183 MB6 LIANG Eugene 1083 BC7 QIAN Jason 1054 BC8 GUO Veronica 1049 BC9 LIANG Enoch 1026 BC

10 HE Matthew 1022 BCGRADE 5GRADE 51 GU Chuyang 1691 BC2 WU Lucian 1680 BC3 ZHOU Aiden 1584 BC4 IVANESCU Mark 1416 AB5 TAN Brendan 1347 AB6 JIANG David 1310 BC7 IMOO Joshua 1307 BC8 FURDA Diana 1289 MB9 ZHANG Dan 1284 AB

10 TAN Alexander 1279 ABGRADE 6GRADE 61 LOW Kevin 1879 BC2 HUANG Patrick 1838 BC3 DOKNJAS Neil 1724 BC4 SUPERCEANU Andi 1661 AB5 TIAN Sherry 1660 BC6 JAMES Rowan 1547 BC7 LAU Julian 1499 AB8 YANG Henry 1423 BC9 BUTCHART Kevin 1410 BC

10 RUSSO Max 1395 MB

GRADE 7GRADE 71 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2137 BC2 QU Leo 1802 BC3 ZHENG Victor 1714 BC4 ZHAO Ian 1589 AB5 DU Daniel 1578 BC6 GUO Jim 1528 BC7 MAH Sean 1514 AB8 SASATA Alexander 1445 SK9 WAN Justin 1401 BC

10 KOVAC Adrian 1341 ABGRADE 8GRADE 81 PULFER Luke 1900 BC2 LOW Ethan 1827 BC3 WANG Kaixin 1797 AB4 RICHARDSON Kai 1729 BC5 CHUNG Alec 1706 BC6 LEHINGRAT Callum 1617 BC7 LIN Kaining 1495 AB8 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha 1459 AB9 RENY Alex 1445 BC

10 WEI Daniel 1434 SKGRADE 9GRADE 91 DOKNJAS Joshua 2222 BC2 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB3 YAO David 1838 AB4 SU Michael 1828 BC5 LEONG Ryan 1797 BC6 MA Derek 1719 MB7 FOX Dylan 1693 BC8 GASPARAC Karlo 1665 AB9 WOLCHOCK Theo 1637 MB

10 WANG Jeff 1597 ABGRADE 10GRADE 101 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2338 BC2 ZHENG Maven 1743 BC3 GENG Matthew 1709 BC4 LI Kevin 1663 BC5 SHRESTHA Prayus 1591 AB6 WU Chenxi 1576 AB7 MCCULLOUGH Ian 1534 AB8 HAN Lionel 1485 BC9 JAYAWEERA Lahiru 1467 BC

10 BREWSTER Paula 1458 BCGRADE 1GRADE 1111 CAO Jason 2415 BC2 ZHU Brandon 1859 BC3 KASSAM Jamil 1854 AB4 SHAO Nathan 1841 BC5 LI James 1793 BC6 TAPP Ashley 1743 BC7 KNOX Nathaniel 1732 BC8 KAISER Jakob 1732 AB9 NIE Mark 1715 AB

10 SAHEB Salar 1711 ABGRADE 12GRADE 121 AWATRAMANI Janak 2466 BC2 SHI Diwen 2348 AB3 DOKNJAS John 2292 BC4 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC5 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1909 BC6 HOFFNER Noah 1806 AB7 STANISLUS Allan 1742 AB8 HUANG Zhonglin 1731 AB9 LEE Nicholas 1683 AB

10 WEI William 1682 ABHONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 AWATRAMANI Janak 2466 BC2 CAO Jason 2415 BC3 SHI Diwen 2348 AB4 GEDAJLOVIC Max 2338 BC5 DOKNJAS John 2292 BC6 DOKNJAS Joshua 2222 BC7 HEMSTAPAT Andrew 2137 BC8 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC9 GROSSMANN Lenard 1912 AB

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GRADE 2GRADE 21 GAO Lucy 1097 ON2 QU Greta 957 ON3 ZHUANG Winnie 904 ON4 GUO Rainyee 846 ON5 WANG Lucy 846 QC

GRADE 3GRADE 31 YU Sophia 1250 BC2 AI Amy 1202 ON3 MOK Gillian 1039 BC4 HUA Michelle 983 ON5 JEYAKUMAR Mathusha 858 ON

GRADE 4GRADE 41 LIN Angela 1233 ON2 WANG Rachel 1175 QC3 GUO Veronica 1049 BC4 POBERESHNIKOVA Faina 1020 ON5 JAIN Ankita 985 QC

GRADE 5GRADE 51 TSUKERMAN Julia 1313 QC2 FURDA Diana 1289 MB3 GILANI Mysha 1288 ON4 PLOTKIN Julia 1196 ON5 VELLANKI Naga 1188 ON

GRADE 6GRADE 61 TIAN Sherry 1660 BC2 VAN Anna 1301 BC3 GUO Hazel 1274 ON4 WANG Isabelle 1262 QC5 KAMATH Maya 1003 ON

1 TIAN Sherry 1660 BC2 TSUKERMAN Julia 1313 QC3 VAN Anna 1301 BC4 FURDA Diana 1289 MB5 GILANI Mysha 1288 ON6 GUO Hazel 1274 ON7 WANG Isabelle 1262 QC8 YU Sophia 1250 BC9 LIN Angela 1233 ON

10 AI Amy 1202 ON

GRADE 7GRADE 71 TAN Kylie 1338 ON2 HE Emma 1263 ON3 WANG Caroline 1225 QC4 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 1204 ON5 YANG Angelina 1202 BC

GRADE 8GRADE 81 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 2086 ON2 TSYPIN Allison 1572 QC3 CUI Cynthia 1469 NB4 QIAO Cindy 1438 ON5 ZHANG Taylor 1362 ONGRADE 9GRADE 91 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2224 QC2 PENG Sarah 1700 ON3 YU Rinna 1520 BC4 YU An 1506 BC5 ZHOU Lily 1473 ONGRADE 10GRADE 101 LI Yi Lin 1929 QC2 WANG Constance 1570 ON3 LIU Dora 1527 ON4 ZHU Jiarong 1499 ON5 BREWSTER Paula 1458 BCGRADE 1GRADE 1111 ZHOU Qiyu 2344 ON2 SHI Linda 1767 QC3 WANG Kelly 1703 QC4 GAO Christine 1686 QC5 PENG Janet 1591 ONGRADE 12GRADE 121 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1909 BC2 TAO Rachel 1630 ON3 LI Kristen 1468 ON4 POBERESHNIKOVA Agniya 1462 ON5 GIBLON Melissa 1359 ON

1 ZHOU Qiyu 2344 ON2 OUELLET Maili-Jade 2224 QC3 DEMCHENKO Svitlana 2086 ON4 LI Yi Lin 1929 QC5 NYAMDORJ Uranchimeg 1909 BC6 SHI Linda 1767 QC7 WANG Kelly 1703 QC8 PENG Sarah 1700 ON9 GAO Christine 1686 QC

10 TIAN Sherry 1660 BC

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Information on Winning Chess For Kids series:Book Descriptions,Reviews, Errata, Announcements.

www.coakleychess.com

RARATINGSTINGSScholastic ratings for all players who have taken partin a CMA tournament during the last three years canbe found on the Chess’n Math Association webpage:

wwwwww.chess-math.org.chess-math.orgClick the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which willtake you to the ratings page:

wwwwww.chess-math.org/rat ings.chess-math.org/rat ingsOnce on the ratings page, with Kiril and the map ofCanada, you can search ratings by name, province,age, or grade! You can also find a list of recentlyrated tournaments under the tournaments tab. Clickon the event ID number to see the crosstable.For information on how to rate your tournaments:wwwwww.chess-math.org/how-have-your-tournament.chess-math.org/how-have-your-tournaments-rateds-rated


TTOOUURRNNAAMMEENNTTSSFOR KIDS

TORONTOChess'n Math 416 488-5506Marshall McLuhan School 1107 Avenue Rd.April 9 ON CC qualifier

May 7 Grand Prix

May 28 ON team championship

OTTAWAChess'n Math 613 565-3662Glebe Community Centre 175 Third Ave.April 23 Grand Prix

May 28 June 11 Grand Prix

MONTREALChess’n Math 514 845-8352Loisirs St-Henri530 du CouventApril 23 QC CC qualifier

April 23 Girls championship

May 28 Grand Prix

June 11

QUEBEC TEAMCHAMPIONSHIP

MONTREAL April 1-2Jean de Brebeuf College4 players from same school

three sections by grade

Chess’n Math Association www.chess-math.org

TTOPOP CANADACANADA grade K -6grade K -61 Nameer Issani 2219 ON2 Qiuyu Huang 2215 QC3 Aahil Noorali 1994 ON4 Prince Guipi Bopala 1889 QC5 Kevin Low 1879 BC6 Patrick Huang 1838 BC7 Max England 1747 ON8 Richard Zheng 1725 QC9 Neil Doknjas 1724 BC

10 Anthony Atanasov 1722 ON

LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLER see pages 23 and 51.

E = king. There must be a king of each colour. E is theonly letter with a capital and lowercase.

U = knight. U is not a rook or bishop because there wouldbe an impossible check (from c2 or c1). U is not a queenbecause there would be an impossible double check. U is not a pawn because there is a ‘u’ on the 1st rank.

S = bishop. S is not a queen because there would be animpossible double check. S is not a pawn because thereis an ‘s’ on the 1st rank. S is not a rook because then Rwould be a queen or bishop, and both kings are in check.

R = rook. R is not a pawn (‘R’ on 1st rank). R is not aqueen because both kings would be in check.

B = white pawn. B is not a queen or black pawn becauseboth kings would be in check. Therefore the capital lettersare the white pieces.

The last move was ...Be1+ (or ...e1=B+ or ...fxe1=B+) chess rebus by Andrey Frolkin & Jeff Coakley 2017

Russ, Bess, and SueBe sure to use the bus

to see the suburbs.

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BRITISH COLUMBIAVictoriaVictoria Junior Chess Societyvictoriajuniorchess.pbworks.comBrian [email protected]

VancouverVancouver Chess Schoolvanchess.caMaxim [email protected]

ALBERTAEdmontonRoving Chess Nutsrovingchessnuts.comBruce [email protected]

CalgaryCalgary Junior Chess Clubsites.google.com/site/calgaryjuniorchessclubPaul Gagne [email protected]

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MANITOBAManitoba Scholastic ChessAssociationscholasticchess.mb.caJeremie Piché[email protected]

ONTARIOOttawaChess’n Math Associationchess-math.org250 Bank St.Drew Metcalfe(613) [email protected]

TorontoChess’n Math Associationchess-math.org701 Mt. Pleasant Rd.Francis Rodrigues(416) [email protected]

TorontoChildren Chess Scool of Torontochessforchildren.caNathalia [email protected]

TorontoKnights of Chess Schoolsites.google.com/site/theknightsofchess

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Seneca HillSeneca Hill Chess Clubsenecahillchess.comCorinna [email protected]

GuelphChess Expresschessexpress.caHal [email protected]

KitchenerKW Youth Chess Clubpsmcd.net/kwyccPatrick [email protected]

CornwallAu Diapason Chessaudiapason.caClifford [email protected]

WindsorWindsor Chesswindsorchess.comVlad [email protected]

QUEBECChess’n Math Association3423 St. Denis, Montrealchess-math.org

Virginia Roux(514) 845-8352

NEW BRUNSWICKPierre [email protected]

NOVA SCOTIANova Scotia Scholastic ChessAssociationnssca.caChris [email protected]

PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDPEI Youth Chess Associationpeiyca.caAaron [email protected]

NEWFOUNDLANDNL Scholastic Chess Associationwww.chess.nl.caChris [email protected]

For tournaments and other chess events in your area, visit these websites or contact your local organizer.


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!

H O WH O W TT OO R E A DR E A D AA C H E S SC H E S S G A M EG A M E

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* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MAMATESTES1 1.Rd6#2 1.h4+ Kxh4 2.Bf6#3 1.Qc6+ Bxc6 2.Bxc6#4 1.b7+ Kxb7 2.Qh1#5 1.Be5+ Qxe5

2.Rh7+ Bxh7 3.Nf7#

COMBOCOMBO MOMBOMOMBO1 1.Qxf5 Qxf5? 2.Ne7#

1...gxf5? 2.Rg3+ Qg6 3.Ne7#2 1...Rxc5 2.Rxc5? Qb1+ 3.Qd1 Qxd1#


TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYDA. Kc1#B. Ka2=C. Ka4 (Qa6#)

CHESSCHESS MAZEMAZEBh7-c2-d1-g4-h3-g2-c6-b5-a6xc8

LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLER

R = rook White = capitalsE = king Black = lowercaseB = pawnU = knight last move: ...Be1+S = bishop (or ...e1=B+ or ...fxe1=B+)See page 46 for detailed explanation.

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TTACTICSACTICS 1021021 1.Qxd5 exd5? 2.Nf6# 2 1.Qxd5 Bxd5? 2.Bb5# 3 1.Rxe4 Bxe4? 2.Nxd6# 4 1.Qxh6 gxh6? 2.Re8#

KIRILKIRIL’S’S KLASSKLASS5 1.Qb3+ Kd4 2.Qd3#

10 1...Qe1 2.Kd4 Qc3#

SCHOLAR’S MATE3423 St. Denis #400Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2www.chess-math.org

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