CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS
DECEMBER 2011
number 110
KIRIL AND THE POLAR BEARS
WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
STARTING A SCHOOL CHESS CLUB
SCHOLAR’S MATE
IS O N-L
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Ki ri l's Korner
The Pawn Visits “Chess Iz Us”.
You Are Here!
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How To Read Chess 6
Kiril’s Address
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Canada Top Ten
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Did You Know?
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Chess Challenge
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Tactics 101
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Regional Top 10’s 16
Top Girls
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Combo Mombo
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Mate in 1
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Mate in 2
Mate in 3
Lily’s Puzzler
News
December Camps
Kiril’s Kontest
WYCC Results
Who’s The Goof?
Tournaments
Ratings
Solutions
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HOW TO READ A CHESS GAME
It's easy. The board has 8 files
and 8 ranks. Files are the rows
of squares that go up and down.
Each one is named by a small
letter. Ranks are rows that go
sideways. Each one is named
by a number.
Every square also has a name.
The first part is its file and the
second part is its rank. In this
diagram, a white pawn moved
to e4 and a black pawn to e5.
When moves are written down,
the first capital letter shows the
piece which moves. Q is queen.
B is bishop. R is rook. N is used
for knight because the king is K.
If there is no capital letter, that
means a pawn moves.
Next is the square that the
piece moves to. Bc4 says that a
bishop moves to the square c4.
When a piece is captured, an x
is put before the square. Qxf7
means a queen takes on f7.
If a pawn captures, the letter
of the file it starts on is given
first, then an x followed by the
square it takes on. exd5 says a
pawn on the e-file captures on
the square d5.
When two pieces of the same
kind can go to the same spot,
another letter is put after the
piece to show what file it came
from. Rae1 tells us that a rook
on the a-file moves to e1.
If the pieces that can move to
the same spot are on the same
file, then their rank number is
added. N6e4 means the knight
on the 6th rank moves to e4.
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6
5
4
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KIRIL’S
KLASS
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Here are some special symbols:
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O-O
O-O-O
1-0
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½-½
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check
checkmate
en passant
castles kingside
castles queenside
white wins
black wins
draw
excellent move
mistake
cool move
weird (weak) move
START
TING
A SCHO
OOL
CHE
ESS CLUB
My favourite day of the week is the
day that the chess club meets. Do
you have one at your school?
In this class, we will give you some pointers on how to
get a chess club started at your school, or maybe how to
make it better if you already have one.
The first step is to find a teacher or a parent to organize
and supervise the activities. They don't have to be chess
experts, but it helps a lot if they know how to play! If
you’re not sure who to ask, then see if your principal can
suggest someone.
The second thing that you need is a place to play. Some
schools use their library or the cafeteria, but almost any
classroom will do if it has several flat tables that are easy
to play chess on.
The game below is written in
algebraic notation. Kiril was
new to chess and fell into an
old trap called Scholar’s Mate !
1.
2.
3.
4.
ROCKY
e4
Qh5
Bc4
Qxf7 #
KIRIL
e5
d6
Nf6 ?
Oh no! Kiril got mated in just
four moves. That was no fun!
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Next you have to decide
when your club is going to
meet. Lunch hour or after
school are both good times.
Before you get started,
make sure you have enough
chess sets for everybody. If
you don't have them yet, it's
best to buy big solid pieces
that are hard to break.
It's also a good idea to
buy a demonstration chess
board to hang up on the
wall. This is very useful for
instruction and problem
solving. Plus, it looks really
cool!
Now the only thing that
you need is some members
for your chess club! You
should be able to get a few
players just by making an
announcement at school.
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Once you have a small
group to start with, you can
recruit new members by
promising to teach them the
rules if they come out to the
club.
Another good way to create
some interest in the club is
to set up a chess display at
the beginning of the year.
Your best players can play
against anyone who wants
to challenge them. This can
be exciting for everybody.
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So what do people do
at a chess club anyhow?
Well, they play chess of
course! But there's a lot
more to it than that if you
want a deluxe club.
Each meeting should
begin with a short lesson.
Ten minutes is enough.
The instruction can cover
endgames, basic tactics,
openings, typical mates, or
other topics like you see in
this magazine.
After the lesson is over,
everyone finds a partner for
a game. These can just be
friendly games or you might
run a tourney sometimes.
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Once a year, you can hold
a championship and give
special prizes for winners
in each grade.
If there’s a computer in
your club room, try to get a
chess program for it. They
are lots of fun and very
instructive. You can also
find plenty of chess stuff
on the internet.
Another way to liven up
your club is with a ladder
system. The ”ladder” is a
ranking list with the best
player at the top. You move
up a “rung” on the ladder
by challenging and beating
the person above you.
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For people who are not
playing, you can set up
puzzles on the demo board
for them to solve. Like the
mates in 2 here.
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There are many books on
chess written just for kids.
Ask your librarian if they
can get a couple for the
school library. If there’s no
chess store locally, you
can order books through
the mail.
WHITE TO MOVE
MATE IN 2
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
solutions page 45
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They can also work on
chess exercise sheets.
Have some extra sheets
by the door for everyone
to take home too.
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Perhaps the best thing a
school club can do is to
form a chess team. Then
you can challenge other
schools to a match or join
a league if your city has
one. Win or lose, it's a
great experience.
That’s all for this class,
my friends. We hope you
find it useful. And good
luck with your new club!
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HEY, FRIENDS!
I’VE GOT E-MAIL.
Yo u c a n w r i t e m e a l e t t e r
or enter my contest at:
kiril@chess-math.org
KIRIL’S KLASS
Part 4 of “The French
Defence” will appear
in the next issue.
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canada top ten
KINDERGARTEN
1 BROWN Alexander
2 DAVID Dubreuil
3 LOCKE Sebastian
4 RADIN Andrew
5 LI Sarah-Grace
6 LI Andrew
7 TUCKER Preston
8 STAMONICA Alex
9 LEMIEUX Alexia
10 JIN William
GRADE 1
1 MO Aidan
2 ZHAO Jonathan
3 KHANIN Nikita
4 HUANG Qiuyu
5 LI Harry
6 SUPERCEANU Andi
7 WILKE Lukas
8 GUO Haotong
9 CHEN Hao
10 HOU Alexander
GRADE 2
1 LIN Benjamin
2 ZHAO Ian
3 WASHIMKAR Arhant
4 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
5 KIM Daniel
6 ZHANG Matt
7 RAIZMAN Ruven
8 SASATA Alexander
9 HE Oliver
10 CHEN Michael
GRADE 3
1 LIN Kaining
2 WANG Kaixin
3 HENRY Nadia
4 ZHANG Taylor
5 LAI William
6 NORITSYN Sergey
7 WANG Frank
8 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha
9 GROSSMANN Lenard
10 RUAN Colin
GRADE 4
1 YAO David
2 KANESHALINGAM Mathanhe
3 FAN Run Kun
4 PARAPARAN Varshini
5 ZHAO Yue Tong
6 DOKNJAS Joshua
7 HUANG Immanuel
8 SEKAR Varun
9 YIE Kevin Yi-Xiao
10 TRAN Colin
GRADE 5
1 ZHANG Yuan Chen
2 BALENDRA Harigaran
3 MCCULLOUGH Ian
4 ZOTKIN Daniel
5 SUN Benjamin
6 MAWANI Adam
7 ZHANG Evan
8 SAINE Zachary
9 ZHAO Harry
10 WANG Dinny
GRADE 6
1 CAO Jason
2 BELLISSIMO Joseph
3 NIE Mark
4 KASSAM Jamil
5 KAISER Jakob
6 WANG Kelly
7 AGHAMALIAN Derick
8 LEE Jonah
9 ZITA Matthew
10 LIN Rayden
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444
429
426
421
403
397
390
385
382
352
NS
QC
NL
ON
NL
ON
ON
ON
QC
AB
1060
1022
943
932
898
841
820
807
772
732
ON
ON
QC
QC
ON
AB
ON
ON
ON
ON
1381
1158
1119
1106
1104
1053
987
908
892
884
ON
AB
ON
QC
AB
ON
ON
SK
ON
ON
1609
1590
1465
1418
1402
1388
1371
1360
1351
1275
AB
AB
ON
ON
QC
ON
ON
AB
AB
ON
1575
1536
1528
1495
1439
1413
1404
1368
1354
1345
AB
ON
QC
ON
ON
BC
ON
ON
ON
AB
1774
1704
1612
1561
1504
1499
1498
1472
1457
1455
ON
ON
AB
ON
QC
AB
QC
QC
ON
ON
1906
1839
1814
1750
1732
1598
1573
1552
1536
1506
BC
ON
AB
AB
AB
QC
ON
BC
AB
AB
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GRADE 7
1 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
2 PREOTU Razvan
3 KONG Dezhong
4 DOKNJAS John
5 ZHU HongRui
6 HOFFNER Noah
7 SONG Michael
8 YU Zong Yang
9 CHANG Michael
10 HUANG Zhonglin
GRADE 8
1 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan
2 PENG Jackie
3 LIN Tony
4 DORRANCE Adam
5 PLOTKIN Mark
6 YUN Chang
7 MCCULLOUGH David
8 ZHANG Kevin Z.
9 DESPRES Sebastien
10 SITU Dennis
GRADE 9
1 WANG Richard
2 SEMIANIUK Konstantin
3 LEPINE Cedric
4 KNOX Christopher
5 LUO Zhao Yang
6 WU Qi You
7 FU James
8 LO Ryan
9 KALRA Agastya
10 WANG YueKai
GRADE 10
1 QIN Joey
2 SOHAL Tanraj
3 ZHANG Zhiyuan
4 LEU Richard
5 FLOREA Alexandru
6 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga
7 LI Chang He
8 GUO Forest
9 KALAYDINA Regina
10 DENBOK Daniel
G R A D E 11
1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita
2 GUSEV Nikita
3 ZHANG David
4 MARINKOVIC Mate
5 INIGO Aquino
6 ITKIN David
7 ROY Myriam
8 THOMAS Derek
9 CVETKOVIC Simeon
10 WU Kevin
GRADE 12
1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman
2 CALUGAR Arthur
3 JIANG Louie
4 KLEINMAN Michael
5 YUAN Yuanling
6 XIONG Jerry
7 TROTTIER Emile
8 KAMINSKI Thomas
9 WANG Jesse
10 GELET Seymour
HONOUR ROLL
1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman
2 CALUGAR Arthur
3 QIN Joey
4 JIANG Louie
5 KLEINMAN Michael
6 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita
7 YUAN Yuanling
8 WANG Richard
9 XIONG Jerry
10 GUSEV Nikita
2265
2200
2048
1944
1929
1888
1859
1825
1739
1731
QC
ON
BC
BC
QC
AB
ON
QC
QC
AB
2118
1996
1848
1797
1770
1770
1646
1637
1629
1620
ON
ON
ON
NS
ON
QC
AB
ON
AB
AB
2317
2150
2036
2032
1922
1910
1858
1840
1814
1780
AB
ON
QC
ON
QC
QC
ON
BC
ON
AB
2413
2209
2027
2014
2007
1925
1854
1798
1751
1747
ON
BC
ON
ON
ON
ON
BC
QC
AB
ON
2378
2270
2249
2192
2172
2171
2086
2064
2041
2033
QC
ON
AB
ON
ON
ON
QC
AB
QC
ON
2501
2453
2410
2408
2339
2300
2213
2164
2110
1940
ON
ON
QC
ON
ON
ON
QC
AB
ON
QC
2501
2453
2413
2410
2408
2378
2339
2317
2300
2270
ON
ON
ON
QC
ON
QC
ON
AB
ON
ON
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DID YOU
KNOW ?
In the long history of chess, many
players have been called the best
in the world. But there have only
been 15 world chess champions.
The first official match for the title took place in
1886. Since then, a total of 42 matches have been
played. They are now held every two years, with the
next one scheduled for May 2012 between Vishy
Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand (Israel).
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS
1. Wilhelm Steinitz
2. Emanuel Lasker
3. Jose Capablanca
4. Alexander Alekhine
5. Max Euwe
6. Mikhail Botvinnik
7. Vasily Smyslov
8. Mikhail Tal
9. Tigran Petrosian
10. Boris Spassky
11. Robert Fischer
12. Anatoly Karpov
13. Garry Kasparov
14. Vladimir Kramnik
15. Viswanathan Anand
1886 - 94
1894 -1921
1921 - 27
1927 - 48*
1935 - 37
1948 - 63 *
1957 - 58
1960 - 61
1963 - 69
1969 - 72
1972 - 75
1975 - 85
1985 - 2000
2000 -07
2007-
Austria, USA
Germany, USA
Cuba
Russia, France
Netherlands
Russia
Russia
Latvia
Armenia
Russia, France
USA, Iceland
Russia
Azerbaijan, Russia
Russia
India
* lost title but won rematches
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TACTICS 101
CANADIAN
CHESS
CHALLENGE
FIND THE QUEEN FORKS
White to move and win material.
solutions page 45
2012 National Scholastic Championship
The Chess'n Math Association, Canada’s national
scholastic chess organization, is proud to announce
the 24th annual Canadian Chess Challenge. We hope
that you and your friends can take part this year.
The competition is in four stages: school, regional,
provincial, and national. The finals will take place on
Victoria Day weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
For information on how to enter your school in the
Chess Challenge, contact your provincial coordinator.
A l b e r ta
Bruce Thomas
(780) 473-1557
Nova Scotia
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O n ta r i o
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(514) 845-8352
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(902) 678-4453
British Columbia
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(709) 747-5217
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(306) 445-8369
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ONTARIO TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN
1 RADIN Andrew
2 LI Andrew
3 TUCKER Preston
4 STAMONICA Alex
5 TOHANA Michael
6 FENG Bonny
7 VOSSOUGH Daran
8 WEI Elizabeth
9 MINZAK Anna
10 WANG Katherine
GRADE 1
1 MO Aidan
2 ZHAO Jonathan
3 LI Harry
4 WILKE Lukas
5 GUO Haotong
6 CHEN Hao
7 HOU Alexander
8 CARRIGAN Griffin
9 WU Nicholas
10 BENSIMON Yosef
GRADE 2
1 LIN Benjamin
2 WASHIMKAR Arhant
3 ZHANG Matt
4 RAIZMAN Ruven
5 HE Oliver
6 CHEN Michael
7 ZHENG Ethan
8 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi
9 CHERTKOW Sasha
10 MOTTAGHIAN Sami
GRADE 3
1 HENRY Nadia
2 ZHANG Taylor
3 NORITSYN Sergey
4 WANG Frank
5 RUAN Colin
6 MANGALESWARAN Thakeshon
7 LIU Daniel
8 MING Wenyang
9 LI Edward
10 LIU Ray
GRADE 4
1 KANESHALINGAM Mathanhe
2 PARAPARAN Varshini
3 ZHAO Yue Tong
4 HUANG Immanuel
5 SEKAR Varun
6 YIE Kevin Yi-Xiao
7 IANSAVITCHOUS James
8 TRUONG Kyle
9 BUKTA Miklos
10 HU Bill
GRADE 5
1 ZHANG Yuan Chen
2 BALENDRA Harigaran
3 ZOTKIN Daniel
4 ZHAO Harry
5 WANG Dinny
6 GUGEL Brett
7 WANG Constance
8 CHEN Richard
9 WAN Kevin
10 LIU Jiaxin
GRADE 6
1 BELLISSIMO Joseph
2 AGHAMALIAN Derick
3 THANABALACHANDRAN Luxiga
4 ZHONG Joey
5 SONG Eric
6 CHEUNG Benedict
7 MANGALESWARAN Mathuran
8 ZHANG Jeff
9 WANG Eric
10 OHRLING Erik
16
421
397
390
385
337
333
316
307
301
228
1060
1022
898
820
807
772
732
716
691
672
1381
1119
1053
987
892
884
852
850
838
818
1465
1418
1388
1371
1275
1257
1251
1223
1221
1182
1536
1495
1439
1404
1368
1354
1310
1258
1163
1154
1774
1704
1561
1457
1455
1430
1427
1427
1422
1415
1839
1573
1482
1480
1442
1397
1379
1330
1323
1305
GRADE 7
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 SONG Michael
3 KUTTNER Simon
4 LI Michael
5 LI Yinshi
6 TERRY Joshua
7 GIBLON Melissa
8 MICHELASHVILI Aleksandre
9 YE Hanyuan
10 ZHANG Chang Yi
GRADE 8
1 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan
2 PENG Jackie
3 LIN Tony
4 PLOTKIN Mark
5 ZHANG Kevin Z.
6 NASIR Zehn
7 LI Robert
8 TISMENKO Dennis
9 YE RenXi
10 YANG Bryant
GRADE 9
1 SEMIANIUK Konstantin
2 KNOX Christopher
3 FU James
4 KALRA Agastya
5 POSARATNANATHAN Juliaan
6 HUANG Jayson
7 QIAN Owen
8 DUNNE Francesco
9 YANG Yimang
10 LIU Steven H.
GRADE 10
1 QIN Joey
2 ZHANG Zhiyuan
3 LEU Richard
4 FLOREA Alexandru
5 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga
6 DENBOK Daniel
7 CAI Tony
8 MYERS Joshua
9 SU Stanley
10 CHAN Alex
G R A D E 11
1 GUSEV Nikita
2 MARINKOVIC Mate
3 INIGO Aquino
4 ITKIN David
5 WU Kevin
6 IVANOV Michael
7 GLADSTONE Simon
8 LI David
9 LIU Dan
10 CUNNINGHAM Ross
GRADE 12
1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman
2 CALUGAR Arthur
3 KLEINMAN Michael
4 YUAN Yuanling
5 XIONG Jerry
6 WANG Jesse
7 ORLOVA Yelizaveta
8 PRYSIAZNY Michael
9 WANG Jerry
10 ZHOU Kevin
HONOUR ROLL
1 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman
2 CALUGAR Arthur
3 QIN Joey
4 KLEINMAN Michael
5 YUAN Yuanling
6 XIONG Jerry
7 GUSEV Nikita
8 PREOTU Razvan
9 MARINKOVIC Mate
10 INIGO Aquino
QUEBEC TOP TEN
2200
1859
1522
1510
1492
1486
1453
1443
1442
1410
2118
1996
1848
1770
1637
1533
1495
1474
1468
1413
2150
2032
1858
1814
1608
1558
1527
1464
1460
1442
2413
2027
2014
2007
1925
1747
1683
1550
1518
1482
2270
2192
2172
2171
2033
2022
1952
1799
1707
1656
2501
2453
2408
2339
2300
2110
1923
1858
1696
1683
2501
2453
2413
2408
2339
2300
2270
2200
2192
2172
Scholar’s Mate 110
KINDERGARTEN
1 DAVID Dubreuil
2 LEMIEUX Alexia
3 DIMITROV Philippe
4 LAFORTUNE Finn
5 SEAH Elliott
6 LE BRECH Anouk
GRADE 1
1 KHANIN Nikita
2 HUANG Qiuyu
3 XUE Yanran Elisa
4 KORDA Frantisek
5 GENDRON Isaac
6 GOGA Flavia-Maria
7 MOCANU Alexander
8 MA Anthony
9 VELEV Nicolas
10 LALIBERTE Luca
GRADE 2
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 LIU Robert
3 TUNCBILEK Emir
4 TAO Eric
5 DEMERS Alexis
6 COUTURE Etienne
7 XIE Dazhuo
8 COULOMBE Frederic
9 POULIN Guillaume
10 SAVCHENKO Elizabeth
GRADE 3
1 LAI William
2 TESSIER Leo
3 LIU Julia
4 TINICA Gabriel
5 KORDA Radek
6 JIANG Lucas
7 CAUCHY-VAILLANCOURT Marek
8 BILODEAU-SAVARIA Carl-William
9 CHEN Kelvin
10 LUO Jia Yu
GRADE 4
1 FAN Run Kun
2 ZHANG Hou Han
3 OUELLET Maili-Jade
4 YIP Mattew
5 AIT-CHABANE Adam
6 HUANG Teng Yi
7 LU Jasmine
8 LUO Muhan
9 LU Daisy
10 CHEN Zixin
GRADE 5
1 SUN Benjamin
2 ZHANG Evan
3 SAINE Zachary
4 HUANG Junhao
5 YIP William
6 YANG Eddie
7 ST-CYR Xavier
8 BOISSIERE Nicolas
9 SAHA Ananda
10 FAN Lawrence
GRADE 6
1 WANG Kelly
2 SHI Ling Yun
3 HE Haley
4 GAO Christine
5 LUO Alan
6 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne
7 HU Tian Ren
8 BILODEAU-SAVARIA Cendrina
9 SATIR Ege Nur
10 LU Roselyn
Scholar’s Mate 110
429
382
349
346
334
200
943
932
720
679
634
606
596
568
564
542
1106
866
862
777
750
736
734
725
706
678
1402
1103
1080
956
942
928
863
825
795
774
1528
1280
1234
1210
1196
1180
1175
1150
1142
1127
1504
1498
1472
1426
1343
1336
1321
1244
1205
1200
1598
1487
1316
1285
1270
1250
1244
1237
1234
1210
GRADE 7
1 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
2 ZHU HongRui
3 YU Zong Yang
4 CHANG Michael
5 NIKULICH Andrey
6 EPURE Doru-Alexandru
7 GAO Ying Chen
8 LIU Yu Qing
9 STEPHENNE Renaud
10 LI George
GRADE 8
1 YUN Chang
2 MANAILOIU Dragos
3 GU Sheng-Ming
4 JOHNSON Nicholas
5 BRICHKO Mike
6 JIANG Nathan
7 PATEL Rohan
8 NAZARIAN Ara
9 ROSCA Maria
10 NANTEL Vincent
GRADE 9
1 LEPINE Cedric
2 LUO Zhao Yang
3 WU Qi You
4 PAQUETTE Alexandre
5 XIANG Qun Tian
6 LORANGER Erika
7 VOLKOV Vladislav
8 LIU Mu Dong
9 SHI Yang Tian Jiao
10 SMIRNOV Artème-Iouri
GRADE 10
1 GUO Forest
2 YAO Houji
3 NUNEZ-PAINCHAUD Raphael
4 NIKULICH Oleksandr
5 TAN Guang Tong
6 YU Kexin
7 XU Tian Run
8 WANG Yan
9 HANNA Patrick
10 DOUCET Jean-Pascal
G R A D E 11
1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita
2 ROY Myriam
3 CVETKOVIC Simeon
4 ALLARD Laurent
5 COTE-LALUMIERE Tristan
6 ROZYBAKIYEV Ilchin
7 SPRUMONT Oscar
8 ISAEV Nikola
9 MACISAAC Alexandre
10 BILSKI Simon
GRADE 12
1 JIANG Louie
2 TROTTIER Emile
3 GELET Seymour
4 SARRAZIN-GENDRON Roman
5 KIEU Marc-Andre
6 LIMA-BARBOSA Raphael
7 LEUNG Chin
8 BONI-ROWE Nicolas
9 NANTEL Felix
10 CHEN Bing Yu
HONOUR ROLL
1 JIANG Louie
2 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita
3 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
4 TROTTIER Emile
5 ROY Myriam
6 CVETKOVIC Simeon
7 LEPINE Cedric
8 GELET Seymour
9 ZHU HongRui
10 LUO Zhao Yang
2265
1929
1825
1739
1483
1412
1346
1316
1223
1216
1770
1596
1587
1530
1442
1381
1326
1324
1297
1294
2036
1922
1910
1477
1400
1343
1325
1303
1299
1285
1798
1583
1580
1558
1534
1495
1442
1412
1383
1375
2378
2086
2041
1778
1768
1574
1514
1401
1301
1298
2410
2213
1940
1788
1704
1626
1599
1466
1452
1322
2410
2378
2265
2213
2086
2041
2036
1940
1929
1922
17
ATLANTIC TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN
1 BROWN Alexander
2 LOCKE Sebastian
3 LI Sarah-Grace
4 BROWN Maya
GRADE 1
1 XAVIER-LEBLANC Alexandre
2 RUSSELL Mark
3 BEFEKADU Noah
4 OJO Tobi
5 DAUPHINEE William
6 BOON-PETERSEN Tobin
7 HUBBARD Rachel
8 HIERLIHY Isaac
9 SOUCY Nicolas
10 SAVOIE Elodie
GRADE 2
1 CHEN Norman
2 WALSH Ian
3 KUNDU Arnab
4 LOCKE Heidi
5 BATE Will
6 BOWN Callum
7 HARRIS Jonathan
8 VIGNEAU Paul
9 HACHé Ethan
10 PIERCEY Isaac
GRADE 3
1 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn
2 LATOUR Simon
3 RUSSELL Brett
4 NORMAN Jeremy
5 QIU Nicholas
6 LI Kevin
7 SHABBIR Adnan
8 LEBLANC Julien
9 DENNY Ethan
10 CHANG Melanie
GRADE 4
1 HUANG Xingbo
2 KERR Ian
3 MANNHOLLAND Noah
4 PEARSON Ethan
5 BURDEN Matthew
6 HENDRICKSON Isaac
7 JIANG Harvey
8 MITTAL Ridhi
9 WOODWORTH Kyle
10 COLLINS Max
GRADE 5
1 DORRANCE Lucas
2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan
3 COADY Nicholas
4 TUFTS Sei-Jin
5 DOW Joshua
6 NOLAN Justin
7 QUOC Tran
8 PICKARD Ryan
9 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep
10 SAINT-AUBIN Etienne
GRADE 6
1 SONG Sam
2 ROBICHAUD Alexandre
3 MCKEOWN Gary
4 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack
5 HE Kate
6 WALSH Andrew
7 DELANEY Spenser
8 WHITT Sheldon
9 LATOUR Phillippe
10 NORMAN Bradley
18
444
426
403
309
NS
NL
NL
NS
588
562
435
388
365
360
348
336
335
334
NB
NL
NB
PE
NB
NL
NS
NB
NB
NB
878
700
693
685
649
623
568
543
514
512
NL
NL
PE
NL
NS
NS
NL
NB
NB
NL
926
766
747
743
672
664
609
590
538
521
PE
NB
NL
PE
NL
NS
PE
NB
NL
NS
1173
1015
850
817
771
685
684
666
665
637
NL
PE
PE
NB
NL
PE
NL
NL
NS
NL
1311
1131
949
942
929
901
886
882
845
824
NS
NL
NL
NS
PE
NL
NS
NL
PE
NB
1242
1226
1108
992
987
908
869
830
815
792
NB
NB
NL
PE
NS
NL
NL
NL
NB
PE
GRADE 7
1 ANDERSEN Paul
2 OLDFORD Noah
3 SNELGROVE Stephen
4 SCHRADER Nathaniel
5 DAWSON Andrew
6 ONG Ivanseth
7 HICKMAN Thomas
8 GREGORY Liam
9 KIEFTE Andrew
10 MAKAROV Joshua
GRADE 8
1 DORRANCE Adam
2 FENG Xinyu
3 STEELE Deivan
4 BUTLER Kevin
5 MCKEOWN Brody
6 SHAMAEI Ashkan
7 GALLANT Cameron
8 TWEEL James
9 BURGGRAFF Matthew
10 CHAULK Arrick
GRADE 9
1 QIU Christopher
2 PETERS Jeremy
3 ZHANG MaoMao
4 ROBICHAUD Nicolas
5 WANG Jeffrey
6 CROWELL Iain
7 DAWSON Laura Jane
8 HINK Ian
9 SCOTT Nicholas
10 CHURCHILL Shea
GRADE 10
1 BENDZSA Matthew
2 GALLANT Dennis
3 TSAI Steven
4 HUNT Nicholas
5 RAMOS Alexander
6 NOH Jaehoon
7 CARSON Cody
8 BANGLA Venu
9 BARADARAN NOVEIRI Pouya
10 CASTONGUAY-PAGE Yannick
G R A D E 11
1 DROVER Justin
2 RAINNIE Aaron
3 LU Fred
4 STACKHOUSE Jordan
5 MATHEWS Tim
6 LAPLACE Logan
7 LIANG Andy
8 MEISNER Dana
9 ELMS Andrew
10 LIU Jim
GRADE 12
1 KEITH-JACQUES Liam
2 DAWSON Michael
3 GREGORY Calvin
4 HERBINGER Florent
5 BENNETT Lee
6 PEARCE Kyle
7 NADEAU Alex
8 MCDAVID Steven
9 PERRY Alexander
10 FINDLEY Michael
HONOUR ROLL
1 KEITH-JACQUES Liam
2 DORRANCE Adam
3 DAWSON Michael
4 BENDZSA Matthew
5 DROVER Justin
6 QIU Christopher
7 PETERS Jeremy
8 FENG Xinyu
9 RAINNIE Aaron
10 GREGORY Calvin
WESTERN TOP TEN
1210
1138
1133
1133
1059
1044
990
983
968
950
NL
NL
NL
NB
NL
NS
NL
NL
NS
NB
1797
1359
1014
998
967
967
962
944
939
937
NS
NB
NS
NL
NL
PE
NS
PE
NL
NL
1430
1429
1334
1318
1220
1204
1065
1060
1013
1011
NL
NS
PE
NB
NS
PE
NL
PE
PE
NL
1516
1266
1217
1166
1096
1077
1052
1029
1022
1014
NL
NS
NS
NL
NL
NS
NB
PE
NS
NB
1511
1350
1190
1138
1129
1113
1050
1047
965
957
NL
PE
NS
NB
NL
NB
NS
NS
NL
PE
1841
1517
1344
1318
1303
1132
1115
1013
994
973
NB
NL
NL
NS
NS
NL
NB
NB
PE
NL
1841
1797
1517
1516
1511
1430
1429
1359
1350
1344
NB
NS
NL
NL
NL
NL
NS
NB
PE
NL
Scholar’s Mate 110
KINDERGARTEN
1 JIN William
2 ZHANG Jessica
GRADE 1
1 SUPERCEANU Andi
2 ZHU Harmony
3 HUANG Patrick
4 DOKNJAS Neil
5 JAMES Rowan
6 SILLADOR Gabriel
7 SCHWARTZ Elisheva
8 AMROM Itay
9 LOW Kevin
10 MHAMANE Khushi
GRADE 2
1 ZHAO Ian
2 KIM Daniel
3 SASATA Alexander
4 ZHANG Daniel
5 HUSTON-EARLE Joshua
6 KOVAC Adrian
7 APOSTOLU Alex
8 LI Eric
9 MA Jeffery
10 SHARAN Praveer
GRADE 3
1 LIN Kaining
2 WANG Kaixin
3 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha
4 GROSSMANN Lenard
5 PULFER Luke
6 LI Ying
7 LORTIE Isaac
8 WEI Daniel
9 AMROM Ron
10 BROUGHTON Ada
GRADE 4
1 YAO David
2 DOKNJAS Joshua
3 TRAN Colin
4 TOLENTINO Patrick
5 SU Michael
6 BAL Nrithya
7 LORTIE Benjamin
8 WOLCHOCK Theo
9 MA Derek
10 ROBERTSON Sean
GRADE 5
1 MCCULLOUGH Ian
2 MAWANI Adam
3 STEVANOVIC Boris
4 STANISLUS Kevin
5 KUYE Tosin
6 TOLENTINO Andre
7 XU Jing Zhi
8 BHANDARI Yashaswi
9 LIN Ethan
10 VAGANOV John
GRADE 6
1 CAO Jason
2 NIE Mark
3 KASSAM Jamil
4 KAISER Jakob
5 LEE Jonah
6 ZITA Matthew
7 LIN Rayden
8 WANG Poplar
9 NGUYEN Vinh
10 MULIAWAN Lukas
Scholar’s Mate 110
352 AB
303 AB
841
674
646
636
604
536
533
456
425
403
AB
BC
BC
BC
BC
AB
MB
MB
BC
AB
1158
1104
908
853
845
737
727
672
647
600
AB
AB
SK
AB
MB
AB
AB
AB
AB
BC
1609
1590
1360
1351
1234
1099
1088
983
961
793
AB
AB
AB
AB
BC
AB
SK
SK
MB
AB
1575
1413
1345
1288
1215
1212
1178
1165
1143
1116
AB
BC
AB
AB
BC
AB
SK
MB
MB
AB
1612
1499
1368
1343
1284
1266
1234
1204
1138
1107
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
BC
AB
MB
AB
1906
1814
1750
1732
1552
1536
1506
1503
1448
1418
BC
AB
AB
AB
BC
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
GRADE 7
1 KONG Dezhong
2 DOKNJAS John
3 HOFFNER Noah
4 HUANG Zhonglin
5 STANISLUS Allan
6 SHI Diwen
7 WEI William
8 AWATRAMANI Janak
9 DI BLASI Luciano
10 HESSE Austin
GRADE 8
1 MCCULLOUGH David
2 DESPRES Sebastien
3 SITU Dennis
4 YANG Tony
5 PAVLIC Stephen
6 HUI Jeremy
7 SWIFT Ryne
8 CHAN Dante
9 HERDIN Mathew
10 ZHAO Chenxi
GRADE 9
1 WANG Richard
2 LO Ryan
3 WANG YueKai
4 LAI Jingzhou
5 LUDWIG Michael
6 SONG Henry
7 BANSAL Prabjeet
8 SHI MingHang
9 BARON Desmond
10 PANG Michael
GRADE 10
1 SOHAL Tanraj
2 LI Chang He
3 KALAYDINA Regina
4 SINGH Krishneel
5 WASSERMAN Leor
6 VIRJI Naveed
7 XIAO Alice
8 REYNOLDSON Nigel
9 TING Aaron
10 LI Stanley
G R A D E 11
1 ZHANG David
2 THOMAS Derek
3 BOTEZ Alexandra
4 LECLERC Etienne
5 CHENG Jack
6 HAN Yiming
7 KIRSCH Zachary
8 SANTOS Christopher
9 HAN Yifei
10 LI Devon
GRADE 12
1 KAMINSKI Thomas
2 MILLER David
3 GREEN Aaron
4 WU Allan
5 LAZO Jan
6 DE GUZMAN Jeff
7 WANG Harris
8 LACY Sean
9 TIMM Joshua
10 WIEBE Isaac
HONOUR ROLL
1 WANG Richard
2 ZHANG David
3 SOHAL Tanraj
4 KAMINSKI Thomas
5 THOMAS Derek
6 KONG Dezhong
7 BOTEZ Alexandra
8 DOKNJAS John
9 LECLERC Etienne
10 CAO Jason
2048
1944
1888
1731
1701
1698
1682
1662
1572
1511
BC
BC
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
BC
AB
AB
1646
1629
1620
1600
1573
1564
1561
1464
1347
1347
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
BC
MB
AB
BC
AB
2317
1840
1780
1763
1758
1694
1664
1643
1632
1573
AB
BC
AB
BC
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
MB
2209
1854
1751
1687
1547
1534
1486
1389
1353
1236
BC
BC
AB
AB
MB
AB
BC
SK
AB
AB
2249
2064
1952
1914
1884
1652
1587
1556
1446
1322
AB
AB
BC
AB
BC
BC
AB
MB
BC
MB
2164
1900
1883
1682
1682
1667
1568
1535
1456
1400
AB
AB
MB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
SK
MB
2317
2249
2209
2164
2064
2048
1952
1944
1914
1906
AB
AB
BC
AB
AB
BC
BC
BC
AB
BC
19
C O M B O M O M B O !!
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GRADE 1
1
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2
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3
ZHU Harmony
4
GOGA Flavia-Maria
5
SCHWARTZ Elisheva
GRADE 2
1
MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi
2
CHERTKOW Sasha
3
LOCKE Heidi
4
RODRIGUES Julia
5
SAVCHENKO Elizabeth
GRADE 3
1
HENRY Nadia
2
ZHANG Taylor
3
LIU Julia
4
PERRONE Anna
5
ZHANG Jeannie
GRADE 4
1
KANESHALINGAM Mathanhe
2
PARAPARAN Varshini
3
OUELLET Maili-Jade
4
LU Jasmine
5
BIRAROV Nicole
GRADE 5
1
WANG Constance
2
LIU Jiaxin
3
ZHU Jiarong
4
YU Xin Yi
5
MILICEVIC Ljudmila
GRADE 6
1
WANG Kelly
2
SHI Ling Yun
3
THANABALACHANDRAN Luxiga
4
GAO Christine
5
ZHOU Qiyu
807
720
674
606
533
ON
QC
BC
QC
MB
850
838
685
681
678
ON
ON
NL
ON
QC
1465
1418
1080
1023
946
ON
ON
QC
ON
ON
1536
1495
1234
1175
1151
ON
ON
QC
QC
ON
1427
1415
1294
1149
1120
ON
ON
ON
QC
ON
1598
1487
1482
1285
1280
QC
QC
ON
QC
ON
q P R I N C E S S PA
PA R A D E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
20
WANG Kelly
KANESHALINGAM Mathanhe
PARAPARAN Varshini
SHI Ling Yun
THANABALACHANDRAN Luxiga
HENRY Nadia
WANG Constance
ZHANG Taylor
LIU Jiaxin
ZHU Jiarong
1598
1536
1495
1487
1482
1465
1427
1418
1415
1294
GRADE 7
1
GIBLON Melissa
2
MILICEVIC Aleksandra
3
CHENG Megan
4
GODWIN Michelle
5
LAM Michelle
GRADE 8
1
PENG Jackie
2
YUN Chang
3
SAMETOVA Zhanna
4
ROSCA Maria Alexandra
5
RAVICHANDRAN Jarsheni
GRADE 9
1
LORANGER Erika
2
GIBLON Rebecca
3
HOU Qian Qian
4
NAZARETH Linda
5
DAWSON Laura Jane
GRADE 10
1
VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga
2
KALAYDINA Regina
3
YU Kexin
4
XIAO Alice
5
WANG Yan
G R A D E 11
1
ROY Myriam
2
BOTEZ Alexandra
3
VIGNARAJAH Muralie
4
TRAN Tracey
5
LEE Cynthia
GRADE 12
1
YUAN Yuanling
2
ORLOVA Yelizaveta
3
LEE Melissa
4
UTEPOVA Alika
5
CRITES Valerie
1453
1390
1357
1228
1204
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
1996
1770
1306
1297
1138
ON
QC
ON
QC
ON
1343
1321
1211
1134
1065
QC
ON
QC
ON
NL
1925
1751
1495
1486
1412
ON
AB
QC
BC
QC
2086
1952
1287
1078
1078
QC
BC
ON
AB
AB
2339
1923
1346
1317
1245
ON
ON
ON
QC
ON
q CANADIAN QUEENS
QC
ON
ON
QC
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
YUAN Yuanling
ROY Myriam
PENG Jackie
BOTEZ Alexandra
VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga
ORLOVA Yelizaveta
YUN Chang
KALAYDINA Regina
WANG Kelly
KANESHALINGAM Mathanhe
2339
2086
1996
1952
1925
1923
1770
1751
1598
1536
ON
QC
ON
BC
ON
ON
QC
AB
QC
ON
Scholar’s Mate 110
Sometimes our own pieces get in each other’s way.
When that happens, we can often win by sacking a
piece to open a line of attack.
ò White mates in 2 with a rook sacrifice that clears
a diagonal for the queen. 1.Re8+! Rxe8 2.Qxh7#
ô Black to move scores with 1...Na3+!, forking the
king and queen, and opening a line for the bishop.
After 2.bxa3 Bd3, black pins and wins the queen.
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Scholar’s Mate 110
 BLACK TO MOVE
solutions page 45
Mate in 3
21
MATE IN 1
MATE IN 2
WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK
IN ONE MOVE.
WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK
IN TWO MOVES.
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solutions page 45
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wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdw!]
ÜdwdwdKdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd]
Údwdwdk1w]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árhb1kgn4]
à0p0wdwdp]
ßwdw0wdNd]
ÞdwdwdwdQ]
Ýwdwdpdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)P)w)P)]
Ú$NGwIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdb1kgw4]
à0pdn0p0p]
ßwdpdwhwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdw)Ndwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)PdQ)P)]
Ú$wGwIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdw4wgwd]
àdpdwdwip]
ßpdb0wHpd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwdwGwdQd]
ÜdB)wdwdP]
ÛwdPdwdPI]
Ú1wdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdw1kgw4]
àdp0wdp0p]
ßpdw0whwd]
ÞdwdwHwGw]
ÝwdBdPdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wdbIwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdrdwdwd]
àdwdRdPdk]
ßwdwdwdw0]
Þ0wdwdwdw]
Ýw0wdw)qd]
ÜdBdwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdwdw)]
ÚdwIwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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MATE IN 3
LIL Y ' S P U Z Z L E R
WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK
IN THREE MOVES.
solutions page 45

w________w
áwdwdwdkd]
à0w0Rdwdw]
ßqdwdwdw0]
Þdw0wdpdw]
Ýwdwgwdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)P!wdw)]
ÚdwIwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdw1rdkd]
àdpdndw0w]
ßpdndpdwd]
Þdw0p)wHQ]
Ýwdw)wdwd]
Üdw)wdwdw]
ÛPdPdw)P)]
Ú$wdw$wIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdwdrdwi]
à0p1ndpdB]
ßwdpgwdw!]
Þdwdpdwdw]
Ýwdw)wdwd]
Üdw)wdwdP]
ÛPdPdw)Pd]
Ú$wdwdRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdw4w4kd]
à0pdw1pdp]
ßwdpgw!pd]
Þdwdpdwdw]
ÝwdPHwdwd]
ÜdPdw)wdP]
ÛPGwdw)Pd]
ÚdwdRdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
H I B OYS A ND G IRLS !
w________w
árhb1wgn4]
à0p0k0p0p]
ßwdw0wdwd]
Þdw)wdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)w)P)P)]
Ú$NGwIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
We’re happy to welcome
back ace chess detective
Harmonius Hound. He has
two more mysteries for us
to investigate.
EACH POSITION
WAS REACHED
AFTER BLACK’S
FOURTH MOVE.
WHAT WERE THE
MOVES?
The diagram positions,
with white to play, were
reached in actual games
after exactly four turns
by each side. The moves
might have been silly, but
they were legal.
Can anybody solve the
“Unusual Case of the
Misplaced King”?
Good luck!
w________w
árhb1wgn4]
à0p0k0p0p]
ßwdw0wdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝPdwdwdwd]
Üdw)wdwdw]
Ûw)w)P)P)]
Ú$NGwIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
solutions page 45
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CANADA
AND
WORLD
NEWS
QUEBEC YOUTH
ALBERTA JUNIOR
WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2011 Quebec Youth Chess
Championship, sponsored by
PepsiCo, was held in Montreal
on November 25-27, with 56
players. The winners were:
<10 Benjamin Sun
<12 Yang Yu Zong
<14 Nicholas Johnson
<16 Tristan Cote-Lalumiere
13 players took part in the
Alberta Junior Championship
on November 5 - 6 in Calgary.
First place went to 11th grader
David Zhang (Calgary) with 4½
points out of 5 games.
Last year’s champion, David
Miller (Grand Prairie), came in
second, followed by Richard
Wang (Edmonton) in third.
For those people who may not
know, in chess “junior” refers to
competitions for players under
20 years old.
The 2011 World Youth Chess Championships took place in
Caldas Novas, Brazil on November 17-27. There were 1120 kids
from 80 different nations participating this year, including a record
40 Canadians (22 boys and 18 girls).
It was a great year for Team Canada as four of our players
finished in the top 10 in their age groups.
Michael Song was the biggest hero. The 7th grader from Toronto
won a bronze medal by placing 3rd in the under 12 section.
Yuanchen Zhang (Toronto) came 9th in the under 10, and Richard
Wang (Edmonton) was 10th in the under 14.
Other players with a plus score (5 or more points out of 9 games)
in the open sections were Frank Wang (Mississauga), Luke Pulfer
(Surrey), Razvan Preotu (Burlington), Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte
(Montreal), David Zhang (Calgary), Mark Plotkin (Toronto),
Konstantin Semianiuk (Toronto), and Loren Laceste (Vancouver).
Well done, guys!
Our leading player in the girls competition was Taylor Zhang
(Toronto), who finished 5th in the under 8 section with 6½ points.
Other girls with a plus score were Jeannie Zhang (Windsor),
Constance Wang (Toronto), Qiyu Zhou (Ottawa), and Myriam Roy
(Montreal). Way to go!
See page 40 for all the Canadian results and the top three
players in each section.
Next year’s WYCC will be held in Maribor, Slovenia.
NEWFOUNDLAND
The 2011-2012 Newfoundland
and Labrador Individual Chess
Championship was played on
November 11 in St. John’s, with
61 players attending.
The champions are:
Ian Walsh
PRIMARY
ELEMENTARY Gary McKeown
JUNIOR HIGH Christopher Qiu
HIGH SCHOOL Michael Dawson
NEW BRUNSWICK
The New Brunswick Closed
Chess Championship, held in
Saint John on November 26-27
was won by 20 year old Elias
Oussedik (Moncton).
MANITOBA JUNIOR
The Manitoba Junior took place
November 20 in Winnipeg. The
new champion is 9th grader
Kevin Li, after a playoff with
runner-up Leor Wasserman.
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MONTREAL TEAMS
The December scholastic team
tournament at Jean de Brebeuf
College attracted 385 players.
The winning schools were:
K-3 1. Charlemagne
2. Selwyn House
3. Fernand-Séguin
K-6 1. Charlemagne
2. Ste-Catherine-de-Sienne
3. Michèle-Provost
7-11 1. Jean-Eudes
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VICTORIA
There were 24 players at the
Victoria City Championship on
December 4. The winners in the
3 sections by grade were:
GRADE K-3
Patrick Huang
GRADE 4-7
Matthew Geng
GRADE 8-12
Jill Ding
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B.C. JUNIOR
The British Columbia Junior
Championship was played on
November 13 in Vancouver with
12 participants. The winner of
the 5 round tournament was
John Doknjas (Surrey). Tanraj
Sohal (Surrey) and Jack Cheng
(Vancouver) tied for second.
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HOLIDAY
CHESS C AMPS
TORONTO
MONTREAL
The Chess Studio
701 Mt. Pleasant Rd.
Chess’n Math Building
3423 St. Denis
MORE NEWS
MARITIME SCHOLASTIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
DECEMBER 19 - 23 DECEMBER 27 - 30
DECEMBER 26 - 30
JANUARY 3 - 6
FULL DAYS 9 am to 5 pm
HALF DAYS 9 am - 1 pm or 1 - 5 pm
OPEN TO STUDENTS AGE 5 - 14
from BEGINNERS to RATING 1500
groups divided by rating and age
classes and tournaments
CAMP FEES VARY BY LOCATION AND NUMBER OF DAYS
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FEES
CHESS’ N MATH A SSOCIATION
Toronto
Montreal
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416 488-5506
514 845-8352
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The second annual Maritime Scholastic Team Championship was
held in Halifax on November 19 between teams from Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Each province fielded
24 players for the four round match, which was divided into four
groups by grade.
The overall winner was Team New Brunswick (pictured above),
with 62½ points out of 96. Nova Scotia was second with 46½, but
placed first in the grade 7-9 group. PEI had 35 points.
The individual champions were Karla Lynn McCallum (PE K-3),
Sam Song (NB 4-6), Adam Dorrance (NS 7-9) and Aaron Rainnie
(PE 10-12).
Other players deserving mention, with perfect 4-0 scores, were:
NB Yannick Castonguay-Page, Paul Vigneau, Alexandre LeBlanc,
Alexandre Robichaud, Ethan Pearson, Joshua Makarov, Philippe
Latour; NS Jeremy Peters, Benjamin King; and PEI Arnab Kundu.
Charlottetown will host the event in 2012. Thanks to Lawtons
Drugs for sponsoring scholastic chess in Atlantic Canada.
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WELCOME TO MY CONTEST !
Can you solve the 4 puzzles on the next
page? Mail me your answers if you do.
One lucky person will win a Kiril T-shirt.
White moves first in the mate problems.
In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd”
before, here are some examples:
In a CHESSMAZE only one white
piece moves. In this maze, it is
the white queen. The object is to
capture the black king without
taking any pieces or moving
where the queen can be taken.
Draw a line to show the path of
the queen. This is a Maze in 5.
That means you should get the
king in ten moves or less.
w________w
áwgwdwind]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdndpd]
Þdqdwdpdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛPdwdwdwd]
Ú!wIwgwhw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
The TRIPLE LOYD was invented
by Sam Loyd, a famous chess
composer. They are called triple
because there are three parts. In
part A, you place the black king
on the board so that he is in
checkmate. In part B, place him in
stalemate. For part C, put the
black king down so that White
has a mate in 1. solutions page 45
w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdw$wdwdw]
Ýwdw0wdwd]
ÜdwdNdwdw]
ÛKdwdPdwd]
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
We received NO correct solutions to October’s contest.
How could that happen!?
1 Mate in 1
1.Qg8#
2 Mate in 2
1.Qd5+ Bxd5 2.Bxd5#
3 Maze
4 Loyd
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Re6-c6-c1-h1-h5-g5-g4-a4-a3-b3-b7-d7-d8xf8
A.Kd8 B.Kh8 C.Kd3 (Nb4#)
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KIRIL'S KONTEST
Mail entries to: 3423 St. Denis #400 Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2
or e-mail to: kiril@chess-math.org
Deadline : January 21
w________w
áwGwdwdwd]
àdwdwdwIw]
ßwdw4wdwd]
Þdwdwiwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
ÜdwHwdQdw]
Ûwdbdwdw1]
Ú$wdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
w________w
áwdwdw4kd]
àdw0w!pdw]
ßw4wdwdw0]
ÞdwdwhNdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
ÜdwdRdwdP]
Ûw1wdwdPI]
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 1
MATE IN 2
w________w
áwdw1wdwd]
àdwdwdndw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þ)wdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwi]
Üdwdwdqdw]
Ûwdqdwdwd]
ÚdwdQIwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdNdwdw]
ßwdwdwdRd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
ÜdwdRdwdK]
ÛwdwHwdwd]
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
CHESSMAZE IN 8
TRIPLE LOYD
Only the white QUEEN moves.
Capture the black king without
taking any pieces or moving
where the queen can be taken.
PLACE THE BLACK KING IN :
A
Checkmate
B
Stalemate
C
Mate in 1
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K I R I L’ S
O
R
N
E
R
KIRIL
AND THE
POLAR BEARS
Kiril has friends all over Canada. That’s a nice thing
about playing chess. You meet lots of people.
In November, Kiril decided to take a winter vacation.
So he travelled up north by Hudson Bay to visit some
of his coolest pals.
One day Kiril and his friends went out sledding. Just
when they were getting used to the cold, a big blizzard
started and ended all their fun. They headed home with
their heads down.
Somehow Kiril drifted apart from the others along the
way. When he looked up, he was already lost. Uh-oh!
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Kiril kept on walking but he didn’t know if he was
going anywhere. The only thing he could see was snow.
The cold was getting colder and Kiril was turning blue.
He couldn’t go on much further.
That’s when he saw it, there in the distance. It was a
giant store. As he got closer, he could not believe his
eyeballs. The sign above the door said Chess Iz Us!
Kiril forgot that he was half-frozen and shouted out,
“Wow, this must be my lucky day!”
Nobody answered when he
knocked. But when he saw
two polar bears coming
down the hill on a sled,
he ran inside anyhow.
The place was FULL
of chess stuff. Sets and
boards and books and
clocks and magazines.
Everything! He even saw
a copy of Scholar’s Mate!
The two bears came running
in the door behind him. Uh-oh!
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Kiril had to hide quickly. So he jumped on one of the
chessboards and pretended to be just another pawn.
Wouldn’t you know it? The polar bears came over and
started playing right on the board where he was hiding.
Kiril was the white e-pawn. And he was in the game!
White
Black
POLO BEAR
POOKIE BEAR
Our hero had the chills and
was shaking inside. But he
didn’t move. Those bears
might be hungry!
1.
d4
w________w
árhb1kgw4]
à0p0pdp0p]
ßwdwdwhwd]
Þdwdw0wdw]
ÝwdP)wdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)wdP)P)]
Ú$NGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
Kiril breathed easier. Polo
BUDAPEST DEFENCE
(That’s one of the bears.)
moved another pawn.
Kiril looked down the e-file.
He couldn’t see what was
1.
...
Nf6
guarding e5. Neither could
The other bear (Her name Polo. He took the pawn in
is Pookie.) takes a knight his paw and laughed at his
out and stops 2.e4.
little sister. “Gee, Pookie,
don’t you like pawns?”
2. c4
e5
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3.
dxe5
Ng4
w________w
árhb1kgw4]
à0p0pdp0p]
ßwdwdwdwd]
Þdwdw)wdw]
ÝwdPdwdnd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)wdP)P)]
Ú$NGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
This is black’s idea! She
plans to win the pawn back
with her pieces. (by 4.Nf3
Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 or 4.Bf4 Nc6
5.Nf3 Bb4+ and 6...Qe7)
4.
Qd4
The white queen protects
e5 and attacks the knight.
Pookie gambits the pawn!
4.
...
5.
exd6
d6!
Bxd6
Kiril was warming up now.
He thought he might even
enjoy this game. Then he
saw that the snow on his
cap was melting. There was
a puddle on the squares
around him. Uh-oh!
6.
Nf3
These were smart bears.
Look how Polo steps over
two sneaky traps.
Grabbing another pawn
by 6.Qxg7? loses a rook
after 6...Be5! 7.Qg5 Qxg5
8.Bxg5 Bxb2.
And chasing the knight
by 6.h3? loses the queen
to 6...Bb4+ and 7...Qxd4.
6.
7.
...
h3
0-0
Polo kicks the horse away.
After it retreats 7...Nf6, he
has the pin 8.Bg5.
w________w
árhb1kdw4]
à0p0wdp0p]
ßwdwgwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwdP!wdnd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)wdP)P)]
Ú$NGwIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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w________w
árdb1rdkd]
à0p0wdp0p]
ßwdwgwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwhPdwdwd]
Üdw!whNdP]
ÛP)wdP)Pd]
Ú$NGwIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
POLO
7.
...
Nc6
Pookie ignores the threat.
She develops a piece and
gains a tempo by attacking
the white queen. She also
sets two more traps.
8.
Qe4
White has to be careful.
8.Qd1? Nxf2! 9.Kxf2 Bg3+
costs the queen.
Also expensive is the pin
8.Qc3? Bb4.
8.
...
Re8
the puddle. Everything got
wet, including Polo! But the
bear didn’t care. He shook
his head and kept playing
like nothing was wrong.
11.
Bxe3
Falling for 11.fxe3 Bg3#
would be unbearable!
Best was 11.Na3 Nxa2 12.Rxa2
Bb4! 13.Bxe3 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3
with three minor pieces for the
queen. (not 13.Qxb4? Qd1#)
On move 10, black had the
better 10...Bf5! 11.hxg4 Nd3+!
Qc2
Nb4
10. Qc3
Polo is ahead a pawn, but
way behind in tempos.
10.
...
Ne3!?
Jumping right in front of
Kiril! When Pookie set the
knight down, it splashed in
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POOKIE
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...
Rxe3
Kiril stared up at the rook
towering over him. It was
five times bigger than him!
And it couldn’t be taken.
12.fxe3? Bg3#
12.Qxe3? Nc2+
12. Qd2
Pookie smiled at her big
brother and asked, “Gee,
Polo, don’t you like rooks?”
But before he could say
anything, her other knight
hopped in next to Kiril and
she shouted, “Checko, bro!”
12.
The queen chase is on!
9.
11.
...
w________w
árdb1wdkd]
à0p0wdp0p]
ßwdwgwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
ÝwdPdwdwd]
ÜdwdwdrdP]
ÛP)w!PhPd]
Ú$NIwdBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
15. exf3
Nd3+
Kiril was surrounded. He
couldn’t even move. The
rook had him pinned!
13. Kd1
14. Kc1
Nxf2+
Polo didn’t like 14.Ke1
Nxh1 15.Qxe3 Bg3+.
14. . . .
Rxf3
Another surprise! Pookie
sacks the exchange and
puts her rook on a square
where the white e-pawn
can take it. Uh-oh!
There was no time to get
scared. Polo put his claws
around Kiril’s throat and
lifted him up by the neck!
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The next thing Kiril knew
he was standing on f3 and
the rook was gone.
As he tried to catch his
breath, another black piece
came rushing towards him
along the dark diagonal!
15.
...
Bf4!
Pookie pins the queen. But
her bishop isn’t guarded!
16. Qxf4
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And neither is the white king. “Checko-mate, Bro!”
16.
...
Qd1#
Polo grinned at his sister and said, “Wow, Pookie! That
was a great game. What do you think, Kiril?”
Kiril couldn’t believe the bear was talking to him! He
stuttered a little when he answered back. “It was, uh,
awesome. But I, uh, didn’t think you saw me.”
Both of the bears started laughing. “We knew it was
you all along, Kiril. We were just playing with you!”
Kiril was embarrassed but at least he wasn’t afraid
now. He shook the rest of the snow off his cap and
asked Polo, “Hey, how did you know my name?”
“We read Scholar’s Mate of course! We get it here at
Chess Iz Us.”
“You mean you come to this store a lot?”
“Yeah, all the time, Kiril. It belongs to our parents. But
we’re in charge today! They went up north by Baffin Bay
for a visit.”
Kiril said, “Gee, it must get really cold there. Does
anyone live there?”
Pookie smiled. “Sure they do! The weather’s perfect.
We have friends all over the Arctic!”
That’s a nice thing about playing chess. You meet lots
of polar bears.
..
HEY, FRIENDS!
I’VE GOT E-MAIL.
Yo u c a n w r i t e m e a l e t t e r
or enter my contest at:
kiril@chess-math.org
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2011 W YCC Caldas Novas, BRAZIL
November 17 - 27
1120 players
WHO’S
9 rounds
OPEN under 8 (86 players)
1 Liang Awonder
USA 7½
2 Ram Aravind
India 7½
3 Yu Kaifeng
China 7½
GIRLS under 8 (56)
1 Assaubayeva B.
Kazakhstan 8
2 Tran Vuong M.
Vietnam 7
3 Salonika Saina
India 6½
19
34
40
51
5 Zhang Taylor
21 Zhang Jeannie
Pulfer Luke
Wang Frank
Noritsyn Sergey
Talukdar Rohan Shyam
OPEN under 10 (121)
1 Zhu Yi
2 Li Ruifeng
3 Rathanvel V S
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
5½
5
4½
4
China 7½
USA 7
India 7
9 Zhang Yuanchen
80 Wang Dinny
Canada 6½
Canada 4
OPEN under 12 (133)
1 Karthikeyan Murali
2 Gledura Benjamin
3 Song Michael
India 7½
Hungary 7½
Canada 7
28 Preotu Razvan
Canada 5½
40 Chiku Ratte Olivier-K. Canada 5
OPEN under 14 (132)
1 Alekseenko Kirill
2 Cuellar Diego
3 Antal Kende
10
54
62
78
107
114
Wang Richard
Plotkin Mark
Fu James
Kalra Agastya
Yang Yimang
Yang Bryant
Russia 8
Peru 7½
Hungary 7
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
6½
5
4½
4½
3½
3
OPEN under 16 (104)
1 Cori Jorge
Peru 7½
2 Pouya Idani
Iran 7½
3 Igambergenov A. Kazakhstan 7
39
44
52
63
83
Semianiuk Konstantin
Zhang David
Gusev Nikita
Ivanov Mike
Gladstone Simon
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
5
5
4½
4
3½
OPEN under 18 (93)
1 Ter-Sahakyan Samvel Armenia 8
2 Fedoseev Vladimir
Russia 7
3 Debashis Das
India 7
21 Laceste Loren
40
Canada 5½
Canada 6½
Canada 5
GIRLS under 10 (67)
1 Obolentseva Alexandra Russia 8
2 Radeva Viktoria
Bulgaria 7
3 Arda Cagil Irmak
Turkey 7
32 Wang Constance
42 Paraparan Varshini
47 Zhou Lily
Canada 5
Canada 4
Canada 4
GIRLS under 12 (88)
1 Abdumalik Zhansaya Kazakhstan 8
2 Vasenina Anna
Russia 7
3 Tohirjonova G.
Uzbekistan 7
12
63
71
79
Zhou Qiyu
Giblon Melissa
Moayyed Dorsa
Tao Rachel
Canada 6
Canada 3½
Canada 3½
Canada 2½
GIRLS under 14 (86)
1 Goryachkina Aleksandra Russia 9
2 Styazhkina Anna
Russia 7½
3 Khademalsharieh S.
Iran 7
47 Giblon Rebecca
57 Foote Joanne
74 Hou Louisa
Canada 4½
Canada 4
Canada 3
GIRLS under 16 (84)
1 Ziaziulkina Nastassia Bulgaria 7½
2 Klek Hanna-Marie
Germany 7½
3 Salazar Cristina
Columbia 7½
28
43
48
69
79
Roy Myriam
Yun Chang
Kalaydina Regina
Fang Tina
Moayyed Kimia
GIRLS under 18 (70)
1 Arabidze Meri
2 Kashlinskaya Alina
3 Enkhtuul Altanulzii
44 Orlova Yelizaveta
69 Fu Linda
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
5
4½
4
3½
2½
Georgia 8
Russia 7½
Mongolia 6½
Canada 4
Canada 0
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MATE IN 1
MATE IN 3
1
2
3
4
1 1.Qg2+ Kf8 2.Qa8+ Qc8 3.Qxc8#
1.Qh7#
1.Nh6#
1.Nd6#
1.Ng8#
(1...Bg7 2.Qxg7#)
2 1.Bg6+ Kg8 2.Qh7+ Kf8 3.Qxf7#
3 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Qh8+ Ke7 3.Qxg7#
4 1.Qg7+ Kxg7 2.Nf5+ Kg8 3.Nh6#
MATE IN 2
1
2
3
4.
1.
1.
1.
1.
Qc4+ Ke1 2.Qd2#
Ne5+ Ke7 2.Qf7#
Bxf7+ Ke7 2.Nd5#
f8=N+ Kh8 2.Rh7#
KIRIL’S KLASS
1. 1.e8=N+ Kd6 2.d8=N#
2. 1.Qxf5+ Qxf5 2.Re8#
(1...Kb8 2.Rd8#)
TACTICS 101
1 1.Qd5+
2 1.Qd4
3 1.Qd1+
1.Qf7+
4 1.Qa5+
1.Qe5+
1.Qg3+
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CHESSMAZE
Qa1-h8-h1-a8-a3xf8
A. 1.c4 d6 2.c5 Kd7 3.Qa4+ Ke6 4.Qd7+ Kxd7
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1.Bxb6 clears d-file
1. . . . Qxb6
2.Qd5+ Kh8
3.Qxa8
2 1. . . . Re1+ clears g7-d4
2. Rxe1
(2.Kh2 Be5# )
2. . . . Bd4+ clears g-file
3. any Qxg2#
Scholar’s Mate 110
The black rook (f8) and bishop (h8) are switched.
Black is in triple check.
White has no king.
Black has doubled f-pawns but no white pieces are
missing, so a capture on f6 was impossible.
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