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CANADA'S CHESS MAGAZINE FOR KIDS
JUNE 2011
number 108
PLAY SILENT, PLAY DEEP
CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE
FRENCH DEFENCE Part 2
SCHOLAR’S MATE
IS O N-L
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Do you have any big plans for this summer?
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a new chess friend!
The Chess Challenge finals in Victoria BC were
great! We have a full report starting on page 8.
Congratulations to Canada’s new International
Master: 11th grader Arthur Calugar of Toronto.
Here’s the mag,
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Scholar’s Mate 108
Kiril
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SCHO L A R ’S M ATE
S C H O L A R ' S M AT E
3423 St. Denis #400
Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2
EDIT OR
Jeff Coakley
I l lustrator
Antoine Duff
JUNE 2011
#108
CONTENTS
photos pages 11, 13 Greg Peters
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NATIONAL FINALS
8
Canadian Chess Challenge
Report From Victoria BC
FRENCH DEFENCE Part 2
14
Kiril’s Klass
How To Defend With 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5
PLAY SILENT, PLAY DEEP
40
Ki ri l's Korner
The Continuing Story Of Captain Bemo
How To Read Chess 6
Letters To Kiril
7
Ed & Alec
19
Canada Top Ten
20
Did You Know?
21
Summer Camps
22
Tactics 101
23
Regional Top 10’s 24
Top Girls
28
Combo Mombo
29
Mate in 1
30
Mate in 2
Mate in 3
Lily’s Puzzler
News
Kiril’s Kontest
Kiril’s E-mail
Tournaments
CMA Meeting
Who’s The Goof?
Ratings
Solutions
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33
34
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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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8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
rhb1kgn4
0p0pdp0p
wdwdwdwd
dwdw0wdw
wdwdPdwd
dwdwdwdw
P)P)w)P)
$NGQIBHR
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Here are some special symbols:
+
#
e. p.
O-O
O-O-O
1-0
0-1
½-½
!
?
!?
?!
check
checkmate
en passant
castles kingside
castles queenside
white wins
black wins
draw
excellent move
mistake
cool move
weird (weak) move
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 ?
LETTERS
TO
KIRIL
My 8 year old son Ethan and I enjoy playing chess
together. He was reading the Feb 2011 Scholar’s Mate
magazine and was quite eager to show me his new
move called a "double whammy", which he learned on
page 24 in a "Lilys Puzzler". It allows him to make two
moves at once and for some reason I am not allowed
to move to defend myself.
Is this a legal move under the rules of chess or was
it simply a puzzle meant to teach critical thinking?
I searched far and wide on the Internet for an official
rule or guide that shows where you are allowed to
make two moves at once, but couldn't [find anything].
... Thanks.
Adam Denny
Hello Adam,
I'm glad to hear Ethan likes our magazine.
Lily's Puzzlers are always unusual problems with
special rules. The double whammies are fun and
good practice for looking ahead, but unfortunately,
you can't play two moves in a row in a real game.
It would be great if you could!
Chess composers call this kind of problem a
"series mate". Good luck and thanks for writing.
Kiril
Oh no! Kiril got mated in just
four moves. That was no fun!
kiril@chess-math.org
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oANADIAN
oHESS
oHALLENGE
2011 CHAMPIONS
TOURNAMENT R EPORT FROM THE WEST C OAST
The nationals finals of the 23rd annual Canadian
Chess Challenge were held on Victoria Day weekend
at the University of Victoria. It was the first time the
tournament was ever held in British Columbia.
The event was wonderfully organized by the Victoria
Junior Chess Society, with significant sponsorship by
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Lawtons Drugs, Royal Bank
of Canada, and the B.C. government.
There were lots of fun activities for the players and
their families on Friday and Saturday, including whale
watching boat rides, sand castle building contests,
and a barbecue at Willows Beach. The outdoor blitz
tournament, which attracted 90 players, was won by
David Zhang (Calgary).
The actual chess championship began on Sunday
morning. As always, a bagpiper played as the teams
marched into the hall, carrying their provincial flags.
After the national anthem, sung by Don MacKinnon of
Saskatchewan, the first pawn stepped forward.
When the last move was made on Monday afternoon,
Team Ontario had captured first place, winning all of
their matches and earning six gold medals. For grade
12 student Lloyd Mai (Ottawa), it was the eighth time
that he placed first in his grade, tying the record set
by Lefong Hua (Montreal). But the record may not last
for long. Eighth grader Christopher Knox (Toronto) just
won his seventh title!
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1
B ENJAMIN L IN
2
LUKE PULFER
British Columbia
3
J OSHUA DOKNJAS
B ritish Columbia
4
D INNY W ANG
5
J ASON CAO
British Columbia
6
JOHN DOKNJAS
British Columbia
7
ADAM DORRANCE ****
8
CHRISTOPHER KNOX * *****
O ntario
9
JOEY Q IN
O ntario
10
DAVID ZHANG
A lberta
11
MICHAEL KLEINMAN * *
O ntario
12
LLOYD M AI * ******
O ntario
*
O ntario
O ntario
Nova Scotia
previous national champion
British Columbia, led by World Under 10 Champion
Jason Cao (Victoria), had a great year, placing second
and winning four gold medals. In round 1, the home
team showed everyone just how tough they were by
beating Quebec 9½-2½. The battle for first place was
then decided in round 8, when B.C. lost to Ontario by
the narrowest of margins, 6½-5½. One more point and
they would have won the match and finished first!
Team Alberta came a strong third, taking home four
medals, with a gold for David Zhang (grade 10). They
won their round 2 match with Quebec 6½-5½, but lost
in the final round 7½-4½ against their old rival B.C.
By the way, the prizes at the nationals are trophies,
as you can see in the photo on page 11. We just talk
as if they are medals, like at the Olympics!
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2 0 11 T E A M S
match individual
ONTARIO
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ALBERTA
QUEBEC
MANITOBA
SASKATCHEWAN
NEWFOUNDLAND
NEW BRUNSWICK
NOVA SCOTIA
PRINCE EDWARD IS.
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
89
82½
71
73½
57½
49½
42½
35
24½
15
It was a very disappointing tournament for Quebec,
coming in fourth place for the first time ever. They did
win four silver medals, and one bronze, but they are
used to doing much better. Good luck next year!
Manitoba took fifth place for the fifth time in a row,
with Aaron Green (Winnipeg) taking silver in grade 11.
Over the past ten years, Manitoba has been one of
the premier teams, always placing in the top five.
The Most Improved Team was Saskatchewan, with
15½ more points than 2010. They also jumped three
places in the standings, only the fourth team to ever
accomplish that feat. Alexander Sasata (Saskatoon)
and Keith MacKinnon (North Battleford) were among
the prize winners.
The special plaque for Top Atlantic Canada Team
went to Newfoundland and Labrador. Xingbo Huang
(St. John’s) won the bronze medal in grade 3.
Fourteen players went undefeated. Perfect 9-0’s
were turned in by Benjamin Lin (Toronto), Luke Pulfer
(Surrey) and Jason Cao (Victoria).
The Most Valuable Player award, given to the player
who scores the highest percentage of points on their
team, went to Adam Dorrance of Nova Scotia.
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2 0 11 N AT I O N A L C H A M P I O N S
front: Benjamin Lin, Dinny Wang, Joshua Doknjas, Jason Cao,
Luke Pulfer. back: Lloyd Mai, John Doknjas, Adam Dorrance,
Christopher Knox, David Zhang, Joey Qin, Michael Kleinman.
BRONZE
SILVER
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Ian Zhao
William Lai *
Kevin Yie
Lucas Dorrance
Kelly Wang ***
Olivier K. Chiku-Ratte
Mathew Herdin
YueKai Wang
Forest Guo
Jack Cheng
Aaron Green
Keith MacKinnon
AB
QC
ON
NS
QC
QC
BC
AB
QC
BC
MB
SK
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Alexander Sasata
Frank Wang
Xingbo Huang
Edwin Xu
Sam Song
Michael Song
Mark Plotkin
Qi You Wu
Tanraj Sohal ******
Christopher Santos
Jeff De Guzman
Igal Raihman
SK
ON
NL
BC
NB
ON
ON
QC
BC
MB
AB
MB
* previous national champion
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Five provinces had brothers on their team. The best
results were by Joshua and John Doknjas (Surrey) in
grades 3 and 6. Both of them won gold medals, a first
for players from the same family! The Dorrances from
Nova Scotia were almost as good, with Adam taking
gold in grade 7, and Lucas silver in grade 4. Patrick
and Andre Tolentino (Calgary) had excellent scores
too, tying for second and third places in grades 3 and 4.
As usual, there were several playoffs needed to
decide the top prizes, with a tie for first place in
grades 7 and 12.
Eight girls took part, including four on team Quebec!
Kelly Wang won the silver medal in grade 5. Chang
Yun and Myriam Roy placed fourth in grades 7 and 10
with 6 points each. All three are from Montreal.
Surprisingly, just three 2010 champions returned to
defend their title. Only Lloyd Mai repeated.
The winner of the $200 first prize for Best Team Shirt
was Prince Edward Island, with black and gold shirts
and a logo that showed chess pieces crossing the
Confederation Bridge. Newfoundland was second, and
Saskatchewan third.
2 0 11 M E D A L S
ONTARIO
BRITISH COLUMBIA
QUEBEC
ALBERTA
NOVA SCOTIA
MANITOBA
SASKATCHEWAN
NEW BRUNSWICK
NEWFOUNDLAND
12
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
6
4
1
1
1
2
4
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
The Yves Casaubon Outstanding Contribution Award
was presented to Brian Raymer and Marc Poulin.
Brian Raymer was the chief organizer in Victoria. He
has also worked very hard over the last several years
to promote junior chess on Vancouver Island.
Marc Poulin of Montreal has been instrumental in
arranging sponsorship for the Chess Challenge during
the last two years. Merci beaucoup!
Special thanks to Chris Dawson (St. John’s) for his
excellent scorekeeping. The results of all games and
matches were posted on the internet within minutes of
their completion.
A bughouse tournament was held after the awards
ceremony on Monday with 80 players. The winners
were Lefong Hua and Tri Bao Trinh (Montreal).
The Chess Challenge nationals will be held in Halifax
or Ottawa next year. We’ll let you know for sure in the
fall. Wherever it is, we hope to see you there!
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KIRIL’S
KLASS
FRENCH
DE
EFE
ENCE
E
par
rt 2
In this lesson we look again at
the opening 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5.
The French Defence begins 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5.
In our last issue, we looked at the Exchange Variation
3.exd5 exd5 and the Advance Variation 3.e5 c5.
This time we will cover lines with 3.Nc3 (diagram #1).
w________w
Black has several choices at
árhb1kgn4]
this point. The most common
à0p0wdp0p]
moves are 3...Nf6 and 3...Bb4.
ßwdwdpdwd]
But let’s consider three other
Þdwdpdwdw]
moves first.
Ýwdw)Pdwd]
The capture 3...dxe4 “gives
ÜdwHwdwdw]
up the centre”. It trades away
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
the strong black pawn on d5.
Ú$wGQIBHR]
After 4.Nxe4, white has better
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

control of the centre and more w________w
freedom for developing pieces. árdb1kgw4]
A typical line is 4...Nd7 5.Nf3 à0p0ndp0p]
Nf6 6.Bd3. See diagram #2.
ßwdwdphwd]
The key to black’s strategy is Þdwdwdwdw]
the pawn advance ...c5, either Ýwdw)Ndwd]
now or later, attacking white’s ÜdwdBdNdw]
centre. The standard plan of ÛP)Pdw)P)]
development is ...Be7, ...O-O, Ú$wGQIwdR]
...b6, and ...Bb7.
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

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The move 3...Nc6 is not good
because it blocks the c-pawn.
In the French Defence, an early
...c5 is usually important.
However, the immediate 3...c5
is a bit too early. (diagram #3)
White has the advantage after
4.exd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Ne4.
(5...Bxc5? 6.Qxd5 would have
lost a pawn.)
w________w
árhb1kgn4]
à0pdwdp0p]
ßwdwdpdwd]
Þdw0pdwdw]
Ýwdw)Pdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árhb1kgw4]
à0p0wdp0p]
ßwdwdphwd]
Þdwdpdwdw]
Ýwdw)Pdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

CLASSICAL VARIATION
Attacking the pawn on e4 with
3...Nf6 is logical and forceful.
White must defend against the
threat. See diagram #4.
4.exd5 exd5 transposes to the
Exchange Variation (3.exd5).
4.Bd3 c5! gives black an easy
game (5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6).
So the two main options are 4.e5 and 4.Bg5.
15
Wilhelm Steinitz, the first world
champion, recommended 4.e5,
gaining space in the centre and
winning a tempo by forcing the
knight to move again.
Since 4...Ne4?! 5.Nxe4 dxe4
6.Bc4 is good for white, black
normally retreats with 4...Nfd7
(diagram #5).
The knight looks misplaced on
d7, but it is actually very useful
for attacking the white centre. It
supports both of black’s usual
“pawn breaks”: ...c5 and ...f6.
For example, the game is equal
following 5.Nf3 c5! 6.dxc5 Nc6
7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6! 9.exf6
Nxf6 10.O-O O-O (diagram #6).
Notice how both white centre
pawns have vanished!
w________w
árhb1kgw4]
à0p0ndp0p]
ßwdwdpdwd]
Þdwdp)wdw]
Ýwdw)wdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdb1w4kd]
à0pdwdw0p]
ßwdndphwd]
Þdwgpdwdw]
ÝwdwdwGwd]
ÜdwHBdNdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wdQdRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdb1kgw4]
à0pdndp0p]
ßwdndpdwd]
Þdw0p)wdw]
Ýwdw)w)wd]
ÜdwHwGNdw]
ÛP)PdwdP)]
Ú$wdQIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

After 4.e5 Nfd7 (diagram #5),
white sometimes plays the odd
looking 5.Nce2. The idea is to
meet 5...c5 with 6.c3 in order
to keep a pawn on d4 after an
exchange by 6...cxd4 7.cxd4.
Black usually delays taking on
d4 and gets a fine game after
6...Nc6 7.f4 f6 8.Nf3 Qb6.
The main line in the Steinitz Variation (from diagram #5)
goes 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 (diagram #7). Black then
has three good ways to continue. Take your pick!
7...Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 c4 (or 9...b6!?)
7...a6 8.Qd2 b5 (9.Be2 Qb6 or 9.dxc5 Bxc5)
7...cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O
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w________w
árhb1kgw4]
à0p0wdp0p]
ßwdwdphwd]
ÞdwdpdwGw]
Ýwdw)Pdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wdQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árhb1kdw4]
à0p0wdp0p]
ßwdwdphwd]
ÞdwdpdwGw]
Ýwgw)Pdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wdQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

The most common 4th move
for white is 4.Bg5, pinning the
knight on f6 against the queen.
See diagram #8.
Now 4...dxe4 5.Nxe4 leads
to positions that are similar to
3...dxe4, where white has freer
pieces and a better centre. An
example is 5...Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O
b6 10.Bd3 Bb7.
A tricky alternative for black is
4...Bb4, pinning white’s knight
(see #9). This is known as the
McCutcheon Variation.
White usually plays 5.e5 when
the only way for black to save
his knight is 5...h6.
Then black is okay after 6.Bh4
g5! 7.Bg3 Ne4 or 6.exf6 hxg5
7.fxg7 Rg8 8.h4 gxh5 9.Qg4 Qf6. So the most popular
line for white is 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4!?
The threat to g7 can be defended by 8...g6 9.Bd3 Nxd2
10.Kxd2 c5 or 8...Kf8 9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5.
17
The best way for black to deal
with 4.Bg5 is to “unpin” right
away by 4...Be7 (diagram #10).
One side variation then is the
Anderssen Attack: 5.Bxf6 Bxf6.
Black stands well after 6.e5 Be7
7.Qg4 O-O 8.O-O-O f5 or 6.Nf3
c5 7.exd5 exd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6.
The main line is 5.e5 Nfd7,
when white has two options.
The first is the gambit 6.h4!?
(diagram #11). Black can safely
decline with 6...a6! 7.Qg4 Bxg5
8.hxg5 c5 (9.g6!? f5 10.Qg3 h6).
But the gambit can also be
accepted without too much risk
by 6...Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nh3
Qe7 9.Nf4 Nc6. For example,
black is better after 10.Qg4 g6
11.O-O-O h5. The plan is ...Nb6
followed by ...Bd7 and ...O-O-O.
The second option after 5.e5
Nfd7 is 6.Bxe7 Qxe7. See #12.
Black can get an equal position
against the following moves:
7.Nb5 Nb6 8.c3 a6 9.Na3 c5
10.f4 Nc6 =
7.Qd2 O-O 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 f6 =
(10.f4 cxd4 11.cxd4 fxe5)
w________w
árhb1kdw4]
à0p0wgp0p]
ßwdwdphwd]
ÞdwdpdwGw]
Ýwdw)Pdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wdQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árhb1kdw4]
à0p0ngp0p]
ßwdwdpdwd]
Þdwdp)wGw]
Ýwdw)wdw)]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)Pd]
Ú$wdQIBHR]
11
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
w________w
árhbdkdw4]
à0p0n1p0p]
ßwdwdpdwd]
Þdwdp)wdw]
Ýwdw)wdwd]
ÜdwHwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdw)P)]
Ú$wdQIBHR]
12
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 =
(9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nxc5
11.O-O-O f6 12.exf6 Qxf6)
SPECIAL ED a nd S MART ALEC
Hey, Ed, it’s good to see you taking your
time and thinking about your move.
Oh, sorry dude. I thought it was your turn.
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 f6 =
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w________w
The toughest move for black to árhbdkdw4]
handle is 7.f4! (diagram 13).
à0p0n1p0p]
The natural reply 7...c5? is a ßwdwdpdwd]
mistake that allows 8.Nb5!
Þdwdp)wdw]
Stopping Nb5 with 7...a6 is a Ýwdw)w)wd]
good idea. White is only slightly ÜdwHwdwdw]
better then. 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 ÛP)PdwdP)]
10.Qd2 Qxc5 (or 10...Nxc5)
Ú$wdQIBHR]
Black’s most common choice wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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is 7...O-O 8.Nf3 c5.
Now 9.Bd3 f5! is great for black after 10.O-O a6 or
10.exf6 e.p. Qxf6 (11.O-O Nc6 or 11.Ng5!? Qxf4 12.Bxh7+
Kh8 13.Qh5 Nf6 14.Nxf7+ Rxf7 15.Qxf7 Kxh7.)
White is more successful with 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.dxc5
followed by castling queenside. (Not 10.O-O-O?! c4!)
The position remains very complex whether black plays
10...Nxc5 11.O-O-O f6 or 10...Qxc5 11.O-O-O Nb6.
Next issue we continue with 3.Nc3 Bb4. See you then!
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canada top ten
KINDERGARTEN
1 MO Aidan
2 KHANIN Nikita
3 LI Harry
4 WILKE Lukas
5 ZHAO Jonathan
6 KORDA Frantisek
7 HOU Alexander
8 GENDRON Isaac
9 CARRIGAN Griffin
10 CHEN Hao
GRADE 1
1 LIN Benjamin
2 KIM Daniel
3 ZHAO Ian
4 ZHANG Matt
5 HUSTON-EARLE Joshua
6 ZHENG Ethan
7 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi
8 CHEN Michael
9 SAMAROO Kalan
10 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
GRADE 2
1 LIN Kaining
2 WANG Kaixin
3 LAI William
4 WANG Frank
5 LI Ying
6 ZHANG Taylor
7 PULFER Luke
8 MING Wenyang
9 RUAN Colin
10 LIU Julia
GRADE 3
1 YAO David
2 FAN Run Kun
3 ZHAO Yue Tong
4 HUANG Immanuel
5 TRAN Colin
6 YIE Kevin
7 DOKNJAS Joshua
8 BAL Nrithya
9 SU Michael
10 TOLENTINO Patrick
GRADE 4
1 MCCULLOUGH Ian
2 ZHANG Yuan Chen
3 BALENDRA Harigaran
4 ZOTKIN Daniel
5 ZHANG Evan
6 MAWANI Adam
7 SUN Benjamin
8 WANG Dinny
9 HUANG Junhao
10 GUGEL Brett
GRADE 5
1 BELLISSIMO Joseph
2 NIE Mark
3 CAO Jason
4 KASSAM Jamil
5 KAISER Jakob
6 WANG Kelly
7 MULIAWAN Lukas
8 LEE Jonah
9 WANG Poplar
10 SHI Ling Yun
GRADE 6
1 CHIKU-RATTE Olivier Kenta
2 KONG Dezhong
3 PREOTU Razvan
4 ZHU HongRui
5 HOFFNER Noah
6 SONG Michael
7 DOKNJAS John
8 HUANG Zhonglin
9 STANISLUS Allan
10 SHI Diwen
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943
943
884
798
787
734
661
634
612
598
ON
QC
ON
ON
ON
QC
ON
QC
ON
ON
1265
1099
979
912
838
784
770
763
756
745
ON
AB
AB
ON
MB
ON
ON
ON
ON
QC
1597
1462
1390
1305
1246
1231
1221
1164
1132
1089
AB
AB
QC
ON
AB
ON
BC
ON
ON
QC
1533
1387
1373
1373
1345
1325
1309
1226
1215
1214
AB
QC
ON
ON
AB
ON
BC
AB
BC
AB
1743
1664
1556
1537
1495
1478
1468
1438
1426
1423
AB
ON
ON
ON
QC
AB
QC
ON
QC
ON
1820
1807
1738
1737
1735
1598
1561
1552
1527
1487
ON
AB
BC
AB
AB
QC
AB
BC
AB
QC
2150
2040
1984
1934
1873
1822
1816
1731
1720
1699
QC
BC
ON
QC
AB
ON
BC
AB
AB
AB
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GRADE 7
1 LIN JunTao
2 PLOTKIN Mark
3 DORRANCE Adam
4 PENG Jackie
5 YUN Chang
6 MCCULLOUGH David
7 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan
8 SITU Dennis
9 DESPRES Sebastien
10 YANG Tony
GRADE 8
1 WANG Richard
2 SEMIANIUK Konstantin
3 KNOX Christopher
4 LUO Zhao Yang
5 LEPINE Cedric
6 WU Qi You
7 LAI Jingzhou
8 LO Ryan
9 WANG YueKai
10 SONG Henry
GRADE 9
1 QIN Joey
2 SOHAL Tanraj
3 ZHANG Zhiyuan
4 FLOREA Alexandru
5 LEU Richard
6 LI Chang He
7 GUO Forest
8 SINGH Krishneel
9 CAI Tony
10 KALAYDINA Regina
GRADE 10
1 KRAIOUCHKINE Nikita
2 MARINKOVIC Mate
3 GUSEV Nikita
4 ITKIN David
5 ZHANG David
6 ROY Myriam
7 THOMAS Derek
8 CVETKOVIC Simeon
9 INIGO Aquino
10 WU Kevin
G R A D E 11
1 CALUGAR Arthur
2 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman
3 JIANG Louie
4 KLEINMAN Michael
5 YUAN Yuanling
6 XIONG Jerry
7 KAMINSKI Thomas
8 WANG Jesse
9 TROTTIER Emile
10 ORLOVA Yelizaveta
GRADE 12
1 SZALAY Karoly
2 MAI Lloyd
3 MARTCHENKO Alexander
4 MACKINNON Keith
5 GELIS Paul
6 PENG Bill
7 DUMONT Felix
8 POULIN Mathieu
9 FAN Brendan
10 MANLEY Jason
HONOUR ROLL
1 CALUGAR Arthur
2 SZALAY Karoly
3 MAI Lloyd
4 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman
5 QIN Joey
6 JIANG Louie
8 MACKINNON Keith
10 WANG Richard
1846
1789
1761
1708
1700
1660
1656
1653
1629
1600
ON
ON
NS
ON
QC
AB
ON
AB
AB
AB
2356
2168
2032
1870
1869
1843
1812
1787
1776
1763
AB
ON
ON
QC
QC
QC
BC
BC
AB
AB
2413
2219
2027
2007
1882
1854
1762
1715
1693
1687
ON
BC
ON
ON
ON
BC
QC
AB
AB
AB
2378
2259
2252
2203
2188
2082
2059
2041
1976
1944
QC
ON
ON
ON
AB
QC
AB
QC
ON
ON
2486
2438
2402
2349
2339
2300
2164
2018
1964
1962
ON
ON
QC
ON
ON
ON
AB
ON
QC
ON
2441
2440
2395
2391
2258
2217
2051
2012
1994
1955
ON
ON
ON
SK
ON
ON
QC
QC
ON
NB
2486
2441
2440
2438
2413
2402
2395
2391
2378
2356
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
QC
ON
SK
QC
AB
DID YOU
KNOW ?
Our current rule about promoting
a pawn is less than 200 years old.
When chess was invented in India
during the 6th century, a pawn that
reached the last rank had to be promoted into a
queen. There was no other choice.
However, at that time, the queen was the weakest
piece on the board. Its only move was one square
diagonally. So promotion was not a big deal.
After the queen was given her modern powers in
the late 1400’s, the rule changed and promoting to
other pieces became possible. But not everyone
agreed what the new rule should be. There were
several different versions over the next 400 years.
Many people thought that a player should not be
allowed to have two queens. That led to the rule
that you could only promote to a piece that had
already been captured.
Other variants of the rule were based on which file
the pawn promoted, or on which file it started. For
example, if you promoted on the a-file, you had to
make a rook. (b-file = knight, c-file = bishop, etc.)
Here’s the weirdest version of all: In some places
they played that you could promote to a pawn!
The official rule now says that a pawn may be promoted
to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight. There is no restriction
concerning which pieces have already been captured.
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ONTARIO TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN
1 MO Aidan
2 LI Harry
3 WILKE Lukas
4 ZHAO Jonathan
5 HOU Alexander
6 CARRIGAN Griffin
7 CHEN Hao
8 DUAN Nathan
9 KLEIN Tyse
10 GUO Haotong
GRADE 1
1 LIN Benjamin
2 ZHANG Matt
3 ZHENG Ethan
4 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi
5 CHEN Michael
6 SAMAROO Kalan
7 RAIZMAN Ruven
8 WASHIMKAR Arhant
9 SALATHIEL Tomas
10 SURESH Nithilan
GRADE 2
1 WANG Frank
2 ZHANG Taylor
3 MING Wenyang
4 RUAN Colin
5 HENRY Nadia
6 JU Larry
7 PERRONE Anna
8 ZHANG Eugene
9 MANGALESWARAN Thakeshon
10 TALUKDAR Rohan
GRADE 3
1 ZHAO Yue Tong
2 HUANG Immanuel
3 YIE Kevin
4 SEKAR Varun
5 BIRAROV Nicole
6 BUKTA Miklos
7 PARAPARAN Varshini
8 IANSAVITCHOUS James
9 LIANG Eric
10 HU Bill
GRADE 4
1 ZHANG Yuan Chen
2 BALENDRA Harigaran
3 ZOTKIN Daniel
4 WANG Dinny
5 GUGEL Brett
6 WAN Kevin
7 LIU Jiaxin
8 ZHAO Harry
9 CHEN Richard
10 ZHU Jiarong
GRADE 5
1 BELLISSIMO Joseph
2 AGHAMALIAN Derick
3 SONG Eric
4 ZHONG Joey
5 CHEUNG Benedict
6 ZHANG Jeff
7 OHRLING Erik
8 GODWIN Adrian
9 SELVANAYAGAM Yanojan
10 VORA Hanz
GRADE 6
1 PREOTU Razvan
2 SONG Michael
3 LI Yinshi
4 MICHELASHVILI Sandro
5 MILICEVIC Aleksandra
6 KUTTNER Simon
7 TERRY Joshua
8 LI Michael
9 ZHANG Chang Yi
10 MELNIK Philippe
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943
884
798
787
661
612
598
586
579
531
1265
912
784
770
763
756
740
701
663
659
1305
1231
1164
1132
1083
1082
1023
996
990
979
1373
1373
1325
1211
1206
1168
1160
1156
1145
1106
1664
1556
1537
1438
1423
1422
1386
1328
1322
1300
1820
1487
1428
1374
1278
1259
1257
1253
1248
1232
1984
1822
1488
1471
1440
1412
1408
1375
1353
1348
GRADE 7
1 LIN JunTao
2 PLOTKIN Mark
3 PENG Jackie
4 THANABALACHANDRAN Kajan
5 ZHANG Kevin Z.
6 YE RenXi
7 NASIR Zehn
8 TISMENKO Dennis
9 BAKI Shaumik
10 LI Robert
GRADE 8
1 SEMIANIUK Konstantin
2 KNOX Christopher
3 KALRA Agastya
4 FU James
5 POSARATNANATHAN Juliaan
6 HUANG Jayson
7 LIU Steven H.
8 TANG Leslie
9 LAI Jonathan
10 QIAN Owen
GRADE 9
1 QIN Joey
2 ZHANG Zhiyuan
3 FLOREA Alexandru
4 LEU Richard
5 DENBOK Daniel
6 SU Stanley
7 MYERS Joshua
8 CHAN Alex
9 SONG Lin
10 FARHANG Arvin
GRADE 10
1 MARINKOVIC Mate
2 GUSEV Nikita
3 ITKIN David
4 INIGO Aquino
5 WU Kevin
6 IVANOV Michael
7 GLADSTONE Simon
8 LI David
9 LIU Dan
10 CUNNINGHAM Ross
G R A D E 11
1 CALUGAR Arthur
2 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman
3 KLEINMAN Michael
4 YUAN Yuanling
5 XIONG Jerry
6 WANG Jesse
7 ORLOVA Yelizaveta
8 PRYSIAZNY Michael
9 WANG Jerry
10 ZHANG Brent
GRADE 12
1 SZALAY Karoly
2 MAI Lloyd
4 GELIS Paul
5 PENG Bill
6 FAN Brendan
7 WU Aaron
8 KAGRAMANOV Dalia
9 OLDEN-COOLIGAN Benjamin
10 JIANG Bowen
HONOUR ROLL
1 CALUGAR Arthur
2 SZALAY Karoly
3 MAI Lloyd
4 SAPOZHNIKOV Roman
5 QIN Joey
7 KLEINMAN Michael
8 YUAN Yuanling
9 XIONG Jerry
10 MARINKOVIC Mate
QUEBEC TOP TEN
1846
1789
1708
1656
1594
1473
1411
1392
1346
1336
2168
2032
1758
1756
1647
1509
1442
1437
1422
1400
2413
2027
2007
1882
1652
1518
1517
1482
1449
1429
2259
2252
2203
1976
1944
1884
1849
1817
1722
1656
2486
2438
2349
2339
2300
2018
1962
1846
1696
1670
2441
2440
2395
2258
2217
1994
1880
1854
1556
1540
2486
2441
2440
2438
2413
2395
2349
2339
2300
2259
KINDERGARTEN
1 KHANIN Nikita
2 KORDA Frantisek
3 GENDRON Isaac
4 MOCANU Alexander
5 GOGA Flavia-Maria
6 LALIBERTE Luca
7 HUANG Qiuyu
8 NAILI Zakari
9 XUE Yan Yan
10 CARON Louis
GRADE 1
1 RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2 TUNCBILEK Emir
3 POULIN Guillaume
4 PINABEL Milo
5 BERUBE Louis-Alexandre
6 ZUO Dustin
7 JIN Sheng Xi
8 ZHONG Wenxuan
9 XIE Dazhuo
10 LABERGE Felix-Antoine
GRADE 2
1 LAI William
2 LIU Julia
3 LORTIE Isaac
4 TESSIER Leo
5 BILODEAU-SAVARIA Carl-William
6 JIANG Lucas
7 KORDA Radek
8 CHEN Kelvin
9 BENJAMIN William
10 SHRUSTER Yehonathan
GRADE 3
1 FAN Run Kun
2 YIP Mattew
3 ZHANG Hou Han
4 LU Daisy
5 LU Jasmine
6 LORTIE Benjamin
7 GAO Catherine
8 LUO Muhan
9 CHEN Zixin
10 OUELLET Maili-Jade
GRADE 4
1 ZHANG Evan
2 SUN Benjamin
3 HUANG Junhao
4 YIP William
5 SAINE Zachary
6 ST-CYR Xavier
7 YANG Eddie
8 WEN Ying Qi
9 FAN Lawrence
10 JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu
GRADE 5
1 WANG Kelly
2 SHI Ling Yun
3 HE Haley
4 VAILLANT Charles-Etienne
5 HU Tian Ren
6 BILODEAU-SAVARIA Cendrina
7 GAO Christine
8 SATIR Ege Nur
9 LUO Alan
10 PATEL Kishan
GRADE 6
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 LI George
10 CHAND Jerry
943
734
634
569
545
542
538
505
481
448
745
708
670
662
659
659
648
643
636
618
1390
1089
1075
947
825
818
817
795
753
748
1387
1210
1188
1181
1146
1098
1067
1064
1056
1051
1495
1468
1426
1343
1336
1313
1243
1186
1179
1175
1598
1487
1353
1244
1238
1237
1226
1214
1200
1187
2150
1934
1660
1654
1550
1426
1293
1222
1220
1210
GRADE 7
1 YUN Chang
2 GU Sheng-Ming
3 MANAILOIU Dragos
4 JOHNSON Nicholas
5 BRICHKO Mike
6 JIANG Nathan
7 PATEL Rohan
8 NAZARIAN Ara
9 NANTEL Vincent
10 ROSCA Maria
GRADE 8
1 LUO Zhao Yang
2 LEPINE Cedric
3 WU Qi You
4 PAQUETTE Alexandre
5 XIANG Qun Tian
6 SMIRNOV Arteme-Iouri
7 SHI Yang Tian Jiao
8 VOLKOV Vladislav
9 LORANGER Erika
10 ALSENE-RACICOT Julien
GRADE 9
1 GUO Forest
2 NIKULICH Oleksandr
3 NUNEZ-PAINCHAUD Raphael
4 YAO Houji
5 TAN Guang Tong
6 YU Kexin
7 WANG Yan
8 XU Tian Run
9 HANNA Patrick
10 MA Indy
GRADE 10
2 ROY Myriam
3 CVETKOVIC Simeon
4 ALLARD Laurent
5 COTE-LALUMIERE Tristan
6 ROZYBAKIYEV Ilchin
7 SPRUMONT Oscar
8 MACISAAC Alexandre
9 BILSKI Simon
10 FAGEN Michael
G R A D E 11
1 JIANG Louie
2 TROTTIER Emile
3 GELET Seymour
4 SARRAZIN-GENDRON Roman
5 KIEU Marc-Andre
6 LIMA-BARBOSA Raphael
7 BONI-ROWE Nicolas
8 NANTEL Felix
9 CHEN Bing Yu
10 UTEPOVA Alika
GRADE 12
1 DUMONT Felix
2 POULIN Mathieu
3 PAGE-FORTIN Mathieu
4 BOUCHER Antoni
5 ALLARD- DOS SANTOS Alexandre
6 TRAN-VUONG Riviere
7 LABUTE Simon
8 JANELLE Karl
9 DESCHENES Laurent
10 HUSEK Paul
HONOUR ROLL
1 JIANG Louie
4 ROY Myriam
5 DUMONT Felix
6 CVETKOVIC Simeon
7 POULIN Mathieu
8 TROTTIER Emile
9 GELET Seymour
10 ZHU HongRui
1700
1591
1524
1486
1442
1383
1326
1324
1294
1267
1870
1869
1843
1494
1401
1302
1291
1243
1240
1217
1762
1603
1580
1563
1534
1491
1453
1438
1383
1346
2378
2082
2041
1778
1768
1574
1541
1301
1298
1296
2402
1964
1940
1788
1704
1626
1466
1452
1322
1298
2051
2012
1764
1664
1251
1235
1224
1155
1149
1141
2402
2378
2150
2082
2051
2041
2012
1964
1940
1934
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ATLANTIC TOP TEN
KINDERGARTEN
1 RUSSELL Mark
2 XAVIER-LEBLANC Alexandre
3 BEFEKADU Noah
4 OJO Tobi
5 DAUPHINEE William
6 HUBBARD Rachel
7 DENNY Annie-Rose
8 HIERLIHY Isaac
9 SOUCY Nicolas
10 SAVOIE Elodie
GRADE 1
1 CHEN Norman
2 LOCKE Heidi
3 WALSH Ian
4 BATE Will
5 KUNDU Arnab
6 HARRIS Jonathan
7 HACHE Ethan
8 PIERCEY Isaac
9 CALLUM Brown
10 LAURENCIC Marko
GRADE 2
1 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn
2 NORMAN Jeremy
3 RUSSELL Brett
4 LATOUR Simon
5 QIU Nicholas
6 LI Kevin
7 SHABBIR Adnan
8 LEBLANC Julien
9 DENNY Ethan
10 MACDONALD Cameron
GRADE 3
1 HUANG Xingbo
2 KERR Ian
3 MANNHOLLAND Noah
4 BURDEN Matthew
5 PEARSON Ethan
6 HENDRICKSON Isaac
7 JIANG Harvey
8 COLLINS Max
9 BUTLER Alex
10 GRIFFIN Connor
GRADE 4
1 DORRANCE Lucas
2 BOON-PETERSEN Stefan
3 TUFTS Sei-Jin
4 COADY Nicholas
5 PICKARD Ryan
6 DOW Joshua
7 NOLAN Justin
8 LOCKE Miles
9 ONG Irisjade
10 CHOWDHURY SoumyaDeep
GRADE 5
1 SONG Sam
2 ROBICHAUD Alexandre
3 MCKEOWN Gary
4 RONAHAN-WOOD Jack
5 HE Kate
6 WALSH Andrew
7 SULLIVAN Douglas
8 NORMAN Bradley
9 TIAN Frank
10 GALLANT Evan
GRADE 6
1 ANDERSEN Paul
2 SCHRADER Nathaniel
3 DAWSON Andrew
4 ONG Ivanseth
5 SNELGROVE Stephen
6 OLDFORD Noah
7 GREGORY Liam
8 HICKMAN Thomas
9 KIEFTE Andrew
10 KAPRA Faris
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495
478
435
388
365
348
340
336
335
334
NL
NB
NB
PE
NB
NS
NL
NB
NB
NB
723
685
642
627
568
537
514
512
487
476
NL
NL
NL
NS
PE
NL
NB
NL
NS
NB
784
754
732
706
668
664
603
540
528
514
PE
PE
NL
NB
NL
NS
PE
NB
NL
PE
1096
992
771
771
687
685
626
622
615
608
NL
PE
PE
NL
NB
PE
NL
NL
NB
NB
1332
1098
952
949
946
929
839
814
802
800
NS
NL
NS
NL
NL
PE
NL
NL
NS
PE
1144
1070
1068
1017
947
910
818
816
816
772
NB
NB
NL
PE
NS
NL
NL
PE
NS
NL
1251
1133
1092
1051
1049
1017
990
990
968
947
NL
NB
NL
NS
NL
NL
NL
NL
NS
NS
GRADE 7
1 DORRANCE Adam
2 QIU Christopher
3 FENG Bob
4 STEELE Deivan
5 MCKEOWN Brody
6 BUTLER Kevin
7 GALLANT Cameron
8 BURGGRAFF Matthew
9 CHAULK Arrick
10 LUDOVICE Diego
GRADE 8
1 PETERS Jeremy
2 ZHANG MaoMao
3 ROBICHAUD Nicolas
4 WANG Jeffrey
5 CROWELL Iain
6 DAWSON Laura Jane
7 HINK Ian
8 MAITZEN Owen
9 SCOTT Nicholas
10 DREW Ryan
GRADE 9
1 BENDZSA Matthew
2 GALLANT Dennis
3 TSAI Steven
4 HUNT Nicholas
5 NOH Jaehoon
6 RAMOS Alexander
7 CARSON Cody
8 NASSAR Ahmad
9 BARADARAN NOVEIRI Pouya
10 DESY-GILLIES Jean-Simon
GRADE 10
1 DROVER Justin
2 RAINNIE Aaron
3 LU Fred
4 MATHEWS Tim
5 LAPLACE Logan
6 STACKHOUSE Jordan
7 LIANG Andy
8 MEISNER Dana
9 ELMS Andrew
10 LIU Jim
G R A D E 11
1 KEITH-JACQUES Liam
2 DAWSON Michael
3 HERBINGER Florent
4 GREGORY Calvin
5 BENNETT Lee
6 PEARCE Kyle
7 NADEAU Alex
8 MCDAVID Steven
9 FINDLEY Michael
10 PERRY Alexander
GRADE 12
1 MANLEY Jason
2 DAWSON Jeffrey
3 WEAVER Ian
4 LANDRY Francois-Guillaume
5 KENNEDY Jamie
6 KOSHI Glen
7 BROWN Daniel
8 SILVA Leticia
9 KERFONT Clinton
10 PULIYANKOTAN Ammu
HONOUR ROLL
1 MANLEY Jason
2 KEITH-JACQUES Liam
3 DORRANCE Adam
4 DROVER Justin
5 BENDZSA Matthew
6 DAWSON Michael
7 QIU Christopher
8 HERBINGER Florent
9 FENG Bob
10 GREGORY Calvin
WESTERN TOP TEN
1761
1397
1359
1014
1007
998
952
939
937
920
NS
NL
NB
NS
NL
NL
NS
NL
NL
NS
1295
1246
1219
1203
1197
1065
1046
1015
1013
1008
NS
NL
NB
NS
PE
NL
PE
NS
PE
PE
1510
1303
1217
1166
1077
1066
1052
1044
1022
997
NL
NS
NS
NL
NS
NL
NB
NS
NS
NB
1528
1278
1190
1124
1113
1110
1050
1047
965
957
NL
PE
NS
NL
NB
NB
NS
NS
NL
PE
1841
1426
1377
1349
1303
1132
1115
1013
973
969
NB
NL
NS
NL
NS
NL
NB
NB
NL
PE
1955
1338
1193
1180
1165
1151
1107
1091
1057
1055
NB
NL
NS
NB
NL
NS
NL
NS
NL
NB
1955
1841
1761
1528
1510
1426
1397
1377
1359
1349
NB
NB
NS
NL
NL
NL
NL
NS
NB
NL
KINDERGARTEN
1 ZHU Harmony
2 DOKNJAS Neil
3 HUANG Patrick
4 SILLADOR Gabriel
5 AMROM Itay
6 LOW Kevin
7 BUTCHART Kevin
8 SUPERCEANU Andi
9 YU Ryan
10 VAN RAAMSDONK Reagan
GRADE 1
1 KIM Daniel
2 ZHAO Ian
3 HUSTON-EARLE Joshua
4 APOSTOLU Alex
5 ZHANG Daniel
6 SASATA Alexander
7 THOMSON John
8 SHARAN Praveer
9 CHEN Jane
10 ZHENG Stephen
GRADE 2
1 LIN Kaining
2 WANG Kaixin
3 LI Ying
4 PULFER Luke
5 CHITRAKAR Siddhartha
6 WEI Daniel
7 AMROM Ron
8 BROUGHTON Ada
9 ECKERT Ethan
10 DAYE Peter
GRADE 3
1 YAO David
2 TRAN Colin
3 DOKNJAS Joshua
4 BAL Nrithya
5 SU Michael
6 TOLENTINO Patrick
7 WOLCHOCK Theo
8 MA Derek
9 ROBERTSON Sean
10 MAXFIELD Emmett
GRADE 4
1 MCCULLOUGH Ian
2 MAWANI Adam
3 STEVANOVIC Boris
4 KUYE Tosin
5 TOLENTINO Andre
6 XU Jing Zhi
7 BHANDARI Yashaswi
8 STANISLUS Kevin
9 LIN Ethan
10 MCLEOD Fraser
GRADE 5
1 NIE Mark
2 CAO Jason
3 KASSAM Jamil
4 KAISER Jakob
5 MULIAWAN Lukas
6 LEE Jonah
7 WANG Poplar
8 LIN Rayden
9 ROTH Adam
10 NGUYEN Vinh
GRADE 6
1 KONG Dezhong
2 HOFFNER Noah
3 DOKNJAS John
4 HUANG Zhonglin
5 STANISLUS Allan
6 SHI Diwen
7 WEI William
8 AWATRAMANI Janak
9 DI BLASI Luciano
10 WANG Longxiang
576
550
549
536
438
425
403
388
384
383
BC
BC
BC
AB
MB
BC
BC
AB
AB
BC
1099
979
838
727
693
672
632
600
561
557
AB
AB
MB
AB
AB
SK
AB
BC
AB
MB
1597
1462
1246
1221
972
962
859
819
742
726
AB
AB
AB
BC
AB
SK
MB
AB
MB
AB
1533
1345
1309
1226
1215
1214
1167
1143
1116
936
AB
AB
BC
AB
BC
AB
MB
MB
AB
AB
1743
1478
1286
1238
1236
1234
1228
1186
1138
1062
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
BC
AB
AB
MB
SK
1807
1738
1737
1735
1561
1552
1527
1467
1428
1427
AB
BC
AB
AB
AB
BC
AB
AB
AB
AB
2040
1873
1816
1731
1720
1699
1682
1662
1574
1437
BC
AB
BC
AB
AB
AB
AB
BC
AB
AB
GRADE 7
1 MCCULLOUGH David
2 SITU Dennis
3 DESPRES Sebastien
4 YANG Tony
5 PAVLIC Stephen
6 HUI Jeremy
7 SWIFT Ryne
8 CHAN Dante
9 ZHAO Chenxi
10 HERDIN Mathew
GRADE 8
1 WANG Richard
2 LAI Jingzhou
3 LO Ryan
4 WANG YueKai
5 SONG Henry
6 LUDWIG Michael
7 SHI MingHang
8 BARON Desmond
9 BANSAL Prabjeet
10 PANG Michael
GRADE 9
1 SOHAL Tanraj
2 LI Chang He
3 SINGH Krishneel
4 CAI Tony
5 KALAYDINA Regina
6 WASSERMAN Leor
7 VIRJI Naveed
8 XIAO Alice
9 REYNOLDSON Nigel
10 TING Aaron
GRADE 10
1 ZHANG David
2 THOMAS Derek
3 CHENG Jack
4 LECLERC Etienne
5 BOTEZ Alexandra
6 HAN Yiming
7 SANTOS Christopher
8 KIRSCH Zachary
9 HAN Yifei
10 LI Devon
G R A D E 11
1 KAMINSKI Thomas
2 GREEN Aaron
3 WU Allan
4 LAZO Jan
5 DE GUZMAN Jeff
6 WANG Harris
7 LACY Sean
8 TIMM Joshua
9 MILLER David
10 WIEBE Isaac
GRADE 12
1 MACKINNON Keith
2 RAIHMAN Igal
3 HUANG Richard
4 LACESTE Loren
5 WU Anthony
6 ONG Raymond
7 BABICH Yaroslav
8 MA Brandon
9 SCHIBLER Jordan
10 LU Dave
HONOUR ROLL
1 MACKINNON Keith
2 WANG Richard
3 SOHAL Tanraj
4 ZHANG David
5 KAMINSKI Thomas
6 THOMAS Derek
7 KONG Dezhong
8 RAIHMAN Igal
9 HUANG Richard
10 CHENG Jack
1660
1653
1629
1600
1589
1564
1561
1464
1349
1347
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
BC
MB
AB
AB
BC
2356
1812
1787
1776
1763
1758
1643
1632
1606
1530
AB
BC
BC
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
MB
2219
1854
1715
1693
1687
1547
1534
1486
1363
1353
BC
BC
AB
AB
AB
MB
AB
BC
SK
AB
2188
2059
1884
1817
1810
1652
1556
1536
1446
1322
AB
AB
BC
AB
BC
BC
MB
AB
BC
MB
2164
1883
1682
1682
1615
1568
1535
1456
1400
1376
AB
MB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
SK
AB
MB
2391
1944
1940
1827
1769
1657
1543
1285
1256
1189
SK
MB
BC
BC
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
2391
2356
2219
2188
2164
2059
2040
1944
1940
1884
SK
AB
BC
AB
AB
AB
BC
MB
BC
BC
27
C O M B O M O M B O !!
Frizoon LePawn presents
TOP
GIRLS
SPOTLIGHT ON REMOVING GUARD
CANADA
GRADE 1 / KINDERGARTEN*
1
MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi
2
LOCKE Heidi
3
RODRIGUES Julia
4
SAVCHENKO Elizabeth
5
ZHU Harmony *
GRADE 2
1
ZHANG Taylor
2
LIU Julia
3
HENRY Nadia
4
PERRONE Anna
5
ZHANG Jeannie
GRADE 3
1
BIRAROV Nicole
2
LU Daisy
3
PARAPARAN Varshini
4
LU Jasmine
5
GAO Catherine
GRADE 4
1
LIU Jiaxin
2
ZHU Jiarong
3
MILICEVIC Ljudmila
4
WANG Constance
5
YU Xin Yi
GRADE 5
1
WANG Kelly
2
SHI Ling Yun
3
BILODEAU-SAVARIA Cendrina
4
GAO Christine
5
THANABALACHANDRAN Luxiga
GRADE 6
1
MILICEVIC Aleksandra
2
GIBLON Melissa
3
CHENG Megan
4
GODWIN Michelle
5
LI Kristen
770
685
642
576
576
ON
NL
ON
QC
BC
1231
1089
1083
1023
896
ON
QC
ON
ON
ON
1206
1181
1160
1146
1067
ON
QC
ON
QC
QC
1386
1300
1266
1264
1083
ON
ON
ON
ON
QC
1598
1487
1237
1226
1211
QC
QC
QC
QC
ON
1440
1323
1240
1228
1175
ON
ON
ON
ON
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
28
top K-6
WANG Kelly
SHI Ling Yun
MILICEVIC Aleksandra
LIU Jiaxin
GIBLON Melissa
ZHU Jiarong
MILICEVIC Ljudmila
WANG Constance
CHENG Megan
BILODEAU-SAVARIA Cendrina
1598
1487
1440
1386
1323
1300
1266
1264
1240
1237
GRADE 7
1
PENG Jackie
2
YUN Chang
3
SAMETOVA Zhanna
4
ROSCA Maria Alexandra
5
RAVICHANDRAN Jarsheni
GRADE 8
1
GIBLON Rebecca
2
LORANGER Erika
3
HOU Qian Qian
4
NAZARETH Linda
5
DAWSON Laura Jane
GRADE 9
1
KALAYDINA Regina
2
YU Kexin
3
XIAO Alice
4
WANG Yan
5
VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga
GRADE 10
1
ROY Myriam
2
BOTEZ Alexandra
3
TRAN Tracey
4
LEE Cynthia
5
PUNIAN Puneet
G R A D E 11
1
YUAN Yuanling
2
ORLOVA Yelizaveta
3
LEE Melissa
4
UTEPOVA Alika
5
CRITES Valerie
GRADE 12
1
KAGRAMANOV Dalia
2
WAN Karen
3
BLAKE Candace
4
SILVA Leticia
5
NETER Olivia
1708
1700
1323
1267
1134
ON
QC
ON
QC
ON
1340
1240
1173
1134
1065
ON
QC
QC
ON
NL
1687
1491
1486
1453
1407
AB
QC
BC
QC
ON
2082
1810
1078
1078
1074
QC
BC
AB
AB
AB
2339
1962
1341
1298
1245
ON
ON
ON
QC
ON
1854
1221
1139
1091
1058
ON
ON
ON
NS
ON
q CANADIAN QUEENS
QC
QC
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
QC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
YUAN Yuanling
ROY Myriam
ORLOVA Yelizaveta
KAGRAMANOV Dalia
BOTEZ Alexandra
PENG Jackie
YUN Chang
KALAYDINA Regina
WANG Kelly
YU Kexin
2339
2082
1962
1854
1810
1708
1700
1687
1598
1491
ON
QC
ON
ON
BC
ON
QC
AB
QC
QC
w________w
áwdkdwdw4]
àdp0bdpgw]
ßwdndwdqd]
ÞdwdN0wdw]
ÝwdRdPdwd]
Ü)wdPdBGw]
Ûw!wdKdw)]
Our theme is removing a Údwdwdwdw]
guard. It’s a simple idea. wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
We see a good move but the opponent has a defense,
so we sacrifice a piece to destroy the defender.
ò White could fork by Ne7+, but the knight on c6
defends against it. So the winning move is 1.Rxc6!,
removing the guard. 1...Bxc6 2.Ne7+ Kb8 3.Nxg6.
ô Black to play wins with 1...Qxg3!, destroying the
bishop that guards h2. After 2.hxg3, the white queen
is skewered by 2...Rh2+ 3.Ke1 Rxb2.
w________ww________w
áwdr1w4kd]áwdw4wdkd]
àdpdwdp0p]à0pdwdp0w]
ßpdwdphwd]ßw1wdbdw0]
Þdw0wdwdw]Þ$wdwdwdw]
Ýwdw)wdw!]Ýw)pdQdw)]
Üdw)Bdwdw]Üdw)wdw)w]
ÛP)wdwdP)]Ûw)wdN)Kd]
Ú$wdwdRIw]Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈwwÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
 WHITE TO MOVE
Win Material
 BLACK TO MOVE
solutions page 55
Win Material
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MATE IN 1
MATE IN 2
WHITE CHECKMATES BLACK
IN ONE MOVE.
IN TWO MOVES.
solutions page 55
solutions page 55

w________w
áwdwdwdkd]
àdpdw$p0p]
ßwdwdwdwG]
Þ0wdwdNdw]
Ýwhwdwdwd]
ÜdBdwdw!P]
ÛP1wdr)Pd]
ÚdwdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árhwdwdwi]
àdwdwdw0p]
ßpdwdwhwd]
ÞdbdwHQdw]
Ýwdw0wdwd]
ÜdBdwdPdw]
ÛP)Pdw1Pd]
ÚdwIwdwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdwdwdrd]
àdw0wdwdw]
ßw0wdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdp]
ÝQdwdwdp)]
Üdwdwdwdw]
Ûpdwdwdwd]
ÚiwdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áw4wdwdwd]
à0wdndpiw]
ßw1wdbdpd]
Þdw0w)wdw]
Ýwdw0w)w!]
Ü)wdwdwdw]
Ûw)PHwdPd]
ÚdwIwdwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdwdwgn4]
à0wiwdw0w]
ßwdwdw0wd]
ÞdwGwdwdp]
ÝwdwdPdwd]
ÜdQdwdw)B]
ÛPIRdwdw)]
Údwdwdwdq]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árhwdwdQd]
àdqdwdwgw]
ßpdpdwdk0]
Þdwdwdwdp]
ÝwdwdNdwd]
ÜdwGwdRdw]
ÛP)wdwdK)]
Údwdrdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdwdwdkd]
à0wdwdR0p]
ßw0wdwdwd]
ÞdwdwdPdw]
ÝwdBdwdwg]
ÜdwdPdwdw]
ÛP4wdwdrd]
ÚdwIwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdwdwdkd]
à0wdQdw0w]
ßw4wdNdw0]
Þdw0wdwdw]
Ýwdwgwdwd]
Ü1Pdwdw)w]
ÛPdwdwdPd]
ÚdKdwdwdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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MATE IN 3
LIL Y ' S P U Z Z L E R
IN THREE MOVES.
H I B OYS A ND G IRLS !
solutions page 55

w________w
áwdw4wdkd]
àdpdwdw0w]
ßwdndwdwd]
Þ0wdwdwHw]
ÝPdwhw!wd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛwdwdqdP)]
ÚdwdwdRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdwdwdkd]
àdpdwdw0p]
ßwdpdwdwd]
Þ0wdwHwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Ü1w)BdRdw]
ÛwdPdwdP)]
ÚdwdwdwIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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
w________w
áwdwdrdkd]
àdpdwdR0p]
ßpdndwdwd]
ÞdwgNdwdw]
Ýwdwhwdw1]
ÜdBdwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdwdw)]
ÚdwIwdRdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwdr4wdkd]
àdwdwdp0w]
ßw1w0wdpd]
Þ0whwdw!w]
Ýw0Bdwdwd]
ÜdwdwdwdR]
ÛPdwdwdP)]
ÚdwdwdwdK]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
In these two puzzles,
you have to figure out
which kind of promoted
piece can get through
the maze fastest. Is it a
knight, or a bishop, or a
rook? Good luck!
solutions page 54
A
w________w
ákgNdKdwd]
àdwdwdw)w]
ßwdwGwdwd]
Þ0wdwgwhw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
Üdwhwdwdw]
Ûwdwdw4wd]
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
B
w________w
áwdwdndwd]
àHw)wdwdk]
ßwdwdw4wd]
Þ0wdwhwdw]
Ýw4wdwdw0]
Üdwdw!wdw]
ÛwGw0wdwI]
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
PAWN MAZES
Only the white pawn moves. When it reaches the last rank,
it may become a rook, bishop, or knight. But not a queen.
After the promotion, only the promoted piece moves. Find
the shortest path to capture the black king, without taking
any pieces or moving to a square that is attacked by a
black piece. It is possible to go through the maze with a
rook, bishop, or knight. Figure out which piece has the
shortest path, which the longest, and which the middlest!
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CANADA
AND PAGE 1 WORLD
CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
The 81st Canadian Championship took place at the University of
Guelph from May 6 to 11. The nine round tournament, which had a
prize fund of $4000, attracted 29 of the country’s best players.
The new Canadian champion is Grandmaster Bator Sambuev of
Montreal. He earned the title after winning a playoff against 19 year
old Eric Hansen, an International Master from Calgary.
Because Sambuev is unable to attend, Eric will be representing
Canada at the World Cup in Russia this August. That event is a
qualifier for the 2014 world chess championship.
Many young players had excellent scores. Most noteworthy is
11th grader Arthur Calugar (Toronto). By scoring 6 out of 9 in this
FIDE zonal championship, he earns the International Master title.
Congratulations IM Arthur Calugar!
2011 CANADA CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Bator Sambuev
QC 7½
2 Eric Hansen
AB 7½
3 Leonid Gerzhoy
ON 6½
4 Raja Panjwani
ON 6
Arthur Calugar
ON 6
Nikolay Noritsyn
ON 6
7 Michael Kleinman
ON 5½
Robert Hamilton
ON 5½
9 Shiyam Thavandiran ON 5
Morgon Mills
NL 5
Hans Jung
ON 5
CANADIAN JUNIOR
The 2011 Canadian Junior Chess Championship was hosted by the
Mississauga Chess Club on April 21-25. There were 22 players in
the 9 round tournament, which qualifies the winner for the World
Junior this summer in India. This year’s champion is 10th grader
Roman Sapozhnikov (Richmond Hill). Arthur Calugar was second.
Michael Kleinman (Toronto) and Joey Qin (Ottawa) tied for third.
Seventh grader Jackie Peng (Toronto) scored 4½ points and
earns the title of Canadian Girls Under 20 Champion.
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NEWS
QUEBEC SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2011 Quebec School Team Chess Championship was held in
Montreal at Jean de Brebeuf College on April 30 - May 1. The four
player teams were divided into three groups. In total, 394 players
took part. The top three teams in each section were:
Grades K-6
Grades K-3
Grades 7-11
1 Fernand Seguin
1 St. Eugene
1 Jean Eudes
Michael Chang
Benjamin Lortie
Shing-Ming Gu
Victor Lim
Isaac Lortie
D. O. Manailoiu
Renaud Stephenne
S. Lebrun-Leclerc
Qun Tian Xiang
L. Alsene-Racicot
William Benjamin
Nikola Isaev
2 St. Jean de Matha 2 Michele Provost
2 Notre Dame
3 St. Leon (Westmount)
3 Selwyn House
ONTARIO YOUTH
NOVA SCOTIA YOUTH
The 2011 Ontario Youth Chess
Championship was played on
May 28-29 in Kitchener. There
were 99 boys and 29 girls.
The six provincial champions
from the open sections are:
<8 Rohan Talukdar
<10 Richard Chen
<12 Joseph Bellissimo
<14 Mark Plotkin
<16 Nikita Gusev
<18 Jesse Wang
The winners of the separate
girls sections were:
<8 Jeannie Zhang
<10 Nicole Birarov
<12 Qiyu Zhou
<14 Rebecca Giblon
<16 Kimia Moayyed
<18 Linda Fu
The Nova Scotia Youth Chess
Championships were held on
April 17th in Halifax, with 24
players. The winners were:
<8 Kevin Li
<10 Sei-Jin Tufts
<12 Ivanseth Ong
<14 Jeffrey Wang
NEWFOUNDLAND
There were 72 students from
15 different schools at the 2011
Newfoundland and Labrador
School Team Championship on
April 16 in St. John’s.
The school champions are:
PRIMARY Mary Queen of Peace
ELEMENTARY Vanier
JUNIOR HIGH Brother Rice
HIGH SCHOOL Booth Memorial
35
CANADA
AND PAGE 2 WORLD
NEWS
GRAND PRIX
ONTARIO GIRLS
BORDER WARS
The third and final event in the 2011 Grand Prix competitions
were held May 1st in Toronto and May 15th in Montreal. Anyone
scoring 7½ points out of 15 games in the 3 tournaments got a
cash prize. A total of $6000 in gift certificates were awarded by
the Chess’n Math Association and split among 106 winners. The
top scorers in each age group were:
MONTREAL
TORONTO
<8 Julia Liu
<8 Taylor Zhang
<10 Evan Zhang
<10 Dinny Wang
<12 Joseph Bellissimo <12 O. Chiku-Ratte
<14 Michael Chang
<14 Christopher Knox
The 9th annual Ontario Girls
Championship was held on
May 7th in Toronto, with 111
participants. Many previous
champions came out to help
run the tournament and award
prizes. The winners by grade:
The 20th annual Washington
state vs. British Columbia team
match was held in Bellevue WA
on May 14. Each team consists
of two students per grade (K-12)
and everyone plays two games.
B.C. won a very close match
26½ - 25½. The overall score in
the competition is now 11-9 in
favour of Washington.
Four B.C. players won both of
their games: Dezheng Kong,
Lionel Han, John Doknjas, and
Loren Laceste.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
B.C. YOUTH
The P.E.I. School Chess Team
Championship took place on
April 17th in Charlottetown.
The winning schools were:
GRADES K - 4
West Kent
Spring Park
ELEMENTARY
JUNIOR HIGH
Queen Charlotte
HIGH SCHOOL Colonel Gray
There were 72 participants at the
British Columbia Youth Chess
Championships in Vancouver on
April 30 - May 1. Here are this
year’s champions:
<8 Luke Pulfer
<10 Joshua Doknjas
<12 John Doknjas
<14 Ryan Lo
<16 Tanraj Sohal
<18 Loren Laceste
Top scorers in the separate girls
section were Harmony Zhu and
Rinna Yu.
ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL
The 44th Ontario High School
Chess Championship was held
at Queen’s University on May
13-14 in Kingston. 63 players
took part. The winner for the
second year in a row, with 5
out of 5, was Karoly Szalay of
Ottawa.
Jerry Xiong, also from Ottawa,
placed second. Tying for third
were Jackie Peng and Jerry
Wang, both of Toronto.
36
TORONTO SCHOOLS
Winners at the Toronto District
School Board team finals, held
on April 29, were:
K - 3 Seneca Hill
PRIMARY
JUNIOR
4-6 Bellmere
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Hazel Guo
Julia Rodrigues
Taylor Zhang
Nicole Birarov
Jiarong Zhu
L. Thanabalachandran
Kristen Li
Allison Wong
Rebecca Giblon
Sobiga Vyravanathan
Cynthia Zhang
Yelizaveta Orlova
Karen Wan
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ALBERTA
International Master Eric Hansen
continued his string of impressive
tournament results by winning
the Alberta Closed Championship
on April 22-24. The 18 year old
Calgarian scored a perfect 5-0!
World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) will defend his title
in a twelve game match next year against Boris Gelfand.
42 year old grandmaster Boris Gelfand (Israel) was the winner
of the Candidate Matches held in Kazan, Russia last month.
Eight players took part in the event, including former champion
Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik was eliminated by fellow Russian
Alexander Grischuk in round 2 after a blitz playoff game. Two
other favourites, Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Veselin Topalov
(Bulgaria), were knocked out in the first round.
Gelfand defeated Gata Kamsky (United States) in round 2 and
then won his final round 3 match against Grischuk. Both of the
finalists received a prize of 90,000 euros.
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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 ROOK. The object is to
capture the black king without
taking any pieces or moving
where the rook can be taken.
Draw a line to show the path of
the rook. This is a Maze in 9.
That means you should get the
king in nine moves or less.
w________w
áwdBdbdwd]
àgwdwdkdb]
ßwdwdw0wg]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwgwdwdwh]
ÜdwdwdwdK]
ÛPdwdwdwd]
Ú$wdwdwdw]
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 55
w________w
áwdBdwdwH]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdNdwdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdw)]
ÜdwGwdwdw]
Ûwdwdwdwd]
ÚdKdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
We received 1 correct solution to April’s contest!
1
2
3
4
Mate in 1 1.Qd5#
Mate in 2 1.Bg5+ Kf3 2.0-0# (1...Kd3 2.0-0-0#)
Maze
Nh8-g6-f8-e6-d8-c6-b4-a2-c1-e2-g1xh3
Loyd
A.Kh1 B.Kf2 C.Ka8 (Qc8#)
The winner of the drawing for a Kiril T-shirt is :
Max Huang of Ottawa
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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 : September 10
w________w
áw4wdkgw4]
à0wdwdwdp]
ßwdwdw)wd]
Þ!wdwdwdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
ÜdBdwdwdw]
ÛP)Pdqdw)]
ÚdwIR$wdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
w________w
áwdwdwdwd]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
ÞdwHwdwdw]
Ýpdwdwdwd]
ÜIwHwdwdw]
ÛwdBdwdwd]
Úiwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
MATE IN 1
MATE IN 2
w________w
áwGwdwdNd]
àdwdpdwdw]
ßwdwdwdwd]
ÞdPhwdn)w]
Ýwdw)wdwd]
Üdwdw0wdw]
Ûwdwdwdw)]
ÚdkdwIB$w]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
w________w
áwdNdwdwd]
àdwdwdwdw]
ßwdwdw0wd]
ÞdRdwdPdw]
Ýwdwdwdwd]
ÜdwdwIwdw]
Ûw)wdwdwd]
Údwdwdwdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
CHESSMAZE IN 15
TRIPLE LOYD
Only the white ROOK moves.
Capture the black king without
taking any pieces or moving
where the rook 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
PLAY
PLAY SI
SILENT,
LENT,
PLAY
PLAY DEEP
DEEP
The sun was shining brightly across the rolling seas.
But deep beneath the waves, all was dark and peaceful
as Captain Bemo made his way.
His speedy submarine slid sleekly through the sea,
like a sunbeam through a summer breeze.
The captain and his trusty crew were on a voyage
around the world, exploring every shore. Their mission
was to play chess and make new friends. Who could
ask for more!?
Kiril the Pawn was on board, and Ping Lee too. Both
of them were in the “submarine immersion” program at
their school. Imagine how cool that must be!
The two pawns worked and studied hard to become
good sailors. Ping Lee got promoted to sonar operator.
And Kiril was learning to swab the deck. Captain Bemo
always said, “I like a clean machine, boys.”
When they weren’t on duty, Kiril and Ping Lee hung
out with their shipmates. One of them was the chief
mechanic, Wrenchy the Frenchy. He knew everything
about boats, and how to fix them if they broke. Besides
that, he was also good at chess!
Meanwhile, up on the surface,
two warships were sailing
overhead. One was from
the White navy; the other
from the Black.
The white destroyer was
commanded by Admiral
Grimm; the black cruiser
by Commodore Bellringer.
They were sworn enemies
and their nations and their navies were always at war.
That was bad news for Captain Bemo. When the two
ships spotted his submarine on their sonars, they each
thought that the sub belonged to their enemy?!
And so the warships both attacked the submarine!
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When the first depth charge exploded, Captain Bemo
sounded the alarm, “All hands to battle stations!”
Then he turned to the helm. “Left standard rudder. Full
speed ahead. Prepare to dive.”
The submarine responded quickly, but
not soon enough. A second explosion
off the starboard bow shook her badly.
A pipe burst above the sonar console
and water was spraying everywhere.
Before the captain could say a word,
Wrenchy was hard at work stopping the
leak. “Don’t worry, sir. It will take a lot
more than that to sink this boat.”
“Good job, Wrenchy. Now let’s get out of here!”
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But it was too late for an
escape. The two ships had
the submarine surrounded
and their depth charges
were raining down like
cannonballs.
Captain Bemo was in
a jam and switched to
Emergency Plan B.
“Take her to the bottom!
We’ll sit it out there.”
A few minutes later, with
a soft thud, the submarine
set down on the ocean floor. “Engines stop. All hands,
maintain silence.”
Then they waited, quietly, as more bombs exploded
above them. They waited and they wondered who was
attacking them. And they wondered why.
To pass the time, the crew played chess. Except for
Kiril. He was too nervous for that. He just kept mopping
the deck. And he just kept thinking, “What the heck!?”
But the ships did not stop the attack. The admiral and
the commodore were both determined to destroy the
sub. They continued circling overhead, searching with
their sonars, and dropping more depth charges.
After a couple days, Bemo finally lost his patience.
He gathered everyone on the bridge and whispered
his commands. “Tomorrow at dawn, we execute Plan C.
Prepare the forward torpedo tube.”
He looked around slowly at all their faces and then
he placed his hands on the shoulders of Wrenchy and
Ping Lee. “You two are the most qualified. One of you
will be the torpedo pilot. It’s a dangerous assignment.
Play a game of chess to decide who goes.”
Wrenchy and Ping Lee nodded. “Aye, aye, sir.”
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White
Black
PING LEE
WRENCHY
Ping Lee took his headset
off and shook hands with
Wrenchy. “Good luck.”
“Thanks, matey. The same
to you.”
So began the remarkable
“torpedo pilot game”.
1. d4
d5
2. c4
The Queen’s Gambit, one
of Ping Lee’s favourites.
2.
...
Nc6
Wrenchy the Frenchy is an
unusual guy and so is this
defence. More common is
2...e6, 2...c6, or 2...dxc4.
Chigorin Defence
3.Nc3 dxc4! 4.d5 Ne5
3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 e5!
3.Nf3 Bg4
4.cxd5 Bxf3!
5.gxf3 Qxd5 6.e3 e5!
5.dxc6 Bxc6
4.Nc3! e6 5.Bg5 Be7
Only the bottom line gives
white a small advantage.
3.
Nc3
White attacks the d-pawn.
3.
...
e6
This move guards d5, but
blocks in the bishop on c8.
Best is 3...dxc4 4.d5 Ne5.
4. Nf3
Be7
Black prevents 5.Bg5.
w________w
árdb1kgn4]
à0p0w0p0p]
ßwdndwdwd]
Þdwdpdwdw]
ÝwdP)wdwd]
Üdwdwdwdw]
ÛP)wdP)P)]
Ú$NGQIBHR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
Bf4
The bishop finds an open
diagonal, aiming at c7.
w________w
árdb1kdn4]
à0p0wgp0p]
ßwdndpdwd]
Þdwdpdwdw]
ÝwdP)wGwd]
ÜdwHwdNdw]
ÛP)wdP)P)]
Ú$wdQIBdR]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
5.
...
a6
Wrenchy moves a pawn
to stop 6.Nb5 because he
was worried about a fork
by 7.Nxc7+.
Developing a piece with
5...Nf6 would be better.
(6.Nb5? Bb4+! 7.Nd2 Ba5)
6.
e3
7.
Rc1
Nf6
A great spot for the rook.
The c-file will be opened
later when the pawns on
c4 and d5 are traded.
7.
...
Bb4 ?!
Pins the knight on c3, but
wastes time by moving the
bishop again.
CHIGORIN DEFENCE
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5.
8.
Bd3
9.
0-0
Ne4
Ping Lee likes to keep his
king safe, and castling is
the best way to do that.
9.
...
Nxc3
Just as Wrenchy captured
the knight, another depth
charge went off above the
submarine.
Kiril was startled by the
noise and knocked over
his mop and bucket! When
they crashed to the floor,
the sound was almost as
loud as the explosion.
Everybody, including the
captain, turned and stared
at him. Poor Kiril.
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w________w
árdb1kdw4]
àdw0wdp0p]
ßpdpdpdwd]
Þdwdwdwdw]
Ýwdw)wGwd]
Üdw)B)Ndw]
ÛPdwdwdP)]
ÚdwdQDRIW]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
Luckily, Captain Bemo is
a kind and understanding
officer. “It’s all right, Kiril.
But please, can you mop
up that water that spilled?”
10. bxc3
Ba3
The bishop moves again,
this time to attack a rook.
w________w
árdb1kdw4]
àdp0wdp0p]
ßpdndpdwd]
Þdwdpdwdw]
ÝwdP)wGwd]
Ügw)B)Ndw]
ÛPdwdw)P)]
Údw$QDRIW]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
11. cxd5 !?
...
Bxc1?
Maybe Wrenchy values the
rook more than he should.
White is only slightly better
after 11...exd5 12.Rb1 0-0.
12. dxc6 !
Ping Lee has seen deeper
into the position than his
shipmate.
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Only now did Wrenchy see
that his bishop was trapped
behind enemy lines!
After 12...Ba3, white plays
13.cxb7 Bxb7 14.Qa4+ Qd7
15.Qxa3, getting two minor
pieces and a pawn for his
rook.
12.
Wow! Ping Lee ignores the
threat to his rook. Instead,
he attacks the knight on c6
and undoubles his pawns.
11.
14. Ne5
...
Bxe3
So he decided to at least
get a pawn for his bishop
with this desperado move.
An outstanding outpost for
the white knight.
14.
...
The queen protects c6. If
14...0-0, white could start
a powerful attack with the
rook lift 15.Rf3.
15. c4
Driving the queen away.
15.
...
13. fxe3
Ping Lee didn’t mind losing
the pawn. It gives him an
open file for his rook on f1.
13.
...
Qa5
Kaboom! Ping Lee drops a
massive “weapon of chess
destruction” right on top of
the black king.
w________w
árdbdkdw4]
àdw0wdN0p]
ßpdpdpdwd]
Þ1wdwdwdw]
ÝwdP)wGwd]
ÜdwdB)wdw]
ÛPdwdwdP)]
ÚdwdQDRIW]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
16. . . .
Rf8
Wrenchy doesn’t take the
bait. After 16...Kxf7, white
could win the black queen
with the discovered check
17.Bxc7+. But even better
would be 17.Be5+ !
17...Ke7 18.Qg4
17...Kg8 18.Qf3
17...Ke8 18.Qh5+
Against 16...0-0, white can
win by 17.Be5 or 17.Bxh7+.
17. Ne5
Bb7
Black is sunk no matter
what he does.
Wrenchy is now hoping
to find some king safety
by castling queenside.
(17...g6 18.Qg4)
bxc6
Black has kept the material
even with R + p for B + N.
But his position is totally
undeveloped and inactive.
White is winning.
Qd5?
16. Nxf7!
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w________w
Rf6
árdwdk4wd] 21. Bg5+
àdb0wdw0p] Wrenchy hangs on for dear
ßpdpdpdwd] life. (21...Kc8 22.Rxf8#)
Þ1wdwHwdw] 22. Qxf6+ Ke8
ÝwdP)wGwd]
ÜdwdB)wdw] Black is also checkmated
after 22...Kc8 23.Qd8#.
ÛPdwdwdP)] w________w
ÚdwdQDRIW] árdwdkdwd]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw àdb0wdwdw]
ßpdpdp!wd]
18. Qh5+
Þ1wdwHwGw]
Ping Lee’s queen enters ÝwdP)wdwd]
the battle decisively.
ÜdwdB)wdw]
ÛPdwdwdP)]
18. . . .
g6
ÚdwdwDRIW]
Black blocks the check wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
and attacks the queen.
If 18...Ke7, white forces
a mate with 19.Bg5+ Kd6
20.Be7+! Kxe7 21.Rf7+!
19. Bxg6+!
A second WCD (weapon
of chess destruction) blows
away the defences around
the black king.
19.Qxh7 0-0-0 would let
him hold on a bit longer.
19.
...
20. Qxg6+
hxg6
Kd8
There is nowhere to run,
nowhere to hide. (20...Ke7
21.Qg7+ Kd6 22.Qd7#)
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FIND SIX MATES IN 1
23. Qh8#
The other mates are Qe7#,
Qxe6#, Qf7#, Qf8#, Qg6#.
Wrenchy the Frenchy was
the first crew member to
congratulate Ping Lee.
“Great game, Pinger! You
really outplayed me.”
“Thanks, chief.”
Then Captain Bemo said,
“Well done, Ping Lee. You
have earned the right to
pilot our torpedo.”
“Thank you, sir. It will be
an honour.”
Kiril was surprised when he heard that the winner
would be the pilot. He thought the loser had to go!
Later, when they were alone, he asked Ping Lee,
“Gee, aren’t you afraid to be inside a torpedo?”
“Not really, it’s just like a one person submarine!”
Kiril didn’t say anything, but he was confused. Didn’t
Ping Lee know that torpedoes explode?
The next morning at dawn, the captain inspected the
torpedo and gave the crew their final instructions.
Wrenchy and Kiril helped Ping Lee into the pilot seat.
Once he was set, he gave a thumbs up, and the torpedo
was loaded in the forward tube.
Then Captain Bemo went to the bridge, and gave the
order to commence Plan C.
The submarine lifted gently off the sand and slowly
rose to periscope depth.
“Stand by to fire forward torpedo.”
“Standing by, sir.”
“FIRE!”
“Torpedo away, sir.”
“Very well. All ahead two thirds. Steady as she goes.”
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The torpedo sped through the water, with Ping Lee at
the controls. He veered to the left and steered to the
right, and when the ships were in his sights, he turned
to follow their white stern lights.
With the rising sun behind him, and his target dead
ahead, he armed the torpedo and set his final course.
A few moments later, he was exactly between the two
ships. He pulled back on the joy stick and the torpedo
shot upwards out of the ocean into the sky.
And then it exploded . . . like a giant rainbow!
Admiral Grimm and Commodore Bellringer had lost
the battle. Their ships were not damaged but their pride
was. They realized now that Captain Bemo was not an
enemy. They also saw that his technology was much
superior to their own.
So when the submarine surfaced between them, both
ships surrendered to Captain Bemo at the same time.
It was a glorious victory for the captain and his happy
crew. Thanks to their skill and bravery, peace had been
restored, and the seas were free once more.
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
The Black and White ships were splattered with every
bright colour that your eyes can imagine.
It was a paint ball torpedo!!
And Ping Lee was floating safely down to the sea in
his parachute and life preserver. The pilot seat had
ejected automatically just before the blast.
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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:
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TOURNAMENTS
FOR
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WHO’S
THE
GOOF?
Attention, goofologists! Somebody messed up here.
In each of the diagrams below, something is wrong.
The positions are illegal. Can you find the goof? solutions
page 55

w________w
a
á4ndwdriw]
b
àp0wdp0b0]
c
ßdqdpdn0w]
d
Þwdpdw)wd]
e
ÝdwGw)wgw]
f
ÜwdN)wHwd]
g
Û)P)w!w)P]
h
ÚRdBdw$Kd]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

w________w
áw4wdrdkd]
à0wdwhpgp]
ßw1w0wdpd]
Þdw0P0wGn]
ÝpdwhPdw)]
Ü)wdNdPdw]
ÛQ)PdwdPd]
ÚdNIRdRdw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
áwiw4wdwd]
à0b0wdpdw]
ßw0w0pdp0]
Þdw)wdndw]
Ýwdw)w)q)]
ÜdNGwdw)w]
ÛP)wdr)wd]
ÚdQdRHRIw]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw

w________w
árdwdw4kd]
àdp0wdpdp]
ßw0ndp0wd]
Þdwdpdwdq]
ÝwdwHPdwd]
Ü)w)wdP$b]
Ûw)P!w)w)]
ÚdwHw$wdK]
wÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈw
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* SOLUTIONS *
RATINGS
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in a CMA tournament during the last three years can
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Click the “ratings” tab on the homepage, which will
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w w w. c h e s s ta l k . c o m / e l o / p u b
LILY'S PUZZLER
solutions to pawn mazes
A 1. knight (7 moves) 2. rook (8) 3. bishop (9)
g7-g8=N-h6-g4-e3-c4-b6xa8
g7-g8=R-g6-h6-h4-c4-c6-a6xa8
g7-g8=B-c4-d3-g6-h5-g4-d7-c6xa8
B 1. bishop (7) 2. rook (8) 3. knight (9)
c7-c8=B-h3-g2-d5-a2-b1xh7
c7-c8=R-c3-a3-a1-g1-g5-h5xh7
c7-c8=N-e7-d5-c3-e2-g1-h3-g5xh7
MATE IN 3
1
2
3
4
1 1. Qf7+ Kh8 2.Qf8+ Rxf8 3.Rxf8#
2 1. Ne7+ Kh8 2.Rf8+ Rxf8 3.Rxf8#
(1...Bxe7 2.Rf8#) (1...Nxe7 2.Rf8#)
3 1. Bc4+ Kh8 2.Ng6+ hxg6 3.Rh3#
4 1. Rh8+ Kxh8 2.Bxf7 any 3.Qh4#
1.Qb8#
1.Ng6#
1.Be7#
1.Rf6#
MATE IN 2
1
2
3
4.
1.
1.
1.
1.
Qc2 any 2.Qc1#
Qh6+ Kg8 2.Qh8#
Rf6+ Kh8 2.Rf8#
Qe8+ Kh7 2.Ng5#
TRIPLE LOYD
TACTICS 101
1
2
3
4
1.Nf6+ ( 1...any 2.Rxe8+)
1.Bxf7+ (1...Kxf7 2.Nd6+)
1.Rxc6 (1...Rxc6 2.Ne7+)
1.Nb4 (1...Nxb4 2.Rxc8+)
A. Kf6 B. Ka8 C. Kd1 (Bg4#)
COMBO MOMBO
1
COAKLEY CHESS.COM
1.Rxf6 removes guard of h7
1...gxf6 2.Qxh7#
(1...h6 2.Qe4) (1...g6 2.Raf1)
2 1...Qxa5 removes guard of d5
2.bxa5 Bd5 pins Q
(2.Qxe6 fxe6 3.bxa5 Rd2)
CHESSMAZE
Ra1-h1-h2-b2-b3-g3
-g4-c4-c7xf7
LILY'S PUZZLER
See page 54.
WHO’S THE GOOF?
1. The board is turned sideways.
2. Black has three knights.
3. It is impossible for a black rook to be on e2 because
no black pawn has advanced more than one square.
There was no way for the rook to get past the pawns.
4. Black is in an impossible check. White had no legal
move on the previous turn to reach this position. The
rook could only get to g3 from along the g-file, where
it would already be giving check. No discovered check
was possible. The last move was not a capture by
Rxg3+ (from g1) because there were no black pieces
to take. Black is only missing two pieces and they
were captured on c3 and f3.
homepage of JEFF COAKLEY
Canadian Chess Master & Author
Information on
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For Kids series:
Book Descriptions,
Reviews, Errata,
Announcements.
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MATE IN 1
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